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MONDAY, .1ANUAUY 30, 1011.
RICHMOND AND Tin: St) I 111.
Iri tin upper room tit the Common?
wealth Club Saturday night eighteen
Byrlous-mihded men. on pleasure ? bent,
foregathered at a flue dinner. .lohn
Kerr Branch w.is the syriiposinrch; and
Arthur Glasgow, temporarily residing
In England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales
and other British Possessions beyond
Ihe sen?the same old sea which Com?
mander Sim?, of the United States
Navy, will cross to spend his money
and shed his blood for his English hill
if Germany or any other Power dare
to touch them?was the bright, partic?
ular star, or the piece de resistance, j
Among those present were the .Denn of i
the financial world in these parts. Mr. j
John P. Branch, and representatives of
the commercial, manufacturing, trans?
portation and investing interests in
this community and State, and besides
men of distinction who practice and
those wlu> interpret the law. it is hot
intended to attempt any report here'
either of the ?linner itself?that is t<>
spv, the vittics?or of the general pro?
ceedings : but only to indulge in sun?
dry reflections suggested by the very ,
serious tone of the discourses towards
the end of the evening.
East week Mel. t'. Branch went down
to South Carolina on a business mis?
sion. He was riding in a train with
one of the progressive citizens of that
State, who called his attention to a
strip of land through which they were
passing, 'land." as Mr. Brunch ex?
pressed it. "that, did not look a bit
more fertile Utah tlie land in Chester
held County," and was told that, these
throe thousand acres had yielded last
year a revenue <<f seventy thousand
dollars, net. which hud been turned
into the State Treasury. There are
hundreds of thousands of acres of
other lands in that State and in other
Southern States that are just as fertile
and that would make Just as much un?
der the right sort of cultivation; where?
fore he was <?f the opinion that the
South is the territory which should I?
cultivated by lliehmond.
This was the spark that set John
Korr Branch off in fine si vie. and for
the space of half ah hour; or there?
abouts, lie spoke of the Sou til as tin
richest part of this country aiici the
part which should attract the largest |
and most practical interest of the hank
ers ami merchants anil capitalists of
Bichmond, which should ho the finan?
cial hub of the South, as it is in very
truth the historical heart of the South.
Last year tin. cotton crop of th<- South
was worth a hill Ion dollars In good
und lawful money. It is a crop that
never fails and which tin- world must
have. Moths do not corrupt it. It Is
proof against the weather. It Is a
money ort*p,- it staiids by Itself among
nil the ??prod irets di our fields. It can?
not \>t- grown North or East or West.
It can he increased '." lift con or twenty
million bales upon demand. Tlie;
wheat and corn of the West are im?
mensely valuable; hut cotton is still
king. Then in the South liiere are.
practically inexhaustible deposits of
foal and iron, woods (if till v.'trlotles,"
frtiits and vegetables in endless pro?
fusion, and all the elements of net tin 1
wealth. Besides, the South has nut:
only clinhlilc advantages possessed by
up other region of this country, aiiti
wafr power in turn the spindle.- a till
l"<->ms and shafting of the continent.
It: the North there are lakes; in the
Investment.8 arc safer in the South
thai) in any Other part of the COiihtry.
Investments are sec tire. The returns
on Capital are 3-.rg.-r than In any other
rcgioh, Tin fat no : s life prosperous.
They are living better tban they ever
lived before. Ha-, dig proved by expe?
rience that they ttniid exist on 11 ve
v eut cotton, tin y rir< iji?k'ihg. big money
?with cotton at fifteen c?;.hts. it j? into
a 1 * 1 have tii<; ptrbpli
have riiorifcy to i
Other people. ;n>. gotn? in to oeeup> the
land; other investors froth (lie North
are tryirit; to gist tin- cicaihl Ivast year':!
Atlantic Coast Line itailn.ad syslehi,
and ?.l tills number -'..'??"> were kittled
in Florida. Othci ihousuhds itre coin?
ing in. and all these people and their
Intc'usis afford ifiohfnond, with It.-f
tifirlvailed situation and its abundant
t;M?i(aij opportunity for j-rt-aior things
IJram-h, hut they will give 11i?- thought?
ful and progressive people of (hit- iowii
something to think about, and wnat- ho
said Saturday night >yaa supported by
President .Sam Morgan, of fertilizer
fame, who knOWH me South from t.:e
falls of the James River to the light at
Cgniont Key, niirl who regards It ns
the richest stroteh of country In tho
world und fairly bulging with opportu?
nities. A ?real volume of Northern
capital has been Invested In .Southern
enterprises; why not Richmond capital?
Tie; North Is Unding out tho South;
why should not Richmond lind It out
ami go In and hohl It against all com
ers? The South Is growing stronger
evory day. and year after year; why not
make the South, the riebest and most
promising field for trade and industry
and finance In tho world, tributary to
Richmond ?
