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Toyokuni Well Represented.

Toyokuni, In whose work the technicaIities
OF color printing are believed to be most
skillfully handled, is also well represented
His Woman Carrying Pail Filled With
Flowers is exceedingly decorative and his
Women Drawing Water at a Welr' pecu-
liarly attractive.
1t has been repeatedly said that the Japa-
nese had no knowledge of perspective and It
Is true that some of their early attempts to
construe Its laws led them far af1eld but
that they comprehended and applied 1t in
tuitiveIy Is frequently demonstrated Curl
ously enough while the prints of Japan
were being taken to Europe by the Dutch
colonists, destined to exercise a potent In
luence over the future art Of the west, the
work of the lowland engravers was being
brought to the notice of the japanese
liar result. 1t was western print we are
told which first turned Hiroshige's atten-
ton to landscapes Thus a debt was paid
even before 1t was contracted. Quaint and
unnatural enough.his pictures will probably
strike the observer, and yet at the same
time they must prove impressive Their
graphic qualities. their marvellous simplicity
and finally their subtlety must in the end
find definite appeal. He was specially IA
nous for his pictures of snow and rain, for
his Interpretation of mist and vapor, and
of these themes several examples are given.
He used very few and fat tints, and his
compositions always lead the eye instinct
lively to the center Of his picture. During
his day the Japanese developed q passion
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There is no phase of art mere popular or
less commonly understood than the block
prints of old Japan. Within the last ten
years they have been 80 widely sought by
collectors and so keenly appreciated by
connoisseurs that they have become almost
a fetish to the uninitiated, and are &C
credited with virtues to which they lay no
claim Hence they are frequently as ig-
norantly admired as foolishly disregarded,
The color-prints OF Japan correspondent to
the colored supplements OF cur modern
newspapers, to the current posters, and
more artistic Christmas cards. They were
the picture language of the common peo-
pie, and took the place of the symboiical
paintings which to those in higher ranks
made esthetic appeal. They were done by
artists who hunlbly termed themselves
artisans, and who held lowly positions in
the social scale. But they are sincerely
worthy, and they have exerted wide In
fiuence upon the art OF the west. The
fundamental principles which they set forth
are the a, b, c's of art, and in color har.
mony, decorative effect and pictorial COM
position they attain almost the greatest
height.
Simplicity Of Expression.
Their method of production enforced SIM
plicity of expression. The artist drew with
a brush. in the fewest possible lines. his
picture on paper and passed 1t over to an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12

Scattered over the Old Dominion there
ar, several trees which mark still the
snots ,lpon which occurred events. the
effect Of which have perhaps turned the
current Of our countrys history, OF W1ii =,
commemorate such events long gone py'
lit Is our purpose to notesa few OF t',e e.
There is an oak standing alone ~ ' '.'.s
that it's branches form atpertectiy Iu .,u.a
cylinder on the side Of the old ituT 1lp'ke
leading from Orange Courthouse 70
Eredericksburg, ana on the verge OF the 3
celebrated .'yVil ern ess,
x IL 53is so near that Its branches ana
{ leaves shuddered and trembled py ths
roar OF artillery and thet rattle and holse
4 Of the musketry OF the battles aought III
that vicinity at two separate campo gns,
4 II an interview had not taken place
under the shade Of that oak IN the year
1TS7 It Is moro than probable that ina
Constitution Of the United States would
not nave been ratified, Tho terms OF the
institution required that the assem- q
nine OF the thirteen States should pe
necessary for Its adoption, After q severe
contest eight States had ratified It's con-
text, Sentiment was SO nearly equaAy y. W
8yidcd that the adoption In the New YORK
Convention was carried bysonly three ma
5jorIty. New Hampshire, tho ninth sta1e,
whose action when the convention met
would have settled the question, adjourned
without action to a distant day to see
what would be the action OF the con
yention OF Virginia. then the most m
Sfluential OF all the States and the
slargest In territory, wealth and popu "a :
stion, At the election Of delegates g ne
convention Patrick Henry IN the zenlth OF
his popularity opposed the adoptiion-by
nm estlmatelof the popular vote it was
decidedly against the adoption. l5 &
by the arbitrary basis Of representa- n g
ton, in which the smallest county was
equally represftnted with the largest, es-
peclally whom the small Eastern counties
where Tho intelligence, wealth and u.
