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Show K0VEL IS A Worderfvil Carreer V Fw men In the whole vide vorld drew a bigger annual salary than Charles M. Hays, the successor ot the late Collie P. Huntington, as president of the Southern Pacific railroad. President McKinley gets 150,000 a year and Charles M. Hsys gets 25,000 more. Twenty-seve- n years ago, at the age f It, Charles M. Hays was a .clerk hi. ths San Francisco railroad offices In St Louis with a salary of $40 a month. A few week ago Mr. llayea, Dow In his 46th year, became president of the Southern Pacific railway, the second largest In the world, Mr. Hays waa 19 years old when he iecame a clerk In the' St. Louie freight The Meteoric Rise of Charles M. Hays Palaces by railroads whlc h needed men suck as the Wabash had found In Its hour of noedjf Among those roads was tbs Grand Trunk. The Grand Trunk people sect to SL lx)uls fur Mr. Hay a They offered to give him a salary of 125,000 a year If he would come, and he made a contract with them to eerr as general uanagr file years at this salary. The eyes of railroad men followed HI Mr. Hay to the Grand Trunk. genius for reeults likewise followed him there. Within three years be had become eo valuable to the road that It broke the conditions of Its contract with Mr. Hays and 1m rested his sal, ary to $35,000 a year. When Collls P. Huntington died the Southern Pacific railroad was without a president and the office was offered to Mr, Ilays, who accepted it. TERMS MEAN LITTLE. of Articles la Commoa Im Tfeal Carry MUnmcrption. The following are a few mistaken terms which mean anything but what they aeein to mean: Cayenne pepper, for instance, is prepared not from a pepper plant, but from capsicum. Jerusalem artichokes do mil eorne from Jerusalem. The plant Is not a native of the Holy land. Turkeys do not come from Turkey The bird Is a na- tve of America. Camel's hair brushes are made from the soft, bushy tall of the common squii rel. German silver Ts nbrsiTveFit all, but an alloy of various baser metals, which was Invented In China and used there for centuries. An injustice is done to Germany In calling the cheap, but useful, wooden-case- d cloi ke she has so long produced Dutch, The mistake arises from the German word for German "Deuterh." Cork legs are not of cork neither did they come from the city of that name. The usual material for a cork leg ts weeping willow, covered with rawhide. People with or without cork lege sometimes pride themselves they are wearing porpoise hide boots. porpoise bide Is In reality the akin of the white whale. Irish stew ie not TrTehhut'sn English dlkhf and 'Turkish bathe did not originate in. Turkey, but In Auswla. Cleopatra needle has nothing to do with Cleopatra, but w& set up about 1,000 yeara before that K a IBM CHARLES M. HAYS, of the .old Atlantic & Pacific He was a f allroad, now tiie Frisco. He enDative of Hock Island, 111. tered the St. louts office In November lof 1873J lie began pushing himself the day he went to work. In March f the following year he had pushed .himself from the $40 per month position Into a place in the auditors office, which paid $30 a month. Next he became a clerk In the superintendents office and In 1S83 secretary to the general manager. In two years he was assistant general managerataalary of 200 a month. A year later he became the general manager of the Wabash him tell, and' hi kalaf y, "which ' always keeps abreast with went up to 111,009 a- - year, .Ha continued la this position six years at a Salary of $12,000 a year, and the Wabash system manager much in demand lady was born. piffle the-ma- A YOUTHFUL BOE cd RO ROOFG ARDEN SUGGESTED FOR " to seat 2,000 guests, but Is rarely called upon to do eo. The large grotto, or t, is most unique and, as no other palace has this feature, original. The room Isround pnd low, and the wails are covered with marbe and polished stones, while shells are employed to outline the forms of the fishes cf the sea. A frost-lik- e substance Is used which-giveSglittering aud realist.: effect to the whole.'rtThe subterranean aspect prevails so strongly one can readily Imagine hlmse'fln a grottowitb the finny tribe. At holiday time tliii U made resplendent In honor of goo I SL Nick. Nine Christmas trees a- -i placed in position and each Is with presents for themembers of th; royal family. With hundreds of candles burning the wills glisten unt.l 11 looks like fairyland. 