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VOL. V. NO. 37.
CAMDEN, 8. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1908.
Sl.GOPer Year
CHAPTER yilL ?
Continued.
"For what shofold I iUr?* hi tald,
kitterly. ?No, no!' the disappoint
ment la too |tmL I am aot alto
aether without friends; In their soci
ety I -will endearor to forget that In
my aged uncle I had hoped once more
to find a parent."
"Only etay," said old Battlste, Im
ploringly. "-Listen! My master Is
\ very ol.l. he has grown very nervous
ot late, so nervous that my good
Nanon thinks ho must have some
thing on his mind. lie Is afraid of
-beta t^aaur d??r ed; but what good
'. would It do to murder him, the poor
. Idear old gentleman? Nevertheless, It
grows upoa h'->,"
"Is that why he keeps that villain
ous brute?" said Paul Leduc, with
? the air of one trying to master his
impatience to listen to the old ser
vant's garrulous talk.
"Yes, yea; and he has had double
% doors of new oak put to his room,
? ' and he spends hours there, and locks
himself In there t.t night. -You see.
Monsieur, I say all this not without
? motive. Ee persuaded, do not go
away; perhaps In a day or two he
may come to feel what a comfort It
wonM he to him to have a young gen
tleman like yourself about the pfece."
"It cannot be s&ld to be an Inviting
place," said Monsieur Lrtdae.
"No, no; but blood Is thicker than
water," said Battisto; "and there Is
not a more friendless man oat earth
than my old master."
"I will think about It," said Paul,
turning on his heel, and with a short
'?* no4 to the old servant he walked off
rapidly toward Q'oucy.
.v-fWhat were you saying to that
one?" said old Nanon, who was hang
ing out a coupld of blouses on the
Strings in fropt of the hous*.
"Who? To Monsieur Paul, and
Mademoiselle's only son?"
"He In no way resembles his
mother," said Nanon, sharply. "What
were'you saying to him?"
- "I was- consoliafr him for the bad
reception he mst with from the only
relativo tho poor lad has left In the
world."
"So the master received Lira bad
ly?" said Kanon, wltli a chuckle.
"Well, I'm not sorry. If he can't re
celvo his own flesh and blood here
what should he do with strangers?"
Battlste knew that Nahon's heart
rras coro because she had allowed
herself to dwell on the hope that this
tine Monsieur Rlgaud would have
brought home her precious darling,
Mademoisello Antoinette; so ho held
it a bad moment to tell her that he
bad been persuading the nephew not
. to go away, only he showed her the
r-apolcon; but even the sight of the
gold, rather to his discomfiture, did
pot restore her equanimity or give
T'e? a more favorable opinion of the
Conor.
. Monsieur Rlgaud heard the retreat
ing steps of his nephew, followed by
tho' servant. He r,at .still, but was
r.nnoycd by the franctle displeasure
of the dog. His appetite was small;
he had "hardly touched the roll of
bread that lay by hla pljrte. He took
It up peevishly and threw It to the
dog. The half-famished brute leaped
upon It with a snarl of enohantment
and'tore It to pieces.
Kanon came in to clear away the
breakfast.
?4 "Monsieur has finished?" she said.
Ho nodded. "Nanon," he began,
suddenly, "I think I want my daugh
t>r."
Kanon gavo a cry of delight.
?"Thanks' to tho good God!" she ex
claimed. "At last He answers my
prayer. Nature awakes at last, you
recognize that you possess one that
owes you all duty, and who will give
you love." #
"You answer for It? She will love
me, Kanon?" Kanon threw out her
arms with a large gesture. "The
love of a woman Is as wide as the
?sa," she aald. "Is she not the child
of the sweetest woman that ever
found hsr home too soon In heaven?"
"I will send for her," said Mon
sieur Rlgaud. "8ho will protect me,
and- " he went on muttorlng to
himself so low that Nanon could not
hear his words, "I feel the need of
protection, if only from myself. All
Is safe, all is secure yet. Sajiristt!
