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The Times-Dispatch
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WEDNESDAY, ????. 8, 1S03.
DEALING IN FUTURES.
A Chicago Judgo recently took occasion
to exptOBS himself In strong terme con?
cerning "future" dealing In the grntn
trade. Much of such trading, as the Judge
eaid, Is pure gambling. Grain Is bought
and sold for futuro delivery with no Idea
of making the actual delivery. Tho trane
'? actions often nro purely fictitious, and
merely a convenient form of betting on
tho fluctuations In tho price, '
'But It must not bo inferred from this
that all such trading is pure gambling,
and to bo discouraged. When those trades
are made In good faith and for actual
delivery, they are entirely legitimate, ond
that foatur.e of the market is of groat
value to dealers In grain and millers,
Take an Illustration: Wo will supjioeo
that a rulllor makes n. contract with a
number of merchants In January to de?
liver them flour In June at such and
such a price. Now, if tho miller has on
hand a sufficient amount of grain to
meet these demands ho Is safe, for It will
make no ' dlfTerenco to him whether
grain on the open market six montila
hence Is high or low, for his contracts
have nil been made. But suppose he ?3
. not able to purchase his entire supply of
Vgrain for these orders, or suppose ho doss
not care to make tho. outlay and pay
storage charges and all that, he must
take the risk of buying his grain six
months heneo at a prlco not higher than
that upon which he based his calculations
when making his flour contrncta. In or?
der, therefore, to guard against any con?
tingency,-.he can go on the market and
buy grain for future delivery, malting his
own terms, and if he deals with reliable
concerns he may bo sure of getting his
grain at the price agreed upon, no mnt
ler what the fluctuations may bo in the
TPreantlmc. If his contracts are mado In
January ho can go on tho market and
buy at a stated price, wheat to bo deliver?
ed in May, and when May comes ho will
get his gr?ln at that prlco, although spot
wheat may be several cents in tho bushel
higher at that time.
On tlie other hand, let us suppose that
a cotton manufacturer has laid In ? sup?
ply of cotton for six months, purchasing
at what he considers a fair price. If
tho price of cotton does not change ma?
terially, ho can go along and manufacture
his cotton into cloth and sell It at the
markot price and malto a profit. But
suppose In the meantlmo raw, cotton
ahould decline ono cent a pound; thoro
would bo a corresponding dooroaso In
the prlco of cotton goods, nnd tho manu?
facturer would have to moot tho de?
creased price with his high priced cot
torn Therefore, In order to protect hlm
eelf against such a contingency, he goes
c?n the market and sells cotton "short,"
as It Is termed. If ho has a thousand
bales of.,<;oUon on hand ho will sell a
thousand bales of cotton for future de?
livery from month to month. It Is plain to
see that If he sells at existing prices for
future delivery, and In tho meantime, cot?
ton falls a cent a pound, he can then gn on
tho open markot and purchase cotton one
cent a pound cheaper and make his de?
liveries and pocket the difference. The
profit which ho makes by this transac?
tion Is en.ua! to the loss which ho has
sustained on his supply of cotton In hand,
the one balancing tho other, and ho can
go on and sell hie manufactured product
at the market price and still make his
legitimate profit on tho goods.
This sort of tiling Is dono regulnrly
by millers and cotton manufacturera and
Iron producers, and people In other
branches of Industry. They'deal In fu?
tures in a perfectly Ugnimele way, and
It Is the only means thoy have of pro
tectlng themselves against futuro fluctua?
tions In the raw materials they use.
EXPORT TRADE AND TARIFF.
Some Interesting figures concerning tho
growth of our export trade havo recently
been sont out from the Treasury Bureau
of Statistics In Washington. Tho report
shows In round numbers that the expor?
tation of manufactures has grown from
??,???,?? in 1790 to $37,580.450 In 1850. ?102,
f?C.Ol? in ISSO. *151.10_.37? In 1890 and $103.?
511,401 In 1902. In 1790 manufactures formed
C.I5 per cent, of the total domestic ex?
porta; In 1K-?J, 13.03 per cent.; In JW>0. 12,48
por cenl.? lu 1890, 17.87 not cent., anil In
Jttti!, 29.77 per cent.
This shows that tho exports of manu?
factures are Increasing much moro rapidly
than thusc of other great classes of the
exports. This growth In tho exportation
of manufactures lu especially marked In
the period since 1895. In that your fh.e
lutai exports of manufacture? were $183,?
693.743, having gained Jsi.OuO.OOO in ilio fif?
teen years between 1880 and is?, in tho
eight years from 1896 to 31*03 tho Increase
was 1220,000,000. Thus In the eight years
elnce 1895 tho Increase In the exportation
pf nwiufaetuios has been nearly three.
time? a? much ns In the fifteen years Im?
mediately prior to 3895.
