Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 221, 12 September 1907 — Page 3

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PROBEOFTHE ROADS MAY B ABANDONED Interstate Commission Will Make Some Announcement in October.

WILL GIVE FORMAL NOTICE. 60DY THINKS NO USEFUL PURPOSE WILL BE SERVED BY CONTINUING IT OTHER LARGE SYSTEMS EXPECTED. Washington, Sept. 12 Immediately Upon the reassembling of the Interstate Commerce commission early In October, consideration vill be given to the order made by the commission several months ago, providing for an Inquiry into the operations of the roads in the control of James J. Hill. 'All indications point to an abandonment of the inquiry In the case of the Hill roadu, and formal notice to this effect will possibly bo given by the commission following its first meeting after the summer recess. The determination of the commission to probe the Hill roads was reached coincident with the issuance of the order for an investigation into fha r-nnrhirt and mannzement of the road3 controlled by K. H. Harfiman.l At that time it was planned to iook into the operations of practically all the roads in the Un'ted State3, and although the project was regarded as one of great magnitude, the commission fully Intended to embark on it. The conclusion has been reached, however, that no useful purpose will be accomplished by .1 general inquiry Into the methods of business of the Hill roads or the other big carriers of the country. CU.. u i UN d OMNIA. The soporific powers of warm ml lb are well known, but care should be taken that the milk does not quite boil. A Swedish method of producing slerp Is to wring out a handkerchief in irj cold water and lay it across ilte eyes .when it is said to act like magic. To many constitutions a warm bath taken immediately before going to bed Is very soothing and produces drowsiness, while an apple eaten as the last thing Is equally effective. The homely boiled onion is another porereign remedy, or an onion may be ediced and eaten raw. the disagreeable Ja3te being remove J by taking a littl. eugar or a pinch cf tea afterward. A Hindoo practice to Induce sleep to take deep iuhalationi, expelling the air alternately through each nostril, keeping this other clojed with the fin per. This has a wonderfully quieting ect. Coins Conffrm. A poor liicu had better keep out ol congress. Campaign expenses arc heavy and they como every two years No man can go to congress without neglecting his law practice or his business. .If he is a poor man he will probably Ie his clients or his customers; a small business or practice will not support partners or managers. After a few years in congress nine men out of ten are beaten for renomination, and then. If they have not a fortune or nn established business to fall back on, they will try to get some email salaried place under the government and may rot be successful. Philadelphia Record. Chemical Clianfrea. By takintr some limewater and blowing one's breath into it a fine white powder will be formed in the water. By adding some common salt to a polutlou of nitrate of silver a thick white powder is produced which, if placed In the sunlight, will turn brown. Tour the juice of a red cabbage into a ' test tube or thin glass bottle, drop In very gradually a solution of washing soda, shaking the bottle every time yon put the washing soda in, and you will see the red solution gradually turning blue. Go oa adding the soda eolution, and the blue color will give way to green. PROPOSING NEAL AS REPORTER OF COURT Politicians Are Said to Favor Nomination. HE IS WELL KNOWN HERE. (Indianapolis News.) Republican politicians from all rarts If the state seem to have taken an hterest In the plan to give to E. E. Ceal. of Noblesville the nomination 'or Reporter of the supreme court, at he next nominating convention, and t looks now as if he would have no opposition for that nomination. They leem to think that some sweet is due Hr. Neal, along with I he bitter that e has tasted. It Is thought that George Self, the present reporter of the supreme court rill not ask for a renomination for he office, though his predecessor, !harles Remy, held the office for two erms. Mr. Self has tad bad health br almost two years and his friends py that he probably will not try for he renomination. This is Mr. Neal's opportunity, tho Kliticians say. Twice defeated for he nomination for clerk of the rupipme court, after clean, hard fights, lis friends say that he should receive his nomination. Mr. Neal , Is well known in Richlond. School shoes at Humpe's. 12 2t

