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struggled. in spite OF the pain in my arm,
IA fnrn atal l.,..i. L.. H.

struggled. in spite OF the pain in my arm,
TO turn and look into his face.
DO You mean that?'' I asked abruptly.
Certainly DO. That's what made me so
savage: think I'll just so and tell her what
what We done. Itil do me good to make a
clean breast Of ii, and Meg won't spare me, IL l
know the Lass"
he hurried of, heartily ashamed OF himself.
penitent, humble. i lost consciousness as soon
as ne was out OF sight, and before / had re-
covered altogether l had momentsry CLEANS OF
intelligence. during which l knew that was
peing carried along by two men, one of whom
was Corrlngham and the other Zech Tired
side.
When the doctor saw me he declared that
mad sustained a compound fracture of the right
Snsie, besides breaking NV right arm. But
oldnt care. The more there was the matter
with me the longer it would be before / could
,eaNe the dearest spot on earth to me-Zech
ever, when did leave took the charm of the
place with me. Meg never had cared for
him. "
But thought" she added. with her prosaic
north-country caution. that ycu being so
much younger and better looking. and having
SO much the prettier manners. was perhaps
letting myself be led away too much bv III.
eyes. And so thought / wouldn't iump at
turned out"
And are you satisfied now, Meg?"
She wasn't going to spoil me by too much
enusiveness. She just looked at me out of the
corner OF her eye and said, Yes"
Seoert Corringham gave US a wedding present
more Mt for duke and duchess than Tor a poor
artist and his wife. The recovery of his child
for little Wallie proved to be indeed his son
softened his rough nature aud made a happy
man Of him. The boys delicate health was
now ms only trouble. He took the child about
to warmer climates when the winter came on.
and whether on or land the one constan.
attendant on father and son was Ruff, the
collie, for we all felt there would have been no
loving fathers arms and no comfortable home
for the outcast if it had not been for the fidelity
and sagacity of Wallie's chum.
THE END.
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THE GREENLElF.

The contrast between the old style Of con-
struction and that Of the present day is
afforded by the old Potomac and Greenleaf
buildings and the new Smallwood, jackson
and Arthur buildings. The old class of build
lngs were merely constructed with lues
for stoves and windows placed on both
sides Of the rooms The ceilings were about
ten feet only in heighth and there was no ven-
Station. They were devoid of cloak rooms
and heated by stoves. II was customary to
construct them with four rooms. The first
Change made from this style of building oo-
Cured with the erection of the WalIach build
Ing in 1865 and the subsequent erection Of the
Franklin and Jefferson buildings. These new
buildings. imposing in appearance one would
think now were constructed more from an ex-
terror standpoint than with view to interior
convenience and sanitary arrangements Their
plans were decided upon, however, after a care
fui consideration Of the subject of school build
ings all over the country. and when they were
erected II was thought that they combined all
the useful requisites of model school The
school rooms were more conveniently arranged
than was usual and were properly supplied with
adjacent cloak rooms One disadvantage.
however, was always evident, and that was,
nrst, the buildings were not ireproof, and then
they were too high.
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THE ABUSE OF TOBACCO.
The Society Begs for Legal Recognition
in Franco.

