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ftnalncaK Offlco .916 11. Maln Streot,
WnMillikton Burc?.tr. .320-7 Munaoy Bulldltnt.
Manclrnrtcr H-innu .1105 Hull Stre
J'lMcrsliiirir Huronu .40 N. Byeomore St.
Lyr.chhurs; Burentl .215 lilKhth 8t.
HY M.\ir,, One Slx Threc One
FOSTAOH PAID. Year. Moa. Moa, Mu
b'ally wlth Sunday...10.00 $3.00 11.60 55
fc>r-ll> Wlthout Kiiruhiy 4.00 2.00 1.00
Runtlay edltlnn only.. 8.00 1.00 .50
Veikly (Wedncsday), 1.00 .50 .25
By Tlmes-Dlspatch Cnrrlcr Hcllvery Sor
vlco In Rlchmond (f.ncl suburba), Manchos
te.- and lVtorsburK?
Ono Week. One Yonr.
ba'ily wlth Sunday.14 centa $650
Dally without Sunday.-.IO contfr 4.60
Scr.d.iy only. G conta 2.30
(Vnarly Mibsriiptlnna payable lr ndvnnce.)
Enlrrr-d January 27. 1903. nl nichmond,
Va ns aecond-clflaa nrntier, under nct of
Cowtrc-s of Mnrch 3. 1S79.
1IOW TO CALI. TIMES-DIBTATCIt
Teraona ? Ishlntt tn rommiinlcnlo wlth Tha
Tlrnea-Dlapatch by telephone wlll k cen
trn' for "4041," nnd on belng anawcred from
tho offlce srwltchboftrfl, wlll Indlcnte 'hc ac
piirtment or person wlth r.om rhey wlsh
to spenk.
When callliiR between 6 A. M. and 9
A. M. rill to centrnl offlco dlrect tor 4041
cnr.:poalnR-i-oom i 4042, buslness offlco; 4043,
f.-- malllni. nnd press-rooms.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1. 100S.
Tlme liiiiNt not br- coiinted I?y
ienlcnilflrn, lm< liy kpiimiImmin, by
tliiuiKlit.? Dlsrncll.
i
IT I.OOKS I.IKK GRAKT,
Fnr tho honor of tho clty Tho Tlmes
TJIspntch had hoped that the sus'pictons
of Councllnian Rlchards that thero had
been petty graft in overcharglng rit
?iKons for sewer conncctlons \VouId npt
bo vorified. But tho Investlgatldn
-made by the subcomrnltteo yesterday
shows that In tho fourteen cascs re
ported by Mr. Rlchards the over
charges wero In overy lnstance sub
Htantially as hls own meaanrementa
lrnil Indlcated.
There Is no 'mngor any doubt as to
the flgures, for they have boon verlftod]
by actual measurements. The excess
charges may have been drio tu care
lessncss or incompetency, but lt ls a
st.rnin on the most charitable crcdu
bllity to belicvo it. Carelessncsa whlch
innkes an overchargo in nll cascs and
nevcr an underchargo ls at loast sus
picious. lt lonks like rcraft, tho mean
cst sort of graft. lt ls had enough to
roh the corporatlon; it Is worso, If
thero can be degrces ln such erlmes, lo
roh a ponr man or wonian who Is rc
qulrcd by tho clty t<> lrrcur tho ?-nst
of connectlng hls premlses wlth tho
publlc sewor,
Tho whole wrotchod buslness de
rhnnds a searchlrrg Investlgatlon. Tests
-fdiould l>o mado In every doubtful case,
and tho fncts brought to llght. When
that has boen d(. tho next step wlll
b0 to K-> after tho gullty mon and
purrish them u> the full liinit of tho
law.
ln ninkisg theso exposures Councll
mirn Rlchards has performed a publlc
Korvlc-e for whlch every honcst man in
tho clty will be grateful. Hc has
lltorully dug up what appears to bo a
publlc scaiulnl. Lot the Councll dipr
eleeper and make the exposuro com
plote.
Cl.AI.M COXSl'HtACY CAS15S.
Soiirethlng of romancQ always hangs
ovor tlio claims of moro or loss ob
sc.-ure persons tn cstatt-s or weallh
ln tho possesslon of others, ln much
tho same . way that it surrounds th
pursnit of burled trcasure. In polnt of
interest and spcctacular fcatures tho
So-callcd Druce case, whlch suddenly
collapsed on Monday, takes rank wlth
tho celebrated Tlchborno consplrac:
case, whlcIfl'cr.do.O, aftor the longest
trlal ln ''the* nlstory of ,tho Engllsh
courts, in 1S71. Georg'o llollamby
, Druce, as tho evldence rends now,
stands convictcd of a slngulnrly nool
and elaborato nttetnpt at Imposturc.
In some ways he was much mor?
plauslble, and had much botter roasou
for expectlng vlctory than Uhl Thomas
Castro. The absenco irr Engllsh law
of any authorlty to ralse a coffln wlth?
out a special order of tho court
pi'oved an c-xcellent safeguard for the
contentlon upon which hls clalrn hunjj-.
Jlo declared that the Druce grave at
Bighgnto Cemetery did not conraln the
tody n? Thomas Charles Druce, but
only a heavy roll of lead; and II ls only
now, aftor long-drawn-out legnl pro
oeedlngs, that it has been posslhle t:r
dlsprove that dcclaration. Jleantlme
ho had greatly strengthoned hls case
bS' the dlrect testimorry, apparently
porjured, of Robert Caldwell, of Staton
Jsland. Caldwell, it would seem, makes
?omething of a speclalty o! lead-fllled
coflln testimorry, for ho made slmllar
affidavils in the A. T. Stowurt case,
ln New York, which afllil rvlts were also
iBllbsequently dlscredlted.
. If George llollamby Druco's elalm
f^stsupon sttnpli) consplracy and fraud,
?Vholly without foundation ln fact, hla
approuch to sui..-s ls ut lenst casicr
to undorstnnd at thls dlstancc than
that of Castrn, the butcher of Wagga
WagKa, Austrulla, ln tho Tlchborno
easc, Roger Charles Tlchborno was sup
posed to havo been lost at sea ln 18-31,
but elevon years later, when bolli Slr
:Edward Tlchborno, his fathor, and hl.r
joungtr bi other had dled, Laily Tlch?
borno, who was evldently a curious
lort of persorr, began udvertlslng for
blni, lnslstlng that ho was stlll allva,
Cn due tlrne, Casiro, attracted by her
tdvortlsements, appeared in Parls and
? nnounced that ho was Roger. He
.knew nothlng of Roger's psst life. Hc
eould not speak a word of French
rbilo ltoKC-r spoko lt moro fllientl)
than Engllsh. Hls liandwrlting M-;r
Utogether dlfferent froin Roger's. ant.
bc was rotigh and llJiterato, whllt
Roger was pollsued arid well educuted
p*lnally, he dld not look a thlng lr
lho world Uke Rogor. Yet Lady Tlch?
borno uccepted hlm as Roger, hor lonjj
io:-t aon, and lt took tho courts 291 day:
In all, nnd cost them $270,000, to provt
thnt ho was moroly Cnstrd nnd n por
juror,
No wondor tho clnlm flold prosonts
strotiK nt.lrnct.lons to hold nnd un
si-riiiniloiis ndventurora who Ufgpnlty
hoctl the inonry,
Mrt, 'JMFT'S APOIiOdlES.
