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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY '?". ?'li
IWIiES or THE ?>ld> Slil.UlliKS.
A stoat many interesting, nooks have
been written about tile \Var for South?
ern indep?hdeaee, but the -lory !ms not
yet been fully told, and will n-vor he
loiti, unless inch wlio participated In
that glorious conll.iet tell i:i their own
,\vaj their experiences of thi; caiiiii and
field and forutit. We have received u
letter front the Uevi It lii Pitt, 1?. L>..
editor ei{ tlx- Religious Herald. <>f this
.own, upon the subject n is true. sis
lie says, that ''we have hud many in
tor'estihs books about the great war.
excellent -lives' of out groat leaders
both hiiiltajry and civil, itlybund; we
have tu a ? y Hue and informing discus?
sion:: of the political causes that led lo
thi conflict, ami many able ami ndmir
?blo disctissiojis of the great military
movements, Inii only here and there a
yoiuriic which .uives us tiu lit" and <?:?.
jppiietices of the private sbldier.V
"Major SU.les's I'otir Yens With
Mnrse Itobcrt' iti full of charming per?
sonal incidents. Cleheral MnuryjsJ
?Recollections of a Virginian' i: a line
hook of its type, thai deserves the
widest reading. The kite John Alex
under, of ijoesburg. just a year or so
before Iiis lamented deaih, wrote most
entertainingly of his experiences with
Musby's men, and there lune been
litlier occasional volumes of tiu- saute
Jiirnl." Then comes tins very admir?
able suggestion from Mr. Pitt:
It is startling to remember that ere
another quarter of a century shall bo
completed the Army of Northern Vir
fb'iiiiu will ha\e passed out of sight
thily here and there will be left seine
tremulous and broken survivor, light?
ing a losing battle against tin- inevi I st?
ifle infirmities of age. Now, happily,
jive have- a large number of these brav?
men still among us. and ii may bo
ijUtfcly said tit at there is not one 61
lliicm who did not have personal expe?
riences of army life which would mnka
b most interesting story. I.et a group
tit' those veterans get together lot- a
chat, and observe how many quaint and
curious incidents are told; But, all
this wealth of material, invaluable in
its way-; wiil perish with the moil out
of whose experiences) it conies, ami
this loss ii would be flilfletlit to esti?
mate.
'I have wondr-rod if in the various
camps some earnest movement might
xipt be set on foot io induce ouch mem
i>or of them to write down,In his own
inshion some account oi his own per*
ivonal experiences in the army. Me
need not write them primarily, for
publication, It isn't .it :ill necessary
ihn! lie should be a trained ami prne
licerl writer. Lot him put on paper
Ids recollections, his experiences, just
es lie, would tell the in, and perhaps
lias told them, to his friends anil edin
arades. Then let ihc.se papers i,e died
*way aiinmt; the records of the camps,
finti perhaps lai.ei on be put in some
(suitable room in the Abbey, if this
?'6uld be, tippe, aitd I see no reason why
it cannot.'the future student of that
great struggle, the future historian
who Is to give us some adequate and
definitive aecounl of ihat great conflict,
"would find in such stories of personal
memories invaluable aid for his work.
Whatever is to be done must bo done
quickly, ehe all this priceless history
will disappear, save where it lingers in
half'remembered or distorted tradi?
tions,"
We trust thai the suggestion made
by Dri Pi it will receive the immediate
mid sympathetic attention of all tiio
Confederate Camps in tile State. The
men who fought tile war are passing
nway. The thin gray line is growing
thinner every day, and before it vi? til
5. Iii s like the nils I of the morning {lie
isojdjers should fell the story of their
Jowii deeds?the little tilings that do
not attract tho attention o! the meat
historians; bill thai ate really flic vetv
lie.Hrt and soul of the cause for which
these men fought. There is no time
for delay. Kvcry .lay taps sound for
??eine old min wlio wore the gray.
m.i, moan ini) XO l\T.
T..hsi year Senator Bacon voted for
I* ditty on lumber brought into the
XJnitcd States. Senator Clay m>i> rl for I
Iree lumber. Senator Uacon Kris
changed his mind. Ii a provision foi
free lumber is Incorporated in the
tariff bill tin.- Democratic House win
frame at the next Congress, be %vi 11
Vole fo,- it. This in ins position:
"While. I have my views a:; to the
yitor-rlety of a strictly revenue duty
being placed on lumber, I think that
ihe party must get together oh die
tariff question, i realize that indi?
viduals have to make concessions, and
It Is my purpose to bo in accord wltli
ir'uch position a?; (lie House may decide
to take upon this question.'1
Good for Senator Bacon! Thai Is
th?-- ypirit which will make the Demo
t-ratic party a live pol ii leal fo:..- in
the country once more. How uri
jbthcr l>eniocrati< Semi tors? What will
the .Senators froni Louisiana' do when
thf. sugar schedule is taken up'.' How
fwill ihe Senator.-: from Texas vote
(?'Ify'lieri the rl((> question .-? considered'i
Tv\rjint vvlll liic Denioeralie Senalbrs
yi om West Virginia do - about eoiil
viicn that article, of neceflsliy is
rea-hed.' Whc-re will the S'.-nators
from Alabama lie when the iron sched?
ule i" brought in . foi revision 7 Then
there art) the Senators from 1'b.nida ?
will they ihs'st upon "protection? for
pineapples ah?.l camphor noes?
