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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

y 1t seems reasonably well established by the
news from Captain SCOTS ship, the Terra Nova,
which has just returned from the antarctic
wastes that the English explorer has failed 10
forcstal Captain Amundsen in the race for the
south Pole. The Terra Nova reported that
Captain Scott was still hundred and htty
miles from the Pole about the middle of Janu-
airy, whereas Captain Amundsen reached the
goal a month prior 10 that date. Captain Scott
purposea remaining another winter In the
antarctic for exploration and study. and was
continuing his journey to the Pole itself. Prob
ably by this time he has reached the southern
extremity CT the earth. and. possibly, he has
found evidences of Captain Amundsens earlier
attainment of that point.
While the failure of Scott to reach the Pole
first is n bitter disappointment TO the English
which had rested high hopes on the expedition
which is said to be the best equipped that has
ever set out for polar exploration, there is much
Of value science possible from the further
efforts of the expedition. The great ice con-
tinent around the South Pole remains to he
explored and Charted and great store of knowi-
edge, perhaps, of material Development may
come of a thorough study and understanding
of those great tracts.
There is interesting contrast between the
experiences of Amundsen and Scott, according
TO the reports that have come from each, in
their endeavors to reach the Pole. The Nor
" egian found the trax cling comparatively easy.
the weather not unusaly severe, and the journey
made with ~yery-li little discomfort Cap
tain Scott reports good deal of hardship some
suffering and not little peril to the party
winch he leading. A comparison of the
experiences of the two parties will be or great
interest and much scientific value when all the
records are available.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08
ntTY or TN. CITIZEN.

There will be many elections and much voting
In Richmond this year. Rarely has the exercise
ot the right OF franchise been frsusht with such
Interest or far reaching consequences, With a
city Council Mayor and the new Administers
ton Beard as subjects OF purely city interest
tie selection Of Captain John Lambs successor
Iii Congress and the election Of President, in
November. there will be no dearth OF politics
Il is indeed, distinctly political ycar--espeei.
ally is this so in Richmond
The duty of the citizen to his city was never
greater than in Richmond just now. No city in
Ill our Southland is making greater strides
than Richmond and the marvellous growth here
In. shs last few years is only an indication Of
tie gra alter and more rapid growth that lies
ahead The city Is growing In alldirectons-
end In almost every mercantile. manufacturing
and industrial line ours is becoming great
city. This is manifest on every hand. The
great city has great and Multiplying problems,
p:oblems that concern all citizens worthy Of
the name.
In the solution of her problems Richmond
neeas The help OF her citz Their co-opera
t:on Is necessary iu the selection Of the best
men fer the Council and fer the Administrative
Board which is to be- brought into being with
u view to giving the city more simple, otf
Gent and economical form Of government The
best men available~men of character, ability
and experience-~shculd he chosen for this
board So also should worthy men be sent
10 both branches of the Council from every
ward This can only IA, done by the voters o
Richmond measuring fully up 10 their duty.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

RchmonG's business men have the right
idea: to keep things moving requires constant
action. 1t will not 10 do TO pause, let up for
q while or allow the good work to stop for lack
Of the necessary push. once a movement Is
started. particularly If ii be movement for
civic betterment.
That sort of movement needs unending &C.
CELEBRATION. LET, to itself II soon dies down and
becomes a discouraging memory 1t needs spe-
rtal attention every little while II is with this
idea In mind that the business men of Rich
mond have decided TO hold dollar dinner at
which the business and industrial interests OF
the city will be discussed with view to devel-
0pment.
Dollar dinners as accelerators to movement
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

who supplies US flowers for the table Of the
composer who gives beautiful music, the
player who interprets IL OF the poet or mover
,st who teach and amuse US Each rs impor-
tant. possibly equally
Beautiful things should come with advancing
wears If we have used them well Every day
should be the happcst In our life, barring ap-
MORN al conditions With the years comes ex.
perience, our beat teacher They bring us
.ioaoer and sanor outlook upon life, more
ympathetic feeling towards our fellow man. q
,nellowness and poise that youth lacks Ihe
cars and the troubles and experiences they
bring should rub of our rough corners, enable
IS TO live better aud fuller lives and give OF
more that goes for harmony and less that goes
discord. To give out these things. 1T seems 10
az. souid possibly brins more to he than the
giving of material things, because these splrltiiai
things are eternal, while the things of the BODY
are dieting and pass away and are for
gotten.--Daily Press
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08
Youth and Old Ayr.

