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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-28

folding doors were locked, 4 as they arc
now, on this side and that these two gem
stlomen Indicating Browne and II erne) sat
against they WI aneR turn %
OF entrance and II shall tell them tina t
the Doctor and Il / sat directly In front
! OF this door and between II and MI
SDarrow, ! have taken tho. liberty I Q cut
chairs I'm view Of MI these facts what
must they conclude r. Simply ths:8no one
entered the room, did the deed, gand then
/ left IT. at least not without being OBJ y:
served. = But SURELY ventured " 70
suggest, you do not think they will ,E !.
liz that no one was observed NJ d 15
4!st'"That Is all negative evidence" " he re-
piled, land does not cOnclusiyel ~ prove
that another might not have s observed
what we failed to detect. II viewer, II Is
AL so /. self-eyident9 that they willign
OF reasoning that ] am already prepared
to rcfute their conclusions u every point.
without, regret to say being myself
able to solve tho. m ystery. thou gh nlly
say IL passing that Pnrpose az en- od re-,
whatever until i have uscertnlned every
thing which 1t Ilsfposslb 9 to learn in the
matter. In this way Z hope to avoid the
error into which The detective - 40 prone
to fall, Once you set lIp an y hypothesis
/ self accentiate unduyz tho importance Of
ali data making toward that hypothesis
while, on the other hand, you { q Their slt-
bterlyneglect, lpisqopstrue,, or fall TO fully
appreciate tho evidence oppugnant to
&yoiIr{ theory, q In chemical ID research n !
gather the material II for All entire series
az experiments before performing any,
i so that The first few shall not, either by
satisfying or discournglngf me, cause mo
"a leave the bush half beaten H W IA
INLET lis sec how. from tho officers
standpoint, the murder hypothesis now
stands. No assassin, u will be clear.t to
room room sunobseryed, g therefore. q man
ali ofl$us. must be his III accompl lces,n
This remark drew some Il, sort Of OK
Fclnmatory protest from every other per-
son III the room save Browne.
t,Ah, that is probably the true solution
said the artist Will lll-concealed disgust
This remark and tho tone IN whtch5it
was uttered would have been dlscnurteous
Under any circumstances; at this Jparti-
Seillar time and In the painful situation
in which we all found ourselves II WAS
fboorish almost beyond senduran ce;
There was nothpg IN MAJ tland's man,
Ener to Indicate that no hnu heard
Brownies remark, as he qu'etly' NJ. coll
iYou see this cold bloodcd View, ne
mere statement OF which causes you nj
to udder,-the more so because one OF
orr number liz the daughter of the dead
man, - 8 not to be entertained Y moment
and is only mentioned to show tn 9 n glcal
Cham which Will force the 4 officers into
the certain conylcNon that no nssa Ssln
did enter Of leayse llls I2osl. Ny t|'4 ~
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CHAPTER IlI-Continued.
other reply than a deprc eating
-ceat1lrn Maitland continued: VIZ. ~ 4ssaSs


