PAIf-T?WERKLY?SUNDAT.
p_.in.-_ offh-d.?? "? -*l!lln ?Mr'",t
wartlniclon Bur?_o..SS?-I Mun.sy pulldlnit.
MAnch.iUr Burcnti.11*1 "?" .?'*?-*?
I.l.r.bine Bureau.49 N. SyeamoW Ht
.,r_ch_-._ BurMj.? ?->' Bj*M* M'
"byMAIL One" SI* Tlirte On(
POSTAQE) PAtD. Year. Mo?. Mpi. MO,
Daily wlth -iiml-y....?..0 ??-00 IM? "''',
Daily without Bundit. Md W>0 MO ,M
. miday edltlon only.. J.OO >?'"? ?*i0 '"
weikiy (W?<inesday>i 1 -ot? t? ?*' ???
By Timf.-Dispaich Carrler nellv.ry Ser?
vlce In Richmond (and ?Ubttrbl), Manchei
1-. and ret.rsb.irB? ^ ^^ 0nB Year
Dally wlth _und?y....H cents ???*<>
Dnlly without Sunday..10 centa 4-*,()
Si:r. day only . & o_nll :"3"
(Yoarlr lubscrlptlons p. yabie ln advance.)
Entered .lanuaiy 11, UOJ, at HlchmoB..
Vn.. ns s.ror.d-clnss matter under act of
fmcress of March 3. 15*9.
SATURDAY, JUNE IS, 1308.
THE nOAXOKJ. CONVl-Vl'lON.
Tlio position ot Thc Tlmo.-Di-M-Atch
in regard to an Instructod d'clegatlOn
to the natlonal convention at Denver
Ic aoubtless too well known lo need
cfther restateinent or .-ir-runient. De
iplte Its wlse platform and conserva
tlve McprM-lbn-. we feel thnt the State
cbJivention at Roanoke lost a splendld
chance to emphasisse Its Indlvldualtty.
With thls exception the Koanoke con?
vention performed its duties wlsely
. nd well.
'lt declared tor the primany, and In?
structed the State Committee to try to
reduce the expense attondnnt upon this
method of nomination. and to throw
around the primary nll posslble legal
safeguards. The .State Committee was
further authoriied and instructed to
pr-pare nnd present to tho nest ses?
slon of thc Legislature a blll to lcgn
lii. and protect all prlmarles ln all
parts of the State. Thc overwhelming
ln-0_?-nient lhat thc primary recelved
from mquirles senl out by Thc Tlmes
Dlspatch left no doubt that it was the
wish of the State at larpc to malntain
ihis system. and thc convention at
Roanoke fully measurod up to the
wlshes of tl-,o<(- voters whom lt repre
s-ented.
The convention i. also to hc ron
gratiilated on some omlsslons. Dc
?=pite ominoup rumbllngs, no effort was
made to discuss the appointment of
Judge Rhea, pr ro ciiticir.e Governor
Swanson's administration. and forln
nafely for Vlrglnla the* prohibition
question was not ir.jected into the dls
cu..sions ef Ihe delogate.. Lastly, and
more important. unstlnted conguatula
ttons are to be extended to the con?
vention for the platform adopted.
On Stato afi'airs it plcdces Uie party
to continued effort toward improving
and extehdlng the cause of efficient.
universal edueatlon.
On national issues Its dcclaratlons
are no less clear an_T"nq less discern
Ing. They are. too, to he the more com
mended. as in this field was opportun
ity for distraction and error. But no
radical innovations in state or national
politics are recommended, no disturb
ing pronosltforts for the regulatlon of
men's business and livrs nre offered.
Instead they go" straight (o thr mark
of present need.. and present danger.
Kovislon of the tariff is thc one, Fed?
eral nsurpatlon ia the other.
The Domo/cratic party can do nothinri
more expedlent, <an render no greater
s-rvlce to the country, llian to make
these two .subject.. the paramount, the
finiy issues of the campaign. To Im
prove the material well-belng of Mie
people by judiciouj* amendment of dp
jir.ssive ta.v laws. an,_ preserve the <?s
tabllshed ppirers of the states from
oncroachment are tlie objects whose
*ttaininent tlie nation is now most In
- need of. On .these causes can the
party bc u.plt(>_|,,ap?_jn becoui** a virilt
fi-.l_.Ing force. imbucri wlth hope- ol
vlctory and a convlctlpn of heing right
If the natlonal convention at Denvei
Is to restore t" Uie party ihe confi?
dence and support of Its former ad
herent.--, if it wlshes to gain new foi
lowers, there Is no suror way than t(
restrlct its declaratlons to ihe prin
cjples of the Virginla platform.
A \KTOItV OI' I'ltlNCIPI... |\ M,*.\\
YflHK.
Th? p_.ss.ge of the antl-gambllns
hlll* in New Yoik, nRer a long am.
exceedlngly 1 .tti-r flght, is of real gen
p_ral int.rest because it Is typlcal. I
brin?:s home unml. lakably that thi
people, when they are enough arousc
to care, invlncibly rule. 'l'rusts, vestec
lntereets,. predatory powers, are afte:
all.j.no match for an awnkened ptiltli
opini
Th
11 h iiciv !;< -,vs repre
lordinai'y in Uie wa;
uettion at Issue tva
ilding at tl.o track
nol i,e Isuupressec
ii Inliibltlo.n nsalus
Cpnptltution i,i ih
atlon., lechnicalltle
???;? bjtvje enahled th
- to ev*ide it, Th
.ple shoiil
Tli
rrcsili.:- pf O.ov.i Hughes and' \}i
compii-te p i ,,. , which 1
enjoys enabled , ^rVl . .. i,;i
a-wide' publlclt; >. .. . .;u..., .-?,,-,,1U..
tO the vnt, i..;. ;"- , . ;s (,li(. r.(
culatcd i" com ...i.,< ,,, xe
Yorktrs. <in the , |{! =, 0l)r
the liieliot.iolis llftf o [f B (,i .-, ],-.,
8nd meianchi'ly >:. . . [| j?.r
calion and .uiciik-. Even ttocK ll
have hardly surpassed "th. odds"
an lmpulso to 11 iroc
Tiit,"c are blK/'t'i >"' s '?' io
accprnpllshed ln Nan ">?.; . tvall siri
ip.rjuitics, tli*- ]>;oiei ! lou ? . . ,
fidt-'iuaie elecUcii laws, all i
more fai-rcacliiiiif ln their ..-it .,. ,,
botlilltf wlth Ihe huokiaak. : ? ,
Kerf. a gniv<! piini-i|,le happi'-h - ..
