CLISTS A POWER AGURIBILITY OF THEIR CLUBS BECOM- . ING POLITICAL CENTERS. Believe That, as Has Been the With Other Similar Organizations, Clabes of Cyclists Will Become Impor- ‘tamt Factors In Local Politios. ’ It is tho opinion of sage and experi- enced politicians that it will not be very long befova tho various wheelmen's shibe go numerons nowadays, will take Rive part in politics. Such a propo- sition would probably be disputed as untrie by the great majority of wheel. men, who are indifferent to political affairs and who are generally agreed | that the keeping of politics out of . a so- cial organization is (ne of the gorest pledges of its permanence. But the con- ditions are not favorable to the position they take, and if these conditions do not result in some form of political ac- tivity in cycling clubs all previous in- digatious will be belied. All over there are now bicycle clnbe occupying usually rooms in what are ealled ‘‘residential guarters,’’ and these rooms are the meeting places of thon- sands of yonng men of voting age and companionable ways. The subjects dis ‘onssed are far removed from politics, ‘but, as is invariably the case whera’ young men are associated in a social or- ganization for the purposes of mntnal good fellowship, one or mere of tha mambers become leaders in the cinb, and “moving spirits’’ in its affairs The politicians of every party are nl ways on the lockont for desirable candi dates for local nominations, and the prt ting in the field of a wheelman favora b ought of by his associates in a wheelmen’s club would naturally rwan the active and efficient support of a ..mamber of his associates. Unconscions- ‘dy, therefore, though the club might take no part as a club in the campaign, the result would be the same as if it Bad done s), and the members of that club would become attached to the party or faction to which the candidate be Jonged. At the next contest the oppos ing party would be pretty certain to put ‘im nomjnation a candidate who had at least the support of a rival wheelmen's Si : olub in the district, or of wheelmen there, and so the cyclers would be *‘brought into politics. "’ This has largely been the rule with social organizations of whatever char- ater or description. In recent years the first of the & quasi-political clubs were the volun- "tral of the political activity of its mem- _#oer fire companies Then came the L military sompany clubi, the Graud Ar. , the veterans’ associations and the literary and debating clubs. an to say that not one of the lat- established with the view of SE the political advantage of any smember. But sooner or later one mem- ‘ber became 3 prominent a8 to possess influence in the club ranks, if not con- bers. Then he was nominated for an office; then he secured the support of . hi# friends in the club for the side with ich he was allied, aud finally the became known as having a certain political leaning. It is much hoped by many cyclists that the clubs may keep out of politics, - for pernicious political activity is not ~ oonducive td the success cf such organi- mations, but the snug clubrooms and the increasing membership of the or- ganizations are tempting to the politi- cians, and the result may be foreshad- owed. Last year the cyclists cut quite sfigurein the fight for congress between ‘George B. McClellan and R. A. Chese- ~~ brough.—New York Sun. Turf Profits of » Prince. - An examiu.ution of the winnings on - the turf this year shows that the Prince of Wales has done very much better than ever before.. In his first year's racing (1889) he won only two small races, worth £204. These figures were treliled in 1800. In 1891 he won £4,148. The ~ year 1892 was a bad one, and he only took £190. Ho did a little better in 1808, winning £372. Last year the - prince won five races, warth £3,409. But this year, in addition to excellent stable a Pronpects, be has made nearly £8,000. Ee 1 II, which has not been beaten, has won five races, aggregating £3,969, and Persimmon won both _races he ran | in, taking £2,651. —New York World. 01d Greek Music, Two more slabs of stone inscribed with words and music have been found =X in the treasury of the Athenians at De by the French. By using some ts previously discovered, . hymn to Apollo, with its not(s, put together. The date is after of Greece by the Romans. ; 18 omques seem to have used 21 notes in their masical notation, where we use : mires : ; oh : Yolstol's New Novel. Count Tolstoi. is at work on a new movel dealin; with the peculiarities of she Russian district courts. As he has a poor opinion of judicial methods, sale : yr the book will probably be forbidden "im Russia by the censorship. Dslike the Horse, She Likes a Check. Edith Sessions Tupper says the new woman is “‘horsy.”’