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FIRST OPENIft 1tt*ftir?? *he Cam boa dike in thu 1 Culebra cut through pipes in the diV in the presence of 'olonol Coethals at PLUMAGE * l Woman With Aigrettes in Ha'.s Have Interesting Time. New Tariff Bill Forces Very Disagree- | able Duty Upon Customs Officials ?Feminine Headgear Is Badly Mutilated. New York. - With the passage of the new tariff bill the customs official has had thrust upon him a new and disagreeable ofilee. lie must tear out the aigrettes and plumage of foreign birds that women passengers , are wearing in their hat* when they arrive in American portu. When the I'nderwood bill went into effect, a store of women on the French liner 1-orraine were subjected to this treatment. Their indignation 1 was so great they could not contain t hemselves. Recriminations were heaped on the inspectors, who were acting in the only way that insured the execution i of the clause forbidding the imports- I tion i$ aigrettes or the plumage of any wild bird Try as they could, the customs men were unable to make the women understand they were carrying out orders. Disorder and confusion prevailed. This probably will be the rule, steamship men say. every time sin inspector steps aboard a vessel. Mine. Ada Hevilaqua was one of the first to suffer. She was dressed in ultra-Parisian style and an aigrette s? t off iter small velvet hat. Mme. Hevilaqua said she was being scrutinized and grew embarrassed. She learned the worst a second later when an inspector, a veteran, who feared neither the cold gla re of a ?iiin.iii jiut>?fnm*r nor int* angry Soaring of a man bearing dutiable tobacco or liquor, stepped forward and started the program. "Your hat. madam." the inspector said. "We must have that aigrette." j Mmii. Bevilaqua looked astonished, j then became indignant. It was not | until the inspector reached out and took the feather that she realized j what was wanted. Then the customs man explained the provision of the law under which he was acting, and the woman was loud in her denunciation. "My mikiner never told me a word about that," she said angrily, and the inspector, shrugging his shoulders, remarked by way of consolation that a good many American women who are / homeward bound with Paris bonnets I are going to suffer a keen disappoint- j ment when^they arrive at this port. Before the passengers of the Ixir- ; raine had been cleared, a great pile of j aigrettes, feathors and stuffed birds had been collected. And for each of the exhibits, which might be called No. 1 in I'ncle Sam's new tariff trial, in which thousands of American worn- . en travelers are to be the defend ants, the inspectors received sarcastic remarks and acrid adjectives. The "chivalry" of the "gentlemen" ' who drew up the tariff waa touched upon time and again. Taking courage from the example the inspector who attacked Mme. Bevilaqua. the reBt of the force went to work with zest. Milliners' decorations worth several hundred dollars were conticated on the Lorraine. The customs men got busy also on the Campania of the Cunard line. 1 which arived later. A collection of J bird of paradise wan found in short order by the inspectors. The trunks of the women passengers were ransacked for them. i'lumagc seized was turned over to fhe appraisers, who will set a price | on each piece and send word to the i owners, who will be permitted to return them to the dealer from whom ; they wwre purchased. If anything ' IG OF THE VALVES IN G, 'ana ma canal was blown up a consideral ce. Our photograph shows tho first op< id other officials. IS TAKEN goes wrong with this program and the leathers stay here, the travelers will he guilty of smuggling. PRINCESS HIT BY POVERTY Mary of Teck Must Live In Three Rooms?Husband Is Financially Embarrassed. Loudon.?It is said that Princess Mary of Teck, a closo relative of King George of England, husband has become so financially embarrassed as i 1 Princess Mary of Teck. to necessitate their vacating the Teck country estate to live in a more eco- ; noinical three-room apartment. STRAYHORNET * Mosby Failed to Capture Train Because of Them. While Waiting for Federal Sutlers' Wagons Confederate Rangers Met With a Warm Reception?Luck With Men In Blue. Boston. Col. .John S. Mosby, com- j mander of the Partisan Rangers, who gave such dashing service In the sonth- I ern cause fifty years ago. Is living j '' now in the city of Washington, the ! Youth's Companion states. One of the 1 really amusing Incidents that passed 1 under his notice during the war he < told not long ago. In the summer of IS<>4 when (Jen. ' Phil Sheridan was in the valley of the Shenandoah, he round himself 1 much harassed by Mosby. who was continually cutting off hi? supply trains. An army cannot tight on an 1 empty Htomarh, and Mosby knew It. i One bright morning Mosby heard ' that a Ions supply train was winding i its way down the valley. My noon the ' rangers. In their gray uniforms, were ; < gathered at the forks of the valley j i pike, watching for the head of the | i wagon train to appear. J 1 Presently a cloud of dust was seen j rising far up the rond, and. as the ] t wind blew It aside, the Confederates I caught sight of a line of men in blue j ! escorting a caravan of lumbering 1 wagons drawn by mules. Instantly 1 Mosby gave the order to run a lltfls i i howitzer up on the side of the hill and 1 I AiViBOA DIKE >1?