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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, EJHor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
T. B. COODWJN, Gcn’l Mgr.
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There arc no butterfllee in London,
the cabio dispatches say. Just wait
till the ‘‘season" Is on.
Italy has 3,000 murders yearly, and
(till enough blood-thirsty clticens to
(pare some for America.
Lillian Russell's goods sold for a
mere song, according to a newspaper
account of the recent sale. Well,
that's about what sho paid for them.
William Rockefeller has started a
rhlcken farm, and his hens won't lay.
lie would succeed better with the
species of fowl that lays a golden egg.
Tho heiresses who elope with poor
young men. Instead of marrying
countB, are doubtless very reckless,
but somehow we love 'em best
A New York girl married a man
over the long distance telephone and
now she wants a divorce. Got the
"wrong number,” as usual.
• It is claimed that Missouri turn*
out more corn-cob pipes than any
state In the union. Don't blame Mis
souri to turn them out!
Statistics.gotten up by a magazine
writer shows that there are 200,000
homes In tho United Status .without
children—and goodness knows how
many apartment bouses.
, A Kansas man tried to get permis
sion to carry a gun because his
mothor-ln-law waa going to visit him.
This Is no Joke. Wo would scorn so
stale a subject ...
The great Socialist leader from Ger
many who is coming to lecture In
America will (peak In hie native
tongue. It may bappeu that a confu
sion of tongues will mar the tour of
Blbel.
The Columbia University School of
Architecture has opened Its doors to
women, and consequently te crowded
to the limit. When the women all be
come architects, who's going to make
the home?
1 It Is now claimed that It costs
125,000 to rear the average boy to
manhood. And even' at those' figures
one has no assurance that the boy
won't turn out to be- a defaulting bank-
cashier.
A lynx-eyed art -critic has discov
ered that some of the statues of great
men which adorn the parks In Wash
ington are crooked. Now let the
lynx-eyed art critic take a look at
some of the great men who adorn the
halls of the capitol.
This year's corn crop will be over
thirty bushels for every man, woman
and child In the United States. But
it is safe to aay that the usual distri
bution of one man’s bins being filled
to overflowing, while another gets
only the busks, will still be main
tained.
If the agitators who think Teddy
Bears are productive of race suicide
in that they take the place of dolls
that formerly aroused the mother In-
•'lnct In the hearts of little girls,
won't there be a lot of women leading
pot poodles by a string Instead of run-
i. g baby carriage* after awhile?
GIVE THE PEOPLE THE PARK, GENTLEMEN OF COUNCIL
Atlanta la cither to be a city or a country town.
And no one thing will better mark this difference tli’an the wise pro
vision which Is made for the future In public parka. New York, right
In Its throbbing heart of commerce, has Madison Square Garden of
fifty acres, worth over one hundred thousand dollara a front foot, which
Is given up to a breathing place and play-ground for the children, and
the man would be deemed a traitor to civilization and humanity who
would suggest Its diversion to commercial purposes. Scarcely a half-
mile away there Is Union Square, another park of nearly almllar size,
given up to tho same noble end, while all over that great city land of
fabulous value le cheerfully conceded by the great metropolis to the
health and pleasure of Its people.
Atlanta must catch this spirit and put It Into execution. The mayor
has very wisely urged In his message that Marietta Street school, which
It has been agreed to remove from Its present location, should be utilized
for a public park for the people In that crowded section of tho city. The
little children and the tired mothers among the working people need it
more than they need anything else that the beneficent^ of municipal
government could put there.
And The Georgian sincerely trusts that the City council will consider
this matter In the wise and progressive light of city men and not of
country legislators, and that no argument (or It shall be disregarded,
and that no consideration less than the happiness of the people shall
permit them to turn down this proposition.
By all means, let the Marietta street section consecrate this space
for breathing and health to the children and women and men who live
there.
AN APPEAL TO THE LEADERS OF REFORM.
Seriously, and without any disrespect to any friend or contemporary,
we fall to understand the attitude of certain public men and prominent
newspapers toward Governor Smith, the railroad commission and the
present reform administration.