Canclidnto Tni't lirglns hls cnmpnlgn
hy ptlttlng hlmsolt nnd the Rooscvolt
ndinliil.slrntlon on tho dcfonslyo. Hls
ajlOcch before tho Morehnnls' and
Mahufnclurbra' Associntlon, of Boston,
from beglnnlng to ond wus npnlogetlc.
Tllilt Is n hnd stnrt for Mr. Tnft nnd
tho./Uopiibllcnn party, nnd a great op
poi'tunlty for tho Dcmocrats. It ls
hnd enough for a man In ofTlclnl life
lo bo forccd to oxplnln hls own polltl
cnl conduct, bnt whon Cnndidatc Taft
sets out U explaln and defend tho of
flclol conduct of President Roosevelt,
ho lakos upon hlmsclf n burdon that
Is too henvy oven for hls hrond
shoulders. ?
Ilut Mr. Tnft's speoch Is moro notn
blo for what It dnos not contain. Thero
Is nothlng now ln hls dofonso of tho
President. Hc has proven to his sat
Isfactlon that Mr. Roosevelt was not
rdsponsibje for tho panic of 1907, nnd
ho hns attempted to point out tho renl
cnuses. Ilut ln nll that ho said thero
was no roferonce whntsoevor to tho
tnrlff nnd What It dld to bring on tho
trouble, and what it fnilcd to do. Mr.
Taft dodged the wholo nuostlon, nnd,
haturally, Mr. Taft Is not a mmble
dodgor.
l-'or rnnny yenrs tho Republicnns hnvc
hoeti saying that tho protoctivo tnr?
lff was tlie tonlc of prosperity and
n preventlve of panic and hard timos,
and they hnvo as invorinbly prnclalm
ed that the pnnlc of 1884 nnd the
panic of 1893 were due to tarlff tlnk
crlng. or tho fenr of lt, on the part of
Dcmocrats'.
In 1S.SS Ihe "Mtlls hlll" wns "dc
nounced" as "tlcstructlvo to tho gen
ornl business, tho labqr nnd tbo farm
Ing Interests of the country."
In 1S92 they "malntnlned" that tho
prosperous bonditlo'n of tho country
wns lnrgely due to tho wlse revenuc
Icglslntion (the tnrlff) of tho Rc
publlcan Congress: and "assorted" that
tho prlces of manufacturod articles of
general consumptton had been reAluced
under tho opcratlons of the Ropubll
enn tarlff act of IS90.
Lnlor on they said: "We rehew nnd
emphasize our all<-Kianco to tbo pollcy
of protectlon as ihe bulwark of Amer?
lcan Indopondonco and 'tho fouhdatlon
of Amerlcan devolopment nnd pros?
perity. Thls truo Amorlcnn pollcy
tiixes foreign produots and encpuragos
homo industry: It puls tho burdon of
rovenuo on foreign goods: it dlffuaea
general thrlft, and fpunds tho strength
of all on the strength of each. ln its
rcasonable npplicatlon it Is just, falr
nnd Impartlal, enually oripoaed to for?
cign control and domestlc monopoly,
to soctional discrinilnallon and Indl
vldiia) favorltlsm. We donoiince- tho
Dcmocratlc tarlff as soctional, injtiri
oua to publlc crodit and destructlvo
to business entcrprise."
Tho Ropubllcnn tnrlff hns now boen
in rffect for nearly ton years, and we
have had a season of pro.sperity,
thanks to-the cnormous gold produc
tion, bumpcr crops from season to sea?
son, and other favornblo condltlons,
But wo have had also a season of
abnorrnally high prices. Increnslng
month hy inonth, until men ln modor.ite
clrcutnstancos nro barely able to meot
thelr Iiousohold expenscs: vmtll the
cost of dolng business has stralncd
crodit well-nlgh to tho burstlng point.
Graft hns flourlshcd as nqve'r hoforo
since tha republlc was fortnnd. Trusts
nnd monopollcs havo waxod fat and
arrogant, and nccordlng to the Presi
dent's own confcsslon, tho malefactors
of great wcnltli hnvo multlplled in tho
laiul.
Is not tho proteotlve tarllT respon
slhle, in part at lcast, for theso cvils?
Does it not rai.se prlces hy choking
off coinpetillon? Ls not tho protectivo
tarlff law a legalized graft, and does
It not of neccssity suggost, encourago
and prornote graft? ls II not. !ls it
has been so ofton called, tho "mothor
of trusts and monopoly"? And Is it
stronge that men who hnvo grown
rlcli on graft should bo "malefactors"?
The country took tho Republtcnn
npstriim, and under Us artlficlnl stim
uiation trade wus Invigorateil. But
tho nostrum hns proven to bo a vllo
iiitoxlcaiit, stlmulating for tbo tlme,
but demorallzlng ln its effocts.
Thatls tho Issue Mr. Taft and hls
associatcs will he forccd to faco ln
the campalgn of 190S. They will havo
to defond thls system of gnift, whlch
has dobauchod both men nnd trade,
nnd to explaln how this "bulwark of
prosperity" fiilled to exort its savlng
graco In tho crlsis of 1907.
THE S'l'OUM OH 11)07.
Tho year 1907 will go ilown to hls
tory as a year of ngltatlon. But with
al! the distross and dlsaster whlch it
brlngs, ajritatlon is lifo. It is naturo's
modo of purlflcatlon. It Is tho nglta?
tlon of the wlnds thnt purllles tho at
mosphere. Storms aro somotlmcs de?
structlvo, but they aro concelvod in
bonellcence, nnd they aro benotlcont Iri
thelr genpral rcsults.
