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Anpearances sometimes Tell.

Sherlock Holmes and DR.. Watson
stood rear the entrance to the Brook
lyn bridge while the homeward bound.
ers were engaged II their daily fight
for ear-room. Dr.. Watson was en-
gagged. as usual, doing nothing and ad-
miring Holmes The while. Since he
could neither lay the f5dle nor use
morphine Sherlock vas forced TO fall
back or his Cd ~as-ime Of deduction.
Watson" he -e1larAed. apropos of
nothing in particular, there is a
young nan who i gen - cali on a
young lady, cne WON he would prob
ably call his 'bes: girl"
How do you ka0w that?" inquired
Watson's neverfaiing feeder"
Because he has two boxes Of choco-
late under his arm and a bouquet
rather badly done up in his right
hand"
Marvellous, marvellous" whispered
Watson. Let Us, my dear Holmes.
refresh ourselves" And they disap-
peared between the swinging inclos-
ure of a neighboring oasis.
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ELECTRICAL GENIUS.
KELLY OF MASSACHUSETTS, THE
"oRIeINAL $4,000 VoLTmAN."
Served Apprenticeship Under Wizard
Edison, But Is Little Known to
the Public-Has Perfected
Eighty Patents.


BostOn.-Outside of men with knoWl-
edge of electrical affairs and achieve
ments, it is not generally known that
there is living in Pittsfeld, Mass, an
inventor and engineer who has won
high distinction in developing the
great electrical industry of this coun-
try.
John Forrest Kelly, the original co.
600 voltman," is a friend of the wizard
Edison and served an apprenticeship
under him. He has perfected so pat
ents, has received a degree of doctor
of philosophy and his name is sug-
gestive of progressive methods in cleo
trical machinery and station de-
sign.
John Forrest Kelly, son Of jeremiah
and Kate (Forrest) Kelly, was born
near Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland, March
28, 1859. Both of his parents were
teachers, and several of his ancestors
and their collateral relatives were
notably successful in various profes-
sional lines.
Mr.. Kelly was educated in Stevens
Institute of Technology in HObOken,
n. J., and received the degree of B. L.
in 1878 and that of PhD. IN 1881.
His first occupation in life was as
assistant to Thomas A, Edison in
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poorer classes and has seen the want
and suffering that is often brought upon
the family of a workingman through
his being incapacitated by an accident
Sterling was born On a farm and edu-
Gated himself by his own efforts. Aft
er his graduation he was superinten-
dent of public schools in Lexington for
two years, after which he took up the
practice of law. He was states attOr-
ney for Mclean county for four years
and is now serving his third term in
congress.
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Cinnamon lake Up Skating Fad.

Whether it be owing to Christian
ity, civilization or Americanization,
matters not, but the Chicago China
man is getting there" He has taken
to roller skates, says the Chicago Ex-
aminer
With him it has become a case Of
roll. roll, roll along" but instead of
over the dark, blue sea" as when he
came from the Celestial kingdom" it
is across and along the pavements of
the 'chop suey district"
That he enjoys the sport is attested
by the increasing numbers seen night
ly in Clark and adjacent streets.
It seems odd to see these so-called
heather going with the wind, their
queues flying behind them. and the
straps of their skates pressed down
deeply into their well padded sandals.
The missionary didn't teach John
Chinaman to skate. He got the In
spiratiOn from his children, and they
learned it from their American school
mates.
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NAVAJO BLHXIET KE4YER

