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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

The Spirit Of the Valley reviews with
o,lr; article on the income tax,
and after making liberal tracts TO show
how lacking In uniformity tho collection
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19

help I had a right to claim as constitu- ent. A great injustice has been done me, and l charge the responsibility directly and absolutely to J. H. Bankhead. who, in the apprehension of a political danger, grossly neglected the duty of his high office.
 MT. Bankhead cannot escape this re- sponsibility behind the evasions that have appeared from his supposedly irrespon- sible mouthpieoe. his private secretary, your correspondent The bill, instead or being against the judgment of the regular naval authorities as is alleged was pro nounced just and approved by them all. Instead of constituting an alleged dan gerous precedent. the case stands unique; there never has been similar case be- fore, and in all probability there never will be a similar case again. where a naval constructor goes off to war service and in this service and that immediately following, incurs eye troubles that cut off the practice of his profession.
 In this matter of a precedent in taking position antagonistic to recorded facts and directly opposite to that of the naval authorities and of Senator Morgan MT. Bankhead seems never to have taken into account the injury that would be done the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19

naval service by the precedent of deny ing an officer the just relief of retirement for injuries incurred in the line of duty.
 There Is no escape in the assertion that MT. Bankhead did not personally ap- proach any member of the naval commit tee. Such a method would be the very last one to be expected from politician planning to achieve a result and then to escape the responsibility.
 Nor can refuge be found in the alleged passive position. The neglect of duty would be complete even in passiveness.
 Neither Is there escape in claiming that MT. Bankhead was not requested to intro duce the bill nor in his being absent from Washington when the final action of the committee was taken. These incl dents have no real bearing upon the case, and advancing them as advancing the other evasions and using the mouthpiece of his secretary, shows clearly unscrupu- lous scheming, shows the consciousness of guilt and the lack of courage to confess or face the facts. Yours very truly,
 R. F. ROBSON
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
MT. Walker Replies.

Lucien Julien Walker private secretary of Congressman Bankhead, returned to Birmingham from Montgomery at a late hour last night and, having seen Captain Hobson's letter in the original which he had hurriedly read, he said:
 T shall not at this moment undertake to reply to Captain Hobson's Insane trade I shall take my time as to what course I shall pursue. The letter of my own which he quotes in the outset ap- peared in the New York Herald of Feb ruary IS, and was reproduced in the Mont eomery Advertiser and various other newspapers. Captin Hobson seeks to make it plain that the statement he sin gles out of my letter to the New York Herald stands by itself. thereby disregard ing my whole text, which was response to an uncalled-for attack in the Herald upon me.
 This is in keeping with his game of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
Anarchist Conspiracy.

London, March 1S.--According to the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, rumors are current there of the discovery of widespread anarchist conspiracy with branches among the working men in the industrial districts. Many arrests have been made in Galicia of Russians concerned in smuggling an- archist literature Into Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
Some Good shootinu.

Washington, March 1S-The battleship Massa achusetts. at Pensacola, in firing with sub-calibre guns at moving tar get, distance 200 yards, but so reduced in size as to be equivalent 10 target IT feet by 2 feet, at distance of 170O yards, made ten hits out of ten shots with a tur- ret gun and six hits out of seven shots with broadside fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
Mrs. wInslow's Soothing syrup.

the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind. hv MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHINa, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHS the CHILD, soFTENs the GUMS. ALLArs all PAIN. CURES WIND COLO. and is twenty Ave cents a bottle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19

self-advertising. He attacked me without cause l explained my attitude toward him as being entirely friendly.
 His letter now given to the Alabama press, dated Greensboro, Ala, March 1G, was written ir and mailed from the Oriental hotel Dallas. Texas. He is playing false as usual"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
ssc.oo-cALIFoRNIA-sso.oo .oo

One way recond-olass ooionist tickets will be sold daily during February and March at above rate from all main line coupon points on the Mobile and Ohio railroad. St. Louis to Meridian. inclusive Ask your homo agent or write John M Beali, A. c. P A.. St. Louis. for full in. formation. 2-1o- thu -su-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
Revolution In Uruguay.

