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COZY HOME FOR TRAMPS.
Wealthiest Hobo in America Plana a
Comfortable Refuge for
the Aged.
Hans Ablehanaon, the wealthiest
tramp in America, who several years
ago lived at the Waldorf-Astoria in New
York, at the expense of a western rail
road magnate, as a result of a wager
that Hans could not walk from Tacoma
to Panama in eight months, Is to build
a home for aged tramps. Hans recent
ly received $25,000 by tbe will of a rel
ative who died in Sweden, and the money
is now said to be drawing interest in a
New York bank.
Hans recently disclosed his Intention
to his friend, Peter Johnson, of Wor
cester, Mass. The other day Johnson
) was in New York, and, while talking
about Hans’ project, said:
"It sounds like the dream of a crazy
man, but Hans declares that he will
build the tramps' home with his money.
He says that he will build hia home
somewhere in New England. I asked
him why he didn’t take his money and
settle down and he said it is much more
fun to be a tramp.
"He aald that the only thing he wanted
to get out of his money is a home to lire
la when he gets too old to catch freights,
so long as he had to build himself ahome,
he declared that he might as well build
one large enough for 25 or 30 of hia
friends. He told me that he knew 5,000
tramps on the road In the United States.
Some of these friends of his, he ex
plained, are getting old and stiff and
cannot tramp much longer.
"He plans to put all of his money in
this home for his friends. After it is
built, he argues that by a little work,
such as broom making or mending chairs
or something of that kind, the 25 tramps
who reside within can pay running ex
penses. When I asked him how soon he
Is going to build this home he said that
he is looking for a suitable place, and
that as soon as he finds one he will take
his money out of the bank and build.”
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Parish to Pius X.
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presented to his holiness, the pope, by |
the Children of Mary, of the Jesuit
church, of New Orleans, has been
finally completed and will be borne to
his holiness along with the magnifi
cent pontifical sandals, by Mr. Kelly,
on the occasion of the golden jubilee
of the immaculate conception.
The album is a work of art and a
thing of beauty. It is bound in
snow white antique silk, and the cor
ners and clasps are of pure gold
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the cover is the pope’s crest, while
across the upper part of the cover is
the word “Autographs" in gold letters.
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original poem, composed by members ;
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| NEW HOTEL IS A PALACE.
Hostelry In New York City Built and
Furnished Without Re
gard to Cost.
j The Hotel St. Regis, another new
world palace planned to shelter vagrant
I multimillionaires, has opened its doors
j in New York city. John Jacob Astor is
; the owner of the new hotel and R. M.
Haan is proprietor. The 18 stories are
j furnished with a splendor unprece
dented. The corridors are of marble and
j the walls are hung with silks that vary
I in price from $7 to $15 a yard, and the
j metal fittings in the bathrooms are of
I solid sliver.
! The table linen came from Belfast,
the heavy embroidered bed linen from
Dresden, the china from the Royal
Worcester and Minton factories, and the
carpets were woven in France from spe
cial designs to suit every apartment.
There is a library of 2,150 volumes for
the patrons. There are devices for reg
ulating the heat by which any temper
ature desired may be Attained. Cool
air also may be introduced. Clocks are
on every mantel, run from a magnetic
clock in the office, and pantries are on
every floor in which breakfasts are pre
pared.
The state suite excels in magnificence
1 any of the other apartments. It con
: slsts of a dining-room in Circassian
walnut, wainscoted to the ceiling, dec
orated with silver, bronse ornaments,
formerly the property of the king of
Sicily. Prices range from seven dollars
a day for room and bath to $125 a day
for the state Buite.
The hotel, exclusive of furniture, cost
$4,000,000. The furniture cost another
$1,500,000.
Wouldn’t That Petrify You!
At Knaresborough castle, in York
shire, England, is a dropping well, in
which, if p. as of wood, sprigs of trees
or flowers are dropped, they are petri
fied, or turned to stone. It would doubt
less serve a human being in the same
I way, only nobody appears willing to try
I the experiment
GREAT INVENTOR AT HOPE.
