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gtanntoh Spectator
AND VINDICATOR.
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HAROLD E. WEST,
Editor and Proprietor.
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Friday. March 3 1911
JREATY THAT MAY CAUSE
TROUBLE.
new treaty between Japan and
uted States which is to supersede
esham treaty which will expire
next July, will it is said, be ratified by
the Senate without serious opposition
on the part of the Pacific coast senators,
although it is almost certain to bring a
protest from the people of the Coast
States.
This protest will be based on the
fact that the new treaty contains no
stipulation regarding the restriction of
Japanese immigration. Instead, it is
■aid there is to be a secret understand
ing or a '-gentlemen's agreement" be
tween the two countries, whereby
Japan agrees to co-operate with the
United States in its effort to carry out
• the spirit of the Alien Immigration
Act. Secretary Knox, on the advice
of the President, it is reported, waived
any stipulation as to immigration so
aa to spare the sensitive feelings of the
Japanese by not classifying that race
as objectionable and on a par with the
Chinese.
This is a matter that is more than
likely to cause misunderstanding and
probably trouble between the two
countries. It has been reported from
time to time from Washington that
there has been an actual and decided
decrease in Japanese immigration since
the passage of the Alien Immigration
Act, but the people of the coast deny
that the decrease has been appreciable
and many maintain that on the con
trary there has been an increase. To
the people out there the Japanese
problem is a serious one, and the
Westerners say the negro problem of
the South is trifling as compared with
it. While Japan is naturally sensitive
about having her people classed as un
desirable immigrants, her sensitive
ness seems to be abnormal, and is al
ways brought to the front when she
desires to obtain some advantage, either
in a diplomatic or a business way. It
would have been better, it seems, to
have had a definite agreement regard
ing immigration put In the treaty even
at the expense of a jolt to Japanese
sensitiveness than to leave the question
open to misunderstanding as to the
real purport of the "gentlemen's agree
ment." The situation as it stands is
likely to inflame the people of the
Coast States, and there will probably
be more trouble such as occurred ovei
the school question in California dur
ing the Roosevelt administration. Tc
avoid such a condition of affairs Presi
dent Tatt is reported to be anxious tc
have Congress pass a law which would
put in the hands of the National gov
ernment the power to force the states
to comply with the stipulation in
treaties with foreign powers. Thai
would be a tremendous blow at th<
rights of the states.
An interesting report in connection
with the treaty is that the attitude ol
President Taft and the republican lead
en in favoring San Francisco as the
place for the big Panama Canal Exposi
tlon, and opposing New Orleans, wai
because he hoped to trade the fair foi
acceptance of the provisions of the
treaty by the people of the Coast
States. He used every means in his
power to aid in the victory for San
Francisco, but that is not having the
effect he desired is shown by the fact
that as soon as the provisions of the
treaty became known a resolution of
protest against it was offered in the
California legislature, and a vigorous
telegram was sent him by the Federal
relations committee, insisting upon a
restriction clsusc and stating that less
than this would inflame the public
mind all along the Pacific coast and
"may lead to a condition that will be
deplored by those desirous of preserv
ing unity and good will between the
United States and Japan."
Of course we have the power to make
such laws respecting immigration as
we see fit and to bar out undesirables
ef any race, but such laws &ie likely to
lead to unpleasantness, and applied to
the case of Japan might make Con
gressman Hobson'B prophesies of war
come true. It is all right and proper
to be considerate of the feelings of other
nations but when we make treaties it
is better to have matters that are like
ly to cause trouble to be definitely
stated.
EXTRA SESSION INEVITABLE
An extra session of Congress now
seems to be inevitable. Only a legis
lative miracle, by which the Canadian
reciprocity bill can be brought to a
vote will be able to prevent it, and
reciprocity seems to have very little
chance. The fight between Senator
Bailey, the defender of Lorimer, who
is trying to bring the matter of ex
pelling him to a vote, and Senator
Cummins, who insists on a time being
set for a vote on the tariff board bill,
has wiped away the last glimmering
of hope that an extra session might be
avoided.
Neither democrats nor republicans
want the extra session yet the demo
crats are in better shape for it than
their opponents. They are more har
monious than they have been foi
years. If they are able to remain in
harmony, if sober counsel prevails, il
they work for the general interests ol
the country along the lines of a sane
democratic policy instead of striving
for partisan advantage they will come
out of the extra session stronger than
SENATOR LODCE'S TRIBUTE TO
VIRGINIA.
