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WEDNESDAY. Ti-Y 5. j
THE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
Mr. John L. Williams, President af j
the Charlotte Williams Memorial Hos- J
l-ital Corporation, h^s offered to trans- t
Irr that Institution to the City of j
Richmond upon the conditions that the 1
City shall assur.-.c the debt upon the ;
Hospital amounting u 5 i: : r:. and
provide f,-r :?..<= trr.. .;r.: maintenance as j
a charitable Institution This is a :
most generous offer and entitles Mr.
William* asd his associates to
thanks of all the people of * *ls .own.'j
It has alwa>? been the p?rl ssi of the j
founders cf the Hospital' to devote
*.s speedily as possible to charity, the
relief of tie sick and s.'.fTertng and i
the advancement of the cause of :ned
ical education. The Institution has
t'.ready done a great work for hu
n.anlty; It can be made an ever, great- ?
er memorial if the City shall take c
of It by providing for its permanent
support and for the extension of its j
usefulness among those who are not
In condition to take care of them?
selves. There Is no question that the
City needs such nn Institution; it has
?r place now at all suited to the work
for which the City'must provide, and
the offer now made has come at a
time when provision must be made for
the better care of the dependent s.ck
for whom the municipality should pio
Vlde.
There is only one thing about tne
offer that leaves the least room fur
consideration ns to what the City
should do, and that Is the government
of the Hospital after the City shall have
taken possession of it. The propo?
sition Is that the institution shall be
governed by a / Board of Control and
Management" to be composed of sev?
en members only, two of whom shall
bo representatives of the Cll>"; the
other five members of the Board arc
to be named by the present Hospital
Corporation, and shall be self-perpetU
atlng. This does not seem to be a
tOIVdltion that the City can nccept or
should accept If the City is to pay
the present ?lebt of the Hospital and
provide for its efficient maintenance
for all time, llie City should own :uiil
control the Hospital absolutely. The.-a
Is no other course that the City '-'an
take with due regard to its own In?
terests in the mailer and the welfare
of the institution Itself. With this <
difficulty removed, the City would bo j
fortunate, indeed, in bavins this spien-I
did property turned over to It. On
no other terms could the City consent j
wits safely accept the gift, valuable :
us it is, beyond money.
Some years ngo an agricultural col- I
lege was established in South Caro- |
linn. It was founded upon a bequest j
of Mr. Clemson. the son-in-law of Johi j
C. Ca'ht^in. One of tho conditions |
of ih'>v be?U?sr was that It should be
available for" the object in view only
?upon tho condition that the trustee*
named in the Clemson will, who con?
stitute a majority of the board, and
their surressors. by their own choice,
should have the control of the Insti?
tution in perpetuity. The Clemson estate
wns worth, at the time of Mr. Clemson's
death eighty or a hundred taousand
dollars. The State of South Carolina
accepted the looniest under this con?
dition nnd the College was established.
,.jt hns done n great work and is better
fitted now for Its work than at any
time since its foundation; but the self
perpetuatlng Clemson Board has
caused no end of friction In the man?
agement of the Coilt-ge, and hps ob?
structed Its fullest development. Tho
Clemson bequest amounted, as we
have said, to eighty or ti hundred
thousand dollars; the State has ex?
pended for the construction and sup?
port of the College since it? establish?
ment, about twenty years ago, a good
deal more than a million dollars. '. ne
revenues for the support of the :oi
lege are derived from a special tax on
manufactured fertilisers and from
other sources; the Income from tue
Clemson bequest hr.s amounted to
practically nothing as compared with
the annual drain upon the State, and
would not be sufficient to support the
College for a single year. Yet, there
sit the Clemson trustees with power
to direct the affairs r.f the College
against ail the wishes of the State
which supports t lie College. It Is
Claimed for them that they have man?
aged the affairs of the Institution far
better than it could have been man?
aged otherwise; but giving them credit
for all the excellent work they have
done there has bom a growing senti?
ment In the State for years that as the
fctate owns the College and provides
toy its support the Si" should con?
trol It. Ownershop should fairy with
It control; there is no actual owner
Ship without control.
This Clemson College matter ap?
pears to be a case directly in point
and It Is commended to the careful a
tention of the members or the city
Council in the present i axe, We .can
eery well understand that the goner*
trtia people, who have made so hand
some an offer to the City of an in?
stitution which would contribute so
much to the City are solicitous for
the proper care of the Hospital: but If
(he City cannot; be trusted with Its
control and management It should noi
be given to the City and the City
??aunot accept It on "the condition that
It shall be controlled and managed by
a Board over which the City will not
have entire control.
RECIPROCITY IN SIGHT.
