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w ILL It I* L IS OR It I IN.
W.-.O.o Harris, of the Charlotte Eyc'-j
il'lug1 Chronicle, is bold enough to *a> I
that "there is trouble in st?re for trie I
National Democratic party, and that
trouble will have its origin in the per
7,i -...-is activity of Colonel "William .1.
?B'ryaii in affairs at Washington. lie
-was not eiecttftl to Congress, and bus I
no business i here, yet he is on band i
giving ordels ami directing things us i
n matter of ionise . . . Colonel Bryan's
meddlesomeness in parly hit airs was
yjijver ihorc in evidence than in the
y-r. sent session of Congress,'' Then
Harris. Who must have an abnormal
imagination, culls upon all the people
?whom he could reach by his large cir?
culation to "imagine, if yon could.
Orbv?r Cleveland whipping bis coat
tails about do corridors of Cue Na?
tional Capitol, summoning this man
und that man to his conference! Oot
nnel Bryan's activities at Washington
presage any thing but good feu- the
Democratic party,"
To it Fence, who writes for Joseplius
Daniel1* paper, the Raleigh News and
Observer, says thai "I lie result (the
election of Senator Martin, of Virginia,
in p. leader of the Democratl}! minor?
ity In the Senate) marks the Crisis of.
p hiti<:- light. Senators Simmons and
Overman (of Noith Carolina) support-j
?-d Mai tin." After the tiyht was over,
hCcorditig to Tbiii Pence, Mr. Rryah
Kept bji talking about it, and In ex?
plaining wind he called "the sign!li?
ra We" of it. en id that it meant that
"bete ate Seventeen Senators who (the
Senators Who tinder' his whip voted
ngainst Martini will stand together in
fighting fur true l^ohiocraey, and Ol
several other Senators, "who for per?
sonal reasons fbli obligated to support.
Senator Martin." said the great mar?
plot from Nebraska, "1 nth sure can
be depended upon to line up und
ptand with the sVovi nieeh when we
come to consider important questions
Of legislation." Mark the words:
?'When we come!:'
They mean n great deal more than
nppears on their face. Who is "we"?
"What has "we" to do with the matter'.'
yVho ga\e "ire" any authority "the
ttpplauso o| list'iiing Senates to com?
mand?.'' Wlterc does "we" come from,
and on what in cat hath ibis new C?esatV
fed flat lie has grown so great'.' It
all menus, as the Washington corres
jmndent of the Brooklyn Eagle says,
?iliat the conservatives among the]
Democrats "see in Bryan's presence at I
v the opening of the new Congress a j
plan to reassert bis leadership sind to!
Mc.rye notice of his int? ntion to be con
Milted in Hie National Convention of!
101'J. Mr. Bryan might easily have
been mistaken^ for the parly leader on
ihe floor of the'House last Tuesday, j
iso irie.it ivas bis reception and so-I
citgerly did tho Democrats on the floor j
crowd forward to grasp his hand and
Jistrin to what he had to say.'' Said an
3-iastern Democrat to thin correspond?
ent:
? Mist Which him. He never was
inure deeply jp politics than he js at
j ihe present time. You can talk about
l Clark and Wilson and Harmon and nil
j the re:m of the favorite sons who are
in i ho field for the Presidential nomi?
nation, out keep your eye oh Nebraska.
, TherC }^ a more' than even chance
to win iu\t year. Was Bryan ever
-afraid ;o take a chance?"
Never: That is the reason why we
-i.jjtavc. nominated him for President so
Jorig as iii the Inscrutable ordering^ of
Providence lie shall be. permitted to
i<mai!t "in our midst." We know a]
?'loader:! when we see hlni; and we fol?
low our h-tidci ; that's What. That's
what the Democralii party lias been
?lolrjg .- ir.ee lSdUj and it look's niiw as
if it intends to do it some rubre: We j
anua't protest: if ever so mildly, that I
f t: do hot think .Mi. D^yahjs inteiier-1
cii'ce in ?h<: Senate cbueus uralter was
u .foituriiuej thing for him to d? oti any
accouiiL; Why he did ii and wi^? Wda
bolilncl Juiii iti persuitdiny him to do it.
^e do hot know; but wnen he dUi not
object to Mi.irtifi when Alar tin w?a ? i? | > -
po.'tino Jiin> iii three ciceiibiis we d?
rnot understand c.\aciiy why .... should
have been eu much lict against in
^u:it now. What hew ii^'bt he itiVd on,
the stibjnvl. who held the llriht ieu I
?hint tvo do not. know, but he mude ..
ii)it;take this t in? t. we ihiiiki iji the
jiifct i<:ace. it was none oi hid liu'sD
riesii:; hi tiie second place, he lias
caused a good maiiy rhefi Who were air
m'ott wllllnc to eat out oi hia hand
to doubt the sincerity of his conducL
?"Ihe people of'lATirVihia. gaya tho
^V?shingioil Herald. >.>. t!l man; ally
if eel that thej are ..bb. to t'.-ttlc their
own probieren witiiout adviia1! frbiii ?ii
otitsidcr," "Beiiidea thh?, Mr. b'ryan's
'record of P'trtltipation hi State cam?
paigns it not oiic oi unbroken succesif.
jtCyen in Nebraska (when lie defeated
'"ihe Democratic candidate for Governor
nt the last olee?ooj ho ji?s not been
ttbic to control; and bib oppositiein tij
ClOV-trnot Harmon iii | ivy s fol?
lowed liy ?'i tjiajorlly ?>.' l'iO.tjUO for the
ti'iui whom he autac onined. Virgin hi
hti? never wartnly eapousod the radical
theories which Mr. Bryan advocates,
and there is no reason to believe that
in will lind in the State to-day the
ground more fertile for the dissemina?
tion of i')s ideas."