InvolvedT?that of the iiiilliiic,
the wlll of the many fnr ti.e lim ?
a.ll*!-"*!. WllCli.llinl |VbU- hocanift .
ou*J_ly umlcistooa by Ui. p'?oplc, .
Islatlvo lohhles were shorli of thelr
power. NV,t eveti the p'roperty Invest?
ment nrgumeiii ebttld mop them, though
ihe rncos llve upon the bettlng fen
iiue. nnd the truck ei|iil|itnent in Now
Vnrk represents milllons of doliars.
The (ubimlty howlers nnd nll who
belleve that the country Is going lo
Ihe dogs can hardly osc?pe the eon
clttslnn ihnl the mnn wlth Ihe ballot
Is stlll a falr match for the powers
Ihnl iuey.
THE Sl I'lliniK COIHT AXI> IHE
vn esiije.\t.
The persontioi of the Stipreme Court
durlng the next ten yenrs hns nn Im
portance oven inor.; slgnlfleant than
ually belongi to II. How Important
mny. be seen by a glance back ward.
From lrtil to 1S3S the majorlty of Ihe
court wero of Federal fnlth. and undor
the giildance of Chlef Justice Marshall
the declslons tended to an extenslon of
the govcrnment's authority. From 1S35
ti 1 <??"() the prevalllng spirit of tlto
on ft belng derlved from Democratlc
doctrlne, a strlcter vlew of constltu?
tional interpretntion pervatled Its juilg
ments. and further enlargement of Fed
eial power was not snnctloned. Durlng
tlie followhig decade the complexlon of
the court entlrely changed under ap
polntments from Lincoln and Grant.
ln the maln the court now confirmed
tho validity of the leglslatlon, caused
he war and reconstruction. whlch
Increased so greatly nnd declsively the
government's domlnlon.
To-day, In order lo settlc more quick
ly various industrlal and ceonomlo
problems, a determlned effort is being
made to effect thelr solutlon through
help ot the national authority. There
Is demanded from Congress the enact
njent of laws whlch wlll so broaden
the scope and add to the functions of
the general government that It amounts
to a cfentrallstatlon of power at Wash?
ington deslructive of State prostige
and control.
t'pon llic ronstitutionality of this
leglslation the Stipreme Court will
have to *ass. Then will lt be in Its
power to commlt lrretrlevably the na?
tlon to a radlcal departurc from the
estahlished conceptlon ot Federal rela
tions. On the other hand, it can, by
declarlng thls leglslatlon invalid, af
ford the people tlme to consider ma
turely the eonsequences of such a rcvo
lutlonary change.
In the next flve years the age ot
our ot the present justlces is. in the
latural course of events, llkely to
cause vacancies. Chief Justice Fuller
nd Justice Ilarlan have reached the
gc of seventy-five. Justlces Brewcr
nd Peckham are both more than sev
nty In intcllectual power and in
learning. these four are admittedly the
fcremost members of the court. They
also bv tradition and from a belief
1? its value, cling to a view of the na?
ture of our governme*t which '"has
held with steady and even hand the
'hnlance betwetn Slatc and Federal
power." .
The next President will have it m
.his power to flll the vacancies. Fpon
hlm'wlll fall the responslbllity of sce
Lg that the succcssors have a mental
Uuipment equa'i to these men. and
t-,'a, they have an e?ual veneratfon fo.
the ii1nitation.1o^tW>^utlon
I'llOGBESS I> VIRtHMA.
V .pecial to* The Tlmes-DispaUh
from Wavnesboro Wednesday morning
tnakes the gratifying announcement
that the people of that town over
wlielmingly rc-clcctcd the ofllcials who
had stood fnr a hlgher standard of
public servlce. During the admlnlstra
tion of the officers who have just been
re-elected Ihe clty made a number ot
! physical improvements. Granolithlc
! ^idewalks were lald, and the munlclpal
I wate'r-w.orks and the electrlc llghtlng
I plant were improved, with the re
j suit that the wholo community bone
,'lied byHhls actlon. The town thr.ove,
nnd the voters appreclatcd the dlrect
interest they had In munlclpal improve
nieiits.
The experlence of Waynesboro has
been that of every other community iti
ihe world. an.l the sole reason why
cit-ios in America are not more efll
ciently and more honestly admlnlstered
is because the present system of clty
epyefnaient by a Councll and Board oi
Aldermen, wlth a flgurehead for J
Mayor. does not make it posslble foi
the ordinary voter to know whom lu
should praise or blatne for the cotull
Hon in whlch hc flnds the city. Then
Is no doubt that the voters want pro:
gresglvf} government, and wlll retaln ii
j office those ofllclals who glve It ti
thnn. The problem now. however, 1
to Weep 'he voters Informed as to tlu
actlon of their city representatives
Waynesboro, fortuualely. both kne\
and'rewniile,! Its faithful ttewards.
Say.s the New Vork Mall: "One hun
tiicil and sixly of Piiixeton's senlor
confess ihnl they hnve kissed girl.'
according to stutistlcs jnsi publisliei
Tlu- publicallun of whlch will probubl
help the junlors to make a beltf
ifcord." When our contempornr
speuks of the riubllciitlon "of which
does il mean which girls?
The Washlngton Post havlng use
j the word "girl-wlfe" ln a ImadlliP
tht! . sleemed New Vork Mall is Ir
fmined in advance, that Its plen of cli
j ciilHt- Insanlty diiriug any act of r<
prlsal will he accepted wlthout <tue:
Hon.
We confess to a susplclon tlu
"Walstcoat Tim" Woodruff would ei
tcrtnln a nomination to Ihe vlce-pres
dency, whether from iho vestod Inte
ests or not.
Probably 'Messrs. Watson and Det
would f^"1 more ln It if they had a fe
cctiitostp and "allles" on their traili
As lt ls. they do look lonesome.
'Lots of people nilstake dyspepsl
,foi piety," asserts a London jiape
"Yes, indecd. Mince pleiy.
? Tii? IndUnnpolIs News ijeclates Ih
the "L.-tplaiuleis are the sbortest po
ple in Europp," thus rellevlng I
French nobllity of no little odlum.
Mnaoln, Nebraska, !? hardly a b
enough lOWn to hold nll tlie mi.-uu
E< 1
llaweyer, little deiaiis llko ihe pia
irm and the vlco-pi-esldency are y
' be settled at Denver.
Rhymes for To-Day
TII 1.4 VICE-I'MESIDENCV.
Tlll-Y ortered ii to Slmpklns who
wns much llltotl ln Iho Wost.
Sald they: "You'ye tolled woll,
Slfnpklns: you descrvc the
llttle rest."
