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been so occupied with what they re-
garded as more important events that
they failed 10 record most of the mar
velous doings of Captain Smith 1t
was a mistake on their part. OF course,
and IL they were alive today they would
realize It, and how much more salts
factory ard pleasant all around 1t
would have been II they had come man
fuzzy to Che support of those wonder
fnl self told narratives which have
taxed the cIedulity OF even The bes dis
posed
Captain John Smith, however was
not The man to go unreeorded- In the
absence of any one better qualified he
made up his mind to undertake the
business himself when one under
takes that sort of a job 1t is folly not
10 do it wclI--especially TO be unjust
10 oneself. Captain Smith did not eN-
pose himself 10 that criticism. 1t has
even been suggested that he did II a
little too We'll There are those who
insinuate that the romantic features Of
his career are colcrcd SO richly that
the brush marks are peTc eptible- The
modern impressfonist is open TO the
same criticism and no one Is unhappy
over 1t. There are even a few carping
souls--maga2inists and space writers
for tile most part--who have had the
temerity TO hint that Captain John
Smith as his own historian was in
fuenced by Nlunchausen and Marco
Polo and that he surpassed them in in
ventive capacity. That is not the View
point of the writer of this little token
of appreciation. 1t is monstrOus 10 be-
licve that it could ever become the
viewpoint OF the American people,
Says Captain Smith.
According to his own account, John
Smith was born In WiIloughby, Lin
colnshre England in 1879 This date
has been questioned, but 1t is difficult
to understand why. lie was the son
of one of the poorest tenants on the
| estate of Peregrine BERTHE. Lord Will
loughy, and when he WAS fifteen years
OF age he was apprentiCed TO a tanner
In the village. He did not take kindly
to the business and resolved TO go out
into the world In quest OF adventures
with q well developed intention OF that
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Ono Pprrrait of the
Princess PpCAhoMtnA

which were 10 be opened on their ar
rival in America,
by the time the ships had reached
the Canaries everything was in state
of eruption, Smith could not endure
the discipline of the ship, and he was
arrested and kept prisoner during the
remainder of the voyage, When the
instructions were unsealed 1t was found
that the prisoner had been named as
one of the councillors, but 1t was
thought prudent to restrain him awhile
longer from the exercise of all govern
ing power "A few days after landing
he was permitted TO take boat and a
few men for an exploration up the
James river He was of the opinion
at the time that the others looked ON
his experiment as a possible solution
of the difficulty, hoping that he might
never return, and 1t Is quite likely that
he was right in his opinion.
New a Peacenn aker.
He did return, however. but not un-
til lie had made a treaty OF peace with
the mighty Powhatam, Again accord
ing to the captain. that powerful chief
was so taken with the newcomer that
he offered him every inClucement TO re-
main with HIM IL seems almost too
bad that Smith did not accept the in
vitaton. 1t would have simpliiied mat
tiers wonderfully. Under his benign in
fuence the Indians would have per-
mitted the colonists to do as they wish
ed and everything would have been AS
merry as a marriage bell"
hut he returned TO the others and
found matters Very much twisted The
men had quarreled among themselves
and also with the Indians in the vicin-
ity 1t required all the captains power
of Cancellation 10 placate Powhatan,
Having fixed" that gentle savage, he
proceeded to play -the part of good
angel to- the colony. He procured
supply of food from the Indians con-
struggled dwellings, and built stockades-
Although Powhatan was still saw
fully fond Of him, that great man
could not forget Smiths refusal to be-
come an ornament OF his court, He
was too proud TO repeat his request at
the risk OF another refusal and too
polite to insist. but finally he stole
the captain and kept him in his royal
tepee for six weeks, II was at this
time that The famous interpretation of
the Princess Pocahontas is supposed
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W.T. T Is only now. after q solpewh
leisurcly hiatus OF three centuries.