S;uaking <>f the fight made against
Mr. Martin by Mr. Bryan, without any
excuse at all so far as we can sec, the
New York .lines says:
?Senator Martin has beep, person
i 11} clean and constructive through
out hfs career, and under his leader
ship In the Senate the country'.-- honest
business has nothing to fear. For
years he has been working quietly and
energetically for the public welfare;
arid by modes! efforts and hy desirable
results obtained has attracted tho at?
tention of bis associates to his ability.
He is a progressive Democrat, more
of the old school than the new per?
haps, ami though not of the Aldrich
type of protectionist, he Is not Die J
j'nnn to discard tried principles of j
Statesmanship and business to follow i
tlie I.iic of fads. For that reason hol
was unacceptable to Mr. Bryan."
Vw have not the least doubt that j
Mr. Martin will administer his trust
in perfectly good faith with the Demo- i
rr.ai.icj party. The attack of Mr. Bryan;
has been resented by all thinking men!
or the patty. We can understand why)
Mr. Tafl should regard Hie situation
with somewlint curious attention; why'
be should be Willing lo talk to M r. j
Bryan?the ''extra-constitutional ad
visor-iti-chier to the DeVnocratlc party,"
as lie is described by Brother McKel- !
way in Iiis Democratic Brooklyn Fugle
?about international arbitration, or
any old thing, .illSi so he could have
the chance of looking him over and
estimating bow many more Presiden?
tial campaigns there are in him for
tho Republican party: but it Is rather I
galling that just at the Mine when
the Democratic party has made a little
prepress, and without his help, he
should seek to tiucer the game again, j
? J
Tin: ivonTiiioiiN ?yiock; \r. viv. j
The Committees of the Chamber of
Commerce will enter this morning up?
on their third wc.de of canvassing for
the subscription of Sl?O.OOO to Ihe
stock ol the Northern Neck Railroad. '
They haye obtained so tar about one
third of the amount necessary lo as?
sure the success of (he enterprise.
They have not received ihe encourage?
ment their wholly disinterested crforts
should have had from tin- progressive
people of tills great town: but ilicy
tire not discouraged and hope to so
? ore ihe rest ?.r the money needed to
build tho road.
Fycrybpdy believes that it would be
a grehl feeder for Richmond, hut every?
body, and particularly everybody who
? oiib) jusi as well a.- not, does not sub?
s' ribc. All would share in (he bene?
fits of the undertaking. It would add
'.mom square miles of territory to tim
Richmond trading district. It would
put 7<i.'bin people in cio--- touch with
nil lite activities of tills city. The road
Will cost Sl.s'oo.ooo. Richmond is
asked to subscribe for $1511,000 of its
Mock. Other people will put up I
the rest. The subscriptions, made 111
Richmond will hoi be called for until
tlie roiid bus been finished lo the Rap- 1
pahannoek River, when 10 per cent, of
the slock subscribed for will be pay?
able, and the remainder will not be
(?ailed for until tlie road has been fin?
ished to the Wicomleb Diver ami the
trains are actually running into Rleh
vriohd. It' other people are willing 10
put $i,(5 50,000 into the rood, it would
look as if the rich town of Richmond
might loci that it was safe for 11 to
come flown with $150,000.
When the committees call to-day and j
torhibrrbw and on the other days of I
the week and In Ihe other weeks that
ate to come (for they have determined
to succeed) think about it n minute
and eouie to the conclusion that you
are nil much interested in the progres
and development of the town as they.
Seventy-live miles of standard gauge
railroad ought to be worth hi least
$2,000 the mile to Die people of this
city. If we had to pay the whole cost,
it would require $-.:i.ftOo the mile. A
railroad going nl bargain counter
prices should have support in almost
ariv community. If the men will not
subscribe, we would suggest that the
committees turn over the enterprise I"
the wouu n. who talk as much as trie
li en, sometimes, but who do things.
THE AERO PDAS* 10 Till ST.
Twenty-live' aeroplane pilot licenses
have been issued in this country. In
Fl'ahce 3-iu have been issued. Blcriot
has sohl over i.P.ClO machines to individ?
uals. Other French aeroplane builders
~?F-.iimari, V bison, Grade, l,evasseur.
Iliinilot- an building and selling mn.
i'iiines a-- rapidly as automobiles are
pel on the market and disposed of.