. We don’t know - what this means unless it refers to the | faot that she is given loose rein and doesn’t mind a bit==Chicago Times- Herald. - The Only Thing It Could Do There. What the Stevenson boom is doing in Alaska is a mystery to the politicians, but it is feared that it is cutting ice. — Bt. Louis Republic. : “TAB Unfair Dest. Two ‘‘new women’’ of Georgia have ‘gone: into the distillery business. Therc veral ways of getting the upper of man. an. — Chicago Post. A Shadow of a Coming Event. : Prince Edward of Yok wi]l have a ale brother or sister before long. STORIES OF THE DAY. Two Chicago Gentlemen and a New Bt cycle. ‘Lawyer L. I. Harris has lost all | faith in humanity—also a brand new bicycle. Yesterday morning the attorney was engaged to defend a professional bor- rower before Justice Richardson at the Armory police court. In order to assure himself that no one could take liberties with his ‘bike’ while conducting the | case, Mr. Harris wheeled it. into thn general office dnd leaned it ag: vingt the steam pipes. Then he tied a plac ard on the wheel as follows: | This diese] i= the 7 { ‘gent lernarn, who will be De Kin J minu Mr. Arris then enter nl he court rooni, = after expounding the statute and pawing the air for half an hour, | Joet his case and his fee. After pocketing his pride in lieu of | his fee the attorney returned te the of- fice, but his ‘‘bike’" was gane. In its | place was another placard, upon which | were these words: “To the Legal Gentleman (%): : Your wheel was taken by another n-' ‘tieman who 13 a ‘‘scorcher. - He won tbe. back at afl. iid | Harris swore Aowardiy and | howled outwardly, filed complaints | with everybody, and then swore out a | | warrant for John Doe. —Chicago Inter | I Ocean. A Kentnkey Belle. Sheriff Jarvis of Koox county passed through ‘the city the other day, having in charge five or six prisoners on the way to Frankfort. The prisoners were placed in the watchhouse autil the train left. Among the prisoners was a young woman from Knox county, apparently | about 25 vears old, and a typical eastern | Keoutucky mountain girl. Her hair was cat short, and her dress was of calico made in mountain style. She was going | to Frankfort for bonsehreaking. She | was. placed in a cell by herself at the | station house. : ; She was quite taliciriva, and when | asked her rge and bb oue caid: “I am jus’ 85 and live in Kaox county. - My | pame is Lizzie Harris Used to live in Wes’ Virgiuny, but got in ‘rouble and left there. ['ze #0} 114 ¥ y Frankfort now for a couple of yeu t 1 don't care. “Did yon ever Kill arian? was asked. ““Yes, lord! Kilied four | waylaid the highway one izht in Wes’ Virginny and dropped three men. 1 staid in the pen in that state three years 1 shot my sweetheart, too, and killed him. bat a lawyer named Bluck Plead me out of it. " “Did you ever cominit any other crime?’ ‘Guess I have. Broke into one or two houses, but have had luck and got out. 1 think I will have a nice time at Frankfort. Some nice men thers, 1 hear. My husband left me some time ago, and I am grieving over it "'—Lexington Transcript. : A Matter of Doubt, Dixon was imperturbable.. : It was necessary that he should be so, for Dixon was coanchman to a rich and fashionable family, and he knew the re- quirements of his position. : He sat upon the box as if he were carven stone, but there was behind that impassive countenance an intelligence which was at times almost startling. - . He was thus sitting at 11 a. m. of a bright and glorious morning, when the fair and gracious daughter of the house tripped lightly down the steps and ap- proached the elegant carriage at the curb. Dixon recognized her coming by a movement as if to sit straighter on the | box, though that were impossible. The young woman stopped as her | dainty foot tonched the carriage step. “Pixon,” she said, ‘+ Yes, miss,’’ responded Dixon, look- ing square to the front. “Prive me to the nearest place where I can be measured for a bicycle suit.’ . “Yes, miss. . Pressmaljer’s « or tailor shop?’ For a moment the fair creature's face was a study. Then it filled full of smiles and bubbled over in rippling laughter. And Dixon's imperturbability was | intensified. — New York Sun. A Bar Harbor Story. This is a Bar Harbor story, and the man who told it to me declared he wns | there when it happened. There i8 a Washington family of the ultra excln- give sort, whose summer home is up there on the Maine coast. They have kinsmen in the neighborhood, and one evening, quite unexpectedly, one of their rural uncles dropped in on them to make an indefinite stay. They wouldn't for worlds have been rude to him, but | he was dreadfully in the way, so they gave him a ticket to the performance of the ‘‘Messiah'’ and scat him uil to hear the oratorio. He went. Next morning at breakfast one of his nieces asked him how he liked it. “Waal,” said he, ‘1 guess I kinder liked it, but it wasn't very funny. There was nothin funny in it, wo fer as I see, but one thing. Gosh! That was funny !’’ “What was that, uncle?” the niece asked. # { ‘‘Waal,”’ said the old man, ‘‘there | was nigh a dozen old maids got up and sang, ‘Fer unto us a King is given; unto us a Son is born.” And as soon as they said it a lot of fellows back of them jumped up and began to shout, ‘ Wonder- ful! wonderful!’ ’-—Washingten Post. This Tree Is Truly of Chicago. An apple tree in Union park is cover- ed with dainty white and pink blooms that are usually considered the harbin- gers and advance guard of spring. This tree blossomed early under the fervid rays of the hot sun of April last, but the promise of fruit seemed meager. So with true Chicago spirit the tree his again robed itself in perfumed blossom, and unless Boreas be too rude will bear a trinmphant wealth of ruddy fruit in spite of its late start. —Chicago Tribune, | CUBA’S “MARSEILLAISE. 4 | Editar Nattes Writes a Patriotic song In the Caus» of Libeohp. Enrique Nattes, one of the editors of The Vozy Eco, pu blished in New York, "has written a; patriotic Cabaneaug. It is: entitled °° The Lonely Star* and will be gang for the first time in public ata ‘benefit to be held shortly for the canse of the Cnban=, The words of the song translated are theie: To arms, all Culion tricky, “The bugle ssunds agal To nurms! Uniti Thi: tyranoy of Anitica’s Brave Are all, Bat Cababs And we mnt die with houop : © On guan our ib Bir antl Wich oY We Hi Hite for wi The day of Cannot be very far If we all march together Beneath that Jonely Atay To arms, all Cuban patriots, No matter ‘a hat hay one! Our earthly mission is to Sght For f: nnd and homed Ririke to avenge those droghers Who wore #) stanch and tue, That on the fleld of hatte Have shed their blood for youl I Love Knows No Age. Three marriages wera psformed in | the little Baptist church as €eal Run, Ky., recently by Rev. Dr. May in short : | idler. “Un rele’ Levi Thorny, aged S1 - fis : i years, was married to Mme Linda | Fidler, a pions widow of 80 gears. Each ‘ had been married five times previonsly Rev. Samnel Ray, aged 61 years, was married to Miss Martha Leoxve, aged 60 years. Neither had been. married be- fore. The remaining conple was Remble | Leslie; aged 20, of Pikeville, and Miss Emma Whatington, a girl mers. It was the most novel w ng affair | ever known fn tho country. Fhe church was filled wifh people. The bridal { couples wore the nsual moewstain style 16 sum- | of clothing. The two old lsdies wore gunbonnets and the girl a sailor hat The old ladies wore black caljeo dresses, ' while the child bride had ap a gown of Baming red calico. — Philadelphia Press. To Invade Sapam. George 8. Montgomery, » millionaire member of the Salvation Army, is or- ganizing an expedition at Oakland, Gal, to invade Japan and Christianize the inhabitants. His ‘plan has yeosived the approval of General Booth, who will send a few recruits from London, and the party will sail in abog$ a» month. The party will bs» under the command of a native Japanese lieutenant, who became ccnverted and jained the army. Washington Star. : A law That Fite the Crime. - A boy has just beeu publicly shot in Mexico for placing obstructions on a railroad track. A new law provides this penalty for such an offense, and it fits the crime. Its general adoption in this country would undoubtedly reduce the number ¢f railroad fatalities. —Boston Herald. Q00D THINGS TO DO. Pits of Adviee Which You May Well Follow. Amang 50 things whidh Catholic journals have recently laid @owwn as mat- ters of duty for each indivi@aal are: Live a temperate life; if necesdary, become a total abstaineér. Study the history of this county, especially that part that tells of its discoveyy and early exploration. They are glorious Itivate a spirit of faith, as ¥ the firm- est foundation npon which to Tard character. Scrupulonaly respect the rights and privi- Joges of others. Refrain from insisting too strongly or too | frequently upon his own rightsand privileges Sbow hia respect for the laws of the land by obeying them at all times and upder all