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Now the arbutus is very evidently en-
gagged In the progressive work, for It
presents stages OF development which
close to the earth, as II seeking warmth
there, The leaves are hardy evergreen,
and the tendrils are like cord; but
the flower eacites the admiration OF all
BY Its simplicity and its beauty. The
flowers are white but are merging into
the pink stage. so that many Of them
are now rosy, and the, perfume is wFat t
the poets call divine There are many.
varieties OF the flowers perceptlble to
the student. but to the ordinary eye all
the flowers are alike, brea thing the
sweetness Of spring. 5ss
Another early flower is the Andro-s
stephium coeruleum. quite a name Is it
not RI but know OF no other. 1t Is
OF the lily family with blue flowers borne
upon an upright stem and linear grass
d like leaves The flower Is divided into
six parts, there are six stamens, and
the seeds are thin and winged 1t grows
on the prairies from Kansas to Texas.
Another OF the same family Is yellow
false garlic. Nothoscordum biyalve, much
the same In appea rance except that the
flowers are yellowish, but the plant bears
mo odor OF garlic. It may be found
In sandy soil from Virginia to Texas. f
& The wfitlow grasses come in February
March, bearing their white or yellow
flowers and they may be found In every
part Of our territory, for they are uni-s
versnl. They are not very conspicuous
and bear pods ms all the members OF
the mustard family do. The flowers In
this family have four sepals and four
petals,
E II we live south Of Virginia we may
hnd as we walk in the woods a wealth
49, oro 49, %v1,t,
Ing shrub, They are very fragrant and
are eagerly sought by the children. SO
that they may be sold to the stranger
They are the flowers OF the Gelsemlum
ssemperyirens. the yellow Jessamine,. The
corola is open and funnel-shaped and
very brilliant In Its colorlng. The name
is Italian for Jessamine.
Another early conner I Is the Vinca
minor the myrtle, the perlwlnkle It
affects the South and may be found
by waysides and on wastes where At
spreads Its solitary and auxiliary blue
flower In Invitation to the active bee. 1t
Ia a trailing plant. the calyx being t1ve-S
parted
5a Then there Ia another March flower.
OF Virginia cowslp. It grows
along tho banks OF streams OF In
meadows, and has q stout stem and
oblong leaves, The flowers are blue and
very SNOWY, the coralla being trumpet
shaped There are three Varieties OF
this plant native In this: coun try, the
other two blosshming later In the seal
son, II isilnamed for German botanist.
MertenR,
b And here Is another loWly plant Which
covers all the territory between Maine
and I<anads, the Glecoma hederacea,
ground Ivy, Ciill-oyer-t he-groundI a areop-
ing plant bearing blue flowers whose form
Will SHOW 1t to be a relative OF the
mints. It Is Of foreign birth, but has
adapted itself very thoroughly to the
conditions here. The botanical name Is
Greek for thyme. *
/ Then there Is the bloodroot the SAM
guinaria Candensls Do you know wherc
SC grows Il wonder, by what wall or
h0x!ssr n naa .'. I la s.,ss !. os ~
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BY JAMES BAYLEs-pApER n. !
CLhM.ONlA.

