THE TIMES, Konndrd 18SS THE DISPATCH. Fonndrd 1850 PablUbrd every day in the jrnr by The Times. Dispatch Publishing Company, Inc. Addreaa nil commuDtratloDi to THE TIMES - DISPATCH. Tlmea-Dlapatch Building, 10 South Tenth Street. Richmond. Va. TEI.EPnOXE, RA.VDOLPn 1 Publication Ofllce 10 South Tenth Street South Richmond 1020 Hull Street I'eteribnrg 100 North Sycamore Street Lriclibura 218 Eighth Street HAsnnooK, story nnooKS, ino, special Advertlalnic Representatives. New York 200 Fifth Avenne Philadelphia Mutual Life Bulldlnc Cbliiijf"? People's (ia? liulldlui; SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAILi One Six Threo One POSTAGE PAID Year. Mos. Moi. Mo. Dally and Sunday *0 (Ml *3.00 SI.50 S .55 Da?ly oaly 4.00 2.00 1.00 . 85 ? (today only 2.00 l.OO .50 .23 By Tlmes-Dlapatch Currier Delivery Service In Richmond (and suliurha) and I'cteralinrg t Daily with Sunday, one vreek 15 centu Dnlly v*lthont Sunilnr, one nrrk 10 cent* Sunday only 5 cent* Entered January 27, 11)05, n ( Richmond, Vlt., an aecond-clann matter under KiS of Coniprean o( Mnrrk 3. 11TS. Mnnnncrlptn and communication* mthmlttcd for publication Trill not he returned uulrss nccompnnled by poatnRc ntamps. SUNDAY, Al'tiUPT S. 1015. Hopo fi>r Troubled Mexico IT requires some hardihood to predict the return of peace and good government in Mexico. hut it may be said with reason and conviction that the chances are better now than they have been at any time since the ; assassination of Madero. Thf> conference of Pan-American diplomats ! with Secretary Lansing lias resulted, it would j sopm. in practical agreement on a course of i action, which only awaits the approval of Prosidont Wilson and of the diplomats' home , governments to bo placed in operation. Carranza, now the dominant figure in | Mexico, appears at last to get a glimpse of 1 the light, and accompanies his appeal for ] recognition with an expression of his will- j ingness to treat with the loaders of the other j Mexican factions. Even the generous Mexican appetite for j revolution probably has been surfeited, and the Mexican people look forward with hopo, strengthened by desire, to stable peace and the orderly processes of the law. Wo see much that is hopeful in this (situation. A dispatch tells ur of a bad boy who was reformed by a medical operation. The old slipper system worked by a mother was quito efficacious and cost less money. Judges and Politics INVESTIGATION of the charges against Judge R. II. L. Chichester, made originally on the floor of tho House of Delegates by Delegate S. P. Powell, will be followed with interest by the people of the State, in the anxious hope that nothing will be adduced to stain the judicial ermine. That this hope, so widely held, will be justified, Judge Chiches ter's friends express every confidence. Of course, however, the investigation must be rigid and s*archinK No perfunctory in quiry will satisfy any one concerned. As The Times-Dispatch said when this con- i troversy first i' : the i.rht. the worst fea ture of tfce cii* '.h the con-action which it ar'^r.'UiV! bJudiciary and the politic* of V'.r y'.t-'.c. This connection le the cm'.!'.: ' " *?- '.tw for which Judge C v.-r - i? ?? - ?> - - ? ?<-??.r bie Judges on the Y? " . ' '.*e* i ? - *he duty of naming titf - ? ? whatever high ly, ir.i-'" *-v. ? i' j ? hr-*-<- ?"nalpol5tlcal 1 u r. r?'. ? v ? J.*;- .? ? " be the objects of rr ? ' *" i". ?? : y WLouid be spared j-p; - - ? > % ? r - %? ? * ett Krf-o< r:ck: burg v.-. ;.-.h of a change. Mr P.ir/ef' >* ?? ight r.he Apbrvd *.? statue Of r'.-:.*1'- Mr Rockefeller wtt c' trac* ??-'*. '7 ts of the w ll" i not by the trartir io.\ 1 i< -'o 'J "j ? ? ? >jv that Aphrodite was sprung from t>.? *ei. h^sca foam atid oil won't mix ? A Light Tluit Fails OUR always luminous, but not always im partial, contemporary, the Ni-w Vor/ Sun. discussing Southern resentment ' t l;r ' tin's cotton policy, charitably remarks that "the ?rouble which brewing in the result ??f the South's fatuous devotion to the single crop." This logical effort would do credit to the German Chan* ellor, or any of his profe torial assistant ? The Sun thinks that "political interests in the South, with a hyphenate hacking, are pn paring to make an uproar in Congress over the allies' interference with th?"