Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 252, 19 July 1911 — Page 8

Age eight. T1TE F.ICHMOXD PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1911.

BAVIS COMPLAINS DILL HAS FAILED TO SUBMIT FACTS

No Reply Made to Questions on Complex Features of the Proposed Amendments to Water Franchise. (Continued from rage One.)

vestment of this kind will reach a considerable Bum each year." "A proper charge for depreciation for the lant 6 years was determined by Mr. Dabney If. Maury. It la apparent therefore Mr. Dill that the $68,f.93.02 depreciation which la made to cover 24 years was never meant to cover more than 6 years . with the result that $20,079.06 is added to the value of the plant unlawfully. Value of the Plant The value of tlie p.ant independent of depredation, according to Mr. Maury's report, is $6C5.5S5.C6, from which yni have deducted $6K,693, or, for depreciation, when as a matter of fact that amount only represents 6 years, or one fourth of what should be shown as repretsentlnK depreciation, viz: $224,772,08 which places the valautlon Hess Rolnt? value) at $390,813.58. Mr. Dill how does that measure up with your standard of a square deal? A raised bottom In that measure, don't you think so? The $700,000.00 valuation stands out as a phenomena in view of the further statement of your auditor who says: "The capital stock issued and outstanding was $375,000.00 July 1, 1909, being the total authorized issue. Apart from the possibility that this stock sold below par, It would be interesting to know what brand of fertlliing was used to give it such a creative power, as to make possible a plant worth $700,000.00. Further confirmation is given to the suggestion that a large part of that $700,000.00 is artificial, for your auditor Btates that the original investment r was $283,216.04. Depreciation of Pipes That I am not mistaken in my conclusions regarding the amount that should represent depreciation is cor roberated In the Item of pipes and mains which represents $120,368.70 with depreciation of $7,350.00. If the life of pipes and mains Is 100 years and the same has been in use 25 years then there is a depreciation of 25 per cent which woudl amount to $30,092.17. That the $7,530.00 represents depreciation for 6 years only is shown by the multiplying that amount by 4 and there is only a difference of $27.83 which Is near enough to confirm the conclusion. The item of meters, which the patrons have undoubtedly paid for, represents $34,784.60 In the valuation and no doubt every o hydrant that the city has paid foi is again added to the plants tangible values. In the face of these evidences we are assured we are getting a square deal. If you will pardon the seeming vulgarity it looks to me like we are getting it where , Susie, wears Jthe beads. Yours truly, A. Bavls. 411 N. 13th St.

GROTESQUE NAMES. Burd.ns That Innocent English Chll. dr.n Had to Baar. In Eugland. as In other countries, thousands of people go through life cherishing u grudge against their parents for giving them absurd or incongruous names. It was most outural that a demure and pretty girl in a north suburb should feel resentful when she had to answer to the name f Busybody, given in honor of the winner of a race fifteen years before. Among the names registered at Somerset House are Airs and Graces and Nun Nicer, which were innocently borne by two little girls who found them most embarrassing in after years. The appalling name of Wellington Wolseley Itoberts was borne by a young man who, in disposition and appearance, was anything but militant, and as little likely to win fame on the battlefield as his predecessors Arthur Wellesley Wellington Waterloo Cox and Napoleon the Great Eagar. However, even these names, inappropriate as they may be, are to be preferred to Roger the Ass. Anna (sic) Domini Da vies and Boatlicea Basher. To parents of large families the advent of another child is not always welcome, but it is scarcely klud to make the unexpected child bear a token of disapproval. It must be rather terrible to go through life, for example, as Not Wanted James. What Another, Only Fancy William Brown, or even as Last of 'Em Harper, or Still Another Hewitt. And yet these are all names which the foolish caprice of British parents has Imposed ou innocent children. Chicago Kecord-Hex-ald. Problem ot the Electrio Eal. ' Invention during the next two or three centuries will probably be In the direction of Imitating the wonderful economy and the simple direct methods of nature, says Professor John G. MeKendrick. Take the electric eel. Its electric organ is In no sense a storage battery, bat a contrivance by which electric energy Is liberated at the moment when It is required. At rest the organ shows so small an electromotive force that a good galvanometer is required to detect it. but a sadden nervous Impulse from the eel's spinal cord raises a potential of many volts with very little heat aud so small an expenditure of matter as to defy the most expert chemlt to weigh it