But Slmpklns grow ritilte nngry nnd
remnrked: "Ferglt it, seeV
Cut. lonae from nny noilon thnt you're
Kolng to ..Ide-trnck 'Mc."
They offered It to Tlnipkln., who pos
scssnd n tlny boom.
"Thc work Ih pleasant, Tlni," xahl
(hey, "nnd scares away tlie
gloom."
Old Tlmpklns toro hls long gray hair
nnd cried; "Ye rogucs, stand
back!
D'ye think l'll let you lend me ln d
bloomin' cul-de-sac?"
They offered it to Jlnipklns from tho
Southern cotton bolts.
"You'll have to tnko It. Jlmp." they
sald, "because there's, no one
clse."
But Jlmplilns' sudden scream of pain,
It cut them liko a knlfe?
"Don't make me-flo It, boys!" sobbed
he "tho blow would klll my
wlfe."
They offered It to Blmpktns (wlth a
club)?"And If you fall
To**ta_e lt. by the new law you will
have to go to jall."
Poor Uimpklns saw no way out, but
he howled llke one wlth cramp. :
"I s'pose l'll have to tako it?but you
might glvo trading-stnmps!"
II. S. H.
SIERLY JOKING.
Tcchnlcally Wounded.
ChaufTeur: "It's all rlght, my man; you're
not hurt!" , .
Vlctlm: "I don't know bo much about
tl.at; I must see my solicitor."?I'unch.
:oft Drink* nnd Orntnr.v.
-I seo tliat f.a Foliette talked elghteen
hours on mllk. punoh.""
"Remarkable! Thal's moro than Falr
banUfi ever sald about buttermllk."?rhlla
delphla t.cdgcr.
Mlsta. *n!
le dld not think his love would waken??
He stole some klsses!
1hen slie confessed slie was miss taken,
Por now she's Mrs.
?rhlladelpliia Press.
lillrn-Rfallnm.
""Does he belleve In reallam?"
"'Yes; but he carries ll to execss. ln
the second scene lic Is sevcrely wounded,
and he lias a doctor Issue bulletlns be?
tween tlio acts."?LoulsvllIeN Courler-Jour?
nal.
Short Trip for a Stnrtcr.. ^
I.ola: "Last nlght young TJorem declared
hf would wlllinsly B*? l0 tnc e,,as of tho
earth for me."
Grace: "And what dld you say?
Lola: "I tlnally got hlm to make a. start
for home. and let "lt go at that."?-rC_Mago
News.
A IKiuI Glveaway.
"How could you dlBtlnguiah Aehllles from
the glrls?" asked tha Greeks. "How could
?ou see that he was a man ln woman's
garb?"
"Hc dldn't drop hls handkerchlef, ex
plalned Kiysscs. "every tlme lie turned
arotiud."?Washington Herald.
RICI'LYING TO OURP.
I(| ?; there any ouestion." asks the Rich
I mond Timea-Dispalch. "about the
A Democratic platform to bc framod ai
Denver?'' Not the sllghtcst. The platform
wlll he W. J. Bryan.?Omaha Bee.
"If God mado Congress." quotcs th<
Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatch. Well. the suf?
fering old world has a habit of blamim;
many of its troubles on Trovidence.?At?
lanta C'onsiirutlon.
"Come to Ihink of it, lt would he hard
fnr William Waldorf Astor lo do anything
that would irtitate thls country much."
says the Royal Richmond Tlme.s-Dlapatclj*,
Woll. suppose he should decidc to .i-om_
back??Washington Herald.
It bchooves the paraglaphor of the Rich?
mond Tiines-nispateh to get Op sotncihln.
oi- other iif a Virginia product to match
Hf.-ilnst thc Houston Tost's Bermuda onion3.
?Knoxvllle Trlbune.
How maiiv people wlll br satisfled wlth the
cunepiv hill of fare??Richmond Time.
Dlspatch. Or with any oiher blll of faie,
for thnt matter.?Indlanapolis News.
The Washington Herald may lie rlght In
il.i ass*itioii that a great many .lune couple.
from thls part of tlie country go to Wash
ir.gton on their wedding tours. The honi-y
mooii is an ecstatic perlod, during whlcn
ariy old town wlll do. When Uiat Inteilu.lo
Is over. however, nnd Uie couples face the
practlcal matters of happy and cnnifortable
ljving. they almost invarlably conif to Royal
Richmond. tlie Krah hub of the universe.?
Richmond Timos-Dlspotch. Be that as It
may. there are mor- hrldal couples In Mar
vCloun Manhattuii than there are unhapplly
married folka in Washington, Richmond
aud houston combiued.?New York Malt
l'KRSON.M. ..ND GKNKRAI..
The average length of life of the Icelauder
lb a littlo over slxty-oue years.
A self-chollclng chalk llne ls the latest
addltlon to the carpenter'a lt it.'
The nlelcel productlon In 1907 was H.ioo
tons and of alumlnuni 1_.S00 tons.
A buller cliurn holding only one quart of
cieam Is now made for domestic use.
'i'he newest forge does away wlth the
usiial bcllows, liting litted v. ith a com
prcssed air tank.
New Yoik City's pollce department has
recovered iibout $100,000 ln stolen property
durlng thc last year.
Tho wealth of New Zealand, accotdlng lo
reeent statlslics. Is $1,480 pc;- person, and
Is sald to bo the highest of any country lll
thc world.
pnp firm of four men having thelr head
uunrters near the Illlnols Rlver gather .100.
000 worth uf pelts every year, whlch are
fsctit to Europe.
Many Important dralnage projects are un?
der way ln the marsh land of I.oulslana
which wlll iiltimately make it a greai agrl
cultural country.
M. Tournay, a Beigian englneer, has beer
i^oinmissloned by Ihe. lonnnitt.e for tlv
Interiiallonul e;:hlbltlon at Diuseels In IJJ'i
to erect a tower ut Ixelles. whlch wlll o<
much higher than the RIlTel Tower. Tht
cost ls estlmated ot S'Jlti.OOO.
Prof. ,1. Woodbrldge Rllc-y, Ph. D., hai
heen uppolnted professor of phllosophy pi
the Juines Monroe Taylor foundullun at Van
sar College. prof. RlU-y held Ihe rea.arcl
s(l-.o!|iiflilp ln Johiis Hopkins University fo
the last three years.
