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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-24

The Codes. Weather.

Editor Of JThe .rimcs Dispntch:
Sir,-t am s,ro that It would interest," !
many OF Syotir renders II you wouiu
print the following letter, when Original.
Z " appeared III tho columns OF tho olu
Dispatch some years ngo
Al A wrltor5 for tho Dispatch asks 4 Ches.
apnn1se ,BaySEwAa ever frozen oyer . SO h "
to impede navigation AND he nv
sWered aftirmatlvcly, and the motnofaple
slow.storm of January, 1851 given w VI
instanoe. Hut 44on. A. IL. Stepllells, ~
\ hls School History Of tho United statest
SAYS thattlla winter of 1875 was we
coolest ever known; that ~ thern,onaaiefs
the mercury pongealod at sovera9 hoHtH
HI tho Statas Of New York; that Chesaf-
$peake Bay was frozen over from its hnad
IT'D; Cape Henry; that In Georgla the sa-
,,vnnnnh Rivep 1T Augusta wns also frozen
over: that flg trees OH the coast, one
hundred years old, were killed TO the
root; that sroW eleven to thirteen ,noheA
deep remained OH tho ground Tor w9ekHi
that on the 8til OF February the thermoms
eter fell to g degrees below zero, and thai
the Saturday before was still remsMbe red
as "tho cold Saturday" also renember
in Virginia hearing old people sneak Of
e ''tho cold Saturday. 7 also reoollect the
snow-storm IN 1857 But the coolest
weather In Virginia south Of Stanton
River was then s degrees below zero zero
Dnn River was frozen over at south Bos-
tom and there / saw four horse wagons
loaded with heavy hogshoads Of toba IS
passing oyer It on the Ice covered Win
snow, as Il It were m ordinary highway.
Fora week no trains ran to oa all1i
4 r
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TWO "CLOsE CALLS"
Incidents in the Experience OF
Confederate Soldiers.

Dear EdItor.---l notice tnaI YOU ask Your
Subscribers for inQldents Of personal daT-
Ing and narrow escapes during the war'
Permit nue. to give you two that came
uuder my personal notice, and there are
q dozen or more veterans Of l4oWell,s o!d
Eleventh Texas battery, and prohapiY
fifty or one hundred Of Alexandef'a caVal-
ry regiment OF Texas volunteers now w.
Ing, who VIII youch for tho truth Ok the
following. Roth incidents occurred at tina
battle Of NeWtonia. IN Southwest NAE.
souri,, In September. 1862, and poth o.
tho actors are yet llving-one At Mckin'
ney Tex. and the other at Puroel. 4hd'
Private Bill Franklin. the wheel driver
or tllrd piece. Eleventh Taxas pSt.ery'
was sitting on his horse during an artn-
lery duel between that four-gun battery
and Hhabb's tWelve,gun Fedora! kAnsax
battery when a percussion shell from q
threerInch PARROT gun strIpk the hQrsi
on which Franklin was sitting, STRIKING
tho animal in the shoulder missing Frank,
Inns leg not over two ,nehaa, II passed
through the horse AZ an angle ana ps
tween the riders legs. exploding INSIDE
tho animal. tearing out his sntrai's ans
coming out at the flank, managing th'
other horse so badly In tho hip that 81
had to DO shot after the fght WAS over
The saddle on which Franklin was rid
ing Was split into dozen pieces, ant
4 both OF his legs from the knees w y
crotch were frightfully bruised. but
strange To say, he was not killed. In
| deed, so great was the fellows pluck ant
endurance that he helped take the har
ness off the dead and wounded horse
and refused to leave the field for an hou
| or two afterwards, when he was tinall.
induced 10 80 TO the field hospital In tn
| little village, half a mile In the rear
where his wounds were dressed by pr
o. II, Caldwell our company snrgeol
mow living u. podd City; fannin eoun
of this statement | was llllng the pos
OF No 2 at the time the incident happen
ed. and the shell-p4s boys called TIA
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VI ofshs ay5 whose sun Is set;
Thou Wilt struggle to forget mol DEF
mo theo to FORGET. 5i3

