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sale business district. The city auth
critics were quick to act and there
fore no disturbances Of any kind re-
suited.
Small Loss Of Life.
The loss of life is only, so far as
known q o'clock this morning), one
negro baby. killed by falling walls,
annd two negro men drowned in the
flood. The depth of the water in the
wholesale district, which includes the
entire section of the city from Royal
street to the river was seven feet.
Among the boats sunk are the riv-
er steamers ]. P. Schulz, Mary, Mary
=. Staples, Mary s. Bless. CANA, Over
ton. Hattie B. Moore, City Of Camden,
the United States revenue cutter Alert,
besides hundreds of small vessels.
The wharves from Frascati, the ex-
treme south end Of the city, as far up
the river as Three-Mile Creek, are to-
tai wrecks. This also includes the
new Mobile & Ohio docks and the
Louisville C Nashville docks.
Telegraphic communication is para
lyzed, with poor prospects Of a wire for
several days. -
All Business Suspended.
Electric light companies, street rail-
ways and in fact all business has been
suspended The Mobile & Ohio Rail-
road was the first road to get train
out Of the city, its first train having
left Mobile at a. m. today. Numer-
Gus sawmills located in the northern
and marshy districts have been either
washed away by the terrific waves or
torn to splinters by the wind. Their
lumber and timbers are to be seen
scattered over the entire city and float
ing slowly down the river, The bar
Dor steamer Jas. A. Carney, plying
between Mobile and the eastern shores
lies beached just across the river and
opposite st. Francis street Its sides
are jammed in and its superstructure
blown away
Much fear is entertained for Fort
Morgan, Ala, where the Government
quarantine station is located, and
many soldiers quartered. The Chances
are that much loss of life has been
caused by the storm to those living
on Dauphin Island and other outlying
islands, including the fflarshy district
where many fishermen live.
Food Supply Short.
In the city many people and much
live stock were rescued after heroic
efforts. Such cases are numerous. Pro-
visions are running low. Restaurants
feed many, but have no supplies on
hand. Ham and eggs constitute their
food supply. These, too, win soon be-
come exhausted. Wholesale houses
lost many thousands of dollars from
the flood, but willingly paid as high as
$3.50 an hour for common labor and
earnestly they begged men to accept
such pay, SO frantic were they in their
efforts to save goods. Even at this
figure few men, white or black, would
accept work.
Words cannot fully describe the
storm. During the hours between
D. m. Thursday and noon Friday trees
Eell and roofs crashed by the hun
ireds. Through the streets, carried
BY the terrific winds. we're hurled hun
lreds of pieces of slate and tin roof
ng, cornices, shingles, and in fact all
kinds of debris. Blinds were torn
rom their fastenings and windows
smashed as II tissue. Many people
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One disease of thinness in
children is scrofula; in adults,
consumption. Both have poor
blood both need more fat.
These diseases thrive on lean
ness. Fat is the best means of
overcoming them; cod liver oil
makes the best and healthiest
fat and
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lpremium to E. E. Illusion, certificate
TO T. A. Hayes; best STALLION two
years old, premium to w. c. Moore,
certificate to T. A. Hayes; best stall
/ lion one year old premium to Porter
Bros; best colt or FLY, foal 1906,
premium to 7. A. Hayes, certificate
to J. NJ. Granbery; best mare three
years old or over, premium to J. D.
Whitesides, certificate to Mrs. w. H.
Jones; best mare two years old, prem
ium to T. A. Hayes; best mare one
year old. premium to w. S. Nunnelly,
certificate to w. S. Nunnelly; best
gelding three years old or over, prem
ium to ]. d. Whitesides, certificate to
Hermitage Stud; best gelding two
years old, premium to j. M. CRANBERRY.
certificate to 10 w. Fleming.
Champion Class.
Best trotting bred horse, trophy by
Phoenix National Bank, premium to T.
A. Hayes. certificate to E. E. Thus
ton.
The Races.
2:25 class pacing Stakes in -
$500.
Sandy Hal. by Jim Kennedy Is.
