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Queries ?
andAnswers
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j;? How to Procure a Copyrlght.
$o tlie Edltor of the Times-Dispatch:
Slr.?In your* "Query Column" ldiuily
tell me how 1 can procure a copyrlght
nnd cost of same.
?-,:, ASP1RING "WRITER.
Yv'rlte to tlie IAbrarlnn on Congress
and he wlll send you a. clrcular whlch
. wlll give you all tho Informatlon you
wish.
"Bayond Hampton River."
To the Edltor of Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch:
Hot.en's llst of oarly em.granU', page
2K. muster roU 1631. of inhabitants of
"felfzaboth CittJey speaks of "Beyond
Hampton Rlver." Please locata thls plnce
"Beyond Hampton Rlver" In Ellzaboth
Cittle? W. E. D.
Crtglersvllle, Madlson' County,' Va, (
"Beyond Hampton Rlver" meant the
country on the east of Hampton Rlvor?
Btrawberry Banks, Buckroo and Fox
' Hlll.
Daughters of the Confederacy.
:What must ona do in ordor fo belong to
VThe Daughters of tho Confederacy ?"
- > Very Truly
A. M. B.
Aii chapters of the I>aughterB of tha
Confederacy have appllcatlon blanks,
?whlch can be had upon requost for them.
If the person wlshes to Joln the Richmond
Va., Chapter she must apply to Mrs. N, V.
Rajidoiph, the presldent of tha Rlchmond:
Chapter.
Heirs to Engllsh Estates.
ro the Edltor of Tba Tlmes-Dlspatch:
If you had an intima.tlon that there
were funds, dist rlbutable to hclrs ln thls
sountry, now belng held for cloimants
ln Engllsh ChaJicery courts, and you
could obtain none of tha facts, what
rnode of procedure would you follow to
jeoure any sums coming to you as an
heir of an estate?
TIMBS-DISPATCH BEADER
In that ease we should consult a shrewd
Mid careful itwyer here and let him cor
xespond with the proper court offlcials
ln England
Clty, Town, Village.
To the Edltor of the Times-Dispatch:
To settle a dispute please answer the
questlon: "What ls the technlcal differ
ence between a clty, town anfl village.
J. W. T.
A clty ls a municlpal corporatlon, con
talnlng a population of flve thousand
or more. and havlng a corporatlon or
hustlngs court. (Sse Code of Virginia,
1SS7, enibdlvlslon 16 of seotion 5.)
A to-wn is a municlpal corporatlon con
talnlngr a population of less than flve
thousand. (See same referonce.)
A village Is generally understood to
be "any small assemblase of houses, for
dwellings or buslness, or both," whlch
ls not Incorporated. Before lt can be
called a "town.* lt must bo Incorporated.
Local Option and the U S. Government.
To the Edltor of The Tlmes-Dlspatch:
In a county or distrlct. that
has voted no llcenee. under the Lo
cul-Option law, has any one tho legal
rlght to sell brandy ma.de by hlmself out
of hls own npples; or Lo sell wine made
out of his own grapos?
Doe* the TJnlted States Government
glve him the rlght?
Toura respectfully,
L. A. CUTLER
We are ofCicially Informed and an?
swer as follows:
A dlstiller is permltted to dlspose of hls
product, havinf? pald tax thoreon, but
may do so only in tho orlglnal stamped
oackages, the smallest allowed belng flve
gallons. Should such dlstiller be an au?
thorized retull llquor dealer also, he ls
- -permltted to sell in quantltles less than
flve gallons. but tho p-iytnont of speclal
tax to the United 8tates Govornment for
thls purpose, does not In any manner
authorizo tbe'^commencemont or contln ?
uance of such buslness contrary to the
lawfl of the State. or ln placoa prohlblted
?? ?
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED
?jritb LOCAL, APPL.ICATI0N3, as they
cannot reacn tha seat of the dlseose.
Catarrh ls a blood or constlt'utlonal dls
ease, and ln order to curo lt you must
bake internnl remedles. Hall's Catarrh
Curt ls taken internally. and aots directly
on the blood arid mucous aurfacea. Hall's
Cntarrh Cure ls not u quack medicine.
lt was preseribed by one of the beat pny
tiiclana in thls country for years. and ls a
regular prescrtptlon. It is composcd of
the best tonica known. comblned with
the best blood . purlners, aetlng directly
*>n the mucouui surfaeea. The perfect
t combinatlon of tho two Ingredlenta ls
\ what produce6 auch wonderful reaults
>in curing Catarrh- Send for testlmonlals
nS*.
\ P. J. CHBNEY & CO.. Props..
