t .iTTTT.i'.. jot" Asrlal View of Budapest in the Danube. fprepared br the National Oeaa-rapfct Society, Waablnftoo. D. a) ECROl'E'S "temporary Ice Age" the most severe winter that has been known for many decades gave the role of destroyer to the stream that U normally the Henutlful Bine Danube. The stream was froien so solidly that ice dams were formed, Imprisoning millions of cubic feet of water. When milder weather caused break In the Ice barriers, the result ing flood damaged hundreds of the riv er boats that bad been Imprisoned In Ihe Ice. Economically the Danube Is to the land-locked nations of Europe what the Mediterranean is to the countries of southern Europe. Once the North ern frontier of the Ilownn empire; la ter the path for conquering hordes of Huns, Slavs and Magyars; now the commercial Muln street of Central Eu rope, the Danube may claim to be the most Important river of Europe, though It is exceeded by the Volga In length. Uuinan activity attains extremes long the Danube's course even more marked than the contrasts along bl mrre Broadway, N. Y. Its waters see the revels and destitution' of Vienna and flow by flat rocks on which Hungarian women pound their clothes With wooden mallets and bear them way In tubs on their heads. They pass mills like those of Minneapolis, bear vessels like those on the Hudson, nd turn the wheels of boat-borne wa ter wheels to which peasants bring grain In primitive ox carts with even the wheels kept In place by wooden pins. - The river halves Budapest and courses by busy Belgrade where It receives the waters of the Snve. It carries barges on which families live s they do on canal boats. Grim cas tles, great estates, and tiny cottages stand along Its banks. Scenlcally the Danube possesses va riety almost as Infinite, Itlslng In the Black forest, some of Its waters seep through ondergmand Assures to Stream of the Rhine basin. Sometimes It Is pressed between high hills. Small er croft appear on Its walers In Ba varia. In Austria It splits Into many trms and forms a whirlpool. In Hun gy plains It sprawls wide, receiving many Important branches, remnant of prehistoric Inland sea. It resumes a wild, torrential aspect again when It pierces the Kazan defile and the Iron gates. II receives nearly as many tributaries as there are ilnys In the fcnr, and drnlns an area almost equiv alent to that of Egypt. V Along the steep right bank of the Kazan defile can be traced a road built by Trajan early In the Second century, hot until recently has the construction of a modern road made the defile pass elite niion elilier bank, i lieeognltlon of the International Im portnnce of the tanute was attested ty placing It under a commission In I&VJ, and further provisions regarding It are eontnlned In subsequent treaties. Including that of Versailles in 1!I19. The 8esnie Glories. . The scenic glories of the Danube re chiefly to he seen along the up r reaches of the river; but the broad tlghway of the lower reaches Is eco nomically of more biterest. because ol the traffic It carries, i Below Oliirgevo, Itumantn. and Itm achuk, Bulgaria, the Danube widens to about three miles from bank to tank. Clurgevo, a point of great strategic Importance, is accessible b river steamers at high water and has en auxiliary port about two miles fur ther down stream. The lower Danube has n very slight fall, only t'.ll feet In the Inst OKI miles Of Its length, hut because of the great Volume of water, Increased as It goes on by the Alt, the Argesch, the Jnlo in Sua, the Sereth, and the Truth, as well as smaller streams. It flows with great force. The Bulgarian hanks are lilgh ; the Rumanian shore la low and tut and often overflows. Sillstrln, the "fortress of the Da Cube" since llomun times, though ot less military Importance than (ialaix. Is the next place of Interest below ltutsctuik. A Unman relic, "Trajan's Wall," may be seen from the river lie low Flllnlrla, and forty, miles from that city there l a railroad bridge nvet two and a half miles long mid the only one below Belgrade, connecting Km h rest and the lllack sea port ot Con etiinr.a. This Is one ot t'f most re tnarkublu exumples ol 10 kind ol en 0 m O Jlf - , K mr .f- glneerlng and was built at cost of $7,000,00 lilrsova and Gura-Jnmolltia are the next places of Importance. The river at lilrsova broadens like sea with many Islands. The town with Its for tified castle Is prettily situated on hilltop above the surrounding flats. Important Rlvsr Port The more Important of the rlver't ports are next approached. B rails, uulovely and monotonous of aspect. Is, however, the chief Rumanian port of entry, before the war a town of over SO.OUO Inhabitants and a center of the grain and timber trades. Between Bralla and Gulatx are the rnlns of an ancient bridge said to have been built by Darius the Great.