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SATURDAY, JULY M< 1900.
A8 TO INDECENT POSTERS.
Muyur McCarthy, of Richmond,
does not Boom to lu> nlonu In hin ef?
forts to knock out the nude posters I
on bill hoards. The agitation 'ngninst
thnt sort of Indecency bus been|
productive of resnlis In othor direc?
tions. The New York City aider
men have |inssed u law thnt provides|
ii flue or Stt) to $10(1 ror exposing
"to the public view ns mi advertise?
ment ot any show, play or perform?
ance, any Indecent print or any pic?
ture or cut tending to represent I ho
doing of any criminal act tending to
deprave the morals of Individuals, or
Shock lug to the .sense of decency, or
tending to Incite the mind to acts 61
Immorality or crime, or to familiar?
ise and accustom the nnlmls of younji
persons with the same."
While proper and reasonable lati?
tude should be given to those engag?
ed In the commendable effort of
presenting their wares before the
public, it must be confessed thnt. the
blNhourd has been one of the worst
ami most persistent offenders against |
decency and good laste. It may be
held that scenes Inured from iheblll-|
board should be censored from the
Hinge. That Is not a very logical I
sort or reasoning, however. Persons!
who ntlend a theatrical perform
anco go of their own free will, und
they usnully select such attractions
as they have leusun lo believe will
appeal to their sensibilities.
When nn Indecent und suggestive |
picture Is flnunlod across a bill?
board It obst indes Itself upon the
vision of nil?those who enjoy Its
vulgarity and those to whom It Is
distasteful and shocking. Out* man's
I'ighfs end where another's begin,
aud we hold thnt no man has the
moral right to display offensive pic?
tures upon the highways, whatever
may be the legal status or the case.
As to the aesthetic side of the
question, the pleiulug melnmorphosls
following the efforts of the locnl
Merchants' Association to transform
llie dilapidated looking Elevator lot
into a pleasant litMo park, should
convince everybody thnt hlllbonrds
nr<? not an absolute necessity nml
thnt there are other things equally
as artistic und ns enjoyable as tho
pictures of .partially attired females
cavorting around tho center of a
flaming ouster.
OUTLOOK IS PROSPEROUS.
These be parlous days for the pes?
simist. It Is exceedingly difficult for
that bypochondriacal individual to
hold his own. The country Is at
peace with the whole world, the first
hair of the year 1900 has been a rec?
ord breaker In most lines of endeav?
or and, to mnke matters worse for
the. man who is never happy unless
he U sorry about something. It is
predicted that the wheat crop upon
which the prosperity oT the railroads,
hot to speak or the farmers them
selvos, so largely depends?Is going
to be the greatest in our history.
Other things thnt have actually
happened speak even more eloquent
ly>1 .W healthful business conditions.
Cor lnatnnce, the new railroad mlle
? age laid in the first six months of
the present year Is greater than In
any similar period In 15 years, with
the slnglo exception of 1902.
Another straw which shows tho
direction of tho national trade winds
'. Is . found In the fact that the gross
receipts from cuptom? at Now York
. for., the fiscal year just ending ftm,
$17,000.000 greater than those of the
beat previous year.
T/h? follow who wants to go to the
"dentition bow-wows*' hi company
with the balance of I be country, is
destined to have n hard time In 1900]
If he wants to make it an individual
affair, of course, he can get (here
ami tin,i some assistance along the
way, but (lie country a large is in
good shape and the "calamity how?
ler" has lost his vocation.
"Hlg Tim" Hulllvan resigns from
Congress because lie's tired of n
game where "three hundred men sit
In and one man takes all the pots."
The nlctiirosqiid New Yorker Is not
the first man to discover Iliat n Con?
gressman is not the biggest man in
the world, but Ik* Is more frank and
precipitate than most of them lu
making the discovery public* The
others seem to find some sort of
consolation on the stdu which niakot
thorn willing to "bear the Ills" I bey
Know of.
Mr. Curtis Jett bus told so mnnv
yarns about bis operations In' con?
nection with the Kentucky rend that
his latest statement probably will
have III tie Influence with any jury
called Upon to decide the fate of one
acctued of murder The trouble
;i bout I he man who commits perjury
with the frankness and the cheerful?
ness of Jet I Is that one always Is In
doubt us to whether or not be has
bis fingers crossed,
Hessinns are now talking uboui un?
dertaking a war of revenge against
Japan. The little brown men need
not be alarmed, however, for by the
time civil strife ami private assassi?
nation have been carried out to their
logical end in the Husstau empire.