The significant thing In these ligure?
is the large Increase beginning with 1895,
and thul, according to our view, Is easily
accounted for. Thoro was a time when
PUT uiujiufacturei's relied largely upon tho
home, market, which tho high tariff pro?
tected from farelim competition. There
was no occasion for economy In the coat
of production, relatively ?peaking, and
so wo wero not able In mnny depart?
ments of Industry to compete successfully
with the foreigners In their market. But
.when the hard times came in 1803 our man?
ufacturers found that thoy were compelled
to reduce tho cost of production and to
make tho best article for the lowest price
in order to soil goods even In the home
market. It Is said that "necessity Is the
mother of Invention," nnd the necessity
of our manufacturers taught them valu?
able lessons, By labor-saving machinery,
by combination of forces and by other
means thoy learned how to make goods
much cheaper than they had ever known
.before, and by and by thoy discovered
that thoy wero able to compoto In tile
foreign markets, even against the much
despised "pauper labor," From that time
on, ns these figures show, our export trade
largely Increased,
But changes havo come within the past
year or eo, Thero has been suoli a de?
mand for products at homo that we havo
not hnd tho goods to sparo In some linos
of Industry, and so far from courting tho
foreign trado, wo havo been Importing
more goods than usual. This Is notably
tho case in the Iron Industry. Tliero is
nn enormous demand at home for Iron,
nnd tho Iron-producing concerns havo hnd
nil they could do to meet It. Naturally
Chore was a riso in tho price, and It Is
said that this Increase would have beon
much greater had not the United States
Steel Corporation held tho price downi
But In splto of all tho prlco hns advanced,
and tho demand hns not slackened. Bbt
recently there was a cut In the prlco of
pig Iron, nnd It camo as a great surprise
to tho uninitiated, In view of the activity
In tho Iron trade and the demand for tho
crudo product. Wthy should this cut have
beon mndoV ^Because the price had bound?
ed so high that foreigners were able to I
compote with us, In spite of the high
tariff, and sell Iron here, and In order to
check this competition American1 produc?
ers woro compelled to cut tholr prices.
The lesson Is very plain to thoBo who
nre willing to faco tho truth.
THE STRIKE IN HOLLAND.
The strike In Holland Is Interesting.
When the etriko of tho anthracite coal
minors1 was on last winter thoro was
much talk of government control and
operation ot these mines, ln order to pre?
vent futuro tie-ups. Wo asked at tho
timo what guarantee there'was. that the
minors would not' strike, If thoy ' were
working for tho government upon terms
that were not to'"their'liking.' The ques?
tion is recalled. In'View Of the strike In
Holland. Tho railroads of > that country
ar? controlled by tho government, yet
tho operatives arc on strike, and the rail?
roads aro seriously hampered ln tholr
operation. A mob gathered at the rail?
way station In Amsterdam and refused
to leave when ordered by tho military.
The soldiers fired on tho mob and one
man -was killed.
At last reports all tho railway lines,
stations and quays woro guarded by
troops. Some trains aro being run under
military protection.
But what caused the strlko? A special
from Amsterdam says:
"Tho president of tho committee
defense cxplans that the strike has heen
proclaimed on tho railways and othor
land transportation throughout Holland
and for transportation by water at Am?
sterdam, Rottordam, Dordrecht and
Zaandam. Tho strlko has been pro?
claimed, in the first place, as a protest
against tho nntl-strlke bills now ponding
In the .Parliament, which, proposes pen?
alties for ornployes of Stato railways
who go on strlko, and also because the
railway mon want nn Increase In wages
before tho laws make tholr position im?
possible. In othor words, thoy desire
to make their demands before thoy are
prevented by law from going on strike
to enforce them,"
What do American worklngmon think
of that? How is that for government
control? How Is that for "government
by Injunction?" The strikers are sim?
ply trying to anticipate a law which will
prohibit them from striking.
Is It not straiigo that in this free land
ot America mon aro willing'to surrender
their independence and make themselves
tho slaves of government?
PENNELL'S WIFE.
The revelations made with respect to
the financial affairs of Penned show that
ho was In desperate straits and was liable
to exposure at any time.
What with his "love" affairs, his money
matters, and tho murder of Burdlck, and
the fear that suspicion would attach to
himself, It may now bo easily believed
that Ponn?ll committed? suicido?which he
liad moro than onco said ho would do.
But whether ho Induced his wlfo to die
with him, or dellborntely "compelled"
her to do so, will never bo known. ,
? Mrs. l'onneU's Jealousy of Mrs. Bur?
dlck caused her lo speak to Mr. Burdlck
on the subject, but It Is probable that
sho regrette() that action, She scorned do
voted to Potinoli, and from what we know
of her feelings towards him, be would
havo found no groat dlfllcully In gaining
her consent to die with him,
Of nil tho characters connected with
the Buffalo irago'ily, Mrs. 1'onnoll seems
to have beon the only one entitled to pub?
lic sympathy; she believed In her ? as?
cally husband, not wisely, but loo well.
JUDGE CAMPBELL DENIES.
Judge Campbell Is thus quoted by the
News Leader of last evening:
"The report that I have approached
any member of lite General Assembly
or sought to Influence a vote In my be?
half ?? without thu least foundation, if
my ease Is lo bo decided by my seeking
lo persuade any vole, then | will tub
mit without a word."