. V Toledo, O.
HatVs Family Pljla are the best,
8old by druggtsta, prlce, T5e
by munlclpal law. (See, 8248, U. B. Re
vlsed Statutes,)
"Tho Inti'in.il Revenue laws do not
Impose a speclal tax on the sale of wlne
by tha vlntner thereof, and permlts the
manufacturer ot vlntnor to sell hls pro
duct at two places, vlsi the plitce of man
lifacture and ono general ofllco, but of
course subject to tho abov? quoted law
where such sale Is contrary to Btate,
County, or Munlclpal law."
Foreigners and Army Enllstments.
Farmvllle, Va., Jan, 29, 1903.
Edltor of Tlmes-DIspatch
Wlll you pleaso Inforni mo If a young
man of rny 'age, wolght, etc,, can Joln
the Unfted States Army. 1 am a Syrlan.
aged twenty-one, and have been ln thls
country four years. Can read and wrlte
In my own language. can wrlto my name
In English. "Welght 181 pounds, holght 5
feet & Inohes, am not dlsslpated, don't
drlnk or Rmoke or chew tobacco.
BBLEMON HANBY.
Under the law (scctton 2. act of Con?
gress, approved August 1, J894) orlginal
enllstments -in the army are confinod to
persons who _r? cltlrans of tha United
States or who have made legal dcclara
tlon ef thelr Intantlon to necome cltlzens
thereof. It ls a further requlromcnt
that such persons must be able to speak,
read aoid wrlte the Etnglish language.
Thero ls a recrultlng atatlon at No.
110 East Broad Street, In thls clty, where
enllstments are made for the line of tha
army?eavalry, artillery and lnfantry.
To the Edltor of the Tlmes-DIspatch:
Slr,?I had a dlspute wlth some gen
tlemcn tho other evening and one or
them spoke up and sald James Monroe
was Iho "second" presldent of tho United
Statos, while another elalmed It was John
Adams. Of course we all know John
Adams was tha second presldent of the
United States. but my frlend elalmed
that he had vlslted Hollywood Cemctcry
ln Rlehmond, Va., aad that the words
on the tombstone were that Monroe waa
"second presldent of the United States."
Is ho correct? Please answer.
? JOSBPH J. MAHER.
Bolow ls an exact copy of tho lnscrlp
tlon on the plate In questlon:
James Monroe,
Born ln Westmoreland County,
28th Aprll, 175S.
Dled In the Clty of Now .York,
4th July. 1S31.
By Order ot the General Assembly
Hls remalns were removed to thls Com
etaxy Bth July, 1868. As an evldence
of tho Affectlon of Virglnia
For Her Good and
Honored Son.
Wealth of General Washlngton.
To the Edltor of Tho Tlraes-Dlspatohi
A few weeks ago, some one asked
through your query columns. what waa
Goorge Washlngton's estate worth?
I notlce from a copy of hls wlll ln ray
possession tlia.t ho estlmated what ba
wanted sold of his ostate, real and per?
son, e-cluslve of hls slaves (of whloh be
had a great number) at fogO.OOO.
Tha testator dlroctod lUs slaves to be
manumltted at tho death of hls wlfe. pro
vldlng for the feeble and helpless.
ln the schodulo of the property to be
sold, he menttons lands ln Loudoun
County, Va. ln Fauquler. at Berkeley, ln
Frederick, ln Hampshlro, Oloucester,
Nansemond, Great Dlsmal Swamp
(shara*), Little Kanawha and Great
Kanawha and lands in Maryland, ln
Pennsylvanla, New Tork, Northwest
Terrltory, Kentucky; also lots ln Wash?
lngton, ln Alexandrla. ln Winchester, ln
Baih or Warm Sprlngs; ajso shares ln the
Potoxnac Company, In the James Rlver
Company, ln tho Bank of Columbla, ln
the Bank of Alexandrla, Of horse and
mules, he had 108; of horned eattle, 329;
of sheep, 600 head; of hogs, number u_a
known. but he estlmated hls llve stock at
816,658.
Aa there Is no estlmato of hls varlous
bequesis, or of hls slaves, there ls no
evldence from the wlll what he really
was worth, but we do "know". that hs
waa a very rlch man for hls tlme.
Very nesDOcttully,
THOMAS J. GAJtDlTJN.
Road Possession.
To the Edltor of the Tlmes-Dispatohi
Can a farmer open a road by the slde
of a publlc road that Is worn down to the
clay or gully and charge tho peoplo and
mako them pay lt or mako them pay for
trespasslng on hls prlvate road.
