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Tl-iE WAN JJ Vip across the mountains, dowm*. Out upou tbe foaming seas runs th Pack your bundle, comrade, and \ We're*oft to seek contentment^ wh The skies are blue above us, the i Tbe reads are warm and springy Oh, leave the home-kept people co We must be off, fulfilling the rovei Tor lands we've never traveled, fo Our hearts are ail a-lmnger, we n The sun in all his glory of rising i But calls to us to follow where he And when in sheen and splendor He seems to send a message,?"Cor The end or all our joxirney-who \ But, fliend, the .wanJer fever has ?/ ' -B I THROUGH 1 1 OF BEL! Er JOHN 5 i OOO? GSESBSS?B 3 ?3*3 CBfflEB .Icebergs, eh?" said Captain Sar-] Cent Spinney, ia. reply to a question from a knot of schcol cadets huddled round the stove in the Cape Ann Sea man's Bethel. "Oh, yes, a good many, all told. Mostly off la the distance, though." r Seating himself astride a chair, he .stared reflectively through the bank ol crimson geranium blooms in the windon out upon the shipping in the harbor. Although I continued to hold up before me a volume of Geodetic Sur vey Records, ia which I had been studying the singular changes in the coast-line, I lost all. interest in its contents, and found* my eyes wander ing expectantly to the rugged skip per. "Cape Ann fishermen up in north ern waters," said he, "don't go in for scenery much; it's mostly halibut. Once in a while a duck or a seal, and' sometimes a game and a dicker with the Eskimos-but it's mostly hali but. "Bat spring before last we ran the Nancy Lee up to latitude fifty-five degrees and fifty-six minutes. That's about one hundred and sixty miles east by north of Cape Harrigan, and not far from the queer little ssttle ments of the Moravians. 'Trtvas as far np as we could get on account of drift ice. "The Nancy is only an eighty-ton ner, and though she is1 Essex-built, and as clever and able for her tons as any craft fishing out of this port, she was never timbered to bunt arctic ice in those fierce currents and windy fogs. It's, nearly always foggy up there, and when it blows it blows. "The sea was full of field ice, a good deal of it full-fledged bergs higher than the burgae on our top stick. Setfrawls? I guess not! We .didn't even try the bottom or send down an anchor. / ""First a blow kept us busy, then a snow; wet, heavy snow, too, that stacked up all over the deck and sail, .and weighted her down so that we Shad to wear often and take it on the ?ot!;sr quarter to keep her trim. And i?ogl "Twas foggy all the time. ""Bo we headed her back souih ~again, and ran until we found a hun dred .aud fifty fathoms of water, about .one hundred and twenty miles east cf -Belle Isle. We had fished ajoag-.hexe roany trips before, and felt quita .tidy j :and homelike When-we'hove over the .dories and got the gear all out and .-fishing. t' "The sun came out and shone bright in the blue, and for nearly a "weeli we found good trawling. We .fitad two-thirds of a trip in the hold, -when one morning up shot big Judie . Chisholm in the Therese Prindall, and we hailed him. 'Twas on that day, ^Friday, that a lot of peor judgment tries to hide behind. / ' t- *. *We'ye got only about ten LLou ? sand fish and thirty of fletchers in her nowT he sung out as he flew by. "'Going to try for a better berth south f *. 'Belier berth south, eh,' thought I, as I watched them bear off to son'west, his dories all nested and made fast, both anchors taken on deck, and the craft setting so deep that if she had a fish in her she had a good sixty thousand pounds. M 'loaches me Judie have a like?? catch in her already, cap'n,' blurted Tage Rowe, who sat beside me on the boase. "'Aye,* spoke hs again, 'I say he's .OD the clean leap for home by the outside course , this very minute. Takes a navigator to slip through the straits.' . * 'Me, too,' Joined in Buster Plum mer. The Cape Ann Halibut Com pany's whaTl is like to be that berth south a blt he have in mind, I fancy. Jodie's a crafty bundle. He be that.' "While we sat there watching them vp staysail and up topsail running off more to westward all the time, 1 calculated in my mind the difference tn. the price of the first spring trip Handed and the second, though 'twas .