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tho occasion. gt
grace No speaker could have asked
a better audience. He had been well
heralded and expectation was at keen
est pitch. And no speaker ever better
improved his opportunity. The speech
hungry to hear morea trick that
many less brilliant speaker might
we'll copy. He turned back to the
table and raised his hand The two
long rows Of youngsters stood in hwk-
wardly decorous expectancy. The low
tones of the solemn grace fell softly
impressive; the minister resumed his
seat; q deep breath swept down the
two rows Of hungry urchins; and-the
festival" was on
A good length Of the candles In the
windows had burned away when Jack.
sauntering aimlessly In the crowd,
found himself, for the first time that
evening, face to face with TeIie, where
she leaned over Mrs Mason's chair.
The girl looked up and smiled. he
was raking over his scant stock Of
words for one that would fit the occa-
sion-words being about the hardest
things he had to reckon with--when
the young preacher. suaye and affable,
by odds the most popular man In the
house, Joined the group.
Through the mind Of Jack Warhope
flashed a comparison between the
preacher and himself. The compart-
son showed dead against him. For the
first time In his life he was half
ashamed of his ungainly clothes, Of
the great limbs, the massive chest and
shoulders - the "six-foot-three'' Of
bone and Drawn upon which the Flat
woods had exhausted ITS utmost imag-
nation, Its ultimate romance, when it
bestowed the title: Big Jack.
OF truth, the comparison between
the two men could not we'll have been
more striking The young preacher
was. a very handsome man. The beard
and spectacles, the mass of hair fall
ing about his ears, seemed to invest
him with an air Of exquisite mystery.
an air that has such power to compel
the attention of women.
The young woodsman, on the other
hand, with his uncouth and ill-fitting
clothes, though far from plain, owed
whatever attractions he possessed TO
his magnificent physique, a bold regu-
Iarity of features, and an honest, open
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Lasting Friendship.
The friendship Of Jesus is one tha
lasts. The Gospel Herald.


The peace which >the Savior gives
His own is peace Of heart and mind
amid daily duties. 1t is that central
peace" which may subsist in the heart
OF endless agitation. Boyd.
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A Good Equipment

Have a heart that never hardens, q
temper that never tires, and touch
that never hurts.--CharieT Dickens.
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Mud haul he muttered; els 1t
far?"
Mile r So" grunted Uncle Nick, as
he stopped over the seine. helping
spread the meshes straight.
81 really should not remain away
from the study 80 long" the preacher
pursued Il must have time to collect
my thoughts somewhat, as ] under
stand | shall be expected to make a
few remarks at the-festivaf tonight"
Uncle Nick leered around at him.
AN them remarks viii be few,'par-
son. low y'u nee'n' t. worry y'ur
head about them remarks none. Ther'll
be another scent in the air might"
The old man winked at Counterman,
trudged off down the sandbar to the
live box, dragged 1t up along the edge
Of the stream and hitched it to the
stern of the skin. He had hardly fin
islied when Jack and Counterman
came with the seine.
The preacher came last, his eyes.
still drawn irresistibly up the river.
y, there not some-other placer
he asked, reluctantly taking his seat
In the bow, "some-nearer placer"
Uncle Nick studied him out of his
deep-set eyes. He. was a guest, In
sense. and he was-the preacher. The
old mans face became thoughtful; he
glanced at Counterman.
'1Thar's Grassy bar" he muttered;
kal Ho ~ hn ~ VaJ1
branch"
Couuterman spit out into the river
"a preliminary that usually had to
he attended to before he spoke.
/ Grassy bar" he repeated thought
fully. peering over his shoulder at the
preacher in the bow. as il he too had
caught something of Uncle Nick's con-
siderations. Hits better f'r spearin'.
An YalIer branch"-he glanced up at
she san; swept sky and river with his
u Sered one .'t'day's too. glary.
ms deer enough. No. I'm FIR
+" he scrooched In
thar thick as bees around haw tree
The decision seemed final. The
| preacher glanced again up the river,
and pulled the faded straw hat farther
down. over his head as If afraid Of
sunburn.
is 1t dreadfully-muddy" he num-
bled.
Guest and preacher though he was
he was still a tenderfoot. Counter
mans raucous laugh exposed the huge
wad of tobacco between his jaws.
Nick took the tnlighted pipe from be-
tween his lips and his roar wheeled
wisp of sand snipe that happened at
the momeGt to be glancing up the bar.
MOT as muddy as it-sounds," he
chucklei, grabbing match out of his
trousers pocket.
That settled it The preacher, APP
parently resigned to whatever further
hardships fate might have in store for
him, sat watching the shore line, with
Its witchery of tapping water, its bor-
dering fringe of pebbles and white
shells. draw slowly by.
The fishermen landed The live box
was hitched to a stake as before. the
half-reluctant preacher left TO hold
the brazil stick, while the Others rowed
out and around the fifty yards or
more of murky water that lay between
the point and the shore.
Hardly had the circuit been COM
pleted when it began to be apparent
that Counterman's Judgment would be
amply justified.
The final haul proved to be much
the best Of the day. The good fish
were dropped into the live box, the
others tossed back into the river, and
the fishermen set about preparing to
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Be Courageous.

