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his work. And although he might not
have admitted 1t were he charged with
1t, l knew he was afflicted with dis
order of the digestive apparatus that
always accompanies vegetarianism. He
was, in fine. the victim Of a prejudice
that left him unequal to the work he
was compelled to do, and which he was
doing at the expense OF his health,
happiness and success in the world in
which he moved
Upon what grounds does the prac
tice OF vegetarlanism rest It's claims :!
The answer is, on no grounds what
soever, unless It be those Of the man
who has an idea" that II he looks
over his left shoulder at the moon, or
sees black cat on the thirteenth day
Of the month, he is dead sure to have
bad luck.
And yet 1t is only when It is ridden
to death as hobby that vegetarianlsm
can be charged with inanity. When it
is practlced occasionally and for a linn
tied time, and at irregular intervals, It
becomes the useful servant of scien.
tific intelligence. There, is soul of
truth" In vegetarianism, as there also
may be, 80 far as you or | know to
the contrary, in the belief that II you
see black tabby on Friday the thir.
teenth, you will lose regularly at
poker for some considerable time
thereafter. This soul of truth takes us
backward bit in the natural history
Of man.
The primitive ancestors OF Euro.
pean races, like the savage races OF
the present time. were naturally fitted
for, and therefore needed" certain
amount Of irregularity in their feed
ing. Sometimes game would be plenty
and sometimes 1t would be scarce
When 1t was scarce, or not to be had
at all, those primitive ancestors Of
ours were necessarily limited to q
starvation diet. They were very hungry
! and their hunger made them keen on
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as far as Basel, just across the Swiss
frontier, and small sea-going steam
ers ascend it as far as Mannheim. This
mighty river has been improved by
the Germans at a cost of more than
s12, 500 900, and its waters bear an i'm
mense traffic in COAL iron ore, iron
and steel manufactures and other
heavy freight The Rhine valley,
dotted with picturesque ruined castles
and saturated with legend and ro-
nance, Is also one of the busiest dis
tricts in all Europe, for 1t is densely
populated and contains numerous Inn
portant Industrial cities. Canals con-
meet the Rhine with the Meuse, Saone,
Seine. Danube and Ems rivers. The
Rhine-Rhone canal follows the course
OF the river from Strassburg almost
to Basel, and is generally used instead
of the river.
The Elbe is second only to the
Rhine in commercial Importance. 1t
is navigable throughout its whole
course in Germany and along It lie
some Of the chief silver and coal
mines. salt fields, sheep pastures and
beet.root areas In the empire. More
over, II links Berlin, the capital, with
Hamburg, the chief port, by the canals
Of the Havel and Spree river systems.
The Weser, the Oder, the vistula
and other rivers are of great impor.
tance as commercial highways, and
go to make up Germany's grand total
Of nearly 5000 miles of navlgable riv.
ers, Of which about 1,400 miles are
canalized
Germany's canals are many, their
total mileage being something like
1900, and large sums are spent on
their improvement. The most import.
ant internationally Is the great North
Sea and Baltic ship canal, which ira.
verses Schleswig- -Holstein, saving two
days time by steamer between Ham
burg and all the Baltic ports Of Ger
many. This canal was begun in 1881
and was opened to trafic in 1895, and
is source Of much pride to Emperor
William. The Ludwigs canal in Bava
ria united the Danube with the Main
thus supplying continuous water
way from the North sea to the BLACK
sea. The Plauen canal connects the
i Elbe with the Havel, and there arr
systems connecting the Oder with the
! EIbe and the Msmel with the Pre9el
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"lentil outlet" with two bananas for
dinner! And after this desperate
plunge into the flesh pots of Egypt
he would always feel as guilty as II
he had just robbed a safe and could
hear the police coming to take him in.
You couldn't persuade that young
man that he was slowly but certainly
killing himself. Had you stood him up
before all the psychologists of the
world, to be assured by them not only
on their reputation as men of science
but on their decency and honor as
men, that that sort of diet was never
INTENDED" by any scheme of nature OF
any deity imaginable, for the human
machinery Of digestion, he would prob
ably have come out Of the seance with
vague idea that somehow or Other
they were Just trying, to fool him for
some hidden and vicious purpose oi
their own.
1t would be good thing II all mer
and all women were early In theil
youth put through a course Of study
| mean actual study, from the thing
and not from the book. which is worse
than useless, not even being useless
--on the vast differences between tht
digestive apparatus Of the plant-eat
ing animal and that Of the meat-eating
or. omnivorous. animal, such as man
The young vegetarian mentioned
above was very brave; as brave Al
anybody could be in such circum
stances and on such diet, but b,
would often look with longing eyes OF
the steaks and chops his companion
consumed at table, while he himsel
was sturdily Furnishing himself witt
rice and other wholly ansavory dishes
Also he was rather dim Of eye an,
mot specially active on his feet or a
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the hunt, active, brlght-eyed, alert, Wig
orous and pushing. Then, with
successful kill, there would naturally
be a little gorging Of meat, followed
by a long and lazy rest
Now, while we, their descendants,
are not quite as savage or quite as i'm
