FIGHTS
While public at
t out ion him been
concentrated on va
rious great national
and loent questions,
two movements of
the greatest Impor
tance have effected,
scarcely noticed,
noteworthy trans
formations In thin
country. One lathe
work of the Antl
Baloou League; the
other that of the
Woman's Suffrage
Association.
The Anti-Saloon
League points to these conditions that
It hr.s recently brought about:
Georgia became a prohibition State
simultaneously with the coming of the
new year. In North Carolina more
thuu 95 per cent of the. territory has
barred liquor. In South Carolina near
ly one-half of the counties have done
the same. A movement for State prohi
bition has been started. Iu Virginia
and West Virginia considerably more
than half the territory is "dry."
In Florida liquor is prohibited in
three-fourths of the State. Tennessee
- is prohibition except the three cities of
Memphis, Chattanooga and Nashville.
Ninety per cent of the territory in Mis
sissippi Is prohibition, and it is export
ed that the coming legislature will en
act absolute prohibition for the whole
' State. Louisiana allows saloons in only
one-third of the State. In Arkansas
fifty-eight of the seventy-five counties
have gone "dry." In Texas liquor Is
Bold now in only 47 counties. Fifty-one
other counties partially proliibit it, out
of a total of 243 counties. After April
1, 1908. (.Tennessee allows the sale of
liquor In only four counties. At the
last session of the Alabama Legisla
ture the Anti-Saloon League caused the
passage of a prohibitory act for the en
tire State. It will take effect Jan. 1,
1909. In Kentucky, the home of Rour
bon ryes, 07 per cent of the territory
has gone "dry." Not less than 1.50O,
000 of Kentucky's population of 'J.U.SO,
000 now live in "dry" counties. Mary
land Is the only Southern State which
has not lately taken a decided step for
prohibition. Nearly half of its coun
ties, however, forbid the sale of liquor
under local option. Part of Delaware
has declared against liquor selling.
Oklahoma, by its recently adopted con-J
Btitutkm, prohibits the sale of liquor.
Missouri's local option law has made
' fourteen out of its 115 counties "dry."
Local option by villages and cities has
been brought about In Nebraska. Out
of 1 .0(10, 4(K) villages and cities have
declared for no license. South Dakota
has been made one-third "dry." North
Dakota Is wholly "dry." Minnesota
bas l-.T "dry" towns and Is. Increasing
the list. Sixty-five of Iowa's ninety
, counties are "dry." Wisconsin has 050
towns where liquor selling U prohibit
ed. A prohibition wave Is rolling
through Illinois, where the Anti-Saloon
League is making a terrific fight
against liquor selling. Eight counties
have already gone "dry."
In Ohio 1,140 out of 1,378 townships
forbid liquor selling, as also do CO per
&-TCNE3 IS FROZEN SOUTH.
fwo Railroads in Operation la
Alaska Caal Deposits.
Interesting' facts and figures concern
log far-away Alaska were related last
evening by C B. Hetzer, a former
Washlngtonlaa, .who has returned to
this city after a Ave months' trip in
the froze north, says the Washington
tttar. He spent tnot of the time on
the property of the Oxide Gold Mining
Company, a Washington corporation,
ear Council City, Alaska. Mr. Hel
aer, who was accompanied north by
Bob Jameson, formerly of the Wash
ington navy yard, is enthusiastic re
garding the mining outlook lu the
northern gold fields. The output for
tf".e orpnt season, says, will be up
to thtf usual mark sttit $20,000,000.
The wages of the miners continue
good, the prevailing rate being 5 a
day and board iu summer and $4 and
board in the winter months. There are
now two railroads along the coast of
northwestern Alaska. One is known as
the Seward Pculusula railroad and
runs from Nome to the various creeks
and camps sdJ.H-ent to that place.
There are nearly 100 miles of track
age, narrow gauge. Oaltell Whitehead.
former assayer in the United States
Treasury Department, is general man
ager of this railroad. lie is also pre
Ident of the Alaska bank at Nome.
