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THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1912.
Till: SCHOOL, SITU VTIOX.
it would bo a convincing ovldonco
of tho wisdom and good faith of tho
subcommittee of the Council that hna
been Investigating the conduct of t'Hv
public schools of Richmond If it would
dosu Its inquiry by presenting a re?
port embodying- the only fact that a
protracted and often farcical series of]
meetings lias demonstrated, namely,
that tho school authorities are labor-1
lug earnestly ?and conscientiously to;
j^Ivo this city the best educational ad?
vantages possible. YVc Should bo eager
to advocate the plan of giving the
School Board an opportunity, hlehortoj
denied It, of replying to the charge?,
made against It savo that nothing has]
been proved that needs refutation.
Any further projection .of this matter
can only add to the harm already!
done. The members of the committee;
nro not expert educators, and tliev j
have made no effort to sccuro til?'
testimony of experts, but they ore
certainly men of sense and penetration
mouth to recognize that what has been
shorten with regard to tho conduct of
the schools offers no basis for any
itctlon that will hamper the work in
them or Increase the dissension al?
ready ? manifest.
None of tlio testimony has been
unanimous in proving the curriculum
to be faulty. There may be particular
parts of It that oan be changed
improved, but the board will be col
petent to adjust these minor difficul?
ties. The marked Improvement in tho
schools within the last few yolra gives
evidence of this. The second charge.
thM certain supervisors were unneces?
sary, hsSH been refuted In tho Invest?
igation by the demonstrated lined lor
Instruction op the part of teachers who;
arc not trtfilned for tho '.1111108 that a
modern curriculum lays upon them. 1C
this special training can be given lu
the schools, it relieves ths tenchcrs;
of the expense in time and money to 1
seek It elsewhere. Tl}o third charge,!
that there Is InsubordlnilUon and dls-l
senslon In the teaching force, has been
proved beyond a shadow of d??bt, The
root of this troublo lay In the. ques?
tion by pay. The elementary teachers J
have gotten what they asked it a high
cost to morale of tho schools. They;
certainly deserved this increase, as tho|
board would be first to admit. Now]
their endeavors should be to give In!
service and support a return for the
money, with regard to this disscn-j
slon, the course of the Council com-!
tnlttees has been n chief chisn. Notlt-l
ing cotilel have been better calculated
to Increase friction than the present
investigation.
The clauses in the new applications
for teaching positions furnish pOj
grounds fo%'tho-Jiysterlcal four that:
the board'i?f"gblng to crush nil future
Initiative among the teachers by meat/is j
of high-handed tyranny. Tho spccifl
cntion that no teacher shall begin nny
agitation about tho school:; snve
through the board or Us executives
is a safeguard that the present Issue
had jr.adu needful. Instead of dis?
pensing with tho services of those who
have manifested Insubordination, the
board will merely endenvor to have
future criticism of the' schools pre?
sented to it for adjustment before it
is thrown into a public ond pointless
muddle. Any business firm exercises
the same privilege over its employes.
The bonid is In authority, ami If it
Is to make the fUchmond schools fulr
III their true functions, It must exor?
cise that authority. If the board
cannot be relleel upon to net Justly,
the recourse is to remove It and choose
a better. The sufficient check upon
its actions will be nn enlightened ^-iid
responsive public opinion.
Injury has been done the schools,
ejulte needlessly. Politics has played
a part In this matter. But tin ques?
tion in which the people of Richmond
are interested Is that the schools give
proper training to the children, and
they will not consent to any crippling
of this most fundamental p *rt ol
civic life.
i t M BY <i.\ i \l.l> l ,ii ii..
