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DAILY?WEEKLY?SUNDAY. JBuilccts O.'nce.(IS E. Main Etreot South Klohmood.1PS0 Hull Street (Yetereburg Bureau....109 N. Sycamore Etreet lO'nohburi; Bureau..;...115 Eighth Street BY MAIL Ooe 8tx Three One POSTAGE PAID Year. Mo?. Mo?. Mo. X>ally with Sunday.IJ.CO JS.M Jvl.iiO M Dally without Sunday.4.09 100 1.00 .? Sucday edition only. 2.00 1.00 .to .ti Weeily iWednjaJay).1.00 .60 .? .? By Times-Dispatch Carrier Delivery 6er tvfet ta Richmond isr.j tuburba) and Peten 'tur?> One Week. Dally With Sur.day.15 cent? ?Bally without Sunday.10 c-enle Sunday boly. C c*.v.? Entered January rr. 1K4. at Hlchrnona, Va. ci rerond-claai matter under act of Con irres* of March J, 1S7H MONDAY, APRIL 24. l?U. INVESTIGATION AMI THE PRESI? DENCY. Investigation Is tho o-dcr of tho day f.t Washington, and It is. u very good tr.ing L there really he some serious Clio honest purpose behind it. Mitch cock and Wickershain and till the rest of the Administration outfit, not ex? cusing the President himself, are to he subject en to the searchlight of pub? licity. According to Congressman Asli 4<rook, of the Seventeenth Ohio Dis? trict. Hitchcock has been guilty, or tt least he is suspected of having been entity, of ''deficiencies, delinquencies und abuses;" Wickershain is charged . with having some business outside of ?bis Cabinet portfolio; there Is some ?,thlng wrong with the Interior Depart- j mcnt and the Cunningham claims up In Alaska, >n the opinion of LnFollcttc, who is tr>ing desperately hard to prove that ho Is built of Presidential .timber, and the President hns been j tailed to account for the resignation of David Jayne 11111 as United States ; Ambassador to Berlin. A clean breast v ill have to be made of the mobilisa? tion of the United States troops oil tho Mexican frontier, and before tho business is finished It is expected that it will b? proved so that even a way? faring man will be convinced that the only safety of tho country Is In the return of the Democratic party to power. A cloud, no larger at present than a man's hnnd, is coming up In tho ;Nebraskan sky. The nows combs that Tt'oodrow Wilson is going to pay Wil? liam Jennings Bryan a visit, sind there is the losing of the Presidential elec? tion In this. Here we have all been (Working day and night with the hope that in the New Jersey schoolmaster e man had been found who was big enough for the job and who would tret 1t if he would "toto his own skillot," its they say down In Georgia; but we lire perfectly frank In saying thnt if 5*Ir. Bryan is to name the next Demo? cratic candidate for President wo jnhonlfi rather have .dr. Urynn than nnybody Mr. Bryan can mime for the place. Besides, there is Harmon, of Ohio, and Ohio is ajmosl as necessary to Democratic, success ns .\"e?- Jersey. 3lnrmon curried Ohio last November by more than a hundred thousand ma? jority. Ohio has twenty-three elec? toral votes; New Jersey has twelve. The point we would make is that if 'Mr. Bryan shall be permitted to dic? tate who the nominee shall he, wo In ?ist that he shall take tho nomina? tion himself. THE SITUATION IN MEXICO! It is all very confusing. Nothing will satisfy Madtro, the InSurrccto Chief, but the itrimejrjlaie resignation cf Diaz, and he will fight it out on final lin.o t.ill'. th^ lrifct day in the morn? ing. The InKurroetos have l.e.en cir curo vaUatlhg Juarez, and if the Fed? erals do not throw tip the sponge by I, o'clock in the afternoon, almost any afternoon, they will turn themselves loose up'-n lhi} doomed city] An armis? tice was declared yesterday, or it 'ftiosn't rn*?ttvr when, and It Is broken jo-day.. Diaz in about to escape with nil hit. Impedimenta; hut the next that comes from the Smith, or vi r Mexico !}s, rjfihgs the tidings Din-,- v.i.l stay put as long as remains tint brick upon another Aerial prw i - ri't; trailer", cities ) >tve been opeii r*nd millions oi ?i'-ai has be -n . and other Ir.dt mux the poiiiii t uited the arribi u.nti With .Ik rtiils country; .-, ouen to. in. port! boob; ert.