NINIA
ers which come upon the trees; for the
willows, especially the pussy willows.
have had their blossoms gone to decay
long before there was a flower close
to the ground, But we are not con-
& cerned with those lofty flowers; we are
f interested only in the blossoms which
garnish the soil upon the level where wc
b walk. Let us select the terrestrial flora
and leave the celestial to those OF a
higher knowledge than ourselves.
L So Il we live in the Middle States, we
shall find the harbinger of spring II we
can. + 1t Is OF the carrot family a near
relative Of the Queen Anne's lace. Tho
flower is divided into fve.s that is. it
has five petals and five sepals, and Is
white tand inconspicuous; hut the stem
is clothed with divided leaves. 1t may
be found during February and April.
and the name implies born in spring"
It grows from a tuber. Il 81 Hi. NJ Il IA
II we live farther South, we. y shall
select the Claytonia' for the first flower
and wisely so, for 1t Is a most fitting
blossom, bushing as 1t greets the newly
born spring. The Claytonia Is OF the
purslane family, and 1t grows in an
imm ense territory. extending from YER
mont to- Texas. The stem is clothed with
leaves and the flowers have Z Ave petals
white in color with "pathfinders" Of pink
OF sometimes or rudy red, q most
dainty combination. 1t is wise plant
for 1t secures cross.fertilization, and 1t
is protected from the raids of the thioving
insects by the delicate bending STEM.
There are four varieties, the Claytonia
Virginia. or the most common plant; the
Claytonia Carolina, or the Carolina spring
beauty, which has oblong leaves; the
Claytona Carolina, which has very small
flowers, and the Claytonia' Perfoliatn,i
or Spanish lettuce, the flowers OF which
grow in racemes surrounded at the base
by a clasplng leaf. The flower Is named
for Dr. John Clayton: and It might very
appropriately have been called Graytonia,
for it is said, that it was this flower
which first attracted DR.. Asa, Gray and
made him the great authority he became 4
in matters botanical B. Rs
The first flower is undoubtedly the
skunk cabbage, rsmplocarpus foetlda, or
perhaps you do not call the blossom i;
flower because It is not visible to tho
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30
DUG UP STOVES ON
PLACE Du .P0NTH|EEAN.
Madmen Trying to Find Spring
That Would Transform Dome
Into a Fountain.
Special Cable to The Times Dispatch and
si New York Hernld)

Special Cable to The Times Dispatch and
New York Hernld.)
Copyright, by the New York Herald Coz
& PARIS, April 2.-The Pantheon has
seen many changes, but it has escaped
the transformation proposed by NM. Mar
chal, Henri Leroux, Philippe Durand and
Marcel Dimblot. These men were noticed
by policeman at 5 A. NJ. on the Place
du Pantheon taking up paving stones
and making soundings. He inquired Of
the men what they twere idoing,% and they
replied that they were trying to find q
spring to furnish the water destined to
transform the dome of the Pantheon into
fountain.
The policeman, with the help Of four
laborers arrested the amateur engineers,
who turned out to be recently escaped
madmen. They were conducted back 70
the nfirmary. SH3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30
PRINCE RAN over. man
WHO SAVED HIS LIFE L:
Troubetzkoy Personally Pro
cured Aid, But Policeman
Was Fatally Hurt.
Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch and
rs New York Herald)

Copyright by the New York Herald Coz 3
PARIS, April @.-By the strange irony
Of fate the bicycle policeman who found
an Internal machine at the door of FRINGE
Trorbetzkoy's house recently was knock
ed down this week by the Prince while
the latter was driving in his coupe IN tho
Faubourg ST. Honore. The wheels Of the
carriage pa ssed over, the unfortunate man,
and although the Prince personally pi o.
cured first aid, the policeman was res
moved to an hospital In a dying condition.
Both his legs were broken and he received
severe Internal injuries. F
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30

ing OF the common name may easily be
ascertained upon plucklng the ,spAthe for
1t smells OF the skunk
The first flower in tile North or in
deed for that matter, in tho Eastern
States, North or South, Is the fepaticn
tri1oba, the liver leaf, or; the liverwort.
The name is derived from the shape
and color Of the leaves, whicl, are said
TO resemble the liver The buds emerge
chad In d soft wuolly blanket and, gradually
unfold their stems until a ray Of sun
shine opens the sepals and displays tho
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30
Almost Century Old

The eighly.sixth annyersary Of odd y Eel ell
T FUCKER = Lodge No ia at Ridge Church,
'iIenrIco county, Sunday evening" april 5Vtn:
at 3:30 r., M by a public service conducted by
Rev. w. Il. Robinson. Of Randolph street
Church.. Of Richmond. ~. Z.
the first u &c lebratlon OF this, kind the lodge
has had, 81 being not quite otls year ola,
being organized only last July.Sfit II now has =
membership Of about one hundred.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30
Reouisitio1i Honored.

Governor Montague yesterday honored q
lima for one, Richard Blackwell, who has
Just completed q term in the Virginia State
Penltentary, and who Is wanted In Rocking
ham, n. c., for larceny.
The man was turned over to the North
Carolina authorities and taken back to that
State for trial II
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Riisesof Mr.. Evins...

