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MONDAY, F15BKUA11Y 27, 1011.
AT THE MOUTH OF THIS JAMI3S.
Norfolk is situated at the mouth of
the James Diver. It is also, n near
neighbor of Newport News, Old Point j
Comfort, Portsmouth, and is only about
twenty miles from Cape Jlenry on the
Chesapeake Pay. which is mainly dis?
tinguished for the oyster roasts that,
lure given there, and as the place where i
John .Smith and his English colonists !
first set foot on this sacred soil. Nor- |
folk has a population of C7,-P>2 by the ,
last United States Census, although j
it might very well he taken for a town J
two er three times that size. Its peo- J
pie are a very fine sort?there being
(t number of millionaires among them
who live in beautiful houses and dis?
pense a charming hospitality. There
ore three dally papers In Norfolk?the
[Virginian-Pilof. the Landmark and the
Ledger-Dispatch, which tire, In fact,
the greatest asset the town possesses,
ae they are working morning, noon and
night, every day and Sunday, toe. for
the. development of their town. There
are many churches in Norfolk, which
are well supported and'are doing good
work for the promotion of the moral
?nd spiritual welfare of the people, and
ti well-ordered system of public schools.
The banks of Norfolk are solid, its
business is growing by leaps and
bounds, Its population ?s increasing, its
hotelr. are better than the ordinary run
of such places in the South, its streets
tire well paved, in spots, and when the
weather is right its skies are as blue
nnd its sunsets as exquisite as tire the
tskics and sunsets in Richmond on the
.Fames.
The place- seems to be infested witli
lawyers, all very attentive to their
clients and very respectful to the
courts wltli which the town appears to
be fairly crowded. Grab by Street is
laid with wooilen pine blocks, creo
spted, of the sort it might, be well lo
use In Shafer Street, and the building
is pointed out to this day where Na?
poleon thi) Third sought asylum in this
country, and '?f him it is related that
to tlie day of his death he never for?
got the friends lie made in the Virginia
city, but always held them in affec?
tionate remembrance, sending them
from time to time tokens of Ills re?
gard for them. The place Is full of
history nnd romance, and in tin nearby
waters many of the most stirring
events of (he Confederate War were
enacted?the magnificent battle of the
Merrimac, the staking ol the Cumber?
land, and the old Fortress Monroe. '
where the South was pat in chains in J
the person of Jefferson Davis by Nelson
A. Miles, whose title to in finny was
won by his cruelly as .-, jailor. A bonk !
could be written about ti esc and other j
incidents which have ma iked the. '
growth of this splendid port.
There is a krent social dub in Nor?
folk. It Is,, oo/ited f'hc Pewter Platter
Club, and is composed of tin best men
in the community, lawyer:-, hankers,
railroad men and the rest, with the
object of keeping the lamp <>f .ihlviftry
alight In heartt of gold. There is no
politics in It. no other purpose than
that, of making lifo a bit sweeter and
brighter for those who would keep
the human touch, win, make memories
that will live after these 'mingle shad?
ow-shape!?, that ironic and go,'1 Satur?
day night the pewter platters and the
pewter cupo, that ate. built after (he
similitude of steins, were all brought
mit for a dinner given in honor of ? he
Judiciary of the United Slat. - and of
the .State of Virginia, and of (he law?
yers who minister In (he name of Jus?
tice. That it was a great dinner from
material point of - lew goes without
saying, for there are no better cobles
In Virginia outside of Richmond than
tlie eookr, of Norfoii:; but (be chief in?
terest, in the nflair centred a limit Asso?
ciate Justice hull en, .1 the United
States Supreme Court, who fought with
John 11. Morgan, exeiHlug Die nineteen
months lie spent in Jal: a.-, a prisoner
of war; Chief Justice Feith, of the Vir?
ginia Supreme Court of Appeals;
George w Wickershaun Attorney-Gen?
eral of the I nited Slates; Judge Jeter
C. Pritchard, of tin- United States Cir?
cuit Court "1" App-als, and Alfred
Thorn. General Counsel 6? the Southern
Railway, the prisoner at the bar. Tlie
Toastmaster vyas La,v/yer 1 unstnll, a
very br'gbt young fellow, who said
just tlie right thing about tlo- different
Speakers; and said it all so well that
When tlio dinner was over in- received
the heartiest plaudits of the brilliant:
cothpahy.
Justice Durton writ piaster of himself
nnd his theme?^the making of tlie Su
preme Court,' the determination of the
law, the vitalizing of tb-Constitution,
, ' the relations of tlie States to tin- Na?
tion, the building of the country as
it is lo-da> exactly adjusted to the
needs of tin- people-,and the Govern?
ment of the Union as our government,
? the defence and pride at.-: care of all
' loyal, Citizen?. Attorney-General Wlck
crsh?ni made a v-cry o.lotiuctit idea f?.r
the active participation oi the men of
Virgin'a .In tlie riffnlrrt'of the Govern
mont at vYuahinaton?built by tho so
nius at$d courage and Buffering and
devotion of the. great men who have
gono hcforo and now left to take care
of itself because of the ind'frcrenco f
the men of tlio present generation and
the absorption of tho interests of the
people in the affairs of commercial life
and effort. It was a ringing call to
the highest duty men can pay to tho
country. Judge Keith was exceedingly
happy in what he said about the judi?
ciary of Virginia, paying special trib?
ute to Pcndleton and Marshall, nnd
doing it with such literary grnco und
force as to exclto the admiration of
every ono who heard him.
