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SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 23, 1911.
RECIPROCITY TREATY PASSES
After week(» of wrangling and
Bpe«ch making th# proposed Cana
dian reciprocity bill passed the sen
ate yesterii.'^y by a large majority
vote *
On next Wednesday it will receive
th* prestdenfs s^ignature. go
through the last formalities in the
bouse and become formally sanction
ed and Fettled.
It is the one great issue in which
the president has taken an interested
part. His interest in the tariff seem
ed ipathetlcr in the flght for Cana
dian reciprocity he came boldly into
the arena, meeting by such action,
the disproval of many leaders of his
own party.
If his pet measure has resulted in
an unqualified succe&s. he has the
democratic contingent of both
branches to thank. It was distinctly
A democratic victory. Thirty-five dem
ocratic senators, aided by twenty re
publicans and three Insurgents, ac
complished the dream of the presi
dent.
In the democratic house the meas
ure earned with a sweeping vie
tory.
Three democratic senators oniv
voted against the measure, they be
ing Simmons. Bailey and Clark.
These gentlemen were too well
versed in the trend of things to hope
for defeat of the treaty. Their de
termined stand on the unpopular,
ind, we may say undemocratic side,
calls for admiration. Certainly they
aef.ed the disfavor which their ac
tion has called forth.
At the last moment an effort was
made to hobble the measure by the
addition of amendment. An effort
wag made to break the solidarity of
the Southern representation, by the
proposal offered regarding certain
Southern products, but Southern sen
ators. almost in a body, stood firm.
The News believes that this vic
tory will cause satisfaction among
The great majority of American citi
zens.
The United States does a large
business with Canada and vice versa.
It stands to reason that the removal
of the hight tariff barrier, which has
ever bepn maintained between these
two countries, will eventually work
:>enefits to the ultimate consumers
of both countries.
DEVELOPMENT IN THE MOUN
TAINS.
We have had considerable to say
during recent months anent the un
paralleled development now going
on in Western North Carolina. To
the true Tar Heel this evidence of an
Industrial reinaissance is gratifying
In the extreme.
Recent dispatches from Canton,
the home of the three million dollar
pulp plant of the Champion Fibre
company are to the effect that the
Champion Lumber Company, a new
concern with five million dollars capi
tal, is now advertising for one thou-
*and workmen. This company al
ready employs upward of four
hundred men, but they have need of
fifteen hundred. They are planning
to build thirty-eight miles of rail
way into Canton; to extend the line
to Sunburst, and to erect large band
saw mills. In short, they are lay
ing grigantic plans for conducting
lumbering operations on a big scale.
J)uring the present year many val
uable timber tracts in Western North
Carolina have gone into the hands
of men and companies amply able to
finance development on a large scale.
This means that many millions of
dollars will be brought to that sec
tlon. Keep your eye on Western
North Carolina. Its resources are al
most boundless, and they are to be
Qtlllzed.
The motto of the Washington Post
Is: "Never put off until tomorrow
wbAt you c*n get somebody else to
do for yon today.”
FANCY DOQ FLESH.
Everything comes high in this day
of high prices—even dogs. The Bal
timore Sun pens a very readable
editorial, taking as its theme the
recent purchase of a basketful of pups
for $10,000 and the subsequent ef
fort of customs officials to tax the
little dears.
"When he hears about dogs that
are valued at $10,000 a pound and
one American woman brings home
from Europe thirty pounds of them,
divided among six dogs, the average
citizen will look down upon his own
hound and whistle in amazement.
If the ordinary dog is worth intrinsi
cally 87 cents less than nothing, how
man.v common dogs would be reqxiir-
ed for an even swap for Mrs. Al
fred Dupont's six Sealyham ter
riers? That's a problem that the dog-
ologists can figure out. But in all
likelihood the princely pups that are
valued at a king’s ransom are worth
no more intrinsically than the poor
negro’s flap-eared rabbit hound, and
if it came to a genuine uninterrupt
ed scrap, one little $1.4.S bulldog
could chew up about $500,000 worth
of Sealyhams.
"Since Senator Aldrich gave him
recognition in the tariff and Collec
tor Ix>eb classed him among the val
uables. the dog has been strutting
around with a supercilious air, wag
ging his tail like a creature of con
sequence. He has found himself the
subject of extended debates in con
gress, of treasury department rul
ings. and has even attracted the at
tention of the war department. Re
cent dispatches from Washington in
dicate that the famous dog of Col.
