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hand and led her back toward the boat at
the Sugar Landing.
Night had fallen. Up through the
streets of the capital, they strobe, the
man and woman. Easements were open
to the stars and the sea, but the people
were dull with grief. Martinique had lost
her frst-born, and Fort de France, the
gentle sister of Saint Pierre, was bowed
in the spirit of weeping. They had loved
and leaned on each other. this boy and
girl of the mother island.
Through the silent crowds Peter and
Lara walked, part of the silence, pass
ing the groves and towers, where the laws
of France are born again for the little
aliens; treading streets of darkness and
moaning, streets of light and tears. A
field of fre-lights shone ahead, their red
glow shining upon new canvas. This was
the little colony of Father Damien
brands plucked from the burning of Saint
Pierre. They passed the edge OF the
bivouac. A woman sat nursing her babe,
freight upon her face and breast, drowsy
little ones about her. Coffee and night
air and quavering lullabies; above all,
beautiful Josephine in marble, smiling
dreamily among the stars. 1t was the
most potent instant of Constable's life;
some great joy or thrilling tragedy was
breathing upon his heart He saw tear
upon the cheek of Lara. The voice of
Father Damien came from the distance
go thy way, eat thy bread with joy,
and drink thy wine with a merry heart;
for God hath already accepted thy works.
Let thy garments be always white; and
let not thy head lack ointment. Live
joyfully with the wife whom thou lowest,
all the days of thy life|
There was a cry from behind. 1t was
from the lips of the woman with the babe
at her breast She had caught the gar
ments of Lara in her hands, and half
kneeling, with her face toward Peter, she
exclaimed in a voice of joy:
HE is come! He is come. :"
The silent camp uprose with shout of
gladness. The remnant of Saint Pierre
pressed about the man and woman, cry
ing, laughing, kissing their hands. Con-
stable had not dreamed of such glorlty-
ing gratitude and yet he was humbled to
tears. These were so few, and Saint
Pierre so vast!
Father Damien" he said, when his
voice came to him, ''we are come to take
you out to our ship"
mot on the ship, but here-now y the
old priest cried. at is the moment OF
ten thousand years ~
And so they were restored to each
other in the midst of their devoted, in
the freight, beneath the Seven Palms
and the blessings of the Empress.
(THE END
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Where Will the Obligation Lie?

of political and business morality. The
code will stand not for this campaign
only nor for the Democratic party alone.
1t is so eminently right that it will be-
fore long be the only code tolerated. 1t
will be the law of the land from one end
of the country to the other.
The list of contributors to the Demo
cratic cause, to be published before the
election, will be a roll of honor in which
any good citizen may well be proud to
see his name printed. The legitimate
expenses of a presidential campaign are
necessarily large, and no one who be-
lieves that the Democratic party is right
need be ashamed to contribute in any way
that he can to it's success.
A new era in American politics has been
opened at Fairview. Now let us see what
the Republicans are going to do about it.
st. Louis Republic.
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Revision Upward.

In his speech of acceptance Mr.. Taft,
speaking of the tariff, said:
ION the other hand, THERE ARE
SOME FEW SCHEDULES IN WHICH
THE TARIFF is NOT SUFFICIENT
LY HIGH to give the measure of protec-
ton which they should receive upon Re
publican principles
This is sufficient to prove that revision
of the tariff" as understood by the Re
publican leaders does not mean revision
in the interests of the people, but does
mean that the protected interests will re-
ceive first consideration. 1t also demon
strates that the Indianapolis News, Re-
publican newspaper. knew what it was
talking about when in it's issue of July
?, it said
''All that was needed to prove that
the Republican tariff plank is deluslon
and snare, as far as the tariff reform
ers are concerned, was the commenda-
ton of the American Economist, the high
tariff organ. This it now has. The
Economist is fairly jubilant over the vic
tory won in behalf of extreme protection.
The Republican party, it says, in ma
tional convention assembled, has declar-
ed anew for the policy of protection
protection that shall be adequate-and
has rejected the demands of the tariff
agitators for revision of the tariff down.
wards Which, OF course, means that
the party has declared, either in favor of
leaving the tariff as it is, or of revising
it upward. We quote from the Econ
omist, which, be it remembered is the
uncompromising champion of DingleyiSm ::
The free traders and advocates of
tariff revision downward will not find a
word or syllable in this tariff plank that
tends to furnish them the slightest crumb
of comfort. There is no promise in the
platform of tariff revision downward.
After full consideration of the
whole subject, the Republican party in
convention assembled did not declare for
revision of the tariff downward, nor did
it give the slightest intimation that the
belief is entertained by the great body of
Republicans throughout the land that the
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An Issue that Cuts Sharply.