As for the rest, it was all well done
? the address of Judge i'rltchaid and
the speech of Alfred Thorn, and when
it was over the knights of the Pewter
Platter had scored the most conspicu?
ous triumph of their history.
Till; lMtlSSIDENT AND THE EXTRA
SESSION.
It looks now as if the President will
he compelled to call Congress together
in extraordinary session because of the
obstruction of the reciprocity treaty
in the Senate. He has made tip his
mind to do it, and ho will be uphold
by the country in doing it. It is one
of the curious phases of the politics
of the times that tho President will be
driven to this course by the members
of his own party and by the extreme
wings of the party?by .Senator Hale,
of Maine, who is about, to disappear
from publie life forever, representing
the' standpatters, anil by Senator Cum?
mins, of Iowa, of the Insurgent branch
of cheap and utterly discredited poli?
ticians, who Is steadily losing control
of his own State. ITale thinks that
he should have been consulted by the
President before the agreement with
Canada was made, and Cummins hopes
to add somehing to his personal repu?
tation by opposing a policy to which
bis own party is pledged and which
would bo of large benefit to all the j
people of tho country.
There are very few days left for
the consideration of the agreement,
and tho President stands (Irmly com?
mitted to It. He has displayed a
Splendid courage in this matter, nnd
is growing every clay in the confidence
of the country. He is counting no
cost now but the welfare of the coun?
try, lie Is not thinking of rcnoml
riatlpn and re-election, but of admin?
istering the duties of his office, arid
he is doing it like a man. The future
always lakes cure of itself if the duty
of the hour be well done; as a wise
old man. a Democrat from his youth !
up, said- vesterday. "If I did not have
the most implicit faith in the unselfish
purposes of tho President, 1 should
say that Mr. Taft is playing mighty
good politics/'
What tho Congress will do with the
Ciinadinn agreement at the extra ses?
sion'; nobody knows. The Democrats',
however, have committed themselves to
it, and it will doubtless -^o through
with their support; but a whole sum- j
mor devoted to Congress is n thing
that is not to be considered without
grave misgivings as to its effects upon I
the business stability of iiic country, >
It does hot matter particularly t'o us; '
bill we should think that the rtepitIl?
licit ns would seek lo escape the perils
of an extra session by throwing the
Jdnuh from Maine overboard at orico
a ltd the trouble-maker from Iowa.
'I'll M PENSION STEAL AM) '1111'.
Pit ESI DENT.
It was charged recent]} thai the;
ll<in. Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama.'
who is to be chairman of the Ways and :
Mean; Com m it too in the hex I Congress,
had voted for the Sulloway sorvieo pen- i
slop bill The charge was denied, arid
there is no question that it was unwar- j
rah ted. In a letter wo. have received
within the Must few days from Mr. Cn
der wo od he srtys;
?'Unfortunately for me, the wrongful
publication of my vote un this subject
has gune over the eountrv and been
copied in a great many papers; and it Is
oho vote that has really injured me In
my own district; for. although thy own
people ,|f' willing Id have th. t.Sovern-1
ineni piij a fair pension to the doset \ -
lir.tf soldiers. th> y are very much bp -;
posed to tin., extravagant pension bills
that hit vc recently been passed. I
sto-iji right in th-- midst ..f the Southern
Democrats on the Moor of tin- I louse
1 when tli,. vote .ami- on the pension bill,
and voted wiih them against the bill.
? I had always boon ngainst it. and took
I no t art in its passage, and as the
statement that looted for it has boeii
scattered broadcast throughout the
newspapers of -.tie country, you '"an
. rfi?dUV understand that I am trying to
run down tin- source from which it
emanated."
! ' .We reg ret. of course, that any ptibiL
eaiio.i of tin- misleading Information
we had upon the Subject Should have
iiuiscd Mr. I' I'der wood I he bast trou?
ble, and whal he says In- his letter is
printed with peculiar pleasure; Ills
J pbopie are willing to pay fair pensions
tu deserving soldiers, as ate all the
pebplo <i| the Southern States, hut th--y
Pieti st in th<- name of eomiVmn hon?
esty and true patriotism against the
who less Id robbery "f 'he pubih liens
ut > for the ben lit of the thousands ol
ebnimdn ihlcves who have been placed
l i-putt tie.- Pension toils. The real sol?
diers oi the Union have bee11 fearfully
remiss in their duty to thonisolves thai
they have permit ted these tolls to be
plicKed with deserters and en tup fdl
j lowers and sutlers and hummers, who
I never did a day's service for the cotiiP
trj<; but who have heeli placed on Lnc
same looting with the bonust men who
actually (ought for their cause.