What has como over me?" After
'Kanon bad left the room he got out
his writing case; the ink had grown
thick and jlry; ho poured a little
water Into the bottle and shook It.
The writing It produced was pale and
weak.
; "My Dear Daughter?During the
"pasV yeaf t have sacrificed my own
feelings to your interests and kept
you at school and away from ipe. Our
circumstances are auch that I felt
that a good education might be of
service to you In the future when I
' am no more, and you may find It the
easiest mode of gaining your bread.
But now I have returned home, and
I find that my health Is not what It
was. I liavo grown nervous. One
can do well without women When one
lA-Stror.g, but when you arc not well
one wishes for them. Your mother
be^n d<*n<J a great many yeare.
Had she lived, I should doubtless
have recovered Immediately in her ^
mbte ?j ?Mama Mi
peace that haa nnaocountably dwirt*
4d me. Therefore, I wish to reeall
you. Too can doubtless oontent your
eelf with the peaceful pleasures aad
occupation of a oeuntry lite which
was sufficient for your mother, aad
your presence will be both useful and
a consolation to yoar attached father.
* -PAUL RiOAUD."
"That will do,** said the old man,
reading It through. "And now I most
write to Denstono to find me *9 es
cort for her. La! la! .how everything
costs money. But this time I will
not hesitate. I desire the presence of
my daughter. I wish I had a stal
wart young fellow like that Arthur
Denstone attached to my service.
Bah! he would eat out ^all reason;
but he Is honest?honest to stupid
ity."
He sealed the letter and then pro
ceeded to Indite another io Mr. Den
stone at Liverpool.
Monsieur Rlgaud felt bettor when
these duties wero done.
That night the wild March winds
arose and howled through the forest.
The old house seemed to rock under
Its influence. Within his thick dou
ble doors old Itlgaud lay, and recked
little of the storm. "Yet he could not
sleep. Ho sat up In his hard, nar
row bed, clasping his*'bony hands
round his knees, and drawing the old
sheet round htm closely, and he wait
ed for the noise and clamor to cease.
Suddenly, quite suddenly, came a
sound through all the din of the
tempest whleh drove the color from
his haggard cheeks, leaving him livid.
It was the report of a gun, followed
by a loud, wild, inexpressibly piteous
howl, and then silence.
He scrambled out of bed and stood
panting, listening, breathlessly at the
door. He heard footsteps, some ope
opening the front door, a shout from
Battlste, a shrill cry from Nauon, no
other voice; and 'presently his old
servant knockcd at his door, exclaim
ing: "Let me in, Moniseur, it is all
right; don't be afraid, the rascals are
gone, whoverer they may be."
"You are suro it is all 'right?* he
cried, tremulously, undoing the door.
"Peste! What do you mean by all
right?" and he stepped back terrified
at the spectaclo which greetod his
eyes. The body of the unfortunate
dog extended in a hideous death at
his feet.
"Who has dono this?" he ex
claimed. "Who Is tho rascal? What
does It moan?"
"It means that wo shall nil be
robbed and murdered In our beds!"
cried old Nanon, who stood by in the
most grotesque of night-gear. "Some
oao has shot tho miserable animal!"
"But how could they set In? Ras
cal! did you not lock the front door?"
erled Monsieur Rlgaud, turning upon
his servant,
"Dame! Yes, I locked It," he an
swered, scratching hit head. "No
one has besn In, the (hot was fired
through tho window," and ho pointed
to the broken glass that lay scattered
on the ground.
There was no more sleep for any
of the three that night, and they were
thankful when morning came. Their
master's terror had at last infeeted
the two old servants, and they con
sulted together what should be done.
"The dog oould not have been shot
for nothing," said Battiste, deliber
ately, "Some one has designs upon
us."
Monsieur Rlgaud's nerves were so
completely shaken that he could only
look at them with a kind of pltable
look, as If asking for protection,
"Monsieur," said old Battiste, at
last, speaking In a kind of coaxing,
wheedling way. "If Monsieur would
only hear reason. Wo are both old,
she and I now, and though our cour
age Is as good as ever, we are not as
strong r.s we were thirty yoars ago.
