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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15

Iof the Inauguration with Mothers Day
at the nations capital.
1 The weather is bit too cool for
the thorough enjoyment of the White
/ House lawns and gardens. but this fact
4 had, OF course, no effect on the attend .
lance, and with few exceptions had
| little influence upon tho choice OF MI
llladys gown at the fetes. There were
1 dozens Of fluffy gowns, mado slightly
| low necked, according to the prevail
| ing mode and, worn with their iifty-
seven varieties of midsummer acccsso-
ries, made pretty picture show. me
attractlvcness of the tout ensemble
! was further enhanced by the appear
nnce of many army and navy ot1cera
lin uniform. Members of the pictur.
esque diplomatic corps were conspicu-
Gus by their absence, owing to inter-
national sympathy for the royal family
of Great Britain.
The welcome planned for Mrs Bryce,
wife OF tho British ambassador to
Washington who returned this month
from a short spring Visit to England.
has been reduced to handclasp and
a kindly look, since the death OF Ed
ward VII. makes 1t impossible tfor her
to accept hospitalities for long Pc
Rod.
The advent of Lord Eustaoc suth-
erland Campbell Percy, who has just
arrived to take up his duties as at.
tache of the British embassy, will
also be unmarked by the social ameni-
ties usually offered a go.od-looklng
the sorrow that has overtaken his
country, Lord Percy would be given a
very glad hand as the son OF his
IA ther. the Duke OF Mountaineering
us we'll as for his own sake.
The Emperor OF Japan was one OF
the first rulers to notify his represen-
tative here OF the de-rigueur three
weeks official mourning for King Ed
ward. In consequence thereof, tho
last weeks social horizon, and left an
evergreen memory as the dispenser OF
the most princely tips ever chronicled
in the American bell-boy world, was
at the Japanese embassy
The Japanese Ambassador and Bar
roness uchida have since Cancelled all
social engagements pursuant to their
Emperor's request.
Because there may be no social dem
onstration to mark the return of the
ambassador, Baron
Won Hengervar. from a
two-months vacation in Europe. he is
none the less warmly welcomed by a
large circle of acquaintances outside
the foreign official corps. of which his
priority Of continuous service at this
capital makes him the dean and social
lrbiter
bdEOl T1suSelHlulieTile lI washington
IN his vacation within a fortnight az
er the Italian ambassadors transfer
rom the United States to Turkey, ele- |
1ated him to the local deanship
The first duties of the position will
therefore,, be in connection with the |
memorial services to be held here at |
he hour on May 90 when the funeral |
# King Edward will be held in Eng
and. As planned, these services will |
AXE place at the National Cathedral |
lose. under the direction of the
United States State Department. Bishop
lfred Harding. Episcopal Bishop of
officiating.
The site is one of the most beauti-
III that can be imagined, command
ng as it does, an incomparable view
,f the capital city IN which the dead
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15

monarch was royalty entertained dur
ing his visit to America as the Prince
of Wales, and in close proximity to
the Choir School for Boys. which will
forever stand as a monument to the
generosity Of the beautiful American
Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston. who. as
mistress of the executive mansion, was
his official hostess on that memorable
visit.
The services will be held in a ca
thedral made by nature. with birds in
the adjacent primeval grove Ginning
In with the most famous American
band, to be listened to by the repre-
sentatives of pagan, as we'll as Catho-
lie and Protestant. countries having
diplomatic relations with the United
States.
II the custom of former similar &C.
casions is observed, this cosmopolitan
coterie will be in full official uniform
which, glistening in the May sunshine
and nanked by a fringe OF Humanity
IN feminine attire, Will form pic
ture in vivid contrast to the solem-
nifty of the occasion.
Other plans disturbed by the sudden
death of the British sovereign at this
time are those of Washing tonians who
We're on the eve of sailing to England
to participate in the gaieties Of the
London season. Mrs. Nicholas Long
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15

DR.. Resale Slaughter Morton, for
merly Of Lynchburg, then Of Washing
ton. but now of New York. was among
Tulley Vaugn during her tea in honor
of the ladies of the American Surgical
Association. The Vaugn home In ]
Street was formerly occupied as the
Russian embassy. and is as SPLEEN
didly adapted to large entertainments
as it's new owner is gifted in entertain-
ing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15
May Is here
The air is fresh and sunny:

