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SYNOPSIS.
Elam Harnlah, known all throufh Alaa
ka u "Burning DayllKhl." celebrate" his
1Mb birthday with a crowd or miners ut
tha Clrcla City Tlvoll. The dance leads
to heavy gambllmr. In which over $100,000
la ataked. Harnlah loaea hla money and
hla mine but wlna the mall contract He
atarta on hla mall trip with dujca and
aledita. telling hla friend that he will be
la the bin Yukon (told atiike at the atart.
CHAPTER II Continued.
"Of course he'll make lt,M Reams
whispered In Bettles' ear. "And
there's five hundred Daylight's back
in sixty days." he added aloud.
Billy Rawlins closed with the wager,
and Bettles hugged Kearns ecstatical
ly. "By Yuplter, I ban take that bet,"
Olaf Henderson said, dragging Day
light away from Bettles and Kearns.
"Winner pays!" Daylight shouted,
closing the wager. "And I'm sure go
ing to win, and sixty days Is a long
time between drinks, so I pay now.
Name your brand, you hochlnoos!
Name rour brand!"
Somebody opened the outer door. A
vague gray light Altered In.
"Burning Daylight, Burning Day
light." some one called warnlngly.
Daylight paused for nothing, bead
ing for the door and pulling down bis
ear-flaps. Kama stood outside by the
sled, a long, narrow affair, sixteen
Inches wide and seven and a half feet
In length. Its slatted bottom raised six
Inches above the steel-shod runners
On It, lashed with thongs of moose
hide, were the light canvas bags that
contained the mall, and the food and
gear for dogs and men In front of
It, In a single line, lay curled five
frost-rimmed dogs. They were husk
ies, matched in size and color, all un
usually large and all gray From their
cruel Jaws to their busby tails they
were as like as peas In their likeness
to timber wolves Wolves they were,
domesticated. It was true, but wolves
In appearance and In all their charac
teristics. On top the sled load, thrust
under the lashings and ready for Im
mediate use, were two pairs of snow
shoes Daylight was saying good by
to those who clustered around blm.
The Virgin wanted to kiss him, and,
fuddled slightly though he was with
the whisky, be saw his way out with
out compromising with the apron
string. He kissed the Virgin, but be
kissed the other three women with
equal partiality. He pulled on his
long mittens, roused the dogs to their
feet, and took his place at the gee-
pole.
"Mush, you beauties!" be cried.
The animals threw their weights
against their breastbands on the In
atant crouching low to the snow and
digging In their claws. They whined
eagerly, and before the sled had gone
half a dozen lengths both Daylight
and Kama (In the rear) were running
to keep up. And so. running, man and
dogs dipped over the bank and down
to the frozen bed of the Yukon, and In
the gray light were gone. On the
river, where was a packed trail and
where snowshoes were unnecessary,
the dogs averaged sir miles an hour.
To keep up with them, the two men
were compelled to run. Daylight and
Kama relieved each other regularly
at the gee-pole, for here was the bard
work of steering the flying sled and
of keeping In advance of It, The man
relieved dropped behind the sled, oc
casionally leaping upon It and resting.
As If through a wall. Daylight had
passed from the bum and roar of the
Tlvoll Into another world a world of
silence and Immobility. Nothing
stirred. The Yukon slept under a coat
Of Ice three feet thick.
The cold snap continued. Only men
of iron kept the trail at such low
temperatures, and Kama and Day
light were picked men of their races.
But Kama knew the other was the bet
ter man, and thus, at the start, he was
himself foredoomed to defeat Not
that he slackened bis effort or willing
ness by the slightest degree, but that
be was beaten by the burden be car
ried In his mind. His attitude toward
Daylight was worshipful. Stoical, tac
iturn, proud of his physical prowess,
be found all tbese qualities incarnated
In his white companion.
CHAPTER III.
At Sixty Mile they restocked provi
sions, added a few pounds of letters
to their load, and held steadily on.
