The Brussels Post, 1894-3-16, Page 2T U E
MARCH 16, 1894
THE TROUBLESOM
C1iAP't'1$R V. r
A week later Oliver,.' otlfoe-any, a Ueda.
ed and red-headed youngster by the mine
of Dem Plump' to blain bythe mimlatried
god a d enne it mood bounty,
"Lady o sek a "t e t row Snell meayn-
Lsdytosacyr, H h
in in the words, Iia boating and manner
wore so full of Aerie mystery, Oliver almost
expooted Mre, de atoned, monad of Aunt
Hannah, No letter haat mile from the little
lady of the Tr0ubleoonue; and that dia0our.
toay 8hmved elle might almost merit her
conneoeion s condemnation : 11) was oortain-
. ly frivolous to neglect aseuriug her prem.
e'er of her safety, The dootor• hod been
especially unpleasant about it. "Yon see,"
he would say, I told you there were two
sides to every Story ; and the Frenallman
May bav0betel a innoh enduring man, The
ofeleteboy draggee a olieir hoar Oliver's desk,
and with a aignlficent look withdrew.
" Ile either breach or promise or some
feller woe's ulneated her on a laud deal," he
said to the clerks 00 he abut the door rare.
fully. "I guess there's meat in it ; for the
boss grinned when ho see her."
"3. hope y.au have good nOWa, Mies
Patten," Oliver said, eagerly.
"1f no news is good, 1 have," she ans.
veered, with a sigh, "I've heard from Mr.
Perkins that keeps the depot, and he says
she ain'tbeon thele et all, nor no word
come. There wa'n't no mail for ma, neith-
er. I seen that.woman et Colorado springs;
she says Minny got there all right, and she
bought ber a plod ulster, a hat, and some
other things, and Miruy and the dog went
by train the next day, and Minny promised
to write to her, but hadn't, The only one
that knowed anything down hero was the
tioket•Aeller, who remembered her and said
he sold her a ticket; for Chicago. She roust
have been afraid her husband would ask.
He said lots of the oonduotors were dice
charged about that time, end that was why,
most like, all I interviewed hadn't set oyes
on her."
"Still, it is almost impossible for a girl
to bo lost travelling nowadays. She prob.
ably took elaborate precautions, for fear
Do Restaud would follow her; but if the
dog went along she wilt be found easy
enough."
"1 am, ss you folks say out here," said
Mies Patton, grimly,' " going nn the trail,
and shall watch out most for the dog,whioh
I know she'll drag around with her. 1 don't
doubt but I shall find her when that
money's gone, Mr. Oliver : as I told you,
she would not appear until it was all spent.
1 think iia my dooty to pay you now.
"Don't you think it would be better to
let her settle her own accounts? She must
he taught the value of money someway ;
and when you Sud her, if she is determined
not to go busk to her husband you should
institute a suit to make him ;moment, for
ber properby. They to'd me up in the
mountains he was getting rid of it rapid•
ly"I hain't in general," sighed Mise Pet -
ten, " much liking for Jawing : folks gits in
jest as rata in a trap, and there ain't much
of a property left lichee they gin out,—ask•
ing your pardon for being plain-spoken, for
I always speak my mind.'
" You are a little severe on us," he
laughed ; " but I should be happy to advise
you in any way,and to recommend a young
lawyer I know here who would do well for
you, Of course under the oircumstaneee I
myselt could do nothing."
' 1 understand ; and, i,lr. Oliver, I'll
apologize again. Till I seri that woman to
the Springs I did half think you knowed
where Minny was ; the doctor's joking and
your being a pity bachelor, you know, sot
me ag'in' you ; but here's my hand la
friendship, and 111 send you word if I find
Minny."
Thank you. Ishnil be glad to know
she is safe ; for sometimes I think I may
have done wron, in helping her that
night."
er You done right, Mr. Oliver ; and if
she should come to you again, —as she might,
having no sense of propriety,—you telegraph
me to Newcastle, Maine, and send her
straight home to me. I'm going to travel
a bit afore I go home. On account of taking
care of pa and ma in their old age, I ain't
seen much of the world. I °al'late even to
atop awhile in New York, for there wee a
Blinn there that married a Blake, and I'll
board withher. Now remember, Mr. Oliver,
she is a little young thing, and you're old
enorah, I take it, to be ber father, and the
world is a oenoorious place. She shan't go
back to him, I'm resolved on that ; and
being a divorosd woman is bad enough in
the world, without giving no other reasons
for tell."
