THE OREGON SUNDAV JOURNAL PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORWING. NOVEMBER 15, 1908.
ROCK SERVIA HAS SPLIT UPON j
the soil of England, If he ran away. hs
? PROPOSED DEEP WATERWAY
u branded, or naa nis ears cropped,
or was hangea. tester, ne pecame a ser:
ana later still at tba rising of the Free
Cities -a ao-called free laborer free.
ACROSS STATE OF MICHIGAN
that la, to move bla body, from place to
place, and to offer bla labor for tale
where he chose. These -were the con
dition out of which the standing of (he
laborer under the common law developed.
The prejudice of the common law
against hi"" has never yet been entirely
removed. On the other hand, the Eng
lish law. engaged from early times In
a paternal care for commerce, haa al
ways been most aolicitoua In the Inter
est of business, and eager to punish ail
kinds of "restraints of trade,"
Learn to Be Pol ite ..
Belgrade, the Capital of Servla.. and a Map Snowing SerTla and
the Balkan Disturbances Are Centered at the Present Time. On the
Eight Crown Prince George.
ELGRADB. Bervia, Nov. 14. The
I 3 Inflammatory speeches of Crown
r Prince George of Servla. inciting
the people to war, ' while his
father, the conservative King
Peter, is opposing it is taken generally
.to mean- that within a -short time tha
vounrar enthnalaattft aloment In" Barvta
wiu loiiow ins sxampis or we younger
Turks and demand that King Pster ab-
dictate his throne in favoryof his popu
jar son, me present crown prince.
. ... . . .. . . .
The streeets of Belgrade are , filled
with clamoring throngs who Incessant-
DIPLOMATIC POSITIONS and SNOBS
T IS claimed that since
I la the diplomatic service
given exclusively to men
A that the standard of
fitness haa been lowered.
little attention Is paid to the applicants
talents. Intellectual attainments,
good
breeding and nobllltr-of character. Us
ually the appointment , Is awarded ln
consideration of generous donations to
tha r,rM.nttl Mnm,irn or afher r.-
liticai funds.
t . 4. .iun ..I. , k , -1 m n , Vi - irt
auestlon aakert la whether the aDnllcant
i - f "
can at his own expense support a p
tenttous establishment
it me court to
which he Is accredited.
If the reply la
satisfactory
falls to receive
ha mav be
lh, Miinlrv In ahlxk tia HabIm tn mr
r t A ri rnnim In i t uapinifa (nli(oaltt
branches; Internationa law; ueaty.com-
mercial and social relations existing be-
tween nis own ana tne country to wnicn
ha la asslaned.
Arriving at hla post if his wealth per-
mlta he croceeds to procure a residence,
There are alwava aa-ents of dukes, lords
and celebrities on the alert to offer the
palaces of their royaj clients for fabu-
lous prices, the American ambassador
being as teady to obtain the most os-
ten tat lous at any price. In late years
tne pay or our amDassaoors has peen
insufficient to pay the rent of the rest-
denees they have occupied.
As soon as they are Installed their
first move is to have every detail of
their social status fixed. They give
much time to learning everything that
they snouio Know to insure tneir reoog
nltlon by even the most
member of tho royal set
Important
in this direction, he rarely the rules and reguiationa governing tne ? anij tuninci . uf. wl,u iurnne un buij waterway
th unntninUKi iit mv.i dininmit, mimt h inaugurated class nas never yet secured equality soldiers witn oread, are your well. I ltseir.
rant n rh imimn nf hv mir rnnhilnftB KivtrnmtnL not- before the law. The common law la not should like to have you by yourself In No figures
THE GENEROSITY OF JENKS
By S. Perktna
JENKS is the meanest man on earth.
To believe otherwise would be to
forsake one's Ideals of the great
ness and Justice of humanity. Any
one meaner would not be permitted
to exist I have never liked him. and
"spendthrift" is the best word he can
find for me; but as we live in the same
neighborhood and frequently go home
together, ws find it best to tolerate
'each otffer.
Wa were walking to the tram the
other night Suddenly we came upon
a small crowd clustered around a child,
rery ragged and very dirty. They were
staring at her with the dispassionate
curiosity typical of the London crowd,
. and whether It was Because of the un
usual Interest she. was attracting, or
some private grief, or both together,
nobody seemed to know; but the child
waa wailing dismally.
