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Ethic. Of Letter Publishing.

The right to publish the letters OF
deceased author has for generations
been exercised with great freedom. but
1T Is no longer to be allowed to pass
unquestioned In every instance. The
recent case involving Mr. Whistler's
correspondence attracted worldwide
attention. It will be remembered that
his executrix objected to the publica-
ton of his letters In the biography by
his friends, the Pencils. The court
Held that they could use the substance
of the letters, but could not print them
word for word or paraphrase them.
Now in Paris Nine. Hemon, the heir Of
Merimee. is claiming $1,000 damages
from M. Felix Chambon, librarian of
the Sorbonne, for publishing without
her. authorization some letters by the
famous author in the Victor Cousin Ii
lbrary Of that institution. Her counsel
argues that the person to whom a
confidential letter is addressed only
owns the autograph and can destroy
1t, but not publish 1T. 1t will be In
teresting. to SEQ how the case Is de-
admiration the act OF certain Ameri-
can man Of letters authorized as lite
rary executor to use his full discretion
in dealing with the papers of dis
tinguished friend. Patiently examining
the large quantity of manuscript left
to his care ana looking only to the
fame of the man he loved, he became
convinced that the bulk OF the material
was, from a strictly critical point Of
view, better left imprinted. Forthwith
lie cast 1t to the flames, disdaininE the
profit that he mi Eht have gained from
pull licatiOn.-New York Tribune.
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Annunl Day Of Ipsalpity..

on the last five independence days
more, than 100 persons were killed.
the army that Washington brought
through the terrible, winter at Valley
Forge, the army that created sIndepen-
,dence Day. We deliberately burn up
millions Of dollars worth Of explosives
for the sole purpose Of making noise
this does not include evening fire.
works. which are justified by their
beauty-and we burn up millions in
accidental fires
b Our glorious Fourth Is i. a day OF
anxiety and labor for5fire deepa,rtments,
igeons.5 nurses, property owners and
parents. And all for WHAT Not, sure.
iy,sato express spontaneous joy In the
fact that our country was born. and
not to honor the memory, OF the men
who made the nation. The men who
played on Cambridge Common before
marching to battle would Va, n, feel
honored by aceremonyW',h v nn =,
a workingman OF the hand by which
he supports himself.-You outfits Compan-
+.
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.lgs
Our Ex.Prcsideuts.

For the first time since the begin
ming OF Jefferson's administration
this country has no living ex-President.
Washington died in the third year Of
John Adamss administration, but
Adams lived through the administra-
ton of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe,
and died on the same day as Thomas
Jefferson. July64. 1926, in the adminls-
tration Of John Quincy Adams; The
were as a rule long lived. and the
Presidents between Jackson and Lln-
coin did no t serve moro than q single
term. so that1for a considerable period
there were three or four eX-Presidents
living in each presidency.
Lincoln began his administration
with five ex-Presidents living, viz,
Buchanan, Pierce, Fillmore, Tyler and
Van Buren.N Grant began with four
ex-Presidents. but in the last year OF
Hayes's administration there was but
General Grant. In Cleveland's first
year, Grant. Hayes and Arthur were the
living eXPresidents. During his second
term Benjamin Harrison was the only
ex- President, and since ] 901 AZ Cleveland
has held alone the honorary and hons
|orable position Of eX-Pras ident O f the
United States. III MS
With the presidency going into
younger and more vigorous hands, as
Is the present drift, ex-Presldents are
likely again to Increase In number. but
the relative rapldity of.their, death In
recent years suggests that the strain
has become severer tax on the3vital-
ity Of the incumb ent than ! t was In tile
earlier. years Of the republic.--Phil-
adelph!a Press. Us Y s5Is M { "A
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TANGIBLE AssErsIs 4 SMILE.
Everywhere; Too Valuable I

Valuable Eycryyvhcrc; Too Valuable to
Compute. II AZ
Statisticians accurately measure the
wealth Of the mines and OF the farms,
and even of the seas and the air--bM :
Ions upon billions,
But there are noefigures vast enough
to express the value to mankind Of so
small and simple a thing as a smile.
1t is u material world. We value
as riches only the material things we
give to all these outward things their
meaning. are or the heart.
II would be very interesting and
highly instructive if8one could compute
the value Of the part which the smile
has played in the part OF humanity.
But, like the ray of sunshine that
comes from the boundless heart OF uni
versal love. 1t Is free-it costs nothing
and 80 cannot be relatively valued.
And, like the sunshine again, 1t
gilds with glory all it falls upon.
and so is limitless In value.
& In every department. of the CONNER
cial and social .world-evcrywher
Is geniality that pays the biggest re-
turn for the least expenditure.
The smile Is no less necessity In
the maintenance Of the social and do
nestle harmonies. There Is no place
In society for The dlsagreenble man. Be-
cause OF his connections he may be
tolerated with some respect. but none
seek him, and he knows not the COM
radeship that sweetens life.
So, too. in the home life 1t is tho
smile that makes things run evenly.
The wife who greets her husband with
smile when he returns in the eve
ming and who has q smile for him when
he starts out in the morning Is filling
the home. however humble. with great
er riches than gold can buy. And the
little ones that are raised on smiles
and good cheer have good heritage
Journal.
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i Chewing on San,nlcs

