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FISH killing Mo.outtoc,.

the only West Indian island practi.'
cally free from malaria and the ano-
pheles mosquito. Some time ago 1t
was pointed out that, whereas the GU
e lex can J, breed in pools above the
on the ground level, and that all th;.
low lying pools and swamps in Barba-
DOS are stocked with swarms Of tiny
hsh (known locally. from their vast
numbers as "millions"). whose favor
lite. food is the larvae of the mos
II unable to breed above the ground
level. must fall prey to this enemy.
The fish has been identified by Mr..
Boulenser, f. r. s., of the British Mu-
scum, as Girardinus poccilodes. Some
specimens We're sent to England. ana
mouse at the Geological Socetys Gar
dens. AIsuggestion that the "millions.'
should be imported into malarial dis
tricts in other islands has been adopt
ed with felicitous results. For instance,
the Country Health Board of Antigua.
being convinced of the useful part
PLAYED, by millions" in consuming
systematic distribution throughout the
ponds and streams of the island Sim
liar news comes from Jamaica, whither
a consignment of the fish was sent
in November, 1906. The secretary of
the Agricultural Society writes that
full of them. and that'"there has been
marked dimnution of fever round
about. the millions evidently account
Ing for the mosquito larvae" They
have also been sent to Colon and to
British Guiana It is now proposed
districts of Africa-New York Evening
Post
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SAILING INTO HISTORY.

The eye of the whole country turned
suddenly on Manteo, N. c., the other
day. VIXEN Wilbur Wright made
strlkingly successful! flight in type
of airshIp whose possibilities had never
before been fully demonstrated. 1t
was one Of those startling moments
when man trembles upon the brink OF
discovery of incalculable Importance
BECAUSE the Wright machine is heavier
than air its accomplishments have a
Significance not attaching to the dirisi-
bic balloon. If such a machine can be
made to operate successfully, it means
nothing less than the victory over a
new element.
Wright made a flight of some nine
miles. He had his aeroplane under
perfect control throughout Then, be-
cause he was psinl a new steering
gear. which he had not fully mas
tered. he touched the wrong lever and
crashed to earth. The dispatches say
that he was entirely nnhurt, but "al.
most cra2ed with disappointment" I,
Is easy enough to understand that
There - an immense Snsat OF 70.
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Rhymes for To-Day
THE pLErApEs or ,1AY.


A CcoRDING to, notions long cur
~ rent round here's It's April
that's famous for showers.
While May---for cannot inform YOU
what reason
Is billed as the right and appropriate
senson
For sunshine and strawlids and flowers.
But mercuries slip up and weather.
men fail, and calendars basely
deceive us.
And so there come Aprils deter
rinedly sunny
and funny
And how these surprises do peeve us!
Myself. I'm party who likes the old
thinss--old ideas, old custom. old
habit:
I'm wiling for April to go on quite
But won't stand for Mays doing
ditto, the zanW!-
With temp. jumping round like a
rabbit!
I hate with the hate OF Berserker
rage--a late not expressed by
rhymed joshes-
A May when 1t waterspouts on the
puellas,
A May when a person wears out
eight umbrellas,
a May Of rowboats and goloshes.
II. S. II.
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The Secrets Of the Navy.

Members of Congress and even off,
GERS OF the navy must hereafter ask
permission OF the Secretary of the
Navy or some of the bureau chiefs
If they desire to consult the files OF
the department for information. Such
permission will be conditional upon
a statement OF the purpose in con
sulting the records and reports. and
nation secured. This statement mus,
be satisfactory to the mind of the bu-
reaucrat consulted. Apparently there
Is fear that officials OF the navy will
know too much, or that members OF
Congress will become so we'll. inform
ed as to naval affairs that the peace
OF the. bureaucracy will be disturbed,
But why All these locks and bars? Is
u rear for the navy, or fear for the
system which has created such alarm?
Boston Herald. -
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what She could Do.