Washington, March 1s.-News of a rev olution in Uruguay was conveyed to the state department today in dispatch from United States Consul Swan at Monte- viedo as follows
 Monteviedo, March r. Revolution has broken out. Railroad destroyed. Eight thousand men are camp eo outside marshalling to attack the city Revolution is serious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19

Money to loan on real co. tate mortgages terms to suit borrower. Low rate of in. tereut. Alabama Trust and savings O.. 2oo7 First Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
SPECIAL EXCURSION RATES
To sWlnter Homes In Summer Lands" Via Southers Railway.

K Via souther. Railway.
 ,ow round trip winter tourist ratsu ia nrincipal resorts in Georgia. Florida. Nassau and Cuba. Tickets on sale daily. with Anal limit May u. io0& Throurh Pullman sleeping oar to Jacksonville without change.
 For particulars. sleeping car reserys. tions. also copy of besutifui little book let entitled ''Winter Homes in . Summer Land" apply passenger office. Norris Hotei Building, ]. c. IsunK.
 is.f7.tf District Passangsr Agsne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19

Prickly Ash Bitters cures disease of the kidneys, cleanses and strengthens the liver, stomach and bowels
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-28
Missouri HortIcuIturaI Meeting.

L. A. Goodman, secretary OF the
Missouri Horticultural Society, noti-
fies us that the forty-fifth annual meet
ing of the society will be held at
Springfield, Mo-, December 2 to 4. In
a circular he says: The state society
has been a great factor in the wonder
full growth of the fruit industry in
Missouri. She ranks first now in ap
pie orchards of any state in the Union.
The fruit lands of our state have
been brought more and more to the
notice of grower and dealer. We feel
proud to-day of our position, and with
proper care and attention we should
be able to hold it. To this end the
society in all its efforts to develop the
fruit interests of the state and to bring
good fruit men into it, has never lost
sight of the need of the best means
for educating, assisting and develop
ing all our fruit growers; instructing
them where knowledge is wanted, ad'
vising them where experience would
give the help needed, assisting, direct
ing, encouraging, whenever opportuni-
ty is offered.
This forty-ffth annual meeting will
be one of the best ever held. Some Of
the best men of the state and nation
will be there to help answer scientific,
technical and practical questions and
to give instructive papers. The fruit
growers of Greene county and south
Missouri will give us a hearty well
come. One hundred and fifty dollars
is allotted for premiums, to be given
on fruits and flowers in our usual
manner. Five specimens constitute a
plate. Perfection Of size, color, form
and condition will be the points con-
sidered. Collections shall embrace
only one plate of a variety for the
Judges to pass upon. New varieties
and rare ones are desired. Specimens
for name are always in order. Let us
make this a banner meeting. Monday,
December 1, the Ozark Apple Growers
Association will hold its regular meet.
ing and all apple growers of the
Ozarks are invited to be present; the
society delegates will also be welcome.
Railroad rates will apply for this day
also. a good program will be carried
out. Fruits should all be arranged on
Tuesday. All fruit will be reserved
and put up in glass Jars for the
Worlds Fair.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-28

1t cost him s2.40-a piece of classic
cookery if there is any. This tri-
umph of the cuisine of old France
is from leg of mutton roasted. very
slowly, during seven hours; and the
necessary basting involves patience
that is to be found in few modern res
taurants.
The man who thought he could eat
$40 worth had already worked up to
$12.S0; but his appetite was gone.
The maitre d'hotel, who now per
ceived he had been trying for ex-
pense, suggested lie Desir du Roi, -
the Kings Desire, at SO in vain.
81 can eat asparagus" he unused;
and the maitre d'hotel accommodated
him with the luscious branches from
a Brussels dollhouse at 81 the portion
they were almost worth it,
There remained almost Sc to spend
on dollhouse fruits. Though swelled
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-28

