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i !AH,v~wbi;ki.y-hi-nday. HuAliir-i-!) Offiee, ? - - i'lft 8. Mnln stront. TKbl-JI'ltONKH, nwintw nnrie" .M9 JMltorlal Dspartmsnt .M? Cii ilatloti rx-partmrint .as Wanhlnglon Huwaii.BOI nih St, N. W. Mnnr-hr-'trr Hiir?nti .llft- Hull Ht. PctT-hiirB Ftiirnrti.No. 0 W. Tnbb St. 1!V MAII. On<> Slx Tlirro nilr> POflTAOK I'All". Vear, M'>?. Mn?, Mo. Datlr *lth Bnndajr.R<*> M.00 J1?*0' ?*$ Dally. ivithnm stimlay. I.eo 2.00 i.mj .jjs Blinitiy erlltl.rn only.... J.00 i.jo ,?f ;2S Weekly iWcfltieU'lny) ,. l.OO .uO .:?> ni Tlmrjs-Dlsnatdh Carri?r Dfttlvenr Strvlcl ln r.iihipnn.i (and Miburbs), Miinelinnter nnu One Work. On* Year. Dally with Siin-lay. H cents W-W Dallrl without Sumlay.... '" <*ent? J.w j-'nmi.iy only . 6 cents :.,? (Vr.ii-iy Subscrtpllona Payable In Advnnde.) Entererl .Innunry J?. 1MJ, nt nichmond. Vn.. ns *ccAnn-ela"(< Sjattst, undor net of CongroM of March .1, 1M. TUESDAY. FlOimrAUY IH, 1906. Sir, n woman prenchlng is liko a dog walklng on hls hlnd legs. It is not dene well. but you are surprised to find It done at all. ? Dr. Johnson. Tax Assessrr.ent. We writo much on the Btibject of tax atiqn, for it la ono of tlie most Important nnd rlelicate questions with whlcli tlie hiw-maklng bodlos have to deal. lt In a Scrloua prnpo?ltion for the State ir l.-iy Ita hands upon any portlon ot a cltleen'a goods aiul .??pprnprlntc lt t-i Its own use. Tuxntlon is coililacatlon*, puro und slrhplo and contlscatlon ls the most autOcrntlc assertion of the powers of f nvei nnient. All good citizens ndnilt that the State should lay nnd cotlcct taxes lo provlilo rovenue for carrylng mi the affalrs of government. But ln dolng thls tho Stato is ln duty bound to ndopt a-system that will mako the burdod of taxatlon bear as evenly aa posalble upon all clnssb's of citizen:-. Any system which makes oue pay more than his falr proportion. whlle allowlng Bubther to eacupc is Injust nnd unworthy of an honorable Stnte. The faiilt with the Virginia system Is rr.alnly in tho manner of assosament. There is no unlform ruc for asscsslng elther real estate br peraonatty. We hr.vr- repeatedly polntcd out tlie Inoqu.allty ln tii- ussesamenl of persdnal effects. In Suidayta Timei-DlBpatch u corresponf d> nt gave some glarlng oxamplea of lnequality in the assess'ment of real es tat He says that i:i "Rocklngham county the basls of assesament on real ],.,,; ? '?? .. -.;?-, . cnts on the dollar, and -' Augual i - ounty, i djolnlng It on the B, uti thi sl ?- sllghtly hlgher. Gn the otlu Sheandoah t ounty, whli h adjo n? R ngham on Ihe north, on iho dollur. Therefore, one may go dc^'i i" Rocklngham and Shenandoah ccttnties and find a $10,000 farm asaosaed ut $5,000 "ti ti)'- Rocklngham slde, nnd at $3,333 on the Shenandoah slde." He nuotes senator ICecaell as saylng that at a reccnl session of tlio Legisia turie, "Pulaskl county wanted to issue bonds for a new ruJlroad. As the coun? ty had alrfaidj practlcally reaclibd tho liniit of bonded Indebtednoss an enabllng uctj was nvvc.-sary i" the new.lssuo of I I..1-. And this wus sought at the hands of the Legislature. A coqimltteo ..i Pulaskl citizens went before the Scp uto Klnance Committee nnd oaked that ,-. mmlttee tn fecommbhd the passago of the enabllng act. They were very promptly remlndcd that thoy had al n ady contracted as much indebtcdnesa a-. the law or good buslneas dictatoa would allow them t" contruet. With t.,>r,il promptness they resppnded that their asscssed valuatlbna were only on a lmsis or twenty cents ou tho dollnr, and that even bonds wero assessed on thls baals lnsvjiid. of .at face value." Now if the rKtot went up aa tho as sefament went down. lt would miiko nn dlffercnce whethor there wns n ns i-i ssnif nt with a low rate or vlco verso. But the Stato rate is unlform nnd tho county which levlcs tho lowe'at lisaess nv nt pay.? the lowest taxea. Our entlre system is aa faulty as can be nnd should he reformed. H Is the la.-k of unlformlty, tho In rquullty of th<- burden, the Injiiattcc or tho system that make cltizen's rcscntful and ' neounige tax dodglng. lu t! Dr,- Rainsfcrd's V/ork. work of Or. Rutnsford, of St. - Purlsh, New York, Is reviewed ? Boston Tranacript by Mr. John V.'. Wood, correapondlng aecrotary or tho Epiacopal Dorncstfi and Forotgn Mlsslon nry Soclety, Rr. Rainxford was born in Ireland and tralned :\t t'amhridge. He had tmycled Widoly ln thls country be? foro ho waa thlity antl flnally found hls v. ? to Canada. Ile was working with gri - succcss ni the lurgest oburch in Toronto, when the cal] came from New Y..|,. H. was then bnrely thirty-two aml deslred t<" remaln in Toronto, where hla Work waa ttgreeoble, but he consent ed t-. go to Ni-w york and confer With the veati-y, His terma of uccopiance were, firat, tluit tbe church Bhould be mado absolutely free; that all commit? tees of tht- chtireh, except the veairy, should l- abolished and thut ho should' have m.<.-- ... ii for threo yeara .,iurt from lils aulary to spend ns he should aee flt. Tln amount of hls own auliiry he left entlrely i. tlie vestry. To hla Burprlse the condltions were propiptly cord in n itelgliborhood that was faiiiutis work bugaii. Dr, Rainaford found e. church ol anclenf and honorablo re rfcini ln a nelghborhood ll.at wus rapldly becomlng u "down town" dlflr trtct. Mnny of the wcalthy fumilies had n.m-r-.l away an.l others followed when the church wus mude free, but ho adopted as; hls motto tlmt "thu only church. worth i-.