The times dispatch. [volume], March 08, 1911, Page 4, Image 4

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billy without Sunday.10 cents j
>unday only. 6 ceoti '
? BBt#r?a .t.tntiary -?? J>cr- *' Richmond. Va.. ;
f.* iecona-c:en nutter uii?t act of Coa- !
press of Mirch 7. 1STE.
W l; DJS' BSD A Y. .MABi'll S. Rill.
Uli: i'f.ttN ICJOI > PBVCIKJT.
/ Gifford Pim bot in?de a speech to
Elhc Progressive Republicans of Ohio
[at a dinner in Akron on Monday night.
Iii was characteristically disingenuous
?md characteristically treacherous. Bor
jjexample: I am a Bepublican. ... I
iiiiii deeply interested (and rightly
^oi in the next Bepublican nomination,
but i differ from some others in being!
willing to speak out. . . . Thus far.
however, 1 conform cheerfully to the i
prevailing custom, and express no j
opinion as to who the Bepublican
nominee will be. or who he ought lb
he. But if we keep silent, over it we
should also keep up .v lively thinking." .
- Mr. Pinched then proceeded to nig-:
gest certain "indispensable t|uallllca- ,
Hons" the next Republican candidate
for President must possess, the gist j
of which is that he must be tin soil
of candidate that would suit Mr. fin- i
chot and restore him to his place jn I
the Government which he lost ebh
spiring against the present Adminisf I
dration. at bast we so interpret the
language of Mr. Tail in his letter to j
Mr. Balllnger accepting his resignation
as Secretary of the Interior in these I
blistering words;
"J do not hesitate in say that v oil j
Jaavc been the object ol one of the
most unscrupulous conspiracies for j
the defamation ot character thai his?
tory can show I have deemed it my j
duty not only to the Government, but]
to society in general, to light but ibis ]
battle to the end. confident that In I
the end your frllow-e itl/.ens wo it lit I
see that the Impression of you as a j
man, and as the administrator of a ?
High public office were false, and were
the result of a malicious and unprin?
cipled plan for tiie use of the press i
to misrepresent you and your actions,
and to torture every circumstance,
however free from detrimental signifi?
cance, Into proof <>f corrupt motive
. . . Every liber <>t ihy nature rebels'
against stich hypocrisy, and nerves mi
to fight such a combination and s ub
methods 'o the bitter end. lest success
in this instance may form a doinorall/.
ihu precedent. But personal consider?
ation for you and yours makc hie led
that l liayb no right to risk yoii for
further sacrifice. of course. It has
been made evident that I was and am
the ultimate Object of the attack, and
to insist against your will on yoiir
remaining in office with the prospect
of further efforts against you is in
selfishly Impose on yb'tj more of a
burden than I ought t>> impost.'
Mr. Taft; also said iiils in bis letter
accepting Mr. Bailinger's resignation:
"The conspirators who have not hesi?
tated in Iheir pursuit of you id resort
to tin meanest iff methods, including
the corruption of your most I'onildon-j
tlal assistant, pride thejiHelvcs a: the]
only pure members of society, actuated
by the spirit bf, sclf-sactilice for their
fellow men."
The light against Mi Bailinger was'
atari cd ??y dtoilier'5 Weekly in an or- I
tide \vrltVenj'*liy B. 11 Glacis, ;t iieid I
\ a geht of the Department Of ihe . ju
TcHor, and it was kept dp until llimlly ;
a committee was appointed bj Con?
gress to investigate tie- charge? pri,'
1 erred against UullingiM When ihej
? oinmitw-c began it:; work. 1<>: tiHTorii
Pinchot appeared as one oi the chief j
witnesses lor the prosecution'; and with 1
him their appeared also one .lames B. ;
irariicld. former Secretary of ihe in?
terior, and with tiie hi .tune G,j?viH and
Kei-by, a stenograph*, r. vV?o was tfiip- [
posed to be able to um e testimony '
tombing certain hi si tiers that had e<.
within his knowledge when acting hi
a confident la J capacity in Ballliigoi'.s
^office. It \\ as charged orlgiiiaBj tli'at
Bailinger liad been gullt.v of erlnijihti
acts, in the adimHistivttibn of hi- bflicc;
but when the- wit Hesse* against him
Wer?; put under oath they declared Ihe.t
they had never made any stich eh . 1 -. ? .-.
hut swore thai, in their opinion. Uiu!
litiger was Hot a proper person in ad?
minister the I K-j.arf.iK lit e\er wh'il'h
h-'- had been placed,
The chief at tor Iii ?ti thi- a hair was
.Mr. Pinciiot. who comes now advfslrtg
She Republicans what sort ->f ?and(date
they shouiti.ihohiinntei'foi ITesldeiil IB
|e "willing to speak out hut lie dot iuVt
do it- lie prefers to keep is'p' a |ivci>
thinking," which is the s.tuio to
of rapping and mininc ?han in lighting
owl in tie- open hi southern waters
there is a worm cilied the (credo, li
is dangcroui because it alwa\ ? vVori
>lnatlon ' will
damage to 1I1
Pi
m:\ \ I? \.
