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New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
RELICS OF RETOLUTTON.
Paris Museum Gets Marie an
tOinette'S PncuShi0n.
Paris. December %.

Paris. December q.
N Georges Cain, curator OF the Carnavalet
Museum which IS the great municipal museum
Of the city OF Paris. has received this week from
all parts Of France a number OF historical OBJ
Jects and relics Americans who intend visiting
Paris may DO interested to learn that IN Janu-
ary special exhibition Of these objects Will be
opened in the cabinet travail OF ". Georges
Cain and will remain on view until the spring
NJ. CIemenceau has presented NJ. Georges Cain
with a mask OF Louis BIanqui. the Socialist
whose motto was M DIeu. nj Maitre." The
Prime Minister has also given to the museum
the 'Livre dor" Of the siege OF Paris. which
September 10 was placed on the pedestal Of the
statue of Stresburg, and which its first page
bears the signatures OF Trochu. Rochefort and
Victor Hugo.
Among other gifts may be mentioned the silk
embroidered coat IN blue and violet stripes that
the young Dauphin Louis XVID wore when i'm
prisoned in the Temple. This coat bears the
patches and nlendings made by Marie Antoinette.
There are also Queen Marie AntOinette's pin
cushion which she had with her in the Temple;
an Orsini bomb offered by NJ Eugene Heros,
director Of the Palais Royal Theatre. and the
gold snuffbox. ornamented with diamonds and
pearls given by Napoleon III to Melingue. tho
actor and given to the museum by Melingues
son. Standards Of the battalions OF Paris in
the various revolutions and tho Commune to-
gether with rare medals and uniforms, figure
among the New Years gifts made to the
museum.
It is curious to note that the pincushion Of
Marie Antoinette was found by chance by
vouDy officer Of the Chasseurs Alpin Lieutenant
de In Maherie in an old curiosity shop at Grenoble
in 1898 The dealer obtained it from Josephine
vermeile, great granddaughter Of the public
executioner Of Grenoble in the Reign of Terror.
Tho Carnavalet picture gallery IS enriched by
a number OF pastel portraits Of prominent Pa
risians among which Is fine portrait of Prosper
MeriYnee by ROchart. = l. B.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
DOUMA'S STORMY DEBATE
Harsh Emthets Fly in Discussion Of
CamtoI Punishment.

St Petersburg Jan. 2-The increasing number OF
condennnations to death IN Russia brought about a
stormy debate in the Douma to-day. NJ Milukor.
m hehalf of the Constitutional Democrats proposed
an order Of the day expressing the horror OF the
Douma at this growing harvest OF death. which,
he said. was bunting the moral sense of the COM
rnunity and destroying the honor and prestige OF
Russia as a civilized state. The Socialists and
tha members of the Labor party supported the
resolution. When II rejected the Opposition
left the haTl in a body.
During the debate the hall was in an uproar and
cries AZ .'Murderers!' "Cutthroats!' and Hang
mani" were exchanged. President Khomyakaf in
nicted stinging reprimands upon leading members
On both sides OF the chamber.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
WRIGHT LEAVING FRANCE
Predicts Four-H0ur Flight COTe1ng
$50 Niles an Future.

lie Mans, France. Jan. Wilbur Wright gave
his last aeroplsne demonstrations here to-day.
carrying with him IN four different flights mem
bers Of the Aero Club OF Sarthe. Mr.. Wright Is
preparing 10 proceed TO Pau where he viii re
main a month, giving instruction in the handling
OF his machine He then will go 10 the United
States.
He said that he expected at an early date to
fly for more than four hours or from 125 to 100
miles. by the use OF new motors. The French
newspapers Join in unstinted praise Of Mr..
Wright's feats, which. they point out, he 80
easily crowned by his flight On December 81,
which lasted two hours and nine minutes.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
POOR GET PENSIONS
NEW SYSTEM IN EFFECT.
HM Ultimately Cost England e7,-
500 ,OOO-5OO, 900 Benefciarifs.
rs.-e,aI by French cable to The Tribune1

