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T?SBDAY, FEBRUARY 2S, 1911.
IflE COAST ARTILLERY WIPED'OUT.
I^ast August the Virginia Volunteers
of the- Coast Artillery Corps were or?
dered to a tour of duty at Fort Mon?
roe. This arm of the military estab?
lishment of the state consisted of foui
companies from Norfolk and Ports?
mouth. Their conduct was so unrhili
tary thai Governor Mann, the Coin:
mander-in-Chief. felt conrpelled to or?
der a Court, of Inquiry to make a
thorough investigation of the behayioi
of the soldiers. This Court was 'oni
posed of Major Martin, of the First
Infantry; Major Bowles, of the Rich?
mond Light Infantry Blues Battalion:
Major Wright, of the First Brigade,
und Captain Johnson, of the First Field
Artillery, as Recorder, all well trained
?c'.diers familiar with the proceedings
ci military tribunals and intent only
epon dring their whole duty as offi?
cers ar-d gentlemen. They conferred
**'tch C&ionel Townsley, command'ng
t s United States forces at Fort lion
r:-: and interviewed all the officers of
%&M ~.;c.:'.ir Array familiar with the
:::.-:::;-; trh?h the Virginia Vol?n
t<*-?rs were on duty.
Atter f??l investigation the Court i
r*icfc*(j the opinion that "discipline in j
an--- scr.?-? of the word does not exist i
I
[la tho Coast Artillery Corps of the
V'.-r-.'.r. Volunteers"; that "the most i
p.irLr.g breaches ci discipline have j
I? pissed ever without notice being
til--.^:: of thesrii save in some cases a ?
' pers'On&l reprimand was given;" that
.' **CAf: after rase has occurred wherein
*t:Uit?d sen were allowed to treat j
thrir officers disreapectfully and no- I
body was j-ur.ished tserefor;" that "the I
...officers do hot .seem to rea-Ize their
? ?responsibility beyond their own re?
spective command!!, and only in a few 1
? rases do they seem lb feel any respoh- i
Eibility at all," that "the attendance j
of this Corps upon their duties at Fort j
Monroe iu August) 1910. was in the j
.nature of an outing or picnic in so
far as a great number of the enlisted |
" men were concerned, and in so fair as I
any effective steps were taken by the !
officers to persuade the men that they i
.. were there as a military organization ?
for military service "
Upon the fin dings "f the Court of
inquiry. Governor Mann has ordered
the dismissal nf the entire Coast Ar- \
tiliery Corps front the service ?f the ;
State, and fit: win be sustained in his j
action by the people of the whole State. 1
Officers have been designated to take
. possession of all the property and
equipment of the discharged soldiers;
? and the State is v. ell rid of officers Who
would not command and uf soldiers
, who would not serve Then is regret.
. rf course, for .such of the officers am:
men as tried to do their duty; but foi
the Corps as a^Vhoie^i the State i.- r;i t
' ? better off wiitho'ut "it.
The. Adjutant-General of the Starv
has concurred in th" recommendations
?>'? of the Court of Inquiry, and in doing
?'fo nas proved the true quality <-f 1?i
metal, as the discharged companies art
largely mr.de up of his personal hud
political friends
CIlKt 1\ 1 ??lt THE MEAT Tin S/|
Their- is a power and dignity in tlie
way the English people do things
thijt compel the admiration of the
world: a direitncst In dealing with
questions of lav.- ar.fi administration, ..
prevision that proves the strength a to!
courage of a self-soyernlng pe'ople
ti.-ii might well be taken to heart by
ihe raw democracy of our own blessed
country. Yesterday Sir c v.'. Weist
Minister of Trade and Cust'ohis, (if ih<;
Comrnonweaith of Australia, gave this
memorandum io the press;
"For several montlis past it has been
Hi open Secret thin r.-prcsenia't; ve-. ,tf
the. American Me n Trust haw- bei -n
visiting Australia, osfetisihly with the
r-bjt of extending Its operations here
The Government is dete? mihi.il t., >a P..
Immediate and drastic u..n to di
courage and. if necessury, .,, prohibit
Its operations in- Australia. Jt is not
proposed to wait until the < oinbihe
k ecu res vested Interests in this <.t,n it
try.
"The action of the Government will
extend to Trust operations in Atuitrii
lia, whether conducted directly or ih
? directly,' and will hot permit the re?
petition in Australia ol tlie i-eahdiiis
' end merciless methods f haracterizlrik
monopolies in othei parts of the
world.'"
