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FRIDAY, DECKM1)ER 22, 1011.
VIRGINIA'S PIsrtKKlKS.
According to tho preliminary infor?
mation given out by the state Com?
missioner of Fisheries, the total in
ooir.t to Virginia from this source for
the last fiscal year was JT.?oo.OOO. The
Times-Pisputch welcomes this evidence
*; prosperity In the fishing trade of the
Stale. an,l especially are wo gratified
at the statement that Virginia for the
first time leads Massachusetts, which
hats heretofore been the banner State
of Ihn Union In tho production of sea
foods
1 Seven and .-. half million dollars is
a great deal of money to derive from
any industry. but It does not begin to
measure the possibilities of Virginia's
fisheries. In our deliberate opinion,
.oysters alone will produce as much
.revenue for the citizens of this Btatc
r.s is now secured from nil fisheries
?combined.
I/ees than half of the total income
?from flshorlea for the lest fiscal year
was derived from oystars, and had It
?stot been for extraordinary runs of fjsh
(Virginia oould not have made this ex
. Calient showing. The paths of fish in
<he great waters, their comings and
goings, from tho depths of tho unhar
; ?ested sea. are past man's finding out;
hut the crab and tho oyster are not
migratory vagabonds. With the sole
?acceptlon of the promenade which sotno
oysters made to their sorrow with n
certain Walrus and Carponter, the oys?
ter stays where ho la put. Unllko
riches, h? does not take wings to him?
self and fly away. That la why the
oyster crop can be counted ou with
no much certainty.
But neither oysters nor clams nor |
. c/abs will Increase without oare or at- !
lentlon. Female crabs at the spawning
reasons, are ruthlessly destroyed by the
crab canners. though grinding up seed
corn has never proved tho best way to
Secure great crops. To protect female
crabs ie one thing that tho Fish Com- '
mission might do. and it will prove a
wise nnd profitable step 'f It Is adopted.
This is not all. The oyster laws arn ]
still unsatisfactory and still penalize
the oyster Industry. One swallow does]
not make a summer, nnd one good year
will not change conditions which are!
brought about by legislation which Is j
Inherently bad.
Wc shall wait with interest for the'
completed report of the Fish Commit
slonor. Meanwhile wo congratulate I
rh* State and the commission pn the |
KCellent showing made for 1P10-1913.
and wc again dtelarc. upon full con-|
^deration, out belief that the oyster
Industry of Virginia alone can be made]
to produce more than $7,500,000, under
proper laws. Virginia hns tho men,'
the waters, the oyster bottoms and thr
market; all that is needed is to give
modern oyster producers ? chance to
meet modern conditions, without being
hampered by jipsols'e. and fmbarros."
. ihg laws. ??' "
K DOt; ix TUB MANGER POLICT,
rn response to an nrgurnent that tho I
Punnma Canal ban been built with I
American money, but, as ?'conditions:
now are," it will be used chiefly by
foreign shipping, end consequently!
American shipping should enjoy es?
pecial privileges, In otder to maka the'
entorprlse "worth while," from th?i j
commercial point of view, the Now]
Vork Board of Trade and Transport.!-'
tlon has declared in favor of fostering
American chipping by discriminating
tolls on the canal.
One answer to that, which Involves
a o.uostlon of tho national honor. Is
found in the Hay-Paunccfoto treaty,'
under which it became feasible for us
to construct the great work without1
violating anothei treaty and bringing
on probably serious International com?
plications. That agreement provides,
among other things, that tho canul
al?all be "open and free to the .... .
of commerce and war of rill nations
? ? ? on terms of entire equality, so
that there shall be n<. discrimination
against any such nation or its
citizens or subjects In respect to eon
dltlons or charge of trjiflli' or other?
wise," Apart, however, from the moral
obligation so repugnant to discrimlnn
tlon, which our plcdgi laj s upon us,
the policy <>f special privileges would
in nowise help American shipping We
would simply >.c Riving anolher illus?
tration of the fallacy nnd the "flora
back" conscouenccs of ot.r navigation
laws, and the workings of prohibitive
protection.