Only tour meh, however, in the United
Siat- s have bought aeroplanes for pure
spo! :. and I he so men are Clifford Har?
mon. Hurry Harkm.-sRobert Opllic?
and Russell Alg?r, Jh All other Aincr- |
lean aviators are tri the game fori
money, in Ruropc (here arc hundreds j
of wealthy aviators who soar Into tlie!
air jiusi for tho love of sport
The reason assigrioii for the sh.w
i.es- ut tnis country in taking up and
ib v loping aviation, especially as a
ifpiu:. is iin: attitude of, the Wright,
brothers. They were tlie lirst avia?
tors In tin- iVbrid. They flew lirst in
libi:. N'ol '.mil IflOG did Europeans
cosily the new mode of aerial jtmbirio
thus. From r.b'.l to i'???'; the Wrights
kepi all their plans # under cover of
profound and impenetrable secrecy, in
the meantime establishing and perfect?
ing tjjfii^patent rights, as they should
properly have done.
However, when (Europeans began to
fly. and wh'jji ambitious Americans.
hb?glil 10 gel lnf.0 the Spoil. tllO
Wrights atopjiod them promptly. When
CurUss titaVtcd io flying, the \Vfight's
tried to wing hlni. lie kept oil flyiiit;.
anyway, and took the rririnee, But
eapi'al was diveoui ,igod. as nothing
eoubl be learned about the altitude of
th* vViigiit brothers,
Tho Wrigiits will not iVoli a machine
without requiring the putciiasei lo *lgn
:? contract ihat he will ;>... the Wright
Company |100 eVet> day lie ? vhiblt*
jthelr ranch inc. IJ'.orb.t, on tlie otboi
hand, has his niuclilno fully covered by
patents, yet any one can buy a Blerlot
and exhibit it without payment of a
bonus.
Though some may admire the bus?
iness closeness and the sagacity of the
Wrights, 't must be said that they arc
'retarding very greatly the develop?
ment of initiative and the making of
records by American airmen. Compe?
tition between the United Smtc^ and
other countries on tho aviation field is
made leys keen because the American
aviator is tied down by the Wrights.
The inventive ingenuity and tho dare?
devil character of American airmen
make them much feared by the French
airmen. Itlyalry for .supremacy in
aviation will be keen during the com?
ing season between France. England
und the United States, despite the ham?
pering attitude of the Wrights In
Speed, tlic Frenchmen may win the
prizes with machines going along at
tlid rate of LtfO or 11 u miles the hour,
the chief purpose of lite French mon?
oplane being speed, and not stability.
For a solution of the stability prob?
lem, other countries look to the Yan?
kee. With the single exception of the
Farman biplane, ihe French have no
machines which can compare in stabil?
ity with the best American biplanes.
The coming aviation season will,
however, develop popular interest in
aviation and may serve to alter in some
degree the apparently inflexible policy
of the Wrights. There ate to be inter?
national eup races in England and
meets in many other countries Prizes
amounting to $225,000 have been offered
for cross-country races, and the sea?
son is expected to reveal many stir
prises and produce immeasurable inter,
est.
II VTA TAX VIltld.MW \.
"I ring ol Siuithflcld hams and the.
oyster" has been Ihe constant refrain
of poets and prose poets who have
writtt is Of the edibles which have made
the Obi Dominion famous In the world
epicurean. Minor singers have voiced
the praises of the Blackstbuc waffle,
the Clordonsvilie fried chicken, ihe Al
bemarle pippin. the Southampton
peanut and the Frctlcrlcksburg mint,
but no lips have sounded notes eulo?
gistic of a still more ancient prbdtict
of the old Dominion, which Sir Waiter
Raleigh carried back to ihe mother
country With him. alongside of the in?
comparable Virginia tobacco. It is of
the democratic Jrish potato thai wo
Speak?that wholesome food of the
masses, thai dinner vegetable of the
South, that breakfast sine qua non of
the North.
The Post on Globe has traced tho
ate rslry of the potato; It was taken
from South America to Spain, and from
Spain it was taken to Florida. Thou
it found a permanent home in t)ld Vir?
ginia, whence sumo of its descendants
were exported to Englliutl in 1585 by
Sir Walter llalclgh. Cerurdc men?
tions n in his "IJerball" in l r>;>7. under
tin; name o! But at as Vlrglhltiiia, though
it was regarded as a curiosity until
the latter part of the eighteenth cen?
tury. It is called ?Irish" because the
Royal Society of London in lib'.:: rec?
ommended it to I lie Irish peasantry as
j a possible safeguard against famine.
From that time it was popular in Eriii,
[and what ought to be known as the
Virginia potato is now known as the
Irish potato.
Lieh in enrhohydrates, with 90 per
tent, of its nutritive substance assim?
ilable, this showy man in brownish
jacket is one of the great staple foods
of Furope and ihe United States. It
is tin' last resort of countless poverty
stricken people, who find it the sr,ark
that keep.'; life- alive. Explorers, Im?
prison ?d in cities of ice, have kept
away death by living em dried Irish
potatoes. If I.? the food with which
both the man with the hoe and the
man with tho coupon scissors begin the
day's work. Jt has been the food for
billions, and it will continue to be so.
This "potato Virginian" has 'made
countless generations thankful sind
'made thorn better and bolder ami big?
ger. Tho world owes Virginia a mcas
hrel ss debt for bringing this delicious
vegetable to the light e.f day.
SCHOOL ii AltDKXS.
The Washington Star says:
"The school garden propaganda has
prospered In Washington, and the pion?
eers in this work feel thai (heir early
r,t niggles against Indifference and
other, discouragements have been In a
measure rewarded. They and their
many converts will resume their cam?
paign this Spring and a host of chil?
dren will study botany by the practice
of it. Schools and iheir grounds will
be brighter and gladder places, and (lie
1 garden ideas will he earn eel into homes
without, number, with the result that
\ front yards ami back yards will be
j bei tor to look on."
