The times dispatch. [volume], August 14, 1912, Page 4, Image 4

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11. 1012.
MOROCCO AN INTEltiiST CENTRE
AGAIN.
Owing to the appearance simulta
neously of three items of news relating
to Morocco, that country lias again
? i ::;e a centre of deep Interest und
expectancy. These items are the ubdi
i itlon Of Sultan Mulal Ha lid, w'hlcjh
his been definitely decided upon, if it
is hot already taken Place; the call
<>f General Eyautsy, the French resi?
lient Governor, for 30,000 additional
troops tu enable him to maintain or?
der, ? i the statement that when the.
? between Spain and France'
touching their respective spheres of !
: ? . ace In Morocco shall have been ,
<lsn?d, the former will enter the triple
i tente, composed of France, Great
1 Russia.
If Jt be true, as we nrc "assured,
il it the abdicating Sultan and tho
French authorities have reached ah
ami ibte understanding rdgtirdlhg the j
esslon, anj have agreed upon tea- ,
i i .- for ahdicatlon that will avert the
il tiger Of native appeal to fanaticism,
oh the ground that Mulal lias,
bee'ii coerced, the first item is the Last
important; l>ut is it true? Tue call
: i such heavy reinforcements?fJen
.? ?; Eyautsy's "urgent demand." m
the dispatches phrase it?hardly com-!
ports with the supposition thai it is,
<",?: the contrary, It excites grave up- I
prehension thut the change of rtilers
will be the sl?nul for a must serious
outbreak.
However, accepting the "assurance" !
on its face. In any event the call argues '
a most ominous condition of unrest
? tn< s the tribesmen and that the wot k
of pacitlcatlon has virtually just be
gun. To eliminate tho menace or
fanatical uprising as the direct result
Of Mulal Hafld's surrender of the sill- I
tanate is to accentuate the danger of i
the general slt?a??ri and the dlfllculty i
of the task that Is still before the
The importance, significance and ,
chief consideration in the third pleco'.
of Information are compassed In the
fact that Spain's entrance into the
triple entente will bo another slip in
the fnce of Germany and another coh
Irl but ioh to the isolation Of Germany. ;
Notwithstanding Spain Is a second
class power, transformation of the
triple Into a quadruple entente will!
materially strengthen the existing com- ;
bln'ation.. Necessarily and logically,
especially will a satisfactory conven?
tion between Spain and France on that
Moroccan Issue mi an a Joint policy,
administrative, political and military. 1
for the subjugation and development of:
Morocco, which will constitute a fur?
ther and increasingly potent obstacle
t'i whatever designs and ambitions
Germany may continue to cherish re-i
spectlng the lund of the Moers and
contiguous territory.
Again, it is Germany's "move next."
arid what Kf mi.ve will be. Is likely'
to be awaited " with Intense? Interest,
not unmixed with great anxiety,
Ml ALI. SOCIETY KIL.Lt
Sentiment against capital punish-'
ir.t.t is certainly and slowly increas?
ing. This sentiment Is not so much
the result of a reasoned and |< . .
conviction against taking the life of
mi Individual as it I? a deep and
instinctive revulsion against the hor-'
ror ? f the actual fact. Within a few
days three cases have made men
i" ';r,h deep within their souls to dis?
cover upon what principles they has,.!
?
?
new light upon the attitude of modern
society towards what Is probably the
gravest prerogative It assumes.
In New York teven men were elec?
trocuted on a single day. The bulk
of death to dealt out undoubtedly
weighed heavier upon the social con?
science than does th- execution of one
person at rare Intervals. The funda?
mental Justification before the law
I
:
1
.
course of the law, yet there was uu
uncertain feeling that i :.
better way of dealing with deli!
could be found lh the at
wisdom of the human race As the
New York Times points out, this fo. '.
trig I? not always logical, but n
tbelets in Itself is a far-reach! .
fluence in the public mind. LTjiorj i .
unvoiced' feelings a?;e oft?.:-. :
the greatest changes lh social forms.!
in Arizona, where a criminal
' given the right to choose whether he'
? hall be hunj*. electrocuted, or shot,
a man selected the latt method of e>.