The Providence (it |.) Journal ar?
gues that proposition t.. .-. conclusion
so clear that n wayfaring man. though
a fool, ought to be abb' to see H
when it s?a>s: "The theory that you
must somehow injure your neighbor
in order to benefit yourself |?- 0j
course,- the very essence of ttie high
protection propaganda; but it is as
false in economics as It Is ir. ethl .
The increated trade which the canal
tvlll develop will lie q factor In our
nntionul growth, no matter how hirgt
n shure of li may be carried in fojrelgi
ajjlv"'. The truth Is that the only v.a\
Ab which it 1? possible for iih to benc
fit commercially more largely than tmj
other nation by the bulldtng of the
canui, anil dorclop and foator a mer?
chant marine, lies In abolishing: "con?
ditions as they oro;" that. In turn, cnn
only be accomplished by abolishing
our antiquated shipping regulations,
nnd revising tho tariff so as to on
courngo American ship building and
mako the Industry "worth while."
There Is vastly moro In that than thoro
Is In trying to mako the pnnntnu
Cnnal enterprise worth while by re?
course to dishonest or dishonorable
and dOK-ln-tho-mnngor tactics.
And Just hero, as closely related to
this subject In the broader and more
Renoral aspect of the question of
building up an Ameilcan merchant
marine. It Is interesting to note that
there Is said to be n very panlcky
flutter In tho dovecote of tho ship
subsidy advocates over a report from
Washington that there is a possibility
of the houses passing "a free ships
bill," which the subsldlsts will not be
able to choke off In the Kennte. The
Indianapolis News, In discussing the
Washington report, declares that whnt
we want tiow more than ever before Is
the right of Americans to buy ships,
"and inasmuch as they now cnnnol?If
they want to operate Independently?1
buy them for love or money In this
country, we want, as we never did be?
fore, tho right to buy thorn elsewhere."
Therefore tho News Is convinced that;
nothing would show n bolter grade of
sanity and statesmanship, on the part
of tho Democratic House and the pro?
gressives of nil shades In the Senate j
than the annulment of the antiquated
laws which art- making it Impossible!
for Americans to sail rthlps under the]
American flag. Moreover, our content-]
rorarj- Is satlstlsd that It would be "aj
good coup" If Mr. Underwood and hie i
party associates and tho progressives
"would give us that marine." "For,"|
odds the News, "we want free ships]
now so that wo can get some of the
benefits of building the Panama
Canal."
In these conclusions wo fully concur.
A "good coup," from every viewpoint,
nnd, not the least important view?
point, that bearing on Democratic suc?
cess in 1P12, as the result of vindicat?
ing the cardinal Democratic doctrine of
the greatest good to tho greatest num?
ber.
A TIMBLV STUCK SUGGESTION.
The Financial World, which Is of
Wall Street environments, but which
reserves the privilege of not being
with Wall Streut In all of that stock
and bond centre's methods, suggests
the advisability of WUeyiiing securi?
ties.
In explaining what it means, and
the whys and wherefores that prompt!
the suggestion, the World argues that!
it Is ns essential to have pure stocks
and bonds as pure food and drugs, for,
If the Individual Is no strontjer thou
his stomach, the nation Is ho stronger
than its safety deposit boxes.
Further, the World reason:, und
cogently, that if a man puts 1100,00?
Into his box this year nnd finds when
he opens It a year hence that It Is
half full of wnter, he Is not only crip?
pled hlniFelf, but his community and;
the nation receive n shock. "Wiley!*
lng securities" Is good and timely.
JoilN niGKI.OW.
"One of tho grandest old men of the
age" wts the way In which President
Taft, at the dedication of the New
York Public Library, referred to .lohn
Blgelow, who died this work at the j
age of ninety-tour. More than thut,
he was a brilliant diplomat, a versa?
tile and accomplished author, lawyer
and philanthropist, one who typified
the best in American culture and char?
acter. A man of remarkable capacity.
hlrt activities extended in many direc?
tions, and hit claims t<-> distinction
were many and high.
