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has been necessarily hurried, but I have
kept my eyes, and esrs openfo o impressions.
am struck as never before with the won-
derful prosperity Of the country.
There seems to me no earthly reason
why any man or woman should ever starve
for lack OF work. Thersis plenty for every
body and good money to pay for il.
Il met a manufacturer OF. underwear
who owns one Of the largest establishments
OF its kind in rhe world on my trip West
and he told me that he was filed up with
orders for three years, working with full
force. The same remark was made 70 me
by a motor manufacturer. who could take
no more orders forthree years.
AT Lawrence. Mass, l visited a perfectly
enormous woollen mill. one of tho finest
l a ever seen. The roof Of this place
was not on N yet the work was going on
with so many orders that they could not
wait for the completion of the building.
l don't see why any American need buy
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experiences | had was the visit to the home
for old soldiers. II IL a finely conducted
establishment. | wish we had something
like it in England but we have not nothing
that comes within range
At Chicago I was present at the opening
Of their magnificent new country club which
IL called the South Side Club. am amazed
at the number AMI consequence Of these
country clubs. Wherever you may go
"A city "A town or even a village, there II
always one nearby where you may be royalty
entertained.
Il suppose" says the interviewed. in
~terrupting himself that you know where
end when the first country club was estab-
listed. No. You must brush up your
history n bit.
1T was in a place called the Garden OF
Eden, and there were only two members,
both Of whom were dropped on account OF
"A slight infringement Of rules. From that
beginning the country club idea has grown
TO the enormous proportions Of to-day.
This last trip Of mine through the country
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residence under the same roof with moneyed
persons Of small intelligence cannot he
overestimated. As a rule, the firms they
tout for pay their room bills and they also
get percentages on their sales.
smart tailors nowadays display their
goods by hiring a handsome man to parade
through hotel corridors arrayed each night
in a different rig, a little bit startling per-
hans. but attractive. He IL q guest at the
hotel and over a cafe table he will divulge
the secret Of his tailor's name OF give a
card introducing the new customer.
Mrs. Blank, usually described as West
ern, strolls through the hall some evening
in an ermine opera cape and creates q sensa-
ton. IL may never appear again worn by
her, for the reason that some ~envious woman
with the clothes mania finds the name OF
the furrier and the same cape is sent her in
a few days in exchange for a couple Of
thousands.
Women make one %anOther's scqusint-
auce easily at these hotels. where most Of
them are bored to extinction. and 10 this
method OF selling goes on with great sue
cess. OF course these sales people are "A a
rule supplied with cash, although they in
no way live lives that justify in a ~pucuniary
way their expensive rooms.
But there Ii another class OF men and
women who value the address OF a fashion
able hotel 10 highly that they are willing to
dispense with some Of the actual necessaries
OF life in order TO dwell within the sacred
precincts. Beyond the payment for their
rooms they are never known TO spend q
cent in the hots.
All the other items, considered insepa-
rable from the plush lined existence. are
eliminated. They never patrcnizs BARRIERS,
hairdressers, manicures or chemists. They
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Of our money. The applicant pays q GER
tain sum for her ticket and then goes TO
the floor designated.
Occasionally the Queen comes down
without any flourish OF tFumpets. The last
time this happened was privately notified
and received her, but absolutely no change
OF n kind was made for her except h a
her dinner was brought TO her on a tray,
while the rest 20 and get their own. She
paid her f~ourpence, o her ticket, sat
down with the rest and ate the whole
dinner, anxious to see hat the food was
wholesome and properly cooked.
The republican form Of government Ia
no doubt a good thing, but no form OF
government could give a people finer rulers
than we have. King Edward is n OF the
most democratic men that ever lived. and
no one ever came into personal relationship
with Queen Alexandra who did not feel
her great charm, tact and goodness.
The international marriage?
Il believe it il a great mistake for an
American woman to judge a mans worth
by his rank. Where sentiment lie involved
the duke may make a. good a usban AZ
the commoner.
Everybody is discussing the Marlborough
separation. but personally I have not been
interested. ] do know that over there the
Duchess is a great favorite and a great deal
OF sympathy is expressed for her.