rv--cfal by French cable The Tribune1
Souoon. Jan What Liberal enthusiasts de-
sr1oe as the huInanization of the national sys-
tenn Of poor relief has gone into effect Persons
over seventy who have never received poor la"
relief and have below the required standard OF
actual income are now drawing weekly pension
OF Eve shilIings as matter OF natural right
Estimates differ. but the number OF pensioners
viii largely exceed half million, and this sys-
TEN OF relief will ultimately cost s75Oo.o0o-
1t iE admitted by the officials in charge OF the
administration OF the act that second class
psupers who are unable TO take care Of them
selves will require special treatment. and a
barge financial outlay This VIII involve differ
entiation between worthy objects Of public char
Ity and ragrants beggars and criminals who can
but VIII not work When the whole system OF
poor law administration has been revised there
IS the additional question OF the relief OF the
unemployed Liberal reformers will not lack for
occupation for the next half century In working
out these social problems For one thing follows
another when state relief IS regarded as q mat
Ter Of human right and the question IS not raised
whether every one IS not under moral obhga-
sion not only TO work. but also 70 provide by
thrift against the emergencies Of sickness, the
disability OF old age and the lack OF employ
rnent-
! The ultimate method OF financing these poll
eies causes little perplex!ty among tariff reform
,rs or labor leaders. Mr.. ChaT,eerlains follow
err assert that whatever revenue IS needed can
be obtained by tariff legislation Ramsay Mac
Donaid's men VIII propose at the January con-
ference OF the Labor party the confscation Of
the larger incomes by supertaxes and Increased
estate duties snd new methods OF taxing state
conferred rnonopoes and land values. Cautious
Liberals are content with forecasts for a single
s7ear which VIII cover the existing pension sys-
TEN. They find ground for encouragement In
revenue and trade returns and estimate that the
deficit viii not exceed s1oooo,ooo, and that q
substantial portion Of It will be covered by re-
duced charges for the national debt They
expect in this way 20 squeeze through the next
fiscal year without Introducing revolutionary
principles OF finance which will tempt the Lords
to throw out the entire budget.
How the process Of h;Inanizng poor relief by
rensioninz off everybody can be Indefinitely car
.sed out under free trade they cannot explain.
L y. F
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
PREDICTION OF "ORPHEE'
IfHe. Rare0u IVins LdUreLs an Lead
ing Role Of Gluck Opera.
Especial by French Cable to The Tribune ]

Paris. Jan. 2-The revival OF Glucks opera
-orphee" al the Opera CoTnique IS so far the
most successful feature of she lyric stage Of
fered ia the present season. The work IS given
with ali the original ballet dances and diveTtisse-
roents and IS beautifully mounted.
1t was the occasion for the debut OF Mile. Alice
Rsveau The young graduate of the Conservatory
OF Music who won three first prizes last sum
rner Mile Raveau. in the opinion Of the lead
ing Partisan critics, has the finest contralto voice
Of any OF the French singers, with the possible
exception Of Mime. Delna. and her singing and
acting OF the character OF Orpheus gives her a
foremost place here Her voice is extremely
warm ana sympathetic. She IS rather below
the average height but has most remarkable
dramatic expression and great things are eK-
,ac.aa o< her (. l. 3.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
HTNTING NEW PLANET.
English Astronomers Seeking to
Confirm Professor Pickering.
rsnecial tr French cahls 90 The Trlbunel

Especial by French Cable 20 The Trbune-l
london Jan 2-Announcement OF the discov-
cry OF new planet by Professor Pickering, OF
Harvard University. has not surprised BrItich
astronomers OF the first rank Professor Forbes
and other rnathematicians have been convinced
for q long time tnat there was some cause OF
disturbance beyond Uranus and Neptune by
which comets have been Influenced within the
range of the solar system Every effort viii be
made by British astronomers 20 confirm Profess
xor Pickering's discovery. and telescopes are now
focused upon the constellation Of Gemini.
/ y. z.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
EMPEROR sNUBs HEAD OF REIoHsTAG
Regarded as Evidence of Resentment at Leg
islative Body's Criticisms

Berlin, Jan 2-Considerabe comment has been
aroused IN the political circles OF the capital by
the fact that Emperor William the New Years
Day reception yesterday departed from his usual
practice and refrained from offering his hand TO
Count Won Stolberg- Wernigerode the president OF
the Reichstag.
The incident is regarded as an Intentional snub
expressive OF his majestys resentment against the
Reichstag for that bodys frank criticisms OF his
course in the matter OF the interview with him
printed in The London Daily Telegraph last
October.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
MAY BE PLANET BEYOND NEPTUNE.
Calculations at the Harvard Observatory In
sicats Existence of Such a Body

