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THE ELLUAY TIMES. VOL XI THE SWIMMER. Forward or b::i k! \Vlii**h sii *ll it l^T I tiro of bniiFtin? tlio stroani; Y* t the in* r« i !*•>•.< waters roar «m me Whenever 1 pause t«» dream. Forward or l*a«k then I must tjo— Leap at th«* falls and win. Or yield to the surging thnvnswoep's flow And drown in the caldron’s din! Drown, and be swept to the deep, dark sea. To drift on tile listless tide! Oh, strong is tile stream as it hears on me. Pride! But half of mv strength is — There is a sea where dr nvnod men lie. Its waves are salt with tears; And the wind goes by with a moaning sigh O’er wrecks of the long-lost years. —Stephen Chalmers, in New York Times. 4- W4 1 1 I l 1 + * *<* f -a—„ THREE MINUTES’ HORROR By W. J, Mowbray. A crimson sun was filtering’ through the thick tangle of blue-gums and stringy bark when l came to the inter¬ section of the path with a second bush track, winding away to the westward. It was too wide for a sheep track, and I traced it with my eye to the spot where it lost itself among the dense mass of scrub that lay beyond. Then I searched the blue of the heavens above. At first the blinding blood-red glare of the westering sun sent a show¬ er of black discs dancing before my eyes. But at last they grew accus¬ tomed to the glare 'and rested on a thin white perpendicular line rising above the treetops. A bushman’s eye is familiar with this phenomenon. The crass track was a path through the bush to the home¬ stead of a small “squatter,” locally and contemptuously known as a “ground parrot.” The bush track now began to trend perceptibly downward, and this con¬ tinued so long that I soon began to realize that I was entering a broad, deep valley. Presently I emerged into a circular clearing in a forest of ring barked box. The upper end of the clearing rose a little above the tree tops at the lower end. And over these I beheld a river of no mean propor¬ tions. It lay sparkling in the warm sunlight, and the white roofs of a sta¬ tion homestead far away to the left shone like diamonds among the emer¬ ald green of the verdant slopes. Span¬ ning the river ran a narrow railway bridge. Bui though I searched the view to right and left, I could discern no foot¬ bridge by which I, too, might cross the river. As I looked a train shot sudden¬ ly on to the bridge and went rumbling across to the opposite embankment. A whistle of dismay escaped me as I watched it go. I had seen such bridges before, and knew but too well how real are the dangers of crossing them on foot. I was, however, bound to go on. My destination lay in that direction, and a bushman allows no obstacle to hinder his progress. So I went on as before. Across the clearing and into the for¬ est of .ring-barked box. Down, down, with the slope of the falling ground, to the valley bed. And at last I stood up on the brink of the river itself and looked "across to the opposite shore. It was about two hundred yards in breadth, and lay still and shimmering in the light of the declining sun. But I could not swim. That was the one defect in my qualifications as a bona fide bushman. So I went quickly along to the distant bridge. Reaching it, I mounted the slope to the junction of it, I mounted the slope to the junc¬ tion of bridge and embankment. Then I looked along the glittering rails to the opposite bank.. Strong and durable as it undoubtedly was, the bridge before me seemed but a skeleton framework, upon which the remainder of the structure should presently be reared. Few of these bridges still remain, save those which span the gorges of Asia and South Am¬ erica. But in the period of which I write they were also to be met with in primitive countries. Two hugli standards of Pyrmont stone raised their ponderous pillars from the grass on either side of the river bank. Iron supports shot up at intervals from the water itself, and terminated alike at one given height. Right, across these ran two stout girders , bolted in sec¬ tions, and reaching' from one embank¬ ment to the other. Across these again were laid stout iron-work sleepers, some two l\?et apart, and. lastly, upon these a single line of steel rails was bolted over all. There were no parapets. The clean sawn edges of the tough and grimy sleepers stuck out like jagged teeth on either side of the skeleton bridge. Far down below, the swirling river could be seen through the spaces between the sleepers. To cross the bridge on foot was like walking upon the rungs of a suspended horizontal ladder. A false step might send me slipping through to the river below. And what of a train? Well, that might end in certain death? There was but one escape, and that lay neith¬ er to right nor left, but below. And I could not swim! There were reasons, however, for dismissing this consideration. With my own eyes I had witnessed the crossing of a train not ten minutes be¬ fore. In all human probability not more than four passenger trains—two up and two down—went clattering accross that skeleton bridge in every twenty-four hours. Without further hesitation, therefore, I hegaB stepping from sleeper to sleeper between the line of steel-blue rails. It was not a hazardous feat. An eye for distance, an unfaltering sLeD. a head unaffected by sudden •H-* .