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The Times-Dispatch.
FutitWie?! Daily nnd Weekly nt No. 4
North Tenth Street, Richmond, Va.
Entered January 27, 1003, at
Richmond, Vn., ne Second
Class Matter, under Act
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8, 1870.
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FRIDAY, ?1?? 23. 1003.
THE POSTOFFICE SCANDAL.
Postmntster-Gcnernl Pnyne wns nt first
iSlsposed to make light of the chnrges
preferred against officials In his deport?
ment, but his eyes are now opened, for
he has discovered that tho charges nre
.Well grounded. Indeed, Indications now
point to corrupt practices unequalled,
Ban*? In the ndmlnlstrntlon of General
Grant. It appears that August AV. Ma?
chen, ten years superintendent of Treo
delivery In the Postonico Department,
and a man of considerable influence In
Republican politics, has been regularly
putting1 money Into his pocket by the
rake-oft system. According to tho evl
flence In hand, he would mako contracts
?with this man or tho othor to furnish
supplias for his department with nn
agreement In advance that he should re?
ceive a commission on the sales. Enough
evidence has been procured to show that
be has thus far received bribes amount?
ing to $22,000. Tills was not received In
a singlo transaction, hut in many, tho
rake-offs ranging from hundreds to thou?
sands, according to tho nmount Involved.
In one caso he contracted with a con?
cern for the purchase of box fasteners,
.which consist of two pieces of cast Iron,
with a contrivnnco for holding together
With a spring, tho whole being a simple
Hevlce by which letter boxes nro clnsped
to upright iron posts. It ls snld that these
fasteners cost In the making about
E5 cents each, but they were sold to the
government undor Mr. Mnchon's contract
with tho Inventor at $1.25 each, and the
total nmount paid for them slnco 1S94 wus
$1'0.003.
The government Is rich and able to lose
this sum of money without feeling It.
,-*Bnt Mr. Mnchen's crime ls nono tho less
infamous, if, as the Postmaster-General
alleges, he Is guilty. Hero was a mnn
holding a high and responsllo position In
government, tho trusted representa?
tive of the people, whose duty It wns
to administer his department as economi?
cally as possible, yet deliberately onter
Jng Into a contract with rascnls to supply
the government with insignificant de?
vices at ap enormous price undor nn
agreement also that a part of .tho money
thus filched from the government should
go into his own pocket. AVo lock our
doors against thieves, nnd If thoy break
through and steal, we say bad luck to tho
locks and pocket our lessees with as good
grace as *wo may. Vf o do not expect any
better of tho thief. But when we put
a trusted man In charge of our uffalrs,
when we give blm tho run of the house
and commit our Interest to him, wo do
expect htm,?o-.be honest and upright, nnd
If he steels ho Is'worse than a common
thief, for In addition to tho theft ho. out?
rageously abuses our trust. Tho public
Dl?clal who does this thing Is a thief
and a traitor, and no punishment is too
?pevere for him.
It ls humiliating, It ls almost alarming,
?when discoveries of this sort nro mude.
Jt causes tax-payers to bo anxious. It
gives all honest mon the creeps tu fool
that in the most trusted position's of
government there ara thieves and
traitors ready to profit at tho expense
of the people. When a man of Machen'?
prominence betrays his trust, tax-payers
jmtursily ask themselves. Who can be
trusted? and their suspicions against ofll?
cers ,ln general are apt to bo aroused,
Thero ls some comfort, howovor, In the
fact that these frauds In the Postoftloe
Department have boen discovered, and
tliat tho delinquents are to be dealt with
according to their deserts. It Is some?
thing to know that this Investigation ban
been conducted feurh-ssly, mid that there
lias been no attempt at concealment,
Investigation and exposure und con?
digit punishment aro the only remedies
for these evils. Whenever a suspicion
exists, certainly whenever a eburno has
lir-en made, there nhoulil bo a prompt
and thorough Investigation, mid un honest
and fearless effort made to ascertain
the facts. That Is tho rulo to tie pursued
In all departments of government, na?
tional, Btutr; and local, ami heneo It Is
that wo most cordially commend tho ac?
tion of the Board of Ablcrineii of the
city of Richmond for determining to In?
vestlgate charges that have been muflo
against ini.*-.-in member* und former
rnembeis of that body. Let thu i-ominlittie
jirohe deep. I.ct II fimi ?,ut tint fails und
let It discharge In plain duty without
?fear or favor, vindicating tlio Innocent,
und exposing the guilty, If (jullty they
be.
A HAPPY R?d?MNCE,
It was Hliite.il In our lutai columns yes
?Ul'dny that inasmuch us tbe Barksdale
puro elections law. Imposing a penally
?upon candidate? tor tit?? offer or ?in or
?money or other valuable consideration^ to
win the votoi. or ?u}>port of voters, does
not become elTecUvfl u'1"1 htt.-r on, pandi?
d?tes are delaying (heir announcements.
??'If a mail announces himself a t-aiull
?jato now for th? Oenetal Aawmhly or
|ui it. couuty oUlcv?," ?}f report ^rotctd?,
"he would subject himself to appeals for
employment and financial assistance by
those experienced county and city men
who have for years received pay for their
sendees."
