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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
.BENEDICT|NE MONKS
RES TORE 0LD ABBEY.
Driven From France, They Settled
in England, and Arc Now
Building Home.
DO WORK THEMSELVES
Monastery Which Flourislled in
the Eighth Century to Rear
Its Head Again.
DO WORK THEMSELVES

sptcial Correspondence OF The North American.
LONDON, Aug. s.
One day this week an extremely inter-
estng ceremony took place at Buckfast
Abbey in the county of Devon. The foun-
dalton stone OF new church was lnid
by the Roman Catholic bishop of I'ly-
mouth and land of Benedic,ine monks
may now be seen any day building the
walls which will take the place OF the
famous old abbey. The latter dated from
100 and continued it's work down to 1888.
when 1t fell prey to the anti-moriastcry
movement which swept over the country.
1t was appropriated by the family of
peiys. who held it TIL 17Os. During the
next century 1t was owned by the fam
HES OF DtOvley. bradford and Gale, being
left to decay. In ls0G the understanding
walls wer eleyeled to the ground and Il
modern house built out of the stones. so
that the abbey might have never existed.
In 1880 ,lesaBanedictine monks ~ Ste.
Marie-de- In -Pierre-q ui-vire acquired the
able to say vespers for the first. time.
They erected temporary church in 1854;
then the tower that still remains was re-
stored.
The new abbey has been designed by
Frederick Walters. Work has been begun
on the choir and transept In the eastern
portion. and the foundation stone Is laid
at the angle of the south arcade OF the
choir.
In each corner is shield bearing the
arms OF Pope Plus x. the Bishop of Ply
mouth. the late abbot. Bpnilace Natter.
who II may be remembered was drowned
on board the s!rio. near Cartagena, just
a year ago august 4. 1900, and the pres
ent abbot. Father Anschar Nonier. who
was also on board the sirio. but escaped.
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MURDERER 1T THIRTEEN
AND AVOklI,S HIS CRIME

PARIS. Aug, II, - "A ls-year-old Paris
Apache. named Victor Maline. an satur-
DAY evening murdered acompanion a few
years olaer than himself. Both had FREE
quented several wine shops in the Belle
VILE district, and were more or,less drunk,
On leaving the last Wine shop discus
sion arose between the pair, which was
brought to a dramatic close by Maine
drawing knife and stabbing his com
panion twice In the region Of the heart.
The Youthful murderer, on being Inter-
rogated by the magistrate. cynically
avowed his crime, and said that as the
dead youth had smacked his face he had
killed him In self-defense. IS KY i,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
.CRIMEAN NURSE in
ENGLISH AIMS HOUSE
One of Florence Nightingale s
Brave Followers Now Living
on Public Charity.
ENGLAND,s INGRATITUDE

LONDON. Aug. H.
workhouse at Minister. in Kent. Is Miss
Emma Fagg, who is i'll her SlSt year.
and who half a century ago was one OF
the devoted band OF nurses who. under
the banner OF Florence Nightingale.
tended our wounded soldiers in the Cri-
mea.
The daughter of a builder at Bridge.
near Canterbury, she determined to adopt
nursing as a profession, and went to
London to be trained. When the Cri-
mean war broke out she and five other
nurses from her hospital Joined the staff
at the hospital at Scutari just before the
battle of Iikerman, and went through
the terrible time of tending thousands
of wounded soldiers until peace came and
she returned home
Miss Fagg earned her living by nursing
in various parts of East Kent, but a
time came when her health broke down.
She had to give up nursing, and spent
some years as an interchangeable seam
stress. Age crept on her. however, and
work became infrequent, so, twenty-five
years agol when she was something over
go, she gave up the struggle and sought
the shelter of the Minister poorhouse
There. to this day. she is in charge of
the making of fiannels for the inf,rr,ary
for vigor has not entirely left this slight
woman with the snow-white hair. the
undimmed blue eyes and the touch OF
color in her checks.
She talks Of her terrible experiences
during the war as though they were at
fairs OF yesterday. and she has one great
longing-to see Florence Nightingale
again
Lady Rose Weigall and several other
women are trying to raise a little fund
that arc left her outside the workhouse
walls.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
BALLOONS MAY GUST
ALL MOUNTAIN ROADS
German Naval Expert Predicts
Their Use by Scientists, Sports
men and Tourists.
S a f L r THAN TR AIN S
BERLIN, Aug.

