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er improvements III the snaphance re-
suited In the hint-lock gun, in which n
piece of flint replaced the pyritcs ISx-
amples OF this style are more common,
ana Some sixty arc included in tho
museum collections. representing near
~ every country. and well illustrating
the various changes and improvements
made.
One OF tho most interesting and VAL
liable arms in the collection, Is the
John Cookson fint-lock breech loading
magazine gun made in 1856, which has
magazine in the stock capable Of
holding ten rounds OF loose powder and
bEilets One movement or n lever feeds
the ammunition into the barrel, cocks
The hammer, and primes the pan. In
spite of the English name of the maker
this odd piece is believed to he OF
Spa.ush origin on account of it's gen
eral type and the style Of it's dccorn-
ton. IL was probably brought to Mary
lana by the early English colonists;
ut least IL was found in baltimore and
conilscated In 1863. and held by the
government until 1867, which 1T was
thrown away. In 1855 II WAS purchased
for smalf sum and put Ia its present
perfect condition by n gungmith Of
Baltimore from whom II war secured
by an American collector and pre-
scntcd to the museum.
From n military point OF view. the
design of this gun evidences great adj
vance Ol us time, lot. with the maya
zine charging appurtcnancc, ten shots
could be fred in but little more time
than Is required with modern maya
zine gun. Altogether. the antiquity.
design. Workmanship and beauty OF
this gun make II n most valuable ana
remarkable relic.
The development of the gun and am
munition IN the United States is we'll
illustrated by n series of historical
cases showing the types used In tho
succeeding wars from the French and
Indian. to the war with Spain, thus
connecting closely history and inven-
ton.
While many foreign guns arc repre-
sented they arc not all of the latest
patent or of the type now in use In
the European war: in the case of our
military rife, however the latest de-
vclopments are shown, and IL is inter
csting to note that the Springfield rife
generally known as the 1903 model,
though IL has been improved upon
since. is to be found in three separate
series, the target, game and military.
showing that IL Is suitable. with diff
fcrent sorts OF ammunition, to many
uses.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
The Voice of the People
A Reply to the nenIshted One.

To The Editor OF Tho Times Dispatch:
Sir-Tor the definition of ANOMALY" we would
direct "Benghtcd Suffragist' to a reliable die
tonary. Such irregularities in the feathercd
tribe as one-lcggcd. two-headed chickens
which. while not adapted to normal purposes
after their emcrgence, were yet able to "cracle
the she'll" have been known
Sex millennium" is the mirage which sur-
fragists will reach when they obtain the vote
and nature" in the used, refers to those
attributes and functions with their inseparablc
limi,ations) which wise Creator has bestowed
upon woman for His own benefccnt designs
IT Is TO be hoped that "Bcnghtcd SunraEist'
is better versed in politics than shc seems to
be In the nicetics of the language and its
mctaphorical possibilities.
VIRGINIA WOMAN
Richmond, November I, 1914
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The spells of Mnr.

He--Don't you consider
Miss Cuteleigh an exceed
ingly attractive girl?
Shc-I should say do.
Why, when she came home
from tho seashore this fall
she had four engagement
rings and n lock bracelet.
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oh. the Canny New Englandcrs.

& Z EARS expressed by New England bankers,
that the S135,000,00C fund for the re-
lief of the cotton situation and the plan by
which the fund is to he applied TO its purpose
Involve violations of the Sherman antitrust
law, certainly seem TO Justify Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo's description Of them.
The secretary says these alleged fears are
pure buncombe,' and that is just about
fright.
The New England bankers, who are refus-
ing to aid the fund, are more concerned with
the interests of the New England cotton mills
than they are with those of the Southern
planter and merchant. 1t is to the special
interest of the mills that they buy their
& cotton cheap, because the decreased produc-
tion of European mills caused by the war,
makes it reasonably certain they will be able
y TO sell their cloth dear or at least, at a
good price
Sometimes one is encouraged to hope that
New England has abandoned those peculiarly
and delightfully."- New England qualities on
/ which it Drided itself i'll the long ago, con-
spicuous among which was the capacity to
link with the work Of the Evil One any
institution, policy or practice which il had
tested and found commercially unproitable
and which was, gave signs of, becoming
profitable TO another section of the country
And then all these tender hopes are blasted!
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Ruined by vnnitr.