- s ziness, and the thing was done. With¬ out fear, therefore, i swung on to the bridge and went gaily along till one half of the journey had been accom¬ plished and I stood immediately above the centre of the river that lay so far below. And then, suddenly, I heard a sound that brought my heart into my mouth. It was the sharp, shrill whistle of an approaching' ttain. For a moment only 1 looked ahead. A thin white line of steam showed above the ridge that formed the southern slop of the valley wall. Instantly I stcod still. It was too near to think of retreat. What could I do? Vainly I turned my eyes from side to side. There was no room to stand even on the very edge of the projecting sleep¬ ers. Dimly, yet with ever increasing vol¬ ume, the distant rumbling of the train was wafted to my ear. Desperately I glanced below at the roiling river. Not a soul was in sight. None to rescue me from the pitiless flood. Figurative¬ ly, at least, I was "between the devil and the deep sea.” The rumble had now became a rear. Another minute and the ttain would come tearing on to the bridge. And then a desperate hope flashed through my brain. Drop¬ ping upon my knees, I sat upon one of the sleepers, and, leaning forward, laid both my hands upon the edge of the one before me. Then, with legs dangling between, I slipped suddenly from my seat and hung suspended by my two hands above that deep, still, sunlight river. And now another and still more ghastly peril menaced me. For as my head dropped below the level of the grimy sleepers mv eyes lighted on a small lithe head, with distended jaws and curved fangs, not two yavds dis¬ tant. The creature was a deadly brown snake, coiled about one of the slimmer iron ^cross-bars of the bridge’s struc¬ tural framework. How it came there I could not imagine. The Australian snake does not climb, unless forced by danger or seme equally pressing ne¬ cessity to do so. But the brown snake is exceedingly fond of the water, and it might, therefore, have been alarmed in mid-stream and scaled the bridge supports as a last resource. And now I had come to disturb it! The glittering eyes were red with anger. The venomed fangs shone white and threatening in the cruel jaws. The forked tongue flicked in horrible expectancy. The small head flattened and depressed as it slowly swayed from side to side. Coil after soil unloosened from the cross-bar, while the fiendish fang-set head flicked •nearer and nearer my face. And now less than two coils held It to the cross-bar. TKe reptile could loose no more. It was making a desperate ef forths to reach me with its hideous fangs. Once that darting tongue seemed al¬ most to lick my cheek. The strain was intolerable. Not more than thirty sec¬ onds could have elapsed since my eye first centered on that glittering head. Yet it seemed as many hours. Even the train had not yet thundered over my throbbing head. I could hear it % far off, and rearing and rumbling not could even discern its shadow on the still glowing river. A few moments and it would rush impetuously over my head. I could feel the bridge quiver beneath its weight. The sleeper I held seemed suddenly charged with an electric current as it vibrated and shivered and numbed my already ach¬ ing fingers. The train on my arms, too, was becoming more and more in¬ tolerable. Great drops of perspiration coursed down my face. I was trem* bling in every nerve and fibre of my being. Above me, that roaring train! Below, that pitiless river. And in my very face that venomous head, with its glittering eyes and distended jaws, striving, striving, always striv¬ ing to deal me the cruellest and ghast liest death of all.” Suddenly the hideous brute drew back its head. The coils of its gleam ing brown body swiftly swung round the black iron cross-bar. They tight ened and relaxed with marvellous rap idity. The reptile was making for the sleeper above it. In an instant I real¬ ized all that this