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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-06
A Girls Suicide.

Strange Is the story told of the death of Lucienne Briere. a girl of fifteen, who is alleged to have com mitted suicide during class at school. The teacher noticed that the child looked very i'll, and seemed to be seized with a spasm. The girl was barely able to speak, but managed to say that she was voluntarily putting an end to her life. She had taken a dose of strychnine with her to school and had swallowed it during class. She pointed to a letter which she had written. and which would explain everything. She was not able to do more, and in few minutes succumbed to the poison. Tn the letter, which was intended for her parents, she said that she was disappointed in her affections. and that this was the reason why she put an end to her life. The child had been put out to service by her parents in a small town in Normandy. There she fell violently in love with her master. The latter, in this strange pred1cRment, found 1t impossible to keep her in his service, but, mindful of the chflds welfare, sent her to the house of a friend, a chemist. near Paris. She did not improve, however, and forgot her absurd infatuation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-06

but moped. and seemed in danger of becoming melancholy mad. Her second employer determined to send her back to school She was a boarder. spending only Sundays and holidays In the chemists house. School .rhfa produced no change for the better. and the unhappy child. while perfectly tinued to brood.
 Absent Minded Politician.
 Of all the modern French politicians of note more is absent minded than M. Pelletan. And none is harder worker. M. Pelletan who was for many years on the staff of a morning paper. has never got out of the habit of working late at night. and his wife, knowing this, never allows him to go away without packing a little foot warmer in his bag so that M PeEetan shall not catch cold when he Is work ing late. At recent Congress at Dijon M. Pelletan was the guest of a prorni- nent citizen of Mustardville. He arrived late and unpacked the contents of his bag and put them on the mantelpiece. having only just the time to change his coat and rush of to the Congress. On his return M Petetan had some three hours writing to do. He took his foot-warmer from the mantel- piece, wrote his article, and before going to bed packed 1t and his other belongings into his bag, so as not to have to do so when he woke. Next day after M. Pelletan's departure. his host missed a little clock which he parti- cularly prized, and found, to his astontshment. a foot-warmer which didsnot belong to him upon the mantel- piece. A few hours later Mime. Pelletan unpacking her husbands bag, wonder ed why he had brought the funny little clock home with him, but wondered when M Pelletan confessed that he had made a mists'-e and caught a dreadful cold.
 M. Maurice. Maeterlinck whose last play was "Monna Wanna" is at work on a drama which touches upon far- reaching questions. Marie Madeline" will be a play of clashing religions, and the two faiths opposed will be Christianity and the austerest doctrine to which the ancient Pagan world arrived, Stoicism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-06
The NarnI Entlmate.


 The report on the French Naval Estimates gives a gloomy account of the present position of affairs in the French service. The reporter, NJ. Chaunet, begins bv pointing out that taking the German basis of twenty years for the life of battleshfp, France has only twelve battleships which can be regarded as capable of taking their place in! the first line, and three others which might possibly do so. There are i've seoast-defence ships which are still sufficiently modern. but which are of doubtful value for offensive purposes. Thera are twenty-one armored cruisers, of which six are in the reserve. Four of them are more than ten years old but they are all counted as "good' in spite of defects In the design of the more recent of them. As for the twenty-five protected cruisers, mo one would venture to put them in line of battle" '.-t-'' .t.'
 There are 3sf torpedo-boat des- troSers and torpedo-boats, thirty sub marines. and ,thIrty-etght submer- sibies, but many of these can only be used for defensive purposes. The torpedo-boats have a smaH tonnage than those of other nawies, and fifty per cent of them are constantly under UoPe4Ss Aho uANy, 1S @ WuoAe, ts want ing In scouts and mining cessels. There Is no floating workshop. The ships have only one range-finder each, and that is unprotected. The two active divisions of the Mediter- ranean Squadron are. on an average. 800 men short of their complement, The two reserve divisions have only sufficient crews to keep them clean. and would require over 800 men to bring them up to war strength. There are constant complaints of a shortage Of engine.room hands and stokers. A complete renewal of guns and stocks of powder and projectiles is desirabld The great naval ports of Teulon, Brest, and Cherbourg need to be brought up to date.
 M Calumet contends that no seri- ous irnprovement is possible withopt e Fundamental reform of the existins 2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-06
Week-End Netl,s ofParis
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Paris Dec. S-The report on the French army Budget has bel Issued. M. Gervals. the reporter, observes that the hope which prevailed for moment that is might be possible for nations to reduce sbmewhat their expenditure on warlflSe preparations must now be abandoned.f He makes a calculation of the average military expenditure of the six Powers-namely Russia, Ger many. France Austria Hungary. Italy. and Japan, which can mobilize the largest armies. and finds the total amount spent annually to be no less than $I007. 400, 900 and the number of men which they can put into the neld to be 3f,700.oO0. The army which England can mobilize comes seventh and E given as 555.000 men, though her average annual expenditure is the lsams as that of France-namely, $140p00.0 900. Comparing next the ex- pendture and the electives of France andf Germany. the report, states that the German army estimates show an fncfease this year of SIS, ,S00, 900. being fixed at s215,572.4S0. The French army estimates for this year are S14S.4SS. TAO. Thes totals on either side are:-Germany 3i.lls officers and 602.7 men: France, T.310 officers and 511.939 men. The average cost per man in Germeny is k2e0 and in France $220. M. Gervais points out again the fact which arouses the anxiety of many thoughtful Frencl1men more and more as time goes on--namely. that not only is the French army between ninety and one hundred thousand men smaller than the German. but owing to the dimin- ishing birthrafe serious decrease in the annual contingent issto be expected in the future
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-06
No Nfore Conncrtptiona.