I The sehoo) garden idea originated
I with the Germans-. It began in
! the City of Berlin where it lias
lohg bet n used beneficially. Every eine
o; ;he 50,000 school children of Berlin
is every Spring invested with a garden
plot thni he is expected ;o cultivate*
I In .stteii t\ way iie is given an interest
; in something besides Iiis books, ife is
tints taught something about nature,
and bis aesthetic Instincts are culti?
vated. In a practical way also, he
I learns something about botany,
Some years ago New York adopted
j ilie school gar don plan. It is making
progress in ihe application of the plan,
i Park lands in the Drbnx ami in-other
places have been dedicated to the pur?
pose.
??TMMOUTA LS."
ifh London ;i new Academy of Im?
mortal;; has been created. Forty mem?
bers' arc to be chosen. Thirty arc
already on the li.st. These arc mem?
bers of what is called the Academic
Committee of I he Loyal Society of
Literat tue.
The "immortals" thus far chosen are:
Aiifred Wislln. Arthur Christopher
Benson, Latlrcneo Bin yon, Andrew Ce?
cil Bradley, Robert midges. Joseph
Conrad, Willi am .lohn < duithbpo, Aus?
tin Dole.on, Edwurtl powdcib .lames
George Fr.?/ot, Edmund Gesso, Richard
it irrtoh Haid,.to , Thomait .tardy, Mau
J rice Hewlett, Henry Jami n, V\ iiSLiin
Put on Kor, Andrew Lang. Sir Air rod
Coniyh Lyali, John William MacitiillJ
Thomas Sturge Moore, Viscbuut Morley,
Gqprge Gilbert Murray. Henry New
boldt, Edward Henry Pcmbcr, Sir Ar?
thur Wing Plncro. George Walter
Prothero, Walter Ralcign, Arthur
Woolgiir Vorrall, George Windham,
William Putter Yeats.
If the authors of this list have
sought to here gather the names of
ihe first thirty Englishmen of letters,
they have failed. The roll Is conspicu?
ous for Its omissions. Kipling and ten
or twelve more have been eliminated.
Nobody but a narrow provincial would
put Alfred Austin on tlie list and
leave out thut master writer who guve
?us "The Recessional" and "Soldiers J
Three." Who would put a kitchen
scribbler of verse over the man whoso
poems are quoted and beloved from sea
to sea? Where are Conan Doyle and
dames BrycoV William Watson, no
mean singer, is forgotten on the roll.
Stephen Phillips should be there.
Henry Arthur Jones and Barrio?
are they?
It would seem that this Society
of Immortals is as incongruous and
unhappy in Its personnel as tlie Stat?
uary Hall iii the National Capitol at
Washington.
Rast summer the Fredericksburg \
Sunday School Baseball League at?
tracted a great deal of attention, espe?
cially through the picturesque accounts
of the games appearing in the newspa?
pers of that delightful city. Jn the.
stories wo were told of Episcopalians,
who, after the fashion of some of the
Biblical characters, "went up in the
.sir," and of Baptists, who. like their
forbears, were "tied to the post." If
the Frcdericksburg baseball writers
could only spend a while in Grat{d
Junction, Colorado, perhaps we should
linvC something equally interesting to
read about; for in that city a baseball
team has been gotten together, com
posad wholly of clorg.v inch. Tlie pas?
tor.- of the churches of various denom- ;
inations arc now practicing daily, ex?
cept Sunday, and have issued a chal?
lenge to any nine in the State, made up
of members of a single profession.
The Boston Globe likes the idea, and
cites as Scriptural authority such ex?
pressions as these: "The Levlies pitched
around about the tabernacle," "Sihon
of Iicshbon and <>g of Bushah came
against us. and we smote them," and
"There were divers sorts of Hies in all
tile coasts."
THE VIRTUE (If SABER KU A UT;
Dr. Thomas Hoolcy, of Boston, has
discovered that longevity is attained
by those who make sauerkraut their
chief food. lie recommends this highly
dcliclous and incomparable delicacy to
those who would compete with the
century plant. It Is- Iiis contention
that whosoever catetb sauerkraut will
be enabled to live more than one hun?
dred years, and will not only be
healthy, hut happy. Sauerkraut Is both
nutritious and appetizing. it feeds
the body. It stimulates the mind, 1'.
is cheap, if if more widely lined wouhl
reduce the cost of living and Increase
tlie population of the nation.
Dr. Hoolcy knows what he is talk?
ing about, and, of course, his Celtic
name shows that lie is not inherently
prejudiced against the grout German
food. He has been eating sauerkraut
for fifty years, eating only two meals
a day, at both of which the unsur?
passable kraut was the piece de re?
sistance.
in fact, sauerkraut Is one of the
finest dishes, in tho world. Made of
cabbage cut fine and allowed to fer?
ment in a brine consisting of Its own
juice with salt, sauerkraut has been
relished by all men in all modern
times. Those who can cat it twice a
day. week In and week out, can live a
hundred years easily.
