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m MAN’S v LAN© A QXIimweE J9g£ *J0\JI$ JOSEPH VANCE ‘^IJ.LUSTKATIONS BY Cvs*r/t/c#r /9/v Briav/5 jom/* r*rrc£ / SYNOPSIS. • r*t f** - - m:;r» of New J***■» «• ?%. nr ret» D«. .ptaa BUc^nock. mho t* * i:ea l Mi a rar l ;.«rty Hr •crept*. * it BUi'tclotk. the rea •"e *e»««c i;*at * Kath •*■•«*■* Tl.ai-r i'ua»( fa*ls to ran vine* her 11 •» Bln . -v»: •* un«f*rthir of fer fri^nj* , J. At * e (art) <'«■«! meet* two I»u«»daa t Van TuyL T re t* • • -arfH. and UlarkMork shoot* Van « Va4 t'*«*»: »xr «£« -* to wmt tie from tl.ua the pol *-e dis rw»*-» tnrvn Owt* t« arrests f»»r rrurder. * » - -4. hut as he hulw fells ora «* - S' rnarr *•* Blarhstork ** t‘ « n. t* f arid k t:* himself Coast he «“■'*» “* If>r hut B iHwfArk 1-** married Ki'nm # TKaifrf and Sed Coast par rt ,e* • n »« ! t an*l * - »a1!::»C see« a ■nsw thrown fma a distant hut He rrs •wws ttr fallow rr.« *« tame) Apphyard TW? arrue at a Isawt? island. UMPB *• N ‘ M*i4 • I-and. C u*. ► arts out t*» ex fd ee tie pla e and . s*mr* vpon name d. verted hwldtao Hr !:sn»»-« r* a man d ad t‘ps rdsg fur:h*r ar.d approa-h •nc a ftnooso he sr-e* K:ilterll0 T* el » * *i.at her ! und *r the -t Black feta* btmpt.t 'he Island H** *« i. it.<i a mtrekoa •<;rra'-'r and ha* a r*a'.'H. c*x*t informs her that f.»t t Uaad i -d**r«-d Van Tufl Const •“» • • IHa sr '* lc ini S IW CSdXUUIteo hif r!«s • man Ther Art at him. t* ' s» r«m vet l»i Apt - ard « --• *. •» 1 •» ts«e in saJ-»v. and there he re peals f. at he * a *err«f er. we man «*•'! ! * . * .. * :.th r -n I <»«i «• r » *r,4 • - t..-v »r- rn :nal* t>a*t I» ;aitutj *!^- m>e»«-r*-s «d !Cn !4«v* 1-aix! and Is drt.ertnS*«ed 1 • **• ■■ Kil^rn* Atf ‘ > ir l tellei-s •» ** ffl~- k a tad his camp make a shield of 1;-r « - . J t>. «< !• t a STi- -tf* £*■"•*€ *-•**.* >- «' |~ aefrat* ** t* * la.r rf *» •» k% Jsflvuftse Ka?.er;n* e* *» ' ruif.i a- pMr» J?:i a n •!# okadh tells Coast i: at n.-n! «t *-:< lif •«* t* •* <um nit ar- #i*.f ■ C«a«f f *1* t ’ a* Ittit kklirk a'iepet-f# I Etn Af«f•** > -*r«I and it K 1 • d.i^ipfM'^r «*"£>♦ t - nalh •nse .-f 'it* y»r *?e i .-wtt. an«l rf*<* Infeerm fcerm ttant tiw - «r« s<* atkandam tie* t-la* d flmanHkafefi The *.i .t-.«| t an a ■ - u I.if CHAPTER XVJI.— (Co-f rvcl :fc. boa* you iay you Hate < ' ind it—iV m baatr Caast de manded Vrr When 1 bid railed Chang. 1 *•••*;• do* a to the : -ach 1 wanted to he »:•«* mi that | might think. To day ha* teen dreadful to me—alone •her.- with lisa, 'be mac I was mar ried to. knowing be »a> a murderer: *'•• » f-arms be suspected and try Ins •« t—-hare a* if no'lung bad bsp jn-.-e-i —* f ikied fc r rest "I know. I bn-aw.” be tail softlj. At tb-tr feet tbe do? stirred resi le - v. «b:t..and alarmed, the * <: iia de'ii*- disengaged herself. a ith • ten jh - d glance up >be straggling, de serted »«r --t But Mil! they were ?*-v -; jliy if de-jiera'elj alone and uu wa*'-bed T—*be shock of being told we w -re • ». leave theis and . . . 1 wanted t» tbmk ... I seat west along tb- ■«.h. w -bout noticing—mome d.s » ice .et'Tjid <be we-terc paint. Then n- id-"wjy I lumd tbe boat, drawn up ci.oe under tbe bluff. invisible from alrnve . At first 1 thought it ». - tit Mr Power had . ouie L>ark. and tb-a I saw how unlikely that was. and tn.-d to -iplain :• And suddenly It came to me—tbe real meaning of It. And I hurried to Bad you . . Thank God' ' said Coast. J*b« Inok-d up. wandering at his l«ae 1 mean It * one way out.” b» said iwberly; “a mightly slim chance—but V*t a rhanc 1 mean, the boat. I've Iw-ec puzalirg ali along—IX worst came to there was lb" catbcat—but boa to get >m aboard her? You -a * sw m that far . . .“ She lk™* her bead I could; but even tb-m w i ii*| :i be :ssit>ie to work her ” ko'" « k~ : « aboard anob *’ K-r U ft .. saw us. I'd be •t»dt*r fire and Blacketock ba* ' •*• juste ae ade-1 lamely. ^*e *.*ei-d a low cry of distress: hat he could only stake his head in wirlnnrfcaty crihrmatlua of the tid lurv V • .U.:g -ba way Black* toth h id iezed lie weapon I'-ut new ~ be wound up with a sor ry ahaw of op iuil-m. “It's another » my With the rowboat. we can get ol A 'hings sand. Apple yard W eit w. i better not r..-k waiting l®r him The cat lies out of easy i*ux - and If they try to swim out to *'«'». • «# beat them off with a l—i.Look or an oar I think we car. leak" it—at least. If* worth trying I'll go now and have a look at that Iniji ' .SUIT drew a <Vp» p breath, wih a nod **dot*»n* this forl.