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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-16
Are You Tired

OF the rush and hustle of city e9 Tired of the noise and
worrythe confined quarters OF flats and apartments?
Do you long for the country thesunshne the blue sky
the pure air. nvgorang breezes the song of birds and
vigorous health that goes with out-odoors life Ger
tainly you do Then to Battery Court" Here
you have home of your own-a real home, Here
you can inhale the fragrance of the growing in
your flower BEDS All the peasurers of country life
and within short ride of your down town office. Can
your fancy call to your mind attractive picture
than a home in Battery Court'3 Could any place
be more desirable for homer Battery Court lots
safe as Government bonds-a home in Battery Court,
better STILL Come today.
All cars transfer at First and Broad Streets to
marked Lakeside Ginter Park both of which pass this
beautiful suburb. Get off at Stop A. Statesmen at
office on ground daily, 2 to P M.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-16

i Quotations for interest-payingb bonds
are at q price. to which interest must
be added. Income bonds and certfh-
Gates of Indebtedness are nat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-16
$3.50

New Brick Dwelling, on Robinson
Street, near Floyd Avenue; six rooms; nsw
plumbing, electric Light; al newly pap
cred. A bargain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-16
$500

will buy a new Seven-Room Dwelling
In the grove near Robinson Street, be.
tween Cary and Beverly Streets.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-16
NAI.EN

Twenty-Five hundred Virginia centu-
ries. at 81. Five shares Bank OF Rich
mand. at's125.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-16

Has opened its Golden Doors Of opportunity to you.
In consequence of its location elevation and easy access
the city, big advances certainty and the In
weston will reap great profits.
Sewerage sidewalks, shade trees, stores, churches,
school, homes water pure air. best of trolley service and
only minutes from First and Broad Streets.
Read every line Of this advertisement carefully.
Think for yourself. Make Mother Earth your
ings bank. You worked for your earnings, let them
now work for you. This property is your chance. You
know where your money is and what it is doing when
invested
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-16

viii buy Detached Frame House, on
West Leigh Street, occupied by first
class tenant, at $500 per annum.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-16

will buy an attractive, detached Seven
Room Residence, on Twenty-fourth, near
Clay. Easy terms.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-16

viii buy a Six-Room Dwelling, In good
8 ndition, with large lot, 60xl35, on
West Cary Street, . sure advance in
this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
Posing of the Trout.
the London Evening Standard.

From the London Evening Standard
AS the kesireI is TO the clouds SO Is the
trout to the crystal waters. Both kestrels
and trout display that magical posing, as
if suspended by invisible tEreads-oniy
now and then, when cross currents are
0countered, is sign given to show that
Q itself is not in suspense. \ brief agi-
alton Of the kestreFs wings, a swishing
OF the trout's taIl-the cross current is
weathered. and bird or fish poises motion
less again. And as when walking along
we are pulled up in ever fresh wonder by
the sight of the lowering kestrel, We
must needs pause on n bridge when there
Is trout in the stream below. He looks
his best posing with head to the stream
a shapely form against the background OF
smooth brown pebbles and waving emer-
aid weeds. Leaning over the bridge with
eyes on the trout a vision Is contured-an
allurlng fly drops on the water, then
slack line t;ghtens, there is song from
the reel. rod bends; there follows 6az-
cling dance of vermiIlion spots against
the green of the bank. Or as We come to
the bridge on a winters day We think We
hear mighty FLASHING Of water over the
pebbles-whtch turns out to be the play
Or thirty or forty trout-the play OF the
last round OF some water tourney. AS
they come to the surface, rolling and wal
lowing, their great fat sides look twice
big as when seen through the clear
water-they almost make a dam across
the stream they jostle each other, seek
ing for the choicest places on the spawn
ing bed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Lighthouse Inspector Issues Aids to
Navigation in Nearby Waters.