< .isiirellor .liimes R. Day, of Syracusi
I Ur.lye._ilt.. who waa recently authorl_ed Ir
| the trustees lo take a long vu'.utlon, ha
j dcvllncd tu g? away oiith'- ground that h
haa no_ tlme. Chancellor Pay i? |aid to b
in poor health, hut Is unwlillng m leav.
hl:- work ut thls tlme.
j "Wiien you teach children Io a'vold Ma.-t
Ing. swapplng guni and eatliig hall'-lmlt-.
fi.ods and to he clcan you wlll he doln,
s.tm-thltig iu prevent tuburculosls," declarc
IDi. _. A Knopf, nf N.w York, at the reccn
1 convpptlon of the Amerlcan Medlcal Asso
ciailon In Chlcago.
Tlie l.'nited States iu reeent years, 190
and l'il)7. has supplled annuallv iibuu
5.500.000 bai-rela of tlie United Klngdom'
liupoits of flour. tho rcmalnlng requlio
picnt, say ;,100,000 "barrels, comlng prln
clpully from f'anaila and Australla, a rela
llvely small purt hc-lng furnlshed by Fiam,
an<l Hungary.
? ' ? ? ...-,?
fertilin luvnliiiitiir.v Dublielty.
"Murder wlll out," says the old ma.
ini, or, as Mme. do Malntenon put I
"fiooper or later evory eat ge(H out i
the bag." The $200,000 trnnsaotio
A,-|,l. II.(_t._ _. ._ .... ...._. - ,
.... >._;.. , ,., .? - .. .. ?;,,,; 11 U II ?tt C 11 O
wiil, liairlnian came to the knowleclv
of n scofflng publlc, and Uie silv.
men's contribul lon t? Mr. Bryan's fun
wus mnde known hy our unfeelin
iielghbor tho World, So It appt-ars tht
jiubllclty la ochlcved without a con
?ll pellltig ?itattito.?New York Tlmes.
Iia 'I't-iiipi-rnnce Clder.
ii ls a leproach agalnst tetnpetiiui
1 ilntikn tliat, an (i rule. they nro vei
ig ilistiisteful. One would think that tl
iK I . cluncc of the day ought lo he Ktitl
ciont to oianufacturp aoiucthlrig nui:
natlnfactory, Probably a cldpr Cnu
ht- iiiiulc wltli u low pviccniiifc'e uf a
coliol Hiai would superseile many
tho llnid.-, ih.w ln common use,?Cou'
,11'v Uf..
STATE' PRESS
HdAMOKK CONVKNTIOX.
A? Hlnte Press Hnc* tlie flfllllrrlllg of Ihe
l.rmler*.
Wlll Art Well. ?,
Tlie Deniooints of Virglnla ln rnnventloli
niisniiiltleil ni Rnamike wlll to-dny, nlmost
Wllllout u riunminn, pledRc tlio vote of thls
SmtS to William JfiinhiBs Hryiin nrt thn
piu-t.v'B candldate for the pinsldeiioy. Then;
nppviirs lo bo stuiie ilniilii of ihl'i netlnn,
but thls doubt usually einnnntes froin those
jylto nro utiyleltlhiK oppoiients Uf tlie Xcbrns
kiin, nnil wlth thom iho ilioiight Is born
uf the wlsh, Htatenients have been sent
uiil llint Bryftn had only about 360 of thf
800 delegates pledtjcd to hlm, but we ntlncli
lillle credciitfe lo theso storles, whlch enui
iiute finin tho bltterly hostllfl press of Illcli
iTiotid. We aro conOtlent thnt Ibo four dele
?(itr?-at-lnige wlll lie lnstructed for Bryan,
antl that practlcally all of ilm twenty dls?
trlct doloBato.i wlll llkowlsc lio plodgcd''to
lilm, If the unlt rule Im' ndoptod, us >V
l.ehove It wlll, thon tho onilro delegation
wlll be bound by Instructlons to tbe ptoplu's
cholco. ln uny event Iho prnctlcnlly solid
support ot Virglnla win be glven to Bryan
Bt D.enver. if It ls neorled. Wo bellovo,
hnwflver. thnt Mr. Bryan wlll bo noinlnnte.d
beloro Vlrjflnla Is reached In tho roll-call ut
States.?Danvllle Reglstor,
Need No Instrtictlon*.
At tho presont tlme ovory movement of
the Doinocratlo party, however Inslgnlfleanf,
li. duly welghod and consldered, for the very
slmple reason that II Is believed the purty's
opportunlty has como nnd Iho country do
tthes to know how II wlll be met.
One of the ways by whlch it can bo done
wlll be tha sending of delegates to the na?
tional conveptlon linhampered; men who are
foiemost In tho pftrty'"for tlie polltlCal prin?
ciples tliey etpouse, rather than the Idenli
xatton of polltlcal leaders. ln thls respect
tho Virglnla. Democratlc conventlon can not
n worthy oxample for Ibo conventions of
other Stutes.?Roanoke Tlmes.
Wants Southernrr.
There is ap Intlmatlon, however; whlch
we do upprove, tminoly. that the Roanoke
conventlon shall recommeml tbe placing of
n. .Southern man on the Democratlc presl
dontlol tldtet. If the tlme has not come
for tho South to havo the presidency, sho
Is at lenst entltled to the vlce-prosldency.
Wc belleve Senator Danlel would be the
strongest man for Ihe second place on tho
tlcket. If Bryan Is not nomlnated for tho
presidency Johnson wlll bo, nnd thoy aro
both from the fat- Wost. and the runnlng
mate of either ought to t>e from the East,
thnt ls, from the Atlantlc slde of the conti?
nent. And he ought to como from tho
South.?Charlottesvllle Progreas.
I.erntcs Major Danlel.
w'hlle It Is practlcnlly certaln that Mio
conventlon Wlll be controlled by Bryan men,
yet It Is ulsn?certaln that Major Danlel will
be n dclegate-ot-lnrge. lio Is classed ns un
nntl-Bryan nfan, but thls should be con
strned to mean only thnt he Is of oplnln.i
that some man other than Bryan would
FtnnU a better chance of election. und not
that hc Wlll not give .Mr. firymi hls hearty
support If nomlnated. .Major Danlel has al?
ways supported the Nemocrallc tlcket. nn.l
wlll support Mr. Bryan lf he roceives the
nomlnation nt'Denver. whlch Is now assured.
He Is not of that class whlch al-e trylng to
rnke up charges agalnst Bryan. nnd who if
they support hlm. wlll have to eat thelr own
VV.crds.?Bedford Dernocrat.
Byrd Stnkes Key.
That's good enough. Tariff-for-revenuo
otily ls fundamental In tho ctblts of Demo?
cracy. It wns upon that cloar-cut Issue Ihnt
tho vlctory of 1SJ2 was. won. and tbe partv
can wln on lt in 190?. Tlio partv Is alwav's
strongest when llghtlng for Its principles.