Other lips With Smiles Will greet thee
happiness, God grant, DO thine: I.
on thy liro viii fatl 3lno shadows, such
Lpvs tn sarts ns wi fqst ssa 'ta y trust thee
4 II Try faitll and truth conflde, !
giY lovllcr faifei' sbrle. Y
esw ysss ss e 'aS S tsns sxs aef VIZ
fhs aoArE, Whieh thou .hpSt ,Wrulng;
o. the life Whlo!,ttl,pn heat bllghtsd SAD
ssE% thee to forget y q
NAV W sssa ia aes asssniast
Hut tho fortuna smiles upon thee, tllpu
-, wilt and my, WORDS l gre true
Thou IN haat q,eaed knoM si;,, - aoye me-
yseu w Will T. @ - A bs S Saaatsa ~ III.
FARO 'ttES sst Veil NIsy aqa fasslye thee ter
~, sta ssS Y Sas sssohs sst xS MsaSusRs s
Yheusll onr paths. henceforth' lie parted,
and until llfq's sun Is set, a
4S' ,hSss ' . o'i sosSssst, 'S's' ~ W Y
Ddtor q The Times DISPATCH;
sir,--Whlch Ia the more formidable, the
cHNsThRF1nLp.
The latest publication ON the subject
that we have seen, iss q special article In
tho New York Tribune, from which We
make the following extracts, NJ,
Japans fleet has q tonnage at perhaps
gunboats 4, destroyera, go, With 70 bniid;
msy rs Sa,ls SassG a9iR ee ss IL
ment Of 111,a74 tons. II qonsIats8 ot 2
tbattleships, 9 arnorcd qruisaEa and a
the Kasaga and the NaisIn, and they are
On theirwag 70 Japa,p, hny " I, I,ss g
sas Tsise s asts1hS s sGas x
tons tons t dispiaeement. All ara SUPPOSED to,
hays speed q knots a a h9ur Th1S
seven years and four have been In ser5
vice loss than, four years The armored
cruisers are almost exactly o. the same
BIZ neins Tho sAe spse raSSss from
more "a al than 'fe four years seTvlce. Like The
RpnaaasPs th e s Wa4rs ~ hs 9s pa sai
cruisers range between, 2,100 and A,7St
S iaaa apnethar Of 8 knols, I've oi gas,
four Of 90, one Of 10, two Of lF.s s ana
THE Russian navy conslsts Of 10 battle
ships. 10 I arnored oruisqrs. 10 cruisers,
protected and otherwise; Z torpedo gun
Boats 20 destroyers g torpedo bosts,
built or building. and 2 aubmaElns toro
pedo boats OF these Different classes. y
are stationed in the Black Gea, and
could not be OF service in the Far East,
few others also ara ~ The Baltic arg
Mussian sS navy are either Ii Eastern watars
or Se On tho way there, = ha tleet with 'Whleht
Japan viii have 10 cope Is made. up q
ejght battleships. i've aTn9Ted er,Hal ss
number Of destsoYers and torpedo boats,
soma OF which are now ON the way 70
the East, thu total disRla oement Of when
S sssts! sh SIS d seas az
81 available naval force and lvesels Ja-
pan probably has the advantage
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Rural = otter Boxes

Editor OF The Times Dispatch,
sir,-Will you nlease ansWer through
your query column the following, Ross
the government require atasl boxes on
the r. 3. d. rQutes7 Il 90. after what
pattern2 !, Il,
Tho government rsaussta tia Use VI
metal boxes by patrons on rural routes,
The local postmaster 10 always Rotlfls
as to character Of boxes that should b.
used, There are nearly 400 different PAR
tern-all metal. The government does not
require the use OF any special pattern.
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kind .saw logs passed. within. ten OF
fifteen feet bt my hend. Frat,kl!n re-
covered, aud made a good soldier the rest
sof the war. being ftirlotiglied at Fort
tvashita. lid. J. (o,ir battery iiever sur
rendered ar were paroled), In May, 1865.
lie was living q yenr Of two AGO. nnd
probably Is yet, ut Purcell, Ind. r.
,rhe other Incident. and almost ns
"close Il CALI as Frnnklin's, happened to
Capt. Andrew r. Carter, cot1lillssary Of
A1exander's regiment q Texas cavalry
In early life Captain Carter was afflicted
with white swelling IN oiie Of lis less
and ONO leg was considerably shorter than .11
the other and whnt we usually tern,
bow.legged !, In tho morning fight Mt the
SANS place, anu same dny. Capt Carter
had put two Or three large red MISSOURI
apples In tho tail pockets Of his coat.
lie had ttllsn,0u,1ted from his horse. ana
WAS standing near Capt. Joe Bledsoe's
two.g,in Missouri battery. doc .sl,elby's.
brigade, when d Federal battery opfneed
oil them at about four l,undred and ffty y
Sards distance. and Sone Of tho flrat
rounds fired, a six pound solid shot. pass.
al between Capt. Andy's logs, missing
rim clean, hut shot the tail Of hts coat
on, made poilace out Of the! apples. and
ruined his lunch Capt Carters l,laoa
was properly With his wagon train In the
roar. 1 didn't know whether his New
totl,n experlence cured him Of rushing up
On the firing line tho rest % the WAT y
not. tut | ID know that had It not been
fnr the bow iii his game leg he would
certainly htye lost hla life on that occa-
sion.M.W II, Class. Sulphur Springs,
Texas, In Confederate Veteran. 4
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=. ~ nv, r,In,cs-Disnatch,7