<aaly aa hour's difference in hailing ?the market. No fisherman likes to be shown the way home to market. "We baited up again that day, and Ina cezt morning tho dorie:; began to come in with good fish from that -night's set. But before all hands got aboard the glass began to fall, and dropped steadily until, through that golden sunshine, ail hands stared Into trouble ol one kind or another. So j before noon we were headed for home by way of Belle Isle Strait, with a ( fair trip, tucked away. j " 'I'm glad for one,' said Toby j Snow. Toby's a black man. Negroes are scarcer than Irishmen aboard a fisherman, but Toby's one. Good ne gro, but poor fisherman. " 'Alabama's de place,' 'said he, every meal-time, and talked about balmy days and chicken and hoe cakes till the crew began to get dainty and actually shivered quito ladylike with the cold, though all of them were Ne'wfoundlanflprs ?.r>A trus 'dogs' the " -- ' . . - *"Bnt ev?.*.' - f ?ic nea: th ac after Boon when the ?\ancy tripped into the Strait of Belle Isle, the deck scrubbed, her skirts ga'.Uered up be bind her, and stepping off ahead of a six-knot breeze. ."But ice-as soon as we got into fhe mouth of the strait, ice was every .where, as far as we could see. Not field ice, but bergs, high toppers, too. And as wc ran farther in, it looked 'as if all the bergs coming down from the pole had shat off into the strait s ER TRAIL. .ard through the.vale, e wander trail; lake your staff in hand: ich dwells "in No Man s Land, foaming wind is sweet. beneath cur faring feet; work and play and bresd rs' easy creed. r seas wq've never crossed, ever count the cost; it the dawn is leading on, he sinks beneath the ssa. ie, comrades, follow nie." knows what it may bring? wakened with the spring, ?erton Braley, in McClure's Magazine. nao seas mammsma 9999* DHE STRAIT ,E ISLE. 1 :. COTTON. Sj gasa 8?e*O52aE?E3"i*a 2999os? Tor a farewell game anions them selves. " 'A likely lot, cap'n,' said Alec Peoples to me. . "I stood watching them sail along before supper, and I realized that to put into the strait at this time of the year was the most foolish :hing I had ever done in all my life. "Outside was the Pr?ndal?, though, wallowing for home, I felt sure, with a handy twenty-four hours' start. I gulped it down as it was; 'twas nc fisherman that would put back then before his crew. "After supper I went on deck to sniff the weather before s'^ugg^g away for .the night in the cabin. A heavy mist had settled down, and it was beginning to rain, and I could smell a true northeaster in the air. I felt a little chary as I watched her shy and duck in and out amongst those mountains of ice. The strait seemed full of them, and they loomed up in the deep dark so sudden and often, white and ghostlike, that 'twas scaresocie to stand there and watch them sail along in that tide. '.I went below, and stretching out on the port locker before my bunk, vith my boots and watch-coat on, watched the hands at their games and listened to their bandying. "I could hear the lookout for'ard every once in a while sing out steer ing orders to the man aft at the whee!, and feeling the Nancy running smooth, I dozed, in spite of my de termination to keep awake. " 'Yes, sir, Toby,' I faintly heard Luster Plummer saj'.'when we chucks that rat overboard a big gull swoops down and grabs him, and yoji may not believe m'e, sir, but what does that rat do but turn round and grabs that gull, and setting one wing up for a mainsail and tother for a jib, he beats into port ahead of the ship, and when we got up to our dock he was there waiting for us.' "But I must have slept in spite of myself, for seemingly right on top of Buster's yarn I heard thundered on deck: " 'Up with her! Let her come up quick, man, I say!' And though I could swear I had not been asleep, I landed all standing as I felt the craft careen to port before a short helm. "I shot a glance around the cabin, and .was dumfound?d to find-the card board deserted and the ".light turned ?own low. I looked at the cloak be fore me and read half past' two, and as I make toward the companionway [ noticed all the aft hands sound asleep in their bunks. "I felt her strike easy as I stumbled DU deck, and then shivering aud quiv =ri?g she rose, as on a sea, but in that second I felt 'twas no sea she was riding. In fact, she didn't ride at all; ap she went and stayed there. " 'Long Jack at the wheel,' thought [, as. I pushed by him. Surely Peter Hanscom and his dory-mate took the deck as I lay down. I must nave slept. "I stumbled round the house, and clutching the starboard rail, seemed to be staring into a great white wall that ran straight up higher than I could see. It was ice. I