-rr ho;** “Very »b- »U tersely. “Go then I *“■** bark, lor fear he guv nisss *'*'■ . . Tea. I can bra re it out; «s»‘l worry—I shan't let him suspect. - A®<» there * another reason " *h»- c=5t.n*j.-d stubbornly. when he < «* d to object: “! can get you a re r iter 11 1 go bark. Yes. tity own I «»y trunk: I'm sure he know of » for 1 never thought <e show It him I: Is loaded. too; a ad I can get St easily. . . . Sow I will co" * A -ry well.” he consented reluctant-' •f “They won t miss me. that's sure; hot you . . Try to slip away about dusk. Make some excuse, and— ni be waiting h-re. all prepared. And . . make sure of that revolver. •*»*- bin* you get Lack Take care ot yourself abote all things . . . oh. don’ worn about me. be doesn't; with so) fangs drawn 1 m no long* r a factor In « .» calculations. Go 1 th»-ti and -cd keep you. Katherine.'" lie c*su!d imagine the effort that her hrat - mlV at parting exist her. . , ! In sailing somberly thoughtful, he • a*«t d a- r away, then hurried down ta the beach »** minute* of steady walking brought him to the piece where fce hna haik>-d that morning—ag« s ago! I A scant hundred feet further on. at the very loot of the bluff that arched a slightly concave face above It. lay a rowboat, bottom up. scre-ned by a lA-.-e boulder Hope palpitant In his bosom, leaping and dying like a can die in the wind, he hastened to It. heat over, hands beneath the thwart, and stood It on its side. A low cry Of drsappo c’ment sighed out from his Ups He let the boat fall back to its orvgtnai position There were neither oars nor row 1 to*pair blackened the sky for him. Ur swung about mechanically. In a daze of frustrated hope, and started hack, plodding heavily as with weight ed feet. Fifty yards away from the boat, a resounding crash behind him brought him to the about face with a start. Whether by accident of nature or human design a portion of the over hanging bluff, just a! its verge, had given way. precipitating upon the boat, in a cloud of pebbles, earth and dust, a rock several hundred pounds in weight; one entire side ot the dory had been crushed in. Coast's gaze ranged upward. Along the edge of the bluff nothing moved. He listened intently. Not a sound V pale smile edged his troubled 1 ps. “Check'“ he said: and with a shrug resumed the backward way. I nheeded at h;s h.-els the blind dog dragged, muzzle and tail adroop. utter ing now and them a woeful whine so tair.t tha* it seemed hardly more than a s eh. ... CHAPTER XVIII. Ev* cing wis advancing in utter aim when C .ast regained the beach bef ’re the d« .-er*ed village. The wind had died away to n:e~e vagrant br*’a-hs. bare’y strong enough to darken tha* dully polished, unquiet floor of water, widening in loneliness from those desolate. fog-bound shores. Pausing beside the beached catboat Cot.st s*ared hungrily at the little ves sel !T shore, gon.ly swinging at its steaclly toward the northern sane spit. A moment or two later he ar rived at the water's edge, and while Coast stared half stupefied, slotted and stripped to his linen drawers, then took to the water, wading out until he lost footing, then swimming with long, powerful, overhand strokes, straight off for the eattoat. Watching the round, shaven poll with its coiled pigtail cut swiftly throught the glimmering silvery sheet of water. Coast lost himself in anxious speculation until recalled by a quick movement of the dog at his side, ae j companied by a deep-throated growl. 1 He wheeled then to discover Black stock close upon them, his burly body swaying heavily as he came on at & moderate pace. A second growl, that more resem bled an angry roar, brought the man ! to a standstill, with a hand moving nervously toward the side pocket of his coat, in which a firearm sagged visibly. . “If you're on speaking terms with that brute.” said the man brusquely. ' "call him off before I take a pot-shot i at him.” “Keep your hand clear of that pock et." said Coast sharply, advancing, "or I'll take a chance at you myself." “You?” Blackstock's thick Ups i curved, contemptuous. "Take your ' chance, by all means, with that silly, worm-eaten tiller, if you've got the nerve; but call off that dog. or 