Digelow was Lincoln's minister to
France. He was ths friend, trustee J
and biographer of Tilden. With WII
llam Cullen Bryant h.; labored In the j
heat of the antlalavcry agitation. I
Blgelow was a great man ilfly years !
ago. He gave his lifetime to civic sei
vi e, and he was active until the great
shadow fell upon him and the light j
faded. He died with the proud dis?
tinction of being "New York's first di?
ll* was the lust meat link with it
great past. When he was horn James
Monroe was beginning his first term
a* President, .lohn Adams. Jefferson
and Madison were then living. Clay
was Speaker of the Housr. Washing?
ton Irving had Just started to write.
Aaron Burr was repairing his fortunes
i.i New York, and .Abraha? Lincoln
was studying his mathematics by the j
light of a log tire. The nation was j
then it, a rormatlvo period, and terri- 1
torial expansion had just begun. As I
tike World sbys of Blgelow, "that his1
life extended from the year of the be?
ginning of work on the Frlo Canal It
the tlinn of the near completion of the
Paris
mills
when
man!
He had known old New York, but he
was as familiar with the newer cltv. j
His was a Icng public service, and bis '
virility and cl\;lc zeal ri vcr nagged.
As ohuirrn.tn of the cx< cutlvc commit
1 tee having In phargc the splendid -new
I public library building In New York,
jereiited at a co*t of jlO.000.066; he
, closed his career ay one ,vh<> strove.
'; with all hi. mind and heart for the city
; in ivliien he spent almost ii century.
I CRIMINAL SUNTIMK.VI'AI.ISM,
F.leven years ago four men we're
j found C.UiUy In New Jersey of Hiking i
part In fatally drug-tying and assault?
ing a young mill girl, Jennlo v Boss
chloter. In sentencing tho threo men
who were wholly guilty to thirty years'
Imprisonment, the trial judge said:
"From time immemorial tho legal
penalty for a crime of that nature is
death, 'but the leniency of tho Jury In
the" exercise of their lawful authority
has saved you from tho gallows, and
no further leniency can bo expected in
this tribunal."
Yet, Just oleven yearn afterward sauo
and reputable peoplo arc petitioning
for a purdon for those infamous oren
tures und asking that they be turnedj
loose on the community again. What '
vicious sentlmcntallsm! If this sort j
of thing Is successful, capital punish?
ment w.111 huve to tako the place of
long terms of Imprisonment. Bight- |
minded juries, right-minded Judges will |
realize that only tho death sontenco
will prevent such foul criminals from
being nt liberty again within a fow
years. After all, for boasts like those,
the electric chair or tho noose Is the
only punishment that fits the crime.
If these murderers of a poor, strug?
gling woman had been sent swiftly to
denth It would havo been bettor for
New Jersey and better for tho cause
of justice everywhere.
! DOiVT FORGET TO BUY SOME.
j It is unfortunately true that few
methods of giving small amounts to
I worthy causes have -been devised. One
; h?y|tntos to call on the trensurer of a
charitable society with a contribution
cf IS or 50 cents. SenPllile people have
long as<-> stoppod sivhig to the., street
beggar or the house-to-house mendi?
cant.
One of the fmv opportunities
to help an oxcellent causo In a
small way, if larger contributions are
Impracticable. Is afforded by the Red
Cross Christmas goals. A 10-ccnt pur?
chase helps: no transaction In these
little stamps Is so small as not to be
of value. Every seal is a bullet fired
In the wir against disease and death.
The email sale of the seals this year
In Richmond is Inexplicable Nearly
all of tho proceeds goes to local work
against tuberculosis, and all of this
will be devoted to Pino Camp, to care
tor advanced casos of tho disease.
Each patient removed to this insti?
tution lessen* the opportunity for the
individual to be infected?lessens the
spread of consumption.
Placed on mall matter, whether lot
tor? or presents, each foal carries a
messago of good wishes nnd shows the
sender's interest In the modern war?
fare ugaitist the evil Influences that
arc in the world.
Unless the people of Richmond buy
or these soals more generally to-day
und to-morrow, this city will be dis?
tanced In total sales by both Roanoko
und Norfolk. It is lmposslblo that
Richmond could ho loss interostcd than
they.
WHY THE CHANGEf
Courage, sincerity, a readiness al?
ways to ddciarc himself and to light
in the open for his convictions?these
are the qualities which Mr. Roosevelt
has lauded and Put above all others,
and which ''is friends claim ho has In
the highest degrcs. In February, 1909,
after having been on terms of the
closest intimacy with Mr. Toft for
many years, Mr. Roosevelt said:
"No man of better training, no man
of more dauntless courage, of found?
er common sense, and of higher, tlncr
character has ever come to the presi?
dency than William Howard Taft."
That was but tho eoho of what Mr.
Roosevelt wrote and said on innumer?
able occasions. Long before fate had
put Mr. Roosevelt in the White Hou?o
ho declared that Mr. Tail was fine j
presidential timber.
Why has Mr. Roosevelt changed
his mind about Mr. Taft? What has ]
Mr. Taft done to work a change. In
the ardent estimate onco formed of
him? Has Mr. Taft's training de?
teriorated? Is his courage less daunt?
less than It was? Is his common
sense less sound now,? Is his character
less high and loss fine than It was In
jjflfi? If so, why does Mr. Roosevelt
remain silent? What has ihocome of
his readiness to declare himself? Why
doesn't he come out In the open and i
fight? Has he misled the people? If!
so, he sh uld say so. He has advised j
American manhood to "hit the line '
hard, don't flinch, don't foul; hit the j
line hard." Why doesn't he hit the ;
line hard instead of skulking like aj
substitute on the side lines?
.NATIONAL COMMISSION IJOVKIIX
MI3NT.
A four-line dispatch from Berne the
other day stated that Louis Ferrer
h;i<l hern elected President of the Swiss
Confederation. Thru wns all, and to
the newspaper renders w,ho nre accus
tomed to ?ran column after column of
news about Kuropenn politics It meant
nothing. The election of the I'rcsl- I
dent of n confederation composed of ]
twunty-two eantonf is not entirely a i
matter of routine, but It docs not ex?
cite ponulnr Interest or affect business
docs the fjundrcnnlol choice of n
Prosldent of the (Tnltcd States. Ferrer1
had been vice-president of the Federal
Council :m<i his election meana no
change whatever In governmental
policy.
Presidents of the Swiss Confed?
eration "fe not dice ii by popular
vote. They are elected by the two
'branches of tlio Federal Assembly in
Joint session. Politics figures very
slightly in the election of :. Chief
Magistrate for Switzerland. Such power
as lie exercises has Id too shared with
the seven members of the Federal
Council. who are also elected by the
Fedora) Assoinbly. lie holds office for
but '-no year, and Is not eligible for
re-election until the expiration of at
least a year r-fter the end of a term.
Yet. r.? the Boston Olobe says, "'there
Is probably as much "pure democracy' "
in the Swiss an In the American presi?
dency; Members "f Ihn Federal As?
sembly, being elected lor three years,'
have 'he olectlon of three Presidents
during their terms of office, and If
?
one, Chlof Bxocutlvo is unecitlyfaotory
i?which rarely happens. slnco the
voters In most of the cantons have
tho Initiative and referendum?his
tenure of oflloo Is limited and his
hands aro tied by the seven members
of tho Federal Council. Tho President
of tho Swiss Confederation Is roally
'but one-eighth of a Presldont, tho
other seven-eighths being the Council.
"I would follow the passports of
tho United States with cannon, if
necessary." lntoly declnred Senator
Hoy burn with referenco to tho Russian
treaty trouble. Tho Indianapolis Nows
stntes tho Virginia view of it In saying:
"If. Instead of cannon, you will make
It Cannon (Joseph O.) the country will
he largely with you, sir."' It would be
hard to effect a more desirable emi?
gration.
Why Is It that n feller's old girls
write to him Just a few days before
Christmas and toll him how much thoy
would like to see him again?
The queen of tho home is all right
when it comes to baking cake, but
you can't beat the Old Man when it
comes to breaking eggs for the nog.
It would bo so much more appro?
priate if. instead of holly and cedar,
tho Christmas decoration should be
tho cabbage leaf, whioh Is so much
more fragrant.
