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1.0 Jr HARDIN, THE HARDIN TRIBUNE'. BROUGHT THANKS OF CHINESE EMPIRE By E. H Rathbone MONTANA Government Help In Fight/rig Pirc The methods of pti‘i.ntiug forei,; fires employed by the bervice are situ. pie and depend for their efficacy main- ly upon eternal vigilance. The areas included in the boundaries of the re- si-rvee are constantly patrolled by a force of rangers and guards. During the past summer the men thus em- ployed eumbered about thirteen hun- dred. The average area that each was required to protect was more than a hundred and twenty thousand acres, says the Craftsman. The forester rea- lizee that this is too much ground for one loan to cover properly, but con- gress has not made the funds available for the employment of a larger force. Roads and trails are constructed in order to facilitate rapid travel from one part of the reserve to another and to expedite the massing of large num- bers, as well as to furnish vantage points from which to conduct the fight against the flames. Telephone lines connect rangers' stations with head- quarters in order that fires may be quickly reported and prompt measures adopted to extinguish them. During the last fiscal year 160 miles of road, 33 miles of trail and 3,500 miles of tel- ephone line were constructed in the national forests. The officers of the service now receive the most ready as- sistance from persons living in the vicinity of the reserves, and especially from stockmen and others who use the forests under psrmits. The latter are required by the terms ofthe agree- ment for grazing or lumbering to ex- tend all possible assistance in case of fire; the former are beginning to ap- preciate the fact that the forests are the property of the people and that any damage inflicted upon them must entail a loss to the people at large and most directly to the local residents. Dogs as Suicides. According to M. Camille }lam - merlon, the eminent astronomer and psychologist, it is possible for dogs to commit suicide. We ourselves have heard of such things and take more or less stock in them, but M. Flammarion believes that dogs suffer from grief and despair and kill themselves like human beings, His remarks were oc- casioned by the alleged suicide of a Saint Bernard dog who threw himself under motor bus in the Place Saint Sulpice recently, an hour after the death of his mistress. He argues that the dog may be assumed to have known as well as a human being that a motor bus would crush him to death, and when he got in front of its vi -heels he reliably did so as the quickest way to end his grief at his mistress' demise. M. Flammarion cites other in- stances which have come under his notice of dogs committing suicide, and concludes that the stories are not so incredible as they seem at first sight, and adds that dogs may have even raor- rowed the Instinct from man. But hav- ing given dogs credit for memory and intense affection, says the Boston Her- ald, why doubt their capacity for men- tal suffering? Maeterlinck, another ob- server of dogs, has given them souls, as well as memory and affections. Many a dog has died of 'grief even if he did not commit suicide. Six professors of the State College of Agriculture are making a tour through the farming regions of Penn- sylvania on a special \educational train\ furnished by a big railroad company. The trip combines instruc- tion through lectures anci object les- sons in the shape of all sorts of up-to- date equipment for farm work, carried on the train. One of various objects In view is encouraging the cultivation of alfalfa, the hardy glass which is pe- culiarly valued as a hay producer. There are also suggestions for increas- ing the output of dairy products, the care of live stock and other matters of practical moment. As the people flock to the train, view the exhibits and lis- ten with deep Interest to the lectures It is apparent that they are quite will- ing to pick up hints that may be valu- able In their business. The wife of Gerhart Hauptmann— Margaret Marshalk—before her mar- riage to the dramatist was for a long time a popular member of the Lobe theater at Breslau. She has now gone on the stage for the second time, but not as an actress. At, a recent con- cert given by the Verein der Musik- freunde at Hirschberg Fran Haupt- manli played a Grieg composition, shoa:ng that sbe Is an accomplished violinist A decision ef the board sf general aPPralsera in 3 custom case is that a typewritten legal. It will be a long timi-7. prohably, before type- written signatarcs on checks are ac- cepted by the bank7 , bit the habit of affixing en ill Pen I i en a! lire written with a pen, to an ordinary te pews/Hen letter, not involving a contra( t of tiny kind, aught haep!ly fall into genera l Meuse. What would the French courts do without American heireises? OopyrIgtit by Waldon