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ciol 70 social conventions Win card
70 u ia.,, ladies'. The haronet I'M
oneIcd 70 marry her. by way OF, rep.
"En.tion. but failed TO fnlnl his plrtl;se
a. s tyas se"rEe then told his story and
,,noioSraphy.. incidentally mentioning
.iIl he had sons in Parliament and
inrse family OF Erandchildren. lie
lnS i,",ea ma his Intimacy with tho
n nanS WIS ne one great sorrow Of an
~! wise happy and successful life.
nnt totally denied that no had ever
u.J,hs, nnH nroinisc OF marriage Not
Ch;arIieS russell afterwards Lord
Chlef JUSTICE. who represented Sir
= , "nr.i,., 'hG jury failed TO agree upon
nc laSihS bare Of her record how
1ser. led 10 the nlaintin leaving Ing-
iinhai her departure icing hastened
lakcn the Irclimnary steps with ,he
obicc, OF having her arrested for
p 10 n ~ ana conspiracy she claimed
ga ga aushter OF New York journalist
Sha was possessed OF a nnc voice. and
MS nndcninbly good looking ana fils-
c!natlng
who left Dresden last Monday for q
shI ort. s, eN;pedition IN Central Africa
followed by Theodore Roosevelt. Viii
DC the hrst full -Hedgcd European non
arch 10 visit the great lakes iron,
Which the Nile takes its source and
20 confront the sleeping sickness ard
ne dangers OF one Kind and another
mat arc inscparable from II tour OF
mis- nature. Leopold or belgium on
several occasions made arrangement.
TO visit the Congo Free state. bnt
never succeeded In putting his project
lhlo execution, and although his sue
CtSHor, king Albert. as we'll as King
George OF England. mas visited the
interior Of Africa. yet they made Tho
Trip not as monarchs, but as heirs
apparent 9'a'5'''S
During the absence or the King in
Airicn which Is TO extend over ne
ROD OF Some three months, the duties
OF Sovereignty at Dresden VIII be
performed by his brother. Prince John
George. This arrangement has ax-
cited some comment owina; to the fact
that the Kings eldest SON the Crown
i,rince. celebrated his eighteenth birth
day on January - last. and thereby
attained his majority. for princes OF
the blood are supposed To reach years
or discretion and manhood. in the full .
sense of the term. three years earlier
man young men of more ordinary clay.
VINO only come Of age at twenty one II
THIS being the case. ii would have
been natural for the Crown Prince OF
SaNony to DC appointed Regent
The King. however. who is at liberty
TO designate whom he pleases 20 take
his place in his absence, has mani
testify considered 1t better to con fiJc
his task 10 the hands OF his brot her
as man OF more mature Judgment
and experience
Copyright 1911. by the Brentwood,
Company
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A MODEL TO FOLLOW.

Representative TIawley. or Oregon.
has lately delivered what is said to
be tho shortest congressional speech
on record to be published in pamphlet
form. Here 1t is:
"Atr. Speaker: l favor an Increase in
the compensation paid to the carriers
in the Rural Free Delivery Service
much larger than that now proposed.
nut VIII support this increase of 500
Per nnnum on regular routes as n step
III the right direction These men must
furnish and maintain an equipment
for transporting the mails over their
own routes at their own expense and
which takes comparatively large pro-
portion Of their yearly salaries. These
salaries should be sufficiently large so
that after paying their living expenses
and the cost OF maintaining their
equipment they Will have loft rea-
Sonable sum as u saving for the fu-
iurc hope in the succeeding bill a
more adequate compensation will be
provldcd"
That is all Of it--bricf, but to the
point :sld covering the whole ground
1t would have taken mauy pages FOR
tho Hon Napoleon b. Thistlcwood. or
the Hon. Gerrit John Diekcma to have
said The same thing, These Important
statesmen ana MANY others IN Con-
grcss like 10 spread themselves in
countless paragraphs written FOR home
CONSUMPTION. but, happily. never
spokcn. 1t would be saving Of valu-
able time ana much money if other
members of Congress would follow
the admirable precedent set BY the
Hon Mr.. IIawley. who speaks in a
businesslike way and afte,, the FASH
ion OF a man Of common sense.
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NC0I.OHEI,D

