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I WHITE MAN IS
Andrea Pellor, handsome daugh
Is doomed to marry an illiterate but
She disconsolately wanders from h
aviator about to tiy from the beach,
trip will be merely a pleasant excu
of her loveless marriage, she begs i
not know him. He somewhat unwi
realizes her unknown aviator is not
choke him with one of her stock in
the very heart of Africa.
CHAPTER II?Continued.
2?
The engine missed fire?once, twi
Andrea would scarcely have notlc
the fact had it not been for its <
traordinary effect on the man. All 1
pose dropped from him. He becai
galvanized into nervous life and c
several things rapidly with twitchi
Tha ondno missini again, a
UUfeV'O. *"V VUe**?V r he
half rose in his seat, craned 1
neck, turned his face to one side a
looked down. In the glimpse s
caught she saw that the lines arou
his mouth had suddenly deepened !
credibly. His eyes seemed to fix wl
a certain relief on a spot, a clearii
Ho Settled Back Tenaety and Mai
. * For It
far ahead. He settled back tense
and made for It. The engine bac
fired with the rippling report of a ga
ling gun, coughed and stopped. T1
man gripped the steering gear tight
and tipped the machine's nose dov
for a long, reaching volplane. On tl
backs of his hands Andrea saw litt
gleaming bulbs of sweat. Swervii
to escape the crest of a tree, he mac
a reasonably successful landing,
spite of his agitation. The airplai
took the ground In the wide beate
circle of a native craal, shot across
and then came to a violent stop wi
wings burled In the mud-plasten
wnlls of two seriarate huts.
The shock cast Andrea forward; 1
stinctively she threw her arms aroui
the man's neck. She felt the quive
Ing of his whole body as though
wero shaking with an ague. To h
astonishment he became for an 1
stant almost pitiable. But only f
an Instant; then he nerved hlmse
climbed out of the machine and help*
her down. She gave a long sigh
relief and looked up at him with
half smile on her face. He had tak<
off his goggles. His eyes were gri
and large. They stared at witho
seeing her and In thein was a visib
trouble as of some deep and hidd*
struggle.
Andrea gazed at him, her lips parti
In wonder. At last he felt her ey
upon him and a deep flush mount
from his neck and swept upwai
lighting the tan of his face with
subdued glow.
"If that happened to me," thoug
Andrea, "I'd be as red as a field
poppies."
"I?I beg your pardon," stammer
the man and started walking up m
down with quick strides. Andr
knew instinctively that he was wan
Ing up muscles that had been su
denly frozen, steadying shaking kne
and shaky heart.
She turned her eyes from him ai
eazed around to get her first glimp
of the real Africa. From the ve
start it left her puzzled. She sto*
at the far side of a great clrcul
court, beaten hard and swept clej
as a floor. Within its bounds we
iwo acacia trees, thickly frondc
wide-spreading. Around the cou
thirty high-peaked huts stood like sc
tinels. Behind the huts other but f
smaller structures swarmed?chick
houses, strongly withed, granaries <
four stilts, pigeon cotes, a stocksid
eette crnal and a smaller goat fo
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I SOME PERSONAGE.
ter of Lord Pellor, impecunious aristocrat,
wealthy middle-aged diamond mine owner,
er hotel in South Africa and discovers an
Impulsively, of course imagining that the
rsion, and a welcome relief from thoughts
to be taken for a flight, although she does
lllingly agrees, and they start. When she
going back Andrea in desperation tries to
ga. He thwarts her and they sail on into
But what puzzled her were the J
rieans themselves. A flying machi
****** 1 n fhnir m Irlef on/1 rl
LT, liau U4Vpi?CU Ait uivu lutuoi auu u
ed charged two fair if not exceptior
?x- specimens of a white and domina
lis race, yet the blacks continued th<
ne various occupations and disoccur
lid tions apparently unperturbed. Win
ng ever their occupation they made
nil sudden move of variation; even tin
lis tongues kept still,
nd In the shnde of one of the vr
he acacias there was a veritable cc
nd course of men. They sat for the mr
In- part on their heels smoking whi
th slow-burning cheroots. Two or
lg, could be said to be working. Th
were very old and sat with their bac
against the trunk of the tree, th<
legs stretched straight out befo
them and at their sides neat bundl
? of stripped palm leaves. They we
weaving baskets. The men at leo
were not tongue-tied. They seemed
be going through some oral ceremor
First one and then another wou
take the cheroot from his lips ai
make a single remark; then the re
would all grunt in unison and wi
a deep-chested expelling of all tl
breath In their bodies that gave i
most the effect of an explosion.