i wouldn't o had no trouble wifi dc constable
ner nobody, said Mr.. Erastus Pnkley IF 1t
hadn been for woman's love O. dress" "What
has dress got to do with it?" asked the taller
Ally woman folks warnt satisfied to eat de
mos or dc chicken. Dey had TO put do feathers
IN dclr mats an parade em crcumstantiaI
Observation-Disclosures Star
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Several Turns.

Tramp-"If you'll gimme n meal. mum ri
promise to turn over leaf" Mrs Sub
bnbs-NeTer mind about new leaf: take the
rake ana turn over those old leaves on tho lawn
Ihen remember that good turn deserves
another, and keep on till you get them into n
pilc"-Boston Transcript.
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A Miracle.

A statesman from near Oyster Bay
3 Now Declares: II have nothing to saw"
Who would have conceived
Or could e'cr have believed
He would be affected that way?
THE TATTLER.
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New York HAS socialist Congressman

ONEfNNNWNN
IT HE only thing surprising about New York
L Cty's having elected a Socialist TO Con.
gressf Is that it did not happen before In
the congested sections of the metropolis-
and in not q few thinly-settlcd districts az
weii---there are large numbers OF earnest
adherents Of Socialist theory and dogma In
4 bad times, to these are added the many voters
WHO fofeake regular" parties for the one
opposed to the established order of things
In the district which will be represented in
Congress by Socialist, there are MANY
toilers who at the best Of times are hanging
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trary. must be to keep thcir green troops out
OF positions where their inexperience and lack
OF drill might invite disaster. 1t is on this
ground that Winston churohilrs sending OF the
unframed marines to Antwerp hos boon so
sharply criticised:-sprinsfeld Republican.
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Making Up Her Mind.

Grubbs-Has your wife started that bank
account OF which you were telling me?
Stubbs--Not yet, but she has collected sample
checks from all the banks and is trying to
decide which makes the most harmonious COM
bination with her new embossed stationery
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
Chats With Virginia Editors

The Newport News TImes-Herald asks:
Where is that Great Britain navy, anyway"
We don't know. but have our suspicious.
Certain German warships In COM
pany with part OF it In South American
waters
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Discussing the return OF former Speaker Can
non to the House, tho Bristol Herald Courier
facetiously remarks: Your Uncle Joe Cannon
declining days in Washington" 1t remains to
be seen, however. whether Cannon Is gun OF
the obsolete type Big guns of every descrp-
ton, even political have lost their usefulness
engines of war in recent years Then. too,
your Uncle Joe In to add to the .gaiety OF
the nation, for he never of the smooth
bore type.
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SYNONYMOUS,

to "back?"
Paw FiggJam-Surcly.
tommy Ffggjam--Then. what did Uncle Bill
mean when he said that he busted up in bust
ness because he had too many reverses and not
enough backing?-Chicago Post
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Interference.

Il don't quite see how you figure that this
foreign conflict is interfering with your political
prospects" ITS very plain" replied Senator
Sorghum. The papers out home haven't place
TO print my speeches And IL they did print
en- nobody would read em."-Washngton Star
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08

Long life to tho Hollingsworths. 'Tis the likes
OF them that speeds the country editor through
LIES journey with laugh and song. Health
and good digestion to the appreclative presd-
Ing genius of that Sussex County palladium the
Waverly Dispatch, who thus records event:
&C. c. Hollingsworth. who resides In Wavcrly,
paid us visit Wednesday afternoon that we
shall not soon forget: and II all of our subscrb-
ers would do likewise there would be no COM
plant to the high cost OF living far as
the editorial force of the Dispatch is concerned.
He not only renewed his subscription to this
paper. but brought along with him half bushel
of sweet and Irish potatoes which would no
doubt have captured ribbon ut the fair"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
The Pessimtst snxn.

