Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1894, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY paeee el SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, lvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by 1101 Pennsy! The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S.H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Star is served to subscribers in the 3 month. at the counter Both gt im the United States or postage per i ‘Saturday’ Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per year: torel tae adel. $3.00. weds ae he Beat Ole at Washinctn, D.C. ts _sevond-ciass mail “natter.) oo. fl erbscriptions must be paid tn advance. Pat’ of advertitine made knewn on anplieation BOUND FOR THE POLE Wellman and His Party Embark at Aalesund. , HOSPITALITY OF THE NORSEMEN A Water Excursion at the Feet of Mile High Mountains. GOOD LUCK ALL AROUND : Walter Well All rights (Copsright, 1804, by Walter, Wellman. ON BOARD THE RAGNVALD JARL, April 24, 1804. | T LAST WE ARE | aboard the Little steamer which is to carry us toward the north pole. ‘The en- gines are in motion, and between the mountains to the south we can see the colors waving over the fort which an hour ago saluted our trim craft as we sailed out of the har- bor. The people of Aalesund gave us a royal godspeed this afternoon, ana we start upon our long voyage with eyes moist in gratitude for the hearty good will and unvarying kindness of these strangers, who took us in as friends. Aalesund is not a large city, and many people in America never heard of it. But among Its 9,000 Inhabitants are hundreds of able business men, merchants who ship vheir products all over the world, learned Frofessional men, dignified officials. All these joined together to make pleasant our sojourn In their midst. They certainly suc- ceeded, for if any people in the world know with it a number of earnest workers in! and three more for the firm of the various fields of investigation from the Norwegian University. So many clever and Kindly things were said by him, by Mr. Schteldrup, who praised the enterprise of the American press, and by other speakers that when the writer rose to reply for the expedition he found it necessary to take ad- vantage of the local custom and make his speech on the installment plan. It is a very good custom and should be introduced in America. where it would protect guests against long speeches and enable gentlemen who do not think well while on their feet to sit down after a few sentences, cool off, take another drink and brace themselves up for a new effort. Speeches in Installments. In one of our installments we told the hosts that on our way to Europe a man aboard the steamer had been overheard Saying that if any man ever reached the north pole he would be a Norwegian. Of course this brovght out applause. But the story continued to the offect that another man spoke up and said in his opinion if the north pole was ever to be conquered it would be by an American. This was also warmly applauded, and then came the point of the anecdote, for here a third man bobbed up most conveniently to declare that if the north pole were ever discovered the feat would be accomplished by Ameri- The Alumt Boat cens and Norwegians together. The en- thusiasm over this expression was very great, and after that Professor Freucil, br. Mohun, Mr. Dodge, Professor Oyen, the writer and cthers of our party had no difficulty in rousing the imagination of our generous Norwegian hgsts. We prom- ised them to carry the two flags, those of the art of entertaining, or, what is better, have been gifted by nature with the warm- est instincts of hospitality, these men of ‘The weuvalid Jari. Aalesund are ey. They felt that their town had been honored by being made the final outfitting point and port of departure for our expeditiom, and they wished to show their appreciation thereof. So they organized an excursion last Sunday after- neon through the surpassingly beautiful Geizanger flord. For hours a half hundred of us, Norwegians and Americans, steamed amid ice-clad mountains rising sheer and rugged from the water’s edge, a full mile toward the sky. We watched the quaint boats of the quainter peasantry plying to and fro, and noted with amazement the Prosperity and contentment of these peo- Ble who live upon a ledge of land lying be- tween the mountain cliff and the deep sea. As we drank im the beauty cf the scene it was only natural that we should think of advising our friends in America who travel in Europe for pleasure to come hither in the sur-mer, aad for a change to es- chew the more commonplace and better Known routes in Italy and Switzerland. Hére they would find a simple and hos- Pitable people, good hotels, admirable steamships for running through the tiord: and most jolly carrioles to climb the mou: tains with behind hardy, long-tailed little Taking the Dogs Aboard. Norwegian horses. Moreover, the people here have