The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, April 24, 1908, Image 6
FIENDISH BRUTE.
A TT WM PT KI) AN ASSAULT ON A
BU A VE LKXINtSTON WOMAN.
li Se Ohnsod i lie Scoundrel Willi a
<Uun to l*erry, Whore Ile Was Ar
rested.
Tho Slate says Chief of Police Sal
ley, of Perry carried to Columbia
Wednesday night and lodged in the
State penitentiary Alex. Hall, colored,
Charged with attempting criminal
assault upon a Lexington county wo
man Sunday afternoon.
The negro waa arrested at Perry
Monday night ny Chief Balley and
Wednesday no wns taken to tin? Aiken
county jail, ll was deemed wise to
place tko negro in (he penitentiary,
however, ?md O til cor S;i!ley carried
him to Columbia Wednesday night
and lie will rema in here for sale
keeping until the opening ol" the regu
lar term ol' criminal court in Lexing
ton.
Sunday afternoon Hall slopped at
the homo of .Mr. C. Wint Sox. at
Kdinund.N, about io miles from Lex
ington. Mrs. Sox was the only per
son at home. II?? asked her foi a
drink of water and sh?' st ur tod to git
it for him. when he tinned and ex
claimed: "You ar*1 what I want, aol
the water." At the same time he
made II dash foi' Mrs. Sox, bul she
grabbed a hammerless KIMI ami at
tempted t<> shoot him. whereupon he
dashed ont ol' tin- house. She did riot
know how lo operate Hu- gun, other
wise ano would have been able to lill
bim with load beloit' !)'. could huve
possibly escaped. Mrs. Sox gave the
alarm Immediately and a nu in ber ol"
nearby citizens started in pursuit of
the negro.
Chief of Police Salley of Perry was
informed over the telephone about
the attempted assault and was asked
to keep a lookout for the negro. Mon
day afternoon he located a negro an
swering tim description and held him
for identification. It is said Und Hie
uoKro feared the result of having
Mrs. Sox com?? to Perry io Identify
him and admitted that he was the
man, requesting that ho be taken to
the Aiken Jail.
Sheriff Colley of Lexington was in
formed of the arrest of Hall and ex
pected to send his deputy to Aiken
fo; the purpose ot tronsfering him
to tho lexington jail, but the negro
I? now in the nenitontiarv and will
Historic Cannon Pall Presented Na
tional Museum al Washington.
A dispatch from Washington lo
The News and Courier says the I'nil
ed States National .Museum has just j
received from Dr. Wheatson Ford,
now residing in Washington, a forty
pound cannon bull, tired from Sumter
at tho beginning of the engagement
on April I", 136.11 which marked the
<?p?;uing of th?' civil war. In con
nection willi the h isl coy of this shot,
Dr. ford says.
"This cannon bull was tired by
Audert?on from Fort Sumter on tho
J -1 n of Aprn. IS Cl. At the begin
ning of th?' Ugh! Major Anderson ga VC
his attention to the floating battery;
which was mo?>red in the cove at
Sullivan's Island, near the western
ext reality, about a mlle and ?1 quar
ter from tho fort. Three bf lils shots
struck tho battery and rebounded
upon thc sand bar, failing to pene
trate more than a few inches, I was
on?' of the smgeons of the hospital
fl}ai Mount Pleasant across the lagoon
back of Sullivan's Island, lind as
there was nothing to do, thee being
no wounded, in company with ?1 eoi
lengue, I visited the Island on the
13 of April, and seeing those shot
lying in froh I or the floating bat
tery on til.' salid bank, I ciHlglil Up
one of thom In rny handkerchief and
brought it away, foreseeing its his
toric value. I then took tho hall suc
cessively to Charleston and Aiken,
and tlienco l?i St. Louis, when- lt
' rom al ned until 1 brought it lo Wash
ihgton.
SECRETARY Taft returned to Wash
ington last Saturday after weeks'
campaigning in the Middle West.
Who pays his salary while he ia en
gaged iii working for himself?
