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{ North Tenth Street, Riohmond, Va.
Sntered January M, 1903. ?* R,ch*
mpn*,' VA., ?? 6eeend?Ct??a
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FRXDAY, APRID 3, 1903.
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DON'T ENCOURAOE THE
TRAMP.
Our Petersburg correspondent haa
Blven ua an Intereatlng and inatruotlve
Btory concernlrig the. genua tramp. An
cxpert hobo rocently turned up ln that
clty and gave an exhlbltlon, ahowing.the
fraudulent character of the tribe. Ho
eald that a tramp could affect paralysls
by throwlng his wrist out of jolnt, and
even that he could affect bllndness by
puttlng the akin.of anegg over hla eye,
and many of ua have seon tha trlck of
,trrltk,ting tho arm wlth croton oll ln imi
. 'itatlon of a burn. ,
? ??'.:- Those fraudulent chapa, who llve upon
?;the bounty of othe.rij, who tramp around
|the . countrj- ^nd-^t food and ralment
';! wlthout paylng' for them, aro among.
v.tho greateat pests of soclety, and they
ought to bo suppresaed. In moat of the
cltles thero la a vagrant law whlch ap
. pllea to trampa, but the tramp will never
be suppreased by law. Tho only way
to put hlm down la for tho pooplo of tho
?N'jnnd to rofuse absolutoly to encourago
??'hlm when ho comoa around on his beg
..ging toure. It aeema like a hard case
to turn n hungry man away from your
#door, and mbst'housowives are so klnd
hearted that they, will not do so, although
"'.''; they'may know that they aro bolng lm
poaed upon. When a tramp puts in at
? the kltchen door and usks for a morsel
of bread to stay his hungor, ho may bo
''reasonabiy sure of gottlng It.
. '. Thls ls kindness, but it is mlstaken
j'ktndness, and if lt woro not for the good
*motivo whlch prompts, that sort of gone
' "roslty would bo actually slnful, bocauso
.'?..it ls encouraglng men in wrongdolng.
;'The tramp is not only a vagabond; in ,
.*;'most cases he is" a ? crlminal. Usually
s;be is ready-tp make an attack upon un
I'.'protectcd' womon lf he doea not get the
food whlch he asks for, nnd whother
a crlminal or not, he la a fraud. If a
man ls able to work, and yet starts out
.... on a begglng tour and pretonds that he
"'-^Is ln hard Hne's nnd needs holp, he ls a
.'fraud, and all tho moro so when ho pro
;tends that he has somo bodlly affllction.
tt ls wrong, very wrong, to oncourage
J'Jtnen in leading that sort of 11 fo, and so
A far from its belng unkind to turn awny
: oho of these trampa empty-handed, lt
la rlghteousnesa to shut tho door agalnat
hlm; and if all tho klnd-hearted women
In the world would do thls thing, the
?^ <?' trampa would go to work to make an
, ? honest llving, and the tramp nulsance
would soon ceoao. \
1 "?' Lot ua remembor that true charity 1b
,,? helping nnd not hlnderlng; It ia llftlng
up and not pulllng y.down. Oharlty
'whlch encoura'fiea"''lazlnosa and depen
... Sence and Iobs of self-respect is mlstaken
Sharlty, and ls >raore to bo revered in
-?the broach thnn ln tho obsorvanco.
THE BLUE LAW OF PENNSYL
VANIA.
" What ls known as the Bluo Law of
?i Pennsylvania waa recontly called lnto
questlon in tha clty of Philodelphla, ond
an lnterestlng declslon ronderod by Mag
Istrate Gorman. Thls law was enacted
ln 1791, and proyides that "If any porson
Bhall do or porform any worldly employ
mont of buslhess whatcver on the Lord'a
Day, commonly called Sunday, works of
-aocesslty and charlty only excoptod, or
Bhall u?e or practlce any unlawful game,
hunting, 8hooting, Bport or dlverslon
- whatever, on tho same day" ho shall for
every such offonso pay the fine of Jl,
Unfder thla law soveral publlshers in
Phlladelphia were arraigned for prlnt
Ing and dlstributing newspapers on Sun
; qay. Tho contontions' ot the defendants
were: First, thnt thls law was ln con
fllet with Section III of Artlcle 1 of
tho Declaratlon of I'Utfhts of the Con
?Btltutlon of Pennsylvania, whlch roads:
"All men havo a natural and indefens
Ible rlght to wonshlp Almlghty God t
cordlng to tho dlctates of thelr own con
. science, No man can of rlght be eom
pelled to attend, erect or support any
nlace of wo'rahlp, or to malntaln any mln
Istry, ngainst hla consent; no hurnan au
thorlty can, in any case whatever, con
trnl or Interfere with the rlghla of con
Bclence; and no proference shall over ba
.i-IVlven by law to any rellglous establlsh
ments or modes of worahlp by eompulsory
o.iforclng an obsorvanco of a day, whlch
.:\ large part or a majority of the com
.1 munity obnerve aa the '1-ord's Day' and
ln deference to thelr rellglous sentlment
by a total prohtbltlon of the natural rlght
to work and Inbor by all other- persona
of the aarne communlty."
Second, that the pubilcatlon of a nows
papor on Sunday was ln thla age a ne
seaslty,
The maglatrate went very fully lnto tho
ea.se and clted an argument to the aarne
. effect that was made beforo the Supierna
Court of the State, and also tho deeislon
/'of tho court. Ctouusel for the defendant
j contended that. tho Stato cannot, under
' tho conalltutlonal provlelon abovo clted,
tompel any obaervance of Sunday as a
relUdouu obaervance any moro than lt
ran compel men to attend church. ot to
fciu-el beforo tho nlUr, or to porform any
other aot ot won>hlp. Counsel admlttod
Uutt a rest day ahould ba made compul
Bory, aa a el*ll re*ulatl*n, but eartatnly
not aa a tellgloUB obsorvanoe'.
