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he knew that unless the outpost was
killed or captured he would show up at
the rendezvous which had been agreed
upon, sooner or later.
Drawing his gun, he stepped into the
darkness and rain and peered around the
corner. He could see the forms of two
policemen running hurriedIy, and he saw
the Kid make a dash for liberty.
Back he darted into the little alIeyway,
across the street to the rear, through an
other passageway and as he sprang again
TO the street his foot struck something.
and he stumbled. 1t was the partially
displaced lid of a manhole which had
tripped him.
kneeling, Slim drew the iron cover to
one side and slipped into the opening just
as a bullet from the gun of a pursuing
bull went hummng by.
For moment his feet touched nothing
and then he gained a foothold upon the
iron rungs which are built into the
masonry of manhole, and drew the
heavy cover into place above him. Foot
by foot he lowered himself down the
damp. slippery wall until the chill of
running water told him he had reached
the bottom.
Feeling carefully and STOPPING, he
crawled into tunnel scarcely five feet
high and through the water for twenty
feet Striking match he could see that
a larger tunnel faced him, and Frisco en-
tered the Ia miles of labarynthine tubes
which form the greater sewers and the
400 miles of lesser sewers which honey
comb the ground under Washington.
The feeble light hardly ilumned the
eighteen-foot span above his head He
in the large drain which passes the
patent Office and runs westward partly
under + street northwest. Another
match showed him masonry footpaths
which ran either side of the sewer
above the water rushing along foot be-
low.
The arc Of the walls satisfied him that
there was no more than three feet of
water in the sewer at the time. He step
ped to one side of the smaller tunnel.
Placing his hand in the water he de-
termned in which direction the current
was running. Turning, he followed 1t.
AS the yeggman started forward he
heard light splash of foot ball from
the direction of the smaller tunnel from
which he had just emerged.
He ran OH for a few feet, then slipped
into the water where the current ran
swiftly about his knees as he made for
the path on the opposite side and clam
bered out The bright slice Of lantern
cut the darkness Slim drew his gun and
crouched.
He waited until the CLEANS of the Ian
tern had almost found him. Then he
fired. The lantern fell and the oil ran
in little frey streams down the footpath.
The echoes of the shot reverberated back
and forth in the great tube. A few bub-
bles We're rising from the water which
flowed between the paths.
Frisco Slim showed his smoking Betsy
into his pocket and ran lightly forward.
He passing west under f. street to-
ward the Treasury, but he knew Il tie of
that Nor did he know that when the
wall made gradual turn he was headed
south under 18th streets. The silence and
the black darkness appalled, him, the air
was oppressive. and he was growing tired
Now he was nearing the Monument lot
How could Frisco Red know that it was
laundering above his head and that great
drops of rain were pouring into the city
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rupt and WHINE. tease and demand.
Parents nowadays are sinsularly afraid
80 destroying originality or crushing
tie spirits. OF their children. and moral
slIason. that makes little impression.
takes the place oil the oid-time maternal
slipper or the rod behind the looking
glass that helped To enforce discipline
While morals stand higher plane
than manners the fact remains that the
pleasanteSt person TO have around is the
one-whether child or aduit-whose man
ners are gentle and pleasing. lie is the
one who will have the advantage all the
way through life Boorishness makes
even virtue seem Of small avail.
In this connection word against pro-
yincialisns aud would-be comics.
l was on the train the other day with
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The IncorrigibIe Kid.

<STSRAEL w. DURHAM, the Philadel-
/ phia politician. owed part of his sue
cess to the fine way he kept his follow
ers submissive and obedient without hurt
ing their pride"
1t was a Pennsylvania legislator who
was discussing on Atlantic City's white
beach the dead Pennsylvania leader. lie
continued.
"Mr Durham could call YOU 10 order
without offending YOU. once. for exam
pie. he calle: me 10 order. lie said was
incorrisible. He said, with a laugh. that
was as hard to manage as a little boy
in a downtown school.