A very distinguished gentleman who has our highest esteem Is In
sistent upon the policy of summoning an extra session of the legisla
ture. His views, as his views always do, come strongly and effective
ly, and will carry conylction to many minds. No one can question the
honesty of his belief that an extra session Is the duty and the policy
of the present administration.
For reasons which should be equally respeoted, Governor Smith has
seen best up to the present time not to call an extra session of the legis
lature.
It may be assumed that the governor baa good and sufficient reasons
for this policy. Certainly no man In Georgia has more at stake In the
fulfillment of the promises of reform made In the last campaign than the
governor who led the fight. Certainly no man In Georgia could be cred
ited with a more sincere desire to utilize. If necessary, every agency and
opportunity to frame these campaign pledges Into statute law. And for
these reasons no sane reformer can fall to respect the reasons, when
the governor sees fit to give them, which have caused him to decline
the extra session.
Now this difference between these eminent gentlemen—the one the
responsible cblof executive ot the state and the other an eminent pub
licist, who was one of his most loyal friends—should not antagonize
these men and should by no means serve to bring about any break or
wrangle In the solid and harmonious ranks ot the reformers who have
fought and won the most majestic victory In the later history ot this
commonwealth.
Nor do we think that It Is either good policy or solid patriotism
that this difference In tho ranks of tho reform movement should be
aired In the public prints and fulminated In public declarations on either
side.
The fact that this has been done and Is being done will necessarily
do much to demoralize the ranks of tho reform element, and to cheat
them of that success upon which the relief of the people depends.
Statesmen of Infinitely smaller magnitude than these should realize
that open and public wrangle between leaders over these mere questions
of policy give Infinite comfort and courage to those who are fighting
them. They convey the Impression to the outside public that reform Is
In vital danger because of the division among Its friends. They encour
age the opposition to fight with redoubled vigor to redeem lost ground
and to return tho people to tho condition from which they were res
cued by the last election. •
Indeed there are those, and they are many, who believe that this di
vision between the. leaders of the party has been cunningly developed
and Is now 1>elng carefully fostered by some of the arch enemies of re
form who have fought It from the beginning with energy and conspicu
ous ability.
We appeal most earnestly to theso distinguished men occupying
theso responsible and Important positions that they should discuss and
decide these divisions among themselves, and that no controversy should
be allowed to convey to the public the damaging suggestion ot differ
ence and division among the ranks of the people's friends and cham
pions. It Is a policy of utter and almost criminal folly to do this.
And as one who has fought sincerely and earnestly tor the reforms
which are now In process of completion, we earnestly repeat the plea that
our leaders shall be discreet ,!n the utterances of their division and that
they shall remember so fully the high mission of reform that whea they
can not agree, they will be wise and great enough and tolerant enough
to "agree to disagree” and to compromise some ot their own opinions to
the safety of the great common end that they have In view.
This Is certainly no time for Intolerance and wrangle among the
leaders of reform. God knows the battle has been long enough and
hard enough and the victory too dearly bought to be forfeited to pride
of opinion and difference* In mere method of accomplishing the great
end of Reform.
At this period tolerance Is a virtue and wrangle Is a crime against
the people.
A MIGHTY MODERN MOVEMENT.
One of the tremendou* movements ot modern times Is the organiza
tion ot great and distinguished American* who have banded themselves
together under the title of the “Committee ot One Hundred," appointed
by Section I ot the American Association for the Advancement ot Sci
ence In the Federal Regulation of Public Health.
It Is the most vital physical movement of the century. Inspired by
the enormous Increase ot germ diseases from the development ot our
later day civilization. The growth ot population, the multiplication of
germs, the Infection of rivers, the awful etrldee of tuberculosis, have
alarmed the world, and thoughtful men have cause In serious gravity to
realize that the energy and wisdom of the race must unite to fight the
conditions which aro menacing and world-destroying In their Increase
and magnitude.