The tribute to Virginia made by Sen
ator Lodge of Massachusetts in his
eulogy of Senator Daniel in the United
States Senate last Monday has been a
surprise to most of the country. He is
generally regarded as a type of New
Englander who cannot see any good in
anything south of the Mason and Dix
on line, one who has been persistent in
meddling with the peculiar negro
problem as it affects the 3outh, and
who has always been ready to indorse
any legislation that would bear hard
upon this section. And the South has
never had any especial regard for him.
Of course it was not strange that he
should be willing to bear witness to
the honor and integrity of Senator
Daniel. No man could be thrown in
close contact with that stalwart old
Virginian without learning to love
him, no matter how much he might
disagree with him on matters of poli
tics or statesmanship. But the tribute
of the Massachusetts man to Senator
Daniel's State was another matter,and
one that could hardly have been ex
pected of him. He even gives this
State the credit of having the first
permanent English settlement, in
America a tact which had been slur
red over or suppressed in most of the
school histories used throughout the
country until the last few years. A
few extracts from his speech follow:
"I will repeat here what I have said
elsewhere, that, except in the golden
age of Athens, I do not think that any
community of equal size, only a few
thousand in reality, has produced in a
Orief time as much ability as was pro
duced by the Virginian planters at the
period of the American Revolution.
Washington and Marshall, Jefferson
and Madison, Patrick Henry, the Lees
and the Randolphs, Masons and Wythe
—what a list it is of soldiers aad states
men, of orators and lawyers. The re
sponsibility of representing such a past
and such a tradition is as great as the
honor. Senator Daniel never forgot the
honor or the responsibility. Can more
be said in his praise than that he
v. orthily guarded the one and sustained
the other!
"The Civil War brought many trag
edies to North and South alike. None
greater, certainly, than the division ol
Virginia. To a State with such a his
tory, with such memories and such
traditions, there was a peculiar cruelty
n such a fate. Virginia alone among
the States has so suffered. Other
wounds have healed. This land tbat
was rent in twain is one again. The
old enmities have grown cold; the old
friendships and affections are once
more warm and strong as they were at
the beginning. But the wound which
the war dealt to Virginia can never be
healed. There and there alone the past
cannot be restoied. One bows to the
inevitable, but as a lover of my country
and my country's past I have felt a
deep pride in the history of Virginia,
in which I, as an American, had a
right to share, and 1 have always sor
-1 rowed that an inexorble destiny had
severed that land where so many brave
and shining memories were garnered
up. That thought was often in my
mind as I looked at Senator Daniel in
this chamber. Not only did he fitly
and highly represent the great past,
with all its memories and traditions,
but he also represented the tragedy, as
great as the history, which had fallen
upon Virginia to the cause in which
she believed and to which in her de-1
votion she had given her all, even a!
part of herself. The maimed soldier j
scars which commanded the admir
ation of the world finely typified his
great Statejin her losses as in her glories
and her pride."
Of course Virginians rare not to be
caught by honeyed phrases, but this
speech has the ring of sincerity in it,
and not only Virginia but the whole
South will feel more kindly now to
Senator Lodge than it has felt in the
past.
NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL
As was to be expected, the railroads
are taking a philosophical view of the
recent decision of the Interstate Com
merce Commission which refused
them permission to increase their
rates. Their high officials sang a very
doleful song when the decision was
announced, and it is said that appeals
would immediately be made to the
new Court of Commerce. They have
decided not to anpea!, it seems, but
will go on, as they have been doing,
and expect to make out very well.
They do not seem to be anything like
as gloomy as they were.
In its review of the situation the j
banking house of Henry Clews & Co.
points out some of the advantages of I
the decision. "It will," it says,
"avert a possible congestion of the se
curity markets by the flood of new
issues which would certainly have fol
lowed had the railroads secured whai
they wanted. As soon as the'shock is
over calmer views will prevail; our
railroad managers will accept the sit
uation philosophically; efficiency will
be the watchword; retrenchment will
be in order, and considering the excel
lent physical condition of the roads a
year or two of waiting for larger in
come from increased business will do
no lasting harm. In business circles
the decision will be accepted with
favor, since shippers would have been
obliged to put the increased charges
upon tbe public, which would ulti
mately pay the bill and is already
more or less disturbed at the high cost
of living. Considering the political
situation, it is worth something to
avoid a further cause of public dis
content."
This seems to be the sensible view,
and the railroads appear to have
adopted it.
EDITORIAL JOTTINGS
Will the women who are determined
to immolate themselves upon the
wheel of fashion send their harem
trousers to the clothes club each week
to be pressed?— Baltimore Sun.