Thomas) ...,..... ..........l ! ]
Gallant Girl, by Sandy Wilkes
(Johnson) ..............33 8
John A.. by Eddie Hal &C.
Thomas) $500. .............2 2 4
Ada Mckay. by Deplex mckay 4 2
Time. 2:25; 2:2Sh; 2;2SA.
2:2O class trot-s in $3.50.
Princess. by Sidney Prince
(S. Thomas) ..............1 3
Atom l., By Alcantarus
Uewis) ...............S 2 l 4
Irene F.. by Roy Brown
(Green1 1880. ......,....5 3 4 2
Blackwood, ny Redwood
johnson, ~ ....--.....,.3 4 2 2
Coupon. by Cookoo white
head ....s.. ..............2
Time. 2:2114; 2;29A: 2:2sA; 2.S71s
Mule race. Y mile dash, $40 purse:
Irwin, first: Fitzgerald, second.
The running races were postponed
on account of rain. The last heat of
the 2:20 trot was trotted during a
heavy rain and the track was awfully
heavy.
Those who attended the Fair and
visited the Floral Hall were naturally
attracted by the way in which the ex-
hibits were arranged. The hall never
looked better and we doubt If it ever
looked as good The matter Of arrang-
ing the exhibits was in the hands of
Miss Charlotte Henderson and her
assistants, but the responsibility of |
the display was in her hands as she
was the superintendent Of the second
floor. The artistic genius of Miss
Henderson was displayed in the ar
Of every article. And then
another feature OF the hall was the
correct manner in which the books i
were kept and when the reported called
for the winners of the premiums there
was little trouble in getting them.
The Association made wise selection
when they appointed Miss Henderson
as superintendent of this department.
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WHITE Wy 7 Tors y LEAg( MD0"

Back of the house. upon the brow Of a
hill from which on clear day view Of
the river unrolls as far as the city Of
Washington stands. or rather stood, the
old barn, constructed at the same time as
Wellington House.
Up to a few years ago Its usefulness was
not greatly impaired. But as the worms
bored into the heart oak and black gum-Of
the hand-adzed beams. and the Potomac
winds tore and wrenched the pine clap
boards with which the sides were. covered.
the old structure weakened and tottered
until now it Is but high hipped roof. rest
ing upon the ruins OF it's walls. Timber
such as would command an extraordinary
price in the markets Of today went into
this barn. Would not the sight of a heart
oak beam twenty-five feet long, eight
inches by six inches, delight the eye Of a
master carpenter of today? Yet such is
the material used in the construction Of
the barn.
Washington bequeathed the estate of
milton of his services as amanuensis Upon
Washingtons death Lear. after assisting
in the settlement of the estate. entered
more into public life and occupied yelling
ton but transently until his death, in 1916.
The estate then reverted to the Washington
family according to the terms of the will,
and for two generations was occupied by
them, Charles A. Washington, a grand
nephew of Gen. Washington, being the
last. .-
Since then the Snowdens and the Bakers,
both well known in the state of Virginia,
have lived there. 1t is at present the
property of Col. Frost, who, after some
years residence at the old place. moved to
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AND
COMMERCE COMBINED

fion Of literature" There is hardly any
more offensive cant in the world than that
which pretends that real literature Is not
produced for money, he says. Much OF
the greatest would have been left undone
If there had been no money TO be got out
of 1t. The sharp tooth of necessity gnaws
the man of genius until 1t drives him to
his desk. He would often be well content
to let his great thoughts escape In talk,
or to dream his dreams in silence. But
he has Abbotsford to make into a feudal
mansion, and we get the Waverly novels.
or he has his old mother to bury. and he
turns out Rasselas.' Does anybody sup
pose lazy Goldsmith would have given us
The Vicar of Wakefield If he had seen no
potential coats and ru es and bowls of
pu nch in quilts and ink and paper? The
1t Quit wakes 1t from its easy arm chair,
1t puts 1t on its mettle. Thackeray wrote
Vanity Fair as Shakespeare Ote Ham
fet'-in the way of business. Non olet pc
cunia. Money leaves no faint on these
achievements any more than 1t does any
whereeelse on sincere work"
Several authors in these days combine
literature and commerce and apparently
get quite as much satisfaction from the
money they make by the latter as they
derive from the earnings Of their pens.
