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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25

tressed her. AS DIR. Banting had been
warmly recommended 10 her. and sha
was determined TO leave no effort un-
tried TO reduce her hgure, she wrote
to him, Inviting him TO call upon her
at kensington Palace. where she was
living ut the time. TO her great as-
constituent she perceived. when no
was introduced into her presence. an
exceedingly corpulert man. 1t was
a disappointment She had been told
SO much about the number OF pounds
weight that he had Knocked OFF from
his own figure that she expected some
thing approaching to q slim weight.
AT last recovering herself. she OBJ
served:
though you have been of great assist
ance TO others. you have done very
little for yourself
Dr Banting, with q sunye smile. re-
Piled: THAT is just what | have coma
To show 10 your royal highness."
SO saying the doctor began to UNI
button his t.sht-titung frock coat.
When that operation, had been per-
waistcoat buttons. The duchess had
hardly expected such a demonstration
OF anatomy and hurrledly exclaimed:
on Dr. Banting, pray do not trouble
yourself any further"
But he was not to be refused Ha
began TO tumble at his suspenders The
duchess could stand II no longer. rang
the bell for an attendant and lief,
the room.
Ii was only when the eqnerry OF the
duchess appeared upon The scene that
poor DR.. Bauting had an opportunity
Of explaining matters. He showed thh
eauerrg that in order 10 demonstrate
the marvellous effect of his system his
practice was TO encase himself III a.
sort of wicker basketwork arrange
ment which ne carried in front of him
and which exactly correspondent to the
ttgure which lac had possessed until hs
had taken steps TO reduce ii, but which
gave him the appearance OF man
OF eighteen or nineteen stone. When
the wickerwork arrangement was re-
moved 1t showed slim and thin DR..
Banting. with n weight of not above
twelve stone. But the process of re-
moval was too much for the duchess.
He had been unable to complete the
demonstration. and the doctor went
away disappointed. Neither did the
duchess adopt his cure IL is probable
that II she had resorted to his meth
DDS of reducing flesh instead of enl-
ploying others of more strenuous
character she might be alive to-day.
Copyright, 1910. by the Brentwood
Company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25

studied the subject Will have conf
dence in report which naively states
that the tariff has played mo consid-
cradle part in increasing the cost of
living. Not only so but no one who
Will take the tariff schedules. the price
of food stuffs in foreign countries and
the steamship rates can fail to con-
clude, without The formality of an in
vcstigation, that the tariff more than
everything else combined is RESPONSE
BILE for high prices Where interna-
tional causes are not ut work, and
where the movements of our people do
not figure the tariff alone is guilty.
Industrial combinations, the associa-
tton of dealers and the rest all result
from the tariff, and would be impossi-
BILE but for tariff that rons the Amer
lean people under the guise of pro-
tecting American industries.
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gated 2oo576 tons, as compared with
53,Ts3 tons at Norfolk and a3,2o1 tons
at LynchburE The revenue received
from Richmond by the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad last year was 1856
s15.5l. as compared with SIS, 50S.5A
revenue received from Norfolk. and
s166,4iS,51 received from Lynchburg
Receiving more than twice the
revenue from It's passenger busi-
ness at Richmond that 1T obtains
from Norfolk ana bynchburg combined,
and more than twice the revenue
from freight at Richmond that it re-
ceivcs from Norfolk and Lynchburg
combined, this railroad apparently has
so little regard for the town out of
which ii makes good part of its
living that II prefers to wait for
connections for passengers who never
come. or to accommodate shoppers
IN another town at the expense
of its largest patrons. BY the state
ment Of its business and revenue for
the last year, made UP by its own
officers and taken from its own books,
1T stands condemned The jury, which
is the public. may take the case.
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Remarkable Christmas
Present.

