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Rapid Changes in Science.

Rapid Changes in Science.
~ FTY years ago the doctrine of
~ the immutability of species in
IN biology was, I suppose, an Or
Il thodox article of faith. An at
tempt to trace the origin. or
species-to show by what stages they
had come to be what they Were-to
trace the process OF evolutlon Dy
which they had come into belng-Was
to begin a bold and revolutionary
achievement, which is not by any
means yet complete. -
Twenty years ago the ! doctrine OF
the immutability Of the forms OF, mat.
ter, the permanence and ETERNITY ,oA
the atoms of which the chemlcai ere
ments are composed, was likewise an
orthodox article Of faith. To question
it, to suggest that elements mlght per-
chance change into each other, that
one atom might cease to be, ana an
other might come into belng OH Inc
ruins Of the first, that inorganic mat.
ter might be subject to a process ~
4 evolution and development, was to pe
>, bold and heterodOx SPECTATOR, ana
10 hazard a guess not based on ade-
n,ate governmental evidence. Crookes
was a man who took this ana other
4 hazardous risks; and already time IS
/ going far to Justify his insight and
penetrat1on. ~.
z Not that the transmutation OF the
elements and the evolution OF the
forms of matter are even yet quite or
thodox doctrines; they have to stand
the racket of criticism and to make
their way slowly, but at least they
have a good chance OF III NE Re,
and the evidence on Whlch
I they are based is evidence OF
no one kind, but is drawn from man!
different phenomena and is clinchec
bv many and diverse lines of argu'
ment.
]. j. Thompson and Larmor and the
C,lries and Rutherford are the chic
nioneers in the extraordinary anc
rapid development thru which W.
have passed. The first mathematics
and physical, the second Mathematics
alone, the third physical and chemical
and the forth physical; those are tn
stages thru which the doctrine ha
passed, and now Ramsay and Soddy
on the purely chemical side, have ap
q parently clinched the matter and con
firmed in unmistakable fashion tn
more refined and reconcile work
Rutherford; which itself in its tur1
lent countenance and encouragement
to>the lofty and brilliant mathematics
excursions and theoretical deduction
and predictions of Joseph Larmoul
Lucasian professor in the Universit
of Cambridge, England.
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Grand Rapids (NIich.) Correspondent
Detroit Tribune.

