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The changes In officialdom at the national cap
ital that followed the Inauguration of William II.
Taft as president extended even to the personnel
of that secret service corps charged with pro
tecting the person of the chief magistrate of the
nation.
It Is not strange that each president should
prefer to exercise strictly his personal prefer
ences regarding the secret service men detailed
as his pergonal escort, for very few officials of
nigh or low degree are more closely or more con
tinuously associated with the chief executive
than these protectors In plain clothes. President
Taft's selection for the post of principal body
guard was Secret Service Operative L. C. Wheeler
and it all came about in this wise.
From the very day that Taft was elected pres
ident, four months In advance of the date on which he was Inaugurated, the
chief of the secret service, considering that Judge Taft was a personage
whose well being was of vast Import to the nation detailed two of his best
operatives to guard the president-elect. Mr. Wheeler was one of these men
and he accompanied the Tafts everywhere they went to Cincinnati; to Hot
SprlngR, Va.; to AuguBta, Ga., and to the Panama canal, with "side trips" to
Washington. Philadelphia, New Haven, New York and other points. The
qualities which Mr. Wheeler displayed during this strenuous season mado
a most favorable Impression upon the new president and he asked that Mr.
Wheeler be made his principal bodyguard when he was Installed In the White
House.
Now when President Taft walks, rides, drives or motors abroad In the
streets of Washington or in the suburbs Secret Service Agent Wheeler is
his inseparable shadow. The conscientious secret service man scarcely lets
the distinguished object, of his attention out of his sight during his waking
hours. If the president plays golf, the faithful Wheeler Is close by to ward
off inquisitive or suspicious persons. If Mr. Taft occupies a box at the
theater his involuntary escort is not far away, perhaps sheltered by the
curtains of the box. If the chief magistrate strolls to church on Sunday
morning the tecret service man walks a short distance behind. President
Lincoln always Insisted that his bodyguard should walk by his side and
chat with him as though he were an Intimate friend. None of our later
presidents have pursued that course, although under the Taft regime there
has been Introduced an Innovation In that the secret service men who accom
pany the president to church wear frock coats and silk hats and could not
be distinguished by the unknowing ones from fashionable club men saun
tering leisurely and apparently unconcerned behind the president.
Wheeler, like to the other secret service men on duty at the White
House, Is about 30 years of age. He is of athletic build and keeps himself
in the best of condition by daily exercise. All these secret service guards
go well armed, but the weapons are carefully stowed away out of sight and
there Is nothing In either the dress or manner of these men to indicate their
office.
NEW INDIAN COMMISSIONER
Robert Gordon Valentine, the newly appointed
Indian commissioner, is only 38, a fact which
leads some Irreverent members of the elder con
tingent to remark that the chorus at Washing
ton is full of squabs and all the leading men are
Juveniles. Nevertheless, Mr. Valentine is so well
In touch with the affairs of the Indian bureau
that he was the personal choice of retiring Com
missioner Lcupp for the succession.
Valentine's knowledge of the Indian was
mostly .gained back In Massachusetts, where the
only Indians are those who come along with the
medicine shows. Hut he knows Lo, because he
knows the poor white men pretty well. At least,
those New England persons who pride themselves
on following cold Ice-cold facts rather than
fancy and sentimental theory believe they know
poor, weak human nature. The cigar store Indian with the red blanket and
the roostetr feathers and the bear tooth necklace will not bo In favor with
the new Valentino regime any more than he wus with the preceding Leupp
administration. Valentine admits that, next to a coroner's certificate, the
best certificate of goodness Lo can have Is to chuck his feathers, put on over
alls and a hickory shirt, grab a shovel and get to work with the other Ameri
cans. The Indian of romance and Leuthemtocklng doesn't look as good to
Vuleiitlne as the Indian with his crops all cultivated and his farm work
up to date.
After graduating from Harvard Valentine was a teacher, a bank clerk
and then a newspaper writer. The latter Job led to his political preferment.
COMPELLED TO BORROW
Henry M. Flagler, the Standard Oil magnate,
who Is popularly supposed to carry the state of
Florida around in his pockets, has been compelled
to abandon one of his dearest ambitions and an
nounce a bond issue for the railroad he Is build
ing from the mainland across the coral beds to
Key West. Up to date the engineering world has
seen nothing more unique In Its way than this
railroad of 000 miles. Flagler has been construct
ing It much as a man would build a stable, his
manager in charge of the work being unlimited
as to expense and only bound to make the road a
good one. It has been Flagler's pet Idea that when
the road Is completed it should be without a penny
of indebtedness of borrowed money. No notes
nor bonds nor other evidences of obligation were
to lie In its rernrrta It wna tr clinw that hi..
