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COZY HOME FOR TRAMPS.
Wealthiest Hobo in America Flans a
Comfortable Refuge for
the Aged.
Hans Ablehanson, 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 trampv F
ly received $25,000 ' ' ”
ative who died in S<ei
is now said to
New York
Hans r"
to his
cester,
was
aboil
“It1
man,
build
He says that”
somewhere in New England. Tasked
him why he didn’t take his money and
settle down and he said it is much more
fun to be a tramp.
“He said that the only thing he wanted
to get out of his money is a home to lire
in 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 his
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."
MAKE ALBUM FOR THE POPE
Magnificent Volume to Be Sent by
Children of New Orleans
Parish to Pius X.
» The exquisite album which is to be
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 is
snow white antique silk, and the cor
ners and clasps are of pure gold
Near the left-hand lower corner oi
the cover is the pope’s crest, whin
across the upper part of the cover is
the word “Autographs” in gold iettex3.
The album contains 50 pages. On
tne right-hand side of each is some
original poem, composed by members
of the sodality, and written in either
English, Latin or Italian. These
pages are exquisitely illuminated, aft*
er the manner of the middle ages, an<?
the decorations on no two are alike.
On the opposite side of the pages there
is nothing except some modest deco
ration. All the work was don® by
hand by members of the sodality, ex
cept the chasing, which was dona by
Walter, the college jeweler.
On the presentation page of the
album are the words: “To Our Most
Holy Father Pius X., Children of
Mary, Jesuits' Church, New Orleans,
La., 1904.” On the title page of the
album are the words: “Golden Ju
bilee of the Immaculate Conception,
1854-1904."
The album represented three months’
work.
NEW HOTEL IS A PALACE.
Hostelry in New York City Built and
Furnished Without Re
gard to Cost.
The Hotel St. Regis, another new
world palace planned to shelter vagrant
multimillionaires, has opened its doors
m New York city, John Jacob Astor is
Ihe owner of the new hotel and R. M.
Uaan is proprietor. The 18 stories are
furnished with a splendor unprece
iented. The corridors are of marble and
the walls are hung with silks that vary
in price from $7 to $15 a yard, and the
metal fittings in the bathrooms are of
solid silver.
The table linen came from Belfast,
the heavy embroidered bed linen from
Dresden, the china from the Royal
Worcester and Minton factories, and ths
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
any of the other apartments. It con
sists 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 suite.
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 pieces of woqd, 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
way, only nobody appears willing to try
ths experiment
GREAT INVENTOR AT HOME.
4. Visit to Thomas A. Edison—Hons*
and Surroundings Hot a Bit
Liks the Han.
To one who knows anything at
all of Edison, the first glimpse of
his house and its surroundings
comes with a shock of surprise,
says Woman’s Home Companion.
Wtl- _ kna>A ait BWAA^All
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wwe park wltnout, quite online
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
luxuries 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,
i He was dressed in the queerest
of costumes—a long blouse that j
' reached to his heels, evidently of i
his own pattern, serviceable and [
; work-worn.
“Come along into the labors
tory,” he said.
kj KJ JL &VI1V TT\^U U*U1 kUi. VUff^U :
i dining-room and the “den” into i
the laboratory that he has fitted
up for himself in his home, j
(There I found his little boy, hi*
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
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
torv, utterly absorbed in his ex
periments. Midnight comes and
goes, the gray dawn creeps in, and j
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, j
This at least was his room. There |
were Bunsen burners, mortars
and pestles, glass rods, watch
crystals, bottles of chemicals1
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.
Tuber Raised by Scotchman and Sold
at High Price—Well-Named
the “Eldorado."
• '
potato ever gained so muCB
notoriety as Eldorado, raised bj
the famous Scottish raiser Mr. A.
Findlay, of MarkJnch. The very
same of the variety, says the Gar
dener's Magazine, was a stroke of
genius, for it is hardly possible
that the ra iser, or those who had
the good fortune to secure some
of the first tubers distributed,
could have imagined that in so
short a time 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 u
stone weight for £20. This set the
ball rolling, and as Mr. Findlay
resolved not to further distribute
Eldorado until the autumn of
1904, the demand for the small
stock available was doubled and
trebled, and so 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 a
purchaser of four pounds at £150
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
j sey had a limited stock for dispos
al and made him an offer of £1,000
for a stone. Mr. Massey refused,
as he wanted £1,500, but evento
ally the bargain was struck at
£1,400, to the satisfaction of both
parties. Subsequently Mr. Mas
sey sold a relatively small quan
tity for £2,000, so that his original
transaction brought him a vary
handsome return.
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M.Ot HANNA’S COURTSHIP
t -
How, When a Young Grocer, H«
Wooed and Won the Daughter
of Daniel Rhodes.
