Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1896, Page 17

THE. EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1896--TWENTY-FOUR PAGES: LAWYERS IN FINE CLOTHES VISITED HIM ON THE ROAD. CONNECTING CITIES Early Completion of the Oolumbia and Maryland Electric Road. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM Power House and Plant Being Con- structed at Lakeland, Md. A GREAT ENTERPRISE _———— HB COLUMBIA and Maryland rail- road, which is to con- nect the cities of Washington and Bal- timore by an electric link, is being rapidly completed over a very substantial part of the distance, and by the middle of Sep- RAISEDFROM POVERTY How a Railroad Section Hand Fell Heir to a Fortune. DOES NOT RELISH HIS NEW LIFE He Now Regrets His Deep Igno- rance and Wants to Work. =e AMBITIONS OF THE CHILDREN (Copyright, 1896, by the Bacheller Syndicate.) T'S A SIGNED AR- Jess ye wants, tell- ing how it feels to find yourself sudden- ly rich,” said old Jack Benn to the writer, “well, it's divil a bit of signing I can do, although I like to be that oblig- ing, for to write my name is something 1 never krew how, but what's the matter with you putting it n just as I tel Nd Jack Benn railway, of a su section hand on the Long threw s tools at the nmer’s y recently, and with hank God, I'm through with ed for his home, in Hicksyille, Old Jack was seemingly dazed, and no * shortly after noon of that day lothes had visited him on had called him Mr. Benn, was wondering what all this cant from such fine folks, : id him that the will of his uncle, rd Earle, had been opened that day, had been left a fortune of d not realize all that that sum of money meant. He, the hard toiling over, Was stunned by this an- and he puzzeld over the sum, in the same way that he had nce of heaven ad, and 1 while he frien ur years he had worked on the road at nd he could not tell just what in his p He be- - it though as he plodded home. nen whom he had known for hed him with a diffidence he ed before, and saluted him It had always been “Jack” * and truth to tell he did not nge. » were men, his social superiors, » had always recognized as such, i him, greeting him effusively, hand, asking his opinion on din various ways betraying an in his welfare, and deep down in his heart he blamed himself for ever hav- ing thought them cold or haughty, or su- P How could he ever have so friendly people, whom he now od for the first time had been his jends even all the time he had been a for $1 a day on the road. All these meetings.and greetings had de- tained later than usual, so that when the most unpretentious a box of a house—in that . he found his good at the door, with jidren about her. dear John, you won't yourself working any more,” ona‘ely, and threw her arms ‘Kk. sobbing. The excitement sn too much for old Jack and he wep« also, as he pressed her breast, and the children wept in «0 had brought the assurance Benn that her man would not have E or cold, wet or dry, any he was satisfied. When the - family sat down to their meal they all expressed the desire Michael, the eldest, twen- urs old. who is working as an he round house of the L. I. R. r Bay, sald that now he would he business of a civil engi- ther said he could. Mary, neteen, had only one desire. She sd to learn stenography and typewrit- a so that she could earn her own living, while the two youngest children, Nicholas, aged thirteen, and Jobn, aged eight, were pleased with the knowledge that hereafter he $1 they could have all they wanted to eat, even pie with every meal; and their heaven was complete when their father said they could each have a bicycle. The knowledge that the money was theirs reached them on June 14. They are living yet as they were then. The bicycles have not materi- alized, but the boys are satisfied in the vledge that they are going to get them. n the writer vielted the family be found them all sitting around a late break- fast table. In a minute kind-hearted Mrs. Benn had another plate on the table, and insisted that the visitor, stranger though he was, should join them, while old Jack told what he intended to do with his mon- ey. A request that he should write a de- tailed accovnt of how he intended to spend it was met with a refusal, the old man saying he couldn’: write it. However, he talked it. “When @ man,” he said, “has been work- ing for a dollar a day for the best part of his life, he cannot conceive the possibilities of an income of 3500 a month, such as I ave now. If the money was thrown in a heap there on the floor it would frighten Me more than it would please me. Now, I only pay $5 a month for this house, but I have spent many pleasant hours here, and I hate to leave it.” “W = sires it, from this ae fut ow ba Caan 1 | city to Laurel, Md., and from Baltimore es. e old woman and the kids wan’ * ti a better house. I don't blame 'em, This |‘ Ellicott City. The intervening ten box ain't much of a place. in winter, and too hot in summer. my days here.” “How do you propose to spend your money?” he was asked. “I am not going to use it at all. cle left it safely invested in houses and rea’ estate, and while I could draw it. and in- vest it in something else I don’t propose I have no head for business, so I’ll never disturb a cent of it, but leave it till the boys is eecen up, and they will know how to use Ab to do so. I'll leave it as It is. tion, then?” “That I do. The best in the