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/ t Jtkw f -•' Jjf off a bitter row ln.> his own party, offering much money for congress to spend. Among the President’s friends, I, have heard private expressions that Mr. Roosevelt had been misled by soma of the group who held his. ear at tha start of the administration. These men seferred to a number of the so- called Progressive Republicans like the LaFollettes, Norris, Hiram Johnson of California, and Bronson Cutting of New Mexico. Several of these were so well ‘liked by the President that they were Invited to enter his cabinet. Consequently, there are those wl^o ba- Ileve that Mr. Roosevelt followed jth^ advice of the Progressive Republican group much more closely than leaders among the old-time Democrats. Most of the Progressive Republicans are spenders at heart, according to the general view here. And they are also men who regard a balanced budget as not very Important So, while no one V. * can say deflnUejjy what influences al* tered the President's stand, it certain ly is regarded among observers here as being a situation in which the wind makes the straws point toward the so- called progressives as having joined hands with the President in initiating what has come to be the greatest out pouring of taxpayers’ money, except In war time, since our government was established. • * * Organization of the new congress has resulted In a new cry, in reality a very old gry, but it is SoutJi in 'new, since we have the Saddle'* not heard it in fifteen years. The cry we are hearing now from Republicans and from northern Democrats is the wail that “the South is in the saddle.” While there certainly can be nothing criminal about the South being in the saddle, it provides a grand political is sue both within the Democratic ranks and between the Democratic party and what is left of the Republicans In congress. It also touches a question that has been discussed many times, namely, the wisdom of the seniority rule in congress. The seniority rule pro vides that the oldest members in the point of service shall inherit commit tee chairmanships and shall have oth er positions of honor tn the house and senate. 'Out of the GO Democratic senators only 24 come from what is known as the solid South. Of the 317 Democrat- tc nmmbera 7rf~ The hnTTse, Tmly about - IjOO are thoroughly acquainted with the yell of the Confederacy.* Yet in the face of this tremendous growth of Demo cratic membership coming out of the North and the West, the South is n the saddle more solidly than ever. The speakership of the house went to Representative Byrns of Tennes see. who succeeded to the place made vacant by the late Henry T. Rainey of Illinois. Mr. Byrns had been Demo cratic leader and his promotion left a vacancy to which Representative Will Bankhead Of Alabama was elected, thus moving leadership further to the South. The only plum. If it be m plum, tha"t went north of the Mason and Dixon line was the selection of Representative.O’Connor of New York, as chairman {of the rules committee. In the senate we see Vice President Garner, the presiding officer, a Texan. The majority header is Senator Rob inson of Arkansas. The powerful com mittee on finance is presided over by Harrison of Mississippi; the senate committee on banking and currency is controlled by Fletcher of Florida ; and the committee on agriculture is head ed by Smith of South Carolina. One 'could go on and name many others al though I believe the consensus is that the seniority rule has not worked to produce as many duds for senate com mittee chairmanships as has occurred in the house. Democratic leaders in the house have made certain that they will not be enu barrassed this year Cheeking as they were in the * Radical* first New Deal con* -* gress. In that ses sion they were constantly harassed by the radicals i who sought Jo force votes on legislation which the President and his advisers did not want and which for the same reason the Democratic leaders did not want. The radicals ac complished their purposes by use of what Is called the rule of discharge of committees. But that rule has been amended so that to liWoke it now, ac tually a majority of the house will have to sign a petition. ’ Under the previous rule, the signa ture of 145 members of the house was sufficient to compel the discharge of a committee from consideration of any piece of legislation referred to It for action. The necessary number of sig natures was obtained in three embar rassing cases last year. The soldiers’ - bonus bin was brought out by that ^ method; the Frazier-I>emke farm mort gage inflation bill was released for • house vote in the same manner. The new house .organization, how ever, la determined not to be embar rassed in that manner. It succeeded tn Democratic caucus—binding on all Democrats—in having the origins) rule amended so that now; there must be a majority. of all ’bouse members affixing their signatures to the dls charge petition before ft becomes op erative * WMUra ItOTapapw- ffejMi. - When Worlds CHAPTER VII—Continued —ll— Tony’s hand came down firmly on the man’s shoulder. “It’s marvelous. Ton boys