'ThtTEmpeior Is opposed to moder i illumination In the palace. his apartments rely on candl i for artificial light Even. In hia gor- IunovmMou Ulut Uo of fioja lb Orlf aal Idea. shell-rocm- -a flll The Idea of erecting a roof garden upon a church originated In the m.nd ofRev. Ell Burdette Widger of Columbus, Ind. In speaking on the subject Mr. Widger thus expresses him- self In an Interview: "The Idea of a roof garden was suggested entirely by myself, ps the day3 being so bppressivc-l- warm, attend- ance at churches necessarily fe l away. The church being situated In a thinf populated and built-u- p portion of tho city of Columbus? Ind., and being also on a slight elevation, gave us the advantage of cooling breezes from all four points of the compass." The roof garden Is 53 feet wide and 75 feet long, seat 1JW0 ptxsoua. having capacity-t- tj Cons.--quentl- geous dln'ng-room- . and ball-roo- elec- tricity and gas have no part In tjis lighting. Opposite the palace Is a building Just as mammoth and just as bandcome a he abode of the sovereign You nri vh-lte- d. The ('ait'f el ILibInberg. The rooms In the palace ara In silver and light blue, anjjjare small and hotne-llke- . A departure Is one of brown inlaid, known as the Pompeiian room. Queen Louise's apartments, wheie she expired, show Rge, Tho walls Were covered with white mull and are now turned black with age. The Castle of nabclsburg, built by the grandfather of the present Emperor, Is on a sightly point overlooking-- a picturesque stretch of country, 1( .lies a mile away from tho roadway, not far from San Soucl, In the midst ot a great park. The castle Is of medieval 'style and has been untenanted sine the death of the sonof the Emperor builder. Father and son were fond of the chase and trophies of their skill .with th rifle, In the way of dqers! are plentifully distribute heads, through the castle, Ther? are historic furniture and trinkets, Brown wood predominates In the ornamentation. Two rooms are finished In marble and gold. Several shields are suspended from the walls and a unique gift are the two porcelain elephants three fee high, which were sent by the Chinese ruler to the Emperor three years ago, Where William and Blamarrk Mat. yiyiri REV. E. B WIDGER. The floor looks like the U ck of ft steamer,', being highly pjished. Tho FREDERICK. roof Is pitched, and la of (Where repose the ashes of the mau heavy slate, supported by substantial who ruled Germany for three posts. The garden Is surrounded by months in 1SS3.) a balustrade three and one-hafeet taken back when you ascertain this Is high, finished with elaborately carved our devoted to cooking and an arsenal. j" brackets at the-fcorners. Inside The dishes for the Emperors table are J are shutters, removable If desired; to there are under- - use In the event of severe storms or prepared here,-anground palaces In which the food i t unexpected cold, spells. ..The auditor-brougfrom one building to another. lumhas a movable plaltorm-extendinIt Is probably the largest kitchen In across the room, nearest the h'ghest the world If not the most expens-vt tower of the church. Three stairways and It Is used the nine months the imeach lead to the garden, one perial family spend in Potsdam. ret; the little enclo: by cloak-paris- h these towers are ed as rooms. The ladies Taklng tb Tim at Noon. have 1 mve attrac- Just before 12 o'clock each day all rendered the ganV business must be taken off the wires tive by potted pi and fines.. Ivy. controlled by the Western Union com- - j planted in four corn 1 will be trained .pa; church, with meiTsLribioliije&-- ; eo as to cover the MAUSOLEUM OF EMPEROR ular at present with the natives, who resent their presence and chafe at having to obey the laws enforced by the In fact, he had frequentAmericans. ly of late beard Cubans state in clubs and cafes that if they had to choose between the two races, the Ameiican or the Spanish', as "to which Bhould exercise control over their destinies, they would unhesitatingly choose the rule of Spain. The Cubans, in spite of all that has occurred, look