That practice which has for bo long
beon In vogue In Virginia has been a
disgrace to our politics, nnd If the pure
elections law does nothing more than to
brenk It up It will not be In vain. Here
In Richmond thero are men who mnke It
their busings, nnd their only business,
during a campaign, to go around nnd
perform some work In the Interest of
some cnndldnte, nnd sometimes "political
clubs" nre organine?! for revenue only.
It Is a hnd practice and it hns doubtless
deterred mnny a gond mnn from running
for office. Apnrt from the expense In?
volved, It must bo moRt obnoxious to a
good nnel upright man to be nngged nt
nnd hounded by a lot of "political work?
ers," so-called, who nre In politics simply
and solely for the llttlo pay that they cnn
pick up, nnd whoso services nro to ho
hnd by the highest bidder, rcgnrdlesB of
considerations of merit or fitness. Much
of tho money expended In this direction
hns found Its way Into tho whiskey shops
nnd has been used In political debauch?
ery. The cnndldates nro nlmost power?
less. OccnRlonnlly some of them havo
come out boldly and announced that they
would spend no money In this ?direction,
but other cnndldates have felt that their
success depended upon employing the
"field agents," and when tho money once
went out of their possession Into tho
hnnds of tho ngents, It was impossible
for tho cnndldnte to control It, and tho
ngonts uscii It ns thoy plensed.
Thnt ls tho troublo nbout using money
In elections, and thnt Is why thero was
such a demand for a law prohibiting the
uso of money In any way whatever by
candidates In tho prosecution of a cam?
paign. No matter how good a man was,
no matter how ho might have tried to
keep, the money which ho put out from
being used Improperly, It wns Impossible
for him to control It when once It hnd
passed out of his hnnds.
We sincerely hope that this law will be
obeyed In tbo spirit ns well ns In tho let
"ter, and that It will mark tho beginning
of a much needed reform In Virginia
politics.
PETERSBURG COTTON MILLS.
A now-corporation has been chartered
with a capital stock of one million dol?
lars, to tako over tlie cotton mill Inter?
ests In and around tho city of Petersburg,
and wo hope that this moans that these
mills will now ho put upon a substantial
footing, thoroughly equipped with new
machinery and operated to tho full ox
trnt of their capacity. Tho cotton mills
of the South have been uniformly suc?
cessful, nnd there ls no sufllclent reason
why that Industry should not pay In
Petersburg and In Richmond. We are
closo to the cotton Holds, wo have good
wntor power, wo hnve splendid transpor?
tation facilities, and ?.ve nro nearer to
tho Northern markets than tho success?
ful mills of the South.
Rut In order to carry on thlB industry
successfully It la necessary to have tho
host machinery and to use tho modern
methods of manufacturo. Oid-tlmo ma?
chinery and old-time methods will not do.
Tho success of the Southern cotton mills
hns been duo rather to their splendid
equipment than to any advantage which
they have over the North In tho matter
of labor. It ls true that tho Southern
mills hnvo an ndvnntngo in bolng ????????
In the cotton fields, and It Is also true
that these mills havo hail less trouble
with labor than tho Northern mills, be?
cause our people are natives and nro on
bettor terms with their employers, but
tho greatest advantage of nil Is tho up
to-dato machinery which tho Southern
mills are using.
TO ITS OLD LOVE.
Mr. C. Vf. Garr?s, chairman of the
South Carolina Railroad Commission,
s-ild In a recent Interview that "It began
to look ns If the old-time nlllnnce between
thn South and tho East, with consequent
victory, wero coming around."
This refers, of course, to the Demo?
cratic party. Up ?? 1806 the Democrats
of tho East?that iH to Bay, the Demo?
crats of tho Northern tier of States?and
the Democrats of tlio South, stood shoul?
der to shoulder togother In all political
contests, and they modo a strong and
sometimes an Invlnclblo combination.
Neertliorn Democrats stood by us man?
fully and almost affectionately in our
time of troublo, helping us to defeat the
Infamous forco bill and kindred meas?
ures designed to harass and distress tho
South. Thoy woro friends in need, and
friends true and tried. But In an evil
iniitiiont the Southern Democrats* turned
tluilr backs upon them and formed an al?
liance with tho West. Whnt was the
result? Tho party gained a fow Insignifi?
cant States In tho Went, und gained tho
support ?if somo of tlie Western Popu?
lists, but wo lust Now York and other In?
fluential Northern States, ami wo lost
thousands and hundreds of thousands of
lenellng Democrats in tliat section.
? "Wo aro not going lo ralte up old scores;
wo are not going to quarrel about tho
past; hut tlio South miule a poor liar?
gain Indeed when It exchanged the North
for tlio AVest, and it Is now timo for the
Routii to repudiato that bargain and make
friends ?meo mors wlih lier friends at tlio
North. It Is significant and It is rena
iitiing that so prominent a man as Mr.
Garr?s, of South Carolina, Bhould mako
tho Htatemont above credited to him, and
wo hopo nial believe that ho speuks for
the great hotly of Southern Democrats.
There Is no natural afllllatlon between tlio
Houth and the West, politically speaking,
Tho South Is, par excellence, the Domo?
ora?!0 section of the country. Th? purest
Democracy haa ulwaya been found in
thla section. ??"? are, by naturo, by
education and By tradition, Democrats,
wli.reas tbo peoplo of tbe Middle West,
the peoplo of Kansas nnd Nebraska and
States of Unit section, uro by naturo antl
education Populista; and there can bo
no truo adulation between Democrats and
1'opullsts.