The only thing that makes steamer
travel oti Lake Krie safo this G?mmer
is that icebergs can't, crawl up
? Niagara Palls. Otherwises, imagine
what havoc would be wrought upon
this three-ring circus that piles l,e
twedn DetroM and Buffalo. In light
of tho Titanic, ono finds a high and
delicate Irony in this piece of adver?
tising splendor:
"The largest and most luxuriously
equipped side-wheel steamer In the
world! Th'a marvel of marine art
Bnd i'itnco is f-00 foot long. 100 feet
wldi and is truly palatial In every lic?
it combines all the conveniences
and luxuries of a flrst-cioss modern
hot'-i Six hundred state-rooms,
twe:. y-flve. parlorB equipped with
bath-, elect rip fans', hot and cold run?
ning water and thermos bottles,
prlva'e veranda's) telephones 'n every
state-: iom, modern Ventilating system.
Pipe organ and StO.OOO orchestrion.
"Roe the Palm Court with fount.,in
of runii i: water, the Marie Antoin?
ette drav ng room for the ladles, the
comforta. .? ".Lounge" for tho men,
i tho Old Bavarian Wine Cellar, and
' other unique features."
Thnt sounds like a burlesque?but
It Isn't. It is a full pnge ndvertlse
1 inent in o magazine that has over 1,
i 000,000 rcadors. And In the whole
luring poster, with Its udjectlvcs and
superlatives, there is not one tingle
word about safety, Dike the "Jum
hlics." tho persons who wont floating
away In this amphibious hotel might
have been Going- to sea In a sieve, for
all they knew about it. Doubtless
th< y were satisfied to have "a thermos
b< ttle" in every room, though it seems
certain that being alono In Eako Erie,
even with an exct llent thermos bottle,
would he an unpleasant experience, j
And the society of the friendliest
orchestrion would pall if you. and it
weie about to raco for the bottom of
the Inland' seas. And a marine marvel
is not half so pleasant it it has de?
signs upon being a submarine marvel.
Hut the c:ownltig and Illuminating
touch Is'tho Old 'Bavarian-VCino Cellar.
I It shows the false idua of what travel
i means. Why In the world no to sea
I if you havo to bit In an Old Bavarian
I Wine Collar? Why not go to tiny old
' wine cellar? Tho futility ot this when
I nil the wine of the four winds Is.
j pouring out of the cup ot the blue
sky! It Is presumed that when tho
'slilp sank, if she did, you went down
in- the cellar and saved yourself. The
cellar has ever been regarded as a
safe i| lure, and doubtless It constituted
\ the chief life-saving agency on 'tho
Whole ship. .It certainly la a good
thing that the Falls aro there]
. For, yon remember, the Titanic was
twice as big.
TO n.or OR NOT.
The Taft Instructed delegates from
the Fouth nre In an embarrassing slt
ifatlon. They may bo tinder tho awkward
nocessity of swopping band-wagons in
the middle of the stream. Mr. Taft
has been eliminated on two counts.
Tho results In Ohio nnd elsewhere havo
shown such a vital weakness In carry?
ing power that his nomination Is ex?
tremely doubtful, nnd his election even
more dubious. If ho Is not nominated
iho f.ilthful will lose; if he is nominat?
ed and not elected, they will lose v. 1th
even more unanimity and dispatch. If
the delegates rush to the Roosevelt
standard, will tlu> Strenuous One be
forgetful of their past transgressions?
Would noi his dictatorial and menacing
nature Und a sweet refreshment In
slashing broadcast among oflleehold
iri, who supported him when they
found they could do nothing else?
<>f course, these hardy patriots may
decide to sink with the ship, vote re?
lentlessly for the lato Mr. Taft, and
run n slim chance of reaping where
they have sowed. But they have hlth
etto given no evidence of not knowing
wh'ch side of the bread Is buttered.
The majorities figured for the Presi?
dent In the convention with the help
of these, gentlemen, will probably be
serviceable only as proofs of the abili?
ties of campaign managers as mathe?
maticians.
Tho gravity of the question fronting
this interesting group la appalling.
Among them Is doubtless much deep
searching- of the heart. But Inasmuch
as they urn only human, they will pre?
sumably act upon tho ancient human
law that self-preservation comes first.
