THE CITIZEN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1913. PAGE THREE A FLIGHT FOR LIF The Story of a Rescue Trip In the Mountains of Alaska. BRAVE MEN AND SPEEDY DOGS An Act of Heroism That Saved a Wo man and Her Sick Husband From Death When Strandeti on a Winter Night Amid the Snow Clad Peaks. The hardships to which people nre exposed iu. the far north give frequent occasion for tho display of heroism. In tho pages of "Trailing and Camp ing In Alaska" Mr. Addison M. Powell tells of tho rescue of a womnn aud her husband who were stranded on the mountains In nn Alaskan winter. A dog team galloped up and stopped In front of the only pretense of a hotel In Valdez. Tho night was dark, as the northern winter nights nlways are when tho moon Is not shining. The dogs Immediately lay down, almost ex hausted from their long trip, and the two men were soon surrounded by in quiring friends. One of tho two said: "What do you think, fellows? W passed a woman just this side of Saw mill Camp. She was pulling a sled, on which wrfs her sick husband. We re monstrated against her crossing the glacier, but she replied that they might as well die up there as any where else, as it meant certain death to stop. Our dogs could pull only our outfit, and there wasn't grub enough for all, so we were compelled to leave them. They will bo at the last timber tonight, and If somebody doesn't go to their rescue they will be dead by this time tomorrow." A man stepped out from the crowd and said: "I'll go for one. Now, who else has a good dog team to splice in with mine?" "I'm your man!" nnswered another. It was 3 o'clock in the morning be fore they had made their selection of dogs and were ready to start on that hazardous trip. "We'll bo on tho first bench by day light and hnvo them here before mid night," said one ns ho straightened out the team for the "sixty niilo run. "Yea, boys! Stand in' there, Leader! Mush, mush on, mush!" And with a yelp the dogs galloped away as if aware of tho urgency of their mission. "Ilaw, Leader!" we heard as they turned tho corner, and then they were gone. "There goes the best dog team In Alaska and driven by two of the best men on earth!" exclaimed a man as he re-entered tho house. The trail was easily followed, and soon the nine miles of level bench were passed. The speed slackened only when they were ascending the ridge, which they crossed by 11 that ntorning, and thero it was seen that tho sharp peaks were curling One snow high in tho air. "They are beginning to smoke!" ex claimed one of tho men. "Yes; we must get back before night or It's all off," replied the other. Down, down, tho steep descent they plunged, and by 1 o'clock they were off tho glacier and .skipping over level ground. In a short time they dlscov erel tho unfortunate couple whom they had started out to rescue, and when they came up to them it was a pitiable scene that presented itself. The poor woman had become com pletely exhausted and had thrown her self down beside her helpless husband. She had evidently abandoned all hope and was weeping bitterly when she suddenly heard tho yell of a driver and tho barking of dogs. In a mo ment she passed from despair to hopo. As tho team galloped in a circle and stopped beside her with the dogs heads pointed back toward the glacier nhe clapped her hands with joy. The dogs lay down and with their lolling tongues lapped tho snow, while the drivers ate somo crackers and job Ingly encouraged the sick man and the tired woman. They bade her seat her self comfortably while they fastened tho two sleds together. Soon they were bounding nway again at the dog's' first speed. When they recrosscd the summit tho whole rango was "smoking," and tho wind was sending tho fine snow along tho crust. It whipped their faces with a warning of what was coming, but tho driver said: "Twenty miles to town, and it can never catch us!" In Valdez every one was anxiously watching the trail Many exclaimed, "They can't possibly bo hero before midnight!" but they were. As they rushed up to tho crowd with a yell and a chorus of barks from the noblo dogs they were met by eager, helping hands. Tho dogs ncted as if thoy had understood why they were being pet ted, and again tho woman wept for Joy. The Contingent Fee. Tho following pointed note was writ ten by Daniel Webster in answer to a request that he tako a certain case for a contingent fee: "I do not desire cm ployment in professional matters, al- lUVUfciU I UU OlUIUUliiCO I'llUU lit them. But I nover ongago on contin gencies merely, for that would make mo a mero party to a lawsuit" Resourceful. Glbbs Your wife seems to bo a re sourceful woman. DIbbs Resourceful! Why, tho other day she put in a pane of glass with chewing gum. Boston Transcript Ileal coolness and self possession are the indispensable accompaniments of a crcat mind. Dickens. Minute "Movies" of the. News Right Off the Reel New York women use seven and one half tons of face powder daily. Cherry stone with a green sprout an Inch long was extracted from tho nose of. n York (Pa.) boy. During 1012 10,201 passengers were carried on regular passenger servieo dlrlgiblo balloons in Germany. Not one vas killed 'or injured. Young women members of tho Wom