fdatlng his crime. Oreat difficulty was
experienced In finding V.vk men who
were ' willing to assume the duty >.f
killing a fellow* Thli shows
how Instinctive is' the reluctance about
taking human life, and how deep the;
desire to make executions al.: ,
Impersonal. Porhops thc use of elec?
tricity Is favored bccauso tho Intor
. \..,;ion of the current seems the
, Impersonal act of supremo natural
In Virginia the question of commut
ii.'^r th? death sentence parsed upon
a young negro woman has been a
solemn issue with both the Governor
I and the people. As the matter of
j capital punishment now stands, it is
i herd to sec what difference sex plays
in the principle. la it more terrible
[for a woniah to be executed than for
?
M ould be right In all. Here a^aln
the race instinct for conserving po
1 t< ntial motherhood arotisea deep l'eei-1
I Certain stable belitfa .are slowly
crystallising out of bitter pity, tiu
cicty hat; learned thai it proiita little
? by n crude and barbaric spirit of re
vengre. It also knows that often by
I its own failure to provide education
I tsnd social control, it lias been a part?
ner iti tho crimes of ignorance and
1 unmorality. I.iorei ver, it feels that .1
I life taken. Is a life wasted. If out
of all these doubts shall come humane
ur..a to protect society by r\ -
btralltt and education. the present
grievous death: it-ill have served
lilghor ends than that of mere punish?
ment.
l)I\ l>-!t:\ OK l>t TIES ON THIS AB
MINISTUATlA II UOAKU.
Discussion its tu the advisability of
dividing up the work of the Adminis?
trative Board among its several ihorri
iei'sis somewhat premature: That is a
problem which must be str tightened
out alter llie election, and not before it.
Whether or not each member of the
Administrative Hoard shall huvti as
signed to him a department for the
routine work, in which ho shall bo
the executive head, but the policies of
which the whole board shall a itcrinihc;
depends entirely upon wh.it so:; of men
... . IcctCd by tho people to the boaru.
Whether there .shall ho individual or
collective administration of the various
departments under the board turns
utterly upon the nieh chosen.
if the voters of Richmond wiii Judi?
ciously discriminate between the can?
didates and select live efficient and
able administrators, doubtless wise
policy will stieltest the desirability of
dividing up tiic routltn - of the
board so thut each member Will havo
his particular department. Under sucli
a system each member would special?
ise in the work of li 1st department, be
cotne thoroughly familiar With It and
its needs, study progressive methods
of Other cities in his department and
become thoroughly expert as to his
duplication of administration; dupll- j
cation of time and duplication of en- i
orgy would be lcppcd oft". The whole
Administrativ.. Hoard would ha respon?
sible, none the lbo's, for only routine:
administrative work would be divided
up. whi!?: the questions of policies and ,
jargt problems would have to be settled
by the whole hoard, which would there?
fore be individually and collectively re?
sponsible (or every department. Such
a system makes for expert admlnis
trn Hon.
If Rvo mediocre men. of no partlcu
lar breadth of mind, efficiency and
ability, are elected, then it would ho
unwise to distribute the work of the
Administrative Board, in such a case,
In cacli department live heads would
be preferable, for live heads would bo
equivalent to it little more than one
good head If Inefficient and Ignorant
fficth arc chosen |0 administer the
municipal business of Richmond. ii
I ch an elected, they ought to
to l
prqblem coming up. Even at that,
there are times when the heady of live
demagogues put together do not con
['ho business of the people of Ricrf
nd and their only business at this
10, Is to elect to the Administrative
ard the five men best qualified to
rform Its duties. Stich men can do
-mine after their election the course
?y will pursue. Th.it question can
s i d Mi.;, l i,?b fairies.
Eager childhood has many beautiful
'th: about what the fairies do. The
In helpers really bring to pass many
'
.
ough there are summertime falrios
at make lifo easier for grown-ups,
? ?
