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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
T. B. COODWIN, Gen’l Mgr.
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There are no butterftlei In London,
the cable dispatches say. Just wait
itlll the "season" le on.
Italy haa 3,000 murders yearly, and
■till enough blood-thirsty cltixens to
spare some for America.
Lillian Russell'* good* sold for a
mere song, according to a newapaper
account of the recent aale. Well,
that's about what she paid for them.
William Rockefeller haa started a
chicken farm, and hla hens won't lay.
Ho would succeed better with the
apeclea of fowl that lays a golden egg.
The heiresses who elope with poor
young mon, lnatead of marrying
counts, are doubtless very reckleaa,
but Bomehow we lore ’em best.
A New York girl married a man
ivor the long distance telephone and
low the want* a divorce. Got the
'wrong number," as usual.
It la claimed tbat Missouri turns
lut more corn-cob pipes than any
itate In the union. Don't blame Mia-
curl to turn them out!'
Statistics gotten up by a magastne
,-rltcr shows that there are 200,000
idmea In the United' States without
hlldren—and goodness knows how
uiny apartment houses.
A Kansas man tried to get piermla-
on to carry a gun because his
other-lu-law was going to visit him.
tils Is no Joke. We would scorn to
ale a subject.
great Socialist leader from Qer-
who is coming to lecture In
:a will speak In hla native
. It may happen that a confu-
[ tongues will mar the tour of
The Columbia University School of
Architecture ha* opened Its doors to
vomcn. and consequently Is crowded
o tho limit. When the women all be-
:ome architects, who's going to make
he home?
It la now claimed that It coats
125,000 to rear the average boy to
manhood. Anh even at those llgurcr
one haa no. assurance that the boy
won't turn out to be a defaulting hank
cashier.
A lynx-eyed art critic baa discov
ered that some of the statues of great
men which adorn the parks In Wash
ington aro crooked. Now let the
lynx-eyed art critic take a look at
some of the great.men who adorn the
balls of the capitol.
his year'* corn crop will be over
ty bushels for every man. woman
child In the L r nlted State*. But
! safe to say that the usual distrl-
ion of one man's bins being filled
overflowing, while another gets
r the husks, will still be main-
the agitators who think Teddy
"8 are productive of race suicide
hat they take tho place of dolls
formerly aroused the mother In-
)t In the hearts of little girls,
t there be a lot of women leading
kkMiles by a string Instead or rou-
baby carriages after awhile!
GIVE THE PEOPLE THE PARK, GENTLEMEN OF COUNCIL
Atlanta is either to be a city or a country town.
And no one thing will better mark this difference than the wlso pro
vision which is made for the fnture in public parks. New York, right
In Its throbbing heart of commerce,- has Madison Square Garden of
fifty acres, worth over one hundred thousand dollars 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 civilisation and humanity who
would suggest Its diversion to commercial purposes. Scarcely a half-
mile away there Is Union Square, another park of. nearly similar alze,
given up to the tame noble end, while all over that great city land of
fabulous value is cheerfully conceded by the great metropolis to the
health and pleasure of Its people.
Atlanta must catch this spirit and put it Into execution. Tho mayor
haa very wisely urged in his message that Marietta Street school, which
it has been agreed to remove from lta present location, should be utilised
for a public park for the people In that crowded section of the city. The
little children and the tired mothers among the working people need It
more than they need anything else that the beneficence of municipal
government could put there.
And The Georgian sincerely trusts that tho city council will consider
this matter In the wise and progressive light of city men and not of
country legislators, and tbat no argument for 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 8mlth, tho railroad commission and the
present reform administration.
A very distinguished gentleman who has our highest esteem is In
sistent upon tho policy of summoning an extra session of tho legisla
ture. His views, as his views always do, come strongly and effective
ly, and will carry conviction 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 respected, Governor Smith has
seen best up to the present time not to calf an extra session of the legis
lature.
it may be assumed that the governor has 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 wno led the fight. Certainly no man In Goorgla could be cred
ited with a more sincere desire to utilise, If nacediary, 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 seailon.
Now this difference between these eminent gentlemen—the one tho
responsible chief executive of the state and the other nn eminent pub
licist, who was one of bis 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 of the reformers who have
fought and won the moat majestic victory In the later history of this
commonwealth.
Nor do we think that It It either good policy or solid patriotism
that this difference In the ranks of the reform movement should be
aired In tho public printa and fulminated In public declarations on either
side.
