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they found For that my gratitude, al
ready abundant overlooked.
AT Memphis my father. who had
come down looking for me, found me and
took me to our home on farm near
Cincinnati 1t had to be a roundabout
journey. for John Morgan was raiding
AT home I learned for the first time
sight being reatored. Then came a
period of profound and serious thought
of what to do with my life. The first
thing / decided upon was to make my
assistance. 1 learned to find my way
around in the dark. Many falls ! had
and many unpleasant experiences, but
finally conquered"
Learning Of the Columbus Institution
for the Blind. DR.. Couden went there
for few weeks for Institutional help.
He remained seven years There the
hidden. but always present religious
strain in him developed. Tentative steps
in commercial life. though marked with
great success. and brief incurston into
politics: where unexpected contact with
the commercial side of the great game"
shocked and disguised him, only con-
f1rmed him in his desire to give his
life to religious work.
So he entered the theological depart
ment Of St Lawrence University. Canton.
N. Y, from which he was graduated in
1873. During the recent commencement
exercises there, beginning June 5, DIR.
Couden was the chief figure. preaching
the baccalaureate sermon and having
many honors thrust upon him.
Before coming to Washington, DE-.
Couden had served pastorates at Mad
rid. N. Y; Willoughby. Ohio. and Chat
ham. Mass.
Just prior to the opening Of the fifty
campaign for election as chaplain OF
the House Of Representatives He
knew no one Of large Importance in
public life, and he came at time when
formed by the delegations from the
stronger states to control tho patronage
of the House. Another man was on the
slate to be chaplain, n. and and twenty-five
David B. Henderson Of 1owa-later
Speaker-championed DIR. Coudens cause.
and in an eloquent and appealing speech
to the republican caucus So. or che..n .he
Speaker Reed. also elected at that ses-
sion; Speaker Henderson. Speaker Can
non, and now Speaker Clark, have all
been warm and affectionate friends OF
tho chaplain.
DR.. Couden's first prayer in the House
attracted wide, and, for him. unpleasant
attention. 1t was at the time Of the
Venezuelan disturbances, during the adj
ministration of President Cleveland
Seeking to strike a note Of high
patriotism in his prayer. and without
the slightest thought Of the Venezuelan
matter, then just coming to the front.
DR.. Couden prayed to make US quick
to resent any insult to our flag"
Some elements In the country professed
to be shocked. But Congress itself Just
laughed and said 1t was a good prayer"
said DR.. Couden in relating the incident.
A prayer made Just as the sentiment in
favor Of a war with Spain was forming
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Government Rose Garden.

