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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-21
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Low spirits. dependency. hypochondria, need
not be put up with In many cases. The liver Is
commonly at fault, torpid, 70 that there is bill.
iousness. indigestion constipation and the
system Is generally upset. The best medicine
to take is the purely vegetable painless but
thorough csthartic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-21

Owing Numerous Requests, Fall Of Tro!
at Virginia. 9th, +, G. today. Sat, Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-21

SOeC14I sale.
Choice Electric or Gas Drop Lights, Ar
Glass Shades included.
Sic 18th. C.. A. Muddiman a. Co., l2O4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19
NEW BUILDING
SOON To START
BIDS COMING IN FOR DISTRICT
ACHOoL BUILDING At SWANS
mono TO COST eIs,ooe

Hid are rapidly coming In for the
contract of building the new district
school at Swansboro,
The structure, which is 10 he brick
Will cost about st5aao and have ten
rooms,
There viii be meeting of the d.
reetors Saturday, and the lowest bid
der will be awarded the contract.
The new school Will not be finished
a day too soon, as the present schools
are in very bad conditions.
The condition or the schools in
sSwansbera ara Falling Creek was
brought To the attention of the State
schools authorities and when the books
Of Treasurer j, p Gillian were exam
lned by j. - Egglsston, superinten-
dent OF public Instruction, he found
that the schools were unsanitsry and
very poorly ventilated.
Steps viii soon be taken nv the
State school authorities towards bet
ter equlpping the schools In Chester
field county.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19
MUST KEEP CITY
DOCK OPEN FOR
USE Of PUBLIC
CONTINUED from First Page.

Continued from First Pagel
SUCH duties In failing to keep the dock
open for navigation.
TIE defendants admit the closing
Of the dock because the eastern gate
of repair as TO endanger navigation,
and decline to repair TIE same. deny
ing their legal obligation to do so.
Tho defendants have nled demur-
rers, motions In writing to dismiss
the. petition, pleas to the 1urisd1cuoh
of the commission and answers To
the petition These all raise sun
sstantlaily the same questions. ana
challenge the jurisdiction OF the COM
mission Il, entertain the petitions or
to grant the relief therein prayed Tor
History Of Dock. ....,
In order to determine the cues
lions involved it becomes Necessary
"a consider the history and the pres
ent status OF the dock property ana
10 ascertain the present relations or
the defendants to II ana their du-
ties II any, TO the public With REFER
ence thereto,
II appears that ''1'1re Richmond
Dock Com any' was chartered by an
act Of the General Assembly of Viz
ejnia on the 18th day OF February.
1876 that il VAS vested with the
mower Of eminent domain and au
thorized to receive both city and
State aid the city OF Richmond be-
ing expressly authorized TO subscribe
Ffo its capital stock. 1t WAS author
lied to construct canals, Mharses,
docks basins and locks for the i'm
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19

