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The Best Did Win.

THE story of pretty conpiiiiieh, 70
! Senator Root was repeated the oliie'
day at the Union League Ciup III NC"
York
when Root was a mooted canoioate
for the presidency Of the club SAID the
narrator, ''he met one day here a rival
candidate. The two men conVerseo cur
daily for a while, and then, as they were
separating. the subject OF the rorthcom-
ing election came up
" Well said Root, may the best man
win!'
But his rival answered with great
politeness and sincerity:
81 hope not Mr.. Root"
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hurt: and would interpret the result as
proof of lack of confidence in his integ-
rity. The case of Herr Fridolin Ander-
vert. who was elected to the presidency
in 1881, shows how marked is this senti-
ment Herr Anderwert found himself op-
posed by the radical democratic party;
and this opposition so annoyed him that
he took his life on Christmas day. 1880.
before entering upon Office. At first sight
this election of presidents on non-party
PRINCIPLES is tribute to the imparttallty
of the Swiss mind. But, except as a
tribute to personal worth. the presidency
is not worth having, and neither the pres
ident nor his party stands TO gain any
thing from their victory.
only once every few years does a presi-
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Lots of Raw Material

cd RESIDENT DIAZ," said q Chicago
railroad man with headquarters
In Mexico. used to have a gruff. caus-
tic kind Of wit
Il once dined with him IN Mezteo
City. when the subject Of Dash came UP
Dash, staid Millionaire OF seventy
eight years. who had eloped with his
sixteen year-old stenographer.
President Diaz philosophical. Z
thought. rather neatly on this maeter.
Well he said. not every man 10
made fool of. but every man has the
raw material in him."
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matte uniforms. The president and his
colleagues appear always in morning
evening dress. Swiss diplomatic repre-
sentatives abroad also Wear no uniforms.
and have not yet learned TO copy some
of their American colleagues whose
fake" gold-laced coats are scandal at
European courts If a Swiss performs
a heroic action or renders some great
service to his fatherland he is reward
ed merely with letter of appreciation,
but even this comes not from the presi-
dent, but from the bundesrath as whole
The modest emollments of the heads of
the government further make it impossi-
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patriotic in the local sense Of the word,
homely. clannish and provincial AccoId-
ing to Bernese legend, NJ. Ruchet. thoush
compelled to live in the federal capital is
never quite happy away from Naud. The
characteristic psychical atmosphere or the
Burgundan province envelops MIN "heF-
ever he goes. He Is a southern French
man in appearance. and has all the south
ern Frenchman's idiosyncrasies, one OF
which Is that he cannot live without nav
ing within reach bottle of his beloved
vim de Vaud which he consumes night
and day. much to the doctors disap
govt His house Is Vaudos. That Is, 1t is
filled daily. and almost exclusively. with
old friends and gossips from the shores
Of Lake Geneva, whom the president en-
tertains with the national dish. fondues
de frontage. eaten hot.
All such entertainments usually end IN
the wine cellar. in traditional Faudois
manner When NJ. Ruchet gets a holiday
he returns invariably to his native prov
ince His real delight in life is TO spend
his vacation in rough cabin al the foot
of the IL ,OOO-foot Diableretes on the Dor
ders of Vaud and Willis. the highest
mountain in his native canton.
In Berne you will seldom find NJ. Ruchet
at home. More likely you come across
him in the Hotel Berne. or some more
modest cabaret. where he sits in shirt
sleeves and gossips In Vaudois dialect to
visitors from the country. or wresties
tional and innocent card game. the usual
penalty for loss at which is that you pay
for the victor's coffee. Many visitor
to Berne has been beaten at ''jass by
NJ. Ruchet, and paid for the coffee with
out knowing that his fellow gambler was
the president Of the confederation. AS a
walker. NJ. Ruchet had formerly few
rivals in Switzerland; but later he had
to choose between pedestrianism and vim
therefore. has somewhat tempered the
presidents physical activity but he is
still a tolerable mountaineer. hardy
liver. and a man who has a tremendous
following among his clannish provincials
Naturally enough Office which has
so little to offer in the way of emolu
ments or power is not the object of in
furiated party disputes. Nothing like
possibly take place in Switzerland. and
that is lucky for Switzerland. as a new
president has to be elected every year.
The election is not decided on party
grounds. Parties exist in Switzerland.
In the federal assembly there IL a per-
manent majority Of democrats. and per-
manent minority Of conservatives who to
some extont correspond to the Catholic
center in Germany. But this party divi-
sion never appears during the election Of
race German. French or Italian. by re-
ligion Protestant or Catholic. and by poll
tics democrat or conservative. Tho as
sembiy's function is merely to choose a
fit and capable man and 1t does this
rather on the lines of q social club than
of a political assembly. The candidate
expects to be elected almost unanimously
without any rival candidature. and as a
v.,,IA This ny3neinla In n ,,r}-
versaIly admitted that q president elected
with Gully q moderate majority would feel
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A Strauss Heaven.