VHF. Democratic national conven
tion will be tibio to "point with
pride" to thc way the D?mocratie
^members of Congress forced the
Republicans to enacl all the reform
l?gislation accompli-lied.
WON Dieu if something can't bc
done to suppress Lilly? He seems
to be harmless, but WC are tired of
ins annual ravings about abolishing
the Charleston Navy Yard. About
the best thing to abolish is Lilly
himself.
WK have received two reminders
in three days that (?<>v. .Johnson is
willing to be the candidate of thc
Democrats for President if they
want him. This is going it some
for a man who is not seeking the
nomination.
IIB CHANGED HIS MIND.
Accepted Nlmwt Ituttier Thau Kin
Own Note for l?U,r>00.
A !)>?.ver for a largo Southern cot
ton house Invariably paid only half
for hit. goods un?" gavo hit) note for
ihe other half. Thb: noto he ri? roly
?.it A>: Ihe buyer waa u sterling,
rellow In -wry other respe ct, hi? I
friends jill ngro?d simply to charge
him double, und then, ol' course, de*
at roy tho worthless note.
Ore da>. after effecting a $1,500
purchase, for which, as usual he w;'.s !
charged $:'.000, ho gave, arter the
customary grumbling over the high
lillee; ashed, $1,600 In rush and his
note fur another $l,r>00. I
N'mv,' said he, "where's my Utile
pren ni coming in'.'"
The merchant, thought for a mo
ment, then tunk down a box from n
shelf ano un w rap,?e.I a hean ?Ifni
shawl. "Perhaps your wife might
faur:, this." said he.
"Thai shawl, slr! And on a % ">,- j
000 oilier, sir! Your generosity ls j
; mc unrrehonslble, sir ! "
Over the fuco of the merchant
there l earned a radiantly benofl'.'iont
.: lile. 1
'Yoi. ar? right, sir. i'll give you!
lomcthln' more like." Taking out
ls wollet he smoothed out the $l,r>nO!
,)ie he had just received. "Hero,
en n't do belter than thu,, sir." cul-;
ring t he note,
surprise, embarrassment sheepish
.ess oi the part of the other, and
hon. sonly, -i u lake Hie shawl!"
larper's Wo??lly,
ONU Ct INSOLATION.
No; sue ti uno nerren m <i Ug?t
place."
He Wanted a Doctor.
An Kn nils h tourist while travelling
.i Switzerland, w as taken seriously iii
i an hotel, abd requested the land
lord iu send for a doctor Immediate
ly. As he was lying in bed alone in
his room, a well dressed man sudden
ly opened thc' door and stepped In.
"Are you ile- doctor?" Inquired
tl).- tourist.
Thc visitor simply asked: "What
a ? ls J ou V '
I feel very poorly, indeed." said
tie- tourist "J am totally unable to
walk '
"What! Not even i'i ibo room?"
asked I he caller.
"NO. I cannot stand on my feet,"
said the patient, "and can scarcely
sp. a i. a i.o. c a w hlsper.
"I am very glad lo hear it remark,
ed ibo oiiier SS h coolly annexed tho
.nv; lid's watch and purse." and uiado
Oh"!
I'uetpial-nivlslOii of Labor.
Tv.o boys ha?) been behaving ^o
badly in class that they were ordered
to remalli alter school hours and
write their names two hundred times.
They started on Ihe tnsk. Alter a
lime rino of them grew Uneasy and be
ean walebing his companion lu dis
grnce; then suddenly he Bald to tim
lecher "'Taint fair, slr* His name's
!';.!. ai,.! mino s Wohl u I ter moyer I"
World ? Wit.
Much Time Wasted.
Why ts ll I lint you charge twice as
much lor Ul) cuffs aa you did former
l) ?" asked a customer at a laundry.
"Hocauso," replied the manageress,
"you base Inen making pencil notes
on them''
"Whet difference does (hat make?"
WS? I ho no t (piest lon.
"The rbis waste so nitteh time try
ing to make them out that's the dlf.
fcrence.' said the manageress.
