The Timas-Dispatch [? [' m i 'in ?? ?- * '' ;>ubllthM Oaliy Mi WeeWy ?t Ne. 4 { North Tenth Street, Riohmond, Va. Sntered January M, 1903. ?* R,ch* mpn*,' VA., ?? 6eeend?Ct??a Mattor, untttr Aet of C?t? flrewi of Maron 3, 1879. The DAILY TIMEB.DIB'PATCM !? aold at S eenta a eopy. The SUNDAY TIME8-DISPATCH It ?old at ? cente a copy. DAILY TIMBS-DISPATCH by ma11 60 ctnte ? monthy ?s,00 ? yeaf. 1230 fef ?Ix montht, $1.96 for three monthi. ?UNDAY TIMfiS-OISPATCH by m?H, ?2.00 a year. TM DAILY TIMBS-DISPATCH, hv eludlno Sunday, py Carrter, 16 centa por WThe SUNDAY TIMES-DlSPATCH, by Carrier, 6 cents per week. _.?_,.,.?.. The WEEKLY T1ME8-DISPATCM, H.OO year. , ,? v' All Unalgned Communlcatlons will ?? rejected. ... . u. Rejeeted Communlcatlons will not ue returned untets accompanled by ??,mP"v Uptown Offlce at T. A. MILLER'-, No. B19 East Broad Street. FRXDAY, APRID 3, 1903. _? /_ 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 ?^ 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 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 _____J__________J . ^^^^r^rf^rj. 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. - .? m 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, '* '00000000000000000*000000* I ^ ? Warton Jifeiy/its. g 0**00000000000000000000000% 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* Vtlon,- \