-i-vii,;; ;.? tho ehurcli that aervea the' pooplo, und thnt thi freii pbw ayatem waa tu ;-i- ,t reality .:,,i ,,..i u pleuaant ? flotlon. One of the fii'st new vtnlt WttB tll( opeiiing of n itsoub inlaalon on Avenue A ln a room behlnd a siiloon. Its early daya wefa stormy. Tiie mnn or tho Avcuuo. A of thoso days Iiml no dt-alro for relislous miuistrailons. The i.ctor had bnrdly etiterod the room for Ihe flrst aen-lce when ho wns liuooU'd flnt on lils back by a crowd ot young loodlums. lle nnd the one layninn who hail vontlired to nceotnpnny hlni had ;. pntly rotigh time untll they had drlyon put twenty of tho most iiggrcs slve opponentg of nny rollgloua Innovu tlonn. Thon they went nhend nnd dld the Ijost thoy could wlth those Who re, maihed, A little later, a big, strong fcllow who Iind made somo Instiltlttg rcmnrk to one of tho Indy workors wns orderetl out by the reclor. lle rofiised to go und si|iiurrd for batlle. Tho roctor Iiroinptly Rntfckcd him down, ho ndmlttcd he had onotigh, nnd had beot n ra tnnt. Threo we.cks later nnothor scrlm mnge was on and lo lils horror the roc? tor saw thls snmu burly fcllow pushlng I'is way through the crowd. lle saw no ohance of escnpe, when to his nstonlsh meiit thc.inan took his stnnd bcslde the parson and nntiounccd to the gang. "tho doctor and me enn clcan out thls siiloon; you get out." Thls incldent ls roluted ns showlng the, character of the work, nnd the char? acter nf tho people wlth whom he was deullng, but Dr. Ralnsford was not the man to he doterred. ?? In.lcod, ho wns rathor stlmulated l^y sucli outbrcaks, be? en use they proved the need of tlie work. lle continucd on this line nnd the work prosprred. Ho wns a great or Kttnizer nnd be enlisted n number of men for volu'.tary service, so that to day, 3t. Giorge's hns nbout four hun? dred unpald leadcrs and workcrs who flll ? nbout flve hundred dlfferent po.sts. Put ln ordor that so lnrge a number of yclunteers should bo efllelently dlrectcd, I'r. Ralnsford Introdneed the plnn Of gnlherlng about him four or flve curates, chiefly young men from tho semtnnrles, Por two years ho trnlned them with hi' methods, Insplred them wlth lils Ideals nnd then sent them out to bo lendery of p'nrisnea all over the coutry, in tlils way, says Mr. Wood, he has contrioutcd to the Bplscopnl chureh some of tho rnos't promlslng of her younger clergy mcr.. In addltion to theso he hns hla staff of deaconosaes, devout women who aro tho guardinn nngels of tlie ncigh borhood, and whose work for thclr un tortunato sistOrs has been nnd conttriues to be as a hlesslng from heavon. In LS83 lle opened the Trncy memorial parish house, the forrunner of a modern parish building, nnd Mr. Wood snys thnt few Investments of $250,00.1 for chureh pur poSes havo ever ylelded so lnrge re turns. The building Is used seven timos in tho weck for a multitude of entcr prises. Tho rector's motto is that "lt is easier to trnln a twig than a trunk," and, therefore, much of the work ccnters in the Sunday school room whlch has a staff of 150 teachers nnd 1,000 scholars. There are also men's clubs which are largoly ttttendyul nnd Incldentally Dr. Ralnsford was ploneer in estabilshlng the seaslde home, of the parish, to whlch during the summer months are sent about 13,008 mothers and ebildren, There are trade schoola and kindergnrtens and other benevolonces, all of them flourish Ing and doing a great service for hu manlty. During Dr. Rainsford's rcctorshlp of twenty-threo years, fully $2,500,000 has been glven for parish support and outside Charltles. The money from year to year is raised by the envelope system. Thero aro about 1.000 subscribers who give weekly sums ranglng from 5 cents to $20. .Many give less thnn a dollnr a year, and tho totul runs from $20,000 to $23,000. Thero arc gifts from tlie outside of a"bout $75,<)U0 for the work of tlie parish, for misslons and charltles. The subject is so inlorcsting thut we havo already pyeratepped the limits of ullotted spai-o, but we must ndd solne tl-ing lu concluslon about the personallty of the man. Mr. Wood says: "Dr. Rainsiord ls not a pulpit orator in the accopted s?nse. He is prlmarlly a ptilplt tenchex. Tlils by no means Implles tliat bc Is lacklng in the power c? stirrlng cloqucncp. but lt ls not tho eloquencp of pollohed porlods and sniooth BCntences. His sermons, rather, bear the marks of rtiggcdncss and aro plainly thu result of his own expcrlencn and his own con tact with his people. He freciuently sald that his best sermons he got from Inter vlews wlth and letters from his parlsll ioticrs'".' In the pulpit ho endeavored to restato the old truths of the gospei ln terms understood by present day men of affalrs. In doing this, sometlmcs through carelessness, somotlmes ln tho warmth of lils own passlonuto oarnest ncss, he laid hlmself open to mlsundcr standlng and even to tlio suggestion of heretlcal tehching. His own peoplo who knew hlni know wlth whut loynlty ho liold to the hlstorlc creeds, even though he'urgod that "the chureh must treat her crpeds ns symbnls of dlvlne truths, not as Impoaslblo dcfiiiltlons." Ho was outspokon in condcntnatlon nf social in justtco nnd ln demandltlg tho appllcation of the gospei of kocIuI rlghteousness to evcryday life. At least two