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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28
A Warning to Privilege.

go 1t is time that we served notice on
the men who have grown up IN the possession Of
privileges and bountes that the existing order
Of things IS 10 be changed. It Is only fair that
We warn them. for they should have time to
adjust themselves to the change; but the change
must come, nevertheless And this change Is not
a revolution, let IL be understood once. It
il merely Il restoration. That is what
the people OF New Jersey have meant they
have Hoeked out, rain shine. not to follow
/ the Democratic partE--we have stopped thinking
about parties-to follow what they know
/ as the Democratic idea, the idea that the people
st last to be served.
DO YOU know what the American people are
waiting for, gentlemen They are waiting TO
have their politics utterly simplifed They are
realizing that our politics full of secret con-
ftrences, that there are private arrangements,
and they DO not understand 1t. They want TO
concentrate their force somew here. They are
like an unorganized army saying tho thing is
wrong. Where shall congregate? Where are
we organize? Who the captains Where are
the orders Which is the direction? Where
are the Instruments Of government? That Is
/ what they are waiting for.
ut is opportunity. and it is terrible op-
out conscience who did not care for the ma
tion. could put this country into a flame? Dont
YOU know that the people Of this country from
one end to the other all believe that something
! is wrong What ain opportunity IT would be for
some man without conscience. but with power
| to spring up and say: This is the way: follow
me" and lead them in paths of destruction How
terrible It would beif-Woodrow Wilson, ir
| Worlds Work.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28

came out strongly against the nomination OF
Senator Swanson the other day, and this
followed 10y renewed activity the part Of
the friends and opponents of the Junior Sena-
tor In all parts OF the Stae. The Danville Regis
ter. which heretofore has been quoting from
the columns of the Times Dispatch and like tho
rest of ITS contemporaries was unprepared for
the sudden change roasted the oldest morning
newspaper. IN the capital city alive and said
that the Times Dispatch had always been
tn losing side this year would not prove
exception to the rule, Then the
nouncemcnt that A. b. Williams, Of. Roanoke,
would edit given space in the Richu0nd Nir
gilman, newspaper he has heretofore dcspised.
In advocacy Of Martin and Swanson. As Mr..
Williams - known champion OF the open
saloon and seldom has a kind word for tenn
perance people. the friends Of the Nirgnan called
that paper down good and hard for permitting
such deal. These indignant friends APP
peased somewhat by the announcement that
9the Nirginian would also have. is staff tenn
porariy Mr., Walter l.. Addison, editor Of the
Lynchburg News, to hold up the Jones and
Glass end OF the senatorial tight But this is
not ALL for the Richmond Journal that has been
rated anti machine newspaper, and which
vigorously fought for Carlton Mccarthy
against the Richmond machine for mayor. and
bitterly assailed Judge Mann when a candidate
for Gov ornor. ia supporting Martin ard Swan
son Thus it viii he seen that the Richmond
NirEiuiau is sitting the fence. while the Jour
nal has lined up with those it has heretofore
Leader. under oshdrIuctaucnfWypetaoc srdlu
opposed and the Times Dispatch and News
Leader. under one ownership. openly OPP
posed TO Senator swanson and saying very lit
tie in behalf of Senator Martin.-CIifton Forge
Review.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28
CHARTERS GRANTED
BY COMMISSION

The following charters were grants
ed saturday by the State Corporal
tion Commission;
The suffolk Floral Gardens. Incor-<
porated. Suffolk. Va. Incorperatorssy
Harvey NJ. Butler, president. Wiliiam
s. Lawrence general manager and
trea surer; John r. Primer, vice. presi d
dent aud counsel; William G. Elam<.
John NJ, Butler Robert ". Baker. JOS
NJ. White. secretaries, r. Staley Yates
and Richard l.. Brewer, Jr.. all OF Suf-s
folk, Va Capital stock Maxim1ma
$4,000; minimum. $4,000 Objects
and purposes: Wholesale and retail
florists and seed dealers.
Virginia Quarries Company. Inc.s
Harrisonburg. Va. Incorporators:
Chas. +. Loewuer. president, r. H.
Loewner. secretary and treasurer. Har-
risonhurg. VA, ana II. c. Dawson, vices
president Hutchinson, Kansas. Capl~
tai stock: Maximum $4,000; minl-
mum, $4,000. Object and purposes:
Manufacture OF lime, cement and en-
gage in the general quarry business
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28
ANOTHER FAMOUS MEETING.

