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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-06
Dray Convicted.

George Bray. colorcd, was, con-
victcd yesterday In the Hastings Court
OF alicioLsly wounding Cattle Cole
man, ana was sentenced Ia three years
In tho nm tAutIarN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-06

'oo'trI'uc" VTUTI FHSt fH60'v
each of the fthrcc "unsalaried" mem
bers. nm item which had been stricken
out when the appropriations for tho
hrst year were considered. Aftcr de-
bate, the amendment was Withdrawn.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
A SYMPHONY OF COLOR.
Panama Exposition to Be- Scene Of
Transcendent Beauty.

Panama Exposition to Be- Scene of
Transcendent Beauty.
There have already been exposition
cities, or parts Of them. whose streets,
buildings. parks, statues and landscape
effects, each more or less good in it.
self, were all planned as contributing
parts of homogeneous whole in de-
sign. though indeed, as a matter of
fact and history, even this idea has
never yet been carried out with unified
completeness except in exposition cit
les. memorably the White City at Chi
cago in 1893.
But for the greatest of expositions
there has been conceived and worked
out for the first time a city where not
only form, but color will be called up
to create symphonic loneliness.
At the Panama exposition every
square yard of the stately composition,
a mile or more in extent. from the red
roofs overhead to the tan shale under.
foot and including the rich masses of
California flowers and shrubs between.
together with the blues of the Golden
Gate and the soft browns of the ad,
jacent hills, are all picked up and com,
bined, blended and contrasted, in one
dominant key Of color to produce not
only harmony like an orchestra. but
transcendent beauty like a great or
chestra.
What the actual effect will be when
it is finished and visitors look down
upon it as they approach from the
heights above or gaze at it from the
hills across the bay is quite impossible
to describe for the very reason that
nothing Of the sort was ever done be-
fore. The nearest one can come tc
suggesting its ethereal loneliness is tc
say that the whole color scheme has
been devised and carried out under the
direction of Jules observation-disclosures
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
SOME DEAD LIBRARIES.
Mausoleums at Oxford For Works
Long Since Out Of Use.

MAuSoIeums at Oxford For Works
Long Since Out of Use.
In his book on .'Old Oxford Libra
RES Strickland Gibson describes the
old library Of Jesus college. built and
founded by Sir Leoline jenkins about
1876, las mausoleum for books long
since dead
Il. For can any change of scholarship
the author asks, quicken old Testatus
and raise him from the grave? Will
any theOlOgian, save out Of mere curl
osity, ever pore again over the sixteen
folio volumes of Alfonso Salmeron? It
is only by few antiquaries that the
old books are taken from their shelves.
The undergraduates never enter; in
Old library. 1t is elsewhere, in the
Undergraduates library, that the pres
ent generation seeks learning"
But even this is not the deadest of
libraries. for Mr.. Gibson describes q
less frequented one within the pre-
cincts Of Christ church:
'Dr. Richard Allestree, regius pro-
fessor Of divinity, in 1880 conveyed
the whole of his books to the universi-
ty in trust for the use of successive
regius professors Of divinity. The uni
versity, by the deed of trust. was to
exercise the right Of visitation, but NJ
money was left for the maintenance of
the library, nor has provision ever been
made for it. In secluded cloister
within small chamber and a long.
narrow room paved with red tiles the
books, unvisited, pass their days IN
dusty desolation and unbroken peace
Only the professor has the right Of
entry, right probably exercised but
seldom by one whose duty it is to in
terpret the living Word and who may
well hesitate to explore the wastes Of
long exhausted theological controver-
sizes.
1.-THE eighteenth century library Of
st. Edmund Hall is worth visiting for
the sake of its picturesque appearance
and it's diminutive size. It is situated
above the chapel and is approached hy
a narrow and tortuous staircase, on
which, unless the visitor follows his
guide very closely, there is some ikei-
hood of his being temporarily lost.
The library is the smallest in Oxford
little room with a gallery running
round. Originally the books were all
on the walls, but recently some trans
verse cases have been added, thus rem
dering DECENTRALIZATION difficult. It is a
library for the sedentary only"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
MADE A RECORD FALL.
It Was Remarkable, Not For Distance,
but For Results.

