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WHISKEY UV K.YIMIHSS.
About n year ago Ihe Southern Ainu 1
Order L>tt|Uor Dealers' Association. |
Composed mainly of shippers from ;
Virginia to the two Carollnns, com- |
plained to the Interstate Railroad .
Commission thai they were being dis- j
criminated against by the require- j
mem of the express company that |
their shipments should be made In a
certain sorti of package 1111,1 ol arid- ?
trary weight; The interstate com- 1
mission hiis decided that the role re- j
quiring that the packages shall be"
shipped In paper cartons Is not tin- J
reasonable, but forbids the use oi
arbitrary weights hereafter.
Exactly what Ibis means tortiie trade
we do not know. The decision 01 the
Commission, so far ns our reports show.
Is mainly Interesting because of the !
great licht It throws upon the extei.it |
of the mall order business in whiskey, |
nnd ihe statement nf the Commission j
touching the moral aspect of the hiisl-j
ness. This t radio, in the opinion of I
the Commission, "has an evil effect on, ,
and is one of tlio Important factors Iii |
the race problem nr the South." 11 j
Is an entirely new feature of Hie,
whiskey question that thermal! order
houses have heen doing business witn i
the colored people of the South In the i
prohibition States; and this Is a lea- i
ture which will go fl long way towards '
Federal legislation upon the subject I
Which will make it 11 criminal olfenee
for express companies and other pun- (
lie carrier.-: to roeolvo or transport or I
deliver packages containing iiiloxl-j
cants lo any purchasers.
The report shows that approximately
20,000,000 gallons of liquor are snip?
ped by express principally from mail
order houses direct to consumers In
prohibition States. This Is a startling
fact that win arouse the country lo
an even deeper interest than It has
ever taken In the question of prohibi?
tion. "It was ihe spread Of the pro?
hibition movement,1' the Commission
pay In thelv decision, "thai cave vital?
ity to this fliKructer of tialllt: in liquor.
With State-wide prohibition came the
Interstate tradlc In liquor. The ileci
Flt?h of the Supreme Court that this
traffic was Interstate, and. therefore,
superior to Interference by the Slate
Governments gave the industry a tie- '
mentions Impetus, nntl established thej
express companies as ihe curriers hi
practically the whole of this triittlc,"
It is surprising to learn that Jack-|
BOnvlllel I'lorida, is the largest ship- j
ping point for liquor in the South:,
that Chattanooga ships 7S?nO00 gal- '
Jons, Richmond; B40.720 gallons. Pe?
tersburg, 26S.12S ga'lons of the stillt \
annually. The mall order houses have ;
been exceeding the speed limit in this j
ruiciness, as they will find; because
'the niexhods .they have pursued will
make* ihe tire all tho hotter against
them nnd all others In a trade that Is
already outlawed in many of the
Slates, and that will he outlawed in
still ? oilier Stares because those who
are engaged in It do not regard the
interests and rights of tlielr neigh?
bors.
It is even more surprising to l>e in?
formed thai Augusta and Savannah,
Georgia, both Important towns In it
prohibition State, are engaged In the
mail order whiskey business, the lor- ;
m*v to the ex lent "f 215,150 gallon.') j
and the latter to ti.e e.\tt?ril of I'lii.tnp)!
gallons the year. There (k something I
radically wrong with the law ??! with i
Its administration when such a thing
bs this Is possible, and it is as cer?
tain as anything can be that the ;;rw
will b* strengthened, and Its admin?
istration enforced even if It shall no
?necessary to invoke Kodernl control
of the tr.tttir.
TRAlXIN? WITH T5II-3 CIIOWD.
Nicholas Murray Bti'jW. president of!
Columbia University. Iihf been speaking
his mind. aRHtn. and Georvje liarvey|
?iya he "ha? the blues." br-oausi- he h^s
tif-.r-n telling the iruth about the erbvvd
with which Harvey as be'n trying m
train ever sine? he Imagined that In
fiome way he had been appointed i<?
choose tho next President of the United
ptates. This Is what 1m rtiitl?r said:
"Whatever clFe this ace may be. Ir
certainly Is the age "f the crowd and
of the demagogue The crowd with its
well-marked menial Mil moral p<"
euliarltlcs Is everywhere in evidence,
and df-magokrnu; political, demagogues
literary, and demagogues religious din
our ears with hungry cries. A torrent of
talk is abroad in the land The crowd;.]
Just now, the world over, svyays from
right to left In policy, in belief, in se?
tt on, and cries out with wild enthus?
iasm to-day for the demagogue It
tramples underfoot to-morrow."
Harvey says he has heard no iof
fehl of talk: but he always was hard
to satisfy; he ha3 not observed: uns !
Bwaying of the crotyrl recently Vex
cept toward better government, less
privilege, and greater equality,'- but
when Colonel Harvey seta his mind on I
any particular thing he looks neither
to the right nor the left, but keeps
?right on; he can "find no clut" to
"?which particular demogogue Dr. But
lor refers tie having: been trampled
underfoot;" but when Harvey does .1
menu thing he Is sometimes sorry for
It. snd It could not be expected that
he would admit that he had tiiiythlliK
to Uo with It even if nr. Butler had
more clearly Identllled the demagogue*.