From Forty Mile they bad unbroken
trail, i and they could look - for
ward ' only to unbroken trail
clear to Dyea. Daylight stood
It magnificently, but the killing
pace was beginning to tell on Kama.
His pride kept bis mouth shut, bnt
the result of the chilling of bis lungs
In the cold snap could not be con
cealed. They traveled till ten o'clock
the nlgbt tbey reached Selkirk, and at
sis next morning tbey plunged ahead
Into the ne.rt stretch' of wilderness of
nearly Ave hundred miles that lay be
tween Selkirk and Dyea. There was
no let-tip in bis pace. Twelve hours
day. six In the twilight and six In
the dark, tbey toiled on the trail.
Three hours were consumed in cook
ing, repairing harnesses, and making
and breaking camp, and the remaining
nine hours dogs and men slept as It
dead. .
The time came wben Kama was un
able to go In tbe lead and break trail,
and It was proof that he was far gone
wben be permitted Daylight to toll
all day at the heavy snowshoe woiTl
Lake by lake they crossed the string
of lakes from Marsh to Llnderman,
n-i bf-.-n t-e ascent of Cbtlcoot By
i r" ' -r. '-t f inulJ have campd
, ; t 'i rf t' r ft t' 9
behind blm raged a anow storm that
would have delayed blm twenty-four
hours. This last excessive strain broke
Kama completely. In the morning be
could not travel. At five, when called,
be sat up after a struggle, groaned,
and sank back again. Daylight did
the camp work of both, harnessed the
dogs, and, when ready for the start,
rolled the helpless Indian In all three
sleeping robes and lashed blm on top
of the sled. The going was good; tbey
were on their last lap; and he raced
the dogs down through Dyea canyon
and along the hard-packed trail that
led to Dyea post And running still,
Kama groaning on top the load, and
Daylight leaping at the gee-pole to
avoid going under the runners of the
flying sled, they arrived at Dyea by
the sea. True to his promise, Day
light did not stop An hour's time saw
the sled loaded with the Ingoing mall
and grub, fresh dogs harnessed and
a fresh Indian engaged. Kama never
spoke from the time of bis arrival till
the moment Daylight, ready to depart
stood beside him to say good-by. Tbey
shook v.ands.
"You kill um dat damn Indian."
Kama said. "Savvee. Daylight? You
kill um."
"He'll sure last as far as Pelly."
Daylight grinned.
Kama Bhook bis head doubtfully,
and rolled over on bis side, turning
his back In token of farewell.
e e
A crowd filled the Tlvoll the old
crowd that had seen Daylight depart
The Time Came When Kama
two months before; for this was tbe
night of the sixtieth day. and opinion
was divided as ever as to wbetber or
not be would compass the achieve
ment At ten o'clock beta were still
being made, though the odds rose, bet
by bet against bis success. Dowr in
ber heart tbe Virgin believed be bad
failed, yet she made a bet of, twenty
ounces with Charley Bates, against
forty ounces, that Daylight would ar
rive before midnight
She It was who heard tbe first yelps
of tbe dogs.
"Listen!" she cried. "It's Day
light!" There was a general stampede for
tbe door; but when the double storm-
doors were thrown wide open, the
crowd fell back. Tbey heard the eager
whining of dogs, tbe snap of a dog
whip and the voice c? Daylight crying
encouragement as the weary animals
I
capped all they bad done by dragging
tbe aled In over the wooden floor.
They came la with a rush, and with
them rushed In the frost, a visible
vapor of smoking white), through
which their beada and hacks showed,
as tbey strained In the harness, till
they bad all the aeemlng of swimming
in a river. : Behind them, at the gee
pole, came Daylight, bidden to the
knees by tbe swirling frost through
which he appeared to wade. He waa
the same old Daylight, withal lean
and tired-looking, and bia black eyes
were sparkling and flashing brighter
than ever. His parka of cotton drill
hooded him Ilka a monk, and fell In
straight lines to bis knees. Grimed
and scorched by camp-emoke and fire,
the garment In Itself tolf the story ot
bis trip. A two-months' beard cov
ered bia face; and the beard, la turn,
waa matted with the Ice of bia breath
ing through the long seventy-mile
run.