BERLIN, Aug. IL
Captain Pustau, German naval expert,
publishes a prediction that within dec
ade motor-nirshlps will come into general
use, not only for military but also for
sporting and other purposes. He says:
We must realize that the atmosphere.
like the ocean offers us innumerabie
routes of travel. Who in the future will
invest his money in The construction OF
cable railways and rack and pinion rail-
ways up mountains, when 1t will be pos
sible to reach the most elevated points
more rapidly and more agreenbly. with
less danger. by means of airships?
There can be no doubt that sportsmen,
scientific men and enterprising capital
lists of all countries will devote their en-
ergies to the application of aerial naViga-
ton TO their respective purposes. When
q fow improvements have been intro
duced in airships they will be service
able as a means of transport. and will
certainly be preferred by some classes Of
travellers to railway trains"
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Tronhles az Their own.

CAPE TOWN, Aug. as,-Allud!ng u
Daily Telegraph says; South Africn
might we'll he relieved Of this infttctiOH
OF 4 visit from him. There are enough,
troubles In the country already. With
out having, ouhleeElakers from, the
mot harland.n 5sgi 5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
BIG AUCTION SALES
OF WORKS OF ART.
No Less Than Five Million Dol
lars Spent Thus in London
E.acl, YEAR.
SOME RECORD PRICES
Little Works by Old Masters in
Big Demand at Fancy
Prices.
LoNpoN. Aue. IL

LONDON. Aug. II. <
Now that the holiday season is In ruil
swing, the art auction rooms. in which. no
less than s5,ot0.ooo lis spent annually, have
closed their doors
During the season which has just end
ed the flow of money showed no sign of
abatement. and. although much Of 1t
came from American sources. 1t is evil
dent that art collecting has as firm a
hold upon the general public as ever.
The season will be memorable II only
for the famous Lewis-IIill and Massey
Dlainwarirg dispersals. which together
contributed over si,0o0.0oo to the years
total: There were also the sales of the
libraries of the Duke OF sutherland and
Laurence Hodson. which produced si3.sS5
and $5i260,- respectively. while the dis
persal OF the late Sir wilfrid Lawson's
collection OF cngravings realized over
$4,000
In the last twelve months about TWEEN
ty-eight pictures have changed hands for
sums exceeding 5000, compared with
twenty-sIx during tho previous season.
The record price paid for a siTgle picture
during the year is $4,000, the sum given
by Messrs. Colnaghi e. Co. for Sir
Thomas Lawrences picture. "Chlldhood's
Innocence
Change of Taste.
A notable feature of the seasons pic
ture sales has been the great demand for
little works by old masters. whilo the
large and dreary productions OF the mid
Victorian academic painters have consid-
erably declined In value. In illustration.
OF this 1t may be recalled that litti.
picture by f. Halls. which was purchased
with two others at Christie's In 1888 for
si2.5o, again appeared under the hammer,
and this time brought In the remarkable
sum of '$is75. while Clarkson Stanfeld s
weli-known painting OF Lago di Como.
for which sJ565 was paid In 1890, was
knocked down for only slt15.
The book sales have beer of mo-
mentous character, and many OF our
finest literary, treasures have been ac-
quired at fabulous prices BY American
agents. The most sensational book sale
ever known in this country took, place at
Sotheby's in March last. when the Van
Antwerp collection produced total OF
ssl.750 for but 2i3 lots.
Jewel Sale Sensation.
There have been many important jewel
Isales within recent years. but none has
created such stir as did the dispersal
of the late Mrs. Lewis Hills gems at
Christie's last April. Some of the ex-
traordnary prices that resulted were:
Pearl rope ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. sss.5oo
Pearl and brilliant nccklace......... Gl0oo
Brilliant tiara ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
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Expensive Tobacco.

ka, d German clerk, employed I'm the
Continental office at liverpool street
station, was fined $500 and costs al
.HarwlGh yesterday for smuggling 1900
cigars and q pound OF tobacco,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18

The two Sioux Indian chlefs. Akish'ya ana
George kiyiWakan, who have come To England
from Manitoba In order TO lay thor grievances
against the Canadian federal government before
4 King Edward, paid II Visit to Buckingham
z Palace on Thursday last week In the hope that
+ they would he able to SEQ the King In person.
Accompanied By their interpreter. they APP
preached the sentry ON duty ut tho gates with
view 10 aaeeptaining when they could see his
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
Railway in the Arctic.

