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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
How the Children Saved the Day
 Where There's Will There's a Way
Fly Fannie Fern.

.Children," said mamma, ''the servant problem has proved to be unsolvable this morning. 1 have just been to the kitchen to find cook gone, and In her place note saying: T hey wint on n long vacation. yez need not be lookin' fer me back As l was coming upstairs to break this de ectabe news l was met In the hall by the housemnid who handed in her notice C. leave which Is to take immediate ef- feet. Now, you children being members of my household l come to have you council me In the matter"
 Let's have breakfast first" suggested Tom, the wise one of the family. After eating we'll be in better physical condl- ton to talk over matters of such mo ment'
 "A very comfortable suggestion" ad. mitted mamma. were there a breakfast 10 ent'
 .1 have iti" exclaimed Sally, the prac- ticai one of the family. Let us cook the breakfast That Is better than talk Ing about eating It."
 And l fancy after eating 1t we will all wish we had merely talked about It. laughed Stella. the philosopher of the family.
 ..Oh, well, nothing Is as bad as It's painted" declared Fred. the optimist of the family. Even Stellas cooking might be borne by strong stomach All we can do is to try 1t. But so long as we have a butcher and baker In the block below I shall borrow no unnecessary trou- ble."
 So 1t was decided that the work should be laid out systematically. each member of the family performing his or her share. First 1t was agreed that each one should look after his or her own room, and that the rooms used In common by all should be attended to alphabetically" that Is to say, each member of the household should take a turn" at sweeping and dusting. Even the boys agreed to this plan.
 Then 1t was decided by "the council" to let Tom and Fred do the marketing. Tom was m excellent judge of meats and vegetables, while Fred could not be fooled on fish and fowl. Mamma would prepare the breakfast, Sally and Stella alternate at serving the luncheon and all three would lend a hand in the dinners prepa. ration.
 .And what am l to dor" asked papa. who. till now. had been an unobseryed listener.
 'Youf Why you may pay the bills" laughed mamma.
 But that's nothing new," complained papa. 'T had hoped for some change"
 Well, papa, maybe you will have some change-after paying the bills" slyly suggested Stella. We do not want you to go broke.'
 ''oh, stell, we can't stand for any such turns as that said Tom. trying to look wise and serious.
 '.Then keep on the straight line," retort- ed Stella Whereupon everyone laughed.
 In half an hour the family were seated round the breakfast table 'in a most hungry frame of stomach" as Fred put 1t. And most enjoyable meal they found, too, In the buttered toast. soft boiled eggs, broiled chops and delicious coffee = '.such us only mother could make"
 .'Why, mamma. you're brickf' de- clared Tom, his mouth full.
 '1 call her m expert In the culinary
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hands and broke Into tears. The scene of destruction was too much to be borne calmly. As far as her eyes could reach the earth was swept as bare as q floor. The big, rambling ranch house, all the stables, COW sheds, cattle eorrals and other farm farm buildings had been carried away, with only here and there piece of broken tim Der or a bit of broken furniture to bear witness that any sort of habitation had
 .'Ughl'' said Jake, T wouldn't. bawl, Miss Pone You ort to be thankful you are Twin with all your body. whole: Your uncle has lots of money In the bank, and will soon have this place as fine as ever agln. But if you'd been killed-he couldn't a,bilt you asin, reckon. so' but, you know Pm a---a-girl, and can't help being nervous and crying" pleaded Pauline. Then she sat down on the rain soaked ground and wept some more.
 Pretty soon, however, she. dried her eyes and got on her feet again. Adyanc- ing to Jake she said with feeling: Jake, you are noble boy. You are hero, in- deed you are. During my, visit here my able Forgive me--forgIve mel You have saved my life, and saved 1t at the. risk of your own, too. You meant to leave the well to me while you would go to that bank" But the words died on Pnul- ines lips as she turned to look in the d. recton of the clay bank The storm had plowed and leveled the earth where the little bluff had been. 'See!' she said. pointing to the spot. Then she shuddered at the thought of what might have be- fallen this brave herd boy.
 ''But, Miss Poline, I'm offul green, I reckon. don't dress right nor talk stylsh-ke."
 Pauline grasped the awkward fellows hands. You are brave and noble. After all, what do the petty customs and forms of frivolous society amount to? Who am l that should set myself before you as
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must profit by my ridicule. Now, Tor instance. think 1t positively unpaarra1,n, ,,, coat of and his hat on. And when I ask him if his head Is cold and his shoulders hot l mean only to give him a hint tnat society. If he Is ignorant of social eti- qnette why should he not be taughtI
 Well, dear" protested the aunt, Jake has but lately come to live with us. We've had many herd-boys before Jake, whose manners were as much to be deplored as his, and before they had lived with us n six-month they had become quite gen could find little in their conduct while in the house or at table to complain Of un- less It was m occasional slip of ungran- matlcal mother-tongue. But that Is their blrthright, unfortunately. and 1t takes years of schooling and refined environ ment to rid them of the effect of early influences. Now, my dear, what l want to impress upon your mind Is thls;-we have been more fortunate In the matter of birth and education than our ill-fayored Jake. So, let us be charitable toward him."
