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Show SPLENDOR IN RUSSIA. THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. Airaiff min, rMiais UTAH. FAMISH FORK, XiOckjaw leaves statesmen sloes, or las they are immune. Shall we also be jolly good fellows if Sir Thomas lifts the cupt That 13,000,000 toy trust will fnrnlsh taonopolys newest "something to play with." M. de Flehve says Russia will courage the Jews to emigrate. " courage" Is good. and Barbaric Extravagance Priceless 'Jewels at Court Functions. . ' "en"En- fays? (Special Correspondence.) The eyes of the whole world are thing to remember always, and no upon Russia Just now, and the magnif- fairy tale ever told of such splendor. And It is not only In their Jewels icence of its people Is the wonder of the century. The last of the great that these magnificent Russian JadleS European countrlea to become civil- astound the world, but In their dress ized, it has forged ahead with mighty as well. Tbelr court gowns are of shows the highest cloth of gold or silver, rare band- strides, and rj c cigars. v M The prudent woman will think twice before she takes up the mens sock fad and puts her toot In It '"id , rv- f Those three men up north who took bedbug poison for whisky merely tnade a mistake In the kind of poison. '7 An automobile Is never so much out of place as at a horse show. It Is liable to add injury to In- i. M .3., Be-aide-s. sult $ V.1 I f J " m ' J? 'tzi. ?. . f 1 111 Js ? ; t ( rf I ; L r A. 1 f 53 If v tyf! r - ; . t'-y.- " - there is one there If any- y Entrance Grand Duke Vladimir, the czars ancle, declares that the Russian Jews civilization and the crudest barbarism are happy. Glad they are still alive, combined within its vast confines. It perhaps. is of its higher classes that one speaks when one uses the word magnificent, Fathers-llaw make the most for there are portions of the Russian trouble before the marriage, but genempire In which the Inhabitants are erally they mind their own business complete barbarians. afterward. , These splendid Ruspfens can teach the world all there Is to The Chicago youth who has stolen know of luxury, for in the comparar over a hundred bicycles durlDg the few decades since they became tlvely past year must be crazy. At least he as other European nations they have has wheels. earned to love the splendor of fine and no people on earth are things, Cuba would like to borrow f 35,000.-00so extravagant, so lavish, so ImperialJust now we dont happen to magnificent as these subjects of know anybody who has that much ly- ly the Great White Czar. Their palaces ing around loose. are the most superb In the world, their jewels the most costly, tbelr A London man has refused to be dress the most lavloh and ornate. knighted by King Edward. Evidently Yet, even now, you scratch a Rusbe doesnt know of any rich American sian and you find a Tartar, and even girl that he wants to marry. this untamable Russian nature la magnificent A New York paper reports the The czar Is master of twelve vast catching of a mackerel weighing 108 palaces which are his homes, and It pounda. A decimal mark must have is almost impossible to give an adebeen dropped out of the original quate Idea of the treasures of this Item. ruler of a splendid people, one tithe of which are as splendid and numerThe man In London who has Just ous aft all other royal treasures of sold thirteen apostle spoons for the Europe put together, and the coronarecord price of 124,000 cannot be tion crowns of the czar and his conthat thirteen Is an unlucky sort make all other coronets seem number. mean and tawdry In comparison. That of the czar is surmounted by a cross An English Judge has declared that formed of six matchless diamonds, South Dakota divorces are no good. and this stands on a single great .There are plenty of other people, how- ruby. Arches of perfect pearls supever, w ho will never be happy till they port the central part of the crown, and about the band for the brow are get them. twenty-eigh- t huge diamonds. The Its all very well for the astronomers crown of the czarina is one solid mass to tell us that the new comet Is In of diamonds, hundreds of them of the the vicinity of Alpha Cygnus, but most purest sort. A court function in