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P SUB FALLEN.
'And were ye of the Seekers, ye fallen,
_ * e rocreed in the mire?
When ye clutched so, and stumbled, and
stiHed,
\\ ere ye led "by Desire—
angel of longing, whose task is
To set souls afire;
Too feeble the flame of your burning;
Was passion so pale
Ye eould drown it in drafts for the body?
Could nothing avail
To fire you to mightily conquer
Or mightily fail? , _
Nay, truly, God's angel of longing
Who sets souls afire
Must chafe when the snatched spark of
heaven
Falls so in the mire
To sputter in pitiful sinning
Anil weakly expire.
—Lily A. Long, in Harper's Magazine.
’TWIXT ICE AND SEA
Tttld by FREDERICK MARTIN and Sat
Down by J. MAYNE BALTIMORE.
Frederick Martin Is a fisherman of
San Francisco, California, U. S. A.
He spent the winter of 1905 at the
fishing camp of the Union Fish Com
pany, at Eagle Harbor, Alaska.
One bright day In February, Mar
tin concluded he would go out fishing
In hls dory alone, never considering
the freaks of a treacherous climate.
By a singular oversight, he took
no matches with him, thus omitting
any means of making a fire. He
thought about it later, but merely
aald to himself, “Oh, well, I shall be
gone only a few hours. I'll Just go
around the land corner, and bo back
in time for my dinner.”
So away he pulled to look for cod
fish. It was several miles to the
“land corner"—the high point that
Jutted sharply out Into the sea, but
the water was quite smooth and the
fisherman made good progress.
Scarcely, however, had Martin
rounded the abrupt point, when a tre
mendous gale sprang up from the
northwest, scourging the hungry seas
Into foaming fury and hurling the
dory this way and that like a mere
chip.
Not a ghost of a chance was left
Martin to return to camp In the teeth
of the gale; he was compelled to run
for such shelter or landing place as
the fierce winds and fearful seas per
mitted.
Just nhcad of him he sighted a
narrow hay or Inlet. "I will run for
that and get ashore,” Martin mut
tered, through hls clenched teeth. No
sooner said than done; the thing was
simple enough. Ho knew he was not
five miles from camp, and he was sure
he could easily make his way back
overland.
Presently the inexorable thrust of
the raging sea cast, him helpless upon
the beach of the little bay. Judge of
Martin's consternation and horror,
however, when, on making a brief
exploration, he discovered that he
•was shut up In a veritable prison of
Ice, whose only gateway was the
hungry, devouring sea.
Backed by sheer cliffs rising 800
feet high, coated with a narrow film
©f lee, the narrow crescent of the
made a prison as hopeless as
the ancient Bastille, and further re
moved from human nid or sympathy.
Martin saw nt a glance that he was
face to face with death —a slow, Bug
gering, lnch-by-lnch death from cold.
Now, tho strange thing is that this
vnati, reduced to the most desperate
straits, began gravely to record with
a stump of pencil, on fragments of
paper and strips of wood cut from
hla dory, his sensations from hour to
hour.
Nothing was omitted in this terri
ble record of his sufferings—his ex
pedients, his despair, and his re
course to devouring his raw fish-bait
for food, after two days’ starvation.
Then follow notes of his desperate
fight to keep the blood moving by
•avagely beating his feet with tho
handle of a gaff-nook, his final perse
verance, and his wonderful escape,
after hope had deserted him, by
climbing the Ice-coated rocks.
Strange fancies often pursue a man
In dire extremity. His record of fear
ful sufferings and dangers during
those three terrible days seems to
hare affordcu Martin companionship
—almost consolation.
Again and again tho prisoner ex
plored tho beach and scanned the
towering cliffs for an avenue of es
cape, but entirely without success.
Then ho prepared to pass the night
as best he could.
Pulling tho battered dory farther
ap the beach he turned It over,
wrapped himself in a piece of old sail,
and crawled under the miserable
shelter. It was hitter cold, the gale
was furious, and the sea tumultuous.
Martin dared not go to sleep, even
with sleep were possible. He spent
a night full of Indescribable suffering
and horrors, crouching on his hands
and knees, and cruelly beating him
self with tho gaff-handle to prevent
himself freezing to death.
The horrors of that fearful night
were repeated next day. For two
days Martin bad no food and no fire,
with tho temperature rangtng below
*ero. His voice died in hts throat,
he lost the power of speech, his mind.
it seemed, was giving way under the
awful strain.
The weary hours dragged along in
slow, horrible suspense. He must do
something to keep his mind from
madness, and accordingly he whittled
chips of wood off hls dory and wrote
messages, more or less Incoherent,
that might he found after he was
dead. Some of the sentences he
scribbled in pencil were: “To-day,
If the wind don’t change, Is my last
day."