He experienced a thrill of surprise
as tbe roar of welcome went np and
ss every familiar detail of the Tlvoll
t-,-eil tig vision the long bar and
, c-f bottles, the gaesbiir.g
games, the big stove, the weigher at
the gold-scales, the musicians, the
men and women, the Virgin, Cella.
and Nellie, Dan MacDonald. Bettles,
Billy Rawlins. Olaf Henderson. Doe
Watson all of them. It was Just as
he bad left It, and In all seeming
it might well fe the very day he bad
left The sixty days of Incessant trav
el through the white wilderness sud
denly telescoped, and bad no exis
tence In time. Tbey were a moment,
an Incident He had plunged out and
Into them through the wall of silence,
and back through the wall of silence
be bad plunged, apparently the next
instant, and Into the roar and tur
moil of the Tlvoll.
He drew a deep breath and cried:
"The winner pays, and I'm the win
ner, ain't I? Surge up, you-all Male
mutes and Stwashes. and name your
poison! There's your Dyea mall,
straight from Salt Water, and no born
swogglln about Itl Cast the lashings
adrift you-all, and wade into It!"
A dozen pairs of hand were at the
sled-lashlngs, when the young Le
Barge Indian, bending at the same
task, suddenly and limply straight
ened up. In bis eyes was a great sur
prise. He stared about blm wildly,
for the thing be was undergoing was
new to blm. He was profoundly
struck by an unguessed limitation. He
shook as with a palsy, and be gave at
the knees, slowly sinking down to fall
suddenly across the sled and to know
the smashing blow of darkness across
bis consciousness.
"Exhaustion." said Daylight "Take
him off and put blm to bed. some of
you-all. He's sure a good Indian.'
A few minutes later. Daylight was
whirling around the dance-floor, waltz
ing with the Virgin. And small won
der It was that the Virgin yielded her
self to bis arms, as tbey danced dance
Was Unable to Go In the Lead.
after dance, and sick at heart at tbe
knowledge that he found nothing in
ber more than a good friend and an
excellent dancer. Small consolation
It was to know that he never loved
any woman. She waa sick with love of
blm. and be danced with ber as be
would dance with any woman, as be
would dance with a man who was a
good dancer and upon whose arm was
tied a handkerchief to conventionalize
him into a woman.
At one In the morning he saw Elijah
Davis herding Henry Finn and Joe
Bars Out Russian Geese
Germany's Blew to a Great Trade
Seriously Felt on Both 8ldes
of Border.
Announcement has been made that
the German authorttlea bave suspend
ed the Importation of live geese from
Russia on the ground that there la a
considerable amount of disease preva
lent in the frontier districts of that
country..;.., : , '
. Coming, as this prohibition doea. Im
mediately prior to the period when Im
ports of live geese Increase rapidly
the question la serious alike to breed
ers In Russia, who will bave targe
quantities of birds thrown on their
hands; to German goose fattenera, as
tbey will be nnable to fill up their
pens, for tbe home production Is total
ly Insufficient to meet their require
ments, and to housewives tn Germany,
who will find the already high price
of what la an Important article of
food advance still further, ana prob
ably be prohibitive. Russians state
that there Is no Justification for this
regulation, that It la a trade move
In the Interests of German dealers t
force down prices and as a n ' i
of fiscal protection to German t;
ers. . -
Germany Imports annually '
tbt
door. Daylight Interfered.
"Where are you-all going r be de
manded, attempting to draw them to
tbe bar.
."Bed. Elijah Davis answered.
"Got to." Joe Hlnes added apolo
getically. "We're mushing out In tbe
mornln'."
Daylight still detained them.
"Where toT What's the excite
ment?" "No excitement" Elijah explained
"We're Just a-goln' to play your
bunch, an' tackle the Upper Country.