The informatloifsi s' announced IN New York
OF the law firm Of Phelps Eyins East
frT 1 Phs ss ~ parner in
the firm, is a son OF the late Thomas Alex
aider E;yins. OF South Carolina, the disdn-
eral A. P. Hill. 81, 4f
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30

Pickett Camp to Attend.
Pickett Camp. Veterans. will attend the Ma
sonic Bazaar Temple. in uniform tomorrow
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30

city, Is here visiting relatives. He will re-
nrut to Boston. via Norfolk, the early part of
next week.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30

Mr.. Harry Tucker, Jr.. has returned to
the city after a few weeks visiting relatives
d in Washington. N. 3l-
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color affected by the bees, which are the
most Industrious Of the fertilizing agents
And each clover has gradually d evelopcd
toward the perfection which 1t has at
tanned; for call It intelligence or what
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30
Oakwocd Association.

Junior Oai,wood Memorial Association will
meet ON iWednesdat +, May Sd, at O'Clock, at
the hom, Of Mrs, Dudley Edwards, on North
TWenty-p NTH Sire IT,
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Funeral of Mr.. Hutzler.

The funeral Of Mr. Manning B. Hutzler
will sake place Su nday morning at II o'clock
rom.sthe Mortuary Chapel. Hebrew Cemetery.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30

Speak tot the Baptists.
tors Cont erence OF Richmond Monday, May
list, at 1880 o'clock.
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purple, blue or white petals. And this
birth takes place While the leaves OF
the previous year are rusting at, tho
base, for not until the flower has ma
tured It's seed are leaves cast off that
the new ones may have place. IT Is
a hardy flower rs you may reckon whep
you come upon It blooming through tho
snow. and 1t grows upon open banks
anywhere from Maine to Florida, and
west to Minnesota.
But again "the first flower OF spring,
Is generally applied to the Epigaea re-
pens, the trailing arbutus, tho may
flower, the flower which retains tho
fragrance OF the snow. There are but
two Of the species. ono here and the,
other in Japan, and it belongs to the,
heath family. The mamie means con:
the earth" for It lies close tosthe earth,
ana Is a. simple but most progressive
flower. t3s i5
u You must understand that the origin
of.all flowers was leaves. Something
had to be done to propagate species. so
the leaves asserted themselves, and took
the form OF flowers, and began to
court the services OF the insects. Thus
It was that they developed color. per-
fume and nectar; for afterSall, there is a.
deal Of 4 truth in the saying that fae4
surest way to the heart is through the
Jtomach. The color was at first yellow,
then white, then pink, then red or purple,
and finally blue. each color adapted to
the fancy OF some insect. But the per-
feet flowers are. blue, for that is the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30
4 Mr.. Sari.yefit,s Portrait.

'Alr. John s. Sargent IS great even
wnere he fails, and his enormous group
Of the Mar1borou chs family is a compare
tive failure. Thtt enormous Length OF the
Duchess and the doll-like character Of the
little Lord Ivois Spencer Churchill are
perhaps the wors t-fauts of the work that
must have offere Or great difficulties to the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30

Turning to the allegorical pictures,
first attention is cilimed by Sir l.. Alma
Tradema, who shows the Finding Of
Moses the most important work shown
in many years b.Ethls accomplished arch
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Here the sub ject challenges comparison
with some OF he greatest achievements
of the worlds e at, and 1t is by no means
ordeal It is tn catrcal and Ill balanced:
The color is diall and monotonous. The
composition lack cohesion, and the whole
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30
Religious Pictures.

'.Thes Saviour. clad In a white mantle,
carrying IN his left hand a carpenter
basket, star tds In tho center of large
canvas. Alta respectful dista1ce on either
sidc is I n group of heroes and conquer
ors. doing yhe image to the greatest Of all
Among them, ar, Generals Gordon and
Nicholson and Alexander the Great 4
curious mixture OF types and periods, but
arranged With such consumHate skill that
II doesn't str IKE one as at all tncongru-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28
BALFOUR'S LITTLE PLAN.