-,hllhhti5 fthry hnv >en?fit. ifii . la red. jiocted Mjilcubi ties hnve been email, and as the chief source of tho suppllos for tho Insur rectos seems to have been out off nt the border, tho Insurrectos have found that they can't fleht tiny niorowithout getting- hurt; and that would never do. ] . ? - NOTHING DUT A BEIITII. In discussing tho Cunningham case, tho Norfolk Virginia-Pilot says edito? rially: Tho whole mattor, however, while local to Richmond In one sense, pos? sesses peculiar Interest for the public j of Norfolk and other communities In various parts of the State, In that it directs attention to the uselOBSliess of an office which on act of the Assembly of IPOS, while aimed directly at Nor ' folk, makes mandatory upon all Vir- j i glnla cities having over a certain spec- , I Hied population. In Norfolk, as In Rich- j I mond and elsewhere In the State, thej J chief purpose and the principal effect . j of the office of City Collector is to fur- i j nish a fat berth for some one who] combines good fellowship with ability j I to speak the ''language of the tribe" in all its diverse and various dialect?. j As our contemporary Insist?. In Nor-j folk. Richmond and other cities, the' duties of this office run be easily and j competently performed by a clerk in the olllcc of the City Treasurer, without j damage of any sort and with a consid- j era 111 u saving of money to the people. The next General Assembly will surely repeal the statute of I90S, making the establishment of this office obligatory. The cities should be relieved of the useless and superfluous burden entailed in carrying this officer. Besides, as the. Virginian-Pilot says, the olllcc is ? a berth, not a necessity. THE POLLARD LECTl'llES. .lohn Garland Pollard will on May .V begin a course of five lectures at the Richmond College Law School. The course will embrace selectee sections from ;ho Code of Virginia, which was [compiled by Mr. Pollard, He will lec? ture on these sections, and ut the end of each period will hand to each stu- *. dent written questions, answers to which will be prepared by students j In writing and delivered to the lec? turer at the next meeting of the class. That Is to say, written problems will be given, the solution to be found In j the statutes of Virginia. To the stu- i dent who produces the best solutions ! will be given by Mr. Pollnrd a copy of tho Code of Virginia of 1304 and tho ; Supplement of 1010. This course Is expected to be of ex- i tretne practical Importance to tho . graduating class at the Law School. | Tho regular Instructors In the school must necessarily cover a considerable amount of general law, and, therefore. ; do not have the time to drill the stu? dents any too much in the every day | application of a rule in accordance j with changes which may have been brought about by the Virginia statutes. Mr. Pollard will meet this dlltlculty, und tho whole college Is extremely gratefu". to him for this work, and fur this assistance to his embryo brethren In the legal profession. WAX A MEIIJ5 ?'IIV-PrtOIH,TT." Dr. Dudley A. Snrgent. head of the 1 department of physical culture at Har? vard University, and director of tho Sargent Gymnasium for Women, at Cambridge, has sprung his old theory that "woman being biologically more of a barbarian than man, she has a greater proportion of physical endur? ance-." that "she accumulates energy, while men expend it;" that "she is a lower type of organism, but when it I cnine.s to a case of withstanding cold. 1 or hunger, or thirst, or any physical privation of this sort, a woman can, outlast a man in nine cases out of ion.'' j and. finally, that "women have been developing their muscles, while men have been developing their brains", Kor example, there is the case of Dr. Dudley .\. Sargent: If he bad been a, woman he would have had far more' muscle and far less brains, which i might not have boon an altogether! had thing. The Sargent view Is shnrel by Pro- j fcssoV John M. Tyler, of Amtierst Col- I lege, who told the American Physical j Education Association. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, that "women are, and constitutionally ought to he, utrongcr than men. Man la I he weaker vessel " We are Inclined to agree with the lat? ter sentiment, for the reason that there I- ho mail alive that, some woman or ' '' ? r lias not iwisted'or could not twist atounil her fingern, so impossible Is It I fei evrii 'ne m longest of our sex toil ithis I, I ii nd Mh n\f; n t s of the other | erowd, ?bst I, hav< made monkeys of i I 1... ... I I . 1- I ? ,'i Hi : 1 ? mi lo-' i'.i' ii lords of creation from i tin ! f-ifiniiiiiK "f tl la scheme of things; | Dr. Glasgow, a tilftitigulsiied woman, physician -if Ney Vork. j-dim these! !.?>.?? do. iois in their view of the rel- J at'.vf strr.n^th ??! the r'-\>-:t. ' Woman's ? tiat heritage of strjerigiti as a sex,"; j the a; . , "is. ftir beyond man's. Ahy I dijj-tot knows that a hgjhy girl Is much toon; likely to live that, a baby boy. bori Ail through life womap'n ! '?' ?' '?'s ? 'in-!!.'' is greater than : rtl .- and ?.l over the wor.'l statistics 'r.-i ?: women lives hinget than iniiti 'J l.f* is Hlmnl} li?r.iilg<s nature |;i i ? lliolngy toils ;j, that lo: a long lb 11 ' ?? v. i*. only one aer. Iho female ,. wfc., !, riiort by-product. The rha "if ld?r la Innlgnincaht in compar li'.-n ??itn ijie, lerntle." Dr. Glasgow f-.-ti <r i '.; liili .