could almost reach out and touch it with my hand. * 'All hands now!' I heard the man at the wheel roar with all his might, ?nd before I could collect my wits from the surprise, every man ol that crew stood round me. "Not a word broke the deep silence that held there. "We could se? the green glare of our starboard ruining light reflected against the glistsning wall, and could feel the cold air from the side3. " 'Cap'n, we"re high and dry on an iceberg!' came a trembling voice from for'ard, and for the first time I was able to fathom bur true situation. "I had been up on the rocks, hove down on Georges, and with a coaster poked clean into our windlass, but high and dry on an iceberg I never was before In all my life. "We needed no torches to see how we lay. Dark as it was all round us, every inch of that ice shone out as plain as day. Up on the starboard side like a great crystal cliff towered that mountain, awful to look at. its great top pinnacles leaning out into the air, seemingly ready to <?rop down on us at any minute. "At its foot spread out a shelf, Its Dreadth eo great that we couldn't see or form any idea of its size, run ning from below the water at its edge up a steep grade to the base of the berg, allowing us, under our head way, to slide fair upon it, high and dry, for more thai: our length, and as truly fiush wita the face of thai: berg * ??he l?rl * ? An English paper is said "the ten mistakes of life," a3 ?. To set up our own si wrong and judge people acco 2. To measure the enjoyi 3. To expect uniformity c 4. To look for judgment 5. To endeavor to mold ? 6. To look for pe.-fectiou 7. To worry ourselves an remedied. 8. To refuse to yield in 9. To refuse to alleviate, all that which needs alleviatic 10. To refuse to make a] others. as could well be. And there we stood. "The wind screeched round us and the rain shot down in slanted sheets, but the swinging of the berg had brought us fair, in its lee. The little Nancy stood there, stark still and straight as an arrow, her sails limp and empty, as if she was like al) hands, dumfounded. "I ran round to the port side, then fcr'ard,-and as far off as I could see in any direction lay a great white flat of ice. I ran aft again, and looking off astern, could see that the onlj way off was the way we came on And while I stood, there was a thun- j derous report beside us, followed by a long, tremulous vibration,as though the whole earth was in upheaval round us, and with a shrfeking roar ton upon ton of ice crashed down on our deck for'ard. "Timbers crunched and crackled beneath it, and the little schoonei shook and trembled until I felt as ii | my own life was being crushed out ' with her. The crew broke in con fusion for the first time and made aft frcm where they stood amidships, bul not a man spoke. "1 felt the wind beginning tc squeeze round behind us again, and the whole mountain of ice seemed tc be revolving as on a pivot by the force of the wind and tide. " ' 'Tis the way .of th'ese blasted bergs to turn turtle at times, cap'n!1 some one said; and as he spoke, g blast of wind struck our mainsail, and over the Nancy went on her beams, sending us headlong down against the wheel cover in a bunch. "A deafening series of snapping reports traveled from beneath us. Everything solid round us seemed to shake and tremble for a second; then down she went, straight down through that honeycombed ice, until it seemed as though we were going under altogether. The tons of the schooner's weight in capsizing had smashed through the ice that held her! "Ice and sea rolled over the rail as we went down into it, and there we lay on our beam-ends, and spars and sail stretched flat out upon the ice. I could not move. I hung on to the wheel, my eyes and teeth shut tight as a vise. "Then I felt her beginning to right as the?broken cakes of the ice parted round her, and rising slow but sure, and coming up to her bilge, with a lurch she stood up straight again, and I could feel that we lay in good brine once more. "The big main-boom swung out with a bang; the mainsail filled, and starting off before the wind, she bid up with a glancing blow against the edge of ice in that little bay broken round her. Then turning a half-cir cle along its edge, she shot up dead into the wind, out into clear water, and off to starboard of her own will, straight away from that monster. " ' 'Twas more than our own hands did that!' I heard old Earnacle Gran nett say, as those thirteen men, one