Russia surof us havent the least idea where Alpha Cygnus Is. passes In pomp and grandeur anything else of the sort In the world, and the The public men who complain barbaric splendor of the interiors about cartoons of themselves may where these same festivities are held some day be subjected to the awful is more like something from the than what the condition of not having their pictures "Arabian Nights twentieth century has to offer. No In the papers at alL western Imagination can picture the Prof. Marlnskt of Ne York finds splendor of the Jewels, the colossal that the strains of the bagpipes are superfluity of display, which the (sure death to mosquitoes. Very likely; wealth of generations of nobles in .but a more humane way of killing (them should bo Invented. high-clas- to Palace. woven velvets and priceless brocades Interwoven with threads of pure gold. These are encrusted with hand m brodieries In gold and preclons stones. No such gownB are worn anywhere in the world but In Russia. The Winter Palace at St Petersburg is a huge red pile, GOO feet square. One side faces an immense square, across which is a semicircular mass of ministerial buildings culminating in the center in a tall arch, surmounted by a bronze chariot and four plunging horses of Victory. Within this palace even the functionaries are laden with gold lace and draped with gold cords, with their splendid uniforms bearing conspicublack ously the Imperial eagle. The floors are of costly polished woods, and there are columns and columns of polished marble. In the state departments the decoration is dazzlngly beautiful The ballroom at night rivals any "Arabian Nigths" dream ever dreamt. There are two gigantic candelabra of massive Russian crystals, nearly ten feet high, standing on the floor on each side of the huge supper room doors. Rows of orange trees stretch down the banquet hall, and under these the tables are set, and there are hundreds of birds in golden cages suspended from the celling, and two marble fountains set in tbe wall spray 'tbelr perfumed waters continuously from a succession of shells. Near the private apartments of the beautiful young empress is a deserted suite of rooms over which hangs an air of mystery and awe. - These are the rooms of the assassinated Alexander II. Into them he was borne from tbe fatal canal bridge, near the Nev-sk- i Prospect, with his body below the waist shattered, and here, within an hour, he expired. The old aummer palace of Catherine IL is a huge white building of very attractive appearance. It la a royal abode greatly liked by tbe czarina, and there she goes for picnics. Her private apartments there are lofty, splendid rooms, paneled from floor to ceiling with a marvelously beautiful inlaying of purest amber of s 0. - two-heade- d per-'uade- d . i the officials ordered the to make that rapid trip In the tolling officers might form again after tbelr Isumptuous fare in Europe. I .Possibly jKearsarge order that (get into r I Englishmen have bowed courteously ;to the Americans who carried off the .marksmanship trophy. A former once bowed very precipitately to Yankee straight shooting. ger-oratio- n ' V''. ' , V, i' vV- pos-Albl- e to send photographs by a syn-of wireless electrical transmissions may be regarded as one of the most brilliant things that he has done thus m J .Tv-''- ., - I (, i 'to S- ( hi ; Ni, ' i f i 'Jw'i 1 i1 ,1 .'t . i .? ' - . , t V I", t l.. ' al ft. ; - vi ektll in diplomacy when he got himself There is some talk in Russia now of expelling the Jews from that country altogether if they dont quit complaining about being oppressed. What the Russians like is a man a ho will patiently let himself be fayed and pretends he likes it whllo the operation As in progress. t C&tc leased You lng tl Cla Claud year. Ha is ey pitch! Hat and less y In th Tit ond great Cy Tors, most Wt the c battl Me that ball Cb the will Jo M2, four alon N Her T Bee T or J unt e tea F has ' Drawing Room ef Empress. Europe, the servility of numberless priceless value, and so beautifully sultans, Astatic kings and potentates carved that one Is awed by tho have heaped at tbe feet of the czar wonder of It of Russia. The marvelous, mellow effect of thli At court functions the empress Is rare translucent