It ls by agllatloh tliat tho politloal
atihoaphord Is purlfied and kept pure,
It ls the Htngnatlon of Indifferenco thal
deatroys tho institutlona of populai
government. There has boen no roforn
from tho hoginning uptll now, elthoi
in tho pollllenl world or ln tbo rnllgl
pus world, without agltution. lt it
nature'ts law, and tho dlstress und tln
dlEaater nro not worthy to he comiinroi
to tho good reaul.ta whlch honest aglta
tion invariahly brings.
ln 1907 thero was groat agltalloi
In the llnanclul world. Thero aro thos
who thlnk that the stiirni wus notwol
dirccted, that It waa moro vlolent thiu
was neeessary, that lt went fnrtho
than olrcumatances Justllled. But tha
alsp ls naturo's way. Ktnrms aro no
consorvatlvo, AVhen Aoolua opons th
cave and turna tho wlnda looso, h
dooa not put brldlo and reina upoi
them. Ho glves them froo course ani
li-ta them blow and blow untll the;
blow thomsolvea out, without regard t
casuultlos. Treoa and cropa and house
may bo luld low, but tho benellcen
purposc of tho Btorm ls accompllahet
Tho nlr Is mvoetcr ntul puror, and nn
lisre'M frowiift nro nhnngetl lo BttllloB,
II wlll bo nn wlth tho flrranclnl otorm
of 1907. It Irlew very hnrd for a tlino.
It Injurcil tho Itinoccnt. It brought
illstroHM upon tho Just ns woll ns
upon t|lo iin.liisl. But It uprootcil
vnst ilenl of dcnd matter, nnd Inld It
low. Tho wrockngn hns now be.on
Clonrod awny and It wlll cttniber tho
ground no moru. Tho wenk places were
found nnd diBclOScd in splto of tholr
dlsgtllso or sholter, and they nro
longer a inonacd. Hut tlio strong places
wero ulsn found nnd tcstod, nnd lt must
bc inlmltted ovon by tho pesslmlsts
t.hat they stood tho tost nnd the shock
worrdeifiilly well. If tho storm oxposed
our weakriess, It also rovoaled our
strength. It was a tcrrlfle blow, but
very few of our buslness lnstltutlons
went down?not one in Solld Old Rich?
inond, and nono of uny consenuenco ln
?Solld Old Vlrglnia.
lt ls very hnrd for ono to say thnt
hc ls glnd tho storm came. But wo rnrry
ali rejolco that tho eorrscquences wero
not worso. Wo mny nll rejolco that
tho country was strong cnottgli to
slnrid It. Wo mny all rejolco that tho
successful lest has had tho effect of
rr.uklng publlc confldenco ln our lnstl?
tutlons and ln tho general sltuntlon
stronger, pcrhnps, than ever beforo in
the natlon's hlstory.
Llko Kipllng's shlp, tho nntlon has
found herself urrd ls. afrald of stornrs
no moro.
Rev. Jero Knodo Cooko, tho former
pastor of a fushlonablo church at
Ilernpstead, L. I., who deserjed hls wlfo
and ran off wlth a younger woman,
gives a poor account of hlmself and
a larno excuso. Llko Atlam of old, ho
blnmcs lt on tho woman?not tho
woman wlth whom ho cloped, but his
wlfe. Ho declares that Mrs. Cooko
adrnitled that sho married hlm for con
venlcneo, whereupon ho turned to an?
other woman for lovo and comfort.
But what sort of a defenso ls that for
any man to make, leitst of all a rnrn
Istcr ot tho church of God? Becauso
hls wlfo took hor vows for conven
lencc, dld that justlfy hlm ln putting
his off lor tho same reason? T
Blblo from whlch ho has preached. tho
Blble whlch must bo tho rulo of con
duct for every preocher, tenchos that
vows aro blndlng, no matter how Irk
somo they may be, and the marriage
vow most blndlng of all. The prornlse
is to hini that swenreth to h|s own
hurt urrd ohangeth not.
The Vlrglnia .Stato Ltbrary has gath
cred togcther much valuable matter
for the uso of the members of the Leg?
lslature. Leglslatlve Roferenco List No.
1 relates to .Stato ald for hlghway con
struction, whllo No. 2 relates to child
labor. Tho books and pnrnphlets out
llnod Irr the folders aro in the Ltbrary
and subject to the call of members.
That's what we call praotlcal llbrary
work.
Tho 'Washlngton Post is heroby lu
fornied that Its applioatlon for morn
berslllp In the l'nr.igruphera* Unlon
was fuvorably acted upon at the re
gular Saturday nlght meeting, by a
score of 139 to 0. A memhership card
wlll go forward In duo course from
the unlon shlpplng department. As an
exceptlonably ensy Inittntion stuut, tha
Post Is dlrectod to abstain from all
.1. Davls paragraphs for a perlod of
7 days from dato.
We fully agreo with contemporarles
who flnd a misdlrectlon of tho Chrlst
mas splrlt in the pardoning of 00 con?
vlcts by tho Governor of Texns. Such
wholosale clemency would hnrdly pass
mustor wlth the chastoned and re
liglous-mln'dod convlcts of Old Vlr?
glnia, much less wlth tho mallgnant,
diabolical and Infamous convlcts of
Young Texas.
Wo understand thnt tho niggardly
lovors of Texns, -who wlthdrow all
attcntlons to tho simplc and red
bourded wldows of that State at the
appronch of tho Chrlst mas glft soa
son, aro now dustlng off thelr Sunday
srrlts nnd gathering at the Spencor
drug storo for tho reopenlng of tho
calling season.
"It is the approvod Judgment of many
thlnklng men," says tho Clnelnnatl Eri
riulror, "that Llncoln would not havo
boen a Republlcan had he llved longer."
If Llncoln had been born ln 1870, ho
would vory posslbly now, bo found on
tho drlver's seat of the John A. John
son bandwagon.
Tho Ponnsylvanla judgo who rulod
that "no klss in the world is worth
$2,000," revoals a want of that under
;tandlng whlch comes to Pennsyl
yanlaris only wlth travel and ex?
perlence, Had his honor mlstletoed it
through Old Vlrglnia during Chrlst
rnas week, ho could nevcr have been
gullty of n break llko that.
Tho momctit seoms ppportuno to ro
mark that no man llving has a s'touter
nnd moro sorvleeablo lung than Mr.
Roosevclt, particularly when, as at
present, that lung ls fllled to over
flowlng wlth tho tltillatlng and tonlcky
alr of Old Virginia.
John A. Johnson ls niaklng remarks
about tho tariff of a charactcr calcu
la'tod to endear hlm to all such as con
tornplato tho work of tho late Mr.
Dlngloy wlth somothlng less than
broathless reverence.
Contemporarlos who havo been com
mentlng on tho fact that saloons aro
tllsappearlng from St. Louls at tho rate
of 300 a year havo shvrt up since they
had tho opportunlty to soo saloons dls
appear from Georgia at tho rato ol
875,942 ln a nlght.
New Year resolutloners may well con
sldor tho thought that tho heavy do
mands on tho wator-wngon makers
from tho Poachtreo dlstvlot niakt
competlpg orders from other cornrnu
nltles nltogethor out of place.