No More ConscrtptfOns.
 Conscription Is thing of the past under the new military low. "Draw- ing lots" bad for some time since be- come a meaningless formality, as every able-bodied Frenchman was called up to serve, whatever number he drew. but 1t had been kept up as an old tradition. The two years service law has now finally done away with 1t. This. week the city of Paris will put up for sale a curious lot of miscellan- eous lumber. This consists of all the apparatus for drawing lots at the con- scrlption, numbers, boxes, etc.. used for nearly century. The city of Paris attaches no sentimental value to the articles. and they will most likely not bring much. Still, some curiosity
 hunter may have a fancy to buy up the numbers as relics of the old con- scription.
 Admirers of Balzac who come to Paris will hereafter have an opportu- nity of visiting a museum specially devoted to souvenirs of the writer. It consists of the quaint old house and garden in the Rue Raynouard, at No. 47, which he inhabited many years, and where he wrote a number of his best works. Cautiously enough, the house recalls one of the most difficult periods of his life, when, 1t is said, he was hunted and persecuted by debtors to an alarming extent. He selected the house, it is stated, purposely, as a sort of harbor of refuge from runs. It has no direct entrance from the Ruo Raynouard. and one has first to pass through the hall of another house and go down two flights of stairs to a courtyard below. The house, which is a small building, and which the French would only call 2 pavilion" isSenter- ed from this courtyard, and has a little garden at the back. At one side of the garden there is a steep wall, down the side of the hill, giving the place the appearance of a little fortress The museum Is at present only In an inciplent stage, with scarely more than a dozen articles which belonged to the author, but in time 1t win, no doubt, increase in importance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-06
" oice Of the p eople


Editor OF The Times Dispatch
Sir,--Might / ask for space III your
columns for few remarks? hap
pen to be All American somewhat
spread around" as they say up ~
New Jersey. Born In the heart or
Observation-Disclosures Hill; school
days in tile shadow OF Independence
Hall--Plli lndelphia; raised" In tire
California mountains, and for twenty
years travelling North, South, East
and Wet, y desire to say I am delight
fully surprised at the size. business air,
and beauty OF Richmond. For several
days ] have been "seein' things" SO
far have no cause to kick" until
this afternoon. With come Richmond
friends visited Hollywood Cemetery.
Surely It's beautiful city OF the
But right here register Il
"kick" against the State Of Virginia
and the American republic. ] was
shocked--nay. angry when my friends
pointed out to me the grave Of exc
President Tyler. 1t is simply incon-
,ceivable to me that the grave OF an
American who had held the exn1ted
office OF the President OF the United
States should be SO neglected. Surely
the State OF Virginia and the Amerl-
can republic should make amends
quickly. JOHN NJ. DORNEY.
Richmond, July 8, 1908. &
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-06
THE FIFTH.