This. "Committee of One Hundred” Includes most of the great names
of the republic, from the president through Lyman Abbott, Jane Addams,
Daniel Gilman, Archbishop Ireland. President Eliot down through the
list ot active and militant minds in the country, and the evidences are
gratifying that Interest Is becoming transcendent In the Issues which
are Involved. i
The committee Is preparing to memorialise the next congress for
attention to these great dangers In the order of the|r Imminence, and is
now canvassing the judgments ot Its members, as to which of the fol
lowing questions presents the most Imperative demand for attention,
and commands the widest popular approbation In justifying a marked
Increase In the Federal regulation of public health:
(a) The facts that the Ohio river represents a thousand miles of
typhoid fever, and the Hudson river a cloaca maxima from Albany to
the sea; the prevalence of death among millions, arising from the pollu
tion of drinking water and of Ice. and the rapid increase of pollution of
our rivers, the boundary lines between states, which only Federal regu
lation can control; or.
(b) The facts, tbst out of 80,000,000 ot our people, 8,000,000 must
perish from tuberculosis, the white scourge, which with proper regula
tion enforced by the Federal power can be exterminated as completely
as the once dreaded smallpox; and that the uniform enforcement of
national health regulations In all stateB .Is absolutely Imperative, be
cause Infected persons travel from stat* to state spreading the dis
ease; or.
(c) The facts, that the bubonic plague has gained such a foothold
In California that national aid was asked; that the plague has behind It
a history ot devastation more terrible than human words can portray,
and ebtnild it once gain a foothold In a crowded metropolis, and spo
radic cases begin to develop, this disease will cost more In life and
effort than the adequate appropriationa for a great national organization
mrnsnAT, October it, iwt.
of health operating over, the period of a generation. Only by extend
ing tho national quarantine can other states be protected against lax
ity In'the enforcement of health regulations by a single recalcitrant
Bt&to; or, f
(d) The facts, that the' milk supplies of cities are often drawn
from adjoining states over which state control Is difficult to maintain;
and that infant mortality varies directly with the purity of the milk
supply; or. *
(e) The facts, that tho public have no means of obtaining reliable
health Information, and the thousand questions which anxious fathers
and mothers ask themselves go unanswered simply because there Is no
office at Washington equipped for the purpose. If strawberries wilt In
New Jersey or Iambs (all sick In Arizona the Department of Agriculture
gives elaborate instructions as to what should be done. But two mil
lions of human beings die each year—a large fraction, and literally be
cause they can not find out how to live.
This Is a national movement that will doubtless become a world
movement. It affects the health, the happiness, and the very life of
every man, woman and child In the country, and It Is a matter of Indi
vidual and universal rejoicing that the great men of tho republic are
awake and astir for resistance to the perils that threaten every home
In America.
No question more important than this has'come before the people.
No newspaper can do a better thing than to give It prominence and In
dorsement.
And the people should rally In the power and might of public opinion
to press upon congress the great duty of liberal and fearless co-opera
tion.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here recorda each day
some economic fact In reference to
the onward progress of the Booth.
BY
J08EPH B. LIVELY
Preparations are being pushed by the Anchor Block Mill Company, which has
engaged property In Lonsdale, Tenn., for the purpose of mnnufacturlug shuttle-
cocks, for the use of cotton and woolen mills, from dogwood and persimmon. The
building, which they hare obtained from John Oberne, Is two stories high, 36x100
feet. A fonr-yenr lease has iM»en taken, and It Is believed that In the next three
weeks they will bo dally manufacturing a carload of shuttlecocks. They will have
another building to use Immediately for drying purposes aud expect In the spring
to erect a thlrtl structure, to be used as a dry house.
The new mill of the Seminole Manufacturing Com,
rapidly nearing completion. They hope to start cott
few weeks. Tne plau Is up to date In every particular. The public Is cordially In
vited to visit Clearwater and Inspect the new mill and village. Overseers will take
pleasure In showing all parties through and explaining everything.