It looks as If the bottom hud drop?
ped out of the Insurgent movement in
the Senate at Washington. Most of j
the Insurgent Senators are said to have
reached the conclusion that the Cana?
dian reciprocity bill will be the only (
tariff legislation enacted at the present 1
session, and that this bill will be pass- ]
ed about the ilrst of August. They do (
not like the wool b'U as it stands and i
they do not think that the free list '
v.::: be acted on now, but will be,'
Voted down for consideration at the ?
regular session. a rather sorry lot
arc the Progressive Senators, to be
sure, and it ?.* not very creditable *o 1
the common sense of the Dmiocra.s!
who have beer, inclined to trust them i
and their good .mentions. They have!
never had any other idea tran to em- |
barr?ss the Administration, we verily j
Relieve, and for the most peanutty of,
.. '. the politics this country has known.;
Will Congress adjourn on August l?i
Not By can te.". The Senators would
doubtless like to go home, but the!
Democrats Are just warming to their;
work, itc Senate will have to take
the r<5?or.slM".lty for quitting when
there ;s so much to be done. "I do not (
believe the House has the slightest dtsr )
position to adjourn until the Senate j
acts or. the Mils which the House sends j
over to it." said Speaker Champ Clark !
yesterday. - Ail we ask is that the Sen- '.
ate act on the reciprocity, woo! and j
free list bills, or any other bills we j
send over, and so long as Congress re- )
mains In session we will send bills:
ever as fast as they can be carefully j
and scientifically prepared. But we j
are not going to rush about it."
The House Is earning Its wages It
has been doing most excellent work. t
It Was never in better working trim
than it Is now. It has acted with great
conservatism and great ability, and ;
If the people of the country want a f
working body in the Congress they 1
have it at this time. We have been de- I
iiphted with Mr. Underwood's manage- t
ment on the Moor and the whole coun- j
try applauds the sincerity with wh ch '
the Democrats have gone about their
business. The Senate has failed to I
meet any issue honestly that has be-'-j
presented to It. and the people have |
marie a note of It. Speaker Clark should |
keep the House together until the Sen- j
ate acts, if it tak? all summer.
\ MTT1.B COOi.BR THAN USl'AI..
Every now ami then, in seasons like]
this, one of the oldest inhabitants will (
rise up and say: "I have never seen j
anything like It: had no such heat like;
this when 1 was a boy ; always plenty.
of rain, nights Invariably cool, days j
not too hot. breezes blowing all the ?
time. 1 have lived In Richmond ever
sine:- 11^85, and before that year I was |
always here, and this beats anything ?
I ever saw," etc.. etc. Rut what are the j
facts?
The "monthly meteorological sum?
mary" of the Cnited States Weather
Bureau for the month of June shows
that the mean temperature for the j
month was T? degrees, that the high-j
est temperature was 0? degrees, on the
23rd day of the month, and the lowest
temperature was r.r. degrees, on the 16th I
day of the month The absolute moxl
mum temperature for June for a period
ol fourteen year? was Sfi degrees, and
tire'absolute minimum 48 degrees. The;
normal temperature for Juno Is K>.l.
so lhat it will be seen that June was >
one-tenth of a degree short of Its nor- |
mal heut. On eleven days of the month j
there were signs of rain and feeble
attempts at rain, although the total'
rainfall for the month was less than I
three inches; it should have been 8.6U
"inches to bring It up to "normal.''
Tin re were ten thunderstorms during
the month, two dnys of tog. one solar
halo, 4,*37,1 miles of wind, and one day
When for the space of five minute*
the wind bleW at the rate of thirty-six
miles tile hour. R Is noted in the otli
jelal "summary'/' and It Is n point worth
I remembering; that there was: "Frost?
llgki ni he; heavy, none; killing, none,"
und that there was no hall or sleet to
j chill the marrow In the bones of many
ol i< who look for signs in the weather
e i! lltions that have prevailed and
from which we have all been safely de
1 livereo.
I The bearings of these observations
inre thai it is never safe to take or ac
jcept the recollections of any of the old
jest inhabitants that ever lived In these
I pur's without comparing them with
I the OfHclal records, so vain is the
I testimony of men and so pleasant nre
the most depressing conditions after
w,: have passed through them and come
out on to the hilltops, where there is
light ar.d refreshment nr.d pleasant an?
ticipations of the wenther next winter,
when the snow begins to blow and the
strests shall be slippery with ice. Hot?
Yes, hot us Savannah, but no hotter
than it ought to be.
BETTING on HARMON.
