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u. S. Marine Corps.

Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
sr,--Will you kindly advise mo By
whom the appointments to commissions
in the United States marine corps arc
made and what are the necessary quail
rications7 II you are not in possession
OF this Information, please tell me from
wrat government official It could be
obtained. MARINE
Application must Be made to tho Sec
rotary OF the Navy. who. together with
the President, appoints. The applicant
then appears before an examining board,
appointed by the Secretary OF the Navy,
Ho must be not over TWEEN ty-seven years
OF age, nor Under twenty-one. As to
the character Of examination. ask your
representative In Congress.
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Evacuation Of Richmond.

Editor of The -Dispatch:
s!r,--Will you kindly have some con-
trbutor to your Confederate column fur.
nlsh a description Of the evacuation Of
Richmond from early morning tn night
fall Of the same day? ! was too young
to remember the situation and such m
formation as can be obtained from an
eyewitness, probably, would be more
graphic than that afforded by the his
torlnns. a rAd NoN' II
No, Goa North Twenty-seventh st.
who will furnish US with such an ar
tlcle--orginal or selected from 4 whnt
has been publlched?
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COL. DAHLGREN'S LEG.
Not Placed in the Wall by Order
Of His Father.

Editor OF The New York Tribune:
Sir,--In reading your interesting article
OF Sunday, November 2sth. on 1.-THE Ma
TONS Naval Gun Factory" one or two
misstatements have been brought to my
attention, which would like to have you
correct. From the tone Of the article.
one would ina CINE that my father was
in command Of the Washington navy
yard .or practically all the time during
the Civil War. The facts are that on
April %, 1861, he was made commandant
CT tho Washington navy-yard, to sue
coed Captain Franklin Buchanan. On
July 49, 1862, he was appointed chief OF
the Bureau of Ordnance. February 7,
1868, he was commissioned rear-admlral,
and received at the same time the thanks
or Congress and an extraordinary COM
piiment by the extension Of ten years to
his term Of active servlce. In July, 1868,
he was ordered to relieve Admiral Du
Pont, In command Of the South Atlantic
Squadron, and remained In comand un-
I'll the termination OF the rebellion. On
the termination of the rebellion, he was
ordered to take command Of the. South
Pacific Squadron, and on the termination
of his command there, returned to his
duties as chief Of the Bureau of Ord
nance, with headquarters at the WASH
lISLUIl Navy thi " WIZ az AAS>AA oost''S
13. 1870.
The statement. however, which take
the most exception to, Is the followlng;
Ellis son, Colonel Uric Dahlgren. who
was In the army at Gettysburg, lost q
leg III a skirnish at Hagerstown, Md,
after the greater battle. The elder Dahl
gren caused the amputated link to be
placed in the rear wall of storehouso, No.
10.
Admiral Dahlgren did not cause the
amputated limb Of Colonel Uric Dahl
gren to be placed in the rear wall OF
storehouse No. 10. This event happened
In July, 1868, at which time the admiral
was in comand Of the South Atlantic
B'ockading Squadron, with headquarters
at Charleston, and at that time was
many miles away. Just who was IN
Lt lnmand OF the Washington navy-yard
at the time, and who was actually re-
sponslblc for the placing of Colonel Ul-
rio Dahlgren's limb as the foundation
stone Of storehouse No. 10. am just al
this moment unable to state: but that my
tnther, either directly or indirectly, was
responsible for It, I deny absolutely. This
lnisstatemcnt has given great annoyance
to my family, and has been made num-
Der OF times in print; hence my desire
to have the correction made In q prom-
nent journal like yours,
ERIC 3, DAHLGREN, y
Now York. November 80, 1903.
(This Is the letter to which reference
was made In the editorial columns OF
this per--Editor.)
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Some Great Men,

The story that Bismarck Was dropped
at his august master Is so good that 1t
ought to be true. One likes a great man
all the more when one finds that fe is
human, Ike those OF us who are not great.
the true George Washington Until hey
found out that he once kicked q houTe
painter out of his front door for making
that he would rather read n good descrlp-
ton OF George standing before the tire
with, his hands under Ills coat tails than
the best account of any battle that was
ever printed, New York Sun.
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This Hand Of Mine.

