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New-York tribune., 1909-09-16

Baltimore. Sept 15.-An act vas passed by the
Democratic Legislature last year providing for the
submission 10 the voters at the election next No
vember OF an amendment 10 the constitution OF the
state. which IT is acknowledged by the leaders Of
the Democratic party will disfranchse a large
number Of negro voters by providing for own
ership OF property valued at not less than $500 or
the giving OF correct answers TO questions an
educational examination The amendment contains
the so-caed grandfather clause" which will keep
of the registration books the name Of any negro
educational qualifications by providing that the
applicant for registration shall be person or
male descendant of person who entitled to
vote January !, 1859, PRIOR thereto OF a for
egn-born citizen who has been naturalized be-
tween that date and the date Of adoption Of the
amendment, the male descendant of such per-
son.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-16
MILITARY DEMONSTRATION PLANNED
Thirteen Thousand Troops To Be on Hand
When Taft and Diaz Meet
lBy Teiesraph to The tribune

Galveston, Sept. To- A a great military dem
onstration viii he given when President Taft and
President Diaz meet at the Rio Grande next month
By the plans announced to-day Mexico will have
ten thousand troops equipped for any emergency,
while the United States will he represented by
about three thousand troops. The American troops
will be in command OF General Meyer. OF the De-
partment OF Texas.
General Trevino. commandant at Monterey will
command the Mexican troops. The Mexican troops
will march to the places of mobilization, drilling
and man0uvring along the route
New-York tribune., 1909-09-16
GoVERNoRsHIP OF PORTO RICO.
George D. Cotton to Succeed Regis q. Posi-
on November l.

Washington. Sept. 15.-Georse D. Cotton. who will
succeed Regis n. Post as Governor OF Porto Rico.
will assume his Office on November I. according to
arrangements completed at the War Department.
to-day. Mr.. Cotton. Who was collector OF customs
in the Philippines. Is now In Canada. but is sx-
pected TO come TO Washington about Octobsr I to
close up his Philippine affairs
Although Mr.. Cotton will not take charEs until
November Il is probable that Governor Pest will
return TO the United States the latter part Of oeo
Der on leave Of absence.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-16
Mr.. BALLINGER PLEASED.
But Declines to Discuss the, PrcSi-
dents Decision.

Washington, Sept. 15.-'T am very much
gratihed with the Presidents disposition of the
matter" said Secretary Ballinger tonight when
asked to comment on President Taft's letter TO
him upholding the Interior Department in It's
controversy with the forest service.
Further than this he declined 10 discuss the
statement.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-16
JUSTICE HARLAN NOT TO RETIRE.
He Says He Is in Excellent Health and Ready
TO Resume Work
rFrom Ths Tribune Bureau ]

Washington Sept 15.-Justiee Harlan has written
a letter his friend Dean Vance. OF George Wash
inston University which effectualIy at rest all
rumors regarding his retirement from the Supreme
Court this fall He says he is in excellent physical
condition and ees particularly AZ for active work
He has played golf a great deal IN the summer.
He said he would be back In Washington in time u
attend the opening session az George Washington,
where he IL professor. ana would also be ready.
70 resume his duties in e. art
New-York tribune., 1909-09-16
Mr.. TAFT coneRAruLATEs p,Az

Washington. Sept l5.-PresIdent Taft has sent
the following congratuIatory telegram to President
Diaz:
beg TO express my cordial congratulations upon
your birthday and the hone that YOU will live 10
enjoy many. and that your country may have the
beneft OF your patriotic service for many years 20
New-York tribune., 1909-09-16
NO ROOM FOR WILSON IN CHICAGO.

Chicago. Sept. l5.-Jsmes Wilson, Secretary OF
Agriculture, arrived here to-day after I'VE weeks
survey of Western crops. which he declared wer.
bully"
sWilI you remain TO meet the President to-rnor-
row?' asked
Couldn't get room. so reserved a berth and
will continue 10 Washington"
New-York tribune., 1909-09-16