that Captain John Smiths part in
IA the colonization OF Virginia is to
be acknowledged publicly by the erec-
don OF a statue on Jamestown island
al the mouth of James river The is
land WAS in its present position when
The gallant cnptein aud his equally gal
Iant fellow adventurers sailed mp the
river to satisfy themselves as 10 its
source. and il has remained there to
ihls day. but 1t seems to have required
tho lapse OF thTce centuries and the
sttnulatio Of a worlds fair to do the
business Of comusmoration as 1t
should be done
So a colossal statuc eight feet in
height and standing on pedestal elev-
IN feet in height VIII testify to the
corning generations that we OF the car
~ twentieth century made an effort TO
repair the neglect OF our forefathers
Who. indeed We're burdencd with so
many obligations cf the sort that it is
little wonder that somebody was over
looked. Al last, however. there Is go
ing to be Captain John Smith re-
yiyat Those who make the pilgrimage
TO Virginia this season TO look upon the
Jamestown tcrcentenary will see and
near much OF him, Those who hetake
themselves 10 the scene OF his new
world activity Will have IAN opportunity
20 MI themselves full OF him, so to
speak They may land at Norfolk
slteptical as 20 the famous Pocahoutas
episode. but they are quite likely to be
converted speedily. MI Couper's great
bronze statue, which win be unveiled in
september, should be convincing
should at Ieast make 1t possible to be-
sayeve that Captain John Smith was a
10 m of whom Americans should be very
ma Did Not Derry 1t.
srs That lie was Il great man there is
h'naae more ready to admit than was the
+ captain himself, Pretty much all the
world knows about hin came from
headquarters from himself Con-
temporary chronlclcrs seem 10 have
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letters in tho first four lines formed an
acrostIc spelling fake
Then the adroit sChemers knew that
they had ba eyed their game. The three
boodlers We're put On the rack, and they
realized that all was ost and that thelr
only chance WAS to become infcrmers.
They made a clean breast of the whole
matter, admitting that they had taken
brides from Ruef and that tho mayor
was one of abe most 'grasping graft
ers" of the lot. One supervisor after
another was drawn into the net They
almost tumblcd over each other in their
haste to confess.
Thus 1t WAS chat Heney was able to
fulfill his pledges made 10 the citizens
who had asked him to undertake the
probing OF the citS's am1irs. Before
he began the work he had remarked at
a club banquet that he could obtain
evidence enough to send the mayor and
Ruef TO prison II he could have $780,
600 to use az he saw III Ills remark
was printed In 1he new spapers, and he
was called before a Ruef appointed
grand jury. lie declined 70 furnish his
evidence TO this jury, knowing well that
II would put a stop TO all further In
vesiigaton and that he would be dis
credited II was then that Rudolph
Spreckeg the son Of Che sugar king.
advance ed the 100000 and told Hcncy
10 proceed.
A, that time District Attorney Lang
don had not broken with the mayor and
his henchmcn. They lod helped him to
his election, and he felt under Obliga-
ilons to them. But LanSdon was a
MAN vim would ctrnd for uO OfTlC ia 4
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IIeney foTesaw that he should need him
in san Francisco, In compliance with
his request Burns resigned from the
secret service and went quietly to the
scene OF action
As n result OF the co operation OF
this keen scented pair OF sleuths fifteen
Out Of eighteen supervisors of the mu-
Eicipality are now self confessed hood
IeIs. The accused victims of their ac-
Iivity are Abraham Ruef political die
tatOr OF San Francisco; Mayor SChmii2,
the musical chief executive of the city
the supervisors elected on the admin
istration ticket, tho Pacific Telephone
company the United Railroad CONF
pany, which controls all the transit
lines In the city and many other
amusement and public service concerns
which depend on municipal charters
for sheir existence,
An this is really an embarrassment OF
riches Recent exposures brought
about by Burns and his assistants have
furnished Heney more material than
his corps of lawyers can find time 10
attend TO- lie declares that before he
has finished his work az least four
millIonalres Will he indicted and that
couple OF hundred separate lndict-
ments will be found against those con-
cerned Ia the robbing OF san Francis
co, This Is indeed a colossal sweep.