There is a Government that governs,;!
that take* care of the Interests <>T the
jjpebpie, that denes the American ine-l
thud of surrendering to the demands
of wealth and political powei4, that!
takes the Meat Trust by the nape of
-tho neck and throws It out of the new
territory Jt would occupy; that does
? not wait to lock ihr- st?hle until after
the horse Ifi stolen jfn our own conn- i
.try. where the people are supposed to
govern, no law has been found for
'the suppression of the American Meai
Trust. There, have been "proceodii .
in abundance; but the American Meat
Trust lives on, and the Govern then I at
Washington through it Interstate
Commerce Commission decides that it
'shall not pay a fair price foi getting
tts stuff to markV-t. ' ''The vested li
ttrcfets ' aro In tho faddje. Jt Is dlf-%
ferent In Australia. Down there among
tho Bushmen there arc Englishmen ad?
ministering the-law who do not pro?
pose to surrender to the Meat Trust.
NOT A QUESTION OF SYMPATHY.
The example set by the Governor of
I the Plate in the case of the Coast
J Artillery Corps was a good example for
the Board of Visitors to follow in the
case of the eighty cadets re?
cently discharged rrom the Virginia
Military Institute at Lexington lor In?
subordination. Pound ny their pledger,
when they entered the Institute to
obey all reasonable orders of tire au?
thorities of the Institute, these cadets
chose to act as a body itr dellance of
constituted authority, and their re?
instatement, was sought on sympathetic
grounds. Wo are very sorry for them,
as sorry for- them as they are for
themselves; hut we have held that Hie
integrity of the Virginia Military Instl
? inte is of far greater concern to the
State than the Interests of the cadets,
and that the future of this great schob!
I of the soldier was involved in the sup?
port of the efficient officers charged
with the administration of its affairs.
Surely they were entitled to as much
consideration as officers of the Instltu
(ution a? the cadets they were com?
pelled by the ltegulatlons to dismiss.
It is purely a question of authority,
not ;i question of sympathy, and au?
thority won.
JACK SON BOLTON. ?
Worn out with the duties and diffi
. ulties of forty-two years of faithful
service to the city, Jackson Bolton,
First Assistant City Kngincer. went to
his reward yesterday. Regret at his
death was generally and sincerely ex?
pressed. The circumstances surround?
ing Iiis death were tragically pathetic.
For some time. Mr. Bolton's. friends
have known that his duties in the last
twelve months have borne more
heavily on him than ever before, and
that the results of a lifetime of in?
cessantly hard work were beginning to
tell on him. The physical and mental
strain on Mr. Bolton was aging him
prematurely. Charged with costly
errors in the performance "f his work,
feeling that Infirmity was pressing j
upon him. the future could not have
seemed bright to him. Forty-two years
of labor, day in and day out behind
him; possible adversity confronting
him?the outlook may have appeared
to him unpromising.
If ho made errors, they were- errors
of the hand, not of the heart. In all
his life no one ever thought that
Jackson Bolton was not honest. His
character was unimpeachable; he
gave the city the best that was
Iii him Weary of his burden,
lit a moment of supreme despair, with?
out premeditation, he laid it down.
The peace for which he must have
often longed has ? bine to him at last.
TIG. PENITENTIAL SEASON.
Lent begins to-morrow?Ash Wed?
nesday I; is the penitential season
In the Christian Church and is sup?
posed to be strictly observed In some
of sii" Churches or denominations.
Originally the duration of this fast ap?
pears to have been only forty hours,
and in the time of Gregory the Great
it consisted of only thirty-six days of
fasting, since Foe Sundays were omit?
ted and .ill the Saturdays except one.
L r.' we are told, by one of tho en?
cyclopedists cannot be accounted strici
}'j as "an. Apostolical institution." but]
it is of ex ironic antiquity, It does not
immer, however, when its observance
hegah. It is o good thing, regarded
from every point of view, physical as
wcjl as spiritual. Men eat and drink
lob much, and it is. well that there
should be an occasional vacation in
this respect. Luring tho Lenten sea?
son, men, and women as well, are re?
quired by the rules of the Church tc
abstain from certain sorts of food and
drink in order that the material man ?
may be built up so that the spiritual
i :uan may be able to see with clearer
j vision Iiis duty as a responsible morn
bei' of tin- community of Christ
So lit, surely, can be found with
regulations of the Churches for
the observance of this season; the only
fault thai can Ik found is with the In
sin erlfj of the people who profess to
Im ih v. and who do not follow their
professions In some communities the
observance of Lent is dodged by the
itit'ti and women, particularly by the
??men \ ho make it. instead of a sea
.-".i ??! confeeslon and penitence ami
practice of duty and piety, the
furl} days In which they can play out
all tii. games ;h;?t were not finished
ii iii'.i.- the bdsy whirl of social lifo
through which they have been passing
in "the -, season.'! We do not know
\vhal engagements have been made
I by ati> i>f our delightful social organi?
sations Here, but dear sistern, you will
i pardon us lor suggesting that there is
a tine- and a season for all things, and
? that bridge, however entertaining it
may be, is not designed as an aid to
I large growth , in the spiritual lift:.