The star that represents Nevada an
the liag of this t-punlry dues not shine
with honor. There an.- maiij brave,
? trd'tig, law-abiding people in thai be?
nighted State; bill they an in thi;
minority, anil tiie majesty of dls
-played sin the glory ol Nevada sun?
set's and the beaut-. <>f it- ni^hi
Recmingiy have little effeci 01, t'i
rltfsens of that stale.
After the Joiui-on-.1 en 11. ? ng^i ,
Reno I,m summer, it was thought
that Nt.ddr. tyoulj rotit? (rum on,..
fighting oil account of tho t severe.'
pressure of the moral sentiment 6'f
the nation, but no l?w has yet bmei
written prohiblltny. stich encounters.
The unique position >f Nevada ua j
ilie easiest State in which to t;?'' un?
married has brought further shame
upon it. but to no avail The Nevada
Senate bus lately killed .< bill pro?
posing divorce reform in I ho State.
The ilorib divorce "colony" i-v ycry
protUdblc t>> tie- hotel keepers, store
keepers and lawyer.-: it is also a!
distinct addition socially t<> the life
f>l' lite "Sage Brush State." s<> far re- I
moved from metropolitan life; Local
sentiment apparently favors free ami !
easy divorce laws. Nowhere else are I
sueh accommodations provided with
eq un I attention t-> the ninny matri?
monial needy ol mankind. Nevada hits i
not yet been put 10 shame by the j
public opinion of the re: t of the na?
tion.
At the hearing ?>n the bill to re
form the divorce laws of the Slat
ami break up the divorce "colony,
the local divorce lawyers .-bowed thai |
a steal number of i'Jatftcrn people j
Were waiting to see what the Legisla?
ture would do before declining io Join
the "oolbiiy" at Ueno, and tin- pros-?
pect ?f tile money that the influx
?would sweep into Nevada wits chough t
ti> overcome all ob iect ions. As titbj
Springfield Itepublican Weil says. "It j
is a situation scandalous in tin; cx
treme. anil the Stale is moraUy uilred I
so long as it is permittee 16 exist."
There Is a further respect in v hieb j
Nevada is cheap and rotten. Attor?
neys lor the holders of the old repu- j
dinted Iteeonstruclioii railroad bonds of ;
North Carolina are besieging lite'
t U>\.?! nor nf Nevada; in an effort 16
i'ofi-e hint to accept as ;i gift some of
th" bond... in o:>ier t() therobv lay a
Miml.'ilioii for
nit.
against another for the |iay utent of
?.In' lace \alue of the seeurities. The
same thing has been tried, time after!
time, Iii other States, i,ut Without sue.!
re: s. Sad to say. the Nevada Supreme!
Court has been so accommodating to
these rascals and schemers as to iisue |
a mandamus compelling the Governor
to acc-.pt the discredited bond.- in the
name of lite State .-Imply because they
were presenjed to him by the owner.-. |
Something i.- the uiattcr with Ne
VNAItCIMST AM) ASSASSIN;
Last Saturday, while the bill tor the
appropriation hf 52.S?0 for the .lohn j
Crown Park at Osttwattoinie was un -1
net- discussion in the Kansas Loglsia^
tufo at Topeka, the lion; .1. N. tlrowhi
i i Butler County, a Democrat, Offered'
a wriltcn explanation of wh\ he voted
I
against the hill in his statement he I
(Brown 1 .'aid. referring tu ihe hero of
LKia wattoinie: "With Hie instincts of
an anarchist and the- hand of an as- j
: u .-an, !ns career in Kansas, was one [
ol lawlessness ami crime." A motion
was mad. t<> expunge tills statement
11 oin tie records of tin- I louse, ami.
sinnige to say, it was lost. "And tile
Lord said, If I find in Sodom llfty
lighteoub within the city, ilien v ill 1
spare all the place for their sake.
im: iiiTit i:-ii(ii,iiim; class.
I * ? s i il ? 111 Taft has appointed Senator
William Warner, of .Missouri, whose
term expired las; Saturday, to tiiu
civilian vacancy mi the board of ord?
nance and fortifications, ills noiuinti
t loil was con II r mod by the Senate Im
mcillatciy, a thing which is said not
to ha'
sim
i ".rant
happened befbi
was ennhrnied as General of the Army.
Mi. Wamcr may be a very good man;
we assume that he is or that .Mr.