George r. Sims wrote many hair-raising
thrillers In the shape Of melodramas be-
fore he thought out his recipe for his
now well-known hair restorer. There may
be q connection between the two, but. at
all events the restorer has brought its
inventor comfortable fortune. A few
years ago John Strange Winter wrote a
recipe for rethatching bald heads and
promptly placed 1t on sale. According to
the advertisements 1t may, be obtained
from her publishers" This Is a combina-
ton of literature and commercs with
the busiest men In the world of commerce.
and this perhaps IL the reason why so
little has been heard OF him lately by the
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hinges, lock and monstrous key. are the
same. and the broad hallway to which 1t
gives ingress, and the interior staircase
with its white banisters. are identically the
ones upon which many colonial feet woke
the echoes in the long ago.
To the left, upon leaving the hallway, Is
the parlor. but bricks have choked the
great fireplace. now disguised and mod
ernized by a freboard. But the board may
be removed. and at least some semblance
on cold autumn days. though the primal
charm Of the bigness and greatness OF the
hearth has been almost irretrievably
married. 80
X
Above stairs in the original house there
are two rooms. One is a replica of the
into the wall at either side of the fireplace.
The other occupies like floor space to that
taken by the great hall below. The attic
is the sepulcher Of the fashions of yester-
year. Old hoop-skirts, bonnets and band
boxes quantity decorated with flowers and
daintily dressed women, mingle in the
trash and rubbish of decadal accumulation.
1t Is the home of the chimney swallow. the
bat and the squirrel; the abode of spiders
without number.
Under the body of the main house is the,
wine cellar. dim in its cobwebs and rub
bish; forlorn In its empty and broken
casks. whose rotting ribs and worm-eaten
slaves litter the floor in their dissolution
like the skeleton Of the mirth In which they
played so great part.
In his book. "Some Old Historic Land
marks Of Maryland and Virginia" Mr.. w.
H. Snowden speaks of this cellar. 1t was
during the occupancy of the place by
Charles A. Washington. an ardent theorist
in matters of arming, but who obtained few
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New York state, placing Wellington In the
hands Of an agent for lease.
Transient tenants now turn the lawn sod
and fields of corn have transplanted the
sward that surrounded the house; horses
Craze undisturbed among the grape vines
and beneath the fruit trees.
One Of the many almost forgotten tombs
Of distinguished men in Washington is that
of Tobias Lear. 1t Is located in an obscure
corner Of Congressional cemetery. and is
Here Lie the Remains OF
Tobias Lear.
He was early distinguished the private
secretary and familiar friend Of the illus
his country with dignity, zeal and fidelity
in many honorable stations died accountant
Of the War Department,
IL October 1916,
Aged "a.
His desolate widow and mourning son
have erected this monument to mark the
place of his abode in this City Of Silence.
Next to the tomb of Tobias Lear Is that
of his son, Benjamin Lincoln Lear, named
after Gen. Benjamin Lincoln of the CONT
mental army, and who was born March II,
1892, and died of cholera at Washington
October l, 1882. In the next tomb lie the
remains of a daughter Of Tobias Lear.
This tomb Is inscribed:
Here Lie the Remains OF
Maria Lear
And Her
Infant Daughter.
Her memory depends not upon Inscriptions
marble; her eulogy is In the hearts of her
friends.
The white marble cross marks the rest
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~KRT ELLINGTON HOUSE, pregnant
wv with the atmosphere Of the
M dead colonial days. yet how
w few Of the many, who, from the
decks of the passing river
steamers. nightly see its gables bursting
through the trees that fringe the Virginia
shore of the Potomac, near that point
known to old rivermen as Red House cove,
associate it with the name Of Tobias Lear.
private secretary to George Washington
and tutor to his adopted children?