- that "woman f'<r m*ny I cent-ii'.ea haj beti) -he victim* of rnar.'.t i.ikeri ideal of her. If* Hke?l to , think of iu-i -I-, sin'rl helptees and [jtiKipi: ii, ijv.ed to hot sittIiis jdemurel} i tb? fite, nf.'i ?buddere? i t Iii? !r, i,' < i r,w it. ih' open air [Moreover, lie i i:ed to rlothc h'ir in llgl nna Mir? I v. '-' rrr.enth " tsh questions of other women, hut out In tho upon, ploughing tho fields for the crops, picking cotton, digging ditches, building fences, driving mules, milking cows, scratching for a living for the "by-product," who has been fooled for centuries that he was to bo tho bread-wlnuer and to keep the gar don In tho sweat of his face. If sho Is really the stronger of the two sorts of humanity, It Is her business to take care of the weaker sex, just as tho fe? male spider loo"ks after nil Hie affairs In her domestic establishment. The course In biology In all our schools should be extended so that woman shall' come Into hor own rightful place In tho human economy. There are thous? ands of men all over this country and the world who have found out long since, and without the aid of Sargent and Tyler and Glasgow, that they could safely dopend upon tho women to keep tliein going without doing any? thing for themselves. PIIIXTIXU TUB rilAYKIlS. The House of Representatives at Washington, as likewise the Sonate, Is opened every day with prayer, a min? ister, known as a chaplain, being se? lected for this very Important ser? vice. Speaking in a common way, we should say no bod.les stand so dosper ately in need of the effectual fervent prayers of righteous men than the Senate and House of tho United States. We agree with the Washington Posl that "this reformation of the Congres? sional Record Is perhaps the most mer? itorious of any in the polyglot plan of tinvestigation sot on foot by the thunder-makers on tho hill." This reformation, we are glad to say, pro? vides; for the printing In the Record, with each day's proceedings, the prayer j made by-the Chaplain. Speaker Clark, has committed himself upon this point, j and hereafter H Is hoped that the ' Chaplain's prayer will appear each day. "No words spoken In the House." says the Post, "could bo more Ultimi- 1 na ting and helpful to the body enlisted 1 in the cause of great reform, and to the country as well, than the words uttered by ihc blind Chaplain." The prayer invariably covers a petition for the need? of the hour, and there ought to be room enough in the Record ror these appeals to the Higher Power for divine assistance In times of great dis? tress. The Record is packed from day to day with speeches that were never delivered, and we are told that the prayers which have actually been ut? tered have been omitted to make room for addresses that have not been spoken. TUB REST FIREMEN. There are many brajiches of muni? cipal activity In which cities abroad maintain superiority over those of tbo Unitod States, but when it comes to I lire service this nation easily leads j the world. Tho American fireman Is still In a class by himself, and there1 "is none who can rival Kim In efliclcncy. Germany conies next to this country, but even there tho fire service is not! up to the standard prevailing on this j side of the pond. A Hamburg fireman, who Is an ex? pert on fire service, has lately re? turned from a visit to the United States full of unstinted admiration for the splendid way in which our fire companies respond to alarms. He says that the American flrcme.n are ready for action much more promptly than -.hose In Germany, because the Indi? vidual units subordinate everything else to the point of leaving quarters at the earliest possible Instant. To do this the American Aromen at night slide down the pole half dressed, fin? ishing their toilet en route. The European fireman, trained In tho mili? tary fashion, Is Inclined to stay away from the pole, adjust his garments and walk down stairs. The Importance of a quick start is realized by firemen who know that "the first five minutes of a fire nre t he decisive ones." If the Hamburg fireman had only come to Richmond and watched tho flic laddies here shoot from their beds to a fire like a pro? jectile from a Krupp gun. he would have been still more 'Impressed with tho rapidity of American fire service. NO AXKI.ETS IN IIAI.TI3IORR. it was reported by the Baltimore Sunpapor yeslt rday that the social leaders who foregather at the Belve? dere Tea Room those beautiful Spring days have determined that they win hot follow the example of Mr.s. Harold F. McOorriilck, of Chicago', In wearing filigree gold anklets with bangles. Tho Chorus of opposition to thin new de? parture in feminine adornment Is suid to bo steady and pronounced, and It Is also reported that oven out