"You can trust me," he said, soberly ;
and after she was gone be eat long in
thought. He wanted tho good opinion of
that, grim, honest old maid. She was as
unbending as her own granitehills, neaten
and bleak to o world of easy -goers. He
imagined duty ruled her always ; a wicked
thought crept in then,—how poorly duty
had rewarded her 1 mentally and physically
angular end hard, rn10d with au iron rod of
eonsoienee. Yet the soft little creatures of
curves and beauty like her ungrateful niece
knew nothing of conscience or duty,and the
world loved them and gave them its best.
Sam, after a discreet knock, put in his
tousled head. " Porlice to see y er, sir, he
said breathlessly.
"What?"
"Perlin from City Hall."
Oliver went hastily to the outer office.
Could she be in their hands? What: new
horror was tho Troublesome lady to en
dure? Or was thin some freak of the
1 renohmae'e? he was capable of any mean•
nese. The two clerks were lookrug side.
ways at the brawny man in blue, but Pam
gazed in openmouthed admiration. Go ng
l0 fires, 110 felt some days he must he a
fireman ; the longing was intense as engines
sped 1>y et lightning speed ; but in a row or
a deed of mystery howneceesary the police,
how high their positions, what chances fur
toeing things and driving the crowd, prin.
cipally small boys, away!
-"Sorry to trouble you a'r," said the man,
awkwardly, "but the old lady said you
was to be cent foe, as yon wield testify to
the bad ohmmeter of tiro man in °barge."
"Whet' old lady ?" asked Oliver,sharply,
much annul ed at the matter.
"Nome Patten, Ithink,—a big women,
aoeoi,lerablo thin. She come from your
0018e, alto eel, and had noticed for days a
1la.ak •looking man a•tollowing her, and elle
pees him waiting for her in the street. So
the 8tro110, oaroless.litte, towards the City
Heel, air; right near she stn's he's atil
alter her, 14.1..1 ale turns and grab; him and
runs lain in herself, es neat as any of the
forco could 't' done."
You dent know the man?"
" His fan ain't in the gallery, ole," at if
In apology, " brit it's black and u rly
enough to be, I'll say that for him, life
' tumbled the man down the steps right in
the Chief's room, and he 10811) me hero. Sho
wanted the''nan arrested leo a suspicious
character, se the Chief nut me to get your
tost.mony."
L
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" Pit go 'Town at 0neo," said Oliver,
pinking tip hie 1aat, "I fanny I know the
titan •
" I'll walk behind, sir,"
said the peli0e•
man, politely, for seeinglne walking With
y0u 1n the direction of the lookup your
friends mlghb Meek you was hang run in,
At the etatiou, eta ho apspeotod, Oliver
saw the man Wee:Genie, Do Restand's s00"
vent, and blank and ugly he was, swearing
to himself in French, betrofueing to mower
any questio>a, Oliver had 0800 master and
man the past few days le Donver, told know
he himself wee under their eurveillanee, He
told the Chief that Miss Patten woe
justified in her proceeding ; the man had a
bed reputation in the North Park, and
had oertainly boon toting in a tempioicne
manner ; the past week lie had aeon him
watchiug about the streets, The Chief ad.
milted the than w&9 not handsome, might
have ao1ed oddly, but there mush be borne
oharge brought against him. Was the lady
Willing to go into omen end swear she had
fears of her life from this man Louisa,
hands ?
",lie," said Min fatten, majestically,
"afeard of that ra9ki11? Not a mite. But
I won't have bum trailing of me aron1d,aud
if the porlioe can't atop it my umbrella
will: ao there 1 I wont go auto no court-
room for it, Dither,"
" Suppose you search the man," said Oli.
ver,enliling. 'I will melee ooliarge against
him- of oarryleg concealed weapons,"
Louis resisted, with frightful profanity,
but the search was made,and the result wits
a loaded revolver end an ugly knife,
"A greaser outfit," said a stalwart pollee.
man.
" You oan keep him in jell a day or two
on this charge," continued Oliver, " to give
Mies Patten a ohanee to leave the oily. 1
tell you on my own account, knowing bhe
man up at my shootiug.plaoe, he is a danger-
ous character. I had an encounter with
him once, and found hien an unpleasant
parson to dual with."
The exasperated Frenchman wasted away,
breathing curare and defiance, In Oliver's
gray eyes was & smile of malice that Louis
well understood. He had paid up that
rudeness, and the accounts were equared,
There would be a debt still when Louis
was free again : the man Who laughs last
laughs best. Just now Oliver was decided.
ly amused.
' Pm obliged to you, perlice," said Mies
Patten, rising, and pinning her shawl,
" but I don't want you to think as I was
in any mortal fear of De Restaud's hired
man. I want; for if I can't fight men
with their own weapons of strength I con
outwit 'em.—Good-by, Mr, Oliver ; I'm
sorra my family has brought you so much
trouble, but I co -Plate from now on you've
honed the last of us."
