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Show MW glass twelve feet apart, between which EXPERT AS fcABINET-MAKElie gas jets for night illumination. The skylights stand about two feet VNU WOIIIMH of MlDDmpoll IlMlIlM Ilia I'litiie nnl Saw. above the surface of the ground and l cabinetAnof the Minneapolis has a havi huge eyes. maker in the person of Miss Helen other tunnel was planned for a carriage way. 'iheie is a maze of private lliMs.- r, whose work is equal In point tunnels, through which three persons of excellence to that of any of her Mrs. Druces Claims for the Duke of Portland's Title Brings to cun walk abreast. They are comfortmasculine nmpeiitors. She has set the up her bench in her own apartments Welbcck Abbey's Alyitery ably healed and are lighted-likLight a Remarkable Lot of Pacts main tunnel. ATI this is a remarkable and there she may be found any day monument to human eccentricity, but fashioning some artislie piece of work rwMiirii none of the late duke's friends appar- out of the rough hoards which she prosuspected that remorse was cures from a neighboring lumber yard. It William John Arthur Charles that he might always have ready a to such a proposition for the purpose- ently , hia yitals or that he had Mias Heisser is her own designer anf gnawinjf James Cavendish-Bentinc- k of disposing of the controversy then constructed the wonderful sleeps more place of refuge. and splendid her work not only shows excellent -soundly than formerly there Is good Realizing the risk' .of exposure to and there, but he fought it at every labyrinth as a refuge. workmanship, hut originality along reason. His right to the title and prop- which he was subjecting himself by his step, and succeeded In preventing the lines that are soundly artistic. Her." erty of the Duke of Portland has been double existence," he determined to end exhumation even after permission had work lias ranged from au ordinary- - 4 HUMOR IN SIGNBOARDS. This seemed to conflmed by a British tribunal. The his life" 'Druce,. and caused a eoffln once been granted. kitchen shelf to tip finest kind of del- - i claim of lira. Anna Maria Druce, that to be burled with bis supposed re- lend color to Mrs. Druce's charge of a Bonio Originally Funny, Others Mo by lcately wrought liitlo mahogany boxes MUrhtof Mnksrs. her son, Sidney George Druce, a sailor mains. Even. after this his fears were bogus corpse. and chest of drawers. The young The fifth Duke of Portland, who died boy in Australia, is the rightful duke, not quieted.. At last he determined to Whats in a sign? might be asked cabinet-makhas bad no assistance, I has been repudiated. William John assume madness, that, should he ever in 1879, was an exceedingly eccentric about many of the bulletins posted all and the transformation from rough . and so forth retains famous Welbeck be accused .of ..crime he .might have, character. He succeeded to the title over the city to advertise some busi- boards to carved and the polished Abbey and the title of Marquta of the plea qf 'Insanity, to fallback, upon." and vast estates in 1854, and for a ness or call, attention to some particuhand ; is work by accomplished wholly Titchfield, Earl of Portland, Viscount Taking the name' of.IIsCrmer and con- quarter of a century he lived the life lar thing, says the Newark News. The tools. Woods in are rough bought Woodstock, Baron Cirencester, Knight ducting .himself "in tfie. pjoasxtrava-- ; of a recluse, so far as the outside world queer turn that is occasionally given hohrds and Miss Heisser even does her of the Garter, etc., etc., not to mention gant manner, he- pukerhimslf to be knew. He was never seen at court and to a sign often serves to attract atten- own veneering. ...The finest piece of a trifling income of $2,000,000 a year placed under the care of Dr. Forbes did not mingle in society. Even bis tion to it. However, it is doubtful if' mawork turned out last fall is a infrom the dukedom. No wonder he Winslow, and succeeded entirely in lawyers were not allowed personal the proprietor of a Market street dry hogany chest of drawers fourtiny inches rests easier. convincing that gentleman of his mad- terviews with him. His attire was ex- goods store was pleased with the change in and five and a half inches . But back of this simple statement's ness, "But after about a year of in- traordinary. He sported an Immensely in his sign which occurred recently. in height mlnialure piece of furwidth. a weird, romantic story. In support ot- carceration he was permitted, to leaved tall hat and wore his trousers hitched He had a notice in' front of his place niture is forThis a mans wriliug table and her claim to the dukedom for her son,' ' There were many peculiar circum- up at the knees with strings after the which read, The Cheapest Store of the small articles of dress Intended for Mrs. Druce has unfolded a marvelous stances to- lend plausibility to this re- fashion in favor among London navcuff .".I' UnOtuil., to lint, and collar but,, padI markable tale. It Is well known that vies, who, being accustomed nr over Hu Ural four later, tale of myatery, love, cre,,-leprosyln. ,on! exQult, ,nlr,al to tu and in mud was about an dling cheapest, so that the sign read, The eccentricity, signed Insanity, bogus the fifth Duke of Portland burial underground labyripths and pe- ceedingly eccentric character, and that most of their working hours, had some Pest Store of the City. The merchant heavy, solid dark walnut reading table on which to rest riodical disappearance of an English he did honeycomb the grounds about reason for the shortening of their wondered why so few customers called with a sloping-tobooks. A substantial bench beheavy breeches. chambers that day. It must have been with feelduke, leading the double life of a Welbeck Abbey with great The duke never started out, whether ings other than those of flattery that longs with this table. A large and haughty nobleman