J. M.
Evory man's land ls pouted by law ln
thls Commonwealth and no man may go
upon lt wlthout hls consent.
He.rnay make roads upon lt in any
directlon and anywhera and charge any
one for golng upon lt Just as he may sell
tho sand or clay or trees. It is his and lt
oan only bo used by the publlc when lt
has been condemnod and pald for.ln the
usual way presoribed by law for publlo
purposo*.
Thelr ls an old law flctlon however,
whlch stlll holds good ln every land that lf
a traveler flnds tha publlo hlghwny ob
structed or in such condition thnt It Is
Imposslblo for hlm to pass, he may wlth?
out commltlng trospass turn out for a
spaco on tho adjacont land. Thls however
would ot hold good 1C he habltually
contlnued to do' lt, for he mlght go on
another rond or see to It that tho a.uthorl
tlos mado good tlio publlo hlghway. We
repeat a man's land Is lds own and cannot
bo ii8od for pubUo purposes excopt by
publlo procesa.
, Slopes and Tldes ln Rivor.
To the Edltor of the Tim'cs-Dlspatch:
i li~~ set,,o *n argumant wlll yeu
Itlndly.aTtato through your "query coiumn"
whother. there ls a slope on the surfaco
of a rlver durlng tho rl-slng cr falling of
tho tldes.
For examplo. Take a rlvcr ten mlles
long; and at flood-tlde would you suppose
the water at tho head of the rlver to he
hlgher than at the mouth, and propor
tonatoly from head to mouth so as to
make a slopo?
"A" clalms that there is a elope; "B"
claims that there la no slope, but that
the water sproads Instead of maklng an
lncllne. By answerlng you will greatly
obllge.
A ItHJADBK.
The tldal wave ln a rlver or elsewhoro
has a slopo front and rear. The slope
is a curve of varylng radll.
In the James rlver tWs wave movee
from Fort Monroe to JRlchmond ln about
elght hours, the dlstanco say one hun?
dred and elght mlles, an average spoed
of about thlrteen mlles per hour; and a
steamer wlth that speed, movlng wost
ward. could carry higb-tide depth from
one polnt to the other.
A? the Interval between hlgh tldes ls
about tweive hours and Cfty mmutos.
and of low tldes llkewise. it follows that
when it Is high-tlda at Rlohmond the
eucceedlng hlgh-tide at Fort Monroe must
have been rtoing for oome tlme. and the
Interyenlng. low tlde be somewhere a
few mlles bolow Jamestown. In a long
deop rlver llke the Amaaon there ttre sev?
eral of these tldal wwves in progress
at the same moment, _nd on each ls a
slope front and rsar.
Although tha speed of the tldal wava
In the James ls thlrteen mlles an hour
(lt ls vastly mcre rapid ln the broad. deep
water of the ocean) the ourrent, due to
the tlde, in the James rarely exceeda two
mlles,
How to Keep Apples.
To the Edltor of the Times-DIspatoh:
Ploaso publlsh a good rnethod of koep
Ing apples. free from frosts and sweats.
BLITT.
The home storago establlshment Is
generally elther a cellar or a half-col
lar, although by taklng partlcular palns
In the constructlon of alr spacea. a bulld?
ing entlrely above ground may be made
to answor the purposo. A bullding wholly
on the surface, however. ls more llkely
to glve varlable tomperatures than one
whlch ls parUally under ground. An or
dlnary house cellar, If lt has good ventl
latlon and ls not too dry or too warm,
may answer very well for the storage of
frult, but It ls ordlnarlly best. both for
purposes of storage and for health, that
the frult cellar ahould be a soparate
structure lf produots are to ba stored in
any quantity. The requlsltes of a good
storage cellar for frult are chtefly four*
protectlon from frost. tho abillty to se
cure a unlforra or unvarylng tampera
ture of 40 degrees or below, facllltles for
ventllatlon, and alr whlch Is molst enough
to prevent evaporatlon.
Tho protectlon from frost ls secured
elther by slnking the bullding below the
surface of Uie aoll, or by maklng two
to four alr spaces in the walls ln that
portion whlch stands above the earth.
The ventllatlon should Include facllltles
for removlng the warm and Impure alr
from somewhere near the top of the
structure. Somo klnd of a shaft or chlm
n?y constructlon wlth a valve or shutter
whlch can be opened or closed as neces?
sary, wlll answer thls purpose. ln bulld
lngs whlch are above ground, it wlll be
often necessary to provide some means
of taklng In the cold alr near the bpttom
of tho bullding, especlally before tho cold
weather seta ln and after the warm weath?
er of sprlng begtns. Cold alr belng heav
ler than warm alr, lt aettles upon the
surface of the ground ln stlll nlghts, and
If the floor of the storage structure ls
two or three feet below the top of the.
ground, thls cold alr may be dralned lnto'
the bullding by m'eans of flues whlch are
lald through the walls, the outer ends
standlng just above the earth. Slx-lnch
sowor pIpeB, at lntervals about the bulld?
ing, answor thls purpose admlrably. ln
a buildings 80 feet wide and 70 feet long,
three of these valves along elther side,
and one upon elther end, are probably
sufflolent for all ordinary requlromonts.
