Evening star., 1902-03-08

disaster and death there Is one great river
the outlet Of Lake Cmbagog. which de-
bouches from the lake about forty miles ana
a trifle east of north of Mt. washington
in New Hampshire, like the Nile from Al
bert-Nyanza a river of sutficlent depth
and breadth to float the steamers that ply
In summer on the lake-that is seldom heard
FROM said Mr.. Nathan Bickford OF this
city to Star reporter today.
..The Androscoggin in all the trouble and
tumult continues to flow unvexed to the
sea, carrying blessings without number to
the land and people. the cattle on thou
sand hills birds of the air and creeping
things.
The region of this river is not exempt
from conditions prevailing elsewhere. The
Connecticut river, on the other side or the
state and at the lakes but twenty mics
away is doing It's share In the way oi
dams carried out, farms and towns IN,
undated and ice gorges, fetching death anu
destruction in their course.
! ..Why every one will ask, is the Andro-
scoggin peaceful when all others are dis
turbed; harmless when others are bent on
devastation? The answer Is easy "A pidi
man now deceased, Coe by name, ana WIN
a great head for business, who owned saw
mills on the river. had the wisdom to spend
thousands in order to save millions. mold
ing the flood from water back When II
would do only harm, and having II 1or use
during the long summer, when 1t would 90
good only He damned the Androscoggin
at its principal sources. These dams form
three great lakes in the wilderness cover
ing the divide between the waters flowing
Trough New England and those flowing
into the St Lawrence, which holds oacK the
flood until the storm is past.
Thus one wise man did at his own ex-
pense for the people Of two states. what
great so-called commonwealth have not
had the wisdom enterprise to 90.
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College professors and students give
members OF the Senate much to think OF
IN the way OF moot questions. A day sell
dom passes by without bringing in the
senatorial mail a batch of letters from edu-
cational institutions In which all sorts or
questions are asked Of the statesmen
Toward commencement time this mail In
creases. but 1t provides food for thought at
all times These questions are sent out In
order to secure for students arguments TO
be used in contests before debating soc1e-
ties and in preparation OF their class
theses Sometimes college professors seek
In this way to get material for magazine
articles or for lectures to be delivered be-
fore their classes. The lists OF questions
that in this manner come into the possess
sion of senator's usually bear upon matters
that are before Congress or before the
country. For long time there has been a
nrepOnQeraNCe OF queries ItldtiHS " Nii0
foreign possessions of the United States,
and the tariff and reciprocity have held
their own for many years. Here IS ilst
OF questions that have recently come 10
town: Do you believe in reciprocity!
Why? On what articles? Will reciprocity
destroy the protective system? TO what
countries should it be extended ana What
articles of commerce should 1t include! &c,
&c" Senators are asked to tell why they
are republicans, democrats or popullsts.
how they would vote under conditions that
can never possibly arise and what they
think Of unthnkable subjects. When the
questions are reasonable and the senators
are good natured and have spare time on
their hands replies are sometimes given TO
these letters. but generally. unless tney
come from the senator's own state, they
are looked after by the discerning secre-
tary who simply replies that the senator,
because Of a pressure Of public business. Is
unable to reply to the queries
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Il have often wondered why some house
wives will employ servant girls whom they
know nothing about" member OF the de-
tective force remarked yesterday. IF they
would use little more care in employing
servant girls there would not be quite so
many cases Of theft reported to this de-
partment
"A good many people think nothing of
employing a colored girl who rings the
employment there. If they are in need Of
q servant and the applicant looks all right,
she Is employed and her word Is taken as
to who she is and where she lives.
Il remember a couple Of years ago / was
detailed to investigate robbery committed
by q servant girl The lady Of the house
told me the girl gave her name as that of
Mary Washington, which afterward found
was assumed. AS a result Of my investiga-
tion the girl was arrested and sent to the
pen for a term of five years. The facts in
that case are that one morning colored
woman called at the house Of prominent
business man and asked for EMPLOYMENT
She was taken In and put to work The
next day the lady Of the house. accompa-
MED by her grown daughter, went down.
town. leaving the new hired girl in charge
OF the house When they returned the girl
was not TO be found and neither was a lot
OF 1ewelry and some clothing which had
been left in their proper places upstairs"
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real good case Of dyspepsia. where q
person can eat no food without It giving
him distress. is about the toughest affliction
mankind has to stand" said q victim OF
the disease. 1T unnerves and units q man
for his daily duties, but at the same time