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wednesday, february 22, 1911)
THIS DAY we C131jE1JRATE.
Thl? if George Washington's birth?
day. Ho was bom in Westmoreland
County, Virginia, February 22, lT:;-\
and if ho had lived until to-day. ho
would have been one hundred and
seventy-nine years old. He dots live
In fact. 3nd he will live forever in
the hearts of his countrymen and In
the history of his land'
Athlotlc in form; a graceful and i \
port rider, fund of the wild Hie 6f
woods ami encampment, hoi averse to
amusements of any healthful sort;
giving promise oven in his youth of j
military inclinations, he lived to tight j
the battles of freedom and to .establish j
n government of the people, by the j
people, for the people; His history is ,
well known to every American, parti?
cularly to every Virginian;
The first man of all the ages, won?
derful in his prowess as a soldier,
squally distinguished in statesmanship,
de%rout in his piety, clean in his life,
he stands to-day, as he will ever stand,
the Model Man of the New World, and
from generation to gone ration so
long as noble deeds influence human
conduct, the mime and work of Wash?
ington n ill endure.
Tin: mag vir.ixBs am> the <;ov
lilihVMtlNT.
The Magazine Trust Is making a
i'lgorous fight against the proposed in- j
:icasc of postage. Washington has
Seen swarming with its representa?
tives for ten days or more, who are
outtonhollng every memben of Con?
gress with their cries for help against
nipending disaster. Tlic Trust Is also
illing pages of space in the metropoli?
tan newspapers with statements rot
ling forth the situation from n wholly
selfish point of view, and figuring out
how much the Government would lose
if the magazines should be compelled
to pay more tor their carriage through
the mails for less than it is now pro?
posed to charge them for this service.
With the present volume of adver?
tising and the high rates of the news?
papers filled with the statements of
the Trust, it would look as if the ?100,
000 appropriated for this "campaign of
education" would have, to be increased,
The members of Con en ss have doubt?
less already been impressed with the
arguments thai have been made, which
an" hot conclusive upon any poltet ex?
cept that the magazines lire demand?
ing more than they are entitled to.
looking at the question from a strictly
business point of view?we mean so
far as the Government if concerned.
This use of tlie newspupers is in?
tended, it would seem, to create public
sentiment against the plan recom?
mended by the Postmaster General and i
the President, as the advertisements
of the T^ust close with this line done
in bla-ck .type,'' "Wire or write your
.Senators and Representatives.'* what
is the use of that when the i rust lias
been deluging tin- Senators and Rep?
resentatives every day und night and
day after day and night after night
with their appeals and arguments tor
the. benefit of the magazines? This is
the fight of the magazines, by the
magazines, for the magnzihes. The
people who have been appealed to
through the advertising pages of the
newspapers will make nothing by it,
but will lose a good deal in providing
for the postal deficits of the Govern?
ment,
In yesterday's advertisement, it Is
said that "beginning oh duly i. iiiii,
the postage rate on every ?sheet' of
periodical other than a newspaper on
which any advertising is printed (will)
be increased fron1? ohejee'rit to four cents
a pound, except that periodicals mail?
ing less than four thousand pounds, of
each issue are exempt.'' That would
leave, but most of the periodicals oili?
er than ne wspapers In the country, and
11 would s.eem that four cents is reaiiy
very little to carry a pound of maga?
zine advertising through the malls to
the remotest par til of this country,
The people will note that lh< reading1
parts of the magazine, and the illus?
trations and everything in the maga?
zines that tin; people really care to
read, and for which they buy the!
magazines, will go through th?. mails j
at the rate of one e< :it the pound. '
An analysis carefully made by Mr.
Hitchcock ? shows thai not one of the:
periodical:-'. other than magazines, |
published in Virginia would be n tr* .? t _ !
t-d by the'increased rat* oi postage,
and tl?e same thing would doubtless be
shown by like analysis in all the other j
Southern States. If* the periodicals
published in tSouth cu Id hi
their advertising business so that
they would cany, say. <>.;,. hundred
page* of reading; matter and ihre?
hundred pages of advertisements, the;
would probably be willing to pay
increased pontage and be able to do i;
at a groat profit. There is ho reasoM
that we know -why a magazine s 10
2 have the advantage of being carried
through the mails for what it 1st not.
when the Southern Senators and Hep
resentativo3 are apponlod to by tho
agents of the Trust. It would be well
for them to Inrjulro what tbero 13 In
tho business for tho magazines and
what there Is In it for thtf^Govern
mori l.
