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r,rn;sb "a 600 cubic Yards of crushed stone
for the contractors who will build the Cum
berland extension of the western Maryiano
railroad started stone crusher on the TWO
mile level along the canal above dam NO. D.
The crushed stone is loaded directly on
boats and scows and boated 70 olHereh.
points up the canal. The stone VIII pe .iix eeu
with cement and formed into concrete LOT
bridge abutments and culverts. ABOUT
eighteen men are now employed, out the
force will be increased next week.
THE shops of Carnes G. Meats, at Rouno
Hill. Iouudoun county, Va, near Harper
Ferry were destroyed by fire last night, en-
failing a loss of $1,000 with no insurance
They lost all their machinery and three car
loads of pins and brackets Ieaay i IT, s, az
ment, but saved the live stock Inc nre
started about midnight and Its origin Is
mystery Mr.. Carnes and Mr.. Moats were
both formerly of Hagerstown
Twenty trained nurses from Phllaoelpnla
and New York will camp at Pen Mar LOT
two weeks during September:
Miss Belle A. Smithson of CharlestoWn'
W. Va, and Mr.. Wade b. Elsln OF WASH
tneton were married Tuesday evening by
the Rev E. T. Mowbray of st. Paul s M T..
Church, this city.
Rev. T. A. Johnson preached in the First
Baptist Church, this city, Sunday evening
to a large audience, the closing sermon OF
his pastorate of nearly five years. Rev.
Johnson left Wednesday for his future
home, Madison Ind. and will preach his
first sermon to his new congregation Sun
day, September g.
Mr. Charles Alvey, this city. who Is i'll
with typhoid fever, has secured the services
of Miss Baily. a professional nurse from
Providence Hospital, Washington
Dr. and Mrs. James w. Letter this city,
have returned from attending the McCleary-
Poole wedding at Washington.
Mrs. Frank C. Haines and daughter of
Washington are visiting the family of Mr..
Elliott Haines, 60 North Mulberry street.
this city.
Mrs Stacy H. Myers of Washington Is
cfa md Mrs.
c. J. Young, Boonsboro'.
Mrs. F. II. Boyer and son Edgar OF Wash
tngton are visiting Mrs. c. G. Boyer. East
Washington street, this city.
Miss Teresa Taylor of Washington Is
visiting her cousin. Miss Irene Shupp. Will
Transport.
Mrs A. F. Fox of Washington is visiting
Miss Alice Ullrich, West Washington street,
Hagerstown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-04

The cost Of the structure was 5000. and.
its capacity is about 1900 bushels
The sale yesterday Of stock by M. Kius
ney near Choppers was largely attended.
and the fine Jersey stock. consisting 81
about twenty-five head. brought priced
ranging from $40 to $50 per head Ali thk,
rest of the stock sold at good figures, q,
did the personal property.
The corn crop, which looked at one time:
as If 1T would be very short. has shown 3
tendency recently to fill better. and q cob.
tinuance Of the warm weather will prob.
ably make a much better showing Tho
threshing Of the crops of wheat yields q
very poor average in this section Of thk
county. Not more than fourteen bushelI
to the acre Will be the general average In
this vicinity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-04
HAGERSTOWN NEWS GRIST.
Business is Booming and Much Build
ing Shows Prosperity.

Ing 0QOWS prosperity.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
HAGERSTOWN. Md. September 3, 1903.
Macarthur Bros. contractors to construct
the Cumberland end Of the Wabash con-
Meeting link now have 500 men en- route
from Montana and Wyoming. and work will
begin Immediately upon their arrival just
below Cumberland.
A number of new hands have been added
to the force in the finishing room at the
bicycle works at Hagerstown. and it is I'M
derstood that additions will also be made
in other departments-right along. The indi-
cations point to a rapid increase of business
at the factory.
The Chesapeake and Ohio canal steam
dredge is at work cleaning out the channel
Of the canal at the tidewater above dam
No. B. The channel had become filled with
mud and sand bars. and even light boats
had difficulty in passing that point. The
dredge has been at work for several weeks.
The handsome new church built by the
Christian congregation at Beaver Creek
Rev. w. 8. HOye, pastor, will be dedicated
on Sunday September 6. with special serv-
ices. Rev. Herbert Jewell. Uniontown, Pa,
will preach the dedicatory sermon in the
morning.
The program for the meeting of the ply
sicians of the Cumberland valley at Mont
Alto Park next Tuesday has been arranged
of the medical profession, by DR.. v. M.
Reichard of Fairplay DR.. ]. w. Humric-
house. this city. and DIR. Reichard are on
the committee on arrangements for the
event. The purpose Of the meeting Is to
organize the physicians of the valley.
Edward Wade. who operates a boarding
house on the South mountain near High
field. was probably fatally injured in a
runaway accident near Lake Roger Sunday
afternoon. Mr.. Wade was driving a car
riaRe to which two horses were attached.
and in the carriage were a number of the
boarders at his house. In descending the
hill from Hotel Melvue to Lake Roger the
tongue on the carriage broke and the
horses started ON a dash down the noun
tain. Mr.. Wade was thrown to the ground
and 1t is thought that his skull was frac-
tured. None Of the other occupants of the
carriage were hurt.
The public schools of Washington county
reopened Tuesday. Last year they opened
on September ID. The total enrolment in
the Hagerstown schools was 2.155, against
1908 last year on opening day.
During the month of August eighty-four
deeds and mortgages were fled in the
clerks office at the court house, this city
Samuel P. Angle, who has q contract to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-04

