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SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1906.
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of the means and proper Instruments
cf thy purpose, nnd leave the end to
God. ?Jeremy Taylor.
Our Educational Page.
On rv.ir educational page to-day will br>
found n number o? Instructivo articles
from practical writer?.
Dr. I... T. Itoyster. of Norfolk, discusses
manual training and sheds light upon that
subject, about which there Is so much
misunderstanding. Dr. P.oyster under?
takes to disabuse tho popular mind of
tho notion that manual training in the
public schools is designed to teach pupils
n trade. Manual training Is, In fact, men?
tal training, and in greater or loss degree,
moral training. "Through the teaching
of manual training," says llr. r.oyster.
"tho faculties of mind and body nro
brought Into close relation with each
other, bringing tho drop mor out of the
clouds and teaching him to know tho
earth on which he lives, nnd raises the
mechanic above the level of tho plane
and saw."
Ono of the greatest offices of manual
training is to teach tho fine art of ob?
serving correctly, to teach tho child tho
Importance of soring with his eyes and
hearing with his oars and understanding
with his mind. There are so many enro
loss seers and careless Ustoi-oi-s )n the
world that it Is hard tn got an intelligent
roport of any occurrence, and that Is one
reason, by tho way. why newspapers have
tho reputation of being Inaccurate. The
ropnrtor usually gets his news second?
hand, and tlioro nro few people who are
capable of giving an accurate account.
Manual training teaches accuracy -nnd
emphasizes the Importance of it, and.
therefore, it teaches truthfulness and the
Importance of It. P.. that manual train?
ing not only trains the hand, but trains
the mind and trains tho moral nature also
trains each and trains all, and trains
them to work in harmony.
Another Interesting article on our edu
:^tlonnl page Is from Mr. F. 1!. Watson,
superintendent of school., for the cotinty
??( PIttsylvanln. Mr. Watson is an edu?
cated man and teacher, and for several
years he has devoted his entire thought
and time to the public schools of his
county. That Is his occupation, and he
Is thoroughly absorbed In his work. Mr.
Watson speaks of the Importance of
1 Igh schools In the counties. He does
; pi und< rrnte tho value or norm'?.! schools,
but be thinks that the high schools should
be stepping stones to the normals. Ho
emphasizes, also, that many pupils in
the public schools will never be able to
enter the normal schools or college for
lark of financial means, and if they do
not have the benefit of high school In?
struction In the counties they will not
get It n#??lt. ?
Quit? so', and moreover, it is well known
that the norma? schools are now doing
mud, work that should be done In the
high schools. A largo percentage of too
normal school pupils are taking studies
which (hey should have taken before en?
trance. It Is n raise system and false
economy. Wo should have high schools
for high school work and normal school's
tor -normal instruction. Then pupils
would not ho admitted to the normal.-,
until they were prepared.
The,,-., are several other articles ?n our
educational rage this week which mako
It altogether one of the best'of tho serlos.
Mrs. L. It. Dashlcll. who has done such
effective and patriotic service jn orRnn.
hang loca, education associations, oontrlb
ntos an article on that subject, with prac.
tlcal hints.
Professor Charles W. Kcnr. r,f the Un'U
voiTity of Virginia, contrlh
BHiclc entitled '.'T/hreo VW
Primary. Grnd?
to the Relation of tl
a striking
As to the.
=h other.
D
1 High Schools. As
" State Institutions
to the Relation of
ollegcs to the Uni?
versity of Virginia."
The Illustrated article is written by a
member o? tho Virginia Polytechnic, In
stltute faculty, and Blv-s a history of tho
?library of that Institution.
Looking Backward.
Rcnienil ? r that time you climbed n
mountain road In th? night time? You
Ero d j iur way along In darkness "o'er
i,- ?- ?: -i to rent,'" stumbling on rocks.
!? tins Into trees, losing the path now
and '? ??< and making .-?!i sorts of absurd
inlEt tkes. Somet mes yot^ were nfr.ald
tp tnko a stop forward, for you .knew
not but thai yon would step im nothing
find kick the air. Von were bewildered,
because you could r.'.t see ahead,
But By nml by you reached tiu> top
und camped for tho night, after, offering
uj a prayer of gratlt?do for your ?lo
llveranco. You were awakened next
morning by the Usrht o? the sun and you
rubbed your eyqa and wondered where
you were, Presei tly you ! romemuered,
ymt rcalled the perJIouH Journey of thi;
night and /Instinctively -your eyes turned
to the way yon trod, You look?
ed down on it and it was ni
0Uia as ;;-,..???- it wa? su - piula,
! It looked ns though' the wayfaring man,
1 though a fool, need not havo crrcrl
therein. Thero were nil tho obstacles In
plain view, the" rock you fell ,upon, the
tree you butter), the stumbling Mocks
of whatever character, so ensy to avoid
that you Won'dor.ed how you over found
them In the dark.