1'U shoot him dead. I want a little talk with you.” Coast, without ceasing to watch the i man. for fear of treachery, had stepped to the dog's side and caught his fingers in an aged and weather worn strap round its throat, before he appreciated the full significance of : Blackstock's words. Then his jaw dropped and his eyes widened. "What!” he cried, astounded. His * gaze was keen upon the plump, dark, brutish face that leered at him; he saw its small eyes no longer dull and fixed, but twinkling with an evil, imp ish glitter. The dim suspicion that I Wanted to Think. mooring. How to reach her. how make us? ol her !f needs must? . . He shook his head in doubt, strong ly a>« d row that he would set loot •it on h r dr rk- only through exercise f force His h< ;.ec reverted now- to Apple as the Ig't resort. Without the rr :n and 'he Kche—or some oth er boat—he v.as powerless, a figure for 'he mirth of his enemies \t his feet the biind dog crouched, motionless as stone, seeming to search tr.fir.t'e v.ith the unwinking stare of its dead, colorless eyes. . . . Abrupt!? a sound of pelting feet t:an-formed the scene. The blind dog !::ted up wi’h a jump and faced round, growls, rumbling in its throat. Coast •urred. startled and apprehensive. Down the way to the beach Chang > as running at a curious, outlandish g trot, head low between his broad, gaunt shoulder*. Apparently he was h- adicg directly for Coast. With a little thrill of fear the Amer !• an glanced round for some means of tending himself. He had no doubt •hat 'he Chinaman had been comntis sione d to dispose of him even as poor Power had been done away with. In a sudden flush of anger he laid hold of the first thing that caught his eye— which happened to be the half rotted •lller of the catboat. a heavy and formidable club if it did not break with the initial blow—and moved a face or two forward, holding blmself in a position of defence. Hut within a hundred yards the Chi unman swerved widely, then held on more than once he had rejected from his thoughts as extravagant and idle, was suddenly resolved into conviction. "So." he said slowly, "you do see. alt er all!" / “The discovery.” said Blackstock with a ponderous affectation of mor dant wit. “does credit to your perspi cuity. I congratulate you on malting it—when I chose to let you." For a moment occupied with re straining the dog. which seemed half mad with desire to fly at B’ackstock's throat. Coast made no reply. In the light of this revelation the situation was taking on a new and fairly terri fying complexion. "Of the two of us. I must say you've been the blindest." Blackstock con tinued in a manner of bitting irony that seemed to amuse him. "1 won dered from the first how long you’d take to find me out. Kate, of course. I'm accustomed to; I've had her hyp notized so long that she never dreams of questioning the matter, no matter how barefaced 1 am. But you—Lord! I thought you'd show more discrimina tion!" He chuckled grimly, resting an elbow on the side of the careened boat. "You. the knight-errant!” he jeered. "Blind as a bat! Good Lord!" Coast spoke to the dog and succeed ed in quieting it temporarily. "You've been faking all along?" he asked without visible resentment. "Ever since you showed up in court with those smoked glasses?" He was talking more than for any better reason, to gain time to readjust his view point. (TO BE CONTINUED.) All About the Swordfish It I* Born in the Mediterranean and Americans Have Learned It Is Delicate Food. The swordfish has arrived. We have called attention hitherto to the state ment of naturalists that these fish are never found small and young on our Atlantic coast They are born across the seas in the Mediterranean. When they begin to feel the spirit of adven ture they start over for a summer along the North Atlantic shore. Here they spend the season, and, if they are not taken to market, they disap pear again when the water cools and off they go. They are taken by har poon. It is their custom to lie on the surface of the ocean, their great back fins swaying in the air. Ap parently they sleep. But nobody would call them sleepy after the harpoon hits in. A considerable line is attach ed to a barrel at one end and harpoon at the other. The fish is struck and then over goes the line, barrel, and the whole outSt. The fish