Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-03-14

things however are the matters be-
tween this country and Canada, the
Great Lakes Fisheries. the recipro-
cal tariff, and the New FoundIand
Shore question. These matters IL
In understood were not touched on
In the conference. and will be allow
cd 70 90 over till the approaching
visit Of the new ambassador to Earl
Gray In Canada, when the wishes OF
the Canadian government can bee
pressed and the ambassador can
come back to Washington with a
clear notion Of what basis OF settle
ment will be acceptable 70 Great
Britain's most important colony.
-
One Of the last things that Con-
gress failed 70 do was TO include in
the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
any money for continuing the work
Of black sand Investigation that the
Geological survey has had on. hand
for some years. This has proved a
most important work 10 the west,
and arrangements had been made to
bring the bulk OF the apparatus east
and established part Of ID at the
jamestown Exposition, and the rest
at Chapel Hill. N. G. where the same
work was 10 be done for the eastern
states that had already been done
for the west. The students OF the
state university at Chapel Hill were
10 have done much OF the actual work
under the direction of.the scientists
OF the Survey. and il is believed yet
thas an immense amount OF good will
be done the country all along the
Appalachian range by furnishing a
method whereby the gold deposits
OF low grade that undoubtedly ex-
list ell through the foot hills can be
worked at q profit beside extracting
many other rare and useful minerals
at q minimum Of expense. AS the
case stands, however. the work will
have 70 be done by the state OF North
Carolina, and residents OF the other
ststes In the south who want sam
Piles Of mineral examined will have
TO send them to the state university
and pay the state for doing the work.
e.
Just little malicious fun was in.
dulged In at the Navy department
this week on the announcement of
the release from active service OF
Jas. B. Connolly, the literary friend
OF the President who shipped two
months ago as q yeoman on the bat
tie ship Alabama TO accumulate
local color" and do for the Ameri-
can navy in Q literary way what
Kipling has already done for the
British Army. Mr.. Connolly is q
promising young author and has
written some good sea stories, prin.
cipally Of the New England coast.
This scheme OF putting him in close
touch with the navy and allowing
him TO write wsrship stories was
well conceived. But the trouble was
that ft was heralded a little too much
through the press, and the sailors
got next" before Mr.. Connolly
ever set foot on the deck OF the Ala
bama. They resented being studi-
ed at close range even by a high
class word painters and they gave
Mr.. Connolly such markedly cold
welcome that he decided TO end his
cruise at the end OF two months.
How much he got in the way of ma
terial in that time is not known, but
ills to be feared that it was not enough
to send him echoing down the cor
ridors Of time as the Kipling OF the
American Navy. Real life studies
such as Kipling was able to make
OF Tommy Atkins are usually the re-
suit Ct q happy combination OF acct
dental circumstances and are not
brought about by premeditatd or
cial action, however well intended.