work In shifts now. All of you need sleep.” The electrician nodded. “We wilt Some of the big shots are Inside. Shall I tell them to come out to see you?” An Idea suddenly struck Tony. “Look here. Why shouldn’t I go and see them If I want to? Why Is it you expect them to come out and see me?” “You’re the boss, aren’t you?" “What makes you think I’m the boss?" The man looked at him quizzically. “Why, It said so In the Instruction book we got when we were all sent $ut here. Everybody got a copy. It said you were second in command in any emergency to Mr. Hendron; and this Is AiTemergency. Isn’t it?” Tony conquered his surprise. It flashed through his mind that Hendron was training him to be In command of those who stayed behind and launched the Space Ship. He was conscious of • naive pride at this indication of the great scientist’s confidence in him. “I won’t bother the men here.” he said. By EDWIN BALMER and — PHILIP WYLIE Oonrrtsbt he Bdwts Bslmar A PhUip Wylie WNU Service tasks of salvage, and of rehabilitating and reconstructing the shelters. He organized, directed, exhorted and cheered men on as rain poured down again. When light began again to filter through the darkly streaming heavens. Hendron re-awoke. He found Tony drunk with fatigue, carrying on by sh^er effort of will, and refusing to rest Hendron called some of the men who had been taking Tony’s commands and had him carried bodily to bed. . . . much has come In, though we picked up a station in New Mexico, and a very feeble station somewhere In Ohio. The New Mexico station reports some sort of extraordinary phenomena, to gether with a violent eruption of a volcanic nature In their district; the one In Ohio merely appealed steadily for help.” “Only two stations in all this coun try?” Tony said. “The static is so tremendous still that It would be impossible to hear anything from any foreign country; and doubtless other stations antwork- ing which 'we will pick up later, as well as many which will be recondi tioned In the future; but so far, we have received only two calls.” After having bathed, shaved and jdressed In his own clothes, which had been brought from his quarters In the Tony opened his eyes. One by one he^olletftcd- *B the disjointed mem- partly..demolished ip§n’s_ dqrmlto r ■■■ “Just so long as we get as many lights as possible, as fast as possible.” Next Tony went to the kitchen. Fires were going in two stoves; more coffee was ready, the supply of sand wiches had overtaken the demand, and kettles of soup augmented it Taylor was still In charge, and he made his report as soon as he saw Tony. “The big storehouses are half under ground, as you probably know, and 1 don’t think the food In them has been hurt much, although it has been shaken up. There’s apparently a large herd of live stock and a lot of poultry about a quarter of a mile In the woods. I’ve sent men there to take charge. They already reported that the sheep and goats and steers didn’t budge, al though their pens and corrals were destroyed. They’re putting up barbed- wire for the time being. The water and mud spoiled whatever they got Into, but most of the stuff was in big containers. The main that caitled the water from the reservoir is smashed, and I guess the water In the reservoir Isn’t any good anyway. I’m boiling all that I use, but somebody has Just got the bright idea of using the fire apparatus and hoses from some of those young lakes." “You’ve done.d—d well, Taylor,” Tony said. “Do you think you>~can carry on for a few hours more?" “Sure. I’m good for a week of this.” •When Tony went outdoors again, it was four o’clock, though he had no means of knowing the time. Once uottced-Jhat?the air was cooler. v '* Slowly he walked to the top of the small hill from which be had watched the Bronson Bodies on the evening be fore. He felt a diminution of the sul phur and other vapors in the air. For the moment, calm had come. The Bronson Bodies not -only bad passed and withdrawn toward the sun, but they shone no longer in the night sky. If atmospheric conditions per mltted, they would be visible dimly by day; but only by day. The night came on clear-nclear and almost calm. The mists had settled, and the clouds moved away. Dust and gases hung in the air; still the stars showed. ” Jhe moon, too, should be shining, Tony thought. Tonight there should be a full moon; but only stars were In the sky. Had he reckoned wrong? He was standing alone, looking up. when some one stopped beside him. *What is it, Tony?” Hendron said. ''Where’s the moon tonight?” “Where—that’s it: where? That’s what we’d like to know—exactly what happened. We had to miss it, you see; probably nowhere In the world were conditions that permitted obser vation when the collision occurred; end^ what a thing to see!” “The collision!” said Tony. “When Bronson Alpha took out the tnoonl I thought you knew* It was .going to happen, Tony. I thought I told you.” “Bronson Alpha ^ took out the moon ! . . . You told me that it would take out the world when we meet It next on the other side of the sun; but vou didn’t mention the moon!” “Didn’t—f? I meant to. It was minor, of course; but I’d have