1t was Remarkable, Not For Distance,
but For Results.
Writing in 1841 Of fall from an i'm
mense altitude which did not result in
death, French observer, NJ Manzini,
declares that he had searched in vain
in the annals of science for a similar
case. We can we'll believe it.
The victim or patient was a tapis-
sier who had been engaged in putting
up decorations on the occasion of the
belated Obsequies Of Napoleon the
Great in the lofty dome of the Church
Of the Invalides in Paris. When busy
moving ladder on the top Of a high
scaffolding he overbalanced himself
and. in obedience to some obscure in
stinct, jumped clear of the ladder and
the platform, crying to his fellow work
men as only Frenchman would, "Be-
hold me quit!'
With these cheering words on his lips
he fell eighty-two feet bounding in one
place off the roof Of a little dome,
which caused him to describe a second
parabOla in the air, and landing final
~, feet first, on the slate roof of a
small sacristy.
Crashing through the states, he land
ed asttide a rafter. where he was found
sitting, surprised, but coherent, for he
was able to give his name and address
when asked for them. He had no recol-
lection of this and became unconscious
when put to bed shortly afterward ul-
der the care of the great Pasquier. His
insensibility lasted very short time,
however, and he made an extraordi-
narily rapid recovery, having sustained
no apparent injuries, either external
or internal. At the end OF a month
Pasquier found him quite well.-Loa-
don Lancet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
Asbestos Doors.

Asbestos doors. which look like ordi-
nary doors of oak or mahogany. are a
new kind Of fire protection. They are
made with center core of wood or
metal, covered thickly with asbestos.
An oak or other wood veneer gives a
surface finish so that they seem to be
solid wood, but in case of fire the small
amount of wood in the veneer would
not affect their fire resisting ability
much more than would heavy coat of
paint on an all metal door.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
battlefield HOSPITALS.
Rules That Govern the Treatment of
tho Wounded

Rules That Govern the Treatment of
tho Wounded.
The care of the wounded is necessa-
rily an important duty imposed on
every nation in case of war.
The general system adopted for pro-
viding medical service is practically
identical in the armies of all the great
powers. 1t contemplates division Of
the service into three portions-that
which belongs to and accompanies the
fighting troops, that which pertains to
the base (of supplies) and the line of
communications and that which per-
tains to the home territory. or 1.-The
zone of the Interior"
The principle governing these serv-
ices is that nothing but first aid and
emergency treatment should be at
tempted in the immediate zone of COM
bat and that, having received this
treatment, the disabled should be
quickly transported to the "base."
where abundant facilities for their
care can be provided without encum-
bering the fighting forces.
Here at the base they are carefully
classified, and those who are so seri-
ously disabled as to be unfit for fur
Their service at the front are sent back
to hospitals at home. while those who
are less seriously disabled are retained
until they are we'll enough to leave the
hospital. when they are transferred to
the convalescent camp. Here they re-
main until they have fully regained
their strength, when they rejoin their
regiments at the front--Scientific
American.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
ALLIGAT0RS OF PANAMA.
One Man Eater That Had Terrorized
Two Neighboring Villages.


With other white companions l have
often plunged into the waters of the
Tuyra, fairly large river which flows
into the gulf of Panama after having
traversed immense stretches of i'm
penetrable forests. Regularly a score
OF so of alligators assisted at our gam
bols at a distance of thirty or forty
yards, and we came to look upon them
as quite harmless
After an absence of two years l re-
turned and in two neighboring villages
found the inhabitants terrified No
one dared to go near the river at night
fall. No one ventured, even in broad
daylight. to cross the stream in the
narrow canoes which are used by the
natives to carry bananas and vegeta-
bles from their plantations.
The cause of this terror, 1 discov-
cred, was an alligator that had de-
voured thirty persons in less than two
months, surprising some on the river
bank and literally swapping others out
of their canoes. Thirty people, and
the two villages together only num-
bered $50 souls!
After series of fruitless attempts
we ended in capturing the brute with
baited hook, an enormous affair, to
which we fastened half pig. The
creature was close on twenty -four feet
long. he was so old that seaweed
and MOSES were growing between his
scales, and he presented the appear
ance of a tree trunk that had been a
long time submerged. he was, we es-
timated, more than 100 years old-Paul
Drevy in Wide World Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
MILITARY ANNIHIL.ATIoN.,
The Term Does Not Necessarily lndi.
II. cate Terrific Slaughter.

