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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-17
La GILLETTE At
AClDE:NIY TO NIGHT
United States Senator Who Won
Fame As Machine Fighter to
Speak.

The people OF Richmond will probably
give the distinguished American citizen,
Senator LaFollctte, who appears In the
Academy OF Music tonight under the
auspices, OF the Young MEMS Christian
ASSOCIATION, a tremendous house, Among
the leaders Of public Thought to-day, a
incessant action, Senator LaFollette
stands to-day among the first Robert
NJ n. LaFollette ex-GoYernor of the Badger
s5ablf, man VIA bhp9a MS onTanGe 70
self felt, has recently won a noble VIC
tory in Ills own State, achieving the
overthrow OF the machine In his own
party The only small thi.'g about him
Is his size Small IN statue, q giant IN
man OF, forccfu logic. accompanied by
quaint hunor he not only entertans in
M gnlficent style. hui instrucls and en-
lightens All who hear him. HIS theme
or Graft nnd tirafters.' ire senator is
in constant demand, and Will not leave
public business for LECTURE engagements.
giving only 4 few satJrdays NIGHTS whe,i
tho Senate. Is not n2sesson,
stand out sto-day above other men are
Senator LaFolIette, Folk and Jerome. In
debate l.al'olette was more than u matcn
for Speaker Carlisle while the Cath
Patrick Henry u.s' as an an orator ~ ~"
Reserved seats for the lecture VIII ba
on sadie at Branch II. Aliens and the
Central y. n. Ct 4 until I o9elock TO-
ngaght ~ which dne they WIN be trans
1t is a splendid pleee Of enterprise on
part OF the Young Mems Christian Shsso-
eiation TO bring such 4 noted speaker,
and II L an ttclpated chat results from
committee to bring other noted men on
theil. list. f5fE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-17
GROOM has been concluded n buffet we'd
ding breakfast will be served III the
staic dining-roon.
White House Grounds Closed.

rhe White House grounds VIII BIZ closed
throughout tomorrow and none except
those who have been invited will lie per.
mItted to entcr. 1t is realized that II the
grounds we're opened during the earlier
part OF The day thcy would be filled
enriy and difficulty would be encountered
in getting The crowd out. Tho executive
Offices VIII also be closed throughout tbs
day and all work viii be suspended.
Major Richard sylvester. supcrlnteni-
ent OF the Metropolitan Police Depart
men, has perfected ARRANGEMENTS for
keeping the streets adjoining the Wltitr
House open so that carriages will be
permitted free access TO the gates, and
congestion prevented.
Photographers and special newspaper
writer's have been arriving from all over
the country. some coming 10 the Ameri-
cant capital from European countries.
However, onlyn limited number of news
rnpor men have been invited and these
ARE either personally known or are per-
sonai friends Of the family
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-17

"a GtiARA .yTEED CURE FOR PILES,
ttchtnst Mind, Blaedng ar Prasrudlng PILES
yomr HI rs,st Nj refund money X FAZO ONT
AIENT fails 10 cure you IN 9 to u days. eoo
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-17

no CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
rake LAXATIVE BROMO QuININE Tablets.
Drl,ggisss refund money II It fails to cure, u.
N. GROVES signature 10 on each boz. ~.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-17

The Senate Finance Committee yes
terday reported the Niemeyer- Bland
fremen relief bill favorably. and 1t is
now on the calendar in the upper branch.
The bill has been introduced for the
past several sessions by Delegate Bland,
hut this Is the first favorable report upon
1t from the Senate Committee.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-17
Those Who Spoke.

Many interesting things in connection
with the two roads were Brought out,
but these have been very generally cam
vassed before. The Pennsylvania Rail-
road was mentioned once OF twice in
cidentally, and Judge Leake at onr
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01

So NY post for Conynghnme?
Eugene Field.

SO NY post for Conynghame? d.
\ Copynghamc?'
The trim little woman inside
- general delivery window of the
sAISAretta postofiice looked furtiveiy
over her shoulder as she reached for a
packet of letters. The man at the Win
dow, 4 tall, blonde, curly haired young
@nxlishman, eagerly watched her swift.
fingers MS they dealt away the letters,
sighed MS she smiled at him with Moth
fngAfo-day, Mr.. Conynghame." and
6talked eewny. The prim clerks big
lyes followed him ont of the door and
a hdifniiringiiy foT in instant 1;ii;5;i
the ingenious face as he stood In the
blazing sunlight lighting his pipe. He
.waS dressed HI d eatifaf+staiii suit
81 corduroy knickerbockers, with a
gray flannel shirt and a queer little
Enp that but half concealed the tangle
- yellow hair on his fine head. Quite
apart from Il essordinary type OF Boom
-. with so odd q name, and SO strik-
1ng 4 physique, 1t ia not extraordinary
1hats the prim Miss Fasset, the post
GAsters dnughter and chief clerk,
s11ook notice Of Conynghame.
Twice = day thereafter, at 10 in the
1orning and at s in the evening, he
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01
WEIGHING THE WORLD.
Correspondent of the The World To-
Day Tells How 1t VIII De Done.

