The times dispatch. [volume], March 24, 1911, Image 4

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leuth Klchmond.1020 Hull Street
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c.jnchburK Bureau........215 uixhth street
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Entered ?iar.u?ry 27, 1??., at Richmond, >'?;,-[
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6'ojs of March S, 35T-P.
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THi; .HIllN MAUMUl,!, UOL'SE.
The "Society for the Preservation of
Virginia Antiquities has as Iced the City
Council of Richmond that the house
?f John Marshall he given over to Its
keeping The request lias been re- {
lerrod to the Committee- on Finance,
which will take action to-night. Tliere
Is only one course it cati take, if it
T.-cald preserve this historic place and
srratify the practically unanimous de?
mand of the people of this town and
of the State. The request is not for
nn appropriation of the public, money, >
tut simpiy that this Society shall jilo
niaao the custodian of this house, and
the only objection, strange to say. is
made by the City School Board, which,
erdina.rily, would bo supposed io take
iui interest In the preservation of the
landmarks of our history. All llio bus?
iness organizations of the City and all J
the societies, historical, social and po- j
Utir.al. have approved the generous j .
purpose of the Antiquities. Wo do not '
rr-e how the single objcotlon of the I 1
School Board should have the least : j
?reicht, with the authorities in de?
termining this question. The objec?
tion is wholly selfish and unpatriotic.
The building is in no sense necessary
lor administrative or any other pur?
pose to those charged with the direc?
tion of the educational affairs of the
town. So far as we are informed,
their wr-.s never any effort made by
Hill' of the present objectors to keep?
ing the house In decent condition, and
Instead of resisting the transfer of the
iiullding to the Antiquities that splen?
did organization should be thanked for
its offer to take It and keep it forever
rs a shrine to which till Americans
can repair that there they might catch1
something of the spirit of the Great
Interpreter of thr Constitution.
As we have s;i_ld. the Society for
thr Preservation of Virginia Ahtiqui
ties only asks for permission to take
care of this building. This Society has
expended $40,000 in the erection of
moh'itn:. nis and tablets and in the
purchase of ancient houses, money
raised by Its own efforts, and has
proved its ability to do the things it
undertakes so that it is entitled to
the confidence of all the people and
their never-ending thanks .is ?/.ell. It
would now preserve for all time the
hohie of John Marshall, and it has been
resisted in the accomplishment of Its
coble purpose by an objection which
has no favor with the people and
? should have no favor with the repre?
sentatives bf the people lit City .Coun?
cil. It is hoped sincerely that the
T Finance Committee will make short
W?rk'.bf the matter to-night, and say
t to the Antiquities; Take this house
and keep it fbrM*irglj>la; take with bur
' mo.'i h'earty' thanks for the splendid
S.Kplrit which lias inspired your pa?
triotic offer, and take it with the as
, mi ranee that the Committee and the
Council it represents have the utmost
faith in your wish to save from nbil-j
j VIon the paths the fathers trod.
\no 1 iii:n nr.vr.iiM:,
Trio Sonate of New jersey on Tu?s
! dity night defeated the bill io ratify
the proposed Income ia\ amendment t"
v' tli<- <''('institution of ihti United Stater .
; iVVisdoni so.tr its seal . upon this ac t.
Tin.' chief argument used against Use
j bill was that It would forever d< privo
I K-..-.V Jnrtsby of the opportunity of levy.
? iHg ari Income ta>: for state pUrposei
j lr> rrtse Ihe amendment shall become
u part of the national C6hHt it'll* S?rir,
This argument is whbily sound is
ili'.'sb days of i t:t ralization., of' cot!
ccntratlbfi of government. no State b
*.!>??: which adds to the. Kederai
e'rhhieni a right which is broiif-rii
0r.p6s.ed t > the spirit
t uflstit u't Irin The t 1
lion ijsrmil ted an in; <
ft'.rnjianied it. v. Ltii ;i
rj-istment. to eonditl"?
States! It i:.' whole* -
? same. meaning it* all pii'vtH
af rout;uy. I til. iJjeeiloti , ..
.? t-' h:t\ i'ng 1 h'l ??????eaib.-d 1 ii ;
bear the liU'g' !' ?bare id 1
But a dollar 1 drill t V '
ig ( ?fjed di in enii ion a, as :
rt has tt as ( led bbu'l 1 he ( bj
;i lone ago have teaU/.p'd 'I
iusandfdbllar a yeai exempt
he income tax u hieb the t'le
minimita11?.!: atieihpfed to ap
r.dieV. fro-.,: ?U hi if felt lh
ui Arlaui.-.i?, il.< cut!:;
illy in Ne-.v t in K 1'n >'
figlh to apply at an lu?
ll far short of r-peiiing
.Ma.v's.'tel.usetts, made up
!>? of titles and tldckly
tlie la> would pin. h
ehoiderH who ate r?r
F,i s ' fjondltjonjj i' >??? /v.n vyjiejrjiivitf
t*ti'<- \otYi range ' Waif.blntBon g?vern?
mottt applies monetary standards to
tlio whole country. In the Rural Free
Delivery sorvlce, for Instance, routes in
some States have rcmainded unused and
unmanned because no one could he
found who would perform the carrier
serv ice at the price offered by the Gov?
ernment, in many other States the
same Salary would hire a first-class
num.