The fact that this ha* been done and Is being done will necessarily
do muoh to demoralize the ranks of the reform element, and to cheat
them of that success upon whirl) tho 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 polloy give Infinite comfort and*courage to those who are fighting
them. They convey tho Impression to the outside public tbat 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 the people to the 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 It now being 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 appoal most earnestly to these distinguished men occupying
these responsible and Important positions that they should discuss and
decide these divisions among themselves, and that no controversy should
bo allowed to convey to the public the damaging suggestion of 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 ha* fought sincerely nnd earnestly for the reforms
which are now In process of completion, we earnestly repent tho plea that
our leaders shall be discreet In the utterances of tbelr division and that
they shall remember so fully the high mission of reform that when they
can not agree, they will bo wlso and great onough nnd tolerant enough
to "agree to disagree” and to compromise some of 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
Isadora 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 differences In mere method of accomplishing the great
end of Reform. *
At this period tolerance Is n virtue and wrangle Is a crime against
the people. '
A MIGHTY MODERN MOVEMENT.
One of the tremendous movements at modern times la the organisa
tion of great and distinguished Americans who have banded themselves
together under the title of the "Committee of One Hundred," appointed
by Section I of the American Association for tho Advancement of Scl-
*ence In tho Federal Regulation of Public Health.
It la the most vital physical movement of the century, inspired by
the enormous Increase of germ diseases from the development of our
later day civilisation. The growth of population, tho multiplication of
germs, the Infection of rivers, the awful strides of tuberculosis, have
alarmed the world, and thoughtful men have cause In serious gravity to
realise that the energy and wisdom of the race must unite to fight the
conditions which are 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 througb Lyman Abbott, Jane Addams,
Daniel Oilman, Archbishop Ireland, President Eliot down through the
.lilt of active and militant minds in the country, and the evidences are
gratifying that Interest la becoming transcendent In tbe Issues which
are Involved.
The committee Is preparing to memorialise the next congress for
attention to these great dangers In the order of their Imminence, and ts
now canvassing tbe Judgments of Its members, as to which of the fol
lowing questions presents the moat Imperative demand for attention,
and commauds 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 fevqr, 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 tbe rapid Increase of pollution of
our rivers, the boundary lines between states, which only Federal regu
lation can control; or,
(b) Tbe facta, that out of 80,000,000 of 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 smee dreaded smallpox; and that the uniform enforcement of
national health regulations In all states is absolutely imperative, be
cause Infected persons travel from state to state spreading the dis
ease; or,
(c) Tbe facts, tbat the bubonic plague has gained such a foothold
. In California that national aid was asked; that the plague lias behind it
a history of devastation more terrible than human words can portray,
and should 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 tbe adequate appropriations for a great national organization
of health operating over tho period of a generation. Only by extend
ing the national quarantine can other states bo protected against lax
ity In the enforcement of health regulations by a single recalcitrant
state; or,
(4) Tho 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,
(©) The facts, that the 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 lambs fall'sick In Arizona the Department of Agriculture
give* elaborate Instructions aB 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 the republic are
awake and astir for resistance to the peril* 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. i
And tho people should rally In the power and might of public opinion
to press upon congress the great duty of liberal and fearless co-opera-
tlon.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here records each day
■otne economic fact lu reference to
tbe onward progress of tbe Mouth.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Preparation! are being pushed by the Anchor Block Mill Company, which has
engaged property In Lonsdale, Tenn., for tho purpose of manufacturing shuttle
cocks, for the use of cotton and woolen mills, from dogwood and persimmon. The
building, which they have obtained from John' Oborne, la two stories high, 30x100
feet. A four-year lease has been taken, nnd It Is believed that In the next three
weeks they will be dally manufacturing « carload of shuttlecock*. They will have
nnother building to use Immediately for drying purposes and expect In the spring
to erect a ‘ third, structure, to be used na n dry house.
The new mill of the Seminole Manufacturing Company at Clearwater, Go., Is
rapidly nearing completion. They hope to start cotton through within the next
few weeks. The plan Is up to date lu every particular. The public la . ordlally In
vited to visit Clearwater and Inspect tbe new mill and village. Overseers will take
pleasure In showing all parties through and explaining everything.
Ths Sylacauga Cotton Mills, with capital of 185,000, has been Incorporated by
the probate lodge of Talladega county, Alabama, and reported to tho secretary of
state. It Is given out the business of the plant will be to manufacture and sell
cotton yarn*, clothe, goods and fabrics and to carry on n mercantile business. J.