* amount of water was lot into flu* ninR of tho valv?!? of these pipes, EGGLESTON STORY IS DENIEC rvo oucn wan on ine mcrrimac, sayi Capt. Bob Wright, Who Was Our Engineer. Richmond, Va. "There was no suet man ns J. E. Eggleston. chief <mgl nccr. nor as assistant engineer on th* Merrlmac," saiil Capt. Rob Wright o this city after reading a press dispatct from Sewaneo, Tenn., telling of th< death of Eggleston and referring tc him as the last survivor of that fa mows fighting vessel. Captain Wright continued: "1 wai nn assistant engineer on tlio Jaines town of the Confederate navy, and knew all the officers on the Merrlmai and all the other vessels in the Meet I was in the navy during its entlr< life. Charles Ramsey of Raltlmori was the chief engineer of the Merrt mac. Me was an assistant engineei In the I'nited States navy, and whet war came lie resigned and joined witt the Confederacy. He is living It Baltimore at this time and is engaged In the Iron business. I think hit name was Charles Ramsey. At anj rate, there was a Ramsey, who waf the chief engineer, and there was nc Eggleston in the service that I evei before heard of. and I have seen noth lug of him in the records." Captain Wright says that the last survivors of the Merrimac are sc plentiful that he believes if all whe claim to have served on that vesse had done so there would have beer men enough to have manned a' least ten vessels of the same size. Bloodhounds Locate Hair Clipper. St. Louis.- Bloodhounds used tc trace the person who clipped the Ion?:, auburn hair of Miss Myrtle Hamilton, fourteen, followed the trail to Miss Hamilton, and she confessed that she had done the clipping herself, saying she wanted to figure in a sensation She bad accused two strangers. Is 97 and Uses Tobacco. Spotswood. N. J. "Uncle Jimmy" Bennett, hale and hearty, celebrated his ninety-seventh birthday here. Although lie has refrained from intoxicants, lie is an inveterate user of tobacco in all forms. rbPIKEDGUN unlimber it As soon as the gun had opened fire the rest of the men werr to make a cavalry charge and throw the train into confusion. The rangers jerked the gun intr position and began to swab It out Suddenly the man with the swnb gave a shrill yell, seized the seat of his pantaloons and fled down the hill and out Into tho road Almost the same moment the other nian at the gun abandoned It He seemed to be fight ing at the air as he disappeared over i stone wall. The sutlers' wagons were creeping nearer and Mosby did not know what to think of such extraordinary conduct. He ordered four more men to the gun, hut hardly had they reached It when they. too. yelled, began to beat the air madly with their liats nd took to flight Spurring his horse over the stone wall Mosby rode toward the gun. hut bis stry was short. The hn?u?<n stood just over a hornet's nest and hose busy insects were resenting the intrusion. They had repelled the invaders on foot and now they swarmed in Mosby's horse till the maddened animal tore off down the pike on a run. Then they turned their ntten lion to the rest of the troop. Their attack was so vicious Mint the rangers gave up an?- 'd?a of stand ing by the gun They scattered far ind wide and it was an hour before they returned When Mcy did the wagon trnln had safely vanished In (he distance. So the ho-: -ts aavi-d the day for Sheridan iDfiiG r HAuniiTEp by DbAD \\/IFF, ! . W ? ^ ' There is a room in the Konak at Solia ??f which King Ferdinand alone has the key. It contains no precious documents, no costly jewelry, no bullion chest, but only the foil-length portrait of a princess long since departed. The gentle Marie l.ouise gazes sadly out of her gilded frame, and though Ferdinand in moments of exhilaration passes by the room with head averted, in days of stress and trouble he s? eks to hide his misery in the silence of the locked and secret ehamher. During the last ten months mysterious rustlings have been heard in the National Museum and the horrorstricken palace as of sonic one wandering unhappily from room to room, seeking something that could never he found. On these occasions, when King Ferdinand bethought himself of leaving the chapel door open, his dead wife's shadow has been seen to pass J the portals, and he has himself knelt at the altar there, his face buried in his hands, as though awaiting a supernatural visitant. No allusion to these vigils has ever passed his lips, for Ferdinand confides in no one. | Over her children the spirit of, Marie l.ouise also broods as fondly 1 as in her lifetime, and the people be- 1 | licve she visits their bedside when- 1 ever they are ill. The nurses who t cared for Princess Kudoxia during her ii ir n.