provldent as we're our primitive fore
fathers Of the jungle or the prairies,
and while 1t Is true that we are not
distressed with alternate scarcity and
redundancies Of food, we inherit the
stomachs and the general digestive ma
chlnery Of those active old fathers Of
ours, and reasonable degree of alter
nate gorging and starving is good for
us. Unfortunately, however, most Of
US have to attend to business year in
and year out, and we cannot lie idle
around the woods digesting off our
gorges, whereas fasting is not to be
thought Of by persons who work AZ
occupations very different from hunt
ing.
But we can do this: We can cut
down, or cut out, our meat diet at ir-
regular and fairly frequent intervals:
go without meat altogether for a week
or so; be vegetarians, not regularly.
but quite irregularly, for short lengths
of time. And then when we give
meat its inning, we will be better pre-
pared to appreciate 1t, and to extract
from 1t the health and happiness we
need.
The vegetarian is therefore here.
with supplied with a scientific princi.
pie" as sound and as negotiable as J
golden eagle. But II he adopts It n
will have to cut himself In two.
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I'm sorry for him. l once knew a
young man who was trying to do the
very hardest kind Of work-the mixed
kind, which is physical and mental,
too-on a diet that a healthy rabbit
would hesitate about adopting unless
guaranteed that the quantity would be
absolutely unlimited. This young man
would make breakfast of a bit Of
bread, a small plate Of boiled rice, and
glass Of water; he would luncheon
on small quantity Of butter-beans,
or some other equally insubstantlal
airy nothing, and then he would top OF
the day with a piece Of cake and a
cup Of tea-always weak tea, too.
Occasionally he would go on what
might be called q veritabIe feed
ing bat" and would wildly
dissfpate on two bananas for
breakfast, boiled rice with green corn
and an apple for luncheon. and .
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steaming under the thousand guns
that arm King Georges tremendous
fortress on the rock. So the project
seems almost equally important from
a commercial and a military view, and
doubtless will be carried out.
Altogether. France has nearly 5000
miles Of canals and 5000 miles of nav
igable rivers, and in the last 25 years
the rate Of increase as regards ton
mage and ton.mileage has been more
rapid on the waterways than on the
railways.
In the Rhine and the Elbe, Germany
possesses two commercial waterways
OF the first magnitude The Rhine is
navigable for small river steamboats,
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Owing to the level condition OF the
country, the construction Of canal
in Holland involves but comparatively
little labor and expense. Many OF the
canals are used constantly as subsd.
tutes for public highways, and in the
winter their frozen surfaces offer con-
venient roads for the skaters who
throng them on their way to and from
market and about their various occu-
pations. So complete is the canal
system that by means Of It resident
Of Rotterdam could breakfast at Delft
or The Hague, dine at Leyden and
sup at Amsterdam, or return to his
home before nightfall Since not only
the surface but the beds Of many OF
| Hollands canals are above the level OF
land, the drainage is of the greatest
Importance. This is effected by means
Of pumps worked by the windmills
that are such a Characteristic feature
Of the Dutch landscape. The banks Of
the canals are maintained by the fam
lilies that live along them, each being
assigned a portion to keep in repair.
Emory R. Johnson, professor OF
transportation and commerce in the
University Of Pennsylvania, who re.
Gently made study of European wa.
terways, as the special representative
Of the National River and Harbor con.
gress, calls attention to the way in
which Germany, France, Holland and
Belgium have co-operated in estab.
fishing standard dimensions for their
canals and barges, and connecting
their systems. In this manner the
through shipment of international
traffic has been facilitated. Another
feature of the waterway policy OF
these European countries" he says,
'is that care is taken to provide wa
terways with adequate terminal and
harbor facilities, and to make such
physical connections between rail-
roads and waterways at all inland
harbors as to guarantee the easy aud
economical transfer of traffic from
cars to boats and water to rails. It is
realized that terminal facilities and
rail connections are as essential a part
Of the projects for making waterways
useful as are reliable channels of ade-
quate width and depth. The Rhine
river, for instance, has 62 harbors.
equipped as fully as commercial needs
require, with storage and transfer fa.'
cllities. At 43 of these terminals the
direct transfer Of goods from trains
to boats and river to rail is possible.
Many of the harbors include large
basins, some Of which are used for
the transfer and storage Of commodi-
ties, while others are constructed to
enable big industrial plants to locate
on water frontage Each city con-
structs is own harbor with but little,
II any, aid from the state, the expense
being borne by the city, aided in some
instances by private interests"
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poor man or poor
woman trying to
W orry alon n g
through an all-too-
limited and not
over-joyous life on
a diet that Is At
only for guinea
pigs, rabbits and
kline.
l have no quar-
rel with the vege-
tartan or with his
principles" !" in
fact, l don't know
and have never
been able to find
out just what his
principles are. But
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Adamant.