It annoyed Andrea that her coi
? panlon seemed to share the stoic cal
= of the natives In what to her mil
= ought to have been an occasion
"" much excitement and chatter. It nev
= occurred to her that he was unmovi
= because he could understand what tl
= men were saying and was mere
E bored.
= At the moment the wheels of tl
*4 flying machine had struck tne groui
the apparently interminable and,
9 Andrea, meaningless chant had be<
started by the native chief, a wlzent
figure distinguished in dress from h
h companions only by the ebony-bla*
^ ring of polished wax that he wore lil
a halo of darkness on his clos
^ cropped and grizzled head.
^ The white man threw up his hei
y and clapped his hands once. T1
: chief grunted; silence fell. He sp
5 to one side and spoke deliberate!
"Let us arise to greet the master."
. They came forward and stood in
* long file. The chief took one step
advance, raised his right hand ai
ly fastened his gaze on the white mac
k- face. His own seemed to be workii
it- in a sudden excitement. "Bai-ye-te
je he roared, and there followed, i
ly quickly that it seemed but another sj
n lable of the salutation, a mighty grui
ie from the depths of thirty chest
le "Huh!"
ig In a moment the whole scene unde
le went a startling transformation. T1
In Ale broke and became garrulous. Ch
ie dren stopped their play and ran i
n, Join in the rabble. The men droppt
it their work and crowded into a cor
th pact group from which came sudden
?d a cry that startled Andrea and jerkt
her around to face it as though si
n. had been yanked by a string.
M1 The cry was shrill, high, continuou
>r. It was produced by rounding tl
it open mouth and working the tongi
er laterally in a vibration as rapid i
o- that of a serpent's. It was ghastly 1
? wntrh inereilihlp In the rnniditv of tl
,,l ?t ? ?
If, ululatlon, but once heard, unforge
?d able. It lasted much longer tha
of Andrea could have held her breath, h
a alone used it, aud ceased as sudden;
?n us it had beguo.
iv "All very interesting," said Andrt
ut turning to her companion, "but wt
ile didn't they do it before?"
en He looked at her absently. "Thei
Is a ceremonial," he said, "a dignit
pd about the African that is absurd tl
es you've known it for years."
ed "For years?" repeated Andrea. "It d,
is this your home?"
a He shook his head. "No, Africathls
sort of thing?is never home i
ht a white man. It's a place where 1
of goes to forget his sins. I've bet
using it?whenever life has given n
ed a chance?as a sun bath for the soul
id Andrea stared at him, a puzzl*
?a frown on her brow. She wonder*
m- why his bluntness did not offend he
d- wondered if it would ever fall to h
es lot to hear him say a senseless tlili
or laugh aloud. While she still wo
id dered he turned from her and begi
se calling out meaningless words: "Sh
ry ling! Five! Tin hat! Bath till
rul Overcoat!"
nr At each name, for names they wei
m a native stepped forward. They we
re all bright-faced youngsters, fourtei
d, or fifteen years of age, and their gat
rt, made up of a clean cloth bound tight
n- "around slim hips and falling to tl
nr knoes, and a red fez with tassel i
en tact, marked them as houseboys
on trusted pickaninnies who alone hi
ed the right to enter the white mar
Id. quarters aud were collectively his rt
["? several obsolete ships to the tar*
range and using them for targets nu
tip ing at full speed. There would,
course, be no crews aboard the tar;:
ships, which would be steered by
electrical "distant control" syste
f?t? probably from an airplane or auotli
eir vessel.
ips
lul Soldier Digs Own Grave.
ng Tacoina, A'asb.?Thomas i'rescott,
tit Civil war veteran, was buried recent
ee. in the grave be dug 'lie morning 1
ng fore at the Old Soldiers' home at Oi
4 AN
ained Glass/9 "John Bogardu
^ ognized mouthpieces in conveying or
tiers.