Will Monsieur not listen to the voice
of nature? His natural protector Is
at hand; Mademoiselle Louise's only
son, who asks lqpve to act the part
of a son to Monsieur, to help him
even with nonoy. Let me summon
him. Keep him with us, at all events
for a time. Does it not seem as if
Heaven sent him tt> bo our protector
at this moment?"
"Nanon," said Monsieur Rlgaud,
faintly, "what do you say?"
"Do not ask me," she answered,
gruffly. "The world must be strange
ly changed when thtaves come after
an empty cupboard."
"But It is not <,ilte empty," said
Monsieur Rlgaud. "See, you are my
oldest friends"?he spoke tremulous
ly?"In that black box are my llttlo
economies. Not much, my friends,
very little; but I preserve them with
care. It Is a dot for Antoinette."
"Ha! ha!" said old Nanon, "now I
understand. Yes, yes," she exclaimed,
becoming as eager as her husband,
at all hazards that must be pre
served. It altogether changes ray
opinions. Courage, Monsieur; let us
send for this 'lonsleur Leduc. As
Battiste says, wo may be flying In
the face of Heaven."
"To-morrow, then, you may sum
mon him," said tho old man, faintly.
After Battiste had served his mas
ter's breakfast ha walked over to
Ooucy. Ho was only Just In time, for
tho landlady In whose houso Paul
wa?Jo(Jglj?g jjDfoi ifted him tfc|t J
as wm getng away that
but Battiste W taken ?? to k?
[ apartaseat tnd found, him mftl b?
(or* a bima writing a letter. ' . I
"Apropos! ? he?Ud. *ToieuUlN
my lot tar. I was tkla mmmwt writ
lac a lottar of farawaU to ywr bm>
tar. To* aaad aot hesitate; it coa
talaa ao reproach," ha added, holding
It oat.
Battiste answered by poarlag oat
the story of the terrors of the past
Bight. Monsieur Ledac llstsasd at*
tsntlvely.
"So yoar master wlshsa motor*
mala with hint"
"At all areata till Mademoiselle ar
rives. Toa w!!! aot .refuse htm. will
yon. Monsieur f"
"No, no," said tha young man.
lightly. "Did I not say thai X had al
ready the feelings qt a son towsrd
the only relative I hare la the world?
1 can oome, at all events. for a few
daya. Perhaps sUy till Mademoiselle,
my cousin, arrlvefc; bat I Mil con
tinue to leave my luggage here and
retain this apartment. That Is under
stood."
"He must be very rich," thought
Batttste to himself, as he went home
to prepare his master for the speedy
arrival of his nephew. "He thinks
nothing of money. Thank Heaven,
he will dine dally in Goucy. We could
not feed him properly; that would
ruin us all."
Monsieur Rigaud had been sitting j
all day crouched In his chair. He
neither Tead nor wrote, only kept
watching tuC deer; !*?? mind had
fastened now on the .advent of his
ndphew as a kind of refuge from him
self.
"I shall find It at last," he mut
tered. "the repose of the second life.
I have missed It hitherto, but It will
come back, with youth, Into the
house."
Presently Paul Leduc arrived.1, He
walked In past old Nanon, nodding
kindly to her, and caused Battiste to
conduct him Into the presence of his
master, ?
Paul did not hesitate; he went
straight up to the old man and held
out both his hands. "Come, my
uncle," he satd. In a clear, strong
voice, "welcome the only child of
your sister, who henceforth vows
himself to be altogether at your ser
vice."
"So you are my sister's son?" said
Monsieur Rigaud, peering up at him J
from under his eyebrows. "Then I
havo some claim on you, eh?'
"Body and soul, my uncle! Body]
and soul!" answered Paul, seating
himself. "I am altogether at your
service. Treat mo with confidence |
and I will be your son and your pro
tector.?. .
Meanwhile Battiste, going heavily
back to his wife, was struck by the
sight of his old Nanon standing mo
tionless by the garden gate, with her
hands banging idle at her side.