The knocker is always getting in his
work. Somebody has been digging
up George Washington's early poetry.
—Washington Times.
Congressman Hobson to the con
trary, the effect of the ratification of
the Japanese treaty is a national ex
pression of belief tbat the Jap is a
perfect gentleman, even if he is a
"first class fighting man. "—Baltimore
News.
Much has been written and said pro
and con about the dismissal of the sev
enty-seven V. M. 1. third classmen,
but more intelligent comment could be
made if the Institute authorities would
plainly state the reason for the dis
missal of the two cadets, which caus
ed their classmates to take so decided
$ 100 Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper, will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be
ing a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and [mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., To
ledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for con
a stand against the authorities.—
Lynchburg Advance.
Governor Mann had been a legisla
tor long enaugh to know when a ma
jority was on the other side.—Norfolk
Ledger Dispatch.
It looks like it's going to be Steam
Roller against the Standpatters after
March 20.—Norfolk Landmark.
ONLY A TEMPORARY SET BACK
The Sutherland amendment suc
ceeded in its purpose and killed the
measure for the popular election of
Senators. A number of democrats in
favor of the original measure were
afraid of the Force bill features of the
amendment which would have given
the Federal government the power to
supervise elections, and might have
nullified the restrictions which the
Southern States have thrown about
the exercise of the franchise in order to
protect the people of the South from
negro domination. It is just as well
that the bill, with its obnoxious rider
should have been defeated. This
means that the reform which the peo
ple have been demanding for years
will be postponed for a little while,
and gives the democrats another op
portunity to make good at the extra
session, which will be called about
April 5. The House will probably
pass a new bill, submitting the propo
sition to the people, and with the
democrats and insurgents in control of
the Senate there ought to be very little
trouble in getting a proper bill through.
Then the credit for it will go to the
democrats, and will be another evi
dence that they can be trusted to do
the peoples' will. The popular elec
tion of Senators is bound to come. It
is just as certain as the sunrise.
NO OTHER COURSE WAS OPEN
No matter how much we may sym
pathise with the third class of cadets
who were dismissed from the Virginia
Military Institute for mutiny and in
subordination all must admit tbat the
Board of Visitors followed the only
course open to them if the discipline
and good order of the school is to be
maintained.
The Board was put in a trying posi
tion, and the strongest kind of pres
sure was brought upon its members to
secure the reinstatement of the boys.
The Board's duty was a painful one,
but they performed it. To have de
cided otherwise than they did would
have meant the reversal of the super
intendent, General Nichols, who
would have been discredited, and who
would probably have resigned forth
with, and it would have meant the
breakdown of discipline and official
authority at the Institute. General
Nichols complimented the class for its
fine stand against hazing, and for the
intellectual ability of ite members, and
expressed his appreciation of the class
as individuals. He regrets as much as
anyone else the necessity of his action,
but in the face of open mutiny, com
mitted though it was from a mistaken
sense of class honor and loyalty no
other course was open to him.
A way, however, is left open to the
boys to return. They can go back as
new students at the opening of the
term next September, when each ap
plication will be considered on its
merits, and it is hoped that most, if
not all of the boys will avail them
selves of this opportunity. It will
mean the loss of several months from
their studies, but if the boys take their
lesson to heart and take it in the right
spirit they will be the better for it. |
The school will undoubtedly profit,
for the example that has been made of!
the third class will be a warning to all
the boys now in the school, and those j
who will come after them. Discipline |
will be more easily maintained, and
everybody connected with the school
will be the better for it.
LOCUSTS HEADED THIS WAY
Department of Agriculture Issues
Warning to Virginia
Virginia will be visited this summer |
by seventeen-year locusts, according I
to tne Department of agricultoie.
The territory covered by the insect
will embrace almost all the lands east
of tbe Allegheny mountains and
reaching from Connecticut to North
The time for tbe appearanoe of this
I brood and tbe territory covered by it
i are all marked, through long observa
tion. Records bave been kept since
Ederable alarm is usually caused
appearance of the seventeen
locust in large numbers and
for shade trees and orobards are
often aroused. The actual damage,
however, according to the department
of agriculture is slight exoept in tbe
oaae of newly planted orohards and
even there much of tbe injury done
by the insaots oan be obviated by prop
er care.