That's the difference between looking
forward nnd looking backward. "If one's
foresight were only as good ns one's hind?
sight"? you'vo heard tho saying. In the
journey of llfo we walk largely by faith
and not by sight. Tho Inmp of experience
Miods but a feeble ray upon tho path
ahead, Wo gropo our way In darkness,
never seeing ol/stnclcs and dlfllculttca.
Is it surprising that we make mlstnkes
at every turn? The surprise Is that wo do
not make more.
But at tho end of the journey, when
we look backward It Is a very different
situation. The path Is plain enough?nnd
the mistakes?how easy It was to avoid
them had wo but known at the stnrt
what wo know nt the end! One single
flnsh of light ahead and how different
It would all havo been!
Dearly beloved, wo do not always con
skier these things when we consider nnd
rrndemn the mlstnkes of others. Glaring
mistakes? Yes, Indeed. Plnin as a rann's
nose on his fnco. Plain to everybody,
for everybody Is looking backward. But
remember that It was different with
the mlstnkc-l>nlldrr. Be was (looking
forward, hut his eye could not penetrate
tho cloud of darkness ahend. There was
no kindly light to lead him on.
Wo should all be fairer In our criticisms,
if we only took pains to catch the point
of view of the other fellow.
"Alarming" the Clergy.
According to a certain section of tho
New York rlersy, the women of America
aro In rather a had way. They are tak?
ing to drink like so many fishes. A well.
known metroj>olltnn "pulpit orator"
merely revoleed a familiar warning when
he declared a day or so ngo that tho
drink habit among our women was
alarmingly on the incrense, nnd now
constituted "a great peril to the home
and to the republic." Girls In their teens,
he nsid, were constantly s?-:n Industriou?
ly toping In public places. And he added
the specific assertion that at a recent
New York luncheon, "twenty-four very
young women drank thirty-six houles
of champagne, while fifteen of them
smoked seven dozen of cigarettes."
All this would be properly terrifying If
we had not heard it before so often in
tho past. The topic seems to have a
singular fascination for metropolitan di?
vines, and their views upon it have long
been unalterably pessimistic. For some
years now the drink evil among thc la?
dles has been, "alarmingly on the in?
crease." By this time, at the indicated
rates, the entire sex should be hope?
lessly inebriate nnd doubthss in retire?
ment somewhere receiving the go!d cure.
For a decade or so, the "home and tha
republic" have been steadily menaced
by a rapidly Browing army cf bibulous
females. Yet society has still managed
to hang together and the old world con?
tinues to plod along. Having now hear?
kened so often to the cry of wolf, we
have at length become reluctant to ex?
press alarm any more.
There Is little. If any, real evidence,
we believe, to show that' American wo?
men aro In any sense becoming victims
of tho liquor habit. That women may
be scon drinking In New York restau?
rants Is of course not to lie doubted.
That a young ladles' lunch party In the
same city behaved In the way described
above may very possibly he true. New
York young women are not by any means
exempt from the legacy of folly to which
the whole human, race, Including even
ministers. Is very largely heir. But to
proceed to draw large national Inferences
from any such data as that Is to exhibit
an acute lack of tho logical mind. To
accept New York as a stnndard for Amer?
ican manners Is to convict oneself ot a
fairly ludicrous narrow-mindedness. It 1
is to be as absurd as those foreigners
who come over here and write books
about us after, say, a fortnight's stay at
Newport.
It is a misfortune, but we believe it
is a truth that sensationalism In the pul.
pit too frequently Ep-lls popularity. Min?
isters, doubtless, know this nniWtonie ot
them act upon it. It is to be feared that
In arraigning American women for In?
creasing intemperance, the "popular"
preacher is occasionally moro Interested
in attracting attention to himself than in
speaking forth only the words of truth
and soberness. If this evil really exists
Its existence may be readily demonstrat?
ed by gathering a few facts and figures
of some real national significance,
Legal Handicaps.
In yesterday's pnper we referred to the
proposition to limit the earnings of rail?
road companies to a sum sufficient to pay
operating expensis and- a fair dividend
on the Investment. Of the same purport
Is a bill Introduced by Congressman Lloyd,
of Missouri, to limit prlvato fortunes to
SdO.OOO.OiX). Men who advocate such meas?
ures aro very short-sighted. It Is poor
policy, to put any limitation upon human
endeavor, except so far as to prevent
trespass. \\ henover that is done Initia?
tive will bo destroyed, th* ro will he no
incentive to action beyond a given point;
and tho country will bo deprived of the
services ot many a bright and useful
*man.