Shun not the struggle. Face IT,
The Mennonite.
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER Ion the banks OF the
Wabash stand Texie Colin. and Jack
Marhope, young and very much in love.
Texie is the only daughter of old Pap
Jack is the orphan bound boy of Pap
Simon, who had foreclosed a mortgage
on the Warhope estate. At first Te3ie
girls missing brother. Then Jack says
that In ten days his servitude will be
over that he will go 20 California for
the Milford stage comes in. bringing
Rev. Caleb Hopkins, the new minister
OF Buckeye. in the Flatwoods.
CHAPTER II.-simon Colin welcomes
the minister and Introduces the VIII
layers. The preacher is a young man
with beard. enormous spectacles, stin
neck stock and patent leather boots.
CHAPTER IfI.-At supper at the
Colin home the preacher, who had been
Ken's roommate at college. tells how
/. peared. His father attributes Ken's
fall from grace to his red lock of hair
an inheritance from Red Colin, a
Pap Simon has a sort OF stroke
brought on by reading a letter from
Ken, somewhere in New York" who
curses his father on his death bed. A
postscript by another hand says he
- ueaunef 04 s1A3 s6af 4 sks5
CHAPTER Iv.-At the village store
and postoffice Loge Belden. newcomer,
says he saw the new parson with his
arm around Texie. Jack siaps him,
sisiss him, rs a pistol from his hand
and makes him say he was mistaken.
CHAPTER V.--The parson goes sein-
ing on the river with Jack and others
Jack discovers the parson carries re-
volyer. The party runs across hid
den houseboat. Jack discovers that the
parsons boot hts footprint on the
dusty deck.
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nRR0vED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Sll1nlday.Schoel
~ Lesson '
By REV. P. B. FITzwATER, DID,.
Dean of the Evening School, Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
20. 1924. Western Newspaper Union)
LESSON FOR JANUARY 20
MOSES CALLED TO DELIVER
ISRAEL

LESSON TEXT-Exod. s:l-12.
GOLDEN TExT-By faith Moses.
when he was come to years. refused
to be called the son of Pharaoh s
daughter; choosing rather to suffer at
Fiction With the people of God, than
TO enjoy the pleasures of sin for sea
son.-Heb. 1924, Is.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-Moses. the Liberator 81
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-Moses and the Deliverance From
Egyptian Bondage.
, 1924-06-11
REPORT AND ESTIMATE ON IRRI-
CATION POSSIBILITIES ON ISLAND
OF ST. CRCIX, VIRGIN ISLANDS,
u. S. A.
by c. c. FISHER, Engj, eer,
Department Of Interior, Bureau Of Re-
CIImdtlOH.

