WHERE DEAD MEN GAMBLE WITH LOST GOLDFAR

down deep In Alaska watersdead men xby. the hundreds playwith the sunken gold of the -losttreasure ships. Over and over the

long ebony fingers of the deepsea

wraiths handle the thousands of pounds

of yellow metals that, never -to be re-covered, sank in. the stormy seas, saythe stories of superstitious sailorsthat pass that way, and the Indiansand fishermen that make . their homesnear these haunts of the dead tell weirdtales of the games the lost Klondlkersplay with the wealth they neverbrought back to civilization afterwrenching it from the earth in the farnorthland. Between $1,000,000 and $2,-000,000 of dust and coin have been car-

.ried-. down 1; in the ships that neverreached the port they sought, andwith them..went many a man*and manya woman;whose fate was never known.

\u25a0Through all eternity, it Is more thanlikely, these soulless -beings in theocean's depths may gamble with theirtreasure, for. itis not within the boundsof probability ;Vthat a

-dollar of all

those rich cargoes willever be broughtup from.:the watery abiding places

wherein they hide, though 'companieshave been organized, almost withoutnumber, to seek the salvage so tra'gic-ally-^lost. Back and forth the for-tunes; of the game may go; to '. thisgrinning corpse or that, the piles: ofgold may move, /.while

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the . devilfish-wraps his tentacles ;about the; dead

.men's bones, and the' wreck may crum-ble to ruins, yet there are .mysteriesof the lost .northern ships -.that willnever be solved., Just ;at .dusk; and; during the. longtwilight the people that live;along'the inland passages. that lead ,to Alaska,

and 'the .keepers of the few*lights :that\u25a0beacon

-here * and•> there', a *. treacherous

rock or shoal, feel- the, spell ofithe lostships, and ',hear the cries of souls car-,rledito.destruction In \u25a0the inights Manya;vessel;hasgon% down .with all:hands,s o.' that;none,ever,' knew:Iniwhat;man-

jner.: the end ;came, ;,whiles helplessings:imprisoned,in?.the ?hull;could;sendno wbrd tojthose ".whom they }left be-

Other vessels have permitted somesurvivors to reach safety ere they dis-appeared from sight, but few, indeed,are the instances when all on boardreached land. Recently the crew of aJapanese fishing schooner was strandedon a barren, exposed spot whence theywere rescued after almost three monthsof suffering and privation by the UnitedStates revenue cutter . Thetis, and. thecrew of the schooner John F. Millerlived many weeks on a bleak northernisle, almost perishing. . . >' .

• Figures show that almost 3.000 liveshave been lost in the marine. disastersof note > In the Pacific .north of SanFrancisco, any man familiar withshipping on the north coast knows thatthe list of lost vessels does not Includemany and many a stranded vessel thatleft its bones .tp bleach or its- iron torust upon"",the treacherous sands androcks that mark the s&ore. Most dan-gerous of all the coast line from Beringsea. to the isthmus of Panama Is thewest coast of Vancouver island, wherescores of ships have met doom and car-ried to destruction their human freight.

So it is that a veritable army of menand

'women and their babes -has gonedown In recent years In the North Pa-•ciflc, but most of the. treasure ships

—those bringing gold southward fromAlaska— have foundered in the inlandseas along the:shore, protected, itmight be expected, from the fiercerstorms that sweep the opan ocean, butin reality beset .with hidden dangersthat make the broad expanse, comparedwith theirfnarrow channels, a veritablesummer sea fo^-safety.

These' island passages that lead to thesoutheastern. part of Alaska are dottedwith,sunken .wrecks, many of whichwere.sallin^southward with a burdenofr the Klondike;and Alaska's output.Terrific;has been the loss of life-ac-companying,: the gold trade, for in theearly day« in the midst *of the greatrush.any jsort' of;a craft that wouldfloat ..beyond :the> harbor confines wasloaded; with; the 'gold seekers. and dis-patched >for.*,the ;mecca • in': the ? north.Boats condemned "rand boats decrepitthat syears": before had ended their use-fulness onUna Atlantic- were broughtaround

-:Cape iHorn to the Pacific toferry.the argonauts a thousand miles."