not learned the art of getting rich out of tourists, and if the Americans who come will avoid their national habit of throwing money about without rhyme or reason it will be a long time before simple Norway becomes degenerated in this re- Spect like the remainer of Europe. A Royal Feast. On our excursion there was so much to eat and drink that even the grandeur of the scenery was at times overlooked, and on the return to Aalesund a bountiful re- pest was spread in the banqueting hall of ne of the hotels. The Fellowship Club of | Chicago, the Press and Gridiron Clubs of Washington, the Clover Ciub of Philadel- phia, have not a monopoly of the azt of Oimner giving. These dealers in fish in this little Norweman city know their busi- Ress too. At a Norwegian dinner there is| Ro disagreeable person who acts as toast- | and makes miserable the hours of | e Here there is no reason to fear being calied out for a speech. When-! ever the spirit moves a guest he rises, taps | his ci with his spoon, says “Mynheer” | in. Better still, if one forgets the| the United States and of Norway, as far as we should be able to go, and to leave them there together to mark the friendship which exists between the two peop! It the arrival of daylight—daylight comes pro- vokingly early in this part of the world— had not cut short the number of install- ments in our speeches, probably we zhould, ere concluding, have promised them to an- nex all the lands in the arctic regions to the future Norwegian republic. They have a flag quastion of their own over here. There is a flag with a union in it, typical of allegiance to the King of Sweden and Norway. Another flag has no union, and it is, of course, the favorite of that rising party in this country which fa- vors separation from Sweder and the es- tablishment of a Norwegian republic. It Was éasy to see that we were in danger of being involved in a flag controversy and possibly in some international complica- tions, for there was a suspicious curiosity on all sides to know whether the flag’ to be floated from the masthead of the Ragn- vald Jarl was to be union or non-union. Some of the Norwegian members of our party are unionists and some are not, and this made the situation all the more em- barrassing. We finally decided that with the ities of Norway we had nothing to do. e will keep our poltical aspirations till-we get to the north’pole, and there we hope to put the ice king to fout and take —— of the land in the name of the ‘ashington Press Club. ‘The Norwegian flag which we carry is the flag of the gov- ernment of this country, with union. Dr. Nansen, who is a republican, seriously of- fended the king by taking his flag without, but that is a privilege which a subject might dare, but which a foreigner could not venture upon, even if he were so dis- posed. The Center of Attraction. The good luck which has so far attended us in every port of our enterprise was em- phasized in Aalesund. Contrary to fears, all our shipments arrived in good time and in good order. Our precious aluminum boats and sledges, which the bills of lading had marked as “insecurely packed, con- tents broken and parts missing,” words which caused a succession of cold shivers to run down all our backs, came to hand in perfect order. Scarcely a bolt was broken, and the beautiful aluminum beats came out of their crates without a scratch or mar on their long voyage. So with the sledges and their water-tight food cases, which more than ever resembled what we ourselves have jokingly called them—‘a tank line to the north pole’—now that we have them altogether. The boats in- stantly became a center of attraction in Aalesund, rivaling most successfully the best looking and most debonair members of our party in the affections of the ladies. The trim littie craft, whose sledge bottoms scarcely dampened themselves in the blue water of the ford when put overboara, were at once surrounded by crowds w came in fleets of boats to see them. W had been a little anxious as to the judg- ment of the Norwegian boatmen upon our boats, for they are accustomed to the use of heavy craft, with broader beams and thick skins. Beside such boats our little craft, though obviously of fine model and superb workmanship, were sure to appear frail as cockleshells. But the Norwegian boatmen were delight- ed with the aluminum boats. They rowed them to and fro and smiled as the shells glided so easily over the water. They tried sn vain to tip one cg them over, half a dozen men throwing their weight upon the gunwale of the Lockwood, as our boat No. 1 is named in honor of the gallant Ameri- can who made the proud record of the farthest north. Our second boat is named the Parry, after the greatest of all arctic explorers of this century, Sir Edward Parry, the Englishman who made the tar- thest north in 1$27,that stood as the record in polar work for fifty years, starting from the same island of Spitzenbergen for which we are now