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Scenes in Galveston
8 After tlie Great Storm
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Galveston linn experienced storms ho
fore, nml on several occasions severe
dnru.ige linn born done. Hut the peo
ple hnve grown used tj the danger
from Inundation, nnd evrn when tlio
storm broke on thnt fntofut flntunlny
morning they were not umidtinlly did
turbed. writes John Gilmer Speed, In
Harper's Weekly. They went nbout
their business In o.-dlnnry fashion,
confident thnt the dtorm would soon
Mow over. At ten o'clock n gnlo win
blowing. By noon this pule lind In
creased to hurricane proportions, nnd
those dwelling near Hip bench began
to realize thnt this was something
more tlmn nn ordlnnry diininipr post
of wind. !ivnt waves were dashed
over tlip bench, nnd the summer re-1
j:onxio Ann: the
sorts were no longer hnhltnble. Even
then the. people In tSnlvos'.oii Were
not apprehensive. I!ut shortly past
three In the afternoon It wns uppnr
out thnt something unusual was In the
wind, which wns blowing nt forty-four
miles nn hour, while the barometer
' rend 20.22 Inches. Business men
closed up their places nnd started for
their homes to look nfter their fnm
llled. But before these tardily nwnk
cued people could realize whnt wnd
happen': z tho full fury of the tropical
hnrrlcar- was upon them, nnd eom
munlcntlon wns cut off not only with
the outside world, but It wns Impossi
ble to get from one part of the city to
nnother. T.vo prent forces wore fierce
ly nt woii. The Gulf wnves drove
lilgh upon tho bench, nud the pale
ruins
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BAPTIST
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XJ' Two
A RtSlDENCCS
from the northeast pitched the waters
agnlnst the wharves nnd nbutments,
choking the acwers nnd flooding the
city from thnt qunrtor. The wlud,
which had been souio fifty miles nn
hour, quickened to eighty-four, when
the measuring apparatus of the
Weather Bureau was wrecked, nnd tho
rest can only be guessed nt. The
trect8 we-e rnpldly filling with wntor,
4fnd each person hnd to stay where ho
wns caught, as It was nigh lmpossiblo
to move from plnoe to place.
In times such as this, however, tho
lmpossiblo Is done, nnd ninny men (lid
, succeed In getting their families Into
the more substantial buildings, such
4is the public scnools, the court house
and the hotels. From three o'clock In
the afternoon the wind Increased
steadily uutll It wns nt Its highest, nnd
certainly not loss than 100 miles nn
liour. Thj bnronieter nlso continued
to fall, reaching Its lowest, 2S.04V-I
LBCHINO FOB BODIES IN THE DEBB18 ON TBEMOKT HTREET, GALVESTON,
08, at 7. iil) p. m. Tula wns the
! helc'it of the storm, but this hlgli-
OUtlnuerl
more than two hours.
lg the structures In
U'ly all down, knocked
jd by the fury of the
the in! ; Bubstontlal
'were b Jug damaged.
wai blown off, tbera
an Itos roof rolled tip nnd wn hurled
across th" street aa though It had been
pnper: timbers were carried In the nlr
ns though the dolld onk nnd plno were
only props or dtrnw, while wired, tele
prnp.i, telephone, electric llpht nnd
trolley, were everywhere, for the poled
lind dnnpped like plpp-dtenid nnd lot
tliolr burdens loose. The force doomed
Irresistible, nd mlphty nd It wns mer
ciless. All tlild wnd In tinrelloved dark
noss, whl.'h prerentod even the most
resourcefc' from nvortlng the dan
perd thnt were on every hnnd. There
wnd little If nny ohunpo for two hours
nnd a hnlf. Then the bnrometer be
pnn slowly to rise nnd the worst of
the atorm wns over. In two honrd
more the wind lind dnbslded, nnd by
midnight there wnd quiet In atrlcken
Cnlvoston the quiet of donth.
The water, which In dome directs
limt hern ek'lit feet deen. lieirnn nulck-
ly to run out, nnd by dityllpht the
pavement d were again exposed. Hut
whnt n scene of devnstntlon. this day
llpht revealed! Wreckage on every
flood sear base hall i-akk, ioot
side, wreckage nnd d;ntli. A bnttlo
Held has Its (trend story to tell, but n
city suddenly Btrlckm na this wns Is a
more pnthotlc spectacle. When men
fight men tho strong nre killed nlone,
for nil nre strong, but hero It wns the
weak, who suffered most severely, It
wns the women nn '. children who died
in the prentest number. They could
not rench places of security for lack of
strength, nnd the bra v. and willing
men were powerless t 1 help them.