- The latter city, about ten miles be low Bralla, Is a very thriving port. Vessels of 4,000 tons can come up the river to the polut Between Go latx and the confluence with the Pnith the Danube makes Its turn to the east. On Its left bank lies Bessarabia, for merly Russian territory, but annexed during the World war by Rumania. After sprawling In great angle around the barrier of Dobrudja, the so called blue Danube drops Its load of mud and sand gathered from eight nn tlons of Europe In a large delta at the western end of the Blsck sea. This delta take the form of a huge, equi lateral triangle SO miles long oo each side. Of all the varieties of earth surface, deltas rank high as the most useless to civilization. Mountains are admired for their Inspiration, deserts hold rare beauty for those who seek It, but few people go to delta even to bunt ducks If they can help It. The Dh nnbe's delta Is particularly unattrac tive since the peasants have not been able to adnpt It to agriculture, as sugar-cane planters have large parts of the Mississippi delta. Some del tas, such as those of the Amazon and the Tangzte, consist of large Islands surrounded by considerable woter; but the Danube's waters run through a vast swamp which was almost a com plete barrier to navigation before the European commission of the Danube took hand. In country that Is neither land not water, the reeds and willows take command and do not catch malaria. Deprived of timber the peasant fish-emii-o put the reeds to many Willows are used for basket making snd for fish weirs. A plumed reed U cut for fuel and still another kind la woven Into mats or used as thatch Those who are Irritated at fishing re strlctlons In the United States can np predate what a fisherman's paradlxo they live In by comparison. The Itu nianlan government considers fishing a government monopoly, snd every com mercial catch must he brought In a government customs house to be auc tioned off. By the construction of levees nnd piers, the European commission of the Danube has niened a channel to Ga lnt z. the Rumanian naval port, capn lite of receiving shipping up to '.(Mi tons. The traffic In and out the rlvei amounts to more than R,U00,iJU0 tons annually. Elephants Make Good and Faithful Servants Eli-phaiil lulmr is both sutlsfin tor) and economical, according to ineiiibem of a Harvard exiellilon to the Bel gin a Congo. The big fellows make wonderful servants, and after doing a day's work equivalent to Hint ot a trnilor be gathers his food free ol cost In I tie forest, where It grows wild while the gasoline "feed" of tructors Is extensive In I he Congo. African elephants long hod a repu tation for Inruruhle ferocity, arid tin' accomplishment ol His Belgians In leurulng how to domesticate them Is new. The successful training Is due to catching the elephants young. Nuin tiers of them have been given to set tiers for farm work. Horticultural Marvel Luther Bui-hank, famous American horticulturist, was born on March 7 tS-IU. at Lancaster, Mass. Burl k wus always devoted to the study ol nature. Me originated many new forms ol tipples, prunes, berries, nuts and vegetables Gypsy Philosophy There la no more dangerous sick ness Ihun audness. Ainerlcua lluya tins. USSSSSSI FLASH : The Lead W N. U Servtae 8YN0PSIS I'p th wild waters of th un known Yellow-Lea. on a winter's hunt. Journey Urtx-k McCain and Qaapard Uecrnlx, hie French-Cree comrade, with Plash, llrork puppy and their doa team tlrork's father had warned him of the danaer of hie trip. After several battle with th stormy waterf they arrive at a fork In th Yellow-Leg. Brock ta severely In lured In making a porta and Plash leade Uaapnrd to th un conscious youth. Th trapirs rac desperately to reach their destination before winter aeta In Plash en its tea In a desperate flitht with a wolf and kills hlin Uaspard tells Brock of his de termination to find out who killed hi father. Tracka ara discovered and th two boy a pure! tor scout Int purpoeee. llrork la Jumped by two Indiana and s whit man and knocked uncon clou, lie la held prlaoner. lias pard rescuea him whil hla cap tors aleep. Uaspard believes thee nen killed hla father and la pre vented from killing them by Brock. Whil out alone Oaanard ta ahot from ambush by an In dian and kills hi would-b slayer Whil out on his trap tinea nroik la cauaht In a heavy anow storm. Ha I loat and hla food fives out Hla hope art ralaed when he dlacovera a moos trail He kill a moos a Oil find Oaspard'a trail Oaspard flnde another India trailing him and wound him. CHAPTER IX Continued 16 Then the youth drew his skinning knife. His glittering eyes drew clore to the ash-gray face of the man who lay by the fire. under the blankets. "Were you here last long snows In this couutryr lis asked, hoarse with passion. The pinched face nodded, "There was a man from the south ambushed. In the month of the melt ing snow. Is he alive?" In the eyea of the Indian fear gave way to a look of bewilderment, of agony, as he gasped: "I am very tick." "Von saw this hunterf pressed the Inexorable son of I'lerre Lecrolx. The