AL HOSES
fc 1 1. i i
(Old Favorlto Series.)
8V Nebo's lonoly mountnln.
n this Bltlo Jordan's wave.
&La,Vne Jn. tno.lanI of Moftb
There He, a lonely crave:
nut no man built that scpuleher,
iiu mull buw iK o or:
iTrif thn - " 1 - V
r...tho of 'God
Anil laid the dead man there.
TLa the Kindest funeral
That ever paused on earth;
vet no man heard the trampling,
Comes when the nlRht Is done.
And the crimson btrcak
On ocean's cheek
urows Into the grcnt sun.
Noiselessly an tho sprlngtlmo
itI ?Iown.of verduro weaves,
unfold their thousand Icavos;
And all the trees on all tho hilts
So, without sound of music,
Or volco of them that wept,
Silently down
From tho mountain!.' crown
Tho groat procession swept.
Tcrchanco the bald old qsrIo
On gray Dothpeor'a height,
put of his rocky oyry
Looked on tho wondrous sight
J. "phonoo the lion stalking
StIU shuns that hallowed spot:
for boast and bird
m..tatf.Jem nn5 hoard
That which man knoweth not
Hut when tho warrior dloth,
"Is comrades of the war,
SJim-TS" T.aveTBC.a and muffled drums,
follow tho funeral car;
rhoy show ' the banners taken,
They tell his battles won,
And after him lead
.. . IHs mastorleis steed,
hlle poals the mlnuto-gun.
Amid the noblest of tho land
Men lay the sage to rest,
And glvo tho bard an honored place,
With costly marbles droit,
I.'Lthe great mlnlstor transept
Where lights llko glories fall.
And the sweet choir sings,
And tho organ rings
Along tho emblazoned hall.
This was tho bravost wnrrlor
That over buckled sword;
This the most gifted poet
That ever breathed a word;
And never earth' philosopher
Traced with his golden pen
?n the deathless pago
ruths half so sago
As he wroto down for men.
And had ho not high honor?
Tho hillside for his pall!
To lie in state whllo angels wait,
With stars for tapers tall I
And tho dark rockplnefc', llko tossing
plumes
Over his blor to wave.
And God's own hand,
m In that lonely land,
To lay him In his gravel
l.n,i.tlmt d,;ep Krave. without a name,
Whence his uncofflnod clay
Shall break again, O wondrous thought!
Boforo the Judgment day.
And stand, with glory wrapped around,
On tho hills ho never trod,
And speak of tho strlfo
That won our llfo
with tho lncarnato Bon of God.
O lonely tomb In Moab's land!
O dark Bothpeor'a hllll
Bpoak to these curious hearts of ours.
And teach them to bo still;
God hath hlK mysteries of grace.
Ways that we cannot tell;
Ho hides them deep,
Llko the secrot sleep
Of him ho loved so well.
The Stairway.
BY LEIGH NORTH.
(Copyright, 1901, by Dally Story Pub. Co.)
"That picture holds a tragedy," said
my friend Dcnson, thoughtfully, and
his eyes had tho retrospectlvo look
which tolls that other scenes than the
present are boforo them. "Literally I
mean," he addod.
I looked incrcduously at the fadod
photograph In my hand. It was a
pr Aid old stairway in some Venetian
or Genocso palace whoso flno curving
linos and tho sweep of its magnificent
balustrade were a delight to tho eye,
Two orouohlng lions in marble ktpt
watj.n at tho foot
I tried to brush away a llttlo mist
pr dust in tho centor.
"You can't do it," ho said, "I owe
my llfo, or rather, my liberty to that."
"What's tho story?" r asked.
Evidently it was rather a painful
memory, for ho answered with somo
roluctanoo.
"That picture holds a tragedy."
"There was a murder commlttod
there whllo I was taking tho photo
graph." "Impossible!" I exclaimed.
"It Is difflcult to credit, I grant you,
but true novortholoss."
He drow up his tall flguro and a
sort of pallor came over hln face. "I
can nover forgot it I "
"Let it go, old fellow!" I cried, see
ing tho offect upon hlra, but I confess
my ourloslty was strong and excited.
"No," ho said with a slight effort, "I
bavo brought it on myself and It is
only fair you shall bear about it. I
ought to put tho picture away If I
don't want to be question!"
So wo turned to tho firo, relit our
cigars, anu, picturo In hand, ho bo
gan.