As days lengthened into weeks, and
weeks into months, without a word from
Hannah Patten or her erratic niece, Oliver
felt the force of her remark. He was hurt
and angry. At, least they might have sent
him word. De Restaud found his missing
servant on the chain -gang after two clays
ineercereti01 in the city hostile. The mas-
ter blustered a good deal, but finally yield-
ed to reason: certainly there was a law
against a Wren's being a walking arsenal.
Oliver, conscious that threatened men live
long, went calmly about his business, ofteu
meeting De Restated, but neither spoke.
Doctor Jolla frequently disoussed the
whereabouts of the "Troublesome Indy,"
as ho always galled her, but Oliver seldom
spoke of her. If, however, a fluffy Syke
terrier ran up to him in the street, he
would look around eagerly, and sometimes
a wave of calor would flood his face, while
his heart quickened. If something had
happened to her on the long journey
Gould he ever forgive himself ? He owned,
with a sense of anger, she was senselessly
innocent and straugely familiar: no doubt
she had fold her story to everybody on
the train who would listen.
One Juno day the doctor came into his
friend's office in is jaunty gray suit with,
immaculate creases and a eeneral air of
fashion and newness quite dazzling.
"You rnust be going to be married;
laughed Oliver. "Why this state?"
"A trip least, my boy. I want to
breathe the fogs of my 1naeiv0 State. My
lungs are shrivelled up. Younevsr suspect-
ed I was born in Skowhegan, Maine; I
never told yon, it would have been auelt a
background for feeble jokes, Besides,
what man would want to say he was born
in a place called Skowhegan? I had to be
born somewhere, though, and Colorado is
too young for me. The Athens are an old
family in Maine, and, though some of us
call le:loll-urns, I like the old way. Pleaes
your joke now,—great oaks from little
acorns grow."
I'm too startled, too dazed by your
decision. You. haven't been East in fifteen
years, to my knowledge."
"Never ton late to mend, Boaidee, I'm
going to Newcastle. I would like to sen
how the Troublesome lady is, and }ier attire
I like the aunt,—good old New -England
kind, honest as the day, narrow, perhaps,
but solid worth. In another generation
those old maids will be as extinct as the
dodo."
"11 does not seem to me the proper thing
to call on them when neither has sent us
any word."
That's Aunt Hannah, bless her good
heart," smiled the doctor. `Slee looks on
you with suspicion, Craig, for Mrs. Ilinny
fa 8 married woman, and down in ?Alio
a married woman goes into her tomb
when the 00001 a is over. Young girls ins,
go to dances and other village jellihoationa,
but a married woman's plane is at home,
doing the Napoleon act and raising efti-
zens. I like that law, too : it, saves lots of
trouble."
"Perhaps ; but, remember, Maine is pro.
Me in divorce cases,"
"Well, they live too shut in, folks do
down there, and they aro all opinionated
and strong characters, Iwill write you
truth Newcastle, at oil events."
This Doctor John did after a month, The
latter brought a sense of uneasiness to
Oliver and the conviction that, with the
best intentions in the world, he hn,d done a
great wrong. Mrs. Minny had never been
hoar,) from, blies patten had been at home
some weeks ata time during the winter and
'prion, bet wouldge off again, "wandering.
like," Mr. Perkins said, and seemed not
right In her mind. Mrs. Perkins took care
of the gat and parrot, and she too affirmed
that Miss Potion was queer and Moe sho
heel remerked "it was wrong fur dumb
boasts and birds to be housed when her own
clear n,e'ie—her only cent-motion—was a
homeless wanderer on the face of the
earth."
Mr. de Restaud had else visited New•
natio and interviewed the depot -master,
but he got no eatiofacbion, kr Mr. Po9rine
told Doctor John "he'd knowed i4linnv
Patton from the time ohs was ft little girl,
when she played with his little dear) Janie
Atm, and he wasn't going to tell a black,
looking foreigner where she wee if he know'
ad," and he took tnu011 pleasure in mystify.
'—, the infuriated husband,
O,'eig," the letter ended, "I thinly
I am getting senile, for I bogie t0 demist; city
beep friend.00 yell know where Mrs,
Minny is, and have yoe known ail the time?
I believeyon (until e know totem contrary)
an honorable man, 1 shall 1.}110111 yon a'
esoundn'al if myeuspioione sltortldho verified.
At least make :Virs, de liestaud write to that
poor distracted aunt wondering ltbout the
world looking for her. It is inn uprooting
a plant to tear an old woman away from her
home."