Cnarles I". Haley, of Illinois, will lose
.i bet if Governor Harmon, of Ohio. Is
not nominated by the Democratic Na?
tional Convention for President. He
understands that Harmon's friends are
well organized, and Harmon Is one of
the best politicians In ihe country. He
has been elected Governor of his own
State twice. Ohio Is normally a Re?
publican State; but Harmon has car?
ried it against fearful odds at two
elections, and the last time by a plu?
rality of more than a hundred thous?
and against the opposition of the en
tiro Republican body nn<l the opposition
of Mr Bryan us well. He Is stronger
In Ohio now than when ho was last
elected, and If he should ho nominated
he would doubtless be able to carry
the State iignlnst Ohio's other favorite
son. the Hon. William H. Taft. Ho also
would have as good a chance of win?
ning New Jersey ns Governor Wilson,
and a bettor chance of carrying New
York; at least, that Is what the Gov?
ernor's friends think about It
We think he is rather heavy, that ho
is lacking In personal magnetism, that
he is not as ready with his speech us
either Mr. Bryan or Governor Wilson;
but he is safer by far than the Nobrus
knn, and he ha? not gone ott after so j
many strange doctrines as the eminent
statesman of New Jersey. If he should j
be nominated he would give the Ho. j
publicans a run for their money, and ;
if ho should be elected ho would give
the country a wise, safe and conserv- j
atlye administration. That is a thing
to ' most devoutly wished, and a thing
worth thinking about In making up
the next ticket of the National Democ?
racy.
A SANE AM) SAKE FOURTH.
We do not know what the rest of |
the patriots did yesterday, and we' do
not very much care, all that we know
and nil that we care, speaking person?
ally, if that privilege may be accorded'1
to one v. ho speaks so constantly in
another way. and yet not In another
way at ail. Is that mere has never been
exactly such a Fourth as that which
wus celebrated at "Pembroke" yester?
day, and under conditions which would
have made "the spirit of *76" wish that
It could have lived until this day and
generation. Fp to the hour of going to
press, under the direction of Chief Gun?
ner Coates, the cannon In the fore?
ground had been fired forty-six times,
or thereabouts, with several extra
shots, perhaps, for the Philippines and
other of our outlying possessions, bul
all in the name and for the sake of the
men who made the Fourth possible for
this country and for the world.
"Pembroke" is the Hospitable home
Of Edwurd Willis, who comes of fight
Ing stock and who gathers about htm j
every Independence Day his friends;
to celebrate the occasion when we cut j
loose from the old country and all its
entangling alliances and began to make
entangling alliances for ourselves, uoj
great nation ever having lived, as some:
of tlie moderns insist, unless It has been,
diligent in looking after the affairs of
other people with which it is often- ;
ttmio not even identified by ties of con-J
sanguinity.
This Is going rather deeper;
into the subject, however, than the;
circumstances ot the present case j
would appear to warrant. The fact]
that r.obcdy was thinking ubout Con?
stitution and laws, except possibly the
good roaos laws and the public neces?
sity of electing supervisors who would .
attend to their business, and that oniy
olio \oioo was raised In behalf of some
further observations us to The Colonel,;
mad: the occasion precisely what such
occasions should be?the meeting to- i
gether of good friends, intent upon
muKing the best of life as they find it,
whether the little ivory cubes come
seven or come leven. That was whs
it was so very pleasant withal and .
why everybody said that Willis was 1
"very much of a man." Anybody could
live a life of ease and contentment,
with a mint garden in the highest
stute of cultivation, and broad piazzas
overlooking the majestic James rolling
ing ul the foot of the hills below, and.'
troops of friends. What did It matter;
that tne rest of the world was in a
stew, so long as at "Pembroke" there
was peace and light and yood fellow?
ship.
DODDERING.
Dr. Dodd has been speaking around
some since he cam.- b?ck to Virginia to
sp'-nd his vacation. Yesterday he s^oke.
at Atlee on "The Opportunity of Vir?
ginia In the Present Crisis." It doesn't
matter, particularly, what it was all
about; but It is hoped at least that what
i he suld about other things was more
truthful than wiiat he said about The
: Times-Dispatch, D. a. Tompklns, of
Charlotte, and the former editor of tho
j Charleston News and Courier,
j Tompklns was born In Edgefleld '
, County, South Carolina, was educated'
i at the South Carolina University, has
always lived In the South except when
he was preparing himself for his great!
und useful career In developing the
material resources of the South. In
: stead of being "a confidential adviser
to tin same Insurance Company" (The
I Equitable Insurance Company), the for
I mer editor of the Charleston paper wus
j one of the Joint Committee of policy-j
: holders who foujht the Insurance com-j
j panies from the beginning of the fight,
j which resulted, not In a change of the
administration of these compunles, It
is true, but in better management from
the policy-holders' point of view.
