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DAII.Y?VVKI'Kt.T?SUNDAY.
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>tAnehegin.- Bureau.lio; Hull Street.
r*teraburK Iliirenti.40 n Byeainorn 81,
i.MiciiMirit Bureau.21r. kikIuii ki.
HY MAII.. One Slx Three One
POSTAOE 1'AID. Year. Moi. Mv*. Mo.
Vn\\y Wlth Sunday...*6,00 $.1.00 *1.60 .bi
Unlly wlilieiit Miindny 4.00 2.00 1.00 ,38
Bunday rdlllon only., r.00 1.00 .00 .56
W'tekly OYcduead'iy). l.OO ,10 .:S ,..
Ily Tlmea-niapatcn Cnrrlor DclUcry Ser
vu ( ln rtlchmond mnd auburbii). Manehcs
Ice 8nd reirrshurg?
Ono Week.
Dally wlth Bunday. 14 centa
Uaily Wlthout Sunclny.10 cent?
Bunday only . 6 ccn'a
Rntered January ;;, lno.", nt Rlchntiond,
Vn. iir, .l-claia ninltcr under act of
Conareii ot March S, ls'9.
SATTJRDAY, FEBRUARY 20, l.ton.
TIJB CtM .VC1I. SIBBTS XBXT TIIL'RS
DAV.
Tlm belatcd dlscbvery of new dlffl
mlller. in llie way of tho pro'posed
Weather Bureau will prove dlahe'arten
ing lo many cltlzcns of Rlchmond, who
have alrcady been not n little onnoyej
by ihe doubts, relnrtanres and back
Ings nnd filllnp.s wlth whicli the Clty
Councllnicn havo npproached thla np
parently slmple proposition, A threc
fourths vote, it nppeara, will bo re
uulrcd to make the decdlng of any
park flto legal, and such a vote, wo
are told, cannot ho obtaincd. That ls
to aay, there will bo found at least
ntno Councllmcn and slx Aldermen
who will vote ogalnst any park slte
that might bo propnsed, nnd will "sr>
drlve this government buildlng to somo
other clty.
N'o oppofition hns devcloped to giv
Ing the gnverninent tho locatlon it do
Blrea for this bureau except from a
handful of intercstcd property ownors;
whoae right to swny tlie destinics of
Chlmborazo I'ark Is cxactly that of
tho resldcnts of tlio far weatern or
northern portlons of the city, and no
more. On the contrary, publlc senti
ment in favor of nceommodatlng tho
Kovcrnnicnt nnd securlng thls Instltu
ilon has hcen marked by a alngulnr
end atrlklng unanlnilly. If over tho
nty Council had a plnin niandatc from
nll tlie people, lt ls ln thls ense. If tho
Clty Council destres to Ignoro such a
jnandate. lt is Important that Its re
aponalbllity should be clearly fixed.
tf tliere nre Cnuncllnion who are moved
by a dcslro to "keep solfd wlth" a few
vconatltucnts." It is doairahle that they
nhould i"- clearly Identlflod. If fir
teen men, many of whom aro of no
porsonal consequence in the publlc
life of tlie clty, and who will bo qulto
forgotten when they rotlro or aro
retlrcd from tho Council. can defeat
the will of the ovcrwhclnilng major
Ity of tlie cltlzcns, it ls decldedly worth
whlle for us to faco whnt thls fact
rncaris.
,\ l.-u-k ol defihiteness of pcrccptlon,
nn.) ;i tendency to forgot, oflcn niilll
Cy the event in a matter such as thls.
.-.'i.i'.ild this buildiiig, which all claasea
ef citlzens nuite ln dcslring, bo re
jected by tho City Council, It will bo
the clvlc duty of Intclligent men of
voting ago lo note dlstlnclly and to
cemember thoso who aro rcsponslble
for such a step. Tt will be the clvlc
duty of good cltizcns, morcover. to ask
themselvea whnt guarantee thero ls
that tho lusuffcrable haggling and
liungllng, with final tlisastcr, which
have characterized this whole matter
will not be repcatcd ln the next matter
that comes up for settlcment, and tlio
next, and tho next, and tho next. In
a sense, the rcjectlon of tho Weather
Bureau would be by no ineanB an tin
mltlgated evil. Wo know of nothlng
that would morjj .clearly impreaa upon
the voters of.. ?Rlchmond tlie stark fact
that our present sy'stein of municlpal
government is incapable of properly
adminlstcring tlie city's nffairs.
A MLMCIPAI, rtECBIVERSHIP.
The town of Radford being in fi
nanclal dlfflcultlcs, lt ls proposed to
put Its nffairs Into tho hands of a re?
ceiver. it this ls done, lt may well
provQ that bankruptcy had como to
Radford as a blessing in disguise. The
Newport News Times-Ilcrald ls heCore
i'.r In pointiug out that it took a tor
rlblo flood to rid Galvcston of its old
lashioncd nnd Ineffectlve systnm ol'
municlpal government and glvo the
tnodcrn commlasioh plan to Ihe cltlcs
ef tlio country.
lt is safo to say that a live, ener
getie and buslness-llko receiver would
manage Radford's affairs un they have
liever been inanaged before. Rad
fordlans would find that it pays to run
a clty as any other largo plnnt ls run,
and that the economy of thls ltlnd of
adminlstratlon, to say nothlng of its
other advantages, will do much more
than pay the salary of the man who
nianageu it. We -venturo to say that
after a ycar'a experlence wlth o capabl'e
agnnt, Radford could nol be fhduced
to u-turn to her preae'n't Town Council.
31 ia guiuch more probablo thut thls
gi'ml -lyin:r f'uuthwcstern clty would
fedd her iia:m definitely to tho llst of
inuni't i -:i;.. whlch havo happlly
passed, i-.?.; through tha paths of tnls
fortune, I ? a modem und cnllghtened
H'btein of government.
Silt. TAFT'S t.VM'tltlM. DI'I'Oll'lT'.
-N 1TV.
If there ls no nilstulie abnut this ad.
Vanco iilforiliatlon regai'ding Mr. Tafl's
Inaugural apeech, tlie aunouncenient
mude yeaterday Is oha of great linpor
tunce. to the South. Il is ulto ot great
linpprtance to the n'oxH President of
Ihe l.'nlted States. No matter how od
mirable hia ciuulities a?d\dis|io: il.
ln other respocts, no Pre'slclpnt cuuld
ever be affectionutcly regarded'^l'y the
Houtli who aouglit to acddlo HiisSscc
tlon ultli n negro olllco-holding cPttus.