Among the curious Christmas presents
OF this year will be one for man Of mas
tionai reputation. which has been all year
in the making.
Way last January the present was
deci ID upon, and friend OF the promi-
nent gentleman requested the Burrelle
Press Clipping Bureau, OF New York,
to watch every paper in America. and
to take up every item which appeared
concerning the man.
The clipping bureau people followed
instructions, and now present the history
Of one year in the life OF this especial man.
The history ends Just after election,
and the 2O,o42 newspaper items found
include everything fr,m a three-line eds
torial mention to tull-page illustrated
stories. These have been mounted on
1900 great sheets Of Irish linen paper
and bound into three massive volumes.
At the head of each item is the name
and date Of paper clipped from. this in
formation having been put IN with
book typewriter. The words thus III
serted amount to 1882.
In actual time. a very strict record OF
which has been kept, the work has re-
CURED sixty-four working days through
out the year, and has kept in employment
during that time thirty people as readers,
clippers, sorters, mounters and binders
Every newspaper OF Importance is repre-
sented.
This is merely a specimen Of some Of
the unique orders which get into the Bur-
relle Bureau, for the extent to which
clippings are used by individuals and by
business concerns seems to be remarkable.
There are many people in private as
we'll as in public life who need press clip
pings and don't know it. 1t might be
we'll for them to look up this man Bur-
relle, who is said to be so well known
that letter simply addressed "Burrelle.
New York" will reach him with no delay.
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TYPHOID VACCINE.

/ number of newspapers seem to
think that the typhoid fever problem
has at last been solved, and that this
base their hopes on the recent expert
I tnents made with typhoid vaccine and
| they seem to think that the results
| achieved by Professor Vincent, of
Paris, and others, make itTcertain that
a man can be vaccinated for typhoid
fever as he can be vaccinated for
smallpox. We are given to understand
that the whole thing will be easy
and that typhoid fever will soon be-
come as rare as smallpox or bubonic
plague.
We wish there were good ground
for such an opinion. Typhoid fever at
tacks 10000 people every year in Vir
GINA alone and claims 1000 victims.
and its eradication would be a
great blessing to our people. AS
reason to believe that Nincent's
method or any other method yet de-
vised will make man immune from
typhoid fever.
The process recently discussed be-
fore the French Academy of Medicine
is little different from that tried in
this country last summer and prac-
tically abandoned by scientists abroad
five years ago. The idea back of all
the experiments is the same: if dead
a man they will give him some sort
of immunity and will protect him tenn
porarily against the disease
This is unquest'onably true, but it
does not mean for a moment that what
can be done Will be done. The process
of incubation is not pleasant one,
and the patient who submits to ty-
phoid vaccination is generally i'll for
several days. He gets immunity
for time, but ne has 10 pay heavily
for it, to ward off a possible distant
Illness he has to submit to an imme-
diate and certain sickness.
Few men will do this, as the wide
spread opposition TO smallpox VAGINA
tion shows The sickness which follows
smallpox vaccination is slight and the
pain almost negative, yet many people
VIII prefer 10 risk having smallpox to
being vaccinated when there is no i'm
mediate and grave danger. If they
Will not be vaccinated for smallpox,
and suffer minor Inconvenience, they
certainly viii not be vaccinated for
typhoid fever and submit TO a serious
Inconvenience.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25
THE SERVANT PROBLEM.

When Massachusetts cannot solve a
problem it makes a stab at It, just as
Texas makes stab at the bosom OF
civilization. The Massachusetts peo-
PIE have been solving things ever
since they settled the witch question,
and they are as active to-day as they
ever were. Just at this time, a hiassa-
chusetts woman has tried to solve the
servant question, and her methods are
certainly unusual II they are not sue
ceasfu
4 appears that the good woman
hired seryant in sweden paid her
passage anroaa and gave her place,
forgetting taat there was such q thtns
az the Contract Labor Law The SER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25
TnE GOLDEN RULE upuELp.