gesture, Maitland continued: =. -
H. NOV lot us look Attic matter from
the SstandpoInt Of the officers, /, . I,
minds how Mr.. 4 Darrow met his death.
{rhis will constitute the basis OF their
first hypothesis. say first because ,hey
Liable r. tSe 9angqa
scludc that deaf h. Tied IRON natur ~
causes, II shall doubtless be able 70 .inaueG,
them to waive that view ofsthe case 5untli
5abIeM vi Tea eaasMand to act tor the present
upon one Of the other two possible y ne.
cries It appears. from 9 O. +, present
sof these they chooSe The same difficulty
d Owen looked at him inquiringly and he
continued, answering the question ~ her
eyes: &, Y I, I, /, ) /. I 4,
whether .t he Cor Committed 4 suicide or was
murdered In al probability met his
death through that almost impercep,tlbl
wound under his chin This ~ound. SO
ii without a glass, was made With q
somewhat blunt instrument, able. ~.
sparcntly, ollttle more than punoture the
skin and draw a. drop Or. so OF blood. ~
course, on such theory deat a, ! must
sential point is: Where Is the instrument
that inflicted tho wound 8 !. Y I. q =,
Gwen asked. @sss55i 5 Il y y,
Possibly, but as q have not peen q ape q,
4 to And 1t / cannot believe It very, i,kely,
though closer search may reveal Ut I. re-,
nlied = Maitland. " Your fathers right
5fro iy ho continued, lis slightly
stained with blood, but tho wound Is Of q
nature which could not haYe been caused
nger nall preyloddsy, Y, p ~ 20 q
his throat this blood,.:s stain makes no nc
moro strongly toward the truth .a Y, : she 2
Of the murder hypothesis. suppose now,
for We must look at all sides o. the
the that pp 4Ssy las been eel
Thcy will satisfy themselves that the
window was opsned sS a.a hTen,
that position; that tho two south Win-
dows were closed and fastsnea ~. and MAJ
Will ascertain the time when death oe-i
CURED, we can easily tell tl,em,.,a,n,d
mis- Will show then that neither Of the
blinds on the souul, side could have been
onened without SO increasing the lisht
8jn 4ho room as to be sure to attract our
attention. They will learn also that he
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White, Mrs Estill and thu uff1 GERS Of the
chapter. Delightful refrsati,nen 8 H were
served during the afternco on. 4, ass
members OF 5I.eo.J ackson nv Camp
OF Con federate Veterans were he guests
Of honor,$ and they were I he cipiellts Of
rnuch attention ut the hands of Tho IA dies
An Approaching edding ri
lf Ga rdss Have been re ceved ;lnro.nnellls
the approaching marriage OF N honla -
CLEVELAND Preston ulld Miss Mary {Fhoi'ii-3
ton 'rhacker, two & well 81 known " young
salem people. at thn home, g the bride Sill9
salem, VIZ. Oh February 1s,t, ut 8 q clock
lii the ftcrnoon I'll 5s555 IN III St Iii u,
$31he bride -clec t Is /. am attractive and
popular young daughter Of Mr.gand Mrs IT ~
IL. o. Thaclei while the groom 4 @ be ts i ls
the son &C Mr.. and NJ rs ere stol1, q
ana Il prominent young business man OF
Dlueneld, ". AZ Va FL
Cameron Run Hunt Ball.
5A number Q { prominent Richmond tneoo:-ss
3ple attended the hunt bull i8of the sanlIIFS
eron Run Hunt Club last Mig 1T at lex
nndria III wa s a great sue from every
.potnt or view, and guests we're presents
from hunt club circles all the Stnt cs
lprhes dancing continued until ~ late hours
land during the evening an elahornt e 8sup--3
Bper was served by a prominent shiHg-,
ton caterer, while the ball and b dining.
room were decorated BY 10 se.s I'll
THE cotillon fnvors attracted universal
prai sc, being sporting in cl1aract err, con-
slstLlng Of fox horns, jock cya' ca ps, hats.
WHIPS and spurs. 5f35 81 y5s \ $ssl
IN connection with the ball. house psRsr-
| Ties were given by Mrs Courtlnnd Smith
ana Miss Nora Herbert, among whose
guests wore Miss Anne Thomas and Miss
Helen Baughnan, Of BaltdInorc, and
| Mcssrs. Il. Lee Evans and Sidney lIol To-,
way, OF New Y rk. # Eil
Bust Of Cicero.
@ The bust Of Cicero, which was present.
ed to the University Of Virginia = ny pro-
| lessor Coles, Of Columbia, arrived Mon
day, and was placed In the library In
| front OF the portrait of Professor Shclc dc
| We're. Al 4. .Bs sf i3s
mo bust is In bronze. and is a ivalu-
able and artistic piece of work. The pc
4 dcstal is OF greon marble farnlonizlng
well with The bronze The bust bears
tho following inscription ~ s.i2s
| "a gift In memory Of Thomas SJeffer-
1 son, Father OF the University ofsYirglnla,
] from Jonathan Alderman Coles, a. b.,
4 A. NJ, M. D., III. d. y Columbia Univer-
slty."5 VI .$il
Petersburg Visitors.
Tho Petersburg Index-Appeal Of ycster-i
day contains the following:
Quite a. number went over from here
| to Richmond to hear Parsfal" sung.
MI. Cleveland Wright was accompanied
4 by Miss Katharine Brit, who Is n bcnu-
| stiful woman, and was ono of the most
| handsomely gowned In the vast audi
cnce. Miss Brit, who Is from Pcnnsylva-
MIA, is fore assisting Mrs. Robertson In
her music school She has an exception
! ally sweet voice, and isNa great addi-
tlon to tho Market Street Church choir
! Of which. she Is a member. TIer hand
some appearance and tho extreme ease
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THREE NEW FIRMS.
Corporation Commission Starts
ssF8 Business in the Southwest.