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, has >;< t
Die right pate, ami (f there Is !<? be
any real tariff legislation by the Demo?
crats liiere must be agreement UlllOllg
llioni that lib personal or purely local
interests shall prevail against u cirse- 1
fill, sc'entlllc, thorough revision Of the
l a riff.
VJ.lltV C1IHAP .IIIIH\.\I,IS1|.
Vivien Gould will be married at
four o'clock this afternoon in St. Bar?
tholomew's Church, New York, to Lord ;
P coles, of England, The ceremony !
will be performed i>y Bishop David 11.1
Grcer. assisted by the Rev. Dr. Iv'gh- !
ton Park, Rector of St. Bartholomew's.
The hoy choir of the Cathedral of SI.
John the Divine will bo in attendance.
The soloist will bo Riccardo' Martin, of
the Metropolitan Opera. There will'
be a great (fathering of distinguished :
people p resell t, and the wedding will!
ho the crowning event of tlio social
year in New York. Miss Gould Is tin
daughter of George Gould, and is said
to be a very charming young woman,
rite newspapers have been tilled with
lories about her trousseau?a florid
Icscrlptiph of the beauty and iilagniiT
?ience of tiie frocks with which she
li'asi been furnished and thai, have al- |
ready been paid for. Lord peoies. the \
iChond most important figure in this
matrimonial alliance, is reported lu bo
i man of line ch*iracier, of many brave
?cbi?veiheii is and of good common
sense, lie wished to marry Miss Gould
ind she >Vas willing to marry him.
rii ore was? nothing out of tiie ordinary
in tills. The only noteworthy fact is
that Miss Gould's father is immensely
rich and Lord pecics lives in England
ind has preferred to marry an AmcrV
hau woman. There i.- no law against
lliis sort of thing, ami all of tin- re- i
tiiiretuchis of the statutes in such !
?aacs made and provided were com- i
piled with. i
This is a very simple story, hut one j
Jay last weel; the New Yolk World, j
iMie of the greatest newspapers ptil>- j
iished in any laud, printed oh it.s front
page, under scare head lines, a loiter |
that had been sent to it. by Some one
writing from the Waldorf-Astoria
Motel forbidding the marriage of Miss
Gould and Lord Pecics, ami warning
the Englishman to desist or to take
Lite consequences- The writer of the
let tor could 'hot be found. Nobody knew
liim at the ilofc-i; nobody had ever
heard of him, so far as wo arc in?
formed, before, and nobody lias seen
him since. The letter was evidently
i pure take, and notwithstanding I hat
silch was the case and that tlio World !
Itself believe J it to be the case, it
printed the stuff to make a sensation,
and a sensation of a very cheap sort.
There wa , no "news*' in it; there was
no sense in It; and there was no harm
in it. except tlio harm that might have
come in a city of four million people,
many of them finds, where some Irre?
sponsible wrolfh thight have been in?
fluenced by this story to attempt some
violence upon the Knglishman who had j
come to New York' on a perl "eel ly |
legitimate mission and who had not I
made himself offensive or conspicuous I
In any way.
We think a great deal of the World,
and vve think it too hig a iiowspAper
and too good a newspaper to lend it?
self to this cheap and unworthy sort
of journalism.
We hope that Miss Gould will make
Lord Decles a good wife and that Lord
Decies will make Miss Gould a faithful
and devoted husband. 'liiere is o
reason why they should not he happy.
Certainly there Is no reason why any
American newspaper should have per?
mitted itself to he used for tho. pur?
pose of casting any cloud upon a
happy affair.
OXCR MOIti: TO TUM If ill? A CiL
Some of the signs of the times arfl
pointing to that far-off divine event
we have bc^n contemplating with
Christian fortitude ami resignation all
these years?the renoiniuat ion of the
Hon. William Jennings Bryan as tho
iintcrrillcd leader of the Democracy in
the campaign of 1012. The Springfield
Republican; which keeps a very close
watch on the situation, reports that
when Wood row Wilson was inaugurate j
etl Governor of New Jersey, .lames
Smith, Jr.. James Nugent and nearly
every other member of thy Democra?
tic st;;tc Committee were conspicuous
h> tiioir absence, and that this does not
augur wi ll for the Presidential aspira?
tions of ihe school teacher. The Kb
publican also points out that in Ohio,
John 11. Mel,- an ban taken a luck or
two in th>- political huhlllhidhls of
Harmon, which means that the Buck?
eye Governor is not by any moans sure
'that the lightning will strike him.
