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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, Uli,
WESTII \ ?P rON'S PLICHT,
Seldom 1ms the fruit of tho tree of:
knowledge eif eood and evil boon mote
temptingly displayed than when tho i
lion. William D. Poulke told the peo?
ple ?1 Richmond some of the good!
things that foreign cities give their'
citizens, whotnrr ther me tax-payers
?ir not. Among other special privi?
leges for citizens of Frankfort, a mu?
nicipality which Mr. Poulke so spe?
cifically described, Is the effort made
by tho municipally owned street rail?
ways to loster suburban travel. The
object of this elTort is to Rive the
working people cheaper rates to tho
,cotintry, bcoauso land is less dear, rents
are consequently lower and (he vital-;
Hy and happiness of tho citizens are
increased.
No auob altruletlo id-an hamper the
Virginia Railway and Power Company
in Its drallng with Westharopton. For
a flfte-?u-mlntlte scneduln the citizens
of V? v - ' .lampton uro offered a thirty- j
minute service from I A. M. to 10 A. M. >
and from S P. M. to T P. M. Nor has,
the railway agreed oven to build a
Shelter at the fntci section of Robinson
Street and Floyd Avenue.
It Is net contended hy the munici?
pally owned street railways of Ger?
many that nil suburban triiflle, pays,
*nd we do not suppose lor one moment
that the schedule requested by the
sltlzcns of Wosthanipton will pay from
the start. But a street railway com?
pany that has a monopoly on tho
lighting of Richmond und a monopoly
on Main Street and the heart of Broad
Street might with reason bo expected
to make some concessions for the de?
velopment of the community from
which It draws lurge revenues.
Since the matter has gone to court,
both sides will receive a legal de?
termination of their mutual rights,
but, unless the cost involved ia pro?
hibitive, it Is hard to see why a cor?
poration which has been as public
spirited and progressive as tho Vir
elnln Hallway and Power Company
since it got into the hauda of the
Goulds should now rcfuso the request
of the Wcsthnmpton citizens.
THE "WHIPPING nOY'S" EXPLANA?
TION.
The best thnt can be said of Chan?
cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg'e labored
attempt to prove that In the Moroccan
negotiations Germany gained a vic?
tory over France Is that ho made the
best of a very difficult und embarrass?
ing situation. His task was not an
enviable one, for apart from being
constrained by his position to defend
what wos In many respects an Inde?
fensible Imperial policy, as expressed :
In the lnltlul phase of the Intervention
Itself, he was muile the Whipping boy
for the Kaiser-.by-the opposition, who
did not heBltate to "lay on und spare
not." The only victory Germany gained
was a victory over herself, through
the assertion of common sense that
dictated acceptance of France's terms.
When the chaff of the "conversations"
has been winnowed out, the kernel
that Is lert Is thut Germany was .
beuten, virtually, on every point. Tho
residuum of the whole Is German hu- ]
millhtlrm and unpaired prestige. Noth?
ing could be more conclusive of this
than the chauvinism displayed In tho
Reichstag, with the approval even of
the Crown Prince, and In u certain
rec.tion of the German press.
The truth Is the German pitcher I
went to the well of Interference once
too often, end came back badly crack?
ed, if not broken. The Kaiser leaped
heforo he looked, and landed In ?
bramble bush. All that has followed
has been little more than an effort to
nave Germany's fhce as far ns possible,
and Prance has very considerately and
generously helped :o salve the
scratches. The Kaiser reckoned with?
out his host, or rather without the'
French hosts. In that he found the'
conditions and the popular French
temper he had to deal with fai differ-1
out from what they were when, six
years ago, he mode his dramatic Tan?
gier speech, compelled agreement to
thei Algeclrss convention In order iu
prevent possible war, and humbled
France. Then France was not too
corfident of the strength of het itrrhy;
the people, though excited over Ger?
many's aggressive interposition, gave
no Confortid assurance thai they could ;
be defended upon to uphold the hands
of .tho ministry, and. for the sake of
peace, M. Delcassc the Minister of
War, who had for yam been pro] .1
ing for. ap ultimate trial o( con In
Hons with Germany, i>;.o to resign, on
the demand of the Kola*
' But tho whirligig of linn ? i
evolution circumstances have
brought tJel'dassc ample revenge, and
wrought wonderful el ngns In the
present Instance dcrmany found the
French musses calm, self-confident and
practically a unit m support of the
^nlnlstry. possessed of full faith In tl.e
military power t>f the nation, and firm
In their determination not lo yield an
Inch that would;- cost Franco her
Hegemon* 1ft Morocco, and related
Northern Africa. More-than that, ehe
found Great Britain more Irrevocably
committed to ?buttressing the French
cuuso than ever befc-xj. Honoe, the
Kaiser wifely decided to atop short of
the line of an Insistence, the crossing
of which would probably hnve brought
? >n an armed conflict. In which. In the
nature of France's uillan-oa and tho
palpable weakening of the Triple Al?