given much to have been able to see it” Tony was silent. Strange to stare Into a sky into which never again thfe ‘ moon would,rise 1 “However,” said Hendron, “when the •worM encounters Bronson Alpjia, we’ll see that, I hope—from space, if we sue-* ceed with our ship —from space on our way to Bronson Beta. What a show that will be, Tony, from space with no clouds to cut It o|f 1 And then land ing on that other 1 ' world, whose cities we have seen!” “Yes,” said lony. , Through the darkness of that moon lost night, Tony continued to work. ' He mustered new gangs for the dreary orlei of the past days. He perceived that he was lying on a couch tn Hen- dron’s offices In the west end of the machine shop and laboratory building. A slight noise in one corner of the room attracted his attention. A man sat there at a desk quietly scribbling, a tall, very thin man, with dark curly His hair and long-lashed blue eyes. age might have been thirty-five—or fifty. He had a remarkably high fore head and slim, tactile hands. He smiled at Tony,' and spoke with a trace of accent. Good morning, Mr. Drake. It Is not necessary to ask If you slept welL” Tony swung his feet onto the floor. Yes, I think I did sleep well We haven’t met, have we?" The other man shook his head. “No we haven’t; but I’ve heard about you. I am Sven Bronson.”' “Good Lord!” Tony walked across the room and held out his hand. “I’m surely delighted to meet the - man who—” he hesitated. The Scandinavian smiled. “You Tony went to the laboratories and found Hendron. “By George,, you look fit, Tony 1” were Hendron’s first words. “Eve Is Impatiently waiting for you. She’s at the dining hall.” Tony found Eve cheerful and bright- eyed. She went out on the long ver anda with him. “Notice how much clearer the air is?” Eve asked. “Most of Hie fumes have disappeared. . . . ’T heard you were safe, Eve,” Tony said, “and then when I could hear no more, I supposed you were safe. You had to be safe.” “Why, Tony?” “If anything was to keep any mean ing for me” He stared at her, him self amazed at what he said. “The moon’s gone, I suppose you know!” “Yes. It was known that It would *o." ' , “And we—the world goes like the moon, with' the return of Bronson Alpha 1“ "That’s still, true, Tony,” she said. log. ^HeU be Invaluable—tf get awky.” __ _ “You mean, tf we get away world.* “Yea. Yon see, Father’s chief has been—and will be—on the Space Ship; how to get away from the world and reach Bronson Beta, when It re turns. That’s all Father can possibly arrange—If not more. He can’t take any time to figuring how we’ll live, tf we reach that other world. But Pro fessor Bronson has been doing that for months. For more than a year he practically lived—In his mind—on Bronson Beta. So he’s here to make :he right preparation for the party it goes on the ship; who they should what they should carry, and what they must do to live—If they land there. In thtae days the static In the air vanished to such an extent that mes sages from various parts of the world became audible. Out of those mes sages a large map was constructed In^ the executive ofllees. It was a Specu lative map, and its accuracy was by no means guaranteed. . It showed dands where Australla had been, two huge Islands In the place of South America, and only the central and .southern part of Europe and Asia. There was a blank in place of Africa, for no one knew what had happened to the Dark continent A few points of land were all that was left of Hie British isles, and over the air came th Terrible ITory of the last-minute flight from London across the Channel, tn which the populace was overwhelmed on the Great Lowland plain. Among the minor phenomena reported was the disappearance of the Great Lakes, which had been Inclined from west to east and tipped like trays of water Into the valley of the SL Lawrence. On the fifth day they learned that an airplane flight had been made over what was the site of New York. The Hudson River valley was a deep estuary; the sea rolled up to New burgh; and the entire coast along Its new Une was scoured from east to west with running valleys which were piled high with the wreckage of mighty civilization. Everywhere were still foetid plains of cooling lava; and in many areas, abbarently. {he flow from the earth had been not molten rock but metal, which lay in fantastic and solidified seas already red with rust. It was impossible to make any esti mate whatsoever of the number of peo pie who had survived the catastrophe. Doubtless the figure ran Into scores of millions; but except in a few for tunate and prearranged places, they were destitute, disorganized and doomed to perish of hunger and ex posure. ' On the tenth day the sun shone for the first time. At the end of two weeks it would have been difficult to tell that the settlement in Michigan had undergone any great cataclysm. For fifteen days the earth did not -cease Jfemblingr - In all those fifteen Nature as Symbol of Life Chinese Art Distinctive, in That Profound Spirit of Reverence for All Created Things Is Firmly Implanted in Oriental Minds. V - -—- Ku-hu-mlng says: “Art speaks to the heart of all nations.” The