As we understand. Dr. Butler was
describing n condition Into which this
country has fallen?the Insane Idea
that It Is always safe to follow the
crowd, either when a man Is to be j
lynched, or tho Constitution is to be
changed. Dr. Butler would save this
country. If possible, from a repetition
of the confusion and crime or such a
period as that which smeared another
great and Inviting'land with blood in I
the days of the Kreuch Revolution, lloj
believes that the "thus salth the Lord" j
of the American Constitution Is far
safer for tho liberties of the people
than the cheap and wicked experiments!
upon which the demagogues of tho]
present day would have this country |
venture, rind so he raises his voice like
one crying In the wilderness against
the crowd which Is being led by
political fakers and their Irresponsible
allies and spokesmen Into blind adven?
tures, not for the sake of the country,
but for the success of their own sel?
fish schemes. This Is not the first
lime that men have been taken up to
the mount of temptation.
I'IKUPO.NT MORGAN WEXT AHMEI?,
There were two Americans at the
coronation of King George who hud
no olllolnl stations nnd no titles?Mr.
.1. Plrrpont Morgan, the I'lnanclnl
King of the United Hintes, and Mr,
Charles P. Taft, the owner of the Cin?
cinnati Times-Star. We do not know
how Mr. Tnft wus dressed: but the
reports say that Mr. Morgan wore the
regulation court costume ? knee
breeches, silk stockings and silver
buckled shoes, and that he curried til
his side a sword. Being a religious
man and apt in the Scriptures. .Mr.
Morgan Is familiar with the warning
lhal "all they that take thu sworn
shall perish with the sword.''
it is stretching ii point, we know,
to suggest that this writing applies
to such cases as thnl of Mr. Morgan
nn the occasion noted: but he is
aware, we suppose, that nil the Amnl
ekltes me whetting their blades for
him nnd the combinations lie lias
formed for the control of the money
of this country. They would like lor
him to divide, nnd, as a precaution?
ary measure, it weiuld he well for nun
to keep his weapons handy when no
comes homo.
A WO III) l>on GOVKHXOH DIX.
Albert Ellis lloyt has written s
story for Harper's Weekly about "Klye
Months of Governor His." which ought
to make tho people think" more o( mm
and his administration. Almost from
the day he war. Installed In the ottlco
of Governor of New York he has been
under the Uro of both polltlcnl one.
inlos and friends. - Without espeiienco
in the administration of public at
fnlrs. tho first Democratic Governor
of tho State for about sixteen years,
.'i business innn of excellent character
and not n partisan in any r.onsc. no
was entitled to fair pi ay, particularly
from tho newspapers nnd so-callen
leaders of his own party, and lie bus
not bad It Especially lias ho boon
misrepresented and maligned by iho
Democratic press of his State, as It
would seem to those who have been
looking on from tho outside, snd whoso
vision has not boon obscured by local i
differences.
Purins iho campaign preceding bis j
election bo d?clar?d repeatedly, and
ho was much lauded for so declaring,
that he would respect the co-ordinate
Character of tho State Government,
would confine hlmsoif to tho dunes
of his own office and would not become
the partisan of nny faction or nis
party. ?t"o th? surprise of every one.
th<- Democrats obtained control of tno
Legislature and the Legislature found
Itself responsible for the election of
.-, Uplted suites Senator. Many canj
dldalfs appeared; among them Edward
M Hhepard and William F. Sheehan.
Wo preferred iho foim?r for the oltlre.
bul a majority of the Democrats in
tli- Legislature preferred tho latter.
A rsm.'ill minority of tho Democrats In
jjtie Legislature antagonized Shoehah',
and for more than two months pre
vr-nti-d his election, and finally suc?
ceeded In defeating Sheehan, because
he was supposed to represent Tarn
iria'ni Hall, by fixing llK-lr support to
JiUlgo O'Gorman, a former sachem ot
Tiirrimany Hall, and who was plac?a
'?Ii ilif Heiich by Tammany Hal). That
wa? 'i x'orv pood choice, Mit it 13
fr* >-in-wo believe, Inat;
in re'spocl "1 ability and character
and political affiliations, Senator ij'liori
man 1? in n? parll<ru)ar better than
Mr. SlieeKahi
A fjonibliied *ff<>it Was made by the
would-l?fi houses of the party to com
),,?! nbveihor Dl\, despite ids cam?
paign pled;;'1:, to support the anll
Tnmmany movement; and upon his ot
v.,i<d head wns heaped ail ihr- anath?
emas that roiild h'- Invented, The ejec?
tion of United hiiiKs Senator was fol?
lowed by the appointment of Daniel
1" riohAlnit In succeed Judge OMIor
ma'n on the Supreme liench, bhd ?Kam
the bombnrdmeni of Dix was opened
by the newspapers and politicians
who hud denounce,! him for not tol?
lt.nlr.c iheir counsel in the election
of Senator M<- war, threatened Wim |
almost everything short of personal
violence lie was it,Id that If he1
should appoint Conalah h*> would
v.' rech tin- bernoerallc parly In tne
State and lose New Y.,rk to the party
j at the next National election. lie
was reproached ff.r hin surrender ,r?