In Chicago the women do not look with favor upon the anklet, ''because they say that It would only attract attontion to the feet," it being well known thut the foot of the native Chicago woman is larger than llio foot of any otrfer ?.vornan In any civilized country. In Baltimore It might be different. There, as we are assured by the Sunpapor, which Is siipposed to have obtained its Information on the subject by long anil careful observation, that tho "ank? lets thai mlglii be brought to Balti? more would httve to be of extraordi? narily nmall size and of tho finest texture that they might 111 tho deli? cately curved lines thai have been given to the Baltimore women by a long line of ancestors who have trip? ped the measures of the minuet In the. tillken slippers of 1 770." Several days ago one of the Har? vard prnfoBaorn by the mime of h.'ar Kfnt announced tiie proposition, which v/c rnjected with scorn an,i Indigna? tion, that the women of this country v/cre mote savngo than tho inen, lind ?,ve are delighted Ui have our view con? firmed by i be reported action of the social leaders' ol Baltimore, who have rejected tho anklot style ?t decora tlou. It would scorn, howovor, that tho nnklot should go with tho harem skirt, being regarded, we bollove, In tho seraglios of. tho East as a noc ossary feature of female dress. If the harem skirt, why not tho anklet? If tho nnklot. why not the noso ploco, and if the noso piece, why not tho beautiful baubles which many of Hie duskiest of royal dames In Africa wear in their earn7 We do not think tho anklot will go In this part of the country, but women uro vory much like sheep, and, 1? "Sasslaty" decree, even Hie fairest of our own oxqulslloly beautlful and beloved ones may go with the crowd, nnd we vonturo to say if they do their anklet.-, will look fnr better loan the anklets worn by any other women In the world. SUCCEEDING IN IIIIt.MlNGlIAM. "Tho results of one week of com? mission rule In Birmingham are such as to warrant the assumption that tho fondest hopes of the advocates of the nower system'will be realized." That is what the Birmingham News thinks about It, and tho News Is not only In a position to know, but hns export facilities for weighing nnd as? certaining conditions in tho Alabama metropolis. During the first week- of commission rubj "numorous abuses" have been stopped and "gratifying economics" begun. It has been amply demon? strated by the commissioners that "tho affairs of the city are to be adminis? tered with an eye single to tho wel? fare of the people." No foolish Or unnecessary expenditure of the public money Is to be made. Kvcry effort Is to bo put forth to keep expenditures well within tho Income of the city. One of tho most striking develop? ments of this first week of the new form of city rule camo when It was' shown that with tho adoption of tho commission form of government con? fidence in tho community was rostored in tho financial world. By reason of J Us extravnganl expenditures. Birming? ham hud reached a point where It was j with great difficulty that the city was able to borrow money, and when a I loan was negotiated Interest at the | rate of six per cent, had to be paid i on It. As soon as these extravagances ' ceased under the commission form of government, the entire situation ; changed, and money could bo had \ plentifully at five per cent., a lowering of one per cent. In ono week In the r-'.te of interest. The eyas of the nation are' on Bir? mingham. It is the lnrgcst city that has evor tried th/; commission form : of government, and if It shall succeed ; In the Alabama city, the new form of J municipal rule will bo nil op tied with \ tremendous swiftness in other cities i of like and larger slzo. NO OHA IT. The Milwaukee Journal has lalely publlshed in its columns an extensive' review of the llrst year of the Socialist administration of thlit city. It con- j eludes that? "Tho thing on which the Socialists ! have asserted that they place the least stress Is tho Illing that they can point : tu with the greatest pride und satis- ? faction. They have hot given an ad-' ministration marked in any particular degree for superior efficiency, but they j have given the. city an honest admin-' IstratJon. There has been no suspicion of graft attaching to their operation." Surely that Is an excellent tribute to the Socialist government. Few, In? deed, are tho cities In this country free from the suspicion of graft some? where In their administration. Hon? esty with the people is to he desired j above all things, and tho nbsenco of grtL/t is better In a city admlnlstra- i tlon thnn the presence of other good j features. NO THOROCCillEAnE. Thero la at least one place in the world where motorists .may