Indian feebly nodded. "Is bo silver There was oo answer. Gaspard glanced at the distorted face, blood ies, still; then fumbled under the Indian's capote for the bean beat There was none. Rising, the battled son ot I'lerre Lt croix shook his Bate at the Insensate spruce. In his heart was no plly for this man at his feet, who had tracked hi in that day to shoot him through the buck. These men bnd takeo from hlin the father he loved were ruth lessly hunting down Brock snd him self. At that moment, his missing partner mlgh' lie somewhere, stiff In the snow, as this assassin lay here, at bis feet. It wss war to the death, now, be tween Gas-pard l-errolx and the men who had taken from liliu father and his friend. Through the wlnier he would hunt them aa one hunts the wolverine who robs the trapllnea. Be fore the March crust they would learn that on their trails followed tracker merciless as the carcajou, ontlrins as the timber wolf. The war eras on I Leaving the body of the Cree to the toothed and clawed merries of the wixiiMotk, who would shortly find It under the henp of snow with which Gnspard covered It, he continued on his wide circle north ot the big hike Heartsick with thoughts of his miss Ing partner, he approached the camp Elghieen days now, he thought with the country full of game Brock couldn't have starved, even II lost And If lost, In time he wus hound to find Mil lakes or the river. No. the) bad taken or killed hlin the friend be loved. The dogs, ravenous with hunger greeted him wltb a chorus of yelp. Then he suw, standing In the snow. Brink's trapping sled. Ills heart bounded. Brock was safe hud come hornet llrork was alive his partner was alive I "Ken-war I" he shouted In his Joy. running to the tent. "Hat You Brock I" But tire tent was empty, lie had gone again! Where? Circling the camp, Gaspard found his own trull of three days before, followed by the well known tracks ol Brock's wider webs. "By Oar I He go to find Gaspard I" cried the excited hunter. Then, In his motion, he hugged eucb of the clam orlng huskies. With Brock alive, the situation whs changed, lie now hud some one to live for to take cure ot. Ills promise to Angus McCain, made at lliingrj House, to bring Brock back, bound hlin. He could not ask his partner to go north with hlin and throw hts lire away In a mad attempt at sen geance. He would alay with Brock and trap while the fur was prime, then In March, he would Journey north In search of his foes. If he failed to return, Brock could take the dogs and tun the river to the sea, alone, and CBrry In Hungry Hons; a fur pack that would pull the eyes out of the factor's head. Lute in the afternoon of th sec ond day. a (luspard followed Slit Ear pulling the hind gunners of a caribou In over tbe Ice-hard trail lead ing to the camp, flash met them with a a extravagant welcome. "Hello, jen man-killer! What d'yub By GEORGE MARSH Dog : Cofrttiht V Th. r.nn PublMhuuj Co, mean by leaving Just aa I totter back after starving out In the bush?" The lean face of Gtispard shone with bis Joy at seeing hla friend. "You ole Brock I You geeve ni some bad day, Brock I" he cried, pounding the shoulder of the stalwart white boy, as ha wrung hla hand. "I bunt an' hunt for your trail" "But tell we," Brock Interrupted. "You were followed, and you waited for lilm. But how did you know be was on your trail?" "I feel dul dey were after me, dat morning, And you saw heeiii?" "Yes, I wanted to be sure he didn't get you and leave on your shoes, so I looked at the body. Did yon learn any thing?" "No, de Cree have wen my fatlvt he know ; but he was weak au' nevalrsj tell bow uij futler die." Too bad! I'm mighty sorry, part tier." Brock rested a nilltened hand on the shoulder of hla friend, whose dark feutures pictured the bitterness of bis disappointment. Theuover supper of carl hou steaks and tea, Brock told hla story. "Nevalre travel een a norder again," commented the bush-wise Gaspard. "Wall for de sun; deo you don' get lost." "By gnr, dat Clash eoa smart dog!" cried Hie hulf breed, when Brock told of nilsaltig (lie moose, "le wolf ham string caribou; but hull-mouse, tu de deep snow eea ver' strong. Dal ees cross dog, dat Clash I" "His heart's all Iron, and the way he traveled on an empty stomach wus a caution. He badu'l eaten for days when he tackled that moose, Gas pard, If suylhliig happened to thai pup, I'd want to quit" The lean feulures ot the other lighted In understanding. It was Brock McCain's way, to love his friend, hi dog, with all the capacity of his big heart There were oo reservations Ui Brock. Hitching the dogs to the long, haul ing sled which had come on the canoe loud all the way from Hungry House, wilb Flash In the rear, behind Slit Ear, to separate hlin from the lend er, Yellow-Eye, the boys started next day over Brock's, trap line trull, bur led under the new snow. Gaspard led the team, tramping the new snow dowo to the Ice-hard trail beneath, now froxen solid to the