Bridge is interesting enough in a way,
; v.' suppose - not quite ho dangerous as
draw poker, perhaps, and requiring
"?\i&'g::calculation of a sort than faro or j
roulette, but we prescht for your con- j
sidcrutlon tho proposition that forty
(j.-i>:i out of throe hundred is not more
than rtdttid reasonably be ashed as n
season of jienltence for the tricks that
may have been missed In the develop?
ment of t lie git me.
Lent begins to-night. To-morrow
; will be Ash Wednesday, when our
I friends will go to Church, it is hoped
that they v. ill pray that they may be
Strengthened in their disposition to
obey the rules and commandments of
their holy religion.
ItKCIIUtOOriM ItOt'XI) TO \\ IN.
Toe Washington correspondent or
the Baltimore Suh, who has taken n
:ehsh| of the new I'nited States Sen?
ate; concludes (hat'lf ah extra !>es?slbn
2hull be called tho SenaU "will ut.it>!
i more strongly for the Canadian reci?
procity agreement than It does now."
'if the fourteen new members of that
.-tody whose terms will begin on the
(tli of next month, every one is fm
Canadian reciprocity. Eugene Hale, of
I Maine, who has been obstructing the
agreement, will bo succeeded by Sena
j tor Johnson, and Johnson will vott
j for the treaty. Townsend. of Michl
! gnn. will succeed Burrows, of that
t State, who Is on the fence, and Town
j send will vote for the treaty. Works, j
j of California, will sucdoed Flint, who j
is opposed to the agreement, and j
Works is in favor of it. Polndexter,
of Washington, will succeed Tiles, who
is opposed to the agreement, und Poln
j dexter will vote for it. So it runs
j throughout the list, and Mr. Taft will
! win at the extra session, even If he
shall fail, because of the stubborn "op?
position of members of his own party,
in the present session. Tills ought to
make Mr. Taft entirely satisfied with
tlie situation so far as this agreement
is concerned.
What the Senate will do at the extra
session, besides confirming the agree?
ment with Canada, is a thing no man
can foretell. The Democrats In the J
next Congress, however, will be "load?
ed for bear." The four weeks which
will elapse between the adjournment
of the present Congress and the con?
vening of that body in extraordinary
session will enable them to determine
upon a line of action that will make
t!..- conditions all the wor.^e for the
; arty in power when the next elections
ire held. It Is announced that
during these four weeks Mr. Clark and
his associates lu tho new House of
Representatives wjll set their trig?
gers for very activo work on the re?
vision of the tariff. Mr. Taft has
served notice on the recalcitrant mem?
bers of his own party that failure to
agree with the Canadian reciprocity
treaty will result in wiping out the
protective system, the prospect ol j
which reconciles 115 to the holding of )
an extra session of Congress.
What the Democrats ought to do j
Just now is to keep their heads, while '
.ill about them are losing theirs. "Wo
have got the enemy going," and can
keep them on the run if we shall only
trust in C.ud and keep our powder dry.
NO X EG It OES FOB CANADA.
Winnipeg is the chief gateway to j
ilie Canadian Northwest. Last Friday \
a company of negroes from the United !
States attempted to get through.
They wore turned back by the Cana?
dian officers, on the ground that they |
were undesirable ci Uschs and that
there was no place for them in this
new < country. The negro population
in the Northwest of the United States
has been increasing rapidly in the last
few- years and now threatens to over?
flow into Canada. Canada does not
want them and will not have them.
The immigration officers have author- '.
Ity under the law as It stands to en- j
force their will, and they have served >
notice on the negroes of the United j
States that they are not wanted and
will not be permitted to force them- J
solves upon the Dominion. The Cana- j
dian Government has been very strict
in enforcing the laws against the ad- j
mission of Orientals?Chinese, Hindus |
and Japanese.? and it intends now to
keep the negro out also. Canada is a ,
white man's country, and if it shall J
insist upon keeping the negro out it j
Will present additior.nl attraction to!
the race-cursed people of the United!
States to make their home in a land
where the white man is alway.i on
top.