We had thought when Togo met Teddy M
tue porch that tne worlds last famous mcegine
had transpired We had supposed that. IN the
striking hands OF these renowned warrior3 such
history would be made as would be impossible
OF repetition. But no. Al Earls Cour' IN Lon
fair to rival the historic meeting at Sycamore
Hin.
Upon this later occasion that eminen. and
expatriated American, Jack Johnson, received
q royal visit from the exiled King OF Portugal
Manuel We remember when stood, in boy
ish enthusiasm. far into the night before The
bulletin board. while John Sullivan and Jfm
Corbe,t were waging their historic contest We
remember with what uncomfortable de ight W.
rad the reports as they recorded brief but
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28
CURRENTCOMMENT'
Watterson at Waterloo.

For months past the louisville Courier jour
nal" has been beseeching the Democrats of Ken
lucky to be warned by the experiences of their
Tennessee brethren. and to meet the enemy
VIZ prohthitonism-in the gates. 1t has
minded them that the Kentucky distilleries and
brewerles represent an Investment of more than
Slooooo.ooQ and that the State derives from
them yearly many millions of revenue. 1t has
told them that prohobitionism is the latest in
carnation OF fanatical spirit which de-
mocracy has held In loathing from time i'm
memorial" The morning of State convention
day. the papers aged and very distinguished
editor. Colonel Henry Watterson published an
open letter 10 Thanksgiving his name to it.
He began as follows:
You VIII assemble to-day, fellow Democrats.
a sovereign body fresh from the people, TO make
a declaration Of party principles and purposes.
You 10 frame platform. Shall this plat
form be instinct with the ife-breathing spirit
Of democracy, Il tamboree of dry bones and
dead languages? Shall il be democracy. I'M
terrified and Undecided, or an echo Of republ-
cantsm and federalism and paternalism? Upon
the one question which marks a distinct cleavage
between the two parties. the one question which
embodies menace and danger the question
which reaches down into the Nitals of democratic
thought as distinguished from republican thought
the liberty Of the citizen laid in self govern
ment and home rule-girded round by a CEN
fury OF magnificent achievement, shall Demo-
Gratis deny the faith and be afraid TO speak and
CALI their souls their own?
He ended his letter follows:
The issue of "a tariff for revenue only" has
come back to u.s. 1t has come back 10 stay, and
. TO lead democracy to its again. / want
to continue fight the battle. / do think
my usefulness is at end. 1t is for YOU fell
low Democrats, TO say. l asking of you
nothing but justiGe-nay, in this matter, COM
mon decency-but. if I so dowu--if the
close Of forty years Of unSelish and patrierIc
/ labor for my country and my party, you are.
ut the behest of the Becilhams, the Knots and
the Woodsons,. to put foot upon mel shall go
down, please God, shouting. my flag still flying
at the masthead. SAYING to those who so
eager to. dig my grave You are but a few
weeks ahedd III digging your own" saying to
All others. as | shall say to you, Forgive them
+ lord, they know not what they do" You
may cruelty me, but you cannot humate me
or make afraid
Alas kentucky's Democrats deaf to the
voice Of their old fielder marshal. Their State
convention the steam roller over him, The
platform he wanted--and spoke for eloquently
on the convention foQr-Was voted down. The
platform he dreaded and hated adopted.
Hitherto the States large cities-LouisvIa,
Frankfort and the rest-have had local opuon.
Hereafter, If this platform becomes statute law.
the question whether liquor shall be made and
sold IN the city VIII be decided by the vote of
the county In which the city stands The Demo-
Gratis have opened the gates 70 the prohibition
tsts It's a new and strange day in Kentucky
Hartford Courant.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28
NEGROES IN CUTTING
AFFRAY ON SUNDAY

Some eXcJment was created at 18TH
and Brown streets yesterday afternoons
aud the quiet OF the sabbath was rude~
Is shaken for while because OF n
hight between James Powell and George
Gates, both colored
They are both under arrest PoweiI
on tho charge OF threatening to do
bodily harm to Gates. and Gates fog
stabbing Powell ia tho back.
Gates explained that he was quietly
sitting in his house. when Powell ems
tered.
HE was tanked up with dopa ID
some kind" sad Gates. when .he came
In. and began at once 10 abuse nae and
threatening 70 strike ne. / had somU
trouble IN trying 10 get away and had
To cut at him TO protect myself"
And ambulance surgeon sewed un
the wound Ia powelIs back. whicH
looks like a. nasty CT. and both manA
VII Fave To answer The Charge thii
morning in the police court, /
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28