Where h ('nine lYom.
"Are you ftll ll ri dis ere chicken
was fiw.ll, Mlraildy?" asked Sam of
his \vifo al dinner.
"fit sh ! " exclaimed Hie dusky com
pail lo li of bis joys and sorrows;
"h'resbest o'' thing yon ct r see.
Why, Sain, dal 'ere chicken usl tor
Como over ov'ry day Hom IIOX' do'
and Scratch up all o' my llo'er
bods!"
Have You Noticed ll?
Ha con: "I see it ls said that the
light of Hie glowworm and fl rofl y is
entirely unaccompanied by heat."
ftgherl; "That seems strange
.hen you consider that a wasp ls ac
companied hy no light, and yd when
lt fdfs down yon moy have bad oc?a
nien to notice thal tho operation Isac,
oomnnnlod by considerable heat."
KovhittiK (hu Tariff.
Tho Republicans, if they control
tho next Congress, will not need tho
advice ?nd assistance of a tariff
Commission; for all they need do is
to call in tho experts and attorneys
of the Trusts. That is what they
did in 1897 when the present tarifr
law vas fixed up. What is the use
of deceiving; the taxpayers, as Con
gressman Payne docs, by declaring
that "tariffs have always been made
without anything like adequate in
formation." Mr. Payne and the
Other members of thc ways and
Means Committee weve fully advis
ed, when they were considering the
Dingley tariff law, that the high
rates demand by Mr. Carnegie and
thc Steel Trust people would breed
monopoly. When they allowed tho
Standard OH Trust attorney to write
the proviso to the oil schedule thev
knew they were protecting 'he trust
I and adding at least f?0 per cent to
the orice of kerosene to the Ameri
can people und the poorest people at
that.
When they accepted the Reef
Trust schedule on ludes they pre
tended to be protecting the Ameri
I can farmer, but they knew they were
helping the leather and Beef
Trusts. When they accepted the
wool schedule of the Wool Growers'
Association they knew they were
adding 75 per cent, at least, to the
cost of woolen goods to those people
of Northern States, who from necess
ity have to buy them and instead of
I helping the farmers, it was thc
flockmasters of the great Western
plains that were mostly benefited.
When they wrote the schedule that
protects the Paper Trust they must
have known the newspaper owners
would have to pay the tariff duty in
increasing profit to the trust. Not
a schedule, but was carefully con
sidered and all with the same in
tent, and purpose of adding to the
burdens of the people for the bene
fit of thc Trusts.
The Trusts were well acquainted
with the facts and in return have
been most liberal contributors to
the cumpaign fund of not only the
Republican National Committees,
but also to the committee who man
ages the election of Congressmen.
House who were "sound on tho tar
iff. " And now the same old show is
tobe played again with a different
title and the excuse that there must,
be added maximum schedule rates
to protect us from the pauper labor
of England whose workingmen are
now in better circumstances than
our workmen are because their cost
of living is so much less.
The English workingmen has low
er wages, but the world to draw up
on for his necessities, for every
country, including the United States
sells him its surplus products in com
petition with each other, with no
tarifl" duties to speak of to add to
the price. Here everything import
ed that is manufactured is taxed and
the trusts profit by adding the
tarifl' rate to their own natural prof
it. The only difference being that
the government collects the tariff
tax on the goods imported and the
trusts collect the tariff tax on their
products produced here while the
tariff protects them from foreign
competition. It is now proposed to
promise the people to revise the tar
iff "after election," but whether the
tariff is to be revised lower or high
er is left to the imagination of the
voter. As the Republican leaders
now declare they must enact a maxi
mum ta; Iff as well as a minimum tar
iff, it is evident that some of the trusts
want si ill higher rates and no doubt
they \\ ill be accommodated by their
friend. , the Republican politicians.