Paris dispatch to the London Daily telegraph.
The Society Against the Abuse of Tobacco
TO give it its proper style and title-is Just now
distinguishing itself by an unusual display of
energy. 1t Is about to present petition to the
chamber Of deputies asking that law shall be
passed forbidding boys-and it Is to be pre-
sunied girls as well-under sixteen years OF age
to smoke. 1t has also sent a deputation to the
minister of war begging aim not to permit SOL
diers to indulge in the fragrant weed in their
own rooms. Not content with this the society
has also requested NJ. dc Freycinet to instruct
the commanders Of regiments to see that to-
bacco rations be not distributed to mons mok-
ers well as to lovers of the pipe, the cigar or
the cigaretteas il said to be the case in certain
corps-in order that temptation may not be
thrown In the way of men who have not already
taken kindly TO the luxury.
1t might have been assumed that IL young
people under the age of sixteen we're not able
to look after themselves their seniors, who
have donned the red brooches, the kept, or the
helmet, might at least be supposed to have ar
rived AT years of discretion. The society, how
ever, entertains q different opinion. Like most
enthusiastic, tie snti-tobacconists have over
shot the mark, yet rs a matter Of fact. there il
no doubt the weed is becoming daily more pop
ular with Juveniles, who, although they can
scarcely be described as babes and suckliags,
have barely entered into the stage Of boyhood
and girihood. Children of tender years are
frequently to be seen investing in cigarettes
and even in cigars, at the different shops where
tobacco and postage stamps are sold under the
auspices OF the authorities, and It is by no
means unuaual-espeeially in the districts in
habited mainly by the working classes--to see
youngsters OF seven or eight trying to keep .
cigarette alight-a series Of rapid puffs being
varied with = vast amount Of expectorstion.
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The first system of public schools was on the
plan of an academy, and consisted of two
schools known as the eastern and western
schools, the western school being located at
the corner of 14th and q streets, and which
was torn down few years ago to make room
for the Small building. This school house was
originally the stable of President jefferson
but was transformed into a school in 1905. The
eastern school was located at the corner Of Sd
and ID streets southeast. and was afterward
transferred to the Wallach school
The oldest school building now owned BY
the District of Columbia is the two-story build
ing at the corner of eth and G streets south
east. II was erected in 1910. The next oldest
Is the Anseosta, built in the same year, at the
corner Of 9Th street and Virginia avenue south
east.
Some Of the school houses built By the city
bear the names of celebrated Americans,
namely, the Franklin and Jefferson buildings
receiving their names from those well-known
patriots, while other buildings, such as the
Wallsch. Seaton and Berret. were named for
ths mayors Of the city. The trustees of the
schools were not forgotten and the names of
Crsnch. Miller, Abbot and others are perpetu-
ated by the buildings which bear their names
Thus il was that the public school system Of
Washington was first organized and from then
up to the present time it has steadily grown
until now our public school system ranks sec
ond to none in the country.
At present the District owns ninety school
buildings, worth about S2,27s, 55S. Slxty-one
OF this number are in the city proper the re-
mainder being located i'll Georgetown and the
suburbs. But the school houses of early DAYS
have changed considerably in point of archi-
lecture and interior arrangement
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OUR SCHOOL HOUSES.
Milestones Set Up in the Progress
of Public Education.
MANY TYPES OF BUILDINGS.
A Story Told in Bricks and Mertar-The
First school Buildings in the District
and the Lafest-nOdcTn Solutions OF
the Problem Of school Construction.