Tammany, and wan held up to public
scorn as the man who had betrayed
I the people of the State Cniiajnn wan
j appointed Just the samt-, however, aiirt
upon (he recommendation of many ot
I the best and sane at men In the State,
(Htil when tho appointment wno seht
to tho Sonate It was eoliflrmc-d by tho
ununlmous voto of tin* Democrats in
Ihn! body reinforced by Ute votes ?t
two seif-rospeot|hK itepubltonti Sonn
tofs.
In his story of Dfx nnd his tlrst rive
in?iithii In tho office of Uoveruo?i Mr.
Hoyt snys: "New York has never im?
an administration loss pross-ngonteo
than this one. There Is no blare of
trumpets, no beullnir of cymbals. Mut
results nre what will loll the story.
There have boon results; nnd there
will bo more." We are ?Ina that this
word lias been spoken tor l)ix: ho has
been much abused, much misrepresent?
ed, much maligned, and he Is living it
nil down in a way that must appeal
to the sohor-mlnded people of his ,
."?'Into find of tho country. There has 1
been n great deal of demlnclntlon or
Tntnmany 11n 11. and It has done a
grout denl of dirty work In its time;
but, bad ns it Is, It Is no worse than
tho combinations In tho opposition
party that have been opposed to Its
plans. Only the other tiny a visitor
from New V?rie to these parts was
boasting that he had never voted ror
a Tammany ticket In New York City
nor for a llepublican ticket in tho
State of New York, because he regard?
ed the Republicans as corrupt In State
nffairs as Tammany in city matters.
There Is not much choice between the
machines In New York, City and State;
certainly, Tammany Is no worse than
the kid-gloved gents who have been
trying to get Tammany out that they
nnd tholr crow,] of Ezras and Nelio
miahs may take the places of the I'ats
und Mikes who havo proved loyal to
their Organization because the Or?
ganization has kept faith with them.
There Is a monstrous sight of hum?
bug In tho ranks of the political ma?
nipulators who arc willing to swear
that Ihey arc the custodians of the
respectability and morality of the
community.
HARMON TAKING NOTICE).
At tlie recent session of the Ohio
Legislature n bill was passed provid?
ing, for the election of delegates to
the National party conventions by
popular vote. It was promptly signed
by Governor Harmon who has written
a '?personal" loiter lo tho editor ot
tlio Columbia Record, saying:
"I signed this bill with pleasure,
because I believed it woll to have a
direct popular expression on this sub?
ject, since the original Idea of the.
Electoral College has long since dis?
appeared."
Tho full letter Is not published by
Tho Recoi'd "since it Is contrary lo his
(Governor Harmon's) policy to make,
statements on matters: of this kind for
publication," wherefore The itecorrt
has made ibis extract from his letter
as "ail authoritative expression of his
views, to the- publication of which lie
has no objection."
What ho says is interesting. If not.
very important except that It puts him
In the class with Governor woorirow
Wilson and Colonel William Jennings
Bryan. Exactly how iho selection ot
delegates to tho National conven?
tions by popular elertion to select the
candidates of tho political parties for
President could be more clfoctlve we
fall to appreciate. If the selection
of delegates to nominate the candi?
dates by popular election woul,i be a
good thing, the selection of the can?
didates by popular election" would be n
bettor thing. In our opinion, neither
is necessary and both would be baa;
but If we must change all the old
ways, and ways that'have wen Justl
llod by a hundred years of generally
satisfactory experience, tho changes
should bo made as radical as possible.
Governor Harmon docs not appear
to have been hunting the l'reslflency i
as actively as the other Governor or
the Colonel from the I'latte; he has
been managing the groat Republican
State of which he Is Iho chief execu?
tive with excellent Judgment; a Slate
whlrb ho carried lasl year by a plu?
rality of 100.377 votes. He has com?
mended himself so far to the thought?
ful Democracy by his quiet demeanor.
He has not been traipsing over tno
whole American plantation dellv'el'liig
himself of political platitudes and ot
frrliiL' himself an a fair mark ror tue
political lightning. Wo hoped that
he would preserve his identity by re?
fraining from giving his approval to
any of the nostrums other willing and
ready souls have proscribed lor the
body-politic. Mr. Bryan could not.
defeat the election of Governor Har?
mon in Ohio, and ho cannot dpreat tho.
nomination .nd election of Governor
Harmon for Pro.'ldent If Governor Har?
mon will only sit steady In the boat
and wait frtr the tide to serve, as It
will serve, those who keep faith with
American fundamentsls.
nmn PASTOR ATE TO PRESIDENCY.