and a despised and long passages. The building in withthe pastor of a church in Roseville saw handsome piece of work is a screen shopkeeper. .The story is amaslngeven London occupied by the bazaar of the the weather was fine or stormy, Invariwould He umbrella. old out an with undermined a notice he put out reading, The pas- six feet in height In three panels. This elder Druce was also for simple republicans. The dukedoni is one of the proudest a labyrinth" of tunnels, whose purpose ably drive alone, no one but his valet, tor will preach here this evening," was carved and stained green. Some In Great Britain, its' estate among the was not apparent on casual observa- being permitted to approach him. changed by some wag to The pastor of the finest carving has been done on There were drawn for him every day will screach here this evening. richest The present duke succeeded tion. It boxes and jewel cases, but book racks but two of also afford an opportunity for carving and beer two of ale, was the in quarts was duke in was a to the title on the death of the fifth the mistake which It only alleged spelling and York in color. Until this fall she duke in 1879, and his right was not habit of disappearing periodically from he never drank them. He was sup- made the owner of a his all bachelor a been have to his escape by posed shop appear to be doing a preserving has been occupied chiefly in teaching. questioned nntil Mrs. Druce appeared Welbeck Abbey, making on the scene. Mrs. Druce is the widow means of. one of the mysterious sub- life and to have died childless. It was business, for he had out a notice She took the manual training course Chairs Canned at the central high school and followed of a legitimate son of Thomas Charles terranean passages which he had con- public rumor that he wsb a leper, which announced Mrs. of foundation be the which was may It Some supHere. storeg have hung in the this by a course in klndergartening. Druce, who was a merchant, .running structed at great expense. a bazaar on Baker street, London. The posed there was au outlet known only Druces charge concerning the offensive front windows signs made of movable While In school she executed several elder Druce is supposed to have died In to himself, so that his going and com- skin disease ,of Lord George. But the letters set in a frame. A cigar dealer, good pieces of construction work and following designs mads 1864, leaving A will bequeathing his ing might be kept a profound secret. ownership of a large part of London by name Vera P. Orr, left it to his boy In $1, 500,- - to roll rent a and her bachesad bliss of a bringing life one city led sister, the letters The by Margarcthe E. Ilels-se-r, He an the to Herbert arrange day. solitary Druce, illegitiproperty to world led the In time a not art teacher at the Moorhead norj boy got twisted on the alphabet, and taken .000 year mate son. Mrs. Druce brought a suit lor, and his servants were when half the day passed and no sales mal school and formerly a leader of had been made the proprietor thought the Minneapolis art colony. For nearof looking at the sign. He expected to ly two years Miss Helen Heisser taught find on It the name and announcement manual training at the school for the d at Faribault, giving sp that cigars were sold there, but instead this is what confronted him: that work last summer. Vera Poor Cigars Sold. Here. On Bridge street a livery dealer hung out an incomparbTe system. a sign notifying the public that there would be a fine sale of horses," hut a Is That of Transportation In thn ITnltml States. boy with a stick dipped in some tar One of the Important factors In the changed the n to an r, so that the sign read, Fire Sale of Horses." The strength of our Industrial position is proprietor wondered what some of his the unquestioned superiority of our customers meant by asking him if the transportation system, says Frank A. horses were badly burned until he saw Vanderlip in Scribners Magazine. If the sign. Hanging out in front 'of a one has fresh in mind the picture of hardware store on one of the coldest our luxurious trains, mammoth enmornings recently was a notice stating gines, and, more. Important still, our freight cars, it that there were lawn mowers and re- standard fifty-to- n makes the Europeans seem like amafrigerators for sale inside. teurs in the science of transportation when we see their toy cars, small log comotives, and generally administration. If one looked into the matter with the eye of an expert, studying the unit of cost, the freight charges per ton per mile, or the mileage rate for passenger service, and made comparative statistics of the tonto have Thomas C. Druces estate of nage freight trains and the cost of as the son legitimate awarded to her them, he would discover a In moving defeated been she Just has but heir, startling lack of efficiency, both in the Probate Court. Great Britain and on the continent. In support of her suit Mrs. Druce set Perhaps it is not quite fair to make Thomas up the remarkable claim that comparisons of the average cost of C. Druce wsb really the fifth Duke of freight traffic per ton per mile In 1879. Portland, who did not die until America and in Europe, because the She asserted that the alleged burial of haul is much shorter there, and average Druce in 1864 was a fraudulent affair, terminal expenses of a haul are pracand that the coffin was loaded with same whatever Its length. the tically lead pipe instead of a corpse. Her exThe average charge per ton per mile planation of this double life was as on all American railroads for all classfollows: es of freight Is now less than of a The marriage on Oct. SO, 1851, at cent. If we take the statistics of the New Windsor, Berkshire, between my eastern trunk lines atone, that figure late husbands father and mother. In Into his confidence. He disappeared at accept the dukes eccentricities as cent per ton would he cut to