kansas, Grand and UncOmpaghre val
leys in Colorado. They we're away
from their reservation two months at
time, and their employers report
that their work was quite as satisfac-
tory as that of the Russian peasants
generally employed to do this work
and supposed to be unusually skilled
in this particular kind of labor.
Like all Indians. their besetting sin
is monte" Give an Indian the price
of his hire and he will quit work un-
til it is gambled away. They are a
polygamOus people, have no religion,
and, like all aborigines, are supersti-
tious, believing in all kinds of signs
and working of supernatural powers.
Although the Navajo reservation ad-
joins the Mesa Verde National park,
where so many Cliff Dweller ruins are
found, it is with difficulty that a Nav
ajo can be induced to act as guide to
the ruins. When one is found willing
to show the way, he cannot be induced
to remain in the immediate vicinity,
and when night comes on he moves
miles away
A curious tradition. and one ac-
counting perhaps fo- their adherence
of that region, is that ages ago, when
the Cliff Dwe,lers and their enemies
were engaged in an eXterminating
warfare, the former We're finally driv-
en- into mighty river, and drowning,
their souls were transmitted into the
bodies of fishes. And from that time
to this a Navajo cannot be induced
to eat fish.
Another legend, no less curious, re-
Iates to the Ship Rock About 35
miles due west from Pennington, New
Mexico. and within the borders OF
their reservation. situated in the midst
of the desert, stands a famous rock
called Ship Rock, which looms TO the
height of 1000 feet above the sur
rounding plain. It rises from the CEN
ter of an immense and gradually
sloping mound which gives it a tow
ering appearance.
The rock derives its name from its
appearance when seen from a certain
direction. when it resembles a full
rugged ship, stranded and petrified.
The Indian legend is that in the dim
and misty past they had their habi-
tatiOn in a distant land beyond the
great ocean and that the rock was
situated in their ancient country. Once
upon a time. the tribe being closely
pressed by its enemies and in danger
Of total annihilatiOn, the survivors
climbed into the cracks and crevasses
Of the great rock and implO-ei it for
protection The supp!ications were
heard and shortly the rex began to
move. It crossed innumerable wastes,
gradually reached tse ocean, which it
crossed, trayersed more wastes and
deserts, and finally arrived at IS pres
ent resting place, when the refugees
sprang from its bosom. Thus the
tribe remained upon the face Of the
earth.
The ranks OF the tribe are being de-
pleted. and before a good MAN. years
the good Ship Rock will be obliged
TO gather up the people and go on
another long voyage. in order that the
tribe Of the Navajo may be perpetual
ed among the tribes Of the earth.
y
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wind they seem to mock the vanity Of
him who wished this huge pile of stone
for his tomb.
In striking contrast. in a secluded
spot, Overshadowed by two solitary
pines and surrounded by many flow
ers, is the resting place of John Keats.
Fresh interest is awakened in this
grave by the discovery of a new ro-
nance in the poets life.
In 1919, two years before his death,
Keats fell desperately in love with
Fanny Browne, who drove hiIn to dis
traction with her caprices. After this
unfortunate love affair he left Eng
land with his faithful friend Severn
and took up his residence in Rome,
where he chanced to meet the woman
who filed his last days with happiness.
It was only quite recently and as the
result of researches by an Italian stu
dent that this heretofore ignored cpl
sode of Keats life in Rome has been
discovered
AS the poet was ascending the steps
of the Trinita del Monti one day he
was struck by the marvellous beauty
of a young Italian girl who was going
in the same direction. The attraction
was so strong that without a moments
reflection he offered her his arm,
which she unhesitatingly accepted.
From this chance meeting a friend
ship grew up which soon ripened into
love. Keats love was so strong that
he succeeded in hiding until the very
last moment the illness which eventu-
ally carried him away, lest his Italian
sweetheart. Maria Landi, should suffer
pain.
After his death she disappeared, and
no trace of this short but happy cpl
sOde of Keats life was found until the
discovery of the following letter from
Keats to Maria Landi, witch is in the
possession of one of her great-grand-
nephews living in Rome:
MY Dearest: Although I said
would not write ysu. still i wish TO
talk little more with yen, f. dream
and my hope, my smile AND my one
and only JOY. You do not lAow how
III A1SL wv yCuB sOh NO 1AOb 4AAO" II
and l cannot tell you how much.
'But you are everything to me. as
for you alone l smile amidst my tears,
and l put one sweet thought among
many bitter ones, and l have many Of
them, love, many, a whole sorrowfui
crown, a most sorrowful crown of
them. But when l am near you l for
get them all because l love you with
great, immense and infinite love. with
a love that no words can express.
''Oh, if you were here. if your dear
face with its look which promises
wonderful sweetness, would greet and
comfort met Oh. if you were only
with me, my adOred! If you knew how
l long for your presence in certain
moments. | wish for your suddenly at
times in the peace of dawn, at others
in the calmness of the night, and it
seems as if your voice reached me in
the silence, your silvery voice as mu-
sical as waterfall"
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KEATS ITALIAN ROMANCE.
Love Affair of Poet in Rome Revealed
by Discovery of a Letter.