Sub-ventllatlon ls sometlmes recommend
ed and may often work to good advant?
age. Thla ls aecureO, by riinnlhg a long
plpe from near tho bottom of a cellar
storage out to tho surface of the ground
slx or moro rods away. Thls plpe has a
valve at the outer end, or at leas't some
protectlng structure to prevent the leaves
and lltter from blowtng lnto lt, and It
Is ordlnarlly best, also, to have n valve
at tho innor ond. Inasmuch as the earth
nbout thls subterraneotiH pnssage Ib not
frozen durlng tho winter. cold alr may
bo drawn ln from the outslde and be
warmed up above tho froenlng- polnt ln
Its pasaaga through the tube. Thls type
of ventllatlon has been used wlth sue?
cess ln cellars deslgned for tho winter
Ing of bees. It should alwnys be rtmem
bered that cold alr contains less moleture
An Electric
Bett Free
Send Your Application At Onoo To
Tha Physicinn's laatltnte.
J"?"? "vTlli Send Yon Almolntelr PrenOne
*>rx'le?r ?0O Gni?BoHiiiir?imo Klnctrlo lletts,
tlio Ilclt "Whlch Hn*Mi?l? aoMany Wonder*
Jil Oares-irou Needn'tBend Even r? 1'oetuge
etamp.tTuatTourKnmesuiU Adulroaa.
kS^SsT00.*? OB? tho Stato of Ulbiols granted
*<vL,?.pl,yBlclans Instltuto of Chlcago a chirter.
?.???S..Xain?Pd of something nuore theordl
S?f7=lIh?ih0<1 ot treatment for chronle dlscasea.
5S,mht.?inB.moro t.han a?y OI>o spoplallst or any
KXft??I # fpwslaliBta actln? IndBpemlcntty
SSJHiS^iK J"6 Stato Itself, under tte powers
K2 ni? ?b.l>y ltsffoneral laws, gavo U?o power tq
ipoPhyslolana'Instltuto to furatth toYho BlcS
?uon holp as would inako thom woll and atrong,
- *TeL*!?S0.ya establlshment tlils Inatltute haa
r toearry out
shmcDt under
-ilu?.?-?6*? ?KO, *ho Fhyslclao* Tnstthite.
realUhiRlhevalueof electrlcltylnthe treafinrnl
ol oertaln phaaea of dlsoase, oreatod under tlie
WpBrtntendenca of its stail of apoclallsta an
elBctrlo belt, and thls bolt has been proved to be
P? freat jatuo as a curattve asent. From tlme
10 tlme lt has been Jmprove d untll It reached
that stage of perfectlon whlch warranted lta
prgwnt name of ?'Supreme."
, Thls belt la tho moscoirecttve of all agents ln the
etiTBof rheumatlam, lumbaso, lame bacit, nerv
put exhaiurkra, ?wonkoned or tof t vltal functlons,
wlcooele, kidney dlsorders and many ethei
oomplalnts.
Tbis "Bupreine Eoctrlo Belt" lsmadelnom
paaeonly-.icqgnaBc?Uorels no beUcreleotrl
bolt made and 110 bottor belt can be made
lYhenoTor ln the oplnion of our utajf ol speclal
Ists the wondorful euiatnro nnd rerltalhlni.
foroes of elcotTlclty wlll enro jou we send you
irofl of all cost, one ot theso Supreme Electrk
Belts,...Jt is not sent ontrlaLJt-isyoursto keep
forever without tho paymont ot one oont, Thli
fenerout qffer may be wlthdrawn at anyjlme, so
you should wrlte to-day for thls free "Bupreme
^S&JS, Be,V'.J0 th0 Physlclans' Inafitute,
at WMMasonlo Tomple, Chlcneo, Ws.
than -warm aar does. "When very cold
alr has been admlttod, thorofore. molsture
Is rapldly taken up. when Its temperature
rlses, and the cellar may be made too
dry. It Is advisablo, therefore. to raiso
the temperature of such alr to nearly Its
ultlmate or requlred degTee before It en
ters tho storase room.