Editor OF The Times Dispatct.H 4S
sr,-Please publish In your Query and
Answer column the beautiful ballad en-
titled I'D Offer Thee This Hand OF
Nine This song was sung by tho soldier
boys from South Carolina during the
civil war. and l send you herewith
copy OF 1t, as / recall It.
Very truly yours. &
SALLIE J. TILLER.
I'd OFFER THED THIS TI4AND OF
MINE.
I'd offer thee this hand of mine,
II ! could love thee less. s.5s
But hearts as warm and pure as thine,
& Should never know dis tress.
My fortunes Is too. hard for thee
II would chill thy dearest JOY,
7 would rather weep to see thee free,
Than win thee to destroy.
And now my dreams are sadly DER.
Fato bids them all depart.
And must leave my native shore.
In brokenness OF heart.
But, oh, dear one, when far from thee,
M ID never know Joy again. #
I would not that one thought OF thee,
Should give thy bosom pain.
But. oh. when sorrows cup drink,
All bitter. though It be,
How sweet It would DO for me to think,
It holds no drop for thee.
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Poisoned Cabbage Worm,

Editor OF Tho Timcs-p Dispatch:
4 sir-Can you tell me is there anything
true about the poisoned cabbage worm'
! have heard a deal about It In the last
past month in other States.
Whittier Depot, Va,
There Is nothing In the story about
poisonous cabbage worms.
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vIRoInlA NAVIGATOR COMPANY,

JAMES RIVER DAY LINE,
STEAMER pOCAHONlAS ,iea ,,a " Al ~
An for Norfolk, Portsmouth. OLD Point
A r. W. .1 News. Claremont and James 1,sa
Point for Washington, Baltmore, AZ and I, s shf
- Moderate prices, Electric cars direct
to Wharf. Fare only $l,5o and 4 20 NOT
folk fox Music by Grand prchestr rnn1 ,,a,s.
and XII points In Eastern yiTgln "a, ana
NoF'H 41 General Manager,
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SOUTH .RN RAIL Way.

ScAEDULE In EFFECT NOV. J.. lsv3,
s7:m A. N. -Dally. Local for Cnaflulte.
ia.a, il. N.-Duily. Limited. Buffet Pull
b man to Atlunla and brmihsnain NeW
B Orleans. Memphis, Chattanooga ana all
$40 20 +. MEX. Sunday. Chase City local
1920 z. Daily Limited. Pullman
= ready $3.50 z. NJ. for al the South
1870 YORK RIVER LINE.
THE fayorite route to baltimore ana
Eastern points. Leave Richmond 4:3o r.
Nj. daily, except Sunday.
SEQ a. M Excep. sunday. Local mixed
Gen. Pass. Agent, DIS. Pass' agent.
a:a3 p. M,-From Charlotte and Durham.
$40 a. Ai.--From Chase City
9.l5 A. M.-Baltimore ana west fo'nt
b:l0 r, M.-From West Point.
G. II. ACKERT, s. Fl. HARDWlGK,
7. C. ". WESTBURI.,D D. T. A..
a Richmond. Va
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Militia and Poll Tax, g
n nff1'hA ft,,r ~ .T),s,,f,tch!s s

Sir,-tvlll Soti,kindly inform me. through
YOUR query columns If members OF tho
State militia are now. or were, prior TO
the passage aid enactment Of the present
ConstitttlonNeX exempt from, caritiatlon taxi I,
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A Postum or a Cuna,

Editor OF The Tines-pispatch;
sir,-po you know Of piece OF poetry
beginnlng:
"The non was lit by lux Of luna.
And twas a nov most opportuna,
To Catch 'possum or cuna.
do not know the name Of the piece,
hut think 1t was published IN 'The Chris.
tian Observer, OF Louisville, several
years ago. Please publish. BY doing so
you will greatly oblige, .g
A SUBSCRIBER,
We haven't copy, Let some person
send lis ono, and we'll see what 1t is
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CONFEDERATE ROLLS.
Those Made From Memory Not
Suited for Government Use.