& ENATOR DEPEw. at a recent dinner
- in New York, said OF Richard
Strauss music:
To hear Strauss 'Elektra' or his Do
mestic symphony always makes me
think OF the old Scotch piper who said:
All, there's ane NIGHT sail ne'er for
get. There were nineteen pipers besides
mysef al In a wee bit parlor. all playin
different tunes / just thocht / was In
heaven"
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DREVENTED by Law
L From Doing Anything to
Bring Him Into the Lime
light. and Whose Only Func-
ton Is to Preside at Meet
ings Of the Cabinet, Which
Can't Do Much, Either
President Ruchet a Jolly
Vaudois Lawyer, Who Likes
Better to Drink Wine and
Play Cards With His Friends
Than to Trouble Himself
With Affairs of State-No
Uniform and No Official
Residence.
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Apply is the coun-
try whose citi-
zens do not know
their rulers name.
II is a pledge
that.no man hates
him, covetS his
office or regards
him as a tyrant.
Judged by this
highest test Of
national happi-
ness Switzerland
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fICRETARY VIII
son is the might
lest of all the
slaves of Uncle
Sam. the modern
Aladdin. Our pa
IN C ] e
Tubs the lamp and
Mr.. Wilson moves
-he world TO do his
bidding. He waves
his wand over the
deserts, and ten
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thing Switzerland has to cabinet, con-
sistS of seven elected members. OF these
tie president is merely one In dignity
ne is chairman of the council, and. there
fore, primus inter pareS, but his power
and responsibility are exactly the same
as the power and responsibility of his
six colleagues.
Every single act Of the federal executive
government Is undertaken by all seven
collectively. The presidents duty is 10
sign documents on behalf of the bundles
rath. That is the beginning and end of
his specialized functions. In every other
respect he is merely a member of the
council And nat explains why often ed
ucated Swiss do not know their president S
name. The president is elected for only
one year, while the seven bundesrath MEM
bers are each elected for three years.
The position of bundesrath member, there
fore. entirely dwarfS the position of pres
fdent. The Swiss in question may easily
be able correctly to name the seven mem
bers of the bundesrath, but yet be unable
to say which of them is president.
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blades of grass spring up where none mas
grown before. He puts on hts Fortnnatus
cap and flies to the Atlas mountains,
bringing back macaroni wheat which
adds billions OF loaves to our natlonal
bread basket. He scours the earth Tor
new nuts and fruits, and from China and
Japan brings rice which yields thou
sand fold on the lowlands OF louisiana
and Texas. He shakes his magic rod
and the nitrogen of the air is harnessed
10 bacteria. which make Mother Earth
produce as she has not produced before
He shows the farmers how to double
their corn and the planters how to add
millions to the value Of their cotton. He
is the friend Of the helpful hen and the
little red apple. and, in short, the might
lest genii Of all those in the employ Of
our national ruler, Uncle Sam, Patriarch.
1 first met Secretary Wilson when he
had Just taken his seat as one of the
members of President McKinley's cabi-
net. That was fourteen years ago. and he
has been working wonders ever since. He
is a plain Scotch farmer. but he deals
in sums that would stagger a Morgan or
a Guggenheim. During the past ten
years the proceeds of our farms have
been more than eighty billion dollars
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Eighty Billion Dollars
IL or Ten Years With the
Farmers-The Gypsy Moth
and the Texas Tick-Teach-
ing the Boys = Stories of
Little Corn Raisers-A Mean
Father-Farming With Goats
and Calves-A Great Move
ment Which Will Revolu-
tionize the South.
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The bundesrath. not the president, is
collectively the real chief of the Swiss ex-
ecutive. The president. like any other
member. has one-seventh of the power.
But these one-seventh are themselves
made insignificant by the democratic
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BERNE,. May Il. 1911,
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Eighty thousand millions. 1t means
enough to give four thousand dollars to
every family or eight hundred dollars to
every man. woman and child in the whole
United States. That sum has come out
of the farms within ten years and yearly
the product increases. When the present
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Copyright. 1911. by Frank G. carpenter.)
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
BY RENE BACHE