Throe jnore Chrlstmaecs and ther?s
will be ii Pomocrat to eat that big
turkey and tiimmln's on the White
House table.
One of the presidential possibilities
will spend Christmas In Richmond,
and ho will doubtless say, "I bad rather
be In Riohmond than bo President."
The favorlto Christmas dish of the
Orange Observer this year will be
Gordonsvlllo turkey stuffed with
onions and served with molasses
gravy.
Voice of the People
DnnKrrn In the Diet of School Children.
To {lie Rditor of Hie Times-Dispatch:
?Sir,?Allow me, please, the use of
your paper for a cbusq of very consid?
erable Import. I wish to call the at?
tention of parents and others concern?
ed to the very common practice of giv?
ing money to children to buy cundy
and other likt edibles while at school!
Just h short time since a child bought
cocoanut candy from a store near tho
school. That night the child was taken
desperately 111. Ptomaine poison was
soon developed and of so virulent a
character was it. that nil tho organs
of the child's body wer* soon seriously
affected. For ton days the lifo nuns
In a balance botween life and death.
Three or four physicians were called
In attendance, and trained nurses aided
them-ln doing all that human knowledge
nnd :->K111 could devise to save the Hi'-!
of the dear child. The little body gave
out under the strain, and the life of
one of the brightest and happiest little
boys was cut off In the morning of Its
splendid promise. Two things need
here to be considered: .
1. The mlstnkn parents make In giving
carelessly, and out of lovo and devo?
tion. It doubtless Is?mistaken though
It really Is?money each morning to
buy something at school. Many
parents, too, Instead of putting up a
wholesome little lunch, will often?
times, to savo themselves trouble, put
quite a sum of money In the hands
of the children to buy from the stores
near the school wimt their fancy dic?
tates, nnd that we know is that fasci?
nating combination of green cucumber
pickle and cocoanut candy.
2. Another point Is this: We wish to
urea tlu so candy store friends to use
great care !n s'-icctlng thp wares they
offer for salo.
We cannot say that the stores should
be discontinued; nor are we trying to
control their business methods. Hut
parents must consider this: that the
aUpply of candy In these stores cannot
be always fresh; nor Is it always pure.
It often hnppens that such .?tock
comes to the storekeeper stale. It Is
then kept until it Is sold?a longer or
shorter time?but the stock must be
sold. Then, too, It Is often exposed;
flies enjoy Its Inviting surface, and by
the time It reaches the hand of tho
Innocent little purchaser, the candy Is
dftentlmes covered with invisible
dust, though nevertheless potent with
its bacteria.
The t,sd experience as related above,
coming under my personal experience,
induces me to say this word of warn?
ing to parents; and, further, let me
ask our good storekeepers to use all
rare possible In selecting their stock.
J. CALVIN STEWART.
- .chmond.
t'.qtinl SiifTrnge Defended.
To the editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.? It Is through no desire for dis?
cussion that I ask the privilege of
my last say in reply to A Woman
of Virginia." but merely that there
may be publicly presented fncts and
not personal opinions, with the hope
that "soft words anil hard arguments"
may change an antagonist of equal
suffrage Into a protagonist.
I am truly sorry that "my friend, the
enemy," takes the attitude thnt equal
suffrage arrays the sexes In opposition
Tho equal suffragist (by the way. not
suffragette, that word being correctly
applied only to the English militant
elements, man or woman, noes in the
principle an opportunity of co-opera?
tion to serve humanity: to guard nnd
pave the girls and boys from the social
evil and otlo-i forms of degradation: to
give tho wife and mother a chance
to lie a practical coworker with the
hush, .'il in the protection and build?
ing up of the home interests: to help
the working women In their efforts
for self uplift; to give the practical
recognition, duo to all supporters of
government.