liance, Germany would obviously bo
tt a serious advantage Anothor con?
sideration that contributed potently
to putting ?he Kaiser on the defensive
und to warning- him that 'twere well
to halt, was that, to their credit be It
said, rhe banking and Industrial de?
velopment Interests of Germany, which
were large borrowers from France,
exhibited no sympathy with tho
Raiser's Moroccan pretenslous.
It Is true tbnt In tho compromise
which entered Into the complication as
.-? side Issuo, and virtually an after?
thought, and W,hlch' France agreed to,
in order to avoid future friction and
null Germany to the counter of no
rnrth- r Interference, Germany gains a
largo Congo territory,-capable of being
made exceedingly valuable to her In
days to come. Hut this Is inconsider?
able compared with the triumph of
France In securing recognition of her
right of domination In Morocco, which
rounds out conceded French over-',
lordship of the Southern Mediterranean
littoral from the Pillars of Hercules
to the western Trlpollta- border, a*id
adds to her possession? another big
stretch of hinterland.
rot, in spito of att this, it is better
.that the chancellor should have mad
the explanation and the defense Of tho
tm] erlal policy bo did, lame as they
were; for It his disclosed that back
of and apart from tho chauvinists,
those smarting under the humiliation
and the political leaders who would
make capital out of the Kaiser's "sur- '
render.-" tbero Is a large, influential
and powerful conservative element
which stundG for peace at any prlca
cave that of honor, and which, at lha
last, hns the lost word with the
Kaiser, This counts Immensely as as?
surance that Germany would not pre?
cipitate war without long und sober
second thought, the alarmist, the
timorous, the prophets of evil and the
professional rcrasters of tho mnp of
Buropo none the less. That knowledge
Is the world's gain from tho Incident, ;
and a vast gain 11 Is?the greatest
gain of all. For It l8 the strongest of
assurances against a general European
upheaval brought on by Germany's
ambition, which hns been so often con?
fidently predicted, and "spells large"
the quieting of world unrest.
rtKGISTBn.
Within three weeks ull persons de?
siring to vote must register for the
June municipal election, at which the .
Mayor and Councilman are to be elect- '
ed. Every cltlr.cn who would promote
the prosperity of R'chmpnd and servo
his city wull should mttko It a point
to register for the June election. If
the registration In December Is not
tremendously Increased It will be (J
disgrace and a shame upon the city.
Why? Because It Is possible that
the proposed plan for an effective and
bettor city government will not be >
approved by the present Council. As- ]
Burning, for sake of argument, that '?
such will bn tho case, the succeeding
Council, elected In June, will have in
Its hands the disposition of this great
plan for Richmond's progress. Yet, if
the number of registered voters Is not
much greater than It la now, a new
Council will go Into office uncommitted
und possibly unfavornble to the pro- '
posed changes In our Government. The
city ofllceholdors und their friends
muster a vote of about l.fiOO. which,
coupled with a little more opposition,
would defeat the proposition If there
Is only n normal registration.
It Is Imperative that all who wish a
t.'-ttcr government should not only
register, but should Influence others to
register. It was suggested the other
day at n meeting of tho board of
directors of the chamber of Commerce
that every employer should require his
employes to vote, and see to It that
they do. That is a good policy, a good j
business policy, and tho employers of !
Richmond should Insist right now !
upon It. It Is nn outrage that so many
young men in this cltv do not register.
If till tho intelligent young men <n !
business In Richmond voted. Richmond
would have n government run on bust- j
ncsB principles. ,
r>t every citizen register and cause
others to do so. n the present Co?n- .
ell will-hot adopt the iio.v plaii let us.
be In a position to eleut In June n i
Council who will.