Editor Of Ths Hines Dispatchi fi5 .
sir,-can the District School Board
SEND a teacher to teach a certain school
after part Of tho patrons present them
with adpetitiQn before contract was let,
asking them not 10 send the said teacher
to teach their SCHOOL,
These are matters on which definite
opinions cannot ha given TIL both sides
have been fully heard, and then they
must ultimately he settled by ths Appeal
Board provided by law,
Failure ia Get Butter Out Of Milk
Editor Of Tha Times pispatohs
Sr,-PleAsa inform me through your
query column why It Ia that Mt some
seasons Of thu year It ts impossible 70
get butter out Of milk?
I have not been able 70 set Any for
tho last two weeks. aud know ct others
near by who have the same trouble.
IT Yours truly,
There may. be several eAuSas--one may
be q. kind Of baetaEla that vet into the
milk. either. from dirt oH from failure
thoroughly to- soald the mtlkink. vessels,
or, It may ba from not keapipG the cream
at the proper temperat uro. E
The cream should be SKINNED lust a. i
begins to turn sour, and "a eanseal the
fat should DO kept In a vessel where the
temperature is ,ahout hfty degrees, This
fat comes from the eeW in a LIQUID state.
Dn not put any fresh cream into the
cream that you deaire to chugn for TWEEN
ty hours. before ohurning. alae the cneau
will not ripen uniformly. Get q dairy
thermometer, 1t aaly costs TWENTY-FIVE
cents. They are kept at .the, hardware
stores.) Then raise the Temperature Of
your cream (by placing II n a warm
room to sixty-two degrees for about six
teen hours before churning, Churn at q
tempera ture Of slxty7aye degrees,
1t is hard to state on paper Just how
cram should look and taste when ready
for cAurning, II should have a sharp.
clean. acid tsste With q pleasant flavor
This knowledge Is SOON acquired by e1-
perpence. 1t is sometimes necessary to
raise the schurning temperature higher,
owing to conditions Cows in advanced
stage OF lactatlop. require higher tempesa-
ture, and II the cream u very rich q
lower temperature y required.
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s sass :. ss,s ss:s'' Il. :.

Train, Leave Rlanm On d--tNo r.t,Wsrd.
AIS a. ~, daily. By * !. u 8, T!hrou1hs
w A. III. daily. Main 81, lhs1Sgh. All
sSs 4; r.. except Monday, byrd g. Through.
viz y, Il, Wesx days Etp., Ashland .c-
sSSS 4. 81. sunday only Rysd g, Through.
Ts?!I Az week days, HyEd Ct Through.
lid " IL, wssk dayI Bird St Fredsrcks..
burg Accommodation
sS:6S d. 81. daily. alnln 81. Through. 3,
3;M =. NJ. week days Eba- Ashland 40
I,os r. NJ, daily. Byrd st. Through.
Trains Arrlye Observation-Disclosures
so 4. NJ, week days E!ba- Ashland &C,
H Sus i, III, week day. BYRD at, F1ederck',
q !, Rssa s ssys u syi sassssvse4A Through
2fi' IA s sss4 4 sss y s ss's s.G'asa
cay AsS I! g. II 3h 4s,4h
As i9a =, n, daily. Main 81. T1hr0ush. All
i9Ss =, daily. Main g., Tht!! I. n; \,
ASsoTEMgEIllinan Sleeping or parlor Cars on
all Trains sA9eps 9Sal 9f ~ % ~ :, op
CON Aiaas \, Asa Gen 4an'ru TTaf, Man.
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2S90,000 =
(2) A note OF $500, dated January ~ 70,
1865. and due in two years. with inteFesst
At ten per cent, payable g an1 ,ssa i,us
e MsreS D % 1ss7. 500 What was the
amount due July Is, 1872
Ans, s316.425.
Please show how these ansTser1 Tsss
obtained. n =. g
1)S4 s6b6-val. of ! g.
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SOUTH zRN RAIL way.