sets off madly, but after a time tires and in a dory the fisherman draws up to him, sticks aim with & knife, much as a pig is dealt with in the farm, the ocean reds for a space about the boat, and then several hundred pounds of fish are hauled on board the larger craft. Last year swordfish were scarce and the fishermen got as high as 15 cents a pound. This year the Boston mar ket is giving the princely sum of four cents a pound. Of late years New York has taken to eating swordfish, but for a long time the meat was un salable there and New England did all the eating. Few fish furnish a more delicate food. mps mm off Titanic Is Literally Disemboweled by Submerged Floe Whi'e Speeding. PLACID SEA HIDES DEATH Little Shock U Felt Whert Vessel Strikes—Passengers for Half an Hour Believe Damage Is Slight —Pathetic Stories of Sur vivors. New York. April 19.—It was tfce sub merged spur of an iceberg of ordi nary propornons that sent the White i Star liner Titanic more than two miles to the bottom of the Atlantic off the banks of Newfoundland. The vessel was steaming almost full tilt through a gently sweiling sea and under a star lit sky. in charge of First Officer Mur dock. who a moment after the colli sion surrendered the command to Cap tain Smith, who went down with his beat. The lifeboats that were launched were nor tilled to their capacity The general feeiing aboard the ship was. even after the boats had left its sides, that the vessel would survive its wound, and the passengers who were left aboard believed almost up to the ■ last moment that they had a chance for their i:\es. The captain and officers behaved with the utmost gallantry and there was perfect order and discipline in the launching of the boats and after ail hope had b- < n abandoned for the salvation of the ship for those who were on board. Just before it went down the Ti tanic broke its hack. Plac'd Sea Hides Death. 1 he great liner was plunging through a comparatively piaeid sea on the surface of which there was much mushy ice and here and there a number of comparatively harmless looking does The night was clear and stars visible. Chief Officer Mur dock was in charge of the bridge. The first in'imation of the presence Of the iceberg that he received was from the lookout in the crow s nest. They were so close upon the berg at this moment that it was practically Impossible to avoid a collision with it. The first officer did what other un startled and alert commanders would have done under similar circum stances—that is. he made an effort by going full speed ahead on his star board propeller and reversing his port propeller, simultaneously throwing his helm over, to make a rapid turn and clear the berg. Rips 3cttom Open. These maneuvers were not success ful. He succeeded in preventing his bow from crashing into the ice cliff, but nearly the entire length of the great ship on the starboard side was ripped. The speed of the Titanic, estimated to be at least twenty-one knots, was so terrific that the knifelike edge of the iceberg's spur protruding under the sea cut through her like a can opener. The shock was almost impercept ible. The first officer did not appar ently realize that the great ship had received its death wound and none of the passengers it is believed had the slightest suspicion that anything more than a usual minor accident had hap pened. Hundreds who had gone to their berths and were asleep were not awakened by the vibration. Return to Card Game. To illustrate the placidity with which practically all the men re garded the accident it is related that four who were in the smoking room playing bridge calmly got up from the table, and. after walking on deck and looking over the rail, returned to their game. One of them had left his cigar on the card table, and while the three others were gazing out on the sea he remarked that he couldn't afford to lose his smoke, returned for his cigar, and came out again. The four remained only for a few moments on deck. They resumed their game under the impression that the ship had stopped for reasons best known to the,commander and not in volving any danger to her. The ten dency of the whole ship's company ex cept the men in the engine depart ment. who were made aware of the danger by the inrushing water, was to make light of it and in some instances even