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i'H?c TniK> riiK nts?r \tcu K?t. I HM J ' * ?*? ? . J Ciilrrid Jnciiutry !1, IfiO'i, *1 ?!<<" 1,1 Itit-liinonil. \n.. n<? ? propil-flus? mutter. rrnilSHKIJ ctrr> tin.' In tlir frnr nl 10 ISouth 1 KUhmoml. Vh.. It* The Tlnu-?-J>U|Wlcli * j ll.lilo* ?>.. Oiurlrt, li. Un?brui*W. alitor *'"> | Maouitrr. AIXDKKSS A LI, IIIMMl'MlA l"IO>S to 11(?" I iii?r?- i |)li>|tiitt'l<. unil not l? inili?Ulniil> JKI.M'ltOM.: Knnilolph I. , rrit.iir ItrulK li l.?tliiiua? j ?*4?iin**i't in* i*II iH'iM rt nii'iit*. ? ItKA.MII III UCb'S: ???.!?? I inuloii. ilii tuiirlvt'iilii Mrrrl. N. ???; N'?' ? ork 1 tin, Will Avcnui1 Miillil- j iiib"; t hUtiKO. I'luple'fc I lliiililini;; l*l?ili?il**?l?l??:?. *,u- | ii.nl I.iff llullilinK. M list "III I" I'UIN kati;s I N ] AIM A>t'li l>? iiihIIs l>Hily i anil >unilii>. our jriir. S7.00; ; I. moiitliK. 3 niuniliM. , jil.jj; i month. "?? wills j I i.iiiv uill.v. olio >rar. &i.lH>s ; ?minth?. s:.:>0: :i months. \ It i:: imil.v. . Mim'iO. , z li,. I", trills >i %vri,U; Dully with- | }lnmr of I hr vmulav. Ill i fotn ? 1 Jl^V'.'rVi'rVnr.H.f. ' 3 ""'*?? j If 1 ?'"> <'??* .^""niiuvLunlUe 1 llliiktrnllnn* lor j " an tUM-? kPiiil i.tnii?|l? j nrtirli's r? llimnl. Ilu'.v iilliil ?? an ????? tor llial piirpov. ! I.iral new? pnblWiril Ifrrn. AtI rlKhl* ?r rMi tinn of i.|ii*i in I <|N|int.ii.M limin an- |U-Q rn-rrvru. | S.\TL'I!L'AY. I'KlJUL'AIiV L\ 11'IS. t Berk in an and Goldman probably aro sufu i -* :.. .. n?i.i r/itiicl^ llH< iUlhUJuu ??? . as long as tho Russian anarchist., hold ) Ambassador Francis personally r.-sponsible for their welfare. If it were possible to rid . itsclt of all ii^ Bcrkmans and Goldtuaus. j even at the price of a few ambassadors, the . country might ho tempted to adopt u mora drastic program. . If 500,000 workmen in Berlin are on sl'rikc; if Germany is in the throes of a m.iglitv upheaval; if the Socialists are pain ing the upper hand; if tho people are at la si i ready to desert their Kaiser: if conditions in Austria-Hungary areas bad as reported ; But what's the use? "It" is playing an ex aggerated rolu in this war and it is not re corded that it has as yet won a single battle. When Henry farter Stuart completed his term of oiHce. the number of surviving chief . executives of Virginia was increased to six. j tho other five being William IT. fameron. of ; tho Norfolk Virginian-Pilot; J. Hope Tyler, ? who is enjoying a vigorous old age on his : farm; A. .1 Montague, member of Congress j l'rpni the Richmond district; Claude A. Swan .-ion. United States S?Miator from Virginia. ;;nd William Hodges Mann, who is engaged i iii tlse practice of law in Petersburg. The I'nited States Steel Corporation iihsI ] to be bitterly denounced as the wickedest ot : al! the wicked trusts. It was among the j first of the large trusts to reform its ways, j arid is now about the most dependable tru-t j we have in its whole-hearted support of gov- ? ertiment war aims and needs. It has just [ paid war tuxes to the amount of $-:'?."i.0o0.- | U00 upon excess profits in 1017. and still ' hsd enough b.ft to declare dividends on th< cpnnnon stock amounting to more than l?? i per cent. Trusts are n<?t all. and always . bad; and that it pay- to In* good is |ir >ved ? by the ox.iruple of the S'eel <'orporation. i It is casy ?<?nofig'ii for the Bolshevik | regime to repudiate for- icn obligations of the 1 Russian government, but when it comes to ? atlfmptliig to create further obligations, it j Will be discovered that protection of national i credit i- necessary to keep the wolf front I 1 1j?i door of even a people aroused to "class . consciousness. It. the end. whatever ele- j mrnt eventually e-tablisho- control in Kus- j sla, these repudiated obligalions will have ? to be met to the uttermost latthing, and the longer payment i sought to be defeated, tho ( larger the price Russia will have to pay for its discreditable attitude It is well that the House of Delegates | kilbd the general amnesty act. The only j wynder i that s.ich an offeicive mea-ure | wan able to muster forty votes when put j upon its pa sage By a bare majority of ; two \ of* was it defeated. Had it been writ--) I en Into the ?tatiite.s. the military branches J rif the government would have been thrown wjd<; open as a refuge for criminals and so cial outcast nd- r its terms, indictments would ha\o been dismissed mandatorily on proof l>> the persons oecused that before their trials the> had enli ted in the iirmy or navy. To i i \ < jmsse.) - ?j <li a bill would have benn ,.j. :i c.!t ; i the country's military i service, anil to tin hundreds of thousands of clca:: young men who do not care to have their ranks made a iiaven of afetv for those who would serve oi;!> to ???;? r-pe justice. Tll?? country's colors should '-oimnaud more de- t votiotf and respect than .ue shown in tliis ill-considered r f.