The Sylacauga Cotton Mills, with capital of 135,000, has been Incorporated by
the probate Judge of Talladega couuty, Alabama, and reported to the secretary of
state. It Is given out the business of the plant will be to manufacture and sell
cotton yarns, cloths, goods and fabrics and to carry on a mercantile business. J.
W. Brown and many others make up the Incorporators.
A charter has been granted to the Whitehead Hosiery Mills of Burlington, N.
C., to buy and sell or manufacture and sell hosiery, knit goods, etc. The capital
stock authorised is $100,000, with $10,000 subscribed. The Incorporators aro Messrs.
It. II. Whitehead, 8. M. Hernaday, W. P. Ireland, L. C. Chrlsman and J. W. Mur
ray.
The Wahoo Manufacturing Company Is rebulldlngtts cotton mill at Charlotte.
N. C.. to replace one consumed by lire last spring. The mill will have about 8,000
spindles, with full equipment of other raschlnory, and will spin coarso yarns only.
II. C. Aruall, of Nownati, is president of the company.
T. W. Boyle and associates will build a $150,000 cotton mill at Greelsyvtlle, 8. C.
J. E. Tlerrlne, of Greenville, is the architect and engineer In charge. The plant
will bo equipped with 10,000 spindles and a complement of looms.
People and Things
Gossip From the Hotels and the
8treet Corners.
Lieutenant I. E. Bass, U. S. Navy,
In charge of the Chattanooga recruit
ing district, arrived In Atlanta Wed
nesday morning on his weekly visit to
the Atlanta office. Lieutenant Bass
Is accompanied by Surgeon J. M.
Moore, U. S. Navy, who Is tho ex
amining surgeon for this district.
pnny, returned to bis ot
and Gas building Tuesday morning, after
an Hines* of two weeks at hJs home, in
Ponce DeLeon avenue. Mr. Brine had nu
attack of bilious fever, aud at tlmea suf
fered a temperature-of 5 degrees. The of
fice force gave their chief a cordial wel-
come upon nls recovery and return to Duel-
ness. He Is one of the most popular offi
cials of tho two companion.
Captain Wiley Williams, chief of police
.A Columbus, candidate for prison commis
sioner, and one of the most popular and
bm known men in Georgia, waa In town
Wednesday shaking hands snd talking poli
tics.
Wiley Williams Is probably better known
ignout the United States among po-
offlcluls than must Southern chiefs of
throui
lice o_ _ ..
police. For years ho lias held the office,
aud he always tukes s prominent purt In
the convention of police chiefs.
“Things look good to me.” said Captain
lllams, "and 1 am confident of winning
..A at the polls for prlton commissioner.
I am getting favorable reports from every
section of the state.”
Captain Williams Is an old newspaper
msu and printer, and carries a uulon card,.
cently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
of hla admission to the bar, passed through
Atlanta Wednesday, en route to Mllledge-
vllle, to attend a quarterly meeting of the
board of trustees of the state sanitarium
Thursday.
A memorial service to the late Dr. T. O.
Powell, for many years superintendent of
the Institution, will also be held Thursday.
Members of the family and friends of Dr.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Orders,
Washington, Oct. 16.-Caj>taln Alfred Has-
hronck, coaat artillery corpa to Washington
hnrmcka gcnernl hospital. Captain Albert
O. Jeuktna. coaat artillery corpa, from sec-
oud, placed on unaaalgnad Mat, artillery
(llatrlct ot New London for duty on etuff.
Lieutenant Colonel Ely l». Hoyle, Sixth
Held nrtlllory, to Fort Slocum, via Jeffer-
aon Barracks and Colnmbua Barracks, to
obtain Information at recruit depot at point.
Cnptnln Arthur L. Fuller, coaat artillery
corpa. to department of California, ua chief
signal officer.
Captain William M. Coulllng, quarter-
mailer, from Philippines, npou arrival of
Captain Henry B. Farrar, qnartermaater nt
Manila, proceed to San Francisco. Lieu
tenant Colonel Egbert B. Sarldge, retired,
recruiting officer Omaha, upon next official
Halt to Grand Island proceed to Blnke,
Nebr., procuring certain evidence necessary
to compteto trial of an enlisted man before
generar court martial at Fort 1 (nutrias.