setting, sweeping that into carved ruplds and nymphs and weighed down with Jewels dazzle of diamonds one, ropes fairly roses, gives one the Idea of what fairyas large as marbles, necklaces and land might be. And there are tall stomachers of emeralds and pearls vases and da'ntlly carved cabinet a!s like plgron's eggs In size. of golden amber standlrg about everyAnd tho ladles of the eourt are where. rnt hlng the light softly and equally loaded; beads and threats and looking like rondersed sunshine. shoulders fairly arhlr.g with the A group of There are nearly 20.000 known heavy, splendid gems, these bedecked court ladles Is some- - medicinal remrillo. to 1: .his r Thi to-da- ear-H- .Vather. engaged to Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt. Joe Babt bal at g. It may be true, as an expert declares, that the devil lurks In soda fountains, but people are not so much afraid of the devil nowadays as they Used to ba in the days of Cotton Who shall say that the duke of Marlborough Is not fitted for the pent in the diplomatic service to which he is likely to be appolrtedT I!e showed his one-hal- He b&tt was loti lng. 1 ifar. Dr. Stiles' discovery of the germ which produces laziness may be Interesting, but It would have been a great deal more useful to have discovered the germ which, produces the doslre for bard work. i ' blrt-da- . ; a y. ' n : ft , . V A V . - ' f, f-- . V.Y' ira - - r. t !fr h-'-f- . . i.';; , t ! Teslas prediction that tt will be , - His pension was gone. He had nothBut ing save what he could earn. the stout old heart never 'quailed. He waited eagerly for a letter from the Saint Lawrence Shipping Company, and In the meanwhile he gave his landlord a quarter's notice. Hundred pound a year houses would In future be a luxury which he could not aspire to. A small lodging In some inexpensive part of London must be the substitute for his breezy Norwood villa. So be it, then! Better that a thousandfold, than that his name should be associated with failure and disgrace. On that morning Harold Denver was to meet the creditors of the firm, and to explain the situation to them. It was a hateful task, a degrading task, but he set himself to do It with quiet resolution. At home they waited In Intense anxiety to learn the result of the meeting. It was late before he returned, haggard and pale, like a man who has done and suffered much. What's this board In front of the house? he asked. We are going to try a little change of scene," said the Admiral. "This place Is neither town or country. But never mind that, boy. Tell us what happened In the city. God help me! My wretched business Is driving you out of house and home! cried Harold, broken down by this fresh evidence of the effects of his misfortunes. It Is easier for me to meet my creditors than to see you two suffering so patiently for my sake." "Tut, tut!" cried the Admiral. "There's no suffering In the matter. Mother would rather be near the theaters. That's the bottom of It, Isn't It, mother? You come and sit down here between us and tell us all about it." t Harold sat down with a loving hand In each of hla. "It's not so bad as we thought," said he, and yet It Is bad enough. I have about ten days to find the money, but I dont know which way to turn for it Pearson, however, lied, as usual, when he spoke of 13,000. The amount la not quite 7,000. The Admiral clapped his hands. I knew we should weather It, after all! Hurrah, my boy! Hip, hip, hip, hurrah! Harold gazed at him In surprise, while the old seaman waved his arm above hie head and bellowed out three stentorian cheers. "Where am I to get seven thousand pounds from, dad? he asked. "Never mind. You spin your yarn. "Well, they were very good and very kind, but of course they must have their money or their money's worth. They passed a vote of epmpathy for me, and agreed to wait ten days before they took any proceedings. Three of them, whose claim came to 3,500, told me that if I would give them my personal I. O. U., any pay Interest at the rate of five per cent, their amounts might stand over as long as I wished. That would be a charge of 175 upon my Income, but with economy I could meet it, and It dlmlnlahes the debt by f. and peaked ca;f of the boatman, or the white duck