“Give my best regards to C.
Schmaiz.”
“This is a terrible place. I can’t
get out.”
“I have to die in terrible suffering,
but when I am gone I shall be very
happy."
“Maybe, I would last a few days
longer, but I have ho food.”
Most of the entries in that remark
able diary ran like the above —
broken, fragmentary, but terribly elo
quent of the man’s plight.
Still, in spite of his sufferings,
Martin’s indomitable spirit could not
be crushed. He had in his dory some
small fish-sculpins; these he vora
ciously devoured raw. Then, in des
peration, the man determined to try
to scale the beetling, ice-clad cliffs.
Escape seaward was hopeless. The
storm still raged with unabated fury,
gale succeeded gale, and tremendous
seas broke continually on the beach.
Just about this time Martin was
missed at Eagle Harbor. It was
known at the camp that he had gone
fishing alone, and it was conjectured
that he had been suddenly overtaken
by the gale. His companions deemed
his fate sealed. To attempt to search
for him in such a storm was fool
hardy—too hazardous even to think
about. And so the hapless man was
abandoned to his awful doom.
There was a narrow pinnacle of
rock jutting from the icy face of the
mountain.
“If I could only reach that point,
I might make my way upward,” Mar
tin kept muttering.
But it was useless to think of
climbing in rubber boots. If that
cliff was to be conquered it must be
clone with bare feet, or not at all.
Even then it was hopeless to at
tempt to scale the smooth, icy rock
without something more than his
bare hands and feet. In his dory
Martin had a strong rope of consid
erable length, and with this he made
a noose.
Again and again he cast the lasso
at the snap crag above. He was very
weak, and bordering on delirium; but
now the faint hope of escape seemed
to give him almost superhuman en
ergy. At last, when he was on the
verge of utter despair, the noose
caught on the pinnacle and held fast.
How Martin ever managed to drag
himself up to the little jutting crag
he himself could never tell; but at
last, nearly lifeless, he reached it.
From that point of vantage he con
trived to zigzag his way upwards,
slowly and painfully, in constant peril
of crashing headlong to the beach.
Barefooted, frost-bitten, hatless,
torn, bleeding, and almost dead, Mar
tin finally reached the lofty crest.
Once on the summit of the mountain,
calling all his resolution to his aid,
he somehow or other dragged him
self to the camp, where ho arrived
In a fearful physical and mental con
dition, having spent three days and
two nights in his Icy prison. It was
found necessary to amputate his
frozen toes, and it was days before he
recovered from his protracted ordeal.
—The Wide World Magazine.
Triumph of Heredity.
The other college boys were hazing
the new freshman, who was the sou
of a clergyman.
“You will be required,” they said,
as they stood him on a table, “to
preach a sermon.”
“I’ll do it. gentlemen,” he an
swered, “on condition that you do
not Interrupt me until 1 have
finished."
“We promise.”
“Will you kindly furnish me a
text?”
"You will preach a sermon,” they
said, after consulting together a mo
ment, “on Cerberus."
“On Cerberus, gentlemen? Great
Sc ”
“That’s text enough, sir. Go
ahead. You nre wasting time.”
"All right. Cerberus it ts. My
hearers, the subject of tilts discourse
naturally divides itself into three
heads. As you have been kind
enough to promise not to interrupt
me I shall occupy your attention only
half an hour on each. 1 remark,
firstly,” etc.
They stood it patiently for fifteen
minutes.
Then they sneaked out, one by
one. and the hazing came to an end.
—Chicago Tribune.
Would Leave Europe Unscourged.
Looking up from his magazine, a
farmer said vehemently to his wife
ono night:
"Do you know what I’d have done
If I had been Napoleon?”
”Yes,” she answered. “You'd
have settled down in Corsica and
spent your lire grumbling about bad
iuck and hard times."—Kansas City
Jou naW
Georgia Culliiigs
Curtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Quartermaster General West Retired.
At his own request, Gen. Andrew J.
West of Atlanta has been placed on
the retired list as quartermaster gen
eral of Georgia. This retirement
gives him the right to participate on
all public occasions in full uniform
if he should ues*re. The record of
this officer has been brilliant, faith
ful and of long duration. He has
been in the service of tne state thir
ty-six years, and has held the posi
tion of quartermaster general under
six different governors, and has never
received a dollar l'or his services.
* * *
Sumter County Convicts.
The prison commission will await
the action of the county commission
ers of Sumter county in the matter
of the local convict camp before giv
ing the situation any official consid
eration. The questions which the
Sumter county authorities are said
to be investigating are alleged cruel
treatment of misdemeanor convicts,
and the frequent escapes which have
been reported. The state prison com
mission has authority to summon the
entire board of county commissioners
to answer to the charges, but will
not do so, it is stated, if the investiga
tion and action taken by that board
proves satisfactory.
