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?? tecond-class matter under act of con
Rresj Of M-rr>) S. 1S,S.
ION s i r.A I.. Mil.
it is radically amended; As h;-i!eshli
of tili? thrtjnt, the Senate Committc.
.\s lite hill
h^avir.s for the sake of the "rat
trho ".saved the Union'; forty-live
sco, and who h;:ve b'ejeri paid lb:
glorious jer.yic? down to this
about ?S,000,oo0,(00, .>:? nearly as
the South. There are now 521.0
the pension roll:? of the G?verhth?
wars-and ttie war with Spain, number- ;
nig '!1..'U ? fought for the
Union. '"A grateful country" has bei ii
paying them at tin- rate of $ K>0,000,000 !
annually for their soiivlc.es. and the
present i'ill would hinkti then- compon
eatioh about Sii!QO;000.000 tire year.
Speaker Cannon fcOL down from Iiis
seat and made a marvellously stupid j
but effective speech in its support, and'
the House followed Iiis lead. It makes I
arbitrary Increases in the: pensions of
nil persons sixty-twu years of age or
over who served ninety days In the Con?
federate War oi in the War witii Mex?
ico, the increase in the pensions of
.soldiers slxty-itwo years old to be !
instead of 512 the month, the pensions',
of .soldier.'? seventy years ? ?!,! to lie
$25 Instead of 51a the month, and the i
pensions of those severity-live years!
old to be $36 Instead of $20 the month. \
A special. class of the sb; t y - five-yen r- |
old soldiers Is created, who are t" IjO
pepsiohed a: the ritte of $20 tile month:'
It is reported that the Senate commit-'
tee proposes to amend the bill "by com- j
bining a straight increase with a lim- '
liatlon based on ^eiigth of service," so!
that no increase will be given (n'those
who served only ninety days. The
greatest Increase possible under the |
bill as it is to be amended byj the Sen-!
ate will he only SI the month, insjond
of Sir,, as provided In life House bill,
by which plan it is estimated that hot
more than $S,006.i'0n will bi? added a it-;!
busily to the pension roll. There has
been no suggestion anywhere thai tlte
pension burden sba'.l be reduced by
eight million dollars, or by so much as
eight cent?; the only suggestion is- that
the Senate is willing to steal only
JSiOOO.OOO, while the House, which was
riffle:', "by direct- VQtc "f the p. opb-,"
has committed hsc'f to stealing neiirlj
tlx times as much, ami all in the name
cf patriotism!
v.'e dp not put much djopentieniiq in
thrs:e "tips from the White House."
these reports of "those who have talk"d
with Mi. Taft,'" these dtilly outgiving
of those who "know" what .Mr. Taft is
thinking about and Iras determined to
do. i'.ti; he vein l:nd in the "-M-ss.it:r>s'
arid Papers of Presidents." Voiunie Vlil,
wrote upon this subject in a very Hi it
hiinathifi way. We wish Mr. Taft
would read ids special and general
IJouses of that body, or three tithe.* tin
number that >,ad been passed at iinj
session of Congress since the year lSfj]
At that rime cohntry Was pnyin;
$70,000,000 the ytsr in pensions: it :
lion. His vetoes of ihr sprich?) p
bills generali}, hiigati in this f??
the reasons; for Iiis disapproval 6f Uo
measure, and when the "Dependent'!
Pension bill, a sort of omnibus affair,
which proposed to mice in **\cry
liody, came up. he rose to \\\<
v/'j;i hriTl t] j. iiioSShgt! oh p!agid
i?4f?. It til!-: ? !^!it pages, mid ho cjitiid'
easily read it in half an hour, and \,<
would find it mighty interesting read
Jng and a c ry Rood model, indeed, fi
,'tlio veto messa-vo whicji he is said 1;
have in view,
j The detin nf the tlbion nrmlcfl; win
feil in battle, would rise up, if ? ': ?
could; and prairie him for saving thei
from the scandal of t:? pr< ein roh
bory Mi tho Government, which is doer
in their mime' add In the imtito of the
cause for which they made the supreme
sacrlllcc. We hope h'o will do what
Grant would (hi )f lie were hero ahtl
had the power?what any honest sol?
dier, jealous of Ills country's good name,
would do, and chat Mr. Tuft should do
in the sacred name of irud patriotism.
Tin: City i:m;i.m:i:h-s okkicf.
The Lynch invoMiRnting committee
et" the ?.'oitiH ii Committee on Streets
presented yesterday as tlio rvmlt of
its labors a number of findings and
roeoniuie.iidntions, which; If pr?periy
he ted upon: will be of the greatest
value to the city.
'J'he most vital features of the re
pott ate: That the city Engineer : hall
be actual as well as titular head of
his otllce, with full authority over his j
subordinates; that the assistant en?
gineers shall bo inquired to give bond;
that Inspectors of public .works be em?
ployed by the month: thai .a chief clerk
be appointed, httvlVig toll char:-;*' of
the otllce ami ollice force; that ti now; j
and iiefchrate si^'vey and liitlp of the i
city he made.