But some will say $lo,cOa,Oi"iO Is enou.?h
money for any mnn to have. That may
be, yet a number of llio most useful men
In tills eountry havo accumulated more
than $10,000,000 nnd nro still working. They
iio not wink for the money per so. They
have more money than they can possibly
spend and they know It. They nre not
misers, they give away vast sums i f
money each year, but they keop on ac?
cumulating find tlio desire foi? more keeps
up their activities. They do not enre for
th" money so much as they caro for tin
game. They like to trade; they llko to
niako successful trades; they like to
schema and push and develop.
But If the law provided (Jiat no man
should own iiioiu than llo.noiV'W and thut
all accumul?t Ions over' and above that
sum sjuiiil'i be confiscated, it Is obyloiia
that' nil liu'n would craso working as
*ueu -ai Uituy reached the llniii. Tin; luw
nllows a man to bequeath his property,
for tho sufllclent reason that otherwise
thero wottlrl bo' no incentivo to accumu?
late nmro than ho nnd his family could
consuma during his lifetime. It has over
been tho policy1 of this government to
encourage individual development. Any
policy which hns the opposite tendency Is
un-American and un-dcmocratlc.
A Life of Service.
(Selected for The TImos-Dlspntch.)
"Thon said Jesus to those Jows which
believed on Him, If yo continuo In iuy
Word, then are ye my disciples Indeed,
unit ye ?hull know tho truth, nnd tlio
truth shall mako you free."?St. John
VIII., 31:3a.
The purpose and result of freedom Is
sendee. This sounds llko a paradox.
Great truths very often thus present
themselves, but It Is only when wo com?
bine tho two different terms of which
they are composed that tlio whole truth
is revealed.
God frees our souls?not from service
not from duty?but INTO service, and Inio
duly. Duty has becomo to us such a cold,
hard word, and service seems so full
of tho spirit of bondage, that It Is with
a feeling of surprls0 wo realizo that it Is
In Itself a word of liberty nnd freedom.
But when wo turn to Jesus and think
of Him ns tho manifestation of Ills own
Christianity?(nnd If men would only lock
at Him and see what Christianity really
Is, and not at tho poor, faulty repre?
sentatives of Jesus whom they see around
them)!?when wo turn to tho life
Jesus, wo see clearly that tho full pur?
pose of consecration nnd of freedom is
sendee to His fellowman.
It Is a life of service from tho begin?
ning to the end. Ho sots up servit o
nnd nothing but sendee to bo tho sole
purpose, tho one great desire on which
the souls of His followers should ho
fixed continually.
What Is It that Christ has left to bo
His symbol in tho world? It is the cro*s,
the sign of consecration and obediente.
It Is not simply suffering. Christ do s
not stand primarily for suffering. Suf?
fering Is nn accident. It does not mat?
ter whether you or 1 suffer. "Not enjoy?
ment, and not sorrow" is our life; not
sorrow any more than enjoyment, but
obedience and duty. If duty brings tor
row, let it bring sorrow.
It is not rain; It is cons?cration of life.
It Is the Joy of service that mokes the
life of Christ. It Is for us to se~rvc Htm
?serving fellow-man and God?whether
It bring Joy or pain. \Ve must resolutely
put from us the thought of happiness or
sorrow, and If only we are dutiful and
faithful, brave and strong, then we shall
be, in the great-company of the Christ.
You can help your fellow-man; you muit
help your fellow-man; and the only way
you can help them Is by being the noblest
and tho trest man that it Is possible for
you to be.
I watch a workman building a lofty
tower, which by and by will toss Its pin.
nacles up to the heavens, i see him
building up and wondering how high
these pinnacles are to be, measuring the
feet and the height of the beams; and
yet nil tho time he Is cramming rotte?i
stone Into the foundation. Let him for?
get the pinnacles. If ho will, or hold only
the floating image of them in his Imagi?
nation for his inspiration; but the main
thing for him to do. is to put a strong,
brave soul, an honest, substantial life,
and good, true material into the building
just where he Is now at work.
It seems to me that comes home to
us all. Men are questioning now, as
never before, whether Christianity Is
indeed to be the salvation of the world.
They are feeling how the world needs
salvation, how it needs regeneration; ho*v
It is wrong and Ibad all through and
through, yet mixed with the good that
is in It everywhere.
They ask with eagerness: "Is this
Christian life that claims bo much for
Itself competent for tho mighty task
It has undertaken? Can it meet
all these human problems, relieve all
these human miseries and fulfil nil these
humnn hopes?"