Hoarding golden honey"
It was, therefore. consistent with
this memory that society went a-plant-
ing Thursday on the city's highways
and byways. Summer skies Were laugh
Ing and westerly winds waiting strains
OF a spring song as the planters set
out on the carefully planned tour, to
SOW every known variety of seeds with
a reputation for giving large returns
for small care, on all roadsides lead
Ing to the capital city. confident that
nature would carry forward the work
and make the District bloom like n
rose in the summer Of 1910.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15

Another virginian in town this week
is Miss Mahon, of Warrenton who Is
the guest of Miss Olga Roosevelt,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Roose-
Welt, relatives of the former President
of strenuous fame.
GRACE PORTER HOPKINS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15

Miss Bessie Rhinehart, a June, vir-
ginia bride. who has been spending
several weeks In Washington, the
guest Of her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Hollister' Rhinehart, returned
this week to her home In Covngton
She was accompanying by her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. a. Rhinehart.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15

Washington has given the glad hand
to the strangers within her gates. and
with the other wiped away tears Of
rowing over the death Of the most
popular monarch that ever wore the
British crown. but, withal, has not for
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03
oettlna Leaai Advice.

You should always find out who Is
telephoning to you'll you can.
There's Broadway lawyer who at
present is wishing he had. The other
day lady rang him up and refused to
give her name to his clerk, saying
that she wished to talk on personal
and private business. AS soon as tho
lawyer himself picked up the receiver.
before he could make any inquiries.
she began: "Oh, please tell me. must
there not be two copies OF a lease?"
Why" he answered, "it is usual TO
give one to the landlords agent and
one t.. the lessee. But who are"
yet, the fact that the wife Of the
lessee had never seen copy OF the
lease wouldn't keep 1t from being
legally binding?"
NO" slipped from the lawyer Who
quickly added: But before disonss
.he matter further may / ask TO
whom--?"
There was a pretty little laugh-he
admits 1t vas pretty even now. "oh,
I'm-Mrs. Brown, and live-on
Broadway. You don't know me. lit
was obvious. likewise. that he would
not-"but I've always heard your ad-
vice was SO very valuable, and l want
ed lawyer, and SO l Just called you
up. Good-by."
And when he asked :or the nurber
Central gave him the Grand Central
Station.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03

"Heekling' is often an entertaining
although sometimes a tiresome inci-
dent OF English politic7l meetings. The
experienced public speaker IS usually
able TO turn the laugh on the inter-
rrpter, but In the case reported by a
writer in Tit-Bits the man in the audi
ence was victorious to the last.
A political speaker was attacking
the government with more venom
than reason. A man at the back Of
the hall at last cried out, You're
wrong sirl"
A little nettled. the orator contin-
ued without needing, Presently, in
answer TO another strong assertion.
cane again. You're wrong, siri"
The speaker looked angry, but con-
tinued on the warpsth. You're wrong.
sir" again rang out
Augrily addressing the persistent
interrupter. the orator cried, Look
here. I could tell this man something
about the government which would
ma Je his hair stand on end"
You're wrong again, sirl" came
from the critic, as he stood UP and re,
moved his hat. His head was as bald
as billiard Youths Compan
ion.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03
sn.In,, Youno kIna.

King Alphonso, to Judge from his
weak. narrow face and the silly fall
of his lower lip as. shown in all his
pictures, Indicating an example of
mild adenoid idiocy. seems to be one
whose brain has been arrested by en-
iarged tonsils and glands in the back
part Of the throat and head. He Is
Just as little responsible for what Is
happening in Spain as any young
show-off dude one might pick up any
where In upper Broadway. CerVantes
prehgured poor Don Qaixote and San
cho Panza as the personincaion OF
Spain and her peoples; her mobiles,
like the Don Of high. silly, girly-girly
ideals. but with utterly rotten judg-
rents; her common people, like San
cho. Of good sense and thrift, but mis-
led by those higher up. Spain, like
the United States, has always danger
ously vibrated to outside influences.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03
Creeping Mountains.