TiH' result of the changes when j
adopted? -as they surely ought to he
itiid will be?will be to put the <;lli.."
Of the City Engineer ami matters ami
persons connected with it on a busi?
ness-like basis. Waste am: duplibatibh
Will thereby ?"o prevented Kfiirien- v
ami harmony will clttructerlze the ac?
tions Of the working force of this im?
portant municipal department; order
will lie substituted for chaos; there
will i>e . less dereliction to duty. The
recbntmciidatiotts lire thoroughly prav
tjesih
St roil v-. tvalie. cciisorvaiivbj the re
port of the silhcdmtiiittbe mrots the
situation'; and for their ctuclpht and :
; . roiifiii labors the iii vestigatbr.s de- ,
.-.???.?? inia h cohirnohuatibiii
san i k v n ' "isco \y1 % s.
By. a vote of 2.139 to ll, the ijousc J
of representatives ;it. W:is:l:Ihjatoh haft!
deeided in favor of S?in Kranci^rn hud j
against N'<\v Orleans as 'he site for
the exposition to be ?ive'h in 19Iii tu
erb'?.ration of the opening of the
Panama Canal. VY'b do not know what
the Senate v.-ill do aijojiit it. but iv is .
almost certain that the Semite will :
follow the example of tin- ifouse. It |
is reported that Sah Francisco won by
capturing the Republicans in the j
House, only thirty of whom \oie<! for;]
New Orleans. At: a stand-off against:!
I hose very sensible Republicans, this - '
ty-yi\ foolish Democrats voted for Shit .
Francisco.
The Californians do not-?yet- -ask \
for Government aid in any form, but
have only asked that I lie President be j
authorized to invite foreign nations to j
participate in tin* oxpoSlti m. New Or?
leans, on tie- other hand, asked that,
tlio Oovornment make an appropria?
tion of $1,006,000 for a Government ex- 1
iiiblt and tin- creation of n Govern- I
meat commission. This doubtless in- '.
jiilienced some of the members bf Con- |
gross to \ ote for San Francisco rather i
than for Now Orleans, but before the
enterprise is well tinder v.ay it is al?
most as certain as death thai Congress
will be asked to provide for a (Jov
ernnii nt exhibit at San Francisco.
\V( are very sorry that the Congress
has adopted San Francisco is the site 1
for tins exposition, becatt! it lies at
tlio very edge of the Cor? ment? the '
jumping off place?wherehf; Oie great
city 6"n the Gulf is by actual measure
ment nearer to tin' lsthmhs of l'anu- i
nui than any other port bii the At- |
iantic or Gulf Coast
Mr. \V. H Thotiipsbn, Pr< si debt of '
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, re-!
icehtiy appeared before the House Com?
mittee oh Liberal Arts niid Expositions
am! miule ;i most convincing speech inj
supp'brt of the New Orleans ? proposi
: lion lie, advanced argumenta whie'n j
I could not be successfully controverted ?
j A'inong other tilings; he claimed that I
??from a geographical standpoint the
s itnatlon of Ni vv Orleans is idetu: from
i tiie same standpoint the si'Uutioii of
j San Francisco is impossible In the
esstfhtlui coiisidertitioha of 1.nation!
i and ?relsttioh out own country and j
to i in- outside world New Orleans, of. :
all the cohsbieraiile cities of the I!itited
j. States, offers tiletll about the Im si site; '
Sitit Prallcisco lueont osi ably ttie v.or. t.'?
i'ioi'i the inbiii;.v point of the view
New ?rleiuis ..!su appears >.o liave the
1 >id\;.n':ifv. The Siitte of (^alli'oj'jiia has
ibbligated itself to produce the sain of
i $l";rjtio.0<.?0 for tin- purpose or holding
j the .-xp.K.ition in San Jj-'rani reo. The
State i.{ Houisiana lia$ plciiged itself
I to the e::teni ol iJlf'.OhO.CMul, if the e.\
(jpbsitieti ^lioiild ne held jihote. Coli
fortiiti has voted a tax wit ich will
I yield the sbin ol $10,000,00(1. tlpi bal
ah'be of this contribution to be made by
(Wlv^U; ! -subscription; Louisiana has j
voted a tax which will yield $^ljn?o;ii(ii)i
ihfi balance to bc niade by private sub
Kf?liVllort' of which rubre than ?l ,5?0,?tUi
m \: .? ? . i.- in its nearness to the Isth
nlaV. prbxliuh.n tb tbd rest OC tbe coun?
try; friendly iciations with r.ll tiie na
lloiiH of the r-arth and ample ability to
take can: ol the great! project, as New
Orleans hasi ?lready demonstrated its
ability in other expositions. with a
, port haying thirty-seven miles or
[river front, adequate, hotel acconYmpdai
I lions, twenty-eight separate and dis?
tinct lin
jleally i
rrt't i caH
liad a
even of
(:nr>K v ??