A contompornry havlng oxpressed tht
hopo that tho elght progeny of Senatoi
Jay Davls tako after their mother, wi
yerituro to add tha hopo that tholr
mother occaslonally taHes after Jay.
"Greono and Gnynor havo spent r
largo fortuno ln kooping out of jail,"
inttsos tho Baltlmoro Suii. Howcvor
its lt was Unclo Snni'a fortuno, condo
lences soern sonrowhat mlsplaced.
"No ono has dled ln Motaltne, Me.
for twenty-two yoars," doclnros thi
Boston Transcrlpt. Probably nohod:
has llved there either, to hurt,
Nor would thls be at all nn unfavor
ablu moment for somo errterprlslni
saieti agorrcy to ltiunch a Dtilte of I'ort
larrd ceiuent.
Wcnthor forocasts for Georgia o:
New Year's evo wero; Wot and atll
ruoro wettor.
Rhymes for To-Day
'HIM NMWYHAH-HOOK.
LOOK nt ,tho Nowyear-Book n blt_
Both you and you nnd you and
you?
And tell mo what you thlnk of lt:
, It's new.
tt oponod np nt 12 lnat nlght?
Mnyhap you heard tho roar and
clank??.
And nll Its pogcs stlll nro Whlto
And ulank,
To-day, no matter how you burn,
Tholr mofinlng won't unfold for you;
Let go tho leaves! No hand can turn
Thom through.
But day hy day, as stilt aa slcop,
And ono hy one, howe'er you rnclt,
Thoy wlU unfold: and nono can kecp
Thom back.
And now'B the First. Well, wo bo men
Born to our tasks and bred to Ilght?
Wo lend our soula: so tako tho pen
And vvrlto.
And when thls Ycar-Book's dono for
me,
And sealed for you beyond all wlt:
Moy wo bo proud to read what wo
Havo wrlt!
H. S. II.
MEIIBLY JOKLNG.
A Little Sormon. '
Do gem'jnnn wlf do clovon hoof,
You'II flnd, as suro its death,
A-koepla' company wlf do man
Dafs got do clovcn breath.
?Phlladelphla Tress.
Xo| Trtisllng to Another.
Swodlah Sorvant (who has Just recelved a
Up): "Ay tank you, Blr."
Hlbuloius Chicst: "No, you won t. .Jilsl
sbow mo where It ls and 1*11 do my own
tanklng."?Baltlmoro Amerlcan.
IIo Wns Not.
The poot hnd just recltnd hls best contrl
butlon to tho Held of Ilteraturc.
"Do you composo on a typowrltor or with
a pencll?" nsknd an Intercsted llstoncr.
"Whon wrltlns: anythlng I dcom worthy
or consldcratlon, 1 flrst tiso a pencll in set
tiiic down my thoughts," rcpllod tho poot.
"Vfs. And rtld you wm a typowrltor or a
pencll ln, wrltlng tho ploco you havo Juat
recltcd?"
Questlon: Wns tho poot plenscd with tho
Ihtorrogatlon?
Atiswcr: Does a rolllng Btono harvest any
moss??Clovohmd Plaln Dealer.
At JnnioMown.
A nowly-mnrrlod couple was taklng in tho
Jarneslown Exposltion.
"Thoro's our blggest man-of-wnr, tlcar,"
said tho husband, polntlng to ono ot tho vos
?cl? ln the harbor.
Just then a llttlo tug was accn pufflng
nroAind the blg ship.
"And Is tho little one a tug-of-war, Tom?"
nsked tho wlfe.?Succcss Magazlna.
It.-iportnnt Thlng to ..ncuv.
Professor (cxamlnlng mcdicnl studentl:
"If you nro cnllcd out to a pntiont, what la
the lirst questlon you would ask?"
Motllc.il Studont: "Whoro he llvcs!"?
Phlladelphla Intiulrcr.
An Inslntintlbh.
Mrs. Newed: "My husband never speaks
a crosa wonl to me."
Mrs. Oldwod: "Indeed! How long have
you been llvlng npart?"?Chicago Ncws.
An Oliservntton.
"Do you thlnk thero aro any great ora
tcra left?"
"Yes," nnsworetl Senator Korghum. "My
olisCrvatlon Is that great oratora aro nearly
ulwuys left."?Washlngton Star.
TIIE I'AltAOltAPJJEItS' I'XIOX' CAKI).
WE beg to acknowledgo tho recelpt,
with tho compliments of Henry Syd
nor Richmond, tho vcrsatllo and
mercllesa paragrapher of tho Richmond
TlmeB-Dlapatch, ot our oertlflcate of meni
borahtp ln tho 1'nragrnpheiB' (Jnlon. It ls
nn ornato nnd Inaplrlng plece ot work and
ls well calculated to win back tho socesslon
lst of Charleston who lovea to pluck tha
cl.errles from tho Falrbanks cocktall and th<>
bald-headed mlscroant ln Washlngton who
svears ho will never dcat-rl tho humblo
piune.?HoustOn Post.
Tho Tlmes-Unlon paragrapher hereby ex
tends hcarty thanks to IiIb brothcr of Ihe
Richmond Times-DIapatch for a handaomely
o'ngraved cortlflcato of membership ln tho
r'ara'graphcrs' Unlon. Thanks, brothor; we'll
llvo up to tho rulea If wo hnvo to slt up
nU nlght to do lt.?Jackaonvlllo Tlmoa
Unlon. -
Wo havj recelved from Richmond I.odga.
Xo. 1, Port Paragraphera' Protoctlve Unlon,
our credontlola of membership. What ??*
wnnt to know ls, does thls glvo us a good
OXOUBO for stiiylng out any later at nlght??
Wiifhlngton llerald.
A certlflcato of membership in tho Para
graphers' Unlon'was ono of our most valued
Clirlatmaa remembrances. It came Btralght
ftom tho offlco of Tho Times-Dlspatch. of
Ravlng Klchmond, and boro thu Inltlala of
tho chlef offendora of tho staft. Tho rules
nnd regulntions of tho order ar.Q moat agreo
ahlo to ua with one excoption, "You can't
teach an old joko now trlcks." If that la
to bo enforced, wo draw out nnd carry tho
houao with ua. for after exhauatlhg tho
thlrtcon orlglnnl Jokes, whero would bo the
pccupatlon of tho paragrapher bound by auch
a pletlgo??Nushvlllo Tcnnosseean.