This youths teacher told him he must
add without counting on his fingers. Then
she gave him several mental sums. He
solved them, but from the way he kept
looking down at his hands she knew he
wasn't mindins her. SO She made him put
his hands behind his back. and then she
gave him another sum. He answered IL.
too correctly.
Good she said You didn't count on
your fingers that time, did YOU
Nom; on my toes said he"
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nels, along which the criminal would
hide.
A ten-minute pour converts the slow
and sluggish stream, running at tw"
feet a second. and perhaps three feet
deep. into torrent madden than any
mountain stream tearing along the rocks
and dashing itself into spray Not only
does the velocity increase, but the water
rises in depth SO that ii almost fills the
great vault.
AS proof of this. watch the pumps at
the sewage pumping station some times
when there is rain.
Those enormous engines, which in fair
weather work lazily along, throwing mil
lions of gallons of water Il day-enough to
float the whole Pacific fleet with ease-in
storm seem to be converted into giants
of demon strength. They have to become
huge things which can wrestle with the
strength of a river which in ten minutes
might wreck the work of half century
and cause incalculahle damage that could
be measured neither in dollars nor lives
Rushing along the great tunnels. the
rivers rise so quickly that the criminal on
the walking shelf would scarcely have
time to know that his feet were getting
wet before the water would be at his
knees, then at his waist, dragging him
into the swift rush: then filing up tho
whole viaduct, driving all air before it so
that it would be impossible to breathe.
The most horrible death would be tho
one and only result.
1t would take but a comparatively small
rain to cause that effect in many OF the
sewers. The smaller pipes are especially
dangerous to the criminal who seeks TO
hide in them. How would he know that
there was a black cloud gathering above
him? He would be laughing at the eff
forts of the law to find him one minute.
and the next, the black water creeping
slowly TO his throat, would have scaled
his fate.
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Washington's Sewer System.

Waskington's Sewer System.
)NE hundred and fourteen
miles of sewers. large
enough to accommodate n
train. with fo0tpaths along their
sides. run from central points In
Washington to the banks Of the
Potomac river and it's Eastern
branch.
There are more than 100 miles
of smaller. tributary pipes.
Some Of the sewers run. APP
proximateIy:
I. From the AnacOStia river
near the navy yard to the smith
sOninn grounds. thence west to
Rock creek. creeping along the
waters edge to the Zoo.
z. From the patent Office west
along + street to the Treasury;
thence down 18th street. across
the White Lot. joining the above
mentioned line near the river
basin, and extending to the PO-
tOmac at Easby's point.
3. From u street back OF the
Smithsonian grounds. east four
blocks. south two blocks. east one
long block. thence south TO l.
street southwest. along AZ. street
to the river.
4. From the District building
down Pennsylvania avenue to the
R0tanic Garden. south TO Canal
street; thence under Garfield Park
to New Jersey avenue. along New
Jersey avenue TO the sewerage
pumping station.
>. From 18th End G. streets
northeast. under the MON sta
ton. under the Capitol grounds.
through Delaware avenue to
Canal street; thence under Car
field Park 10 the sewerage pump
ing station.
d. The big line for East WASH
iBgton drains 10 the sewerage
station and extends east on NJ
street to 18th street southeast:
thence nort', under Congressional
cemetery. almost under the Dis
trict Jail. and along the Eastern
branch az fur as BROOK land. II
CROSSES the great boundary sewer,
which extends from the Eastern
branch westward along Florida
avenue and ~ FIR as the north
eriy limits Of Mount Pleasant.
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1lLDREN are much
in evidence these
vacation days, and
happy the mother
at home or abroad
whose offspring do
her credit. Amer
lean children are
bright. but, alas.
too often sadly de-
ficient in manners.
L h g y contradict
and argue. inter
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VI LID a criminal
escape through the
sewers of Wash
ington? Jean Val
jean. Hugo's hero
of Les NJ j s err
q b ! G s. escaped
through the sewers
of Paris One fact
would have to be
accepted. and the
otner is fiction, but
to the imaginative
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THE CITY'S SEWERS.