after another, let go their holds and breathed deep again as she gathered way. . "We found our rudder hanging, loose and wrenched from the steer ing-gear. Tons of ice lay piled for ward on our deck, the flying jib-boom was gone altogether, the martingale w?? forced into the stem, opening the seams in the peak; her bulwarks and stanchions were cleaved off flush with the deck on the starboard bow and aft to amidships, and the fore chain-plate was bent and twisted like tin. ? glanced at the clock again as I ran below for an ax. But twenty minutes had gone from the time we struck, yet in those twenty minutes I seemed to have lived longer than in all my twenty odd years at sea. v "Daylight opened at last, and found us running wild, with the rudder rigged in a 'berther,' and water mak ing fast through the peak into the hold. The compass had shaken. out of the gimbat and was useless, but we felt round in all directions for soundings until we caught the ringing of a bell-buoy up to windward, and we knew we had Point Rich and a landing at hand, and we made lt, fast and hard. "But we got the market first for all of that. After all Nancy's frolic, and the scrape she led us into, we were only steering clear of worse things on the outside course. We were the last men to see the Prindall afloat. And except a few timbers and one man, we landed home with our trip, and as fit as when we started. "That man was Toby Snow, our colored cook. 'Cap'n,' said he from the shore where we beached her that morning at Point Rich, deep to the scuppers with water in the hold and all hands tuckered out with the pumps, 'give my share to some needy family if you ever gets home again. Fishin' is likely all right 'nough, but I is dat sure I ain't cut out for no fisherman dat^I prefer to go home along de shore.' And he did. "Many's the infidel has sailed out of Gloucester harbor and come back a God-fearing man. There were two on that trip-Dan Neal over there drinking coffee with the chaplain was one of them."-Youth's Companion. The Railway Beetle. A curious insect has arrived from Brazil at the South Kensington Mu seum in London. It is a beetle. At its head gleams a red ruby lamp, and eleven green lights glow forth from each side of the little creature. These peculiarities have earned it the name of the "railway beetle." \ stages of l^ife. * to have given what are called ~"$S{ follows: . andar? o? what is right and "yr rdiugly. T nent of others by our own. )f opinion in this world. and experience in youth. ill dispositions alike, in our own actions. d others with what cannot be Immaterial matters. so far as lies in our power, m. lowa*nce for the infirmities of * * t*******x g Good Rosds. g s . i . - Trains on Highways. Cqnsul General Robert P. Skinner, Marseilles, furnishes the following information concerning the running of passenger and freight trains on the highways o? France: "There recently passed this consul ate a 'Train Renard,' composed of a locomotor,, two passenger cars and one baggage car, which had just ar rived from Paris under its own power and over the ordinary roads, thus sup plying to the public a demonstration of its own efficiency. The trains mentioned are composed of elements, each receiving the energy' of a vehi cle called ?'locomotor, ' which being placed at the' head of the train dis tributes the necessary power to the following 'elements by means of a transmission shaft extending from one end of the'train''to the "other, thus enabling each car to utilize its own. adhesion to the road surface as a means of [advancement. "The locomotor-that is to say, the creator of the energy-is therefore lighter than any of the cars. Trains of this type; completely loaded are able to maintain a speed of twenty one, kilometers (13.05 miles) per hour in case of passenger trains on levels and from fifteen to sitteen kil ometers (9.32.to 9.94 miles) per hour in the cass of freight trains. It is said that the freight trains- of this type are able to maintain an average of from tim to twelve kilometers (6.21 to 7.45 miles), fully loaded, In any kind of country. "It would be useless to enter into further details regarding these high road trains, as far as the United States is concerned, inasmuch as we are without a road system sufficient ly advanced to make their application possible. On. the other hand the adoption of passenger and freight trains over railless roads in France has become not only a possiblity but a fact. Already hundreds