Colla-ra whlch are yery dry cause the
fruit to shrlvol. Those rooms ln whlch
there ls a natural aand or gravel bottom
ordlnarlly keep fruit ln the best eondi?
tlon. Cemont bottoms are Very apt to
be too dry. Runnlng water Is very often
deslrable ln a fruit cellar, not only be
cauae lt furnlshes molsture to the alr,
but also becauso lt Ib an equallzcr of the
temperature. One must be cautloned,
however, that a cellar whlch ls not prop
erly ventllated wlll cause the fruit to
mould and decay, If lt is wet. In general.
it ls best to have means for supplying
froah alr, and then keep the cellar Blmply
raolst. not wet. One should avold drafts
In the stornpre cellar, for currents of alr
are very likely to cause the fruit to lose
molsture and to shrlvel.
Notice to Correspondents,
No notlco wlll be taken of anonymoua
communlcatlons.
In answerlng queries, our first atten
t!on wlll bo glven to the letters of those
correspondents who ask but ono questlon
each.
Thls column ls not an advertising me
dlum. No query w.U recelve attcntlon.
the nnswor to whlch wijl nocessltato the
adji-ertislng of any person's buslness or
waros. Nor will we permlt any queries
to be published, whlch contaln attacks.
oltlier openly or dlsgulsed, upon any one.
Nor wlll any abtentlon bo glven to long
"strlngfi" of questlons. Every week num
bers of eorrespondenta lgnore thls rule
of ours, arid afterwards wonder why their
queries are not answered.
Jlany queries are not answered because
slmllar ones have been reoently answered.
We are overwhelmed with queries as to
the addresses of mllllonalra phllanthrop*
lsts, ana cannot undertake to anawer
them.
Wo ennnot undertake to ascertaln the
value of old books, colns, or notes, For
that Informatlon wrlte to some dealer ln
them.
We aro frequently called upon to re
publlsh poems and songs, but we will
not undertake to do so, exeopt where the
productlon ealieo' for hns some hlstorical
or pecullar litcrnry morit, and ls not of
eany access to the nnrerago reader.
Address Query Edltor, Tlrnes-Dlspatch
Omco. Rlchmond, Va.
N. B.?W? do not read unsljrned lottors.
Hanna's Way.
Whlle dlscuasing the statehood bill Sen?
ator Hanna sald that the pledgos ln the
Ropubllcan platform of 1900 were In no
senae nn lssue, as the Demoocratlc plat?
form rontnlned slmllar promlses. and
that the ploclges were put ln as a mat?
ter of forrn by the Commlttee on Heao
lutlons. Tt seems that thls head man of
tho Ropubllcan party ls wllllng to stand
to any of Hh contrncts snve those with
the people.?Galveston News.
GOSSIPOF
METROPOLIS
Departure of Maurlce Grau
From Opera Management.
OROWTH OFLOVEOFMUSIC
Man Who Oan Manago BlrdsofSong
and Keep a Balanco on tha Right
Slde of His flnanclal Sheet is
One in the Millions.
(By John Marthol).
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Mr. J. X. C.
Clarke. a voteran journallst. dramatlo
crltlo and dramatlst, who, llko Mr. Wegg
"some times drons lnto poetry" has como
to the front wlth Uie somewhat musty
and anotont toplc: The National Theatre.
Tho managorlal bank roll Is to be pro?
vlded after a feshlon outllned by Shakao
peare hlmself when confronted by tho
short comlng of sconery and propertlee,
and the necesslty of transporUng Ihe
dramatls personae from Bngland to
France. or from Venlce to Genoa. The
groat master solved all dlfflculUes by
Choros, who told plt and gallerles the
great sconlo shlft had been mado. Mr.
Clark provldes the managerlal bank roll,
after the method of ChoruB, namoly by
suggestlon. He. by poetlo Inference. sooa
ln his mlnd's eye Messrs. Whltney. Mor?
gan and Camegle. ln the guise of "an
gels" handing over bllls of largo denom
lnatlons. ' ,.?,,?