Cambridge Mass, Jan. 2-The possibility OF a
saanet outside OF Neptune, which since its dis
rov.rr In 1ssT has been considered the Outermost
,,6y NJ che solar system, is indicated the re-
.u,t Of calculations at the Harvard observatory
~ oeztain irregularities in the orbit OF Neptune.
rha officials of the observatory do not assert
shas they have discovered the presence OF such
sody but say that such & planet would cause per-
s,vta.sons such as have been found
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03

Among important developments OF the com
ing week IS the meeting OF the Chicago and Al
ton on Tuesday. II present official plans are
then unchanged per cent will be declared
uDon Alton common stock This means t"e
paving over TO the Toledo. St Louis and West
ern's treasury Of s6OO.0O0 as dividends upon Hs
sI5 900 600 Alton stock, equal to per cent upon
Toledo preferred stock. already receiving Per
cent out of its own cOmpanys earnings @ I4--S
makes Toledo preferred an abnormaHy cne9e
go, nor cent advance at least. Toledo conf
non indeed comes by reason or thls Iai sV@'
within early dividend probability
Incidentally the recent requirement OF . - %
tori+1- OF colorado and Southern common stUI 80
nv lanes j Hiu's Burlington system mas I tlls
Feo- 20 aIchanre for Colorado Southern MS
Dreferred and second preferred per 80
bond at par-doilar for dollar. par vaiue- -I ~
ought To mean quick. substantial incTeas -
roarI-et value for both OF these preferreG 80
NOT less than 20 points n AA@A-->
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-14
Does Extravagant Living Solve the
Unemployed Problem?

Some of these wealthy people at
tempt to justify their extravaganza
on the ground that it gives employ
ment to a great many, says Orison
SWEET Marden in Success Magazine"
NO greater delusion ever crept into
human brain than that wanton ex-
travagance is justified on the ground
that it gives employment for the de-
moralizing and debauching influence
of it all upon those uselessly employ
ed infidelity outweighs any possible
good it may do.
1t is true that many poor women,
girls and children are enabled to eke
out miserable existence by spend
ing years Of precious time and energy
working upon a piece of lace en-
broidery, or thousand dollar gown
to be worn only once or twice by a
rich woman. But is there no better
destiny for human beings made in
Gods image than to wear their lives
out and ruin their eye-sight, as is
done in numerous instances, in max
ing that which appeals only to the
vanity of women, many of whom, in
all their lives, never earned the equi-
valent to the food which they con-
sumo In a single month?
The vulgar Haunting of wealth
which We see on every hand, Is a con.
slant suggestion, n perpetual tempta-
ton to the poorer classes to strain
every nerve to keep UP appearances
TO keep up with the procession" a,
all hazards.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-14
"MOItAL WAVE" KEEPS MOVING
Five Bills Aimed at Iiuuor SELLING
and Gambling Favorably Reported
to Alabama House.

Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 1O.--The
house committee on temperance to-
day reported FIVE more of the moral
wave" bills favorably. Four Of these
are prohibition measures, two by Bal
lard and two by Carmichael. The
Ballard bills provide for impeach-
ment Of officers who fail to enforce
the prohibition law and give cities
more power to drive out Intoxicating
liquors. The Carmichael measures
appropriate $1,000 for use by the
governor and $500 for each solicitor
In the State to be used in enforcing
the prohibition laws.
The fifth bill reported favorably is
the Tarrant bill, aimed at gambling.
1t allows chancery courts to declare
houses kept for gambling nuisances
and provides a penalty of from one
to five years at hard labor for per-
sons who gamble.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-14
THE PRICE OF A PENNY.

Scarcity OF the New Lincoln Coin and
Resulting Bun Market Manipulated
by Small Boys.
Washington, Aug. 9-The supply
of the new Lincoln pennies, bearing
the three inirials Of the designer, has
beenaexhausted so far as distribution
at the treasury department is con-
cerned.
The word that they were "all gone"
was issued shortly before the treas
ury building was closed today. I'm
mediately the bulls Of the juvenile
curb market outside ran up the price.
From three for nickel the figures
jumped to two for a nickel, a nickel
a piece. four for quarter, and q
dime apiece
Some newsboys asked as much as
26 cents each and refused to take
less.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-14
NEGROES KILL EACH OTHER.
Bad Whiskey and Pistols UnlawfuIly
Borne the Cause of a Tragedy Ut y
Church I'm York.