Tliij. wl*h to bo friciiuH wlth lYe
Fouth lii-'fl cloee lo mr. Taft'3 heart
ll doe.i crcdlt tu both that part of hlm
nnd to hli hend. In hls memorar.
speoch hoforo tho North Carollna Soc
cty Inat Dccombor tho ProBldCnt-olH
soldi "Nothlng would glvoiuo great
prlde, beeause nolliltig would glvo n
moro clnlm to tho gr.itlliuln of ti
fellow-citizens, than If I could so dlrc
tlint policy Itho policy of Ihrf next pre
lilnntln] ndniinlsfrntloiij lu rospcel
Ihd Southorn States ns to convinco i
Intelllgent clUzcns of 1 lie deslro of II
adinliiislrntloii lo nbl them in workln
out satlsfactorily Iho serlotis ptobleti
bcforo thcrtl nnd of hrlnglng Ihem nn
thelr Northcrn follotv-cltlzoilB clost
nnd closer In nyniputhy nnd pnlnt i
vlew." Theso wero mnnly and flr
tvords, but nflcr nll they wero worc
niercly. Tiiey requlrcd boiuo nctloi
somo dcflnlto declfdon at tho pnrtln
of tho wnys, to mnl;o them of ronl nt
count. To force a cblored colleetor o
the dceply indlgnarTt people of Cliarlef
ton could not help tho South lo wnr
out lts problein?, nor could lt poanibl
brlng the two bocIIoiir closer ln sympn
thy and point of vlew. Mr. Rooscvel
let us churltnbly sny, Ihought that I
could. Mr. Taft.'with a broacler nn
ktndlicr vlsion, luiows that It canno
Tho country ls to bo congratulntcd upo
nt Inat llnding a Republicnn Presldon
wlth the understnndlng to perceivo thi
eternal truth and tho courago to bas
liis Intentloufl necordlngly.
It will tnko somo courngc. If Mi
Taft dcclliics to rcappoltit \y. f.'ruii
to the port of Charleston, hn will In
voko upon hls head tho shnrpest crit
Iclsms of tlie provlncial closct dlagnos
tlclans of New York and Boston, Ru
lt ls a most happy nnd Inspl/itlng sigi
ot our growing national understtindinj
that theso rebukea will bo notably V6
strlcted ln volumc and in point of orl
gln. Not n dozen great pnpers iu tln
country will .sny that Mr. Tnft ha'i
done wrong in recognizlng Southcri
whlto inen ns ti part ot Ihe pcoplo o
tho Unlted States, whoso wishea an<
prcferences nro ns much entltled ti
rospect as aro those of the peoplo ol
Cinclnriatl or Sprlngfleld, Mass,
But we pay Mr. Taft tlio tributc o:
bcllevlng that ho stnnd.s roady to d(
what he thinks la rlght, no mattei
though nn uproar wero ralsed, For hh
deslro lo befrlend tlie South, in tvort
and deed, ho will have at any rate whal
seeins to ns a full inensure of rewarf
ln the approclatlon of a people pecu
llarly wnrni-henrted, pecullarl.v respon
Blvo to sympathy wlth thelr hoavy bilr
dens, not at nll nnxtous to be set nparl
forovor ns strangon; ln ,i atrango land
Perhaps somo chagrlncd scolding froir
a few temperamenlnl abolltionlsta aht
splrittiai dyspeptlca ls not so great n
price to pay for tlio patrlotlc oppor
tunlty of belng tho flrst. President ol
tbe wliolo country ln half a century.
TIIE CONIOISDERATB MCHORIAli.
The fear rccohlly cxprossod by an
oldaoldler that no Corifcderatc votbrani
will livc to seo tlio so-callcd Battle
Am ey completcd ir. charactcrlzed by
tlie Norfolk Virglnlan-Pllot as "a very
reasonablc apprehenslon in vlew of the
Jllatory moveinonts of tho mannglng
iiithorities." Tho Virglnlan-Pilot adds:
"It Richmond has no sultable sito tu
Dffor, why not erect tho building on
the battle-scarred hclghts of Potcrs
burg?" Thls curlously ochoes the trotul
if thought oxpressed only tlio other
lay in Staunton nnd Roanoko ancnt
snother building dcslgned to be erect
2d In thls clty. Is tho expectntlon of
tnklng valuable publlc luilldlngs nway
trom Richmond to becomo epldemlc
imong the other citics of thla Stato?_
Tho Newport News Pres3 Is dc-ubt
iosa rlght ln saylng that the Confcd
srate memorial should not bo called
Battle Abbey nt all. Wo bellevo that
tliis is merely a poptilar dcslgnation,
ind that the building is to be offlcial
ly known slmply as tho Confederate
Memorial. But whatever it ls to bo
.?alled, ls not tho point rnlsed about
It by the old soldier nnd re-echoed by
tlie Norfolk paper well taken? Will lt
bc any easier to decldo the question of
loeatlon nex.t year or flvo years from
now thtin it Is to-dny? Wo ln Rich
inond had tho whole matter up for
Jiseussion somo weeka ngo, with pub?
llc Interest thoroughly arouscd, slnc'ci
which tline the "managlng jiutliorltlos''
liavo dene nothlng, nnd lntoro8t has
dled down ngaln. ls there any real
reason for inoro delay? Why should
not Chalrman Ellyson call hla com?
mlttee togclhor now and get thls great
memorial ralsed whlle ut lenst a reiu
miiit of those in whoso honor lt ls
bullt nro with us and may aec il?
IU.VG tAM'I'i: AND JURGE HARY.
Steel common nt 4P, a drop of 3
ppints in threo months, is doubtlosB
unplcasant, but is dasurodly not un
expected by any who rtll) 'bolleyo that
the old-tlme laws of oconomlcs npply
eveu to blllion-doliar corporatlons.
Some months ago Judgo Gary and hls
assoclatea entertalned a dlfforent
vlew, and loudly proclalmed that tlio
great United States Steel Company
would make no reductions ln lts prlces.
ln valn tbe rallroacls asked for tho
same concosslons that were belng
niado ln all other llnes of buslness,
and entially in valn did much dospised
studonts urgn that wlth a reduction
In piico now purchase3 would he
made, closed mills would be opened,
,md tbe ordlnary courso or buslness bu
reaumed,
To nll such atgumenta tho Stoe!
Tru?t romalned lmpcrviouB and ob
(lurate. Also, tho rallrdada did no pur
chaslng, tlie company'a ??furnacea re
niatned cold, and lts mllls sUent
Mcauwhile, an oasy money markel
iiiiibltd tho rallronda to provlde foi
thelr moro prcssing needa by sclllng
boiida, and everything was roady foi
a booin ln uteel oxcept the unlted
Statea Bteol Company. The tndependonl
| manufaoturerB,i hgwover, liatl not beor
blb', aud ns they noiirlahod no bucI
tbeories aa those tt Judgo Gary tbeh
I'l!' BB nul COltdltloi ?. ;l:.,! g0t (?],,
i.bucine'M. on t Bda iho UiUtii
BUtea^ateel Cbnin nj held n meating
|und then the fstory came out thal
\
lo 1,000,000 tntifi of rnila hnd been offerod
l- the rnliroiidn nt $26 por ton, a cut ol
$3, but wlthout gt'lnlng- tho ordors, II
nh'o dovcloped thnt In ulructurnl steel
the Indopeiulont mnnufactttrera had
underbl.i the tin,ltcd Stttten Btccl Com?
pany hy nbont in por cent,, nnd hnd
goltcn the coveted ordcrs.
ln a word, tlio doctrlne of aupply
nnd denmnd, old nnd nntliiuatcd
0 though ll-niay hc, ln stlll vlgorous
onough tn ovorrlde eveti tho ordora of
Judgo Oary,
atnbillty of prices ia avvaltutble fac
l'ir ln buafneas, but fNo lnus of poll?
tlcal cconomy aro as Imniutablo ns
thoso ot tho rlse aud fall ot tldes.