The Term Does Not Necessarily lndi-
cate Terrific Slaughter.
Many Of the phrases of war are mis-
leading to the reader who is ignorant
of the technical meaning of military
terms. That is the case with the words
''annihilated" and destroyed" The
GREATNESS reader learns with horror
that IAN entire division was destroyed
while attempting to storm the forts ut
A." or that "a regiment of cavalry,
while accommodating on the flank Of
the enemy, was annihilated." He i'm
AGNES terrible scene of slaughter in
which all, or virtually all, the soldiers
are left dead on the field. " -.
The truth, however, is quite differ
ent. By no means was every soldier
or every trooper killed; the division or
regiment was destroyed or annihilated
as an organization or effective fighting
unit.
In time of war men fight, not as in
dividuals, but as parts of fighting
unit. That unit may be regiment,
division or an army corps. In order
to be Of any real use those organiza-
tons must be maintained. When the
organization is broken up the individ-
ual soldiers who compose it, no mat
ter how brave they may be personally,
degenerate into mob, and. as mob
or mere disorganized collection of men,
they are unable to attack the enemy
and usually unable to make any de
Tense against attack.
So, when the organization is thus
broken, it is said to be annihilated or
destroyed. although perhaps only a
small part of the soldiers have actually
been killed or wounded. Indeed, it is
rare that fighting unit survives the
loss of more than 10 per cent of its
men. That is because the mortality
Of officers is always higher than that
among the privates, and when nearly
half of it's officers are killed or wound
ed the organization generally goes to
pieces. In such case the men go to
the rear as individuals or in such order
as they can maintain. There they must
remain until the organization is recruit
3D. reoficered and reorganized. Until
that is done they are useless for war.
In the Boer war General Butler,
with an army of some 10000 men, at
tackled the Beers at the Tugela river
He was defeated and lost about $500
men, killed and Wounded-less than
one-tenth of his whole army. Yet his
army was said to be destroyed, as, in
fact, it was. After the defeat it had
lost all organization and virtually de-
generated into mob. It had to re-
treat about twenty miles. where it
would be safe from Boer attacks. and
there it lay for several months unable
to make Il single move until it was
recruited, reoficered. REINFORCED and.
most of ALL reorganized.-Youth Com
panion
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
Honorable.

Marjorie, aged four, was in the IL
brary with her father while her moth
er was experimenting the preparation
of dinner. The attention Of the head
OF the house was attracted by a scratch
ing sound, and he looked up to find
his daughter at work with pair of
scissors on the top Of a polished table.
Marjorie" he said sternly, "go tell
your mother what you've been doingv
II won't do it, papa"' she said. do
you think I'm tattletale ?-Judge.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Irregular Heartbeats.

A writer ON medical subjects
says that an irregular beating
heart should not cause any anx-
iety. Give it no thought-espe-
cially fear thought. The mental
attitude regarding it may make
or mar your life. Forget it.
The heart is wonderful little
organ and. as a rule. will adjust
itself to varying conditions when
not interfered with mentally or
physically. Therefore, mentally.
forget it; physically. watch your
diet as regards overeating or the
eating of such foods and in such
manner Insufficient mastica-
tom as to cause gases, the &C.
ton of which is to distend the
stomach and crowd the heart.
It won't go back on you if you
treat it halfway right.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
Bismarck on HelqoIand.

The exchange of Helgoland for Fan
zibar was a transaction which has met
since with a good deal of criticism. It
must be remembered. however. that
Germany had not then developed the
naval ambition which has given the
little island it's great strategic impor-
lance, and when the bargain was made
it had no stronger critic than Bismarck.
To barter Zanzibar for Helgoland. he
protested. was like exchanging a pair
Of trousers for a button."-London
Chronicle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
Animals and Electricity,

Man has much greater power of cleo
trical resistance or much less suscepti-
bility than many other animals. A
leech placed upon copper plate which
rests upon larger plate Of zinc is I'M
able to crawl off on account of the
feeble electric action excited by the
contact of the metals. Horses are trou-
bled by slight differences of potential.
An OK treated for rheumatism with
electricity succumbed to a current alb
solutely inoffensive to man.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
The First Express,