In its meeting at Bryan's country place
near Lincoln yesterday the Democratic
national committee made a telling cam
paign issue with the Republican manac-
ers by declaring that the Democratic par
ty will not accept contributions from cor
porations. that no contribution of more
than $4,000 will be accepted from any
source. and that every contribution of
more than $1OO will be made public be-
fore the election.
Treasurer George r. Sheldon of the
Republican national committee has osten-
tatiously proclaimed that contributions to
the Republican campaign fund will be as
cordially welcomed from corporations AS
from individuals. 1t makes no difference
to him where the money comes from. The
Republican party needs money to be used
in improperly influencing politics during
the campaign. and he will take it from
any source.
Mr.. Sheldons standards of political
morality are quite as high as those of
other Republican leaders and campaign
managers. He does not see the improprie-
~ of using in politics the money of a cor
poration which by its charter can have
neither political principles nor the right
to vote.
Mr. Sheldon and the other Republican
managers do not see the palpable dishon-
esty of accepting from directors of cor
porations money of stockholders which
they have not voted for political uses. IN
their view the manipulating corporation
manager is everything, the property rights
of the individual stakeholder nothing.
In it's platform and through the action
of it's national committee the Democratic
party has made for itself a higher code
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tariff rates of the Dingley law are too

tariff rates of the Dingley law are too
high
"Even the maximum and minimum tar
if plan which is advocated contemplates,
according to the Economist making the
present rates-or other adequately pro-
tective rates'-the minimum, and the i'm
position of still higher rates to force fair
treatment from other nations. We do
not often find ourselves in agreement with
the Economist. But it seems to us that
what it says about the amazing plank
adopted at Chicago is true. Every one
knows that there are hundreds of thou
sands of Republicans all over the coun-
try demanding tariff revision in the direc-
ton of lower rates. Manufacturers who
are held up by the trusts feel very deeply
on this subject. When the convention
met it knew just what this demand was,
just what it meant. 1t knew that it
could not be silent on the tariff question,
knew that it could not refuse to pretend
to promise real revision.
And yet this convention put itself on
record as favoring sufficient protection to
put our manufacturers absolutely on a
level with those of other lands, and then
to give them "a reasonable profit besides.
This can mean nothing else than what
the Economist says it means. 1t is no
promise of revision downward. The prop
osition is not to equalize conditions here
and abroad, not to make up to our man
ufacturers the excess of the wages they
are supposed to pay over those abroad,
not to help them out IN the matter Of
hut of oil
these things, after having removed every
obstacle, and taken off every handicap,
we are to tax ourselves to give the manu-
facturers-such as the steel trust-'a
reasonable profit So it is a great vic
tory for the standpatters. The Economist
is quite right. For once it is absolutely
right. The party has thrown itself into
the arms of the standpatters. Taking this
plank in connection with the refusal of
the convention to demand publicity for
campaign contributions, and also in con.
nection with the great activity of the
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CHAPTER XVIII.