Christian men nnd women It Is for us
to give our answer to that question! It
Is for us to decline that Christianity,
that the Christian faith, the Christian
manhood can do that for the world,
which the world so sorely needs.
Do you say "what can I do?" You can
furnish one Christian life. You can fur?
nish a life so faithful to every duty, ?jo
ready for every service, so determined
to bo uure and true, that the great
Christian Church, shall bo the stronger
for your living In it, and tho world he.
better for your example. Thus greit
peaco and hope shall come Into this poor
perplexed phase of our humanity, as it
sees a new revelation of which Chris?
tianity may be.
Christianity has not yet been tried.
None should, presume to condemn Chris?
tion faith to-day, because tho Christian
faith has not ibeen tried. Men must gel
rid of the thought that It is mere ma?
chine, an expedient for saving thorn
from suffering and pain. N'ot until they
get tho grand Idea of tho great powoi
of God present In and through the lives
of men does Christianity enter upon Its
truo trial, and becomo rendy to show
what It can do.
Thoroforo wo struggle against our sin
In order that men may be saved around
us, and not that wo may only save our
own poor souls,
You have got to learn that Christian.
Ity comes to us not us a luxury, but as
a force. If a tnnn should value Christian:
Ity simply ns a luxury which ho pos?
sesses, he never gets the Christianity
which he values.
Only when Christianity Is a force, only
when I seek Independence In serving
the favorite dentifrice. Perfectly de
liciouu and fragrant. Positively bene?
ficial. Ask your dentist.
Dr. Lyon's
PERFECT
Tooth Powder
Cleanses and beautifies the
teeth and purifies the breath.
Used -by people of refinement
for over a quarter of a oentury.
Convenient for tourists.
PREPARED DV
men, do I ccnsn to he their slave. And
tho victory Is sum to come. Claim then
your freedom and Joy In service. "Yo
shall know the truth, and tho truth
shall make you free."
AVo ore pleased to know that the objec?
tionable clause In tho automobile bill,
quoted In yesterday's Tlmes-Dlspatch, has
been stricken out. All harsh laws are to
be avoided. They defeat their own end
by making: men who suffer by them rebel?
lious. It fhould he the endeavor of tho
?State to creato respect for law, and this
ran only bo done by making tho entire
Code Just and reasonable;
The steel trust tins flatly ordered that
there shall bo no coal strike. The mere
consumer could only request It. This Is
ono more advantage of being a trust.
As far as overwhelming public Interest
ioes, however, Mrs. Nicholas Bongworth
enn hardly hope to rlvnl Miss Alice
rto?sevelt.
We sincerely trust that Mr. John I").
Rockefeller has deckled to give up
process-dodging for l^ent.
Springfield, O., provides tho latest nd
ntrable opportunity for a rather demolish?
ing Southern retort.
Tho Patrick witnesses can carry a new
verse of "Boll. Jordan, Boll" back to
Texas with them.
Kaiser Wilhelm, at 47,, continues to
show no signs of needing the services of
Surgeon Osier.
A Brooklyn lawyer has Just been ar?
rested for champerty. It's In the diction?
ary.
Don't forget, in the stress of politics
and Insurance, that Ecuador Is still revo?
lting.
Bu? a few of us would like to be the
Ice-man next spring.
It takes a good Bill to get the O. K.
of a divided house.
As to Cromwell, there is something
dlctatorese'ue In the very name.
fflhymes for \Jo~!Day.
Exorcising the Blues. ?
Whene'er I'm feeling cynical, cantanker?
ous or finical.
I have n little plan by which I knock
tantrums out:
I sit down and write an article without
the suchtest particle
Of notion what tho dickens It is going
to be about. -
Yes. any old banality of no originality
That pops Into my cranium Is amply
good enough;
I seize, with no apology, most any phrase?
ology
That rises to my pencil, and begin to
write my stuff.
It may turn out political, nrtlstlcal or
critical.
Dramatic, theological, historical or?rot;
But when I'm nearly finishing I feel my
blues diminishing.
And ere I ?.-crible FINIS, I'm as like to
smile as not.
My method's not defensible ns logical or
sensible,
But I think it's ostensible It really
works a charm;
It drives ail a.sirinlty from my disturbed
vicinity
Abashed by that divinity who steers
sood write-firm.
- -H. S. IT.
Merely Joking.
_i
Strict Economy.?Mr. Justwed: "It's so
sweet or you to agree that we must econ?
omize. But do you think you can get
along without a-cook?" Mrs. Justwed:
"Oh, yes. We'll hnvo all our meals sent
In by a caterer.','?Cleveland I/caelcr.
Impossible.?Her: ' -Do you think I'm as
old as I look?" Him: "No; you couldn't
possibly he."---Indianapolis Star.