Loaded :!deep with-

thousands-

andthousands vof? gold hunters these frailbarks )putIout ;\u25a0\u25a0 is .it any wonder, thatthe loss ofClife was appalling? .Themiracle \is : so '\u25a0; many .reached thenorthland." rjAndnon /.the .;return -tripthese same vessels, bringing ;a ;loadthat seemed more preel ou3 than 'thelast, struck a sunken reef or, through

their wornout condition, plunged Intothe dark waters never to rise againIpx,"11111*in loss of life was the Ill-fated Clara Nevada, which. It is esti-mated, carried to the bottom not lessthan 150 persons, and with them wentat least a quarter of a million dol-lars in grains of gold and yellow coins,oreater in treasure but more "merciful

'In spreading death was the Britishvessel Islander, which had In her hullat least half a million dollars In treas-ure. Other boats have carried downvarious sums so that the total reachesan enormous amount, enough to givaa fortune to many a man were It oncomore above the water. The Islandercarried to their doom three score re-turning Klondlkers. while not a soulwas saved from the Clara Nevada.

The history of the Nevada was typi-cal of the craft that in early days waspressed Into service on the northernruns. The hull was of Iron, built In1872 and 1873 for the United Statesgovernment in Atlantlo waters to beused as a coast and geodetlo surveyvessel, along lines similar to the rev-enue cutter Grant, which was the firstof that type of iron vessel built. TheHassler, as she was called, was broughtto-,the Pacific.' and in 1897 was con-demned and sold by.the governmentbecause the cost of repairs and Invprovements -was beyond the limit set.She was •painted over, given a nev—name, and then she set forth for thenorth.

The mystery of her losa on the re-turn trip may never be cleared upin the minds of seafaring men. Sheleft Skagway for Juneau with everynook and cranny filled with men andwomen coming out for the winter. Manyof the miners had. rich "pokes" ofgold, and were redolent with:expect-ancy at the thought of reaching theStates again. The |Indians on shoretold a story. of seeing a vessel suddenlyburst Into flame, as if a great ex-plosion had rent the hull la twainV,Yet many discredit this theory of theClara; Nevada's losa. Instating that tbeengines and boilers were in good condi-tion, but that the hull of iron had cor-roded almost through when she-wfudispatched from Seattle, and that »'\u25a0storm. In all probability, wrenched thehull and tore the plates asunder. Re-cently .came 'down 'the word from Ju-neau that the keeper of Eldrldge lighthad • discovered the wreckage at 'lowtide,'. and that human bones were to be"found Inmany places on the sands.So;it,is that ;the dead men of DavyJones' locker may gamble with the-sunken Alaska gold, for it ner«rmorewillrest m human hands.

HENRY S. BOUTELL of Chi-cago 1b a collector of odd epi-

taphs, says the Globe Democrat.

Here is one from the "Egypt" ofsouthern Illinois, which he regards asthe gem of his collection:

Beneath tbete mosnmental (tones

lit*Sarlb Maria. Tocng,Who oa the Zlst of Mty

Begta to bold her tonrne.• • •Much has been written about how

the New England states have beendeserted by their young men, but Con-gressman Littlefield of Maine Insists

that youth is a relative term, and thatit is only the kids who have deserted.

To illustrate, he tells of a New Yorklawyer who came to Maine to takedepositions in an important case. Therewere a dozen men whose depositions hewswted. Eight men were examinedand gave their ages under oath. Notone was under SO. The ninth man wassworn.

"How old are you?" asked the Gothrmlawyers.

"Sixty-five," the witness answered."You're quite a young man, aren't

your* asked the lawyer humorously.

"Wall.** drawled the witness, "I

sruesa you wouldn't call me a man IfX was much younger, would you?"• • •

Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland Ism~ch Interested In. the subject of suit-able names for twins. Not that he hasever had occasion to name a pair him-self, but .he is firmly convinced that'when proud parents are doubiy blessedthe blessings should receive adequate

cognominal recognition.Heie are some happy instances for

which Mayor Johnson vouches: A boyand girl arriving when only one wasexpected were named Kate and Dupli-cate. Two boys, the second of whichalso was a surprise, were called Peterand Repeater. The mayor thinks, how-ever, that the surprise was most artis-tically expressed "when a very smallboy a/id his still smaller sister werestarted on life's journey bearing thenames of Max and Climax.Ifany one can add to Mayor "Tom's"

collection they will confer a favor byaddressing him at city hall, Cleveland,Ohio. • • • *

General Clarence Edwards, chief ofthe insular bureau of the war depart-ment, tells haw an Irish corporal goteven with an unpopular post com-mander in Cuba. This post commander,though an excellent soldier, was some-thing; of a. crank. He had two hobbles.One on that the liberal use of white-wash was the best possible preventiveof disease, and the other was a pet flam-ingo, an ill natured bird that washeartily disliked by the enlisted menbecause it never overlooked ,an oppor-tunity to nip one of them.