A certain Mrs. stison, Hutchins. of Wash
lngton, wife of a decrepd and non compos
millionaire, has sued to have her allowance in
creased contendng that she could not properly
and comfortably maintain her establishment
on $1,000 month The court has allowed
her $4,000 a month We feel sure that this
economical lady can by the.exercis 10 pudicious
management and the search for bargain
days" get along without much hardship the
new income For our part we could support
her in decency. comfort and some degree of
style" on the original amount; and still get
a small rake OF for ourselves.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28
LEGITIMATE FRUIT.

LEGITIMATE FRUIT.
MI. Upton Sinclair is something Of free
thinker His philosophy VIII scarcely bear the
test Of orthodoxy. tie rarely agrees with the
accepted thought I'M matters political social.
He is. as will be remembered BY those who are
acquainted with his writings and his career, a
reformer. disturber of labor employers and an
upsetter Of social conditions.
OF particular interest, at the present mo
nlent, are his views upon marriage He holds
theories concerning tins condition that do not
meet with the sympathetic response Of society
as it is generally constituted. The average man
or woman. and We should be exceedingly thank
full for the fact viii hardly go to the limit Of
this enthusiastic hut erratic individual in re-
gard TO the principles that underlie and govern
the marriage state In word, marriage with
him is matter of mating, upon the basis of
affection, congenality and common interest,
with the convenient privilege and right Of dis
solving the ties at the pleasure Of either party
10 the contract. He despises the ordinary con
yentions by which a weak aud cowardly hui
manity are bound and asserts the authority and
right Of individual desire or within. both in
ton His wife convert to his doctrine
and right consistent one as it shall appear
Prior to their marriage they discussed the sit
uatlon, and both agreed that there neither
necessity reason in the legal or religious
ceremony, and they only conceded that some
one should humble few words over them
In order to satisfy the parents OF the bride.
Ten years or more have passed and the fe
male party to the contract. according to Mr.
Sinclair. has proceeded in way not altogether
to his liking TO give practical effect to her phil
osophy She has transferred her affections a
young poet whom Mr.. Sinclair had admitted -
his colony of kindred spirits at Arden, Del. The
eloquent defender Of connubial heresies has
been forced to seek divorce from his hitherto
devoted disciple but delinquent spouse
Thus comes to grief. ar is the ordinary ease,
the enthusiast or laddist Whe seeks TO Propa-
gate principles antagonistic to the common mo
ralities Thus does he, who defes the conyen-
tions and self protecting laws Of decent society
find that such defiance invariably brings regret
and shame Thus does a free lance discover
tina, others may til all consistency EXERCISE tt.c
unrestrained privileges which he claims fol
himself ana exercise them 10 me o's"uF"n'aN'
oi the pfopooioef VI eH''i'
We sincerely sympathizo with MI stnc';4ii
In his domestic yicissitudes. But less with hin
than with the average man, for the reason tba'
he himself sowed the seed which have resul &c
~ thlS harvest % eio'HS =" "'"' va" wa
'upuha PROPOSE ""a' u 'ii'i'-'' At ~"
apies Tor inc government u d S0'ie'5' o. "a'e'
he himself ID q n'eN'oe'' anu eS'aps 'ie o''
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28

D.. The most refreshing announcement of candl,
daey which we have for several months
is one appearing in the current issue of the
Chase City Progress and reading as follows: Il
announce myself as a candidate for the piano
to be given away by the Gregory Co. and will
greatly appreciate the votes of my friends and
The pubic" May the candidate get the stuff.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28

days with his daughter. Mrs, John JUS
It's, Of Midlothian.
Mrs William q. owens. OF Mid
lothian Is visiting friends In Wash-
ington Ward,
Mrs r A. Justis has returned to her
home IN Midlothian, after pleasant
visit to relatives in Enon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28

Aviator Atwood has made the trip from Ss.
Louis 10 New York in his machine in about
ten days He got to the metropolis alive. But
the chances are that some day he win get his
too. Most Of them sooner or later find that
flying is the prelude Of dying.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28
a DianIfied Position.