Day Tells no" II WIN DC DS"S
Science is dissatisfied with the ac-
cepted figures of the earth's weight.
They are considered a trile antique Tor
a twentieth century standard. Ameri-
cans are to lead the way In weighinS
the world once more, writes Percy
Trenchard in The World To-Day.
1t may sound absurd to some to speak
of weighing the great earth and yet 1t
has been done and Is to be done again
More than half a century ago pendu-
lums were swung, under Airy's direc-
ton, at the top and bottom of an Eng
lish coal pit. The comparison OF their
times of swing showed how heavy the
whole earth was compared with the
outermost thin shell, a shell of the
thickness of the depth Of the coal pit.
Since biologists were able to give a
fair estimate Of the weight Of this sur
face shell, the weight Of the entire
earth became q mere matter of multi
plication.
The same experiment is to be repeat
ed by n scientific expedition from the
Survey Department at Washington. Pen.
dulums are TO be swung at the apex
of the great pyramid and in the cham
bers at Its center and base. from the
swing Of these pendulums the compnra-
tive weights of the earth and OF the
pyramid can Ire learned, and the weight
of the pyramid having been estimated,
the weight of the world will be, as in
the case of the Airy experiment, q mere
matter Of multiplication.
All this may be a little puzzlinS to
the lay mind. but the explanation is not
difficult. Asked to describe the method
Of weighing the world in plain I'M
technical language an official Of the
Survey Department said:
'The principe is that the weight of
a body is proportionate to the attrac-
ton which it eXerts. By the pull that
the sun exerts over the earth as shown
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01
WORLDS MEETING PLACE.

Everybody Renches broadway, New
York, I'm the Course OF Time.
Somebody has remarked, says a New
Yorker, that ii you want to see any
body wiNm You have ever met before,
nj. you have 10 do is to sit down at
Port said and wait. There is another
place of whichthe same is true-Broad-
way, New York, from Twenty-thipd
street to Fortieth street. Once when
/ was in Egypt, he continued, l made
Il trip up to the Second Cataract of
the Nile Il there met 4 sheik who
was doing a tl~ouriShing business in let
ting out cameiS. providing guides for
the desert and fitting out caravans for
HE mysterious interior. That. OF course,
was before a railway ran to khartum.
He was an Intelligent creature, for u
OK lis ksa3 aast unlike most Arabs,
was possessed Of a strong desire to see
the world Of the u~lbelieyers-
Tie other day 8 c~offeecoiored man,
wearing a frock coaI and u tail nat,
came M TO me in Broadway and said,
is noz this Mr., - VIII you be-
Here me. it was the sheih of the Second
Cataract He had become rich and, the
railroad having put him out of bust
ness to . iafse extent. BE had retire!
TO Cairo. where he had learned to wear
European clothes, taken a course In
geography and set out on his travels
/ was glad to see him. OF course, but
he had lost all his old picturesqueness
OF look and thought He had becoine
d~isgracefully fat, as all those Orientals
do when they get prosperous, and his
ideals, which had seemed so original
in the deserts around Waddy Halfa.
seemed commonplace enough on Broad
way.
1 have also met in Broadway an
exiled Central American President
whom l had last seen reviewing his
army on the plains of Salvador; a
Parsee merchant with whom I had
traded in Singapore; a young Boer
whom l had last seen when he left his
college In Cape Town to go north and
join his relatives at the outbreak Of
the South African and strangest
Of all, q L.ascar who was CT
head man of the crew on board a
steamer IN which I once crossed the
Indian Ocean. Oh, yes, you can see
anybody In broadway If you wait there
long enough
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01
After awhile she fell in with some ants
of another species, who directly at

