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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17
Webster at a LeYes.

Professor McMaster writes in the March
Century of webster as a Leader of the
Opposition this being the second OF his
Webster papers. The young lawyer went
to Congress in 1918.
IS one Of the minority party, Webster's
duties for a while lay easy upon him. He
was responsible for nothing but reason
able opposition. spent his days minglins
with the strange society Of the capital
II went yesterday to make my bow to
the President. I did not like his looks
any better than like his administratio ton.
l think I could find clearly in his features
embargo, non-intercourse, and war. Daw-
son and Findlay the makers OF all
motions. Findlay makes his from the
journal of the last session. which he holds
in his hands and reads. Dawson is as
inspired an animal as one could wish to
see.'
Nothing seemed to Webster more notice
able than the absence OF women; for few
Cougressmen could then afford to bring
their families to Washington and there
maintain them on six dollars a day. y
few ladies'" says he, "are to be seen by
going to the weekly rout at the palace;
but they are there only as so many Gu
riosities, rarae ayes, fit for all the pur-
poses of social life save only the unim-
portant particulars of speaking and be-
ing spoken to. I understand that In the
winter session, when there are more Ia
dies In the city. the aforesaid evil IS In
some degree niIgated. I have been TO
the levee, or drawing-room. but once 1t
is mere matter OF form. You make your
bow to Mrs. Madison, and to Mr. Madi-
son if he comes in your way; out ne, pc
ing there merely as guest, is not OFF,
ciaIIv entitled TO your congo. M Serur-
Ter Nine Bonaparte, the Russian min
lister, heads of departments and tails OF
departments members of Congress. etc,
ETC., here and there interspersed with
military and naval hat and coat. make
up the group. You stay for five minutes
to an hour as you please. eat and drink
what you can catch without DANGER OF
surfeit, and if you can luckily md your
hat and stick; then take French leave;
and that's going TO the .Ievee-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17
lJncapturcd JOY
Russis Docs the Larees, Business in the World

The Russian State is by far the great
est economic unit on the fact OF the
globe" To rincty-ninc readers out of
hundred, this statement viii doubtless
be startling. 1t certainly was to me, when
] first met with il. yet the facts to Jus
tify It arc not far to seek. The Russian
State draws an annual net prCtlt OF DO
600 900 roibles from its forest. mines and
agricultural property. 1t receives annual
ly sb,o0o, GOO roubies from its communities
of ex-Serfs for the use of land II ceded TO
or purchased for them. 1t is building by
far the longest and most costly railway
in the world. and it owns and works over
20 .o30 miles Of railways. The net revenue
on which is equal Of all the railways OF
the United States
In 1925 is received ESQ. 900 into its
Golfers, nearly one-half of which sum was
not produced by taxation. its budget is
greater than that of France by more
than s2oo, o30. 600
In 1890 when one of the banks of Lon
don was unable to meet its ohliSaIo ions.
the Russian Government had with it on
current account balance of so many
millions of pounds that when the sank
of England came 10 The rescue request
was Immediately made to Russia not TO
dispose of her balance before a certain
date since to do so would be TO precipi-
tate financial crisis of the utmost gray
ity Finally, besides being a capitalist
and a banker Of this magnitude the Rus
sian State is also a, metallurEiSt and a
spirit merchant In word. The proud
claim is made for it that IL Is the great
est Landowner, the greatest capitalist, the
greatest constructor Of railways. and
carries on the largest business In the
vnrid.-From Russia of To-day. by
Henry Norman. in the March Scribncr S.
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lection OF Incidents connected with presi-
dental iraugrrations in the past.