of inacces sible hamlets,,hitherto served by slow going diligences, are kept in constant contact with the outside world by means of large auto-omnibuses, mov ing at art average rate of fifteen miles an hour, transporting both passen gers and express parcels; and now, following this development, comes the explosive engine motor, drawing full trains of cars, which it is claimed can be operated on level or mount ainous roads at au exceedingly mod erate expense. In other words, if all that ls claimed for these trains is re alized, it will be possible to give 25, 000 communes in France, which do not at. present enjoy railroad facili ties, approximately the same advan tages with respect to transportation as the most populous and highly fav ored centres. t . "This illustrates how much the creation of a better highway system would benefit the rural populations of-the United States, who are at a great disadvantage in regard to trans portation as compared with foreign communities, and deprived of the various kinds of satisfaction result ing, from the existence of modern highways." i --?...A' Groat State Hoad. Tn In's, address before the Pennsyl vania Sar Association Governor Stu art l?d up.ro eulogy of the plan to construct a great highway across this State, from end to end. This project has been frequently discussed during recent years, , but never writh a better grasp af the principle involved than by Governor Stuart?. First, there should he the great trunk line from Pittsburg ?/Philadelphia, offering its accommodation alike to the farmer on his'way to market and to the tour ist seeking pleasure amid the pic turesque scenes of the Keystone State. /Next, there should be lateral branches, making this great highway accessible from all sections of the Commonwealth. This is a project on which the State of Pennsylvania may well expend sums for the benefit of its people. It is a rich State and great-in all things save its public roads. For reasons clearlF set forth by Governor Stuart Pennsylvania has not such highways as it should have. But it is never too late to mend. The great road is by no means to be considered an end, ;P It is only a means-a prac tical example to encourage counties and townships to build and maintain good public highways. It will serve the purpose of showing the smaller civil divisions how to do the work, and it will exemplify the advantages of having good roads in every dis trict. It is in this aspect that it is given the sanction of the Governor and his encouragement. The time has arrived in this State when good roads are essential to its highest development. Though its in dustries have thriven amazingly and its farms have prospered, with indif ferent roads, its further development demands that which has heretofore been neglected. Its great industrial population must be put in1 closer touch with its rural population, which is destined to grow in numbers and usefulness. Good roads are a necessity.-Pittsburg Dispatch. Japan's Clock Industry. . Japan has thirty-two timepiece fac tories, of which twenty-five are in Nagoya,, one in Tokio and six in Osaka. The annual output is 209, 702 standing clocks, 441,755 hang ing clocks, 25,360 watches, represent* lng a value.of $794,900. Admit Their Age. In Japan women have to admit their true age. A woman dresses ac cording to her age. She wears gold pins until, she is twenty-five. At thir ty the pins are white, merely spotted with gold, and at forty she wsars plain shell combs. New York in 2000. Stranger-"What's the excitement over there?" Citizen-"Greatest discovery of the age! Workmen digging into the con crete and iron strata have just come uppn a vein of real dirt!"-Puck. Oysters thrive best in water con taining less tb?.n four per cc.uc. salt. To Be Held in New Orleans Beginning November 11 th PRESENT PRICES ARE TOO LOW Meeting Called to Plan for Better Prices for the South's Great Sta ple. Union City, Ga., Special.