Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 193, 21 May 1911 — Page 8

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THE niCIIIIOKD PALLAUIUn AND SUN-TEIiEGRAM, SUNDAY- M AY 21, 1911.

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Constitutional Amendment, Incorporating Scheme, to Be Offered in ' Congress t .When 31 States Approve. (Continued, from Page One.) congreii can pass an income tax law. A number of state have the amendment before them now. In six cases the measure has been reDorted uoon favorably by legislative committees, and in two cases one house has voted In favor of It. All this indicates that the amendment has a fair chance of ratifications before the long session of the Sixty-second congress. , V Senator Brown Prepared. ' If the measure should go through before next December, Senator Brown, ot Nebraska, is prepared to introduce lis income tax bill. He will offer it at once, and it will become one of the big issues of the session. ; He is confident that he can secure favorable action on his bill, and that it will turn jut to be a revenue producer of great proving a burden on any tax payer. Should the income tax bill now proposed fall to pass in the next congress, assuming that the amendment iS ratified in the meantime, it will besome one of the live Issues of the .text presidential campaign. This neasure has has support of both Demscrats and Republicans in congress, inrt It ha pnpmieB fn hoth nartlea. The fight for it will be made before the people if need be, its friends in ;ongress say. After winning the long Irawn out contest . for the amendTumi's ratification. thorn income tax- ' trs will not be content to put It to no practical use. A DEW ELOPEMENT III GAW FAMILY Third Member of New York Mayor's Family Skips Off to Be Married. New York, May 20. Miss Gertrude Saynor, was married In Wilmington, Delaware Friday to William Seward Webb, Jr., aon of Dr. and Mrs. William Seward Webb of 680 Fifth avenue and a grandson of the late W. H. VenderMil The young couple arranged the wedling hastily. The mayor did not know of It until he was informed by the bride over the telephone last night. Mas Gay nor and young Webb ran Sown to Wilmington with some friends were marrier in church, and came back to town last night Gertrude Gaynor is the third of the Mayor's children to elope. Rufus W. Qaynor ran away with Maria Gluffl, laughter of a barber of Jew London, Connecticut and on Doc. 10, 1908, they were married in cnicago. one lave her name as May Queen. Rufus discovered later that she had a husband living and a year afterward the marriage was annulled. .Second Daughter Marries. A little less than a year ago, Edith augusta Gaynor, the second daughter f the mayor, was married In Wllmingn to Harry Kermit Vingut, a New York broker. This too, was a clandeitlne affair. The ceremony took place . In the office of Attorney George Gray of Wilmington. The mayor knew the . a . a l a m tipped oft about the marriage. It la rumored that Gertrude Gaynor was engaged to Alexander Stuart Wetberel. a broker, but that the engagement had been broken. Doth families know, however, that Webb and Miss Gaynor were fond of each other, al though neither family suspected that they would run off. A member of the Webb family said that Mlsa Gaynor and Webb had been keeping company for about a year and that they were devoted to each other. . Advice of His Father. ' The parents of the young persons altered no spoken objections to their friendship, but when Webb told his father he was going to get married. Dr. . Webb objected on the ground that his ion wasn't old enough. He advised him to wait until he would be 25 at least.- , WtUlam Seward Webb Jr., waited until Friday. He and Miss Gaynor arranged f or the trip to Wilmington and ;old a few friends of the family about the projected elopement. When they returned to this city, bride and bridegroom went at once to the residence of Webb's sister, Mrs, Ralph Pulltser, at ? East. Seventy third street. Mr. Webb waa not present to give his blessings to the young couple. Ho baa been out west for a while, but he la coming back now and wfil bo In New York within a day or 1 SO. Mayor Gaynor la the father of ten children. TYPO CARNIVAL ON JUNE 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 . Announcement waa made yesterday by officers of the Richmond Typo graphical Union, No. 301, that the Cosmopolitan Shows, a well known carnival company, would exhibit here unler the auspices of the union. June 5 to 19. .The place of exhibit has not been definitely determined upon. It is the name carnival' that the "typos" brought to the city last year, and which met wlta popular favor. Twenty blxa grade attractions are guaranteed and Richmond amusement lovers ire promised a treat.