Proelaimiug Its neutrality in the senatorial
contest the Richmond Ntrginan announces that
the Martin Swanson cause and the Jones Glass
VIII do battle with each other in It's columns
At regular advertising rates. MIR, y. Is. W Illains,
OF the Roanoke Times. VIII write for the So
called machine candidates, and Mr.. Walter Il.
Addison Of the Lynchburg News, TOR the other
side. The NirGlnian is occupying eminently
dignided position. incidentally it gains valuable
contributors who are not paid for what they
write bat pay.~Charlotte Observer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28

Physicians and undertakers on unitarian
grounds should be unanimous in their support
of the sale of liquor. 1t helps the business
of both as ii does the business Of papers that
publish liquor ads"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28

YOU ever think they would get so dissipated II
that town.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28
Personal and Brief Mention.

large congregation attended the
services at cambridge Street church
last night Haddon Watkins, the
sweet tenor, sang the Holy city, Cast
Thy Bread Upon the Waters, and Il
1 Were u Voice. He vas accompanied
by Kirk Mathews on the organ Dr.
Durham preached fine sermon.
The funeral Of Ira Jones WIS held
Saturday morning at II O'Clock from
his late residence. 2l2 East Eleventh
IS erect. South Richmond. InterInent
was made al Maury cemetery.
Rev, ]. 7. Haley has returned from
Amelia, where he has been assisting
Dr. Bagby IN conducting revival ser
vices. Mr.. daleE preached yesterday
both morning and evening in the
Stockton Street church
Rev, ]. ", Durham has returned
from Mount Hermon church where he
has been assisting Rev. r. X. Ninfree
! in conducting reviyals. There were
twelve conversions during the meet
ing.
Captain P. W. Jones and wife, Of
1928 Perry street have returned from
trip to Hampton.
| Miss Mahle Moody of 307 West
Twelfth street has returned from =
| trip 10 New York and Bermuda.
Captain F. A. Lamb returned TO the
city Yesterday. after spending several
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28

The senatorial campaign is warming up wee
bit. and and newspapers that have here
before kept silent are clam bering up close TO
the of the stage. Like a thunder clap
from clear sky the Richmond Times Dispatch
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28
Refreshing RAINS
SAVE THE CROPS
RECENT SHOWERS GREAT HsLs
!
TO VEGETA-
TON.

Chesterfield farmers report splendid
rains Saturday and yesterday, ana say
the corn crop viii lee greatly bene-
fitted by the timely showers. The
drought had seriously injured all tbs
growing crops and vegetables, ana the
rains have done much 10 save all
vegetation.
Many farmers were complaining OF
a scarcity OF water, TIE creeks and
branches having dried up. Many wells
had practically gone dry. and thu get
ting of water IN some sections was Il
serious matter.
The opinion now prevails that the
corn crop VIII he very good. The hay
is almost n complete failure in many
sections.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-03
ELECTRIC ANTS.

When you happen to sit down to
rest or take notes near a colony of
electric ants some wandering hunter
is sure to find you and come cautious
ly forward to discover the nature of
the intruder, and what ought to be
done.
If you are not too near the town,
and keep perfectly still, he may run
across your feet a few times, over
your legs and hands and face, up your
trousers, as if taking your measure
and getting comprehensive views,
then go in peace without raising an
alarm.
If, however, a tempting spot is Of
fered, or some suspicious movement
excites him, bite follows, and such
bite! l fancy that bear or wolf
bite is not to be compared with it.
A quick electric flame of pain flash
es along the outraged nerves, and you
discover for the first time how great
is the capacity for sensation you are
possessed of. A shrek, grab for the
animal, and a bewildered stare follow
this bite of fire, as one comes back
to consciousness from sudden eclipse
Fortunately, if careful, one need not
be bitten oftener than once or twice
in a ifetime.-Atlantic Monthly.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-03
+ TWENTY BEAUTIES DINNER.