about which the names were recorded as unexpected moments without warning matter of course. mile. It compares with 2.4 In per It is largely because of the underThomas Charles Druce and Annie May, and reappeared quite as mysteriously. Great Britain, 2.2 in France, 1.6 in was In reality between the Marquis of Whither he went and what he did dur- ground apartments constructed by the Germany, and 2.4 in Russia. One of one of the Titchfield, afterward the fifth Duke of ing his absence, why he chose to bur- duke that Welbeck is y the most remarkable illustrations of the failure of European managers of Portland, and the illegitimate daugh- row like a mole and why he wished to greatest curiosities in England. The cloak his movements In such secrecy duke had a passion for architecture, ter of the fifth Earl of Berkeley. Industries to keep pace with the times is found in a comparison of the efThe marquis and his brother. Lord were mysteries which his servants and much of his vast income was spent is Bolve. and on not It its could In estate love the buildings. both were ficiency of their railroads with ours. George Bentlnck, estimated ha spent from. $10,000,000 to He had a mansion in London, surEnglish railroads charge three times with the same woman, and while the $15,000,000 on his .subterranean works as much to move a ton of freight as rounded by a high wall, .which shut youngers suit received the approbation tor disThe alone. he theory not usually was accepted It it can be moved for in America. Engand only latter supposed eyes, the father of her son went to his town house, but Mrs.' Druce the creation of the Wonderful system eldest lish railroad managers have failed to the of deBlre the couraged - chambers and roads reof and She underground insult offered declared another with grasp the economies that are made theory. but treated him emto duke the was of desire the give a skin from to duke terms when that the disappeared possible by heavy traffic, by the use of In ferred very gross neighboring poor, toengines of enormous capacity and disease from which he suffered. The the splendid abbey he made his way ployment, to, thewas considerate. he ward two fwhom always bazaar Baker the into .the between freight cars that" will carry fifty tons. through street climax' to the quarrel Is an immense, stately and Welbeck But it the English railroads have and one became 1848, tunnels of its hidden 21, reached Sept. was., brothers Mounter Automobile. failed to keep pace with ours, what when Lord, George was found dead transfprmed.for the time being into the sad looking building, and the tunnels The most automobile can be said of the. continental roads? near Welbeck Abbey it was stated tradesman, Charles Thomas Druce. burrow beneath the park in every di- in the world extraordinary is erected by' Short trains, with pigmy freight care, that being rection.is a There 'subterranean picfrom a spasih' of the heart. Whether1' After attending business for a time the In which he intends, each rar holding only about eight tons, French doctor. a is ture than of that merchant would death any of his by way larger gallery disappear this was the trfic? cause. his" labyrinth, be gone for several 'other gallery in England, with two students, to make a trip make clear to any layman the handiwill never be knWn. but. it is certain weeks, and then return to resume the Among the other underground halls around the world. It will contain two cap which high transportation charges that from that time 'my husbands . of his affaire, an though he had were a large riding room, a dining sleeping apartments, a large workroom have laid on industry nil over Europe. conduct remorse father suffered the keenest been absent only a few hours. Mrs. room, a ball room, a chapel, and baths and four big tanks for storing oil. It t abject fear. lie- was nearly always in be the largest rewill unquestionably "In short, maintained the duke like those of the Romans. was It Druce, terror. of state is a the author of the phrase Inabject Who and the merchant were the same per- ported that it was no uncommon thing motor ever built. his courses for It is generally desuetude? various nocuous took He for the duke, after an absence, to reapor son and the father of her husband.' name the Cleveland Grover that is, the and believed adopting protection, What of The Afterward. She made desperate efforts to have pear in the dining room at dinner and used in his niessngo of words being Thomas Charles Druce, transferred to The decision of a Chicago court that elder Druce unearthed sit down at the head of the table 1, 1SS6, but James W. Butterhimself as Druce an Immense property the coffin of the In from an $25 Is sufficient capital to marry on March had he Just on case stepped her though for examination, staking of to the New York Sun, Portland. field, writing from himself as Duke room. be sound, but it does not to he would found adjoining it that belief possibly may the In which he manner the pit rase was first used ays that You know the The main tunnel in the labyrinth is explain what the wedded pair la to lead pipe Instead E. Gladstone, who gave William undermined Welbeck Abbey with sub- contain a quantity of by of a human body. One 2,640 yards long and Is built of brick subsist upon during the marital period, utterance to the expression in rs terranean apartments. He did precisely of the remains man who inherited with a narched roof. It Is lightod from which, in Chicago, is anywhere from the would In Liversuppose street Circus Baker building), with (a the the same thing the Druce fortune would have acceded above by circular windows of plate ten days to six wevs. pool, in 1882. bazaar, his desire in each case R. Stranger Than the Tichborne Case smn-.sf.fu- uppi-aram-- -. - - er - - - , , clay-durin- - - - , . chair-repairi- ng wood-carvin- g, feeble-minde- Chicago-Chronicl- slow-goin- to-da- - out-pryin- -- 1 - IniDM-UdU- Hen-gle- e. |