land. what J have often missed.” “But you will not work again?” “Now, there. That's the very thing that’s Mebbe you would advise me. The old woman and the children don’t as true as your sitting there, sir, I would feel more to home with f, if I was out on the road there puzzling me. want me to, but ‘tls myse again.” “"Deed you wouldn’ Benn. “You'll stay home now. vith a comical smile. was asked. ‘Moping around. ever. I don’t eat as I don’t sleep as well. soul, if it wasn’t for them’ loving group around him. had never been left a cent,” he concluded. Benn is fifty-three years old. born in Wodentown, County Loud, Ireland, where his rich uncle was also born. Farle preceded him tled in Hicksville, where by shrewd invest- ments he amassed a fortune of nearly a million dollars. He was a bachelor, and when he died, a few weeks ago, he left his ua ee saually: among five nephews nd ces, and also left a large Varlous Catholic charities. >) “mount to —__ Words Without a Rhyme. From the New York Press, There aie a dozen words in the English language in every-day use for which en- terprising people have despaired of ever finding a rhyme. The word “month,” for example, is one of these. “Silver” ie an- other word it seems easy to secure a rhyme for. As a matter of fact, trying to find something to thyme with “silver’ nearly drove a London writer of verse insane not Icng ago. As a last resort he advertised in the newspapers, and received but one reply. It came from that master of verbal con- tortion, W. 8. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan’s erstwhile partner, who submitted the word “chilver.”| He wasn’t quite clear, he sa{d, as to what a chilver might be, but he had seen the word in advertisements of sales of farm stock, and had an idea, which is correct, that it described a species of sheep. “Orange” ts another word without rhyme. “Gulf” 1s also without an English partner, and “culm” and “cusp” are alike solitary. Many poets sought in vain for rhymes to “revenge” and “avenge” will not be appeased when they learn that but two exist—“penge” and “Stonekenge.” “Colf” is now, happily for versifiers, growing ob- sclete, for there is no word which rhymes with it. “Scarf” has been daringly linked at the end of a line with “half” or “calf,” but this is a practice to be discouraged. “Scalp” rhymes only with “Alp,” but, like and “astrolabe,” {t would require much ingenuity to find an excuse for bringing these words into juxtaposition. “False” has on several occasions, by abuse of poetic license, been associated with “valse,” though the correct French pro- uunciation of the latter word would de- stroy the rhyme. Of the n: mes of places, the African town of Timbuctoo has long been famous for be- |ing without rhyme. The nearest succeas that any poet has ever attained in this re- spect was when, in some old verses de- scribing a desert hunt, “cassowary” was made to rhyme with “missionary,” and “Timbuctoo” with “thin buck, too.” ——__+ e+ _____ Barge Drifted Four Thousand Miles. From the San Francisco Chronicle. On one of the coral reefs off the Marshall group, far away in the South Pacific, there rests a large railway transfer barge, which was carried by winds and currents from some point on the California coast to its present resting place. Its ownership, home port and the date of its loss are unknown, John Crowley, mate of the missionary brig Morning Star, saw the barge. Speak- ing about it recently, he said: “We ran into the Marshall group in September last in the course of our tour through the is- lands, and our attention was attracted to this huge barge resting on a reef. I made @ careful examination of it, but the only marks of identification on it were the word ‘Transfer’ and the abbreviation ‘Cal.’ The rest of the name and the port had been: ob- Iterated. “There were narrow gauge tracks on it, and a couple of big cranes still intact and very well preserved. The barge itself was pretty badly weather beaten, but it was still in very good condition. It was about 150 feet long, built of heavy timbers. The bottom had been copper covered, but the natives had stripped that off. They had made an attempt to break the craft up, too, but that was beyond their power. “The experiences of that barge would be hard to conjecture. It may have drifted the 4,000 odd miles which divide our coast and the Marshalls in a very short space of lime, or it might have taken a remarkably jong period.” Inquiry among shipping men as to the identity of the strange craft failed to throw any ght upon the subject. There is no record of the loss of any such barge, and the general impression is that it was prob- ably swept away from one of the lower coast ports by a storm, and carried out to sea, to be guided by wind and sea to the Marshalls. ——_-eee. A Fin de Siecle Perambulator. From the Fliegende Blatter. It’s bitter cold ‘Yes, I am thinking of building a fine house here in Hicksville, and will spend the rest of My un- ‘You mean to give them a college educa- It's t"" interjected Mrs. “I suppose I'll have to with you and the young ones all against me," he retorted How do you spend your time now?” he I get up as early as much as I used to, and Sometimes, upon my —indicating the ‘I could wish I He was to America and set- tember the line wiil be ready to operate, if the company de- miles between Laurel and Ellicott City will be finished in time for the entire system to