Instancea are on record whorc men promlnent ln the parish left it because of the ivotor's cohdcmhatlon of prnctlces which they were unwllllng to surronder." Me is tlioroughly-'pruotical, but he Is also "thoroughly rellglous." Ho lias plety wlthout vlsions, zenl wlthout rnnatlclsm. Ho hns talouta and common sonso and be has consccreat'od them to the ser? vice pf God aud lmnuinity. It is a public miafortuno* than lll-health compols him to retiro from actlve sorvlce, but he has cslabllshed tho Instltutlnn; ho has put the muehluory ln motion and others wlll keep H going. Wasted Talents. Susnn B. Anthony has Just colebratod hor clghty-six birlh.loy. She has been 1p foro the American public for many years us un ngltnior, as the groiiL hlgh pilesless of woman suffrage. She is a .woman uf unuauul IntcUoctual power und Mtrong personallty, und for gondratlona has cnjoye.l a national icputntlon. K Hd.iiK a pliy lhat such a woman dld not amploy her tulents und energy In other Uirectlonf. Yet. aftor ull, her mlasion luis not been Wlthniil Iih good rffecfi. negu tlvoly Hpi'iiklng. In Hplu- of her cru liude, in spite ot loeul trlumiihu hero und Iheie. sho hns coilVllicc.l tho Amcrlcuti publlo au<i tho great mnjorlty of men ln tho Unlted States thut womun'H mls gioti ls not ln politics nnd public llfo, but ln the home, nnd tlmt she hns f.ir greittor llifluonce ln rcmnlnlng In tho sphcro In whleh God Intrnded her to occ.l|i,v than In lindertnklng to push herself Into mnn'n spherc. Wlierovor woman miffrngo hns been trlcd It has proved to be a fnllure. it hns not Improvcd potlttcul condltlonB, but in many InstanCCfl hns served to mako thom worse. nnd the elTect upon tho Women tlicmselvos hns beon <|omornll/.lng. Tho enrcer of Mlas Anthony Is a wnrn Ing to every true woman. The Friend of "Bums." A good man dled In New York the other day, nnd left a gap behlnd him very dlftl cult to nil. . His niinio wns Snmiiel Hopklns Iladlejvnnd for twenty yenrs he had glvon lils llfo to the work of tlio .Terry McAulcy Mlsslon, liolplng poor outensts whom no body olso seemed to citru about heiping. The mlsslon was on his mlnd to tlie Inst. "My poor 'bums,' " he sald Juat befofe ho dled; "my poor 'bums'?who will look after them?" Posslbly the renson thnt Mr. Hndley understood so well how to help those who had miiiiaged to got tramplcd under was thnt ho Iind once been prctty far under hlmself. As n boy, ho had proni Isod his mother that ho -would never drlnk. hut unfortunntc early nssoclates led to tho breaklng of thnt promlse. ln lils niitoblogrnphleal book. "Down In Water Streot." he tclls how he bocame a professional gamblcr, nnd for flfteen yenrs rarcly went to bed sober. Graduully sllpping more and moro Irrevocably Into the clutches of drlnk, ho wns strength ened to flght off a rocurring tomptatlon to suicldc only by the stendy Influenco of his wlfe. One night, In Aprll, 18S2, sltting in a saloon in llnrlcm, "n home? less, frlondleas, dying drtmknrd," he wns suddcnly selzed wlth n mlghty Impulse to pull hlmself togelhcr. Itc wulltcd to Ihe bar, potindcd It tJII the glnsses ruttled, and swore thnt ho would never drlnk agaln If he dled in tho streot. Hndley kept that promlse, though he had to spond the flrst night In the lock-Up to db so. A few days later he wns at tho Water Street Mission, nsklng Jorry Mc Auley to pray for 1dm. "Al| the prayers In the world won't snvo yon," answered Jorry. "unless you pray for yourself." .Mr. Hndley learned to pruy for hlmself, and four years later ho succeeded Mc? Aulcy us superintendent of tho mlsslon. During tho twenty yenrs of his superlti tendency, 75.000 persons have declared for a better way of llving. Corieedltig even tho fullost proportlon.of ba.-k.slldcrs, the good that he accompllahod was incalcul.i blc. Hadley'a prlnclpIO was to give help Wlthout cost, and never to weury ot well doing. It was simply impossiblc to wear Dtit his klndness, however sorcly it was ibused. Ex-convicts came to him and got shelter. food and clothes. Not infre luently ono of thom would decanip wlth tvhntever portable objects he could lay his hands on. Sooner or lator. however, the need for help would drive him back. "On his return," wrote Mr. Hndley, "he is met with the same welcome, the same kindness. Agaln and agaln he may show the cloven foot, but ut last he iinds that In the old McAuley Mlsslon there is V.. stock of love that cannot be exhuusted. It is no wondor that, as a visual thlng, the tough heart of the criminal Is flnally broken by 'he glorlous principlo of love." No wonder, Indeed. Few misslons or other chureh orgnnfzutions of nny sort have exhlbltcd so slnglo-mlntl-d nnd un wearylng desire to do good as that. Agent E. C. Taylor, of the Society for the Preventlon of Cruclty to Anlmuls, recently dlscovered two horsos whlch, by tho confessiou of the two ncgrocs wlib owned them, hu.l not had feed for a week. The poor brutes had eaten up all' the avallablo wpod In the stable, and were so wenk thnt they could hardly stand. Yot the btirdcn of sustaining tho Soclety for tho Preventlon of Cruclty to Anlmals rcsts upon a few humane cltizens. The society descrves botter support from the general public. Mrs. Prancas Graham, presldentess of tlio Woman's Chrlstlan Tempen.nce Unlon, snys thnt "it Is nono of tlie wo? man's Christian Teniperance Union's business" whether or not wine Is to be sorved nt tho Roosevelt nuptinls. Thla ls bellovcd to bo the flrst time on record that tho Woman's Chrlstlan Tompcranco Unlon lias nilmlttcd that anythlng relat? lng to wlnc-blbbing w.