Tu fi iviiuhl not have appointed him;
htit i- it not just the least bit queer
that so innuy of ihose who have been
in bliloc foi many years should be
kopi In ollice after the people who arc
dli-egtly responsible for them have
turned I hem down and edit? There
;?>. i- probably a million men, more or
1ess.; Mr. TnfI l onbl have ilravvii from
the vi'inage. s<? to say. Who wouhl
iiialco nu t as rU'ficieitl a member of the!
libiU'd itf fclrt ificafloTis and ordnance
a ? tl-e late Senator from itlissburl;
'Mi i> uiay have been very good i en -
coos'; political Or otherwise, which In
(liteihieii his appointmeni, bm. general^
jji tqieiiklug; we should say thai so
tot- Uii he may be able Mr. Taft should
itvoiii InM'ii'ig part in the creation of ah j
, b.t ;.<?'>< hug class lie cannot be ex - j
i.e. ted j,. tahe eate of all the men
who luiVC b. en rejected by Uiolr own >
Si.. id therefore, it would seem
:i man up a lice that he might very |
. ? ' ui: k'c Up i.ls mind to lake care of
at t
drc
_? _ J .1
- ?'_ji_.-j
:n. Ith ?STi'.MS \\n: with in.
ti tilling story .comes from
? ling, I'< MusyIViinia. .Mrs. .latibb I
?':.??? (tvjes at Oniela'iieC. Several!
iig? -he went to her poiiitry yard
! ?! the ? -hb kens", when she was!
eked suddenly by a rooster which]
ire Iiis spurs into her faee and
? ti anil when she beat a prompt
i t he i,,. d followed her. w hen
i i baud, responding to her cries!
: by the
! it Hi tc
i by HH
! able t,
Wu
m and sank nil-, spur:";
instep, opening ?>
d both.the Latschawsl
io field in < onf usion
clebfateii ins victory
wiiigj Mi. Latsehaw,
:? so greatly tveakehej
ood that he was un
as a sure indication
;ttl< party ia at last
>c h; I he rooster being
-he party. Doubtless
ate I'topublicans. the
nbllcau sound. anu w e I
om cm-ouraging sign
niiIc iousters in I'tinn
> figlii the licpublicans
I \ I I M \ In. I S Wil l lll.lt HIST \K i:
South II-- will mako a speech in?
line tin Southern Conilnerehil Con?
gress in Atlanta <'u Thursday and will
ihen go i" Abguslu for a week <>i teii
iiav s 'or i he purpose ol playing golf
and taking outdoor exercise., For a
man with .Mr. Taft's coiniuon sense
we cannot understand why he should
go id Augusta Id got out of doors
when the llliest out-Of-doors country
in the world is within two and a half
hours of tiie National Capital ;>t I licit
ihcmd-on-llie- James. It is hoped in;
time thai he will get educated up to ?
the Virginia standard. He need hoi
think that because fine Knot Is Inj
Virginia the whop of Virginia Is liku
fine Knot'
TltrSTlS 1\ t \.VYI>\.
The- people of' Canada, as well as j
those oi Vustrallii, are moving stroiiuM
otisly !<? bring the trusts under Govern-- j
htehi control. a law was passed Inj
Canada hist May, providing thai any
?in persons who think Unit a combina?
tion exists may complain to a judge,
who within thirty days sets a ?lato for j
a 'faring on the question involved.
If. at tiie hearing. th< .judge ilnds reti
.-oiiable ground for believing that a
combination Injurious to trade exists,
lie \\ ill so report. The Government ]
then appoints a board of three?one of
its own choice, one named by the S?p
pb.'ied combine, and a third by mutual
agreement; |
\ report on the matter Is thou 10 be
inudc by this board If the report show j
that an Injurious combination exists, j
tiie Governor, in council, may direct
that customs duties he lowered, if such]
a ?? <?]> v. ,li cqtiulkic conditions; and ;i !
patch) may be revoked, if that w ill cor- ,
reel Ihe situation.
Further, any person found by this]
hoard to be guilty1 of unduly limiting!
tiie supply of Li hy t Iii ng, or of unduly I
restraining trade or enhancing the)
price tindtrly by pre\ cttting competi?
tion, is guilty of an indictable offense,!
and is liable to a penalty not exceed-!
ing $1,000 the day, so long as the com-i
plulnod-of condition exists.
This tiovel legislation is now being
invoked by some hianiifacttircrs of Ot?
tawa against ,i shoe machinery com?
pany, and Hie result will be of groat
Interest.
\ BF.BI.F.SS I01IHASSII3S.
The Ohio State .journal asserts that!
VIlie idea that Congress should appro
.priate maiiy million dollars for the
purchase <n- ihe building of embassies
lor our ministers abroad seems a little
odd; iti the face of a growing opinion
that thbi'.e is no need of foreign min?
isters im'yway.V
This view is a ver> popular one. and!
will probably prevail in the course of
lime. National courts a rc practically,
alongside of one another. Communica?
tion i- all that could be desired. \Vhy
should hot prime ministers oi: foreign
secretaries confer without the iiierli-j
atlqii of minister ??! ambassador.' Bilm.!
inatiou of the minister or ambassador
would" cut off a deal of dignity ami
display, hut i; would be a time-saving
device, promoting g.I understanding.