My seventy fifth birthday fnds IRE In good
heart and health, my interest in life undated.
and with work to my credit for the
past year than usual.
JOHN BURROUGHS"
Here is a message from dear "Qe John Bur-
roughs." our nature friend and poet, that should
duced such man Well may We wish him
many happy returns of the day, and regret
there are not many more like him to enrich
our life here on earth-this good earth that
God has given to be happy in.
John Burroughs born April s. 1887.
He Is therefore ~ years young. Such men and
women he never grow old They are too
busy and too happy.
There seems to be a general sentiment against
getting old. Many people object to telling
their ages, sensitive are they the subject.
Old age means, they think. giving up the facul-
ties q lessening of our usefulness-~!n short,
we dread being laid upon the shelf But con-
slider q moment and il there are not other
WAYS of looking this matter True, we may
be less and less fitted for physical usefulness
but physical usefulness is not the only kind of
usefulness. We serve in as many ways as
we can love. and who can say which is the
greatest service? In youth can do the things
These minister our material welfare and
they arc OF course, important; but are they
more imporn mt than those things that minister
TO the spirit
The cook is very important factor in the
household. She ministers 10 physical well
fare. but would not think less Of the florist
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08
BEATING TIE WAR DRUM

Net so very Tong ago. to be- more dthniie
wien James G. Blaine. the plumed knight oil
The Republican party WAS alive and leading
his hosts. twisting the lions tail was more
or less popular diversion, To many it was a
thrilling exhibition and brought forth many
expressions of delight and admiration from
fnosa who did not like the lion and loved to
hear him growl. If he erowled audA6ly the
delight was eorrespondinsly increased and many
times was maze manifest by q c.amdr OF ac-
claim. particularly on tAe part of SONS OF the
sens OF Erin.
Outlines IL led TO votes for the tail twister or
his party but in time the entertainment pailed-
1t became known Jingoism and not only
fen into disrcputa but, in the language OF an
eminent statesman. into innocuous desnetude
However. The old spirit OF Jinsoism is not
entirely d ad, If the political adversarics' of
President Taftvare to be believed They claim
these jealous men, these scoffers, that the lat p
little episode over Masdalena bay. was none
ether than an attempt to revive the nearly ex
tine, spirit 10 put life in It's poor wasted
frame. So Senator Lodge began to rattle the
tonl-tona. a japanese tom-tom, as pr hmin1ry
performance to the beating of the war-drum
by President Taft.
But the tom-tom was ratified in vain. The
public refused to step, look and listen, and be
fore President Taft had given a little flourish
W the hsg drsrsnft8ck n was plain that net ever
q California voter would be impressed by the
performance
At any rate that is the construction the op
ponents of Mr. Taft have placed upon the Mag
dalena bay affair. In any event It is quite
apparent that II Jingoism Is not quite dead 1t
ls 50 far gone it cannot be revived,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08
VlVIAN'S PLAYMATE


standing. and you were trying to
make her Jealous"
Mrs. Avery, YOU must have second
sight. But 1t was awtully sweet OF
you to help me out"
Fellow feeling" quoted Vivian to
herself.
Looking up she saw her husband
standing before her.
Vivian" he said In tone trem-
ulous with feeling. this 10 our
Dance"
He led her away from the aston
ished Walters and In the ballroom he
caught her almost roughly to him.
as they began the waltz.
Tell me, did you know he was to
Re here?" he asked ficrcely.
She looked UP with frank eyes In
which shone the gladness OF love re-
gained. and said with the earnestnees
OF truth.
II never dreamed of such a thing.
1t was just a coincidence
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08
WARRENTON HUNT
CLUB RACES TODAY

WARRENTON. VA. April Field
day sports by the warrenton Hunt
race course and grounds by w. r.
Wilbur. The races. which are under
the rules Of the National Steeplechase
and Hunt Association. are well filled,
the average entries for each Of these
events icing five 0, six horses.
A number of the ladies Of tho War
ronton Hunt Club will show their
hunters over the jumps. and among
those who will participate In these
events are Mrs. 7. X. Maddux. Mrs.
F. A. b. Portman and Miss Isabel
Sprague.
These races are apart from the an.
nual potnt-to-point races Of the War
renton Hunt Club. which win take
place on April 18th, at the regular
course on Clifton farm. the estate OF
Major r. r. Barry.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08
CURRENT COMMENT
As 10 Tincoln's Mother.