Our rendfcrs will recall that wo have 6?*
prcesed the entne vlcw on mot'o than ohe
oooaalon tn ?thftse columns.
The Suprtimo Cotirt aaidr In reply to thla
that "though It may have been a motlve
wlth the law-mak?rs to p'rohlblt the pro
.fanatlon of a dAy rejarded by them as
aaered, lt is not percolVcd hoW thlB fnct
can vliallyaffect tho questlon at lBsue.
lt is stlll essentlally a civll regulatlon
made for the government' of man aa a
momber of soolety, and obedlence to It
may properly be enforcafl by/panal reg
utatlons."
The oourt, lt will be observed, dld not
pnas upon the rellgious qtiestlchlInVoJved,
but only upon the dvlt questlon, con
tendlng that it wa? perieotly oompetent
to make a regulatlon ot thls eharaoter,
regardleaa of the lncldental rellglouB bear
lng that lt mlght have.
, Tho Phlladelphla.majrlstrate aald that
he was In entlre sympathy wlth the oon
tenUon of counael on thla polnt, but that
as the Supreme CoUrt had paaaed upon
lt, he would have to recognlzo tho de?
clslon. He then took up the questlon from
onother polnt of vlew, and consldered the
contentlon of counsel 'that the pUbllca
tion of a newspaper waa a neceasity. He
said that lt was impoBslble for hlm to
declde what conatltuted "worldty employ
ment" br to say what wae; or was not "a
neoessity" of the age. Ho admitted that
in 1794 when thls law waa enactcd lt Waa
not "a neceaalty" to prlnt a Bunday newe
paper, but added that condltlona were
entlrely dlfferent ln 3903.'
In cohclusion, he sald that he had no
hesltatlon ln findlng the latter contentlon
Of the defendaht, that ls, that the publi
cation of the Sunday nowapapers was a
neceasity, to be Bound, j He concluded:
"It ls well known that there ls a con
gregation of non-church-golng porsons to
whom tho newspaper addresses Itself ev
ory Sunday, and I have no doubt that a
very lorgo number of cltizens would dis
penae wlth aome nccossltles to obtaln
thelr newspapers Sunday as well as other
days. . , .,
"I may say, wlth Judge Road, ln hlB
oplnlon ln Sparhawk vs. Poss. Rwy. Co.t
'"I am deeply Impreased wlth the ne
cosslty of'a propor obeorvdnco of Sunday
as a day ot worship and prayer, and of
rost from labor, but llvlng under the
now dlsponsntlon and not under the old,
I foel no, lncllnatlon to turn tho Lord's
Day Into a Mosalc Sabbath.'
"For the reaaons before .glven, X dls
charge the defendanta."
Thls goes to show that ln thls enlight
enod age. unreasonable laws cannot be
enforoed, Why doesn't tho Pehnsylvanta
Loglalature tako up thls unreasonable law
and amend lt to sult modern condltlonB?
LEOALIZED PRIMARIES.
In a brlof roferenc? yesterday to the
Whltchead-Gardner blll,' provldlng for le
gallzed prlmarles, we called attentlon to
tho fact that ttoat clauae of the blll leavlng
It dlacretionary wlth the State, County.
Dlstrict and Clty Commlttees as to
whether or not prlmariea should bo held
from tlme to tlme waa in confllct wlth
the resolution of the laat Democratio
conventlon and tho prlmary plan promul
gnted by tho State Central Commlttee.
By roference to tho platform adopted
by the Norfolk Conventlon ln 1901, wo flnd
that tho foliowlng declaratlon waa mado
concernlng prlmarles: ?
"Wo direct the State Central Commlttee
to provido a prlmary t electlon plan for.
the cholco of party candldatea for the
Unlted States Senate and for all electlvo
State offlcers, and for membera of tho
House of Ropreaentatlvea of the Unlted
StateB, for membors of the General As
sombly and for county and munlclpal offl?
cers, oxcept whero no party nomlnatlons
are made, und oxcept ln the caso of coun?
ty and munlclpal offlcers, whero for ope
clal reason the local party authorlties
shall deem it?' Inexpedtent."
It wlll bo seon from thls that no dlscre
tlon was glven the commlttees. except In
tho ciso of local contests.
On January 14, 1902, the State Commlt?
tee met ln Rlohmond and adopted a prl?
mary plan, ln whlch It waa provlded:
"1. That for the nominntlon of Unlted
States Senator the Democratio State Cen?
tral Commltteo shall cause to ho held a
gonoral prlmary oloctlon throughout the
State on tho flrat Thursday in Septomber
In tho year ln whlch the General Assem
bly ls chosen, whlch wlll elect a Unlted
States Senator.
"2. That for tho nomlnatlon of all State
electlvo offloors tho State Central Commlt?
tee shall causo to be held a goneral prl?
mary - electlon throughout the Stato, the
date for holdlng such prlmary electlon
to bo effected by tho Stato Commlttee and
not'to bfo'more than nlncty nor le'ss than
alxty days prlor to tho electlon.
"3. That congresstonal prlmary electlons
shall be held under tho dlrection of the
respectlvo dlstrlot commlttees."
In oaoh oaso the party law makes prl?
marles mandatory, and thls Is In accord
nnco wlth the expreasod command of tlje
conventlon. ">Ve furthor favor," aaya
tho platform In concluslon, r'tne enaotment
by tho General Asaembly of a law logal
Izlng the prlmarles to bo conducted under
tho plan horeln provlded for, the sald plan,
when adopted by the commlttee, to be
unlform aa to mothod," &c. Reapectfully
submltted to tho Democratio membors of
the General Aasembly,
WHICH SHAIXITBE?