W. Brown and many other# make up tbe Incorporators.
A charter has been granted to the Whitehead Hosiery Mills of Bnrllngton, N.
C., to boy and soli or manufacture and sell hosiery, knit goods, etc. The capital
stock authorised la $100,000, with $10,000 subscribed. The Incorporators are Messrs.
It. II. Whitehead, 8. M. Hernaday, W. I*. Ireland, L. C. Chrlsrnnn and J. W. Mur-
ray.
The Wahoo Manufacturing Company Is rebuilding Its 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 machinery, and will spin coarse yarns only.
II. C. Arnall, of Ncwuau, Is president of the company.
T. W. noyle and associates will bulld^a $150,000 cotton mill at GreeleyylHe, B.C.
will be equipped 1
People and Things
Gossip From the Hotels and the
Street Corners.
Lieutenant L E. Baas, U. S. Navy,
In charge of the Chattanooga recruit
ing dietrlct, arrived In Atlanta Wed
nesday morning on his weekly visit to
tho Atlanta office. Lieutenant Bass
accompanied by Surgeon J. M.
Moore, U. fi. Navy, who is the ex
amining surgeon for this district.
G. W. Urine, president of tho Atlanta
Gas Light Company and vice president of
the Georgia Hallway nnd Electric Com
pany, returned to bis office In the Electric
nnd Gas building Tuesday morning, after
Illness of two weeks at his home. In
cc DeLeon nvenue. Mr. Brine* had an
.. jck of bilious fever, and at times suf
fered a temperaturs of 5 degrees. The of-
force gave tbelr chief u cordial, wel-
flo Is
most popular offi
cials of the two companies.
Captain Wiley Williams, chief of police
Columbus, candidate for prison commis
sioner. and one of the most popular nml
host known men In Georgia, was In town
Wednesday shaking hands nnd talking poll-
Wiley Williams Is probably better known
throughout the United States among po
lice officials than most Southern chief* of
police. For >cnrs ho has held the office,
and be always takes a prominent part in
the convention of police chiefs.
••Things look good to me." said - Captain
Williams, “mid l am confident of winning
out nt the polls for prison commissioner.
I nm getting favorable reports from every
section of the stnte."-
Captain Williams Is an old newspaper
tan and printer, nnd carries a union card.
Judge Joel Hrnnhntn, of Rome, who re-
jotly celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
of his admission to the bar, pasted through
Atlanta Wednesday, «ti routs to Mllledgc-
vllte, to nttend n quarterly moetlng of the
Mrd of trustees of the state sanitarium
hursdny. ' — _
A nu-morlsl service to the late Pr. T. O.
Powell, for many years superintendent of
the Institution, will also be Jield Thursday.
Members of the family and friends of Dr.
ARMY'NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OP VESSELS
Army Ordsrs.
Washington, Oct. M.—Captain.Alfred Uns-
brouck, coast artillery corps to Washington
barracks genernl hospital. Captain Albert
O. Jenkins, coast artillery corps, from sec-
ond, placed on unasslgncd list, artillery
district of New London for. duty on staff.
Lieutenant Colonel Fly D. lloyte, Sixth
field artillery, to Fort Slocutu. via Jeffer
son Barracks and Columbus Barracks, to
obtain Information at recruit depot at point.
Captain Arthur L. Fuller, coast artillery
corps, to department of California, ns chief
\M. Canning, quarter-
TEACHERS PAY TRIBUTE
TO MIS8 NANNIE JONES.
If the soft radiance of a star, whose
tender shining In one accustomed place
had brought us inspiration and comfort
and help, should be suddenly removed
beyond our ken of vision, we might
feel something of the same amazed
sorrowfulness with which those of us
who knew and loved Miss Nannie Jones
realise now that she has passed forever
from our present life.
For sixteen years, with but little In
terruption, she has been In her place In
Fraser Street school, with wisdom and
patience and conscientious fidelity,
helping the little ones to take their first
step* In path of knowledge, and Im
pressing upon their young minds the
principles of truth and uprightness.
She brought to her task, 1 not only a
noble Christian character, high Ideals,
refinement, taste ahd strength to ac
complish, but a wise sympathy and a
merry, genial humor that banished
many a difficult situation for her little
puplts. 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 and 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 and 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 midst, we 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 ropy of these reso
lutions be sent to the family and to the
dally papers.
MOLLIE STEVENS.
ETHEL MASSENOALE.
MYKTIS SMITH, Chairman.
signal officer. .