From the standpoint of belles-lettres
the chiest feature of the March CRITIC is
Mir. George Meredith's poem, "a Reading
Of Life In the way OF poems in prose
may ht. inst;.nced Mrs. Richmond Ritcnie's
'.Blackstick Paper No. H. From the
pen OF MIR. Edward Dowden is an appre-
ciative study consecrated to The Poetry
of Mr.. Iiping." In the present number
Mr.. George NJ. Smith continues his liter
airy "reminiscences, the current installment
being dedicated to the lawful pleasures
of being sued for libel. OF a more serious
nature are reviews OF 1.-The Life and Let
ters of Huxley" by Professor n. S.
Smaller. and the Life and Letters of Phil
lips Brooks" by Rev. r. Heber Newton,
d. D. Other short reviews such as Mr..
Joseph B. elders paper on Mr.. Stephen
Phillips 'Herod, and a note on "verpocls
of Japan, complete the purely literary
features of the issue. Mr.. Towse's
monthly chronique on the drama is on this
occasion fully illustrated with portraits
OF players now on view, while, usual
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dens and inoss-fringed trees; the heroine,
an unsophisticated child OF Bay st. Louis,
rich in pride Of ancestry but poor in
purse. This bit of minsome wonanhood is
thrown by circumstances into the society
of men who have seen the world, ana is
suddenly embarrassed by the number OF
her lovers. The final decision. which
seems to the reader a wise one, brings the
little story to close.
The story is we'll written strong III To-
cal color and shows a facility for charac-
ter sketchins.
THE SPLENDID PORsENNA, by Mrs
Hugh Fraser Philadelphia: The j. s.
Lippincott Company. Paper. Price
80 cents.
This is the latest issue of .'Lippincott's
was issued some months ago in another
form, has already received notice in this
column.
KINGS END. BY Alice Brown, author Of
..Tiverton Tales Meadow Grass, "
and New York: Houshton, Mitt1in &
Company. Bound in cloth; Emo; 246
pages. Price. $780,
This story appeared about year ago
III Lippincotts Magazine. under the title
April Showers Houghton, MitIlin &
Company now reproduce 1t IN their UNI
form edition of the authors works. under
the title Kings End.
The story takes it's name from the
Quaint New Hampshire village in which
its scenes are laid. 1t is the story Of
I. girls struggle between what she
regarded as a call to religious work
and her love for a social castaway., 1t
is most interesting sketch of New Eng
land village life and of the eccentric
characters, some of whom are to be found
in every hamlet. a most fascinating
baby, despite its parentage, is not the
least interesting parsonage in the story
In the repressed love story of Miss
Julia there is a touch that reminds us
of Miss Wilkins-thc same concealed
tenderness faithful unto death, but hid
den during life as one would hide 4 secret
sin.
doors atmosphere add their charm to the
characteristic literary style OF this pop
ular author.
NOTES ON CULPEPER COUNTY: DR..
Slaughter's ST. Marks Parish.
Many people know the delightful little
book-St Marks Parish-one of the lat
est of DR.. Philip SlauEhter's publications.
isf1. which embraced the counties OF Or
ange. Culpeper and Madison. and those
that have been formed from them since
Augusta and Frederick were cut off from
Orange, In 1I3S-eightEyears aftersthe par
ish was organized. There are historical
sketches OF the Culpeper Minute Men. of
zSpotsWood's Transmont2ne5E Expedition
Z .
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17
The letters of the PRESIDENTS.

Thomas Jefferson Is said to have wiittcn
with his own hand more letters than any
other American statesman George WASH
in-ton.s correspondence las been gone
over q lumber of times. Yet there are
Washington letters-and perhaps verses
which have never seen the light Of print
Grover Cleveland's adherence to jeftef-
souian standards continues to include inc
ostracisn of an amanuensis. StenosfaphY
had not been invented in Jefferson's day,
although systems of 1ong-hand abhreVla-
ton were in use on the Continent Among
MIR. Clevcland's letters. the one which
would probably bring the highest price
from collectors, is that in Which he paid
deprived of its native alr.-Harper
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17
Peeps Into the Magazines Going Among Aul0tsu

existed that were better able to protect
themselves than these huge Miocene
boars; yet they nave long since dlsap-
pearcd from tho earth, leaving no direct
descendants.
mo less strange than the creatures that
have been mentioned, appear to Us the
ancient representatives of several groups
of q nimals which now inhabit parts or the
earth remote from Oregon. Remains OF
near relatives Of the rhinoceros. the ca
mel. the tapir and the peccary are well
known from these deposits The rhlno-
ceros is now confined to the Eastern
Hemisphere. the camel tribe is represent
ed in the Eastern Hemisphere and IN
South America, tapirs are found in south
eastern Asia and South America, and
peccaries are at home in South America.
though they range into southern United
States All this goes to show that the
present distribution Of animals has no
more been permanent from the beginning
than were the physical conditions in any
given locality
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17
Money In Love Letters.