Several days ago seven hundred spe?
cial pension bills were passed by Cdlp
grew*, and at every session the rolls
;<re padded with new names, and here
il Is that, nearly fifty years after the
I wur, hew men are coming to the front
im plunder who never went to the
front lot tie- flag-' when the* country
was in peril. The pity of it. the shame
I of it. is that tin- (Irand Army of- the
Republic ha-- permitted these things, to
be done. We wish the Sulloway bill
injgh', be passed, so that Pie-i'dent
Taft could veti, |t, as veto it he un?
doubtedly will. That .would be his
opportunity to do a thing which would
ontltlo him to the thanks of all the
people nnd thnt would Ktop forever the
stealing that has boon done in the
much abused h?mo of patriotism. This
bill calls for an addition to the pension
burden or the Government of ?50.000,000
annually, which would bo 6 per cent,
on a billion dollars?as rn^ti as the
entiro cotton crop of tho South was!
worth when the war ended?taken out j
of tho pockets of tho pjpoplc every year j
to pay men who never smelt gunpow?
der.
The bill passed the House by a]
?rousing vote, under (ho whip and spur
of the old reprobate from the DanvlTlo j
District In Illinois, by a body elected by
direct voto of the people, und the poo- i
pie allow such tilings to bo dono with?
out any effort to prevent them. Hero
is a specimen of tho work that Is done |
by the members of Congress who come
directly from the people, and yot we
are told thnt there should bo more men
elected in the rame way, so that the]
people might have a nearer control oT
our legislative affairs'
Wo should like to see what Mr. Taft
would sny In his veto message on this
bill. Tt would doubtless bo strong
enough to suit the subject.
tut: president's mxuutauv.
Charles D. Hilles will take Charles D.
Norton's place as secretary to tho Pres?
ident. Ho is now Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury, and Is well spoken of
by every one as a man of high char?
acter, of fine executive ability, of wide
information and of unusual political
gifts. He will go In when Norton goes
out. probably about the first of April,
and the best tiling we can wish for him,
is that he shall lit tho place as well as
Norton, who is a particularly fine fel-j
low, with no end of common sense,
POUTS OX the caxai,,
The iLftjuse at. Washington has done
the right thing in providing for tlie for- !
tlfieation of the Panama ?.'anal, having
voted $.'1.000,000 for the beginning of
that worlt. It would bo a very foolish
thing for the Government to spend n"
billion dollars, or so, on the building
of this great waterway, and then leave
It tu take care of itself, GebfgO Wash?
ington was wholly right when lie ad?
vised that the best way to preserve
peace was to provide for war.
NIX ET KEN RECORDED.
The Norfolk Landmark calls our at?
tention to the fact that nineteen
States have gone on record as: to the
proposed sixteenth amendment to tlie
Federal Constitution; more commonly
known as "iho income tax amend?
ment." Twelve have voted lor ratifi?
cation, They arc: -Alabama. Georgia.
Idaho. Illinois, Kentucky, -Maryland.
Mississippi, Montana. Ohio, Oklahoma,
South Carolina and Texas. Those
Stales which havo refused ratification |
are: Louisiana, Massachusetts, Rhode j
Island, New York-, Vermont, Virginia
and West Virginia; In five stales ?
Kansas, New Hampshire, Michigan,
North Chrollha and Arkansas?one
branch of the Legislature bus acted
favorably upon the proposed altera?
tion in the organic law of I he nation.
There is great danger that the pro?
posed amendment will be ratified by a
sufficient number, of the states, but the
present indication is that the change
will he defeated by a slight margin.
Mi passes in ri.Al.M'ir.l.li.
On Monday of last week a cue.is
gave several performances in Plaiuflold,
New jersey. The license was duly
granted by Mayer Moy, who, however,
became angered when he was offered
free ticket.-? to ihe show, lie told tlie
advance age til that not only would lie
tint accept what he called graft; but
i that if he heard of passes being given
to the local bflVcers or police be would
cancel the license,
This was a rare occurrence. There is
loo little of ibi- splrli which differen?
tiates between the iUiUlie service and
a personal favor
I
m'.PI C.Tl.v; (U K FOHESTS.
' The United States consumes more
. timber for dottiestic purpose?, prin?
cipally for the iiiilhling of houses, than
i any other nation While Germany
uses .'17 cubic fei t per bead of its
I
i population annually, l<ran'c< 25 feel,
and Great In itain II foci, thy people of
I the United SI nies use 2Sf) cubic feet.
! Thesit? statistics "show that Wc tire
j the great wood-using nation in the
, world. Tin.- r|iicst ion ist I low much
j longer can we kebp up this paceV Our
former K?O.000,000 acres of forest laud
j;have beep oil down to "150,000,000
acres, of which about one-fourth Is
j included in the national forests, white
, the remaining three-fburihs ore under
irjvatc ownership.
\s ihe i| tin ti t it v of wood hewn each
j year is lb reo i I nies tin- quantity of
i tlie growth, the necessity for eon; r r
[ vittion is apparent aiid justifies nil ef?
forts on Ha part ol tin Cover nine at
'to reduce the depletion of otiY limber
' resources.
I'lKiriXMHt COLLI KU '.
