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The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19
UNDERGROUND CITY RED ROSES MISTAKE
GIE OF THE GREAT SIGHTS OF
AUSTRIA
Hewn Out of Solid Rock salt-of
Ancient origin-Take Weeks
to Visit All the Won
ders.

Surely the most wonderful sight it
Is possible to witness is the under.
ground world. hewn out of solid rock
salt, which the out-of-the-way trav.
eler will be amazed to come across in
the obscure little Polish-Austrian
town of Wieliczka, five miles or so
from Cracow. and the principal cen
ter of the salt industry of GaIacia.
The mines are directly controlled by
the Austro-Hungarian minister OF
finance. through whom one must OBJ
tain permission to enter the salt cities
for. for some unexplained reason, the
salt is looked upon as so much gold,
even though this whole subterranean
world is made of it. The record OF
these salt mines goes back as far as
the eleventh century, and they are
miles upon miles in length and contain
hundreds of miles of streets.
The entrance is hardly fairylike or
wonderful, consisting of a long. low
building above ground, containing the
Offices of the administration.
One goes down nowadays by an ordi-
nary lift, the old horsepower concern
writer. however. since time was no OBJ
ject, preferred to go down still more
gradually by means of the great zig
gag staircase hewn in the salt The
first sensation on reaching one or the
other of the vast chambers is one al
most of terror at the vastness of the
saloons, the thick darkness, and the
sombre echoes
One of the first sights shown in the
great city is the enormous expanse of
the Letow ballroom. which is lit up for
the visitors benefit If he chooses to
pay few shillings.
This enormous ballroom dates back
to the early part of the eighteenth
century, and is named after Herr Lee
towski the then director of the Ga
lacian salt mines.
l asked. as we left the ballroom, how
far we were from the surface of the
earth.
About 220 feet" my guide replied.
And this tier is the first of the sew.
en- cities of our underground world of
salt"
But only three of these levels are
opened to visitors.
The salt of this subterranean world
is curiously durable. as may be seen
from the fact that the great chande-
liers, though composed of mere strings
of salt crystals, have yet endured for
centuries without melting or wearing
out in any way.
In most caverns the guides use Ben
gal-lights. so that the loftier features
of the saloons. chapels and streets
may be seen. To visit the second
city" of this strange world, one de-
scends yet lower by long series of
staircases hewn in the salt. Gradual
ly, as one nears the bottom, the colos-
sal "Michaelowice" chamber looms
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19
GATES WAS NOT BETTING.
One Occasion When Mighty Plunger
Backed Down

oaSNSb DOWi.
The night before the Frick commit
tee presented its report to the Equit.
able directors a party of the warmest
sports in Wall street gathered about
one of the tables in the Oak Room of
the WaldorfAstoria to discuss stocks.
horses and affairs in general. Before
long the Equitable muddle was
brought up. A broker who often is
employed by Mr.. Frick and the Pitts
burg steel crowd in their stock market
deals ventured the opinion that the
committees report would exonerate
Hyde.
Not on your North American tie
type" said John w. Gates. as he
tapped the bell and motioned for the
waiter to refill the glasses.
would you like to bet anything on
it?" asked the broker.
Well" replied Mr. Gates, 'T read
in one of the papers to-day that I lost
five millions in wheat. I'll have to
pinch my bets for a while. If you're
real modest. however, might be in
duced to go you just once"
'rll tell you what I'll do" said the
broker 'I'll just bet you fifty cents" "
You are too sporty for me and I'll
have to pass it up replied the great
plunger. You surely must know
something"
Everybody laughed, for 1t was the
first time on record that John w.
Gates had refused bet.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19

vaguely. with all its appalling mys-
terry. 1t was finished some time in
the eighteenth century, as result of
40 or so years of labor. This vast
apartment is about 100 feet broad and
1z0 feet high.
Having seen this chamber we enter
some smaller saloons, each named
after some distinguished parsonage.
The third tier. or city" of this
strange place contains the railway
station and an admirable restaurant.
"At this railway station" my guide
told me, some five-and-twenty miles
of lines from all parts of the mines
meet. We keep the restaurant open
all through the summer for the bene-
fit of tourists from Austria. Hungary,
Poland, Russia and Germany who
come to see us"
AS I have said, it would take a WIS.,
itor weeks adequately to inspect this
strange city or series of cities.
The boat, or barge-one of the few
institutions of this strange world
which is not made of SALTS guided
through the various caverns by ropes
and pulleys, and the captain" steers
with his feet on another rope.
There are is or 16 of these lakes
in various parts of the mine." l was
told, 'but this is the only one which
we allow visitors to navigate. for salt
masses are apt to drop from the roofs
of some of the Others"
In about 20 minutes we had COM
pleted our tour of the lake.
Then a startling thing occurred.
Turning quickly, my guide shot off
his revolver, with truly startling eff
feet. l thought the reverberating
echoes would never cease. SO repeated
and repeated were they. each repetition
growing more and more remote. until
OF length the multiplied sounds died
away in the immense distance and i'm
penetrable blackness.
Altogether, there are upwards of
1000 miners in the lower "cities''
alone, and each Of them working about
nine hours day, they produce 100, 900
tons Of salt every year. They work
with somewhat primitive implements.
cutting their way laboriously through
the solid salt rock. leaving lovely
streets and alleys as they go.
W. G. FITZGERALD.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19
THE FARMERS LASS.
How She Gets Her Prettily Rounded
Arms, Her Fine Shoulders and
Splendid Health.