"What's wrong T" I asked a man on
the fringe of the group. - : -
"I dunno; lost, I appose," was the
Indifferent reply, and he moved off as
though disclaiming responsibility.
- Jenks. who Is what one would de
scribe as "pushful." was already cross-
examining the child.
What'a the matter with" your he
a a ...
asked in a stern voice.
The child, wisely I thought, took no
notice of him but continued to sob and
choke and splutter. It was a woman
who solved the mystery.
"Whstathe matter, Kiddy?" .he
urgec kindly.
The walling was suspended for half
a minute.
, ' Luh-lost a she-ahe-shlllin'."
It was only when she heard her own
vote proclaim the disaster that the full
horror of It seemed to break on her,
1Lrl?f becm nor distressing
The woman ' glam ar,., st,.
looked as though she herself could 111 .
A 111..
uui w suow inuiinr, out ah tiffin'
al any time sakWg how Sd whw
and.whera
"Can't we make It up In pennies r she
supbrated. Instantly pur , hands were
lii our pocket. . T . .
"No!" said Jenks positively. .' -l
t Vrew crimson with shame and ever '
b vl -tared, but he , waved us ZweV
'AI.pw me, na said to the mmi. V.
41 1 ll. .
ai l naou waiting xo?
ly cry for war. Belgrade la situated at
the Junction
n of the Save and the Danube
. i . . .
Is a place of great strate-
fivers and
glo - Importance. It Is situated on a
?,Y.eriil",r.J!jB .ve.r" nd u thor-
h. vTnr3
Balkan states, has bad. rather, check,-
reo career, out more loriunaie man
the
it secured its
freedom
from ruie by the treaty
cr
Berlin
in 17S.
The opening of the
eigtheenth century found it In the
iiaiiiUB ur luiiici. wuviv ti
f f centuries. In 1718
it was ceded to Austria, but 20 years
later was regained by the Turks. It
magie power of money opening many
ooors that would otherwise do ciosea.
xnis sort or snoDDery naa gone on unui
a movement has been made by one of
our OWB ambassadors to eliminate con
suls from the list of persons entitled to
recognition at an imperial court, be-
cause of the fact that oonauls repre-
sent the trade interests and not the
Person of the niler a the president of
. ITnlt.A Etat.i
the United States Is considered by
tnonarchial governments.
Our own diplomats are Insisting that
wdVtatanillnr tnanv nf hnr onnailla are
th. naftra rt nil r ahlaat mhsMlAAnl
and mlnistera
Since the days cf Irving, Banoroft,
wasnourne, Lowell, wmte, juingnam.
!
Burllnirame. Phelna Lincoln. Hav an
others one might enumerate, we have
had few achievements ln dlolomac
What has been dona out of the ord
nary trend of diplomatic affairs haa
been the result of orders sent rrom tne
state
department to our ambassadors
and ministers and not begotten by
them and submitted to the department
ror consideration and tneir instructions,
Our foreign relations have become less
and lees matters of diplomacy, while
our consular relations have steadily
grown ln importance, requiring higher
abilities in our consuls for their
proper
management.
It is to be hoped in the changes fol-
tion that genuine Americans may be
thanks Jenks elbowed his way through
thi cruwd and set off at a amart pace.
To say I was ashamed, but feebly ex
profcp.es my feellnga. For years I had
aci jsed him of meanness, and ln a few
seconris that was all changed. I was
curiously proud to have been with him,
?ut jealous because he had done some
hint, I should like to have done myself.
I had some sort of idea that I ought
to at ologlza
Wa walked alonv ln alienee for a
few minutes. Jenks was chuckling to
himself.
"I always manage it" he said.
"Manage whatf' I asked suddenly
suspicious.
To get rid or them."
I rallied my eyebrows to hint a desire
for further enlightenment
"It waa a wrong 'un," he explained.
I think I could have Killed mm.
didn't trust myself to speak. My first
avle ma aa a a m a L. a 11 A i V . a a W a
muuKiii wna iui timu, yiti mo
pavement was empty, the child
was
gone, the crowd melted away.
I nearly wept with rage.
"You beast! And but for .your inter
ference the crowd would have made up
the shilling."
I have the satisfaction now of. know
ing that Jenks knows exactly
what I
think or him.