It was at Montauk Point. after our
soldiers had returned from Cuba and
the hospitals were crowded with sick
and wounded, that the ladies' visited
them daily. carrying delicacies OF every
Kind and doing all they could to cheer
and comfort the suffering.
1t happened one day that a pretty
young woman OF sixteen was endeavor-
ing to cheer those around her. when
she overheard soldier exclaim. "Oh,
Lord!' Az
Thinking to rebuke him for his pro-
family. she said:
Didn't hear you call upon the
daughters. Can l ask Him anything
for your
Looking up into her bright. cheerful
countenance, he replied: II reckon you
can. miss'''
What is 1t you wish?" she asked.
Raising his eyes to hers, he extend
cd his nand and said: You might
ask him to make me His son-in- law
Harper's Weekly.
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Population Of Cities.

The accuracy of the government es-
innate that to correctly ascertain the
approximate population OF the cities
between each decennial census the
number of names in a reliable city
directory Is being challenged in a
number of cities. large and small,
where attempts to estimate the pop,
latlon have been made since the CEN
sus of 1000.
Prior to the census of 1900 the null
tiples ~ and ~ were used more
frequently in making these estimates.
and the official count in 1900 showed
mat where a city directory was strict
~ reliable the former figure was not
lar from tiae mark. AS many direc-
tories IN different cities are padded.
the multiple of was recommended as
fair average to use.-Louisville POST.
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Rattle of the Dollars.

In 1900 the Democratic National
Committee had about s372,00o. That
was the year In which, according to
the testimony Of Thomas T, Ryan, one
corporation contributed 100000 to the
Republican national campaign fund.
What the Democrats may have this
year no one can tell But it Is fair
Ito say that the Democrats are now
publicity Association, Of which Perry
Belmont Is the head, and are ready to
accept publicity for even $40 contrib
luted to them-Buffalo (Ill.1 Times
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We Are Dying Younger.

In View Of all that has been said
about the fall In the death rate It
seems strange to realize that we are
and grandmothers did. More babies
live to grow up nowadays than for
merly, but people in later life die
younger. Once arrived at the adult
few years OF survival to expect.
This seems on tho face of It SO sur.
prising n statement that in order to
be accepted It should be backed up
by data authentic and indisputable.
such data are furnished by the figures
OF the insurance companies (Which all
agree on the point), but 1t Is easier to
refer to the government census re-
ports which tell the tale in simple
and convincing fashion. Even during
the last fifteen years the death rate
among all persons over fifty-ave years
of ago Of both sexes has risen very
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Culture.
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CANADIAN AUTONOMY.

The suggestion of independence for
Canada in the matter of internal gov
eminent recalls the position taken by
Mr.. Gladstone nearly sixty years ago
on England's true colonial policy. In
this day OF material considerations,
when offensive and defensive alliances
and preferential duties seem to be the
compelling Influences in colonial rela-
lions, it is inspiring to remember that
$50 great a statesman as Mr.. Gladstone
consistently regarded Englands con-
ncction with her colonies as one of
duty rather than advantage
He conceived from the first that
nothing could be more ridiculous or
mistaken than to suppose that Great
Britain had anything to gain by
maintaining union between herself
and the colonies in opposition to the
deliberate and permanent conviction OF
the people of the colonies themselves.
From first to last he always declared
the really valuable tie with the colonies
to be the moral and the social tie.
Nothing irritated Mr.. Gladstone more,
says Mr.. Morley, than to contemplate
England's system of dealing with the
colonies by which men, after quitting
their hereditary liberties on going to
Australia or New Zealand. were de-
prived of these liberties, and after fiji
teen or twenty years patient waiting
received back small portion of them
with magnificent language about the
liberality OF Parliament in conceding
free institutions. How different this
was from Disraeli. who said at that
time. These wretched colonies will all
be independent too in a few years, and
milestone about our necks."
1t is a far cry from Gladstone, the
liberal. to Disraeli, the imperialist. but
1T seems as if. after all, Gladstone's
theory of dealing with the colonists is
to be justified.
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Australia's largest cattle herd Is that run
Ming on the Victoria River station. North
ern Territory. $40 miles south of Port Darwin.
II numbers 10000 head.
paintings, both modern and ancient exam
pies, was held at the India Government
School OF Art in Calcutta recently.
In 1904 Japan exported a little over $1,000
worth OF human hair; the total export was
ara made into wigs in Paris.
To the long list Of London clubs there
must now be added the Poets Club, which
has been formed for the purpose Of revivify-
inG the neglected art Of verse making.
tenn in the world is the Mississippi Missouri
which is also the most useful, as great cities
have grown up along Its banks.
During 1907 the quantity OF coal exported
from the United Kingdom amounted to 63-
6oC.947 tons, which is an Increase Of over
100000 tons compared with the previous
year.
The directors OF the Paris paper LIE Jour
nal are offering prize Of f4oo for the best
to-day. The figure with the Phrygian cap Is
considered out of date.
A project is being considered for the
trsnsterence Of the Jardin des Plantes to q
site three miles outside Paris, whore 1t IL
Intended to create a geological oasis in
which the animals can have comparative
liberty. 4 ~ e
Fifty years a volunteer fireman. seventy
years old, and still In the active ranks going
10 fire alarms and hshtng hres, is a record
not surpassed by any other fireman in Penn.
sylvania, or possibly in the country; and
yet such Is the record OF George V. Corl. Of
Harrisburg.
Mrs, Elizabeth Custer intends to build 6
home for impoverished literary women as .
memorial to her husband. who fell In thu
Little Big Horn hsht with the Indians sons
thirty yeass ago, Mrs. Custer has recently
bought a site for the proposed home II
Dronxville. Westchester county. N. Y.
Walter McCllntock, OF Pittsburg thu
othnologist who has given special study L
tho life customs and legends OF the Black.
foot Indians, with whom he lived for 81.
years. recently received an invitation from
tho Crown Prince and Crown Princess o
Germany to relate to them some of his mos
interesting experiences.
The foundation stone for the new capita
OF the principally of Montenegro was lait
near Antlvar by Prince Nicholas. OF Monte
negro, The disadvantages OF the presen
capital, Cettinje, have long been reallsed
heEce the decision to build up a new seat Q
government on the shores OF the Adriatc
| 1t is hoped that the new capital VIII be tn
starting point Of the proposed new railroad
TO connect the Adriatic With the Black Sea
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I.csulntc Trusts.

