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FR'DA V. ? ?CT? IBER JO. 1911.
GOOD IIOADM fOR TUB NATION.
The next great event In Richmond|
win be the Convention of the Notional j
Highways Congress. How many pcoploj
will be here then, ho man can reckon;
but it is known thai there wftl bej
fourteen railroad presidents, cotnntls-l
hioners from all the States, represents - j
fives of business organisations, farm?
eis1 organizations, merchants' nssocla-i
tions. members of Congress, workers in
lion and steel and coal, horny-handed
sons of toll and a vast aggregation of
plain citizens from all the States who
huve influence of a very deslraolo
sort ii il..Ii respective States und
nelgM' ihoods mid all Intent upon the!
accomplishment ??( the greatest good
to tin greatest! number by the build-.
Ihs ot good roatls which will be for the
benefit of the Nation.
The principal ilgure in the crowd of
speakers and delegates In the great
procession will be William Howard
Tuft, President of the United States,
who is coining here to certify by
his presence ami his words of wis?
dom that upon the platform of good
roads all good citizens, whatever their
differences of "principles." or their
political name, can untie. Of course.
Senator SwailBOn will be here. Ho will
be ono of tlie Important men In thej
Convention, for has he not undertaken j
to obtain from the Congress an appro?
priation "f $20,000,000 the year for the
improvement of the highways for as
many years us such appropriation may
be required for the construction of
good roads from end to end of our wide
domain? Hundreds of millions have
been expended for the Improvement of
our rivers and harbors, other hundreds
of millions have been spent and an'
Still being- spent for the reclamation
of the dry lunds of the West and hun?
dreds of millions more will be spent
for the same purposes; but here is an?
other and entirely different, though,
closely related, t|uestiou which must
be considered. It touches every home
und fireside In the country, North and
South. Hast and West. It is really the
most Important movement that1 has
? v.i engaged the Interest of our peo?
ple. Ii means the expenditure "I a
large amount of money from the public
treasury, but it means eventually.:
when the gootl roads have been bullt,I
an actual saving of something like I
S::ni',. tin year to the producers
of the country. The time was neve:-;
known when so little would save so
much.
We <lo noi know exactly where und
how Mr. Tfift stands on this question;
but wo are disposed to think that he
will be found on the right side when!
he comes to deal with it in an official
capacity. The fact that after his long I
and itresoinc^trtift in some respects not:
wholly aajifsfafttory, journey through i
the Had Lands he is coming to itiuh-j
mond to align himself with the good1
roads movement, is one of the most
encouraging signs "f the times. j\ !
man who runs about as much as he!
over all sorts of roads will not be hard!
to convince of the absolute necessity j
of bitter highways for the good of the;
people. His experience on his recent
run to Manassas ought to hnve been
enou?h to convince him that "Jordan ir.
n h-jrd road to travel" )n the Common?
wealth of Virginia, and it is a good
deal worse in some of tlie other States.
One of the ol/iects of tlie meeting at
Richmond, as set forth in tin smell
bills, is "to correlate and harmonize|
thp efforts of all existing organiza?
tions; working for road Improvement.'*';
and the President will understand how
this 13 and how difficult it Is to ac-1
complish. The other special aims 6f|
the Convention it. Richmond are;
"To arouse anil stimulate sentiment 1
for road Improvement
"TU slrjvo for wise, equitable : u<l I
uniform legislation in ? very State.
"To M id in bring in?, about efficient
road administration In the Ml at es und
ihrir subdivisions. Involving in.- intro?
duction of skilled supervision and the
elimination of politics from the man?
agement Of the public road-.
"To seek continuous und systematic
maintenance of all roads, the classi?
fication of all roads according to traffic
requirements, payment of rund taxes in
cash, and adoption of th principle of
State aid and State supervision
"To. advocate the correlation of all
load construction so that the Import?
ant roads of each county shall connect
with those of the adjoining counties
and the important roads of each State
Hhall connect with those of adjoining
Slates "
These are questions which demand
the moot thorough consideration The
present movement Is not a local mat?
ter; it concerns the whole country, it
Jtaches every neighborhood In the
country; it totichee ftvery man In busi?
ness: It should have the earnest co?
operation of every one who has nny re?
gard for his nelghhor The Associa?
tion that has taken the lead in thla
sreat National work 1b the American
Association for Highway improvement.
r long nnme but no longer than It
might to be. The President of the As?
sociation is Logan Wullor Page, Direc?
tor of the United Stutos Oltlco of Pub?
lic Roads, and with him. In the direc?
tion of (ho 'work of tho Association,
are W. C. Ttrown. President of the Now
York Central Lines, as Vice-President;
Loo McClung. Trensurcr of the Unite.1
States, sb Treasurer, and .1. ES. Penny
packer, Jr.. as Secretary. Among tho Dt
vectors of the Association are such men;
as W, W. Flnley, President of the'
Southern Hallway; Louis W. Hill, Presi?
dent of the Oreat Northern Railroad, a'
chip oft' tho old block; J. Hampton
Moore. President of the Atlantic Deep-'
or Waterways Association, and u string'
of other notable men of affairs, and !
with the Association ure twenty-nine,
'?affiliated organizations," representing j
every part of the country and every)
interest in it. from the Mothers' Con?
gress to the Touring Club of America.!