The state Corporation Commission yes
terday granted the following charters: q.
Stone Gap. g. N. knight, president;lS s. r,
neutrality-suspicious.; W.. Mathews
secretary and treasurer; all Of Big Stone
Cap Va. q Capital stock, g, oQ. Objects;
Collecting Agency Qnc.). Big
Stone Gap. w. s, Mathews, president; G.
N. Knight, ylce-president;;,. 8 Jesse I;
GAP, Va. Capital stock, s., 900. E Objects;
TO do n general collection buslness. ai.4ll z
* Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Rally way
Co, Richmond. Capital, SOS 000. Frank ~,
Gould president Guy Phillips, secretary
and treasurer. II E55 t3i&5 isl s
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Supreme Court Proceedings.

Proceedings Of the Supreme Court yes
Globe Furniture Company vs.. Trustees
Jerusalem Baptist Church and others, ar
eued BY W!lllamNV Old, appellant, and
submitted, ii y "a.
McNal,oe Sub trustee Va. IIofhelmor aud
Southern Railway Company vs.. 3acks's
Virginia and North Carolina Wheel
Company VS.. Harris. argued by.J Aston
Cabell for plain,itt In error, and John a.
Lamb for defendant In error, and cons
tnued until Monday, /. XII d
irhe next cases to be heard are; ne
City Of Newport News VS. Robins. III
city Of Newport News VS., Woodward,
Drivers administrator VS., Southern
Railway d Company, " and * Norfolk and
Western railway Company vs. Fritts,T bo-
ing NOS. ~, AZ and As on argument docket
and No. j Of privileged docket II &
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His Decision,

Diogenes was asked Why he had ceased
his quest for an honest man and lipger-
ed all day in his homellke tub,
..sWhat9is the use?" he returned. pessl-
mlstlcally. tThomns W. Lawson won't
be, horn for more than q thousand years
yet
With that he blew out his lantern,
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{.5 Miss Eleanor Robson, one OF tho most
charming women on the American stage
viii bio entertained rs Miss ellen Glasgow
+ ,lext "wednesday afternoon. fi55
Those who were fortunate enough to-
see Miss Robson during her previous al,-S
pearances here, Esrc anticipating great
pleasure in the prospect of witnessing
her presentntipnMOf MARY Ann In the
MAY. I. Merely 8alary Ann at the
h Academy next week, Miss Robson was
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
UNEMPLOYED PROJECTHES.
Danger Turks Therein Chinese
lnQuiSitiVeneSS Proves Fatal.

The dispatch coming from the Far
East of the killing of nearly a dozen
people by the explosion of a mine near
Chefoo. brings to light incidents g j. =;
TO show that the land in the vicinity
of Port Arthur is a fertile field of un-
exploded land mines and shells.
When the Russians were Smelling
the japanese positions near the vii
lage of Suishiying many shells fell in
the localities desired by the gun
POINTERS, but the ordnance was OF
such a defective quality that they
failed to explode. A good lot of these
projectiles have lain where they fell.
objects of the careful investigation
and inspection of the wondering and
speculative villagers. On one ocea-
sion a dispute arose as to the danger
in these innocent-looking pieces of
iron, and a bold native, to prove his
contention that they were harmless.
as well as his bravery, struck one of
the missiles with a big stone. This
vas going a little too far. and unfor-
tlnately he hit it on the nose, the ten
der spot Of projectiles. 1t exploded
with a terrible noise, killing ten of the
interested spectators.
Another Chinese discovered a shell
which had found a resting place in
the fresh water lake just behind the
Russian naval dockyard of Port Ar
thur. At that time the lake was one
mass of ice and the head of the shell
was just sticking up through the
frozen mass. John Chinaman was at
tracted by the shining brass screw at
the top and went out on the ice to try
to get it off. Good metal was wor n
having in the land of the Oriental.
and this is what attracted him. He
used an old nail to remove the tempt
ing object. His inquisitiveness was a
dear lesson for his family, although
the pieces were never found.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21

in this way in the cities, and the result
has been that much school garden work
has been organized and thousands of
pupils have learned something of grow
ing plants.
A small tract of land back Of the De
partment of Agriculture Building has
been set aside for model school garden
work.
The bulletin in question has illustra-
lions of a number of successful school
gardens in various cities, and has plans
outlined for carrying on such work.
The following interesting paragraph is
quoted from the bulletin on the work at
Hampton Institute, Virginia:
when it was announced two years
ago to the children of the Whittier
school that they were to be taught gar.
deninS on a two-acre tract the news
was received with mixed feelings.
While the little ones were pleased, the
older girls thought 1t. a disgrace to
work In The fields. After two years
there are no pupils in the school who
do not look forward with eagerness to
this work. If 1t is necessary to be alb
sent from school, they think 1t must
J not be on gardening day"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
HYBRIDIzING WHEAT IN THE FIELD.

