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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-03

cannot say. job was once Inundated by
Chat question asked 81 God, Where wa Il
thou when J hid the foundations OF the
earth. thcrcupon are the foundations
thereof fastened thus showing conclu-
aivgly that the earth had foundations. and
wasn't n revolving body"
ships have sailed round the world?"
7 Queried. quite so. You take point
IN my disc. 4 ship, by continued sail
INK. either east or west. IS bound to come
back TO the point OF starting. She would
have sailed round the world. Nothing
is clearer
But the fact that you see a ships
masts at sea before the huliY'
AN optical Illusion. Believe me. Il
proves nothing. Cape Tcnerine can be
seen l2) miles. IL the earth were
giooc' The cape should be a mile and
thce-Quartcrs out Of sight.
III ships go out 10 sea sailing over an
orauGc-shaped ocean" he continued.
they should as often be seen mountains
high above the range OF vision as they
are constantly seen hull down, owing to
angular vision. We can only see dis
tnCUy for three miles. BY telescope the
ship will appeer, again as on a sheet Of
glass. i have proved this by light-ships,
and other things
but M sunrise YOU see the sun rising
out OF the water II you are up early
enough. and az sunset IL dips behind the
horizon 20 the west"
MIR Breach smiled. ut Is the law o.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-03
TO FIGHT GUERIN WITH WATER
Paris Firemen Ordered to Capture
Anti-semite Leader.
Phlladelphia Press)

PARIS, September l-Guerin Is to be az
tackled in his queer fortress in the Rue
de Chabrol by the fremen Of Paris. They
have received orders that are secret and
grave, and they do not talk Of them.
The firemen are to charge into the
house on the Rue dc Chabrol heedlessly.
They are TO break open the coach door
and the windows with their axes They
are TO ascend 10 the roof from the ad-
Joining building and from ladders. They
are 10 make a deluge fall into the house
and drench Guerin and his band. These
will night If they be not surprised and
drenched before courage comes 10 them.
And SO NJ Cameeasser' TASK Is not easy.
He has imperative orders not 10 hurt any
one except with water. Guerin and his
band. invaded and wet 10 the marrow,
will have 10 surrender.
In order that it may be effective, law
that had fallen into dssuetude in Paris 10
TO b. revived. Every man found In the
Rue ia Chabroi Is 10 be impressed In the
old-fashioned duty named 'chain"
II consists In standing in a line, how
ever well dressed and well gloyed one
may be. aud passing pals filled with
water 10 the hremen. The idea Of resur-
recting this old law is 10 prevent Q riot
in dsfanna ar s.uA-in fsaTn aha siSbtsAars
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-03

.1 90 show that Whatever may b3 sud
about The theory he cxp9uads. 1ir.
breach f- without hfs equal among In
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COLONIAL DANES LOSE.
Justice BoOkstnVer Decides Their
Suit over n Name.

