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Washington Letter. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) On August 8, General Nelson A. Miles, commanding general of the army, retired from that position, having reached the age limit of (34 years. In bidding iarewell to the army General Miles issued an doquent and patriotic valedictory, but it was noteworthy that no word of congratulation or commendation camo from the President or Secretary of War, a distinct contrast fi\m the procedure which atterulel the retirement of General Sehofield, eight years ago, when President Cleveland addressed to the retiring general a letter of congratulation on his long and Euccessful career. It was the one unfortunate incident f Miles' career that he was never able to adjust himself to the peculiarities of his position as '"general commanding the army" nor to realize that his position as such was largely titular. Few men have a finer military record than General Miles and it is piob able that no European general has seen as much actual warfare. It was not on the field of battle, but in the bureaus of the War Department, that General Miles failed to obtain glory. Nor is this surprising, lor, it Mill be remembered that his predtcessors Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan, ah though holding the command of the army under less trying circumstances had grave difficulties in getting along with their contemporary secretaries of war: so much, in fact that General Sherman moved the headquarters of the army to Sr. Louis with a view to getting as far from the War Dc partment as practicible. Among well ported persons it is not charged to any weakness of General Miles that differences between himself and the Secretary of War aroae. In fact, it is probable that the historian of the future will be quick to recognize that such d.ffieulties as occurred, were due to a faulty system rather than to the character of the man in command. The fault was that the general e ui manding had no it fluencc over the ten heads of staff departments who had generally long reigned supreme and whose self will contributed no little to the fricton which appears to have been inevitable. To Elihu Root, the present Secretarv of W?r ft # ? J " > I attaches the credit of discovering the serious daw in the system and devis ing 5nd securiiig the adoption by Congress cf the lemedy. It js therefore a matter of congratulation that on August Id. the position of general commanding will go cut of existence and the command of the army will fall to a general stafl' and the ranking general, as chief of staff, may find it possible to work in har mony with the ten staff officers who perform so important a part in tindirection of militaiy affairs. General S. B. M. Young has been appointed to the command of the army, vice Miles, but will become chief of staff on August Id. 11c will fill that position only six months as he retires on January <>, 1004 It is believed that General Adna 11. Chaffee will succeed General Young. General Chaffee will have two ycirs to serve when he will probably be succeeded by General Ilenry C, Corbin and it is the expectation that he will be succedcd by General Arthur McArthur and he in turn byGeneral Leonard Wood who will ?im. ceed by right of seniority wi'h a prospective service of twelve years before be reaches the age of retire ment. The last general order issued by General Miles aside from bis valedictory, prohibited the docking or mutilation of any horse in the artnv, There has been a disposition on the part of certain officers, mostly of the younger set and who buy and pay tor their own horses to have them docked but General Mile's order will prevent this practice in the future, and will doubtless have a tendency to abolish the custom among wuuhl be society swells. Grave apprehension is fult hy President Boosevelt and the officers of the administration at the news which comes from Bogota reganling the Panama canal treaty. The lat est reports arc to the effect that the treaty will be ratified only Rafter be ing amended and that means'that the entire fight must be renewed in the United States Senate, Senator Morgan is still hopeful of securing the adoption of the Nicaraguan route and has been spending a part of the summer fortifying himself with new arguments against the Panama route, while the transcontinental railway lobby is grea tly encouraged at the prospect, so much so that manv r?f the lobbyist who had been retained in Bogota have been ptrinitfed to return in the belief that they have accomplished their purpose, the defeat of the treaty in its present form. In connection it ahould be said, tb*t' cable oommunition ; * c .1 * \ with Bogota is seriously interrupted ami all reports arc received with more or less credulity. There have been no new devooplmcnta in the p.tstoifioe investigation during ttic past week, although there is no lessening (f the vigor with which the search for irregularities is being prosecuted. The district at- | torney and his assistant, worn out ) _:?i. .u ?