The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23

course in the Normal College has hean
considerably heightened Meantime ths
increase DO H." enrolment of pupils has
L-rn 500 over last year. The increase
'3 Drln greatest iu tho borough OF the
bronx. where >-al.4ers are scarcest. and
queens Richmond Brooklyn and Man
--"l-~- rank neNt in order. At present
,-'.'ie are 80 school buildings I'm the cit,
ana seFenty-f.Ve more are under cons4ri,o
uon- The shortage OF teachers is 80 60.
.-'a- ID many cases the older pupils are
acting in that capacity TO their voYngsr
comrades.
Goihomites have never REGARDED Chi
'aeo as backward I'm claiming arvtti,,,
lA@t seemed % Ler desirable. esufoi,Ils,
y it could be- obtained at the expense or
s,e" o'A' bug tile latest demand from
tAe CITY oy the Lake has been so,,a
,''l-S 90 iacer Tor all that. 1t is nothing
-ess lAan the claim OF one Mrs lam,
- SK-e-s 90 the Manhattan water-yro,,
N' '-e ilaflem River. which through q
'.P-la'.e ilrm OF Wall Street attorno,s
PUG a4rfts is here by virtue Of ro,ai
-.1i'l maze 20 certain Of her ancestors In
40 tiat time the chief products ~
- -.o- were scalps warwhoops and
-'9' no" they are high rents. Thc
included I'm the claim. which
''7@l across Manhattan Island al
'' WIDEST part. has become enor,,o,,sl,,
valuable within conneratf,,et,, .-y
years. Tor the Harlem River is ,,o,,
'l'' important Ink IN the cltv's s,ster,
'"'1i ways and is lined on either sioe
t"iAa'ie dock and mauufact,,rfr-,
E.-'s. If Mrs. Skcel succeeds i'm nro,.,,,s,
..' cram. and 30 is now recefvine tb,
'-''s Consideration OF the corDora+to,
f--'.... VIII become tho weaIthies.
'-''''f in the country. which has Iono
...'. position enjoyed by the Astor
iHn folr-master schooner William
yirlsAain, out OF Port Tovgnsor,i
"~s-' on June 2fth. with the biqr-est
."'ry OF lumber that ever came arolina
'"' 44.ri. put into New York barhov
'' 'eF last week with a chapter ~
"is 10 h'r credit that would be n
genuine Inspiration 70 W Clark Russell
any other c.roniclcr Of Tho coo
Nhle che vessel was loading ~ b.,
one Of the crew stabbed fhe
l.N" your times in the back But the
20 man ls only twenty-nina vears
'.l' rHi speedily recovered. After 7OD
PIG rl' ks N oregon pine, some of them
more i.aa 10 feet long and three feet
u" diameter. had been loaded. the yes
r4t % sea. and sixty davs after
south America. For a time the donkey,
'' f4he served 20 keep her free OF water
"it IN september z4th she ran into an
i"~DfrF ten miles long. lost her fore
yard in the collision. and was nearly
s-Drnerged by the weight OF ice thai
came aboard After that she leaked
Nprae Than ever, and Il required tbs,
Best Efforts o. her crew OF six men AZ
tne and-pumps 10 Keep afloat For three
ofts tho vessel tackled about tho Falk-
lana Islands. playing tag with the ice
DfrHr. ahd then made her way slowly IN
me Atlantic cast leaking more ana
more with every gale siHo encountered
~ TILE port size gave up the night with
te wind and waves and consented 70
pf lowed to her destination by an IN
rDnanue steam tug After discharginr
her cargo in Boston. she Will return TO
Sow York and load with oil for Sydney
Iirr fret mate thinks be will make that
foI ngo. but says that the next time he
Teams mat size IL 20 70 around the
Horn V1fn o. cargo OF lumber, he in
tends 20 iook COX another berth