President Page is a Virginian of
Virginians. He was graduated from
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and
from Harvard University, Is a mem?
ber of the American Society of. Civil
Engineers, and since 1905 ha- been di?
rector of the United States Office or
Public Bonds at Washington. With
him in bis present work is that fine
youngish Presbyterian, Charles P.
Light, of West Virginia, who knows
what' ought to be done ami how it
should be done, and who is straining
himself to make this meeting in ltlch
mond the greatest and most earnest
gathering of good roads people that
lias ever been held In the United States.
It is a magnificent opportunity, and
it is hoped nnd expecbed that here a
blaze will bo kindled that will sweep
round the whole country. Thero Is no
movement that directly concerns so
many people, that affects so many In?
dustries, that promises so great re-j
svtlts. Other States are far ahead of
Virginia In the building of good high?
ways. Take the county of Mecklen?
burg, North Carolina, for example, and
in that county alone there are more
than 12M miles of macadam roads. Take
the county of Darlington, South Caro?
lina, nnd in that county there are f.00
miles of sand-clay roads, and In these
two counties there have been enormous
strides In material prosperity, us there
will bo In all other counties that would
show the same spirit of enterprise, and
in the whole country If the Congress
will do its duty, nnd the President will
do his.
TUB CAPE t on CANAL.
One of the most thoughtful and In?
structive addresses to the Deeper,
Waterways Convention was that of
Commodore .). W. Miller, a .lerscy man
by birth and a Cape Cod man by j
reason of the important service In
which he is now engaged?the building
of the Cape Cod Canal, which runs';
through a short stretch of "the land
of the sacred Cod, In which the Lodges
walk with Ood." Commodore Miller
wits graduated from the United States
Naval Acndemy In 1S67. served In the
United States Navy from 18611 to 1SR4, I
Wjas engaged In the enrlicr Isthmian '
surveys, WAS connected with the coast?
wise steamship service for twenty
years, an<] he talked yesterday to the
Convention in an informing way ailiout
"the necessity for an increasing edu- ;
cation towards n close, sympathetic
nnd .joint relationship between Govern-'
mental, State and corporate interests
looking towards the development of
our waterways along our Atluntte
co.ist."
The Cape Cod Canal if n'd, in fact,
a canal at nil. but a channel built
through a sandy isthmus for a dls-1
tnncc of eight miles. It has no locks,!
little current and a depth of thirty feet ]
at high' water, it ls <loej>or nnd broader ;
than the Manchester, Kiel and the
original Suez ennuis, and from deep,
water In Buzzard's Hay to the end of
the breakwater at its eastern end it
ls thirteen miles long. It Is the . tlrst
deep sea channel built by private
ruplt.-il, and Is being built because the
men who (ire putting their money In
it know that it will pay. To-day 23,
OOP.ono tons of freight, of which ll,
000 000 tons are coal, in the safe cur
ring.- of which Virginia ie directly
Interested, are subjected to the
dangers of navigation off Cupo Cod, [
an<| It Is for tho protection of;
this Immense business that the canal
Is being constructed. This renal Is to
be' one of tho stretches In the lntra-'
coastal waterway from New England
to ib.- oul'f of Mexico, and, as Com?
modore Miller said; "Time alone' will
show how und unrt'M- what conditions
tho numerous stretches of bay, pound
and river shall ibe connected, and what
proportion of their improvement nhail
be divided between corporation. Stuto
and the Government. This Is a ques?
tion which our Association will have
to meet before the day arrives \\\hen
the loa? of life off Untleras and Cape
Cod can be reduced to n minimum, and
craft safely ?all through Inland
waters."
It whs Oeorgo Washington, the Vir?
ginian Slid tne first of Americans, who
was the father of canals In this coun?
try, and it was he who tlrst conceived
the project of building a conul through
the Cape Cod isthmus "for small ves
from BarnHtable. to Buzzard's Hay;
tee'.lng sure that he could outsail the
ships of the enemy If a means
were found through Inland writers to
New York"; and It was Washington
who Insisted on the military necessity
of Inland routes. We may lemve for
I future settlement the question of Oov
j ernment. State and corporate control
I Of the Cape Co<j Canal and other like
v--.terwiays; but th?rc was one thing in
I Commodore Miller's paper which should
be of the deepest Interest to those who
I are promoting the deeper waterways
movement and to the people of the
country *.t large.
I The Cape Cod Canal has been half
way completed. It runs through it nar?
row wooded valley, where streams of
the liest water I abound: whom the
climate Is mild, and where tho rnllroud
facilities arc good, ?nd already one
thousand neves of land ulon^ Its hunks
have been purchased for tho estab?
lishment of factories. That Is signifi?
cant of what would take place along
the Whole line of the waiterwny When
It Is opened from Cape t'od to the
koys of Florida. Manufacturers would
sock the canal for the benollts of the
lower freight rate.? assured ihy lt"? con?
struction, and villages and cities would
bo built up In nine along its course
to the great advantage of tho people
and the enrichment of the Notion. The
more this great project Is stirred the
brighter It shines. The wonder Is that
it has hoen so long delayed. It would
ho criminal to neglect it any longer.
oveh paid officials.
In the opinion of the Newport News
Press, tlie Stnte of Virginia can :<avo
$100,000 the year by abolishing the
fee system. The Hoanoko Times, com?
menting upon the statement of the
Press, says that |t has never seen any
"conclusive facts and figures."
As a mutter of f.?.-t nobody will
ever get at the facts and figures until
the fee system Is abolished. Nctcdy
knows what the county and city offi?
cials get but they themselves, nr.d
they are too canny to tell. The Stale
eaya i" the official: '.'Collect all you
can: wive me a little bit. and keep the'
change." Nobody ever knows what tho
change is.
The Times, thinks that the laborer
Is worthy of his hire. The Press thinks
not, and we agree with the Press. Two of
tho local officials In Newport News
get higher salaries than the Gover?
nor. "Docs our Roanoke contemporary
arguo that the duties of treasurer of
a city of 21.600 people nre any more
arduous or that the position carries
any more responsibility than that of
the Governor or a Stato of almost
R.000,000 people?" Inquires the Press.
The treasurer of Newport News gets
about $7,000 annually. Tho city ser?
geant gets almost as much. In Nor?
folk. Richmond and other Virginia
cities there are officials who get sev?
eral thousand dollars more than these
Newport News officials.
Wo nre against the fee system for
many reasons, one of which Is tnat
the fee system causes a great and
wholly unnecessary waste of public
money. The money now spent by
county officers itn feathering their
nests ought to be expended for the
benefit of the people. Why should we
pay an official $10,000 for ordinary
clerical work which Is done by a sub?
ordinate? Why should we pay him
so much when his work is not worth
half the sum named? Why should we
pay county rgulltictans twice as much
as j,he chief executive of the Common?
wealth? Wc give a college president,
a man of brains and business ability,
$2,600, but we give a county officer
or city officer $10,000. Why?
THIBI.'TK TO TDK BISHOP.
In the Wednesday issue of the Bir?
mingham Age-Herald uppears a tribute1
to the lata Bishop Van do Vyver, In
which a Virginian living in the Ala-'
bama city says:
"I was living in Richmond when hci
came there lrom Harper's Kerry, aa|
vlcar-gcneral to uishup John J. Keane,
now, Archbishop of Dubuquo. When
.Bishop Keane was transferred to
Washington as the rector of the Cath-I
?die University, the vlcur-genoral wasj
chosen and consecrated as his succcs
sbr. He wus then In the prime of life, I
and was equipped In every way for
the episcopal Office, but he begged the
nated him, to the Pope to allow hlini
to remain In the position he then held, j
The bishopric was forced on him, but
he went to work with groat energy
and turned out after twenty-two years
one of the ablest and most successful
bishops In the history of th American
hierarchy.
"Being a cultured Belgian, he had
thai charming bonhomie characteris?
tic ot his people, lie became extremely
popular with non-Catholics; so popular
that when he sent his resignation to
Home a few years, ago a mass-meeting
of non-Catholics was held for the pur?
pose of protesting against his-retire?
ment, prominent Baptists and others,
Protestants and prominent Jews, united
In expressing their appreciation of
Bishop Van de Vyver us a clergyman
and a citizen. The Bishop was deeply
touched, and resolutions adopted by
the non-Cal'hollcs had such a ring of
sincerity that he recalled his resigna?
tion.
"His rtoalh will certainly be deeply
mourned in Virginia. Although Bishop
Van do Vyver cared not for prefer?
ment, h" presided over the diocese of
his church longer than any other
bishop in my recollection. Cardinal
Gibbons was bishop jnsl four years,
and Iiis successor. Bishop Keunc, only
a few years." '
Thousands of p*npin scattered nil
over the nation feel deep regret at
the loss of 'his great and good man
of God,
"It begins to Innlt as though Amer?
ican women really desire the ballot,"
says Brother William rc. Cameron in
the Norfolk-Vlrglnlan-Pllot, which he
brightens every day with his wit and
wisdom, "and that being so It Is a
question of a very short lime when
they will he endowed with thai at?
tribute Of citizenship by every State
Of the Union." "I/Ooks as though." la
a very tudginutlcnl wny of pulling It;
It would have been perfectly safe If
cur contemporary had siid that it is
at c< rtaln as taxation and death, and
what il ought to do Is to gol in while
it la yet da>'i It argues wisely RI)f|
well tImt there are difficulties to rnr
mount; that there are bad women as
well tin bad men; thut there are more1
negro women than white women in;
South Carolina and Mississippi; that'
"In Virginia tho negro women are far;
more literate than the men, und the
educational cor.ditlonp of registration.,
which nVo the only present bar to
universal suffrage, would constitute no,
efficient bar to their whnleaale em
"scr.Ms i.ikk:
1 rrunohp-ement." an<i that thcso^Hro
?Olm? of tho questions that tho 'Wo?
man's iii.. at Richmond will have
'. to consider, wo have disfranchised,
tlie negro melt for years without tho
least compunctions of conscience; why
should wib choke now on doing tho
same thlhg with the . negro- womenT
Besides, the Amendments to the Con?
stitution did' Tint contemplate tho ex?
tension of t'hja right of ?surtrage to the
' negro women.