lC0DttlURI from B2S,efUJy 5 AUlS.)
-. The evaporation from an exposed
standard land pan on the Island is 78
inches per annum. The evaporation
from a reservoir is estimated as 75@T of
this. or So inches. This is not excessive.
IA. Reservoir seapage losses are esti-
mated al IS inches in depth per annum.
Is. Four possible projects were found
on the Island that we're sufficient in mag
nitude to justify consideration; namely,
the J0ILy Hill, RiUer. NI"Hjng Bay, and
Salt Rjvcr, projects.
16. The jolly HILL project will reclaim
1850 acres by the construction of a 1000
acre foot reservoir. The project is es-
timated to cost SAG 90 per acre. This
Is a IittIe below the estimated value of
irrigation, and it therefore appears finan-
ciaIIy feasible.
II. The RiUer project will reclaim
1850 acres by the construction Of a
2200 acre foot reservoir, This projects
estimqted to cost 1925. 90 per acre, which
is we'll within the feasible limit and it
therefore appears feasible.
10. The Manning Bay is an alternate
project to the River. Its engineering
feasibility is questioned on accoont of
uncertain dam foundation conditions,
and the preference to the River project
is therefore advised. No estimate has
been prepared on the Manning Bay pro-
ject.
10. The Salt River project will re,
claim $50 acres by the construction of a
1000 acre foot reservoir. 1t is a pump-
ing scheme. Its estimated cost is $435, 90
per acre. which is a little above the es-
timated value of irrigation. On account
of its high cost, and also because it is a
pumping project, it is not advised as
feasible. 1t is recommended, bOW, DER,
that ruuof records be scared from this
basin as. IN case the eStjm1t d runof IS
too conservative, the project may be found
feasible.
20. The estimates in this report are
of a very prel minary nature owing to the
meager alta on which they are based
and their reliability should be gagged ac-
cordingly.
n. In case subsequent rnnnf records
that may be secured on the l~seyeral pro.
, 1924-06-11

p~erience and tina he make detail surveys
OF reservoirs, dam sizes, including found
alton testing, canal surveys, etc. and
that he prepare detail plans and IS
Inmates. and hat such data theI be sub
mllled 10 an irrigation engineer Of re-
cognized standing, or to the U. S. Bu-
re@u Of Reclamation, Tor ii IaI c)nsidera-
ii n.
e. The two apparently feasible pro,
jects, namely, the Jolly Hill and The
River. will water the lands only of the
La Grange and the West India Sugar
Companies respectively, and in either
case the entire Local holdings of the com
pany could be made available as security
for the raising of the necessary COnsjruc-
ton funds. In such case, on condition
that sSaticfactOry legal provisions could
be made as to priority Of lien, no diff
Guilty should be experienced in securing
the money.
GEOLOGY AND GROUND WATER SUPPLY,
%. Three geological reports on the
Island of st, Crolx have been stadied
fer this report. namely, the extended
report Of John T. GUN of England. en-
titled The Making Of an Island. ? dated
1907; the report of Thomas Wayland
Vaughn, Geo!oRist and Chief of Section
Vi OOdo'dl / idtu AI~NE0llEdAiNi VI NIC
U. s. Geological Survey. dated 1919; and
the report Of James F. Kemp, Professor
OF Geology at Columbia University, dat.
ed March rs, 1923,
"a From these reports it is seen the
Island is composed OF two distinct geo.
logical formations, namely, the older
rock, which forms the east portion. and
the mountains Ct the northwest portion
Of the Island; and the newer formation
which o~verlies the older in the central
and southern portions of the Island, The
older rock is of volcanic origin bat has
been subsequently deposited INTO the sea
and formed into sadimentary rocks. Mr..
Quin calls the older rocks blue beach,,
and he st; ties that below the rotten
rock" near the surface they are hard
AID crystalline and that IN some cases
they are so CHANGED by heat that the
qualification disappears and that it is
then known as igneoUS rock. DR..
Vaughn states that these older rocks are
m-etomorph0sed sediments. consisting of
sandstone, shaIe or mudstOne and lime
stone. and that all of these rocks are
dense. Profess r Kemp calls The older
rocks rhe Mount Eagle Series" and he
states that they are compaCted and
hardened to a very dense rock. These
sediments after having been deposited in
the sea were subjected to an upheaval
and d folding pressure that has left them
at q steepIy tilted angle, ranging from
Ak = IN x-o~tio,T
, 1924-06-11