upon Spain a the mother country they speak Ah same language, and being of the same blood, think that their characters, alma and ambitions are therefore better understood by the Spaniards than by th Americans. Among other things that have tended to make our control unpopular in the island my friend thought a large part was due to certain ardors thatjad been promulgated by those in authority. Stopping bull fighting greatly angered the .Cuban. But it was another order that most Influenced them. It seems it is the custom there for the men to go about clad in elbow sleeved Undershirts of th gaudiest description. Considering this indecenL those In authority in .certain provinces decreed that all males must wear a shirt. If ever a silly order was put forth that was it. ' The native ore now looking eagerly foi ward to th time when we shall depart and leave them to their own devices. My friend does not consider the Cubans as being or of any- capable of tirng approaching ft, and looks for all sorts of trouble to Mlow after they start in to govern themselves. He siys (i.at all the materials for a'fccrap ' exist there, and once our restraining hemt is 'removed, all sorts of complications Will lie likely to ensue. Emigrants will not go to Cuba so long a such uncertanjty as to its future exists, and even could you remove that uncertainty he thinks that the future outlook for many reasons would b by no means clear. SEEKS PLACE IN CABINET. tuf-form- cha.-icteriz- es ultra-frivolo- d s 1 ( 1J n m e, td er Rot . Brit at for Ik of That Cmtatry. An army friend of mine Just home-froCuba, writes a correspondent, says 'that Americans are not very pop- rmpMU' Ara retar ht st fur-cla- - d ballon ivi CUBANS,-- John L. Wilson, who represented th state of Washington in the house of representatives and afterward In the senate, aspires- - to a- place to the 'new" cab.net of President McKinley, says a Washington dispatch. The secretaryship of the interior Is the post on which his eye Is fixed. He says he la" thoroughly familiar with conditions in the west, and has had sufficient experience to public life and to the departments at Washington to make an1 He acceptable official if appointed. believes that the political condition make big appointment desirable for the administration, as he says something should be done to hold the- new- nnr 'rttIBWirf lHu 7 7 t'7;n7'ITthe Republican standard, anJToT L a of The prltx-tlpden. In the body of electric communication if a cabinet place Is given to Washfeet, and has cities of America. Three minute ington this will be done. before noon wire chkfsjn each of tha lums, together should be apIf the principal cities and towns and c.tles offering seating former colleagues in conhis pointed, "I ful'y leading to and from their large sisters 3,000. Rev. Mr. Widger says: say the Interior department generally gress cease sending or receiving messages, believe this Idea will would not be a dull place, as building no matter how important they may be popular, and In a shorCtJme churches he distinguished himself during one and devote themseves to switching on east will add roof gardens to their cf the sessions of congress in engagwire in such a way as to make an edifices, where divine services can be ing in two fistic encounters on the floor file heae I unbroken circuit of communication conducted with comfort In He is also known to have In fall of the house. used aso and of summer, utterdays from Washington around the "mixed It up 'with' one of the clerk' ' not as only most boundaries of the Unlted States and early winter months, In one of the corridors In the Interior This Is called an "unbroken national more pleasant places to hold services, another building on attend mee. department ctrcuiL Thus a smooth track Is made but also In times of large occasion. His chances of appointment acto etc., necessitated by revivals, along which the electric message ma commodate the overflaw. flash encompassing the onion and anThe church over which Rev. Mr. nouncing the time of day. Ten te Chr.s-tlaonds before the time bell strikes comes Widger presides Is the Central church. a and then mig..ty another silence, throb, a titanic heartbeat from the LIVE IN BLISS. foremost factor In modern commerce, and an electrical