not go; where the honk-honk and tho siren aro unheard of. Tho Grlsons canton In Switzerland is tho place. Singularly enough, this canton which Is so hos? tile to nutomobllests is tho canton to which the motorist most desires access in all Switzerland. it contains some of the finest scenery of the Alps, In? cluding tho magnificent upland valley of the ISngafllnc, the wonderful beauty of the Mnlojn Lakes/ the famous health and pleasure resorts of St. Morltz, i'ontreslna and Davos. This beautiful canton hns always been closed to motor ears. It is tha will of the people that it should be so. On March the question of tho admis? sion of these vehicles was submitted lo popular vote, nnd tho result was that admission was still denied. The initiative was tho form of vote used lu this Instance. Tho question lias been agitated for several years, but tlirlce htive tho people rejected a grant of thoroughfare to tho motorists Despite the efforts of the cantonal ami federal authorities, co-opcrntlng with the Swiss automobile club, nothing has ?ben gained for the man with the motor. Tin- people in the Orisons employ the narrow roads in the canton as popular promenades in the summer, and the;' I do not like ii. surrender what they consider their privileges and rights. An additional reason Is that tho farm? ers assert that the dust created by tho automobile causes serious damage to the grass in the adjacent fields. It is also alleged lhat the lime in the dust from the macadam roada is Injurious lo the animals pastured in the field, so much so that many dlo from'the effect It would seem that what the Grlsons folk want is a campaign of education na to I he value <>f automobiles to the community. They nocd to bo shown that the motor car Is a powerful aid in establishing and Improving high? ways, that It brings money into ihe eoi.unity Hi.,,nub which it passes; that Ihe majority of motorists are really unselfish' pc-oplo who entertain no Idea of discommoding tho natives. Tho notoriety of tho Grlsons Is not the kind that should bo sought uftor. A ItnAU 11H.UMMKL I'LATPORN, Frederick Townsond Martin, social leader In tho Now York "400," Is tho latest and most novel acquisition to tho ranks of democracy. Ho might bo called a parlor reformor. Ho Is more progrosslvo than tho Colonel, and ho Is almost as far ahead of things as the American Federation of Labor. Mr. Martin has loft tho cotillion for tho codo of the soolal worker, and Id now associating with "tradespeople and I vulgar persons." | It Is his bollof that "pcaooful prog? ress according to tho forms of law can mark our course In tho lmmcdlato fu? ture only in cases certain great changes In our framework of government aro brought about." Bomo of tho roforms which aro thcroforo, advocatod by Mr. Martin aro: Popular election of United States | Sonn tors. Tho Initiative, referendum and re-| call. A lowering of the 'Mniquttous pro- I tcctlvo tariff," which Mr. Martin terms] a public crime. Reciprocity with Canada. "Woman suffrage A universal eight-hour day. 'Tho abolition of child labor. Tho substitution of economic Justlco; for charity. , Adequate Inspection of factories and ? mines. Workmen's compensation that will] really compensate. li Such a program has so many appeals ' to various factions and movements! that Mr. Martin ought to find it smooth J sailing should he try to serve tho] people In a representative capaclt> rather than as a dilettante philosopher. I TIMS IMIOP IN COFFEE. During the first eight months of the last fiscal your, tho period between July 1 and February 2S, tho importa? tions of coffee Into the United Slates were 644,600/006 pounds, just aon.noo.ooo pounds less than In tho corresponding months of the previous year. Tho decreased importations of coffee probnbly resulted only partly from the hlghor cost of tho berry. Coffee was higher In the last year thnn at any other time since 1807. The coffee mar? ket 1h controlled mainly In the inter? est of Brazil, which provides more than half of the whole coffeo crop of th world. Thf average wholesale price In New York Is about ten cents tho pound. This Is SO per cent, higher than It was in the two preceding years, when the price ranged from 7 1-3 to 7 n-4 cents the pound: but in 1857 It was 11.1 cents the pound. Coffee drinkers are too much used to cheaper coffee to accustom them? selves to the Increase of price of the best coffee. It Is thought that a taste for tea and cocoa hns been developed in many former coffee, drinkers. Inde? pendently of tho matter of cost. Be? fore lflO!' there were only four years In which tho Importations of tea amounted lo 100.000,000 pounds. In 1903 they advanced to 1 If,,000.000 pounds, and the Importations this year, month for month, are ahead of 