DON'T Ml HPV Tin: WATF.lt.
They do not know what they are
talking about. That Is tho main In
j dlctment to be directed at the few
newspapers of Virginia which hold tho
brief of tho oftlceholdcrs' combine In
jits case against the people. Time af?
ter time they misstate tho case; again
and again they bolster tip their side
I by'omitting some material factor fall-j
,lng to state some material argument)
adverse to their attitude. Especially!
j Is this true in tho case of tho resuh-1
mission in 1012 of the proposed amend
I merits removing the present constitu?
tional inhibitions as to the privilege
j of city treasurers and city commis?
sioners to succeed themselves. This
,1s a complicated constitutional ques?
tion involving tine legal points and
j deserving of careful study. The dls
| missions of this question by tho news
; papers favoring: resub'misslon are char
? acterlzcd by nothing so much as Ig
Morance, which would be laugh-pro
I voicing w-re the issue not so serious.
I Actual rrvidlng of Judge Crump's
decision In the Law and Equity Court
this week concerning resubmlsslon
would be <>f profit to both the
iliynchburg Advance and t)i*: Lynchbnrg
I News, published In the city where live
the chief legal and the chief official
j apologists for unlimited tenure fnr|
J city treasurers and city commissioners.
Hardly was the decision announced
when the. afternoon Advance screamed
with delight, only to be followed In the
morn'ng by the high brow- Jubilation
of the newa.
The Advance Is guiltless of any
charge that it read the decision. "The
legal orgunicnt against the resuhmls
| slop of tho amendment la palpably a
HI technicality at best, and which, accord
i Injr to Judge Crump, Is not even o
i valid technicality," says the Advance,
j Ignorant of tho fact that Judge Crump
expressly refused to pass on the val?
idity of the ''technicality," declaring
1 that it had been argued before hlni
with much force, but baking the posi?
tion that Its cor.ntltutlonality was not
a proper question for Ills decision. Tho
Adv.-nre continues:
"We have no patience with the nr
. gument which has been brought i,y
I itome papers against the proposal to
Iresubmlt th.- amendment on the ground
that the right on tilt- part Of these
ofllrera to succeed themselves Is a
im?ii'.ft whereby an 'ofiloohoiders' uns;'
! can be created o- maintained, for the
I pin In reason, thai they ?an bo placed
i In ?.nie*- oiid. can be continued in of?
fice only by tho " ill of lite people as
expressed ot the polls. To deny this
Is to deny do'moeftey."
Thnt Is the old -tuck argument so
often used 10 bjffog the Issue. The
Timcst Dispatch bollcvcs fully in the
right of tho people to scftle Issues at
elections, but it does not believe that
the people ought to be compelled to
parilclpnto In elections which they do
hot wish and which have been secured
In violation of tho Constitution by the
officeholders' lobby. The people havo
already said that these .Ulcers shall
be limited In their tenure of ofttce; It
Is not a right which tbeso men have i i
office, but a privllego granted by the
people and wisely limited by them.
The electorate has already passed upon
this question, and the officeholders act
In their own Interest and against that
or the people In bringing about a sec?
ond election.
SHOI'I.U "CO SLOW.''
More seriously than ever before the
country Is confronted with the prob?
lem of controlling the Mississippi. The
necessity of solving it has be?n botno
In on the public mind by a frightful
objrsct lesson, presenting the picture
of harrowing EUft'erlng, tho destruction
of millions of dollars' worth of prop?
erty, the submerging and devastation
of scores upon scores of homes und
plantations and tho loss of hundreds of
lives.
Tho word problem Is uscfl advisedly
and in a thoroughly applicable sense.