notice to mariners regarding :ii.l.,
to navigation in nearby waters Las
been issued from the Office cr the light
house inspector for this district, as fol-
lows:
Chesapeake bay entrance, Virginia.
Middle ground north end gas. whistliny
and submarine bell buoy No 6. report
cd extinguisheu May 5. was relighted
May 4.
Chesapeake bay, main ship channel
observation-disclosures wreck buoy. a R&
BIS spar, was established May ia
seventeen feet OF water. about l., feet
west OF the wreck of the buseye, over
which there is about thirteen feet OF
water; Holland Island bar lighthouse.
z. NE: SolomoIs Lump lighthouse, t.,
( ( ". s"''n POINT lighthouse . by w.
Cove Point light station, Cheea-
peake bay, -Characteristic-
On account of damage to the lens the
flash is irregular; the lens Will be re-
paired as soon as practicable.
Elizabeth river. Virginia - SewaH
point sioal gas buoy No. 3. found ca
tinguished. was relighted May -.
Channel buoy No. II. a spar, found
broken off. and channel buoy No. l6.
spar, found dragged out OF position.
were replaced May 10.
Fort Norfolk Flats buoy No. Is.
spar. found broken off. was replaced
May ..
James river. Eirginia-Browns shoal
buoy No. - was changed from win
ter spar to first-class can for the
summer May ..
Dancing. point flats buoy No. 10 was
changed from winter spar to a first
class nun for the summer May >.
Harrison point fats lower buoy No.
1S. a first-class nun. and Harrison bar
west-end buoy No 80, frst-class eau.
had the spar markers removed for the
summer May u
The following buoys Were changed
each from a winter spar for the sum-
mer May 4: Bailey creek flats lower
buoy No. 30. to second-class can;
Eppes Island liats buoy No. ~. to a
second-class nun: Eppes Island shoal
buoy No. 20. to second-class nun:
Eppes Island shoal west side buoy No.
30 to n first-class num-
Back creek, Virginia-Candy pom.
buoy No. 4. a spar. found missing. and
Persimmon point buoy No. >. spar.
found broken OF, were replaced Ma 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
SAW HEAD THIS MORNING.
Comet Visible After Stars Disap
peared. SAYS Prof. Brooks.

GENEVA, y. ", May 16.-EXcellent
observations of Halley's comet We're
taken this morning by Prof. William
r. Brooks, director Of the Smith OBJ
servatory, who reported the comets tail
stretching out in a broad band across
the heavens TO a length of more than
forty-five degrees The nucleus. Prof.
Brooks said, was very bright. being
easily visible with the naked eye long
after all the stars except Venus had
disappeared.
DR.. Brooks said that the comet, view
ed through the telescope, showed the
same remarkable changes in form that
were noted three days ago. It's shape
this morning was that of pointed cres-
cent. with the nucleus on the extreme
front and much larger than noted at
any previous observation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
NO COMET DANGER
Continued From Tenth PageD

bands due to the poisonous cyanogen.
The ordinary solar spectrum is reflected
in small quantities il the immediate VI
cinity of the head.
1t is strange, however. that the bands
of cyanogen contribute practically noth-
ing to the spectrum of the tail. so that
very little cyanogen must De present
there. Moreover, the tail is excessively
estimated thousands of time rarer than
our own atmosphere, and as result
when we brush through the tail OF the
comet very little cyanosen VIII come TITO
our atmosphere To affect hfe on the
earth the cyanogen would need to be
present in fairly large quantities in order
70 dilute the cir We breathe.
The rarity of matter in the comets tall,
the scarcity of cyanogen there. and the
density of our own atmosphere In COM
parison make it absolutely certain that no
harmful effects will come to US as we
pass through the comets tail on May 10.
There is so little matter IN the comets
tail that it cannot take away from our
earth any of its atmosphere
s. a MITCHELL,
Professor OF Astronomy at Columbia Uni
versity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
THEFT FROM HIGH STEEPLE.
Professional Climber Accused o.
Stealing Copper Sheathing.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, May Is
Charged with stealing the metal roofing
from the steeples OF the Roxborough
Baptist Church and st. Johns Catholic
Church. Earl Knoll, u steeplejack, was
arraigned in central police court here
yesterday and held in bail for further
hearing.
1t was testified that during the night
some one had climbed 10 feet on ST.
pounds of copper sheathing We're re-
moved. From the sixty foot steeple OF
the Baptist Church it is alleged he took
fOrty-eight pounds of metal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
The Artists Compensation.
,m the London Saturday Review.