one Of The THINGS that strike the Wis
itor to t'c South as strange is the ire
nn"ncy VIII which we in this part OF
nc nation nestow military titles upon
persons who have never worn n
sword It would be interesting 10
kno" WHY tbe rank thus conferred is
almost rs rule colonel Or "maior."
Captains and generals arc rarely found,
ana !ieutcnants unhcard of. The Ken
'ncky colonel" is !. proverbial person
age
Simeon Ford. Tie famous racontcur,
ha1 inst added n possible cxplana-
'l"n FOR certain classes Of coIoneIs.
'ie mentioned At a recent bannuol Col
"nt' AhmhHm liards:'nss who told !,
'iir4tiore tha lc Was noithcr ! reg
0l1r nor d volunteer colonel, hut j
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i'aniel 5. Voorhees,, treasurer OF tho
! memorial fund, at Newark. New 1or-
seE. The contributors are not confined
. - ne Denocratic party. but the list OF
/ si'ers Includes many who were ON
ciaiiy connected with Mr.. Cleyc.
ianus administration. such as Jud-
son Harmon, Richard Olnoy and
George D. Cortclyou. Other CON
'tlpue tors arc George ]. Gould
Jacob H schiff. Morgan J. ORr,on
franklin Murphy lIoI<c Smith. John
t. DRYDEN j. PIcrpont Morgan and r..
{. Benedict. From New England thcro
arc such men as Charles Il. Goldman,
augustus Homcnway, James u. Stor-
row, Charles II. Taylor. r. NJ Salton-
stall and Charles j. Paine. NJ. Clcvo.
land had his summer homo in New
england. and is widely remembered in
that part of the nation
Washington has his greatest OF all
monuments at Washington; Grant lms
u magnificent tomb in New York: I,
Lincoln has monuments in many cittea
some Presidents, notably jefferson and
jackson and Arthur have memorials.
but other presidents have Inspired no
lasting memorial shafts. The Clcvc-
land memorial ought to BIO erected,
and when it has been finished 1t will
stand there 1t Princeton, u stately
reminder to generations or fine Ameri-
can manhood that this nation was once
blessed with a Chief Magistrate who
steercd right onward toward the bea-
con of duty and the right
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4 GREAT pIfI:SIDIcN1

Provost Charles c. Harrison has re-
signed from Ills position rs head of the
University Of PENNSYLVANIA. as he re-
tires to private life, he carries
with hi tic affcctionntc ASSURANCE OF
his colleagues and students that he has
been q good and faithful servant to
old Penn" ny his efforts. Pcnnsyl-
Nana has gone to tic forefront Of
American institutions Or learning The
development OF tho university has been
phenomenal under the sixteen great
years Of his administration.
III 1924 The total natrlculation list
OF the University Of Pennsylvania was
2'aHS there was a teaching force OF
-'3 professors, and an appraised valua-
ilon Of material resources amounting
about S5coooOo. In 1910 there
We're 1000 students, 500 members OF
the faculty. and an estimated total Of
E2ouocopo of material resources. By
las fruits will Provos, Harrison be re-
mombcrod
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THE COMMISSION AND THE Doc.<

