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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
FACTS AND FAULT FINDING.

Referring to lengthy interview of
Ex- Secretary OF the Navy Hilary A.
Herbert in the Montgomery Advertiser,
The Richmond Times says:
He. therefore calls upon all who
have the true interest of Democracy
at heart To put aside their prejudiccs
ana their past differences and heartily
unite in bringing the party back into
the way from which it has so sadly
departed. We heartily concur i'm that
sentiment and we say that there ought
not to be any pickering or contention
as Ia leadership. Let us first return To
our principles, purge the party of Pop
uiSm, and then it will be n simple
matter to fud leaders,"
The country has heard great deal
in the past month about "our princi-
pies and getting back to them. To
the contamination of this latter there
are two things absolutely necessary:
!. IN know what those principles are
>. TO know how to get back to them.
1t seems 10 MS singular indeed that,
I'm all The discussion of reorganization,
&c. since the election. nobdy. so far as
we have seen. has either stated the
principles to which Democrats are to
return or outlined any feasible way to
return 10 them. In all seriousness. will
tho Times state what those principles
are and how The Democratic party Is
to return to them at this time?
There has likewise been flood of
criticism OF the Kansas City platform,
before and after the election. Demo
Gratis have been told over and over
again mat the platform was all n mis-
take; that stress was laid on the
wrong issues; that with the right is
sues the Democratic party could have
won. We 90 not recall that anybody
has said what issues should have
been in order TO insure victory.
VIII the Times. or any other. name
the issues-taking the situation as it
existed at the time of the Kansas city
convention-upon which the Demo-
cratic party should have gone before
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
HOW TO GET RICH.
(Omaha NVorld-HeraldO

1t is easy to get rich, If you know
how And the World-Hcrald is willing
to give the needed information. Buy
eggs. There's nothing like il. Last
summer eggs We're selling at eight
cents a dozen in Omaha. To-day they
are selling at twcnty-threc cents a
dozen and the price promises to go still
higher. Every summer eggs are down
to eight or nine cents, and every winter
they go to nineteen or twenty cents.
1t follows. therefore, that if you buy
enough eggs in the summer and hold
them over until you can set Il good
price in winter. your fortune is made.
There is packing firm in South Oma-
ha that bought 5000. 600 dozen eggs last
summer at eight and nine cents a
dozen. The eggs arc now being sold at
twenty-five and twcnty-threc cents a
dozen. When bought they were put
into cold storage and after being held
for three or four months find their way
to the market as strictly fresh" eggs
just from the country. Just think of
the profit on $4,000. 900 dozen eggs at
eight cents and sold at twcnty-three
cents! Talk about the difficulty of get
ting rich! It's as easy as failing off q
log.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06

the country? Suppose that at Kansas
City the party. in the language OF the
Times. had elected to return to 1.-The
way from which it has so sadly de-
parted" describing Mr.. Bryan and the
chicago platform. what ought to have
been the issues OF it's platform?
This is no idle query. Men and par
ties learn by experience. 1t is just as
necessary. in order to profit by n mis-
take. to know what should have been
done as what should have been avoid
ed. Democrats have heard Il great
deal about what they ought not to
have done at Kansas City: they have
been told that Mr.. Bryan should not
have been nominated: that lG to
should have been left out of the plat
form; that imperialism shoulJ not have
been made the paramount issue: that
the plank against trusts was all wrong
If these be the things Democrats ought
not to have done, what are the things
they ought to have done?
The Vireinian Pilot does not sec how,
in deccncy, anybody who has nothing
better to offer can criticise Democratic
principles and issues as embodied in
the Kansas City platform. Nothing is
easier and nothing more futile than
mere growing. Nothing can come of
it save irritation within the party.
What is wanted to insure harmony
among all Democrats is not mere fault
finding on the part of one faction or
the other. but dispassionate demon
stration of error, if error there has
been. and clear statement of grounds
upon which unity of action and pur-
pose win be possible.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
BOILING DOWN NEEDED.
On. Y. journal. Dem.D

The annual message of q President
Of the United States is a thing of abso-
Mtely unique Importance. y foreign
speech from the throne" is simply a
successful attempt 10 say nothing in
the fewest possible words. a Presi
dents message is an exhaustive trea-
tise upon the recent history and the
future policy of the greatest country
in the world.
1t is a pity that President Mckinley
could not have taken Il few lessons in
the art of boiling down" The writing
habit has been growing upon him until
his latest message has reached such a
portentous length that n few will read
it except those whose business it is 10
keep informed on such matters. This
is unfortunate. for there are many
things in the document worth attention.
especially from the million or so of
comfortable people who can share Mir
McKinley's ainiable satisfaction with
things as they are.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
GOOD ADVICE.
On. Y. Sun. Rcp.)