steaming. Our third, or work- ing boat, is named the Kane, in honor of Dr. Kane, the American who added so much luster to the record of cur country- men in arctic exploration. The Norwegian boatmen cut up all sorts of capers with these little craft and finally gave their opinion as experts—and there are no better boatmen in the world—that they would do the work for which they had been built; tkat they were splendid sea boats; that they could be beached through a roaring surf, and that they would do everything @ small boat ought io do except sail to windwerd. This we already knew, and it is a point without impertance in our scheme. We were therefore much relieved to learn that the verdict of the jury of grizzled boatmen and fishermen was In our favor. A Touching Farewell. Today the people of Aalesund gave us a farewell that touched all our hearts. We had appointed 2 o'clock as the sailing hour, but long before that time the people as- The Doz Deck. first time he is on his feet to say all that ne who does not?—it is per: Him to get up again, or ev urth thne. The chief ide by Rector ® honors for his es in both nirable English or himself and his country- 2 this American expedition d been so generous to nce us to take tle off with | sembled in a dense throng upon the custom house quay. Owing to difficulty encounter- ed by our men in getting aboard from the canine St. Helena, the pack of draft dogs, seme of which had become obstreperous through their many days of idleness, it was 3 o'clock before the Ragnvald Jarl steamed into the harbor. In half an hour cur party appeared, Americans and Nor- Wesians, already the best of friends,march- ing side by side, and stepped on board. At that instant the American colors were run to the fore peak of the steamer, the band on the wharf struck up “The Star Spangled Banner,” and the people cheered. In fifteen minutes all the good-byes had been said, we | had bowed our prettiest to thrice three | cheers for the Americans who were not | afraid to venture where others had failed, had responded to a million wavings of handkerchiefs in the hands of fair friends, and the engines of the Jarl were set in | motion. As we steamed out the ships in | the harbor dipped their colors, the guns of | the fort fired a salute, and we, mounting the boats that hung upon their davits, set up three lusty Yankee cheers for Aalesund WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. ‘TO ADVERTISERS. ‘AGvertisers are urgently re _ ‘quested to hand in advertisements ‘the day prior to publication, im ©rder that tnrertion may be as- Sured. Want advertisements will + be received up to noon of the day ©f publication, precedence being Given to those first received. —_—_— Kraasbye Bros., who had so admirably fitted up the Jarl for our use. We found ourselves aboard a trim steamer en route for the north pole. We all felt a certain indescribable satisfaction, after these mont of éffort, of preparation, of difficulties constantly arising and as stead- ily overcome, in setting foot upon our own craft and in pointing her nose for the north. In this day of arctic expeditions which do not expedite we were just human enough to gather in our pleasant cabin and shake one another by the hand and drink to our own success. The Ragnvald Jarl is all right. She is today the best ice craft In the Norwegian waters. Not very large—only 110 feet long, with a tonnage of about 400—but she has the sharp prow and forward lift of an ice conqueror. Her engines, though not of power like those in the Majestic or Luca- nia, are good enough for the purpose, and | we are making seven knots an hour against | & head wind. What Is better than great size or great power, the hull is as strong | as hull can be made, her fore-hold being lit- | erally filled with strengthening timbers. Her machinery ts all new, and on inspection by the, official inspectors she has been rated A 1, Lioya’s, in hull, boilers and machinery for two years. A Fine Record. The Ragnvald Jari has a record for work in the ice, having made some of the best voyages in pursuit of bottle-nose whale that are recorded ih the annals of that daring trade. It is said of her that wherever there is water enough between the masses of ice for a seal to make his way there the Jarl can follow. Two years ago she was nipped in the ice off Spitzbergen, and the skippers of other craft advised her master to aban- don her, as she was sure to prove a total loss; but Capt. Pedersen, a man of great re- a sailor and tried courage us an ice pilot, stuck by his ship, and after three weeks of imprisonment brought her out safe and sound. Capt. Pedersen is with this ex- pedifion executive officer and ice pilot, while the captain of the Jarl Is Mr. Bot- telfsen, who has spent nearly all his life in the Arctic sea. He is noted as one of the best ice pilots in the world, and last year took a fleet of English steamers through the Kara sea and the Arctic ocean to the mouth of the