I Mi: IIOOI \M> TI HKIll 1 I.OMV,
State Superintendent of Public ln
Btructlon Egglestbri last week jour?
neyed out to Oos Molnes (ut Its ape- ,
clttl invitation) to address the Iowa;
glat( Teachers' Association, and tho j
!?? , Meines Register "played him up" |
h< vy headlines, Ills theme was ]
rural lendershlp, and he handled it In
a practical and effective way, so that j
th< jowti teachers wore much Impress- j
etl !?-. both (he riiun and bis message.!
. ; leadership Mr. Kggleslon de-j
fined tit "nn Inventory of actual con- I
dlttous; a diagnosis of tlgt1 basic
trottbli or dfscasjo; a capacity to pr-j
guhize the demerit that could' pro?
duce a cure and 0 (earless determina?
tion to effect the cur< ' iCmpnastslrig
i-. is point, he cited an Insyince 6f a
school superintendent who saw.tiiat his,
rilsritot needed good roadt, telephone's
and (L social utmosphrrr to drive away
the nioh<5tony and dullness.of isolation.
That superintendent brought all these
things to pass, because he kept per?
sistently at work for them. Another
i iral leader Ivan a preacher who tern
por rily vacated hit, pulpit und went
t<. work" with bin coat off for pducn.
I turn, coniudorlng It at the time the
pre^tinAt ii'.ccrislty Of his people.
There l* u coins need, no^ in educa*
1 tSon for ''the man who dooe things,"
j Mr. Eggleston pointed out, telling
I of u college mi tiiln Virginia who was
turned down for a aohool aupertnten
dsnoy stmply heoauae he folded his
hands und deplored tne condition of
thing*, and did not suggest a remedy.
In his stead, the position was. given
to a man with but a limited educa?
tion, who was tho man to carry out
. certain reforme.
When Mr. Eggleston spoke of the
functions of public schools, ho made
u most Incisive criticism of some pres?
ent day tondenctes in education. lie
f c are that wo "havo lost sight of tho
functions of tho public sohool," which
are "r# healthy body, a trained capacity
and a desire to 6orvo tho community."
Wo. hoar much about tho "fundamen?
tals'* In education, but what are they?
"A sound body and an unselfish out?
look on lifo" Is Mr. Eggleston's an?
swer. He went on to say:
"And yet, year In and year out. wo
permit the children to go to school
and to acquire arithmetic and adenoids;
history and hookworm; algebra and
astigmatism; cube root and tubercu?
losis; Caesar and spinal curvature. And
then they go forth to serve?them?
selves. Now what does It profit a Stnto
If Its children gnIn the whole world
Of knowledgo and lose both health and
the soul of good citizenship?"
That Is n most effective statement
Of tho viclousncss of an educational
system based on the letter and not
the spirit of education. The pupil who
is led In the narrow vale of mere
learning has little promise in him
of future good citizenship or clvto
interest. lie feels that the commu?
nity owed him nn obligation which
It discharged In educating him, and
not that ho owes the community a
debt which oan be oleared only by
public splrltednfese. All too many school
children now are so educated that they
look back upon their training as nn
InqulEltorlal proceeding and not an nn
Inspiring sourco of breadth, sympathy
and servloe.
THE HOUSING I'ltOIILKM.
In nn Intelligent and high-minded
cure of its citizens, a city does well
to look to their housing. Tho dwell?
ing of tho citizen has a most vital
hearing upon his health, his efficiency,
and even his outlook upon lire. A
badly housed citizen Is rarely a good
citizen. The plan to establish In the
larger cities bureaus which will look
after housing the city's tenement dis?
tricts ts an excellent one. nnd students
of municipal questions wisely devoto
attention to this matter, as the Na?
tional Municipal League, now In ses?
sion here, will to-day.
Proper nttentlon to housing mtana
the wiping out of overcrowding, filth
and conditions breeding dlseose and
Immorality, Ignorance, carelessness
and unclcnnllhcss can be cured by
regulation and inspection. Upon proper
housing arc based municipal health,
municipal beauty and municipal pro?
gress.
WOMEN AND TUB RECALL.
California hns discovered that sho
bus, to a great degree, placed the re?
call of all Statu officers, Judges not
excluded, Into the hands of women
voters. Now there Is wonder as to
how the combination will turn out.
When the women take n dislike fjo an
official they can send In a petition nnd
have an election called. The petition
need be signed by but 12 per cent,
of the voters, and tho women alone,
tonstltuto about 00 per cent, of the
total vote.
