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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
GRAND OLD BEAST
HAS PASSED AWAY

description OF the crimes OF the fourth
earl. who. after trial BY his peers in
the House of Lords in 1850, ana sem
tence TO death. drove to the gallows
at Tyburn, where the marble arch now
stands. in London. in his state coach
and six, namely the carriage all glIded
and garlanded, that was otherwise
used at court functions. at coronations,
and for the opening OF Parliament.
But IL was at his execution that tho
drop was used for the first time in
England in the place OF the old system
OF the cart and ladder The drop, il
Is reported, did not work very well. II
is on record that the eari's toes
touched the ground. and that ke SUI
Tered little, having time 10 raise the
cap; but the executioner pulled IL down
again, and then they pulled his legs.
so that he was coon out or pain ana
quite dead in four minutes" After
he had been left hanging for an hour
he was buried in old ST. Pancras
churchyard, where twenty years later
his remains We're disinterred and con-
veyed TO the family mausoleum at
Stanton Harold, near Ashoy-de-la-
Zouche, wlNre they now repose
This particular earl was separated
from his wife. and as she refused 10
hold any communication with him after
his arrest and trial. ne cursed her on
the scaffold and predicted for her
terrible death by fire. AFTER his exc
cution she married Lord Frederick
Campbell. brother of the then Duke OF
Argyll. and lived for nearly nifty years
subsequently. But she was always
haunted by the terrible curse of her
first husband, and her fears increased
with age; SO much so. that she caused
a suite of tireproof rooms to be spe-
c.ally constructed for her, at con.
siderable expense, at her house OF
Coombe Bank. Despite these precau-
lions, she was burned TO death in her
bed, having fallen asleep while read
ing. the hanSinss OF her bed catchlnS
fire by the lamp at her bedside. fhin
took place just hundred years ago.
ne Duke OF Argyll and the whols
OF his family as well as the great clan
of Campbell, of which he is the CHEZ.
has been placed in mourning by tina
death of his sister. Lady Victoria
Campbell, who has succumbed, to an
recent Worlds Missionary Conference
at Edinburgh. at which she was cons
spicuous figure. Bearing striking
resemblance to her father, the lato
duke. many of whose sllts she ms
helited, she was almost wholly un-
known in London society. and may be
said to have spent the entire fifty six
years of her life on the ducal Estates
the lsand e She Ie oyeI shs
western isles of scotland, and mas
tered the somewhat difficult Gaelia
Language, In order to be able TO better
among the crofter population, caring
not only for their moral, but also for
their material welfare She was q
great character in her way, but very
iovable one, and though at no time
robust, never alloweS herself to be
deferred by Indictment weather or by
those frightful storms which sweep
the wintertime. from visiting the va
rious islands in order to care for the
people there, whom she regarded as
her own particular charge.
(Copyrigcr, 1910 by the Brentwood
Company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
FOR THE MENTALLY opTusE.

II ought to be explained possibly,
for the information of the mentally OBJ
fuse, that satire Is one of the most
powerful weapons the writer and
speaker can have at his command. II
was cultivated by ancient Roman writ
correction of corruption, abuses, or alb
surdities in religion, politics, law, soci-
ETY. and letters Garnet tells us that
without humor, satire is invectlve,
without literary form, it is mere clown
ish ieering."
Well-known instances of ironica,
argument are Burke's Vindication of
Natural Society," in which Bolingbrole' 8
arguments against religious institu-
tions are applied to civil society;
Whately's Historic Doubts, in which
Hume's arguments against Christian
ity are used to prove the on-existence
of Napoleon Bonaparte; Swifts 'Argu-
ment Against the Adjustment Of
Christianity and his Modest Proposal
for relieving ireland from Famine by
having the children cooked and eaten"
If Swift lived nowadays, some literal
person of small mind and spawned ap-
prehension would doubtless have
charged him with very ill-timcd lew
ity," when his whole purpose was to
correct the conditions in Ireland which
made famine possible. Likewise, some
'possum- minded creature would have
been positively shocked at the ignor-
ance of Bishop Whately in trying to
prove that Napoleon Bonaparte never
lived, when, as a matter of fact, his
tomb can be pointed out to this day
in the city of Paris, France. as we have
been Informed by persons who have
actually seen 1t.
To say that DR. Crlppen made mis-
take, first, in not being an American
citizen so that he could have muir
dered his wife in Italy and sought re-
fuge in the United States, after the
manner of Porter Charlton, is really
not levity, but serious effort to ex-
pose the stupidity of our diplomacy,
Which refuses to send a confessed mui-
derer back to the place where he com
nlitted his brutal crime because there
has been misunderstanding between
Italy and the United States in the in
depreciation Of a Treaty.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
inc to think It over. the workers die,