Moro than that, tlio Interests of. tho
South arp moro nearly identified With
those of the No."th tluin with those of
tlio West. Oeneiully speaking, the Demo?
crats of tho North and tito Dem?crata of
tho South are agreed upon the princi?
ples of Democracy, and agreed upon the
policies that should ba pursued, hy tho
party. It Is the natural afllllulltm, und
the strength o? tlio party Uta lu tliat
? ulllllullou. Tbdl is the only combination
which cnn win. if the party is to be
dominated by the West, defeat ls Inevi?
table.
In Baltimore the Society for the Pre?
vention ot Cruelty to Animals has dis?
covered that It ls a common practk-e
among colored drivers nnd stablemen to
put what ls called "blood root" into
mulos' food. It ls snld to have about
the same effect upon mules nnd other finl
mnls that Intoxicants hnvo upon liurnnn |
beings. It Inspires new energy nnd for
the time being tbo animal will show n.n
unusual amount of spirit, but like all
other drugs or opiates, whon Its effoct
wears off, the nnlmal Is w?ank and stu?
pid.
Blood root ls of reddish color and tho
breath of tho animal upon whom It Is
usod has a vile odor. We wonder If tills
root has been similarly used In Rich?
mond?
Tho Episcopal Council of the Diocese
of Southern Virginia, In session nt Roan?
oke, promptly and nlmost unanimously
voted ngalnst any cluiuge In the name of
the Church. The Council of tho Vir?
ginia diocese in session at Winchester
lnst week took similar action. There Is
a great deal in a name. Tbo Episcopa?
lians of Virginia are in love with tholr
church and In love with tho nomo undor
which the church has prospered, and
they aro not going to submit to any
chango without a protest.
The lato Benjamin F. Jones, tho nostor
of Pittsburg'.?) great Iron and steel busi?
ness, did not tako much etock In the
views of his co-lnhorer, Mr. Carnegie,
about the Impropriety of dying poor. If
ho did ho left tho Job of Dueling out
how to turn tho trick to his wife nnel
four children. Mr, Jones' will bus been
probated In the Pittsburg court?? und It
Is thus learned that ho left every cent of
bis enormous ostato of sixty millions to
them, nnd Incidentally put in some In?
structions ns to how they hnd best han?
dle the snmo in order to keep It In the
family.
Tho llttlo ballawlck of Rhode Island 1?
declared to bo In a stato of political up?
heaval, and thero us those wS? predict
that what there is of It will ero long
get Into tho doubtful class on tho politi?
cal line-up of tho Stntes of the Union.
Be that ns it mny, It is certnln that u
yery astonishing political fcvont occurred
there bust Monday. As the Providence
Journal putH It, "tho said old town of
Foster" broke nwny from tho Repub?
lican party, "for the first time In many
years," In ? town election.
The current Issue of the Commonor
contains a vigorous attack on Cleveland,
In which Mr. Brynn says: "Defeat with?
out Mr. Cleveland would be better for the
Democratic party thnn victory with him
at the head of tho ticket." In the sumo
pa por is un oft-repeated excoriation of
several thousand people who thought
the .same way at a time when another
man headed tho ticket.
An English astrologlst makes the start?
ling phopbecy that the Czar of Russia
win dio a natural death In Juno, and
thnt England and Japan will form an
alliance thnt will lick Russia and Franco
before Chrlstmns.
"If you nro not for me, you are ngnlnst
me,'? said tho President, ns '-- '-ought
down his right foot on the floor with a
whnek, nnd wo nil know where Mr. Ilnn
na lined up.
The R?publicain party has about de?
cided to take Hanna at his word and
not forco a Presidential nomination up?
on him. **?
Wo observe that tho free-pass Inhibi?
tion has in no way decreased tho num?
ber of office-seekers In this dear old
Commonwealth.
Manchester has Just reached the flrst
cluss grade In tho matter of population.
In other respects Manchester has beon
llrst-class all along.
The more Brother Payno dives Into
-tho postoffice business the more cause ho
finds for regretting that ho shot off his
lip too eurly.
When Mr. Cleveland ontered Carneglo
Hall tho other night thoro seemed to como
an echo from the St. Demis dodicatlon.
Well, Mr. Quay has endorsed Penny
packer's administration, press muzzle and
all.
Tho Philadelphia cartoonists, as well
as tho editors, continue to talk through
tholr muzzles.
And now they aro talking about a
now western State, to bo called Cyeloho
Cyclones and raln-fltorms permitting.
Ohio will givo tho President the prom?
ised booBt next Wednesday,
What a fortuno Mr. Cleveland could
make if ho would only consent to syndi?
cate his fish stories.
Oli/lo Republicans can fight harder
nnd harmonize quicker than any follia
on earth.
"Now, Uncle Mark, piense don't."?T.
Roosevelt.
"I have don'ted."?M, llanna.
Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews' mino no
longer ornamenta tho Conununer's P. II.
list.
Tho Western Union might try tho wire?
less over tho wreck In Peniiaylvnnla.
VIUC.INIA LAW R ISO I ST IOR. Vol V,
May, lin?. No. 1, George Bryan, editor,
J. I'. Beli & Co., Byncliliiirg.
with this, th? first number of volume
9 of ilio Virginia l.iw Register, Mr, Geo.