STILL. T VI.KIXfi Allot T "THIS XKOK."
How much have you subscribed for
the building of the railroad from Rich?
mond into the Northern Neck? This
A
question is addressed do every busl- j
ness man. to every banker ami manu?
facturer nnd capitalist in this town,
it you haven't subscribed anything yet.
Why not subscribe to-day? The special
c.-mmittoc of the Chnmboi of Com?
merce has no higher interest in the
develop men', of the business of Rlcli
tuond thr.it you. li is composed of.
men ' who have their own affairs to !
look after and should not be expected
f> curry the whole load; We have been!
talking for months about this under-'
taking, what a great thing \x would :
be for Richmond, how it would add a
very rich territory of a thousand 1
square miles to the Richmond trading
district, how it would bring id this!
town seventy thousand how custom-I
era; and how a region of conn try al
most within gunshot of Richmond Is 1
practically as far away as if it were !
6li the ether side of the continent. Ji |
has been shown that tin- trade of this;
country already amounts, counting !
both ways, to about, $10,000,000 an?
nually, that it will add nbdui $500,000
to the receipts of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad alone the fust year of
Its operation, and that It will give
every man who knows how to handlo
his business a new opportunity to
make now business for himself and
for the town where neither he nor
tho*town can now do any business at
all.
There are ton counties In the North?
ern Neck country, between the Poto?
mac River on the north and the York
and Mattoponi Rivers on the south,
counties "full of material richness,"
as the Baltimore Manufacturers" Re?
cord puts it, and In these ten counties
there is not a tulle of railroad track.
Five of these counties arc: north of
the Rappahannoek River and live south
of it. the region being about equally
divided by that stream. The chief
industries of this coveted country are
agricultural and fishing. The only
communication it has with the outside
world is- by steamboat lines with Bal?
timore and Washington. The project?
ed railroad will bisect this country and
make it all tributary directly to Rich?
mond- The Manufacturers' Record
says "it is safe to say that success
awaits the construction of the road,"
the people of the Northern Neck ar?
enthusiastic about it, as Richmond
would be if it would only take a little
time to think what Us construc?
tion would mean for this town and all
its interests, business, financial, social
and political.
'l'ii>- road will be built and in running
order in two years if Richmond will
subscribe $150,000 fo its capital stock,
not one eent of which will have to be
paid until the road bar- actually been
finished and is in operation. Only a
week or two ago, in one of the smallest
of the Southern ? itles, the people sub?
scribed $150,000 Tor the building of a
new Y. M. A. house, ami this amount
was subscribed in less than ten days.
That was a fine thing lor that town to
do: inn here is Richmond with the
opportunity of adding a thousand miles
of territory to its trading district and
bringing seventy thousand people into
touch with the business and financial
activities of this city, hesitating about
doing its ovid- nt duty to Itself. Rich
men.), fairly bulging with money, is
hanging hack as if the amount asked
foi- the doing of a great big thing were
as many millions as it is thousand.- of
dollars. The thing is so good that we
eaihnot understand at all why a word
should he said about it or anybody
ashed to tio what will benefit every
I'Hi.'-'- ?'?'
? IM) i.muii.i: Otl) IT."
?i . t George no if and George did
it ' - i ?! It lo-tt r than anybody else has
done It in these diggings, and to the
great delight of ore of the niost inter?
est -.j j.jjfj iuitdiect.ua) audiences of lie
???:<: Rulher weak, w<: should say; in
.jlo'gv. he was wonderfully effeo
8 could only be per
e Babylonian brick;
(Scriptural thehies i
o ? on,pose the super
lural and c.rj-.;; oh
play upon
upon i--'.
?? would ;
- <-iie iedte
<?:?. ;r \;- w. r. iivir
iilj ch,ts?., hi >ol
VI h <>? l lie ?: n?.-. i
briek/t. add
tit -i us ?!U I:
\>f Cain \vid
ijhtd they to
I are pol exci
j with which George was dealing was
i altogether human.
j Rut It was a great speech, even If It
, did not convert many from the error
of their stubborn thinking. For oxam
i pie. chero was at least one heavily
', bearded man in the house who tool; It
.all in, pleased with the play of the
j speaker's fancy and his art of putting
! things, but as much "sot in his ways,
and, probably, because his spiritual
sensibilities were stirred to opposition,
though Iiis intellectual parts were af?
fected otherwise. The integrity of
Duke not having been attacked, his
statement may not i>e regarded as
wholly Impertinent to the subject un?
der discussion: "The kingdom of God
cometh not with observation."
KUr.CATIOX P?1I Ali ICH SI III?.