The Days of Ohio seem to be a judi?
cial family. Justice William .R. pay,
of the United States Supreme Court, is
well known, and now his son, W. I,
Day. has been made United States Dis?
trict judge ut Cleveland. Justice Day's
tather. too. was Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court or Ohio. Perhaps we
shall some tine have Mr. Justice Day
reviewing, and possibly reversing, tho
opinion of his son, pri the Federal Dis?
trict bench.
Mrs. Ella Wilson, who was reported
Hie tit her day to have been- elected
Mayor of tin toy. n of 11 un no well, Kan?
sas, is now reported to have been
ton.iicti oni bj the obi City Council,
and the credentials of election as
Mayor have been given to her oppo?
nent, -Mr. 6. M; Alters, now Town Clerk
of that miserable community, hereto?
fore absolutely unknown to fame. We
arc very glad that Mrs. Wilson lias
engaged lawyers to represent her in
her contest for her rights under tho
law, and ii t ie courts of Kansas do
hoi disclose the yellow streak which
run: through all its people, we shall
be much surprised if the law shall not
award to this worthy woman the
honor which the politicians would
withhold from her.
Elinci Tt til. a Colorado rancher, has:
obta-nted college education in a
strange way. He found the footprints
of n dinosaur in the sandstone of his
rnnch nnd sold them to mnsoupis Jov
prices sufl'iclent,to~p,ay his way through
Colorado College. The strange, animal
whose last like passed oiit of existence
thousands c{ years age. "fooled" the
bills for the education of a present
day "cow gentleman.*'
Some of the Amazons who frequent
the tea rooms and the Public Library
In Boston have boon using up their
time i" picturing an "ideal husbatul."
Here arc ihe speclflbailoha for this lhv
possible creature "He must turn
it. bis wife tin per cent, of his
Income, eschew liquor and tobacco,
slay at home nights and carofuHy
A CLERICAL MM'..
guard tho hearthstone without Im?
posing any restrictions on his wife."
Tho Chicago Journal wishes to know
where such a man cnu bo found.
Brother Addison, of the Lynchburg
News, ovens that tho quest for the
ideal would end In the Ulli City. Not
a bit of it. \Vc know a former Lynch
burg woman who wedded and parted,
and has a hornet's nest hung up In
her house to remind her or her cx
liubby. The finest husbands in cap?
tivity arc to be found in the Virginia
capital.
Voice of the People
Honesty In Polities 1'arn mount.
TO the Edltoi of Tho Times-Dispatch:
Sir,--- While the bulk of Ihe newspa?
pers of Virginia hesitate to take sides
in the senatorial struggle, there are
none of them that can afford to take
but one side In the tight for an honest
primary. Decently the writer's atten?
tion was called to an article in a prom?
inent Erederlcksbiirg paper, claimed to
1)0 written by a minister of the gospel,
in which he seemed to think that every
one of the contestants were so weil
suited to their places that 11 was a
great pity to disturb them and thai
everything was lovely and lo let good
enough alone. Now, while the people
welcome the efforts of tlie preacher to
purify ami elevate politics: if they wish
to slur over dishonesty and let it
stand, it were much better for them
to hark back lo that good old book
and give more of their study to it
That there is a deep-seated conviction
in the minds of many of our best eltlf
?/?us that there is crookedness in our
primary methods is a fact. Whether
they are mistaken or not. they lirmlv
believe it. possibly it was handed down
from the election methods once much
in ybgue lu re. There is no need now
to stir in the embers of the dying oast
lo uncover the skeletons there. Many
of our best people thought,' t(hen that
the end justified tho means, and stood
by and saw the poison forced into
the vitals or the old State when she
was paralyzed anil helpless. We won't
argue or discuss that question now.
But what we do want to ask with all
the emphasis at our command Is. is
liiere any excuse to bold on t? any
Of those old slimy tricks inaugurated
by an urohconspirator, whose name
Will ever be dlsgiucod by them? There
are some who would yet purs-uo his
Plan, that of tin- mole, ami work Un?
derground as the most effective way;
there arc possibly some of the old
thimbleriggcrs yet left, who with dirty
lingers can work the greasy pig and
cheat h?hest men out of their dues.
Would it be much of a calamity if of
what few are left even one or two
were thrown down from a liiuh pedos
t.,1 ami be taught forever that their
skill is no longer needed; thai it is
out of date-, iliat clean men are want- i
ed In elections and none others need
apply.' The change of the personnel of
Senators in Washington is a small
thiiic: to Virginia in comparison to
her ability io throw a challenge to llu
world that she hav- been through thai
IJrcs and is purltiod, with hot even the
smell "f corruption left on her. While
there is yet one single precinct It ft i
where dishonest methods obtain, as in i
Pauquler in the last election, where
ah honored member was cheated out
of his nomination, there Is something
for the people to do. No sane man can
now claim thai there is nnv excuse for
dishonest methods, even if there ever
was, and what the people want are
methods that are open and aboveboard.
honest square dealing. The news?
papers of the State have the power t.j
Insist that we shall have nothing else,
matters not whose cause it hurls or
helps. A man who to-day cheats his
brother Democrats at the primary will
to-morrow cheat hi:.? brother of flesh
and blood if there ever was a time
to wink at fraud In Virginia that time
should have passed. Thank God. the
leprous hands that once bung over this
so< tlon have been lifted, and we <lo not
have to hang our heads and cry, "l*n
clcanl" for honest men are now on
deck. The public has nothing to lose,
nr.tiling to fear, by turning on the
light, Should it show crookedness and
corruption they should kiss the hind
that turns it on and then turn and
tight that corruption to the last ditch.