Grand Rapids (Mich.) Correspondent
Detroit Tribune.
!. IT cannot describe my sensations
when I saw No. 5 flash past the station
on the night of the wreck. was just
in hell. I felt surprise as well as dis
burning not three minutes before"
said L. N. Booth, the Pere Marquette
agent at McCord's, when asked as to
the events immed iately preceding and
following the wreck at East Paris.
The station house at McCord's. the
first Pere Marquette station east Of
the city, is a structure of three rooms,
public apartment where passengers
wait for trains, a private office and
TELEGRAPH room, and a. large freight
room. The: officeis at the center or
the building and, by means OF a pro-
jecting window where the agent and
operator sits while engaged in, official
duties, commands view OF the man IAN
tracks of the line for half a mile east
and west.
The order board, about which so
! much has been said since the fatal
wreck Of Saturday night, is at the CEN
| ter Of this bay window and not in
view Of the interior Of the office. In
fact, one must pass thru the waiting
| room and out to. the edge Of the plat
4 form in order to see it at all. The
warning signal on the board, so-called,
is turned from white to red and from
! red to white by switch within reach
Of the operators hand as he sits at the
trough board shelf which constitutes
/ the working table of the station. 1t
\ was at this table that Mr.. Booth sat
when No. 5 dashed past on it's mis-
4 sion Of; death.
Il know the light was burning" he
added, "for was out on the platform
and saw it. It was lit that night about
E4:30a o'clock
4 Mr.. Booth is about Sc years old,
\ short Of stature but sturdy in build.
! He has been in the service of the Pere
4 Marquette for stwenty-eight years. He
speaks with the shap directness OF
one used to receiving and communities.
ting orders In the plainest and most
Ieffective words.
TT INDUCED in no wild hopes that
something would occur to avert the
wreck. continued the agent. 81
Il knew that there was no way out OF It
There were the two swift trains fac.
1 ing each other on q single track, with
j no noint Of communication between
them.
i, ssThe first thing did was to rusr
out to the platform and swing my rec
4 lantern, but 1t was too late to attrac
q attention OF the men on the train. The
4 rear lights disappeared around thu
lcurye to the west. OF course had M
imeans Of Knowing how far No. 6 wa
4 from Grand Rapids, but knew tina
J, somewhere down the line there woult
$ be people MANNED and killed ant
thousands Of dollars worth OF prop
erty destroyed. was hopeless. Their
Twas nothing could do. just Walket
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lead in this matter, and will pioneer
the race thru the fruitful lands or
observation and discovery which are
now opening on our vision, the next
century will probably show; it will
not be the nation which sits content
with its past activity; and neglects its
own higher education for the sake OF
immediate comfort and luxury.
The next century will indeed be
fruitful, and will be a terrific. touch
stone Of the peoples. But century
is only an episode in the history OF the
human race. It seems long because
our individual lifetime is SO short, tho
it surely need not always be so abb
surdly short as it is now If we give
pathology and scientific medicine a.
chance; it seems short also because
the whole history Of civilization is an
affair of yesterday. .:,s g..
Back thru the eaeons Of the past the
patient earth was preparing for the
advent of: an intelligent and mastering
race. On thru the aeons Of the future
! the progress and development of that
race, now at length arrived, are to be
expected. There is no end to what
may be accomplished if each genera
keep the torch of science alight, never
more allowing a dark age to inter
Not always will science be assoc1.
/ ated with. clamor and smoke and rest.
lessness and illiteracy and ugliness;
! these are the struggles and defects
! Of c11ildhood. Presently something
calm and majestic will emerge, an6
the eyes Of the man OF that day will
look on the world with comprehend.
I ing eyes and will rejoice in such e
I contemplation Of scheme of law arc
order and beauty as is at present pos
sible to only a few. And then, as now
will he feel out to something beyond
4 expressible in it's higest aspect, then a!
now, only by the glorifed artist, poet
musician, Of that day; tho even init!
! lower aspects strangely satisfying; fol
then the conception Of the average
, man will have been enlarged to fit tn
knowledge Of the sage Of to-day.
a Yet shall their sages also feel blu
as it were in the beginning Of things
a. million years hence will work nj
1 difference in the feeling Of actua
q achievement. Still before them ais,
will loom the majestic vision Of TIL
:. infinite, and still will their men 0
I highest knowledge and deepest insigh
:. confess that they are but as children
who have learnt TO walk about tn
nursery, to play on the sea shore
while the great ocean OF truth still
stretches before them unexplored
still will they feel that they are bu
dimly cropping after the great truth
of God.
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the heavenly bodies, where stars blaze
out and decay, where solar systems
come into being out of nebulae, and
where a number of extinct suns testify
to former activity; in geology, as re-
CARDS the past history Of the earth,
where every continent has been many
times submerged under the oceans,
and it's rocks slowly deposited as the
floor of an ancient sea, with the forms
Of lowly life appropriate to that date;
and more especially in biology, as con-
Germs living creatures, both plants and
animals, where instability is manifest
and obtrusive.
For what essentially is life? We do
not know; but whatever it may be it
is essentially process Of constant
change. The organic can only exist
on condition usually of growth, cul-
nination, and decay-at any rate of
change; and usually the changes are
rapid. There are exceptional cases
where they are slow, and then the
vitality Is said to be dormant, as in
seeds, which are waiting to be re-
leased, as by detent, by. the approach
of favorable conditions for fullness of
life. "
The @potentiality or the actually of
constant change is at least a concom1-
tant of every form Of life; and now
this same condition is found to be run
ming thru the whole material universe.
| What does it mean? It is too early
yet to guess, but there are those VINO
| have surmised that matter is after all
only the weapon and vehicle of mind; ;
the way it interprets itself to- our con-
seriousness thru our sense organs gives
no clue to it's real nature.
It's fundamental and underlying re-
atty is unknown to us, but some OF II
certainly constitutes our bodies; q
motion and alteration of configuratlon
of the molecules Of our brain Is be-
lieved to accompany every act Of
ithought-it will be, at any rate, a
suggestive analogy if a material pro-
I.cess Of essentially similar sort is found
| to be occurring thruout what we know
as the inorganic World-the world OF
dead matter; and we shall begin to
ask, does all this motion correspond
to some universal thought or mental
activity likewise?
It behoyes us to walk warily here,
and not to leap before we have looked
4 long and well, and have ascertalned
THAT the ground Is secure. The next
i fifty years have much in store for us
i Science is only in It's infancy. For
'Icenturies the human race was wrapped
lin swaddling clothes and forbidden tc
stir hand or foot In the investigator
J Of nature; it was told to be good Coz
bad) and to lie quiet and be fed by
: the trained nurses. Scientific inquiry
!, was impious and diabolic.
Only during the last few centurie!
has emancipation begun. With mucf
effort and some pain Calico and New
ton unwound and began to throw OF
e the swaddling clothes: now the race i
4 almost emancipated. and is beginninl
q to look over the edge Of It's cradle =
J, may well feel awed and almost ap
{ palled at the. prospect Of future dis
III covery before 1t. ss
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ping and changing Of allies, but there
is never absolute peace.
'.Zelaya is the stormy petrol of Cen
trail America - said an American mer-
chant who has large commercial in
terests in that part of the world.
one of the: five republics or in Co
lombia either, for that matter, you
may be sure he has had a finger in
the pie.''
zelaya. is great fighter, and has
proved; his personal courage on many
a field of battle.
'tIn skirmish with some revolu-
tionists, soon after he became presi-
dent" said an Englishman, who lived
for several years in Nicaragua, he
was beset by seven of the enemy, who
rushed upon him suddenly from am
bush while he was watching the fight
from a distance thru pair of field
glasses. He shot four of them with
his revolver and put the others to
flight. They fired at him several times
at the distance of few PAGES, but
only one bullet touched him, wound
ing him slightly on the left ear. Since
then the more ignorant and supersti-
tious Of the Nicaraguans have believed
that he is in league with the devil
who makes him invulnerable to bull.
! let's and swords. Certainly his man.
marvellous escapes on the battlehelc
and from plots to assassinate him lent
color to that belief. Some people sa!
that he shares it himself"
News was brought to Zelaya by hi
spies in the summer Of 1899 that :
revolution was being organized, il
which several Of the officers of hi
army were involved. They were t.
meet at the house Of one of the con
spirators that evening to arrange tn
final details of the uprising.
While they were eagerly discussing
the best way to seize the president
the door opened, and in walked tn
president himself.
'Good evening, gentlemen" he sal
pleasantly. II heard you had part
here this evening, and I thought
; would look in and share the fun. Quit
distinguished gathering of my off
GERS! You all seem to be very serious
!. Discussing military matters, SUP
pose %
And so he went on chatting affabl
+ for half an hour or more, alone
the room with a score Of his bitte
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What Is Life?