We arc toid that representations
have been made to the Government at
Washington in lite case, of the negroes;
who were excluded last Friday; but it
is -aid thai the Government has no
means of forcing negroes on tlie Cana?
dians. They will have To stay her?
until, after exhausting1 all other
methods for their control, the conclu?
sion will ho readied that the radical
niton cd" the race question in tlie
United States is to be found in depor?
tation. The longer the experiment is
tried the wiser appears to be the view
<?!' Abraham Lincoln that it is impos?
sible for two diverse races to live on
the .-.line, .'?.oil upon terms of social and
political equality.
TIXKHIUXG WITH THE LAW.
Wo have not heard within the. last
week what progress the Convocation
of Canterbury Is making with its
trimming of the Ten Commandments.
Dr. Samuel H. Wood row, of the First
Co n g r ega 11 on al Church In Washing
tori, does not think there Is any room
for improvement. "To the modern man
the commandment not to covet hi?
neighbor's ox, nor his ass, Is a little
m peril nous," Dr. V/ocidrow said Sun?
day night. "He would be more apt to
covel his neighbor's automobile, or bin
stooke and bonds than either his ox
or ids ass, or his servants. The Doctor
appeals to have lost sight of tlie Inst
'?lause of t!ii.-- Commandment, The ob
i< -1110..-. enumerated in the Command?
ment arc specific, but it concludes with
nn omnibus clause in these words:
?Nor anything that in thy neighbor's," I
which would appear to provide against
acquisition of any sort of property
belonging to Homebody else any of us
miwht be Inclined to covet.
The preachers who are talking so
ich arhouNthe Commandments would
lind their study a most delightful oo
j cu pat Ion. ' :v"
A POPULATE A'HTOHY.
"The greatest legislative achieve
etil of the state in fifty years" Is the;
characterization applied by Governor
Hiram Johnson, of California, to the
enactment of the Esnloman.-Stetgon
railroad law by a unanimous veto. Tho
long light against tho domination of
California by the Southern Pacific
Railroad machine has ended In n great
victory for all thq people of a great
State. The result." of the last election^
in which the reactionary faction con?
trolled by the railroad gang, was de-.
The official Government tests
show Royal Baking Powder to be
an absolutely pure and healthful
grape cream of tartar baking
powder, and care should be taken
to prevent the substitution of any
other brand in its place.
With no other agent can bis?
cuit, cake and hot-breads be made
so pure, healthful and delicious.
Royal Baking Powder costs only a fair price per pound,
and is cheaper and better at its price than any other baking
powder in the world. It makes pure, clean, healthful food.
Royal Cook Book?800 Receipts?Free. Send Name and Address.
ROYAL BAKING POWOER CO., NEW YORK.
fcated, paved the way for reform.
The new law provides that the Rail?
road Commission, which consists of
three members, shall have power to fix
absolnte instead of maximum rates
only, as under the present law. The
body is empowered to establish and
make fair division of Joint rates be?
tween the roads, as well as to order
through tariffs.
F?rthor provision is made that the
comniisstoh shall have the means to
ascertain th<> physical valuation of
tile roads; that it shall hear complaints
of shippers; that it shall have the
power to begin investigations of rates
without complaint, it" it shall deem this
proper.
The unanimous passage of stich tin
act as this is it h?ht the most conclu?
sive defeat of a railroad lobby and a
railroad machine in American politics.
THE V. n, C. A. AXD THE CATHOLIC'S
About ten days ago the i*. M. C. A.
in Atlanta began a campaign to raise
a fund of SG00.000 for the purpose of
enlarging the facilities and broaden
ing the work of the Association. The
campaigners depended for. the success
of their work In some measure upon
the indorsement of Archbishop Ire?
land, who wrote a letter some time
ago indicating bis sympathy with the
work of the Association and making
a contribution of $250 upon the prom?
ise of a high officer of the Assoeiation
that at its next national meeting the
rule would be amended which has
hitherto excluded Catholics from full
participation in the affairs of the
Association. The promise was not
carried out, whereupon the Archbishop
immediately notified the Association
that he withdrew his indorsement and
forbade the further ose of his letter.
Catholic ministers from their pulpits
on Sunday advised the members of
their congregations not to contribute
to the building fund, and there the
matter stands.
it looks a little queer that the oldest
of Christian bodies in the world should
t.e excluded from full membership in
an association calling Itself Christian:
that is to say, unless it Is sectarian
which it is said not to be. There is
no (|Uestion about the .splendid work
the V. M. C. A. has done all over the
world wherever it has been established;
but it would seem to an innocent by?
stander that it should either admit
tho Catholics to full membership or
quit asking them for money. In some
of the cities the Jews have been-lib?
eral contributors to the V. M. C. A.,
without enjoying some of the privi?
leges of tho body; but the .lews aro
not Christians and we can understand
why they should not be admitted to
full membership, but we do not Quite
appreciate the ban upon the oldest of
Christian organizations.