Don't you want to come along?"
"I sure do." Daylight affirmed.
But the question bad been put In
fun. and Elijah Ignored tbe accept
ance.
"We're tacklln' the Stewart." be
went on. "Al Mayo told me be seen
some likely lookln' bars first time be
come down the Stewart, and .we're
goln' to sample 'em while tbe rivers
froze. You listen, Daylight, an' mark
my words, tbe times eomin wnen
winter dlggin'a 'II be all tbe go.
There'll be men tn tbem days that'll
laugh at our summer scratchln' an'
ground-wallerln'."
Elijah laughed, gathered his two
partners up. and was making a second
attempt to reach tbe door.
Hold on." Daylight called. "I sure
mean It."
The three men turned back sudden
ly upon him. In tbelr faces surprise,
delight, and Incredulity.
O'wan. you're foolln'," said Finn,
the other lumber-Jack, a quiet steady.
Wisconsin man.
"There's my dawgs and sled," Day
light answered "That'll make two
teams and halve the loads; though
we-all '11 bave to travel easy for a
spell, for them dawgs Is sure tired."
The three men were overjoyed, but
still a trifle Incredulous
"Now look here," Joe Hlnes blurted
out "none of your foolln'. Daylight
We mean business. Will you come?"
Daylight extended his band and
shook.
CHAPTER IV.
This time the trail was easier. It
was better packed, and tbey were not
carrying mall against time. At Forty
Mile they laid over two days for the
sake of the dogs, and at Sixty Mile
Daylight's team was left with tbe
trader. Unlike Daylight, after tbe
terrible run from Selkirk to Circle)
City, tbey bad been unable to recup
erate on the back trail. So tbe four
men pulled on from Sixty Mile with
a fresh team of dogs on Daylight's
sled. Tbe following night tbey
camped In the cluster of islands at
the mouth of tbe Stewart Daylight
talked town sites, and, though tbe
others laughed at blm, he staked the
whole maze of high, wooded laland.
"Just supposing the big strike does
come on the Stewart," he argued.
"Mebbe you-all '11 be In on It and then
again mebbe you-all won't But I aura
will. You-all 'd better reconsider and
go In with me on It"
But they were ttubborn.
"You're as bad as Harper and Jo
Ladue." said Joe Hlnea. "They're al
ways at that game. You know that
big flat Jest below the Klondike and
under Mooeehlde Mountain? Well.
tbe recorder at Forty Mile waa tellln'
me they staked that not a month ago
The Harper Ladue Tbwn Site.
Hat Hal Ha!"
Elijah and Finn Joined in bis laugh
ter; but Daylight was gravely In' earn
est "There she Is!" he cried. "The
hunch Is working! ' It's in tbe air. I
tell you-all! What'd they-all stake
the big flat for If they-all didn't get
tbe bunch? Wish I'd staked It"
Tbe regret In bis voice Was provoca
tive of a second burst of laughter.
"Laugh, dang you, laugh! Why
your eyea ain't open yet. You-all are
a bunch of little mewing kittens. I
tell you-all If that strikes come on
Klondike, Harper and Ladue will be
millionaires. And If It comes on Stew
art, you-all watch tbe Elam Harntsh
town site boom. In tbem days, wben
you-all come around makln' poor
mouths . . ." He heaved a sigh of
resignation. "Well. I suppose I'll
bave to give you-all a grub-stake or
soup, or something or other."
(TO BIB CONTINUED.)
Loud and Soft Pedal.