ION PAPER

EARLY TODAY One brick building, one frame building and a barn, at the Nixon paper mill, were burned to the ground about two-thlry o'clock this morning, causing a loss of probably $4,500. The office building was partially destroyed, while the firemen were only able by the greatest effort to save two other large. brick buildings, in which valuable machinery was located, which were in flames when the department arrived. Property to the value of $40,000 was threatened. Considering the tremendous headway which the flames had gained before the alarm was sent in, Chief Ed Miller, believes the fire to be of in cendiary origin. There were no machinery, supplies or- livestock in any of the buildings destroyed. Some Italian railroad workers were in one building but were warned in time to escape. There were several narrow escapes from death on the part of the firemen, who were nearly caught by falling walls. The brilliant flames attracted many people to the scene. , Chief Miller could not state what insurance was carried on the building, and no member of the firm owning the mill was present What valuable books or supplies were in the office building will not be known until a thorough investigation has been made. Crawfordsville, Ind., May 20. The Earlhara college track team won the C. A. L. championship in the meet which took place on Irvln field at Wabash college here this afternoon. The Quakers piled up a total score of 50 points, while Wabash secured 44, and several - other colleges landed a few points. Conrad, Earlham's great allaround athlete, landed first place in four events. His stellar work was easily the feature of the meet. Two state records were broken by Earlham men, Brown lowering the time for the quarter mile previously held by Deming of Wabash, and Stanley increas ing the discus mark by a large margin. Summary of points as follows: Earl ham 60, Wabash 44, Depauw 23, Rose Poly 0. . Salt as a Medicine. I have- iu the past seven or eight years found the advantage of putting a little salt in all the water I drink. I also put a little salt, with sugar and milk, in every cup of tea. coffee or cocoa I use. . . I hare been a resident in the tropics for over forty years and except for a sprained ankle have not had occasion to call 'in a doctor or to take any medicine In the last thirty years. I believe every one's health in the tropics would be very much better if he used more salt. I find the benefit of drinking a tumbler of cold water with a little salt In It every morning on rising at about 6 o'clock, before my bath or cup of cocoa, which I usually take between 5:30 aud C. . If people could be Induced to try the easy and cheap method of taking a little common salt with the water they drink they would in the generality of cases find that tbey would seldom require other medicine. F. N. Burn in Chambers' Journal. Poisonous Gas Geysc. In the midst of the great faunal wilderness near Nairobi. Africa, is a big blowhole in the earth issuing poisonous gases. Surrounding this hole for many yards ' are piled bones of dead animals poisoned by this gas geyser. Dogs dragged by ropes ov.r the hole were killed in less than a minute. The gas has been found to be hydrochloric, coming from some volcanic depth. The death trap has been fenced and billed . with warnings. New ' York Press. .Sprinkling Trestle. -A wooden trestle on the Klamath Lake railroad, in Oregon, is protected from fire in the dry season by a system of sprinklers which keep it continually wet. A pipe runs, the entire length of the trestle . between the tracks, and at short distances are holes through which the water is sprayed over the structure. Popular Mechanics. No Use. "You say Jones Is down and out? Why, it was only a little while ago that he told me be bad the key of success." . "He did. but the poor fellow wasn't able to find the keyhole." Exchange. Made Htr a Fright. "Mrs. Jones has a new hat""Well, you look mightily pleased about if . "You Just ought to see how It looks on her." Houston Post. DESPONDENT CLERK SLASHES HIS THROAT (American News Service) Pittsburg. May 20. Wm. Henry Mc Catn.ased 28 years, cut bis throat with a raxor early today and died in a short time. Ho waa despondent be cause, after having served 'as clerk for IS years with one firm he loct his position last Wednesday. He la sur vived by bis wife and three children.