There is wide diversity of opinion as
to how It can bo solved. There ero
two principal divisions In tin camp?
those In favor of the old levee system
and those who advocate reservoirs t"
hold back tho waters and the planting
and conservation of forests that will
prevent rapid running off of the rain?
fall. Tho former uUvauco th# testi?
mony; of ninny expert engineers that no
other than the leveo remedy ]3 practi?
cable. On tho other hand, the reser?
voir and for:st champions cite the de?
claration of equally expert engine-:?
that levee protection has proved a faII
uro for years, since it raises the flood
height In proportion as It is extended.
There arc other schemes under discus?
sion, and meantime Congress is nslt'd
to appropriate $SP,O00,000 for tue work
of protection.
That there Is urgent and vital de?
mand for temporary work In that direc?
tion cannot ho questioned. But It
might be well for Congress to "go
slow" before making any very largo
appropriation for the cause. It has
been suggested that before final solu?
tion Is attempted a commission of the
best river engineers of the country be
appointed to study all rims that have
been advocated and agitated and report
thereon. Tho suggestion strikes us as:
eminently wise.
In IST.'i a commission reported In n
general way on the subject, but since
tlrsn engineering skill has made tre?
mendous strides. It has solved prob?
lems that would seem much more, dilll
enlt than harnessing tho "Father of
Waters" within his banks.
Another suggestion is that tho prob?
lem might possibly be worked out so as'
not only to prevent thj river from car- !
rylng death and destruction, but to thej
end also of providing power, by hy?
draulic and electric agencies, un?
dreamed of when the levee system was
(I-vised. The possibility, r.i.v the
probability, of tho latter achievement !
strikes us as an additional, another,
most important reason, why Congress
should "go slow" In tiie matter, and an ?
< xpert commission should be consti?
tuted for its guidance.
Tiie auxiliary aohicvenvant in point.
In solving the problem, would simply
be In line with the nation's policy of
Irrigating the barren lands of iho AVest
and Northwest. While attainment of
the main object would represent "con?
servation" born of necessity en a tie
mehdous scale, on a scale hardly less'
vast the auxiliary feature would ep- j
resent economic development, such as I
Is embraced, in a sense, in reclamation]
of our desert areas. I
H Is perhaps now safe to wear a]
straw hat, but In other directions it is'
time for a wtise conservatism. j
It seeni3 to bo somewhat easier to
get Juries in Carroll county these days.
The end of the teapot tempest
baseball strike has proved one tiling
conclusively. Baseball Is the national
game, and It belongs to the people
who support it. Botii ihugnntes and
players arc of secondary Importance.
What the puhllo wants is a game of
absolute fairness and cleanness, free
from all suspicion of trickery or
rowdyism. Any sacrifice of these fine
I l< ments will be avenged In the speedi?
est manner by decreased gnte receipts.
But If the public Is responsible for the
gnme, it hns for that reason duties,
and with tho patrons of the sport rests
the real outcome of the strike. Thej ,
Should see to it that tiie players are1
protected from any unjust and per?
sonal comment or persecution They
should co-operate with Hie club own- j
ers lo put down all attempts at play-1
er-btilting and bottle-throwing. The
I club owneru run iisclpfiho any rough1
tactics by their teams, but with the
spectators remains the enforcement of
unwritten laws of pood sportsmanship.
Don't forget that spring houseclcan-!
Ing means "Swat the Fly." j
it is perfectly pioper that ah am?
phibious animal should have a name
as hard to pronounce as "Hydroaero?
plane."
The woman who Is walking from
New York to Chicago on fl Vegetable
diet may get there, but so could n
j cow.
j Perhaps Mr. Taft believes Hie Buck
j eye -State would more fittingly be
called the Tilnrkeye Slate.
The celeb'rators of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence at least
rshow themselves unite Independent 6f
history.
Among other things. It Is time for
somebody to advocate the recall ot the
vest,
On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
Jim.