-? - -* * ' wiui lueir i injurs in procuring meir lust batch of indictments, are taking a rest and the grand jury has adjourned until the middle of this week when it is hoped they will be ready to report a number of indictments now pending. II. II. Rinl, confidential clerk to the Postmaster General, has disappeared from the Department and no information as to his whereabouts is obtainable, although lie continues to draw his salary. Postmaster General Payne has returned to Washington and, while he at first appeared much benefitted by his re3t and cruise, the heat and anxiety arc now telling on him and it is again rumored that he will be unable, because of the impairment of his health, to remain in the cibinet much longer. The legal division of the Fostoffice Department is conducting the most vigorous fight on persons making fraudulent use of the mails that has been known for many years and Assistant Attorney General llobb is earning exceptional credit by his strenuous work in this direction. Gleanings From Exchanges. In Marseilles, France, Aug. 1). an anarchist fired two shots at Premier Combs. The shots went wide of the ma i k. There ore one million spindles, i and seven thousand five hundred operatives idle in the Fall Ilivcr ' Mills of Massachusetts. K-ports from Glenn Springs j bring* the information that the hotel i and boarding houses arc crowded to t their full capacity. Talk of cnlarg- | I ing ihc hotel is heard in some quar- f ttrs. It has been reported that, owing |: to a u^g pen on a stream that fed a [ one of the reservoirs of the Green- [ vide water supply, the city water of j. that community was contaminated, i The city board of health met on Aug. J 7, and declared that upon personal ; inspection, they believed the water ' to be alright. ? ? Miss Helen Shcppard, daughter ,! of Ex Gov. Shcppard, of Edgefield. r narrowly escaped serious bodily J harm last week. Miss Shcppard \ stepped into the open shaft of an 1' elevator at the Alvion hotel, Au- f; gusta, Ga. She fell ten or twelve ? feet, and was severely bruised and " shocked. On August 7, a negro woman, | Lizzie Aiken, living near Rantowels, \ a station on the Atlantic Coast Line \ railroad, killed two of her children 'f by cutting off their heads with an axe. One of the children was 5 ;; years old; the other 3. An effort was made to burn them after their ;l heads bad been completely severed ; from their bodies. The woman seemed to be demented. Georgia is stirred up over the : snipping of Miss Mamie 1).christ, ' a joung woman convicted of stealing jj diamonds, and imprisoned on the I State penitentiary farm. Iler be- (!. haviour, since the commission of the ? crime, has been such as to cause ( many people to believe her insane, i She was whipped because she was sai<l to be guilty of impertinence to } the wife of the keeper. A civil service examination was r held in Boston last week to supply i teachers for the Philippines. Not j an applicant presented himself. Let- > ters written homo by teachers already ? in the islands arc said to account for ! the failure. The s<juad which went f over rejoicing some months ago, it \ is reported, "have had gloomy ex- 1 periences as neither salaries nor ae- i commodations have come up to the glittering inducements that led them to take the long voyage."?News antl Courier. Columbia, Aug. 9.?Special to thrj, News and Courier: The negro min- , isters on August 25, to discuss tb* \ race situation. From the present [ indications this Convention will be I one of the largest ever held here, as cvprw nnwrn fhnrpti in Sm ?K (- ) ?^ J ?n ??? I olina will be represented by one or ^ more delegates. As the present time the qnestiot s to be discussed are of vital interes1. 1 to both whiles and black. A few or tho questions that will be taken up aro given below: 1. Is lynching ever justifiable, or I does it lessen the crime for which it. ( ?? as^ ' gg it is done? 2. What effect does lynching have on thoso who participate in it or witness it? 8. Is tho charge that negroes refuse to assist in apprehending and arresting criminals of their race true? if so, why? 4. What are tho best remedies for such criminal :i89aults of which many men of our race sro accused? 5. An appeal to tho intelligent, and humane white citizens of this country for a more faithful enforce-1 inent ot ttio laws against mob violence. 0. How can kinder relations and better feelings be established between tho races of this country? 