TELEGRANS VS..
ST. CROIX STATION
London. June 5th ~ new air service Is
be opened between London and Stock
holm during the con = Summer. Ii H.
proposed to operate three aIrships capa
bic of carrying % passengers each. Tue
ships viii leave both capitals daily.
Paris. June 9Th Switzerland Q|ualiio
for the finals Of the olympic Soccer Com
petition today by defeating Sweden ~
the score of 2 to /. The game was repInt,
with sensations and the outcome one oI
the greatest surprises Of the tourua-
ment.
Stanford-HiIl, Eng. June 5th-N.~
M0lIa Mallory was defeated TODAY II
Miss Bransieid in the fourth round 81
The North London TERMS championships.
60, SO. 6-3.
London. June 9th The polling in tie
Oxford City bye election, held today. ra
suited as follows. Rourae Conservative
0,079, Fry (LiberaD g, 237, Lindsay
(Labour) 2, 769
Washington. jane 9Th. A treaty de-
signed to suppress smuggling Of liquor
and narcotics across the Canadian
boundary was signed here today bl
representatives of the Canadian and
United States Governments. Mr., Err
nest Lapointe represented Canada. Spcre-
tary of State Hughes signed for the Uni
ted States. The convention is to take
effect ten days after the exchange Of "a
tiications and to remain in force for one
year, with termination hereafter on thir
ty days notice. Each Government is to
furnish information to officials Of the OH
er regarding claara CO OF vessels, or the
transportation of cargoes, shipments. nr
loads of articles across the international
boundary, when the importation OF
the articles transported by land is
subject to the pay ment Of duties. In
formation also is to be exchanged re
garding clearance Of vessels to any ports
when there is ground to suspect that the
owners Of the cargo plan to smuggIe N
into territories of the other Government.
Clearance to be denied to ships carving
cargo consisting of commodities. the in
portation of which IS forbidden by eitbe.
country. whenever it is evident from tie
tonnage. or other characteristics of thu
vessel, that the ship would be unable t.,
carry the cargo TO the destination propo-.
ed in the application for clearance.
Berlin. June 6th-Reichstag today ap-
proved, by a vote of 247 to 1873. the po.-
tion of the Government Of chancellor
Marx in favour of the Preparations Elk
Derts reports.
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HEAVY GERMAN
EMIGRATION
ALARMS
Economic Situation Drove
$4,000 From FatherIand
in 1923, Says Report

German emigration in 1928 totaled
115,416, the greatest since 1892, &C.
cording to figures received by the
Department of Commerce today.
The apprehensive economic situa.
ton in Germany was evidently re.
sponsible for the increasingly rapid
flight Of the population, the state.
ment said. 1t was stated that there
appeared no inclination on the part
of emigrants to launch industrial
centuries or to colonize outside of
the Fatherland.
A heavy jump in the rate of .mi.
grafton during the last months OF
the year indicated that further in.
creases are probable in 1924.
Prussia sent 54,719 citizens out q.
Germany while from Bavaria 1879
departed.
The principal emigration was to
North America which absorbed
49, 9,640 went to Argentine and
$500 to Brazil.
throughout the world, the fleeing
German citizens finding new homes
where they could.
Figures showed that for every
100000 population there were 1877
emigrants in 1923, compared to GO
in 1922 and 3S in 1921. The Ger.
man government was said to view
the situation with alarm.
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WHAT'S DOING TODAY
81 AND TOMORROW