\?rt tu make of then the set - ' vii e flag of reforrnatory The Coiiftitutioji of 'i'ej.ne ? - contains tH?? following p- ovi o- "N . coi:\rni ion ir Gen era I Asseii'idy "I this State shall act upon nny amendiu<,nt of the ronslitution nf the T'hited Slalc*B, proposed i.y ?'one.re-- to the several States, unlejs such convention "r <;en* erjil Assembly shall have he<n elected alter such amejidmcn' is submitted " This pro viso is substantially r<M?eaied in the ? on uCttution of I'lorlda. The wisdom of the provision is self-evident, li is h travesty oft popular expression for an iinin,.'ructeii J^gihjat.ure t r> ratify altera) ion of the organic law of the land on it own motion. Yet the various Legislatures are being urged by; the Auti-tfaloon League to takosm h snap action, in contempt of the people's rights the premises, when no excuse whatever e^BtP for such undue haste. Several l.egisla tqTtd already have, done so To undertake ajraeDdmcnt of tho Constitution during the pirbgrc?a of a great war is bad enough within Itself; to do so without a direct mandate from the people is a dangerous thrust at popular government. Ili?. Governor's .Message to Virginia GOV 1CKNOK DAVIS'S inaugural iyldress is a dear and ringing messugo to the people of Virginia. It is a frank and fear less pronouncement of his views on State af fairs and an outline of his policies for their proper handling. Many will differ with hiui as to the merits of sotue of his- legislativo suggestions, hut all must agree that his lirst. public utterance as Governor is befitting one who comes unfettered and unlabeled to this exalted office. Let him travel along the path he has marked out for himself, and when his work shall have been completed Virginia will he the better for his administration. There is no looking bark in the inaugural message. The new Governor's face is set sternly and resolutely to the future. His sole thought is for Virginia?what can be j done for its advancement. "Economy and ! efficiency" is to be the keynote of his admin- I istration. That was his pledge to the people ' during his campaign, and on that sound plat- j form he stands as their Governor. Fulfill ment of this pledge presents the problems to whose solution he now addresses himself. On the financial side, "a most critical scrutiny of ail proposed appropriations" is suggested. An executive budget is recom mended as one of the factors most vital to efficient administration, while publicity of proposed expenditures is cited as a legitimate curb upon legislative prodigality. Termina tion of the practice which has permitted bureaus and State agencies to collect funds ! and expend them without control or super vision of Governor or Legislature, is neces sary to proper economy, and nil such funds should be turned into the treasury. Here . the Governor strikes a chord which will Hud ! an echo throughout the Slate, for the fee ! system ha* been perhaps its greatest and ? most wasteful curse. He further recotn- j mends the creation of a State purchasing ! agent. In the farm problem the Governor is par- i ticularly interested. "What the farmers need," be says, "is credit and labor," and he ( asks a joint legislative commission to study this critical condition and formulate a ; remedy. In educational matters, while giving ! due credit to the higher institutions, he is j a firm advocate of the primary schools, and to their improvement and extension he promises bis best efforts. As to road im provement. his suggestions are largely in line with the bills already passed by the I General Assembly, and lie is ready to enter upon the task of erecting a great State high way system, lie would have all State con victs engaged in this labor, taking them from the vicious contract system, and he ' stiggests supervision by the Governor or an unpaid commission, which could suspend work should war conditions warrant it. j i'resent Federal provision for road building . i^ denounced as petty and unsatisfying. The Governor not only recommends popu- ? Inr election of members of the Corporation : Commission, but carries this principle of | suffrage to the judges of the Supreme Court J of Appeals. He presents arguments therefor. ' but it may be doubted if Virginia is ready j to take the questionable, step of throwing its | judiciary into the maelstrom of politics. J Dismissing briefly tbe State's participation in the world war, to which continued and unstinted aid is promised, the Governor . places himself among those Jeflersonian ' Democrats who stand for States' rights, and j be will "await with patriotic, expectation the J successful termination of the war by us. when | the status quo ante between the Federal gov ernment and the States shall bo restored." Among other recommendations are a penal | statute "as to trusts, monopolies and com- j liinations in restraint of trade in Virginia" in which lines shall be eliminated and jail , sentences alone imposed: a workman's com- I pensation law to be administered by a board I chosen from among present State officers; in- j creased pensions for Confederate veterans, I and an emergency military fund. In closing ! he repledges himself to "discountenance the | creation of new offices unless rendered necessary by extraordinary circumstances in cident to the present war," leaving further noverntnontal activities to be administered r by present Stale officers. 