Off and On.-?Bedd: "I seo Hevlman.n
has been out horseback riding for four
hours. Tretty hard on that horse?"
Greene: "Oh, well, ho was only on tho
horse nhout half of the time."?Yonkcrs
Statesman.
His Reputation.?"Well, Plunder has
completely lost his r?putation." observed
Clubsky. "It's a good thing." said his
friend. "It was tho most ohjectionnblo
thing about hlm."~-Detroit Free Press.
The Usual Answer?"You're rather a
young man to bo left In charge of a drug
store," said tho fussy customer, "have
you any dlpolma?" "Why?or?no. sir,"
replied tho drug clerk, "but I have some?
thing Just as good."?Philadelphia Tress.
Just Youno Enough.? Edith': "So Ethel
Is engaged to that millionaire; Isn't ho
too old'."' filndys: "Oh, no, Sho feels
Miro be will live until tho ceromonoy."?
Judge.
Practical She.?Ho: "I would bo willing
to exchange the responsibility of riches
for the bonds of |ovo at any time." She:
"Unfortunately one cannot, cut poupons
from the bonds, of love."?Town and
Country.
Conoenlnl Employment.?"George has
found i.genial work at lust." "What Is
he doing?" "Making his own ciga?
rette?." --Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Not Auto Bruises.?(?oofer: "Alt! So
you have bought mi auto?" Hhoofer:
"No; I got tin*? bruises and fractures
by Hipping un iho icy pavements."-.
1'iltaburt; Cuant?o.
Voice of
the Pe pole
Condition of Grove Avenue.
Editor of The Tlnies-Dltpatchi
Sir,?With your permission I would like
lo emphasise tho complaint recently
made of tho condition of Grovo Avenue.
I hnvo been fnmlllnr with tho avenue
for some six years, and 1 do not think
It hns been much worso In that timo
than It hns been during tho toad?w?athot
of this winter. A year or two ago It. wan
put In pretty good condition, but neglect
and tho heavy hauling, especially by
city teams hauling dirt to adjacent
stroets, have nullified much of the good
work that was done. This Is a very
popular thoroughfare, both with pedes?
trians and vehicles, and It seems Hint It
should bo kept In better condition.
Another thing: It has been about two
yenrs, I think, since granolithic guttering
ami curbing wnn put down on the. north
sido. Why should the south sido be en?
tirely ' slighted In thin respect? Tho city
olnlnis control to the fence line, and olio
sido Is as much entitled to this linprovc
meVlt ns the other, as 1 view It;, more?
over, th property-owners on the south
side gave their property for the widen?
ing of the avenue, and are entitled :o
consideration moro thnn those on the
north side, I think, yet they nre entirely
Ignored nnd neglected. During W"t
weather It Is absolutely Impossible to
cross from the south side without getting
your shoes half covered with mud, and
the crossings nt the corners on the some
side nre just as had. or worso. I suppose
the answer would be, either that the
southslders pay no taxes to the. city, or
that thero is hut little? building on their
side. The fnct that tho city controls
both sides, ns stated above, and iis-id
th? owners' property to widen the atrwt,
should he sulTtclent nnswer to the first
objection; and the other fact that build?
ing follows street Improvement should
nnswer the second. However the an?
nexation question be settled, there Is
no doulu but that the south side of the
avenue will he taken Into tho city, and
the latter should encourage Improvement.;
on that side, which will ultlmntoly re?
dound to her benefit. Not only that, but.
as I happen to know, nenrly nil the
BOUthslders are property-owners and tax?
payers In tho city, ahm, and nre entitled
to consideration on that account. It would
not cost a great deal to put the avenue
In splendid condition, and us the city Is
now boasting of lier fine financial health,
1 hope she will "get busy" on this pop?
ular thoroughfare very soon.
MUD TURTLE.
Need of Public Library.
?dltor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?I have been Interested in the edito,
rials in your paper In regard to the need
of a public library. I heartily agee with
the sentiments therein expressed, and ask
space In your Sunday Issue to say a word
along th? same line.
As a teacher In the public schools I am
In a position to know that pupils nnd
tenohera are seriously hani|>ered In their
work for lack of a good library. The
State Library Is unable to do this work,
because of the multiplicity of lines It has
to work along, relieved of this, it could
forge ahead more rapidly in its fine work
in other lines. Tho private, libraries lack
the means to purchase the required booKR
and employ enough assistants. As It Is
impossible for the vast majority of par?
ents to buy all tho books their children
need. It is clearly tho duty of the city
to provide this means of education and
Drotrress,
The children need and have a right to
a llbrarv containing not merely the stand
aril works of literature, but all the refer?
ence books necessary In their studies.