Chief Fred Kohler, of the Cleveland
Police Force. has been acquitted by
the Civil Service Commission of
charges recently brought against him,
He was accused of immortality, drunk
enness and INSTRUMENTATION, and
promptly demanded hearing before
the Commission. Though temporarily
suspended by the Mayor Of Cleveland
pending the result of the investigation
he willSnow be restored and will begin
anew his golden rule system, which
has distinguished him and his work in
Cleveland.
AS we remarked when the charges
were first made against Chief Kohler,
the attack was directed more against
the system than against the man.
Charges were made against Kohler
because Kohler represented the gold
en- rule method of treating criminals,
and if kohler were removed from Of
flee, the enemies of the system in
with its originator.
In the same way, the acquittal of
kohler is vindication OF the system
and consequently his further admins
tration of police affairs in Cleveland
will be watched with interest by all
who have regarded his system as an
advance in the treatment of criminals.
In the estimation Of many, iohler
made good" before he was hailed as
the best chief in America" and he
should make better" now that he
stands eXonerated after searching
investigation. The whole country can
well AFFORD to watch the Cleveland po-
lice, for there is lesson for every
city in what that town has done.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25
TIE LODGE nEpo1sr.

Nobody expected that the Senate
Committee on the high cost of living
would give any answers to the uues-
lions it was asked. From the first, it
was manifest that the committee was
to be more or less of a political body,
and when the Republican leaders in
the Senate insisted on placing Mr..
Lodge at the head of the committee it
became evident to all that the Senate
wished not to Investigate the high
cost of living, but to formulate the
most plausible reasons which the Re-
publicans could give for the high cost
of living,
The committee has not belied public
opinion. and has done exactly as it was
expected TO do, In the report which
1t submitted to the Senate Thursday, it
gave sixteen reasons for the in
creased cost of provisions, and not a
reason that is convincing or even
plausible We are told for instance.
that the reduced fertility of our Amer
lean land is responsible for the high
price OF foods, when, rs matter of
fact, everybody knows that improve
ments in the methods of farming have
more than compensated for any de-
cline in the fertility of our soil in
addition TO paying for the fertilizers
used on the land. We are given TO
understand, likewise, that the re-
dueed supply Of timber, advertising,
the increased cost Of distrihution, and
Increased banking facilities in country
districts are responsible for nigh
prices These trite reasons are given
SO much prominence In the report that
we are practically told we are 10 be
iieye that advertising Is as lnportan,
as the shifting OF our population tc
the cities in'ralsing the price Of food
me whole report is RIDICULOUS In III
hare-faeed attempt to relieve tho Re,
publican party OF responsibility. L.
PM plane where no blame belongs
No one doubts that some of the rsa,
: sons alleged by the comnittee ara, i,
small measure at least. respons,bl,
: for high prices. but no one who ne.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25
HOW TO STRIKE MIR. PATTERSON

We should hate very much for the
Republicans to carry" Tennessee by
10000 majority or any other majority.
That would be very bad for Tennessee
and very bad for the South. 1t is not
necessary. The law-abiding Democrats
of that State. ought to be strong
enough to beat Patterson with a good
man of their own selection; but, what
ever the method adopted. Patterson
ought to be defeated in the interest of
good government
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25
A WOMAN AMONG WOMEN.