Whon lt runs after strange goils It nllenntos
moro Democrats than it gnins from the out
slde. Mr. Byrd has struck tbo kevnote, nnd
Wo hopo that it wlll ho echoetl ln ihe na,
tlonal convention to fellow.?Newport Newa
Tlmcs-T-ietald.
I.onder I.o?l.
The movement to abollsh tlie prlmarv ap
posrs destlnod to fall. Ex-Judge Duke. of
('Harlottosviiie, who has h.>on estcemed thy
leader in thls movement. wlll not i>e a riele
gate to tlio state convention. but hls county
of Albemarle and clty of Charlottesvllle
wlll s?-nd to Roanoke n delegation headeil
by Senator Thomas ?. Martln, and lnstruet",l
no| only to preservo tho prlmary. but nlH_>
to legallze It. and to havo the expense of
cor.ductlng It placed upon the publlc treas?
ury. This would soom to indicate a col
lapse of tho movement to abollsh tho prl?
mary.?Amherst Progress.
I'lou-ers for Byrd;
In accept ing the honor of prrsldlng over
tlie Roannke conventlon. Mr. Richard B.
Byrd yesterday uttered somo souml Demo?
cratlc doctrinos In gracorul terma. whlch we
honrtllv coinm?nd to tho attentlon of our
icaders.?Petorsburg fndox- Appeal.
IMTED STATES I.V Ol.V.MPIC GAMES.
Makes Bciter Showing Thnn lu
Itliotlex Scholnrahlps.
Slnce the revival of the Dlympic
games, wlth a scope nnd world interest
ImpoSstble in the goldcn days'of Creek
power nnd fanie, they have been held
in Atheng ond in St. Louls. This surfi
iner the ifames wlll take plnce in Lon?
don. There the greatest crowds that
?vcr wltnossed athletlc contests will
doiihtless checr the victors. There
the most vemarkablo struggles ln the
history of.the "world are llkely to stir
the ontliu-duMn of tens of thousands
of spe'etators.
Tlie Franco-Britlsli Exposltlon. whlch
Is in progress ln tlie English capital.
wlll add to tho multlludes of sight
seers that tht gumes wlll draw from
Ihe milllons of London's own people.
A sport-loving natlon wlll watch' tlie
picked athletes of many lands strlvc
for the mastery whlch brlngs only
glory and a laurel wreath.
| At Athens and at St. Louls tin;
J American champlons carrled oft more
prlzes than fell to any other natlon.
Tlie Unltid States led the' world.
lAmerlcans made a flne showing frit'al
! most every SpoVt included ln the long
serles of contests. They won the ap?
plause of all rivals by thelr all-arounii
prowess.
This year ihe Indlcatlons are thal
a slmllar record wlll be made.' Amferl
ean athletes are gqing to London !r
grent forco. They have shown stic!
abllltles m the contests 'for siftlnt
out the chumpions of the country tha:
tjiey cun hardly fall to make a splen?
did showing agalnst all-comers. Then
Is no other natlon whlch has so goot
a chance for the foremost honors o;
the Olymple games, and America maj
beat the rost'of the world, taken as '.
whole.
Why no:? Many races mlusie am
come Into competltlon here. This coun
try Is thelr open fleld of rlvalry ar.(
development. i It ought to? have tin
'plck of the world. and that is what I
gets. With Amrrlcan ambltlon an>
American tnc-rgy ? as ii spuv, sucl
materlal riaturally carrles off the hlgh
est honors of world competltions suc!
as Ihe Olymple games.?Clevelam
Leader,.>
Xew liightN of Servmilw.
LCmployero of domestlc help coin
under the new British workmiin's com
pensiitiou acl, as well ns other em
ployers, and the insurance companle
have been doing a great bus'lnesi
among them slnce the act took effec
lnst July. p.ates have become falrl
well settled ond unlform, iind are llo^
US cents per year per person for In
door household sej-vants, $1.-2 for gar
dtiiei-s. }L32 for coachmen and groonp
J2.43 for gninekeepers, ? and ?4.87 fo
chiiuffcurs. Thnt ls to' say, for th
abovo siuus tho householder can secur
from the Insurance companles fu
liulomnlty in respect to a)l legal lhi
bllity for nccldents to hls epiployes li,
efdent to tiielr emploympnl.' Tlie legi
liablllty i.xKiuls, In caso of fatal ac
cldents, to three yoars' wages. wlth
maxlmum or |l,-luo, lf dppondents ai
left; in case of nonfatal acoldpnt
half wages' up to ?1 or $4.86 per wee
durlng incapaclty, or for Hfo, if th
Ineupnclty is permanent. The Insui
ancti companles are meeting with man
clnlms, even for such trlvlal injurk
ns flnger cuts, spralned wrlst
sllght burns, and the llke, but the
MCtin to bo contUleiit. of belng uble I
cope wlth tho -sftuntlan, ftnd on tl
bosltt of present rates,?Springflo
ltepublican.
Soft Htillclx.
Bulleta of paper ?r tallow prodm
far greater damugo than metal 0"i
when ua-jd for short-dlstanco Ilrlng,
was recently found on trlal t)iu
v. liMieas, a mWnl bullet penotrated
ihnl plank. one inch thlck and left
in ut hOle, a paper bullet broke up tl
i liuik, A paper bullet, passlng tlirotti;
?!.?( iileccs of tin. placed one foot apai
hiickletl thciii up nud made them us
less, wlioi-oas, n inUul bullet mere
left a small round ho'li?.?OU)ca|
rtUWH.
- Sonlr Uiicnf Iniin.
Edltor of The Tlmes-Dlspatch:
SIr,?Kcferrlng to repalrs Just or?
dered on a buildlng In Ihls clty, one
that "had heen ruci'iuiy rebulll, wlll
you nllow a constant nnd close rendcr
of your spliindld paper lu aslt for In
foi'niatlon'il <|iiesllbn or two';
Can ll ho posslble thal a contrnetor,
undor hund lo do n Job of work ln n
glven liiunner, ple'dgetl to uso certaln
HpoClflfid materlalH nnd tiuaiitltles, to
he mlxed In u wuy montloneil ln con*
Irnct, nnd In thut wuy only, und who
Ih pnltl an nKrectl upon suin of money
to du Just those thlngs nnd nothing
plse, can be rplleved of all bltitiie nnd
resifonslblllly slinpiy hcontis. he has
been pald tlio money for the Job, whlch
was recelvdd from him upon lils nssttr
nnco of good work on hls part and
ln good fallh, though, ln n very short
perlod of tlme, It Is foipid by competent
men, and, ln fact, by tho general pub?
llc from observation, tliat tho work
has-utteiiy nnd entirely fulled to como
up to thc sald contract?
is tlfero no recourse? Is thls law7
"If so. lt Is very bad lnw, and should
changed.