Bryan, of tlio Richmond bar, who has for
some limo been tho associato editor of the
Virginia i?nw neglster. tftHoa full chingo
of it as editor, Mr. VV. ?-? Wie having
retired from tho editorship with tho last
number,
'This number contains a very good pic?
ture of Mr. l.llo, who ao long und ably
edited, the virginia l.aw Register?
The opening article In Ibis number Is
bv Mr. Qeoi'go f'axton, of Hie Norfolk
(Va.) bar, and la enlllleil "tega! 'l'Ilio
In I'tiHo of Satisfied Trusta lu Virginia."
Tim recent decision? reported in full aro
Ciarli va.. I.ai'i'cinorii (U. H. Supremo
Court), Hoeclmr vs. Foster (Court of Ap?
peals of West Virginia! unti tbo follow?
ing S'irglnlu cases: N' ,iort News, etc.
Co. vs. Bulto; ?. & /, Rwy, Co., vs.
Borrow; Patterson vs. Blnghiuu; City of
Kit liinond vs. Sitteriling, nnd Dunvlllo
Itali way, etc., Co., Vs. iltwiuett.
Thero aro the usual dopar!niente do?
veteti to "lkiltoriai.s," "Notes of Cases,'1
I "jUtiicelluny" and "-Ueoli .?^.vJews," .
?^4Hr^^H^-^^^'I^.^.^'^l?^'^l^I^'I??^?.^?I?^^'^'^^^^^"^?t
%Xaif J?ourWith \\
tri'rytnia editors. '.'.
?*?l-H-*4 i-W?^?^-l-|?|-i-K"r-H-H-I-bt
The Roanoke Times, dlscuselng the
"Get Rich Quick" schemes, nays:
J/>t us emphasize Oil? point: Any
concern which cnn clear a thousand por
cent, profit on a deal would never Induco
nneitber to shoro It. Let those frauds
alone. You may know of some one who
hns profited by It, but If so It was merely
for a bait to entrap others.
The Virginia Gazette (Wllllainsburg)
snys:
Loenl option provnlls In York, James
City nnel Wllllainsburg. We now Itivo
u chanco to givo It a fuir sind Impartial
trial. If a good thing, We will keep It,
If a hnd thing, we will riel ourselves of It
In short, order. That's Americanism, not j
fanaticism,
Thn New Castle Record wants to see
tho dog law rigidly enforced In Us county,
nnd snys .?
Thoro nro ninny farmers nnd stockmen
who own dogs that are actual necessi?
ties 'nbout the. farms, nini to them the
lux comes as a protection against thieves
nnd puts tho dug in the list of personal
property, with a Valuation. It Is a good
law In protecting the sheep Industry
from the ravages of docs; In lending to
rid the country of a lut of worthless
curs; In creating a fund for a worthy
cause.
The Petersburg Index-Appeal makes
this point:
Of course, neither the action of the
Legislature In regard to the Munii bill,
nor Its futuro action with respect to pro?
hibition, e*in finally fix the status of the
D?mocratie party on tlio liquor question,
though voters may properly hold the
party responsible for the nets of Its rep?
resentatives In tho Legislature. The final
status eif Mio pnrty must ho fixed by the
Democratic voters themselves In a Stato
convention;
A Few Foreign Facts.
Tho Countess of Warwick, who has
dono considerable writing In tho past.
Is now giving tho finishing touches to a
history of Warwick ('iiHtle. Sho has
been at work on tho publication for five
years.
A Vienna letter says that the upholders
of tho anti-Semitic pulley of certain Aus
trlans nro greatly displeased with tho
latest literary production of Carnieri Syl?
via, Queen of Reun?anla. The work Is u
drama vividly portraying the sorrows of
a Jewess deserted by her own people
and persecuted by all the world. Tho
piny Is described ns "tremendously dra?
matic," nnd would command attention
aside from the Interest sure to attach to
nny production of the royal authoress.
A committee, of which the Duko of
Argyll ls president, and Samuel Green
lees, of London! chairman, Is about to
lesile nn appeal to the British public for
funds to establish a memorial In London
to the late Sir Hector Mucdonnld. In
the preliminary notice the exploits of
General Mncdonnld are s<et forth, from
his early days on the march to Kanda?
har to his deeds In South Africa, ,???? G.
W. Steevens' description of Macdonnld
nt Omdurmnn is quoted.
Mile. Sarklsova, a Russian opera singer,
was traveling some time ago on the
Trans-Caucasian Railway when the train
ran oft the line and five of her teeth
were knocked out. Mlle. Sarklsova
brought nn notion against tho railway
company, claiming that, as the loss of
five, front teeth prevented her-from sing-,
ing, she was entitled to heavy damages.'
Tho civil court in St. Petersburg has
Just awarded her $.10,000 compensation.
?
Personal and General.
Bishop Henry Moeller has received ofll
clal appointment as coadjutor to Arch?
bishop Eldor in the Cincinnati diocese.
Dr. George Adam Smith, of Glasgow,
Scotland, nn authority on the Old Testa?
ment, who came here to lecture at the
Western Reserve University, ls 111
Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland.
Mrs. M. L. Wndlelgh has beon appoint?
ed a Kansas Insurance examiner. The
Kansas Insurance commissioner was the
first otllclal to appoint a woman as ex?
aminer of Insurance companies.
Bishop Potter was sixty-eight years
old on Sunday, and the pupils of tho
Choir School of the Cathedral of St. John
the Divine, presented lo him a richly
bound copy of the Epistles of St. John.