Down the coast tlilrty-ttve miles
east of Nome, Is the starting point of
the. Council CU- sud Solomon River
railroad. This is the first standard
gauge road ever built in Alaska and
It runs along S.ilo non river for twenty
rilles and wilt eventually be built as
far as Counc'! Ciiy, it Is said.
There w?s t. new strike irad. near
Council City thl season ou a fream
known as Mystery ere: 'It. It is sold
about SISO.OOO was taken out of the
creek by crude method of niiuiaj f!nc
FOB PROHIBITION AND WOMAN SUTFEAOE.
f5OT II r.T "MaBMS "'".SSL aZ!'7vat!w ;
cent of the municipalities. Massachu
setts has more than 250 towns where
liquor selling Is illegal. Connecticut
has ninety-six "dry" towns out of J7C.
About half of Rhode Island is "dry."
New . Hampshire is nominally a prohibi
tion State, but liquor Is sold In about
40 per cent of Its territory. California
and Colorado are almost wholly local
Mptlon. and Oregon partially so.
This is certainly a formidable rec
ord of achievements. It does not in
clude Maine and Kansas, which are
non-liquor States as a result of the old
prohibition movement.
While thus In every State the Anti
Saloon Ix-ague is pressing the Issue to
a finish. It Is, at the same time, de
termined to stop Indiscriminate inter
state traffic In liquor. At present
liquor packages are sent through the
express otlices to thousands of com
munities, and are often addressed to
fictitious names and kept in storage in
the delivery offices. They are called
for promiscuously by those who seek
liquor. All that Is necessary is to pay
the C. O. D. charges. A bill that the
league is now pressing in Congress will,
If passed, put a stop to this "original
package" practice by putting shipped
liquors on the same basis as liquors
made within the boundaries of a State.
Woman Suffrage AitUmllOn.
While the men of the United States
have won the reputation of playing the
cavalier to women iu social life, Amer1
lea has moved at much slower pace In
according civil recognition than has
been done In some of the countries
across the sea. In England, where the
husband has from time immemorial
been the lord of tlu' household, women
may vote upon the same terms as men
at all elections except those for mem
bers of Parliament; and the sentiment
for complete suffrage Is strong and un
mlstakable.
Women 'vote for, all officers except
members of Parliament In Scotland, Ire
laud and Wales; for the women of
England have had municipal suffrage
since 1809, the women of Scotland since.
1881, mid In Ireland since 1898.
That little patch of insular territory
known as the Isle of Man bears a mis
nomer in Its nomenclature, for Its
women have equal rule with the men
in all elections; and It has been point
ed out that none of the political cat
aclysma have awept the attractive spot
since 18S0, the date of the enactment
giving full suffrage.
In Sweden, the land of the pictur
esque and the sturdy In scenery ad na-
its discovery. Mr. Ilelzer brought with
him some pretty nuggets and coarse
gold taken from the creek. The loca
tion of the "stream of mystery" Is
said to be an Ideal one, belpg surround
ed by mountains and heavy timber.
Considerable Interest Is being taken
In the probabilities of Alaska as a
coal-producing locality. Abont 8,000
20-aere coal-lr.nd Tlalnis have alitady
been staked, U'. ilelzer said, tnt fhe
government has shut down on any fur
ther coal prospecting and claims be
cause of the alleged attempted monop
oly of Alaska coal by certain big com
panies. The 8,000 claims already stak
ed are being prospected and developed.
There Is said to bo coal in great
quantities, especially In southeastern
Alaska, and Mr. Ilelzer claims It Is as
good In quality as the Pennsylvania
article. Iteeent heavy finds of coal
have revived the statement of geolog
ists that Alaska once possessed a trop
ical climate.
Mr. Ilelzer, speaking of get-rleh-qulck
schemes In the States, said there
was a dredge carried to Alaska which
paid the company owning it $90,000
In dividends iu ninety days for service
on the Solomon river.
Mr. Ilelzer gave a graphic account of
how travel was Impeded on the narrow-gauge
road In summer by the pil
ing up of snow. He also told of a new
wrinkle In which the faithful Alaskan
dogs are made to haul canoes along
tho creeks aivd rivers, canalboat fash
ion. AN IN 0 BATE BOLDIEH.