taxation to take private property and give
1t to a railroad company or any other pri-
vate corporation Is unconstitutional. 1T IL
not law" he declared. TT confers no
rights. 1t affords no protection. 1t Is. in
had never passed. Congress has power to
raise revenue by taxation only for public
purpose, and whenever revenue IL raised
for a purpose not inseparably connected
with the public interest 1t is no longer
taxation, though SO denominated. 1t is
nothing more or less than a coercive contri-
button, and raises a question involving no
less than the tenure by which every man
holds his property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-04
Boyd's and Vicinity.
of The Evening Star.

Special CORRESPONDENCE Of The Evening Star.
BOYDS. Nd. September 3, 1903
Bowman Brothers owners and proprie-
tors of the large Touring mills at German
town. east of Boyd's, have erected and COM
pIeted one of the largest and most modern
Of storage tanks and elevators in this coun-
ty for grain at their Touring plant at Ger
mantown, and 1t is now in working condition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-04
Promoted to Chief Of Division.

J. William Palmer. a clerk of class fouyk
In the War Department. has been assieuAH
as 'chief of the orders and supplies dsy}r'
sion" office of the adjutant general. NJ
Palmer Is regarded as an efficient and e&th{
petent clerk and his many friends c6hrtGe6
ulate him on his deserved promotion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-04
About Summer Resorts.

Summer resort hotel circulars and book,
let's and special Information in regard "a
summer travel published by northern and
eastern railroads may be had by calling q
The Star Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-04

Silver Bought for the PhilippinaA
The director Of the mint yesterday 6e2p
chased 1900 ounces Of silver for pb11e4R
pine coinage account at an average 81 IN
cents an ounce.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-07-18
Why NOT GO EAST?

Every day from July LIST. to
July 10th the Chicago. Milwauke,
4 st. Paul. Railway will sell
tickets to Chicago, Milwaukee,
Minneapolis, st. Paul, and inter.
mediate points for one fare plus
200 for round trip, return limit
30 days.
A Also on June Both to July
4th, inclusive. to Boston. Mass. :,
for one fare plus t20O for the
round trip. Tickets good return.
ing until September let. Through
car survice from Denver every
day via the Union Pacific aud
Chicago, Milwaukee l. ST. Paul
Line.
j. +. PRESTON. Commercial Agt
1929 18th ST.. Denver
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-07-18
Trouble with aikali.

The slkali problem is Il matter
of more or less interest and import
ance in many irrigated districts.
A great deal of labor is wasted on
attempts to grow crops on land
containing enough alkali tc pre-
vent the germinstion OF seed.
How to rid the soil OF xlkali has
not as yet been solved. Where
there is good drainage and the
water supply is sufficient to
dissolve the salts and carry them
away in solution good results have
been obtained. Irrigation will
dissolve these salts and the capil.
larry attraction in weli.tilled soil
lifts the moisture thus loaded a
little nearer the surface with each
cultivation. The process being
repeated year after year finally
produces refractory slksli soil.
When the land is leschy and water
abundant, an excessive quantity Of
water has been known TO dissi-
pate the slkali by carrying 1t away
in the flood. Unfortunately many
of our alksli soils are impervions
to the point of snturstion, often
quite near the surface. The ex.
cess of moisture in such cases in
stead OF pHssin away through
underground channels. carrying
with it the poisonous solution, act.
ually passes off into the stmos-
phere by evaporation IN the pro-
cess of Transportation, leaving the
dissolved salts on deposit and the
land worse off than before.
The only alternative then is a
system of undersurface drainage,
the expedlency Of which must he
determined by the cost, A. COM
pared to the ultimate value of the
improved land.-Field aud Farm.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-07-18