Thoro pinned down by solid wreckage
lay whore they had fallen, those
drowned while fleeing for safety wore
carried out by the ebbing wntirs,
while ihe fallen houses each hold the
secret of tnose who had been crushed
In the downfall. A more pathetically
wretched condition never met the eyes
of men.
As the day got older, however, there
wns other work thnn grieving.
There wns no drinking wntor In
the town, nnd the uninjured food
mipply wns shoi;t, while commu
nication wns cut off from the
world thnt wns willing to help. But
above nil wns the necessity to pot rid
of the dead, which In so hot a climate
b.gnu quickly to decay. In very ninny.
Indeed In most. Instances the dead
could not be recognised, nnd therefore
could not bo claimed ty relatives.
The bodies were burled In trenches,
nnd bont loads were taken to doep
water nnd there sunk, yielding up to
tho sen the victims It hnd come ashore
to claim.
But the vicious In the community,
ninny of them negroes, were ns dili
gent In evil work ns the rescuers wore
,:od. Hundreds robbed the dead bod
ies of what valuables they could find,
even cutting off fingers nnd ears to
pot finger rings nnd enr rings. The
few United States soldiers stationed
In Galveston wore called upon to do
pollco "'ity, nnd State militiamen were
sent to help ns soon ns possible Every
mnn caught robbing tho dead was
shot, nnd somo twenty-five more woro
tried by drum-head court-martial nnd
shot linmedintely. Tlfo sumn:ary ex
ecution of those wretches put nn end
to this phase of tho awful situation.
One of tho most thrilling tales of the
Texas disaster Is told by Miss Sadie
Hlrshfeld. of New York, who has Just
returned from Galveston.
She was with her family In tholr
homo on Seeley avenue when the
Btorm came, nud until she wns rescued
twenty-four hours later battled with
denth upon the roof of a cottage
which had becomo enmeshed with de
bris bound seaward. .,
"The cry, 'The water's coming,'
reached our ears," said Miss Illi'hh
feld, "and It was not until this mo
ment that we thougut that something
uuuHunl had happened. My father,
mother, sisters nud brothers all rushed
to the wludows just as the water
swept urougb our street. At my
father's request all the doors wwv
bolted nnd the shutters thnt were nol
carried awny by the wind fnatenod.
"Suddenly the house pnve a lurch,
crenked mournfully nnd then bepnn to
swing to nnd fro. Our home wna lift
ed from Its foundations nnd dot ndrlft.
Thn wntors rose higher nnd higher
until they reached the second story.
"Cp the pnrrot atnlrn we rushed,
nnd doon the nine of us were clinging
on the coped roof.
"Hundreds of families were In the
snme plight. We lind pone nbout a
block when the house, struck ngnlnst
something, which we discovered Inter
wns nn oid hut
"We remained there nil night, while
our clothes were being torn from our
bncks by the wind, nnd house nfter
house floated by lis, telling Its story
of misery,
"On one coped roof, when Sunday
dnwncd, I saw n mother with a bnbo,
which I Judged to be some two months
old, clinging as Inst she could. Tho
wind lind tnken every stitch of cloth
ing she hid lind on her back, nnd the
of tbemokt htheet.
expression on her face wns almost
lieartreudlng.
"All eyes were turned In her direc
tion wnitlng to see her disappear be
neath the water. We had not long to
wnlt. Tho bnbe slipped from her
nrms, nnd in her effort to save It she
also wns lost.
"On tlie flonting house tops men,
women nnd children knelt in prayer
nnd sang hymns. Our family was
half Ftnrvod nnd on tho verge of drop
ping Into the sen nud nbout to utter n
Inst prayer when I fired a pistol which
brought nbout our rescue.
"Two men from the convent for ne
gro women a short distance nwny put
out in a rnft and cnrrlcd us to that
building."
Miss Hershfcld said that she saw at
least fifty persons lose their lives un
der tho most trying circumstances.