Ills Cowardl? Actloa Was tho Mak
Iuk of a Noblemaa.
Here Is a story of the battlefield.
There wus war between the Swedes
and the Danes. One day a great bat
tle was fought, and the Swedes were
beaten and driven from the field. A
tional traits, women Tote for all officers
except those who alt In the legislative
body. The same rights are granted In
Norway, while In Iceland one thing at
least has thawed out, and that Is the
male electorate, which walks to the
polls in company with the women of
the land.
Federated Australia, a composite clt
Iscnshlp of the English, the Yankee,
the Dutch, and the lover of freedom
from all lands, made a complete surren
der to the women in 1902 and extended
full national suffrage. New South
Wales CRught the Infection and decided
that Intelligence, and not the sex of
the voter, was the requirement for t
permanent government. Nineteen worn
en sit In the Parliament of Finland,
and the people of that country have
expressed satisfaction with the results,
Hungary, the land of the queenly
Maria Theresa, recently witnessed
demonstration in which thousands of
men marched in a parade that had
equal rights for women as its battle
cry. Scotland duplicated tie perform
ance the same week and Che English
cities are so accustomed to such out
bursts that they cease to excite wonder
or surprise.
Kentucky, always proud of Its beau
tif ul women, was the first to recog
nize the claim of equal rights, hut evi
dently afraid to trust Its wives and
sisters too far, extended the school suf
frage only to widows with children
of school age. In Wyoming the worn
en have voted upon the same terms as
men since 18(19; the womeu of Colo
rado since 1893, and the women of
Idaho and Utah since 189(1.
In 1801 Kansas gave all women the
school suffrage. School suffrage was
granted by Michigan and Minnesota In
1871, by Colorado In 1876, by New
Hampshire and Oregon In 1878, by Mas
sachusetts in 1879, New York and Ver
mont in(18S0, while In 1907 the move
ment swept through Cnnada and the
women of Toronto won In the battle
for municipal suffrage.
But the returns are now coming In
so fast that women's rights associa
tions are obliged to frequently revise
their statistics to keep them up to date.
The first victories were won on the
school franchise, the extension of full
municipal suffrage came la natural se
quence, until one or both have been
granted In North and South Dakota,
Montana, Arizona, New Jersey, Con
necticut, Ohio, Iowa, Delaware, the
Northwest Territory, British Columbia,
Quebec and Nrwa Scotia. Philadelphia
Ledger.
soldier of the Danes who had beea
slightly wounded was sitting oa the
ground. He was about to take a drink
from a flask. All at ones he beard
some one say:
"Oh, sir, give me a drink, for I am
dying l"
It was a wonnded Swede who spoke.
He was lying on the ground only a
little way off. The Dane went to htm
at once, tic knelt down by the side of
his fallen i'oo and pressed the flask to
his lips. "Drink." said he, "for ttiy
need Is greater than mine."
Hardly had he spoken these words
when the Swede raised himself on his
elbow. He pulled a pistol from his
pocket and shot at the mun who would
have befriended him. The bullet graz
ed the Dane's shoulder, but did not do
him much harm.
"Ah, you rascal J" he cried. "I was
going to befriend yon, and you repay
me by trying to kill me. Now I will
punish you. I would have given yoa
all the water, but now you shall have
only half." And with that he drank
the half of it and theo gave the rest
to the Swede.
When the king of the Danes heard
about this be scut for the soldier and
bad him tell the story Just as It was.
"Why did you spare the life of the
Swede after he had tried to kill you?"
asked the king.
"Because, sir," said the soldier, "I
could never kill a wounded enemy."
"Then you deserve to be a noble
man," said the king. And he rewarded
blin by making him a knight and giv
ing him a noble title. "Famous Stories
Itetold."
War It Stranger.
Truth Is stranger thun Action,'
quoted the vise guy.
"That's bct?;;s; we don't gel suffi
ciently well acquainted with It," added
the Simple mug. Philadelphia Record.