The consul-general Is Ihe only officer
this count r> needs abroad. He can
advise the Government fully. An am?
bassador can do no more. The am?
bassador is a sort of social envoy, who
serves no very real purpose, and it Is
a common saying that he must he J
wealth j i" be persona grata to the
sovereign at whose court he is1 to play
his part. Sooner or later, the demo?
cratic instinct of ihe United states
will negative Ihe idea of ambassador?
dhd ministers.
This is the argument; but we must
say that it Is very foolish, that Is to
say il the United states shall continue
to play the game with the rest of the
World POWcisb
HAbl.l.NCKM l)ii\\> AND Ol T.
The story comes from Washington
that the impeachhieiit of Balllnger will
be on- of the lit-t problems considered
l?> tin- mw Democratic I louse of Itep-j
rcschtalives at the extra session of
Congress, ihe minority members of the
joint committee appointed to investi?
gate :le Ballingcr-rihchot affair hav?
ing associated themselves together for
the purpose of impeaching the much
persecuted Secretary of the Interior.
The impeachment resolution* Is said to
l.ave already been drawn. and It Is
iioi expected that liiere will bo any
diflleulty in presenting the indictment
to the Senate which will rii as a Court
ol Impeachment under the terms of ihe
i 'oust it u t ion.
We should think thai Mr. Bailinger
would welcome Bitch a proceeding. No
man in the roeent political history
of thi- country, certainly, has been
pursued with such vlndlctlvcncss as
We do not regard him as in .'my j
-?use a strong or forceful character,
on' regarding IBs ease from a wholly1
impartial and rather prejudiced point!
of \ iew- prejudiced against him be-1
cause of his political affiliations?we j
do not think that any testimony what-;
ever has been submitted which would;
convict linn lief ore the most ignorant!
petit jurj in the country of the. charge
brought agathsl him. IBs persecution
seems to have beer, the result of a
conspiracy among his subordinates and
their tempters on the outside, not for
I the purpose of accomplishing any pub?
lic pood, ion with the object of em?
barrassing tho Administration and of
punishing the Secretary for some pri?
vate grtldgc entertained against him
by those who have been most active
in his pursuit. Starting with the ac?
cusation that Balllnger had been
guilty, not only of iucoinpciency, bill
o! dishonesty in the administration of
his olllce. when his persecutors wen
put under oath they all admitted that
they had never intended to .barge him
with dishonesty, but Unit, in their opin?
ion, he was. not capable Of administering
tiie affairs of his Office. That was the
whole case boiled down, and we. should
Iihlnk that Balling r would like :"
liuvc the matter fulls threshed out
before the Senate sitting its a Court of
Impeachment, and unless be has been
guilty of some official net which has
not yet been discovered, v. c have no
doubt that the Senate would liiid j'or
him unanimously.
The pity of it is that tin- persecu?
tion oi Bullihser has been sn vicious
I hat he could not give up Iiis place in
the Cabinet without appearing to con?
fess his guilt of all the charges made,
against him. We should think he
would like to retire from the Cabinet,
and we hoped after the Investigation
committee had made its report the way
would have been open for Ills retire?
ment, but it appears that he i.- to he
still further pursued, and we are sorry
toi it mii Mr. Tuft's account rattier
than on an mint ol Palllnger; but now
that there js talk of his Impeachment
it hi hoped that tile trial wj? proceed
vv it bout delay.
I'. S.---Banlhgcr has resigned, and
his resignation hits been accepted,
a man by the name of Walter
A. Ki slier, of Chicago, having been
appointed in his place, ilto . resigna?
tion was |*rsl offered to the president
in January. The President requested
him to retain hi. ofiice until tho ad- j
journutctit of Congress. He complied]
witli the wishes of the President, but I
yesterday his. resignation was accept?
ed. The men who have conspired
against hint iiavo again been con?
founded. Tin", e has never been in the
history of this country more outrage?
ous persecution of any man holding]
public ofljce. and the Democrats are
particularly to blame for permitting
themselves to bo used by Hie personal
i nein 1 es of this man.
TUST roil KIM.'CATIOX.
i"?ne of the Professors at the. Uni?
versity of Chicago shya that, a man
is -truly educated If he can answer
''yes" to all of the following questions:
Mas education given you sympathy
with all good causes end made you
espouse iheiii'.'
Mas it made you |)iiljiic'-sj>irltcd?
Has it made you a brother t,, |he |
ax eaicV
f-'ayc yblt learned how to make |
friends and keep them?
1 ?o you know u hat it is to be a
frieiul yourseif?