'I'llis pledge the ; people will cordially approve, for it.- execu tion means that a number of offices will ; cease to be largely ornamental in character. ] This, in brief, is the platform of policies ! on which the new Governor stands. It be- j speaks confidence in his earnestness, and is an augury of faithful service to the State. ; Way Open for Changes in Charter CHANGES 111 the City Charter requested by i both branches of the City Council do not . represent the last word in municipal govern- j tiienl. but in so far as they lead to conceit- 1 l rat ion of executive authority they are as long a step in advance as was the creation of the Administrative Board over the old committee system. Briefly, it is proposed that tbe Mayor shall appoint certain depart- j meni chiefs, subject to approval of the [ Council. These executive chiefs, with the j Mayor, form an executive council which docs the work now handled by the Administrative Hoard, the Fire Hoard and several lesser , agencies. Intimates vary a.-> to the amount j that will be saved in actual salaries, but every step toward direct responsibility is ' bound to prove a saving in expenditures far ; in excess of the actual salaries involved. Great progress has been made in public ' thought as to city "government in the past i ten yearr.. Sane experiments have been j made, ami the lessons have been learned, j N'o system can now be called perfect which j retains a two-branch Council, but there are many elements of the community which want , all possible safeguards thrown around the levying of taxes, the appropriation of money, the enactment of ordinances and the grant- ; iiig of franchises. These functions are re- ; laiued in the Council, but all executive duties : are placed in the bands of department chiefs I named by and directly responsible to the Mayor * Prompt action by the General Assembly and ratification by the people will enable the plan to l<e put into operation January I, I when iIn* terms of several present officers ; expire There is no just fear of "one-man i government" or of the alienation of the Gas Works or other utilities with the Council holding the money bag and retaining control of franchises, thus meeting Hie objection of those who have fought the commission or coiumi: sion-manager plans of city govern ment The elected representatives of the people are left in charge, hut their responsi bility is ti\e,| and definite, and if they fail to get results, the voters will know whom to blame. The Bolshevik regime feels perfectly safe in waging war on the Flans. SEEN ON THE SIDE BY IIKNHV KDIVARI) WAR NEK Turn nty. I hail a naughty tummy; it worried me a lot: Sometimes my face was cold and clammy, airl often It was hot. I had the Hitting Jimmies, a sort of nervous stroke. The Kind <>t' indigestion that terrifies a bloke. "t'Juit smoking." said my mother; "Stop drink ing." said my wife; "i.'ut out the pie." said -Mr. Smith, "if you would live?your life." My brothei said, "Take exercise"; the doctor said. "Take rest!" And all the time 1 suffered with the torture* of l Me blest. Mine was a naughty tummy; it never let me sleep! I'd feci my flesh go leaving- me. a funny, snaky creep! Sometimes I was in fever; sometimes I had a i hill: Sometimes 1 felt embarrassed when I saw a tailor'" bill! "You need the sea!! "The mountains!" "At Untie City, llank!" I got a thousand recipes that never cost a t hank; And yet myself rebellious kept going on it* wa y And Idled nv full of miseries all through the liveleng day! i> you who told me kindly the things I ought to do! I never dill express in full my gratitude to ? > on! Mut long as life shall leave me a breath to I breathe my thanks . J You'll know this Is an honest, humble, grateful ( heart o' Hank's! I've <tu11 pie. smoking, drinking; I've exercised and rested: I've chased away the willie-jitns with which I i was infested: And yet?Oh!?nugli!?excuse me! M va> of i tears and pain! Here comes my naughty tummy with it* e. iilie- j Jims again! t'hnrcoiil lOpli'it Dally l linuth i. "I lit .-ute do take a lot o' teasin" t' tii:?1<?? a girl marry yo'." said Charcoal ICph. rutnina tively. "ar. 'after hit all ovali vo' jess settle ? down tii;ufin' how yo' gwine buy chops an' | corntueal I!at a biscuit. Mistah Jackson.'" Nobody Knnua. NI.body 'r iio? s why the rain is so ?e>. .\"<>l ody knows why he makes a fool bet: And why an old maid is a strong suffragette. Nobody knows. I'o-Dny'j O. Ilfnrj. "1 never yet saw a man that was overfond of j horses and dogs but what was cruel to women." .labs. I.cmonauc hardly compensate? for its sugar Shoe da\ s A boarding-house mistress coppers every drum- i stick with a neck. I'rune -. considered as a social Influence, are uplift inir. No good Kentin klan ever get?1 rusty pipes. Prohibition Is a scheme to let a fallow out of tteatin;; stranger. i The < hulr l.ofl. , Tiie Precentor i leaning over the railing i? ; Pardon me, pastor, hui will you have somebody wake, that deacon who is snoring in i*5 flat'.' Ho doesn't li irmonlxc with this anthem. Vaudeville. .lust remembered "lie of Henry Fry's vaude- j vllle stories about how he is going to r'-i into i Heaven, .