"Bathtub!" repeated the white man
A youngster quickly saluted ant
stepped out of the line, grinning fron
ear to ear at being distinguished evei
for a moment above his fellows.
With a jerk of his head toward An
drea the white man began to talk rap
Idly. Bathtub's eyes rolled from hi!
face to Andrea's and back again. The:
widened, they narrowed, and, each o
m& the three times the white man salt
^f- "Kiboco" with a peculiar emphasis
ne they seemed to wince,
is- Andrea interrupted, "What doe:
ml 'Kiboco' mean, please?"
nt "It means a whip of raw rhin<
?ir hide," said the man. "An impleraen
vo_ K1aa/1 wlfh CI U'hlfinAP "
,u 111(11 U1 U ? O U1V/WU nun ? ??
it- Andrea went white; her eyes blazed
no "So you whip your servants?" she
Jir said with curled lips.
"I have whipped a boy once," an
ist swered the man coolly. "They have
n- never forgotten." He turned to her
ist "This boy, Bathtub, is yours. If h<
te. ever fails you I shall thrash him with
dy in an inch of his nine lives." He dis
ey i missed the boy with a nod.
ks Bathtuo stepped before his mis
dr tress, saluted, grinned the broadest
re most friendly grin Andrea had evei
os seen, and without waiting for the
re smiling answer of her eyes was of
st like an arrow.
to So taken up was Andrea with watch
'>' ing the white man as he Issued a rapk
Id Cre of orders to his remaining lieu
ad tenants that when Bathtub returned
st saluted, and led her beneath the les
th ser of the acacia trees she could nol
tap believe her eyes, for they showed hei
it* a canvas wash basin on stilts, a clear
towel laid over the back of a chair, an
n- other chair before a camp table laic
m with a clean cloth and burdened wltt
id two sizzling fried eggs, hot toast, mar
of malade, a pot of tea and an absurc
er squat bottle with the stems of wile
?d flowers rammed down its throat,
iie She took off her cloak and Bathtut
ly promptly hung it to air over a lo\t
branch of the tree; then, while she
le bathed her face and hands, he stooc
id by with the towel, and when she was
to through with that he drew her chaii
;n for her and poured her tea. Childrer
Ml began crowding around. He drove
Is them back, and, dragging his toe
;k marked a wide circle on the grounc
ce with the table as center.
p- Up to that mark and no farthei
came the children and squatted in t
id staring but silent ring. Andrea sal
le down and gazed over their heads ai
at the kraal in general and at the white
y. man in particular, for from him ra
diated an activity incredible in cpm
a purison with the languor that had prt>
in | ceded it. Her eyes fell to the table
id and sue reanzea two uungs; nut; >vu:
i's unusually, marvelously hungry anc
ig the table was set for one.
!" "Doesn't your master eat?" sh<
so asked of Bathtub.
rt- "My master makes ready cala foi
at missis."
;s, "What is cala?'"
Bathtub frowned In an effort tt
r- catch up with a word that was on th<
ie verge of escaping from his meagei
n" "If I Could Take You Back I Would!,
Now."
ilvocabulary.
"House!" ho suddenly ex
ploded and grinned with satisfaction
e, Andrea lowered the fork that was
re half way to her mouth. "Makes readj
I'ti a house?for me?" Her eyes nar
h, rowed. "I will not need a house. Tel
Iv him."
In! Bathtub's prin broadened. "Sorry
11- Missis," he said, "law like that; ev
? ery Missis one hut, every hut one tax.'
id Andrea stared at liim open-mouthec
i's and then blushed furiously. "I meat
:c- ] that I will not stay here," she ex
ret inp. It Is the custom it the home t<
jv- keep one prave due in advai.ee >ecnu?
of the work is hard for the elderly men
ret Prescott spent the day In dippinp thi
an prave. After returninp Indoors he be
m. came suddenly ill and died.
ter ?