Yenisei, Siberia, with cargoes of iron for the Siberian railway, bringing back grain. With two such men as Peder- sen and Bottelfsen aboard, our arctic steam- er is sure to be handled with skill and pru- dence. American Luck. Another thing we like about the Ragn- | vald Jari—she is ours, absolutely and with- éut reserve. We did not buy her of the owners, but we made an arrangement with them which places the movements of the craft wholly at our command, both while we are aboard her and after we leave for the farther north, This is a great advan- tage, as it will enable us to change our Plan, necessary, to meet unexpected changes in the condition of the ice. For instance, every one in Norway is saying that with characteristic American luck we have stumbled upon an exceedingly favor- able season, and that we are likely to steam far to the north of Spitzbergen be- fore finding it necessary to leave the Jarl and take to the ice pack. If this should be true, we are prepared to take advantuge of it, even if the steamer be forced thereby into a little danger, It may turn out that during the néxt six’ Weeks the Ragnvald Jarl steams nearer to the north pole than vi ever was before. WALTER WELLMAN. hb An Impending Evi From the Detroit Free Press. Spring was everywhere in the air as the tramp ceme through the back gate, and some of it seemed to have got into his step as he ambled along tow: “Ah, good day,” he’ eertly, to the hired girl, who Was. Gg herself on the kitchen steps with a scrubbing brush. She looked at Kim and nodded. “What's the chances for a bite to eat this beautiful Peornigs, im spring?” he inquired. “Not a mouthful in the house,” she re- plied. “Struck a famine?" ‘No; something worse.” hat can that be? “Part of Coxey’s.army; they came by this morning early and got everything we had to give awa: 3 All the blue went out of the sky of the tramp’s face, and the lowering clouds swept he growled, “them chumps goin’ to ruin the perfesh and drive feady workers to the poor house er to marryin’ rich wives,” and he stalked out of the yard in a fit of disgruntiement. ———_+e-. The Absorbing Book. | From Filegende Blatter, IMMIGRATION TALK Prof. Boyesen Quotes: Figures and Draws Some Conclusions, FIFTEEN MILLION OF IMMIGRANTS! Scarcely One-Half of the Popula- tion Are of American Origin.’ RESTRICTION THE REMEDY Written for The Evening Star. N THE YEAR 1800 the foreigners resi- dent in the United States numbered 2.- 244,60¥or V.8 per cent of the total popula- tion. The census of 1890 reports 9,249,547 foreigners, coristitut- ing 14.77 per cent of the total population, The increas@ in forty years has in round numbers been seven millions, of which Germany (including Austria) has contrib- uted about two and a quarter millions, Ire- land a little over one million, and Efigland and her North American colonies about @ million and a half. Then comes Sweden with nearly half a million, Norway with scmething over three hundred thousand and Scotland with upward of two hundred thou- sand. The Slavonic people cut much less of @ figure than, considering their promi- rence in the newspapers, we had been led to expect Russia, Hungary, Bohemia and Pcland aggregating but 510,625, of which all but about 4,000 ts increase since 1850. The Latin nations, including French, Spaniards, Pertuguese, Italians and their American colonies, fall considerably below the half million (346,197). if it be true, as hag been frequently a: serted, that the most composite nations of pure Caucasian stock will be likely to de- velop the vital qualities which determine survival, we need not, in spite of all the problems which harass us, be troubled about our tenure of the future. The En- glish, from whose dominidns all over the globe this inference has been drawn, re- Joics in a compound mixture of Celtic, Norse and German blood; but they canaot in point of compositeness hold a candle to the American of the twentieth and the twenty-first century, into whose veins all the varied elements of the above-named races shall have been distilled. This pro- cess of the gradual absorption and assimi- lation of the constantly increasing imnmi- grant population will be a most intefest- ing one to watch. But it fs not to be de- nied that it is fraught with dangers to the State which offer many reasons the sang1ine American legislator has until recently re- fused to recognize. } ‘The Money V ¢ of an Immigrant. The “view of the immigrant which pre- vailed in and out of Congress until about 1880 took into account nothing but the value of his muscle and the money he brought in his pocket. The country of. his birth was deprived of his productive energy just as he was becoming capable of repay- ing the cost of his rearing, and it was taken for granted that we gained what it lost. It was computed by its German economist, Friedrich Kapp, that the average loss to the old world was about $800 for every per-} son who immigrated; and his value to us would, in a mere