5 cHRIsTIANIA, Aug. 1.-THE most
northerly railway In the world will
soon be opened for traffic on the island
of Spltzbergen. The line is about eight
cen miles long.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
Dogs Vigil over owners Body

Louis 'Hawkil., d watchman. OF nd
Hmonton, was found on the railway d
short distance from his Mouse yester-
day morning. He had. bssn rum over
dog was lying beside the dyrlhaying
Kept watch over q 1t throughout the
nj tight ..as.l " nli4.i
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
Paupers Students Of Scripture.

/ LONDON. Aug. 17,-NThe paupers In
The Rotterdam workhousa sent IN a pes
Triton complaining Off, their soup that
them OF Ezektel'ls yision. n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
Ginger Beer Famine.

Belfast is the great center of the aerated
water industry, the peculiar quality Of the
water making 1t especially suitable for
this purpose. Like other Industries, this
Is suffering from congestion of supplies.
There is plenty of raw material here.
but extreme difficulty is experienced In
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pared with then. Not only that, but
think of the increased average of out
put or the total of machinery of the
United States to-day compared with
so years ago.
I'VE are truly in the way of having
the whole world as our market. Our
cotton, wheat and corn, our coal, iron
and copper, our gold and silver, our
oil and all it's by-products, not to
speak of all the manufactures that
arise out of these and which call for
more and more millions of workers
these are the great fields open for the
effort of the young men just out of
school. And these United States alone
will some day be the home of 100000
900. In this great opportunity of to-
day, and this multiplying prospect of
tomorrow, the high school boy may
surely find all that any age has pre-
sented, or ever will present"
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FOR A BRIEF TIME LEAVE REC.
ORD OF COAL OIL JOHNNY
FAR BEHIND.
MAKE THEIR FRIENDS HAPPY
Youngsters Give Away Bills Of Large
Denomination with Reckless
Prodigality--Have Now to
Pay the Reckoning.

Chicago.--Boys and girls OF the
possession of unexpected five dollar
and ten dollar bills as the result of the
prodigality of three schoolboy thieves
The trio-Edgar Hettinger, II years
old; Frederick Clark. ten years old,
and Eric Kell, ten years old-pupils
of the Richard Yates school. blew in
1851 in a few hours the other after
noon and evening.
The money was stolen from the
locker of Mrs Eva Il. Clerc. teacher in
the school The small fortune was
pilfered after school hours. and its
disappearance was learned by acct
dent. The boys, according to their
confession, had been robbing teachers
lockers in the school for some time
Mrs, Clerc had been given this partic'
ular large sum by her husband to de-
post in the bank.
In her statement to the police she
said she left her room for a few mo-
ments. carelessly placing her keys on
her desk When she returned she dis
covered the loss of her money. The
boys had entered during her absence,
opened the locker, extracted the
money, and relocked the door.
Half dozen detectives were de-
tailed on the case, with instructions
to corral every pupil who had been in
the room presided over by the teach
er. Shortly after the sleuths had
started out, however, Tip" leading
to the identity of the culprits reached
the station. A man whose name could
not be learned visited Hanley, telling
him his little daughter and son had
each given him $50, which they said
had been presented to them by Edgar
Hettinger.
Acting on the clew, a detective was
| sent to the home of young Hettinger,
| only to be told by his mother. a
widow, that he was not at home and
had not been home since he left for
| school after luncheon.
A guard was then placed at the
boys house. Shortly after two o'clock
in the morning the long watch was
rewarded
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STARVED IN CITY STREETS.
Unfortunate on Verge Of Death Picked
Up in New York.

New York-After Keeling along Am
sterdam. avenue like a drunken man
for blocks George Chester fell in a
limp heap at Sixty-second street.
Policeman George Fox seized the pros
trate man by the collar and de-
manded:
Come, now, get up and go along
with me-
The policeman and the curious
crowd that had gathered were sur,
prised when Chester opened his eyes
and shook his head after feeble eff
fort to rise.
I'm afraid / can't officer" he said
weakly: Il haven't got any strength
left. I'm starving"
An ambulance was called and
Chester was taken to Roosevelt hos.
pital.
IT'S plain case of starvation"
said the doctor.
MIX was given the starving man.
The physicians did not dare to put
even broth or soup into his weak
stomach. Chester said he was 40 years
old and had no home.
His clothes were of good quality but
we'll worn. He said his family was in
good circumstances. Since he had
been in New York, he said, he had
been unable to find permanent EN-.
ployment and was too proud to beg,
For six days he had eaten nothing but
occasional scraps of food.
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Woman,s IeIenhone Graf.