WOULD the rose lover care to see the
w queen of flowers reigning in pro-
fusion he should wend his way toward
Department of Agriculture and look
for her in a garden south of the green
houses at the farm. This rose garden.
as 1t is officially called. is the idea Of
a former president Of the American
Grove, Pa, whose object Is to create
a public educational interest in the
rose by admiration. inspection and
comparison of the different varieties
The governments cooperation In the
garden enables Its experts to carry on
experiments in hybridizing the rose.
The garden occupies an acre and the
plants are arranged in groups. and
in the larger groups the roses are di-
several hundred in ali, including the
climbing, tea and hybrid tea roses
There are also hybrid perpetual roses.
A plot is devoted to the Lord Penzance
briars. an improved single rose Of de-
licious scent, beautiful tints and in
teresting historical names. for in this
riot of beauty the Amy Robsart and
Lucy Ashton are blooming. All the
roses in the garden are properly la
beled and one is sure to find among
them his favorite. or a new one to
hold his attention.
Climbing roses form the border of
the garden, and an appropriate wall
for their support will soon be erected.
The Rambler was given an outline Of
the future plans of the garden. which
will include the erection of sum-
mer house, the arrangement Of turf
walks and the planting Of space to
tree roses. The garden will be in
creased in acreage as necessary. It is
open to the public on week days from
8 to 1870.
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time new pair of cavalry boots, with
SHINY tops. had bought the day before
and which I was anxious to show off.
everybody had chafed me about them.
OF our boat to ride ashore that morning
the captain had said: Sergeant, the rebs
are going to get those boots today and
on the ride to the fight several Of the
boys had repeated the remark.
4
1T seemed to me that the prophecy
was about to come true. 3d. as lay
in my blood. I drew my revolver and
those boots would fire on whoever was
Juggling.
Fortunately, reinforcements in the
shape Of regiment Of infantry came
UP just then and the guerrillas fed.
was put on a stretcher and taken back
to our boat and then transferred to a
hospital boat. which moved on to anchor
at the mouth of the Yazoo. was placed
on deck between the boilers. in which
steam was kept up always. and the
sun. 1t was not a pleasant experience.
I'VE were without ice. but the nurses
would draw up water from the river and
continually battle my face and eyes. That
we had to drink.
Somehow. think there were no germs
in those days. They hadn't been in
vented. Contributing evidence to this eff
feet is my experience with the wound
in my arm. The surgeon insisted that
the ball had gone out of the flesh. I
insisted that it was still there. Finally,
after two weeks. the surgeon got out his
probes and went at the hole. The first
thing he brought out was a square inch
hlnnap n /
been in the habit of currying my horse.
1t wasn't a clean blouse at all. and it
Is generally known that the germ which
produces lockjaw is propagated in horse
filth. Still, suffered no i'll effects.
Il was still there on the 18th Of July
when Vicksburg fell. Then, on the sixth.
some boats came down the river. sent by
Gov. Morton Of Indiana, to pick up the
home. To ono of these was transferred.
-
Never shall I forget the contentment
that came with finding myself in a real
cot, with real sheets and clean at that.
Two ladies came up and sat beside me.
They asked II they could wash my face.
How good it felt!
Then they asked if I wanted some
roast beef, some mashed potatoes, some
beans. some homemade bread. and so on
through list of viands we soldiers had
not known for long. Yes, yes. l kept
replying to each question, growing more
excited with each word. Ny sole diet
on the hospital boat had been tea and
toast. and 1 had grown to loath tea
and toast.
Hold on, there said the surgeon,
eomins along. don't let that man eat
all that stun. 1t will kill him.
Nothing of the sort retorted. Doc
tor. l am literally starving to death
All right said he. and I was fed.
Then the ladies wanted to comb my
hair. That was a sticker. knew there
were things In my hair that didn't be-
long there. but consented. Tho ladies
were polite and aid nothing about what
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on land considerably higher than the
road is a fine country house built OF
brown-red iron stone and nearly screened
by old trees. A curving driveway leads
to 1t and this driveway is bordered by
double row of large and venerable holly
trees and red berries which present a
rosy spectacle in winter. Bordering the
driveway are also old pines and spruces.
The Rambler's memory balks here and 1t
is not CT sufficient moment to look into
the records, out that stone house stands
on the site Of the house in which lived
the wartime owner of the land-a man
named Maj. Walker-on which Fort
Slocum was built. The house was burned
and at about the close Of the war the
property was bought by Christopher
O'Hare. who built the stone house. When
the Rambler visited that house two or
three years ago while relocating the re-
ingten two Of Mr.. O'Hare's children. Miss
Elizabeth and Stanley. were living there.
X
Turning into the Riggs road great
stretches Of green country lie before and
on either hand. You look eastward down
a broad and widening valley and you see
the hill on which the reform school
stands and on which Fort Lincoln and
Battery Jameson stood during the civil
war and which was occupied by Col.
Beall's regiment and kramer's battalion
of Maryland militia-the right of the
American line-in the battle of Bladens-
burg, April "a. 1914 You can see Lowndes
hill, on which the ancient home of the
Nicholas Lowndes-Bostock-stil stands
and over which hill the British. under
Ross and Cockburn, descended to Bla-
densburg in their march from Benedict,
by way of Nottingham, Upper Marlboro
and Long Old Fields. Yelled in blue
purple haze is the high ridge on the
eastern side of the Eastern branch.
AT this point on the Riggs road you
get one Of the greenest ami widest vistas
In the environs of Washington. You
cross ridge and again you IL ok over and
up and down broad valley. this time
the valley OF the Sligo. On the other
side of the valley just ebove the tree
tops You can see chimneys and a man
sard roof the house, or the hall, of Green
Hill. II is the objective of your journey,
but good stretch of road still lies be-
tween you and it.
The road. descending to the valley Of
the Sligo, is bordered on the right hand
by dense woods of young timber. On
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near the horses, and returned to fight.
taking my carbine and ammunition, but