Captnlu WUUAl t
master, from Philippines, upon arrival of
rnptnln Henry II. Farrar, quartermaster at
Manila, proceed to San Irnnclsco. Lieu
tenant Colonel Egbert II. Savldge, retired,
recruiting officer Omaha, upon next official
visit to Grand, lalaud proceed to Blake,
Nebr., procuring curtain evidence necessary
to complete trial of an enlisted man before
general court martini nt Fort Douglas.
Captain William I. Westervelt, ordnance de
partment, %lsft Ilnrvoy, Ills., to Inspect ma
terial.
First Lieutenant Albert A. King, Eighth
cavalry, detailed for general recruiting serv
ice, proceed to Jefferson Barracks, to relieve
Second Lieutenant Nelson A. Goodapeed,
Third cavalry, who la relieved from re
cruiting duty and will proceed to Fort
Clark, effecting transfer of quartermaster,
conuulftRury and ordnance accountability
»incident to tho change of garrison st that
post.
Captain Peter <\ Knrnes, Jr., quartermas
ter. from Fort Hamilton, to San Francisco,
relieving Captain Henry II. Farrar, quar
termaster. from further duty In tbe trans
port service.
Navy Orders ,
Captain A. Itennnrds and Lieutenant
Commander J. C. Leonard, detached naval
war college, Newport, home nnd await or-
dors. Lieutenant B. A. Long, detached
Connecticut to Hartford. N. D. Wicker-
sham, orders to West Virginia revoked;
continue duty Nebraska. Ensign It. E.
Ingersoll, detached Connecticut to bureau
of ordunnee. Midshipman J. E. Pond, de-
tnched Nebraska to West Virginia.
Movements of Vessels.
Arrived—October 13, Lehnnou nt Ton|»-
klnsvlllo; Colorado nt Ban Francisco; Oc
tober 14, Newport at nary yard. New
York; 1'ralrle at Baltimore; Minnesota at
Norfolk; Marietta at Hampton Itoads; Gla
cier nt nuvy yard. New York.
Sailed—October 13, Colorado from Mare
Island for San Francisco: October 14, Uncus
from Cape Cod bny for Boston; October 15,
Chattanooga from Kobo to Nagasaki.
ClnclunaU placed ont .of commission at
navy yard at Mure Island October 12. Dixie
onlorod out of commission navy yard at
League Island.
SCHOOL-TIME LUNCHES.
If the child goee to echool so far
from home that a basket lunch la nec
essary, no less 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 Bend a child to
school with a lunch composed of “any
old thing” arranged In a haphazard
manner le to Invite all kinds of Ilia to
take. possession of the little stomach,
says The Delineator for September.
The first thing, of course. Is 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 enough
of them to assuage the cravings of
hunger. In another packet plnce some
tasty sweet. Avoid pie assiduously,
but any cake that Is not too rich, and
that has only a plain Icing, will answer
the purpose nicely. Fruit, too, should
be added, with some crisp cookies, or
ginger wafers, hut do not be tempted
to Insert any candy, unless you chance
to have a supply of absolutely pure
maple sugar.
Her III Luck.
“It looks like some people are born
to III luck,” sighed the old lady. "Why
do you think so?” queried the chance
caller. "Well, take myself for In
stance," said the old lady. ”1 have
collected nearly 10,000 medical recipes
and pasted them Into al>ook during the
last fifty years and I have never been
sick a day in my life."—Chicago Dotty
News.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
D O 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 Jarge ones. Four per cent
interest paid on savings.
The Last Act of the Drama
By WILHELM SCHARLAN
"And that It all you bare to tell me?”
The girl turned around abruptly from the
desk at which she was sitting and atnrted
at the young man. #
He did not look up. Really a wotnan
who bad no Idea of what duty may de
mand of you was unbeatable In the Iona
run. -
"We will part, Olgn Wnsslllewua, because
we must part. Duty demands something of
me which I can not "
"Why don’t you finish, Cyril? Why don't
J nu any plainly that you can not fulfill your
utles toward society ns long as you are
burdened with me? I am n burden nnd you
want to shake It off."
"Nonsense."
"No, It Is not nonsense. It Is the truth,
except that you do not want to get rid of
me 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 gets ex-
I had money, as
cited, Cyril. As long ... . ....
long as 1 was the beautiful Olgn Wnssllle-
watt, you loved me, nnd we could work to-
f ether on our great task, but now. since
have been sick, since the money Is gone,
you have no use for tne or my love."