Oliver wrote o few linea in t'oply t .
" The hod bettor return before paresis
sots in you will be kindly oared for here,
Soberly opeeking, if I were the man you
sugg'00, I ought to be in the penitentiary.
I assure you I know nothing of Mea, de
Restaud i I Immo never heard from her ; the
fact that I asaisted in sanding suoil en irre-
eponsiblo young person adrift In the world
will always be a worriment to me."
So there were many hearts tobslightened
by Mrs, M(nuy's appeuranoe ; bub of tide
she had no knowledge. Her lightest mous.
eats would have boon eadeloned if she could
have seen a gaunt old woman ovei'aotning a
elluddoring horror h some great city and
then venturing timidly to see a dead face
iu
the mo'gIoe,—an unknown young and
beautiful, found dead, Nor would ales,
Minny have known herself us piotured by
the trembling lips of that fast.aging old
woman,—" the cleat'ost, prettiest 111110
thing, and as inno0ent as a child." Truly,
to dloappenrin. iiia worldis to leave behind
a trail of broken hearts and long days of
worriment and pain, Sad enough in eon•
treat it ie to bo among the missing with no
human being left to care,, to ask, and to be
buried in the potter's fiord,—to have been
a bright•oyed baby loved on uta mother's
breast, )toped for by her fond imagining,
dreamed of in the great future, and to be the
fulfilment, unclutmed play.
(TO es wean:teen.)
THE NEW STEAM LIFEBOAT.
Callont Desoto creme Crew or 1100• Marta
Lamb Gln Terrible den.
On Saturday a e ; esoue was effected
off Liverpool, Engler -1 1013101110131011conclusively
proves the superiority o,f the eteanr lifeboats
compared with the old•fashioned sail and
oar boats. A correeponneat of the Chroni•
ole had an interview with the captain of
the Now Brighton lifeboat, Captain Wil.
limn Martin, With some difficulty, for the
captain is one of those men who are strong.
ly evorse to speaking of their own deeds.
Captain Martin said that they got signals
about half -past eight in the morning that
a vessel was ashore on Taylor's flank. Tho
crew was mustered, and they started about
nine o'clock for the wreck, which was near
the Formby lightship, about eight miles off.
There was a strong wind blowiug, and the
sea was very rough, with a lot of broken
water about the shallow sandbanks which
aro at the mouth of the Mersey. Upon
approaching the wreak they saw the Livor -
pool boat nod the tug. Capt, Martin made
a bee.lIne for the a reek, straight across
the bank, through the rongh and broken
water. She was lying with her nose to the
land, consequently there was no leo under
which to shelter. They made fast with a
line, and with some little difficulty got the
shipwrecked crew sefely into the lifeboat.
"So you saved them all?" asked the
correspondent.
"A crew of six were there, and a dog,"
added Captain Martie, with a smile ; "don't
forget the dog." They then steamed back
to New Brighton, ani the crew of the
"Maria ha.mb" were sent to Liverpool.
Captain Martin speaks with enthusiasm
of the behavior of the "Duke of Northum-
berland." This is the first time she has
been engaged in actual service and she
fulfilled every expectation.
"Steam lifeboats," he said, "must be
the boats of the future. We can go straight
for anything with steam, and not waste
time beating about for a position to run
down. Suppose you miss your mark with
a sailing boat, you have all the groand to
go over again, whereas with a steamboat all
that is saved. What we want here is
a boat with a smaller draught, so that we
can go over the shallow banke. Our
present draught is about four foot, but
with a smaller draught we could go any-
where."
" You might add," said an old lifeboat
man who 'stood near by, "that not half
the coxswains in the country would have
clone what Bill Martin here has clone,
and that is run straight across a bank with
a heavy sea on, and through water with
only a foot of water under his keel. 3
have been out seventeen times, and I know
something."
The correspondent; concurred, and con-
gratulated Captain Martin on the sueeess-
ful first appearance of "The Duke," and
bade him good-bye.
GAY SOCIETY Of' RUSSIA.
The Women inveterate. Disseminators or
Politica Goss In and State Secrets.
Those who are best qualified by experi-
ence to express en opinion are unanimous
in declaring that there is no gayer or more
brilliant society in Europe than that at St.
Petersburg. It Inas a cachet all its own,
Seya The Lady, and if it is less difficult of
access to foreigners than Landon or Paris
society it is so simply because hostesses too
implioitly rely upon their friends of both
sexes not to introduce into their salons any
lout persons of irreproachable character.