Con you look an holiest man or a!
pure woman straight in the eye?
In, you sec anything to love In a
little child?
fan you l>e high-minded and happy
in the meanest drudgeries of life?
Do you think washing dtsiiea and
hoeing corn .lust as compatible with
high thinking as pi it ho playing or
aolf?
Are ' on good for anything to e,>Mr.
Fe)f?
Gtin yoti he happy a loot??
Can von look 6ul on the world and
see anything except dollars ami cents.
Can you, look Into ;. uiiid puddle by
the wayside and se? the clear sltyV
Can you sei? anytbins in He puddle
but mud?
Can you look into the sky at night
and see behind Hie .-hies?
The professor is right. ? Ther e in- |
terrogaiorles strike at I he v ery root
of line education, n is a sham educa?
tion that does not tench the answer
lo stich qUcstibris Vis these and urge
the learner to live Ihr lessons so re?
quired
?tiic. iiATTi.i: or riii: it A xq I i:r.
Many a battle is feucht and won at
a banquet. We .mite agree with the'
Ohio State Journal that "a imhnuci is;
a great promoter. ' If there is a prop- j
ositlon on hand, it secures an excellent
start at a table spread with creature
comforts of a high order. They natu-'
rally put a man into harmony with (lie
w orld and all that's in it. As soon as the I
soup or the oyster cocktail appears,]
a mail's heart opens to the possibilities
of everything proposed.
When the fish swims" out on the
(able, the predilections" of the ban
n tidier begin to s;dle up to the propo?
sition. When he smells the turkey,
he i.* eloquent over the merits 6/ the
project. He grows meditative and
philosophical *when lie dawdles w*th
the salad. He -anile.- when the ice
orciim and cake conic upon tiie 'scene.
When the coffee/* and cigars ate in
sight, he tilts back his chair and "with
half-shut eves i.< Holds visions through
the curling juhokcj and declares with
fervid emplia.is that there had never
been a proposition put before a banquet
thai eo miha rifled the admiration of
mankind so much as this."
The lnuckrakers have detected about
every thing save the evil motive of the
banquet. Woe is the epicure when
Sil nit um Siebbens and ilea velahd
nbugliii get <oi I ie trail.
ItlHI.CS KOK Ol SIM'.SS M!:\.
'i'lie largest order ever given for!
Bibles has lust beeil placed with the
i
American r.ible society,
i Ohio hundred i ottsand r.ihies are to;
i be furnished as soon as possible; tvveii
I ty-flve thousand copies are to reach
San Francisco in tinie for the triennial
convention of the International Sunday \
School Association, in June.
' in order to supply tills demand, the
American Bible Society is working its
force of bookmakers on double tithe.
;w . f.. Henderson. secretary ol the Oifl
I eou'i, the organization of Christian
i traveling men, which is distributing
the-- Bibles, sayi that a procession of
mer.il crs. bearing Bibles, will march
ihrougii tin streets of Sah Francisco
during the convention.
I'"?clj Bible vvii! contain these lines;,
pasted <ui the flyieaf:
"If 'onesomc ot blue, and friends un?
true, read Psiilmt? i'J and 27; laike l-V
"if 11 ade |s poor; read Psalm 27; John
1 5;
"If idiscijiiraged or in trouble, read
Psalm I'JO; John 11.
"If von ,,ie all 0Ut of sorts, read Hi
J brews 12.
j "If >oii :ir< ing confidence in men.;
read Kirsi Coriuthiii'ns 1ft.'
"If skeptical, read John 6, I"; 7, 17;
Phil. 2, It-II.
J "if vim can't have your own way,
' read Jaiiies 'I.
"H tiie,i of h read Luke is, :;t;-iri;
is. I; John
"Tf very prosperous, rend 1 Cor, 10,
12, 13.
"H ipp'- conclusions, Psalm 121; Matt.
0. : Pom. P.-."
A.- a result of the meeting of two
i oiumerclal travelers in a Chicago
hotel a few years ago. the Christian
Commercial Travelers' Association was
formed. Fifty thousand Hildos are
distributed free cauh year among the
hotels of Hi" country by workers con?
nected with this Association.
Henry B. Myers is tHo newest United
Slates Senator. He i? from Montana.
Horn in Missouri,' ho successively]
worked on a farm, taught school, slaved
on i newspaper, and (hon wont i t?t *_>
law. Hi-, therefore; knows what work,
A plant for the "fixation Of nitrogen1
from the aw" is to lie established at
Great Falls by the Southern Power
Company. Oilidt plants of the sort
have leon established in Gcrrntiiiy,
Austria, Italy, France and Norway.