In si
K>:t?>aii
?j : ?. t i:-' 11'
fect til
?Z'Z,
net to
iltl
iai
claim uii
il Id lean tr
? in nr. ton.
fr- vor
of the
?dinnrlly v. up Id
In so Importal
the fiscal year ?
i;id() vessels of
ci.cnro'rl from New Orleans for foreign
I ports. During the. same period SCO
"vessels <?r StiS.D? 7 ih'I tonnage were
! cleared frejui Siin Fr?ucisc<>. Tim total
value <>f the Imports and exports of
'New Orleans during ''this period
amounted to $106,0SS,5S7, and the lo
, tnl Imports and exports or San Fran
| olsco amounted to $$0Mri51,-lC3. In re
| speet, therefore, of situation, of noar
I ness to the Panama (.'anal, bf business,
i and fropi every point it should have
I appeared to rational men that Now
Orleans was Inilnitcly superior to the
great Pacific port us a place for the
Canal exposition of IOlf>. The near
est of the foreign nations to San Fran?
cisco arc the Chinese und the Japan- ;
ose, and it is hardly to be expected, i
in the circumstances, that there coun?
tries will cure to participate in a great!
exposition to be held in the California I
town. Besides, if thb rep or IS* Hint
have been printed about tho hostile In?
tentions of the Japanese against the
United States have any truth lh them,
no country would care to make an ex?
hibit of its resources at a place Where !
the little yellow fellows over the sea .
might "shoot them up" at their will. j
There is no question about tho groat- j
hci;k of San Francisco, about (he opu- j
lencc or California, about the enter?
prise of the people of the Pacific j
Coast." but wo should as soon think of:
hold an exposition at Tampa to cole
brute the discovery of gold in Alaska, l
as to iiuld an exposition in San Kran
clsco to celebrate the opening of the |
Panama ("anal, pis tan be ought to In- !
lluenco in some degree at p ast, the f
settlement of such qucsllonh as this.
New Orleans has lost apparently at J
Washington. although New Orleans :
deserved to win.
'i'HI'l !??!?: A CUM Its i.Ml Tili: CANAU.]
The Methodist lii in isters of Olnein- j
tiali are boha v'ng badly?we mean the
Methodist ministers who belong to the
Northern Giiurvli. They have under?
taken, as the dispatches report, a
countrywidc movement against the j
ibrtllWatlbh of the Panama Canal, and!
it is said that "from pulpits In every j
State fortifications will bo attacked."
They hold tiiiat it would bo wrong ?
I
morally ami politically to have the
Canal stand as an invitation for war, \
and at t he meeting of the Ministers'
Association in Cincinnati on Tuesday j
action was taken which signified the
intention of this organization ''to
light President TafVs idea to the hts'i
ditch.'1 'ire particularly bright broth-j
er, lite Key. l.w. <;;. W. Dubois. pastor
of tiie Pi'ioe Hill Methodist Kpiscopa!
Church, showed that ho knew what he j
wits talking about when ho cited The;
llagiic agreement, which forbids the]
bombnrriment bf unfortified places, j
This, as he explained to his brethren, j
is "indicative- of the way in which na- !
Cons in the future will carry on wars
that may arise." He would have the
greut engineering work at the isthmus j
of Pant:tun stand forever as an invita?
tion of peace and not as a challenge
to war. but lie is convinced that If
"forliilcaiiotis are built there it will!
stand forever as n polite invitation to
'come knock the chip Off mir shoulders >
and see what will happen.' "
That is n remarkable vh w to be j
taken of the situation. Forts are gen?
erally built, of course, for the purpose
Of inviting attack, not b{ providing j
defense, and enemies that are prowling
around would natura 11 y seek fortified :
places as the most convenient points'
of invasion. That is one reason armies !
are created and mc??i are equipped with !
rifles and ammunition, because it ,
would he so much easier to get by I
them when tlicy are ainied than if
they were einpty-lianeipd;
We bop,- Mr. Taft will go on with !
Hie fotllilcatlori of the Canal. By
I
the time it is completed the United j
State will have expended upon Its!
enustrhcitieih probably not less than
three-quartern of a billion of dollars.
In tiie opinion r,| Admiral Uvans, tiie
best defense, of the Canal wbuid be
the Navy of the United States. In the j
opini(.n of Admiral bewey, the Canal !
should be for tili eel so that it may be j
well administered, so that the immense
vol'unlo of mtiney expended In its con- ,
sirnotion; and Hie interests of this
cbtinlry, religious as well as com?
f1 the Northern Methodist Ministers j
e,-f Cincinnati would take care of their j
own concerns and would fortify Hu m- I
solve.; against the designs of Satin, j
they we.uld be doing their full duty, j
They do not know anything about the
Canal, or the reasons for its fortifi?
cation, and we should prefer to folio-?
Mr. Tnfl here rather than the minis
ti rs of the goepei bf peace, w'lio are
how talking about "lighting President
Tafts idea to the last ditch."
