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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-03
FOR TIE CREATURES THAT CAN'T
SPEAK,

When Mrs. Minnie AIaddern Fiske
was in Richmond recently, She sent n
letter to The Times Dispatch pleading
for the more merciful treatment OF the
dumb animals. A it appeared 10 he
very much of a feather with similar
letters She lad sent to other news
papers where she has played we did
not print it a the time. as good deal
ri what She said in Recommendation of the
Colonel for HIS brutal work in south
Africa had been already said. even If
not quite 50 forcibiy in these columns.
Wien Mrs. riske was in Charleston
she prepared a special article for the
sunday News OF that town in which
she wrote with Very striking force
against the sevagery OF men in dealing
win the poor creatures which should.
be their special care
Mrs Fiske would nave humane edu-
cation schools established everywhere.
Twelve states now make humane edu-
cation compulsory in their schools.
Shc would nave all the States ana
every community in every STATE 70
make this Il part Of the regular curri-
culum. 1T win be Il great day said
she when mothers teach their chill
who treats with cruelty helpless
living thing And il VIII be great
day for humanity when we agree with
the poe, vino said, i would not enter
ON my l!st OF friends, though eraced
With polished manners and Zinc sense.
yet wanting senaibility. the man who
necdlessly sets foot upon q worm.
Speakine Of The situation in Charles
ton. Alr5 Fisje said:
Il do not know Row large the mem
hcrahip OF tile Charleston Humane
society is. but dare say its member
snip is pitilully small Is II not tile
simple duty OF crery Intelligent think
ing man and woman oi Charleston to
i'erone a member u the local Humane
Society If a horse were 10 fail and
lio upon the street neglected there un-
douhtediy would bc chorus OF indig-
nant protest Where Is the Humane
SocictyY WHY is il not attending to
this animai?' What IS the Humane
society for? Now many oil the com
plainers would &c able TO say that they
had ever given onc,penny IN help and
support Of that Society"
age there's the rub Tie Humane
syeiciics are weak in numbers ana
+ weak in sources. It is SO in RICH
mond 1t is SO in al! large communi-
ties Nobody seems TO care The peo-
[ pie WHO own horses and mules expect
I 20 get 50 much work out Of Them ana
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-03
HR"TIIEn BRrtN's DIsCoRDANI
n


Brother William Jennings Bryan, 70,
whom we wish very happy New Year
ana long life ana great prosperity. has
written to Brother .llbert j. Aimoney
the voice of the patriots of Baltimore
who will celebrate the birthday OF
Andy Jackson on January II, that it
will be impossible for him to be pres
ent. ana that he hcs'ta,ed to write a
letter to be read at the celebration.
Test ii might prove ilscoriant note.
IT, rs I would infer from the prcllmi-
mary arrangement. those who originated
1t are dissatisfied with tho last Demo
CRATIC national platform. The plat
form Brother Hryan then goes on to
observe. twas satisfactory to tho parts.
two years ago, and is satisfactory to
the rank and file now. The victory OF
last month was in my Judgment. large
IS due to the fact that scveral planks
OF the platform had already been vim
dicated by events, and events have
since the election vlndIca,ed Other
planks"
II ii were not for the fact that this
explanation is printed in Brother
Bryan's own newspaper. we should
infer that it was not Intended for pub
lication. ana that Brother Almoney
had violated confidence in giving IT to
the press; but, having written this
much OF letter we see no reason why
Brother Bryan should not go ahead
and write the rest OF what he would
say to The meetinS in Baltimore. if he
really wished TO sound a discordant
note 1t would probahly do no more
harm than what he has written al
ready to Almoney: ndeed. We do n5t
think that Brother Bryan could say
on ayen think anything that would hurt
tile party very much. 1t is true In
sense that tho last Democratic Ma
tional platform was sa,lsfactory to tn j
party two years ago: hut il was not
satisfactory to the people of the coun-
try. 1t was satisfactory 10 the party,
or NJ least 1t was accepted By the party.
for variety of reasons. Many Demo
Gratis accepted 1t because Brother
Rryan made it and stood omit. ana many
others accepted it because they could
not help themselves. and hoped that 7
it aid no, get through it would have
Tie cffec; Of delivering the party from
the leadership which has made victory
impossible.
we hope that Brother Bryan viii
think better Of It ana write a letter
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-03
TIIE sNEln cAsn N NEW IEnsE,-