-.aid Fry: "I'll just stand there and open the gate, and I close the gate, and K.ep opening and closing I the. pate, until St Peter gets mad and yells: ; 'Hi there, you! You either come in or stay , out!' " And .-aid IIenr> Then I'll go right in. see'."' Mtrrh t? n Wojiiimi. Mai h a woman. and tickle is vae, i 'i.u-iiip her n inn as sho sighs J.on.pi'i;- abroad if abandon < f gl'c. Soar!-:)'tig the blue of hei eyes! 1 Jed are her cheeks and alluring her lips. Soft h-v at in. soft md white? 'bit o ??he's a shrew, wiih her hands or her hips, ? When he is ready to tight! .-\w-M is he.- soil when the nymph* are at play. Sow ins; liielr violet seed: l.ovely hf-r mood ?.vh"ii the ,'ioon Ohildrcr p!jy i i'.ir in 11 .? newly gra *sed me;:d' ?iet t l y slie res.s li"? their playing is done. Ssiat their innocent mirth: 1 '11 fair Mi tres-- March i? a sor.-of-a -gun XVlf'i . :er f rov.fi 1" ecy.es tile Via: lb Happy oi mo:n*r.t Mid -?cowling" tl next ' ? ?\ hat a vi\.?n. the i ?lc* SiuMii ?: to lure y. u, then , oolisJilv vexed < 'hilling t!ie gi. w sl.tr l as niad-:' > 'oar ir.s "..It ?? w * ? I? pn.-^toni: re -igl;, Stlippivg vo-;- .(,1:1 >? it !| h.., si?i li Watch for i),. if!bit .M |K. back of he ey. I iie "r 'ii! >'. coiji'etti' born' Health Talks, by Dr. Wni. Brady I;d[')ilent 19IJ. h* National aervli?.? HyjjJem* and Tiihercn loai*. Tub-rculo.-is. called consumption a generation I a-.-o l?-cause the diwaof. didn't kiiow how to diagnose the di'-vase until it \v.. letting the better of the patient, i-' ;he niOKt cu:\,h!- serious disease physicians ir.ee: in practice. The great majority oi eases re. i>e< r spontaneously, :l good hygienic living conditions are provided. It isn't good hygiene to regulate your own rest or exercise ins:cad of having iiie expert advice of your physician upon that vital ques tion. It Isn't hygienic to go your own way in spite of the coun-'el of your expert adviser. Tuberculosis is t o menace to a household in which every member, iiiiimong the patient, knows and does his du'y The disease is con veyed only by unclean lines* and by ignoranc.-. The infection sprcfid by kissing, by couching or sneev.ing without cirefully covering nose and mnu'h with handkerchief, by th>- invisible spray ? if ssl'.va s'vi'i) off when th? ? patient talks and laughs and infect ion in this spray probably never <"Jtries beyond live feet from the patient. If the patient is worthy of human kindness, he will see .to i'. that anything he spi's out Is received in a suitable vessel or cloth or piuier or special sputum cup. and not handled by any onf excepting himself or his nurse. This i?x pectoration must be burned at l?*asi twice dally, io prev-mt any possible drying and blowing about of particles So far as contact with the careful patient goes, if he has his own sleeping-room or porch or lent, and conscientiously avoids prolonged int mate contact or association with any other pet mi in the house, there need he no fear v.'hat c v e r Fresh .-ir. direct sunlight and soap and water are the only disinfectants required, besides the burning of sputum receptacles. Frequent or prolonged personal association willi the patient indoors is inadvisable for any one. and must not |>e permitted in the ease of children. Put ordinary companionship anywhere, in the open air is absolutely safe with a con scientious patient. <liirHt|iinn and AmwfN. Fle.cc Pining Still in Vogue.?You have al w ay- be* i so nice, or. rather, sympathetic, In answering my fool questions that I want to ask another. I am nearly sixty, and have to spend, a good part of my time, except In rainy or snowy weather, outdoors. I wear heavy flecce lined" cotton underwear, yet I am never warm enough, and often chilled through, even when It isn't very cold, indoors or in mild weather the underclothing seems oppressive. Pan you advise me whether anything lighter would be I safe? *T. I* Answer.?You should wear oil-wool fas nearly ar. you can get that scarce article to-day) or weull?VU\uHUp?i>,1nUre,KlnMd,um*wc'5,,t ul" Hrht sooU8 ?t smn!r '0 hiilbriifuan goods. With iii:iv<Tat?s ih.. lfi ,x,ur''- Flcece-lined cotton ventilation -111.1 M* dummy. prevents natural warm (if h?-?vv/*^?,i0rn ol * ion. too 'oo sudderlv nh "'s' allows you to cool off Is \,,MI >??"??> outdoors. because wool or silk UUickcr licut coiuluclor than Mill'.1 has''a'l""'gone ?,f K,,ror)('-" '?>' *''iy?c cording to tli5 |,ros,s tl W?'?>n<l tpm. a<* and si'holarlv np? n'ur>' toiii|iany. This sane lions before" the ir,p o'Tt0' Kuropenn condi tlu? reconstructive.I,.ow thoy v'm ? brought freah I itiifi !,t ,m'sl '"nie has ai.ibassador to (Icrmany. * 0 ,<J 0,,r ,'"r""r publication'' the"'Vi'iV ^ a,,l'ouncc for earlv " V r V ^ boo.'