THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEIt 5, 1010.
SAVED FROM FIR
While on n business trip to Chicago
Inst summer I wns Invited to stny nt
tho house of Walter Kennedy, n lnan
with whom I had dealings. Kennedy
was n snlf made man who by Industry
had rendered himself and his family
very comfortable. Ills house stood on
tho banks of Lake Michigan on n
bluff n dozen miles north of tho city.
One evening nfter dinner wo were
amoklng on his piazza overlooking tho
lake. -Mrs. Kennedy sat with us. strok
lng the hair of her little daughter. He
Heath tho waves were plashing.
"Dy the bye, Kennedy," I said, "were
you In Chicago nt tho time of tho great
fire?"
"Well, yes," he said; then, nfter n
moment's silence, "It wns tho big burn
that gave me my start."
1 looked expectant, but did not care
to nslc for his confidence.
"Everybody nbout hero knows tho
story," he said presently, "so I might
ns well give It to you. In 1S7I, I re
gret to confess,-1 was little better than
n street nrab. 1 lived from hand to
mouth on what I could pick up and
never had a cent over. Indeed, it nev
er occurred to me to save anything out
of my scant earniugs. 1 remember
well the opening of the great Are. It
was Sunday night and, though Octo
ber, was very wnrm. 1 was playing
cm p.? with some boys on tho street
when the lire alarm sounded, but wo
had had so many alarms for the past
month that we boys paid no attention
to It. Presently there was such a
great glare to the west that we stop
ped tho game and went ncross tho riv
er to get n nearer view. AVe found tile
people over there moving out of their
houses and the streuts lined with fur
niture and bedding, on which were Iv
iug the little children.
"I roanxHl about, enjoying tho nov
elty of the situation, till I found my
self In tho track of the fire. 1 looked
about for a way out, and, seeing that
there was but one chance, down a
street running southward, I started to
run for my life. The buildings I
passed were deserted, their owners
having realized their danger and got
away. Not a human being was near
yes, one. Passing a mattress lying on
the sidewalk, I heard n cry. Stopping.
I examined a diminutive bundle on it
and unrolled a mite of n girl baby."
"She weighed twelve pounds," put
In Mrs. Kennedy. "You weighed her a
few days after." .
"Well, then," continued her husband,
"I unrolled a twelve pound baby. The
most natural thing In tho world to do
was to pick up the baby and take it
along with me. At any rate, this Is
what I did. There were flames in my
path, though more smoke than flame.
Covering the baby's face carefully, I
shot through It like an arrow. Now 1
was safe. Tho fire was sweeping north
eastward. "Well, here I was, near midnight on
the Stli of October, 1871, a boy of
twelvo years, without a cent In my
pocket, suddenly become a father. 1
went on southward, where the people
in safety were standing In front of
their houses or on their roofs watch
ing the great glare and listening to
the boom of falling buildings. My bur
den was squalling, and a woman, tak
ing pity on mo and It, brought out
from her house some milk in a bottle.
The baby drank It, and when I gave
the woman my story she had the lib
erality to give me the bottle, but not
the humanity to take us In.
"There was an outhouse in the neigh
borhood where I had often slept, there
being a board loose, so thnt I could
crawl Into a place where hay was kept.
I took the baby to this place and laid
her on a soft bod. Fortunately I hadJ
found her well wrapped in blankets. I
shall never forget the companionable
feeling of cuddling up alongside tho
little thing and going to sleep. . In the
morning I was awakened by something
tugging at my hair, and there was the
baby laughing at me.
"I took the bottle, went out and beg
ged some food of n woman and
brought It back for the child's break
fast." "It was fortunate you went to a wo
man," remarked Mrs. Kennedy. "You
wouldn't have known how to prepare
the food."
"It was then I learned, and after
that I prepared tho food myself. Well,
as soon as tho baby wns asleep again
I went out and earned some money
carrying things for people for they
were pouring southwnrd on Michigan
avenue theu went back again and
gave the baby Its dinner. She looked
to mo like n blrdlet Just hatched, her
noso was so small and her mouth so
wide. Tho only namo I knew for n
bird was 'chippy,' or what we boys
called chippy bird,' so I called her
Chip.