portended. Rage bad made it utterly oblivious of all save myself. I had menaced it. It could not reach me from the cross-bar. So it was coming to me over the sleepers. A thrill, half of horror, half of hope, ran through all my veins. I recol¬ lected that it was a period when all snakes are aggressive and ferocious. Up went the glittering head, whose head-like eyes fascinated me with a horrible persistency. The thunder of the on-coming train drowned all other sounds as it swept resistlessly on toward me over the quivering river. The lithe head dis¬ appeared above the sleeper, and came close to one of the rails: I saw it again from between the sleepers. Suddenly the loose coils stiffened, and drew back. The snake, its glittering’ eyes re¬ leased from their grim watch of my fear-expressive face, had at last be¬ come aware of its own imminent peril. The small bead dropped suddenly. But fear had bereft the reptile of in¬ stinct. Its scaly neck touched the vi¬ brating rail, and shrank with the shock. There was a clatter of pistons and revolving wheels, a hissing of es¬ caping steam, and a deafening roar. The near bogie wheel of the engine skidded the writhing body of the snake to where I hung. Then it went over with a roar and a rattle and severed the head from the body. As it fell the loathsome head passed close to my neck. The writhing body with bloody neck, dropped upon my right shoulder and. the tail twisted con¬ vulsively about my arm. I dartd not move so much as a muscle. The train i was still thundering over head. Yet j I shuddered and grew intensely like sick whip. as | that gory thing lashed me a Devoted to the Interest of Ellijay and Gilmer County. ELLIJAY, GA.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 28. 1909. Never before had I seen so ghastly an illustration of the phenomenal presence of electricity in the body of a snake, My face was covered with blood. A momentary dizziness swam before my eyes. But I conquered it with a great effort. Then the flail-like lash of that loathsome thing of scales and blood ceased suddenly. It grew limp and liftless and slipped clamily down to the liver beneath. I looked up. The train had gone. \Vith a superhuman wrench I drag¬ ged myself up to the level of the rails and wiped both sweat and blood from my face. Then I hurried over the sleepers that still separated me from the southern bank of the river. Certainly not more than three min¬ utes could have elapsed from the mo¬ ment of my suspension to that when I again drew ntyseif up into safety. Yet it seemed like an eternity. To this day the horror of it is still with me. The glitter of those ghastly eyes and the lash of that blood-oozing body make me shudder even as I write. How I hung on to that quivering iron-bark sleeper in the face of those menacing fangs it more than I can explain. Perhaps I was too paralyzed with fear to do aught else. Had I let go I must inevitably have been drowned. So that, if this hypothesis be correct, I owe my preservation to the generally contemned emotion of fear.—New York Evening Journal. PEST OF PRAIRIE DOGS. Forest Service to Drive Them Out of Southwest. In co-operation with the stockmen the United States Forest Service has begun an active campaign against prairie dogs on the infested ranges within the national forests of Arizona and New Mexico. Successful attempts at poisoning prairie dags were made last spring and summer by the Forest Service in other parts of the country, and this year the work will be carried on much more extensively. The poison used to put an end to these little pests of the Western ranges is prepared by coating wheat with a preparation of strychnine, cy¬ anide of potassium, anise oil and mo¬ lasses. The stockmen supply horses and men and 1 the poisoned wheat is given out by the government officers for distribution upon the ranges with¬ in the national forest areas. Each rider carries the wheat in a tin pail supported by a gunny sack slung across his shoulder. One hand is free for the reins and with the other the rider uses a teaspoon to measure out the poison in “baits” and drop it near the en¬ trance of the holes. The action of the poison is almost instantaneous. Most of the prairie dogs in a town are dead within an hours or two after the bait is dropped. Early last month 9300 pounds of wheat, was prepared at Albuquerque, N. M., and shipped to the various national forests in Arizona and New Mexico to be distributed. The quantity of wheat will make approximately 6,020,000 baits which will clear up an area of from 65, 000 to 80,000 acres at a cost, exclusive of the labor of distributing it on