Till Johnson, Pa., Democrat says
"th' one thing thal animates the
new?papers {ind the politicians who
arc o? posing the well-known and the
notorious desire of an overwhelming
majority of the democratic voters of
the country for ?Mr. lilyan's nomina
tion, is a desire to defeat that nomi
nation, They do not want him nom
inated because they fear, indeed,
the / know, that he will be elected.
And with soft words and fine prom
ises they are sa\ ing that thev ad
mire him greatly, but thal he should
Step aside and turn over his strength
to some other candidato;-"
TlIK opponents of bryan are try
ing to secure one-third of the dele
gates to the Democratic National
Convention so as tn.'y can prevent
his no. lination and deadlock the
convention. By this means they
hope to force a weal
the party so as hs wi
thc polia.
SpVTH KKN KA ILUOAI >M
Kttcci on Thom ?nul th? Cubilo of
Ih\irulnt$? n fr>r Polili ul Purpose*.
Flic halt which Ima corni? io rail
road construction lu the Smith In
?oneocp once o? agitation thvatctttug
lu .'qstrvu ? pi hi re.Httuds promises to
icoaslou serious hin lt nucen to agrl?
culture, manufactureu and commerce,
At the very time win n I ,1m try in
all its branche? was ox pu ml I nu with
? wonderful vigor and rapidity, de
manding greater and greater faclll
j ties 'or trafile, and while tho rall?
i roods wero doing their utmost to
j meet thone requirements, came Ibo
flood of legislation lo cul down th?
I profits of ihe corporations j e t ??hen
1 they were most needed; needed, too,
for expenditures lo supply necessary
truck equipment nu.l other fa .dil ile?
Tor transporting pe< plc and frelgl t
I In the advancement ot thc business
Interest: of the country.
I Hut thal was aol : ll I'm evil
: Wrought hy such laws. Th nj eke.-k
j ed la lt? How toward tho South,
money so much demanded for devel
opment of new railroad and other en
torprlgcs and have caused a halt lo
progress. Had there bren any gen
eral and su list ?inf lal outcry against
the railroads for widespread injustice
in their freight or passenger tra Ute
some excuso might have been found
for thc passage of regulatory nets
but there was little such agitation,
and therefore the conclusion h.
forced upon lae. observer that tho
responsibility for ibo passing ol
such laws lies mainly with I ho com
paratively few politicians, Inspired
by sol fish motives, perhaps of a re
taliatory anture.
Yet li is i o the future thal one
must look for the worst effect of
these laws. Commerce and In lit s try
are makin!; greater demands anon
the rai I road?? for a'dequhtc iir'lllr>t,
oui the companies are Pan! prose'!
for money. I(nd orders fdr new ears
and engines have fallen off mu?en
do s y ?is compared with la -1 year, al
though there has not been any letup
in the rush of freight and most ol
Hie roads are handling UK.re business
than ever. Necessarily there must
c?mo time when another great
congestion of I. afile will occur, caus
ing both em iarrnsameni and loss to
various branches ot* human enter
prise nnd labor. The money lo pro
vide these ihlngs which the railroads
need is not to be hud except at pro*
hiblt've rates of Interest, and bor
rowing has o be done by means of
shor time notes for meeting press
ing requirements. Tho outcome of
such conditions is plain enough. lt
might be easier had not labor and
everything else which the railroads
need -advanced in cost, but theae in
Tensep b> ep*?""*?l|*>?? ??!.w>"'""
The railroads need moi'? funds to
tuoqt the needs of their patrons.
Hales of interest demanded by cap
Hal are higher than ever for rail
road enterprises; loo high for tho
railroads to afford, (low. then, can
they prevent another congestion of
traffic and lo^s to business? From
i ie Manufacturers' Record.
Hey ni Simple Fife.
Kine Oscar of Sweden gol up be
tween s and lialf-pasl x. dressing
Uh the help ol a valet. Ile took
loffet in tho breakfast room togcth
i v with tho Qa?.en. willi whom he set.
Hud .1.... lamil) matter.*1., abd read
the morning papers, Hy ia o'clock
King was ready for business. On,
Tuesday he held an open reception.