Worcester. Mass. Sept. 15.-President Tafts spe-
cial train arrived here at 11:l5 A brief stop
made at the station and Mr.. Taft's aunt Miss
Della Torrey. OF MilIbury alighted.
You haven't done right by Millbury,' said the
President I'm a brief speech. You ought TO clean
up the Blackstone River that il will not smell
when go there I feel very much AZ home In
Worcester County. All my ancestors have come
from Worcester County on both sides away back
The first one who came here housewrght.
He carpenter. My father. who was inter
ested in Eeneaogy. had a good deal TO explain in
telling how it that when he signed his will he
signed it with a cross lie always said he had
hurt his hand with hatchet. and therefore could
not it with the pencil. But his wife. Sarah
Taft. signed hers I'm her name. which only
shows that what helps in a family is 10 have
the woman Of It understand things"
New-York tribune., 1909-09-16

for Pittsheld five minutes later. About five thou
sand persons had gathered at the station and the
President spoke briefly from the rear platform Of
his car.
said "I have been here before. ! like Springfield
first rate. and it has been pleasure coming
through your State of Massachusetts. You pride
yourselves a city of homes 1t is also city OF
travelling men. who go throughout the entire
length and breadth of the Union. selling their
wares. l like 10 talk 10 that class of men, am
a sort OF itnerant preacher myself. am bringing
a message of good will to all. l starting on a
long journey. Whether my throat and digestion
will last l do not know, AS you know. the people
have voted $4,000 for travelling expenses. Con-
Gressman Gillett helped me get that. IL is very
hard to get anything from the Appropriations Com
mittee unless you have mighty good case
He then referred to the work OF the Executive
and closed by saying: The bUlwarks of the gov
ernment the men you elect to Congress. Good
by
New-York tribune., 1909-09-16

Springfield. Mass. Sept. iS.-President Tafts spe-
cial train arrived here at 1891 D. m, and started
New-York tribune., 1909-09-16

Buffalo. Sept. 15-Presdent Taft's train ar
rived here at 1l.05 p. m. and started for the
West on schedule time ten minutes later
New-York tribune., 1909-09-16
STATEMENT BY HUSBAND.

At Arst Mr. Tripp refused 20 make any statement
in regard 60 the relations between hts wife and
sister. but later gave out statement. in part as
follows:
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Courtesy
Keeps
Home Life
Happy
By HELEN oLDFIELD

people are of the non that lack of includes the
and that home privileged take speech
behavior to the often disregard of the comfort of the
family
Not long lamented to the home circle fvore
family that her husband neglected his shaving the
candaous fashion wen he expressed it. hee nobody
He forgot that his wife there speak
her nobody he would be ndnant he that privilege
himself.
So also the who abroad the picture dainty neatne
thinks wrapper good enough for her husband home perhaps
always she careful that the wrapper tidy enough please
fasidious eyes,
So also there company home but as
cleanliness next godne courtesy which merely thought
for Others love happiness Courtesy
much than pones suggests thoughtful consideration for
Others, unsefshness, and hopefunes we'll
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BERNARD PALLSSY--- Who Didn't
kn0tU When He Was Beaten.