So it goes around the whole Held
'There is a skeleton in nearly overs
j man's closet and tin; skeletons are
I beginning to stir about in mi "owdao
lions" way The school teacher elected
Martine Senator from New Jersey; it
is true, ami for that much he :s ip be
I regarded as having shown some fruit?-,
iiie'ct for repentance; but it is. not for?
gotten that h.- voted for palmer ami
Buckhor in ISOf?. Thai's tho spot that
will not out. it docs not matter that
132,006 other Democrats voted "With
him on this proposition; 0,502.025
other Democrats, and populists, voted
against him and they are Ihe people
who must he considered, ant'i it would
look as If even lite election tit Mar?
tine will not save Wilson.
Of course. Harmon is hol in the run?
ning when it comes lb Dm record, aiid
it is becoming snore and inere evident,
as time goes by, that the Nfbi askun
must be regarded as the Coining .Man
' II doesn't mailer about how often he
! has comn and gone, he is coming again
j and again and yet again ins'. ;-:; often
its he goes', and the oftcner ho comes
j tiie ofiener In will go. Ti?Ik is. why
'.the man who toted a dc.ld ?incl< hlteh
,'od about his v.ci h was not m the same
1 claim with Oiir Candidate, who nevci
I gets tired getting nothing either Tor
' himself or his party. There "tight id
ho at least throe inbro J 'resident ia I
campaigns in him. and ''then Homo." as
they say in Texas. Sorry for the school
teacher? Why. of course, wfc are. In
teats about Harmon? Certainly; bill
there is a balm in Nebraska for all
bur griefs, and It is the most soothing
medicament that could lie e.ppllcd when
tiu- old wounds are opened afresh.
Better than opodeldoc, because !? soaks
in at once; superior to mustang lini?
ment, becaus" it doesn't smart, a sort
of black-drop which makes one con
ten; with tho past and indifferent lo
the future.
Yet wo must say that lh? Springfield
Republican really eannol bo accounted i
as a duly appointed ptopuet of the 1
Democracy, if it be impossible to get
through or around the lines with Wil?
son or Harmon, it'might be possible to
beul the Ncbraskun under the string
with Champ dark. Until further ad?
vised, however, we uro standing pat
for the Man of Destiny, lie Is our
paramount issue, and until he Is set?
tled there can be ho other.
A GAM 13 OK GIVE AM) TAKE,
Some notes of Murk Twain are said
to have been found in which he wrote
of Mr. Hoosovclt in very ungracious
terms, and the Washington Post says
"there is nothing in them worthy ol
Mark Twain?neither wit. nor humor,
nor good sense." This is lUkcn by out
contemporary as a text for :t little
sermon oh the Impropriety of saving
offensive tilings about. Mr. ltobsovolt
with which we generally agrde, and
particularly with the I trmttla thai
"any man who has held the exalted of?
fice of President of the United States
is entitled to just as decent treatment
as is aeeordefl to every other cltlzorii"
There was never a truer thing said
than that: but the convei se of tlio
proposition is entitled to .;qual constd
eration. No man who has In or. presi?
dent of the United States should treat
any other citizen with disrespect. For
example, no man who has been Presi?
dent should speak desnltetully of the
Supreme Court of the country. No man
who has been President should get
down into the political arena and make
himself as common as any other ward
heeler. Having held the Highest of
lioe in the world, he should show pro?
per respect for himself and the people,
who are readily responsive t?. every
generous feeling, and even tin.' Mark
Twains, would not indulge in "such
exhibitions of vulgarity."
TWO LEES.
The Chicago Record-Herald prints a
very interesting story from its Wash?
ington correspondent. It begins: "Rob?
ert K. Leo stood in Statuary Hull at
tlie Capitol this afternoon, gazing ad?
miringly upon Hi" bronze statue of
Robert K. Roe. Smooth-shaven, rotund,
Short in stature and young, there was
no likeness, not even a family re?
semblance between the living Robert
K. Roe and the bronze figure of the
General of the Confederacy'."
The ''living Robert LO. I.co" referred
to is ,i m. tuber iif Congress from Penn?
sylvania. As he was looking at the
Stat e. a visitor came up, and Reo said
to him; "An excellent man!" "Yes,*'
was the reserved reply of the stranger.
Roe evidently resented tho reserved
comment of the visitor, for. warming
up, he said:
"That's my name, too, and I have
been elected :? member of the r?xt !
House. I am from Pennsylvania, and '.
I know that none of my constituents
is demanding that the statue be re- J
moved. In fact, iunuy of my con?
stituents^ Union soldiers, voted for me,
and in my district there was no 'preju?
dice caused by the name I bear."