Rome.-The English cemetery in
Rome is full of wild beauty and clas-
sical interest. From the outside it ap-
pears to be covered by innumerabls
expresses and pine trees. Close to it
rises the famous Pyramid OF Caius
Cestius, 116 feet high
From time to time, owing TO the
winds and rain which have swept over
this spot, pieces of the marble which
coated the sides of the pyramid are de-
tached and now tufts of weeds have
taken root in the cracks and crannies.
and as they wave to and fro in the
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ing it away Now the material in the
building is worth about $4,000
The present Andreas Lichtenstein. a
descendant of the man who built the
house, has said ''Nein" about once a
month for the last 20 years to specu-
lators who want to buy his home and
tear it down for the stone. 1t is his
home and that of his forefathers and
he refuses to part with it, So lith-
ographers, with thoughts of rising
prices, look and sigh.
Lithographic stone is found in com
mercial quantities only in Bavaria
The largest quarries are near Nurem-
berg.
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Need thorough Cooking.

Raw pullet, raw veal and raw fish
make the graveyard fat This is hun
dreds Of years old. A New York
caterer, perhaps the most efficient in
the city, said: There are three i'm
portant articles of food that must. un-
der no circumstances, be served IN
derdone. They are fish, chicken and
veal. By chicken I mean all poultry
Of a domestic nature. All game birds
should be rare. You want to be lit
tie careful about lamb, too; give It
plenty Of cooking"
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BACON MAY SUCCEED TAFT.
Assistant Secretary Of State Likely to
Head War Department.

Boston. - The intimate personal
friends OF Assistant Secretary of State
Bacon formerly OF Boston, have re-
ceived information which leads them
to believe that Mr.. Bacon will become
secretary OF war about July l next,
succeeding Secretary Taft, who is un-
derstOod to be desirous OF retiring
from the cabinet at that time.
The determination of Secretary
Taft to retire is said to be quite
definite, and is understood not to
be dependent upon the outcome Of the
national convention.
Mr. Bacon was born in this city
and was particularly prominent in ath.
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letics while attending Harvard uni
versity, being captain of the varsity
crew. He was a classmate of Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
He was connected with the bank
ing firm of E. Rollins Morse G. Co.
until 1899, when he became a mem
Der of the firm Of J. P Morgan &
Co. of New York, where he has since
made his home He married a Miss
Carlton of New York.
His friends in this city, upon hear
ing Of his reported advancement were
a nature had been anticipated.
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OF LITHoeRAPHIc STONE.
Home in Nuremberg, Germany, covet-
ed by Many.

Berlin.-LithOgraphers look at it
and sigh. It's a plain, plastered stone
house about so yards from the ancient
city hall of Nuremberg, Germany
There is nothing to distinguish it from
the other old houses of the neighbor-
hood except that it is built of Iith-
Ographic stone, worth from six to q
cents a pound. So photographers who
go to Nuremberg wander from the
worn tourist trails to see the wonder
The house was built about 1850, near
ly 100 years before Alois Senefelder,
the discOveTeT Of lithography, was
born. Andreas Lichtenstein, who
built it, took the stone easiest to get
and secured it for the trouble of carry
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extended to Indian agitatOrs and re-
fused to offer an apology. British
rule in India will continue and ought
to continue and must continue"
said he
John Morley was born at Blackburn,
England December "a, 1888. He was
graduated from Chettenham and Lin
coin college, Oxford, and began life
as a barrister. In 1867, however, he
was called TO the editorship of the
Fortnightly Review, a post which he
held until 1882. From 1880 until 1888
he was likewise editor of the famous
Pail Mall Gazette, leaving his desk
there to go to parliament as the repre-
sentative of Newcastle. He was Irish
secretary in 1886 and again from 1892
to 1895. In 1896 he was returned to
parliament and since gradually
achieved for himself a reputation in
politics, letters and philosophical
thought.
Morley was Gladstone's favorite lieu
tenant when the Grand Old Man"
died He was one of the axiOus per.
sonal friends who watched over the
great premier in his last illness, and
his Life of Gladstone" is one of his
most notable literary labOrs.
Hall Caine and Andrew Carnegie are
among the close friends of the liberal.
The laird of Skibo is accounted one of
the particular intimates of Morley, in
a personal way, in the tendency of
their thoughts and aims and otherwise
Recently Carnegie, we'll knowing his
friends studiOus inclination, presented
him with a library OF 10000 volumes,
one of the finest collections of books
in existence. In 1904 Carnegie also
Influenced the noted Englishman to
come to America. In Pittsburg Morley
was the guest of Carnegie and there
delivered his only American lecture.
In an interview in America Morley
said that he. as an English liberal, was
always intensely interested in Amer
lea and her politics and that England
as a whole was fascinated by Presi-
dent Roosevelt
More than once il has been said that
If John Morley had a vice he might be
premier. AS 1t is Morley is too full of
unrelenting rectitude, too barren of ap-
parent passion, to be an English popu-
lar hero. For all that he is a man Of
emotions and feeling, but, above them
ali, one OF restraint. One never knows
Morley the man, but one can never es-
cape Morley, the exterior, distant. re-
served and unbending.
In politics Morley is a liberal in
every sense, but he holds the same
reserve of caution on his theories as
on his public behavior. In religion he
is an agnostic, but not one of the as
serttve kind. He has quick,
keen and delightful sense of humor, Is
one OF the most charming of
companions and is great IA
vOrite among women. He is by ma
ture nervous, is quick in temper and
rather impatient. He has no amuse-
ments other than walking, and is fond
OF music and books His father wished
to make him a minister of the gospel,
but he fell under the teachings of John
Stuart Mill. the philosopher. and
thereafter the church was imDossibIe.
The council Of empire at St. Peters
burg has raised the Russian legation
at Tokyo to an embassy.
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FATHER OF LIBERTY BILL.
Confiressman Sterling Author of En-
ployers' Measure.