KILL. THE AXTI-OPTTON BILL.
All the exporters of cotton in tho
South are opposed to the passage of
the Scott. Anti-Option Bill now beforo
the Senate. Lust week the Chamber
of Commerce of Richmond, a particu?
larly conservative and responsible
body, passed resolutions condemning
this Bill as being a measure in re?
straint of trade, and declaring that Its
passage would bo disastrous to the
cotton business of the South.
So far as wo are able to judge,
und upon this matter, as on all
others, we are inclined to accept
the views of those who are actuully
engaged in the business?the pro?
posed measure does not possess the
least value to the interests which it
is supposed to benefit. It would de?
crease the value of the Southern cot?
ton crop, drive to foreign countries
the business that is now done here,
curtail the borrowing capacity of
planters and merchants alike by Im?
pairing the collateral value of the
staple, and would bo of no earthly
beneilt to any business Interest in this
country. it would result practically
In putting the cotton exchanges of
New Orleans and New York out of
buslhess and would transfer the actual
rut ton market of this country to Eng?
land and the Continent. Its immedi?
ate effect would be to place the farmer
at the morcy of the manufacturer, and
we can all very well imagine what
that would mean to tho chief agricul?
tural industry of the South.
It is hoped that the Senate will re?
ject this measure because it has noth?
ing in it except evil for the business
interests of tho country, and particu?
larly for the business Interests of the
South.
TUB POLITICS OF IT.
Entirely willing as we are to credit
the Rev. Henry Pea reo Atkins will sin?
cerity and non-partisanship, his ad?
dress last night before the Anti-Saloon
League Convention will, in all proba
i
billty, raise doubts in the minds of.
some critics. The League, hits, rightly j
or wrongly, been accused in the past j
of playing politics and of making
combinations with candidates. It
would seem best to abstain from tho
appearance of such things in the fu?
ture.
In advocating queries into the. past
records of candidates for the United
States Senate on their attitude toward ,
the licensed saloon, mere will be those
who will say that this is intended to
further the interests of one man. This,
notwithstanding previous practices of
the organization.
When Mr. Atkins casts his vote, say,
for a candidate for Congress who rep-'
: resents his views on the subject of tho
[ protective tarifi, does he think it
necessary also to inquire into that
candidate s views on the paving of
Oak wood Avenue? When he asks Mr.
Class how he would vote on a bill giv?
ing tin; State police power over in?
terstate shipments of intoxicating
liquor, why should ho not be con?
tent with the answer, and why should
it. bo necessary to inquire how Mr.
' Swanson voted in a local option t-lec
tion in Lynchburg, a score of years
ago?
It is such suggestions as these, un?
fortunately, that tend to weaken the
J work of the League.
DIRECT I3LECTIO.NS IX CHICAGO.
Five Republicans and three Demo?
crats tire running for Mayor of Chicago.
The primary election will be held next
Tuesday. Four of the live Republican
candidates have filed their expense ac?
counts, amounting in the aggregate to
' ?!'.!,'?.and two of the Democrats have
owned tip to having spent, so far, ?2l,
270. making a total of $70,95$ . ccotinted
for down to this time. The expenses of
the other I wo candidates will run up
! the total to more than $$?,000, and this
I is tie- lea t part of what will be put
?iitij in the race. This is "direct vote
j by the people."' it will be seen at once !
i that it eo-ts a good deal to bring it
j out. H the "leading" Republican can?
didate! should win at the primary, the
amount (hat his election costs will have!
to be mad? goon in some way, ami this \
where the people will come in, as
|"tiio people pay the freight."
TUR TREAT! IX THE SEX ATE.
Senator Cur tor, of Montana, who is
opposed to the reciprocity agreement
? with Cfuiaida. .-aid yesterday that lite
I agreement w ould pass the Senate. He
j made this statement after a hoart-to
! heart talk w ith the President at the
I W hite House.
Congressman McCall, ,>f Massachu
| setts;, whose resolution was passed by
i the House, and which has now gone id
the Senate for action in that body, be?
lieve., ilint the Senate will pass the
measure.