We've got TO have our phone TAX
en- out or else move" said a little
woman mournfully, the other day. It's
100 expensive where we are now. Yes
the phone Is the cause of 1t all
There's woman in the suite back OF
ours who hasn't any phone and once
/ told her she could use ours. Since
then she has put in about dozen
long distance calls at different times
After she's had a long distance con
versation Of about ten minutes shen
say, %, thatll be charged to you,
won't it? Well. I'll hand you whatever
it comes to in the morning But she
never does. | never have the ne-ve tc
refuse her when she wants to tele
phone-she's always so nice about it
But she's making things mighty hare
for us"
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1t was in 1856 that Henry Rogers
was graduated from the high school
at Fairhaven. and 1t appeared to him
that there was still something else to
build as the fiftieth anniversary of
mat event approached. So he called
Tor his merry men all, and commits.
stoned them to build and equip the
hnest high school ever, and as 1t
went up he watched it and nursed it
as a mother might n growing child.
And now, with its wonderful fittings,
It's gymnasium. its class rooms, its of.
noes. 1t is at once the most luxurious
and practical building of the kind in
the world.
What is at the bottom of all this
home love and passion for local adorn-
ment?' a friend of his was asked.
ut is his Americanism," was the
answer. He loves his people and
would see them second to none in the
world"
Taking Life Easy.
Mr.. Rogers is taking life easy now,
and obeys the behests of his doctor
with a smiling acquescence that con.
ceals whatever impotence he may
feel at unwonted restraint. You no.
uced the other day that he had Mark
Twain with him on short yacht
cruise. Well, that was not the first
time they had foregathered in the
cabin after a day of steaming in the
open. Men like Mr. Clemens and the
late Tom Reed are the type he most
prizes for companions-they should
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on the night of his arrival in Dublin
He fancied that he saw well
known gambler pacing to and fro in
single loneliness in one of the outer
courts of heaven. When he could stand
his solitude no longer the gambler APP
preached St. Peter and confessed that
he had secured passage to heaven by
cheating, and begged for permission to
descend to the Internal regions to see
what his former friends were doing
down there. St Peter consented and
furnished him with a return ticket
In the inferno he found an enor.
nous crowd of fashionable men and
woman, all being forced to play
bridge without stakes He watched the
play with mingled feelings until. over.
come by his former passion he drew
forth his return ticket to heaven and
staked 1t and lost, A society woman
secured it, and clutching it tightly. she
at once made her way 10 the gate
where Satan congratulated her upon
her success, but pointed with a smile
to a legend on the ticket. Positively
not transferable" Thereupon she
screamed and tore the ticket to shreds
and the devil led her back to resume
her everlasting play in the inferna
drawing room, over the portal OF
which was written, "All hope
abandon. We who enter here"
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than IL he were reciting a lesson, re-
piled: Edgar didn't | give you $50,
and Eric. didn't also give you $50?"
Both boys confessed the truth of the
query.
All three then related how they had
enriched acquaintances with five dol
lar and ten dollar bills, how they had
purchased new outfits, leaving their
old clothes in convenient ash barrel.
how they had bought roller skates.
visited every concession at a nearby
amusement park, tipping the attend
ants large sums, and how they had
ridden in automobiles until midnight
Then, proud of his achievements, Het
finger told of tossing Ave dollar bills
to the amount of sos to the wind in
an alley These bills. the police
learned, had been picked up the fol-
lowing morning by a rag picker. The
boys will be prosecuted.
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TO CROSS ATLANTIC IN DAY.
inventor of New Gliding Boat Is Elk
tremely Optimistic.