"ConB, Nanon," he exclaimed,
"what alls you?"
"Pouf!" sae exclaimed, throwing
out her arms. "I breathe again.
What Is it about him, the man you
call Paul Leduc, that gives me the
shivers like this? Dame! As he
passed by with his light, quick step
and hls^pmlle for ovoryone, I felt as
If the E<vll Bye had fallen upon me!"
"Dame! What an old fool you are
growing. ?' I felt as if my own youth
lived again, and thought what a com
fort It would be if Monsieur would
make over to him dot and daughter,
and let us live in peace again."
?'Heaven forbid!" said old Nanon,
crossing herself.
CHAPTER .IX.
On the Monday on which Arthur
Denstone had promised to return to
Liverpool, he heard (rem hit uncle,
extondlng his leave of absence (or
another week, ao he and his wife had
determined upon accepting an invi
tation to stay with some (rlends dur
ing the Interval.
Arthur was very glad of the time,
there was so much to do and settle at
home. He lost no time about Tommy,
and being fortunate enough to find a
vacancy in a good naval school, he
took him there and entered him at
once, to the toy's great delight, (or
the Idleness at home had never been
to his taste. The affajrs of the state
ly pair of lovers continued to pros
per, and It was decided, to the great
relief o( the Denstone family, at all
events, that there was no reason
whatever (or delaying the marriage,
and that It shoull take place within
a month.
Towards the end of the week, one
morning, Mr. Denstone came Into the
breakfast, room with tho postbag, as
usual, In his hand, and began hand
ing out the contents to those present.
There was one for Arthur, which he
scarcely looked at for the moment,
and one from Mr. Alfred Denstone
to himself. Mr. Denstone opened
the letter from his brother and began
to read It aloud:
"My Dear Erotber?Since Arthur
left us, a slight chango has taken
place In our plans. Mr. John Evans,
whoso place your boy was eventually
to fill, has recovered from his illness.
But he will never be tho same man
again, and must give up work alto
gether and go abroad. Fortunately,
he has good private means and was
not dependeot on his salary. 'He
wishes to remain at his desk another
couple of months to wind up every
thing and leave no unnecessary con
fusion to his successor; therefor* I
have agreed that Arthur should not
begin his new f.utle3 for tha* time.
It is our wish to show Mr. Evan*
every posiblc consideration and mark
of respect. Nevertheless I do not
wish Arthur t-> v.ar.to two valuable
months in Idleno.s, and for this rea
son I think it highly durable that
he should in this interval endeavor to
perfect hlmsalf la speaking irrW*
ing French.
[ Tc fef CpgtUu?$
OUR. SCHOOLS
B* Paor. VWum H. Hahb,
Uaivwvtty oi%oath CmoUb*.
bn Itit.
Inadequate Supervision.?In South
Carolina there an three unite of
eehool administration?the State, the
coanty, and the flthool district 4 4 An
edneationa! system is a great busi
ness." In every-organised business
there most be machinery; that ma
chinery most be repaired, adjusted,
and articulated; mid some oompetent
responsible person must superviso
that machinery. A successful super
visor must be a capable msn, an ex
perienced man, and a courageous
man. He must be reasonably well
paid, definitc'y responsible to some
body, and reasonably secure in his
position ss long as he .is efficient.