HASH TO THE BANANA MAN.
If Tell of the Krolt with a Moa-
ryrtl Km ore.
nananas are a simple and a handy
commodity. But, hark! They have
future. There's money In them. Lis
ten to J. F. Klnsetey, banana dealer,
formerlr of Honduras, at the Midland
hotel this morning, says the Kansas
City Star.
"We banana promoters are optimists.
Did you' see that (ierniany has taken
the tariff off bananas? It won't be
long before the Hermans will be eat
ing as much of my favorite fruit as
Americans do. New York city last
year got outside of a billion bananas.
though, and the Hermans will have to
hurry.
be vegetarians? We have lots of
faith In them. They are growing
stronger every year In numliers, I
mean.
Banana flour Is better than any
other
flour. Your bread won't taste
flat any more. It'll taste sweet, like
bnnanas. And If you ever eat n pan
cake made of the new flour you'll nev
er touch another buckwheat cake, even
though it be of the kind mother used
to cook.
Mills for making this flour are be
ing built all over the country. Ft.
Louis has the largest one In the world.
Ton see, this Mississippi valley Is the
best place In the world t locate the
mills. The fruit Is shipped In barges
across the Gulf of Mexico and then up
the river to the factory.
"What makes the banana business
such a good one Is that everything
concerned In It Is utilised. The stalks
may be used for making paper after
the spruce forests are eaten up. The
fruit may be used In flour and the lit
tle black knobs on the ends of the
husks are made Into cereal coffee. Best
In the world, too. If I do ssy It my
self. "Bananas are great moneymakers.
They are grown upon swamp lands
that are bo thick with underbrush be-
forl they are cleared that even a cat
couldn t penetrate them. But after
nine months the plants bear fruit; 350
plants to the acre. They aren't much
trouble to take care of and the crop is
harvested every month. The Crfnary
Islands raise the best bananas but that
Is because the business Is better de
veloped there than In Honduras, where
I came from."
Legal Information
A parol agreement between two per
sons to purchase n single tract of land
together or "In partnership," where the
purchase Is finally made by one of
them, wlio pays the whole of the pur
chase price and takes the title to him
self, the other simply agreeing to pay
him one-half thereof on demand. Is
held. In Norton vs. Brink (Neb.), 7 L.
It. A. (X. S.) 045, not to create a part
nership between such persons.
Payment by a livery stable keeper, to
whom a horse has beew loaned for use.
of a claim by tho owner against him
self and his bailees for value of the
horse, which was killed by the negli
gence of the latter, t held, in Tanner
vs. Bowen (Mont.), 7 L. It. A. (N. S.)
534, to preclude further proceedings
against the bailee upon the owner's
claim, although the stable keeper takes
an assignment of it for tho purpose of
enforcing the' primary liability of the
bailee
The bidding iu of the property by
one who has taken an assignment of
a mortgage as collateral security at his
own foreclosure sale la held, in Ander
son vs. Messlnger (C. C. A. ("Ill C), 7
L. It. A. (N. S.) K1, to give him a
good title to the property, and to trans
fer the trust In favor of his debtor to
the proceeds, although audi assignor,
because not within the Jurisdiction,
was not made a party to the proceed
ings, where. In a contract after tho
sale, assignor and assignee contracted
for a settlement, one element of which
was that the foreclosure proceedings
should not be disturbed.
Real Sinews of War.
To achieve a perfect powder Is the
dream of every war chemist of to-day
So writes William George in the Tech
olcal World Magazine for January,
For 'upon this uncertain stuff docs
the destiny of nations depend, In spite
of Hague conferences and the amiable
clatltuaea of peace envoys. Great
Britain Jjas her cordltj cad lyddite;
France puta her trust In poison reek
ing melinite; Japan bas her Sblmo
nose powder. In short, every war of
fice has Its own formula, but all are
based on a "nltro-compound" like gun
cotton. This Is a high explosive at
most entirely smokeless, and enormous
ly more powerful than ordinary gun
powder, long since relegated to the Um
bo of other days, Just as gas has been
superseded by electric light In the more
peaceful walks of life.