?
nd on wires
?b< 'girdling
own in L.I
.1 I x on the wall, ready to
Uet and haek again In two
Ph? telepHorte 11 r Ii about
?nger sprite
ft re-breath
summer pleasant ?very hour. Ono 1
waits the signal of a clicked switch to
Hood the room with light that doesn't
smol! like the old lamp and doesn't
i cook the one who sits by It. The blue
drnclng one that haunts the gas range 1
Is a mighty good Bort, and surely thuro j
Is none better than tho ghost that
keeps the electric Iron hot without
turn'ng the laundress Into a pool of |
vocal woe. The funniest chap of all !
Is he who beats the eggs at the soda
fountain. We have heard, too. of an
electric curling Iron fairy, but that's
a more rumor. So you see men can't
stay children unfortunately, but they
cun live in fairyland forever.
A COXSKliVATlON S1113LL GAME.
Gilford Plnchol, the leanest pillar
j ot the Roosevelt cause. Is tu take the
stump for the Third Term party on
tin.- spiciilc ground that it, and it
alone, can be trusted to stand firmly
lor the right doctrine of conservation.
That Is a rather amusing dcvelopmi :.\
for the conservation plank of the
Hull Moose platform ?at put llat. on
the fence, it ls said that Mr. Plncho.t.
deluded like many others into believ?
ing that the Bull Moose would stand
for the ideal Instead of the "practi?
cal,"! drafted an unrealricted conserva?
tion plank, demanding In f ho most
ringing manner centralized Federal
? control of all our unutilized national
resources, but the Bull Moose re?
wrote the plank to tho point of
I emasculation. At any rate, the plank
that was adopted Is far from what]
I n:chot would like to have. The Hull'
Moose w?a a very "practical"' man
when he refashioned the Pinchot pro-l
! posnl and decided to mako due allow- \
unco for his Western supporters, who
detest conservation because they want
to seize forthwith the remaining
forests and mineral and agricultural
Wh.it 1^ the plank and what docs
It mean? The platform resolves to!
"protect thu nationcl forest? without
hindering their legitimate use"; to
"open" to "the genuine settler"
"agricultural lands In the national
forests," and to "base the public
grazing lands under equitable pro?
visions." These mealy generalities!
mean nothing If they do not mean
conciliation of the Impatient ex?
ploiters of the Northwest. Nor does
the Hull Moose conservation poll y
cease there, for It Roes on with Velvet
touch to treat of the rights of'
States In conservation. "Natural re-'
sources" ate mentioned as still ''under]
Slate control." und then It Is urued;
that they can be more "wisely con?
trolled and Utilized If held." How
"held?" By the Federal government?
No, indeed, "held in the public hands."I
That means everything ami it means!
nothing, it was injected to placate
the mountaineers and grazers who de?
mand State control.
The conservation plank Is Just like
I the other planks of the Hull Moose j
confession of flimflam, it is sup-i
posed to formulate a definite and pro-!
I gressivo policy, when In reality It is a
I backbonelcsa and high-sounding re
! solve that means nothing more than;
ia compromiso which satisfies every-1
I body, and which, therefore, stands fori
stagnation. As a manipulator of the
political pea and shells, the Bull
iMoose is easily first.
CITIES AMI COUNTIES MOTU ?F
I ECTED.
Colorado has u Suite tax commls- j
I slon. 1-ast week it met in Denver]
iinci added more than $3,000,000 to the
taxable values of tho State by Increas?
ing tho valuation of a Denver tram-!
way company by $2,000,(100 and that I
j of a Denver gas and ?ilectrlc com
pany by more than $1.000.000. This,
ised assessment adds $io,00u to
t;.. revenues. J*. was found that
j past assessments had been too con?
servative, and accordingly they wero
I raii ed lo a fair basis.
I Tiic p?int of this citation fom
Colorado is that the cities are haled
(tin and maile to pay their rightful
I burdens of taxation Just as much as
the counties are. Both city and coun
, ly ate Under equal obligation to do
I what Is equitable. If tho pauper
I counties of Virginia had not protested
[sr. loudly and largely converted. ;he
I State fax commission lssuo Into one
of the counties against the cities. Vir
g would nbW hivo a State tax corn
I mssion Which could and would remove
'unfair and unequal burdens of taxa?
tion and put counties and cities on
the same level of financial responsi?
bility to the State. The> tax equallza
tlore prit.clpie operates upon city and
county a'.il-.e In the interest of all the
'.people of the State.