Deem«», once stationed at Fort How
ard, near Baltimore, has decided to
retire from the army. The criticism
of his table manners was more than
a sensitive nature could bear, and
thtis his military career is brought to
an end. His seal at the table at
Fort Howard is occupied by a strang
er and his former mess-mates do not
sigh for his return. But he has the
satisfaction of knowing that he was
instrumental in having one of his
enemies, a captain, court-martialed,
and wherever he has resided he will
not be forgotten. His master is an
able officer, has seen long service,
and appreciated the loyalty of his
pet. He held firmly to the doctrine
"Love me, love my dog,” and stuck
by him through all the storm and
stress of barrack controversy.
"The dog-lover will admire the
stand of Congressman Fitzgerald, of
New York, who denounced as an in
sult to returning natives the section
of the tariff taxing American-born
pups which had been carried abroad
by owners on tour. He insists that
every dog should have his day, and
protests against the unholy hand of
the customs collector being laid
upon the pet Pomeranian pup when
he returns to his native heath. With
biting sarcasm he denounces the re
publicans who put a high tariff on
his beloved canines, and in ringing
tones demands that the American
dog be as free to come and go as
the American citizen.
You may muzzle the dog, but there
is no law to muzzle a congressman
any more than there is to prevent
anvone who has buckets of money
paving $10,000 a pound for a wag
on load of pups. But the dog da.vs do
not last forever, and even the silly
season comes to an end.”
WHERE WE BUTT IN.
The Raleigh News and Observer
insists upon referring to the "In
dustrial News,” and in speaking of
the Greensboro paper as a republi
can sheet. Every journalist in the
state know the Industrial News has
been defunct for a long while, and
every journalist knows that under
the management of Hildebrand the
Greensboro News is ‘‘independent.
The wilful misstatement of the case
seems the more ironic when it is re
membered that Hildebrand’s edito
rials, when he was editing the inde
pendent Asheville Gazette-News,
were of such nature as to call for
the open and often acknowledgement
of the Raleigh paper, many of them
being copied and commented upon at
length. A fight which cannot be a
straight fight is worthy only of defeat.
The Greenscoro News may develop
into the rankest sort of a republi
can paper, but common justice will
spare the verdict until such evidence
is offered. Does the mere fact that
Hildebrand defends Simmons, and
that Daniels is fighting him, give
the latter gentleman the^ right to
consistently misrepresent the for
mer? That kind of newspaper war
fare becomes more unpopular as
journalism progresses. Both gen
tlemen are entirely too broad of
calibre to stoop to such tactics. This,
of course, is none of our business.
Georgia's peach crop, which was
killed in the spring, is said to be a
record smasher.
The senate practiced reciprocity
with the house.
Governor Kitchin "comes back.”
THE SEAL OF VIRGINIA.
any Virginians being here will be
interested in the following in regard
to the Seal of Virginia which appeared
in the Tlmes-Dispatch;
Sir,—Recently I read your editorial
on “A Rumored Proposition to Change
the Present Seal of This Common
wealth by the Next T^egislature.’ Y'our
adverse criticism, also a tendency on
the part of several correspondents to
agree with you, leads one to doubt
your knowledge of the that the pres
ent seal of Virginia is not the original
seal. In use prior to and during the
War Between the States.
I learned this from an interesting
and instructive address by General T.
T. Munford, at the Confederate re-un
ion in Norfolk last October. General
Munford’s father was the custodian
of the great seal of Virginia, and from
his address I learned that the present
seal was adopted by the Pierpont ad
ministration while Virginia was Mili
tary District No. 1.
PHIL r. BROWN.
Blue Ridge Springs. Va.
Governor Kitchin
Continued from Page One.
“Untrue” Again.
His statement that I said that Mr.
Reid was defeated on account of his
anti-trust record is not true. I never
thought his trust record had anything
to do with Senator Reid’s defeat but
always knew that his defeat was on
account of a local issue, involving the
location of the court house. And his
splendid anti-trust record was not suf
ficient to save him from the disas
trous effect of the purely local issue,
and I am positive I never made a
statement about it which I knew to be
untrue. I have no idea that I made
any statement that I was nominated
on my personality as I am not apt to
have made a statement which I did
not believe nor did I state that the
people of North Carolina w'anted
nothing done. This, too. Is contrary
to my message and my Interview and
the objects of the conference.