At the same time the seventeen
year variety locusts is swarming
over Virginia.a brood of the thirteen
year variety Is expeoted to oover tbe
lower part of tbe Mississippi valley,
reaching from. Indiana and Illinois to
the gulf ana from Tennessee to Kansas
aud Oklahoma. |
• «<»»» — I
Miss Nannie GiUeeon nas"returned
to Oulpeper after a short visit to
HAD HIS LEG CUT OFF
Waynesboro Van Meets With Bad
Accident in West Virginia
"Skeeter" Psny, a well known
oharacter from abont Waynesboro,
met with a Dad accident in Glenray
rV. Va., on Monday afternoon when
falling from between two oars of a
moving freight train he had one leg
so severely Clashed that amputation
was necessary,
"Skeeter" was ohristened Husey,
but his diminutive else — his exact
weight being only seventy pounds—
earned for him the nickname tbat
has stuok to him through no' end of
travels and adventures. Few people
know Husey Perry, though every
body from Charleston to Richmond
knows "Skeetur." For such is
"Skester's" fame.
The accident whioh may yet cost
"Skeeter" his life happen 3d while he
was on his way from Hinton to his
home in Waynesboro. He was riding
a freight, his i'ivcrite mode of travel,
and »" the train wis pissing Gienray
jj tail between the cars and the
wheels passed over bis right leg,
severing it below the knee He was
alsa badly bruised and out about tbe
body. He was pioked up and oarried
to a house and doctors were summon
ed from Alderson, When the phy
sicians arrived they immediately
amputated the fragments of the leg
remaining and crasssd the other in
juries. The in j ircd man lost consid
erable blood aud was in a serious
condition Tbe Hinton police suc
ceeded in locating "Ske9t9»'s"
mother it Waynesboro, and as soon
as his oondition will allow, he will
probably be sent to bis borne.
Perry seems to have beeu possessed
with a desire to excel oven his ovn
best records in tbe way of unusual
achievements on this latest trip to
West Virginia He gained muob
notoriety, and at tbe same time
oame very near losing bis life, in
Hinton abont ten aays ago by eat
ing a pieoe of window gliss, this
gastronomic feat being performed in
tbe office of Hinton's mayor. Soon
after swallowing the glass "Skeeter"
was writhing in pain on the office
floor. A physician was hastily
summoned and relieved him of his
suffering with an injection of mor
phine For four or five days follow
ing he remained in a oritioal oondi
tion, and- had not entirely reoovered
from the effects of his oad meal,
when a worse experience befell iiim.
FARM BRINGS BIG PRICE
Valuable Tract Near Arbor Hill
Purchased by Staunton Man
OflJ o F the finest tracts of land in
August i 33unty ohanged owners yes
terday with the purchase by Mr. C.
P. Bowman, of this city, of what is
liest known as the "Suarar Loaf
Farm," near Arbor HilL The farm
contains 493 acres and bionght |6?.5"
an acre, or $30,750. This was one o
the largest deals in oounty real estate
■sacted in this section in recent
-. Bowman's new farm is a
able piece of property as it
stands, and it will naw likely be
further developed. At present it con
tains a fine orchard consisting of
abont 1,000 trees, besides 75 acres of
rioh timber l*nd and other resonmes
Oa the property is aflae brick dwell
ing house, three tenant houses and
srtli.
E. M. Coiner has sold a part of his
upper farm to W. H. Foster of East
Virginia tbe consideration being
$7,000 The deal was effected through
the agenoy of R. E. Tyler.
Kick Repays Goodwill.
There is a kindly old gentlemaD
somewhere In the city whose love for
children, even the ragged offspring
of the great unwashed, was turned
to deep distrust yesterday by an ex
perience that was ridiculous for ev
erybody but the old gentleman.
Two grimy urchins were peering,
big-eyed, into the laden .basket of an
Itinerant candy man, who had taken
his stand at Ninth and Market
The old gentleman passed by and
paused. He noted the thin lit le
bodies and the wistful faces, with
'Wish I had a penny" written large
on each.
Digging down into his pocket, he
drew up a handful of silver and one
dark copper. He placed it in the
nearest expectant palm.
"Sorry I've only got one," he told
the other disappointed lad, "but I'm
sure your friend will 'whack up' with
But as soon as the old gentleman's
back was turned, the "friend" whisk
ed away around the corner, his pen
ay in his hand.
"Wow!" yelled the old gentleman,
as a vicious kick in the shins made
him drop his cane and clutch wildly
at the disappearing figure of the
youngster whose taste for sweets
was still unsatisfied. And as he
limped home he resolved that indis
criminate charity is a bad thing.—
PhiladelphiaJTime^s.
