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respondent maintain that this Is any In
reference With the prerosativo OF pa
rents7 Does ho maintain that liquor
dealers shouldsbe permitted to ollintox-
,icating drinks to boys ana girls upon
written permission OF their parents?
Certainly not. And so, while The Times
Dispatch is opposed to unreasonable In
reference on tho part Of the govern-
nent with tho private affairs Of life,
while It is opposed to all laws which
prohibit factories from operating moro
than eight hours a day and other such
sumptuary laws, 1t maintains with per-
feet consistency that as It is right in
the interests Of the rising generation
that liquor dealers shall be forbidden to
soil LIQUOR to- minors. It Is also right and
proper to prohibit Factories from employ
Ing children and so grind up tho imma-
turo product
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Judge George L. Christian

Editor Tim es-Dispatch:
Sir-Lee Camp. at Its last meeting, at
the suggestion OF the commander, inau-
guratod a movement to have an address
each month by some friend, who will be
willing to undertake that task, for the
Information and entertainment OF the
members and all others who may honor
us with their presence, and by resolution
requested Judge George L. Christian to
commence the series, and he has obliglrE-
" consented to do so next Friday eyen-
Ing.
To those who know that eminent citi-
zen and gallant soldier (and this includes
everybody, nothing need ha said as to
his ability and his fitness for the acoom-
splishment of the duty, II In this Instance
it may be so called.
All who were present In the hall On tho
10th day Of January, at the meeting he'd
in celebration of the birthday OF General
Lee, will remember what q largo ana Np,
preclatiye audience assembled on that oc-
casIon, They will also remember, ! pre-
sumo, that by a curious combination 0f
peculiar circumstances, nothing WIS said
OF General Lee ana o. his character and
services. as,.
Judge Christian will supply that de-
Eclency, and We can with commence IN
yIte our friends and the public at large
to honor us with their presence OH Fri
day evening, tho 18th instant. and ASSN
them that they will not be disappointed.
b., NJ, PARFIAAl.
Sergeant Major,
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rloRR SHIPS.

Tho Washington correspondents assure
us that 1t is tho purpose Of tho General
Board of the Navy to urge upon the gov
ernment the policy OF building yearly four
sf,rst-class battleships, two nrn1ored crlis-
ers and such smaller craft as are deemed
necessary.
That would make all the sh.pyards very
busy and would require an increase Of
enlisted men in the navy to the number OF
about $500 por annum.
That provision will be made by Con-
gress for large and steady increase OF
the. navy Is not doubted. "rhe Yenezue-
Ian lmbroglio' has made sure Of that, IL
any doubt on that point previously existed.
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Another Case in Point.

There Is now a case in Hartford OF q
labor body prohibiting member from
serving In the national guard, and George
A. Hlndley has resigned from the First
Connecticut Regiment rather than from
tho local Painters and Decorators
Union. lie was recording secretary Of
the union, which suspended him for sixty
days from ONCE. and from membership
until he could show his discharge from
the militia, and ccnsured him for golng
with tho troops to Waterbury, because
In doing SO he acted against organized
labor Ia peace in q community not to
be- maintained, then, is violence not to
be restrained. IL 1t be organized labor
that dlsturbs and destroys ?-springfield
Republican.
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News and Gossip
From National Capital
BY WALTER EDWARD HARRIS.