The following is an extract from the
report OF the chef Of the Record anu
Pension Cfiee, war Department, to the
Secretary Of Wst and reters 10 tho pro-
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RICHMOND MOI, AND PETERSBURG
ELECTRIC RAILWAY n

BEGINNING APRIL lsr, 1902.
Cars leave corner Perry , ana ssyentth =
i1ou nty from i x. N. TO 10 =, NJ. last car
= Cars "a leave ca; Petersburg. foot ot syca-
more street, sysry hour IRON s'So a. -
Last car connecting. Itthh. Norfolk and
Western Railway, 1880 ~
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How Dew is Formed.

At y i
How Dew is Formed.
pd,tor Of The Time Dispatch.
sir.-Pleasc state whether dew comes
up or down, or how It Is formed. !. :,
rhe formation Of dew is explained by
the IL loss Of heat ~ bodies on the earth's
surface through radiation at night. ny
when means i1iey and the air ~ med 9 :.
atclv@ about them are cooled below tne
dew point DewSi Is thus depos,ted chien!
On bodies which are good radiators and
poor conductors Of heat. like grass; hence
also It appears chiefly on calm ana clear
, nirhts.-that ~;so when t1ie conditions re-
most farora blen for rndiation.ilt never
appears on nights both cloudy and wt i,
n : white deWSbecomes hoarI frost Cen
fury Dictionary: WI
"Thc Blackberry Girl"
r,d,tor Of Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch:
sir.-A correspondent asked for The
Bla ckberry Girl copy OF winch ! en-
close Il. - = -
why, Phebe,. are you come 80 soon
Where are your berries, child .
you cannot, s,re, have sold them all,
You had basket piled.
"No. mother, as I climbed the fence,
The nearest way TO town. %
Nv apron caught upon the stake.
And so ! tul.ticd down.
"I scratched my arm and tore my mar,
But still did not complain
And had my b!ackberries been SAFE.
Sic uld not lave cared q grain,
,'But when ! saw them on the ground,
All scattered by my side,
mir, INV emptY basket UP Z.
f And down sat and crled.
gust then pretty little miss
Glanced to be walking by;
She stopped. anG looking pltltul,
She begged me not to cry
"'Poor little girl, you fell: said she.
Z And must be sadly hurt
20, no. I cried, but see my fruit
All mixed with sand and dirt
."'Well, do not grleve for that, sho said
Go home and get some more;
.AhsGno! for I have stripped the vines;
These were the last they bore
my father, miss is very poor,
And works in yonder stall
He has so many little ones
1Ie cannot clothe us all
4 l. ii }
But never could Ttgo;
For when I asked him for n gown
Ito always answered. no.
~ "rheres not a father in tho world
That loves his children more;
I'd get you one with all my heart,
But, Phebe, am 'poor,
/" BUT when the blackberrles were ripe
ITO said e. me one day "
Phebe, II you will take the time
q That's given sou Tor play.
land gather blackperrles enough,
And carry them to town,
To buy your bonnet and your SHOES,
I'll try to gel goWn.
Nv spirits we're 80 light;
And so, whom | had leave to play
II picked WITH all my might e
81 sold enough to get my shoes
About a. week ago. ..
And these II they had not been split
Would buy a bonnet, too
"But now they're gone. they all are
And foIe can get no more;
And Sundays | must stay az nome,
Just as did before, So,
"And. mother. Then cried again,
AS hard as ] could cry;
And looking Up I saw tear
Was standing in her cye'
"she caught her bonnet from her head
Here here!' she cried. take thls'
%, no, indead-l fear your ma
Would be offended, miss,
3. . b ~ sHH g. b.. .
I" My ma! no. never; she delights
All SORROW to beguils,
And ills the sweetest Joy she feels ,7
To make the wretehed smile,
:" 'she taught me when had enough
TO share It With the poor,
And never let needy child
90 empty trom the door.
$50 take It, Tor you need net tslF
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Pubic School Question.
tor f,f.1,hn E1Iin,ns- I1lspntcll.