WashingtOn.-Congressman John A.
Sterling Of Illinois, the father of the
employers liability bill, which went
through the house with only one dis
senting voice, that of Congressman
Littlefeld, is a man who has all his
life come much into contact with the
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His Cane.

rs your husband against the book-
makers?" inquired Miss Papri6a.
Yes" answered young Ms Snor-
kins. but his scheme seem rather
heartless. He wants to put tlem cut
Of business b. winning all the-- money
from them.
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Averted an Excuse.

Il noticed" remarked the piano
stool to the parlor lamp, that you
started to smoke last night when Miss
Yerner was entertaining Mr.. Tim
mid"
Yes" replied the lamp. Il saw
she was just waiting for an excuse
to turn me down"
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Looked On as Form Of sriberv

Controller Wilson OF Chicago has
ruled that no telephone. traction, cleo
trio light or other public utility eOrpo-
ration can make contributions to hos
pitals or other charities.
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The council Of empire at st. Peters
burg has raised the Russian legation
at Tokyo to an embassy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-31

THE last EGYPTIAN. ANONYMOUS.
illustrated by T. P. Wishtman
Edward Stern & Co.. Inc. of Phila-
delphia, publishers: $3.50.
In The Last Egyptian" the marvels
q, ",rhe Arabian Nights are repro
duced.
The story has It's scene, notwith-
standing, laid in modern Egypt, the
Egypt OF pyramids and trolley cars,
of caravans and railways. Of desert
darkness and electric lights. OF bar
barrie crudeness and porcelain bath
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The minister then told of his mis-
ision to the camp, and the old-timer
.Ifloated out into the darkness, laugh
ling in his sleeve. ADJUSTMENTS Of
| various kinds are a part OF the camps
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PALMYRA SCHOOLS CLOSE.
3Ir. King, Of Clifton Forge, Makes ADJ
dress-Want state Normal.

Special to The Times Dispatch.1
pALx MIR sc MOI d Closed sG vers sue
cessful session on Tuesday Of this
week. The courthouse, where the COM
mencement exercises were held, was
packed from g crnW9 70 The ves nrorram Of
Entertainment reflected credit upon
both teachers and pupils and the graf
flying number OF honors bestowed IN
dicated the faithful work done during
the session. The address Of the even
ing was delivered by Hon Floyd King,
OF Clifton Forge, an old Palmyra boy;
He was enthusiastically reGe'V go. ah no
The State OF Flu where right is al
ways greater than might: where the
such men AZ the late VIM. B: Petit.
Judge NJ. Q Miller. Hon.. A. a. Gray.
DR.. Geo II. Snead. and others who, by
their talent, energy and uprisheness.
county for truth and beauty. he made
a fine address on education. Mr..
King is much beloved In his native
town and has T hn f9n hImselr honors
An effort is being made to secure
the State Normal Tor next session.
Palmyra offers great inducement IN N
most MOI In the centre of the state. and
Palmyra Is Just in the centre OF Flu
wanna. and Inc new Virginia Air Line
sible from every direction Then tho
exceptional heaithfulness Of this sec
tionris proverbial, as is It's hospitality.
Fluvanna would cordially welcome
the selection OF Palmyra for the mill
tary encampment and rifle range: The
State Military Board was here during
the rainy spell last week: and anxiety
sufficiently to show the advantages
offered by the wide stretch of low
grounds and the precipitous bluffs OF
CarySbrook
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-31