provement of navigation of James
river. Section - of the charter pro-
vided That said canal from the
locks at Rockets Landing shall at
all times contain the depth of Ii Il
feet of water up to Twenty-tifth
street. and from thence to Eighteenth
street to the lower basin IL feet OF
water Section - reads az follows:
And the said canals, basins and
works to be erected by virtue OF this
act, when completed. shall forever
thereafter be esteemed and taken as
public highways. free for the trans
portation of all goods. wares. com
modities. or produce whatsoever, on
| payment of the tolls imposed by this
act. Enders VS.. Board of Public
Works. / Grattan. 365.
BY the act of March 20, 1s41, the
james River and Kanawha Company.
which had been chartered as the sue
cessor OF the James River Company
| tActs 1872. p. 49,. was authorized
to buy and execute liens upon the
property OF The Richmond Dock
Company This act provided that the
said company shall be regarded in
law as the successor Of The Rich
mond Dock Company and shall enjoy
all their charter rights and privi-
!eges, and shall be subject to all the
duties imposed upon them by their
charter" save only that the govern
ment OF the dock company was sub
sltuted by that Of the James River
and kanawha Company. This pur-
chase was eonsummated. and the
James River and kanawha COMPANY
/ having been authorized by the act OF
/ March 20, lS47, to connect its canal
/ system with tidewater through the
| dock the latter was thereafter oner
ated as part of such can1l system
extending from Lynchburg to tide
/ water at Richmond.
fhe works. property and franchises
ot the James River and kanawha
company We're transferred to the
| Richmond and Allegheny Railroad
Company pursuant to an act OF the
General Assembly approved February
/ - 1877, Acts 1859, y. l21. whereby
the railway company was authorized
TO abandon nearly all Of the canal
and To substitute a railroad therefor
as public utility, but the sixth sec
ton provides; That the rate of
sttekase at Richmond shalt not ex-
| ceed the rate at present established
by the James River and kanawha
| Company. and all existing contracts
for water privileges along the entire
i line shall be respected and maintain
SN az Aa'oS Hut cACeedlHg the present
rates. except in those cases in which
they may be cancelled or altered by
agreement or extinguished by con-
domination. 1t shall be the duty of
the Richmond and Allegheny Rail-
road Company to maintain the present
water supply or the docks, and of
the canal. along its line between
Boshers dam and fidewater. and shall
not so destroy or oestruct the present
canal between Bosher's dam and tide
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19
NEWS OF SOUTH RICHMOND
j. w. Crazss hui

from his office lis still reported to be
in Very bad condition and still lies
unconscious.
All OF tile members Of hts family
have beeSl summoned To his bedside.
W. +, Gary. brother 10 the Ill man.
of Henderson. n. g.. has reached South
Richmond.
Clarence Haddock. n young white
man. was arrested yesterday on "a
charge Of entering the Wingo, Elicit
and crump Shoe Company, ana tax !
Ing pair OF shoes valued at s2.6u,
Haddock IS employed by the shoa
company as a clerk.
Shoes have been missed eonsta,1tis'
lately, and Tuesday night the man
ager kept watch and caught Haddeell
in the aCE,
iaddoek has employed as his attoT-
ne& Mir. Hiram Smith.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19
Vote Exhibit.
Tigers Practice i'm Mud.

PRINCETON. ", j.. Oct. 1s.-The
Tigers were sent through long hard
scrimmage this afternoon In driv-
ing rain and with the gridiron sea
of mud. Neither side was able to
score. The scrubs had little the
better of the argument One Of the
coaches said after the practice that
lie would be impossible for stranger
ito tell which was varsity and which
scrubs 1t certainly was impossible
to tell them by booking at them.
Every man was literally covered with
q mud coating. ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19
WHET HER HARE Or
TORTOISE KEEP RUNNING
Continued from First Page.1

CONTINUED from First Page1
ed as only those who keep ever
lastingly plugging away Will come
out ahead. The able Of the Hare
and Tortoise may he illustrated in
this contest. IL You are not al
ready entered, MI out tina nominal
tion blank found ON another page
and mail or bring it tn the campaign
manager.
It's Up to You
The Nirginian takes II that there
is no one in Richmond and the State
of Virginia who has not heard of
this great campaign. but there may
be those who are not thoroughly ia
niliar with its details. To these The
Nireinian makes an especial appeal
10 call and find out from the CAM
3aign manager all about it. The Vir-
ginian tries to encourage every one
10 enter, and after they have en-
tered. The Nlrginian tries to make
them understand how important 1t
is that they work and work hard.
In selecting the prizes for this
campaign The Nirginian sought to
secure those calculated to interest
everyone. and though there are quito
a number of contestants entered
there are but few real workers. The
VfTgfnfan makes no more attempts
to explain this; It only knows that
this is SO. You can see by the pub
lished list OF standings on Wednesday
who these workers are. and 1t Is a
pity that. your name is not among
them.
The Virginian wonders what II
would take to cause some of these
sleepy-heads to wake up. The Vir-
ginian hasn't been able to do It.
though 1t has tried long and ear
nestly.
Vote Exhibit.
The next vote exhibit OF candidates
and their standings will be given on
Saturday. October Fl. All candidates
wishing credit for votes in Saturday
list OF standings must deposit the
same before ! r. NJ. on Friday. Can
didates living In rural districts must
have votes here at the office of the
campaign department before I p. M.
on Friday Ii they wish credit in Sat
urday's list of standings
Candidates who leave subscriptions
lat this office or send subscriptions TO
the campaign department by mail are
asked to allow at least three days
fer checking up and revising the same
before Ballots will be issued TO them.
This viii eliminate the wrong num-
Der Of ballots being given to candi-
dates.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19