Sometimes it puzzles the State Cor.
| poration Commission itself To know in
iIjnst what capac city ii is proceeding.
The attorneys who are engaged in
prosecuting before 1t the Richmond
dock case do NOT agree on this point.
Certainly, VIC would not attempt 10
define its position Neither would we
attempt TO advise that honorable body
what its decision should be on the mcr-
until all the evidence is IN.
Eut the Commission appears to take
the position HAT it is vested with spc-
cial power. by virtue Of All act of the
General Assembly. 10 act as the chosen
representatives OF the sovereign PEG
pie Of the state.
Why, then, should not the Commits
sion properly assume the prcrogativcs
of an additional House OF the I.egisla
turc? Why is 1t not proper to review,
the circumstances Of the passage of The
elll and to consider the petition Of the
J bondholdcrs or tho Trigg Company in
the light Of the circumstances OF the
passage OF tile bill in the OTHER Houses ?
Three honorable and Trustworthy
members OF the General .Asse mbly tes-
| tined on oath Thursday that thes. had
no idea OF tho purport OF the measure.
which, as frankly stated BY pro
motar was his own proposition, taken
! up as a business venture. Counsel FOR
! the hondholdcrs' committee announced
! that he was willing To conccdc that
| every member voted for the bill under
| a misapprchcnsion with the result tia
no further legislators We're put on the
| stand.
! Chairman Prcntis has said from Tic
! bench during the course Of tlie, hear
/ in.e that this is not question OF law.
! but OF public poiicy Without vcn,tr.
f, ins I" express an opinion on the nlcr-
/ IT'S OF the controvcrsy--for il las twu
4 sides--wc ask why IT would not be
/ proper for the Commission 10 take
cognizanco Of the fact that the repra.
| scntativcs 81 The people at no time
desired II TO hc clothed With s,icf
tpoWcr as the bill .iVcS?
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a DEArrI-BI.ow TO COM.

~ - o'iila mas suffered great
- ."o i'ss 70" years Inc hrst
''o oa'i'e "ilcii II was d's-
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So
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VOL, fr.sh, ~.
becnrs. ,be r,f, b,,as $780,,
into ,bc voter v;,ha.
no rafts w.r co,stro.oa
bencGts 90 ia +ra.h.
i.-1.n''n' WIN
49, ~ NC
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colonel by marriage. having welded
the widow OF Colonel Harrison Pike
of Pink Creek Yet some time ago,
said Mr.. Ford, "stlll better colonel.
came into his office. The colonel looked
rather seedy. and handed Mr.. Ford u
soiled visiting card. asking at the game
time for a loan OF two dollars The
Inscription on tho card was Colon l
William Mclcher Dana
You are, presume" said Mr.. Ford,
- colonel in the army7"
Yes" replied Colonel Dana.
Regular or salvation?" aucriod MIR.
Ford.
Neither" said the colonel. army OF
tho uncmploycd.'
Whatever the source OF these titles,
there seems to be no indication that
there will be any cessation OF tho out
nut.
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] most automatically 10 proceed when
4 tho consideration OF n public question
gets beyond It's purely public environ
mcnt and relates TO his political in
tcrests: II strong party man. born and
bred a Republican" (Alas! Alaso but
acknowledging his titular leadership.
though mot enough OF politician for
This leadership" q Prcslden. who
hates with holy hatred tho whole
business Of dispensing Offices" and who
"resents his official obligation to waste
his time in such poor work." and yet
a President with the GROWING gift OF
humor.'
THAT was fine. even If IT was a bit
funny, but the finest thing in Secretary
MacFeagh's speech was his almost pa
thctlc story about the affcctionate re-
lauons now subsisting between tho
President as is and the President as
was 1T was foresona conclusion
from tho start said Mr.. MacVcagh,
that the strange efforts to break tho
iail. The theory that the we, to mako
the Republican party strong is to
break 1t in little bits was too much
Tor the humor of these old friends"
The President shares this ,luuior with
his friend Roosevelt"
Come to think of it. this is one OF
the most amusing things that has been
known in American politics that is
only heightened by tho recollection Of
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CURED to show any Of the other quail
hcatlons OF homestead cntryman...