u ISTORY is written in the brick and
IN mortar OF the public school buildings
kof the District. The structures mark
Ting different epochs of school house
1UJ building mark quite plainly the differ
ent stages Of the growth OF the public school
system from its struggling infancy to its pres
snt splendid development. The history of the
public schools Of Washington is quite interest
ing. The municipal government of the city of
Washington by an amended charter In 1894 au-
thorized the establishment and superinteni-
ence Of schools. The mode. however, was pre-
scribed by an act of December ), 1864. and
provided that the superintendent of public
schools within the city of Washington should
be placed under the direction of board Of
thirteen trustees, seven of whom should be
annually chosen by the joint ballots of the
council from among the residents Of the city
and six chosen by individuals contributing to
the promotion of schools. Section 2 of the old
act provided that much Of the net proceeds
OF taxes laid or to be laid on slaves dogs, IL
cense for Carriages, hacks. for ORDINANCES and
for retailing wines and spirituous liquors, for
billiard tables, for theatrical and other amuse-
ments and for hawkers and peddlers be appro-
priated ~ the trustees may decide to be neces-
sary for the education OF the poor of the city.
A committee of three appointed by the
cOuuCL lOE sOilCltIl!p
o contribution OF IS, 1872 collected from 19l per-
sons. Among the contributors was President
Thomas jefferson. who subscribed 300. in
pursuance Of the act the following trustees
were elected: Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Mon
rOe Gabriel DuyaIl. Thomas Tiagey. Joseph
Bromley. John Tayloe. Robert Brent, William
Brent, samuel ii. Smith. William Cranch,
George Blagden, John Dempsie and Nicholas
King. The first meeting of the board was held
August 5. 1906, and organized by the election
of Thomas Jefferson president and Nicholas
King secretary. committee was appointed to
notify Thomas Jefferson of his election pres
ident of the board and received a letter of ac-
ceptance from HIM. dated at Monticello. Au-
gust IA. 1906. in which he said: Sincerely be-
heving that knowledge promotes the happiness
of man. shall ever be disposed to contribute
my endeavors toward its extension. and i'll the
instance under consideration will willingly I'M
dertake the duties proposed to me, so far
Others of paramount obligation will permit my
attention to them"
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his TAIL eosN
'.Oh, no." said the boy, II have q rug and
nun comes and curls himself up by me and
keeps me warm"
And do they leave you shut up here by your.
nation.
Oh don't mind. have book that can
reaa while the light lasts, and I don't feel l
want to run about now Mrs Duckers never
forgets to give me my breakfast and dinner.
put don't seem to want to eat much and
shouldn't much mind il she forgot"
Inc little fellow, while rather alarmed bv
,he thought OF what the consequences might
deiighted to get some relief from his loneli.
ness by this conversation. He told me. in
answer to my questions. that he had never
known his father or heard ANYTHING about
MN; tnat his mother used to make dresses.
but that she had died, "oh, ever 40 iong
ago." as Walhe added, with a sigh. and that
Mr. and Mrs. Duckers, who were lodging in
the same house with his mother when she
died, had adopted him and taken him around
the country with them ever since.
NO, they were not unkind. he went on in
answer to a further question, at least not
until his cold got bad. Then Mr.. Duckers
had said that Wallies mother came from
these parts, and perhaps they might be able
to find some of her friends. If not, the bow
continued with sob, they said something
l.
ting him into the workhouse there.
What WAS your mothers name, Wallie?" I
asked gently, while l privately clenched nv
INST with strong desire to go for old Duckers
Lizzie" said he.
But she must have been Mrs Something
What did the people call her?'
MaliIe could not remember. He had a book
with her name in it, but it was only lust Liz
zie." He would show it to me-
The boy brought out box containing such
private treasures as he possessed, a book in a
binding which had once been CAV with
magenta and gold. 1t was volume OF selec-
lions o. poetry;a regular lovers gift, guessed,
with a smile, as opened it and turned to the
fy-leaf
But the inscription there, written with a
gum pen In bold, firm. masculine hand
writing, startled me beyond measure. 1t was
this:
With dearest love to Lizzie on her birthday,
from Sebert Corringham."
Then there was long flourish and date Of
ten years back
this discovery opened out crowded in upon nv
mind. Sebert Corringham was a free man
then! And this was the child whom he had
never seen. After n brief, passionate struggle
with myself, l set my teeth hard, knowing what
"Wallie," | said, in q voice in which even the
poy noticed change, Twill you lend me this
book? Twill take great care of it and think
that by showing II to some one know l can
get you good friend"
The little lad assented at once,
You are good friend, think" he said
simply.
Leaving my lantern with the boy. and tell
ing him not 20 mention my visit to the Duckers
yet, hurried away, while Ruff watched me
with disappointed bark as L ran down the
wooden steps.
think the collie had had dimy in his faith
1ul dog s mind that L should take his little
master away somewhere where il was warm
and bright.
All right, Ruff, I'll come back and look after
him. said.
And my encouraging tone set his bushy tail
wagging.
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In later years, however, the importance of
aniisry arrangements and convenience became
% generally recognized as to bring abou. an
other change in the construction OF school
buildings. and the jackson. Smallwood. Arthur.
Bradley and Amidon buildings are examples of
the new construction. The entrances to all the
new style Of buildings is from either side. one
for the girls and the other for the boys. These
buildings. though perhaps less ornamental in
exterior design than some of those erected fif-
teen or twenty years ago, are eonaidered the
best in the country and people from all over
Ne United States come to Washington to see
them and take pattern by them. The style
thai prevails nov 10 what 10 termed the two
story sight-room building and much care has
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The first step in obtaining a school house is
OF course to get an appropriation from Con-
gress. The next step is to obtain a site, and
that is no easy matter. A school house Is gen.
orally regarded as very undesirable neighbor
and when it is known that il is the intention of
he authorities TO OBJ tain land for a school site
the holders OF property ccntig uous to the pro-
posed site overwhelm the Commissioners with
protestations against it. In cases where the
objection to the locating of the building is not
very strong the authorities have to contend
with the natural desire Of the people to get all
they can for the land and are met by demands
for much more than the land is worth BIZ those
who are willing to sell at any price. Some OF
the Commissioners in order to avoid these
dlffieulties resorted to the practice of purchas-
ing sites secretly through middle man. but
this practice was so open to abuse that it was
severely criticised and it is not likely that it
will be resorted to In the future
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Another great Improvement is in the arrange
ment of the school rooms. In all of the new
buildings erected the cloak rooms are reversed
in such manner that the light from the win
dows Is always from the left of the pupils The
ceilings are IA feet in height. Then again. the
cost of this new class of building is considera-
bly, less than the oid-style structure, and now
two eight-room buildings can be erected at the
cost OF one twelve-room building. This gives
opportunity of distributing the school accom-
modations more equitaLly. These latter re-
qulsites were, in great measure. overlooked
III buildings formerly constructed. and now In
spector Entwistle thinks he has solved the Sc
cret OF a model school building
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IL.

was much more miserable than angry At
this snub, for loved Meg so deeply as to be
able to grieve more over her scAnt prospect OF
happiness as the wife of the rough brute Cor
M wa, ina; n G over my own disappointment
indeed, i should have been back in town two
or three days before this but for the magnet in
the red brick house on the hill. Now. there
fore, went straight back to the cottage iodr-
ing had been occupying so as to be near the
portmanteau into Calney, the nearest town
long, struggling place IL was this Calney. built
on steep ridge Of q hill aud extending In an
intermittent fashion quite Q mile and -
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been taken looking TO convenience and ssni
tary arrangements.