.Should the State, clty or citizen be
forced, Jn order to protect property, to
pay the second tlme for a Job of work
because of the failure (to uso a gentle
word) of the cohtractor ln thr. flrst
Instance to perform hls part of the
contract?
Shall he go scol free of all dam
*Ige? Is this Just or rlght or fnlr?
Do you think so? I do not.
Can there bo no redrcss under such
clrcumstances? There should ho, suro
and swift. "FAIU PLAY."
AVhnt I. n l_.g_l|_eil Primary.
Edltor 0f -jj,e Tlmes-Dlspatch:
blc,?i notlce in your issue of Hun
ouy, 7th instant, conccrnlng the pri?
mary, that some of ihe replles to your
qtlery are lor legallzntlon, and othei.*
that the expense of the prlmarv he
pald by the .State.
Wlll you plense deflne the differ?
ence? j iiold the vlew that whon
the Legislature logallzes the primary
lt naturaily follows that the .tate
must beur thf expense.
Yours, very truly.
C. E. OI_OG.II.OAN.
Chase Clty. Vn., june ., 190S.
Answer?Lcgallzlng the prlmarv slm
r-ly means that tha, Legislature 10
(iiilres bv rtatutc latv ' thut tho pri?
mary be hold under certain condltions
and wlth ccitain safogUards, At pres?
ent the cop-illon of a primary deoond..
upon the actlon of the locnl or 'stnto
committee, .ind the safeguards around
lt are of ro hfizy and so sllght a char?
acter as not iu deler ovll dl.poscd pbv
st-hs from gross violatlons - of thc
sarictlty thal should siirround these
c-ltctions. The expenses of the primary
niay pr mny not tie provided for by
thc State at tho tlme that lt pas.*?e3
tho laws abovo referred to. lt might
very .vell'bc that tho State while re
ouirlng thc primary lo bo hold under
certaln ri.tidftioris. mlitht neglect to
order thnt tlie cost be mr.t at tiie pub?
llc charges.
-_-m
SATIIIK STUDY.
Wlinl Itrciunca of Vnluablc Tlme lu
Tlio Mnny Schools.
The rldiculous nature of a lot thal
is contained In thc modern educntloniil
currlculum ls aniply Illustrated in a
story recently publlshed in tlie Elillj
delphla Ledper. A publlc sohool In?
spector was vlsitlng a room d.voted to
the instruction of very small children,
and in the course of lils Inspcctlng he
asked: 'How many seed oompart
r.ient? are there ln ah apple?"
Not a chlld answered. nnd the in
.pector was sliocked at the silent d|n
plnv of Ignorance. lle told tlie class
so. "All of you." hc declared, aolemnly
and lmprosslvely. "eat many an npph!
iu the course of thc yenr, and seo the
rruit every day, probably. You must
Itarn to notlce thc ? llttle things in
nature."
Tho children were sultably Impress
cd bv thls .-?dmoiiltlon as to thc rcallty
nnd earncstn.SS of llfe, and at recess
the toacher overlipard-them dlscussln..
It One little glrl gathered her com
pnnions around her and said sternly,
"Now. children. you've got to kno.v
more about common things. for if you
don't vou'll nll grow up to bc fools.
Now. tell ??<". Mlnnle. how many featn
ers are there ou a hen?"
And. sutelv. lt Is fully as important to
know how many feathers there nre on
a hen ns it is to know the number of
s<fe"ds or -*ecd conipartments ln an ap?
ple or the stvle tliat a mojlgoose weare
his whiskori. or thc number of shlngles
on the roof of Poes cottage. or any one
or many cUior thlngs thnt children
waste their Ume nnd the publlc money
ln ilnding'cut about at school. ?Provl?
dence' Journal.
_?_ , #-.?
I'eiiKiiin I-'.kki*.
In pur.stiit of the objpet of utilizlng
every resource of the colony the Cap;
goveVnm<-:it has made the lntere_t.rtf.
cxpeitmeiu of placlng upon tho Eng?
llsh inal'k'it u conslgnment of penguins
eggs obtained from Islands off thc
south or saulheast coast. The esff.pl
the pengiilri ls whlte, and very simllai
IrKsftape to that of the domestic fow 1
but i. conslderably larger. welghlns
about 3.. ounces. Flve thousand wer.
"brought ovor b.v tlie l.enilworth Caslle
-onsigned to SpiMgens & Sons. of Lend
enhall market. The facllity with wh c
thev were dlsposed of Indicates Uiai
thev have been accepted as an excellen'
substltute for plovers' eggs. the sup
ply of whlch, owing to the systemath
wav in wnlch they havo beon collectei
, of late vear.. has senslbly diminished
The Hpe'clmeps sent to us were pro
pounced by connoisseurs to be evei
mo," dell=.te ln flavor than the eg*
oft'ie olovcr when prepared In thi
same wav hv being boiled for 20 mln
. _____until the yolk is harcft The al
! humen is semitrfin. parent, and ah
? sumes a irelaUnou.s consistency. whei
' cooked.?London Fleld.
} Tnfi 1* S'ot Yet Safe.
There is certalnly a _??.*S?.._"iMJ
sistency un the part of the tliiin
termers so posltlve that ordlnarll:
one would think they niust ha? "om
kind of encouragement to Keep U
V'eli- ci-y U ls reported that this wee
the Whito House is to be deluged wlt
Utters purportlng to come from voter
everywherc. imploring tho President
.often hls ''eart to thc extent of re
nudiatii g lle . voluntary pledges, an
nccentng Uother nomination. Th
TaftP.."anager3 aro kept, ln oJhlghl
dlsturbed Ulate of mlnfl. "?> "
sald even to have lntotpreteti mi
ItoOsevelfs nnnouncement of plans fo
a South Afrlcan hunting exnedltion a
a toldl for the stampedo of tlie, conven
llon of which there has beon so muc
talk The ouestion forces Itself as t
where Van he Mr. Taft's extensly
popularUv If lt be true that hls part
t. represented at Chlcago wculd de.ei
hlm en ma?se if a single word wer
elvon.?Buffalo Courler.
'I'he Xoked piirase.
(By rtudvard Klpllng. addresslng at
thors' at banuuet ot Boyal " Llterar
I?und. London.)