A friend requests me 10 give for publication
eif dop sketch of the family of Nancy
Hanks the mother of Abraham Lincoln She
teels she has read every history Of Abraham
Lincoln, and considers it Very strange that
nothing has ever been written by the historians
OF the Presidents mother, except that her name
Nancy Hanks.
The historians never made any effor; to trace
tho fedi2ree Of tho family Raymond in his
Life and State Papers of Abraham Lincoln"
declares nothing is known concerning her an
costry early life. lie merely mentions that
she Nrginian by birth The name Hanks
is rare in America. yet we have a straighter
line on the pedigree of tho Hhnkses than we
hive of the LAncolns Beyond the grandfather
of Abraham Lincoln we know absolutely moth
ing Of the family pedigree.
The earliest account We have Of the Hankses
Is their first appearance in Gloucester county,
Va, in 1873. In deed book NO. 6. land grants
page. i72, 1878, is recorded the grant Of 26i
acres to Thomas Hanks. And page as,
same year. 1878. is recorded patent to Thomas
Hanks for 500 acres. In the arly colonial his
tory of Virginia, person who paid for the
Passage Of person who came to settle in Viz
EinH was entitled to land grant Of several
hundred acres. This why he given IA
grant OF land. The patent of 500 acres which
is recorded land paid for in cash tobacco.
which the circulating medium in Virginia,
In course OF time the family increased and
cmgrattd westward. We next hear OF them
in Orange county, 40 miles west OF Gloucester.
Among the marriages recorded in Orange court
house March 26 1903, is Rodney Hanks.
of Reuben and Elizabeth Hanks, to Alice
Chandler. Bat they didn't stop at Orange Court
House We find family Of them in Rocking
ham county, Va. in 1890 and another III Shen-
andoah county. In 1850 Abraham Lincoln.
grandfather of President Lincoln, removed to
Kentucky from Rockingham county, Va, and
certain that the Hanks family with
the I.inColns during that journey. The next
account we have of the Iankses is in 1906 In
that year. in Kentucky Thomas Lincoln Gather
of the Presidenp arried Nancy Hanks.
The next account of the Hankses at the
battle Of Tirp.,cafror, irr fndfalIH November I.
1911 We find the OF Peter and James
Hanks. Peter was killed. He was a member
of Captain Berry's company of mounted rifle
men and from kentucky They may have
been brothers and If | certain they
were the brothers of Nancy Hanks, In six
years after the battle Of Tippecanoe Thomas
Lincoln removed from kentucky Indiana
Dan Ford, in Des Moines Register and Leader.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08
Volcano as a Disabling Plant.

Santa Monica, Cal. is considering a unique
plan for solving serious water problem. The
sunplv is already Inadequate and applica-
ton for a part of the Owens river from Los
Anglese has not been granted. Nav it is pro-
posed TO disttl ocean water for domestic pur-
poses. and the municipality may purchase the
"ff"rnir" Mountain several miles up the coast
in the Santa Monica Range. for use as a heat
ms plant. 1t is believed the water could
he carried through 4.TI' pipe deep to the hot
interior of the smoking hill and distilled at
practically no cost. Power might be produced
engineers think. that would enable the
municipality to maintain electric lighting
plafit.--Chicago News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

ously injured he should DE able to prove ap
alibi and establish his innocence. II he fails to
do this added strength will be given to- the
damaging statement OF the young women
which. at least, throw grave suspicious about
the barber.
The man who recklessly ran his ungbtrd car
into citizen and came near killing him should
pay tao 'severest penalty imposed unIer the Law
for such conduct. When the police shall have
established the identity and guilt of the offender
the courts may be relied upon to dea. properly
with the case
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08
FOR BOARD OF ALDERMEN
NOT ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD

Mr.. Ordway Fuller. of Clery ward,
Is q candidate for the Board Of Al
dermen and not for the Adminstra-
tive Board. as the type mado II APP
pear yesterday. Mr.. Fuller desires
70 70 to the council. where he prom-
ises TO give the proposed Adminstra-
tive Board his best efforts and most
hearty cooperation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

Mr. Rooseyets winning of the South is sort
of plagiarism pn the copyrighted Periodical Of
Protest"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

The only one delighted with the weather
yesterday was the man who had neglected to buy
q new hat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

Roosevelt Is beaten what next?' inquiries
the Vtrginian-Piot Why kick his hat out of
the ring OF course.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

II Dr.. Wilson thought George Harvey's sup
port hurtful, he cannot fail to chucke with joy
al ex-Boss CrQkor's opposition.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

Tongueless man talks, news dispatch head
line says, Now If it had been tongue'ess
woman would 1t really have be n so surprising?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

easy 1t looks to manage a business ii you only
had It,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

President Taft was obliged TO steal away
from the White House In order to play d game
Of golf Democrats will look TO Il that he will
hSve more time to devote to this recreation
After March 4. 1918.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

Tho buttons on the back of the coat date from
the time when every ntleman wore sword,
says an authority How about those on Il
woman's dress?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

Chicago jury has awarded Miss Mercy
Of that city a verdict of s2,5no for Islander,
Which, no doubt, will bring forth many varia.
lions on the old theme of justice ana mercy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

With the highway on the way the cry is now
On to Washington"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

The reformers are breaking all records in
China. a cable dispatch announces. Reckon Trey
don't know the averages of some Richmond
cooks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08
Scientific ,In,finCs.

Mr.. Herman Frasch, inventor of Il process for
mining sulphur by melting 1t underground with
steam and then pumping il to the surface, was
recently presented medal for his achievement
by the Society of Chemical Industry This in
Yention ais said to have worked a revolution In
the American sulphur market.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

Many persons have long believed that 1t Is
injurious to the health TO drink hard" water.
Medical authorities now assert that there Is no
foundation for the belief, and some maintain
that hard water is superior to soft water
for drinking purposes. They point out the fact
that ordinary food contains great deal more
limo than is To he found in even larger guam
tity of water than anyone would be likely TO
drink Govt il said TO occur alike among those
who do and those who do not drink hard water
According to the statistics quoted fine death
rate in hard water towns is actually less than
In soft water towns II Is also fact that most
of the natural waters that have proved valu-
able in treating diseases attributed To the drink
ing of hard water themselves contain no small
proportion of lime salts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08

Glass that contains large proportion of lead
is not suitable for $-ray tubes. since the metal
obstructs the passage Of the rays. For this
reason operators of N-ray machines protect
their eyes by wearing Spectacies of lead glass.
Vacuum tubes have been made of soda glass
up to the present time, but il has been discoV-
cred that glass made with ithiuln instead OF
soda Is almost twice transparent to the
&-rays. Special tubes are now provided with
a litiium glass window about two inches in
diameter These tubes reduce the time neces-
saly for exposure in photographic work about
onc-half The tubes also benefit the oper-
ator by iesse ming his risk of contracting infam-
nation IF the skin The shorter exposure also
tends to produce a much sharper sphotogra pin,
The disposal of scrap iron and useless ma
chincry which passed into the possession OF the
United States on the sale Of the canal by the
French company has Melted the surprising sum
of s2.112,000. In spite Of the fact that con-
siderable amount Of the French plant has been
oYerha ued and put into service. nearly 30 900
tons of scrap have been shipped to the United
States from the isthmus.
A French man of science who has made a
careful study of bees declares that to produce
somewhat less than half pint of honey a
sir~le hee must make 10000 trips. His
calculations based the capacity OF the
section of hive. the mean length of the jour
ncy that bee makes the normal load carried
each trip and other facts. In the height OF
q the workers Of hive together travel
every dav an aggregate distance twice great
the distance from the earth TO the moon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-21
Bitten by Il Copper Head.