Finally, ana by way of general eX-
hortation rather than of formal re-
communication. reminder TO Congress
of the peculiar dangers of the present
session resulting from abundant pros
perty. full treasury and a Republi
can majority with no check save its
own self-control. upon it's natural dis
position to go ahead ut high pressure
and full speed. BE cautious, says Mr..
Mckinley 10 house and senate: be not
eXtraVagant.
Wiser or more timely advice was
never offered by any President to any
congress. 1t is good message.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
MORE BARK THAN BITE.

France might perhaps be able to
overmatch England's channel squad
ron and effect Il landing on the Eng
lish coast. There is n wide difference
of opinion on that point, and nothing
but the actual tug of war could decide
it, just as the experts were shown to
be all at sea by the battles of Manila
bay and Santiago. so they would prob
ably find themselves wide of the mark
strength of the English and French
navies. If the test should be made
One point upon which there does not
seem to be much doubt is that there is
more bark than bite i'll the current
anti-Englsh outbreaks in France. 1t
is difficult to imagine anything more
ridiculous than the hubbub raised over
the vaporinss Of the degenerate Mer-
cicr in the Senate. He is the same
Mcrcicr who WIS so dlsgracefuSly mixed
up in the DreS fus affair it Will be re-
mcmbered. He rises solemnly in the
upper chamber. with representatives of
the press of the world present, and
proceeds to tell how easily he can
smash England. and to even outline
his plans. until all tho members trem-
bic in their seats at the terrible spec
tacle: finally with great difficulty the
president of the Senate induces Gene
raj MERCER to desist and let PROSTATE
Albion rise, and so order ia restored.
Nothing could be more superlatively
nonsensical than all this gasconade
If France were To take up the quarrel
of the Beers she would have the SYM
pathy of majority of civilized man
kind. but the drivel of her Merciers
only serves to bring her into derision
and contempt. The world despises a
blow hard. and that is about the pass
To which La Belle Franco seems to
have come. AS cordially as England is
disiilicd by every nation in Europe, the
perpetual nagging of the Frcnchman
would bring the laugh upon him If he
should get his ears soundly boxed for
his pains. Frenchmen should rcmem-
Der that of all men they can least
afford to brag and buster. the world
still remembers how much of that sort
of thing was done before Sedan.
France should either fight or shut up.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
Dom Paul Kruger is reported a.

Dom Paul Kruger is reported as
greatly detected at the refusal of En-
peror William 10 give him an audience.
We suspect that DOM Pants tears were
largely of the stage variety. He is too
shrewd an observer not to have cx-
pectcd beforehand exactly what hap
pencd. England and Germany weeks
ago pooled their interests in China and
Emperor William forthwith declared
that England's final triumph would be
a good thing for South Africa. Why
should he be expected TO help the
Beers now or to affront England? EN-
peror William is not governing Ger
many for his health, and his sympa-
thies seldom clash with his interests.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
PRoLIX AND TEDIOUS.
louisville Courier-Journal. Den

II.UUISNlIIe CVuFleE-JOu TnhI, Dem.J
Presidential messages to congress
are usually duh reading. and Presi-
dent McEinley's fourth annual produce
ton is unusually dull. even for Presi-
dental message. 1t is proliX and
tedious. Il touches upon almost every
topic conceivable, and most of them.
if introduced at all. could advantage
ously have been treated in half the
words. II would be a refreshing revo-
luton If we could once get n Presi-
dent who knew how To write like Il
good newspaper man. instead of labor
iously cultivating the tiresomc and
solemn Nerbosity OF the ..stntesman."
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
NOTES AND OPINIONS.
THE PRESS AND THE MESSAGE.
A CONDENSED HISTORY.
(yyasbingtnn Poet Ind

President McKinley's fourth annual
message meets the assumed desire OF
congress and the people for con-
densed history of the operations of the
government during the past year, as
well as for appropriate reflections on
existing conditions and suggestions as
TO the future. Our republic is so young
that only one of President McKinley's
predecessors has addressed congress at
the close of u century, and that was in
the early infancy of the more perfect
union.' 1t was natural. therefore.
that this message should begin With
a brief but comprehensive summary of
the growth of the republic during the
century in population, in the number
of states, and in area.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06

When it becomes possible to force
through Congress measure so palpa-
bly, Ubiquitous as the ship subsidy bill
it is difficult to take very optimistic
view of the morality of our national
legislators. We seem to have reached
a stage in our national development
when any sort of job can be put upon
the country by the simple expedient of
buying the good will of the Republican
party by contributing to its campaign
fund.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
THE EXPECTED.
(New York World, Ind.)