Unquestionably the foremost educa?
tor at the recent Southern Commercial
Congress in Atlanta was Dr. Samuel
Chiles Mitchell, president of the Uni?
versity of South enrol Inn, formerly
professor of Richmond College, whoso
magical personality has achieved a
miracle in establishing connection and
communication between the people of
a State and their State university. N->
better man could have been found to
speak on "Education for Constructive
Readership, State and National," the!
subject of Dr. Mitchell's address in At?
lanta.
"It is easy to make out tho period in
our history when one State acted as a
vanguard, voicing the sentiments of
the South dominant at the time, and
moulding public policies,"? asserted Dr.
Mitchell. In the history of the South
there has been an hegemony among
Stillos, somewhat similar to the politi?
cal ascendancy among the states of
Greece, held In turn by Sparta, Athens
and Thebes Virginia enjoyed this,
vantage of supremacy from 1776 to
1820, "the formative period" when "the I
great constitutional principles of our .
country took shape. It fell to the lot
of Virginia to take tho inlatlve In
the task of federalism, and right nob?
ly did she meet the emergency by .
furnishing to the nation ah unrivalled j
group of statesmen, such as Washing-!
ton. Jefferson, Marshall and Madison ?
. . . Occupying an intermediate post- i
tlon. geographically, amitl the States
on the Atlantic coast, Virginia's par!
ill American history was mediatorial
and vicarious. Reasonableness has
been the mark of her publicists, and
her bosom hears the wounds of tho
Revolution no less than of the Civil
War. Yorktown and Appomuttox are
both on her soil" That single state?
ment, "reasonableness has been the
mark of her publicists" cpltond7.es the
history of Virginia statesmanship and
compresses into a single phrase the
political temper of Virginia In all
times.
South Carolina. Dr. .Mitchell pointed
out. was leader of Southern thought
front 1S2'> to 1SC1, that "solitary and
tragic llBure," Calhoun. personifying ,
the state of mind of the South In this;
momentous period.
From lSl55 to 1890, Georgia' led the)
South, standing for "Industrial develop- j
inent and national conciliatlon." The,
Georgia statesmen of this period braced i
the South for better things by their!
inspiring and hopeful utterances.
North Carolina took lip the torch in
1890. '?North Carolina was made up
almost uholiy of hardy yeomen; it had,
perhaps latently, more democracy and1
sense of equality than almost any
State in the South. The old order had (
tended to repress the energies of the
plain people." in the nineties certain
young men in North Carolina began
"lb see visions of the possibilities of
Ihr average man through the common
schools.*' Thesci m? h ".set agoing a
movement in "half of the common
schools and all forms of public educa?
tion that has spread from, the Potomac
to the Rio Grande, with beneficent re
suits to all classes and races of our
people in the South.." The object of
this movement was a chance for every
child; Local taxation an.i community
inort afforded the means of support?
ing cfilciciht schools.
Taking up the present situation!
throughout the South, Dr. Mitchell eoh
t inuedi
The most signal tiling occurring In
tile South to-day is. in my opinion,
the growth of community life. In the
old South three factors were promi?
nent-?jhe hom<!, the Church and the
St, i* . Rtit to-day we are rendering
all three of these factors more effective
b> adding a fourth, namely, community
ii:< This ticithmunity life Is growing
up around the s.clioolhous?, which,
in a democratic way, offers a
social centre fdi the radiation of
ideas und influences in the interest oi
p/ogiess and humanity. The public
liool, with its library, auditorium and
->. ;i",I social activities. Is the maJu
Hprlhg of !.',c comtriiihity, which Is the
product of the present South. What
,lef>erfe'oh yearned for, yon anil I are
jfr'rivJleged to itee?the growth of com
Jifi-. issuing in euch popular
? j^-r.'l'K an the common school, good
publi sanitation, the demonstra?
tion farm ?,ivl< leagues, the free.
ifmurv, indUDtriol plants, internrban
M'o??' ? : Mai delivery, a brUeiiig pub
opinfoii, fi rowing out of the frank
jiht^hitjiiofi ot clyje .iffajra through ih??
:pr<-; . rid or) ibo phHfdrrfi; a more prae.
jtS'.i-l .?<!,;nori in rh,. ehurches, and
ho;:'-, made ? i-...;..t.-r by Much conveni?
ence.: ?;. ..?. and electric ights.
i];TI;' pro^f iv.!i of edit caliph in I he
Bbutii. parlletdhrjy during the past two
? ide>. ii ? ..nr.nted national ni.teu ?
tlbt; ar.fj in it-; motive* nchi?vo
n. ri' i i.;.., e;nt|e;hed the history Of our
eoMuiioi! country. The. word "educa
tlon hi tMs ln|il(iii(c is made to envoi
gif;.'i.l bundle of uclivltles. whhth
ie-i Ij ?.!:. t it ut v one of the linest mini -
I fes I li tlon it ol KttttuHtnaushlp. The
ie,-'.."j; ol thl i ui'oVeui'-Fft have fought
' ? -? < la;< : pr< i -he fadis '.!, tho life of
llii '<? "./; In te'itynsi/d education, rather
i! ? !. ternij oi politics, or Hectioiuil
! ' ?*r, : pr. ju'ib < The ediiiViioii
? ? ? ? idond for ail ihe- normal tic
>?> ., f?!-??-? r <? i . vi-' communll.v
.lild'iri ri;,i. ?helnl ti tld polit ical, as well
a* fdueiitlotial. Thil making of a i,a
iibti.'il Kpli it im? been a primary put ?