Klearly all poultry 'diseases are
sed by cold, drafts, dampness, im
per feeding or lack of cleanliness.
;lect or carelessness is at the bot
tom of it all. Remember, that it
is easier to guard against disease
than to cure it, and It is almost al
ways unsatisfactory to treat sick
fowls.
Overfat Hens.
Beware of overfat, inactive hens;
they are almost certain to be a
source of trouble and at the best are
unprofitable stock to keep either for
layers or breeding stock. Now Is
the time to weed out the drones.
Keep Only Old Geese.
Keep the old geese for breeding
purposes. Market the young ones.
Geese may as well be kept in sen
vice many years and thus differ
from chickens.
Richmond — Walter Coleman, the
nine year old son of Mrs. Maud Cole
mao,2loß Taylor sfeet, was run down
Tuesday by the antomobile of Dr. W.
B. Broaddus and was so severely in
jured th%t be is not expected to live.
He was taken to the Memorial Hospi
tal where an operation was performed
and portions of his skull, whioh was
UMBERS GUNS
IN BATTLE FOR
FORTIFICATIONS
Taft Fires First Broadside
In Behalf of Pana-
ma Canal.
New York, N. V., — Declaring that
the world was not yet far enough
advance! in civilization for the
United State* to depend upon inter
national treaty for the protection of
so important a project as the Pana
ma canal. President Taft In hie
speech to the Pennsylvania Society of
New York, made a strong appeal for
the canal fortification program for
which he is fighting before congress.
"I yield to no one in my love of
peace," said the president, "in my
hatred of war, and in my earnest de
sire to avoid war. But I cannot per
mit myself in the enthusiastic desire
to secure universal peace to blind
myself to the possibilities of war." \
This is the first of a series of blowg
which it is understood the president
will deliver to arouse support for his
canal fortification bill. Congress is
said to be about evenly divided on
this question and he .hopes to con
vert a sufficient number to create a
majority support for a $5,000,000 ap
propriation at this session. .
The president was here from 6:15
o'clock until midnight and spoke at
the Pennsylvania Society banquet at
the Hotel Astor and to members of
the New York Press club at the Hotel
Martinique.
In his fortification spech he gave a
detailed diplomatic history of the ca
nal project to demonstrate that by
treaty and sovereign power the Unit
ed States had the right to fortify the |
"We built the canal to help us de
fend the country," he continued, "not
to help an enemy attack it. After ex
pending five hundred million dollars
to make our national deienee easier,
are we to surrender half the military
value of the canal by giving the ben-J
eflt of it to a nation seeking to de
stroy us? It seems to me that the
very statement of the proposition car
ries its refutation.
"It is said that the fortificatious
are going to cost $50,000,000. This is
an error. The estimated cost is $12,
--000,000, That, I submit, constitutes a
prist premium for insuring tae canal's
safely that is not excessive. The war
department advises me that the cost
of maintenance of the military estab
lishment and fortifications would not
exceed half a million dollars a year,
an anuual insurance rate after first
cost of a tenth of one per cent.
"The canal Is on American soil and
it needs fortifications for national de
fense just as much as the city of New
York needs defense. War Is still a
possibility and the president, senator
or congressman who ignores it as
something against which proper pre
cautions should be taken subjects
himself in time of peace to the Just
■riticism of reasonable men and when
,ar comes and finds the nation unpre
,-ared to the unanimous condemnation
of his indignant fellow coantrymen.
"No cue that I know of goes farther
in favor of settling International con
troversies by arbitration than I do,
;nd if I have my way and am able to
secure the assent of other powers I
shall submit to the senate arbitration
reatiea broader in their terms than
KJiat that body has heretofore rati
and broader than any that now
between the nations. But we
have not reached the tirr j when we
'.an count on the settlement of all
international controversies by the
vbritament of a tribunal."
Race suicide is not fashionable in
BasUoan, a small town in the province
of Quebec. Edward Jolicoeur of Bas
tican reached Montreal a few days ago
with his wife and 10 children. The
number is fairly large, but the fact
that they are five pairs of twins and
the parents are only 23 years old is
stranger still.
Financial Outlook in Chicago.
Chicago is soon to have a mayor
alty fight that promises to be as bitter
and as heavily endowed as was tie
j late senatorial campaign. — Kansas
City Times.
Cold Storage Trade Note.
Eggs have now reached the stage
where it is safe to view each one with j
lusplcion.—Detroit Free Press.
Educational Note.
A Kansas boy bit his professor,
Surely he was hungry for knowledge.
—Houston Chronicle.