time to think 1t over, the workers die,
but the work goes on.
Left to ourselves, we should pre-
fer dry Governor on g wet plat
form rather than q wet Governor
on a dry platform. How Colquitt VIII
get around IT or get over tor get under
1t. we have not the least idea lie
was elected for his character rather
than his policy, it would seem. and
too much character in case like this
will prove somewhat embarrassing par
ticularly to those who backed him
against the field.
We take some comfort in the
thought, now that 1t will have q good
deal OF business of it's own to look
after, the Houston Pest will let other
peoples affairs alone
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26

The Norfolk virginian- Pilot is
guilty of lese majestic on the first
count. Conceit is charged by our con-
temporary against him who said ME
and my people,"
HE might have had the Donny-
brook 1rishman for one grandparent
and the Captain of the White Com
pany for another; SO regularly he
struts around with chip on his stall
wart shoulder. and so constantly he
keeps his lance in readiness to run
a ioust with any foeman in any cause.
If imprisoned in his own library at
Oyster Bay and denied all masculine
company. We verify believe that ere a
day had elapsed he would be lunging
at his own reflection in. the looking
glass"
The Virginian-Pilot has at last
solved the mystery of why the Moses
of Oyster Bay uses safety razor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
BRANDY FIFTY YEARS OLD.

Fifty-year- old brandy, think of IT..
Yet. that is what they have been
sampling up in Houston, Virginia, ac-
cording to the Houston Record -Adver-
tiser. Let New York millionaires and
Newport swells imbibe the costly vim
tages of France; they cannot buy such
brandy as that, Here is the account
of the finding of this rare treasure:
In 1860 Major Hendricks, who re-
sided in the nelghborhood of Hunt
ing Creek, as was Il custom In those
good old days. made a lot of apple
brandy, several gallons of which was
put away for future use. In 1865 the
vessel containing this brandy was hid
away to keep II from being taken by
the Yankee soldiers who passed
through this county at that time. In
the &meantime. Major Hendricks died,
and the brandy being so securely hid
1t was forgotten, and remained in its
place of hiding until some one acct
dentally discovered it a short while
ago. Last Saturday q small bottle of
this liquor was presented to the Con-
federate Veterans Of Hunting Greek,
and was exhibited by Capt. Dick Ed
wards, and all of the old boys were al
lowed to smell and smack their lips
The connoissGurs said it was the fin
est they ever had the pleasure OF
smelling"
Apple blossoms and golden sunshine
imprisoned for fifty years. Think OF
it!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26

than one-half the automobiles owned
or credit"
banker writing from Moulton, Tex,
says: some have spent the last dollar
of their savings for years, and have
borrowed the balance to make pay
ments on automobiles
A Greenville, TEX, banker reports:
our county has sent out about $225,-
600 during the last twelve months for
automobiles, or about z per cent. on
the net individual deposits of tho
county
There are 500 Automobiles in use in
Wichita, Kan, and in the opinion of a
banker of that town the automobile
business is menace TO this country.
so the story goes, and the situation
is summed up by Sikeston, Mo,
finanoer who remarks that "the auto
mobile shows the human tendency to-
wards wild speculation in buying
everything offered on credit"
This is an interesting view of an in
teresting subject. OF course. it does
not apply to the conditions in this and
other communities in the more conser-
vative South, but 1t is worth consid-
GRAFTON, since those who are engaged
in the brokerage and banking business
further North are beginning 10 take
notice
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26