It may be that there won't be enough
Russians left to lick a one-cent pos?
tage stamp. . .
A Chicago preacher says good oat
lug will cure drunkenness. The rev?
erend gentleman does not seem to
take Into consideration the fact that
the mixers of enticing beverages are
more plentiful than good cooks.
While Mr. Harnes has secured his
confirmation us postmaster of Wash?
ington lie is aot yet Immune from
an occasional Jab from the South
Carolina pitchfork.
1200 BATTLEFLAGS RETURNED.
Emblems to Be Cared For by Con?
federate Memorial Association.
(Special to the Dally Press.)
RICHMOND. Vi*.. July 13.?Rep?
resentative John Uunb has received
from 1?\ C. AltiHWorth, mllWnry sec
rotary of the war department, a let?
ter dated July 12, staling that by
direction of the secretary of war and
under the authority contained in pub?
lic resolution No. 49, approved June
20, lOOtl, that lie has forwarded to
the Confederate Memorial Literary
Society all of the Confederate hat tin
flags remaining In I he custody of
the war department.
It will be recalled that some time
ago under a resolution passed by the
Fifty-eighth Congress a number ol
Confederate buttle flags were sent to
the governors of the respective
Slates for the regiments.
About 200 Hags were too much
mutilated and defaced to be Identi?
fied and consequently could not be
assigned.
Captain Uimh introduced a resolu?
tion to Congress asking that these
dans lie sent to the Confederate Me?
morial Literary Society of this city,
which was accordingly done as
shown by -Mr, Alnsworth's letter re?
ceived today.
MISSOURI GAMBLBRS INDICTED.
Governor Folk Orders District Attor?
ney to Prosecute Them.
(By Associated Press.)
LlR?RTY, MO.. July 13.?A spe?
cial grand Jury bore has indicted
keepers of gambling houses who have
operated at the watering resort at
Excelsior Springs) and the prosecut
lug attorney has tsnttned* Governor
Polki at whose Instigation the Jury
was called, that there is sufficient
evidence to send a number of those
indicted to the penitentiary.
Following the holding of the Dem?
ocratic convention at. TiTxeelsior
Springs in May lust the existence of
gambling was brought to the atten?
tion of Hie governor, who Intimated
to the county ofllelals that it must
stop.
OUTRAGE8 IN TRANSVAAL.
Natives and Chinese Attack Whites
In Johanesburg.
JOHANIOSRURO. July 1- ?Outrag?
es by natives continue in the town
and suburbs, the perpetrators fre?
quently using revolvers. On one
occasion natives wero accompanied
by Chinese coolies. The authorities
have warned the whites to lock up
all their nrmB.
Then the High Heels Will Go.
Newed?"I have tried in vain to
convince my wife that the wearing
of high-heeled shoes Is Injurious."
I Oldwed?"There is only one way
. to convince her and thtit is to wait
I until they get out of style."?Cbloago
News.
i
Secretary Bonaparte Gives Hall
ol It to the Trust.
?*?.? i
HANK FAVORTISM IS SHOWN
Mldvale Plant is Forced to Divide
the Business With the Carnegie
and Bethlehem vVorks?Price
Though Is Cut to Lowest Bid.
(Hy Associated i'roHs.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. July 18.?
Secretary uf the Navy Bonaparte to?
day awarded one half of the armor
plate contract for the battleships
South Carolina and Michigan to the
Mldvalo Steel Company, or Philadel?
phia.
lie has given one-fourth of the
contract to each of the- so-called
11ust tfompahios?namely, the Carne?
gie and Bethlehem companies, at the
?hid of the Mldvale Company of $'IIC
a ton for Class A armor.
'IIki secretary announced tliar later
he would Issue a stntemeut embody?
ing his reasons for not giving the
entire contract to the Mtdvalo com?
pany, which was the lowest bidder.
The MiTlvale company will prob?
ably protest.
Steel Trust Man Resigns.
IjONDON. eng.. duly 13.?Colonel
Mlllard Huhslcker bus resigned the
management of the European agency
of the United Stales Stool Corpora?
tion. It Is understood that there has
been friction between Colonel Hun?
slcker ami .lames A. Far roll, presi?
dent of the United States Steel Ex?
port Company, for some time
Oiice before. It is staled, the colo?
nel Inimleil in bis resignation for
the same reason, and that W. E.