Klng Caiiulo tnndc a cert/ln dlscovery
Bonio nlnu ccnturles ogo, and Judgo
Oary may well prollt by hls cxamplo,
Congroas wunts tu proscrvo somo
California sciiuolna. Wondcr If lt'11
iiKo nny bcnaouic?
As far as tho canal gnine gocs, Col.
Goothals seems to be flrmly i.onvinced
that Jio has opencrs.
t
l| Of nll tho dlnilnlshed heada thnt
wero over hung ln uttcr and hopeloss
' sharhe; wo tnko it that tho. hcud of
11 Arctoinys Monax, tho flouted nnd
- niuckrakcd ground-liog, ls far and
ilaway tho most dlmluishod aiul mls
, erable.
If the Conr-tltutlon trlea to nab you,
you can always dodge, can't you'.'
Porsonnlly we feol 11 ttie Interest ln
paylng taxoa to aaalat AVijiiain
Nelson Croinwol] in clearlng hla numo
of any charges that may bo from tlme
to time brought agalnst hlm.
Mrs. Giliuan is authorlty for the
atatcmciit that "man ls a noun." Wo
fcarlcsaly veiiture tho assertlon that
tho Schoolmnrm'e Assoclatlon of Mas
aachusetta does not regard hlm aa a
coinmon noun.
Mr. Knox havlng now gotton
through, let nll good Republlcans turn
to nnd atltch up the llttlo holo ln tho
Unltetl States Constitutton.
Gcntlcinen of the African Para
graphers' Uttlon, stand rendy to havo
nt hlm!
Now, If bomc legal sharp would only
dlscoyer n clause In tho Constltution
whlch reqiilrod C'ongresa to cut all
tho otber governmeutal expcndltures
33 1-3 per cent.!
"Advnrnles of a sea-level eannl will
klhdly produco tho additional $170.0011..
ooo," demauda lho Boaton Trauaeript.
They will on tho day advocates of a
lock canal, guarantecd to coBt only
SHo.onn.iion, wll] produce tlie nddi
tlbnal |220,000,ooo necexsary to com
pteto ll.
The esteenned Ohjo Ktnto Jotirnal un
derstatos Ihe case; Allow us. No
lliormomelrical eontortlon, no diaboll
?al downpour of Bleety ratn, no parox
siii (,r Mi-./.ar.listie frlgldlly, can pos
ilbly provohl March l next from belng
mo of tlie finest days ever rocorded iu
ho hlstory of the weather depart
As we understand ihe messngo from
the Whlle House. the lock typo of
canal ls right, and If it lsn't lt has
got to be. nnyway.
II \-k poKslble; howevor, that Dr.
Criiih'a gr^at and gnod frlend will
agaln be dlsponslng patronnge in 1912.
BEVEItlUGE TO TUI3 15ESCLE.
ICcnuliUcuu Lcndcr I'lnjs I'rotcctlon
Cliniuplona.
There ls somottling delightfully
frank in lho followlng obaervatloh *.f
Sonator Bovorldgo at tho 'Tarlff Com
tnlssion Conferenco Couventlon in In
dianapolls, on Wedneaday: "Ilercto
l'ore bolh partloa htive builded our
tarifts withuut aumolcnt kuowledgo of
tlie facts; wlthout aclentlflc clasalflca
tlon of schodulos. Both partloa have
handlcd this intrlcate subjeot in a way
which would havo crippled any busl-*
nOss iini n or corporation haiidllng
their onterprises in tho samo fashion."
To have thia brllllant, daslilng young
Ropublican?tlio Prlnce Ruport of hla
party?thus ilaying tho AldrTches,
Lodges, Cuimons, Dalzel-ls and all that
motiey gathering responslble for the
'sacred syatem/' is hlghly amuslng
and almost insplring. What a changu
has come over tlie spirlt of the dreams
of the Invinclble protectlonlats. who
some \ycars ugo could not bear to
tlmik of tho awful resulta that would
l'ollow n Democratic revision of tlie
tariif, when thelr loadors are now out
spoken ln favor of a permanont non
partlsan tariff commisslon.?Wnll
Street Summary,
AHSBNT OFFlCEliS.
Detnlliuii Them for Ouialilc Duty
l.i'iives Kew In Scrvlec.
The efCol't inado to Indticc Congrcss
to tiuthorizo 000 additional olliccrs is
pvidently doomed to fallure because
tho inilltury cotiiniltteos of the hoiises
of Corigress fall t'p woo that tho grant
ing of addilinnal offl'o'crs will ciiro the
inanifest ovil of detailiug couinilsslon
'vd offlcera from their proper dulles lo
all sovtB of outsldo duty under. slaff
dopartinoiits, at colleges nnd on tho
gonornl : tall'. Ju lleu of lho additional
omcera asked for, a incasuro is pro
posed whlch will iiiithorizo lho employ?
ment of rotlrod bfflcora to the nuniber
of 7i.u ror Ktair duty, as lnatructora at
polloges nnd wlth the prganlzed niliilla
iiiiil in every capaclty excopt wlth the
tl'oops. At tho saiue time tho uioasuro
.'ti'iiily limils the nuinbei" of offlcera
on the ticllvo llst llint can bo glven
ataff and othor dctalla to nol over 300,
which is i.'ss than Va'c Uio nuniUer
now iK-eii on detache'd! sprvlco.
Tlioro i.^ im doiibt that tho armv haa
suffored hy this absenteolsi|i of -c'oni
mlHsionod offlcora from their proper
coininitnds, Not a reglment ln tho sor
vlco has much more than half Its olll
cera, and somo have less than half. lt
is u. lucky company that haa two olli
cors, the great mujorlty belng com
pelled to bo content wlth ono. .Tho
ovil of ubsenteelsii] exlats ln nll
branches of tho servlco. A carofully
compllo'd Btatornent made from reporta
of the varlous dlvlaion and dlstr'ict
comrnandera rnitkea tho followlng
Bhowlng:
Number Per cent
Present. Ahaent. Ab.sent.
Fioid artillery. mo lOti 43
lnfantry . SC-t 6-ir, 4:>
Cavalry . 110 301 .19
?New Orleaiis Picayuhe.
EXCHANGE C'HII.M KOH I.OKIJ,
Cliiirle uui Rendy to Swnp v*ith New
Vork.
Much to our chagrih our liint that
l.o.-ii bo mado oollector of tho port of
* harleaton Instead of tho port of Now
lork hai cllclted no enthusiaatio ro
anonso iruiii the press of tho country.
li 1 inii d to 11 s that a Hwnp of Cruin
i"i- l.i'ili would be tho luipplcst aolu
,""1 of a vexed and vexing uueatiou
poaslblo, und we coulldeiitly expected
that tho nowspapera of New York, led
hy tlio Kveulng PoBt, would setzo
greedlly upon tlm Buggf!RtkuL-,..Bu-i not
11 word ircm them ha.s been hetml.
Now lho carping objeotlona of the New
York hwn to tho appolntiuent of I^oeb
for the NOW York COlleo'tOl'Slllp en
couragea us io rouow tho, proposition
wlth oiuphasla, , . .