Save IN a few business concerns. great
concerns Harrod's. the army and navy
stores and the like, what a strange weller
is in or whole system OF payment for
work-more especially in the higher
branches of work, Art and literary work
are terrible examples OF this confusion
and want of science. The payments TO
many OF the best workers In those barren
fields are SO bad that man is quite
sanguiue- IL he sees not at the end of his
career the madhouse or the pauper's
grave.
If he paint without genius. a painter
may, by attracting an ignorant public,
make himself secure. Ii he write with
cut individuality or real force, the writer
may likewise make himself secure by
driving hard bargains with those who
buy and sell his wares. But for the mos
part good work in these branches is the
work Of sensitive men, who are still chill
dren in money matters and who shrink
from bargaining. Politics and public life
and business make a much better game
than art or letters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
COMET A BIG LENS
Tail Neither Gas Nor Sub
stance, Is NauIty Theory.
is CONDENSED SUNLIGHT
Nothing More Than Streak of Solar
Radiation. Says Scientist.
YET HAS EFFECT ON PLANETS
Near Contact on Wednesday May
Cause Extremes of Heat and
Cold and Earthquakes.
YET HAS EFFECT ON PLANETS

The tail OF Halley's comet. of any
comet. is not composed OF gas gaseous
atoms, nor is it composed of minute par
ticIes of matter. nor Of meteoric bodies
nor is it substance OF any sort driven
away from the head Of the comet by
electrical repulsive action of the ssn.
1t is nothing more than light. than sun
light, condensed by the spherical head of
the comet and procesSed through the
| solar system precisely as lens focus
IS, condenses and transmits light. To
all intents and purposes it is celestial
searchi:sht.
This is the announcement again made
by Edwin Fairfax Naulty OF New York.
who has been in Washington for fort
night making special series OF telescope
and spectroscopic observations Of HALEY s
| comet. Mr.. Naultys conclusions, which
were given scientific publicity last year,
are the result OF many years OF observa-
ton, and have been given the sanction Of
| the Academy OF Science OF the Institute
| of France, by publication in the official
coInte rendue of the academy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
DEFENSE Is CLOSED IN
CASE AGAINST ]. C. DAVIS
Government Begins Rebuttal OF Evil
dence Offered to Show That
Accused Is Insane.

With the testimony OF a number % lay
witnesses. who had business relations
with John G. Davis, the local attorney
charged with false pretenses and embez-
element. the government began this eftor-
noon the rebuttal OF the evidence offered
TO show that Davis is insane. Experts
will be called tomorrow TO show that the
prisoner is not insane. Tho case will
probably reach the jury wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
TRAIN ENTERS MOOREFIELD.
Crowd at West Virginia Town Wit.
nesses Novel SIGHT,

IARRISONBURG, Va, May l6.-The
past week was eyentful in the history
of Moorefield, Hardy county, w. Va,
marking the first railroad train to en-
ter the place. A great crowd gathered
to witness the novel sight, a large
number from the mountain districts
never having seen a railroad engine or
car. The Hampshire Southern railroad
is the name OF the line.
The county has long wanted a rail-
road. Pictures of the first train are
Another railroad is reported to be in
sight. 1t is announced that the Moore
field and Virginia Railway Company
will build twenty miles up South Fork
this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16

Collnan's English Mustard,
can -. sc
r s. r Potted Chicken,
Cdn Sc
K & K Potted Ham. can. .Ioc
Cream OF Tartar, lb......35c
Royal Baking Powder, Ii. 4oc
Postum, large pkg. -. .22c
Cider Vinegar, bottle. :. .1oc
Liquid Bluing, bottle: .1oc
Navy Beans, dried, ID. -. sc
Marrow Beans, dried. lb. &c
Red Kidney Beans, dried,
lib &c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
Probable Effect on Earth.