LOCAL OPTION IN' INDIANA.
Forty cities and townships In In?
diana will vote under the new local
option law this week. On Sunday, In
all those election districts, tha church
people hold rallies and heard sermons
preached by earnest men against the
liquor tradio In most places the wo?
men of the W. C. T. II. have organized
and will be at the polls this week try?
ing to Influence the voters to cast
their ballots against the traffic. We
are told by an Indianapolis dispatch
to tho Washington Post that "the re?
peal of the county local option law
and the substitution of the city and
township units have aroused the peo?
ple, and nothing is being left undone
to rebuke tho Legislature for making
the changes." We do not know what
"the changes" were, but the method
prescribed tor the settlement of this
Issue appears to bo wholly Democratic,
each community determining the Issue
for itself, and with a full knowlcdgo
of all the conditions involved.
Seventy of tho counties In Indiana
are dry. The net prohibition majority
against the sale of liquor in theso
counties nt the last election was
C7,01'5. There has been a very active
sentiment for State-wide ^prohibition.
There are thirty-two dry cities of fi.OOO
? population and over in the Slate. Tho
present elections are to be held, as we
have noted, in forty cities and town
ships. This Is hotter, it seems to us
than in trying to establish for the
State as a whole a policy which has
never boon successful, .which would
throw the State Into a great ferment,
which would excite bitterness among
the people it would take generations
to remove, and would fall at last, be?
cause what might suit Indianapolis in
the way of regulation might not at the
same time suit Terra Haute.
run mi.i: in this united status.
G. it. Ask with has tiled a special re?
port with the London Board of Trado !
of certain economic observations he
made in the United States. Ho has
found that there aro more of the "idle
rich'.' class in America than in any
other country: less than ."0 per cent
of the people of the United States hav- I
Ihg any gainful occupation, in Grea'l
Britain only 11 per cent, of the peopls
are ever employed In any. monetary
pursuit. In the United Kingdom 12.06
per cent, of the people are employed iu
agriculture, in Gor many 05.11, in the
United Stutes 35.64, in Prance 41.22, In
Italy 59.06, in Austria CO.Sn, In Hun
gury 70.15. In the year 10QS the num?
ber of unemployed In Germany was but
3 per cent., as against 2S per cent. In
New York State alone. Yet the United
I States Is making great progress, there
being more multi-million tires In this
country than in any other country In
tiie world.
There must he something wrong in
conditions which would permit tho few
to grow fat at the expense of tho
many, would impoverish tho multitude
for tho benelit of the traders, multiply
the unemployed while building up all
the time the fortunes of those who rob
the people under the law. Everybody
In the United States should work f<>r
his living. There should be no han?
dicap upon Industry or thr'ft, but tho
crutches with which "the Interests"
have been walking for one hundred
years should be taken away from them
and then, protected by law, every man
should count for what he Is ami what
ho does. That country is in a bad way,
indeed, when only a littlo over one
third of Its population Is making its
living by honest industry.
A 1110 THING BY ?ITOXT.
T. Coleman DuPont. President of tho
DuPorit Powder Company, of Wilming?
ton, Delaware, has announced his pur?
pose to build a boulevard 150 feet in
width, with room for tho installation
of public utilities, the entiro length ot
the State of Delaware, extending from
Claymont, on the North, to Shelby
ville, on tho South, a distance of 103
miles, nt an approximate cost of $2,
000,000. and present this highway to
the State. If tho Governor will appoint
i a State Highway Commission to keep
the road in repair.
This Is the most valuable gift that
lias evor been made to-the poople in
any of the States of tho country. We
wish that other millionaires would fol?
low the oxample of Mr. DuPont. The
man who builds roads for the people
is the man entitled to Immortality.
Judging by tho picture of the woman
who 13 "waging war against kissing,"
she is in no danger of attack.
Watermelon and sugar cane stealing
is larceny by a recent act of the Ala?
bama Legislature. Some of the colored
Alabamlans aro said to be protesting
that this is class legislation.
A sneezing match was recently held
! in Pennsylvania, and the cup was
awarded to a man who scored thirty
two sneezes on one pinch of snuff.
a?mbmm iw M"^'*'Mgm?a ^m^8
YOU will never regret taking
the Bitters when the appe?
tite lags, when the digestion is
poor or when you suffer from
Colds, Grippe or Malarial Dis?
orders. Try it.