Wbeilier [in rile tt Wciidcli; Harvard
I :prbf epsor of Knglish lit erat ere. In- of
I in macula to speech and perfect l.oii
don accent, read.?: (lie American Maga?
zine. We do He! ktlOW, and \Vit SUppo.-e
he does not, as his intellectual sympa?
thies have little in eOiniiMui with his
native hind. Ye, he would haV?\ been
I shocked, we know, to have seen a very
interesting sketch In tlie current Amer?
ican, it relates to Owen On vis, llar
I vard, ".>:;. vyho has written i:,o play.?
since leaving college and picked up
I much money la so doing. Here are tlie
titles of seine of these plays: ' A Dou?
ble Life,I'h>> Iliiigiar's Daughter,
"Cupbl at Vrt?.mr,.riu> Chinatown
Trunk Mystery." "Another Man's Wife,"
"Tlie Queen of tb... Outlaws' Camp.-'
"Tin- White CipH;" "1 ?< ad w end * I iick."
"The I liver plr.it os," ''Opium Smugglers
In 'l-'riscn." ;''|'lio Convict's Sweothcjirtl''
"A Chorus Gii*:-; L\i< I; lit New York."
, SVc Join with the Co ton <;t?,be mi
wondering if *OUi Cap Collier way
I holding down n chnlr In English nnd
lecturing on the drama when the class
! of 1S93 wont to school at Harvard.
I Perhaps so. Suroly varrdt Behdoll, as
Elberl Hubbard calls hitn, would never
have permitted fo virile and popular a
playwright to enter his classrooms.
AN EDITOR'S ?lliESTIONS.
At a* recent meeting of a Kansas
Teachers' Association an editor made
a stir by asking a set of questions,
which caused practically all of the ped?
agogues present to "flunk." Tho teach?
ers themselves wero astonished ut their
own ignorance. Hero are some of tho
questions asked:
Name any State with an inheritnnco
i tax law.
[ Name any provision of the national
income tax.
What is a commission form of city
j government?
j Name one or moro cities with such
I a government.
j What Is a te?lder?
What Is the Babcock lest?
Have you road "A Certain Rich Man"?
Why the great demand of railroads
I from tho Lakes to the Gulf?
Should tho Mississippi River channel
bo deepened? Why?
Name three college or university
presidents In your State.
This was in Kapsas, though. In Vir?
ginia, every teacher cannot only an?
swer these questions fully, but can
also quoto tho wholo World Almanac
from memory. What's the matter with
Kansas?
drinking tj1ic 1immi.ock.
A remnant of an ancient custom
! is seen in one section of the j
criminal practice act prepared by the I
Nevada Code Commission for present?
ment to tho Legislature. In the sec?
tion Is a provision that persons under
sentence of death may clioosc between
death by hanging or by taking hy
! droeynnle acid.
The provision reads thus: "if the de?
fendant, after having elected to take
! hydrocyanic acid.. Khali fall or refuse
\ to take the same, he shall forthwith
he hanged by the neck until dead."
I Nothing Is said ahum tho possible
I case that the criminal might bo ih
I different or indecisive.
The proposed amendment to the Ne?
vada law relating to capital punish?
ment was Inspired by humane motives, j
This is simply an effort to mitigate
the terrors of enforced death. There
j is a remote suggestion in the Statute
of the humaneness and decency with
which the aheteht Creeks sought to
surround the Infliction of death. Tho
classical case of Socrates is in point.
After discussing Immortality for some
hours with his friends and disciples;
ht. quaffed the cup of hemlock wttn
his customary composure and passed
I Into death and eternal 'nine
I Self-inflicted capital punishment in
I the form of hara-kiri was common in
?1 a pa U until late years, hut the Inilti
once seen in the Nevada proposal i:>
perhaps Creek In its- origin.
?vAiiDi? on Shakespeare;
".Quit analyzing, enjoy Shakespeare,"
is the advice which Kredciick Wanlo,
one of the actors of the bldiir and better
school, gave the other day In a lecture'
lie dislikes the present method of I
j teaching children iiboul the Man of
Avon. The analytical method, whei;e
: the golden words are picked apart as
a child picks apart :\ valuable watch,
seems almost n nightmare lo Mr. j
Warde, who has interpreted ^manyd
Shakespearean characters during his!
i long and honorable stage careor.
Mr. Ward? says: "Why sliimld we
trouble ourselves to ir.y to find a hidden
1 meaning, when nil the beauty, all the
philosophy of the Old World aro rigl'r
tin the surface, where he who runs
may read'.' Shakespeare was human
lie was a genius; i/o wrote plays for
the people. !?? sec ami hear, lie worked
for money. Take his beautiful couplet
oil spring, that brings to nil ml the flow?
ers and the lords or the. English lanes
in May. Why should a so-called
Shakespeare cijiib try to analyse thls-'j
Wc must get over the idea, so oft<9? \
expressed, thai 'Shakespeare is too,
th cp for hie.' The fact is, people don'I j
'study him Iii "'relation to people us they i
rare." I
\ Further'; says .Mr. Warde, lo a trago-'j
j dian, the till of Shakespeare is ex- J
J pressed b> Hit words which he puts .
i into the mouth 6i Henry IV.--"a touch
; ??! nature makes tho whole world kill." j
Tliitl ieils He winde suonv, showing th"
j human side of tin- man and how well i
he understood the minds of men.
"Shakespeare,;! asserts' Mr. Warde,!
j"was.essonllaily the Urnmulist. He was
a niati of 'business. Iii.- wonderful;
gen his created his immortal works, all
unconscious of the coming plaudits, of ',
the waiting world. If the Bard of!
