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Wealth of the Nations

ranges from s1.Ss5 in Geneva to $279
In Tessin. Switzerland thus stands
very high. The population in 1921
was 1,sS5.229. SO that In 30 years
time 1t has not doubled. France. 1t
will be noted. stands at the head Of
the nations with a per capita wealth
Of s2,O7O. That the United States,
with its enormous total, does not rank
higher is because Of the rapidly In
creasing population. France. on the
contrary, has reported diminishing
or at the most very slowly increas-
Ing population, so that the money ad-
vance has become greater than the
birth rate.
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ing woman. her tears came slowly as
rule and then came hard. She rath-
er prided herself upon her stoicism.
but in this instance the great depths
OF her nature had been undermined
and the fountains thereof were fain
to break forth.
How long she lay there. warmth
coming gradually to her under the d.
rect rays of the sun. she did not know,
and 1t was a strange thing that
caused her to arise. It grew suddenly
dark over her head. She looked up
and rim of frightful black. dense
clouds had suddenly blotted out the
sun. The clouds we're lined with gold
and silver and the long rays shot
from behind the somber blind over
the yet uncovered portions of the
heaven, but the clouds moved with
the Irresistible swiftness and steadi-
ness of a great deluge. The wall OF
them lowered above her head while
they extended steadily and rapidly
the hour. her thoughts few down the
canon to the camp. She must hasten
there. She looked for her watch
which she had lifted from the grass
and which she had not yet put on.
The grizzly had stepped upon It. 1t
was irretrievably ruined. She judged
from her last glimpse of the sun that
1t must now be early afternoon. She
rose to her feet and staggered with
weakness; she had eaten nothing
since morning. and the nervous shock
and strain through which she had
gone had reduced her to q pitiable
condition.
Her luncheon had fortunately es-
capped unharmed. In big pocket OF
her short skirt there was small
flask OF whiskey. which her Uncle
Robert had required her to take with
her. She felt sick and faint. but she
knew that she must eat'i II she was to
make the journey. difficult as 1t might
prove. back to the camp. She forced
herself to take the first mouthful OF
bread and meat she had brought with
her. but when she mad tasted she
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voured, that was q small thing, but
that she should be SO outraged In her
modesty was uncomfortable. She wished
the hunter had not come. She sunk
lower in the water for moment fain
to hide in its crystal clarity and real
ized as she did how frightfully cold
where she was and perished with cold
she could not go out on the bank to
dress. and 1t would avail her little,
she saw swiftly. since the huge mon
ster had fallen a dead heap on her
clothes.
Now all this, although 1t takes min
utes to tell. had happened in but a
few seconds. Seconds sometimes In
clude hours. even a lifetime. in their
brief composition. She thought 1t
would be lust as well for her to sink
down and die in the water. when a
sudden splashing below her caused
her to look down the stream.
She was 30 agitated that she could
make out little except that there was
a man crossing below her and making
directly toward tho body of the bear.
He was tall black bearded man. she
saw he carried rife. he looked neith-
er to the right nor to the left. he did
not bestow a glance upon her. She
could have cried aloud In Thanksgiving
for his apparent obliviousness to her
as she crouched now neck deep in the
benumbing cold. The man stepped on
the bank, shook himself like a great
dog might have done and marched
over TO the bear. He uprooted a small
nearby pine. with the ease OF Her
cules-and she had time to mark and
marvel at 1t in spite Of everything
and then with that as lever he un-
concernedly and easily heaved the
body Of the monster from on her
clothing. She was to learn later what
a feat of strength It was to move that
inert carcass weighing much more
than half a ton.
Thereafter he dropped the pine tree
by the side OF the dead grizzly and
without backward look tramped
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Gone to Stay.