Editor of,The s1'iities- Dispatch:
y sir,--Be SO kind. as TO inform me,
through the uuerv column Of The Times
Dispatch what HE law III Virginia Is
with regard 10; stedclhers III the public
schools being paid their salaries II con-
tngious diseases amongst pupils prevents
R full ayArngeF ntthtid ahce' n school. \.
ECO INSTANT SUBSCRIBER.
1vlnglna, Va.
There II noSlaw on tho subject. T'hse
district trustees have full authority to
determine such h attore. 4.
.Blackbirds and the Game Law.
1Gditor Of The Times. Dispatch. .
slr--rcase answer through the
auery column 80 your paper what the
farmers and peanut raisers do to iid
their fields 81 the thousands Of black
birds that swarm over their fields. From
the uf11e the corn begins to get hard until
the peat,uts ara dug. then, they literally
pick tho vines OF all the nuts they can
get at The law protects al but crow
bla cl.bil'1s, but the redwing, his mate.
brown bird, do the damage, a. i.
E 11dlow. Prince George. y, !.
The statute forbtds the killing OF Wild
birds generally, except game birds within
season, and certain enumerated specles,
among the exceptions being the crow
blackbird, 4, which YOU may Kill. Why
the crow blackblrd and not black a.: birds
generally, we are unable to say. we sup.
pose tho Legislntur must have Intended
to permit the killing Of such birds as are
mentioned by our correspondent. surely :, y
did, for it IS n bird that Is as destru ctlVe
to corn as crows.
Up jumped the blackbird, down came 'cn,e tNe
crow,
into the cornfleld we must 80;
For It's t,sen our business pulling UP com
Ever since Adam and Eve were born.
This Il nursery literature. and It SPEAKS
t,1th' III ''ornithologically speaking,
there exists the distinction our corrsspol:
dent makes between crow hla ck b,rds a I,a
redwing blackbirds (males). with their
brownisl, colored female mates, We are
the Lss'.,Atare , did not e d nys t NH et
q, a,,est,nn s,;ch distinction Is GER
to not populnrly understood; AND the
proper remedy for our friend ana .he
farmers generally is to get their repre-.
sentatives to amend tho act or abolls ISL
such distinction. I'll I. .5s
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.ATLANTIC COAST Line

.IttAlNo AAfAYl. rtACf4lAOND JAIL
BYRD-SIAGEr STATION,
EFFECTIVE AiOHDAY. SEPT, slst.
9:05 a, NJ, a. G, L. Express 10 All points
600 AZ M. Petersburg and Norfolk.
,2.i0 p. nj, PetetsburE and N, a w West
500 p. M. Petel sbuTg and Norfolk.
"a 10 P. Nj. Goldshoro Local.
Is 40 P, NJ. Petersburg Local.
S,s5 p. M,-"Florlda and West indian Linn
ited," to all points south, =, Wa,
o4O +, NJ. Petersburg and n, $ ", Wes.
Ii so p. M. Petersburg Local.
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND
s,4s A. M. 7:ss A, M. s:25 A. A.: SUNDAY
only ll:25 A. NJ: II: 100 a. NJ, I:o5 = A.:
except Sunday; 2:05 F. M, $40 =. M, ':4o
u. NJ, 9:l0 r, NJ
e1Gy q s. 1cAMPnELL, DIV. Pass,Agt
II, j. CRAIG, Gen Pass AEs'
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3 Under orders tho brigade fell back TO
the Yankee breast-works, short dis
#tance in the .car and fought from the
ditch side in water knee deep. and more,
E,,ntil the enemy retired from the fght and
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The Balance. Sheet ola Strike.