Newark, O.?Itev. CSeor^e A. Rnld
win, eiphty-three years of npe, cele
bra ted his birthday adversary the oth
a er day by walklnp six miles to hi;
ly farm, huskinp "0 bushels of corn anr
re- walkinp track to the city in time tr
rt- cast a ballot at the election booth.
GEOKE AGNEW I
CHAWERLAIN jg
" F.tl t
s, EtOL @
-1 plained ftrily. "Tell your master
wish t<M>peak with him?at one
. Wait a nBute. You call Mm M'sung
1 Whut dcfBhat mean?"
i "Whitenim," said Bathtub, and d
) parted to call his master.
The white man gave a last ordi
- and then obeyed Andrea's summon
- As he stepped Into the shade of tl
s acacia he took off his hat and moppi
i his wet brow. "Too bad we can't ke?
f cool, like the morning," he suid.
1 "I didn't ?end for you to talk aboi
i, the weuthef," said Andrea. "You hir
been raining orders; now let me gh
3 just one. You are to get that machii
in shape and take me back now)
today."
t The man's eyes met her gaze sten
ily but gradually his body began
L tremble. He put one hand out to tl
i spare chair as though to steady hit
self. "I want you to believe me," 1
said in a low voice, "when I tell y<
? that what you ask is impossible."
He turfflfd as though to leuve he
i "Wait," cried Andrea. There wi
- something In, the way he spoke th
- even went beyond persuasion ai
robbed her of her mainstay?her a
- ger against him. "But?" she stai
, mered and Stopped. "Oh, what is
r become of me?"
i "If I could take you back I would
C now," said the man dully. "When y<
asked to jcome with me I knew
course that you were unaware of tl
1 fact that I was not returning. An li
pulse drove me to grant your reque
, on the grounds that it is really of ve
little consequence what happens
t any given individual. Impulses pa
but decisions are often irretrievabl
i this was one of them."
"Why?" asked Andrea earnestl
1 and then repeated more urgentl
i "Why Is it?" '
The man's eyes wandered towa
1 the airplane but he did not answ
i her insistent question. "No real har
will come to you," he said instea
> "but even so I am sorry. Logic is
' treacherous thing," he added absent!
i "when applied to humanity. I to
I you that I didn't deal In personality
i I lied. There is something about tl
warmth of an Individual person th
i melts cold reason."
! He left her abruptly and dlsa
. peared within a near-by hut. Si
I watched him go with a feeling of pt
tlal desertion that gradually was a
r sorbed by a sensation that was nt
i to her?a consciousness that when th
t extraordinary man spoke he left 1
t words behind him, not as translen
i but as p^fenent guests of the rain
- There w^^knething stark about h
: franknetAHLtthough tfc had be<
. caught inMome whirlwind of life ai
s been stripped of coqventional cloth
i In the wA of meaningless phras<
I but for all Its nakedness It lnspir
not fear bujt a rebellious trust
i
CHAPTER III.
Andrea swallowed a lump In h
throat. "I won't?I will not cry," si
> said aloud. "I shall never cry agal
? I'm really having a g?good time. I''
r always been bored and I'm certain
not bored now, and only a fool wou
cry over that." She settled down
her breakfast In earnest, forgot th
he detested eggs fried, ate every scri
of the toast, most of the marmalat!
and drank three cups of tea. Thi
she sat back and let her eyes amu
her.
I The craal's activity had center
about the newest and smartest of tl
huts. Around it many men were wor
ing, some digging trenches, others ct
ting an extra door in its side. Pn
ently still others began to arrive in
seemingly endless procession, bearii
posts, stripped of their bark and c
to uniform length, and great bundi
of withes and thatch grass.
She watched them work with a wo
der at what they were doing th
grew vaguer and vaguer until si
! drowsed and finally dropped soui
asleep in her chair. She awoke tv
hours later to find the white mi
standing before her, clean shave
clear eyed, smelling of soap and loo
ing almost dapper in khaki helmi
shirt, breeches and puttees.
"Well, Mr. White Man?" said A
drea.
He smiled a slow smile of relief
though he had been dreading her fir
words. "Will you come now?" 1
asked.