Very well, then, what's the mean.
ing Of this state Of things, and how
does it affect our outlook on tho uni
verse? All that It does is to extend
into the domain OF chemistry and
physics the same idea OF flux and con-
slant change and lack of permanence
and mutability with which we were
already >familia in astronomy among
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dominant partner. The federation
was agreed to by a treaty signed at
Managua on Aug. ~, 1898. But it
soon became evident that Zelaya in
tended to be president Of the new
republic and rule it automatically, as
he ruled his own country. Three,
months sufficed to prove the futility
of the scheme, and on Nov. 30 the
fedora ton was dissolved, Honduras
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aud set the whole Of Central America
by the ears. Nearly every month
some of the republics are threatening
to fight others, occasionally alone, but
more frequently in alliance. Some
times it is Nicaragua against Hon
duras, sometimes Nicaragua and Hon
duras against Guatemala and Saliva
dor, and, again, all the four against
Costa Rica. There is perpetual chop
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and Salvador resuming their soyer-
eighty as independent republics.
Ever since then Zelaya's ambition
has been to weld into one federation
the five republics Of Central America
Nicaragua, Honduras, Salvador,
Costa Rica and Guatemala land to
make himself the ruler Of that feder-'
alton. This ambition Of his has led
to several petty wars and revolutions,
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enemies They were racked with fear
and suspense. Did he know? Most
Of them suspected that he did, and
wondered whether it would not be
better to- end the business by putting
bullet into him. Yet he seemed 50
thoroly at ease, SO absolutely uncon-
scious Of any plot, that they hesi-
tated. ="
Presently he poured out some wine
and lifted his glass. II will give you
a toast, gentlemen" he said. Here's
long life to the President of Mica.
ragua and confusion to all traitors
AS he spoke the words, he threw the
glass against the window, where 1t
smashed into pieces with loud crash.
Instantly the door opened and thirty
ing outside for the signal, rushed in.
All the plotters were arrested, but the
president dealt leniently with them.
Some were imprisoned. and others
were deported from the country.
This fondness for playing upon the
traits of ZeIaya's character. When he
is in want of funds to suppress a revo-
luton he assesses the rich men of
Managua, and calls upon them to
make loans for the good OF the COM
mOnWealth.
A wealthy merchant receives an in.
vitation to dine with the president. OF
treats him with the greatest courtesy.
, gives him an excellent dinner, ana
: congratulates him warmly upon th1
. success of his business enterprises.
, Unfortunately, business is very bad,
protests the merchant. THE dis
! turbed state Of the country Is ruinous
to commerce. I am running at
, loss and eating up my capital"
''You do injustice to your business
! talents, my dear friend" replies Re
: laya. II am givento understand that
!, last month your turnover was so many
thousands Of dollars, which would give
!. you a profit of SO much naming tho
? exact figures.
= The merchant is obliged to acknowl-
q edge 1t.
$ Then Zelaya suggests to tho mer-
chant that he is no doubt anxious to
contribute out Of his wealth to the
cause Of his country, and names wha,
: he considers to be a fitting sum. And
= the merchant usually pays the assess
- ment.
e Most Latin-American dictators arr
glad enough to abandon their per1lou:
d posts as soon as they have made e
" fortune on which they can live com
I fortably in Paris for the rest of theil
e days. But Zelaya cares more fol
j. power than for money. He stays IL
s. Nicaragua year after year, working
y and plotting necessarily, in the hope
that some day he will be able to real
~ ize his dream Of becoming autocra
n of the United States of Contra
er America.
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e1LL1o1zEp.