2, 032,567 population. has three medical
schools. One of these schools was de-
stroyed by fire last winter, and the
Carnegie investigators. according to
the report in the Times. "belicve that
this should precipitate the union of the
two independent schools"
This Is an interesting story. We are
inclined, however. to doubt It's correct
ness. In view of the fact that at
these same medical schools many of
the most eminent men OF science in
this country have been educated. TN
questionably, there Is need for harder
entrance examinations. severer tests
for graduation, longer courses in most
of the schools, but not in the Virginia
schools-here the fouryear course has
been adopted-and more competent and
thorough work on the part of the med
ical boards in the several States, where
such boards have been created, in the
licensing of physicians. There has
been great advancement in medicar
education in some OF the Southern
States. certainly during the last ten or
twenty years.
The feature of the report, as printed
in the Times. that will cause some dis
cussion is the Incidence with which it
is announced that the Carnegie Foun-
dation for the Advancement of Teach
ing has undertaken the gigantic task
of reconstructtnae tho aduco+io,ol svs
TENS OF the United States and Canada .
BY what, authority. it is not stated, but
thousands will be impressed with the
cock-sureness of this announcement and
VIII rejoice that this new smithy has
been established for the purpose OF
hammering the educational work of
this country into the Carnegie pattern.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
CONE LOSES, NUT MARCHES on.

Here's a state of things!.' Cone
Johnson defeated, but Gone Johnsons
cause triumphant; a wet Governor on
a dry platform. II would have been
better to have elected Cone and de-
feated his policies than to have killed
Cone and saved his party alive. m,
Houston Post e chiefly to blame. 1ftt
had put in moro of its time discussing
issues rathefthan in making personal
warfare against men, the result might
| have been different, ~-We are sorry
for its sake that its candidate, Cone
Johnson, got showed under, but It will
nave the poor satisfaction of knowing
that II did the best 1t could, How much
| II paid out for the little girls in white
\ with which IL greeted Cone at so many
Of his earlier appointments, only Pal
mer the business manager, knows
land ne win not tell, as there is no laM
to compel such publicity. Cone VII
Ipfobably say to himself when he ha.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
THE poMATO rREAK.

The pomato is the latest Of the Bur
bank discoveries. How long he worked
on the production of this remarkable
hybrid we do not know, but we are
told by the Lexington Dispatch tina,
down in Tyro Township. N. G., the
thing grows wild or naturally Mr.
w, B. Hunt of that region
fetched a bunch of potato tops t.
town, clinging to which We're small
green balls which looked like young
tomatoes, and which when cut oper
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
sGoING "AuToMonlLE CnAzY.y

We are told in dispatch TO the
New York Tribune from ST. Louis that
the growth of the automobile trade has
resulted in many communities through
out the southwest in 'propagatins
borrowing. even TO the mortgaging OF
homes and the matter has become so
serious that bankers in the districts
tributary TO st. Louis view the situa-
ton with disfavor. if not with alarm.
Recently the brokerage concern OF
Mceiuney 4 Company in ST. Louis,
sent letter of inquiry to $50 bankers
in Missouri Illinois Kansas, Arkansas,
Touisiana, Mississippi Texas, New Mex
leo, Arizona Georgia and Oklahoma.
asking among other questions, Has
the purchase OF automobiles in your
section been by persons who pay cash
or persons who bought with borrowed
funds on time payment" Almost
every one3of the bankers TO whom this
letter was sent expressed himself in
terms of strong condemnation against
the purchase OF machines by persons
who could not afford them,
A banker al Girardeau., Mo- wrote
'..rshe.s.nuInber OF automobiles has in
creased 900 per cent, during the last
year Within the last six months 81
per cent. were paid for by persons abl'
10 maintain them
Little Rock. Ark, is SAID te
have gone automobile cEazy on
i banker writes: Little Rock ha
as many persons who have bought au
i tomohiles without being able to owl
them as any city Of it's size in IN
-a,,atry." Another banker says, Nor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
STILL FIRING AT THE FEES.