Remember to do" your grumbling tn
a wblsner. Save your megaphone for
praises it was Invented to advertise
good things, anyhow. . ' "
8,000.000 live geese, of which seven
eights come from Russia, where these
birds are bred ; In vast numbers
throughout the western and southwest
ern governments. They are bonght
from the raiser by traveling dealers,
who drive them in huge flocks to the
frontier stations, where they are en
trained for despatch to Berlin and oth
er cities. -'-
The cars used for this purpose are
built In four decks, each car holding
about 1400 birds." . 8peclal trains are
run In the season, . consisting of a
dozen to thirty-five cars. In accord
ance with the supply. As many as
60.000 geese have been known to ar
rive at Magervlehhof market Berlin,
on a single day. Westminster Iter
ette. : ; i '.: '.; ;
' Didn't Go Crazy Over ft
The Inhabitants of Ion St Kllda
heard th gramophone tbe other day
for th first time. A steamer belonr
tng to Messrs. McCallom of Glasgow
tied at tbe Island, and It waa on
of the passengers, Mr. Louis Barb,
who had the distinction or taking the
f -t gramophone to tbe Island The
i Et Klldean. however, failed to
ly the wli !"ms!hed wonder
a was x; ?(t-.-i t b'-n. -
Hlnes, tbe lumberjack, toward
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rtURINQ the International Red Cross conference In Washington there was
ts tides used in the work of the organization. It was In tbe new building of the American Red Cross. Many
of these exhibits were entered in competition Tor $9,000 in prizes, the Income of a fund donated by the Empress
Marie Feodorovna of Russia.
USE GAS
Too Frequent "Jags" From Oxy
gen Dangerous.
Proposition of Sir Edwin Ray Lan-
kester Denounced a Unsports
manlike and Unscientific
Will 8horten Life.
London. The lay press reports that
Sir Edwin Ray Lankester has inquired
if the Swedish authorities, who will
have charge of the coming Olympian
games, will permit a Marathon compe
titor to carry an oxygen tank or bag
and take from it an occasional whiff
during that cruel and grueling twenty
six odd miles that must be run by
those who would be In at the finish.
The competitors, he observes, will
presumably be allowed to consume re
freshments while racing. "It would
be extremely Interesting to see wheth
er such breathing la ot material assist
ance to the runner, and- as oxygen gaa
la not a drug, but as natural an article
of consumption as water, there seems
to be no reason why the runner should
be disqualified for refreshing himself
with It, a he may with soup or wa
ter." Stimulating drugs - are, of. course,
rightly barred from any athletic con
test worthy the name, the Scientific
American remarks. Oxygen la In these
circumstances certainly a drug. Inas
much as It "dopes" tbe recipient quite
like many another drug. Pure oxygen
Is a powerful and most valuable stimu
lant for the sick who require It pa-
DOOMED MAN DRAWS BRIEF
Murderer Signs Appeal With Initials,
Showing Number In Death
House. ,
Trenton, N. J. For the first time
In the history of New Jersey a man
convicted of murder and In the death
house at the state prison, has pre
pared a brief In his own behalf for
presentation to the court of errors and
appeals in an endeavor to get a new
trial
Frank McDermlt and Chauncey H.
Beaaley, as counsel for Allison M. Mac
Farland, filed with the court an elabo
rate brief prepared by MacFarland,
who stands convicted of poisoning hla
wife In Newark.
The case was carried up on a writ
of error and in addition to the law
yers' brief the brief of MacFarland
was filed. The man goes Into the
case In detail and has an explanation
for every questionable phrase in the
now famous "Bunny" letters. As Mac
Farland Is an educated man, the brief
was intelligently prepared. He sign
ed It "D. H. 1851." The initials stand
tor "Death House," and the number
are his prison designation.
Mother's Ruse Prevents Wedding.
Tone, Wash. Charles E. Cowell and
Mis Mlna Erickson had made prep
aration for a hasty wedding this
week, as the bride's mother was op
posed to the union. The guests had
aasembled before the mother learned
that she had been outwitted. She pre
tended to take poison. The new of
the apparent suicide was carried to
her daughter when the ceremony was
almost completed. It has never been
flnlahed. -. v
Prophet Is 15 Years Old
Hindu Regarded by European Theoso
: i phlsta a Precursor of "the
; Master."
