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Show THE JEWS OF KIEFF. HENRY CLAY DEAN. that makes me Bhudder when r think of it. They Are Declared to Be Industrious! How He Came to perience The Eastcliffe HilL By A. W. Tolrnan. Service of The National Publishers Supply Co. Copyrighted 1903 by The Authors Publishing Company. I wanted to tour through Nova Icotla by the Annapolia valley to Ilall-kreturning to Yarmouth along the Itlantic coast by a way little known lo wheelmen. Of course I went to con-lu- lt and appiy a little I brake-pressur- e. passed 'round the first corner with ray wheel under goo, control, and another stretch of road came in sight, a little I bore steeper, but fairly smooth. at torward on shot and brake Johnson. down my I found him in hia office, and a lively rate, expecting to see the end we planned a jaunt that started of the hill after rounding the next torn Yarmouth, took In Digby, ledge. "Half way down the Incline my and Kentvllle, with a side-ru-n brake-ro- d lo Blomidon, continued to Halifax by snapped short off. and Iray of Wolfeville and Windsor, "My wheel jumped as if shot from a tigzagged back to Yarmouth along the catapult, and I whizzed 'round the toast through Bristol and Shelburue, curve. What I saw made my hair lift He had made this very trip, he told and started the cold chills! n "Before and below ran the toe, three years before. As he dotted comof the surface road, winding ut the route, his Bhort crisp On the ments put his features vividly before down the side of the cliff. with a a rock of rose black toe. wall right Half way, along the south shore ho narrow ditch between it and the carriaOn the other side was labbed a heavy black cross with an ge-track. h with straggling cost of a the quarter-inccliffedge that fringed Imphasis spruce. pencil point. "The Eastcliffe Hill," he said "walk "By this time my wheel was going down the first pitch like lightning. A this!" loose rock jarred me off my pedals. 'Is it steep?" I asked. reThere was no earthly use In trying to "Steep, rough and winding;" he x, er Ann-Ipol- is light-brow- Be Elected Senate Thrifty, Progressive and Numerous. , Chaplain. If all the Israelites now residing in, It Is not generally known that Mrs. Kieff were suddenly to leave the town, Henry Clay Dean, widow of the famous a few .students 'at the university and a "unwashed" Missouri preacher, lecturhandful of military men stationed at er and criminal lawyer, is still living. the fortress would bo practically all She resides on her homestead in that remained, says the Fall Mall Gacounty. She quietly smokes her zette. Every other cob old person pipe, and exercises a kind of you meet with in the streets is of He- "supervisory control" over her farm, brew extraction. Kieff stands on three states Attorney Ben Franklin of Mahills, rising alone in the center ot ;t con, who owns a piece of land adjoinvast plain. The sloping sides of one cl ing hers. decided me. "Like a ilash.it came to me that I these hills form the Ghetto of Kloff, Henry Clay Dean was elected chapcould never pass that carriage without which is known locally as the Podol lain of the United States senate in the a collision; and I had no right to make It la the poorest and shabbiest part o: early '50s. From that time until he others suffer for my recklessness. Not the town and. swarms with a class o: 3ied he enjoyed a national reputation more than twenty feet from the horses Jews who might be taken for gypslei as an orator. There was a spirited conI twisted my bars to the left, and In at first sight. They have a regulai test for the chaplaincy. "How in the a twinkling was over the embank- market In which their old clothet world did you win?" asked a resident booths are erected. Here stationarj of Washington, who was astonished at ment and sailing through the air! "The cliff at this point dropped peddlars (if I may use the term), ar the obscure succcs. Missourlan's straight down about forty feet, and to be seen patiently displaying theii "Well, sir," said Dean, "I just prayed there was .deep water at its base. That wares. A tram line runs down the sld h out of 'em." was my only salvation. of the hill, so, ihat visitors have no difMr. Franklin knew Dean Intimately "Boys have a trick of trying to 'cut ficulty in reaching this market place and tells the Macon sever an egg' with a flat, smooth rock, mak- On a projection of the hill abovt al anecdotes of him. Republican master