WV VI TIT IITN0fT
Altogether the message is commend
ably frank and is precisely what the
country had right TO expect and no
doubt did expect. as the consequence of
President McKinley's reelection and
of his Interpretation of that result rs
an Endorsement of his policy in all its
length and breadth
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06

Wholesale arrests of brokers on the
floor of the Consolidated Exchange OF
New York are being made because
they have been dcfrauding the gov
eminent of two cents on each share Of
stock. And these are the persons who
have been saving the honor and credit
of The nation for matter of four years
now and branding honest men as anar-
chists and repudiationists
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
TOO LONG

(Chattanoosa Times. Rep)
1t is too long to Justify discussion of
ii as whole in the issues OF week,
and besides, the mass of it's facts have
been anticipated by the press and most
of the Presidents recommendation
have been discounted.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
IN A GOOD HuMoR.
Dispatch. penn

(Itichmond Dispatch, Dem.)
The Presidents message to congress
is IL long one. We find in ii nothing
very stunning; nor. indeed. anything
very striking. He may be pardoned for
its length because he had Il great num-
Der of subjects with which to deal lie
style. Having just been elected for Il
second term, and seeing his party i'll
power in every branch of the federal
government, he seems to be in Il good
humor
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
BENEVOLENT STILL.
(Baltimore News. RepN

That MIR. AIcEinlcy's purposes to-
ward the TTilipinos, as conveyed by his
message. are of the utmost benevolcnce
need hardly be mentioned. More than
that. it should be granted by the most
ardent anti-impcrialist that his real
desires in reference to them arc as
Kindly as the sentiments he Processes.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
NICE AND LONG.
Times. Dem.

Like Mr.. McKinleys previous contri-
buttons to the literature of his country.
his annual message to congress read
in the senate and house yesterday, is
VcrY nice and very long.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06

y Pennsylvania man on Strengthening
q hog found diamond ring in its
stomach. This would indicate that it
is as proftlcss TO cast diamonds as
peArls before sWinc.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
NOT ABSORBING.
(Savannah News. Dem. J

Savannah News, Dem)
The message gives a comprehensive
idea of the foreign and domestic at
fairs of the government. but it is not
such n deeply interesting document
that il will be generally read.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
NOT DECISIVE.
tChicaro Record. Ind.l

On the whole the message will COM
mand warm approval for its express
sions as TO China. AS to some of the
other vital issues of the hour its lack
OF grasp and decisiveness is disappoint
ing.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-06
HAVE DISCONTINUED
THE SOUTHERN
BELL TELEPHONE,
THE LIST is GROWING.

THE LIST is GROWING.
F9r the information of the public the Vrginan- Pilot will
from day to day publish list of the names of business houses
and residences that have discontinued the service of the
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The following list Of subscribers who have ordered tbei
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A. BlsNKLEY, Residence. street, Portsmouth Va.
M. BURDEN Grocer Church and Nicholson streets
W. LINDSAY 8IBB. at law. CRANKY street
CO.. Who esae lumber 51 Columbia Bldg
H. Residence
CHARLES ] BAssETT A1rulner asa Main roo,
BRIGGS 1ank bldg
agricultural imp 1879 2o Water st.
BRA N1BIETos, oF IMPROVEMENTS
gro provisions 81 Roanoke ave-
L. r. BRITT CO. grocers Nvison street
CAPT. Grocer. church and Nicholson streets
D CARPENTER carpets $50 Main street
D. CARPENTER Residence
couPER MARBLE WORKS. 15s Bank street
coURTIANp LUMBER CO. eossos Citizens Bank building
COLUMBIA PEANUT co. s7.a,1 water street
BAKERY &c Bank street
cigars s4-. Com
GEORGE W. DEFY SONS.
S DozIER. n notion lain stree
DUNCAN BROS Wholesale
J. Residence
w DEJARNETTE. Merchandise brokers' las Water street
ENGLE & BRO corM IN Roanokea avenue
EGG1EsToN EpPEs Insurance uaddinrton t,uainr
Residence
mission merchants Roanoke avenue
f. L GRANDY n feed avenue
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T. w GOODWIN CO. ST.
co. "h0a fru produce and commission merchants 80
p dealers 90 and m Commercial Place
W. T.
$40 Main street
ranspora river bay sea towing 60
| N. Y il ms. tizenss Bldg.
I1oHNsoN DAUGHTREY. Dock
A.. NJ. JOHNSON Contractor AM Bank
minfe Roanoke Dock
grocers CONNIE street
KELLY. WILLIAMS plumbers ia Bank street
]. f. mce olumba building.
LAWRENCE wELToN
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New-York tribune., 1900-11-18