hcations OF homestead cntryman.
The Dipper.
What gives the Clipper the appear
ance or moving around tho north stnr
within certain number Of hours?
It lis explained that the rotation ,r
tho earth upon It's axis causes ali .ba
stars OF tho sky to appear to move
around the North and South Poles or
inc SKY each day. The Clipper, has
this motion, with all the other stars.
mo rotation OF the earth is from west
10 east. and tho stars appear to move
rom east to west. Those stars near
inc North Polo with us do not Sc. ~.
rise. but move toward tho east iii the
lower part Of their motion ana toward
tho west in tho upper.
Pcury.
How is the name OF poary. ,Jn,,.1
states Navy. Of North Pole notoricty,
pronounced?
Perry.
Hobson's Choice.
What is tho origin OF "lIobson's
choice? ~ H.
In tho tins of Charles l.. who
reigned from 1928 to l649. an innkecp-
or named nobson let horses TO the stu
dents at Cambridge. he would never
oTeak an established rule of letting
tho horses in strict rotation. Any ono
wanting horse had 10 take the ona
whose turn II was TO go, or do without
From this practice arose the saying,
4iobson's choice" that or none.
a 0uotntinn.
Who wrote the poem in which are
INC following lines and In what poenlY
no pity she looks for. no aims doth
she seek
Nor for raiincnt nor food doth .na
care" POET
from Mary. the Maid OF tho Inn"
by Robert Southcy.
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No & NlISNONIIcR.

Frederic ]. Iiaskin. vice president
of the National Press Club. said some
striking things about newspapers sew
eral nights ago in the course OF an al :
dress. He pointed out, among other
things, that some idea of the magni-
tude of the newspaper business in the
United states may be had from the
statement that the total daily circula-
ton OF all the dai!ies in this country
is now 2e,ooo,oo0 copics-one for every
iou' persons III our population Al
lowing FOR duplication and for infants
ana illiteratcs. 1t is calculated that
three out Of every four persons In our
population read some newspaper every
day Newspapers are printed in thir-
ty-fivc languages in this country. IN
the amount OF capital invest cd, the
publishing business has for some time
been seventh in place among American
industries, and it is likely that by the
new census 1t Will be raised to fourth
or fifth place. From these facts
Gays Mi: llaskin. 1T Will be seen that
the power OF the press, is no misno-
mer" When IL is considered that the
newspaper business is one OF the
youngest Of considerable Industries, its
growth is indeed remarkable
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I" ''hhAkE hs ABROAD AND Al
. HOMIE

II ''H'iE.
. l1award y flames, the cditol Of rhc
l-iee'aior, the dirty littie paper PRINT
n N Pafis Which ilas acquired some
hc'"fir'T becousH Of its 1ihcling OF
KITS Gcoree q i:nFiand has issued
IL s'a5cmcnt IN which nc declares
thai ihc tfial ana conviction Of 80
M"Fd Myflits MS AGENT IL London. Who
Was convicted Two OF three days 400
and sentenced % prison for twelye
months. was Illegal ana that ire pro-
Soqdinss of me conrt @crc u a vli;e.
WASHING ciiafac.cf James S III. .>me,i
Na!. and f A"phcw of lIeiirx .lanics.
"ho writes bools mat rob5dy oon ui.
derstand. and u 'akes tic ground thai
LAR AElips refu*ed 70 suosian;ia5e thc
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nEryrEn INVEST II n n1cnMoNp