VERY curiously. the French. Yes.
Parisians."
You see, it all comes to this; do
you want to feed your stomach or
your eye-or your pride? The feed
ing of ones pride-and even of ones
eye-in supper restaurants comes
higher than plain stocking; and one
hears of great deal of petty gouging
in the sylvan establishments which
keep their doors open so late in au-
tumn and early winter season.
Sometimes the victims write to the
Paris papers. Such was a Belgian
and his wife who recently had to pay
$3.50 for three poached eggs, the
fourth being good only in parts. Z"
Such an establishment in the Bots
charged friends of mine $3.50 for a
melon at a time when melons could
be had for so cents apiece.
At the Chateau de Madrid in the
full Bots; at the Pavilion d'Armenon-
vile, the very country club of the
fast set; at the Ambassadors, in the
Champs Elysees, and at Maxim's and
the Cafe de Paris, their strong hold
is the spectacles of gayety. And In
deed it makes a gorgeous sight to
watch "those ladies" entering with
their lords and masters of the day, or
mayhap with a train Of bacchanalian
followers to take their favorite Ia
bles, kept for them by the manage
ment on the mere hope that they may
turn up to grace the feast and adver-
tise the shop.
Their skirts rustic, their gauzy
chiffons sparkle with jeweled pins
and buttons, they revel in fantastic
collars, row on row, of pearls, while
their corsage is a constellation of dia-
monds and colored stones and their
immense hats poems of posies.
To see, one must pay a fair price,
but there is one device, known and
dreaded by walters and proprietors,
whereby the cost of the spectacles
may be kept down to a strict mini
mum. A soup, meat dish, a salad
to follow, a three-franc bottle of wine
and then coffee-what can the out
ragged waiter do to the imperturbable
couple that has managed to obtain a
table and given such an order?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-28
How Sour Soils Are Made.

The black prairie soils are invari-
ably rich in nitrogen and potash, be-
cause they are largely composed of the
charcoal of decayed vegetation. The
accumulation produced has been pre-
vented from total decomposition by
the water lying heavily in the soils
and excluding the air. Tie drifting
sands and clay silt, and the earth in
which the plants were rooted supply
SUI mineral matter to make them
into healthy soils, which settle grad
ually to fairly firm mass, except in
some parts where the water lay stag
rant too heavily the year round. The
last condition allowed only a growth
of water plants like sphagnums, and
resulted in what are termed bogus
soils" too deficient in mineral matter
to properly support farm crops. AS a
portion of each years vegetation be-
came entirely decomposed, and the
charcoal bodies, or carbon structures,
were burned out and passed off into
the air as carbon gas, humus was de-
posted through the mass, thus max
ing food for plants to be taken up by
them in absorbina the soil waters.-
I. G. Wallace.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-28
THEY HAD MET BEFORE.
Medical Student Failed to Recognize
Old Friend.

Medical Student Failed to Recognize
Old Friend.
A young medical student came face
to face with a dear, kind, fatherly
looking gentleman with white hair
and of highly respectable appearance.
They both stood transfxed. The
same idea flashed across both of them.
Your face is familiar-very fami-
liar; but can't remember where we
have met SO often"
However. the friendly impulse was
carried out.
They shook hands warmly, partook
Of a friendly glass and departed, still
ignorant Of each others game and
occupation.
But the young man was determined
to solve the problem, and he seized on
a waiter and said to HIN:
''Tel me, waiter, who is that dis.
tinguished stranger with the long
white hair?"
And the waiter whispered lowly:
Please, sir, that's the pawnbroker."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-28
9R
5RoRTIl0T.,l0REg
MI III &
The Seeding Apple.