leaving me my revolver.
Il could hear the wounded, suffering
horses stamping about me In their agony.
Each moment expected a hoof would be
planted in my face. From the talk of
the men nearby I could make out that
the fight was going against us. Our
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. tHc ea'Si idiiS a
hush descends upon
the hall of the
House of Repre-
sentatives. Door
keepers take their
places at all doors,
close them, and
stand facing the
House to prevent
entrance or egress
at this solemn mo-
ment of the day.
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Of Arlington cemetery. you will notice
between the road and the river on rise
in the generally level or gently undulat-
ing fields group OF buildings, cot
tage, a big barn, a watertakn and varf-
Gus small structures, and you may catch
the CLINT of the greenhouses as the sun
blaZes on them. The picture presented
Is that of a small and prosperous farm
settlement, The Rambler believes that
on that rising ground stood the Alex
ander homestead where lived the branch
of the Alexander family which owned
these lands before they came into posses
sion. by purchase, of the Gusts family at
about the time of the outbreak Of the
American revolution
From the main road the Rambler fol-
lowed the southernmost of the east-and-
west roads leading through the govern
ment farm. On the right hand is an ex-
tensive grove or orchard of apple trees
This was hard and unpromising brick
clay land when the government took to
farming It, but the apple orchard is
thrifty. In some sections of the orchard
the earth is carefully cultivated between
the trees.
On the left-hand side of the road are
patches Of alfalfa. a picture in green and
purple. Farther along on the left are
fields Of rye. 1t is magnificent growth
Of the grain.
i
south of the line Of greenhouses which
are at the south of the group Of farm
buildings you come to the rose garden.
1t is young yet. Many of the plants are
not in blossom and some. having bios
somed. are full of withered and wither-
ing blooms. The garden. II all go,s well
with it. will be a spectacle next year
worth travelling over there to see.
On the authority of F. L. Milford, the
landscape gardener. there are planted in
that garden 80 varieties. Of which ITO
are climbers and 125 teas and hybrids.
besides hybrid perpetuals and Penzance
briars. They are labeled. The Rambler
walked along between the northernmost
two rows and made acquaintance.
In the greenhouses the Rambler saw
great rank. fruit-laden tomato vines. and
outside were stalks of green corn growing
in tubs. Near the rose garden Is a small
vineyard and an orchard Of cherry trees.
scarlet and yellow with fruit Also close
to the rose garden are plots Of land given
over to the culture of currants, goose
berries. blackberries and raspberries.
From the rose garden you get fine
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was widely printed. DR.. Couden prayed
then. May we have peace. but let 1t be
an honorable peace"
II am glad we have sensible chap
lain" was Speaker Henderson's comment
to DR.. Couden afterward.
Another incident OF that period also
created much comment. Not long before
Chaplain Couden had prayed for the mis-
sion of Clara Barton. then going into the
Balkan states for the Red Cross to the
relief Of Christian sufferers from Turkish
atrocities.
One day. as the chaplain sat in the
Speakers lobby. waiting the call to make
his prayer. a delegation from the Cuban
junta came to him.
I'VE cubans." they said to him. ARE q
Christian people We appeal to you to
pray for us and our cause. the freedom Of
Cuba"
In those times 1t was a delicate sub
tect, but the chaplain essayed It. After
the prayer he sat down beside Charles p
Taft, then member Of the House.
That" said Mr.. Taft. was tho pref
test piece of hedging ever Witnessed"
But the cubans were delighted and one
OF them was inspired to write a poem on
the subject. Spain, however was a bit
resentful. and Spanish newspapers refer
red to the chaplain as "backwoods''
preacher.
lis there efficacy In The chapiain's
prayers?'
1t is a question often asked with more
or less POPULARITY in tho cloak rooms and
Hobbies: Does DR.. Couden get for this
House what he prays for7''
Never. of course. do those lmpromptu
debates settle the matter. But. for all
that, the membership of the House
acknowledges the helpfulness and in
SEPARATION Of those calm and deeply reh-
gious words which fall upon their ears
at the opening Of each days session. The
spirit OF strife has been tempered more
than once by them Such q prayer as
this. taken at random from the printed
collection, has tendency to assist In
high endeavor:
"Onr Father in heaven. fountain of
wisdom, source of all good. keep US, we
beseech Thee. in touch with Thee dur
ing the remaining hours of this day. that
do wrong to no man. but with high re-
solves and noble purposes we may go
forward with the work Thou hast given
is to do In the spirit Of the Lord
jesus CnTlbt. Au1eu.
One former member Of the House
firmly believes that in at least one in
stance prayer Of Dr.. Couden's has
been directly answered. This member. q,
Virginian, was serving during the first
year of Dr. Couden's chapiaincy. The
member fell desperately I'll. AZ the
chaplain was entering the chamber one
morning word was brought to him that
the member was dying.
Simply. earnestly. in his morning
y,ra
ginian's recovery. Three weeks later the
member came to him In the chamber.
You saved my Nfe." he said. Prom
the moment you offered that prayer
began to got well.
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major. a bluff, rough, but brave man.
said:
Men. we'll all be out of ammunition
in twenty minutes. l am going to take
you out Of this or take you to hell
That meant that l would be left, for
knew they considered me as good a.
dead. Another thought occurred to me.
That morning / had put on for the first
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If you travel along the old post road,
now smooth way for automobiles,
which leads between the agricultural ex-
pertmental farm and the red-brown stone
wall which marks the eastern boundary
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TRIP to the Riggs
mill was the sub
ject of a ramble a
few Sundays ago.
and in the course
OF that little story
the Rambler made
note of passing. on
the way to the
mill. within a short
distance of the
Riggs home. or
the Riggs coun-
= - ~I4 "a
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George Howard of England. was married
in the little brown stone chapel before
which the Rambler first paused when he
entered the grounds of Green Hill.
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Dramatic, Story of
His Last Sight of the
Earth Was Seeking
to Kill a Man in Bat
tie When Blinded.