Booth Harrington was telling stor-
les to group of college graduates in
New York club. when one Of the
party suddenly inquired: What has
become Of Davis?"
He has gone out OF town on busi-
ness for few days. guess" re-
piled another OF the party.
He has gone for long, WHILE" OBJ
served Mr.. Harrington. with a smile.
Davis is one OF those men who leave
unmistakable evidence Of their pur-
poses Whenever Davis goes away to
stay long period he takes with him
an old mouth organ. which he loves
dearly to play while he occasionally
nibblos at gingerbread. have made
an investigation Of Davis room. and
have found that the mouth organ dis
appeared with him. The presence or ab-
sence of that instrument Is enough to
tell me what Davis plans are"
The party learned soon after that
Davis had left for Wisconsin to re-
side permanently.
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ellipse of her Imagination. Another
moment or two and all coherency Of
thought would be gone. The grizzly
still unsettled and uneasy before her
awful glance, but not deferred by 1t.
turned its great head sideways lit
tie to escape the direct immobile
stare brought his sharp clawed foot
down heavily and iurched forward.
Scarcely had minute elapsed in
which all this happened. That huge
threatening heave OF the great body
toward her relieved the tension. She
found voice at last. Although 1t was
absolutely futile. she realized as she
cried. her released lips framed the
loud appeal.
Help! for Gods sake"
Although she knew she cried but
to the bleak walls OF the canon. the
dropping pines. the rushing river. the
distant heaven. the appeal went forth
accompanied by the mightiest con-
juration known to man.
For Gods sake. help!"
How dare poor humanity SO plead.
the doubter cries. What is 1t to God
II one suffers, another bleeds, another
dies? What answer could come out of
that silent sky? Sometimes the Lord
speaks with the loud voice OF mems
fashioning, instead of in that still
whisper which is his own. and the
sound OF which we fail to catch be-
cause of our own ignoble babble
The answer to her prayer came
with a roar In her nervous frightened
ear like clap OF thunder. Ere the
first echo of 1t died away, 1t was sue
ceeded by another and another and
another, echoing. rolling. reverberat-
ing among the rocks in ever diminish
ing but long drawn out peals.
On the instant the bear rose to his
feet, swayed slightly and struck as at
an imaginary enemy with his weighty
paws. A hoarse. frightful guttering
roar burst from his red slavering Jaws.
then he lurched side ways and fell
forward, fighting the air madly &c.
moment. and lay still.
With staring eyes that missed no
detail. she saw that the brute had
been shot In the head and shoulder
three times and that he was appar-
emily dead. The revulsion that came
over her was bewildering: she swayed
again. this time not from the thrust
Of the water. but with sick faintness.
The tension suddenly taken on. un-
strung, the loose bow OF her spirit
quivered helplessly; the arrow Of her
life almost fell into the stream.
And then new and more appalling
terror swept over her. Some man had
fred that shot. Actaeon had spied
upon Diana. With this sudden revela-
ton OF her shame. the red blood beat
to the white surface in spite OF the
chill water. The anguish OF that mo-
ment was greater than before. She
could be killed. torn to pieces. de-
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swiftly and steadily up the canon
through the trees. turning at the point
OF It and was instantly lost to sight
His gentle and generous purpose were
obvious even to the frightened. agi-
tated. excited girl.
The woman watched him until he
disappeared. few seconds longer.
and then she hurled herself through
the water and stepped out upon the
shore. Her swca'er which the bear
had dragged forward in its advance.
lay on top of the rest of her clothes.
covered with blood. She threw 1t aside
and with nervous, frantic energy, wet,
cold. though she was. she 1erked on
in some fashion enough clothes to
cover her nakedness and then with
more leisurely order and with neces-
sary care she got the rest of her ap-
parel in It's accustomed place upon her
body, and then when 1t was all over
she sank down prone and PROSTATE
upon the grass by the carcass OF the
now harmless monster which had so
nearly caused her undoing. and shiv-
cred, cried and sobbed as II her heart
would break.
She was chilled to the bone by her
motionless sojourn. albeit 1t had been
for scarcely more than a minute in
that icy water, and yet the blood
rushed to her brow and face. to every
hidden part of her in waves as she
thought of 1t. 1t was a good thing
that she cried: she was not a weep
across the sky toward the other side
OF the canon and the mountain wall.
A storm was brewing such as she
had never seen, such as she had no
experience to enable her to realize Its
malign possibilities. Nay. 1t was now
at hand She had no clew. however,
of what was toward. how terrible
danger overshadowed her. Frightened
but unconscious OF all the menace OF
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
BIG RAT ATTACKS
AN ENTIRE FAMILY
Ten-Pound Rodent Turns on Five
Persons and Leaps Upon
Child's Back.
GIRL BADLY BITTEN
Food In Large Quantities Had Been
Missed from the Pantry, and Ev-
cry Night the House Was
Filled With Peculiar
Noises.