7. Docs the negro race desire social relations with the white race? The letters sent out are signed by .11. J. Ilamsev, M. G. Johnson and It. W. Baylor, three of tho most intelligent and trustworthy ministers i f the negro race in tho South. S. S. Convention Program. The following is a programme of the 2Gth Annual Convention of the ISouth Carolina Sunday School Convention to be held in the Washington Mreet Presbyterian Cnurcb, Greenville, S. C., August 25, 2G, and 27, 1903: TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27. 8.30 p. m.?Song and prayer service. 8:45^. m.?Words of greeting by Prof. E. L. Ilughcs. Response by Itev. II. C. Buckholz, President. 9,00 p. m.?A review of the work "by William E. Pellam, Chairman Executive Committee. 0:15 p. m.?Tho Child We Tench, by Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner, of Illinois, fieldworkcr of the Informational Convention. WEDNESDAY MORNIMG, AUGUST 2G. 9 00 a. m>?Devotional exercises conducted by Rev. Z. T. Cod}', D. D. 9.15 a. m.?Reports of oflicers. \a)Thc President, Rev. II. C. Buckmo /,. (b) The Secretary, Prof. B. W. Gctsingcr. (c) The Treasurer, Itcv. W. I. Herbert. (The Superintendent of primary and junior work. Mrs. M. A. Carlisle, (c) The Super-| jntcndent ot Home Department, Prof. J. A. Gam well. 10.30 a. m.?How I Prepars my "Lesson, by Mrs. Mary Foster Brymer, of Illinois, ficldworkcr. 11.00 a. m.?The International Convention at Denver, by Rev. J. ^T. Shell and S. B. Ezell. 11.30 a nr?Appointment of ?:ominitteee. (*) Nomination.) f b] Enrollment, [e] Resolutions. WEDNESDAY AFTEUNOON. 3.30 p. m. Devotional Exercises, ca iducted by Rev. C. B. Smith. 3.45 p. m.?Report ot Nominating Co-nmitte. 4.00 p. m.?Some Usefal and Ncecssary Helps, by George C. Hodges. 4.30 p. m.?An Hour in the .Modern Primary Department, by !Mrs. Bryner, fieldworker. WKDNDSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26. 8.30 p. m.?Devotional Exercises, conducted by Rev. T. W. Sloan. 8-45 p. m ?Round Table, conducted by Rev. T. II. Law, D. D., subject: Home Department of the Sunday School. Open Discussion, 9.30 p. m.?Home Intluences in Christian Training, by Mrs. Bryner, International field worker. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27. 9.00 a. in,?Devotional Exercises, conducted by Rev. A J. S. Thomas, D. D. 9.15 a. m.?How to Teach the Lesson, by Itev. It. P. Pell. 10.00 a. m.?Decision Day. by Dev. 0. II. Itopcr. 10..05 a. m.?Mc hods of Primary I'nion Work, by Mrs. Bryncr, of Illinois, field worker. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 8.30 p. m.?Devotional Exercises conducted by Rev. G. G. Mayes. 3 45 p. in.?Use of Blackboard in Sunday School, bv Rev. W. B. Duncan. 4 00 p. ui.?Next Sunday'a Lesson Taught to Piintary Class, by .Mrs. Bryncr, of Illinois fieldworker THURSDAY KVKNIKO. 8.30 p. nr?Devotional Exercises, by Rev. S. R. Preston, 1). D. 8.45 p. m?What is the Chjrch, Accomplishing as a Teacher of the Word of God, by Rev. II. R. Mur cbison. 9.30 p- in.? An Approved Work man. by Mrs. Bryner, of Illinois, fieldworker. Entertainment provided for !' delegates. Write to Prof. E. L. Ilughes, Greenville, S. C. of your purpose to attend. Cholera Infantum. This disease lias lost its terrors since Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy came into general use. The uniform success which attends the use of this remedy in all eases of bowel complaints in children lias made It a favorite wherever its value has liecomo known. For sale by F. C. Duke. Birds Thnt Exercise liiffcnalty. Birds building ou high trees are not bo war#* about the concealment of their nests as hedge builders and those that seek the springing corn or grass land for the shelter of their homes, trusting to the loftiness of situation for security. A nest placed upon the ground is in constant danger of exposure. A browsing animal might destroy It. Then the scythe with one sweep occasionally lays bare one or mora nests, thereby endangering the eggs or callow nestlings. This renders the parent birds very wary and causes them to practice great ingenuity In their efforts to protect the young birds. The skylark has been known to carry Its egg or offspring to a place of safety ' after an exposure of the nest, and It 1 has been said its long hind claw?the use of which has puzzled many naturalists?Is specially adapted by nature for more easily grasping and transporting Its treasures from the source of danger. When the young birds aro too bulky to be thus removed the parent bird carries them on Its bnck, though this mode of removal Is a somewhat difficult one.?London Tit-Bits. , Jefferson and the Patent Office. The first patron of our patent system was Thomas Jefferson, who during three years gave his personal attention to every application for a