Adamant.
There are lot Of girls who don
ever intend to get married"
"How do you known
I've proposed to several-
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A waterway expert has said that there
are too many small craft on the Ger
man canals to keep the cost of trans
portation down as low as It might be,
but the governments charges for lock
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How Vegetarianism Hurts Us
BY N. A. LANE, SOB,
(Former Fellow In Physiology University Inois)

sometimes despair for the future lent outlet with
Of the human when | dnner after this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-23
waistcoats 8, II a /
Fancy
prices.

ton was made OF tho members 90 the
Legislature who voted against that
measure. out the thunders Of the ora
tory of the author of the Legislative
committees report were directed at the
wet neWspapcrS
ierests. said the report, are out for
money-hoth are making money out
OF the. damnation Of their fellowmen.
-NSo the papers. read Dr.. Cannon. rep
resent the sentiment OF fashiona BILE
Gitb life. which seeks to crafty its
senses and does not understand the
!.9re the wet newspapers" represent
the covetousness OF the drunkard.
makers and the appetites of the other
named class.
The people arc warned in the report
that they can believe nothing they. read
concerning the league question in these
newspapers; Statements made are I'M
reliable and slanderous. Regret IS eX-
pressed that people who favor The dry
cause pay to have these papers sent
70 theirsown hearthstones.
Constant Reference to Papers.
Newspapers as partners OF the profits
of the liquor business received much
attention. After. the re?ort turned to
the discussion Of other matters. there
as the allies of the traffic. If .he :a-
loon and its allies. the wet newspa pers.
want local OPTION, as they claim. the
repcrt continues. the logical solutiol:
Is 70 restrict the sale Of LIQUOR TO those
places which have decided to license il
IF Richmond chooses to license $50
ysstibules to he'll, she should not he
allowed to ship outside" But the re-
port says hat even then local option
would not do. for people Will visit TIRE
ci,ies TO buy liquor, and drunken men
win go from the city TO the country.
The committees report says that an
e!eciicn on the question of prohibi-
ton VIII ne difficult In view Of The
tactics Of the linuo- forces in the way
81 bribery. intimidation and even
perhaps murder" Many there arc who
believe. 1t continues, that the Lagisla-
ture should be asked directly for a
prohihitory law However,. notwith-
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He, leaveg widow ana six children
and one brother and three sisters.
Miss Eollne Seyfcrt.