Mr. Clarke has ralsed liopes ln the
hearts of many falr ladles of the dramat
tc profeselon that must be rudely dashed
to the ground. Tho tlme wlll not come
when these three solld men. as angels.
wlll haunt the green room of a National
Theatre. One may be fond of chamber
musio and pay handsomely for tho spe
olal service of a grand opera Blngor;
another may rejolce ln tho rare and doli
cate tlnt of a porcelaln and pay a for
tune to obtain lt, and another may scat
ter whole llbrarles wlth a prodlgal hand.
but not one of theso would bo apt to
embark on the dangerous and trublcd
sea of dramatlo management. A near
approach to It was once mado by certaln
gohtlemon who undertook for a couple
of seasons to glve grand opera at the
Motropolltan Opera House. Thelr ex?
perlence was ltvely nnd eventful: and '.he
memory of it stands llke a scare-cro v?
ln a farmer's corn fleld. A younger set
of multl-mllllonalres, bachelors. of courae
rememberrng the royal evenlngs of ,11m
Flsk at the Grand Opera House, mlght
bo lurod lnto dolng somcthliiE* for dra?
matlo art. Some of the barbed-wlre, tln
can, nlckel-plated mllllonalres. who pass?
ed thelr youth amld tha roar of forges
and the olang of anvlls and aro now
restlng themselves on tuftai of opulpnce,
mlght welcome the opportunfty "to ilft
tho drama," especlally lf the gTecn room
waa a feahire of the establlshment
? ? ?
I do not know what Messrs. Whltney,
Morgan and Camegle thlnk of nll the
schemes and projects whlch emlnent
publlo benefactors create for them . to
endow. It must be sort of funny to plck
up thls paper or that, and to dlscover
ln It evldences of the great lnventive
ness of ohe's fellow man, of hls strenu
ousness In proposlng plans whlch Involve
an outlay of a few mtlllons. These men
have been largely ?the creators of thelr
own wealth. whatever lt may be, ind
they have glven pretty good evldence
that they propose to use lt as It best
suits themselves lndlvldually. They glve
or spend mlltlons as thelr fancy Insplres
them or thelr tncllnatlon dlrects, but It
seems to me somewhat lmprudent for
thoughtful and lnventive persons to plan
thelr expendltures for them. Why don't
they plan something practlcal. There
ls John Rockefeller, sadly ln need of a
new stomach. He wlll glve millions
for one. Why don't these people who
want ondowmenta glve Rockefeller a
new stomach, and he wlll endow any old
thlng. Or there Is Henry Clews, wlth a
head that could play Yorlck's skull to
Nat Goedwln's Hamlet It ls as smooth
as a blljard ball. Cover that pato.
would win a mllllon or two. Joseph I.
C, Clarke would have no trouble at ali
to flnanoe hls National Theatre if he
wlth aa muoh halr as there is on a halr
trunk and the seeker of endowmonis*
would seoure a new stomnch for Ilocke
feller or the right halr tonlc for Clews.
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The departure of Mr. Maurlce Grnu
from the manaBement of tho Maurlce
Grau Opera Company, Is far more than
nn ordlnary overy-day cvent. Presidenti
of rallroads and banks oan como an.l
go, but the man who can hantlle the
blrds of song and run a succcssful it
nanclal sheet In connectlon with them, Is
one out of millions of human belngs.' J.t
leaves the Motropolltan Oporn . starrng
out lnto the future wlth the dlsmal blank
ety blank blankneas of one of Jlm Ben
nett's owls on hls Nowport vllla gnte.
Slnce tho orlginal and courtly Ed. Stan^
ton's dellghtful Impersonatlon of Mau
aglng Dlrector, aldod and asslsted by the
* CURJOD Jr>i
WHITE RIBBON REMEDY
No tsito, iu> odor, On bo elnn ln glsr-a ef
nnltT, W.a or oodee wlthout |istluut's kiiowl
B(l??.
wblta Rllihon Remedr wlll cure or destroy
tha dlaoaaed npprtltn for elooholle atlmnlimte
H-bnthcr tlie patleiit la a conOrraed Inobrlato,
a "tlppler," noclnl drlnkor or dninkm-.l. Int
poealble for anyone to have an appetlto (or al
coliollc llquora aftar uilug Wlilt* Rlbbon llerr
edy.
lndorsed by _?nibera of W. 0. T. D.
Mrs. Moora, praat auperltitandi-nt nf Wo
rnan'a Chrlatlan Ternparnoce Union, Vcrtttra,
rialifnrnla, wlteo: "I ba*e teeted Whlt* Rlb
bnn Remedy on ?nry obatlnata drunkiirda, and
the curcs ha-te been rrtany. In many cAees thn
Remedr waa glven lacmtly. J cheer"nllr rc
commenil and lndoree White Rlbbnn Uamixl.T.
Morubera of our Union nra dellfbted. to Ond
nn econnmleal troatmrnt to.ald ua ln onr lein
pnrnnce ?ork."