Perfectly Reliable Man.
Senator Lorimer can't be aooused ot
aot sticking to his post — Atlanta
Journal.
Don't complain because you haven't
gay chance, but go ahead and make
your chance.
It is easy to put in a crop of wild
oats, but help is »i*hty iuurd to act
In hare—t tuns. < (
Cut Himself Shaving; Dead
While shaving a week ago. George
Riser, of Banker Hill, near Winches
ter, out the oorner of bis mouth with
the rasor. Blood poisoning developed,
and despite the efforts of physicians
Riser die! Monday.
Good
Pure
Whiskey
at
Low
Prices
GREAT CEREMONY
MARKS OPENING
OF PARLIAMENT
All Traditional Pomp and
Dignity Will Be
Shown.
LONDON, (Special.)— Amid all the
traditional pomp and dignity of past
centuries. King George V and Queen
Mary will open Parliament on Mon
day.
No detail that will add to the
splendor of the occasion will be omit
ted, and it will undoubtedly be the
most important social and political
event preceding the coronation.
The royal couple accompanied by
the young Prince of Wales will be
driven from Buckingham Palace to
the Parliament buildings in the
great state coach of gold and glass
which reminds one of a fairy book
illustration come to life, and seems
strangely out of place in this age of
democracy. But England and all
Englishmen love the splendor of
royalty, and are exceedingly proud
Of thoiT ancient customs.
The six magnificent chargers,
Ih draw the royal vehicle, will
snt a brilliant spectacle with
harnesses of gold and silver,
the gaily costumed footmen will
;on either side. On each side
he coach will march a Yeoman
Df the Guard in his quaint uniform,
*a mounted equerry,
eceding the coach will be the
reign's life guards, and the van I
3f the procession will be made up of
the members of the Royal House
hold in their carriages. The route
of the -pageant will be along the
Mall from Buckingham Palace,
across the Horse Guards Parade into
Whitehall and so on to the House
of Lords.
Here there will be another proces
sion headed by the King and Queen
from the robing room to the two
thrones. Preceding the royal couple
Will be three dignitaries bearing the
Bword of Stat©, the Cap of Mainten
ance, and the crown.
The thrones where the royal cou
ple will sit are two heavily carved
oak chalrsT surmounted by crowns
and ornamented w)\h gilt and crys
tals. The feet rest on lions and more
lions are enameled in blue on the
backs of the chairs. Each chair
Is embroidered in silk with the de
signs of the royal standard, and at
che top of the chair backs at eacl
corner are the lion and the unicorn.
The King and Queen will wear the
royal robes of deep crimson velvet
lined and caped with ermine.
Seated in the front benches will
be the peers clad In their scarlet and
ermine, and Immediately behind
them, the peeresses. The diplo
matic representatives of the various
| countries will also be present in
ttielr multi-colored uniforms trimmed
with gold and lace.
Politically, the opening of the
present parliament is a most import
ant event. It practically marks a
new era in British politics, as the
House of Lords will be compelled
*o pass the famous Veto bill, which
will greatly curtail their power.
This veto measure was the direct
result of the Lords' failure to pass
Lloyd George's famous budget in
1909, which resulted in the dissolu
tion of Parliament in January, 1910.
The Liberal party was again re
turned to power, and the Lords
were compelled to swallow the bud
get. In order to prevent any such
crisis in the future a measure was
drawn up by the government leaders
| depriving the Lords of any voice ir.
financial measures, but it was known
at the time that the peers would not
accept the measure.
The death of King Edward last
spring put an end to the differences
between the two bodies for the time
being, and King George then made
an attempt to adjust the matter by
a conference of the leaders on both
sides.
This lasted all summer long and
through the Fall, a*d when Parlia
ment reassembled last November, it
was announced that no agreement
had been reached.
The House of Commons proceedet
immediately to pass Premier As
ouith's veto resolution, but this was
ignored by the House of Lords.
! A measure drafted by Lord Lans-
I downe, Which provided for a change
| in the upper chamber, but no curtail
I meat of power, was passed by this
This resulted in fso dissolution ol
Parliament on November 28, ano
plunged the country into the turmol
of another election. When the re
sults were ascertained, it was found
that the Liberal party naa again Deen
returned to power, having with the
aid of the Nationalists and Labor par
ties a majority of 126 over the
Unionists.
Such time as a man saves by not
shaving he usually wastes by strok
ing the by-product of his tempora
economy system. Besides, there'i
looks and sanitation to be considered
—Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
I
Miller-Driver
~Mt: Solon Va. Feb. 28. -Mr. James
Richard Miller and Miss Lilie Dalle
Driver were marriea on Febpnary 22
by Rsv. D. C. Zeigler of Churohville.