cir cumwtdnces, Prevent by judisions connsel the violation of | the laws Ly oli r= If a parent, set n go a examph {3 all things $0 his children. Ds good in whenever and in Whatever Way {| he can leditimately. Cultivate n cher rial digposition and a spivis of kin:iness to all Hold a close guard over that garaly mem- ber, the tongue, whe a others ago the subject of conversation. Beek the divine npproval, ned or appisces of men, in the discharg if duty. Cast his ballot in ace. .dance with the die tates of his ccpacience and for fhe candidate who will best administer the lava Take an active interest in all gaptters thas have for their. object the welfase of the com: munity in which hs lives. BARRETT’S 5 NOVEL PLAN. Chicago Will Soon Have an Electrical Waiter Sapply. Chicago i8 to have an electrical water supply system. The city electrician, the eammission- er of public works and the city engineer held a conference yesterday which will | result in a complete revolution in the waterworks system of Chicago At the conclusion of the conference Mr. Bar- rett was authorized to proceed at once with the preparation of plans and speci- fications, and it may be positively stat- ed that no time will be lost in proceed- ing with a work which will quickly furnish every section of the city with an adequate supply of water and give Chicago the finest system of waterworks in the world. | John P. Barrett is the inventor, of : more properiy the discoverer, of the new system. Years ago Mr. Barrett in- vented and pnt into operation the won- derful electrical appliaz~es which have since been copied by the police and fire departments of every progressive city on earth. In the opinion of competent mechanical experts who have had an opportunity to examine the electrical | water supply system the latter will rank even higher in the scale of municipal ality. —Chicago Ti) es- Hera dd Did His Work — Bootblack—Dis yere business is mighty hard on me eyes. : Customer—On your eyes? Bootblack-——Yes. | Yer see I puts sec h a dazzlin shine on de shoes it hurts ‘em. —Chicago Record. i 819, has copronupicated { view Dir. Roux, thse | M. Pastear’s laboratory, in the Rue! tho bardic chair with .the ceremony | i w 2 . :. which ig attached to this action of the An Yellin : we 4 it Meg Treatment : For Fareremiosis, An Itzitan doctor, Professor Maragh- to the medical congress at Bordeaux the mam points of a Gascovery mpiie by nlm tor the treatment and cura of phthisis. His pew remedy consists in the use of a serum the: formula for which is pot 1 given, bat which 13 said to have proved | very effective In piany cases where aid ht for at the hands of the for- of such a prophylac iy ghly appreciate i, i same infornia- # piner, The Soir, cnr’ to inter. Dutot. or Dr. Roux said: “Wa do not know if Dr. Maragliano destroys the bacilli, or if. on the contrary, he nurses them in gide the organisin while preventing | them from harming the patient. We are in the dark also as to how he ob- tains his vaccine matter, and this is an | important point for vs to know before wa ean formulate an opinion. '’'—Euro pean Edition of Naw York Heral % Bachelors’ Hall op to Date. Philip Boehm aod bis brother Adam. ‘both bachelors, kept house in Jersey City. Adam is 35 years old, and Philip is 20. Philip wus willing to spend money. Adam never spent a cent with- out sighing. : The othar day it was Philip's tarn to do the family wasking. He suggested that they should cogage a washer: woinan., Adam said no, aud to teach Philip a lesson put his food and clothes in a closet and kept the key. All through Monday the quarrel continued. The crisis came next day when Philip tried to break «pen the closet door. Adam seized a club. Philip drew a re- volver and fired. Adam groaned and fell over withva bullet in his abdomen. Philip then surrendered himself to the police, and Adam was taken to the city hospital. =-Now York Vora, In the Pursuit of News. There are a large number of people living in every town who are forever kicking about there being no local news in their t¢wn papar. Yesterday in mak- ing the rounds of the town we asked exactly 47 men if there was anything of Jocal interest that they could tell us. Not one of them gave us a single item. The people tell us that there is nothing new, but when tae paper is out they kick because thers is ‘‘nothing in it.’ Tomorrow we will call on every man in town and will be thankful for news on any subject. — Willows (Cal. ) Journal Blase Californians. Barn socials are becoming popular in California. Society people dress in bine jeans and calico snd dance on thé bam floor to the music of the long ago. Itis| said to beat a fachionable function all bollow. —Carson City Appeal One Way of Viewing It. The prospect of a cheapening in the expense of producing cigarettes may be considered a step forward in civiliza- tion if it is philosophically regarded as a means of promoting the survival of the fittest. — Washington Star. on sm, es. POOR OLD CRUSOE. His Hut to Be Tora Pow and a Prisom . Ereetnd There. There has been received daring the past 80 days news from Chile which will not be regarced as joyful intelli- gence by the fri:nds of Daniel De Foe Poor old Robinson Crusoe’s hut on Juan : Fernandes island is to be torn down, and in its place will be erected a prison station, to be used as an apxiliary to the Chilean penitentiary at Santiago. Juan Fernandez is to be thrown open to set- tlera, and rumor is extant that Mucho jsland will also be advertised as *' splendid place for a poor man to make a fortune.’”’ Mocho island is mentioned in connection with the story of Juan Fernandez, because, according to South | American historians, the spot was prob- ably the landing place of Sailor Alex- ander Selkirk, whose adventure De Fon ‘elaborated into chapters of marvelous narrative, instead of the lonely rock several hundred miiles in a southwester- ly directicn from the port of Valparaiso. Doubt still exists in the minds of a number of Chilean writers as to the identity of the is'and on which Selkirk spent four years of lonely existence. The Chilean department of coloniza- tion has never been inclined in time past to invite settlers to the islands ly- ing off the coast of Chile and owned and controlled by that repnblic. Robin- son Crusoe’s domain has been zealously guarded by representatives of the Chil- ean government, and all attempts to settle npon it or to learn the secrets of its queerly shaped canyons, ranges and peaks have been discountenanced Ly stolid officials of that little southern nation. —San F rancisco ‘Bulletin. i pon rai wager sgt, Thad Stevens’ Hotse Demolished. One of the historic old houses of Cap- itol hill is now being demolished to rake way for a haudsome modern resi- dence which is to be erected upon the gite. People passing along B street, bé tween First street and New Jersey ave- nue southeast, have noticed for years an ancient residence om the south side of the street, which has been one of the landmarks. The oldest inhabitant when asked about it would say it was former- ly the home of Thad Stevens, and there- upon the house assumed renewed inter- est in the eves of many. - A project was on foot at one time to purchase the house with morey contributed by col- ored people and to make it a memorial to the regard which the eolored race en. tertains for the memory of Thad Ste vens. Ex-Senator Bruce and other col cred men of note were interested in the scheme, but it was abandoned. — Wash- ington Star. ent director of —— ni IN THE BARDIC CHAIR. ‘J. O. Williams Made Poet Laureate of Wales For One Year. ‘I'he unique and impressive ceremony incident to seating a man in the bardio ehuir took place the oth@r Hight in the Congregational tabernacle in Scranton, Pa. The bard so honored was J. O. Williams of Liverpool, whose bardic name is ‘‘Pedroy.’’ His poem on'‘Hap- piness’’ was given the prize at the re- oent National eisteddfod of Wales, at which 26 poets contested. A peculiar feature of these Welsh | prize compositions is the fact that each piece must have 24 different maters and | RICH, BOT IT SMUGG LES, | MILLIONAIRE HENRY GRIESEDIECK PLACED UNDER ARREST, Failed to Declare Valuables Inspectors | Found $2,000 Worth of Goods In His Baggage Will Have to Pay a Large Fine and May Be Imprisoned. : When the big steamship Colombia of the Hamborg- Am rie an line laborad in- to her de ek in Hiutoken the ofier day, bundra if hn YY fu A IH ware ver her taffrails into smiling faces on {lie pier possess the true poetic sentiment. Mr. | Williams was successful, but at the tims | gt of his victory he was In this country, | and hence was unable to be placed in National eisteddfod. Because of his | presence in this country the Welsh litte- | | rateurs of that section resolved to per- form the ceremony. Sern. The adjutors, three in nnm- +. declare who the successful competi- is, and then the arch druid selects two of the poets present and eommands them to bring forward the successful bard. He commands the poet to be seat- ed in a magnificent oak chair manufac- tared for this purpose. Then the poet is commanded to rise and the arch druid nnsheathes his sword over the poet's | head, and in a sonorous voice asks the multitude three times in succession *‘if peice reigns supreme. ’’ The multitude answers in the affirm- ative and the arch druid declares him below, It was a joven: home eoming of boarists. - Castom oricors in upilorm Lod aronnd with declaration papers in their hands The toarizis cams down the ¢ gungpl nuks, Udder the great letter Gt which swong abovd® a tangled mass of luggage on the right of tna pier a nervons crowd soon gathered, swaiting their turn to have their tranks and grips and bandboxes turned topsy rarvy by t Unele Sam's agents. 