The Madame was steaming down from
basse Terre to Saint Pierre. 1t was the
Inlrd morning after the tragic eighth of
Nay On the evening after the eruption
me ship had touched Fort de France, and
'eit the natives there to join Father Da-
ulens colony. Then the Madame was dis
PATCHED to Dominica, where Constable
VaOled to New York for officers and men
20 complete the ships company, and sue
"eded also in reaching Mr.. Stansbury by
%oIe, with the word that his daughter
uoa been saved, before@the planter could
SET passage for the Whited Sepulchre.
constable and Lara were sitting to-
aetaer at the cabin door in the sunlight
Suu SOFT winds. The girl wore a robe
pufchaSed ready-made in Basse Terre. 1t
"a saS white and lustrous, a strange native
,sotlc' which the man regarded with Sc
BUSINESS and awe. This was an item in
ue nrst consignment of feminine apparel
M M nad ever had the honor TO purchase.
D1e Joy was full and rare
49,, come to you empty handed and very
s W. from the heat of the journey, sill"
S Sn mad told him; "but father will reim-
Curse YOU"
lo talher will be allowed certain priv
na esS out not that" he had replied, and
And us were the booties, founces, ribands,
mysteries which they drew, together
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A Cincinnati dispatch to the New York
World says that two of the campaign
choruSes sung at the Taft notification
meeting were as follows:
He's no Billy Bryan fakir,
Well have it understood.
When he's ASKED to show his hand
He always has the goods
He's a great big man, don't you ever
doubt it,
And he will keep on growing, now that
he's about it.
He'll be President, the people all will
shout it.
And everybody knows he's from Ohio.
Me 0, my 0, dear old State Ohio,
Mother and trainer of Presidents,
Maker and shaper of great events,
We're in it again in nineteen eight,
Favorite son of our great State.
He's not only big, but he is great,
Our candidate, William II. Taft.
William H Taft. our candidate.
Maybe if he keeps on growing now
that he is about it, he will be able, in
few years. to write his messages without
sending them to the jungleS of South At
RIGA to be edited by the gentleman who
forced his nomination upon the Republi-
can party.
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LITTLE BOY WON REPRIEVE.
Son of Attorney General Brewster
Pleaded for Criminal.

Son of Attorney General Brewster
Pleaded for Criminal.
The coming wedding of Miss Mary
Brewster and Donald Cassells is OF
great interest to all old Washington
ians because it united two families
who have always been identified with
Washington society.
The grandfather of the bride-elect
was Benjamin Harris Brewster, VINO
occupied the position of Attorney cen
eraI during President Arthur's admin
istration. When a young man Mr..
Brewster risked his life in a heroic
effort to save his sister from death by
fire. and was himself terribly burned
and disfgured for life He had most
fascinating manners and was noted for
his brilliant conversational powers.
There is very interesting anecdote
told of Attorney General Brewster
and his son Andre, now captain III
the United States army, which is prob
ably not known to this generation.
During Mr.. Brewster's term as At
man and criminal was caught in Louis
lana and brought to trial. 1t was a
celebrated case, and finally the trial
ended and the prisoner, having been
proven guilty, was sentenced to be
hanged But his counsel put in stay
of proceedings, and telegraphed the
Attorney General, asking him to in
tercede with President Arthur and Sc
cure reprieve for the prisoner.
This telegram did not reach Wash
ington until the day before that set
for the execution The Attorney Gen
eral had gone to Philadelphia for the
day, and the telegram was sent to his
house instead of his office, and placed
on his desk to await his return.
Andre Brewster, then little lad,
full of life and mischief, was priv
LEGGED character-an only son--and
great favorite with all the prominent
government officials. He had the run
of his fathers library, and from the
moment that telegram arrived he be-
came possessed with a desire to read
it. Finally, curiosity got the better OF
him. and when he had mastered it's
contents he was deeply impressed with
it. During the afternoon he asked
his mother all manner of questions in
regard to the Presidents exercise OF
clemency, and she could not imagine
why the boy was interested in that
subject Andre kept his own counsel
and reluctantly retireu to bed before
his fathers return home.
Late that night the Attorney Gen
eral returned, and, going to his desk,
found on top of the pile Of letters the
Louisiana telegram, with this indorse-
ment. in Andres round, boyish hand:
"Dear Papa: Give the poor man
chance. ANDRE.
1t was raining and sleeting, but At
torney General BreWsters carriage
had remained at his door, and, taking
the dispatch. he hurried off to the
White House. President Arthur read
it. and the Endorsement; laid it down,
and turning to the Attorney General,
said. with his kindly smile:
'vThis is Andres first case, Brew
ster; send the reprieve."
But. alas, for Andres success as a
special pleader. Twen1y-four hours
later the President was besieged with
letters and kilograms from Louisiana
hegoing him not to release a dangerous
criminal in a law-abiding community.
Washington Post.
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An ''Enthusiastic' Endorsement.