RnIlAueIpn1a PfeeS.
!. Monsieur Crapaud-Ah So sis your ,leetle
son? He look to be similarie to you.
Popley--Yes, he's very much like me.
Monsieur Crapaqd-Ah. How do you call
Get? "a cheep.s Of re old blockhead,'' ees eet
f-ts
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II.
Matter.

The result of all this work has been
to render probable a view Of the atom
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NeWfl IOfK.- SUI.
< Lafayette was rendering his services
81 will not only fight your battles he
declared, t'but will translate your menus for
you.'
s Rejoiced ito know that they were eating at
the Hyphen Hotel, they gratefully accepted the
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Va.

".
A Tombstone OF the Peoples
which of the nations will take the
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Jose President Of Ncagua Is Anocrat In ~
His Country Become Absolute Ruler ~
of the United Central America Dramatic w.
Story He Became President by Quellng Revolu-
ton and Then Suppreng Whose General He Was
1.-The Revolution the Revolution! '-zeaya
Is Said "Sorny Petrol Of Central America, Because
In That Region He Has
Finger in Once Vanquished Seven
Revouionsts Single Broke Up Military Con-
spacy by dropping and Unguarded the conspra
tors Were Perecing Plot
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-27

hy bis enemies. lie said he had, III
his county. ma, many enemies as
nssrlv ALI men yho hold places Of
nublic trust do. I'd yet he had some
irue friends. He deplored his piedica-
ment. and said while he might 90 lIee'
vet he could never recover from 'ne
disgrace Of his incarceration in a ieioh.s
cell. He referred with emotion To MS
small children left at home, and 10
one. a boy, sixteen years old, who, he
stated. has been arrested and lodgeu
i'm the jail at Buckingham Courthouse
Woodbridge says he has retained as his
counsel. Hon. Hal. Flood aud Judge j.
NJ. Crute. and he did not know When
his trial would come of.
Charlie Forbes, Who is charged WIN
being an accomplice Of Woodbridge
was seen at his cell on the floor below.
He declared that on the nightof March
81. when his fathers house was de-
stroyed by fire, he VA not in Bucksng.
ham county. lie was greatly surprls.
Cd. he said. when arrested, and declared
that the first time he saw woodbridge
after returning TO Buckingham, wa
when he reached Prince Edward JAIL
He declared that his arrest was due Il
his enem les, aud that be vas innocen.
Of such a dastardly crime as that o
burning his ow fathers home, We
there had been many an innocent maj
hanged or sent to the renitentiary 10
life. and he did not know what wa
going TO become Of him.
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con.nmnfinn,s OnnortnnIiy.