The fee system is attracting a great
The question was leading issue IN
the recent campaign in Wake county.
definite plans have been made for the
discussion OF the subject in 1redell and
Rowan counties. The Charlotte OBJ
server, though admitting that absolute
uniformity of governmental machinery
in North Carolina counties is neither
practical nor desirable because OF vary.
ing conditions, insists that "the salary
basis has the advantage over the fee
system in that it enables the tax
payers to know without undue research
Just what the county is paying for the
services it receives" In the opinion
of the Kinston Free Press. "for a
ing is greatly to be desired"
This agitation does not mean, OF
course, that the public officers should
be deprived of liberal support but
people shall be attended to precisely
as the business OF any corporation or
Individual is attended to on strictly
business principles. 1t is manifestly
unfair for the people to be taxed in
the way of fees for the payment OF
their public officers what they would
not consent for one moment to pay IL
the question of compensation were sub
mitted to them. The only safe plan is
the salary plan. 1t is fair to both
the office holder and the taxpayer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26

Here is the North Carolina idea of
the sort of culture girl should re-
ceive in her higher education, as a
'rarheeli exchange puts it:
Let our girls learn the stately
measure of the rolling pin, let them
run the scales upon the resonant dish
pan and with highest realization of
the sculptor's art leave the impress OF
their dear, sweet, fairy fingers upon
the plastic pone of the crisp corn
bread"
If the North Carolina girls We're to
become as expert in the composition OF
corn bread as their brothers are in
the disposition of corn Ticker. the
girls would be going some"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26

Just what a high opinion Alabami-
ans have Of Col. John S. Mosby-and
they know hinl-is shown in the fol-
lowing editorial article from the
Montgomery Advertiser:
Although Colonel John S. Mosby,
OF Virginia, became Republican soon
after the war closed, his motives have
never been questioned and his high
personal and social standing never af-
lected. He was of immense benefit to
virginia and Virginians because of his
intimate relations with General Grant,
he has held several important posi-
lions under tho Government, and met
every requirement. with ability and fl,
aellty HIS duties at one time brought
nm to montgomery, and all our peo-
PIE mold him. in most affectionate re-
saru. He has recently been deprived
~ the position he held, we believe in
me department of Justice, and while
age Is ostensibly given as the cause
/ .here Is very general belief that his
| ie ,li exposures OF men caught In
crlmlnal acts had most to do with the
oes're 70 get RID of him. He knew too
| hiuch Tor the personal comfort Of
some people nigh UP in financial and
other clrcles We trust his lines for
ltie l y may, fall in pleasant
| places"
! That was very nice thing to saw,
and IT must be gratifying to Colonel
| Mosby to- feel that the Alabama folk
hold him in such regard
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
The Bristol Herald-courler tells US

The Bristol Herald-courier tells US
that
The Washington correspondents do
not know Congressman Slemps first
name, but 1t remained for a religious
paper to refer to him as Congressman
stump"
1t would be more proper to refer
to Little Bascomb" as Congressman
stumped, for he will be that-and then
some--when the returns from the
Ninth come in in a few more weeks now
and present Henry Stuart seat in
Congress.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
vineyard that one OF HIS

waiting vineyard that one of his
victims prophesied that he would never
live to taste the wine. When the
grapes had been gathered and the wine
made, Ancaeus sent for the slave, and,
what he had to say for his prophecy.
The slave replied: There's many a
slip 'twixt the cup and the lip" At
that moment a messenger ran in an
nouQcing that wild boar had broken
into the vineyard and was doing great
damage. Ancaeus hastily set down thu
goblet of wine untasted and rushed
out in pursuit of the boar He was
Killed in tho encounter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
Pin Money.

TIN HUHty'
what is the meanin~ of pin money!
The term pin money" had It's origin
when pins were first invented and they
were very expensive. In the fourteenth
century the makers were allowed to
sell them only on the first and second
days of January 1t became the GUS
tom TO give women at their MARRIAGE
certain sum of money for buying
pins. and the phrase pin money has
for q woman's personal expenditures
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
enc Royal Rond to Lenrnink.v
Who said. There is no royal road tc
1S,,

learning?
The expression there Is no royal
road to learning" dates back to the
third century before Christ. Ptolemy
Softer, afterwards !iing of Egypt. was
the pupil of the famous mathematician
Euclid. and when the royal youth ask
ed II geometry could not be made a
little easier the reply was the famous
epigram.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
"rhere,s MANY n sIip.n

"There's Many Slip"
How did the saying. There's many
a slip 'twiXt the cup and the lip" start?
The expression, There's many u slip
'twixt theycup and the lip" originated
during the time of Ancaeus, King of
the Leleges in Samos. an island in the
Grecian archipelago. Ancaeus oppress-
ed his slaves so bitterly while cult
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26

First Colonial Seal of Virginia.
What is the date of the first colonial
N What is n virginia.?
Nav b. 1917
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
state Board of Education.