If tho Kiin Imagiiies thut Dr. Cruin
would 11..1 bo acceptable to the port of
.N>-w .. ni k aa its colloctor, lt shruild
go to Us nelghhpi', lho Eyonlng Ppst,
nnd IlKVo lls ilonbls pxc|ged. Tilnin
wliilc, If I,,.,,.), should be ti'ansferr.'d t,i
Cliarleatpn u would be Charlaaton'a
tinrcuslntj loy tn make hlm Uappy,*
'.liurli; Um i'ltwj <uid Courlur,
Borrowed Jingles.
HIVS OTIfKUWISK ENdAOKIJ,
J,rt empiroa lottcr lo Uialr fnll
Or, fnll with horrld clntlor,
Aml my rtmcern fnr tlmt i.i smnll ?
'I'o tno It tvlll nnt mnttpr.
Ijcl freoilom ahrlok, or tnonn, or ycll, ''
To hor I would nol rnlly.
Vnu so>\ tho Iionrst triilh lo tell,
1 in tnkcn up wllh Pully.
I,?t llR-Iilnlncs flnali nnd thitiidnis pnal
Aml oyclonoit mvlfl, iiiiHpnrliig,'
Vlieir ilniilb.nud-ilPHOlntlnii drnl;
ii'h iiiiip i ,mi caring.
fllioufd fli'i-y vulonuiiPH spntit
liPHlrui'lliin Uirough cnoh wlley,
Tluit I Bliouifi notlco It I doubt.
I'ril taken up wlth Pnlly.
Iii>t miglity nrmlps bnttlo wnnn?
AVhiitovpr you mlght mcnllnn
In ri-pih PvpnlH npd l'll cngngo
Tlml I'd not pay nttPiitlou.
?MI InterriiptloiiR l detost,
ln prlmrnfp pntha 1 dnlly,
Aml don't fprl nny Intorest
lu anything but Sally.
-?Chlcngo Nawi.
arEmcr.v .ioking.
Would Secin Nnl.
"in tiiese stnrlps of tha Jlldille Agn.i, wo
alwavs tc.id about tlio hero'a good rlght
r.ini."
"WpII?"
"Wns thero never a couthpaw knlght7"~
Pittnburg Pont.
Correellnn an InipresMnn.
"Yps, I nm from tha South."
"I would Uko to aek you a llttlo quea
tlon."
"I can answer that qucatlon without your
n.'ltlng' 11. No, wo do not suhsdst Piitirely
upon 'poaffum ln tho South,"?Houoton
Chronlcle.
tho Huprrnie Trst, ?
Tho 1'rcsldcnt-eloct sclocle-il a crulser for
a trlp.
"Mlght bs wpII havo cono *o:no othor
way," he puld, "except that I wntitod to sco
tlio rolnllon belwcen armor plnto and water
lino wlth n. rcal load on board."
Walklng from sturbouril to port ho waa
srntlflod to noto that tlio craft kopt ou evcn
l.eol,?I'hlladclphla Lcdger.
GrntlfybiR. i
I'rlnm's iHtleth boii hnd JuM beon born.
"By .Tovel" ho exclalmed, "1 wouldn't bo
surprlsad, If tho Prosldont even went ?o fu
now ns to Invlto mo to .1oln hlm on hls
jifrican bunt."?St. Louls I'out-Dispateh,
Wlsdom nnd Motlesty,
"Why 1I0 you Inslst on unilerratlng tho
Mml of golf you play?"
"Bocause," nnawercd tho wlne offlclal,
"thero Is 110 uko of maklns a wliolc lot of
people Ji'iilous nnd Bntagonlftlc ovar a llttlo
thlng Uko golf."?Washington Ktar.
('irriiniihiiitlul,
Vorkshlro I-'armer (bursilnif Into village
Inn): "What do you think. 61US7 Tbo
boncs of a prehlstorlc man liave boen dlt.
covercd on Jim Whlto'a farm."
Innkeopor: "Great Gosh! 1 hopa poor
liin'II bo nble. to rlonr hlsself at tho
coronor'a lnquoat."?Tlt-Blls.
'J'HK AVmHI'KKING (5AI.I.KRV.
MRS, CHART.OTTE I'KUKINS OUbMAN
sny.i man in 11 notin and woman n, pie
IMinltlon. A good many of Iho mon
whom iv-.! know aicV pronouns.?Chlcago
Record-Herald.
? ? ? ?
Now that Cnlifornia has nbandoned Hs
flght on tbo .lupiinpsn it really <3opb not
nialtor whether Nevada contlnuoa tbo war
cr not. I'erliupa no one will tnke tbe
tiouiilp rvoti to call Japnn's attention to
.N'cvada.?Kunsaa Clty Star.
lt wo could bellcvo that Congress would
nlwlys bo us conaclentiou* ln lnlerpietliig
tliclConstitutlon and tbo lawa ns It wns In
conaldoratlon of tho blll d'.slgned to lot
Mr. Knox In tho Cablnot, It would not bo
.101 PHs.iry for anybotly 10 kopp nn eyo ou
'Vhshlnston.?Baltlmore N'ows.
That'a rlght. Blow tlio dust off tha Con
intiitlon onco ln four jeais at least.?Knox
? illo Scntlnol.
An o.xlilbltlon of tho works of MlBsourl
nrllsts l? to bo held In Now Tork. Theso
MUsoiirluna insist upon belng shown.?
I'.harlcsloii News nnd Courier.
Texas Is to havo a hummlng-blrd. ban
quot, i'Iiih looks llke a dlroct bld for a
i'aft visit.?Now York AVorld,
rtnSONAL AND OENEKAX.
V. Tl, Ilnnson, foimprly of the Montgom
ory Advertlser, Ala., has purchascd a sub
siantlal Interest ln tlie Blrmlngham Nows,
Ilo becanic general managor of tho latter
publlcatlon February 15.
Edmond Rostand, tho playwrlght, haa se
Icclod II. I.ebargy, of tho Comcdle Fran
calso, to replacc Bcnolt Constant Coquelln,
who dled last montb. ln tho loading rolo
of ltostifnd'a new plny, "Chanticlcer," at a
falnry or ?o0,000 a year.
Mrs. 11. B. Tibbets has Just been appolnt
ed chalrman of the board of charltlca ln
Lowcll, Mass. Sho Is 11 woman of mcana
nnd social posltion, and has for several
yeurs dovoted much of her time and her
ivealth to churlty work.
Swallowlng a aafety pln, which dropped
into lts open muiitli from a glrl's blousu,
clilld namcu Ilairod was said at tho lnquest
it St. Fnncraa, L,ondon, to have dled from
pneumonla, set un by ulceralioii, caused by
ihe piu. \
Miss Rhea Whitebcad, of Eeatle, haa
just boen made ueputy ptosecutlmc attor
ney for Kinga county, Washington. She la
t-11 honor graduate of the law school ot tho
Lnlvcraity of Washington ln tho claas of
-105. Beforo studylng for her professlon
Mles V.'hltubead haa earned her llvlng us a
slenograplior. ,
In the city of Athens thero ara about tlf
leen amall dniries, or cow alublos, which
produce amul! tiuiiiuitiea of butter and
nllk. Theso producta would flnd a road>
murkol, us tbo people Uko them, but, tiii
lortunately, tho prlco ls probibltlvo on ao~
r:ount of tho hlgh cust ot foddor.