??i t \ ich* \ i. music.
i Several of tiio larger cities in the
United Slates have tried the experi
.. ..;
; men! of free music for the people and
j have found it .1 mosi successful as well
j a - a moat popul?r enterprise, it Is. .;aid
[thai there are now about sixty cities
jwhich apprrjpriate annually money for
1 1 he maintenance of municipal music. An
enthusiastic adherent of this form of
municipal activity Bays that free music
' meets the Wishes of f"i per cent, tif
the people and the 10 per cent, who
can afford to go away in the summer
do pot care."
Boston appropriate.-- annually $.161
00(1 for its public concerts. The esti?
mated attendance upon those concerts
In P.o: ion is about von.ono each season.
Philadelphia gives each summer sea?
son $2f,,000 for band concerts for ^f our
tceri works. For this purpose Now
Yfirk give; $:,n,oijp, and Uoltimoro 3.?.0,
0.00.
DenVf-j' has been most prominent n
prtA'Idjng music lor tit,- .people 0r jjjat
I -? ' <;l' cent Niels with the mii'
1 nh'lpal bund M o,,. ,:.te n{ j^,-, for
to.., concert- rm Sunday alone, ashb
' " ?' :|;" dally concertR, the
ami lho street railway company, Hh?
i itcr paying one-third Ihc cost Tor lite
band of 413 men. -
A correspondent writes Ihut
"li can be said villi ubsululo con?
fidence I hut no money is spent in tlio
city ??( Denver giving more autlsfuc
tion and pleasure to the people of that
city than that spent by lite Dark De?
partment. The individual property
owners and heavy reel e ;to Interests
ot t ie idly are eonvinee?" after watch
ling the returns under the progressive
ad min 1st ration of the Mayor that
money .-pent for parks, playgrounds,
botjlevuvds, and music is vvell'lnvesteil.
I'beeuusc tlie returns 'oolite in Increased
values for tlie thousands who. while
they do not own their town homes, arc
given i he pleasure of enjoying the
? plehdid parks, playgrounds and music
of Denver."
Denver .Municipal Facts, the period?
ical published by the city of Denver.
Kttys that during the year 1910 the;
auditorium was visited h tUtj.oijO per- j
(Hons, hud of thai number -0::.S<>0 at?
tended tlie .free .Sunday concerts. Dur"- j
ihg this year there was but one arrest I
nut de at the auditorium; there were no
ambulance calls or calls for physicians j
with the exception of three occasions, j
The theory upon which thq cities'
providing municipal music proceed is
that the city ought to provide at i
?nable times some uplifting enter?
tainment for its people. In view of the
fact, tiiat so great a proportion of tlie
city population is unable to get away
tit .all in the summer for a rest, many
cities have concerts wholly in that
season.
The city fathers will be asked soon
to sot. aside $4,000 for the purpose of
providing next summer a series of |
twelve concerts in Richmond. Those j
who have the matter in charge will!
:tl the proper time present a number of
reasons for shell an appropriation, and ?
it is. hoped that tlie sum may he given '
for this purpose, ,f circumstances
permit.
ja mks ai.BKHT ii ak ill sox.
Ono of th< most learned scholars!
I
whom tills Commonwealth has seen in i
many years was .lames Albert Harri- j
son. emeritus professor of Teutonic ;
languages at the University of Vir- j
gill la, who died on Tuesday. For al
most forty years he served as a col- J
lego professor in Virginia?tirst at ?
Hahdolph- Mucon, then at Washing ton
and Dee. and for fifteen ;. ears at the j
University of Virginia.
Filling many posts of honor in tlie J
society of scholars in this country, Dr.
Harrison was not only a great lecturer
and teacher, but also a recognized au?
thority on the many subjects to which
he contributed his learning. in the
study of Anglo-Saxon he had few peers
in this or any other country; He was
a master philologist.
Perhaps the greatest service lie ren?
dered to tin; cause of American letters
? .and more especially to Southern
literature?was his superb edition of
tin works of Falgur Allah Poe. These
seventeen volumes greatly added to the J
fame of tlio melancholy genius and;I
widened the vista through which the |
literary world looks upon Poe. Dr. j
Ilarrjson did much toward revealing
the author of "The Haven" in his true |
lieht, illuminating the character of
the poet in a masterly biography.
Now that "the Ijffo so short" of j
this really great teacher has. ended, \
now that lie has left! the "craft .-o
Ion- to lerne'' and Mulshed ''in' assay
so hard," the fine epitaph of Chaucer 1
may be hp pi led fitly to Dr. Harrison, '
"tlladly wolde lie lerne and gladly
tcehe."
tiii: m:<;|{(> it ttiiaxs in
i f ,\.\ kssf.i'j.