A curious crowd gathered outside
little house In the French town OF
Saintes one day in the middle of the
sixteenth century. In the throng a
woman was weeping and wringing hes
hands, stopping now and again to
stare through the open doorway of the
dwelling.
He is mad! Quite mad" she
walled. ITO feed that miserable fur.
mace. what do you think he has done
He has spent every penny of our saw
ings and has sold the clothes of his
back to buy fuel. We are starving.
yet he pays no heed to my protests.
He has ripped the palings from our
fence. our door, from its hinges. the
boards from our floors. He has broken
up every stick of our furniture. And
all for what use? To feed his furnace.
that 1t may attain a greater heat and
that his wretched bits Of pottery may
be glazed!"
And as the potter's wife resumed
her wailing march the neighbors MUIR
INJURED their sympathy and Amusement.
Meantime, within the house, e hollow
eyed. emsciated man was crouched
before . roaring furnace, into which
he had just hurled the last combus-
tible fragment of his household
goods.
This man whom his wife and neigh
bors declared mad was Bernard Pals
~, son Of French glass painter. He
had followed his fathers trade com.
fortably enough In Saintes, where he
had settled down and married. But
one day he CHANGED upon an old earth
enware cup Of Moorish make.
He noted that 1t was covered with
glazed or enameled substance that
gave 1t rare beauty. He made In
undsuntsd by NOT ,s.~n D' -, s'uaa
.nree nupored cret process where
by the Moors had
produced this enamel. Then he began
experimenting. II was quickly proven
to the satisfaction Of his fellow-work-
ers that he was ON the wrong track
and that the art Of enamellinx could !.
not be rediscovered By any Of the
methods he employed But Palissy |
alone could not realize that he was
beaten. He figured out that soon or !
late he must come upon the correct |
chemical mixture to produce the |
white enamel he sought. He was ut
terly ignorant Of the materials which |
90 to make up such enamei, yet for
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coated with the beautiful white en-
amel he had so long and vainly striy
en- to find. His discovery was made
Now all that remained was to Der
feet It.
-Four more years were thus con
sumed- Every stick of furniture
every wooden house-fixture went t<
the experimenting OF his furnace. He
sold his clothes. starved his family
grew thin as skeleton. But In the
end success came!
Designing colored plates and
PLAQUES and coating them with his
wonderful enamel, Palissy opened q
shop In Paris. Sixteen years he had
labored to complete his invention
and now tardy triumph crowned II
His work became the rage at court,
Catherine de Medici. the queen-moth.
er. and Henri III. the king, declared
themselves his patrons.
The Protestant religion. DESPITE all
efforts of Catholic king. was sweep.
Ing France. Palissy. though he wen
, knew that such an
r.. - Wy act would wreck
y e'v his court favor, be.
came an open con-
vert to the new creed. He not only
declared himself q Protestant but
also. to the surprise Of every one
studied philosophy and natural his.
tory. excelling even the most learned
men Of France on both subjects. and
incidentally. winning in this way new
enemies.
All this combined to undermine bis
standing at court. Henri III. was r..
luctantly coerced into signing Z war.
rant committing him to the state pris.
ON Of Paris, the Bastile. There. In hfs
cell. the king secretly visited Palsy,
begging him to recant Professionalism
and promising him freedom.
I pity you" added the king. but a.
long a. you are hereto l am com,
PEELED to consent to your imprison-
ment-"
1t IL your majesty who deserves
pity. not l." retorted Palissy. ~Yos
say you are compelled You are lesa
. king. then. than l; for no man can
compel ME-! All the power Of France |
cannot compel this one potter % !
bow down to clay images!~
The king. too weak to save his old /
friend, permitted him to be condemned
20 death; but, In 1883, before the sen.
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With the appreciation of the fine
arts and the place of the drama in life
which English-speaking folk have yet
to attain. Mexico includes in her ma
tional outgo support of the theater;
and the new budget, Just announced,
calls for 100000 for a new national
theater building. says the Boston Her.
aid. Another indication of culture in
the budget Is an appropriation of
s1.000.0 900 for monument to commem-
crate the one hundredth anniversary
OF national independence. There are
other generous items. for education.
TOR extensive irrigation projects and
Tor raising the economic conditions OF
the people. But there seems to be
singular Indifference to invasion from
Europe or Asia. Neither the army nor
navy il calling for huge sums. How
benighted!
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

There are laws in Maryland for the
protection Of insectivorous birds and
song birds, and they ought to be en-
forced. says the Baltimore Sun. We
can conceive Of no man with any pre-
tensions to the qualities of a true
sportsman who would find pleasure in
the slaughter Of knocking birds, orioles
'r other feathered songsters. The man
who shoots such birds ought to be
made to pay the full penalty pre-
scribed by the laws of Maryland. The
man who kills or captures song birds
to supply the demand for plumage
ought to be punished according to his
deserts. Vigilance in the detection of
offenders against the law and prosecu-
ton to the limit In the courts will add
greatly to the protection Of birds in
Maryland.
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1t from her function the mother of the race
woman in bearing children.
AS went the mother gave the the child and
to the tribe Woman also founded the religion
20 was mother of the divine as well as the human
Later significant fact the great turning point in cvlza
ton when the une God of the church had become moteress
tude and content At such time goddess Maria
heaven and mother of God that wresed with omnpotent
God and won the victory
To-day at another fork of the road in civilization and
turning point the history the has been reached of the
nal and characteristic features of it the
Something significant going the soul of to-day How
profound is understood neither by friend of the
Nor do sufficiently bear that awakening
ali over the world simultaneously.
Yet You know how offensive this whole movement many
and women to-day They Is rights that they want? But
what do they need? Are they position
and daughters 1t audy
her present weldened sphere rights Is there thing
divine rights and have these be ruler woman
servant?
lhe point not whether live quite comfortably
OF subsection The point that this subsection contrary
nature of mankind The point that naturally rgess
has only rights that her by Others the
free unfolding of her personality is abridged
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Rornances Of Progress
By Albert Payson Terhune
ILEo-The Man Who Would Take NOTHING for Granted