Fawcett Tang Shao Vi is the special aintiassador of China who came all the way from his country to Washington to thank the United States for remitting part of the Boxer indemnity. He is one of the most brill:ant and capable men of the Flowery Kingdom. Before going home he will cbserve and absorb all he can of our financial and commercial systems so that his country may profit by it. THE HELP PROBLEM HOW ONE SOCIETY SOLVES THE \The comfort of the household de- pends more upon keeping servants for a long time than upon anything else,\ she said, \so we reward the maids who stay in their places. When a girl has worked for one of our members for two years she is presented at the annual meeting with a handsome gold brooch in the form of a bee.\ Mrs. Schmidt displayed one of these emblems of industry, which was en- graved on the back with the stamp of the society and the name of the prize winner. After a servant is entitled to wear the golden bee she receives addi- tional premiums every two years if she still continues in her place. This year $2,000 was spent in prizes. Rings, bracelets and ten dollar gold pieces were presented to the older servants \You see, a girl will work very hard to earn one of these,\ Mrs. Schmidt said. \It makes her very proud and happy. It is a recommendation in it- self. It is like a diploma from a train- ing school. The girls make a kind of fraternity among themselves.\ \You see, I impress upon my girls that it is the steady ones who make most in the end. You can see for yourself. Rose Hahn, our oldest golden bee, who got the 12 years' premitith this year, began at $18 a month and she is now earning $50 in the same place.\ Mrs. Schmidt admitted that it is not always possible to place a girl satis factorily the first time. - They are very human, like every one else,\ she declared, \and they will do well in one place where they will fail in another. I always give them three trials and sometimes more. \When a girl is in a strange coun- try without friends to help her it goes to my heart and I do my best for her. It is not always the girl's fault if she does not do well. Sometimes she is too sick, or if she has just come over, too homesick to work.\ Once a girl has earned a golden bee she has a recognized standing with the society. If after that she has a grievance against her mistress she can bring it before the board of directors for settlement. This privilege is granted once a year, but according to Mrs. Schmidt. it is seldom claimed, be- cause the girls come and talk about it to her first and usually settle it out of court. SERVANT QUESTION. German Housewives in New York Give Rewards to Maids for Faith - fill Service to Members. Its New York.—The managing director of . the German Housewives' society, which at its recent annual meeting awarded premiums to 40 servants for faithful service, declares that the members of the society know nothing of the difficulty of the servant prob- lem which is driving suburbanites from their country homes and city householders into apartment hotels. The Hausfrauen Verein does not belong to the City Federation of Wom- en's Clubs and its members are not long on social uplift or economic progress. Equal suffrage is barely a name and the glories of the Daughters of the Revolution have hardly been re- vealed to them. Instead they are a band of women who cling tenaciously to tee idea, rapidly becoming obsolete, that the eternal job of woman is to make a comfortable home. It is a just con- viction, but so deep that they managed to strike at the roots of the servant problem, while their sisters who es- teem themselves brilliant and intellec- tual confess themselves .beaten. The Houseiwives' society is versa- tile. It acts as an employment agency for its members. It gives free services to employes in various ways. It en- courages servants in all the domestic patience and tact. Mrs. Theresa C. Schmidt, the managing director, is full of help for the servants who come to her seeking places. Twelve years ago, before the days of employment agency reform, a few Uerman women arose in revolt against the ways of employment agencies and formed a society to serve the same purpose in a more satisfactory man War- This antedated the days of the servant problem in its present serious aspect, but these careful housewives recognized disturbing influences be- low stairs and built their society to meet them. According to Mrs. Schmidt, the se- cret of happiness among the German housewives is a deep seated objection to a continual change of maids. DOG CUSTODIAN OF JEWELS. Boston Bull Takes Gems to Mistress Every Night. New York.