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Scrap Book Converting a Skeptic. David Hume, the famous Scottish philosopher and skeptic, once for a short time involuntarily posed as an out and out Christian, and the story of very temporary conversion to orthodoxy is amusing. Haviug fallen into a swamp at the bock of Edinburgh rnstJe, he called for assistance to a woman who was passing. At first she took no notice, but presently she asked: "Are na ye Hume, the atheist?" "Weel, weel, no matter," Hume said. "Christian charity commands you to do good to every one." "Christian charity here or Christian charity there," the woman said, "I'll do naethiug for you till you turn a Christian yourself ye maun repeat the Lord's Prayer and the Creed or faith I'll let ye grafel (grovel) there as I found ye." And he had to repeat them. Deeds of Aspiration. What though your lot In lif seems pooi and small? What though tn great accomplishment you fall? Let not the thought of this your soul appall Nor think your days aro pent without avail. A noble aspiration 13 a deed ThouKh unachieved, and he who judges man Upon his lofty throne will give it heed. And all will be rewarded as they plan. John Kendrick Bangs. The Difference Between Them. Joseph II. Choate aud Chauncey Depew were invited to a dinner. Mr. Choate was to speak, aud it fell to the lot of Mr. Depew to introduce him, which lie did tuns: "Gentlemen, permit me to introduce Ambassador Choate, America's most inveterate after dinner speaker. All you need to do to get a speech out of Mr. Choate is to open his mouth, drop In a dinner and up comes your speech." Mr. Choate thanked the senator for his compliment and then said, "Mr. Peiew says if you will open my mouth and drop in a dinner up will come a speech, but I warn you that If you open your mouths and drop in one of Senator Depew 's speeches up will come your dinners." A Frank Reply. Walter I. Smith, who recently became judge of the Eighth judicial circuit, enjoys a good story even when it is tit his own expense. He had a warm contest in the primaries when he was candidate for re-election to congress in 1910, his opponent being one of the insurgents. He had few votes to spare for the nomination. "Before the election," said Judge Smith, "I wrote n letter to all the Republicans in the district. In it I urged them to come out and vote, saying that "J,XX) Republicans failed to vote at the primaries' and that if they failed to vote on election day it might mean disaster to the party. I asked the person to whom the letter was addressed to vote and also to get his neighbors to do the same, closing with the statement that it would be a great help to the Republican party and I should regard it as a personal favor to myself. "Among the replies I received was a copy of my own letter with a blue pencil mark round the words '9,000 Republicans failed to vote at the primaries. and this written at the bottom, 'It's a good thing for you they did. " A Disturbed Taste. The neighbors having dropped in informally upon the Suthrons during the evening, Mts. Suthron suggests that if her husband will gather some mint from the mint bed in the garden she will mix fir them a genuine Kentucky Julep. Mr. Suthron, who has indulged in a matter of seven or eight genuine Kentucky Juleps prior to the arrival of the guests, goes willingly in search of the desired garnishment for the drink. He remains in the garden quite awhile, and finally the others go out to ascertain what causes the delay. "Why don't you bring the mint, dear?" his wife calls. From somewhere in the darkness comes tli testy response: "Jane. I've eaten my way twice around this lot. I've chewed geranium leaves, grass, catnip, tulips, onions, sage and burdock, but blamed if I can find a sprig of mint a uy where." National Monthly. The Heroine of the Tale. When Congressman J. Hampton Morre was a reporter in Philadelphia he was assigned one night to go out ami get. a human interest story about a woman who had died at the age of eighty-eight, leaving a twin sister, with whom she had lived for fifty years, as sole suvivor of an old family The house stood opposite a cemetery on th? outskirts of the town, and Moore wished, as he pulled aside the crape to ring the bell, that his city editor wouldn't be so fertile with his ideas of human interest stories. A woman friend of the aged sisters opened the door and ushered J. Hampton into the parlor, over in one corner of which rested the dead sister in her coffin. The neighbor seemed to feel It was up to her to entertain the reporter while he was waiting for the other sister to drag herself in for the interview. By way of small talk the woman motioned with her thumb in the direction of the coffin and remarked, "That's the lady that died." "I suspected as much," replied Moore. Philadelphia Record. Stolz Electrophones If you are deaf, call and try one Free, We will be pleased to explain their merits to you. HANER, the Jeweler

LIMITS VISITS OF . A MOTHER-IN-LAW Eastern Judge Holds that Ten Days Is Long Enough for Her Sojourn.