Thoro haa been putented by a Norwo
i;lan firm u pro'.ii.i ot uianufaulurlng coiorcd
uoodu. Wholo Hteina ol groen ttcos aro col
jiod, tho mip belng prcsaod out of the Btem
by foreo nnd tlio <ljo injectod in Ita placo.
li is clulmcil that wuod liciited by thls pro
?vss is niueli moro duiablo than ordinary
v. ood and will 1101 warp.
OVJSRAVOttKKD UOVEnNMlSNTS.
tiiubllhv <o Cope wlth Groivluis I.nl?or
-.hoiild l?'orc? StiiteB to Uo Thelr Fnrt.
This giowlng uneaainoss about the
abillty of govci-nmciits to copo wlth
the labor thrown upon them 1? really
world-wldc. r'arllamont and Reich
stag, Ouma ami Cortos nnd -Deputiea,
all confess that they aro not equal
to tho deinanda for leglslation lnces
cantly made upon them. )
ln England, both partlea are ipr
"dovolution" of Imperlal powers, -in
England Uself as well as Xroland, ao
that county counclls and nitinlclpull
iles may do a part of tho work which
Is thruat upon Parliament, and wlth
which it moro and moro hopelessly at
toinpta to grapple, Decontralization
ta 0110 of the crying needa of.Russia.
Wlth all tbo ofllclal busincss of a vast
emplro coiiccntiated lu St. Petorsburg,
so tluiL a man dosirlng to bulld a
houso tn Vladivostok has to get the
pUins approved bv somo department ln
tho capltal. the result la that every?
thing ls halted and inspooted, but
nothlng done.
Wo are perllously approachlng that
BOnditlon in Washington. Tlio Presl
leut showers Congross wlth reconimon
datloiis, but lt, llko tho man in Ana
tole Pranee'a latest satlro. who was
buried .under tho vnliuiblo iiiaterlnl
whleh h>> had colleoted. is clmply over
wbelmed nnd does nothlng. It Is uloso
observation or this spoctaelo that leads
Mr. Root to issuo liis summona to thls
State, and to othors, to "exorclso its
powers."?New York Evenlng Post.
KxpeiiNlvc Fo.t lluntlng.
That tho honorablo ofllce of mostor'
of foxhoitnds may be uu oxpenslve dlg
ulty was proved by Rord Wllloughby
do Broko'a stutoment at Warwlck that
tho Warwlckshlro Hunt cost hlm ?1,000
a your ovor tho guaranteo of about
tn,r,0(i, wliiuh sbows that tlmos havo
cliunged slnco 'Si|iilro Draper kopt u
stablu of liuiitors nnd a. koiinql of fpx
liouniis nml brought up a large famiiy
on ?700 a your! Nowtulnys the cost of
biinting ii country four davs a week
doea not. fnll muuh bolow ?^,000. Ma.-.
]or 1!. 'C. ltbnrdo, wlu-ii inasHir of fc(io
('iiivon, kopi uvory Itnnj. of liis expeuses
for flvo BonsqilB, nnd tlm annual o.spen
illturo waa ubom i_',j00.?Westmlnater
Uazetle.
1 he Courts
of NEurope
By La Marquisc clc Fontcnoy.
Unjill luannc AmjIiiiiin.
CONFINHMMNT l,n nsyliims Tor the
ItlMltlo Is a nif'MSure hij ol'tcn re
lori'.ii to by tho rolgnlhg hotises
of Biiropd for tho purpotfo of tlla*
Clplllllllg luemhers thereiir wlio lutvo
I'eltlHQd i(, obr.y orders. who luivn -le
fled tho nutltorlty of the Bovoreigh, or
who linvn reiidorcd thcmseiven giillty
or Indlaci'otlons, ,11101 whenovcr ono
henrs ol n royul personnge belng tluni
plaeed under reiitriiint, food Is ulwuya
glven to gosslp. Thls haa been par
ijculnrly tho caao iu contidctlOn wlth
the coininltmciit the othor day of the
rclgnliig Grand DuelieSH of Oldonbiirg
to a aauatorltim In tho nolghborhood of
Conatance, for lho grand ducheas nn-1
her huaband havo for elghtccu months
past been OllgagOd In a blttor quarrel,
whlch has aot hnlf tho courts ot Blfropo
hy lho cara, and lui3 also brotiglit
about several Cablnet crlaea ln Olden?
burg, whero tho nilnlbters nnd logls
lature aided wlth tho grand duchcoa
agalnst tho grand duke.
The grnnd ducheas, a idstor of Prlnce
Henry of the Ncthnrlnnda, in about a
score of years the jiinlor Of her glflcd,
but extremeiy eccentrlc husbund, nnd
la hls second wlre.
Tt was not a lovo nintch on her Bldo
when he led her lo tho nllur twehvo
yeara ago, but ho was nt that tltiio
lniatualed wlth hor, nnd when ln lho
followlng year sho guy_c blrth to n
son and helr, the now twelvo-ycar-old
Grand Uuko Nlcholiis, he, full of ori
thualasm, HjacurOd from hla minlsters
and frbm his Parllarhcnt a leglslatlvo
enactment, investlng her wlth tho ro
gency of tho grand duchv ln lho everit
of his death durlng the mlnorlty of tho
helr-anparent or durlng hla own in
capaclty through Illness to udmlnlster
the^ government
Two years ngo difforenc.es nroso be?
tween tho grand duke and grand duch
css, whlch, bccomlng more nnd moro
ncute, developcd into downright anl
jnpalty and into a vlrtuni aeparatlon.
lno grand duke, ln consequonco thore
pr, took it upon hlrnself to intimalu
Uiat, inusniuch as tho grand ducheas
had couaod to onjoy hls conlldenco, nnd
waS ,,o longer in sympnthy wlth hln
vlows aud wlshes, ho must Inslst on
a radlcal altoratlon of the tcrms ot the
aot of rogoncy, s0 as to deprlvo her of
any right theroto, demandlng the sub
Btlttitlpn ln her stoad of Duko Fred
orlck Fordinaiid of Schleswig-llolstcln.
liie minlsters and legislattire. howevor
would not hear of the eliange, and ln
conaoquetico thcreof tho grahd duke
ior pearly a year past 1ms been nt
war, not only with hls wlfe. but also
with hls minlsters, with Parllnroent
du 1 ? D?Pulllr oplnion In the grnnd
Now, however, tho grand duke has
committed his wifo to an asylum for
tho Insano; not wlthin lho bordors of
the grand duchy, whero tho Oldenburg
rnlhlators nnd Parliauient could onforco
her liberation, but near Conatance?
that Is to say, in the southern portlo.i
of Badon. Her commltment haa been
effected, not by menns of nny leglala
tlve enactment, Judlelal declslon, or
even docreo on tho part of the Olden
burg government, but through a faniily
council. Tlio latter Ia preslded over by
Lho chief of tlio fainllv and aoverelgn
?that is to say, tho grand duke hini
seir, und la composed of such mombora
Of the rclgnliig house ot Oldenburg ai
he chooaca to tnko part thereln. Tho
famlly council, ls, in fact, not striellv
speaklng, noeessary, for, in inost of tho
monarchical ,countr!cs of Contlhentnl
Buropo, tlio authority of tho aovoroign
over tlie menibers of hla faniily Is n'o
solute, and eutlrely Irreapective of the
courts. He enn invoke nt nhy tlmo the
so-called famlly .itatutes, whlch are in
most Instaricea 'secret, as far as tho
general publlc ls concerned, and havo
liever received leglslatlvo sanclioit.