T.he suspicion obtains In some quar?
ters that the California bench leans
too much toward tho railroads. The '
Judiciary Is unpopular, and the recall
may soon bo applied to some of its
members.
Women, however, are .conservative
by nnture. An honest judge has noth?
ing to fear from them. Women are!
tarely demagogues, rarely destructive.'
They sre for peaeo and quiet- The
State of Washington hns both wo- i
man suffrage and tho recall, but. ox-'
reptlng In Seattle, no undesirable re.
suits have been brought about.
TWISTED HISTORY.
The New York Times's announce- j
mont'Sunday of tho Washington and
l.ee alumni banquet, held in that city,
was a wonderful piece of history of
tbnt institution with history left out
or twisted. Washington did not give
that James River Company stock to
Augusta ACademy, but to Liberty Hall
Academy, the successor of Augusta
A( ..?!? my", nnd predecessor of Washing?
ton Academy. Washington College and
Washington nnd t.eo University.
Nor did the "real history" of "Wash ? |
gton and l.ee begin wjth the Wash
donation, it began in Colonial
times, through, the men who directed
Its early destinies. These were promi?
nent In the events leading tip to the
Revolutionary War, and also In the ;
formative period of tho republic.
Moreover, had not certain trustees t
of old Liberty Hall Academy, who
were members of the Virginia Conven?
tion that ratified the Federal Constitu?
tion, voted against the Instructions of
their constituents. It Is probable that;
Virginia would hot have entered tho I
Union..
Henry had ? strong following In the |
;:jROHHtltuericy, which afterwards, how-j
??ver, vindicated the action of their j
representatives.
iv \.\SAN ORIGINALITY.
in Lincoln Centre. Kansas, recently j
a young girl school teacher of Irre -1
proochabl' character ..wok enticed Into!
taking a buggy ride into the woods
with a hired emissary who nosed as
an admirer, was there met by n com- I
mlttee of tho most prominent citizens
of the town, stripped naked, nnd
tarred and feathered. Her only of?
ten.-.,- was that of noi being liked 'by
the Wives of the leading men of Lin?
coln '.'..niiy. w)?? persuaded their hug
bands. It Is stated, to express their
dislike in the manner aforesaid.
Now It <? learned that Lincoln
Centre begs that tho newspapers of
the country will oeasa to give our
renoy to accounts of the incident, on
the plea that such advertising will
"Injure the honor" of tho community.
. Kansas Is the prollfto mother of
original and unique Idoae, political,
soolal and other, but in this instance
she has excelled herself; tor there
could not bo a more original and
unique idea than that euch a com?
munity had any honor to Injure. The
concept is the very embodiment of the
genius of originality and the concrete
essence of vivid imagination.
"Will clash this afternoon." says
tho Suffolk Jiorald of "the Y. M. C. A.
football team, and tho 'Panthers of
Portsmouth.*" Bounds like the days
of tho Christian martyrs In the arena.
Puck muk?s an Interesting compari?
son of what Paul Itovoro would have
done about tho British If he had been
living In 1011 instead of In tho cen?
tury after the Northampton Protest,
the first declaration of Independence
in this country:
"Tho Paul Rovcre of. 1775: 'To arms,
all, of you. und rouso your neighbors!
Tho British have left Boston and are
tiow murchlng this way. They'll bo
hero beforo daybreak!'
"If it happened In 1911: 'Hello, Long
Distance! Oivo mo one-soven-scven
six Lexington. . . . This Lexington?
Well, this is Revere. The British uro
coming! Tip off Concord, will you?
Thanks. Uood-by." "
And it's dollars to baked beans that
If he were not to put a nickel In tho
slot that Massachusetts "Central"
would never have let him said a word.
Wnero is the old-fashioned man who
knew tho Constitution of the Untted
States hy heart?
Thors was but one tenant of tho City
Hall at the session of the Municipal
Leaguo yesterday morning, but he
looked mighty Interested.
EVery county in Virginia should ho
represented at tho Good Roads Con- j
gress hero next week.
Dr. Cook has come back again, and |
probably will go. where he belongs
into vaudovllle.
College professors who write leurned ;
"bum"-sollers w.ould be vastly repaid
If they knew how literally and gen- j
erally public men appropriate their |
thoughts.
Even tho price of prunes Is going up.
and no longer therefore will the boutxl
tng house denizen at breakfast ho as?
saulted with the quostlon, "Fruit?"