Special to The Times-Dispatch.l
Wythevllle. Va, February 22.-AIiss
E E2 seyfert. who had been visiting
gay. OF paralysis. Miss Seyfert had
oeen in bad health for some time. and
SAM sam to ss Wythsyille. hoping to be bone
after being stricken. she was q dnuc1,-
ter OF the late Henry A. Seyfert, OF
Glenside, Pa. to which place the re-
mains VIII be taken.
Enrl w. Baber.
Especial to The Times Dgpa tch.l
!, ucker. Va. February 23.-Earl val
ne Haber. youngest son OF Joseph ".
a 1atha laa N. steiger Baber,. died at his
Hssoay morning, in the twentieth year
81 his age. He is survived by six els
. ysrs :, a Nd, three f brothers Intermens
ny burning ground.
Or. Palmer Cobb.
tslecial to Tho Times Dispatch.l
:, Ghapel Hili. y. c., February 2a-pr.
German IN the University Of North
Carolina, died this morning in Guild
Hospital. New. York City. He received
University IN June, 1908. He leaves leaves
his wife. formerly Miss Grace Plummer,
Oh Philadelphia. and one child
Michael O'Conncil.
lSpccial TO The Times Dispatch
~ S,taunt9n, Va. February a22.-aflchael
oConnell. native Of Cork. Ireland,
who had lived in Augusta county since
ne was fifteen years old, died In WASH
llngtcn city last night aged eighty.
re leaves widow and one son, u. i
OConnell, Of Washington The body
VIII pc buried here tomorrow.
Georges Mcdaniel.
lspecsal to TheNTimes -Dispatchl
II Fredericksburg, Va, February oc-
George McDeniel a well known citizen
OF King George county. died at hi.
home yesterday. aged forty-four years.
He Is survived By his wife. one brother
and two sisters.
Mrs. DHbney G. Wheeler.
Special TO The Times Dispatch]
Spotsylvanta. Va February oa-
Mrs. Dabney c, Wheeler died a few
days ago OF pneumonia, aged nifty
husband, D. G. Wheeler, and one sis
ter and Ave nieces and nephews
Mrs. Margaret Beaver.
Special to 'Thc Times Dispatch.l
Luray, w., February 22.-Mrs. Mar
garet Beaver aged about nifty years
oied Monday at her home In this coun-
Y. She was the widow OF Daniel
Funeral Of REV. Father cnrne.
Especial to The Times -Dispatch.J
Alexandria. Va. February 22-With
funeral OF Rev. Father Richard l.,
Carne took place this morning from ST.
Mary's Catholic Church with a solemn
nigh mass. Tho celebranr was Bishop
van de VyVer. and hitting eulogy was
delivered by Rev. Father O'Leary, OF
Roanoke. Rev. Father j. J. Bowler, OF
Elchmond, was master OF ceremonies.
Most OF the Visiting priests wore from
throughout the Diocese OF Virginia.
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crs of public opinion and 1t is another
sac fact thet Il paper which has stood
lor righteousness and reform for
twenty years switches editors and goes
on the side OF liquor interests"
officers who will enforce the laws.
Laymen, he said. should go to work
creating public sentiment. Appeal was
made to citizens to do their duty when
called upon to serve on grand jurles.
Elany delegates asked Mr.. whitehead
legal questions, such as the duties. Of
prosecuting attorneys. OF MAJ istrates
and Judges: the position of one who
orders liquor for another. and the Of
Tense OF soliciting orders for liquor
in dry territory. The league then adj
journed until the night session.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-23
TROOPS APPROACH BORDER
Russia I'repartpE for Demonstratiou
Against China.

Against China.
Peking. February 22-RussiaH Min.
ister korotoVitz does not expect q re-
1o'nder from his government to the
Chinese reply to the Russian demands
for several days. 1t was remarked at
the Russian legation to-day that the
matter OF guarantees for the fulfill
ment Of Ch!nas pledges had not been
discussed up to the present. It was
declared that China recognized the
treaty Of 1851, defining the respective
rights OF the two governments In Mon
solia and Chinese Turk estan. but
nevertheless had subsequently violated
dts provisions. Consequently 1t re-
manned to be seen whether ST. Pc
tersburg would accept for the present
further promises.
Chinese resources report that Rus
sian troops are approaching the from
tier al enc or two points
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aIiss Mary Alien.
william q. Gnllnbcr,

Especial to The Times atch
William B. Galiaher was buried here
yesterday. With Masonic honors. He
had Just passed his seventy frst birth
day. and was the eldest son OF the late
Hugh L Gallaher. He went into the
army al the first call TO arms in April
1851, as lieutenant in the famous Com
pany Z OF the First Virginia Cavalry.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-23
FUNERAL NOTICE

WILLIAMs-Th funeral or MIR. w. T..
WILLIAMS will take place TODAY
at o'clock r. NJ. from the Apos.
tollc Church Intermont in OaJswpod.
Friends and acquaintances are In
vitad To attend '-a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-23
DEATHS