QUAKERS WIN OVER WABASH

I), S. IS COT DilCKlOG ADEROREYES SAYS Deposed Mexican Statesman on Return Talks on Revolt Capital Uneasy. (American News Service) Havana, May 20. Gen . Bernardo Reyes the Mexican statesman who aa been in exile for a number of years, said today in an interview that he was returning to Mexico in answer to urgent request. - -; . : .v ; "The revolution is directed against the so-called scientific group led by

Senator Corrall, Senor Limantour and others in Mexico," said he. i - "The people do not wish to humiliate the president for they are thankful for what he has done for his country, but they are fighting for 'needed "reforms." He ridiculed reports that the Unit ed States is backing Madero. -.; CAPITAL IS RESTLESS ' Mexico City, May 20. The city is restless with patrols constantly breaking up crowds and Btudenta: preparing for demonstrations for tomorrow. Many alarming stories were in general circulation today and as a result the calm that followed the announcement of peace between Madero and Diaz was dissipated. Crowds besieged the newspaper offices as soon as it be came known that . Gen. Figueroa had begun his march upon the capital. Officers kept them moving but as soon as dispersed they gathered again. Rev olutionists were stirred by news that Gen. Reyes had reached Havana. . A gunboat was dispatched to meet him several days ago and the insurrecto sympathizers . excitedly discussed rumors that a military dictatorship was to be proclaimed with Reyes the ruler of the new Mexico. It was also rumored that Diaz was dying and that only his indominitable will was keeping him alive. Among the disorderly street throngs wild curses were yelled at members of the chamber of deputies who last night refused to pass the bill freeing political prisoners and put the measure in the hands of the committe which means that it will be indefinitely tabled. Maderos friends among the popu lace were further aroused by newpaper charges that there is a plot to assassinate Madero in this city. They openly accuse both Diaz's -supporters and former members of the cabinet of being involved. Gen. Reyes was mentioned several times. ACTION BY WASHINGTON Washington, May 20. Col. O'Con nor, commanding at Douglas, Ariz., today telegraphed the war department that a force of 700 rebels who rode in to Naco at dusk, were mistaken for federals by . the rebel garrison and fired upon, many being killed and wounded. The department of justice has coun termanded the, orders for the release of 35- federal and insurrecto prisoners held at San Diego, California, who escaped across the lower California line . last month, and were captured by United States troops. The will be held and probably tried for violation of the neutrality laws because they came into California armed. HAMMOND TO HAVE A NEW NATIONAL BANK Washington, D. C, May 20. The comptroller of the currency has ap proved the application of J. C, Lavene", W. F. Bridge, J. E. BTennan, W. J. McAleer, Emil Minas and O. A. Krinbill, to organize the American National bank of Hammond, -Indiana, with a capital of $100,000. - ' ' : "" ') " ARAB MANNERS. ' Life In the Tents of the Roving end Eloquent Bedouins. "By living with the Arabs, doing as they did and moving with them In their migrations," writes Douglas Carrutbers In the Geographical Journal. "I obtained an Insight iuto their mode - of life and ' customs.- Things move slowly In the east, and I spent fourteen days In buying three camels. But the time was not wasted. 1 studied Arab manners, learned more or less how to eat with my - bands, bow to wear the Arab costume with some comfort, . bow to drink ' coffee a la Arab. and. most difficult of all. bow to sit still all day long doing nothing. I fouud this last roost trying, more especially because - It was cold. ' A Bedouin tent Is a drafty place at the best, but In midwinter It Is almost unbearable. On two occasions there was snow on the desert. "We used to feed out of a huge round dish, ten of us at a time. The fare was camels milk and bread in the x morning, and in the evening we generally bnd meat aud rice cooked with an enormous amount of fat. Dur ing the day we appeased our hunger by .sipping strong black coffee. At night there was always a large group of men in the tent of the sheik, and the talk was carried on far into the night "Eloquence Is a highly prised talent among the Bedouins, and not only would they recount tbeir stories In the most beautiful manner, but : on occasion, to the tune of a single stringed violin, tbey would sing extempore songs for hours on end." . - All Saints chapel at Newport, R. L. which a few years ago was one of the most fashionable churches in New England, attended by the most exclusive of . the Newport summer colony and the scene of several notable society weddings, is to be sold under a court order for the lack of congregation. Manhattan's post office Is growing more rapidly than any other post office in tbe world. It Is now delivering on the Island an average of. $3,5 00,000 letters every working day.

