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supernatural power. as Il condcscensto
to human weakness, was therefore. prom

supernatural power. ms q condensation
to human weakness. was therefore. prom
ised without even request on the part
pledge OF fuliment OF the word con-
corning the prolonged life. Men do not
need such signs now ms much as they
needed them then. and Therefore they arc
not given. LIE as rule is now regu-
lated By cause and effect, and the proofs
OF the supernatural are Of another kind.
not Less satisfactory when understood.
desire for signs; (Matt: XII: 80
cording TO Josephus twho. 1t must be cons
fssssed is not al,ogcther reliabe.} Ahaz:
Judah. obtained from Tigla th- Pieser, then
king OF Assyria, the pattern OF some
structure called dial for marking time,
the purpose now assigned to town clock.
Nothing could exceed the regularity and
certainty OF the record made by the sun
that record would be regarded MS posi-5
tive proof OF supernatural power. Hence,
the prophet, as the mouthpiecc OF God.
declared that the sun would go backward
said, actually occurred, how-whether by
refrac,ion Of light or othcrwise--wc are
not Informed. It was beautiful cm-
blein OF the turning back in the lie tho
king. Tho prenomenan was much like
that when the sun and moon stood still
lisa. x:l2) at the command OF Joshua IN
CLOSING THOUCiHTS-God has been
pleased to draw the curtain and hide tho
future from the eyes OF men. Without
doubt this is best for most people DC.
cause 1t prompts to constant carefuiness
in the midst OF perpetual uncertainty.
When or how often he may purpose. and
ecute the purpose, to terminate any lie.
no one can tell. How often. because OF
reasons known only to himself or be-
cause OF changes IN the persons or condi-
lions In the. world. he may delay such
purpose. giving new lease 81 Me- no ono
ably sure, that every life has mission.
That Righteousness IS an important e!e-
ment in the accomplishment OF that mis-
sion, and that 1t Is proper for every man
who lives rightly to desire to ,sat long rs
n,a, nroneriv nray (Psa xc:lD. Indeed.
we ~ey may p With safety declare that a good
man shall not be taken away un ~ i, MS NJ
iv:D. He need not desire to live ALTERS
ward duke ii:29.)
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What's in a Name.

Iii advocating or rather suggesting,
q change Of thcInamo OF the War De-
partment sometime back, We made use
of this language:
I'VE do not call the navy IL war depart
mont, yet the forces liz tho navy are, II
anything, more warlike than the soldiers
of the Interior. Our so-cnlled War De-
partment' should be called the Military
Department. Has this question ever be-
fore been raised?" 5q
The Brooklyn Standard Union copies
this paragraph, and replies Us follows:
probably not. But II the Richmond
paper wants all the departments re-
ramed in accordance with what they
really represent, the. War Department
should be called the Army Department,
to match tho Navy Department. That
would make the nomenclature more SYM
mctrical, as It WERE Military Depart-
ment sounds too amateurish. But how
about the Soldiers OF the interior in the
late sham battles, tho simulated attacks
on our coast defenses2 Weren't they
fully ms warlike as the navy, If not a
little more so? At any rate tnoy, thco-
retically. repealed the navy and also.
Theoretically, sunk a number Of ships.
we nave no ulSpOSltlOIl 10 pIOlOll6 lllS
discussion to go into the why's and
whcrefores. or to enter intos argument
concerning the relative strength or fight
ing capacity of the navy and the army.
We have simply made the point that
our War Department is not n war do
partment," except whom we nre in a
fight. Therefore, during about e5 out OF
a hundred years war department" Is
a msnomer. and misnDmer that should
crate upon the nerves of a peaceable and
pcace-lovins people.
While VIC can raise no reasonable OBJ,
lection to our Brooklyn contemporaries
suggestion OF Army Department." we
cannot agree that there is anything sug-
gestive of the efforts of amateurs in the
name we proposed. We would be willing
to call 1t Military Department rather
than not have a change from the harsh
and bclligcrent sounding name of War
Department.
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Are the Travellers Homeward
Bound at Last?