The express business was started ~
William F. Harnden Of Boston. In
1888 he contracted with the Boston and
Worcester railroad for the carriage ct
packages over it's line. In the follow
ing year he arranged for service be-
tween New York and Boston four times
a week. He himself was the messen-
ger, and he carried his packages at
first in small hand bag, afterward n
a stout trunk
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
Germany's "FIower City,

Erfurt is appropriately called the
"Blumenstadt," or Flower City, Of
Germany. Almost 3 per cent of the
population is engaged in commercial
horticulture. While vegetables and
flowers for sale are grown on a largo
scale, of much vaster proportions h
the business in flower and vegetable
seed. The larger Erfurt seed firms
ship to almost all parts of the civilig-
ed world.-Argonaut.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
Siamese ROYAL Etiquette,

BY a remarkable law of royal eti-
quette which has existed for number
OF years at the court of Siam no per-
son is permitted to sleep in an apart
ment situated above that occupied by
the king. A deliberate breach of this
rule has on more than one occasion
been punished by death.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
Homemade Paste.

An inexpensive paste is made Of one
small potato grated fine. Add boiling
water enough to MAKE it clear and boil
i've minutes. This is much better than
flour or cornstarch paste for all kinds
of pasting.-Woman's Home Compan.
ion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
Whale Beef.

Enter the whale as an element in
the beef supply. In Alaska the
canneries have begun to pack whale
beef. heretofore regarded as waste.
An average whale yields twenty tons
of beef
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
Placing the Blame.

Simms-You're poor sort of a club
member. I very seldom see you around
at the clubhouse. Timms-Why, I get
around once or twice week Simms-
Well. look at me; I'm there every
night. Timms-Yes, but you're mar
r1ed and I'm single.-Philadelphia
Ledger. q
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
The Human Eve,

The human eyeball rests in a cushion
Of fat. by which it is surrounded on
every side. When the system becomes
greatly emaciated through disease this
fat is absorbed and the eye sinks deep
er into the head, thus giving the sunk
en- appearance so common in disease.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
No Doubt About IL.

Those men seem we'll connected"
said bystander as he looked at an
officer and prisoner handcuffed togeth-
er on their way to the courtroom st
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
Those Kind Friends

Evelyn-What did everybody say
when they heard of my engagement?
Dorothy-They said your fathers
failure couldn't have been as bad as re.
pOrted.-NeW York Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
Political Definitions.

Ambrose Bierce, the satirist, gave at
a dinner these rather cynical political
definitions.
"a conservative. . said Mr.. Bierce, s.is
a statesman who is enamored of exist
ing evils, while radical wy1ld replace
them with others. Washington Star,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19
Wasted Sympathy,

Professors Wife, suppose you have
hard work and small pay. Piano Nov
er-Oh. we're not regular musicians,
lady; we just deliver goods.-Life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19

! believe in laughter. in love. in faith
In all distant hopes that lure us on.
Groves. :@
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-19

Talent knows what to do; tact knows
what not to do.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-12
Strange Exploits of a "Missinq Link"
,Bv CASTOR LerOux
~. Author OF 1.-THE YELLOW ROOM" Etc.
tCoryrish;. 1913. by Frank A. MJu.y Col
SYNOPSIS OF rREcEDIXU; CHAPTERS.