In dlscuaslng tho questlon of negro
educatlon, the Norfolk Vlrglnian-Pilot
aaya that lt hoa steadily OPposed, leav
tng the negrb to support his own school
and still opposes it, but It roallsses that
lt la a condltlon, not a theory, that w?
aro deallng wlth In tho South. "There
is no denylng," lt concludes, "that to
wlthdraw whlto support from negro
schoola and then put '4 stralght educa?
tlon*"! quallrtuatlon on the ballot would
do the bualneas for the negro as a polH
ioal factor." That would be true pro
vlded thore was no imerforenoe from
other sectlonB. But wo remlnd our Nor?
folk oontemporary, and wo remlnd all
who aro oppoaod to negro educatlon, that
if thls caurse be adopted in tho South,
if tha South rofusos to do anythliig to
wards educartng thft negro, tospeolnlly
when educatlon is made the te.st of suf
frago, tha Northern people will take a
hand. They will send money hera to
oducate the negro, and they will sond
thfclr own teachers here.
That ls one reason why we are so muoh
ln favoT of what la known as tho Ogden
raovemont. The Northern men engaged
in that work are undoubtodly ln favor
of educatlng the negro. They make no
denial of the fact, but tha* U not tlielr
only tnfcUve hor thelr prlm* ttiotive.
Thoy boJleve m general edtidation, ihey
aro wllllng to holp tho South to boarita
btirden, they are wllllng thtit tho tnajof
part ot tho tnonoy Whlch they expeiid
ahall b? expehded <h the lhterost of whito
chlldren, bUt they thlnk that the negro
should alao have a ohanoe, They have
thoroughly aatlsfled themaetvos, as has
been recently sald ln the Outlook. that
the w*y to help the negro l? by co
operatlng with tho whltea of the South.
Thoy propoae to spend large aurns of
money ln publlo educatlon, but they aro
spendlhg it through the conatltuted au
thorities ip, tbo aeverai Southern States.
They aro almply/ helplng the Southern
people to earry/on the wbrk In thelr
own way., They aro hot sendlng any
teaohors here, and they do not proposo
to'send any. They hope, by supplement
ing the money whdch the Southern peo?
ple thomselvea are spending for schools,
tp lmprovo the Bchools lri oxiatenoe and
enlarge the scope of the work.
Theae men oome to us in a friendly
spirlt. They are senslble, praotlcal man,
and thera la no reaaon why they ahould
not be reoelvod in good falth, and thedr
money uaed to tho best advantago. Thoy
are not trylng to forco themselves upon
the South, and If the South ahotild turn
her back upon them and refuae to co
operate wlth them, the probablllty la
that they would abandon tha whole
moyement But if bo, and If tho South
should tefuee to do anything on lts own
acoount to edueate the nogro, we have
no aort of doubt' that another movement
would be Inauguratod at the North, and
thla tlme it would bea movement wholly
ln" the tnterest of the negro, and teach
ers from the North would oome down
here and take charge of the negro
sohoola, <
it aeems to'us, theref ore, the part of good
sehae for the Bouth to oo-operate with
thoso who are wllllng to work wlth the
whltea, with thoae who aro wllllng to
let the whltea.spend tho money contrl
buted in thelr own way and teaoh the
negro in thelr own way without any sort
of Interference from tho North.
Tnlk phout "colonlstng Tankee achqol
marmB"-tho way to provent.it la for ua
to co-operate wlth Mr. Ogden and hls
assoclates.
NEGRO VOTE AT THE NORTH.
Pennaylvanla has a iarger number of
persons of negro descent in its popula
tlon than any other of tho Northern
States. The ccnaus. reports glve tho foi
lowlng ngurea for States where the whole
number of colored persons oxceede 60,ow.
Whole Males
numbor. over 21.
Pennsylvanla. .?-.??1^4,B "'g'55
New xora.... .....96.901 ' '31.235
Wlnoia.'.'.'.'.".. .;.85.078 29'763
NeTjersey.''./.? ?? W ????
indlana.. ...B2.0O3 14,695
Kansaa.52,003 14,095
Theso flgures ahow that.ln overy Stote
named tho negroes practlcally hold the
balance of power. As ln the Southern
States the fear of negro domlnatlon keops
them Democratlc. so in the Northern
?States the aolid blaok voto aervoa to maln
taln a Republlcan aupremacy. When the
negro ahall becomo so Intellectually,
advanced as to interest hlmaelf ln
polltlcs so far as to underatand tho
effect of hls,>vpte ln;. determJnlng. the
]egl8latlon and polloles of the government
ho will be a more useful and lesa danger
ous cltlzen. He will no longer "flock by
hlmaelf."?PhlladelpWa Record.
Is lt that Intoreatlng? The negro
problem ls.no longer a sectlonal affalr, It
la the Nortti's problem; it ls the Republl?
can party's problem as well as the Dem?
ocratlc party's problem. It la more the
problom of the Republlcans than lt Is the
problem of tho Democrats. Wo Demo
crats of the South have solved the negro
questlon polltlcally, and lt ls glving them
very llttlo trouble. But it ls up to'tbe
Ropubllcana of the North and Prealdent
Roosovolt knowa It.
And we aro mean enough to be real
glad.
THE JAMESTOWN APPROPRIA
TION.
Tho House haa been good to the James
town Exposltlon Company, and by votlng
an approprlatfon of 1200,000, haa aeaured
the succesB of the exposltlon. It ls so
much the better for the enterprlse that
tho approprlatlon was voted by a hand
some mtijorlty. Thls wlll glve the James
town Exposltlon Company a aubstantial
baala of oredit, and thore wlll be no dlffl
oulty In gottlng tho oonditlonal amount of
atock aubscrlbed. Moreovor, thero la
oivory reason to bellovo that Congross
wlll do lts part.
Without an approprlatlon from Vlrginia,
It would havo beon dlftloult to fmance
tho enterprlso, and, as Congreastnan Hay
sald, an appeal to Congross for funds
would havo been Uke leadlng a forlorn
hope, But the cloud has llfted, and tho
sttn of promiso shines brightly,
To-day is the thirty-olghth annlversary
of the evacuatlon of Rlohmond, Begun
on Sunday, Aprll 2, 1865, when tho Presl?
dent and hls Cablnot loft here for Dan
vllle, lt was not comploted untll. Mon
day mornlng, when the roar guard of tho
Confoderate army orosaed James Rlver
and fiot tlro to the brldges behlnd them.