-.One day the post commander had to

go to v Havana, but he could not en-dure the thought that any one; shouldbe idle in his absence.

-It had been

fully a week since any whitewashinghad .been done, so he < issued an,orderthat "all articles pertaining to thecamp not sheltered from the weather"should be whitewashed. The -Irishcorporal was instructed with, the cxc-,cution of the order.

The post commander returned nextday and pretty soon the air was

-fairly

blue with his cursing. The soldiersheard 'the noise, but they .were notcurious. They knew what it wasallabout. The post commander's, brilliantflamingo. \u25a0**-.•»«: tc^'*" •*-'"•

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Orizaba, Mex.,;Sept 1, 1908.

IN. the tropics of-Mexico, where tor-

rential rains fall during a part ,ofeach year, raincoats are a very neces-]sary part of /man's ,apparel. Owing

sto5 tothe intense :heat which prevails during

the summer season- the ordinary rubberraincoat cannot be worn... The rubberwould soon become; soft and disappearfrom the cloth texture. A rainproofcoat is made from native grasses andis worn by the men of; the middle andupper classes.. This ca*t is of lightweight, notwithstanding Its heavy a.ndcumbersome appearance.' The grass •iswoven close together and it is; im-possible for the rain to}beat -throughit, no matter how great the stormmay be. Some, of these coats are made

with a hood attached which protects

the head as well as the ;body. Thewearer, of a raincoat made of this ma-terial presents a grotesque appearance,but they *are such fa "serviceable piece

of wearing apparel that Americans inthe tropics readily, adopt 'them for use.;These straw raincoats are made witheleeves and are

-usually ;worn 'in long

lengths,'the bottom \u25a0 almost

the ground. , . \u25a0'*:'*-. \u25a0''-.\u25a0InImaking the:coats the natives se-

lect only the 1 finest and highest .grade

of a kind of.; wire -grass which growsabundantly Vail -^through: the "tropicalregion of-Mexico.";. -The. Sandstraws .- of \u25a0 the •grass .. form v a thatchwhich .protects the body, from!the rain.At the ;same >•\u25a0 time the ".coats are 1notexcessively warm. -UThey,;arelpecullarly-"\u25a0'. •"'•vnted; to a^hot climate. "\u25a0>:"

YARNS OF WELL KNOWN MEN MEXICAN STRAW RAINCOATS

UPS AND DOWNS OF MODERN MERCURY

F. C. Doig

INthe far northwestern corner of

the United States is the only realactive volcano in th'f country. Itis Mount Baker. In Whatcom county.

Washington, that is this summer pour-

Ing out sulphurous gases and vast

clouds of vapor and melting its mantleof perpetual snow.

For countless centuries this vast

bulk of lava has remained dormant andcold." Accumulations of ice and snow

all these years have covered the moun-tain to an enormous depth. Severalmountain climbing parlies in the lastfew years have scaled the 11.000 feetto its well nigh insurmountable sum-mit. But until this summer no par-ties have brought down reports and

. m II» »\u25a0«.-.-« » ». » » »r».i».i«. ,i«i|, «..».. «..».»...-»-»

pictures of the activity of the vol-cano.

A few days ago an exploring party

headed by Harley Dodson of Belling-

ham returned .'.-with the news of \ thediscovery of two new craters. Dod-son makes the ascent of the mountainevery summer' and has been to thesummit several times. - He says inaddition to the old dormant crater

there have formed since last year twonew vents that are now. decidedly ac-tive.

*The two new craters are only about

800 feet apart. It is the theory ofgeologists that these two sturdy youngcraters are likelyto unite at any timeand cause a gigantic eruption. If.this'should happen "the whole top of the.mountain might be blown,off.;Mount Baker is one of the mostdifficult peaks, in the west to ascend.

•V ." : » -For tnis reason It Is- a favorite withthe hardened mountain climber. Manyparties ;have tried to reach « the sum-

,mlt and failed. Last year the Mazamaclub of Portland, which organizationnumbers among .its members men and

« women from' all parts jof the country.cvcn,as fareast as Boston, attemptedthe climb^ Almost every other diffi-cult peak in the west had, been scaledby this club,before it,tried Mount Ba-ker.