s.5 scIIAuUL LIZ IN EFE,EGT jan. n 800
TRAINS LEAVE $RIC'ttAONQ,
200 a. I.s~iluiiy. Local fof Charlotte, 3. C..
a Ssyn h,missa y, bu rs e elaas,
Nemuhis. EChal lanpegA ard MI tbs South.
500 Il. Il LEX. SUNDAY. ksyavills Local.
i6:0o r. N.-paily Limited Pullman ready.
asY r. H.. for 4ll ths solth
- ~ YOHk AlyEtt LINE,
rho fayorita rouie to Baltimore and Eastern
pofnta Leave Rlchmond 4:.o T. y. Monday,
GI f. 4.4Except Sunday. Local mixed tos
West Point.
Ia II A.vI1sapl SUNDAY, For +, = West Point;
srnnneatlng With steamers Tor baltimore ana
liver landings Monday. "Wednesday and Fri.
wy WY TRAINS ARHIYR RIctIMQNU.
i a.5S a. III and 9;{s z. M-Frpm all the South.
ills y. M.wHrQm Charlotte aud DURHAM
4 FAC A. M--Frenn Chasa City,
a:ss 4: A.-hall lpore and West Ho a a., I,
9. H XqKERT, = g. II. IIAR ARD y, x
= was ySMkssreuRY. D. 81 4. =
''fs " " 'sF Richmpnd. Va.
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Earnings Problem.

Editor of The Times Dispatch: ~
MI, r earned $40 per week. What part
Of Mr.. RS earnings WAS his excess over
Mr. rs earnings
T-'1 Ans. ISL
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O1d Coins.

r . p 10 y. u
Editor of Tho srimes-D dispatch;
coppars; some Of them were made ba-
tween 100 and 1900, and some after 1900,
have two half dollars letteged around
the edge. ] have some other Qld pieces
of money. ~, -
Vert Appomattox. Va,
We cannot undertake to furnish infor-
nation about the value os sale OF OLD
coins,
I DEFY Thee 10 Forget
T.? the Editor Of ThA msss1a9S!nsyp Zines.
p! sissysSA RtaSs lie Pos&, ass lines
81 which aFe
'yYhon wilt struggle 70 forget mo- po -
THOU Vat often Wish a ] DO ttet "
two had never met"
~ IL 20 S assxj N y9s ~ viii s.sat'y oD''ss
rheu wilt struggle to f'ysst mel defy
Thou wilt often wish "a ! w ''As ~
Ynou Two %, enq bJ Ssys !, 4 slies
more-wilt wear a Ease ~ bIlS'Mi ,hs
Bll, n time will come toN slAsHApsf, - "''
!. visions OF tina niEht. "a onco ,th tho,
Yho' sa Msa w NsnF music yS'I IA ,as saFS
Ani q face VIII rise To- haupk th ,!s H'ous'
, tho midst Of hygalla ys, eaFFs aoad thee
Til the strings Of 0aAa24gytn,segs af foaA '''s'
Thou wilt struggle tQ, fpTget Ms~f eot'
thee to forget,
i,oS, fnaa avery
memory of the past, ,,,,, a,.
forever those that last; 10 a yy,l
Thou, wilt struggle to toFRet me- ~ wy
p'or he hardest I'd IT. gitests 10 aulet arc thu
ghosts Of byEQne hours; a. a. }+h,n,
pfte, when thou Toast exReet " ~ sn'A'
4Aka I sha Dc i sar lin ,iy spyt there VII
come a Thought OF mel Z, az
scmc ones look or tone WIZ keasA ~
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Lees Surrender.
(Renl,blished by ReQuest.)