Bj extracting the nitrogen from tho
air nil rii- avid will be produccdi and
this, treated with limestone, will mako
saltpetre in such quantities that fer?
tilizers will be greatly' reduced in
price; and if ii shall succeed, as there
appear (p he no doubt it will.
another Immense addition will bei
made to the material resources of tho
South There d light to be a til trogen
factor) established on the .lames
River, the nitrogen in the air of Vir?
ginia being of a purer and bettor 1
ijiinlity than the nitrogen in the air
or any other state in tho Union.
Tiie Rochester Democrat and Chron?
icle was much disgusted hy tho "ma?
lignant attack" bl Senator' liourhe, ?'t
Oregon, on President Taft in his re?
cent speech to the lulled States Sen?
ate. 'I'll- Rqehestor paper would like
to iee ihe Oregon "recall" applied in
the case of Senator Bourne, so that '
the voters of that State might have the
opportunity of sending a "man in his
place whom the people oi the louiilry
at large could respect." Ihe sugges?
tion is a very good one. If the "rc
? all' will not work in a case like tit's,
Wherefore the "recall"'.'
There are limes In the ajtnlrs or
teen when it would he utterly idle to
answer the Columbia State according
to iis folly It like..; to ho loollsh.
and far be it from us. the host friend
it I.as in all the world, to deprive It
of the poor satisfaction of rejoicing in
its own incoucluslvchcss.
j ..lust tin- stimb, we should like '.to
know why the Columbia state ijdca
i
not opetl fire on the land tax dodgers
j. in it.-; State, the fellows who will not
j--ell for one hundred dollars the acre,
i who want to borrow money on their
..holdings tit that valuation, and who
|.yU return their acres at from live lo
tin dollar-- tin- aero and iiowiTjeeatlsij
the corporations are not made to come
across.
It Is hoped that the Southern Com ?
inei'cial Congress In Atlanta thii wce!<
led aid' and abet the people of
that own in their efforts to have the
Uhibn Thologicnl Seminary rehtbved
from Richmond.
Henry Wuttcfson" has enjoyed the ac
i ?j?alntahcc of twenty Presidents ol the
United States. He says that his recol?
lection of Andrew .Jackson is shadowy,
but he recalls sitting on Unit aged
nian's knee, lifter his retirement to
the Hermitage, and being dandled inj
his arms.
Then are no taxlcabs in South i'nr- ,
oiit.i. Governor Blease says they sire
I uhdeinoci atle;
It is about time for the Lynchbiirg
News to "cuss" again.
In spring young man's fancy light?
ly turns to thoughts of the Crange
onion.
The Farihvillc Herald says:
"And now the great Johns Hopkins
I'niversjty is smitten with the scourge
o'f diphtheria, while venerable llamp
den-Sid ney maintains unbroken its
niarvclouf! health record. instead of
one hundred. II a m pd e ii - S id ney should
have one thousand stUdcnis;"
So say we all of us.
"A City's Cleanliness as a Cnninicr- t
eial Asset." is the announcement of
the Houston Post in black letters
reaching across a whole page. It is
always tin- same?-never cleanliness as
an attribute of godliness, of moral
rectitude, of religious devotion: hut
cleanliness as a commercial asset. Yet
? ntusl be said that it is more pleasant
to di al with a wicked community when
it is .-lean than when it is. dirty, just
as.it would l>e more pleasant for the
people living In Houston to walk the
streets of that town if the grass were
mowed in the streets, the goats were
kept in their stalls and the empty
flasks were cleared away from the
fashionable promenades.
"Now Ihe President's 'call' and next
the Congressional show down." This
is taken from the Hartford Courant,
opr.- of the most pious newspapers In
al New lOngland, except. In campaign
years. We are advised that the terms
employed arc familiar in gambling cir?
cles; but we do not know what they
mean and.are shocked that they should
be employed hy an elder in the Con?
gregational Church and a director of
Ihe Associated Press.
In Kansas City Mr. Mumm recently
wedded Miss Still. It must have been
on the quiet.
The Orange Observer says:
"If will soon he sassafras tea drink?
ing time."
The Observer Is always digging up
something we had forgotten all about.
"Cress salad now helps to make up
the .midday meal,''' says the Orange
Observer; We suppose ihe delicious
Orange onion makes ^Pj-^0 rost*
How truly does the Orange Observer
give off this scintillating bJt:
"WJien the Kastor bonnet wni bo
gin io bloom, the head of tin- hotnk
Will wear a garb of gloom."
Both rhyme and reason In ln>3/
Receive everywhere the homage due to
supremacy in quality.
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Address all communications for this columo to Query Editor,
Times-Dispatch. No mathematical problems wlU be solved, no
coino or stamps valued and no dealers' names will be given.
t'omlty of NnllntiS.
What is mount l>v "the comity of!
nut ions"? /?. \V. !
The comity of nations is the friend- !
iy spirit which exists between nation;.,
and which often impels a government
to grunt n favor to a foreign power
that could not be demanded as a mat?
ter of tight, either as coming tinder
1 ho general principles of International
law or the provisions of existing
treaties.
