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RECTOR TO BECOME ACTOR.
Rev. Francis de Sales Carroll Re.
signs From Ministry.

Rev. Francis de Salec Carroll has re-
signed a. assistant rector Of the Church
OF tho Ascension and, according to re-
port. In to adopt the stage as his pro-
fession. It Is understood that he 10 70
shortly enter a dramatic school TO thor
oughly prepare himself for tho life back
Of the footlights. Rev. Mr.. Carroll. who
came to Washington some months ago
from Wyoming. IL q deacon OF the Epis-
copal Church. He came highly recon.
mended to Rev. J. Henning Nelms, rector
o. the Church Of the Ascension. ana wus
asked to become assistant in the parish.
Lately he has been preaching q series of
sermons at st. Michael and All ANGELS
Church.
Gated today Il II understood that no has
sent his resignation from the Episcopal
Church deaconry to Bishop Thomas Of
wyoming.
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CHAPTER XVII.
Batu Blah.

The planters wife backed her it'll,
TimOr mare alongside, to give that rein
forcement which woman has ready fol
woman. They held . conclave in tn.
open road, with no men admitted. Thl
brigbt-haired fugitive told her story,
dolorous bit by bit. through tho pony,
name.
poor thing!" The matron's voice e.
capped their privacy. mo Quitl
right. Mary. dear . No: we can't leav.
her in such - . Why. Of courss!'
Miss Arnot laid her hand on the Other
Marys shoulder and sat thinking. Hell
eyes lighted; a whimsical smile played
about them and trembled at her lips
David knew that smile as we'll rs though
he had seen it before. She spoke-at
some length. but in what manner he could
gesture Of surprise. laughed once out
sight and shook with silent mirth.
BUT, seriously" continued the girl, ~
do need one Chatra forced me to dis
miss her - And in this way. at leas,
Miss Naves let 90 her clasp and rose,
ungainly but ecstatic.
'oh. lady! Try mer She paved at tn,
girls hand. tried to capture It. tried to
embrace her. saddle. redns and oil. ''Oh
IuIeS. I've etVOo sNut ioN CVufu
Do gimme Just one chance! ia follow
YOU over the worlds end. miss. let alone
singapore! Try me, oh. DO! God bless
sou for thinking itP'
rho pony. sharing by mistake some Of
this Wild eudearment, praAced and reared.
Miss Asnot managed him quietly, without
looking away from her petitioner.
There, thefe!" Smiling, she ysbuked
them both. II won't have q maid who
frightens horses! But We can try each
other. Come to Mrs. Hemmea' bungalow
and we'll talk Of this further"
Stock still In clumsy alteration, Miss
Naves looked up at her through brimning
eyes.
"You'n never be sorry, miss. nsverv'
she declared. hoafseiy; then INNING
away. took the p0nyss muxgle between her
hands and kissed the white blese on his
forehead. There. You'll Apd ma quiet
and willing. miss, always: And-and now
I'll 90 speak about my bog"
She parted the lantern bearers ana slip
ped OF toward the tent. debhing hsr eyes
as she ran. The buriy Mr.. Hemmss
chuckied and rode after.
"Oh, Mary, my dear" laughed his wife.
"What next? A parable: I've seen q
parable acted! Do YOU always pick your
servants out Of byways and hedges"
Miss Arnot could parry auestions. not
without skill.
''No," she rstortsd. siyiy. ''chstrs
came recommended by yon, Ks&s. This
poor. silly thing 10 quite honest We
talked on beard chip"
Hemmes cantered back presently with
the blonde Amsson slkirptns beside his
tx .Xn ssts,sA. oums ssp hs <uasl, my.
IL 9hA 13o0 ,1&DEfo4 n III
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Second Robber Killed.
Worlds Biggest Gardener.

"The Garden King" 1.-THE Human Hoe
and "The Uncrowned King Of Garden.
ers' are tho way James Hay, .jr., refers
to James Wilson, who has been 6ecrs-
tary Of the government Department OF
Agriculture for the last fourteen years
and then he goes on to tell Of some OF
the big things he has done for the Amer
lean farmer.