Students who have made geodetic
studies in the Himalayas and the
Tibetan mountains have brought to
light a very strange phenomenon, or
one that must be regarded as very
strange If It actually exists. 1t is no
less than an apparent creeping Of
these gigantic mountain ranges, the
mightiest on the globe. sidewise to-
ward the south, with a consequent
crumpling up of the siwalik hills. It
has long been known that there ex-
is curious anomalies in the density OF
the earth under and adjacent to the
Himalayas. but this suggestion OF a
creeping motion is novel. The sur
veys which are still going on may
eventually disclose the real facts, but
the operation on the Tibetan side are
rendered difficult by the fact that ac-
cess to Tibet is forbidden to foreign
ers, even when they come only In the
name Of science.-Youth's Companion.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03
Breakfast = Generation Aqo.

Mush, we used to call 1t. and each
child, bowl and spoon in hand, big
pitcher of milk hard by, awaited the
cooking process as mother stirred and
stirred the mass bubbled and b1b-
bled, says the Portland oregonian-
The corn meal that went into It was
taken from big bin in tin scoop
and slowly shaken into the boiling wa
ter until the experienced eye showed
.iiet the mush was thick enough, and
when done TO the queens taste It was
ladled into the waiting bowls. the
pitcher was brought into requisition.
and the meal Was over In short order.
Breakfast food we call 1t now. 1t Is
gingerly shaken by the kitchen maid
from highly ornamented pastebOard
box. simmered until by dint Of calling
and ringing the breakfast bell the
children come fretfully to the table.
when it is duly served. smothered in
sugar and cream. smiled at and left as
a contribution to the slop can. Yes. 1t
costs more this way. but we have got
to have It. And so. Of course, We
have to pay the bill.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03
snlnstsrn stranns VIII.

An extraordinary will has been left
by an elderly unmarried lady who re-
Gently died in Vienna. Her property
amounting to about s250,0c0. is to be
divided between her three neDhews.
now aged twenty-four, twenty-seven
and twenty-nine, and her three nieoes,
aged nineteen. twenty-one and twenty
two. in equal parts on the following
conditions:
The six nephews and nieces must
all live in the house formerly inhabit'
ed by their aunt, with the executor. a
lawyer. None of the nephews is to
marry before reaching his fortieth
year, nor the nieces before their thir-
tieth; the share of the one so marry.
ing Will be divided. Further the six
legatees are admonished never to
quarrel. II one should do SO persistent
ly the executor is empowered to turn
him or her out of the house and d.
vide the share. The executor is him
self forbidden to marry or to reside
elsewhere than in the house with the
legatees.
The old maid is said to have made
this peculiar win because her nephews
and nieces continually worried her by
asking her to give them money to en-
able them to marry-requests she al
ways refused.-Vienna Correspond
ence London Express.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03


The poisonous properties of coal
gas are generally attributed to its con
tent Of carbonic oxide; especially as
no other substance of known poison
Gus properties has been found in It,
and patients suffering from coal gas
poisoning show the symptoms asso-
ciated with the inhalation of carbonic
oxide. including the peculiar bright
red color Of the blood.
From experiments made by DR.. Won
Vahlen, at Halle. 1t seems probable
that we must revise this view. for on
making experiments with frogs, ami
mails particularly resistant to car
bonic oxide, It was found that they
were poisoned far more rapidly by
coal gas than by the corresponding
amount OF the oxide. Other expert
ments with dogs showed that the pois-
onous effect Of coal gas was twice OF
three times as great as that OF the
carbonic oxide II contained. Evident
Iy there is some other constituent OF
coal gas which Is poisonous, though
what it ia cannot yet be stated. Mere
ly removing the carbonic oxide from
coal gas will not suffice to render II
non-poisoDous.-Iron
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03
Ispsn,s output q sutton..