NEW HAVEN. CONN, oct. Is
Rain to-day spoiled the scrimma gtng
of the Yale football eleven. The
coaches had planned for tho hardest
work Of the week. and had intended
10 let down the afternoon grill after
to- DAY gradually.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19
Deeds Recorded,

Two deeds of bargain aud sale weird
recorded Ia the office nj Clerk Du Vail
in the Hastings Court, Fart II. ses1
terday.
\. Reid NeRable. Edward Frost aud
wives, transferred lot. with front
Of le4 IL feet ard running hack I'D
feet, on Sixth street between Bain1
bridge and Porter. 70 Frank sutton, Jrl
and A s. Adamson. The consideration
was S50oe
Magnolia and Valentine Stein erans
ferred lat 50 by VI feet on Matilso1}
street 10 Louis liankin, for eon1
sideration of ii SEQ.
Ordered to Leave Town.
c, u. ssa,s3 sr, "A deaf and dumb mani
charged With being disordeFly Ia piaig5
Of the Miller Manufacturing Company
vas arraiGHea before Justice II. AL
Maurice In Police Court Wednesday,
Sawyer came from North Cardinal
lie MAS given thirty minutes to leave
Richmond,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19

Stricken With Apopiexy.

George r.. Gary, who was stricken
with apoplexy Tuesday morning In
front Of the home 81 his sister, Mrs.
Hilary D., Val. while on tho way home
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19
Rain Spoiis Yale Practice.

Continuous vaudeville and moving
pictures.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19
Mrs. e. Scot. Gihh.

Mrs. T.. Scott Gibbs died YESTERDAY
morning at o'clock at her residence|
Ninth and Bainbride streets,
She leave besides her husband, on{
son Percy. TWO broshers. j. r. and
s. NJ. Perdue. and two sisters. Mrs|
W, w. Poor and Mrs. Emma Y. Cogj
bill;
The funeral viii take place this all
ternoon at ) o'clock from Central
Methodist church. The burial will b
III Maury Cemetery
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19
Casa Conttn,,ad.

The case Of Andrew Eabank, charged
with beating his wife. was continued
until this morning On account of thu
absence Of important Witnesses.
Robert Archer and Douglas Smith
both coiored. were each assessed s35d
for having unlicensed dogs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19
AT the Theatres
Academy.

Tn-night and matinee Seven
Days"
Friday and Saturday nights, matt
nee Satuday'---"TEe Country Boy
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19
Social News.

OVCIdI FNSWBt
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. L. Gibbons and som
I awrence. OF Baltimore. are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J, Weymouth.
Miss Zuleime Du Val has returned
n Farmville after a visit to her par]
ents.
Mrs. John Shotwell Is visiting
friends III New York
Miss Lancaster, of Rocky Mount. Il
the guest of Miss Rena Reams
Miss I4ucile Nichols Is VISITING
friends In LynchhuTg.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19
w. c. I. U. TO Meet.

The South Richmond w. g. r. U
will hold It's regular monthly nteet1
ing In the home of Mrs. Adams
Twelfth and Perry streets, this after
noon at 4.so O'Clock.
The Holbrook news., 1911-07-21
Ills Bluff Called.