Captain Wllllim L Weatervelt, ordnnnco de-
artment, rlelt Harvey, Hla., to iuapect ma-
Fim Lieutenant Albert A. King, Eighth
cavalry, detailed for general recruiting aetv-
Ice, proceed to Jefferaou Barracka, to relieve
Second Lieutenant Nelson A. Opndspeed.
Third cavalry, rvbo Is relieved from re
cruiting duty and will proceed to Fort
Clark, effecting transfer of quartermaster,
commissary and ordnance accountability
lucid-"* *- **- * ■
post.
TEACHER8 PAY TRIBUTE
TO MISS NANNIE JONES.
If the toft radiance of a star, whose
tender shining In one accustomed place
had brought us Inspiration and comfort
and help, should bo suddenly removed
beyond our ken of vision, we might
feel something of the tame amazed
sorrowfulness with which those of ua
who knew and loved Miss Nannie Jones
realise now that she has passed forever
from our preeent life.
For sixteen years, with but little In
terruption, the has been In her place in
Fraser Street school, witli wisdom and
patience and conscientious fidelity,
helping the little ones to take their first
steps in path ot knowledge, and Im
pressing upon thslr young minds the
principles ot truth and uprightness.
She brought to her task, not only a
noble Christian character, high Ideals,
refinement, taste and strength to ac
complish, but a wise sympathy and a
merry, genial humor that banished
many a difficult situation (or her little
pupils. She had unusual executive
ability, hidden to a large extent by her
modesty, and so brightly and bravely
did she fulfill her ‘duties In her home,
her schools, with her Sunday school
class snd among her friends, that not
many knew of her capacity for gener
ous self-sacrifice and devotion.
Knowing how she will be missed In
our school nod In her home, where her
life was rounded out Into still greater
usefulness and blessing, we offer the
following:
Resolved, That since by the hand of
death Miss Nannie Jones has been
taken from our mldat. wo express our
sincere and loving appreciation of her
life and character, and of her valuable
and faithful work In our schools.
Resolved, That to the family circle, so
deeply bereaved, we extend our earnest
sympathy.
Resolved, That a copy of these reso
lutions be sent to the family and to the
daily paper*.
MOLLIB STEVENS.
ETHEL MA3SENGALE.
UTRTIS SMITH, Chairman.
Incident to the change of garrison at that
"ait.
Captain Peter C. Karnes, Jr., quartarmaa-
■* 'tom Fort Hamilton, to Han Francisco,
ng Captain Henry B. Fnrrnr, oner,
tormaster. from further duty In the trans
port service.
Navy Orders .
Captain A. Bonnards and Lieutenant
Commander J. C. Leonard, detached naval
war college, Nan-port, home and await or
ders. Lieutenant B. A. Long, detached
Coanectlcut to Hartford. N. D. Wicker-
sham, orders to West Virginia revoked:
eontlnne duty Nebraska. Ensign R. E.
Ingoraoll, detached Connecticut to bureau
of ordnance. Midshipman J. E. Pond de
tached Nebraska to West Virginia.
Movements cf Vessels.
Arrived—October 13, Lebanon nt Toa|i-
klnsvlllo; Colorado at 'San Francisco; Oc
tober It, Newport at navy yard, New
York: Prairie nt Baltimore; Minnesota at
Norfolk; Marietta at Hampton Roads; Gla
cier at nary yard. New York.
Helled—October 13, Colorado from Star*
Island for San Francisco: October It, fneaa
from Cape Cod bay for Boston; October 13,
Chattanooga from Kobo to Nagasaki.
Cincinnati placed out of commission nt
navy yard at Mats Island October 13. Illxle
ordered out of commission navy yard at
League Island.
SCHOOL-TIME LUNCHES.
If th* child goes to school so far
from home that a basket lunch la nec
essary, no lea* care should be taken In
preparing this makeshift for a meal.