 "But, auntie.' persisted Pauline, still contending that she had only the best motive In criticising poor. Jake's bad manners, don't you think It our duty to learning as this Jake is2
 ITO be sure," acquiesced the aunt '.But teaching cannot be. accomplished through the medium of ridicule. But there's Uncle John with the buggy at the door. As hessin hurry to get to town on an important errand l must get my hat and be off with him. I'm sorry, Pauline, that you did not feel inclined to accompany us to town thls afternoon. However the ride will not be very pleas. ant, for the heat Is almost unbearable. I hope you will pass the time In some way to prevent loneliness. There's late magazine with the leaves yet uncut. You'll find that worth while I hope"
 Well as Bridget has had to go to her is off to town laughed Pauline, helping to adjust her aunt's hat, "Pll be queen of the ranch. When supper time comes Pl go to the kitchen and get things started You've never sampled my tea cakes, have youf Well. I'll show you that l can measure swords-i mean cake re- cipes-with your adorable cook, Bridget. I didn't go tc cooking school for naught. Now, you're all straight-on you goi Don't forget to bring me some stick candy" And both Pauline and the aunt laughed at the light-hearted girls chatter as they waved farewells to each other, buggy beside her husband.
 As the covered vehicle rattled down the prairie road, that wound its way to the town five miles distant, Pauline stood on the porch of the long. frame ranch. house and watched the cloud of dust which followed the wheels like cloud. The day was hot and close. Till noon thete had blown stout breeze from the south making the heat endurable; but nov, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, not so th@ row of tall cottonwood trees that surrounded the yard.
 Pauline stepped into the yard, which wAs carpeted with dull-colored buffalo grAss, and looked round the horizon. In the northwest pile of ''thunderheads''
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Pauline Grnson, a pretty 13-year-old girl, went to visit an aunt and uncle who lived on ranch in Western Kansas. Plains and she found there many features of interest.
 But one of Pauline's faillngs indeed. 1t might be said her only failing of con- sequence) was to turn to ridicule any little peculiaritles in others Having been carefully reared by most cultured father and mother Pauline was quick to notice in other people any violation of Societys prescribed rules. Now, this fact alone did not speak III for Paulne her fault lay In making fun' of those less favored than herself, and in viewing with too critical eye the poor people whose educa- tions had been sadly neglected.
 On her uncle's ranch was employed young herd-boy, who was about Pauline's own age. Upon this poor, unread, awk- ward fellow Pauline vented much of her sarcastic wit and ridlcule. Her aunt, feel from fro heinz either stupid or fool and who seemed to feel keenly the fair maiden's scorn," often remonstrated with her vi vaelous, clever little niece over what she termed "a girls thoughtlessness. You should not so. far forget yourself, my dear" the aunt said to Pauline one day, Thor alow your sense of humor to lead you to make light of that poor, unso. phistIeated country youth. It Is unk1nd to make the boy the butt of your ridl-
 a'But. auntie how else will the green horn ever learn to mend his shockingly bad manners?' asked Pauline laughing. "Realy, I think I'm performing a kind ness toward Jake when 1 call attention to his awkwardness by laughing at it. If he has the least particle of sense he
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gesture, Pauline to balance herself in the bucket while he should lower her 10 safety. And in sheer desperation he made her understand that he would follow her into the well.
 The descent was made safely and quick iy, and before Pauline could realize just how It had been accomplished she found herself seated in the halter swing, her feet almost touching the twenty feet of water below. And squatting on the two poles over her, holding to the edges of the protecting rocks of the wall was Jake.
 Had the two desired to converse 1t would have been impossible to do so, for now the storm burst In all it's fury oyer them. The sky. became black, and dark. ness made the interior of the well like n tomb. But by the glare of the lurid light ming Jake could see that Pauline's face was white and full of terror The suction of the whirling winds overhead almost drew their bodies from their places, and clung to the walls of the we'll
 Suddenly all awful crash just over their headsi.Ihe well curb was swept from It's featSer feadaat0n B as j6Se j9aesgh had t had been catastrophe and had cut with his pocket knife the ropes holding the water buckets. waas ratsr the he buckets cts had dropped into the up past their heads without any physical damage to either Pauline or himself.