Life certainly is made up OF one darn thing
after another. Just as get through quarrelinl
with the iceman 1 have to begin to look after
the furnace.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08

Notorously, tho stars of the realms OF music
and the drama arc Jealous lot. But they have
no monopoly: IF you want to make monkeys
OF yourselves Colonel Roosevelt told some
youngsters in recent address, do it when
I am not here
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08

The man who can pay his bills and doesn't
is ono of the public enemies who delays the
progress of business" is the preclude of n dis
sertation on the why and wherefore of alleged
lizard times by Editor Warren in his Chatham
Enterprise. And does he mention
that Is the time to subscribe.
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Our Republican friends arc
BUSINESS quick to assure us that the re-
Revival suits OF Tuesdays voting mean a
Is Near quick recovery OF business; that
confidence VIII now be restored
and that there will be q revival
OF good times all along the line we nre for
THIS The sooner. the better. No man OF any
party is worth while who will stand i'm the
way OF such program. Confidence in the
future Is all that is needed to bring about such
result, and now that Republican friends
nave confidence, our Democratic friends and
what is left OF tho Bull Moose outnt can we'll
aiLord to work together for tho common good
AeogS'her. the outlook is splendid for tho
i nauaeI business revival The politicians who
nave peon elected to something havo no longer
any Immediate Incentive for hating business by
saumity howls or otherwise. They ought To
DO HAPPY FOR the time being, and with their
croaklns out or the way business men ought to
proceed to business. The country is ripe for
LII rne iose ana most OF tho people In 1t arc
ready to Kick out of the way the bIathersItes
VINO may make further attempts to head it Off
Philadelphia Record - ~
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Butting into the free for all discussion which
started outside his bailiwick. tho editor OF the
Record Advertiser, of Halifax, asserts: mo.
1t isn't pronounced Hewston. Hooston or How
ston. You say it like this: TIouse-ton. And
It's open house You always welcomew'
If that is the correct pronunciation, Editor Har-
ry Houston. OF the Hampton Monitor, has been
living under pronunciative alias n long
time.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08

THE New England newspapers tell us that
the moose are being slaughtered in the woods
of Maine. We had supposed that they wero all
slaughtered last Tuesday" says the Newnort
News Daily Press. But the Down East breth
rem handed out the straight dope. Only the
main moose of tho herd went to the shambles
The surviving specimens may he found by dill
gently beating the bushes but they are not
feeling very robust
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
The Bright Side Of Life
He Has TO Worry.

Growcher Is confirmed pcssimist, isn't lie %
Yes. Just now he Is worrying about who will
bury the last Imam on enrth."-Judge.
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The Surrender Of rsinrc.,au

| Q URRENDER of the German garrison OF
~ Tsingchau after nearly three months OF
heroic resistance to attacks in largely SUI
perior force from land. air and sea, brings to
its inevitable end an incident that will have
an honorable place in the history of this war
These 1000 Germans, attacked by an Anglo
Japanese army Of between 80 1000 and 4O, 900
men, shelled by British and Japanese war
ships and harassed by the bombs of an aerial
fleet, have performed a feat of arms that
must have won the admiration of their
enemies as it has that Of all lovers of pa
triotic self-sacrifce
The doom ofsFsfngchau was sealed from
the very moment that Tokyo sent it's ulti-
matum to Berlin and that ultimatum was
received with contemptuous silence There
was never the hope Of escape. Rescue was
not within the bounds Of possibility. Under
such circumstances, no blame could have at
tachcd TO the defenders il, after sufficient
resistance to make it obvious that they
yielded only to the inevitable, they had laid
down their arms.
They held OH through eighty DAYS and
nights of incessunt and determined attack
When the garrison was not repulsing land
assaults on the forts, it was enduring the
shell fire of the allied warships or sheltering
tseif rs best it could from the bombs that
leii from the sky. II inflicted heavy losses,
the exact number and nature of which have
not Ieen revealed, but that have included
more than 1000 men and several vessels
of war.
One may disagree as violently as possible
with Germanys course in this WARMTH the
motives and ambitions that inspired its
declaration Of hostilities, with the selfish and
brutal treatment Of Belgium-but admira-
zion OF its peoples support of the cause of
the Fatherland cannot be withheld That
support has shown itself in the ungrudgng
contribution Of life and treasure to the
kaiscr's war measures, and it has had no
more conspicuous or notable illustration than
at Tsingchau. Those who fought in the de-
tense of that citadel were skilled soldiers
and gallant men.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08