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Flagler fortune, which had built three palatial hotels at an expense of more
than $5,000,000, was equal to meeting nil bills for the construction of a rail
road even such a railroad as this.
Tho announcement, made the other day, that a bond issue is to be put
out shows that the Flagler foitune was not at all points equal to the emer
gency. Still, nobody will believe that the poor commissioners are likely to
be called upon in Mr. Flagler'o behalf for some time yet Next to John D
Rockefeller, he Is the largest individual stockholder in the Standard Oil Co.
He was a poor boy. clerking in a country store, before he heard the rapping
of opportunity on the door. Hut he let go his bundles, sallied out and got
a half-Nelson lock on the rapper before the .echoes had died away.
GERMAN RAILWAY MINISTER
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Herr Von Breltenbach, as minister of public
works and railways in the Prussian government,
Is at the head of the public-owned railroad ya
tern. Germany has owned her railroads for a
number of years and they are managed by ac
especially capable and conservative body of ofll
clals.
Reports Jjst received from the experts who
have been studying tho situation there declare,
however, that the plan Is not a success. In
respect both to the service received and the
financial results public ownership In Germany li
declared to be a long way from satisfactory. At
the present moment Herr Von Dreltenbach has in
contemplation several changes of importance la
the methods of his departments which look
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profitable to the government or satisfactory to the public, it either or
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There is probably no feature of tho
coming observance of the tercentenary
of the discovery of Lake Champlain
which appeals more strongly to his
toric Interest than does the restoration
of old Fort Tlconderoga. Into the warp
and woof of American history the
name Tlconderoga has been Indelibly
worked through years of bitter war
fare, and the feet that this historic old
fortification, faBt falling to decay, is to
be saved to succeeding generations
through the intervention of a woman,
coupled with the fact that the work
of restoration has now progressed so
far that was possible to entertain on
Tuesday, July 6, the president of the
United States in the very building In
which on May 10, 1775, Ethan Allen
made his famous demand for the sur
render of the fortification, "In the
name of the great Jehovah and the
continental congress." gives to the
celebration a place in the hearts of
the people of the United States which
may not be disputed.
It Is at the direction of Mrs. S. H. P.
Pell of New York that Fort Tlcon
deroga is being restored. Mrs. Pell,
who is the daughter of Col. Robert
Thompson of New York, is the wile of
Stephen H. P. Pell, a prominent New
York bauker. Uoth her husband and
father are interested in seeing her
project carried through to a success
ful conclusion and are aiding it in
every way possible. Members of
the New York Lake Champlain tercen
tenary commission are also deeply in
terested In Mrs. Pell's plan to restore
tho old fort, and have accorded her
representatives every possible consid
eration with regard to the arrange
ment of the celebration exercises as
regards Tlconderoga. Alfred C. Hos
som of New York city, who Is the
architect in charge of tho work for
Mrs. Pell, estimates that the work of
completely restoring tho fort will oc
cupy a period of ten years aud the
estimated cost has been placed at
1500,000. Alter a conference with the
members of the New York Lake Cham
plain tercentenary commission It was
decided that It would be best to con
centrate the work of restoration upon
that building known as the "weRt bar
racks," and this hat been done.
To Insure absolute accuracy In the
restoration of the fort, Mr. Iiossom
spent a considerable period of time In
poreonal examination of old records
and prints in the possession of the
French and English governments, and
now has representatives In those coun
tries carefully going over each minor
detail of construction. Thus far, how
ever, the architect and his workers
have found the fort Itself as thorough
ly a reliable guide to Its reconstruc
tion as could be wished, for when the
debris Is cleared away from the line
of a wall the oldfashloned door
hangers, locks and knobs are found
where they dropped to the ground as
the place gradually fell to decay. Many
of these old articles are used as mod
els for the construction of new and
strong replicas at the hands or skilled
artisans. Probably one or the most
Interesting finds was a roll of home
spun cloth in a fairly good state of
preservation despite Its long Inter
ment Beneath the old Pell mansion, which
Is situated on tts lake shore Just
below the site of the fort, and which
Is also being restored to its former
grandeur, an Interesting old bull's-eye
watch was found soon after the work
waa started last November. On the
He of the fort enough pieces or pot
tery bare been found to make a com
plete service, and duplicates of these
are being made at great cost, for the
interesting old pattern is very hard to
reproduce. The most of these pieces
were found directly bilow' the oli
messrooui. One pottcrj punch bowl
which boa been found In a fine state
of preservation bears upon the bot
tom the Inscription: "Success to Gen.