"It was many years ago, on my first
ip 10 liaiy, and r had, with somo
difficulty, obtained permission to look
at the inside of onoof tho old Genoese
mwuces, seldom visited, and to tako
pnoiograph 0f tho stairway, which
you seo is an oxcoodingly beautiful
uu. i naa a special fancy for archl
tectural 'bits' thon.
"On my way to tho palaco, passing
iHiuugii ino tortuous thoroughfares
with their oualnt Httln imr.niinna t
stopped horo and thero, as all now
comers win, to gazo in tho windows at
mo varieu snow.
"It chanced that tho street was that
called 'tho Goldsmiths,' and each
tradesman vied with the other in his
display of trinkets in gold and silver
uugroo.
"In tho corner of ono lay an objoct
wnicn caugut my eye. It was a stilet
to, ovldently not a now onn in ,,
- - 14 VUOU
of tho finest workmanship. With no
vory uoimito intention of buying, I en
tored, pointed it out. and. in mv hnu.
en vocabulary, demanded tho prico.
The figures woro so enormous that r
shook my head and turned to innvn
Tho Italian, sooing that I was In earn
est, immediately lowered bin tnmm
and, finally, solzlng me bv tho rnnt
persuaded mo Into making tho pur-
cnaso, which I thrust into my pocket
and hurried on to my destination.
"Tho quick walk seomed to heat my
blood to tho boiling point, and aftor I
had showed my normlt to thn
Ian and selected tho point from which
i couia get tho best vlow.'i throw mv
light outer ennt nn nn nM mni nnn
.V VU, vou DGUl
and hastened out again. Got some
thing I must to assuago tho tormont
Ing thirst which had suddenly seized
upon me. Of tho bad effects of wator
In those regions, r felt somn fenr hut
anything was bettor than mv nrennnt
discomfort.
"Returning, after a brief absence, r
readjusted my camora and the corner
In which I had to stand being rathor
dark, a long exposure of tho plate was
necessary to socuro tho photograph. I
believed tho houso to bo empty, save
for the custodian and ono servant, and
I had nn oorlo, creonv foolintr n t
stood at my work as if ghosts wero
around, and Eomo presentment of evil
haunted mo.
'Suddenly, thero was a hnlf-smoth.
orod shriek and a young and protty
girl ran lightly down tho stair, closo
ly followed by a man, a short, thick
set follow, with dark clustering locks.
She must have paused Involuntarily.
Ho raised something in his hand I
eaw tho gleam of a stllloto be plunged
It Into hor body, solzod her in hit
arms, rushed to tho bottom of thi
stops and laid hor on the floor, kneel
ing bisldo hor. It nil seemed tho work
of an Instant, and ero I could rcallx
anything was over.
"Mechanically I closed the slldo ol
my apparatus, uttorod a loud cry and
ran forward. Tho thrust had been
deadly sure, and tho girl had coasea
to breathe Tho horror of it conn
over me so strongly that I had a faint
fooling nnd could hardly articulate,
but my cry had nttractod attontlon.
nnd In a few moments tho hall was
full of pcoplo, talking and gestlculat
ing violontly, tolling somo story. He
was much oxcited, but seemed calm be
sldo tho others as his soft, volublo
uauan nowed on.
"My knowledge of tho lanminirn wnn
very slight, but thn nrnwltnir faros
soon turnod upon mo mado mo realize
mat tho Wretch wan lnvlnr thn millfc
of tho murder at mv door. I wan
young nnd inoxporionccd, a stranger
m me place, and I oven romomberod
that tho official from whom I hud cot-
ten my pormit waB temporarily absent
my sensations were far from nleas.
ant, as tho officers of tho law arrived
on the scene nnd took us both Into
CUBtOdy. To add tn mv mlnfnrrimn T
was b6und to admit that tho stllotto
usoa. exactly resembled tho onn r had
ao recently purchased, as a curiosity.
wnjcn was now missing from tho
J1OCK01 Ot tho ovorcont whnrn I had
put it.
Tho othor man when nnpnHoncd
made a plauslhln
both wore admirers of tho unfortu
nate girl, but pledging faith to mo, for
mo purpose of extorting money from
tho rich forelirner. hnr nfTrrMnnn rnirn
renuy nis. A connection of tho cus
todian of tho palaco, sho ouccooded In
obtaining ontrnnen nnd mnrin nn nn.
polntmont to meet him, ho having
lormony beon an omployo. That I had
obtained knowledge of the proposed
Intervlow, purchased a stiletto (tho
shopman was produced, who sworo to
having sold tho dagger) and followed.