Chi nese feel a reverence for the things of nature, akin to a religious awe. Air, water, flowers, trees and ani mals, to them, as to all ancient races, are honored as the Indications of the presence of some deity, who must be duly worshiped at the prop er season. Natqre is a symbol of the universal life which we all share, writes a correspondent In the Auckland Weekly News. The largest Chinese temples are always in one of the beauty spots of the district, and are built tn such harmony wlthlhe surrounding hills, treesi~e«4- rivers that The architec ture enhances the loveliness of na ture, and satisfies the eye of the beholder, seeming to fulfill some need of that particular place. Taoist contemplation and Buddhist rites are but different paths to the same goal—the realization of the The deep chasm ruse often fails to outwit tha mallet of the evil dragon, and floods result Other forms of the dragon ass the scaly, the winged, the horned, the hornless, and the dragon rolled with in Itself. Each varies In color, as the azure, the gold, the scarlet, the pur ple, the black, the white, the varie gated and, most Important of all, the-^ yellow. The imperial dragon Is al ways to be\dletingulsheid by Ita fifth claw which it assumes in all carv ings—such as Varved ascents to the temple—pertaining to the emperor. Each gateway'' of a temple Is guarded by winged monsters who have power over all living creatures At the Yellow tempJe'aTstbne Hon wipes his eyes with ms paw In grief- at a good man’s pamlng. A tiger often guards graves, for the mythical animal, who Is supposed to eat the brains of the dead, fean only tigers and pine trees. A frog is sacred be cause the chanting of frogs Is often V On ths Largs Map Thsrs Was a Blank In Pises of Africa, for No Ons Knsw What Had Happsnsd to ths Dark Continent. ——r days, furthermore, there had been no visitor to the camp from the'outside world, and the radio station had con tented Itself for the most part with the messages It received, for fear that by giving its position and broadcast ing ita -comparative security. It might be overwhelmed by a rush of des perate and starving survivors. At the end of three weeks one of the airplanes which had escaped the storm was put in condition, and Eliot James and Ransdell made a five-bun dred-mtle ' reconnaissance. At Hen- dron’s request the young author ad dressed the entire gatherlhg In the dining hall after his return. He held spellbound the thousand men and women who were thirsty for apy syllable of Information about the world over the horizon. which to the western mln<l divides nature from the human Intellect does not exist for the oriental. To him’ nature has a soul and lives as does man himself. So, whether revealed In snow-clad mountains, in slumbei ous mists drifting over rivers and lakes, in majestic trees and rugged rocks, in blossoming flowers, or In birds and beasts, Chinese art docs exercise an elevating Influence on the observer, calming yet exalting his mood. Nowadays, when western ctvlUza tlon Is graduaUy pervading the East, too much Importance is given to ma terial comfort, and thus the subtle charm apd spiritual value of pic torial art, as portrayed in painting, prints, tripods, sacrificial bowls, seals, bronzes, stones and porreialn is in danger of perishing. Fruits and animals are prreemed as symbols. The destinies of the em pire are said to be under the tutelage of four super-natural animals—the stag, the tortoise, the phoenix, and the dragon. Hence their bronze fig ures are to be found In the palace courtyard. The stag presides over literature and Is visible at the birth of sages; the tortoise over virtue and appears at periods of wide spread morality; the phoenix con trols divination, and the dragon rep resents authority. This last super natural monster Is the national en sign of China. Besides his posses sion of authority the dragon king in- n.ion/»a« tho tmngopfli the only note heard among ruins. were going to say, The man responsi ble for all this.’" Tony chuckled, shook Bronson’s hand, and then looked down at the bedraggled garmenta which only par tially covered him. ‘Tve got to find some clothes and get shaved.” “It’s all been prepared.” Bronson sald.> “In the private office there’s a bath of sorts ready for you, and sqme clean clothes and a razor.” “Somebody has taken terribly good care of me,” Tony said. He yawned and stretched. *T feel fine.” At the door he hesitated. “What’a the newt, by the way? How are things? How Is sverybody?” . Bronson tapped his desk with his pencil “Everybody is doing nicely^ There are only a dozen people left in the hospital now. Your friend Taylor has the commissary completely re habilitated. The spot on which we now reside was very considerably raised last week. It has apparently been lifted again, together with no one knows how much surrounding ter ritory. . The radio station has been functioning again." “Good Lord!” Tony exclaimed. “I forgot all about the radio station last night—what day is Tthis?” “This Is the twenty-ninth." Tony realized that he had been asleep for twenty-four hours. “The man in the wlreleae division went to work on the station