From these two downright misstate
ment:, of Professor Dodd, the public
will be able to judge of the honesty
of the rest of what ho said.
WATF.HMKI.OX HIM) PRKSERVES,
AGAIN.
The Ftoanoke Times regrets that The
Tiir,es-Dispatch does not Uko water?
melon rind preserves, and attributes
our dislike of ihe vegetable to a lack
of information rather than to a vi?
tiated taste. Apparently our Roanoke
contemporary does not know very
much about It Itself, as this Is what
it says'about it:
"We do not pretend to know of the
<1<??ail-. Wc know that the watermelon
rind preserve, properly prepared, in a
I thing of weeks, perhaps of months:
thai there Is a process of salting nnd
sugaring, following some careful carv?
ing. At the end It is the most dell
clous and satisfying conserve known
to humanity. Neither Jamaica ginger
nor any of tho French confections can
touch It- In this part of Virginia we
have some young- housekeeper.*: who
; have Inherited from their mothers and
, grandmothers the recipes?rec-l-pos,
nilud you?of watermelon preserves
and the proper smoking of hams. And
The Times-Dispatch will know noth
j in* of the roal lifo of Virginia until
it lias negotiated slice-s of those hams
and tho real watermelon rind pre?
serves for dessert, such as the fre
?Hiont farmer In his Innocent arro?
gance knows, not knowing or realizing
that his palate Is acquiring tlnvors for
which the pampered millionaires of tho
big oltlos vainly ions."
"Salting,'' Indeed: and "sugaring,"
too, forsooth. \VP have been talkin?
about preserves, not about pickles.
Besides, Jamaica ginger is not ti pro
serve, but a medicine, which has boon I
known to serve as a cordial in "dry" j
communities, it is something to drink, i
not something to ea.t with battorcakes j
or to spread on bread. Moreover, ,
'thero Is no ntrlnitly between ham und :
watermelon rind preserves, even when
the ham is of tho Alabama sort, which
can seldom be Identified as anything
else than what is known in the trade
as "sow belly." Once more. the
watermelon rind preserves wo have
condemned is tho sort Editor Screws,
of the Montgomery Advertiser, bus |
been lauding to the skies; but that I
was after he had made a visit to j
Georgia. What sort of preserves the
rind of the unrivalled Virginia melon
would make, we do not know, nnd
hope we shall never Und out. There
is so much fruit In the Old Dominion
out or which to make preserves that
it Is no I necessary to resort to the
husks which our swine do not care to
eat for the dainty tilings which make
the Virginia table the delight of nil
lover* of good eating.
Weshould like to know now whether
there is anybody In Hoanoke who un?
derstands the art of making molasses
pies. They used to be regarded as a
great delicacy in Due West; but we
have never heard that they were made
anywhere else. Perhaps this Is also
one of the delicacies that the people
of the Southwest affect.
INVEST VOUR MONEY AT HOME.
Some years ago a good many per-j
sons in a Southern town about live j
hundred miles from Richmond, who;
wanted to get rich, invested their .?Irv?
ings In "lots" in the town of Duluth.
not exactly in Duluth. but upon tho
hills just back of the plafc. which
would be built out that far. and far?
ther, before any one could say .luck
Roblr.son. They were much flattered
when the "Additions" were laid off, that
streets and avenues should be named
for them, and they looked confidently
for an almost Immediate increase of
their earthly store by the usufruct, so
to say, from their buildings in that
great Western metropolis, "the Zenith
City of the unsalted seas."
It looked good to them. Many of
them still have their "lots." They are !
so high up that there is never any dan- |
ger of their being overflowed when !
there is a freshet in Lake Superior and j
they are far from the madding crowd. |
The names of the "Additions" have not
been changed, and the plats will show i
that the streets are still there. In
"Princeton Division*' a number of
houses were built, and they are still
there, we suppose, and we believe that
In "Arlington Division" there were also
at one time some Indications of build?
ing activity; but out In "Kensington
Addition" the "lots" remain as they
were possibly when the IroqUOis Indians
held (heir campfires on the Lake, If
they ever did. and there they will re- ]
main until the town grows out that
way. A very kind friend has sent us i
an interesting, not to say picturesque, i
account of how the situation now ap
pears out in the "Kensington" neigh?
borhood, around the "lots" of another
friend .who swam lr, with the rest of
the suckers when this get-rich-qulck
scheme was presented to the business
men of the community, many of whom
had not the least confidence in the
chances of their own home tosvn. In
which he says:
'T find that the four lots you own arc
about three miles out over the hills
from the business centre of Duiuth.