New York.-A ten-pound. twenty
seven-inch rat fought Ave members of
a family all over the ground floor Of
their home In East New York the 9TH
or day. 1t was killed only after q
desperate struggle in which one wom-
an was badly bitten and another drfv-
en- into hysteria.
The rat put to flight Terence Nc
Kenna, OF 48 Montauk avenue. his
wife and three children. Mrs. Nc
Kenna Is Ill as the result OF her fright
and her daughter. Mae. is suffering
from bites.
The Mckennas have believed for
some weeks past that their home was
infested by plague Of rats. Food
in large quantities was missed from
the pantry, and every night the house
was filled with noises.
The other night McKenna. his wife
and the three children-Joseph. LII
liam and Mae-decided to begin war
on the pests. They put a trap In the
kitchen and went Into the dining room
to await results.
They heard two or three loud
thumps and rushed out. The trap
was empty. but two potatoes and
cabbage lay in the middle OF the
floor. The McKennas could not be-
lieve that rats had dragged the vege-
tables from their bin.
After an hour OF waiting, the fam
lily heard the trap click. They again
went into the kitchen and saw an
enormous rat sitting beside the trap.
The glare of It's eye made Mrs. Nc
Kenna hysterical.
Instead of running to escape. the
rat rushed at the astonished family.
They fled. The rat jumped first at
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down the canon: her bloody sweater
still lay on the ground with other
things of which she was needless. 1t
had grown colder. but she realized
that the climb down the canon would
put her stagnant blood in circulation
and all would be we'll.
Before she began the descent OF the
pass, she cast one long glance back
ward whittier the man had gone.
Whence came he. who was he. what
had he seen. where was he nowf She
thanked God for his Interference in
one breath and hated him for his
presence in the other.
The whole sky was now black with
drifting clouds. lightning flashed above
her head, muttered peals of thunder.
terrifcally ominous. rocked through
the silent hills. The noise was low
With singular and uneasy feeling
that she was being observed. she
started down the canon. plunging des-
perately through the trees, leaping the
brook from side to side where 1t mar
rowed, seeking ever the easiest way.
She struggled on. painting with sud.
den inexplicable terror almost as bad
as that which had overwhelmed her
an hour beforehand growing more
intense every moment, to such tragic
pass had the day and Its happenings
brought her.
Poor girl. awful experience really
was to be hers that day. The fates
sported with her-bodily fear. out
ragged modesty, mental anguish and
now the terror OF the storm.
The clouds seemed to sink lower.
until they almost closed about her.
Long gray ghostly arms reached out
toward her. 1t grew darker and dark
er In the depths OF the canon. She
screamed aloud-in vain.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Not klR llne.

Harry Lehr's favorite story has to
do with a, couple OF ambitious appli-
cants for admission into the exclusive
social set of Chicago.
They were wealthy. a circumstance.
It seemed to the young wife. that
should make their progress smooth
one; but there was one obstacle to
their success that gave her no little
uneasiness. and that was the utter
lack Of confidence displayed by her
husband in his ability to play the
game"
When on one occasion they were
talking things over and she had Of
fered various suggestions as to his
future l. of conduct the unhappy
husband interrupted to offer this OBJ
servation:
Its no use in me trying. Marie.
I'm not qualified for this game at all.
When talk have to stop eating. and
when l eat l have to stop talking.
was never cut out for society mani"
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
CHAPTER v.