In considering the chances of get
ting anti-trust legislation enacted we
discussed the apparent opposition
from various tobacco centers in former
legislative contests, but whatever was
said along this line was in illustration
of the argument to be encountered and
which had already apparently put a
majority of the senate against the
Lockhart bill. We agreed that the sur
est way to accomplish something was
to insist tipon the declaration of the
democratic platform embodying the
vital principle of the famous sub sec
tion A. I will add that I never had a
secret opinion about this subject at
any time.
“Untrue” Still Again.
The statement that any man in the
legislature was authorized to speak
for me (outside of my message) is
untrue and it was never reported to
me that any one claimed or exercised
such authority. Senator Lockhart has
simply been dreaming. If it should be
presumed that any one was authorized
to' represent my views the natural
presumption would be that my brother
was. and he favored and as chairman
reported as a substitute for the bill
that passed the senate the entire Tex
as anti-trust law introduced by Rep
resentative Koonce.
Functions of a Governor.
The constitution in fixing my 'du
ties in respect to legislation and the
enactment of laws says that I shall
recommend to the legislature such’
laws as I think should be enacted. I
have done that In respect to trusts.
Ivet the record speak as to whether
I have modified my views on trusts
since I was elected.
Goes After Daniels.
If you had published the report of
my speech at Spray which was sent
to you by a newspaper man who heard
it, your readers would already know
the injustice of your charge. I went
into the question of legislative action
on trusts fully in that speech and I
used that speech at Kinston, Nashville
and many other places, and if either
you or your readers care to know the
detail of that matter, I shall be glad
even now to give my remarks as made
at Nashville.
Quotes from Inaugural Address.
(Here the governor quotes from his
inaugural address where he took the
ground that the corporate monopoly
that by foul means will fully and
needlessly destroy its rival by wrong
doing for the purpose of exacting un
just profits from the public should
forfeit its existence and that all the
power of the state in all its depart
ments should be exerted to destroy ev
ery unnatural monopoly, every indus
trial trust that commits wrong upon
the people and their industries. He
quotes an interview with the governor
in the Raleigh morning paper Febru
ary 2 in which he expressed his con
viction that the democratic platform
was a direct endorsement of sub sec
tion A, and that the legislature ought
to add the substance and affect the
purpose of that section. He quotes
also extensively from his special mes
sage to the legislature following the
Lockhart-Nimock conference. He
quotes Editor Daniels as saying edi
torially thereafter that the governor’s
message stood for the platform and
recommended compliance with its pro
visions. Ahd later he declared edito
rially that the message advocated sub
section A, with effective machinery for
its enforcement.)
Recommendations to Legislature.
“When the legislature of 1911 met
I made to it the most comprehen
sive and drastic recommendations
against trusts. These were so clear
and strong in their effect that some
time afterwards when a gentleman in
troduced a bill embodying all my re
commendations except the two most
vital and sweeping ones, your paper
with enormous headlines pronounced
it a bill against trusts with teeth.”
(Here the governor quotes at
length from the message to the 1911
legislature fresh in the memory of
readers.) Then the governor con
cludes as follows:
Record vs. Memory.
"With these records well known
you assume to predit the contradictory
recollection of one who is seeking my
defeat. You have claimed to be neu
tral In state contests within the dem
ocratic party. You took no part in for
mer senatorial contests either in 1901
or 1903.
Don’t Daniels Need Help.
Since then you have probably grown
more confident and have determined
to defeat two candidates for the sen
ate, whether you have determined to
elect one or not. You can constantly
bombard me, but I shall leave my
cause with the people hoping that as
they nominated me once without your
help they can nominatae me again
against your opposition. I am not
afraid of the truth and I do not be
lieve you can mislead the people either
as to my ]>ersonal, political or official,
clmracter.
"When I was a candidate before
there was an effort to injure me by
charging that I was unsafe and dan
gerous. Y^ou now take the other talk
and try to make the people think I
have no moral courage, am truckling,
am a hypocrite, and have made pledges
to break them. I have persued the
even tenor of my way, discharging the
duties of my high office under my oath,
taking advise from all but not con
trolled by you or anyone.
Attitude Unchanged.