The Valley Virgnian OF Waynesboro says.
According to orders received at the local post :
office. money order business between this coun-
try and Mexico has been suspended" This ac-
ton In Waynesboro heightens some suspicious
we had entertained from daily contact with
representatives of the different Mexican gov
ernments on the border few months ago Tho
order Is presumably general.
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Supplying
New Food fol
Powder

IS not quite the for ENG
land for the Continental powers Their
reserves. for the most part, are trained soldiers
whose deficiency from age or inferior
physique. The English recruits OF sound
physique, the requirements being fairly high
but are unframed. II they are sent into tho
field before they fit they will be rather
helpless at first but VIII gain In skill ami steadi-
ness with experience To certain extent tho
sedcntary eS-solders who called from civil!
life to join the Continental field armies will also
improve by the hardening process, hut not to
the same extent. and the proportion of those
who break down Will DO larger. The two kinds
OF reserves. in fact need to DO treated in n
different way. and doubt both sides the
problem has been worked out very thoroughly
The Germans keep their grades of cannon fodder
quite distinct and try to use the inferior troops
in way which will not physically overtax
them; tho problem for the English, on the con-
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Republicans arc already selecting presi-
dental candidates for 1916. They ought to
be careful that they provide full supply of
mourncrs for the same occasion
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Whcre government "Intcrferenccn Helps

s Where Government "intcrfereucc" Helps
IT is not so very long ago that free and iu-
L dependent American citizens, speaking
for the beef trust, viewed with-a great deal
of alarm the increasing rigors Of government
Inspectors and eXactions i'll the matter of
the health OF food animals. In some admin
istrations these protests succeeded in weaken
ing the safeguards thrown around this part
of the peoples food supply, and diseased ami
mails became SO common i'll this country that
other nations refused to permit them to be
imported.
The closing of the Chicago stockyards,
because OF the appearance OF the foot and
mouth disease. is striking evidence Of the
fact that, under the present administration,
the inspectors are taking their duties ecr-
ously. and Will not permit animals unfit for
food TO find their way into the butcher shop.
1t is also to be noted that the beef Garons
themselves have been trained TO obey orders
OF this sort with alacrity, or, at least, with
ont audible protest.
II is even possible they realize that the
governments prompt action is Il very good
thing for the industry. II drastic measures
had not been promptly aid publicly adopted.
the disease, which can now he obliteratc in
a few days, would have spread over the coun-
try and have taken years TO stamp out Its
existence could not have been kept secret
for long, and e general cessation of the con
o"ihP'tO" VI iie"N "pulc have resulted, Whlcn
would not have been a good thing for the
industry.
In its manifold activities as inspector and
regulator. the Federal departments work as
do all othe. human institutions with some
plumbers and a good deal OF creaking But
on the whole, as in the stockyards case,
they do their work bDth promptly and eifec-
lively, and without them ptomaine poisoning
and other ills that wait upon dccaved and
aduierated foods and finance would be more
common than they are.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08

Defeat OF the "full-crew" law by a referen-
dun in Missouri seems to indicate a popular
belief that the railroads are carrying about
all the handcaps that the situation demands.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08

The German admiralty denies that the
mines northwest of Ireland were laid by
vessels under neutral flag. That circum-
stance is unlikely to afford much satisfaction
to the steamships that run into them
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08