A lull has beeil Introduced in the
Legislature by oulcers of tlie (Hand
Dodge of the Knights of Pythias of I
Tennessee against the negro Order of
thai mime. Wc do not know the terms
of the hill nor tire we acquainted with
'he merits of Hie case; but we are told
by the Chattanooga Times that the j
"Negro Knights of, Pythias lodges arc
clandestine j they have no authority I
from the constituted powers of the j
regular Order to either their title or]
any of the ritual they use except that i
part i hey have added for themselves, 1
.?.in! they are. therefore, in the atti?
tude of appropriating tlie properly!
rights of others, and to which they;
haven't the most remote color of title, j
to their oven iise, without the consent
of i he owners; in ordinary matters'
then who do this suffer tlie penalties i
of criminal laws."
Wo do not suppose that the negro \
PythlanSi so-called, have Had the least ',
intention of violating the law or
giving offence to the regular Order;
i>u I that they have been Influenced
only by a desire to make the best of
their opportunities, to provide for J
tin ii- own entertainment by means:
which have received so much favor
(sit ! liniid of their white neighbors,
; lb educate themselves in the mysteries
j of e, ret organizations even as their
I wi;be brethren After all. however, I
? they have only laid themselves open J
io the chargii imitation than which
liiere could he tib sincere!* (lattery of
the then whom they would copy in
: their association for purposes of
pleasure or benevolence. They have
! made the mi: take of following too
Ijbibseiy the example of their ncighbois
and of appropriating to their own use
any part of tie- ritual and name oi
tin; true Knights, and. without wait?
ing for legislative or Judicial action,
Die; should make till possible haste
to relieve themselves of Hie charges
that have been brought against them
We ha vi ip .-er understood why the
negro old hol do something, orig?
inate mitcthiiig, on his own account;
whj lie should be eternally l.-gging
rip to ihc lia-biD of bis white neigh?
bors. II, hits' his own Orders of Ihc
Sons and Daughters of I Will Aviso
oi . Hoiii ami Daughters of F.lljiih,
nib] he i. observed, probably, that
? ? been no dlspottH'oii on the
i He neighbors to iml
L hi In orcanlzlnor similar so
I clotibs, or societies with the same ?ort
of immcs. The negroes huve tried to bo
.Masons because there uro Masons
among t he white people; They or?
ganized mi order of Klkj been use the
\ whites ha\e aM Order of Lilies. There
are rImo t)\vls and Hftgl?s among tho
whites ? why uro there not ItoOstcrs
and Babbits among tho negroes? They
Matter tho whites by lheir imitation,
but they cause hurl feeling by it. and
noy thai they have I.u free for
nearly half a century they should do
something for iheinselvos thai is orig?
inal. It may be thai the I'vthians of
Tennessee are a little touchy about
the negro Pythlans. and it is not un?
likely that sumo remedy will ire found
for the trouble of which they com?
plain; but we are sure that the
negroes have not meant any harm.
Kit K Ali. LAWS.
The Green Hag points out some very
Interest lug cases of eccentric laws:
In Lucerne a law forbids women to
wear bats of more than eighteen
iie lies in diameter or to wear foreign
feathers and artificial flower:'.
To wear ribbons of silk and gauze,
a Lucerne woman must gel a license,
which costs eighty cents the year.
Norway has a recent law thut before
a woman can gel married she must
present a certificate showing that she
can cook, knit, sew and ombroidor. ? j
Germany has a practical method of]
dealing with men who ill-treat their
wives! Instead of sending them to Jail I
for a continuous period, as we do in
the United .States, and thus depriving: :
the family of the man's wages for ;
that time, the German offender |s ?r- |
rested on Saturday as he leaves his
work and held in prison until time to
ieaye for work" on Monday. This plan j
Is foil owed until he has served the
number of days of his sentence. Ills!
money is turned over to iiia wife.
In Belgium they place it premium on
marriage by allowing a married man
two voter; ?t an election and a bach?
elor <>nly one. in Madagascar a man
is line] if he is not a father.
In Austria a heavy tine is Imposed I
upon any actor win, wears a military
or ecclesiastical costume on the stage.
Hi Germany such costumes may be
worn, but the wearers will get in
trouble unless the costumes are correct
in every detail.
OUII Si i.\ Kit AM) GOLD.
Six Southern States In 1901? produced
nearly $3,00(),00b in the mining, of pre?
cious metals. This Is tho estimate of
the Geological Survey: Not many peo?
ple stop to think thitt ri good deal of
gold and silver and much copper is
furnished annually by the mines of the
South.
Virginia, in ):>?>:>. furnished $3,700 inj
gold. $:.'.rod in sliver, $29;iil in copper.
Alabama yielded SHn.i'av In gold and but
?i 10 in silver. North Carolina had an
ou'. it of $10.2 30 in gold, $2:.!? in silver,
and ?::MSi; In tioppef. Georgia boasts
of $?0,?)20 in gold and $105 in s'lvef.
South C.'.rolina produced $11.:??,:'. In gold
and $.'.! in silver, a most astonishing
fact, for wc did not know there was
that much money In the whole State.