'IIe has taken the world as his gar
den. says Mr.. Hay, "and has worked II
and ts working 1t on a plan beautiful 10
behold. When he became head Of the
department fourteen years ago 1t amount
cd to very little. but now It IL engaged In
bringing into this country the fruits and
flowers OF every CLINE and land"
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councilman Is permitted to Recommend
! man for appointment on the force
and the chief has absolute power Of re-
! moval The result has been q wei
disciplined police department. the abo.
lition OF the poolroom. the obliteratior
Of public gambling, the Sunday closing
Of saloons. the segregation Of the ten.
derloin element and the disappearance
Of variety theaters.
The council Of Houston, including
the mayor. Is q salaried body, tho
mayor drawing $4,000 q year and the
members OF the council $2,400. All oil
them are required to give their en-
tire attention to the business of the
other officials Of the government and
fix the compensation Of each employe
every one Of whom can be summarily
removed for characterization or neglec,
Of duty. This uncertainty Of tenure
based on good behavior, is believed by
Houston authorities to make for good
service.
The growth Of Houston under the
new plan Of government has been con-
sistent and in an increasing ratio
So enthusiastic have it's people become
that they are preparing to have q deer
waterway from Houston to the ocean
to reap the great advantage Of sea
port situation and to share in the
great harvest Of commerce which will
begin with the opening Of the Panama
canal. The national government pro-
! vides $1,250,000 toward the project
and Houston. by vote of its people
Will provide the remainder.
~
The seventeen railroads entering the
city have felt the impetus Of the hust.
ling uo, TN
Even Its Railroads spirit and are
Feel the Spirit. NOW providing a,at;oa
and largely Increased terminal facili.
ties at an outlay Of 100000. Other
| improvements are being made in every
part Of the city. and. according to the
friends Of the system, all this activity
dates from the time the city turned
! over new leaf and began to en-
courage individual Investments by
making some investments on its own
behalf. Among the progressive steps
taken by the municipality Is the cree.
ton Of a magnificent auditorium. cost
Ing more than q quarter Of a million
dollars. in order that Houston may
Of the southwest.
Houston's experience as q commits
sion governed city has been unique in
that there was no overturning Of '.the
old crowd" when the former plan OF
government was abolished. The pres
ent mayor held that Office before the
change. and three Of the early council
men were members Of the former city
government. The advocates Of the
commission plan assert that this n
proof that business methods count
more In city government than business
men.
Observation-Disclosures GOVERN
MENT.
VIII-Dallas.
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mayor u 0OuSLO0 TACT that unoel
Has Large Powers. the the mnn,ein a +,
the power of Houston's mayor is almost
absolute. With the exception Of the four
councilmen and the controller. he has the
power to discharge any and every en-
ploye Of the city on q moments notice.
without the right of appeal from his deci-
sion. Not being elected by the people. the
city attorney must obey the mandate of
the council to collect delinquent taxes or
lose his job. The chief of police cannot
refuse to enforce the criminal statutes
and ordinances when the mayor OF the
council directs him to do so; he knows
ders.
Houston has a restricted referen-
dunn provision. When any person or
corporation seeks a franchise 1t can
years. except by referendum vote of
the people. With such vote the
ma ximum life Of the franchise is placed
at fifty years. II the question Of a
franchise is referred to the people the
expense OF the election must be borne
1t. The council may. of it's own mo-
ton. submit any proposed franchise to
4 referendum vote, or. II 1t does not
SO submit IL. such referendum may
be called for upon the petition of 500
qualified voters.
While the schools in Galveston are
separate from the city government.
in Houston they are under its general
control. The mayor appoints the school
board, subject to confirmation by the
council. This board elects the school
superintendent. No councilman can
even suggest the name of a teacher to
the board. All the council can do is
to select the board and provide the
funds for running the schools. Thir-
teen new schools have been established
and housed since the new order went
into effect. and q large addition to
the high school has. been built.
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MARSHAL LOSESUFE
IN BATTLE WITH YECcS
Post Office Thieves Caught in
SchooIhouse Resist Posse.
One Killed, One Wounded.

JEFFERSON, Iowa, May S.-Marshal
Busby Of Patton. Iowa. and a post Office
robber were killed and a robber was seri-
ously injured in a clash between a sher-
IFS posse and the outlaws early yester-
day at a schoolhouse two miles from
Patton.
The yeggmen broke into the post office
at Patton, blowing open the safe and TAX
ing several hundred dollars in stamps
and money. The noise Of the explosion
was heard by man who was In the
street at the time.