The button industry in Japan bids
tair to prove a great success. says the
Westminster Gazette. Shell buttons.
we learn nom t. report of the Yo-
kohawa Chamber Of ummerce. we're
first ircported from abroad a quarter
of a century ago, when the demand
for the article began 10 be felt, and
since then this branch OF industry has
gradually sprung up. Osaka and Its
environs being the centre. A great
development OF the industry has taF en-
place OF laIe. and large quantities OF
material are annually imported from
the South Sea Islands. while the ex-
port to the Chinese and India mar
ksts has rapidly increased. Accord
ing to the latest investigations, not
less than one million yen worth Is ex-
ported annually from Osaka and Its
vicinity alone. There are now about
10 factories In existence In Osaka.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03
The cannIbaIl

The queen of Denmark once paid
a visit to the Danish colony of Ice
land. where the good old bishop exert
cd himself TO show her everything
that was worth seeing. The queen
paid many compliments to her host,
and, having learned that he was a
family man graciously inquired how
many children he had. 1t happens
that the Danish word for children"
is almost identical in sound with the
Icelandic word for sheep" and the
worthy bishop promptly answered.
1.-TWO hundred"
Two hundred children!% %-eried the
queen. How can you possibly main
tain such number?"
Easily enough, please your ma,
jesty," replied the prelate with a
cheerful smile. 'In the summer !
turn them out upon the hill to grass,
and when the winter comes kill and
eat them"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03
sssps A cnHr APIECE.
They're from Ginseng Though and
Are Mighty Scarce.

Are Mighty Scarce.
Ginseng seeds are worth one cent
apiece or from eighty to one hundred
dollars a pound. Dried root is worth
1925 a pound.
When first growing from the seed
the ginseng plants have two forks or
stalks and one leaf on each stalk
The second year It adds another leaf
on each part and the third year the
plant grows In three parts with three
leaves on each part and this year a
seed ball forms.
This grows direct from the main
stalk Of the plant. and from four %
Eve inches above the foliage. The
average plant, says a writer in Outing,
produces from fifty to sixty seeds and
sometimes goes as high as 100 seeds.
Wild plants yield better than cult
waited.
The fourth and fifth years one Leaf
Is added to each stalk. The fifth year
the plant is full grown, having three
forks and five leaves on each stalk. It
grows from one 70 two feet in height;
some times as high as twenty-seven
inches. The leaves are broad and
fat. about four inches long and two
inches wide when full grown with es-
calloped edges.
It takes FIVE years to grow the
root from seed for market and eigh'
teea months to germinate the seed
for growth. There is more cultivated
root now on the market than wild. The
plants are found on high, dry land in
tho woods and never in swampy
places.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03
AN uNrIMELY FALL.
Minister Confessed to a Dislike Of the
illustrated Text.

In a certain town in South Carolina,
before the civil war, was an old Scotch
CoVenanter church, the pulpit OF
which bore a strong resemblance TO a
-four barrel. says the Youths Com
panion. It was fastened to the wall,
and reached by a narrow winding
flight Of stairs.
Among the preachers who occupied
the pulpit at different times was one
who was noted for the vigor and en-.
thusiasm Of his delivery and the ex-
treme energy Of his gesticulations. {.
The congregation had often trem-
bled for his safety. as he stamped
and pounded in the old pulpit. but no
catastrophe occurred until one day
when he bent forward over the edge,
and shaking the unstable structure.
shouted: ''The righteous shall stand.
but the wicked shall fall"
Before the words were fairly utter
cd there was q crash. and the old
pulpit and its occupant came TO the
floor, together with much dust
The minister picked himself up
and waving on the members OF the
congregation. said. dryly; Brethren
/ am not injured, and don't mind the
fall much, but / do hate the connec
tion"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03
Hnm the Rlshon swora.

Bishop Olmstead. of Denver, tells
n Thanksgiving story illustrative Of
the fact that olergymen must keep
very much farther away from evil
than the ordinary man.
The bishop was once talking in Ohm
stedville with an old fisherman about
& neighboring divine.
"a very good man." the bishop
said.
"A good man. yes" assented the
old fisherman. 'Ife swears good bit
for preacher, though"
"Swears!" exclaimed Bishop 0lm-
sted. Il can't believe that"
"But l heard him." said the old
fisherman, obstinately. 81 sat beside
hin at our Thanksgiving treat. you
know. SIR. We we're both hacking
away at a turkey leg. His got away
from him. 1t slid across the table
toward me, and a lot OF cranberry
sauce was scattered about.
Il said to him. sympathetic like, for
could see he was worked up:
".'These legs are D. tough. amt
they. sir?'
"'Yes. George. they certainly are.
Now if that amt swearing" con
eluded the old fisherman. what is
TT"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03
Human kntIauIty.

