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cession OF the Virginia portion Of the Dis
trict. Judge Norton declares Reverdy john
son contended there was no constitutional
provision relating to establishing the seat
of government, and nothing to prevent
retrocession Of the entire ten miles square
or any part OF 1t. Mr.. Calhoun favored
retrocession, and said there was no con-
stitutional objection to it. Only three
senators, he claims. said anything against
the bill, and the vote for it was thirty-two
yeas and fourteen nays. In the House. he
declares. only two spoke in opposition.
both contending the bill was unconstitu-
tional, and the vote for it was ninety six
yeas and sixty-five' nays.
Concluding, Judge Norton states, 1T
would seem to be incomprehensfble that
any one, having read what took place In
the constitutional convention and the pro-
ceedings and debates of the Congress that
established the seat of government, can
doubt that the act of retrocession was
constitutional" The constitutionality of
the act he conceives to be established, be-
cause in the constitutional convention no
permanent or other seat of government
was fixed. Congress was left entirely
free to fix 1t and change 1t at pleasure;
the effort to 'if1x and permanently estah-
lish the seat of government entirely
failed: the Congress that established the
District of Columbia as the seat OF gov
ernment uniformly and expressly in the
change 1t at will. and the part of the seat
of the government south Of the Potomac
having been grossly neglected, 1t was but
a simple act of justice and right when
Congress, in 1885, retroceded Alexandra
county and city to Virginia.
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Referring to the debates on the retro
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PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.

List of changes of stations and duties
of commissioned and other officers of
the public health and marine hospital
service for the seven days. ended April
20. 1910.
Passed Assistant Surgeon r. II. Creel.
relieved from duty at Evansville Ind,
and directed to proceed to Seattle, Wash.
and report to the commanding officer.
revenue cutter. Tahoma, for duty.
Passed Assistant Surgeon G. L. Collins.
granted leave OF absence for one month.
Passed Assistant Surgeon F. A. Ash
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omoted to pharmacist of the Sec;

gaw. promoted to pharmacist of the Sec
ond class.
Boards convened-Boards of medical Of
ficers were convened to meet April 20,
1910. for the purpose of making physical
examinations of officers of the revenue
cutter service, as follows:
San Francisco. Cal.-Surgeon James NJ.
Gassaway. chairman; Passed Assistant
Surgeon r. L. Ebersole, recorder.
Portland, Me.-Surgeon c. f. Banks,
chairman; Acting Assistant Surgeon A.
p. Stuart, recorder.
Wilmington, N. C.-Sur seon C. III. Card
ner, chairman: Acting Assistant Surgeon
w. D. Macmillan, recorder.
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The Potomac Selected.

At the second session of the First Con-
gress. Judge Norton states. the Senate
passed bill fixing the seat of govern
ment on the Potomac, but the annals of
Congress do not give the debates leading
up to 1t. In the House there was much
said as to the possibility of future repeal
II the bill were passed: an effort was
made to locate the seat Of government at
Baltimore, q motion In favor Of it being
passed with 81 yeas and q nays. and
through Mr.. Carroll Of Maryland a petit
ton from the citizens Of George Town on
the Potomac in favor Of that place was
introduced
1t was by the act Of March 8, 1871, de-
clares Judge Norton, after authorizing a
Potomac, that Congress made the provi-
sion That nothing herein contained shall
authorize the erection of the public
buildings otherwise than on the Maryland
side of the Potomac"
Summing up. Judge Norton states, no
bill fixing the seat of government was
passed at the first session of the First
Congress; the bill was passed at the sec
ond session and approved July 16, $780,
and a location on the Potomac was Sc
lected, and at the third session the bill
was amended and approved March 3. 1871,
with the provision quoted, the amendment
following q message from the President.
He also calls attention to the fact that
In the act of the Maryland legislature Of
fering the ten miles square of territory
in any part OF the state the word per
manent" was not used.
The Act of Retrocession.
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ford. granted fifteen days leave of alb


Assistant Surgeon s. c. Hotchkiss; bu.
reau order Of March s. 1910. to proceed
to Honolulu, Hawaii, revoked. Directed
to report to the commanding officer, reve.
nue. cutter Bear, for duty.
Assistant Surgeon D. c. Turnipseed, re-
lieved from service at Baltimore, Md
and directed to proceed to San Francisco
Cal, and report to the commanding Of
ficer, revenue cutter Perry. for duty.
Acting Assistant Surgean c. A. Bailey
granted six days leave of absence.
Acting Assistant Surgeon e. o. Bing.
ham. granted fifteen days leave Of alb.
Sence.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Lea Hume
granted ten days leave of absence.
Acting Assistant Surgeon c. c. Law
horn, granted twenty-five days extern
sion of leave. on account of sickness.
Acting Assistant Surgeon r. 7. Walker,
granted eighteen days leave OF absence
Pharmacist J. NJ. Bell. granted thirty
days extension of leave. on account OF
sickness. Granted twenty-three days
leave of absence.
motion-Pnarmacist Herschel Me-
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Retirement of Capt. Hampton.