 Then came the hail beating into the we'll so as to protect Pauline from the half stones, which were of enormous size. They iell upon hls tbinly clad back and beat 1t black and blue. But in such moments one never feels physical hurt. The minds terror deadens all other senses. 1t was not until the next day that Jake dis covered the painful condition of his back.
 To Pauline the time seemed like eternity that she sat in that deep well, the dark. dangerous water just beneath her feet and the terrible cyclone raging madly over her head. But in reality the passing of the storm required but some twenty minutes.
 As the darkness began to give way to light and the rain and hail gradually ceased Jake straightened up his bent back and looked above him serene. blue stretched overhead. Jake climbed by the wall to the top of the well and looked about him. Pauline followed him with her eyes. and asked in voice that sound ed far away and strange; 'Is the danger past?'
 "Yes'm.' said Jake. .'I reckon we'll as on acrost the prairie like a crazy person. But it's about spent itself"
 How shall get out?" questioned Paul. inc. The ropes are gone"
 Reckon you can hold onto me and walk up by putin. your ioes into the walls things swep' clean from the face of the earth there ain't no way of me gittin' another rope to haul you up by"
 Well, got down safely" said Paul. inc, and l guess l can get out all right. One thing l have In my favor-I can take ny time, and there Isn't any wind to himself wholly eapable In a few min utes he had Pauline safe on terra frma. Then, when she looked around her she covered her eyes with her trembling
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Little Biographies of Big Masters.

Jean-Francois Millet was born in the little French village of Gouchy Tn the year 1874. He spent his boyhood on his fathers small farm, living the unevent- ful life of a common laborer. tending cat tie and filling the soil.
 By his grandmother, who was devoutly religious, he twas trained In reverence and faith. His father, who was precentor of the vlfage church was a student of nature, and early instructed his son Jean in the beauties ,cf forest and field, sky and cloud.
 It Is hardly probable that Jean received any encouragement when he first display ed q liking for drawing. peasant boy could scarcely hope to become an artist 1t was not his natural sphere. But in the face of opposition Jean practiced with his pencil whenever a,a opportunity from the peasants and domestic animals about him.
 When he reached his eighteenth year his talent for drawing was so pronounced that his father consented to accompany him to the town of Cherbourg, where an artist by the name of Mouchei was con suited regarding Jeans promise to become an artist On being shown some Of Jeans drawings the artist threw up his hands and exclaimed: This boy will De- come a great painter!"
 When several years later Millet. journey, ed to Paris to take up his study in oil his fellow artists dubbed him the man of the woods,'' so uncouth, so awkward and "countryfied' was he In manner and dress
 And man of the woods" Mlllet re- mained all his life, loving the soil from which he sprang. He found no time to follow the fashions and follies of polite" society. The city oppressed him, and the crowds of selfish people made him recoil deeper within himself; Strange voices whispered in his ears things that only he could hear; mysterious fingers pointed his eyes to marvellous colors that only he cond see His comrades In art called him 'queer'' and visionary" But Genius whispered the strange things and pointed out the ''visons."
 At first he stumbled on alone and un- noticed Sheer necessity forced him to paint the conventional. to cater to the bubbles taste for the nude. Thus he was prevented from following the dictates of his genius. He achieved no distinction above hundreds of other struggling artists
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ried suspended from his shoulders by horse halter two strong, short poles.
 But Pauline's attention was forced away from Jake, who was now well down In the well, to the sky in the northwest. A dense, black cloud-looking no. larger than mans hat-hung low In the heavens, and from 1t issued sharp light ming and deafening thunder. Connecting this blot of ink flor such the cloud lookedl with the earth was funnel shaped mass that swerYed from left to right as if il, in some terrible agony. Pauline felt chill chi, Jake had told her 10 wait for nothing. With the roaring of the coming cyclone deafening her Pauline bent over the we'll curb and saw that Jake had put the two poles across the well, thrusting their ends securely into creyiees between the rocks of the wells wall. From these poles he had hung the horse halter In the form of a short swing. And now he. was lifting himself toward the top of the well by means of the bucket-rope.
 The instant his fee, landed outside the we'll Jake motioned to Pauline to get oyer the curb, screaming at the top Of his voice, for the noise of the coming storm deadened all o. nary sounds, s,I"Pqt your feet Into the bucket an ketch a-holt of
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who painted to make the pot boil" At times Milet was obliged to paint adver. tisements and signboards. so great was his financial distress.