financial sense, average more than twice that amount, According to their estimate the loss to Europe from immigration in the single year of 1882, when 730,349 souls were shipped to our shores, was $584,2 and our gain, without ret- erence to the actual capital which the im- migrants brought, would exceed the dizzy sum of a billion dollars. Optimists who reason thus, however, al- ways take {t for granted that every man is worth what it cost to raise him—which ts, in my opinion, far from being a self-evi- dent proposition. Many ate*worth a vast deal more; but the number Of those who fail to yield interest on the capital in- vested 18 also very considerable. Probably when both classes are taken into considera- tion, Friedrich Kapp's estimate will be found to be as near an approach to the | truth as we may ever hope to arrive at. | But unhappily the problem has another as- pect which political economists of this class have not sufficiently taken into ac- count. The immigrant is a good deal more complex quantity than these gentlemen are | apt to consider him. He bréhgs not only muscle and loose change with him, but a heart and brain which are epltomes of the history of his-race and country and which will politically affect the destiny of the race and country with which he chdosts to identify himself. He will raise or lower in accordance with his quality, the average intelligence and morality of our eigetorate, which again will be reflected in the char-| acter of our representation in state and| national legislatures. Being what they | are, the vast majority of immigrants and (particularly those of allen races) compli- cate by their presente the problem of self- government and make its issue more prob-| lematic than otherwise it would have been. Citizens of American Origin. Tkere is no constitution conceivable which is so abstractly excellent as to be applicable to all nations. Every known system of gov- ernment is completely adapted only for the people which evolved it, and of whose spirit and historical tradition it {s legitimate ex- pression. It may by a stretch be applied to | a@ people differently constituted; but it will in that case work less satisfactorily and the | alien people will constantly. take it in hand through the suffrage, and gradually fit it to their physical and moral condition. It is this very thing which is taking place in the United States today. Our people is no Icnger what it was a century ago. Fiftcen million immigrants, many whom were the subjects of despotically governed coun- tries, have since 1820 taken up their abode among us; and if we take their descendants into account, we cannot escape the’conclu- sion that scarcely one-half of the American nation today are of American origin, that is, descendants of people settled here be- fore 1820. I cannot but believe that (in spite of much that points in the opposite direction) many of the sinister phenomena in our present political condition are due to the changed character of the electorate and its lack of ability to work representative gcvernment for the greatest benefit of the Greatest number. I am well aware, of course, that the wildest political heresies have found their adherents in states like Kansas, Mississippi and Colorado, which have attracted comparatively few aliens; while Wisconsin and Minnesota, which are preponderatingly German and Scandinavian, are fairly well governed states, with an in: telligent_and wholesome conservative elec- torate. This fact proves only that Ameri- can birth {s in itself no guaranty of po- Utical maturity; and that aliens of kindred blood may make very excellent American citizens. "The Germanic element in our pop- ulation, in fact, has always been a most valuable one, and furnished a needed coun- terpoise against the mercurial, volatile and emotional Celtic. Evils of Bess Government. It is, indeed, the latter who js, in a large measure, responsible for the failure of our system as applied to municipal govern- ment The Irish have been ‘despotically governed at home; and it would be a won- der if the mere act of transplanting them upen Amerioun enil were th invest them with the self-restraint, the impartial tem- per, the power of deliberation, without which no democracy can long exist. The boss government which they have estab- Mshed and the fruits of which they are en- joying in abundant measure in New York, Chicago, Boston, Cincinnati and many other cities, is despotism pure and simple despotism’ parading under the mask of democracy. This is, I fancy, exactly the kind of municipal government they would establish at home if they were their own masters. But it is a question whether they are to be charged any more than the na- tive American, who from partisan pig- headedness introduces national issues into municipal campaigns, with the perpetua- tion and development of this baneful sys- tem, which is now extending its influence to the state governments and has even at- tempted