Many objections will be made by
very good people to the enfranchise?
ment of the women; but the women
who are working for this right preser?
vative of all rights may ")e depended
upon to lix the suffrage qualifications
so that the State will not suffer, and
that Is all anybody could lislC.
DKSKCHATlNfi THIS SABBATH.
Crcutore'u Band was arrested In j
Ashevlllo, North Carolina, lust Sunday
for playing certain musical selections
Which were regarded as a desecration !
of tho Sabbath day.' One of our Tar- '
hell contemporaries?we believe the
Charlotte Chronicle, or. perhaps, it was |
the Greensboro Record, we have lost ,
the name?observes:
j "It would require an expert to dls
I tlngtilsh between much of the music
j played in churches and that played by
! such an orchestra as Creature's, except
tliul the latter is innre akin to the
finished product. We do not believe
I In Sabbath desecration, but we are of
! the opinion that Mr. Creatore would
i have ;.. play U long line before he
would start his hearers to perdition.
if good music is anything, it Is up-'
lifting.
There Is something Jn that view, to
he sure. Many Is the time we have heard
the organist work In a bit of opera
music which would have been regarded
as out of place In church. There is
nothing that really sounds more de?
votional on a church orgUn than
Strauss's "Sounds From Home," which
we have heard played with flno effect
among the verji saints of tho Lord.
Maseagnl's Intermezzo from "Cavallerl
Rustlcana" has soothed many a trou?
bled soul while the collection was,
being lifted, and only lust Sunday Gou?
nod's "Sleep, Smile. Slumber," was ren?
dered with most delightful effect. Why
is it that the best music should not be
played on Sunday as well as the worst'.'
Why lii it that "t'he world," as |t is
called, should have the llnest houses,
the most comfortable seats, tli" loftiest
music, while the poorest of all these
things Is given to the Almighty? We
do not say that It Is wrong; we dare
not do that; hut Isn't It strange? How
' does It happen that we are better than
the ancients?
"Praise Him with the sound of the
trumpet; praise Him with the psaltery
and harp. Praise Him with the tim?
brel and dat'ee; praise Him with
stringed instruments and organs," etc.,
etc. Such was the exhortation of David;
but David did not live In these larger
I and belter times, alas!
SCIENCE) AXD RAGTIME.
Dr. Brunner, late Instructor in the
Imperial Academy of Medical Research,
Berlin, thus describes the effect of
ragtime music:
"Your ragtime air jars the nerve
centers and causes an irritation of the
bmln cells. While the roll and thump
of ragtime Is exhilarating to tho ;
senses and acts as a stimulant It has
the after effects of an injurious drug
that will eventually stagnate the brain
cells and wreck "the nervous system. j
The doctor also remarks that It ls.
the little minds that are crazy with
ragtime. This scientific observation]
can rne considered a test to show the'
size of one's mind. Moreover, he says
thai If something Isn't done the classics
will vanish and wc shall be singing
our national .ilrs In ragtime.
Why do the general run of people
like ragtime'.' Why do they demand
it? Simply because it is the only kind
of music that they come into contact
wilth. They hear classical music In
the form of sacred music, but rarely
elsewhere. They frequent the theatres
where ragtime Is rarely Interrupted
by something of a higher sort. They
never hive an opportunity to know
classical music, real music, until they
arc too habituated to ragtime to alter
their tastes;. Even tho young girl
musical student, preferring the better
kind, plays ragtime When the boys
come around. She knows that they
woul<i I"- bored by Beethoven.
When classical music is really popu?
larized, and when the people arc made
to rrali/.o that good music is not ?ne
of the exclusive luxuries of the rich,
thrill the, reign of ragtime will be over.]
DAIIMIV OX WILSON.
There i. now a full-fledged Wood-|
tow Wilson Club at the University of I
Virginia, one of tho four nlma maters I
of tho Scholar of Princeton. Thcro
Is to bo mi "awakening of the stu- 1
dents of ti. University to the noed
of their till ! in bringing about tho
nomination : Woodrow Wilson." Like
movements arc on foot all over the
country, hut this ls said lo be the
Mrst collegiate Wilson club. An Un
de-wood club Is sure to follow, a3 the
House leader Is also an alumnus of
the University of Virginia, and has
publicly acknowledged his debt to
that Institution, declaring that .It was
there that he was grounded In the
Jeffcrsonlan faith.