Corey, president of the United States
?Steel Corporation, persuaded him to
withdraw.
TRUST HUNTING IN BAY STATE.
District Attorney Plans Campaign
Against the Corporations.
(fly AH.ioolntiid t'resR.)
BOSON, July 111.?District Attor?
ney John R. Moran made public to?
day his Inteutlou of Investigating the
railroads and the gas and electric
light companies wdtli reference to
alleged violations of public statues
by tltpse corporations.
Among the offences charged to the
rnilrondn are the issuance of free
passes to members of the legislature
and discrimination against shippers
In the. transportation of merchandise.
Mr. .Moran announces that he has
retained at his own expense the
services of a special attorney to con
duet the preliminary Inquiry.
l>>l>ruur>- I i-u.-ntln.
Why February bus twenty eight days
Is explained in the legends of the past.
One Is of an old woman, w ho,"tending
her Hock, ridiculed the month ofjjfFSb
ruury because be had dealt so lenient?
ly with her aud her sheep. Then Febru?
ary felt Insulted and made leap year
aud harrowed a cold day from March
aud froze bur and her thick. There Is a
Normau legend which makes It out
that February bud originally as many
days as the oilier months, but Februa?
ry was u continued gambler and lost
at domino u day both to January und
to March. Strange to say, there Is an
old story of Egypt, wherein the god of
February plays forfeits with the moon
und loses certain days.
Kot Whftllr Iiriiuriint.
An applicant for a posltluu In the
public works department in n certain
elty wua undergoing a civil service ex?
amination. With u view to testing Ids
knowledge of history the cxatuiukig
officer usked blm what be knuw of the
Punic ware.
"The name sounds familiar," said the
applicant, "but I cau't Just remember
when it was or where It happened."
"Don't you know anything about
SclptoV"
"No, sir."
"Suroly yon have henrd about Han?
nibal?"
"Oli, yes, f know all about llanulbal.
That's where Mark Twain used to
live."
The "Bere" uf 1R42.
It Is curious to find in a "Dyetary"
of 1542 the information that "bore is
mado of malte, of hopps aud water. It
is n natural) drynke for a Dutchemun.
And now of late da yes It la moebe used
In Engluude to the detrymeut of many
Engllaskc men." The author was
speaking of "beer," the then new liquor
distinguished from "ale" by being hop?
ped. ' In this seuse a seventeenth cen?
tury rhymer says that "turkey, carps,
hops, plceadcl.hnd beer came into Eng?
land all In one year," "piccadci" being
a kind of ruff or collar.
In Doubt.
Ethel (who Is not famous for her
good looks"*?I don't see why you should
call Miss Whltinore plain. I'm sure I
only wish I were half as good looklug
as she is. Fred?You nre, Ethel; you
know you are. (And Ethel Is wonder?
ing whether he meant to compliment
her.)
OLD ROMAN NAMES.
The l'rvullnr Sytiteiu That Warn la
I "nr by Iba \ubllltj-.
I Tho noble Hornaus were peculiar In
their system of nomenclature. They
liud the praeuotnvu, tho uomeu und tho
coguuiueu. Tho first uf these distin?
guished the Individual nnd was equlvn
lent to ohr Christian or bnptl'sihnl
httme. It was usually Indletited h.v a
tdngle letter, ns A. for Atilus, or by
two letters, ns Ap, fur Appius. or three,
as Ber, for Sorvtus. The nomcn wns
distinctive of (lie gens or clan und has
no corresponding appellative among Ii?.
The cognomen was placed last mid des?
ignated the fa in iliac, precisely answer?
ing to our "surtuiiuo. SoinctillicS u
fourth name wns ndded. the agnomen.
In consequence of a renowned net ion,
some conspicuous event of life or feu
ttirc of character. Sctplo, In addition to
his regular unities, wus styled Africa
nits after his conquest of Carthngv.
The name < iei-niunlcus was assumed
by those wlio distinguished themselves
in the wars with the Ueriiiuus.
In feinalo namc? the Hominis Indulg?
ed but small variety of appellation,
und fancy had Hille or nothing to do
with their Invention nnd bestowal.