There should b" a set'of assistants whose
principal duty would be to help all par?
ties, find and make use of the data tney
sought. There should bo primarily a de?
partment of this nature as accessory to
our various educational Institutions. Then
should come similar departments for tlio
help of all professions and trades. The
librarian should be an cx-ofnoio member
of the school bonrd. required to submit a
monthly report as to what the library was
doing for the help of the schools. Ai
least two members of the advisory board
should be teachers. 1 happen to know
that this n'an works to Incalculable ad?
vantages In several cities where I have
taught.
The various departments, would, of
course, be open to all desiring to avail
themselves of these opportunities. One of
the South's most famous poets, also a
finished scholar, Sidney hauler, obtained
the larger part of his education from a
public llbrnry.
It was Erasmus, I believe, who In his
Z'-at for learning, said that when he got
some money he would first buy books. If
there were any money left, some neces
snry clothes. " If the council has any
money, I hope it win buy books,--later,
some more hooks.
MILDBDGE I-. I30NHAM. JR..
Teacher Richmond High School.
Richmond, Va.. March 1,
Virginia Roads.
Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?One of Virginia's most prominent
men said recently that money devoted to
the Improvement of roads should he con?
sidered not as an expons?, but as an In?
vestment. Nothing could be truer, and
the truth of the statement should bo Im?
pressed on tho people of Virginia in
every way possible. It Is rnther difficult
to understand why we have so long horno
the many Ills that we have by reason
of bad roads and It will certainly be no
less difllcult to justify a continuance of
these conditions.
The fact that people will continue to
submit year nfter year to tho virtual
isolation that most of the country dis?
tricts of Virginia endure throughout prac?
tically three or four months of tho year
Is as difllcult to explain ns It Is morti?
fying to admit. The only explanation
that really explains Is that our people
really do not fully realizo what an enor?
mous addition to the comforts of country
lifo foot to mention the enhancement
in value of property) would bo made by
tho substitution of good roads for the
quagmires that disgrace the many com?
munities in which they are found.
Considering merely the opportunity for
greator Indulgence in social pleasures that
good roads offer, their desirability can?
not be questioned, for why should near
neighbors become strangers to one an?
other during a great part of tho voar
by reason of the risk, to lifo and limb,
not to mention the wenr and tear on
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bornes nnd vehicles that bad roads Im?
ply. Or, OKn.ln, (what ndvnntfl.R0 is It
to n. farmer to havo for sain many pro-,
duets of hi? farm It ho can not ?et tfi'-m'
to market by reason of Impassible roti.l??'
ifoino ono writing recently to Tito Times
Dispatch, and referring to tho many man?
ifestations of internst In the Improvement
of Hchooltr throukhotit tho State, ?aid very
truly, that good nebools monnt very llt
tlo to thosn who throughout a lurgo part
or the year were shut oft ? frtin thoin
by reason of Imd road?. Of diurne, to
iniikn good ronds or anything olio good,
money Is nectissnry and perhaps tho need
of this may havo beon In thu past tho
niotit potent factor In continuing condi?
tions that nro no longer excusable find
should not bo considered tolcriolo, but
poverty Is a plea that I' am ?lad lo be?
lieve lu nu longer a valid ono liiVlrglnln,
and ono of tho chlor reasons .why our
roads are not'hotter Is that In many com
rminltlcfl at least the peoplo tolerate con?
dition!! that aro perfectly Htiscenllbl j of
Improvement,
1 have In rnlrid now a community ut-ar
Washington that Is every winter virtual?
ly at the mercy of a concern that In gei
i Im: out and hauling railroad ties and that
In a few weeks put tho ronds In such a
condition Hint they nro scarcely pns-ia
ble.
No ono will claim that these pr-op'e
have right to so uso or rather misiu-e
the publie highway that they ceas'o to bo
throughfares for the community, and yet
such abuses nro allowed to continue ;.riir
after year.
I have rend with the de,>p_\,t Interest
nnd the most cordial npprov.il tho plan
of The Tlmes-Dlspatch to dov.r.e ono or
more pag.-s or the paper to th-J causo of
c-dui'ntlon?can you not ohninpio? also the
i aiiBi) or good roads? With better ky"'ls
leading to better schools, we will have
put Into'effective operation two 0/ tin
agencies that will most surely ..g.iln make
our grand old State not only the pride of
her people, but enBlly first among her f la?
ter States ns she was In the good old
days of yoro.
In conclusion I cannot refrain from ex?
pressing tny most sincere appreciation of
tlie splendid work of The Times-Dispatch
lu advancing the Interests of Virginia In
whom nil Virginians feel so junt a pride,
mu? for who.?,, welfare they M.otlld all
strive. "W. N. B."