The greatest buffer in the state ot Minnesota, says Senator Nelson, was an Indian up in the lumber regions, who took great delight in walking up to people and saying: "Uh; me heap big Injun. You scared O mel" And as he was an Indian of considerable stature, with face about as pleasant as a gargoyle's, nearly everybody ad- mitted to him that he was indeed big Indian and that they were sure enough scared of him. This nearly tickled him to death, and he kept up his habit of putting his stock question to every body who came along, until one day he walked up to tall, raw boned lumber jack, who had just come out of the woods after six months of log rolling Me heap big Injun," said the big bluff. ''You scared O mel" The lumberjack replied by hitting the interrogator a lick between the eyes that set him spinning for a moment like one of those new-fangled revolving barber poles. That's how scared I am of you" remarked the lumberjack, as he bit of fresh chew of tobacco, you blamed bow-and-arrow sun-of-a-gun!"
The Holbrook news., 1911-07-21
Congress Hall, Philadelphia.

tee from the Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architects has been collecting the necessary data from which to base the proposed res toration. The architects literally have had to feel their way. They have con suited historians, old magazines and even an old caricature which contains the only known view of the interior of the house of representatives. Walls and partitions have been torn down partially in the hope of gaining knowl- edge as to their original construction, but there have been so many changes that the work has been gigantic pug gle. The architects. however, believe that now they possess data from which 1t will be possible to reconstruct the interior of the building as it was when Washington was president.
 Back in 1762 Pennsylvania, then a province, acquired the land for the pur- pose of erecting there a building in which to hold courts. Not till 17S5, after Pennsylvania had become 8 state, was money appropriated for the erection of a building, but the actual work was not begun till a later date In 1787 the lot was enlarged and con- victs were put to work excavating. The building was completed in March, 17S9-
 While the building was in course of erection the question of changing the seat of national government came up. New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia were bidders and the latter city strong ly laid before congress the advantages of the new building. With this end in view the building was completed, not as intended with rooms for courts and civil officers, but with one general room occupying the entire ground floor for the house of representatives, and on the second floor a senate chamber and rooms for the vice-president and other officers.
 Congress moved to Philadelphia in 1790 and occupied the building, since known as Congress hall. for the next ten years, when the capital, was re- moved to Washington.
 After the removal of congress the building for many years was used as court building, for the district court of Pennsylvania and the court of com mon pleas. The last court was re- moved from the building in 1895 and for few years thereafter 1t was occu- pied by part of the law school of the University of Pennsylvania.
 The exterior of the building will not need to undergo much change to re- store 1t to what it was in the days of Washington. After the changes are made in the interior it will be pre- served purely as a historic place of national interest
The Holbrook news., 1911-07-21
ONE GREAT ENGLISH DOCTOR
Some Hitherto Unrecorded Facts About DiscoVerer of the ClrcuIa-
 ton of the Blood.

It has been said that Shakespeare, Newton, who discovered and proved the attraction of gravitation, and Har- vey, the discoverer of the circulation of the blood, are the three greatest Englishmen. pr. S. Weir Mitchell, in recently delivered lecture, presented many new and interesting facts in the life of Harvey, whose private life is almost as little known as that of Shakespeare. Harvey was born on April 1, S33 years ago. It was many years after Harvey conceived the idea of the orderly circulation of the blood before he permitted his observations to be printed. He lectured to his stu dents on this subject as early as 1919, but it was not until 1928 that his work on the circulation of the blood, a quarto of 72 pages, in Latin, was pub lished at Frankfort. There were anti vivisectionists in that day, and his ex- periments, conducted on living dogs and in day long preceding anaesthet- ics probably did not go unrebuked. He was loyal to his royal master and pa- tient, Charles l., and for that reason did not escape the vindictiveness of the Cromwellians. They ransacked his house and destroyed many of his manuscripts that represented years of labor Doctor Mitchell said that liar vey, while travelling in Italy, had for gotten to bring with him a certificate stating that he had not been in a plague-infested town. Failure to pro duce the certificate was the cause of his enforced quarantine for three weeks, in an open field, on litter of straw. One can picture the plight of the gouty Englishman, the physician of kings and the ward of princes, ap- pealing in vain for release from cruel quarantine imposed by panic-strick- en community"
 Doctor Mitchell read extracts from Harvey's letters, written in Italy at that time, which show that when thor ougly angry Harvey wrote abominable English, and that the bangs of sciatica were not conducive to that elegance of literary style which Harvey showed on other occasions.
The Holbrook news., 1911-07-21
Marie pressIer's Wit.