current pulsates from UiilrtUM anil MM l.i fwlwt AmwI the Atlantic to the Pacific, from In Que nslani. Gotham to the Golden Gate, announchas the d.stinctiaa of Queensland has sun the passid ing the fact that the spot on earth wheie only being meridian aud l: over the seventy-fift- h never quarrel, maids and mistresses Pearson s Is noon at Washington ls de-t- J and the domestic life rth-r- e and 300 yard ot the face ot Tata hack Information Young Snyman t hi father, with those by-ele- ct DISCONTENTED lf 00 e . one-quart- ferences la arranged Just as these dig-- " nitarles left It the last time. There Is no pretense at luxurious furnishings tn this apartment; everything Is serelative. verely" plain. The table at which they sat, the chairs and the position they occupied, the furnishing of the room-- all are the same as when these nighty personages formulated plans for the advancement of Germany. There are newspaper prints and clippings on the that seem strangely out of place In the temple of royalty, and engravings that bear on the battles with France In 1870-7Singularly enough, the old Emperor had at his side "copies of the celebrated 'canvases from DElallle'e brush of the engagements In this conflict, and which in the arrangement of figures favor the French eoldiery. These pictures are such of realistic splendid reproductions warfare, filled as they were with spirited scenes, that even when the painter Inclines to his own they are appreciated by those who fought against them. The room where the founder of tho Magazine, C. 0. SNYMAN. empire , yielded ",p, his , spirit,, remain Of the other refugees, wre In the.han.di There is a price upon Just as It was when the peaceful tra- of the British. English Women In Imltn. Mrs. Flora Anna Steil, the novelist, all their heads. recently declared at a meeting in England that "apart from the missionar- a senonthe with base passed ball, ; snow. or no charitable work l done ies little sational accompaniment of a xltds by English women in India, who a.e Esetllng twe afclpV Crtsi Mad from third base clear to the plate, r mainly .responsible .Lir. almost won ArcO crew la tb Mlws The 'Thallium eventually have the trouble English serious Baseball was Introduced Into the by a score of 48 runs to their opponMrs. Steel lived far years in there. arctic region by the crow of the ents' SL The Thallium is the first knows what she la talking and India In comGreenland to from arrive schooner schooner Tnalllum. which, under Her charges have creatrd conbout new vessel year. She Is a mand of Captain KenL arrived yester- twenty-fiv- e siderable Indignation, but a contilbu-to- r last s day from Ivlgtut, Greenland, with a launched at Ilucksport, Maine, thit Times of India to the tira a with built to Is and safe say August, heavily cargo of cryolite. It women iu Inof English the presence that the national pastime waa never bored bull, especially for this perilous dia militates against the - effieienfcy before attempted In the face of such trade. Philadelphia North sAmerlcan, CASTLE OF B BELSRERG. both of the civil and military adminisdifficulties. Fi-Willi un the trations and of commercial work als9. Emperor (Where Growth of HofUIUm. The British bark Silicon was at that Coun-He e e.1 Where Lived and with The ceaseless Junketings of Simla and all oppressive measures IVspU lonely Greenland port with the Thal) Bismarck the minor bill stations Interfere w.th Philadelfor taken by the government, socialism, lium, and also loading for this the EnglUb was enacted. The gedy canopy bed good work, and phia. The temperature while the two or, rather, the Socialistic party of Ger where the final stnigg.e took place, women are to blame.. He further In strength, weesel were receiving their cargoes many, gains constantly for with the crucifix hanging at the head, barges them with responsiblity bordered close on to 30 degrees below and even Brandenburg, which has been which spirit ts his the and there; nutarr. Queen ero. The tailors, not belrg cnllel affected loat by the movement, has life In India. At the same to the Reichstag a Socialist for Louise, is repre.