Unfortunately the compound cannot
b. relied upon. The absolute requisite
Is stability the ensuring that the pow
der will endure without chango any
heat or climatic variation. An unsta
ble explosive the terror of every war
ship afloat, which stocks many tons of
It looks like any other in the labora
tory, and will shoot as well as the best.
provided It be used before It has tlm
to bum Itself up. The trouble Is that
no cenHst on earth knows when spon
taneous -omhustion will take place
throngh decomposition with the powde
Itself. Hence many terrible disasters
of recent years In all navies.
4 oitlleX of All Man.
The fish was no bigger than a silver
dollar. Its color was bright gold, and
It had a beautiful busby golden tall
"That," said the pet stock dealer, "Is
the finest aquarium fish In the world.
a Chinese brusli-lalled goldfish. It Is
handsome, healthy and long lived. A
good bruh-tnl!ed goldfish." he couclud
ed, "costs f2ri0 or $300, and some fluo
specimens have sol -J fcr as much as
$700 apiece."
When a man hears a rap on his Hs-A
door be Imagines all sorts of things,
and hopes It may be something import
ant, but Ills wife, more practical, sny
"Oh, It Is only the boy with the milk.
THE LITTLE ONE AAY.
World ain't like It used to be colder skies In May J
Bummer ain't so sweet to ine: Tin- little one's away I
Wish tho birds a-singlng could reach the ones that roam;
Wish the awret bells ringing could ring my darling home!
Stt here In the sunshine, solemn-like, ami sec
Morning-glories peeping In where once she used to be ;
They loved her little window, with the blossoms and the lights;
Gave her glad good mornings, klss.xl her sweet good-nights.
i
Sit here In the darkness, when no winds the maples stir,
And hear the Silence rinsing a sad. sweet sorig of her;
I know the lilies dream of her, with her the roses roam.
And sunflowers shine like stars of gold and lean to light her home.
World ain't what It used to be skies are cold and gray;
Rummer alu't a sweet to ii:e; The little one's away!
Wish the sweet birds singing could reach the ones that roam
Wish the glad bells ringing could ring my darling hornet
Atlanta Constitution
The Rush of
The Waters
m
m:
Miss Wayne had locked ths school-
bouse door, had seen the last loiterer
well so his homeward way, and with
the key In her hand shs now picked her
steps carefully dowu the hill-slope.
Fog wreathed ths summits of ths
high hills Iu the ssck ground, rills sud
rivulets foamed dowa their sides t pay
trtbnte te the swollen and muddy riv
er; even Hiss Wayne's sunny tempera
ment yielded slightly to the depressing
Influence.
Helly, Kitty, are you dreaming?'
was the cheery salutation that startled
her from her moodiness. She greeted
her cousin, Richard Hartwell, with her
ready smile.
"Not dreaming. Dick, but absorbed In
contemplation of the weather."
No wonder you looked gloomy, and
see yonder V
He pointed te the southeastern sky,
where a cloud of laky hue, tinged with
violet, darkened all beneath It.
"They think over there," nodding to
wards the village, "that there will be
another freshet; and that reminds me,
I promised Mr. Carter to look after his
family In his absence. I have Just been
there, but Mrs. Csrter will net leave
her home. The water did not reach It
In the last rise, and she thinks It will
not now. Can you not spend the night
with her. it would be less loaeryT '
"I will go after supper, If mother Is
willing," she answered, and she pur
sued her way thankful, as. she looked
at the widening river, thnt her moth
er's house stood high above Its reach.
When she tapped at Mrs. Carter's
door In the early dusk, her friend wel
comed her warmly, hut with a subdued,
half-awed manner.
"I never felt so scrvous In my life,"
Bhe confessed. "Everything outside
looks so dark and strange. "That id
the reason I lighted the fire In the grate
to make It seem mors cheerful."
The rosy light played through the
dark comers of the room, and glisten
ed on the cottage piano, which was
open. Kitty's glance rested on It.