Captain Clough Overton, who was kill?
ed last week In a bolo rush In the Phil?
ippines, had Just previous to his dent h
finished constructing tho thl?Ty-mile road
that led Into the Moro country In Mln
dnnao.
DAILY FASHION HINT.
Ladies' Shirt-Walst Pattern.
This waist, with its Dute-hosa olpeing
unti ono pleat on i-boulder. is a partiell?
liuly suitable model for an embroidery
design. Tin? waist should ho of smooth?
ly finished millennia, as the idea is to
impart nil decoration, with Iho noodle.
'??? material mny Im of liui'ii or any of
th? new witistinge which will permit of
embroidery.
No. 5,0?0? sizes 32, 34, 3(1, 38 and 40,
bust measure.
?In receipt of 10 cents this pattern
will lie sent to any address. All urden,
must bo directed to TUE I.1TT---'?
FOLKS PATTERN CO., 7? JW1? Ave?
llilo, New York. When ordering pleaso
do ",ot fail to .mention number.
No. 5,coo.
Si/e.
Name
Adiln
THE MAN
ABOUT
Town
-BY?
Harry Tucker
PA IDT CAT.KNPAR.
?1061?Richmond goes dry.
?0?4?Another brewery started on the
suburbs.
? * ?
We have been Informed by Mister Joe
West thnt he Is utili the main guy In the
C. nnd O. trips to Ocean View and other
places In tlmt vicinity.
Wo don't see why ha should mine the
point with us, for wo have newer dis?
puted the fact that he Is still one of the
main guys.
In fact wo knew before he told us,?
that ho hnd au m pin io do with tho Sun
day excursions, for wo ntnrl'-rt to go on
ono of them without preparing out-self
with tho necessary credentials, thinking
tbo tremendous pull we had with the
railroad company would be sufficient tn
put UH through to Norfolk, where wo
expected lo call on our friend ?McDowell
nt his hot-el, when Mieter West he.ij us
up, and It wns nil off with up.
We know very well thnt Mlaler West
Is the mnln guy, nnd we know that here?
of! er wo must pr?vido olirseli with tlio
necessary credentials beforo wn attempt
to embark for Ocenn View or nny other
seaport town.
They tell us, though, that fish nre
biting good nt Ocean View, and wo haVe
made up our minti that tho m-xt trip wo
tnl..; to Ocean View wo will carry nome
halt with UH, nt least tho kind We can
got from Frank Anthony, Lonnlo Moore
of Wiley Lawrence,
When a fellow starts out early In th??
evening to show a friend the train, and
gets homo early In Ihn morning, and Iiiih
to got down town nt ??:.??, and lina to wnlt
until dinner for his breakfast, and then
can't oat anything until supper, nnd feels
awful even then, it can't be expected that
ho oan go out nnrl mako himself ngree
nblo at nn evening party.
It's hard for ? fellow to alng a song
or tell a story when he has spent the
prmdotis evening showing a friend the
towa.
And It's hnrd for him to explnln the
whole thing to his host girl, whose brown
eyes nro liable to fill with tears, the
sight of which breaks him nil to pUjoos.
The best ho can do Is to go off Into the
park ami try to cntch a nnp, so ho mny
?oso all remembrance of what happened
the night before.
? ? f
"Things nro seldom what they seem.
You'd rather drink soda than eat Ice
cream.
We can't ride ?. camel, but we can a gont,
When the weather Is hot, wo will doff
our conL"
These beautiful lines came te un from
that classic city of Lynchburg, written
In purplo Ink hy a typewriter.
There is a fine sentiment contained in
the lines.
It must ho hot In Dynchburg, nnd ns
wn belong to ? "Slilrt-Wnlst Club." or?
ganized one dny In Branch AllOn1", we
hope that our friend will find InTnself
ffeo to go nbout the streets without his
coat, and not causo comment from the
masses,
North Carolina Sentiment.
The Hnlelgh Times says:
Although Senator Simmons' position on
the race question nppenrs the logical one,
yet the negro will undoubtedly wn?it to
take another look beforo ho accepts It.
"?ducation and dreams of "position"? are
? far more enticing to the negro than a
pair of plow handles.
? -?.
The Ashevllle Onzette remarks:
The "race problem" la being fought
out In tho New York pulpits. This Is
evidence that the problema of New York
city nro too much for the preachers. A
distant problem Is always easier and
safer to handle
Tho hard-henrtod Raleigh Post says:
Wo are not going to put on nny mourn?
ing because of those automobile deaths at
Paris. Wo never felt the slightest int?
imino to put on crepe because tho fool
who wont up In a balloon carne down
llko a stick. Peoplo who venture upon
such foolhardy performances, well know?
ing tho danger, deserve as brief an epi?
taph uh can bo given?and prompt for
getfulneas.
Tho Ashevllle Citizen thus refers to
two distinguished Carolinians:
Wo Judgo from ono or two recent news?
paper articles that tho Hon. Marlon But?
ler Ih again abl6 to sit up politically and
take notice. But the lion. Otho Wilson Ih
still unheard from.
Tho Durham Hernld'-s logic is condensed
thus:
If tlie Democratic party Is only cater?
ing to those who supported the ticket last
timo it wero useless to put out a ticket.
Colonel Cntlctt Ready.