Tho Nows nnd Courler khas boen admlttod
to the Parogrnphers' Unlon without lta
liiiowledge or consent. Pormal certlflcato to
thls offect wns recelved at thls office yoste'r
rtl.y. It Is slgncd by tho Evening Mall, the
Houaton Post nnd tho Richmond Tlmes
DIspatch, but, as wo aro somewhat cholco
about tho company we keep, we should not
coi sent to tho appolulment It wo could help
It. but wo can't. Tho thlng ls done, and as
tho pdrchmeht roads, wo aro with tho gang
".untll tho end of time, grlm doath or forcl
blo ojectlon." And now that we are ln wo
shall proceed to adopt a new sot of rules
for our own protectlon ngalnst the vlclous
ncv.Bpapcra which havo sought by enforced
lu-eoclatlon with us to ncqulro somo sort
ol decont Btanding for thomsolves. Much
will dopend, of courso. upon thelr bchavlor
ln tho futuro. Aa tho Mlkado would sny:
'How-dye-do, little glrla,. how-dyo-do."
There Is no hnrm posslbly ln wlahlng tho
Paragraphers' Unlon not a happy. but nn
eycltlng, New Year.?Charleston Nows and
Courlor.
At tho Simimer llotcl.
Sho (on their weddlng trip, In tho rrioun
tnlnal?Carlo, what's that long whlto streak
on tho ground over toward our Inn?
He?My Lord! That'a probably our blll!
?'Iranfiatlantlc Tales.
Famoiis Words of Famous Men.
"Glittering and Sounding Generalities."~RUFUS CHOATE,
August 9, 1856.
Watervlllo, Me?
had one of ,the
gala days ln Its
hlstory August
13, .1856,
It was tho com
mencement day
of Bates College.
Maaa - meetlngs ot
the Domocratlo
and Whlg partio3
ln the ' State of
Malne had also
been asalgned for
tho tbo samo day.
As a cor.sor.uonoo Watervlllo waa
crdwded with vlsltors.
Tho Domocmts had the Watorvlllo
comnion for tholr meetlng at 11:30
ln tho foronoon. Among tho apoak
ers of note wero Nathan Cllfford
and James AV. Brndbury, At a cer
tuln hour ln tho afternoon the
Demoarats vacatod tho premises and
allowcd tho Whlga to aaaemblo.
The chlef speakcr for tho Whlgs
,'waa George Evans, who had boen
a natlonal Senator.
| A lettor from Rufus Choate wns
read after Senator Evnns.had com
pleted hls spooch. It was dated
Boston, Augrrst 9, 1S50, and con
tainod 2,500 words.
AU the way through thls long
communlcatlon of Boston's foremost
lawyer to his polltlcal compatriots
ln Mnino wero argrrments agalnst
and references to tho "now geo
graphlcal party," a classlflcatlon
whlch Mr. Choate nppliod to'tho Re
publlcan party, then ln Its lnfanoy,
"If lt (tho now party) aecomplishes
Its objects," wroto Mr. Choate, "and
gives tho government to the North,
I turn my eyes from tho conse
quenees. It wlll reprosent to thelr
eye (tho Southern States) a vast ro
glon of States OFganlzed upon antl
slavery, flushed by trlumph, chcered
onward by the volcos of tho pulplt,
trlbuno and press; Its mlsslon to or
gnnizo freedom nnd put down tha
Mlgarchy; Us constltutlon,
"Tho glitterlng and soundlng gonoralltles ot natural rlght
whlch mako up tho Hoclaratlon of Indepondonco."
I
uft*^
Voice of the People
UMVKHSITY BIOOHKKS.
A Iteply to nn Arilclc nti "The Acnd
I'liilc llc^rcoH nnd llir b'lilvci-Nlty
? ' .siiitidnril."
Edltor of Tho Tlmcs-Dlapalch:
Hlr,?ln tho artlcto outltjcd "Tho
Acndomlc Dugroen nnd tho Unlverslty
Standard," whlch nppoared In tho Oc?
tober Imhuo of tho Aliimnl Bullotin.
thero la a atntement whlch Is imIh
loadlng nnd, in part nt Innst, incor
roct. Tho Htntetnont is thls:
"flnrvard, Ynlo, Johns Hopklns, Le
lnnd Htanford and n very large niimbor
of Htato unlvorsltleH no longor rcqulre
nn nnclcnt langiingo for tho B. A.
degroe." Immedlately upon reading
thls siatoninnt tho proscnt wrlter wroto
to tjle lirst threo of tho instllutlons
nnnied?ho dld not wrlto to Loland
Stanford bocauso of Its dlstnnt loca
tlon?and also to Columbia Unlverslty
and tho Unlverslty of Bennsylvanln,
asklng (i) whether Lntln ls thero ro
qulred for tho bachelor of arts degroe,
nnd (1!) whether Lntln ls requlrcd for
ndmlsNlon Into the coursos Icadlng to
the hachelor of nns degree. lie now
hns ln hls possos.sion a Hlgned stalo
ment from tho dean of tho anndcmlc
fncully ln each of these Instltiitlons
glvlng tho lnformntlon rcf|uestod.
Dean Orlflln, of .lohns Hopklns,
wrltOH that "Johns Hopklns rcqulros
Lntln for tho bachelor of arts degree,
nnd, of cotirso, requlres lt as a part
of tho liiMtrli-iilal iim examlnatlon In
tho caso of all candidates for tho
bachelor of nrts degree." The samo
Is true at Colurhhla Univnrsity, whllo
at tho Unlverslty of Ponnsylvnnla
"Latln nnd Oreok aro both requlred
for tho B. A. dogr?o. both for admls
.slon nnd nttcr adtnlsslon." At Yale
(quotlng from tho dcan's statomont)
"all candidates for adnils.slon muat
present Latln, nnd no ono can rccclvo
tho degroe ot B. A. who has not hnd
as much Latln as Yalo requlres for
admlsslon;" whllo at Harvard tho "ro
qulromont consists of nn eletnentary
knowlcdgo of an anclent languago,
whlch may bo satlsfled by elthgr Latln
or Grcek." No lnformation was
sought from Prlnceton, as it is woll
known that Lntln is rcquirod for her
bacholor of arts degree.
From tho abovo wo ran sco upon
whlch sldo ls tho tcstlmony of the
"cducattonal experts" whlch tho Bul?
lotin artlclo mentlons. Ot tho six
lendlng Eastern universitlos. four?
Johns Hopklns, I'rlnceton, Corumbin
and Pennsylvnnln?requlro a collego
cotirso ln Latln for tho B. A. degrco,
whllo of tho remalnlng two, Yalo ro?
qulros tho passlng of tho entranco ex?
amlnatlon in Latln, whllo Hnrvard ro
qulres the ontraneo examlnatlon in
elthor Latln or Oreek. Thls entranco
examlnatlon, It Hhould bo understood,
prdsupposes tho study of tho subject
for at least two or three years.