He said he thought me
unreasonable; he seemed hurt at my
tone, but I was too angry, too disgusted,
too sick to care what I said. The whole
fJlr wa" revoltingly callous
Wa av-n a-t fliA sbvma 'aula 1. y
We got on the same train, though In
my fury I said I had scruples about
breathing the same air with him. He
was in the middle of an argument ex
posing the absurdity of my objection
when the conductor came along for the
fares.
"Briston Hill, one" said Jenks.
I had been buried in my newspaper,
carefully ignoring him, but ln the pause
that followed, I glanced up.
The conductor was handing back a
shilling.
sorry, sir, out I can't tajte tnat."
What's the tnattef with ltT" Jenks.
wanted to.know. making a grab.
7 . --
Jenks face became almost green as
th horrid whisper escaped him: "I
must have given her a good one.
talra. I feared the Inside
lghtn't like to hear ma
.
l went upstai
passengers m
sing. -
v ---
A Trne Heroine.
u .k. nil.... V J
. rwhat .1. . your-ldea" of a heroine,,
r luin liiqi ,.iiit ,n hi, iawa.
a!l.w - on'" ho ould Ulk, baefc. but .
appointment, diplomatic qu..tion,may bependlng, appointed to the . various important Fjowin. r embarrassed and letting your proposed, the lake -t.am.rs could I pas. a r a- 71' tVi SSfTSSSSX
have been ... amb.BBaaot 0T minl,ter and brlncioles and who will be Interested in necessity of reloading any cargoes. Tht. Sf".1?--- . " ." ?'
of wealtn m- f.mllv can arrange to receive all greater things than personal intimacv T),nt Vt, . rli would afford . cheap outlet for tha Tnr iena rinianea
Intellectual the social consideraUon poaslble as with royalty to the neglect of the inter. grains or tne middle western states ana. " "i",." 'yI rJ' .7.ip-T,Vi.J .X.
It is said representatives of the United States ests of their own country and coun- . Ilm the New Tork Herald By passing through the Grand-Baglnaw '"hr?ut.e. pr?f ''f'LLfii tT2Jl -m.r.C,laL en,terPrl.
11 IS saiu , . i . v. . u . . i ii. , ' A MrvlR miner relatAa m rntu mttirv ,11av ..n.l jnwn tK,in,), f.BtrA aga SO XSr as tranSDOrtatlon la con- electrical nower renArat1
Its Surrounding Neighbors, Where
Lett Is King Peter of Servla. On the
was the'first of the Balkan states to
achieve Independence of the Ottoman
rule. King , Peter came to his power
following the revolution of 1D03, which
resulted In the assassination of the for'
meJ ", .nA 0Uee.V .., -
of the Balkan states, but
owing to the Indolence of the people the
peppie the
naiuraj resources are not
thoroughly
utilized.
Education, is compulsory and
free. Every man between the
ages oi
18 and 60 years is liable to mtlltarv
itutary
service. Should the younger genera-
a more active and proficient reign will
be the result.
their occupancy of these eminent rosl
tlona to
the fortunes they happen to
posses a
Labor and Slavery.
From an Interview with Samuel Gom-
. pers In November McClure s. ..
th ph,nr. t ma , vnnifi,nn,w
... . ... '
or laie inat organized jaoor is frying 10
become a privileged class before the law.
As a matter of fact the worker class
ter or racu me wortcer ciass
atS-tement Of abstract Dr
Is a social growth. Under It. the work
lag man started as a slave attached to
1
JAMES O. DAVIDSON, FIRST SCAN -
DIN AVI AN GOVERNOR,
H
ON. JAMES O, DAVIDSON was
the first Scandinavian to bo gov
ernor of Wisconsin, and he has
Just been reelected. There is no
doubt these sturdy sons of
tha vtklntrs could not be better repre-
.... ... .v.. hi.,.. t-m.
of the so-called self-made man. He
was born on a farm near Aardal, at
the east end of Sogen Fjord, Norway,
February 10, 1854. There his boyhood
days were spent finding plenty of
Work. Hs waa a strong, sturdy lad,
being fond of his country's sports,
skiing, racing, boating and swimming;
many an Interesting story he tells of
his boyhood days on tne old farm. The
facilities for obtaining an education at
the old home were very limited, the
only schooling he received being from
itinerant religious Instructors who
traveled from farm to farm imparting
Instructions to the children ln one fam
ily and then passing en to the children
on the. next farm, returning again from
time to time.