Mayor Johnsou's tax reform in
cleveland goes on spAce. Th.
latest move is the addition, by
Robert II. Wright, the county
auditor, of sGi,375,000 to tn. tax
valuation Of the Cleveland street
car. gas, and electric companies.
This increase will be bitterly
fought by Mr.. Hannn's corporn.
tions before the State auditor
whom Senator Hanna is trying To
re-elect, and also in the courts.
But that will lend zcst to the po-
iitical campaign just opening in
Ohio; and whether johnson wins
or loses in the fight he will win.
To fully appreciate the Issue. It
must be understood that even with
that enormous addition OF taxation,
thosc companies will still In ns-
se~sed At no greater proportion,
with reference TO the true value Of
their property, than the farmers
aud home owners Of Cnyshoga
county are now assessed At, II ~
much. The Public.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-07-18

Judge Theron Stevens of the
Seventh Judicial district has an
nounced himself as candidate for
chief justice of the Colorado Su-
preme court, and stands a good
show of receiving the nomination
on the democratic ticket, says the
Glenwood Avalanche. The Judge
is very popular in his own district.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-07-18

That Socialism in Germany has
thrived on persecution and repres
sion and that the government
classes are face to face with an in.
ternal problem which threatens
the foundation of the monarchy
and empire, is pointed out by the
Brooklyn Citizen. The Citizen
interprets the recent elections to
mean that modern Germany sis
marching with seven-lesgne boots
to the overflow of existing institu-
tions. Underneath all Of the out
ward spleDdor of imperial msgniti.
cence and military display. the
Germany that tolls that others
may enjoy il seeking to make it.
self free. ."-Ex.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-07-18

Senator Ewing ia reported rs
favorlng the taking up of the
eight-hour law at the special ses.
sion and passing it. The people
have spoken on this question aud
the senator thinks the will of the
people should I've respected by the
general assembly.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-07-18

Excitement runs hig:i in Gun.
nlson over the new gold discovery
IN the vicinity of the Waunlta Hot
Springs. near Pitkln. The ore Is
said to assay $4,000 to the ton.
Prospectors are pouring IN from
all sections.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-07-18
SATURDAY, July is, 1908,

When livery stable is kept
open on Sundays and rowdies are
allowed to congregatc there and
indulge In dissipation the place
should be closed
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-07-18
p. .. BowDisR.
Furnished.

For a lazy liver try Chamber.
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They invieorste the liver, ard the
digestion. regulate the bowels aud
prevent bilious attacks. For sale
by all drugg,sts.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-07-18

The labor situation at Denver
and Colorado Springs remains un-
changed. There will be no def
mite action taken until the meeting
of the special session next week.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-07-18

When man is afflicted with
some terrible disease he is stricken
not by God Almighty, not by n re.
vengeful Omnipotent punishirg y
poor little creature OF its own
making. He is stricken by his
own ways Of living, by unhcSlth.
full surroundings due to ignorance.
or by other necessary causes US.
unlly based upon ignorance or
upon neglect of precautions within
our reach. IL "a child dies, caus
ing It's mother infinite SORROW; il u
mother or father dies. leaving
young children unprotected and
helpless, it is blAsphemy to call
such calamity the work Of God.
Chicago American.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-03

those soldiers was not yet complete.
The survivors, / among them. took the
next boat. up the river. and we hadn't
gone twenty-five miles before it caught
fire, and there was another time of
panic and terror, but. fortunately. there
were no fatalities, and the fire was put
out. Then 1 got 10 thinking over the
happenings since started from Ander-
sonville; two railroad wrecks, one
steamboat explosion. and one boat fire,
and | had about eleven hundred more
miles TO 20; so l went 10 the captain,
and. taking him aside. / told him quiet
~ II he would kindly put me ashore /
would walk the rest Of the way
Il got home finally. but have never
recovered from the shock of that explo-
sion. | never hear a gun 20 off now
that don't look for a clear space to
turlp in the water" New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-03
The Aneel,s Mhisper.