Tho Judgo need not have gone to nn?
other newspaper to make this denial.
Our columns were open to him as thoy
huve always boon. Purely, we have no
disposition to treat hlin unfairly. J't was
ruinoii'd that ho was In dally conference
with members of the Legislature, and It
was rumored that a vigorous, effort wus
making to Induce members to "pair" or
abeent themselves when the roport shall
como up for action, ao that tho fifty-one
votes necessary to adopt the report will
be lacking. We have not urged the mem?
bers to vote to remove him, but we have
urged them, and we do urge them, to
be present and vote one way or the
other.
Again Judge Cnmpbell says i
"Regarding? what I have printed In tny
paper from othor papers, friendly to mo,
I bellevo It was fair to reproduce them.
Inasinitoli as certain papers here nnd
elsewhoro have novor lost nn opprotuiiiiy
to print all that Was adverse to mo.
Tho Judge Is In error so far as Tho
Tlmes-Dlspatch Is concerned. Wo havo
not printed n. tenth part of the adverso
comments that have appeared In the
nowspapors of Virginia. Indeed, wo
havo printed very few such comments,
and wo, haVe printed .editorial extracts
and letters favorable to him. We have
never refused to givo him and his
frlohds a hearing, and" wo printed tho
proceedings, of the Investigation In full
both sidos and all the, speeches. Our
criticism of his paper, In reply to his
paper's criticism of us, wns that ho had
printed only ono sido of.tho caso, and
that was his side. He printed all tho good
criticisms and nono of tho adverse crit?
icisms, HO printed the speech ot his
own attorney boforo tho committee of
investigation/but not the speeches of the
attorneys on tho othor' side.
That bolng the case, It scorned to jus
that Judgo Campbell's paper was In poor
position to be condemning the Richmond
newspapers on tho .scoro of unfairness,
Wo repeat that if tho Richmond papers
had been ne onc-slded against him as his
paper has been onc-sidcc? In his favor,
ho wduld havo'had Just ground for sore
complaint against them.
WHO MADE THE JIM CROW
CARS?
J. J, Smallwood, president of tho Tem?
poraneo Industrial and Collegiate Insti?
tute, a negro Institution, of Clnrcmont,
Va., said recently In an address delivered
In Chicago that the solution of tho negro
problem lay with the negro himself; that
It could bo brought about by hl6 acquir?
ing land, saving money and educating his
sons. In conclusion ho said that he had
no objection to a law requiring negroes
to rido In a separate coach on tho rail?
ways. "Whnt I do want," said ho,? "is
a division of the co?oh,' so that we would
not have to mingle with the element In
our race that Is shunned by educated
whites In theirs." ?
If all negroes wero decent In tho per?
son, respectful and polite, there would be
no occasion for separate cars. The de?
mand for separate cars was created by
the ill-smolllng, rudo, boisterous and tur?
bulent negroes. Those negroes mako
themselves so offensive on the cars that
there ts no getting along with them, and
In tho Interest of peace, as well as In the
Interest of comfort, It has been 'found
necessary to separato tho races,
Of course, it seems hard to make de
cent, . well-behaved negroes ride In the
coach with ill-mannered members of their
race, just as It is a hardship to make de?
cent white people ride In the coacih with
Indecent white people, but there seems
to be no practicable way out of the diffi?
culty. Wo cannot eegregate the decent
people In ono car and tho Indecent In
another. Tho only thing that can be dono
Is to separate the raceji, and then let each
race look after Its own bad fellows.
'.Wo would say to Professor Smallwood,
however, that tho decent colored people
of Virginia can do a great deal to keep
tho rowdy element In subjugation If they
1 will, Thero would be a decided Improve?
ment If tho educators among the blacks,
and tho teachers and the preachers should
pay special attention In their work among
the members of their raco to the question
of manners. We do not say that tho ne?
gro race has not mado progress since the
war. Many negroes have made progress.
But It Is a fact that cannot be denied
that In tho matter of manners, generally
speaking, the negroes are far worse than
they wero In the days of slavery. In
thoso days they woro noted for their po?
liteness, and where you find to-day an
old negro butler you find a man of al?
most perfect manners. But many of tho
negroes of tho new generation seem to
pride themselves on being offensive, es?
pecially to being offensivo to whites In
public places,? It Is for this reason that
tho law In Virginia providing for sep?
arate coaches was enacted. It was the
bad negroes who modo the Jlm'Crow car
a necessity.