Wedding I'rcNcnl*.
Friends were married n short time
ago. Did not receive an invitation to
the wedding, hoi was invited to the
post-nuptial reception; A friend Bays
that on receiving such an invitation
I plight to tend a present to the- bride.
Is that correct'.' X.
As you were invited to the reception
only, you are not required to send -a
present.
Ontuient.
Is there any record of when ofltineal
was first used as. food for the human
family? w. r.
The caiitesi record is in Markham's
"I'ngllsh Housewife," in which there is
lie statement that "Oatmeal is used as
ii '.laud by persons in lingjaiid." and
that "there are oat cukes, thick and
thin, very pichs?ht, in tasty and much
esteemed."
The Neuter*.
Who were the Neuters, an ancient
Indian tribe'.' S. A.
The Neuters. Or more properly the
At tlotindirouks. were an Indian tril>c
which in tin- earl;, days of this coun?
try dwelt on bntlp sides of the Niagara
hlver between the Huron irlbe on the
west and tin- Iroquts bh tho onr.t. The
Neuters were related to t.olh tribes,
hence 'lie name. Tlic Franciscan mis?
sionaries visited thorn in \f)20 and the
Jesuits visited Iheni afterward. The
Irqqunls, alter conquering tho Huron?,
commenced the subjugation of tho
Neuters, and there being much the
weaker, succumbed and became a part
bif the great organization known as the
Five Nations,
I're.sent a.
Stella i-; about to be married. Re
cchlly Maurice was invited to a shower
given by Edith for Stella, and a present
was'taken for Stella by him. Now lie
has received an invitation to the wed?
ding. Is it necessary to send a present
having given one lot the shower?
\y . w.
I A iircscnl is expected from one tr.
whom an invitation to a wedding It
I sent, Irrespective of any previous pres
bents rent to the bride-elect. Hut ther?
' i? ho rul?- that compels a person re?
ceiving such an Invitation to rsend a
pre . cut.
< cou nt Walk.
What is the proportion of material':
for making a < count walk in which
ashes are used,? T. T3
On.-< who has made <meh walk?, sayi
one-third each of rand cement ano
ashes.
.Mrrrlmac.
who commanded the Mcrrlmui <t
the time that vessel fought the Moni?
tor" M. T.
Franklin Buchanan.
THE STRANGE CAREER
OF GREAT HEIRESS
in l.\ m Vinn im; i?w i*oxti:xov.j
BL'IIKi :-.-* 'I'm : .ig.-,' although re?
garded ?? a standard ofllelal work
of reference, is sometimes guilty
of siraiiKt omissions^ Thus: al?
though it describes tin- first Marti it is
of ISxetor as having been married to
li< in hi a Vvrnon. of llnnbury, before be?
coming the husband "f Sallie Noggins,
of Bolus, in Shropshire', and ptrnishlhg
thereby tin- theme of Tchriys'oh's beau*
tilni poem entitled "The I.-nil of Bur
lelgh." it affords no clue to what be?
came of Bmma Verh?rt after her dir
vdrcc from Henry Cecil, nsho died as
tiie Marquis of Kxeter.
Vet she wan a great lielress. and
member of a very ancient house. In?
deed; it was because she possessed I
great wealth, and Henry Cecil was
destined to become Ix>rd .Exeter, that
their respective parents forced them
Into a marriage which, on her side at
any rate, was loveless.
All those who have read Tenhyson'i
poem to which 1 have referred above
will be InteroMed to learn what be?
came of her. If Henry Cecil dH'Qrced
her, it was because she, after suffer?
ing much tin happiness, eloped with a
young clergyman, to whom she had
l ien deeply attached as a young girl,
l.ut who had been driven from the
house by her father, who regarded
him, by reason of h<s lack of name,
social position and wealth, a;- an al?
together ineligible suitor. The couple
lied to Lisbon, where they were mar
ried as soon a?j ever Henry Cecil had
divorced his wife..' The clergyman,
who was a man of delicate health, stid
cumbetl to consuntptIon at Lisbon, and
then hi-, wife,/whose father had mean?
while died, returned home to take pos
session of her property;
Binding bet self hoycot ted by county
society in Worcestershire, where her
estates were situated, she was impell?
ed by loneliness to wed ihe manager of
her property, which served to .-till
further alienate her father's friends,
and relatives' from her. Nor was this
union a happy one. For the man was
totally dctlelcnt in breeding, drank
hoaviiy. and. in one word, belonged to
a wholly different class than herself.
lie di d .1 couple of years afterwards,
and from thenceforth she lived alone,
and in considerable seclusion, for a
number nf \-ears. obliterating, by Irre?
proachable conduct, and above all, by
boundless charity, the mistake i>f her
% otith.