When there wus but one daughter in a
family she received tho feminine ter?
mination of her gentile name, us Ttil
ilu, the daughter ot' Marcus Tullius
Cicero, anil Oetnvluu, the sister of Oe
tavlus Caesar, etc.," which names were
retained oven nfter marriage. When
there were two daughters one was
culled Major nnd the other Minor, us
Cornelia Major and Cornelia. Minor.
If there were more (hau two they wore
distinguished by their number, thus:
Prluia, Socuudn, Terllu, Quurta, etc.
GREEK COINS.
lion the Allelen?? Tc?(etl tho Purity
uf iii.- Metal.
The first coins of gold und silver that'
have eomu down to us are now dated
ns a rule lu the Ihne of Croesus, who
lived about the middle of the sixth
century B. C.
It may readily be Imagined that a
mere lump of gold, supposed to bo of
u certain weight, would be subject to
skepticism unless It were guaranteed
by some recognised authority. So, In
order to save reweighiug and testing
ut each transaction, these Ingots or
coins were stamped with the authorita?
tive mnrU of u prince or stute. So
stamped they become the true coins
lu spite of the fact that, contrary to
modern custom, they were nut at all
regular.
But, In spite of the guarantee that
might be afforded by the mark of n
state or a prince, wo find the Greeks
applylug certain tests to determine the
genuineness of the currency ottered to
tbein. Hinting wns easily detected by
ja hi dug the suspected coin with some
sharp Instrument, At other times the
touchstone wns used. One which wus
kiiowu us the "Lydhtu stone" was sup
pused to reveal n proportion of foreign
metal ns small ns u barley corn in n
stuter. Another test. In the case of sil?
ver, wns. to polish the" coin and then
breathe ou'lt. If the moisture quickly
disappeared the metal wns pure. Yet
another way to detect alloy wns to
heat the coin or coins on redhot Iron.
If the metal wus unalloyed it remain?
ed bright, If mixed with other sub
stunces It. turned black or red accord?
ing ns It wus more or less Impure
Oliver S. Tonks lu Cbnutnuquau,
UatToilil und \ np)? <>ilcl.
Daffodil und asphodel?the latter, ac?
cording to Homer, covered the meadow
haunted by the shades of departed he?
roes?are etympluglcully the some. Old
time Englishmen confused tbu two
plants, which are quite different, nnd
It was reserved lor later generations
to restore Its true spelling to the true
asphodel and restrict daffodil, with its
ihysferlods "d," to the flower u?w
known by thut name. Formerly it
wus "nffodille," mid the "?" Is vurlous
ly explained as being u childish Inser?
tion, like the "T" lu Ted, from Edward,
or ns representing the French "flour
d'affrodille" or tho English "th' affro
dlle" (the definite article) or nu the
final "d" of "und" In such a eoinblua
I tlon as "fennel 1 und nffodil."
llroiuer? nnil StNtem.
It has been proved again und agalu
that a boy without a sister is much to
lie pitied; that n girl without u brother
Is to be condoled with. And why? Be?
cause the mutual society Improves
both. Tho boy tenches the girl to bo
wider minded, less petty und narrow,
more mil lily physically, u-ml, above all,
to understand 1 something of the op?
posite sex. Again, tin.* boy Is a hun?
dredfold nicer for having a sister. Ho
confides his little scrapes to her. and
she. with her gestio inborn goodness,
helps him und ud vises him to avoid tho
pitfall again.?London Queen.
Solltu'Je.
Solitude Is a matter of taste. It has
been the subject of much discussion.
Volumes have been written in praise
or condemnation' 0/ It. But perhaps
the real. value of solitude has never
been so subtly and so accurately ex?
pressed as by the girl who was asked
If she liked being alone. "That de?
pends." sho answered sweetly, "on
whom I am alone with."
An En*r Creditor.
The stomach listens to uo precepts.
It begs and clamors. And yet It Is
not an obdurate creditor. It is dis?
missed with a small payment, If only
you give It what you owe, and not as
much as you can?Seneca.
Looking- Ahead.
Gerald?Will you marry me? Ger
aldlne? Wait awhile. I don't wont to
get tired of you Just yet?New York
Press.
Necessity may render a doubtful act
Innocent, but It cannot make It praise,
worthy.?Joubert
The soda cracker is an
ideal food. Uneeda
Biscuit are the ideal
soda crackers. Indeed,
the
Only
soda crackers rightly
made in the first place,
rightly protected first,
last and all the time.
0 In a dust tight,
moisture proof package.
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