of the dockers, began to reof the place the corduroys and fustian iiborers. Shops with nautical Instruments In the windows, rope and paint sellers, and slop shops with long rows of oilskins dangling from hooks, all proclaimed the neighborhood of the docks. The Admiral quickened his pace and straightened his figure as his surunH roundings became more nautical, at last, peeping between two high, of dingy wharfs, he caught a glimpse wateis of the Thames, the and of the bristle of masts and funnels which rose from Its broad bosom. To the right lay a quiet street, with many brass plates upon either side, and wire blinds In all the windows. The Adfather. Good gracious! what do you mean miral walked slowly down It until The Saint Lawrence Shipping Company It is only right that you should know. That money represents theconj. caught his eye. He crossed the road, himmutation of your fathers pension. Hi pushed open the door, and foundwith a office, self In a has reduced himself to poverty, and in. long counter at one end and a great tends to go to sea again to earn a thof ships number of wooden sections ing. all stuck upon boards and plastered To sea again! Impossible! over the walls. Is the truth. Charles Westmacott "It Is Mr. Henry In? asked the Admiral. has told Ida. He was with him In tk man an elderly No, sir, answered City when he took his poor penslu from a high seat in the corner. He has about from dealer to dealer trying to mancan I not come Into town sell it He succeeded at last, and hen to. age any business you may wish seen the money. "You don't happen to have a first or "He has sold his pension! cried Hasecond officer's place vacant, do you? rold, with his hands to his face. "Mf dubious a with looked The manager dear old dad has sold his pension eye at his singular applicant. He rushed 'from the room, and bunt asked. he "Do you hold certificates?" into the presence of his parento wildly I hold every nautical certificate once more. I can not take it, father, there Is." he cried. "Better bankruptcy that "Then you won't do for us." that Oh, If I had only known your not?" 'Why We must have back the pension plan! "Your age, sir. Oh, mother, how could yot mother, as see can I give you myzword that I me of such selfishness! think capable well as ever, and am as good a man Give me the check, dad, and I will sea In every way. this man for I would soonei I don't doubt It in die like ditch than to touch a the dog then?" a be bar, Why should my age a of this penny money. man a If Well, I must put it plainly. of your age, holding certificates, has (TO BB CONTINUED.) not got past a second officer' berth, there must be a black mark against him somewhere. I don't know what It Is, THE RETORT DISCOURTEOUS. drink or temper, or want of Judgment, A Bright Little Newsboy Antwere a Lady but something there must be.' "I assure you there Is nothing, but I In a Smart and Cmmtlo Hannen find myself stranded, and so have to A small and dirty newsboy worked a turn to the old business again.' I paying game for a week or bo down in "Oh, that's It, said the manager, with suspicion In his eye. "How long the shopping districts. Bays Chicago were you In your last billet? Tribune. He would don a most pa"Fifty-on- e years. thetic expression, go up to a woman and What! say, "Missis, wont you buy a paper? years." "Yes, sir, Again the Admiral burst out cheer- Dls Is my blrfday and I aint sold "In the same employ? ing. Of course he would sell hardly any. "Yes. There remains, therefore, about In one cases must have out of' ten and would nine which has to be found within ten begun "Why, you Child." days. No man shall lose by me. I generally get a nickel and be told to gave them my word In the room that keep the change. He must have kept "I was twelve when 1 joined. "It must be a strangely managed if I worked my soul out of my body this up fully a week and reaped s business, said the manager, "which ak every one of them should be paid. I bountiful harvest At last one younf Iowa men to leave It who have served shall not spend a penny upon myself woman who had tired of tbe same story as are still who and until is It good done. for fifty years, But some of them cant as ever. Whom did you serve? wait. They are poor men themselves, and who