There was a time when the very
mention of the name of Lee caused
panic In the keystone State, but the
people of that state respect him now
as they respected him then.
HISTORIC HIGHWAYS Or AMERICA.
The Chicago Tribune has been much
impressed by the story told in The
Times-Dispatch of tlie great highway
that is to be built between this town
and Norfolk. This road, as our readers
will recollect, will connect Richmond
with Wlllltunsburg, and from that place
will run its course iu Jamestown
Yorktown, Newport News, Phoebus,
Hampton, Old Point and Norfolk.
"There is in these Virginia enterprises,"
as our Chicago contemporary points
out, "i he inspiration of a wish that
ik" gioat historical paths of America
could have more definite outline in
lb. perceptions of the people of tlie
count i y." Then the Tribune adds:
"In utility many of them are recog?
nized, steel rails are laid where the
settler, crowding westward; found the
Indian trail, immigrant, road builder
and railroad engineer accepted the In?
dian's Solution of the wilderness, and
the trail remains historic, marked by
use, but hot by appreciation The Virgin?
ians recognize the sentimental value as
well ;.s the utilitarian. The paths by
whih the builders of the country
reached its Interior deserve identifica?
tion tot the common knowledge. As
lilies of Havel they are acquiring the
value of antiquity.
"Virginia lias the great war trail
up ilie Shciiiindoah Valley, across the
headwaters of tin- New River to the
upper liol.stoit and down to Rast Teii
I hesseo, and Georgia; Out of Ohio ran
tie Scioto trail from Handusky up the
SitUdushy River, down the- Seioto. ]
? rough Kentucky and Cumberland Gap I
tu junction with tin- great Virginia I
trail. From Philadelphia a trail ran'
bi' i lie Susquohanno und .Junlata. |
across the mountains by Kit tanning
goi:-.- i>ud lb lite Allegheny River. A
| biisihcJi i en to th.- junction of the Alle
! gliehi and the Monongalicla. j-le-Vo is
n;< i i rail from Hi" Potoiuar; Nehia-I
violin':! Path, which BrUddbc'k Used.
''Kohl uv.'ky ami Tennessee wore
opened to Virginia and Carolina bv tlie
triUj, used by ttop'iio, winding the Alle?
gheny range an.l tin- Cumberland es
ciiipmont, south through ilio valley,
following Ho- old path to the Cherokee
district .'mi the Heloto trail through
Cumberland Gap,
' To tin north then was: the iioquois
ii il 11 om I lie Hudson, up the Mohawk
Valley; ami westward along the water
shud to the Nilgai.i River. A second
route vv.,!i from (he headwaters of tlie
Mohawk to thi. tipper Allegheny, Thes?
t trnlh with the- water courses, opened ,
tip tliq West (o the Atlnnite Stales. |
Further West there were the Santa Fc
j trail, the*" Oregon trail, the Califurhlu
1 trail.
! ' These und others were the paths ?1
empire, and If the mind of the country
happily should tttrn to road making j
anil marking", we may some day have
a recognition of the ancient and use?
ful highways other than I hat which In
instances the railroad engineers have
j given."
' This is very interesting. All the old
,paths of this country should be pre?
served. They arc the ways which
made this country gnat, which re?
claimed it from the wilderness, und
along these ancient roads monuments
should be set up to mark the points
at which great deeds Were done. There
were great engineers in I lie early
days, net as scienlillc as the engineers
of the present flay, perhaps; not sup?
plied with all the scientific implements
of those who now build, but great en?
gineers, just tllo same, who followed
the lines of least resistance, and yet
took the shortest cuts when the ques?
tion of distance was considered, and
built really better than they knew
All these old trails should be followed
and built up into a great system oi*
historic highways for the use of the
people of this day, as they were in
the days when the first openings of
civilization were made in this New
World.
till: SHADOW WITMOSS.
What hits been called "the strangest
witness that ever appeared in court"
was a shadow which figured to a great
extent in a recent trial at Omaha.
A man was put <m trial charged
with having put .a suitcase containing
dynamite on a dwelling house porch
between the hours of 2 and on a
certain Sunday afternoon. All the evi?
dence was circumstantial, save that a
girl oi ig testified that she saw the
defendant carrying tin- suitcase ghort
1\ before :: o'clock. She had tit tended
service in a church a mile away, ami |
the minister testified that after th>
se. vice the girl, along with others,
had had her photograph taken on the
porch of the church.
While looking at the photograph one
of the lawyers for the prisoner noticed
a shadow on the side of the church.