within a few years" says VIII
liam G. Fitzgerald, in Technical World
Magazine, the crossing of the At
lantic, with its 5000 miles of stormy
sea, will be mere pleasure excur-
sion of 80 hours in length. The mar
velous boat, invented by Peter Cooper
Hewitt, which is supported by planes
which glide or skim through the
water, is expected to cut down the
length of the trip to Europe to day
and quarter, at the same time doing
away with most of the danger of an
ocean voyage"
MY first model" Mr.. Hewitt told
the Technical World, was entirely
supported by the planes at 16 miles
an hour; the flotation hull being en-.
tirely out of the water at that speed.
found, too. that the area of the
planes should decrease with the speed
for economy and safety. So far
speed has only been limited by the
propeller, but the craft viii gradually
improve with increased size, and the
liner of the future VIII be practically
independent of weather, and have nc
motion from the waves"
Mr., Hewitt is known for the in
yention of the famous light which
bears his name and of many devices
used on automobiles. His reputation
is that of conservative and careful
as well as brilliant observer. His
new gliding boat has been seen ant
approved by many leading scientists
A larger model for which speed o
70 miles an hour is confidently pre-
dicted, is now in process of construc
ton.
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hand able to support your head, and
maybe your head will learn in time to
support your hand 1t was worth a
whole volume of maxims to me. |
never forgot It, and for the IL years
following l worked with my hands.
No doubt | was born with a mechani-
cal bent, but when. in 1865, entered
the oil refining business in Brooklyn
l had an equipment of mechanical
knowledge and experience that gave
me a special value, and | may say
that | exacted a money return for 1t.
My mechanical knowledge and apti-
tude were of great advantage to me
with my young competitors in the
business, and, indeed, with many, II
not most. of the older ones.
Great Opportunities To-day.
What, l am asked, Is the young
high school boys chance now as com
pared with so years ago? The cry is
general that it is much less than 1t
was then. is that SO? It is emphati-
cally not so. The chances for the
high school boy now are many times
greater than they We're then. People
count too much by the conditions they
find in their immediate surroundings.
They don't look at 1t in a broad
enough way. Remember that in 1856
| seemed to find closed to me trade
that has since grown with the coun-
try's growth. in proportion far
greater than the increase in popula-
ton. Think of the number of ma
chine shops in the country now com
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work. a man ike
u Rogers drops out of the ac-
i.oss world wherein he made
,,,as a figure, his friends are
become anecdotic about him.
/. .tories that take on a romantic
!, hank parlors and directors
and in the chatty corners OF
.honee not to speak of the
offices near the water front.
|, pogers feels like resuming the
4 rowling Green in a few
n or so he will find a recon.
Il Rogers looking at him from
corner. and whom he may have
Emile difficulty in recognizing.
4 ,oll erect figure of a we'll
h, man with whitening hair and
|. moustache. who somehow re-
h IN his ripe age of 67 the graces
A. cultivated a quarter of a cen
|,,ck is. however. the figure that
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sa that draughts from che pierian
spring might supplement satisfaction
of the ordinary thirst of the villagers
Commissioner of Highways
He built a grammar school and a
Unitarian church, with parish house
and parsonage, altogether one of the
most complete and handsome edifices
in Massachusetts. He became, at uni
versal request commissioner of high
wavs. and thereafter never were
streets so looked after. He turned
low land into a park, beautfied the
highways and byways, furnished a
stone approach to the bridge over the
Acushnet river and. Jest the traveller
might think i'll OF Fairhavens hostel
ries. erected the handsome Tabitha
Inn-name suggestive of New Eng
land neatness and quaintness'
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be bright and brainy both. OF win
ter evening when he lives in town he
may spend few hours at one of his
clubs-the Metropolitan, say. There
he would be apt to gather group of
bright people and smoke single
cigar while good things went around.
| heard him once tell of meeting a
whaling captain whom he had known
as a lad 40 years before. He took his
old comrade about the town and the
countryside, identifying old land
marks together. The captain had
been away six years from home and
was to sail on a new voyage the next
day. I'm going aboard now, Hen
he remarked And won't you go
home first and tell your wife good
by?" | asked. "BIazes, no. replied
the whaler, I'm only to be gone two
years" That seemed, he said, the
most extraordinary utterance he had
ever heard. He saw the humor of it,
but to a home-lover it seemed sacri-
lege.
When the new high school g.
about to be opened ! spent an after.
noon with him, and our talk turned
quite naturally on education. What
he said then is about as good key
10 the man and his opinions as any
thing | can think of, and this is the
drift of it: