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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

women will sit for this length OF time,
held spcllbound by their titterail acs proves
IconcIusiyely that the true orator is a re''i
factor IN modern life.
We are often told that there are no
orators to-day like Webster, Ilayne, Ia y.
| ho,th and Summer. This 10 true, put :. !.
| is partly because the style OF orator! mas
changed. We have men en- to-day VINO o,,sn
speak with as mitch force aid purposse'
perhaps MS Webster and Calhoun spoke
hut 1t is done On different way. Ora
tory OF The present day Is largely argu-
mentntlvo and dispassionato, although ~,
eloquent periods and choice diction stili
have their place. AS proof of the State STATE.
ment that we have orators to-day, anu
that thesc orators still attract attention ~
Is Only necessary to mention the names
OF Bryan, Cochran, Daniel, Tettus, 1'acon,l
Beveridgc, Dolllver, Watson.sahd others
OF their class In political llfei Abbott,
Goldman, Duncan, Galloway, Niisol!, Vim
cent. Moore and others In the pulpit, whilci
Eliot Hndley. Alderman Butler, Van
Dyke and men Of their class in the edit
cational world have exCeptioilai 20 Wers
OF oratory. And right here in Moth Car
olina we have orators wllo can hold Their Tie
own with the bost Of those mentioned
above. ii. Z IA 5l5$ f3 81
1t may be true that or&tory In Itself
does not attract the attention it once
lid: But the true orator Is still a factor
in our American life and will continue
to be. NJ
There are lrien for all occasions. indeed,
there be philosophers who hold that the
occasion makes tho man rather than mar
tile occasion. Webster, Henry, Otis and
all the rest Of the old-time orators were
powerful in their day, and measured up
to the occasion. But would they DO quite
in place In this day OF modern progress?
Are not the orators OF thly generation
better suited to the conditions Of this
age2 The style of orstory lns changed
to suit changed conditions. but there are
giants In these days, not to speak OF the
great army Of good takers We are a
practical people, but sentiment still ex-
lists in the human breast: and SO long as
sentiment lives, there will be speakers
to sound Its stops and wake the music
OF the soul. That is oratory.
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SUNDAY, APRIL %. 1905.
The Cost Of Uncleanliness.

snaak,nr of the cost Of Keeping the
rtreets swept and watered, we ask, on
Tie other hand, what is the cost OF i ~
and dust? Suppose we had no s''oet7
cleaning force whatsoever; suppose W.
had no drainage and suppose we 'ooA
M action In removing the accunuia-
/ lions of filth, what would be the cost
of that sort of a policy to the ci!S u
Richmond? How long could the cl.v
exist In such condition? How long
would people remain here, and and those nose
who did remain, how long could they
live?
Nov. in all seriousness, Il It be necest-
sary, as all admit, partially TO clean
x the city, why is 1t not at least se nsl-
bic to clean 1t thoroughly and abate
The dust nuisance? 1t all depends on
the point of view. There are large
cities in the world to-day which have ave
q no drainage, and which take no steps TO
remove the accommodations Of filth. The
inhabitants have become accustomed to
I that system because they have known
mo other and they manage some way
Ito survive it. We Of Richmond think
that too horrible to contemplate We
do not understand how rcople can live
in such surroundings. We say 1t Is
\ savage and brutal, and soft Is. But
would not the Inhabitants Of "spotless
Town" be almost as much disguised with
Richmond as we are with Savage
Town? It all depends. we repeat, upon
the point of view. If people become ac-
custoned to filth they Will endure 1t;
If they become accustomed to cleanli-
ness and tidincss they will demand that
their city be clean and tidy.
y But to como back to the question OF
i cost Our drainage system Is very ex-
pensive, but would any sane man think
5sot bandoning It because Of tho cost?