?H: *??'?*? awaKrJJh& v"~ aml Dyeing1. ? "t.inUurd toxthook, "l?y,y? <?f po'ems' -'i 'iiihVii"i ' l\?l!,as Burke's volume 1.x l?oi..rt \I M htlS jUSl rs.'.-i JialL 'wi*',u, Hfty-odd poems, .?h-int iii - Vf, ii. e asl^'< t of London's ?? \*er orIB n-Vnv m ? .'ly ,A f"w poems Iturl'ost ?,I^|j/.r v 'u,?".!S. ,'.!V.,p,,or ''cadiiigx In .Mr. Ji tiki ' in Town," |?ut> ill l.ondon. the tit ??x4I,.s '/?'am.'l'iV 'Vii wi,i, i I lie ii.-M volume will stud> lunuK^ t?M"s'ivh,?.!n,7.f A!?'. ,n;,s.":rs "r till ,e> ? ???? . " ?*?'?? ?MM I II C&-J^WWSft uiffx?ST,.-'hVi!? Painters pass,-,! ' i',V rovU*u*. "Vi'ie vol'iimS' ha* . i1 !'* of Heaven.** by Mnrv Sinclair i? rr.'r ,. .nSl,.ri !!V..I,V ?^'" ?''ila? Co. Miss Sit!'! ' i L .iIh.ijs be counted upon in n>]| -i ko >d story?and a timely one, too Her "new ? a'vh,?. V,;r" I Is root moVi v?. hi-lindthe?*..???. I,,rrM'ht i-i L 'ii T'10- ' r*^ . w-itlV'ko * Br?*a? .MS, rni, theme assumes 11 ? Miii- Cnti iI>T ?l>ot 1 Ml-s Si ii<* I a it's B v"s'H',r- the same time. i he reviset] edition of "Three \.-r.*o .,,?i V. _*cs 1,1 'lie pof-siltiliti,..s for .|l<; ,.vl ,? , *.a:"r'P uul V;::/\^?|,1?lhr ,1"n;r> garden culil ?a.oi. and !i;ads the reader tn thlnl; 11n.. , ,.. oYi,!UmI?V,S ,,r '".:.V"^Ve , be applied e ? .v>- 11,0 pr-parc. he way to,- ; r>t ..? u|. .i 4 new on,? will hrlp the liounille^^ hut n.*. <i .1 ;??7;ease of Staple food supplies^ The .. w o J no, HUKerests a plan for a prartioal a " If-suppottins farm school, where ?|, , . ; hV 'r'oa I V"t e? eiJ; rs" n"rU"rs ' <U-A"eSlivl lK I n , ' T a m?Sl st'??lfl?til,B a,.(I ?'r. .'.V ? n.nd* ,'?*??Vine k-one tlirt.-.i^ii She ? r. Of ei:tlci8in m tli- earlier odltiom if . ?resumed to he entirely reliable. |r abound lias made thr author a . r to liiifiiorous period ion Is in Much Ado About Nothing m hoy k. wmi/rox. The I'le lluntrr'K I.anient. ?'?nek. back, back T.j the cravel pit. Oh Gee! .\r<l I though! that Woodrow r-tir.Iv U outd have a job for iai*. \!:ts for the days I have spent In writing to Washington Alas for tbe stamps I have sen' And nary reply -not one. Kiiittrrs" nerves i.: the latest socletv ailment y out.ine.J by an e*n!nin.-t medieal author iv] i i,i. .r" S , r? n"rVo1*,- twitclilnp of the needles nitner .?nu yon makes many :? vouiil' j'itI nervous wreck. Also, it wrecks iho nerves of the people who ha* e to ;it next them in street vars ?:\pectlnp to have an eye poked out Knitters nerves. Mire. Some of them have a rierv,. We've alwavs Known that. Hut if -a.- must knit our w v to t otjojami let u.- it .-ain'lj' A ??beanie." is a little ti^'lit knit cap that fit? on the knob like the shell tits on an eK1.* Vo matter how laiBe the head the "beaiib " will stretch to tit it. A person .-jn t\.-n be a ver.- lll>re po?*t and wear one. N'ewp item says: "Colonel K. M. House arrived <t a certain Atlantic port (name deleted by eentson. and an hour afterward he save reception ai hi- home in New York, at Kast Sixiy-sccond Street" Wonder v. hat Atlantic p?,r: it was? probanly Halifax or Savannah. It is cruel r,[ the censor to keep us ?ueH.shig that way. Polks marry on autoi; on steamers and train*-' r?n hiolanes v,*ith motor<> a whirr: Kjt rash?.r than an\- ..f iliese me the churntis Who marry on Jio ju r Th? battle cry: 'Ilu:.ward. '"hri'ilan Sol dier.--." When llir War Will llnil. lSlias PetMbone trives us the exact da'e o." the .end of the Kreat war. I?i h's interview li? states iliat about three weeks at;o !>e Inter viewed :i i*:>11 oi" who left (lermanv less than iwo vears :i?o In a brl^antlne bound for Itlo. The boat, was shipwrecked on the coast of Porto Kico./anJ sailor ha.? only now reached ihls coi: n# r*.'. When the sailor left Cerniany two years a#io i* wa*; stateil as a fa'*t that the war would end lu*l before ICnster. The sailor does not rente.i i>'r the exact y.?ar in wb'?*h till Kas'ei* v.*o'*hl eome. but be'ieves it vvns lO:"1'!. So i* e ? '.<? laker -is ? f: ?? t!iat tlie wur v.-'jli eriil nt tl'*' r'nie Mr Pettihone iJ a su'ists* *> t la t eiti/en vbose vnnl i*; not to l>e doubted. He Is a nerebant a* llo'"?*r"s i.Tosslnir, Pa., and deals in pjpiber. ln'hs. shingles, lfrd. staole and fancy rroccifrul'b'ft* *-,,itiii>--. clue, coitllsh. s'-illon erv. ice ? -i ?! n?! einl'almiiis' fluid Xotarv public v. :>li .tta'nedi seal. "Mo*ne. twoer Home." x * '! vitbri'it a luino of ?-?uc ;> ?* in th? house. \\ ill v.*o have to revise the dear old anthem? \s (,.??? ,,j,i fr'end -\arou Hoffman s-<vs: The Tj*(.f!?ni*v is e''in?r to print a pav 'soue of ope-do'in* ii'llf. W'bat'*-* the use? P.'?fore thev .??*?'? Tirln'ed v e ??'ni'v iost wh" Is spins' in prn> tlinMi. .? v: ''*.". ?' - bf I " 'i s :ibO?! i'. .'ohn f>. "? *M !:" v :*? i *e b!.- 'cl;? ?e' in his nn(f?"o. bl'e. po down his oflh*e for five or ten i?iln ai'.' " '"'i li" comes out. the whole f.