New Jersey has a "grand old man" of
whom It Is proud. Ills nnmo is Noah
Raby. and ho resides in comfortable
quarters ln tho almshouso of New Bruns?
wick. He Is a nativo of North Carolina,
In which Stato ho was born consider?
ably over a hundred years ago. Accord?
ing to the Now Jersey papers Mr. Raby,
a fow days ago, celebrated his one hun?
dred and thirty-first birthday, but ac?
cording to tho Charlotte Observer, which
seems to have been keeping tab on this
distinguished nativo of tho Old North
Stato, ho lias only passed tho ono hun?
dred and twelfth mile-post on the rond
to otornlty, However, tho Jersey papers
may be excused for stretching tho blanket
a little bit, for tho only comfort tho
Stato gets out of him Is tho privilege of
boasting that It has the oldost citizen
In tho country, and, of course,, tho oidor
they can malto him tho greater tho boast.
Ruby Insists that, having beon born In
Menton, ?, C, In "seventeen hundred
and sevonty-Homethlng," ho Is ono hun?
dred und thirty-one years old. It Is truo
that he has no attested record of his
birth, and his memory of tho ovont Is
naturally very hazy, but tho old man
should havo tlio benefit of tha doubt,
and wo tire Inclined to stanti by him and
his ligures, deuplto thu discredit our
Charlotte contemporary would cast upon
them. Mr. Ratty says ho has been e
pretty constant user of tobacco over
since ho wus a North Carolina boy, and
that ho was never very much afraid of
mint Juleps and brandy toddles. Those
circumstances, together wltlrt the fact
that ho has been an Inmate for -fifty
years of a Now Jorsoy almshouso, whore
ilunners never trouble nnd tho mind Is at
resi, aro sudicioni In themselves to Indi?
cate that his claim to ono hundred and
thlrty-ono years may bo Just and all
right. Ho wants to reach ono hundred
nnd fifty, and wo h'ipo ho will.
"Tho continued fall of silver In relutlon
to gold," says tho Springfield Republi?
can, "Is becoming moro and more bur?
densome iQ tho railroads in Mexico, as
the current annual report of the N'allunai"
Railroad o( Mexico shows. They have
to collect their revenues ln silver and
change that Into gold for th? p-yirtejtit
of Ihterest ahd dividends on bonde ani
stocks largely held outside of Mexico,
as well as ?of tfie purchase 6f much ma?
terial that they, have to Import. Oonse
dtioiUly their revenue lh relation to gold
tends down-ware, and the ?OhUnUa?id? of
the alive? standard Ih Mexico becomes
a very serloue matter with them, It js
now a 88-ceht dollar that they take In
payment for ??rvlo'oi?, while, tholr bonded
charges and the like continuo to call
for a ICO-cettt dolidr," ,
Mexico will be forced to the gold stan?
dard at a Very early day, and the earlier
the better it will bo for ttll the Inter?
ests In that country.
The city Is to ?bo congratulated Upoh
having secured.an additional number of,
street-sweeping machines, and upon hav?
ing mado botter nrrangomonta to 'den!
with the paper-trash, nuisance. ..No
amount of money spont .upon sth!et-<
denning will mako a town look neat and
tidy uniese provision be/ made to deal
with paper-trash. Hero that trash Is
too genorally, thrown Into the streot, and
thoro It etaye until tho sweeping machine
comes round and gathers It In. On our
principal thoroughfares, at least, men
and hoys ought to bo hired to go around
dally and clear tho stroets of this parti?
cular nuisance. ,
Dirty, littered streets are grievous to
behold at any time, but they are morff|
than evor' offensivo on Sundays. The
wonder Is that public sentiment on the
subject Is not stronger than It Is. How?
ever, we may hopo for botter things now
that tho Street Comttlttoo hae added to
Its equipment. '.< ', ,. . .
This seems to bo tho favorito season
for the heads of govornmonts to go
swinging around the circle. King Ed?
ward VII la gadding about In Portugal;
tho Emperor' of Germany Is having a
good time in Denmark, and probnbly
trying to make up his mind to make
that goodly country a part of his own
dominions; President Loubet, of Tranco,
Is packing his grip and his dress suit
caso for a little trip to Algiers; Presl
dont Roosevelt, of this great and glorious
country, Is making tho biggest and long?
est trip ever undertaken by any Chief
Magistrato wo have ever had; and last,
but not necessarily least, Governor Ay
cock, of North Carolina, Is perambulat?
ing around in tho eastern part of his
State, taking In the fisheries, looking otr
tor crops and some other things. We
wish nil the rulers pleasant trips and
Bafo returns to their various seats of
government.
"It was well for the nogroos In tho
South that, not being competent to be
a law for themselves, they had masters
thnt wero a law to them. Thoy ought to
bo thankful, on tho whole, that the Insti?
tution existed, and such of them as aro
not y?t drawn undor any other system
ot governance would bo botter off if tho
Institution existed still."
So says the Rev. Dr. C. M. Parkhurst,
of Now York; but we do not clearly un?
derstand what he means by "drawn un?
dor any other system ot governance."
Perhaps ho means that, If not under a
system of slavery, the negroes must bo
controlled somehow till they are ablo
to control themselves.
The esteemed Commoner loses a big
subject. Mr. Cleveland will not go to
Lincoln, Neb., but will stop oft at St.'
Louis and tell all ho knows about Mr.
Jefferson's land purchase.