Pro dl a .il nature shows her generot
:ty When to Ihti lusciotisness of a watet
melon she adds the pink beauty of 1!
eai thly Incarnation.
It Is [retting so these days that whf
[a friend doesn't expect you to r.n
I over1 the baby, he has a twb?by?fo
garden for which you must think i
the same extravagant adjective's,
The Invading army may capture Ne w
York, but apparently the pol'.co haVe
gotten away with all the loot.
The Red and Blue armies will prob
ahly hot get i"o hostile that tho Bap
? mnot be bridged by that old <iti< s
tli ? "Have you not tho m?klns'7"
An Ashland merchant lam week re?
ived 17 cents In stamps with this
I explanation:
I "A pood many years ago a fellov
ived a little too much change a
your store. Ho has never felt goo<
over It. and, 'While the amount
Insignificant, wishes it off his mint!
The amount with Interest In eneloai
in ?UvinpS Beg your pardon and for
giyentss."
I As the Hanover Herald remarks, thn
I man had an ".iculo conscience."
On the Spur of I he Momcn
By Roy K. loulton
The I,list p| 3 of Sutumcr.
(With apologies to Thomas Moore.)
"J'is thu iisi fjy 0. . . mni r,
Left buzzing alone,
All Her lovely com) MOlis
Are swatted und gone.
Not on.' of her klr.di d
Of sumhtcr survives,
They've tflven up mow,
Their billions of lives
I'll not leave thee, thou lone one.
To stagger about
Since tlty kindred sleeping,
I must knock tin ?? out.
Tints kindly i swat thee.
' Upon thy bald h( id
Aa thy mates, now 11 swutted.
Lie buzzless and dead.
So thou must follow.
Ply heaven's thy goal.
Nc longer ,0 pra.w : ?
The old sugar > ?
When truo hearts are withered
And ones uro flown,
Thou must not In! It,
The bleak world lohe.
Some Things We ilnve Never ?'?vfa.
An automobile t; was really run?
ning at its best.
A bowlegged l.i . who could ?et
many dancing -pa:
A book agent lldn't look as
I though he was etil oni for the mln
A in-cent glass that would
' work when you want 1 It to.
A genuine dlarhon on the nag...
A fcoclety lead.'. \\:'.o wanted to
hive her picture in the paper,
A barber who c : t name every
champion suncc J.Macee.
Nothing to 1'hlnk About.
A judge visited i Northern summt
resort recently and curing the court
ot his stay engage
In conversation.
"Keeps you prct:
mer. doesn't It?" as
"Oh yas, tolerabl
reply.
"What do yon do
"Well. PH tell :
Man. "In the win:
and think and Bon
around."
old iandlord
busy all sum
?1 the judge,
busy," was the
nines v.-e Just
According t.. I
Si me of the Bre:::
world Is Inscribed u
There ain't not!
which Is so alubrb
master's lntroduct!
Speaker, whetlier it
There is only .
In this worl I wht
ent doesn't covet i
or, and that Is a !
High society In ?
tlnjf higher than
are Kettln' so they
to the baseball gu'
noon.
The onhandlcst f
Is a street car in
tries to run an auf
The ambition of I
Is to bo inv ited Up
committee to wale!
he does his cabinet i
nele Abner.
diction in this
1 the tombstones.
In this life
us as thtj toast
? : a banof?et
?rue or not.
Social function
. rybbdy pres
pl ice of hon
? :
. llage is get
-ver. The fellers
?.. ttr their sutt--<
os In the nfter
b-r In this world
.mobile.
arric fellers' lives
h the stage as a
How to Iii llnppy.
Don't cat grape ? "it without first
putting on n rubber unit.
Lot somebody else buy and carve
the Thanksgiving I u'ki y.
Toko plenty of exercise. There is
none better than shoveling coal Into
the fuinacf*.
Live a 1o:.k distance away from
your second cousins.
Have four aces every time you open
a Jackpot.
Give j'oiir wife a stipulated sum
every week, even If it Is as high
as 25 cents.