Away out in the Kplondid Stale of
Oregon, on the distant Pacific Coast,
llierie Is a great Methodist college
called "Columbia Junior College." It
belongs to the Western Conferences of
this great Connection, which are under
the Episcopal direction of Bishop Wii
terhoiiHO. nnd to the presidency of this
Institution the Rev. Walter O. Parker,
p.iHtor of Park Place Methodist Church,
Richmond, has' been called. It Is n
high compliment to him and came to
him as a great surprise. This college
occupies the name relation to tho. Meth?
odists of the Pacific Const that the Ran
dolph-Mncon College 'holds to the Meth?
odists of Virginia. It hss n student
body of about two hundred, and is
steadily growing In reputation and
efficiency and attendance. Oregon has
n population by the last census of
472.7fi.r., a gain of 2S?,22!) in the last cen?
sus period, or f>2.7 percent. It Is one of
the great Slates of the growing West,
filled with the most progressive people
from tho older Stntos of tho country,
whose ranks aro steadily being ln
creaiied by a Urge lmuUH.ruAlctii_-QL,Hid.
bettor sort.from llio Northern countries
of Europe.
The Methodists could hove found no
worthier man for the constructive work
Hint must bo dono at their, college In
Oregon than die rtev. Mr. Parker. A
graduate of Trinity College, North Cnr
ollni; chaplain for the last six yearn
of the Fourth Virginia Regiment: en?
deared to. all his military and religious
associates by his many charming qual?
ities, and possessing unusual gifts as
speaker and teacher, ho would bring to
the discharge of his duties ns president
of this college qualities which would
contribute greatly to Its success and
add new honors to himself In the high
place he already holds among the lend?
ers of the Church.
It Is hoped sincerely by his many
friends In Richmond and Virginia that
ho will contlnuo his work here, but the
offor ho has received from the distant
West Is one thil no man could decline
without most serious consideration, nu
In that growing country there arc op?
portunities for usefulness and distinc?
tion which do not come to ninny in this
part of the country.
HIGH III.Mm FOR A GREAT
WOMAN!
At the two hundred and Jenth Com?
mencement of Yale University on Wed?
nesday. 28C Bachelors of Arts, 260
Bachelors of Philosophy, 122 Bachelors
of Law, 23 Bachelors of Divinity, S3
Masters of Arts, 13 ?Masters of Law, 44
Masters of Forestry, 20 Doctors ut
Medicine, 31 Doctors of Philosophy
and 15 other men with degrees of ono
sort and another were graduated. Next
week, or next year, or probably in
the course of years these learned men
will all find their proper level in
the complex society of this country
and the world. There will doubtless
be many failures uniting t Item, but
the general result will be good for the
country and for humanity.
A number of honorary degrees were
also conferred "at this Yale commence?
ment?Masters of Arts. Doctors of
Science and Music and Literature. Doc?
tors of Divinity and Law, and among
them nil, and their number was not
great, there wns no honor more worth?
ily bestowed than that of Master of
Arts upon Mabel Thorpe Board inun,
the granddaughter of Joseph Carle
Shellield, the founder of the great
Sliotlleld School of Science nt Vale,
and a woman In every respect worthy
the affection and confidence of the
people of this country. In Introduc?
ing Miss Boardinan'. Professor l'errln,
of the University, spuke in highly ap?
preciative terms of her great work as
the "head, front, heart and soul" oi
the A'mcrlca"h National Association ot
tile Red Cross. ??To her constructive
labors." said Dr. l'errln, "are largely
due the truly national character nt
the .Society, . Its effective ndmlnlstra-I
lion and Its financial strength. sne
Is even suspected of having devised
(hose adhesive seductions to fractional
Christmas benevolence "which mean so
large a collective revenue for tne .
Society in Its light with the Great
Wlilte Scourge. Her acquaintance, In?
fluence and powee are national ana
international, and were Shakespeare
wilting now he would be compelled to
say, "The Healing ot the Nations, Thy
Name Is Woman." There are thou?
sands of people throughout the South |
who will be delighted that this honor
has been conferred upon so noble a
woman.
It Is worth noting probably thai
with all of her splendid executive
ability, her wide sympathy with the
sufferings of humanity throughout the i
world, her large possessions, her ex?
alted character, her splendid benevo?
lences and her power of command,
there are only five States In tins
blessed Union In which, oven If she!
wished, Miss Jtoardmnn would be 81- j
lowed to cast a single bnllot for any i
of the men who are set to rule ov.-ry
us. We believe that she has taken]
no part In the contest for the right of
ther franchise for women, hilt she. 1:1 j
so much stronger and better and high?
er than ninety-nine one huiulrodtiis
of the men who are placed In nigh
political station that some p.usmi-.
wonder how it happens that the wo?
men who do the great works 'his wo
man has done are Inferior In construc?
tive forrc to the men who cry out
against the equality of woman.
Til 15 NfllSK NUISANCE,
An esteemed correspondent Is great?
ly disturbed by the noises in this city.
She writes that If we succeed in writ?
ing down these noises she will head a
subscription to raise one ot the hand?
somest monuments to us thnt can pos?
sibly be erected. We have not yet
reached the tombstone age. and trust
that, that unhappy day will be long de?
ferred; but the noises disturb the liv?
ing, and,not the dead, and there ought
to be somebody somehow connected
with the City Government of Richmond
with authority and disposition to sup?
press all noises that are not really
essential to the conduct of the business
Of the community.
There are the hucksters, for example.
Our correspondent complains that two
mornings ago. on the hlock In. which j
she "strives to live." there were two
wagons, one loaded with berries nnd
one loaded with peaches, with outrldern
and howlers in fours for each of the
vehicles, and "each one of these lcnther
1 tinged louts was yelling bis wares at
the top of his voice. Tho noise was
Indescribable. Only Dore. If he could
have drawn a noise, could picturo It.