Whst of the supervision of our edu
cstional system t Whst do wc ex
pect, ahd whst have 'if a right to
expect 1 V
' T>?at the fundamental law of
the State require in the office of the
State Superintendent f Does it re
quire that he shall be an educated
nian, or a man of experience in school
affairs, or a raaa-who knows anything
of teaching and of teachers, or a man
himself qualified to teach? He is ex
pected to direct the educational pol
icy of a State, and to maintain a sys
tem of school for over three hundred
thousand children. What salary i*
offered to a man big enough to fill
this position f Nineteen hundred dol
lars a year. Hov does this rank with
the salary offered a man big enough
| to run one cotton millt How does
he get the position, and on what do?s
the security of it depend? What is
likely to be his reward for any dis
play of courage in his office t Every
second year he is compelled to neglect
the duties of bis office for at least
two, months and to spend at least
four hundred dollars to get the op
portunity to speak ten minutes in
each county telling the dear (indif
ferent) people that he should be re
elected. ^ Under our present system
of electing ths State Superintendent,
and with the two-iyear tennre of office
the entire educational policy of th?t
State may be reversed inside one
year. In a recent editorial The News
and Courier pertinently says, "In
late years the people have shown a
growing improvement in their esti
mate of the place of superintendent
of education-jhoosing as a rule, train
ed teachertf "Tor it, ? ? - ? but
there is no assurance so long as the
office is filled by popular vate that
incapable men will not be elected to
it solely because of their ingratiat
ing manner, or as a reward for poli
tical service. ? ? ? ?
superintendent of education should
bo appointed by the governor or bv
a commission, after thorough investi
gation and the salary should be suffi
cient to command the services of ex
perts, and at the same time remove
them from temptation."
A succession of able State super
intendents could not build and main
tain a system of high-class school*,
unless the county supervision be good.
The wisest policies of a State super
intendent would avail but little un
less the county superintendents were
able, willing and courageous enough
to carry these policies to success. In
the matter of administration the
county superintendency is the key to
the situation. What do we require
of the county superintendent, what
do we expect, what do we get, and?
what do we give? Do we require that
the county superintendent shall be
sn expert or experienced educator?
Is he required to have any knowledge
of schools or of teaching? Is there
anvthing to prohibit an illiterate from
holding that office? He is not re
mured to be competent to tcach, ul
tnough by law he is required to give
his teachers instruction in the nrf
and methods of teaching. Does (lie
county demand that its superinten*
dent be at least the equal of the super
intendent in court house town? To be
perfectly plain and honest, have we
not had men elected and re-elected
to the office of county superintendent
to supervise the whole county, who
could not have been elected to any po
sition in tho best schools of theii
counties? Many of them would not
essay to teach in the best schools of
their counties. They understand full
well that the public does not expect
such fitness of them. That is our
fault, not theirs. The public mind
does not think of a county superin
tendent as a man of education, ex
perience, tact, and leadership in
school matters. It thinks of him as
a man who listens fr> neighborhood
quarrels about district lines, and
ibout the appointment and removal of
trustees, and who sits in his office
one day in the week to sign teachcrs'
pay warrants.
In speaking thus of incompetent
county superintendents, I have no in
tention whatever of being personal.
I am happy to count among my best
friends in tho 8tate many of the
county superintendents. Many of
them are competent and efficient men,
sacrificing themselves on the altar of
?n unappreciative public, for their
reward is contemptible. We ask for
ty-two qualified men to direct over
6.200 teachers, to act as guardians for
314.000 children, and to keep and to
duburne neariv a million and a half
dollars; we offer them an aver.i^o of
$6fi4, sn insnlt to an efficient, man!
The eitv of Greenville has convinced
'?self that it is economy to pav ils
superintendent $l,fl00 a year to sup
ervise the work of 44 teachers; whilo
Greenville county pays its superiten-1
dent $700 to supervise 275 teachers.
Sumter pays its city superintendent
$2,400 a year to direct 36 teachers;
Sumter county offers its superinten
dent $900 to direct about 150 teach
ers. It is a source of wonder why we
have as many efficient county super
intendents bs we have. All honor to
the competent man patriotic enough
to serve his county on a contemptible
salary! But shsme upon a people
who compel patriotism to crawl in the
dust 1
I.know that we have some people
who elaim that our schools are al
ready too much supervised. That de
ipends entirely upon what is meant by
supervision. If it means the constsnt
meddling in petty details, or the
jealous interference with teachers in
matters concerning only themselves,
or the insibtei.ee upon tenchers be
coming cheap imitators of a fad
fiend superintendent, then perhaps wc
have tco much. But if supervision
means the readiness and ability to
assist the teacher, the power to in
spire her, the tact to prune andv re
fine nnd strengthen her, and the man
hood to sustain her (and it usually
does), then I dissent vehemently. All
over the Stale we have young men
and women who as teachers ought to
succeed, but who are failing because
they have no one to advise them and
to support them in the crucial mo
ments of trial. This is especially tine
in the rural and village schools. Ts
-it any wonder that the young teach
ers flock to the towns!