Tho great flro in tho clty waa even then
raglng?havlng been klndlod In the ware
housos, whero great qunntltlea of tobaoco
woro storod. As the Confedorntea ro
tlred, tho Fedorala cnmo ln antl marchod
up Maln and NInth Streeta, whore they
ontered the Capltol Bquare by the Graco
Btreot gate. Tho vory flrat thlng they
dld waa to holst the Unlon flng on the
Capltol. Major Athorton H, Stevona, Jr,,
of the Fourth Massachusotta Volunteor
Cavalry, provost marshal of the Twenty
flfth Corps, U. B. A., waa in oommand of
the advanco. The flrat flag ralsed waa a
small cavalry guldon; lator, a largo flag
was aubstltuted.
Speaking brlotly, tho "burnt dlstrlot" of
Evacuatlon Day extonded from the rlvor
to Maln Stroet, uetweon Elghth and
Fourteenth Streeta. Sonio bulldlnga wltli
ln thoso llmlts oscaped dostruotion, whlle
somo boyond them foll a prey to tho
flames.
For yeara after the war, tho negroes
of tho clty used to celobrate "Evacua?
tlon Day" wlth great gloe. but aa tlme
went on the observanoe grew loaa and ]eBs
popular wlth thoro, and flnally, it waa
abandoned ultogether.
M. Nabarott, a French merohant, has
enterod ault ln a Parls court, aakjng a
diyorce from hls wlfo, who U a segroas
afid whoth he, tntrrled lh New Oriettna.
He alleges ttiait th?'l-W ot Loulalaha doea
hot alamit the' Intermarrlago of whllos
nnd blaoka,, wherefore ?* aska that the
mnrrlage be dectarcll '& Bullity. tfho
Judge asked thtk'ulalntltf If he dld hot
know the woman was black when he mar
rJed her, btit pUintlffa anawer Is not
glvon Iri the newapapera. The Jttdge db
tnahded that she should be prodUced In
court, but Nabarott said he had been
separntod from her for elght yeara nnd
dld not know whore shq waaj all tho samo
ho wettt forth lo'huht hor up,
Aooordlng to aome of the Washlngton
correspondents.the German Ambassador
scored a good polnt on the other forelgn
represent&tlves ,b"y going down to tho
Statlon to see the Presldent off on hla
Weatern trlp. it ls aald the Presldent
greeted hlm with extreme cordlality.
Congresamen ,.keep dropplrig in ,town,
There's going to be aomethlng, dolng In
polltlca the first thlng we all know.
'The caae of FoBtmaater Vick, of Wll
son, N. C,," says the Rochester Herald,
?'proves what has often been charged,
that the RepUbllcan party has no use for
tho negro oxcept at the ballot box."
The man who has been lnvestlgatlng the
Burdlok murder in Buffalo is named
Murphy, and he la the polloe Judge of the
clty?the Justlce John of Buffalo, as lt
The prlce of radium was reduced on
Tueaday from 11,000,000 to $000,000 per
pound. Just our luck. We bought a aup
ply laat week, /
"Pennell must be presumod lnnocent un
tll provotl guilty," says the Buffalo Jus
^tlce. It doea not matter vary much wlth
^Pennell what the Justlce proves now.
' The retall prlce of anthraclte coal ln
New York ls now |B.75/per ton. It brlngs
a llttle moro ln Rlohmond, but thon we
have to use less of It hero. i
Daat year 165,000 new street cara were
built In the Unlted States, and the street
car compalfy dolng buslness in Rlohmond
succeeded ln gottlng four of them. ,
Troes aot out to-day wlll probably
thrivo juat aa well as lf they had been
planted on Arbor Day.
The Jlngo eleiinont llkes tho way Dewey
has been talklng prlvately for tho publlc
ear.
To "Amateur Speculator;" No; the wa
ter bonds, whlch Rlchmond ls soon to
isBue, are not the same as watered atock.
Aprll aeoma;. dlaposed; to do a -llttle
blowing on lts-own accouriv ?
Coal has tumbled agaln, but lt helps ua
not, We aro the.lce man's meat now.
Dld you plaht any.treos yesterday? If:
not, why not? . ; ',
It ls plaln that aprlng ls gettlng. ready
to just hump herself.
The Roosevelt famlly ls conaldecabUf
dlvided at tho present tlme.
Nover mind, young ladjesj'. next;ypar.iwlU,
be leap year. ? '';'/& .-> ;-?v" ?'?,'? if.yts
' Wlth a Obmment or Two
Do the people 'of Norfolk .wlah to keep
thelr community abreaat of the foremost
communitlca of the land? If they do
they will take thls matter aerioualy to
heartt and not only inslst that tho Nor?
folk moaqulto must go, but they will help
pack his baggage and see him oft.?Nor?
folk Virglnian-Pilot.
Norfollc ls uaually. equal to any emer
gency, and we Bhall watch, thls effortto>
oxtermlnate the foatlv?f soloiatvwlth''no
llttle intoreat.!
./:.
Tho cruaado agatnat drug storo whlakey
In Amherat suggesta that the county au
thorltles havo probably concluded that
the whlakey aold there la the same brand
diapenaed ln Ala8ka, An army offloer sta
tioncd in tho far Northwostern Torrltory,
ln deplorlng tho abaence of the canteen,
eays of the whlakey ln Alaska that "It
runs alxteen flghta td the plht."?Nowport
Newa Prcss.
Poor Amherat! When will ahe evor hear
the laat of her "local optlon" and her
other curlositlea?
. Ferhapa lt la not suoh a bnd thlng that
there are not moro chlldren, If, tho more
ohlldren had to be mOthered by the wo
mon we aee in the streets wlth doga In
stead of chlldren.?Loulsvlllo Courler
Journal.
That ls what may be termed a dead
center shot at somebody.
Rooaevelt la gettlng fatter and Clove
ln nd thlnner, tho former havlng galned
and the latter lnst' aome thlrty pounda.