became rather skeptical on tk and must have their money. They have subject of the "blrfdays, stopped tit j "The Queen. Heaven bless her!" "Oh, you were in the ltoyal navy Issued a warrant for Pearson's arrest. young genius and remarked In tones But they think that he has got away What rating did you hold?" lear enough to be heard some littls to the states. "1 am Admiral of the Fleet. lstance, "See here, little boy, whit "These men shall have their money," The manager started, and sprang did you say about your birthday?" stool. said the Admiral. down from his high "Dad! "Lady, please buy a paper; dls Is my "My name Is Admiral Hay Denver. There is my card. And here are the "Yes, my boy. you don't know the blrfday, and I aint sold but one paper records of my service. I don't, you un resources of the family. One never does whined the young rascal. derstand, want to push another man know until one tries. What have you little boy, to my certala "Now, from his billet; but It you should chance yourself now? knowledge you have had a birthday be I should a berth open, "I have about a thousand pounds into have very this week. Arent 70 every day glad of tt. I know the navigation from vested. "All rlgtft. And I have about aa much ashamed to tell such stories? the Cod Ifanka right up to Montreal He was cornered for a minute and great deal better than 1 know the streets more. There's a good start. Now, mother. It U your turn. What la that Btood with bead cast down and every of London. The astonished manager gltnced over little bit of paper of yours? appearance of remorse. At last h Mrs. Denver unfolded it, and the blue paper which his visitor had looked placed up with a most innocent expre-sloWon't you take a chair, It upon Harold's knee. handed him. and said; Well, you see, lady, Five thousand pounds! he gasped. Admiral? said he. you en me were different. I ain't very 'Thank ou! Rut I should be obliged "Ah. but mother Is not the only rich If you would dtop my title now. I told one. Look at thl And the Admiral old, en I thought Id have a lot of 1. ft I me. ve asked but Ms because unfolded you to oncet, en den I could Qult you cheque, and placed it upon the quarter deck, and am plain Mr. llay the other knee. havin em, like you. See?" Harold gnsed from one to tho other Denver now. Rho concluded he was past reforming May I ask," said the manager, "are In bewllderim nt Ten thousand nnd. slipping a dime In his hand, moved he cried. "(Jmd heavens! pounds! you the same Denver who commtndel on sighing over the wickedness of the st one time on the North Amerlc cn sta- where did these come from?' ex"You will not worry anv tion? longer, dear, generation, while the young sinner murmured Ms mother, slipping her arm ecuted a pas seul of his own invention. "I did." "Then It was you who got one of our round him. boat, the Comus, off the rock la the But his quirk eye had caught the Thinks He I on Engine. Bay of Fundy? The directors voted signature upon one of the click. "DocIs now in the county Jail 1 There you three hundred gulmas a salvage, tor Walker!" he tried, "This and you refu-e- d them." Clara s doing Oh. dad, we rnnnot Ann Arbor, Mich., awaiting a vacancy "It was sn offer which should not have take this money, it would not ba right In the Pontine asylum, a young man been made, said the Admiral sternly. nor honorable." w'ho Imagines ho Is a train of "Well, It reflects credit upon jou that "No. boy, I am glad you think so. It spends nearly all his time In Imitatyou should think so. If Mr. Henry were Is something, however, to have the noises attendant on starting up ing proved here I vm sure that be would strange one friend, for a rent friend he and stopping a railroad train. Every thl matter for you at once. As It Is, I 1. It was he who hiouchtgood It In, though with shall lay It before the director ,,nt klm. But tl;ls other money sound and movement he produces WbH and I am sure thnt they will be proud will rJbe detail. and startling fidelity to cover ecr thing, end xo have you In our employment, and, I It is allenough the officer found him he was on the my own." hope. In some more suitable position railroad track, nnd from his action 0wn 'vl'or did you get it. dacPUr than that wbleh you suggest. was JuBt getting up steam. Soon h "I am very much obliged to you, sir," w hnt It I Poe "Tut, tut! to have a said It was time to start, ordered th aid the Admiral, and started off again, l wHh. ltl my own. fireman to fl.l the tank with water and rfVd-nwell pleased, upon bis homeward Jourttn.!lva r y n1 thnt l pnnueh.M the tender with coal. Imitating ever 1 ney. Dar old did- Harold sqiunzcd hla act Then he pulled out th CHAPTER XV. gnarled hand. "And you, mother! You leverperfectly. and started the train, running have lifted the trouble from my heart. 