The rural schools must have better
supervison. Nearly seventy per cent,
of the white school children of this
State are in the rural schools. They
>ire entitled to as good and as close
supervision as are any other children
Proper supervision can not be given
as long as we multiply the one-teach
er schools with fifteen pupils each,
and permit the popular election of
supervisors at a salary of $084. On
a salary of $6P4 v.-hat can a county
snperintrndent do toward the real
supervision of 15ft teachers seatteied
all over the county, in perhaps 100
school houses T
Require that the county superin
tendent be* an expert educator, let
him he appointed by a board and re
sponsible to that board, keep him in
<?flfice as long as he is efficient and pav
him an expert's salary. We shall
find the men prepared to do the
work. Then we shn'.l stop frittering
away the school fund, increase the
fund, and we shall pet results. Soon
er or later our pepole are going to
come to look at this matter some
what as did Hon. John J. McMahan
'n bis report for Iftlft
Warlike Attitude of Servia.
Belgrade, By Cable.?AH the army
reservists were ordered to join the
colors on Sunday, and a declaration
of war against Austria will prob
ably be made then. The whole of Ser-*
via is clamoring for a war with Aus
tria, and King Peter seems powerless
to restrain his people. The mobilizu
tion of troops is being carried on
amid scenes of tho wildest enthusi
asm.
Will Retire Colonel Stewart.
Washington, Special.?The army re
tiring board which has been investi
gating the conditions of the health oJ
Col. William F. Stewart, the so-caller
Fort Grant "exile," concluded itf
work and while the result was not of
flcially made public, it is quite wel
understood that the board found Col
onel Stewart to be so siriouslv afflict
ed with valvular disease of the boar'
as to inpapneiate hinr. for active ser
vice in the army.
England to Help Turkey.
London, By Cable.?England gave
her first tangible evidence of support
ing Turkey by ordering the battle
ships Glory and Prince of Wales and
the cruisers Diana and Lancaster to
proceed at once from Malta to the
Island of Lemos, which is in the Gre
cian archipelago and belongs to Tnr
key. England is acting upon the rep
resentation of Turkey that the pres
ence of an English fleet can cnlni the
Turkish population and prevent thf
spoliation of the empire.
Killed by Insane Preacher.
Athens, Ala., Special.?News lint
just reached hero of the killing lat<
Friday of Andrew Jackson, living
near the Lauderdale county line, by s
preacher named Livinestcn. The mer
are said to have disliked each othei
for a long time, and when they ?ne:
Livingston fired on Jackson. Living
ston was Inter (a>ufi! wawdciing ab;?n?
tho woods barefooted and find oiil}
in his under-cai mcnts. Later in tin
night lie made h:M es ape. It it
though' !???? i< imbalance I.
Says Ihe WashlnRton Star: It Is
vitally Important that the Central
and Southern Americans should learn
two facts, first that government by
the people mcan3 government by of
ficials elected by the free will of tbe
people, and second that It Is Just a?
Important to accept defeat at the
polls as it Is to seek success.
IS HE LEPER OR NOT?
Early Declares He ?s Being
Held Without Just Cause
HIS WIFE MAY STAY WITH HIM
Fomer North Carolina Man, la Spite
of the Pact That the District of
Gohuibia Health Poopla Are Abso
lutely Certain as to Their Diagno
sis, Declare! He Is JTot Afflicted
With Leprosy and Refuses to Al
low Injections of Filtrate Into His
Body.