A baby was sleeping,
Its mother was weeping,
For her husband was far on the wild
raging sea;
And the tempest was swelling
Round the fsherman's dwelling,
And she cried. "Dermot, darling. Oh,
come back to met
Her beads while she NUMBERED
The baby still slumberd.
And smiled in her face as she Bonded
the knee;
"Oh. bleSt be that warning,
My child, thy sleep adornng,
For | know that the angels are whisper
ing with thee.
"And while they are keeping
Bright watch Ger thy sleeping,
Oh, pray to them softly. my baby, with
me;
And say thou wouldst rather
They'd watch DER thy father
For know that the angels are whisper
ing with thee"
The dawn of the morning
Saw Dermot returning,
And the wife wept with JOY her babes
father to see;
And closely caressing
Her child, With a blessing,
Said. Il knew that the a-eis were whis-
pering with thee
Samuel Lover.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-03
BY FRANK ii. sTAUFFER
Aathor of .wait. Darling - missionary madge." s.
Fortune" Etc. Etc.

for she recognized Brice Rutherford's
writing She glanced at Mr.. North's let
ter, and then refolded both the letters
and thrust them into her pocket.
They are so lengthy that | viii have
to read them at my leisure" she said.
Mr. North's is not very long, but the
other one is. II is from Croylands and
was sent under cover"
1t was an hour later before Barbara
found herself alone 10 her room with
her letters. Mr. North's was mainly Of
business nature, but with few allu-
sions which. If not sentimental, were at
least exceedingly tender.
Brice's letter was full Of pleading. of
regret. Of self-criu ination. 1t flowed on
in torrent. with lumiliating admissions
with Wild appeals, with hot words of en-
dearment. with the most glowing prom
ises.
He told her about his marriage to Mar
gerry Benson, Of his suddenly made and
as suddenly withdrawn engagement to
Miss Wentworth. and Of everything that
might affect his intert It's or hers. If ever
reconciliation was reached. Would she
believe him? Would she forgive him?
Would she renstate him?
Her hands shook as she read, and tears
trickled down her cheeks. She still low
ed him. and her heart was deeply touch
ed. Her brown eyes glowed with ten
derness. and her dimples appeared and
disappeaIed about her lutteriug lips.
ooh. Bricep' she groaned. her hands
clasped. Il believe you! | forgive yen!
But III never relustnte your
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-03
ON THE SOLE OF HER FOOT.
BY 1t " mans Fortune Can BE Toll
l. L L..

BY 1t Woman's Fortune Can BE Told
as Well as by Her Palm.
Character readers believe that the sole
of the foot is as good an index Of per-
s5ual traits and the individual destiny
as the palm Of the hand.
The life line of the normal person
should run without a break from the
base of the big toe to the base of the
small toe. The inequalities In this line
signify the illnesses the Iarson viii ex-
perience and whether those illnesses
viii be in youth. maturity, or late in
life. IL the line ends abruptly midway
across the foot and cannot be discovered
further on. the breakagc means death at
middle age
The lines on the average heel are gem
orally mdistinct. but in persons of re-
fnarkable intelligence or tenacity these
lines are plainly distinguishablc NJ
merons lines on the heel running cross
wise and in many directions mark the
owner Of the foot as qualified to take
the initiative aud achieve success III
whatever pursuits he elects. Such lines
appearing in confusion also signify YER
satility
\ cross line on the ball of the foot
indicates love of family and a truthful.
loyal temperament. The more marked
the line the better index II is that the
individual will excel in the domestic
virtues, be a good wife or good hus-
band and faithful in filial or parental
citations.
Persons with 4 slight dent in the
center Of the sole are apt to be of a
sargulnc, enthusiastic nature, with a
tendency to go all lengths In love. in
religion, patriotism, or whatever en-
cages their Interests. The deeper the
dent the more intense the nature.
The moderately plump, somewhat
short foot IS index Of a steady-going,
practical person. systematic and 10 he
trusted, \ long, slim, tapcriug foot
indicates refined srnslbnlties and a log
icaI mind. The owner is usually per-
son of conservative taste and correct
standards
The plant, delicately nodded foot
joined to Il small ankle generally he
longs to person who is impressionahle
and a good deal controlled 10y impulse.
The owner Of such Il foot will have
strong instincts toward independence
aud viii prize variety and intellectual
stimulus,
The thick, blunt foot. joined to an
ankle rather large and sti4,set, belongs
| 20 TIE industrious plodder Of not over,
| quick percJa tlons -New York sun.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-03
CRAZE FOR NOVEL BEADING.
Publisher Thinks "Literary'' Course
Drive Many To IT