We never counted much on Tim around
the village, cuz
, There wasn't no Kit up to him, his
relatives all >vuz
Jest sort o' .shamed t" peak about the
way he loafed around,
I We knew him as a la/A lout, who Jest
laid on t'lie ground
.And dreamed and dreamed the hours
away. They couldn't make htm
?work.
While Others drilled t n hours a day,
Iiis stunts was Jest to shirk.
Tho Villau,, folks look. I &a<vvii on htm
in sort o' scornful style.
Hocaus.. lie didn't have ii" vim. But
Jim would only Bmlle,
And keep on dreaming right along,
preoccupied hlB air.
I He'd listen t? the hi.-- ay's song and
I stare and stare :?'! stare.
, I to didn't mingle much, did Jim, but
read an awvful 1 '
I
The other boys got u] t 5 and earned
six plunks a w<
But Jim, ha wasn't sc-r-e alive, a sort
of village freak.
One day hi- got an ewvelopa from
Washington, by lag!
His breast niled with n sudden hope.
Cccauso, you set. '.lie thing
Contained a letter put nt lor a rapid
flrln' gun
That was supposed to ? tid a war when
It was scaroo V gun.
Ho sold his patent right away, and
he's a millionaire.
Our foremost citizen. >ve say, with
civic prljlo to eiini".
He rides around In ttos now, and
loefs a lot, does Jim,
nut all t le town folks allow, thsy'ro
mighty proud of him.
Some Household 1 nfelleltlcs.
"Ton wrong jne, Hubert. I rwver
oipon anybody's moll, yours especially,
oxcoPt l>y mistake."
"Where In blazes is my bnthrobe?
i supposo you hava got It wrappod
around that rutibir p'. in* out on the
front porch again."
"Huh, I suppose you think all I've
got to do is to think up something to
"at and hrlng It horn, with me. I've
got other Idlings on my mind."
"Take It from me. madam, the next
tiime you burn up the pork chops while
you are gossiping over tho telephoni,
the telephone goes out."
"Oh, thunder! Who has been open?
ing a can with my razor again?"
"Why in tunket don't women hook
up tho front Instead of the back?"
What's Their l.nnprungcT
There art: some person* '.r. d'mand
Whose language we can't understand.
A little English now and then
Should be adopted by these men.
The umpire steps upon his throne,
And In a Jargon all his cwn.
Announces In about this way,
The batteries who pl-,v to-day:
'"Ladlesandgon,t?trh<lbaU?ries'.',orto-day'a
ga m/a wSl ?b dSml t hand jo n easf o r Hog WW -
lciwandBrowrrandG-roenforBlrdOitnter?
l'HAYl'A?W?U"
Tho fror.t door of th? railway car
Hursts open with a ponderous Jar
The brake man trills his Joyous lay
In lfottentot or elso Malay.
Or-Esperanto tongue. perhap.\
A lingo ladled out In scraps.
A gem thai sounds a Jot like this,
Po travelers won't gro nmlvt:
'VN'ex'-suit lou t hls-t r.ilnstopsis??
I-fjck'ryhol?l?1?1?1?erohnngecaratf or
nl?1?1?1?1?tpoinm- ast??and we sit en
'thcd'ontK-ox-iforajidCCorth-irn. !
Twentymlnutea?s?sst'rfr'sfcments.'' !
Tlie barker In the dime musoe J
A dapper little ger.t Is he.
fie always wears a l'mg- frock coat.
Ho Is a leoturer of nods;
In vole* mysterious he speaks
?About the galaxy of freaks.
His language Is ??-? gcraimbled that
Yon enn't tell what he's driving at: \
"fjndles.gents.yourattontlOnlscailedtol
thlaend of the ha?1?1?1?1?1? where
Wctvaveoneexhlbl itlon Madam'selle
IMaxdn whohfl nd ???>??? moslveh'snusrepti
?>i?lleswlthgreatestrasc, Thellbllulady
Iwjvory 1 n t efHlgmnH'i nversatlonaills tanti
haishenphl ? o-.ototgraphons.ile.-' 1
j Voice of the People |
The Ascension of Christ.