"that tho man who Is 10 oversee and
superlntend and direct tho work OF the
faculty should be iselected In part by tho
fnculty OF Tho institution. It seems to
me that It Is also wrong that tho Alumni
Association, many members Of which have
removed from the State, should have any
voice IN q matter which should como
strictly within the scopo Of tho duties
OF the Board OF Visitors, the mon om-
rloyed by the State to look after the at
fairs Of the Unlyersity. It Is also true
that II the president DO chosen by the
board, as the Boaz Bill proposes. I be-
litve no Will be chosen by tho alumni.
40 not recall that In quarter Of n
century or longer there has beon but one
man on the Board OF Visitors who was
not, an alumnus Of tho University. Flo is
a member OF tho board at present.
There Is not really tho interest mani
tested here in the bill to place n statue
OF General Leo In 6tatunry Hall that one
would expect. Tho subject is but little
discussed by Democrats or Republicans.
Tho recent rabid resolutions adopted BY
the Womans Relief Corps and the Grand
Amy OF the Republic Department OF the
Potomac, evoked no comment. Such
things do not appear to be taken seriously
by busy men OF affairs. The members OF
tho Virginia delegation would all be glad
~ SEQ NtlleTAlt Ace u btHIuG tIlo HAL
perhaps. bit should any considerable OPP
position develop on the part OF Northern
Senators and Congressman, those from
Virginia do not believe the statue should
be placed in tho hall as tho result OF
fight, This is, at least. tho view OF tho
majority.
This Is a story Virginia Congressman
told mo the other day. The ,oke Is on
him. Ho forbade my printing II. But
am going to tell it without names and
allow the readers of Tho Tim es-Dispatch
to pick tho Congressman who told It:
During my campaign he said. "a
mai. IN county said he was going
to vote Tor mo and was golrl; to have
every man on his plantation do the same.
But, by ~ he said, he's the ugliest
man in virginla!
II rather doubted that at the time and
resented it, said the Congr '.but
! have found since have been In Com
gress that It L. very probably true. for
while many ladies' call on my colleagues,
i have not yet had single ono to send
me her card
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1 ROADS AND SCIENCE.

Wc are Interested to note that In SOW.
eral sections Of Virginia, according to
reports recently printed In this paper,
special attention Is being directed to the
important subject Of road Improvement.
We are particularly Interested In the plan
proposed In tho county Of Nottoway to
permit certain tnagisterlal districts to
levy an assessment without limit For road
Improvement or, as It is well put by our
correspondent For permanent road Inn
provement. Tho only way to get good
roads is to pay for thom, and each COM
munity must take caro- Of Its own high
wcys. 1t Is not practicable. in our opin-
ion, for the State to undertake this work.
There would necessarily DO discrlmlnn-
ton, and some would have to pay for
improvements which others received The
only fair way is for each section to main
tain It's own roads, although the State
might do a great deal in the way Of
general direction by having q road i'm
provemcnt department, with competent
engineers to supervise the work in the
various sections. ISL si
And this brings us to the point. vir-
ginia has expended vast sums Of money
on her public highways, and yet every
body who has investigated knows that n
great deal OF this money haS been pracu-
cully wasted. Road Improvement amounts
to very little unless 1t Is done In scientific
ard substantial manner. Much OF the So
called road working in Virginia is mere
farce. and frequently the last condition
of a road, worked on the old plan, is
worse than the first. Railroads are not
built In this sllpshod way. First of all an
engineering force blhzes the way and es-
tablishes tho grade, Then, when tho work
of road building is begun, there is an ex-
pert to direct It. The work IS done In a
scientific way and the road Is built upon
solid foundations. It is not q perfect road
when first built. for4it takes time to make
the road-bed firm and solid, but the foun-
dations are we'll laid, and then the I'M
provements, which go on from time to
time, strengthen the Foundation and keep
the road in condition.
II our dirt roads were built and main
tanned in the same way the situation in
Virginia would soon be far different. The
roads should be built right in the begin
ming, under the direction OF expert cngi-
neers, and II this were done. the suisse
auent work from year to year Of keep
ing tho road in repair would be compare
lively light.
We commend these suggestions most
earnestly to people throughout Virginia,
for until this plan is adpted they will
not have good roads and they will go on
wasting the public money and getting no
substantial results.
There is no good in the patchwork as
1t is done under the old system. It is like
putting new cloth on old garments. "and
tho rent Is made worse.
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Personal and General.