g96sss s0ss99e9s
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-12

The man from Saint Martin =
back!" said Baiaoo ominovsiy.
Look at the things on that IoAYso
hat" said Gabriel. Are they sd
The lady came nearer to take a ~.
ter look Mt Gabriel. whsreupon the e.
cited apo suddenly snatchsd on The
magnificent hat and obeying hio IN
Htincts, began to devour u upon ne
spot Seeing the MASTERPIECES OF H.
Hue de In Paix disappearing between
Gabriers teeth. the lady. the la1v's
friend. and the waiter ustsSod
piercing yells. But Balaoo utteeod
the war cry. the rallying cry Of Ne
Forest OF Bandong. Ono moro bound
and Gabriel Joined him. The Two
we're outside on the pavement whDn
Maxim's best customer arrived inst
In time to calm tho bewildered Stafs
ITS tho Maharaj ah OF KaipuTI
thagra," he said. ''out for tho night
with his monkey"
Meanwhile the taIi which had
brought them was carrying them
away.
on reaching the gate OF the Jardin
des Plantes, Balaoo made u clear o.
tho driver that the Maharnjah OF Kali
purthasra had painted the town NO
very rod that night that he had
hardly Il sou left In his pocket. Tho
driver was quite satisfied. He de-.
clared himself the maharujah's hum
BILE servant, said that he would coil
for his orders ut II o'clock In the
morning. and disappeared. after taxi
ing om his cap to his highness.
Had Balaoo been really merry that
evening he would mot have failed "a
shout after tho driver: n
Ask for 81. Gabriel! Third cass
on the LETT"
Hut Balaoo was not really merry!
There Ii none on earth that undas-
stands ms but YOU" satd Balapo,
pressing Gnbriefs hand. ~ viii ten
you thing. Gabriel. that I havs
never told to any one. not even "a
her. But We weep tosethsr, you and
l. Thus do the feeblest plants en-
twinc Ia resist the storm" G.f
Poor Balaoo! Poor Balaoo!" salt
Gabriel. wir.-E away Eaiaoo.a tara.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-12

great state on the desk in the mar
iage re eistry office.
The three others who had been killed
were private soldiers. Their bodies
were "'aced In row on the floor OF
the council chamber.
In addition to these four heroes.
there were "a number OF men suffering
from fractured arms. broken legs,
bruised noses.
As to the Three Brothers, not one of
them. OF course. was brought back.
dead or alive. More than that, they
had not even been seen: and they had
not fired single shot. Tho soldiers
had discharged their rifles at them,
at random. but were una BILE to say II
they had even driven them away.
All that they found was Dr. Hon
orat. tied to the foot Of tree in the
middle Of tho Moabit clearing.
Madeleine later crept out to the
forest. calling:
'Balaoo! Balaoo! Baiao. !"
And II was not long before she saw
Balaoo come timidly toward her, his
clothes In disorder. hanging his head.
with q repentant face. Smiling and
moaning. he fell on his knees,
Mercy" he sighed, in his gentle.
gongiike voice.
She took him by the ear and brought
him home.
All tho same. he had hanged M.
ferment de Meyrentin.
He was given seven days In the
black hole, which he fully deserved.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-12

aYNOPsis OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS
Three men are a,ys,criou,i, murdered IN iapii
sresccsss,an u The French village OF IT. Martin.
ues Bos. The crimes are senrisly attributed L,
tIss sw'rs- "futneis. tile Naitrins. All Of the
murdered uen have been stfanz. q By incredibly
. gtfonJ bands and theu hanged The thrd case
y ihh' - cOmmer'isl na,ener named Bloncsi
1tatrce 81 AhDin. tours lasyT. Mitnesse. the
trlmt ID Na. And meats the dnss~n mnfIerer
shisp,f .'rsirics.' Next moinirg ;he local Msg.
t,trate, o. MsAfsnt.n. insi cctins The room where
ssshs tl.ri niarJer va, coinin;tel sees footprints
s s.aS 10 a. psiyhei yarn Of odd we've, fatriee
goss 10 Nj, his. uncIe. Coriois, . scientist. TO
whose daughter M.dee,ns he q, sns.sed: .'crio /,
w. ct Nors on = me agi cultnfsl efperinenta, IL
y,scir ~ !. sid,d 10y his NATIVE !,orn.o servant.
Mel P.tric. late p n,an,. passing through We
sister Of ths .vsatrins. dsSnins' . sosi The sole
o. t6s footprints on. the Csiina. suspirtgn tails
&c IInIj. csp,pI.d BY Cys,oii. "a Born.c snd. 81
seSS01s surgicn operations, turned into the som
sl.sss q man De Msyisn.r ..s x, e ccscl,..
caIk hins.li. lie roasss R.i.oo's ias. and !,
him Iss o, y'1 sss. N; ,Ss ,, ssSsss
~, srsde. They hide .,, a., dC,,or t n |.
Who seek TO capture the vsutrins.