The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-05
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SOME or THE CONTENTS OF TIE
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Answers 40 Inquiries on variety Of
Subjects Received from Our SUBJ
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gumcats. some opinions merely. which.
combs from those who glvo them, carry
special weight.
I have never sen an argument against
woman suffrage that was not l.msy
Men arc much disposed 20 exaggorate the
difficulties of voting inteiIgenly. when
they falk OF women voting By the time
public question IS ready for the popu-
lar vote. 81 has become q very simple
question. thar requires little more than
honesty ard common sense 10 vote upon
IT, II OR mothers are not III % vote.
they olSM 10 SOP bearing scns.-GeoEge
w CaAse.
Nfsn ycu were weak and ] was strong,
to-sf f1r yeti Now you are strong and
] am Te.tL Gacnuse Of my work for you
ash rQur ala. ask the ballot for my
self and my Xxx. As I stood by you.
pray you stand hy mo and minc.-Clara
Barton no the Soldiers
Voting would Increase the intelligence
Of women. and be "a powerful stimulus 70
female education. 10 would enable women
10 protect their own industrial. social
moral. and educational rights. Wo-
mani vote would Dee 10 the vices IN our
great cities what Che lightning IS 70 the
oak. Z believe that this reform =
coming, and that IL Will come 10 stay
Joseph Cook.
4 leave if 40 others 20 speak % suffrage
os a right or privilege. 1 speak OF II as
"a duty. % What right have you women
90 leave an this work OF caring for tho
country WITH men? Us &c not your country
as well a. theirsf Are not your children
go live in Dr. after YOU are gone? And are
y0u not bound 20 contribute whatever
faculty God has given YOU 20 make il and
keep 10 q pure, safe. and happy landt-
James Freeman Clarke.
10 is difficult 90 choose names when the
llst Us so long. but 10 is right 20 mention
among the distinguished women who
have been w.-n this movement from the
outset The names OF Mrs. Somervile
Harriet Narlue1u. Florence Nightingale.
Mrs Browning Miss Anna Swanwck
Miss Cohoe. Airs. Grote. Mrs Richie
Miss Thackeray Mary Carpenter, and
Mrs. jameson Alullcent Garrett Faw-
cott.
One principal cause OF the failure OF so
many magnificent schemes, social, pohu-
cal religious. which have followed each
other aGe after age. has been this. that
in almost every case they have ignored
fho rights and powers OF one-half the hu-
man race. viz, women I believe that
politics VIII not go right. that society will
not go right. that religion viii not go
right. that nothing human viii ever 20
right. except in SO far as woman goes
right, and TO make woman go right she
must Doe put in her place, and she must
have her rights. Charles Kingsley.
Woman must Doe eufranchsed. II Is a
mere question of time. She must he a
slave or an equal. there is no middle
ground Admit, in the slightest degree, !
her right 90 property or education. and |
she must have the ballot 10 protect the !
one and use tho other And there are no |
objections to this. except such as would |
equally hold against the whole theory Of /
republican eovernmcnt-T. W. Higgin- |
SON.
/ think women are bound TO seek the /
suffrage ass very great means Of doing
go0d.-Frances Powers Cobbe.
NAME OF THE MINISTER.
What was the name Of the minister who
performed the marriage ceremony for
Pocahontas2
The name Of the officiating clergyman
was Alexander Whitaker.
DIR JOHN GRATTAN CARELL.
Tho Dispatch stated that DIR. John
Gratfan Cahen WAS tho grandson OF col
Robert Gamble; The Times. that he was
that gentlem1n's nephew. Which Is cor
rect.
DR. John Grattan Cabou. born Juno II.
1Sl1; died March 20 1s96. son OF Judge
w. II. Cabeil and Agnes $. =. Gamble
'hs second vifel. born August %. 1873:
died February 10. 1868; daughter of Col.
Robert Gamble. born September ., 1854.
and Catharine Grattan, born in lrelani
1853; died boo Richmond December "a,
1871. daughter of Major John Grattan,
'he emigrant kinsman Of the great ora
tor Henry Grattan.
DATE OF RUBlNSTEIN'S DEATH.
When did Rubcnstcin, the famous COM
poser, dlef
Anton Gregor Rubenstoin died at St
Petersburg. Russia. ON November 20, 1894, !
lf heart-disease. lie was siXty-fve years
DID,
PADEREWSKTS AGE.
How old is paderewsk?
lgnauco Jan paderewski was born in
padolia Russian Poland. on November ..
$50. lie is "a little more than thirty-fye
years CID.
WHO WROTE TT.
Who wrote the chlld's poem, Twinkle.
Twinkle. Little Stary'
Jane Taylor who was born in 1873, and
lied in 1921 The poem appeared IN her
'olume entitled, Hymns for Infant
Minds"
COINED AT THE FRISCO MINT.
Can YOU tell how many dimes we're
.oined at the san Francisco mint in 1902
$40. 13T SO worth OF dimes were coined |
10 the san Francisco mint in 1890; that
., 1,423. 1850 pieces.
MEDALS FOR BRAVERY.
Are there any societies that give medals
OFT Acia OF NIaNtlhs I
There age several local and State so
ieties but no national society. so far as
ge know. that q really national in fact |
Well as in name.
'ASTEST TRANSATLANTIC STEAM J
Frs. /
What are the three fastest transatlan-
c steamers
The Curarl steamship Lucania $4,000 C
lns 10000 horsepower; the American k
ncr New York 0O4 400 tons; 10000 horse +
OWer. and the Hamburg American liner
urst Bismark $4,000 tons; 1000 horse n
0wcn. k
HARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. p
How many men were killed in the u
barge o. the Light Brgadef Il
The Light Brigade consisted Of 673 off, y
.rs and men. it lost fI3 killed. 1874 L
ounded. and Is or IA prisoners. Its
-eat mortality was among the horses.
WHICH AND WHENf
Was not the New York World threaten Of
by q mob az the time Of President Cd
ncoln's dCaihf u
Tho New York Tribune was attacked III
tho mob during the draft riots OF 1868. IN
Do there was no mob IN New York after Oh
ncoln's assassination. ia
TT DID NOT ei
Did a hll before Congress ever be 70
me law ID pension every soldier at 81 W
r month? n
No such bin has become a law. Dis ~
.Nty in some form. financial or physi "
D. is stu required before a veteran can tf
70 pension. W
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