Did you ever notice the well-round-
ed arm of little country farm lassie
as she worked the freshly churned
butter-throwing it, pressing it, pat
ting it-throwing it deftly with her
wooden paddle? Or have you admired
the beauty and strength of her young
arms as she kneaded a great batch of
bread-folding it, pressing it, tossing
it; punching it with her plump we'll
shaped fists till quite satisfied that it
needed no more kneading?"
Do you suppose her arms would be
as well developed, her shoulders as
rounded and her health as perfect If
she sat all day by window indoors.
sewing, OF, typewriting, or perchance
in a crowded schoolroom teaching?
The farm, with it's fresh air, plain
food but good, fresh eggs and milk;
the farm life with it's duties, every
one necessitating some exercise of the
physical powers, is to be thanked for
her splendid health and vitality--hef
fresh strong beauty and wholesome de-
velopment.
She daily climbs the ladder into
the hay loft to hunt for eggs. She
peeps under the currant and raspberry
bushes for the same-she sweeps.
dusts, bakes and sews-she weeds the
garden, she harnesses the horse, and
oh. how she enjoys the long evenings
when work being over she may revel
in her fairyland of books and rest
the tired body while the mind trav.
els afar,
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19

"you were picked up for dead on
the beach in the storm" she answer
ed. "and were brought hither by two
captains in the service OF the Prince
of Plr ssenburg!"
"And where is this place. and when
can / leave 1t to proceed upon my
journey?"
The girls head was turned away
from him a trifie more haughtily, than
before. and she answered coldly, "You
are in certain fortified grange some
where on the Baltic shore. AS to
when you can proceed on your jour
ney. that depends neither on you nor
on me. / am a prisoner here. And
so fear you must also consider your
self"
"A prisoner! Then has my broth
err" cried the Prince-Bishop, start
ing I'D on his elbow and instantly
dropping back again upon the pillow
with a groan of mingled pain and
weakness. Joan looked at him g mo-
ment and then. compressing her lips
with quick resolution, went to the bed
side and with her hand under his
head rearranged the pillow and laid
him back in an easier posture.
you must lie STILL" she said in a
commanding tone. and yet softly, you
are too weak to move. Also you must
obey me. l have some skill in leech-
craft"
Il am content to be your prisoner"
said the Prince-Bishop. smiling-"that
is, till am well enough to proceed
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19
Virtues of Hot Water.

AS to hot water. there is no end to
the good that may be acquired
through this simple remedy Cold.
blooded people, who have little thirst,
will do well to make a business Of
drinking a certain amount of hot wa
ter every day throughout the winter
season. 1t lessons the tendency to
take cold and improves the circula-
ton. Before going to bed is good
time for this, as it warns up and re-
lakes the system, thus preparing the
wav for a good nights sleep.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19

BY this time the morning was ad-
vancing and the storm growing some
what less continuous. The thunder
retreated growing behind the horizon.
The violent lightning grew less con-
tinuous. and only occasionally rose
and fell in vague. distant chickering's
toward the north, as If someone were
lifting a lantern almost to the sea
line and dropping it again before
reaching 1t.
Looking back from the summit of
the mound. Boris saw something dark
lying high up on the beach amid a
wrack of seaweed and broken timber
which marked where the great wave
had stopped Something odd about
the shape took his eye.
A moment later he was leaping
down again toward the shore. taking
his longest strides. and sending the
pebbles spraying out in front and on
all sides of him. He stopped and
found the body of man. tall. we'll
formed and of manly figure. He was
lbareheaded and stripped to his
;breeches and underwear
Boris stopped and laid his hand
tapon his heart. Yes, so much was
certain He was not dead
Boris took 2 handful of small peb
ibles and threw them up at lighted
window. The head of Werner von
Orseln Immediately appeared. his
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19
I CHAPTER XVI.
Borne on the Great Wave.
opyright, Is9s, 1900, by s. r. Crockett)