The idea came into his mind of .sub?
mitting this shadow to an astronomer,
who Sjpoh estimated that the picture
must have been taken within a few
seconds of 21 1-2 minutes after :t
o'clock. The computation was as
Simple as it was indisputable. This
threw out or court the evidence of the
only eye-witness, and the jury dis?
agree-!, mi account of the failure of the
remaining evidence to convince some
of the jurymen.
ciiuncfiMitiN and vo.v-r in.itniMKx
Some time ago we called attention
to the fact that a Kansas City minis?
ter, wishing to ?nd out why the at?
tendance of men at church is not
larger, started out to ask (he men
themselves for their reasons. Taking
a city directory and picking out at
random a number of names of men,
he wrote them courteous: letters, ask?
ing "Will you kindly say whether ?l
not you attend church regularly,
stating your reasons either way?"
.Many replies came in. some of which
have been made public, the names of
the writers being omitted. One of the
non-attendants wrote, "On account of
the music; the choir sings Holy, holy,
holy, over and over, and I prefer rag?
time, so 1 go to the theatre." Another
replied, "'.The church does not pay
enough attention to the present and
too much to Hie future; top much
skimmed milk here for the croam
hereafter." Another said, in slmilut
vein, "Too mucli talk of white robes
hereafter and too little of clean shirts
now,"
Men wiio arc regular church at?
tendants cave these reasons: "The
main reason why 1 come is because
my wife makes me." "I attend church
because I want to be .successful and I j
want niy children to go to Sunday- j
.school.1'h.i- is a Christian country, j
ami it is a patriotic duly for every j
man to attend church."/ "I attend '
church because the church helps to J
make the world hotter; 1 have gono
to church for seventyrfive years." "I
go because 1 like to."
Commenting on this unusual can?
vass, the Savannah Morning News says
some very tr ie things:
"It would hi.; ho a bad idea for
every man to ask himself why he docs;
Pi" doe.-, not attend church, and for
pr< a fliers to Hud out from as many
men as I hey can the actual reasons
for attendance or non-al tendn nee. The
average man \.; doing more independ?
ent thinking how than ever before in
the history <-f ihe world. The. modem
man is hol actually more skeptical
than was his grandfather, but he re?
quires to he approached differently
He wants, to 1,,- (old 'why.' There arc
ministers excellent men and true?
who tail to grasp the full meaning of
the changed conditions, Education
civilization, mankind, are progressive
and progressing The teachers of tht
church must keep slop. They must
catch and hold confidence by prepara?
tion and ion of character. A lay?
man of strong mentality Is not going
to place his hope of eternal life upon
tie teachings of a man he knows tti
be his intellectual Inferior: be prefers
!.. think to,- himself in that instance. |
Peril use there is so much at risk." t
The case is thn> truly put. Whether
or nol it Is to he lamented or com?
mended, the average man thinking
|a great deal more than he used to.
and is thinking more independently
lie want.- to hear arguments that do
not "l eg liic Miiestion"; he prefers, to
i pc convinced by cold reason and on
logical lines, rather l.liaii to rely on
what seem: to him' assuuipt ion and
iiupr.tl . talemont. Then, t<'<>. there
are tiVotifianth of men of good deeds
and ? !? aii liv< i . who go about doing
e. .?!. ib nol go to church, either
because they sec n<> necessity for il
of; ).. . ? th,y do not. feel the need
of any fii'rthei' argument or preach?
ment about tight living and right
ifliliiking.
There ate i|,.m, amis of men, l<>?>, who
ii d pi e.o her us special pleaders?
?H advocates who. to their way of
thinking, "beg the question'.' by citing
the Hildo ns evidence?and stich nun
look upon ministers with soiholhlng
akin tu strong prejudice. Such moo
wish to honr men who can jirguo from
filets without the Bible as establish?
ing the proof of immortality ami
Christianity. Lot us take the Wend?
ling lectures in lUchmoml, for ex?
ample. There wore hundreds of men,
we dare say, who heard .Mr. Wendling
who rarely, if ever, go to church'.
These men were attracted to hear the
celebrated lecturer'. Some because they
simply like to hear a splendid lec?
ture, no matter what the subject.
Others?and a majority went because
they wished to hear an ex-lawyer, ac?
customed to proving his case by cold,
temporal facts?argue for immortality
and for the existence of God with
arguments adduced from pur?: logic
and pure reason. Many men wero
helped to a better life and a truer be?
lief In Cod and Eternity by .Mr. Wcnd
Uhg's lectures?men whoso ear:; nio
closed to ihe pleas of ministers of the i
Gospel, however eloquent, however
convincing.
Increased church attendance is, of
course, to bo desired. Frank queries
and frank answers as to non-attend
ahce upon church can do no harm, an i
will do much good.
It was noticed at the Jefferson audi?
torium last night that Wlieu Toast
master Mckee requested the ladles to
remove their hats, so that the nicrc
men sitting behind them might be
able to see the stage and the lectur?
er, all of the beautiful hats came off In
one. two, three order, and only the
ugly hats stayed on. It must not bo
forgotten, however, that jonib persona
take cold In the head Very easily.