1 Pari. Theosophlsts of Europe
have their thoughts directed toward
Paris) for at Pari has arrived a new
Hindu prophet who la regarded by
many Theosophlst aa the precursor
Lot the ultimate Master who I to give
to the world It long-experienced
moral transformation. Be Is a mere
boy, only IS years ot age, and be
cornea from Adyar, India. - At four
teen be wrote a book called "At the
Feet of the Master," which haa been
translated Into many languages, and
which Is aald by Theosophlsts to be In
spired by a high consciousness ot hu
man needs. To them the prophet, who
1 called both Kriahnamurtl and
Alcyone, confirms by his presence the
declarations, ot Mrs. Annie Besant
in ber address at the Sorbonne last
year that a profound change was
et
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JOSS JSOZlWBi
IN SPORTS
tients with coma or pneumonia in ex
tremis. But, as with all stimulants,
excessive use of It is dangerous. It
first excites and then depresses; fre
quent oxygen intoxication will prema
turely exhaust the Individual's vitality
and will surely tend to shorten bis
days. Such Indulgence will make the
cardiac beats most pathologically rap
Id and powerful; tbe blood will flow
in excessive volume and strength and
the collapse will be In reciprocal pro
portion. The ears sing In an "oxygen
Jag," as If one should hang head down
ward over a cliff; speech Is hesitating,
"ideas swarm, but it Is hard to seize
them."
Sir Edwin's proposal Is amazingly un
scientific In a scientist of so great rep
utation and It Is most unsportsman
like, especially In an Englishman, the
Britisher being nothing if not a lover
of fair play In sport. . What folly to
declare nascent oxygen aa natural an
article of consumption as water! Pure
oxygen is far from being such a thing;
It Is natural only to be breathed when
It Is diluted with several times Its
volume of nitrogen.
Pure oxygen has before been used
In athletics, but all that kind of thing
Is altogether cheap and unprofitable
and It has a yellow streak. Yea, rec
ords have been broken by this means.
They should not stand; they do not In
the minds of the sporting aristocracy.
And the reason why Is that they are
not tests of brawn and endurance un
der the Inexorable conditions In which
human life must ordlnarly be lived.
An oxygen drunk might make an un
trained, undeveloped, soft muscled, or
dinarily short winded specimen sue-
Russian Butchery in Tabriz
Many of Leading Citizen, Including
a Venerated Priest, Hanged by th
Cossacks, Says Correspondent
. In. Letter. .-
Pari. Detailed account of the
atrocities committed by Russian troops
in Persia during tbe last two or three
months are at length available. Tbe
League for the Rights of Peoples ha
obtained two letters from Persian cor.
respondents. Both letter are from
Tabriz, the chief commercial town of
Persia, which the Russian bombarded
and seized. The first 1 dated Janu
ary 14: ; ;
"December 18 the Russian army en
tered -Tabriz without having warned
the authorttlea of the city. Thla act
only served to make the population
Indignant, as It saw Its rights violated.
The nationalists, at sight ot foreign
er mixing In the affairs of their coun
try, became exasperated. Fighting
waa imminent between them and the
Russian Cossacks. December 22 tbe
Russians began a heavy bombardment.
Shells fell everywhere in the city. The
population became maddened. The
flag from the American consulate wa
struck off by a shell.
"On the 23d the nationalist seized
the Russian barracks, which are in the
Armenian quarter. More than twenty
Cossacks were killed or wounded.
Atrocities began. Th Russians entered
houses, burning, sacking, killing and
pillaging. They struck down the chil
dren who resisted before, their father
and mothers and carried off the young
girls when they could. Others came
on to the Adgl bridge over tbe River
coming tn the life of humanity and
that it was to enter upon a new phase
to be, signalized by the coming of the
Master, who was to establish a new
religion. ;,;-;..'