The credit of inaugurating the line
OF research which has resulted in de-
monstrating the existence Of the hu-
man race on this earth for tens If not
hundreds of thousands belong to the
French scientist, NJ. Boucher de Per
thes. Possessed by the energy and
enthusiasm OF truly scientific spirit.
he devoted himself from 1885 to 1871 TO
a thorough exploration OF certain an
cient caves, peat-mosses and deposits
IN the vicinity of Abbeville and in the
shape OF arrowheads. flint axes,
knives. hammers, etc, which started
the investigation that was to knock
the accepted chronology TO pieces and
establish for man record for anti
guilty of which the world of this day
had never dreamed.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03
A Chinese smuaslsr.

An ingenious instrument for snug
Cling was discovered at Rangoon,
when a Chinaman named Oheng was
arrested at about o'clock in the
morning as he stepped ashore from a
sampan. The prisoner was carrying
what appeared to be tin of kerosene,
but on examination OF the tin a cum
ming contrived smuggling outfit was
discovered.
The corner of the tin, where ne
opening 20 admit the oil was situated,
was in the shape Of cube four inches
square and the other part Of the tin
was used as a receptacle for contra
band, the bottom Of the tin sliding
out. In this hidden receptacle the
excise inspector found ffty-five tolas
Of beinchi and ffty-two one-eighth
ounce bottles Of cocaine.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03

Madge. as the oldest of a family
OF girls. has evidently heard and TAX
en- to heart the disappointment of her
parents over the excessive femininity
allotted BY the fates Of the family
quiver.
When recently the NTH little daugh.
ter was born, Madge was playing in
the garden with one OF her sisters,
and as a neighbor considered was de
cidedly rough with the child.
"Madge, don't treat your -Attle sis
ter So" demonstrated the neighbor
you might kill her"
"Well. II / did" was the cool re-
aponso, "taeFe's plenty more in the
house"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03
nEwL EIsnlNe As An INpusTRY
Pacific Coast May Provide Much Es-
teemed Food for Japan.

Pacific Coast May Provide Much Es-
teemed Food for Japan.
A new industry offers for the FISH
ermen Of British Columbia-the pur-
suit Of devilfsh, otherwise octopus. or
cuttlensh. Japanese say there Is a
market in their country for canned
devilfish to can. The public ON this
side Of the Pacific does not generally
regard the devilfsh as edible. but In
Japan Il 10 esteemed as a food. and
while It Is not rated as fine delicaey
as green turtle or lobster the flavor 10
said to equal that Of the clam.
The octopus hunts for sheltering
cave or an overhanging rock. where
It lies in wait for prey. It abhors the
sunlight The Japanese fishermen
simply provide shady retreat for the
octopus. and. when It backs into the
trap. II Is hauled 20 the surface.
The pusuers Of the octopus provide
themselves with large earthen jars
more than foot in diameter, which
are fastened to a rope and lowered
into the sea. When the devilfsh
comes looking for a place to ambush
It's enemy the earthen jar appears TO
fulfil its needs. Backing into the Jar
the octopus permits its tentacles TO
wave about the seaweed. Half con
cealed 1t appears to be as harmless as
q bunch of kelp, but when a nsh comes
along these is a swish Of the long arms
and the victim is held by the suckers
and forced into the rapacious nav.
The fisherman simply sets bis traps,
returns the next day and pulls them
10 the surface and removes the octo-
pus from It's hiding place.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-03
For convenfenee.

The depot of Meridian, Tex. Is
about a mile from the business part
Of the town. One night a sleepy.
weary travelling man said to the darky
who was driving him to the hotel:
700 nan, why in the name OF heav-
en- did they put this depot so far from
town."
The darky scratched his head in
thought and replied:
'Waal boss, rs forced to admit dat
hasn't give de matter s'deient eogita-
ton. but s'pose dey done dat so as
10 have de depot as near as possible
20 de iailrusd