* * *
Roster Commission Puzzled.
The Georgia roster commission is
up against rather a difficult proposi
tion in the matter of the muster rolls
of some fifty or sixty Georgia com
mands which took part in the civil
war. The war department, or the
records bureau of that department,
having defeated Georgia's efforts to
get congressional consent for the
making of copies of these rolls, now
wants the state to deposit with it
,000 to pay for the work which is
then to be done by its employes, it
is unnecessary to say that such a de
mand is preposterous and out of the
question.
Many Were Disappointed.
Forty-nine applicants for license to
practice pharmacy in this state failed
to pass tiie state pharmacy board in
session at Atlanta the past week-
Eighty men and two women faced
the board., and of this number only
thirty-three passed, the remaining for
ty-nine tasting the bitterness of dis
appointment.
There were nineteen given apothe
caries’ and fourteen druggists’ li
censes.
The two lady applicants passed
with flying colors, Miss Nellie Dill
as an apothecarian. and Miss Mary
Burton as a druggist.
H * *
Bundrick Anxious to Hang.
George W. Bundrick. the escaped
murderer sentenced to hang for the
killing of John Bchroeder. in Dooly
county, in BJO2, and who gave himself
up to the authorities in California a
few days ago, will be returned to the
scene of his crime. According to ad
vices from Los Angeles, where Bund
rick is in jail, he broods constantly
over his crime. “1 am guilty, and
want to pay the penalty; 1 hope they
will come soon. 1 want to die. 'nicy
can’t hang me too quick.”
Sheriff Sheppard will not go for the
prisoner, but has wired.the Califor
nia officers to br.ug Buudrick to Cur
dele and get the reward of s'^)o.
Roswell Remains in Cobb County.
Under a state supreme court de
cision rendered a few days ago, ;he
town of Roswell will remain in Cobh
county, although the citizens of that
town, under the act of August 7,
1906, voted to go into Milton county.
The supreme court, iii sustaining an
injunction which was granted by
Judge Gober. bases its actiou princi
pally upon the act of 1834 creating
Milton county, in which act it is
clearly set forth that Roswell is in
Cobb county and a part of the
boundary line between the two coun
ties. It is held, in effect, that no
part of the town is in Milton county,
and that therefore the election held
uuder the act of 1906 is null and
void.
* * •
Nearo Must Pay Penalty.
Will Johnson, colored, must hang
for his assault on Mrs. ltichard Hem
bree at Battle liili, near Atlanta, on
August 15, 1906.
The supreme court has affirmed
Judge Roan in denying Johnson a
uew trial. The higher court held that
"the alleged newly discovered evi
dence was not ot such a thurtcier
as required the grant of anew trail/’
After Johnson's trial, conviction
and passiug of the death senteuce,
an attempt was made to prove aii
alibi. However, conflicting evidence
developed in this respect—in fact so
much that the alibi theory was large
ly discredited.
Evidently the supreme court did
not find the new evidence of suin
eient merit to warrant anew trial.
* ¥ * -
Inspector’s Report Adopted.
In so far as the railroad commis
sion is concerned, the Georgia rail
road case is closed on the Bowdre
Phinizy petition. The commission un
animously adopted the report of In
syector Jackson.
“I can add nothing to my report,”
said Mr. Jackson. "The inspection
was made carefully and conscientious
ly, and is absolutely my opinion. The
road is in as good condition as I indi
cate, and the management is appar
ently doing all it can to improve the
defects.”
Commissioner O. B. Stevens, wh i
accompanied Mr. Jackson on the in
spection trip, holds practically the
same views as contained in the ex
pert’s report. Colonel Stevens thinks
the Georgia road is the third best in
the state in its general condition. He
places the Western and Atlantic first,
the West Point second and the Geor
gia third.
* * *
Bartow Not “Dry" County.
Indictments and convictions in Bar
tow county against Randolph Rose.
W. F. Baker and R. M. Rose Com
pany, of Atlanta, for selling whiskey
in Cartersville, were knocked out a
few days ago by a decision of the
appellate court at Atlanta.
The whiskey men were indicted by
the Bartow grand jury for violations
of the prohibition laws in shipping
and selling whiskey into that county
They were tried beiere Judge Fite
and convicted.
When the cases reached the appel
late court the reversal came on the
ground that Bartow county has no
“prohibition” law, but simply a law
that permits the sale under a license
granted by the proper authorities. In
other words the only law operative in
Bartow is high license, which is a
form of regulation and not a com
plete prohibition.