be in operation by the time the crowds are ready to come to the inauguration next March. The grading of the road between Wash- ington and Laurel has been completed, with the exception of a half mile just west of Hyattsville, Md., which will be finished in about ten days. The delay here was oc- castoned by the action of property holders, who placed many obstacles in the way by demanding what was regarded by the com- pany as unfair concessicns in return for the needed right of way, and this policy also caused Hyattsville to lose the power house and other important works necessary for the operation of the Washington-Laurel section of the road, which it was originally intended to have located on the Northwest branch just west of Hyattsville. Unusually Fine Roadbed. The track laying on the Washington- Laurel section was commenced some weeks ago by the contractor, Mr. Maurice F. Tal- ty of this city, and is now progressing at the stipulated rate of half a mile a day. Mr. Talty is also the contractor for the stone abutments under the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Eckington, where the two railroads in- tersect, a8 well as for the stonework cf the bridges over the Northwest branch and Paint branch. The roadbed when com- pleted will be, in the opinion of engineers familiar with such things, one of the most substantial in the world and capable of allowing trains to be run at the highest possible speed. The ties are being laid upon eight inches of bluestone ballast, and each tle Js examined by careful inspectors, who reject those showing the slightest blemish or evidence of any structural weakness whatever. Eighty-five-pound steel rails, sixty feet in length, are being laid upon these ties. The usval length of such rails is thirty feet, and the use of those twice as long results in reducing what are known as the “points of danger” about one-half, because most railroad accidents occur, !t is said, from weakness of the joints. Power House at Lakeland. Owing to the enterprise of Mr. Edwin A. Newman, the well-known real estate op- erator of this city, the power house from which will be operated the Washington- Laurel section of the road will be located at Lakeland, Md. Mr. Newman made most generous concessions to the company, which was quick to appreciate his liberality, and ‘over twelve acres of land were secured from him, upon which a power house, car barns, repair shops, company offices and other important adjuncts of a fully equtp- ped electric road will te established. The contract for the power house at Lakeland, which will be the chief structure of the substantial buildings that will form alto- gether the most important plant of the en- tire system, was awarded July 1 to Henry Smith & Sons of Baltimore, and the work of construction is now being rapidly pushed forward. Machinery to Be Used. The building, the foundations of which cceaches at other times. electric current at the demand ef the com- ing purposes the cars will all be lighted with satisfactory light than the electric lamp. Each car, however, will be provided with be smcking compartments, la all other modern convehiencegof a similar nature in the cars. will consist of two cars each. ‘All the prin- cipal roads crossed by those at Hyattsville, Lakeland and other towns, and the roads in geneyal-yse, will be guarded by electric warning bells that will begin ringing when the approaching trains gre at a considerable distance, from the crossin| grading has been completed, and. the tracks laid from the terminal of ,the system at Howard and Saratoga streets, company has purchased large real estate interests for a depot, genéral ‘Offices and terminal facilities, to Ellicft City, eleven miles distant. This section will be finished by September 5. Baltimore section, which wjll terminate at Laurel, when the strip between, the latter town and Bilicott City is ¢& be located at Ilchester, ten-miles from Bal- timore. The property, upon erected was partly donated.to 3 by the Catholic Order of Redemptorists. The power house at lichester will be of the same general construction,bricks and gran- ite, as that at Lakeland, but it is much further advanced, as the contract. for it was made, six weeks earlier. and pumps are now in place there and the rest of -the machinery will shortly follow. The equipment will be precisely like that of the power house at Lakeland, described before. de- its course, but when the imm@jine a: scribed is excavated to the ft lepth and made ready for the pw » and the dam which will hold the watér will hay. been completed it will be turhed into its former channel and continue to supply the reservoir just formed. The contractor for this work is Mr. J. C. Bryan of Baltimore. ‘The main line of the Columbia electric road runs directly tn front of thé bower house end cther buildings after entering Lake- land on @ massive plate girder bridge over Paint kranch. This bridge is In two spang of sixty feet each, resting on, large gran- ite abutments, with an imménse pler of similar masonry in the center. The same style of bridges will be erected where necessary along the line of the road, and will be built under the general supervision of Mr. . Kesley Schoepf, fhe general manager of t%s company, who designed and constructed the Rock Creek bridge, on what is now known as the-Ghevy Chase branch of the Capital Traction Company. The road runs through Lakeland on Super- for