The Russian lady is 8o clover that she does
not require any details of a story. She
guinea at those, and, if necessary, auppiies
them; in other words, invents them. The
one word which a guileless official has let
drop—which she Iran " surprised on hie
lips"—eervesher as the key to themystory;•
the rest is easy. Of course she only o.nn-
mmdcales these etas° 0650018 to her most
inthnet° friends, who themselves are sworn
to 000000,, but she has so many friends of
both eexea that iu' an incredibly sheet
apace of time the important morsel of
gossip is literally all over St. Petersburg.
To the foreign ambassadors she is more
valuable than a legion of spies. Those per.
sons are asslcluous visitors to the leading
Wens, where, as may lin supposed, they
pick up gaits as much as they eau t to know,
ani thus are often better informed than the
emperor"8 minister of foreign &trait's him-
self. There is a marl race canon; tiro fair
loaders of the grandomondo to attract the
largest number of .diplomatists red great
personages in their cirawing•rooms, Thus
le happens that the younger women, if not
oxoludod from the salons 0811018 they would
0o adorn but for this political craze, aro not
often seen in the principal houses, save at,
balls and sinlllarfrivolous gathcringe. The
St, Petersburg salons aro really mot a whit
bettor than the tm0n'0 clubs, presided over
by maitressetleinaison. The very boudoirs
are transformed into studios, the grander
ealloo into pieces of rondezvons for polio•
plans, and the bedrooms bite warehouses of
state senate,
•
ORE 13 A AMU t1 S(J![1M,
13I0VaiE TII,4U'Ca >1�4Y ftlfN
Hew Here ni' A Proposed Near 4701010
'IThieh Nag )tevelnileilze _gallWays
ilia World firer.
A now railroad line been belle on L:ng.
Island. 3080 is, queer allele, for 11 has only
ono rail, and at le a prophetic ofi'air, for it
is operated by olootrictty. If it, proves m
anp0000 Canada will have one lli;e 11, for -a
company leas been organized to build a
bicycle railway from Winnipeg to Louis-
burg, N,S. The gentlemen ultero,10d say
they have the money and the armlet) to em.
bark in their novel undertaking. It is a
1100 application of an qld steam system ex,
Whited a8Oo'ey Ielaud some yoat'a ago.
With the.ateam motor the inventor sue.
eeoded in safely attaining a epoed of seventy
miles an hear, and with electricity he claims
120 miles on hoer, and rcaently, when a
public trial ens given, actually reached u
seed of sixty miles on a'traok only a mile
and a half long, It is notable that the ear
was running at its highest speed when it
rounded on eight degree 000mo—a test of
great severity,
RONT VTL8 Or OAR.
The road consists of a Bingle rail laid upon
a wooden beam, about twelve inches square.
Exactly above this rail and supported by
arms exeeudiag from upright pillars, ie an
overhead guide beam. On the bottom of
Gioia is another small reit, which acts as *he
conductor of the eoleetrio current and upon
which runs the trolley wheel. It serves
also as a guide to keep the bicycle car in an
upright position.
A TWO.19110EELBD run.
Motor and passenger accommodations aro
included in a single oar fifty feet long and
pointed, projectile like, at each end. At
the front and rear are the two huge driving
wheels which make the car a bicycle. It
has no other wheels, except the amen ones
which runs above to keep thu car in posi-
tion. On both sides of oecit of the large
wheels is the motor, narrow and exception.
ally large, and at the very fro ;1 end in the
peak is the controller.
The remainder of the car is given up to
Beating apartments,twa seats,for two each,
in each apartment. The doors, of wheel each
apartment hes one, are sliding, and aro all
operated simultaneously by the conductor
from the end of the ear by a lever. The ear
rests within a few inohes of the reil,aud the
big wheele,proteoted by an iron box for the
few inches that they protrude below the ear,
are not visible. The eight small wheels
above seem to be more of an ornament than
a utility,as they rarely touch the bearn,an•T
thus move only occasionally. There is no
smoke, no dust, no noise.
The car is four feet wide, fourteen feet
high and fortytwo feet loag,eh&ped like a
Fortys000nd, 1ilfty'nitith and 120th streets;
thie would make four tranl;s of the present
double track pito. VIVO ears, 6eattag 540
persons,. would not be so long a8 the pro'
sent tram and engine, ao.d would weigh lei 0
thou one fifth an mann. a9 a Grain .that itcw
owlet; 240 persons, seated, 8nrolyelootriolty
could be need to.drtve so light a Grain mare
0camondaaliy, With this enlarged eepaoity,
and nsing emir separate roil far tt train,thoro
would be abundant opportunity for. a 0001'
patty G0 give separate oars, with 'single
tlokots for a computmone in red ticket oars,
to be sold for twenty'tivo cents each sen.,
boll, Tllus, the exclusive and the smokers'
could have separate eonpartntents ht their''
own red tiokot oars. The adding pf the
light four iuoe stool guides overhead, con•
veying electric, power, would bone obolruo.
tion to light or nit', end all the oast of the
changes 'quadrupling the (rapacity of the
roade,.immedietcly doubling and probably
trebling their net inoonre,wonldnob require
an expeuditwre exoeoding 15 per oent,ol the
capitalization of any company."