It must be on account of the altruism
Abe Martin
Colonel Brynii is for Clov'nor Wilson
hh' agin Clov'nor Harmon; but it's
purty hard I' (ell which one it will
Kelp th' most. One front tooth an
all 1? lost
A CHRISTMAS INVITATION
_By John T. McCutcheon._
tCoarcicati M>Ui By Jcfca T. ateOuwowm.)
i'pow that R. S. V. P. meant "Remember to Send Valaabla Pretenf.".
and moral trend Involved in equal auf
frugu that so many niiiUaters, sei many
puune reformers nave uliied inemaeivea
?Ith the movement; at any rate, equal
sultrugista arc k\h>1 to count among
tneir most active enemiea tnc whit1
tilave trade and Ute organised liquor'
IralliCi ?\ inch now spend niiiurnsc sums
of money to detent equal suffrage in
Slate, where elections aiu held.
'1 ha i Its raison d'etre is Intellec?
tually sound, Is evidenced i,y the sup?
port 01 sucn men as Senator Da Fol
leite. Dr. Harvey \\ ile-y, blx-Qovemor
Hoch, .loiin Mitchell, l'i-.-?idunl Fllot,
Henry George and a host of others
who do not champion a causa "througn
politeness," ?nd who, 1 feel are not
"unwilling to do their part In govern?
ment or unable to no it properly."
Miss Sumner's boos, my irlond's au?
thority about Colorado, Hen before me.
I Und in Its voluminous reports so
Croat a mass of pros sf well as cons,
I fiat t um nut Impressed with the tair
..esj of quoting only one aldO Ol a re?
port. Tliat tsoinen workers of Colo?
rado do receive an o nr. mil wage of
Jl.tiO to every (1 paid women tn other
.States Is a matter of United States
otli'.'inl record. J would like to extend
my former statement about teucnerts
of both sexes receiving equal salaries
In oqual suffrage States by saying
thai not only teachers, hut all govern?
ment employes, clerks, stenographers,
headii of department", etc., arc subject
to ilie same rule, that matter coming
under legislative regulation. of
court", no Stale could undertake to
regulate wages paid by individuals,
linns, or corporations, and I hav? never
known this claim to bu made In any
part of tho world.
However, instead of basing one's esll
mHte of Colorado's conditions entirely j
upon lha report of .Miss iiumncr, a i
\\ isconstn woman, would it not bo
more logical to give the roporia of
that State's own olllcers?
I have before me a statistical re?
sume, compiled from statements given
by the Mayors of elghleon Colorado
cities. In which the opinions aro unani?
mous on voting conditions under equal
suffrage, on the following points.
Betler officials elected; women In favor
of law and order; proper polling
plJ.ccs; women voting In large num?
bers; no menace of the bad woman;
public spirit and Intelligent Interest 1
manifested; no more bribery at elec?
tions and frequently less; recommend?
ed by the Mayors themselves.
The Mayor of Denver sayB: ""Woman
suffrage has been an Important factor j
for morality and good government "in i
the State." " The Mayor of Colorado |
City: "Women voto In Colorado at all I
elections, and they are not corrupted ]
by participation in elections." The
Mayor of Dongport: "'Women do vote |
in large numbers, and bribery Is un?
known here. Better men aro elected
td office, and through the franchise i
given to women, all the towns in this
part of the State are temperance towns
and the law Is enforced."
My friend's point covering the in?
ability of a husband to convey real
estate without tho wife's uniting is
not an e-sfieclal favor granted to wo?
man, but a Just and natural recogni?
tion Of tho fact that, as the. Joint ac?
cumulations of married life aro usua'ly
held in the husband's name, thn wife,
who has contributed her share to that
accumulation by her loving support,
her work In tho home, and her care
of their children, has done an equal
part in Ihe. marrlago relation, and is
reasonably entitled t.i on Interest in
the disposition of whatever is a result
of that relation.
The Squat Suffrage Dengue of Vir?
ginia Is, as my friend denominates it,
"wealthy and powerful." but not In
tho sense she means. Its membership
ilirludes many working women, many
busy housewives, many engaged in
benevolent work?all Of whom rejoice.
In (he wealth of the devotion of It*
members and the. possession of splendid
leaders who aro giving themselves so
freely to humanity, and In tin "power"
which Inheres In the Justlco and
righteousness of their cause.
a. n. s.
Hlchmond.
La Marquise de Fontenoy
LOUD TANKKHVIDDK. who is HOW
in this country with his Ameri?
can wife, staying In Chicago,
while their son, tho llfteeti
year-old l?ord. Ossulston. remains with
friends of his mother, at Brookline.