Now, at tho Unlverslty ot Virglnia
It is proposcd not to requlro Latln
either in tho collego courso or In tho
entranco examlnations?and that, too,
In the face of tho "expert tcstlmony"
to whlch the Bulletln artlclo appcaled!
Such a rash venturo mlght bo better
rlskod by an Instltutlon larger ln sizo
and strongor ln rosources, for tho
safety of tho small school lles only in
conscrvatism. . . ?
Is Latln of so little importance that
not cvon an elementa.y knowledgo of
It shall bo requlred for tho B. A. de?
gree? Thero are rnany of our alumnl
who, even though they make no clalm
to bo "oducatl'onal exports," do not so
bclievc. And they havo rensons for
thls bellof?dellnltw and posltive rea
sons. Tho greatness of tho Latin llt?
erature is one, but not tho only,- rea
son; nor is lt even tho greatest. as
the Alumnl Bulletln artlclo soeins to
Intlmate.
Tho followlng nddltlonnl roasoni
why the Latln cannot with protlt be
elimlnated from the rcqutrotnents of
the collego course may bo mentloned
here, although lack of space does not
admlt of thelr discusslon: 1. It gives
uiiBurpassed mental dtsclpllne. 2. It
glvos unequalt-d tralnlng ln languago
study. ' 3. lt is tho very best jirt-pnra
tion for tlie study of othor lnllected
lanjjuagcs. I. It ia necessary to a com
plete and thorougli knowledgo of our
own languago, for (a) Latln llterature
has left its lmpiint on every perlod of
our llterature, and (b) probably two
thlrds of our Kngllsh vocabulary Is
dorlvod either dlrectly or Indlrectly
from tho Latin, whllo (c) the only
knowledgo whlch somo students ever
get of tho moro dllllcult prlnclples of
Engllsh syntax ls obtalned through
their study of Latln. Certainly there
Is as much reason for ollminatlng from
the requlroments for the B. A. degree
Courso I. in mathemattcs ln the Unl?
verslty as thore ls ln tho total elitn
inatlo'n of Latln; nor can it bo rlghtly
supposea that tho students gencrally
resent less havlng thls mathematics
"rammod down thelr throats!"
The fact that "most students will
tako Latln anyway, even if It be not
requlrod," does not alter tho questlon.
The standard of a degreo Is its mlnl
nium requlrements, Just as the measuro
of tho slrength of a chain ls Its wealc
cst, nnd not Its strongest, llnk. If
the faculty recommendation with refer
onco to Latin bo adopted, then no B. A.
degree which tlie unlverslty may con
for will be, In tho publlc cstimatlon,
of any highcr standard than that con
ferred upon tho man who does not know
a single Latln form or tho slmplost
Lntln constructlon. Is it surprising
that our alumnl do not favor the propo
t-ltlon?
(Slgned) E. B. SET7.LEB (190'J).
Nowborry Collego, Nowberry, a. C.
Tho Alumnl Bulletln referred to
in tho forogoing artlclo Is publlshed at
tho Unlverslty of Virglnia, and lt was
at first Intcnded to publlsh thls reply
in that mngazlne. This was not done,
liowever. and, with the author's por
mlsslon, the reply, alightly abbrevlatcd,
13 publlshed ln thls papor. The impor?
tance ot tho questlon at issuo does not
louch only those directly intorested ln
tho Unlversity of Virglnia, but tho ef?
fect of tho proposed change means much
to nll persons lnterested in educatlon
ln thls Stnto or elsewhero wlthln tho
ropion in whlch the unlverslty has any
lnlluenco. ALUi^Ub.
?
I.ntln nt <bc Unlverslty.
Edltor Tho Tlmes-DIspatch:
Slr,?Professor Dabnoy's argumont
in tho October Bulletln on tho study
of Latln bolng mado optlonal ln the
H. A. coiirnn. may be summed up In
two proposItlonH?
I,. That tho chango la for tho good
of tho untvorslty,
2. That tho chango la for tho good
of tho publlc.
I. Ho orgiios that thla chango wlll
get tho turlverslty out of tho dry rot
from whlch lt Iins been sufforlng; that
It wlll promotu toinporanco nmong
tho , striderits; that tho unlvoralty ls
lltllo known abroad; that tho prosent
B. A. degroo by hnvlng Lntln compul
sory 1h nn Invortod pyramld; that
gloomy prognostlcatlons had been
mado should tho works of Raulno nnd
Goetho bo prefcrrcd to thoso of VIrgll
nnd Horaco; thnt chrtnges havo been
mado frequontly ln tho courscs here
toforo; thnt tho faculty favor tho
chango, nnd that tho alumnl nro not
oxports ln educatlon; thnt tho chango
wlll brlng to the untvorslty thoao who
othorwlso wlll not come, and so tho
unlvorslty wlll ho benefltcd.
Notwlthstandlng tho nttttudo ln
whlch thoso who opposo thls chango
nro put by tho humoroua refercncos to
them, lt may bo well to conalder tho
question from thelr polnt of vlow.
In tho procoedlnga of tho "Vlsltors
of tho unlvorslty on Monday, tho 4th
of Octobor, 1824, at whlch thoro wero
present Thomas Jefferson, James
Madlson, Jnmos Breckonrldgo, John II.
Cocke, Georgo Loyafl nnd Josoph C.
Cabell," nmong tho rcsolutlons adopt
ed was tho following:
"Thoso dlplomas shall bo of two
degrecs?tho highost of doctor, tho
Bccond of gr'aduate. ? ? ? But no
dlploma shall bo glven to any ono who
has not passed such an examlnntlon In
tho Latln Ianguago as shall havo
proved hlm nble to road tho hlghcst
classlcs ln that Ianguago wlth case,
thorough undorstandlng and Just
quantity; nnd If ho bo, also n profl
clent ln tho Groek let that, too, bo
Btated in hl.i dlploma.
"The Intentlon belng that tho rcpu
tatlorr of tho unlvorslty shall not bo
commltted but to thoso who, to nn
emlnenco In somo ono or moro of tho
selonces taught ln lt, add a proflclency
ln thoso languages whlch constltute the
basls of good educatlon, and aro lndls
ponaablo to flll up tho charncter of a
well-educatod man."" ? Jcfforson's
Works, LIbrary Edltlon, Vol. XIX., prtge
44 4.
It mny be old fogeylsm, but there nro
many mon at thls tlme ivho feel that a
knowlodge of Latln ls stlll essentlal to
a woll-oducated man," and that tho
degroo of B. A. from tho Unlverslty
of Mrglnla should mean a "wall-edu
cated man." Not that a man wlthout
tho knowjcdge of Latln may not bo a
much moro useful mnn than ono with
lt. for such a man mlght bulld the Pan
ama Canal, or make a flylng inirchlne,
though not ontltled to a B. A. degroe.