If by the combined effort in this pri?
mal y all can and will insist on strictly
honest methods and the last vestige Of
i orrupt practices be swept front Vir- !
ginln It will have accomplished more |
for her than all Ihe Senators in Wash?
ington have done since the Civil War.
if there is a suspicion left anywhere;
and many claim that there Is, turn or.;
the lit;lit. Nobjfjdy expects to have ih>.
golden rule and the millennium ushered
in right away by so doing, but If we
can out out some of these underground,
crooked methods, we will have cone a
great way towards advancing: the ap?
proach of these Heavenly Twins
ROBERT BEVERLEY.
Caret. Esses county.
The Race fur Senator.
To the i^itor of The Times-Dispatch; 1
Sir.? Your editorial to-day, "Mr. I
Bryan Cracking the- Whip*" 1 heartily
Indorse. Also your very able editorial
On the- "Machine in Baltimore." I have
subscribed to The Dispatch and The
Times-Dispatch for thirty-five years,
off and on. I quit It a few times be?
cause you fought tlie "machine" and
"Mr. Bryan." but 1 have come to the
conclusion that you arc right, f, like
many other pronounced Democrats,
thought you were, out of line, and that
1 had more .sense- than you. but I now
have come to the conclusion that The
Times-Dispatch is the real thing, and
you make few mistakes for the good
of the -Democratic party. You are
worthy to lead, as I consider your
paper the leading Democratic paper In
Ihe State. The Roanoko Times Is a
gooel second, and I am very proud to
see that you indorse the candidacy of
Mr. Martin, the greatest man in the
United States Senate, and of Claude
Swanson. tho most progressive Gov?
ernor and man Virginia has ever pro- |
duccd?a man who is idolized by true j
men.
Tho Republicans held n convention i
liei'e to-day, nominating candidates for
ail county offices;. Their 4whole argu?
ment was tho bankrupt condition of j
Virginia, as published by that thing,
??league." or what Glass and Jones call
It, which Is trying to make Virginia a
Republican State. All their speeches
to-day were the bankrupt condition of
Virginia, as you all publish from the
"kickers' league," of your city.
The Democratic papers of the State
should not publish the stuff they give
out. You know it Is not true. No
State In the United States is better off
financially than Virginia. That "league"
thing would try to make out we are
bankrupt and corrupt, and that our
judges and legislators were the crea?
tures of a corrupt machine, which Is
a disgrace to our party. Virginia Is
the ideal country for Investment. No
use going West. We have everything.
("Use your influence, a$ you have been,
against Virginians going away. We.
I have everything any country could of?
fer If we. strive1 to make it on Virginia
soil. Lund Is cheap; market facilities
belter and quicker. I do not think any
newspaper of respectability should
publish the "stuff sent out by the
"league," or what, they call the stuff
from your city, supporting Glass and
.Tones. They should be read out of the
Democratic party. T have traveled al?
most every section in the Fifth and
Ninth Congressional Districts. I do
not Und any Democrats against Mar?
tin and Swanson, but I lind the Repub?
licans quoting Glass and Jones freely.
.T. R. V ENABLE.
Marion. Va.. April S.
The Cnvesvlilc Apple Crop.
Tri 'he Editor of Tlie Tirhos-YMspalch:
Sir.?1 noticed In your issue of tho
fith inst.. Waller Whately. secretary of
tho Virginia Horticultural Society, in
giving a list of Ihn stations that ship?
ped in excess* of 2O.H00 barre ls of apples
during tho season Of 1010. put Covos
\ Hie 23,I'M barrels, which Is an error.
The correct number of barrels, that
were shipped from Coyesvlllo (which
was given me by Hie. agent at this
station), was 26,170 barrels.
You will plchsd publish the indeed.
CoycsvUle. J. J. boaz.
! Daily Queries and Answers
Citizenship.
How can a citizen of tlic United
States lose his citizenship under all
conditions? CITIZEN.
By expatriation, by renouncing his
citizenship and taking up that of an?
other country, and by coniuiittlng cer?
tain crimes which carry as a part of
the penalty loss of the Tights of a
citizen.
First Paper*.
Alter an alien has declared his in?
tention to become a citizen of tho
United States, how long will hla first
papers hold good'.' A I.I UN.
Seven years.
Men nod Dorm.
Who was tlie author of the expres?
sion. "Tlw more i see r.f men. the more
I like dogs' '.1 A.
it is credited to Michel Seigneur de
Montaigne.
Proc Mur derer.
Flense state particulars about a frog
tried for murder in Richmond about
two years ago.
DAVID R. BRUNFR.
He "croaked" before he was tried.
Milwaukee.
What Is tho population of Milwau?
kee W%? K.
I.'. V. Senator".
Please ^ive a list of the United
States Senators M.
Alabama?.lohn II. Bitukhead and
Joseph F. Johnston.
Arkansas?.lames P. Clarke and
.lerr Davis.
California -Cteorge C. Perkins and
?lohn D. Works.