the ranges, of about 1 to 11*2 cents an acre. * The poison is used to best advant¬ age in the early spring, when the dogs first come out of their winter quav-. ters and before the green grass is spentiful enough to appease their ap¬ petites. Last month a well-known stockman in northern Arizona, writing to the Forest Service of his stock range on the great Canyon Diabolo plateau, said: “Five years ago such a thing as a prairie dog was unknown here. Two years ago there were a few widely dis- | tributed over the range. Last year they became numerous, in fact quite common. If something is not prompt¬ | ly done to destroy them they will do great harm to the range.” As all Westerners know, prairie dogs ' are among the worst enemies with ; which the stockmen have to contend. Where they establish themselves the destruction of the range is only a ques¬ tion of time. On ranch lands they have proved most destructive to a variety i of crops, among which are wheat, tl- j j falfa, grain, potatoes and sugar beets, and on grazing lands they are said to consume and destroy so much grass 1 that the grazing capacity of the range I ; is reduced 5 Oto 75 percent. It is expected that the campaign against the dogs in the Arizona and New Mexico forests will be more sue- j cessful, as it has met with universal favor among the stockmen, who are j j giving every assistance to the Forest Service men. Range improvement in national forests is one of the chief j objects of regulating the grazing, and I for this reason the Forest Service is leaving no stone unturned to prevent j range deterioration.—Austin States¬ man. Demand for Schools. Miss Kate Douglass Wiggins Riggs addressed the meeting of kindergarten enthusiasts who met in the New York home of Mrs. J. Greenough for the i puprose of establishing kindergartens in small towns and villages. The scope of this new kindergarten soci- ! ety will be national, though its mem¬ bers declare that nowhere in the country is there such a demand for the schools as within a radius of 100 i miles of New York City. Richard Watson Gilder, Mme. Maria Kraus- j Boelte and the Rev. Dr. David G. j Wylie also made speeches in favor of j the movement. Medicines. The Doctor—You understand, don’t i you, that this is only to be used ex¬ ternally? The Patient's Wife—Sure, sir, I al¬ ius make him get out o’ bed to Uriak it.—Harper's Weekly. BUTLER STEEL CAR ' STRIKE SETTLED Rev. Father Beczewski Was . The Mediator BOTH SIDES ARE SATISFIED Question of Withdrawing Troops and Rent Matters Aojusted—Courts Re¬ fuse to Take Cognizance of the Pittsburg Strike—Conditions Bad. Butler, Pa.—The 2,500 men who have been on strike at the Standard Steel Car Works, together with one thousand others at subsidiary plants, returned to wc”k on the following conditions: That the 23 strikers ar¬ rested for alleged rioting be releasid on bail in nominal sums furnished by their attorneys; that Sheriff John B. Caldwell will ts-egraph Governor Stu¬ art to recall the state policemen on duty at the plant; that the company take back all n.en without discrimi¬ nation; that the amount of back rent be taken from the wages of the men, to be received in small payments, and that the company increase wages as soon as business conditions warrant. The settlement’ of the strike is largely due to the wise council of Rev. Father Beczewski, who is beloved by his countrymen, and who used his best efforts to arrange a settlement. CourtsrB’ov/erless. Pittsburg, Pa.—Judges Ford and Erown have sustained without excep¬ tion the demurrer filed by the Pressed Steel Car Company to the bill in equi¬ ty against them, together with mem¬ bers of the striking employes and Sheriff A. C. Gumbert. In handing down the opinion Judge Ford said; “Much as we regret the unfortunate relations between the Pressed Steel Car Company anti its employes, we are powerless to compel workmen to work for the comi any, or compel the company officials to employ the men. Nor have we authority to pass upon wage rates or to prevent the com¬ pany from closing or opening its plant, or to compel a settlement of the controversy by arbitration. All these issues are beyond the jurisdic¬ tion and power of the court to pass upon. The only issue within its ju¬ risdiction is that re lating to the al¬ , leged menacing ■Briitiijn? growing out of it." The question is left open for an in¬ junction in case the property is threatened with destruction attending riots. Baby Falls Twenty Feet. Wichita, Kan.