Thla la algnlllcant for Roosevelt Repub?
llcans and for Cleveland Democrata.?
Houaton Post.
But tho atgnlflcance ls not vlaiblo to tho
naked oye.
North Carolina Sentlment.
' Replylng to a wallwe often. hear, the
Raleigh Post snya:
"The 'boys havo been leavlng the farm'
ever alnce we could remember, but never
tholeaa, notwtthstandlng the area of cul
tlvatlon and tho aggrogato of the crops
Inorense year by year, and when we
hear the old cry we wonder who In the
name of goodnoas aowa and reaps and
ploka the increaalniy crops. Either thero
are many more - boya born on the farm
than the census roports, or the real fol.
lowors of old Agrlcola would have dls
appeared long ago."
From the AshovllJe CHiacn come3 thls
ploasing noto:
"Jn North Cnrollna the mnnufacture
of cotton goods has been golng on slnce
18&0, but tho remarkablo advnntnges of
the' State for thls Industry dld not he%
come known untll comparatlvely recontly.
Cotton mtlltng ls now our moat important
industry, North Cnrollna stondlng third
ln the manufacture of thls class of goods
ln the United Statos."
Tho Oliarlotto Novvs puts lt thus;
"The llon. Jeter O. Prltohard has doffed
hla whlia apron and stepped from behlnd
the ple-counter. As a dispunsoi* the llon.
Mr. Prltohard was a howlln* succesa
whllo )10 laatetl."
Tha Wllinlngtoii Star eayas
"There was a tlmo, and not so very
long ago, either, when New Kngland cot?
ton manufacturers |a,ughed at the Idoa
of tho South over beoatning a suocessful
competltor of Now England ln the mnnu?
facture of cotton goods, and thoy gavo
what they thought good reasons for tholr
Incredullty, but thoy havo slnce dlscov
ered how much mlstaken they were, by
thls tlme havo begtm to reallzo that this
oompetltlon has only begun, and that If
thoy would savo Lhemselves they must
aeoksPther marketal whore they will not
have ho much of
contcjid agulast,"
thls eoflipetUioa to
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JtatfJXourWith
I Vtrfftnta tSetttors. \ j
Tlte Fortataouth Btar, anawerlhg tha
query of a cop.tetnporary, aayal
.Yes, hls name la Parker. He tlvea itt
the eute of New Tovk. He ls a good
old-fa-hlotied Dembdrat, and he can stann,
wlthout wabbllng, on a "good old-faah.
iohed Tllden platform." Aa a harmony
proposltlon Jtfdge Parker hasn't an equai
ln the ranks of Democracy. Hoop hlm
up. ?_ . , '
The Roanoke World says!
Aa wo have sald before, the party la
groater than any man ln lt, and lt can*
hot saerlfloe Jtselfln order to suatln any
Indlvldual. The man who would Induce
the iparty to adopt suoh a suloldal ootirse
hardly knows the a b e of genuine
Demooraoy. A dlatator la out of place in
tho party or upon her bounty.
The Newport News Times-Merald knowa
an attractlon even when It hears from
lt. It aays:
By, all means let us oapture the Bultan
of flulu for the Jameatown Exposltlon,
He la tho only thlng on earth that haa
dlotated to thls government, and several
aeore bf women wlthout ao much aa ruf
fllng a feather, What oould make a better
hlt durlng tho exposltlon than a alght Of
thls old chap leadlng hla flock of wivoa
lnto the dlmpllng aurf off Bewall'a Polnt,
or dlBportlng In true flulu etyle among the
mlnnture breakers at Old Polnt? He la
tho roal thlng, and our VIrglnla commis
slonors should not overlook hlm.
The Nortolk Vlrginlan-Pllot, dlaouaa-,
Ing the proposltlonto naturallae the Btate
mllltla, aayss -J'. i
If the VIrglnla mllltla wahtto gohv
for that sort of thlng, they arei we -
oome. But we warn them now that if
they 'submlt to the contemplated ry
organlaatlon they are puttlng rlnga ln
thelr noaes by whloh they may be led
and oompelled to sldo againat thelr Own
raco, and thelr own aeotlon and.thelr own
klth and kln. And more than that, every
man of them wlll be llable to compulsory
enllstmont ln tho Unlted States servlce
under paln of court-mortlal.
A FEW FOREION FACTS.
rFra'nk; Harvoy, tho noted _ngllsh actor
and dramatlst, ls dead.
A memorlal to tho late R. D. Blaek
more, the Engllsh novollst, ls to be un
veilod at Exetor Cathedral thls spring.
?Bmperor Wllllam, lt ls aald, makes lt
a polnt nover to be behlnd ln hls bual
ness. He la too good a aoldler to let
even work attack hlm ln the rear.
Profeaaor Dall Osso, Inspcctor of the
Museum of Naplea, has JUst publlahcd
ah artiole, ln whlch ho afflrms that ro
,'searches and oxcavatlona provfl that
;therej>exiated a (Pompell nlne centuries
before our era.
Dr Frederlok Muellor, Professor Do
rena'a assletant ln the practlce of "blood
lesa Btirgery," wlll return to thla country
shortly to accept the professorshlp ?f
orthopedy in the Medlcal College of.the
Unlverslty of Chlcago.
Blr Charl'es Tupper,' .the noted Cana
dlan statesman, now, elghty-four yeara
old! la.nbw the aole aurVlvor ,bf the con
ferences ,of .Canadlan statesroen ^ who
woided; the pcattered Britlsh colonlea of
North vAmerlca lnto a j)Owe,rful and com
\prbhenslve domlnlon.. -. ,,
"In Dondon, durlng Dent, the hansom
cab trade ls alwaya.bad," was a atate
mont made recently ln Lambeth County
Court. "People mortlfy themsolvoa by
walklng." : .
"All over the world," sald Dr. H. T.