It docs not matter about the dinner
particularly, although it was very good;
the great thing about tho symposium
Saturday night was that it put the com?
pany in close touch with the industrial
life of the South and opened the way
for Richmond enterprise in the land
whore the Heids blossom with golden
fleece and the livers run with oppor?
tunity. As Morgan said, it is at just
sheh little assemblies of men with a
pUrposc that some of the largest 11 nan -
citll <and industrial undertakings in
tins country have been launched.
TUM .MO\t l UK ASSAl I.T.
"When matters have reached such j
a state that an attorney in pleading j
a case and representing his client's
interest is set upon and beaten by
witnesses on the other side, it is high
time that the law take such matters
in iiahd and protect the practitioner."
That is tlie commendable view held i
by the Rosslyn Com men wealth .'is toj
tli?' recent brutal and unwarrantable!
assault oh R. C I,. Moncure, a promi?
nent Virginia attorney, made by cer?
tain persons at Rockvillo, Maryland.
The attack on Mr. Moncure was an
outrage, lie had done only that which
his duty required him to do, and ho
whs not conscious of the fact that he
had aroused the hitter enmity of any
one. Coining out of the Rockvllle
court-house on Wednesday lie was set
upon ami beaten unconscious by six
men, because of what he said in the
course of his duty as attorney.
This was done- by Maryland men
in a Maryland town, und is a reflec?
tion on the administration of justice
in that. State. It is said that. Sherirf
VP it w ill lie charged with not going
to the assistance of Attorney .Moncure
when informed that the latter was
being beaten by six men. That, if true,
was a flagrant breach of official duty.
Mr. .Moncure is still in a critical con?
dition, hut we trust that In- and his
friends will insist oil bringing to
judgment the inch who assaulted
him so brutally and unwarrant?
ably on Wednesday Tho as?
sailants were plainly acting in con?
tempt td court, and they should be
punished lor that as well as for the
Injuries which they Indicted upon' an
honorable man ami an uptight lawyer.
if we are to judge by this occur?
rence, Rockvllle, Maryland, is about as
much civilized as the villages in tin
I African jungles.
??ivfiKicors oucisioxs.
For the passage "f tho income lax
amendment to the Constitution of tlie |
United Mates the outlook Is much;
better' than ever lief fire, however much |
such a tendency is to i>e deplored, It]
seem.'- that the political overturn inj
November lias given new and powerful i
Impetus toward the rulltlcatlon of tlie
federal income tax amendment. In
tli.- lust week tin Senate of North
Carolina ratified tin? amendment by a
vote of 12 to 1. und jiist a lew days j
before the General Assembly of Oreg.uti
assented to the |iroposed change In
the organic law of tin nation. Ohio,
iasi year under Republican control
rejecting ihn proposed amendment,
raillied it this year by ah alindsl unan?
imous votoi tile I >enioerat s being in
control. It hot improbable that
twenty-four more Slates, the required
number, will vote in favor of I lie pro?
posed amendment.
The States t li.<t have adopted the
suggested amendment are: Alahama.
Ceoighii Kentucky, Illinois. Maryland.
Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Sotttii Carolina and Texas. North C'hrp
llnti i- practically assured, Covci'lihr
lia.->", of Ne\y I lanip'shire, has til led
I'u ti Heat ion ol this constitutional
change, uiid it is probable that it will j
he favored hi that St,tie. Vermont, it j
Should l>e noted, has lately rejected
the |iroposed a uieiidinetit. favorable
aciioh i;; looked for in Maine. The
M ?.-saehur-ct is House wishes the adop?
tion of tin- sUga<;stcd change, ami i.ioy
ernor | favors it. hut the result is
in tloubf, on account of file Senate.
The situation is thus seen to be
distinctly favorable to ihe passage of
the proposed Income tax amendment.
It ste id( of voting against it. as they
should have done, the Soulheth Staies!
have be. ti too quick to approve, the
change. The proposed amendment is
it pernicious alteration in our national
fundamental law. and it should not
Southern Stales which
i t<> i'y'cbi'il themselves oh I
.t
? t should officially resent I
ion of Mates rights, this |
toward tlie centralization of!
the Federal Government. j
TUB MiM.r.Ult l. \XI) TUM ,llll|.\.
The I to -ion Herald is nothing, If m>t
conscrynlive. What it says about the
ran- question js n I most barometric ol
South in it.- relations to the black;
ihaiii Very hopeful, therefore, is tlie
following editorial article from our
loiiteinporary:
Kdwanl S. Brown, a colored man ol
Bichrnohd, Va? who d|ed a few hays
since after forty years' service as
janitor and assistant in the State Law
Library, was honored l?y 'in- Bar Asso?
ciation of that city in a set of reso?
lutions expressing the warm appre?
ciation fell by the betieb ami bar lor
his faithful and Intelligent Work and
l.u "extraordinary knowledge of legal
l tlX,
the feeling
North as
bibliography." Tho resolutions Bpoak
of him us u "friend" of thoso who thus
boar testimony to his usetulness.