Avon ever iljotlght thiil he was creat?
ing men and women for all time, \\v
givcj no evidence in anything he left
behind; I believe that he made the
iking:; he did just for tin- moment; lie
wrote fur Iiis day and for money, just
as the writers of to-day. If his great
j min ! gave ., master touch to his liter?
al j efforts d<> not think thai Shakes-1
! pen i/o was conscious of it. There is
j nothing deep about Shakespeare. If j
] every line Iths a sermon, if every word j
he ivi'dR suggests hidden meaning and;
upon rclicctlon calls up to the Htudent
i diiep chains of thought, it la tfccu-Usn
I Of tin g< itiits of Shakespeare, hoi the
j iiit'-iit."
Koine Interesting things brought bill
bj Mr. Wirde r< lab- to I ho almost pro
I pl'ietlc knowledge of the great writer.
I Shakespeare knew exactly as , much
concerning sanity as do the alienists
of Hi ? pi s. nt. thinks Mr. Warde, for
Sh..iw ? p.-,iv says in "King Lehr.'.' when
the physician is asked If nothing Ctjll
euro the madness of the King: ?
'TIumC is a liieaiis, madam:
fbn foster nurse of Nature is repose,
The which he lack . thai to provoke
him
Are mtii'.y simple^ opbratiyi;
Who .- power will close the i yes of
This, sayt Mr. SVarde, menus that
slcop or an opiate are tho only cures.
What more cdn the brain specialist do
to-day? A few weeks ago a great au?
thority on Insanity and disease of tho
mind said that nothing now has been
found by woy of cure.
In "Trollus and Cresslda," Shakes?
peare says:
"Time, force and death,
Do to this body what extremes you
can
But tho strong baso nnd building of
my love
Is t?s the very centro of the earth."
What, nska Mr. Warde, Is this but an'
evidence that Shakespeare knew of the I
law of gravitation long before the apple
fell beforo tho eyes of Isaac Nowton? I
Falstaff mentions the blood coursing
through his veins. This was at a tlmo
when the blood was supposed to bo
stationary. Thus did Shakespeare
antedate Harvey in knowing of ths
circulation of tho blood.
Puck, In "A Midsummer Night's
Dream," says: 'TTl put a girdle round
tho earth In forty minutes." Mr.
Warde thinks that this was a prediction
of tho telegraph.
Centuries have passed since tho Man
of Avon was gathered to his fathers;
but new Interpretations of his work,
new phases of his life and character
and genius still nro unearthed and ap?
pear.
or co uns id.
The beautiful Birmingham News
runs every day a column of short inter?
views with visitors to the city, and in
Friday's issue there appeared In tho
column tho follow fug:
"To m<o, Birmingham is nn oasis
in a long desert which stretches from
t'ensncola, Florida, to PulnskI; Tennes?
see," said Andrews Wright, of the
Ocean Steamship Company. "About
every two weeks I approach this town,
one timo from the North and one time
from the South. Fach time there nro
a hunch of traveling men situated Just
like myself, who are eager for a look- '
In on the Magic City, where they know
a few of tho luxuries of life grow and
where at least there Is always the glad
hand extended to you from different
persons."
There's a reason. Birmingham Is nn
oasis in a. prohibition desert. Of
course, these men are "eager" to get to
the Brag City. The luxury that grows
there is tlie "Busch"; tho glad hand Is
that of "the gent in the white coat."
It is positively denied that tho oys?
ter.- served at. Cape Henry are ob?
tained from Richmond; although It must
be said that they are very much liko
those that are served in this town.
The Hanover Herald says:
"The American Association for High?
way improvement will hold its Ilrst
annual meeting in Richmond in Octo?
ber. All roads lead to Rome, anil
Richmond Is another Rome, and wo
hope all roads will lead to Richmond.
On to Richmond:'*
Quite right. Richmond Is tlie mod?
ern Koine, Better a little room in
Richmond than a winde Journey to
ether places.
The latest utterance of the esteemed
Orange Observer about the wattles the
pbser.verosH can cook has bad our care?
ful consideration; but the Kinckstom
wafllo is really the masterpiece de re?
sistance of the wattle world.
Much bring hris been going on. but ;
no casualties an? reported froth Ihe!
Byitychburg News-Roanoke Times fight.!
Brother Ryland, of the Southuido
Sentinel, announced in a Into issue:
that lie would be a candidate for Com?
monwealth':; Attorney from his county,
lie scared the two other candidates
horribly, but it was all a joke; lie is
not a candidate lor any ofllce.
Briaiid and tils Cabinet will retire
in France to-day, and We are glad of
it. lie is iind'oubtedlj a very able man,
but. lie is hoi lite sort of man Catholic
Franco should have at the bend of her
dffairs. Unquestionably a man of very
great ability, the part he played in
breaking the Concordat was quite
enough lo discredit him wltli all hon-|
ist p. opie in Ihe world.
<>n account of tho coronal ion of King
George, the hats of women are to be
hi ad c smaller this year.