Today.
Competitive drflI--Washington High
School cadets will hold the annual
competitive drill on the field at Ameri-
can League Park, Seventh and Florida
avenue northwest, beginning at $3.50
o'clock.
tea from 1880 to 6 p. m.
Meeting--North Washington Citizens
Association will meet in the United
Brethren Church. North Capitol and r
speak.
Garden party-washington Montessori
School will hold their postponed garden
party at 2S10 street northwest at
Fete--:"The Rajah's Garden" for the
benefit of the Neighborhood House
viii Be w Seld todSg at t IRWIN osRa
Motion pictures-Pueblo Indians and
views Of northern Mexico will be ex-
nfO tsS At m In the
,Address-"Great Falls and Cheap
ELECTRICITY in Washington," by. Judson
Union. ioOs Il street northwest. at $3.50
Address-.'How To Get What You
Mcmahon at the meeting I Of the eua Anna
Maude Hallam Psych ology Club at the
Playhouse: at 7:45 p m.
g. Pia gan, S,ayy Long Legs" by ths,
auditorium, for the benefit of the
church, this evening and tomorrow eve
ming.
Dance--At Women's City Club, under
auspices of the entertainment commit
tee, at $3.50 p. m.
Tomorrow.
Rose exhibition-Petworth Citizens
Association will hold a rose exhibition
today and tomorrow in the Gymnasium
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Grant Circle and New Hampshire ave-
nue. northwest, at p. m.
Meeting-Mother's Club of the Garnet
Patterson School in the Garnet School
at 8 p. m,
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h ELD CAPTIVE
BURNED MAN
CLAIMS
Thomas Shaffer Says He Was
Restrained From Seeking
Medical Aid.
TIliEai I sTRTE PIsoTo

Police today are investigating a
lurid story surrounding the nearly
fatal burning Of Thomas Shaffar,
fifty three-year.old meat cutter, in a
secluded shack, known as 2 Ridge
road northwest. Shaffer is at
Georgetown Hospital in critical
condition.
From what polio have been able
to gather, Shaffer and four
friends" participated in a whiskey
lIarty at the Ridge road shack last
Monday. Shaffer,. partly intoxi.
Gated, IT. is alleged, went out and
fell asleep under. a. tree facing The
road.
Not long. after he laid down,
Shaffer told the Investigators, he
awoke with his clothes on fire. His
hands and sides were scared, and
there were deep burns on his
thighs, it is said.
nesn.'c re seriousness Of the
wo>.,,J, SAdtfer said his companions
held him prisoner at the shack, re.
fustng to permit him to see a physi.
clan. Towels, saturated in oil, were
applied. but these, he said, only
tended to increase the pain.
Stealing from a shanty last Sat-
urday, Shaffer made his way to-
Georgetown Hospital. DR.. Mon.
seratti at the hospital said today
the mans wounds were serious.
but he did not think they would
prove fatal.
At the Seventh precinct, Police.
men Burke, Robinson and Carroll
took into custody William f. Wal.
ker, 1926 Thirty-third street; Robert
r. Barr, of Ridge road northwest:
Richard L. Hillary, Rosslyn, Va
and Joseph r. Becraft, 4544 Con.
duit road. They were released later
on their personal bonds. They were
with Shaffer at the time, police
declared.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-02
old NOODCUTS
ARE HIGHLY
PRICED
Much Sought by Collectors,
But Are Scarce and
Hard to Obtain .