the palms and plantanS of Il southern island
rather than the snowy wastes of the North
while his face like his whole figure is of alto
gether broader and stocker build.
The little Alaskan girl has made, apparently,
even greater progress in the English language
than the Greenland boy, and has also remem-
bered more of her language than he has of his.
1t took much persuasion TO make Meme count
up to four in his language. and then ''Iaks" did
her part up to six but DR.. Boas outstripped
them both. After that Meme sang a strain of
wild native song, and "Zaks' followed with a
much longer fragment distinctly less wild. of
a song of her people. DR.. Boas concluding the
programme with chant of the BafIin's Bay
Esquimaus, learned during his sojourn in that
little visited section of America.
But all this was evidently done under strain
to the feelings of the two children. They are
not the kind of children who enjoy showing
off, and when. a little later on seated on a
bench among the Esquimau exhibits in the base
ment Meme asked by Mrs Wallace to re-
peat the story of adventure on the ice fields
in which he had taken important and peril
Gus part his embarrassment became painfully
evident. A crowd of everyday New-YOrk little
boys and girls had begun to swarm all around
the group some almost climbing over the back
# the bench in their curiosity 1t time to
bring the seance to an end. Enough had been
done said and sung to bear out Mrs. WalIace's
statement that in the quiet of his own home
Meme tell some very interesting tales Of the
Arctic Circle. and Miss Meaghcr's account of
the pretty descriptive dances with which 'Iaks"
sometimes entertains her In these dances-or
poses pl&stiques-the little woman passes from
one pose another in a regular rhythmic series
regulated by the clappins of Miss Mcaghcr's
hands. "ZakS" is pupil in private school in
! Forty-scC ond-st.. and one of her accomplish
ments is drawing which she sometimes puts
| to good in portraying the scenes Of her
earlier childhood in Alaska
New-York tribune., 1900-11-18

Dublin, and has taken an active part in the
work of the Society for Psychical Research 1t
has been suggested that if the practice in ques
ton is anything more than humbug, it may
be explained by psychical rather than physical
causes. Three four years ago Professor Bar
rett undertook a thorough investigation of the
subject collecting all the stories he could OBJ
tain regarding the use of Il forked twg for the
discovery of water and minerals, sitting them
carefully, seeking such corrobOration as might
be available. and planning experiments of his
own The first part of his report, which came
out in 1898 cited 112 cases. The second fur
nishes many NOR" some of them having been
conducted under Professor Barett's own super
vision. A third instament is promised, and Will
deal largely with the hunt for metals with the
divinng rod. The others refer only to the
search for water.
MODE OF HOLDING THE TWIG.
In describing the operation of 'dowsing." as
this of the forNed witch hazel twig is locally
called in England Professor Barrett says that
the operator usually holds the by the prongs
that the stem projects in front of him. and
inclines upward slightly. VIXEN the dowser
passes a spot where water is supposed to exist
the twig rises to a vertical position. striking him
on the breast. If short enough to avoid hitting
the mans body. the tWig will sometimes rotate.
though the operator appears to resist its ten
dency to do 50. The duWS"r himself often ap-
pears exhausted by his effort. even complaining
Of sickness giddiness. and breaking into
prrspiration As a rule, though not always he
declares that he experiences queer sensations
resembling muscular cramps. These are so
marked in instances that h. discdrds the twg
altogether and is guided by his sensations alone
During the operation the duwser fixes his at
tention on the tip Of the twig and becomes
obi iViouS to the world around him
Eminent people as well those who not
conspicuous in public life in England employ
dowsers. Professor Barrett includes Lords
New-York tribune., 1900-11-18

factrcss. The two form a most interesting and
to the scientific mind doubt most instruc-
tive pair in their snilarites and their con
trasts. Miss Mcagher says that 'Iaks,' she
is called for short, and Meme have few Eslui-
mau words i'll common, but to expect them to
understand their native dialects is as DR.. Franz
Boas of the anthropologicaI department, cX-
pressed it, like expecting EngIishman to
understand Danish The boy comes from the
remotest northern limit known to be inhabited
by the human race; the girl is from the south
ernmos habitat of the Esquimau family. Mene's
complexion is rudder and darker than that of
..Zaks' whose whole of feature suggests
New-York tribune., 1900-11-18
"DOW SERS.
FINDING WATER WITH y WITCH HAZEL
TWIG.

RECENT INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE GENUINE
NESS AND NATURE OF THE PHENOMENON
10y Professor w. T. Barrett on the "so-caIled
divining rod" has just made it's appearances
Profess slr Barrett is member of the ROYAL So
ciety. occupies the chair of experimental physics
in the Royal College of Science for ireland. at
New-York tribune., 1900-11-18
4 LITERARY MENU.

From the Whitsitt tGaD Courier.
Some one stole the two 'posSumS we had pre-
pared for the Literary supper; therefore we car,
hope to have nothing more than Deer anu
brains ON that occasion.