On Monday, the court, official, milt
tary and civil dignitaries had tho
pas. Tho Kine, devoted Wednesday
and Thuradaj lo reviews and mill
tary Inspections, but particular)) to
audiences and i rosen tal lon of per
son: promoted io offices of honors.
(Mi Friday tho Swedish Council of
y te look place. Saturday was for
merly devoted to Norway and to Ih?
Swedish Norwegian Council ol Slate.
At half-pas! 2 the royal pair look
luncheon, consisting of a cup of soup,
n warm or cold course, a glass of ale,
Ol' a glas- of Marsala. After that
the King walked out or rode In Ibo
modi rn manege in thc new royal
Stahles, then to business, corie; pond
once, &C;, in his study, At t; o'clock
the King. Queen, and person: in at
t dnnct dined In the blue drawing
room The SOI'I Of dinner most of
ten served was soup, fish, greens, a
stoat and dessert, with tin ec sorts
of wine On feast and parade days
: n ont remets was added and a glass
of champagne. lt oftcned happen
ed. however, that the Klug, willi his
Simple taste, preferred for himself
two .oi< courses or a vegetable and
meat, leaving everything rise in
touched. Alter dinnei the King was
won'1 to attend the theatres or Free
masons' lodges, or else lui stopped
ni home and listened to music by
Hie Queen or the ladles hi attendance
Supper was Hoon over; ii usually con*
Riste?! merely of a cup ol soup. Tho
K n.. then retired to his study, sign
ing incoming papers and seldom go
lng to bed before I o'cloc k Lon
don Truth.
(hitters Han willi Heer.
The glittery of Kio de Janeiro ran
with beer for several ?lays recoil tl)
Tlie municipal laboratory having dis
covered thai practically every beer
in tho local M arkel contained a dan
goious amount of sulphuric acid, the
authorities procoodod to destroy all
Blocks on band.
A skill* i F.ngiish cotton spinner
QUMElt AlTO.MOim.F. ACCIDENT
S?m ??ino ia'ii'iis < ? i ~S i < le \ v ii ftc illili Fl'MC*
tures Pedestrian's Skull.
At Trenton. N. .).. Churlos lial?l
gu, aged 18 years, v.;;s killed In an
automobile accident early Simd-,/.
Ualllgutn was walking along tho >Ud?*
walk in the southern section ol" tho
elly when the automobile ran up oil
tiu? sidewalk and crashed into lili
side ol' a house. IhilligUtu's skull
was t ract tu ed and he died hi a !'< w
minutes. The occupants of ibo'ma
chine were three young men. suld I"
he Princeton students, an 1 throe
young women. The six wei,, arrest
ed and the driver ol' ?he machino,
who gave his name as Cowan Nie no M.
was hold in Sl.OOe hall. Thc ol ber
men and the women wore " .< h held
in $200 hail. *
SIXTY-FIVE KILLED
Hy a Landslide iii Canon on Southern!
Pacific Railroad.
Sixty-five Japanese laborers em
ployed by the Canadian Pitchie rail
road lost (heir lives in one ol' i he
worst land slides in the history of
Canada, in a canon of ibo Alberta
mountains. The roar ol' the thous
ands of lons of snow. Ice and rock,
carrying before it debris of all kinds
and snapping off large trees as If
.hey wore twigs, could he heard for
miles. Telegraph wires were carried
down by the slide. Only liv.- bodies'
have been iecovored. . * !
Kill Olli the I- lie...
Piles play a prom inch I pan bi ibo
dissemination of disease. There are'
tie loss than seven diiV? "oin vu? let los
ol' Hies lound in lin- houses, li in ol,v
elghl percent of which Is Ibo common
house fly. This ?.- a medium sized,
grayish fly with its month peris
spread out al the tips lor sucking up
liquid substances. li breeds in de
composing matter of any kind vege
table as well as animal, h?lice tho
necessity of keeping ibo promises
clear of any material that may possi
bly become breeding places for the
annoying germ and disease carriers.