Nearly 38 years ago Mark Hanna
was just starting on his business ca
reer as a grocer in Cleveland. He
was poor, plodding, and to the casual
observer a very every-das sort of young
man, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Daniel Rhodes was one of the rich
coal owners of the state. He had one
daughter, Gussie, the very idol of his
soul. Around this lovely girl the
brusque old father had wreathed all
the sentiment, all the hopes of his fu
ture existence. Everything was to be
done for Gussie. Mrs. Rhodes, her
fond mother, was a joint idolator at
the daughter’s shrine, and the doting
parents had dreams of a rich, influen
tial suitor, a splendid marriage and a
brilliant social career for Gussie,
when, as usual, the unexpected hap
pened. Gussie Rhodes met and loved
the obscure, poor young man, Mark
Hanna. Mr. Rhodes was astounded
when the daring young grocer called
upon 61m and asked for the hand of his
daughter. He refused absolutely to
grant the young suitor even time
enough to beg. He said “no" curtly
and sharp‘d ani when he saw his
daughter uf .rled to scold her, but in
stead he took her in his honest arms
and begged her not to think of ‘'this
unknown man, Hanna.” He said ho
never, never could consent to such a
choice for his child.
Gussie Rhodes told her father, with
many a reassuring embrace, that she
would never marry without his con
sent, and she added: ‘ But, papa dear,
I shall never marry any man but Mark
Hanna."
Then she promised her father not to
Dcrj uni iyyci ui wiutj iu mui »
year at least. She kept her promise,
and in the course of a few weeks, al
though she never audibly murmured,
and was sweetly gentle and loving to
all about her, she grew pale and wan.
She neither ate no slept. The old fa
ther was at his wit's end. Some on9
proposed a foreign tour for that change
of scene which is supposed to work
wonders in heart affections, and,
presto at a few hours’ notice, father,
mother and daughter were on board
an Atlantic liner.
For nearly a year the "change of
scene” prescription was faithfully pur
sued and the patient, always cheerfully
submissive, gentle and charming, ob
viously grew frailer day by day. Al
most in despair the old man brought
hi3 child home again and one morn
tag he gathered the courage to ask
her if she till cared for Mark Hanna.
"Why, father," she replied, “I shall
'Iways love Mark; I told you that,
you know, a year ago.’’
Poor old “Uncle Dan” Rhodes! That
wa3 a bitter day for him, but he was
equal to the occasion. Sending for the
obscure young man, he said to him:
“Mr. Hanna, Gussie loves you, that Is
my only reason for accepting you as
her future husband. You are poor. I’ll
fix it so Gussie can live as she has
been accustomed to and I suppose I
must see you marry her.”
Now the coming young man cast ever
bo slight a shadow of his future great
ness on the opportunity of the present.
“Mr. Rhodes ’’ said he, “I most grate
tuliy accept the gift of your daughter’s
love. To marry her is for this world to
become a paradise for me, but I cannot
make her my wife unless she will bo
content to live as my means will enable
uA I can neither accept aid nor per
mit my wife to accept It from any
one.”
So Mark Hanna and Gussie Rhodes
were married, ana the bride went from
her father’s big house to live in a tiny
little cottaze.^here with one maid of
all work, ®e was as happy a3 a queen
for 3ome years.
LINE OF CASTE IN ENGLAND
The American in That Country Soon
Becomes Conscious of Xt3
Restrictions.
What is it, at bottom, that makes
the English atmosphere so difficult
for am American to breathe in freely?
It is, I believe, that he feels himself
in a country where the dignity of life
13 lower than in his own; a country
where a man born in ordinary cir
cumstances expects, and is expected, to
die in ordinary circumstances; where
the scope of his efforts is traced be
forehand by the accident of position;
where he is handicapped in all cases
and crushed in most by the superin
cumbent weight of caste, convention,
“good form” and the deadening artifi
cialities of an old society, comments a
writer in the North American Review.
That unconquerable buoyancy which
infects the American air like a sting
and challenge, and braces every Ameri
can with the inspiration that he has a
chance in life; that there are open op
portunities, unresei red possibilities,
no battering at locked doors, no floun
dering in blank alleys; that here, in
short, it is the man himself who
makes hi3 career—is sometning which
the English have so utterly lost as to
be incapable of realizing it.
For Purifying Air.
Pure breathing air can now be main
tained in a small closed space by the
use of machinery. The device consists
of a distributor, which, by the action of
clockwork, drops sodium peroxide into
water at regular intervals, a cubical
steel box and a ventilating fan. The
sodium peroxide is decomposed by the
water with liberation of oxygen, ab
sorption of carbon dioxide and destruc
tion of the other toxic products of res
piration. A refrigerator is also sup
plied to counteract the heating effects
of the chemical reactions. The com
plete apparatus weighs about M
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WARNING ORDER.
Joseph Sheppard, Plaintiff, I In the
vs. > Jackson Chancery
Laura Sheppard, Defendant, t Court.
The defendant. Laura Sheppard, is warned to
appear in this court within thirty days and an
swer the complaint of the plaintiff. Joseph
Sheppard. J. D. Neal, Clerk.
April 20, lSOf'.
WARNING ORDER.
Lennie Robinson, Plaintiff,
vs.
Jesse Robinson, Defendant.
In the Jackson Chancery Court.
The defendant, Jesae Robinson, is warned to
\ appear in. this court within thirty day3
\ swer the complaint of the plaintiff, Lem
inson.
April 26th, 1905.
[SEAL] J. D. NEAL,
WARNING ORDER.
I Louis Davis, Plaintiff.
; vs.
Sarah Davis, Defendant.
In the Chancery
The defendant, Sarah Davis, is
pear in this Court within thirty days
the complaint of the Plaintiff, Louis
April 5, 1905.
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