Philadelphia, Pa.
"Why?"
Editor of The Tlnics-Dlspaleh:
Sir.?From my "coign of vnntage," I
wonder and wonder why thoro Is so much
Irritation and agitation In the legislature
over things that affect tho good or peo?
ple? Our legislators must he wise, and
should he as bright ?us the sunshine and
as pure as the snow, since they are se
jeeteil 10 ropfesent the people wile, know
them best. Then why, when a question,
ror the guie! o? the young of our land,
cornea up, Is there a tie? esslty for show?
ers of letters to our representatives and
appeals to decide that question? Are
there no fathers In the Legislature, or
Is It a fact that klndergnrlners prevail
and need to be taught? Now, It ?"ems lo
me (a mother of boy? and glrlH). that
a great deal of time has been wasted
about cigarettes, intelligent people, these
days, are very particular about the Mo d
strnln or pedigree of their horses, dogs
ft tu I Chickens, ami their sanitary sur
rounding?; la It possible tint they are
less careful about their children? Are
tin-?,, ,-hlldren to feed on and Inhale with
every breath a poison so deadly that the
nicotine poison tnk?-n In by some boys
In one day will kill 40 strong, active frogs?
Dr. .1. II. Kellogg, of Battle Creek, Mich.,
?That tlie cigarette 1? a deadly poison
Is susceptible of the most positive seien
tillc proof. A few months ago I had all
the nicotlno removed from a cigarette,
making a solution of It. I Injected half
the quantity Into a fr/>g. with the rrf'ct
that the frog died almost Instantly. The
other half was administered to another
frog with like effect. Both frogs were
full crown nnd of avoragja size. The con?
clusion Is evident that the cigarette con?
tained poison enough to kill two frogs. A
boy who smokes ?o cigarettes a day bus
enhaled poison enotiKh to kill 40 frogs.
Why docs the- poison not kill him? It
does kill him. If not Immediately, he will
die sooner or later or weak heart. Bright's
diseane, or some other malady which
m lentille physicians now recognize as thu
: il ,: 11 ri-sults ot chronic nicotine pois
? iiiIiii:." DR, J. II. KLI.L' K30.
Buttle rreek. Mich.
From the dlssctisslon or this cigarette
bill the only arguments I can gather. In
r.'ivor or making and selling clearettc.?.
nr." the revenue coming to the State and
tho turning off of so many employes. Is
it possible that wise men consider the
material Interests of the 5-'tate before ta
health, physical and mental, or the young?
Other State? have passed the antl-Cl?ar
ette hill with excellent results. Shall Vir?
ginia., with all her pride and boasting, be
behind In doing away with a curse that
Is laving the foundation for generations
of weaklings nnd Imbeciles? Many of
this class throng our State to day. I can?
not bel lev ? our law nnel time will toler?
ate ror a single moment the cigarette
evil, ir the desolation which It works could
he rullv realized. Great Is the need or
work. The vigorous agitation or the mat.
ter will quicken the public conscience.
which, when aroused, is always right.
Legislators are apt to say. "Why do these
women meddle?" Because they love tlv-lr
home?, and some of them stand ever ready
to put down these ctirrx;. Two thousand
years or history have shown that the
love or home anil ohlldren Is the domina?
ting: power In a trii" woman's life. She
also knows enough about men to know
that they are prone to get so engrossed
in the consideration or weightier mat?
ters, suedi a? fish, game, dogs, ho.'S,
retires an?l diseased rrult trees, that they
overlook the minor details?the children?
our future rulers. THIS WOMAN Im onlv
joining with hundreds of others. In their
life work or "plckhur up after men," nnd
seelntr that no stitch"? are dropped and
over looked in the mighty fabric they aro
weaving?a nation's weal or woe.
In this appeal I Iwllove I voice tlW
sentiment of the majority of the peo?
ple In tho Stale, to those who have the
decision in their hands, I would be-g. le
wise, be strong, lie men, nwake! The
tini" Is coming when the government and
political party that refuse to listen to
the wall of woe that a nation sends up,
will be SET ASIDE. A stnry Is told
or a man In a railway ear In England.
He had with him a great dog. The por?
ter said ."The dog cannot stay in this
car." Tho man smiled and said, "Put
him out!" A? the porter approached.' the
doe showed his great teeth, and the porter
went out and locked the door. At the
next stntion a porter came In anil said,
"This dog cannot stay In this car." "You
put him out." ?aid tho gentleman. The
dog showed his teeth and growled. The
the next station the porter came in, and
tho mnn laughed a? he settled himself
comfortably, and said. "A. ha! I though'
I would out-wit him." The man waited
and waited ror the ear to ro on, finallv
ho opened a window and called to somo
one. "How long bvfore the trnln starts?"