When he wlshes to avoid nppearing to j
tyrannic ln theso tnutters, he catises
hla acls to bo Indorsed by a, 'famlly
council. But as the latter ls composed
only of thoso inembcrs of hla hou.io
whom he chooaes to Invlte; membera
dependent upon him for thelr Income,
aud entiroly submisslve to hls will,
Ihoy cannot ho expected to mnnlfest
much Indepcndencc, or to galnsay hls
wlshes,
If tlio grnnd ducheas Is roally de
mented, the grand duke, in order to
ahioid himself from crltlcism, espe
olnlly in view of hls dlfferoncea wlth
hia conaort, should liave caused her to
bo judiclally committed by tho courts
of tho grand duchy or by leglslatlye
enactment, and hla falluro to do thls
has naturally glven rlse to a very
atrong feeling agalnst hlm. In fact.
there aro many,, not only In Olden?
burg, but also b'eyond Its borders, wlio
do not hesitato'to declaro that the
grand duke ls an Inllnltely moro llt
subject for an nsyluiti for tho lnsaue
than the grand ducheas. Tt is recalled,
indced. that on several occasions he
has voluntarily retired for weeks to
gethor into a sonatorlum near Dresden
in order to recovcr from tho straln On
hls norvea brought on by what hu
plcadcd was "ovcrwork." As tlio cauae
of tlie grand ducheas has, alnce tlie
outset of her quarrel with hor hua?
band, been osp'ouaed not only by the
people of Oldenburg, but also bv the
grand ducal famlly ol' Mecklenburg
Schwerln, 'to whlch sho belongs hy
birth, by her brother and- slster-ln
law, Prlnce Henry and the Quoon oC
tlie Netherlands; by hqc half-brother,
the regent of Brunswick, and by her
half-slster, tho Grand Duchass Vladl
mlr of Russia, tho matter Is not llkely
to be allowcd to rest whero lt ls. On
the other hand, tho grand duko is as
aerted to havo tho snpport of tho court
of Berlin, barrlng the crown prl'n'ccs.s,
who Is a DuchesH raf Mecklonburg
Remarkable Christmas
Present.
Among the eurlous Chrlatmaa prea
ento of thls year will bo ono for a
man of natlonal reputatlon, -whlch haa
been all year Iu the xnaklng.
Way last January the present waa
declded upon, and a friend of theprom
lnent gentleman requested tlie Bur
relle Presa Cltpping Bureau. of New
York, to watoh every paper in Amerlcn
ond to take up every item which ap
peared concernlng tho may.
Tho-nilpplng bureau people followed
instructions, Rnd now preBent the hls
tory of one year in tho Ufe of thla
especlal man.
The hiatory enda jua,t after election,
and the 20,642 newapaper Itemi
found lnclude everythlng from a three
llno odttorlal mentlon to full-page 11
lustrated Btorles. Thoae havo heen
mounted on 3,200 great shceta of Iriat
llnen paper and bound Into three mna
Blve volumes.
At the head of each item ia the
name and data 04 paper ollpped from,
thls Informatlon havlng been put ln
wlth a book typewriter. The worda
thus Inaerted amount to 153.852.
In actual tlme, a very strlct record
of whlch has been kept, the work haa
requlred alxty-four working daya
throughout tho year, and haa kept in
employment durlng that tlme thlrty
people, as roadors, ellppers, gortora,
mounters and blndera. Every nowa
paper of lmportance la repreaented.
Thla la merely a epeclmen of some ,of
the unlque ordora whlch uet?into the
Burrollo Bureau, for .tha extent to
whlch ollppinga are uaed by lndlvld
uuls and by bualnesa concerna Btaema
to be remarkable.
There are many people ln private aa
?wnll aa ln publlo llfo who nead presa
cllppluga and don't know It. lt tnlght
be well for them to look up thla man
Burrelle, who la sald to bo so well
known thnt a lotter idmply addressotl
i"Burrelle, New York," wlU reach hlm.
irlUt no delay, .,,
U5E
iifdigestion
Qyspepsia
Kodol
Indlgcstion and dyspopsia are ttlway
caiisetT by footl uot propcrly dii/esUnu
In yodr Hlomnch. when your stonincl
cannot, proiierly tltfrrat footl, ofilsclf. i
ncctlyalitlio assisinneo?anclthisiissisl
nnceiarciidtlysuppltedby Kodol. -Kodo
nssists tlifl Blqinaoh, by tcmporarll;
dlgpstintrnll of tho food in tho siomacn
so tlnib tho stomnch mny rest. and recu
pprr.'.o. Kodol is really a vdry cxeellon
pteparation for any digestivo disordcr
Our* fliinrnr?f?>?? Getadollnrbot
ymf nro nol, beneflted ?the druuiflst will a
onoereturn your money, rion't hesitnte; nn
druitidst, will sell you Kodol on theso termf
Tho dollar bottln contnlns 2J4 tlme.s ns muc
oa tho fioc bottle. Kodol Is prepurctl In th
laborutorics of E. O. DeWltl & Co? CbiouKo.
Schwciin. And in thls connectlon 1
mtist not bo forgotten tlmt all th
mllltary forces ln 'thn grand ducb
nro under Prusslan comnmndorn, aip
sttbject to dlrectlona from Herlln.
Tho grand duke la not tinknown Ii
thla country, whleh ho vlslted soni.
years ago, without any warnlng t.
peoplo On clther sldo of the Atlantle
lio Biiddenly vatilshed from Kuropo
and when hl? fnmlly antl itiltilster;
wero wohderliig what had ponslbly bc
como of hlm, and feurlng for hhi safety
ho Biiddenly tiirned up In Now York
unattended, except by a aluglo Bcr
vant, havlng assumod by way of ln
cognlto tlio famlllar naipo of hla bcnti
tlful and wldely known Btcani yncb
Lonsahn. Ho ndmltted hla Identltj
when taxed therewlth. Inslatcd that )??
had inoroly run over lo soo tho Falh
of Nlagara, nnd aftor spendlng about i
woek Inspcctlng the latter, and ln rusli
Ing about to varloua polnta of Intoroa
In Now York, wlth hls former nhnm
btflnln, Bardn von Plettonborg, whou
ho found llvlng horo, and dtnlng on th(
cve of hls departuro wlth a number o
members of hla old college soclety, li<
sallcd /or home. IHh relgn has br-ci
ono coVstant Btiuabblo wlth hls lulm
Istefsnnd I'arllatncnt, nnd at ono tlmr
when they rcfusod to coniply wlth nll
domanda for an Increaae ln hls elvl
llst, ho subjectfd hla country and bll
capltal to a speclos of boycott?tha
ls to sny, he sliut up hls pnluces, .put
all his court officlalH on half pay. am
tnok up liis rcBldohco wlth hla famlly
abrond. Oldenburg Is not a very ln
terestlng clty, and the absonco of th'
court tended to deprlvo it of ono of 11;
attractlona.