-is not its business. Now "York had an oxploslon of gns tho other duy that shnok a whoto block. In Washlngton they have 'em that shako a wholo country. But, then, gas hns always been chenper ln Washlngton. Strongcr nnd strongcr reasons nre grnd ually conilng to light why Andy Itamll ton's physlclans Inslst thnt lio should contlnuo lils rosidonco In Pnrls. Stlll, it's a blesslng to know that you llvo ln a country whero anybody can have a ponsion who'll tako tho troublo lo drop 'em a postul. ? *. We havo n coniuuinlcntlon from "Old Subscrlber" on Grovo Avenuo Improvc nients. Wn wlll publlsh It If ho wlll sond us his name. The enso of Judge Hamllton demon Btrates how caslly a man enn tako long green to Parls wlthout taklng Pnrls groou alohg, Comparatlvcly few liavo beon called lo the Roosovelt weddlng, but lt secms that a good many havo chosen to bo there. Aftor all, the maln troublo wltji tho currency Boema to hc that lt's too un cvcnly dlatrlbutedi Dclegate GainoB, of Norfolk, wiints ull convlct work hrunded. Does that apply to publlo roads? Frnnea sold us tho Pannma Canal. Posslmlata. aay that shp ulao sold us. Gormnny wlll iiislHt, hoWevcr, thut Mo r'occQ ls no fit BUbJoot fur Fronoh Icuve. Bought your weddlng prcHcnt yet? SCOTT'S EMULSTON. is more than a fat food. There is no animal fat that comparcs with it in nourishing and building up the wasted, cmaciated body. That is why chil? dren and ansemic girls thrive and grow fat upon it. That is why persons with consumplivc ten dencies gain flcsh and strength enough to check the progress of the disease. SCOTT .* nOWN lv, 4~ lV.-irl Street, New York. Rhymes forTo-Day Playihg the Flute, Ynn- nsk why T ne'rr play the flute, These days, when cnlllng on my aunt? The nxplanatlon'a sliort nml cute: I can't. \ The flttto can make you lnugh or mourn lf sweotly plnyotl?I grant you that; But l can't play It nny more'n A eat. I nover ownod a flute, in trutli: T am not nnislcul, you seo? They dld not wlsh me In my youth To be. And llutes aro not tho IIiIiirr to fake And hand nround t'> thotightlesfl boya, Who mercly vnluc them to mako A nolse. Tliua I, when young, ne'er lenrned to toot, Antl now thnt 1 am growlng grity, I'vo nover carcd to buy n llute . And play. Tho khnck is enally iicqulred, .No doubt. ntitl i am sure that I Could play lt well if I rleslred To t ry. II. S. II. Merely Joking. Brldget's Reasoning. ? Lndy (engnglng you ahvuys so pareful to Inqulro wlnit plnce?" Hrldget Mrilonoy: "Whol. mtini, the mistresB anld ahe cudn't do wldout me. so Ol came to the conclualon that Ol was worth more than she was glvin' me, and Ol llft nt wnnst:"?I'lclt-Me-Up. Pleasing Hls Nephew.?Dylng Unclo: "I'm sorry. liephew, that vou nro not In tereated ln rellglon nnd charlttos>." Ex pectant Nephew: "Oh. buc I am, I am, I un! Thero'a nothing I am so wmp'ped up in." Dylng Unclo: "That's good? thut's good. Then you won't bo hurt when I tell you that I've left my entlro 'ortune to the church.-?Cloveland Leuder. No More Than Usuah?He: "Mllllonuires nre very common nowndays." She: 'Some of them alwaya were."?Dctroit Freo Pi' 88. A di ?tinctlon.?Sh.-: "How much do i-oti carn U yeu'r?" Hci "About $2,000.' 'But we can't llve on that!" "You asked me how much 1-wtrneil. 1 make about !2O,00O."?Life. A Job.?Renevolen^ Oentleman: "My lillle boy. have you no better way to ipcr.cl this beautiful afternoon than by itandlng ln front of the gnte, Idllng away ,-our tlme?" Boy: "I aln't idllng away my tlme. Thero'a a . chump inslde with ny sister, who Is paylng me sixpenco an lour to watch for pa. ? Plck-Me-Up. Medical Wlles.?Dr. PIlls: "Why are vou nlwiiys so enreful to inrmiro what your patlents eat? Does It fisslst you in dlagnoajs?" Dr. Squills: "Yes; I cun form some idea from thelr dinnors whiit lo eharge 'cin."?Clevelund Lcadcr. J THIS DAY INHISTORY J f February 13th. | \^_0^_jK^trK/?i^f*-iMt*1\f**?**M**nX$ 1098?I.ondon Brldge carried away by u llood. und tax lmposed to erect an? other. 1689?Kovolution ln Kngland; "Wllllani, Ptinct, of Orunge, and tho I'rlncess .Mary, a daughter of tho abdlcntlng monarch, proelaimed by tho Lords und Commons Soverelgns of Knglutlil. 1694?Tho Hlghland' mosSacre at, Olcn coe, Scotland. 1727?Tho Spntilurds, undor. tho MarQuls de la Torras, commenced the slego of Olbraltar. Thla was tho twelfth slego, and provod unstiecessful. 1804?Tho brlg Ohlo roaehed Canton, Chlna, from Phlladolphla, nfter a pussugo lastlng 109 days, tn which ' it mudo a running flght with ptrutcs off tho Ladrono Islands, 1805?Congrcss counted tlie eloetornl vote. For Presldont?Thomas Jeffer? son. Bepiiblican, 162; Chailes ,C. Plnckney, Federallst, 14. 1830?France declded -to uso American vessclH for the transportutlon of troops to Alglere, as these shlps could be gottcn cheaper than Fronch ones. - 1881?Tho electoral'-vote counted. Abra hnm Lincoln recolved 180 votes; Sto phen A. Douglas. 12; John C. Breek etirldge, 72, ahcP John Bell, 39. 1862?General Curtls *ook posBesslon of Spriiigfleld, Mo. Fort Donolson In vested aud tho bombnrdment com? menced. 1883?The Ironclad Indlanolti 'ran the blocknde ut Vickaburg and was cap tured by tho Confedorntes. 1805-Indlanu rnlifted tho constltutlonnl amendment. 