~ Ne hundred and fourteen miles OF
great Siaducts with spans large
enough to accommodate a train
or. the spreading sails of
small vessel run beneath the
CITY One hundred and fourteen miles of
darkness. winding and twisting in some
places. shooting straight ahead in others.
Darkness so absolutely black that a man
could stand against the wall and not be
seen by pursuer five feet away.
These dark lanes are the sewers of
Washington. They are the main drains, :
10 use an expression which engineers
will laugh at, but which the layman will
understand. the great channels through
which streams of water flow, and which
correspond to the deeper channel of
great waterway. Flowing into them
from myriad courses are the smaller
sewers. The big pipes are fed by over
900 miles of smaller streams, and they
have been built so FAR in advance of the
city's needs that their very size adds TO
the stygian mystery which would make
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Sporting Blood.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The father froWned.
what is that boy watching all the
clocks for?'' he demanded.
The mother smiled
Hes got them running in six-day
Marathon race, she replied. and the ona
that runs the longest gets oiled.
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Jun ALL. the inner or, ~
translate. the outpost for Frisco
SLIM yeggman-stoOd guard out
side the little subpost office.
which stood somewhere between
9th and Sth, + and G. streets northwest.
With his sawed-off Colt lying loosely and
handily in the side pocket of his coat.
ready to Jimmy" the first bull who
came his way he listened through the
drizzle of the rain for the football OF a
proving policeman.
New the professional yegg will seldom
operate in city; he prefers little coun-
try towns, where the banks and post
offices are small and antiquated. where
the police force usually consists of one
man, and where a handcar may be
placed on convenient siding ready to
hum over the rails with the yesgs to
safety and to their ''hang-out.
And so the Kid wondered why Frisco
had been so set upon cracking the little
post Office safe.
As he listened to tie gentle scratching.
which told him that his partner was
using diamond and the molasses glove
rear window. he could see. in his
imagination. the yegg drawing the sharp
crystal over the face of the glass in
circle. He could see him slap the iso-
lated circle with the sticky glove. so that
the piece which he had cut would not
fall with its jingling alarm. A moment
more and sharp snap told that the
lock which reached through the
hole in the glass had been ''jimmied' or
pried open.
While he waited lie knew that Frisco
Slim was building cup of soft soap a
the top of the safe: he knew that Slim
had stopped the cracks with the same
substance, and that he pouring in the
soup as the yeg2s call nitroclycern.
lie knew that by this time the detona or
fuse must have been attached. Then
muff1ed explosion told of a wrecked safe.
And then the raucous blast of a police
whistle sounded
The Kid crouched back around the cor
OF the little building. The saWed-o off
barrel of his weapon was raised Sergt.
O'Mera turned the corner The Kid fired.
O'Mera dropped Then the lookout calm
ly stepped inside the doorway for better
protection and waited.
Inside the bank Frisco was kneeling be-
fore the bent and twisted doors of the
safe. He was filling his pockets with such
bills as the safe contained, and was max
ing cleanup of the postage stamps. He
knew that the Kid. his outside man."
would stand off the bulls to the last,
and, characteristcally, as does every
yegs, he secured his bar of soap and bot
tie of soup before he slipped to the
door by which he had entered.
He did not stop to speak to the Kid, for
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III tine Capital city may not seem such
far cry when the construction and size of
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of two eggs. sugar tn taste. and a lit
tie grated lemon peel. or other flavor
ing Beat the whole until very stiff
Serve cold. in cups or glasses, dottins
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the great drains" are considered Specu-
lative interest in the possibility of such an
escape becomes bit more plausible when
one reads the account below of an i'm
asinative robbery and escape through
the city's sewers. The great sewers,
along the sides of which run footpaths
well above the water when the flow is
normal. may be reached through the
ma nholes in the streets. The burglar
hero of this underground fancy is pur-
sued by the police. lodges them, raises
a manhole. drops down and encounters
further adventures while attempting TO
make his way under the sleeping city to
the river
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which stood somewhere between
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he knew that unless the outpost was
killed or captured he would show up at
the rendezvous which had been agreed
upon, sooner or later.