Mrs, Joe Slayden, who lives on
Grove Greek, was bitten by cop
per head snake about four weeks
ago, and has had very serious
time since She was preparing to
iron, and getting the furnace in
readiness. when she picked up a
pair of old gloves on the furnace
the snake ran its head through one
Of the holes in the furnace and
grabbed her finger, and it was with
great difficulty that il released its
grip, after it had torn the end of
her finger. She was given alcohol
and alum, which enabled her to
throw off the poison, while the
doctor was being summoned from
Red Oak. This was the third cop
per snake found near the Slayden
house this fall.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-21
MAKING PROGRESS
ON THE I\TERTRBi :
Eighty Per Cent OF the Grade Re
tween Here and Waco Com.
rIcteI.

\ member of he cngincrrsH%
corps OF the Southern En-
ejneoriug and Construction com
pany stated in WaNaAachie Sea taY
morning that splead5d pro&tes4 WIS
being made with the work between
here and Waco He estimates that
fully eighty per cent of the grade
south OF WaXahachie has been com
pleted One hundred teams are
now At work between here and Mil
ford All departments of the work
are being pushed as rapidly az Is
possible The bridge work is MAX
ing satisfactory progress and most
Of the bridges will soon be finished
II is stated that if nothing unfore-
seen happens the roadbod Will be
ready Tor track laying 10 be com
menced the first Of January.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-21
TWO SERIOUSLY HURT
IN RltNsN SATURDAY
Jim Wade Middleton Injured SAY
ING Lie OF Mrs. Fo,liu.

There was serious runaway
out on the safdiS pike. hear The
residence Of Fred Blank, saturday
afternoon, when Mrs. r. w Poplin
was driving out from town. and
her horse became frightened and
began to run jim Wade Middle
ton, who was coming iuto town,
saw her peril. and bui Tor his hero
ism, SHE would have been seriously
hurt lie stopped the running
horse, but was badly hg1 himself.
it was thought at first seriously.
Both he and Mrs. Poplih were bad
" bruised and hurt.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-21
DISTRICT COURT JURORS
ARE FINED FIFTY EACH
Summons to Serve on Petit
,jutica

-Four citizens OF the county who
failed TO obey summons to serve
S jurors in the district court this
week Were fined $50 each by Judge
Hawkins Monday morning. They
were A. ]. Gillian, J. G. GODDARD, ].
+. kimmcl and L. ]. Laird
On September &0th a fine of fiji
ty dollars was entered against \.
NJ Atkins.
w. 7. Morton and j T. Thomas
We're fined $40 each for failing
to appear as jurors the week be-
ginning October /
The following We're fined $50
each on Monday, October IA: l..
G. Armstrong, ], S. Bales. w. T.
Bartlett n, c, Carroll. +. a. Cheat
ham, G, W. Evans,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-21
Seaiiopcl Oysters

Take / pint NycuuS oysters
Dip in cracker crumbs seasoned
with salt aud pepper. Take 9
fablespoonsfal OF cracker crumbs
and mix with the same quantity of
melted butter. Grease shallow
baking dish and fiji With cracker
crumbs and oysters ia alternate
layers, Pour in lablospoonsful
|of water and sprinkle bread crumbs
and bits Of butter over The top.
Bake 80 minutes in hot oven.
ADV. t72
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-21
Quiet on the Cars,

There was very little misbehavior
on the interurban cars Saturday
night. City Marshal Shippey and
other officers rode every car be-
tween here and Dallas on the night
trips. Their presence had sooth-
ing effect on those who were SEEM
ingly disposed to create disturb
ance. During the early part of
the night four men We're taken off
the cars here and locked up on
charges of drunkenness.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-21

Inc Art Exhibit which will be in
WaHahschie, October 2ath 10 No
Vember End, has been a success in
other Texas towns and it should he
in Waxahachie. The following is
taken from letter sent the Moth
er's club: Bryan. Texas. has lust
sent in STA as the result of the
three days exhibit. In fact all Of
the reports from the exhibits of
this year indicate that much in
terest prevails throughout the state
in the matter of suitable decor,-
ton OF the school room" Adv. TIA
VISIT the art exhibit al the city
hall Oct 20. to Nov. 2, and see
now the school rooms can be beau.
''i'eo' Adv. l73