a was He ing it strike the water on edge and stands the Andrewsky church sur of invective. "When he was derounc-indisappear without any splash, leavlns rounded by a railed platform, from somebody or something," says Mr. a little oval mound boiling up behind which one can look down upon th "the very wlndowB would Franklin, it. That is just what I did. At 'ler whole Jewish community of Kieff it rattle under the storm. In one of his so the people in the carriage 6aid, for self, and also of a flourishing subutt Missouri campaigning tours he said of I wasn't in condition to know. planted on the further side of the rlvei a gentleman with whom he was a trifle "The second my wheel touched the Dneiper. The observant eye soon dia 'If I had my way with surface both tires exploded. That wan tlnguishes a number of very comfort displeased: such a man I would load him naked the last sound I could distinguish able, detached houses in the cleaj Into a redhot cannot and fire him head plainly for some time, for as 1 went looking streets of the suburb, and first through a thorny hedge fence Into under, the water struck the drums of question naturally arises in the Strang h as far as a pigeon could fly In a er's mind, "Who are the fortunate Inmy ears as if to burst them. year.' " I I down went tell. "Hov deep can't habitants of that pleasant suburb?" "He had the reputation of having It seemed as if I should never stop goare all Jews Jews whose In never paid railroad fare. His method "They sense I let to had ing. Finally enough and thrift have brought thenj was to inveigle the conductor to sit go the handles, and then it seemed a3 dustry well the ladder of fortune. They ar beside him after he had returned from up If I should never rise to the surface. not stationary they are mounting collecting tickets and by seductive talk "But I came up at last, and got a Is It then, thai make him forget all about his obligasteadily. surprising, breath of air; I found my legs and Russian the lazy, neighbors tion to the company. He would Inquire arms were whole, and struck out for feed a littl about the conductor's salary, tell him to are sometimes tempted the 6hore. By swimming a little along One afternoon In November It was entirely too smalJ for such onerthe cliff I reached a place where 1 envy? U ous to down took the train Podol, just employment and promise to have could clamber up the rocks to the road. a street look around. The have dowr, a interview with the presi personal mere i saw me geniieman irom i was runs which witt lined the train who always happened of the dent road, see run to back the carriage, who had modest but Jewish flourishing to shops, Dean's be friend, and me. He particular insisted of what had become A Hebrew name Is over every door have his wages raised. Or he would wet as I was, on my driving with them to the hotc. He was a Massachusetts Many of the old clothes f,o tempting!) ixpress such sincere affection for some in the tarket are in quite i of the conductor's relatives, whom he man, spending a few weeks with hU displayed state of preservation. I saw jack knew like a book,' that it looked tike good wife and daughter on the Nova Scotia I could have worn mysell ets which Ingratitude to bother the friendly coact. with Some of booths wen the pleasure. about such a little thing as "Four days at the hotel put me on filled with second hand but books, money for transportation, very good terms with my new friends. had not time to turn over their pages "Dean was about 5 feet 10, weighed They tried to make a hero of me, but I In couldn't see It in that light It waa well-bui-the center of the market is a high fully 200 pounds and trimmed his whisfountain, with a place below kers Identically like GeneralGrant my own funeral, and I had no right to asses for drink. Stretching to get a But to drag others into it he was on the other of the rure, fresh water thai side politically "You can see now why I advise you drink of the chasm from the great to walk the Eastcliffe Hill. I wouldn't flowed from the jets, I saw a group oi Union soldier. The wonderful range of take that ride again for a million dol- Russian peasants, round whom then bis voice did as much for Dean's repuHe tation as an orator as bis forcible lanlars: but I wouldn't have missed it frolicked a swarm of bright-eyetrew gamins. for ten million. It was the fastest, guage. He could modulate It so as to most expensive, most dangerous, and As I got