IjOSTETTER
STOMACH
BITTER
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Daily Queries and Answers
Address all communications for this column to Query Editor,
Times-Dispatch. No mathematical problems will bo solved, no
j coins or stamps valued and no dealers' names will bo given. j
Weapons.
When did tho javelin, bow and ar?
row, slingshot, buttering ram and gun?
powder come into use to inflict Injury
upon mankind? O. C.
The javelin was llrst used by the
Kornaus about 720 13. C.; tho bow and
arrow dute back to the Bible, for lah
muel became an archer In 1892 B. C.:
David commanded the use of the bow
to be taught 1.055 B. C.; tho slingshot
was first used by David when ho slew
Goliath; battering ram was invented
by Ar lemon, a Lacedaemonian employ?
ed by Pericles 441 B. C.; the invention
of gunpowder Is credited to Krlar Bu
con and to the Chinese, tho latter using
It, so it Is claimed, In prehistoric
times. The llrst record of tho use
of gunpowder in warfare is its use by
Tbang's army, A. D. 757.
Diplomacy.
Upon what novel was "Diplomacy"
written for the stage, and by whom?
T. O.
It Is an adaptation into English of
VJctorien Sardou's "Dora," by Salvillc
und Bolton R?wo,
GIiihh Snake.
What Is the glass snake that, break.
all to pieces and reproduces Itself?
READER.
The only known species of the "glass
snake" is found In the United States
It Is about threo feet long. Tho bodv
und tall are marked with transversa
lines of black, green and yellow. It I?
remarkable for the readiness -with
Which the pieces of the tail break ofl
on irritation, those thrown off being
soon reproduced! The caudal muselc-s
do not pass from one to the other, ho
that the breaking of the tall Involves
no rupturo to muscular fibres and there
is only tho separation of ono musc?lai
Plato from another.
Automobile Denthn.
How many deaths have occurred In
n. year as ? result of automobile ac?
cidents? A. D.
Wo know of no statistics on this
subject.
Brunswick Stew Recipe.
Will you give me a recipe for real
old-fashioned Brunswick stow?
P E NN SYLVAN I AN.
We regret that we have no such re?
cipe, but possibly some reader will
send us ono for you. If so. wo shall
bo glad to print it.
"Olnd to Ifnve Met You."
A girl meets a gentleman at a party.
When it is over and they are leaving.
Is it proper for her to say; "I am very
?lad to have met you. Mr.-," or
something to that effect, or should she
' .lust bid him goofi-night? Please an?
swer Immediately! GIRL.
The former phrase Is correct if 11
j Tie spoken sincerely. OtherwiKi? it may
be misinterpreted "Good-night" Is
i quite sufficient and a trifle more re?
served;
! THtccMoii of Diamond.
For the :-ak<- of an argument which
j we fellows have over hure, l wish you
I would settle It by answering this: qucs
?-7 ,.??. \ -~?.;
tion in to-morrow's Times-Dispatch:
(1) In what direction is the pitcher
from Ihc homo plate, or do they bat
the ball northeast or northwest?
(2) Tell mo whether Broad Street
runs direct or Indirect west.
Awaiting your early morning's pub?
lication for an-answer.
WILLIE A. WELLS.
(1) No special direction is observed
In the laying out of a baseball diamond.
(2) Slightly northwest and south
cast.
To 111 lug.
Ja It not a breach of etiquette for two
or more guests at a reception in a pri?
vate liouso to talk; even In a whisper,
while some one Is singing or render?
ing an instrumental selection? C.
It :s. and is an evidence of ill breed?
ing, us well as disrespect to host or
hostess.
LnugunKe of Stamps.
Will you givo the stamp language
and tell what It Is? S. T.
Tho "language" ia the placing ot
postage stamps In a manner to convey
a certain meaning, understood between
two persons. The following is giver)
as the language, which may bo added
to in any manner agreed upon by send?
er and recipient:
Upper left bund corner, goodby; sami?
corner upside down. I love you; samo
corner crosswise, thy heart is another's:
samo corner horizontal, I hato you;
upper right hand corner, business, or I
wish your friendship; same corner up?
side down, write no more; same corner
crosswise, 1 send d kiss: same corner
horizontal, do you love me? in tlie mid?
dle at top (upright), yes; samo plucu
upside down, on condition; in middle at
bottom (upright), no; samo place hori?
zontal, my parents object; lower left
hand corner (upright), 1 seek your ac?
quaintance; same corner upside down,
1 wish you Joy; same corner horizontal,
will you meet mo? lower right hand
corner, you are very cool; Bamo corner
upside down (upright), con you not
trust me? same corner horizontal, you
are changed; In middle at left hand
side (upright), accept my love; same
place upside down. I urn engaged; samo
place horizontal. I long to see you; in
middle at right hand sido (upright),
write soon; samo place upside down, t
am sorry; same place horizontal, I am
married.