1903. The growth of the use of cocoa has been even more rapid. Importations gyew from IS,000;* ooo pounds In 1S90 to 130,r>00,000 pounds in 1?09, and this year they are expected io reach 1 4 0,000,000 pounds. Authorities assort that the increased use of cocoa Is a gain to American diet. It Is not only a stimulant, but a food as well. As a stimulant, it la milder than ten or coffee. An "awful looking" tramp Invaded the sanctum of tho Orange Observer last week. His mouth was "wide open" and "his eyes almost protruding from their sockets." He. looked at the potted plants, than cast his "Inmps" on the pictures; he "pinned his glim? mers" on tho rugs nnd tho easy chairs. The Observer was "entirely unnerved" at the sight of this strange, visitor. Asked In "a weak voice" what he wanted, he said: "Mn/Iam, I have trav? eled all over tho United Slates, but I have nover been In such r grand piano as this Is before in all my life. Madam, this cortulnly'mui/t be heaven." Then ho "beat it." as they say In Georgia. Ills doparluro was hasty. Why? "Why leave. "Heaven" so soon? Why fly so fnst from Paradise? Kftsoons, it was tho delicate fragrance Hint stole over him, drowning his | sense of the artistic and awaking him from a contemplation of the beautiful goddess of Poesy banishing him?the | unconquered and unconquorablo odor of the Orange onion. According to the Savannah News, one aero of ground in old Pike, county will yield 350 bushels of greens. If tho Fmporln Messenger were there with n knife and fork, it would all dis? appear In n day. Voice of the People Mr. llrynn nnd .Mr. Martin. To the Editor of Tho Times-Dispatch: Sir,?I beg to differ with you in reference to Mr. Bryan urd Mr. Martin in your to-day's editorial. I do not think any unprejudiced man enn deny to Mr. Bryan his sincerity, fidelity and adherence to the principles of true | Democracy, as he understands them. Thoy may not agree with your Ideas, but at tho same time 1 hellovo that Mr. Bryan hns only the good of his country at heart, and In his opposi? tion to Mr. Martin simply means what ho is reputed to have, said?that ho docs not believe Mr. Martin represents true Democracy. 'Chore may be others In Virginia of tho samo opinion. Mr. Marlin has been exalted to a I position of power and influence in this country's government, and every man in lls wide domain, whether ho resides on the upper coast of Maine or on tint lower fringes of Arizona, hns the. right to oppose htm, i.f ho thinks Mr Martin In power will not further the best lnlorosl of tho masses. You or, I may have some ulterior motive In .supporting Mr. Martin-maybe our pride Iteeauso he is a Virginian?but 1 feel sure Mr. Bryan has no object In his nppnslllon save the promotion Of true Democracy and the real riilo of the pooplo. FRANKLIN. Richmond, April 31. "Hlnek Ar?." , Could you Inform mo of the origin of tho oxprosslon, "bluck art"? I un? derstand, of course, that the words uro j frequently used In connection with ] Illusions, tricks, etc., but| what I wnnt to krfow Is how the words were first l>ut In use . J. T. C. Magic Is the protondod art of pro? ducing wonderful effects by tho aid of euporhumnn bolngs. As magic em? braced a mutual harmony of all that exists. It Included good und evil; hence, wluto or holy, magic and also black magic or sorcery, which works by the aid of demons. ; Black art Is the fancied power of performing wonderful fonts by pretor nnturtil means, espoclully menus do rlvod from the osslstaifco of tho. pow? ers of evil. niac.k art Is a kind of Vrajislatlon of middle I?atln "nlgroman tia," magic, a corruption duo to tho confusion with the l.ntln "nlgor" (black) of "nccrnmantla," flrcek no cromancy. Tho confusion was assisted by tho common practice of painting the devil blaok. Mny Oeru. What Is tho voran for the gem that Is to be worn by thoso who are born In the mouth of May? O. D. \V. Who first beholds tho light of day. In spring's sweat, tlowery month of May. And wears an emerald all her life, Should bo a loved and huppy wlfo. "I'm From Mlnsourl." Will you pleaso answer this ques? tion: What Is the origin of the Saying. "I'm from Missouri; you'll have to show me"? F. It. Tho earliest mention of this charac? teristic of distrust by tho Inhabitants of Missouri Is found at the tlmo of the great march ncross the plains to California In ISIS und 1S50, many of the Argonauts procuring their; outfits at St. Joe. It was a matter of com? ment that the Mlssourlans engaged as teamsters disbelieved the storlOf of the. gold found In California, und re? turned light to their starting point to gel another chance to earn ton in? tors' wage?. Later the same spirit of doubt was expressed in the phiase. "I'm from Missouri; show me," and, being brief, It caught the popular favor and ro mains In frequent use. Like most of such sayings, It Is Impossible 1,1 trace tho oxnct origin of tho expression, for ?vidi rlso In n day and arc spread broadcast, their origin never being In? quired Into until thoy have become well known. Production of Iladluiu. Please toll mo somethlee about ra? dium, what It Is, and h'.