-entely a marble Upon to handle tho curious mineral, that their conduct Uur-n- g lm-- .t admit he gi.u-a caM' time whuh rein the son fires and The the in its history. the first time hlvered around galley, and z plague shows that famine d lassibeyond price. pi sult of the election has caused milch Dtpldly became Imbued with the and as brave in noble as be can ho mausjlcu.il where Emperjr they Feus, the tude which Is almost invanably the excitement In Germany. trial as their predecessors th- - pte-ea- t of of time (athtr Frederick, to ca led endure 618 ruler. votes, of those upon a of candidate, got majority portion were in the mutiny. A lively conti i church extreme cold. Captain Jalisco of the lu 15 years the number of Socialist Is burled, adjoins a scerrs ,to he heg.nnl ig. L. A. r. his i lu erected hon -The iteriar Is Silicon proposed nioie In jst than memheis cf the Reichstag has In- Record. tn earhfst that the men pbv ball. creased from 23 to 6S, two members after the manner of Nap mus tnmo Boyd In Chicago In 1 much deI'aria, though smaller an and on far they The idea Impressed them having been added In 1 "41. ,M th mote plain. In the center is the sarMo-- e It, termined to brave the tecpfatn.-- and since the general election ln,lS98. to go f.om New and tiosaibie now Is e of which wrlth cophagus. is thereupon thm resting were It th votes 600.0dO In Socialist 183 tssaf thport marble figure of the Emperor in re York via Berlin, Moscow and Irkutsk t a'n were tolerably familiar. ' recorded, and these increased 730,090 cumbcnt poston Ttdjoimng is a flab to Vladivostok on the Facific la twenty-fa Hiriwas found near Ivlgt'a vPh In 1387, to 1.500,000 In 1899. and In the where will he placed the remain cf ive to the fivzcn snow, It of days. A railway which shall 2,230,000. to powdered last ng general .election wife. Feveral his of his el. ths Under idrea adamant. of are Imcst connect Asia and America at is estimated that the next general consistency In this burled a An t chapel and the Behring Straits may he pred cFd midnight eun, and with a, wondering election wjU give the SvctalUta 100 out d large cruytfix re in the princ Eskimo, home ot 337 votes In the Reichstag. al audience of of the future. There U, engineers as pal ' ' r ths cove. knocked yuna and three-buggsay no obstacle to the way except TH Jf vr Mll Snrte ouL It was neceexary for all the p'ay-- r rtrts. terrific cOld cf winter amUhe immensj New iar.d proposes to s.nd a letThe new palace of Emperor William fields of tundra through which a p th to bundle themreWes up 'tiTtrutj arctic fashion. Al hands wore gloves ter to any pa:t of the world Included Is the 'argest and grand-- t in Pots must be cuL A railway line through iam. The interior Is finished in the such a country as northeastern Siberia po that wild throws and errors galor? la the potv! union for 3 cents. The construct colors cf rcjal.n white and guld.-awere many. Boatswain Brown of the theory Is that Increased business will ! will not be so difficult to the state rooms hre unusually large. w waa the line of the White pa sa and Thallium tied the score In the fourta eventually make the system The banquet hail is capacious luting by coming home from second enough Yukon rout. who arAmong the flea refugee rived In thts country from Bctath Africa the early part of the week, the first toer fighting men ever seen here, was a youth of 16, C. Q. Suyman, eon of Dn of thr member of the party. Thl was the hero of Gen. D Ioungster He during the yra r. tree little more than 15 year old when kostllltlea began and hla father, who Was a aheep herder In the Orange Free State, took him from school and placed I rifle In hie hands to fight the English. He Joined the Boer force under Ga. D Wet. being made a member 'ef the genefal staff, Ha fought la 13 and Innumerable regular battle Skirmishes and never a much a received a scratch. He has the honor among his people of having killed the Bret British aoldter la the Orange Free State during the war. It Is ald that no lest than a dozen of the queen troop fell before his unerring rifle. Young Bnyman's heroism on the field of f battle attracted the attention president Steyn of the Orange Free Itate, who promised to reward the ydung hero wlth a favnrif peaerwas rver declared and the Boers got back Ho frequently ad- their property. THE CHURCHES. B$t, Ell Burdette Wldgur of Colombo lnd.v tho OriKtoalur of tho