Drawing his gun, he stepped into the
darkness and rain and peered around the
corner He could see the forms of two
policemen running hurriedly, and he saw
the Kid make dash for liberty.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
NEED MOTHER SPIRIT"
Mayor Viii BE Asked to Place
WOmen ON School Board.

The New York Equal Suffrage League has
started campaign for women on the school
board and is going to ask all organizations OF
H,en and women having civic welfare their OBJ
ject to join it in asking the Mayor to al all va
caacies the board with women until sufficient
feminine representation shall have been attained
This move implies no criticism OF the men who
have heretofore guided the destines Of the public
schools They have ''nobly strtven" say the resO-
lutions which the league has drawn up. but they
have yet been unable TO supply the mother care
that ali children need"
The resolutions were presented TO the New York
Legislative League yesterday afternoon by Miss
Katherine Blake, who led the campaign which
resulted In the appointment under Mayor William
r. Grace, of several women school commissioners
one being Miss Grace DOdge-and Miss Blake
left her audience with the impression that a SINH
lar campaign might be looked fer now. She ex-
planned that a sufficient representation" Of women
on the school board meant majority, and she
intimated that if women We're once appointed
some care would he taken to insure the continu-
ance Of the practice.
The women appointed before" she said were
simply permitted To their terms, and We're
then dropped. because we didn't keep up con-
tinuaI whooping and hurrahing We mustn't let
this happen again"
The league indorsed the resolutions. and also in
structed the secretary to write letter to<the
mayoralty candidates asking them if they would
appoint the school board and also in
quiring about their views on woman. suffrage
Miss lsa Norditnger suggested that tney WouId
be more likely To get the school board appoint
ments if they left out the suffrage. but she was
cried down.
Previous to the adoption Of the resolutions Miss
Jessie A. Fowler read paper on why women
should study law, and raised the question of a
married woman's using her husbands name Mrs.
Richard Bent thought that women would set the
suffrage Il they used their husbands names,
since under present conditions carry more
weight than women, but Mrs. Margaret Holmes
Bates disagreed with her
1T is all right 10 your husbands name So
ciaIly If it is better known than yours, she said
but 1 can't see why "A woman should make herself
| a nOnentity because her husband is one
New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
ASKS AID FOR IRELAND.
1 r. OCOHnOr Coming Here at Re
guest Of Home RaIe Leader.

-'alol. gal 1T. T. C'Connor. II P, viii sail
.-'ay for tie United States az the request Of
-AA p Redmond, the Irish leader. 10 explain the
s--l-o situation here 10 the supporters Of the
go cause ia America and 10 appeal for funds
ef2 oa tho struggle Tor Home Rule.
-. Ns-0rei regard the approaching general
-ons 80 one OF The most critical periods in
Als'or., and the run power Of their organizs-
~ ~ Nll be utilized ia helping the Liberals deprive
7oase ~ Lords of The power OF veto which.
Eg.
49,. Nations 81 point ~ viev is =et forth in an
- 80 NJ Redmond is forwsr rding 10 y. j. Ryan,
'-iacfpHis, as follows
n. tesf crisis in The irish struggle has arisen
t-oise of Lords enEa ged this moment in
cssr. ~" irlsn land biU. wiki IFS promise OF
u le land rar Of centuries and completing
s.'es,eratl9n - al the land of Ireland 10 her
sr enc fne hsnisning forever Of misery and
IRON me west ~ Ireland
Le. e-ectl9us are certain ithiu the next
fs I'm these elections the veto Of the
Lords WlH he ~ stake. and with the
9ae re House ~ Lords UIl disappear the last
rt % Rome Rule
b. ~. hight Ireland VIII have arrayed against
n. -f forces of iandI0rdlsn. wealth and priv
u more re a-pe4 40 orr race 70 help
asss"- "sainst these powerful enemies 81 our
New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
FASHIONS IN FURS.
Garments Are EUeH More LuFuri-
ious than Last Season.