They subsist on all vile and libby
stuffs and then leaving ibis enter
directly tho homes and alight on the
food in the dining room, kitchen or
pantry, leaving a trail of bacteria be
hind.
(lean Your Premises.
Wo earnestly advise all citizen* of
Ibis town and county to denn up
contain waler, nasa ano rubbish ?ii
all kind and description should he j
removed. A little kerosine oil put
into water barrels will proven! ih?
breeding of the mosquitoes and oil
should also bo placed in drains for
the same purpose. The mattel of
cleaning up the promises and remov
ing all collections of water i-- strong
ly urged upon tho householders
The State League.
The Columbia Stale says: "The
South Carolina Stale League towns
lire now getting things In readiness
for the season which ls due lo start
Moy i i Dingle will have fourteen
players In Slimier ?he lust ot next
week. Cuy Gunter has his team to
gether in Kock Hill, and is ready to
play ball. Manager. Caldwell at
Chester, is sinning his leam, and Or
angeburg is in thu market for a
manager, as it is stated that Cook
will not manage the Orangeburg
Club, lt is understood thai Cook ls
ploying Independent ball, and has
therefore Jumped his contract with
Orangeburg."
She was a little girl and very
oolite Twas (he Iii st time she badi
boon on a visit alone, ami she had
been told how t<> behave.
Now, Klhel. should they ask you
lo stay and dine, you must say, 'No, ?
thank you. I have aireadv dined."
lt turned out just a.- papa had
ml Uti pa tod,
"Come along. Ethel." said the host,
You must have a bite with us." I
"No, thank you." said the dignified |
little gill. "I have already billen.
Musi Not Delate Postcards.
As a result ot' numerous complaints
>t postal postcards being defaced by
nost marking, the Postmaster General
lias ordered discontinuance ol' the
postmarking of cards at (he o (ll co o?
iddress. The postcard '.ad ha- fench
id such enormous porpottom t Hie
new ruling win he received t In
terest by the thousands >t ;iOSleard
?ollcctorst. *
A lot ol' poo o' . religion for
he same pe hey have tine
lot hes.
The i io has I he courage lo
loll tl usually Inn- .oe braxery
leb man never has lo spend
i ? the way a poor man does lo
novo ii.
\ man who sent a d?liai' for a
'potato bug killer" received two
IllockS ?d' wood with the following
I Ired ions:
"Take the block Which is No. 1
In the right hand, place the bug on
Mo. 2 and press them together. Re
move the unfortunate and proceed as
liefere."
nOORMlKT T1?R HANKS.
Most of ':'!?....> Roll rod Policemen
Their Ch . : Duly to Watch Knee?.
Tho man ia uniform In the bank !?
o firm.I deal more than a sign post.
From i) A. M. until nft??r hanking
Itouru he stands th ?re ap paren tl y for
tho Koh- purpose . M,,e-UHK, straog
ers LO the proper win . ;.'? Hut ibera
ls H good deni more that he doe?.
Thal IH why at Gie largor hank:1,
'herc ave few among the doormen
who havo not heen policemen.Many
r r thom wore sorge?uta or c?ptalo?.
Th? eh lof duty of these men is to
watch races and warn tho tailors of
mell (hey suspect. Most of them ara
familiar with the faces of the old
( rooks and are ahle (o pick out th?
?e-\v creoles almost instantly.
The knowledge of faces that soma
m these doormen possess ls remark
able A story is told of George H.
Mewitt, who for thirty-one yearn has
bee? thu doorman of tho Fir. t .Na
tional Bank, New York, which Is ty?i
leal of .-.ll these men. ?
A lean came In who fifteen years
before hod been a depositor at the
bank. Ile had gone to Euvopc. and
flor thal lapse of time had -.onie
tack willi a beard and fifteen . ".irs
more of life on his shoulders As
men as b.> entered the bank ll- -df.t
was . lr re with lt's greeting, "G .).!
morning Mr, Farr," as though no
man had been away for but a v n\i.