^v It Is pro? duced! It. 13. ftadlum Is a radioactive substance drat obtained from pitchblende In IV.14 by M. and Mine. Curie and M. Bcmout, of Franco; It Is considered to bo an clement, maintains Ha own tempera? ture, and, according to Professor Curie, omits hout radiations without combus? tion or chemical chango und without any appreciable deoreaso In Its energy; tho atomic wolght Is stated at 225, ami although It 1h believed to bn a metal, it has boon .produced as yet only as a ohlorl/lrt of bromldo. It Is enor? mously expensive to prepare, and In liuis It waH said that to produce a kilo (".2 pounds) of a chemically pur? preparation of radium would cost 1 ??,1100,000; this would require 5.000 i*ns of uranium residue for pitchblende) ' aftor the uranium Is extracted), atnl It would cost .$-.000 a ton to rcllne It. I'ltehhlendo (uranlnlte) Is a greenish j mineral coming oh lolly from Joachims thai, ? Bohemia, though found lrj other places. What to Grarttnllnn r What Is the attraction of gravita? tion-.' Q. IC O. In considering a question concerning the attraction of gravitation It should be remembered that the first law of gravitation Is that every particle of matter in the universe Is attracted by every other particle, and that thl3 at? traction Is In proportion to their ntnss?.'. Bearing this In mind, It can easily be seen that the attraction of the earth for terrestrial bodies would h? greatest at tho surface. ?s the whole bulk of the earth I? behind that point. If a hole could be bored through the earth, a weight dropped Into that hole would come to rest at tho halfway point, as the attraction would he equal? ly assorted fiom all sides. Kins RdtTnrd'a Family >nme. What was King Howard's fatnllj name'.' I ULI.. Abcording in the rule by which ? royal son takes his father's name KinK Edward wan a Wettin. GOES TO PRISON FOR ASSUMING TITLE UV I,A MAMItl IM: UK l'-OXTB.\()V. F?U assuming the- lltle of princess the lawful wlfu of Prinbo I-:ber tvyh Bentheim, of Bentheim Stolnfurt. has lust been sentuno cl al Hanover lo a week's imprlaon morit ami to a fine. Four yearn ago tho prince, who Is a member of the former potty sovereign house of Hontheim anil Sluinfort (which was mediatized by the Con? gress of Vienna, after the downfall Of Napoleon In lslf>), was forced by finan? cial troubles to surrender his rights of succession as eldest son to tho chieftainship of his house, und ib the control of the entailed estates; Mo thereupon married, in London, In a perfectly legal fashion, Fr?ulein Lily Langenfeld, daughter of the former Mayor of Homburg. Hut bis rela llvus declined tu recognise, her nj his wife, on the ground that she was not his equal In birth, and that he had not obtained beforehand tln-lr consent to the marriage, as required i>y the laws of their house. These laws aro an anachronism, and are regarded by many of the greatest jurists of Europe as absolutely un? constitutional. Each of the now reiKii Ihu houses of Europe has certain stat? utes of its own, governing tho rela? tions of Its members among them? selves, tho division of their entailed private estates and their marriages: laws that aro absolutely Indispensable, und which have received due parlia? mentary sanction. Thus, only a few weeks ago the national legislature of Servla voted Its approval and ac? ceptance of tho new family statutes of the reigning house of Servla. I When Emperor Napoleon wiped out of existence tho Holy Kornau Emplrul In ISO?, he incidentally deprived near 1?? nettv sovereigns of their thrones. After his downfall, the Conference of! Vienna, In reconstituting the map of Europe, found it Impolitic to revive nil these petty sovereignties; and. to compensato their former owners, me? diatized them, that Is to say, endowed | them with certain royal rights, Includ- 1 Ing those of mating on a footing of equality with reigning dynasties, ex? emption from taxation, the right of conlractinc morganatic marriages, etc. Tbe mediatized famllfes have dimin? ished In number, and thoso remaining have gradually been shorn of must of their prerogatives. In fact, their as? similation with the now reigning houses lias rapidly disappeared, and al? though in tho new Codo of the fJor maii Empire provision was specially made for the national acceptance of tho family statutes of ' those houses still occupying a throne, notliltu; was done with regard to tho