to ridicule the thought of danger to so substantial a fabric. Slow to Realize Peril. Within a few minutes stewards and other members of the crew were sect round to arouse the people. Some ut terly refused to get up. The stewards had almost to force the doors of the staterooms to make the somnolent ap preciate their peril. Mr. and Mrs. Astor were in their room and saw the ice vision flash by. They had not appreciably felt the gen tle shock and supposed then nothing out of the ordinary had happened. They were both dressed and catne on deck leisurely. It was not until the ship began to take a heavy list to starboard that a tremor of fear pervaded it. Launch Boats Safely. The crew had been called to clear away the lifeboats, of which there were twenty, four of which were col lapsible. The boats that were lowered on the port side of the ship touched the water without capsizing. Some of the others lowered to starboard, in cluding one collapsible, were capsized. All hands on the collapsible boats that practically went to pieces were res cued by the other boats. Sixteen boats in all got away safely. It was even then the general impres sion that the ship was alright and there is no doubt that that was the belief of even some of the officers. At the lowering of the boats the offi cers superintending it were armed with revolvers, but there was no ne cessity for using them as there was nothing in the .nature of a panic and no man made an effort to get into a boat while the women and children wen? being put aboard. Begin to Jump Into Sea. As the ship began to settle to star board. heeling at an angle of nearly forty-five degrees, those who had be lieved it was all right to stick by the ship began to have doubt and a few jumped into ih^ sea. These were fol lowed immediately by others and in a few minutes there were scores swim ming around. Nearly all of them wore life preservers. One man who had a Pomeranian dog leaped overboard with it and strik ing a piece of wreckage was badly stunned. He recovered after a few minutes and swam toward one of the lifeboats and was taken aboard. Most of the men w ho were aboard the Car pathia, barring the members of the crew who had manned the boats, had jumped into the sea as the Titanic was settling. Ship Breaks in Two. Under instructions from officers and men in charge the lifeboats were rowed a considerable distance from the ship itself in order to get away from the possible suction that would follow the foundering. The marvelous thing about the disappearance was so little suction as to be hardly appre ciable from the point where the boats were floating. There was ample time to launch all boats before the Titanic went down, as it was two hours and twenty min utes afloat. So confident were all hands that it had not sustained a mortal wound that it was not until 12:15 a. rn.. or thirty-five minutes after the berg was encountered, that the boats were low ered. Hundreds of the crew and a large majority of the officers, includ ing Captain Smith, stuck to the ship to the last. It was evident after there were sev eral explosions, which doubtless were the boilers blowing up, that it bad but a few minutes more of life. The ship broke in half amidship and almost simultaneously the after half and the forward half sank, the for ward half vanishing bow first and the other half stern first. Sinks With Little Flurry. The sinking ship made much less commotion than the horrified watch ers in the lifeboats had expected. They were close enough to the broken vessel to see clearly the most grew sonie details of the foundering. All the spectators agree that the shat tered sections of the ship went down so quietly as to excite wonder. Some of the rescued were scantily clad and suffered exceedingly from the cold, but the majority of them were prepared for the emergency. In the darkness aboard the ship that came shortly after the collision it was impossible for those in the boats to distinguish the identity of any of the persons who leaped into the sea. It is believed that nearly all cabin passen gers who had not gone overboard im mediately after the boats were launched vanished with the officers and crew. Had Time to Dress. Some of the stewards who formed part of the lifeboat crew say that aft er the ship hit the berg the majority of the cabin passengers