>r Dabney, who, ns a student, was
h close friend of Wilson, gave an In?
formal tulk at the organization of
the Wilson club. Ho suldi
"Upon hin entranco to the Univer?
sity ho took rank Immediately among |
his fellow-students for his broad
mlndcdncss and generul scholastic at?
tainments. Very soon after his ad?
vent he gained the reputation of being
the bent orator at tho University. In
his oration before the Jcftersonlan
Literary Society In 1880. he showed him?
self to be tho same, student of public
nffalrs that ho Is conceded to be to?
day, and led his fellow-students to
recognize in him the same qualities
tuat the American people see In him
to-day.
"in his speech, which was on John
Bright, Wilson expressed his views of
honest politics us a lifelong endeavor
to lend first the attention and then
tho will oX the people, and not to
gain votes by crooked means."
.* Dr. Dubncy then discussed Wilson as
a Democrat, and there Is no man bet?
ter fitted to tell a Democrat from
s methlng else than this close stu?
dent of the lire and thought of tho
(irand Old Man or Montlcbllu. Dr.
Dabuoy said:
"This Idea, which expressed his sen?
timent as a student, reveals the inan
?s a public servant. Thcro Is no man
of greater character or less apt to
plu) to the gallery or succumb lo uuv
Icmptattoii Some have claimed that
his advocacy of the Initiative, refer?
endum and recall is radical, bill we
can at least bo sure that this is Wil?
son's idea of Hie right and not a
grandstand play. Wilson cannot be
called a radical dCinug?gUCi \v!lO hopes
to smash things up. hut a Democrat
in the liest s.-nse or the word. Clark
Is a Bryanlsl, Harmon Is a conserva?
tive, but Wilson Is a Democrat."
And Dr. Dabney knows his Wilson.
KA lilt A It ON KATNHS8.
Coruldino Knrrar Is both a singer
and a thinker?a woman of Ideas as
well as of words, as .-io nfany women
are not. Spcuklng of people reducing,
their flesh,-she taken little stock In
exercise or diet. Here Is her Idea:
"The way to lose llesh Is to take an
actlva, menial interest in everything
thai goes on about you. The way lot
any woman to grow, thin is to keep her
mind away from growing fal. She
should never think of herself us smut;
never say to herself, '1 am too
largi> to do this or to wear that.' A
woman should always think of herself
as a person young and buoyant, men?
tally alert."
Just . plain thinking?that is the
Farrar recipe?and It is a good one. In
order to keep thin, let the fat person
read thoughtfully William James'
book on pragmatism, or the commen?
taries of William Blackstone, Instead
of Chambers' latest best seller or other
transparent stuff. Let the stout woman
review, her geometry, delve Into meta?
physics and dote on Dnrwln If she
would become sylph-llke.
The New York Sun says that at tho
meeting- of the LaFollette people in
Chlcu'go tho other day. Mr. LaFollette
was. ?poken of as u "symbol." That
Is a good name for htm; but the Sun
spells It -wrong. It shouid be "Cymbal,"
which Is an entirely different thing.
If the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals would look around
u little they w,ould find a good many
oases requiring Its attention. Ycstor
day a white mule hitched to a coal cart
was In agony every step he took down
the steep slopes of Main Slreet, (be?
cause the cart which he wu? drawing
had no brakes on It. This ls n species
of cruelty which should not be per-!
mltted.
The sort of Immigrants needed In
Richmond and Virginia Is the sort 61
men and w,omen of which the Deeper
Waterway's Convention la composed.
They would be worth millions to this
State, and here they would have op?
portunities for development Into the
best order of true American citizenship
some of them do not enjoy at home.
How docs It happen that dear old
Charleston was not represented at the
Deeper Waterways Convention'.' It Iihs
as much to gain by the Intracoastal
project as any other port on the At?
lantic af-aboard.
Every county In ' Virginia should
have a large delegation at the tiood
Roads Congress here next month.
Voice of the People
\\ outN Another Volume.
To the Editor of The Tlmes-Dlsputch;
Sir.? Please spare me u few Inches
of space tu p?i in B word anent the re?
cent diSCUSSlon of "The Long RolL"
I belong to the generation tiiut is
made up of the grandsons and grand?
daughters of those who fought In tho
War between the States; and on behalf
of my own generation, at least, l wl.-di
publicly to thank Miss Johnston for
what 1 believe to be ihe truest, most
comprehensive und certainly the most
Inspiring picture of the llrst two years
ot the war. 1 speak not only for my?
self, but for numbers Of my friends,
some of whom aro earnest students
of history, wln-n I say thut no history,,
biography or novel of war times has
succeeded in etching so deep Into our
hearts the inwardness of dully life
as tho Southern soldier knew it. and
the awful privations under which hol
fought.
Whether, indeed, the portrait of
Stonewall Jackson bo ? true one I am
wholly inopmpetent to Judge, but this
I do know, that careful readings have
fulled to show one Incident thut de?
tracts in my mind from the glory that
hangs about his Damp. The reviewer
for Everybody's says of "The Long
Roll" that neither .luckson nor Richard
Cleve is Its central point, but rather;
"the soul of a nation made incaiides- '
ecu I by war."