-Chards S. Barrett, national president of thc | Farmers' Union, has issued the fol lowing statement regarding the in dustrial congress he has called to meet at New Orleans, November 11th, for the purpose cf formulating a campaign for advancing the price of cotton in the south: "As the executive head of an or ganization of more than 2,000,000 farmers in the southern states, con trolling approximately 60 per cent of the cotton grown in the United States, I feel (hat is incumbent up on me to take the initiative in prac tical steps looking to stopping the downward (rend of (he price for tins staple, and restoring it to a figure warranted hy the cost of its produc tion and its value to civilization. "It is needless for me to statt that the prosperity of every business interest between Mason and Dixon's line and the Rio Grande river is large ly dependent upon the return the cot ton crop is bringing to this section. "A proper return for cotton means prosperity to the fanner, the country and town merchant, the city business man, the manufacturer, the wage worker, the salary-earner, every rail road and corporation in the southern states. "Today spot cotton is selling in the neighborhood of 21-2 cents per pound less than one year ago. In many instances, this means that the producer is called upon to dispose o? his output below cost. "If this price-level prevails throughout the sellong season of 190S-9, the sourh will sustain a loss approaching $150,000,000. ' "The significance of such a devel opment would be sluggishness in every southern commercial circle con striction of money in every business, a stoppage of construction and devel opment in each direction, and a fail ure to recuperate from the panic o? last fall as rapidly as we have a right to expect. "There is no logical er necessary reason for this slump in the price ol cotton. The output of the south will be infinitely smaller than last year, when prices ranged to a higher level American and European spinners admit that they expect to hook the asnal volume of advance orders at the prices obtaining in 1907. "Tlie sole excuse now standing between fair prices and the south's cotton, is the belief of spinners that they will he able to thtain the staple at their own figure. In this belief they have been aided by exchange manip?late.??, whose efforts have been to show that (he cotton belt would make a record-breaking yield. As a matter of fact, we who are in most intimate touch with the sitnalion know thew is not the slightest gronid for such an opinion. "The members of the' Farmers Union, ns I have said, control in the neighborhood of GO per cent of the south's staple crop. "With the co-operation of the bus iness interests, large and small, of every southern state, they will under take to secure for this crop its in trinsic value in the markets of the world. "We are determined to win this fight, regardless of the temporary sacrifice it may entail upon us. I serve this notice freely and frankly upon every business man of the south. "They can aid us materially and they can shorten the time of waiting by active co-operation in this effort. "We are battling not alone foT ourselves, but for the prosperity and the freedom from debt of everv man. woman and child in the southern states. "We have a right to expect their assistance nnder these conditions. "To the end of arriving at a def inite plans, I have summoned dele gates from every southern state to meet in New Orleans on November 11th. I will answer for a large at tendance of these men, each thoroucrh ly familiar with the cotton and the financial situation in his community. "I invite the co-operation of bus iness man, manufacturer, profession al man, banker and waee-earner in the south. I urge them to be present personally. I urge on commercial bodies, chambers of commerce, boards of trade and labor organizations te send representatives to this conven tion. "Wc are going to adopt extraordi nary measures to meet extraordinary conditions. That fact is settled. With the active help and counsel ol the businor men of thc south, thc success of our plans, and the pros perity of the entire section is as sured beyond peradventure. "I will bc glad to receive notice from parties, as well ns suggestions for promoting this universal move ment, unprecedented in scope and vital importance in the history of thc south. "Bear in mind that the moment thc south makes it evident at New Or leans that it intends lo work in con cert for a just price for cotton thc price for (hat staple will begin tc mount and ?iat it will not stop short of an equitable level, correspond inp to (he laws of supply and demand. "Are the business interests of tin south ready to join hands with tin producers of thc south in promotur this cud?" CH A T? LES S. BARRETT. President of Farmers' Union LEPER MAY GO TO N. C. North Carolina May Yet Have to Receive and Care for Him. Washington, Special-John Early, the leper, may yet be sent back to North Carolina. Attorney General Bonaparte holds that