went back to their staterooms and that it was nec essary to rout them out and in some instances force life preservers upon them. All agree that the engines of the ship were stopped immediately after she had made the ineffectual tarn to clear the berg. The lifeboats' crew were made up of stewards, stokers, coal trimmers and ordinary seamen. It is said that the davits were equipped with a new con trivance for the swift launching of the boats, out that the machinery was so complicated and the men so unfamil iar with it that they had trouble in managing it. Describes Death of Butt. Among the first of the passengers to leave the pier were Washington Dodge, his wife, and his seven-year aid son. whose large eyes shone with excitement from beneath the rolls of white mulfers that bound him from head to foot. A camera man set off a flashlight directly in front of the party, but It only seemed to please the little boy. He shouted with Joy. Mr. Dodge said he estimated that the time the ship sank was 12:13 a. m. He said the last man he saw was Archibald Butt. wh6 was standing stiff anu erect on the deck. Mr. Dodge was asked if he heard any shots. He replied “Yes." “Suicide?" asked a reporter. “1 am afraid so." said Mr. Dodge. First Woman in Lifeboats. Mrs. Dickinson Bishop of Detroit said: “I was the first woman in the first boat. I was in the boat four hours be fore being picked up by the Carpathia. I was in bed at the time the crash came, got up and dressed and went i back to bed. being assured there was ' no danger. There were very few pas : sengers on the deck when I reached ’.here. There was little or no panic, and the discipline of the Titanic's crew was perfect. Thank God my hus band was saved also." Story by Swedish Officer. IJeut. Hakan Bjornsrion Steffanson i of the Swedish army, who was Jour neying to this country on the Titanic to see about the exportation of pulp to Sweden, narrowly escaped being carried down in the sinking ship when he leaped out from a lower deck to a ^lifeboat that was being lowered past him. Henry Woolner of London also made the leap in safety. Lieutenant Steffanson thinks he made the last boat to leave the ship and was only about a hundred yards away when it ' went down with a sudden lurch. The lieutenant told hfs story as he !ay in bed at the Hotel Gotham, utterly worn out by the strain he had been under despite his six feel of muscle. It was also the first time he had discarded the dress suit he had worn since the shock of collision startled him from his chair in the cafe where lie and Mr. Woolner were talking. “It was not a severe shock." said the lieutenant. “It did not throw any one from his scat; rather it was a twisting motion that shook the boat terribly. Most of the women were in bed We ran up to the smoking room, where most of the men were rushing about trying to find out what was the matter, but there was a singular al> sence of apprehension, probably be cause we believed so thoroughly in the massive hulk in which we were traveling. Sought to Calm Women. “We helped to calm some of the j women and advised them to dress and then set about getting them in boats. There seemed to be really no reason tor it, but it was done because it was i the safest thing to do. "The men went about their task i quietly. Why should they have done , otherwise—the shock was so slight to cause much ruin. Mr. Woolaer and I then went to a lower outside deck. It was deserted, but as we wished to find out what had happened we went down a deck lower. Then for the first time aid we realize the seriousness of that twisting which had rent the ship near ly asunder. We saw the water pour ing into the hull and where we finally stood w ater rose to our knees. "Woolner and I decided to get out as quickly as we could and as we turned to rush upward we saw slid ing down the port side of the drown ing ship a collapsible lifeboat. Most of those It contained were from the steerage, but two of the women were from the first cabin. It was in charge of two sailors. Jump Into Swaying Boat. “ ‘Let's not take any chances,' I shouted to Woolner, and as it came nearly opposite us. swinging in and out slowly, we jumped and fortunately landed in it. The boat teetered a bit and then swiftly shot down to the wa ter. Woolner and I took oars and started to pull with all our might to