Bulestrode a few days au?. at *he Col?
lego of? Surgeons ln Dondon, England,
"there Is now > a marked decreaso in
. tuberculosls." ?
Personal and General.
Secretary Shaw ls ln Chlcago examln
Ing Into the affairs ln the offlces of the
nsalatont treaaurer and collector of cus
toms.
Cardlnal Glbbons haa preaented to St.
Mlohael's Convent of the Perpetual
Adoratlon, Porto Rlco, a jeweled oston-:
Borlum for tho chapel.
W. P. MaxBOn, aid in cryptogamlo
botony, divlsion of plants, Natlonal Mu
seum, salled from Phlladelphla yester
day for Jamalca to mako a oolle'ctlon .of
the florn of that Island for the.museum,
An Indianap'olla lover set flro to tho
contonta of a atreet lotter box lnto whlch
he had seon his rlval drop a mlsslvo pro
Biimably lntended for the object of thelr
Jolnt nnd aoveral affeotlons.
Mra. Harrlet R, P. Stafford, of Cot
tage Clty, Mass., famous as tho possea
aor of the "orlglnal Stars and Strlpos,"
or tho "Paul Jones Flag," dled at Wollas
ley Hllla, Moaa,, a few days ago, aged
elghty-four yeara.
Mall matter of any klnd addreased ln
a vague and Indeflnlte way, such as. to
"The moat promlnant physlclan,"'etc.; Ja
not dellvered. Tho postofflce refuses to
accept tho responalblllty of detormlnlng
who'i is the most promlnent physlclan,
etc.
Short Talks to Leglslature
? Suffolk Horald: Thero ls not a momber
of the Leglslature ?o Ignorant that.he
does not know the Second Dlatrlet eon
tnln8 too much popuatlon, and that Tlde
water Vlrglnla haa not hor proper repre
sontatlon ln Congreaa. Tho proaent Legls
laluro la abovo the average in ablllty and
Ib noted for Its hard work. It ought to
be nble to adjust tho inoqualltlea In pop.
ulntlon.ln the varlous dlatriota wlthout tho
Innuoncea of nny Congrossman or his
frlenda, It soema hard to impress upon
the Leglslature, na well as the Democratlc
party, that Eastorn Vlrglnla has any
elnims that should be respected.
Potorsburg Index-Appeal: Vlrglnla, we
havo no doubt, will extond to tho War
Department all poaalble asalstanco ln pre
parlng the roster ' of Confedornte and
L'nlled States soldlers, proposed by Sec?
retary Root. And tha govornment ahoulcl
not be ln any sort of doubt about tho
proprlety of thus holplng to oomplete the,
recorda of tho nntlon and glvlng to tho
herolo aons of Vlrglnla a more lastlpg
nnd complote momorlal than tho stata
can poasibly glve them. Tho Secrotary's
BUggeation Is pntriotlo and tlmoly.
Nowport News press: Tho Vlrglnla leg?
lslature is obvlously affllcted thls seaslop
wlth more than Its due apportlonmept of
asplrlng blll tlnkers and blll bustovs.
Irvlngton Cltlzen; No polltiolan or offlce
holdor ls oxpected to conslder fair any
blll that reverts to his own or factlon's
dotrlment, and vloa versa. A now census
always demands a redlatrlotlng, awd why
thls la not to be dono In thls State, whore
the diatricts are so outrageously out of
proportlon, can only bo answered through
personal and polltlcal sohemes. The Sec?
ond Dlstrlot ls by fur too large and the
Flrst one too small. Why t'hould they
not glve and tako wlthout respect to apy
jiartloular Indlvldual'g f&aan buildln?? >
A Houoehold Tretiure
Gdrham
SlLYER POLISH
Facillutet ths care of ftne illver
Conuini no Injurloui ifigredienta
All MipeastMe
jewelera ketp II
I TJrend of Vhoughi
m 0/xi'e Xan
Columbla fltatei A department of ohar
acter to lwveatlgate the paat Uves of
heavlly backed oandldatca for govornment
offlces should 4>o reoommonded by tho
Presldent. It must be embarrasfiing to
Mr. Roosevelt to be confronted Wlth
ovldences that appolntces to offlce , of
honor and truet have oarned berths on
the ohaln-gang or'ln the penitentlary.
And what a hlgh rogard for the publlo
servlce and thelr dutiea to tho country
have the flenatore who exert thelr powera
for the appointment of such monl
Atlanta Constttution: Goorgia ls to-day
ependlnr nearly one-hnlf of her Stnte rev
enues on ipubllo educatlon?nnd wlth that
money sho 1b educatlng nearly as many
negroea aa whltea, whllo the negroes
themaelves are paylng only ono-thlrtleth
f the'cost thereof.But the southern peo?
ple do -not ibegrudge the negro thls ald.
They. do.'lnelflt.,'howover, that he be let
'alone?or,. at, least, that the truth be told
about what they aro dolng.
Chattanooga Ttmes: Senator Depew
think? heiaees Democratlc demorallzation
ln Mr. Bryan'i obatlnate domand for the
recognltlon of the Kansas Clty platform.
The,8onator U not as obaervant n man
as he once was; besides, he wa stalklng
for publicatlon.
.Uallas News: It.would appear iMaJor
Rathbone haa succoeded ln gettlng tho
newspaper people ln and around Washr
Ington to take up hlr case. If ho has buo
;ooedbd, 'General \C;opd will have a hard
tlme;'''For,''Wh'lfe they may not succoed
In convlctlng Wood for cowrlctlng Rath?
bone, they will, at least, make hla nlghts
sleepless.
Rome Trlbune: John T. Morgan, Ala
bama's grand old man, long may ho llve.
His type la as rare as his honesty and in
togrity. All the South proudly clalmu hlm
as her very own.
m
Remarks About Rlchmond.
Norfolk Ledger: The vandal who dla
figurcd the Washlngton atatue at Rlch?
mond, would get off.llght wlth the "full ex
tent of tho, law*.' for auch an offense in thls
,8tate?4300 nrie or alxty days in ja.ll. No
thlng short of, a term In the penitentlary
would begln to flt a crlme ngnlnst the
whole people of the Commonwealth, auch
as that.