Immediately. Anyway, not THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING ''--aL. David Ransdell arrlvea at New York from South Africa, bearing a centalnlng photographic plates-to Dr. Cole Hendron. Tony Drake calls at the 'Hendrona* apartment. Ransdell arrives and Eve Hendron, with whom Tony is deeply In love. Introduces Tony to RanedelL Newspapers publish a statement by Hendron saying that Professor Bronson has discovered- two planets, which have been brought under the attraction of tha earth’s sun. The result of the insvltable collision must be the end} of the world. The approaching bodies are referred to as Bronson Alpha and Bronson Beta. Bronsot^ Beta will pass, but the otherWrill hits/the earth and demolish it To dovloo moans of transferring So Bronson Beta la what .is occupying the minds of the members of the League ef the Last Days Hendron plans to build a "Space Ship,” with the idea of oa Bronson Beta. He has not bfft able to find a metal which will i withstand the heat and pressure ef atomic energy which must be used tn pro* polling the Space Ship. Earthquakes change the entire surface of the earth. Art aging death to half the world’s population. Thp Hendron settlement survives •Tha shocks.- —> standing before him, and quivering as be did. —-— 1 He gestured about “They all know that now." “Yes," she said. “They’ve been told It" ■ - “But they don’t knoWjt They can’t know a thing like that Just from being told—or even from what they’ve Just been through." “Neither can we, Tony." “No; we think we—you and I, at least—are going to be safe somehow. We are sure, down In our hearts— aren’t we. Eve?—that you and I will pull through. There’ll be some error In the calculations that will save ns; or the Space Ship will take ns away; or—something.” As she nodded, Tony seized and held her with a fierceness and with a ten derness In his ferocity, neithei’ of which he haid ever known before. ~ He looked down at her In his arms, and it was difficult to believe that anyone so exqulsit^, so splendidly fragile, could have survived the orgy of ele mental passion through which they all had passed. Yet that—he knew—was nothlog to what would be. '~He kissed her long and deeply; and when he drew hla Ups away, she very gently treed herself from him; for, far more faithfully than he, she heeded her father. * _ He sighed. She looked np at him. “They tell me, Tony, that you kept the whole camp going single-handed,’’ she returned him to practical affairs. “Did you know Professor Bronson Is here?*-’ “Yes; I saw him—spoke to him. How did be happen to comer “He’d arrived in the country and was almost here when the storm struck. He’s known about what was to happen, and he's been figuring It out for a longer time than anyone else. He’s had the highest respect for Father. Yon know it was to Father that'he sent his remits. They hid to get together, Father and he. They agreed It was better to work here than in Booth Africa; ao ht ffld the travel- CHAPTER VIII * “Mr. Ransdell and ^myself,” Eliot Jamea began, “took our ship off the ground this morning at eight o'clock. We flew due north for about seventy five miles. Then we made a circle of which that distance was the radius, covering the territory that formerly constituted parts of Michigan and Wis consin. “I say ‘formerly’ because our flight was like a journey of discovery. You have already been told that the Great Lakes have disappeared. They are, however, not entirely gone, and I should say that about one-third of Lake Superior, possibly now land locked, remains in its bedr—^ “The country we covered, \aa you doubtless know, waa formerly heavily wooded and hilly," tha young author continued. Hi contained many lakes and was s mining center. I will make no attempt to describe the astonishing aspect of the empty lake bed, the chasms and flat beaches which were revealed when the water uncovered them, or' the broad cracks and crev ices which stretch across the bed. Most of the forests have been horned away. Seams have opened underneath them, which are in reality mighty canyons, abysses in the naked earth. Steam pours from them and hovers in them. All about the landscape are fumaroles, hot springs, geysers and boiling wells. “In the ’coarse of oar flight ws ob served the rains of a moderate olsod town and of several villages. Wa also saw the charred remains of farms, lumber and mining camps. Not ,only have great clefts been made, bat hills have been created, and In Innumerable places tha earth shows raw .and multi colored—the purplish red of Iron veins, the glaring white of quarts, the dark >tony of basalt intermingled in a giant’s conglomerate. I can only rag- geet the majesty and the unoarthlineaa of the scent by raying it ciooOly re aembled my conception of what the 1 lunar landscape moot have been. no BB OOMTINUKD. Rabbit* Foad of Salt An experimentalist has noted that rabbits have a partiality for *lt- when they can get It Two crops of wheat were sown recently—one In salted soil, the other la the or dinary way. The germ of the Idea was to discover which of the two produced the best crop. 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