Another interesting scheme for increasing
railroad apoed is detailed in the 13uffeto
Sunday Lxproe0, The writer says<
We may yon bo able in the near future to
eat an 8 o'clock breakfast in 1;uf1010, cline
ae 12 a'oke*k in New Yori;, io veIwo hours'
business in New York and arrive in Butlitlo
for a 0 b'oloek tea. Such a betels possible,
probable and easy of accomplishment.
.Air, the nue groat obstruction, even
greater than all others, comb/nod, has, ftp
to data been ignored while all meohanfoai
genius has been loomed, on the ono prim•
olple of developing power and reducing
frictions on workiug parte of the engine
without: a thought for the main stumbling
block.
NATORAr, rulnosor1LY 00I10,
Any object pealing through the air meets
with a resistance in proportion to its veto -
oily. At a speed of ten miles an hour, air
resistance is one.helf pound for each square
foot exposed; twenty miles per hour, air
resistance is two pounds for each foot ;
forty miles, eight; pounds ;,eixty ntilee,
eighteen pounds ; nighty miles, thirty-two
pounds ;100 miles, fifty pounds ; 112 miles,.
1'lmpire State express time, sixty pounds
for every foot of surface, and 120 miles an
hour, eeveuty-two pounds.
Moving bodies also drag alone their path
the surrounding air in proportion to their
speed and form. At a speed of a mile a
martin the bulk of air drawn by au object
is equal to its own bulk.
Suppose a railroad train to weigh one
ton standing on a straight, level track.
Now one ton of power, plus enough to over-
come the mechanical friction, will start the
train in motion ; at twenty miles an hour
one-fourth of a ton of power will keep the
train in motion ; at forty miles an hour
one-eighth of a ton, and at eighty miles an
hour one•sixteenth will keep it in motion,
and so on until a rate of spend is attained
that a power of one pound will keep a ton
load in motion, providing there were no
air reaistanoe to overcome.
Butno rice, as the train requires lees and less
power as is increases in speed to overcome
its natural load, it at the satno time am
quires at a greater ratioa load of air re.
aieteuee then more than compensates for
the 0&vfng in power until it finally over.
comes the power of the best locomotive that
eau bo built, assuming that a straight, level
track is used,
The accompanying sketches illustrate a
j simple method, which if properly coustruot-
ed arid operated would produce a train
speed of from 100 to 11;0 miles an )tour, for
1 five oe more hours, et a less cost and with
7110 more power than now in use by the conk.
linen engine.
STORY' OF UIU, tN]I,
Told By te 0841er Pellet/Wee Last Night"
file Alleged Vidor r{ Deemer Plan1C 4n88100
Seated in the °hioage sleeper of the 0,P,
tram at Windooe the other evening wore
two gentlemen whoop appearaueo wauia '.
not attract any parbiooler attention, 'They
were quietly dressed and seemed to be ene
jnying Dealt 0ther'e 0001ety itnm008ely.
The one was Arthur I, Mohnen, the Alleged
Meteoric] thief ; tire other, Deteetiv0 Patrick
Malan, Denver.
Deteotivo Malon, speaking to The Record,
amid Io had to thong Detective Carpenter,
Montreal, for fieviogoapturod hie man, who
woe arrested at Montreal on Wodneoday
end agreed to return without the formality
of extradition.
The ropertor stated that he Was ignorant
of the cause of anon:and asked, the detec-
tive for some account of the' prime. The
Ober stated that he did not care to speak
of the matter in Ma Halinau'a presence
and for obvious venous he could not leave
hie 0ompm:ion.
"Oh, tell him all 3(011 think you know,
Melon," said the prisoner. "I have no
objention, In order to faoilitate mattere I
may say that until three years ago I was
cashier of the Park National Bank, Denver.
I had a disagreement with the management
there, and left for ]Europe; I was on my
way baokto Denver when one of the Cana
diem office's met me and kindly offered to
bis lei, fare
ud leftack �Montrealithis morneed
ing
With my festive friend Here, who is feeding
mo well, paying my fare and doing every.
thing poeoblo to melte me comfortable.