Ones more comes the glad tidings that
Messrs Gaynor and Greene, one timo
American citizens, and moro lately per-
sistent wanderers on the rotound face of
the earth. are about to revisit their pa
tive strand. To us who have waited all
these years hopefully at home. the news
Of their approaching arrival is gratifying
In the exetreme. In simple truth, America
yearns for these two gentlemen. And 1t
Is, of course, hut The tinicst fly in the
dcrcrs are returning not wholly from
sheer love of US, but through the might
Of polite, yet strong armed officials of the
government.
This latter suggestion, though rcgrcta.
BILE. is mere sentiment. Something Is much
more to the point. Are they really coming
back? SO often in the past has similar
news brought US TO the very tenter hooks
$of expectation. only, at the pinch. to turn
false and fail us. The Supreme Court of
Canada, we are assured, has denied the
latest Gaynor-Greene appeal, and no
other legal processes now lying ready to
their hand. their faces are finally, de-
finitely and sorrowfuily withal, turnel
again homewnrd. So runs the legend Bu
I Is it true? Are they really coming back,
4 There are not wanting cynical ones Il
say that these two men without "A coun
try will never come back as long as the,
have got any of II left IT" is euphemis
tically vague, but will doubtless lac In
telligiblc to the Initiated, "ris the st
whose Overcoming acquisition turne
their two personal biographies into
''case"; the same ut" that has enable
Them successfully and tor years, to rt
gist extradition. the Identical 1T whicl
shrewdly, though. we believe Legally. di
tribuled among counsel connected wi,
the provincial government. hss kept Il
two travellers so long and go snugly
canada
If they are coming home now. say Il
cynics IL is only because they are broi'
which leads to the ineseapable conclusi'
that II they had foregathered more lalg
~, they might have stayed away longs
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and II enough, why then forever. Which
in turn brings us swiftly UP ngainst the
wholly reasonable and virt.ious moral
that he who would loot must take heed
lest he loot not enough; or less scriptu-
rally, take 1t all, and hang the expense!
1T Is well known, snecr these, that petty
thicving is the only kind that ever leads
to stripes.
Now but few days saved from >the
perlls OF n glorious Fourth, wc decline TO
have our spirits dampenod BY any such
drenry concepts rs these. Besides. It is
not altogether unprecedented we believe
for Americans to come homo from abroad
quite stone.brokc. And anyway, we are
seeking only the facts, and are skeptical
only because we have been disappointed
here In the past.
So. once more, are they really coming
back?
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Senator Alger Retires.

Senator Russell A. Alger, of Michigan,
announces that his health requires him
TO seek the quiet and ease of private
life, and for this reason he will not offer
for reelection to the Senate next winter
when the Legislature of his State will be
Algers health is a little out Of wha ok, It
is truc but he is physically able to hold
his seat In the Senate If he wanted to.
The fact of the business is that he never
anyhow. lie sought tho place after Sem
ator McMillans death as n kind of-vindl.
cation OF himself from the opprobrium
which he suffered during and after the
war of 1898, when he was undoubtedly
the most unpopular and most severely
criticised man In America. The jobhery
and msmanagement attending the short
war with Spain were charged up entirely
to him. lie was doubtless responsible for
a large part of ii. but there were others
| Algcr alone suffered. and that his resigna,
ton from President Mcliinley's Cabinet
was forced did not help him. but 1t prob,
| ably did help others who were more to be
blamed than the Secretary Of War.
General Alger considers his clectlor
to the Senate and a few years service
there as complete vindlcation. and Al
that was all he wanted the seat for, HI
Is now willing to surrender 1t to some
body else. His health is not impaired /
hurt.
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Submarine
". lisa
Yankee Invention.