Borne on the Great Wave.
1t chanced that In the chamber
from which Werner Won Orseln had
come SO swiftly at the cry OF the
wordless Man. Boris and Jorian, after
sleeping through the disturbances
above them and the first burst OF the
storm, we're walked by the blowing
open OF the lattice as the wind reach
ed Its height. 1t was tall Boris who
first made his way to the window.
The lattice hung by one leathern
thong The other had been torn away
and indeed 1t was wonder that the
whole framework had not been blown
bodily into the room. For the tenn
pest pressed against 1t straight from
the north, and the sticky spray from
the waves which broke on the shingle
drove stingingly into the eyes OF the
man-at-arms as he looked out.
Nevertheless he thrust his head out,
looked a moment through half-closed
eyelids and then cried "Jorian. we
are surely lost. The sea is breaking
in upon u.s. 1t has passed the beach
of shingle out there!"
And seizing Jorian by the arm Boris
made his way to the door by when
they had entered, and. undoing the
bolts, they reached the walled court
yard. where, however. they found
themselves in the open air, but shell
tered from the utmost violence OF the
tempest But the instant Boris head
was above the copestone, and the Ice
cold northerly blast met him like a
wall, he fairly gasped, for the furious
onslaught of the storm seemed 10
blow every particle of breath clean
out Of his body.
In another moment Jorlan was be-
side him, crouching on the top of the
wall to save himself from being car
ried away. And there, in the steamy
smother of the sea, backed by the
blue electric fame of the lightning.
they saw the slant masts of a vessel
laboring to beat against the wind
Poor souls. they are gone!' said
Boris. trying to shield his eyes with
his palm. as the black hull disappear
ed and the masts seemed to lurch |
forward into the milky turmoil. I'VE |
shall never see her again"
For one moment all was dark as |
pitch, and the next dozen flashes of |
lightning burst every way, as many
appearing to rise upwards as could
be seen to fall downward. A black
speck poised itself on the crest of
wave. ut is a boatl 1t can never
livel" cried the two men together.
and dropping from the top of the wall
they ran down to the shore. going as
fear as they dared to the surf which |
arched and fell with ponderous roar !
on the narrow strip of shingle.
Back, Boris, back!" cried Jorian
suddenly. as after a succession of I
smaller waves a gigantic and majestic
roller arched along the whole seaward |
front, stood moment black and i'm
minent above them, and then fell like |
whole mountain range in a snowy |
avalanche of troubled water which |
rushed savagely up the beach. The
two soldiers, who would have faced |
unblanched any line of living enc
mics in the world, fled terror-stricken
at the onrush of that sea of milk.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19
Hang of a Skirt.

There are two rocks on which wom-
en-. who might otherwise be well
dressed, frequently suffer shipwreck;
the one is the gaping placket, the other
a skirt shorter in front than behind.
Both of these, even the most inexpe-
rienced OF amateur dressmakers can
avoid. Make the placket on the side.
and fasten with patent clasps sewn
close together.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19
Fell Into Deep Disgrace.

Landlady-"Mr Starboarder is no
longer one of the guests at my table,"
Friend-"Why did he leave?"
Landlady-"At my request. | asked
Elm to say grace the other day and he
said: oh, Lord. we need thy help to
make us thankful for what we are
Ieor.. 10 receivev"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-14
ELEVATED r. r. CLAIMS B1RRED
Court OF Appeals Shuts Out Damage Suits
After the 70 Year Statutory Period.

After the 70 Year statutory Period.
The Court Of Appeals has just handed
down a decision in the case OF Hindley
against the Manhattan Elevated Railroad
Company which virtually lpholds the CON-
tention Of the railroad that all claims of
abutting owners are barred by the statute
Of limitations twenty wears after the roads
south Of the Harlem were put in operation.
The suit which has just been determined
was brought in 1901, the plaintiff contend
ing that he was not barred because the
railroads had settled with thousands of
other abutting owners similarly situated,
and that in various tax petitions the COM
panies had admitted their liability for
damages to abutting owners. This oon-
tention was upheld by Justice Bischof
Of the Supreme Court and by the Appellate
Division, but the Court of Appeals in an
opinion by Judge Vann held that evidence
relating to settlements with other property
owners was incompetent, because there was
no privity between the plaintiff and any
land owner with whom a settlement was
made and that the tax petitions couldn't
be held to do away with the oompany's
defence.
Charles A. Gardiner, general attorney
for the railroad, said last night:
The Importance of this decision to the ele-
waited railroad companies and to the abutting
property owners cannot be eva ggerated.
The court itself considered the case one Of
the most important that has been before 1t in
years. Although the elevated railroad itiga-
ton has been in progress for more thantwenty-
Ave years thousands Of claims similar 10 that
of the plaintiff are still outstanding and I'M
settled.
The elevated railroads south of the Harl EN-
River were constructed and put in operation
between June. 1878. and August. 1850. Our
contention is that the bar Of the statute oper-
ated on all our lines south Of the Harlem
twenty years later-to wit. between June,
1893. aud August, 1900; and that after those
dates all claims OF Hbutting owners wero
barred. 4 conservative estimate Of the
of such claims srlit outstanding is
7. 500. and their aggregate value. based on
Judgments and voluntary settlements Of the
company already made would be from $1,000
900 to 81 900, 900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-14


