The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-01

other outbreak or the NORTH righteous
spirit.
It is true that God In His infinite
bower and wisdom has made the wrath
OF mnr to serve Him and has turned
the evil acts Of man TO good account,
but because that Is so, It does not follow
that there was no evil, or that tho
evil was justfable. It smacks Of blatant
Phatisaism for the President Of the
United States at this late day to say
over and over ngaln II, ptiblic addresses:
'see this glorious republic, this land
OF libcrtyi Remember that this Union
was saved by patriots Of the North, and
let ,is all rejoice together that this was
war Of righteousness to the glory Of
God" If It was q righteous war from
tho North's point Of view, why wds 1t
necessary for the President to proclaim
1t at least three times within the past
several months7 Righteousness needs no
vindlcation. 1t speaks for itself.
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Tho announcement Is made that the
kindergarten Training School, of Wash
ington, which was started by Mrs. Phoebe
Hearst, is now closed, and cannot be re-
opened except through immediate firan-
cial assistance from public-spirited citt-
zcns 1t is to be hoped in the interest
Of kindergarten work that this school
will be continued. 1t has done noble
part for this system Of instruction, and
1t would be hurtful to the cause for 1t to
be abandoned. Kindergarten instruction
is 30 longer an experiment It has been
tested and found to be invaluable In tho
training Of children. It Is now incorpo-
Of the public school system, but III order
that the work may be successfully prose-
cuted 1t Is needful to have good training
schools for the graduation OF teachers
Our school In Richmond has rendered
valuable service in this direction, but
the money With which to carry 1t on has
been supplied up to this time in great
part BY Miss Fnirchild. Of New York
In the meantime the receipts for the
school have been accumulating, and there
is ground for hope that when Miss Fair
childs patronage shall have ceased the
SCHOOL Will be ESelf-SuStatnlnE.i Eltt'5sfH Al
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John NJ Melbourne died in Baltimore
a few days ago. at the advanced age Of
ninety-three. He was great tobacco
chewcr, as we'll MS d mighty coffee drink
err. 1t was asserted BY his, relatives that
Mr.. Melbourne hadachewed nearly q plug
of virginia tobacco every day since he
was about twenty years Old and that he
drank three largo cups Of very strong
coffee each day Of his life since he was
quite youth. The statistician Of one
Of the Baltimore papers figured out that
during his long life the old gentleman
swallowed something over 1000 quarts
Of coffee and masticated 26,2S0 plugs of
tobacco. Tho figures may be carried
farther. Virginia plugs ofzfthe tobacco
described are known us ''threes," that Is.
they run three to the pound. Therefore
this man consumed $500 pounds Of to-
bacco, or 43s boxes of the size usually
sent out from Virginia factories. A great
Virginia industry has lost good GUS
toner.
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Times have changed in the last decade
or two. and people and peoples views
of things have changed with them. Last
Tuesday night General Joseph Wheeler,
one Of the famous Confederate cavalry
leaders, made a Memorial Day address
at Bangor, Me- to large gathering OF
Northern veterans and Sons and Daugh-
ters OF Veterans. On his way to Bangor!
on Monday his train was delayed for
an hour at Portland, Mo. The people of
that city, learning that the General was
at the union depot, about five hundred
civilians and representatives Of military
organizations and veteran associations
turned out to greet him. General Wheeler
was given m ovation, land, as matter
of courset no had to make a speech.
Twenty years ago General Wheeler would
hardly have been In Maino, either by
Invitation or by choice. certainly not to
address Union veterans and to be sought
after and npplaudcd by them. We are
moving along.
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Russia mad ships ana guns enough, but
she did not nave the right KIND OF men
on the ships and behind tho guns twill
take her generation to grow tho right
stripe Of men. Russia is to be counted
off the list Of the naval powers that are
to be feared, to remain off for at least
third Of q century.
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Prophet Dowie loves to rnlse n dust,
even though 1t may be risky. lie now
proposes to supply his tIexcan colony
with water by tapping four extinct vol
canoes. a less brave man would DO very
cautious about stirring those things up.
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Togo is a slouchly dressed man. who
delights in old clothes, badly worn,
Naval experts. looking for new pointers
developed In the Strait OF Korea, might
p,oHa uota GP thja