The close Of the trolley car strike in
waterbury. Conn.,. was marked by pub
lic rejoicing People thronged the streets,
cheering the labor leaders and the Off
Gals of the company with equal feryor.
IT was happy occasion--untll one cx-
amines the balance sheet.
The strike lasted seven months. 1t cost
Connecticut $4,000 to call out the militia
and check riotlng. i cost the unions Sl3,-
OOO and individual workmen much more.
1t cost the company S.Dl,090 and what the
city lost In trade can never be reckoned.
1t was the direct cause OF one murder
and of numerous outrages that stain
ed the name OF the 'land Of steady
habits"
The trouble began because three men
were discharged for drunkenness and
on other charges. They do not get their
places back. Neither do eight men re-
Gently placed on trial for murderous as
sault. or seventy others, sixteen return
to work at full pay fourteen as "trip
pers' and forty men will be taken on as
fast as possible. The seven months nay
is dead loss even to the fortunate SIX
teen.
The settlement" settles nothing. It
leaves bad blood and leads to insult and
assault upon the new employees. The
declaration of peace was itself q signal
for renewed war. Tho only question In
volved--whether tho three men We're dis
CHARGED with sufficient cause--is as far
from dispasslonate adjustment as ever,
unless might does make right.
Does striking pay? Is not arbitration
prcferab le?-New York World.
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could not keep Mr. Roosevelt from Kicking
sand in his eyes. Such a contest would
be dead easy for our strenuous President
and even II the course should be covered
with stumps and stones and tangled
briars. 1t would not be as difficult for
this mighty man of valor as the political
way which is beset with tariff schedules'
financial bills, trusts and negroes
The report of the Henrico contest VIII
be read with keen interest at Oyster bay
and will probably cause certain dlstih-
guished gentleman at that place TO put
on his bathing suit and take sprint up
the beach and back.
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A Newspaper Scoop.

The Norfolk Public Ledger tells this
Interesting story:
Now that Mr.. f. B. chesterman Is dead,
an incident In his life as reporter may
was at all times for news and how faith
fully he served the papers which employ
ed him. When the Danvlle riot oc
Cured he was sitting In the telegraph Of
nee In Richmond. and was soon made ac-
lualnted with the principal details Of that
great uprising. He Immediately forward
ed the story to the Public Ledger, which
was the only newspaper In Virginia that
printed an account OF the affair the day
that it happened. The late Mr.. Glennan.
startling news in the Public Ledger, tele-
gyaphed to his correspondent in Rich
mond. who was employed In the Wing Of
flee. for further particulars Of the upris-
Malone and Vas edited BY Mr.. ". 6,
Elan. When Mr.. Glennan's dispatch
reached the Wh!g office none Of the en-
ployes there had heard of the occurrence,
and as the Richmond state did not publish
the news Of the riot that evening, the
Richmond public knew nothing Of 1t. The
first information that the editor Of the
Whs had Of the trouble came from the
Norfolk Virgnian through the request Of
Mr., Glennan to his correspondents, for
caRons, the Whig insinuated II It did not
actually charge that the yirginian, OF our
city, had previous knowledge that. the
riot was to occur and that the Vlrginian
of Mr., Chesterman in furnishing Nor
folk paper with a startling piece OF news
that was not generally known In Rich
mond caused the editor of the Whe to
proceed upon wrong trail, and we doubt
time of his death that MI GennRn first
heard Of the Danvllle riot through the
columns of the Public Ledger
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A Good Man Nominated.