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It Eilitenre Im Mainly Due to Builder Pop. 5lclol V. The present existence of the Vatican palace is principally due to Nicholas V., the builder pope, whose gigantic scheme would startle a modern architect His plan was to build the church of St. Peter's as a starting point and then to construct one vast central habitat for the papal administration, covering the whole of what is called the Borgo, from the castle of Sant Angelo to the cathedral. In ancient times a portico, or covered way supported on columns, led from the bridge to the church, and it was probably from this real structure that Nicholas began his imaginary one, only a small part of which was ever completed. That small portion alone comprises the basilica and the Vatican palace, which together form by far the greatest continuous mass of buildings in the world. The Coliseum is 195 yards long by 15G broad, including the thickness of the wall. St. Peter's church alone is 205 yards long and 15 broad, so that the whole Coliseum would easily stand upon the ground plan of the church, while the Vatican palace is more than half as large again. Nicholas V. died in 1455, and the oldest parts of the present Vatican palace are not older than his reign. They are generally known as the Torre Borgia, from having been inhabited by Alexander VI.. who died of poison in the third of the rooms now occupied by the library, counting from the library side. The windows of these rooms look upon the large square court of tha Belvedere, and that part of the palace Is not visible from without. Portions of the substructure of the earlier building were no doubt utilized by Nicholas, and the secret gallery which connects the Vatican with the mausoleum of Hadrian is generally attributed to Pope John XXIII., who died In 1417. but on the whole it may be said that the Vatican palace is originally a building of the period of the renaissance, to which all successive popes have made additions. AN INDIAN THEORY. Tbe Cnoiie of Earthquake. - Tidal Wave and Volcanoes. "When I lived among the Dakotas," said an old army officer, "I found men .who, like Buddha, gave seven years of their lives to prayer and fasting, that they might become pure in the sight of God, or the Great Spirit, as they call that leing. After they have proved themselves before their people by performing so called miracles, such as holding their hands and arms In boiling water and not being burned, shot with poisoned arrows and not harmed, bitten by rattlesnakes and not poisoned and many other tests that I have witnessed, they are accepted as holy or wise men. The Indians believe that they can get the word direct from God. or the Great Spirit, the same as the wise men and seers of old used to do. I have asked these intelligences to tell me about the cause of earthquakes and tidal waves, and they explain it like this: "They say volcanoes are the safety valves of the earth; that the rim of the earth is gradually cooling. As it cools It contracts, making the pressure on the hot lava in the Interior greater. At last something must give way, this rim must crack open, or the volcanoes must burst forth and emit this compressed lava. "Sometimes It Is relieved In one way, sometimes In another. Should the earth crack in midocean, where the crust Is usually thinner, then the waters of the ocean fill in, and there is a great explosion as the water strikes this great bed of hot lava, large masses of the rim are thrown up, and islands appear. Sometimes they stay on the surface of the ocean, sometimes they fall back and are again covered with water, but that upheaval so lifts the water that a great wave is started for the shore that carries death and destruction in its way. "Many of the old safety valves in the earth are now closing up; only a few remain. The crust is becoming so thick that the cooling process is more slow." Seattle Times. Deference to Iloynlty. On the occasion of a visit by the king of Italy to Vesuvius an Italian newspaper announced that "the eruption had the honor of being witnessed by his majesty." It was a German paper which once stated that a certain royal prince' "was graciously pleased to be born yesterday." Equally courtier-like was an army officer in attendance on the king of Spain. The king asked him what was the time. The courtier fumbled for his watch, but could not find it, then respectfully replied, "Whatever time your majesty pleases." Octopus and Conner Eel. Conger eels hunt for the octopus and, when found, proceed to browse on its limbs. The octopus tries to hug the slippery, slimy conger tight, but in vain, and, finding its limbs growing less, discharges its Ink in the face of the foe and. under cover of the turbid water, beats a hasty retreat. It is to escape the too pressing attention of its foes that the octopus possesses the power of changing its color to correspond with that of its surroundings. Three of a, Kind and a Pair. Hewitt Our actor friend claimed that he played to a full house last night, and it turned out there were only five people in the audience. Jewett Well, it was the regulation Pall house. There were three men in the gallery and a man and his wife downstair. New York Press. Glass can be cut with a pair of ordinary shears If glass and shears and hands are nil kept under cold water. The Catsklll extension of the New York water supply which was recently begun, will cost liO.OOO.OOO, and will give the city an additional supply of r0O.imo,iK gallons a day.