Judge Christian added in an Inter?
view his sense of personal friendship
for tho deceased, and said that the
meeting at which tho resolutions were
adopted appeared to him one of tho
most creditable ever held by the Uur
Association. It is well to remember
that for a dozen tales, of race conflict
that reach us from the South thpro uro
10,000 daily acts of mutual kindness
between tho races, and in this inet
and in such action as that by the Klch
ntond i^ar lies the hope of a peaceful
solution for the problem looming so
large In the eyes of men both isorin
and South. ?
t'cs, ten to ten thousand is about the
right ratio. The white man's Inhuman?
ity to the black man and the black
man's inhumanity to tho white man
got into type, but the kindly recipro?
cal acts shown by one race to tho
other pass unnoticed. The bout horn
man of real breeding recognizes the
good qualities und the ability of the
black man, and gladly acknowledges
it.
IC the Herald had Known Kdw?rd
.Brown, ii would have been better.
Dignified, courteous, kind to all, the
colored assistant in the Virginia Lrfiw
Library was a model whom all men,
white and black, might well follow.:
He was not the sensitive pessimist
that Du Bois is; he would have taken
little interest in what William Lloyd,
Gurrlson, of Boston, would say; he
would not have greeted with any
warmth William Monroe Trotter.1
Hiown was a lawyer, taking pride 1?
what he did, helpful, but not vain and
puffed up, respected by all who knew !
him. With all their faculties anil I
?
' plants.'' the Northern universities can
teach the colored youth nothing half
so valuable as that w hich tfrown might
have taught them.
NOT ALONIC.
For tlie pencil 1 of the District of
Coliuuhiu Commissioners be it said that
the impels nf Virginia are not alone
in their protests against the. proposed
placing of a reformatory near the
home of Washington. Out of the many
utterances which We have seen in
newspapers of ulher States, we repro?
duce that which appears in the Chi?
cago Becord-ilerald:
"The Commissioners of the District
of Columbia have purchased a site In
Virginia fur a criminal reformatory
and have asked Congress for authority
to build. With what seems a curious
tendency to affront patriotic- sentiment,
and general propriety, they have lo?
cated within three miles of Mount. Ver
non and the tomb of Washington.
"This threatened action has naturally
stirred up the association that has re?
stored and maintained Washington's
home and tomb as n national shrine.
The protest of the association against
the plan as a national ?dishonor' tu our
country will naturally be supported by
tlie sympathy of gooil and patriotic
citizens."
Yes. it is an affront to patriotism.
Those who have In their discretion the
decision of this matter err greatly when
they oppose the tide of public opinion.
In them there appears to be no rever?
ence; no patriotic sentiment, no sense
of tiie fitness of things. It is hoped
thai people ^11 over the nation and
newspapers everywhere will indicate to
the Commissioners their displeasure}
at I In- contemplated action.
Tili; DAILV S'KWSl'Al'Elt.
Bliss Perry, Professor of Lhiglish
Literature, in Harvard University and
formerly Editor of the Atlantic Month?
ly, places a very high estimate not only
upon the historic value of the average
daily newspaper, hut upon its literary
merit as well. He resents: the common
criticism of superficial observers that
the daily newspaper is poorly written.
lit a recent lecture on ??Libraries and
the Community," Prof. Perry spoke
witli line appreciation of the English
? if the daily newspaper, which ho said
is often of a higher standard than that
of the hooks, and thai it is of a lar
better duality than the speech of every
day life. t,e praised very highly the
daily newspaper as a historical source
and charged librarians to beware of
disregarding its value as an essential
element in the shudy of contemporary
Bi'e indeed, the newspaper, if properly
conducted and fairly represent si tl ve ol
the community of which it is a large
pail, is the most I rust wort by source
of Information as to tlie move?
ments of the day in all matters
affecting i h<- Hie of i he people ?
"a map of busy life." upon which is
.-pre.ul out every day the history ol
the world generally and of the Hti?c
world in which the newspaper revolves
upon its own axis and wunin its own
hurticulur orbit. The great deeds that
are dune, tlie passions and prejudices
of tin- hour, the events, big and little,
ih.u stand out from day to day, tlie
I em per of the people, the waves of
thoughl by which they arc controlled;
; 1story, written currente calarno, is the
olllce and work of (he daily press.
.\<n only do the newspapers possess
distinct historical merit, but In their
criticism of the literary adventures ol
the makers of books the> often dis?
cover "gems of purest ray serene" Unit
might otherwise have been thrown out
upon the dump by ?'them literary id?
lers." who hold to the standard that
some older judges have sot. "The ex?
pert assessors of the Hall of Fame,"
said Prof. Perry, "found out the other
day what any competent janitor of a
puiMtc oururj could have told mem for
the past fifty years?namely, that
Edgar Allen Poe was famous. The
librarian should he keen-eyed enough
to sei- thai "Mr. Pooley's' Wit is as
(lashing n hd his satire as Irene haul as
was Mr, Samuel Hutlcr's, or Ooorge
Canning's, or .lames Jt?ssell L?wen s.