to assert its power in national con- cer: Mr. Bryce has in his “American Common- Wealth” declared that democratic institu- tions can exist only so long as the repre- sentatives in state and national legisla- turés feels a sense of responsibility to his constituency. I take it, therefore, to be an ominous symptom when legislatures take to registering the decrees of munici- pal bosses, without regard for public opin- jon, and the lobby, representing powerful interests and corporations, becomes a half. recognized power in causing and prevent. ing the enactment of laws. The Dangers Ahead. I have often discussed with prominent Europeans the problems which beset our national life and they have invariably declared that any sort of government would be workable in the United States as long as we were not confronted with that sternest of all problems—the pres- sure of our population. They told me that it was madness to encourage immi- gration after the warning which we Rad received, that in fact we had been grow- ing too fast for our own good. Our pres- ent duty :s to assimilate and American- ize our vest alien porulation, and to throw every obstacle in the way of immigra- tion until we have accomplished this diffi- cult task. Our national domain is now nearly all occupied. No desirable land can be obtained amy more in any state under the homestead law, and the result is that an even larger proportion of immigrants remain in our large cities, where they con- stitute a proletariat, living from hand to mouth, having no stake in the welfare of the gtate and therefore ready to listen to the socialist and the anarchist, and per- haps in time take a hand in revolutionary proceedings. It is largely as a defense against this class that the standing armies of Europe are maintained. We have no military establishment worthy of the name, and it is therefore extremely reckless to permit this disproportionate increase of an element which by its mere existence weakens and undermines the foundations of social order. A man who permits the accumulation of explosive and inflammable material in his cellar should not be prised if one day his house catches fire and is burnt over his head. HJALMAR H. BOYESEN, SEEING THE SHA An Audience With the Autocrat of Persia. HIS MANNERS AND APPEARANCE How an American Minister is Con- ducted Into His Presence. THE STORY OF THE MASCOT Written for The Evening Star. ERSIA IS THE BUF- fer state in Asia, so called because it is the wall which marks the boundary of Rus- sian ambition and is the safeguard of Brit- ish interests in India. Its government is Gespotic; the country is, nevertheless, more democratic than any in Europe or Asia. The shah is himself the government, but his advisers and officers come direct from the people, and are, in the majority of cases, men of humble origin. The shah is a member of the Kadjar tribe, and it is a curious fact that, notwithwithstanding that he is ruler of Persia, he is not the chief of his tribe. He has a genius for politics, and it is weli for him that he has, since be- tween the pulling and hauling of Russia and England he may well soliloquize that crown.” ligion), shah in shah, king of kings, center of the world, light greater than that of the planet Saturn, are but a few of the numer- ous high-sounding titles by which the auto- cratic ruler of the land of the lion and the sun is known. An audience with this po- |tentate is a most-interesting experience. diplomatic posts that is officially supplied with horses and carriage. The fact is note- worthy, since, for a wonder, this necessary provision has been conceded even in the face of the cheese-paring and penny-wise —-—_— HAD A GOOD TIME. Some Little Offsets, but They Didn’t i" Count. From the Detroit Free Presa. Afiong ‘the passengers going over on one of the ferry boats yesterday afternoon was an old mar with a red but good-natured face, a bald pate, with a fringe of gray hair around it, and an evident desire to talk. Pretty soon he selected his man and said: “I'm just goin’ hum after bein’ in Detroit fur two weeks.”” y “Have you enjoyed yourself?” was asked in reply. “Yes, fairly well, considerin’ that 1 had, an attack of colic four different times, and tu deft knee has bothered me with rheu- matics. It’s kind of a queer place, though.” ‘How queer?” “Oh, wall, everybody is kinder coltish. 