I
?eiiaiur Aldrlchj ?>f Rhode Island,
has written to th< I 'resident, saying
that In favors the adoption of the
agreement with Caiiada, and Senator
Bailey, of Texas, the leader of the
Democrats Iii the iii niite, is reported
t" be in favor of the measure, or be?
lieves that it will pass, the Senate. (
The Business Mas Association of
Hartford; Connecticut, has forwarded
resolutions to the President and to
I the Senators and Representatives from
thai Stale, declaring that "the acecpt
ajv i- of tin- agreement will bo ot great
I beneili to Die future prosperity of
New England, and will not jeopardize
:?? an appreciable extent the farming
Interests of the. country, but will bo
of Increasing advantage to the peo?
ple of New England." Oil the other
hand, twenty-one farmers of New
I Hampshire, protested vigorously yos
I tcniay to the Senate committee against
adoption of the agreement, and
other protests have been made of tho
same sort.
It really begins to look as if the
ngroomont, will got through the Son
ato, but by a pretty close shave.
President Taft has served notlco that
If tho agreement shall fall In tho Son
ato now he will call Congress togother
In extra session Immediately upon the
adjournment of tho present body and
take up the whole matter again. Ho
has also warned the membors of his
own party that they would gain noth?
ing by forcing him to this course. The
next Senate will have more Democrats
In It than the present Senate, and tho
Republicans will be compelled to go
to the country in defonse for having
forced their own Administration to de?
pend upon Democrats to obtain any
measure of relief from tho exactions
of the tariff policy of their party, with
the result, as tho President has warn?
ed them, that the wholo protection
system will be ripped up and destroy?
ed. That is a consummation devoutly
to be wished, and while wo should re
Joico to see it, tho Republican Senators '
cannot afford to take tho risk.
Too high praise cannot bo given Mr,
Taft for the manly stand-up, knock- ?
down and drag-out fight he is mak- j
ing for this treaty with Canada. It
is statesmanliko work of a superior
sort, and has compelled the admira?
tion of the whole country, except of the
discredited Republicans of the Senate,
who seem to have learned nothing by
the recent reverses of their party.
THE CADETS Oll THE V. M. I.
Seventy-seven membors of the Third
Class at tho Virginia Military Insti?
tute have been dismissed for insub?
ordination and sent to their homes.
They wore guilty of violating Article
123 of the Regulations, which thoy
were bound to obey, and, greatly to
the distress of the authorities, it was
necessary to enforce the law; "disci?
pline and the proper recognition of
constituted authority," forming "at
the same time the foundation stone and
the keystone" of the Institute. So far
as known, the dismissed cadets had
not the least cause of complaint; but
by combining among themselves to
defeat the orderly administration of
(ho affairs of the institution, they I
forced the authorities either to permit
the cadets to he a law unto themselves I
or to enforce the "Regulations," and
the law was enforced. It was a hard j
thing to do; but it was the right
thing, u3 the young men will realize
when they think it over for them?
selves. Wb wish they could be restored,
but that is a matter for the authori?
ties to determine and the conditions
also of their reinstatement.
Only a week or ho ago President
Taft approved the Unding of the au?
thorities at the West Point Military
Academy in dismissing from the ser?
vice a number of cadets who had been
guilty of conduct prejudicial to the
good' order of the Academy. A few
years ago, there was a combination i
among some of the cadets of the South
Carolina Military Academy to destroy
tho discipline there, und they wero '
dismissed and refused reinstatement i
in spite of the most powerful political j
und personal influences to force them |
back into the school. Tn other
academies in different, parts of tho
country there have been "Insurrec?
tions" and "combinations" among the
students against authority, and in
every case, where the men responsible
for the ordorly administration of the
affairs of these schools have done their i
duty the law has prevailed to the ad
vantage of the schools. It will be so
at the V. M. 1. As General Nichols'
says in Special Orders, No. 91, "Im- |
mediate dismissal must necessarily ;
ensue in such cases, and this whether
one, a hundred, or the whole corps, is
involved." Better, far better, an
academy without cadets, than cadets
without an academy. J
AFTER MOTHER EDDY'S MOXEV.
The tight for .Mother Eddy's millions I
by her son and foster son is becoming
more active every day. John D. Long,
former Secretary of the Navy, has been
added to the array of counsel on their
side, and will co-operate with "Bill"
Chandler in his effort to break up the
settlement which was made by him
for his clients, and by which they re?
linquished all further claims upon the
.?state. Whether Mrs. Eddy had the
right to leave her own property to the
Church founded by her or not, it would
seem to be only fair that no more of it
than they have already received should
go to her children and their lawyers.
CAUGHT WITH THE VETO.