get from the ship before she sank, for now there was little doubt of what would happen. "We had hardly reached a point a hundred yards away—and I believe ! the boat I was in was the last to get ; safely away—when the horrible screams came through the night and the ship plunged swiftly down. It was so terribly sudden, and then there was a vast quiet, during which we shiv ered over the oars and the women cried hysterically. Some of them tried to jump overboard and we had to struggle in the shaky boat to hold them until they quieted down. Victims Float to Surface. "There was little widespread sue- ; tion from the sinking ship, strange to say, and shortly after it went down people came to the surface, some of them struggling and fighting to re main afloat, and some were very still. But they all sank before we could reach them. "It was bitterly cold and most of us were partly wet. It seemed hours be fore the Carpathia came up and took us aboard. Why. it was so cold that on board the Titanic we had been drinking hot drinks as if it were win- ; ter. The weather was absolutely j clear, there was not the slightest fog j or mist.” SCORES ABUSE OF WIRELESS America Is Blamed for Letting Ama teurs Interfere in Transmission of Messages. London, April 19.—Maj. Floyd Page. , referring to the Titanic disaster at the annual meeting of the Lon Jon cham ber of commerce, was bitter on the subject of the wireless chaos in con nection with the catastrophe. “As the first representative who ever sat upon the council in connec tion with wireless telegraphy,” he said, “I would like to say that we are all dissatisfied with what has taken place on the other side of the Atlantic in reference to communications concern ing that great disaster. Such & thing could not happen in England. '“the United States is the only country in the world where the tele graphs do not belong to the govern ment. and unfortunately it has be come the fashion in that country to permit amateur wireless operators. When we read that marconlgrams can i be tapped we must remember that the United States is the only country in ! which that can be done." Major Page thought that if common prudence had been shown with the warnings available, the Titanic could have gone south and escaped all dan ger of ice. FIND 12 DEAD ON LIFE RAFT Rescuers Take Off Survivors—Float ing Bodies Seen in Large Numbers. Xew York. April 19.—Simon Senecal. a Montreal merchant, who was a pas senger on the Carpaihia. said that after his vessel had rescued boat loads of women a life raft on which were about 24 persons was seen. "One-half of these were dead,” said Mr. Senecal. “One of the Carpathla's boats went to the raft and took off the living, leaving the dead. The water was thick with bodies. The crew of the Carpathia in their work of rescue came across numerous bodies floating in the water. **I know of seven instances of per sons who had been rescued dying on board the Carpathia and being buried at sea.’* CAPTAIN'S WIDOW STRICKEN Bereaved Woman Sends Message of Sympathy to Fellow Sufferers From the Titanic Disaster. Southampton, April 19.—The widow of Captain Smith, who went down with the Titanic, is delirious. She continually mutters. "‘The Olympic’s all right," and seems quite oblivious of the Titanic. Yesterday she Vfote a pathetic mes sage, which was posted today outside of the White Star offices. It reads as follows: " To My Poor Fellow Sufferers: My heart overflows with grief for you all and is laden with sorrow that you are weighed down with this terrible bur den that has been thrust upon us. May God be with us and comfort us all “Yours In deep sympathy, “ELEANOR SMITH. ‘■Etery Hcture Tells a Story"1 BAD BACKS DO MAKE WORK HARD Backaclie makes the daily toil, for thousands, an agony hard to endure. Many of these poor sufferers have kidnev trouble ana don’t know it. swollen, aching kidneys usually go i hand in hand a ith irregular kidney action, headache, dizziness, nervous ness and despondency. Just try a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills, the best-recommended special kidney remedy. This good medicine has cured thousands. HERE’S A TYPICAL CASE— Henry J. White, 416 X. 3rd St., Ft. Smith, Ark., says: *■ I suffered every thing but death from terrible kidney trouble. I had awful headaches and dizzy spells, urine scalded and my back ached ciinstantly. Doan's Kidney Pills cured me completely and I have had no sign of kidney trouble since.” - Get Doan’s at any Drag Store, 50c. a Box DOAN’S PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM 2M tad, beautifies the _ —_ -frowth. _ I Iff ever Tails to Bestore Orayi 1 Hair to its Yoat&ful Color. 