The American man makes a better hus-
band. ! believe. than any other in the world,
and the American girl does wisely who
msrries one Of her own countrymen. He is
more attentive, gives her more liberty,
treats her with greater consideration,
Il don't think il is due to her exactions
that the American man works 80 hard.
That is the result Of his own ambitions and
his own temperament. She gets the bene-
At OF that work, of course, Put she is not. as
has been intimated, a vampire.
The Englishmsn gets more enjoyment out
of life than the men do here. there is no doubt
about that. He takes more leisure, studies
that snd sacrifices a great deal OF money
that he might make. but he finds the sacri-
fee worth while.
But II the American man doesn't take very
much time for his own fun he knows how to
arrange il for others. He is the most hos
pitable man on earth. The Englishman
when he has given you a dinner rubs his
hands and thinks he has done an awful lot,
but the American wants to nail down you
trunk az well"
AND the Cup7" is asked at he door.
"Oh,, the Cup. We forgot to talk about
yachting, didn't we? Well. don't you think
it's time that the Cup had a little OF its native
air? They say il is necessary to have that
in order to preserve the health.
Il don't honestly believe. though, il il
ever goes back il will be allowed to stay
long.
The people here would really like to see
me get il? Well, you're a good sort"
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mammal gambolled across the roadway
and in a moment over and through them
we went, more over than through. We
stopped when we were told TO by a mounted
Policeman who came from the sky. APP
parently.
He threatened all sorts Of things, and !
climbed out Of the machine into the midst
Of the carnage, leaving the old gentleman
quaking in the car. After the policeman
qnieted down a bit ] told him what a shame
II was that the lambs didn't belong 10 hlg,
because then I could just pay him and
wouldn't have to bother him with my ar
rest and all those unpleasant details.
He saw tho force Of that argument right
away, and ~dismounting. we leaned against
a hedge and talked IL over. Then went
back to the car and left hun there with
biz dead.
The Irish gentleman hadn't been able
a. sec and hear what war going on except
In scraps, but after we had gone along a
BIT he remarked that be never heard such
. difference a. there was IN the va.cea OF
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the two policemen, one rough and un-
pleasant, the other mild and susceptible
10 argument. When I told him that the
two voices belonged to one man. the differ
ence caused by the interval that elapsed
between the purchase and sale OF the lambs.
he couldn't believe it and nearly fell out
OF the car in his establishment.
But to return to the human Lambs.
We haven't anything like them in London.
and don't believ we ever could have. We
might get a lot Of professional men together.
but 1t wouldn't be the same thing. there
wouldn't be the go and dash.
i am entertained at so many fine clubs
here and that always is 30 much a part Of
my American trip that l feel as il | were
considered more Of a club man than | really
am. for at home | only belong to the MARI
borough. which is the Kings club. and to
which l was proposed by King Edward him
self. Besides that ! am a member of a few
yacht clubs. some on this side. some al
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SWEEPING AN ARMORY FLOOR.
Quite q Different Proposition From sweep.
ing an Ordinary Room.

II is one thing to sweep the floor Of an
ordinary sized room in an ordinary house,
but quite another thing to sweep. say, the
floor Of an srmory. You can't run in with
a broom and sweep such a floor as this
in a minute
Here, for instance, is one city armory
whose great assembly room measures
lsOxlsO feet. That doesn't look so
in hgures, but bear in mind that a city block
measures on it's avenue front only about
200 feet, and 40 this room covers about
the sa me space that would be covered by a
square city block. 1t contains ar urea
equal 10 that Of between 2O0 and $50 very
fair sized ordinary rooms
The sweeping Of this floor is really . Job
Of very considerable proportions, which
must be gone about systematically. They
give this floor what housewives call a
thorough sweeping at least as often as
once in two weeks, oftener if necessary ;
and when they sweep it in this ann
they have nine men on'the job, each using
for a broom a long handled floor brush
with a block three feet long, which makes
a very big floor brush.