4 Visit to Thomas ▲. Xdlson—Em
and Surroundings Not a Bit
Lika ths Man.
To one who knows anything M
all of Edison, the first glimpse ol
his house and its surroundings
eomes with a shock of surprise,
says Woman’s Home Companion.
Who would have suspected
that this most democratic of men
would hare chosen for himself en
vironments so essentially aristo
cratic? He lives in the heart of
a splendid park, patterned after
the English idea of vigorous ex
elusiveness, its gales jealously
guarded by alodgekeeper.
The interior of the house Is in
keeping with the atmosphere of
the park without, quite unlike
Edison. The reception-room was
utterly different from what I ex
pected. The admirably draped
curtains, the tables and chairs ar
ranged wih an eye to artistic ef
fect, were not of Edison’s choos
ing. He cares too little for the
lnxnries of life. This was his
wife’s work; it was all so wom
anly.
I heard quick footsteps behind
me, and Edison appeared, greet
ing me cordially and unaffectedly.
He was dressed in the queerest
of costumes—a long blouse that
reached to his heels, evidently of
his own pattern, serviceable and
work-worn.
“Come along into the labora
tory,” he said.
So I followed him through the
dining-room and the “den” into
the laboratory that he has fitted
up for himself in his home.
There I found his little boy, his
shirt-sleeves rolled up, his face
and hands smeared like his
father’s. They had been making
various compounds of which lamp
black was the chief constituent.
“So you work on Sunday, too?"
Edison winked confidentially.
“You see, Mrs. Edison is away. I
can do as I like.”
That brought back to me a story
that I had once heard from a friend
of his—a story of how he works
night after night in his labora
tory, utterly absorbed in his ex
periments. Midnight comes and
goes, the gray dawn creeps in, and
still finds him bending over his
test-tubes and retorts, until at
last Mrs. Edison appears and
fondly leads him away to sleep.
I looked around the laboratory.
This at least was his room. There
were Bunsen burners, mortars
and pestles, glass rods, watch
crystals, bottles of chemicals
scattered about in bewildering
profusion. I watched him and his
boy while they worked, the boy
listening with rapt attention to
the teachings of his father.
A FORTUNE IN' A POTATO.
guber liaised bj Scotchman and Sold
at High Price—Well-Named
the “Eldorado."
No potato ever gained so mnofc
notoriety as Eldorado,\ raised by
the famous Scottish raiser Mr. A.
Findlay, of Markinch. The very
aame of the variety, says the Gar
dener’s Magazine, was a stroke of
genius, for it is hardly possible
that the raiser, or those who had
the good fortune to secure somo
of the first tubers distributed,
could have imagined that in so
short a rime it would change
hands at such enormously high
prices.
Mr. George Massey, of Spalding,
was one of the very first to obtain
the stock, and from him Mr. Zach
ariah Gray, a well-known grower
at Everton, Sandy, purchased a
atone weight for £20. This set the
ball rolling, and as Mr. Findlaj
resolved not to further distribute
Eldorado until the autumn of
1004, the demand for the small
Stock available was doubled and
trebled, and sb the prices rose
Messrs. Dennis, the Covent Gar
de n salesmen, and Messrs. I. Poad
& Sons, of York, possessed sup
plies, and the latter firm found r
purchaser of four pounds at £15f
per pound. This determined them
to obtain further stock, and so at
the Smithfield club show a mem
ber of his firm found that Mr. Mas
ley had a limited stock for dispos
al and made him an offer of £1,00(
for a stone. Mr. Massey refused
as he wanted £1,500, but eventn
ally the bargain was struck a
£1.400, to the satisfaction of botl
parties. Subsequently Mr. Mas
sey sold a relatively small quan
tity for £2,000, so that his origina
transaction brought him a ver:
handsome return.
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