In outlining his campaign the late
prime minister of England remarked
that ne was for free trade, but for
retaliation against dumping" Dump
ing is the process whereby American
and German manufacturers are said to
throw their surplus stocks into Eng
land at cut prices in order to keep
their home market from glut and their
factories at work.
Mr.. Balfour favors a tariff in retail
iation against this low work. In other
words he would have foreign manu-
facturers, if they insist on selling to
England, not sell so cheap.
The people who are marching
through London and crying because
they nave no money to buy anything
at any price must be wonderfully at
tracted by Mr.. Balfour's program.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

The Statesman congratulates Coun-
Gilman Glasford upon his denial of re-
sponsibility for the employment Of J.
H. Pedigo as one of the city's attor-
neys to defend the revocation of five
saloon licenses by the council. 1t mas
been stated on what was regarded as
reliable authority that on the next
day after the licenses were revoked
Councilman Glasfard called upon Ped
igo for legal advice and that at the
same time Councilmen Kirkman
and Cox visited the office of
Gose & Gose for the same
purpose. Afterwards the two law
yers and their clients are reported
to have met and to have exchanged
fluctuations On the fact that the same
advice was given in both law offices.
Does Mr.. Glasford mean to say that
such separate conferences were not
held and that such Fluctuations were
not exchanged? Certainly there must
be lapse of memory Or too much econ
omy in the use of the truth somewhere.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

hecome a stencil in the nostrils of de-
cent people and if the president has
taken any stand in the matter he has
done it in the interest Of decent and
clean party methods. WHAT the re-
publican party in New York needs is a
square deal and new deal. 1t needs
to be relieved of the pressure Of Plat
t,sm. Odellism and generally speaking,
of ring rule.
roads and the express companies;
Odell represents the insurance trust;
every leader in New York represents
somebody" or Something" Every
body has a representative except the
people.
Some influence Is moving nightly in
the direction of getting for the repub-
lican voters in New York representa-
ton in their own party. They have
been for some time without it and
naturally the ringsters who have alb
sorbed the entire functions of the gov
eminent will be loath to let 60 The
first steps taken would naturally be
the reduction of the outer Notifications
of the ring. These are the county and
state committees and the speakership
Of the assembly A start has been
made by the election of Congressman
Parsons, a reform politician, to the
chairmanship of the New York coun-
ty committee. The next was the Sc
lection of clean candidate for speaker
of the next assembly. Such a man
has been found in J. w. Wadsworth,
Jr, who appears to have secured the
Endorsement of both the president and
the governor of New York. The next
and a harder task will be to dislodge
Odell from the state Craftsmanship.
Foreseeing this step, OdeI has broken
with the president, the governor and
everybody else in angry protest
against a reorganization which does
not include him. Whether the reform
can be made to reach Plat
and Depew and hit them hard enough
to induce them both to resign from
the senate remains yet to be seen.
The nousecleaning will be very in
complete unless this is accomplished.
When these outer works have been
taken the people of New York will
be in a fair position to make a sue
cessful assault upon the real citadel
of state corruption, the insurance gang
and the Wall street men, Hartman,
Ryan, Morgan, ct al, who control pol
itics without personally appearing.
The struggle in New York is between
the people and the dollars. The dol
lars are all right in their place, but
they cannot be substituted for the
people.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

The world can only make a guess as
TO what the>Russian army in Manchu-
ria is doing, but as the railroad is tied
up by the strike and no supplies are
being forwarded for nearly a million
men, 1t is a pretty safe guess that the
army is not living very high and is
quite angry. The walking across ST.
IBERIA Is bad, too, for the Russian gov
eminent has neglected to keep the
sidewalks free from snow. When the
veil is finally lifted, we may expect
to see that the army in it's anger has
broken something.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28
THE HUMMEL CASE.