I'bse in all th'ene, pi ihn for popular edu
l <j.\i?l bin in t},?. Hout ii,
'I 'll- ' whUh ? onfronl the' South io
'>":?. Mi Go opinion of Dr. Ml tri hdl
\V"' "" ,-f?""?????'? develop.
I nu'nt. (hi national integral ion, iji) ra
I vial ailjtiMiineui.
1 R'.-'.dMdiiic development reuten to the
j farm, as well as to the factory. Rooovi
i erlng the fortuity of tho ?oll, Increas?
ing tho yield of crops per aero by im?
proved farming (hot hods, varying pro>
ducts, stock raising, enriching rural
j life?these are the t u tors that prom?
ise much for the future <>f tho South.
Southern Industries are growing rap
Idly. The cllUluto, watet powers, vast
coal deposit!-, eheap labor and abun?
dance of raw materials give the South
?'unrivalled advantages In an industrial
j way."
I Effecting national integration Is I ho
j second task. The South is loyal to the
I nation. "Nationality with the South is
I not an innovation, but rather a return
I to tho original course of Washington,
Rut ledge, Marshall. Gndsdcn and Mad?
ison." Patrick Henry's first words, In
the First Continental Congress In 1774.
were: "The distinctions between New
Yorkers. Ponnsylvanians and New Eng?
landers are no more. I ant not a Vir?
ginian, but an American." The origi?
nal draft of the Constitution, which
James Madison carried to the Philadel?
phia Convention In 17S7, contained the
word "national" nineteen times, writ- |
ton with a capital "N." The chasm be?
tween the sections has closed, but "In
order that we may take our proper
place in the councils bf the nation,
there, must be amongst us independ?
ence of thought, frankness In discus?
sion and freedom of action. Intellect?
ual torpor and civic Inertness are tho
penalties we will have to pay if these
things are wanting."
The ''distinctive task'- of the South Is.
of course, racial adjustment, "the
most difficult single job in Christen?
dom." As to this problem. Dr. Mitchell
agrees with D. A. Tonipkins, of Char?
lotte, that "we nuisL maintain while
.standards" and "we must give the ne?
gro a chance." Maintenance of white
standards is simply tho maintenance of
civilization?which Is in tho Interest of
both races. ''Intelligent labor is moro
etilclent than ignorant labor. Hence,
in tho spirit of mutual helpful?
ness, the two races must seek to live
together on tho same soil, despite dif?
ferences in character, tradition and i
color." Prejudice is the "virus" of the;
negro problem, and "reason is its anti-j
dote." I
Education, rightly thinks Dr. Mitch?
ell, is tho "epitome of the South's
problem. The teacher must share the
spirit of the statesman and regulate
his work accordingly, for the school
stands for a programme of progress,
economic, social and political." To the
school must we look for the skilled
men to develop our material resources",
to the school must wo look for the
formation of a national spirit; to the
school must wc look for aid in solving
the problem of racial adjustment. "Not
only must wo make education univer?
sal, but we must also see to it that the
training given in our schools Is dem?
ocratic in spirit, free from partisan
bias, practical in its bearing:? upon the
home, the farm and tho factory, and
national In outlook."
In thus voicing the necessity of the
South for strong constructive leader?
ship, which shall patiently and persist?
ently inform and guide the people to'
their duties and their opportunities. Dr. J
Mitchell has spoken nothing but the
truth. The time has come when wc
must look at things as they are, not
as they might have been: when we
must look at things with a broad view
and discern their true bearing upon;
our future. Independent thought,!
frank discussion. free action, are!
needed. While we should not be for?
getful of that which was, the past!
should not hamper the future. Quietly, j
surely, the South must find the truth,
and follow It. By the working of an
Irresistible natural law, the vision of
Marshall of a mighty nation, and the
dream of Calhoun of a mighty South,
have been realized; the nation and the
South are interdependent, despite the
leiief of our fathers that, both could
not prosper while bound together.
O I'TR AGI&OX'S.
No wonder there is so persistent a
demand for reform in legal procedure.
Scoundrels are set free on quibbles'?
Criminals are freed because au "I" is
not dotted or a period inserted. Mere
is a case In point:
In the case of McGihsoy vs. State
and Nobles vs. State, 132 Southwestern
Reporter. 77;t, very recently decided
in Texas, two robbers were given their
liberty, although they had been sen?
tenced to terms of 40 and ll years re?
spectively. Why? Reeausc the drawer
of the Indictment had alleged that
the crime tvis committed on February
21), 1010.