The friends OF tho late Colonel Charles
g.. russell. long; a representative from
the Third Congressional District Of Con.
necticut. are quietly raising a fund for
the education OF his children. The plan
IS to raise $4,000 for his family. and
the fund Is already making good prog.
ress.
Geronimo, the famous old Apache war
chief, now O prisoner Mt Fort Sill, Okla,
has daughter who Is a pupil at the
Mescalero Indian School. in New Mex
leo. F1ers name is Lenna Geronimo; she
Is thirteen years old, and she Is quito
g handsome girl OF the Indian type. To
her one-time bloodthirsty father the girl
is the apple Of his eye.
The head Of Martha washington APP
pears on the new eight-cent postage
stamps, and Is tho first woman's head
ever used by the government for q SINH
lar purpose.
vice-Presldent Thomas A. Hendricks. Of
Indiana, was a graduate OF Hanover Col
lege, at. Madison, In that State, and his
widow has given $4,000 for the erection Of
a library in his memory there.
Colonel Samuel Sims. who has Just died
at Rich Hill, Mo-, had been citizen OF
three American governments-the Repub-
lie Of Texas, the. Confederate States and
the United States-and was not obliged to
change his residence at the time he
changed his allegiance.
The most surprising property Of alum.
mum Is Its newly discovered power Of
giving flne,= razor-like edge to steel
cutlery. Magnified thousand times. the
knife edge produced on the ordinary whet-
stone appears cough and jagged, while
that yielded by the aluminium sharpener
is straight and smooth.
The vomitingsof fish from volcanoes is
no hewt experience, and 1t seems more
startling Sth&H fMysterious- NJ. j. Giridin
explains, that IN The interval between two
crypt ons e4ot ten a. Century Or inore-the
craters become; filled with flsh-stocked
lakes. and the next eruption blows out
the water and Its contents.
{ IN Texas, the State which gives the
largest Democratic majority, the Repub-
lican vote la larger than in Louisiana,
Mississippi, Georgia. Alabama, South Car
olno. and Florida combined
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Joke onnfHanna,

Thus far Senator Hanna's bill to pom
sion ex-slaves has received one notable
Endorsement. Resolutions unanimously
adopted by the Birmingham (Ala) Camp
of United Confederate Veterans declare
that tho bill should pass because, among
other reasons, the slaves Loyalty cutl-
while the masters were serving under
Lee, Jackson and Bragg. At this dis
lance the Birmingham Endorsement looks
like a joke on Mr. Thanksgiving aeld
Republican,
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were OF most interesting character, and
tho addresses entertaining and INSTRUCTIVE.
we urge those who are interested in
this noble subjectSto attend the sessions
from day to day, and especially Is 1t de-
sirable that members of the General Az
sef1lbly shall DO present.
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North Carolina Sentiment.

The Raleigh Times has found q con-
temporary which wants the antl-hat bill
in the Legislature to apply I'd churches
also. The Times says: 1"rhat paper
thinks that the bill unjustly discrim-
mates in favor Of theatre and declares
1t Is as important to see the preacher
as the actor. We believe that DR..
Braughton's church in Atlanta has
adopted the custom Of the ladies' remov-
ing their hats
The ever hopeful Charlotte observer
says:
ut is pleasing also to see that the
President is determined that new
antitrust law shall BIO placed upon the
statute books. even IL he has to call
the Senate of the Fifty-eighth Congress
in special session. and all In all. the
prospect Of something effective being
done to loosen the grip of the trusts
upon the throats of the people Is bright
er now than it ever was before
The Durham, Herald ventures some adj
vice as follows:
IF Mr.. Bryan knows good thing
when he meets 1t he will stick to what
he has and let some other fellow lead
the party to de-.-victory."
The Greensboro Telegram which Is
strictly business journal. says:
North Carolina business men Just now
are studying the freight rate problem,
They believe that they are not being
treated fairly They want to be placed on
an equal footing with business men In
other States. They do not ask for one
ounce of advantage. All they crave is
fair field and no favor. Given this
thew will do the rest ''si 5F
The Goldsboro Argus leaves the tom
peranco question or other exciting top
les long enough to discuss tariff a lit
tle. 1t says:
Altogether the Dingleyites will not
havo much to chuckle over In German
exports for the new German policy will
undoubtedly DO stoutly maintained. and
1t may lead to combination Of all other
nations against our own blessed tariff.
AS no nation will be able to exceed us
In erecting Chinese walls. there Will be
no room left for complaints on our part.
We have made our Dingley bed and
must lie on 1t.
The Greenville Reflector which seems
to BIO kind OF out and out prohibition,
says:
''Tho Watts bill, which has been an
proved by the House Committee, does
not meet the desires of tho advocates Of
temperance. It is good as far as 1t goes,
but tho objection Is that 1t does not 60
far enough. Tho people want and de.
mand tho principal features OF the Lon
don bill. and any halfway legislation Is
not going to satisfy them The 'afraid
It Will hurt the party" legislators should
take warning,"r
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What a Kicker,