—Persons at the I'laza were surprised the other day to see a Boston bulldog leave the office in that hotel with a Russian loather jewel case held between his teeth, and, fol lowed by a maid, walk to an elevator and enter it. They were more sur- prised when they learned that the jewel case contained gems worth sev- eral thousand dollars, the property of Mrs. Benjamin B. Kirkland of Phila delphia who, with her husband, Is staying in the hotel. Mrs. Kirkland has found that Cap - (sin, the bulldog. Is a faithful met' senger, and has intrusted to him each evening the task of going to the office to get the Jewels she is to wear at dinner. captain came to the Haze with Mr and Mrs. Kirkland from the Heed hit z. Paris A Russian leather jewel ease Is the only article he will carry In his mouth, Find while he Is the cus- todian of the jewels he makes no steps on hia joieney. The maid who aceeMpanies him as a measure of pro- tection eeerna to be soperfluous. be- cause the dog goes directly to the of- fice safe, and, having received the case, goes immediately to Mrs. Kirk - land's apartment with it. -----, E - LOGS FLOAT DOWN SACO. Reef Not Largest, Bet is Center ef Maine's Big Lumber industry. Sece Me.- The Saco river, although not Otte or the largest rivers In Maine, has floated more pine logs this season tbn any other stream in Maine. In fact, the Saco has had thla rec - ord for several years. Pine is becom- ing scarce ill Maine and is becomiug more valuable every year. Up among the upper tributaries of the Saco which extend into New Hampshire and through the White mountains and in many of the towns In Melee bordering on this river some pine is yet to be found, but the lumber \cruisers as they are called, the men who scout through the country hunting for pine timber, find it more difficult each year to buy sufficient pine to supply the nei its of the manufacturing concerns w loch demand this kind of lumber. I.ast year the Saco rioated to its mouth 15,000,000 feet of pine, together with much spruce, hemlock and other lumber. The men who buy the pine are obliged to purchase at the same time all the other hinds of lumber with whit:0 it is mixed, and such of it as can b4 used Is floated down the Saco to be manufactured into boards or whatever else it can be well used for. The Saco is not large, but Is known as one of the most picturesque of Maine rivers, and is the scene of Kate Douglas Wiggins \Rose of the River.\ It is also a busy little stream, and iu Its way to the ocean does a good deal of work. Perhaps the Saco contributes more to the prosperity of the state than any other river in it. Every- where its way ie fettered by dams and water wheels, and just before it takes its final plunge to the ocean level it makes a grand -stand finish by glying energy to three of the largest cotton mills in New England. TAKES LONGEST CANOE TRIP. Ben Gissel Makes Journey from Min- neapolis to New .Orleans. New Orleans.—Ben Gissel of New York is in the city, after having com- pleted one of the most novel trips ever taken in this country, coming by canoe friern almost the source of the Missis- sippi to Crescent City, a short distance from the mouth of the Father of Waters. Gissel left Minneapolis, Minn., on August 23 and arrived in New Orleans 50 days later, most remarkable time, considering that his canoe measured 17 feet and was loaded with over 110 pounds, ciounting the clothing and cooking utensils which Gissel carried, not to mention his own weight at 145 pounds. Gissel said that the trip was an admirable one and that he was treat ed royally , by every one with whom he came in contact at every city and town and at some of the plantations where he stopped while on his way down the river. The only unpleasant incident of the trip was when Gissel was in Don- aldsonville on Sunday, October 4. While he was looking in a show win- dow one of the sheriffs of the town at- tempted to arrest him for being a dan- gerous character. LOUD SOCKS EXPEL BOY PUPIL. Youth Refuses to Conceal Footgear and High School Ousts Him. --- Middletown, Conn. --Young Augustus Marsh, who was a tackle on the Mid- dletown high school eleven, left that Institution of learning in some baste the other day. As a consequence the other students have ceased to wear their trousers \turned up.\ They have been rivals in the splendor of their hosiery. Augustus bought and wore socks to school that were so loud his young woman teacher could not hear herself think; they drowned the sound of the noon wihstles so that recess was late. They were Nile green in color, em- broidered in a vivid red. Better to dis- play their glory Augustus made a double roll in the end of his trousers. \Augustus said the teacher, blush- ing as red as the clocks on'her pupil's socks, \pull down your trousers' ends.