the District of Columbia cannot expel him on 'he ground of being a public charge, hut that it can do so if it is shown ! :at he might spread infection. Thu Ma rine Hospital authorities may take no action for several days, but in simi lar cases have held that leprosy is a contagious disease. It is held that it Early were born in North Carolina that Commonwealth will have to re ceive and provide for him in the event that the District expels him. Bermuda to Celebrate Tcr-Centenary. Hamilton, Bermuda. By Cable. An influential committee of leading citizens has been elected for the pur pose of celebrating the ter-centenary of Bermuda. The proposed program, which will occupy six days, com mences April 12th next. Among the distinguished guests it is proposed to invite are the Prince of Wales, Pres ident Roosevelt, Earl Grey, the Gov ernor General of Canada; Admiral Sir John Fisher, Sir Archibald Alli son, at one time Colonial Secretary of Bermuda: Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Geary, of the British array; Claude A. Swanson, the Governor of Vir ginia, who is a descendant of Sir George Somers, the Governor of Jamaica; the Commissioner of Turks island, Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), James Gordon Bennett, H. H. Rogers and St. George Tucker. Cashier Butt Short a Half-Million. Norfolk, Va. ?Special.-The report of Receiver Siffin, of the Peoples Bank at Portsmouth, shows a short age in the accounts of Cashier Alex B. Butt of 549.8S4. Butt is now serving a sentence of three years .in the penitertiary und*:* a plea of guilty of misapplying the bank's funds. Body of Little Jackson Boy is Found in Ashes of His Father's Barn. Jackson. Tenn.. Special.-Robert Edgar Cobb, the little 5-year-old son of R. E. Cobb, met a horrible death herc last week. He was burned to death in his father's barn. The building and contents were burned and the child was missed. His body was found in the ashes. It. is sup posed the child was plyinsr in the born and in some way set it on fire, and was unable to escape. West Tennessee Town has Big Blaze. Dresden, Tenn., Special.-A dis astrous fire at Greenfield, twelve miles south of Dresden, consumed the M. E. church. South, thc Metho dist parsonage and two other resi dences. The tire originated from a defective flue in the house of Sam D. Baker, and rapidly spread to others. Loss. $12,000, insurance, $5,000. Thc sparks set fire to a spoke fac tory, stave mill and other dwellings which, owing to the extremely dry weather, were with difficulty saved. Pennsylvania Lad Kills His Brother Acidentally. Harrisburg. Pa.. Special.-Albert Bell, a 12-year-old schoolboy, was shot and instantly killed by his 1G year-old brother. Raymond, while hunting in Wildwood Park late Sat urday afternoon. With the brothers on a hunting cxpendition were three other boys, one of whom without say ins: anything to any one, slipped a cartridge into the rifle, which was the only weapon thev had. Later on Raymond playfully pointed the rifle nt his brother and pulled the trigger. The youth sank to the ground with a bullet in his brain. Prohibition in Ohio. Columbus, O., Special.-The wave of prohibition sweeping over Ohio has already rendered 7 out of SS counties dry, according to a state ment by the' Anti-Saloon League. A total of 1,843 saloons have been put out of business. Trumbull, Greene and Williams counties voted ."dry" last week. Forest Fires Do Great Damage in West Virginia. Charleston, W. Va., Special.-For est fire around Turkey Knob near here threatened death to miners em ployed in the mine of the Turkey Knob Coal Company. The fire reach ed the fan house of the coal com pany, destroying it, then burned the drift mouth and set the mine afire. Fortunately there was no explosion and the men in the minc escaped. Two men were overcome by smoke but will recover. The lire was brought under control. Pass Rulings Announced. Washington, Special.-Free passes may be issued to bona fide ex-em ployees of a railroad who are travel ing to re-enter the railroad's service. Passes cannot be extended to the families of employees who died a natural death while in the service of common, carriers, though that privilege is accorded to the families of employees killed in the service. I;Ouisr,na Cashier Gets 5 Years. Baton Rouge, La., Special.