Marshal Busby was called, and he and
armed deputies started in pursuit of the
robbers. who fled south. A posse also
was organized at Dana. A search was
made Of the whole neighborhood. Mar
shall Busby and several men, after divid-
searching parties. with instructions to
scour the country. started back to Patton,
believing that some hiding place had been
overlooked.
Marshal Busby Killed.
They came to a schoolhouse near Pa
ton. Using no precaution whatever, the
marshal went to the door and opened It.
report Of q gun was heard The mar
shall fell dead. One Of the robbers dragged
the body into the schoolhouse. Then an
exchange of shots was begun between the
robbers and the deputies. The lifeless
body of Busby was propped up in the
which the robbers fired on the deputies
BY this time Sheriff Williams and his
assistants arrived on the scene. He called
on the robbers to surrender, but he re-
ceived a volley Of shots In reply The
1,,r{1 -
windows and doors Of the schoolhouse.
Wounded Robber Gives Up.
Finally one Of the robbers staggered
through the front doorway. wounded. say
ing, Boys. surrender. but my pal is
going to fight till you get him."
Sheriff Williams gave tho uniniured
bandit a chance to surrender. but he re-
fused. Tho fight was renewed. All the
time the marshals body was propped UP
against the window and the robber vas
firing from behind It, The firing lasted
thirty minutes. Finally the officers saw
the robber stagger and Busby's body fall
from the window. A rush was made for
the door.
Second Robber Killed.
The robber was found dead. with bull
let through his heart.
The wounded robber refused to give his
name. His leg IL shattered. ana viii have
to be amputated. A hotel key was found
in his pocket. It came from a hotel in
Des Moines. Papers were also found
bearing the postmarkS Sing Sing and Chi
cago.
1t is believed these men are the ones
who blew the safe in the Bayard. Iowa,
post oftice few weeks ago. They are
about twenty-five years old. The injured
bandit was taken to sioux City.
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The congregation Of tho College Hill
Va.) Baptist Church Sunday celebrated
the wiping out Of the church debt BY pub
.licly burning the bonds.
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What Is an Old Family?
m the indianapolis News

Il
Every now and then one encounters in
conversation and In the newspapers the
expression that he or she comes of an
''old family" The question may here OBJ
trude as to what on earth is an old fam
lily, that this or that particular person may
have any exclusive right to the benefit
thereof, socially or otherwise. 1t is not
assuming too much for even the lowliest
plebeian to hold that in the matter of an
cestry he is as richly endowed as any
aristocrat In the land; that even Kaiser
William or the Car of the RuSsias is no
better equipped as to ancestry-Old fam
lily ancestry-than any one of common
mold. When it is taken into account that
ones ancestors are doubled in number in
each generation as we go backward to-
ward Adam, few, perhaps none, of us can
escape having had some titled or royal
ancestors. To go back one thousand
years, each and every one of us would
find himself related to perhaps the entire
population of Europe, and going farther
back we might find an ancestor. a king in
Palestine, with his great toes cut off feed
ing on the victuals thrown to him under
the table by another ancestor who was
the lucky conqueror of that time. To go
back still farther, we should come to a
period when every dweller on the earth
should have been our ancestor, and, alas.
every one of them to pass away without
having the least idea of the wonderful be-
ings coming after them, all of whom are
in the line of being victimized by vendors
of genea1ogies with accompanying coats
of-arms.
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The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London.
NEW YORK BANKS.

NEW FORK, December 23-The state
ment Of clearing house banks for the
week shows that the banks hold Sl2,04I.-
800 reserve in excess of legal require,
ments. This Is a decrease of $2.924.OoO
in the proportionate cash reserve, as
compared with last week.
The statement follows:
Loans, sI.ss7. oee.o 600; increase. $751;
Specie. sa15. 5o6.o 900; increase. 1872 coo.
Legal tenders, ss', 900; decrease
Net deposits. s1.7O7. 100000: increase,
SIS, G51 900.
circulation, s51, ooo. 600; decrease. $780,
Banks cash reserve in vault. sss664O.-
Trust companies cash reserve in vault
Aggregate cash reserve. 1898 9ss 600.
crease, $2,924.050.
Trust companies reserve with clearing
house members carrying . per cent cash
Actual condition: Loans. s1.s6o, $40. 900:
increase. slO.2S3,OOO. Specie. 1915. 2s6,-
600: increase. s1,2O4,OO0. Legal tenders.
