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rich MEMS Avenue Of Escape.

Jury duty is one of the disagreeabi.
things a busy man tries to avoid. but
with all the courts going at the pres
ent time many prominent names are
drawn in the panels. All kinds Of
wires are pulled to escape servins,
but as rule the man who has bscn
subpoenaed must show up or be ,lnad
for contempt. The only way open for
prominent men to escape the jury box
is for them to make bid for the
sheriff's jury. But one mus. have
a pull to get on that jury; it's IKE
an exclusive club. You never hear tf
j. P. Morgan or Andrew Carnegie he
ing called on for grand or petit jury
service. Why? Because they are On
the sheriffs jury list. Time was when
the shcriff's jury meant something.
It means something now. 1t means
convenient way for rich men Of affairs
to escape ordinary jury duty.-I1ous-
ton Chronicle,
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LyncLburg ana Finance.

Lynchburg. Va, Is better known as
a tobacco market and centre for boots
and shoes than as a financial centre,
but 1t is better represented on the
conference committee which has In
charge the currency bills than any
Two OF the busy little Virginia towns
favorite sons are members Of that
committee. which consists only Of ten
members, SO that Lynchburg has one
fifth of the membership. 5S
Senator Daniel, who Is known the
country over as "the lame lion OF
Lynchburg," is one of the minority
representatives. Of the Senate on the
committee, and representative Garter
ern members OF tho popular branch Of
the national legislature, 'has the
honor TO REPRESENT the submerged
Democracy of that branc h.---, w shing-
ton Herald N a s IN !a I5'I$
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Mad Dogs.

.
This, is the time Of year when the
mad dogs tegins to show new signs
of life". said physician. AS matter
of fact hydrophobia has no more to
do with The temperature than 1t has
with the climate Of Hawaii. .Hydropho-
bia is a germ disease and the germ s
Just as active in January as it is In
July. Dogs go mad" in the winter
just as frequently as they do in the
summer, all popular superstition to
the contrary Notwithstanding. Dog
days" In the latter part Of summer.
have nothing to do with hydrophobia
but are SO called because that is the
season when Sirius, the dog star. rises
in conjunction With the SUM-
THE germ of hydrophobia attacks
the throat of the animal. irritating the
glands and finally closing the passage
Hydrophobia means, literally, afraid
OF water and 1t is commonly sup
posed that a mad dog breads the touch
and sight Of It, Tho contrary is true.
The animal Graves water and will
run any distance after 1t, but an at
tempt to swallow increases It's agony
and often results in dea tn. This is
the only connection between water and
dog madness. OF course hydrophobi;t
sareal md dangerous disease, and the
greatest care should be taken to- avoid
an animal apparently afflicted; but
many useful and valuable dogs are
ncedlessly killed evsrv year by panic
stricken people Take no chances, but
don't kill Your dog Just because he
is hot and dusty and his tongue, is
hanging ut,"-Birmlngham News.
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Why only syrian.:

Editor Of The -Dispatch:
Sir-Is 1t not q strange thing that
while the poor Syrians and others al
lakewood" are reported for selling
soft drinks. ETC., regu-
larly on Sunday. every business block
on Main and Broad Street. contains
from one to two similar establish
ments doing business openly every
Sunday, and are never reported?
Is there special grudge against tn.
men at "Idlewood," or is it that the
officers stationed at that point are
the only efficient members of the pc.
lice force? Z. CITIZEN. !
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That Temple Of Peace.

The Monroe doctrine newer had a
moro Significant or inspiring express
sion than the laying Of the corner
stone, In Washington the other day,
OF a temple of peace. dedicated for
ri! time to the Industrial and friendly
unity of The republics OF the. Western
hemisphere. Twenty-one nations We're
represented at the imposing exercises
ner-stone of the edifice that is to be
the. material embodiment Of the spirit
which has reelected the policy OF this
country toward all the other nations OF
the Western half of the globe The
final step toward the adoption of this
principle by the smaller republics
themselves, which have so frequently
have been taken when they participated
In the ACCOMPLISHMENTS City Jour
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL

The American steam yacht North Star,
with Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, New
York Yacht Club. on board has arrived at
the Azores to coal.
Bishop Doane. OF Albany, who signs him
sell William of Albany, is the only American
bishop of the Episcopal Church who wears
the shovel hat and lesgins.
Senator Simon Guggenheim, OF Colorado
forty-one years OF age. Is said to be the only
United States Senator whose feet do not
touch the floor when seated in his chair.
Lady Ernestine Hunt eldest daughter OF
the Marquis OF Allesbury. owns and operates
| stretch of land nearly 40. 900 acres in extent
Duchess Philip of Wurtemberg has con
tr!ved bandase that is SO scientifically con.
patents covering the right to make 1t in for
| eisE countries.
The announcement that Senior Pedro Ava
RADIO. the riexican millionaire landowner
has given 100000 for the purpose OF aid
ine poor Mexicans recalls the fact that he
started life as day laborer on a ranch.
Miss Della colvin. Of Pontiac. Mich, .
senior in the State Normal College. establish
| half inches for the running high jump fol
girls In a contest with Miss Emily Stark. /;
medical student In the University OF Michl-
| gan.
The three great Industrial natlons-Ens
land, Franco and Germany-each consum.
about so per cent. of the manufactured
goods produced at home The United States
sel's pLiy q per HSeHt. OIL IIluHuldStuIeu Spou'
| abroad.
To his collection of more than 500 relic!
Captain John Ryan. of West Newton. Mass.
a Veteran of several wars, has added cane
| the materials OF which represent three warI
| In which he pnrtIcipatea--the Mexican, Civil
and Spanish American wars, s
The electric tramways OF the City OF
| Mexico have been chartered by n compan.
with s4,o0o,ooo capital. Electric llght plant
| are being constructed at Juchitan and OAK
AGA, and llgh, and power plants on tbs
lsthm1is of Tehuantepec. IS II
While taking up the floor Of an empt,
found imbedded in the earth beneath dIa
mcnd of the first water and perfect shape
Weighing gao karats. It is the second larges
diamond ever found in America. s
The present power requirements of To
kyo represent s,o0o-horse-power, and by
dio-electrc plants calling for 10000 add
| tlonal horse power are In course OF erection
These figures do not include the electro
railroad from Tokyo to Yokohama or tn
| elevated road under construction by th'
| government In Tokyo.
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BISHOP VAN DE VYVEv1

Not every man has had such tribute
! paid him as the mass-meeting OF
| Catholics and others recently paid ~
bishop Van de Vyvcr, and not many
men have more deserved it. II is a.
matter for general congratulatian, in
which all classes and creeds claim a
part with his own churchmen, that the
bishop has determined to withdraw his
resignation and remain in this city.
Spontaneous and affectionate demon
strations to a mans worth ortltnar,,y
come only after he is dead. When they
come IN his lifetime. he Is apt to find
/ them Irresistible. The >rest and retire
ment which Bishop Van dc vyver had
promised himself had been richly
earned. But finding now how close a
place he held in the hearts OF his
i fellow citizens, and how large and real
9 need there is for him here, he puts
his own plans aside, as an unselfish
i man would be sure to do, and resolves
70 stay in the harness Because
sectarian animosiues are splendidly b.
sent in Richmond. the bishops decision
iig hailed with genuine qualification
everywhere.t "A valuable citizen, a
i1ine man and Il powerful force in the
moral life OF the city. he could have
j1ll been spared, and the community is
TO be felicitated that he is TO remain
with us. z
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ncgInning nj HONG.

ut is asked whether much. of the
Northern horror of Southern injustice
towards The negro is not Hypocrisy"
remarks the New Bedford Standard,
and with commendable candor 1t an
likely it isl An honest confession
is good for the soul, we are told,
and the Standard is to be commended
for its admission. Perhaps there Is
negro in tho South, but as a general
thing Northern people have little right
to cast stones In this direction. They
would better sweep before their own
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Rhymes for To-Day.
THE DOTrY DIALOGUE
u. The Tragedy or the millionaire
~ l4yt stl T.rluA stafll

-. The Tragedy OF the millionaire
Twins.
N N USED he. .How wide is heavens
4VA How beautiful and spacious!'
But she cried out: Good gracious, man
Good graciots--O good gracious.'
Said he: II would great Paul stood
here.
Or Francis or 1gnatius:
What visions they would see, my dear!
|. Whereat she said: Good gracious!'
His thought ran on: "To seek to probe
The skyttruths seems audaciotis,--
What think you, love?' She plucked
her robe
And ODDLY moaned: Good gracious!
Quoth he: Nov, by my grandsire's
beard. &
h Your phrase grows pertinacious-
What's bit you, girl?' She seemed
Y And screamed aloud: Good gra-
cious!"
His anger rose, his eye grew stern,
His jaw looked contumacious:
"If you say that again, why, durn-"
sobbed she: 20 lawk! Good gra-
cious!''
He rushed away without word
Which deem most sagacious
And on for many miles he heard
The fading cry: Good gracious"
He hid six years in North Thibet
And acted perspicacious.
And asked of every one he met,
What makes a girl goodgracious?'
II. S. H.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1908.
INSTRUCTED DELEGATES AND THE
UNIT RULE.