Mats., is :: mnny-slded nnfl much gift?
ed man, but who, in splto of his ver?
satility, has always boen mnra or less
hampered by financial strir.conclcs.
Indeed, In the courte of somo legal
proceedings a couplo of ycara ago, the
fact was brought to light that he and
ills wife had less-than $15,000 a year
on which to maintain thoir dignity.
I use this expression advlsodly. For
any one with A hand!< to his name,
especially If he li:?i>: e-iH to be a peer
of the realm, and an carl at thnt, is.
by English tradesmen, required, liko
visiting Americans, to pay 'doublo for
everything.
Dord and Dady Tankerville find It
Impossible to live at hin ancestral
homo of Chilling ham Cuntle, esteem?
ing themselves fortunate indeed whon
they aro able to lot It, For many
year* It was rented by Sir And row
Noble; They usually reside In a much
smaller and lo^s pretentious place, in
the same county of Northumberland,
Known as Thornlnglon House.
ixird Tankerville has been in turn
a midshipman In the royal navy, an
Officer of the army, a lieutenant of tlie
Hide DrlKado. an A D. C. to the Vice
roy of Ireland, a cow-puncher and
rancher in tho Western States of thlh
country; and a fellow-evangelist of
Moody aud Sankey, eventually taking
the bitter's place In Moody's party, In
ringing the hymns. Ho Is, or was
until last yonr. president of the Anti
Vlvlscctlon .Society in England, has
conducted a number of revival meet?
ings on both sides of the Atlantic, la
a Christian Scientist, and an extreme?
ly .lever painter of miniatures, some
of which have won great succoss at
tho annual nxhthltiou of the Royal
Academy, and ho has founded and man.
aged model laundries In tho suburbs
Of London.
He met his present wife. Miss Leo?
nora van Marter, daughter of J. G,
van Marter, of Now York, while en?
gaged in revival work In this coun?
try. She tg a handsome and accom?
plished woman, who before her mar?
riage secured a diploma as a teacher
of music. In fact, thsy share one an?
other's tastes, and the marriage has
been, save for financial trouble;, and
the annoyances consequent thereon, an
extremely happy union. Roth he and
sh? possessed, at any rate during th<
early years of their marriage, superb
and perfectly trained voices, which
rendered them In great demand at re?
ligious gatherings.
Perhaps it Is Iiis own fln^nclil
troubles that have rendered him ap?
preciative of those of others; and
some two or three years ago, whin
he was himself engaged In legal pro?
ceeding:!, resulting from overdrafts at
banks, etc., he was moved, by the
acute distress which prevailed at that
moment In England, to allow the ten?
ants of his estate In Shropshire to re?
open the lead mines there, and to take
for thrtr own dsn all the profits which
they were able to derive from work?
ing thorn.
It Is possible that the evangelistic
tendencies of Lord Tankerville. of
which he certainly gave no nromise in
his youth, come to him through In?
heritance. For the founder of his
family, Sir John Bennett, one of the
members of Parliament for London,
was appointed by Queen Elisabeth as
a commissioner, with th? Lord Kcoptr
of the Great Seal F.gerton, and the
Lord Treasurer Buckhurst, for the
suppression of heresy, that Is to say,
for tho persecution of Roman Catho?
lics nnd other dissenters from tile
Church of F.ngliinrt. His two col?
leagues owed Shelr appointment to
ihelr office, and to their prestige as
Statesmen; whereas he. Sir John Ben?
nett, was nominated by the Virgin
Ouecn to the commission, owing to hts
religious zeal. It was Sir John Ben?
nett's son and namesake who was
fir.n raised to ths peerage by Charles
II. as Lord Assulston. while his son,
who married I^ady M-iry Crev. only
child of the fast of the Grey Earls of
Tankerville. was, on the death of his
father-in-law, advanced to an earl?
dom, as Lord Tankervillo of s new
creation.
