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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.
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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.)
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