The most important as well as the
most prominent political activity of
the hour is tho effort made by the
candidates of the two big parties to
secure delegates instructed for them
selves to the national conventions.
The astute men who are in charge
of tho canvass for the various candi-
dates cannot more efficiently show
their organizing and executive ability
than by success in getting the State
conventions to instruct for their man.
The most signal exhibition of skill in
this direction was the campaign Con-
4 Quoted by Marcus A. Hanna in behalf Of
Mckinley in 1886. Neither the IN
rivaled leadership of Thomas 3. Reed,
I his extraordinary powers, nor his in
dispensable service to the party were
sufficient to counterfeit the systenaat-
lied hunt for delegates instituted and
managed by Mark Hanna. For the
first time the methods of big bust
ness" were applied to politics. and a
great name and a superb champion
went down before them.
1t is easy to see that the unit rule
has played q large part in determining
tt. choice Of candidates and the adop-
ton of policies. The unit rule Is
that the State convention irstructs the
delegates it sends to the national con-
vent,on to vote .'as unit" on all
questions that may arise. AS this
binds the district electors as well
as those who represent the State
at large, its effect is not only &c
nullify the will of any district differ
ing in opinion from the general opinion
of the State, but also to use the votes
of that district in carrying measures
to which it may be opposed. State con-
ventions do not always instruct their
delegates. yet when they do instruct
the practice of the two big parties diff
fers in regarding the instructions.
In the Democratic National Conven.
ton the presiding officer declines to al
low the Instructions of the State conven
lions to be di;regarded. Efforts hav.
been made to break the observance G,
this rule and permit individual pro.
ferences to be xpressed-notably bS
the Tammany opposition to cleve
land in 1SS4-but they have all beer
defeated. 1t is still the law of Demo
cratic conventions.
Republican conventions observed tn.
unit rule until 1876. when Mcpherson
the president of the convention tina
nominated Hayes, yielded to the dc
mand of four Pennsylvania dele
q gates to be allowed to disobe,
the instructions of their State con
vention to vote as a unit, and t,
vote separately. And in 1850 the Re
publican convention abrogated the rul
by adopting the! followin resolution
That when. Exception is taken to tn
announcement of the vote of any State
The president of the convention shall
sdirect the roll of members of such dele
cation to be called. and the result re
corded In accordance with the vote
individually given"
On general principles of fairncs
there is nothing to be said in favor o
or against the unit rule. It is entire
~ question of party expedienc,
While II may give to the majority /
state disproportionate weight in tn
national conventions, yet il is for tina
4 very reason, perhaps, the most dccisiv
q method OF bringing about what III
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MERELY JOKING.
Tho Only Use for I'm.

Tho Only Use for I'm.
Jack: "The forests should be conserved"
Stella: "oh. I guess there are enough left
TO carve our initials on.'-New York Sun.
Wow!
He: They say tina. people who marry
soon grow TO look alike"
She: Then you must consider my refusal
al lnal."--Illustrated Bits.
Made Big Difference.
Mrs. Gramercy: You always told mo
yon couldn't see anything in socialism,
Mrs Park But. my dear, didn't know
then 1t was going to become fad."-Puck.
Correct.
1T costs. more to live than 1t did years
| ago." said The man who complains.
| Yes" answered the man who enjoys mod
ern conveniences "hut It's worth more."--
| Washington STAR
Modern Business Ethics.
"oh. that boy OF mine should live tc
disgrace his family!"
It's all right. I got off on technicality.'
l-Kansas City journal.
BY Gasolene.
81 had to sell my auto. but haven
missed 1t yet"
I 'Hows that?"
cleaning rugs."--Louisville Courier journal
The Luncher,s Little Joke.
nuncher is this meant to be short
Waitress: Eyes. SIR.
| Luncher (sarcasticaliy): Then fo
heavens sake take it away and berry it,
| Boston .
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Good showing for Ohio.