There was consternation In the South
Carolina. Legislature last Friday, when,
moved by a sense of his high official
responsibility and mindful of his
pledges during his campaign for Gov?
ernor, the Hon. Coleman Livingston
Blesse sent a special message, mak?
ing the nineteenth or twentieth of an
interesting series, to the General As?
sembly, placing his veto on twenty
live items of the. appropriation bill,
and giving his reasons for his action.
Many of the members had gone homo,
others were about to leave the capital,
and when the shock ?came there was I
hardly a quorum present. Some of the
"leaders," well pleased with them?
selves and their work, had returned to
their constituencies thinking that It
wtts all over oxcept tho ratification of
! the appropriations they had made;
but they reckoned without the strong
man high-seated in the watch tower
and careful of the Interests of the peo?
ple. He. had "said on every stump in
this State that what was needed In the
Executive office was a man who had
the political courage and the back?
bone to veto these appropriations
when they were extravagant, and that,
if 1 wtts elected. I would do It"; and,
by George! he did it.
The twenty-five items in the appro
prlation bill upon . which he . act his
veto related principally, to education
'yHE Laundry Bag 6ays:
"The pitcher that goes of?
ten to the well gets broken at
last.
"That's equally true of collars
that go often to the laundry?
they must wear out.
"Now the real question is:
' *Wkat collars can go oftenest to
the laundry?
"I know.
"I don't mind putting you next
sub rosa, of course.
"Corliss-Coon Collars hold the
record for trips to the laundry.
"Take my tip and try them."
2 for 2^
al and charitable objocta, and called
for 591,000. Nobody expected any?
thing: of the sort, word having gone
forth among the mombers that the
Governor would "sign up"; but they
didn't know the man. and, as wo have
noted, many of them rushed homo in?
stead of staying by the goods until
they could get away with them. After
the first surprise there was a hurry
up call for the statesmen to come back,
and they came back, and, after an all
night session Saturday, succeeded in
getting through thirteen of the Items
which the Governor had disapproved,
in spite of his veto. It was a bold
thing for him to do; but If he felt
that ho was right. It was the right
thing for him to do, even If It were
a thing that nobody had ever done.
It will count for a good deal, as the
I'nvertioi' reminded the members of
tho Legislature, "when all of us again
appear before the sovereign people."
HIGGITY SENATOR HRANDKGEE.
When Senator Brandegce, of Con?
necticut, was asked the other day
about his attitude on the reciprocity
question, he replied: "1 announced a
year or more ago that I would not tell
how 1 would vote on any pending
measure of public importance. I can?
not break that rule now. I must de?
cline to answor your ejuestlon." The
New Haven Journal-Courier, though
somewhat flabbergasted by the Sena?
tor's statement, insists that "the peo?
ple of Connecticut have a right to
know his views and to compare them
with the views they themselves hold,"
and reminds him that "the moment it
becomes the rule with public servants
that they are superior to their political
masters. Just at that moment free In?
stitutions will begin to totter."
But nobody outside , of ^Connecticut
has ever thought that the people of
that State were "superior" to Senator
Brandegee: nobody is "superior" to
Senator Brandegee. Of course, he is
not bound to answer all the questions
that he might be asked; that is not
what he was elected to ofllee for, and
he is not paid for that sort of thing,
and there is no reason why he should
begin to explain his attitude on any
tiuestion until Just before his campaign
for re-election opens, when it will be
found, probably, that he will answer
whenever his name Is called. There Is
r.o way Connecticut can get rid of
him, however, until 1915, when his
present term in the Senate expires,
but it might be well for tho people to
begin keeping the score now,
Brandegee Is a Republican. Tho reci?
procity agreement is a Republican
measure with a good deal of sound
Democracy In It. All the members of
Congress from his State have cheer?
fully explained their views on this
question, and Senators of equally good
standing with the Connecticut Senator
have not sought to conceal their opin?
ions. There is no reason that we can
see why he should he at all uppity
about it, and Brother Osborno is do?
ing good service in exposing the mag?
nificence of the Senator and holding
him up to public reprobation and dis?
trust.
PREACHING THE SO.UARE DEAL.