Marry r, widow with nine children,
oil of whom ar<- working.
The MllltS
T. F. O. writes
of our Mil.la:.t
Itlon as follow:
you did .. srht
me to .loin the M
thought It was .,
it eeriaihiy list
that men are ?
know It. but in:
It, nr.d I can't
timo Is not rip,
[equal rights fo:
the fight m .y t
1 lng cold c; hm
; the kitchen f in, .
busted order, an
'out from now or:
And II.,
A few iovi t Ick
just the 6
I An article on tl.
A muck rake r's
sound fair
Exposing si
at SufTragcnts.
to the headquarters
. iffrngents organltta
"I suppose you think
thing when you got
ilttaht Suff ragents. I
.11 right at Hist, and
ii il good. Tpu know
.men's equals and I
wife doesn't know
convince her. The
? for a crusade t.,r
men. however. j::>: t
I have been eat
goods all alone In
I Joined your d't.g
you can count me
nlre;
Some chorus girl
oit bofori
Some "poem!." I
is a chore:
Then 200 pages
Appealing to II
with the
The table ol
I ween.
Describes
magazine.
. re Von Are.
stories all sounding
congressional game.
. rn that is made to
ccntly made billion
' pictures you've seen
e reading of whlrh
f touring car ads.
e who are blessed
dp.
, nts here mentioned,
any New York
Voice of the People
A Protest i an Indorsement.
To the Lid I to i The Times-Dispatch:
81 r,?I wish protest against the.
efforts "f the . ailed Business Men's
Associate n, ll as ihe newspapers
of n.ty, to e ? certain men to the
Administrativ i ard, for the reason
Martin
d'tlCS I er fe
ihreu chins.
"THRASHIN' TIME."
By John T. McCutcheon.
ICOpyrltriX: IMS: lijr John T. McOitcixwn. ]
that
Volt
II
in c Kill
noncaty, Intel l
of every cue ot
?
eve.- v ? >?..,. i at,
whom i uiidi rs
an/? lmer.2!,hL'l:f
ruty whom they s
voter should ttciec"
his opinion best at
tlon, und where nil
represented ns Well as the ''business"
interest? Then you and many other I
j Well-moaning folks make a great mis
llake in always casting reflections upon
I the ''oitlclal" or City Hail vote, as my
j experience has taught rha I at with
few exceptions ho mote worthy net of
people exist In this city. nr. 1 the vast
majority vote for the best men and
measures, which is evidenced by our
; having one of the most honestly and best
I governed cities In the world, in splto
; r,r our cumbersome methods. v\ i.y
I snould these men not vote for their
, particular friends who have possibly
helped them In the past?
I In writing this, personally I have no1
antagonism to the men picked out by
] the ?'committee," but think organized
ctrort to put through a particular
?slate." when nil the candidates are!
about on a par with each other as to
tnelr qunllllcatlons, is liable to arouse
antagonisms which will bo In the fu
I iure hurtful to tlio city.
I or myself, I sliali vote for Mr.
I iltrschberg, whom I can recommend
. noth because of his personal finalities
i as well as because he officially repre?
sents the largest Voting class In the
city, and since the committee has seen
/it to draw distinctions between the
candidates, you will bo surprised to
i tin 1 on: oh Oloctlon day how mnnv bus
! Inesfi men will vote in the same way.
A WERNE BLAIR.
"The Man to Win With."
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
I Sir.?In a letter to you, written
I some two weeks before tho Demo?
cratic convention was heid at Baltl
I more. In which the writer agreed with j
j your opinion that Governor Wilson
'should be nominated, ar.,i also gnvo
!hls reasons why, without disparaging
j the claims of the other candidates, he i
! was the man to win with. j
I Subsequent events, such as the ne- j
i tlon of the Independent mngnzlnos and j
itho press, notably the Springfield '
i (Mass.) Republican and tho New York i
Times, In rallying to his support, and
i tho practically solid backing of his]
own party, coupled with the avowed
'intention to voto for him of mnr.y '
, Republican Progressives In Wisconsin |
'nnd elsewhere, and with no*, a few
conservatives from that party, who
?say that they are disgusted with both!