There Is good reason why we snoui
walk humbly.' slnco our calling d(
mandp of our fellows nothing mov
than the stringlng' together of word
and phrascs, under pe\"petual guarantt
that tho overwhelniingv bulk of the
labors shall'perls}. ln the hour c
birth. * i * t'6*- we may rocall thf
out of letiers. and letters only, hav
procdeded, slnce hlstory began, thei
,? words whlch have govemed ,men, siiij
s, ly'or ln mass?-those phrasea hy whk
>y the world'has strlvon ' to llve?f(
whlch the world has sometlni.es hec
cohlent to dle. After all, the phrase
tlie naked pltrase?Is the power \yhl(
makes or unmaltes the Hlngdom? f*.r
the glorles.
IIcnI Work at Flfly.
In tho Industrial world lt hns b
come accepted that a nutn ls ton o
at forty. und the London County Coui
ell Woi'lcs IHpartnu.iit decided last yei
not to engngo men above thlrty-flv
lljow is It In tho intollectual worh
ciespite all tho ovldoncos of precoclt
Mr. Dorhind arrlves at the conclusli
whlch gives ap average age of (lf
for thn master work of great, men,
'?', V.'u WeeKly. i.
BY EIIEDEIIIC .1. IIAKKIV
One htttidred and tlilrty-onc years
ngo to-inorrow Congress, rcpresentlng
Ihe thlrteen Federalod Colonles, leg
Islatetl "tlint tho llng of tho tlilrLpcn
lulted glaton bo thlrteen atrlpes, nl
tertutte red and wiilre'; tliat the unlon
be tlilrtcnn slnris, whlte ln a blue fleld,
rcpresenlliig a now constellatlon." Ou
that dny the .Stars and Strlpes wns
fitft iloivn as ti government' flug by
John Paul JiinoM on the nnnger. The
ffag hnd ulriiiily been In Hcml-ofllalnl
uso nlmost ii yenr, th'rlfty Betsy flos'S
havlng stipplTed many enslgns to tlio
natlon, enslgns that woro tliey now In
exlstence would be worth thelr welght
ln" gold.
It was not untll September 3, 1777,
tl.at the -icllon Of Congress on the flag
question was made publlc through the
iress, though ,word of tho ' new law
iad reached Colonel Gansevoort's com?
mand nt Eort Schuylor and a drum
mer boy hnd made a flag nfter the
prescrlbed pattern. Por. the whlto he
took two old nminunltlon shirts; for
tbe red he renulsltloued on the wlfe
of a prlvate for her one red flannet
pettlcoat; for the blue, ho used an
oldvcont tliat had been captured nt
Poeksklll. Qn August 3, 1777. the flrst
hattle foughl undor tho legally deflned
flag was that fought ln defense of Eort
Scliuyler.
Thls was our flrst battle flag. To-day
the natlon suppiies to Its defenders
thousands of flags every year, flags
that are made not of shirts, petticoats
and Jackets sowod by the clumsy llng
nrs of a natrlotlc drummcr boy, but of
huntlng :bit has borne stern chemlcal
ond physloal tests; that has been cut
and sewed by hundreds of expcrts. Last
year to the ermy of the Unlted Statea
thero were furnlshed 1.207 storm and
recrultlng flags, 312 post flags nnd
thlrtv-one garrlson flags. For the pro
ccding year there had been Issued 1.078
storm and recrultlng flags. 355 post
flags and, forty garrlson flags. Theso
sewed Into a blg coverlet would roach
comfortablv around the Unlted States
and glve her the appearance of a glant
haricquln.
n.ach hattleshlp of the American navy
ls entltled to 250 flags every three
vears, though many are renewed of
tener than thls. The hiajorlty of theso
are signal flags. though each ship
carrles fortv-three forelgn flags. mens
urlng thlrty-flve by thlrteen feet. Tho
cost of tho flags for each battleshlp
ls about $2,500, no small item In Uncle
Sarrt's bill for equlpmcnts. especlitlly
wlien It ls lecnlled Ihat he has twenty -
seven flrst und second-class hnttleshlp
In commlsslon. Besldes these mere urc
cruisers. torpedo boats, torpedo-boat
fletttr'oyers. submarlncs, monltors, gun?
boats, supply shlps, colllers. tralnlng
and recelvlng shlps, some 265 all told.
that must have a goodly supply of
btintlng for every-day use and for
drtss-up occaslons. Por these naval
flags Uncle Sam uses up about $13,000
worth of materlal every year. pnys
$17,000 In wages and produces an aver?
age of 50,000 flags of 40S different pat?
terns.
The materlal of whlch the flags fo.'
general service are made must stand
severe tests. The navy uses about
15.000 yards n year for Old Glory alone.
and the goods must he of kuperlor
grade. The huntlng Is Atnerlcan-made;
It must be all wool and nlnetcen Inches
wide. lt :'? washed for twenty-four
hour In foap and fresh water, and
next dav glven a llke treatment wlth
salt water. Then for ten days it ls
exposed to the weather,- thirty hours
of snnshlne belng stlpulated. And thut
is not all. The tensile strength must
be proved. for there are stormK to bo
weatlierod and a slxty-mlle gale can
whlp average cloth to ribbons. A strlp
of bunting two inches wide qiust have
a strength of aixty-flve pounds when
proved on the testlng machlne. Two
ipches of fllling must stand forty-flve
pounds. When the bunting has been
proved It is given over to cutters and
sewers. who. by rule and llne. cut ou;
and make the flags.
The Presldtfnt's flag requlrcs the
most tlme and money among the na?
tional designs -made at the Brooklyn
Xavy-Yard. Tt takes a woman work?
ing dallv a whole month to make one.
The deslgn Is the United States coat
of arms on a bluo fleld. and as oll
the stltches are set by hand and the
embrolderv done wlth silk at $0 fl
pound. each flags costs a pretty pennv
when done. 11 ls the forelgn flags thal
take"most time and money in the mak?
ing for. as each hattleshlp must haye
Its q'uola, Uncle Sam must have theni
on hand. The Latlh-American reputv
llcs have flags that cost a great deal
San Salvador's emblem, wlth Its land
scapes, seascspes. floral collection anO
caballstlc designs. keeps one WOtnar)
busy for slxleen days and costs Uncle
Sam $52.50. Germany's eagle and scro!
work ls next hlghest In cost. and when
ever the whlte elcphant of Siaiu lt
made. Uncle Sam must hand over $38
whlle Mexico's sernent-eagle desigr
ralls for 535.50. The very larges*
United Sta:es flag. thirty-six by nlne
tren feet", costs the government on.:,
$10.