Editor of The Times Dispat oh:
S!r.-In view OF the situation as re-
Gently developed touching the election
of president for the University of Vir-
ginia, it is, perhaps, IN order to sug-
Eest some one for that position whose
name has not yet come before the board.
During all the discussion of this sub
ieot, / have been thinking of gentleman
whose fitness for the office In question
appears to be nre-emlnent. All alumnus-
of the University, imbued with spirit
Of its best traditions. in tho prime of
life, a vigorous thinker, O. scholar Of high
rank, an orator of recognized ability. and
a leader of men. DR.. s, G, Mitchell of
Richmond College. is believed to possess
every qualification that can be desired
Tor the head Of a great university. or
course, he is not candidate, His mod
esty forbids the thought OF such a thing,
lie will probably blush to see his name
published in connection with this. high
office, And vet, II 1t should he conferred
upon him unsolicited. am sure that
the Board Of Visitors would never have
cause ia regret their action, but rather
TO congra'ulotc themselves upon most
happy selection,
Is, thelelufe. respectfully suggested
TIA the character and qualifications of
DF Mitchell be inquired into and con-
SiHered by those who have the good OF the
University at heart. His friends know
mat he can suffer nothing from the
closest scrutiny.
OLD ALUMNUS.
Richmond, Va, August l2th,
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have managed to accomplish this IN
spite Of the Constitution. But we are
not discussing the legal aspect. We are
talking about remedy and If the
people Of the nited States should adopt
this remedy 1t would be a simple mat
ter to make the Constitution conform.
Again, 1T will be objected that such
measure would be harsh and revolutions
airy. OF course 1t would IL Woalo De SO
harsh and so revolutionary that The
Times-Dlspatch Is unwilling to commit
itself to It, The remedy is not to be ap-
piled except as a last resort, when all
proposition. 1t is n remedy that Is sure.
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RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

1t was stated in our news columns yes
tcrday that In the Fairfield District Of
Henrico county SIX candidates for the
office of constable will run foot race for
the nomination.
That is one way Of deciding an election
contest and in some Instances It is
very good way. A constable should be
fleet of foot. for It is his business some-
times TO run down offenders, and 1t Is
always better to catch en- than to shoot
EN-. If our policemen had plenty OF leg
talent. as we say in the newspaper craft.
and would exercise 1t upon occasion, moro
fleeing criminals would be captured and
tho captiyes would not be so often perfo-
rated, as In now the case.
Leg talent Is also a good possession for
collectors of taxes. If they had plenty OF
1t and exercised conscientiously there
would he moro money In the State treas
ury and less work for the collector OF
delinquent taxes,
But 1t will not do to push the method
too far, In some Offices leg talent la not
n sine qua non. nor to be desired above
certain qualities Of mind or heart and
in such cases the slmplet candidate
would not necessarily make the best off,-
cor. Such contests would often be I'M
| equal and unfair, In the case al United
States Senator, we take 1t, that Governor
Montague and Senator Martin would he
pretty well matched, The Governor may
have some advantage In stride. but he Is
perhaps handicapped In the matter of
avoirdupois, Moreover, Senator Martin
has aulcis step, and we have noticed
that when there is work to be done by
himself and Others at any place. he is
one Of the first to arrive, But for all
that, there are baseball players who
could give either Of these candidates two
laps and the go and fetch up ahead in a
walk
| Cleveland in foot race with judge
Parker. Mr.. Cleveland usually takes his
recreation In fishing boat when does
not tend 10 develop leg talent, while Judge
Parker streng thens the muscles Of III:
legs and increases his stride BY tramp
Ing over his farm,
There Is one candidate, however, who
would welcome this strenuous way o
winning a nomination. We have alread,
ntlmated who he Is Mr., T, Roosevelt
is an al-round athletic racer. and h
would run with patience the race set be
} fore hm. if opportunity We're offered
We know OF no Republican whose nam
has been mentioned who. in foot race