avenue, over right of way given by Mr. Newman, and continues on, paralleling the Baltimore and Ohio tracks at an ine conauterabie) distance all the way to Lau- rel, A Lake Fall of B: The town of Lakeland, where this important plant of the road is being erected, is situat- ed on both sides of the Baltimore and Ohio tallroad, and is in the center of the territo- ry occupied by the towns of Chariton Heights, Berwyn, College Park, Branch- ville and the grounds of the Maryland Agri- cultural College. It contains, among other attractive features, a lake of seven acres, supplied with water by a spring and a twenty-ineh flow pipe from Paint branch, near the site of the power house, It is e: pecially attractive to anglers who are for- tunate enough to know Mr. Newman, as it is full of wary and game small-mouthed black bass, a catch of no less than seventy five falling to two rods a couple of weeks ago. Character of the Cars. The line from Washington to Laurel will be ready to operate, as before stated, by September 15, this year,and the cars which will be run over it are being rapidly built by the Barney and Smith Company of Day- ton, Ohio. They will be delivered early in August. These cars will be superior in point of power and equipment to any eleo- tric car now in use. Each will be operated by 400 horse-power motors, one on each axle. The superiority of the cars in this regard may be realized when it is stated that the trolley cars now universally used are equipped with but two motors, each of thirty-five horse-power. The cars will be equipped with air brakes of the most mod- ern design, and the seats will be arranged as they are in passenger cars used on steam roads, with the aisle in the center of the car. Open cars amply furnished with agencies to protect the passengers will be used in fine summer weather and closed Some of the cars will be divided into compartments. A Novel Innovation, Notwithstanding the abundance of the pany and its easy adaptability to illuminat- Pintsch_ gas, the management having de- termined that it gives a softer and more the equipment necessary to light it elec- trically if desired at any time. There will atories and The trainsto be run the line, such as timore to Ellicott City. At the Baltimore end of the road the where the The power hayse for the leted, will ich, it is ie company The boilers The Middle Section. Work on the section, ten miles long, lying SELF-PROTECTED ORCHIDS, Their Fragrance That No One Can Approach Them. From the San Francisco Chronicle. There died about a year ago a famous orchid hunter named Fosterman. But be- fore he died he told of a wonderful orchid which, he said, existed in Brazil, and which it had been the ambition of his life to se- cure. Landing on the coast of Brazil, a few de- &rees south of the equator, he met a native chief, who told him of a “village of the demon flowers” to the westward. Further Questioning convinced him that the “demon flowers” were orchids of the rarest end most wonderful kind, so he decided to find this “village” at any cost. He had traveled through forests about six weeks, and was calculating that 'n a fortnight more he would be in the aeigh- borhood of the “village of the demon fiow- ers,” when, one afternoon, three of his for- ward guards threw up their arms, and, with a cry, fell senseless to the ground. He had noticed & peculiar sickening odor pervading the heavy, heated air, and quick- ly gave the order for the other men to ad- vance with caution and drag back. the fates fallen ones from the spot where they lay. ‘They did so, and, returning, reported that they had seen through the forest, a little further on, the vast “village of the demon flowers.” Accompanied only by his Portuguese in- terpreter, the orchid seexer started for- ward, their mouths and noses muffied as a safeguard against the awful odor. They managed to reach the spot where the thiee men had been stricken down, but could go no further. * They could see, a hundred yards ahead of them, a great mass of orchids. Trees, un- dergrowth and everything were loaded down with them. They were of hues more bril- Mant than he had ever seen or dreamed of seeing. But, like a barrier, the wall of awful, sick- ening, overpowering odor rose between. The mass of brilliant orchids might have been a mirage painted on the clouds, so far as reaching them was concerned. The “vil- lage” was perhaps an acre in extent, and the two made a complete circuit of it, but everywhere rose the awful odor. ‘The odor was simply the perfume of this Vast mass of orchids. It is a curious fact that, though many orchids are almost scent- less, the handsomest ones have a most un- bearable fragrance. ———-+ee. HER AMBITION. Thought Her Father Could Help Her to Secure a Position. From the Chicago Evening Post. * “Papa,” said the public official’s bright- eyed daughter, as he seated himself in his easy chair after dirner and reached for the evening paper, “Well?” he said, inquiringly. She did not reply at once, but came over and took a seat on a stool beside him, thereby demonstrating to his satisfaction that she had something important on her mind. “Papa,” she repeated at last, “you have a great deal of influence, haven't you?” Um—well, I have some,” he admitted, guardedly. “Enough so that you can get a position for any one, if you really want to?” she suggested. “Well, yes,” he answered. that interest you?” “Why, I've been