Editor OF The Times-Dispatch:
Sr-A great many people, including
some politicians and statesmen, would
like to see the trusts entirely broken
up and dissolved into their original
competing companies.
Now, whatever we may think of
1t, the trusts are here to stay, and the
sooner we recognize this the better 1t
will be for all concerned. We cannot
destroy trust consolidation without
turning the tide of progress backward.
ana the statesmen who try 1t will be
|relegated to the background.
We ask the question:: What Is a
trust? The answer is, a trust is
great consolidation of special indus.
try. 1t Is an up-to-date product OF
modern development and civilization:
1t Is the greatest and most powerful
economic machine or force that ever
existed, and If properly managed It
can be made one Of the most efficient
forces in the service of humanity The
only thing to do is to direct. regulate
and control this great force in the IN
terest Of humanity, and not try to des.
troy It, This is the only alternative. II
lis the last analysis Of the situation
the ultimatum from which there is abb
solutely no appeal.
Now. in the government regulation
man wants to see any legitimate line
of business unjustly handicapped or
crippled. We want to see them all
reasonably prosperous. and our motto
should be honesty and prosperity
everywhere and eXtortion nowhere.
J, ". OGDEN.
Lynchburg Va 4
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That Eo,loiity DInncr.

Our Virginia contemporary The
serves:
I'm favoring 1t with column OF its
valuable editorial space, the esteemed
New York Times appears to take too
dinner Of the Cosmopolitan Society Of
Greater New York"
Quite 80. The reports OF the dinner
IN question sent QUITO the newspapers
sensational and untrue, both as to what
was said and done and as to public
concern about It. OF the speakers who
were renorted to have spoken In ia
vor OF the marriages Of whites and
placks, the only one who did not
promptly repudiate the sentiments at
tributed to him was Frenchman.-
Uarper's Weakly -
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Buttcrmilk Lozengcs ana Long Life:

Buttcrmilk Lozcngcs and Long Life.
General Weaver recently recon-
mended soft water for longevity, but
the very latest fountain OF youth Is
filled with buttermilk. A Paris scientist
has discovered that buttermilk Is q
panacea and life prolonger, and the
PasteMr institute is turning out but
Good citizens who have no recourse
to cows should fill their pockets With
the lozenges. nibble them now and then
and note the effects. They will do no
harm, and on the other hand sciences
commendahle pursuit Of the secrets Of
long life and merry one deserves
encouragement.
Politicians, however. need not expect
buttermillS In any form to prolong
their public lives and careers. Note
the sad case Of Buttermilk Charley
Fairbanks, who has failed to drown,
public memory of certain fateful
luncheon by consuming any quantity
OF the lacteal beverage. Politicians
need not bother with the buttermllk
tablets. hut It might be we'll for some
or them to take their cocktails In tab
ioid form for the sake Of secrecy.--St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, ts
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Snfe Schoo, uo,,