“You nro Insane," he shouted nnd bit the
old sofa with his fist so nnrd that be was
almost hidden behind the cloud of dust he
raised. "The money has been used In the
cause of freedom and you have no right to
blame me because It Is gone."
"You know better, Cyril. Where the
money has gene I know ns well ns you. I
will only remind you of Tatiana Windlmo-
rawua In Geneva. I nm watting for you to
*' ulon "
keep your promise to legalize
The young man laughed. O uarsu, corn,
bitter laugh. Then he calmly produced ft
cigarette ense from his pocket. Jit a
cigarette and handed the case to the girl.
No, never.’
"You ore a brute," she replied. "That Is
my reward for haring sacrificed the five
i^eet years of my life, for having forgotten
my family, my rank, my houor, for your
sake."
"Do not make me laugh, my dove," he
replied with n cruel smile. "I have given
ron na much na yon hare given me. nnd
that you are tbe daughter or « genernl is
none of my business."
"You always did belong to the party, but
It never took you away from uie, as long
ns you still loved me. ouiy now you be*,dn
to speak of Its superior claims, llut I de
mand that you keep your promise, do you
hear?"
She was furious now snd inode a rush for
him which ho did not seem to notice, for
be took a latter from his pocket and began
to read It.
She tried to tear It from his hands, but
he pushed her aside so violently that she
nearly fell.
"That Is right," she cried, "be a brute In
deed ns well ns In words. Have I not tbe
me right as you, since I have accepted the
words. The committee has passed death
sentence upon General Kosloff because he
refuses to set our cotnrndcs free. It has
fallen to mo to execute the death sentence,
and I leave tonight."
Olgn Wnsslllewua stood with her back
toward the window, leaning heavily ou the
sill. In the dim light he could not distin
guish her features.
"Do you know General Kosloff?"
"No, but I shall find him."
"1 know him. Ills daughters were friends
of mine Jn St. Petersburg:"
"What do I care? I have to execute th#
sentence, and what happens' to me after
that does not nffctter."
There was silence for a minute, then she
said, softly: "Let me go, Cyril; 1 will do it
for yon."
"Ion are out of your mind."
"Not nt nil. llow would you reach the
genernl? To me. the friend of bis dough-
tills would
It would mean death to her, nnd be would
not have to k«»ep his promise.
"Yon will never return, Olga Wnssllle*
wun." he said.
"Maybe I will. Will you marry me If I
return? Hwenr that you will by the name
ef your mother, whom they knouted to
death In the mines of Siberia."
Cossacks who guarded the door let no one
piiss.
An elegant carriage stood In .front of the
main entrance, where now appeared three
young ladles.
"Did you forget anything? Where nre you
going. Olgn Wnsslllewua? one of tbe gen
era! s daughters asked her frleud, who bud
been her guent for two weeks.
"1 forgot my pocketnook. nud yon know.
Jellsawet, that we should uot lend any one
[ once lost a large nrnonnt
Into temptation.
of money In Hwltzerlnnd that way.
"But hurry back. We will wait for you la
the carriage.
Olga Wnsslllewua rushed up the stairs
Into the general’s private office. The sen
try nt the door saluted respectfully.
Tho general was working nt his desk, nnd
did not look up.
"Adieu, little father, wo nre going shop-
ping.’! /
A shot rang out. The general fell back
In his chair, dead.
Olgn rushed back down tbe stairs. No
one bad heard the shot. Her face was
ghastly pale, but there was a triumphant
gleam in her eyes. She .lumped Into the
carriage and drove off with her friends.
Cyril Btawrycsln Was sitting* In n cheap
restaurant with two student friends.
One of them was rending the Infest paper.
Suddenly lie dropped It and whistled
through U '~ *—
asked.
The other picked up the paper and read
aloud: "General Kualoff was murdered in
broad daylight yesterday. On lit* desk was
found a death sentence pronounced by tho
his excitement.
It was done. Sin* was alive and tree. Hh*i
would return nnd demand that he keep his
promise, or she would kill him.
He arose nud went out. home. For ft
long time ho sat on the old sofa, struggling
with himself. Then he packed his few be-
longings together nnd wrote In the dust on
the tnlde In Russian: "Thank you In the
name of Russia. We will never meet.
Cyril."
Two dn;*s later she returned. The land
lady banded her the key nml said she had
faced her fate without flinching. Life
nothing to her—for the sake of a scoundrel,
uot from love of her country, she had killed
a man who had Imhmi as kind ns a father to
her. nud with tho same revolver she sent a
bullet crushing through her own brain.