While snow-storms and blzzarls arc
raging In other parts OF the country tho
weather Is mild and balmy In this hnp.
by corner OF the Sunny South. Yet
the kicker Is here. too. He was heard
to remark the other day that It was
n pity It was not warn enough for Ice
water-Greenyille N, g., Reflector.
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-, aspecai TO The Times. Dlspatch.)
WASHINGTON, .. c., Feb. 1o.-The
statement made by Secretary Root In His
speech In New York last week that Pres
ident Roosevelt had appointed fewer no.
groes to office than either President
Clevelan6 or President Mckinley Is
much discussed here. Some arc In
cined TO doubt tho accuracy Of Mr..
Roots statement, although they admit
he rarely speaks until pretty SIRE no Is
right. It Is statement hard to prove.
Congressman yesterday. trying to obtain
some DATA on tho subject, but learned
next to nothing.
Probably tho reason Mr.. Roosevelt Is
so much criticised for his attitude to-
wards tho negro lies In tho fact that
he has done moro talking about tho bro
Their in black than has any other Pres
ident, not excepting Abraham Lincoln.
who freed four million negroes with o
stroke OF the pen. And then there was
the Booker washington Incident and tho
Invitation to the darkey lawyer OF Bos-
ton to come to the White House on a
visit and bring his family. II
The Presidents attitude towards tho
negro Is more discussed about tho lob
bies than any other subject OF course,
It Is not often referred to by N orthern
and Western Republicans, but Southern
Democrats seem to find It on especially
interesting topic.
On the night OF February I'd, ground-
hog day. a comedian on the stage ut
the Lafayette Theatre. a stones throw
from tho White House, remarked:
This Is grounding day. but the
ground hog didn't come OUT !,
why was that?" said the interlo-
cutor.
"Ho was afraid the President would
put coon In his hole
Tho Joke is old by this time, but tell
It to recall the applause and laughter
which 1t evoked, evidencing the senti-
ment Of the packed house.
A widely-known gentleman. who Is an
alumnus Of the University Of Virginia,
recently expressed himself to mo as
strongly opposed to the bill introduced
In the Virginia Legislature proposing
to allow a president OF the university
to be selected by the Board Of Visitors,
the faculty and the Alumni Associa-
ton.
ut seems wrong In principle no said.
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Returning to First Principles.

The new Supreme Court gives notes
that hereafter applicants for license WIN
be examined as to their writing and spell.
ling as we'll ms to their knowledge, OF
the law. It Is a good thing this mas
not been in practice during tho pas,
Fewer LAWYERS. we must now get back
to an education that teaches reading.
writing ana olphering. Greensboro IN
C,1 Record. ~ ~
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The Incident Was Closed.

It would have saved a good deal OF
bother II Congressman Lessler had
simply kicked Qugg, That is the way
q United States Senator disposed Of the
case OF man who offered him n con-
sideration to vote for the Spanish treaty,
He kicked the ouss out Of the senatorial
committee-room and around the corrl-
doris Of the Capitol This closed the III.
oldent- 1t also closed the career OF the
lobbyist Boston Herald.
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a. Forty Pager.

The Sunday edition Of the Richmond
Times Dispatch was 40 pager" The
the fact that we have in our midst such
an upto.date puhl!cation,-Fr Star.
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~, Guard,

Many Virginia editors have. gone to
Florida. but tllore arc enough left to
watch the doings Of the Legislature.
Fredericksburg Star,
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The Boston Globe puts IL this way,
The news IL not that negro suffrage In
tho South has proved failure, but that
the Republican party hns discovered this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-11

We could stand ono moro final farewell
from g M. Patti Il she will put up guarantee
that 1t will be the final one.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-11

Big Bill sowell is simply having the
Inn OF his life, and 1t will take him the
balance OF his life to tell about 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-11

BY the way. we do not hear OF Edward
Of and Wilhelm dropping any ultl,natums
In the slot nowadays.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-11