awhile. A more than ordinarily serious ex-
nlosion Of oatmeal took place not long ago
# the Oliver Mill, in Chicago. Among saw
dust explosions, two Of the worst were in the
pullman carshops and the Geldowsky furnl-
ture factory at Cambridge, Massachusetts
spice dust in spice mills has been the cause
Of similar disasters time and again.
No unprotected lights are allowed in the
mixing department Of linoleum factory, on
account Of the danger Of exploding the cork
dust that foa s in the air. In this case, how
ever additional peril arises from the fact
that the mixture Of cork dust and cement
uscd in the making Of linoleum has an un-
nleasant way Of taking fire Of its own accord,
f stored in a warm place. For this reason
it is customary to mix the stuff in small
quantities, only a sackful at time, to re-
duce the risk.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

THE average housewife, when eilgasTLG; gssL;ra @
the gentle occupation of bread iildhins'
would be greatly surprised If iniorined 'l.aS
the flour she used for this everyday doiilcS'lCf
purpose was. in some circumstances olO ~
the most dangerous Of explosives Coi.'P'e'
able, indeed. in its destructive e1ecIS' - ''''
equal quantity of gunpowder. . .ho
To show that this does not oyerState .'le
fact, one may quote Charles t. MuiiiJ,' Iin,%
professor Of chemistry in the George n, ""S'i
ington University, one Of the forelilUI'1
authorities on explosives. He says thay 'nF
contents of a twenty-five-pound SaCh ~
flour, mixed with four thousand cubic leG' ~
air, will, if ignited, generate force enouBn -
throw a mass Of iron weighing one ton loi'y
five miles into the air. ao.-
1t will be noticed however, that tile liou'
must be mixed with air. So long as II H.
mains in the sack, or barrel, 1t IS cnJilciy
harmless; but let the housewife ScaIIci -
broadcast in her kitchen, until the altiics-
phere of the room is heavily laden VIII i,i H.
and the condition is one Of danger INC
mere striking of a match is likely IN suCn
circumstances. to cause an explosion INA,
will blow up the house. GunpoWder "oulu
do no greater damage.
Within the last few years there have been
a number of serious explosions OF the KIND
involving the loss of many lives and the de-
struction of great deal of valuable. property.
One of these, in Chicago, wiped out the
New England Mills md killed several men;
Another, on a still larger scale, annlhilat.ed
a group of huge -four mills at Minneapolis;
In the latter instance, walls OF Soiid
masonry six feet thick at the base were rrazed
to the ground, and sheets of corrugated iron
roofing six by two feet in size were thrown
a distance of over two miles. Stout plate
glass windows quarter of a mile away were
torn out bodily, sash and all, and an i'm
mense volume of flame and smoke was dis
charged upward to a height Of eight hundred
feet.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
Even Soap Is an Explosive