Each of these criminals was found
guilty by a jury of his peers.
Each was .sentenced to a long
term, but by reason of the fact that
there wits an error in the statement
of the date, the.so two robbers went
h ot-frcc I'll, case was appealed, and
the Courl bi Criminal Appeals of
Texas held thai the date was impos?
sible, Mi l not a sufficient allegation or
tltVn to comply with the .statute which
ill*i thai there shall be some pnr
ila'r date mentioned, and, therefore,
dismissed the prosecutions.
Of course, real justice was never,
pfeaent hi this case, The letter of the;]
lau was lived up to, but the spirit of
tin in x\ was outrageously disobeyed.!
There Is bet one fact in extenuation - j
and that i:r that the courts of Texas I
are notorious lor their adherence to]
technicalities. Texas justice is a j
farce ZJUl_ i
FA ICH ALUMNI.
?I'm.-i <". Creiglltoh, said to be a
llrjrvard graduate, is leading a band
or Me: ietin insurrcotos."?Roston
libiahi. ' , .,
"Owen K. Davis, author of 'Nellie,
Ihe Iteautlful Cloak Model.' and scores
of -Indlar blooti-cufdithg plays, Is a
Harvard ".>:? man."?Munsey's Mnsa
sijivj
The aluuiiil catalogues of Harvard
neither the numb of Davis nor
lhai 'ii Ctelghton Both men have had
bo connection with Harvard. The
I trouble! In not confined to Ciim-_
bridge. Yale has suftorod from the
same pernicious hnblt ofcertain writ
ore. Not long ago Anson Phclps Stokes,
secretary of Yule University, sent lists
of Yalo macluates to the press in the
hope of < "preventing the promiscuous
award of deirrecs" to men who had
never even entered the institution at
New'Huven. However, as the Provi?
dence Journal remarks, "All colleges
suiter from the same tendency to attri?
bute Klory or notoriety to men who.
whatever tlielr Tame, are not college
graduates."
Nowadays, if any sort of roue run
away with a chamber maid or chortta
girl, he In Immediately classilled ns a
"prominent Yale man." just us surely
as will the co-respondent In a sensa- |
I tonal divorce suit bo labeled a "well
known Harvard clubman." Some years
ago a story about a public ofllcor |
was sent to a Washington paper from j
this State concluding thus: "His;
friends have taken him to the Keeley
Institute. He Is a graduate of the
University of-," as If to say
that the cause of his alcoholism was
his being nn alumnus of the institu?
tion.
It would be n different matter It
only the yellow press foil Into this er?
ror, but. Instead, thousands Of really
reputable and well-meaning papers are
equally guilty <>f this Injustice to col?
leges and universities. Such publica?
tions hurt the institutions Involved,
and create an Impression that Instead
or being- schools for the dissemination
of culture and knowledge, thy are
training schools for drunkards, thieves,
co-respondents, crooks, maniacs and
second-story rnon. Tills sort of "fak?
ing" In newspaper stories ought to
stop.
So much bad French 13 used in this
country that it would hardly be fair
for the editor of the Bee to kill the
editor of tho "Wasp. Suppose he should
kill the editor of the Wasp, how would
that mako the French of th<s editor of
the Beo any better? Manifestly, the
only sensible thing for the Wasp to
do Is to perfect his French.
Paris has adopted a rather novel I
method by which to make the. city
streets teach history to the children
of Paris. The Municipal Council will
shortly pass a bill requiring that the I
historical significance and dates bf
events shall be added to tho street)
name signs. Tho streets are already;
placarded plainly with white letters j
on a blue background, not only at
every street Intersection, but on every
angle of every building on every
corner. Almost all the important
streets in the city are named In honor
of some famous man or some famous ;
victory. Future signs will read thus: j
"Rue Rlvoll?French victory In 17 07";
"Avenue Victor Hugo?French poet
and Novelist, 1S02-1SS5"; "Run Lincoln- -
Famous President of the United State.
180 9-1865." This is an excellent Idea,
and will advance knowledge of the
history of France. It could be fol?
lowed with good offect In this coun?
try.
It is'said that Former Governor An?
sel, of South Carolina, would like, to
have a place on the United States
Bench, and that lie will be backed for
the place by the Governors of twenty
eight Hintes. OC course, he would;
who wouldn't? It is a nice oflice; it
lasts for life and Ansel Is a lawyer.
Governor Coleman Eespedeza Please,
says that it is. all a mistake; that, of
course, he knows who Langdon Cheves
was; that he never said that ho did
not know "where he is at;" but that
he only said that he did not know
where his picture could be obtained.
Well, why didn't he?
Texas people, especially Texas
judges, are the meanest and ".short?
est" folks on earth. The other day In
Houston a corpse wall discovered on
which was found $40 and a pistol, and
the court fined the corpse tho $10 for
carrying the concealed weapon. In
Houston, they have no compunction
about stealing from a dead man
One of the men at the Harvey ha?
rangue for votes pro mulieribus ex?
plained to a friend that his wife was
at church, while he was at the suffrage
meeting. Already things are beginning
to reverse themselves.