-i iii^i l ' "cl I ill 11 I IJUU'M 11*" I almost miraculous recovery to the prayers of the dead mother, who was i soon in spirit form in the chapel nightly, always kneeling in the same; j place s'owly fingering her diamond f rosary heads. i Owes Success to Wife. , King Ferdinand, who has had an ex , traordinary career. owes his most solid successes to the dead lady who even new watches over hint, as he bo, lieves, to restrain the impulses r against which she vainly warned him < I when alive, and concerning which . even front the other world site has given signs of sorrow and disapproval. , lie was the pet son of his mother, , the cleverest daughter, of the late . Louis Philippe, king of the French. . She nevCr ceased to plot for the re, storation of the Bourbons to the , throne of France, hut in the mean , time did not disdain to pick up any | I possible crown for her sons. Her , plans were mostly foiled, as in the t case of Philippe, older than Ferdi, nand. who married Princess Louise of > Belgium in the hope of succeeding the r late King Leopold. Hut the marriage . was so ill-assorted, and Princess Louise showed such violent antipathy t to her husband, that a speedy separa- \ > tion was the result. > With Ferdinand, Princess ClemenI tine bad no such trouble lie was the i most docile and obedient of her sotis. I inheriting her own subtle disposition and tenacity of purpose. When Prinee Buttenberg of llul- I gnriu had displeased the Russian em-t > peror by bis independent attitude, and , " nn i i;iini i|iiriiu^ IUHM'U in 11'dvi* tin country in the dead of night. with i only iiino to throw a eoat over his ? sleeping attire, the palace al Sotla re; inaineij vacant. As soon as ltattenberg's Iriends recovered from the shock of his being kidnaped the> set ! off on a tour of Kuro(w to search for ! a princeling who would undertake the | difficult job of governing Bulgaria. Quietly Becomes Sovereign. This quest came to the rats of Clementine, who, learning that a favorite haunt of these Ing game hunters when in Vienna was ti fourth-rate restaurant, sent her son to make their ! acquaintance. After some friendly conversation, during which they did not suspect that he was anything hut , w hat iiis uniform proclaimed him to ' I is- a simple lieutenant in an Austrian regiment he declared himself their j , i man Without furthoi preamble he | took 'hem round to his mother's pal ( ace and thus proved to them the real, ity of his claim to high birth and his [ ! connection with two great royal | 1 houses. There was no reason why he I should not start a dynasty of his own, ( and the bargatn was quickly concluded. In a few days the citizens of I Sofia were greatly astonished to see . the Dug Hying once morn over the ; royal palace, and a young man with , a prominent nose and a serious face driving through the town in solitary statellness. There was no equerry, no display, no acclamation, no rejoic I , Ing People were mill a.skiriK themt selves. "How long will Russia allow him to- stay ?" Royal Wife Finally Secured. A3 rood as Ferdinand felt his throne to be a little more steady. Princess Clementine began to cast matrimonI lal nets on her son's behalf. Hut there were fow aspirants. Royalties I . held aloof, and nothing but blue blood would satisfy Ferdinand and his mothI or. It was by working on the strong religious sentiments of the Duke of Pacma that the prize was at last se, cured in the person of an eldest ! daughter, the ill-fated Marie Louise, to whom was entrusted the mission of furthering Catholicity in schismatic Hulgaria. Thus was the gentle, fra| gile idealist, tender offshoot of the ! pious House of Parma, mated to an , | ambitious adventurer, of her own j rank indeed, but of a temperament I . fi' * Jm r" Ji \ * ? <- V ill l%pl ' ' '7:.V! Iwp^ I? ?>fW'' . n '113 Y i . MW>. ; ~yr ami character entirely foreign to lier. I The personal inclinations of Mario ] Louise were all for the cloister, where. indeed, several of her sisters have since found a homo, but in deference to her father's wishes she gave her hand to Ferdinand and set olY with him to work for the advancement of Bulgaria. Almost every educational and charitable institution in the country owes its origin to her initiative. In a short time she achieved what he had vainly attempted the reconciliation of his subjects to a foreign ruler Legends of her bounty and devotedness stiii survive anions the people today. When an heir to the throne was born, nothing seemed wanting to the happy outlook. ltut this very child, who should have set the sea" on her happiness, became the cause of discord and ultitualley led to the untimely death of his mother Russia. who had viewed with disfavor the consolidation oi Bulgaria under a prince about whose election she had not even been consulted, now came forward with her inexorable demand that the future ruler of Bulgaria should belong to the orthodox creed or forfeit reeog- j nit ion by the powers. Refuses to fic Apostate. Ferdinand's mind was soon made up. hut it remained to him to per- j suade Marie l.oi.ise. Thunderstruck ' at the alternative, she at once refused I to consider what her conscience told | her was an act of apostasy. During | two whole years she succeeded in j I getting the baptism deferred, but as ! Russia grew more insistent, and Ferdinand more anxious for his crown. ' she was forced to face the inevitable ' Resistance