\ Augustus only grinned. The teacher reported him to Prin- cipal C. H. Woolsey, who suspended him indefinitely. Will Care for Lepers Philadelphia Nun Leaves Hospital for Heroic' Task. Philadelehia - Fulfilling a desire which has long occupied her mind, Sister Marcella, for many years head nurse in the accident department of St. Joseph's hospital, has left that In- stitution to devote the rest of her life to the unfortunate lepers, who have been gathered together at New Or- leans. Sister Marcella goes first to the mother nurse of the Sisters at lemmitsburg. Md. Under their awe piees a leper colony has Is sot estab- lished at New Orleans, and Sister Marcella. volunteering for a vacancy caused by the death of one of the sis- ters. was selected for the heroic work by Mother Margaret, superior of the order or tho crilcr at Etrinetsburg. There are :1ki lepers in the home, at- tended by six Sisters of Charlty, headed by the 140v. A. V. Keenana as chaplain Five years ago Sister Mar - eerie volunteered her services for the lo r or home, R state institution of Lot4isiana, hut st that time her su- perlora decided to assist) her to hos- pital work in this 'its. She has been In the service for 15 years, but is still R young looking woman. The lepers In the New Orleans col- ony live in separate tents and are dressed and fed by the sisters, who occupy a separate community bongs. 'iv themselves. The work is danger its In the highest degree, and means constant contact with the pitiful, out- cast creatures. Living with them nearly always terminates in infection and death. Street Swallows a Horse. WilmIngtou. la71 •-.Tobn Johnson, driver for D. S. Marvel, a liverymtut, thought an eal thquake wag in progress when the earth opened and gobbled one of the horses he was driving. The more the horse struggled the deetee - it Rank until part if the wagon also went down. A big water pfpe under the street had burst and washed *t we e ine earth, leaving only a thin crust of the roadbed. which, when the h o r s e stepped 1114171 It, collapsed and a;lowed the animal to drop into the hole, which was several feet dP41). It required two hours' wo-k with a derrick to extricate the Imprisoned horse. k copyrisia, by Ford Pub, Co.) Many people all over the world know the statuesque figure of a knight in shining armor which occu- pies a corner of the third room in the metropolitan museum. Hundreds have approached the circle of railings which surrounds it, have gazed, ad- mired, and come away; but only to three persons In the world is its se- eret known, I make no attempt to ex- plain the mystery—in all human pleb - ability it will ever remain unraveled. Various theories have been broached by those who came into relation with it; I leave the teader to form his ow it. Following an evening with my friend the sculptor Foulard, I put in All appearance at the studio the next. nierniug not long after nine o'clock. rite night before Foulard had told me if a remarkable dream. He had been commissioned some time before, it scented, to carve the figure of a wom- an listening. The statue was to go in the hall of a great musician. L' foreattempting anything in marble he decided to work out his idea in some softer material, and conseauently had a huge block of chalk brought to the work room. Foulard's dream of which he had told me previous to my mato iinal visit was that he had seen vivid- ly in a dream the features of the stat- ue he was about to carve. Not only had be seen the features, but the ex- pression of the face and poise of the body were all deeply stamped on his mind. \Getting on,\ cried Foulard, cheer- ily, as he saw me. He must have worked all night. The result of his labor was marvelous, and, if one had not known the nature of the material, absolutely incredible. trifle over life-size the statue stood, s\-• * - l es s e. e$` \Raven—Go—Go—Go and Look! God! It's Human Flesh!\ showing a pure white against the dark background of curtained wall: 'Once I finish this to my liking, old boy,\ he chatted, \the real labor at the marble will be comparatively easy; it will be more n process of copying, eliminating errors, and ac- cumulating good points than anything else. I am just going to complete this right arm and hand, then to re -touch Ow face—as much as I dare.\ ensconced myself cosily In an easy chair with a new magazine. We exchanged a few desultory remarks, then Foulard went back to his work and I kept silence, feeling that he would be better at ease without my chatter. He was whistling softly to himself. The only other sounds were the dull blows and scrapes of his chis- els on the chalk, and the soft crunch- ing as now arid then he stepped on the surrounding fragments. Suddenly there came a startled cry, almost a scream, from my friend; he dropped his mallet with a crash on the floor, and stumbled blindly across the room to a low settee, upon which he nearly fell. I sprang from my seat Instantly and rushed toward him. Ile was trembling violently. \What's be matter, old man?\ I asked swiftly, fearing he was ill. \Can I get you anything?\ lie struggled to speak for a ino merit, then at last, with my hand on his shoulder, stammered outs- - Raven- go--go--go and look' 'Gorr its human flesh!