0 fnst thnt it was necessary to head I feel another mnn. You have rru.t, amoxu atuniA eivrd him off with a horse. Ills whistle tor my honor, my good nnme. rT? TXT everythin diy brought I can not owe you more, for I owe you "down breaks can be heard a mil the Admiral a everything Ho la about 17 years old. uticady 5.000 for Cheque Po While the autumn from Mr. McAdam, sunset shone h and a stamped these t h fee" "f Th Very First, "'ow "Wlmr hand In hand agrei mrnt by which with hearts The Briggs first fight on record wa which were too full to A,he made over bla Sireak. between Cain and Abel, wasn t It? Huddenly the soft to paper of nnl" alls wn hmrd. nndthudding Nnh! Higgs The first occurred wh the speculative inMrs Went- ventor. It waa not mneott hounded into view the the serpent look a fall out of Adam. until he had algned skirl fluttering in in R off thnt slk-h-t and ennu n a rdicf "11 Mtuutrd. Strained the full elirnffieAni'e There Is In North Cnrollna a P0,t ef all that he hn I dune broke upon nerve, ntand they burst all" r , 1 "A? office of laughter. hearty a ruloed 14m lie had cnllej "Troublesome," not 0 fttf everything. bhe I flalng wih her nephew" far from "Matrimony." mud-color- It Is suspected by the police that there Is a suicide club In Hoboken. where. JNTERNATHWM WWT ASSOCIATIOtt. CHAPTER XIV. (Costinckd.) His way now led towards the riverwhiff of side regions, and a tar was to be detected In the stagnant autumn air. Men with the blue Jersey - V. a Japan is doubtless gritty for Its size, but it should bo warned In advance that Russia Is not China. Doubtless , to-da- y Never roll a MS to be offered to an editor, unless you roll it around a couple of 6t A STORYfor Subjects of the Czar Lead the World in Magnificent Display satd Harold at last, "rite have not come out yet. I It would be well If you were to JLV that cheque, mother, and I weA?4 turn It In person. Certainly, Harold. I think It very nice," He went in through the garden p, and the Doctor were sitting together the dining-rooShe sprang v feet at the sight of him. , Oh, Harold, I have been waltlnzt you so impatiently," she cried- - ; ., you pass the front windows half , hour ago. I would have come In w dared. Do tell us what has hapww' "I have come in to thank you How can I repay you for your ki," ness? Here is your cheque, Doctor ' have not needed it. I find that 1 J lay my hands on enough to pay J creditors." Rei "Thank God! said Clara fervently "The sum is less than I thought, c frank R our resources considerably more.' t? jive have been able to do It with case" Studying de With ease! The Doctor's bR, n clouded and his manner grew cold. His posltlo think, Harold, that you would do beta' him to take this money of mine, than to A gives hi that which seems to you to be gain-- ; exercise pitcl His ease. with Thank you, sir. If I borrowed hot mainstays any one it would be from you. But m player-mafather has this very sum, five thousan. studies in pounds, and, as I tell him, I owe hlc ued that so mtlch that I have no compunctU mond to h about owing him more. This is 1 "No compunction! Surely there an his previot some sacrifice which a son should m ,jie minor allow his parent to make. a heady "Sacrifices! What do you mean?" Is it possible that you do not kno any of the how this money has been obtained?" gregation. "I give you my word, Doctor 'Walbt Hartford that I have no idea. I asked my father but he refused to tell me. "I thought not. said the Doctor, the gloom clearing from his brow. "I sure that you were not a man who, to clear yourself from a little money 411 culty, would sacrifice the happlnew tf your mother and the health of your go I fiel ab Jot Int thl - Ik .be refvi hi Sr 0 M 6 (! rarMahort ? |