/ but there Is reason 10 believe that
Heney VIII be as good as his word,
When Heney aud Burns began their
task OF getting az the bottom OF official
crookedne3s in san Francisco they Te-
sorted 10 the clever trick OF having
cake bills presented TO the board OF
supervisors, Burns, who was CONF
| paatlye stranger in California went
quietly 10 a supervisor and asked hIn
10 obtain certain privileges for an
amusement company that purposed
opening a large skating rink Burns
promised To- make 1t erestng for
him and the supervisor agreed 10 bring
| the other two committeeman 70 talk II
over The Three men met Burns ac-
cordiug 10 appointment and were hand
40 marked bills. TO make the business
mote secure a stcnoEraDheT was sta
TONED M the lSey hole and every word
spoken was taken down In shorthand
Burns took good care that ths CONVEX
satlOn should be sufficiently incrimlnat-
ing The ordinance was introduced anc
passed as desired. the supervisors moi
oven discovering that the FIRST iou
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description an imaginative ard curious
lad OF fifteen is not likely to search In
vaIn and 1t did not take J Ohm Smith long
to come up with his opportunity Young
Lord Willoughby was In the Neither
lands where war was progressing.
and il was the most natural thing in
the world that the self appointed knight
Grant should wend his way thither.
ward. 1t is not Il matter of record that
the nobler1Ian received the SON of his
tenant with open arms. but according
10 Smiths own record he was given
very important position in his lord
ships following, 1t need not detraCt
from the value OF the record to learn
from an ancient list recently come to
Hight that Smiths name appears as
that of a servant.
1t was few years later, however,
when he went to fight the Turks. that
he began TO do things really worth
while. 1t is fortunate also that during
that period he had the rare presence
Of mind TO keep an account Of his do
ingS, for there was nobody else who
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EplsoMs couRTsHIP.

r. A. Tdlson's courtslip was chHIaF-
teristic OF The great inventor The nrsN
Mrs. Edison was, previous 10 her MAJ
riage, u telegraph operator In ms en-
pToy one day while standing behi,iu
her. watching her at work. Edison, VINO
had long admired the Young LADY. was
surprised when she turned round anu
said 'Mr Edison, can always lel
when you are near me" 'I1Ow 10 you
account for thatg returned Edison, >
don't know" responded the young lauy'
''but Il Is IA 1act nevertheless Edison
looked her full in the face and sa'u,
'l'Ve hc'n linking considerably np0uI
you OF late. and II you are wllilns ~
marry me would HE TO marry Sol.
A month later they We're married, 'n'
union proving very happy one
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to have occurred, although Smith in his
account of the six weeks detention
neglectS to men IiOn the affair. IL seems
that Powhatan, having failed In his eE-
fort to obtain 4 Quit claim deed to the
captain, made up his bnEbarlc mind
that no one else should have him. and
with that end IN view he decided to
put him 10 death. There isn't boy OF
girl in the United States who doesn't
know the remainder OF the story better
than any newspaper man can tell it,
That PoeahonSs Story.
OF course 1t is just a tribe odd chat
the circumstance shouldn't have re-
Cured TO the captain until about tie
time when Pocahontas, then the wife
of John Rplfe was making such hit
in England. He remembered ii then
and sent a letter to Queen Anne In
which he says OF the heroic act: AT
the minute Of my execution she hazard.
ed the beating out OF her own brlInes
to save mine. and not only that, but 50
prevailed upon her father that / was
safely conveyed to jamestown, II Is
easy to seq that this frank admission,
tarCly as it was, must have added Inn
mensely TO the princess vogue In Eng
land. Even though It were an &c,
purely inventive gallantry on the part
OF the captain, it does him Infinite
credit under the circumstance There
is no record to the effect that Mrs.
Rolfe ever denied the soft inpeach-
ment and he who questions the truth
of the story is undeserving Ut notice
il must not be thought that Captain
Smiths career in the new world was
largely mythical. He actually did more
real things than any other man ~ Ills
day toward planting the new civill2a-
tcn in Virginia For years he was the
only man whose strong VIII could curb
the turbulent spirits OF tho coOnists
and preserve any semblance Of lazy and
order He made surveys, planted set-
Elements and produced maps OF the
coast He was the author OF the first
reliable map Of the New England coast.
AT the time of his death he bore the
title Of admiral of New England,
quite as wonderful as the others were
his literary achieve ments. He WAS
ca silly the most entertaining Of the
travel writer's of his day. If he had
devoted himself 10 romance he would
have been the peer of Sir Walter Scott
GEORGE II, PICARD,
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dAnce at Tucson and began the practice
OF the law.