/, we have learned the lesson Of how
to live and keep our bodies in first
rate condition, we can resist consuml-
tion-germs. But when we break our
selves down by too much whiskey, too
much tea and coffee and tobacco; when
we starye ourselves, because we do not
get enough to eat, or because we eat
what we like and not what nourishea,
or because we gobble it down without
first chewing it so that it can be digest
cd when we stint ourselves IN sleep
and rest; when we poison ourselves oy
babitually breathing air thick with the
breath of others and the eXhalatlohs "
their bodies; when we overwork ana
overworry; when Ne put on too muci
muscle or too much fat lone Is as 0a'
"a the other9 when by disease or eXces.
nj any kind we are either under or owe
the normal, then the power OF the sys
tenn TO repair injury is taxed too much
and consumption fastens itself upol
us.-Consumption, the Great Whi'
Plague, Ererybody's Magazine 10
lime.
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We Regret the Omission.

In best regulated newspaper Offices
as IN best regulated families, mistakes
will occur.
In the list Of merchants and othef
business firms Of Farmville, which
appeared in last weeks Herald a. be-
ing represented at our Military Bazaar
that Of the dry goods Of MI W.. 1.
Clark was omitted. The list furnished
MS misled us, it not appearing ON that
Farmville's dry goods list would mol
be complete without that of this lead
ing and highly respected establishment,
and surely no business Of our town had
fairer representation than TINS IN Il
attractive and winsome parsonage o
Miss Courtney Cox.
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The Primary Election.

Not for years have Farmville people
witnessed a more closely contested elec-
ton between friends Of the same party,
than the primary held last Tuesday.
For weeks before the date set for the
primary, rival candidates for the
Mayoralty, had worked earnestly ana
made a most thorough canvass Of the
whole town, and both expressed CON
ndence of victory in the ultimate re-
suit. The candidates for Mayor were
W.T. Blanton. aud n. b. Davidson,
aud there were two setsfof names
offered for counglmen.
There were caJln all rs votes Of
which numberI }'apton fclyed 90 and
Davidson ~ wien ~ announce
mento of Blantou's ELECTION was made,
Mr.. Davidson imb diately went over
to his successful rival with hearty con-
CALCULATIONS and assurances Of his mos'
cordial support, and this ended
ma Orally tluitr lH Mhi'h 'NN' Wv"
less Of bitterness. and more Of friendly
rivalry than Farmville has ever know
before.
As for the town council elected las.
Tuesday, nine better men could no.
have been selected from the enur'
population for the management o
municipal affairs. Each a well kno"I
business man with the interest Of the
town at heart, and each a man sue
cessful m his own personal affairs max
the whole a safe, reliable council. Tn
vote for the nine councilmen chosel
was as follows:
II. r. Wall, 1850; w. r. Doyne' rs
w. p. Gillian, llS; II. f.. Barrow ll'
w. NJ. Duvall, lO6; 5. ~. Watkins
IO3: A. G.. Clapham, l02; +. i. Eram
, bert. 81; w. T.. Anderson, SO.
-Four of the above gentlemen are a
. ready on the town council, Messr'
Wall, Gillian, Erambert and Andel
, son.
The new council will take oath oil o
D.. flee, September lst, 1904.
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The.annual meeting Of the Stockholm
ers of the Planters Warehouse Co1
was held m Farmville, May 18TH.
The following officers were elected Tor
the ensuing year:
President, 5. W. Paulett, Sri VICE
President, H.. f. Wall; Secretary anu
treasurer. j. r. Martin; Auditing Con''
mittee. W. L. Clark, DR.. J.R Spencer.
f C. Wiltse; Inspectors, Jno' i. Nal'
kins. c. NJ. Bass; Directors > w
Panlett. II. +. Wall, l.. d. Jones, II
Stokes. r. b. Johns, W. b. Blnioru' >
Y. Phillips, w. II. Ewing, W. II
Richardson, r. II. Paulett'
A Dividend Of 10 per cent, was ue
clared and the executive commute
authorized to make some needed al
ditions and repairs to the building
This warehouse did a fine business III
season just ending.