No IlcniU an ClilnrM Cains,
Numismatics who may in the dim
and distant future investigate the
coinage of China in order to Hud somo
nuthentlc record of the lineaments of
its sovereigns will be doomed to dis
appointment. A representation of tho
human head separate from the flguro
Is there nn object of horror; hence
there is never nn effigy of the emperor
on his coin. Further, the hcrmlt-Uke
seclusion In which tho Son of Heaven
traditionally lives is Intoudod to stim
ulate veneration; nnd there nre very
few of the subjects npnrt from tho
olllelals of the palace, who ever sec his
face, A missionary recently returned
from the celestial land observes thnt
wore It known that lu Europe portraits
of kings were suspended before Inns,
exposed to dust, wind nnd rain, nnd
to the witticisms nnd porhnps tho snr
castns of the populace, we should be
held In even greater derision than we
nro. London Dully Chronicle.
Power of Modern Gnm.
The poVer" of tire modern pun Is ft
thing thnt cannot bo grasped. The
100-ton projectile strikes with a force
equal to 4(13,000 clevon-stoue men
Jumping from n height of ono foot.
When the eighty-one-ton gun fires a
shot twelro miles. It Is fired at such
nn angle thnt tho shell goes up to n
height 54S2 feet higher thnn Mout
Blanc. Big guns have boon longer in
use than most people think, lu the
year H78 they hnd guns culled "bom
bards." which threw projectiles weigh
ing a quarter of a ton. They were
wider nt tho muzzle than in the bore,
and wore used for battering buildings.
The English used big guns nt tho bnt
tlo of Crecy, nud n mazed the French,
who hnd never seen such weapons be
fore Tho Itoglment.
Teaching Llttla Ohm.
It is wonderful how much knowledge
can bo Imparted to small children by
a quick nursemuid who has nn liikllng
of the kindergarten system. Children
nre never tired of nuking questions,
nnd If these nre intelligently answered
they pick up all sorts of useful knowl
edge without any actual teaching. The
object of the kindergarten system is
to teach the little ones to think for
thomselves.and It Is worth every moth
er's and nurse's while to lenrn some
thing of It Tho custom of talking non
sense to them and' distorting words
cannot be too much condemned.
C0H3CfcirnH'fl I
THE. DDAO.
A -VINE-DRAPED WINDOW.
It atTM Small Hark Iloora a Delight
fnllr Conl Effect.
It wns a small, dark dining-room,
with only a nnrrow dido ynrd dopnrnt
tug it from the brick wnll of the nelgli.
boring house. It would hnvc been
gloomy nnd tinnttrnctlve but for tho
lloword nnd vino drnpo-y of tho ono
window. And this dnme window wna
a discovery well worth dodorlblng,
nnd bettor worth Imitating; for few
beauty-loving housewives doom to re
A WINDOW DRAPED WITH VINES.
nlizo thnt window boxed may flourish
even nt tile most hcltcred nnd shaded
windows.
As this on- hnd only n pllnipso of
sunshine in the early morning' (lie
cause of the surrounding brick walls),
pnnslos nnd ferns and tuberous bego
nias were grown In the box, Indtead of
the bloomers thnt demand plenty of
sunlight.
The deep window box was nrrnngod
so that the upper edge wns even with
the plnss, thnt the full benefit of tho
growing plurts could be seen from the
Inside. In eacu corner of the box
thrifty honoysuckio roots had boon
placed, nnd those soon dent dtrong
branches up to the top of tho window
whore pliable splints hnd boeu nr
rnngod to form nn arch. Clematis
and other sun-loving .limbers could
bo frown, in loss shndy qunrters.but
lu this position tho honeysuckle
proved most sntlsfactory.
With a very thin lnce drapery on
tho Inside of tho window, to flutter In
every passing breeze, nnd this vino
drapery cf green on the outside, nnd
tho blooming pnnslos nnd begonias
pooping In at the sill, tills one window
transformed the whole effect of thnt
small, dark dining room.
The Karri Tree.