It is In a section of the country that1
Is not at nil built up at the present
time. 1 believe there are a few dai?
ries in thut section, and you are lo- !
cated ubout one mile and a half from
the County Piorhouse. The size of
the lots In this Addition are 2f. by 13?.
feet, where most lots In outlying Addi
tlons of this character are f.O feet front
age. Acre property?by thnt I mean
unplatted property?in this locality
I urn inofrmed by B reliable real estate
firm, is valued at from $S5 to $12." peri
nere. Your four lots comprise about
one-half aero of ground, which will
give you an approximate idea of their
value. My advice to you would be to ^
continue paying taxes on these lots.
Whli h must be very small, and in time
to come they may enhance considerably
In value.
"As yet there are no streets, sewers
or any improvements of this character
within a mile and over from the Ken?
sington Place, and I Imagine It will bo
a number of years before you will ever
be called upon for assessments to meet
Improvements of the character men?
tioned above. I myself own a block of
lots over a mile this side of where
yours arc located, that I have rented
for a cow pasture, nnd when taking an
inventory of my worldly possessions, 1
never take thees lots into considera?
tion. Possibly they may be considered
as assets by our grand-children. If
there Is anything further you desire to
know regarding this property that Is
not fully covered herein, you have only
to indicate the same to me. and I shall
be glad to furnish you with further
Information."
That is one of the finest letters we
have received. ft Is brimming over
with good humor, hopeful to the last,
and full of oncotiragement. A little
analysis will show that nn "Addition"
that Is near enough to a gront city like
Duluth?that is growing by leaps nnd
bounds and where a great steel plant
Is now being erected?which is almost
within hearing distance of the Mesaba
Iron mountains, which looks down on
Wesl Superior, which is near enough
to 'ho town proper for dairies to be
conducted there, which is also hard by
the County Poorhoiisc, Is not by any
moans an "Addition" to bo sneezed at.
Several Investments were made out in
i the Duluth neighborhood by ndventur
j ous souls In our own town', and on In*
i Bpeotton their "lots" were discovered
to be four feet under water. It Is dif?
ferent with the "lots" up In "Kensing?
ton Place." No danger of their feet
ever getting wet unless there should
be another universal flood. Thej
"view" Is surpassingly beautiful. Wei
should say that from the second-story
windows of the houses that are to be,
built there It would be possible to seo!
the hither shore of Ixiko Superior, with !
the Hotel and the olllce of the Duluth i
Herald In the middle distance.
Hold on to the "Kensington" lots?
Why, of course, hold on. Pay taxes?
Certainly They have now been held
for something like twenty-odd years.!
and they are just as valuable now as'
the day they were bought. In thoj
meantime, put your money in Richmond
real estate. "Thero's millions In lt,"J
and more for the buyer than for the j
seller. I
Colonel Marcellus Bailey, editor of
the Houston Post, and member of Gov?
ernor Hooper's personal staff, has been
writing In his paper about the fruits
of righteousness, which shows that he
has not yet forgotten his last visit to
the city of Richmond.
The Marquise de Fonlonoy has dis?
covered that King George, who Is vto
visit Ireland this week, is "genealogi?
cally and Indisputably the direct de?
scendant and supreme representative
of the High King of ancient Ireland."
It will be seen from this that the Irish
are at last coming Into their own. What
the King should do Is to establish his
residence for a part of the year In (he
land of his ancestors, and in that way,
by relieving his own people of the ter?
rible oppression? from which they have
hern suffering, make them all the more
loyal to the Crown.
Voice of the People j
Out In the Woods.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?Since my physician has poremp- I
.torlly ordered me to leave town a'.d
tlnd some cool, quiet little spot until
my stomach and spirits get to the ,
normal again. I am naturally debating
what to do with my mind while In?
actively awaiting the "rise of t.plrlts"
and gastric force
There arc two critical points to be
considered by the man who has led
a busy, rushing, caretuklng life when
he suddenly realizes that he Is tired;
when he grows Introspective, appro
henslve and unhappy without exactly
being uble to say about what. Thej
tirst question to our mind Is to ascer- |
tain whether he Is physically 111. or I
whether he needs a rest? The second
question Is of equal lmpot tancc. It j
In need of rest will enforced Inactivity
and isolation give It to him? It will '
not if he Is blind to the beauties and
soothing caresses of nature, which she
so lavishly bestows upon all who Will
enjoy. Nature Is good und kind to us.
but exacting. If we violate her laws
we w'll suffer; If we live as she teaches
we are likely to live In physical and
mental comfort.