"I tried to play to chase away the
blues," Mrs. Carter explained, "but
the notes seemed actually to wall. They
will not for you, however; playsmue
of our favorites." )
And tho little school-toacher played
and sung sweet old ballads, which
brought a feeling of rest and good cheer
into the quiet room.
"What A pleasure this piano must be
to you," she remarked, when at last she
closed the Instrument.
"It Is my most cherished possession,"
replied Mrs. Carter ; but neither
thought then of the use to which It
wouCjfc put before another day should
dawn.
The hoar was late when the two be
thought themselves of bed.
You may sleep in torn guest-room
across the hall; or, If you prefer it,"
and she glanced at ths two little sleep-
, "Rose and Blaaebe may stay where
they are, and you may have their sin
gle bed," suggested Mrs. Carter.
"I would much prefer It," answered
Miss Wsyne promptly, noting her hos
tess' wistful look, and, listening to the
r of the river muffled through the
trast, she at last fell ssleep. '
There was a cloud-burst at the head
of the valley, and when the threatened
storm broke over the village the flood
came with It, bearing In Its course all
the wreckage It had swept from the
devastated upper country. The vil
lagers, whose homes lay In the path
of the angry waters, rushed tumultu
ously from their houses, hurrying wom
en and children through the drenchlug
rain to the nearest available shelter.
Men worked with a will to save some
remnant of their household 'goods, but
brief time remained for that. Against
the might and fury of the elements
broken front their hounds hmunn
strength availed nothing.
In a machine-shop that stood on
higher ground than the village rest
dences, pale from violent exertion, sunk
ed with rnsa. which had not ceased
falling, fat Hers and brothers were gath
ered, thankful amidst such discomfort
that at least no lives were lost.
Then through (be .blackness of the
night ami the raging of the storm
woman s shriek was borne to their enrs
It was repented --a long, hcari-rcndin.
cry for aid. The cal came from the
Carter residence, ami wmi sen rcn-M'-i
keen and sudden, they remrinbere'l tha
iu that hour of peril t:o one had tiioiiglil
of its helpless inmate.
Their ws'iirlty in the recent Hood
had caused friends and ' neighlMirs to
fomct that tills one was blubir by
many feel. IMchnnl Hartweil heard
aivd knew his cousin's v lco. The words
that others could not iinderstiui.1 s'inpo.'
themselves distinctly to nif. eavs :
"Help : oh. help : We tiro drowning !"
His heart grew cold with hnrro:-, for
between them rushed the fioorled river,
bearing on its stirfi:ce tr"i, o-,-s, pur:
of barns, Mablcs and dwelllim-b.tiises,
crowding and crushing togejher. N"
boat eoi.bl )cr,i lint torrent, in bu:iia:f
hand oripc.se tb n.l- M f the waters.
31?
Mrs. Carter was awakened from the
heavy sleep that so often follows men
ial disquietude by a heavy Jar, as If
soma weighty object had been hurled
against the house. 8he started np and
listened. A hissing noise In the room
fllled her with Indefinable fear, and she
sprung to the floor, to feel water sweep
ing over her feet.
Iler cry of horror brought Katberlne
ro her side, but before a match could
be lighted ihey understood the situa
tion. They were surrounded by water,
which was rushing under the closed
doors, extinguishing the dying embers
In the grate and rising higher every
moment. The lamplight revealed two
pallid faces, for a moment staring
blankly at each other. Then the two
women ran to the window.
Through the blackness and the pour
ing rain they could hear the rush of the
river and again the house shook, struck
by some drifting object
"We cannot leave the house, but we
must aave ourselves," cried Mrs. Car
ter.
Kathcrlne had already caught up one
sleeping child and laid It. on the single
bed.
The piano quick !" she panted, as
she placed little Blanche beside her
sister.
With the strength that great extrom
lty often lends, they lifted the piano,
and, how they could not tell, placed It
upon the bed where Mrs. Carter hnd
slept.