Colorado?Simon G uggenfteim.
Connecticut?Frank B. Brandcgce
and George P. McLean.
Delaware?Henry A. du Pont and
Harry A. Richardson.
Florida - Nathan P. Bryan and Dun?
au U. Fletcher.
Georgia?Augustus O. Bacon and
Joseph M. Terrell.
Idaho-?William E. Borah and W?1
don B. iieybum.
Illinois -Shelby M. Cullofh and Wil?
liam Lorlmer,
Indiana?John \V. Kerb and Ben?
in min F; Shlvely.
Iowa?Albeit B. Cummins and La?
fayette Young.
Kansas?Joseph L Brlstow nod
Charles Cur Us.
_ I
Kentucky?William o. Bradley and
Thomas II. Pftynter.
Louisiana?Murphy j, Foster and
John B. Thornton;
Maine?William P. Frye and Charles
F. Johnson. ?'
Maryland?Isidor Ray net* and John
Walter Smith.
Massachusetts?Winthrop Murray
Crane and Henry Cabot Iynlgo.
Michigan?William Aldeh Smith and
Charles E. Townsond.
Minnesota?Moses E. Clapp and
Knute Nelson.
Mississippi? Lc Roy Percy and John
Sharp Williams.
Missouri?James A. Reed and Wil?
liam J. Stone.
Montana?Joseph M. Dixoti and
Henry L* Myers.
Nebraska?-N'oirl-: Brown and Gil?
bert M. Hitchcock.
Neyada?Francis G. Newlands and
George S. Nixon.
New Hampshire?Henrv B. fturnham
ami Jacob II. Gulllngor.
New Jersey?Frank O. Briggs and
James R. Martine.
New York?James A. O'Gorman and
Ellhu Root]
North Carolina?Lee S. Overman
and F. M. Simmons.
North Dakota?Asle J. Oronna and
Porter J McCumber.
Ohio?Theodore I". Burton and At
b e Ponierenei
Oklahoma?Tom P. Gore and Robert
L. Owen.
Oregon?Jonathan Bonrne and Georg*
F. < 'hathberlatn;
Pennsylvania?George T. Olive? and
Boies Pentose.
Rhode lsltihd?Henry F. Lippltt and
I George Pcabody Wetmbre.
South Carolina?rEIlison P. Smith
ami Benjamin P.. Tillman.
Sout ti Dakota?Cob I. Crawford and
Robert J. Gamble.
Tennessee?Duke Lea and Robert
L. Taylor.
Texas?Joseph W. Bailey and Charles
a. Culberson.
Utah-?Reed Smoot and George Suth?
erland.
Vermont?William P. Dllllngharh
and Carroll S. Pagi
Virginia?Thomas S Martin and
Claude a. Swanson.
Washington?Wesley j. .lone-,
j West Virginia ?William E. Chilton
and Cl?ren? .? W. Watson.
I Wisconsin?Robert M. La Follclto
t and Isaac Stephcnson.
Wyoming?Clarence D. Clark and
1 Franc!-? k. Wa rrcn.
DECISION OF COURT
IS EXTRAORDINARY
BY I. A M A It Q CIS IS DI3 FOXTRNOY.
MlJGll sympathy will go out to M.
Charles Nieouliaud, ouc of Ho?
best known literary men In
Paris, in connection with the
extraordinary decision just given by
the Stipretne Court of Appeal in
Franco regard ins the memoirs of the
Comtesse de ?oigne, which, translated
into almost every European language,
have hoch one of the greatest successes
in works of that kind of the last
twenty or thirty years.
The Comtesse de Bolgnc left the
manuscript of her four volumes of
memoirs to the late Due d'Audiff rct
Pasqulor, the hero of the last of the
many romances of her wonderful
career. The devising clause in her
i will, dated IS*;?, reads as follows: "I
leave to the care of the Murquls Pas
riuier (the then title of the duke.t four
volumes of manuscript of my reminis?
cences, on the understanding that lie
should do nothing therewith save with
I the approval of my brother, the Mar?
quis d'Osmond, as long as the latter
lives. Save for this stipulation, Hie
Marquis Pasqulcr is entirely free to
do what, he wishes with the manu?
script, ami 1 leave to hlin every right
of initiative in connection with the
work. I do not know whether it is
worth while being published."'
The Duke d'Audiff ret-1 'asquior gave
the manuscript to M. Nieouliaud, and
the latter, after due consultation w'th
the heirs of the duke, published the
work.
As soon as its great financial and
literary success was assured a claim
was put forward to all the protits de?
rived <rom the publication and sale
of the work by a lady of the name of
Mile. Modot. She was the fair friend
of the late Marquis d'Osmond. and the
mother of his daughter, whom he
legally recognized as his own. Tho
martinis in question was the nephew
of the countess de Bolgne, and as the
son of her brother h?: was her legal
heir. Mile. Modot Insists that her
daughter, as the recognized offspring
of the Marquis d'Osmond, is his legal
I heir, and has the sole right to the
memoirs, and to all the money de?
rived from their sale. She argues,
moreover, that they should not have
been published without her authoriza?
tion as guardian of her (laughter. To
this the heirs of tho late Duke
d'Audiffret - Pasquier replied that the
memoirs were given by lite Comtesse
do Bolgne to him without any stipula?
tion; that lie in turn had given the
manuscript to Charles Nieouliaud, and
thai inasmuch us they (that Is to say,
Ihe heirs of the Duke d'Audiff rot
Pasqulcr) had received no pecuniary
benefit front the publication it was
ridiculous to claim damages from them.