She arose, started to follow him ai
stopped with a gasp. "Why!" she e
claimed, her eyes fastened on the h
that had been the scene of labor,
was transformed. Before it nc
stood a veranda with a thatched roi
Inclosing the veranda, the hut and
tiny garden a? its back was a raigh
stockade, each post of which w
sharpened to a needle point. Fro
the extra door ran a covered way i
strongly built as the stockade ai
which connected the hut with i
* - - * Ul-u
i ncignoor?tiiat into wmu mc ?m
man had disappeared.
. "Will you come?" repeated the ma
Andrea followed him, only to st<
again when she reached the verand
1 It was carpeted with a long gra
1 mat of vivid colors and on the m
* J stood chairs and a table. On tl
Company Manners.
> Mrs. Mornlngcall?I hear your hu
e band is making quite a reputation
. society as an after dinner speaker.
i Mrs. Tester?Yes. and I nev
thought it in him. At home he doi
all of his talking before dinner, e
petialiy if It's late.
Plant More Nut Trees.
Mire interest should 1)0 taken I
' frulf and nut trbes. The farm can I
1 mail" more attractive than many i
> their) are liv planting fruit, nut, shad
ftrd ornamental' trees.
I
table was a hand sewing mncnfiw? and
from corner-to-corner post swung a
; hummock. She hud to stoop very low
! to enter the hut Itself, and once within
| had to wait n long time for her sunJ
tilled eyes to accustom themselves to
* the kindly gloom. The man grew Im:
patient and struck a match. By Its
! light Andrea saw a vision of comfort
; The room was circular and uncelled,
' so that one could look up and up Into
the very depths of Its tapering peak.
! From that height dangled a wire and
I on Its end hung a lantern. The man
lit It and showed her how It could be
l * carried to any desired point on the
circumference of the room and hooked
* there.
On one side stood a cot already
" ninue up; oesme u u muuii i-ump nmu.
On tlie other side was u long hammock
p* chair, and close to It stood a carved
tabouret piled high with books. Over
pr a small table hung a foolish little
s- mirror. The walls were wainscoted
with a woven mat of golden reeda
,(1 The place smelled clean, was clenn.
P Andrea had come into the room obsessed
by a single idea, and that wan
1,1 to determine the why and wherefore
f0 of the covered passage leading to the
>'e next hut. She fniled to discover Its
lc entrance until her companion drew her
? attention to a door, wainscoted like
the walls but crossed by a sturdy bar
d" pivoted at one end, the other sinking
t0 into a deep socket.
ie "It occurred to me," said the man.
"" "that perhaps you would be afraid at
night unless you were sure of help.
)U Listen," He raised the bar, and as
he did so the hidden door flew open
!r* and a gong sounded in the next hut.
as "The bar cannot be lifted from my
a* side of course," he added.
1(* Then he led her out through the
n* veranda into her private garden and
pointed to a quite new and tiny hut.
t0 "Your bath and washroom," he said
"You must have no water in the hut
you live in, not only because Its flooi
>u Is of mud but principally on account
?* of the mosquitoes."
110 "Live?" said Andrea. "My deaf
n" White Man, you are mad. I'm not
st going to live here, no matter how hor?
r-v ribly I'm tempted by all this thoughtt0
fulness of yours and?care."
He looked questloningly at her face.
e; "Will you dine with me," he ventured,
"at half past five? It's the best hour
y' on account of daylight and only two
ly* meals a day. Will you? After that
we'll talk It out."
r" Andrea nodded and dismissed him
er with, "Till half after five, then."
Things had moved so fast through
the day that she had had no time to
a mark more than their general course.
ly* Now she settled down to a deliberate
survey. She went back in her mind
*8' to Aunty Gwen, to her brothers and
to the public at large as represented
at by the colony dance. She imagined
their consternation at her disappearP"
ance, visualized the efforts that even
116 at this moment were being made to
Lr" trace her and the full force of their
b" Inevitable futility.