It needed ouly a rnpld survey to sat
isfy them that there was not room un
'SUE HELD THE II ALT-STRANGLED CHILD."
on it for the four some additional re
fuge must lie devised. A center table
placed firmly upon the single bed was
their only resource, and thou the ques
tion remained to be settled who should
occupy the piano, and who, the lighter
table?
A thoughtful, habitual regard for
the rights of the welfare of others. Is
the trne bnsls of a noble character.
And this is why ucts of heroism as
they are properly called are so opt
to be performed by some modest unob
trusive Individual, who thinks and acta
In tho moment of extreme necessity as
he is In the habit of thinking and act-
Ing In his dally life. The one crown-
ing act Is the natural outcome of a long
series of similar but smaller ones.
By quick mental process, Katberlne
Wayne contrasted her own light figure
with the taller staturs and greater
weight of her companion, and mads op
her mind.
Little Blanche and I will share the
center table.' she said, "and you and
Rose, must take ths piano," and she
waded to she single bed.
A hop that the passing moments
fast dispelled had lurked In the heart
of each, that the water would not rise
much higher; but the roar without
steadily Increased, and the murky flood
within rose higher, still higher, till at
last, with a silent prayer for help,
they sought their laat refuge.
On mistake. In the hurry and ei
eltemeut of th moment they made;
the lamp, which might have been placed
uiion a bracket shelf, was left upon
the center table.
Katherlne lamented it when, with
little Blanche well wrapped In her
arma, she found what scanty room the
light piece of furniture afforded. Now
and then the two friends cheered each
other with hojerul words, but not many
were spoken tho situation was too
perilous.
Voices were lorne to their ears; but
they were the voices of wind nud rnln;
of flo;d and tempest. Wearied with
the long constraint of her position
Kathcrl Tie's little charge grew restless,
iind added to the young girl's anxiety,
da she moved carefully and gave her
all tlie relief possible.
A short interval of quiet followed;
then, with n sudden petulant niove-
nici't. tli' child broke from her kindly
grasp and slipped from the polished
surface of the table into the water be
neath. Knlherlno bent quickly down to
crusp her. I he table tipped over, the
lamp slid Into the wa'or. arid total
darkrsci's added Us crowning lmrro to
the scene.
The mother shrieked in terror, but
Katberiiu- had. but one thought, to res
cue tbc little r.lanelio, whose strug;:!
b.-it! borne her out of reach. A gurgling
suv.:d hi!. led her and again site held
tc luill' strangled child with her left
lirud, while with her rlt;!)t she clutch
ed desperately for some support.
Wie found -s.imcihlitg. and then oi;o
ions Imploring cry for help P"r
as sh renllzod how frail was the"
port to which she clung, and felt that
any moment her strength might givef
way.
Mrs. Carter Joined her wild cries fori
aid to ICathcrlne's, until the screams-
of the frlalitened children forced them.
Into a semlano of composure. i
"Some one will surely come soon,""-
said Katberlne bravely. "And we are
all aafe for the present"
But she and the little girl wore Bhlv
erlng In their wet garments, and the
water rose higher In the room, which'
seemed to be a veritable death-trap set
for them.
Some one did comr-, when the first
lull In the rain the first clearing of
drift rendered the coming possible. The'
Imprisoned women beard the stroke of
ours, the grating of a boat against the
house, and llglit from lanterns glad
dened their eyes.
"Are you all right Kitty V called;
Richard HartweU'a eager voice, as he
grasped a window-frame and flatbed a
lantern through ths glass; but when
the Inside f ttw room was revealed no
more Questions were asked.
It was quirk work for strong bands;
to tear out tho sash tad clamber tntoi
the room. ; ;
Kathertue Wayne turned towards
thera a white, patient face, srMIe she;
still clung to the traBson stiore the1
door with her right hand, and oUaped'
little Blanche to her side with her teftf
But when they lifted her tenderly'
down, her rifght hand, all eve sd
bleeding, dropped nerretsss at her side.
Chicago Dally New.
Mocziur xxt&otxav cm. i
Doaalte Its Walls aaa a0"wor,(
If irtBlrrs Is Co to Date.