Declares Every Farm Should Be Made Experimental Station

New - York, May 20.Professor Lib erty Hyde Bailey, member of the na tional rural life commission and director of the New York State college of Agriculture, In a recent interview advocated important changes in; the course of study and methods of teahcing in. the country schools. ' He gave his. approval to the new statae law which requires superintendents of rural school districts to have a thorough knowledge of modern scientific agri culture. . ..'.It is a grave mistake, Professor Bailey . asserted to have' the country schools wbllow the . same courses of instruction given in the city schools, adding: i '.'The rural pupil is now beginning to understand the necessity for a rather radical redirection of the public school system. Tills redirection is going to express itself in three prac tical directions better pay for the teacher, better physical facilities in the way of grounds, buildings and ap paratus, and in a course of study, that has a relation to the lives of tbe peo ple. . "It is not enough, however, that we merely have good schools. ; A "farmer has other responsibilities to education than to provide formal school facilities. He cannot wash his hands of his obligation to, society by making even an ideal school in his community. It is the1 responsibility ' of every parent to train the children. This responsibil ity can not be delegated to the school or to any other agency unless the par ent desires to give up the. children wholly into the hands of an institu tion, and this the farming people do not care to consider. "If the farm family must take a real part in the educational developments of its children it must then have some kind of an establishment for the purpose. If the country child is to be educated responsively to its environment and to the better outlook for country life, the educational agencies must have such facilities and equipment as dill relate them closely to the real affairs of the common thought of the community. The school must be a part of 'the out of doors, and fields and woods and crops and live stock must be utilized education ally. "We now all recognize the value of a school garden as an outdoor laboratory attached to a school property. The object of the garden is not primarily to teach gardening, but to afford a working place and testing place for many of the ideas that originate or crystallize in the school, In most rural schools it is now impracticable to have a good scrool garden, for the reason that there may be ho available land, and because the school is not in session when the garden ought to be in best condition, and also because what is everybody's business is likely to be nobody's business. "We can never develop country life effectively until the homes and the schools are organized collectively. We must project the school into the home and the home into the school. My suggestion, therefore, is that on every farm there should be a piece of land definitely set aside for the children and the young folk, to be ued for the purpose of- developing intelectual Interest In the farm and in country life "There might be a half acre or an acre near the house and the barns, permanently set aside and perhaps in closed with rows of trees and bushes and permanent planting of wlowers. In this area many kinds of tests and demonstrations could be made. Here new varieties could be tried;' fertilizers in a small way could be demontilling and growing could be illus-

We shall inaugurate our Spring Sale on Kitchen Cabinets Monday morning and shall offer something very interesting just at this time. Every woman needs a kitchen Cabinet ; every woman wants a Kitchen Cabinet; every woman can have a Kitchen Cabinet when they call and see our plan of getting one. Beginning Monday morning, any one paying down $1 and agreeing to pay $1 a week can have their chcicc of our 9 STYLES of cabinets which range in price f rom $18 to $30. We are offering a regllar $27.50 cabinet, which other dealers get $27.50 for, at the exceptionally lor? price of S23i50 and $1 down and $1 a week gets it Our Sellers Cabinets are made as well as woodcraft can design, and have that finish which will net ctccn and sweat They are strictly high grade and save you from $5 to $7.50 on a cabinet Why Pay Here VJhzu Yea Gel fliz Gccrls and d Sceh EJcasonaWe Prices .... .("'-. - - 1 - ... ; Dec:2m!:2r Sate Dzolns r.2tnflay c! 7 A. EL-ccfl 17II1 Lcsl 10 Cays