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$3.00 TODAY.
The Dutiful Son Was Carrying Out
His Father's Teaching.
In St. Louis there is a Yankee
who settled in the Mound City after
the civil war, and has there built up
a fortune of millions. The economies
and conservatism by which he has
accumulated his little pile have in
creased with his years. Acquisition
has become a habit.
He has one son over whose ex
penditures he keeps careful watch.
Recently, this offspring took an up
town car. The father who saw him
board the car, and knew his destina
tion, judged he had spent his fare
That evening, after dinner, the
elder called the younger man into the
library, saying he had something to
tell him. "But first," he inter
rupted, rising from his chair, "I will
turn down the light; we can talk
just as well in the dark, and it will
save the gas." He then proceeded- to
give reasons why the expenditure of
the uptown car fare was unneces
sary. As he went on explaining the
value of economy, out of the dark
ness where his son sat he heard a
fumbling and shuffling. Much to his
distaste, the noise continued. At
length heated to impatience, he
cried, "Sam, what are you doing?"
"Father," came from out of the
blackness, "I can hear just as well
without 'em, and, while we're sitting
!dark, I'm taking oft my
save 'em."
est of that evening econo
lot discussed. —Success.
Family Party Ancient.
siding elder once hap
the Sunday school room
i church not far from St.
was invited by the super
i very pious man, to ques
holars.
dng several questions he
ne little fellow and asked,
the father of Zebedee's
The boy much confused,
reply, and the question
?d, but without result. -
said the elder, "you can
wer that." Then, point
superintendent, "Who il
'
Smith," replied the boy.
k-ho Is the father of Dea
s children?"
Smith."
ad if Deacon Smith is th«
Deacon Smith's children,
the tather of Zebedee'i
ingster could hardly wail
lost ion was ended befor«
triumphantly,
. Smith." —Judge.
Well Defined.
Nt at a well-known gentle
ise much astonished the
nister, who had called to
ulries on the occasion ol
of a child,
boy?"
•."
girl?"
."
luirer gasped, and the ser
inued with dignity:
i has given birth to an
tetch.
What he gave.
%_Jf •
Mr. Quiverful —Tommy, did you
give your little brother the best part
of that apple, as I told you?
Tommy — Yes sir, I gave him
th' seeds. He can plant 'em an' have
a whole orchard!" — Cleveland
Leader.
Wronged.
Mose Mokeby—No, sah, laln't no
prognostic er inflddle —I'se simply
bin druv away from de chu'ch, dats
all.
Jim Jackson —Druv away? Why,
how's dat?
Mose Mokeby—Why, when de con
tributions wuz invited fo' dat last
chu'ch sociable, I sent two fine, fat,
tendah pullets an' what does yo'
s'pose de commmlttee In cha'ge ob
de affaih does? Dey returned de
fowls wif a note sayin' dey wuz
tainted! —Brooklyn Life.
Taking Precautions.
Landlay of country inn on the
eve of a popular holiday to her
daughter, who is kneading the dough
for a cake) —Resel, you'd better put
a couple of eggs and a bit of butter
Into the cake. It looks as if we were
going to have a storm, and if the
townsfolks don't stir out to-morrow
we shall have to eat It ourselves.—
From the German.
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BEATS THE HAREM SKIRT
New Fangled Garment Appears
Once And Only Once
New York, March, I.— A Mexican
laly, Mrs. Alfred Marchal of Mexico
city, stirtled conservative voyagers
on the North German Lloyd liner
Prini Friedrlch Wilhslm. in yester
day, by appsating on tbe eejond day
oat in a harem skirt with variation.
83me of the oommentaiors said it was
really harum soarum. It was what
another lady voyager called a "four
quartered" creation. It was split
fore and aft atd on the port ana star
board sides also and when the wind
inaontiaently blew there were visible
segments of black silk stooxings, silk
ribbons, knickerbockers and tnings
like tbat. Mrs. Marchal wore tbe
skirt only once and when she landed,
olid in the u«ual way of women in
North Amerisa, she declined to say
anything about her new gown.
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~' Big Valley Farm Sold.
• Charlestowa, W. Vs., March I.—
Edwin S. Jsir?tt, of New York, has
purchase t the Wild Giassfarm, near
Shepuerdstown, owned by R. D.