The appellate court holds that the
indictments were invalid and the con
victions contrary to law.
Growing Crops Hard Hit.
Growing crops in middle and south
Georgia, market gardens all over the
state and the fruit crop in some sec
tions, have been badly injured by
the cold and frost of the past few
days, according to .Agricultural Com
missioner Hudson.
Colonel Hudson estimates the dam
age to cotton in south Georgia at
nearly 50 per cent. Of the cotton
that is up he believes not less than
"5 per cent is killed and that 25 per
cent not yet up will not mature, or if
it does that the plant will die soon
after coming out of the ground.
“A larger per cent of cotton is
clanted in south Georgia than I ever
saw this early,” slaid Colonel Hud
son. “The warm weather of March
induced the early planting, and now
great harm has been done. About
50 per cent of the crop down there
has been planted.
"Market and kitchen gardens have
been killed out; corn nipped and put
back, but that will not seriously' harm
it. as the plant will put out again;
oats and other grain is hurt; canta
lounes and watermelons have all been
killed, and replanting will be neces
sary.
‘‘lt is difficult to state how serious
ly the fruit crop has been damaged.
The high winds have beaten the
limbs about until a great deal of the
fruit will fall off. 1 am afraid the
peiuu crop v/ili t>e very snort in Geor
gia this year.”
HONDURANS THROW UP SPONGE.
Run Up White Flag and Capilutate tc
Victorious Beseigers.
The Houui.r.u lorces wnich have
been besieged in Amapala by me
Nicaraguans, capitulated uncouuition
aily Friday morning.
President Bomini nas taken refuge
on the Amer.ean cruiser emcago. He
will not be permitted to disembark
on Central American soil.
The capitulation was arranged by
Commander It. M. Doyle, of the Chi
cago. Peace is now believed to be
assured.
A STANDING ARMY FOR CUBA.
Plan Projected for Enlisting and Maintain
ing 12,000 Native Troops.
The general staff at Washington has
transmitted to Governor Magcon a
complete project for the creation and
maintenance of a standing army for
Cuba, composed entirely of native
troops and numbering about 12,Q0>
men.
This project involves the abandon
ment of the original plan for ’he in
crease of the Cuban rural guard.
STOP AT THE
ZETTLER HOUSE.
The best SI.OO a day house in the
city.
253 FOURTH ST., MACON, G*.,
Mrs. A. L. Zettier, Proprietress,.
STEVENS PROPHECIES.
Says Sea Level Canal Will Be, Final Out
come—Arrives at New York fjrom Isth
mus and Talks of Work.
John F. Steveus, who recently re
signed as chief engineer of the Pana
ma canal, arrived at New York Sat
urday on the steamer Pan ama from
Colon. Mr. Stevens declin sd to talk
about the work on the is hmus. It
is his present plan to tal re a long,
rest, including a trip to I lurope be
fore again engaging in at :tive busi
ness. Mr. Stevens said he was great
ly flattered by the send-off given him.
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The Standard Oil Comp iny of In
diana, w'hich has been o i trial for
the past six weeks before fudge Lan
dis, in the United Statjs district
court, at Chicago, on a clxjrge of hav
ing received rebates frejn the Chi
cago and Alton railroad oia shipments
of oil from Whiting, Ind., to East St.
Louis, 111., was found guiii y Saturday
night on 1,463 counts out of the orig
inal 1,903 in the Indictmeo ts. The re
maining 440 counts were Jropped from,
the indictment on accoun t of errors.
The oil chmpany is liable to a fine of
$29,260,000, as the ElkinJ law', which
the indictment charges the company
with having violated, provides a fine
of SI,OOO to $20,000 for each offense.
Pending the decision on a motion
for anew trial the court will not pass
sentence on the company.
EXAMINATION MOST RIGID.
Only Sixteen Inspector Applicants Out of
1,389 Pass Muster.
The civil service commission at
Washington has completed its exam
ination of applicants for the office of
inspector under the pure food law'.
Out of 93 applicants for chief food
and drug inspection chemists, 30 pass
ed. There were 1,389 applicants for
the position of food and drug inspec
tor, but the examination proved to
be so rigid that only sixteen were
found to have met the requirements.
THREE TRAINMEN MEET DEATH
In Plunge of Passenger Into Open Switch.
Work of Wreckers.
Three men killed and one probably
fatally injured is the result of what
is believed to be the work of train
wreckers at Cheneyville, La., on the
Texas and Pacific railroad, between
1 and 2 o’clock Sunday morning
when a westbound passenger train
plunged into an open switch. The
wreckage caught fire and the mail
car, baggage and express car and
two passenger coaches were burned.
At a depth of s }r, ! x feet the water
of the Dead twice as
much salt asy' * -’•face.
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