Some members of the club were sui-

cessful fn reaching the top, but manyfell by the wayside and were com-pelled to go back to the camp on the5,000 foot level. This year the first*party to reach the summit was headedby Ash el Curtis of Seattle. He broughtdown 'reports of the growing activityof the volcano. The next party to gainthe highest peak was that led by Dod-son. His party was th« only one thatmade a thorough examination Jof the

old crater aad the tHlyrfKt,

called the ivrniiiititnne— »\m TrtTt makaan attempt to t«t to tjt ta» fer *&*same route uwd tar t*ie SCMftnajL T^elDodson part? mad* tts \u25a0\u25a0—n« by mmentirely aenr path.It is aald that ttto T—+ •wtasl •"•

the heat generated la tb* t>eHJi csfthe earth, the waam *&&m «#• map*ceedlnjrly,. freqneist and.eUzatta* Ofmade dansvroea.

Rose Wilder

SOlittle noticed by the principals in

the real life dramas in which heplays the small "walking on" part

that be might be wearing the invisiblecloak of fairy lore, tne messenger boy.ccurryine through the shifting currentsof metropolitan life, 6ees as do fewhuman nature in the raw in all itsmoods and tenses of pain and pleasure.Whirring by on his bicycle, skillfullydodging automobiles and streetcars ashe darts across tfje busy streets, orslipping c-uietly up dark stairways, hehelps weave the threads of many anexfitir.g or amusing story.

There are few monotonous days inthe messenger boy's,life. One on "spe-cial" duty may be required to per-form every conceivable variety of serv-ice, from entertaining the baby whileits mother shops to evading papa's bootas he slips a note to the dainty daugh-ter from her ardent but forbiddenlover. .

"I can't leave the little dear athome," says a fond mother, smoothinga cooing baby's starched ruffles asehe places it on the counter. "Thelittle pet is so fretful and cries sooften. Now,Iwould like a nice boyto carry the darling

—that pretty boy

there with the yellow hair will.pleasebaby nicely,Iknow," she gushes.,

The pretty boy gets red in the faceover the insult and stiffly accepts theinfant, glaring fiercely at his grin-ning comrades. Is this what he's get-ting paid for? he asks himself bitterly.Itmeans no more hope for tips today,he knows, for women never give tips,and It presages a long, tiresome aft-ernoon following the fond mother fromcounter to counter carrying— even hisears grow red at the thought

—that

baby. He ecowls as he goes out throughthe door, the baby in his awkwardarms.

"Aw. thafs nothing," says the boynext him on the bench, when, releasedat last, he returns to the office, hisheart heavy with impotent wrath. "Yououghta cheer up," his comforter re-minds him; "why, think of beventy-two's job. He's got a nursemaid stunthe has to do regular."It is Seventy-two's regular call on

Thursday nights to take care of twochildren while their parents are at the'theater. He amuses them

—plays blocks,

tells them fairy stories, shares theirbread and milk supper and finallyputsthem to bed. tucking them in carefully

efter they have eaid their prayers. Heth«m stays with them, cooing a lullaby

until their father and mother returnfrom the play. Despite the commiser-ating tone in which his case has beencited to th« downhearted "pretty boy,"

It is not so bad, for Seventy-two canlick any boy on the bench and Is nevercalled "nursie."

Messengers abhor calls from women.Even though they.be not "baby stunts,"they are almost certain to be somethingequally distasteful from the boy's pointof view. There is the • woman whosends the messenger to return her li-brary book, forgetting to give himmoney to pay the fine on it .and blam-ing him bitterly when he reports thenew book she wanted was not in. Andthere is the woman who sends him tomatch her embroidery silks or to bravefor her the "bargain rush" in the de-partment stores. Even silk petticoatsand stockings are sometimes on themessenger boys' shopping lists.

Other women call on' the messengerservice for escorts to the theater. Theout of town woman, a stranger in thecity, seeks the aid of a messenger boyin finding her friends. New to the

hurry and bustle of the metropolis, sheis apt at any time to get panic stricken'and dash in front of a streetcar orautomobile. She is one of the. worsttrials of'the much tried boys' lives.

In common with all the world, themessenger boy loves a lover. .He is anenthusiastic match maker, with as kee.n;delight in 'any budding romance as aschool girl. The course of true loveoften carries out tho proverb', however,"and incidentally the messenger gets ajoltor two. :.- *• Twenty-four was all remorse the oth-

er day over the failure of his part in^a.proposed elopement. - .'"He never told me it was an elope-

ment, though," he waiU-d. "How'eouldI tell? 'Give it to Miss, Dorothy her-self,' he says.