ground by the constant traveling of Brock and Flash with the trapping sled With the tangible warnings Gas pard and llrork already bad hud, tu attempt to finish the winter on fel low l.ert lakes meant a life of con stant vigilance. Once their enemies from the north worked south ot the big luke and found the trap-line traits, they eight be ambushed tr taken In their aleep, foi the dogs could be poisoned or shot. But never, for sn Instant, did the two hunters consider a retreat. The heart of Gaspard I crolk knew but one dealre desire for knowledge of how his father d'.ed and for vengeance on tlioie respons Ible for his death. And Utile as Brock relished the idea of leaving his bones In the wilderness of the Yellow Ug. his loyalty to tile friend and Ills right ing spirit admitted no ''luught of avoiding what the long snow held for them Already they had given tht strangers good proof of what man hunters tnlglif expect In tht forests ol the south. Two had gone out, never to return. And later, on the March' crust, when the gong was got.d, the limited ones would turn hunters. So ran the thoughts of the friends an they made camp on the ev of the hunt on l he big barren. Under stars still bright In a purple sky. Brock and Caspard cooked break fast, leaving the whimpering dogs liegi'ing to be taken wired to trees, the partners snowshoed to th flank of the barren an I waited for duw- Two days before, Gasps n bad counted hundred caribou, bid now, as the blue east grayed, an' the frosty stars paled and fa led. they wonlered whelh er ghostly patrols ol the phantom wanderers of the north wre out there la the shadows digging with round toed hoofs for the rein It er rma-s of the ha.ren At Inst (he bitter dawe slashed through the ashen ensl with rote and pearl and amber slits of light. ITO tlB CONTINUE!'! "Sea Serpent" Myth The comparative wifely und com fort of tht) modern ocean vessel may be blamed for the disappearance ol the aea serpent, In the opinion ol A us tin II. Clark of the Smithsonian Insll tutlon. The tales of marvelous snd fearful sea monsters ail belong to the days when sailing the sens wus highly dangerous nnd the large fish could come uncomfortably close to the ship's passengers. A man on the dry, secure deck of the modern vessel lucks Hie stimulus to his Imagination Hint would make hlin see queer creatures In the sea, although occasionally even now tales are lold In all sincerity ol tea serpents being seen. Exchange Doing Well, Too "Is your son a success?" "In his line." "Whufa his liner "Oh, be demonstrates what the well dressed young man will wear this eosoo." Uulsvllle Courier- Journal Wine Brought Out Wit of Matter of Melody Brahms, tlio great musical composer, was not o cheerful person, llo was Invnrluhly somber, Wlion more cheer ful than usual he would sing such songs ns "The Grave Is My Joy." Ho was, however, great lover of a glass of good wine, had a certain souse of humor, and enjoyed a Joke 'bother against bis friend or against himself, Once when he wus the guest of rich merchant, who knew the master's weak spot, thu latter fetched soverul bottles of very old nnd good wine from hla cellar. Filling the glasses, he handed one to Brahms, at the same time bowing reverently and saying: "Muster, this Is the Brahma among my wines." The composer sipped th wine, evidently with satisfaction, then tasted It again, and emptied his glass. "Yes." he said, wltb contented mile, "not bad, not bnd at all, but, my dear friend, I should be delighted tf you would let me also make the ac quaintance of your wine Beethoven," Color Keeps Stool Cool That color may be employed Indi rectly to Increase the strength of some Structures Is the Interesting conclusion suggested by a series of experiments by an English authority, says Popular Mechanics Magailne. He has found that certain shade ot blue dluiln Isbea the effect of the aun'a rays oo steel ant preserves more even tern, perature. Bine extreme heating and cooling may tend to weaken struc ture, under certain conditions, tlis proper color might Insure longer life and greater strength, i'hyslclana long have recognised the Importance ot the right color In hospitals and sickrooms and In the home, the use of color In decorations Is being studied more carefully. Paris Artlet la Want Tarla baa too many artists, and as result there Is overproduction and misery. Thus declared Louis Forest In commenting on the suicide recently ot well known French sculptor who had won the I'rlx de Dome, but could not make a living. Forest pointed out that there are 40,000 painters, as well aa many other artists. In I'sria. Even the open-air exhibitions of pictures, which are sometimes called "crust of bread" exhibitions, often full to bring In the crust. Const to Coast good Grocers sell and recommend Buss Ball Blue. Better value than any other. Adr. ForgotUa Art "So Helen Is playing the shy, de mure young thing now?" 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