There seems to be no harmony in
the wrangle over music In the parks.
Can it. be that in connection with
the proposition to have no music in
Monroe Park, "Every little movement
has n meaning of its own"?
It in to blush. Eisten to this from
the Orange Observer: "Boys with nn-'
dressed feet will soon be In evidence."
How perfectly stylish!
"The tiny onion is peeping up its
head, and the little lettuce Is growing
In its bod." sings the Orange Observer.
Well, they will be cut down In the
bloom of youth. Onion cannibals are
numerous in Orange.
Henry Myers, the new United States
Senator from Montana; is one of three
former members of the Montana Leg?
islature who took bribes of $10,000
each, given to them to persuade them
to vote, for WilllaiiT-A. Clark for United
States Senator when he won an elec?
tion, later declared void by the United
States Senat?!. These three men turned
the money over to the. Speaker of the
House and explained to him where they
got h and what they got it for. It is
apparent. therefore, that Senator
Myers will not care for the company,
of Senator I.orlmer et id oinno genus.
The Orange Observer says:
"There ought t<* bo a hall of fame for
the people who attend' to their own
affair* and let-others do the same."
Impossible. Tho Colonel couldn't
get In.
Daily Queries and Answers
Address all communications for this column to Query Kditor,
Tlmcs-Dispatch. No mathematical problems will be solved, no
coins or stamps valued and no dealers' names will be ftlven.
Origin of Memorial Day.
Please tell uh when thu Northern
Memorial Day was established, and
who suggested lt. S. M.
Mb mortui Day was established in
I SOS by General John A- Logan, wlio
Styled It Decoration Day. It bore that
mime until 1884, when <t was changed
t? Memorial Day by the Grand Army
lot* the Republic Its establishment wuk
at tlio suggestion of General C. L
Maithin.es, a German, who fought In
the Union army. The first graves dec?
orated were, however, in Mississippi in
lS'M. The first observance of tlio cus?
tom in tho North was In 1SG0 at Water?
loo, N. V., when General Murray had
the veterans of his post decorate the
graves of their comrades. In 18?37 T.
C. Campbell, of Cincinnati, O., qunrter
! master-general of the G. A. R., marched
I his post out to the graves and laid
wreaths on them. The order establish?
ing May 30 as elaboration Day was
written by Ad.lutaut-General Chlpman.
of the G- A. lt., and promulgated by
General Logan; The appointment of i
j this day as a legal holiday Is a mat- j
tor which rests with tho Stated Indi?
vidually.
j IletlultIon of "Dnt;o."
I Will - you kindly inform me what
I the definition of ''boco" is, and whuri
and how it originated? X. Z.
j Dago is said t>j be a corruption by
I American and English sailors (if the
j frequent Spanish name Diego, applied
'from its frequency to the whole class]
(if Spaniards. It meant originally ono 1
[ born of Spanish parents, especially In
Louisiana;" but now Its uso is extended
i to Spanish, Portuguese .and Italian *n
j general.
I The Wlnnton CUurchlllsi
Are tho two Winston Churchills of
England and America any relation to
each other? C. L O.
Hoth America and England enjoy the
distinction of having a Winston
Churchill as a prominent citizen. Tho
English notablo of the name Is a son
of Ivord Randolph Churchill, und Is a
conspicuous member of Parliament,
President of the Board of Trade, with
a military career, a reputation us a
war correspondent, a hunter and an
author of some distinction.
The fume of tho American rests
chiefly on ids achievements a3 an
author of several popular novels. Ilo
was also interested in politics at one
time, having been a candidate for
nomination for Governor of New
Hampshire. 1 do not understand they
are related.
Arhot Day,
Pleuse tell me how wc happened to
have Arbor Day. it. S.
ThO pioneer mover In the establish?
ment of a special day for the plant?
ing of trees and shrubs by school chil?
dren or other associations was J.
.Sterling Morton, afterward Secretary
of Agriculture during President Cleve?
land's term. When a member of the
Nebraska State Board of Agriculture
In 1X72 he offered a resolution setting
apart April 10 of that year as '"tree
planting1" day, Some of tho mem?
bers of the board advocated "Sylvan
Day" as the proper designation, but
Mr. Morton talked them out of that
name- A resolution was dually adopt?
ed recommending that the puople
throughout tho s^atc plant trees on the
day named and offered in the namo
ol the board a prize of $100 to the
agricultural society which should plant
properly the largest nuihhor of trees
and to tlie indlv'dunl planting the
largest number of trees a farm
library worth 525. More than
l.OOO.nfut of trees were planted In Ne?
braska on that day. The next year In
Nebraska the Governor oltlelally pro?
claimed the second Wednesday as
Arbor Day. Tho day was named by
proclamation until 1S55, when April 22
was made Arbor Day, and a holiday
by the Legislature of the State. The
other States took up tho Idea, and
Arbor L>ay is now observed throughout
the Union.