The death within a few DAYS of
each other of Nine Bartholoni and
the Baroness Alphonse de Rothschild
recalls the famous dinner of the
twenty Beauties" in which both the
deceased ladies took part. The din
ner was offered to Emperor Napoleon
III by the Empress Eugene in fulfill
ment Of lost wager, and the invl-
tations were to the most beautiful
women in the court. 1t was a cosmo-
politan company: Nine. Bartholini
and the Marechale Canrobert both
Scotswomen; Nine. del Califet, who
was English; Princess Anna Murat,
an American; ten Frenchwomen, two
Russians, one Italian, one Hungarian,
a Creole, a Jewess (the late Baron
ess Alphonse de Rothschild), and the
empress herself, a Spaniard. Now the
empress alone survives. - London
Chronicle.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-03

gills on the right side, leaving them
open like a spot on the left side.
At this stage of its transformation
the tadpole breathes like a fish, talk
ing water through the gills into the
mouth and spouting it out on the left
side. It's tail in what the tadpole
feeds on by absorption of the white
corpuscles of the blood during the
moulting and mounting epoch in it's
life, when it is fasting. When it IS
ready to eat again the tail and the
horny beak are gone, the wide mouth
of the mature frog having taken the
place of the latter.
There are forty species of frogs,
only one of which is in South Amer
ica. Australia has no frogs. Of all
those forty species only one is edi.
ble-the Rama esculenta-and no
where is this one more plentiful than
in America, although that eminent
naturalist, st. George Mivart, de
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-03
FROGS ARE FUNNY THINGS.

If tadpole cannot get to the top
of the water when it is at the time
of life when it is breathing by means
of its gills, like fish, it will not be-
come a frog. It will then always be
a tadpole.
Keep a tadpole in cold water and
in the dark or away from the light
and it will be years getting to be a
frog. Left to the course of nature,
the tadpole becomes a frog in from
six to eight weeks, although it will
have been two years arriving at that
chance to change into the mature
frog.
The tadpole's mouth is so tiny that
it would be difficult to insert a pin
head into it, yet 1t has horny jaws
and a sharp, biting beak, with three
rows of teeth on the upper jay. A
hood grows down and incloses the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-03

Fine Job Printing at Star Office,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-03
ARMY AND NAVY
CONTINUED frym page nire.)

tary of War and General Wood The
measure as now drawn is acceptable
to the committee as we'll to General
oliver, Assistant Secretary of War,
and General Wood, Chief of Staff. 1t
is believed that the National Guard
Association will approve the bill, and
there is also every reason to believe
that when the bill is finally presented
it will also have the approval of Sec
rotary Dickinson. With such an en-
dorsement, its enactment seems GER
tain.
The bill as now drawn is expected
to meet general approval, and con-
tains the three provisions for which
the War Department contended. 1t
remedies the defect in the present
law with reference to trial by courts
martial by the creation of a properly
composed court with exclusive juris
diction over cases where a number Of
the militia was called into the SER
vice of the United States and refus-
ed to come 1t also provides that q
member of the National Guard, before
receiving pay, should enter into a
definite contract to render service to
the United States in time of war, so
that in case he failed to respond to
such service there will be a definite
offense with which he could be charg-
ed before a proper court.
The measure as drafted corrects
the existing defects in the Dick law,
and provides that the federal govern
ment should be relieved from the
obligation of accepting anyone in time
of war except those who had been
previously inspected, found qualified
and carried upon a roll in the war de-
partment. Objection has been made
to this by certain organized militia
officials on the ground that there
might be a secret roll. The depart
ment, having no such intention, read
lily agreed to a provision in the bill
accepting the last payroll prior to the
call as the roll upon which will be
found the names of all qualified mi
litiamen whom the war department
may call into service in advance Of
volunteers.
1t is believed this provision will
meet the objections heretofore rails
, ed, as the measure now prescribe:
J definitely that every organization re
ceiving pay under the law shall bt
called into service intact AS it exists
at the time of the CALL without reor
ganization, and that no other organ
ization shall be called.
"This is believed to be as definit
a proposition as the War Department
could desire, and will enable it at an
time to make it's plans for the me
Utilization, first, of the regular army
and militia, and later the voluntee
forces.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-03

clares that the edible frog is I'M
known in America
A frog that is common in France
will new like cat if it's thigh is
squeezed and emit the odor of garlic.
For this it has to go through life
bearing the name of Pelobates fuscus.
Most species of frogs will not take
anything in the way Of food that is
not a live, moving thing, and some
times with the semblance of life, and
will starve to death among a million
creatures if none oblges the frog by
moving. Magazine.