TIE SNI;iH CASE IN MEM JERSEY.
The Century Magazine has printed
in pamphlet FORM SOM plain words
ON Important Topics being recent eai-
toriai article from its pages on 'Strlk4
Violence" General I.awlessness.''
yellow Jourua Ism" ana Bad Man
ncrs." In writing to lis sister about
the attempt upon his life. Mayor cay
nor said some things which should
set men ANA women thinking as never
before on tho subject of sensational
journalism" rs the Century says There
is little doub, that the assault upon
Magyar Gaynor was induced by the at
tackS that had been made upon hln
by a yellow Journal. IN his letter the
Mayor said:
such journalism Is. Of course. in alb
solutc defiance Of the criminal law
and II did enter my mind TO publicly
call on the grand iurIes ana the dis
tr-ct attorney 20 protect me from it,
hut was weak and feared people
would say ! was thin skinned But
tht time IS a hand when these Jour
naiistic scoundrcls have 80: to stop
or get ont. and | am ready now to do
y
solutclt without souls II decent poo
pie would refuse to look at such ncws-
! papers tic thing would right itself
t-@t once. Thc Journalism of New York
J City has been dragged to the lowest
I depth Of DEGRADATION. rho grosscst
/ raiilerics and ihols, instead Of honest
! SthtcmentS and fair discussion. have
sNmpathizing with the decent news
! rapcrs."
| Last year occy sneads wife was
found dead in a bathtub in her house
4! In Newark New Jersey. 1t was charged
/ that she had been murdered hy her
/ annts Mrs. Caroline Il. Martin, Mrs.
f! Mary w. Snead and Miss Virginia
/ Wardlaw ana from that day to this
| hc accuscA have becn pursued with
1 a vind!ctIVcnoss that has been nothing
short of dcvlish. Miss Wnrdlaw died
IN prison last summer; Mrs. Martin
and Mrs Snead are to be tried 70,
their lives at Newark. There IS nc
dircct evidence 10 sustain the charge
OF murder against any of the nnfor,
tnratc wnmcn. There is every reason
to believe that Mrs. Martin at least i:
insane yet she has been declared b,
the 'eXpcrts' to be I'm The possession
Of her Facilities and she is to be con
victed and exccuted. If possible L
make more grist for the sensational
~ wspaprr mill and Ia save a few
dollnrs Or insurance money.
The Snoads were desperately. poor
lh9S were living at the time of Tho
death OF Mrs. sncal in pitfnl sur
rount!ngg. They had no money and n,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-03

How ala It happen that tho new
street lamrs which make Broad street
as lsht ms dag arc short-neckcd be-
tween Fourth and Sixth Streets and
1t has been noted hy some careful OBJ
servers that the lamps on these two
blocks also shine mn while the rest
OF the lamps shine down.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-03
A2alky Queries and Answers
m address all communications column to Query Edor
'DSP''c'l NO mathematical solved M
COINS or stamps valued and will be given

fnni Leicester Ford.
|. Please publish any information
YOU have In regard to Paul !. Eslrd.
the author. \ lis, Of his works would
also be appreciated.
? Kindly name tho most conspicu-
Gus OF the foreign officers who aided
OF were IN the Continental Army.
l. Paul Leicester Ford. an American
historian aud novelist. was born in
bro0klyn. ]. l.. in 1865. lie was prl-
VateiN educated ana after wide travels
IN both hcmispheres ne devoted him
self to investigations In the source
Of American history. ilo died in 1902.
lie edited the writings OF Thomas
Jefferson in ten volumes DS92): the
Writings OF Thomas Dickinson" two
volumes; THE Fcderalist" GSS6l. etc.
able Peter Sterling" CiS9i): THE Great
X. and y. Train Robbery" ClSg7): "rhe
story OF an Untold Love" IS9T: Tat
ne I Ihnr, OF Cupid G.lSeSl; collection
G9ol. and Wanted. \ Chaperon'
M9ea); NJ Tord also did valuable
founded. ana OF which he was oditor
at tho time Of his death
= Marquis de Lafayette. Count DIES
tang. CouA, de t,rasse. aaron lie Kula
Sicuben and General Richard Mont
Yomery.
'iHfNnru tIcctiNc system.
have wanted TO know what Is
meant by the elective SYSTEM a.,
Harvard College. Can you explain?
The plan Of giving studentl a frer
election OF the studies to be tuRen Was
introduced by President c. W. Eliot.
and has bccn conspicuous experiment
NJ harvard for more than quarter
OF century. Under the new admins
tration OF President A. Lawrence Low
ell the plan mas been considerably
modified This year now rules havo
come into effect limiting tho elective
system. and OF the sixteen full Year
courses necessary to obtain a degree Il
is nov required that SIX shall he in
one OF tho following groups: ID Lam
Eungc, literature. fine arts niu8ic; C2)
natural sciences; a. history political
and social sciences; 90 philosophy and
mathematics or the other courses
taken, six must lie distributed among
the other three groups. NJ least one in
each group. and only four courses are
left freely elective. The sixteen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-03