Tentiissiie yielded $4.1 is in gold, $29,
971 in silver, $2,-i9G,SS5 in copper, and
$R4i376 in -/.inc.
There i?; comfort in knowing that
there is more where this was obtained]
W'e.rlrow Wilson spoke to the Kan?
sas Society in New York last week
and defined for its members some of
the political terms which have lately
come into general use For example,
lie explained that a radical meant one
who is said to go loo far. A conser?
vative i.; one who doesn't Ko j;ir
enough, and a reactionary is one who
doesn't gi> at all. He : topped there;
that Is to say. he did not describe tho
progressive, t but this omission hits boon
? up! lied by William Harnes, in the
Albany Journal, who says that "a pro?
gressive is one who goes off at a tan?
gent."
There is talk of the Greater Char?
lotte Club asking Mr. Taft to stop in
that, town for an hour or so on Iiis
way to Atlanta in March. We should
like lo .see him sidestep tho "Declara?
tion"*'again as lie sidestepped it in
j900. That was really the neatest bit
of work he e\er did. and ' they haven't
quit talking about it to this day."
We think far more, of Olga Netho.r
SOJc than we ever thought before, but
we would think still more of her if
she had not weakened at the last and
sent her dog to the trash room instead
of staying by it all the time. Thai is
whore the great actress lost her cue.
Tho Greensboro Record lays that the
hotels in Charlotte have been warned
to have a room ready for the dog If
they care to entertain the dog's mis?
tress, but there ought to ho. some old*
fashlonod homo in that town in which
the dog would (lud a cordial welcome.
in the course of a wholly personal
letter, a distinguished member of the
Montgomery, Alabama, bur. writes:
"We have a now Governor here, and
a now Legislature in session, which
Is going to undo the prohibition laws."
There is little doubt about that.
Prohibition in Alabama has been a
ridiculous failure
The amount
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! I coins or stamps valued and no dealers' names \flll be given.
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Conntal Temperature.
How ilo the coasts compare in tem?
perature, etc., with the Interior?
M. F.
Oil ih.irta the mean annual tempera?
ture Is represented by Isothermal lines,
or those Connecting points o? the saino
degree of heat. These lines vary some?
what from year to year, but in general
? not cross North America in an cast
and West course, but are deflected
southward in passing from the Atlan?
tic const toward the interior, and bond
.strongly to the north as the Pacific is
approached, reaching the- western coast
many degrees of latitude nearer the
pole than in the Hast. The isotherm
of SO degrees, near the limit of agri?
culture, passes from Labrador south
westward across the lower end of Hud?
son Day, turning sharply northward in
the Wist, and rising to the coast re?
gion of Alaska. The isotherm of
degree: starts at Long island, descend;*
gradually two-thirds of tlie way across
the confluent, then bends sharply south
almost to Mexico, and toward the Pa
cliic turns abruptly northward to near
tlie Canadian border. Tlie Isotherm o!
7" degrees crosses the middle of Flor?
ida peninsula, touching a corner of
Texas, and turns north to the Mexican
line near the western coast. Of rain
tall, the Atlantic and Gulf coast from
Nova Scbtla to Texas has fifty to sixty
Inches: the Luke region, forty Inches,
and the line of twenty Inches passes
SOUthWcst from Labrador to the mid?
dle of the continent, then southward
to tin.- nio Grande. Both the South?
western United .States and Northwest?
ern Canada have regions of ten Inches
or less. In the pneiile region the va?
riation is great, ranging front twenty
Inches or less on the coast near the
Mexican holder to ilo inches In British
Columbia and 150 near the Alaskan
boundary.
>itiSleaI Jubilee.
When v. a- the great musical jubilee
held in Uoston, Mass., after the close
oi Ho Civil War. and how many par?
ticipated? V, A.
Tin international p";ifi> jubiloo was
hehi in that city June 17 to .Inly I.
LS72. There was u chorus of about
20;000, an orchestra of 1,000, with mili?
tary bands and performers of different
nations. A day was allotted to each
rial ion.
Iluninuiturlun.
Why is it that so many writers and
speakers use "humanitarian" when, re?
ferring to acts of charity or philan?
thropy? The only definition J can lind
Is "one who does not believe In the
divinity of Christ." C. I?.
The word has a recent secondary
meaning of benevolence or philan?
thropy, according to Webster
Test for 'Milk.
What is the formaldehyde test for
ihilk? Decide it. M.
THe milk is diluted with an equal
volume of water, and sulphuric ;t< nl
containing a trace of ferric chlorid?]
is added, so that it forms a layer bcr
low th" milk. Under those conditions
milk in the absence of formaldehyde
RlveS n slight greenish tinge :it tlie
juncture of the two liquids, while a
violet ring forms a half minute alter
mixing, sometimes not. so quickly;
therefore, tlio tosst tubes are allowed
lb stand a few minutes. Tlio test Is
made with ample light, lest the brown
ring which sometimes forms as a re?
sult of the carincllzution of the sugar
in the milk will be mistaken for the
violet ring of formaldehyde.