t4NtM lDiA 1ul-lri.l
Judgment for defendants without costs
was rendered by Justice Bookstaver Of
The Supreme Court, yesterday, i'm the &c
lions brought by the Colonial Danes OF
America to enjoin the National Society
of Colonial Danes Of America and the
Colonial Danes Of the State OF New York
from using the name Colonial Danes"
The plaintiff society claimed tho name
had been pre-emptcd by it and had be-
come Identified with It in the public
minG before its appropriation By tine de-
PENDANTS. The Justice says
AT the outset il should be noted that
| this case Is unique. in that none Of the
parties are engaged in any business In
the sense OF seeking financial gain. On
the contrary, OIL are equally seeking ~
accomplish patriotic and unseldsh ends.
il IS. therefore. obvious that the rules
governing the right TO trademarks and
trade-names. evolved as those rules have
been from selfish attempts on the part
of one person 10 appropriate for his hndn-
cial benefit what rightfully belongs 10
another. and decisions Of courts IN
thwardng such attempts, do not apply
10 such a case as this. or at any rate,
ought not TO be applied with the same
I strictness"
Delay Of the pldintin I'm SUNG IS NEIL
toned by the Justice in connection with
knowledge on the part OF the plaintiff
that the defendants were meanwhile eN-
tending their operations. lie notes the
work Of the Rhode Island branch Of the
defendants I'm raising a fund Of $1,000 Tor
the soldiers In the late war. and refers 70
the Legislature Incorporating the Co
lonial Danes OF the State Of New YORK
after the Incorporation of the plaintin,
and i'm view OF the statute against the
fling Of a certificate OF Incorporation Of
a corporation with the same name -
one already incorporated. 1t Is also noted
that the name Of the same defendant was
recognized subsequently by the Legisla-
ture i'm passing an act giving it charge 81
the Van Cortlandt mansion in Van Cort-
landt Park. The opinion proceeds:
Another important consideration tell
ing in favor Of the defendants IS found In
the fact that there is no proof that any
one has ever Joined either Of them IN
mistake for the plaintn or has been
otherwise deceived or seriously confused
as 20 the identity Of the three societies;
ard, from the nature Of the case, # seems
hardly possible that ANY such mistakes
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can ever accrue, to an important extent,
az least.
III this were controversy between or
binary business concerns, and to be deter
mined strictly in accordance with prece-
dents. there would still be a serious doubt
as to the plaintiffs right 10 an Injunction.
But, as before said, this IS not
a case to be- tested strictly by the oIdi-
nary class or authorities. Reasons which
may be all-suficient TO induce a court 10
restrain defendant from making money
that a plaintiff is entitled 10 make may
be wholly inadequate TO warrant such in
reference where it is a question Of doing
good deeds. In such a case the public
welfare will not be conserved by TOO great
astuteness I'm recognizing the exclusive
rights that sometimes are accorded to
priority. The work as well as the work
ers should be considered, and chiefly con-
sidered. because IL Is more important
that philanihropic work should be done
than that any particular person should
have the eradication Of doing it.
in this case / certainly shan not at
tempt TO tie the hands of any of the par
ties. IL there is any advantage in the
peculiarly suitable sppeilatOn Colonial
Danes let them all have that advantage.
If they cannot see their way 20 a com
position OF their differences and to
union. or II they think they can do better
acting separately, so DO IT. 1 viii rot lay
"A straw In the way or any Of them, but
rather wish them al Col-specd and the
fullest measure OF success in their good
efforts"
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THE RICHMOND DIspATCH-sUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1892

miles an hour. as IS taught" he continu-
ed why do not balloonists make an
easy and swift passage 10 America by
rising into the air. and waiting till the
New World comes 'ro<nd? Instead OK
that. they go slowly with the wind, either
In the direction Of the supposed reyolG-
tion Of the earth, or against a. Aero
nauts have informed me. too, that they
see the surface OF the earth as the shape
Of saucer. concave not convex, as it
would be If bulged out round. You watch
a lark rising. When high mp il poises
itself ia the air. moving neither IN one
q ection nor another. Yet It remains
esdcsly over the field Il rose from. Il!
the earth revolyed a thousand miles an
j. ur that field ought TO be a hundred
ries away I'm a few minutes.
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONs.
Volcanic substances thrown q mile or
so into the air fall near the edge of the
crater. They ought, az least. to be left
some little way behind. All burning
mountains. I'm fact" Mr.. Breach went on,
deny" the revolution Of the world, as
they would be extmguished 10y the t~e-
mendous velocity. just like a candle
swiftly carried through room. A bum
ing mountain being merely match-head
compared with the size OF the world,
ought TO be snufied out with q traction
Of a revolution at LOO miles an hour.
1.-The round-earthites have 10 adopt an
imaginary axis for their world to revolv2
upon. but no solid body could revoiye
upon an imaginary axis. The fact -
the round, revolving world is just as M
aginary as their imaginary axis; imagi-
nary cause imaginary effect
Among the numerous converts claimed
by Mr.. Breach to his theory Of "A fiat
earth is no less august parsonage thda
the Prince Of Wales. His steadtast OPP
ponent Is Sir Robert Ball. who Is prepar-
ing to deliver lectural broadside tnat
he declares will shatter Mr. Breach
fiat-earth fortifcauons to flinders. AS
Mr.. Breach lis so devout believer IN MS
theory that he is spreading the nat-earln
arguments across the American Cont
nent. # is likely that the wOrdy HOSTILE
ties viii become worldwide. Nothing
would please Mr.. Breach more.
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GIANTS OF LONG AGO.
TWO PREHISTORIC ANIMALS AT
RUTGERS COLLEGE.
4 NASTODOH And A CRAB
Tho Latter Measures Eleven Feet
from Tip to Tip and Could Easily
HIVE Crushed a Man-SomethIng
About the Big Elephant.
Ror the nlsnafchN

NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j., August So
The directors OF the compact and valua-
bic little museum 1T Rutgers College have
just enriched the treasures or exhibition
by placing there the largest known spec
linen OF a crustacean in the world I'm
close proximity to the largest and best
mastodon skeleton in any museum, and
one that. so far, is finer than anything
that las been found by the mastodon-
hunters now digging in the soil Of Wye
ming for specimens Of extinct monsters,
and even superior to the one uneartheG
recently at Newburgh. The crustacean
IS a giant japanese crab. whose scien-
tifc name is Macrocheirus Camperi. Only
fya specimens are known 20 be in exist
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-03

Themselves by learning 70 read and write.
While some question has been made
as to the constitutionality Of the amend
inent by the Republican politicians. we
Know 10 lawyer Of recognized legal ability
and standing in the State who has In
vesiigated the question who doubts its
constitutlonality. a careful study or II
VIII disclose the fact that II does not in
any legal sense contravene the fifteenth
amendment 10 the United States Consti-
tuition or abridge the rights o. the black
man TO vote on account OF race. color,
or previous condition OF servituds, but
that II simply esohiishcs q qualification
OF suffrage.
"Ihis qualification is that the voter
shall have a due understanding Of the
nature or MS acr ana the erect Thereon
upon himself and his fe.low-men, and IL
prescribes TWO ways IN wrich the voter
may show that he possesses this required
degree Of understanding:
81. If he can read ald write u Is con-
clusively presumed from that fact that
ne Possesses the required degree or under
standing.
. II he or his ancestors be- to ex-
ercise the right OF suffrage prior to 1861
it is conclusively presumed from that Fact
that he possesses the required degree or
understanding.
The amendment VIII receive the united
support Of the Democratic party and that
part Of the POpu--t vote which has not.
by fusion with the Republican party, be-
come thoroughly repubicanized. In adj
dition to THIS a large number of white
Republicans will support the amendment
because they believe II 70 be 10 the best
interests OF the State and both races
that II should pass, and because they see
no hope Tor their party IN North Caro-
lima go long as it remains under the con-
troll Of the negro, as II necessarily will so
long as the negroes constitute four nfths
OF It's voting Strength"
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ara contained IN its fourth and ntth sec
tions. which provide that every person
nresenting himself for registration shail
he able 10 read and write any section q
tho constitution In the English language
and that no male person VINO was Oh
January ], 1861, or at any time prior lheIo-
10 entitled 10 vote, under the laws oA
any State in the United states, wherein
he then resided, and no lineal descend
ant Of any person, shan be deheu tie
rieht 70 register and vote at any election
I'm this state by reason of his failuIe 10
nossess the educational qualifications pre-
scribed in section Of this article, pro-
vided ne shall have registered in accord
snce with the terms of this section prior
10 December !. 1908. The General As
sernblv shall provide for permanent
record of an persons who registered uh-
der this section on or before November
/ 1908. and all such persons shah Dc en-
titled 10 register and vote at all elections
bv the people in this state Unless as
qualified under section OF this aruclr
provided such persons shall nave paiu
their poll tax as required by law
SOME NEGROES CAN VOTE.
"It will be seen from these sections or
The proposed amendment that every negro
who can read and write viii be entitled
10 vote. IL Is estimated lhdt between
25OOO and 5000 negroes In the stale
can now comply with TINS test IneIe
are probably in the State 200 or 800
negro voters who are lineal descendants
of what were known before the war "a
free negroes who we're entitled 70 vote
In this State under the Constitution as
Il existed prior t. 1876. These Will be en-
tilted 10 vote.
There are probably a few hundred
negroes In the State who We're residents
prior 10 1867 OF States In which negroes
were allowed 10 vote. and they also can
vote under the NTH section. The rest
Of the negroes about 120OoO-will not be
abio TO vote until they have qualified
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-03
NEGRO SUFFRAGE QUESTION.
Grent Fight in North Carolina Over
Restriction of CoIored vote.