In his speech of acceptance Mr.. Taft
says: with respect to the election of
Senators by the people, personally l am
inclined to favor it, but it is hardly a
party question"
What is it if it is not a party ques-
ton? 1t is a public question and a very
pressing one. The Democratic party de-
clared in favor of it. The Republican
party is silent on it. And the best that
the Republican andidate-convinced
since the convention of the popularity of
the plank-can do, is to say personally,
I am inclined to favor it," His remarkqs
clearly indicate that he does not attach
Importance to the proposed reform.
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who will secure chief advantage from it
is the wealthy and INSCRIPTIONS defend
ant, able to employ astute and cunning
counsel and anxious to avoid Justice
That being true. how does it happen
that Mr.. Taft's attack upon the trial by
jury plan finds its most enthusiastic sup
porters among 1.-The wealthy and unscru
pulous?" How does it happen that the
representatives of special interests, the
men who seek favors at the hands of leg
islatures and undue privileges from
courts are the strongest defenders of
government by injunction" and the most
bitter opponents of the simple American
plan of giving man, charged with an
offense committed outside of the courts
presence, jury trial?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
Why:

Mr.. Taft concludes his weak attack
upon the jury trial plank in the Demo
cratic platform with this exceptionally
weak paragraph:
of jury in such cases seem to suppose
that this change in some way will in
sure only to the benefit of the poor work
ingman. As a matter of fact the person
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
FROM THE COMMONER
MIR. BRYAr'S PAPER

agents of the steel trust at Chicago, it is
hard to see how any tariff reformer can
get much hope from the tariff plank of
the Republican platform. There is less
comfort than ever to be got from it now
that the american Economics. besotted
high tariff organ, has co nlnnndeG ii with
such touching enthusiasm.
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Pleasantry.

The usually accurate Houston Post
says editorially that "the next Vice Pres
ident has already been invited by Mr..
Bryan to share the White House with
him during his term of Office" The Post
has taken, in all seriousness, a bit of
pleasantly.
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Not This Year.

The New York Post says: 'The st.
Louis Times. which represents the opinion
of the best German element in st. Louis,
does not follow the lead of the New York
Staats-Zeitung in supporting Bryan"
But perhaps the st. Louis Times does
not follow the lead of the German ele-
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ment." Certain it is that American citi-
zens of German extraction are not to be
led to the support of special interests by
an editor who either does not understand,
or does not care to understand, the dan
gers of plutocracy.
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.'Before Election" the whole Matter

The Columbia IS. CO. State puts it In
a nutshell when it says: publicity before
the election that is the whole matter.
The people are tired of learning, after
they have been duped for the hundredth
time that such and such trust contrib
uted corruption fund to aid in the cleo
ton of a practical man like Roosevelt
or Roosevelt man like Taft"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

Mr.. Taft is a lawyer and he says or
ganized labor can Withdraw themselves
and their associates from dealings with
or giving custom to those with whom
they are in controversy" He says it,
however, as a candidate. As judge he
sent Frank Phelan to Jail. for doing it.
The Supreme Court has mulcted the Hat
ters' Union for doing it, and the District
of Columbia court has cited labor leaders
for contempt for doing it. Candidate
Taft is not an expert dodger, even though
he practices regularly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

"The business of the country is largely
dependent upon a protective system Of
tariffs" says Mr.. Taft. ''The victim Of
would have come much nearer to the
facts.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

The tilt of Mr.. Joseph G. Cannon's
cigar is steadily downward
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-14
THE EVENING STARS TWO PAGE MAGAZINE
HOW WOMEN MAY AVOID
SHATTERED NERVES
Regard for Common Sense Rules In Work and Rest Will Lighter
Burden and Assure Good Health.