CORK is notoriouslv combustlble, and
- every housewife knows that sugar and
flour will burn readily. But soap IS not
usually regarded as an inflammable sub
stance. and 50 one is rather surprised 70
learn that it will explode very dcstructyely
in favorable circumstances. Only ie"
wears ago there was a great explosion IN
Providence factory, engaged IN the produc-
ton of finely powdered soap.
In trying to account for this phenomenon
seemingly 50 strange, one should remember
that soap is fat and therefore combustlble.
The soap powder was dry, and, freely dis
tributed through the air Of the factory, It IN
vited ignition. Experiments made by eX,
merit chemists. after the accident, showed
that il would explode in such clrcumstan-
ces actually with more violence than wheat
flour. and with the production OF greater
amount OF heat
One of the most remarkable accidents Of
this kind was an explosion OF zinc, which Oc-
CURED about half a century ago at the Beth
lehem Zinc Works. A workman was en-
gagged in handling a quantity OF timely pow
dered metallic zinc, which 1t was desired TO
smclt into ingOts by a new process the super
intcndcnt of the mill had devised. Thinking
his own way better, as well as easier, the
man threw a shoveful Of the zinc powder
directly into the flaming furnace. The re-
sult was that he himself was nearly killed,
while the blade Of his shovel was driven into
the roof Of the building.
Every now and then malt grinding mill
is blown up, the dust OF malt being fright
fully explosive. Indeed such explosions
used to be so common, where sparks gener-
ated by nails or other BITS Of iron in the
milling machinery would set fire to the dust,
that the millrooms were usually built Of
light material, which could be destroyed
without costly damage. Magnets are now
suspended in malt chutes to pick out dan
gerous bits of metal, and accidents Of the
kind are comparatively infrequent; yet from
time to time they occur. One such disaster
in England not long ago destroyed the works
Of the Ipswich Mailing Company, doing
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
worth of mischief.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
Peril of Coal Dust

THOMAS \. EDISON'S cement plant in
New Jersey, a few years ago, was max
ing experiments in the use Of pulverized coal
for burning the clinker in the manufac-
turc of Portland cement, the object in view
being TO obtain higher heat, with greater
economy Of fuel. The room in which the
work was being done was filled with d mix
ture Of air and coal dust, when somebody
came in with lamp, and an explosion fol-
lowed, one man being killed.
This was a case Of an explosion Of coal dust
above ground. But ordinarily coal dust eX-
plosions occur underground, in mines. where
they are a frequent cause of dreadful disaster.
The great catastrophe at Monongah, West
Virginia. in December, 1907, which wiped
out the lives OF three hundred and fifty men,
was the result of dust explosion.
Oddly enough, up to the present time the
possibility of the explosion of coal dust has
been vigorously disputed. Even miners
have refused to believe in it, insisting that
gas must be accountable for the mischief in
every such instance. and the Government,
in order to convince them on the point, has
taken the trouble to carry a great many of
them to its experimental station in Pitts
burgh and there show them how a mixture
of coal dust and air can be made TO explode |
with tremendous violence when ignited by
the electric spark in gigantic steel cylinder |
built for the purpose.
rhe foremost French engineers refused to |
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
How They Occur

EXPLOSIONS of this kind lone Of them
- destroyed a group Of flour mills in GIaS-
Cow not many years ago. were for long
time regarded as mysterious and there was
much dispute as to the cause Of them. But
the matter is now fully understood, the
whole secret Of it being that flour is an gnit-
ible substance and, if so mixed with air as to
be supplied with plenty Of oxygen for pur-
poses Of combustion, will, when flame IS
applied, burn with utmost rapldlty. The
burning, Of course, signifies its conversion
from a solid into a gas; and, If the trans
formation takes place within confined space,
the gas will burst its way out. The result,
in other words, is an explosion.
The same thing is true OF any kind OF IN
fammable DUST such as sawdust, for exam
ple. As everybody has noticed when wood
is burned in large sticks, the fire does not
start easily. When cut into kindlingS, how
ever. it burns more rapidly. When the
kindings are cut into shayings, they burn
still more rapidly. But, when wood IS re-
duccd to sawdust and the lattcriS suspended
in air and set on fire, it burns with explosive
rapidity.
Hence the explosions that occur every
now and then in sawmills and wOodpulp
mills. Inc two conditions requisite IN all
such cases are that the substance shall be
and that it shall be mixed with
air. The ordinary dust in a room will not
explode, because, being mostly Of a mineral
nature, it will not burn. 1t cannot ignite,
and 50 cannot explode. What we call ex-
plosion is merely very rapid burning, which
generates large quantities Of gases in a con-
fined space.
There must be air to furnish the oxygen.
Load it with any kind of ignitible dust,
and only flame is needed to produce an
explosion. Thus it was that the disaster
occurred recently at Granite City, Illinois,
where the great Corn Products Mills were
blown up, with a loss of several lives. In
this instance it was maize dust, mixed with
air, that did the mischief.
Every now and then candy factory
blows up One finds mention of such occur
renceS from time to time in newspapers. A
serious explosion Of this kind took place a
few years ago in Boston, badly injuring and
setting fire 70 the premises. It originated
in a room where marshmallOws were being
made. These sweets are coated with finely
pulverized sugar and the hot and dry air,
on summers day, was laden with this
sugar dust
Explosions Of starch in starch mills and
Of rice in rice mills, occur every once in
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
[l{l14iH4iEE!{'EIIG1