Hearing great stories of America, and
especially of the United States, at the
age of 18 years he started ror Amen-
ca, landing at Madison, after a tedious
trip, friendless, penniless and unable
to speak or understand the English
language. He soon found friends, and
set to work, with the aid of a spelling
, ' . . ,
dook, to learn tne language or nis new-
ly adopted country, obtaining work on
a farm to pay his passage money for
which he was In debt Tiring of the
farm he succeeded In getting an ap
prenticeship and learned the - tailor
trade, working at that for a. number
of years and for quite a time at Bos
cobel. Growing tired of the bench and
wanting to branch out, he obtained a
clerkship ln a general merchandise store
and waa able, after a few years, to Save
enough money to go Into business for
himself. Looking around for a location
Soldiers' Grove, Crawford county,
seemed a good opportunity. He opened
up a general store at that point and
it has been his home ever since, his
business Increasing from year to year.
In 1886 his store was destroyed by fire,
entailing a loss of $1 0.060, this being
attributive to Incendiaries, but was Im
mediately rebuilt. Governor Davidson
is interested in milling, farming and
stock breeding.
In 18C, when the cause of the Re
publican party appeared hopeless ln
Wisconsin and ln Davidson's county,
the leaders of the party In casting
around for an especially strong candi
date for the legislature, picked up Mr.
Davidson, and in SOitS Of his nrntaata
nominated him as a candidate for the
?mLt.TjLat,'hotJ?d,? ha ?
"i1" I2uSi,u" W Kto ?r-
Davidson those, qualities whloh mv
T. 1 , rJ;.8, "1r . 1 ovoresumaied
iJffflyfc.Bhi?SS Wi?l.later
nM Mhu Dlmiili ran linu ....
paared on thsjlcket wjth h.m was de- f
. . w. v.. .v. .. n ,uw iiama nil
WcO, was ' "T'ff1 ty,
By Cars Reese.
3U axe lucky, eon. If you only have
to take off your hat when you .
meet your employer. Bom lads
are obliged to take off their Jack
et a, as well as head coverings,
when their bpaa oomes along.
And aome of your six have mother
at home, who Wke them take off ahoea
and put on carpet slippers far fear of
scratching the hardwood floors: and,
worse, aome have mothers who make
them go to bed while the household -seamstress
sews on patches where
patches seem to be needed moat of tba
So that Is a nice thing to do, to stick
out your lip and complain about your
employer because be happens to be a
gentleman and expecta you to lift your
hat. Just wait until you get another
place and you will sea how soon your
coat will come off when the boss comes
along.
you ara like the rest of the boys
you never stop to think; just one bite,
one nibble, and away the rest la thrown.
There was a time once In your tender
years when the "core" waa thought to
be as good eating as any part; you get
too big for vour boots too suspicious,
and too particular all of a sudden: The
very Idea of talking slightingly about an
employer who- Is evidently . trying to
teach you manners.
Why, in aome parts of the world the
employed must bend low In reverential
courtesy to those above them: they must S"rtHE . Impetus given inland water-
isr&i rr!LonXrtavreit,ads!nir
as mice, when the carriage with the I. tration has taken root in Mlcbi
manager or the superintendent or the gun. A deep waterway 120 feet
chief engineer, whirls past And when wide and II feet deep across
the golden motor car with the owntr of ty, -,,.,,.. - "
the -Vorka" or of the "estate' raises th lower Peninsula from Grand Haven
dust, they must do more take off their Saginaw Is the purpose of the Grand
very hirsute crowns and cast them into Saginaw Valleys Peep Waterway aaso
the road and strike their palms in ap- Pi.tinfl ,
clause. You don't know what you are ,
talking about. This Is a remarkable age The members of the association, bas
in which you live. And Just about ths tng their faith upon the recommenda-
K-V?? sSettreme,ad.,COyrnt t,0M -eh gta.t hydraulic engi-
would be for the rulers of the land to neers as Lyman E. Cooley, Alfred Noblo
arrange for an international exchange of and th lata George T. Wiener, are
boys for a few weeks every year, in convinced however th.t anh a water,
order that some of the .too obsequious co"0. . nowever, that suea water-
mtfrht be limbered up lifto more demo- way is feasible and practical,
cratic notions, and some of the too self- They believe, upon the showing made
JaWS aWe"- SPosey0yUouereb: b Michigan state geological sur-
gallcy-slava or one taken by a pirate VV .that oh an enterprise may be
press-gang or an untutored peasant,
uuwnirouuQn in ancestry zor ages;
pose you were one of these and
en m ancestry, ror ages; sup-
denly freed, the only obligation being
sua-
to lift your hat when
guardian angelf Why.