availed no longer, and as ; a last protest she left the country. The baptisth of I'rincc Moris ac- ! cording to orthodox rites was carried out with great pomp in the presence 1 of Russian envoys, and Ferdinand's position was henceforth secure. Strange to say, his own subjects re voited against the breach ??r faith 1 which weighed so heavily on their beloved princess, and even Russia's approval did not mend matters. A wave of criticism and contempt which found expression in the Hulgarian ptvss proved the general indignation. Many seized the opportunity to vent their privat spleen against a prince whose affected superiority wounded their i democratic pride. ! Returns to Her Husband. I Nevertheless. Ferdinand, having accomplished ltis purpose of ingratiating himself with Russia, now began to I put things straight, with the rest of 1 the world, and for this to succeed it was necessnry that his wife should i return. Hut Marie Louise desired ! nothing more than oblivion, ller maternal instinct, however, strengthened by the insistence of the 1'ope. ami Ferdinand's expostulations and ex- < eases, finally prevailed. She returned ; to her old duties, resuming her good works, but with the joy of life extin- i guished for ever within her. If is said that no reproach ever passed her lips and she gave no outward sign i that her husband had forfeited respect To the last she remained his ' faithful, devoted partner, and her careful advice saved him from many ' pit falls such as those into which he ( since has sunk. With terror she sounded the depths of the dark soul 1 that could instigate the assassination nf liiw nreinier St nnihotilov. when tie 1 dared to oppose liim. Vainly did she plead with him to bridle bis ambition and devote himself to the real progress and solid development of the eoniitry rather than to his own personal aggrandizement. While she lived he made a pretense of dissociating himself from the work of the Conitadjis in Macedonia, whose outrages filled Kit rope with horror. "Clod will never bless crime," was i her ? onsiant warning. "And one duy Macedonia will oe lost to us through (In- evil deeds of our wild propagandists." Saw Impending Disaster. She was probably the only person who knew whither Ferdinand's secret hopes tended, and she foretold that disaster would come at the niomen'. when his star seemed most in tho ascendant. When in the recent war luck turned against him. the soldiers murmured among themselves: "Surely this is what our princess foretold. Kvery sin demands its punishment." After her death. King Ferdinand, desirous of restoring the great state functions which were a vital feature of his court, looked around for a Iioh- , less who would share the throne, which from being princely had now been raised to the status of royalty. Hut it was not easy tor him to find a mate. No Catholic princess would give her hand; he made several overtures at the Kussian court, hut there was no (Irand Duchess forthcoming Finally, however, a Protestant princess of the House of Reuss consented to abandon her spinsterliood and occupy the place left vncant nine years ago by Marie Louise. Though unpossessed of her predecessor's winning charm, she has nevertheless done great and good work In Bulgaria. During the recent war her devotion to the wounded was unbounded, but it is well known that her married life is by no menus hapl?y. her relations with her husband being markedly strained. * Ferdinand hiniHolf has never con pealed the fact that, in spite of their differences, Iuh heart and allegiunce are with the princess, whose shade hovers round him. admonishing and diiclding. Confident of her neverfailing assistance, he alone is not. afraid to confront the stalely specter who trails her diaphanous draperies along the corridors of the palace that witnessed the tragic disillusionment of her hopes. LEARNED HIS GOOD POINTS * Man No Doubt Had Often Been Unfavorably Compared With Dead Man He Described. It was a contested will case, and one of the witnesses. In the course of giving his evidence, described the testator minutely. "Now. sir," said counsel for the defense, "I suppose we may take It. from the Mattering description you have given of the testator, his good points, and his personal appearance generally, that you were Intimately acquainted with him?" "Him!" exclaimed the witness. "He was no acquaintance of mine!' "Indeed! Well, then, you must have observed him vnrv carefully wh?nnvnp you saw him?" pursued counsel. "I never saw him In my life." was the reply. This prevarication, as counsel thought it, was too much. ar>d h? said: "Now. now, don't trifle with the rourt, please! How, I ask you. could you. in the name of goodness, describe him so minutely if you never saw him r>r never knew him?" "Well," replied the witness, and the smile which overspread his features extended to the faces of those In rourt, "you see, I married his widow." Sure-Thing Player. , "George, you must go right away and ask papa for my hand." % "That's all right, little one. I asked "What! You didn't wait to ask "Nlxy, Mabel. I'm a busy little mar., girlie, and I waste no time on chances."?Cleveland Plain Dealer.