The mnn said, "The train left two hours
ngo. They have side-tracked you. They
came to you time and again to removo
that monster nnd you would not, and the
train left you."
Legislatures nnd political parties havo
been bcsolgod to put monsters out, again
land again, but tho timo Is coming when
I these parties will be side-tracked nnd tho
car of nrogresa go on to a higher piano
i for civilization.
MBS. THOS. P. BAGBY.
West Point, Va.
The Limit.
(A AVest End doctor says the modern
drawing-room Isa death .chamber,, and
that Its contents form an ideal breeding
ground for disenso germs.)
Amanda, whom I so admire,
And hold ns Eve's most beauteous
daughter,
For thv sake I would go through fire,
And also through tho coldest water;
There's naught In air, on earth, or sea,
I would not faco for lovo of thee!
The jungle'? tangled depths I'd pierce,
To provo that passion lires my being;
No beast of prey, howover lierre,
Should find me from It? talons fleeting.
I'd look It In its eyes of llamo
And brent ho thy soul Inspiring nnmof
I'd stand before I ho deadliest gun
That over came of man a Invention;
I But, still, Amanda, there Is ono
I Thing I would rather like to mention:
' I dare not face th'i droiitirul doom
I That lurk? within thy drawing room!
1 shudder with afrilghtednesa
Whoue'er l think of those bacilli,
And I must candidly confess
1 dare not stop inside? nor will I,
So let me, love,-wkon pext r call,
Bay my addresses In the hall.
-iLondon Tribuno.
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Btory of the diva when ho was strug?
gling for recognition at the bar.
"My first cafe," gays he, "was one
Involving a complicated question of In?
heritance, and It was tried l>eforo the
most noted Jurist in California.
"Notwithstanding the complex ques?
tions of law Involved, I determined to
?et at the bottom of thlnga If It took a
year to do ko. 1 consulted every author?
ity I could ?et my bands on. and. is the
result of my Industry, I turned out n
brief that seamed to me nn unanswerable
ono. It certainly was a comprehensive
one?n. point winch ?ave me considera?
ble uneaslnes?, fur 1 feared It might
prove too abstruse for the court.
"When rriy turn came I arose and
boldly plunged Into my argument, which
covered two or three hundred printed
pages. To my delight, the Judge seemed
really Interested at tlrst. But this Joy
wns to be short-lived. In a while I was
conscious that the attention of the court
was not so Intenso. An hour or two
later I observed signs of positive Inat?
tention, and this, too, In the midst of
the most Intricate part of my plea.
Just n? I had expected! The court was
unable to perceive the fine points of my
nrgument.
"At this Juncture I hesitated and said:
?[ beg pardon, your Honor, but do you
follow me?'
" "So far I have followed you,' re?
sponded his Honor, 'but I'll be frank
enough to say that If I could find my
way hack I'd cladly <jull right here.' "?
Harper's Weekly.
[this day in history
fl March 4th.
1797_One pound or twenty-shilling
notes first l.?3uod by the Bank of
Kngland. They were designed to
take the place of the specie drained
from the vaults to pay the foreign
contracts.
1805.?Thomas Jefferson Inaugurated for
the second time President of the
United States.
1811.?Tho French under Mnssena retreat?
ed before I,ord Wellington upon 8an
tnrem. In Portugal, leaving their kill?
ed and wounded behind.
1829.?Andrew Jackson Inaugurated Presi?
dent and John C. Calhoun sworn In
as Vlco-Presldcnt of tho United
?States.
1830.?William ("ramp established his fa?
mous shipyard at Philadelphia, Pa.
1838.?Carlista, under Caba?ero, entered
Sneagossa, but wen: driven out. by
the National Guards, with the losa ol
120 killed and 700 prisoners.
1854.?The block of marble sent to the
United States by the Pope as a con?
tribution to the Washington Monu?
ment, Washington, D. C, destroyed
by unknown vnndals.
1861.?The ordinance of secession passed
by the Texas Convention nnd sub?
mitted to the people, having been
adopted by a majority of about 40,
000: the convention declared the State
out of the Union.
1882.?Brunswick, Ca., Fort Clinch, Fer
nnndlna and St, Mary's, Fla., cap?
tured by Commodore Dupont. An?
drew Johnson appointed military gov?
ernor of Tennessee.
1874.?Chief Justice Walte assumed hi?
place at head of United States Su?
preme Court.
1879.?Forty-fifth Congress expired at 13
M. without having passed any ap?
propriation for the army or for the
legislativo, executive and Judicial ex?
penses of tho government.
1895.?The marriage of Anna Gould to
Count de Castellano took placa In
New York.
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