The 'Odyssey' and 'Don Quixote' ami
?Iii liias' are on the accredited list of
romance or advent lire. It is i.u
librarian's (ask to perceive that no
Iii? r ivy canon could accept those stories
and al the same time reject 'Huckle
ln l'rof. .Perry's opinion the Ideal
du. Ilhraxv will know how to utilize
hi ; ry Pinn.' "
nowspapef?, not moroly as historical
resources, hut as an essential element
In studying- and comprehending 'con?
temporary Ufa. "It Is often tho habit
among hulf educated and among ovor
educated poople," Bald Prof. Perry, "to
decry nowspapcrs as injurious to tho
cultivation of literary taste. Our c?ti
ijron aro solemnly warned in school and
coll ego against newspaper English, but
?vho bids thorn beware of breakfast
tablo English, playground ~ngllsh, do
partmcnt storo English, afternoon lea
English, pulpit English? 1 should
hazard tho opinion," concluded Prof.
Perry, "that tho averago editorial
column In tho New York Hun. for ox
ample, Is bettor written than tho
average page In tho Atlantic Monthly,
and that tho English of both tho Sun
and the Atlantic Monthly is hotter
written than that of the average book
sent to those Journals, for review.'
This cstimato of Prof. Perry Is well
worth considering, because he speaks
with authority, being regarded rightly
the best man Harvard has in English
literature. His reputation has been
greatly enhanced throughout tho coun?
try by such lectures as ho delivered
on tho Thomas Foundation at Rich?
mond College two years ago, and by
other lectures that he has delivered at
the University of Virginia.
We are pleased, of course, that he ;
should have spoken with such appro- '
elation of the literary value of news-j
paper work und of its historical value.}
Journalism Is not literature regarded j
as literature, but journalism of the |
better sort Is better literature In fact j
than masses of tho stuff that masque?
rades under this title. When it is con?
sidered that the daily newspaper is Ulc
work of many hands, that it is always
made up in a hurry, it Is not to be
wondered at that the lenses should oc?
casionally get twisted, that the num?
bers do not always agree with lac
verbs, that the periods sometimes lack
rhetorical polish and that tho exact
words do not always come with tue
Ideas, that there are early malls to be
caught and cranky machines to be
considered and bad proof reading. It Is
a daily miracle that the dally news?
paper of the belter sort should possess
so line a literary sense in its construc?
tion.
Tltia ORKAT QUESTIONS;
The Council of the National Econom?
ic I,eigne, which is composed of some?
thing like SOO university presidents,
professors, judges. lawyers, bankers,
merchants, manufacturers, editors and
others who help in the shaping of pub?
lic opinion, has been voting on the se?
lection of subjects for consideration by
the League in the coming year. Two
ballots have been taken, the lirst bring?
ing tip fifty-four general subjects sug?
gested by members of the Council.
Of these topics, but eleven had suffi?
cient votes to go on tho second ballot.
From the second balloting two sub?
jects wore chosen as the most Impor?
tant of all those submitted. They
were:
Dirbct icgislatiotv Including direct
primary nominations, direct election of
United States Senators, Initiative, ref?
erendum and recall.
incfllciency and delay of the courts
in the administration of Justice.
The first subject received 56.5 per
cent, of all the votes east, and the sec?
ond 4:5.5 per cent. Other topics on the
second ballot were, in the order named:
Regulation and control of corporations,
centralization of power in the Federal
Government, conservation of natural
resources, tho tariff, the public school
system, efficiency and economy in Fed?
eral, State and municipal administra?
tion, corporation influence in politi.-s,
taxation, relation between employers
and workmen.
In the membership of the League's
National Council there aro represented
all classes, interests, opinions and pol?
icies. The vote of the Council is,
therefore, significant in showing the
trend of public sentiment. In the view
of (he Council, direct legislation must
have the right of way over all other
proposed reforms, ft may be that the
attitude of this body is indicative of
the national attitude on great qUes
l ions.
liEfilSl.ATI VI'-! sr/.Ks.
The Boston Cilobo has made a very
interesting comparison of the sizes of
the various State Legislatures. New
Jersey, for example, has a Senate of
twenty-one members and a House with
sixty. This gives that State a joint
vote Of eighty-one. Nevada has
twenty Senators and forty-nine mem?
bers of the lower branch, with sixty
nine votes in Joint assembly. These
are -mailer than all of the other States
on joint ballot, excepting Delaware,
which has a total of fifty-two votes,
and Utah, with a total of sixty-three.
There are but seventeen Senators-In
Delaware, and but eighteen in Utah.