| other anything seen through the tvo
would be enlarged. This is the urin-
ciple OF the modern opera-glass. He
experimental until he was able tc
magnify threefold But this seeming.
ly marvellous achievement did not sat.
isfy him. He continued grinding
lenses at various angles of refraction
until he had perfected an instrument
that would magnify 30 fold. In other
words. he had made a telescope.
Turning this on the heavenly bodies.
he at once revolutionized, all astron-
omy.
Europe went wild at the amazing
invention, but 1t stirred up countless
rivals and enemies for the inventor.
Galtleo's amazing declaration that the
earth moved was seized upon by these
rivals, who carried 1t to the InQuisi-
ton, with the claim that It tended to
deny certain passages of Scripture
and was therefore heretical. The In
QUESTION. always eager to torture or
put to death any so-called ''heretic."
warned Calico to advance no more
such dangerous theories. In reply he
wrote book satirixing his opponents
and even limiting that the Inquisition
itself lacked the highest intelligence.
Az result he promptly found him
self in trouble. He was again brought
to trial and given
The Penalty for the choice ~ tor.
roc's'"'no sne ture or Of recant-
'ss"' ing his statement
that the earth moves. Calico was
growing old and feeble, and courage
usually departs with strength. So he
recanted on his knees. admitting that |
the earth was stationary. But, as he
rose to his feet, he shouted in temp
est of wrath: lust the same 1t DOES |
novel" He was imprisoned in the In
QUESTION dungeons for an indffinite /
period, but through the influence of |
friends was later allowed
10 60 free.
But, after his troubles with the In
luisition, the inventors spirit and |
health gave way. His children died.
many of his friends deserted him. He
vent hopelessly blind Yet even in
lis blindness and old age his mind
larked back to the phenomenon Of Il
he swaying cathedral lamp that had
melted his whole career. Working on
he same theory of rhythm, he In
'ented the pendulum. and applied its
lse to clockmaking. This was his |
asst achievement before, in 1912, be /
lied. He had been born on the day
4 Michelangelo's death. And the day
4 his death also witnessed the birth
4 the great Sir Isaac Newton.
To the cathedral dreamer" we owe
lmost wholly the telescope, micro
cope, thermometer and clock pendu- I
nm. To him. above all, we owe our
nowledge Of astronomy and Of the
arth's motion. II
(Copyrightedl a
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

The car of Russia has performed a
good deed in ordering the release of
Gen. Stoessel and Rear Admiral Nebo-
gator from confinement In the fortress
OF st. Peter and st. Paul, to which
they had been sentenced by court
martial. The court martial was raven
Gus for victims. Stoessel and Nebo-
gator were like goats sent into the
wilderness to satisfy demand that
something should be done to appease
the chagrin of defeat. The car EVIL
IDENTITY realizes that they have been
harshly dealt with, and under the cir.
cumstances his exercise of clemency
Is humane and righteous act.
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| a lS-year-cld Italian boy-small al
most as child, and pallid from over
study-sat dreaming in the gray shad
ows of the Pisa Cathedral one day II
1888. And from his dreams arose
some OF the greatest inventions and
discoveries ever accomplished. The
boy was Calico, eldest son of an i'm
poyerished Florentine nobleman. He
mad spent his childhood devisine
clever mechanical toys out of the
scantiest materials; had dabbled in
literature and painting as he grew
up; mad sought to become a monk,
and had been persuaded by his IA
tner to study medicine instead.
The young medical student, as he
SAT In the cathedral, fell to observing
the great bronze chandelier that hung
oy long rod from the roof. Instead
OF remaining motionless. the chande-
iier vibrated almost imperceptibly to
ana fro. Calico wondered why. Ten
thousand other Italians had seen that
swaying lamp and had taken its mo-
tion Tor granted. But Calico had q
way OF taking nothing for granted.
from idly watching the bronze Iamp's
movements he began to note them
more carefully. He saw that they
were rhythmic. and that, whether the
wings were far or slight, all occupied
tne same length of time. Again Gal
ieo wonder why. He set himself to
study the cause. The results of his
studies were gradual and occupied
more than half century. But for
convenience they will here be grouped.
he knew nothing of mathematics.
put In the working out of the vibrat-
lng-lamp problem, mathematics would
De necessary. SO he threw over med
lcine and became a mathematician.
The throb Of that cathedral chande-
'ier started him to bordering over a
the Swinging many wears nssors
v,. W.T. by a German named
"natt Taught. Copernicus name. |
y tnat the sun stands still and that
the earth revolves about it. Also.
mat the various stars and the moon
have . similar system of rotation.
Might not this alleged motion of the
earth account for the vibrating of |
he chandelier? Calico resolved to
NOV more of the matter. He was not |
content to take for granted the old
doctrine that the earth stood. still and
ne sun circled about 1t. But to 20
urther into the matter II was neces-
AIRY to study the heavens. This he
lad no competent means of doing. !,
10 he went to work devising such
means. Some years earlier a Middle
'urg optician had ground bits OF glass
such way as to magnify objects
cen through them. The experiment
al not amounted to much. But Gal
eo thought he saw way OF improv-
az on 1t. He figured out that by
iscing convex lens and a concaye
Ems in certain position toward each
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