I've Began who Is now sedately en- gagged in the insurance business with Barr Hook and Noble Eaton used to SOW wild oats in company with Charley Clark of Burlingame before that scion of wealth became mar ried man. One night several years ago the two young men were dining with two women at the Havlin hotel in Cincinnati. The two girls were members of Miss Marie Dressler's company and Miss Marie Dressler her self happened to be dining at the next table. As the party of four arose after dinner Clark's sleeve brushed a wine glass from the table and 1t was shattered to bits on the marble floor. With twinkle in her expressive eyes Miss Dressler leaned toward him and said: 'T beg your pardon, you've dropped the stone out of your ring" Town Talk.
The Holbrook news., 1911-07-21

cabinet work. There are between 500 and 500 different species of the cac- tus family and the actual number probably greatly exceeds this. They are without exception natives of Amer ica and their extraordinary forms con- stitute a remarkable feature in the vegetation of the warmer regions. All of them have feshy stems, often very soft and juicy, and in numerous in- stances suitable for good. Most of them are leahess, only few species having true leaves. Instead of leaves most of the cacti have clusters of hairs or thorn.
 The whole organization of the cac- tus adapts 1t to withstand long droughts. They vegetate vigorously during part of the year when mois- ture is available and then rest for a long time. Some of the cacti family grow on high mountains reaching nearly to the limit of the snow, while others thrive only in torrid districts. The plants of this botanical order are a great boon to the natives of the dis tricts in which they grow, generally regions destitute of water. The stems of many of the varieties contain a wholesome juice of which both men and livestock avail themselves, and some species produce a pleasant fruit. The cultivation of edible cactus is still in the experimental stage.
The Holbrook news., 1911-07-21
Ills Wit Failed.

The house dated from the fifteenth century, and visitors were permitted to go over 1t for sixpence head. Of course Queen Elizabeth had slept there, and the boy in buttons who con- ducted the party mentioned this three times in the sacred bedchamber. Most of the furniture had a look of the period, though there were few doubt full embroideries. And where," one of the visitors asked, "is the bed in which Queeen Elizabeth slept?" The boy in buttons hesitated for 8 moment, and then said, That's being made. sir"
The Holbrook news., 1911-07-21
wauea and ssrxIee In IndLa.

Wages are not high in India. A na- tive switchman on railway and the native servant in private family re- ceive seven rupees, or about $1.90 a month. The farm hand receives much less, or about four rupees, or $1.0S a month. Of course, wages vary in diff ferent sections, and there Is some what upward tendency in prices now. However, the missionaries told me that you paid about as much for labor in India as you do in America; that one man in America would do as much as a whole company in India--Christian Intelhgencer.
The Holbrook news., 1911-07-21
Woman suffraqe Plea.


 "The feministic movement today is the last stage in the struggle upward. Woman proposes no longer to be just the pet, the idol, the slave, the queen; she wills to be the equal of man; she feels in herself that power, and she now claims her birthright. Civiliza- tion as we know 1t has meant the moving upward to light of one social stratifcation after the other. The French revolution meant the upheaval of the lowest stratum. Our own move ment Is the final step in the achieving of complete democracy. Democracy is averse to war. A whole people does not flame up in hate against an- other people. It needs the incendiar- ism of the few or the brutal autoc- racy of one to force a conflict. The Roman republic is not counter-argu- ment. My democracy is a democracy of millions, not of thousands. And the millions, who know how painfully they have to piece together all the lit tie elements that go to make up a life, are not disposed to smash and destroy their handiwork." k."-Madeleine Black.