No pride OF opinion should stand In
the way of making our school build
ings not merely the safest schools in
the country. but the safest buildings
fact, that If anybody is even un-
reasonably dissatisfied with anything
connected with their fire protection,
he should be satisfied. Where IRE
commissioner says building is un-
safe, 1t ought not to be difficult for a
board of education to admit 1t is I'M
suitable for school.-Brooklyn Stand
ard Union. 800 q
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Roosevelt Fears johnson.

President Roosevelt and the Republican
managers are said to be much perturbed
over the growth OF the boom for Governor
Johnson as the Democratic candidate for
resident. To White House caller. the
President. is reported by the Brooklyn
Eagle as submitting IL number of searching
Questions regarding the probability OF the
nomination OF Governor Johnson He has
all along commended that Taft could easily
defeat Mr.. Bryan says the Eagle, but ia
not SO sure that Taft can put Johnson out OF
tho running. Suffolk Evening Herald.
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Voice Of the People
Another Grand Old Man.

Edltor oftThe TImes-DIspatch:
Sir,--Anent the subject Of our
Grand Old Man." In times OF war our
soldiers are our heroes; in times OF
peace our statesmen come to the fore.
In both times OF war and of peace
there are those who are ever battling
for our welfare, the ministers OF the
gospel. AS one who has. filled both
these. ] nominate for our Grand Old
Man Bishop Alfred Magill Randolph.
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MERELY JOKING.

Tcmmy's Apology.
Mamma: Here comes your father. See
how cross you've made him. Now. SO and
tell him you're sorry"
esSea nG9 ' Press you're 50
Ircog.
Amateur, holding Ave aces, leans over to
'Rillle. how would you play that hand?''
Professional replies, MY boy, II were
you think I'D play under an assumed
neme."-Judge.
An Instnuation.
II say, mother"
what is it?"
whats the height of the rdlculous7"
Well, said Mrs. Henpeck, your father
is about five feet eight, believe."--Tit-Blts
Now for South Dakota.
Wife: II have made up my mind. John,
that when I married you married fool"
Husband: THAT reminds me OF a remark
YOU made just before we were married You
remember that you said 1t would be hard to
find two people more alike than you and l."
--1it-Bits.
Tried 1t.
ITO settle be.." said the visitor to the
eatinssa ~" ''s 'AA'' % "''A0''
ASK that gentleman over there" said
the Snake Editor.
Ed!tor?''
NO; he's poet."-phlladelphla Press.
The Raise.
Editor COT Rubetown Weekly Intelli-
gencer: Here's q letter from our corre-
slondent at Hikes Corners striking for a
raise of salary"
proprietor: What? These hard times n
What are we giving him now?"
Editor: STAMPS and paper. but he
threatened TO resign unless ne gets pencil
month raise."-APuck.
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TO THE LIDRARY, NEIGHBon.

q
Again we have seen it demonstrated
that the heart has its reasons which
the head does not Observation-Disclosures
Dispatch.
That is bull" which Sir Boyle
Roach would have gloried In. A dem
onstration" of thing (which the head
cannot understand What will the
Oracle of Royal Richmond say next?-
Norfolk Virginian-Pilo
Our usually ievel-heaGed contempo-
rary has been betrayed into folly. The
Times-Dispatch has not suggested the
demonstration of anything (which the
head cannot understand" 1t has sug-
gested the demonstration only OF the
existence of such thing. Surely 1t
is not impossible to Demonstrate" that
the indemonstrable exists-to show,
that is, that there are motives, Inn
pulses, actions, whose origin is not to
be found in reason. Why did Words
worth find in the "meanest flower that
blows thoughts that lay too deep for
tears? Who can demonstrate that?
Yet certainly 1T should not have been
hard to demonstrate that he did eXpe-
rience such emotions.
1t is not merely true, but demonstra-
bly, true, that "the heart has it's rea-
sons which the head does not under
stand" Yet If the Virginian-Pilot,
still unregenerate, does not like the
aphorism, it must blame, not The
Times-Dspatch, but Pascal, for i. It
was Pascal who said: lie occur a ses
raisons que la raison ne connoit pas"
We should have put our translation of
the epigram in inverted commas. but
for our superstition that the well-read
would easily recognize the quotation
and the others would know enough
to leave 1T alone.
Which leads us to venture the opin-
| ion. that the Virginan-Pio would find
a handy reference book OF immense
help in its editorial labors.
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n1Nrs FROM THE pLEAc1ERs.

