12 From Nation's What It Costs to Keep the President of the United States—Re cent Panama Trip Inexpensive —Most PowenVi Ba tile ship in th; World to B: Built for Oar Navy —Elephant tVoble.-n Solved. WK dent of Paraguay pay three-fourths of a cent each for keeping him. The cost of the president of France is three-tenths of a cent a head; that of the president of the Argentine republic seven-twentieths of a cent a head; that of the president of Mexico three-twentieths of a cent a head; that, of the presi dent of Chili three-tenths of a cent a head; that of the president of Bolivia one-fourth of a cent a head, and that of the president of Ecuador two-fifths of a cent a head. For the present fiscal year the appropriations for the White House are something like these figures: Salary of the president, $50,000; traveling expenses of the chief execu tive, $25,000; salaries of the executive office, $60,340; contingent expenses of the office, $20,000; care, repair, refurnishing, purchase horses, etc , $;;.">,000; fuel for mansion, greenhouses and stable, $0,000; care and maintenance of conservatory and greenhouses, $9,000; extraordinary repairs to executive man sion, 000; lighting tlie grounds, fuel, pay of laborers, care of greenhouses, etc., $19,500; total, $265,840. There are several minor items, such as $4,000 for the care and mainten ance of the executive mansion grounds, which make the total close to $270,000. lhe total appropriations lor the present year are much larger than in past years, but much of this is due to the appropriation of $:!5,000 for repair ing the executive mansion, which developed some bad le.iks after the $. ! >00,000 spent on rehabilitating it two years ago. The appropriation for repairs, etc., ■would ordinarily amount to about. $5,000, which would reduce the expenditures chargeable to the White House to about $210,000. ITEMS NOT CHARGED TO THE WHITE HOUSE. There are ;i number of salaries that properly belong to the White House, although carried on the rolls of other departments. The two secret service men assigned to the White House at all times are paid by the treasury. The salaries of about 30 police officers are paid by the district. •These amount to probably $35,000 a year. If con gress appropriated directly for the salaries of these men the total appropriations for the White House would mount up to over $301),000 for the ■ present year. There are 18 privates and two sergeants of police constantly patrolling the White House grounds. In addition there are about ten police officers assigned to duty at the White House as doorkeepers. Most of them have been soldiers or sailors in the army or navy and have been selected by the district authorities for their strict attention to duty aud general good Judgment. How much of the appropriation of $25,000 for traveling expenses made by the last congress had been drawn upon nobody outside the White House and treasury knows. Such matters are carefully guarded by treasury bookkeepers and auditors. The president, however, has made only three complete trips since the appropriation was made. One was to Oyster Hay, another to "Pine Knot," Va., his country place in that state, and his trip to Panama makes the third. The Panama trip was not a costly one, as the president went on a man of-war. In Panama lie was entertained at all times by officials of the govern ment and was conveyed by the Panama railroad, which belongs to the United States. The purpose of the president, it is said, is to expend as little of the appro priation as possible during this fiscal year. If is probable that next summer he may goon a hunting trip and visit a number of cities and towns, but that will not bij until after congress has adjourned in March. The salaries of most of the servants at the White House—the domestic force, such as cooks, waiters, la undresses—are paid from appropriations made for the superintendent of public buildings and grounds. MONSTER BATTLESHIP FOR OUR NAVY. IRIS white its secondary battery is inconsiderable. One of the plans for the new American ship provides for ten 12-inch guns and the other for 12 12-inch guns. This second plan would give an astounding battery strength in a broad side fire, the most important consideration of 12 12-inch guns. The battery could be made possible by virtue of a new arrangement of turrets. In the plans for the 20,000-ton ship provision is made for ten 12-inchers mounted in double gun turrets, all on a center line, thus giving a broadside of all guns. A battery of 12 live-inch guns, to be known as the torpedo defense battery, is another feature. In the plans for the 20,500-ton vessel there arc 12 12-inch guns in six tur rets, all on the center line. Not all of the turrets, however, will be on the same deck, provision being made for the center turrets of the group to be 45 feet above the water lind. The design also provides for 10 five-inch guns for torpedo defense, the battery to be protected by five inches of armor. The most serious criticism of the designs for the ship is that none of the five-inch guns can be fired astern, and