There are probably ten til o ' ind
men vs bo In the course of a decade v
W al with the Kirist National. Hewitt
knows every ono of them.
There Ls another duty that these
loornien perform, often during the
..ourse of the daj one of the clerks ls
?eui out with a large sum of money
?o ? not I.er bank. The doorman al
A.i 1 accompanies him to .see that Hs
N RV through the crowded streets
i,oi ?ul, rruplou b> ..onie crook
.vho -nows thc value of the roll the
b rk curries wit li him,
The oldest hank doorman In New
fork la George H. Hewitt of tho
'ot National Hank. In the old
lays tho police loree stationed moil
I man; Ol Hie larger banks. Mewitt
wa? e.n . of there men. He has boen
!hor?? ever since, now more than thir
ly-one years. His partner .lohn Hudd.
aas been In the employ of the bank
for six years and before that was em
he police force for many years.
The only police captain In this bus
iness ls Francis J. Keur of the Oou
r?! Trusl Company, Kear retired
:n My. pension, but Instead of living
ii Idleness is to foe seen every day
.votchInj, the faces that enter tho
ir's! company, looking for old ac
lu ? h lances in the crooked world.
AIM.(lier old tinier is Christopher
.'in'tli of the Merchants Hank. Smith
IHR iii street thora when a truck
anio tearing around the corner,
tfmlth grabbed the President just in
(line and saved him from Injury. Tho
.;. i>< ,.tl i urned to him with a hutnor
.III..- e:;pression on his face and said:
? You are the first man who ever
erke I ino around like that."
A fte i that whenever Grant passed
'.hal waj ix- had a cigar for tho offlcor
>n Gie post. Smith has tales to toll
.if ?ul the men of that day, Arthur,
l?den, Tweed. Roscoe Coukllng.
I IH I . ls not a judge thal he did not
'.now, nor a mayor.
Army KdiicnGon.
Tho conditions confronting officers
.n.i raen who have children to odu
ate. are simply pitiful. Many an
ifflc.i" is at thin, moment In debt, and
laying Int eres I on borrowed morney,
0 that he may send his son or his
laughter to u rood school, or keep
h ni in some itv where their educa
ion will be continuous and unlntcr
upted. No matter of domeatlo
:*juoniy touches officers moro deeo
Itinn than ibis of tho children's
>i)ticatioii.
it is true that Gie public schools,
if a city, ii the post be near a city,
ire generous In Inking boys and girls
In, and some do so for a tuition foo;
?a! it is. nevertheless, a fact that an
irr.iy officer eau not demand local
?che i1 ser'Mce as a right, because of
,iis profession and his residence on
military reservation, F ven when
,ea a ciiy. the post ls outside of it,
ind the children spend from two to
our houri daily travelling behind
i r mules lo and from the school
house.
The so called "post schools" no.v.
bibbed, and te> which children
ire ' in. times sent through absoluto
?ie e ?J ? j became of Isolation, are a
farce, t'eiv the officer having the high
;< a.lilia title of "Superintendent ot,
Po?! Sehrola," is generally so fully
ed v Ith other engaging military
lui ? that lie can Rive little or no
Hendon io the school development
ni \.(e,n, wh.le the man who ls
eftd er has usually never acted in
?ll capacity before.
Again, ei de t rs and men aro ro
.han ilhoul that (he education of
1 he children tr subject to sad and
.ostlj Interruptions, as they frequont
v Re back om- grade in their trans
rei' iron, em - locality te> another.
ls lhere not a remedy for this?
'.'esl Point represents hundreds o(
similar, though smaller e'ase-s, and
i.heso children are us lusly, as loyal
?mel as American as any the nation
produce?, Army anet Navy Lifo.
Patrolmen In Varions Cities,
Hi Nin s patrolmen are t to 'MO,
Liverpool's are 1 te> 44!), London's t
li> 4S6, and Philadelphia has I patroL
man for every 511 citizens. On
Manhattan Island there Is but ono po?
I iceman tu every Ct 3 Inhabitants*.