Capt. Celwyn E. Hampton, Dist Infan-
try. at Fort Bayard. n. NJ, has been
granted leave of absence until August 10
next in anticipation of his transfer to the
retired list at that date. Capt. Hampton
is from Ohio and was graduaed from the
United States Military Academy in June,
1896 He has been captain OF the 2lst
Infantry since April, 1901. His health
failed a few months ago and he has been
under treatment at Fort Bayard.
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Removing Seat Of Government.

august II, 1887 Provision under dis
cussion: That, Neither House, without
the consent OF the other, shall adjourn
for more than three days, nor to any
other place than that at which the two
Houses are sitting
Mr.. King remarked that the section
authorized the two houses to adjourn to
new place. He thought this inconven-
lent The mutability OF place had DIS
honored the federal government and
would require as strong q cure as we
could devise. He thought a law at least
should be made necessary to removal of
the seat Of government.
Mr.. Madison viewed the subject in the
same light, and joined with Mr.. King In
motion requiring a law.
HE supposed that central place for
the seat OF government was So just and
would be so much insisted on by the
House of Representatives, that though a
law should be made requisite for the pur.
pose, it cclEd and would be attained. The
government would be much greater under
the new than old government. The mem
berS of the new government would be
more numerous. They would be taken
more from the interior parts of the
states; they would not, like members OF
the present Congress. come so often from
the distant states by water. AS file
powers and objects of the new govern
ment would be far greater than hereto
fore, more private individuals would have
business calling them to the seat of It,
and it was more necessary that the gov.
eminent should be in that position from
which it could contemplate with the mos,
equal eye. and sympathize most equally
with every part of the nation. These
considerations he supposed would extori
a removal even il law were made neces.
sary. But in order to quiet suspicious
both within and without doors. it Nigh,
not be amiss to. authorize the two houses
by a concurrent vote to adjourn at their
and to require thereafter the sanction of
law to their removal
1.-The motion was then made, the legis.
lature shall. at their first assembling de-
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Madison's Notes Quoted.

July g. 17S8-Col. Mason moved that
the committee be instructed to receive a
clause to prevent the seat Of the national
government being the same city or own
with the seat Of government of any state
longer than until the necessary public
buildings could be erected.
Gov. Morris feared such clause might
make enemies of Philadelphia and New
York, which had expectations Of being the
seat of the general government.
Mr.. Martin and Mr.. Langdon approved
Of Mr.. Mason's idea, but the latter sug-
gested the possibility OF state moving
its seat Of government to the national
seat after the erection Of public buildings.
mfr. Ghorum said the precautton might
be evaded by the national legislature by
delaying to erect public buildings.
Mr.. Gerry conceived it to be the gene
eral sense of America that neither the
commercial city should be the seat Of the
national government.
"Mr. Williamson liked the idea, but.
knowing how much the passions of men
were agitated by this matter. was appre-
hensive of turning them against the sys-
tenn. He also thought that evasion might
be practiced pointed out by Mr. Ghorum.
"Mr. P1nkney thought that the seat Of q
state government might be avoided, but
that large town or its vicinity would be
proper for the seat OF the general govern
ment.
''Coi. Mason said he did not mean to
press the motion at this time, nor to ex-
cite any hostile passions against the sys-
tenn. He withdrew the motion for the
present.
'Mr. Butler was for fixing by the Con-
stitution the place, and a central one, for
the seat of the national government
(Madisons Notes Of Debates in Constitu-
tional Convention. p. 442)
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Action in the House.