As for objections raised against pro
faulty In th?' book, COhllnOn sense tells
us that the difficulties conquered ami
hardships endured were met by a
sprinkling of oaths. It is to the glory
of tlto South thut ihe tinny wns com?
posed not only of "the (lower of South- ;
orn chivalry." but of all men able to
beur arms. It is -atural that Dr. Mason I
und Dr. Smith, who were the chief
critics on this point among the mem?
bers of Lee Camp, should not have
heard much of the iHnguage that wo
may presume lubricated difficult sltuu
tlons. The cloth of u clergyman Is
sufficient protection from such rough
edges. The Confederate soldiers were
none tho less heroes because they were
very human; and Stonewall Jackson
kits been rendered much more compre?
hensible in the humanizing portrait
Miss Johnston has drawn than If ho
continued to bo raised on a pcdcstul
and worshiped us a -deml-god.
I awnlt with eagerness the publica?
tion of the second volume of "Tho Ixmg
Roll." LOREN A BOYD MASON.
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Daily Queries and Answers
j Ohio Newspaper*.
What ara the leading mot'nlng ha?
pere of Toledo und Cleveland. Ohio?
It. D. tt.
I Cleveland Plain - Dealer. Cleveland
j News, Toledo Blade, Toledo Times.
Author ?r "Billy Baxter's Letters."
1. Is William J; KounUi Jr., author
of "Billy liustei's Letters," dcud, and,
If no, when did he die?
2. Is the players' portion or tho gate
receipts In the Championship series now
lining played divide I equally between
j the two teams, or does the winning
1 team get u larger per centum?
READER.
; I. Wo are unable to say .u present,
but are investigating this matter,
shall reply ns soon um possible.
2. The winning team gels a larger
per centtim.
Majority. ,
what Is the difference between ma?
jority mid pluralit) 1 M. u.
Majority Is the, amount or number
by wJileh one aggregate exceeds all
other aggregates, With Which It is con?
trasted ; especially the number
?hieb the votes for a successful can?
didate exceeds those for all other can?
didates, plurality In elections Is the
excess of the vote-; given for one can?
didate over those given for another
candidate. When there are more than
two candidates, the one who receives
the plurality or votes may have less
than a majority.
Cement.
What is the difference between
"Portland" und "Roscndalo"' cement?
Why so named? W. I?.
Portland cement is made by calcin?
ing at nearly w.hlte heat un artificial
mixture of carbonote "f lime and clsy
in certain proportions, and grinding
to powder th?j clinker so formed.
"Portland" cement was originally so
called from its resemblance, when set
In artificial stone, to' the Portland
stone taken from the celebrated quui -
rles of that name on an Island "h* Hie
coast of Dorset, In England. "Roecii
dale" In applied to cements that are
made from single natural rocks with?
out admixture. The name Is from
Rosondale. the place where natural
cement waa first made.
Turkey** Religion.
What is tho religion of Turkey? Is
It older than ours? C. II.
Turkey ranks as the chief country,
of Isiamlsm or Mohammedanism, al?
though the British empire has a1
greater number of Mohammedans. The
latest estimate places the world's fol-1
lowers of Christianity at 477,050.168,
and those of Mohammedanism at 17r,,-!
hMt.,172. Mohammed (670-632), the
founder of Islumlsm, was horn in '
Mecca, Arabia, from whence he Was |
forced to flcrt to Medina In 6?2. From
this lllKlit. or iw.nl-,. the- Mohammedan
era la reckoned. The Koran, or tticreil
book of Islam, la mild to havo boon
communlctitet" In purl to the prophet
by the angel Qabrlol, with tho sound
Of bells, but there Ik no doubt that It
hi drawn from Jewish and Christian
sources. The 1114 suras or chapters
purport to be 'the addresses delivered
by Mohammed at Mccoi. and Medina,
j They proclaim Mohammed to he tho
apOStle of Clod, deny the d'vlnlty but
acknowledge the miracles of Christ
sanction polygamy, but prohibit
thieving, usury, fraud, false wit?
ness, strong drink and gambling. This
follower of islam Is charged with theso
live duties: To bear witness that there
is but one Odd, to rei-lte dally prayers,
t" give tint appointed end legvil alms,
in observe the Ramadan (a month's
fust) und to make a pilgrimage to
Mecca at less! once In a lifetime. And
over} year more thin loo.ooo of tho
faillu.il flock to Mecca to kls, the
black stone of the Kaaba.
Infantile PsrolyMs.
I- Infantile paralysis still spread?
ing, and what Is 1; like?