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Easy to Make Sparrows Show Their Fer of a Trap. One winter day I made an experiment with sparrows to see exactly bow far their natural suspicion would hold out against hunger. I had often noticed that if one put a little bit of string, a large button or any strange object among breadcrumbs the sparrows would not touch the bread. They feared a trap. Starlings are less suspiciousin this way. If they care about the bread at all, they are more trustful nd do not make any fuss about some small foreign object. But I thought hard weather might make all the difference even tosparrows. So I put a long piece of apple peel among the bread. It looked quite good to eat, but might be taken by a very suspicious bird for something of the nature of string or tape, which sparrows seem to regard with particular distrust. Can they regard it as an emblem of captivity? Directly the bread was thrown on the ground about fifty sparrows perched in a tree above It. They looked at it very glumly, and not one ventured to come down. Generally thej- would be devouring the bread within a few seconds. For a little over three hours a crowd of sparrows watched the bread with the terrible piece of apple peel lying among it, but it remained untouched. Then one sparrow made up his mind to take the risk. He- was soon followed by all the others. In twenty minutes the bread was gone. But they had wasted over three hours. St. James Gazette. DOWN IN THE FIRE ROOM. Raking the Ashes From the Furnace of an Ocean Liner. My "watches," four hours long, began at 8 in the morning and at 4 In the afternoon. The rest of the time was mine excepting when it was my turn to carry water and help clean up the mess room. The first descent into the fire room of an ocean liner ! unforgettable. Going down that series of ladders Into the liowels of the old Elbe, the heat seemed to jump 10 degrees a ladder. At last the final ladder was reached, and we were at the lxttom the bottom of everything was the thought in more minds than one that afternoon. The head fireman of our watch immediately called my attention to a poker, easily an Inch and a half thick and twenty to thirty feet long. "Yours!" he screamed. "Yours!" Anil he threw open one of tbe ash doors of a furnace, pantomiming what I was to do with the poker. I dived for It madly, just barely raised It from the floor and got it started into the ashes and then dropped none too neatly on top of it. "Hurry up, you sow-pig!" the fireman yelled, and I struggled again with the terrible poker, finally managing to rake out the ashes. Josiah Flynt in Success Magazine. What Rules the World. Many years ago John Brougham, Lester Wallack, Artemus Ward and others used to meet after the play at Wlndhurst's, in Park row, in New York. One night the question, "What rules the world?", arose, and various opinions were expressed. William Ross Wallace, who was present, retired before long and some time later called Thomas J. Leigh from the room and handed to him a poem which he had Just written. Mr. Leigh read it aloud to the company, and Mr. Brougham made a happy little speech of acknowledgment. The thing was entitled "What Rules the World' and the first stanza ran: They say that man 13 mighty. He governs land and sea. He wields a mighty scepter O'er lesser powers that be. But a mightier power and stronger Man from his throne has hurled. And the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world. Tho Hiss Polite. The Japanese prince drew in his breath with a hissing sound as he bent over tbe young girl's hand. "Frince," she said, "I have been up against a lot of Japanese, and they all hiss like that when they meet you. What's the reason, anyway?" "The reason is politeness," the prince answered. "I hiss like this I draw in my breath I keep on drawing it in as long as I remain near you. For if I blow any out some of it might be blown In your fair face. What an offense! Shocking! And so we Japanese always hiss in exchanging greetings. Out of politeness we hold our breath." Tho Teeth. The accumulation of tartar on the teeth, makes them unsightly and Is often the cause of a bad breath. If the teeth are properly brushed each day tartar will not have the chance to accumulate, but if it has already been allowed to do so It can be removed by a very simple treatment. Moisten the toothbrush in warm water and dip it into magnesia. Rub on the teeth, and after three applications the tartar will have entirely disappeared. Well Meant Prayers. Sydney Smith declared that the children of Bishop rhillpotts used to end their usual prayers by praying for Earl Grey, explaining that "papa tells us it is our duty to pray for our greatest enemies." London Spectator. Where Life Is Dull. "The terrors of a great city are something dreadful." "Maybe so, but they don't begin to compare with the horrors of a small hamlet." Washington Herald. Wanted to Keep Them. "You seem to like his attentions. Why don't you marry him?" "Because I like his attentions.' Town and Country. New York city's customs department shows an average increase of IS per cent over the appraised value of goods imported one year ago.

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RAILROADS MUST SURRENDER LAUDS Garfield Says Government Is About to Start Campaign Against Railroads. NOBODY WILL BE SPARED. ALL TIMBER AND COAL PROPERTY NOT ACCORDING TO LAW MUST BE TURNED BACK, HE DECLARES. Cleveland, Sept. 12. James It. Garfield, secretary of the Interior, now at his summer home near here, in an interview outlined the department's policy in regard to tne land fraud3 now under investigation in the west. "We are making no accusations at this stage of the game," said Garfield, "but we are going back into the title of every piece of land owned by the railroads, coal companies or landholders in the west which we think is suspicious in any way. We are going to see just how much is held contrary to law. It will mean an enormous sum to the Government, After this no one is to get rich off the government by 'acquiring public lands. "The fight we will take up this fall is to be a fight for fair play. Where a railroad holds lands illegally we expect to see that they are restored to the Government. It makes no difference what the Impression of the roads was when the land was purchased. "Neither can the railroads hold land which has been virtually stolen from the government and I do not think that the roads will attempt to hold it. ! either. Under the present policy of the government, it would hardly be wise, I should say. "We expect to call the Union Pacific, the Northern Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe roads in first. These roads are the first and largest In operation ever the territory in question. We expect to call in large coal companies, a'so." The Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe railroad has gone into tree growing in order to provide for its future supply of crossties. The Santa Fe has adopted the eucalyptus as the most suitable species for tie making, because of its rapid growth, great density and durability, and is now planting TOO acres in a ranch of 9.000 acres in southern California to eucalyptus seedlings. There is $215,000 Invested every day in New York city apartment houses.