they were taking a sort of high school
agricultural course, many of them for
one or two years, and were not figur-
ing on getting a diploma and then
leaving the farm and striking out for
some city, as Is unfortunately the his
tory of so many of the graduates of the
agricultural colleges.
Working through the Boys.
DO your new methods stick with the
boys when they get back on the old
farm?" | asked. How do the boys
fathers take it?"
"Oh, they think at first when the
boys go home and want to make
changes that We are teaching them a
lot of new-fangled notions. After the
first year perhaps they let the boy take
a try on a small scale Then with the
good results shown by the trial they
are more than likely to come around
by the second or third year and there
is apt to De quite a shaking up of
methods in the work on the old place.
You can't expect to make much head.
way teaching the older farmers. but
you can get at them through the boys"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
FARnERa and PLANT BREEDER.
Work of Assistant Secretary WiIlet M. Hays.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

gratifying results. The average wheat
yield of the Northwestern States
Minnesota and the Disadvantages, as
| remember, from thirteen to fifteen
bushels to the acre, which is about the
average for the entire United States.
Increase this say o%ne-fourth by simply
using this new seed, as in the case of
thousands of acres in the State of Min
nesota, and figure out the gain to the
country. And this is only from re-
suits already obtained in seed improve
ment.
To Double the Wheat Yield.
The wheat breeding work is going
on steadily, and Professor Hays says
that he has probably not yet reached
the halfway point in increased yield.
In the work of simple wheat breeding
by selection each grain Is planted and
cultivated separately, a thousand Of
them in rows, each one like a tree, and
then the best ten heads are selected
from those thousand plants, and the
plumpest grains again selected from
those ten heads. Then you are ready
for the planting of next year. And so
on for ten years. In hybridization
there are many more pains taken.
Here the best specimens of two differ
ent varieties are crossed upon each
other by hand ~poilination and the COM
pick system of selection simultaneously
carried on year by year. But the labor
is more than justified by the results.
Other experiments nave been success
fully carried along under Professor
Hays with the idea of changing the
constituents OF the crops-putting more
protein or muscle-producing elements
in the grain and forage crops just as
the beet grower works to put more
sugar into his beets.
Practical Farm Teaching.
AL this work is technical; it might
be the doings of the recluse. The
other side of Professor Hays makeup
stands forth when he gets out on a
swing round the circle and breaches
what he knows; when he distributes
literature and delivers lectures to the
farmers in halls or from the real plat
forms of trains-a practical educator.
More agriculture in our national sys-
tenn of education is his slogan, practl-
cal farm education that will enable 4
man to farm better and make more
money at it. He urges the consolida-
ton of the small rural schools-bring-
ing four or five of them into one good
sized school where more competent
teachers can be hired and a much
broader education afforded. The in
terestihg thing about his boys at the
University of Minnesota was hat they
were there to study plants and ami
mails and then go back to the farm.
They were at a college, to be sure, but
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21

The country has realized for some
time that it has in its Secretary OF
Agriculture a real farmer; Its new
Assistant Secretary is likewise q
farmer, and unless all records and ap-
pearancss are false, a good one. He
has the valuable faculty of knowing
how to do things, and at the same time
to be able to tell others how. This
Assistant Secretary is Willett M. Hays.
Professor Hays was Secretary wilson's
choice for Assistant Secretary, after
Colonel Brigham's death. AMI 1t ap-
pears as though Professor Hays ap.
pointment was anything but a political
one. There is a fine entente cordial
between these two broad-gauge men
and the work Of the Department has
taken a distinct forward sweep since
Mr.. Hays appointment, He put his
shoulder to the wheel at once and
seemed able to dispense with the usual
two or three months Of breaking in,"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
FROM POLE TO EQUATOR.
Arctic Explorer Now Penetrating
the Heart of Africa.