Built In 176S on what was then the lower
portion of the Mount Vernon estate the old.
weather. nawed house looks out over the
river to Broad creek; south as far as
Brya:n's Point, and northward over the
expanse Of fourteen miles which intervene
between 1t and the national capital 1t
stands on an emnence, rolling pasture land
dotted here and there with aged walnut
trees-sloping away from the door to meet
the fringe of scrub oak. dogwood and locust
that overhang the drift and debris of the
shore.
From time to time additions have been
made to the original house. which Is con-
structed of imported English brick, and
succeed in the custom of long ago. 1t Is
now a rambling old pile of wings, gables
and ellis. containing about thirteen rooms.
II Is in bad repair, and the winds tear at
the time-wo shutters as they creak on
their hand-wrought hinges and rattle the
panes In the old windows. The broad YER
anda. which, when the house was erected,
extended across the entire front. has In
later times been replaced by small porch,
but the old front door. with its massive
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characters and allowed his large family
to run more or less wild and follow their

characters and allowed his large family
to run more or less wild and follow their
own bents
"At twelve years old" says Miss Kenealy.
II had never done sum nor learned
table of arithmetic; l knew nothing of
geography, of English grammar or of Eng
fish history. But had read twelve books
Of Homer. four of Virgil. knew Sallusts
Catiline and Jugarthine Wars, could tackle
the Greek Septuagmt and had Greek and
Latin grammar more OR less at my fingers
ends. In those days, 1 wrote for the most
part, poetry, and my hero was ever the
fair-haired Achilles
''At sixteen. becoming fired with the am
bition Of studying medicine, for some years
my literary aspirations were quenched IN
the hard routine of walking hospital and
reading for exams Then, having quail
fed came that interval Of leisure in which
the young doctor, having put up his brass
plate on a door, sits down the other side
OF it to wait for patients. In this inter-
val my literary tastes revived. and my
medical experience coming crowding into
my mind found expression in my first
novel, DR.. Janet of Harley Street This
being successful led, after mental strug-
gle (for / loved my medical work. to my
fnal abandonment of this for the career
of writer
From all of which 1t may be inferred that
Miss kenealy. on whatever mental diet she
had been nourished in early life, was
bound to amount to something, simply be-
cause she was beautifully endowed with
brains.
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Mules Given Midday Nap.
the Chicago Chronicle


The large cigarette factories of Havana
are now controlled by an American cor
poration. Cuba smokes an enormous guam
tity of cigarettes filled with dark cigar
tobacco-3,OOO,OO0,O0 a year. it is said.
though the island has only 100000 per-
sons. This is as many as are consumed
in the United States annually.
To distribute cigarettes about Havana
a large wagon service is needed. Some
time after the American corporation took
with the Spanish mules that draw these de-
livery wagons The animals got decidedly
of their feed and though a big modern
stable with cement floors had been built
and all comforts known to horses installed.
the mules did not do well. An inyestiga
ton followed. and Ii was found that the
American company had abolished an old
Spanish custom-the noon siesta or nap.
A Spaniard or Cuban takes coffee alone
on rising, with sometimes q bit of bread
Then at IL o'clock he has his breakfast.
Immediately after this meal he must have
a siesta An American visitor talking to
him after breakfast will find his host go
ing of to sleep and until his nap of half
able to sit up and do business.
The Spanish mule has through long gen.
erations become accustomed to this noon
siesta too. He simply must have his nap.
and IL a more strenuous civilization steps
In and deprives him of 1t he sickens. The
old order of things was restored by the
American invader after this discovery and
now life among the company's mules goes
along as 1t did under Spanish rule.
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HOW TO FLOAT AND SWIM.
Dog Stroke, Breast Stroke-swimming
on the Back.
From Country Life in America,

From Country Life in America.
To float go into the water as far as your
waist. Throw yourself on your back fac
ing the shore. Hold your chin up as high
as possible.
This will submerge your ears, but don't
let this strange sensation worry you. If the
water closes over your head, simply close
your mouth and remain still and straight
you will go under for Second only.
Now throw your arms out wide behind
your back and throw out your chest Hold
your chin high. Inhale through the mouth.