only two command a tire ove- ihe bow. This would tend to make the vessel vulnerable to torpedo attack from the stern, and would make defense against a torpedo attack straight ahead diffi cult. UNCLE SAM SOLVES ELEPHANT PROBLEM. A novel plan has been by treasury offi cials to save the government the cost # of feeding lour healthy elephants several times daily during the next four months. When the officials, in en forcing the law against undervaluation were com pelled to confiscate the four elephants owned by a showman named Thompson, the problem of feed ing the animals until the next auction sale of the confiscated goods presented itself. It was solved by permitting Thompson to give bond for the safe return of the animals. He was permitted to take the animals on the road and the officials are hop ing he will make enough money exhibiting them to pay the penalty for his offense and recover tho elephants. The four elephants in question are of the real circus variety that can stand on their heads, fire off cannon, waltz, and sit around a table and eat a. course dinner. It was the dinner part of the elephants' training that wor ried James B. Reynolds, assistant secretary of the treasury, who, in an un guarded fit of official zeal, ordered the pachyderms seized and got them on the government's hands. As a protection to the American industry in infant elephants a duty of 20 per cent, ad valorem is levied on the big b«4»ts. The four animals were brought into the port of New York some months ago by Thompson. He put a valuation of $(>,000 on bis herd, and, in order to avoid paying the duty, de clared that he did not intend to keep them in the United Stiues, but only ■wanted them to stay awhile for exhibition purposes. He put \»D a bond and took the elephants on their way to meet the youth of America. Thompson show got In Canada and he drew down his bond. But Thompson and his elephants came back, this time through the port of Buffalo. Show time was over and the value of the elephants had decreased, and they -were dflclare.i 10 be worth only $2,500. Ttut the memory of the customs serv ice is long, arid the $(1,000 valuation put ea them at New York was resur «ecte<L aul that resulted iu their seizure. WASHINGTON. —It is difficult to determine precisely what it costs his "follow citizens" to keep the president of the t ailed States, but it is safe to assert that it does not figure up more than two-fifths of a cent for each person in the country, man. woman and child. Compared with the cost of maintaining the head rulers of many imperial istic nations the expense attached to keeping the chief executive of this country is small. The royal families of ICngland, Germany and Kussia spend millions of dollars of government revenues every year and besides have set aside for their use laigo domains of lands and costly buildings. Among the presidents of republics the one who costs his countrymen most per capita is the president of Hayti. The citizens of that nation pay 17-22 of a cent each for the maintenance of their ruler, while the fellow citizens of the presi- Either of the plans submitted by the bureau of construction and repair for the new battleship which is to be constructed, if carried out, will give the navy of the United States the most powerful battleship in the world, according to those who know what the plans are. The plans, together with others submitted by outsiders, are now under consideration by a special board appointed by Secretary of the Navy Bona parte. One plan provides for a vessel of exactly 20,000 tons displacement, and the other for a float ing fort of 20,500 tons displacement. Either plan, it is confidently expected, will give to the American navy a warship far more powerful than the famous English Dreadnought, which lias started all governments to rush the construction of huge ships. The Dreadnought carries ten 12-inch guns. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. THURSDAY DECEMBER J !5, 1906 Ancient Tave PLACE WHERE LINCOLN ONCE LODGED TORN DOWN. • Hirtr 'w ounuiiitj ftcdr Urba.fit., Built in 1837 and Conducted as Hotel During War Days, Is No More. Urbana, 111. —With the demolition of the old Kelley tavern, torn down recently to make room for a barn, there passed one of the famous old hostelries of Illinois. Uuilt in 18:19, the old tavern became the stopping place of all west-bound travelers, it being the only hotel between Danville and Urbana, on the state road. For years it enjoyed great, popularity, es pecially during its ownership by Jo seph Kelley, who operated it from 1849 until 18G4. During the 50s it was tho regular stopping place of the old-time circuit-rldlng lawyers, among whom were Abraham Lincoln and Judge David Davis. Doth Lincoln and Davis were warm friends of Kel ley, whose ready wit and great fund of stories made him a favorite with both men. Kelley was a great story teller, and during the months Inter vening betweeen the April and Sep tember terms of court he searched assiduously for "new stories to tell Abe." When Lincoln and the retinue of circuit-riding lawyers and