One of ' the most eminent of the
Southern delegates attending the con?
vention of the National Municipal
League is Prosldent S. C. Mitchell, of '<
the University of South Carolina, one,',
of the best informed men on Southern J
needs ami problems, and an educational
leader of remarkable constructive
genius- In Its golden age, the South
Carolina College had William Campbell
Preston, of Virginia, at its "head; when!
tho oollcge was shaping Itself for a|
new order It was Frtyiklln C. Wood-1
ward, of Virginia, who guided It-with!
a master's hand, and now It Is an-j
other Virginian?Dr. Mitchell?who Is \
broadening It Into a university of'
ever-expnndlng service to tho peoplo:
nnd the State. If there were more,
men of the Mltcholl mold In South
Carolina, that ancient Commonwealth
would not now be covered* with sbatnu
and disgrace.
Voice of the People
New Stntc Ofllcer Suggested.
To the Kdllor of The Times-Dispatch: 1
Sir,?Knowing full well that u groat
many pcopK Hunk wo already have of- :
lioers enough, 1 nm going to suggest,
another. No well-Informed man will
dispute tho fact that Kggleston, K?lner
and Wilson are worth many times their ,
cost to the State In educating the
peoplo In their respective lines, and
the Departments of Agriculture, both,
national and State, are doing magnltl
cent work in teaching tho farmers
how to make more of the various pro?
ducts to the ncro, but what Ib needed
is* some one, with plenty of efficient .
assistants, to teach the producers how ;
to realize the full value for their pro?
ducts after being raised. Tho buyers
of tho various products uro so well
organized or understand euch other
so well that Hie great mass of pro-'
ducers are almost completely at the
mercy of the buyers. Think of the
thousands nnd thnusnnds of dollars;
that would be Bavcd to the producers !
of apples, peanuts, cotton, tobacco and
ho on If marketed intelligently: Think .
Of the prosperous farmers anil tnxa- j
l>le values wo would have If the far- I
rners now got what often goes to on- I
rich Northern speculators, who do not '
pay any taxes In this Stnto. The old '
slate will hum Indeed when the far?
mers get full vnlno for what thoy
produce, and you may lay on all the
taxes you please for schools nnd roads
and you will never hear a murmur.
Li t's have n commissioner, superin?
tendent, or sonie other name If von
please, to tench our people how to
market their products to tho best ad
vantage^ and if ho will do his duty
? e- ralthfully as some of our present
nuiccrs are doing theirs our State will
go forward In both private nnd pub?
lic improvements :m never before.
.. .. ? k W. ('. COUSINS,
batnalle, .November 1 n, 1911.
Severe on 'The Long Holl."
Co he Editor of The Times-Dispatch: j
sir. -! read with Interest In to-day's !
Issue, undo:- headlines of "Stonewall
Jackson" nnd ?The Long Roll," an artl
Samitoi h. Woods, of Ch'arlottes
vlllc, vn This work 'by Miss Johnston
seems to have been written without In?
formation, an! from the standpoint
of notoriety and gain, at the expense
of iiei people What a fearful price
10 bo paid foi any i-onsidcratlon! It Is
clcarls n case of "F.t til, Brute." She
should receive the condemnation of the
Olttlre Southern States and want ot
respectability of States nt largo, whore
manhood, honor and chivalry are ro
spected, as means of taking care of
p.-.st. rity, me State of Virginia should
i oppress further sale and publication
thla work, as we have no tight to
loach our children any such fallacious?
ness. The criticism by Miss Johnston
of Stonewall Jackson (certainly to our
Southern peoplo) is llko a Lilliputian
on the back of a giant. It is clearly
a case of "he who suffers ?y the add?
er's fang might have the crawler
crushed, but could feel no resent?
ment. ' Thank God. ho rest* in sloop
before any such Imputation hy a Vir?
ginia woman.
WILLIAM. D, GRIFFIN.
I Petersburg.
EVENTUALLY THEY'LL HAVE TO COME TO IT.
(_I
La Marquise de Fontenoy
BY LA .MAIKIUISE DO FONTENOY.
LADV PAUL* who haa Just been con- j
domncd by tho Engll?h courts1
to pay damages or half a cent to j
her husband's sister, tho fasci?
nating but somewhat notorious Mrs. !
lhomas James Athnrton, Is thu wife of I
Sir Aubrey Paul, fifth baronet of his
line, and Is n daughter of tho celo
brated Polish violinist, Wlenlawskl.