The proceedings In the House of Repre-
sentatives during the first session Of the
First Congress are given in Judge Nor
tons opinion in still greater detail. Among
other things Mr.. Scott, in urging the
early determination Of the location OF the
seat of government, declared that cit
may happen in a future day faction may
compel government to fix on some Inn
proper place with the result that it aft
erward will have to be removed at great
expense, or the Union be dissolved.
Mr.. Livermore declared that the idea
of permanent seat of government was
not In itself strictly true and that as
population increased men Of new views In
Congress might alter it at pleasure. Mr.
Vining Of Delaware felt as long as
Washington lived his virtues would
cement and guard the Union and keep
safe the seat of government, but he eX-
pressed serious doubts as to what would
happen when he was gone Mr.. Madison
ventured the opinion that IL the seat Of
government were placed in an uncentral
position the people would ultimately
change it. Mr.. Ames wanted it fixed
and was willing to take chances on what
might happen hundred years later.
Speaking ,on the constitutional require
ment, Mr.. Smith of South Carolina said
he conceived the declaration in the Con-
stitution required a cession of territory
as well as jurisdiction. Mr.. Hartley of
Pennsylvania retorted that Pennsylvania
had coded Jurisdiction over any district
not exceeding ten miles square, but he
was surprised at the unreasonableness
of the proposition that state should
convey to the United tSates the fee
simple in soil which, in all probability,
was the property Of individuals. Mr..
Smith wanted to know If Pennsylvania s
cession extended to both soil and juris-
diction. Mr.. Fitzsimmons Of Pennsyl-
vania asked II there was anything in the
Constitution that ''even looked like a
,..:xt 81 con =
bate as to the meaning Of the constitu-
tional requirement which ended in mo-
ton by Mr.. Madison to strike out the
word permanent as unnecessary and
not required by the Constitution, which
| motion was put to vote and lost, yeas "a,
nays IS.
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|CESS|ON TO VIRGINIA
Reduction of District Defend
ed by Judge Norton.
GIVES ELABORATE OPINION
Contends That Seat of Government
Was Never Made Permanent.
QUOTES NOTES OF MADISON
Gives Historical Review Showing
How the Ten Miles Square
Was Diminished.
GIVES ELABORATE OPINION
QUOTES NOTES OF MADISON

With their interest thoroughly aroused
by the Presidents speech at the bank
ers' banquet Saturday evening, the people
of Virginia are giving closer attention
to the question of the constitutionality Of
the act by which a large slice of the
original District of Columbia was retro
coded to Virginia. Judge ]. X. NJ. Nor
ton Of Alexandria, who has given care
full consideration and study to the sub
ject. reaches the conclusion that there
can be. no question about the constitu-
tionality of the retrocession act. His
opinion is elaborate and enters into the
fullest details of the subject.
Quoting section s, article !, OF the Con-
stitution. Judge Norton declares that it
makes no provision that the seat of gov
eminent, when selected by Congress.
shall be permanent and perpetual, nor is
any distinction made between the district
accepted as the seat OF government and
places purchased for forts, etc. Congress,
he says, is given power to exercise ex-
elusive legislation over the former and
to exercise like authority over the lat
ter. The only difference, Is that one is to
be coded and the other is to be purchased.
Permanent Location Rejected.
Not only. he says, Is the seat Of gov
eminent not made permanent, but the
constitutional convention expressly re-
fused to adopt resolution introduced by
Mr.. Madison, Incorporating the word
permanent in the provision relating
to the seat Of government.
Resolutions were introduced August 1,
1877, Judge Norton explains, containing
authority to the Legislature" Ito exer-
else exclusive legislative authority at the
seat of the general government and over
a district around the same not exceed
ing - square miles, the consent of the
legislatures of the state or states
comprising such being first obtain
tained.' and Ito fix and permanent
ly establish the seat of government
Of the United States. in which they shall
possess the exclusive right of soil and
Jurisdiction" The proposal to give Con-
gress power Ito exclusively legfslate"
was reported by the committee and
adopted, but the proposal to Fix and per-
manently establish the seat of govern
ment' was not adopted.
Judge Norton's opinion quotes from
Madison's Notes of the Debates In the
Constitutional Convention to show the
views of the members of the convention
as to the permanency of the seat of gov
eminent as follows:
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RULES FOR P0FR PLAYERS
Bob Blake versus F4oyIe The Travelling Sales
man Who Win BE at Grand Tonight, Considers
the Game From New Angle,

st up all night playing cards in the
smoker. The Pullman company needs
the money.
II you figure that you may be win
,ner early in the morning leave call
for the five o'clock train. II you are
loser at that time sou can stay over
for the noon train.
When they are breaking. bad" for
you excIaim: ~ wouldn't mind II I
could get something to bet my money
on, but haven't had pair for an
hour
Always play poker 1t Is the great
American game and "the king OF in
door sports" and your firm expects
you to have some amusement, even II
you don't send in any orders.
one OF the best ways to change your
luck is to take off your coat and walk
three times around your chair.
Another way is to remove the scarf
pin which was given you by the girl
at home. She may not approve Of the
game.
If you have bluffed an opponent
out of a pot. show him your busted
flush" 1t will make him sore and
when you really have a hand, you will
he likely to get raise from him.
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ALL ME- PIMrLEs GONE.
Girl Tells How Blotchy Skin Was
Clennsed by n simple Wash.