1894? Benjiimfn llarrison, in a spoech at Indlannpolls, Ind., declared that nn ex-Prealdont should tnko as much Interest In nationnl nrfalrs as boforo be was elected. Tlie rallroad Interosts nro gottlng mpro of the limollght just now than thelr motlcsty would ever olaim its a right,. , SlMANfTOEN hnvo boen benefltecl by tnklng Hoh tettor's Httinuuli Bltters durlng tho past n? years thut lt has long slnce bOQu recognlzod aa tho bost Avotnnn's modlclne boforo the publlc. If you Hiiffer from ailments iioculiar to your sex, Ket a bottlo of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS at once. lt ahvays cures Vomitlng, Stek lleiulacho, liackaelie, Crtuiips, siei pi. sKi.(.siH. furHaosMoni Pyspep Bln, Costlvoness, Ohllls, Colds or La Gripno. A falr trial wlll convlnce you of Us value. Voice of the People Commissioners of Revenue. E.llior of Tlie Tlmcs-lilsputoh: Slr,?1 soo ln tlio last Ibhiio of Tlio TlmcH-Dlspalrh a .oii-cspondent fi-.ml Hnllfux county, slgnlng hlmself I'in/.cn, ls oppoflcd lo thn blll offered in Uie i.cg islntiiro that provldns for the comrms siouom of tlio revenue to bo nppolntcd by the clrcillt Judges,. 1 cun see no gi-ounds for opposlllon to thut blll. 'I'he Demo cfritic countles would have nothing to lose; the courtH of tho State are ull Dein oc.allc and would nppolnt Domocratlc conimlsslonei-H. Out here ln tho South? west the countles are nearly all Re piibllcan and elcct Republlcan t'ommls slonors, They havo got un down out hero and we have no showlng ln got tlng anythlng. If tho Judgo liud the mipolntmcnts We would got Domocratlc comtnlsslohcrs nnd thero* by get a moro , competont set of ofll cers. ln the Republlcan countles, I sup poso thero nre at Icust thlrty or forty commlsslnncfl of thu rovenue thnt a're ItepubllcilllS. 1 thlnk that the Demoorntlc- I^glsla ture ought to conslder thla matter, nnd if they cun eonslstiintly do so, lo puss thls blll qihI glvo us out hern some showlng.. * A CIT1/.EN. . Oarroli County, Vn. A Card From Delegate Read. Edltor of The Tlmes-Dlspatch; Slr,?ln your issue of yeatertlay appears tlie followlng,swhlch, wlthout oxplnnatlon, places mo ln the light of favorlng dls pensarles: Ono of the resolutlons introdnced yes torduy thut ,H sure to meet wlth strong opposltlon, so several members say, . if its featnrcs ever get lnto the shupe of a blll was that offered by Mr, Iteed. lt provliles that the Commlttee on Gen? eral Laws be requested to Inqulro Into, nnd If cxpedient, franio n fiencral law under whlch (tlspensarles b'j chnrtcred as provlded under section G2 of tho Con? stitutlon of virginia, Tho resolution wns rcferred to l?ie Com? mittee on General Lnwa. Section 02, of the Constitutlon, provldes tliat the Oencrnl Assembly, may mnke such general Inws governIng(local option and dispensarles. Through somo over slght there hns been lio genortil law en acted governlng these matters, nnd nt each recurrlng session, ntiineroiis ehnr tors for dlspensarleS nre presented, somo of whlch contatn prdvialona very broad ln scope and verylng as to revenue to the State. The object of my resolutlon Is not lo oncouruge dlMpousnrlcs, but to establish a unifnrm and well guurdrd statute un? der whlch they may operatc. S. P. READ, Delegate, Mecklenburg. Convicts for the Mines. Editor of The Tlmes-Dlspatch: Sir,?I have followed wltli mticll lnter? est the dlscussions whlch havo been golng on in the (olumns of your paper In re? gard to worklng convlct labor upon the public roads. In theory, the ddvocates of thls princi ple aro rlght; but ln practlco lt would be found dlsappointlng. The prlnclple that convlct labor slioulrt bi employed where It wlll compcte us little wlth other labor worklng for woges as may be, ls right. There are two objectlons, how cvr. to employlng convlct labor upon the public roads, and they are well found ed: Flrst. There aro fow countles tliat would make the provlslon for their em ployment In -any consldernble number at nny one time, and the cost of shelterlng. f.-eding, guardlng und worklng 'them *in small nutnbers, would be largely Incres ed. rendering the saving over ordlnary labor comparatlvely small. Second. The greut number of days tln-y could not be employed, at all. ou account of inclement weather, would create a large item on tlie wrong slde of tho lcdger. In fact. so far as I um lnformed they aro rarely ever worked ln tlie wlnter, but are returned to tlie peni tentlary, whero they become a charge upon the State. Tho only way that tho convicts can bo successfully and profltnbly employed upon the public roads, even during the sca sons when good weather prevuils, is to employ ' them in large -numbers, which would requlro large ttpproprlatlona by the countles at one time, and tfils could only be done by Issulng hon.ls, whlch most countles would bo unwllling to do. Assumlng that tho GoneTal Assembly is wlliing to approprlute the convlct labor to the maklng of good roads ln tlie State. I'have some suggestions io make in regard to their employmont, whlch, In my opinion, if adopted, wlll oventually result ln the constructlon of good roads tliroughout tlie State, and. al the same time keep the convicts constantly em? ployed at protltable work. that will great? ly Improvb their -henlth, tholr morals, and enhanco their chancos for rcfoniiation, and, at the sunie time, render the peoplo of the State more secure In their