NV H1LE DR.. Hutchinson may be right
w In condemning the fly because 1t does
not wipe It's feet. he should at least
give 1t credit for not splitting on the floor
throwing banana peels on the sidewalk
Bristol Herald Courier.
1t seems altogether probable that those
people recently engaged in that social
equality banquet in New York are in for
explanations and qualifications for the ball
ance. of their natural liyes.-Washingto n
Herald.
a national compulsory Shaving law might
go long way toward discouraging anarchy
in this country.-Bristol Herald Courier
1t probably doesn't cheer UP Raisuli very
much to know that news OF his death Is al
ways received with considerable rejoicing
Washington Post.
IAN Indiana man led double life on SIG
week Some Of US find It hard to lead n
single life on twice that amount, says the
Rome Tribune Herald. 1t Is hard to lead q
really creditable single life on any amount
Atlanta Georgian.
Speaking OF Senator jeff Davis, why
shouldn't the doctors who took the venom
out OF the lance-head viper at the Bronx
Zoo be sent for?--Atlantae Journal.
Noticing the number OF doctors being
graduated all over the country. 1t is no
longer a mystery where the sick people come
from.-Nashville American.
Nashville, knows where its bread is buttered.
'Wo Will thank you to vote for Patterson
says that somewhat frank concern. Vote
early and often Knoxville Sentinel.
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A Towns,n ans Talents.

The prosperity Of a town is not guardc cd
% the wealth OF its inhabitants, but by tho
uniformity with which they pull together
when any important undertaking Is to be
accomplished. A man with asthousand dol
iarj at his comn1nnd and love for his town
IN ms heart can do more for the upbuilding
OF y than the millionaire who locks up his
capital and snaps his fingers at home pro-
81 ess--Salem Times Register A
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Flcns, Rate. aud the Dubonlc.

1t has long been known that rats
are an important cause of the spread
OF plague, hut more recent researches
seem to indicate that neas serve as
an intermediate link In conveying the
ulsease from rats to men, According
to the observations and conclusions OF
Slmond, infection of plague from ono
human being. to another takes place:
but In an insignificant number OF
cases compared with those where tleas
carry the infection from rat to man..
Tho recent experiments Of the plague
commission at Bombay have establish
ed the fact that fleas convey the plague
has also been shown that the species
OF flea concerned Is always found in
houses, Medical science
therefore declares war upon neas as
Ieenldemics Is proportlonally cleared up.
Yet much remains to bn learned--
Youths Companions, 4, 8s N NJ II
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Castellane. who says that he will
publicly disgrace" de Sagan the first
time they meet, is exactly the kind of
little man to ship anthracite to New
castle,
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III the Houston Post persists in Its
claim that Texas lis entitled to be
called earths Merry Widow hat" we
shall be compelled to announce that
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LET us alone,'r must be the motto
adopted in early infancy by the Cabot
Lodge boom.
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Now reckless characters are begin
ming to suggest that Mrs, Guinness got
her idea from the Indiana novelists.
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THE Sioux City man who argues that
eggs are live stock is evidently a grad
uate of the ten-twenty-thirt
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We have an idea that before Jeff
Davis announces his candidacy for any
Office higher up, he will withdraw to
and take a few boxing
,.gis , Il -.
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However, the reason most men tote
q gun is that they sort OF suspicion
that The other fellows tot!ng one.
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Admiral Evans thinks we ought to
have "fewer statesmen" How could
we have?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-19

A current magazine discusses War
on the Tiger without word about
Atlanta.
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For the time being, the House o
Governors has put up Its shutters.