Bucolic Houston! The Tost says' that
"the Cows an- being put to much in?
convenience In the matter of grazing,
the small hoys are so unrelenting it?
demanding the us,. of the few remain?
ing vacant lots lor baseball purpos? s."
So. after all the blowing about
"Heavenly Houston." and "Progressive
Houston," and "Hustling llbustph," and
all that sort of thing, hern is a
confession that there are cows in the
town?wonder if they were counted Lit
the Census'.'?and we suppose that
there arc also pig-pens and chicken
yards, and, doubtless, goats tunning
around the skyscrapers eating the
Sunday colored supplements of the
Post, or, perchance, nibbling at the
labels on the empty Masks with which
the fashionable thoroughfares of the
town are littered.
Brother Robinson,' of the Orange Ob?
server, declares that at the Lynchburg
meeting of the ' Virginia Press Asso?
ciation next. June he wiil deliver an
address along journalistic lines, saying
Unit this is "a subject which is so
dear to us, and one in which wo ate
so thoroughly wrapped up, for this
profession is truly an elevating, en?
nobling, as well tts fascinating one.
it h a fact that we have to work hard
to make a living and that the pathway
of progress is quite frequently strewn
with thorns instead of the roses for
which we are so eagerly seeking ? hut
we must rise above these things. There
is. something more in our work than
this, if we hut look at It in the right
way." Well said, and every word of
It true.
.lim Ham Lewis has broken out
again. He was In Atlanta the other
day, and told the Constitution that he
feared that the United States would
become embroiled in war with Japan,
and Jim Ham knows what he is talk?
ing about. Congress had better think
it over and reconsider its action about
putting the Panama- Exposition at San
Francisco; What would bo the sense
in building up a thing like that as a
target for the guns of the Japs? There
is talk of having the Kxpositlon at
Washington: why not build it at Rich?
mond ?
Crane, of Chicago, the .iainc, we be?
lieve, who was selected by Mr. Taft to
go to Japan and <liiln*t get there be?
cause lie talked too much, has been
talking again, and this time about the
Throop Polytechnic Institute at Pasa?
dena, lie thinks that it should teach
more chemistry of cooking and less
about the art of making steel. Said
he: "Beady-made steel magnates are
not exactly what the working man's
world wants, hut rather women who
can supply cheaply a first-class table
ami hrii>g good cheer to Ihn working
class." Whereupon uprose our old
friend, Brother James a. B- Seherer,
the accomplished head of the Institute,
and said: "Paradox aside, Ihe educa?
tional institutions of this country have
come to feel that there is something
lacking in their indorsements unt'l
Crane slams arid damns them, r was
afraid of his friendliness all last
season." And believe us, Mr. Crane,
there Is more of the same sort of
talk in Dr. Scher er. Betler let him
alone.
Congressman Mann has surely won
the everlasting gratitude of the Eni
poria Messenger, for ho has introduced
a hill lo put on (he "free list" seeds of
"boot, carrot, radish, turnip, rutabaga,
cabbage, collard, kale, kohlrabi, egg?
plant and pepper." That is indeed a
noble purpose.
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I.iijole. i
Mow the name of Rajoie. the haso
hull player, properly pronounced?
FAN*.
The name is French, There Is no
combination ot letters that will give
an lflo i if the correct pronunciation.
You will have to have a Frenchman
pronotiht e it.
Coal.
Where car. i hr.d the first mention
ci coal" iNQuuvrcrt.
The c.nrilest mention Is In the Htblo
?Proverbs xxyl. lit: "As coals are to
burning ?.m and wood to lire, so is u.
contentious man kimlle strife." The
next mention {?< in Isniah xlvli. is:
"There shall not be a coal to warm at."
Arlington.
I low did the government acquire Ar?
lington, oii? ' lho hbitie of General I'ibb
erl K. hoc? M BAD Bit:
la ?eveial ways. It was the home, of
the commander in-chief of the forces
of 'the Confederacy, and was seized dur?
ing tin: \\ ir he twee n the States. Thu
louse :<>> which l.ee lived with Ms tarn-I
lly was built in lsou for George Wash- ]
Ington l*Avice Cusfls, son of John l'arko .
Cvstls, whose widowed mother became I
the wife 6f George Washington. When I
Cnstls died during the Revolution?r) !
Wat Goorgc Washington adopted the
two chip.'run he loft as his own. ;. id i
they became members of tin,- Wnshi'.ijf- j
ton" family, living at Moun? Vcrnph j
When Washington tiled, young Custts ]
removed .o tlie Arlington est ate, hut I
_ -'
In time the estate wns sold for laxes,
this In IM.!. fi>r $26,000. Later Gcorg<
Washington Cttstts Lee, heir to ihe Ar?
lington estate tinder the G?stin will,
I .successfully eulublishcd his title f? the
property, and the government, w.tich
had acquired It under the tax sale alt- i
the. sel/.uru, (.(tiled with Lee for $1J0.