$fluence wire still In tho possession OF
those English horn landholders and their
sons, whosa lands had not parted prom
them by the abolition, OF entails, favored
IA strong government md the large ana
.populous counties were opposed TO II, the
small majority OF eight was secured to u,
AT tier Governor Edmund Randolph, then
I thu Governor who had retired from the
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It's own littic piece 1T lard, which was
worked by tho women. 1'hey planted,
corn, pumpkins, Waterttielons, sweet po-
statoes. and whatever other vegetables
ithoy couid get tho seed of from tho
whites. .rhey dug Up the ground With
iron hoes made by the Indians therrl-
solves from the native ores, treated u,
little smelling arrangements Of tlieir . VII
devlsing. I don't remember what these
affairs were called IN the Greek Ian
guage. but the whites called then,
'blootncrs. They used to get a pretty
rood degree 81 heat Il, the 'bloomcrs,'
the blast being produced by q Gather =.
bag made on the same principle ns the i
white MANS bellows. though OF QUITE III. !.
different construction. They had the art I! 81
tanning very we'll hand and their ,leatfl-
ct. was soft, flexible and durable III, s5$
Il Ladiga and P olecat Town. u
f,.1,here were Two Greek vii agcs near
US, Ladiga annd Tolecnt Town. don't
remember tho indian name for the latter tier
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SENATOR MORGAN All HIS WASHINGTON HOME.

( but 1t was called after the chief, whose
Indian name m eant The y Polecat The
whites never used 1t in speaking OF him,
for 1t was not easy to tpronoun &c. Ii.
" 4" He was a sour sort OF chap and his his
Indians were inferior to those Of Ladlga.
The people OF the two villages didn't l!l1h.
&mix much It was generally tlnderst TODD
that the Polecat Indians were were ! not q OF
original Creek stock, q blu q OF IA different
tribe n1togethor w hich had been absorb
ed by the Creeks when they conc uered
the country on their great march from
the West. a ii sti!af. u ..
n .'The Crooks, you know. came originally
from what is now known as Arizona an g
were pro badly Of Toltecg orig GIN From Fl OF
Arizona they moved eastward e rosslng
the mississippi and then v ady cling. to
the Atlantic coast, which { they reached
Mt q point somewhere between Charles
ton and Savanna h. They CONQUERED every
tribe they found in & the territory over
which they marched. but they treated
| tha ,vanquIahed in s,fch way that Y the
latter were glad to become sub Ject tribes.
much ass the nations conquer red by old
Rome came willingly under the domi MIN
ton OF the empire after being conquered t.e
1.-THE Creeks had no 4 one great ch NJ =.
like an emperor, ruling over them az.
\ hut somehow they managed the people
they oyercame with consummate ski,
contrtvIng not only to make them sub
seryient t, but 30 to anal them
| with the Sconquerers that they practical 70
~ became Greeks. spoke the Creek
tongue and lived much Ike the Creeks rec s.
II the Polecat Indians really were ae.
scended from one Of these con , ale'a
| tribes, they had been 50 completely so =
ouered that the very ma ma me me O thelr
| tribe had been forgotten. q. =.
"From the coast the conauering. Greeks : ! !,
doubled on their eastward track ana .n,.o
advanced a long distance on their. West s,
w, wn "a way. when the whites settle ! n :,
their cou ntry. Eventually they were sent
vest 1V t''t than their chosen land but still g
long way east Of Arizona: they =, ], gays 9 J,
their own names to the rivers, 'ht tbey
nassed eastward and returned west 'y'N
ward. and in many cases these sse names I,
! persist to this day, though the do !. 1
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HISTORIC TREES IN
THE OLD DOMINION

convention that formed the constitution
and was much opposed to It. changed MS
position, It is said. by the Inf uence Of
General washington and induc ed enough
G1nembers to change with him so that i
was carried by only eighty votes W.. ~
This change took u place while New.
hampshire convention was teml!portaarlly
adjourned. ana as soon as 9it was known
what the pivotal State would dc. While
the convention was discussing the amend
ment, the New Hampshire convention
assembled again and ratified the Con-
stitution, and although In order of time
sho was tho ninth State, yet Virginia,
really settled the whole question. But
tho departure Of Randolph was not. n
itself sufficient TO produce the result, as
tho constitution was opposed IN tn con-
venton by Henry, Grayson and the most
trusted leaders OF the people, 10 !, OPP
pose them 1t was necessary TO n. nave
against them the intellect and tho lnfilf.