"One day I was doing n Job for n
gentleman and told him about my
baby. lie nsked mo whero sho was.
and after ho had promised mo not to
take her from mo I told him. lie wont
with me to our homo, and when ho
saw Chip snoozing nway, with an
empty bottle beside her, great was
his astonishment. lie told me to pick
her up and follow him, but I said that
nil I wanted wns to earn money to
buy milk for her, nud, seeing that I
was determined, ho left mo nlono with
her, telling mo to coino to his store
nnd ho would glvo mo work. 1 did so
and soon after took Chip to a little
room I hired. Having something to
work for, I attended to business and
nm now nt tho head of tho concern I
entered over thlrtj years ago."
"And what became of tho baby?"
"Chip," ho replied, looking nt his
wife, "I think you'd better finish the
story."
"There's nothing raoro to fell."
HH 1 1 1 H "M-M-M44-1 M H-l-H
HUMOR
OF THE. HOUR.
Brldno.
A Volco Over tho 'Phone Is thla
Mrs. Tlnglor's residence?
Tho Maid Yes.
Tho Voice 1b Mrs. Blddlo thero
Mrs. Athcrton Ilidcllo?
Tho Maid Yes, she's playing
bridge with her club. ' I'm suro sho
can't como to the 'pltoio.
The Volco Well, Just say to hor
right nway, pleaso, that her rcsldonco
Is burning.
Tho Maid Thnnte you. I'll let her
know as soon as thoy finish tho sot.
I know she wouldn't want rao to dis
turb hor now. Gooil-hy."
SIMPLE METHOD.
"Ho discharges every obligation."
"Does he indeed?"
"Yes; discharges them from his
mind."
Was Forced to It.
"And this," said tho young man
who was showing his country rela
tives through tho Museum of Art, "Is
a replica of the Venus do Milo."
"Gosh!" said Uncle Amasa, "sho
was a good looker, all right Wa'n't
never married, was sho?"
"No, I don't bellovo sho ever wns."
"I 8'pos, heln' armless nnd not hav
ln a husband to hook up her clo's, sho
simply had to dross that way, no mat
ter whether sho liked It or not,"
The Old, Old Cure.
A moderately fond father discover
ed his young hopeful rending a dime
novel.
"Unhand me, villain," the detected
boy thundered, "or thero will be blood
shed!" "No," said the father grimly, tight
ening his hold on his son's collar,
"Not bloodshed woodshed."
A Whopper of a Hopper,
"What Is that, mamma?" Inquired
small Brenhllda.
"It Is a grasshopper," answered her
mother.
A few moments later tho llttlo girl
came running to hor mother and said:
"You mado a mistake, mamma; it Is
a floworhopper."
Answered.
"Somo adjectives," said the teach
er, "are made from nouns, such as
dangerous, meaning full of danger;
and hazardous, full of hazard. Can
any boy give mo another examplo?"
"Yes, sir," replied the rat boy at
tho end of tho form, "pious, full of
pic."
Mamma Had Mentioned It.
"Thero was ono man whose life
was perfect," said tho Sunday school
teacher. "What ono of you can toll
me who he was?"
Llttlo Mary Jane's hand went up
and tho teacher nodded to her.
"Ho was mamma's first husband,"
she said.
A Modern Mother.
"Mamma," said litUo Dorothy, "I
want some water to christen my doll."
"No, dear," replied her mother, "It's
wrong to make sport of such things."
"Then I want somo wax to waxl
nate her. She's old enough to have
something done."
Bobby Knew.
A small boy, writing a composition
on Quakers, wound up by saying that
tho "Quakers never quarrel, novor get
into a fight, never claw each other
and nover Jaw back." Ho added: "Pa
Is a Quaker, but I really don't think
man can bo."
Juvenile Grafter.