& z =. II y Z ] 2 . .
Records are being brought to light to
prove TINT the submarine boat is not
youngstcr by any means. sir William
White, n rted English genius, claims thnt
1t was a Yankee invention first put nfloat
In 1776. IN that year an Unsuccessful ut.
ttnck was made on n British NAH OF war
In New York harbor by an American
submarine and this declares Sir william,
was the parent OF the modern submarine
Tho builder was m American named
Bushnell. From description left OH
record by bushnell, and still extant. says
the British engineer, 1t Is certain that he
appreciated and provided for the govern.
ing conditions OF design In regard TO
2buoyancy, stability and control OF. tho
depths reached by submarines. Indeed
Bushnell showed the way to his succs-
sors In nearly NIL three particulars, and
although alternative methods Of fulfilling
essential conditions have boon introduced
and practically tested, in the end his
plans have, In substance, been found
the best"
Fulton IS also credited with having In.
vented ''plunging boat" IN referring
to tho recent fatality on the British sub.
marine AS. he said that In warfare II
was impossible to get nm advantage such
as submergenco without corresponding
risk, but that despite the we'll understood
danger OF service on the submarines.
neither officers nor men had shown any
disclination for the service. The ncci.
don't. he says. was evidently due to some
trouble with the gasolene engines which
would be fully explained when tho official
inquiry was completed. The known facts
Indicate that the accident WAS caused
by tho diving OF AS with her coming tow
or open. so that the men inside were
drowned by the inrushing water like rats
in n trap.
The latest type of submarine In the
British navy. Of which particulars are
available. Is about leo feet in length. has
displacement OF 200 tons. gnsolene en-
glnes Of $50 horse power, nradius of &C.
tton OF 900 miles at surface speed Of
thirteen knots. and IN underwater speed
OF nine knots, with n radius Of ninety
miles.
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Pure and Impure Whiskey.

In an article in this column last week
we suggested that we need In Richmond
and in Virginia law for the prevention
of the sale of impure liquors and need it
equally as much. If not more, than laws
concerning the sale of impure or
ndulterated food. The article has attracted
much attention and we have been asked
by several remarkably innocent persons
If it can be true as stated that much
of the so-callcd whiskey sold in this city
Is not only impure, but poisonous. both
to bodyland mind"
Certainly it is true. In the absence of
any other evidence the fact that IN a
largo number of the saloons In Richmond
and in other Virginia cities whiskey can
be bought and is bought every hour in
the day at five cents a drink, is sufficient
to establish the accuracy of the state
4ment 1t would be impossible for a dealer
TO sell an ordinary drink of pure whiskey
at that price Five cents would barely
cover. the government tax which is S11O
per gallon. The people who drink the
beverage they can buy at such u price
are usually from The worst element in
the community, and when their minds
become poisoned with fusc oil and the
other ingredients OF the vile connection
to be had at five cents per drink, they
become vicious and are menace to the
good order of the community in which
they live and move.
1t is just us easy to have and enforce
law TO compel dealers to handle only
unadulterated WHISTLES as it is to have
and enforce one to insure to the consume,
pure food and pure milk, and such n
law is even more necessary for the wei
heing of any community.
OF course, it will be argued that pure
liquor JAW, strhstly enforced, would ne
ccssitatc higher prices for whiskey. S.
much the better. Let us have a pure
whiskey law and a board of inspector:
to see to it's enforcement.
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THIS DAY lNHlSTORY
JuIy7th.