in Ohio, a 2-cent fare state, are
allowed IL cents mileage, and eleven
We're too ; honest to accent II Md
eleven is pitifullYS short OF a lquorurrl.s
-J-nlAinytillAt I1>AAlA> M { III q
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ST ATE PRESS

Win Drirlss II Ali?
THAT there is truth in the statement that
prohibition may prohibit but does not stop
drinking, is found In the fact that the blisl-
Tenn, has Increased s2.ooo,ooo since Georgia
and Alabama came dry" considerably less
than a year ago.--Newport News Press
Keep In Line.
The. proposal OF the Bryan delegates to
bolt the Minnesota convention would appear
to be !n,politlc to the last degree. II MI.
Bryan is sure OF the nomination. at Denver
the last thing he should countennncc is
sscchlsm by his followers where they are In
me minority Minority y L. bad example to iet
besides. destroy all chance of Bryan's carry
ms Minnesota at the November election. 1t
his home delegation NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. viz
sinian- Pilot.
Ginss House.
one OF tho Ohio districts in Congress- male
u speech in Pittsburg. Pa, few weeks ago.
and during the course OF his remarks he re-
ferred to Mr.. Bryan as "a statesman who
never wrote statute. soldier who never
Fought n battle. lawyer who never had IA
case; and n farmer who never turned n fur
row.. man who crltcizes another Is sup
posed TO have accomplished something. so
we would like to be informed as to what Mr.
Lon Icy ,th has accomplished other than TO
Clifton Forge Review.
Urrnse the Mind.
Every mans mind. so Tong as he be
healthy. has a distinct field TO work In an /
exercise Is as necessary for II rs FOR the
body. And the mind should be no more Inn
prisoned by deadly conventions than should
the body by prison walls The domestic
servant who spends her time reading the
classics Instead OF parading the streetu for
the display of gaudy hnery. arouses the de-
rision OF her alleged superiors because shs
does not do the conventional thing. But II
cannot be denied she displays a genuine cul-
ture. For she rends and enlightens herself,
and not for the purpose of arousing the envy
OF others Whlchis more than can be said
OF much of the reading that Is done in the
world.-Roanokc Times.
Pomp of an Empire.
Gndisputed Republican sway is leading
this country to copy the ways OF the mon
archcal' countries OF Europe. In fact, we
have many of the unpleasant trappings Of
| cars and kings with the increased power OF
the naval and military bureaus, spending as
niuci, or more. money than empires, and
| nping the doings Of autocratic governments.
NO such use of the peoples money was ever
attempted. or even thought or. under d
Democratic administration, and such Signs (
growing subserviency to the demands for 4
| centralized government should be checked
before 1t Ia too late,-Northampion Times.
1 3
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FoulinE the Fnvorite.

! The impending Bryan candidacy has
not diminished the ardor of so-called
third party competitors for the rau.s.
cal vote. Watson and Williams have
now Debs and Hanford, as the Socia.-
ist candidates. are presented. A Hearst
ticket is also promised. presumably
headed by Mr.. Hisgen, OF Massach,-
setts. Each of these organizations
has already demonstrated consider
able vote getting capacity. Mr.. Dabs
in many parts OF the West received
more votes than Parker at the last
presidential election, and while he will
not run SO we'll when Bryan is In the
race he is bound to draw material
from the Democratic ranks. Three
such diversions from the BRYAN cause
do not add to his chances OF success
Boston Transcript.
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How One Mans Deafness was Cured.

The chiropractic adjustment or
thrust was accidentally discovered by
Palmer A big buck negro who had
been as deaf as a post for many years
AS he lay prone upon table, Palmer
rather violently assailed his spine. A
slight lateral movement of the fifth
cervical vertebra Il think it was the
shfth) caused the patient to jump up
and !, SLAP his hands over his ears. Tor
sensation and appeared much fright
ened, Ills hearing had been restored
with a suddenness that caused confu-
ston:-all by one accidental thrust
New York Press. 69
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The matter might be settled by allowing
the different nations to file competitive bids
for the privilege OF spanking Castro.--Omaha
Bee
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The time may come when the most ex-
elusive club in Arkansas will be made up oil
men who have not licked jeff Davis.-Hous.
ton Post.
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Admiral Evans says we need more war
ships and fewer statesmen. but we have
moro warships than statesmen now.-Phila-
delphia Record
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ANT1GAMDL1NG CRusADEs.