W?.hins,?n, D. Cj Spccia!.-John
Jr; , y' for?*?ly of Lynn, N. C.,
Tnthi!* " Pr?n?w**ce<l ? leper, and
in a tent nt1)6011 kept iso,aUd
XT}" V- Kctfofh Cow
'^-t0Vet dieted
?<.nd.PS? X'St'.?&*-*
?f injections of a tiltrnt?> tc i ne8
z\bia b,?*y- n? ?? ' & STS
not have leprosy nnH tL.t ,1. .
Hon -WtSvaVM' 'he 'nJM
acflt*^ fowler, of tlie District
-he*.d?e<r^rL ^Th.0" ,h,e
?h,who have examined KoHv
i-..epb^^:ti:',',hot E"'-V
"If Early is not suffering from len
rTeV" Th T;r h,d
Sss&r % *?t tt
ss Early or ,ny STd^'^
nous thins: it would he to isolate a
man unless we were absolutely eertain
V," wi?h leprosy."
Early lhat ,hor<( ?
take and expresses a dpairo ... i ?
tention, if if hi.
"ifni"nlDrlfpI',??intd by ?"''r Ph>'s'
l LMys '"rtlier!
The health offlce doe. not dciiv
fm oyJ K riBhl '? b?" b^lfe.
anmed by .nv Jo,tor
ords Zviw?
rors how he feels prove hevond ?nv
.ml' ?,f,that he is a lepe?
mo!, St ,SOl,"e<, ,or ?* com.
SrV<J"? been deeided thst the
feooL?.fKNir,h raroIi"? b'
required by law to take care of pnri?
21 T?hC ??* been granted iTpen
^?n by the Pension Bureau, earful
consideration has been Riven to the
~ ns '?.wl"" be done
r, i k ?e",tHi in ><is lemr
on the bank, of the Potomac river
near the smallpox hospital, in what
i??l " I'T'1 bv '?? an exceed!
tu ? "nhenlthful locality, (hooch
healll fV*n0"Tr opinion'shout the
healthfulness of the place. Hi, wif?
iBtahta ev* C?"S*? -"'bv. 'ndX
Kot? "pcn,lin'f
statEned.S" ?h h,,n- 0ll"r'l? "re
"* ?.td '.h"? <o see that she does
h?m .""'O""1 contact with
snd'Jn k V pt nn'" watch
lon.k I' be'.> lon? ?? "he docs no"
touch him, the anthoritics ssv there
>.Z Z'outtT dan?w of -
ere^t?na<Tleo?fflci,i" h"v' ? P|on 'or
EZFiJS * or E"'y
IuHI j. ',""1!* ? frusrd at the
bT^h.? m n,|rh'- 11 ms.v even
ft Ihe w^th'l, i Y r" b" Perm'tled
O H\e With her husband in the same
lZVfr??rVtd "h? Ve? ?" ?-S?I
nerself for the rest of her life Tim
lomol .8" "f r,lnn bsve not been
S. fh y ? . T,'e hc,m' "raci?'"
"nsWdfc?nf*!,of keeping
are 52. ? V,f<! "Part w''Cn thev
about asTfflennTtaTk'r- ?? "
husband and wife live w?h "e'.^fc
hen they do not want to. B?t thev
SoI V*?* th,eir to the ?olu
Pari Pr?l>'em, however difficult
hi. Km menriime ronti""? to S
bli Bible and to philosophize as hnl
?.n-Z.eTX r">" fleets'
server. " ln Clltr|o'te Ob
rishlng Schooner Destroyed by Tire
Tensarola, Fin., Kpecinl.?The fish
ing schooner Tda, owned in this eity
wns destroyed by flre in the (Julf
when gasoline, which had eseapcr
from the tank, ignited, causing an ex
plosion. The vessel was nn auxiliary
yacht of la nre size. The boat wa>
about twenty miles at sea and tin
crew took to the smnll boats. The>
were pickcd up and brought into por*
later. Ten thousand pounds of mack
rel which composed tho cargo wor<
destroyed.
WATERWAY ENDORSED
Second Day of the Great Waterway
Conference Addressed By Colonel
Bryan and Others.