"I saw you kiss sister last night."
"Did you, Bobby? Hero's a quar
ter for you."
"Thanks. And then I saw you klsc
tho maid In tho hall."
"Great Scott; Hero's $5!"
One Exception.
Sho (Protestlngly) That's Just
like you men. A man never gets Into
trouble without dragging somo woman
in with him."
Ho Oh, I don't know. How about
Jonah In the whalo?
Where Nerve Failed.
Judge Prisoner, are you guilty or
not guilty?
Prisoner hot my lawyer plead not
guilty for mo, Judge. I ain't got tho
nerve!
The Kind It Was.
"Walter, this chuck steak I ordored
Is like wood."
"Yes, soli. Dat am wood-chuck
steak."
No Choice.
"What kind of a man would you
like for a husband?"
"Oh, either a bachelor or a widow
or. I'm not particular which."
I The Precious Jewel
Her ombroldery rested noglocted
on hor lap, and taporing Angora
lightly held tho noodlo poaod In Idle
ness. Tho drooping lids did not 'whol
ly conceal tho droamy oyes which
seomod to bo hold with hypnotic pow
er by tho light that flashed and
sparkled on tho third flngor of hor
loft hand. Her faco wns sweotly
quiet, nnd tho soft, gentlo oxpros3lon
registered happy thoughts.
Thus sho sat whon tho woman en
tered und disturbed tho day dream.
"Oh, horo you aro; taking a sun
bath. You'll ruin your oyes in that
strong light." Thon noting tho girl's
flushed faco and following hor gazo,
sho oxclnlmod: "You happy, silly
llttlo gooso! It Is protty, Isn't It?"
sho added quickly, for tho girl's ex
pression had as quickly changod.
"It's lovoly," sho whispered. Thon
looking the woman In tho oyes sho
questioned frankly: "Why do you
call mo a 'silly llttlo goose?'"
Tho womnn's gar.o shlftod.
"Why?" porsistod tho girl.
"Decause you seom so happy."
"I am happy. Tho very happiest
girl in tho wholo world!"
"That's Just It. Wo all think so
at tho tlmo."
"But I know I am."
The woman laughed softly, but
thero was no mirth In tho sound.
"How strnngo you aro to-day! I
told you flrst because you always
Beemcd so sympathetic; and now you
only laugh at mo."
"No, child. I am not laughing at
you. I feel more llko crying for you.
Your nature Is so Intense you will suf
fer as keenly as as you lovo sin
cerely." "But why think of suffering when
everything Is so beautiful and bright
Can't it be so, always?"
"Thero is always tho reaction after
tho awakening."
"Tho awakening from what?"
"Oh, Just this begullllng ecstatla
fancy you aro obsessed with at pres
ent It Is Inevitable. After tho knot
Is finally tied and tho prop removed,
those innocent, ignorant happy beings
float out into tho other and alight
somewhere; It mattors little whore.
They are alone, with no ono to loan
upon, and everything to learn, oven
how to walk alono or rather to
gether." "But why tell mo why It Is so?"
"Oh, thero are various reasons.
With mo it is monoy or rather the
lack of It He is not tho kind of man
that attracts money, or thinks that It
Is vital; and I am tho kind of woman
that needs It. Why two such people
are drawn to each Is ono of tho mys
terios of life. My happiness, my pow
er, my whole nature calls for monoy
and what It can do. It Is an Innate
desire, obliterating all else. Long,
ago I ceased trying to stillo It, but
fong for It, wish for It above all olso,
and pray for It constantly, eternally."
"Oh, but when two pooplo love
each other and have each other, what
elso can really matter?"
"To live Is to croato doalres at
least To bo unablo to fulfil one's do
sires is a living death, or worse. But
don't mind mo, child; I'm wrotchodly
melancholy. Go on with your dream
ing, and worship your ring. It Is a
precious Jewel."