en's Homestead association of Boston have voted to carry canes and whistles as protection against mashers. New St. Paul directory contains 2,400 Johnsons, 400 of whom have the initial A. Tho Olsons are second, and tho Smiths have dropped to third place. Slit trousers for men will soon be tho fashion, predicts a Pittsburgh tailor. The slits will likely go to the knee, necessitating long stockings, prefera bly silk. Girl stenographer In Chleago shipped as a waitress on Lake Michigan for tho summer. Unaccustomed to rules of the sea, she disobeyed the head wattless, was locked up for mutiny and isn't out of trouble yet CHESTNUT TREES FREE FROM BLIGHT IN ASIA. Harvard Arboretum Points Way to Escape Scourge In This Country. Salvation from tho blight which is killing off American chestnut trees may come from Asia, according to tho report of the Arnold arboretum of Har vard university. The arboretum au thorities say they havo found that tho fatal disease which Is now ravagiug tho American trees will not attack tho species from Japan and China, and the obvious thing to do would bo to import young chestnut trees from the orient to take tho place of those that are dy ing hero. Several improved forms of the Japa nese chestnut which gives nn especial ly largo and desirable nut havo long been cultivated in the United States. But it does not grow well In New Eng land and tho cast tho climate of tho middle states seeming better to ngreo with It China provides tho most fa vorable tree for the eastern states. "Unless tho ravages of the disease can be checked," says the report, "it is to China that wo must turn for a tree to replace tho native chestnut in New England. Fortunately tho com mon chestnut of northern and central China is a tree of good promise hero. Raised in tho arboretum from nuts found in Peking by Professor Sargent in 1003, the plants have grown without any check or injury and are now form ing tall, straight stems and narrow heads. They flowered and produced a few fruits last year, and they are now coming into bloom again and look as if-they would soon become productive." WOULD FLY BY MAN POWER. French Inventors Hopo to Discard Mo tors In Airships. French aviators and inventors con tinue to devote much time and thought to the construction of a machine which will permit man to fly entirely by his own exertion. No motor or othdr out side power enters into tho making of theso small machines, called "avlettes," tho fundamental Idea being to propel them by human foreo alone. Tho results so far have not been strikingly successful, but hlcrh hnnpi ore entertained of several new "avi cttes" now under courso of construc tion. Tho formula followed by these Inventors was obtained by M. Magnan, director of a French technlcnl school, who after years of study declares ho has succoodod in translating the princi ples of bird flight into mechanics. By applying his formula to tho meas urements of n bird M. Magnan ob tained tho following dimensions for an "avlottc" of the monoplane variety, whoso maximum, weight including the pilot, should not bo more than -tlO pounds: Wing surface, 32.0" square feet; weight of wings, 3-1.45 pounds: spread of wings, 10 feet; width of wings. 3.03 feet; length of tall. 4.33 feet; length over nil, 10 feet. STAGE ILLUSIONS. Not the Least of These Are the Ban quets on the Boards. Nothing is so deceptive as tho stags meal, although the art of tho property man makes such repasts appear de liriously opfietizing. A favorite stage substitute for meat is sponge cake, which cut into the shape of cutlets or steaks and judi ciously browned with sauce, presents B most genuine appearance. The ad vantage of such material is that it is ensy for tho actors to consume and does not present any difficulties to the carver. Cutlets composed of soft toast are also, popular In stage culinary circles, and when decorated with dainty paper frills and parsley look quite the real thing. Do not let your mouth water at tho sight of those dainty slices of ham re posing on lettdee leaves on the baron's festive board. Ham is invariably rep resented on the stage by strips of lino leum, tho reddish under side of which makes a convincing substitute for tho real article. As to the surrounding let tuce, that Is genorally represented by white leaves from the humble cab bage. The larger and more impressive the stage edible, the greater the fake, nuge pies which when cut produce a cloud of realistic steam are absolutely uneat able. The crust is merely colored pa pier mache, which Incloses a dish of hot water and sometimes a few boiled potatoes, which supply tho necessary steam. Tho big sirloin of beef, which apparently weighs pounds, hns about six ounces of eatable moat about it The joint Is n wooden affair, over which a few thin slices of genuine beef are placed, giving the impression of a really fine piece of meat. Were you to obtain a peep behind tho scenes just before a banquet scene was to bo staged you would find a number of stage hands busily slicing up toma toes and bananas. You would see thoso slices being laid out on plates sur rounded with parsley or white cabbage leaves. Under the glare of the lime light this dish assumes an astonishing resemblance to lobster