ence OF Madison, He was IN point q
fact the author Of the Constitution IN the
convention that formed It, Els pecullar
talent empowered those who desired
government as strong ms limited mon
archy, with those who who pelleVea y
the full capacity OF the people. 20 goVsIn
themselves. and the supreme rlsh y q ''ls
States with tho aeotional difficulties OF
the Northern and Southern States ana
large states and small Il States lie
brought all these discordant elements %
agree upon the United States Cons1lt :
lion a series of compromises which ne,
with Hamilton. so lucldly and ably yin-
dioated In the Fedorallst, which was AZ
over the country tho eampglsn document
Of the canvass It was absolutely neo-
ns.arv that he should be IN the conven-
ton. Without him It doubtless would not
have have been adopted, An event which :, took
place under 'Madison'a o AZ Y y
AZ flrst he considered his election rs
certain, although he and his colleague,
Gordon opposed by na a tars,rn a s.
ha ssador. ana Moore, a relation Of Mfr.
Madspn's. lie was told, however, that
unless lhe secured ethe vote Of the lower
end Of Orange county he h., would be o., over 7,
Orange vas then thickly settled by small
land holders, who were led by their
preacher, known as Parson Leila ~,
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xl4
to become Experts All the young IN
dams seemed to he hunters naturally,
and us shrewd as foxes but they u n,
tdoubtedly received detailed instruction
[ tom the grown mon. Ss n, "a s,,s lB5,
,5"rhe indian boys we're fond OF. horseback
rlling ard very fond Of their ponies, They
rode we'll and hard. l don't remen1be
that they ever rode races though they
Sused to run foot races. ] don't reilotnber
ever seeing them box or wreste for o
fall, though they Used to scuffle together,
"a good deal for fun. 5s3 IA
"a fayorite way OF amusing themselves
on horseback was to ride at full speed.
past something Like d ireland stootfat
Some object, Ike a knot on the tree They
did this with great success. The little
dnppled ponies ridden BY the Creeks were
trim and neat, like deer The Creeks
rode bareback Hor on a skin With a sur
cingle arrangement. "a i9s I; IA gBS s3siii
"They never used n Bride, Just a head
stall. with one strap In place Of relns.
They guided their ponies simply BY pres-f
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12
Miserable Wages Of Women
asl Teachers, "A Z. \.

In comparing the pay OF Maine teachers
With tho wages Of cotton-mlll operatives
In the state, the committed found that
the balance in favor OF the former was
very Vel slight, For instance, the $40
women working in the cotton mills Of
Maine get an average weekly wage Of
$500, while the women school teachers
ret an average weekly wage Of $500
The men In the cotton mills OF Maine get
an average weekly wage Of ssol. While
tthe men teachers get s9,ls. Since It costs
person much moro to become propeIl
equipped for the teaching profession
than it does to become an efficient mill
worker, to say nothing Of the higher ex--
pense Of daily living for tho former. the
additional wage received by the teachers,
according TO this report Is far less than
ii should be, 1, !.
ten cbers IN Maine are worse Oft with ~
sheet Sheet to pay than they are y most ether
states Of the Union Leslle's Weekly,
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j f,is fr,f3
$3s:, I,,n taking my pen In hand to tell you
z ho,,t nv trip to Oyster Bay to see MIS-
to- p ooseyelt and find out fer myself sthe
u trna innards oy his determin 70 oult
No III "a nd exalted Job at the explraLshuh
A ovf his present con track. 4, I,
Yo,l5 see.s i felt sort oY aaualnteo VIZ
Mister Roosevelt. When MS tra'e n -, Il,
4 mad at Plainsville shook han V', WV
Y him. and he seq, see he'll nope = may
i $3.50, tha nlashure oY se1n you agenf some
day ,s Il n $50. = hont
III, q n he president sed ito me. fer dld
yea, Kind oy proud ov It. and the boys
* ttov art oy got to kiddin me about u.
u butt but dident mind 'em lea y stWise h ls
much. III !, !. !. Il u, ~ 3 " YORK
Il y. !. 90 'sao ,whot had becom oy the dividens
\ tbo teller sed would be a-conin 70 me
~ nam mimi stocks, Hank wheaton
IN IA SEE: G"I say, Ezra. why don't ye
gnsnn down to- oyster Bay and call on
YOUR friend. Mister Roosevelt z, Ell
RI. 81 course. Hank was only funnin., put !