The distinctly modern character of j '
the principal continental cities calls '
forth surprise from many fairly well-'
informed travelers. This Is doubtless
due In part to the historical or artistic i
interest that attaches to maay of the'
larger cities tezdlng te divert attention
from their industrial side. The men-,
tlon of Nuremberg, for example, usual-'
ly suggests a picturesque mediaeval'
city, borne of Albrecht Durer and sun-'
dry other famous persona. Industrial
ly it is a modern city and a very rigor-1
ous one. The Industries upon which it
thrives and which are adding millions
to Ita wealth each year are the usual;
modern industries of a great roanufac-;
t tiring center, where scores of smoke-1
stacks scatter soot la every direction,:
says Consul H. W. Harris la Daily ;
Trade Reports. 1
In 1905 Nuremberg ranked as eighth
city In Germany, with a population
slightly less than 300,000. Its present.
IKpulntlon Is estimated at 320,000 or
about that of Pittsburg In, 1900. It
has grown so rapidly that the housing,
of Its population presents a difficult
problem, much discussed In the papers.."
It is a center of varied Industrie Its
export trade runs far Into the millions.:
The declared exports ,of the United
States from the consular district of!
which Nuremberg Is the chief manufnc-,
tiiring center will amount during tho
current calendar year to nearly ?S,
000,000 worth. The exports to many
The city is a center of Important
hanking Institutions, of a conslderoblo '
wholesale trade, of splendid retail
stores which 'would rank as excellent
in a corresponding American city. Its
car service Is good and Includes a fajr
suburban service., Tho city has a poi-
ular "taximeter" automobile cab ser
vice by which at a low price passen
gers nro rapidly carried to all parts of '
the city In excellent modem automo
biles.
Tho new railway station nearlng
completion will be one of the largest
and finest structures of its klad In tho
world. Its construction Includes ai
vast project of raising the railway
tracks through the city, which Is also
being carried rapidly forward. . The!
cltv theater building Is a structure)
which would do credit to any dty, bow
ever large or modern. The city lavish--
es money on its schools, its museums.)
and other public buildings. Its civic
pride Is everywhere apparent and calls'
forth conatant. praise from Intelligent!
travelers. One need but follow tho pro-;
ceedlngs of the dry council to discover'
that the dominant spirit of tha dty I'
progressiva sod modern, not merely as)
compared with the dty of a century
ago, but as compared with a Ameri
can city. Tha preservation of toe city
walls and rowers and historic banding
might seem to point to a non-progre-
.1.. nulliMil antrit hnt It mint
,1 1 , UJIUIBV... I " ,
rather to a keen, modern business fore-,
sight that views these things asa val
uable investment well, worth preserrJ
lng. ICvery such historic object ts kept
In repair and preserved as well as pos
sible. . ;
Nat Mack News.
In the summer of 1903 an exploring
expedition set out from Cook Inlet.
Alaska, In an attempt to climb Mount
McKlnley, the highest peak on tho
Amerlcau continent. They went In with
a pack of coyuses, through a hundred
miles of tundra, and then struggled for
weeks over glaciers and through terrl-;
ble hardships, to emerge at last on the
ChulHna Ulver, down which they
rafted to civilisation, aa represented
by Cook Inlet. ,
As they came In. worn, ragged, al
most dead from exposure and hunger,
a tall old man strolled upshorewlth four
white men's dogs, says Mr. Robert
Dunn In "'n Shameless Diary of an
Explorer."- They asked him the news
of the world.
"Wal. yer know tho Pope's dead," he
drawled, "and the cardinals held a sort
of convention, and elected a new Tope.
Kotsevclt. he's agreed to complain
to the C.ar of Rooshla ubout them
mnssacrewl Jews, and some one's killed
that Uuecn Dragon of Servla, try In te
Jump her claim to the throne, v.ind
Itooshta's golnj to fisht the japs.
The' ain't much happened this sum
mer." If wo had stepchildren w wonlda't
do as so many do, and wear ouraelf
out by pretending to like them.
A terrible lot of the hospitality met
these days belongs to tho homeopathic
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