The Filth inevitably discloses the
CHASTITY diverse of the Fourth. Forty
eight dead and 1924 injured was the
toll already compiled at midnight on
Saturday. Other deaths are reported
IN the papers this morning. Despite
the country's growing horror OF a cele.
bration which drips with blood, the
carnage this year appears to have been
heavier than last.
An analysis OF the returns printed
in the Sunday Timcs-Dispatch shows
that all Of this slaughter took place
north of Mason and Dixon's line. For
whatever reason. this part OF the world
possesses the faculty OF being glad
Of the nations independence without
an accompanying tendency to homi-
eide. 1t is certain that our sister
States at the North will, sooner or
later. come to share this point of view.
and the bloody orgies OF these times
Will one day pass into oblivion.
The millions Of dollars burned up
for noise is a detail. though many peo-
pie are now suffering for bread. The
sinister mockery of a rejoicing which
ends in death. and IN the nature of the
case must end in death, Is the real
issue OF the none too glorious Fourth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-06
Rowing and Football.

DR.. Elliot Mikes to dwell bn the
Of football and the damage
1t does to the frame Of the athlete. The
truth is that rowing a four-mile race
at the pace set by the university
Fights Is much more severe strain
on the system than football under the
new rules. The Wisconsin and Penn-
sylvania oarsmen who stood the heart
breaking test Of trial spins, but col-
ilapsed In their shells under the acute
torture of the race at Poughkeepsie.
could enlighten Dr.. Eliot. AT New
London whole boatload OF freshmen
,sprawled all over their craft in va
5rious stages of Inconsistencies after
crossing the finish line in front. Girls
void. Of Yale, who swooned in his
seat and still was driven back to his
,grueling work BY the pitlless cox
swain. only to faint dead away again.
is a nervous wreck to-day. No doubt
he has his own ideas about the rela-
tive severity OF football and pulling
ones heart out in b college racing shell
for nearly twenty minutes without an
Infants let up,-New York Press.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-06
HON Is KNOW 4 Mad DOG.

Hydrophobia Is in reality so rare
and so terrifying that Its symptoms
and treatment are little understood.
AS a matter OF fact, the commonly ac-
cepted expression Of madness In 9
dog is often misleading. The real
mad dog does not shun water, as It 70
said. On the contrary. mad dogs Of
ten rush to the water and drink Gag
erly, If they are able to swallow. The
mad dog does not froth at the NOV u,
5lt{does not run amuck, swapping at
everything In its path. What then,
are the indications OF the mad dog?
To those familiar with a given dog tho
surest symptom and the one which
would excite closest attention Is dis
itinct and unaccountable change IN the
dogs disposition--a statd dog becon-
Ing excitable and a risky one dull
That condition does not necessarily
mean rabies, but It Is Suspicious, and
II, In addition. the dog has trouble
IN swallowlng---as though II seemed
to have bone In Its throat-vheware!
That dog should be instantly tied up,
because II II be rabies It takes but q
day or two for feroctous instincts TO
develop, The unnlistakable evidence,
however, OF o dog with rabies Is tho
sticky, whltish saliva WI tch covers the
teeth and shows on the 4 drawn lps.
The eyes glare and are red !; the dog
has Sparoxy ans OF runnln g. fury, q ur-
ling which IA barks llo ely, 4 which ais
tsfnate with pc Ids qf tempo ora ry sexr
|ahsustt ion Caspa i. ~ ltneY In Outing
for, yNllA, Y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-06
Those Resolutions Again.
The Fnrncr., Hcndlc,r.