The Bath Count:,- Enterprise says
fb.it ten years hence the weddings
will he written up thus:
"The bride looked well in a traveling
dress, but all eye-; were centered upon
tin- groom, lie \Vore a. dark suit that
Titled him perfectly, and in his dainty
gloved hands be carried a small rose,
ili.. curly hair was beautifully done
and a delicate odor of hair oil of the
best quality floated flown the aisle as
he passed. Tlie young people will miss
him, now that he is married. He Is
loved by ail for his tunny aceompllsh
irieiits, bis tender grace and Iiis win?
ning ways. The. bride commands a
good salary as a bookkeeper, and the
groom will miss none of the luxuries
to which he has. been accustomed. A
crowd of pretty men saw him off at
iii,. depot."
What do you think' of that, girls?
fCewankee, Illinois:, and Guthrie. Ok?
lahoma, ate late recruits to the ranks
of cities that have adopted the com?
mission form of government. Cities do;
not. move in so weighty a matter rap- j
Idly; hut tin- outlook for commission I
? (ties is very, very bright.
This is a worthy sentiment of the
Lebanon News in Its latest issue:
"We would like to sec Ihe C dimly
ollicea in Bussen tilled by young, bon
. si. deserving, poor boys. In the last
peYcral'years thcse.'oiuce.s have been
Idled ' by men of considerable wealth.
C*ivc Ihe pom- boy.s a chance,"
Abolish the fee system, ami you
will give hint/ a chance.
An Atlanta preacher Iris lived a
month on $3.25. That, shbwa how
medh the Atlanta pebble fire.
tiooa as the Name. Virginia Made
F. W. Dabney & Co,
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j coius or stamps valued and no dealers' namos will be {liven.
AK It tide.
What Instrument lo used for tho pur?
pose or determining- altitude? 2. Can
an amateur use It? A. 13.
A barometer with mercurial tube and
tripod support, with long scale, 1? used
for measuring the height of mountains,
at sea, ultltudo Is determined by the
uso of a sextant, and In observatories
by means of a telescope and graduated
circle. Aviators use tho barograph.
2. Not without instruction.
Blntne.
To what denomination did the lato
Jnmes G. lllalno belong nnd were all
of his father's children of tho same
denomination? D. C. O.
Blame's father wus a Scotch PrcSby
terlan and his mother a Catholic. All
the children of that union were Cath?
olics except James G., who was brought
up a Presbyterian.
I.titla Inscription.
What Is the meaning of the follow
ing written in script on tho Inside of
a violin In my possession: "Petrus
Gernerlus Cremonoslo fillus Andreas
forit Maritime Hub tit Hnuctas Torcslae,
l?S?"? G. R. Gi
Tliis inscription Is Latin ami means:
Maud by Reims Gurnorlua of Crcmonn.
son of Andreas, In Mantun, under tint
guidance of 8t. Theresa, ltiSS.
African Fly.
What Is (ho proper way to pronounc?
tho name of the African fly, the bito
of which is poisonous? jr..
Tho nume is tsetse and is pronounced
tset-se, tho Bound of tho first o as lit
end and of the second as In ovont.
four Dollarn Gold.
Did tho United States mints ever coin
$t gold pieces? If so what were, they
like? A. K.
The parent mint nt Philadelphia
coined Home pattern pieces of that de?
nomination tu 1879 and lfcSO. Put none
for general circulation. The piece;!
wcro tho size of a nickel, Un the ob?
verse was tho face of Washington and
the date, and on tho reverse a single
star Hurrounded by "United States o(
America, Four Dollars."
HIS POSITION ONE OF
GREAT IMPORTANCE
BY LA MAItaUISEJ 1)10 FOXTE.VOY.
Sill HENRY HARVEY, recently
knighted by King George, \vlid
at tho snmo time- bestowed upon
him tho star of the Order o? St.
Michael and St. George, bears an ofll
eiul tltln that convoys but little ld< a
of lta Importance. Ho in styled the
financial adviser of the K bed Ivo, Tho
fact of the matter Is, however, that ho
Is tho do facto Premier of Egypt; for
he not only occupies a sent, ex-ollleio,
in Hie Egyptian Cabinet and attends
all its meetings, but. likewise possesses
tho power of vote. He i3, in one
word, the representative of the Eng?
lish government in the Egyptian ad?
ministration, and without his sanction
nothing whatever can bo done by tho
Khedivo or by tho hitter's ministers.
Every ministerial act?official act?of
tho khedlylal government must re
colvo his approval beforu execution. |
The khodlvial government is, however,
permitted to pay him his salary, to
tho tune of $20,000 a year, and va?
rious allowances, and, theoretically, ho
Is first ami foremost In the servlco
of the Khedive;
The flnuncinl adviser of the Khe?
dive is usually supposed to take Ills
instructions from the British minister
plenipotentiary and resident In Cairo.
But there have been some of them
who havo struck out a more Inde?
pendent line for themselves, and who
have declined tc sacrifice the inter?
ests of Egypt to those of Kngland
when the two happened to come into
conflict. With the possible excep?
tion of Sir Vincent Corbett. who made
sonic unfortunate mistakes, they have
all been men of mark, beginning with
.Sir Auckland Colvln, one of the abb s!
membors of the olllcial hierarchy of
British India: Sir Fdgnr Vincent, ? -1 i
El win Palmer and Sir Eld on Gorst
Gorst, who is now tho British minister
plenipotentiary in Egypt; was followed
hy Sir Vincent Corbett. nnd after the
latter hid made himself Impossible
end had been relegated to one of ih'>
minor legations of South America, Sir'
Henry Harvey was appointed to tho
place.