The girl continued to dream, but
thoy wore no longer the samo, sinco
that ambiguous, onerva'lng olemont
had entered Into them, corroding and
destroying tho silver meshes of somo
of tho finest ono3. Sometimes they
would appear In hideous, frightful
forms, and thon sho would slip the
spark of fire from her flngor and shut
It away from tho light and hor sight,
resolved to send It back to tho glvor,
thus ending all botween thorn, and
thereby eliminating tho torture. But
with the beginning of each now day,
confidence, born of tho virgin lovo
that filled her being, was restored to
hor heart, and tho ring to her finger.
Thus the days passed, whllo tho
givor, unconscious of the fact that
his fate still hung In the balance,
tolled on In happy anticipation, pro
paring tho modest homo that moant
to him a heaven on earth.
When tho blow came It was a sur
prise and a shock, and tho girl shrank
from a duty Bho felt waa hers. Tho
aversion was not to death or the dead,
but to tho living. Sho dreaded to
meet tho woman who had so sud
denly attained her doslre; the wlfo
of tho man who, during Ilfo had failed
to mako her happy, and by dying had
enabled her to realize her dream!
How could she even look upon such
Mammon Idolatry I
Then she went to her, sho found
hor, not as sho had pictured, rovelllng
in tho luxury of hor long covotod af
fluonco, but crushed and broken by
tho revelation of death; suffering tho
tortures of contrition, and deploring
tho minutes wasted In vain longings,
whllo, uncherlshed and unheeded, tho
greatest thing In life, a noblo, un
selfish love, had slipped forever from
hor.
"Contentment is a pearl of great
price!" Those words, which hereto
fore had been merely words, flashed
Into tho girl's mind, Hlumlnod wtb
tho aubllmo light of understanding.
"Ah, that Is tho precious Jowoll
And wo must not cease to wear It,
lost wo also abandon tho charm of
llfo."
In tho rapturo of hor newborn
strength sho clasped tho woman In a
compassionate, palpitating embraco,
but tho form was still and lrresusclta
Mov LENA SPALDING.
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NEWEST FORTUNE TELLER.
Telephone Girl, from Qlasa Case, Re
veals Your Futuro to You.
Tho gypsy quoon and tho Hindu
princess who toll your fortuno for a
.cent In tho phonograph rooms glvo It
to you printed on a card. High In a
glass case nnd llfo-slzo In form tho
lady sits, with ono hand outstrotchod
over nn nrray of playing cords, and
whon you havo dropped your cent In
tho slot In tho machine's baso tho
lady up above moves her hands back
and forth over tho faco of tho cords
beforo hor and looks very wlso and
then In a moment thoro Is popped out
to you from below a bit of pastoboard
on which you will And your fortuno.
The nowest of these fortuno tollors
talks It right Into your oar; sho Is
called the telephone girl.
Llko the others, tho telephone girl
sits, life-size, high In a glass caso on
a pedestal containing tho mechanism;
but tho apparatus Is somowhat differ
ent Hero you And arrayod, over
which tho hand of tho flguro sways,
tho samo layout of playing cords;
but horo Instead of a ravon porched
at tho fortuno toller's olbow you find
rising from tho table In front of hor
the curved arm of a telephone trans
mitter, which Is placed at a holght
convenient to tho tolephono girl's
Hps.
At ono corner of tho baso of this
machine is tho slot to put tho cent
In. and on tho other corner on tho
customary hook hangs a telephone ro
r.olver. Drop a cent In tho slot and
place tho receiver at your ear nnd
"Thoro is trouble in store for you,"
says the telephone girl, "but don't
be alarmed, you'll come out all right
Don't lean on othors, but trust your
self and gq ahead," nnd so on.
Tho Height of Kings.
A remarkable feature about tho
physiques of reigning European mon
archs Is that thoy are nearly all
shorter than tholr consorts. King
George V. Is soveral Inches shorter
than Queen Mary. Tho German Em
press Is a trlflo tailor than tho Kaiser,
who always insists on tho Empress
sitting down when thoy are photo
graphed together. Czar Nicholas II.
looks quite small by tho side of tho
Czarina. Alfonso of Spain Is a head
shorter than Queen Victoria Bugonlo,
and the King of Italy hardly roaches
to tho shoulder of Queen Helena. Tho
Queen of Denmark too Is a good deal
taller than her husband. Excoptlons
to the rule aro tho King of Norway
and the new King of tho Belgians. The
latter is six feot two inches In height
and tho tallest King in Europe.