We have just received a letter from
a dear friend atjd medical man. living
In n quaint little Scottish village. Who
says: "I live In this sequestered, quiet
little village for Its beauty and peace?
ful tranquillity, for I have time for
contemplation without worry; when
we worry we are not living." It muiT
not be Inferred from the names at tho
end of this scribble that I as In
Scotland, for Dumbarton and Glcncoe
are numes dear to any man descended
from the Norsemen who poured Into
the Highlands and shed good blood In?
stead of bending the knee to tyranny,
and It Is excusable In him If he names
his little ranch, where he Is com?
muning with nature, "Glehcoo." Never
mind where t.lcncoe Is or who the
writer Is. He Is trying to tell other
overworked, jaded friends In Rich?
mond that there are some things all
1 of their blood-money cannot buy. Von
j cannot purchase good, healthy bloo-J,
S.weet sleep and a peaceful mind, but
! you can. If you will, find hundreds
of sweet little spots not far awav
I where you can rest and grow strong
ami soon be ready to work and live
: again.
It Is wonderful what a fellow sees
; and enjoys In the country, with Its
quiet enchantment, when be has kick?
ed out of harness nnd left business be?
hind. We have slept but little for
three week:-, felt the heat dreadfully,
and have been unable to eat, yet we
struggled on. opened our mall three
times a day. experiencing the various
j emotions and worries that every mail
brings to every man doing business
with "many men of many minds."
The first thing to Impress us most
pleasantly was the escape from the In
tolerable and altogether unnecessary
i noises of our city, and the next was
the freedom from reflected heat. Then,
ns the evening lullaby was sung to in
i from the gracefully swaying boughs
Of oak. hickory and poplars, we found
lit perfectly easy to take a "schooner"
Of buttermilk and S "hunk" of ettg
bread, which was followed by a ten
: hours' sleep, and a "Thank God" In the
! morning. ,
We hear a good deal about "going
I back to the simple life" from men who
have found out that they have been
under high pressure loo long. How
t much better it would be for us all
if wo would live naturally, enioy
henlth and life nnd not have to "go
back." Of course, a mon cannot live
anywhere without The Tlmes-Dlspitch
If he expects to maintain a mental
equilibrium. Should any of your road
ers desire to learn of the prices of
buttermilk and trucker's supplies be?
yond the range of the Board of Health
I 1 will be glad to give you other notes
I from time to time suitable for the tetn
I porarv suburbanite.
RUST ICES, PRO. TEM.
I "Glencoe," near Dumbarton, July 3.
Sonnet?To the Mind
Would plumb the deep where Fact and
Fancy dwell.
The chambered labyrinth of the
chninless rnlnd.
The scat of Memory and the sacred
shell
Where the Immortal Soul Is flesh en?
shrined?
See! how I summon up my servant
Fact!
As swift as summer lightning comes
a thought
From out the shadowy maze of Memory,
pact
With Nothingness, where Time and
Place are naught.
Yet elfin Fancy is not ordered so;
That wilful wanton, womanlike and
wise.
The better-half of Wit, the balm ot
AVoe.
(Bewitching Wight), she lifts us to
the skies.
So Fnct Is manlike. Female Fanc7
adds
' Perfection to what else were foolish
- fads.
KDMOND FONTAINE.
Charlotlcsvllle. Vs.. May 17. 1910 y
Daily Queries and Answers
Newspapers In Culled States.
? How innny nowspapers aro there In
the United States? C. 13.
Tin- dally nowspapora nutnbor 2,167.
tha trl-weckly. 59; soml-weekly. 610,
and weekly. 16.181.
Wulte.
Ploaso tell "mo whether jack John
son's wife Is white or bl..ck.
"Holmon'M Choice."
Please explain and tell tho meaning
of "Hobson'M Choice." nnd "Spick and
Span." P. B.
Hohson's choice means thut there Is
no choice, that what Is offered must
bo taken. This or none. Tobias Hob
son, so the legend runs, was a carrier
und Inn keeper at Cumbridgo. Eng?
land. "He kept a stable of forty good
cattle, always roady and fit for trav?
eling: but when a man came for a
horse he was led to tho stable, where
there was great choice, but was obliged
to take the horse that stood nenrcst
to the stable door, so that every cus?
tomer was alike well nerved, according
to his chance, and every horse ridden
with the same Justice."?Spectator, No.
503.
Milton wrote two quibbling epitaphs
upon this eccentric character. Spick and
Span, Dr. Johnson said In his dic?
tionary, was "first applied to cloth
just taken from tho Spannans (stretcn
ers) and epikors (.hooks)." in other
words, It la an ancient weavers' term,
for new cloth.
Q. & A. .
Jewish Dntc.
Whnt !.? the Jewish name and date of
June 16, 1308? ANNA.
Sixteenth day of Slwan of the year
5667.