VICTOR S. RUELENS
EXPOSED AS A FRAUD
BY I.A MARQUISE I>E FONTI3NOY.
VICTOR S. Rl'ELKNS, who has just
been convicted in tho United
States District Court at Phil?
adelphia of tiic crime of using
the mails to Jcfraud, posturing a^ a
representative of the French Credit
Bank at Pari?, is. the same Individual |
whom I exposed as a fraud in these
letters a little over a year ugo At
that time he was passing himself off
lu the Southern States as a Trench
"Prince," Vlqtor Ruelens, describing
himself as a. French citizen, whose
princely title was bestowed upon his
great-grandfather by the tlrst fchnperor
Napoleon.
Tho good people at Meridian. Miss.,
took him at his face value, and enter?
ed extensively into his schemes, wit Ich
Included the construction of a railroad
from Meridian to Natchez, and tin- ac?
quisition of the control of the Missis-j
sippi Western Railro&d; ami so im-|
pressed were the Meridian!tea thai a
banquet was given at the Great South -,
crn Hotel, by the Mayor of Meridian,
in honor of "Prince'' Ruelens and of
the lady who was announced by the
local papers to be his fiancee. Miss
Lilian Seltzer, of Philadelphia. Tho
remainder of the prihee'u parte com?
prised a Mrs De Wald, mother ol htH
liancee, and his secretary, II. A. Gar
sheli.fi
Two citizens, of Meridian, with more
perspicacity than the others, were un?
favorably impressed by 111 ? - pseudo I
prince, ami wrote to the, whereupon 1]
pointed out to them, in print, that the
man was an impostor: that there is no
record of the great Napoleon having
over conferred the title ol prince or
count, or even baron, upon any one of
the name of Ruolens. Mot cover, titles
bestowed by Napoleon, like those ol
th<- Bourbon Kings of France, only
descend by primogeniture-. through
the male iliic direct, and consequently
Rtielens cannot put forward the idea
that he has Inherited his princely coro?
net through the distaff side of the.
house Although he gave at tho time
his place of residence as Paris., yet
there was not thou, nor is there to-day,
any member of a reputable eiub in
the French capital who bears the name
of Ruolens, either with or without the
title of prince. Nor can any such name
be found in such standard works of
reference a>- the "Annualre de la Noh
lesse," the ?itozlcr," or oven the
"Hachette." the "Tout Paris," or the
"Bottin Mondulnc. " which may he re- I
garded ns constituting the "counter
pan of the "Social Register" of the j
big cities here in America.
Tho only trace of any Victor Rue
lens that I could ilnd was in the com- I
merclal directories of Paris, where, j
among th<- tradesmen, there is a soil-j
tary individual of that name, whose]
calling Is appropriately described as
"Fumisterio." This has a double mean?
ing; It stands for chimney sweeping
and construction, and also for "a hoax."
I notice that when brought before
!!;?? United States District Court at
Philadelphia, from his ottlce in the
Lafayette building there", he did not
anv longer adorn himself with the
title of prince, which he had turned
to such good account in Mississippi
and other Southern States, but de?
clared that he was related to the
French Duke de Uauffremont. This'
statement is as wholly mendacious as
his claim to bo a French prince. The
Duke de Bauffrcmont, as I need scarce?
ly arid, has no kinsman, far or near, of
the name of Ruelens, or who answers
in any respect to tiic French swindler
who has Just been convicted at the
Federal Courts of Philadelphia. De
Bauffrcmont, who is a duke in France,
a prince of the kingdom of Sardinia?
now of Italy?a prince of the Holy Ro?
man Empire, and a grandee of the
lirst class of Spain, makes his home at
87 Rue do Grenelie. in Paris, and at
the castle of Bauffrcmont, In the Vos
ges, and either he or his eldest son,
Theodore de Banffrcmont, who on his
mother's death succeeded to her Span?
ish title as tenth Duke of Atrisco, and
as eleventh Marquis de la Vega, will
doubtless, if applied to. bear out my
statement, that they have no know?
ledge of any relative of the name, ot
"Prince" Victor Ruelens.
France's new Premier, Senator Mon?
is, who i-ejolccs In the Christian name,
of Antoine, is, like so many other then
who hall from the Girondc district,"
and from Bordeaux, a Protestant, and a .
devout one at that, differing in tills!
respect from most of his predecessors!
In office; who were either professed
atheists, or Roman Catholics at war
wit it their church. The very fact of
his being a Protestant will have the
effect of rendering him more concili?
atory in dtuiling with the Roman Cath?
olics. For in Franco all of the better
class of Protestants dread being count?
ed fanatics, and arc anxious to avoid!
being regarded as desirous to avenge
the two centuries of persecution suffer-;
ed bv their co-rollgionsts. Moreover,
the Protestants are Just as much
averse as the Catholics to 4he endea?
vors to instil atheism Into the boys
and girls attending the public schools, i
and resent the efforts made by the
teachers to destroy every vestige, off
religious belief lu the minds of their
pupils.