In her lnsl sickness, when she was
Informed that she would have, at the
most, but a few months to live, she
sent 'to Lisbon for an Old woman who
had been her servant there, and whose
appearance afforded her much comfort
and satisfaction. She died in the arms
of the old woman, who, in fulfilment of
a solemn promise made to her mistress,
prepared the remains for the funeral,
and who at tho obsequies,,, when the
solemn words "Ashes t? ashes, and
dust to dust." were uttered, scattered
some mold which she carried with her.
upon the coffin. It subsequently trans?
pired that the old woman had wrapped
her former mistress in the sheet which
had covered the clergyman when- dead,
and that the mold which she had
scattered on Ihe. coRln, was from ids
grave at Lisbon.
Tho body of this first wife of Lord
Kxplcr was not entombed in the family
vault, but. at her own request, in a
grave in the village church yard at
Ilanbury. B was the Vbrrions who.
after forcing her into a loveless mar?
riage, luni ostracised lor in the most
cruel fashion for her subsequent t wo j
matrimonial alliances, and she did not
Wish to Be among them when dond.
No mention Is made in Burke's or in
any of the other "Peerages." of her
second and third marriages, which,
however are matters of Ihe most au?
thentic record. When : !<<- died. In ISIS,
her estates devolved upon he'.- kinsman.
Thomas Shrawlcy, and to-day they are.
in the possession of his grandson, Sir
Marry Ifolcy Lambert Vornon, who
was created a baronet in 16SS, and who
i>\\ < ?? Iii-, nilihe of Fotcy to his iVosh6?;
?l?ti "f the Fol fey property in Pcrri
kiroke hire, and his. panic of T^ainbcrt
to Iii.? inheritance of the Envllle pro?
perty of the late Kitty, Countess Of
SI i in ford and Wurrlngton
Kx-King .Manuel of Portugal, at h'.i
temporary home in the Richmond
burb of London. Ik receiving Innumet
aid. offers of service, not merely from
ordinary soldiers of fortune and cof
uiopoll tan adventurers, but also froh
retired officers of the Fngllsh, Fretlch
and Ucrntan armies, all of whom arc
anxious to place themselves under
orders, and to organize themsel
Into a foreign legion, for the recover
of his throne;
It may he recalled that his grand-i
mother, Queen Maria dellu Olo.iia, af?
ter haying been deprived of her crown,
and driven out of Portugal; (?.<? a re?
volution headed by her uncle DOm
Miguel, was restored to her throne by
a foreign legion organized in England,
composed to a great extent of Brillit ,
subjects, and headed by a half-pay oi
flcer of the British royal navy. Sir
Charles Napier, who afterwards, as
admiral, commanded the British nay.u
forces In the Baltic, during England e
way with Itussla.
What with young King Manuel': In?
experience, both of men and of state?
craft, there would be much danger of
his compromising his position in Eng?
land, ami of Iiis Impairing his very ex?
ec I lent prospectof restoration, hy so me
premature coup at the instance of the.le
volunteers, for his cause, were it riot
for the advice of the Marquis de Se?
veral, who, having declined to con
t in tit to represent Portugal In Ehg
laml. since the overthrow of the mon?
archy ?t Lisbon, remains in London, b;.
the n-de of his young sovereign, as hi*
most useful mentor and most sagacious
counselor^
Foreign legions have played an lm
poriant role in Spain during the nine?
teenth century, also in Italian affairs;
and It w.ts a foreign legion fighting
under the Servian flag against Turkey
In laTf,. that virtually forced Russia
into war upon the Sultan In 1S77. it Is
therefore quite on tho cards that we
niny one day learn of the return to
Portugal o? Doth Manuel, at tho head of
a foreign legion, which would quickly
be joined by all those who have become
discontented and disgusted with that
new republic; which promised so much
and accomplished so little.
There will be no difliculty about get
ting financial hacking for a coup of
this kind in London, in return for the
promises of mining and other conces?
sions. .
If 1 were asked why Dom Manuel and
De Snveral delay, l would venture to
suggest that it was in the first place
din to the conviction that every day
that passos increases unpopularity 61
the present. Incompetent regime at Lis?
bon, and, secondly, that the present
English cabinet, which contributed so
much to assist the establishment of the
republic, might place difficulties in the
way of the departure of a foreign
legion, on the strength of the laws that
forbid an English subject to serve un?
der a foreign Hag, against a country on
terms of amity with Great Britain. Tbe
englishmen who took part in the Jame?
son raid against the Transvaal Repub?
lic in ISOG, were all sent to juil when
ilxy koL back to England, for having
violated what is known as Mte Foreign
enlistment Act; and the. Asqulth ad?
ministration would probably. In view of
Us past friendship for the Portuguese
Republican parly, be disposed to in?
voke those law:-i: whereas there would
be less danger of arty such Interference;
were the Unionists once more in power.
It is that for which King Manuel ami
the Marquis do Soveral are biding thcii
time.
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