Love letters" rapturously exclaimed
the Woman of Ideas, the very thing.
Why didn't I think OF it before!
The Mere Man. who has the distinctions
Of being the husband of the woman OF
Ideas. really couldn't say why she haon {
thought OF it before. Perhaps. ne VEN
tured ..if YOU were to tell me what giant
thoughts are in convention III your men
talitv I NAV be ready with an answer
why exclaimed the Woman OF IDEAS
"vo,I must have paid some attention 70
the various volumes OF love-letters OK
celebrities which are being put on the mar"
ket just now.
The Mere Man confessed ne nad seen
something of them
..I- scheme" said the Woman OF Ideas.
lis to write letters just as good as any
OF those printed and sell them 10 thosS
who wish to make an impression ous
haven't the necessary apiity 10 fodiio ooI
sentences. You know I want to increase
NV min money, and think this is a grand
ray 10 do it. I could put an advertise
meut in the paper offering to furnish inc
letters for any emergency, and l ought 70
make a good DEAL
IF you think, my dear, returned the
Mere Man that any man OF woman Ok
this dav and age makes use OF express
sicns such as you find in the love-teteefs
yo,, must have the Bellevue man and "o~
man In mind
Whereupon Madam declared MIN TO oe
Wet blanket. and left him to pour the
,,,on inf, the ear OF her Best Friend. Tho
Best Friend was entirely III accord WleH
tha scheme and so enthusiastic that she
in,noediateIv expressed Il wish to be a
mariner. She even suggested the organi-
zation of a stock company, TO be known
as the Cercle de Sentiment, which. she re-
r,,arked would at once give the plan q
business-like. basis and an element OF a.
lishtfu! mystery.
This suggestion. however, was tlHaliy
iected by the Woman OF Ideas roc.
saia she. and very wisely, there Is Ger
80 M nse in taking in others who
wot,rd only reap the rewards OF our IN
ra,,,Irv and, decrease our individual pro-
fits And this was 50 sound q poieS
that he Best Friend corrcErrsd III keep
ing the scheme between them.
rThe next point was naturally, the ram
tho advertisement. and after good
deaf Of penciling and .rasins the toi!o~-
ing was decided on as the best POSSIBLE:
..rove letters written at Ieasohaoie
rate. Almost everybody wou!d 'i>e 10 oo
anIe 70 pour into the ear OF his or ner
sweetheart a song OF setti'i'es
shou,6 h, as grateful as the golden sush
~ the suu-kissed stream as 1t siides
dove its pebbly bed The difficulty Is
1,at people have the .sitt OF express
sicn though all have the quality OF appre-
-,ta1i,n We can write your letters for
Won and YOU can sign them Send 81 for
a. n,ls letter. together with description OF
the person you wish to impress.
After agreeing that this was indeed q
~, ~ comnosirion they separated. When
.Ss,s -, 81 the next time they had forgotten
the n,an. The Woman OF Ideas mad an
other scheme. which she declared Immense
and the Best Friend conceded. ihey ars
at work on It now
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17

TIE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. BY
aIerbert d Ward, author Of The White
Crown and Other Stores" Boston and
New York; Houehton, Miftiin and Co.
SQUARE 70 mo. cloth. gilt top, 81 pages;
price S1fi.
The story Of this little volume is briefly
,nid as follows: A lens-ntaker, who is a
ryerenr doubter dies and his spirit goes
nc, among the stars. Far off he meets
light which left the earth long before,
bearing the pictures of great events. He
thus witnesses the resurrection OF Jesus.
and his doubts are removed.
II Is a daring conception, and told with
dramatic force The author seizes upon
r. me recent scientific discoveries and am
pltfies them for the purpose OF his story.
The publishers haze made 1t most
attractive specimen of book-nakng. and
i, Will doubtless prove d popular Easter
book.
THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND FROM
THE WOMAN CONQUEST. INELuD-
nc; THE REIGN Or VICTORIA. By
Mary Hewitt Revised by Geneva Arm
.rronp. Chicago 2. S Wasson and Com
many Bound ia cloth. special cover
design. 1a mo-, $50 pages, illustrated:
Price Si.sA.
A history of tho royal women OF ths-
land written by n woman. and tracing the
Influence these women have exercised nor
only oyer the minds OF thet. husbands,
b,.. over dhe nation at large, appeals es-
pecially 40 the women readers OF this
republican country.
The volume begins with & sketch OF the
life and character of the wife of William
shc Congueror. Matilda of Flanders, re-
y.arIafie for her beauty and her skill in
needle work She was the creator CT the
yonderful Baycux tapestry. still in ea-
sstencc. OF her influence for good. the
did chronicles 4c.l us that tho counsels
a. Matilda moro than once tempered the
haskh and cruel disposition Of tho con-
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portion which has ever been woman's pc
culiar province-whch is neglected.
In the physical conquest of this country
woman bore the heroic part OF the silent
sufferer. Important as was the role she
played then, it grew ever more important
in the intellectual conquest which fol-
lowed. That conquest is so nearly COM
plete that it may be taken for granted.
An education-such an education as the
world never dreamed of heretotore-is
now within the reach of every American
boy and girl. It extends from the kin
dergarten through the university. But
having become the most powerful. the
richest and the most resourceful of mod
ern nations. we are not to rest there in
the belief that progress is all to be meas
ured by war-ships and the dollar-mark.
Every people has gained little on the
great ladder that humanity is climbing,
and though material progress comes first,
spiritual must follow or the nation falls.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17
Memoir of General Lee.