Cork.
whore is the cork of commerce pro.
duced? Is It tho bark of the cork tree?
CORK.
Tho bulk comes from the cork tr^e
forests of Spain and Portugal. Tha
cork tree 1? an evergreen, which at?
tains a height of about thlrty-Ilvc feet
and a circumference of three feet. Tho
cork Is not tho bark proper, but a
fungous growth which envelops the
true bark and grows until by disten?
sion it cracks and falls on in largo
Hakes, and a new formation takes tho
place of that thrown off. Cork intend?
ed for tlie market is generally stripped
off :i year or two before it would com??
??ff naturally. The process Is repeated
at Intervals of from six to eight years.
Healthy trees will yield for about l'iC
SIR WILLIAM GRANTHAM
REBUKED BY PARLIAMENT
! I1Y LA MAIKll ISH l>E I'oS'TEXOV.
SI rt WILLIAM ORAIsjTHAMi who for
the second time in lilt-: ofltcial
career lias been subjected t<<
grave rebuke in Parliament lor
tiie indecency of bis political parti
i sunshlp, displayed on the bench of tho
! Supreme Court, Premier Asquith g'nng
I so far an to announce the other day
In the House of Common;, thrU the
government intended to carefully eon
i sidor the heat way >>c dealing with
what, was happily a unique situation
in the British Judiciary; Is a man of
most unfortunate temperament, of the
most Inconceivable indiscretion of
speech, wholly lacking in a sense of
humor, and Inordinately and foolishly
vain.
.lodges, no matter to what politioal
party they owe their appointment, on
the bench, are quite as celebrated in
England as the members of the Su- |
? preine Court of the 1'nlted States lot
j their absence of party spirit. In fact,
so unblemished ia the reputation of
the English Supreme Court judges in
this respect that, with the sanction
of Parliament, and with ttie approval
of the people, they .ire intrusted with
the duty of determining, without the
assistance of Juries, questions of elec?
toral bribery and of contested legisla?
tive elections.
The only nidge who in modern times
has shown a pronounced political bias
is Sir William Grantham, who has
been the object 6i denunciations oil
the part of Parliament, of tho bar, or]
tho jtress. and of the public in geh- '
r-ral in this connection. I have only to
recall his conduct in presiding over ]
the election trials of Bodrnin and of]
Yarmouth. There is nothing that his I
egregious vanity and his recklessness '
of speech does not lead him to talk
about when holding court, from un
frlondly remarks concerning tho phy?
sical and even tho intellectual condi?
tion of his colleagues on the bench to
his inquiry of a husband who in the
witness box was festitylng^ to the dis?
obedience of his wife, ?"W hy on earth
didn't you box her ears'.'"* Tho one i
thing in his favor is his fondness for
horses, and when ho presides at the
Old Bailey, in London, a ihild sensa- j
lion is created Jn the city by his ar?
rival, top-booted and white.-breec.hed, i
on a splendid hunter, which he steers I
through the Ira flic with amazing skill.
As to his vanity, no more amusing
instance need bo mentioned than his j
assumption of an ancestry to which
ho was not entitled. In the "Pirates
of Ponzance," Gilbert makes somebody
?ay: "I have bought this estate and
the chapel on it. In the chapel thera
are ancestors. Whatever Is In tha
chapel is mine. Therefore they are
my ancestors." This droll and fantas?
tic situation Is recalled by the action
of Sir William Grantham. The family
to which he belongs is of Sussex, and
of extremely modern origin, tho learned
judge being the first of its members
to achieve distinction, most of the
other Sussex Granthams having been
either petty traders, farmers or peas?
ants. Now, three hundred years ago
there was in Lincoln a very ancient
and aristocratic family of tho name
of Grantham, which figures extensive?
ly in the old annals of the county ot
Lincoln. In some way Sir William
ascertained this, as well as tho fact
that tho family in question, which had
become extinct in the reign of Charles
I hi had left several memorials, notably
a large alabaster altar tomb, bearing
the date of lClfi. with recumbent efll
gies of Sir Thomas and Lady Grant?
ham, in St. Thomas's -Church at Lin?
coln, and a stained glass window bear?
ing the date 1057. Illustrating tho ar?
morial bearings of the old-time Gran t
ham.s of Lincoln; in the parish church
ot Go]the. Sir William managed to
purchase both ihe tomb and the stained
glass .window, without, however, going
through the requisite legal procedure
of procuring what is known as a "fac?
ulty" from the Diocesan of Lincoln or
from tho ecclesiastical commissioners
Then ho had both the window and the*
tomb conveyed to his country place' at
Barcombe, In Sussex, and secured the
permission of tho rector of the parish
church there, to sot. up over the altar
the stained glass window from Golthe,
apd later on to accord a place in tha
church for the tomb.