Newport News Press: Chlmboraxo hill,
whlch stands llke a Bentinel over tho har
bor at Riohmond, ls reported to bo
myeterlously alnklng Into the earth, but
sklppers hereabouts who hayp nmrlgated
tho watera up Riohmond way a/rer that
the vanlahad ibaBe of the hlll can easlly
be located by eounding the mlddle of .the
channel.. - ?
Norfolk Ledger: Rlchmond has a deaf
cop. We have heard of "bllnd" ipollee
men, but never Heard of a deaf one be
fore.
Newport NewB Press: Lou Betta ls the
name 6f a former Rfchmond gambler,
who was orrested ln Now York thls wcek,
the charge agalnst hlm being that he has
llved up to his name.
How Dewey " Explalned."
1 Adralral Dewey called at tho Whlte
House at tho Presldent's request to ex
plaln why he had sald those unploasant
thlngs about the Germany navy. The
dlapatchea are ' not at all deflnlte con
oernlng what went on ln tho PrcsidenfB
rdom after tho door was shut, but we.
havo a susplcion that If any one was
llstoning he heard aomobody laughlng
wlth some vehemence and somehody get
alapped on tho back. There is every
roason to bellevo that Theodore .told
George, with a twlnkle ln his eye, that
he must bo more careful nnd not say
thlngs that were so, since it was con
trary to tho cardlnal rulo of dlplomacy,
whlch lsvto say thlngs that aro not so,
?If you have to say anythlng at all. Sea
oaptalns and commodorea and admlrals
are not accustomed to aaylng nothlng at
all; aasuredly, Admlral Dewey, who ls,
qtilto a thoroughgoing Amerlcan and ls
Ilkoly to "flro when he geta ready,"
either prlvately or in hla' capaclty aa
commander, After tho Presldent and the
Admlral came out from thelr eonfercnce
tho presldent announced that Dewey
"dldn't mearT anythlng by lt," and per
haps he gHnned out of the wlndow and
mado somo romark about tho graas on
the Whlte Houao lot needing to be out.?
St. Louls Globe-Domocrat.
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Mayor Moss Suggests an Amendment
The Biiggostlon offerod by Mayor Mnsa
as an amendment to tho Mann blll la a
most excollent one, and wo trust it will
not bo too lnto'to get a hearlng beforo
the flnal dlsposltion of the blll.
The now proposltlon Is that all aaloons,
ln any county, that aro located withln
ono mlle of the corporato llmltB of any
clty or town, ahall pay tho same llcenso
as the clty or town Imposea upon the
saloona wlthlh Its Hmlta.
Tho ndoptlon of thls would, of ,course,
materlally Increaae the revonuea of aomo
countloa, but thls Is not tho 'objeot of
the amendment. Tho real effort on the
part of Mayor Moss la to drlvo away
the divos that hover on tho edge of every
city and offor a hlding plnco or rendez
votis for the orooks and thloves thnt In
feat the oitles. ln the" proaecutlon of thelr
nefarlous work.
Those dlvea escape tho llconse tax of
tho clty, nnd nlso tho olose Bcrutlny >of
the police, and yet thoy aro so near aa
to east thelr banoful influonce ovor a
portlon of the clty contlguous to thelr
locatlon.
Thero ought to be some way to regu
lato these outlaw barrooma, and the
amendment offerod by the Mayor aoems
to meot the roquirements of tho gase,
We hope |t will be epgrnfted upon the
blll?Newport News Tlmos-Herald,
A Pipa Dream,
Wherever the Presldent stops on his
Western tour, thousands of chlldren wlU
greet hlm wlth flags and songs, He will
aee so many beforo he gots back that he
wlllMloclde that hla recent tlrade about
chlldlesa Amorloaps was a plpe dream-?
Atchlaon Globo. _
TEN CONCEPTIONS OF CHRIST.
One of the most intorestltig features
of the splendld Etester odltlon of Tho
Tlmes-Dlspatoh, to bo lasuod on Sunday,
wlllbe a full page lllustiutlon, In colors,'
gtving Tep Conceptlons of Chrlst by ten
masters. ln thls pollection are ropro
duoed the works of Hofmann, Tltlan,
Liska, Hu?\t, Denl, Delaroche, Craspl,
Pa Vlnol, Veropese and j Matays.
THe SOIENQPOf-- BOXINQ.
"Boxlng as a Forpi of PhystoaJ
Culture" wlU bo dlsousscd by Professor
Anthony Barkor ln the loaster edttlon of
Tho Tlmes-Djspatoh on Sunday ne^t,
Every young man wiil M lnterested b?,
this article. !
DA1DY CAliBJNDAR-APTtn/ 8, .
1903-We planted a tree on Arbor _?*?
1917-jOne of the barofootea boyi *?_
out the tree and broko hls arm.
* * '*
When thunder-storms come from tha
weat, ' , .? ? .-.?"?;
And llghtnlng flashwi round, ' l.
We hle ua to the aafety plts ?'
Dug down below tha grounfl.
In other worda, the cellar doorl
Leada to our safe retroat, .-: ' .
And wo flon't healtato to run
With swlft and fleotlng feet,
? ? ?
An old fellow went down in front at
tho BIJou to see "The fluwanee Mver."
Ho got Intereeted ln the play and be
came obllvloua of all, hla aurronndlngs.
All ho sa'w or heard was the aotlon
of tho play, and hls yes flaahed and hla
hanas twltohod aa the vlllaln etlll puf
suod hor; /
In one act, a beautlful atacc eattlng
repreBenta a brldgo crosalng a etream.
Tho vlllaln In endeatforing to do away
wlth a bllnd glrl, bo he can get the prop?;
orty, tears away' sovoral iboarda ln tha
brldgo, ovqr whlch the glrl la auppoaed
to tuako hor way.