reading about the new women,” she replied, “‘and they all seem to have a sphere or something of that sort and some business callirg—' “Oh, well,” he interrupted, want to be a new woma “‘No-o,” she answered, slowly, “I don’t know that I do, but if every one else ts go- ing to be one I suppose I ought to—” Nonsense!” he exclaimed. “We all like ‘ou better as you are, and I don’t think ‘ou’d look well in bloomers, anyway.” “Oh, I wasn’t thinking of bloomers,’ returned, quickly. “But how does “you don’t she “I den’t want to wear them, anyway. I was thinking about a mission in Mfe and having work to do in the world of business, so that I could be ready for a rainy day—’ “Don't worry yourself. I'll get you an- other silk umbrella, if you've lost the last ene I gave vou.” She pouted prettily, but persisted in spite his interruption. ‘Well, I've picked out the position that I want,” she said, “and I think you might get it for me. I want to open the sealed proposals. I’ve read so much about at differ- ent times. I should think it would be lots of fun, and maybe I'd find the one I’ve been expecting — She stopped because she thought some cne laughed, but she has the promise of the job as soon as there is a vacancy. ———+e+_____ Don’t Object to Sunburn. From the New York Sun. ; Summer girl, or whoever you may be, So Overpowering THOSE CIGARS. ‘They Were Sure to Tern the Burglar Down When Lighted. From the Chicago It was the dead of night. Darkness thick that the street lamps made but glimmer in it and enveloped all the city. Suddenly Mrs. Tomanjerry, the wife of the genial and widely-known South Side saloon keeper, woke with a start from a sound sleep. Silently she pushed the bedclothes away from her face and rose to a sitting posture. She listened intently. It was but too true, there was a burglar in the house. She could hear his footsteps as he stealthily crossed the floor of the bar room below. She placed one hand over Mr. Tomanjerry’s face so that he could not cry out and jabbed him in the ribs with her elbow. Mr. Tomanjerry awoke hurriedly. “John,” she said, softly, “there's a bur- glar in ‘the place. “Nit.” said Mr. Tomanjerry, briefly. “It's Pipe dreams you're havin’.” ‘“T_heard him cross the floor.” “You heard nothin’. Leave me sleep.” Mrs. Tomanjerry Iatened again. Hels tt re, John,” she said, in a whis er. ea im tel 7 im scratch a match. Hi: set the box down.” ng one of your cigars. I heard him oe Tomanjerry sat up and listened with at's right,” he said, after a moment “Dere’s some one dere. Did you hear him light a ar?” “Yes. Jne of dose off de bar?” “Well, mornin’. leave him be. We'll find him in de ——_+o+—______ RENTING MOUNTED ANIMALS. Almost Any Animal May Be Hired, From a Squirrel to an Elepha From the New York Sun. Mounted animals and birds are rented for @ great variety of purposes, and almost any animal or bird may be hired. The fur- bearmg animals are rented principally to furriers for use as show pieces. Many fur- riers buy show pieces, but there are others who prefer to rent them, thus getting a new or different show piece every season. Some- times a large number of animals, from the smallest squirrel to the 1: Lon, are rented together for the decoration of a show room; and birds in large numbers and in great variety, from humming birds to peacocks, are sometimes rented for sim- ilar purposes. Animals and birds both are rented for theatrical uses. A stuffed dog was needed ina play. Just the dog required was found at the taxidermist’s. There may be a pla: with a scene in it in which a hunter come in with a fawn over his shoulder. The fawn can be hired at the taxidermist’s. It may be that in some play an eagle alights upon the stage; an eagle may be hired. In plays depicting circus life, if a parade forms part of the representation, the wa- gons can be filled with lifelike stuffed tigers, bears and other animals, such as might be found in a real circus. And bears, f elephants and various other mounted ani- mals are at one time and another used on the stage. Mounted animals are rented for various civic displays and parades and for ball room decorations and other uses. Tigers can be hired for political processions. For a pres- entation of Little Red Riding Hood a woif can be hired. Swans are rented and all sorts of birds. Sometimes a dining room, as on the occasion of a game supper, is decorated with all kinds of me birds. Lecturers hire mounted animals. Lectur- ing on natural history to a school, for ex; ample, the lecturer might have upon thé stage a caribou, an elk and a deer, to sho’ the difference between them. Mounted ani mals and birds are rented for various pho- tographic purposes. perhaps, to be photographed for a trade mark, or a parrot, to be held by a ¢ The live bird would not keep still; a bird will. draw or paint from. A bear, or an eagle stuffed Birds are rented to artists to For fish store openings, big porpoises, sharks and sturgeon are rented; and croco- diies and alligators are rented to leather and shoe stores. The cost of renting mounted animals and tirds is much less proportionately for a longer than for a shorter period. charge for show pieces is a certain per- centage of the value, graduated according The to the length of time for which they are taken. For a single day a big tiger could be hired for $10 and a small tiger for $5; a middle-size elephant for $25 a day; a big grizzly bear for $10, and a