Add-ld to clanging street cars. Joy
riding motor cars, and the thousand
and ether noisome nuisances which we
submit lo In this city, the agony Is
unendurable."
Of course, the people who run nway
In the summer know nothing about
these delights of existence in the good
old Rummer time In Richmond'.' Con
Lsulroci' ia_xci'zj?J?riJ..ot UaAs U fothld*
?Ion by tho law o.nd tho courts. Wo
u'ould suggest, in order that proper
emphasis may bo luld upoA tlio noiao
nuisances In Tllchinond, so that It will
roach the ears of tho administration,
that tho parking'of tho hucksters In
the neighborhood of 2013 Monument
Avenue might have th'e effect of at?
tracting the attention of tho powers
that be to n condition of things that
should'not bo permitted In any civilized
community. This mobilization of the
noise nrtlsts should be very early In
the morning, so that It might have the
grentest possible effect.
The Vice-president of tho United
Stales, as presiding officer of the
Senate, has the tight lo vote only
when the body Is In tie. The records
show that tho Hon. .lames S. Sherman
has untied more tics already than any
of his predecessors, anil he still has
some time to Itoop It up.
Mo public dining-room In any large
community should bo allowed by law
unless It bo flltod up with electric
fans, which are useful In hooping the
temperature down and tho II los out.
I Voice of the People |
\ Vlrglnln Woman's View of Shivery.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?In an editorial n fc-w days ago
yon attempted to belittle the state?
ments of n recent English writer on
the honors of slavery, it Is lime that
Southern papers should not shrink
from letting tho truth ho known to
this generation, yet, ns one of this
generation 1 know that It Is always
hidden. The older generation, tho
papers of the South, ney Iho truth
about slavery because they nrc now
nshamcd of "what is it blot on any
country that tolerates the traffic In
human flesh and human misery.
The editorial says that the stnte
tnoni in regard lo the horrors of
shivery uro untrue. Let ns see ir that
Is true. lx>t us see what the greatest
Virginian that over lived said on tills
subject:
"The whole commerce between mas?
ter and slave Is a pcrficliinl exercise
ot the most boisterous passions; tho
most unremitting despotism on ono
part, nnd degradation nnd submission
on the other. Our children see lb la
nnd learn to Imitate It. ? ? ? The
man must i>e a prodigy who can retain
his manners nnd morals undupraved
by such circumstances. with what
execration should the statesman ho
loaded who, permitting one-half of
tho citizens to tuns trample on the.
rights Of the other, transforms those
Into despots nnd these Into enemies.
Can tho liberties of a nation ho
thought secure when wo have removed
their only linn basis?a conviction In
the rnlnds of men that these liberties
are the gift of Clod; that they are not
to lie. violated but with His wrath?
Indeed, I tremble for my country
when J reflect thai Cod Is Just; that i
His justice cannot .sleep forever." Does
any Englishman, and abolitionist, make
U charge any noire violent than this of
.lefforson himself against the wicked?
ness of slavery?
Mason, n Virginian, the author of
the celebrated. Mill of Rights, says of
slavery: "The augmentation of slavcu
weakens the State, und such a trade
is diabolical In Itself and disgraceful
to mankind, yet by this Constitution
It Is continued for twenty years. As
milch as 1 value a union of all the
States, I would not 'admit tho Southern
States Into thu Union unless they
agree to tho discontinuance of this
disgraceful trnlllc, because It brings
weakness, not strength, lo the Union."
<:onld Lincoln, could any Northern
nbollllonlst, have expressed sentiments
more abhorrent of slavery than these?
Cnlhoiin, wnlln advocating the seces?
sion of the .South In order to protect
slavery, admits that "slavery In the
abstract Is a crime." Evidently lie
thought It all right In. the concrete.
Davis, in his "Rise and Kail of the
Confederate Government/' says on
pnge t">. "Tho idea of slavery is re
pellnnt to the moral sense of man?
kind In I general." Vet Alexander
Stephens nays thai "Slavery is the
corner-stone of the Confederacy."
Two hundred years ago Ihn Massa?
chusetts people burnt witches: that
was according to the laws and ideas
of the day. For any one to attempt
In this day to defend slavery as
light would he a tusk as Impossible
as to show that binning witches was
n virtue. The slaves were stolen from
their homos, were worked .is beasts
are, for shelter and food; they had no
rights any while man was bound to
respect; they could be whipped j they
were by law deprived of any educa?
tion; they could not go off tho planta?
tion without a passport; they were
sold, fathers nnd mothers away from
each other; mothers torn* away from
their children: the relation of mar?
riage was seldom rospected; Die negro
girl was at the. mercy of the master's
lust.
There is no use In tho papers of the
South denying the truth?-the. obi
statutes of Virginia are still extant.