Colone) Robert Catlett. acting Attor?
ney-Genera I, has Jusi finished the prepa?
ration of KOino briefs In cases which will
ciime up In tlio Supremo Court of Wytho
evlllo next month, In these mutltrs Colo?
nel Cntlott will nppenr for tho j3lntp,
owing lei the continued Indisposition of
Attorney-General Andorson.
Duff-Gibson.
(Speclnl to The Tlmes-Dlspntch.)
OASTLEWOOD, VA., May ??S.-Buniliiy
afternoon Mr. Samuel H. Duff and Mrs.
1? lorenco Gibson, accompanied by several
friends, drove to Lebanon ami were mar?
ried, Rev. F. Barney Thompson eilllcjnt
ing. 'i'ho bride was tim young widow of
tho late John B. Gibson, of this place,
und the bridegroom Is a popular young
carpenter ?f Norton, Vn.
They loft Monday illuming on the west
hound trnln I'm? Norton, where they will
make their futuro homo,
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Havo Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
GRASS WIDOWERS' RATES.
Cliesapuake & Ohio Railway, Com?
mence Saturduy, dune 6th.
Gl'usa Widowers' excursion tickets will
bo Hold by the Chesapeake nnd Ohio Hall?
way, commencing Juno Oth, at ono faro,
plus twenty-llvu conte, for tho round trip
f.ji- all trulns of Sutuiduys during the
summer to till stations on lho ninlu Hun
between. JUi'hinieiid una Smuntoti, and fur
Hielas uf Saturdays und No. 1) Sundays
to nil stations on the Juinun River Divis?
ion lielwe-en Richmond and liownrdsvlllo.
These tickets, will bo sold only tei ?la?
tinan at which trains feir which ticket la
??,???? nro scheduled' to stop, and nro good
returning until Monday following dales
of salo.
O -A. IS? "?? ?? "??. 3. ?ab.?
Beare tho /t ^ ???"- ^ou Have AJways Beligli)
,%u,ituru
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By WILLIAM MURRAY GRAYDON. Copyright, 1903.
As he spoke another Hindoo, who bore
a strong resemblance to him, came out
of the house. But his dress, unlike that
of the old soldier, was puroly native,
though of most costly stuff*.
He evidently did not belong to the vil?
lo ??, but was a man of wealth and a
dweller In cities. His handsome, but sin?
ister, faco was clenn shaven, except for
long, twisted moustaches.
"What means this unseemly tumult''"
ho demanded. "What rabble have dared
to break deiwn your gates7 And who
uio theeo now arrivals?"
"Thoy are mure fugitives?this time
from Meerut," replied Manrno Punt, "and
I have promised to them also my protec?
tion." Ho added a few words of explana?
tion.
"Sahibs, this ls my brother, Govlnd
Punt," he continued, "who Is at present
paying mo a visit. Ho Is a well known
merchant of Delhi, and his Illustrious
shop Is In the Chandney Choko. Like my- |
self, ho Is a friend of tho English."
Govlnd Punt looked as If ho would like
to disavow this statement, but Instead he
bowed vory graciously. "My brother's
guests aro mine," lib snld. "But tell mo.
Minimo Punt, how shall you deal with
those budmiishes yonder? I hope thero
will be no shodillng of blood."
"Thero need be none, brother," was the
reply. "I will ?end them away,"
It was time thnt nome decisivo step wns
taken, for the ryots had pushed through
tlio gateway and were clamoring for the
blond of tho ferlnghees, which act of In?
solence tho villagers wero anxious to ro
sent by forco of arms.
"Leave this to me," said Manrao Punt.
"Suffer" mo to go alono."
With no weapon but curved sword he
strode down tho short street, pushed
through his own men nnd confronted the
mob. They paid some attention to him at
first, then answered his speech with angry
cries, and seemed about to make a rush.
But when lie gave a sharp command,
Ir. responso to which a piece of brass
cannelli was trundled from a little hillock
to ono siile nnel pointed nt the gateway,
tho valiant peasantry took to their heels
In stuhlen fright."
With nmnzlng speed they. vanished In
the Jungle, and tho shrill sound of tlu-lr
voices died to a murmur, The danger
wns averted without tho striking of ?
single blow.
From tho platform, with thankful
hearts, the fugitives wltnesseet the brief
nffnlr. They saw the gutes hoisted to
their places ngnln by the villagers nnd
tho work of repair commenced undor
tho Instructions of Manrao Punt.
"There will bo no moro troublo from
that source,'' snld Esteourt, "but It ls
doubtful how long we shnll bo safo here.
I suppose Rnmpoora Is entirely destroy?
ed?" " ?
"I'm nfruld It Is," replied Jack. "Wc
left It In ashes.
"And we could see It bunting as we
looked bne'k In our flight?that shows
by what a narrow squeak wo go away.
Where will this deviltry end, I wonder?"
"It has only begun, nnd I fear It will
spread fur," said Jack. "But who gave
you warning, Estcourt?"
"Ono of my overseers, who happened
to be In Meerut," the American answered.
"While hiding from Mio massacro ho
heard a couplo of officers of tho Third
Cavalry talking, nnd learned that the
multi body of tho mutineers was golj/g
on to Delhi, but thnt a sejundron of them
would ride to Jhalapur with tho news and
slop on the way to destroy Rampoorn.