For a good many years there has
been a contest as to whether it was
better to hunt up new apples in for
eign countries and import them or de-
yelop new apple varieties from seeds.
Both methods have been tried and
both have yielded some discouraging
results. A few good apples have been
imported from foreign countries, but
very many, after having been tried for
a dozen years, have been cast aside as
worthless. On the other hand, OF all
seedlings that have been brought to
stage of fruitfulness not one in thou
sand has proved to be of value.
However, we should not forget that
all the progress that has been made IN
the development of new varieties at
home or abroad has been by means OF
seedlings. For every good variety we
now have, multitudes of seedlings
have been tried and cast aside. we
must continue this work, though 1t ls
very slow as a process. 1t is a great
task to care for thousand seeding
trees and bring them to bearing age.
They must be planted at first in seed
ling rows and then transplanted. They
must be cared for after the best meth
DDS for years till they come into fruit
ing. Even after that it is sometimes
necessary to keep them for otner
years to determine other facts about
them; for a tree will sometimes snow
increased fruitfulness as the years go
on. Among the things that must be
done for the trees are keeping the
ground fertile and the trees sprayed.
The borers must be hunted out and
the caterpillars attacked as soon as
they appear. The discouraging thing
about the work is that after so long a
wait and much hard work the grower
may find that not one tree is superior
to varieties already growing, and un'
less a new variety be superior in at
least one point to other varieties 1t is
of no use to save it.
The laborer can never know that he
is to reap the benefit of his hard
work. Even if he develops superior
variety, other years must elapse be
fore he can make anything from it,
and even that will depend on his bust
ness acumen and business energy.
However, the Seeding is the only
available road of advance. If all apple
growers would each grow few trees
it would distribute the load over many
backs and it would weigh less heavily
a few.-Farmers' Review.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-28
chlck.Pea or Gram.

A Smelling pea, practically unknown
in this country, is the chick-pea (Cicer
arietinum), the garbanzos of Spanish
cookery, or the gram of India. 1t is
largely cultivated in southern Europe,
in Spanish America and many parts
of the East, especially British India,
whence it is exported. 1t is a stir,
upright plant, covered with hairs and
bearing inflated pods containing few
curiously shaped seeds; the two lobes
distinctly marked and the germinal
point very prominent. These peas are
eaten boiled, but more commonly
roasted. This roasted pea seems to
have been much in use in Roman
times, the phrase fricti ciceris emptor,
buyer of roasted chick-peas," mean
ing in conversation poor fellow.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-28

always vague) cost him 300 francs"
Or he had stepped into Voisin's or
the Maison Doree with his wife-the
honest man-and gave up s35 for "a
few baked nothings."
I will tell you great secret-these
men have not been to Voisin's or to
Paillard's or the Maison Doree. They
are bluffing-and as they have not ex-
perience of the true prices they make
It strong to be on the safe side.
The $40 trick-it is trick or catch
because one does not regularly think
In detail and because wines, flowers,
cigars, liquors and tips are not food
has been tried often. Regularly it
takes the form of bet, as happened
in the case which brings it to my
mind
The victim was an inexperienced
English colonial plunger. He soon
discovered the difference between or
dering $40 worth of food and eat
ing it.
He began his serious feeding with
lobster alAmericaine, because it was
likely to cost as much as $3.50 a por-
ton. They let him off when he had
eaten about three-quarters of it. with
less than half the burning sauce.
His hors d'oeuvre and bisque
(cream of crawfsh) had cost hin
scarcely So; and the former. in par
ticular, had been expensive fancy
little mysteries, cold, on diamonds OF
thin toast and highly spiced. A
sweetbread in the Toulouse style cost
him $780, Then he risked a stuffed
and garnished quail for SO more.
When he had done with it-and
they did not force him to pick the
bones, by any means, but only to con
sumo each dish reasonably-that full
feeling had already come upon him
But he had been tempted by the OBJ
vious expense of the gigot de sep
heures (seven-hour roast mutton)
and there it was before him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-28
fAGRTCULTURE)
egSnansse a5ssssa9ASSz:sss
&4.]gE:es&
Farm Economies.