Thai there were individual enses of
kind musters docs not change the
horrors of tho system and the laws
which protected It. It only shows
thai some people wore bettor than the
laws under which they lived. The
Czar has boon kind to individuals, but
that does not make tno condition of
the .lows In Russia a Just one. This
prating by The Times-Dispatch about
the relation of slave nnd master sim?
ply is a trying to pull tho wool over
the eyes of the corning generation by
concealing the truth about the horrors
of the traffic in human flesh, of the
buying and soiling of souls, of the de?
gradation of a part of tho human
race, all under fa flag which is sup?
posed to have been born under a law
thai declared "nil men tree and equal."
Of course, there were many hind
inasterB. Of course, tnero arc many
kind Russian noblemen. But the
system in Russia, the laws of that
country allow tho most abominable
cruellies to be practiced on the Jews.
Would your writer say I hat, because
some Individuals are kind, the. whole
system towards the Jews Is right?
Hardly; The Englishman who wrote
that book told the truth; he told of the
laws, he told of the system as it was,
and It. Is useless for any one to nt
tenipt to deceive educated people on
this matter. Let It bo relegated to the
past and acknowledged, as the burn?
ing of the witches Is, nnd explained
honestly on the grounds that It was
In accordance with the times. Per?
haps that writer may not be aware of
Iho facl that England refused to treat
with the South as a Confederate na?
tion on nccount of the existence and
protection of slnvcry In Its horders?
the cause wh'oh gave It birth.
A VIRU1NIA WOMAN.
.Wanted, Mont of All, fiond Bonds.
To the Editor of The Tlmos-Dlspatch:
Sir,?I like to see fair piny. 1 don't,
believe for a moment that Frank
Woodson has removed the Danville
mountain shed and tacked It up some?
where else. In my opinion, the truth
of the matter is. Frank has been so
busy building sheds and other struc?
tures for other cities and towns that
he didn't have tlinn lo keep Hie Dan?
ville shed in proper repair. And who
knows but what the weather man at
Washington look, adfvantnge of Iho
condition of the shed to lilt. Woodson
a lick In the neck? TUstiikns me that
?fter Woodson had built this shed,
Danville ought to have had fore?
thought enough to have kept It In re?
pair. Still. 1 don't know thai Danville
is nnv more careless than tho rest of
us, for I can see. that our good roads
and other public Improvements are
sntlly out of repair for the want of a
stitch In time. W. C. COUSXNS.
li NathaUe.^ATa.. ,Tnnc 31. 1311.
Daily Queries ?nd Answers
Illlirlur.
Which in the proper way to cat an
ornngoV IGNORANCE,
Tlierc are sevornl ways. PosMbly one
of tiio best is to cut off a portion of
ihn top and take out. the Interior with
a specially made orange spoon.
Hncnrtlug.
Is It proper for a young man who
cseorts a woman homo from a parly
to allow her to pay her car faro?
" X. V. C.
No.
CnuvnH Tent.
What Is tho proper way to preservo
a canvas tent? CAMPER.
Tlie following preparation Is said to
render canvas tents Impervious to
moisture and will keep the canvas
pliable tor a long tlmo without break
Ins: "Soft soap is lo bo dissolved In
hot water, and a solution of copperas
(sulphate of Iron) added. The sulphuric
acltl combines with the potash ot the
soup, and the oxide of Iron Is precipi?
tated with tho fatty acltl as an Insol?
uble Iron soap. This Is washed and
dried, and mixed with linseed oil. The
addition of dissolved India rubber to
tho.oil greatly Improves the paint."
A Passed Kate.
On what day of the week did De?
cember 15. ISfil, fall? T. A. O.
Sunday.
Wbl tcivoxli Ina.
What Is tho proper way to mix lime
for whitewashing? 11. R. D.
Tlie simplest method Is to use twenty
pounds of lime (unslncked). three
pounds of common salt anil half a
pound of alum. Slake tho llmo with
boiling water until the consistency of
the wash Is like thin cream. Then add
the salt and alum and stlriuiilll thor?
oughly mixed. This Is rendered anti?
septic by adding half a pint of crude
carbolic acid to each bucket ot wash.
Pnpttinf Ion,
What cities In the State of Wash?
ington have a population of 15.000 or
over? M. !?*. W.
The returns of the Census Bureau
for 1PI0 show Seattle. Tacotnn, Bel
llnghnm, Everett. North Yaklnin, Spo?
kane antl Walla Walla.
.Mllcnirc.
What Is the ratlrond mileage of th<
world and of the United States.
? B. G. IC.
Of ihe world. 501.512 miles. Of the
United Stales, 236.86S.63 miles, not In?
cluding Alaskn. 312.5:: miles, and Ha?
waii. 110.31 miles.
M (Minis'.
What Is tho regulation as to wear?
ing of. medals on the uniform of sol?
diers, regulars .md national guard?
r, V. Q.
The Unite,! States army regulation,
which governs the nntionnl guard as
well ns regulars, declares that medals
can be worn only on a full dress unl
fnrm, but that the ribbon of the medal
may he worn on the fatigue or service
uniform.
IUI.
What Is the origin and meaning nf
tho word "bit" as applied to money,
such as one bit. two lilts, etc.? Did
the "United States government ever
coin 12V/ cent pieces? ANTIQUE.