(>no would havo Imagined that after
all the disagreeable newspaper no-!
torlcty which Mrs. Atherton had ro- I
celved In connection with her divorce
case from Colonel Thomas Jamea Ath?
erton. of the Twelfth Lancers. In her
suit for breach of promise against
Lord Churston. and her citation In at
least two other divorce cases, she
would have been rendorcd impervious
to criticism. Hut sho seems to havo
taken offense at the remark made by
her sister-in-law, Lady Paul, to the
elTect that she hud been turned out of
the Savoy Hotel at Cairo by the man?
agement, and sho accordingly- auod
l.ady Paul for Impugning her charac?
ter, associating In the outt her broth?
er, Sir Aubrey Haul, as responsible for
als wife's utterances.
While tho Jury returned this mini?
mum verdict of damages against Lady
Paul, they still further Intimated
their opinion that sho had much ex?
cuse for her uncomplimentary refer?
ences to her sister-in-law, bv placing
the burden of the costs Of the trial
upon Mrs. Atherton. The latter Is
fortunately well able to pay these, hav?
ing an Independent fortune of some
125.000 a year of her own.
The Pauls, of Gloucestershire, who
liavo nothing In common with the
similarly baronetted Irish Pauls of
County Carlow, aro u Cromwelllan fam?
ily, nnd through the marriage of Dr. ,
John Paul, u physician of Salisbury, to i
the only daughter of .Samuel Snow. !
one of?the leading bankers of Lon?
don, became Identified with the llrm,
which from that time forth was known
as Snow, Paul and Company. Their
son was created a baronet In 1S21 bv
reason of his eminence us one of the
leading bankers of the city of London. |
Ills eldeBt son, however, tho second
baronet, brought the fortunos of the
family to grief. For In 1855 tho great
bunking house of Snow, I'oul nnd Com?
pany closed its doorB. with liabilities
of several millions of dollars, and re?
latively few onsets. No sooner had an
official Investigation of the affairs of
the bank commenced than warrants j
were Issued for tne arrest of Sir John
Paul, on tho charge of Innumerable
frauds, Including the forgery of th?
signatures of many of his customers
nnd relatives to the documents de?
posited by them In his bank.
Sir John, who up till that time had
enjoyed a very great reputation In
religious circles, and who had been :
one of the most respected member.-! of j
London society, a county magistrate,!
and deputy-lieutenant, was arrested at
his fine country seat, near Ileigate. j
Driven to the railroad station, he ar?
rived thero Just ns the train was leav?
ing. His captors who were not In '
uniform, thrust him Into a first-class :
carriage, and wer.) about to follow, ;
when the obsequious railroad employes, |
thinking that these two rough look?
ing strangers wcro Intruding upon
their popular and revered local mag?
nate, pulled them back, and held them
until tho train had gone. Tho conse?
quence was that Sir John got clear
away," and for forty-eight hours lay
lost In tho house of a friend In Lor- I
don. Ultimately, by the advice of his
family, he drove down to the How j
Street police station, and surrendered
himself. He and his partners wero |
each sentenced by Judge Alderson. i
father of the late .Marchioness of Salis?
bury, to fourteen years' transportation. '
that la to say, shipment to the con- I
vlet settlements In Australia and Tas?
mania, In two sailing vessels, cooped
up In Iron c.agoB, between decks, like
wild boosts rather than human be. i
inK?.
?lr John not only survived his pun
Uhment, but on liberation on ticket- |
of-leavc, was married, for tho third
time, to a lady who Is said to havo
been' the daughter of one of the chief
warder^ of his Tasmanien prison. Ho
survived until 18GS. His dishonesty
had tho effect of ruining not only
most of bis former customers, but like?
wise his sisters, who had left their i
entire fortunes In his hands. One of ,
them was married to Edward Fox
Fitzgerald, onlv son of Lord Edward
Fitzgerald, and another to Francis |
George Hare, father of the well known i
Augustus Hare, the author, who was
the mentor of tho present King of )
Sweden thirty years ago, nnd who has :
left such Interesting remlnlsconccs.
One of Die most extraordinary In?
cidents in connection with the Hare |
family was the suit for llhel brought,
against Augustus Hnro by his repro?
bate brother; Francis Hare. Their sis?
ter. Lsmernlda Hare, the heroine of
Kdniond A bout's well known novel
"ToHa.'i a member of tho Roman Cuth
ollo Order of tho Bleeding Heart, died
at a house In Brook Street. Iy>ndon.
with every appearance of having suc?
cumbed to poison, and on her death?
bed sh* Is said to havo told tho nurso
who was attending hor that she owed,
her death to Francis. Augustus re?
peated this charge In Private letters
to some of his intimate friends. One
of these letters felt into tho hands of
Francis: who Immediately began suit
for libel against his brother.