In a majority of the States the Sen?
ate membership is between thirty and
fifty. In Oregon, Vermont and West
Virginia liiere are thirty members. In
Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado and Con?
necticut the number of Senators is
thirty-five^ In California, Massachu?
setts, Kansas rind Virginia there are
forty members. In Iowa, Indiana,
Pennsylvania ami North Carolina there
are llfty Senators. Minnesota, with
sixty-three, lias the largest Senate.
New England leads all the coun?
try in House membership. The
New Hampshire House contains !tS'J
members This is greatly In excess of.
any other state. Massachusetts has
2-lp reprcsonialives, Vermont has 216.
I Coiihecthitil has 2.96. Maine has 1.11,
find Rhode island Is limited to ion.
It ho le island is the. only New England
St.it.. that is anywhere near the States
ot the West in the moderate size of
its Goimrnl Assembly. ,
The Houses In some of the Slates
contain the following membership:
Oregon, 60; Ohio, 119; Tonnosaoo, 99;
ToxiiB, 109; Virginia. 100; Now York,
160; Kontucky. 100; California, 120; Col?
orado, 103; South Carolina, 134; Wash?
ington, 96; West Virglnlu, SO; Illinois,
153; Indiana, 100; Iowa, 10S.
These figures, the Globe says,
"illustrate thu individuality of tho
Commonwealths." No rulo has been
obscryod, but In tho newer States there
Is a decided tendency toward small
Assemblies and tho possibility of rotten
boroughs. Tho oinullcr tho legislature,
tho shorter its session. Fewer bills are
Introduced, there are fewer men who
take up hours "talking for buncombe."
A small Legislature Is very hard to
corrupt, as tho Dolawaro Assembly
showed in tho notorious Addicks caso.
CUTIilSRY ITOFOitM.
Goldberg, the cartoonist, has recently
drawn a very amusing sot cf pictures
under the heading "lSdtlng Becoming a
Complicated Science." This is a play
on tho number of knives, forks and
j
spoons used at dinners tho3o -Jays. One J
picture shows three people at a table, I
each looking at the other so as to j
try to ilnd out what implement of the
epicure to take hold of llrsl. This Is
rightly described as "a critical mo?
ment In every man's life." Another
cartoon shows a man with two or j
three dozen instruments over his !
shoulder. A friend asks him "Are you '
going to crack a safe or commit mur?
der?" und the reply Is "We're going
to have usparagus for dinner." A third
picture shows a man with a most be?
wildered expression looking over a set
of dining tools by his plate, saying.
"Fxcuse me for being so rude, but you
forgot to give mo a set of directions."
In docs seem that wo are going to
extremes In cutlery for dinners. Fads
and fashions cause constant changes
in this direction, and only a close
student of etiquette can keep pace with
the evolution of tho jagged fragment
of stone with which our ancestors of
that tlrst four hundred created by the
survival of the tlttest ate bear steaks
and ichthyosaurus patties. The number
of dining tools'required seems to in?
crease with the years, and make much
truth cling to the saying. "Nowadays
you have to be a plumber or a me?
chanical engineer to enjoy a meal."
In Texas, the people carry their din- j
Ing implements In a sort of hollow
Wooden tube, which has a top that is !
screwed down so as to make the outfit
portable.
We are living these days In too
complicated a fashion. Tnere are
thousands who are ready to use In in?
surgency and bring about cutlery re?
form. It may be atavism, but we are
surely drifting back to the plain knife
and fork primeval, without allied and
auxiliary forces of silver tu the right
of us and to the left of us.
The Chattanooga Times expresses
the hope that "the ghost of CarniaeK.
having "presided at the election of
('.apt. iiooper to be Governor and Le i to
be Senator, will be laid from this time
on and he permitted to rest alone In
tho admiring memory of his friends.'*
Hut the Times will understand, of
course, that ghosts have a queer way
of moving about when people arc out
o' nights who ought to be at home.
Besides it will be many a year before
the people of Tennessee will forget the
deep damnation of Carmack's taking
off.
"Richmond; Va.. has all-night car.-."
says the Savannah Press, "while At?
lanta hasn't. Really, It would sceni
that. Richmond has more people to hold
than has Atlanta." Not "seems,'' con?
temporary, but has'. Not. only has
Richmond more people, hut. it has bel?
ter people, more money, more enter?
prise of n substantial sort, less foolish?
ness ami a better time and a bigger
time generally than Atlanta has Over
k nown.
Word comes from Washington that
the Treasury Depart nicht has deter?
mined to assess countervailing (lutiis
on all Scotch and Irish whiskeys im?
ported into tlds country from Great
Britain. The effect of this order Will
be to add nun- cents a gallon to the
duty already imposed, whlcji will bring
Into the Treasury about $l2?,0(!ti the
year. Trade In Scotch and Irish
whiskeys now amounts in the United
States to about $2,500,000 annually.
This will he sad news for Houston ami
other temperance communities.