Exhale through the nose.
You are now in the ideal floating atti-
tude. Never lift your head Keep straight
and still. chest up. toes showing, chin high
and ears submerged.
TRY to float as long as possible, because
this exercise forms the basis not only for
swimming on the back and for life saw
ing, but also for sustaining yourself quiet
~ in the water for hours. thirty-minute
float Is a very respectable performance
In treading water you return from the
fish position to your original attitude. head
up and feet down. Together with the dog
stroke and floating, 1t Is one of the three
basic ways OF maintaining life In the water.
To tread water properly just imagine that
you are going UP stairs and move your
legs accordingly. Keep moving your arms
horizontally from the elbow In semicir-
Gle, palms downward.
Your head will be well out of water: a
valuable point when you wish to summon
help or are about to receive 1t. An expert
water treader can keep his head out of
water while using his right arm to grasp
a line or signal for help.
The dog stroke is as simple as 1t is ugly.
Throw your dog in and watch him. Then
Jump In and initiate the dog. If you can't
do It at first, keep on until you can. There
are no rules.
You should, now have the confidence nee
eesary to start out on the regulation swim
ming strokes. The source Of them all h the
breast stroke. II you have ever watched a
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practical results. In one OF the numerous
farm journals to which he subscribed the
profits to be derived from the scientific Gull
tivatfon of barley were exploited, and so
Of his finest land In that grain. In harvest
time the grain was made ready for the
Alexandria market. and he rode in advance
of his teams to dispose Of his crop. Sales
did not come with the rapidity expected,
and. weary of cajoling an unfriendly mar
ket. he finally bartered his whole barley
yield to a brewer for single barrel OF beer.
which he sent back to Wellington by
wagon. It did not take long for the news
to spread, and in no great while most OF
his boon companions knew Of the transac-
ton
After night had fallen they slipped
stealthily down the river by boat, landed at
Wellington, and before morning succeeded
III consuming the receipts Of the entire
barley crop.
AS on all estates OF the old regime, Wei
lington has it's graveyard, which rests
peacefully in the quiet of an oak-shaded
knoll. 1t is bramble grown and neglected,
with huge grape vines festooning from tree
to tree~and around the one remaining
tombstone. 1t is the haunt Of the chip
munk, the crow and the screech owl.
Many have been carried to rest there. far
from the city pavements but the fiat slabs
of olden time have become covered with
leaves and mold heaped upon them by
countless winters One stone alone re-
mains, an upright marker. and probably
the most recent of them all. In 1915 1t was
placed there, sacred to the memory of one,
Matilda Armstrong, and for all it's ninety
years defiance to the elements is in
wonderful state Of preservation. Still the
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ing place of the wife OF Tobias Lear The
inscription reads:
Frances d. Lear.
Widow OF Col. Tobias Lear.
Born 18th Nov. 17I9.
Died I'd Dec 1856.

Tobias Lear was born in 1862 in Hunking
street. Portsmouth, n. II. He was a son
of Capt. Tobias Lear and Mary Stilson Lear.
and a grandson of Capt. Tobias Lear and
Elizabeth Hall Lear. He was graduated
from Harvard with the degree of A. b. in
1888, and soon after was employed by
Washington as his private secretary and as
tutor to the Gusts children, who We're then
living at Mount Vernon.
In 1912 President Madison appointed Mr..
Lear an accountant in the War Depart
ment. On the morning of October IL, 1916.
Lear was found dead in his garden at the
rear Of his home, just west of the White
House. He had shot himself through the
head. The cause for this deed was never
ascertained, or If learned, was never made
public.
Lear was thrice married. In 1890 he
married Mary, daughter of Col. Pierce
Long of Portsmouth. N FL. She died OF
yellow fever in Philadelphia i'm 1893. In
1875 he married Frances Bassett Wash
ington daughter of Col. Burwell Bassett
of Ethan, Kent county, Va. and the
widow of Col George Augustine Washing
ton. Lear's third wife was Frances Dan
bridge Henley of Virginia, a niece of Mrs.
George Washington.