I neyer shall forget the day #
When Lee and his soldiers had to part,
There was many q tear to- wipe flWay,
And many q sad and weary heart,
Chorus. .sH s4l,g
The soldier had to part twithhis rife;
His truaty compaion lay aside,
While his heart felt emotions ha mu u7l
stlne,
As he yielded up virsiais, his pride.
You did your mart we'll, noble band,
outnplnbered yet brave and true yop
stood; il ..,E sI
Of the brave, tie noble and the gooa'
Despirlngly they lsktlllll VIII strvgEle on
Determined to- flght and yet be ireei
Unconscious Of what Rob Lee had done
Beneath that buddln Ina, / applle trss'
1Iarkl still a courier tlaatens on,
And still the cannon loudly roar, 81.
While silently they stacked their silent
arms,
TO fight on virginia's soil no more
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VIRGINIA NAVIGATION co..

srnA.iEAR Z F Is iMaNy4 lesSss
Nostok PqF tsn9 Aih cd Peat. NEWPORT, ,NsMa
sfsSa Il SR s1 sSt 1 more
and ttie North State WOODS, tasYrvsd for the
Ehh 4Sa afs saa RTSiS sal Sqrto if
Musi6 BY Grapl QgGyestgkoAs 5,,.. /,
Freight Fafelyea 10Y Alnrsl, han,fa pases ara
linn. 4N Generni Mananaar
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Garden Problem

Garden Problem,
Editor OF Tho Dispatch:
slr.-Pleasa work out the following
K MANS garden Is eight .rods long and
nnety-nlne feet wide: Is .0S OF his land.
How manx acres has heG?1,na,prpnR
90 IT. Il 8 IT. = SO yards.
S8 yds, + 81 yds. - 33 x n or q rods,
rods K 8 rods = 48 SO. rods,
A - Is acres
IT, ssn 1ae s < "a pa : = or 81 acres.
Ans. 81 acres.
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sEAB 0ARB AIR LINE RAILWAY.

5l,aI TRAINS LEAVE RIcIlloND7I-D;AILY.
1925 r. M.seaboard FoTiaa ii ina
eau il. .M--Seaboard Muil--ll:O0 =, M.-SsA'
board DxpressTTo savannah, JacksoAVlils.
9l0 a. N. II ocal -F9i Norlna ,and Hamlet
TRAINS ARRIVE. RICiiMQND-DAlLf,9 t
6;45 A. M,--No. s3t--FroN Florida.
b s:i0 A. M.-No, 60--Fyon Florida. Atlanta and
4 ;HS Mo; ss-From Florida, Atlanta and
4 1isssS i. Mo, ss7-Feons Norlina and local
d ak Ticket orttGe, $50 Essi tAaiR Street.
'PAops &gh ss Il K n
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Poems Wanted,

The following poems have been re-
quested OF usi
The Motto and the Crest.
The Last IiyMN,
Eyory Year, by Gen. Albert Pike,
After the Battle, or Searching TOT
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Mechanics Licenses.

Editor OF The Times Dispatch;
sir-Is there any law requiring blacks
smiths. carpenters, shoemakers aud har..
I,essmakers to- take out licenses ~ tAat
now nuoA :, sss9' L. D. II,
Hsloy, Va.
No; We can and no such law.
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Lament Of tho Irish Emigrant
f. Long Long Ago, a
Any reader who will furnish us with a
copy Of any ono OF these poems will
deeply oblIge.
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Lord Wolseleyvs Opinion Of Les

Lord Wolseley's Opinion OF Les,
Tho following letter Ia from General
81 Lord) Wolseley, the former con,ln andepr
n-chef OF the British army, now retired,
ana who has as distinguished q military
record as any man now llYlnEi
n Farm House, GlyAas, Lawss, "
MY Dear General Lee =
j value very much the book YOU sent
me, which I shall read WITH deep ih7
terest,
Your distinguished relative WAS ''ali
round" the greatest man over knew,
taking him all In all and vlewlua him
from every aspect. mention !h.s
opinion in some memoirs have Just
published here, and a}ssSo. a. IN s sneclAa'
edition) In America ,,f5!
I feel that you, as his nephew, Tel!
reluctant to state how highly yon placed
i May I add that he was distinguished
from nearly all the most rqmaFkAhle 81
patrlots by being as: good !, as he Waa
great 4 I thank. YOU very much tor your
kindness In lending me copy II Your
book (,
7 am, dear General, :
Very faithfully yours.
WoLsHL-EE1:YA
TO General Fityhugh Lee.
2, s,-I have wished for an autogfapn
letter written by General Lee, gov
have one you could spare. AZ would i1'-
decd be highly appreciated by me.
General Wolseley served in the cri-
mean War and also at the relief of Luck
now in 1867. In 1869 he visited the Con-
federate army In Virginia, Flo sup
pressed Reds insurrection In Canada IN
1870, After that he served IN 4ndla.
Egypt and China.
The book be refers TO IS fitz Lee
Life OF r, p. Lee, published fow years
ago. and which has had q very large
| sale.
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Unacceptable Teacher.