New York, July 19. Magistrate McGuire in the Flatbush court fixed ten days as the limit for visits for mothers-in-law. The case in point was that in which young Mrs. May Coyle had summoned her mother-in-law, also Mrs. May Coyle, a resident of Boston, to court on a charge of disturbing her domestic peace and happiness. Harry Coyle, son of Mrs. Coyle, of Boston, sat back in the rear of the court room and never opened his mouth. Hi3 pretty young wife did all the talking and painted her mother-in-law as a "kill-joy" and a "czarina." "She came down from Boston ten days ago," said the younger Mrs. Coyle, "and took charge of everything. Kvery time I opened my mouth she squelched me. I didn't know how to cook; I didn't know how to wash the baby; I didn't know how to do this, that, or the other thing. She broke all our rules and made new ones; she told us how they did things in Boston, and that that was the only right way. Finally she turned my husband against me, and I had to take myself and my baby home to mother. I telephoned her to go home, but she refused." Mother-in-Law on Stand. Mother-in-law Coyle said her daughter-in-law was exaggerating. "How long have you been here?" asked Magistrate McGuire. "Ten days," replied Mrs. Coyle Sr. "Ten days is long enough for any mother-in-law to hold possession," replied the court. "Ten days should be the limit for all mothers-in-law. While mothers-in-law are more or less a necessary institution it is possible for them to become an evil through failure to use discretion. Mothers-in-law are constitutionally 'bossy. There are exceptions, I admit; but they are few It seems to be their exquisite function to domineer and tread upon the feelings of their daughters-in-law. They seem to forget that they once were daughters-in-law and had mothers-in-law inflicted upon them. Urges Use of Letters. "Mothers-in-law would be far better appreciated if they would shorten their visits and confine most of their intercourse with their sons and daughters' families to postal cards and note paper." "I will use telegraph blanks hereafter," said Mrs. Coyle Sr. "Good," said the court, "and I would advise you to take the first train home to Boston if you have any regard for your son's future happiness." "I will take the next and fastest train home," said Mrs. Coyle acidly. "I have a fine home in Boston, which is the finest city in the world. It is the home of culture and refinement." His honor bowed to Mrs. Coyle Sr. Mrs. Coyle Sr. gnored the bow, swung around on her heel, and marched quickly out of court. Mrs. Coyle Jr., thanked the judge, smiled happily and hurried to the side of her young hus band who had been perspiring freely and looked as if he were haunted by some secret sorrow. Cute Boy. Widow Eames How would my little Johnny like a new papa? Johnny (aged five) Oh. you needn't shove the 'spousibility ou me. ma. It isn't a new papa for me. but a new husband for yourself, that you are thinking aboutAt Conkey's

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WAS CONGRATULATED Judge Pryor Is Honored on His Birthday.