I.inly ."tin.vor.
Has any woman ever held the nfllco
Of "lady Mayor" of any place in Eng?
land? W. U.
Mr.?. Garrott Anderson. M. On a sls
ter of Mlllleent Fawoctt, the well
Known English suffragist leader, wan
Elected Mayor of Adelburg (Suffolk) in
100S. and was atinounced in the papers
of that country as "England's first
lady Mayor."
A Million.
What is a billion? Q.
In the United States it is a thousand
millions; in Germany, a million mil?
lions; the sumo in England, while In
France, It is as in the United States, a
thousand millions.
VVooNey.
Of what noted university or colics*
was Theodore Wooisey the head <ir
president, and during what years?
Hi T.
Vale College. Was president from
1S40 to 1871.
Mncadamlzcd Itondn.
When and whero were macadamized
roads first laid down? 1'. E.
Tlie first was laid as an experi?
ment in Ayrshire, Scotland, by John
Macadam, the Inventor, in 1816.
A'oi'cl
Why is a ship called "she" or "her"?
V. o.
No one has yet discovered why a
vessel bearing a. masculine name, mich
as General Orlaridb M. Hoe, should be
called*'she or her.
I.liuerle*; Knee*.
In what y,onk can I find an old-time
Irish .-one entitled "Limerick Races"?
R; F.
It is publisher! in Do Witt's "Forget
Me Not Songster" (Irish volume).
Two Deaths.
Did President McKinley and Queen
Victoria die the same year? N. D.
Moth It 1901?Victoria. January 21.
ami McKinley. September 14.
Pnpr rri
What dally papers are published in
Carrollton. Mo? K A.
The Democrat find the Republican
Record.
AUSTRIAN EMPEROR
' CAUTIONS DON JAIME
MY 1. V MAItQI ISi: OK KONTKXOV.
DON J AI Ml'] was summoned to
Vienna the other day by Em
peror Francis Joseph, and la a
private audience at the palace,
of Sehochbrunn was Riven to under
! stand, with ?11 'he directness of lan?
guage of which the venerable mon?
arch is capable, that he would not
tolerate his remaining in Austria, and
woud not permit him to continue to
reside at Iiis beautiful home or Frosh
dorf, if he Inaugurated any active in?
surrection against Alfonso in Spain.
Should the ICmpcrbr bar Don .Inline
from Austrian territory, it Is on the
cards that hi.; engagement to Prin?
cess Zita of Palina-Bourbon would be
broken oft. It may be remembered that |
Don .laimc recently resigned his coni
missibn in the Russian army in order
t<> be free to devote himself to the
promotion ot his pretensions to the
throne of Spain. I
1 have mentioned that Admiral Sir
I !>d worth Ijambton Is the principal
legatee of the late Lady Meux, huv
Ing Inherited under her will her his?
toric at.d beautiful country seal of
Theobald's park, her town house tit
II park Line, a house on the sea from
at Brighton and a most plcturcque
old chateau known as Suey-en-Brie,
some twenty miles from Paris, along'
with Slice'i House, at Bast Sheen and
.i fortune in stocks and bonds rep?
resenting an Incline of considerably
user $10J,000 a year. Hut it has not
been explained that there is a con?
dition attached to this bequest, namely,
that Sir lied worth should abandon ids
name <>f Lajnbton, and his armorial
beailngs, ami adopt in lieu thereof,
the name and aims id' Meux.
This Is no small sacrifice for a man
whose family name can bo traced back
in an unbroken male lino to the twelfth
century, since which time Lamhton j
? 'ast!'-. in Durham, has always been in
the possession of the Ltimbtons. More?
over, ,t was as Medworth Lambtbn thai
he won so much fame ami distinction
in connection with the gallant and stub
horn defense of Ladysmlth during the
ias! South Afrit an War. The name
and the arms of the Lambtons uro his?
toric, not to say Illustrious, whereas
those of the Metises are identilled with
nothing more than a relatively mod?
ern brand of ale. Sir Ifbdwortli, who
was ;n the act of negotiating for a
soieiy needed loan of $2u,i)00 or $30.
000 when he Was apprised of the tenor
of Lady Meux's will, loses everything
unless be consents to be known from
henceforth as Admiral Sir Medworth
Meux, and in the event of his refusal
to defer to the wishes of the testatrix,
the entire bequest would go to his
young stepdaughter. Ethel Cadogan,
daughter of his wife, by her former
marriage to the late Lord Chelsea.
As it is. Fi hol Cadogan gets all Lady
Meux's magnificent furs, certain of her
pearls, valued at $2(1,00 I, ami the use
of Temple Hotise and gronnds/un the I
Theobald Park estate, for her life.