In the long ago. In the Southern
States, "bit" was nppllerl to n small
piece of silver, usually a renl or 12 V*.
cents In Spanish, South American ami
Mexlcnn money. The word arono from
the foot that suih pleccH wcro looked
upon as "a, Uttlo bit" of money, In
llio early duys of California the snmo
term was applied to reals or anything
of the sl/.o of a real, including the old
fashioned United Stales dimes. In
time- It became common to name, quar
lers "two bits" and halves "four hits,"
08 two or four reals were the equal of
quarter and a half dollar. The
United States mints never coined 12Vj
cent pieces.
Cow Tree.
What Is- the' "cow tree" of South
America? * N. U. P.
It Is an evergreen treo found In the
mountains of Central and South Amer?
ica. Its sap almost exactly resem?
bles milk, and Hows copiously from
wounds In the berk. The natives of
the country whof) the tree gtows are
In the habit of drinking this "milk."
and find It palatable nnJ nourishing.
Spool Colton.
Why Is spool cotton not numbered
In consecutive order, as, for Instance,
30, 31, 32. etc.? SEAMSTRESS.
The numbers that nre used by the
manufacturers express the number of
hunks that weigh a pound. The finest
spinning rarely exceeds 300 hanks to
the pound, while the coarsest weighs
about a half pound to the hank, but
Ilm common qualities, from which
thread Is made, run from ten to forty
to the pound.
(In Sunday,
How about contracts and notes made
on Sunday? J. P. U.
The luw writers say: "Generally
speaking, executory conlrncls mado on
ft Sunday will not be enforced. Dellv
y on Sunday passes title against the
vendor. A contract, of sale made on
Sunday Is not saved by the fact that
the purchnso money was not paid until
the following Monday. A note exe?
cuted on Sunday, but delivered on an?
other day. Is valid."
Plnylng Card? In Hotel Lobby.
Is there any State law In Virginia
prohibiting the playing of cards for
nmusemcnt In the lobby of a hotel?
"CLERK."
No.
Mire.
Is there any way to drive mice frrjm
n Rummer cottage? A. D.
Chloride of lime sprinkled on the
floor and on the outside of the walls
I will drive them away.
Hunt.
Is there any patented article that 13
used to prevent dust from entering a
house through tho sides of closer! win?
dows? G..D.
Vns,
Nutnrnll?!ntlon.
? "sine to the United States from a
foreign country at the age of seven?
teen. When clghlee,, and one-half
years old made declaration to become
it rlllzen. Am I entitled to second
papers on attaining the age of twenty
one? FOREIGNER.
The naturalisation law says that "an
alien minor may lake out his first
i papers on attnlnlng the age of eigh?
teen years, but he enn only become n
r-lllzon after having Mb first papers at
least two years, and having resided
wllhln the United States five year.-,
and after having attained the ago of
1 twenty-one years."
WEDDING MAY TAKE
PLACE WITHIN YEAR
IIY I.A MAIKIRISK Uli POSTBXOY,
EMPlOnon NICHOLAS has within the
Unt three wee ha held a family
council nt the Tsarkoe-Solo
4Palace, attended by all rlio adult
members of the Imperial House, In
order lo consider the question of the
engagement of Princess Tatjana Con
stantinovnn, daughter of Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess Constantino Con*
fitantlnoylleti, to Prince Constnntine
Rngrntlnn. This engagement was an?
nounced in these letters some weeks
ago, on which occasion l gave a de?
scription of the Bngratinn family, and
of Its avowedly Jewish origin, boasting,
ns It does, of lineal desrent from the
biblical King David.
The council, presided by the. Czar,
decided that while the engagement
might ho allowed to subsist, no marri?
age should take place until early next
year: that In. the meantime Prince
Bagratlnn should be relieved of his
military duties ,ib lieutenant of the
Cheviillpr Gardes at St. Petersburg, and
sen! to travel abroad, und to visit
America; while the princess's parents
have taken her away from St. Peters?
burg, down to their beautiful country
place In the Crimea, on the shores of
the Black Sea. The young people are
tiol to see or to hold any communica?
tion with one another until the new
year; and then, If they are still of the
same mind, but only In that case. Is
the wedding to take place at St. Pe?
tersburg.
II will be the second union slnre the
days of Peter the Great of a princess
of the Imperial family of Romanoff
with a man of non-royal and non-Im?
perial rank. The only other Instance
was (hat of Grand Duchess Marie
Nlkolajewno, sister of limperor Alex?
ander II.. and who after the death of
her first husband, Mex do Benuharnalu,
Imperial Duke of l.euchtenberg, mar
lied, with the raluctant consent of her
father. Count Nicholas Strognnoff,
known as the most handsome and the
strongest man of the Russian army.
To this union l here was born a daught?
er, who married General Count Vla?
dimir Sehci'cmltlcff, at the head of
?Alexander MI.'s military household,
and whose son, Count Sergius Schere
inttleff, married lo n cousin of the
same name. Is now military attache of
Hie -Muscovite embassy nt Constanti?
nople.
Grand Duchess Marie retained nil
her full rights and prerogatives an a
princess of the reigning house, even af?
ter her mnrrlage to Count Scheremltleff,
who, thanks to this, was able to escnpe
the criminal consequences of his kill?
ing on unfortunate coiffeur at Nice.