When the Orange Observer takes us
to task about anything, wo feel that
we should like to have some one cry
out in our behalf, as did some lad at
the recent, suffragist meeting In New
York. Three men were being carried
about by a suffragist "oratoress" as
"specimens" of what the species of
male voters is. They were held in
custody by this woman, until some lad
cried out "Scoundrcless, release those
men!" So when tho Observer denies
that, the onion is its favorite flower
on account of "sentimental" reasons
we need somebody to speak out for us.
The Observer admits, though, that the
onion is n "homely eatable," which
proves that our contemporary eats the
delicious fruit of tho earth if it do
not. choose it as a favorite ilower.
However, we aro glad to know that]
the brnsslca oleracea Is dear to Hie
heart of the Observer, whether or not
it he affected by plasmodlophora bras
sleae. it is just as well.
Tho V. ?f, T. Cadet says:
".Sherman said 'war is hell.' Wonder
if ho ever attended reveille In Janu?
ary."
Right. Reveille is terrible punish?
ment for uncommitted crimes.
Children Cry
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Daily Queries and Answers
Addjwms all communications for this column to Query Editor.
Tlmoa-mepatch, No mathematical problems will bt aolvod? no
coins or stamps fitted and no dealers' names will ba
Eligible to itio Presidency.
Aro Cuthol'cs and Jows ollglblo* to
tho presidency? I
Roosovelt recently addressed the
American IIobrc\v congregation in ses?
sion in Now York, and is quoted as;
saying: "llo hoped to see the tlmo when
the .Jew and tho Catholic, would be
equally ellglblo to the prosldency."
What did ho mean by tho words "ell- j
glblo to the presidency'"' .1. R. G.
Catholics and .lews aro ollgiblc to
the presidency. Mr. Roosevelt never
made tho remark you attribute to him.
The Constitution says nothing about
tho religious belief of a candidate. Ho
must be a natural born citizen, and
shall have attained the ago of thirty
live, nnd fourteen years a resident with?
in tho United States.
PnTit of '40.
Have heard It stnted that in early
days In California, away back in 1840.
flour sold for a dollar a pound and
other articles; in proportion, but have
not been able to discover anything
that will verify that statement.
X. Z.
Francis D. Clark, who wrote tho
storv of "The First Regiment of New
York Voluntcors." commonly known as
".Stevenson's regiment," who came to
California In IS 17. has the following
in regard to. prices of commodities:
The writer passed tho winter of
181S-9 on the Moktlumno River, about
one mile below the hill, and the fol?
lowing were the. prices demanded and
paid f<ir provisions, clothing, etc., In
Unit locality: Per pound?Flour. $"1;
sugar. $2; coffee. $3; pepper In gral,n.
S5; salt pork, ?5; salt. $1; blankets,
per pair. $50; flannel shirts, $25j com?
mon boots, per pair, $100; common
shoes', per pair, $32; Moxican scrapes
(shawls), $100.
Hantier,
Wliut banner or standard or equiv?
alent for a (lag did tho Jews have be?
fore tho fall of Jerusalem? Cannot*
llnd anything on that In history.
W.
They had what Is called "nees," :i
signal raised on some special occasion
and "dogoli" a military standard, to
designate a largo division of an army,
and '?oth.'* a small one. In an en?
campment, which was about three
miles square, the occupants, living in
families, did not occupy as much room
as so nuLny soldiers would liavo occu?
pied. Tho standard (degel), a glit?
tering emblem on a polo, marked the
camp, and the ensign (oth). the family.
There were four standards for pact)
camp of three tribes, according to tra?
dition the four cherubic forms, the.
lion, tho ox, the man and the eagle.
For Instance, tin- lion was the emblem
of Judah. the ox that of Ephraim, ami
tho man and tho eagle that of Ezeklol.
Snw.
Is there any foundation for the old
saying that tile moon spoils a saw?
X.
The London Notes and Queries Bays:
"One cannot help thinking that a su?
perstition so universal bad In Its origin
some connection with solar worship
and was suggested perhaps by tho
metal's malleability for iiscftn pur?
poses when subjected to the solar fire.
As tho beneficent rays of the Kit? at?
tack tempered Iron exposed to them,
so the rays of the moon (maletlcunt,
as usual) would drjiw the temper from
tin Iron or steel implement, whose use?
fulness depends entirely upon Its tem?
per."
ESME HOWARD"GETS "
RANK OF MINISTER
I1Y LA 3IAIK1I ISM IIB I'OM'KNUY,
ESM? Ho WA KU made so many
friends in America during lila
stay at Washington us'eouncllor
of the British embassy that there
are many who will be Interested to
learn that he has been promoted from
the post of consul-general nt Buda?
i'e>;th. to the rank of minister at
Berne, lie is the fourth son of Henry
I toward; of Grays toko Castle, in Cum?
berland, and a grandson of that Lord
Henry Howard who was the brother
of tho twelfth Duke of Norfolk, lie
1-erved as private secretary to the
late Lord Carnarvon when Viceroy of
Ireland, also to Lord Kltnberloy when
Secretary of .State for Foreign Al?
lans, and through the Boer Wat as a
trouper in the Imperial l'comunry.