Not long before his death Gen. Robert
L. Lee collected data. for an account OF
the operations Of the Army of Northern
Virginia, winch he was entreated by
many promincnc men to write This was
to be the Lee contribution to written his
tory, the South.S quota to that distin-
4uished body CT war memoirs which
Grant, Sheridan and Sherman helped to
make. General Lee did not begin the
work of actual composition. After his
death the material he had collected was
put into the hands of Colonel Charles
Marshall. OF Baltimore. who was invited
by Washington and Lee University to
write a Military Biography of Robert Z.
Lee. Nearly thirty years have elapsed
since the dea-'l of Lee, and Colonel Mar
shall is believed to have practically com
pleted his memoir. AT that time the cap
fured Confederate Records in the War
Department at Washington We're not
available fer examination. Many of
them have hcen published in the interval.
-HarDerS Weekly.
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Second Thought.

ut cannot be- sighed the maid. az
respect you highly. Mr.. Hunniwell, but
we are Incompatible
well. I suppose it cannot be helped.
the young man replied. pocketins his
cflasrin and looking about for his hat
But il defeats all my cherished hopes.
I had planned a house in which I fondly
magined we might be happy. It was to
have a pantry twice as large as the or
diary size with a roomy closet In which
TO stow away the new cooking utensils
and things that woman naturally buys
when a peddler comes along.
stay, Harry she said. falterinGly.
"Perhape I have been too hasty. Givs
me a day or two 70 think it over. 1t Is
not impossible hat-that"-ChicaEo Trt-
bune.
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aueror toward his English subjects, and
inclined him TO clemency; but that after
her death William gave himself up wholly
to his tyrannical temper.
Following this comes a sketch OF Ma
iida OF Scotland. wife of Henry the FIRST,
and known as Matilda the good. One
by one, the author takes up the forty
two women who have borne the proud
title of Queen of England, concluding
with the reign of that noble woman ana
good Queen whom all the civilized world
still 1nourns. Victoria
1t is a most interesting work. evidenc-
ing much research and presenting the
results in most pleasing fashion. 1t deals
especially with the personal influence OF
the queens. They are. as the author pre-
sents them, not merely historical char
acters, but each sketch is brief bio
graphy of 4 woman who, we realize, lived
and breathed loved and died. had her
cwn peculiar disposition, her own person
ality.
Twenty EIGHT full-page portraits add to
the attractiveness of the volume.
SWEETHEART MANETTE: BY Maur-
ice Thompson. author of Alice of Old
Fincennes.'' etc Philadelphia: ]. b.
Lippincott Company. Cloth. Emo, front
ispiece. 80 pages. Price. Sis.
The success of Alice of Old vincennes''
Such has been The demand for it since
the limited edition was exhausted that
single copies have brought as much as
price was only s1.5o. It is a charming. To-.
cal history of the formation Of the par
naturally has created a demand for pre-
rious works by the same author To meet
this demand. the ]. B. Lippincott Com
pany have issued in book form Sweet
heart Manette,'' which appeared in LIP
pincotts Magazine In 1884.
It is a love story. pure and simple. and
told In charming style. The scene is the
drowsy old town Of Bay ST. Louis, with
.ts orange groves. AZ orchards. rose gar
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17