Sir Henry, after a most distinguish?
ed scholastic career at Rugby and at
Oxford, when.-., he graduated with
first class honors; joined the English
civil service an clerk in the War !>??
piirlmeht. and when Lord Lnnsdowna
was at the head thereof acted as hi*
private secretary throughout the p.ier
War. Afterwards, ho was appointed
by the British government as Its rep
ruse'ntatlve on the international com?
mission at Athens on Creek li nance,
find sub.:.<iucutly pTlyd a similar Of?
fice on tho international commission
for th.- control of Macedonian llhaitct .
In both of these position.; he displayed
so much tact, sagacity and capacity
for dealing with those intrigues which
arc so contmoh in Southeastern Europe,
arid Indeed throughout the Levant,
that when sii Vincent Corbett was
obliged 10 resign the post of financial
adviser lo tho Khedive he was at
once pitched upon as the most suitable
successor.
When In Macedonia he was appoint?
ed to the rank of councilor of em?
bassy in the diplomatic service, and
is- still Carried on tho Foreign tuiic?)
list as such, although he Is actually
tile do facto Premier of Egypt, with
?s I have said above, the. right of
vetoing hot only the acts of his exclu?
slvely native colleagues in the Egyp?
tian Cabinet, but even those of the
Khedive himself. Lady Harvey is a
daughter of Colonel Edward Porsso. a
distinguished cavalry officer, owning
considerable landed property, in Coun?
ty Gal Wa y.
Lord Denbigh is so freiv ->! a. vis?
itor to the United Stairs tii.it he is
quite a familiar ligure Dn this side of
I he A tip n tic, where he Is known as
interested in all sorts of mercantile
enterprises, including a gr< at wlhc
(Jrm, and also as tho oomaUdlng ofllccr
of the Honorable Artillery Company,
tho principal military organization of
the city of London, .and the oldest, In
fact; in the. United Kingdom. There
are many Americans, I hero fore, who
will be interested to learn of the mar?
riage yesterday of his eldest son and
10 !r. Lord Fielding, an officer of the
Coldstronm Guards, to Miss Imelda
Harding, daughter of F. K. Harding, of
Old Springs, which latter place liar,
been the home of the Hnrdlngs, tin old
Staffordshire family, for two hundred
years. Mrs. Harding, the bride's step
mot her, ami Lady Denbigh, mother of
the. bridegroom, are sisters: so that the
11 lation of young Lord Fielding lo his
m?ther-dn-lfl.w Is somewhat peculiar.
Tht! FioldlngH, of which house Lord
Denbigh is the chief, claim that, they
are descended from a certain Count
Geoffrey, of Hapsburg, head of Ihn
younger line <<f his family, and who.
haying heen reduced to poverty by his
cousin Rudolph, afterwards the first
German Emperor of the Hapsburg line,
migrated to 'England and settled and
married there in the reign of Henry
Hi.
On the strength of this. Lord Den
high and other members of bis family
used to not mevoly style themselves
Counts of Hapsburg of the Holy Ro?
man Empire, but to actually insist iliat
they constituted the only branch of
the house of Hapsburg now in exist?
ed e in tho male line. Were these
assertions correct. Jhe place of Lord
Denbigh would be manifestly on the
tin one Of Austria, instead of on the
benches of the BritlshwHpusc of Lords,
sine.- the old laws of the Holy Roman
Empire, of Austria and of the house
of Hapsburg. provide for the succes?
sion of the' heirs In the female lino
to which Emoeror Francis Joseph be?
longs, only in default of any repre?
sents tivo of the male, side of tho
house.
Diligent research reveals no mention,
in the present Official roster of Ger?
man counts of any such titles as thost
of Colint Hapsburg. Count Rhcinfoldch
and Count Lau fen berg, to which Lord
Denbigh formerly laid claim. Nor Is
there any official work now mi ojc
istenco in fjcrtflohy thai refers to the
English house of Fielding, of which
Lord Denbigh Is the chief. In connec?
tion with the imperial family of nans
burg. Many erudite works have been
published in Germany during the last
three hundred years about the house
of Hapsburg. Yet In none of them
;? the slightest mention made of the
c.ileged Fielding connection, or even
of anv CoUht of Hapsburg who could
possibly bo the ancestor of the Flcld
jngs. while the Count Geoffrey Units?
Vtirg from whom Lord Denbigh used
to claim descent is shown by research
to have heen an altogether mythical
personage,
It is a peculiar fact that although
the Field in a family Is an ancient one. I
and received tho earldom of Desmond
and of Denbigh from .lames I. und
Charles I., respectively, yet that it
was not until a couple of hundred
years afterwards that any of its mem?
bers put forward their pretensions to
Hapshurg descent, and assumed thu
arms of the imperial house of Maps
burg in connection with their own.