Tho matter was carried from one
tribunal to another, and the Supreme
Court, recognized the right of Mile.
Modot, or rather of her daughter, to
the memoirs of the Comtesse do
Bolgne, and to all tho money derived
until now. or resulting in the future,
from their publication, at tho same
lime according an indemnity of 5j>,00<?
to Nieouliaud for Iiis trouble in com?
piling and editing them.
Tho Supremo and final Court of Ap
: peal has now not only confirmed Mile.
Model's daughter in the ownership of
I the memoirs of the Comtesse do
j Bolgne, but has deprived Charles
Nieouliaud of his indemnity. In fact, he
i received no pecuniary remuneration
j whatsoever for his work in producing
a singularly successful series of me
; molrs. This decision would hardly
i commend itself to American or Eng
i lish lawyers, and can only bo ex
I plained on the ground that oven
I illegitimate children, providing they
' have been recognized by their father,
are considered by the French law to
have rights to his property.
The Comtesse dc Roignc war. u mem?
ber of the Osmond family, one of the
most ancient and historic in France.
On her mother's side, she came from
the Dillons of lloacommon, a branch
of which had settled in Bordeaux in
the early part of the eighteenth cen?
tury. In her childhood she resided at
the court of her uncle, the Archbishop
of Xorbonne, and after the outbreak
of the Revolution emigrated to Eng?
land, where her mother, tho Comtesse
d'Osmond, became extremely intimate
with Mrs. Fitzhorbert, the morganatic
wife .if George. Regent. Prince of
Wales. site iiucrillccd her happiness
for the sake of her parents, then In a
Milte of penury, by marrying General
de Bolgno. who had atnken tho Pagoda
Tree, that Is lo say, amassed a large
fortune In India.
He was a muii of the mos! humble
extraction. whose real name was
Lcborgue, and who had enlisted in *n
Irish regiment in the service of the
Kreuch in India, and after various
shifts of fortune enured that of the
Maharajah of Scindlu. and helped him
to organise hi.- army, becoming n
c o i a in a n d e r ? I h ? c h I e f; On his return
lo Europe he spent a considerable
amount of his. Hl-gotten money in
benefactions to his native town ol
Ohambery, which later on won for
him the title ol count from the King
of Sardinia. His bride found him
vulgar, jealous, domineering und bad
it mpcred. But she had such a fund
of high spirits and so much pride
that she was aide to bear the. burden,
and saw nil society that his Wealth
and her own birth could bring her into
contact witli In London and in the
other capitals of Europe.
M. de Bodkin, chamberlain to the
Czar, and hitherto Russian Minister at
Tangle is, has been appointed by his
sovereign to temporarily lake the post
of Minister of Foreign Affairs Sas.
snhofl' during the hitter's illness, from
which his recovery is likely to be
protracted. M. de Bodkin was1 at one
time stationed at Washington as sec?
retary of the Muscovite embassy there,
lie has an American wife, and is a
brother of the present chief physic'an
of the Czarina, and son of .the favorite,
doctor of the late Empress Marie of
Kussia.
The elder Bodkin was an extraor?
dinary man. and won his place ns chief
medical adviser of the reigning house
uf Romanoff by a remarkable display
of independence. The lato Empress
Marie, besides being nfilleted with con?
sumption, was likewise suffering from
disease of the heart. Like many otic i
Invalids, she was convinced that the
doctors in attendance failed to under?
stand her case: a stale of things due
rather to the extraordinary modesty of
Her Majesty than to any Ignorance
on the part of the physicians. For she
was devout, and so extremely pious
that she could not be prevailed upon
to permit them to examine her chest
in the ordinary way. Ever on the
lookout for a physician wlio could
diagnose her case, she readily granted
permission to one of her ladies in
waiting to present a young, and, at
the time, wholly unknown doctor of
the name of Bodkin. lie came, and
created a most favorable impression
upon Her Majesty, until the moment
when he asked her to remove the
bodice of her dress, in order to enable
him to examine her chest. She at
once refused to comply, and added that
all the. physicians who had attended
her until then hnd prescribed for her
without requiring any such immodest
display.
"If Your Majesty declines, 1 must
refuse either to prescribe or advise."
replied Bodkin, with great dignity, "It
is impossible for any one to diagnose
a cu.se correctly without a thorough
examination." And before the aston?
ished Empress could utter a word he
began bowing himself out. and backed
himself almost Into the arms of Czar
Alexander If., who was just entering.
The Emperor asked for an explana?
tion, and on receiving it was so much
struck by the young man's independ?
ence, as well as by his honesty and
common sense, that he dismissed him.
after making him promise to call on
the following day at noon. When tie
came the next day the Emperor him?
self led him lo the Czarina, who had
in the meantime been persuaded by
her husband to .submit to the examina?
tion; and the remedies which he ad?
ministered lo her as the result of this
examination, proved so beneficial that
ho completely won her confidence and
her favor, which he retained until her
death.
(Copyright, UM I. by the Brentwood
Company.)
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