into the tram that was tc ho honrrl fnrlhrr than nnv mnn of mv by far the most profitable spin I ever take me back to the Christian part ol acqsalntance. It as a veritable roar. took In my life." Kieff I found it filled with bright Then he could drop It to a sweet and I looked at Johnscn in amazement youths, all in the orthodox school bo j tender cadence that thrilled his His final superlative dazed me. of long gray coats with meta ence. and many a time It wrenched a "I can understand." I said, "that it buttons and peaked caps. A more hap verdict from a jury, was the fastest, mont dangerous, most py. intelligent and promising collec "When I started for Char Hon county expensive ride you ever took, 'but tlon of youthful faces It would be hart! jn mi lo teach a country school near where was the profit? You lost a hundre- to find. They were all Jews whose pa tlrunswiek, Dean voluntarily gave mo d-dollar wheel, took five years' wear rents resided In the above 'mcntioncC a jfiUcr 0f rerommendation to his out of your nervous system, and Just suburb. Some day, and before verj fri'(.n,j. i r a noted W, citizen, Bell, Cappe by a miracle escaped death." long, they will be students at the unl ;ne offered this advice and I will aio ' Johnson was gazing abstractedly out versity; and later on, if Russia Is wis Dever forget it, as It has served me of the window. enough to make" use of her Jewish sub jwt.ji: "Benjamin. I want to say tbi "Do you see that lady In gray?" In jeets and throw open to them tb to 0u: You will s always find that asked. for which they are fitted, the) kind will respect you most when It "That lady was la the carriage," will, perhaps, be professors of whoir ' g(.ea the ivory handle of your pistol the czar himself will have reason to bi sticking out of your pocket' " said he. , I rose to go. proud. reI "Thank you for your advice," The wealthy Jews of Kieff hiv Emporia's Early Days. Bent M unlock was asked by a Lyon shall walk the EastcliffJ been appealed lo for funds by the Zion marked, Hill. But I won't bother you any tats, who are trying so hard to faciti county historian to write something longer. Your office is small, and thr;e tale the return cf Israel to Jerusalem about the early days of Emporia. "We would crowd It" but they have not cared to respond suppose," says Bent, "he want us to tell something about the town when reasons tre obvious. Their "Walt a minute." he said, "I wan; the main street, from Major Hood's wife-.rot my you to bank corner to Joe Randolph's farm, Nevada's Strenuous Woman. was used every Saturday afternoon for Practical Charity. The husband of Mrs. Love of Neva To our "Winter and Want" fund we da, Mo., died last week, leaving bet horse racing, as high as $50 often have gaihered In many givers of their with six children to support, the cldesi changing hands on a single race. Or substance, sajs th- London Chronicle, of whom Is but 12 years old. Mrs perhaps he would like us to tell how but th Infte-pc!fn lunevolcncw of a Love, with a strcnuosity that woulct four young men. Just home from the hair (!rpR! r In a str.et off the Mamp-stea- l suit even Roosevelt, assumed the re war, took four Emporia society girls lo camp meeting up at Milton In hii road rjKtiift a tribute. thus thrown upon her. She fponslbUify ' "On and after buried her husband on Wednesday. Os returning home at 11 o'clock, wjndo".' i. t!" nniic : ? when Ti; si'ay, F until Thur i.iv. they Invaded the home of one she did three family wash- af Thursday SI Z .,..;-the ate four pumpkin pica, a tl.rmum-- ' to fr o I Apt ings. On Fri lay she arose at daybreak Jar of girls, .. . m r n .. t- doughnuts, drinkinc two crocks j i.o,i-.Iked to the country and picked two Df m a. milk, afterwards fanning out th in. lo p. irom ii t inttit f and gallons of blackberries, kerosene " a of better chance lamp and remaining till dayworkingmen which she sold for GO cents, did anotha wi:h clean S is the way the Emporia That a fare. getting $h er family washing, and got two mor light. a C.roe." From notice society young men made love to supplementary j family washings to do on Saturday. we barn that up to iat Thursday society jeung women some of not accept charity, but. proare mn Lad accepted" tbe kindly lnv na- She will 'hem there yet before the advent poses tr keep this lick up right along sf the railroads. tion. Possibly Mr, Jay "Such la life," as Fannie L. Bakei us tell about hate hauling 'Pom-rowrites to the