-sttc will be absorbed. News of Fiftv Years Asro From the llichmoiKl l?ispatch, V>b. iStJS. President anil .7ud{ce .John Underwood was more or loss seriously indiapo^ed yesterday and could not preside over either the convention or the Putted Stales i.'uurt. Pla!.le took his place ?ii the convention, and the bench remained va cant. The ".Manufacturers' and P.uilders' Kxchange is soon to be established at 1007 .Main Street. I.ewis Hill will be in charge. The lti-iplK Hope pit of the Clover Hill t'oal Company, in Chesterfield County, which has been closed since the fearful disaster of last spring, when sixty-nine lives were loft, has at last bfeti reopeneil. ? Jencral Brown, of tbe Ki^dmen's Hureau. is contined to his bed anil is a very sii^k man. However, the work of the bureau koes bravely ??a. A resolution was offered in the Constitutional Convention yesterday curtailing the number of visitors to the floor and allowing onlv one newspaper man from each paper. The resolu tion lies over.'under the rules. There is talk among- Congressmen of impeach ing .fudge Picld. of the Supreme Court of the United States, for saying in-a private conversa tion that the reconstruction acts of Congrev* are clcarly unconstitutional and will be so de clared if the nu est ion ever reaches the court. T?. IT. McGiunis lias been appointed superin tendent "f the Conservative party In l-iland County. Nearly all of the counties in the state are now organized.' A factory in Fredericksburg is now engaged in the manufacture of black broadcloths which are in all respects equal to the finest French cloths. Sergeant Rates, with his Stars and Stripes reached Jackson. Miss., yesterday afternoon, and was enthusiastically received by Hk> people. Kev. William 1*5. Hatchcr will repeat biri lec ttire on "The Advantages of the Modern Dance." Church1"0 W,U bC L,<:,e,, Slrcct JJaptisI Italy's Purchases Here Total a Billion, or Ten Times Annual Trade Previously Military nlorr* I'likllns' .*l,tKIIMHMUMIO lm\r lieen purchased liy Hit" Hallnn jeo\eminent in the I tilled Slnti>* nliici* Ihc ?nr hi'Knii. This In nearly ten t Lines o\er total (rnilr wltli Italy In nny previous jenr. Jlost of thcJif wnr coiiimoillt lcn hn\e been uri'iirfil by llir Italian uovcrn m<?nt romi?l*?l?n tiorr tiorkliiK in t'liiHr touch <vl(h fli?> no vcriiiiicit t tit Wnshliiifton. Ilemjr piir chnscs also liii\t* been made here by liiruc Italian mercantile nml innnufar. lurliiK lutrri'HlN, chief of which in (ilo. Ansiildo A I.'Oh 4><'iii>n. In many rr speds llii' I :t 11 c r company holds (he miiiip ri'liillon In Iliiliiin enterprise* that the I iiilcti Stnlrt Steel Corporation docs to the steel Industry of th? I nl l?'?l Sin Irn. \ n A mi-rirtiii sleel factor recently returned lo \ r \v York front ? vUll to 11 it I > li'ittilirK lo llio wonderful strides iiiiiiIp liy Itniiiin Inn mi fnel u rent In Ilie Inst I'pii jpiirt. He made aomr slnrllinu statement* cnncernliiu (ifvri opini'nlH uotv inking plarr in lliil.i ami for ronllrmn Hon referred the writer to llii- Nph Vork ol'lce of AnsnIdo A I o. Sehusl iano Itainioiiilo. K?'iicrnl director of the \merlcnn lirani'H of (>lo. Ansaliin ?V I'o.. hIipii tixkril concerning Industrial ilr\rlopnit*nt In Hal;-, rr plicd rn IitIiiIii I iiu I}-, anii|lii< also sounded a warning thai Ihc innl business tlet eloped lifltvi'cn I lie I it 11 t'tl Slate* and Italy rrt'rntly may lie lost if rirompl iniil rni'ruPtir lit'lion I* mil taken now lo protect and lo preserte II. lie said. "Nlni'P Italy entered ilie war, our metallurgical Industry ha* In creased most rapiilly. 'I'o-ilay the onlpnl of our mechanical niirlti in four lo lite times wiiii I ll ? hi l?'i jeurt nuo. I it .Inly or \uiiiist ?e eiprct to lie producing steel from our own pl;t Iron. Our trente*I drawlincli I* that we lime no coal. In the pnsi ?p lia\e obtained must of our fuel, iron mirt crtidc steel from Norway, Sweden. Kuclnnd iiml lifrmaiiy, nml since Ilie i war, of course. from the I tilled SIiiIcm mid llnulmid. We are now detclop Ins lignite iiiIiicm?lignite in n fuel liitcrmedialc brlwecii pent and true coal?the**' mini's iia*e licen long neglected. As a concrelc etainple of rcceul Italian iinliisiri.il progress, it may li?* noteil thai to-ilny Ansnldo A. I o. Innr Inrntj-lMO plants employing ?Itl.lMHI people, anil are associated with ele\cn concern* employing Mi.uiMi men nml woiueii. 'I'lie Inlest utlll iation Is with I In- llnliao W est Insi house llleclric t o. Ityfore Ihc ivn r we Iiml llfleen plants employing -II.IMill persons. t?ur capital slock lo-dny Is Illifl.lllMl.tMitl lire, et]ttit ttlciil to alioitl SSti.ltiMl.llCtl. >ol many years ago our capital was ::ti.tillO,<HMl lire. "U'k, w c lime bought In rue t|iia u 111 ies of mliilnry supplies in the t.'nlteri Slates, anil would like lo liuy more, hill you know I he il illicul I ies now he I - tcr liian I tin. \ our go\ernmciil lias redncctl the prices of all steel prod ucts, billet* lo M7, Inn wi- cannot huy ntiy. No one will .sell. Then there nre the eiiiharK'tiea against shipment*. Ii Is not a i|iiestion of hot loins with us. Hv litiiid our own ships and operate them. loo. We also insure onr own cargoes. I Itqti* lieen in New N nrk alioul lifteeu months, and In that lime I hate purchased S.'SO.tHMl.iMMl north of mir coiiLinoilltten. Three-fonrlha of our purchiiMCN ha?e lieen of steel product*. We hine spent *l|.IHIO,IKHI for I*tilled stiilcs iiificliIncry mid machine IooIm to ciiutp an ordnance plant In 1 In I? . which Is now mukiiig guns. Many of these guns are already in action. V oice oi the People dri-J'T :""%t KUe ,hC n"<> "1. r * "ri?cr. villi not >,? vulilmli.