12oa-Battle OF Constantinople. This city
was besieged this day (Fourth CRU
sade) by the French and Venetian
Crusaders. under Count Thlbaut de
Champagne. After n feeble defense.
1t was surrendered July@1Sth by the
Usurper Alexis, and occupied by the
Crusaders, who restored Isaac sAnge-8
lus to the throne and withdrew.
1647-Rcvolt in Naples against the Span
ish authorities headed by the ia
nous Thomas Anicllo (Alassanicllo),
fisherman.
164e-Battle OF ST Ncots, In England.
16s7-The British Admiral, Sir John Har-
man, destroyed tho entire French
fleet. thirty-three sail, at Martinique,
and left the vessels to rot on the
strand.
172t-Sir William Keith, Governor OF
Pennsylvania, held council with
the:1ndians. at Connastogo.i X
1725-Treaty OF Vienna between the En-
pcror Charles VI. and Philip v, OF
Spain concluded by. the Baron dc
Rpperda, OF Pragmatic sanction
memory. Ass
177o-Battle OF Tchesme Ottoman wars)
between the Russian fleet of fifty
sail, under Count Alexis Orloff, and
the Turkish fleet OF nearly 100 sail
of-the-line. under Hassan Bey. With
the exception OF one ship. which was
captured, the whole OF the Turkish
$is fleet was destroyed
177s-BrItish, under Governor Tryon.
plundcred, and burned at. Fairfield,
Conn, 2 churches SO dwellings, 55
barns. Is stores and 15 shops; and at
Green Farms. church, Is dwellings.
6 IL barns and several stores, and
thence to Norwalk.
17s4-Fort Dauphin, santo Domingo. en-.
tered by q negro, Jean Francois a
acknowledgement in$ the Spanish
army, with severel hundred men.
who massacred the white French.
about I'll In number. The town had
been delivered to the spnniards for
protection, conditioned that the ne
grocs should not be permitted to
enter It. 53
1sos-Desperate action at night between
the British ship Sea Horse and Turk
sh frigate Badere zaffcr, So gums
and 500 men. and another Turkish
ship OF "a guns. At daylight the
Badere struck. having 165 killed and
and 1876 wounded; the other escaped.
Sea Horse had killed wounded.
1sos-St. Domingo surrendered to the
British and Spaniards.
| 1614-The United states troops. unuer
Major General Brown. attacked the
British at Chippewa; the latter re-
treated. and in tho evening the
Americans occupied their works.
1854 plot to assassinate the Emperor
OF France while on his way to the
opera, was discovered. Many armed
conspirators were seized near the
theatre, OF whom twenty-one were
convicted on trial.
1se4-Thc confedcrates evacuated Harp
cr's Ferry and the retreat OF the
force that had gone north along the
| Potomac was on.
1sss-An extension Of the armistice n
Santiago de Cuba granted in order
non combattants may leave the city
and to permit the Spanish com
mander to communicate with Madirt
In regard to capitulation. Genera
6 Miles left Washington for Santiago
dc Cuba via Charleston
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.(kHYbE|:;;S;is. 'jT|QD]'BY,l
My Summer Plans !; OF Me and

My Summer Plans or Me and
Peary. u
Now these DO tho nights OF the swclter.
Ing heat. and the days Of the tropi-
cal sun, Is8 3
Which scorclies Impartial tho poor and
elite. tho moneyed and those who
have mono:
And tho icemen, grown rich, now resign
from their biz, and the lnundrymcn
starch but to wilt,
And the moisture with CLEO, comes ito
trek dowf, n phiz and wo ycarn ito
20 round II, a kilt
All. mo, for the nights OF the sweltcring
heat, and oh. me, equatorial SUM-.
nm simply obliged to admit am beat,
to confess AN, Just about done.
Now toss on my bed In q fovertsh
sleep, In q dream Of the regions
below, s5f
Now hang at my easement Qght-clad),
apd weep. In recalling tho feel Of
the snow.3Ss
And wish, low 1 wish. I'd been born
at the pole, as a berg OF dimensions
and ice, ID.
with the spreading OF, coolness my mis-
sion and goal (though I'd cool off
myself once or twice.. as
And here camot the glorious thought in
r n flash Of the Lieut. soon to start
for the pole,
And solcmnly .swore through my s,rag-
Cling mustache: "IIn. ha! Fcary
for mine. by me soul!"
And SO i any writing to Peary tonight
to tell him that I'm going, too:
And something within me says I'm doing
right. and 1 trust It will seem soto
YOU
All. Pcary and INC will forget all this
treat, as we skim the smooth berEs
to our goal,
AS. at last cold and happy, we danglc
our feet. when we sit side by side
on the pole.
Ha, ha. for the days of the pcrfrigid
limb and the nights OF the FROST
bitten foot,
When Peary WARNS me and then snug
gle him in the cool of the Esaui-
mau's hut;
Or we sit. fur-wrapped, on the dog-driven
sleigh, and his words mostly froze.
come to me:
Come. Henry. let's smile rs we go on
our way. Amt we gettin' our Ice
water free?'
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Mitchell's Downfall.
Department

At first blush 1t would seem heartless
pccialy one who by reason of great
exaltation, political or otherwise, had q
long distance to fall, but his guilt being
established beyond shadow Of doubt,
the country is to be congratulated on the
conviction of United States Senator John
II. Mitchell in the United States District
Court Of Oregon
The charge upon which he was tried
was that he. while occupying his public
position as senator, accepted a pecuniary
compensation for practicing before the
Federal departments at Washington
which under the Federal statutes. constl.
tutcs a crime. In other words, he was
CRATER. a CRATER in high places, the
worst kind Of n CRATER. BY this verdict
the Federal court has put Its seal Of con-
domination upon graft In high places, In
the United States Senate. In the crusade
that is now being made against graft and
grafters, the conviction and the punish
ment Of one in such position, he being
guilty, are worth q dozen convictions OF
less shining lights. 1t shows that the
courts and the people are in earnest about
curing the national disease and wiping
out the national shame; so much In
earnest that prominent position and the
large Influence naturally belonging &c
prominent position cannot shield The
guilty We repeat; the country is to be
congratulated upon the complete downfall
| of Senator Mitchell.
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Dixosn's Books.