The Bear, the Man and the Flood.
The water was deep enough to re-
ceive her dive and the pool was long
enough to enable her to swim few
strokes. The first chill OF the Icy wa
ter was soon lost in the vigorous mo-
tions in which she indulged. but no
more human form. however hardy and
Injured. could long endure that frigid
bath. Reluctantly. yet with the knowl-
edge that she must go. after one more
sweeping dive and few magnificent
strokes, she raised her head from the
water tapping her white shoulders and
shaking her face clear from the drops
of crystal, faced the shore. 1t was no
longer untenanted, she was no longer
alone.
What she saw startled and alarmed
her beyond measure. Planted on her
clothes. looking straight at her. hav-
ing come upon her in absolute 81
lence, nothing having given her the
least warning of his approach. and
now gazing at her with red, hungry.
evil. vicious eyes. the eyes Of the
covetous filled with the cruel lust OF
desire and carnal possession, and yet
with a CLINT OF surprise in them. too.
as If he did not know quite what to
make OF the white loveliness OF this
unwonted apparition flashing so sud
denly at him out of the water, this
strange invader of the domain OF
which he was sole master and lord
paramount, stood a great. monstrous.
frightful looking grizzly bear. Ursus
Horribilis, indeed
He was an aged monarch OF the
mountains, reddish brown In color
originally, but now hoary dirty
gray. His body was massive and
burly. his legs short. dark coIored and
Immensely powerful. His broad square
head moved restlessly. His fanged
mouth opened and low .hoarse growl
came from the red cavern OF his
throat. He was an old and terrible
monster who had tasted the blood OF
man and who would not hesitate to
attack without provocation, especially
anything at once SO harmless and 80
Whitley inviting as the girl in the
pool.
The girl forgot the chill Of the water
in the horror Of that moment. Alone,
naked, defenseless, lost in the noun
tains, with the most powerful. san
culinary and ferocious beast Of the
continent in front of her. she could
neither fight nor fly; she could only
wait his pleasure. He snuffed at her
clothing a moment and stood with
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sublec. of Prime Importance.

Weather is the one topic Of conver.
sation that never grows out of date.
We are almost as nearly at the mercy
of the sunshine. the rain and the snow
storm as We were century ago.
Therefore we always scan the sky
when we get up in the morning. 1t is
almost instructive, even with the city
dweller No farmer fails to take a
long look at the sky when he first
rises, for on the weather will depend
his activities during the day.
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one and then another. Its knife-like
teeth shone as 1t snapped Its jaws.
Joseph McKenna picked up a re-
volver from the sideboard and fired
several times, but missed.
Benjamin Ballman was passing and
heard the shots. He ran into the
house, grabbed up shovel and joined
in the fight
The rat had Just made a spring at
Mae McKenna. She jumped atop the
dining table. The rat leaped after her
and bit her twice. on the back and
arm.
Joseph McKenna started to attack
the animal with his bare hands when
Ballman swung the shovel. He hit
the rate squarely on the head and
killed 1t A physician was called to
attend the injured women.
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SYNOPSIS.

spoiled young Philadelphia girl, IL taken
% the Colorado mountains BY her uncle.
Robert Maitland James Armstrong.
Maitland's prote9e. falls in love with her.
His persistent wOoing thrills the girl. but
she hesitates. and Armstrong goes east
Enid hears the story of mining engi-
neer. Newbold. whose wife fell on clin
and was so seriously hurt that he was
compelled to shoot her to prevent her be-
ing eaten by wolves while he went for
help. Kirkby, the old guide who tells the
which he says were found on the dead
woman's body. She reads the letters and
at Kirkby's request keeps them.
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Absorb Water Through the Skin.

Absorb Water Through the Skin.
Experiments have been made with
frogs which tend to show that those
animals rapidly absorb water through
the pores of the skin. Emphasis Is
laid by certain authorities upon the
fact that frogs never take water by
the mouth. On being exposed for sew
eral hours to dry air some frogs ex-
perimented with lost IA per cent OF
their weight, but this was nearly all
regained within "a hours when they
were placed in dish containing wa.
ter only one centimeter in depth.
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Where One Can Swear.

Boonton. n. J.-You may swear on
your own premises in Boonton. A con-
viction against Miss Josephine N. Nix
on, on charge of using profane Ian
guage, was reversed because she was
on her own porch.
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]. P.'s Grandson Fined.

Cambridge, Mass.-Junius Spencer
Morgan. Jr.. grandson of j. Pierpont
Morgan, defied the forces of law and
order by refusing to stop his auto
when a policeman hailed him. He was
fined $25. but appealed.
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Seek New Law.