1’ bet that over forty fellers dug their elbows into me and hustled me around, and the boys Sassed me in the most dreadful man- ner, 1 was on the street car and took some cough sirup out of a bottle and everybody Uttered and giggled.” “But you didn’t mind it?” “Ob! no, I didn't. I’m kinder’ coltish my- self,,and it takes a heap to get me fightin’ mad. \1 was on a street car one where there was four or five wimin standin’ up, | while about a dozen men were takin’ it mighty. comfortable. Made mé sort 0° riled to see it, an’ I got up an’ said: ‘All the hogs will keep right on sittin’ down and chawin’ terbacker, while all the gentlemen will git up and let these wimin folks sit down! Wail, sir, as many as six of them fellers offered to lick me, and one of them id haul off to crack at me. He'd a-hit me on the jaw, sure'’s you're born, if I hadn't bristled right up to him and got my jack- knife out.” “You talked to ‘em just right.” res, I guess I did. Another time I was on a car when a feller in a wagon wouldn't git off the track. The driver he did more | whistlin’ than would call my old dog fur ten years, but the feller wouldn't git off. Sorter riled me to see a man actin’ so pizen mean, and I yelled: k-a-here, mister, if you was a-livin’ out 6ur way and showed your meanness after this fashion, you'd git rode on a rail quickern’ scat, and I'd be one to help carry it! Wall, sir, he jumps down and was goin’ to pull me off the platform, and he talked about smashin’ my jaw and breakin’ my ribs till a policeman walked him off.” “Any other adventures?” “Wall, one evening I went up to a police- man the post office. He was lookin’ tired and sleepy, and I offered to spell him fur a couple of hours if he wanted to go and take a nap, What do you think he did? Come | mighty nigh arsestin’ me! Said I was in- terferin’ with an officer! I seen he was one o’ them techy sort, and so I let him alone. Are they all that way?” “No, not all. But then he didn’t under- stand your motive, probably.” “'Nother time,” continued the old man, “I met a policeman on the dock and asked him if it didn't make him giddy and upset his stomach to be so high up over the wa- ter, and he got mad in a minit and squared off at me. Ain’t no mortal use in anybody bein’ so cantankerous as all tha! “But, on the whole, you've had a good time, haven't you?” “On the hull I've had a darned good time fur an old man like me, and I'm a-carryin’ hum over ‘leven dollars wuth 0’ presents to the family! I've been sassed and elbowed and I've come mighty nigh havin’ "bout six | fights, but, on the hull, it’s all right, and I'm goin’ hum to do some of the tallest braggin’ you ever heard of!” “2 andesess= shad ’Twas Ever Thus - jand these w | high hats ant policy followed in connection with our for- eign semvice. The legation carriage—a vic- | toria drawn by two coal-black Orloff stal- lions, and accompanied by numerous out- | riders in legation livery—plays no insignifi- cant part in the ceremonies consequent to an imperial audience. Attired in evening dress, for lack of other official costume, the minister and I were driven from the lega- tion to the gate of the arc of the palace. Here we were met by the divioudars or runners. They were twelve in number, dressed in bright red, with a most fantas- tic headgear of feathers. They took up their station, six on each side of the car- riage, and kept up with ft on a dead run. These runners are an instftution peculiar to the court of the shah. They always ac- company his majesty, and it is an especial compliment to have them sent, and one that is paid only to a representative of a foreign state. At the palace proper a score of offi- clals, arrayed in their official robes, met us, and we were conducted to the apartments of the master of ceremonies. We were re- saled with tea, ices, sherbet and cigarettes, and at intervals the kalian or Persian water pipe was passed round. No interpreter was present during our stay in the rooms of the master of ceremonies, and the conversation was therefore very limited. His excellency, who is called the Seriah-Dowleh, and is son- Pers! in-law of the shah, asked ii “Shuma Farsi harf- oe — speak Persian?) Our reply was a negative gesture. upon the announcement that the majesty’s apartments, seen Entering the Royal Presence. Arriving at the threshold the master of ceremonies patsed afd removed his shoes, an attendant ‘placed the robes of honor over his shoulders and he exchanged his kolla, or lambskin fez, for a jeweled tur- ban. Our own preparation was performed more symbolically than really. We did not remove our shoes, but we wore galoshes, took off. We retained our Were most careful to them firmly on our heads to avoi otherwise embarrassing they happen Yo fall off and scraping incident to the reception. Etiquette required us to bow three times. The shah was standing at the end of the rocm and was occupied in writing as we entered. He did not icok at us unul we had approached to within a few feet of the situation should during the bowing Mr, Jenkins brings a palm home to his wife, where he stood. This rot only gave oppor- tunity to observe him closely, but made the entrance less em! at ing. Our interpreter was the Nasrul-Mulk, who spoke English perfectly, which a as great comfort. Mr. Beale had had several audiences previous to the one of which I am speaking, and the shah received him with great cordiality. His majesty inquired at once after theghea!th of the President, and compliments were exchanged generally for a few minutes; then the shah began t talk upon the