—Jack Moore, the 19 months’-old son of Mrs. John H. Moore, fell twenty feet from the sec¬ ond-story window of the house and alighted in a tub filled with water. The mother, who was in the room when the child leaned against the screen which gave way and allowed it to fall, rushed downstairs and saved the baby from drowning. WOULD DECLARE | COCA-COLA POISONOUS. | Atlanta Ga.—Representative j Moss, of Cobb county, has in¬ i troduced in the house a bill tc declare drug. Coca-Cola a poisonous | Bank Short and Cashier is Gone. Anderson, S. C.—It developed that ; Cashier J. T. Halleman. of the Bank of | Anderson, who suddenly left for parts unknown Sunday morning, had em¬ ! bezzled approximately $35,000 of the funds of the bank. A letter left by Halleman addressed to the president of the bank states that he lost the j money in speculation in cotton fu¬ tures. Artist Struck by Lightning. Brockton, Mass.—Struck by a bolt of lightning as he sat on his piazza, his hands resting on the brass-studdsd column of his dog’s collar, George E. Bowman, a 20-vear-old artist, whose work recently won him a prize at a New York exhibition, is lying at his home speechless and sightless. Eliot for Governor? Washington.—There is in this city a movement to make ex-President Eliot of Harvard the next governor of Massachusetts. The movement is said to be non-partisan, and is taking the form of a monster petition, which will be presented to Dr. Eliot, asking him to run. Sixteen Miners Killed. Langsendreer, Prussia.—Sixteen mi¬ ners were killed by the explosion of fire damp in a mine at Nfansfield. Many other workmen were taken from the mine unconscious. Express Clerk Stole $10,000. Chicago.—Clayton F. Zimmerman Jr., 20 ye^rs old, a clerk in the Ad¬ ams express office, has confessed that he stole the package containing $10. 000 which mysteriously disappeared on July 12. Officers recovered the money minus one $10 bill which Zim¬ merman had hidden in his bathroom and the rats had chewed up. He told the police he took the money because ha was dazzled by its sight. BRUTAL CHAUFFEUR DESERTED HIS VICTIM. Chicago.—To have been run over and to have both legs crushed by a speeding automobile, lifted into the car by the chauffeur, who promised a crowd of angry citizens to take his victim to her home, and then to be abandoned on a lonely roadside, was the experience of Hulda Soltwedel, a 16-vear-old school girl of Hammond. As a result of her injuries and the subsequent treatment at the hands of the chauffeur, the girl’s condition is so serious that her physicians say she may die. The Hammond and Chicago police are meanwhile search¬ ing for the chauffeur. CLEMENCEAU AND HIS ASSOCIATES RESIGNED. Paris.—The Clemenceau cabinet re¬ signed Tuesday night. The fall of the cabinet came over a discussion in the chamber of deputies of the in¬ vestigation recently held into the de¬ partment of marine, which was strong¬ ly condemned in the special commis¬ sion’s report. On a vote of confidence in the government, the vote stood 176 in favor and 212 opposed. M. Clemen¬ ceau and his feliow ministers imme¬ diately left the chamber. The premier proceeded directly to President Fal lieres and offered his resignation, which the president accepted. The chamber adjourned until Thursday. GALVESTON STANDS THE HURRICANE. Galveston.—Man’s strength and skill were pitted against the fury of the elements and man won, when the city of Gal¬ veston, safely entrenched be¬ hind her impregnable 17-foot sea wall, withstood with com¬ paratively trifling loss, a tidal wave and hurricane equal in intensity and destructive force to the one which destroyed the city on September 8, 1900. In Galveston and vicinity not a single life is believed to have been sacrificed, but the mate¬ ria! loss is thought to be quite extensive. The hurricane swept the entire gulf coast even as far south as Matagorda bay. That some lives were lost and that much property was destroyed is the general belief. With -’.vires down -aud -ailroc^. communication destroyed the exact loss is impossible to es¬ timate. ii Men Wanted to Gather Western Crop, Washington.—A cry for help to aid the season's crops cones from the west to the department of commerce and labor officials. Fifty thousand able-bodied men are wanted by the farmers of the west, according to Representative Stevens of Minnesota, who was in conference with Assistant Secretary Mcllarg, of the department. South’s Farmers Ask for Data. Washington.—Farmers of the South have sent abroad to obtain specific in formation regarding the grading of cotton by European factors and man¬ ufacturers. The department of com mere? and labor has been asked to gather similar data, and the two re¬ ports in parallel will be compared for mutual benefit. Brondell Destroyed. Houston, Tex.