"My attitude toward trusts has nev
er changed. I am as anxious to aid in
the destruction of private monopolies
and the punishment of offenders as I
ever claimed to be. I rever said I
could destroy the American Tobacco
company or any other trust operating
throughout the United States, if elect
ed governor. And yet you have tried
to make your readers believe that. I
never promised the people to usurp
the powers of the legislature or of the
judiciary. 1 have always regarded the
great trusts as pillaging plunderers
of our progress, and I shall do ^hat
I can to relieve the people from their
oppression under the constitution of
this state and the United States.
These commercial pirates I have
fought from my youth up to this day.
I have always thought and still think
that rich and great offenders should be
punished as well as others. The
charge that you make upon the re
collection of a conversation two and
a half years ago, in substance is that
after my nomination and election I
changed my attitude toward trusts.
Fortunately for me the record quoted
above disproves every syllable with
out having to resort to recollection or
conversations. To that record the pub
lic will resort rather than to the pro
duct of the intemperate zeal of an
other advocate. In this state the three
departments, the executive, judicial
and legislative are separate and apart.
The governor of North Carolina is
the only governor in the United
States that has no veto power and
the governor is without power to veto
legislation can have little power be
yond the reason of his messages in
securing legislation. You have con
stantly opposed giving the governor
the veto power. A striking compari
son of the powers of governors is
found between the governor of this
state and the governor of New Jersey
who has the veto power; wh ohas the
power of appointing the secretary of
state, the judges of the supreme court,
the clerk of the supreme court, the
district .ludges, the attorney general
and the district atorneys. A governor
with this power, disposed to use the
"big stick” can be very effective in
legislation, and yet the governor of
New .Jersey has not driven the Amerl
can Tobacco company, one of its char
tered institutions—from its borders
You may think that the governor of
North Carolina without such powers
should try to browbeat a legislature
Into compliance with his wishes. I
have no such conception of either my
moral or constitutional duties in re
spect to the acts of a co-ordinate
branch of the government which the
people of North Carolina have cre
ated.
W. KITCHIN.
Raleigh. C.. July 22, 1911.
I Gentle Raps at The News |
Cupid's Wounds.
The Charlotte News declares that
Cupid’s wounds may be healed gen
erally by court plaster. Doubtless
true, but it cannot be denied that
the little fellow receives some of his
most grievous w'ounds in Court.—
Charleston News and Courier.
In Doubt.
Our old friend P. P. (Parson Pat
ton) of The Charlotte News, is tell
ing about love-making in parks.
W^hether it is an irresistible outburst
showing the trend of his mind, or
w^hether he is trying to work a bluff
we have been unable - to determine.
—Wilmington Dispatch.
Taking 'Em Off.
W’illis, Moore, director of the
weather bureau, said last month that
July this year would be hotter than
June. We take off our hats to Willis
also our collar and coat and vest.—
Boston Globe.
Some people down this way took
off even more than that. In fact, it
is said that The Charlotte News took
’em off.—Raleigh Times.
What Bow Legs Indicate.
"Bow legs are a sign of great
moral courage,” observes the Mem-
phis-Dispatch, whose editor, no doubt,
has ’em—Denver Republican.
We suggest that Phillips and Pat
ton have that long proposed meet
ing and decide this question. They
are both probably bow legged and
they must have courage to stay
where they are.—Raleigh Times.
More Devllsh Impertinence.
Professor Patton writes thus; ‘‘We
propose to make a special trip to
Greensboro to settle up a few old
scores with Col. Robert Rastus
Phillips, the champion appetite of
North Carolina journalism.” Rastus
say the use of his name in that con-
necytion is entirely without his au
thorization; but, professor, if you
want to settle those old scores any
time soon, you’d better come quick,
before you get so busy, you can’t
come.—Greensboro News.
Vile Slanderer.
This gem of thought is from The
Greensboro Daily News:
"Says The Winston-Salem Journal:
‘Yes, we’re glad that Winston-Salem
is close to Greensboro; it is good
that the Lord’s people shall see how
the other half lives.’ We have ob
served some of the ‘other half’ even
at a greater distance 'that Winston-
Salem—in Charlotte, for instance.
We don’t know, of course, but
we have a sneaking hunch that The
News is talking about Patton, of The
Charlotte News.—Winston Journal.
♦ THE ANANIAS CLUB COL- ♦
^ UMN. ♦
(From Hendersonville Herald.)