bturtilus (Special Letter.) ' Three days should be devoted to the palaces and the other attractions of Potsdam. The average traveler, how ever, trie to cover It In one days exploration. The man or woman who attempts to see five big palaces, seven! castlea, churches, and the parks which make the cltj celebrated. In ten hours will bo a fatigued mortal-- , at night, with only a Jumbled recollection tf what has beeu so hastily viewed. Take your ttroe If you mean to fully enjoy the magnificent scenery, the exquisite glimpses of water, hill and dale, the historical buildings that hold so much for the seeker after knowledge. t The old royal palace, where Frederick the Great pasted so many yeara, is a venerable-looklr.- g pile three stones Here was high, with ffioble portico. a so the abode of Queen- - Louis,--win made the court respectable after this voluptuous reign of Frederick Wlllia the Second, who was the most llcr tlous of Prussian sovereigns. T apartments-o- f the Queen, who explril la 3810, are left Just as they wereift the time of her death, by order of imperial son. The rooms contain fire screen of needlework embroide by lulse; a chair made by Frder the Great, and a gentleman on horseback painted by his lmperlat father. The room where Napoleon slept la alsj TheroomlnwhtehJEmrjror vanced to the British of bullets, b to hla comma: s RICH IN AR7T AND ROYAL REMIN- ISCENCE PLAN. Jl bV-om- e n scribed by MiaV )oi:g.'as Campbell o. England, who has just returned from a visit to that country, as aj ideal ns. In that country, she says, the domestic servant betters heiself in every She has higher wages, mop way. le'sure, more liberty and she - is cared tor better than in any other- country. The mistress assists her to estabi.sh a home of her own, and her. succcs-I- s all the easier because she can afford N ) becomingly. to dress heTself Queensland mistress ever refuses h r maid permission to attend balls or to go to concerts or theaters, and ver. often the mistress docs the work In order that her servant may have a share to the good things of this life. Women who are willing to go into the biHh and work on a station are treated with is even more consideration. There scarcely any difference betwten her and the family In which she Uvea. She has a horse to ride, duves with to chuich, is asked out ant add-- , Mrs. Campbell taught music. Iaz. for no is place that Queensland or pretentious girls. They must he prepared to use their biains anl think for themselves, then success is certain. "In England," she concludes, ihe servant is part of a system. In Austral! ' she is a member cf the household, an 1 the mistress holds herself respous.ble for her comfort and happiness. UopUal Mneo Hornft, curious official regulation demands that al the old, linen of the Ceylon hospital shall be burned every three months. A government official Comes round on a periodic linen Inspection and condemns wornout sheets, towels, etc., to a fiery fate. A JOHN L. WILSON, are slender, as Secretary Hitchcock 1 beliexed to be willing'to serve another term. But Wilsons candidacy has created a little stir in political I How Fans Were I nTrnt-r- l. The following Chinese legend for the invention of the fan ac-ou- Th in a rather ingenious fashion: beautiful Ivan-S- l, diuglitcr of a powerful mandarin, y as assisting at tb feast of lanteris, when ske became by the heat and wa compelled to take off her mask. As it was against all rule and custom to expo e her face, she held her mask before It ard gertly fluttered it to cool herself. qi,e court ladies present noticed the movtineut, and in an instant ICO of them were waving their masks. From this incident, it Is said, came the -- d birth cf ths f today it tikes th :i that country. place of the r ' oxer-power- Mmfc L"t RuHm Wt The Sultan: of lurkey Imagines himself h sport. Lately he has developed a passion for pinyip. cards for money, and the man- - who is onfcrturrt enough to win the Sultans money it-curs his enduring dislike. Public officials permit him to win, and thus save their places. 1 Ohios cities and towns mined 4S1-02- 1 la population .during the last ten years, or 792 more than the Increase Thoughtlessness Is often selfishness in the rest of the entire state. with only another name. i |