Speaking of bridge, we should really
like to know what the pcnitents in
tend to do ahou, 1t when the Lontcn
season begins.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-03

The last two or three days have bec,,
wceny in Richmond; but the sun will
shine in all his splendor tomorrow,
and the grass Is beginning to show
green through the fallen leaves of au-
tumn. and the birds are singing and
the streams are running, and life is
Just startling over.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-03

Ward Howe have had their pictures
hung in Fanucil HALL
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-03

1t has leaked out that King Manuel
WAS playing bridge when he lost his
crown and kingdom
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-03

WINCHESTER Is, next to london.
NT/ the most important oil all the
w itp!scopnl Sees % the i.s,ab-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-03

vice In Richmond (and suburbs) and Peters.
burg
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-01

Gus, If she could and have a good time
searching for him in the bargain.
Let's see If any Of the royal theatres are
open," said Alexandra Victoria to her COM
panions. Good, the heat hadn't closed the
Neues. 1--WE will claim the royal box. and if
we find Gus in it so much the better"
And to the Neues Theatre they went, and
the manager was only too glad to turn over
to the ladies the royal box, long empty.
During the opening scenes of the first act
the Princess was chiefly interested in look
ing for her husband and in specializing on
what that wicked young man might be doing,
but soon continued and boisterOus applause
riveted her attention upon the centre of the
stage, held by the tmpersonator Of the title
role, Fraulein Sari Won Petrasz
Sau is cOmely young woman and as
sprlghtIy as any come out Of the Fatherland
She wore some bewitching fnery, but, oh, the
hat she had on!
The Princess was all eyes, and her eyes
saw nothing but hat hat hat, and again hat!
When the curtain was about to fall, the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-01
Wearing That Made All the Trouble
Tue Weeks in ToUer for Her Royal Hghness Ki

manager came in to inquire how Her Royal
Highness enjoyed the piece.
GLORIOUS" cried Alexandra Victoria.
Never saw such a beautiful hat in my life
It's the hat of hats and I'm going to have one
like it if it takes a months appenage."
She added quickly; Command that young
woman-What's -her-name to wait upon me In
stantly, but not without the hat"
Tie manager reired and a minute later,
in tic ante-room Of the royal box the smiling
Sari made a court bow to Alexandra Victoria,
the rim Of her hat touching the carpet
She made Sari put-dOwn the address Of the
maker and the price in the little note book
she carried in her gold purse and then she
asked permission-a princess asked permits
sionl Mark the sentence-to try on the
wonder-hat just for a second. OF course
Sari dismantled her upper parts in a jiffy,
and as quickly decorated Alexandra Victoria
with the wOnder-hat.
And so the Kaiser hustled Her Royal
Highness of to the Bastille department OF
the Imperial Nursery.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-01

n ECAUSE she tried on the tantalizingly
attractive cart wheel hat of a popular
soubrette, Princess Alexandra Vic
toria, wife of the Kaiser's fourth son, Prince
Augustus, has been doing time" in the Eng
1sh Gothic round tower Of Castle Babelsberg
Countess Alexandra van Wedel, her maid
Of honor, was the royal Alexandra's prison
companion. There were two maids to wait
upon them. and aside from these attendants
they saw no one and were seen by none.
Won't your imperial and royal majesty
let me have my bow-WOw," pleaded Victoria
Alexandra
NO" replied the Kaiser by telegram from
Kiel
"Or my polly?" wired her rayal higheness.
NO." said the stern William
Then my canary bird?"
And William telegraphed mo, no no
the princess is to be treated like any other
prisoner, except that she is given a COM
panion and servants, as her rank demands
The round tower is the tallest Of the ten
antless royal residences, rising seven stories
in the air, quite an altitude IN Potsoam-
Ordinarily It connects with the rest Of the
structure through doors east and west, but
by order Of the Kaiser the doors we're locked,
and the keys we're turned over to General Won
,PIessen, commander OF royal headquarters.
Sentinels guarded the connecting doors, and
the lawn in front Of the tower was hope
lessly ruined by another brace Of sentinels
marching up and down, twenty-four hours
each day, loaded rife on shoulder, during
the Princess's period of incarceration.
It came about this way. Prince Augustus
being an ambitious young man, had given up
his vacation to pursue administrative studies
in the Ministry Of the Interior. He left Pots
dam at o'clock in the morning and returned
only for dinner. Consequently the princess
got lonesome, and one afternoon, to
surprise him, went to Berlin unannounced in
the hope Of finding her husband in his office
But he had gone-no one knew where-say-
ing, when he left, "he would make a night
of it"
Alexandra Victoria dismissed her royal car
rage and hired a taxi She was going to ind
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-12