81 was ashamed OF my face" writes
Hiss Minnie Pickarl of AltamahaW,
N. C. ut was all full of pfnples and
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The fact is, that while D. D. d. is
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D. d. d. is pleasant to use. perfect
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the wonderful effectiveness of this
great remedy.
Wells & HaymalSer.
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CURES NgRsI com
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Grippe Overcome in Sew .
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Yoke - norF1 NlEN

A barber in Erie. PA. has beer
teaching two hotal-meh how TO pain
lar. christ Wissard Il the barber
Three years ago ne painted his house
and shop Devoa.
A year afterward. the hotels across
the street-they are all on corners
were painted. not Devoe.
The story don't tell the nrst half Of
the facts: how much the three paints
cost per square foot IT. tells how
they looked last year
The laugh was not on the barber,
His house and shop looked new: the
hotels had begun to look old: they'll
paint Devoe next time; and next time
viii come pretty soon,
~ Holden-Barnes.
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Waving fe s We cling
the Sage Brush

TX quarter sof asseenturys ago any
mention Of the 1reat American desc
er4 called llp Visions OF q region. OF
ii1hi tle extent. sum PSIfGhea
and de4plate a eoun4ry ass1ciated
always 4ith tales t1t sufferinE and
death. a unfYiendI savases. and
dsadIy Reptiles. for years II was
passed 6Sef by Con8Tess as WORTH
hess. The marvellous Transformation
which has been wrought in two
decades in land Of silence and
sunshine furnishes one OF the most
interesting and inspiring pages in
the anpais-nf oalr repnblic's develop
menG. TlIe Great American desert IS
vanishing from the map. lts
boundaries have shrunken and It no
longer presents Formidable barrier
to the growth and progress Of the
far-sVVs 4lion acres pf
this rain1ess country have been sub
dued by means Of agriculture and ir-
rigation and are producing bounriful
and assured harvest every year.
A quarter of million families are
residing on farms and as many more
nave -tOun0e aOmGS anu OGSupSpSAV'A~A
in the cities. towns and villages
which have sprung up in the midst
of the agricultural areas. Great
dams have been constructed to i'm
pound the foods and through 10000
miles of canals and bitches the life
giving water has been turned upon
the dusty desert. The streams have
been harnessed for power and an era
of manufacturing is dawning In which
all OF the raw products Of the farm.
the forests. and the mines Will he
prepared for the markets OF the
world. The comforts and luxurles
heretofore unknown in agricultural
regions already are oDtainable in
many of the western valleys. The
farmer lights and heats his home
with electrlcityRand his work is done
chsaply by the same potent force
Trolley lines bring the farm and
town close together. In a majority
OF the irrigated districts the farms
are small. not more than 40 acres
each. With 16 to 60 farm families
to the square mile. isolation is elm
mated and life in. the country be-
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Five cards constitute a hand
sometimes.
In sIX-naaded game, when you
are seated under the gun always
pass blind" and then look at your
hand. when the other fellows have
been unable to open 1t. 1t win cheer
you to find how many times you have
thrown away hig pair of threez.
Always be the last man to ante. II
the others have to call your attention
To it. you will be certain that you have
never put up twice.
II card is faced in the draw, al
ways claim 1t augrily. No player on
earth is going to let you have 1t. but
you might blum them into believing
that II spoiled your hand.
When an opponent opens the pot on
pat hand" always lock out Of tbs
window. You will save money by ad-
miring the scenery.
When there is kitty for the
cigars. always smoke twenty-five cent
ones. 1t makes no difference If your
usual limit is a dime-the other fell
lows are helping pay for them.
If you wish to be considered sea-
soned traveller. always insist upon a
lower berth in the Pullman. and then
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SAME QUALITY ALL
THE Way THROUGH

our low price National Cash Reg
isters are made Or sthe best material
and are just as wen made as our high
priced ones. but they do not perform
all the functions which our higher
priced registcrs do. Cur register
prices Increase in proportion to the
things winch they do for the store
Ike eper. that IS. the protection and IN
Formation which they give him.
The storekeepers buy as much or
ms little National Cash Register pro-
lection as ne needs. Our agents talk
1t over with any merchant without
co -1lmitting him to buy. a post card
brings full information. Way not get
itP p. h. XENsUTI SsieA Agent, the
aWaIao Ilesei, clarltsbuFS. ", Va