S the gavel falls a
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worlds series. Deal, Dugey or Whit
ted probably will play in his place.
Smiths batting average has been
between $50 and 800, which is good
but not spectacular. His fielding is
always up to the scratch, out never
brilliant. On the bases he is just a
little slow. And yet he has the spirit
of the Braves and has done all of his
Fart to bring them to the National
league rag.
Smiths value is in his steadiness
and his reliability. Sailing knows
that he can always depend on the little
third sacker to be on the job every
minute and to do his best. He is
not in the same class with Maranville
and Evers, but he is fast thinking
and heady player and has seldom
been accused of a bone"
Smith is the type of player who
does his best work when it is most
needed. He is always cool and it's
unlikely that the worlds series will
worry him. He knows that he has no
big rep to play up to and so he'll feel
no buck fever. Without being hailed
as a phenom he has found a place in
a big league pennant winner and he
has done everything to deserve it.
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TWILIGHT GOES
TO SEA ON TIME
STEAMSHIP WHICH WAS LOADED
IN A HURRY TAKES HER DE-
PARTURE FOR ENGLISH PORTS
TWO STEAMERS ARE EXPECT
ED.

Getting away to sea on the date set
for her departure more than a week
ago, the steamship Twi1ights sailing
Is pointed to as a satisfactory record
of the hurried dispatch which this port
may give to vessels. 1t was under
stood that, on account OF the deckload
regulations, the steamer had to clear
and be to sea before midnight of yes
terday. This part of the regulations
was rtgidly kept, for by dark the
steamer had cleared the sea buoy by
some hours. Marine insurance forbids
the importing of very large deckIoads
into English ports after a certain date
in the year.
The Monviso Coming.
The Italian steamship Monviso.
which is now at New Orleans, will
reach here within a few days, to take
Fart cargo. This vessel has been in
Pensacola harbor many times, and is
quite a familiar caller here.
1t was reported that another ar
rival of this week will be the steam
ship Meltonian, of the Leyland line,
this steamer coming to fill out with
various items. This is also a familiar
trader here. Unless present plans are
changed, the Meltonian should be II
port by Friday or Saturday.
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PoRTUGAL's COURSE HAS
NO EFFECT ON SPAIN

Washington, Oct. 6.-Portugals
course in regard to the war will not
affect Spanish neutrality, according to
statements made today at the Spanish
embassy. A newspaper canvass
throughout Spain, it was said, showed
that virtually the entire country
favored neutrality.
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InVTqoratlng To the Pale and SIckly.
The Old Standard general siren ethenin e
tonic, GROVES TASTELESS chill
TONIC, drives out Malaria, enriches the
blood. and builds up the system. A true
Tonic. For adults and children, soc
(Adv.)
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NOTICE!

The launch Helmer, run
ming daily between Pensa-
c1oa and Milton, carrying
passengers, leaving Baylen
street wharf at 1920 a. m.
will not carry passengers on
Saturdays on account of
hauling gasoline.
This will not affect pas
senger service coming from
Milton.
L. L. AYMARD.
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A FISHERMAN
DIES SUDDEN.
MILES SUMMERS, MEMBER
CREW OF SCHOONER HOPE.
FOUND DEAD IN HIS BUNK.