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strated; spraying could ' be studied, different methods of planting and of tilling and of growing could be illustrated; small breeding , plots could be established; blrdbouses could be erected; perhaps a small fish pond could be established and many other tests could be made. I ' could be made a proving yard and collecting yard for the various problems that arise in the course of farm work, which the children would be interested on their own account to try out. "It should be just as much . of a farm establishment to provide such a side lot as to erect a milk house or any other accessory of a farm. I should Incorporate' this yard into the school system of the district, "The teacher in every school should have a map of these- test yards and should et the children problems that are to be worked out on them; and from these yards reports should go back to the school. Exhibitions could be held at different times a'nd the school could be provided with flowers and and specimens for study. When the school is let out In the afternoons the children . usually drop' the school work as soon as possible. My purpose is to encourage them to take the school thought with them and plant It in the garden." "A garden yard ' of his kind would become an outdoor room in which all kinds of interesting things would in time be collected. It could set many

new ideas going in every country district. It would soon become the most interesting nook on ' the farm. At a recent meeting- of farmers I was asked what could be done to interest the young people in their club. I replied that every member of the club ought first to interest the young people intellectually in tbe farm, and that this could be - done through : a home school garden of the kind I save just suggested. "The children are the most important product of the farm, and they should be encouraged and have facilities on the farm itself to become familiar wiUi simple problems and to have their mainds opened to a lot of new things' that would hold their sympathy and affection. , My contention is that the farmer can by no means escape his resposibillty in the development of a better country life. He must express this resposibility largely in the better education and training of his children. He can not expect to educate his children effectively unless he has an establishment for the -purpose. Eagles as Emblems. Americans were not tbe. first people to adopt the eagie as tbe emblem of a nation. The eagle has been a favorite with many peoples, and, his heraldic history goes away back to the morning time of history. Tbe standard of the eagle was borne by the Persians as far back as the time of the battle of Cunaxa, B. C. 401. The Romans carried gold, silver and ivory eagles as standards. Charlemagne added tbe second head to the eagle for his arms, to denote that the empires, of Rome and Germany were united during, his reign. There seems to have been something about the "royal bird" that always commended it to tbe consideration of the makers of national coats of arms. Exchange. Sample. ' "George didn't keep his engagement with me last night," aald the girl who was betrothed to him. "I'd give him a piece of my mind," said her mother. "Just a little sample of married life," suggested father. Cleveland Leader. oo

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HOW RILEY'S WAR STORYWAS STAGED Told It to Nye Expecting His Displeasure Became Stage Hit.

Los Angeles, May 20. Robert J. Burdette, whose home is in Pasedeaa, Cal.. has written to the Times of Lis recent visit to his old friend, James Whitcomb Riley, In Indianapolis. He says : ' : "We found Riley happily, hopefully, cheerfully convalescent after his recent illness. For all afternoon until long after curfew we sat and talked and laughed together. He and 1 chatted long over the' old days when either of us would cancel a date of his own to run a hundred miles out of the way to hear the other arg As he talked cheerfully of the yesterdays when the world was just made for us to play in so he talked hopefully of the tomorrows that would come with tbe easy tasks of working days. The next day when we came back again he was stronger in body and in mind and spirit just as cheery and hopeful, and earnest. He quoted from the songs of other poets whom he loved; recited, at Mn Burdette's request, fragments from his own- platform recitals ; talked a great deal, and with very tender and loving laughter, of Bill Nye, his old-time yokefellow. Riley knew better than any other man, perhaps, the pathetic shadows that drifted across Nye's patient, bravo, hopeful life. For years he was a sick man and many nights he was at his work on the platform when he should have been in the hospital. "Bill was good-natured, even with the bores whom Riley slammed down. One morning on their lyceura. tour through Georgia they landed in a city where they knew by ; past experience they would be assailed by self-appointed delegations of entertainers. They would be importuned to take long drives over rough and dusty roads to see things they had Been a thousand times and didn't want to see the first time. They would be dragged away to luncheon with people who made them tired and dragooned to dinner -with folk who bored them. And Jim rebelled. They obtained privacy in their own rooms long enough to wash their faces and the poet said : "Bill, here's where I shake the committee on hospitality. I'm not going out of my room till we go to the hall tonight. I'll play ill. I'll do anything but wear myself out listening to a lot of stories badly told, all day and then go before the audience and pays its good money to hear us at our best so tired and worn out that I look and feel like a shadow on the scenery. Let's send away our genial friends and sleep till dinner time.' "So Jim went dead, as he knows how to do, but Bill coudn't bear to disappoint the committee. He came back to dine at the hotel, however, pale and tired, but faintly smiling and trying to feel strong for the evening's work. Jim was mad. He determined to teach Bill a lesson. " 'When we went down to dinner he told me, 'I made up my mind I'd give him enough of old stale, wormeaten stories, such as I knew he'd been feeding on all afternoon. I begon to tell him as earnestly as though it was newer than the hour, the oldest story I ever heard. I heard a circus clown tell when I was a boy and the first eternity only knows how old It had to be before a clown would be allowed to use it. . You've heard It long before ever you heard me tell it the old man's story of the soldier carrying his wounded comrade off the battlefield the comrade whse leg was first shot off and . whose head was carried OO at once and be (Ss.