Yale University shattered all pre-
cedents during it's recent commence
ment by comforting the honorary de-
gree of Master of Arts on a woman.
Such a thing had never been heard of,
and 1t was enough. in a way, to cause
the old Puritan founders of Yale to
turn over in their graves and ask
themselves what would become of
their institution. A woman honored
by Yale? Shades of old Timothy
Dwight! 1t was unthinkable.
Yet the whole country will think
that Yale honored itself more than 1t
honored Jane Adams when 1t made
her Master of Arts Miss Adams
is known all over America, and she
is beloved wherever she is known.
win approval among those who recog-
nize her as woman among women.
1t is always dangerous. in any gem
Grafton. to pick out any number of
will be remembered when the rest
of the generation is forgotten. Pos
terity plays many a trick and history
has its jokes, as the forgotten glories
Still. If there be one woman in Amer
lea who will share with Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy the honor of being the
most remarkable woman of her day.
hot. lie Ia
Her life is a sermon in self-sacrifice
and parable of service. Well horn,
well educated. and with most unusual
personal charms, she abandoned the
world into which she had been born
and gave herself without reserve to
good works. 1t has seemed, as she
has toiled and prayed, that the meas
ure OF her success has been the meas
ure of her sacrifice, and that the great
ness of her reward has been as the
greatness of her love for her fellow
men.
Hull House. in Chicago which Miss
Adams created and over which she
has presided for some years. is a Won
derful place. but Miss Adams is the
most wonderful person in 1t. She is
the spirit of the place, and she has
that marvellous sixth sense that en-
ables her, somehow, to look into the
hearts of those with whom she talks
and to read the answer which their
lips try to conceal. sympathetic, en-
thusiastic. but penetrating and dis
eliminating, she is one of the most
remarkable and lovable figures OF the
day--a woman in whom the Spirit is
everything
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25
TIA rT IN TJE EEL GRASS,

AS DIR. Hadley said in his speech at
the Yale University commencement the
other day, Bill" the same being the
Hon. William Howard Taft, President
of the United states, SIS getting out
of the eel grass" Some over-proper
persons, who object to friendly refer
ences to the President as "old Taft
will be terribly shocked by Dr. Had
ley's familiar speech. but DR.. Hadley
does not care, and neither does Bill"
what given to the proprleties," says
that 1T was a pat, truly Hadleyan ex-
preston. which appealed tremendously
to all who heard It." and as 1t was said
at Commencement time, when nobody
cares very much for anything that is
said, and as the President Is the great
est man Yale has turned out since John
C Calhoun, DR.. Hadley will doubtless
be forgiven. 1t was a condition that
he was describing not theory
Eel grass Is very well known to all
fishermen It's proper name is zos-
terra marina, and 1t is often confound-
ed with valisneria apiralis. a favorite
aquarium plant that grows In fresh
water The eel grass proper belongs
to the pondweed family. and Is found
growing in vast belts. In shallow ma
rine waters. II has narrow. ribbon
like leaves, sometimes ak feet Ions
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CONGRESS WAS RIGHT.


A good many wild stories are cir.
| culating as result of the action OF
I the House Thursday in striking out d
asection of the civil appropriation bill
! affecting the prosecution of labor boy
| colts We are told that Congress has
dealt a blow at the rights of labor;
| that the President has put himself
squarely against the labor movement
in this country, and that both have
insulted workingmen all over the
country.
AS matter of fact. the decision
reached by the House on Thursday
was absolutely just. and Congress was
right in its refusal TO pass the objec-
tionable rider. This can easily be seen
by glance at the facts in the case
The bill in question carries, as usual
an appropriation Tor prosecutions un-
der+the Sherman antitrust law. This
of course, is necessary for these prose-
cutions are always costly and cannot
be met except by special appropria-
ton for the purpose. When the bill
vas under discussion in the House.
some misguided friend of labor moved
that none of the money appropriated
for this purpose should be used TO
prosecute labor organizations accused
OF boycotting. The House approved
this, but the Senate. seeing it's injus-
tice, was quick 10 strike it from the
bill. The fight Thursday was on the
concurrence of the House in the SEN
ate amendment.
Had the House failed 10 follow the
lead OF the Senate, it would have
thrown itself directly against the
courts. The Supreme Court, in the
case Of Loewe We. Lawlor, better known
as the Danbury Iiatters' Case. declared
that an organized boycott, against the
goods OF any man, was a conspiracy
in restraint OF trade, and as such was
punishable under The sherman Anti
Trust act, Conservative opinion every
where upheld this decision If Con
gress had passed an appropriation civ.
ing Government officers funds with
which to prosecute other combinations
in restraint of trade, and denying
these officers the right 10 prosecute
boycotts declared in restraint of trade
by the Courts 1t would have been, un-
I constitutional and vicious in Its spirit.
If Congress think that the verdict of
the Court in the Hatters' case was
contrary to public policy, it can mod
! ify the Sherman Antitrust law and
specifically exempt labor unions from
the operation of the law, but ii can
not by indirection override the Court.
without establishing dangerous pre-
cedent
There has been much talk of late
about the duty of the Government to
| protect the rights of labor. and 1t is
| certainly the duty of every Govern
ment to see that every man has his
| rights. but when Congress gives to
any set of men exemptions which 1t
denies TO others, it violates the Con-
stitution and overthrows those equal
rights to all which are at the basis
of the Government as it ought to be
/
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25