per? sons and property. I suggest that tho State should acquire a large tract of coal land. and employ tbe convicts in mlning coal. Thls lias boen' dcitio successfully in Tennossec, and the convicts have been omp'oytd in mln? ing coal ln Aiabama for n great many years. Tho employmont of convicts in tlie mlning of coal wlll greatly Improve tholr heulth. The greutor number of tho convicts ln the penitentlary, prevlous to their cohvtction, lend an actlvo out door llfe, and tholr conflnement wlthln doors, where they -have little muscular exnrcise, for months and years, greatly impairs tholr liealth, und is a fruitful caitse of ,their slckness nnd uiortality. Agaln, they are employed in tlie peniten? tlary nt un occupatlon whlch gives them no trndo they can titlllze, and no oppor? tunlty for omployment in the business they havo pursucd during their conflne? ment. There Is littlo chanco to work reformatlon; the brand of ex-convlct is upon their brows, when they return home, und they are shunned by a great majorlty of tho people. It Is not won? derful, but to bo expocted that, havlng no omployment, no means of support, they, ln a great many Instanccs, begin at onco to deprcduto upon their neigh-. bors' proporty, and fire often sent back toi Iho penitentlary within a short time. I have an instunco in mfnd, In; this' county, where a convlct waa relcascd iu December, and ln January was in ju.il for burglary, or wlthln two wecks of his return. Numorous other instnnces could bo cllcd tliroughout the State. When the term of a convlct worklng ln tlie rntnoB cxpires, he has n. trado; nnd, as a minor, can Iind omployment at good wages. wlthout tho nocessity of slealing and robbing ror a llv'elihood. ln this way a large per cent. or tho convicts would bo fhoroughly reformed and be como good cltlzons. And, to tho extent thls desirable end was obtalned, would the seeurlty of tho cltlzen ln person und-*" property bc sufoguarded. Tho net enrning capaclty of all of tho able-bodled convicts In tho penitentlary employed in coal mlning upon a well managed proporty owned by the State would not be less than two hundred and ttfty thousand dollars per unnum. ln tlie nilncH there would be no days lost on account of bad weatlior, aud tho hlgli oat earnlng capuolty would bo tittained. Thero Is no hcalthlcr occupatlon a la borlng man can puraue than coul mlning; they are I'ObUat und healthy, havo plen ty'ot oxerclso, aro ruroly slck, and, prop erly onred for, are ulways coiitonted and happy. In tho present condltlon of Iho State Treusury, tho tlrst lm|ulry wlll natUrally bo: .How is the State to iiurchaai! such a boimdiiry of coal land and erect a prb on necossary to care for tho convicts employed lu mlning? In answor lo that, l wlll say that 1 know of n syndlcate of gontiomon who own a tract of coal land omhracing sovoral thousand ucres, now developecl, upon whlch thero aro .sovoral nilnoH In oporatlon. nnd which contulns over ono hundred nnd twcijty llvo nillllons tons of eofil, who aro wlli? ing to sell tho land to tho State at u falr prlce, nnd aro wlliing to employ from llvo hundred to seven hundred and llt'ly convicts at a prlce whleli wlll net tho Stato upproxlmntely double us much aa sho now gots from tho convicts employ? ed in tho' prlson. Thla sy'ndioato is wlli? ing' to oroct u prlson upon modern lines K.itllclent to aecuroly koep in healthy con? dltlon tho convicts so employed. Tliey wlll pnv lnto tho State Treasury ut statod iutervals tho coat of t'eeding, clothing and guardlng tho convlcla so employed at a, rnte not to excoad llfty per cont, ln cx ceas ot tho prosept cost of cavlng for When using baking powder it is always econ orny to buy the Royal. " Royal makes the finest, most wholesome and de licious food. ihrm ln the pi-nltcntlury. Tho convicts In brilnch prison to'bo under same con trol of .?tnte ns lf ln the penltnntlary. -A prlc* will bo llxed upon tho land ut whlch lt may bo purehfrseil by the Stnte. plns the cost of hullillng thn bnitich pris 011. nnd 'a conveynneo of Ihe whole wlln good tltle at the tlme lidreinafter sct lorth satlsfuctorlly guaranteed, The laul. tno prison and the entire proporty <>t iho syndlcate lo b-> held ns securltv for jho hlre of the convlct lab'ir employed. Th-s ByndlOato wlll ngroe tlmt when the amount due the Stnte for hlre of coiivlcL labor nt tii? pjrtlce ngroed upon sliall r-rnml ihe price placed by them upon the himl nnd the cost 01" ereOtlng the pilsbn that tho syndicnte wlll cOnvey ;o tho State a perfect tltlo to the tr.ict of l-t.nl, iintl ut the same tlme turn over tli.' entire property .developed to a capaci'y of nt loast two thousuntl tons' output of conl per dny. It Is eatlmated thnt it will reqmre itpproxlmately slx year-t to carry out the contract, and thnt durlng the tlme the syndlcnte wlll have tukeu out of the property three millions,- slx hundred thousund tons of coal; thut there wiiii romn'n ln the property nt .eaat one hundred and twenty-one millions, four hundred thousiihd tons, whlch. inlnlng ut tlie rate of two thojisand tons per day. woultl Just 'much liidrO thiin ono hunurjd years. The Stnt.