Rock Hill. Aug. 9.-Two negroes:
and two pistols caused two deaths In
row at a church near Nannie's
mountain, in the upper part of this
county, Friday. Bad whiskey was
the cause Of It, the tragedy starting
with a trivial row and winding prp
with a double murder. 1t was all
done pretty quickly. One negro walk
ed up to another one outside of the
church building, pulled his pistol
and shot the fellow clear through the
abdomen. The victim, after falling,
pulled his pistol and shot his assan-
ant through the head, killing MIN in-
stantly. The wounded man was car
ried to the home of DR.. Campbell
nearby, where he was given attention
with the assistance of DR.. I. A. Big
ger OF this city, who was visiting
there, but the negro died in a few
moments without regaining con-
seriousness. The names Of the ne
groes could not be obtained as the
church is in an isolated portion OF
the county, without telephone COM
municatiOn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-14

Chicago. A6g. s.--After locking
their two children in a bed room and
fastening all the doors Of their fiat,
Antonio spixzirri and his wife, Anna.
went into the darkened parlor today
and tried to kill each other. The wo-
man was stabbed twice with a still
letto and died before the police ar
rived. The husband was shot twice
also. and he may die. A revolver and
a knife were found near the sofa on
which the woman lay dead. another
revolver lay beside the husbands
body.
The disordered room indicated a
terrible struggle. splssirri turned
on his side az the police. called BY
nelehbors broke into the room with
siedge hammer. He tore q letter
into bits before the police could stop
him- The letter. when translated
from the Italian. may solve the mys-
terry II In thought that spiszirri was
jealous Of his wife.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-14
Too Many Clothes and Too Little
Brains.

Some society women exhaust so
much of their time and energy in ca
tering to their vanity that they have
comparatively little left for the things
really worth while. Mrs. Grundy has
more abject slaves in America than
in any other country on the globe.
Multitudes of her devotees neglect
their children. their homes, and their
mental improvement, and resort to
all sorts of expedients and extrava-
gances to cater to their vanity.
1t is not so much the purpose of
this paper to condemn the rich for
their wicked extravaganza, as to
point out the demoralizing influence
of their vicious example upon those
who cannot afford either luxurious
dress or living. Not only much Of
the discomfort and unhappiness, but
also large part of the immortality
and crime in this country, is due to
the influence of the ostentatious
haunting of wealth in the faces Of
those who are less favored. It is a
powerful undermining force in our
civilization.
The mere possession Of money does
not give one the right to debauch his
Fellows, or to set an example which
will make them discontented, unhap-
py and tempt them to strain to keep
up an appearance Of wealth, at the
possible sacrifice of their integrity
and virtue.--Success Magazine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-14

In travelling on those fast, prompt,
roomy, modern cars, run smoothly,
without jerks over d solid road-bed
by courteous employees, it seemed to
me that this thing was being done
even better here than anywhere in
up-to-date Germany. And I recalled,
with humilition, the obsolete condi-
tions generally obtaining today
among our eastern trolley stysems.
1 stopped of wherever fancy dictat,
ed. talking to farmers, storekeepers,
professional men. traction officials.
and railway men-all sorts and con-
ditions of people; but keeping
especially on the alert, for an exper-
fenced, intelligent. and communica-
tive conductor.
He was not hard to find.
What's your line doing for this
part of the State?" I asked him.
"Doing?" he echoed. "The lines
simply making 1t! I've been running
these interurbans ever since Ohio first
saw them. and can tell you they've
brought in new day for the city,
and for the village, and for the coun-
try. 81
Take this section of the road.
When the company was securing the
right OF way, four years ago, lots of
the farmers were afraid of the idea,
and asked SO much for the lease that
the company found it cheaper to buy
their whole farms outright and be
done with it. Today many Of those
same farmers are coming and want
ing to buy their farms back again be-
cause they see what this thing is do
ing for their old neighbors." success
Magazine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-14
How Fire Hurts the Fields.