The genial proprietor of the justly
celebrated Stradley-Black emporium
has a cat yarn which is stirring up
something of a sensation. He says
he had one cat more that he needed
in his business and tried in various
ways to slay the animal. After try
ing all the methods know'n to medi
cal and other science, he finally de
vised a scheme which he felt sure
would work. He filled a barrel with
water, hitched a heavy brick to the
animal’s neck by means of a short
chain, and deposited the animal and
brick in the barrel. Then he went
home, feeling serenely confident
that, on his return to the shop in
the morning, he would find the cat
good and dead. What he did actu
ally find was this: The cat had drunk
up all the water in the barrel and
was sitting on the brick, singing
high-class vaudeville music in a pure
soprano voice.
A Iwo to One
’»no 9Svd toojj penunttoo
When icicles hang by thew all,
And Dick the shepherd blows his
nail.
And Tom bears logs into the hall.
And milk comes frozen home in
pail.
^-Shakespeare.
ment were all bruised aw'ay and the
great race for the Canadian-American
derby was at last at hand.
A Two to One Victory.
At 1:86 the Canadian pact had run
the red gauntlet of all opposition and
won by 53 to 27—a two to one majori
ty.
Never was the finale of a great
struggle so quietly enacted. There w4s
not a stir or a thrill from the begin-
ing to the end of the ballot. There
was not a surprise in the roll call.
The event predestined, predetermined
and foreknown, was accomplished at
last. Every man voted as he was ex
pected and schedulee to vote. Bailey,
Clark and Simmons were the demo*
crats who left the ranks of party.
Brown, Poindexter and W^orks saved
the consistency of the insurgent group
by voting all through for reclprocl*
ty.
The Line-Up.
Including pairs, 36 democrats, 20 re
publicans and 3 insurgents had voted
for the bill. Three democrats, ten in
surgent republicans and 16 regulars
had voted against it.
, So that in the senate as in the house,
reciprocity is a democratc measure,
was passed by democratic votess.
w'ould have been impossible without
democratic votes. Giving all credit
the persistent interest of the president,
one has only to examine the roll call
in every state, to see that the demo
cratic party gave to the measure the
indispensable thing of votes and that
the republican vote was half hearted
all the way through, and given to
sustain the president and not the rep
resent the party.
Administration in Distress.
Whatever victory the passage of fte-
iprocity may bring to the presldeilt
comes at a time of need. Tbe adminis-'
tration is in eore distress, A fog of
scandal covers it from th« attorc^y
general’s office, to the whit© house
Wickersham, of the cabinet, Ic In
tlon, the Wiley persecution Is bringing
curses home to roost; the demoGra-tie
investigation committees are digging
deep into republican records that smell
to heaven, and that Alaskan scandal
deeper and more menacing than all of
them is even now pulling VvUh probable
developments that may strike tlie re
publican administration to Its vitals.
Never this day of reciprocity tri
umph could come more timely to the
president than now',
Mr. Taft will sign the agreement
next Wednesday, after the reassembl
ing of the house and the signature of
Speaker Clark is added to that of Vice
President Sherman.
Then the American part is done. The
people have been vindicated. The lum
ber trust and the paper trust have fail
ed to becloud the popular vision. The
allies of the selfish have been rout
ed. The handful of honest senators
who protested the purely imaginary
damage which seemed to them to
threaten a few sections of the north
west will speedily discover their mis
taken judgment in the matter.
And now it is all up to Canada. The
d!anadian government under Premier
Laurler is pledged to the agreement
just as the American government was
pldged to it through President Taft.
The Canadian parliament is now in
session. Mr. Lauricr has a majority of
sixty government members behind him.
They are sure to vote with him in
this government emergency. There
may b delays and wrangles and fili
busters, just as we have in congress.
But there can be no appeal to the
country within five years even if the
opposition were fierce enough to de
mand it.
The Canadian parliament will pass
the reciprocity pact before the summer
is over. President Taft and Premier
Laurier will each issue proclamma-
tlons putting it into Immediate execu
tion. And then we shall begin to real
ize its beneficial effects, political, mor
al and material. There is neither time
nor space to enumerate all thes. But
to th housekeeper and to the bill-pay-
er of the costs of living, the little
table among a thousand may bring
some pleasureable anticipations of the
results of lowered duties:
Reciprocity
and Feed:
Present rate: New rate:
Butter 6c pound Free
Eggs 4c dozen Free
Potatoes 25c barrel Free
Fresh haliuut Ic pound Free
Apples 25c bu. Free
Tomatoes 26 P. C. Free
Onions 40c bu Free
Cabbages 2c each Free
Peaches 25c bu. Free
Poultry (dressed( 5c pound Free
Poultry (live) 3c pound Free
Mackerel Ic pound Free
Bacon, ham, beef
and pork 4c 1 l-3c pound
Salt, dried and
smoked 25 per cent Free
The senators who were absent
were:
Dupont, Delaware; Frye, Maine;
Gallinger, New Hampshire; Lea, Ten
nessee; Percy, Mississippi; Rayner,
Maryland; Tillman, South Carolina.