There was a great failure in New
York not long ago which involved mil
lions Of dollars. Investigation showed
that the failure was due very largely
to the neglect of small economies, the
saving of few cents here and of a
few dollars there. The waste had
gone on for quarter of century and
had resulted in bankruptcy. How many
farms have been lost because of the
reckless way their owners had of do
ing business? The best thinkers on
this subject have been for years adj
vising every farmer to keep books and
by that means looking after the big
and the little things. The little in
comes and the little outgoes are al
most lost sight of, and even the big
things and transactions are too sell
dom properly accounted for. We do
not wish to advise the farmer to put
his family on shorter fare than at the
present time, but we do wish to urge
that he know where his money is go
ing to and where the money is coming
from that is to meet his future obliga-
tons. We do wish him to know
whether his various farm operations
are all bringing him profit 1t not
dnfrequently happens that certain
crop will be grown on the farm for
years without ever paying profit. 1t
would be economy to know fully the
truth about such a crop and cease to
grow it, To cease to lose money in
that way is one of the most necessary
farm economies. 1t might be well to
inquire ION some farms) if the money
that is being put into that embryonic
trotting horse is not mostly wasted.
Has account been taken of all the
little expenses incurred in his devel-
oping? To save these expenses (in-
Cured on a ''gamble") is a worthy
farm economy. 1t is economy to put
the farm tools in out of the sun and
rain and cover them with preparations
that will protect them from the damp
ness that everywhere exists. Not the
least of the economies on the farm is
the saving of time. the shortest way
to do this is to have place for every
thing on the farm and to see that
everything is kept where it belongs.
This will save both time and effort
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-28

Inc EngitSnman is WatcnIul ana SuS-
picious.
the sport got away with dozen beau
tiful big strawberries at 20 cents
apiece. And stopped short.
"Try those dollhouse peaches at 60
cents apiecei" they suggested to him.
you are within So of winning your
beti"
He refused to try.
Bring me my coffee and a glass of
chartreuse!" he whispered. 81 losel"
This is the story as it runs with
variations. Regularly it ends in a
discussion on the fairness of making
up the major part of the bill from
expensive small things like ortolans
and dollhouse strawberries-which
would constitute no proper meal.
1t is well agreed, however, that
that above $40 or $50 a cover. it is no
longer either the food or the drink
one pays for. When one spends more
1t is to make expense.
One particular dinner given was in
honor of Russian grand duke, who
told the ladies to carry away the four
great silver candlesticks as souve-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-28
Dining Places of Paris,
Famous Resorts Frequented by Residents
of the Gay Capfal-MeaIs Not as Costly
as Report Has Made Them

irsl They were worth 1000 francs.

nirsl They were worth 5000 francs.
The manager of small restaurant
pretends to be able to put the various
races into proper categories.
1.-THE Russians drink the best" he
declared-and he has had experience
of them. Zone day Russian noble
drank, all by himself, double Jero-
boam, one Of those immense bottles
containing as much as eight ordinary
quart bottles. 1t is not rare to see a
Russian do his five quart bottle be-
tween midnight and a. m.
after the Russians come the Amer
leans, then the Belgians, the English,
the Germans and the South Amer
leans, especially the Chileans. The
French come last.
"The German is always calm. po-
lite, never complains, never beats
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-28
National eureau Of Forestry.

The work of the Bureau of Forestry
is now being carried on in 20 states.
The Bureau appointed 80 new student
assistants for this season, the entire
field force numbering 165 men. The
work includes, among other things,
the gathering of the necessary data
for several working plans, study of
a number of well-known commercial
trees, the examination of farm wood
lots, and study of the treeless areas
with view of devising plans for for
est extension. The Bureau of For
estry began the new fiscal year of
1902-1903 with an appropriation of
1921, $3.50. The amount for the pre-
vious year was $1S5,44O. This in
creased appropriation shows how this
work commends itself to Congress,
and 1t makes possible a much wider
range of work. The present seasons
work is by far the most varied and
interesting yet undertaken by the
Bureau Of Forestry, and is being car
ried on in Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, New York,
New Jersey, Maryland Tennessee,
Kent. IS pest Virginia, North Caro-
lina, Mic Minnesota, Nebraska,
Olllahor so1ih Dakota, Montana,
Arizona a.d California. Later In
the SIS son It viii be extended to still
eli states and territories.