Now, go ahead, halon, and tell your side
of rho story to that gentlemen wibhou
regard to my prosene8. I am just minter
elated as he is in desiring to know t
details,"
Tho oMeer then told the s y a8 tole
0800:—
Dnder the Park National Bank of
Denver Is a safety vault in which promin-
ent anemia deposit from time to time their
valuables. For three or four years prior
to the tbne Mr. Holman left Denver there
were reports constantly made to the man-
agers of this concern that their boxes had
been robbed. The detectives were set to
work, We would watch the place carefully
for months at a time without result, but
within a week of the time we would cease
to watch another robbery would odour. Of
course, the oafs vault people would immedi.
ately make good the loss since if it, became
known to the publiu their lewdness would
be ruined. Several times during the year
1889 were the vaults robbed, Mr. Holman,
as well as being cashier of the bank above,
was a director of the vault company. He
seemed veryanxious that we should sboure
the thief, Two of our officers at last asked
permission to remain in the bank at night,
so Mat they 'night be able to hear any
noises beneath. Mr. Holman granted the
request end many even ingaheremained with
then in his office. Doing business with his
bank Wee a rich miner, who, on January
8, 1801, returned from Europe with hie
wife. He visited the bank about noon that
day and deposited several thousands of doll-
ars. He told Mr. Holman that his wife
had purchased about 575, 000 worth of
diamonds -while in Paris as an investment,
and stated that he wished to place them in
his safe for a few days. Mr. Holman told
him that he wield not&eanme tbo responsi-
bility, but that his best plan was to deposit
them with the vault oompauy. The miner,
whose name is William Hodgson, took his
advice, end did deposit the diamonds as
directed. Two weeks later thorn was a
bell given in Denver in honor of a New
York society belle and Mrs, Hodgson de.
sired to wear some of her diamonds. She
went with her husband to t1,o vaults to pick
out what she wanted. At the vault office
they met Mr. Holman, who began chatting
with them, and expressed a desire to see
the diemonde. Ho went with them to the
drawer and stood by while Mr. Hodgson
turned the combination lock. tiro. Hod g.
son took & necklace and a few rings
out, and ;left the b&lance• She returned
the next afternoon to replace bhon
and foetid to her astonishment that all the
others were missing. That day Mr. Iiol-
man was not at his office, having sent word
that he was i11. He has never bosh at his
office since. We found that 80010 of the
diamonds had been sold in London, Ing.,
by a man answering 1818 description, and
have continued on his trail ever since. He
arrived at New York last week. I traced
him as far as Montreal, but thorn lost sight
of Trim, I thou went to Detective Carpon•
ter, a personal friend of my own, and placed
the matter in his hands. Within 12 hours
he brought Mr. Holman and me face f0 face,
and hero we are. Thee is all I know about
the . e"
" ifcasethat 18 all you know, Melon, you will
have &nice job convicting me of the robbery
of these diamonds, " said Holman, 08 lie'
shook hands with the reporter and the train
moved off.
A 00900AL TRAIN.
The train illustrated as " Thunderbolt"
consists of engine, tender, and five care.
The principal improvement over ataudard
ears is in the shape of the train, which at
' end vise is the shape of a horseshoe. The
entire train is made of boiler iron riveted
together, being true, oven and smooth
1 without even a bolt head ' projecting to
i oatoh the air; from nose of pilot to exhaust
port et extreme rear of last car, smooth its
t entire length like a snake.
Cara fit tight together with tolesoopl
joint, dust tight. In mi ordinary train of
ave standard coaches there is by aetuae
measurement 1,43e square feet •of surface
'VIEW OF TRAIN,
plank turned a lee Win and printed. As the
train is grooved between an upper sepport
and lewer call derallm int i0 impossible.
The car is only one-sixth the weight of
ordinary cars and the seating capacity is
double. The car t0 esnatruetorl of wood
veneer,hold in place by steel bands and rods,
and the corners promote I by steal. O.lo
hundred pouuds are made to do the work
which requires 1,030 pounds in the other
cars. On account of the narrowness of the
can and the feet that only one rail is re.
quire(' upon which to ran theme y rho adop•
tion of this system every 0.,90 tr e:iced roe d
would between a four track and every single
track doubled.
801ree TAO 10)0000)1 5AYs,
Tho inventor claims much about the pea.
etbility of applying his plan to the elevated
structures in Now York. Says ho :
" With my ayatem imprint ,trains can
reach Harlem from away down town in five
m1010100 without stopping, or ten minute0
stopping at Fourteenth, `Ewenty.third,
An Busier Way Out of It.
Mrs, Pigg, a very ehermiug and vivaoiouo
widow, called recently on a legal friend of
Iters to consult him on a matter of interest
to lier.