He advanced rapidly in his profession
and at the age OF ;hirty was made at
toIney general of the territory lie was
exceedingly popular in Arizona, ana u
he had remained there until it was adj
mltted into the Union he would prob
ably have been elected United "Sia'es
senator He returned To- California
however. and practiecd his profession
for eight years in SAN Francisco "llA
gratifying success
He was thus engaged when he was
asked to prosecute the land frauds lie
was mot willing TO neglect his sHteH-
siVc business. but he received L guar
antee from the government that mn az
it possible for him TO do so In ms
present work he declares that he -
looking FOR no special fee and tha' 10
can now afford TO labor pro bono puD'
leo. SILAS o. wOODSON'
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a S public prosecutor francis J.
FN Hcney Of san Francisco has
f-~2 had even wider experience
than either Governor Folk of
Missouri on District Attorney Jerome OF
New York. The land fraud cases OF
he Pacific coast were second only In
Importance Ia the beef trust and
Northern Securities Investigations, and
he way in which Heney proceeded
agalnst those guilty Of theft OF the
public domain was a revelation to those
who had been accustomed 10 the laws
delays and hindrances
HIeuey first came to the notice Of the
department Of iustice In 1901 He was
hen about thirty-eight years of ago
and had been retained to defend Judge
Arthur Noyca the Federal official In
5olved In the Nome ring scandal, he
ney's argument before tho supreme
court In that case brought him Into
wide public notice, especially among
he legal profession. Attorney General
Knox. although no WAS on the opposite
side, wss greatly interested and con-
lessed his admiration openly. He was
SO impressed by tho lawyers ability
hat as soon as the government was
ready 10 proceed IN tile Land fraud
cases lac sent ior Hsney and offered
10 put him in special charge of the
prosecutions
The result proved that MIR, Knox had
made no mistake In his es innate ~ the
man From start 10 finish Heney con-
Quoted HE business In a mastery fash
Ion. making clean sweep Of tho well
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would have done 1t. He tells us with
becoming mOdesty that he performed
such deeds of valOr in Transylvanisl
and Hungary that he was given q
patent Of nobility and-what is more
Interesting pension. He emerged
unscpthed from many a bloody battle,
hut he was not always so fortunate,
once he was wounded and left for dead
on the field 1t Is all very thrilling as
he relates 1T in his "Generan Historic
An Interesting Captive.
Finally he fell into the hands OF the
enemy and was carried OF TO Constan-
tinople. The captains history wakes
exceedingly spicy from this point ON
account OF his youthful cOneltnsss he
attracted the notice OF high born
Turkish lady who was passing through
the slave market. and she bought him.
According 70 the captain, she was very
beautiful and a woman of excellent
taste, and he admits that his servitudo
was far from being unbearable. The
Iady's brother. however. was of an
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towns or villages named Berlin, TWEEN
ty-one Hatnburgs, twenty-five bear
ing the name PARTS, and thirteen Lon
don
San MarIno, In central Italy, Is the
smallest republic In the world II has
only twenty-five square miles, but lts
population Is $500 us annual revenue
lF $4,000 and il has no debt The
ARMY has 80 Officers end 500 men
Railways use up over 2,0Oo.O00 tons
OF slee a year almost half the worlds
product
Switzerland Is getting rich very rap.
Idly Latest statistics give the national
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died worth as much as sl0,OOO.O0O dur
Ing tho past Two years,
DWrng the past winter the canals OF
Venice were frozen over In 1859 the
AdrIatlo itself was friRsed with lee,
and the harboT OF Genoa choked with
ice.
Metal does not tust IN Lake Titiaca,
South America, A chain an anchor or
any article ~ iron if thrown In this
as when it CAME fresh from the foun-
dry
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wealth as $1,000 900 900, Two-Afths OF
this amount IL Invested in hotel proper
~ and the annual Income Of Swiss
hoiell'eepors rs at least s90,Q00.000-
The uslIest part Of the British emf
plre Is probably Maldon island, a sl-
ganllc reef IN the Pacific Though
lhlrly-seYen miles round nothing
grows on II except q few patches Of
gray scrub. In tho middle is salt
AXE which nils the crater OF an ex-
iinot volcano
II ~ tho force Of the two great wa
'siialis Niagara and the Victoria falls
could DO used 10 produce power. the
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had a considerable knowledge Of music.