It Is generally kuown to most peo
ple thnt the karri tree, which Is now
used so largely In paving the London
streets. Is the gjnnt tree of Western
Australia, but few are aware, how
ever, of the enormous proportions
which the species sometimes attain,
and It mny, therefore, be of Interest to
give the measurements of n tree re
cently discovered on the banks of tho
Wnrren ltlvor. Tho ;peclmen In ques
tion is thirty-four foot In circumfer
ence throe feet from tho ground, four
teen feet In circumference nt the first
limb, which is 100 feet from tho
ground, nud over 200 foot lu extreme
height. In other words, the whole of
tho tree from the bottom to the first
limb contains n rly 0000 cubic feet of
timber, which means thnt It has a
weight of over forty tons In all.
For street blocking tho karri timber
Is pronounced by experts bettor thnn
Its colleague, tho Jarrnli, In that Its
surface is less liable to get slippery
for tho horse's feet. St. James Ga
zette. j.
CRUDE APPLIANCES STILL USED,
Clmuiy Itaiora, Shears anil Spades 8(111
Mciile anil Sold.
After viewing somo of tho interest
ing refinements of modern tools and
appliances it is surprising to turn to
some of tho exhlbl.j nud suo tho crude
clumsy, inetiiJlent nrtlcles still In uss
In vnrlous lands. The group shown
contains - to. typical examples.
What appears to bo a knife is really a
razor, thnt is made in large quantities
In Austrli nud shipped to tho Fnr
East China n-d Jupau. Tho bun
dles nre exactly slmlli.r to clothes plus,
no attempt being made to fiulsh or pol
ish thcu. The blades nro crude in
proportion. Below you will note a pnlr
of shears that a village blacksmith
would hardly bo willing to claim hav
ing made. .These nro nlso inn.de in
Austria, nnd Uud a ready 'market fu
Syria and Morocco.
The wooden spado is such as Is used
In Finland. In that land wood Is far
more abundant than Iron, and, conse
quently, it Is utilized wherever ponsl-
SOT
UANCFACTUBED FOB TUB ANTIPODES.
blo, only such parts of agricultural Im
plements being niude of Iron as are
subject to the greatest wear. This
clumsy contrivance is not a museum
specimen, but a spado that Is in actual
everyday use. As shown, it consists
of a wedge-shaped piece of wood,
pointed with nu Iron shenthlmr. nml
j provldej with a crude wooden handle.
THE REALM
New Vork Clty.-Phell pink satin
foulard Is here stylishly combined
with dark red velvet nnd tucked Ivory
mousselino do sole. The picture Is re
produced from Modes.
misses' costdib.
Tho bodice Is mounted on a glove
fitted lining, which closes In the cen
tre front, The bnck Is smooth across
the shoulders and draws down close
nt the waist lino with tiny pleats In
the centre. A perfect adjustment is
made with nn uudcr-nrm gore.
The fronts nre slightly double-breasted.
The fulness nt the wnlst being
nrrnngod In blouse effect over a nnr
row velvet girdle. Tho shallow plns
tron of tucked mousseline is perma
nently attached to tho right lining
front nnd fastens invisibly on the left
side. The speclnl feature In this waist
Is the tucked collar,, which provides
a stylish trimming for the' bnck and
outlines the plastron, forming broad
tucked rcvers. It extends out over
the sleeved, giving brond effect to the
shoulders, thnt is becoming to Blender
figures.
The sleeves are correctly finished
with upper nnd under portions, nnd
finished with a rnllle which falls over
the hand.
Nnrrow velvet ribbon Is effectively
applied around the standing nud
WOMAN'S WAIST
tucked collars and on tho lower edgo
of the sleeves.
Tho circular skirt Is fitted smooth
ncross the front and over tho hips,
closing under an Invisible placket at
tho centre bnck. It flares prettily at
tho sides and falls In graceful folds
In the back.
rinln and figured India or taffctn
lllks, popllnctte, crcpo meteor, challio
or silk muslin nre appropriate for this
mode, with ribbon, lnce, tucked but
Isto or velvet for trimming.
To mnke tho wulst In tho medium
slzo will require two ynrds of figured
material thirty or thlrty-Blx Inches
wide! or ono and ono-hnlf yards of
forty-four inch width, ono-hnlf ynrd
of tucking for shield nud standing
collar. To mnko the skirt In the me
dium bIzo will require two nud ouo
quarter yards of forty-four Inch ma-,
terlul. , , ;.:'
A Style CeneruTly Itecominff.