The senators who w'ere present but
did not vote because of being paired
with absent senators w'ere:
Dillingham, Vermont; Sutherland,
Utah; Thornton, Louisiana.
There are two senate vacancies—
from Georgia (due to the resignation
of Senator Terrell) and Colorado.
^ CARDINALS SURE TO WIN ♦
♦ ♦
Rebel Oakes thinks the Cardinals
will be in at the killing. Just like all
the other Climbers, Rebel has so much
confidence that it bqrders on conceit.
"Believe Tne,” said Rebel today,
"the other clubs fear ug more than we
fear them, They were surprised at our
showing, and they’re all scheming how
to beat'' us. They figure that we’re
liable to bust up a game any old time
and because we have been coming at
a killing pace they fear us.
‘‘But we don’t fear them. I figure
we’ve got 25 per cent the best of
these clubs the minute w'e take the
field. We are sure of winning every
game. If the other fellows win, we
figure ft is luck. That’s how w'e view
the situation. But these other gaza
boes are scarijd wo’ll keep up cur
winning streak, and they don’t play
with the confidence they should.
"I don’t figure there’s a club in the
league that has a right to beat us ft
w^e get an even break in the pitching,
and, believe' me, if we ever get on
top, they won’t be able to stop us with
a Chinese wall.”—Atlanta Journal
LEADERS OF N EW YORK'S “4QC'
New York tocial leaders In war for supremacy, Mrs. John R. Drexe! on
the left, and Mrs. Ogden Mills. The other day at Newport ?t was nt.
ticed that at one end of the piazza at Bailey's Beach (the fashionable
bathing place) Mrs. Ogden Mills eat surrounded by her cloae*t friendi
At the other end of the piazza sat Mr*. John R. Drexel, similarly at.
tended. Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Drexel are rivals for the highest social
position In America—the leadership of the New Yorw set. Each "as.
pires to the position which was Indisputably held by the late Mrg. As.
tor—‘queen of American society. ” And their sitting apart, each with
her followers, meant the opening eklrmish of a battle for supremacy
that will be waged throughout the Newport season, and no doubt will
be continued throughout the fall and winter In New York. It is now ad-
mitted that the place left vacan t by the death of Mrs. Astor belongs
either to Mrs. Mills or Mrs. Drexel.
ORIGIN OF A CUSTOM.
♦ ♦
♦ CHINA’S NEW WOMAN. ♦
England is the only monarchy in
which the ancient Jewish rite of anoin
ting with oil and chrism is still pre
served, and it is said to have been
copied by Edward the Confessor after
the coronation of Jehoash as described
in II Kings, 11.
The king of England is wedded to both recognized and encouraged by her
his people by a ring. The story goes imperial government? Asks a writer
that when Edward the Confessor was Times Dispatch. She is Dr.
walking n«ar his palace at -Westmin-
What stronger evidence of
awakening of China could there b«
than the living presence of a hiehly
educated Chinese w'oman doctor,
whose pioneer work in sanitation is
ster one day he was accosted for alms
by a pilgrim bound for Jerusalem, and,
having no money on his person, gave
the beggar a ring. When the pilgrim
reached Jerusalem he reported the in
cident to the patriarch at the Holy Se
pulchre, who blessed the ring and told
the pilgrim to take it back to London
and restore it to the king. This was
done and the same ring was used at
the coronation until the reformation,
when a new one was made, engraved
with the cross of St. George.
The annointing of the king is from
an ampulla, or vial of holy oil which,
according to tradition, was given to
Thomas Becket by the Holy Virgin in
person w'hile he was praying at the
cathedral at Canterbury one night.