The public schools in Washington
nave just observed what is called vine
day for the first time. 1t came about
through the Inspiration Of Miss Susan
.. sipe, instructor of botany in the
washington normal school, who pro-
posed such action, ito beautify all
back fences that abutted on the
streets. and on those alleys which are
generally used as thoroughfares, by
having vines of different kinds planted
on either side" The project was
promptly Endorsed by the board of ed
ucation. The climate of other cities
may be well adapted to promote the
growing of vines.
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sTATUrE-ARMoRED SUNDAYS.

In very few states would it now be
possible to re-enact the ancient Sun.
day laws, says the New York World.
In most of the states a revision of
these laws would surely result in their
modification. A sure way to bring
about an overhauling of these drastic
codes would appear to be harsh en-
forcement of them against a society
for which they never were intended.
Strange as it may appear, religious
freedom is one of the most loosely
held OF all our rights and privileges.
There is nothing in the constitution of
the United States on the subject ex-
cept the provision that Congress
shall make no law respecting an es-
adjustment of religion or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof" There is
no restriction upon the states in this
respect. Not many of the state con-
situations have any comprehensive
clause relating to religious liberty.
For this reason Sunday laws palpably
religious In their nature have been
passed and judiciaIIy sustained in
most of the states, New York among
the number, on the avowed theory
that We are q religious people and
that justification for such acts may be
found In the higher law.
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In order to attract the profitable
tourist travel, especially American
tourists. the German government no,
forbidden tips to railroad employees
putting a penalty for the same ON
passengers. thereby allowing the lat.
ter the plea Of self-defense in refusing
ups. So the tide of travel this sum.
mer bids fair to be tentatively leu.
tonic.
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1t scarcely is too much to say that,
barring habitual drunkenness and jeal-
ousy, with or without reason, the lack of
everyday courtesy between husbands and
wives has wrecked the happiness of more
marriages than other cause whatsoever.
The pity of it is that the harm done is
so unnecessary, almost always SO wholly in
nocent of malintent. Somebody has de-
fined relatives as persons who consider
themselves privileged to be as rude as they
please with impunity." Not many people
will be found fully to indorse this cynical
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Exercise
Care in
Giving
Medicine
BY Dr.. oustave Z. Aenschea

ache from kidney troubles The drug gives relief kidneys hav
not been attended the patient
become chronic druker The kidney trouble would and Their
would be supeadded the condition brought by drug
Had the gone physician the latter sooner o.
later found the Of the headache and given appropriate treatment
the patient should be too far for the doctor frankly
told him thus giving him chance prepare inevitable
The druggist has training in recognizing diagnosing diseases
Hence he not capable of locating sickness he dosae
which physicians generally give drugs the purposes for
which they given.
Every family should have family physician He one that
should be consulted first of sickness The longer he serves
family the valuable be becomes