> cotton trade," which show? among other things, that the Sun dorsr: ? know what It is talking about. DoubtlCM- whatever "hyphenate hacking" can do to increase the cotton planter's resent ment not be ornitf-d, but the resentment exists quite independent of outside influence. All tha* the rot ion trade asks is what this govprnm"! '. already has asked - that Kngland keep within th> law. if that demand is to be withdrawn hC'-aus-1 'he South, in tho view of the Run, has forfeited its claim to protec tion by "fatuou d- vo'.ion to the single crop," it will be rather remarkable. The International A sociation of Display Men objects to the suggestion that it |>o called the Window Trimmers. There are too many other trimmers in the land Just now. Even display men, operating along other lines, are a p. st Rush the Rappahannock Railroad THE macs-meeting at West Point Friday night to discuss and indorse the pro pound Richmond, Rappahannock and North ern Railroad showed the interest of the peo ple of the town in this great work of public improvement. The advantages of the project are pr-if evldent, but the possibilities: of the new line, as compared with actual conditions else where, are worth considering. The increase of population in 741 square mile* tributary to the N V . P. & \" Railway, vhich paRses through territory identical in Foil, climate and general conditions with the Territory through which the Richmond, Rap patmcock and Northern Railway will run, I from 1S90 to 1900 was 26.4 per cent, while the Increase In population of 1,200 square miles of country not now tributary to any railroad, but through which it is proposed to construct the new line, was only S.S per cent. From 190n to 1910 the increase in popu lation in the N*. Y., P. & N. territory was 16.S per cent, while in the same period the in crease in the territory of the new project was only 5.3 per cent. As The Times-Dispatch said a few days ago, Baltimore has nothing to fear from this road's entrance into the transportation Held. The territory, with railroad facilities, must in crease enormously in population and produc tiveness. and Baltimore will he as much a beneficiary as Richmond and its adjacent in terests. Competitive institutions in this age are neither detrimental nor injurious to exist ing institutions. Greece is in no hurry to join the allies.? News dispatch. Which will probably remind the allies of Byron's remark: '"Tis Greece, but living Greece no more." NDER the commission-manager plan of city government, Springfield, O., in eight months after the plan went into effect, had cut its lloating debt in half and materially re duced its bonded indebtedness. Last year the. city's income exceeded its expenditures for the first time in history, and a surplus of over $51,000 was accumulated. These and other interesting statements about Springfield's experience with a simpli fied charter are made in an article printed in The Times-Dispatch this morning. Accord ing to the writer of that article, and in the view of citizens In- has interviewed, the com mission-manager plan has made good. Virginians will feel a special interest in Springfield's experiment because the city man ager went there from Staunton, where he had held the same oifice. lie is winning new laurels in his new environment. This very transfer of Mr. Ashburner's ac tivities, by the way. is one of the most en couraging incidents in the development of the commission-manager movement. It points to a time when the manager of a small city, who has proved his efficiency and worth, may expect to bo promoted in due course to the management of a larger city, and to the more distant time when city management will be as distinct a profession as medicine or law. By that time, it is quite possible to believe, courses in city management and allied sub jects will be offered in all of our great uni versities. and a corps of trained men will be turned out every year. Municipal departments will be filled with young men who are perfecting themselves in their profession, jlist as the young doctor spends two or three years in a hospital and the young lawyer tinds a desk in the offices of some older member of the bar. The pros pective expert in city government will be learning his profession as well as practicing it. When he Is called to take charge of a department, or assume the direction of a small municipality, lie will have actual ex perience as well as academic instruction be hind him. All this is a long way in the future, of course, but it is a pleasant prospect. Most men take far more interest in a business or profession, which represents their life work, than In a mere political job, from which they may bo ejected at any time. When Ameri can cities nre governed by those who know, in an exact and professional way. just what they are about when the direction of sub depart ments, as well as of each city as a whole, is in the hands of men trained and expert?we shall have something in the na ture of a millennium. In the meantime, probably, we shall have to follow the example of "the poor benighted Hindoo, who does the best he kin do." Progress in City Government Mr Bryan says ho is in politics for the res-t of his life Hope lie nets more rest in the future- th;in he lias in the past. I'fist Prom I'ollco Agitation IT v.ouid h! that has drifted to the surface, I. j' it is i iiji<- now to permit the stream to mv '? Agitation Is an excellent thing in its vr.fev ar;d sometimes vitally necessary to com munity happiness, hut even of an excellent we fan have too much. The f ornmitt< e's recommendations as to punishment are not oversevere. They are approved not only hy what is termed the "mural element," hut also hy the ordinary male human being the man in the street who considers that a police commissioner, intrusted hy his oath and duty with the en forcement of law. should hold himself to a Mre-ti-r code of per: on a 1 conduct than the man in 111?