The Bull Moose party, according TO dis
patches. will do nothing hastily" That is
exactly the way it functioncd i'm the last cleo
tlon. In the future, probably, il will do
nothing deliberately, but it will keep OH doing
nothing
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08

II was rather heroic of Carranza to kick the
belgian minister out of Mexico, seeing that
Belgium couldn't protest.
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Now that Huerta has offered to prepare a
comfortable retreat for Carranza somewhere
in the Old World the entente cordiale he
tween the former foes promises to be re-
stored But where will the Comfortable re-
treat DC established? The Old World now
adays in the matter of peace and comfort.
does not compare favorably with Mcxico
itself
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08

What really counts is the dis
couragement which will come.
which must come, to thousands
of men and women who, through
the Progressive party, sought to
lO gOmothfptr m y,oLo h,>,nsi,o.>
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Current Editorial Comment

AS inferior troops on both sides
begin to he called into service
, the question of their proper en-
ployment becomes serious, and il
is to be noted that the problem
Is not quito the same for E,n..
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Entered january ~, 1905, mt Richmond. VA, as
ecconu- cIass matter under net of Congress oi
March 3. 1879.
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Roosevelt
Sacrifice
of Party


life better. Their dsappon tmcnt Is the real
Tragedy OF the recent dull canvass. II is because
ho has sacrificed this cause because he has
used those aspirations and these ideals as mere
coin OF political barter for hia own personal
fortune. that Theodore Roosevelt emerges from
the present campaign, not merely crushed as Il
political general, but bankrupt rs n moral
predict the total disappearance of tho principles
and the purposes. the sound, the sweet and the
clean. as well as the prepostcrous and the
SrotesQue portions of the Progressive plat
FORM American political history holds out a
warning. Is 1t too much to hope that much
which worth preserving, so valuable in
our public life, in tho Progressive party may
survive the betrayal of the party by its leader
and Its consequent destruction? New York
Evening Sun.
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Prussian
Domination
Of Germany

whole, and the Prusslan element
in the Federal Council is APP
pointed by government elected under tho
russian three-class system. Under this system
the voters are arranged the lists in the order
or the amount OF taxes they pay. Those paying
INC hrst third exercise one-third of the voting
power AS this works out in n city like IIssen
LOT example where the great Krupp gun works
.,.e iocated' IL mas actually happened that only
one person voted in the first class and elected
third of the representatives. while thou
SANDS or men voted In the third class also elect
ing exactly one-third of the representatives
In the great city Of Berlin. 1t works out one
voter OF the first class has much power az
MY registered voters of the third class But Ii s
inueh worse In the great landholdng country dis
tricts OF the Prussia that lies to the eastward
OIL Berlin than 1t is In the capital city. Tho
practicai consequence of the Prussian system
is that russia Is governed by n few hundred
aristocratc. iandholdins and wealthy families
unaer the leadershinof the Prussian King. who
is also the German Emperor. Since the smaller
northern state OF Germany follow the lead OF
PRUSSIA tho Emperor and his reactionary groub
or aristocrats and mlitarlsts. through their
absolute domination of Prussia, have thus far
been able to dominate the German empire
Review of Reviews.
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undivided one-seventh interest, east u,
section 17-164W, $1,455.71.
HEINE ZIM, CUB STAR,
BENEDICT FOR MONTHS

New York, June 13.-Heine thinner
man is married Heine says he en-.
tered the bonds of wedlock some
months ago, but at the time he couldn t
see any good and sufficient reason for
splitting the yarn. A Bronx gal, Helen
Chazar, II years old, is the party who
tempted the famous slugger from the
ranks of the carefree bachelors.
Zim displayed considerable sagacity
in arranging for his plunge into matri-
mony. He went to Chicago last win
ter for no apparent purpose other than
to kill time while awaiting the start
of the training trip last spring. 1t was
about that time that the then Miss
Chazar also also decided to take a
flying trip to Chicago. OF course Zim
knew his fiancee was coming, so he
framed his plans for a bold move
even before she arrived, and then got
the license.