judge ar rived Kelley was in his glory. Out on the long porch of the hotel or be fore fho immense fireplace he and Lin coln would sit for hours "swapping stories" to tho delight of tho other lawyers and particularly of Davis, who was never so happy as when listening to his old friends at their favorite amusement. Often Lin coln's coming, being heralded about the surrounding country, drew scores of farmers to the hotel, and not infre quently residents of Urbana drove down to enjoy the contest between tho two great story tellers. However well equipped with new material was Mr. Kelley he always found himself van quished by Mr. Lincoln, whose fund of anecdotes seemed inexhaustible. Old residents say that the two cham pions frequently told stories almost all night, Lincoln sitting in an im mense arm chair, with wide rockers and a buffalo robe cushion, known to the household as "Abe's chair." The old chair is still la the possession of the Kelley family, one of Its most cherished heirlooms. Davis always lay on the floor, seldom speaking, but drinking in every word of the narra tives, his hearty laugh ringing out PAULINE MORTON TO MARRY. New York Man Captures Former Belle of the White House. MISS PAULINE MORTON. (Her Engagement to a New York Man Has Been Announced.) New York.—The engagement of Miss Pauline Morton, daughter of a former secretary of the navy, Paul WLESH HOME FOR EDWARD VII. Old Castle of Carnarvon to Be Re stored for British King. London.—Welshmen are extremely gratified that King Edward's scheme CARNARVON CASTLE. for the restoration of the beautiful old Castle of Carnarvon is at last en train to be carried out. At present Sir John Puleston, the hereditary constable of the castle, Is discussing ways and means with architects from the office of works, who have been sent down to Carnarvon by the king's request. It would, Indeed, be quite fitting If his majesty could find time to reside for a short, period in the castle, for his namesake and predecessor, Ed over the sallies of his companions. During the latter days of his cTr cult riding and while traveling from town to town on his campaigaing tours, the visits of Mr. Lincoln be came famous for impromptu political gatherings. Often Lincoln would sit for hours in tho barroom of tho tav ern, expounding his views to tho crowds assembled to hear hlrn. Mr. Kelley frequently asserted that Lin coln was one of the few guests of the place who never patronized tho bar. This was rare, for "good" whis ky, brought from the Wabash coun try by an Itinerant preacher, sold over the bar for 37 V 6 cent 3 per gal lon, and practically every man, in cluding the ministers and school teachers, "took his dram." The old tavern played an important part in the social lite of the com munity. Here during the winter ! I V 'SsSslr ) \|gf/ ( jjfe >** ' KF-LLEY TAVERN AND THE PRO PRIETOR. months nnnemblod all tho young peo ple for miles around to dance and enjoy themselves. In the yard were held the turkey shoots on Thanksgiv ing and Christmas, when the pioneers assembled to prove their wonderful skill with their old muzzle-loading firearms. Whisky on these occasions flowed freely and some famous fights have occurred about the old building, but for the most part the early settler was good natured, even in his cups, and no serious damage was ever done in these encounters. With the coming of the railroads and the passing of the stage coach the old tavern suffered a lamentable fall ing off in business, and after a pre carious existence it was closed and the building became the home of a tenant farmer. Later it was used for the storage of grain and farm imple ments. Falling into decay, it has at last been torn down, after an exist ence of 7u years, many of its timbers going into the new barn. Morton, to J. Hopkins Smith, Jr., has been announced. Mr. Saiith is the son of J. Hopkins Smith and a Harvard man, class of 1902. He is well known as a yachts man. He met Miss Morton at tho White House while Mr. Morton was in the cabinet. Mr. Smith is the son of a retired capitalist, who is worth many times a million. He is himself treasurer of the firm of M. W. Kellogg & Co. Miss Morton is 18 years old. Her father is now president of the Equit able Life Assurance society. Society gossip says the match is the outcome of a pretty romance, be cause Mr. Smith, although 30 years old, won his suit against the eligible young men of Washington society who wooed Miss Morton in vain when she shared with Alice Roosevelt-Long worth tho social honors of the cap ital. While she was in Washington and before she was out of society it was persistently declared that Miss Mor ton would become the wife of Thomas Chalmers, u rich young Chicagoan. Gossip said Mr. Chalmers' ardent quest was not repulsed by the young woman, but her father declared that the two should not become engaged because he wished his daughter to have one season in the society world "heart free" before sb& gave herself to any one. ward 1., not only lived in the castle, but also used it as a fortress. As a fortress, if one may judge from the massive