patent. lie used to call the secretary of war and the attorney general to examine and scrutinize with him, and they did It so thoroughly that In one year?the first? they granted only three patents. The very first patent of ail was given to ! Samuel Hopkins in 171)0 for pearl ash os. Mr. Jefferson held that the patent system was not one for creating revenue, hut for encouraging a production ( of that which is to be of benefit to the whole people. In the first twelve years n single clerk in the state department and a few pigeonholes were all that the business of the office required. Then a Dr. Thornton took charge of it and devoted himself to it as to a hobby. Spiders Mice Mimic. A violinist says spiders are notoriously and historically fond of music. At one of his performances the concert hall wun made disagreeable by a sudden invasion of spiders, which were drawn by his violin out from the cracks and crannies of the ancient building. They crawled about the floor Olid on to the stage, and he could see ] the annoyed audience stamping on the , Insects. The writer adds that lie has known a small garden snake to be attracted by piano playing and a young calf to whisk his tail and prance about most gleefully at the first notes of a French horn. Ills neck would curve about proudly, his hoofs tread lightly , and his ears wag Joyously when tho j tooting began, and he never quieted ] down till the music ceased. ( I.Htllcn Who Wore Knives. I In early English days knives were worn by Englishwomen in imitation of the anelace, a dagger carried at the girdle. Chaucer speaks of them in the J prologue to his "Canterbury Tales:" Illr knives wcro y-chaped not with brass. But all with silver wrought, full clean and well. ( In Boss church, Herefordshire, is a 1 monument to a lady of the Ruddle family, temp. Ilenry VIII., who wears a * purse and a knife. Hrnnd tells us that knives were formerly part of the no- f eoiiterments of a bride. In a play, ' temp. "Edword III.," occurs the pas- 1 sage: Here by my side do hang my wedding knives. In tlic "Arehnoologla" Mr. Douce, the ' antiquary, wrote g paper on this prac- ' Uce of wearing knives liy European I ladies in tlie sixteenth century, and an 1 engraving shows n specimen of a ense i of these wedding knives, dated 1010, ' which are described as having amber 1 handles and cases of purple velvet em- 1 broidcred with gold. \ Some l'xni)' Animal*. A species of dwarf elephant used to < live on the island of Malta and in various parts of Italy. Judging from the i bones which remain, these animals, about the size of a large sheep, were somewhat numerous. A dwarf elephant is a rarity now and no longer forms a distinct species, but is considered ratli- 1 er a freak. 1 A very beautiful species of pygmy deer is found on the Sunda islands. 1 These little creatures are not much lar- 1 gcr than n eat, but have ail the points ' of a "well bred" deer. ' Among horses Shetland ponies aro the pygmies. The ordinary musk of central Africa Is a pygmy, or dwarf, of ' only al>out twenty inches in height at the shoulder and three feet in length. Mnklnar Sure at Him. - i mime, saui tnc thoughtful moth- 1 or, "flint you ought to object to young Brown paying ho much attention to our (laughter." "Why?" demanded tho thoughtless father. "lie ImpresseH me very favorably." "That's Just It," returned the thoughtful mother. "We must do something to make his ambitious mother think we regard ourselves a little above them socially If we are to mnke sure of him." A Hint to Go. "I have something to tell you before I go," he dually said. "Is It a long story?" she hastily ] asked. "No; it is a very short one." "Then I think you will Just have time," she sweetly said.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Her Reference*. "I don't, like these references," said the housewife. i "Well, mum," returned tho applicant j for a position, "I didn't write 'em, so it i ain't my fault. If you don't like 'em i Jest you go to the people as gave 'em to j me au* toll #o."?Chicago Poet. ?cm??m- ??> ?? ? The lumberman, the sheep end tLc forest fire will utterly ruin the remaining forest growth of the country on- Vhs less prevented. ' California shipped 1,580 cars of eeleiy to the east the past season. This business has grown from a shipment of only lltly cars ten years ago." Soft water cisterns in the south are# v> , * , nearly nil made of galvanised steel niul placed above ground nt the rear of the house, thus making warm soft waj ter always on tap. HEROIC SELF SACRIFICE." ? ~onrnire WI?H Which a YonnR N?r?l Ofllccr Greeted Death. "Speaking of heroism," said a navy >fllcer at his flab a few evenings ago, 'it is rare that sueli an example Is seen is that of Uynson. who was a passed nidshlpnian at Vera Cruz in 1N4G. It ,vas really more tlian a bit of heroism; it was fortitude, passive courage, that onfrontod a peculiar danger, a self acrlflce, that was most conspleuous. "Our fleet was off the linrlior on blockade duty when one day a Sptyiish merchant vessel managed te slip in ivithout being discovered. Uynson connived tlie idea of enpturln?