small grizzly for $5. An eagle, for a two days, would cost $3 to $4. A squirrel could be hired for a day for 50 cents, a wolf for $3, a parrot for 5) cents, a humming Mrd, or a robin for 25 cents, and an ostrich for $4 a day. ingle occasion, one or ee Reduce Camping to a Science. From the Chicago Tribune. Cyclists are now taking extended camp- ‘gest tiger and | 17 LUCKY BABIES. Always Plump and Well on Lactated Food. ‘No Fear of Cholera lnfntun in These Homes. Babies Need No Coaxing to Eat Heartily. A Diet Accurately Fitted to Their Strength. Lactated Food Never Disturbs Most Sensitive Stomach. Babies that will not eat when bot weather comes on must be made to eat—But not made to eat by forcing or coax ing them against their wills, For a baby's stomach, made to take food against ite will, is of the same opiuton stitt, at all ina digest heartily and comple By an inte Mgent study of baby's proper food in hot weather It 18 today porsible to make baby eat—because It wants to. Lactated food is prepared with the true sctentifie knowledge that nothing better can be done thau te follow nature ax closely as posstble tn the diMeult tusk of feeding babies that are not thriving, elther Decause of hot weather or because Vitality. Lactated food ts met like It has saved the lives of thousands of It fs within the reach of all, Until within recent years infants deprived of | mother's milk have been reared in a haphazard and unscientific manner, with the usual result that the enormous mortality Anring the first five years of life has been a reproach to medical men, But all this ts now] changed. Practical, scientific, philan- thropi-minded men of the highest stand- ing have devoted themselves exclusively to these great prob- lems of ‘nfunt feeding. Many valuable re- sults have come, but the greatest and the most practical is the preparation of lactated food, the most nourishing, strengthening, readily digests ¢@ and palatable food that can be given the baby. Just now n the death reports show a fearful prevalence of diarrhea and ch effect of improper diet in hot “food ts doing its best work. It fe saving the lve of little ones in nearly every city and town in the United States. Mrs. H.C. Bonnett ss, the happy mother of the babies who ures are here on, Writes to the proprietors of lactate ed foods: “I inclose herewith photograph of my twin girls, born June 2, 1894, and baby Vera, born May 21, 1895. Thad no milk for the twins, and the Durse recommended ——'s fool. But the babies did not thrive on tt. We called in our doctor, Dr. A. J. Gallison of Franklin, and he said the food must be changed at once. He recommended Ino tated food as the best in tried one box, and were so well 7 with the result that we kept on using it. I need to nurse the younger baby, but had not enough milk, and, as she did not thrive on milk, we gave her lactated food, which agreed with her perfec aus Revenge. From the Cincinnat! Enquirer. From ore of our fashionable suburbs comes @ tile of revenge that would make a don’t object to getting sunburned this sea- son. It may not be becoming, but It’s a sure sign of health. “No one whose liver is out of order,” once said a physician, “will sunburn. It takes a good, healthy skin and good, healthy blood back of it to do that. It’s only your thin-blooded, weak-organized individual who is una>le to show some sort of response to the sun’s rays. Of course this doesn’t apply to per- sons whose skins are liaole to break cut into an eruption upon exposure to the sun. That indicates a condition cf the blood as unwholesome as it is unpleasant. But the healthy, honest red that in time deepens into an equally healthy, honest brown is by no means to be despised, for it means good health. So long as you sun- burn you may feel pretty safe so far as some of the most important considerations to your physical welfare are concerned.” between Ellicott City and Baltimore has not yet been commenced, owing to the fact that the location of the line here was not determined as early as that of the two ends. The ccntract will be awarded for this plece early in August, and it will be completed fo that the entire road will be in operation by the first of March, 1897. The maximum grade of the road in its en- tire length is but 2 per cent, except on the extreme ends, where the company was obliged to conform with the grades already established by the municipalities of Balti- more and Washington. This almost level surface of roadbed will admit of sustained speed of a high character, but the rate at which the trains will be run has not yet been decided upon, although it is expect- ed to be something out of the common. The controlling interests in the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home and the Belt railway companies of this city are owned by the Columbia and Maryland electric road, and these lines will be run in connection with the intercity road when it fs completed. The Builders of the Road. The officers of the company who are en- gaged in the construction of the road are Henry T. Douglass, president; W. Kesley Schoepf, general manager; 8. W. Huff, elec- have been nearly completed, will be 208 feet deep by 125 feet wide, and will be con- structed of selected hand-made red brick with granite trimmings on a massive base of granite. The roof will be of slate, and the stack, which will be’erected oy Morton, Reed & Co. of Baltimore, will be eleven feet