(Xational News Association) New York, July 19. Judge Roger A. Pryor, for many years a justice of the supreme court of New York and one of the best known figures in the pub- ! lie life of this city, received the con- ! gratulatins of a host of friends today on his eightythird birthday anniverj sary. Judge Pryor is one of the few surviving generals of the Confederate States Army. After serving one term as a member of the Confederate Congress he entered the Southern army and continued in active service until taken prisoner of war in the final year of the conflict. After the war he settled in New York and engaged in the practice of law. Kept on Feeling Udd " Judge W. C. Adamsou, chairman of the committee ou interstate and foreign commerce in the house of representatives, was brought up on a farm in Georgia. One day his father told him he must go to Atlanta for three days, and he set young Adamsou a stint to hoe a field of ground peas during the parental absence, thinking to kep the young mau busy. . "I went out and looked over the field the first morning," said Adamson, "and decided I could do the work in two days, so I went fishing. I had poor luck and came back feeling mighty bad. Next morning I went out and looked at the peas and decided if I worked like fury I could hoe it all in one day, and I went fishing again. I had no luck and came back feeling mighty bad. "Next morning I took another look at the field, decided I couldn't hoe it in a day and went fishing again. I had poor luck and came back feeling mighty bad. Then father came home, saw the fleid and led me to the barn." "Well." Representative Hughes of Georgia said, "what. happened?" "Why," Adamson said, "I argued the case, but I had poor luck and came back feeling mighty bad." Saturday Evening Tost. A Court Fool'a Joke. Scogan, the famous court jester of Edward IV., dearly loved a practical joke. Once he borrowed money of the king and when the day for payment came was unable to make good his word. He feared the king's anger and decided to appease him by a joke. Feigning death, he had his ' friends carry his body before Edward. The king fell a ready victim to the deception and in his lamentations over the supposed dead fool said he freely forgave the debt. Scogan immediately sprang to his feet, exclaiming, "The news is so revivifying that it has . called me back to life." Mutual Distrust. On one occasion Daniel Webster was on his way to Washington and was compelled to proceed at night by stage from Baltimore. lie had no traveling companion, and the driver had a sort of felon look, which produced no inconsiderable alarm in the senator. "I endeavored to tranquilize myself," safa Mr. Webster, "and had partly succeeded when we reached the dark woods between Bladensburg and Washington, a proper scene for murder or outrage, and here, I confess, my courage again deserted me. Just then the driver turned to me and with a gruff voice inquired my name. I gave it to him. 'Where are you going?' said he. The reply was: To Washington. I am a senator.' Upon this the driver seized me fervently by the hand and exclaimed: 'How glad I am! I took ycu for a highwayman!' 9th and Main. "The place you get the most change back." Bathing Caps, Mercolized Conkey's, It's Right." Wax and

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Cardiff. Wales, July 19. Six hundred police and 200 soldiers are doing strike duty here today following yesterday's four hour battle with rioters in which many were severely clubbed by the officers. The local police force was recruited by a detail of 120 London police today. The striking dockworkers are threatening further dis order and the police and troops have been ordered to suppress outbreaks of violence at any cost. The situation is serious. His Opponent. Johnny's mother bought him a fire engine. lie wanted to see how it worked, and of course in if very short time tb-j wheels were off. She was naturally very angry with him and punished him severely. When daddy came home he found his small son with very red eyes. "Why, my poor old man," he Inquired, "what is the matter?" "Nuffing," sniffed the small boy. "But something must be wrong," persisted daddy. "Do tell me." "Oh, well, if you want to know," said the little boy. "I have just been having an awful row with your wife.' One of Jerrold'a. Douglas Jerrold's wit was sometimes rather heartless. "The Life of Sir William Russell" has the story of one George Uoddle, who went to Jerrold one day. "I want your help," he said; "I'm In trouble. The Morning has dismissed me." "You don't say, my dear George. They've bad a gleam of intelligence at last!" "Don't joke, my dear Jerrold. I really Want your advice. I am thinking of poing into the coal trade." "Capital!" said Jerrold. "Yon see, jrou've got the sack to begin with!" Paris just now is having a wave of interest in huban feet. Two scientists, Marie and MacAuliffe, recently advanc the observation that the sanest type of men had the biggest feet, while the sanest type of women had the smallest feet. Which has started the boulevardiers to scanning the feet of pedestrians.

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LAYS COMER STONE King Figures in Ceremony at Edinburgh Today. (National News Association) Edinburgh, July 19. The leading feature of this, the third day of the royal visit to Edinburgh, was th? attendance of the King and Queen this afternoon at the laying of the cornerstone for Usher Hall, an institution to be built from a donation by the late Andrew Usher, the noted distiller, and which is to be utilized chiefly to promote the cultivation of music. This morning the King attended historic St. Giles Cathedral and officiated at the dedication of the chapel of the Thistle.

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