appearance of Its walls, even after the lapse of seven centuries, it must have been practically impregna ble. It was at Carnarvon Castle, by the way, that the present lord mayor of London was lately installed as an Arch Druid, and it was also in the courtyard of the building that a Sir John Puleston, of the days of King Edward 111., was hanged by the neck until he died, a fate his descendant Is hardly likely to share, even if he should fall in his task of restoration! Cigar Courtship. In affairs of the heart among the Dutch people the cigar plays a part at once dreamily emblematic and prac tical. The young gentleman in love calls casually at the young lady's house with his cigar out, and asks for a light. That is a delicate hint, and if he calls again for a light tho parents know what to expect. A fam ily council is held, and the reply is prepared. If on his third call the wooer receives a light, but has the door immediately closed in his face, he understands that he is cold-shoul dered. If, on the other hand, his suit Is welcome, after receiving his light he Is Invited in, the young lady is pre sented to him, and he puffs out hia declaration through the curls ol smoke. HE GUARDS A CROSSING. How Policeman Harney Flynn hap pened to be put on "crossing duty" was a mystery to every man on the force, but why he was taken off was well known to all of them. The "cross ing men" are usually large and of im posing presence, while Flynn is small and would not attract the attention of anyone who did not know of his prowess. Isut he was given tho work, nevertheless. " 'Tis me size," he said by way of explanation. "Th' big ma-an is a line thing on para-ade, but f'r wor-ry give me th' little felly ivery time. Th' big ma-an can hold up his shtick an' get ga-ay with th' dhrivers, but 'tis th' lit tle felly that dodges in an' pulls th' lost childher out of har-rm's wa-ay. Ye'll always find it so. Did ye niver hear that th' mqst val'able goods comes in th' slimallest packages? 'Tis a fac'. What ye get at th' 99-olnt bay zaar has togo home in a dhray, an' what is ray-presinted be th' five hun derd dollars ye spind in a jew-ry shtore ye can carry awa-ay in yer-er vest pocket." Whatever of truth there may be in his assertion, the fact remains that he was put on crossing duty, and he went about his work with the same energy that characterized him in all that he had previously undertaken. He was the supreme ruler of that crossing, and he did not intend to have any mistake about it. He was excep tionally jealous of his authority, be cause his size tended to induce some TnWf\1 r i% [rp Explained That Things Were in a Bad Way at Flaherty's. of the more thoughtless of the drivers to treat him with condescension, if hot with contempt, and nothing is so galling as that. "Th' guardeen iv th' la-aw," he said to a burly driver one day, "sh'u'd be threated with ray-spict." "Don't get foolish, little man," re turned the driver, patronizingly, at the same time showing a disposition to ignore the policeman's uplifted club. "Oho! ye'd yet ga-ay with me, w'u'd ye?" cried Policeman Flynn. "Come down out iv that high-chair seat!" The driver only laughed, whereupon Flynn, by a quick movement, caught hold of the reins and jerked them out of the driver's hands. "Now will ye be good," he asked, "or will ye dhrive me over to th' sta tion?" The driver realized that he was at the policeman's mercy, and surlily promised to show all proper respect in tho future. " 'Tis not me own dignity, but me po-lis dignity I'm upholdin'," Flynn explained afterward. "Ye ca-an't r-rule at a crossin' onliss ye insist upon r-rtilin', an' 'tis th' injane-yus ma-an that's th' boss iv things." Policeman Flynn certainly was In genious, and he held- the drivers who regularly passed his corner in sub jection by his reputation for resource fulness and the uncertainty as to what he would do next. When he finally humbled the contractor who was always in a hurry, and cut in and out of the line of teams in a most haz ardous way, his authority never again was questioned. Another policeman would have caught the horse by the bridle some day, thrown him back on his haunches, and cursed or arrested the driver; but Policeman Flynn never does things as others would do them. He bided his time, and finally, when the contractor was caught in a pocket and had to draw up, the policeman promptly stuck his club between the spokes of his buggy wheel. "I wa-ant f'r to ta-alk to ye," said Policeman Flynn. "Take that out of there or I'll break it!" exclaimed the contractor. "Ye'll br-reak th' shpoke Iv ye-er wheel If ye-er lior-rse moves." retort ed Policeman Flynn. "An' I wa-ant f'r to give ye warnln' that th' nixt time ye go scootln' over th 'crossin' I may damage me club, but ye-er bug gy'll goto the ray-pair shop. Now g'wan an' don't be blockin' up th' r-road." That settled the contractor, and thereafter Policeman Flynn was the uitocrat of his crossing. But he had ether troubles, and his methods were not always those that would be ap proved at headquarters. The advice that he gave on various occasions, while undoubtedly good, was too sharp and pointed. A man from the coun try secured his attention one day and told him he had been asked to cash a check for a stranger who had to catch A iraln togo to a sick wife. . j I " 'Twas th' ol' gag iv the confldince I ma-an," said Policeman Flynn in tell ! ing about it, "but th' felly from th' counthry was sorry f'r him, an' he says to me, bein' in a bit iv doubt from all he'd liear-rd iv city wa-ays: 'lf you was me,' lie says, 'what w'u'd ye do?