Although the comets tail is nothing
but light and vacuum, its effect Is like
that of a tremendously long rod sweeping
through the radiance of solar force. The
earth and all the planets are affected not
only when they come within the actual
cone and cylinder. as the earth will do
Wednesday next. but owing to ETHEREAL
waves set In motion by the comets tall
there is no effect on the motion of the
earth, but the eartl'S atmosphere and
the coherency of its mass are affected
1t is the constant attempt of the earth s
mass and its atmosphere to adjust them
selves to this disturbance that mas caused
the prevalent earth tremors and quakes,
storms. extremes of heat and cold and
other recent phenomena.
The climax of this will be reached this
week There will be collision Of the
earth and comet, nor will the earth be
Ienveloped in poisonous gases, but the
earth Gweeps through the vacuum cylin-
der first, then the cone Of condensed solar
force. and then through the rest of the
phenomena. Again the very effect of the
passage may be to cause great conden-
saton o. the atmospheric vapors. so that
automatically the earth will be provided
with sort OF shield which will act like
lead screen used to protect X-ray
operators. Mexico City and Bombay are
the only two great centers OF population
in line with the center OF disturbance
Wednesday,, but other regions between
twenty-five degrees north latitude and
the equator may be affected. North of this
zone there is not much likelihood OF dis
turbance. though an outbreak may come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
MINUTE PARTICLES OF GAS.
Harvard Observer Rejects the Lens
Theory as to Comets Tail.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 16.-I fear
that no effect of the eartil's passage
through the comets tail will be percepti-
BILE. L have no theory OF the comets
tall 1t probably consists of minute par
ticles or diluted gas, and is not due to
the nucleus acting like lens. 1 shall
watch for any unusual phenomenon.
i. c.. PICKERING,
Director Harvard Observatory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
Calls Davis a Paranoiac.

Tic last witness for the defense was Dr,
Julius A. Faison Of Bennettsville, S. G.,
who had been assistant superintendent OF
the insane asylum in North Carolina ia
which Davis was incarcerated. He de-
clared the prisoner a paranoiac and said
that the recurrence of the outbreak
which resulted in the recent pecuiations
In this city bore out his opinion formed
In 1892 that the defendant would suffer "a
relapse in his mental condition.. I;e
thought such an inmate should not have
been paroled from the asylum when
DAVIS was given his liberty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
Case for Defense Closed.

Attorney Henry L. Davis for the pris-
oner, announced at noon today the close
OF the case for the defense. he Offered
this morning n deposition of DIR. w. H.
Cobb. jr., OF Goldsboro, n. c., who could
not remain here long enough to take the
witness stand. DIR. Cobb expressed the
opiEfon that in 1892 Davis was insane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16

Roast Beef, No. 2, can. .o5c
Vanilla Extract, bot.1oc & &c
Lemon Extract. bot.Ioc & 25c
Fancy Queen Olives,
bottle 80. ..I5C and CSC
Pure Honey, jar. .I5c and CSC
a & p Jam, 10 kinds, jar. .15c
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-22
OIL INDUSTRY

II nEVELOPMENT of California s
great oil industry will provide
r. material for one of the most re-
markable chapters In the next few
years history of our wonderful state.
This industry is still young, and. look
ing forward the forecaster has no rea-
son to indulge in dismal forebodings.
While other natural resources are
menaced seriously to such an extent
a rigid conservation policy is absolute
ly necessary, western oil, thanks to its
comparatively late arrival in the indus
trial field, is being treated according
to the sound methods of modern eco
nomics and not with the reckless, get
rich-quick methods that have produced
some big fortunes, for the sake Of
which the entire nation is now being
compelled to retrench.
The United States geological survey
reports scientific Investigations Of the
California petroleum field warrant the
belief that 5000 600, 600 barrels are un-
derground, and at the present annual
yield Of California wells there is sutfi-
cient to provide for 125 years produc-
ton. Amount of petroleum in other
fields Of the nation is estimated at
{, 900 0OO 900 barrels. Thus the esti-
mated amount within California is con-
siderably in excess of that in the mid
continent, Appalachian and gulf fields.
California today is 10,25O,O0O barrels a
year ahead of its next in rank pro-
ducing field.
This years petroleum production IN
California is estimated at 6S,0OO'OOO
barrels, which at the ruling price at
wells will total Sal. 600 600.
In view of the tremendous develop
ment and the vast future possibilities
Of the oil industry and many other
state industries there can be no ques-
ton that with fair freight rates. ann
pie harbor facilities, a square-deal
tariff and the Panama canal, Calitor-
mia will be industrially the foremost
state in the Union. Only the surface
of the natural resources of the state
has been scratched, and manufacturing
has only been fairly begun.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-22
CONSERVATION