DrUKRlnti or by mall. Sl. Trlal rackage fr?i>
by wrltlng Mra. A. M, Toirnaend ffor years
?acretorr of n Womnn'a Chrlatlan TompoT
nnee ITnlon). No. ais Tremont Street, Rostrm;
Maaa; Rnld In Rlehmond by the TRAGt.n
nnnfJ RTORR No. SIT Kaat Rrond Btreet.
lato Robort Qoelet, thlngs oporallo havo
slmply glldod along at tho great yellow
brlck tcmplo of song. To bo sure.thlngs
wero not rose colored to Messrs. Abbey,
Bhoeffcl and Grau, as tho loss of $200,tXK)
toned down thelr enthualasra; or to Hen?
ry Ahbcy, who spent all he made ln
proflts to lncreaae the drawlng qualttlca
of grand opera at the Motropolltan, but
the shareholders were not called upon
to pay all Itlnds of asaessments. Durlng
the recent reglmo extendlng over flvo
years, the groatest slngers ln tho world
have warbled Into ears more or less at
tuned to harmonles, and the whole oper
atlo layout from Wagner to Verdl, has
been presented wlthout any oxtrn
"touches" or "laylng on of hands." Thls
waa very refreshlng to those who remem
bered tbe dellghtful Impersonatlon of an
Improssarlo as rendered by the lnte Ert.
Stnnton and Bob Goelet; and the trlals
nnd trlbulatlons of Colrmel Mapleson, of
Her Majesty's Lyrlo torces.
? ? ?
In splte of the leglslatlve feat whlcn
turncd the clty of Brooklyn lnto a bor*
ough. a fragment of Greater New York,
tho cvlls whlch flourlehed ln the clty
contlnue to flourlsh in the borough. One
of these ls summed up ln the word trans
portatlon. Street-car systems and ?_,"
road systems are comblned undor the
management of the Brooklyn Rapld
Tmnslt. Up to tho present wrltlng the
welfarc of stockholdera and the com
fort and convenlenco of passenners havo
been entrusted to one Jncob I. Great
slnKer, To-rtay the Passlng of Great
*lnger and tho Comlng of Ddwln W. Wln?
ter Interests every man, woman and
chlld ln that enormous borough. Mr.
Wlnter says: "The street railroad con?
dltlons In ttrooklyn present a troubl-j
some. vexlng and dlfilcult condition."
Aye. aye. Mr. Wlnter. Verlly you may
say a rotten condition?tho result of
notoriously bad management. "A hard
problem," says Mr. Wlnter,' "but one
that can be solved." Hurrah, Mr. Wln?
ter, hurrah! The cltlzens of Brooklyn
thfthk you for these words of cheer. "I
wlll." says Wlnter, "do the best I can
to solve the problem nnd glve the people
of Brooklyn the transportatlon fgcflltUn
they need." Falr words, wei! spoken
words. words whlch slnk Into the mlnds
of the long-sufforlng Brooklynltes. Back
of the words ls the speaker of them. A
man of recognlxed ablllty ln the ratl*
rond world. He Is a mnn of experlence,
of force, of energy. From what I learn
of hlm I venture a predlotlon. Wlntar
wlll micceed. He begtna operatlona Feb?
ruary 15. Brooklyn's trlbes patlently
awalt thelr Moses.
? ? ?
Democrats have had thelr attentlon at
tracted to the'presldentlal outlook by tho
apparent interest taien In the same by
no less a personage than William Cullen
Whltney. Thls veteran cnmpalgner. llke
hundreds of other Democrats, found the
condltlons ln 1806 and 1000 not to their
llklng and eonsequently remalned Inao
tlve, By the slgns of the times It la
ovident that they propose to come for
ward and wlll endaavor to rally the scat
tered forces of the Democracy beneath
th<* ntandard of a courageous leader. Who
will It be? It ls whtspered that Cleve
lnmi Influencen will eettlo on Olney. but
gathorlng together the whlspors of those
Influential in the polltlcs of thls State
I am convlnced that Edward M. Shepard
will be the man. Why? New York la
tho plvotal State and lt win take a New
Yorker to carry it
? ? ?
It is not surprlslng that Lowls Nlxon.
the shlpbullder, l? belng tnlked about for
next year's candldate for Mayor. 'Nlxon
ls a man wlthout a polltical enemy. The
very letiders in Temmnny from whom he
fled respect hlm and llke hlm. It mlght
not have nulted them for Nlxon to re
maln ln control of the orgnnizatlon. but
lt would ault them for hlm to bo the
candldate for Mayor. Tammany llkos
to head its tickot wlth a good, clean
name, Tho chlefs know the value of a
tinmo and partlcularly a nnmo llke that
of I^ewla Nlxon. Nlxon wlll bo forced
to take tho nomlnatlon or cease to be a
polltical flgure,
? ? ?