Thls argument would put cooklng In
placo of nstronomy In the degrec.
Tho proposed chango at tho unlvor?
slty ls not new ln Vlrglnia. The same
thlng was attemptcd nt Wllllam and
Mary College after the Revolutlon. Tho
authorltles excluded the Grcek and
Latln langungos and Instltutod modorn
languages. Tho reaaon glven waa that
tho admisslon of tho learners of Latln
and Grook flllod the collegr wlth chll?
dren. Thls renderlng it dlsagreeablo
and dcgrading to young gontlemen nl-,
ready prepared for entoring on the scl
encos, they were dlscouragcd from re
sortlng to lt, and thus the school for
mathemntlcs nnd moral phllosophy,
which mlght havo been of some service,
becamo very llttlo. The rovenues too,
were exhausted in accommodatlng those
who came only to aoqulro the rudl
ments of selonces.?Jefferson's Works,
supra, pugo 209.
Whatever of advantngo the hlstorv
of Wllllam and Mary may show for sub.
stltrrtlng the modern languages for tho
anclent languages, one thlng ls cer?
taln. that tho Latln coursc at the Unl
verslty of Virginia Is no chlld's course,
and the study of It by chlldren thero
has not Intcrforod wlth the other work
of tho unlvorslty.
I have clted Mr. Jefferson's oplnlon
on this question, not as concluslve
upon lt. but as most persuaslve. Of
course, tlmo makes many changes nec
essary, but tlmo has not yet supplanted
tho rroble works of classic Greece and
Romo, and it Is not likely so to do.
Until thls Is done tho argunront used
by Mr. Jefferson ls as potont as ever.
The argument is mado that other
universitles have dono It. The nnswer
to that ls that they may have roasons
which do not control us. Tho reputa
tlon of the Unlvorslty of Vlrglnia la
that of a great classlcal- school. It
cannot competa wlth the other great
universitles in teaching tho sclpnces,
owlrrg to lack of equlpment and funds.
And so, In the judgment of many com
petent persons, any step taken to aban
don Its work along classlcal Unes is
a Burrondering of tho pre-emlnent po?
sltlon whlch it holds.
If the bonrd of vlsltors chooses to
dispense with the studles at the unl?
vorslty whlch may properly belong to
tho colleges of the State, many wlll
approve thelr actlon. But whatever
courso they pursue, lot them remem
bor that tho unlvorslty is the head
of the publlc school system of the
State, and no step taken wlthout that
fact ln vlew wlll bo acceptable to a
large class of Its patrons.
Thero aro many unlverslty alumnl
who havo no degree, but whose dlploma
ln a glven school has enablod them to
securo many of the good places of the
country open for high attalnments.
II. The second posltlon taken ls that
"the chango is for the good of the
publlc"?(a) that lt Is better for the
Indlvldual student; (b) that lt ls bet?
ter for the greater nurnber of studonts.
(a) In regard to the Indlvldual stu?
dent, the Ianguago above, qttoted from
Mr. Jefferson, in whlch ho enumorates
the beneflts of the anclent classlcs,
seems to apply. Matthew Arnold de
flnos culture as knowlng the best that
hns been thought nnd sald ln the
world, and culture truly ls ono of the
thlngs to be deslred of all men. Hor
bert Spencer is quoted as answerlng an
Inqulrer whether the sclences or the
languages should be taught by asklng
tho question, should a tailor make
coats or trousers?
(b) As to tho beneflt to the greater
nurnber of studonts, much that has
been sald above applles; but supposo
inore students could socure the degreo
of B. A. without Latln ln the courso
than wlth lt. How mortifying wlll be
the case of such a student in the society
of liternry mon, at rrot belng able to
translato a line of VIrgll or even tho
motto on tho seal of a Stato.
Thero aro many points mado by Mr.
Dabney, whlch appoar to answer them
selves. Tho dry rot from whlch the
unlversltv has sufferod In tho past la
not attrlbutablo to tho study of Latln,
but to the self-complac.ency wlth whlch
somo who taught thoro regarded thelr
work as infalllble. The Idea that
tho absonce of a sultablo dogreo was
the causo of the rlotous life charged
agalnst the students In the early hls
tory of tho unlvorslty ls amuslng.
Howevor valuable tho study of the
Ianguago of Raulno and Uootho may
be, twenty centurles havo tested the
valuo of that of VIrgll and Horace,
The fact that the old alumnl re?
gard tho unlvorslty wlth rovcrenca
and "deep feollng," akln to that whlch
a chlld feols for Its mother, so far
from belng ground for tho flippant ob
servatlon, has always boen doemed
morltorious.
That Professor Dabney met no .per?
son "at Municlr. at Berlln or nt
Hoidolborg who had ever heard of tho
Unlverslty of Vlrglnia," is no roflec
tlon upon the unlvorslty. Sho had cer
talnly sent Prlco and Toy to Berlln
beforo that tlme. and Glldorsleove, and
S'chele had both studled thero.
Such lgnorance can be found ln thls
country. Tho Amerlcan ambassador to
Great Brltaln, Mr. Joaeph II. Choata,
declared ln a notablo addross made at
Oxford that Harvard was entltlod to
tho credltablo eclectlc system of study
ln tho universitles of thls country. Hc
perhaps had never heard of tho Unl?
verslty of Vlrglnia.
Whlle tho alumnl aro not odueatlona
experts, many ot them are at such e
polnt that they oan seo what tho ox
pert falls to see; that a dosire to ro
taln ln tho B. A. det>co the study oi
Lnllri fa not "fatuous aolf-complaeoncy
and valn ycarnlngs for ohsolnto coti
tlltloiiH," but a dcslro to malntaln tho
reputntlon of tho imtvcrsHy by com
mfttlng It to thoao who, to an otnlnene*
In solno ono or more ot tho Bulcncoa.
11 dd a proflclortcy In thoso innguiign?
whlch cnnatlttite tho bnsln of good odu
ciii.loii, nnd aro Indlapcnaable to flll
ttp tho charactor of a "woll-oducatod
man."
ROSHWELL PAOE.
Oaklnnd, llnnovcr county, Va.
?
Tlie Rnnnnkc Jiidgealilp?A Corrcctlon,
Edltor of Tho Tlmes-DIspatch:
Hlr,?I am a cltizen of Roanoke, but
not a monibor of tho bar, In tha
Nows Loiulor of Frlday, tho 27th, thorc
nppcarod an artlclo statlng that al
a.moetlng of our bar on tho 23d. at
whlch wero slxty-ono mombora pres?
ent or rnprosontod, Mr. Roy B. Smlth
wns uniinimnuHly Indoraod for the
Judgcshlp of tho Corporatlon Court.