away by a second cannon ball on their way. to the field hospital WelL I draxv

ged tbe old thing " out; as long as I could, Just to woary poor Bill I told It In the forgetful fashion of an old man with confused memory; told the point two or three times before I cams to it; went back again and again to pick up dropped stitches In the web of my story; wandered and maunder' ed. Thinks I, 111 give this lad a taste, of age long stories that will sicken him of them forever. I made it as Ions and dreary as I knew bow.' 3 B ' ; "But to Riley's Indignant amass ment Nye received the narrative with convulsions of merriment. He choked over his meat and drink until be quit trying to eat and just listened, giggled, chuckled and roared. He declared it was the best thing Riley bad ever done and insisted that be put it In' bis pro 'gram, "At first Riley thought bis joke-fel-low had only detected tbe plot and waa meeting it in bis own way. But be convinced Jim that he waa In earnest and, after about a month of this lmportuntty, Riley told the. story to an audience of two thousand people. The galleries fell, the house went wild, and he had to tell it again. Ever after it was one of his funniest numbers. The ' story has been told a million times by a hundred thousand people. But there ia but one Riley in the hundred taoua and. "He 'told it again' for us In the cosy home in the after dinner hour on May 1. ' He never told it better. "That's how 111 James Whitcomb Riley is." . WHAT IS REAL MINCE MEAT U. S. INQUIRES Wnchlnfftnn Mo 9(1 t n evrAmm iV4 ......... UB.wu, ,v. . ViUV, uuu the American people may. bars pare, mince pie next Thanksgiving. Dr. HatV vey W. Wiley, chief of h government bureau of chemistry, aad Dr. F, Dunlap put in a perspiring day trying to decide what Is mince meat. They had the.' assistance of thirty mince meat manufacturers, but no decision was reached. ' a ,The Inquiry Is a result of the government's criticism of the use of th word "mince meat" on packages of products containing no meat. Some makers use a good deal of meat, oth ers not so much .and some none at alL oeverai manuiaciurers piacea in evidence recipes for mince pies dating back as far as the Mayflower in which no mention la made of meat. Craig Atmore of Philadelphia submitted a University of Pennsylvania professor's definition running back to the Oxford dictionary. Some of the mince meal men had lawyers and all had briefs Dr. Wiley took the mattre under advisement. , - Handel as a Chile. , ' George Frederick Handel, the son of a Saxon barber and valet, was only five years old when hie "fingsrs wooed divine melodies' from . tbe spinet, which a good natured aunt bad smug, gled for him Into an attic, so that no sound of It might reach tbe ear of his lamer. At etgnt uis piaying so ssun Isbed tbe elector of Saxony that bis father was compelled to withdraw bis opposition and allow tbe genius of tbe boy to bare fair play. I And before be bad reached his twelfth birthday young Handel was known throughout Germany as a brilliant composer, and. virtuoso at the court of tbe emperor. A Pleasant Outlook. ' T wonder why tbe bride Is crytax' remarked one of the guests at tbe wedding.' "Can It be because she Is leaving home?" . ' "No. it ain't that," answered tbe bride's small brother. "She's In lore with tbe fellow she married, and I think she's crying 'cause she feels ior ry for him. fSfo, B i O r-2HTi