At the annual meeting Of the Alum-
mao Association OF Itollins Institute,
June S. 1901, tho plans OF tho Charles
L. Cooke Memorial Association were
presented by Miss Marian s. Bayne,
president and the Alumnae Associa-
ton was asked to join heart and hand
with the Memorial Association IN
erecting a suitable monument from
Hollins girls, patrons and personal
friends In memory of DR.. Charles l..
Cooke, who had died one month be-
fore. The cause at once became a
common one. and the movement was
enthusiastically entered upon. We
could not bear to offer to the memory
of our founder. builder, guide"
tribute marred by the heat Of high
pressure or the chill Of delay. SO the
freewill offerings have come In stead
lily. with messages of love and loyalty.
In the first meeting 1t was deemed
best to- take up the work where he
rested It. by erecting a library build
Ing as memorial to him. as that
stood In his plans as the next to be
undertaken.
The ground for this handsome build
ing. as shown in the picture was
broken early in the present year. The
work is going rapidly upward, and
occupancy ls promised IN OCTOBER.
The cornerstone will be laid with
Masonic ceremonies June I'd, imme-
diately after the annual alumnae
meeting, and 1t is hoped many of the
alumnae will be present on this oc-
casion, looked forward to for seven
years.
The new library will stand on the
campus facing the main building; will
have an auditorium and gymnasium
on the ground floor, library and read
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THE GREY KNIGHT. BY Mrs. Henry
De La Pasture. f. p Dutton a.
co, Of New York. sl.50.
Mrs. De La Pasture is so thoroughly
we'll known as a writer OF books fun
or the liveliness Of life that one is
rather surprised to find In the pages OF
The Grey knight" she has descended
to the realms Of comparative common
placeness.
The story has In it nothing new or
suggestive, and the characters are lack
lhs In the spirit and animation required
10 hold sustained attention.
The one person who is somewhat
amusing by her harsh frankness and
her downright manner of stating facts
IS the elderly sister-in-law OF the
heroine, who, in persuading her against
marriage with a man much older than
herseit. uses such arguments as these:
You think because you are good
looking that you'll get other chances.
But | can tell you that you'll get older
and uslier, and men will go after some
one young and prettier, and you get
left In the lurch It's all very well
now, with the doctor here praising and
petung you and people proposing to
you all round, but how will 1t be with
your old man dead and gone, and your
young one married to some other wo.
man. ana putting her In the place that
might have been yours? How otter
you'll look out of this window then
II you stick to this dull hole, and wisl,
you'd been less romantic and more
sensible Why II you had a spark OF
spirit left In you. you'd marry young
Gwyn and snap your fingers at his
uncle. The estates are entailed, ant
v isn't very likely he'll go through
tho faIca OF eaftinn on sza cod ~ qua,
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MY HIGH SCHOOL DAYS. Decorated
and illustrated by L. j. Rridgman.
II. M. Caldwell, Of New York. pub
1ichor "a Z y
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Skirts.

Skirts, II OF the plain circular or
gored model, may, where one desires
to change the aspect Of the gown
without materially altering its shan
Ing, be made to take on the outlines
of tunic. with bands of bralds inset
orappliqued In overskirt effect. Fringe.
an old trimming revived this year,
tlnds most charming use in this way,
discretion as TO the amount of such
trimming should be displayed, else the
result Is apt to be anything but pleas
ing to the artistic eye.
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There Is no attempt of analysis Of
motives: there is no morbidness; there
is no sex question: there is no mawlsish
sentimentality; there is no problem;
there is only lively, interesting
story which tho author brings to
a naturally-expected and appropriate
conclusion.