The. Castl? of Chillinghnm. in North?
umberland, along with its big nnd an?
cient nark, or rather forest, embrac?
ing some O.'/iOO seres, came to the
Bennett Lords of Tankerville through
this marriage, nnd Is one of the old?
est country ssats In England, having
v-cn already Bccouhtefl ancient in
i ns. when the Grey Earldom of Tajt'v
ervl)!e wit created hy King Henry V .
while the fnmnus herd of white wild
cattle, th' onlv remaining herd of its
klrd in Great Britain, terribly wild
end llr.ire ho?-? In ol-e Mo?\V-t?nKvl
I muzzle and eftrs, and eyes that Been,
i to Jook at you through black horil
! spectacles, havo roamed under the
trees of the Chtlllngham forest from
1 time Immemorial, having been do
; scribed as of unknown antiquity. In
records contemporary with the reign
of William thfl Conqueror. whe;:
Chtlllngham Castle belonged to Rob?
ert de Muschamp.
j Lord Tankervllle ha*, throush his
; French grandmother, rujrlsande de
Gramont. daughter of Anloine. Duo do
j Gramont, thu blood of Henry IV? King
or France, In his veins, and It le to
t hi * Of. Gramont anceatry that he I*
Indebted for his good looks, and to
which his sister, the late Countess "t
Dalhousle, who died 90 mysterious!
I at a .-.moll hotel at Havre, within an
hour of the demise, of i-,er husband
on the day following tholr arrival from
a prolonged visit to Xsw York, owed
her fnnious beauty. 8he lies burled
;with her husband in Cockpen ohurch
yard, ao well known through tho fa?
mous ballad of "The Laird of Cock
pm."
Among the many relics at Clltlllnp
ham Castle Is a block of solid atom
of Ihit kind us'd when a portion of th
castle was rebuilt In the reign 01
(jueen Elizabeth. In sawing the
stone, a hole wai discovered in the
Ci itre of the block, from which a llv
toad was taknn. There are document,
signed by C.e Earl of Tankorvlllo
the day, rind by various local dl^.-';
tnrles, which bear testimony to tin
tilscoviry, the top, bottom and sides of
the hole being covered with granula?
tions. There are also some Latin
verse:--, written by that particular
Earl of Tsnkervllle's diocesan, bul
which no visitor to Chllllngham Cus
lle has evar vet managed to trar.->
late.
Lord Tankervllle la not his father's
eldest son. In fact . lie hud two
brothers, each as oriYlant and as
por.d looking an hlinaorf. The elder,
who bore the title of Lord Ossulston
was for a time one of the smartest
officers Of the Coldstream Guards, and
one of the most popular figures III
London society, from which he sud
denly vanished, In connection wit!
sqrhi unfortunate love affair, which
led blin to secure nti exchange into a
battalion of fho Rifle Brigade, thet
serving In India, where he succumbed
to cholt-ra at Pasha war. There wa
';noth?r brother, too, freddle Bennett,
known in Mryfnlr as "Ltttio Grey Ben?
nett." who was a member of trie bar.
and who. like Lord Ossiltston, sudden
ly disappeared from London, under
rather mysterious circumstances, and
died abroad In 1831. Th* English re?
latives of Lord Tankervllle. and of hi*
two brothers, have always been dis?
posed to attribute the strain of hrll
Mnnt but Romev/hnt odd versatility nt
tha three brother- to the Gramont
blood In the): v-?lns: while In the Fau?
bourg P? Germain their nemllnrlttr?
are ascribed to the Bennett ?ddo of the
house.
Xu reference tn the Karls of Tank
?rvUle, nor to .their Castle of Chtlt
Inchnm. would be cr.mnlete withntlt
mentioning that Rdwsrrt VTI.. accord
ing 1o his own account?and T hav.
heard It from hi* own l!r>s?had Ih.
most narrow escape- from death of hi?
entire existence, at Chilling-ham Can
"<v while engaged In shooting the
"t-'ntr of ihe herd of wild cattle. a?'the
guest of the late Lord Tankervllle.
The stinsrb heod and horns of this
mnnpeeh <\f tbe onlv 1-enmjnlno- herd of
white wild entile, of all those which
ropmed In the United Vlncdom in daw
lone prior to the Korean Conouest
fl?o-f on the walls of S^ndr'^ghnm.
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