It should be put up daintily, the va
rious kinds of food being neatly wrap
ped In oiled paper. To aend a child to
school with a lunch composed of "any
ol(k thing" arranged In a liaphasard
manner Is to Invite all kinds of Ilia to
take possession of the Uttle stomach,
•ays The Delineator for September.
The first thing, of course, la to be
sure that the lunch box or basket la
absolutely clean. Then cut several
pieces of oiled paper. In one you may
put a number of small sandwiches.'
Thinly sliced whole wheat bread with
some sensible filling makes the best
sandwiches, but there should be enougii
of them to assuage the cravings of
hunger. In another packet place some
tasty sweet. Avoid pie assiduously,
but any cuke that Is not too rich, and
that has only a plain Icing, will answer
the purpoee nicely. Fruit, too, should
be added, with some crisp cookies, or
ginger wafers, but do not he tempted
to insert any candy, unless you chance
to have a supply of absolutely purs
maple sugar.
Her III Luck.
"It looks like some people are born
to III luck," sighed the old lady. "Why
do you think aoT' queried the chance,
caller. "Well, tnke myself tor In
stance." said the old lady. “I have
collected nearly 19.000 medical recipes
and pasted them Into a book during the
last fifty years and I have never been
sick a day In my life.”—Chicago Dally
Newa.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
n 0 you recognize the value of good banking con-
^ nections? In every department we are prepar
ed to serve you in a satisfactory manner. Small ac
counts desired as well as large ones. Four per cent
interest paid on savings.
The Last Act of the Drama
"And that Is nil you have to tell me?"
The girl turned around abruptly from the
desk at which she was sitting and started
at the young man.
He did not look np. Really a woman
who had no idea of what duty may tie*
mand of you was unbearable In the long
run.
“We will part, Olga Wasslllewni, because
we must part. Duty demandi something of
me which I can not—
r „ , ,, ___
duties toward society os long ns you are
burdened with me? I am a burden and you
want to shake it off.”
’Nonsense.”
No, It Is not nonsense. It Is the truth,
’ept that you do not want to get rid of
j for society's sake, but for your own
sake.”
Wounded In his Inmost soul, he Jumped
to his feet, but she calmed him with a
motion of her hand.
•‘The one who is wrong always gots ex
cited, Cyril. As long as I had money, ns
long ss I wss the beautiful Olga Yl’usfJJio-
wan, you lored me, and we could work to
gether on our great tass, hut now, since
hare been sics, since the money Is gohe,
you have no use for me or my love.”
''You are Insane,” he shouted and hit the
old sofa with his fist so nnrd that he war
almost hidden behind the cloud of dust he
raised. "The money has been used In the
cause of freedom and you have uo right to
blame me because it If gone."
’You know better, Cyril. Where the
—-ney has gone I know ns well as you. f
will only remind you of Tatiana Wfndlmo
rawua In Genera. I am waiting for you tc
keen your promise to legalise our union.”
The young man innghed. O harsh, cold,
bitter laugh. Then he calmly produced «
cigarette ense from his pocket, lit a
cigarette and handed the case to the girl,
fche shook her head.
“Have you ever thought of that promise?"
uij miiini ior mibiug anenneeu tne nve
host years of my life, for having forgotten
m^efamily, ray rank, my honor, for your
"Do not make tne laugh, mjr dore," he
spiled with a cruel smile, "f have given
you ns much ns you hnve given me, and
that you are the daughter of n general Is
none of ray business/'
"You always did belong to the party, but
It never took you away from me, as long
ss you still loved mo. only now you begin
to speak of Its superior claims. But 1 do-
mand"tl»at you keep your promise, do you
Hho wasi fnrlous now and made a rush for
nun which ho did not seem to notice, for
lie took a letter from his pocket and began
to read It
She tried to tear It from hts hands, but
he pushed her aside so violently that she
nearly fell.
“That Is right,” *he cried, "he a brute In
deed ns well as In words. Hnve I not the
same right ns you, since I hnve accepted tho
same duties?”