The STRENGTHENING force is expensive,
but would any sane. man think OF re-
firing 1t because II is expensive? All
that we ask Is that something more
Il be added to the cost OF cleanliness. so
u as to make complete work and we hold
that money expended In that direction
would be money well Invested and
would be an economical expenditure. TO
say nothing of the matter Of health and
comfort. we tahl II, could be easily
esta blished that the damage by dust
to residences and furnishings within and
especially to goods in the stores, amounts
each year to far more than the cost Of
springling the streets daily. If that be
not truo We hope some housekeeper or
some merchant In Richmond Will rise
4
wish to oyerestimate the case. But we
believe that 1t is true and unless the
statement is contradlcted 1t must stand.
II pays 10 make the city clean and
comfortable and beautiful. Such policy
pays city as we'll as 1t pays a pleasure
resort.
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Orators and OratorY,

The Winston Sentinel reppduccs an arr
ticle from The pmes-p Dispatch on mod
ern oratory md adds:
This Is quite true. The day OF orator,
is not vs. any means. as such state,
mepts as lie above 30 10 prove, II Is
true that oraipry Of "A certain KIM does
not hold the place 1t once held, hut lruu
oratorS tic kind that s.ays audiences
by logical arguments az well rs ny clo-
gucnt words IL as much n mower us 4,
ever Was Tho man who can hold tho
attention OF n vest audience for an ionr
0r two hours has pDwer 81 an pnco,i,,
mon variety and the fact That men anu
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High License.

The montgomery Advertiser points out
that ule city OF Cmporia, Kansas, is an
example OF the difficulty OF enforcing SUCH
q thing as partial or special prohibitions;
that is a prohibitory law with exceptions
in it. Kansas has prohibition law which
provides that any person applying Tor
alcoholic liquor for medicinal, mechanical
or sacramcntal purposes must sign a book,
stating the date and amount Of the pur-
chase and the object for which 1t Is re-
CURED. and the Advertiser says that dur
Ing the single month Of March one drug
gist received and filled eleven hundred
such applications, and 1t is at least pre-
sumablc that I'll other druggists did a
thriving business in the same line.
That is one Of the most interesting
phases OF prohibition. Such Thing as
absolute prohibition Is Impossible because
III Is admitted that alcoholic liquors al,
necessary for some purposes. and wheI
The manufacture and sale OF such liauor:
are permiuei for one purpose 1t IS yer,
difficult TO prevent them from being use,
for other purposes 4 is impracticable /,
permit the manufacture and sale OF ALEC
holic LIQUORS as necessity and proven
them from being used as a beverage i
some Towns where prohibition prevail
;ile sale OF LIQUOR for all purposes Is pro
4 iilbited. But this does moi prevent cit
zGns fran buying lauor elsewhere an
haYing II shipped 10 their homes. II
were not. that persons living IN IA tow
under such law could not set liqnl
elsewhere it is manifest that the ia
would have IN soine degree 10 be reeuss'
In connection with this subject ii
Courier soi opelousaB, la. says that N
( high license plan has operated adn,i.apl
inNthat iown Five Or ajN years as
the Town Council raised the liquor liceAS
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The Taste Hope

(Selected for THE Times-Dis patch,)
GAS We have borne the Image OF tho
earthly, we shalt also bear tho Image Of
the heavenly, I'll Cor, xv:4s y
To-day all hearts anu minds are turned
to Easter ana lts8 hope. Tile season a Of
Easter is the most joyful OF all the year.
ana the most helpful. for It gives us
strength ana comfort to live like men,
and strength to die like men. when our
time shall come. lit 4, 4. 81 fl
Solomon, In spite Of all his wisdom
had not heard the good news OF Easter
day, and SO no wrote: THAT which be-
fullcth tho sons otSman, befalloth beasts;
as the one dIcth, so dleth. tho other;
yea, they have al one breath; so that
a man has no pre-eminence oyer q beast
4. .All go To one place: all are the
dust, and all turn to dust again.
So said poor, sad Solomon, and 50
think many now who arc called wise
and even philosophers, bechuse they alas
for them! will not believe the good news
which Easter brings. y til H ii *.