We have succeeded In moving the
bulk OF what the harvest fields, gar
dens. orchards and vineyards have
yielded to such labor as could be had
to gather their products. Transports
ton and money have not always been
adequate. but have In the main met de-
mands at the most pressing season OF
the year. The record Is, however, that
OF dollars worth OF farm prod
ucts have rotted in the field or been
allowed to wither on trees and vines
because the help to gather and market
them was not to be had, even at the
best prices ever offered for such SER
vice. $3.50 The crops promise much
this year, and more than half mil
lion laborers have left the country
within six months, while less than a
fifth OF that number have come In.
The manufacturing interests are re-
viving and expanding. Public works are
enlisting q larger army than ever. In
consequence, the trouble of the farme r
threatens to be even more acute this
season than In previous seasons. The
farmer labors under handicap be-
cause he wants extra men but few
in the year. because the job Is
a rush one and because the demand
for short hours Is not conceded when
there Is II question OF saving crops.
They mean the wealth of the nation.
and some way will have to be found
to harvest and market them without
the heavy loss which we annually sus-
tain.-DetrOit Free Press.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-06
Personal AND GENERAL.

In the last two Years the value OF New
Iork's exports has increased more than
$1cO,Ooo.ooo.
The assessed value OF the land IN the
boroughs within New York has a little more
than doubled during the ten years OF cons
so!idation.
During the us years in which we have
lad q national House OF Representatives Il
las never had q Speaker who was born In
New York CltJ.
Cuba exported s1.s3s,o23 worth of tobacco.
sss5.31o worta OF cigars. sa4,2s4 worth OF
cgarettes and sl1.555 worth OF cut tobacco
In March. 1905
There are 800 paint factories in this coun-
year, and the business demand is increas-
Ing faster than the facilities.
The ladies of Methodist church out in
Missouri resolved TO use the money they had
lifting a $500 mortgage on the church.
At sale OF political works heldithe other
day in Philadelphia $50 quarto volumes OF
the Congressional Record. in half Russia
binding were bid in at 2 csn ts5 volume l'
FIX Secretary OF War Taft does not smoke.
end never did. and hts never been elected
to any offics.
The widow OF the late Justice Charles
lnEalls q New York has Ssen his
Eelaer County Law Library.
Queen Ainelie. of Portugal. mother of King
Manuel and widow OF King Carlos who has
heen suffering from q mild of diph-
therla. is steadily Improving and all danger
is over.
Dr. r. II. Crossfield. OF Owensboio. Ky.
has lately been elected president of Tram
Esylvania University. Lexington Ky., to sue
coed DR.. Burris A. Jenkins. who resigned two
years ago because OF Ill health.
Frederick Rogers Graves. Protestant Epls-
Kim, Protestant Episcopal bishop OF Tokyo
both SAmcricans. have been given the degree
OF doctor OF divinity by Oxford University
Ten members OF the lato President Glove
lands Cabinets iaurvive--Rlchard Olney, Dor
NJ. Dickinson. hudson Harmon, John G. Car
Isle. David r. Francis. Norman j. Coleman
william f. Villas, Hoke Smith Charles s.
Fairchlld ana Hilary A. Herbert.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-06
freddy Make. \ Joke.

Taft was telling the President about
the curious forms OF glaw-making in
certain of our non-contiguous possess
sions There could be nothing more
Ridiculous, said he, than the manner
In which the council Of state asscm-
bles5 in some Of our less civilized tribes.
In the council chamber are placed
twelve large earthen Jars half full
OF water; twelve councillors Of state
enter naked; stalking along with great
gravity. each leaps into his jar and
,tmmerses himself UP to his chin, and
I'M this pretty attitude they deliberate
on national affairs" Roosevelt was
just about that time in q wrangle
with Congress, and any mention OF
the doings at the Capitol nettled him..
..You don't SMILE" said the Secretary
of War. 1T can't replied the Presi.
dent. "Why?" "Oh, I see things every
day more ridiculous than that. What
for instance :" "A grand country where
the jars alpne sit in council.
York Press,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-06
UNCLE REs1us.

Joel Chandler Harris performed the
supremely difficult task OF Interpreting
the spirit of a primitive and alien peo-
pie. The negro has not lacked for
writer's Of his own race, notably Dun
bar, who have attempted something Of
this sort. But 1t remained for a white
man, OF the blood of his cole marsters."
to catch his traditions and his dreams,
all the quaint threads OF his folklore.
and put them Immortality upon paper.
Mr.. Harris did this. He did 1t so
charmingly, SO wildly and surely that
there was never any doubt about the
genuineness Of his genius. He was
always the maker OF epics at work.
You knew from the beginning that it
was all just the way he told 1t. Chill
dren loved him, and that means much
Old history or fairy tales. 1t was all
one to them. The thing was that no
one could tell story quite like Uncle
Remus.
SO the old uncle's place at the hearth
side is empty. but his place on the
book shelf is fixed. There was corr
ner OF life not known to many, and
he revealed it, and Immortality Is the
crown that writers get for that But
more than his fame Is the new gladness
he made. TO bring so much joy into
SO many homes is destiny which for
tune gives to picked company only.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-06
The Militia and the Army.