- would hnve the ndvuin age of :i wrdl orgunizerl, estubllshed busl nr-ss tum'ed over to it 'n complete work? ing order, idl of whkh would hnve been worked out by the uyndlcate durlng tne term, The .stute is u largo consumer of coal Itself. The followlng Instltutlons uslng a lurge (inuntlty, and provialon would i.e nuidc In the contract for supplylng i.il ihe Stato Instltutlona with coal ut u mln imuin prlce, much less than they hnve been pay ing, utirj ul the end of tho term the Stato could supply them Itself, namo ly: The Virginia Pcrtltentlary, Rlchmond. Tlie Penitentlnry rnnn, Klchmond. Capitol aml I.lbrury Building. Itichmonrl. Soldlera' Home, KJoKmoTld. Unlverslty of Vlrglrtlu. Charlotlcsvllle. Virginia Military Instituto, Lexington. ?South West Hospitul for Insune, Ma? rlon. Western Hospltnl for InHune, Stuunton. B-ctif and Dtunh Institute, Staunton. Cr-ntral Hospitul ror Insune, Ivtersburg. Eastern Hosiiltal for Insune, WlUlams burg. Virginia Polytcchnic Institute, Blncks burg. Farmville Normal School, Farmvllle. Petersburg Normal und COlleglato In? stitute. I am satlafled th ? Stute would. after the property is turnetl over to it under tho contract, be in condition to appro prlate frc_i the earnlngs of this branch prison ut lenst two hundred and flfty tfiotiHuiHl dollars per niintim. In ten your*, two mllllolis und u iialf dollurs would br- avallable for the roads; nnd, nssumiiig thut the countles would up proprlato un eriunl sum, llvo mllllon dol? lars would hnve been oxpsnded. Thls would enabio the C&untiea to bulld pub? llc ronds by contract, woulrl (-.nt in pluy tbe work _of the Stute Highwuy Com? nilsslon. and moro man double the value of ull tho lunds in the State. The present cotjtrtict ot the Stute with the Davis Shoe Company would not pie vciit the cxecution and carrylng out t f such a contract aa I have abovc out lined. Wherever any actlon Is taken to promotc tlie health, moruls und securlt ' of the peSple thut ConfllCtS with u CJlt trnct, thls iictlon must, under the I'D I.K'H POWER OF THE 6TATK. over ilde suoffprevlous contri^-t nnd ull other < (iiisitlerutions. Thla prlncinle mia been declded by tho Suprome Court of the Unlted states in numeroua cuse's. and la well settled. R. A. AYElt.S. Big Stone Clap, Va. The School Inspectors. Edltor of The Tlmes-DIspatch: Slr.?It ls dimcult to leglsluto ahead of publlc sentlmont. howover neceeiary stieh legislation may seom to those In posllion to know the condltions. Bllls can be made into laws without so much dlftlelilty. but they fall of thelr purpose. elther because they cannot be onforcod from lack of publlc sentlmont to sup port them, or, if enforoed, a spirit of oppositlon Is aroused Whlch rnay lead to thelr repoal. Acknowledge the truth of thlB Btatoment nnd tho logicnl conclu slon is: In matters that toiich the iioplo closely. you must odticate public sentl ment beforo you can leglsluto success fully. To deal with speoltlc rnther than gen? eral Usuos, we know thnt tho oftlco of school Inspector was ereatod by law, but we may dottbt that leglslutors reullzed the importunce of the ofllco or suspected the oppositlon it would nrouse. Leglslu? tors havo done such things before without fully coutitlng the cost, but raroly havo they been .called down ilToro promptly or moro sharply. Whllo under tho spelL of the eloqupnee of tho nieni bors of tho Stnte Board of Edueatlnn, who retiuested . thut provialon be niiido for snirl Inspectors, tbo lcglslator felt that before liirrt lay tho opportunlty to cust hls voto for civlc progrcss. From the representations made to hlm there seemed urgent need of just such a measure, und he, perhnps, thought tho "folks at home" would ln tho end, Jf not nt once, blegs hlm for lils nctlon. The blll becumo a law and tho inspectors wero uppolnted. These school Inspectors took thelr ap pointment seriously and went to work in- accordanco with instructlons from tlie Stnte Board; they ellcountered opposi? tlon from tho outset. Well, what is moro natural than thut we should op pnso what seOms to us unnecessary, os? peclally when' it is exponslve? Those inspectors appearod unnecessary to tho dlvlsion superlatendents, "For," silld they, "lf tho State wlll pay us better salnrles wo can do all tho Inspectlng any vcasonable body could deslro." And they woro slncero. Possibly they declded thut hnd as ournest efforts been mado ln be hnlf of an increase of thelr aulnrles, more good could hnvo ,been nccompllshod. but at any rato, there ,wns ground for them to regard this net us a suggestlon that thoy hnd not dono ull that wns ex peotod of them, and slnce thoy had not funds proporty "comlng to thom" woro dlverted, ' . Would not you, Mr. Kclltor, feel much the sanio If the Tlmes-DIspatch Pub lishlng Company should nppolnt a man ovor you, nt tho head ot your piiper, puylng hlm a hlghor salary? Now, theso dlvlsion suporlntendeuts havo not been so vory outspokon ln their opposltiop, but pormlt me to rovcrt to tho ubovo Illuatrutloii: You wpuld, If you rogurded tho good-wlll of thb publlshlng com? pnny, undor siieli oondltlons, endeavor to wolcomo tlio new uppolnteo with a smilo, nnd wHth hecomlng deforeneo to hls opln? lons, mako a show of ussistlng hlm, but you Would ulso, If you hellevod you could do tho work ns well us ho, uso whatover proper influoneo yV>u could coinmund to got tho compnny to recull tho appolnl ment. ., Thls oppositlon waa not, howover, con finerl to tlie dlvlslon superlntnndentn. When an Inspector went into a rural nolgh borhOOd the questlon wus usknd, "Who Is he?" The reply wus. "Ho-ls tho School Inspector, und be gets $1,800 a year." "What