examining the broken fuse he wouiG
step out and join them. 1t would look
us though he hnd crawled through the
tunnel after them.
Half an hour later a mass OF rock
rolled down close to his feet, and q
few moments after he saw n shndowy
human form crn wiling through the hole
it had left. a second followed. and
then n third, and the trst voice he
heard was that of Macdonald.
Give us the lantern. Bucky," he call
ed back, and gIcam OF light shot into
the black chamber. The mon walked
cautiously toward the fuse. and How
land saw the little superintendent fall
on his knees. AS quietly as cat
HowIand worked himself to the en-
trance and made clatter among the
rocks. 1t was he who responded to the
voice.
"what's up. Macdonald"
He coolly Joined the little group
Macdonald looked W. and when he
saw the new chief bending over him
his eyes stirred in unbounded wonder
"HowIand!'' he Gnsped.
It was all he said. but in that one
word and in the strange excitement in
the superintendent's face Rowland
read that which made him turn quick
ly to the men. giving them his hrst
command MS general in chief OF the
road that was going to the bay.
Get out of the coyote. boys" he
said. 1--WE won't do anything more
until morning"
I To Macdonald rs the men went out
ahead of them he added in IA low voice:
'.Guard the entrance to this tunnel
with half dozen OF your best men to-
night, Macdonald. know Things
v6icf will lead me to investigate this
tomorrow. I'm going to leave you as
soon as 1 get outside. Spread the re-
port that 1t was simply bad fuse
UNDERESTIMATE
he crawled out ahead OF the superin.
tendent, and before Macdonald had
emerged from the coyote he had al
ready lost himself IN the starlit gloom
Of the night and was fastening to his
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-12
CIVIC DEPRAV WITTY
WFLICTS STA TES

is confined to the weeks preceding
the annual elections. The only other
times they are aroused from their
civic sloth is when a scandal is un-
covered or u public official is under
prosecution.
rs not this condition OF things an
indication OF the failure of the
schools in effective training for citi-
zenshfp? My viewpoint is that OF a
citizen. Several years ago. 1 looted
into the matter of civic training in
the schools. I found that the only
attempt to prepare our children for
their life in this democracy was a
study of the structure and functions
OF government. Except in rare in
stances. this dry pursuit OF the theory
of government was not coupled with
any activity whereby the pupils were
exercised in the business of being
good citizens.
rs it not a reasonable question to
ask, Has our public education from
the standpoint of citizenship been a
paying investment?''
II advocate pupil cooperation in
the government OF the schools as n
method OF exercising our children In
democrats life. Forty principals OF
elementary and High schools in fif-
teen xtates report that they are sue
cessfully employing the plan; hve
thousand children rejoice in Their
democratic school life. The move
.rent is growing 1t should grow fas-
ter. 1t is high time the National Ed
r;cuticu Associa ton took UP this sub
jcct for thorough inquiry"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-12
Declares Richard yelling in
Address on Pupil Self
Government"

san FRANCISCO. Calf. July IL.
-..civic dePravity" was denounced
by Richard yelling, OF New York,
one OF the speakers at a section meet
inE of-the National Education Asso-
citation, today. HIS subject was "Pu-
pil self Government asa Training
for Citizenship Mr.. wellinS said
In part=
Eight years ago. addressed this
association on Training for Citizen
ship In the schools" We were then
al the beginning of wave OF civic
righteousness which passed over the
country. I say passed over advised
~ because there seems to have been
a laRse-into the lethargy of the older
days as Is evideEred by the condi-
tons In many places.
..The vote selling in Ohio. Indiana
and my own state OF New York indl-
cate not merely a low tone of citizen
ship but "a civic depravity. The Lor-
liner case gives e clue to the lack OF
Intelligent interest of the citizens of
Illinois In the selection OF their pub
lie servants. The deadlocks in mafy
l,gisla lures bespealS the trafTiciSing
ma IoE-rolling that sim obtain where
the servants of the people are sup
uosed to be registering the popular
viii. In the main. the interest, OF
The people in their public amalr"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-12
tOoutlaued nom 1Ostorday.)