1t is said that'the demand for pets Is greater
than ever. and women are being advised to buy
their fUrs as possible. since prices are al
most 10 rise
Most Of the fur garments shown this year are so
sensibly made that indulgence in them does not
seem an extravaganza. Nothing. for instance could
be more comfortable than Of the very long
seal l-Iuusquash coats which to be worn a great
deal one Cf these coats shown has a collar formed
of fisher skins. Fisher is a fashionable fur now.
a long seal-musQuash paletot has collar OF whole
silvered fox skins and is accompanied by curious
but becoming little fur bonnet coming down closely
over the ears. intended especially FOR mOtC ring.
ErHnine will be worn Very much this year. one
Of the haudsOmest garments produced SO far ts a
regal erne coat. fall length, and II costs pretty
penny In many cases two fl4rs are combined. and
one set Of uuf and scarf Is Of eruine 5ordeTed
with skunk The scarf is very long, the nun Is an
enormous triangle. which can be made heart shaped
by means OF a drawing string
Russian sable appears IN NUTS stOleS and wraps
and course IS most expensive but there IS also
blended stone marten which resembles II closely
and costs Oue-teuth as much. \ coat that OushH
70 meet the views Of the woman with "A small
dress allowance is a three-quarter length garment
of electric seal It looks well and is certain 70
wear we'll and the price is low
Motoring sets. comprising wide, long scarf ana
a muff, are shown in squirrel lined gray opossuHl-
New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
NEW DANISH PROPOSAL
antarctic Explorer Wants Geneuan
Society to Judge the Polar Records,

Copenhagen, Oct captain g f. Borohgrevink,
the Antarctic explorer who wintered In the south
ern polar region in 1900 and is about to undertake
another expedition there. has expressed his oppo-
sition to the proposed submission OF DR. Cooks
records to the university here and to the COM
mttee Of the American Geographical Society
In the course OF interview Captain Borchgre-
wink declares that this procedure will not prove
satisfactory because he considers that both bodies
are prepossessed in favor of DR.. Cook Captain
Borchgreyink suggests that the Geographical So
ciety Of Geneva unprejudiced body should
be asked TO settle the matter.
Greenland clergyman named Ludwiss. who
is member Of the Cape York mission and is
acquainted with both DIR. Cook and Commander
Peary, has opened campaign against the latter
reiterating some cid allegations to his i'll treat
ment Of the Esquimaus. Among other charges he
alleges that Commander Peary deserted
band of women and children the ice. without
food because they hindered the rapid advance OF
his expedition
New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
PLAN TO REPLACE FINNISH SENATORS
Russian Governor COntemplates Utilizing
Finn Officers in Russian Army.

& petersburg oct 1T is reported here from
t4eIsirogors that the Governor General OF Finland
.,...-sris,as forming Senate from the Firms
,o,,. il, the Russian military service TO replace t'e
senators who last month notified him that theS
,yo,ld not accept reapPointment 10 ofhce because
,, t,set,n "a binet Insisted that the Finnish sen
.te assign S4Ooe8 as Flnlands contribution Tot
ne defence Of The empire The tlhns were "'ii''s
20 contribute only 100000 annually
This step is proposed as the only way our OF '"e
,,rcseut situation, unless some compromise between
tht Finnish leaders and the Russian 'aDl"et "a"
l,e arranged The constitution requires that tne
Finnish senate be composed of Finnish supJe''S'
tut Firms Of All parties natiy refuse 10 aceei'
Office under the present conditions.
~, ,7,,,,sb secretary OF state NJ. Langhon, is
NOW, al Yalta endeavorlng 10 nEd solution oI Inc
crisis In personal conferences with the emperor
nd there Is some hope Of his success The reeep-
.,io, or n Ianehon by the Emperor IS 10 a certain
extent a victory Tor the Films, lnasrnuoh as nc
cording 60 the Interpretation Of Russo-f lhnlsu Re-
lstions sdorted on the recommendation of Premier
soIvuin the Finnish Secretary reports TO the l. H.
ueror onIy in the presence Of the Premier.