A Pioneer Yellow Journalist
By X. Y. Z.
The Llnvllle Weekly Express had gone to
press.. It was hard lines that forced Rich
ard Vinton, nn Oxford graduate, to seek
a livelihood by pumping long primer wis
dom Into tho quiet minds of the plain coun
try folk lu nnd n’>out the Missouri ham
let, but he set his best energies to the task.
Week after week he fllled up bis editorial
page with the uroduet of a mind endowed
to lend mankind, but never a word of recog
nition bad he received for It. save from ail
oecuslonul exchange that stole hla stuff uud
run It in ns orlglmd.
Vinton had all the yearnings of a real
Journalist to do something to make people
talk. But there wasn’t "anything doing"
In Llnvllle; there never had been. To Vin
ton’s discouraged soul It looked us If there
never would lie. He remarked this bitter
ly to Jnck Htlce, his printer, who had blown
In with the autumn winds, nnd stayed be
cause be got three meals a day, u place
to sleep nnd a few dollars a week for Inci
dentals. Htlce had seen all the world he
wanted to, nnd more, nnd was content to
settle down with Vinton, because Vinton
let hliu talk all be wanted nnd never qnes-
tinned the authenticity of hla yams. And
If yon were ever acquainted with the spe
cies you will know that their paradise lies
In the discovery of a willing Usteuer.
"What we wunt Is a fresh news story,"
■aid the printer.
"Of course." said Vinton; "but how In
the world are we going to get one If noth-
lu&jver Jj*P|* M *
"I don’t like fakca," remarked the editor,
”dth dignity.
"No more do I. Never could abide a p!;m>
dream. Nobody but goslings nses ’em when
tun king copy. I^nienn to
they commence
get up something that's genuine.'
fflonntHl. | ue wun u III-re, VI.V
to tne driver, nnd he noted ns though he
wasn’t exactly clear ns to whatbls obliga
tions were In the premises. Fending the
decision he did nothing. Tbe pnsseugers
peered out the windows, nnd nidted what
was the matter. It was n moonlight night
nnd the highwayman and Ids gun stood
out clear. The passengers were ordered to
get out and Hue up on the roadside. A
man In uniform got out of the opposite
door of the vehicle nud went around be-
hind It. He bad wnnerhlug In his hand
that sparkle*! In the moonlight. The high
wayman did not s.*e him. The other pas-
Konger* obeyed in at ructions. The driver
also got out of his box and stood In the
. line with hands uplifted. The robber step-
j ped back ;i little to Inspect the line-up
I critically. The mail In the uniform level
ed his revolver and fired. The knight of
{the road turned two startled eyes in that
direction, whirled around nnd fell to tho
ground. The man'In the uniform went to
the body, revolver In band.
I "Close call for you tenderfeet," he said.
"Lucky I was along."
' All voiced approval. The highwayman
was not dead, nnd they nut him on top of
j the stage, none too gently, nnd proceeded.
The man In uniform wits congratulated by
everybody, and stood the homage with dig*
| nlty, as becomes a tuan nl»ove the common
The wdtinded outlaw was taken to n doc-
tor's house, nnd a curious crowd followed
In. When the black mask wns removed
from his eyes there were cries of astonish
ment by the townspeople. It wus Vinton's
IIOCIM1I, IIJ«7 *« Ml, Ilia mil IUMHB Ullll lIPPi
mentally noted, some remarked, but they
said they had never liked to mention ft
owing to respect for Vinton’s feelings.
When Vinton arrived the dying man turn
ed to him and whispered:
"Good story."
"Good heavens!" exclaimed Vinton, “you
didn’t do that to get a story?"
A smile flit fed o«,*er the agonized face.
"I didn't thlnl. nliout n soldier being
along. Tell him I don't hold It ngUn him.
Wns Just golngjo scare 'em t bit nnd send
’em back their property after paper camo
out. You’ll find ‘head’ already ’set'—have
to change It some—didn't think about this.
Better yet. Will make ’em talk. Good-bye,
old man; .you wns good to me. Glad to
belli you."
\ inton stood holding the dead man's band.
The man In uniform touched him.
••If’* the queerest thing I ever heard of
lu nil my life."
"What?" asked Vinton, Instinctively mov
ing off.
"The gun that fellow had ivnsn't loaded.
Bny. what sort of guff was he handing out
No Vegetarians there.
Cannibalism le said to prevail In
parts of Canada. Evidently the veg
etarian fad has obtained no foothold
there.
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