^the vessel ?y a nlglit attack, and he succeeded in loing so. Hut as lie could nq4 tnke the vessel out of harbor, for the reason that she was under the close range >f the enemy's guns, Uynson set Are to the vessel. In doing so he burned jotli his arms so badly that he carried 'hem In slings for several days. While 11 this disabled condition a terrific 'quail, came up and played havoc with joveral of our little vessels, and tlie one >n which Uynson was serving was capsized. Uynson nnd one of tlie other ofIcers managed to get hold of a floating 'par, but as It was not sufficient to keep them both afloat Uynson let go tils hold and In a few moments sank to tils death."?New York Tribune. Wclfflit of a GroirlnR Child. The weight of a growing ehild is tlie most important Index to its general health. The standard of -weight for growing children, that usually given by authorities in the matter, Is that at live years of age a child should weigh about as many i>ounds as Jt Is Inches high. As a rule, this will not be much aver or under forty pounds. Children who come of large parents should weigh something more than that. The rate of Increase should 1m? alsmt two pounds for every Inch of growth, with a tendency for tlie weight to exceed tills standard proportionately rather than to fall below it. When a child is rather heavier In proportion to its height than this standard it is a sign of gwsl health, if tlie child Is growing rapidly it should not be allowed to fall much below it without l>cing made to rest more than has been the custom before. A deficiency of weight in proportion to height Is always an unfavornblo sign. Any interruption in the progress of increase of weight,' especially during the continuance of growth, must he a danger signal that should not he neglected by those interested lu the patient. Why He Only Ate the Yolk*. An American woriian traveling In England stopped one day at a little country house. Chatting with the visitor, the woman of the house told of ler difficulty In getting along and of an experience she had had with a boarder. "The first morning this man stopped iere," she said, "he began to eat boiled *ggs very greedily. Egg after egg he ute?three, four, five, six?and it was inly the yolk of them that ho swnlowed; the white be didn't bother with it all. "When he dug his spoon Into the seventh egg my temper got the better of ue, and I said in n severe tone: " 'Don't you ever eat the white of the 'gg, sir?' "'Surely not, .my woman,' he nniwered. 'The yolk is the bird; the white s the feathers. Would you bnve me nake a bolster of myself?' " Where It Always Italna. There is a group of islnnds to the south of New Zealand called the Sisters, or Seven Sisters, which are reputed to be subjected to a practically constant rainfall. The same may be said of the islands and mainland of Tierra del Fuego, save for the difference that the rain often takes the form of sleet and snow. On a line running round the world from 4 degrees to 8 pr 0 degrees there are patches over which rain seldom censes to fall. This is called the "zone of constant precipitation," but at the same time there nrc Bcvernl localities along with it with very little rainfall. Lang's Mtrrnrr Ontpnt. Andrew Lang held at one tlrae what must have been very nearly a world's record In literary output. His regular weekly work was bIx leaders for a looming newspaper, two humorous sketches for an evening Journal, two long articles, two book reviews and a contribution to a weekly illustrated paper. In addition to this he devoted four hours every day to what may be called pure literature. lie turned out books at the rate of three a year or even more. In 1800. for instance, thdte appeared from his pen the "Red Fairy Tale Book." "Life, Letters and Dlariea of Sir Stafford Nortbcote," "How to Fall In Literature" and "Old Friends." For weeks together his work would average 25,000 words a week. Lifkt. Now Stella goes to church and kneels In attitude devotional; The scene Indeed would stir the heart Of one who Is emotional. She steals a glance at Bella's gown? Oh, Lord, forgive the sin of it!? Then promptly faints, poor girl, because She wears ths very twin of It ?New Tork Herald. With the Persians the writing of poetry and beautiful and witty sayings Is described as the "threading of pearls." * Her Aartlrnee. "How are you getting on with yoni music, my dear?" Inquired a lady ot her niece. "Well, of