~ "a ee sort oy3 stuck In my mind
di I make no doubt but that the Fresl-
dent would be reel glad to see me ageN,
and u kind oy thot that II cou!a ~ e,
there and have a soshable sort ~ -. ~, =
with him, the boys to home mlta uos ~
they'd been barktn up the rons uae = :, :
ali, mean when they was 1os'! 1ore al
an, talkin about my friend. the pfeS'r
dent, 80, ~, orr way
ith,nk Mister Roosevelt Is pritty neev wy
unnds ana sense that time his tEan an,
Stopped Al Plainsy!lle ID bin .hopins ,1 he'a
k. Keen, Rte on bein President fer awA''e'
n 4 moved, Of course. that when he first t
moved into the White House he vas tb' gu.s
uren. there wasent nothin there TO- shl at
a ahed when. II he'd bin older and lett =,
more used 70 the h = ,;sssn q asa p u
w I,enp . man .neens well folks kin squin!
their i eyes and pertend not to see 2 s,d Ee0e
M n,sss h Re ses s 'hs sds
nssirsStE Mss Ilernea not TO skeer at thu
earss Chats a Joke ov mine, meenln I. n !
rail- rairoads1, ana he's done some !, o ! e
tf ai what's turned out all rite that y
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had plenty and to spare ov bein P resi-
dent. IS y , I,
with somethin that loked almost & IKE a = 2
smile, Toy the buket that made TOO n l'l7fy
i trips to the sistern z" s.
Mabe them is not the axaot words ov
Mister Lobe but I gethered ne feered
Mister Roosevelt mite fall in or git g ~; ll1e
sentance if he made another trip.
1.-THE diclshun oY the President not 70
EXCEPT another nomlnas hun, : seq Mister
Lobe. us finalo and irrlvolsible. and all
T'sich talks greyes and frets him and makes
hin shed teers of bitter remorce that ne
ever give sloh a plege to ! ungr9tsfs,ul y
and unapreshatiye people. could n l
Bconcent that you should SO him and oy
EEyour Splee dings make his remorce all the
more bitter" ,sa5s
"But,'' seq I, "Nlister Roosevelt sed he
hoped he'd have the plnshure oy seem me
agen some day.. 3, i
.sYes. I. no, 7 no." SEE Mr., Lobe, n 9
voice nlent to be soothin, IT ne President
sees a good many people and It's always va y
a plashure, but he 8 Resin now
It doz sem to me q shame, tho, that
after Mister Roosevelt sed he hoepd he'd
have the plashure ov seein me agenj some
day, Mister Lobe should deny him that
5plashure.l
4f5 But I ain't a -crltlcisin Mister. Lobe mine
YOU. woodent think ov criticism q man
+ in his posishun, and II don't want you
ia take 1t that away.
lI Yr Obdt servt
Esll, IS M s. n & + s} EZRA GREEN RI
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Written bY the Late al
Vim P . PEI "a nyey,

Mr.. Madison knew that IL Leland was
opposed to him he would lose his cleo
ton, and he determined to have an in-5
lterview with him forthwith. He left
home after an early breakfast on horses
back and at IA o. clock he met Leland
on horseback coming up the ROAD. II n
~ Leland was q strong-minded but un-5
educated man. Religious almost to the
point Of fanatioism-of strong wlll--or
courage physically and morally. A six
foot soldierfunder Washington and Las 4
6fayette, and no had served the seven
years OF the Revolution and had q record
Of the English surrender at Yorktown
Flo had been Imprisoned in Culpeper jail !
for preaching the gospel by the friends OF 4
the Established Church, which. before
the Revolution, ruled the State.
Il He promptly told Mr.. Madison that
no would never submit to q strong gov-
ernmont again-that he had felt the ops I
preston In the endeavor to deprive him +
of his rights OF conscience and religion
that he had rlsked his life for seven
years to get from under the rule and 4
never intended to endanger IT again. Mr., Z
Madison. who had been known as OPS S
posed to the persecution Of the Dissent
ers, with that mild. clear. 1nsinuatng and I
piled to his objections one BY one, They
tired sitting on horseback. they tied them
to the swinging branohes OF the oak--they I
talked stand!ng-they3 then laid upon the
grass In the shade and when the sun
had set behind the blue line OF the South
West Mountain, Leland arose to his feet
and said. Mr., Madison. will vote for
YOU" Said Madison, You Will 2" Lee
land and his friends came UP and voted
aoldly for AIadisan, and lie was therefore
In the convention, where he did more for
Its adoption than all tho eloquence OF
Henry, the logic Of Grayson, the power
OF Mason, backed by what was known 8
to be the sentiment Of the majority Of
Virginia people. could do against u.