They sprinkle the floor with damp saw
dust to keep the dust down. and sweep il
WIlH NIC vi NIlU WAL ah NV W lAk
ia laid starting at one end and nj one
-ido - ,h. 80 a. .nd a. ,.r ana,,
wv "1 sios' 49, "u "Pa'
as tne wldth OF tnelr brushes, 'ne men
move forward along the foor in echelon
formation. That is, the second man moves
ON n linz n Ittla hacL If rho frat tho third
- 49, - - 49, ..oo.d .nJ -
han n'.e uac u, u o ~ 81 y"
to the LETT OF the line, Whlch mus forms
a sort OF human steps.
Sweening thus. each man hack il able
80, - a., H., mo- boya crsD, aro,nd
W ny - ~
that end OF the brush OF me man ahead;
and 40 they work steadily Onward. sweep
ing a clean swath twenty-seven feet in
.,;d,h from ora and oS the room IN n.
49," -
other emo where 'ne Sweep up oamp saw
dust makes now a twenty seven loot long
windrow.
Then the men shift along twenty-sayen
feat on the ioor and start hack from that
end in the aame manner. svaeninR another
strin back 10 the end AT which thew began
the work. and 40 thew sween hack and forth
the Ien0th IN the armorv until thev have
swent from ono side ri the aoor IN The m her
and The work is comnleted save for .tha
taL;n1 mn ~ thoaa windroua Of sawdus,
now iS;n9 NJ ragmIar Intervals along either
and ~
such a thorouOh swaoninO NJ the aruo~v
aoor takes nine man half a dav worLing
staad;lv OhyiousIyy 10 svaaD ,h;. roov,
wonId aLs ona mar four davs and : haIS
Pat swesn;nS I've great soor Ia NOT ths onIv
axeaning reoII1rad 10 be iona IN Ina srnoory
rLare are varioua long corridors broad ~
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Column. or Light IN ,ae sA,.
From me BoiHs1ors sun.

, rom me bdiffaOrs sun.
IN eGpIs nation OF a curious optical phenomenon
sometimes witnessed on frosty nights. which IL
called the pseudo aurora. Is offered by an Or1Cisi Of
he Weather Bureau
The phenomenon takes Inc form NJ beautifUI
columns OF slveTy lights standing Over electric sra
lamps and other bright lights sDd sometimes sp|
p~ATing almost TO IesIh Tho zrnrL. - % ssH that
sometimes The evening star M, = bright shan be-
low ss well a. shove. Whis thc r'sing moon stands
In = broad column NJ light Thes~ AppeAianSes
are due TO boating frost crystals. which Keep their
rrnerting fare, horizontal.
ON examination II hss been found maj IN rs stalls
concerned In the exhibition were thin. al .idsd
plates Of lee. never more than ons r'iirrtIe In
diameter. When the wind blows these Iltiir pLates
are upset ana the columns 81 light rsuSsd by tAs
reascSon from their surfaces disappear.
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DEFENDS THE DAM.
Logger and His Family Have a Fight
With Six Militiamen.

Iadysmth, Wis, jury 26.--James He'd
rington, who cares for the dams OF the
Mississippi Logging company on the
Thornapple river, arrived here today and
reports that an encounter took place last
evening between John II. Detz and fam
lily and a body of six militiamen accom-
panied by Sheriff Gyland of Sawyer ooun-
ty. One mlitiaman was shot three times
and Clarence Dietz, son Of Johr, was
shot In the head. The. recovery of the
mllitiaman is considered doubtful.
Harrington said that the women OF
Detz's household took part in the de-
Tense, and he believed that 100 shots were
fired 1t is not known whether Dletz was
served with legal papers or not. Dietz for
a long time past has held possession of
Thornapple dam. preventing the driving
of several million feet Of logs belonging to
the Chippewa Lumber and Boom COM
pany. The logs. 1t Is said, are rotting and
the company has for some time past been
endeavoring to have Dletz served with
legal papers compelling him 10 show
cause why the company should not be
allowed to drive the logs.
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RAILROADS WILL
IMPROVE SYSTEMS
Much Activity in EnsIey and
Vicinity
GAS MAIN PROGRESSING
Line Will Soon Be Completed to
Helena, Where Operations Will
Be Stopped for a
While.