'The seating of the bard is a beautiful | tho poet laureate of his pation for one | yeir and ona day. Fellowing this cere- | mony each in tarn congratulated .the | victor poet in impromptu verses. —Phil- | ad elphia Press. a Some Everyday Mistakes. Current natural history is sometimes | very amusing. An observant country | boy ¢an give you more reliable informa- | tion in balf an hour than many of the | writers who are accepted as authority. | Two examples of the fallacies of the laster have been going the rounds. ' One | was an article on’ the cricket, which | wits described as a very dainty insect with a delicate appetite. . There is in reality but one that is more voracious, and that is the cockroach. The cricket hss a robust taste for almost anything, ‘especially. farinaceons matter, and it is very destructive to clothing. A house- keeper had her lace curtains eaten up, ad the writer remembers once visiting in a house where the walls had been oeiled and papered. The paper hung loose here and there, due to the crickets that gnawed through to get at the paste that had been used by the paper hangers. - Another story was of the marvelous self control of a man who discovered that a black snake had concealed itself in the pocket of his coat, which he had thrown aside in the field and donned again, very stupidly, without discover- ing the reptile. This of itself was sur- prisirg, as it is generally from four to five feet in length and and weighs sev- eral pounds. The black snake of the northern middle states is as harmless as tke toad, and, moreover, is extremely cuwardly. Its greatest fault is its de- structiveness of young birds—the broods of those species which nest in low shrubs or upon the ground. But a man might czrry one in each pocket and come to no harm, if his pockets were large enough and if he did nox have the in- horent animosity of mankind toward reptiles. —Chicago Inter Ocean. - Homming Birds and Flowers. It has long been known that insects assist plants by carrying the fertilizing pollen from flower to flower, but the "fact has only recently been prominently brought forward that humming birds are just as effective distributors of pol- len as insects are. It has been shown that these little | birds, which are as fond as bees of the honey of flowers, carry the pollen grains inn great quantity, not only on their feathers, but on their long bills also. In- deed, so well suited is the humming bird to do this work of distribution, withont any intention of . it8 own, that the question has been raised whether it pay not be the most beneficent of all the unconscious friends that the flowers have in the animal world. —Youth's Ci om on: Voluminous. . A Philadelphia lawyer said a very bright thing the other day. He was: seated with a group of friends, and they | were discussing in a desultory way the leading topics of the day. One of the purties present, Mr. , persisted in monupnlizing more than his share of the conversation, and his views did not at. all acc oo with those of the lawyer. As the men s parated one of them said to the lawyer: ‘“That —— knows a good deal, doesn’ + : ha?’ ‘‘Yes, '' replied the lawyer; ‘he knows entirely too much for ane man: . he ought to be incorporated. ''—Green Bag. A Hugo Fad. An enthusiastic admirer of Victor Hugo has made a collection of all the black and white and colored portraits of the poet that he could find. . Altogether they Baber nearly 4,000, of which about 2.300 are caricatures and car- toons. Thi collector, M. Beuve, has also gathered together with infinite pains in- pumerable pipes, canes, tobacco jars, bottles, scarfpins, handkerchiefs, even cakes of scap, on which the heat'of tiie poset appears. Choosing a Wife. : « The plainest features become hand- gome unawares when associated only with kind feelings, and the loveliest face disagreeable when linked with ill humor or caprice. People should re- member this when they are selecting a face which they are tQ see every moru- ing across the breakfast table for the remainder of their lives. ==N, P. Willis Among them stood a tall, broad | shouldered, splendidiy proportioned man. A brown Fedora hat wis tossed. back on his broad forehead, and he wore a tight fitting gray suit of fashionable cut. : “That is Henry Griesedieck, the mil- lionaire brewer of St. Louis.’ the home comers said to their friends. ‘‘He's a jolly good fellow, and he made himself. mighty agreeable to everybody om the voyage over.” : The customs officers were a long time reaching Mr. Griesedieck’ 8 baggage, and he stood there nervously mopping per- spiration from. his brow. At last the - customs officers reached him. Oné of them held the millionaire’s declaration. It described : ‘Two valises, two trunks. Nothing dutigble.’’ Attached to it were | the usual form of oath and the signa ture, Henry Griesedieck. “Nothing dutiable, I believe, sir,” said the customs officer politely. “Oh, no. Nothing indeed,’’ replied i the millionaire. “Your kevs. plegse.’’ said the offices. and Mr. Griesedieck nanaea tnem Over. A customs examination is merely cursory in most instances, and the uni- formed officers performed their task in a perfunctory way. They ran their hands through the contents of the mil- lionaire’s bags and trunks, tumbled them up a little, marked them with chalk and were going on to the next batch when a little gray bearded man in eitizen’s clothes stepped up and said: “Hold on there, sir! If you pleass, I think I'll take a look through these my- self, if you please.” : *“What do you mean, sir?’’ cried Mr. QGriesedieck. ‘“Who are you to-dare to take such a privilege:’’ ‘“Donaboe’s my name, sir,” said the little man. “I am a United States cus- toms inspector, and I think s more rigid examination is necessary in this case.’ “This is an outrage,’’ cried Mr. Griesedieck, but he turned ple. The gers crowded about. “Why, this is Mr. Griesedieck, the St. Louis millionaire,”” they cried in unison. “Surely you have made a mis- Tk take ’" ; "Then a tall man with a brown mus tache, apparently a civilian, also came up. He was United States In- spector of Customs Brown. “We know of Mr. Griesedieck, and our duty isa painful one. We only trust we will discover nothing to his die credit,’’ ‘said he to the crowd. The two officers went to work. In the first valise they found a. gentleman’s hunting case repeating watch of Swiss manufacture. : “This is not declared,’ spector: Brown. “Oh, I have been very foolish,” said the big man, and his knees trembled, and two kind friends led him to a seas near by. When the cnstoms officers - completed their examination, they made their inventory of dutiable gocds found in Mr. Greisedieck’s effects as follows: (Gentleman’s gold watch, four ladies’ hunting case watches, five gold chains, two diamond, ruby and sapphire rings, -one pair diamond sleeve buttons, nine tablecloths, seven dozen napkins, three. koits of silk (51 varas). six vacs of kd gloves, four pairs of slik glows, seven- teen pocketkuives, one bronze candle- stick, nine cigar cutters, oe silver swivel The value of the goods was estimated at $2,000. Each article was doubtless a gift for some one near Mr. Griesedieck. “1 admit I have made a grave mis-. take,” said Mr. Griesedieck, ‘‘and I am ready and willing to pay the duty om them. How much is it?’ “We regret that it is too lute,’ said the inspectors. “We will bave to place you under arres The smuggled goods were o sent to the barge office, and Mr. Griesedieck was taken before United States Commis- gicner Romaine in Jersey €lity, who held him in $1,500 bail Mr Griese- dieck deposited that sum with the eom- missioner and was released. Henry Griesndieck is of Gurman de- scent. From buyhood he was thrifty, early showing fine business judgment. Ho is, it is said, several times a mil- lionaire and is president of the National Brewing company and of the St. Louis Malting company. He had Wen abroad several months. The duty on Mx Griesdieck's goods was only $400. Now he is liable to a fine of $4,000, er double the value of the goods, or imprisonment for a term of years, or beth. —New Tork World. . Ne Doubt About IS : There can be no doubt abont it—this ‘eountry is an the eve of a tremendous wave of business prosperity. New York's soundest and most conservative ‘merchants say so, and they ought to ‘know and do kuow.—New York Tele- gram. Harrington Gets a Berth. Ex-Chief of the Weather Burean at | Washington Mark W. Harrington was elected president of the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash. - hoa begun his new duties. 3 said In- cp ts SRN ENE HBA OS A A PSR 0 jinn : Gig gy 4 or
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