Shepherd and containing 186 acres,
for I*o,ooo. £ZZ
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by Over-Work.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re
sponsible for much sickness andsuffenng,
therefore, if kidney
trouble is permitted to
| continue, serious re
sults are most likely
to follow. Your other
organs may need at
tention, but your kid
neys most, because
they do most and
should have attention
first. Therefore, when
your kidneys are weak or out of order,
you can understand how quickly your en
tire body is affected and how every organ
seems to fail to do its duty.
If you are sick or " feel badly," begin
taking the great kidney remedy, Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root. A trial will con
vince you of its great merit.
The mild and immediate effect of
Swamp-Root, the great kidney and
bladder remedy, is soon realized. It
stands the highest because its remarkable
health restoring properties have been
proven in thousands of the most distress
ing cases. If you need a medicine you
should have the best.
Sold by druggists in
fifty-cent and one-dol
lar' sizes. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free, also *
pamphlet telling you •■ o«
how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mis
take, but remember the name, Swamp-
Root, and don't let a dealer sell you
something in place of Swamp-Root—v
you do you will be disappointed.
$80.00 per month straight salary and
expenses, to men with rig, to introduce
our Poultry Remedies. Don't answer
unless you mean business. Eureka
Poultry Food Mfg. C. (Incorporated,)
East St. Louis, 111.
Richmond — Floyd Mooring, the
thirteen year old son of John L.
Mooring, is ill with scarlet fever, con
tracted from germs contained in a
letter sent through the mails. The
boy received a letter from a brother
who is ill with tbe fever in Phil -
adelphia and the physicians attend
ing Floyd say that unquestionably
the germs of the disease oame in the
letter.
County Couple Wed
Miss Nellie Gibson and Mr. J. C.
!in cf Mr. J. N. Hite of
s. Creek were married yester
■ning at the mans? of the sec
sbyterian ohuroh. Rev. W. N.
D., officiating. Only a few
s aud fiiends were present.
1 Mrs. Hite left on No. 4 for
gton and Baltmore.
nond—Jackson Bolton, first
t city engineer, committed
Monday morning by inhaling
lis supposed he became mea
lbalanced through worry over
■nt investigation into the affai.
3ity 1 ngineer's office. He was
5 old and one of the best known
the municipal service,
nond—Despondent because of
th and lack of employment,
IcCabe, 60 years old. a stone
opened the gas jets in his room
East Franklin street Sunday
nd lay down to die.
:r—Robbers entered the Bank
er, Va., blew the safe, got away
il the cash, amounting to nearly
and made good their escape on
Monday morning. It is believed that
five men participated in the affair.
When persons liVing across the street
Eie bank were aroused by the
of the explosion and started to
gate, they were fired on by two
ho did guard duty in front o
.lding.
jhburg—The Southern Railway
around the city will be put in
»today, Wednesday.
Harrisonburg—While plowing Mon
day near Port Republic, James Miller
white, aged 23, stopped to rest his
horses, and in a spirit of fun began
boxing with Moses Smith, colored
aged 15. The negro boy attempted an
uppercut in the ribs, but missed his
aim and struck Miller iD the face
breaking his left jaw bone. Miller
who is a brother of Dr. J. F. Miller, o
Good Mills, was badly injured and s] is
rushed to the University Hospital a
Charlottesville for an operation.
Richmond —Blindness has been
cured here by a surgical operation.
Two weeks ago Nathan Spilberg
without premonition, was stricke
suddenly totally blind at his desk in
I school. Surgeons diagnosed brai
pressure and they removed a sma
piece of skull from above that portio
of the brain which controls the opti
nerves. When the bandages were re
moved under prepared conditions as to
the light, a few days ago, the bo
could see as well as ever.
Roanoke—A Pittsburg syndicate has
closed a deal for 9,000 acres of Roanok
[county fruit lands, which they wi
plant in apple trees and sell in sma
fruit farms. The syndicate will inco
porate under the Virginia laws, wit
1100,000 capital.
Falls Victim to Thieves
a W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala, has
a justifiable grievance. Two thieves
stole his health for twelve years.
They were a liver and kidney trouble.
Then Dr. King's New Lite Pil
throttled them. He's well now. Un
rivaled for constipation, malari
[ headache, dyspepsia 25c at B.
Hughes'.
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WANTEIX
to purchase a limestone loam
farm, well watered. Resi
dence must be large, attract
ive, old-style house, preferably
stone and located to have a
wide view over the surround
ing country. Prefer a large
acreage. State all particulars
Address,-
T.J. McJNTYRE,
Rockefeller Bldg.