* An' 1 says to him: 'lf I was you,' I says, 'l'd ha-ave a guardeen app'inted an' thin hire a guide.' An' he wint awa-ay ma-ad. "But 'tis th' women gives me ttr* most throuble. Oho! th' women! Nine out iv ivery tin iv thim is laek in' ner-rve or ilse sinse. Wan iv thim shteps out a fut or two an' thin r-rtrns back. Thin she thries it wanst more, an' 'tis up to me f'r to iscoort her acrost. Th' nixt wan ducks her head an' goes like a chicken crossin' a r-road. I caught wan iv that, ki-nd yisterda-ay whin she was r-runnin* r-right under a pair iv prancin' hor-rses. 'D'ye think ye're a bir-rd?* says I, 'that, ye can shpread ye-er wings and' ma-ake a shraight line?' An' instid iv thankin' me she wint awa-ay ma-ad. too." Of course, in time the fame of Po liceman Flynn's methods and com ments reached headquarters, owing ta some complaints that were made, ami he was given a quiet reprimand, "Above nil things you must be cour teous," he was told, and, with ills cusn tomary desire to master completely anything that he undertook, he went, out to buy a book on etiquette. Thia was his undoing, for it is indeed a wise man who knows how to utilize the in formation in such a volume. He fol lowed the instructions implicitly, and' many a woman wondered at the elab orateness of his bow and the tactful' nature of his reply when he was asked to do some absurd thing entirely out of the line of his duty; for women ar» occasionally unreasonable in their re quests of the guardians of the law. He even kept his temper and acted 1 with creditable discretion when he was; asked to run back a block or two and' see If he could find the lap-dog a wom an had dropped out of her victoria. Rut the etiquette book was responsible for his Waterloo, nevertheless, and the night he was sent, back to patrol duty he threw it in the fire before even explaining the matter to his wife. " 'Twas all along iv thryin' to be po lite an' tac'ful," he finally explained. "What's po-lite an' compliment'ry to an akel is pra.vsum'tion to a soopeer yer. Ye see, 'twas this wa-ay: a gir-rl—oh. a fine-lukin' gir-rl iv 19 or 20—got mixed up bechune two teams, an' was like to be r-run down whin T saw her. 'Twas no time to think iv th' wa-ay to get her out. Annv wa-ay all' was a good wa-ay, an' I gr-rabbed her r-round th' waist an* carried her to wan side. 'Oh, sir,' she says whin she got her breath back, 'how can I iver tha-ank ye? ' 'Ma'am,' says I, liftin' me helmet an' thinkin' iv th' book on manners, 'th' pleasure.' I says, 'is all mine.' 'Sir,' she says, givin' me a hity tity lult an' shpeakin' cold. 'I will see that ye are ray-warded.' 'Ma'am,' says I, 'th' mim'ry iv th' ray-ward I've al ready had will go with me to the gra-ave." "What ray-ward had ye had, Bar ney?" inquired Mrs. Flynn. "She asked me th' sa-ame quistion,"' said Policeman Flynn. "An' what did ye sa-ay to her?" "I says to her, 'Ma'am,' I says, bow in' low like th' pictures in th' etikft book, ' 'tis wor-rth more than th* r-risk: I r-run.' I says, 'f'r to have had sich.- a beautiful bundle In me ar-rms.'" (•so|A\orr -ff tjdnsop ,<Cq 'nflfir 'mSu.Crtoo) (Copyright, by the Century Co.) BLUFF DIDN'T WORK. Tom Ochiltree's Arm Hardly Long Enough to Perform Service He Claimed. E. H. Giimore, the theatrical man ager of New York, and Tom Ochiltree were great friends. One morning they went down to the Battery in New Yorlc to take a yacht togo out and see an international yacht race. A ferryman took them off to the yacht. Just as they were alongside something happened and the sinal* boat capsized. Everybody went head long into the water. Giimore, who wore a heavy overcoat, came up last. He caught some netting on the side of the yacht and clung there until they dragged him aboard. Giimore was full of salt water and had no very clear idea of what bad happened when he woke up in bed in. one of the staterooms. Ochiltree wu sitting beside him. "Ned," said Ochiltree, "I think I should have a pass for life to all yonr theaters after what I did for you to day." "What did you do?" asked Gilmortv suspiciously. "Why, after we were thrown in the water I noticed you had on your heavy overcoat, and, as I was in good swim ming trim, I stood on the bottom and pushed you up by the legs, so that they easily got you into the yacht. Thus I saved your life. Isn't thai worth a perpetual pass?" An Insinuation. "Yes, I'm going to marry him." "I didn't know you cared for him?"* "Neither did I till last night." "What happened last night?" "He kissed me." "Huh! I wouldn't marry a man that, drinks." -» ._—
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