After awhile she fell in with some ants
of another species, who directly at
tackled her.
Il at once set myself to separate
them. but, whether owing 10 tie
wounds she had received from her enc
mics or to my rough though well-meant
handling or to both. she was evidently
much wounded, and lay helpless on the
ground. After some time another mi
from the same nest came by. She eNs
amined the poor sufferer carefully.
then, picked her up and carried her
way into the nest. 1t would have been
difficult for anyone who had witnessed
the scene to have denied to this ant
the possession Of humane feelings.
'In face Of such facts as these it Is
impossible to regard ants as mere ex-
uuisite automatons. When we see an
ant hill, tenanted by thousands Of in
dustrious Inhabitants. excavating cham
bers, forming tunnels, making roads,
guarding their home, gathering food,
feeding the young, tending their domes-
tic animals-each one fulfilling It's du-
test is difficult altogether to deny
to them the gift of reason, and the
preceding observations tend to confirm
the opinion that their mental powers
differ from those Of men not SO much
In, kind. as in degree.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01

upon a heap Of dry grasses IN the cor
ner. A few soap boxes constituted his
furnishings. He had made some clum-
sy effort to brighten his cave-like homo
by papering its clay walls with news
papers, but the rains had leaked In and
streaked all with damp, yellow stains.
"He's waking up, honey" whispered
Martha. "Ah mout skeer him, so Ahll
jes' go an look arter Dobbin.'
The girl was sitting In the litter OF
grass beside him holding his bony
hand, when his big eyes opened and
fell upon her.
1--WE brought you n letter, dear"
she whispered, and as he drew her
down to him her tears fell hot and fast
upon his face as he sighed, "At last"
She pulled the letter from her pocket
then and held It to him, but he weakly
smiled as he babe her open 1t and read
to him. She put a pile of empty sacks
behind his head and propped him up
so that she could see his face, and then
she read the letter-not aloud as she
had intended-but to herself, for it was
the news of his fathers death, a brief,
business-like document from the legal
executor.
But finally she told him, gently, grad
ually, tenderly, and when the first long
storm of his grief was gone and he I'M
derstood that his father had been Ill
for six months, had received zone Of his
letters and had died alone at Carlsbad,
the wasted giant looked up at the girl
beside him, and with a wan smile said:
snow we know why I didn't get any
letters"
Yes, it's plain enough now"
"But 1 did get one letter." he wills.
pered, taking both her hands in his and
smiling again, "and there's at least
comfort for me to know that now
| can repay you."-Elmira Telegram.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01
Nos ..

Miss Julia Martowe is so unusually
gracious In yielding to the many de-
mands that are made upon her time
and patience, in the way of autographs,
photographs Interviews, and the Hike,
that there Is small wonder she is not
more frequently imposed upon ttan she.
is. Occasionally, however. there come
remarkable requests at which even her
good nature draws the line.
Not long ago, while she was playing
in Chicago, she receivedta note. contain
Ing a plea so startling as to be almost
incredible; and which was SO. amusing
as to send her into gales of laughter.
1t was from a feminine vocal teacher
of the Windy City who stated that she
laid great stress on her work, upon the
Formations OF che throat in beth the
speaking md, the singing voice; holding
that certaan positions OF the vocal
cords are requisite for producing fun.
mellow tones Sha wen on to- say that
she had long been an ardent admfrer of
Miss MarlDwe's voice. and requested
that. as d special privilege, she be AZ
lowed 10 buing her class Of young lady
pupils to visit the actress. and let them
look down her throat !-Scrcess MaN-
uspo.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01
a court Of Fine hammers.

At the court of Marie Antoinette all
emotions and passions We're veiled by
a mask of politeness. Even the chill
dren We're taught to speak with wit
and tact and courtesy and to bear
pain in silence. The little Due dan
gouleme, eight years old, when the old
Sanbrun entered his presence GneHpect-
ediy, said, touching the book in his
hand "Ah, monsieur, I am in the COM
pany of P..atarch's men. You could
not ONE at a moment more apropos.
The Count de Pallance, beheaded in
his tenth year, stood erect and calm
in the cart until he reached the guillo-
tine. The headsman lifted his long
curls. "Monsieur," said the boy, with
a bow and a smile. The Dext
his head rolled in dust The man
or woman who showed any signs VI pre-
tention or self conceit was not received
at collrt. Profound Difference was
shown to women n 10 the aged, Well
bred men heard of their own ruin with
=a=s~eecn,at and went out to fight eacn
other to the death with such grace n
courtesy that the duel seemed a sacra.
msnt 6 friendship
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01