BROWN-Died. at his residence. No /
East Cary Street. at $3.50 A. NJ, WAi
WEBSTER BROWN, in his fifty-tirst
year. after short illness. He is
survived by his wife, one son, STAN
ley r. Brown, Of New. York; two
daughters Miss Elsa j. and Edna
Funeral notice later Kindly omit
flowers.
CoLLEY-Dicd, at her residence, eos
West Canal Street, February 22, 1911,
az 10 =. ~, MISS MALvANIA COL
LEY.
Funeral notice later.
ham county. near e A Porey = store ersS' Hs
on the 18th, Sunday morning. MRS.
CHARLOTTE DAY. She was eighty
six years and four months old. She
was only sick for q few months
she left two sons, Mr. George w.
Day. Of buckingham county, and
Mr. David Day. Of Roanoke, Va, and
two daughters. Miss w. a. Day, OF
buckingham county: and Mrs. Isa-
lived Christian life.
She was inferred In the Davidson
Cemetery in the presence Of her
.JENK fNS-Died, at 1870 Wednesday,
at l12 North Tenth Street. EMILY
HENDERSON JENKINS
Funeral FRIDAY. II a. NJ. from
residence, H.
TYLER Died at his home at Bum
pass Va, February a2, JOHN r
/ TYLER, in the seventy-ninth year Of
his age.
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-ast Call.

Last Call.
The flexible, sc f-sha ping
lorin1, brinl full Of comfort for
the head-nO squeezing the
brow or the p Q c X e t-$1.S5
made TO sell at 81 and $5.
Soft hats too with sweepino
brinls at sweeping reductions.
sweep in and svipe one for
one dollar-eighty fivel
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OBITUARY
Rev. Robert ". Forsyth, u. y,

With simple, beautiful and impress
s sly =, services ,,,a the funeral Of Rev. Rob
e ett W Eorsyth took place in st. Pauls
Ghurch yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Inc services were In charge Of Ri. Rev.
I, \. Gibson. D. D.. Bishop OF the Do
in OF nargin,@ assis1ed by Rsv Mar
Goodwin. OF Ashland; Rev. w Meade
clark and REV. !. \. Downman. OF this
city. I.
The church was not draped in black,
the usual mourning emblems being re-
placed by the Easter decorations or
pure white. In accordance with MIR.
denominations. representing nearly
every church In the city. assembled in
ne sunday school, rooms before the
body to the front pews, which had been
reserved for them.
At the grave Bishop Gibson finished
performed the last services. The lodge
assembled SIS, ,a.l at the temple at 2 O'clock
rectory to the church and from the
church to the grave. Mr.. F'orsyths
favoritc hymns were beautifully rem
Church.
William z. Hammer.
William p Hammer died at Lee
Camp Soldiers Home yesterday at 2:45
o'clock. having been an inmate OF the
institution only twenty-siS days.
He served during the war a s Il mem
Der of Company 3. Seventh Virginia
RESERVES. and was sixty-three years Of
West Virginia. and IN late years had
been occupied as carpet cleaner. He
was a widower He entered the home
January 81 from Minneapolis MINI. He
has q niece living at McGahcysvillc.
Rockingham county, and the body viii
be shipped to Harrisonburg this morn
ms for burial
Emily Henderson. JenIins.
Emily Henderson jenkins. daughthr
OF +l2 North Tenth Street, died At
the home of her parents at l: so o'clock
yesterday. aged eish,, years, from
was conscious until few minutes be-
fore the end. She was member of
the Grace Street Presbyterian Sunday
school The funeral Will take place
residence.
william yvebrter Brown.
William Webster Brown died at his
residence. East Cary Street, al $3.50
after a brief illness. lie Is survived
Brown, OF New York, and By two
d aa,!9,1t Misses s., Elsa J. and Edna
ments have not been completed
aIiss sinry Alien.
Special to The Times Dispatch.1
lSnchburg, Va, February 22.-Miss
Mary Allen. aged sixteen years, a stu
dent in the freshmen class at Sweet
Briar College, Of, Houston. Tex, died
at the Lynchburg Sanatorium this
morning, where she had been under
treatment for three weeks for pneu-
Inonia.
Mrs. Rice, an aunt Of the young wo-
man. who resides in Houston, has been
with her during the entire time She
was 1t the sanatorium. She returned
tonight TO Houston, taking the body
back TO that city for burial.
William d. Gnllnhcr.
Especial to The Times Dis patch
Waynesboro. Va. February o2.-