ATLANTA Special in New York Herald)
There is widespread interest in the
| South as 10 the outcome Of the suffrage
amendment contest IN North Carolina, in
which the right Of about one hundred and
twenty thousand negroes 20 vote is in
volyed. Georgia and other States con-
template restricting the negro vote after
the manner North Carolina has adopted.
If the amendment now before the people
of that state is ratified and sustained by
the courts il IS believed that similar
amendments Will be adopted by other
Southern states, which practically means
the elimination of the negro from politics.
The Atlanta Journal has Obtained from
J.. NJ. Simmons, chairman Of the Demo
cratic Committee Of North Carolina.
statement i'm which he admits that fully
one hundred and twenty thousand c0lored
persons will be disqualified By the North
Carolina amendment. against which the
negroes are now waging n political life
struggle. Chairman Simmons declares
the North Carolina Democrats Will send
a solid delegation for Bryan 10 the next
national convention and demand the re-
affirmation Of the Chicago platform.
MR.. sIAGNIONS'S STATEMENT.
Mr.. simmons statement. which will
be q campaign slogan in The South. will
be published tomorrow, in part, as fol-
lows:
"Concerning the suffrage amendment 60
the Constitution of this State, submitted
to the people by the last LEGISLATURE and
10 be voted upon at the election 20 be
held in August, 1900, beg 10 say that the
amendment is the result of deep-rOOted
conviction on the part OF our white people
that the best interest Of the State
and both races requires the elimination
from politics Of the vicious and incom-
petent negro vote.
"The last campaign in North Carolina
was made chiefly upon the issue Of white
supremacy. The heartiness with which
the people responded 20 this issue is
shown by the fact that We overcame a
majority Of 1000. polled against the
Democratic party IN 1897, and carried the
State by a majority Of 10000. We feel
that we have temporlzed with the race
question in politics long enough.
THE salient features Of the measure
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-03
EX-sPEAKER REED.
lie VIII Retain His Portland Home
ana Grand beach Cottage.

Lewiston (Me) JOurnaL)
One Of the most interesting points II
connection with Mr.. Reeds departur
for New York is this: He will not dis
pose Of his residence i'm Portland, nor wi
he sell his cottage at Grand Beach b.
fact, IL is minated that Mr. Reed h0
stated quite plainly 70 his friends tha'
he still proposes TO remain identified Wit
Maine. and will for a time at least main
tain his residence in Portland. He say
that the people of Maine are the ones
who have enabled him to gain his stand
ing I'm the world and are the ones who
have always displayed lively interest r.
his activity. And with al his metrop0ii-
tan finish Mr.. Reed will never be anything
else than Yankee, not only in his man
nerisms, but in his tastes.
There is no place in all the world where
he enjoys himself as well as I'm his home
city of Portland, where he has a circle
Of close and kindred friends. lie enjoyl
quiet evenings at the Cumberland CiJt,
and has a Few other lOunging places,
several back offices, and retired corners
IN places Of business. And, Furthermore.
the Congressman can find no spot that
is more fitted to his uses as a quiet sum
mer Longing place than his cottage at
Grand Beach. lie is assured Of absolute
retirement here. 1T IS far enough away
from the railroad so that only the most
persistent people will stray that way.
There are some golf links near the Con-
CHEESEMAN'S cottage, and he occasionally
gets out there and dlsports himself.
About the first question that one Of his
close friends asked him. when he arrived
IN Portland from his European trip and
stated that he had firmly made up hi-
mind 70 resign, was: But aren't you
just a little bit sorry TO get out? Aren
you inclined 70 have a little regret at
leaving such a placer
"Not the least bit in the world" replied
the Congressman, with beaming face.
There isn't an atom OF regret In my
heart. I'm just glad 10 be out, and that's
all there f. 10 it,"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-03

perspective" he rcpHey. 1.-TWO parallels
VIII meet 1T given point"
"How DO you account for day and
uisht?'
Easily enough. When me sun is I'm
the arc of the spiral course, which is
above our arc Of the fiat earth, We have
day; when it Is in the opposite arc, we
The sun goes underneath the earth, as
foolish as The false teaching that the
world rOtates round the sun.
"Ihe earth is the greatest Of all things
created" inc continued 1T was Gre
atcd first. is immoVeable. and all other
bodies were made for it, The sun was
made first Of the subsidiary bodies to give
light 90 the world"
"BJt the sun is of greater proportions"
"No." he said, laughing at my folly.
Modern astronomers say so, but they
are wrong. God created the sun 20 light
the world Whoever heard Of a light be-
ing made bigger than the place 10 be
lienteJ2 We never carry room round
the candle. but always the candle round
the ROOM
The ingenuity and originality Of the ar
gument silenced me.
ALL PLAINS ARE FLAT.
"Au plains are fiat" continued Mr..
Breach Take the Sahara and the Pam
pas. for instance. II you 90 TO geology
you Will find an strata in fiat layers, not
in convex. as they would be in a curved
body. Look at the case Of rivers. The
Nile drops only one foot in 1000 mes
Rivers cannot flow uphill, as they woul4
have to DO in mounting the curvature Of
The world"
But what excited Mr.. Breach even more
than the globular "fallacy" was that the
earth should be supposed 10 revolve.
"Why." he exclaimed. IF the world
went round the oceans would be whisk-
I'd away in moment If water is drop
ped on spinning top. it is at once
thrown off. According TO the false the
DRY. ships must be upside down at Aus
tralia. Ridiculous All wells would be
emptod of their contents, and Niagara
would be upturned, and tumble upwards.
III the earth is revolving at about 100
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An Invasion OF New York
ATLANTA ConstitutlonD