~ HONSERVATION of natural re
sources is a national policy, but
y it will De incomplete unless con-
servation of children is included Citi-
zens are Mortified to read of sacrifice
of female infants in Alaska and of
babes in India. But they scarcely
realize that the waste of child life
throughout the United States is a mat
ter which is causing much anxiety.
Many young chillrcn are sacrificed
malnutriton. Others fall victims
to diseases for whicn the herdng Of
human beings in citY tenements is re-
sponsible Others die as a result of
premature work and hardship TAX
ing into account every cause of waste
the drain on the child life of the re-
public is terrific, and conservation
policy is demanded. Theodore Roose-
welt called attention TO the birth rate,
and said bluntly Americans must raise
bigger families if American supremacy
is to be maintained. But Col Roose-
welt has not as yet discussed the fact
we'll known to all students that eco
nomic causes are interfering with the
birth rate, and that complete sus-
pension of immigration for q few years
would have a most potent effect in
increasing the percentage Of American
born children.
If the birth rate is to be increased
and if the children born in the United
states are to reach healthy maturity
the slums must be cleaned out of every
big city, and, generally speaking. con-
ditious of life must be ameliorated for
the struggling poor For the economic
sins of the fathers the children of the
United states are suffering. The sen
sible method by which to deal with
the effect is to attask the cause.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-22
SPUDS

\ alarmist in Washington warns
"A the nation the great American
"A potato crop is in danger. Nay,
he says, the very existence of the
potato family is imperied by new
and mysterious disease. 1t is proposed
to establish and maintain quarantine
against all plant diseases in order
that the danger of infection may be
lessened.
During the comparatively brief period
In which the potato has been used for
food by human beings 1t has under
gone many vicissitudes.
Sometimes it has been condemned,
sometimes blasted with faint praise,
sometimes eliminated from hygienic
bills of fare. AS a rule it is eliminated
when patient is dieting, and many
doctors say it is a filling food but not
the heathicst.
Yet so commonly used is it that one
wonders how human beings managed
to exist before potatoes became
steady article of food
Tea, coffee. tobacco potatoes, all are
recent additions to the worlds dietary,
and truth to tell there is reason to
believe the big four have not added
to the worlds health or strength.
When we read of the great physical
feats performed long ago by men who
lived to great ages, we must remember
they led simple lives and knew nothing
about modern improvements" And
they had never even heard OF tea,
coffee, tobacco and potatoes.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-22
PANAMA EXPOSITION

u oARD OF DIRECTORS of Los
x Angeles chamber of commerce
- illustrated the habitual square
dealing and patriotism of that ever de-
pendable body by declining to send
| delegation to Santa Barbara to take
representative part in any Panama eX-
position conference, but offering their
services as mediators to bring about
settlement of the question in way
that will be for the best interests of all
concerned.
The action taken by the chamber OF
commerce virtually nullifies any cut
and-dred program that may have been
arranged by San Francisco promoters
and serves notice that Southern Cali
fornia is alive to her own best interests
as well as to the general welfare OF
the state. Again the spirit of solidarity
which characterizes Southern Califor-
MIA has been nobly illustrated, and
citizens have shown their readiness to
stand shoulder to shoulder in cause
representing the general welfare.
In Colonel Golfers statement to the
directors that there is absolutely no
malice toward san Francisco in the
attitude Of the advocates of San Diego
there is a suggestion that cannot fail
to be contrasted strongly with some of
the spoken and written utterances of
the champions of the northern city.
on the part Of the pleaders for San
Francisco--or perhaps we should say
claimants. not pleaders-there is dis
position to attribute to San Diego mean
and disingenuous motives. 1t is the
old. old cry Of the San Franciscans,
that the prosperity of the south is a
menace to the north. This cry is fan
tastlcally unreasonable and illogical.
Citizens Of California who realize the
great fact the prosperity of the south
ern part of the state is bound to help
the northern part, and also to help the
United States, cannot fail to be aston
ished by the dogged persistence of a
spirit of sectional provincialism in the
metropolis of the northern part of the
state.
At this particular juncture when
new chapter in American national his
tory is about to be begun by the sue
cessful digging of the transisthmian
ship canal It is greatly to the interest
Of San Francisco and the north TO
acquiesce in the attitude of Los An
geles in admitting the justice of the
claim Of San Diego to be the exposition
city
San Francisco's oposition TO the San
Diego plan is a curious example of
shortsightedness and of failure to
realize that neighborliness is the best
policy which any great city can adopt,
and that the permanent benefits result
ing from neighborliness far outweigh
a temporary triumph snatched at the
expense of generosity patriotism and
common sense.
Los Angeles believes San Diego should
have the exposition. because Los An
geles is broadminded and far-seeing.
That's "the Los Angeles way"