What is the message Of Easter day?
Easter tells rs man has pro-ominence
over I; least; man lis redeemed by Christ,
who rose on Enster,5day, And, further
wherever tho spirit of the beast goes
wherever the spirit Of the brutal ana
wicked man may 80, the spirit q tho
true Christian goes upward o4chrlst,
who bought it With His precious blood.
Prom Faster, Ne know, the body may
turn to the dust iron, which IT was taken,
but the spirit lives forever before God,
who shall give Z \ another body ms y
shall please Him. Us lie giyefs e every
seed its own body. g
And therefore. Iaster tells US there y
something better for " man 70 do than 70
cal and drink aud enjoy hilnselfisallaNd TINT Y
something is 10 labor after the fruits %
the spirlt-loyc. JOY, Bpeace, long suffering,
sentleness, goodness. faith, 'p p'' ~ o''
temperance. 8 5
These the life of the body does 8 not give
us, ana these the deaia % the l'' "
cannot take away from US They are
i &
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the Bocr war. Britishers will feel do
cidedly sore IL It comes to light that
French neutrality has bcen violated. This
kind Of war would scarcely De wildly
popular In England.
E=-=E=--..s-t-E=-i N
a,&If all Europe gets drawn into that
*Russan-Jnp rumpus, which Is not likely
the late dispatches to the contrary not
withstanding, this country would do a
big business In forwarding supplies on
the sly and otherwise. s
s-a-@-==.s-ss-..--.i-----.-.e.
The Equitable agents rather more thnn
hint that they would DO glad to dispense
with their Hyde: but the young American,
6monaleur and .nnancer nssures them that
they must DO mistaken. i.
9ttE5 s-..-.---=----..--..-....-.---z-= {s53 &Eg
II grand jlrles don't Quit indictIng the
teef trust, We will have to quit eating
beef in this part OF the country. Each
Indictment Is followed by an increase II,
tho price OF frcsll meat. III
df.5 4---Es-=ss- ~ -s-... :. ass
Young Mr.. Hyde says that when the
real facts are known, people will DO
sorry they inisjudged him so, Just for
fun, why not tell tho people the renl
facts t1ow2 X itg e
sl., talti f=s..-.-=----...-a-=-= bay .a{
Z April has now reached the point where
Tom Lawson throws Ills monthly At OF
ngonized JOY. The Equitable squabble is
supposed to DO Just nuts to Tom. q
fss Ss s-=-==-=s-.-.-=:=
In the stress OF other and more newsy.
news, 1t Is scarcely noticed that two
more Mrs. IIochs have just been UNI
eartted. Fl .s7S q I'll. s AZ
* Tho Chinese junk sailors have lost their
cunning. They can't tell q thing as to
the whereabouts OF the opposing fleets.
st=S.---s.---.----.--=--=s5 5s,l Sa,#s G9s
S Mr.. Roosevelt's bears arc not being
shipped to tho Washington restaurants.
But this is not the season for bear meat.
;==--==---::-----------.===--F g53.5 & ,2$
rs One old-tine Virginia fashion has never
changed Easter Monday Is still groat
fishing day IN this Commonwealth.
NO @ps ---==----=-E sSi5
4 Tho present cam paign In Virginia con-
tinues to keep pace with the weather IN.
the matter OF warming up:1
55s5 s $li =-G-=--=--= III
Tho Russians fight according to rules
Tho Japs go in all sorts OF w.,ys-any
old way to win out.
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RHYMES Z 4 !; TO-DAY

Easter. [,
Now spring stirs tho hopes in US, b
New knowledge cones y n us, 8 KS
Lights the wide scopes IN JUS Il 81 a8
y Past MI despair, *
Now we prapure to BIO x
gAll thar we care TO be, u rs ~ q. ~
How can we bear to be f ss
b Less than Ne dare2 M
Long stood the trees dead about, Hi IA
Small hope they spread about ss3s.f9
iI.enyas that they shed about a
Il Symbols of death; 3
"a II dead nature giying 81 h ss
No promise Of living, II.