When the case came un for trial at
Gulldford. tho iudge declined to try It.
on tho ground that he had never known
of an action for libel by one brother
against another brother, arising out of
a suggestion that the former had mur.
dered his sister. He Insisted on th?
affair being settled out of court. Au?
gustus agreed -to- -withdraw--the- Impu?
tations, and the case fell to the
ground. _ . .-,
franclfl liar ft once an officer oi the I
Daily Queries and Answers
Eligibility to ?ho Presidency.
1. Can a man born In the United States I
of foreign parents be a candidate for
the oflleo of President of tho United
States?
3. Must tho father be naturalized I
beforo the son (born In tho United
States) reaches eighteen yctixs of age. I
so the son csn qualify for candidacy j
lor the presidency?
3. Can a boy born In a foreign coutt- !
try to American parents vote in tho I
United States without holng natural?
ized, und could ho become a candidate |
for the presidency? A- M. C.
1. Tho Constitution says: "No person I
except a natural-born citizen shall be
eligible to the office of President,
neither shall any person be eligible to I
that olllcu who ehnll not have attained i
tho age of thlrty-llvc years and been
fourteen years u resident within tho
United States." Under that provision,
any person born in the United States,
no mutter of what parentage, may bo
come a candidato for the preatdency.
If. however, tho foreign father never
changed his citizenship, nnd his child,
on atiainlng majority adopted the cllt- '
senshlp of the father, the child. I
though born In the United State
ceascH to bo a citizen thereof, and
would not be eligible.
2. No.
3. If the American norrntp were tem?
porarily sojourning in a foreign coun?
try, or traveling through one. when!
a son was horn, tho son, If living in
the United States nt the time of at?
taining his mujorlty, would not have I
to ho naturalized In ord'-r to vote.
Whether a citizen boru under such cir?
cumstances would be eligible to thai
presidency cannot be answered until
the Supreme Court of the f'nlted States
shall be called vioon to Interpret the
meaning of "nntural born."
Nevndn I.und.
Can a citizen of the United States I
who Is not a citizen of the Stnto of
Nevada talte up government land In I
that State? L, n. s
Yob.
Debt.
What Is the debt of the United'
States? it. A. H.
According to tho last annual state?
ment, ?2,704,141.281. with cash In the
Treasury at the tlmo that official state?
ment was mude, ?1.707.201,167.
CoIorriilA ildmcstcsd l/*Trs.
Pleaso give me the substance of
the Colorodo homestead laws. How
much of each year must tho home?
steader stay on land? What amount
6f Improvement Is required? M.
Tho residence and cultivation re?
quired by the homeatead law moans
a continuous maintenance of an actual
homo on tho land entered, to the ex
clualon of a home elsewhero. and con?
tinuous annual cultivation of some
portions of tho land. A. mere teni
Sooond Ltfe Guards, had been obliged
to leave the army, owing to his forg?
ing narnos of brothor officers to pro?
missory notos, on which ho obtained
money. For the honor and credit of
the regiment, the matter tvas compro?
mised by tho victims, nnd no criminal
prosecution took place Francis Hare'j
accomplice In tho matter was a French?
woman, wife of a man who was serv?
ing time In tho French galloys for
forgery, nnd when hor husband died
she became Mrs. Francis Hare.
Old I<ady Seafleld's will must have
been a cruel disappointment to tho
present earl, and chieftain of tho Clan
of flrant. It had generally boen under?
stood that she had loft him the en?
tire estates formerly belonging to the
earldom, and (J-hleh had boen be?
queathed to her. without condition, ab?
solutely, by her only son, tho eighth
Kurl of Sea Held, the present carl be?
ing tho eleventh of that Ilk. It was
widely published on both sides of tho
Atlantic at tho time of hor death, that
ho had inherited tho entire property,
which had thus revoftcd to tho earl?
dom. This Is not tho case. Sho hus
left all her property in tho hands or
trustee*, who aro speolhcaUy ban'etl
from paying to tho present earl, or to
bin successor, nn allowance of more
I ban ?20.000 a year from the property.