Further, that on somo falao pretext I
also had obtained admission, and, com
ing behind them as they wero pass
ing through tho hall, had fatally in
Jurcd my victim. Corroborated in oro
or two points by other witnesses, the
story soomod crcdlblo. the enso looked
111 for mo, and ropeatod assurances
that I had novor seon either of tho
parties boforo woro not understood or
credited. Tho purchase of tho stiletto
i coum not deny, and that seemed tho
p.ioarost circumstantial ovldonco.
"A night spent in confinement did
not seem to raise my spirits, every
thing looked vory black to mo, and I
was almost In despair, whon, sudden
ly. a ray of light broko in on mv dnrlc
nesa, and for tho first timo slnco tho
troublo began I bethought mo of my
camera. If only it had not been stolon
and I could again secure it possibly it
might bear sllont testimony in my
favor.
uy enireaiics and brlbos. T mm
ceeded in getting hold of someone who
spoko English and in interesting him
sufficiently to mako diligent Bcnrch for
my apparatus, which was secured and
brought to mo. With trembling fingers
l wont through tho necessary nro
cesses of dovoloping my picturo, nnd
tnoro, ghostly, but still visiblo, wai
tno ovidenco I Bought.
"In tho center of tho stnirwnv
through which it could bo plainly seon
was a mere film of a trroun which the
sonsltlvo nlnto hnd caueht thn eiri
as sho ran, tho man behind hor with
the uplifted stiletto in his hnndnn.
mistakablo, damnatory! ft has faded
now nnd you are near-sighted, but It
was clear enough thon to be roeoe
nizod and to save mo.
"Tho girl had made an annolntmnnt
with hor lovor, whoso Jealousy had
beon wildly, and it seemed not un
foundodly, oxcltod by her nccontnncn
of tho attentions of another man.
Coming to moet hor. tho first lover
had chanced to pass where my coat
was lying, nnd, finding tho Btlletto, hnd
possessed hlmsolf of it. His intention
had not been to murdor hor, as was
ovfdont from his not bringing his own
weapon, but talk with her had oxcltod
h M It' a VI I If I ' 1 1 H. I'l 1 1 . 1 1 V I
i vxvjlxju JL XJXJAAJ i, I
THE BUFFALO SPEEOH NOT A NEW
DEPARTURE.
William MeKlnley Itntl lloen nn Rnrneit
nnd 1'umlMcnt Advocnto of the ltlgtit
Sort of Heclproolty for tho 1'iiit
Eleveu Years,
Mr. McKlnley'8 speech nt Buffalo
had baroly ceased when somo papers
began to misrepresent it, tho purposo
being to mako it appear that tho Pres
ident had changed his vIowk and was
no longer In lino with tho economic
faith of his party, but was urging to
ward tho opposlto belief. Hero is an
example:
"Tho namo of President McKlnloy
was given to tho highest tariff this
country has ovor known, tho tariff that
was repealed by tho Democratic con
gress of 1803-4, McKlnloy bolng tho
chairman of tho Ways and Means
commlttco that reported tho bill. That
was tho high wator mark of tariff leg
islation. Thero was no thought of
reciprocity thon except such arrange
ments as- might bo mado with tho
South American 6tates. This was Mr.
Blalno's idea, and it was not favored
by tho party and formed no part of Its'
policy,
"President McKlnloy in hit. sneech
fully committed himself to reclurocltv.
whloh moans tariff reduction nnd free
trndo In special cases. Wo aro to
grant trade ndvantuges in considera
tion of reciprocal advantages. Tho
chemo is not now, slnco nil nations
practice it. and slnco. also, wo havn
ftlroady negotiated several such treat
ies. Tho presldont would, howovor,
mako it tho general policy of our gov
ernment.
"If such a policy Is Inaugurated nnd
carried out thero will bo material tar
iff reductions. A reclnrocltv troatv
with Germany, aftor that nation shall
hnvo stiffened lta tariff laws In accord
ance with tho rates Dronosod. will
make nn Immense dlrferonrn tn thi
customs duties and in the prices li
this country for goods of Germut
manufacture. It will bo tho sanit
with Franco nnd Italy and Austrin.-
xsewark (N. J.) Advort'sor."