Lord Denbigh, It Is only fair to add,
has In recent years eliminated the Aus?
trian eagle and the coronet of a C?uht
of Hapsburc from his armorial bear?
ings, and has likewise dropped tho
title of a count of the ll<dy Roman
Empire, setting a wise example to all
other Flcldlngs in this respect.
The real founder of the Fielding
family fie cms to have boon a ""llliam
Fielding; who acquired by marriage
with the daughter and heiress of Rob?
ert de Kewham. In the reign of Edward
II!.. tin- manor of No wham Paddox,
in Warwickshire, which has ever since
been .tho principal count rv seat of
the chief of the house of Fielding, that
is to say, for nearly r>0r> years. Among
the most celebrated members of tho
family is Henry Fielding, author of
the romance "Tom Jones," described by
tin- great historian Clhhon as "that <.'X
(Itiislte picture of human manner.*
which will outlive the palace of the
l?.s< urlal and the imperial eagle of the
house of Austria."
(Copyright, 1911, by the Brent wood
t Jpmptiny. i
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tet 111 more than 5100 word*.
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tern y\l\\ be returned.
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?rill be accented.*
A slumped envelope, with the
?writer**; arirircMn, iniint iieeonipiuiy
<? \ ?? r y oc? in tu ii :>l en Ron.
A Liny on the Potonmr.
To the Editor of Tbc Times-Dispaich:
.Sir,-?Ab ! pen this ! am a passenger
oh the Hleamor Three Rivers, of the
Maryland. Delaware and Virginia Rail?
way Company, down tlie Potomac f'iv
er, from Washington, 1 >. C, to Coan
Wharf and Hcatbsvllle, ready for .Nor?
thumberland Court, to-morrow. Tlio
Waters of tho Potomac wash the shores
of the .Northern .Neck.
It Is a mutter of great pride with
Virgin I das, especially those of the
Northern Neri'., thai .lerc Hi Whctd ?
v.t ight has been ihudc the president
of the Consolidated Coal Company pi
West Virginia, lo succeed Mr. Watson.
jU^t eleett ti lo the. Cntt'l Slate;; Sell
. tc from West Virginia; President
Wheelwright Is a native of Westmore?
land county. Va Hy his force of char?
acter, intellect, pluck and energy, he
has become u great magnate of thu
land. Ills brother, young Wheelwright,
a cadet, of the Virginia Military Insti?
tute Cadet Corps?, and young At'will
another endet, bo til of Westmoreland
county, were lulled in the memorable
battle of Nov.- Market, in the War
Rot ween tin states, in Westmoreland
county courtroom at Mont rosa there
is to-day a beautiful table: carved liy
a distinguished Kreuch sculptor in the
marble and granite plant of tlie Cad
doss Rrothors Company, lialtimore, and
dedicated to these iw,> young heroes,
given by President Wheelwright. On
this tablet arc the exquisite verses of
Armlstead ('. Cordon, Virginia's bril?
liant poet, on the battle of New Mar?
ket, that throw a halo of glory and
Immortality around Westmoreland and
her glorious young heroes.
The hearts of Virginians also swell
with pride lit the mention of another
name. P.iclvird 11. Edmunds, now of
Baltimore, editor of Ihe Ma nil fact uror's
Record, of that city. Ihe largest indutP
trial and railroad paper and journal
in the world. Is a native of Lancaster
county, \"a. He is a brilliant innTnato
to-day. Wo dp not hesitate to say that
along industrial, mechanical, agricul?
tural and educational lines, Mr. Ed?
munds has done more for the material
development and growth, of the grea*..
rieh mineral and other resources Ol
i be South than any other living man.
The writer of this states that Mr. Ed?
munds will visit tin- Northern Neck
this year; and we must give- him an
ovation.'
An enthusiastic suffragette sitld i?.
us to-day thai She agreed with Miss
Mary Johnston, tlie authoress, Rich?
mond. Va., "that woman" was a super?
man."' and that she abhorred the an
ciont civilization of tills country and
wanted a new; and then asked the co?
nundrum, why these old counties ot
the ancient Commonwealth wire like
;? potato';' And then answered. "Be?
cause the best part was In'the ground."
Virginia lias her consecrated tradi?
tions, holy memories and glorious
achievements of the past. II is true.
But the Hon. James Bryeo, minister
plenipotentiary from the court of St.
James at Washington; D. C. in the
"American Commonwealth," snys that
the South will soon lie the first In
great men and great things in tho
grand much of progress of tho. Union
of these Slates, and we helle.ve it.
Rv the way. when I was a bov and
traveled to Washington on the R.. F. it
P. Railroad, we disembarked from the
cars at Acoula Creek, and took the
steamer, which transported us tin the
river the roinilndor of the way. When
we passed Mt. Vernon Ihe steamer
whistled and the bells tolled in honor
of the Father of His Country. All
rushed oti deck "and paid tribute by
waving hat:; and miiidk?vchlefs and by
other salutations to this irreal Ameri?
can Mecca and shrine of Hie nilirrlms
of the world. But now the cifstom has
stopped, anil before 1 knew it wo. had
passed beautiful Mt. Vernon. T felt
disappointed. Some years ago T wrote
to tlie Baltimore Sun as to this mat?
ter, and that paper warmly advocated
a revival of this patriotic custom.
Fobrunrv 12. 101 1. X.
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