He folded tho letter calmly, and said with
bitter sarcasm:
"Same lights, same duties—mere empty
words. The committee has passed death
sentence upon General Kosloff because be
refuses to set onr comrades free: It hits
fallen to me to execute the death sentence,
and I leave tonight.”
Olga Wnsslllcwua stood with her back
toward the window, leaulng heavily on the
■HI.. In the dim light he could not distin
guish her features.
By WILHELM SCHARLAN
of mine In St. Petersburg;"
"What do I cart; [ have to execute tbs
sentence, aud what happens to me after
that does not matter."
There was silence for a minute, then she
said, softly: "Let lne go, Cyril;*I will do it
for you.”
•Hon are out of your mind."
"Not at all. How would you reach tht
general? To me, the friend of his dangh*
ters, all doors will open.”
lie turned bis face nway, and hts color*
less cheeks flushed, ms be thought of what
this Would menu.
It would mean death to her, and he would
not have to keep his promise.
"You will uever return, Qlga Wnssllle*
wun,” he said.
"Maybe T will. Will yon marry me If X
return? 8wenr that you will by (he name
of your mother, whom they snouted to
death In the mines of Siberia."
"I swear by the sacred name of my
mother."
Everything was quiet* In 'the* palace. Sen
tries were posted all around It. and the
Cossacks who guarded the door let no ono
pass.
An elegant carriage stood In front of tht
main entrance, where now appeared three
young ladles.
"Did yon forget; anything? Where are you
going, Olga WssstHewun?* ono of the gen.
craVs daughters asked her friend, who had
ii her guest for two weeks,
forgot my pocketnook, and yon know,
—snwet, that we should not lead any one
Into temptation. I once lost a large amount
of money In Swltserlnnd that way."
"But hurry back. Wo will wait for you !o
the earring*."
Olga Wiissillewua rushed up the stairs
into the general's private office. The sen-
try at the door saluted respectfully.
The gcnernl was working at his desk, and
did not look up.
"Adieu, little father, we are going*shop*
ping.” * r
A shot rang out. Tho general fell back
In hU clinlr, dead.
Olga rushed back down the stairs. No
one had heard the shot. Her face was
ghastly pale, but there was n triumphant
rein—, ... k«. she jumped Into the
restaurant with two student friends.
One of them was reading the latest paper.
Suddenly ho dropped it and whistled
through Ills teeth.
"What Is the matter, brother?” Cyril
asked.
The other picked up tho paper snd retd
aloud: "General Kosloff was murdered in
broad daylight yesterday. On hts desk was
found n death sentence pronounced by the
propaganda. No clow to the whereabouts of
his murderess has been found.”
"One less,” said Cyril, calmly, concealing
his excitement.
It was done. She was alive and free, fiho
would return and demand that he keep his
promise, or she would kill him.
lie arose and went out, home. For a
long time he sat on the old sofa, struggling
with hliuself. Then he packed nls few be*
mine o
:yrll.”
Two d
n<$y hni
. _ -- - - — key i .
not seen her hushnnd foe two dnys.
Hhe saw the writing on tho table and fell
back In n fnJut.
An hour inter sho come to ngsln. She
faced her fate without flinching. Life was
nothing to her—for the snke of a scoundrel,
not from love of her country, she hid killed
n man who had been as kind ss a father to
her, and with the same revolver ahe sent a
bullet crashing through her own brain.
A Pioneer Yellow Journalist
By X. Y. Z.
press. It was hard lines that forced Rich
urd Vinton, nn Oxford graduate, to seek
n livelihood by pumping long primer wis
dom into the quiet minds of the plain coun
try folk In and about the Missouri ham
let. but he set his l#*st energies to the task.
Week after week lin filled up bis editorial
page with the product of a tnlnd endowed
to lend mankind, but never n word of recog
nition bad he received for It, save from an
occasional exchange that stole his stuff and
ran it in ns orlglual.