Anyhow, one thing Is down within
reach of the housekeeper. The coffee
market Is demoralized, and this drink?
able is dirt low.
? Goneral Miles got in his work on Gen?
eral Corbln at tho Metropolitan. Every
dog in some way gets his day.
Lot us hope that Dr.. Leslie Hall is
Just talking through his hat when he
predicts that the Monroe Doctrine la
going to get us in a big fight that will
make all previous fights look like thirty
cont skirmishes.
Easy going Holland is having its ease
somewhat disturbed by a big strike,
something that Is ?very unusual In that
quiet land.
Somehow or somo other way, tho Drey?
fus caso will bob up In France every now
and then. This time it's In tho Houso of
Deputies. >
Farmvlllo Is having enough excitement
over Its little dispensary matter without
resorting to the oxpedient of lynching the
wrong man.
Tho defeat of President Ingalls for the
mayoralty of Cincinnati was quite a sur?
prise outside of Cincinnati,.
Tho frost over In North Carolina found
a good many young peaches and blush?
ing strawberries out the othor night.
Governor Aycock, of, .North Carolina,
has Inaugurated a llttlo swing around a
circumscribed circle. t
Tho first reports about frost dnmag-j
nro always a llttlo elaborato, to say the
least. There may be a fow peaches yot.
New Orleans has yet trouble on Its
hand, The cotton loaders are now on a
strike.
With a Comment or Two,
If tho South had been in national poll-.
(Ics for what she got out of It sho would
have dropped out long ago.?Durham
Herald,
There Is a lot of truth In small com?
pass right thoro,
Theodore Roosevelt Is? to have a gold
medul presen ted to him by tho Loulsl?
ana Purchase exposition, ???????? What
for??Ulrinlngham News,
For luck-to,the Exposition, of course,
The announcement that the Philippine
hemp crop is safe should have a deter
rout orfeot on the criminally Inclined,
Augusta Chronicle, >
Not where law's dolays and technicali?
ties conio to their help.
A saloon at every borner, of the streets.
as much us wo abominato (hem, would
be far preferable to tlio Illicit trafilo that
Is now so extensively conducted by Irre?
sponsible and disreputable peuple within
tho corporato limits o( the town.-Brunsr
wick Casotto.
The above refers to Lawrenceyllle's
two years' oxperlenoe with local option.
t urenti f/ Uhoayht
m 7)ixie Xanci
Memphis Commercial Appeal ?
"it lookoB as If Mr. Cl?V?Uhd might be
allowed to attend the opening ?xet-cleos
of the 8t, Loills World's Fair Without
exciting every blaokguitrd in tho coun?
try." f
Atlanta Constitution! ."..',','
"while our frlonds af the opposition
ore?.cackling over what they term"tho
split In tho nntlonal Democracy,' the
tarife chasm In their own party, keeps
growlhg wider and deeper at a rate
highly .promising to Democratic success
next, year." '
Birmingham Age-IIoraldi , ?.
"Turn tho Lowell, incident ns ono will,
It seems destined to help the South,
where''cheaper labor, cheaper raw ma?
terial and cheaper fuol already are at
hand and fully available. Now ? Eng?
land-has an up-hill battio on Ite.hands
nt tho best, find tho Lowell movement
does not help the Now England situation
a bit."
Florida Times-Union?
"Mr, Clovolnnd has consenlod to add
his Imposing avoirdupois to ri platform
o.n which Booker Washington Is to speak.
No,w, wait nnd seo Mr. Bryan improve
the? opportunity to make a fow sight
drafts? on his vocabulary."
New Orleans? Plc?yuno:
"It Is plain that It requires no special
angaclty to understand that tho negro
question U becoming more and moro a
Northern problem, nnd the nogroes will
learn that they can use their/vote to
gain concessions and advantages which
would otherwise bo out of their reach,
and they will not fall to go In for ail
In.slght."
Short Talks to the Legislature.
Winchester Star;
The Legislature now sitting In Rich?
mond Ib guilty pf mnny sins of omission
and' commission, but 'lt> should bo
heartily commended for enacting tho puro
election law published. In another col?
umn of this issuo of The Star.
Frcdorlcksbutg Freo Lance; ? ? '
Considering the numerous sessions of
tho Legislature hold hero lately, tho Stato
of Virginia has so far come out remark?
ably well.
Alexandria Gazette:
The appointment of Mr. Cnton, of this
city, upon the committee to reviso the
State laws In conformity to the now Con?
stitution is a Just recognition of his abil?
ity, which tho constituency he represents
appreciates. Mr. Caton lias worked Inde
fatlgably In tho Interests of the people
whom he Is serving since he first en?
tered the "House of Delegates and ho
has labored earnestly In season, out of
season, primarily for Alexandria city and
oounty, while ho has ever shown a dis?
position to be foremost in every move?
ment which Is (calculated to augment tho
growth of the Old Dominion. That he Is
the right man ln the right place is gen?
erally "conceded.