TO Ilft our mlsg!vlng ,s
Il u And quicken our breath. \, " ,sl'3t.
Earth lay all dead to us ~ 33s8
Faith that was fed to us n
9Iraltered and sud to us: e Il
X E"I3ofn but to dic," ii, Il
Game the quick spring, to US, III. 81.
Truth to bring to us; 5t II Il
So may she sing TO us III
\ Courage to try. VI, Is,
Fears, be I've gone again 1T
SO lie goes on again, B
All Ia reborn again. I,
Flowers and trees. 5is
Lord God thus awakening US, W 4.
Pledged 'sainst forsaking us,
Be nov Iemaklng w y; Yg * ST. .85. S.i
y Even as these. y. B. 5st
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They are promising youths and they Nre
friends. The jew IL the son OF a rich
widow md has d beautiful sister. One
day, as the Roman Governor Is passing
ny, Beh Hur accidentally knocks q tile
from, tho roof. The tile strikes The
head OF the Governor and seriously in
juren him. Tho Governors attendants
are outraged They seize the young
man, rush him to prison, and without
the benefit OF trial. he Is convicted OF
conspiracy and condemned to tha gall
leys. His mother and sister are sent to
prison and the family property 10 con-
flscated Messale, VITO should have saved
him and his family, proves false and
their doom Is sealed. In vain does Ben
Itr plead with him for his mother and
sister. rho proud 1sott1an turns heart
lessly away. &
y I'm the hour OF thy vengeance, Q Lord, j"
says Ben li,r ''be mine the hand TO
put 1t upon hin1!' M
We next; find Ben Hur dragging out
his weary existence on shipboard as q
galley slave. But In the course OF time.
by reason or his handsome appearance
he attracts the attention OF Arrlus, the
Tribune, and is permitted to tell his
story On tho voyage there 10 a fight
with pirates and Ben Hur saves the
life OF the Tribune. The Tribune not
only, gives rim his liberty, but adopts
him as his son and makes him rich.
Ben Hur then sets out to find his mother
and sister, but for years his search Is
vain. IN the meantime he meets Messiah
at Antioch and IN the circus at that
place occurs the famous chariot race
between these two men. once friends.
now relntlss foes. Ben Hur wins
the race and Messiah receives injuries
which make him cripple for life.
After eight long years the mother and
sister OF Ben lIur arc found in prison
and when liberated, to their horror they
find that they arc lepers. They wander
around as outcasts crying, "Uncleanl
unclean!"" ana although they discover
that the son. and brother Is living, be-
cause o. their terrible disease they do
not mako themselves known to him.
Finally the Son Of Mar, Is introduced
IL the story and the triunphal Journey
from tBetnany 10 Jerusalem oescrloeu.
Ben Hur's mother and sister sit by the
wayside watching for the procession,
and when The Na7arene' draws near
they cry unto him and beg him to make
them clean. "A miracle Is performed.
They are cleansed of their leprosy and
finally there is a joyful reunion be-
tween mother dnd daughter and son.
The story concludes with a graphic
descriptionsof tthe cruclfIxon. It is al
together a brilliant work. a story OF In
tense interest told in beautiful lan-
guase. rich in@description. andsintensely
dramatic, yet told in such reverence as
to have no taint OF sacrllege or BIAS
2Rhemy. ..S;:s
81 The story has been dratnatized and
will be presented at the Academy OF
Music in Richmond this week. It is
most appropriate that the presentation
should be at the Easter season and the
impressive Lesson it is designed to teach
will not beslost. Lew Wallace wrought
wiser than he knew.