Some unnamed preacher has been
delivering powerful sermons at Maur
orsville, according to tho Harrlaoo
burg News. We are not informed as
to the identity of the speaker, but here
is the report of tho News correspond?
ent:
"Last night the preacher made a
plea for an every day religion, a re?
ligion that would be with the mer?
chant behind the. counter and malte
him give 30 Inches for a yard, lti
ounces for a pound; a religion that
would be with the farmer in packing
apples and would sec that the middle
of the barrel would not be filled with
small ones; a religion that would keep
the farmers' wife from taking the eggs
that wouldn't hatch after three weeks'
I careful attention of the old hen to the
store and palm them off as fresh; a
religion that will make employer give
an honest wage for a day's work, and
the employee an honest day's work; a
religion that will put a brldlo on the
tongue of the gossip. Mo stated that,
all other things being equal, the man
who is a Christian is R hotter busi?
ness man. a bettor mechanic, and a
better neighbor. Ho further stated
that religion never prevented any man
from mnkiJig an honest dollar, but that
it did augment the opportunities of
every.;man to build an honest fortune
for himself anil family."
Hound doctrine that, every word of
It. rand wc should llko to have more
sermons preached along this lino of
thought. For this 1b preaching tho
golden rule, and tho goldon rule is
nothing moro thun tho square deal.
WOMEN RULE THE STAGE.
According to Charles Frohman, who
1b unquestionably an authority in the
matter. It is the womon who mako
and unmake plays In New York. Ho has
tlgures to prove it, for ho has been
watching audiences for a week. Be?
tween 68 and 69 per cent, of tho thea?
tre-goers are women, he asserts. j
Itoquested by one of tho great uni?
versities of tho country to give somo
definite statistics on the subject, Mr.
Frohman secured statistics by putting ;
checkers at tho door of five theatres ;
where his attractions are playing in 1
Now York. These men kept track of
the number of men and women enter?
ing tho playhouse
The results wero: 72 por cent, of Miss
Maude Adams's audlencoB in "Chante
cler" were women, and they contri?
buted 69 per cent of MIsb Ethel Barry
moro's audiences in the two Barrle.
playu, "Alice Sit by the Fire" and "Tho
Twelve Pound -Look." Sixty-eight per
cent of those who saw Miss Billio
Burke in "Suzanne," at the Lyceum,
and 63 per cent, of those who saw
Paul M. Potter's new farco from tho
French at the Now Garrlck, called
"The Zebra," wore women. Tho gen?
eral proportion of women at all five
productions was between 68 und 69
per cent.
"The proportion of women in every
audience is even larger than I hud be?
lieved," says Mr. Frohman, "and Indi?
cates bettor than anything else the in?
fluence women have over the drama."
Heretofore managers In general have
estimated that women constitute 60 1
per cent, of the audiences, but even '
with "Tho Zebra," a French farco aup- j
posed to appeal aB much to men as to j
women, the proportion of womon was
3 per oent. greater.
In Mr. Frohman'a Investigation every
type of attraction but musical comedy
Is represented. Fantastic poetic drama, j
serious comedy, romantic plays, light ;
comedy and farco were included In
tho subjects. Some years ajio statis?
tics wert; gathered as musical come?
dies, and it was found that the per?
centage of men and women was about
oven. The balance shifted entirely with
the type of the production. In legiti?
mate drama, as has been shown, wo?
men predominate.
Upon a little rellection. Brother Al?
fred Williams, of the Roanoke Times,
will agree with us that Wade Hamp?
ton would not have written that edi?
torial article about Tlllman.
Now that the Legislature has ad?
journed, wo hope it Is not too much to
ask that the Columbia State express its
views frankly about the low assess?
ment of the farm lands in its Stat6 j
that it swears are worth from %:>(> to \
$200 the acre, and that are rettirned
for taxation at from $5 to $10 the acre.
Tho Norfolk Vlrglnlan-PHot has not
yet made a special report on the as?
sessed value of the trucking lands in
Its neighborhood that it alleges to bo
worth anywhere from $100 to $100 the
acre.
Bailey is entirely wrong. No one
connected with The Times-Dispatch Is
"exceedingly bitter," or bitter at all.
towards Lorlmer. or anybody else. We
always pray for those who despitefully
use us. and that Is wholly Scriptural.
If it be true, however, as it. must bo,
that some persons aro born to be
damned, we should be altogether re?
miss In our duty if we failed to help
It along. _
We are sorry, of course, for tho veg?
etable growers in Texas, who have been
frozen out by the present cold snap:
but liiere is some comfort in the
thought that the people In New York
and other Eastern markets will not
have to cat the truck that, is raised j
down there. Better a can of Virginia'
vegetables than a carload of "fresh"
vegetables grown in Texas.