mediutlZHd families. Consequently the family statutes of the latter have, strictly speaking, no legal value as far as tho empire is concerned. The fact Dial Prince Bonlhoim-Stcin furt should have married Burgomaster I.niigenfeld'a daughter, contrary to tho wishes uf bis relatives and In defianco of their family statutes, does not con? cern tho Code of the Empire, and tho marriage having been contracted ac? cording to the laws of England, whore the prince, and his wife had previous? ly established their legal domicile, ren? ders her his wlfo, and as such entitled to share his honors and position. Therefore, tho decision of thy tribu? nals of Hanover, condemning the prlnco's wlfo to imprisonment and (Ino for tho violation of that law which renders tho unwarranted use of a no? biliary title a penal offunso. Is of ex? tremely doubtful validity and is likely lo be reversed if carried on final ap? peal to tho Supreme Court of the em? pire at Lolpsle. Tho fate which has thus overtaken tho bourgeolB-born wifn of Prlnco Bon theim-Stelnfurt. is one which Is liable to fall to tho share of any young girl, not of royal or mediatized birth, who happens to wod one of the princes or counts of the mediatised houses of Germany. wlt?iout the consent of his relatives. 3ho can stylo herself by his name und title without lot or hindrance as long a3 sho remains abroad; say In Franco, England or America. But lot her sot foot In Ger? many or In the Austro-Hungttrlan Em? pire, and sho Is liable to share tho fate that Jias Just overtaken the con? sort of young Prlnco Benlhoim-Stoln fnrt. that is to say. Jail n?rt fine, be? sides the unpleasantness of being held up to obloquy us a bogus princess or countess ns tho case may be. There Is a good deal of public sym? pathy with "tho prince, for he hns not been treated properly by bis family, and ho is now flulng for tho annul? ment of his act of renunciation of Iiis rights of succession as an eldest son. owing to tho fact that hin fnthor hns not fulfilled tho terms of tho ^agreement, notably the pecuniary stlp ulatluiiK thereof, on the strength of, whl(.'h ho gave uu his rights. Moreover, his Onaneiul troubles orig? in. i(od In the tuet that he hud been bi ought u]i to believe that ho would he the principal holr of tho enor? mously rich l*i Iiicchs Fcrdinundo Bon thelin. wh>>. when ahe died suum year a im? at Wiesbaden; was found to huvu bequeathed the winde of lu r vast for? tune to a young Swedish masseur, by whom she had been attended during the last few years of her life. Tint will, probably with a view of giving some pretext fur this extraordinary bequest, stipulated thai tho masseur should establish an losano asylum and a sanatorium, and thut tho fblhihlhU attendants of the Institution should in. Holtum Catholic Sisters of Mercy. Ol course, the will of the princess, who was very homely, her face being badly scarred by smallpox, was con? tested by Itnr relatives. Hut it ulti? mately ended in a compromise, whereby il;.- masseur, whose name was Kelgrcu, received almost tho whole of the. bo q?est. Several of the American ollicera who served under the lato 1'rince Hassan <H Kgypt, In tliu Turko-Russian War und afterwards In Abyssinia, will, no doubt, be Interested to learn of tho marriage of his son, Ibrahim Hassan Pasha, to an American actress, who has been known on tho stage as Ola Humphrey, and who is the divorced wife of a man of the name of lOdwIu Mordant The lutu Prince Hassan was, the fa? vorite son of Khctllvo Ismail, was a graduate of Oxford, und liad bcon at? tached lo the Prussian Foot Guards at Potsdam In the lelgn of old F.rtipernr William. His invasion of Abyssinia ended In frightful disaster. His. troops weru cut lo pieces and lUoso whose lives were spared were mutilated in thu most barbarous fashion, The American oillceru were spared. Hut tho tulnco himself, by way of a species of refinement of cruelly, had i cross, that Is to say. the etnhlciu of the Christian religion, branded on each of his hands?a frightful stigma to a Moslem?and II was owing to this tiiat for thu remainder of his days ho was never seen anywhere without his hands being gloved, evun at meals. As for his son. Princo Ibrahim, he has been a source of no end of iroublo lo his relatives, and his marriage lo a non-Moslem and t? an actress is cer? tain to cause tho Khcdlvo to inllic'. upon him the same penally that he has already administered to a princess of his house, that is lo say. expulsion from the khedlvlal family, with Hin for? feit uro of all tho prerogatives, rights. titles and allowances connected there? with. (Copyrighted. 1011, by the Brontwood Company.) See the Beautiful New Veritc Suits Now on Display. 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