"The faithful fellow got bold of a horse
nnd galloped home with his tidings. Tou
cnn Imagine my perplexity. Delhi and
Meerut were out of the question, and
I know It would be equally unsafe to
strike toward tho Ganges or the Jumna.
"Then I remembered old Manrno Punt,
with whom. I had often dono business,
and I concluded that his village, being
on the road to nowhere, would be the best
?!???? for us. So Madge gathered the Por?
table 'valuables together, while I got the
horses ready, and wo wero off Just in
tho nick of time. FIvo minutes later and
wo would havo been caught."
As Esteourt finished his stirring nar?
rativo Manrao Punt returned.
"All ls well," he snld, "and those bud
mnshes will surely not come back?they
have a wholesome respect for my can?
non, though the piece I showed them was
unlonded. But It served the purpose. And
now, sahibs, pray come under my poor
roof nnd accept such hospitality ns I can
offer you. I will give you food and drink,
nuil then you shnll take the rest that you
so much neod."
"Brother, Nnth Banorjl Is waiting
within, his storo of gonds outspread," ?aid
Govlnd Punt, In ? questioning tone.
"I hnvo known Natii BnnerJI feir innny
a year, and he is ono to be trusted," re
plleei Minimo. '?How ls his hnnd this
morning?"
"Ho feels constant pain In It," Govlnd
Punt answered, "but as thero Is so little
swelling the* serpent that bit him could
not havo had poisonous fangs.;*
"Assuredly not, brother, else the mari
would be dead.
With thnt Manrao Punt led the way
Into the house, where? the furnlturo wns
mostly European, of the kind lo bo bought
in Mm foreign bazaars of Delhi. Among
Ihn ornnments were French clocks anil
English engravings.
In tho npartment to whloh the guests
woro. conducted, there sat cross-leggeel
In the middle of the floor nn Individual
whom Jack at ?nice Identified ns ? Pnraeo
t??ele?!?, or traveling merchant, and tho
person of whom Govlnd Punt hnd spokon.
Natii HaiifrJI?such wns his nume? wns
? man of perhaps seventy, lenii nnel wiry
looking, with a beard nnd mustache that
Were nearly while. He wore the expensive
ntllrn of his class?a silken tunic, a cash?
mere shawl for a Kummerbund and a tur?
bini with a singlo gum sparkling In Its
folds,
"Ills right hand rested on a partly open
halo of goods, and his left was of practi?
cally no use to him, for It wns encased
In bandages from tho finger tips to the
olbow,
Having Instructed his servants to pre?
pare a repast for Juck and the ser?
gen ut-Miei others had already break?
fasted?Mnnrnn Punt umile u sign to the
farsea, who spread out tho contents of
his pack with a vlow to soiling.
Tho floor was soon littered with silver
liookiilis nnel cherry pipe sticks, anklots
nuil lmnglcs, Clinton stille, Dacca mus
lliiri, Indian gniii-o and lnce, Lahore vel?
vets, Damascened ''pistols and poniards,
unii innny moro ruro and beautlfuL'thlngd.
Govlnd Punt proved very keen at a
bargain, nnd while ho bundled and hag?
gled over tho articles that took his fancy,
ho now anil then darted a furtivo glance
ut tho Englshiiimi, us If -vaguely troubled
by their presence,
Ho liad a crafty countenance, and was
by no menus as prepossessing ns his
eldor brother, who also made boiiiu pur?
chases, and kindly preesod upon Madge
u gift ot ? Jeweled brooch. '
"Will you not have this for yourself?"
Nnth Benurjl asked persuasively, us he
held up a girdle of Afghan cloth, heavily
embroidered with peurls.
"I desire nothing moro to-day," Mantao
l-'niit answered, In ? firm tone. "You can
p?t your merchandise together my
friend." . ?
"Tluit's a pretty toy. Fune?I mean
the pistol with tho carved stock," said
Esteourt. '
Tho girdle ioli from Nnth BanerJI's
hand; his features changed and a swift
strange I'.ro seemed tri leap to his. eyes,
"Is thu sahib called Fiino?" ho In?
quired of thu young ofllcer. t/leukliu: l:i
a. volco that quivered slightly,
"Yesl"
"Lieutenant Fane, of the Bengal fu?
sillera?'?
"That's right," said Jack, "But I don't
thlntt 1 remnmljor you?"
"I once had the honor, sahib, of din
playing my goot?*. to you."
"Not In Meerut?"
"No, It was further down country?'*
At that moment Oovlnd Punt, who had
been paying ?harp attention to Jack and
tbo Parseo, suddenly dived one hand Into
tbo latiere pnnk and drew out an oblong
object larger than a fowl's egg, that waa
tied up In green satin.
What rare treasure have you bosn
keeping back?" ho naked, half In Jest.
Nn th BaiiorJI'a face blanched with fear,
which ns quickly turned to a look o(
wrath. Ho snatched tho green oblect from
Oovlnd Bunt nnd thrum It beneath tra
folds of his liiitiiiiii-rlniud, whero It made
a visible protuberance.
CHAPTER XVJ-Contlnuod.
"This Is not for sale," he snld with nome
confusion. "It la a talisman- a sacred
thing that I carry alwnyH with me, a?
did my father In his time."
"I hnd no thought of robbing you,"
Oovlnd Punt replied, with a twinkle In
his Cltnnlng eye?.