Newport News Press:
There still Is time to secure a fairer
and more Just apportionment of the Sec?
ond District. If Senator Sale Introduces
a measure having this end In view all
tho commercial bodies of Newport' News,
Hampton, Wllllamsburg,' Norfolk, Ports?
mouth and Berkley should second his ef?
forts to secure favorable action on the
measure. ' .
The k law, common sense and Justice to
all concerned demand a reapportionment,
and the Legislature should do it,D duty,
no matter what outside influences may
be brought to bear upon Its members.
North Carolina Sentiment.
The Concord Tribune says:
"The Davis,monument fund grows. Thie
Is said to the credit of the Daughters of
the Confederacy, who have with untiring
effort worked with determination to ac?
complish this end.' Let no? Southern man
or woman neglect to have a hand In tho
erection of this monument to the memory
of the great Dav(s."
The Greonsboro Telegram discourses
briefly thus!
"There will doubtless be a good deal
said In criticism of the Ashovllle minis?
ter who wont slumming, but the fact re?
mains that the minister who gets the loaet
criticism Is the man who holds his reli?
gion under the tightest rein."
The following from the Greenville Re?
flector would seem to Indicate that It Is
up to the newspapers:
"If Governor Aycock's plan to appeal
to tho business Interest ot the State to
furnish a companion to the $10,000 bill ap?
propriated hy tho Legislature for a-St.
Louis exhibit meets with no better suc?
cess than the effort to erect a.Sir Walter
Raleigh monument, wo suppose tho Char?
lotte News and Ashevlllo Citizen will
chip In enough from their respective piles
to malee the amount nt least large enough
to suit the Durham Herald and the Green?
ville Reflector."
The Durham Horald says:
"We do not know that tho next conven?
tion will endorse free silver or declaro
for the gold standard, yet whatever It
docs will be considered pure Jeftersonlan
Democracy."
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The Greensboro Record Is hard to be
discouraged. It sayst
"That measly ground hog got in his
work ut last; all the fruit Is killed, Never
mind. Next year we will have him. A
building to house him Is being built next
to 'Squire Prltchott's office, und lie'll be
put away where he can't do any harm."
Personal and General.
Goneral Alger, aged sixty-seven, Is the
oldest of tho sixteen new United States
Senators, and Elder Smoot, of Utah, ?god
forty-on<?, Is the youngoat, The average
ago of the sixteen is fifty-three yedi?.'
A Now York paper says: Skyo Templo,
One of aoneral Robert 13. Loo's most
famous scouts, Is sick and penniless in
New York city,
Bishop Conaty, the retiring rector uf
Ilio Catholic University at AV?Jhlngton,
will bo given a, banquet, by prominent
residents of the District on Eat>tcr Mon?
day.
George Washington Tuttle, on? of the
founders of the Ph| Upsilon Fraternity,
died at Bath, N, Y? on Friday. General
Kdwurd Martingale, of San Diego, C*?).,
I? (.bo only survivor of tho original soven.
Mrs. Charles King, of Corpus Christi,
Texas, owns more land than any ither
woman In tin- vorld. Her montimi, ono
0( the famous calilo barons, left htr
$,300,000 acres In Nueces, Hidalgo, fitiirr
mici Cumeron counties, and the,c are now
about t>5,000 cattlj on hor range.
? few clays ng.? the Rev. lama? L.i|rd
ir.ill_iidighimi, of Princess Arno, Mil.. <e'.?
ebruted his nlnety-tlret birthday and at
Itie same time completed fifty-eight }C|U|'j
u' continuous ministry.
It is announced that the translation oi
the Bible Into Chinese, on which Bishop
Sopcroschewsky has been engaged for ten
years, ha? been completed,
;i.fniHfiinniiiHHii
?f??tXourWith
Virg?nia ?daors.
The West Point Newa offers this stig??
gestioni.
"Instead of pensioning school teachers,
WOU?d It hol bo ft faf bettor Idem to pay
the tettohors of the rural eohools bottor
Salaries? By so doing this Class Of edu?
cators might be enabled to accumulato
something for a 'rainy day'?and In tholr
old age.not be subjects of tho State's
charity,". .
; The South Bost?n Times, after a survey
ot the field, reportai /
."Throughout the -tale the cause of
temperance Is bolng agitated,as, porhaps,
lt>novor huebeforo? In every section the
Anti-Saloon Lceguo Is at work with un*
Magging energy and nel. Tho womnh's
Christian Temporaneo Union is oxorting
an lliflu?nco hitherto unknown. Tho
fYOur?g Men's Christian Association is
working vigorously along the same liner-*.
Doubtless th? ? three organizations wil)
wield a great Influence for good."
Th"e Farmvllie HoVald enthusiastically
remarks; ? >?'
"If Virginia's treasury can't boar tho
burden of two hundred thousand for tha
Jumestown Exposition, tho people of the
State and the railroads can. Let thetp
unite td insure a signal success."