?Trado aml Industry Btifforetl to sticl
nn oxtcrit that tho ndiniiiiHlratioii ant
Parllament ylolded to tho grand duke'i
domanda, nnd lio resumed iesidcnce ni
Oldenburg.
The otiier day I niPiitloned In those
lottors that tho Turkish Stiltan'i
licphew, Lutfulinh I5ev. soi-dlaaui
princo aml Bon of tho Padlahah'a cc
eentrlc r-ldost slstor, had run orr fron
Conslantlnoplo with a young Groe*
glrl, a iliiughter of ono of the rlchCBl
and most respocted Chrlstian bnnkinc
fniiilllos of Iho Ottomnn capital. ]
UhOwlse mcntlonocl that her hrothor
and mothor were lu hot pursult, ant;
thnt tbo later nilRbt oxtend to thi
Lnitcd States. They mannKed. how
over, t? run Rutfullah to eartli ai
Antworp. when nhout to ombark foi
tllia t-oiintry. brought hlm and hin
companlon bnck to Brussols. an.i are
thero conipelllng hlm to marrv her
tlie formal announcement of tho liu
prndlmr marrlatfc, in accordanco witl,
the requirernenta of tho Belgian law
haa be.-n made at tbo Hotel do Ville
Brusaels, tho brldegrroom hoing dc
acrlbed aa Aqmetl i.utftiiiah, or Con.
stantlnople, whlle tho muuo ot tht
bride is givon as Sophle Thorosf) Zygo
niala, daiigliler of the lato TheoDhiiiis
Zygomala, nativo of Syrla, in r.rc-o,c
and who was domlciled at Conatantl
miple. IL will be, unloss i nm mucli
mlBtakon, tho flrst oecasion 0r n mar
riap;e of so near a. relativo of tho Sul
tan?tlint ls tr> Hay, ono uf his ncphews
?lo a Chrlstian woman.
(Copyright, 1!>0<i. i,y tho Brontwood
Company.)
STATE PRESS
Ilellnins tho 1'oMtion.
i?Iv hperi"-v , truf. ,hnt a PrthlbltibnUt
rnay bo n. local optlonlat. IK- niay bo in
tr.vor of prohlbltlon n? n prlnclple. und yr"
be opposcd to the policy of forclng It upon
. ny community against the will of a ma
..ority of lts voterg, Wo do not undcrstand.
lowovcr, that tho Antl-Saloon 3,cague of
^. irginla ln declnrln* for local optlon Ima
gono so far Ha to comnilt Itsolf to tlint
prlnclple. N'elther tho Antl-Saloon LoaKuo
ror Judge Mann, If wa undorstand thelr at
litudo, ia In favor of local optlon as a prlnctplo
nnd as a flxefl policy ot tho stale. They
would enforeo .Stato-wldc prohlbltlon now,
if In thelr vlew condltions were favorable
:f wo nro wrong wo sbnll bc glad to be
rorrectly lnfoianod by tboso who aro nu
Ihorlzed lo snonk.?Newport Xcws Tlmes
Ileiald.
AnoHier Queslion.
If Norfolk ahould bold an elcction and
vote ngalnat licenso tho saloons would havo
to go, nnd tho polltlcnl Justlficatlon for thelr
nbolltlon would bo thnt a ma'.ioilty of thn
votors of tho clty bad so douided. Thnt Is
'be npplication to tho llquor tiucstlop of tlio
rcniocrnllc iloptrlno of lornl aolf-govorn
lrcnt nnd constltutea loeal optlon, tho prln
clplo of which wo undorstand both candl
uates lo favor now.
Now, aupposo thnt ln oxerclso of that op.
Ilou n. ma.iortty ot Norfolk'a voteis should
east their ballota lu favor of tho llecnse sys
|pin and tbe Antl-Saloon T.eaguo aboiilU
hilng a blll Into tho Beglslaturo for Stato
nldo prohlbltlon, which, if onactcd into law,
would ovorrldo tbo vordlet of tho people
"f Norfolk nnd thus deny them tho aub
Uanco of local optlon.
Would you, If Onvcrnor, favor or opposo
that i-ocrclon of, tho community against lts
c-Apressed will?
The platforni on whleh a candidate makca
his canvasa ought io bo a nlcdge and ifunr
?:ntee of tho policles ho will piirsuo should
bo gnln tho offlce Bought. Tho publlc ix
rot vltally concerned to know for what a
candidate stands prlor to olectlon. It wanta
au assuranco what the neNt Governor will
do In certaln probablo conllngonoles, H
hns tho rlght to know. lt will know. What
e'ay Mr. Tucker and Judgo Mann'.'?Norfolk
\ lrglnlan-Pllot.
tVUd and Woolly AYIIliainsburK.
"Shootlng up tho town" haB becomo so
common hero ln the past few months thnt
ii has como to a point whoro tho plstol
' toter" is a dangerous nulsance. Spreutl
om as AVIUIamsburg la, ovor sovoral miles
of terrltory, it ls a physlcal imposslbllity
for ono pollce offlccr lo cover It nnd koop
tlown dlsordor, In Willlamsburg's pulmlost
days, when thoro.wero threo or four Baloons
tn tho placo nnd the backwoodg woie full ot
"swampers," It wns not a whlt worso lu thlB
P&rtlcular than nt thls very ? day.?Wil
bamsburg- (Va.) Gazetto.
'Iho Candidate nnd the Quohtlon.
Tho Impreaslon has gono abrond thnt
Judge Matln will seeure a very lar^e por
centage of tho vote of tho memberB of tho
loogue, and that tho proceedings of tlio
convontlon wero deslgned to ald hlm ln hls
cnndldacy. If such was Iho caso tho prln
clplos upon which the leaguo was founded
wero vlolated.
Tho moinbers of the leaguo ha>T> a rlght
lo yoto lor whom they ploaso, but to bo
loyal to tho prlnclplcs of the orsnnlzatlon
ihoy should enst thelr ballots for-tho candi
i uto who, lf oloetod, would do all ln liis
power to abollsh tho aaloon. -
No ono cnn_ doubt but thnt the chiof px
eeutlvo wouTd'havo great power ln sliaptng
leijrlslntlon fnvorablo to tho oxtoimluatlon
rf tho aaloon, und tho enndldato who glvoa
b!a nnqiiallllcd plodgo to do thlH-Wlini'kely
sccniro tho temporanco vote?everything cIbo
Li'liig equnl.
Judgo Mann haa been a conalstout nd
voeulc, ns wo Btaled last wook, of proht
I'itlon ot' the lU'ensod Baloon, and will llkoly
i;ct a hirgo partlon ol' tho lempaiunro voto.
?SoiUh lloitou News,
(,ond Ilontis iCiithusliitni,
Tlie eogd t'wii-'i utaetiuc held lo lilch
mond wiu a xrntil aucceaa in the wi-r ?