Amherst," nud has been Identified as
a puch bowl given him by friends In
New York before his campaign In tht
Lalw Champlain country. Any quM'
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tity of old-fashioned knives and forks
have been found, a perfect old-fashioned
bottle and many bar-shot, can
nlBter shot, mortar shells, cannon
balls and pieces of guns.
Officials of the war departments ol
both England and France, as well as
of the British museum, have given
much valuable assistance In the mat
ter of restoring the old fort on his
torically correct lines. The records
show that Fort Tlconderoga was a
"star" fort, and the excavations now
going forward bear out the records In
this respect. The entire fort was sur
rounded by a moat about 10 or 15 feet
deep, and in some places 30 feet wide.
Two drains which were used by the
former occupants of the fort years ago
have been cleared out and are now
being imed again. Two underground
stores, one located in the northwest
and the other In the southwest angle
of the fort, have also been opened.
On the tip of the tongue of land
which Fort Tlconderoga was built to
command stands all that remains of
the grenadier battery, as it is known
locally about Fort Tlconderoga, though
there seems to be no real reason for
its being given this name. In 1756
the French began the erection or a
fort on the present site of Fort Ticon
deroga,w hlch they named Fort Carillon,
a name meaning "a chime of bells"
and referring to the music of a nearby
waterfall. In strength this fortress
was second only to Quebec, but in
1759 the English had gained eo In
numbers and the French had been
weakened so by their campaign In
Canada that the English, under com
mand of Gen. Amherst, were able to
drive them .from the stronghold and
force them from the Champlain val
ley. The year before Abercrombie,
commanding 15,000 troops, bad made
an assault upon the stronghold which
was successfully repulsed by Mont
calm, commanding 4,000 troops. Gen
Amherst, following the evacuation of
the fort by the French, repaired and
rebuilt It, for before leaving they had
destroyed as much as possible of the
fortlflcutlon. The rebuilt fort was
christened Tlconderoga and was held
by the English until its capture on
May 10, 1775, by Ethan Allen and his
little company of Green mountain
boys.
History throughout all these years
has credited Allen with demanding
the surrender of the fort "In the name
of the Great Jehovah and tho conti
nental congress," and In this connec
tion the Investigations of Mrs. Pell's
representatives must prove a severe
shock, for according to them Allen
did not use the choice language with
which history has credited him. Ac
cording to Alfred C. Bossom, the
architect, who has personally exam
ined many records of the surrender
and lias talked with descendants or
men who were w ith Allen on the night
or that memorable May 10, the
"Robin Hood or New England," as
Allen has sometimes been styled,
sailed across the lake from Larrabee's
point In the dead of the night, land
ing with his small command of 83
men at Willow point, on the west
shore of the lake about a half mile
north or where the old Pell mansion
now stands. Crossing what Is now
the garden or the old mansion he went
down a flight of stone Rteps and along
an underground passage admitting to
a rear entrance on the east side or the
rort. Through a snlly port he mado
his way Into the rort proper. In the
parado ground Allen divided his small
command Into two parts, lining one
up at the east and the other at the
west end. He then climbed the stairs
to the second story of the west bar
racks and walked along the balcony
to the last door at the southern end.
Before this door he made his demand
for the surrender of the fort. Louis
K. Shattuck.
Menacing the Race.
. Now it Is the defective teeth of dr
illed races which, according to dental
authority, Imperil their future. Shall
the savage races of Africa and the An
tipodes, with their gleaming "ivories,"
yet survey the ruins of Anglo-Saxon
civilization? The wonder grows as to
how the fathers of the republic who
lived in the primitive days of dentistry
were enabled to transmit their heri
tage to posterity. New York World.
Courtroom Repartee.
The lawyer for the defense was so
severe upon the prosecutor that the
latter rose and asked: "Does' the
learned counsel think me a fool?" The
retort was prompt: "My friend wishes
to know tf I consider him a fool; and
In reply to his question I can only say
that I am aot prepared to deny It."
Design in Outline In Old Blue on Gray Linen, with Fashionable Darned
Background.
AFTERNOON tea on the porch is
one of the most pleasant features
possible on a summer day, and it
is essential that the appointments of
the tea table should- be in keeping
with the shady coolness of the porch.