1 | Prevents fcair fail ins. | THENEW FRENCH REMEDY.Ko.|,No.2>3. TUCTD A Dl UsetiinFrem-h I II b R M r I VII Hospitals with great success, cures kidney, bladder diseases, PILEi*. CHRONIC ULCERS. SKIN ERUPTIONS—EITHERSKX Seel liHrw *nv*l«c* f«r FREE booklet to DR. LK CLFKC RED. CO.. HAVESSTOCK RD.. HAMPSTEAD, LONDON. ENG TWnMPCOW C ©oi*Wy wHptm I 1 nUIrl I OUll O weak, inflamr-de• >•*. rCyC U/lTCD^'J-'T.'Wherelio. bib YT A I C f| Itonklet free JOHN L. THOMPSON NO>s4CO. Troy. N'. ¥• The more birthdays a woman has the less she has to say about them. ITeai.h is the fashion. Take Garfield Tea. the h-rb laxative a hu h purifies the blood and brings good health. A woman is so used to pinning things that she can't understand why a man should make so much fuss about a missing button. Not Needed There. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley was asked the other day if he had heard anythin? about the recent invention which gives to new wine all the properties of old wine. “Xo, I haven't.” Doctor Wiley re plied. Then, with a smile, he added: “But, by Jove, I attended a musical . comedy performance the other night which certainly must have been treat ed with that invention.” Logical Millinery. “People say there is no reason, no logic, in Easter millinery. What a falsehood." The speaker was George Ade. He continued (the occasion was an after theater supper in Chicago): "Hats, whether Easter or otherwise, are full of logic, full of reason. A little boy said to his father one day: “ ‘What's a wide-awake hat, pa?' “That father logically and reason ably replied: “ ‘A wide-awake hat, my son, is. of course, one without a nap.’ ” Bad Teeth Go With Good Brains. An English scientist lias pointed out that there are signs of a steady de generacy in two sets of organs vital to the wellbeing of the human race, and the fall is most marked among the western nltions. The evidence is that, coincident with the mental ad vance of man, there has been a dimi nution in the provision of teeth. In the ape. the negro, and the white man. brain and teeth are inversely proportional to efficiency. Increase of cunning has reduced the work of the teeth, and the demand of the brain for blood has starved the former; dis orders of digestion show that the bal ance is unsatisfactory. THANKSGIVING PSALM A Rhythmical and Grateful Chant A teacher in a Terre Haute public school joins in the chorus: "Teaching is a business which re quires a great deal of brain and nerve force. Unless this force is renewed as fast as expended the teacher is ex hausted before the close of the year. Many resort to stimulating tonics for relief. "For 3 years I struggled against al most complete exhaustion, getting what relief I could from doctors’ ton ics. Then in the spring of 1903 1 had an attack of la grippe and ma laria which left me too weak to con tinue my work. Medicine failed to give me any relief, a change of cli mate failed. I thought I should never be able to go back in school again. "1 ate enough food (the ordinary meats—white bread, vegetables, etc.), but was hungry after meals. “I happened at this time to read an article giving the experience of an other teacher w ho had been helped by Grape-Nuts food. 1 decided to try Grape-Nuts and cream, as an experi ment. It was a delightful experience, and continues so after a year and a half of constant use. "First, 1 noticed that I was not hungry after meals. "In a few days that tired feeling left me, and I felt fresh and bright, in stead of dull and sleepy. “In three months, more than my usual strength returned, and I had gained 15 pounds in weight. “I finished the year’s work without any kind of tonics—was not absent from duty even half a day. “Am still in best of health, with all who know me wondering at the im provement. “I tell them all Try Grape-Nuts!’* Name given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. “There’s a reason.” KTTr rrm* the above letter! A new °** apaeoro (roat time to time. They are «enlae, tree, tail of kuna