II Is an old proyerb that the way TO
succeed is 10 succeed. This phrase seems
10 do away with all unnecessary details
and brings up the straight issue at once.
That Ne have men in the city o. At
ianta who understand this prOyeTD ~
evident by the following clipped from
the New York Commercial OF the 2lst
instant:
Blood-thrsty and thrilling tales o. war;
fare, glorious battles on the field Of honor.
wonderful cavalry charges. and stealthy
skrmishes and fOraging expeditions into
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-03
ence, and this one is nearly twice as
large as any of the other specimens.
A GIANT CRAB


large as any Of the other specimens.
a GIANT CRAB.
The great crab measures II feet from
tip to tip. The shell measures l2Xlt inch-
es. This crustlcean is a most formula
bic monster. and i'm combat with it man
would stand very little chance Of escap-
ing with his life. On the enormous PIN
GERS are teeth that resemble human mo-
lars. and the jaws at the end OF the tre-
mendOus legs measure inches. The ten
legs stretch from the central body ike
great nshing-pOies, and, with their reach
of five feet, and their great pincers, tncy
could catch a swimming man and crush
his bones before he realized what had
happened The size and great ferocity
OF this crab accounts for the rarity OF the
existing specimeus. 1T would be as pru-
dent for a man TO attack Victor Hugo's
deyil-fsh as to attempt 10 carry OF one
of these giant crustaceans. The best ne
could hope 10 do would be to break his
claws. and capture him in sections. But
a crab with a claw five feet long Is not
easily conquered. The present specimen
was presented to the museum by hon.
Robert II. Pruyn when he was United
states Consul TO Japan. and, but for the
vigilance of the present curator, W. ;.
Valiant. would have remained lost In oD-
scurity. Mr.. Valiant discovered the
crab a few days ago. had 1t mounted, ana
placed i'm a CONSPICUOUS place in the muse
UNI. and il has had magnetic attraction
i'm drawing numbers of curious visitors %
Rutgers.
THE NASTODON.
The other giant, the mastodon OF an
cient days is a huge monster with enOr-
nous tusks, who occupies a. moor space
OF sy2O feet. Several specimens OF TINS
extinct giant have been discovered late
H. but none 10 compare with this one
for size, and state OF preservation. Inc
skeleton, Of which picture Is sent you,
gives a better idea OF the appearance o.
this extinct giant Of tho forest than amy
OF the partly restored and only partially
genuine. specimens that are preserved III
many museums. 1901,
There is a great deal Of mystery attach-
ing TO the mastodon. It's origin Is uh-
known. From Indian traditions IL Is Dc
Iisved that they roamed this Continent
FOR many wears before Columbus or any
other adventurer set foot on this soil
but the exact time no one has been aDie
to determine.
LINKS WITH THE PAST.
Traces Of the mastodon have been DIS
covered All over the North American
Continent In Alaska the body OF mas
todon was found in a glacier by the ma
tives who ate the flesh, preserving only
so,oe of the bones. which were brought
Inv United States surveying expedition
and are now at the Smithsonian lns'itu-
In South Carolina, Texas, Mexico, and
Central America bones OF the mastoaoh
nave been found. Just now these Two
monsters. the mastodon, an extinct one CT
the land. and the crab. representing a
living race OF sea-monsters, repose 81
lently within a few feet OF each olner
forming a connecting link between inc
giants Of the past and those Oh tne p
ut that cannot be duplicated Tor rare
interest in any museum in the world.