-il u Mrlier ?o r??jue?|?. ,. .. , ??!??? I h I urn. s:I 1 'A?)"' ": T h " '? 1nies -1 >I t-:i t r 1, ti?A ' ' ntcr u protf.M ar iifist iinin!- an --m-.., > i..a If * K'1S'J| :'lr,ki??Jy not ; I ,f our I'fciovoU statu liii..- beauty n I,.,, r0|v . \''L- "r""S ,i'-' ,,WI-V I. I . ? ' "ihjmm-1 ion. II ff>11 r111 to ?' t"i- I*i.re white. v,rv J. ? ii 1>M u::111rv \..i.] of 'nerfu i.e .iii-l hi i.i, uS(. w|iajo\fi- " Why not tak? ? ? . . #? ? s u-.i 1*I|K 1,1 torn, with ul "f f'-"- Ita 'V *'???' tliri-arjH I.f VI I' r.? ?"lit ? Ii i UK "Nssiht:. |'o k 1 ves tin* world. i.Mih mat, and aSffi^SGWSf &JSX ..S.'K.S i.ft V.V Vir'irh ^ 1,1111 ' ul" '' V;' - ill! I ,.r,|>v . liiford, \ ., niiary j;#jv \ I'rrilnrni llii|iiiry. To the Kditor oi Tliu Tt:.;.-*.|, , Mr.?For 111ri1:111^ riUMt ' ? ?>>??? t.. ' "\o\ or the Iha? he?'.? Vl!i.ii w i Ii in hi h i m, .,. ., . ?. i. ! tlXUt* l.'roii?''' 1 V end of ii it.. I,. | r..; i ., riuinl.i r ..f t . i. . * ! ?ri.^.p >" " lf,ol!"-1'"-- 'ini.ri^sl,,,,.- " .i'\ , . 1 I""1'1 "ot ?'lti.il ? 'j(1 r., I.I..I I. , i Iiuh never . I lii 'ri ; "V. ])"t a. becauseItnel-er1? "?i 1,0 coeducjulonul! it?. satm I" <J|.!i. Ii., not warn it Hi., i .>r.. Iijmi.i, im ,..l r. v tiv .inwi. i -'iljl.-M- tl.i.t if II,.- ii. r..Mt ,Iv ? -I I. "Ill til.. \v ii.d - |.r..Ki... - I.v I .. Hhou,u " " I'. i't iiii-nt t.i ;tvj{ if .. u,/'/v1, . ..." wh.i > :it xv:,r f,M - lii- M1'" ?n.le......-,a. Hi' hinoail, Va. Janu;u-,'^li'!l5:,: I'll"" nnri I'ork. T.. the Kill tor of Tlw> Tin.- -1 ,iM,a tch : i r' ' ""(jri'^f ami tiio > im i. t!. o ouf,. hritj'. jiowi r. i>ork am] jm!Itic.s >a.?ic o!<l KHiiis. min, i,|,| gatn,.; JU.-t It tSio or it li*a! Iilorn .? n ? n,. l'risl.lont ami It's hi-lju-rs. .,ft, r farinc ?' thht nr nn-v other.i ountry, uurinount ? lr,f" rrjfHrillujj n?r f , raeentlnir ?? !,??, nn,, mrdU-il .Sb: nrr i.nsm rrU irrr. A. nil ?IMirlrn nr.- ,ii,.?,rrd dirrclly t,y ?jinplopr |< rc<|uirrd. AdUrrxn lb? ll!!"r,uo,,d.,,Vnh lnr"r?t,?? "urcau. < onfedrratr Mliitnr.v lliotor.r. ?J; r.. Ulel-unoiMl.Von M,ou*M h* ? ' >i liiul Hi,, intormat ion mui h ;ii,, ? ii .. volume ut the Stat.- i.ih.-ary f'ariiniiflaKc l'aliitf>r. u'"r "?i???mo,;t. r u- /?"'?. "y V f "II. r.-.s' I.i -ii Vix>? *1 f<r''tVi.? Sxt'dr'ift 'a?," ?V"r,,v" "?? Wr i Sf>rvicn will havf to r. ' for f 11'y date specified The . V?r >nay bc asJer tauuil irom thn loc.'il draft hoard. ... . A vim Ion Corpn. w. >. IItiolimoiid.?Vou ran tret t'ne information you want about r-nljetji, mi Me aviation corps at any armv , (luitmK station. I- or the other infor mation writ,, to the War Service r ii OSC' Ual I'. p.irtmeiit, \\*a:-hin-lon. All '?arm, ,lf < ?rrlaBres It, | Kr, Iv. .M.. (..oodview.? \V,- an- unnhle to fA"". l,u" 'It'fired information about t.i. IiOo.'v you yt.eak of! ,\ l.-tter ad ilrossod to ,|?. i.ibrarlun of \VaHitnjrion. i,. IIliKllt ? . niiormation you want: or. if vou ha\ e nci'GKN to the Kney eloped la liritan iiha. yon W,|| find in it a desi.-riptioii of most vehicles in use. St. Valentine. .* ' i ''"Hen.?Valentine is a Mt e-knowi, saint and martyr of ho bird century, whoso day is kept on .ho"|lnnV V- V" id lo have cured , ? ii , ol 14 ?ertain A.sie, us who had been chafed by tho Km peroi ilaudius to win him back to Vii'^V1! ' ^'lo was I'nis convert - ?d to ( iirisiianity. Valentine was ac n, I! 1' . l,,V>,MM?n*d. tortureil. and inall\ In-headed. it is impossible to '?,V".IC" ,io" between his storv ? , i u'l1 '"<1 afterwards , on" nec e.l willi his day. It has U-en lull r'i'7i V.V". lhls I,1U-V ,je a survival i i , t> ' sanction, of the an cient Hoi ii a n festival of the I.upercalia I at wl'ih'h it \i ''10 ni0,,,h of "'?>iruarv: I hi which it uas customary to iinl the I names of younjr women into a. bov i whJell ? hoy wore, drawn I.v t|u! , men as chance directed. A custom ev I n. tly similar to this was com, i.nv;laiul aitd France for centuries 'in'" u'i.*nor mft- VeryJ ''?nnlar a'nons t o uppnr classes, and at m?nv SS,"& sjsl' "4?"ztlanr-r. .na twxisrwsi ing alrnot iini'??>: 1>I?? obstacles. b*<lf? ?? i?. (1 ami uhiiM-d Wy tli< pre.-n bccau.i* lln-v \v?-r<- com f ? ? ? 11 ? .1 liy 111rxl|;eiii*ieD of tin siliiauoii In i.' -ijc ?!?? which tune and vital reasons forbid litem lo ? \ l>lii iii' .Iii.si at the rrithnl moment wh'n tit* ? !!? niv. i|. 111 ? a i 1 by Hit; accuint) laiing dilhi illt i.-s t\ stllln hi. ow n bor ? it r.-. .mhI iltsiii.i>???'