.Pittsylvanla, January goth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-24

About five years OF girIhood were spent
In nght-hearted, happy, innocent gayety.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-24
HOW UNCLE SAN WILL.
CLEANSE ISTHMUS

How big a thing this sanitary enter
prise is 10 prove may be apprecia ted
from the fact that the new commission
expects TO spend more than half a mil
lion dollars on sanitation the first wear.
ana Prof. w. II. Burr who was a men,
Der or the old commission and viii prob
ably serve in an advisory capacity in
this health campaign, figures that il viii
cost at least <2.oOO,OO0 10 complete the
main sanitary pro1ect-the construction
% water works and a sewerage system
Ter the cities OF Panama and Colon and
the drainage of the districts between
these cities.
Yellow fever and smallpox are by no
means the only terrors IN this domain
cleaning which Uncle Sam is shortly to
begin on a wholesale scale Leprosy
exists IN the city Of Panama, and IN
almost every village along the line OF
the Panama Railroad TO Colon.
Some of the reasons why Panama viii
be a pretty good place TO keep away
from until Uncle Sam has cleared the
atmosphere bit have been disclosed by
DR.. Claude c. Pierce. OF the Public
Health Service, who was recently detail
ed for duty in the office OF United States
Consul General Gudger at Panama. Dr..
Pierce declares that the city ef Pan
anna is filthy in the extreme, as 2 re-
suit primarily OF the antiquated sew
erage system. A defective water supply
adds to the deplorable situation, and IN
the dry season when water sells for
which only the wealthy can AFFORD. IN
a trip along the forty-seven miles OF the
railroad line from Panama to Colon the
Government investigator found that all
the villages were filthy, and fever-bear-
Ing mosquitoes were everywhere preva~
lent. At La BOca. two miles from Pan
anna, the site Of the proposed mouth OF
the canal. he found that no sanitary
regulations whatever existed
Bad as the outlook would seem to be.
members OF the new Panama Canal
Commission and other Government Of
hcials are confident thar the canal
zone will ultimately be made q very
habitable place. Rear Admiral Walker.
chairman OF the new commission, said
the other day: Much can be done to
reduce the dangers of the climate to
a minimum. I see no reason why, with
the facilities tie commission will have
at its disposal and the assistance which
will be rendered by medical science and
engineering. the canal section cannot
be made as healthy as any tropical coun-
try. We have done IL elsewhere. ana
we can do it at Panama"
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Laughed and Danced Her
Way Into the Affections
of Douglas.
Great Senator Left Halls
of Congress to Urge
His Suit With Her.

full young wife. At length. she asked
MIN II he had any message for his
sons.
Tell them to obey the laws Of tbs
land" he said. solemnly. "and TO sup
port the Constitution Of the United
States"
The Last Years In Washington
The life which followed for Adele
Cuts was of quite another character
For five years she lived quietly In her
old home. There at a dinner she met
a Capt Robert Williams-there was no
splendor In those days Ike that OF 9
noble army service-and was captured
by him And then. as her second hus-
band rose higher and higher In rank.
she Travelled with him from army post
to army post, sharing the fare of the
frontier and the honor Of her hus-
bands progress.
General Williams eventually became
Adjutant General. and so Adele Cults
was able 70 spend her last years In
house where she was born. One day in
January, 1899, she saw her eldest daugh-
ter-there were six children by her sec
ond marriage-marrIed to a lieutenant
in the regularly army; and only a few
days afterward this young bride saw
the mother laid quietly in a grave. But
the mother had lived a long life and a
beautiful one. and the story Of IL makes
the cid pebble-dashed house In La
fayette Square shine with interest.