—Almost the entire town of Brcndell is in ruins as the result of a fire. Two hundred per sons are homeless. Among the losses is the Kirby lumber plant, valued at $175,000. Over $100,000 worth of luin her was also destroyed. Arnold’s Double Crime. Hartford, Conn.—After having cut his wife's threat with a razor in their room in a local hotel early Wednes¬ day, William Arnold, of Middletown, killed himself by shooting himself in the hack of the head. The woman is in a critical condition Bridegroom is Suicide. Hampton, S. C.—George Stanley, a well-to-do farmer and a bridegroom of a week, killed himself near here on Tuesday by blowing the top of his head off with a shotgun. Mystery shrouds the reason for his act. Shells Sink in Sea. Toulon.—Thirty-one thousand Meli¬ shells, the calibre of which no longer oorresponds with any of the guns on French warships, were taken out to sea Wednesday and sunk two miles off the coast. Conference on Alcoholism. London.—With representatives of United States government, many European governments and the Brit¬ ish colonies present, the Internation¬ Conference on Alcoholism opened e with Lord Werdale presiding. Fire Menaces Many; One Killed. Boston.—One man was killed, four were injured, a dozen were overcome by smoke, while others jumped from stories inte life nets and the of rescuers during a fire which the lives of over 50 persons the three-story brick tenement at 17, 19 and 21 Morton street, the north end. Policemen, firemen citizens vied with each ether in rescues. WINCHESTER If.?:-.': “NUBLACK” ~1_, ' BLACK POWDER SHELLS ■U~ w The “Nublack” is a grand good shell; good in construction, good because it is primed with a quick and sure primer, and good because carefully and accurately loaded with the best brands of powder ' and shot. It is a favorite amoag hunters and other users of black powder shells on account of its uniform shooting, evenness of pattern and strength to withstand reloading. A trial will prove its excellence. THE^ ALL DEALERS SELL * SEE US FOR V" J tmmttmmmwmm SMALLEST PRISON. That of Sark, Though Ancient, Con¬ tains but Two Cells. Sark, the loveliest of the Channel Islands, possesses a quaint old prison of two cells, more as a matter of form than of necessity, for serious crime is almost unknown in t..e isl¬ and, which has no paid po'ice, but simply an elected constable. It is some years since the prison was called into requisition, says the Strand, and on the last occasion the holt was found to be so rusty that it had to be broken before the door could be openel. The prisoner was then put in, left a'l night with the door open, and made no attempt to esieape. On another occasion a young Eng¬ lish servant who had stolen some clothes wias sentenced to three days’ imprisonment. The prospect authorities so ter¬ rified her that the took pity on her loneliness anl consider¬ ately left the cell open. The little maid sat in the doorway and was con solel by kind-hearted Sark women, who came to keep her company. A still more curious incident is told of a man who was convicted for neg¬ lecting his wife and children. He was ordered to betake hlm-xdf to the prison and, there wait for the arrival of the constable. That he did, sitting outside until the door was opened to let him in.—New York Sun. A Wise Precaution. A man entered a grocery store and drew a slip of paper from his pocket. A clerk, with pencil and order pad, stepped up in anticipation. The man adjusted a pair of glasses on his nose and looked over the list. “Do you keep Bopo Soap Powder?” asked. “Bopo? No, sir; we have several other soap powders, but no Bopo,” an¬ swered the c-Ierk. "Paradise Creamery Butter’:’ in¬ quired the man. "No, sir, we don’t carry Paradise,” ■replied the clerk. “Have you Silver Star Baking Pow¬ der?” he continued. “Silver Star?” repeated the grocer, helplessly. “No, sir, we have ’most every other kind, but no Silver Star.” “Well, how about Queen l-ill Sweet Corn? Do you carry the Queen Dill line of goods?” “Sorry, sir, but we don’t,” said tho clerk. “Ail right; then I guess, I'll trade here.” said the man. “Those are the brands on which I’ve been stung.”