You know, sir," she said Go him, "that
When the late Mr. Pigg died he loft me all
Iia fortune, much 1,0 my eatiafaotinn, of
course, bet ho han•licappnd me with the
name of Pigg, 01,1011 I must any I don't
like,"
' Well," venturer the attorney, "1
presamo a handsome woman isn't ospooial•
ly onmphrnelted by being loft a Mag,'
".1 511011111 say no/,"sho laughed. ';,ow,
what I came to see you eh0ut was whether
or not I must apply to tho 10gt018v re to
get It ehatlge.l."
"Um -0r," ho hesitated a0 if w•reatling
with a groat, legal problem, "um—tor--yes;
but an cadet way is to apply to a parson,
and I'll pay ell the expenses myself. '
It was .sudden, hut a widow is 810001
0aughe napping, and she eppeineed that
ovenieg for eno1)1oe consultation,
exposed to the resistance of the air, whil
in the "Thunderbolt" there is but 140
equaro feet, or less than one•tenbh as much,
surface exposed to air roeis1enoe. The side
friction of both trams be eensidered in this
calculation.
By the foregoing data of wind pressure,
we find that the Empire State express on
its famous run of 111 miles an hour had a
direct air reenter= of sixty pounds a foot
against 1,438 square foot of Herren, equal
to 80,101, or 43 tons, 0i shout wanting about
40 tons power lost dragging the surround-
ing air along its path, "Thunderbolt" has
60 pounds pressure limes 140 a uero feet
surface ev coed to air, or 8 400 pounds
only, equal to ono•tentlr of Empire State
rtusietanco.
Now, if the above premises are correct,
can any person diaeover anything in the
way that will hinder the ' l.'hundorbolt"
from attaining a speed of at least twin that
made by the )Empire State express, or 100
to 160 mi100 an hour.
Rot All a lied of Roses.
"I was 0neo in a big store in Salt Lake
City," remarked a women who had °reseed
the continent nut lens than twelve times,
"when a man came in and asked the pro-
prietor for Koren sealskin oaok0.
"'What style of seeks?' Inquired the
proprietor, very properly,
' I don'b etre what style,' retorted the
purchaser, with some savageness+, "just so
they're all greatly alike, '1heromnetn'tbe
one Itch more sealskin on ono than another,
and nutatu'1 be a hair's brearith (titanium
in their length, width and guaifty, or my
nnven wives will maltoithot for meathome.
lrrstend, I don't Dare about the fit or
anything aloe, You send up 0ev011 sealskin
aaoks that aro exactly alike—that's the
main point.'
"From -which," concluded the Women,
"ft would seem that polygamy wae not
altogether rho bed of roses that the 11'>r -
mons would have n8 to behove."
In Persia emitting the flair Is a else of
mouthing.
THEY NEVER ARE HARD UP.
,hundreds or Millions Controlled by the
Asters and Va1.1i4orbiltn
A careful estimate of the wealth of the
Astor' puts it net $200,000,000, and this
makes the family the richest in the United
States. What fe more, the wealth of the
Asters i8 in slick shape that it cannot but
immense, for the r008ou that itis gilt•edgod
Now York city nal estate, some of whloh,
according to the WaehiegtooStar,haswith.
in the past ten years increased in value 700
per cont. and is still appreciating. Tho
polio, of the Astor' has always boon to
buy real estate on the lines along which
Now York i0 now extending and hold ie
for a rise, rarely selling, however, but
building and renting instead. The result
is that the Astor properlioe are in valuable
lands, in prick, iron, atone and plotter in•
atoad of in lluotuating stocks and bonds,
the fixed value of 011 oh is always unoer•
thin. As a family the Vondsrbilbs stand
next to the Actors in the platter of wealth,
and their riches must be considered in the
aggregate and in oonm0n, since the in.
dividual fortunes are pooled, so to speak.
You will often see Oornelius Vanderbilt,
the preemie head of the house, quoted as
being w01tb 5200,003,000. Of eouree he is
not worth any 00011 amount. Cornelius has
most, of 011e Vanderbilt trillions, but those
who know say that he is personally not
worth above 580,000,000, if as math,
It tenet bo eemernborod that the lute
Wm. H, Vanderbilt had a large family to
ctivld0 his nnillionoamnnz, and so the shares
in tho end wore not so large as some people
thought thein. Besides, there is a dispose
Lion on the part of rho calculators who love
big figures to give the Vandorbilts credit
for owning outright their great. railroad
system, when, asa matter of fed, thou'
sands of etookholdors ebare In the owne•-
eh D
The the Sank of lin
16o nota' of rho Sank of llngtand acct
ex.ally ono cont each.