ne new legislation OF Congress with
reference to the. army and the militia
brings the defensive forces OF the
country into closer contact. The or
ganized militia OF the States is a pop-
ular establishment. Its object and pur-
pose Is to obviate the necessity Of
large standing army. Nobody has the
least objection to an efficient State
militia. while thousands object even
to moderately strong national army.
The weakness OF our military system
has been that heretofore there was no
connection between the army and the
militia. The one was a national police,
the othe: seini-social institution.
They were not adjusted the one to the
other. The recent laws bring them
into a new and logical relation. The
militia becomes the second army Of
the country. 1t will receive adequate
government aid.4s1t will have the adj.
vantage OF government drill In govern
ment camps, and be under the orders OF
the commander-in-ch for service
whenever he directs. This Is as 1t
should be. The added dignity given
to the militia by the new legislation
ought to result In Its being recruited
more easily, and In the men who join
receiving military education which
will enable them to step into the ranks
OF national defense in an efficient man
er.-Minneapolis Journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-06
The wise st Inye.torn.

tits one of the Incidents In the great
law Of compensation that hard times
bring sanera inyestigation than is pos
decennialF occasions. more or less, when
all Americans think they are going to
get rich suddenly. They speculate
taken their losses they
are quite willing to look over the field
for something 'conservative,." In fact.
we may take the history Of Investment
cover that those who have invested on
a A percent. basis are gen orally much
better off than they who have striyeng
to make high interest, mo to mention
syndicate profits and fanciful appre-
citation OF values .-7hi ladelphia ms
quirer, Isl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-06
Low Tide In Liquors.

Brewers and wine-growers are com-
planning Of the falling off In the con-
particularly the brewers, From tig-
ures recently published It appears that
the Viennese in 1907 drank q, 100 O09
gallons less OF beer than in 1906, and
10000 gallons less Of wine, and THIS N
Increased by 10000, About twice as
much beer as wine Is drunk, there hav-
ing been 27.s60,Ooo gallons OF beer
In the year, / against 4 S.4bs 900
quantity ofbheer consumed Is relatively
much greater than In the Ca q Of W Inc,
The decrease Is said to be due not SO
much to the growth in the tempe nee
and Il Consequent educ Ion In he spend.
Ing capacity OF The ~ on ii i 6
NsW:s.Y ork Tri buns =. sS HEN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-06
CARNIVAL of WASTE.
Shameless Sauandering of Public Money
Mt WashinEtOn.


Such balancing up as the end OF
June brought at Washington would
have spelled ruin to almost any corr
try is rich. to be sure; It's resources
are scarcely paralleled, but no pro-
found knowledge OF economics is need
full to realization that trouble must
come II there be no check to wasteful-
ness so riotous that in year a surplus
OF $84.000.000 over the revenue has
been wiped out and a deficiency of s6o,-
100000 created-a net showing OF
$144.000,O0o on the wrong side Of the
ledger. or this situation the New York
Evening Post discourses: In private
affairs, such black result would raise
an instant demand for the most severe
economies. Only by drastic retrench-
ment have railroads and other corpora
lions been able to stand up against
the depression. But what Federal Off
cial has lifted up his voice for econ
omy? Not the President. not Mr.. Taft.
What plank in the Republican, plat
form looks to keeping down II, the en-
penses have, in fact. been recklessly
Increase in the face Of shrinking
revenues. Next years deficit is moral
~ certain to be greater than this. But
economizing is lost art at Washing
tom" This is clear and emphatic
statement Of the case. and strong ar
gument against continuing the Repub-
lican party In power with Its bank
rupting methods. The subject ought TO
enlist the serious attention Of the
voters before casting their ballots for
President and Congressmen.-Buffa 10
Courier.