What Is the exact address of the
State Board of Education?
Capitol Building. Richmond. L. C..
Stearnes, Secretary.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
Barrier Treaty.

bUrr1eF TTeHty
What was the barrier treaty?
That by which the Low Countries
We're ceded to the Emperor Charles vi
OF Germany. 1t was signed by the
British, Austrian and Dutch ministers.
November 10, 17l5.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26

The Zee system and the tipping sys-
TEN ought to be bundled up in ono
package and dropped in mid-ocean.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26

Apple blossoms and golden sunshin,
imprisoned for fifty years Think o
III
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23

pressions. This case Is extremely
instructive. The best hygiene of
sleep will always consist in the ex-
clusion of any and every excitation
Of the brain, because then only can
II become anemic. empty of blood.
Everything which attracts its at
tention, even If 1t be the least I'M
accustomed perception of noise, as
the ticking of watch, low speak
ing, or a ray of light can prevent GO
Ing To sleep, while far stronger
sounds and lignts when one is ac-
customed to them will not disturb
at all simply because they no longer
impress the brain. The miller is not
prevented by the clattcr of his mill
nor the inhabitant of the great city
by the rafting and jangling of the
street ears from falling asleep and
sleeping soundly throughout the
whole night. But this same miller
may wake up should the mill wheel
suddenly stop and cease it's noise.
What is necessary. therefore,
above all in going to sleep. is to
keep away everything engaging the
attention of the BRAIN and these
things will commonly be noise and
bright light; but In some cases it
may be the very opposite. Not sell
dom, also. II Is the temperature of
the sleeping room which plays an
important part In this matter. There
are many persons who cannot sleep
well in a warm room because here
the brain cannot easily become suf-
ftciently anemic.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
Action on Respiration.

In searching for his remedy. DR..
Mays says, he was led to select cro-
talin, first because of the failure of
all other agents to act directly upon
the disease centres; second, be-
cause his own experiments, carried
on many years ago, had taught him
that the action of the venom was di-
rectly upon the respiratory centre,
and third, the experiments of many
scientists which had proven that
cobra venom, the poison of the vi
pers. and of the rattlers in lethal
quantities destroyed the medulla
oblongata
DR.. Mays began his experiments.
The lethal, or death dose, of the
venom In normal subject is about
Is of a grain. After administering
COO hypodermic injections of crotalin
DIR. Mays concluded that 100 OF a
grain Is to be considered the average
dose for treatment, to be repeated
once week. although it is often adj
visable to begin with 1000 of a grain
or even smaller amount. He found
that it is also essential to increase
the dose to one-fortieth OF q grain.
or even more In cases where quite
number of injections have been
made. and In those where a decided
impression Is to be made at the very
outset OF the treatment
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
Odd Snake Facts.

Now for the other side of the
question the venomous snakes
themselves.
When a person is bitten by a snake
whiskey or coffee is the first thing
most people think of giving him.
This is all wrong. says DR.. Hideyo
Noguchi, in his exhaustive report to
the Carnegie Institute 1t is, in
fact, just the thing to make the
poison act more quickly. The pa
tients to whom it is administered
get well. This is only one of the
traditional opinions about snakes to
be overthrown by him.
Ireland does have snakes, he re-
ports. There are the puff adder and
the viper among the poisonous va
rieties, as well as a number of harm
less ones. ST. Patrick may have
driven them out, he admits, but if
he' did they came back
Another curious fact is that men
are bitten more than women. What
bearing this has upon the Edenic
legend or whether the snake spares
women because of its ancient fond
ness for Eve, being a scientist he
does not say. 1t is probable that
the reason is that the occupations
of men take them more into the hab-
itat Of the reptile than occupations
of women do.
The only difference between a
harmless snake and a poisonous one
is that the latter has an apparatus
for conducting the venom. This is
the fang illustrated on this page.