does ho do?" "Oh. ho vlslts tha schools ? und exiimlncs tho tenebers." Such an Introdiictlon nt once dcvelop* a splrlt of opposltlon thnt wlll requlrn years of patient cffort, upon tho port of tlie Inspector. to overcome; nnd before he can make nny head way ngalnst i(, nny tnx-puyer who thlnks ho hns Influ* ence with his represenftitlvo ln the Gen? eral Assembly, may ucivlse sald repre? sentatlvo to cut down expeiises of tho State by lopplng-off the "uselesa" .in? spector. An Inspector vlslted a country school not long ago nnd found matters In poor shnpe. As gently ns posslblo ho sug gested some chonges. among others a plan for gradlng the school ho that the work could be done wlth moro system. That teacher wns cotutidorably shaken up. Recognlzlng lils deslre to help lu her work, she. fenrcd lils nuthorlty nnd slncerely bclieved that be OXpeCted too much of a country loncher ln a country school. Thnt Inspector procoeded no further ln that county at that time, but reports of his vlslt sprend to other teach ers ln thnt nnd ndjolnlng countles, so thnt many teachera were exerelsed In antlclpntlon of tlm vlslt of tho Inspector. elotln-d wlth nuthorlty, to them, nbso tutc. The way thoso teacliers hustled fog Informatlon about gr.idlng country schools would have dclighted the mem? bers of tho State Board of Educatlon with their expcrlment, 1/ut notlc-e' Thc?o ceacherH liavo fathers and other reln tlvca and frlends wh<> arc Influentlal ln their aeveral countries. They are the "folks at homo" to the ieglslator before mentloned, and they said ln no uncer taln toncs, when they saw him "Lop off those school Inspector*." Teacliers' cxumlnallons in Virginia aro ncounted a mournful neceaslty, unleas they cun be nvolded. I don't know why they should be so much drended, sinco they aro usually falr, but It ls rare that a teacher can bo found wlliing to submit to an cxamlnntlon .unlcss It be an obsolUte ro<|iilrement. Old teachers, supposcdly famlllar wlth the subjeeta will, year after yciir, pull out a tlnie worn certlflcato and ask for a renewal by the dlvision superlntendent. Some of us think thls renewal sehome hus been sllghtly overworked, for I know a second grade rertlfieate that has been rtnewed for seven years successively, but wo observe that the plan nppears to glvo the superlntendent a good stand ing wlth the Influentlal citlzens In hla baillwlck. When a teacher cspecially dre.ids an examlnatlon, und tho superlntendent fOels that he oannot conseientlously maka further conccsslons, a way of c.ienpe ls su'pplled by an order from the Depart? ment of Eduention that tho teacher may bc excused from examinatilu If sho wlll attend a summer school of melliods. Thus for many years our teacliers havo plodded on. They know their superln? tendent, and when he failed thom, thera was tlio school of methods with a falrly MOfituble and cnjoyuble time. They had mastered tho sltuatlon, Put consternu tlon cume when they found thomselvcs ever fronted wlth a new and unknown factor; to wit: an inspector! It Is not surprlslng that they sotight and found Cbamplons among their kinsfolk and acqunlninnceb, nor that tlio lattor should lnterest the neurest member of the Gen? eral Assembly, perchunco oxtractlng a promlso from him thnt ho would lop off those. Inspectors. Now let us got 'back to our original proposltlon; vlz.: the dlfficulty of legls lating aheud of public scntlment, nnd its carolllng, "cducato your lcglslntor." An nttempt was mado to lay tlio sltuation, as regards primary and secondnry edu? catlon In thls Stato, plainly beforo the General Assembly in the belief that its niembers could |md would npprcclate the sltuatlon and the urgent need ot bettcrlng conditions. That tho' members of tho lower branch did not proporty ap precla.lo thom goes wlthout say Ing; ot what tho Senato wlll do, wo uro stlll in doubt. Evory cffort put rorth by tho frlends of progress to prevent tho repcul of thls law', ls so much contrlliuted to the In struction of thoso who do not seo clear ly tho Importanee of" tho ofllce. Our lendlng papers havo helperi much nnd may nccomplish more by their edttorial uttornnces. All thls falls under tho head of oducntlon proparatory to logislatlon, buL lt wlll be a great niisfortuno to losa ground already secmingly galnod. It wero far.better thnt the law should stand and thus aftord occaslon for full con? slderaUon, and crltlclsm by those who understand not Its use nor the urgent noed af.it. . Virgthja cannot?dftord ^to continuo ln hor present -condltlon"'' asOsegards publlo educatlon. Already sho is fnr behlnd most of her sister States. Shall her sons contlnue to lmpede her efforts.to qulckon her pace? Lot all true;-Vlrglnln.nB ques? tlon whether, our qppoaltion'snvors nught .of projudlco, personal cohslderatlons. or partlzan obllgatlon, and,' if it doos, cut it down. "Tho grand old Stato" needs our holp, and can 111 tolerato hlndrance at thls Juncturo. M. ? "? Porhaps Ihe most acliolarly woman in society in tho capital is Mrs. Henry Cnbot Lodgo. As tho daughtcr of Renr Admihul, Charles 11. Davis sho was rear ed lir an atmosphoro of culturo. _ wlll save the dyspeptlcfrom many days ofmlsery, and enable him to eat whatcver he wlshes. They prevent SKCK HEADACHE, cnuse the food to assimllate and noiar* Ish the body" give keen appetlte, DEVELOPFLESH and solid muscle. Elegantby sugar Take No Substitute*