The prophet presided at a meeting
ot Theosophlst. He plan to pa
about alx month at th University ot
Oxford, to gain a knowledge ot west
ern culture, tor he believes that In the
new era there will come a Union ot
western culture and ot eastern wis
dom. He predict for the future the
formation ot a new continent in the
Paclflo ocean like the one called At
lantis, which, according to classical
tradition, oace existed tn the Atlantic
ocean. The prophet and his friends
contend' that the Bogoloff Islands,
whose coming In the North Pacific waa
accompanied by seismic disturbance,
are the nucleus of tbe new continent
he haa In mind. This physical earth
change, he believes, will signalize a
j revolution la religion.
iffllcC
given a remarkable exhibition of ar
1 cessful for the brief span of a given
contest; but for all that he would be
poorer, and not the really triumphant
man. All competition should be held
under natural conditions, such as must
be chanced and coped with In nature.
The only safe and sane way to
breathe oxygen Is in combination with
nitrogen as It exists In the circumam
bient air. In the form to which, dur
ing the ages, human and all other life
has become adapted. Normal living la
ever "the right adjustment of Internal
relation to external relations."
After all, why should marathons be
run, anyway, except for the glorious
and sufficient purpose of announcing
In the Athenian market place the vic
tory at Marathon over the Persians?
How utterly purposeless is today this
terribly taxing race, which must for
many a participant result In disease
and in shortened existence.
TO HELP- ARGENTINE FARMERS
8outh America Republic to Have a
Department of Ajrloulture Next
' Fall.
New York. The government of Ar
gentina will begin next fall the or
ganization of a national department
of agriculture modeled after the de
partment In the United State. For
the purpose of obtaining American ex
perts to take charge of the work tbe
Argentine government ha had R. B.
Bouin In this city for the last three
weeks. Mr. Bouin aald he has com
pleted his work and expects to return
shortly accompanied by six Ameri
can. Mr. Bouin was born In Louisiana
and is director ot the governmental
agricultural experiment station at
Tucuman.
Amere and again began a bombard
ment of the unhappy city, which in the
last few years had already seen so
many Indescribable horrors. In this
struggle there were about 100 Russian
soldiers killed and about as many
Persian nationalists, but above that
there were more than 800 victims, in
cluding defenseless women and chil
dren, massacred by the Cossacks. The
latter also hanged several members
of the municipal council of Tabriz.
Chief among these may be mentioned
Schaikh- Sallm, Zia-ul-Ulama, and his
uncle, but what caused the greatest
excitement even among the foreign
ers, was the hanging of Sikat-ul-Islam,
a religious man universally respected,
according to the consul of all the
European countries, on account of hi
Influence, hi good sense and bis lib
eral mind. '
"On the 26th the Russians, after
having taken possession of the gov
ernment buildings, custom bouses and
the postofflces, set fire to them. In
the face ot all these atrocities and the
great misery of the population of Ta
briz, the Russian commander-in-chief
ordered to be shot two of tbe Russian ;
soldier guilty of excessive atrocities.
There are many mbVe things to' say,
but I have neither the will nor the
strength. In conclusion I will say only
that the beautiful city ot Tabrls has
become a veritable cemetery and that
is tbe only reason that peace reign
there at present" - . - .
Instead of running from a disagree
able argument, most people will stand
and sUr the kettle. ,
DOG SAVES LIFE OF MASTER
Faithful Collie Bringe Aid to Mlssou. '
-Han Stricken With ;.
, Apoplexy.
Kansas City. Mo. A faithful dog
probably saved the lite of hi master,
Balnbridge Howard, a pioneer resident
of thl city. . ;
Howard, accompanied by hi collie,
started for a walk last night, and at
an Isolated spot In hi apple orchard
wa stricken with apoplexy. There
he lay for hour while the dog made
frequent trips to th house, whining,
and scratching at the door each time.
Meanwhile Mr. Howard, who 1 70
years old, sat alone tn the house won
dering what had become of her hus
band. When the dog attracted her at
tention the Intelligent animal led ber
tq her unconscious husband. She sum
moned neighbors, who carried the old
maa home. v
Blessing In Disguise. .
' Many a man is being saved by ths
hard work that he think 1 killing
him.