"The Ton Commandments will not
budge, and stealing will continue steal?
ing," whether It be done to shorten
the Church services or not.
The State Senate of Washington has
passed a local option bill mak?
ing the county the unit. Cities of the
first class aro exempt from Jts pro?
visions, ami where the people have al- j
ready voted on tho question the status I
is to bo undisturbed for tho period of
two years. The quantity of liquor a
person can take, into "dry" territory is
one quart, and the allowance of malt
liquor is one case of beer. This meas?
ure leaves the decision of the whiskey
question to the people of the several
communities, and there is wisdom in
that.
Another story, making the seventh,
is being piled on tho residence of John
D. Rockefeller, at Pocantlco Hills.
This is his country home. Of course,
Mr. Rockefollor can do what he pleases
with his own money; but who ever
hoard of a country home, a real place
to live In, seven stories high? There
is abundant ground at Pocantlco for a
house that would ramble around, with
one floor, and seem like home; but
Heven stories In the country! Why,
such a thing would be impossible to a
i family man of good taBte.
Whether they keep tho Ten Com?
mandments or not, we have yet to see
a man or woman in Richmond who
would be willing' to give thorn up or
who would consent to their mutilation.
If the Chinese would confer with
their yellow neighbors In Japan, they
might ho able to make an arrangement
which would put an end to Russian
regression, irt the East.
Knox ^||^ Hats
Impart distinctive grace and unquestionable taste."? |
SPRING SHAPES NOW SHOWN
For rale at our agenda ererjrwhete.
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Address all communications for this column to Query Editor,
Timos-Dispatch. No mathematical problems will be solved, no
coins or stamps valued and no dealers' uameB will be given.
"iVnuhliiRttm and the Cherry Tree.
Will you not reprint tho anecdote
about George Washington and tho
! cherry treo from Mason L. Woems's
I "Life of Washington"? 1 know it IS
i a fabrication, but I should like to road
it. anyway. . VIRGINIAN.
"The following anecdote is a case
In point. Tt Is too valuable to bo lost,
and too true to bo doubted; for It was
communicated to me by the same ex?
cellent lady to whom I am Indebted
for tho last; i
" 'When George.' she said, 'was
nbout six years old, he was made the
wealthy master of a hatchet! of which,
llko most little boys, he was Immod?
erately fond; and was constantly Koinv;
about" chopping everything that came
In his way. One day, In the garden,
whore he often amused hlmsolf hacking
bis mother's poa-sticks, he unluckily
tried the edp;o of his hatchet on the
body of a beautiful young English
cherry treo, which he barked bo terrl- i
bly that I don't bollevo the tree ever
got the better of It. The next morn?
ing the old gentleman, finding out what
had befallen his treo, which, by the
by, was a great favourite, came Into -
the house, and with much warmth
asked for the mischievous author, de- |
elating at tho same time that he would
hot have taken five guineas for his
tree. Nobody could tell him anything
about It. Presently George and his
about It. Presently George and his hate
hatchet made their appearance.
"George," said hiB father, "do you
know who killed that beautiful little
? berry tree yonder In the garden?"
This was a tough question, and George
staggered under it for a moment, but ;
quickly recovered himself; and, look?
ing at his father with the sweet fare 1
of youth brightened with tho. inex- 1
presslblo el.arm of all-conquering"
truth, he bravely cried out: "I can't
tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a
lie. I did cut It with my hatchet." |
"Run to my arms, you dearest hoy."
cried his father in transport", "run
to my aims; glad am I, George, that
you killed my tree: for you have paid
rne for It a thousandfold* Such an act
Of heroism In my son Is more worth
than a thousand trees, though blos?
somed with silver and their fruits ol
purest gold." ' "
Ranter, 1010.
Please answer in your dally Query
Column, what waa the date upon which
Easter came in the year 1910?
J. FIELD.
March 27.
"f'nrry Me Ilaelc to Old VlrRlnln."
Please publish in tho Query Column
of your valued paper the words to that
famous Virginia song, "Carry Me Buck,
to Old Virginia" and name of author.
A NATIVE OK VIRGINIA.
We cannot publish songs In this
column. The name of the author of
the song Is not known to us.
James W. Itcadle.
Please Rive me the Information to
find a Confederate Veteran's war
record? His name 1? James W. Keadle,
I do not know what company ho was
? n, but he was major in the Confederate
Army. He was captured and kept in
prison in Port Delaware.