GAS MAIN PROGRESSING

Ensiey, July e6.-(special.)-All the rail-
roads entering the Ensley district are
busy making Improvements and prepar-
ing for the large increase of business
that will certainly follow the other in
dustrial activities that have been started.
The Southern railway is improving their
line through this city to Mobile juno
ton below Bessemer, and It is said that
the line may be double-tracked all the
way. The Southern is also arranging for
yards near the crossing of the Wylam car
line. 1t is said that a network of tracks
is to be built i'm this locality.
All tho other roads operating in Ensley
are very actively engaged In improving
the service and preparing for increased
traffic. No better Indication of the great
prosperity that is coming is apparent
than the preparations for increased busi-
ness that is being made by the rail-
roads.
New Gas Main.
Work on the laying of the gas main
from Birmingham along the South Ems
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move his family to Ensley in few days.
r. l., Avery, circuit clerk of bibb county,
was in the city today calling ON his
friends.
The degree team of the Ensley lodge,
knights of Pythias, went to Bessemer
tonight to put on the amplfied third
ran in Linton lodge No. 1870.
Miss Maidie Digit of Chicago is the
guest of Mrs. J, M. Perkins.
II. J. Cummings is spending short
vacation at Lewisburg, enn.
Mrs. John Anglln is spending few
weeks with relatives and friends in South
Alabama.
At a regular meeting of the board or
education. held this week, Miss Jessie
Ingram of Alexander City was elected
teacher in the Ensley public schools
Miss Lucy Walker has returned from
Alfalfa, where she spent some time with
, relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs S. NJ Matson entertained
last night in honor of their guests, Miss
Alice Matson of Taladega and Miss Abbye
Carlton of Blocton.
Cunnoughan chapter No. "a, Order OF
Cunningham chapter No "a. Order OF
session tomorrow night. As there is bus
mess of Importance the worthy matron,
Mrs. d. A. Echols, desires the atten-
dance of all the members.
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BRYAN WANTS FUND
In SMALL ITEMS
LETTER is MADE PUBLIC Elk
PRESSING HIS WISHES FOR
MEETING EXPENSES OF REcEP-
TON IN NEW YORK.

New York, July 26.-The executive COM
mittee, which is in charge of the arrange
ment for a reception to be given to VIII
liam j. Bryan at Madison Square garden
on Augsut 30, made public today a por-
ton of letter written by Mr., Bryan
to Alexander Troup of New Haven, the
treasurer of the committee, concerning
the method of securing funds for the
ception.
Mr.. Bryan wrote in part as follows:
"There will be some expense and the
committee must see to it that no money
is accepted from questionable sources, in
face / think 1t would be well to see that
the expense be borne by popular sub
seription, dollar subscriptions being pre-
ferrable, but that larger subscriptions
would be received up to $50, none being
received over that. Also announce that
subscriptions of s. or more than s. would
he entered in book and the names
given to any one desiring them. Sub
scriptions of less than 81 would not be
known without the expressed consent of
the subscribers.
Say that the reception will be made
as inexpensive as possible, and that any
surplus over and above the expenses of
the reception would be used to print and
circulate the speeches delivered at the re-
ceptlon.
II think the publication of the subscrip-
tions is important. The republicans have
failed to pass any effective law In re-
gard to the campaign contributions, and
this will be a good rebuke to them, and
will foreshadow the adoption of such
policy by our next campaign committee.
You can say if you like that l asked
to have this plan adopted"
The executive committee held its first
meeting today. Norman Il. Mack of Buff
John Fox of New York and ID. r. Fran
els of Missouri were elected members
Alex Troup was elected treasurer to sue
coed Nathan straus, who was unable to
serve. Mr.. Bryans suggestion as TO the
method Of securing funds for the recep-
ton was approved and a subcommittee
on finance appointed. consisting of Alex
Troup Nathan Strauss d. j. Campau
Francis 3. Harrison and Lewis Nixon
1t was announced that the railroads
have agreed to give a half fare, plus
50 for round trip tickets to New York
from all over the country.