course," replied the nlecc diffidently, "It wouldn't bo proper ot me to compliment myself, but some ot the neighbors have told me they have stayed awake at night for hours listening to iny playing." < Some scientist lins made the discovery that there nre 8,000,000 microbes In I n box of strawberries. If this be tnie 1 we have no hesltnncj* In disposing of 24,000,000 microbes at our supper table. The single comb Black Minorca fowls hold the world's record under tho government test both for number and weight of eggs, one hen laying 292 eggs in twelve months, weighing six to the pound. It Is said tlint strnwberrles refine tho complexion when eaten liberally. Bo that ns It may, we know they will put a feather edge on a fellow's digestive machinery, and he will have a mighty good time doing it. The Dorset sheep will bring the moat lambs, the Cotswofd are the best mutton sheep, the Merino produces tho finest wool and the Shropshire* are the best all round sheep for a farm where from fifty to a hundred sheep are kept. If you are l>orn lossy and Jnst want to make a living in the easiest wny possible, keep 200 laying hens. Yon can buy the feetl for the fowls, hire a kid to gather the eggs and still have enough left to keep your lar.y body and soul together. India has a very plentiful wheat harvest this year, one of the greatest crops which the country has ever raised, but a bad feature Is that the superstitions of the people prevent them from so hoarding this surplus as to prevent their periodical famines. The old orchard which has grown i gnarly and unproductive may be renovated by removing all dead and decaying growth from the trees, deeply plowing and continual cultivation of the ground for two years and an application of forty loads of good barnyard fertiliser to each acre. In the timbered sections of north Texas we noticed not long since men girdling sections of tine native forest and planting cotton on the ground ao trented. The old fashioned rail fence Is also much used there, and we saw ' lots of fence rails In some of the clearings which had been cut the past winter. * Unless more than 800 cows can be secured to support a creamery It la all foolishness to put more than $3,000 Into a creamery to care for their product. If all the money worse than wasted throughout the country ou unnecessary creamery plants and outfits could be lumped in a pile it would aatonlsl) the natives. We know of one community where the Introduction of a registered Shorthorn hull did the people more lasting good than did the work of a traveling evangelist. As soon as tbe people began to raise better stock they built better houses, took more papers and magazines, raised the wages of the schoolteacher, started a Sunday school, set out trees and paid their debts. A Maine dalryman'fenys that It coats him from $4.*? to $f>0 to keep a cow a year and that he makes a profit of $25 on each cow. In many of the dairy sections of the west the cost of keeping 1 the cow floes not exceed 926, and this net profits arc not as large as with the 1 Maine farmer, this because he la foittd i to keep a well bred dairy animal, and the western farmer won't bare that sort around. The nation's stomach Is fast being segregated at Battle Creek, and when the time comes that all our food Is predigested there wo should like to know what will become of the liver pill and dyspepsia cure fellows. In tbe Ilnwaiian Islands the natives chew up the tnro root and then throw their cuds Into a pot to ferment, when they have pol, the great national delicacy, and It looks as though we were coming to something of that sort before long. ( The condition of many a stock yard t was fearful this spring, n ten Inch deep lake of liquid filth, and on many of the farms wliero these yards were might have been sent the ash pile of a stack of good straw burned last fall to get rid of It. Tho straw pile and the filthy yard should be got together for the comfort of the stock and the uimii wuu juts 10 care tor it, ror um increased amount of valuable fertiliser thus to bo obtained and because that way in good farming and the first one > is not. Our friend, n farmer who had been through the sweat and fret Incident to the paying off of a big mortgage on his farm, found lilmrelf a year ago with the farm paid for nnd $500 In the local bank which no eredltor was clamoring A for. We think that he made a very sensihle use of the $500, for he took his wife and son and went to southern - California and spent the winter, all three delighted to get rid of hard work. ; l cold weather and have the pleasure of 1 seeing tho many beautiful and wonder' j ful things of tho Pacific const. lie 1 mi?lit lmve taught mtore land, of*?^ course, but he and his family got what was worth far more than land.