would be paradise.
vou met the
the ' condition
Your emnlover is entitled to rmmrri-
and another thing. If you practice the
nai-iiTiing wen ror mm, you will be
an expert when you are grown up and
ofini
begin to think seriously of girls. A
girl
girl giglea when a vouth Is awkward
or clumsy in hat-llftlng. And a girt
aaores a you in wno is SKMled in the
line, and Of nollshed and gentlemanly
line, and Of nollshed and aentletnanlv
action.
Keen on liftins- your hst. And. an.
or grandmother or the good neighbor
woman, or the preacher's wife, or the
emnaay scnooi iacner, are your em-
ployers, and do the same to them. You
will soon get tha habit and you will
soon get trie reputation or being polite,
and you will soon be able to make
sanitation to some sweet girl without
of King Louis of Bavaria His majesty
was much annoyed on one occasion
wnen the soldier on guard at the pal-
The truth was the soldier did not know
his majesty by sight
. "Why don't you present armsT" the
latter asked angrily. "Don't you know
to whom you are Indebted for your dally
bread T" .....
The sentry glared angrily at tha king,
and, Imagining him to be the army
baker, replied:
patter, replied: -to you are the miser-
Inly anatomy over three klngdoma
'd make dough of you."
indoles. It some aulet place. I d spread your un- talned as to
f7- r : 3 ; "n
f- ' r -v Ttwfti Tin.
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Governor James O. Davidson of Wlscoibln.
represent his constituents. With a
1;! A r thi V.Vrfa-t. !
mi .,. ,p?inh f t"a flf,' ".'
ranr-ntfiS b JSHZ,!!.?0
2f JP. , VI J 5,,7", . , "
aloof from the corporation control that
h'1 ""e th conscience of too many
k aan ii tn .in,n..
tions of trust-and introduced and had
the satisfaction of seeing framed as
IT . V-
rvnmnaniaa nv v ii 1 1 ii i rmv wara r ...
the flr.r '. ta T ths hirtorf of Cto
.ton of 1S96 Mr Davidson Introduced
f rmj0$
III (ltorriU.V.Orrom )f It?
; " ' '. ' ; .' - t ' ' . mmmm''KT'm ,paasJ5jsiBSBBSBawsBBBSBfl
carried to perfect realization at a rea-
sonable cost, and that It wouM nrova
- ..j.:.,.,
inestimable Industrial and eommer-
cial value to the entire country.
Just what the results of a deep wat-
rway across Michigan wiU be Is not
hard to determine. The distance saved
oy inia canat in an snipraenis arouna
the peninsula, say from Chicago to Ie-
troit. Is approximately 400 miles. In
other words freight from Chicago' to
Ietrolt could he shipped by water at a
mucn lower rreignt rate man is now
possible,. -through the saving of this
DOsslble. throutrh the aavins
distance and the necessary expense
connected
with carrying freight this
A second point la that the boats
would be assured of a safe passage in
quiet water instead or me ireacnerous
lake, and this alone would be a eon-
alderable saving, for yearly many ves-
sets go on
the lower
the rocks In this t,roun4
peninsula,
as
and the Erie canal to the Hudson and
New York, and would be able to de-
liver grain in New Qork city at a
railroad freight rata from Chicago to
New lork.
This Is not all for it would assure
transportation where now the railroads
ara unable to handle the freight ln a
rush reason In the middle west It
would also afford a continuous passage
from the eastern sections of Canada
tnrougn the canal and tne lakes to the
to the uulf of Mexico
have been definitely ob-
the cost of this canal, but
after the mooting to be held next week
at . Saginaw, plans will be formulated
REELECTED
atlng the office of state bank examiner.