"'Sure.' says I. 'I'm on."''

\ .'"When Irung the beir aj the house

a tall, 'thin :,woman'\ with spectaclescame to the door. Ifhe'd of told meit was an elopement I'd known shewas the wrong one.

"'Note fer Miss Dorothy Stewart,* Isays. .

'"I'm Miss norothy Stewart.' saysshe.

"And she grabbed .at the note like itwas a -million dollar .bill. She read' itover two or three times,, grindln', herteeth and her eyes fiashin* fire. Thenshe turned on 'me and Ithought shewa^ goin' to eat me up. o

"'Just tell Hhe young man what giveyou this,' she 'snorted, 'that .Dorothyain't a goin' to elope tonight if heraunt knows anything about it, an' youcan tell him she does.'

"Say,,Iain't dast to go back to thatfeller to tell him" the answer, and" whatam Igoin* to do?" . ,

More exciting was little Thirty-two'sreport. He came; in with a torn coatand a swollen pink nose, to which hetenderly held his handkerchief. A bigblue bruise showed over one eye. •

Hisdelivery slip was unsigned.

"The girl the note was to never hadno time to sign," he explained. "Ifound her all right, and give her thenote, but her father was there and tookit away from' her. |And then he gotup and kicked me downstairs and saidI'd better not 1 come back with anymore notes from -that guy. And, say,you'betcher neck Idon't." -

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Long calls please the boys. .Not thatthe messenger likes the car rides, butbecause part of his income Is the carfare given him by the company \ whenhe is sent on long calls. No messengerever, willinglypays. for a car xlde, and,considering a car fare saved a car fareearned, he counts on a nice little sumeach month. In devising ways toreach his ,destination without paying*for the ride he is fertile.in-resource.

Little number Twenty-four makesthe most on car fare. With the Inno-cent expression of;a Cupid on a post-card valentine,, he-has the utmost in-genuity. He. sits pensively in the cargazing 'at the, billboard, scenery as theconductor passes him the. first time,looking at him inquiringly. The sec-ond time.*,through -the car the conductorhas decided that he has not collectedthat fare. Twenty-four's expressionmakes him doubtful in spite of himself,

however... "Say! Did Iget' your fare,?',', he de-mands defiantly. ,,

tTwenty-four raises

his long eyelashes*' and opens' his blueeyes wide. \u2666._\u25a0:; .';'*.\u25a0.-.-"Either., you \u25a0or tho company-d id,"

he pipes serenely.--That ..one remark,

Twen ty.-four'tells" in"

J corinderice,*£ hasmade him 'as much as'his wages. ;

tvtv'Foiled in his plot to escape paying

fare, 'as even \u25a0 the' most clever -is';'attimes,: the messenger boy never failsto get a transfer.-: On his return tothe office :he trades 'it.for one' whichwill take him in the direction' of thenext call. •'

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Transfers are always legal tender^ inthe messenger delivery offices, some-times changing hands several times be-fore they :are again- punched by • thestreetcar ;conductor. When the timelimit has passed on one ;the boy inwhose possession

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It is borrows a mu-cilago bottlo and penknife. From anold transfer -punched and repunchedthe day before he cuts the necessaryfigures and pastes them .into place soskillfullythat he can proudly defy theconductor to detect the fraud. Hethen repunches'lt with the knife sev-eral hours 'ahead, thus .. giving ,it anow lease of market value, and- per-haps trades it for the "Nick Carter"nickel novel of the "next out." .

No misgivings as to the honesty ofthis systematlotcheating of the street-car company ever crosses the mind ofthe delivery boy. In the broad prin-ciples^ of fair dealing- with the otherboys and -of giving the customer a"square deal," he has a code of

'his

own, but he has little use for the cul-tivation of the purely self- rewardingvirtues. He expresses hls.views frankly:

"Oh, Ittrled all that once," said aworldly wise \ little youngster when Iasked him why he did not try not tobe dishonest. "But, say, what do youthink Igot out of it? Ithought I'dbe Little Willie, the Only Honest Mes-senger Boy, and point to meself withpride. ,But Ifound folks put me downjust as a plain fool. There's nothln'Init. Tour own good opinion of your-self don't give you anything" but theswelled head. It's what the other fel-low thinks that buys|you something.Besides, if you're looking out for No.1you know somebody's on the Job."