When Sir William was first' knight?
ed, on his elevation to tho bench, near?
ly a quarter of a century ago, and ob?
tained from tho Koyal College of Her?
alds armorial bearings, he - was ac?
corded tho motto of "Forward!" Rut
since he has secured tho stained glass
window- from Golthe, and has sot it
up In the. parish church at Barcombe,
lie has Quite naturally adopted, in lieu
of his former motto, that of the Grant
I hams of Lincoln. "Commn Dien grant
J it,"' which appears on the window.
While there are hundreds of cases
of people}; even of the loftiest rank and
title, usurping armorial hcai-ir.gr, an?
heraldic devices to which they have
; no vestige of right, this constitutes
j the first Instance outside of Gilbert
and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzancc,*
of tho piratical appropriation, not
; merely of arm?, but actually of an
? astral tombs, and that, too. by a judgn
of the highest court of the land?a
: member of the tribunal charged with
i the interpretation and execution of
the letter as well as of tho spirit of
I the law of the land.
Lord Melville, whoso country placo
In Northamptonshire, a stately Eliza?
bethan pile, known as Coitcrstock Hall,
possessed of many associations with
the memory of tho poet Dry den, was
Almost destroyed by fire the othor day,
must, not he confounded with the Earl
of Melville, and Leven, who usually
styles himself by the latter of his two
earldoinf. For, whereas tho patro?
nymic, of the young earl is Melville, that
I of Viscount Melville, is Dundas.
The viscount has many American
friends and acquaintances, whom he
j hospitably entertained at Chrlstiattla
during the many years which he spent
! there 'under the name of tho Hon.
Charles Dundas, as consul-general of
j i treat Britain.
The nrst Viscount Melville was Hen
[ ry Dundas, the own particular friend
' and colleague of William Pitt, to whom
! he owed his elevation to the peerage,
i He was Pitt's secretary -of war, ami
I before he died was compelled to sub
I mit to lihpeachment by the House <>f
Commons for malversation while troas
1 urer of the navy, being duly acquitted
after a trial by the House of Lords.
I He left, a very largo fortune, and the
I present viscount owns, in addition 10
[ bis country seat In Norihamptonshire,
I so seriously damaged by fire, also Mel
j villo Castle, near Edinburgh.
I Tlie great historic house of K?nigs?
i mark, in Germany, seems bent upon
! keeping In the limelight, in an unpleas?
ant fashion, the disreputable Count
Gunther Konlgsmark being again In
trouhlo. this time at Nice, in connec?
tion with certain fraudulent mortgage
manipulations. nis name figures in
i the "Grneflicher Taschenbuch" of tha
? "Almanarh de Gotha." as still a lieu
l tenant on the reserved list of the Prus
; sjari army. But this Is not correct, and
he has long since ceased to hold a
I commission. He has boon divorced
no less than four times, his last wife*
! being Clara Luckmann, who achiever!
; some fame In literature under 'the
, pseudonym of "Count Salviak." and
: having made Germany too hot to hold
' him, has been recently endeavoring to
, contract a llfth matrimonial alliance
I on the Riviera.
The Konigsmarks have played a
very conspicuous role In tho annals
I of Europe. It' was l ire Countess Aurora
Konigsmark. renowned for her beauty
who found favor In the eyes of King
j Augustus of Saxony, by whom slu;
i became the mother of that famous
military leader, the Mar'eschal de Saxo,
: who gave the English such a drubbing
at the battle of Fontonoy. It was an?
other Countess Konigsmark who was
the favorite of George T. of England,
j while a Count Phil in Konigsmark was
1 murdered by the officers of that King
? as lie was emerging one night from
I the apartments of* the. Queen. He had
? been betrayed by one of her ladies, a
\ Countess Platen, whose advances he
? had spurned, and who, when ho la?
! on the floor of the palace expiring of
I his wounds, stamped upon his Hps with
j her heels. The Queen, it may bo re?
membered, was placed under restraint,
? and kept a close prisoner In the Castl<
i of Alden for thirty-two years,
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