The printer In one of our religious
contemporaries. who made the editor
say, at was reported that the only
subject the Virginia delegates at tho
General Conference rooted together on,
was the motion to adjo1rn," was prob
ably baseball lunap.c as the editor
now explains that he wrote voted"
not "rootcd."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25

Patent Rights.
Will you kindly tell me how to as
certain whether n piece of appara tua
haw n patent Is obtained9 a" \ n Ne"
1t Will first be necessary to have
preliminary examination made by a
patent attorney. This examination
costs very little, and Is generally SUM-
cient to assure whether or not the idea
is patentable. After this. you can file
your application directly or through
an attorney and wait your turn for the
papers to be passed on.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25

Have any of the Patriotic societies
at Charlotte thought of putting up a
tablet or marker, or anything elsa OF
n memorial character to the second
greotost living son of North Carolina.
the Hon Robert Bonnnrges Glenn?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25

some of the Realists, who take them-
selves Bcrioualy. cannot understand
why Mr.. pooley insists upon talking
about Mr. Hinnissy so much. Mr.. Him
nissy doca not olive In our midst"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25

We note that st. Paul's Church.
Charleston, Is still without Rector.
We would like to suggest to Brother
Thomas r. Waring, one of the most ac-
tive members of the Vestry OF ST.
Pauls, that he might now play the
open door" by engaging the services of
one OF the recent graduates from the
Theological Seminary at Due West
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25

The Houston Post has made another
ten strike for Cone Johnson. showing
by indubitable Testimony, which 1t calls
rich reading" that in 1896 "home
rule" one OF the cardinal doctrines In
the Democratic party. was SO precious
to Cone that he was willing to bolt the
party nomination to support the party
faith.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-25

The Montgomery Advertiser insists
that fried chicken as still the bright
est Jewel in the crown of the Southern
cook" AS matter of fact. the editor
of the Advertiser hasn't tasted real
fried chicken since he was In Richmond
twenty years ago Besides. we should
like to know If there are any cooks
left in the South, except in Virginia.
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Daily Queries and Ansuers
Address all communications
Dispatch No
valued no alsrs' will be given.


t03 degrees In Chesterneld county, and
he recalls one winter night when the
thermometers was degrees below zero
"Bugs In snnp Hcnns."
]. Please give me some method by
which bugs may be kept out OF dried
snap beans and peas which / wish to
preserve for seed.
2. LIS there book OF games for
young people that you can recommends
b.
L. The state Department OF Agricul.
ture has Issued good deal Of liter
George W. Kolner Commissioner OF
Agriculture, Richmond. va.
2. There are many such books If
you Will write to any OF the book
dealers advertising in The Tmes-Dls-
patch telling them the price you want
to pay, they will get it for you.
MockinE birds.
Please tell me If II is unlawful to
cage mocklng birds. a READER.
No such law appears in the Code
though 1t Is unlawful to Kill or ship
mocking birds out of the State.
Roosevelt Hunting the "Bongo.o
Plcase tell me what Is a Bongo? Ny
dictionary says, "a barbarous tribe OK
Central Africa expert workers in
iron etc. Can it be that the Roose-
yelts have been hunting these poor
peoplc2 ~ c. L.
The Bongo Is the name applied to a
negro people dwelling in the upper Nile
basin. The bongo is also a large West
African bushbuck. Manifestly. Mr..
Roosevelt was after the latter.