The fishing schooner Hope Of
Warren fleet, put back into port =
terday with her flags at half mast
member Of her crew, Miles SUNNI
having been found dead in his 5
Sunday morning when the sahoa
was about $50 miles out from p
saCola.
The schooner sailed out Satrr
and it was not noticed that SUNNI
was i'll. He was discovered dead fl.
Sunday morning and it is sIp0
heart disease caused his death.
The body was shipped TO ms
mer home in Gloucester. Mas
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American Leaque.
BASEBALL
RESULTS
National League.

National League.
Brooklyn 3-3, Boston 2-7; second
seven innings, by agreement.
New York SO, Philadelphia Is;
second seven innings, darkness.
No others scheduled.
American League.
Philadelphia l, New York 2.
Boston 8, Washington 4.
No others scheduled.
Federal League.
Chicago 0-3, Kansas City Is;
second seven innings. darkness.
Indianapolis Z, ST. Louis 4.
Buffalo 3, Brooklyn 1.
Baltimore Ill, Pittsburg 1t;
second ten innings, darkness.
St Louis City Series.
At st. Louis-Americans 2, Ma
tionals 1.
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J. FRANKLIN BAKER.

J. Franklin Baker. the renowned
home run artist of the worlds champs,
is here shown posing for his latest
picture. To his powers with the bat is
a considerable number of games by
his team. During the coming worlds
series he will undoubtedly be heard
from aGaI@
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GETTING READY
FOR THE CORNER
STONE LAYING.
AUsPIcIoUs CEREMONIES WILL
TAKE PLACE SUNDAY AFTER
NOON, THUS DEDIcATING THE
FINE HOSPITAL BUILDING.

Hundreds of people will probably
gather at the site of the new hospital
building Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
to witness the suspicious ceremonies
incidental to the laying Of the corner
stone, and those who go there VIII
then possibly for the first time be-
come to realize just what an immense
structure is being placed on North
Twelfth avenue.
The corner stone laying program
has not yet been completed, but it IS
certain that, barring all other inter
ference, Bishop Edw. p. Allen, of the
Mobile diocese, will be on hand, and
be in charge of the ceremonies, dedi-
eating the building at the same time
An address by someone not yet named
will also be on the program, and this
gives promise of being one of the fea-
lures of the afternoons ceremonies.
The contractor yesterday began get
ting things in readiness for the plac-
ing of the stone, and on Sunday after
noon, all will be ready to carry out
the proceedings rapidly and without a
hitch.
Cars may be taken on the East Hill
line to the intersection of Twelfth
avenue and Moreno street, which will
place all who care to attend the in
teresting ceremonies within four
blocks of the hospital site.
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Braves Third
BasemQn Breaks
Leg In Brooklyn
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

New York, Oct. 6.-James C. Smith,
third baseman of the Boston National
league club, broke his leg above the
ankle in sliding to second base in the
ninth inning of the first game of the
double header at Brooklyn today.
Smith will be unable to play the
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IN DIZZY
FALL TO HIS DEATH

New York, Oct. 6.-PhiIip K Wal
colt, junior member of the law firm
of Hawkins. Delafield and Longfellow
jumped or fell to death today from a
window OF the firms office on the 18th
floor of a downtown sky scraper.
Mr.. Walcott was SO years old. 1t
was said he enjoyed a lucrative law
practice.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-09-09
BolETIN MERoANT1L DE- PUERTO RICO.


tle Ia demost iaciones Que han tenido
lugar en RslmaiIia y Bulgaria 1 favor
Ide Russia. Sc cree Que estas dos nacio-
mes son partidarias de Inglaterra, Ru-
sla y Francia.
Segnn III despacho de Berlin, dlrigi-
do al Mensagero' la habidoHuna seria
discussion entire Il Emperador de Ale
mania, y el Ganciller Won Bethman
Hollwerg u a AIinistro de Relaeiones
Exteriores Won Judgow. Ell Kaiser
considera que los dos ministries han de
mostrado poca diplomaeia, que ha con
ducido 4 la coalici6n de los estados
unidoss de Europa contra Alemania.
Seg1n el citado despacho ambos minis
tros han presentado su dimision.