as---4AS...s-----.--.=:--
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\ Making a total Of sl3. a6
Lot mo now rcvlew the arguments OF


ri Lot me now review the arguments OF {
coIonel osses II G!sil War, give g
OF this numb 6U7, 2S5 were IN the confed-$
crate army {of whom y. 90 came from tne s
border stntes) and 81. oo9 IN the United
niles. leaving ss7,lM for other, duties, such
4 s Confederate and State government. oiil-
cnls. railroad. ordnance and mnnufac-
n r irvniids, sKuikcrs. &c osce re-
port Provost Marshal General Fry. pa ll''' \
adatIan 'hs s t ss' has e. essn
sulatlon In tho Southern States soon lei 4
Into the hands Of the Federal army ana I
the circle gradually contracted until. l Inc
ton act was never enforced in half OF
tho territory Of tho Confcderates States
and that few volunteers ached the army.
says tho act was almost unenforced save
In Virginia, North and South Carolina,
ana one third Of Virginia was without our 4
slincs. III
Colonel LiyerInore. II MS paper, says ;,y
der discussion Is the record OF the =, census 4
9 sha ana sfSs Sffs and
SAILORS s.E x at e XII II 81
TO say tho least. this statement y not J
from the number OF United States soldiers
5000 negroes and 3,27s negroes added to
the Confederate numbers when .lt ts
kn9wn that teae
Confederate. {ssas,t III i
Then. TOO At the very time I, the g w
pspaEtaias s1 unoa .oId asaapk yns
s6o.7os more than Colonel =. gives:
From a report Of the !; RECORD and Pen
4 sion Division OF the War Department
4 1896 I extract the following NJ.
N{.It requires but brief examination OF
tho census fgurcs 10 show that they fail
far short Of reprseIs,enting the total num- nv
1890. and they cannot be relied upon az
tho basis Of any calculation for the fu-s
The legal ma KIM False In one. thing
false In everything may we'll be applied
TO this conclusive evidence" But In the
south It has always been a disgrace. TO
( not serve In the Confederate army. There.
fore every WI 80 NJ driver, clerk. cook or (
skllkor affirms that he served In the
army, when In truth they mover saw q Z
\ day az service. q st y 5ss 5
sentiments sn,y e 1ners
following and II they DO not convince (
General early. Southern Historical so-@
sss; T S.s IL page oolone Wal val
i IF Henderson f. Lie e ot Jackson e ssp
this Abatement on facts nd figures given
by men whose business II was to know
them, and who had no object in mls-stat-
Ing them, and who stand on the pages OF
history as the peers OF any men who ever
lived. XIX S XXI 8t
What Is there to contradict them? Only
tho sophistical q arguments founded on \
what might have been. Mr.. Lincoln Is Y
reported to have once said IN reply to-
an Inquiry tina the Confederates, he was /
convinced, had three million men in tho
Held and upon astonlshment being ex-
iiianders reported that they we're opposed
by three times their numbers. and. said Z
Mr. Lincoln,I know the numberSof Their :
during the war and have mover recovered
~ W, y " q. ii. LEE i!
Fl asl,inrton ID g. Sf 5fi S3f "A, 52A
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A Worthy Work.

Absence Of home training. lack Of
schooling in good manners. rough and
often debasing associations, are primo
factors in the negro problem Of to-day.
ON all sides one hears the question:
why is the younger generation Of ne
groes so Inferior in department, civiltyl
and character to their parents or grand
parents OF plantation days?" And from
those who are Informed the answer Is
invariably the same: because the pres
ent generation arc not taught good man.
ners when they are young a
When the conditions and K the causes
have both been thoroughly ascertained, a
long step towards betterment has been
made. and in this particular instance
we note with profound satisfaction that
an effort is being made to supply the
young negroes with just the training
needed. TOO often the colored mothers
have to be- to work leaving the children
locked up IN a room to fight and run
wild all day and the catalogue Of acci.
dents resulting from such conditions Is
frightful But the worst is not IN the
children, who are underfed or MANNED
or burnt BY far the greatest harm Is
done to those who, at that impression.
cable age, learn habits Of disobediencc
and wllfulness which are frequently never
afterwards controlled.