?Thls la eloarjy mlslcndfng. Thoro was
a meotlng held, nt whlch I waa proa
ont as a spectator. Thoro woro prea?
ent nnd pnrtlcipntlng twenty-throa
members of tho bar In poraon, nnd soy
on by proxy, Includlng tho gcntloman
who was lndorscd. Thls meetlng de?
clared ltsolf a majorlty of Its own
ostlmiito of slxty-ono ellglble law
yors by excltidlng tho two cnndldates
for the Judgoslilp nnd tho two mem?
bers of tho Loglslnturo. Elghtcen II
censrd lawyeru and ono of tho most
promlnent members of our bar, who
pnyH hls llccnac olsowherc, were not
counted in arrivlng at tho total. It
lr but falr to tho other candldato, who
Is Indoraod (hy thlrty-elght or moro
Inwyors, to mnko thls oxplnnatlon, and
to ask by what rlght can twenty
nlno nct for slxty-ono and call It n
unanlmous Indorsomcnt. The wrlter ot
tho nrtlcle referred to was clearly
rulslnformed, for It is moat Improbablo
that nny ono fully advlsed could hava
omploycd words so mlslending. '
Very reapectfully,
.10I1N ARCTIER WILSON.
Roanoko, Va., Decembor 30, 1307.
-.- (
Another "I'roteat."
Edltor of Tho Tlmes-DIspatch:
Slr,?I could not rcfraln from glv
Ing vent ln thls way to my foollngs
of sympathy for tho Innocent llttlo
children after rendlng tho oplnlon of
tho wrlter on what ho or aho tcrmed
too much organlzed charlty In tho
cltles of thls country. I beg. through
your columns, to dlffcr with' "A Far
mer's Wlfo and a Taxpayer." Sure
ly that pnrontal love has nover por
vaded the brcast of tho wrltor in wlsh
Ing to vlslt upon thoso little Innoconts
the Inlqulty of tho fathors. Noithor do
t agree with tholr vcrslon of Scrtp
turo. Whlle tho Inlqulty of tho fath?
ors Is sentenced upon the children of
men by a Jcnlous Ood, I vorlly bellovo
those llttlo ones whom Chrlst auffered
to como unto Hlm nnd forbade thom
not, nro not burdened with tho sor
rows of tho slns of tholr fathers untll
responslblo for sln. Please allow me
to congratulnte your editorlnl ln lond
ing ltsolf to tho considcratlon ot or
gnnlzcd charitlcs.
May God speed greater efforta for
tho comfort and ploasuro of Innocent
chorubs.
A FRIEN'D TO LITTLE ONES.
TIJIF.S-DI.SI'.VTCII HATHER I'ltDM.V
TUKIi
Cntigrntiilnllng Lynchburg nn llrlnu
Thlrd Clty la State.
Lynchburg latcly annoxod a cotton
mlll, with Its workera and several
hundred peoplo llvlng on tho aubt|rba,
nnd forthwith put up tho clalm of be?
lng tho thlrd clty In tho State.
Thls movos Tho Tlmes-DIspatch to
extend tho follbwng prematuro con
grntulatlons:
"Lynchburg Is now tho thlrd clty ln
tho State, and Tho Tlmes-Dlapatch of
fers Its congratulutlons to that thriv
ing and important municlpallty. lt ls
most gratlfylng to note that tho board
of supervisors of Campbell county will
not nppeal from tho declslon of tho
court In tho matter of annexatlon, and
thoreforo that both parties will be
spared the cxpense of futlle lltlgatlon.
In the case of Richmond lt waa not ao.
Long pressed ln and cramped by boun
darlcs utterly Incommensurate with
Its population, Richmond was ha
rassed and hampored at every turn bj'
open foea and sccrct cnomlea in her
efforts to expand. Lynchburg haa
been more fortunate, and for tho good
of her own inhabltants and thoso of
Campbell county as woll, Tho Tlmea
Disputch hopes that enough terrltory
has been acqulred to meet tho present
and reasonablo futuro needs of'Lynch
burg's growlng populatlon."
Roanoko dlsputes tho clalm of
Lynchburg for tho thlrd place, and
will shovv several thousand more peo
ple than tho Hlll Clty, with all Its nn
nexed terrltory.?Roanoko (Va.) World.
CHILD IN THE WELL
Witrrniil Out for tbe Mothrr, But SUa
ls Not Fouail.
[Special to The Tlmes-Dlsoatch.]
LAWRENCEVILLE, VA., December
31.?Qulto a sensation was created ln
town a day or two ago, when a col?
ored female chlld was found ln the wer1
of Mr. Jno. A. Mallory, supposed to
have been put thero about ten days
prevlous at tha tlme lt was glven blrth
by its mothor.
A coroner's Inqucst wns held by tht
Mayor and jury. who decided after
careful Investlgatlon that lt was tht
chlld of Mary Watson, and a warrant
was lssued for hor arrest, but up t?
this wrltlng sho has not been appre
hended.
Lawrenccvillo has kept pace with
most of rural towns for tho last de
cado, and closes the present year with
tho sntlsfaotion that sho has many
things to bo grateful for, as prosperity
has prevnllod here, regardless of tho
punlcy talk that has pervadod the
country of lato. As an evldence of her
prosperity and growth Mr. Dan Brltt,
who formorly llyed hore, but has been
llvlng ln Portsmoutn for tho la-st flve
years, returned hero to spend the holl?
days, and says there havo been so
many Improvoments slnce he left that
he can scarcely reallzo it.
Nlghtwutch was kept to-nlght by
many.
PROFESSOR ROSSEIL ACCEPTS
Mcmber of Scwanec Faculty to He
I'rlncliiul of Aoadeiny.
1 Kpeciai to Tho Tlmes-DIspatch.]
WINCHESTER, VA., December 31.?
Tho board of trustoos of Shenandoah
Valloy Acadomy to-day announced that
Professor Brantz M. Rosseil, Th. D.,
Johns Hopklns Untveralty, of Baltt
tnoro, had accepted tho prlnclpalship
of tho acadomy, to succoed Professor
James B. Lovett, who died .recently.
I-Ie will tako chargo noxt year. Dr.
Rosseil was graduated from Johns
Hopklns Unlverslty with distlngulshed
honora and taught ln Washlngton Clty
somo yoara before golng to Sewanee
Unlverslty, ln Tonnossoo, which ho
leavos to become princlpnl of Shenan?
doah Valley Academy, an instltutlon
of over sevonty-itvo years of auccess
ful managoment.
RUN DOWN SYSTEM
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germ than contaminated wator of mllk
aupply. By tho use of
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yeitra. 50c,
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