The Bedford Bullotln discovers a strange
resemblance It says:
"Cleveland says he Is out of politics
save as an advisor; Byr?n eays he will
not be a candidate, but gives advice by
the wholesale. Perhaps tho two men aro
not so radically different after all."
The FredorlcksbtirgStar reports as fal?
lows :
"The ,peach crop has so far escaped
tho frost, but some of our gubernatorial
aspirants seem not to have boon so fortu?
nate." ?
A FEW FOREIGN FACTS.
Viscount Hyashl, the Japanese Minister
to England, is a man of high literary at?
tainments, and has writton a book In
English, which is soon to be.published in
London, under tho title, "For Ills Pco
plo." It fells tho story of a patriotic and
heroic peasant, Soboro, who served bis
country In tho feudnl times.
It Is said that the guns and ammuni?
tion bolng used In the Macodonlan dis?
turbances this .spring were undoubtedly
paid for, in large part, by tho monoy,
raised in this country for tho ransom of
Miss Stone.
?M, Witte, tho Russian Minister of'
Finance, Is an ardent temperance worker.
He is a teetotaler, and Induced the,Czar to
decorato the men.and women who are
the moot nctkro in temperance work, Ho
makes no secret of. his prcforence for
teetotalers In tho various ofllc03 of the
department he controls.
Honrik Ibsen, tho Norwegian author,
lovee to keep his hair In disorder. This
Is said to be his one vanity. He always
carries a little toilet case containing a
looking glass and a comb, which are at?
tached to the lining of his gray hat. He
will often remove his hat to look Into
tho.mirror to see how his hair Is lying;
If It Is not rough enough to suit his fanoy,
ho uses the comb to give It the requisito
tangle.
.The. excavations which have beon going
on In,-Homo under the direction of Pro?
fessor Alroll seom to prove beyond per
ndventure that an ancient Etruscan city
occupied a part of the site of tho pres?
ent city long before the fabulous found?
ing of Rome by Romulus. Ono of the In?
teresting things which tho excavations
have revealed Is the certainty that there
was an artificial lake In tho forum In
front of the rostra. The lake still holds
water to-day, now that the place has beon
cleared. . .
Remarks About Richmond.
? Frederloksburg Free Lano: Friday was
the thirty-eighth anniversary ?f tho fall
of Richmond. The Confederato forces
left the city with sad hearts nnd tear?
ful eyes botween six and seven o'oloc'c
In the morning, followed Immediately by
tho Federal army. Tho evacuating acones
wore most exciting and tho destruction
of property was awful. Thoso who wit?
nessed the stirring events of that morn?
ing, whether cltlzon or soldier, man, wo?
man or child, wljl never forget .them.
Newport News Times-Herald: Wo do
nor believe that there Is a man In Vir?
ginia Who Is not proud of Richmond, the
beautiful capital within WI1030 breast Is
locked a tliousuno memories dear to our
[].-.i;.i... and yet whose busy liando ha?
bulided a city of metropolitan prupor
tions.
Thero Is no city in tho State that doeo
not look with pride upon tho splendid
thrift of her merchants and tho enter?
prise of all lier people. All that wo con?
sider of historic worth,' learning, culture,
commercial activity and business sagacity
finds expression In Richmond, and even
from tho generations that have gone
hence we still learn of the subtle charm
of gracious women and the admlrablo
manners of courtly men. Thoso things
all Virginians cherish as' a common
heritage, an inspiration forover for those
who utili lovo to turn at times"from the
bustle of thoso days to ilio undlnm.ed
glorios of that golden age th a lies be?
yond the shadow lino of civil war.
An Awful Bore.
'That trolley car conductor Is the big?
gest fool of a boro I know."
'Not at all. Ho may bo a bore, but
he's no fool."
"What! Why, you can't stand on the
back platform a minuto before ho begins
to talk you to death?"
"Whereupon you go Inside where you
belong and leave the plntform clear.
That's his gamo,"?Philadelphia Press.
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DAILY CALENDAN.
December?Dr, J. Munn gave us a fiv?*
hour mixture for our cold,
May?The cold Is lio wore*.
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Thero Is hopo for us.
Howard* Halj, "The Man Who Darei,''
til the Bijou, was once in the newspaper
business, t
Ho was a country correspondent, then
a town reporter, and worked at the oasi
setting typo, ami ran u press.
'Ho know a good thing When he saw It,
and picked out a few.
But thoro wasn't eripugh money In th?
business ,and he joined a troupe as an
impersonator,
The show was good enough to run thro?
weeks, and then Mr, Hall took a Job on
a newspaper until ho saw another chance
on tho stago.
Ho saw tho chance, took it, and Is now,
among the best actors ln the business,
Mr. Hall's newspaper Instinct com??
to him as a physic. It bracos him up,
nnd ho Haiti to us that If he had not been
a newspaper man ln his early career, lie
would ? nevor have had tho nerve to
enter ? den of real live tlons.
"But a nowspaper man learns to do
anything," he said. "I believe ho Would
enter a burning iurnaco If his dutf
called."
Wo have enjoyod Mr. Hall's perform?
ance, and we feel good to think there la
still a chance for us.