Various names were added to the re-
ception committee, Including that of
Adlai Il. Stevenson. On motion of Joseph
Quincy Of Massachusetts a committee
-reG tze eati-imperialist league OF that
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The Presidents Naval Review.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The egrandest naval review that has
ever taken place in American waters
will gladden. the heart of the President
and magnify him in the eyes of his neigh
hors, his children and his visitors at
Oyster Bay.
The value of the practice of reviewing
the fleets, long appreciated by kings and
kasers, was not understood by Nj
Roosevelts peaceful minded predecessors.
who served their country as best their
less brilliant talents enabled them. 1t has
remainded for the imaginative genius Of
the present President to point out the me-
cessity to the welfare of the country Of
the vast expenditure the idle vanity and
the no small degree of risk involved in
the assembling of the navy before Mr.
Roosevelts house
On the first occasion when Mr. Roose-
Welt had his thoughtful plan carried into
execution one battleship, the Massaehus-
etts, was badly injured, and escaped by a
miracle from total destruction, while two
torpedo boats, the Decatur and the Barry.
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state was added to the reception commit
tee. William Watson, the assistant SER
geant at arms of the House of Represen-
tatiyes, was made sergeant at arms of the
reception committee.
Mr.. Bryan is scheduled to arrive Au-
gust 90 but he Will go aboard yacht
and will not land until August 30 at 4
p. m, when he will be driven up Broad
way to Central park and back to the
Victoria hotel. A series of receptions Is
to follow the one at Madison Square gar
den.
Mr.. Bryan's first out-of-town trip will
be to New Haven, and it is said he VIII
speak from the Identical spot whore he
was interrupted by Yale students on one
occasion.
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Work on the laying of the gas main
from Birmingham along the South Ems
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GREEN & GO.
REMODEL PLH66
THIS FIRM HAS SPARED NO Ex-
PENsE IN MAKING THEIR PLACE
OF BUSINESS MODERN AND UP
To-pATE.

The Green Undertaking company, whose
place Of business is at 2019 Third avenue,
have just completed the thorough remod-
cling Of the exterior of their establish
ment, which work was begun about one
month ago.
They have spared no expense of making
the interior one of the most modern. at
tractive and up-to-date places of its kind
in the south. The ideas of the entire place
is drawn from the most elegant plans In
the east, and 1t has been so carefully
looked after that everything Is made as
home-like and private as a business house
can be made. They have also recently
installed a fine new funeral car, the hand
soonest in the city, and floral wagon,
which is the only one in the city. Every
thing throughout the establishment is of
the best and each new vehicle or piece Of
paraphernaia installed has been pur-
chased with an idea Of advancement and
leadership.
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HOLDS CROWD AT BAY.
John w. Dryer Finally Gives Up and
Goes to Jail.

Hartford. July 26,-His house surrounded
by several thousand men, including a
large squad of policemen none of whom
dared to try to capture him by force.
John w, Dwyer, who last night shot and
perhaps fatally wounded Policeman Ed
ward w Beecher who had attempted TO
serve a commitment paper on him to-
day surrendered on the advice Of his law
yer after he had held the big crowd at
bay for many hours.
Dryer and his lawyer came out of the
house and entering an automobile were
driven 10 police headquarters where
DWyer was locked up pending the out
come of Policeman Beecher's wounds.
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were smashed in gratifying Mr.. Roose-
Velt's desire to see a flying wedge. To
repair these injuries to pay tile expenses
of the movement of the twenty ves-
sells and to entertain Mr.. RooseYelts
guests on his yachts, the Mayfower, the
Sylph and the Dolphin. was estimated at
the time to have cost the nation a quarter
of million dollars. But the spectacle
was fine The waters of Oyster Bay MIR
rored lie awful shapes of floating fort
resses, of swift engines Of distinctions;
cleaning steel and polished brass gilt
tered In warlite glory; the roar of guns.
the playing OF bands the hoarse cheering
of jackies fioated up to the comfortable
piazzas of Sycamore Ilill and strengthens
ed the soul OF the the nations head.
As the Presidents navy grows more ac-
customed to appearing in grand review
before Mr. Roosevelts house, 1t Will prob
ably be possible to avoid the minor partic-
uars of the partial wreclxing of a battle
ship and the injury Of torpedo boats