* street oh. < rves himself or expects to he observed by other private citizens. This is not first-rate morality, certainly, but it Is the viewpoint, nevertheless, of a considerable section of this and every other community. There is little rime and less reason, there fore, in prolonging the discussion on this point. The constructive portions of the committee report are another matter altogether. The plan to place the I'olice Department under the direction of a commissioner is an excel lent one. but it should receive careful con sideration before it is adopted. It may be, in view of prospective changcii in the city charter, that it would be wise to defer tills reform and permit it to come alon; with the others the city confidently expect* What the police force now needs is stability and an end to argument and agitation. No agency of government can work satisfactorily , when it is in a state of constant excitement - - of attack and criticism from without and of dissension and distrust within. Whatever i:i to be done should he done with as much promptness as posMbb- The ?jepartmcnt needs a rest?and so doen the community. O Dcutschland! Iteutschland! beware of the day when the Russians meet you in battle army; when tint Russian behr on the River Rug will take you in with a Russian hug. The election of a President in Portugal a few days ago was so quiet that, ofllclal returns i will be necessary to prove that one was held. The New Jersey hen that laid an egg In a barrel of tar was stuck on her Job. Nevertheless, Hopewell Is not yet Hopeless. SONGS AND SAWS Time to Count. Whi>n pretty little Genevieve Decided she would wed. She caused much woo. you may beliexe. And quarts of tears were shed. For pretty little Genevieve Was belle at every ball. And though, of course, she'd not deceive. She smiled on one and all. AthI each and every ardent swain. Transfixed by Cupid's dart. Had thought with all his inlpht and main That he had won her heart. Thus once again we may perceive Vhe truth in childhood taught That chickens liko fair Genevieve You should not count till caught. Tlie I'cuolmlKt *?n.v?! The reason troubles never come singly Is that misery loves company. (?rent Expectation*. Customer (who has struit Kled hi vain with his din mr>?What do you mean by bringing me a steak that could not be out with an ax? Waiter (who went untlpped last time)?Why, I thought, sir. that if you could Ret into that steak you might find a way to open your heart. Illuut Instruments, 1'robnbly. "1 wonder why so many doctors fail to achieve financial prosperity?" asked the man who always wants to know. "That's easy enough." replied his discerning friend. "They find it Impossible to carve their way to fame." The Horn Plplomnt. Fh" (jealously)?1 saw you with your eyes glued on that odious Miss Sweetthing. He (enthusiastically) ? Pid you, my dear? Then you must have observed that I turned my eyes Immediately in your direction, so that 1 might reward them with the sight of a really good-looking woman. Simply Great. Behold the little Jitney bus That ambles to and fro; It takes you almost any place? Save where you want to go. THE TATTLER. Chats With Virginia Editors Or: emergintr. with whole bones let us hope, from a red-hot eontroversary with local ofli j cialdom, and after much "agitation" that really I agitated, the editor of the Newport News Press confesses and proposes as follows: "One of the meanest things the newspapers do is to publish hot v ih< Hen. ri-a 117.0 that our poor peoplo suffer <-v<>n mor'' from heat than cold? Well. such of the charity workers who stay in the city will tell you It was just so hot that 1 thought I would bo to the Assoelat e?| Charities anso boys to have tiiis healthful and safe amusement, for. with the director always present, .ill danger is avoided. Don't criticize th> \ 01 i.-,ted Charities. C'.o and pee for vour s?-If M US. N. V. RANDOM'H. Portland. August .1, lf'l.'i. Queries and Answers X'lr^lnlnn F11 ntlllfH. Is it true that the Virginia Harrisons are descended from the regicide? Can you give me tin- names of the Randolph estates on the James River? E. P. C,RAVES*. Some may be. The. more distinguished family of the name comes from Banjamln Harrison, born in Surry County in ami certainly not a son of the regicide. Tuckahoe, Chatsworth, j Wilton. Varina, Curies, Rremo, Turkey. Island arc- all we recall. j ??fJntlier Yr Rosebud*." We reprint below the verses of Robert Herrick asked for some days ago: Gather ve rosebuds while ye. may, Old Tlmo is still a-flying. And this same llower that smiles to-day To-morrow may be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting. The sooner will his rare be run And nearer he's to setting. Thai age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; Rut