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
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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
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Princess Mary of Teck.
to necessitate their vacating the Teck
country estate to live in a more eco- ;
noinical three-room apartment.
STRAYHORNET
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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
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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
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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
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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.