Early American wood. cuts done
by American engravers and other
artists are, highly. priced by col.
lectors and are as hard to get
museums, libraries and private col
lectiOns clinging. to their treasures
with great tenacity.
The first American engraver on
wood was John Foster, who estab.
lished the first printing press In
Boston in 1875. He was graduated
from Harvard College in 1857 and
engraved upon wood portrait of
the Reverend Richard Mather,
which is said to be the first known
in the Colonies. In 1911, the In.
! dian Apostle, John Eliot, refers to
Foster as having engraved an A,
B, G book for the use of the In.
dams. Fosters place of business
was "over against the Sign of the
Dove" in Boylston street. Foster
EUe the Massachusetts, Colony, 1879,
and map of New England in 1877.
He died in Boston. September .,
1881.
There was a rapid increase in
the number of engravers in the
Colonies in the quarter century
| just preceding the outbreak Of the
American Revolution. The work
consisted chiefly of views of build
fngs, maps book-plates. bill-heads
and engraved music, and paper
tcurrency.
/. Peter Pelham, born in London,
come to Boston before 1927 and in
that year painted, engraved and
published portrait of Cotton
Mather. he being the third member
of this famous New England fam.
lily to be recorded among the earliest
American engraved portraits. In.
crease Mather was also pictured in
mezzotint and another interesting
portrait engraved being that of
Thomas Hollis, 1851, who Was a
most generous benefactor to Har-
ward College," Pelham was the
first Of the engravers to practice
mezzotint In an American colony.
His plates are rare and highly
priced by collectors.
Paul Revere, besides being a ia.
! nous equestrian, was also dentist,
| picture frame maker, die sinker
merchant, brass founder, sheet
copper roller, silversmith and en-.
graver of marked ability. His en-.
craving of the Bloody Massacre"
rerpetrated in King street, Boston,
March 5. ITO, is perhaps his most
famous engraving. The plato was
engraved and published Immediately
after the occurrence of the inemor
able tragedy. The size of the plate
inclusive Of the inscriptions at the
top and bottom, is 10x9 inches ALI
of the impressions are colored by
hand. Red and blue predor.inate
but there is an occasional wash
OF brown and green. 2.
Revere's cartoons, 1.-THE Stamp
| Act" 1865, 1.-THE Able Doctor" 1T74
and America in Distress" are
cleverly satiric and amusing
Another engraving by Revere and
very rare. is the Westerly View
OF the College in Cambridge" after
a drawing by Chadwick. While Re.
vere's work was crude in execution
1t is valuable for it's historic interest
and because of his well-knoWn pa.
triotism. More in another talE. on
early American engravers.
THE CONNOISSEUR,
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FLED WITH HIS HOSTS
1926, POLICE CHARGE

Alleged 70 have robbed his host,
James Brown, colored, No. lis K
street southwest. was arrested by
Sergeant Lee and Lieutenant
Holmes, of the Fourth precinct early
today.
Brown, it is said, went to sleep
in the home of Frank Carroll.
colored, No. 81 NJ street southwest,
late last night. Awaking in the
night, police said he cut pocket
from Carroll's trousers which con.
tanned $126, and left
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Knit Underwear

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Suits, low neck and sleeveless,
Loose and tight knee; regular
sizes only; seconds of COO
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WOmen's Isle Union 81 IS,
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Boys White BaIbriggan Union
Suits, high neck and short
sleeves, knee pants; sizes 8 to
IA years; seconds Of 69c S0C
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LAW STUDENTS HEAR
BACCALUREATE SERMON

Although the small things of life
are the hardest, in these particu.
larly should they strive for fidelity,
the Reverend Jason Noble Pierce,
pastor Of First congregational
Church, told graduates of the Wash.
ington College of Law who attended
that church last night.
Urging them to place their citi.
zenship above all other affairs of
their occupation, DIR. Pierce en-.
joined upon them fidelity to God
and country.
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WOmen's Neckwear

Collar and Cuff Sets, of oys.
ter linen, with colored stripes;
Buster Brown collars with deep
cuffs to match at zoe.
Women's Neckwear, includ-
ing collars, collar and cuff sets,
panels and circular tabs; white,
cream and colored effects at
12c. -.
Butonnieres of gardenias,
peoples, orchids, pansies and
novelty effects; assorted shades,
at SOC.
GOldenberg's-Flrst Floor.