For this cloth, simple designs and
materials of a rather rustic texture
are the most effective, such as home
spun linen, linen huckabuck and crash.
Among the most attractive of the
tea cloths are those with tho design
outlined and the background filled In
with darnfng stitch. Such a one Is
Bhown in the sketch. The water lily
design Is outlined with dark green
floss, and the background filled in
with a lighter shade of green a de
lightfully leafy, silvery N shade like
June foliage. The material is natural
color crash, and the Cluny lace edge
Is dyed to match the darker green In
the embroidery.
Another equally pretty color scheme
is grayiBh linen with outline stitch In
dark old blue, darning In lighter blue,
and the lace matching the darket
shade.
One motif for the border and one
half of the corner are given, to be
traced on the linen by means of car
bon paper and a hard lead pencil. A
plain, two-Inch hem is put in, with a
row of outline stitch five inches above
it, and another row five Inches from
this, which forms the top of the bor
der. Then the motifs are placed be
tween the two rows, outlined, and th
background filled in.
The cloth when completed should b
one yard square, with a two-Inch edga
of lace for a finish. It Is advisable to
use a good grade of floss, so that It
will not fade, and in washing It is well
to put a good handful of table salt Id
the water to set the color. The cloth
s quickly aud easily made, and the '
result sure to be pleasing.
BLUE SERGE COSTUME.
Blue serge is very useful for cos
tumes of this description. The skirt
Is quite plain, and Is finished at the
foot by a single row of stitching.
White cloth Is used for the collar and
cuffs of the semi-fitting coat, which
fastens down center of front by three
largo smoke-pearl buttons.
Hat of straw, trimmed with a wreath
of flowers and two quills.
Materials required: Six yards serge
48 Inches wide, one-fourth yard wide
cloth, three buttons, four yards lin
ing for coat
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NOVELTY IN HOME AQUARIUM
One That Is Made with a Picture
Frame Front and Intended to
Hang on the Wall.
A novelty In balanced or self-sustaining
home aquniriums is made to
hang up on the wall like a picture
The tank is oblong, narrow at the hot
torn, but wider at the top. The side to
go against the wall is vertical, while
the front slopes up outward, as a pic
ture hangs, and this outer side Is in
fact surrounded with a picture frame.
The back and ends of this aquarium
are inclosed In a metallic holder, with
hooks at the top by which it may be
hung, and at the back between this
metallic holder nnd the back wall of
the glass tank is inserted a picture, a
landscape hav ing at the bottom In the
foreground a brook.
The bottom of the tank Is covered
with gravel, and set in the water it
suitable vegetation sufficient to please
the eye and to keep the water aerated,
and then or course there are the fishes
and when you have It thus stocked
you hang this aquarium up on the wall
to have the effect or a picture with
fishes swimming around In It.
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Cravat with Double Ends.
H you have a strip or brown silk,
taffeta or messallne, and a little silk in
pretty contrasting color, such as ecru,
delicate green or blue, make one of the
new cravats with double ends. These
are cut like a man's string tie, but
with a difference. A perfectly plain
blus fold of the silk Is uaed to go
round the neck, but where It meets
In front each end branches oil into
two parts, giving four -ends in all.
These ends are all lined with silk of a
contrasting color. The effect when
tied is very pretty. The cravat must
oot be less than a yard in length.
Water.
Are you forgetting to drink
proper amount of water everv Hav
- Do you drink two glasses befor
breakfast?
You should.
But by all that Is hygienic do not
take your water until vour mnuth t...
been rinsed with an antiseptic and
your teeth thoroughly cleansed.
People who know tell n iv,
acid rorms during the night in the
mouth and around tho teeth. This acid
will decay the teeth, therefore com
mon sense tells us It Is not good foi
the stomach; It certainly should not
be washed down there deliberately
anyway.
But a cold bath for the averag
stomach is a tonic Just as It is ror the
body. Try It
To Improve the Neck.
To fatten the neck massage with
warm olive oil. A good cold cream la
excellent but the best results are ob
talned with the olive oil. To applj
this first wash the neck with warm
water and a mild, pure soap, then
rinse carefully and apply a cloth ot
flannel wrung out of hot water and
folded several times. This compresi
is kept on until it beglnB to cool, and
then another is supplied, but do not
prolong the treatment more than ten
minutes. This softens the skin and
opens the pores. The oil, sllthtlj
warmed, should be rubbed In, giving
especial attention to the hollowa
which should be massaged with a flrn
rotary mot'on.