Any information will bo gladly re?
ceived. ROT FL KEADLE. ,
AddresB your Inquiry to Colonel Jos,
V. Bldgood, Secretary of Military Re?
cords. Richmond, Va.
Invltntlona.
In it good form to send a wedding
Invitation or announcement of engage?
ment in another envelope without writ?
ing the name of the person for whom
intended on the face of the inclosed
envelope?
No.
S?-1tl?>meiit.
To whom shall T apply for informa?
tion in regard to the land that Is to
bo thrown opon to (settler* in Oklahoma
and Oregon in November?
Writ.- to the General Land Ofiiee lit
Washington, O. C, or to the following
United States land offices: In Okla?
homa?El Reno, Guthrie, Ijawton and
Woodward; in Oregon?Burns, Lagrand,
Eakeview, Portland, Roseberg and The
Dalles.
GLADSTONE'S FRIEND
GOVERNOR OF MADRAS
uv la HAitaviSE de ro.NTC.vov,
SIR THOMAS OIBSON C?RMICHA Kl,,
who has Just been up pol med Gov?
ernor of Madras, with a teeming
population as groat a>-: that of the
untteii Kingdom and Irelnnd, was u
particular frit-rid and favorito of Wil
liain Ew?xt Gladstone, whom ho sue- ?
ceeded as liberal member of Parlla
meht ior Midlothian. Ills patronymic
is not really Carmlchuol, but Gibson,
and his family may ho said to have
been founded by Sir Alexander Gibson,
one of the most eminent jurists of the
reign of King .lames I., who bestowed
upon him, hot only a baronetcy, but
also a barony, along with the title of
Lord Durlo of Anticostl and a grant of
some eighteen square miles in Anti?
costl. Anticostl. as everybody knows,
is an island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence,
now owned by Henri Menier. the
French chocolate manufacturer, who
uses it as a game and fish preserve;
The. baronetcy; the barony arid tht
land were inherited by Alexander Gib?
son's son, who was. however, deprived
of his titles and honors in lain, and
they do not seem to have been revived
by his ? heirs, nor has any trace bee:
found of tho patents and of the war?
rants among the records of the crown
of Scotland, although the new Governor
of Madras has in ills possession authen?
ticated copies of these documents, made
about the time of their issue.
Another baronetcy was conferred
upon the head of this Gibson family in
17<e_'( and, according to some, therefore,
Sir Thomas Car mich a el Is tho four?
teenth baronet of his line, while, ac?
cording to others, he. is only the ninth
Sir Robert Gibson, the ilfth baronet,
tlied In America towards tho end of tho i
eighteenth century, and It was his bro?
ther Knd successor who, with the per?
mission of the crown, and In accord?
ance with tho entail of the Skirlinu
estates, formerly belonging to the Earls
or" Hyndford, through the marriage of
John Gibson with Lady Helen Car?
michael, sister of the fourth earl of
Hyndford, assumed the name of Car
michael, in addition to that of Gibson
Sir Thomas may thus be regarded at
the principal representative of the for?
mer Earls of Hyndford and a claimant
to their honors, which Include the vis
countcy of Inglisbcrry and the barony
of Carmichael. They have been der
main since tho death without issue ol
Andrew Carmichael. sixth Earl of
Hyndford, in 1R17. Readers of Robert
L. Stevenson's novels may be interested
to know that the Barbara Grant who
figures in his "Catriona," and who was
one of the few actual personages ap?
pearing in Ills romances, became in real
life the Countess of Hyndford, and it
was owing to her dying without issue
that the earldom of Hyndford tho
minor honors connected therewith fell
Into abeyance. Most of the estates ol
tho earldom of Hyndford have now
passed into the possession of the fam?
ily of the Aristruthers, and Sir Thomas,
who has no children and who is i
particularly rich, having been com?
pelled some time ago to sell a superb
collection of art treasures and histor?
ical relics, dating from tho twelfth to
, the sixteenth centuries, has absolutely
! declined to take any steps to est a bib
I his claims to tho earldom, as proceed?
ings of this kind are terribly costly.
i One of the reasons, however, which
led him to withdraw from Parliament
was the question raised, among others
by Joseph Chamberlain, as to whether
he really had a right to sit and voto in
the House of Commons, on the ground
that by inheritance he was in all prob
I abllltv a Scotch peer. In fact, a debate
, actually took place in the House of
Commons about tho matter, and it was
In consequence of the possibility of ids
voto on nnv important mensure In the
lower chamber being invalidated on the
ground that ho was a peer that .ho
withdrew from the House of Commons.