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S.O HENRY H. ROGERS IS A VERY SICK Vill Not Be Able to Talk Business Soon. PATENT CASE DELAYED. New York, Sept. 12. Henry II. Rogers, Standard Oil magnate is very sick. Dr. Pratt told the court today it would be three months before Rogers could be approached on business. The case was the fifteen million infringement patent suit against the Standard by Cadwallader M. Raymond. Rogers is seventy and suffering general debility. Humpe's school shoes wear. 12-2t LONG HAiHED MEN. Tho Way Massachusetts Protectee: Against Them In 1649. The folio wing protest signed by Jo Endicott. governor; Thos. Dudley, dep uty governor; Richard Belliughara Richard Saltonstall, Increase Noweii William Ilibbins, Thos. Flint, Rot Bridges and Simon Bradstreet wa. published in Massachusetts in 1049: "Protest, against wearing long hair of the governor, etc., of Massach-.i setts: "Forasmuch as the wearing of lout hair, after the manner of Russians ant. barbarous Indians, has begun to in vade New England, contrary to the rule of God's word, which says it Is a shame for man to wear long hair, a also the commendable custom generally of all the godly of all our nation, until within these few years: "We. the magistrates, who have signal this paper, for the shewing of our )wn inaocency in this behalf, do de?!are and manifest our dislike and detestation against the wearing of such long hair, as against a thing uncivil Mil unmanly, whereby men doe de forme theaielve3 and offend sober and modest men and doe corrupt good manners. We doe therefore earnestly Intreat all the elders of this Jurisdiction, as often as they shall see eaue, to aimifest their zeal against it In their public administrations, and to take nre that the members of their respecive churches te not defiled therewith; f!iat so. such as prove obstinate, and will not reforrce themselves, may have God and rcr.n to witness acminst them. The third - 1 '" 143 " A vivid bit of descriptive writing by a Lake City correspondent: "The heavens turned loose Friday night with her artillery and bombarded Sharon and community with her electric force, striking Mr. Rucker's house and killing the old gentle cow, set a straw stack on fire belonging to one of the Dunkin boys and put a number of telephones out of commission." Kansas City Star.

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Wc All Love Speed! Hit "7HE SPHINX. Nothing by Which Wo Can Accurate! Tell It3 Age. The great sphinx of Gizeh bears no inscription by which we can tell Its date. In 1S1G Caviglia, who in modern time3 was the first to clear away the sand, found between Its paws a stela of the relgu of Thothmos IV.. and therefore It was believed that the r,phinx was carved by that monarch. But In 1S3S the excavations of Marlette uncovered a stela bearing the name of Cheops, on which Is a reference to the sphinx. The inscription is evidently of a late period, but is supposed to be an exact copy of nn ancient carving, and the translation seemed to place the sphinx earlier than the pyramids and consequently to prove It the most ancient piece of work in the world. Still there remained four llnea carved on the base which could not be read, but M. Daressy deciphered them, and it appears that the Inscription is in two parts. In the earlier lines there is no mention of tbe sphinx, but the lines which date from the Persian occupation mention the repair of the sphinx. There is, therefore, nothing by which we can tell the date of the monument, and the only evidence we have is the headdress of the Colossus. Its hood is ornamented behind with three bands, a large one between two smaller bands. Now, this is afashlon which only existed toward the end of the twelfth dynasty in tbe reigns of Usurtesen III. and Amenemhet III. As this family showed much zeal for the god Harmaklin. whose portrait the sphinx Is, It is probable that the monument is the work of Amenemhet III. London Globe. THE WALRUS ON LAND. It Is Just About as Helpless as a Canalboat Vovid Be. As might be expected, a walrus Is about as helpless on land as a canalboat It is with no little difficulty and xucb hitching and floundering that he drags his hu?e bulk upon a sandy shore ?ven with the boosting be gets from belind by the breakers as they roll la cd dash against him. Ills hind flipers are of little use on land, and on aud or pebbles, where bis front flippers do not hold .well, the labor of ioundering forwerd is so great that be ;ever stira beyond the edge of the wacr and usrally lies with his body bal' iwcslv "ith. tlie .salt spray dashing (Go Mo

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