-Oscar Kcudert, formerly cashier of the First National Bank of Baton Rouge, charged with thc embezzlement of about $50,000 of the bank's funds, was sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Saunders in the United States Circuit Court. Kondert and his family made restitution au .i consequence his sentence was compar atively light. Splendid Success Attain? Practical Airship HIGHLY SATISFACTORY fl Count Zeppelin Makes Ascensil Remodeled Airship "With Pi Royalty as Guest. - Frederichshafen,'By Cahle.-]J Henry of Prussia spent several in the air as the guest of Count) peliii, who made an ascension remodeled airship. Not only d Prince thoroughly enjoy his ey ence, but he sat at the steering for many minutes of the flight the movements of the craft andi pelling it to execute all kinds- of | plicated maneuvres. 1 Prince Henry's satisfaction alj <rrcat flight was unbounded gave expression to it in a te\ which he sent to the Emperor, der Zeppelin's guidance I felt safe as on my own flagship." The start was made in the dil of Uberlingen, to the nortbwa Constance. With Count Zeppel self at the' wheel, the airship an altitude-of 600 feet, soon| pearing behind a bank of Messages began to arrive shoij terwards from the towns in tail valley announcing the passage| airship, but about 2 o'clock afternoon a sonorous sound frc sky indicated that the craft turning Soon it appeared ab thronged streets of Constance, the Prince gracefully saluted knowledgement of the ovatio: the crowds below. After maneuvring above LE stance in fall view of the some time the airship made towards the Swiss frontier, di: ing in the direction of Tyrol. I turned to its moorings about The Associated Press' coi dent followed it in a racing boat, but was'unable to keep ship long in view, as it soon a speed of 37 miles an hour.l ly, however, the airship reaj above the lake, emerging from] bank like some uncanny visitj an unknown world. Count Zeppelin evidently show the Prince some mam by the craft and he desce?? about 300 feet from the sui the water, turning from right and from left to right like drilled file of soldiers. Tl denly it mounted a thousand shot into the clouds, only the| hum of its propellers indicat course it had taken. Roosevelt 50 Years Ole Washington, Special. - Pi! Roosevelt observed his 50th a| sary Tuesday very simply. He sd to his executive duties as and except for thc reception delegation from the Kungari^ publican Club of New York past room of the White Hous<| (he reception of a large mimi rongratulatory messages, some Iribntes and gifts from the ml of his family, the day was th{ to him as any other day. Late in the afternoon the Prd donned his khaki riding uniforl rough rider hat and went for a [ back ride remaining out until There was a jolly family dinj the White House in the even? honor of the President's anniv< No guests were present. King Edward, of Great J sent one of the first congrati messages received. It said: "I request that vou will acc| cordial congratulations upon casion of your birthday togeth? my best wishes for your welfaj prosperity," A Satisfactory Year. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-A factory year's business, consi! financial conditions, has just passed by the Atlanta, Birmij & Atlantic Railroad, according annual report of the president, Atkinson, made here. All the rectors and officers were re-ele( Convention of Coal Minerj Pittsburg, Special.-A convi of delegates from all locals o| miners' union in the Pittsbui trict was called here to conside| check system and other irap( matters. The action of the coi| tion will directly affect 40.000 and may have an indirect effect coal miners throughout the coui While there has been no ruptu? a serious nature between the oj tors and miners, it is claimed the operators have not been livinj to their agreements, especially ir gard to the check-off system.. Breakfast Food in Bankruptcy Ct Chicago, Special.-Hearing in bj rup tey proceedings against the tie Creek Breakfast Food Comp] manufacturers of "Egg-O-See," begun in the Federal Court mai the third move against, thc comj^ in four days. Thc proceeding^ vealed a condition cf internals fare between the stockholders thc officers of the conoration. Vessel Wrecked Off North CaroliJ Coast. Norfolk, Va., Special.-Captf Chisholm, of the steamer Giorgi town, Atlantic Cost Line Cornoralk? eu route from Georgetown, sTcv&? New York from Norfolk, reports th sight nj* o^ an unknown submerge ' _i ?nh three masts protruding 17 miles south of Frying Pan shoal lightship. North Carolina. The ?a^l of the vessel is not known. ' Tj wreck is a menace to navigation.