II these children, instead Of living as
little Wild animals, could be trained in
habits OF cleanliness, courtesy and and
obedience, an lncalculable benefit
would be conferred not only on
that race alone, but also upon the
white community. Such training and
teaching can be given by colo pred ,l day
nursery, where working mothers can
leave their children under the care OF q
competent and respectable woman, who,
having learned the value Of good man
ners, is in n position to teach that al
important lesson TO others. This plan
lis entirely feasible. and promises great
and lasting good to q people sadly aa' IN
(. need, for 1t is far better to form tnah
to reform, and a child we'll taught is
worth moro in money or any other meas
ure Of value than an organized force Ior
preventing crime or reforming criminals rl il''s
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Ben Hu,.rr,.,.

- g
We have heard the story, but have
never been able to verify II. that Cen
$eral Law Wallace wrote his famous 8 book 9,
Bon FIur, in the spirit OF atonement;
fiat at ono period OF his life he was
sskeptlcal and in after life when he Pc
came believer he determined to write
a story that would emphasize and Inn
press the divinity OF Jesus Christ,
Whether or not that be true. Ben
IIur la a beautiful and impressive story
and 1t has privcn to be an important
factor IN spreading the Christian re-
ligion. Ben Hur was not written at
ahaphuzard. General Wallace had pre-
4 "a red himself for the work by spend-
Ing much time In the East studying the
the Orientals and their customs. He
went thoroughly over the ground and
the descriptions which he gives Of Je-
rusalem and Antioch, the Grove OF
Daphne the circus at Antioch and others
are the descriptions OF a man who knew
his subject.
The story opens with solitary char
acter on tho desert, who rides n camel
and who Is finally Joined by two other
men, the three meeting by design and
yet not by design Each speaks a DIFF
fcrcnt language, yet eacn understand
ing perfectly what was said, "thclr souls
thrill with divine elnotion;' for by the
miracle thcy recognize the divine pros..
encct they were the Three Wise
Men" OF the East looking for the "Rabe
OF Bethlehem" having seen his star
They find the 1,abc and pay homage IN
rich gifts ana words Of alteration,
We are next introduced TO two attrac-
tive youna men, the one Roman,
Messiah, and the other II Jew, Ben Hur
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IN North Carolina women llayo demon.
strnted that they are .'deader' shots
than the men by recently winning tho
pistol championship Of that State. It -
feared that this Will have a dampenlng
effect on matrimonial activity among the
Tar Heels.
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] Danrville Newspapers and the
III Governor. FL

35 Governor.
In our report q the meeting at Dan.
vile on Friday night. t was stated that
The local newspaper had declined to
publish any notice OF the meeting. and
/ had forced the Montague people. TO In.
sert an advertisement OF four lines, which
was all the local notice the meeting
had
Investigation shows that our CORE
spondent was mtsinforrned. The Register
IN its Issue Of Eriday. had a we'll dis
played report OF the meeting Of the Odd
Fellows which was addressed BY Cow
ernor Montague. concluding with the fol-
lowing notice Of the political meeting to
follow: 81
'.The Governor Will deliver a public ad-
dress Tonight at the iAcad envy Of Music
An the interest Of his candidacy for the
United States Senate. He is q polished
I and attractive speaker, and no doubt Il
large crowd will avail Of the opportunity
to hear him again. Regardless of2persbn-
al preferences or factional differences,
every man who Enah should go out to
hear him to-night'a :ss5 "a & I, b 5Ni{
The Bee, the evening dltion Of \ The
Register. reported tho Same announce
mcnt in it's issue Of Frlday. We
make this statement n. g matter Il i
fairness to rho Register. q newspaper
which we highly esteem, +. 4 ISL 4
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!. Tho Russians fight according to rules
Tho Japs go in all sorts OF ways-any
old way to win out. S5
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Editor OF Tho Times-D Dispatch:
to say a few words in reply to Colonel
r. u. Liverriore. In the Massa o,a "
Historical Society, December,iN A. an. ana