Another remarkable tree Ia Pope's Pine, Z
In the center Of Powhatan county. II 4
Is certainly upwards Of 100 yeaTs OLD, pl-
rectly after the Revolution, Colonel Pope.
a soldier In the Revolution. settled near
II ana trimmed II up for q liberty pole,
as 1t was then the custom on the Fourth
of July TO erect near tha house pols
surmol,nted With the cap Of libsrty. which
was on the reverse Of the coppsA csats
Of that day IA
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EZRA GREEN "a
OYSTER BAY.

intent ov talked IL he'd been reel safe
and sane and conservative, # b ssl
I'd red in the pa pers about how Mister
Roosevelt had sed he woodent let EN-
nonanate him agen fer President nnt
way down inside II had a sort oy sneektin
notion that II could OTTO him reel
friendly like and say; Mister President,
It's YOU the plane people want, and they!
amt sa-goin' to take no substitute labeled
list as good" Why mabe he'd take lt
kindly ov me and mite reconsider his
tron-boun and congratulated determina-
shun that he'd had plenty an0 TO spare l'
oY bein' Presid ent.. III
I remmbored how that teller over IN
Russia they call the Gear would ishue g
proklamashun one day, In which hed say
soInethin was ''our unalterable WILL anu
next day he d 90 square back On every
thing he'd sed and his will would pc {jlst
n !" tuna fora ble'' on the new thing and
| T dident no but mabe Mister Roosevelt
was constituted somethin like that Gear
feller. Ov course, no now mite as
well oy tried to snap a oak Win my
fingers or push mountin over, but vs.
folks in rooral places like Plainsyllle don't
often git chanst to size UP grateness
at close range and obsarve the WoFklnS
oY minds In whose keeplni are l s'se a. ues n,
| t!nies oy mankind. t& III
l n But TIM gittin further away from what
| / sot out to rito about that a bashful DO
gifts from his glrl when her mas IN the
parlor on Sunday mite, It's about my tFlp
to Oyster Bay I'm a-goin, TO tell you;l
\ Il sent Mister Roosevelt q letter the
idav before started, tellln him was
a-cSon,in'. Now i AIM mo fool, and dident
axpect Mister Roosevelt would be at the
stashun himself to meet me With g brass
band But did think mape he'd send e n
one oy his hired mon down with the
keeri(ge. red that was the way he
done When visitors was expected ,83 !.
. III own up was a mite dlsappolnted
when no one was there what \, seems g. %
thot it over I desided nlabe there'd bin
some ,nl leetle mlsunderstandln' about the
A 3trane i was expected on.
81 asked feller what seemed 70 pc l o. !,
around the stashun-a reel Mise lookln
f fane in clothes what must oy cost 2
Z pritty penny-the way to sasmora w,
where Mister Roosevelt lives When he's
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"A GROUP OF CREEK INDIANS.
(From Of the Ethnooey3

vi
you understand that God took your son !,
away for some good purpose us 3 s8s
" Observation-Disclosures grunted oht u something
o8indicate that he d idn' t eel much about
it. sia5
CIV ell, persisted the preachers you're
sorry ar on Il. you? Ri S5s
tsorry2 No /, was the reply, 81 si Me
damned rs mad Il Me no sorry 3 and the
minister had to give over his attempt at
consola ton .i5 Il
Observation-Disclosures home, "a ri continued the
Senator was worth seeing. He lived on
a little patch OF ground on "a beautiful
stream which rose In a spring no very
far away, and was as Gear MS al the
streams were then In a lab an1a. Il
Ibid the Indian children laugh. when
at play? # Well, yes YOU 4 mi gtt call i
laughing but / mover heard a h llaW! haW N
from any Indian, child or groWn-pp Il
,'Their5$idea OF something amusing
wasn't like the white man 81 The + ludi--5
5crous Or grotesque,i II not III the hum orous,
was the cause Of their lang liter. situa.8
lions Of extreme WkWnrdnes ar penled
TO them. AS I understand & It, their Ian Ian
$guage contains no words by which they
Knight express humorous Id eas. It 39Was as
not easily comprehended even II you 5 llt'!
knowledge Of q wide ocabulary. Thelrs
speech was full of intonations which l1lc,
We're often only half nderstood y or not
l8underst ood "a all by the whites
TSa9 "They used many tea expressive Of
anger, Il Joy, fear, hate and n her emo-
| tons which their white neighbors could
catch but imperfectly. They e tx pressed