\ For a moment I thought he was mad, het he still pointed to the statue, and I went aeross to it. Ills last stroke on the right of the figure had exposed about three inches of a pink, delicate, inexpressibly hu- man arm! I stood aghast, afraid to touch, afraid even to move, the skin of my head creeping, all thought absolutely patalyzed, theft I went back to the settee and sat down by the side of Foulard, feeling more than a trifle faint, lie touched may arm patheti- cally. \ I ' ii A s i , i c s re l ( - 1 -:-am I mad, old chap\ he wl \No no,\ I answered, pulling my- self together; \you're all right; Rei— n's—hang it, let's have some whisky.\ I went to the cupboard where Fou- lard usually kept sonic refreshments, carefully avoiding the statue, and (mettle out a bottle and glass poured out a little whisky. We both drank some hastily, then looked at one an- other more calmly. Presently, witheut a word, Foulard went up to the statue, which we had hardly dared to glance at. I followed him, watching intently. Very gently and with the utmost care he began scraping and cutting away at the chalk uatil the whole of a perfect, beautifully symmetrical hand and arm was revealed bp to the shoulder. His nerves were steadier, but his excite- r i ne e i n i d t. ous a , nd exultation were tre- n \The face—the face!\ Foulard eagerly whispered. Little by little the shoulder was disclosed to our won- dering gaze, the white mask re- moved, until in an hour the face was uncovered, and we stood back, awe- struck and silent, as before some pro- found, unearthly mystery. My friend clutched my arm. \The woman of my dream!\ he said. It was the form of a woman, with face infinitely cairn and sweet, and sad, bending slightly forward. lier eyes were closed. Strangely enough. now the face was visible, we felt no fear, so hushed, so exquisite was the entrancing beauty disclosed; and for long we sat talking in whispers over the marvelous thing which had happened. When I left the studio, Foulard came with me to my rooms, for the sake of company; it would never have done for him to be alone—he looked ill with the shock and the excitement; and we agreed to lock the room door and come again in the morning. Of course, my friend copied his world-famous statue of \The Song of the Siren,\ which made so great a sensation not long ago, from the wom- an of his dream so suddenly given to him—by what means it is impossible for us as yet to say. On the morning when we re-entered the room (I had hardly left his side), be began upon the final statue In mar- ble, and labored incessantly, almost day and night; hardly would he allow himself time to eat, and on many days I used to force hint away from the half -completed figure to partake of a hurried meal with me. The woman— what else can I call her—he had stripped of all her white casement of chalk. She had been partially robed by a fibrous garment thrown across her bosom and drooping to her feet, made apparently of some peculiar cloth that crackled when touched. And, day after day, week after week, she stood there while he worked ar- dently,. passionately, at this labor of love. At last it was ended, and with many a hope, many a fear, the reverent fin- ishing touches were added. It is need- less to describe the statue as it stands in the hall of sweet sounds; every- one knows of it, how that more than one has said that it. has a soul; how that great musician has made it doub- ly immortal by a composition directly Inspired by it. Foulard was famous, and urgent commissions poured in upon him from all sides. But—the woman? Was she dead, or was she alive in some marvelous se- cret way unknown to modern scien- tists, as the Indian fakirs are sup- posed to have the isswer of suspend- ing animation for months or years to- gether? How lithg had . she been in her cerement of chalks . years? Hun- dreds, thousands of years? All these and many more questions we dis- cussed, and then, not knowing what else to do ---for it was impossible to keep the exqulalte form in my friend's studio, or, in fact, tt seemed anywhere else --we called in a mutual friend— the curator of the Cranston Museum -a man of some skill in medicine and ancient lore. After his first utter of surprise and incredulity; he ventured many hypotheses, both plausible and futile; and then, in order to preserve more fully the secret from prying eyes, while attempting a solution, he made a tentative suggestion which we carried out. In his building he had a complete suit of armor of olden timea. Carefully we 'Milt ON 'round the impassive figure, and conveyed it back to its place in the museum. And of all the crowd, lord and lady, merchant and peasant, lad and lass. that come to geze at that magnificent figure of the old-time knight with his vizor down and his hand at hip, not one dreams that inside that bright ar mot sleeps --a woman. And whether she be alive or dead, no one knows.