To tho Editor of Tho Times-Dispatch: |
Sir. ?I read to-<lay your Interesting
article on the "A ended Christ." How
strange a thought t is that the most
Important phenomena (or miracle, 'f
you prefer) of ? Saviour's life on
earth, His asccnsl a, is not attested
by any one who -aw It. Matthew.
John, .lntr.es. Peter and Jude, who
according to Luke, saw it and wrote
subsequently, sn nothing about it.
V.i Luke, who did not see It, nnd who!
probably never sav Jesus iTu-lst. gives
in two places :i imstahtlal account
ot u. Mark did ? : sec It, and Iiis]
account, which ullt doubtful and!
not in tiic oldest Oreok, nnd many
other munuscrlpi < true, is derived
from another. I su ipoao no thoughtful;
Christinn doubti u-. fact of the as-1
uensiOn of out .- i'loiir to heaven, and
probably acocpi . >. Luke's account.!
but, I have ..ft. i ? struck with tho
taci that though q resurrection is'
fully attested b> ? witnesses, the a3
censlon, which .<... irahsccndS in glory'
ami Importance in s the rcsuV'roctlou, |
is left to I,.- told by one who derives
it rrom btlyers, Im vor well it may bo
iiutiieiiti.il/e-i Slttl ? in the plhyhottso
,it Ober Ammi . wo years ago and!
wnlchilig ?.human attempts I
m depict that - is scene, T thought
what mu?: hn'vi en the reality of j
the actual 0.CC11 i : and so thinking,
am not surprised ,at Hie |lttl<- band i
of eleven d sol went forth to
Abe Martin
DOIl't yon I, ; good,'WhCJi >'OI> B'1
out ?>' a sttin where yen nearly
bought sor.iethii constable Pluni
asked '.em Spain what stoics ho wir/,
in when hu trn . |. ,l with n circus, nn
..cm si.id: "ii..v. .. i know? We trav?
eled at night,"
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SPRING SCENE IN A COLLEGE TOWN.
Just Before Graduation Day.
I _By John T. McCutcheon.
! evangelize the world with a courage
horn not of Mesh and Moud. Peter, in
one of his eplstlos, written thirty years
or more after the ascension, alludes
to tho ravt that Christ i* at the right
hand of God, probably just us we
would say of a dear, long-dead friend
that he or mIiq la. In heaven, but, hsj
I said before, no one who witnessed
It alludes to the ascension to heaven,
or relates qhy of the trcuinsiar.ee*.
How strange! P. J, WHITE;
Richmond,
The Wreck!ur of the Titanic,
,Oiie bright, calm night In April,
i tar in the middle, Atlantic.
A ship went to the ocean's bottom,
It was the "Glum Titanic."
j She set sail five days before,
1 With a load of human freight.
Determined t>> reach a distant Unrbnr, I
I Not one minute too late.
Th. captain was given ciders
Before he left the pert
To break the speed record,
I Running the largest ship afloat.
So when she set sail for America.
1 The hand's music filled,, the air.
There was no thought of da niter.
And gladness re'gncd everywhere,
I But before the voyage was ended.
On that calm, April night.
The ship of giant power
A mighty iceberg did strike.
The captain and the olllccrs
To the decks did rush.
Finding then; a gapThg wound.
Where the mountain of ice did
crush.
The passengers all became alarmed
At the actions of the crew;
"To the lifeboats:" said the captain.
Then their fate they knew.
But the llfoboatr were Insufficient
To take care pf those aboard.
And the ship went down to the ocean's
bottom.
Carrying with her that precious load.
Those who lived to ten
Of the great Titanic wreck.
Told of those noble heroes
Who died upon that icy deck.
Of how they left tholr loved ones,
To give a more timid one a pine*.
While at that breathless moment.
Death staled them all in the face.
Tlie band bad changed Its mu?'c.