His wife,' Lady Isabella Howard, is
not only the daughter of a Scotch
peer, but also an Italian princess by
birth: for her father was the eighth
I.ail of Nowburgh, Viscount Kynuairil
?Mid Baron Lovlngsiuhc, all in the
peerage of Scotland, and als., Prince
Glustlnianl ami Marquis Bandlni, ol
Lome, and Duke of Mondragone, as
well as Count of Carlnola, -.f Naples;
His family; namely, that of Glustlnianl,
reigned as sovereigns over the Inland
of Chios, until It was seined by the
republic of Genoa in the fourteenth
century, and he c??ld trace lus un
cestry to Edward 1 of England. The
lute Lord New-burgh's honors cane
him through his mother, on her death,
ami mi order tu enjoy the prerogatives
thereof, he secured letters ol natur?
alization as u British subject.
The' earldom of Newton gh and the
minor Scotch dignities associated
therewith were bestowed in the (lrs|
pluce by Charles 11. upon one of his
la vor I to genth men in waiting, Sir
?Limes Levlhgstone, of Kynnalrd, who
hail been ono of the most devoted Cav?
aliers of Charles 1.. and had tici oui
punicd the lattcr'a son and successor
into exile. The second carl died with?
out mile issue, and his Scotch peer?
ages .passed to his daughter Charlotte,
who was first married to Hugh Clifford,
? if Chudlelgh, and afterwards to
Charles Rudellffe, fifth Earl of Der
weht water, who lost his head on Tow?
er Hill, in London, for his participa?
tion in the Jacobite rebellion. Char?
lotte had a daughter by her fust mar?
riage and a son by tin second mar?
riage. The son became fourth earl.
Iiis son. Live lift ti earl, died without
issue, and the earldom ol New hilf gh
and the other Scotch peerages there?
upon reverted to the Boihhn Prince
Vliieenzlo Glustlnianl, grandson of
Charlotte's daughter by lo r tust mar?
riage, I' was ibis Roman groal
grtindson of Charlotte and of Hugh'
Clifford who became sixth earl. lie
left no son, Ion a daughter, wild on
his death became Countess of New 4
burgh in her own right. She married
a Roman patrician, the Marquis Ban?
dlni, w ho was authorized by the Pope j
to assume and continue the liile of
Prime Gltistlnhtni, which had belong?
ed to bis wife's father. Lady Isabella
(toward is his granddaughter One Of j
lor sisters is the wife of Prince Ca -
millo Hospigliosl. Another is the wife j
of Duke Mario Grazlcll. while yet an?
other. Lady or Princess Christina, is a
huh of the Sacred Hear:.
Estno Howard takes the place at
Berne of Henry Bax-lronslde, who also
spent a number of years at Washing?
ton as secretary of tin- British em?
bassy, am! who Is now promoted to tho
post of envoy-es t raordinary and min?
ister plenipotentiary in the kingdom
of Bulgaria. He enjoys the reputation
of being one of the most learned mem?
bers of the English diplomatic service,
and possesses a most remarkable
knowledge of Oriental languages, lie
Is particularly prollcicnt in Turkish
und Persian, and while confidential
secretary to the late Sir William
White, ihc strongest English ambassa?
dor "t Constantinople in the last, fifty
years, obtained a wonderful insight
into the intricate politics of Southeast?
ern Europe. He is a member of the
Travelers' Club, in London, owns a
pretty country seat in the county of
Durham. known as lloughton-le
Spring. and has some American con?
nections, throufh his wdfe. who died'
lt.st fail. She was by birth a Countess
Oyldenstolpe, and her brother. Count
A. Oyldenstolpe. now Swedish envoy
in Paris, Is married to tlie daughter
of Sir Francis Plunkelt, one time Brit?
ish ambassador to the Austrian court,
and wdiose widow is a daughter of
Charles W. Morgan, of Philadelphia.
Monsignor Granito di Belmontc- |
Pignatelli, who bus just resigned the
position of nuncio, that is to say, of
pontifical ambassador, at Vienna, under
peculiar conditions, is a nephew of
Cardinal Rampolln, and formed part
of the special embassies of the papacy j
at the coronation of Nicholas II., at j
Moscow, In 1896, and at the
time. of the jubilee celebration
of Queen Victoria in London, in the
following year. His Christian name is j
Oennario. and he is by birth a prince I
of the historic. Neapolitan house of |
Pighalelll which was founded by Lucio |
Pignatelli, Grand Constable of Naples]
In 1102, and to w hich belonged Pop.-i
Innocent XII., who reigned in the last
decade of I ho seventeenth century.