salad, nnd in similar fashion sliced banana Is a gen eral substitute for fish, entrees and hors d'oeuvro. One of the most astonishing Illusions with regard to stage food, however, is where soup is concerned. This is In variably sawdust, which when ladled out of a tureen has nil tho appearance of n thick liquid. No banquet' would bo complete with out a turkey. A loaf of bread delicately browned nnd decorated with pegs cov ered with browned dough, saves the management the expense of running up a poultry bill. Moreover, tho come dians can with comparative safety sling this nssct to tho feast about tho stage without damage to life or prop erty. Philadelphia Lodger. The Government Printer. When it comes to printing your Un cle Samuel takes first rank among tho nations. Ho has a $15,000,000 printing oflloe that is tho best equipped in the world. Although certain private pub lishing houses in this country exceed tho 1,000,000 copies of printed matter sent out weekly from tho United fWatesjxoverncnlj)rlntinc office, no plant npproachqs tho multitude or an ferent publications that it prints nnd malls. Over a tbousaiKl publications are Issued from tho presses in the eourse of a year, appearing dally, weekly, monthly, annually or at irreg ular Intervals. For tho purpo of mailing thein more than a thousand different mailing lists must bo kept in tho file room. Now York Sun. Who Would 'n' Benn Erl Somo hundred years ngo a small boy, one of four brotliers, licard a visitor say to his mother, "What a pity one of your boys had not been a girl." Drop ping Ids game, so tho story runi in Womanfs Work In America, ho called out: "Well, I'd like to know who'd 'a' lcnn 'er! I wouldn't 'a' benn er; Ed wouldn't 'a' bam 'er; Joo wouldn't 'a' benn 'er; Jim wouldn't 'a' benn 'er, and I'd like to know who would 'a benn 'or." Campaign Material. Political Boss Well, did you discov er anything In Stump's past life that we can use against him? Detective Not a thing. All ho over did before he came here was to sell awnings. Politi cal Boos Why, that's just what we want! We'll say that he has been mixed up In some decidedly shady transactions. Judge. Hasty Conclusion. Beautiful Maiden You think I'm an angel, Geoffrey, but somo day perhaps you will find out that I am nn exceed ingly trivial, ill naturod, commonplace mortal. Disconsolate Lover (with trembling eagerness) Then you do in tend to marry me, do you, Lillian? Chicago Tribune. Expensive. "She says she thinks she could learn to love me." "Yet you do not look happy." "It is going to be expensive. Had her at the theater last night, with a lit tle supper afterward. Tho first lesson cost me $25." Kansas City Journal. Turned Down. Young Man (whispering to Jeweler That engagement ring I bought of you yesterday Jeweler What's tho mat ter with it? Didn't it fit? Young Man (cautiously) Sh! It didn't have a chance. Gimme studs for it London Telegraph. Bamboos as Water Pitchers. In the Hawaiian Islands tho natives carry their supply of wotor about with them in long bamboo tules, tho joints of which havo been knocked out. Girls may bo seen making their way to near by springs with tho family "water jug." They patiently fill tho long hol low iu the bamboo with water, block ing up the end with a wooden plug. This is then carried to tho hut nnd lasts tho family for several days, keep ing cool and sweet in this novel re ceptacle. Tho larger bamboo trunks are used in tho itamo way as receptacles for storing various household commod ities. World Wide Magazine. RESCUE CAGE FOR MINES. Designed For Use When Regular Equipment Has Been Damaged. A hoisting cage, designed for use pri marily in mine rescue work, has been invented by Goorgo S. Rice, chief min ing engineer of tho United States bu reau of mines. Tho cage is the result of difficulties encountered by the bu reau's rescuers in mine disasters where the regular hoisting oquipment has boon so damaged or disarranged thnt It could not bo used. The new cage, which Mr. Rico has developed, is collapsible, and It Is tho opinion of officials of the bureau of mines that it will greatly facilitate mine rescue work. Ono cage already has been installed on ono of the bu reau's rescuo cars, and it was used to great ndvantago at tho recent Banner (Ala.) mine disaster. Other cars are to bo similarly eauluned. NOTICE TOWATER COMSUM i H SlliThe use of hosej? for sprinkling is abso lutely prohibited,except between the hours of 6 and 8 a. inland 6 and Gjp. tn. Horaesdale Coo. Water Co. ABSOLUTE SECURITY 1871 FORTY-TWO YEARS OF SUCCESS 1913 WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK HonesdalOg Pa. The Leading Financial Institution of Wayne County i THE PROOF We lead in CAPITAL STOCK S 200,000.00 We lead in SURPLUS and UNDIV IDED PROFITS 372,862.00 We lead in TOTAL CAPITALIZATION 572,862.00 (Our CAPITALIZATION Is the DEPOSITORS SECURITY) We lead in Deposits 2,463,348.60 We lead in TOTAL RESOURCES : 3,040,099.22 This year completes the FORTY FIRST since tho founding of the WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK. MANY BANKS have eome and gone during that period. PATRONIZE one that has withstood the TEST of TIME. OFFICERS: W. B. 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