Washington's Characteristics.
Washington was 6 feet 2 inches
tall and weighed about 200 pounds.
His strength was unusual, and for tho
greator part of his llfo his health was
unbroken. Tho "Father of His Coun
try" was not a handsome man, but
ho looked every Inch a king, and It Is
Bald that In tho moments of his anger
he was terriblo to behold. At nq tlmo
was ho an Inviting man. No ono over
thought of him a3 bolng a "good fel
low," ono of tho "boys." Always
desporatoly In oarnost, he made peo
plo feel his earnestnoss, and they nov
er folt llko "fooling" with him or bo
lng over familiar with him. It Is a
fact, that ho was an "aristocrat," but
it Is not truo that he was a monarch
ist Toy Spaniel an Old Breed.
Tho English toy spaniel Is undoubt
edly ono of tho oldest and most popu
lar breeds of pot dogs known. As far
back as tho days of Charles tho
Martyr this breed was much prized
by tho ladles of tho court. In the
narrative of tho execution of Mary,
Queen of Scots, Indorsed In Lord
Burghley's hand and forwarded to
tho court, it was recorded that ono
of tho executioners found her llttlo
pot (a spaniel of practically tho same
typo as thoso afterward known in tho
reign of Charlos II.), which had cropt
under the folds of her garments to bo
near her, and which would not bo tak
en away.
Rank In Kentucky,
"Yes, sir," said the Kentucklan, as
they sat by tho stove, "you can tell a
man's rank In this State thusly: If
you seo a man with his feet on top of
the stove, he's a glnoral; If Ills feet is
on that rail about half way up, ho's
a colonel; and if he keeps them on
tho floor, hes- a major."
"Ah, yos," said his companion;
"that's good as for as It goes; but
how aro you going to distinguish a
captain or lloutenant?"
"Strangor, wo don't go no lowor
than major In Kontucky."
.White and Colored Mortality.
Statistics show that the death rato
of tho negro Is not far from doublo
that of tho whlto. For tho year 1900
tho ratos, por 10,000, were: Whlto,
178; colored, 299, a colored excess of
06 por cent, or as flvo to threo. Ac
cording to Surgoon-Gonoral O'ftollly,
In his report for tho year ending Juno
SO, 1903, tho death rates of whlto and
colored soldlors were, respectively,
144 and 241 por 10,000, almost exactly
In tho ratio of throe to flvo a colored
excess of over 67 per cent, tho llfo
conditions being exactly tho samo.
Believing tho best of a man will In
most Instances Incite him to do his
best
Red 8tar.
Red stnrs havo been found to be
moro numerous than wns generally be
lieved, but thoy are usually so small
that only astronomers who possess
powerful telescopes nro able to detect
them.
Champagne.
About 1!3 per cent of all tho chnm
pngne thnt Is made In Franco Is lost
by tho bursting of tho bottles. Only
nlwut C per cent of spurious chnra
pngno la lost In that way.
Tho Qamo of Polo.
Tho Persians played ball on horse
bnck l.fiOO yearn ngo. Tho ball wns
bundled about between the optoslng
players by means of long sticks, mal
lets or rackets. From this game tn 1
ern polo has undoubtedly been evolved.
Alaska's Woodlands.
It Is estimated thnt the totnl forest
and woodland area of Alnskn Is ap
proximately 100,000,000 acres, or about
27 per cent of the land nrea of tho ter
ritory. Tho Conoreto Battleship.
A fort built on u long, narrow Island
nt tho entrance to Manila buy Is called
tho "concrete battleship" because of
Its shiipe and because It carries two
ship's turrets, each with two twelve
Inch guns.