Located in the famous Nazoo Valley. the richest land in
the world-Bovar County. M-sissipp-rich. black allu
vial sol-ony IL hours from Chicago market. Land
drained and cear-rainia ample-clmate ideal Pecans
native and flourish here. Pecan Is OF hardest trees
Lives and bears 100 200 Vegetables small fruits
and cotton grow in profusion between pecan trees.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-11-08
Cornerstone Laid.

The people Of Shelby county who at
tended the laying Of the cornerstone of
Grace Hail." the administration
building Of Lincoln institute, Thursday
afternoon last, conceived an entirely
new idea Of the purposes in contempla-
ton by the founders, after hearing the
address delivered by DIR. A. Eugene
Thompson, who viii be the principal,
and DR. William GoodeIl Frost, presi-
dent Berea college, 10 whose untiring
efforts the money necessary for the es-
adjustment Of the institution is attrib-
uted. The total cost, so it was sta ed,
will amount to nearly half million
dollars, Of which less than 5000 was
contributed by citizens Of Kentucky.
The other speakers on the program
were: Hon. NJ. O'Sullivan, editor OF
the Sentinel, who represented the
county; Mayor Grobel, who is also the
contractor, representing the city: Rev.
James Bond, ID. d., trustee Of Berea,
as a representative of the colored peo-
pie, and Rev. DIR. Parrish, president Of
the Eastein Morton institute in Louis.
vile, who pronounced the benediction
The site on which the buildings arc
erected contains 44O acres, purchased al
cost approximating so, Shelby
| News
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-11-08
Avoid Harsh Drugs
Many CatharticS Tend to
Cause Injury to the
BowleS.

If YOU are subject to constipation,
you should avoid strong drugs and
cathartics. They only give temporary
relief and their reaction is harmful and
sometimes more annoying than con-
stipation. They in no way effect a
cure and their tendency is TO weaken
the already weak OrgaIs with which
they come in contact.
We honestly believe that we have
the best constipation treatment ever
devised Our faith in it is 20 strong
that we sell il on the positive guarantee
that il shall not cost the user cent
/ IL it does not give entire satisfaction
and completely remedy constipation.
This preparation is called Rexall 0rdt
/ lies. These are prompt, soothing, ard
most effective in action. They are made
Of recent chemical discovery. Their
principal ingredient is odOrlesS, taSteless
and cOlorless. Combined with other
well known ingredients, long established
! for their usefulness in the treatment OF
constipation, it forms tablet which
is eaten Just like candy. They may be
taken at any time, either day or night,
without fear of their causing any in
inconvenience whatever. They do not
grippe, purge, nor cause nausea. They
act without causing any pain or ex
cessive looseness of the bowles. They
are ideal for children, weak delicate
persons, and aged people, as well as
for the most hearty person.
! They come in three size packages, II
tablets 10 cents; SO tablets, % cents
so tablets, so cents. Remember, you
can obtain them only at our store
The Rexall Store. H. L. Perry's Drug
lStOre.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-11-08
Just In Time
Some Richmond People May
Wait Till It's Too Late.

Don't wait too late.
Be sure 10 be in time.
Just in time with kidney ills
Means curing the back
Before backache becomes chronic;
Before serious urinary troubles sets
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