>w The searchers would have nothing
lls to go on. There was only one chance
lls as far as she knew and that was a
lts slim one. In the general excitement
ld* the native whom the white man had
left behind might chatter his way into
L>n sufficient prominence to get himself
jd called as a witness. But she set
es small hope on such a solution, for tha
last few hours had taught her that
ed the author of all her troubles was
more than White Man to those under
him?he was master.
Then her thoughts turned to the
man she was to have married. Of
course, and whatever happened from
e now on, that?deal?was off. She
n" puckered her brow, puzzled that such
ve a conclusion brought no great shock
^ with It. Last of all, she thought of
herself. What was the meaning of
" this day to Andrea Pellor, to that girl
a whom she had curiously watched,
*p studied and dreamed over during very
e' nearly a quarter of a century? UnL'n
consciously she faced the problem
from the standpoint Into which she
had been bred alone?measured It by
* the cold rule of convention and so^
ciety usage.
"I'm done for," said Andrea to her
self. "Yesterday I was a pearl of
;s great price in the marriage market,
a and now everything in the way of cash
that offers will come from the music
u halls! Your last day, Pellor," she
cs
added aloud, giving a deep significance
to the use of the old family name
n" alone. Her lips curled and her eyes
at hardened rebelliously as she added a
, final murmur, "But it's been a hum*
ld raer!"
v0 "Scoff ready, Missis."
in She jumped erect with a startled
cry.
"Plenty hungry, eh?" said Bathtub
with his usual grin of pride at his
powers of deduction.
nns*
Andrea wants to go back,
he Does she go?
1(1 (TO BE CONTINUED.)
X
ut Birth of Shorthand.
It Modern shorthand had its birth In
iw the publication of Dr. Timothy Brlght'g
>f. "characterie" in 1857, the first Eng.
a lish work on shorthand. Various systy
terns of shorthand were published
as from that time on, all based on the
m a b c method, and some of them be
as cnme quite popular, but with the pubid
lication of Isaac Pitman's "phonograts
phy," based on sound, all the others
te fell into disuse. Pitman had a number
of predecessors whose systems, like
n. his own, were strictly phonetic. These
up systems never pained any footing,
la. while his Immediately became popular,
ss nnd has since been used by a large
at majority of shorthand writers of Linglie
Hsh.
No Excuse for Crowding.
is- There is no excuse for crowding the
in garden on the farm where there Is
plenty of room, because it will pay
er good returns on the ground occupied.
ps
s- Barns and Storehouses Needed.
Ample barns and storehouses are
needed on farms where there are animals
and crops.
In
>e Cooking Squash and Pumpkin.
>f Squash will cook in half an hour,
le but pumpkin rcqiros a long, slow
icooklng.
fefffi M
OSBORNE LEADS P
*d I l? t ? ?*
Lieutenant Commander Thomas p
Mott Osborne, commandant of the N. S.
naval prison at Portsmouth, N. H.. and
prison reformer, bus started a nationwide
campaign to put each of the 50
stute prisons and tive federal penitentiaries
upon " a humane basis."
The fortune of a wealthy ex-convlct.
"known from one end of the
country to the other," a mun of Influence
In Washington, but who for the
present Is mentioned only as the
"Gray Brother," Is said to have been
placed at the disposal of Mr. Osborne.
Sixteen hundred former prison Inmates
In New York city, all of whom are with
reputable firms and living "strulght,"
are assisting the crusade.
Incidentally, this noted prison reformer
before the Hamilton club In
rillnnrrft rlnr.nn n Inllot niinltonfint*v 2
-V..WU..WU f ' """"'J $
us u "disgrace to the state of Illinois.''
John L. Whitman, Illinois state \
superintendent of prisons, protested.
"I reiterate thnt Jollet prison Is an in:
Governor Louden to appoint a fair comn
prove it," retorted Osborne.
| RETURN OF DR. \
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manlty. Thus the Rockefeller institute an
far faster than was expected by the fou
ease were perfected. Improved surgical i
| DID AMERICAN TR
Col. Raymond Robins of Chicago, a
former member of the American Red
Cross mission to Russia, who is lecturing
on soviet Russia, Is the center of a
controversy regarding the conduct of
American troops in Russia. At Madison,
Wis., a group of ex-soldiers, who had
served at Archangel, challenged
Robins' statement that, as an Indirect
result of the allies' policy in falling to ,
recognize the bolshevik government, ,
American soldiers in Russia had
mutinied.
"We demand to know the authority
for that statement," declared Capt.
John Commons, son of Prof. John R.
Commons. "We served at Archangel
and there was no mutiny."
"I have it In the affidavit of three
[American soldiers, Including an officer,"
replied Colonel Robins.
The audience demanded the names
of those making affidavits and the
nr nl*ntlnns ehareed with mutiny.
Colonel Robins said he could not divulge
volve other persons and federal proceedln
In New York Lieut. A. W. Klelfoth,
In Russia, who wrote the official report 1
address denied that the mutiny took plac
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countless manuscripts dating from the 1
When the library was destroyed by th
300,000 volumes. A new catalogue then b<
Deldanov, was daily bringing to light tre
of them being first-hand sources of infor
countries. All these manuscripts were d
of virtually every edition of the Bible fro
ANNE MARTIN FIL
Anne Martin apparently Is con- T
ovjtiin? the election of Senntor Hender- j
son of Nevada. A letter has been received
by Senator Dillingham, chairman
of the committee on privileges
and elections, from Miss Martin, who
last year was an independent candidate
for senator in Nevada. She demands
an investigation of the election
of her Democratic opponent and accuses
Senator Henderson of excessive
and illegal use of money in securing
his election.
The election took place on November
5. 1918, but it was not known until
the receipt of this letter that Miss
Martin intended to contest the seat of
Senator Henderson. Her charges probably
will soon be taken up by the
privileges and elections committee.
Miss Martin is well known in
suffrage circles. She was an active
member of the National Woman's party ,
and performed heroic service as a lobbyist
when the Susan It. Anthony amendi
Charles Itelknap Henderson has long
truu of the Spanish-American \v14r uud b
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famous place, and If you will inducelittee
to investigate my charges I'll
iLEXIS CARREL I
Surgeons and medical men the
Drid over are stirred by the slgnlflnce
of two items In the current
(ws: John D. Rockefeller's additiongift
of $10,000,000 to the Institute
r Medical Research In New York,,
hich bears his name, and the return*
Dr. Alexis Carrel from France to reirae
his research work at the Institute.
Since its foundation, in 1901, the
Dckefeller Institute has made much
edical and surgical history. In thl*
ork Doctor Carrel has been the leadg
figure. The crowning glory of hisreer,
however, came through the
eat war, where his method of treatg
war wounds prevented thousands;
>on thousands of amputations and reored
to full vigor countless men whoider
old-fashioned treatment would)
ive become legless or armless.
Only in aviation and surgery dldi
e world struggle produce results;
hich Inured to the advantage of hud
its research surgeons mude stridesnder.
Methods of treatment of dlsippllances
were devised.
nnpg mutiny? i
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this Information, since It would Ing
which had not been concluded,
assistant American military attache*
for the war department, in a public*
e.
S TO LOUVAIN j
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Jacob Gould Schurraan, president
f Cornell university, has offered tor.
Nicholas Murray Butler, chairman ?
' the committee for the restoration of
ie library of the University of Louiln,
his entire philosophical library
! several hundred volumes for shipent
Immediately to the Belgian unljrsity.'
The library of Doctor Sehurraan Is:
ited by scholars as one of the best of
s kind in this country, being espeeialrich
In books on philosophy, many
thera rare first editions that could
? replaced only at great cost, even in.
urope.
In his letter of acceptance Doctor:
utler pointed out that the destruction-,
p the Germans of the priceless raanurripts
in the archives of the Belgian*
aiverslty had only one parallel In his>ry.
That was in 643 A. D., when
nliph Omar caused the destruction.
! the library at Alexandria, with,
times of earliest Egypt,
e Germans in 1914 it contained about
;ing made by the librarian, Professorusures
among the manuscripts, most
matlon upon the history o{ the low
estroyed, including a rare collection
in the eurllest times of printing.
ES A CONTEST f
nont was pending in eongress.
been prominent in Nevada, is a vetq
i forty-six years of age.