As to ihe rest of Uncle Snm's flags
offlcial and seml-ofllclal, no censti'
could ever be taken. Every embassv
Iegatlon -ind consulate abroad has it;
quota- every custom-hcruse. post-ofllc;
and mlnt; every admlnlstratlon build
Ing that in any way touches the na
tlon or a Commonwealth has Its sym
bol of llberly. Of the more than lial
a. mllllon publlc schools of the.Unltef
States the majority fly flags In tokei
of the spirit of patrlotlsm whlch the*
foster. Other educational lnstltutlons
companles of State mljltla, patrioth
Organlzatlons. buslness houses, clubs
prlvate residences. seagolng vessels o
everv character. all dlsplaying flagf
brlngs the total number In daily us
far into tho hundreds of thousand?. Bli
factorles turn out countloss number
every day. Durlng campaign i'car.
tlie output Is greatest in prlvate fac
torles, for every spe'aker's stand, ever;
traln bearln'g polltlcal delegates, ever:
hotel housing polltlcal bodles, mus
burst out in a blaze of red-whlte-and
blue patrlotlsm when occasion de
mands.
Becauso of the wide use of the flai
for advertlsing purposes durlng th
past fifteen years a movement has boo
itndertaken bv the Anierlcan Flag As
soclatlon. tho Sons of the. Amerlca
Revolutlon. the Daughters of the Amer
Ican Revolutlon and the trades unlon
to secure national and State legislotio
for the protectlon of tlie flag agains
such degradinsr uses. "Whlle leglsla
tion has not yet beon secured, - publl
sentlment has been awakened hnd th
Ilac-. ls reaelving moro reveren'ce.
Tho Ilrst time tlje strlpes deslgn wi
publlclv recognissed as the Amerlca
flag was when lt was flown from Pr.o*
pect ITIli; Somervllle, Mass., early I
January, 1776. Though a New Yor
r'eglinent had borne a ten-stripe flu.
a deslgn borrowed from the Hrltls
East indla Ccmpnny, its use had onl
been local. Tho prospect Hlll Ilagvwa
tho one selected by the committee tlu;
Congress hnd sent over from Phlln
delplila to Cambrldgo to confer wit
Washlngton as tq the adoptlon of som
national rmbli-m. Thlrteen stripes wet
chosen to reprosent the thlrteen Cole
pieei, adopted.' some say out of con
pllment to NVashlngton's coat of arm
Theso strlpos were made of the san
width to express the equal Importanc
, of the Colpnles. and were sewed tc
lr gether to t-Npress thelr uiilty of pui
f pbse. "Whlte was chosen to represet
it the Idea of just and reasonable dt
mands that mlght bo secured by poaci
ablo means. Ttpd was chosen to ret
vosent tho force nnd detormlnation tht
mtist ho usod, if nooessary, to secui
h justice." '
Thls flrst flag boro tlie Brltlsh unlo
the famous design that commomorati
i the unlon of the crosses ot St. Geoi'i.
i, ofBngland and St. Andrew of Spco
'l lapd undor James L. glvlhg the flag l
'" name of\Uhlon Jack. Later stars, en
llematlc of tlio permanonce of llbort
were used, set in a clrole to ropresoi
the endlessncss of the Colonles" fedori
tloi), Somo authorltles' claim tliat tl
id stars, too, came from Washlnglon
coat of arms, on whlch aro dlsployt
three "mulleta" or rowels.
The men who carved the nation fro
iv tlie chaos of politicnl strlfo did u
forosee the possibllltlos of forty-s
,,. Conitnonwoalths when t|iey deslgned tl
tv flag. All Hia emplre thoir mlnds oou
then compass was hedged (ibout by tl
terrltory at otlier natlons. So wh<
The Sport
of Kings
Says Big Kelly (discussihg
horse racing, Governor
Hughes, Ricnard Croker,
and other people and
things, in this week's SAT
' urday Evening Post),
"to win, th' Gov'nor's got
to have backin'. An', at
your age, you don't have to
be told that no end of these
crusaders ain't on the level.
They bclieve they are, but
they ain't. They feel moral,
when it's merely dyspepsia;
they think they're virtuous,
when they're only sick.
"Also, there's differences
to consider. Vfrfqc likes a
rockin' chair; vice puts in
most of its time on its feet.
Virtue belongs to th' U nion;
it's for the eight-hour day,
with holidays an' Saturday
/afternoons off. Vice is al?
ways willin' to break th'
wage schedule, work. over
time, an' do anything else
to oblige. Virtue wants two
months off in th' summer;
vice never asked for a vaca?
tion since th' world began."
Read Bt* Kelly, by Alfred
Henry Lewis.
Cast your pearls before
swine, but don't put them
in water, unless you want to
spoil them. Water that is
too hot is apt to fracture
rubies, sapphires, emeralds,
and certain other gems.
There are dozens of other
valuable hints in The Care
of Gems, in this week's issue.
It is written by George
Fredcrick Kunz, Tiffany's
cxpert in precious stones.
At the KrAi-stao'li. J cynts.
Jl.J'j tbe year by rasll.
The Cortis Poblishi.vc Company
PHILADEI.rHlA
Our Boys Are Everywhere
Copiea will be dellvered to any
address by
B. ROY- DUDLEY, Jr.,
1009 E. Cary St., Richmorid
new States began to appear, Washlng?
ton ordered that a new stripe and a
new star bo added for each newcomer.
By 1S1S, when terrltorlal cxpanslon
was proceedlng on a stupendous scnle,
It was seen that the f|og was about
to become on unlovoly, cumbersome
affalr, for it then had tweiity stars and
twenty strlpes. so a law was enacted
that gave us the flag of to-day?thlr?
teen stripes for ihe origiual Colonles,
and stars arranged ln parallel llnes
or. the union, qtiie for each State as
It wus admittcd. The War Depart?
ment determines the order ln whlch
the stars are to be placed. and the
revlsed liag comes into ofllclal use
the Kourtii of July followitiB the ad
misslon of the -ftltate bringing the star.
ln tho National Museum at Wash?
lngton tho government preserves somo
lilstoiical Iiags. Among these are the
ono carrled by John Paul Jones's Bon
liomme Richard. the ono of the Atlan?
tlc Telegraph Company that Iloate.l
Ilrst from the JCIagara and then tho
Great Kastcru, jvlien the Atlantlc cablo
wns lald; the one mnde from tho flrst
sliic ralsed and manufacturcd in tho
United States; tbe one carrled by tho
Tled CrosB Soclety's American ambu
lance ln the selge of Parls; the garrl?
son Ilag ur Port Moultrie; the Ilag of
the Kearsage; the flrst Unlon flag that
floated over Richmond in tlio Civil
War, and. most Important of all. tho
ilag whlch hung over Fort McHcnry,
at Baltlmore, In Soptomber. 1S11. In
splring tho pation's hymn, "Tho Star
Spangled Bnnner." ; _ ' ?
(Copyriglit, 1008, by Froderic J. Has
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