When the ship went bpneath the sea.
From tlanco tunes and waltsca, I
To 'Nearer. My God. to Thee."
its notes were trust-inspiring
To those who must lose their life:
it taught them to die like heroes ' j
In a sea battle of strife.
And now she sleeps beneath the Oil
lows
< if the mighty sea;
sin- will ever be remembered
As we sing. "Nearer. My God. to
Thee."
Pence be to timse who died
.S;.,l went to a watery grave:
They gave their lives as they should,
Some other soul to save.
Prom ihc sinking of ibis great ship.
We learn a lesson precious.
That too many lives are lost
while seeking earthly pleasures.
The shipbuilders In after years.
Before their ships set sail,
will in them with nil things necessary
To withstand the stormy gale.
In the building of that groat ship,
Man almost defied Iiis Maker:
Said she vr.n unslnkable.
Ami that no wave could shake her.
Bill with one move of Ills might)
hand,
II,. put the giant ship to sleep
By sending her downward sailing. :
"To the bottom of the deep.
There shall be her resting place.
Till the ludgmeni unlocks the tomb;
Wh.n some shall receive eternal re?
ward. -"?
And others their j}*%n?\iTiNmjR<
Pelham, SC. C
Xoti Sequilar.
To the RdUor or The Times-Di?pa Ich!
The Insane son of a braVfl
Confederate Virginia soldier has been
done to death In Massachusetts, Won?
der what would have haphened hud
he been the insane son of n J.Iassachu
5elis soldier? UNION VETERAN,
v JN'ew. ?oik,
QUERIES ?Sc
ANSWERS
Kqunl Suffrage.
Is Mill Mary Johnston tho leader,
In woman's RUtTrngo In Virginia? Who
was tltt) first woman !u Virginia to
advocate ?:<iuai suffrage?
MRS. J. b. hill
Miss Johnston 1? of great promt
I n< nee nnd Influence and value in tho
Equal Suffrage League In Virginia.
I Tho president of the league is Mrs.
I Ii ii. Valentine, who is, of ceurso,
"the leader," and this lady, and Miss
Ellen Glasgow arc- among the earliest
public advocates of equal auffange in!
I tills State. It is likely that the honor
of being the first may not with cor
j lalnty be conferred on any one.
William Green, 1.1.. D.
1'lease Inform mo " here and when
tin- distinguished lawyer William
Green was born and where he was
eel uca t. <l ? RKJ1IMi IN l>.
Frcderlcksburg, November 10, 1806.
At the schools of Mr. Uoolrlck, in
t-'rcderlcksburrft and John Lewis, in
tii.- uppor part of f?pots\lvnnla county,
Mangotlcn, near Waller's Tavern, or
I.-.-wm's Store, or LewlstOn.
; I Irulnln History.
I Who Is the. first person with the
title Governor of Virginia? What was
tin- date of the marrlnge of Poca
hontas? e. ix Morrison.
Lord Delaware. April 5, 1612.
? inti > nbnrg.
Please give the names of the oflT crs
Commanding under Picket? In tiie
olaarge at (ictty?Mirg, and .statj
n'ltothijr they ,were all Virginian*.
M. A. IIOLLOWA V.
Brlgadier-Oenera) James Lawsoh
Kemper (born Madison county. Va.);
Brigadier-General Richard Brooke Gar
nr-tt (born Essex county. Va. ?: Briga?
dier-General Lewis Addison Armistend
(bom Xenvfb in, N. C.) General Armi
SKead's fat'her was n V'rglrtian, his
mother, Elizabeth, daughter ?r lion.
J. A. Stanley, a North Carolinian.
Soncrby's notnny.
AVI 11 5 "ii give the date of publication
of Kqwerby's English Botany, and t?dl
nie where and at what price i may
get it? D. ?1. itoivr.