Tlhe count, entering his wife's dresslng
rliom', found the Figaro displaying al?
together undue familiarity while in the
act of dressing the hair of the grand
duchess, and accordingly seized him by
the nape of his neck, and by his waist?
band, and lifting him into Hie air,
hurled him crashing through the closed
windows, Into the gardens two storlen
below,- where he succumbed half an
hour afterwards to his Injuries. The
count was nt once placed under arrest,
and II was only because he happened
to be the husband of Grand Duchess
Marie, and that the latter had retained
nil her prerogatives as a princess of tho
reigning house of Russia, that Napo?
leon III. intervened, and relieved the
count of all further legal proceedings,
criminal or otherwise. The grond duch?
ess, however, bestowed a large sum of
money upon the barber's' widow and
fa'therless children.
Incidentally. It may be mentioned
lliat morganatic marriages are alto?
gether unknown In Russia. Bvery
member of the reigning house who
weds must by tho terms of Hie Family
statutes of the Romanoffs, statutes
that form part and parcel of the law of
the land, secure from the ISmpcror a
ukase, bearing his signature, eountor
slgne/1 by the Minister of the Imperial
I-friitse, ?nd addressed to the Senate of
the Umpire, sanctioning the union. If
that ukase Is Issued, the union is, ipso
facto, legal, and tha wife entitled to
share nil the honors and dignities of
her husband, no matter what her birth
or origin. If tho Cznr neglects to la
fiuo this ukase, tho marriage remains of
doubtful legality In point of ecclesias?
tical law, and Invalid according to the
national law, the wife being debarred
fiom sharing her husband's honors and
titles, while the ctUlar.oa.Qt tao-unloa
have no right, to succeed to his Impe?
rial stains.
Among rnre marriages of this kind
is that of Grand Duke Paul with the
divorced wife of General Huron pls
toJkeiH, a lady who now hears the
Bavarian title of Countess Hohenfcl
sen: while another Is that of Grand
Dliko .Michael Mlchaelnlovilch, eccles?
iastically married to Countess Sophie
Merenberg, who benrs the Luxemburg
title of Countess Torby. It was only
?cvoral years after Grand Duke Cyril
had married the divorced Grand Duch?
ess r,f Hesse, who Is a prlncetin of the
reigning house of England, that the
Czar Itsucd the necessary ukase com?
pletely legalizing their union.
Count Felix Hunolstein, who has been
prosecuting In London some people for
being In possession of certain family
portraits by Mlgnard, stolen from his
residence. In the Rue Francois Premier,
at Paris, and which arc heirlooms. Is,
In spite of his German name, a French?
man through and through, won his
Cross of the Legion of Honor ns an of?
ficer In the French navy, under tire in
Tonkin, and, according to some genen
loglcal experts In France, has a right
to the ducal title of Luxemburg-Piney,
of nlilch, however, he does not make
any use. preferring the name of Hunol?
stein, which Is one of the most ancient
and ll'.ustrtous of the Old German Em?
pire, figures In the Nit?belungcn, also
In records of the llrst Crusade, and
which can show a number of matri?
monial alliances with the German Em?
perors, of the houses of Luxemburg
and of Hapsburg. Curiously enough,
however, the Hunolsteins never rose
beyond the rank of haron In Germany,
and the house, is still extensively re?
presented In Germany by Rarnns ot
Hunolstein. In France they have, been
counts, by a decree, of Louis XIV.,
since the beginning of the eighteenth
century.
?The father of Count Felix, namely.
Count Anthony Hunolstein, married the
eldest daughter of Edouard do Mont
morency, last Duke of Beaumont, Duke
of Luxemburg-Plney, and Prince of
Luxemburg: dignities which had been
bestowed upon the famous Marshal de
Luxemburg in 1661; In recognition of
his numerous victories, and also by
reason of his marrlnge with Madeleine,
heiress and sole survivor of the ducal
house of Luxemburg-Plney. With the
death of Edouard de Montmoreiicy, in
187S, his Dukedom of Beaumont end
his title of Prince da Luxemburg be?
came exlinct, being restricted to his
descendants in the. mole line. It is
a question whether his Dukedom of
Luxemhurg-Piney heenme extinct. For,
according to a royal edict bearing the
date of May. 1711, the dukedom la
transmissible to the male descendants,
"par cello qul descend et est de In
tnalson et du nom de celiil en favetir
duqticl le duche it ote erlge." ("By her
who descends and Is of the house ot
the. name of him In whose, favor the
duchy has been granted.") There are
only 'two or three patents of nobility
in France, granted by former Kings,
which henr stipulations of this kind,
which may he construed to mean that
tho honors are heritable through the
female line. But this is contrary t/>
the laws of the land sanctioned Ivy
Parliament, which expressly restrict
tho descent of nobiliary honors to the
male line direct, in order of primogeni?
ture. It is owing 'to this doubt that
Count. Felix Hunolstein abstains from
use of the ducal title of Luxemburg
Plney. and Is content with the name
under which he won distinction on (hu
battlefields of Tonkin.
(Copyright, 1911. by the Brcntwood
Company.)
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