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great storm door called Alaska, could go into the Russian
empire and yet leave room enough for Great Britain, Germany,
and Austria.

Journeys taken by Mr. MacQueen:

1896--to Athens and Greece.

1897--to Constantinople and Asia Minor.

1898--in the Santiago Campaign with the Rough
Riders, and in Porto Rico with General
Miles.

1899--with General Henry W. Lawton to the
Philippines, returning through Japan.

1900--with DeWet, Delarey, and Botha in the
Boer Army; met Oom Paul, etc.

1901--to Russia and Siberia on pass from the Czar,
visiting Tolstoi, etc.

1902--to Venezuela, Panama, Cuba, and Porto
Rico.

1903--to Turkey, Macedonia, Servia, Hungary,
Austria, etc.

In the meantime Mr. MacQueen has visited every country in Europe,
completing 240,000 miles in ten years, a distance equal to that which
separates this earth from the moon.

Last winter he was four months in the war zone, narrowly escaping
arrest several times, and other serious dangers, as they thought him
a spy with his camera and pictures. I gave a stag dinner for him just
after his return from his war experiences, and the daily bulletins of
war's horrors seemed dull reading after his stories.

Here is an extract from a paper sent by Peter MacQueen from Iowa,
where he long ago was in great demand as a lecturer, which contained
several of the best anecdotes told by this irresistible _raconteur_,
which may be new to you, if not, read them again and then tell them
yourself.

Mr. MacQueen, who is to lecture at the Chautauqua here, has
many strange stories and quaint yarns that he picked up while
travelling around the globe. While in the highlands of Scotland
he met a canny old "Scot" who asked him, "Have you ever heard
of Andrew Carnegie in America?" "Yes, indeed," replied the
traveller. "Weel," said the Scot, pointing to a little stream
near-by, "in that wee burn Andrew and I caught our first trout
together. Andrew was a barefooted, bareheaded, ragged wee
callen, no muckle guid at onything. But he gaed off to America,
and they say he's doin' real weel."

While in the Philippines Mr. MacQueen was marching with some of the
colored troops who have recently been dismissed by the President. A
big coloured soldier walking beside Mr. MacQueen had his white
officer's rations and ammunition and