business in hand, which w the empire with the idea of investigation and report to his government. The shah became greatly interested, and gave muc valuable advice to what to see and how to see it, and said that he would issue gen- provinces and cities to show every attention and give every facility. Mr. Beale said that he was anxious to import into America some of the Persian sheep. This led to a conversation upon wool, in which the shah exhibited an expert knowledge of the sub- ject. He suggested otBer valuabie collec- Mr. Jenkina and his wife ane month later. tions that might be made, especially of the flora, and finally said: “But if you desire scme of our insects, Mr. Beale, take all you want; we have enough and to Spare.” This caused quite a laugh, in which the skah joined heartily, The Shah's Personal Appearance. During all this conversation 1 was simply ar onlooker. The thah had not even noticed me, but I kept my eyes riveted on him. I saw that he was the personification of majesty, and that when in his prime he must have been a wonderful specimen af manhood, and that “uneasy rests the head that wears the | Nasr-ed-Din (Defender of the Re-| |Our legation in Persia is one of our few | the purpose of Mr. Beale to travel through | eral instructions to all his governors of | ! Powers of physical endurance were well founded. He bore his sixty-four years re- ly wi striking shawls which Queen Victoria bestows brides whom she wishes to honor. trousers, of blue cloth, were tucked in’ high riding boots of patent leather. lambskin fez was the celebrated of diamonds. Further, he wore a watch chain, and the buttons of were diamonds. While there can Statae of the Shah at Teberan. doubt of the intrinsic value of these they did not impress ene to the they would if the cutting were better. The flat cutting custcmary in India and Persis orders and firmans Limself, and his let- ters and papers are fine specimens of Iiter- ary production as well as of His | ant one for the reason that our government takes only an observant interest in Asiatic politics. I think I noticed that the shah felt that he was talking to a friend when with the United States minister, and hospital work of the of American missionaries scattered through-, out his country. The audience was about to terminate, and I to rece! sion that I was not to be with a sudden turn of i iH tlt Hy elle} with the royal will however, the Had he remained there he would have been killed. When the horoscope of the child was cast the astrologers cleverly found that it exactly coincided with that of the shah. From that time forth the boy became the | Shah's constant companion, has been loaded with presents and titles and made the com- | mander of the Ten Thousand Nobles. In fact, so high a position 4id the shah wish to give him that he orlered that he jimstance, have been placed beyond earthly troubles. ‘The boy came very near being the cause of the death of his imperial bs One day, while playing in the shah’s tent. he took up a revolver and, as revolvers will |do sometimes, it went off. The ball passed | through the skirts of the shah’s garment. j He was so incensed that he told the ex- ecutioner to kill the traitor. The first idea. was that the boy had been made the tool of a plot to murder the king. The execu- tioner was a wary fellow and hid the boy away for a few days, intending to await de- | velopments. Investigation proved that the joccurence was an accident, and t was | the joy of the shah when he heard that his | favorite was alive, and the executioner was rewarded for his tact and farsightedness. || The shah has gil the nomadic instincts of jhis Kadjar tribe, and during the pleasant n.onths of the year lives in tents. His love | of travel caused him to visit Europe several times, and these journeys have been frulte ul of good results for his country. One of hese was the establishment of a posta! ervice, which, although very defective when compared to others, is at least so good that English insurance companies will insure money and valuables forwarded by it against all loss, including robbery. W: | the shah returned from Europe he expressed mscif as much pleased with the equestrian | statues of rule seen in the se eral cities. a Persian artist modeled and had cast Acting upon this } in | gun metai, at the Teheran arsenal, am equestrian statue of the shay. The work is @ bold one, and very crade from an artistic tandpoint, but it pleased the king of kings, and that is the ambition and desire of every Persian. WILLIAMS C. FOX. —_—_—— Cheap From the Journal de Vieune. Dutoguard has been informed that cabs are going to be fitted with automatic dis- j tance counters, and that the fate for the | first kilometer is to be cents, and 23 | cents for each succeeding kilometer. | “Capital!” he said, tapping his forehead, as if inspired with a happy theught. “Next | time I have to go any distance I shall walls the first kilometer and take a cab for the