Meagre provision is nlso made for his
brothers and sisters, ono of the lat?
ter having recently gone on the stage,
is " member of the Gaiety Theatre
chorus, in London. The trustees nro
forbidden to pay any one of them an
allowance. In excess of ?1.500 n year.
Tho now earl can also occupy the an?
cestral castle, known as Cullen -gome,
and Castlo Grant, only by tho permls
porary sojourn on the land, followed
hy occasional visits to It once In el?
months or oftcnor, will not satisfy ths
requirements of the homestead law
and may result In the cancellation of
tho entry. No specified amount of
either cultivation or Improvements la
requlrod, but thore must In all cases
bo stich continuous improvements and
such actual cultivation as will show
tho good faith of the cntryman.
Voting Age.
la which. If any, of the States in
which women have tho right to vote
that je, full auftrage?can they vote a:
the age of eighteen?
The Constitutions of Wyoming, Col
oiado. Utah, Idaho, Washington an*!
California declare that citizens must
be twenty-one yeara of ugo bet?r,
they can vote.
Land and Water.
What Is the urea of the. land surface
of the world and the area of tho
water surtacot II. M
That of the land of tho earth, is 52,
UOl',000 square ^nllej und that of the
water about 146,000,000 squaro mllo.i.
Olympia.
Who was Olympia, or Ollmpla?
J. 8. O.
Olympia Is a character in "Orland<
Furloao," f'ountes.i of Holland, anc
wife of Blreno. (.'ymosco of Krlza
wanted to force her to marry hie son
Arbantes, but Art>antes was sluln. Thin
arous'-d the fury of (.'ymosco, whe
seised Blreno and would have put bin.
to death If Orlundo had not slain Cy
moseo. Blreno having deserted Olym?
pia, she was hound naked to n rock
by pirates, but Orlando delivered her
and look her to Ireland. There Kinn
Oberto espoused her cause, slow Blren"
and married the young widow.
Ollmpla was n proud woman of high
rank. When Borne wns sacked by
iBourbon she flew to the high altar of
a church, whore ehe oluriK to u golden
cross. On the udvance of some soldiers
of Bourbon she cnal tho huge crosa
from Its stand, and as |t fell it crush?
ed to death the foremost soldier. One
attempted to rescue her. but she would
not allow a foe of her country to
touch her, therefore flung herself to
?>e p^vemewt.-e^Ml. was hilled.
Hospitality to Tramps.
Publish a few reason.-, why tramps
should not he ted.
II. M. WOODWARD.
The reasons usually given are thai
tin y Bhould be discouraged' In every
wny because:
1. They are a monaeo to socltity.
2. They are social parasites, living
on others, spurning honest work.
3. If they are not fed they are morn
likely to go to work ,
4. Vagrancy bteeds criminality.
slon of the trustees, arm for such time
of tho year as they may determlim
upon. The remainder of the estate |*
to bo held In trust until all the Itl
cumbrancos thereon (which at the
timo when old Countess Soatlt-ld >'ic
ceeded to the property amounted to
over ?5,000,000) have boon complete?
ly wiped out, and If that can bo ac?
complished before the death of the
present earl, tho trust Is to he con?
tinued until hin demise. When that;
takes place, tho estates, which are sup?
posed to yield an annual revenue of
near ?400,000. plus the accumulation-;
accruing during the lifetime of tho
present earl, are to pass to his suc?
cessor in ti'.o earldom. Provision Is
made for entailing tho entire property
with the earldom.
The latter, like a number of other
old Scottish peerages, passes through
Hie female lino, in default of male Is?
sue, und as tho present earl has an
only daughter and no son, the Earl?
dom of Spallold and the Sonflcld es?
tates, will go to her, and she will thus
become Countoss of Soutleld In her own
right. The Earldom of Soallold, tho
Vlseounty of Rejdhavon, and the Bar?
onies of Ogilvy, or Drskford. and of
Gullen, all of them Scotch honors, will
go to her; tho Barony of Strathspey,
which Is a peerage of tho United King?
dom, nnd therefore heritable only In
the male line, going to tl?e. earl's
brother, the Hon. Trevor Grunt, win?
now makes his homo in Now Zealand.
The trustees, consisting of The Mackin?
tosh. Sir Reginald McBeod. Captain
Balrd, and others, nrc authorized to
make provision for the future Dord
Strathspoy, In that event.
(Copyright, 1911, by the Brontwood
Company.)
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