When Senator's Cassidy, Grady ct
ais killed Governor Hughes's anti
racing bill, The Tines-Dispatch re-
marked that no great moral movement
had ever been successfully crushed in
this country. Apparently our conclu-
sion received a rebuff, for the racing
at Belmont Park is going on as sue
cessfully as any racing event ever held
In New York. AT the same time in
the ears of the bosses is still ringing
the report of Governor Hughess as
tonishing political victory in the Or
leans-Niagara senatorial district, which
means to those who do not follow local
New York politics that an antigambling
adherent has been returned in place
of one of the supporters of the sys-
tenn against which New York as a
State is in open revolt. The trouble
with the antigambling sentiment is
that the rich and the wealthy, who
look on at the races, give no thought
to the lives that are being wrecked
by entering into race-track gambling.
In New Orleans at present fight Is
being made to stamp out this vice, and
one of the leaders against the anti
gambling crusade tells The Times
Dispatch that 30 per cent. of all the
entertainments that have occurred in
and around New Orleans are directly
traceaole to the lure Of the race-track
New Orleans has hard fight ahead OF
lit, but, like New York. 1t will shake
| itself free ,of this curse. Meanwhile
those who laughed loudly at Governor
Hughss's defeat last month are begin
ming to wonder If, after all, they have
laughed last for the election of Mr.
Wallacs, the antigambllng Senator. was
not Republican victory. nor was it 9
! Democratic defeat AS correspondent
to the New York Times puts it: 1T wa:
an unmistakable triumph for Governor
Hughes. 1t was the response of the
people to his call for support in tigh
for decency."
In New Orleans gambling is a.
strongly intrenched politically as j,
ever was in New York, but the same
call will meet the same response, ant
/ mankind will have made one more
struggle towards decencS.
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.pon,n of nm En,n,re
BREAKING IN A LOCOMOTIVE.
Tried First III Yards, Later Sent Out
on Regular Runs.

Few persons outside the realm Of
the operating department of a rail-
road know anything of the ofttimes
vexatious pecuiarities and not infre-
quently seemingly intelligent capers
of locomotive when being broke"
to Its mission in the world. Each
new engine must undergo a set train
ing or test before 1t is put into ac-
which has gone through the shops for
repairs is given a certain working out
before 1t is returned to its erstwhile
duties.
Some locomotive manufacturing COM
panies complete their engines ready
for actual service before sending them
out; others ship them TO the desti-
nation in partial ''knockdown' state
and they are completed in the shops
of the road to Which they arc de-
| livered.
When new engine is taken into a
shop 1t is turned over to a mechanic
whose duty it is to tit it up and make
all connections and adjustments of the
interior mechanism. This completed
| the engine is turned over to fire.
/ man. who steams 1t up and blows
| it off in order to remove any grease
that might have accumulated In the
boiler or any such foreign substance
as might cause q boiler to foam
turned over to an engineer whose
duty 1t is to break" it In. The en-
CINE Is steamed up again, and If !,
will run is taken for a little tryou,
about the yard.
The science of locomotive building
| has been developed to such fine noln'
| that there Is little danger now OF n
engine "bucking'' on its first trial. IN {
main feature in the test Is to see thai
| there is no heating In the journals OF
rod brasses. If there is no heating
the engine Is run about the yards foi
about half a day and the steam II
again blown from the boiler
The engine is then steamed up ant
taken for long run on the mar
line. If during this test there are
for it's first trip with about 500 tons
to draw. If it runs all right the ton.
| mage is gradually increased to 69l
tons. The tonnage depends great.
upon the size of the engine The ave
rage engine Of to-day will draw abou
i $50 tons on mountainous road ant
/ from 1900 to 1900 tons over a leve
| haul. The test speed is from one t
twenty miles an hour.
1 Heating is one of the principal dis
eases Of an engine, and it is this feat
4 ure the engineer looks to more thar
! anything else. The mechanical sens
Of the engineer Is so developed tina
he can detect the least defect abou
his engine.
John Miller who is the '1ocomotiv'
4 buster" for the Nashville. Chattanooga
and St. Louis Railroad Company
i breaks on an average Of twenty en-
1 gines each month. He has been break
ing engines for this company for thu
last five years.-Chattanoo Times.