It is qulto possible Hint lgnornnci
rather thnn craft Is at tho bottom ol
tho above. Ignorant ono must bo te
say that reciprocity "formed no part'
of tho Republican party policy In 1890
wnon it was In puminnco of tho nu
thorlty specifically contained iu th
McKlnloy act then pns od that tin
group CAf reciprocity treaties which tht
vii8onuorman act destroyed woro no
gotlatod, conflrmoj and put in opera
uon.
In March. 1890. a Renublican
pnpor published within three miles o.
tno "Advertisers" offlco nut nt the
head of Its editorial pngo a ticket and
a piatrorm, both of which wero kept
standing until niter election in Novom
bor. Tho ticket Wn M-Klnlnv nnn
iiounrt, and the platform was:
1. Protection to Amoricnn industry
I. Gold tho standard of nil currency.
Educational !lm tatlon for Imml
grntlon.
4. Renewal of reclnrocltv.
In tho St. LottlB n!ntform thnn tnnr
planks woro nromlnnnt. nmi Mr xrn
Klnloy was oloctcd thereon. How r
roueously thou to speak of his recent
navocacy of reciprocity an a depart-
uroi
In tho "Advertiser's" definition, aa
in thoso of other anti-protection pa
pors, tho dlsttnRulsh'ng featu rnn nf
reciprocity, as understood nnd prnc
ticod by the Renublican nartv in
omitted, to wit, that tho articles to
bo froed from duty aro such nn nra
not produced horo or on which, for
somo reason or othor, Protection is
not ncoded. Wo commend thin din
tlnctlon to "Tariff-reform" odltnm
who 8ocni to havo overlooked it, and
would suggost that thov ha not ton
preclpltnto In claiming .tho President
as,- a convert to any policy that will
uo injurious to American induttrv nnd
moor.
" WILLONTINUEPRESIM
TT II I
"It shall bo mr nlm to eontinun nhhnintniv imhmirnn ii.. t
dont McKlnloy for tho nuacn anil nrnsnnrltv nnA i..t ,
try." Presldont Roosevolt on taking tho oath of offlco.
Ho ralsod something in his band.
his passions, nnd with n dangeroui
instrument In hand when angry ho hnc
used it with only too fntnl offect
Tho consul to whom I nppoalod an
my new English-speaking frlon
united their efforts In mv bohnir nn
I waB soon released, verv th.mirfni u.
bo free onco more. I hnvo never goni
back to Genoa; tho memory Is toe
vivid and ,ialnful."
"And tho othor man!" I asked.
"They don't hang or oloctrocufn ir
Italy, you know, and I minnrwm tin ii
passing his llfo In Bolltary conflno
mont. Ugh!" ho said, putting hli
hand ovor his oyos: "how fresh it ni'
seems!" and ho thrust tho nhotocrnnl
Into an empty drawer
Itcoanvolt on rrutcctloa.
Hero again wo have g3t to .omombor
that our first dutv Is to our own neo-
nlo: and yet that wo can wo3t get Jus
tlco by doing Justlci. Wo must con
tlnuo tho policy that hns been so brll
llantlv successful In tho i s . and so
shapo our economic Bystem ns to glvo
ovory nuvantngo to tno skiii, energy
una into i lceneo or our rnrmora. mer
phnntii. unnufacturnrR nnd wntrn work
ers; nna ypi we must niso rem a hid or,
In dealing with other nations, thitt
boneflts must bo given when benefit
are sought.
It is not nosslblo to docmntlzn ns to
tho exact way of attaining this end,
for tho exact conditions cannot be
foretold. Ir tho long run, ono of our
nilnio noeds If. stabllltv nnd rnntlimltv
of economic policy; and yet, through
treaty or direct legislation, It may, at
least In cerfnln cases, liocnmn mlvnn-
tagoous to Bupploment our present pol
icy oy n system or reciprocal neneilt
nnd obligation. Vlco President Roose
volt In Minneapolis' speech.
First, n Out In Wiiget,
"I do not bollovo that tho American
pcoplo will tako off tho tariff," said F.