— Puck. Funeral Street Cars. “In a good man. towns out West,” said Harry J. Hill, of Omaha, at the Eutaw House, “the funeral car op¬ erated by street railways is getting to be very popular. I was in o town in Iowa lately, where the local street car company had established such a service, and was told that the idea was looked upon with much favor, ana, tnat a number of funerals had already been conducted in this way. There is no fear, however, that the livery stable people will suffer much loss of patronage in the near future, for mankind is more conservative as to the disposition of their dead than in nearly any other mundane affair. The reorganization of the British fleets for this year’s mimic warfare into the historic Red, White and Blue is a reminder to the New York Tri¬ bune of the origin of that color phrase and of its appropriate application. Our flag displays those colors, as do the flags of France and Russia and many other lands, and it has occa¬ sionally been called by their names, hut the “Three cheers for the Red, White and Blue!” must he conceded to he of purely English origin. In 1S32 four Indians of the Flathead tribe, living on the Pacific Coas’, crossed the Rocky Mountains, and, traversing 3,0oo miles of intervening wilderness, appeared at St. Louis. They had been sent by their nation to inquire'about the white man’s God. NO. 10 LIFE AT CAPE NOME. Hardships Not Common and Prices Reasonable Under the Midnight Sun. Duseussing life at Cape Nome, A. H. Lehrfeld, of Cape Nome, who is at the Riggs, said recently; "The most ridiculous question put to me by my friends is, ‘How do you manage to stand the climate out there?’ From about May 1 to August 1 we have the midnight sun, with one prolonged day, and then it begins to get dark at midnight, and December 21 we are able to see the edge of the sun for two hours. “The country is just beginning to get settled,” continued Mr. Lehrfeld. "They have found quartz ledges, which insures its permanence. “People ask me about the comforts of that country. I answer, 'Let me s>a’ tnere are three large slaughter nouse in Nome and jfhas stores three galore. big A plan stoi a.ge company there, and three large ocean-^oiriS" steamers i*eep them supplied with the finest the market affords, which are sold a little in advance of those charged in the States. The best su¬ gar h*3S been selling at twenty pounds for $1, fresh eggs at 39 cents a dozen, potatoes at $2.50 a crate of 100 pounds, and other things in propor¬ tion. Coal has been selling at $H a ton, and the Standard Oil Company has a big plant up there and oil is cheap, and so is the best quality of Pacific Coast lumber.’ “We have an electric light, plant,” added Mr. Lehrfeld. “The buildings are well put up with two thicknesses of matched boards, with tarred paper between them, and are weather proof. It would astonish you people in the States to walk into a home in Nome and find the walls papered, adorned with pictures, carpets on the floors, a piano in the parlor, and a kitchen as well equipped in a way as can be found in Washington. We have a fire department, a volunteer organiza¬ tion, and it is the best organization of that kind in the country.”—Wash¬ ington Herald. No Place to Advertise. Miss Anna Held, at a dinner in New York,' admitted that her recent statement to the effect that she had made $1,000,009 in the last thirteen years was a very good advertisement. “And an advertisement,” said this pretty actress, smiling, “is never out of place. Stop, though. Once one was. It was in Noia Chucky. “The local preacher of Noia Chucky conducted the general store, and on a Sunday morning in June he was nearly half an hour late for church. Finally, about 11, he hustled into the pulpit, mopped his brow, beamed down on the impatient, wondering congregation, and said: “ ‘Dear brethren and sisters, I beg you to pardon my tardiness this morning, but the fact is, I was kent up last night till the small hours open¬ ing the finest stock of summer dres3 goods ever brought to Noia Chucky. We will now sing hymn six hundred and two!’”—Washington Star. Riches and Wretchedness. People who have to practice the scrimping economies and study ways and means of keeping the wolf from tne door often think how delightful and desirable must be the lot in life of the millionaire and his family. They forget the proverbial wisdom that tells us that a dinner of herbs and contentment therewith is better than a stalled cx where discord mars the feast. It is not necessary to have ■much in order to he exuberantly hap¬ py, and very often those who are, in the world’s eye, well off in so far as material possessions are concerned are mentally and spiritually poverty stricken—their dispositions prevent the serene and equable enjoyment of life’s blessings; their search for amusement, though frantic, is in vain, for time still hangs heavy on their hands, and they do not realize that there is no lasting pleasure in luxuri¬ ous idleness, for res': brings tran¬ quility and peace only after honest and unremitting labor.