Besides being a very distinguished
lawyer, who was leader of the bar at I
Bordeaux, before Joining that of Paris.
Monis Is one of the most successful
distillers of cognac in Franco, and ti
part owner of tho Continental Hotel,1
in Paris, -whore, indeed, he makes his
headquarters when In tho metropolis,
and where the construction of his ad?
ministration was arranged. In living
at the Continental he la guilty of a
violation of one of the ethics of the
Purls bar, which requires that ltn
members' should he living In a home,
where the furniture belongs to them.
In fact, before a young map is admit
tea to the bar in Parin, he has to satis?
fy the board of examiners that he 13
.flans es mcublcs" (in his own furnl
t u re >.
Monis Is a man with a singularly
genial manner, much lucidity of mind<
a been sense of humor, and, above all.
a great amount of tact: which lie show?
ed as Minister of Justice of tho Wal
oock Rousseau administration, in hli
management of tite Court of Cassa?
tion, or Supreme Court of Appeals, in
the Dreyfus affair. lie Is quite Short
with gray, qlofto-cut hair, and a picas
ant smile. He Is sixty-five years of
age, and seems thoroughly to appre?
ciate the fact that the dominant llgtiro
of his administration i- Delcasse; Min?
ister "f Marine.
I may add. by way of indicating the
polt- y ot Premier Monis In religtous
blatters, that he hap seiertcd for his
I minister of public Instruction Jules
i Steeg, who Is a fellow Protestant, and
I a member of the bar.
King George has repaired u long
(standing and much resented neglect
I by bestowing the Order pf tlje carter
lipon the Venerable Regent of Bavaria,
on the occasion of hi.- ninetieth birth -
: day. The Klrig bf VVUrterhberg, the
Grand puke of Hes*c. the Duke of Saxrt
i Coburg Gotha, and several other rul?
ers of secotid and third rate state*
have the Garter, which was als.i at:
corded to the late King of Suxonv1,
while other foreign princes entiled
[to wear it. Includu the Duke ol .Yd tu,
and the Grand Duke Michael Alexan
I tlrbvlteh <-f Russia, Queen Victoria
Paid no a ttentlon whatsoever t<? tho
Prince Regent, rind Klug Edward iriarii
matters' worse, rather than better, by
bestowing upon him, not the Garter
I but the Grand Cross of the pat It; that
is to say, an order of a rank inferior
to that of the Garter; as if to empha?
size the fact that a ruler who had re?
ceived the highest order from every
othet European country was not con?
sidered worthy of nnv such dlstlnc
i tion on the part of England. King
I George has now made good the onils
, sion, and the insignia of the Order bf
the Garter will be conveyed to Munich
I by a special embassy, composed of
I a knight of the order, of a general; and
j of nh admiral, a representative of the
; foreign office, and Garter King-at
Arms, with several of his heralds and
pursuivants.
(Copyright, 1911, by the Brcntwood
Co in pa ny. 1
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tain more thnn .'100 rrordn.
AVltcn thin limit Ik exceeded let?
ter* will he returned.
No auonyniotiH coinmun feat Ions
will be accented.
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verlier'? add reu?, muxt accompany
every communication.
One of Picket!'* .Men Protest*.
To t!ie Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
?Sir,?There must be some mistake in
what yesterday's Tlmes-Dlspatch copied
'from the April jimnber of Mnnsey's
Magazine, from the pen of Colonel
John H. Mosby, about "Pickett as
enemy of Eee." Such a statement not
only surprised, but shocked, me?hav?
ing never heard such a thing intimated
before.
Friday night. March 31, 1SG?, I, a pri?
vate of PIckctt's Division, was on
outpost or picket duty, about 5 0 n
yards In front of the breastworks at
Elve Forks! Soon after sunrise Satur?
day morning, April 1, the pickets were
driven in by overwhelming numbers
behind our breastworks, which we
held, under heavy firing, until about.
11 o'clock, when the enemy broke the
lines to the left of PIckctt's division
and came upon us with bayonets. "10
to 1." General Eee could not have
found any fault with the way General
Pickett managed to get his division out
of "that mash-trap." General Pickett
deserved nothing but pralso in that,
as also the manner in which he man?
aged the retreat, lighting every day
and marching every night. And again,
the noble stand his division made for
five hours or more, resisting charge
after charge, at Elsher's Hill, Thursday.
April C. where his tired, half-starved
boys were overpowered and forced to
surrender and that grand division
nearly annihilated. No blame could he
attached to PIckctt's skill or Die .stead?
fastness and bravery of his men. rank
or file. In Hint excellent history of
Piekctt's Division. written by his
widow. Mrs. Ea Salle Corbell Plckolt,
no allusion is made to anything un?
pleasant between Generals Eee and
Pickett. With all due respect to the
brtive nhd distinguished Colonel Mosby,
he should not have written anything so
unpleasant, after forty-odd years,
though there may have been some
truth 'rt it- _
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pnils, King William._
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