IlnildliiRS In Frisco.
"Has tho loss In buildings In Sari
Francisco been fully restored?"
r. v. n.
Yes.
Pay of II. I". D. Carriers.
"Has Congress allowed the rural
mnl] carrier ?300 extra after July I.
1011?" B. H. R.
No.
Fraternal Orders.
What Is the number of Odd Fellows,
Masons. Knights of Pythias and Wood?
men In ti.o United States? Also which
order pays out the most money?
Y. L. N.
The membership of these organiza?
tions In the United States and Canada,
as given In the World Almanac for
1011. la: Odd-Follows. 1.441,403; Free
Masons. 1,389,317: Modern Woodmen of
America 1,040.869. We cannot answer
as to tiielr expenditures.
DIFFERENCE IN BOWS~
OF ENGLISH QUEENS
BY I. V >l AKOI1SI-: FONTKNOY.
SO much attention has been devotnd
In tho English press, and also In
American newspapers, to tho
difference In tho hows by which
Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary ac?
knowledge the salutations of the pub?
lic when driving, stress being laid on
the fact that Queen Alexandra bows
from her waist, whereas Queen Mary
only bows her head, that It may be ns
?cell to explain that there Is a reason
for this, which may be described as
mechunlcal.
If Queen Alexandra bows from her
waist, it Is because, like Ucr mother
in-law Queen Victoria, like the late
Empress of AuEtrla, und Queen Crls
Un.i of Spain, she has a species of
mechunlcal contrivance fixed to the seat
and back cushions of her carrluges,
which enables her to be continuously
from the waist, without any exertion
or fatigue, while the carriuge la In
motion. It Is something in the nature
of the sliding seats used In rowing.
Qu"en .Mary declines to make use ot
this contrivance, on the plea that it
dispesos her to tea-sickness, n malady
to which she is extremely prone; and
it is because without this contrivance i
she would be overcome by fatigue- If
compelled to bow continuously from the
waist, that she merely contents her?
self with an Inclination of the head,
which she endeavors to make as grac?
ious as possible, but which Is loss
suggestive ' of old-fashioned courtesy
than n bow from the wnist
This matter of bowing In response
to the salutations of the public, Is a
perpetual source of differences, and
even disputes, among the members of
royal and Imperial families, and has
created no end of had blood amongst
them. According to the rules of I
ot'quette. It Is only the lady of high- i
est rank In the carriage or party,"who
Is permitted to respond to the salutn
tlons by bowing; and when, for In- |
stance, during the late reign the then
Princess of Wales was driving wltnl
her mother-in-law, Queen Alexandra. |
the former was precluded from ac-1
knowledglng any salute, even on the|
part of hef personal Intimates. The I
t.*ountess of Flanders, mother of King]
Albert of Belgium, In the days when
her sister-in-law, the late Queen
Henrietta of tho Belgians, was still
alive, absolutely refused to drive any?
where with the latter, on the ground
thut It was Injurious to her dignity
to be unable to return salutations, ad?
dressed to her personally.
The most distinguished courtesy paid ,
by old Emperor Francis Joseph to his
royal guests, when driving them back!
to the railroad station nt Vienna, Is
when he absolutely declines to ac- :
knowledge any of the snluten of tue!
peopie-lining the street, leaving that!
1 entirely |n his visitor, so ns to convey j
to the latter the Impression that thei
] popular homage Is addressed to him,
; the guest, nnd not to himself, the
Emperor.
Suggestions of that excellent and
popular British drink, known as "half
and-half.'' composed of equal parts of
Dublin stout and English ale, are
created by the suit brought by one or
the principal professional usurerH In
London, for the recovery of the amount
of a note signed by A. Lee Guinness,
l and backed by Sir William Haniar
. Bass, the latter name being Identified
with pale alo, while, of course. Guin?
ness is synonymous with Dublin stout.
The Guinness In question Is Aiger
noon Arthur St. Lawrence Lee Guln
. ness, eldest son of the late Captain
' Henle.mln Guinness of the Royal Uorso
Guards, nephew of Lord Iveagh, and of
Lord Arrtllaun, and next heir to the
latter's baronetcy, but not to his peer?
age. The baronetcy was originally
conferred upon his grandfather, the
late Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, head
of the brewing firm nt Dublin, and who
at his own cost restored the Cathedral
or St. Patrick, at Dublin, fifty years
ago. Algernoon Lee Guinness was
gazetted a bankrupt last spring, with
liabilities to the ttine of considerably
over $500,000.