"ir1 "i'T ".rw . , 'J
which has led up to the present efficient
Mi "'f1)" ttfetory Wm ?J
;uprvrslon. securing a. if does the con-
fide nee of 'i
business of
" y
depositors, thus placing ths
r banking on a nigner and
plane, and today Wisconsin',
banking law Is being
many o'f the Jfther s
ng patterned alter tn
states. -
"'" wa w - waa- -.
iauau aja ira.a.
brinalA. toth.t .foe. ThTm. rf-1
. i ,ono . j . , oaa
threefold Veatundw pMvloSS
Byron G. Coryell, President of the Grand-Saginaw Valleys Deep Wa
terway Association, at top. Charles S. Hathaway, Secretary of the
Association, at lower left George W. Bunker, Engineer la Charge,
Jower right.
and work commenced on the preliminary
surveys In order to determine this cost.
jne most available geological surve
eye
the
snow mat trie highest point which
canai wni nave to
i go
over will be 72
reel above Lake
Michigan. This will
necessitate several
locks, along
the
canal. Already the
governmont has ex-
ex-
P"?,! vr hundred thousand doj-
Lar ln dredging out a lake level canal
from Grand Rapids
cerned. powers developed by the canal, will bo
The Industrial, commercial and agrl- abundant; thousands upon thousands
cultural growth of the United States of useless worthless land will be ro
ll as merely begun. Already the states claimed and placed UDon the atatn'a
,0 Nef,
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, In-
c.ana, Illinois and Wisconsin are In ac-
non collecting aata, securing surveys,
creating publlo opinion as to the con-
dltlons and relations which exist and
may be developed between their busl-
ness Interests and the great lakes, the
Mississippi and the Ohio rivers, when
lateral deep waterways are built
through their respective territories and
those great trunk line channels.
Twenty-five year hence those com-
monwealths will- have the advantage of
all-water freight rates from nearly
every point within their borders to
anv other point in the a-reat lakes dls-
- trlct and In the valleys of the Missis-
fy
lissouri and the
say. they will 1f
m awaken to a
opportunity.
If the Grand-Saginaw Valleys Deeri
Waterway association fail, to prove
TEMPTATION
By Max Sommer.
T
HROIJOH the blinding- .now with
shivering, broken footstep, a
man is hurrying. Now and again
he pauses to clutch at his breast
with a feeble, despairing cry of
abandoned hope for all day he has
tramped up there across the .hills to
Berbro tn search of work, but avery
town haa been unlucky so far.
"Give employment to an unknown beg-
garr The presumption of ths man. them back." urged the voice, '"do not
expecting it and daring to walk into rob the dead." "No. I look to the llv-
elahorately furnished office, in rags, ,n&.mJLw "a c.h.1tLdiL!n mA tiT :'.
..Ti.. ' ... ... ... ... . He drew out a tattered handkerchief
asking to see the manager. the man- and reverently covering the upturned
agers, indeed, who would act hesitate face, staggered on his way.
ln discharging a person who so far for- e's
got himself as to mention the fellow's Seated around the table in a poorlv '
impertinence muoh less bring him into furnished kitchen, were a man and his.
contact on the ordinary pretense of wife and two little children. The table
seeking a livelihood. was well supplied, and the woman and
And this was the third week since he children looked on with sparkling eyes,
had said good-bye to a frail, little wlfo now and again making a pleasant Joke,
ln the healthy, generous city and start- to be eagerly responded to, the sound
ed out briskly after bidding her keep of their merry laughter brightening the
up courage until he should return. sordid apartment But the man was
"Good-bye, little mother," he cried, silent.
"I will find a position in an office "Oh, daddy dear, yon don't know how
where they pay living wages and do not. we longed and prayed for you to come
starve you on 60 kroner a month. Oh. back," the smallest girl said in the
they do things better in the little midst of her enjoyment And mamma
towns," he added with a forced laugh and Willie and I used to ask God to
as he hugged her to his bosom once send you back very soon, and I used to
more and closed the door quickly lest say quietly, 'and bring us lot. to eat,
he might see the tears he was trying 'cause we was very hungry.' "
to conceal. The man's eyes filled with tears and
That was three weeks ago, and it hs turned away aa looked steadily into
seemed like years, and all this time bis the fire. t
little ones were wanting food while he "But it is all over now" te mQther
was wandering hopelessly. said, "daddy has a. fine Job. When will
Once the light from a window at- you have to go back, dear." she con
tracted him. Beyond he saw a happy tlnued. addressing her huabano.
aamllu athaiin aiviiinil tVi.l. avAnln " NVv mswi. mam, V. - n.n.i.mi,
..iini p .....,i ... v v ....... ,,buiii
meal , Tears stood -In his eyes at the
inougnt ox inose ne naa ieii at come.