Two of its members, namely, the
Duchess of Torrnnova and Princess
Rosa Pignatelli, are ladles of the pal?
ace 'to the Queen of Italy, und, in fact,
the allegiance of the house Is pretty
equally divided between tho Vatican
und the Qulrinul.
According to llmc-honored custom
and tradition, the papal nuncio at
A'ienna should on relinquishing his
post receive from the hands of (he
Eihporor the be re tin of cardinal,
granted In response to ti demand on
the purl of the imperial government.
But. Monsignor Granito di Belmontc
has Interfered- so much In the inter?
nal administration of both Austria and
Hungary, mainly In connection with
school affairs and in championing the
cause of the Clm-lcaV and reactionary
political opposition against tin- Cabi?
nets ol Vienna anil or Pcsth, that hih
reeall was ropeutedly applied for, on
U)u ground that he was persona non
grata. situation was rendered
more diflicuit by the fact that, al?
though lie know French very well, yet
he did not know German or Hunga?
rian, and was therefore unable to ?et
Into touch with the lower clergy, or to
uc(|ualut himself with popular senti?
ment m Austria and Hungary, as ex?
pressed by the daily and serial prt an.
He was convinced, loo, thai he was
carrying out the views of the Holy
Ifiiliter nnd of his Secretary "f State In
combutlUK by every means in his
pqWOr all (hat savored in any way of,
modernism.
The Vatican, on the other band, de?
clined to recall tie- prime, unless the
Au Utah government would re.-ill it.-,
ambassador to the Vatican, Count Nich?
olas Szecsen, who had Incurred (ht!
displeasure of (he papacy, first, hy
freqtienilny the palace ami the enter?
tainments of his Intimate friend and
colleague, the Austrian am Im ?so dor
to the Qulrlnal, under whoso roof lie
was accustomed tin meet Italian statesi
i!)-n .ad dignitaries of the court -?(
King Victor Emmanuel, ami also be
causi i-ount Szccseh had been unfor
lunate enough to .-??cute the admission
of a Viennese professor to the pri?
vate ufJSS of the Pope, who turned oil!
to be a professed unbeliever, and v. h.
had sipat out the sacred wafer when
receiving the communion! The count
had not been personally acquainted
with tie professor, and bml merely
recommended htm in the ordinary
(?Urse ol routine, yet was held by
the authorities at tin- Vatican to bil
responsible for the sacrilege In fact;
i"i ? ? 111 thenceforth his position there
became most unpleasant. As soon as
ever a vacancy occurred, through the
death of fount ?pudi" Khevenbuller
at Paris, ho was Immediately transfer?
red t"? the post of ambassador to
France, whereupon the Vatican lost no
time in withdrawing Prince G rani to
di ?clmonte
Put the Austrian government, lit,
view of the trouble which the prince
had caused ivy siding with Do- nulitleill
opposition, declined to make, the cus?
tomary request for his cardinals hat.
And thus, for the first time in genera?
tions, has a papal nuncio ieft Vienna
without receiving tins token of ap?
proval of bis own /sovereign, and tint
o; the one to whom he was accredited.
As the Pope has decided to hold no
consistory this year, in view of th<
fact that it is tin- fortieth nnniversary
of tin- loss of the temporal nov'e'reigiity
of the Holy S>e. Prince Granite ill
Iblnionte will have to wail another
twelve months before lie receive;;, not
at the hands of the Austrian Kmperor.
bin at those of Piux -\. himself, the.
red ii it. and appointment to the Sacred
College. In the meantime It is said
that he is retiring to Naples, to spend
several months there with his aged and
wldo.wed mother, whose health Is cx
i e< dingly frail.
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Hulking Title Charge*.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir(?Cur legal friends in this city
have recently signed an agreement
binding themselves ' to" make the fnl
lowtng charges for the examination of
titles of real estate, to go into effect
on February l:
On the valuation of 51,000, the sum
of $10, and on every additional 51,One,
or fraction of same, the sum of $J.
The charge for this work, up to this
time, has hem on the valuation of
$1,000; for I he sum of $10, and on every
additional $1.000, or fraction of same,
the sum of 51.
The writer would like to ask thest'
legal gentlemen on what grounds they
make this extra charge. It is, of course,
true that as time goes on the links in
tiie title chain increase, but It is also
true that the titlc'of neat ly every piece
of real estate has been examined, ami
Hie previous abstract or abstracts are
procurable, necessitating scarcely any?
thing more than a verification of same.
The work of finding liens and taxes
is no'more than formerly. Again, on
a valuable piece of real estate the
(barges will mount very rapidly,
whereas a piece of property or this
character is almost certain to have a
perfect title, and one. which can be
examined with comparative ease.
It Is supposed that professional
ethics require our friends to combine,
on these charges, of which, so far as
the writer can learn, no notice has
been given the man in the street; but
11 would not he out of place for these,
disciples of Ulaekstone to explain their
position to a deeply interested public.
TUR MAN. IN THE STREET.
Make this Bank Your Banli
OF RICHMOND.