Another extraordinary bequest of
Lady Meux, - Is that of a wondorfill
collection of Abyssinian manuscripts to
Urn peror Mencllk of Abyssinia, who.
notwithstanding his frequently report?
ed d'ato, still IIgtires as ruler of Abys?
sinia, in the Alrnunneh de Gotha, and
other standard works of reference for
the year 1911. At the lime of the
storming of the Abyssinian stronghold
of Magdala, by Lord Napjor and Iiis
British army in lSikS, the capture of
which was signalized by the suicide
of Emperor Theodore, wonderful quan?
tities of ancient manuscripts were I
found and Included in the loot. The]
late Sir Henry Meux's father acquired j
them for a mere song, ami they have J
ever since remained In the possession
of the Mouxes. although both Emperor,
.lohn and llrnperor Mencllk have on
several occasions sent emissaries to
negotiate with the ?leuxes for their
rccovo ry.
Lady Meux has now given directions
for their restoration to Emperor Alene
llk, und it must be a sourer; of oon
sldoralble regret to tho scientific world,
which either ignored or bad forgot I en
their .whereabouts, thai they should
now l>e sent back to Abyssinia, with?
out having boon carefully examined and
photographed. For, as shown by tho
anxiety winch the Emperors of Abys?
sinia manifested to recover possession
thereof, they are of grout vnluo, deal?
ing with the earliest ages of the his?
tory of Kthlopki, j,nd bearing probably
upon the claims of the Hmpcrors of
Abyssinia to be descended from thu
Jewish King Sol onion and the Bib?
lical Queen of Shoba.
iS 111] another hpquest of Lady Metix
is that of alL Her wonderful e Oll te?
il on of relics of Nelson, including hi i
sword, to Admiral Lord Charles Be res
ford, while Lady Charles gets tlie Jew?
els of his1 fair friend and egerin. Emma
.Lady IIain 11 ton, including a beautiful
. diamond hock I ace, which lie presented
to her not long after Iiis great vicidi y
i of the Nile.
I Lord Gort is so frequent a visitor
to the United States?he was over here
again shortly before Christmas- -that
there arc many who will be interctted
to learn oi his engagement to his
? ousiri, Miss, Oorinne Vereker, only
i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M.
Verekcr, und -.vho was a conspicuous
figure at the parties civen last summer
ftn< the summer before that, during
the Cowes week, hy Lord Gort and bin
mother, at Last Cowes Castle, a land
I mark on the Isle of Wight, and famil?
iar to every American tia%*eler who ar?
rives in Li trope via the Solent and
Southampton.
v.-1 eker is the patronymic of young
JyOrd Cort, and the Verekcr family was
founded by one of those Flemish gen?
tlemen of liitth who took service under
Charles I. against Cromwell, who re?
mained in attendance upon Iiis son
I Charles II, during the lattet's e>:llc In
Holland, and who on the restoration
j received grants of land in Ireland from
that monarch, in recognition of their
devotion to his cause, and to that of
his father.
? in the distaff side, both Miss Verrker
and lier fiance, Lord Gort are. descended
from Msurico. Lord of f'rendergast, in
Pembrokeshire. He was one of the
principal Norman knights associated
wltli St ronghow. Earl of Warwick; In
the invasion of Ireland, and eventually
became more Irish than the Irish, giv?
ing up Iiis castle of Prendergast, in
Walen, to the Knights of St. John of
; Jerusalem, and contenting himself with
his estates in the Emerald Isle. His son
i was one of the .signatories of Magna
1 Charta, and his grandson, Gerald do
1 Prendergast, founded the Abbey of
i Eriniscorfhy. The Prondergasts were
[despoiled of their estates by Oliver
Cromwell, on the occasion of his in
I vasloi, of Ireland, and the male line
became extinct through the deatli of
Sir Thomas Prendergast, Postmaster
General of Ireland, in the eighteenth
century. He was succeeded by his
sist'er's eldest son, John, who became
first Viscount, dort, and dying child?
less; was followed in Iiis honors and
estates by tire son of bis own sister,
who had married Thomas Vereker.
Emeperor "Matsu-IIito's special em?
bassy at the coronation of King George
j and Queen Mary next summer, Is cer?
tain to excite a good deal of interest,
by reason of its composition. For,
While the nnibassador-in-rhief will he
the Mikado's cousin, Prince Higashl
llushlml, who visited tlie court of St.
I James some three years ago, returning^
I home via tin: United States.
Tlie .la pa use navy will be represented
i by Admiral Togo, the victorious com
inander of t lie great naval battle of
l Tsushima, in 1005, ami the Japanese
army will he represented by Marshal
Oyama, who coiwhanded-in-chief the
equally victorious Japanese forces in
Manchuria, in the war between Russia
and Japan, These two men share with
Lord Kitchener the distinction of being
the only throe great commanders still
in active service, who hnve had supreme
direction of victorious forces In Im?
portant wars, which they have brought
to a brilliant conclusion. Of course
Lord Roberts and Lord Wolseley are
I still theoretically on the active list of
I the British, army, as are all other Brit?
ish bold marshals; but they have vir?
tually retired from the service, by
reason of acre and infirmity.
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