The ampulla is in the shape of an
eagle, seven inches high. It is made
of pure gold and the holy oil pours
through the beak of the bird. At a
certain point in the ceremony before
bestowing the crown the archbishop of
Canterbury anoints the king by mak
ing a cross upon the crown of^is head
and the palms of both hands, saying:
"Be thou anointed ^ith holly oil as
kings, priests and projjhtes were anoin
ted. And as Solomon was anointed,
and Nathan the Prophet, so be you an
ointed, blessed and consecrated peo
ple over all these people whom the
Lord your God has chosen you to rule.”
The large square stone, which is fas
tened in the seat of the ancient and
rudely constructed coronation chair
which may be seen at Westminister
Abbey, is believed to be that upon
which Jacob slept the night that he
saw the vision of the angels ascending
and descending tbe ladder. This
stone, according to' the legend, was
taken to Egypt, thence to Spain, and
finally to Ireland, where it was used as
the throne of the Irish kings for cen
turies. It is known as the “stone of
destiny.”
HIS MOTHER’S PORTRAIT.
The late King Edward VII. of Eng
land was driving along a country road
in Scotland one day, when he overtook
an old market-woman struggling un
der a load which was more than she
could well manage. "You might take
part of this in your carriage,” she
cried to the king, whom she did not
recognize.
"Alas! my good woman,” replied his
majesty with royal courtesy. "I’m
very sorry, but I’m not going the same
way. However, let nae give you a por
trait of my mother. “A lot of good
that will do me,” said the old woman
testily.
"Take it all the same,” said the king
smiling, and he put a sovereign, bear
ing Queen Victoria’s effigj’ in the palm
of the astonished old peasant.—Ex
change.
Fearful Responeiblliiy.
Says The Charlotte News: ‘‘About
the most charitable thinf we can
say of Fire-Eater Heyburn is "God
made him, therefore let him pass as
a man.’ ’• Do you think it charitable
to charge up such a terrible re
sponsibility to the Creator?—Greens
boro News.
men’s Medical School and Hospital at
Peiyang, and founder of the first tralc-
ing school for nurses in China, as well
as of a hospital for babies and of sev
eral dispensaries, all flourishing. Her
mission in the L’nited States is the ac
quisition of the latest ideas in sanita
tion and hygiene, which she hopes to
adapt to conditions in her own land.
Left an orphan when a mere baby, she
was brought to this country bj* an
American missionary. Here she re
ceived her medical education in the
Woman’s Medical School of the New
York Infirmary, and returned to take
up her work in her native land. This
year her school graduated its first
class of nine native women, who tasU
it will be to instruct Chinese mothers
in simple hygiene and the care of their
children, tlius gradually reducing the
terrible mortality among the little yel
low babies. In appearance Dr. Yamel
Kin is typically Chinese, with a deli
cate oval face, almond-shaped eyes and
straight black hair worn in a lo®
pompadour. Through her feet have
never been dwarfted, they are tiny
even when encased in quilted boots of
heavy satin. Shee wears her national
dress, a sevely plain, unembroidered
robe like a modified mandarin-ccat,
and on the street a plain and distinctly
Western toque. There are no^’ sever
al Chinese woman doctors, educa.ed
in America, at the heads of hospital*
in different cities of the empire, and
Dri Yamel Kin believes that the future
of Chinese medicine is largely in the
hands of her sex.
♦ ♦
♦ WHAT MAKES NILE GREEN? ♦
The "green water” of the Nile is
quite a different thing from the green
water of the ocean. Notes the scenti-
fic American.
About April 15 the Nile begins its
annual rise and a month later tne
effect is felt at Khartoum. A ver>^
curious phenomenon accompanies thu
increase in the appearance of tne
"green water.”
For a long time it was believed tna
the color came from the swamps of
upper Nile lying isolated and
under the tropical sun and J!'
the waters wnth decaying
matter.' W’^ith the spring rise this feii
water was supposed to be swept m
the streams to make its appearan
in Egypt. .
W’^ithin recent times, however, tni
theory has been abandoned. No^’-
are advised, the green water is
by the presence of innumerable nu '
bers of microscopic algae, offei^iy® ■
the taste and smell. They origina
away up in the tributaries and are ca*-
ried to the Nile, where under
sun and in the clear water the> i
crease with amazing rapidity,
columns from 250 to 500 miles
length. ..
The weeds continues to grow, a
and decay until the turbid flood
put them to the end, for they cann
exist except in clear water.
Offensive as in some
green water is, it is hailed wnth dellgn
by the Egyptians, since its
is a sign of the real flood time and tn
'*.l0BC of the water famine.