The sight was too much, he oould bear
no more, and turned away.
He scarcely knew why ha was leav
ing the town behind. His chances ware
probably no better further on than
where he was,. but ths habit had seised
upon him and without stopping to rea
son he still tramped on. In the dis
tance a clock was striking: 6. ' The
strokes had faint and muffled sound
across ths fallen snow.; '
A dull sleepiness overcame) him. He
began to remember the tales he had
heard of those who placed In a similar
position bad at last given way to the
faUl sleep the Snow provides for those
w" yieia themselves to it. enticing
fascination.
position nad at last given way to tha
And this was the end! Daaed and ex-
ha,,.t - H ha aflnlr Arwn An a iniawtnv.
erert mound. , ,
"My God!"
He Was awake now and sverv narva
naa sprung into life and action He
nmn IDFUDI ini Ilil U(l action Mi
SoT'.a.. ? W?
. - . .
j&al what was that T '. H listened
again. , Tlck-Uok-Uck, The man's watoh
that which is believed to be true In the
matter. ...then the cities of Saginaw.
Owoaso, Lansing, Jackson, Battle Creek.
Kalamaaoo, Grand Rapids and all in-
"tervenlng
industrial and commercial
centers will be under the ban of a bust
ness handicap which will prevent them
rrom eomnatinr with aur.h
from competing with sue:
centers In
the other states tl
Ing than Michigan.
that are more farsec-
If the present object of the assocla-
carried , out tho
e abolished and
transporting raw m;i-
proouots mat say"
industrial cr
to be cheap
hV thA Htt'
tax list: millions of tons of hla-h-t-rada
coking coal and other millions of tons
or high-grade salt may be mined and
marketed, whereas today these deposits
are waiting only for cheap power and
cheap transportation. Then, too, Michl-
(tan's annual loss of millions, by thi
destruction of property and the Intert
ruptlon of business, by floods, will be
prevented.
It is to bring about these desirable re-
suits through cooperative effort toward
the development of the national sys-
tem of Internal deep waterways that
the Grand-Saginaw Valleys Deep Wat-
erwav annoclatlnn haa hiin it.
palgn of seourlng, compiling and pub-
llshlng .authentic Information on the
subject It Is an effort which requires
couras-e. determination ulrlli M.h.
a-rade nuhlic anlrlt mnA it la an
which mean a mnrh tn tha" fntn -,.
fare of our state. .
was atill going. The short wintry day
na1t taded ln.to ,hlekn"sa He struck a
matron mnA 1iilrart K a ai
b the featured of UeTorpso.01 How
seriously beautiful in death's repose!
The man had apparently been wealthy
Searching the Pockets he drew out tho
wiiiDiur-a wBii-iiuaa purse, a poCKet-
book and the watch and chain.
"Put them back," whispered a voice
within.
"Why," Jie shrieked, "my wife is
starving, nfy children are starving and I
navA tint taatwt rii,4 fY i-t-... .
, i-1 w vi 1 1 iiu i un ui ir "v:i uv. i uiu i
lyi "I may be called any moment, and
then I shall have to leave you."
"How nice of them to give you three
months' salary In advance?"
"Tea. ' very nlce,'' ; he answered absent-mindedly,
"take care of that
money. In case I may not be able to
send yoii Any for a long time."
flhe nodded laughing reply.
"I think I will Just take a walk and
buv an: evening paper," ha said, after
the children had been put to bed.
"All right, dear, don't be long."
He went down the satrs and through
the hall to the door. .He heard his
name, spoken In the street and shuf-
rung or reel. xnen ne peenea tnrougn
r ing or feet Then r
the "keyhole and saw
of policemen that had
about to demand adtt
tne iitue group
stopped and ware
dmlttnnna
He put his hand ln his vest pocket
Ind waitAil .. .
The door was opened and a lifeless
body fell Into the policeman's arms,
"It was that ras of a hankerchief that
gave s th-ritst oiue," eald the da
SBVe - US
' . . ... . .
ltV.....r.ep.hlnV W!?.
he"25theU,r.orteV limn. ""-Not the
slightest, his very suioldo prove that,'