'

Laura Grozer0F

all the Californians who havetraveled through" Mexico

—and they

know only Texas," California andthe Mississippi states down there

—how

many -ever"heard of the Black Christ? .-They know the great cathedral of ,

Guadalupe, with its sacred Image andpriceless silver altar rail; they havevisited the cathedral of the city itself—the 01d,. 01d city, that was hoary withage with the conquistadors came. Theyreveled in.the thieves'. market, with its -\u25a0"

stolen treasures, and they dined at SanAngel _ inn, .that was; once a monastery, \thenTa'i great

-hacienda \u25a0 and Is still an

antiquarian's dream. ;/'"". % '-\u25a0,- But the'Black Christ knows no tour-ist homage. His tragic face looks downas itr has, for "centuries upon rows ofimploring, adoring' peons. '

Itstands almost directly across from \u25a0'-

one of the entrances to the thieves'market, an ordinary enough littlechap-el, built-flush with the rows of housesthat line the narrow cobbled street.Thera is no hint 'of the picturesque „Moorish architecture that makes .theoutside of Mexican churches so attrac-tive and adds to the disappointment ofalmost invariably tawdry interiors.'But in a way the church is typical ofthe attitude of Mexico toward her con-querors. She has taken what they hadto give and changed it to her own pur-poses. The language, with its hard sibi-lants. Is no longer the soft' Castilian ofCortez, and the religion of Mexico is nolonger the religion that he brought her."The Indian, the peon, despised in a so-ciety still feudal, has mingled it withhis own—stamped it with his own like-ness. -Nowhere is the, change bettershown than in the little church with itsstrange image. -.".'\u25a0

A padre sits in the, door during Lentreturning little cards for.the centavosand dos centavos that are dropped upon

his plate, but at other times his placeis taken by a woman, who sits In astall at the back, facing the altar, sell-ing pictures of the jmiraculous Virginof Guadalupe and of the Black Christ.

The figure confronts you at the leftof the door, swinging sidewise fromtorturing nails In hands and feet, longarmed, ,'horrlble. The face wears anexpression- of concentrated agony andthe - bleeding wounds are portrayedwithimerciless realism.

But the feeling of repulsion vanishes,for the features and expression are notignoble

—they are aquiline and Castll-

ian In spite of the blackness of theskin, a pitiful tribute to the superiorrace.

The figure .is nude' except for afringed red velvet apron reaching tothe thighs, covered with cheap Jewelry

the offerings of th« vOaOm 'i>»aHprayers bar* been hewd, Bat fbjs]bowed blade head Is umwuaC

They are almost alrcmy* 1imHim b*^fore him. the humble people wts> oooe*to this church— old peon* wtd ttaats)scrapes held tightly about Caata, b*r«footed, or with rope

—y*-f- «l tiefir.

feet, their burdens and socabrecca lai£beside them. The women h*ir» pttSedover their bar* heads a fold «f tb« lWboss,- the lon*wool scarf thM \u25a0iifWthe doable purpose of cloak aod ar»42svfor nearly always there 1» a baby sVsilent, apathetlo Indian naTvp ftouinl attheir backs, .with,bare brownlegs. And there 'are always oandJeeguttering In the r*ck before the shrine.

No wonder It Is easier for thesehumble folk to suplloata this brotherof their flesh! Is the aesthetic^, brownjbearded Christ of our own artists isf\jew? ,;•}

There Is only one other black Christon this continent. That one Is InHay tl, the Insolent barbarous black re-public that has borrowed the whiteman's Institutions without hfs Ideals,and there they have made the twothieves between -whom the black Christhangs, white.

The Mexican figure Is accompaniedonly.by a small figure of the madonna,who ais. white.

There Is another madonna, not theone on the altar always covered withtinsel or artificial flowers, but In alittle niche in the wall at the right,oCthe benches that 'are most unusual ina Mexican church.

The figure is .made of metal, clumsilypainted, but ,the expression' Is sweet,and there Is a far away reminder ofMichel Angeio in the pleated white coifon her forhead.

But it is the Black Christ, agonizingthere at the doorway before his circleof lowly devotees, who redeems thochurch from obscurity, a debased re-volting figure, /et the brother of thepeon, patient bearer of the white man'sburdens. vSSH

BLACK CHRIST OF MEXICO

NEW CRATERS ON M. BAKERONLY ACTIVE VULCANOIN THE UNITED STATES

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