being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And. while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime, Yo may forever tarry. ead. In the city where they sleep away the hours; Rut (bey lie. while o'er them range, Winter blight and summer change. And a hundred happy whisperings of flowers. No. they neither wed nor plight, And (lie day Is like the night, Kor their vision is of other kind than ours. They do neither sing nor sigh In the burg of by and by, Where the streets have grasses growing cool and long: Rut they rest within their bed. I.eaving all their thoughts unsaid. Deeming silence better far than sob or song No, they neither sigh nor sing, Though the robin be a-wing. Though tiie leaves of autumn march a million strong. There is only rest and peace In .h terraneously superstitious as those of the and-lit Egyptians we uouM wor ship a sacred beetle, too, and at. even more remarkable insect than t!>?? fa mous scarab of the Nile !t wnnle iviivcil in jewels of Jasper, a?ate, sard and earnep.nn, and worn for a charm and as a token of the eternal cycle tl ;it leads tfjrout;h 11f' to death and hack a pain through death to 1 if The seventeen-yenr cicada is. in some respects, th" most wonderful inse.-t ktiown on the earth. For o;i<- tl.inu, it i' the lotiK< st-llvcd. ISllt what a life' 1">? i mote tluin sixteen consecuti%??? y?rtrs an uuly Krub. dwelling underground; then a living six-legged honor, cra.vl inu a few feet up the trunk of a tree and nnchorir.ir st?>?-1 f with harOed claws t"? the hark: n<'Xt splitting open along its abhorrent hack as if chc sun had at the mere sight, smitten it with instan taneous deiitli; and finally a hron/.o wii'in d, huiiKlitm. butting, elephant bodied fly. making a tioi.-e like a toy sawmill, and winding up its ophetnei tl k.s; Sixtt-<>n yi-ars rrut) biiii: underground for only that' The male cicada is the serenader. II' has m his body two drums, env ? red v. ith membranes, soir.c of which, are as brilliant and transparent as mica, and which are set into vibration l.v special muscles Those product a buz/ant-', dreamy music, uhih singu larly accords with the slumberous spirit or a summer afternoon, ami forms, from the human point'of view, th<- only excuse for the cicada's exist ence. Hut there ate persons who would not ur.nt e\en this excuse. The female Is no la:'.y. idling *nu sic-maker, like tier husband, but a doer of damage to trees. She is armed with an Instrument that has been de scribed once for all by Dr. T. \\\ Har ris It consists of a piercet, having 'three parts i:t close contact with e.tch other; namely, two outer ones grooved on th^ inside and enlarged at the t*ps. which externally are beset with small teeth like a saw', and a central, spear pointed borer, which plays between the other two. "Tints this instrument hts the power i and, (loos the- work of both an awl and | a doubl?--odged haw. or rather of two kevliole ha\\ j) cutting opposite to each 1 oth- r. ' Headers, if there. be any, who have never seen this remarkable insect will have an opportunity to make its ac quaintance i arty this hummer, almost anywhere in the Northern and Central States, from the Hudson to the Mis hihi-ippi. The present invasion, ac cording to tho Department of Agri I culture's entomologists, will r.ot be marked by any great numerical strength of tho i'i cad a armies, sprung f r o m tiie ground like the dragon brood of Argonautic. Jason, but rather by the wide expanse of country cov ered. for t!.e seventeen-year horde i that appears this ye;*.r is territorially tho most extensive of all the thirty broods it.to which cicadas are divided. Here is another wonderful thing about these ?trang<- insects. JCntomolo gist.s have discovered that there are two r.T'i s of tb<> periodical cicada, a seventeen-year race and a thirteen-year rare K.n h tare consists of a number of mii" ssive lironds or hordes?seven t>, n <>f ihe swonteen-ycar race and thirteen of the thirteen-year r.tce. or thirty broods in ail Kvery brood has its own particular year for appearing above ground, and its own chosen ter ritory, and no other brood of the samo race ever appears in a year that be longs to another. This year's seven teen-year horde bears, in the entomolo gical index, the Roman numeral VI. The lat? st and best studies of these wonderful creatures have been made by Mr. L Mrirlatt. of the L'nlted States Bureau of Entomolog y. The earliest recorded ;appcarance of the seventeen-year cicada whs In 1633, at Plymouth. Mass.. where they greatly astonished the Pilgrim Fathers. In Nat ha Mel Mortons "New England's Memorial" tho sudden apparition of the insects is quaintly described: "There was a numerous company of i Mies whif h were like for bigness unto wasps and limnbb-bees. They cams out of little holes in the ground, and did ea? up green things, and made such | a constant yelling noise as made tho I woods ring of them, and ready to , deaf< n tho hearers ' SCAN DIN AVIA-'S TRADE IN FOOD COrENMIAOKX. August ?>.? F.xr<.ptInc tho western put <>f Norway anil the fon.-ti route up to