$50 ess. 900: decrease; $4,000 Net os de-
GO. circulation. s5o,a47.ooo; increase.
$4,000. Banks cash reserve in vault,
$685, "a, 900. Trust companies cash re-
serve in vault. So, 20 600. Aggregate
CASH TcScTNc, $Oot,CO~VUV. IACCSS To-" Vi
reserve. $11.13s.3eO; decrease. $1.4sO. 100
Trust companies reserve with clearing
house members carrying % per cent
cash reserve, $685.. 900.
Summary of state banks and trust
companies in Greater New York, not re-
porting to the New York clearing house
Loans. s616. 7os. 500; decrease. 81, 7S2,9oO
Specie. $66. 715.SOO: increase, $5O7 800
Legal tenders, $11 Az, 100: increase. $34.-
800. Total deposits, $676. 95O.2OO in
crease. $2tS3.9O0.
The Financier will say: Instead of an
anticipated gain of from eight to ten mil
Hon dollars in cash the actual condition
statement of the New York clearing
house banks for the week ending Decem-
that item and this coupled with an ex-
pansion of S2O.O3O,O0O in deposits. the
latter. Of course. necessitating heavier
reserve requirements, reduced the excess
surplus by $4,4S9,1O0. leaving the pres
eHt surplus above the % per cent min
imum requirements, S11,13S,3e0. Loans
during the week expanded SECESSION
The current statement was complicated
largely by local bond underwritings and
preparations for the year-end settle
ments. In addition to this some foreign
borrowing was done in this market. The
trust companies in New York, according
to the independent statement made at
the end OF the week, have rather
strengthened their position. the cash in
crease having amounted to over $4,000
COO. while loans were reduced and reserve
on deposits is nearly S3,OeOOOO heavier
than at the close Of last week.
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Around the Block.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
1t is curious that living close together,
as city jewellers do does not promote
the sense of neighboHliness. People orig
inally banded themselves together In
the communal life because they were
afraid Of what might come out of the
woods and devour them. or fall upon
them with the tomahawk. or make life
miserable and death terrible in some
other way. Perhaps the Puritans went
to church and listened to sermons that
lasted all day not simply because they
were deeply pious and liked to hear about
the birthstone and the gnawing worm,
but because 1t was a comfort once
week to gather into congregation and
realize how numerous they were. Camp
ing uncertainty on the fringe of a con-
tinent. a mere handful against the In
Vulnerable red men and the illimitable
forest leagues to the westward, 1t was
reassuring to count the muskets OF Miles
Standish's army at the church door or
the wakeful occupants Of the benches
within.
But there are more of us now than
ing city thrusts into the background
of oblivion the memory of 1.-The fair
green country town." We know only one
in several hundred. perhaps, of the peo-
pie we meet in the busy thorOugh1areS.
The faces of the buildings are familiar
enough from long reconnaissance, but
the faces of the city's human tenantry
are mostly those OF persons VINO are
strangers to us and to each other. we
are. as Longfellow truly has put 1t, but
as the ships that pass, with hail and
ia rewell on life's ocean, 1t may be never
to meet again through the favor O. wind
and current or by the fact of destination.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON, December 23-A few spe-
cialties monOpolized the attention OF
traders on the stock exchange during the
week; business otherwise was Of a holi-
day character, with a somewhat irreSu-
lar tendency
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Com
pany and Union Castle line shares rose
considerably on the announcement thas
the former had secured control of the
latter. The shares Of the Otis Steel Com
pany. limited. advanced twenty-five points.
to 172, with scarcely a share changing
remove to the United States. Omnibus
and Underground Electric Rails closed
buoyant on several rumors Of a working
agreement between the companies.
Bearer money checked activity In the
gilt-ed9ed section, while foreign securi-
ties and Kafi1rs hung fire pending the
forthcoming settlement in Paris Home
rails finished nat on the Manchester
strike and labor unrest in the coal trade.
American securities moved irregularly
and narrowly. Strength In steel and
copper shares was attributed to favor
able trade reports, but the Wabash re-
Ownership and the weakness in Denver
improvement, and the market closed
practically unchanged.
The money market is heavily in debt.
and IL still borrowing from the Bank Of
England. The stringency. it Is expected.
will be over at the end of the year. Dis
the firmness In money and on the Ger
man and Brazilian gold demands.
PARIS, December 23-Prices on the
bourse today were steady.