The s- v>n volumes were published
from lRfi.t to 1S6T. It brings about
(30. Healer's address will i>r sent
w i i j, stamped and addressed drivelc/ps
is received from you.
Parson Brnwnlotr.
Please inform me wher>? and when
Parson Brown low. the nntislnvery ugi
tator, was imrn, what his full name
was, and what was his occupation.
T. M
AVythi- county. Va., August -?, 1S?>3.
William Hi.i way Brown low, Metho?
dist preacher and editor.
Publishing.
i hOV.i setst to several (inns the
rminuscripii for a llttl'i book, and one
Or two lltlVe written several times to
Indite; me to pay In advance for got.
tin?: the work out. Ho all publishing
houses demand that authors pay the
??otits of publishing? M. S.
The contracts between publishers
nnd authors are of of ry imaginable
sort. The better publishers will not
rout their imprint upon a book if they
do not think well of It. and, In gen
orwl, it Is not too much to say that
Urs*-rate Arms Ilka Hodd, Mead. Har?
pers. Scrlbners, Hou.bleday-'J'age, etc.,
publish'no books .exci.pt at their own
expense, and pay royalty to writers.
There are som ? so-called puihiishers
who will eiv-oin-ige "very sender of
a MK to have it printed. Thesis peo?
ple declare that there |s a great fu?
ture bofo-ra every wiitei- who corre?
sponds with them; that they have
wonderful and iiiysC rious convmand of
the, "market" and can?on 'th(. receipt
<if several times the commercial value
of th? work to bo dune,?iprlnt. ty-Wl
sell an <normous edition of any
thing. There ntv, rlnn3 in this conn try
whos? name on the tltlo I ago of n
ibook would virtually destroy jia
chanties of success, because they art
known to all w.-.o know books an per?
sons who ha/ve r.ev*r published any?
thing worth white, to whom r.'ibody
ever ofTors anything tir.tll it has been
declined by all the better firms. If you
will show your work to some friend
who knows or can l?arn the prlc. s of
bnok-makir.tr and corrcpare the figure,
he can got for you from son-.-; good
firm of printer* find binders with the
prices your correspond-inns hnv* quoted
for fretting out your book, you can
then sec '?t yoiirseW how much ovct
charge they are making. Aa to the
?v rtalnty" of lariro Bales hold out to
induce you to contract for th?> work,
soy p) your correspondent* that they
know far more of suoh things thsn
you, and suggest that they take your
rlik by srtv<in~!ng the cost and reap
part of your profits from rhonn sales
which they consider so "certain." You
will be pleased with the ludicrous
c-lerlty with which the correspon?
dence will term'.naite.
nndrhnll nnd Ilnmptoii Roads.
Will you give date of the Temple
<*up basefbfcll plnv in Ha-ltlmor1", and o
the frecs'.ng of Jlamtvtoh T?m<-:.??
W. A. MOOItMAN".
AVe shall ha.ve to ae'k some reader to
furnlSh the first date. The last Is
1S5T.
Orchestra.
AVII1 you give me the r.ame of th*.
director of the NVw York Symphony
Or-hrstra? A. A. MOON'.
Joseph Strftnsky.
Prr-ldenMnl Term*.
Mow many terms may a PrVsidoflt
of the Tfnlted States serve?
v. w. Ko^rerysKT.
?lust as many as the people will oleflt
him for. TWere is r.o law on the suh
Ject.
Forty-Two
Years
Ago in n bank, when ac?
companied l>y strength ami
experience and by large Cap?
ital. Surplus and Resources,
is the best assurance of un?
questioned stability.
Throughout the forty-two
years of its existence this in?
stitution lias shown a con?
sistent growth in all these
elements, and to-day ii lias
Capital and Surplus of over
Sl.oOO,(X)0.00, while its Re?
source.-, exceed So,500,0.10.00.
Checking accounts arc re?
ceived in any amount, and
,i per cenl. txi'iipound inter?
nst paid un savings. ,