? Everythlng'1s rcfldy fbr the conaumma?
tlon of tho dastardly aet. Up frbm tha
rlvor floats the volces ot the negro quar
tetto In a plantatlon melody. Out upon
tho Ibrldge the bllnd glrl slowly wenda her
way, and the vlllaln gloata.
Just at that polnt, the old fellow In
the front row arose and shouted: "fltopl
You'U foll lnto tha watarl"
Manager Clalr Patee, who was in the
houso, went down to the man and whls
percd in hls ear, and the audlence tlt
teredi
. "That'a only in the play," sald Mr.
.Patee. ? ,t-.,-.. ,.' ?" ' . j
ti.<"Play, the mlachto.f,|]? aald the exclted
oudltor. ''Don't I Boo^the bridge and the
water and tho holo In the brtdge, and
that old raaoal watching for the girl to
drop lnto the water? Do you thlnk I'm
golng to alt here and lot that glrl go
to her death? Not much!"
Mr. Patee argued a llttle more, and
flnally the old mnn quleted down, and
aald he would watch cloaely, and lf aome
body elBe dldn't atop the work ot the
vlllaln, he would.
- e ? ?
. Billy Dabb and Charlle Frlachkorn met
;bn Broad Stroet thp other day.
, They glanoed at each other.
'.,,'Then, they glared,''and thon a amlle
eprend over 'both thelr handaome faoes.
"Forty yeara ago I uaed to know you,"
aald Charlle Frlachkorn,
"I remember about lt," aald Dabb.
? "You remember we went lnto Lonnle
Moore'B and got.a flzr., and I aet '6m up.
Just as lt comea around vto you, some
body outalde shouted flre, and we ran
out, and you never dld aet 'cm tip. Now,
it'a up to you."
Then the two old frtenda from chlldhood
.went ln a place and stood there and talk
ed about old tlmos,
Mr, Dabb has returned to hla horae, In
Phlladelphla, '*
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Mra. Nicholfl, of Poo Street, who haa
been qulto alck, Is Improvlng.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Oary, who havo
boen vlsltlng Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kld
well, have returned to thelr home in
Woshlngton.
Mostor Dlnwood Drumtiller, who haa
been qulto slck at hls home, ls able to
be *out agaln.
Mr. J. R. Bowles haai-'left for Doul8a.
" MrB. W. P., Voltch la. qulto slck at hor
homo,:
Tho ladles of the Eplphahy Eplacopal
Church wlll have an Eaator ogg hunt
Aprll 13th,
Mra. Drake, of South Carollna, la vlalt
ing on Cheatnut Hlll.
Mrs. C, L. Wllllams, of B^-ltimore, la
vlsltlng Mra. Cole, of Thlrd Avenue,
Chestnut Hlll.
Mlaa Dllllan Watklna, who has been
vlsltlng her parenteon Chestnut Hlll; haa
left for Glon Allen to take oharge; of her
achool. ' ?'?'?'- ?' .'-'
'"'Mlss-Katherlne Watklns la quite eick
at hor home. ?
The C. C. Club wlll meet as ueual thla
evenlng at 4 o'clock.
Mrs. C. T. Wilklnaon has moved to
MrB. Bannett's resldence in Brookland
Park. "
Mr. and Mra. J. G. Cole have left. for
Frankfort, fcy., on an extohded vlalt to
frlends and relatlves.
Mlss Wrlght, who haa been vlsltlng
frlehds In Brookland Park, haa left fbr
hor home.
Mrs, J. M, Hamlott haa returned to
jackson, MIbs., after a vlalt to frlends on
tho Helghts,
Mr. W, K. Bache loft yeaterday on a
bualness trlp to North'Carollna.
Mlss Vlolet Chamborlain ls qulto alok
at her homo ln Brookland Park.
Mnster Wllllam Catlln, who haa been'
qulto slck, ia now able to attend abhool,
Mlss Harper, of Henrlco, la vlsltlng
frlends on the Helghts.
Mlss Rtenn Flanagan, who haa been
quite slck, ia able to be out;
Mlss Mayma Crovo left yeaterday for
Washlngton. ' .:.'-.
Mrs, E. H. Dea Is quite slck at hor
home. '? . ./>?"_
Mlss Graco Chamborlain, who haa been
qulto slck at hor home In Brookland Park,
ls able to bo out agaln. -
Rby Wrlght, who has been quite slck
at hls homo In Brookland Park, ls much
better *
Mr, 'nnd Mrs. AVllllam Todd, who hava
been vlsltlng ln Fork Unlon, -have returned
to thelr home ln Walnut Hlll. s
Mrs. Scott, who haa been quite alqk
at her homo on Hermitago Road, ia Im*
provlllff
Mrs, Hawklns, who haa beon vlsltlnt
frlends on the Helghts, haa returned to
hor bomo'ln Charlottesv|lIe,
?Mrs. Howard haa returned to her boma
ln Roanohe after a vlslt to frlends on
the Helghts. . ^ t... ,,
The C. M. A. Club mef at the rosldenca
of Mr. Overton Woodward Wednesday
afternoon. Thoso preaent wore: Vlmlni
lua Croxton, Overtori Wooflward, BufortI
Rose, Bvana Davlson, Robert Kldwell
and Ddnald' MUler.
'Carda are out announcing tho marrlag*
of M'sa Dalsy Wrlght, daughter ot Mn
Hnrtwell Wrlght, of Hanover, to Mr.
Chorlos O. Hlggaaon, of Brookland Park,
ovj' Aprll 8th, at 8 o'clopk P, M-. ln Rlqh*
mond.
A Job fpr Somebody.
Mr. Mansfleld returned to Chleago laat
week, aaya the Reoord-Horald, wlth hla
magnlfloont produotlon qt "Jullua Cae?
ear." A new forum aoene was dieolosed
and a new Casslus ln tho poraon of Fred'
erlok pauldlng. If be would now hlre ?
now Brutus, tho produotlon would eaaliy
be worth tha money.-Atlanta CoMtitH*
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