BERLIN, December 23.-Trading was
more active and prices were higher on
the bOurse today.
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Panama Railroad Death List.

Joseph Bucklin Bishop in Harper's Weekly.
In your issue of November there.ap-
pears a letter from DR.. John A. Wyeth
under the title of The Health Of the Ma
tion.' In it there is an allusion to the
health conditions on the lsIhmus OF
Panama, in the course of which the
isthmus is spoken of as having been a
few years ago "a strip of earth so no.
toriously unhealthy that every cross-tfe
in transisthmian railway is said to mark
the grave of a laborer in its constrst-
ton"
The vitality of this dreary old falsehood
is one of the wonders of history. Rail-
way men reckon 5000 ties to a mile in
a railway track; there We're forty-seyen
and half miles of the orig nal track or
the Panama railroad, which would give
total of Ia. 800 ties, leaving out sIdin8s
and yard tracks. Probably the total NUM-
Der of ties in the whole railway system
was about 10000.
There were at no time employed in the
construction Of the railway, according ~
accurate records, more than 1900 men.
and this number was reached only durhnG
the last few years of construction. Col.
TOtten who built the road and rode Oh
the first locomotive that passed over it,iu
1855, said in after years that the total
number of deaths did not exceed loo
Scarcely a week has passed during the
SIX years tnat l. nave Deen connected VIII
canal work on the isthmus that this
yarn about the number of deaths dur
ing the construction of the railway has
not appeared in some form or other.
Whatever else the visitor to the isthmus
fails to learn about conditions here, lle
never fails to get hold of this and to pro-
claim it, Repeated contradiction has no
effect upon ii whatever. 1t is one OF the
fakes of history, and consequently
surely immortal, for those engaging in
MENTIONS. so far as my reading and OBJ
seryation go, have intellectually more vi
tally than plain prosaic truth can nope
to command. ,,snI,
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have hquidated. Standard Oil cash mil
lions are on the Quivive for reinvestment.
Assures Big Economies.

Early In the New Year we will have
variety Of developments. hardly yet sug-
gested. In the Vanderbilt quarter num-
Der OF surprises impend-an calculated to
encourage investors. Finally. there seems
to be readiness to put through the pro-
gram Of unification for all the roads Of
the Vanderbilt system-and (unlesS the OF
hciai agreement soon changes) there VIII
be announcement of the cOnslusion OF ar
rangements through which all the Wander
bilt roads will come within the scope of
The New York Central System" Herein
is the assurance OF economies that Will
run into millions per INSTRUMENTATION
In railway management unprecedented.
And similar lines are to be followed else
where. The various dropping Hawley
roads are to pass over into one or two
corporations-official start upon this pro-
gram already disclosed. In the Hartman
quarter there are announcements nearly
due OF even greater consequence, though
along with unif1cation of some Of the Har-
riman properties there are likely to be
two or three separations. It Is intimated
that Hartman capital, for instance, Is tc
be withdrawn from Mexico.
In many ways the New Year will show
itself equipped with inspiration for in
vestment opportunity. The public. sc
long quiescent, may within the next nine.
ty days find opportunities exceptional fol
profit In returning to Wall street. The
low priced stocks are hkeliest to be profit
producers.
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Walking.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
OF course, the blame for a remarkable
increase noted by the New York health
department in tie number of deaths from
heart disease is placed upon the auto
mobile. Blaming the automobile has be-
come a fixed habit with many persons.
Very likely if all the fatal cases Of heart
disease reported could be carefully m
veStigated il would be found that the
automobile had nothing TO do with. most
of them. There IS msch truth in the con-
tention that the increase o. 100 per cent
Of such cases in the asst ten years Is
due largely TO a general failure TO take
sufficient exercise ~,
v alking is sim recommended as the
best preventive of heart trouble and
many other ailments. The man who -ex-
ercises by taking daily walks conserves
his health, while The man who walks jas
little as possible wastes his, Edw4ra
Payson Weston, who Is something or a
walker himself. says that waking wprd
be more popular If il We're not so cfA5p.
Nowadays the average 4 an lives too Tar
away from his place or business to UNI
dertake the walk back and forth Ito
which his father was accustomed Stib-
urban life, instead of encouraging walkL
ing, has had the opposite effect. IL seems
Iity and is a pity, but nothing is"to
be gained in correcting an unfortunate
habit by placing the blame where it does
not riShtfully belong. -