eight inches in diameter and 175 feet high, and is to be equipped with a Green fuel economizer. The power house will be equipped _with ten 300 horse-power Camp- bel! and Zell boilers and five 800 horse-pow- er McIntosh and Seymour compound con- densing engines with Davidson pumps and condensers and Cochran heaters, Powerfal Electrical Equipment. The electric equipment will consist of seven 400 Kw Westinghouse generators and three 300 Kw Westinghouse boosters. This machinery will be inclosed within brass and bronze railings and will be sur- rounded by galleries allowing free access to all portions of it, together with safe vantages for the use of sight-seers and visitors. The floors of the power house will be of granolithic and hard woods and the building will be thoroughly fitted with complete plumbing, arrangements, includ. ing lavatories, bath®, closets, etc. The con- tract calls for the completion of the build- ing trips. Wisconsin and Michigan are full of them, roving around with their outfits strapped to their wheels. The reg- ular triangular cese to fit into the dia- mond frame is used, and if there are a number in the party the camp implements are distributed among them and carried with ease. Some also carry light knap- sacks, and what seems a difficylt way of transporting camp outfits becomes in real- ity efficient and labor saving. Small tents of light gossamer or silk, which fold up into an exceedingly small package, are used. The cyclists are also provided with rubber capes, which com- pletely protect them from the rain when riding. Fishing tackle is easily carried, and the wheelmen on that account make fisting their favorite sport, though some of the more ing are seen with shot- guns strapped to their wheels. It is tenishing into what regions of poor roads but good camping these novel tourists have penetrated. No one has ever seen them cross an unbridged river, but they undoubtedly have some way as clever as their other methods. They often take their wheels to the nearest railroad and ship them to some point where they meet them by boat, for canoing is by no means impossible for camping cyclists. The Sioux Indian turn green with envy. A young man just home from an eastern col- lege invited a young lady of the village to a Sunday morning ride on his tandem bi- cycle. She was delighted, and would, of course, go, and she could scarcely walt to carry the news to her particular girl friend, who, it happened, had heretofore <ccupied the front seat on that same tan- dem. Then the plot was laid. “How nice,” said her chum. “Have you a bicycle suit? Why not wear mine? Don’t you think this will look lovely?” Now, the garment exhibited happened to be a bathing suit of pronounced colors and unique design, but as the first young lady had never been in sight of salt water, and being of a gulleless nature, anyhow, the bunco game worked to perfection. The young man’s breath suddenly left him that Sunday morning when his com- panion came out ready to mount, but that was nothing compared to the panic they created along the route. Pious matrons on their way to church threw up both hands and prayed fervently, and the male popula- tion on the streets stopped spellbound and watched them out of sight. The young man had little to say, but ft is claimed he broke Zimmerman’s record getting to the unfrequerted streets. Verily, “revenge is ——— oes Princess Maud’s Forty-Eight Wheels. London Letter. It 1s evident that Princess Maud, who is to marry Prince Carl of Denmark, will not lack for means of locomotion when she Is married. The parents of the bride and the aristocracy having begun presenting their gifts to the young bridal couple, they are | movements of these wheelmen show that | sweet.” trical engineer; Dr. Louls Duncan, presi- ing has been reduced to a science t ee ing in eighty working days, and the cost now being followed by the numerous towns, | camping has mn luce let 1 Will be $85,000 exclusive of ‘the stack and Soe ts ee ee counties, shires and guilds. Among the | be enjoyed by all classes of sportsmen. A Fit Place for Him. machinery. A stone and brick pum 2 : ived th t = From Judge. house will be erected near the power house | Brauns of Baltimore, architect of the bulla. | Presents received there are up to now not Before and After. From the Chicago Post. “Do you really think he knows very much?” ‘My dear sir, he knows as much as the average politician thinks he knows.” “As much as he thinks he knows before or after nomination?” ——ee. A Striking Likenens. From Tid-Bits. “I think Nell's new photographs must look exactly like her.” “Why?” “She hasn't shown them to a living soul.” that will be equipped with the most pow- erful of modern fire pumps, affording full protection to the property of the company as well as to a great deal of that in the immediate vicinity. A Commodious Car Barn. In addition to these buildings, Mr. Henry Brauns, the architect of the company, is completing plans for the erection of a car barn to stand next to the power house. It will be 230 feet deep by 150 feet wide, and will be built of brick and granite, similar in construction to the power house. Hvery modern practical idea that enters into the equipment of such a building, including pits from which the car machinery may be reached without the cars leaving the track, electric transfer tables, etc., will be sup: plied in this structure. 