-e HE reason. says a physician who makes a study OF women'sn nerves that
vomen GET exhausted after n endurance test is that they do not now
\ how to balance work n rest. He lay down the following ruiss:
Sleep fn proper proportions comes first. 1t should be taken in immoderNe
loses when ne has just gone through a tedious slime. or expects to face M
The seven o rule or custom should be utterly abolished. There should
lot be me rulef for everyone concerning sleep Each individual should be her
own Judge II how much is needed.
If he wants tn hours Sleep if she can get it n feels efreshed Liter v,
she should make an effort to have it, The day laborer does not need q 70 much
sleep as those who work in n Office; those who work In a shop d o moi need ~
much brain repair as those who write
The woma who Is doing household duties all day should be entertained and
amused during the first part IF the evening. instead Of sleeping; but the woman
whose work. social Oh otherwise, takes hr among people and events all day long
needs h entire night for sleeping.
In other words thu brain should not be stimulated all the time. It mist be
part of the time, but it and the heart demand rest for at least ten hours during
the twentyfour
The woman who al sleep is blessed. Part of her problem is solved BY the
Anne Rtttenhouse recently.
Some women fancy that they cannot sleep II they g % bed before II o'clock
at night. They believe that 1t is almost SINFUL and certainly miserable and
unhealthy, o wake u . a o'clock in the morning.
carly in the morning if m has had a sufficient amount Of sleep The healthy
thing is to go to bed when % are in need of sleep and to wake up when you
through with it. If 20 are tired nut at s o'clock at night nj g to bed a
to sleep until in the morning. gu have done a much wise and healthier
thing than to compel yourself ito stay awake until 10 o'clock in order to sleep
alter IN the morning.
Every wonan should balance rest and workin UGH a perfect a tina the
end Of the week finds her with accounts perfectly balanced.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-14
FIRST AEROPLANE.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
To whom docs the credit belong for
having built the first heavier-than-air
flying machine? T. *. Mex.
THE credit for having constructed
the first aeroplaneSto fly is due to Sir
Hiram Maxim, the ~well-known An1eri-
can inventor, now living in England,
the experiment taking place On July
81, 1884, in England. The machine,
however, only flew 400 feet when it
bumped into a part of the ways on
which it was built and was wrecked.
The late Professor s.. p. Langley, of
Washington, was experimenting along
the same lines as Maxim and at the
same time, and no one contributed
est in flying machines of the heavier
than-air type than did Langley. The
first successful flight of Langley's
aeroplane, however, did not occur
until nearly two years after the
Maxim experiment. The first practi-
cal flying machine built along the
heavier-than- air type was the creation
of the brothers Orville and Wilbur
Wright, of Dayton, O. They made
their first fight with a motor aero
plane on December II. 1903, and dur
ing the following two years they made
100 flights at a speed of thirty to fifty
miles an hour. In 1905 they covered a
distance of ninety-four miles in six
fights, and in 1906 they made a flight
in which the operator, Orville. was in
the air continuously thirty-eight min
utes. In that time the machine few
thirty-seven miles, repeatedly turning
in CIRCLES. cut figure Fights, arose and
descended, and, in a word, proved to
be under the perfect control of the
operator. In France Santos Dumont
was the first person to fly successfully.
He had abandoned the ordinary gas
bag machine in which he made many
successful flights and made his first
flight in an aeroplane and won the
Observation-Disclosures prize of $40, 900
ON October 20. 1906. Farman, Della
grange n many others have since
constructed aeroplanes, the mechanism
differing very slightly from the aero
plane of the Wright brothers. and San
tos Dunlont.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-14
BENEFICIAL SOCIETY TROUBLE.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Kindly give your opinion on the fol-
lowing argument for the benefit of "a
beneficial society: 1.-THE dues of this SO
ciety are forty cents a month. If not
paid regularly there is a fine of ten
cents added. c owes for July, August
and September. He pays forty cents IN
September. A claims that this forty
cents should be credited to July and
ten cents fine added to September. G.
claims not. Further II we would credit
his forty cents to September, if he was
taken sick (although the rules are, any
member two months In arrears is out of
benefit) could he not claim benefit, as he
Is credited for the last month";"
lit should be credited to the last
month; and this will place him in good
standing from that time on.-Ed.1