Chicago, Special.?Addresses by
William J. Bryan and Gifford Pinchot
the latter being chairman of the na
tional conservation commission, tho
reading of a letter from James J.
Hill, fihort addresses by delegates,
and a big reception at the Cohasum
at night were the features of the sec
ond day of the convention of' tho
Lakcs-to-tbe-Gulf Deep Waterways
Association. Mr. Bryan, who spoke
earnestly in favor of t'eep waterways,
not only from the lakes to the gulf
but in all other parts of the country,
whero incrccsed transportation facil
ities were needed, was an enthusiasti
cally received, as was William H.
Taft when he opened the convention
the previous day.
Mr. Bryan's Addrcsr.
In addressing the convention Mr.
Bryan said in part:
"Yon cannot give the people too
good facilities for transportation cf
their merchandise. If yon tell mo
Jou want to improve tlu* Mississippi
I tell yon that is all right. I will help
you improve it jnst as far as you
please, and make the canal as wide
as yon please and as deep as you
please, and when you j;et to improv
ing the Mississippi 1 will start out all
alone if necessary to improve every
river that empties into tho Mississip
pi. Water transportation is the nat
ural transportation. (Jod made the
rivers, man made the railroads. When
you finish a river sufficiently deep for
commerce, or a eannl upon which
boats can float, 3*011 make it possible
for a man with small capital to act
while the railroads make it possible
for men with large capital to act.
W here there is a ri?er any man who
can build n boat can engnge in trans-'
portation, and if he cannot build t
big boat ho can build a little boat and
if you have a large number of little
boats the big boat will have to meet
the rate that the little boat Axes. You
will find it much easier to regulate
rates on water than on land because
competition can be much more active
on water than on land. We nro an
exporting nation. We send our agri
cultural products to foreign markets,
and when our wheat or our cotton
reaches the London market its price is
fixed there by the competition which
it meets. If a bushel of wheat sells
for a dollar in London and it takes
fifty cents to get it from the farm to
London the farmer gets fifty cents a
bushel for his wheat. If you can so
improve transportation that the far
mer can get his wheat from his farm
to Liverpool for twenty-five cents you
have addod twenty-five cents to the
farmers' prioe for tbis wheat. It is
a fact that i? admitted that the rail
road cannot carry freight as cheaply
as the boat can, and therefore every
farmer is interested in establishing wa
ter communication wherever water
communication is possible.
Believer in Waterways.
"I believe in improving the water
ways everywhere, 110 matter whether
these waterways are the rivers that
run down the mountainsides into tha
ocean and the West or the waterways
that converge in the Mississippi vaU
ley and carry their floods to ths gulf,'
I believe that it is the duty of those
charged with the business of govern
ment to develop these things upon
which a nation's prosperity depends,
"If the work should be done, and I
believe that it should, then yon peo
ple who believe it should be dons
should agree upon the best methods
by which to do it. But I repeat thafr
you must not *be frightened becauss
it may require on investment. At 8t,
Louis lost fall they resolved that
$500,000,000 spent *n improving ths
woterwoys of the Mississippi valley
would bring on interest in the way
of decreased cost of transportation
amounting to $180,000,000 a year
Why, my friends, if it only saved
$50,000,000 a year it would be ten
per cent, interest on the investment,
'.'I believe that the plan should bo
commenced now. I believe that it.
should be a comprehensive plan, that
it should deal with the entire ?ub
jeet and that it should be a perma
nent plan; that we should begin now
to lay the foundntion for the futuro
greatness of this country, in the
development of these natural re
sources, these God-given water coutffct)
of ours."
Ruwia Getting Her Fleet Ready.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Foarful
that Austria intends to take advan
tage of the commotion in Servia to
deal the boldest blow <?f all?annexa
tion of Servia?the Czar has ordered
the mobilization of the Blark Sea
fleet. Russia still insists upon an in
ternational eonforenre to completely
revise the Berlin treaty, while the
latest word from England is that ths
has not receded from her position
that only existi:^ issurs must be
considered.
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