One Of the greatest improvements is the
manner of heating and ventilating. During
Col. Ludlow's administration as Engineer Com
missioner the construction of school buildings
came under his charge. II was during his
term OF service that the dry-closet heating and
ventilating system was introduced. and now it
Is to be found in all of the new buildings and
many of the old ones. Fresh air from out
doors. supplied IN such quantities as may be
desired. is heated by furnaces and passes
through various fiues into each school ROOM
The same volume of air enters the room con-
stantly and the proportions OF warm and cold
can be regulated to a nicely by the teacher
according to the requirements. After circu-
lating through the room it passes out through
grated openings which are placed at short In
tervals in the bsseboards on the outer bound
aries OF the room. This warm air then passes
under the floor, heating it sufficiently to warm
the feet, and is carried to the foul air room in
the basement. Then it is drawn by wav of
arched openings in the brick wall through the
closet vaults to the brick foul-air chimney,
where it escapes into the open air at the rate
of 1920 cubic feet per minute.
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huge petition in favor of license purchase
was presented in the house Of commons Thurs
day night II was got up by publicans and was
presented In the shape Of three immense rolls
OF paper bearing 6O0, 900 signatures, which, il
mileG
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crowd Of 900 sports witnessed fight st
Centerport, IL. Thursday night between
Spider" Kelly Of Harlem and Benny Murphy Of
England. Two-ounce gloves were used. Only
three rounds we're fought Kelly won.
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She-"Hallo, Eily."
He-'.EKcuse me, Marian Smith. there wuz .
time when you could a called mo by those
title an yer didn't wuz pore then an yer
GOODNESS chilled me 20 Their heart Now am
able TO drive my span yer think yer kin
smooth ther past over; but 4 tell yer. Marian
Smith, it can't be did It's too latcir'-from
L0e.
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-itten for TIVE EVENING STAR.
ATTRACTIvE HOMES
Some OF the Newest Fancics OF the Sum-
mer Season.

SILVER AND CHINA ORNAMENTS AND UTENSILS ron
THE DRESSING rsBLE-vARfoUs KINDS or PARA
SOL AND UMBRELLA EASDLUs-wKIrE PHI
srEAps AND pFpsPRE Aps-rNlQrE FASHIONS
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than 10 earn his bread and repay his benefac-
tor"
didn't care much for the benefactor's tone
and quite sympathized with Ruff for not liking
him. 1t was q strange thing, though, to see
now the animal, which had been lying quietly
under the table, jumped up when opened
the door and skunk out after me. / paused in
the hall a few minutes to put my pipe away,
thinking would 70 into the coffee room and
have some tea. As did SO l felt something
tugging at my coat 1t was Ruff, the collie
He was wagging his tail and pulling me toward
the back Of the hall. Wondering what was the
matter with him let him lead me across the
stone-payed floor and along a passage which
led into the court yard behind the inn. At the
| bottom OF this court yard was a closed door, to
which Run led me, evidently desiring me to
open it. did SO and he bounded through into
q sloping field. in which a large tent was
erected, close by which stood iving-van on
wheels.
The dog ran barking up the wooden steps
and q few moments later the door was opened
few inches and childish voice, hoarss and
weak, said:
"Ruff, good old Rufde! Where have you been
so long?''
Then the boy broke into o violent &c OF
coughing. ! noticed how thin the little hand
was which he put out to pat the dogs head
beggar left out here in the cold 1t was too
dark for me to see his face in the shadow Of
the door.
Halo! little man." cried. Gan alone
here? Haven't you got ight?'
g! don't want one. thank you, sir" answered
the boy timidly. I'm all right"
That remains 10 be seen, "muttered L
Running back into the inn, provided my
self with q lantern, and returning, induced the
boy, who was rather frightened by my intru-
sion, to let me in. The old cheap jack was
right; he was "taking- looking" child About
eight years old. but looking younger on account
ofhis extreme fragility, he had silky fair hair
and large gray eyes, and gentle expression
which might well "fetch the women folk" as
old Duckers had said.
This place i too cold for you without fire,
With that cold, said, while Ruff, evidently be-
hsvihg that he had brought good friend 70
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n oWADAYs popular favor seems divided
SNk between silver and china for toilet use.
Inn When We hsar OF a Lady ordering dress
A ing table outfit Of forty-siK pieces cur
nS fancy has to soar somewhat 90 even
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BEDFoRD SPRINGS, Pain order TO accom-.
modate the large number OF people who visit
the famous medicinal waters at Bedford
Springs the Baltimore and Ohio railroad has
placed on an additional fast express train. with
parlor cars attached, leaving Washington at
$50 an daily, except Sunday, and arriving a,
Bedford Springs at ALL pm. same day stop
ping for dinner nc Cumberland Round-trip
tickets are now on sale at all the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad Offices in this city at eS.95. The
train scheduled returning is equally q expedi-
tious and pleasant - go.ax.