II is ftuppb ed to havc been brought
to America by Immigrants front Nortb
? in Europe, i inly ::'>" cases were known
in the ti years ending 1904. but In
tin- live years ending moo not Ichs
(ban s on.i nses were reported, nearly
two-thirds' of them In the United
States, whore hourly every Ptnte was
re cited. Through Isolation and other
precautions, the disease seerrs to be
diminishing. Massachusetts had 923
cases In IS"!1. 654 In 1910. but only ill
in lite first eight months of 1911. The
?;i ,-ase i: :- been traced to a very
minute organism?m> minute as to pars
through earthenware?that Is taken
Into the .blood through the mucous
membrane of the noeo. Its effects are
very often serious. It attacks children
and Infants, and while the death rate
Is low. It la veVy llablo to result In
BOine permanent deformity. It begins
with fever, vomiting and d'arrhca,
parnlyels of some groups of muscles?
as of an arm or * leg?following In
a few hours There may he partial re?
covery from the paralysis, hut the
muscles affected begin to atrophy, and
deformity Is very probable. An epi?
zootic parnlysis In pigs and other ani?
mals miy be the same disease and tend
to sprrad It.
N'ame.
My r.imc is John Smith. If a strang?
er should accost me and ask me my
name ahould I answer, "Smith" or "Mr.
Smith?"
Tho former. "Mr." Is not part of your
name.
CLAN OF MACDONALD
REACHES AGREEMENT
by la MAnQUIKB du foxtf.soy.?
r-j?i HE announcement m?de tn these
I leuers tin- other day of the foci
I that the three chieftains <>r the
great Clan of Mar-uonald had at
length rome to an agreement to de?
termine questions of precedence when?
ever they met, by the spinning of u
coin, thus bringing to a closu a bitter
feud that had been In progress for morn
ttinn .">"" years, and that had been the
cause of tnudh bloodshed! i rime, adven?
ture, and romance, Lnn brought mo so
many requests irom readers for more
information about the MacdonaldS that
the following brlel notes may be ut
Interest.
The founder of the family was the
celebrated Somerled, tirst I^>rd of the
isjes, who although married to the
daughter of a Norwegian King, con?
tributed more than any one else to
free Scotland from the rule of the Nor?
wegians, and of the Danes He was u
shrewd man, and being once on a small
island, with only u hundred Of his fol?
lowers, and finding himself besieged
there by the entire Norwegian fleet, he
?dopted a singular stratagem to frigh?
ten them from landing. His Highland?
ers being clad In goatskins, he or?
dered them to march round the Island,
with their ? olors llylng and their bag?
pipes playing. This attracted attention,
find the moment the troops were out
of sight, the men were ordered by him
to turn their coats Inside out, nnd with
this altered exterior, anil with different
,tm. ?- being played on the pipes, they
marched past the Norwegian Meet again.
Having repented u similar metunior
phosls several limes, the invaders be?
came itlnriiied at the number of regi?
ments apparently mustered to oppose
them, and set sail, without beat of
drum.
At Humerled's death, his dominions
were divided between Ins two sons, and
from them came, the Lords of the Isles
and the Lords of Lome. The Lord ot
the IsleR of the time of Hoben Bruce
was styled Lord of Innisgael, that is
to say, Lord Of the Islunds of Gael, or
of the Hebrides. Sir Walter Scott
calls him "Ronald," for the poetical
reason that this name is prettier. The
grandson of Angus Or was named
Donald, and his descendants were rail?
ed Macdonald. The lairds of the Isles
were independent until the lime of Alex?
ander, who was defeated at the battle
of Lochaber, In H20, and reduced 10
submission, by .lames f. of Scotland,
The last of these Macdonald Lords of
the Isles was John, who was likewise
Karl of Ross. lie.was deprived of Ills
honors ror rebellion against .lames II.
of Scotland. Some of them were re?
stored to Iiim on his reconciliation to
the crown, but not the title of Lord of
the Isles, which was retained by the
King, and which bus nlnce the union
of llu English and Scotch crowns been
one of the most highly prized titles
of the Prince, ol Wales.
sir Donald Macdonald, who wan chief?
tain ?f the clan In the days of Charles
I., received a baronetcy, which Is see
ond In point of seniority In the King?
dom of Scotland Since last your, this
baronetcy, created In 1021!, has been
in tho possession of sir Alexander
itoHvl'.le Macdonald, by virtue of u
decree of Ihe Court of Session of Scot?
land, dated Juno I. HilO, Issued after It
luul been surrendered, as wrongfully
iiejd, by iiis kinsman. Lord Macdonald,
The baronetcy and the chieftullicy?for
they go together?are known ns those
or Macdonald of sioat. Bleut being in
the Island of Skyo, county of Inver?
ness.