George R. Sheldon, who hns won for
hlmself golden spurs aa a flnancler, has
gone from the haunts of the bull and the
bear to shoot reed blrds on southern
plantntlonaj Thomna V, Bynn, anothel
flnnnolor, who manngoB to odd a few
mllllonB to hls acoUmulatlonfl with each,
pnsstng year, has gono to hla estate ln
"Vlrglnln, to rest. By-the-wny, tho evoln*
tlon of the Weatern Natlonal Bank lnto
a ten mllllon dollar corporatlon with n.n
nlllanco hchlnd It of tho l\lutual Llfo Tn*
nuranco Company, the K'lultablo Llfo Ab*
suranco Boclety nnd tlio Morton TrUsJ
Company, wns one of Ityan'n explolta
thls yenr. Joseph Schwab, the brother
of Charles M. Bchwab, has been- west
so much Blnee X'hrlBtmns that conslrt
erablo Interest Is belng taken ln hla nf?
falra. Tlie Idea prcvallR thnt Mr. Schwab
Ib n.bont to announco the auccessful ter?
mlnatlon of a great operation. Ho hns
the ablllty. no one enn dony thnt. Palm
Boach ln recelvlnr Hs annual contlngcnt
of operators. Speclal wircs connect
Florida with Wall Stmt. There ls aomo*
tlilng "bulllsh" belng done qulotly.
"Watch those fcllowa at Palm Beach,"
say tho Itnowlng ones.
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A few weeks ago I had occaslon to r?*>
fer to the sult brought agalnst the HunU
Ington estato. It was on pnrlty with
those brought ngnlnst other rallvon/1
propcrtlos. Tho latest Ib an effort ot ona
Clarence H. Venner, of Boston, to as*
sault the reorgnnlzallon effoctcd by tha
syndlcato controlllng- Rock Islnnd. Thi
actlon Is hased on tho ownershlp of ona
hundred shares of Rock Island ntoeh
bought by the plaintlff loat October, i
Ihree montha after tha flnanclal plan
complalned of was proposed, and two
monthfl after It waa made operattve. U
may be put down to that class ot lltlga*
tlon now Btyled "nulsance suits." It li
npparently without merlt and brought In
questlonable fnlth. I am Incllned to be*
lieve the Rock 7slend mansgement wlll
nsslst the United States Btenl Corpora*
tlon and tho Northern Beourltles Conv
P*.ny to make thls class of sppctaculai
lltlgatlon expenslva and unpopular.
? * ?
The ClevManrt Demeerats ln New Jet*.
p?y are headefl, I am told. by DeWIU
Clinton Flnnngon. who, last yenr made
nn *xe*ll*nt flght fer Congrem ln a
strong Rcpubllcan dlsrrlct, Ho wa?
strnngly baeked by ex-Pr*s!rtent Cleve?
land. It Ir |n natlonal. rather than la
State, polttlcn Mr. Flnnngsn exorclsen the ,
most Influence, It la gonerslly bellnved
thnt he wlll come to tha front at the
head of the Cleveland Democrats. to work
for tha nnmlnatlon of Jhdke Parker or
ex-Seeretary of State Olney. Although
a Jersey man. Mr. Flanngan .comes from
New Tork. hls family bemg lnfluentlnl
In thn upp?>r portion of the State durlng
the Bevolutlonary Wsr, and ho Is hlm?
self very well known In that sectlon.
*:?'??
Secretary Cyrus C. Wells. of the Unttad
States Rhlphulldlng Compnny, te!|s me
that there ls no truth whntever In the
clrrulatM report that hls companv has
ncqulred the Trfg? ehlpbullrtlng plant at
Rlchmond, Va.; and that the company
has taken no stops ln that dlrectlon.
? ? ?
TThllo no fnrmnl o-v-ntng- of tne new
house of tho Unlon Club ha.s taken place,
ho mr-mhers are now allo-ved to oecupy
the main floor and to go through tha
club-hnuM as thoy ptease. n wlll b*
at evst a fortnlght yet b.fore everythtn-j
wlll bo |n runnlng order. even If tho
%$?$?, ?an ,f,,n,,h w,,h th0 Jee'ordtlens
on th* upp**r tloors. The new furriltur*
hns been purchrwed, nnd |? helng put In
Place. The houso ,wms to Jvo ln
eral aa Isfaetlon to the members who ,
partlcularly pleased wi... whnt they cn,l
M? coalnesa and homeliko alr ns comparod
Wlttl the empty rIIded palaoe eff<*rtanrt
feel ng of the lanrer houses of the Metro.
polltan arrd Unlverslty clubs.
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