Further conversation was Interrupted
by a Hcrvnut, who nnnounced that break?
fust nwnitcd the sahibs. Tho Parse?
withdrew from the room with his rner.
cbaiidlsn, nnd .lack nnd Buggies followed
their host to an adjoining apartment
where nn ample and varied meal was laid
fot thorn. Manrao Punt remained whll?
they ato anil drank as two hungry men
cnn.
"I must tell you candidly about my
brother Oovlnd. ?nhlbs, who has a mind
for llttlo else but his riches nnd his bus?
iness," he.said nftor a pause.
"Ho caino to mo two days ugo, having
acme foreknowledge of tho revolt that ha?
btoken out, nnrl sought my opinion ns
to which side wo should tako. 1 told him
what I llrmly beMove?that, although thl?
wicked work may spread far nnd deluge
the land with blood. In the end the nij
of the English -will be triumphant, and
?woo and ruin will bo the lot ?if the rebels,
Antl I havo persuaded Oovlnd, ?,vho de?
sires to bo on tho winning sido, that I
am In the rluht.
"So for tho present lie will he an In
mato of my houso, awaiting the turn of
events. Hla shop In Delhi Is In tho enr?
of his manager and clerks, who aro trust?
worthy men nnd will guard their master's
Interests."
"Your brother has chosen wisely, tot
in tbo end it must bo aa you nay," re?
plied Jack. ? Ho had his own opinion of
Oovlnd Punt, and felt that his loyalty
nnd friendship would need to be meas?
ured In futuro by the progress of the
Insurrection.
"Does tho Pnrsee also remain herer*
h?! naked.
"Ilo Wlsh?S to do no, nnd ? hnvo <-nn
sented," Mnnrno runt nnswered. "Nath
Baiierjl Is a man of peace, and In this
quiet refuge he? will be Hiifo from harm,
whereas If ho went on his travels through
tho country ho would bo In great peril
from the ovil bands of robbers and bud
mashes; who will be prowling about on,
all tho roads, But I perceive that you
havo finished, sahibs. And rest comes
properly nftor food."
Both Jack nn?l tho sergennt wero tho?
roughly exhausted. Each was shown to
a cool, darkened room, and they wero
asleep directly after their heads touched
tho pillows. They awoke Into in tho day
In as fit a condition aa over.
Tho propilei 1<?? wore atrlotl yobserved
In the old Hindoo's house. Tho evening
meal was perv?*d to Ralph Kstcotirt ami
hla sister, antl Jack at ono table, to Ruir
gles at another, while the law of c?ate
forbndo Manrao Punt, and his brother
to break bread with any of their guests.
But when night bad fallen they alj aba
eembled on the veranda, which was
lighted with lamps of colored paper and
ailk, nnd auch matter? were discussed ns
lay nearest to their hearts. The *emin?
dar Insisted that tho four fugitivos
should stop with him for the present,
and they gratefully consented, having
no definite plan of any kind, and know?
ing that It would be unsafe for them to
leave.
Thoro faeomed to bo one source of dan?
ger, namely, that the baffled ryots would
carry word to Jhalapur or somo other
stronghold of mutiny, and that an armed
force would b* sent to tbe village to
demand tbo forlnghoes. Out Munrao
Punt ?lid not bold with this.
"The rogues will speedily forget what
happened here, nnd will betnke t-ifim?
Reives to more promising fields of mur?
der nnd pillage." he said confidently. "As
for my own people, bo assured thnt they
will keep my secret, nnd will lit no wills.
per of your presenco get abroad. They,
themselves, however, will venture forth
to gather news."
"You may bo right, hrothor," snld
Oa.'lnd Puni. "But suppose, on the con?
trary, that the news leaks out nnd that
soldiers corno bere to seek tho ferlng
hoes?"
"I would refuse to gTvn them up." de?
clared Manrao Punt, and he would not
listen to the suggestion, earnestly tnnda
by Jack, that th0 young ofllcor.?o-? Tub
friends should aeek shelter elsewhere?
lest trouble befell tholr pniteotors.
"I havo spoken," snld the zominder,
"and by Brahma, I shall protect you with
my life."
"Your folly bo on your own bend,
brother!" muttered Oovlnd Pj*mt, In nn
undertone.
Ills mind was troubled, and whatever
opinions he may havo professed to agree
with, bo was fur from confident of the
ultimato success of Brillali nrm?. But
he was a fnr-soelng and cautious man.
und lila policy was to wait, from which
decision he was not even turned tin?
noxt morning, when a messenger?one
of Minimo Punta own people, who had
been absent from tho vlllugo?arrived at
daybreak with tlio nowa of tho massacre
at Delhi.
(To he Continued To-Morrow.)
?- '
Remarks About Richmond.
Frederlckshuri; Btari Tho Board of Al
deriiioti of Richmond la about to under?
take an Investigation of the chai-gen
of ofllclal corruption In that city which
have been repeatedly inaile of lato, und
It la aiild the investigation Is to be tho?
rough. Tills la right. TIiIh duty has been
delayed too long nlready for the good
nnrne of our capitai city,
Newport News Prose: The political
foreeastors are predicting for Richmond
u long dry Bpell. unfavorable to corn aud
rye, mult and bops. ?,
Froderlcksburg ?????? Lance; It is claim? ,
ed that ltiuny of the young ludios in
Richmond are expert painters. Certainly,
you can look Into tholr pretty faces and
aeu that.
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