000. and I: now holds title.
Pnprlkh.
Will y- l please tell :n? of what
paprika Is pi a de, tor what used, and
how pronounced? MRS. B.
Paprika I.-; a sweet red pepper, mild
in pungency, grown especially in Hun
gury. coming into the world's com?
merce chiefly through the port of
Budapest. The plant resembles in gen.
era! tlx; ordinary red phpper of our
gardens, ihe trait varying from a nar?
row conical to a slendei pointed form
It Is grown (? a limited extent in
Kotith Carolina, where it seems to hi
suited to a teli. loam;,- soil it has
come on the market in small quanti?
ties from California. In the South the
??- l is sown ?hont the ilrst of March
the plan.; ar ready to be transplanted
about the Ilrst of April, in July the.
pods begin t'. ripen. They are picked
at about Weekly intervals and dried.
Paprika Is used In the phut of or?
dinary black or white pepper, where
a less pungent davor Is desired: It Is
pronounced pu-prl-ka, vowels all short
and tip- accent on the Kcoond syllable.
FIGHT FOR PRIVILEGE
OF CARRYING SPURS
in la maimiuish oh koxtexov.
KING GEORGE'S spurs arc; consti?
tuting ?hcb htoi'u tlie subject of
n conflict which may be Uescrlb*
ed us a twentieth century edi?
tion of that famous Baltic of the
Spurs in the reign of Henry VIII. The
dispute is as to which ot the peers
of the realm is entitled to the hered?
itary right of carrying, in the proces?
sion of the regalia at the ceremony of
the coronation, the great gold spurs.;
which, datum from the reign of Rich- I
ard 11. alter being duly consecrated. I
Uri Vised in the Investitur.: of tho sov-1
ureign, The horodltury prerogative of
carrying the spurs, which are also
known as "the spurs of St. George," I
was originally grunted to tlie Karl of i
Pembroke, from whom It passed to thoj
Greys de Ruthyn. Rut the right Is
jso ancient thai the lirst grant of tlie
: office Is shroudi ? in mystery, and as
far back as in ICiS5, the pretensions of
Grey de Ruthyn were disputed by tin
Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Kent.
At the coronation of George l v. they
were carried by Lord Caltliorpe, and
I at that of Queen Victoria by Rord
. Ryron, the cousin and successor of the
i poet
! AI (he coronation of King Edward
I tho right,of Rord Grey de Ruthyn was
contested by Rord Hastings and by
? the Earl of Roudoun. Tlie Court of
Claims found It difficult to determine
tili matter, and thereupon King Ed?
ward, after vainly suggesting to tho
three disputants that they should toss
up for th?- privilege, confided the of?
fice to tlie Earl of Roudoun.
Now the light is -on once more.
Until the reign of William IV. the
spurs, after being taken from the al?
tar by the Dean of Westminster, wero
actually fastened by the Rord Great
Chamberlain, now the Earl Car ring
ton, to tli.- heels of the King. Hut at
the coronation of William IV.. Victoria
and Edward VII., the Rord Great
Chamberlain contented himself with
merely touching tin- royal heel with
the pointed ends of the spurs, which
are without rowels, after which the
spurs were replaced on the altar. This
particular feat tire of the ceremony
dates back to the days of King Edward '
tht- Confessor, and was intended to
impress upon the people that the soy
ereign was tmL only the monarch, but
likewise the foremost knight and tho
personification of the chivalry of tho
realm.
St. James's Square, in Rondon, for- |
merly restricted to the stateliest
homes of the great nobles of England,
after having I,eon subjected to the in- |
vaslon of several clubs, Is now being 1
absorbed by business institutions: and '
on the site of what was Derby Hoti.se
there Is now being erected a building,
a pot ! ion of which will be. devoted
to the metropolitan offices of the Eng?
lish and Scottish Assurance Company.
Derby House belonged in turn to tho
Dukes of Devonshire, to the Dukes of
Graft on, to Lady Yarmouth, and to tho
Earls of Dartmouth, before being sold
by the latter to the Earl of Derby
about leu years ago. The third Karl
of Buckinghamshire also lived there
for a time, and it was there that obi
Rudy ?ucktnghnmshiro, during tho
reign of George Ml . used to give won?
derful mhsqucrado parties, she had a
mania for theatricals and figured re?
peatedly in Gil ray's famous carica?
tures, cine representing her?a perfect
ball of fat?as "Enter Cowslip with a
howl of cream." Derby Hottso was
built by Aubrey de Vore. Earl of Ox
tord, who had the reputation of being
the most dissolute among* the eour
tiers of Charles 11. After his death it
belonged to the Duchess, of Oration,
the wife, of the natural son of Charles
11. by Barbara Villlers, Duchess of
Cleveland!