or course, the greatest loss sustain
ed through the burning of vegetable
matter which should be mixed with
the soil, is the loss Of the humus-
forming materials; but the actual
loss in plant food is also worthy of
serious consideration. The phos-
phorus and potassium contained in
the vegetable matter are not Destroy
ed by burning, for these mineral
plant foods remain in the ashes; but
the nitrogen which our soils need
most is driven off into the air and
lost
We repeat that the greatest loss is
the destruction of the humus-forming
materials, but let us see just what the
loss of nitrogen amounts to when a
ton OF crabgrass, broomsedge, or
cornstalks Is burned. If the material
burned by Japan clover or other leg
umes, the loss of nitrogen is much
greater. A ton Of crabgrass hay con-
tains about % pounds of nitrogen.
and this is worth 20 cents a pound,
which gives 1t a value of $40. A
ton of crabgrass hay. and frequently
much0nore than a ton of crabgrass
and other materials equally rich in
nitrogen, Is often burned off each
acre. That is, for each acre we burn
over we may easily destroy $40
worth Of the very plant food our soils
need most.
We are slow to accept such state
ments as facts, because the plowing
under Of these materials does not
give immediate evidence of any such
value to be obtained from the plow-
Ing under of such a quantity of corn
stover or crabgrass. That is, more
benefit to the first succeeding crop
would be obtained from the applica-
tion of $4.00 worth of cottonseed
meal than from plowing under ton
but the effects Of plowing under hu-
mus-forming materials are not alone
measured by the nitrogen they con-
tain, and are not limited to the first
year. 1t is this working for immediate
results alone that has brought our
soils to that degree of infertility rep
resented by an average yield of 200
pounds Of lint cotton and Is bushels
of corn per acre. No rich land ever
became suddenly unproductive; nor
can a depleted soil be economically
built up to a high degree of fertilit,
in one or two years. From these facts
We should learn that farming lands
, ,'for this years results exclusively
while sometimes necessary, it persis
ted in is certain to lead to soil de-
pletion and finally to agricultural an(
financial bankruptcy-RaI (N
c. Progressive Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-14
Tho Ways Of Women in Tunnels.

Father Knickerbocker is two hun
derd and eighty-three years old, but
he is still learning things about wo-
men. His latest experience may be
of value to younger and callowec
cities. so declares writer in "Suc.
cess Magazine"
Some time ago William G. McAdoo,
who has built UP thriving little bus.
mess under the Hudson river, run
ming trains between New York and th,-
United States, set aside a special car
for the exclusive use Of women. The
people hailed the innovation With joy.
Here. at last. women could ride, safe
from jostling. seat-grabbing. tobacco
scented men. True. some fun was
poked at the "Jane Crow" cars, and
there were sly suggestions about mir
rors. and perfumery. and powder
boxes. but nevertheless Mr.. McAdoo
was hailed as a public-spirited busi-
ness man and perfectly lovely gen.
tleman. Polite uniformed attendants
at the stations informed. ladies of the
special car and everything went
beautifully.
There was only one drawback to
the scheme, The women would not
use the car, Giving the uniformed
attendants. on. such look. the ladies
crowded into the co-educational de-
partment. leaving their special car
half empty. After three months trial
the gallant Mr.. McAdoo has ordered
the ladies' car discontinued.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-14

The article In the Aug. sth issue Of
the Farmers sun, relating to the In
trodnction OF telephones into rural
districts. In one Of more than ordi-
nary interest to farmers. In this age
Of progress and Of advanced civiliza-
tion the telephone is just as necessary
70 the farmer as to the city man.
Business requirements demand Its
use. and the farmer who thinks he
can do without II Is simply behind
the times. In fact. Il Is of more ad-
vantage To the farmer than to the
merchant. the lawyer. the banker. or
the doctor: for II Is a protection to
him and his family In the isolated
life Of the country.
To the article in question. which was
prepared with the view OF eniisting
the cooperative effort OF farmers In
the extension OF the telephone sys-
tenn In their midst, we call the espe-
ciai attention OF county and local far
euc otdtc.
This is work they can all take up
with their nearest market towns. and
by both town and country people
pulling together there Is every reason
to believe that In short while a tele-
phone Will be installed In the home of
nearly every farmer I'm South Caro-
lima. This would mean a long step
toward bettering the conditions of
country life. to say nothing of the ac-
tual gain 10 both country and town
In the saving OF time through imme-
date and direct inter ton.
The cost OF establishing telephone
lines I'm the country is comparatively
small. enough so. II Is estimated. to
make the price of the service about
nifty cents a month To the farmers as
against two dollars a month To the
city dweller. There Is scarcely far
mer I'm the state who cannot afford To-
pay that amount. especially I'm view
OF the fact that the returns on the
investment would be probably ten
fold the cost.