Chicago.-Suffraget are unani-
nous in their support of proposed
law to enable women when called as
witnesses and asked their age to hide
behind the statement of Il am of legal
age"
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needed no further incentive, she ate
to the last crumb; she thought this
was the time she needed stimulants.
too. and mingling the cold water from
cle brook with a little OF the ardent
spirit from the flask. she drank. Some
of the chill had worn of. some OF the
fatigue had gone.
She rose to her feet and started
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may have looked on some bright Eden
morning. A few steps forward and
this nymph of the woods. this naiad of
the mountains. plunged into the clear,
cold waters of the pool-a water
sprite and her fountain!
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-24

At a meeting to be held in the city
council room at 2 o'clock Saturday af-
ternoon an organization of the auto
mobile owners of this section will be
effected The meeting has been called
by former Mayor B. T. Byrns, and the
call which states the purpose of the
meeting is as follows:
In most communities the owners
of autos have organized and adopted
rules to govern their actions on the
road as well as to promote fellow
ship and goodwill towards one an
other. They have also interested them
selves in one of the great questions
in the different states as well as the
government have been agitating, and
on which much money is spent eve
ry year, that is, Good Roads
We all know there is no one i'm
provement community can make that
will attract attention quicker and add
to the value of property in that COM
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-24
AUTOMOBILE OWNERS
ORGANIZE TOMORROW

munity more, than the fact of it's hav-
ing good roads.
We are all taxpayers (or should be
if we own machines) and contribute
in this road building and therefore
Should be Interested i has been
thought advisable to cali a general
meeting of auto owners. This meeting
to be held in the hall adjoining the
city council room over the Moscow
Telephone & Telegraph company's Of
fee, on Saturday, May. %. at o'clock
p. M. We trust you will be there and
that we may have q full representation
of auto owners and all those who are
interested in the upbuilding of our
country.
We can then consider the matter of
effecting an organization that we trust
will be benefit to all
Many questions will be brought for
your consideration. Do not fail to
be there
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-24
ARGUMENT IS MADE In
SULLIVAN CASE TODAY

The Sullivan case continued to oc-
cupy the attention of the district
court today. In rebuttal the prosecu-
ton put Jack Livingston, whose name
was often connected with the case,
on the stand, and he told of living with
the Sulliyans how he made his home
there and how he came to do SO. He
said he was invited to live there af-
ter his wife died, and while he was
doing carpenter work for Charles Sui
livan. He denied that he ever kissed
OF hugged Mrs. Sullivan, and said if
he had done so in the woodShed door,
as sworn to, he could not have been
seen by the witness from the place
where witnesses said he stood He
said that a son of the Sullivans al
ways occupied the room with him, and
was always with him when he went
hunting and fishing that he was never
out hunting alone with Mrs. Sullivan.
He denied that he did anything out
Of the way at the Lewiston fair. and
Mrs Sullivan swore that at Lewiston
she ate dinner with Chief Justice Sui
iivan, her husbands uncle. While Wit
nesses had said they saw her and Liv-
ingston together all the time
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-24

I Livingston said that at the request
of John Sullivan he had gone to Spo-
Kane to try to get the case settled out
Of court ard John Sullivan admitted
that he lad told Livingston that if he
could do so he would pay the expense
OF the trip. Livingston said he never
had a room at the White House
T. H. Christie. alleged by Marshall
Woodward to have said that the reputa-
tion of Mrs. Sullivan was bad, was put
OIL the stand and denied that he ever
made the statement.
John Sullivan, defendant, made a
good witness in his own behalf. He
denied all allegation, except that he
had come to Moscow and had had
conference with his brother, when it
was alleged Charles locked the door
and threatened to kill John
The case closed at noon and at ! 80
W E. Lee opened for the prosecution.
He talked for an hour and half, and
made a very creditable plea to the
jury
A. Fl. Oversmith is following for the
defendant, as the Star-Mirror goes to
press Judge Mann of Spokane, will
close the argument.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-24

Because the defense was not yet
ready for trial and upon the showing
that the defendants attorney Frank
Mcole would be busy today in the fed
eral court, the charges preferred
against Rev. ID. NJ Hand of the First
Baptist church. by O. A Benedict, his
Sunday school superintendent. We're
not brought up in the justice court
this morning Justice Cummings con
tiDued the case until Wednesday
morning at 10 O'Clock when it will
ccme up for hearing
Rev. Kramer of Spokane. who was
in the city yesterday Investigating the
charges brought by Mr. Benedict on
behalf of his daughter left Moscow
last evening for his home, without