Whether in the frigid grip of the
north polar country or the burning
sands of tropical Africa, the Duke of
AbruzZi seems equally at home. rms
Italian scientist, who made such a hlgh
reputation by his recent arctic eXplora-
lions, has started for unknown regions
of Central Africa with a fully equipped
expedition, proposing to explore the
Ruwenzori Mountains and climb their
highest peaks. This range crosses the
Equator in the vicinity of the Lakes
Nyanza. whence flow the waters of the
Nile. 1t is some eighty miles long. a
vast pile of blaC-, rock hurled upward
in some ancient convulsion of Nature.
The English explorer. Stanley, found
Euwenzori twenty years ago. 1t was
pointed out to him as a big salt noun
tain. AS the sun assembled, it assumed
shape before his yiew-a great noun
tain clothed in snow-and it took him
weeks of travel to find out that it be-
longed to a range. Stanley believed
that the Ruwenzori range and the
Mountains of the Moon. which can be
found on old maps, are identical. Ac-
cording to the old biographies. the
waters of the Nile rise in the Noun
tains of the Moon.
The Duke of AbruZZi has n difficult
task before him to conquer the Noun
tains of the Moon. W though their
SUBMITS fall somewhat short of that
orb. A large quantity of supplies must
be carried on the backs of natives, and
though the start will be made in the
most torrid of tropical climes, the party
will soon ascend into temperate regions
md then trudge for months in a truly
polar climate.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
MIX In Your Tea.

"The use of plenty of milk with tea"
says The Lancet (London), us a wise
.precaution and must be regarded as a
sound physiological proceeding, since
the proteids of milk destroy astrin-
gency and probably prevent the other
wise injurious action of tannin on the
mucous membrane of the stomach. In
the intestinal juice the proteiis are
separated and the tannin probably com
bines with the sodium salts. The im-
moderate drinking of tea Is an un-
questionable evil, but, on the whole,
we are inclined to think that the evils
of tea-drinking have been exaggerated.
The real difficulty is TO convince people
that a lightly drawn infusion gives
them their moneys worth"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21

The Department of Agriculture Is
just issuing an attractive illustrated
bulletin on school gardens. In his in
troductory, DR.. Galloway, Chief of the
Bureau of Plant Industry, says, that
as agriculture in its broadcast sense is
the primary basis of wealth in the
United States, it seems essential that
efforts should be made in our general
educational system to bring early to the
mind of the child facts which will he
OF value as emphasizing the importance
and necessity of agricultural work.
There is no better way to do this, he
says, than through a well-managed and
well conducted system of school garden
training which early awakens interest
in an industry which means much to
the future prosperity of the country.
When the work of handling Congress
sional free seed distribution was turned
over to the Bureau of Plant Industry
several years ago efforts were made to
arouse interest on the part of members
of Congress with large city constitucn-
cies, who might be able to encourage
the school garden movement through
the distribution of specially prepared
seed packages. Since then millions of
lDackages Of seeds have been distributed
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
WHEAT ROOT SYSTEM.

morse, and he thus showed that plants
were capable of the same development
Dy breeding as are animals.
If you are interested in learning
something about plant breeding you
might write to your Congressman fer
a cop of Bulletin 20 of the Department
of Agriculture. or probably Professor
Hays himself has a few extra copies.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21

BY breeding. And Professor Hays
drew a parallel. Step by step. between
the improvement of the Wealthy apple
tracing its history and improvement
from the tree developed by Peter NJ.
Gidden of Minnesota, and Messenger,
an imported English racing horse,
which became the leading progenitor
Of the American racing or trotting
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
Breeding up Plants.

The work which has made Professor
Hays most famous is his plant-breeding
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21

A seventy-page bulletin which Pro-
fessor Hays wrote for the Department
of Agriculture some four years ago OIL
the subject of plant breeding brought
his work into great prominence. In it
he outlined numerous possibilities OF
increased production Of all crops
through plant breeding. Every man
knows that the American trottine
horse has been wonderfully improved
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21

experiments. He is the wizard of farm
plant life as Luther Burbank is of hor-
tlculture. He has taken wheat and
bred 1t up, by selection and hybridiza.
tlon covering periods of five and ten
years. so that the improved strain
Yields probably % to 80 per cent.
heavier. He has done the same with
fax and with timothy and with corn
and other farm crops. This has en-
tailed the most painstaking work, con
tinued year after year, but always with