St. James's Square may be said to
date from the reign of that gay and
festive monarch. When he returned to
England on the Restoration. May fair.
Belgravia. Kensington and Chelsea,
now fashionable quarters of the m'e
iropolls. were lonely villages, and but
a few iusignificunt houses wore dotted
about near St. James's Palace. The
Mulberry Hardens covered tho site of
what is* now Buckingham Palace?rel?
ic's of the futile efforts made by .lames
1. to grow* sill: in England-?but. in the
clays of Hie Restoration degraded lo a
sort of rustic tea- garden of unsavory
reouie.
To Hairy .lonnyn. Earl of St. Al?
bans, belongs the credit of perceiv?
ing tho possibilities <>t' the land In
the neighborhood of St. .James's Pal?
ace, and accordingly he obtained from
Charles IT. a long lease of some fifty
lo a hundred acres, in what were
known as St. James's Fields?the land
was nothing more than fields?und on
this land he built his own house and
planned out others for bis friends. The
great lire contributed to prosper his
enterprise, for -It destroyed many of
I tim cltv homes of tho old nobilli v. tho
members <.f which thereupon migrated
further west, so us to be nearer tu
the court. a number of them .i d -
dressed themselves to Lord St. Albane
und acquired Kites from him on his
St. James's Fields leasehold property
und thus St. James's Square took
shape- and entirety.
Lord St. Albans reserved for him?
self a frohtnye oi seventy feel on
die north side of the square, and erect
i-d there,,i: the splendid mansion which
tilled th,- space now occupied by 1<
and 11. No. 'j being to-day occuple<
by tin. Portland Club, while No. 10 is
the London home of Lord Klnnalrd. At
Lord St. Albans's laid. Charles 11. sat
man;,- a time; for, although the earl't
name had been Unpleasantly linke?)
with tint of Henrietta Maria, thii
Queen mother, he was too powerful a
personage to hi- Ignored by the King,
from Lord St. Albans this great house
on tiic nuith Hide passed to the great
Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, and in the eighteenth century
M becamo the home of James Brydgcs,
Oukc of Chandos. The Austrian and
Spanish embassies were both housed
there, and alter it had been divided
Into three houses, various interesting
people lived In Hu separat..' portions;
among them William Pitt, Karl of
Chatham, and. in our days, William
C\-art Gladstone.
ft was from the adjoining balcony
that the victory of Waterloo was an?
nounced lo the people collected in tht>
Kqiiaro by the Prince Regent; for on
Juno 21, 1815, the prince and Lord
Castiereagh were dining at No. 15 with
Mrs. Boehni. and on the officer bear?
ing the news of the victory from the
Duke of Wellington reaching Carltou
House he was sent on after the Re?
gent to St. James's Square. The scene
has often been described; the carriage
and four tearing down Pall Mall, the
horses galloping for dear life, three,
captured French eagles projecting
front its windows, and the crowd
pressing on in its wake.
No. 17 St. James's Square, now oc?
cupied by the East India United Ser?
vier: Club, was tin? home of Sir Philip
Francis, the author of ,the "Junius"
letters, and It was there that Queen
Caroline stayed during her trial by the
House of Lords. On her return from
Die sessions of Hi" divorce suit by
Ceorge l\\. the <.>ueen would pause
and curtsey to the- crowd, after alight?
ing from her carriage, while the m?b
would cheer her, and groan and hoot
at (lie King.
No. 31 is still owned by the Dukes
of Norfolk, and It Is there that the
present duke, us earl marshal, is or?
ganizing all the various pageants and
ceremonies in connection with the cor?
onation next June. It is a very stately
mansion, which is in reality two build?
ings: for old Norfolk House stands in
tlie garden behind the newer building.
It was in Ihe older building that Fred?
erick. Prince of Wales, having quar?
reled with his father. King George IL.
accepted the hospitality of the Duke ot
Norfolk of the day and sot up tin
opposition court then', which so an?
gered George II. that he barred from
his own court any who frequented that
of his son. It was also at Norfolk
House. while Frederick, Prince, of
Wales, was living there, that his son,
afterwards King George III., was born.
The present Lord Egortnn of Tatton
has. like Lord Derby, deserted St.
James's Square, and No. T. which had
belonged to his family since 1 707. lias
been since converted into business
premises. It was one Of the original'
mansions of the square; and Lord Ran
elagh occupied if during the latter
part of the reign of Charles 11. and
that of his successor. James II. No.
C, next door, has belonged to the Karl?
and Marquesses of Bristol ever since It
was taken over from the builders In
1077, while No. 2 has been In the Bos
cawen family ever since it. was erected,
the present chief of the family and
owner of the" house, being Lord Fal
moulh. Its lamp posts are stuck on
French cannon captured by the fa?
mous admiral. Sir Edward Boscawen.
who also saw mdeh service on thin
side of the Atlantic in (ho. middle of
the eighteenth century.
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