.roua|nf jnthualaam. IBnlhualaam l7 aomS
' ?A,? i c UB? T?" .*ver wq? irltheut ll
there la io doul.t lhat Uio'cJovornor ti?
? i? Wi ."?., I'romlan to tlm people tort,
? I lio t'ou.1,1 for 11,0 roada, an/no Sni aa
rri-.! .1 ? .*"' "??"??? na l,lB et'oooli bo
ffro tlio rotivimilon. ""?s-? uu
, A ?No".0'.'.'*1 Uof"' n'"10*' '?"""oelatlon wll
;';;,'lli? outKrowm.of lh0convnnt]?
.?mi wo aoo no othor way to uot Wind roail
i.perutlon.-Wnrrenlon Vlralnlnn.
URAKM Fim SHIPS.
Juvcutiitii lliiy Prrveur COlllalona Uc
tivei-n Ueenii l,ln,.i?,
dcvlsei'k fU'' B,""u "Ua Ut Jast VMl
Coiis/dering tho diuigors for colll
Blon it eoeins tiBtoiilHlutig that ?ora
npiiumtUH of thla' Itln.l w,,h not lon
ago iuvonted nnd perfcctcd. Tho re
slatance of tho wiler, ln whle i Ih,
fSJ,,rnl'y ???b"?i???i '"?teid o*
''-?n'"B on tho, Miiiai-u oi i(a .?,,-?:,
llko a trnlu ot cara, oitora thoXV
of ho ria for a brako, and lf a bu'rrm.
tlon from uatiire wero neodetl it liui
oIwavu cxlutod ln lho flna ot iisl c
whlch arn oonatant y cmploycd b,
.-J-UJ '? arrestlng tholr oou"ho. Man
a dreadful dlanster mlght havo b*?
prevented by nUi-h a devlce. Tho cut
dacoul.1 probably Havo bcnn avoldei
r.?l1,0.c,olli,dlng vesf-ol had hnd a wya
c'atlon l,rnl*cs rcaay fo'" Instnnt appl|.
,...T1icro '.B !1!U-?ly a colllslon of nhlni
mVhrTn, " wn,oh ???Otlvi brake,
.Ith, '\ot )'avo Proventdd tho worai
?v.l??! !"mc'r' **ud* oHlHlona ftjhibil
invatlnbly occur ln fog or darkneia
and almost invnriiibly, too. tho perl
becomcs appurent only at tho tnoincnl
Jhon somo powcrful menns or biop
Si?*fVi th,? way ?>' tho strlklng shl,
dould aiotio avort It. Such meann ?
not provldo.l [,y m0ro atoppagi, of the
englnoa nnd roversnl of the acrowa/V
? {''o prlnclple of a brako la contln
i.ui.v appllod by rnwors In sinuli boali
when they hack water wlth thelr Onrg
And now at last Ihe sunio prlncliili
v^i>'Cn,llUJ1^e'l.l'i' 'l Ganadla" ,
ventor, whoso devlce, it ls reported, |<
in Delawaro l?oy!"? ba"***"**P InWo
Tho iiiventlon ls very almple, con.
alstlng esaontlally of a palr Of atcol
wlngs, iiliout fourteen feet lonjr nnd
four broad, -whlch, at tho crltlcal mo.
mont, are thrown out on eaeli slde
Ot thu alllp at a polnt a llttlo forward
of mldablpa. The elTectivencss of eiich
a plan BOema very appurent. Aa the
brakea uro lilnged ar.d vontrollod by
machlnory from tho captain'a brldK",
lhelr application ls governed by fli?
cmergoncy.
Tho expcrlmcnts of the luvontor
show thut ?with biicli brnke.M a v??
sei can bo Btopped wlthln half her
own iengtli. Tho rapidlty of the stop
page can, clearly. be controlled by Ihe
modo of application. Of course. when
tho brakea nro not in uae thev must lle
ombedded In lho sides of the shlp ln
auch a way n? not to Interfere wlth
tb,e Btnootn ruuulug of tho voasel's
hull.
'Mut Hils otight not to bo ii dlfllcuU
thliig io accompllah. It ls Intereatlntt
to reinurk that Ihe ln ventor was led
by liiw atudy of lho iminner In whlcn
Roldilah in a liink handle thelr llii",
nnd it seems nppareiit. that be i
right In nssiimlng that Ihe brak?x will
flnd many other uses bea|,|es tbose of
ferod In tho preventlon of eolllRloiif.
Tp nnrrow wnters thev mlght aaal t
Offectlvoly ln tho m.-irioenvrinir of n
ln nvy veaael. Uacd llke oara ln acull
Ing. aliernately on each side. thev
ei uld, It W.O,Uld seem. be emploved ns
sub-ldlary moans of ideering. Tlio
Nnvv nepnrtinetil 1? to he enngrntu
lated on ll? wllllriKiiess, ln opposlMn'i
to the tr.-idltloiinl heaitatlon to adopt
inveniiona nol cman*tlng from Its own
hureaus, to tr>- a metim,i whlch, o?i lla
f.'iee, nppeara to be nrntnislng?Garrett
V. Servlfli Ih New Y?rk Anierlean.
Irnpossible
to be Well
It is impossiblc to bc well,
simply impossible, if the bowels
ar<? constipated. Waste pro
ducts, poisonous substances,
must be removed from the body
at least once each day, or there
willbetrouble. Askyourdoctor
about Ayer's Pills, all vegetable.
He knows why they act directly
ontbeliver. fc^P&S.0.:
TABLE d'HOTE
The Jef f erson Hotel
WILL, SBRVE
Table d'Hote Dinners
ON
Saturday and Sunday Evenings
from 6 to 9 P. M.
at $1.50 each.
Reservatlon of tablcs can bo made
by communicatlng wlth
P. M. PRT. Managcr.
FOR TORPID LIVER.
A torpld Hvcrdcranges the wholt
systein, nnd produccs
SICK HEADACKE,___?^
Dyspepsia, CostivenesSi Rheu?
matism, SoJiow Skin and Piles.
Thcrc is no better remedy fort hcaa
common dl.senses than DR. TUTT'S
LIVER PILLS, as a trial will prove.
Take No Sisbstitute.
CATARRH
OFTHE
BLADDER
Ralieved in
24 Hours
Each Cap- ^??.
Mle bears tho (UinY)
namelO* \?"y
Bmcare ofcounterfeita
tita tf
?iAiW
50c Sale of Turkish Towel Slippera
WJwDon'. You Get a Bottfe To-Day?
RrMWffiffiSM/rTisWi
Why dolay. Tlio vory hoat test ts a
porsonul trial. You rlslt only a few cents,
and If you delay you contlnue to auffor.
At nll dniiiKlsts, or Phono 623. ? (61
PARKERS
HAIR BALSAM
rii-anifj and hcMUtiflea thn hair.
rronmifi tt lu^urhnt growlh.
Ncvur Fails to Rsitora Otay
Hair to Us Youthfnl riolor.
Cuiei irolp_Ji,.n!ei tt hair tallijig.
AOc.andJl.OOat IlfURSlits
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