N tho eoilses VA IidiNe, flfsf syentye ard
TWrp,v slvb,b s,fss, President Iaeub n
N. A.s,s, a. ,ts,,,, 80
1Vhu'nhah cohirf'ru w" W.. w ''o,', u'
r'rd'cine on NV e'Hh' c~nn'i""''~' SWINE
~hutu wcfe nve women
William ltanfy speeht ~ this city Ia
r,.,,,t.n, ~ ,L. J,. th, v,re. bsesi.
-, !" r.s.s r.s.mt
WV i"y""Hu ''H. $500
" = iapEtese ~ hish hif'h, WIZ eon"tacr"
tho Christian religiun and was dlanwncd ~
his father H. cHire. 20 Atnerlcai Whete
~ heta me y pfoteae ~ Mites n y tamptrll
" IN souNh Ellfoii place, hrorklyh, who
pvt hin through college,
President schutman delivered the crfr-
m%encrnent address lie said that the true
physician or surEron vas not made al
together or primarily 10y srhools and coli
leges, important though their functions
might b..
A man or woman must hrn' W properly
born and endowed nv nature Or Schur-
mar aid And u second requirement
for tho highest a,Ic,eas IL n liberal and prac-
Teal education II II practically impo-sible
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-14
LETTERS TO MRS. KINNAN
Bunch Of Them Discovered In Bronx Home
Mrs. Stenton q Song Writer.

-MTs. StentOn u SOnB WfItcTs
In searching the old fashioned house in
The Bronx on the porch OF which Mrs.
Alice Kinnan was murdered last Frid ay
night Lawyer Burton W. Gibson, attorney
for the dead woman and her mother, Mrs.
Louise Malcolm Stenton, came across a
raft of letters hat had been sent to Mrs.
Kinnan. A great many Of them were love
letters that had been sent to the woman,
but most of them were several years old.
The vast majority Of them were either
signed with initials or ~pseudonyms that
mean nothing to those who do not know
the identity Of the writer's. Afew, however,
were signed with the full names OF the
writer's. All the love letters were turned
over to Acting Captain Price, head OF the
Bronx detective bureau. 1t is doubted
that any Of them will be Of practical use
in tracing the history OF the crime,
The house was still closely guarded yes
terday by an army Of sleuths, but appa-
rently no progress was a in finding out
who committed the murder. Mrs. Stenton
was questioned once more, but her story
no clearer than the one she has been
telling right along. There seems to be
little doubt that the woman's minds affected
and the chances that she will ever be able
to give a connected account OF what hap
pened at the house on the night OF the muir
der are very slim indeed. Her physician.
her yesterday. While he was talking to the
newspaper men outside he had a run in with
a snapshot artist who insisted on taking
his picture. The doctor was very angry
and the row finally wound up with his slap
ping the photographers face.
The search of the house revealed the fact
that Mrs. Stenton used TO be a writer Of
religious and sentimental ongs, many Of
which were published thirty years g or
more. One Of them was entitled THY Will
Be Done" and was dedicated to the Rev.
Howard Malcolm, ID, LID. the father
of the writer. Mrs. Stenton also wrote the
songs "Life's Shining River DO l Love
Him. Listen, My Darling Would I
Were Ever With My Love" The First
Kiss, Does He Love Me?' and Thy Eyes
Haunt Me-"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-14