Publisher Thinks Literary Courses
Drive Many to IT.
1T is . bad day fol the publisher
when the book buyer begins to read"
is the epigram Of New York publish
er. The author of the eplgram dis
cussed in the Times the increase of
novel reading and its effect upon the
demand for books other than fiction.
Only within the last ten years, he said,
had the great demand for fiction been
the most striking fact of the publish
ing and book-selling business. Long
before that time fiction had become
the most important item in the United
States, but never before had so many
successful novels been published.
He set down the increased circula-
ton of novels to the growth in popula-
ton, wealth and education, and was
hardly inclined to allow a suggestion
that on the average the quality of fic-
ton had greatly improved within
twenty or twenty-five years. Never
before was the financial success of
noyelistc so much talked about and
written about, and the effect was TO
stimulate novel writing Not only are
there more novels than ever before
published, but there are vastly more
than ever before rejected by the pub
fishers.
1t was doubtful the publisher
thought whether the inc rase in the
reading OF fiction had lessened the read
ing in other departments of literat"re
Many of the new readers of fiction are
persons who would read nothing else.
and lovers of poetry. criticism, history
and biography have not been drawn
away from their favorite subjects by
the fact that unknown young mel and
women write novels that sell by the
hnudreds of thousands. A large part
of the most intelligent and cultivated
! readers gives very little time to new
fiction. The fact that the colleges and
universities are giving more attention
to the study of fiction as literary
manifestation has given fiction an i'm
portance that it did not once have.
Another thing that the colleges are
! doing, the publisher thought, had less
ened the reading of books proper to
! literature-that is. the requirement
that students preparing. for college
shall read and study by way of task
| masterpieces of literature which most
| such young persons in the natural
| course of their development would not
reach for years after they had finished
! their preparatory course. The effect
| was to drive many such students away
| from literature and make it hateful to
/ them because they associated it with a
distasteful task. Doubtless many such
young men and women fed ioyfully
| from the classics of the language u
/ the lightest and most ephemeral of
/ modern novels.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-03

able street, and the house in front Of
which his guide gave the pTeconcerted
signal was a large, handsome, stately
brown-stone structure. A domestic an
swsred his summons az the door.
lis Miss Bradleigh at homer he ask
ed.
"she is"
II wish to set her. Here is my card. "
She took the card. glanced at it, then
at him once more, and conducted him
into a magnifeentiy furnished parlor-
Perhaps | did wrong in sending my
card" Brice thought. with troubled
look. ''She may decline to see me.
His apprehensi0ns were removed by
the appearance of Barbara. When her
eyes rested upon him she suddenly stop
ped, surprise. alarm, indignation visible
Ia her face.
''You. Mr.. Rutherford" she exclaimed
with scorn. II had not supposed that
you could be guilty Of that"
He was looking at her keenly and visit
fully. She seemed more beautiful to him
than ever.
Guilty Of what?" be asked. per
picked expression upon his face.
"Of sending up Charlie Dewan's card.
instead of your own" she answered. Sc
verey.
Did do that?" he asked. 81 thought
had handed the girl my own card. 1t
was unintentional. | assure you. de-
spise deception. and you are the last
person whom I'd attempt to deceive"
She felt that he was speaking the
truth, and her anger abated. A quick
patter was heard in the hall. then little
Elite bounded into the room.
oh. mamma" she cried. my dollie
Darling. you must leave the room at
once" Barbara said. very much annoyed.
The child proceeded to obey. Brice
was feasting his eyes upon her. his heart
throbbing fast. He was strangely drawn
toward her He saw in her much that
reminded bm Of himself.
"Ycalr. ;,tle dear" be called out in an
agitmed voice Barbara. | came to see
her as mucn as TO see you."
The child went to him and held ont
her hand. the token Of confidence almost
overcoming him for a moment.
Ellie, that gentleman is your papa,
Barbara said.
The smaller blue eyes met the large
ones in a steady gaze of inquiry. Brlce
caught up the child ana passonately kiss
ed her. impelled by some uncomfortable
impulse, his chest heaving. his vision
blurred Relinauishing the child, she
tripped over to Barbara,
My papa?" she said looking from
Barbara to Brice "Why has he been
away so long? / don't want my papa.
| don't want anybody but mamma"
''That will do, DEAR" Barbara said. in
nm undertone. Now run and get your
dolIie."
The child left the room in prompt.
well-trained obedience, Barbara did not
dare to look up into Brice's face, She
did net want him to know how much her
feelings were stirred.
Ito De coSticGed.l