There has been Il great booster but
ton campaign i'll the town Of Charles
on TO raise money for the display OF
ne resources OF that place. ana it is
announced that about $4,000 resulted
rom this enterprise. We would like
70 suggest that the best thing the
boosters can do with Tic money is to
invest IT in Richmond real estate or
deposit It in one Of the Richmond
banks, where 1t would feel rich with
I ne forty-nine otlicr million dollars We
nave sailed down in Richmond for a
rainy dnv.
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When tho Hon. Don +. IIaiscy takes
the stump in his approaching, congress
Sionai campaign il is 10 be hoped that
he VIII not forget and address his
fellow citizens III the graceful French
he used in Paris las. summer at the
Iloudon statue ceremonial
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-,
;s,. ,,,.,
,,,.,,,
ny. r1iny ala ,ot 80 -, ~
stand boc,nse n,a,r ~, on.,,&,,.,
! ~ rr,,,,n1 -, 49,,
Admiral scvro,r :,
miral Scymour,s d,nch,or !.
| proved that The alleged morpono,,c
marriage had nrvor ,,L. ~.
! George was no, M ~. 5s,,,6 =. ,o,.,
| in 1890: that OF tho timc ne ,bc nj
legged marriage ono or Adniro, Sow
mour's dauwhters x,. ton r.,,. !,
ago ana the otnor eight ~, ~ s,,-
| Inour daughter who died never saw
George in her life: tbnt tho Sov,nour
daughter who is liyiur nov 40 IN,
Wife Of a respectable English Gentle
munN did not sec him unit, four or t,ve
years after the alleged marriage: ana
Mylius was convicted and sentenced
TO Jail. II would have been more lust
if he had been sentenced TO be hanged.
The crime lie committed, ana for which
the editor OF The Libcrntor is rcspon.
sible was crime against dccency and
humanity. and the King is to he con-
graduated and thanked for allowing
the case to como to trial SO that at
once and forever this ,niscrablv dirty
story might he laid TO rcst
The tide seems TO be turning some
what against the mucllrakcrs.. Only
The other day ii WAS reported that The
Standard Oil Company had brought
suit for $4,000 damages against the
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CHANGES
AN ANCIENT CUSTOM

Hf ia MARtIisE DE ToN'rENoY.
" MPERoR FRANCIS JOSEPH has
II lately inaugura,cd n reform
which has caused much heart
burning among the members OF
tho house OF IIapsburg at Vienna.
From time immcmorial. carriages and
horses from the imperial stables have
been ut their disposal, and as the
archdukcs and archduchesses arc very
numcroiis--there are probably a hum
dred of thcm-and moreover required
carriages and horses. not only for
themselves. but also for the members
OF their suite. the drain on the impc.
eiai stables and consequently upon
Emperor Francis Joacph's purse was
very great.
his stables ana his horses and car.
riages are still at the disposal OF the
arcHduhes and archduchesses. but each
tlme they are used in this fashion the
month each OF the grown-iir urcn-
dukes and nrchduchesscs received m
account from the imperial stable do
partment for their use OF the horses
anu carriages during 1910. They can
not refuse TO pay: for We're they to
resort 10 any such step the further use
OF horses and carriages from the i'm
pcrial stables would be denied to them.
While the money which they owe
would be subtracted by the grand mas
ter OF the imperial household, from
tIic income Wnlcn they derive from
The large private fortune OF the house
OF Hapsburg. which is under the sole
control OF the sovereign OF tho min
istcr OF tho imperial house and OF the
grand master of the court. that is 10
say. Prince Montenuovo.
{ the Emperor has been induced 10
inauguratc this reform. It IS because
the imperial family has become very
numerous. and the privilege with re-
card 10 his stables has been abused.
Moreover, his civil list, although 1t
amounts 70 close upon $4,000. 600. Is
barely sufficient to NEE. the heavy
calls that arc made upon It, Thus,
the subvention TO the Imperial Opera
and 10 the Court Theatres considerably
exceeds, 100000 crowns: while nearly
twice that amount goes TO the upkccp
Of the various Imperial parks and
geological gardens that are open to
the public. The museumS and the II
brartes, which are accessible to the
people. represent another million OF
crowns per annum. In fact. there IS
no end 10 the expenses Of this kind.
while enormous sums arc devoted 70
charitable objects. IT is only indeed
Dy the most careful management that
IL is possible TO balance the eypendi-
lures with tho receipts: although the
venerable monarch's own personal ex-
penScs are so meagrc that they could
cas'ly be covered by So a day
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Daily Queries and Ansruers
Addrese all communications Query Editor
No mathematical pEoblens
coino OK stamps valued and daa be given