e~thac~liot lnsisee urn MASKING ~ Inc lls'
~ ttHs1 Tor efndlatluht feaa tilefs ~ the
faculty and often feeHfdhssa n scholafthln
that ~ rtt rIs and felrsiatea fsussnts NJ he
oWn within and that the faculty " releEstnd
~ thp Fehh ~ ciefha
had known, h. addcd, that the chan.
cellof poNr~@ed almus' Khsoluie puwrf In
the university, that The salary NJ every ens
ployee ~ the unlvefsity y determined hy
him. withott Any fu'H NJ schedule that
a,pieuta whom The faculty had voted n die
mles for deficiency in echolar ahip had heen
fplnetatcd by him. that he expelled stu
dents on proof ~ dishpnsaty ~ immortality
and had reinatatsd them IN a few days and
had reftVed 10 diefnies others Tor similar
pFecticer. know that attefnptH ~ correct
abi-rs In athletics avAiled only In such In
stancea ~ did not run counter Ia his Wishes,
hat had not known hat hn could ignore
thu faculty In thu recommendation for do
grees.'
Dr. Tosey II q Harvard mai who has
made n reputation through the production
~ Shakesrearian plays by HE students.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-14
SETON HlLL COMwENcEWFNT.
Former a. q. senator smith Of New Jersey
Made o.. D.-Nsw York wOman'a Gift.

Former a. =. senator smith Of New Jersey
Made a.. D.-Nsw York wOman'a Gift.
Departing from the custom Of holding
commencement exercises on ths campus
Seton Hall College held its commencement
yesterday afternoon az the Newark Theatre.
In addition to the faculty there were pres
ent n number Of prelates. including Bishop
McQuaid Of Rochester, first president OF
the Institution. .
Bishop O'Connor presided at the exer-
cises and an address on THE Seminary"
was delivered by Mgr. Charles II. Kelly
Of Hoboken. Mgr. Stafford. acting presi-
dent. announced hat a gift Of a $1,000
purse had been made to the college by Miss
Mahoney Of New York.
Former United States Senator James
Smith Of New Jersey received the degree
Of LID. The Rev. Michael A. MoManus
Of Newark, John A. Coyle Of Lancaster,
Pa; the Rev. William P. Cantwell Of Long
Branch and Prof. Joseph P. Arnold, in
structor of mathematics at the college.
also received honorary degrees,
Degrees were conferred as follows:
Bachelor 81 ~Arts-Edwsrd Joseph Barrett, Miners
Mills. Pa: John Joseph Burne. Newark; Thomas
Bowden Larkin. South Orange; John Francis Max
well. Ptttsheld. Mass: James Francis Mcdonald.
Elizabeth: Michael Aloysus Mechler. Newark.
Maurice Raymond Spillane, Junction John Aloysius
Stafford Paterson: Charles william Tiller. Paterson
Lawrence Joseph Travers. Phillipsburg. Honor
Adrian Brann. Jersey City.
Master of !Arts-Iohn James Bolan. Orange:
Thomas Francis CAVITY, Elizabeth; John Aloysius
Duny. Bayonne: John Joseph Lynn, Newark: Joseph
Francis Manley. Paterson: Thomas Joseph Martin.
Newark; Charles Leo O'Neill. Newark; James Joseph
Owens, Providence, r. l.. Francis Maria Reilly.
Newa rk; James virginius Rutledge. Morrstown;
william Edward Thompson. Paterson; John Vim.
cent Woods,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-14
SHERIFF SELLS ADDICKS Y.ACHT.
The Vision Goes for 500 10 Rob err Jacob,
Judgment Creditor.

The steam yacht Vision, belonging to
j. Edward Addicks, who has just lost a
Senatorship in Della val was sold at auction
yesterday at City Island under the direction
ton of sl,17s in favor Of Robert Jacob,
the shipyard owner Of City Island. The
bidding began at $40 and ran up TO Stool
at which price the boat was sold to Mr..
Jacob. Mr.. Metzger explained that a large
amount had already been paid on the exc
cution. The yacht has had a long career.
Of being attached at the suit Of ~butcherat
grocers and dealers in other supplies
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-14
AT ODDS WITH DIR. DAY.
Prof. Losey and His wife Resign From the
Syracuse University Faculty.

SYRACUSE, Juns ls.-F. d. Losey, pro-
fessor Of elocution. end his wife, who is az
sisaant professor, have quit Syracuse Uni
versity because chancellor Day insisted
on graduating a student whom Prof. Loeey
declined to recommend for graduation.
Prof. Losey says that the Chancellor directed
that the student should receive his degree
when he Gosey) had reported him deficient
in the work Of the department Of rhetoric
and public Speaking, Of which the professor
has charge.
In answer to his protest Chancellor Day
informed Prof. Loeey that he had full rover
to recommend to the trustees any student
for a degree without consulting the memt ers
of the faculty, and that as Prof. Losey is
In a state Of chronic irritahility' re had
better go.
In an open letter DR.. Losey says that tho