Nevada Post. "Hundred Aid from Atchison in the winter Bernard Shaw, a learned Londoner, of others no better by birth than Mrs, f to keep the town frnm starvInsists that "copper" is a proper desip- Love, but more fortunate by lot, have not mentioning the snlisequeTit nation for policeman, and mmh pre- - all the necessities of comfort laid al ing, Use of the 'aid sacks for underclothes ferable to the term "bobby," In In com-- j their feet, and put In their time grumb- for the kids, some of whom are today mon ti,e in the world s metropolis. ling because they have not an extra Counted among the plutocrats of Emservant girl to keep the flies off and C'opi-er- , be pays. i3 an excellent Saxo.i poria. But we can't do it; haven't the carry them Ice water." lime." man a who word, describing pursue and captures. A man who Is eternally squaring poverty develops either a woman's fclmself, must be Just a little crooked. orst lraUg or hor lK?t!t ODes. "The mist was rolling In. I circled a. corner, and for a moment a blank white wall enveloped me, damp and clinging, Then, as I shot out into the sunlight, I saw approaching around the last curve a carriage containing a gentlemen and two ladies. 1 could seo their light summer dresses and hear their talk and laughter. "For the fraction of a second I didn't know what to do. A woman's scream Tut-Da- m well-to-d- o g easy-goin- g 1 pas-teng- ' er lt d audl-unifor- m ( "I shall never forget that ride." J "the worst I ever saw. A snake catch them, and Instinctively I put my fc t cm the coasters. trlggllng down a I "I shall never forget that ride! "You walked it?" I venture!. "No," he replied, "I rode it That's idiot down pitches and tore "roue J shy 1 tell you to walk." corners, every minute gaining speed. 1 plied; rock-heap- ." My curiosity was roused. "I had left Halifax the day be fere," laid he. "The other members of the party wanted to loaf back through thi annapolls valley, but I preferred to Tf the south shore, even if alon. So fce separated, lo m'ct in Yarmouth." The first night I spent at a farmhouse about forty miles from the city. Xcxt morning 1 got an early start Some of the hills were steep and rough, hit my marhih" had a good brake, an 1 felt able to ride down anything that 1 Hasn't perpcnd'.eulftr," "In the miIdle of the afternoon I HIM. Tor two ?ame to this fostclir; tiH S the road had run a1or. th summit of thr bluffs, giving mo a fine vk f the ccean. It wag a splendid JV lay. Tie ind bad lcn from U sea lincc noon, and ttreaks of mist wrc Mowing in, The weather was delig'.it hitting tip a hilly root find I a 1 rery fair Fpced. the beginning of a ' "Alidad I ; but of Hs length or steepness After no way of Judzir was iirr a little the track down way running t lisapppare , around a rocky corner. "t did not propose to walk unless Irlven to it, bo I started down the without much thought of what night be ahead. The road at this mint approached the wn; the cliffs rre bold and sheer, an ' Ued with in evergreen growth, e 5 "Tre slope grew steep- - t necessary to back-p- c - " " y expert never to get through space any faster, unless I ride on a can non-L- a II. "Fortunately most of the curves gradual ones, and In the worst places there was a low, outer wall of earth. Out for this I should certainly have lif-- dashed to pieces down the rnc"d bluffs. Two or three times I came dangerously near it My wheel was up on the embankment, but tbi curve lessened Just in time. "You will wonder, perhaps, ' why 1 didn't throw myself n", when 1 saw what was before rr.. 1 did think of it, but the speed paralyzed me. I couldn't think fa M eiouch to keep up with my wj.rl. Ry the time t had made up my mind what to do under on set ,f an entirely different . ii ; i - an condition confronted me. "A little ahead of the left was a soft clump of sprr.ee s; by the time 1 had ii" Id'd to roll off there and trusl my he and arms to Providence, w;t past the spot and I's place was filled by a line of rough borders. A second later a s!oje oi sand on the other side caught my eye; but before I could decide to risk the jump, in lis stead a ditch bristled with flint "An 1 swept along, my hands grip pine the bars and my feel on the coss. j, I seemed riding In a nightmare. "The air grew cooler. The s3-lvwas near, and 1 thought my troubles would soon be over. Then came an ex were 1 . el man-post- k. i J - " - Phil-plis'- s, r;-ir- - I - . . . . ones-hal- I i Em-torl- a y 'fi0-6- - ! ( , |