Our Lighthouses.
It is clnlmed that the lighthouse es
tablishment of the United States gov
ernment Is the most complete nnd eQ
clcnt In the world.
Found Gold, Lost Hi3 Life.
The first man who discovered gold
In Australia was hanged. Ho was one
of the first convicts transported to Bot
any bay, ni:d when he learned the
great secret ht brought n sample to
show his success and wns promptly
hanged by Governor Phillip for at
tempted escape.
Tha Grosbaak Weaver.
In China the grosbeak weaver, n
very small bird with u very lnrgo bonk.
Is trained to catch coins and other
small objects thrown In the air, and It
Slso performs other tricks.
Oldest Banknote.
The oldest banknote Is In the Aslatif
museum of Pt. Petersburg. It wns Is
sued by the Chinese government nnd
dates from the year 1309 B. C.
Tha Gulf Stream.
It is estimated tint the amount of
heat which tho northern hemisphere
receives from the gulf stream amounts
to fully one-fourth of the total heat de
rived from direct solar radiation.
Th Dogger Bank.
The Dogger bank In the North sea
measures from east to west 103 miles,
while the greatest breadth is sixty-five
miles, tapering down to twenty-five
miles. The largest ships enn sail over
the bank's nrea with entire safety.
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HARD ON THE MOURNERS.
When tho Preacher wa Carried Away
by Hli Own Eloquence.
Am6ng the quaint and truo stories
which Mnrlon Harland has told in
hor autobiography Is an Instanco of
plantation preaching. Two young
mon happened to bo presont at a
funoral sorvlco held In a negro como
tery. Tho coflln reposing besldo tho
grave was unusually small, In fact
tho witnesses agreed that they had
nover behold a smaller. Inspired by
tho presence of the two visitors tho
preacher continued his discourse with
oxtra vigor.
"Even do distinguished lives of do
two 'lustrloua strangers what has hon
ored us by comln' among us dls
blessed nrtcrnoon to Jlno In our mo'n
In' what Is thoy? And what aro wo?
And what Is man bo'n o' woman, my
brothren? Up ter-day wld do hopper
grass and down tcr-morrow wld do
sparrorgrass!
"Llko do flower ob de cornfiel'. so
he spreads hlssolf llko a treo planted
by de horse branch. Den de win'
rises and do tompes' blows an' beats
upon dat man and whar Is ho?"
Pausing In mid career the preacher
touched tho pathetically ridiculous
box with a disdainful foot. "As fur
dls t'ing" rising on his toes In tho
energy of his contempt "as fur dls
'ere ltum put do t'lng In do groun'l
It's too small for to be argyln' over!"
Silkworm Gut In Spain.
In reply to n Wisconsin Inquiry,
Consul-General Frank D. Hill, of Bar
celona, furnishes tho following Infor
mation In regard to silkworm gut in
Spain:
The raising of silkworms for busi
ness purposes Is confined to tho
warmer climate, whero such trade ha3
a probability of becoming remunera
tive. Tho principal countries produc
ing silkworm gut, used in the manu
facture of fishing tackle, are Spain.
Italy and Japan. Tho most Important
center of production In Spain Is In tho
Province of Murcla, where the peas
ants collect and sell gut to tho mer
chants, under whoao care It under
goes a longihy process of preparation
before being delivered to the market
Barring their common origin, this
trade has no point of contact what
ever with the manufacture of silk, as
worms that are destlnod for one of
these purposes becomo entirely use
less for the other.
Prices in Spain for silkworm gut
(called sedal) vary from $1 to ?10 per
1,000 sedales or snells, according to
quality, and a certain amount Is ex
ported, chiefly to England.
To Make It Fit the Crime.
Tho old penalty of tho treadmill
ought to bo revived for the speed
maniac. Constant motion without tho
ability to get anywhoro would be a
punishment fitting the crime, and a
taste of It might correct tho impulse
to go flying through the public streets
to tho great danger of other dgodIo'h
I lives and limbs.
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