 After a dozen years of snch want and struggle, years when lesser genius would have given up through dispalr. NH. let gained a footing whereby he could henceforth be master of his own brush. At the age of 35 he turned his face towards the country, the country that he loved, and took up his life at Barblzon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-15
ONE SENATOR ABSENT
No Vote Taken In the Peabody Con-
test In Colorado Legislature
Yesterday

Denver, March 1.-THE general as
sembly again today postponed the de-
cISiOn of the contest for the Office of
governor. After listening to the read
ing OF the supreme courts decision that
the legislature cannot legally declare a
vacancy in the office Of governor. the
joint convention, on motion of Senator
Parks, a Republican who faVOrS ousting
Governor Alva Adams and seating
James II. Peabody, the confession, took
recess until tomorrow morning. y
roll call on motion to adjourn resulted
As to As, and Lieutenant Mcdonald, the
presiding officer, cast the deciding vote
in favor of a recess The reason given
for taking a recess was the absence OF
Senator Wood from the city
The supreme courts decision has
simplified the situation by eliminating
the proposition to seat Lieutenant Gov
ernOT Jesse +. Mcdonald as governor.
There is now before the joint conven-
ton clear cut issue between Cover
nor Adams and Contestor Peabody. The
joint assembly must say which of these
candidates for the governorship was
elected, or by declining to give any
decision in the contest, leaving Cover
nor Adams in the chair where he was
constitutionally seated.
Pea body'S supporters have endeav-
Ored to make his contest political is
sue, but at least One-third of the Sc
Republican members of the general as
sembly have refused to be bound by
any action on the question in caucus
Twenty-Five Republicans were united
in favor OF Senator Morton Alexander s
report declaring a vacancy, which the
supreme court has decided cannot be
legally adopted. Should five of these
now fall in line with the other Al Re
publicans for Peabody he would have
a majority of the joint convention,
which consists of 81 members. and
would be declared elected. On the other
hand, Governor Adams requires the
votes of Is Republicans in addition to
the 81 Democratic votes to give him a
ma jority on joint ballot. However, if
Is Republicans refuse to vote for either
the Pea body or the Adams report from
the contest committee, neither of the
contestants will have a majority and
Governor Adams will continue in Of
flee
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-15
Not Medicine.

The virtues of LiqUozOEc are derived
solely from gaS-laTgely Oxygen gas
No drugs, no Notwithstanding but gas
enters into il. The process Of making
takes fourteen days, aud requires i'm
menSe apparatus. Then we get one
cubic inch of LiquOzOHe for each 1.25O
cubic inches of gas used This process
has, for more than twenty years, been
the constant subject of scientific and
chemical research
The result Is Il geTmlCIdC SO certain
that we publish on every bottle an offer
OF $1,000 for disease germ that it can
not kill. Yet it is not only harmless
but remarkably helpful. The effects ale
celebrating, vitaliZing, purifying. Even
a well person feels its instant benefit
The reason is that germs are Vegeta-
bles; and LiquozOne-liNe an excess Of
OXygen-is life to an animal but deadly
to Vegetal matter.
There lies the great value of LiquO-
zone II is the only way known to Kill
germs in the body without killing the
tissues, too Any drug that kills germs
is a poison. and il cannot be taken in
ternaliy- For that reason. medicine is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-15
ACETATE FOR CHEAPER GAS
New York State Senate Has Passed
a Resolution For an Inves-
tiPatiOn.

Albany, n. Y, March 1.-THE agi-
tatiOn in New York City for lower
gas rate in the city, together with al
legations against the gas companies of
eXtortionate rates, and of maintaining
false meters, resulted today in the
adoption by the senate of a joint resO-
luton providing for Il legislative in
Vestigation of the New York gas and
electric lighting situation. The reso-
luton was not passed. however. until
after a long and rather acrimonious de
bate, in which Senator Grady of New
York City, the Democratic leader and
principal representative of Tammany.
hall in the upper branch Of the general
assembly, took a conspicuous part Sen
atOr Grady led the opposition to the
resolution, charging that its motive
was purely partisan and directing a
particularly bitter attack against Will
lam R Hearst who, he said, had joined
hands with the Republican state
chairman, Odell, to accomplish his pur-
poses.
L viii tell you what the origin of
this gas agitation was" cried Senator
Grady. Mr.. Hearst was a candidate
for the presidential nomination. Dis
appointed because he did not have the
support of Tammany hall in that am
bitiOn, has has since. through his news
papers, been heaping foul abuse on the
mayor and on the Tammany hail. That
was the beginning of this gas agita-
ton.
Hearst is the real author of this
resolution. The whole thing is d miser-
able political deal. a bargain was made
between the Republicans and Mr..
Hearst by which it was agreed that if
this resolution should pass, Hearst
would put d third ticket in the field
in the municipal campaign in New
York this fan. The whole thing ~
miserable deal, with nothing but a par
tiSan object"