mrnio mort over the door where
dreadful tragedy of the Lynches was
acted In 1893. If Galway is the Rome
of Connaught James Lynch Fitzste-
phen, the mayor, may be considered as
the Lucius Junius Brutus Thereon.
Lynch had q son who went to Spain
as master of one Of his fathers SHIPS
and being of a wild, ~extravaSant turn,
there contracted debts, drew bills and
alarmed his fathers correspondent,
who gent a clerk and nephew Of hls
own hack In young Lynch's ship to
Galway to settle accounts. On the mr.
tecnth day young Lynch threw the
Spaniard overheard. Coming back to
bis own country. he reformed his life a
little and was on the point Of marrying
one Of the Blakes. Burkes o: Rodklns
or others. when a seaman who mad
Sailed with him, being on the point OF
death, confessed the murder In when
he had been a participation. /
"Hereon the father, who vas chief
magistrate Of the town, tried his son
and sentenced him to death, and when
the clan Lynch rose in a body to res
cue the young mar and divert such a
disgrace from the family it is said that
Fitzstephen Lynch hanged the culprit
with his own hands. A tragedy called
Warden of Galway has been
written on the subject and was acted
q few nights before my arrivaL'-New
York Times.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01

by the earth's motion. we estimate that
its attraction Is 352,2SO times as great
as the earth's and therefore that the
suns mass is that many times greater
than the mass of the earth. knowing
the weight Of the earth it is easy to
estimate the weight of the sun by this
method of comparison. In the same
way the weight of Jupiter, Saturn, We
nus, Neptune or any other planet may
be ascertained by comparison with the
weight of the sun, basing the calcula-
lions on the amount of attraction the
sun exercises over these planets. But
first the earth's weight must be- estl-
mated o form a basis for the other
calculations
The same principle is applied. The
pyramid will be used a. a basis for the
first estimate. A plumb-bob will be
swung from the apex of the pyramid,
observation and calculation will deter
mine the force of the attraction of the
small body, namely, the pyramid, for
the ~plumb-bob and the greater attrac-
ton of the large body, the earth, for
the plumb-boh The weight of he y-
ramid having been estimated, the
weight OF the earth will be calculated
by multiplying the pyramids weight
by the number of times the attraction
of the earth for the ~plumb-bob is great
er than the attraction Of the pyramid
for the piumb-bob- From the standard
thus fixed the weight Of all other bodies
in the solar system can be estimated
Here are some old figures for you;
the number OF cubic miles in the earth
is about @sO0,OOO,oOO; each cubic
mile contains 14T 10000 voc 900 cubic feet
and each cubic foot, upon the average,
weighs 5s7 times as much as a. cubic
foot of water, or 354 pounds, 9 ounces
avoirdupos. Figure it out for your
self"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01
FIRST CASE OF LYNCH LAW.
HANGING Of a Murderer by His Heels
I'm the West OF Ireland

k10n R111& Ok a murderer w 11RS 12GG1H
I'm the West OF Ireland.
So many different versions and ex-
planatinns OF the term lynch law have
at various times been given and occa-
sionally are even yet added to-. that it
seems sitting to recount the tragic inc
dent which has since. given O. nam to
SO many caiamitous occurrences not
In that Of others.
The very name of Lynch gives the
direct clew to the land of its origin
Ireland. And when we recall the fact
that during the latter part OF the sew
exateenth century there was compare
lively a large Immigration from the
north OF ireland and the south Of
Scotland, coming as settlers TO the Car
Olinas, from waich much Of this MAJ
terial spread westward into Kentucky
end -I,ennessAe and. realizing the
tenacityy with which thase peoples hsls-
band. nourish and prrpetuate their
folklore ana traditions, 1t needs only
to relate the incident which Thackeray
In his Irish Sketch Book" graphically
recounts I o show hsw natural 1t was
to apply the memories and such a term
to the Individual exercise OF Justice
and punishment.
Thackeray. In b book referred tt
and In chapter 4. which treats OF Gal
way, thus speaks Of an occurrence
within Its precincts which In 1872
and psnhas!r does % This day-bcr,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01
sUCCORS WOUNDED ANT.

Lord Aveling Convinced that the In
sect Is Possessed of Reason.
Lord Aveling. better known as Sir
John Lubbock, the famous scientist,
writes: I'm one of my nests was an
ant which had come into the world
without a%ntennae. Never having pre-
yjously met with such a case, l watch.
ed her with great interest. but she new
err appeared to leave the nest. At
length one day 1 found her wandering
about in an aimless sort of manner ap-
parently not knowing her way at all.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01
His FOndest Memories.