'Trift and Roosevelt, have apparently
[confirmed the correctness of those)
views.
I As an Illustration of how things ?
look to-day. tho New York Herald. J
which. If anything, rather favors Mr.
Toft, lh Its Issue of Friday, August 9,
said thai the latoM bettln? was 2 to i
I on \yilson against the field, with hut
few takers: and the Now York Press,
whose motto Is Republican harmony,
sent letters to 1,000 Republicans, who
voted for Taft four years 'tiro, asking
what they nro gnlnp to do.
Intentions wero declared n? follows:
Taft, Ii::; Roosevelt, 323; Wilson,
for the woods or fishing, St. 0 lite
lit here. Un't It, with not n f?w
ibllcanu for Wilson out and out!
patently the outlook is a roseate
und it would ?fcem as if, at last,
lark clouds of defeat warb about
jtl away and victory porch Itself
cro la but brie danger that nu-n
only that, hut he ?diould do every?
thing1 possible to mal:-! the majority
for the Governor a.-, large as possible.
Virginians especially should not only
have pleasure, but should take great
pri in voting lor tuch a man lor
('resident,
See what Sydney Brooks, Bor.don
correspondent for llarper'n Weekly. In
an article entitled "Ah English View
01 the Democratic Party and Its Presi?
dential Nominee," Eays of him In the
last number of the yyitckly, among
? Lhci tilings: "The weakness of m.tpy
.'. nerlcan public men :a that they
have never been grounJed In tho
(undamcntiils of political science.
They rarely Impart the sense of a
soll l. mellow background of reading,
culture and philosophy. Their poll
tics is usually the politics of person?
alities and committee rooms." How
true this iai Again: "It scorned to mo
no small part of Governor Wilson's
strength that he had not only us a
studi at got to the bottom of things,
* * ? but also that he was a man
whose politics was tho politics of
Ideas and of their embodiment In leg
\i latlon."
We all know how Governor Wilson
has embodied his Ideas In model New
Jersey legislation. Further on, Mr.
Brooks says: "If he is elected In No?
vember, as I lako It for granted ho
tylli be. the White House, for the first
time since the Civil War, and for the
s.cond time in American history, will
be occupied by ont who may fairly he
called a political thinker."
So mote It bo!
GEO, D. JOHNSTON.
Hlchmond.
Squirrels end Hie Constitution.
To the Editor of Tin- Times-Dispatch:
Mr.?A story in Wednesday morn?
ing's issue of your paper .01 the squir?
rels in the Capitol Square prompt.-, the
t., Write a word in prOXcsf on tho ac?
tion of Ii " Registrar or the Band Of?
tice in giving away the property of
the .-'t?te intrusted to his keeping.
By wh.it authority, I ask, has ho or
any State servant to give away these
little Squirrels? t know of no such
permission ever having been granted
by the Begisinture. the only body that
has the granting of such authority;
and I think things have come to a
pr. tty pas- when our taxes go, by spe?
cial appropriation to feel and protect
these ornaments of our State park that
they s lio-il I be taken by the custodian
and distributed >o the four winds or
heaven. The State Bibrarlan iias. just
as much light ami authority tb give?
away any of our valuable papers in?
trusted to his keeping. The fact that a
provision is mude by tn.- Legislature!
for tiie tending and protection of theso
Squirrels shows plainly the attitude j
of the General Assembly in wishing I
to preserve these little animals, tin- j
admiration of strangers and toe picas-j
ure of our children. The Registrar
is quoted in saying that fifty tries!
have been killed by thus,, squirrel.- I
Tills seems preposterous. It Is opposed I
to all laws of nature for animals to j
destroy Its habitat, and the tree Is the
home of tin.- squirrel. Another thing!
I have never noticed such an Increase
in the number of squirrels, in fact, the'
complaint was a few years ago that |
they were rast dying out, and we ail!