A. W. Klcchofor, first vice-president of
tho Natlonnl Enameling and Stamping
company. "They would only bo taking
tho bread out of their moutliH. In
dustries llko tho Btcel and' cottou goods
manufactures, whoro nutomntlc ma
chinery can bo nnd Is uso'I, could
fltand It, but wo could not. Wo ueo
automatic mnchlnery In tho manufac
ture of somo of our goods, but tho na
turo of many of them still requires n
good deal of hand labor, and In thoso
lines wo would come Into competition
with tho chenper labor of Gormany,
our principal competitor. Tho first
thing that would follow a reduction
of tho tariff would ho a cut in wages.
This would follow whether wo could
compote with foreign manufacturers
for tho domestic market or not. Men
receiving 82 a day would bo cut tn 711
cents. Tho tlmo may como when wo
will bo ublo to hold tho domestic mar
kot without tho nld of a tariff, but wo
cannot do It now." Milwaukee "Wisconsin."
Protection In Colorado.
Tnko nway protection and Colorado
has enabled hundreds of mlnos to
work that would othcrwi&o bo Idlo on
nccount of tho lend proposition. MIno
owners realize this, and It nccountB for
nlno'tonths of them being with tho
Ropubllcnn party. To advocate Dem
ocracy and freo trndo means ruin to
them nnd tho crippling of a great in
dustry. Again, glvo this country freo
trndo, and tho Cleveland panic would
bo a pigmy to tho stagnation that
would como upon us, nnd Colorado
would be nffectod in tho samo propor
tionate degreo as the oast. And still
wo havo a fow papors advising tho peo
ple how to voto nnd at tho samo time
advocating freo trade Durnugo Herald.
WATER FOR JERUSALEM.
Ancient Itonervolrs of Holouion Aro Stftl
In Kxlstcnoo.
Tho Times gives n most Interesting
nccount of tho work of reopening the
ancient supply of water to Jerusalem
which has nt Inst been undertaken
by tho Turks, tho occasion being a
groat scarcity of wntor In tho city. The
ancient rcBorvoirs of Solomon are still
In oxlatonco nnd still hnld n
or clear omornld "Zircon writer, nrtii
conduits nro also there, though in ruin,
and so is tho Bfinled fountain nn itJ
most anciont stonework which sup
plies the reservoirs. Apparently tho
now work consists, not In repairing
tho old stono conduits, but in laying
a 10-cont plpo dlroct from "tho eealod
fountnln," which la a uaturnl spring
in tho llmeatonn rnrlr hut tVin nln
will follow tho course of tho old con
duit. Tho present governor, Mahom
med DJovad Pcsha Is rcld to tnfcn n
great deal of lutorost in tho schonio,
and to contemplate bringing wntor
alBO from liecroth. "thn nUrn f
wells," to tho north sldo of tho rltv.
At tho samo tlmo thn wnrl: nf rn.
pnlrlng tho Virgin's fountain i. o., tho
Spring Which nil millr.n thn Pnnt nt CI.
- ----- vmm . wwa v wa
loam Is going on. Tho water passoa
from tho fountain to thn nonl ISrmioh
a tunnel built by Hczlklah. It was in
this tunnel that wan found tho earliest
Hebrow inscription now in tho muse
um at Constnntlnonlo which
orates tho cutting of tho tunnel, and
tens now tne navvlcy working from
each end mot in tho middle, Just aa
they will do under tho Himnlmi.
This fountain has an iiitnnnlttnnt
ilow that Is, aftor novcral hours' flow
thoro Is a comDleto cessation fnr n
Bhorf tlmo, and thon tho water runs
again. Curiously enough, tho fountnln
wns almost destroyed a fow
by nn attempt to lncrcatto tho flow
uy masting. Lately, howovor, aomo ol
tho vlllagors of Slloara offorod to re
store tho How If they wero given a
hundred nanolcons. Thnv ntnnrwvi nn
tho holes through which tho wator ron
to wasto, nnd rccolved tho roward. It
Is n curious oxamplo of tho herodit-.
nry Instinct for mnnaelnir. thn wM.ir
supply having to bo callod in to cor
rect tho errors of sclonco. London
Spectator.
CmiRrei In Itimimnillila.
"Tnko tho tariff out of Congress,
out of politics nnd give It to nn ox
port commission. Tho nvorairo Con.
gressman cannot mnstor tho tariff." So
Bay somo, but our ablest tariff scholars
hnvo been and are Congressmen
IHalno, Kolloy, McKlnloy. Aldrinh
Randall, Dlngloy, Pnyno, Honr, Cul
lom, Hendorson Dalzoll. Q rOSVOnnp nnd
a host of others. Such mon could hard
ly bo got to servo on a pormanont com
mission.