Until that time the Impression had
prevailed that a member of the House
I of Commons could retain his seat there,
even after succeeding to a peerage, tin
I til the moment when he received the
I writ of summons from tho crown to the
: House of Lords. The discussion, how
i ever, brought to light the legal faol
i that a member's seat in the lower lions*
becomes invalid from the very moment
that ho Inhorils a pecrngo, no mailer
whether he receives a writ of summons
or not.
Lord Hood, whose- ongagement to
Miss Primrose Stapleton-Cotton has Just
been announced, is the oldest brother
of Captain the Hon. Horace Hood, who
last year married, at Burlington. Iowa
Mrs.'George Nickerson, widow of a
"wealthy New Englander of that name,
and daughter of the late M. Touzalln
of tho Santa Fo and of tho-Chicago,
Burlington and Northern Railroads.
jCantain Hood being now .tho command
that the royal family in the matter liail
"'trained at, a ghat and swallowed u
camel"?the latter word having thw
satno pronunciation in England as tins
name of Campbell.
The present Lord Hood Is a soldier
by prolenslon, was major of the Gren?
adier Guards, served in the last Ashanti
campaign and in the South African
War, has a flno country place of about
3,000 acres in Northamptonshire, at Bar?
ton Seagrove, and is the fifth holder
of a \iscounty created in fuvor of the
famous admiral; Sir Samuel Hood, as a
reward for his naval victories, espe?
cially Ijin successful attack on Toulon
and bis conquest of the Island of Cor?
sica. Sinei- then at least halt a dozen
members of this obi Dorsetshire family
have fallen Jn battle, and, with a coll?
ide of exceptions, every one of the men
has done service either in tho army or
in the navy.
-Miss Primrose Staplcton Cotton, tho
fiancee, of Lord Hood, is a woman of over
thirty, and is a daughter of Col. the
Hon. Blchard Staplcton Cotton, of tliu
Scots Guard, who is next heir to. his
nephew's Viscounicy of Combermere.
and to tho Combermere. Abbey estate in
-Shropshire, as well as to much landed
property in Staffordshire. It must be
a source of considerable satisfaction,
noth to the present and to the future
Lurd Combermere, that the late Vis?
count railed In Ills efforts to sell Com
bermero Abbey, which was leased for
a seafaon, at an enormous rental, to tho
lato Empress of Austria.
The late l^ord Combermere's efforts
to sell the abbey were due to the so?
cial ostracism to which his second wife,
the viscountess, had been subjected by
the county families. This boycott was
attributable to the figure cut by the
now widowed Lady Combermere in the
divorce court a number of years ago.
A sister ot Sir George Cbetwynd, she
was first married to C. II. Poolc of liar
bury Hall, one of the most popular men
in the county, but whom she abandoned,
deserting also her young children, in
order to elope with the Hon. Roberts
Stapleton Cotton, (afterwards Lord
Combermere) and then a married man
himself. The. flight of the couple caus?
ed a great sensation, and resulted in a
double divorce suit. For the Hon. Mrs*
Stapleton Cotton made it a cause for
a divorce, while Mrs. Poole's husband
lost no time in following Mrs. Staple
ton Cotton's example. The consequence
was that both Mr.^Stapleton Cotton and
Mrs. IJoole were declared liberated
from their respective matrimonial hondn
by the, divorce court, taking advantage
of which they wero Immediately unit?
ed In marriage.
Tho VIscountcy of Combermere was
first conferred In 1814, on one of tho
most distinguished cavalry genorals of
the Peninsular War. The present Lord
Combermere, who is a son of his fath?
er's second marriage, is a confirmed
bachelor, but no longer enjoys the an
nuitv of $10,000 a veiir which was voted
by Parliament for three lives at the
lime when the first Viscount Comber?
mere was rnised io tho House of Lords
Combermero Abbey is situated about
four miles from Whltechurch, In a beau?
tiful country. The abbey Is said tc
have been founded about the year 1130.
by the Cistercian Order of monks. A
very picturesque old building, and sit?
uated on high ground, near the. lake, it
has hardly a rival for beauty in the
kingdom. It possesses a wealth of an?
cient carvings and a number of well
authenticated ghosts.
(Copyright, 1911, by tho Brentwood
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