Know that tin-re. Is not anything like'
the number now as twenty years ago.'
but allowing that there Is an Increase.!
and cost $10 per month to feed (I would
lik,- to have the contract, at this price,
t., furnish the amount of food given
them), does not the .State pay Tor It, I
and does not it pay tile Heglstrar to
protect them? lie complains of their
ravishing the flowers. This also is a
recent discovery. For more than twen?
ty years I have been a daily visitor in
toe park, and h.ivo never observed a
squirrel disturbing tho flower.-, which
usually seem in a flourishing condi?
tion.
Apparently this may be a small mat-1
ter. but a great principle Is Involved
the property of tho state. So please in
the name of our children leave us the I
squirrels. TAXPAYER
Hlchmond.
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
.?Northern i ulvcraltlea.
I'leSao tell the the cost of .t fu'.l
course nt Harv?rd, Yale and Cornell.
We could not tell What you mean oy
a "full course.'1 Ott catalogue,! m
in? schools you mention. Th<J ;?d
?>ir. l.evj and Mouticcllo.
v\ 111 you be good enough to cxolun
what sou of obligation Mr. Levy la
, under to sell his Montlcello place to
the government? SHADWELL.
i There ::? riot ihe faintest obligation.
It.ne knows exactly what "the gov?
ernment'' |k, no one knows whether
a majority of the well informed peo?
ple Ol the United State? desire the ac
iiuisitloii ?f this property or not, and
j there is no way of finding out, tin
one knows whether the well-Informed
have the only right to an
opinion on the matter, and no on?i
w -1: ever be ante to discover which
tho well-Informed people arc. Tho cn
nt 01, Individual, private right
i- ? ,i doubtful thing even when
' :?? imStanc? of seeming danger wou.d
appear to demand. As in the case of
j the pence anil the pounds, wo know
? that if the rights of all individuals
are sedulously guarded, the welfare
of tho government is nssured for tho
individuals? and nothing eine?make
tl..- government, and make It for no
?? rtllly purpose but the safety and
comfort of the individuals.
.VI nt idl en.
Please state exactly when matches
were Introduced. A. It. HARPER.
The exact dato seems not ascertain
able. Notes arid Queries for January,
1M7.2, discusses the claims In full and
Indicates tho year 1833 as the earliest
which max- be assigned! In that year
noli.;: contrived the plan of treating
splinters with sulphur anl tippln?
With an explosive mixture and, the ri
SUlt being exhibited in ono of his
class.-?, a pupil described the affair to
his father, a chemist, who soon placed
the luclfer match on general sale.
Coins.
, Lists from Enquirer, .1. R.. Mrs. R 5?.
and Ii. t;. Palmer are received. None
contains any thing of premium value.
Shlrttvnlat nnd Politics.
A Richmond laundry lost a fihirt
W il-t fo- a customer, and after two
: weeks pa 1.1 for R, and after another
.fortnight foiled it r.nd demanded that
the customer accept it and return the
payment. Must she do so? What Is a
?'rotter, borough'.'" EPICTETI'S.
She may decline unless satisfied with
the condition of the garment.
The term was applied in Kngland up
to the passage of the "reform hill" to
certain constituencies having the right
to return a member to the House of
Commons, but being so corrupt that
the vote was generally regarded to he
'purchasable. The references mako
little discrimination between "rotten
borough" and "pocket boroush." This
| last was a borough in which all or
the majority of the voters were ten?
ants or d.-p.-ndcnts of the patron, and
[only confirmed by their voles any can?
didate hu presents to thorn.
small I.ntIn.
KRidlv translate into English Mori
Ttir' Salll Ta Mm. W. A. O.
We do not know how It got into the
form von give. "Ave. Caesrir, mortlturl
te snlutant," Rail. Caesar, those who
are about to die salute thee, was the
cry addressed to the Roman Emperor
by tho gladiators as they entered the
nreno. From this would readily come
"Morlturl snlutamus"?"We. who are
about tj die salute"?but how it could
come to the form of five separate
words v o cannot sny.
Garnishment of !'">.
la pay ri'ie olrlrers or men of tho
United States Army or Navy liable to
garnishment? H. P. THOMAS.
It Is not.
National State and
City Bank
Richmond. Vl.-nlnln,
Solicits Your Account.
Capital, mi.ooo.ooo. .surpitia, snoo.ooa,
Best by Test for forty years.