'A portion of it will be devoted to the temporary use,of repair- ing shops, which will be operated uniil the immense permanent repair shops are com- pleted. Plans of the Repair Shops. The plans for these shops are now being drawn by the engineers of the company and the erection of them on land adjoining the car barn just described at Lakeland will be commenced in September. The con- struction of the repair shops building will be of granite and brick similar to the oth- ers described, and it will be equipped with the finest machinery obtainable adapted to the uses to which it will be put. All of the rolling stock used by the company on its entire system will be repaired and reno- vated at these shops. The site at Lake- land to be oczupted. by these works occu- pies an attractive position at the south- western corner of the town, about two blocks from the Lakeland station on-the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The site is | skirted by Paint branch, the water rights of which have been donated to the com- pany jointly by Mr. Newman. and the au- thorities of the Maryland Agricultural Col- lege. From this stream, which is of abun- dant flow, the company will secure the wa- ter to operate the machinery in the’ power hous ~ less than forty-eight ladies’ bicycles, for It 1s known that Princess Maud is an enthu- siastic wheelwoman. There are wheels of almost every class, make and of the most varying constructions and executions, some adorned with engravings and others with inscriptions. Besldes the wheels, the prin- cess is the recipient of several dozen n.otor carriages, some driven by steam, others by petroleum motors, compressed air and elec- Columbia, Dut he resigned in August, 1006, | Presents 1s stl fashionable in aristocratic “3 i 4 ingland, the show ot rincess Maud’s wed- oa Siepyiana Bresidency of the Columbia | ging gifts will look very much like « cto Mr. W. Kesley Schoepf, as general man- | 880W or an exhibition of motor carriages, ager, an office which embodies that of the ——+o+—___ chjet engineer of the railway company, de- Mice and Rats in Japan. votes his entire time and energy to thé en-| tise Scldmore in the Century. He arpen IG eROr re Ae eee neta. | lEathere avetecn alll hcesion aweamanaiehet large portion of it being given'to the work of construction, being out over the work al- | arouse no poetry or gracious sentiments. The mice, those pests of Japanese tea most constantly aiding and #uiding his resi- houses, raced through the doll houses at dent engineers. Being a man of indomitable SH Gees at ain Sinechns yay ee designs pierced.in the pretty wood panels garded as just the one toi‘sédure results where time fs such an importanf!factor as it above the screens giving them free range of every room. They ran over my face, is in the present work. He'consults freely with ono ne the’enterprise eG Washington, where he resi@es. He was the | and kept me awake night after night with their rustling and gnawing. On the third night of mouse carnival I called the se: vants and had lights brought. ‘The land- chief engineer of the imprdvements at Chevy Chase, and constructed the Chevy lord heard the sounds and bustled. across the court to see what the matter was. Chase electric road, and *befére entering upon his present importanudutles was vice president and general manager/of the Hck- ington and Belt Line railway dompanies in | think there 1s a mouse in his house,” I ei te said. “Oh, certainly, certainly, honorable lady,” he’ sald, bowing low and proudly; “yes, indeed; I have many, plenty of rats this city. at the Momiji.” And he could not at all understand why we should make such a trouble about so natural a thing, And ob- ject to these sure evidences of abundant rosperity, these companions of Daikoku, e god of plenty. ings. All the officers of the company are engineers. Col. Henry T. Douglass, the president, is prominently known in railroad circles all over America. He was for twelve years chief engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and later chief engineer of the topographical survey of Baltimore, the position he now holds. In 1894 he was appointed city commissioner of Daredevil Dave—“Is it true Ge boys sent Boozy Boswick to de legislature?” Alkali Ike—“Yes; an’ if he ever comes back de boys are goin’ t’ lynch him. We's bin tryin’ t' drive him out uv town fer two years, an’ dat’s de last hint he'll an” From the Somerville Journal. Hicks—“Do you believe ments?” Wicks—“Yes: something told me only @ little while ago that 1 was going to meet @ bore.” > im presenti- = eee A Wish.) From the Bradford (Pa.) Era, ¢ Mrs. Brown—“I have been so annoyed at my husband. He has been at the club every Mrs. Jones—“Why, so has my husband, and he said he hadn't seen anything of your husband for a week.” ———_-eo—_____ An Objection. ‘From the Detroit Tribune. A Big Reservoir. Between the bank at Paint branch and the power house is a space of over three acres, which was covered until a short time ago by lofty oaks and poplars, but at present a multitude of men are engaged win't't was a - She loved him, but misgivings lingered in in excavating the entire territory between boys good "t her heart. - the site of the power house and the south “Ber carry coal “Darling,” she fultered, “are you very sure you can pay the alimony to which I have been accustomed?” a oe bank of Paint branch for a reservoir. The stream has been temporarily diverted trom