A ard-headed old Pittsburg manu-
facturer, who made his fortune, as he
expresses it, with his coat off," was
induced by his daughters to accompany
them TO a Wagner concert, the first
he had ever attended. The mex day
he happened to meet an acquaintance
who had seen him the night before, who
asked: ~
Il suppose you enjoyed the concert
last night, Mr.. Browne?'
Yes it took me back to the days Of
my youth" the old man said, with a
reminiscent sigh
"Ah, summer days IN the country,
girl in a lawn dress, birds singing, and
all. that?'~
NO, the days when 1 worked in q
boiler shop in Scranton."-Success
Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01
DOUBLE.

When. the Minister Had the Huck-
ster at His Mercy.
Gov. Blanchard, of Louisiana, was
describing the precautions that a GER
tain veteran. physician had taken
against the spread OF contagious dis
case.
knowing the people he had to deal
with Gov. Blanchard said, "he saw
that his rules were carried out before
one of these people left their homes.
They had tricked him in the past. He
would not be tricked again. He was
like the. Camden clergyman of my boy
hood.
.'This Clergyman nee married a GER
tain huckster wfso, after the ceremony,
declared b. was unable to pay the
wedding fee, and so, willy nilly, the
clergyman had to let him of.
Some years later the good man
found the same huckster before him
with another woman. His first wife
q second
The minister was willing enough to
remarry the man, but this time he
would take precautions.
$50, leading he bridegroom to one
| side, he held out his hand and said in
! 8 low voice:
"sMy fee
ster, confusedly, and he placed a bank
note IN the ciergymaa's palm.
THANK you, said the clergyman,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01

sWas III Mno mt the window. 1t wal. no
1enger necessary to give his name, and
saometimGs when he was far down In
Fthe dle Of waiting applicants she would
aays him q long walt by. smiling at him
1spm her little pcep-hole and murmur-
.Nothing vet, Mr.. Conyngftame."
zh1aAe would lift his cap. THANK
you.ss aiid6 lounge away only to be back
again at his usual hour. Often when
49, Enew there was nothing for him
uheid IT him come up In his turn, make
= 61oqt-sh0w or seeking his letter, and
tAon slancing coyly at him and shaking
Aer head would say, Mails AL late
veorday. Mr.. Conynghame." as though
chat always showed on his boylsh fac
- no turned away empty-handed. Thus
Tor two months he came and went,
lWica I day repeating his name. lolling
away Into the everlasting sunlight
but With never q letter. Not SO much
- = postal card.
Ih0n suddenly he quit his morning
ell and appeared only at the last mo-
0onk before the window was closed.
xou don't call ! often. Miss Fas-
~ ventured at last. blushing ut her
oWn tnmerity.
No mis- drawled the EnSilshman,
0e0n4Inst seem 70 be much use to call
akal Nv placs II seven miles out,
- Tn trying to make myself com
74M3nh1e Tor the winter. I'm castle
shu1n1fnx ont there
~ nm drfra N ovarv Navpw
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01
II He Wanted,

Mrs. McCall-So you like to so to
dinner at your grandmother's, eh?
Willie-Yes'm.
Mrs. McCall-Because you're always
sure to get enough to eat there, h
Willie-O! My! It's because I'm al
ways sure to get too much.-Philadel-
phia Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01
opArA. WHAT WOULD ron TAKE FOR MET"

She was ready to sleep and she lay on my ARM,
In her little frilled cap SO fine,
With her golden hair falling out at the edge,
Like a circle of noon sunshine,
And / humm'd the old tune OF "Banbury Cross"
And "Three Men Who Put. Out to Sea-"
When she sleepily said, as she closed her blue eyes.
Papa, what would you take for me?"
And I answered, "a dollar, dear little heart"
And she slept, baby weary with play,
But I held her warm in my love-strong arms, "
And + rocked her and rocked away.
Oh, the dollar meant all the world to me,
The land and the sea and the sky,
The lowest depth Of the lowest place,
The highest of all that's high!
All the cities. with streets and palaces,
With their people and stores of art,
I would not take for one low, soft thro5 W.
Files or my little ones loving heart; .#
Nor all the gold that was ever found, ~
In the busy wealti-fnding past,
Would \ take for one smile of my dnrllng's face.
Did / know 1t must be the last
SO / rocked my baby and rocked away,
And l felt such a sweet content,
For the words of the song expressed more to me,
" Than they ever before had meant.
And the night crept on, and / slept and dreamed,
OF things fnr too gladstone to be,
And I wakend with lips saying close in my ear,
Papa, what would you take for me?"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01

~ ~ u =
G~yer-There is 6le time in the life
of every married man when he is an
advocate of free silver.
Myer-When is that?
Gyer-When he Is on the verge Of
celebrating the twenty-ffth anniversary
Of the day he faced the parson.-Chi-
cago News. , - -.-l ,-.