Intclllgenrn of the Himll.
M. Jourdnin n. Fr'nuoh nolnntlat hno
expressed tho bollcf that fow animals
havo a kcenor nnnrcclatlon of mualn
than snails. This will bo a startllna
stntomont to many of us, who havo
boon ncCUBtomcd tn lnnk nnrm nnnllu
ns about tho moat stupid creatures in
uio wona. a casual liwpoctlon would
Indlcnto that tho slow croaturea havo
llttlo fooling of any kind. However.
M. Jourdaln o:yn that if vou nlucn
somo Biinlls ou a pana of glnss you
will find that as they move along thoy
will mnko musical sounds' almllnr to
thoso which a porBon can produco by
WOttlllir tho flncor nnd rnhhlntr If
nround a glass tumblor. Completo airs,
ho points out. hnvo boon Dlnvod on
tumblers in this wny, and ho expresses
tho opinion that qulto 113 good results
can bo produced by UBlng snails in
stead of fingers. Tho scientist goes on
to Bav tlint. OOlltrnrv tn thn nnnulnr
Impression, BtmilB nro extraordinarily
sympathotla nnd intolllgent. A care
ful study of their movomonto indicates
that thoy dorlvo hnppincss from tho
sounds thnv nrndnrn nn nmnntli ani.
faces whllo crawling along. Their in
tolllgenco Ib proved by tho ingenious
methods thoy Boom to dovlso to hide
themselves from tho hurts which mem
bers of thn nnlmnl Wtntrrinm ami thn
human family aro npt to Inflict, ,
O.ono nn Til p.
Travel do luxo will become an mutu
ality whon each railway carriage sup
pllca lta own ozono. Tho Idea orig
inates with tho Lancot, which offers it
to tho attention of dlroctors. Now
that most of tho companies have euc-
CttUHfullv ndnntnd n nvnlnvn liv whlnh
onch currlago nn Its Journey dovolops,
by means of a dynamo attached to thej
UXOl-trenB. ltn own current nf nltnn.
trlclty for lighting purposes, thoro la
no renBon wny tno samo current snouia
not bo utilized to ozonizo tho ah- of
tho compartmont. Tho quantity ot
ozono rcqulrod Is small. Th'o reBUlt
would bn to destrnv norlnl lmmirltlna
and unnloasant smallB. and clvn tho
air a degreo of frealinoso llko unto a
sea nreozo. itaiiway ncadaoho under
tho now condition bocomes a tiling of
tho past; a long Journoy a health re
storer. Now, which of tho linos will
bo tho first in tho raco to ozonltso Ite
system? Only ono drawback threat
ens. Pater-famllles goes off with his
family to tho sonBldo chiefly to pick
up a llttlo ozono. Maybo ho will think
It sufficient In Juturo to tako thorn for
a run on tho Underground or thu
"Tubo." London Telegraph.
Alphabet on it I'ln' II end.
H. A. Honscal, a Baltimore ongravor,
In credited with n remarknbln tant n
tho head of a phi ono-slxtoenth of an
Inch In dltimotor it Is snld ho has en
Rravod all tho letters of tho nlnhnhnt
Thoy aro arranged In two clrclos, with
tho churiictcr & In tho centor. All the
letters aro capitals.
HtuiRry for 'Km Actin.
Tho Ohio DemocratH. bv I
tariff revision, proclaim that thoy want
to return to hard times. ilortvian
Falls (N. C.) Yellow Jacket.
Tho first Iron nails mndn in tT,in
country woro hammeron Infr bp0 nt
uumuoriunu, u. I, 'a 1TT7,
Tho "Sorrow of Olilnu."
The Yollow rlvor Is styled the'Sor
row of China." During the last cen
tury it has changed Its sourco twenty
two times, nnd now flows Into tho sea
through a mouth six lmndrnil miiaa
llstnnt from Unit of ono hundred yonra
igo. It Is estimated that its floods
In tho prosont century havo cost China
11,000,000 lives.
Somo mon would got nlonir bottm on
tho Journoy of llfo If thoy didn't con
uilt so many contradictory guld-joolcs.
St. Louis stroot cars killed elirht.
no pcrHons last year.