Guinness being thus officially declared
Insolvent, the usurer naturally pro?
ceeded to sue the backer of the note,
namely, Sir William Hamnr Bass, for
the amount of Its fnce value. S-ir Wll
j ?_. _
limn first of Uli declined to pay the
note, on the ground thut he hud been
induced to stun It under false pretenses,
having been assured by A. L. Guinness
thut he had the absolute reversion to
certain property, which turned out nut
to be the cuse. Then .Sir William olf
ered to pay, In default, the actual
amount for which the note was dis?
counted, namely, I2f,,000 plus 6 Der
cent. Interest, although he Insisted
that ho had not personally benefited
by the transactfon. This offer was re
fused by the usurer, who won his case,
und who Insisted on the full amount of
the face value of tiiu noto. excusing
his demand for Interest at the rate of
40 per cent., on the ground of the risk,
seeing that he knew Outness to bo
already lr. heavy dlftlcultles at the time,
and that Kir William himself had notes
outstanding to the extent of over 1400,
000.
This revelation about Sir William
has created a good deal of astonish?
ment among people not connected with
the turf, with bookmakers, or with
moneylenders, for It bus always been
supposed that Sir William was very
rich Indeed, his racing stud and horse
breeding farm nlone. beleg valued at
over $2.".a,000, while It Is known that
he had Inherited a considerable for?
tune, along with a baronetcy, two
years ago. from his uncle, the lute Lord
Burton, whose peerage, by the by,
went to ills only child and daughter,
Nellie Bass, married to James Evan
Butllle. of Dochfour. former member of
Parliament for the county of Inver?
ness. She Is now I.ndy Burton In her
own right.
It aUu developed during the pro?
ceedings In court, that several suits
In bankruptcy have but-n Instituted
ngaiiiBt Sir William. It Is asserted
that these are merely vexatious pro?
ceedings, nnd that he has plenty of
assets to pay all his liabilities In full,
without difficulty. But the very fact
that there should be nearly 1500,000
worth of his paper floating about
does not precisely indicate the. posses?
sion of an abundance of ready money.
6lr William Bass has been a very
prominent figure on the turf, signalized
himself in the spring of 10"5 by buy?
ing for Sl.'O.OOf" Sir Charles Hose's
celebrated ttalllon Cyllene, frlro. of
Cicero, who won the Derby for Lord
RoseberV in that year, and jn 1S(>3 ho
gave tl2".,000 for Robert Blevlor'l well
known horse. Sceptre He also owned
the London newspaper "Era." served
with distinction In the South African
War. as n captain of the crack regi?
ment of Tenth Hussars, and Is married
to Lady No'Cen Bass, who shares his
pportlr.g tastes, and Is the youngest
daughter of the thirteenth Karl or
Huntingdon. They have no children,
although they have been murrled eight
years, and If he dies without Issue, the
Bass baronetcy will become extinct.
Born on Christmas Eve?which In many
countries, of the Old World Is accounted
as extremely unlucky?he owns two
country '.-at* In Staffordshire, a house
almost Immediately next to the Duko
of Wellington's London residence, at
the western end of Piccadilly, and
Godolphln House, at Newmarket, which
Is famous, for Its hospitality.
Sir William claims to be descended
from one of Shakespeare's ancestors.
The great bard's mother was Mary
Arden, great-granddaughter of Walter
Ardcn. Of Park Hall. Warwickshire.
Emily Ardfrn,, who married Michael
Bnss, M, P.. for Derby in 1S35. was a
direct descendant of this Walter Ar?
den. and her younger son, Hamar Bass,
was the father of Sir William Bass.
His uncle, that is to say, his fath?
er's elder brother, the late Lord Bur?
ton, was a more sensible man. He
never boasted of any such distinguished
?descent. When created a peer, he was
content to be ancestored by the true
founder of his house, namely, a hum?
ble rottle-washer In n small brewery,
nnd a carrier, his great-grandfather.
Instead of applying to the Royal Col
lego of Heralds In London, for the dis?
covery of mythical Norman und Cru
eader forbears. He even ro-de fun
of the heraldic devices which he was
compelled to assume, and selected ns
hl6 motto a punning allusion to his
business, namely, "Basis vertutum con
stantia." (Constancy Is the founda?
tion of virtue.
(Copyright, 1911, by the Brentwood
Company.)
To those contemplating a foreign trip wo suggest the
convenience of TRAVELERS' CHECKS or LEITER OF
CREDIT, The holding of the checks not only Insures
ready money, but gives the traveler a standing in foreign
cities at all times.
Richmond, Virginia
Wm, H, Primer, Pres, Wm. M. Hill, Vice-Prea
Jne./ rf. Ellett, Vioe-Pres. J. W. Slnton, Vice-Pros,
: / Julien H. Hill, Cashier,