and the knights. of the Horseshoe,
and genealogies of the Spotswoods and
Madisons and Barbours and Greens ana
Henrys and Winstons and many other
Raleigh Travers Green, ESQ, editor or
the '.Culpeper Exponent" and himself a
scion Of the distinguished family OF tha at
name, has been philosophical enough to
publish a new edition or the work OF Dr.
Slaughter, with several of his genealosles
corrected and largely extended
More than this: He has added largely
to the historic value of the work by Ju.
dicious and discriminating selections or
local history, pertaining mostly to Cul-
pepper county and embracing both pre-
revolutionary matter and many interest.
ing facts connected with the history OF
the county during the late war ..c,.,
OF very special historic interest IS Cui.
pepers Protest Against the Stamp Act"
entered of record by the County Court Oc-
tober Il, 1865. The court records OF the
county We're LETT in a sadly INITIATED con-
dition after the long and repeated occuDa-
lions by the Federal armies. Tor Cu!pepef
was the camping-sround OF both rope S
and Grants armies. Yet after M much pa, pa,
tient and painstaking effort by Mr. Green
this Protest was found, and IS puDlls1-
ed at large in his addition to St Mark S,
with the names of the sixteen Justices
who constituted the court signed thereto.
Among these names are found two Ken
dletons, Two Greens, Ambrose Powell COR
whom A F. Hill was namedl, Slaughter.
Williams, Strother, Field and others that
echo down to the present time.
There are also copionS memoranda from
the will books and the marriage record,
50 that the SeneslogiSts must regard the
work as a special treasure for them
Remembering that the work was all
done in, a country printing office. 1t IS
marvel of Typographical excellence. 1t is
volume OF BOG pages, of which nearly
200 comprise new matter selected by Mr.
Green. Published by Raleigh TraVers
Green. Culpeper, Va, to whom all lnQul-
ries should be addressed.
Some the most important articles in
THE WORLDS WORK. for March are
..,rhe Rule Of the EnG,isll-Speaking FOLK
the race that rules on every continent bue
one), as viewed at the close OF the Vic
torian era; a strikingly-tine story OF the
work of old st. Georges Parish, New
York, by Mr.. Jacob Riis; Intimately per-
sonal sketches of General De Wet. Alfred
1armsWorth and the late Philip Armour;
two articles on the necessity OF honesty
in politics and business.tthat honesty is,
if nothing else, ''the sbestlpoicy) and an
optimistic belief In the worlds growing
frankness and TRUTH an answer to can
I make a Farm Pay?'' which is as inter
esting as it is authoritative; handsomely
illustrated articles, one concerned with
the identifying OF railway stations.
another with the Improvement Of our
national capital. There are many short.
concise papers, one touching the reasons
for the present cry Of w AXE Up Eng
land. :. another Dr.. Pu1pin' s. new 3,0Oo-mlle
telephone. sketch OF the maker Of the
homestead Ian ana It's results. and :ol-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17

Beds" in Harpers for March, John c.
Merriam tells Of some curious creatures
OF another age, the skeletons of which
have recently been discovered.
The largest animals yet discovered in
the John Day beds are the giant Eloth-
eres, relatives of the living hog, ranking
among the largest known mammals Tho
skull of the specimen at the University
of California measures about thirty inch
es in length. and numerous frs rrnents of
other skeletons indicate tho existence Of
much larger individuals. Judging from
what we know. of the skeleton. the Elo-
there's must have attained a length of
over ten feet and a height of six or seven
feet Probably few animals have ever
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17
Ute Soul Childhood.

Then, like a newly singing bird.
The chiId's soul in her bosom stirred
/ know not what she sung
Because the soft wind caught her hair,
Because the golden moon was fair,
Because her heart was young.
I would her sweet soul ever may
Look thus from those glad eyes and srcy@
Unfearing, indebted.
love her: when her face I see,
Her simple presence wakes In NE
The imperishJGle child.
F w III. MYERS.
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s1.GIo besides for "a start in the world
Perhaps the slo.ooo,oc, in Mr.. Carneste's
hands will do the world as much good
ultimately as though it were divided up
for some OF these purposes. especially IN
view OF the announced fact that he pro-
roses to give away the most Of 1t 1or
Public Iibrarics.-Leslie's Weekly.
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4 Pathetic Bereavement.

Miss sinser-I saw in the paper that
there is to be an entertainment for
Musical Orphanage." Pray. what may
q musical orphan be?
Mr.. Kenitall-I can't say positively, You
know But l imagine it must be q. child
deprived of its native air.-IIarpers'
Bazaar.
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Hygienlc.

your poetry" we vent.red, "is erut-
nently healthy
dignity .I am always extremely carefs.t
to boil my Pierian spring water before
drinking, or rather quafins it."-Detroit.
Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17

M1SSIUn OF me IHtnIIetH- VeHtu1J 11a1os
The twentieth century will be pre-eml-
nentely the woman's century, writes Geo.
W. Gerwig in Woman's Home Companion
1t will be her duty. her privilege, TO 90
its choicest work What is the noblest
thing she may do with her life. with her
leisure? The thoughtful American girl Is
coming to see this truth-that the ma
items greatest need is spirituality; that
the ideal type from now on will be the
spiritual woman 1t is not the religious
side Of spiritual life which is lacking.
The churches and hundreds of God-fear-s
ing men and women are attending to
that. 1t is that portion of spiritual life
not directly connected with religion-the