! l?y ihe perlect un il? i t:? .iding ami liit- tliotougli team work o. the Lulled .Siatcn and htr allies! .lust a? tlii- critical moment when the i'OukIi plai <s luive been xmootbed out ant) thu Pre - Men I .st-cf, it,.. <? iar road .111? ?11J. t'iiiif < "mi-i;publicity, power, pork aii?l politics Tlii- ptfs t.illH attention in the fact that f'liaililtt i lain. the iti- t igator of 111* 1 v.ir couiic ill.-:., anil ? a'or Stone. \? !iu add-- (?> ?'??? general confusion and embarrassment nf tin? President liy 1 |.iii,-an tin a .. ii >. are of the I * r <? .?- i - ? Ii i.* 'i; part P.. hind ?l?' . ties wh??ti Congress f. i' ? : ? it^ |.i'?i| (r lit |n?j 1: tampered \. i'li. it I: mows no party llin Those pernonally^acquainted with th? "i;n t. .~)i ..??!??? I'fi ok'i??/-i' ihi? fact t!ial ht> "i inning t r u .? i?i form.'* I : it;' t ?? n fruin 'i ?? froiita! allinl 'if ? ? % ? a M ? i? 11 Ii-- .I 'jn, w 1 i ii. with hi- I;I - tli- 'I inii <?! v. :'! f ii. I m i ? r 111?<* ' lit- wi'ilt lai ii - !.. ilared fur hi- liirman f: . . 11 - Mi* '? i r ami, 1111111* i u ' i i - ? of di-ft-ndlng the ?i > I ' r. : .ii. br-als of m tin wlld ? of _ *t hi bowlings, iii's(. to try and . ? iiipMhIi. uiitlitr rover. that 1 '-Ii Ii- f I . '1 til till 1 . thi upon, and i > lit :.oi 1. ,i t, lo flu "his l.it In support ??f ilios.- grand o!i| congrc*. ? .il inti i-tir'n.fnt -. powt-r .irid pork. W'n* ilo i'w i "'mi ihi-ria Injt and th? St..ii. s < ,ir ii i i?? ? i il?.- hip" loaded v. .tli iiMlfh ? !? i 'I ' o'ttl a till it. II n 11 ion s lie dead ;it 111* dock'M while they rant ,,i il rave and limit ih.-ir poisoned g:i'? What do th< > rari' what happens, at.y Way. J il - : -o it doi'Ml't happen to t lit :? ' If ? !? are hni i it n il a lid cheered v. hen we read of the little outburst* '?f ?!. .ili-'faiiam in t.o r.Mims of the Kai:i( r. hoi\> must all Cermany frej wl.i'ii tilt! aet'ial n.i ppeiilngs of the I?:i -: two wf?ks In ti:is country nr^ ? ? f* -tight to ii- attention'.' The l*;e.-ident and his supporters are as sail,-.1 11 v a i; rr ;>' port on of ihe prt I on- reads ,1 glar rig h.-arl 1 i!?e-i. "l-'irst I'.ijf Itefeat of the War.'" Th'> others il'fgi- .ill -oris Ire am) t'.stn ?!. "Ntarly a Year at War and Xo'liinu lion.-,' ",\"o l-'lylnc Mac'it'i- in Slii'ii." 'No ."'hiii-." ".-'hod ?lv ?"loti;ln?." "l-'f-d and I'nel Admin istrations an Kntire l-'allnre." "Scandals l',\ crvw lifri ." "I'ornu." President on III-' Way to the ?'.i;?:*.11 to I'ublinly he r.ijunrc tip President and Ills Cabinet." etc.. vli . Now. what effect will all this have on the people of < Jertil.'t Ti V and the war? The Kaiser couldn't ask fur anything better, ispt-clally coming at just thi''? critical time Talk about I'iertnan propaganda, ?"ongres's and :t lot ??f th* pri" s- havf put fancy scallop" on th?i i oar-*- work of liernstorff and llov-Kil. And about t 'ongrt-ss, as our old frlriid Abe I'o'ash would rfay, "What I v'th'? litre I'of-grcss anyway. Mawrus?" What did It ever accomplbh? Hid It ever deliver the goods according to ad vertisement'' Hiil it ever ii.-f up In an t-tncrgi ncy or a national crisis and ge? together for the good of the people It is suppoved to represent? Tli'* "National I'lub" and close cor poration sees that the people have be gun to recognize it for the "two ?pot" il really Is. .lealou.s of the President's Increasing pnw>r and popularity at home and abroad, and seeing ih<- handwriting on tin* war/, which spells that, unless sr.n'iething happens soon, by the time the v ,ir is Over, several institutions that have camouflaged along in a false light will drop considerably below par. ii, they adopt the methods of the Kaiser, and. regardless of party, rush, each In his ou n peculiar way. to the defense of their most sacred posses sions. Power and pork. Hence all these de mands for a hand In the management and the wild partisan bowlings. J. U. BOl.TON. Norfolk. Vn.. January "fi. lfdS. Till iho liny* Come Hack. [The Veteran Speaks.] T. I'm war.tin' to st: y till llie morning* sun Shall light the day when the war Is won; When Iiie world's made over?all *o new it'll be like the world <?od meant for you! And that's what's ? oniin" as true as day! - It's.the glad home-word from the b.ivs a way! I've seen "em lak'n* the O'-ean track ? I'll wait ? till the boys come back! 11 n lo be with 'cm?in light find night. And not to know that you've fought your light: That you're one with the shadows that seerri to creep Over the graves where the old boys sleep: When you fi'el the thrill of Ihe old war-will And a liirht lor your counlrv :s in vou s^iii: But the rustin' rifle must keep the rack. . . . I'll wait?till tlie boys come back. III. I'll wait to cheer 'em?from over the foam I To the lights of home?-to the, light.? of home! jTo the nrin? that were eniply, but would not stay i The ssteps of the boys a? they marched away! ! When the bells ring "Home" in a niornin* song, ! I'll wavo a hand in the. cheerin' throng? Ijight! I.ight! Light for the war-clouds - black. . , ?. I'll wait?til! the boys come back. ?Frank 1*. Stanton, in Atlanta Consti tution.