? ?? ?:
Our good (Fulton friend, Jim Black,
has roturncd from Boston, where he
wont huit September.
Ho only stayed a week or so, but we
havo just scon him and he is still talk?
ing 'about that trip.
Ho must havo had a fine time the way
he talks, and when we go to Boston, '
on our next trip around the world,, we
arc going to visit the places that Jim hau
told us about. Ho was glad to be among
the Yankees, and he said that Massuchu
setts hoepltallty was almost equal to
that of milton.
We are glad he Is back, however.
?,?,??
Four men sat around the table In
Doylo's back dining-room.
Somebody had ordered. wine while
awaiting the oysters.
Tom Rlley stuck his head In the door.
"How'll you have your drinks?" ho
asked, as ho glanced around,
Three of the men roplled ln the usual
way, but the fourth was wrapped up In
the bill of fare..
?'How will you hare yours?" again
asked Mr, Riley.
"Gimme mine fried," he replied.
"Well, I'll be dinged," said >tr. Rlley,
"How am I goner give him a .fried
drink?"
? ? ?
We have Just received the following
telegram from our old friend, Frod.
Nlblo, from Utlea;
? Four Cohane' new show, "Running for
Ol-ce,i'$ opened to-night. SensatT?nal suc?
cess. ,1 , : - "FRtaD. NIBLO.'i,
;,%Ye are glad to know this, but wo are
not surprised, for the Four.Cohans will
make a sensation anywhoro.
. Wo offer our congratulations, anyhow.
1
Monday morning the horse and wagon
of Mr. 8. A. Hazclgrove came Into col?
lision with electric car No. 174, with
Messrs. Yager and'Burke In charge. The
horse was so badly Injured that It won
necessary to shoot him.
Lenten services will be held at the
Kplphany ISpiscopal Church thU evening
at 8 o'clock, conducted by tho reetor,
Rev. C. ?. Kuyk.
Tho T. C. C. Club met Monday after?
noon at tho residence of Miss Nannie
Drumoller. Those prosent wero Misse*
Naniiiii iJrumellor, Arllne Drumellcr and
Harriet liadj-.
Mrs. Miller, of Montelro Avenue, who
has been quite sick, is able to bo out.
Miss C, M. Clark, has returned to Jack?
son, Miss., after a visit to friends la
Brookland Park.
Mr, C. P, Lynn, o? Norfolk, la visiting?
Mr. and Mrs. Briggs,
Miss _)tta Martin is very sick nt her
home, near the Seminary.
Miss Manloy, of l-Ucealde, is visiting
in Hanover. . ?
Miss Alma Cartor, who has heon visit?
ing Mrs. Coffey, of Brookland Park, hua
returned to Loulfta, ;i.
Miss Agnes Miller, of Beaver .Dam, la
visititi? relatives. In Brookland Park.
Captain B. H. Lea,has left for'JUi.'rn
both. N. J.. to visit re'ptlves,
?Mrs. J. M. Hamlet han returned to
Kentucky, after a visit to friends nn tho
Heights..
Mr. D. H. Wlsman, of Richmond, hne
moved Into tho house of Mr. H, C. Bur?
nett.
Memorlnl services will bo held at the
Methodist Church Sunday evening In
honor of Mrs; Sidney Peters, ami a me?
morial window will ho erected by that
church to hor memory.
Miss Annie Smith Is quite sick at her
homo In Brookland Park,
' Miss Louise Herring is uulte sick at
hot?, home.
Miss Molile duv.-iI'Ih quite sick at her'
homo, on Miller Avenue,
Tho JSpworth Longue will havo its next
business mooting at tho home of Miss
.Tornilo Cullon, of Lamb Avenue, next
Tuesday night.
Miss Llljle iBaughnn hns returnoJ from
a visit to Misa Julia Sinlthers, of Brook?
land Park,
There will be an Wae'or hunt nt tho
homo of Miss Nannie Sturrltf Friday,
April 10th,
The Ladlos* Aid Society of the CJvor
brook Church wiM meet Ulla, afternoon
at tho homo of Mrs. J, W. Atkins, on
Millar Avonuo, at 4?S0 o'clock,.
Mr, Francis, who. has beon visitine
relatives In Brookland Park, has re?
turned to Newport News,
Tho ladles of Kplphany Church will
have an egg hunt April 18th,
Mrs. Hanlclns, who lips boon visiting
friends on the Heights, has returned to
her homo In Charlattosvllle.
Miss Huntington, of Orango county,
is visiting in Br?ioklnnd Park,
Choir practice will he hold at the l?pl
pliuny Church Saturday for Raster,
Mrs. II. W. Lavlea, of Montelro Ave?
nue ftiir? Vitfo Street, had the misfoi
tune to either lose or havo stolen the
following articles on Saturday; Ono plain
gold ring', one signature ring, otn* gem
tleman's ring, and ?vs.BO |u currency?
Any information concerning the ??vu?
will bo appreciate- by her.