Another clergyman. the Rev. William
! D'alfnms. Of Newark, N. j., Is n trouble
with his congregation. No wonder.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-11

Norman Young cheated the sensational
papers by pleading guilty and ending tho
whole business quickly.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-11

suppose Bhnkhcad did fruBtrato EoD-.
sons resignation. What are they going
to DO about it7 =
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Cotton farmers in the far South are
becoming more and more disturbed about
the ravages Of the boil weevil. and ways
and means to destroy this pest are at
tracing serious a ttention. The experts
estimate that unless some vigorous ac-
ton is taken. and II some remedy is not
found cotton growing will be seriously
Handicapped. 4if not entirely destroyed.
They say that the destructive pest will
surely cover the cotton States in egh-
teen years. Some people believe that
it is impossible, to destroy the weevil.
The Dallas (Texas) News seems to be
of this opinion, FOR It is Offering premi-
ums for the best articles on How to
Make Farming Pay in Spite Of the Boil
Weevil.''
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Mobile Register:

Mobile Register:
In general education women are need
ed as supervisors as we'll as In particu-
lar. Very many of the teachers are
women. half tho pupils are female. Shall
the weaker sex have no voice in the
choosing OF supcrintcndonts and teach
ers? is it fair to bar out the women
where so much that concerns the train
ing Of women is involved?
It has always been so, is the answer.
Yes; but IS 1t Just? Is It best for the
children and for the State?
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81 valentine was myth, or, is he
wasn't. mailing ugly pictures to people is
poor way Of Keeping his memory green.
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Houston Chronicle:

Houston Chronicle:
The people Of New Orleans and the
New Orleans papers express much re-
greet at the false ruInor that Miss Alice
Roosevelt will be treated with dlscour-
tesy at their carnival. because Of dis
approval of her father; on the contrary,
she will be treated as courtously as 1t
her fathers Southern policy were as
much approved as it is disapproved; any
other course is impossible In any South
ern city.
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The Minnesota Legislature has appoint
ed special committees to investigate per-
sonally into conditions ut st. Louis be.
fore taking action on an appropriation for
the States participation In tho Louisiana
Purchase Exposition. This brilliant ex-
ample came just too late to give the Cen
eral Assembly Of Virginia hint that
might have led to n jolly good trip.
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Chattanooga Times:

Mr.. Bryan's presence at Democratic raj
lies. ETC., Is not an absolute necessity.
The party will benefit by his absence.
The country will survive. There is no
string to him. He belongs with the
populists and he ought to locate him
self In that camp definitely iS
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Memnhis commorcial-Appeal |:

Memphis Commcrcial-Appeal:
Transferring the dispute from the
Capitol at Washington to the ancient
city on the North Sea will be an agree
able change as 1t gives this country
rest for n season and enables us to think
of something else. 0
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Birmingham Age-Hcrald:

Blf1nInsHatf1 liBU.ftUTalu:
The pending bill in the Legislature will
enable Alabama to do her part in turn
ing the tide Of immigration southwark.
and II every other Southern State will
do as much, something will surely be
accomplished towards filling these States
with desirable settlers. Color prejudice
is an obstacle, but immigration by coll
onies will to some extent overcome this.
and there is scarcely Southern State
that does not contain almost solid white
counties.
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Predictions arc being freely made IN
Republican circles that the Virginia vote
in the next National Republican conyen,
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aasss.3s-s-s-s-ss-ss..ii
Nm -four 1)ah
Virginia Editors

Speaking Of the disposition OF union
labor men to boycott the military, the
Alexandria Gazette says .'The military
organizations In Virginia and through
out the South contain a large percentage
Of artisans and laboring men who derive
considerable recreation and amusement
from the social side Of military life and
in time Of war have mado gallant SOL
diers. The vast majority Of men In this
section are working men. and as every
city has military company. for so large
portion OF this class to hold aloof fro1
an organization whose aim Is the good OF
the community, would DO o reflection upon
their good citizenship
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The Petersburg Index-Appeal notes a
passing news item, thus: Tho State OF
Maine gots about q quarter OF million,
dollars from the United States this year
son accounted Civil War expenses and
s'interest on the same" This settlement
Is flnal-for the present.