@Half past 1o!"
he spoke the words aloud. thinking
Of 6felecse. In an hour and half he
was 10 meet her ON the trail. Would
he be released in time to keep the
tryst? How should he explain his Inn
Drisoument in the coyote so that be
could leave Mac Donald without further
loss OF time? AS the sound of the
picks came nearer his brain began
working faster If he could only evade
explanations until morning and then
reveal the whole dastardly business to
Macdonald! There would be time then
for those explanations, for the running
down OF his murderous nssRilants, and
meanwhile he would be able TO keep
his appointment with Meleese.
he was not long in finding way in
which this scheme could be worked,
aud, gathering up the severed ropes
and rawhide. be concealed them be-
tween two OF the powder sacks so that
those WHO entered the coyote would
discover no signs OF his terrible Inn
prisonInent. CLOSE TIA the mouth of the
tunnel there WIS black rent In the
vsaIlyf rock made 10y n bursting charge
of lfnaEtiite In whlrli hn could conceal
himSelf. When the men were bnsf
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-12

l6l1 voices .iat came 4alnllg g him
from beyond the bushes He could
understand not hing that. the. sid ana
yet he was sure that BE teeoenlzell
among them the voice OF Meleese
The voices became fainter ae
heard retreafIns footsteps. and az last
they died away entirely.
In these moments that be iay on ms
back in the freeing snow million ae-
mons were born In his blood. The SlFl
had betrayed him again. This time ne
could dnd no excuse-no pardon 1oE
her. She had accepted his love. had
allowed him to kiss her. TO hold her IN
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-12
f1lII||I
Service Examination for
Clerks and Carriers is toBe
Held Here November l.

The united States Civil Service
Commission announces a civil SER
vice examination to be held here
November 1 for the positions OF
clerk and carrier in the postofTice
service.
Age limit, all positions. is from
rs to 10 years. The age limits are
waived, however, in the cases of
persons honorably discharged from
the military or naval service by
reason of disability resulting from
wounds or sickness incurred in the
line of duty.
Male applicants for the postOfice
service must be at least five feet
four inches in height in bare feet,
and I25 pounds IN weight without
ovorcoat or hat; otherwise their APP
plications will be Cancelled. Female
applicants are not required to be OF
any specific weight or height.
Applicants for the postofice ser
vice are required to be physically
sound and in good health. The
pos ofice department has advised
the commission that no person who
is defective in any of The follow nS
named particulars will be appointed
to the position OF carrier in the
postoRce service: Hunchbacks;
persons having defective hearing.
sight or speech: persons blind in
one eye; one-armcd, one-hanAed'
or onc-legEed persons, or those
having crippled arms or legs, or
hernia. The above mentioned de-
fleets will also debar a person from
appointment to the position oil
clerk in the postofice service, eX-
cent that dear mutcs and persona
with defective speech or hearing
may be appointed to the position oil
mall clerk Applications from per-
sons who have any of the physca!
detects mentioned will be Cancelled
other physical defects may debar
persons from this examination when
in the judgment o. the commission
s,ch defects would render the per
son unfit to perform the duties o.
1.-The position for which the eXamina-
tion is held.
Married women VIII not be admit
lied to this examination. This pro-
Intuition, however, does not apply q
divorced women or women who are
Iseparted from their husbands an
support themselves.
This examination is open to .
citizens of the united states who
comply with the requirements.
From the eliglbles resulting from
this examination 1t is expected tna'
lcertifaction will he made to exist
ling and future vacancies.
FOR application blank, instraa'
lions to applicants, and further IN
formation. application should be
made to c. L. Gardiner, secretary
Of the board OF examiners at the
harrisburg postOfice. or to L. -
FISHER, secretary OF the Fourth
Ic,vr service district. Washington,
No application will be accepted
luniess properly executed and hl'd
with Mr.. Fisher prior to the noun
Of closing business on October 2
.l1s11.
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eryst with the beautiful girl. who, no
believed, would reveal to him at least
a part of one OF the strangest and most
dIabolicaI plots that had ever originate
ed In the brain of man.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-12

sLRsA rsSNA FOR CFIII4p REl-S-
Rrings healthy sleep
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-12

E. D. Hupp. United states deputy
marshal, is here from ParkerSburg.