Both Sir Alexander Macdonald nnd
his kinsman, Lord Mardonuld. nave
royal blood In their veins. For they
ore both great-grandsons of the third
Lord Macdonald nnd of Lnulsu ISdSlr,
who was a natural daughter of George
111.'s brother, the royal Duke of
Gloucester, by the duchess's lady In
waiting. Lady Aimerla Carpenter,
daughter of the last Karl of Tyroon
nell. Loulsu was brought up at Holy- j
rood Pnlaco, and It was from thencol
that she run off with the third Lord
Macdonald to flretna Green. Owing to
her having been n minor at tho time,
there was a question in Lord Macdon- !
nl/l's mind as to whether the Orotna j
Green ceremony hnd 'been valid. So;
some years Inter, after the birth of
his eldest son, he went through an?
other ceremony of 'marriage with her.
according to tho rites of the Church
of England. When he died, his eldest
son, born prior to this second marri?
age ceremony of-^hts parents, was so
convinced tn his own mind that ho was
illegitimate, that he allowed both the
peerage and estates to go to hlB young?
er brother, Godfrey, and helng adopted
by a very wealthy uncle of tho third
Lord Macdonald, Alexander Bosvllle hy
name, Inherited his large fortune and
extensive ostates, as well as his name
of BosvUle, and his armorial beur
Ings.
Two years ago, tho present owner
of the Boavillc estates In Yorkshire,
up to that time known as Alexander
Bosvllle, became Imbued with a de?
sire to establish his rights to the chief?
taincy of the Macdonalds of Sleat. and
also hlh rights to the baronetcy of
SI eat, Legal proceedings ensued in tho
Scottish courts, and they were even?
tually terminated last year by a com?
promise, sanctioned by the court, which
held that Alexander lto.iv!He had sub?
mitted Sufficient evidence to establish
his rights to the baronetcy of Macdonald
of Steal, and to the ch'eftalncy of tho
Bleat Macdonalds, but not to the Irish
barony of Macdonald, that la to say,
the court held that the Oretna Green
marriage of the third Lord MacDonuld
and Louisa Edslr. and her subsequent
life with him In Scotland, prior to the
Anglican ceremony, legitimized their
first-born, ft jm a Scottish point of
view, and sufficiently to inherit his
Scottish honors, though not enough to
legitimist him In English law, or to
qualify him as heir to an English or
Irish peerage. So much for the Mac?
donalds of Sleat.
With regard to the Macdonalds of
Clunranald. they are descended from a
son of John, Lord of the Isles, by his
union with Amy t)e Insults, this son
bearing the name of Ranald, whence
Clunranald. There has always been a
doubt as to the legitimacy of this
founder of tho Clanranald branch of
the Macdonalds; und whereas the right
of Its. chief to the chieftaincy of the
entire Olnn of the Macdonalds has ul
ways been contested by the Mucdon
alds of Sleat, there aro many people
In Scotland who have for hundreds oT
years favored the pretensions of Clan?
ranald. Tho present chief is Colonel
Angus Macdonald, son of the late Ad?
miral Sir Reginald Macdonald, and who,
though retaining none of the lands
or nis ancestors, haa still a number ot
relics of those Stuart princes to whose
cau.se his ancestors devoted themselves
with so much chivalry. Among thete
relics Is the claymore of the Young
rntender, which he wore when he
held court at Edinburgh, and which
foil Into the hnnds of tho Duke of
Cumberland, along with the rest of the
Voting I'rotender's baggage, at the bat?
tle of Ctilloden. For near eighty years
It hung as a trophy on the walls of the
armory In the Tower of London. But
when George IV. visited Scotland, and
held royal court at Molyrood, a cou?
ple of years or so "after h's accession
to tho throne, he sent for the claymore
from tho tower armory, and presented
It to the Clanranald of the day. con?
gratulating him on tho loyalty and
honor of his house, and expressing the
hope that hearts that had beaten- so
noblv for Prince Charlie jivould from
thenceforth show equal fealty to the
house of Hanover.
If George IV. gave the claymore to
Clanranald, it was because the latter
already had in his possession the ac?
tual service sword which tho Young
Pretender hud constantly worn and
used from Falklrk until Culloden, and
which ho had presented to tho Clan
ranald of his day, when he put on the
disguise Of a woman's dress to escape
from the Hebr'des with Flora Mac?
donald. Few people aro awaro that
after suedssfu 11y conducting the flight
of the Young Pretender! without any
breath of scandal ever attaching it?
self to her name, Flora Macdonald mar?
ried a son of Macdonald of Klngs
burgh, a member of the Clan of Clan?
ranald, and emigrated with her husband
to North Carolina, where they made
their home for a number of years, with
their tivo sons and daughter. Her
husband and her boys took part In the
American War of Independence, on the
British side; and after tho conflict they
returned to Scotland, where "Flora
died. In March. 1790. at. Pclnduln. She
lies burled In Kllinull Church, wrapped
In a plaid that had belonged to her
prince, her grave marked b? an Iona
cross of Aberdeen granite. Flora was
not the actual offspring of the Clan?
ranald of hor day, but his adopted
daughtor. her father being a cousin of
the chieftain.
With regard to tho Glengarry Mac?
donalds. Its chieftain spells his name
Macdonnell. He is tho twenty-first
chieftain of the lino, hears tho Chris?
tinn names of Aeneas Ranald, and Is
British vice-consul ut Baku, In Rus?
sia.
(Copyright, 1911, by the Brentwood
Company.)
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