The Hummel case reads like novel.
Indeed, there are few novels nowadays
Which have the sustained interest or
the intricacies of plot shown in the
Dodge Morse divorce.
A scion of rich house wanted the
wife of poor man. He could not, like
David, put him in the forefront of the
battle, but he could, and did, reach
him with money and bought his rights
in the woman, who was granted a di-
vorce. But the scion of wealth did not
make a family hit with his new mar
riage. A weather. uncle wanted it
broken, and this is where Hummel
came in. He found the husband and
bribed him to swear that he had never
been served with a summons in his
wife's divorce suit. Of course, if the
law mad not been complied with, the
husband Dodge mad never been di-
vorced, and the subsequent marriage
of his wife with Morse was null and
weld. All Morse need do was to sue
for divorce himself on the ground that
at the time of her pretended marriage
to him his wife had a husband from
whom she had not been legally freed.
This was the uncles plan. When the
Dodge divorce was reopened in court,
of course, it would not do to have
Dodge there to be questioned and cor
nered. Dodge was being sought high
and low by the friends Of the wife.
learned Hummel would move him and
in the meantime Dodge was being
piled with liquors in a deliberate eff
fort to kill him or at least so ruin his
mind as to make his testimony USE
less.
But Dodge was discovered and ar
rested just as Hummel and his pals
were hurrying him over the border
into Mexico He came back and ad-
mitted ne had perjured himself and
that he had been paid for it by Hum
mel. The senior Morse swore that he
had paid Hummel in all over $4,000
for the work Of breaking his nephew's
marriage with Mrs. Dodge. Hummel
was convicted and sentenced to a year
in the penitentiary.
The extraordinary audacity of the
defendant in the case seems to have
transcribed the bounds of the conf
dence of the man who said if he had
his political career to begin over again
he would first study law, because you
can commit almost any crime under
the head of giving advice to a client
and be free from the consequences"
The Hummel case shows that there are
limits to the patience of the law with
even a lawyer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

Mr.. Bryan has declined to accept
the hospitality of the acting governor
of the Philippines on the ground that
ne comes as a newspaper correspond
ent and might want to write some
pieces for his paper which the COVER
nor would not like. Therefore Mr..
Bryan will go to a hotel and turn his
expense account in to the Office. This
goes to show that Mr.. Bryan is honest
in his job.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28
NEW YORK WANTS REFORM.

Like Brother Hamlet, Chairman
Odell "unpacked his heart with words
and fell a cursing like very drab''
when he learned that the president
had butted in in New York politics.
We do not know how far the pres
ident may have interfered in reshap-
ing his party organization in New
York state, but he probably did some
thing. 1t would be unlike him to stand
supinely by while the party was be-
'"~ pillowed like the princes in the
tower.
Plattism and Odellism have had the;r
way in New York politics. Both have
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

A New Jersey man, apparently in
his senses and appearing all right. as
tonisned the assessors in his town the
other day by appearing before them to
say that the valuation on his proper
ty was too low and to ask to have it
increased. They finally yielded the
point, but the old politicians on the
board shook their heads and regarded
it as a sort of handwriting the
wall incident. indicating a saddening
revival Of the public conscience.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

The German finances are a growing
menace to the country's present poll
cy. Germany was free from debt till
1875, but now the millions are piling
up against her. In ten years her naval
and military expenses have doubled
Chancellor Won Buelow tells the Ger
man rejchstag that the empire owes
$S75,00O,000. and that the individual
debts of the estates forming the empire
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28
LAW AND ORDER ELEMENT OUT
OF THE RUNNING FOR THE
TIME BEING.
Saloon Men Keep Open on Sundays
and Gambling ls to be Resumed
On tho Quiet.

The law and order element seems
to be out of the running over in Pen
dleton. In anticipation of protection
from the new Set of officers elected at
the last city election, Pendleton sa-
loonkeepers are running their places
wide open on Sundays and it is init
mated that as soon as the new Off
GERS qualify gambling will be re-
sumed, although not So openly as be-
fore the moral crusade struck the In
dian town, resulting in wholesale ar
rest of tinhorn gamblers and the filming
of saloonmen in whose places gambl-
ing was being carried on.
Complaints now filed against gam
blers and saloonkeepers for violations
of the Sunday law are to be turned
over directly to the grand jury for in
vestigation. When the last grand jury
was in session it recommended that
the gambling and Sunday closing sit
alton be handled by the city authOri-
ties. The issue at the last Pendleton
election was whether the town was to
be run wide open or on the closed
shop order. The wide-open faction
won in a walk, resulting in the saloon
men keeping their places Of business
open on Sunday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

Mark Twain's theory of exercise is
an interesting one and has many fol-
lowers. He says:
Il have never taken any exercise,
except sleeping and resting, and l
never intend to take any. Exercise is
loathsome. Asd it cannot be of any
benefit when you are tired. I am
always tired
One of the best ways to take exer-
else has been discovered by the boy.
1t is simply having fun"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

The Let's, according to a Russian
dispatch control the situation in Lii
vonia. What kind Of people the Let's
are we do not know, but they cannot
be any worse than the McCalls and the
McCurdys.