Rcd.
Why does rcd exotic a bun? z.
Tho following has been given as an
explanations: why rcd cXcites bulls
Is attributable to two facts: that the
optics OF this particularly irritable
amman arc habitually directed (alnost
exclusively to greon things, and that
red Is the complement OF green. And
the mixture OF any two Complementary
colors. as is we'll known. produc es
wlIte-that Is to say, produces that
dazzling negative color which. for want
or better word we call Wilderness.
similarly, OF course. nm animal kept OK
0usfvcly amid blue SURROUNDINGS
would be temporarily dazzled by tho
sudden sight OF an orange colored OBJ
Jet. The bull. being dazzled by the
sudden appearance OF red. makes a
rush for 1t. possibly to discover what
1T Isl
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Can one who has made an entry on
government land mako q second entry ?
INQUIRER.
suggestions to IIomesteaders and
PERSONS Desiring to Make Homestead
Entrics,' Issued by the General Land
oiaco at Washington. says: An add,-
tonal homestead entry may be mado
BY q person for such an amount or
public lands adjoining lands thon hell
and resided upon by him under his
original entry as will, when added TO
such adjoining lands. not exceed IN tns
aggregate 160 acres. An entry OF this
Kind may be made by any person who
has not acquired title to and is not, at
the date OF his application. claiming.
under any OF the agricultural land
laws. through n settlement or cn,ry
since August 30, 1890. any other iauds.
which. with tho lands then applied
for. would exceed in the aggregate so
acres: but the applicant Will not be re-
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With the death OF Sir Charles FL
lot there disappears n baronetcy which
was created in favor of his grand
lutner, a singularly picturesque char
innl OF Sir Gorgeous Midas" so fire.
Iuontly and amusingiy portrayed by
h,u Mauricr in the pages of Punch
While his vnlSarity was of the most
tcrbalanced by much Kindness of heart
rrincciy generosity. singular shrcwd-
ness IN business matters and great
energy OF enterprise.
Ills one weak point was his vanity
or which he gave an amusing illustra
non on one occasion at Swindon in Il
public address. During the course OF
the latter he related his humble be
gnninEs how he had started out as
a pit laddic 1T tho age of ten. working
up his way to the ownership Of the
Very mine in which he had com
tnencch his career to tho possession Of
immense wealth. a baronetcy and men,
bership Of Parliament lie wound NJ.
however. with, the characteristic
phrase that. although he had held IN
his life as an illustration Of what
could be achieved by energy. honesty
and perseverance. Yet ! cannot expect
that YOU will all become sir George
Eiliots." =
It was this vanity-a pardonable
vanity perhaps--which was the cause
Of sir George becoming the prey Of a
name of Amelia Hairs: also known 10
the police in this country as Madam
Chlomc. and who some fifteen years
aso attracted much attention through
her efforts TO obtain money from Mrs.
Q. II. T.. Belmont and other we'll known
people in New York society. She had
made his Acquaintance in 1885. in con-
ncction with some Silcsian mining
concessions which she claimed to nos
sess, and which she expressed Il de-
sire TO turn to pecuniary account The
acnuantance thus begun terminated
In 1889 in sensational breach of
promise case
The trial was n cause cclcbrc, and
in reply TO the cross Xamining coun-
sci. the plaintiff who was about thir-
ty-five. confessed that she did not love
he seventy-siS-year-o Old and rathe.
homcly baronet at the time. but de-
claled that She admired "his intellect
more than his manly beauty"--.a re-
mark that obviously pleased the Judge.
the jury, and the Queens counsel pres
rnt. as they at once Strengthened them
selves M in their chairs and endeav-
ored 10 assume expressions Of countc.
nance usually associated With high in
,;ellcctual ability. Tho lady went on
TO say that at length She was con,
relied TO draw the attention OF the
baronet 70 tho faci ibatlthcir intimarv
had resulted in condition preIueit-