Russia has $500 miles OF navgable
rivers and by the latest accounts lhe
traffic On these waters is 30QO0OO0 toms
a year She has $4,000 miles Of railway
open
Girls must know how to sew, KNIT
and bake before their guardians VIII
permit them TO have lovers In Nor
way, some OF them Arc so eager 10 ac'
qnlre these useful accomplishments
that they learn them before lhey can
read ana write,
There are very few millionAires in
France, Outside oi Paris no one has
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were ST. Paul Julius Caesar and Ma
RAJ. the real originator Of The French
revolution.
within three years there VIII be al
least nineteen war vessels OF thU
DreadnQughl type allOat France Is
building no fewer than six
The Waiumba, the leading l3antu
Tribe lr Uganda. are the most highly
eivil2ed black race IN Africa They
had e decimal system Of calculation
when iitsi discovered by white men
! They also understood mon working and
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power would be so per cent Efeale.
than that produced by al 'hu '"a'
present dug from The world Z mluea,
A proof NJ GcTmany's rapidly lne en,
ing wealth Is that while N 81 XXX
aslOO00 pall inc0me tax, laSF w.
1850, 600 paid the tax. a..
April with December ana Jlne 49,.
the principal marrying months ~ NY
land, and May the poorest or mar 'a ss
months. Yet ia Holland May ~ ''
month Of an others for marrlas'@ ,he
Russia January and February Are Ha
marriage months, and Ia Norway 'pN'
aud Juy.
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MARVELLOUS ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN

The city OF Nietnn has ltsiailea
is rerhane the most remarkable eleclIlo
or electrically lichtod fountain IN eA-
lgtcnce II rs situated IN the SchwaFis-
rnhcrgplaiz und rncath the folnl u
So huge ccmented chamber are pll' w.
Iwcnty-seyen rejecting lamps eupan,.
~ producing seventy different iuilliuDs'
aud colorad effects The lghl y 'Ip.s
mitted lhrou1h the waters Of inc iuu'.,
t7in The Ilghl power of ne lIen. -
estimated as equal TO 9o0,ooV'ooV eu"'
dies.
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MULTuM IN PARvo.

This Saturday afternoon ls the Oldest
British holiday It originated IN me
sieyenth century when an edict OF
lSlng canutc Cnatted that every sim
4ay be Aepi From Saturday noon to
Mondays daNnN
The French budget for last y.ar
feRehed lhe huge sum Of 100000 900,
.nr ths expenditure came Wishm sIo.-
'oo OF that amount
II - curious Iact that three OF lhe
men who did most 70 reyolutlonlze he
world had always bad health. These
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other sort and carried off the too will
ing slave TO his palace on the sea OF
Azov and was very unktnd to him, SO
unmista fsNbly SO, In fact, that Smith
beat out his taskmaster's brains with a
fail put himself in the dead mans
clothes and fled TO Russia. When lie
reappeared in England he claimed that
he WAS authorized TO wear three Turks
heads IN his arms in token of that
number OF Mosiems killed by him in
single combat. He said that lie had
received q patent to that effect FROM
the Duke OF Pennsylvania a mischief
making doubter has dug UP the fact
that at that time this duke had the
Turks for his allies but that need dis
tress no adrnirer of Captain Smith. II
may be set down as a remarkable eN-
emple OF moderation that he chose only
three Turks heads for his arms when
he might easily have used a dozen
Like Meets Like
About 16Oi he met man ia England
who was after his own heart This
WAS Captain Bartholomew Gosnold-
who had made one voyage to the coast
of America and was about TO make an
other. Smith determined to join the
expedition, and Gosnold was greatly
pleased to secure the company OF one
50 congenial. The little fleet Of three
vessels sailed Dec. 10, 1906, with the
intention 10 found colony In Virginia.
Smith was down on the list as plant
or. and Gosnold had sealed instructions
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AS a public prosecutor francis J.
~ Honey Of san Francisco has
f-~2 had even a wider experience
hA than either Governor Folk of