tarmVllle, va, July ., 1870
Editor Of The Tmcs-Dispatch:
Sir,-Last week. while 4 was in the
midst Of reading a, book b by Thomas
Dixon, ana when ! was only completing
1t because urged to do so by a friend,
and when was Inclined to burn 1t up,
wishing that had the whole edition to
treat In like manner, it was then that I
read q letter In your paper from Rev.
DR.. Hawthorne euloglzing Dixon and his
books The words Of praise were so un-
qualified that I should like to know
whether DR.. Hawthorne has read THE
Ono Woman" by that author If he has
not, I would advise him to do SO, and
then give to those who look up to him
the benefit of his advice. A woman said
to me to-day: 1.-THE man who wrote that
book ought to be hung" Then she tod
me the story Of how, In a certain city
in North Carolina, a woman had courted
man who had been married seventeen
years and had children almost grown,
and persuaded him TO be divorced to
marry her. The book Is rotten from
cover to cover. It Is q reflection on the
race that human being could conceive
such book. Let thistle be planted In the
garden but may God forbid that such
seed be sown in the hearts Of our women.
e.
(Note.-Dr. Hawthorne's article. to which
reference is made above. was on The
Life Worth Living" Mr.. Dixon's latest
book-Editor Times-Dispatch'.
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Socialist Labor Party.

Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-In news item In yesterdays Issue
you refer to a ticket having been nomi-
mated by the Socialist State Committee.
The ticket referred to was nominated by
regular State convention of the So
clalist Labor Party, held in Richmond on
July 4th, representatives being present
from Roanoke. Newport News, Ports
mouth and Richmond. desire 1t also to
be understood by your readers that the
Socialist Party and the Socialist Labor
Party both Of: which have organizations
in Richmond, are different and antagonis-
tic political movements. The organiza-
tion which the writer represents is the
Socialist Labor:Party.
ai@ ALEX. B. M'CULLOCI1,
Manchester. July g. 1905.
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Wart on the Hand.

+. There is more public speaking in Ten
messed than in any other State in the
JJnion.-Nashville American.
We deny 1t. Virginia holds the belt
this year. Tennessee may do better
later on, but from now until August ED
she will not be In 1t with the Old Do>
minIon,-Richmon Times-D!spatch.
These claims put one in mind of two
boys who had falling out over con-
tention as to who had tho biggest wart
on tho back Of his hand,-Birmingham
News,
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Two Medals.

Especial to The Times Disnatch:)
thorough and careful review OF the TWEEN
tvltwo recital programmes given during
the past session BY the pupils Is, q fon the
necessary to award two medals. MS tho
Work of Misses Virginia Meade Wake
and Dorothy Brooke Peasants was SO
Misses Mary Bertha 'Hudgins and Grace
Wilson Danforth, received next honors;
The happy recipients have, the speciai
congratulations OF the faculty and stu
dents, MS they alone can appreciate tho
full extent OF the honor.
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--~---e---
Expansion Safe and Sane.

The national bank note, circulation
reached high water mark in June. During
that month the increase was 81. 49,, 292, 70,
the year ending June Both the increase
was si6isa7ii, These figures, added ia
those of former years, make tho out
standing bank circulation Of to-day $685.
rs. sos. the circulation having more thar
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Military Honors for Woman.

Military honors were bestowed on the
late Marie I,anganky, mother superior
OF the Gray Sisters. at Tut. Prussia, at
her funeral last month. Before serving
for nearly two decades ut the Tutz Hos.
pital. she had earned the iron cross and
a medal as nurse In the war OF 1S7O-I.
Her funeral was attended BY all tie
military organizations Of the nelghbor-
hood and three salvos were fired over.
her prayc