Vinton bad all the yearnings of a real
Journalist to do something to make people
talk. But there wasn't "anything doing"
lu Lfnvlllc; there never bad been. To Vin
ton's discouraged soul it looked ns If there
never would be. lie remarked this bitter
ly to Jack 8tlcc, his printer, who had Mown
In with the autumn winds, and stayed be
cause he got three meals a Usy, a place
wine tiown wun »inron, necauso > inion
let him talk all he wanted and never ques
tioned the authenticity of his yams. And
— with *
— .. „ ir J pin
In the discovery of a willing listener.
their paradise
rilling listener,
i fresh news story,”
What we want Is
•aid the printer.
"Of course,” said Vinton: "but how In
the world are we going to get one If noth
Ing ever happens?"
"Make one.
"I don't like fakes,” remarked the editor,
with dignity.
"No more do I. Never could abide n pipe
dream. Nobody bat —'*
they commence n
get up something
Th' overland stage from Glasgow, due at
dnville nt midnight, was almut to cross
the Charlton ROrer bridge when a masked
man stepped from behind some timbers,
- * * Mir
but goslings uses ’em when
making copy. I mean to
ig that's genuine."
and. leveling a
- gun at the drive*, com
manded him to halt. Tho horses were
stop(M*d. The experience wrns a new one
to the driver, and be acted as though he
wasn't exactly clenr.a* to what his obliga
tions were lu the premises. Pending the
decision he did nothing. The passengers
peered out the windows, and asked what
wua the matter. It was a moonlight night
and the highwayman and his guu stood
out clear. The passengers were ordered to
get out and line up on the roadside. A
insn In uniform got nut of the opposite
door of the vehicle and went around be
hind It. lie had - something la his hand
that sparkled In the moonlight. The high-
line with bnnds uplifted. The rohher step,
ped back n little to inspect tho lineup
critically. The man In the.uniform level
ed his revolver and fired. Tho knight of
the road turned two startlod eyes In that
direction, whirled around snd fell to the
ground. Tho man in the uniform went to
the body, revolver In baud.
t, . 0ie * CttU for t y° u tenderfoot," be said.
"Lucky I was along.''
AM voiced approval. The highwayman
was not dead, and they put him on top of
the stage, none too gently, and proceeded.
The man In uniform was congratulated by
everybody, and stood the homage with dig
nity, ns becomes n innn a bore the common
rnn.
The wounded outlaw was taken to n doc*
tor s honso, and n curious crowd followed
in. Whep the black mask waa removed
from his eyes there were cries of astonish
ment by the townspeople. It w»* Vinton's
printer. There would have been talk of ft
lynching had not the death bullet done its
work. Fsecratlug language fell from th«
Ups of the excited spectator*. It wss A
case of the viper warmed in the kind man's
bosom, they said. IDs evil looks bad been
mentally noted, some remarked, but they
■aid they had never liked to mentlou it
owing to respect for Vinton's feelings.
\\ hen \ I ii ton arrived the dying man turn
ed to him nmL whispered:
"Good story."
./'Good hen vena!” exclaimed Vinton, "you
didn t do that to get s story?"
A smile tiltt»i1 over the agoulxcd face.
*'I didn't thfnk about a soldier being
along. Tell him 1 don't hold II flg’ln fcJm.
Was Just going to scare ’em a bit and seud
era back their property nfter paper came
out. You II find ‘head’ already 'set*—have
to change If «m«—.iMn*» *t,i,.ip siu«o this
Better yet ,
old man; you mi, good to m«.
bidn you."
\ inton atood holding the dead man's hand.
The man lu uniform touched him.
"Il'» the qneereit thing I erer heard ot
In nil my life.”
"IVhatT” asked rintou, lusttncttrety mor
ion off.
"Thu gun that fellow hud wasn't losded.
Bny, what sort of guff was he handing out
to you?"
you," on 1*1
ullfd the sheet orer the dead face aud
nrnetl nwsy.
No Vsgstarians there.
Cannibalism Is said to prerail In
parts of Canada. Evidently the veg
etarian fad has obtained no foothold
there.