No stylo of bodlco Is more generally
becoming than tho bolero lu its many
f?i'iu.9j .2!10, SSSlkU Mnnton de
sign Illustrated lu tho largo picture Is
adapted to many materials, but Is
never moro effective thou, ns showily
in black taffeta with i pplique of Per
sian embroidery. The model from
which tho drawing was made Is w6ru
with a skirt of figured black silk and
over a wnlst made of ready tucked
mousselino In cream white. The lin
ing Is whlto satin, but tho rcvers nre
faced with black panne, which adds
greatly to tho effect. Tho high stock,
which matches tho wnlst, Is finished
with an applique of heavy cream luce.
Pastel tinted taffetas are admirable
and exceedingly attractive for garden
party and Informal evening wear, but
tho latest hint from Paris tells of taf
feta enriched by embroidery into which
gold and silver threads are Introduced.
Tho waist beneath may be of any con
trasting material, but is most effective
in such diaphanous filmy stuffs as
chiffon, mousselino and Liberty gauze.
To cut this bolero for a womnn of
medium size three ynrds of material
twenty-ono Inches wide, or one and
OF FASHION.
three-eighths ynrdd fifty Inches wide,
with one and three-qunrter ynrds of
tucklug eighteen inches wldo for ths
wnlst, and ono nnd one-half yards oi
lining, will be required.
. Treatment of the Coat.
Now thnt It Is unsnfo to go from
home without wrnps It Is well to un
derstand the secret of proper hnnglng
when not In use.' She Is nn unwise
woman who hnngd up her Jnckct by a
loop nt the bnck of tho nock. It tnnkes
the corl sng where the strain comes,
nnd It gives It a dragged nnd droopy
nppenrance. If loops nro used nt nil
they should be put nt the nrmholed,
nnd so put on ni to stand upright and
not stretched ncross nn inch or two of
spnee. But tho best wny to keep a
cont fresh nnd In pood shnpe Is to keep
It, when not In active service, on a
wooden ' anger.
Tlolet Linen Frock,'
A violet linen frock Is mndo up with
a fitted flounce ot the Lottom Joined
to tho dklrt by Insertion of Toltit
d'Afnbe lnco. The girdle, lnstond of
being mndo of black velvet, id of vio
let linen, with it narrow band of lace
Insertion nt both edges. Through
those bnnds nre run the nnrrowest of
draw ribbons of violet velvet. The
neckband Is mndo precisely In this
l.iHlilon nnd knots of the violet velvet
nre nrrnngod down the front of the
bodice. . ,
The Style of dleevet.
Tho double sleeve id nil the rnga
Just now, nnd It In nd well to hnve it
while so much In favor, ns there are
signs th'nt the style is not come to
stay. For ono thing, It linn caught on
Just a trifle too much. Tho double
sleeve Is becoming extremely popular
it will doon be too popular. Thld ia
snd, for It is a pretty mode, nnd ond
which gives nn nlr to n simple muslin
frock. Ono thing lu It3 favor is Its
variety.
Moduli (Innrna.
Next to the white cloth gowns In fa
vor stands gowns of light blue and
mushroom pink cloth nnd the Indica
tions nre thnt this Is to bo pre-eminently
n sonsou of pnlc tinted cloths for
reception wenr.
An Kaeentlnl For a Child.
The comforttible loose wrapper that
WITH BOLEBO.
enn be slipped on without delay Is an
essential for the child ns well ns for
Its elders. The charming Mny Man
ton model shown has the merit of serv
ing equally well for thnt purpose nnd
for tho sleeping gown. For the former
service It Is ndmlrnblo mndo of French
Manuel or tho loss costly finnnolette;
for tho latter It can be mauo of cam
bric, long cluth, nainsook or the warm
er llannelutto in preparation for winter
nights.
The full fronts nnd backs nre sim
ply gntherod nnd polned to a shallow,
Bqttnro yoke. Over the yoko falls tho
pretty round collar, with Its doep frill,
and nil unnecessary fulness nt the
nock nud shoulders Is n voided. The
sleeves nre one-sonmod and gathered
at both arms' eyes nud wrists, where
CHILD'S WRAFPEIt.
they terminate In wrUtbnuda nud full
frills.
To cut this wrapper for a child o
four years of age three ynrds of ma
terial twenty-two Inches wldo will II
required.
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