!, There Is q great chewing match on
about to let a contract FOR y 10000
prul1,1s. q the "weed," as the Juicy
themselves. it was considered only fair
mat they make their selection from
the scores OF brands offered. After
many solemn conferences 1t8 was de-
e g. !, that no meagre test would suf-
flee. No champton' chewer would vouch-
safe Judgment upon one auid. After
g DAYS chewing e,would begin toe get
a line on the flavor OF a particular
brand b. therefore this jury, which, be-
5blissful "chaw'' ahead. Each chewer
sits on little stool that, IS banked
all about with samples of the COM
petitive brands and blends. Fine cut,
loose cut, plug cut, twist, North Caro-
lima rope and Connecttcut slab are
among the first competitive brands,
Thirty minutes is devoted 38s to each
quid; thirty silent minutes Of cogitn-
upon{ the Judgment .of the
jury. selected. and after ten days 3$of
solid chewing the verdi Il ~ III be rem
dered,-p! sburg y lspat ci4 3 ts AZ
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nEpuBL1cAN GOLD BRICKS
Renewed Effort to BefOol the Confiding
(Ounf ryrn0Nt t4t42

a 81. E
solicitude for the American farmer
Is dominant note in one OF the Chic
ago convention platform planks. The
Republican party claims credit for the
free rural mail delivery for the benefit
'of farming communities. IT is mat
ter of record that the first suggestion
for the establishment of free rural
mail delivery system was proposed by
Ia Democratic Congressman and ruled
out of order by Republican Speaker
OF the House Other similar amend
ments to the post-office appropriation
bin OF 1892. offered by Democrats. met
the same fate.
Credit Is also claimed for national
irrigation by the Republicans But ma
.tional irrigation is IA Democratic policy.
framed by Democratic Representative.
carried by Democratic votes over the
opposition OF the great Republican
leaders in Congress. When Republic
can President advocated such leg
IislatiOn In his message and affixed his
to the bill after its passage.
he merely Endorsed q Democratic meas
|ure which his party leaders had vain
ly endeavored to defeat.
So far as the American farmer Is
the Republican party has
time and again expressed its sympathy
for him by refusing to remove the
tax of 20 per cent upon every agricul-
tural implement. No promise made to
the farmers OF this country by the
Republican party has ever been full
Times.
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4 Careful Spcnder.

Uncle Sam is spending $50 900 this
year to stimulate enlistments IN the
navy. The sum being too large to be
wasted, he began by. asking an adver
Using agency--Street s. Flnley--toS as
certain for him what advertising mes.
liums were capable OF producing The
best results in the quest for recruits.
The agents catechtzed $4,000 recently
enlisted men aa to which OF ten
classes OF mediums previously used by
the government had induced them to
Join the navy 70 inquiry was search-
Ing and eXhaustive. The Gpreponder-
in one dlrection--t oward the "Help
Wanted" columns OF the daily ews-
papers THO ontcome Of the inyestiga-
ton is that this year 320,00a more will
be appropriated Ito the classi led col,
Eumns OF the newspapers than last
year Gould a high er tribute he 8paid
jtoa$the pulling power Of tho little
5uWauts. Ad n .29--~ lug tau .Ady artls er-,
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THURSDAY. July .. 1905.
CONSERVATIVE yInCINI,.

Because Virginia, for causes which II
is here needless to specify. will GER
n tainly give Its vote for The candidate
III of the Democratic party In November
a SIS no reason why the State should be
lie neglected quantity al the Denver
convention.
u A reader Of the State newspapers or
lfne familiar With the views of the
4 people OF this State knows that we are
still conservative; that we believe the
remedies for existing abuses in social
a and industrial conditions can be found
without extending the sphere of gov
ernment or abridging the established
authority of any department OF that
government. The Roanoke convention
;ciearly and cmplatically declared what
/ IL desired the Democratic party should
+ do. 1t is not necessary, therefore. be-
cause the Virginia delegation is In
Etruoted to vote for Mr.. Bryan that It.
Should give its adherence to whatever
radical or new concept he may bring
4 forward.
If any proposed plank in the plat
Y form does not meet with the approval
OF the Virginia delegates, their proper
part is to oppose it to the utmost. Not
only would such a course be right. but
tt8would be highly eNpedient. BY de-
551ermincd action of this kind Virginia
Gan become force In national poll
tics; force that even If not yielded to,
will yet be respected and must have
3ftts influence. 1t has not in times past
been the lot, nor is 1t now the WISH Of
+ the people of the State to see its rep
resentatives in the character Of passive
lambs made to pasture and led forth to
Eambol on whatever fields shepherd
may select.
Is There arc men among the delegates
of sufficient individuality. of sufficient
personal force, to give unequivocal ex-
their constituents. And these consttu-
ants have the independence to resent
any attempt of Mr.. Gompers to dictate
to the Democratic party. They have
likewise a belief in the. soundncss- of
what they know as Democratic doc
strine not to want the freakish novel
lies in government that arise out of
Indian Territory and Oklahoma.
II the present leaders OF the Demo-
Il cratic party in Virginia are not willing
or able to declare and fight for the
States proper place, there is little
doubt that in the near future men will
! be found who are both able and willing
to do so.
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MERELY JOKING.

~
BY Telegraph.
Yes I'm going 10 Denver"
4 'Have you engaged a room In tailyanceT
II have. Also few drlnks."--Washin
ton Herald.
a Summer E'lirt.
rs she q girl who viii occasionally give
one q Eiss?" Ileta
Yes; even two or three a kiss. I've
been informed ---Wasiinsto Herald.
Revenge!
~, declared the popular author; have
signed an exclusive, contract With one
magazine
"But now that you are famous" pros
tested friend "other magazines viii be
And ! shall decline their offers. with
thanks. have even ordered some printed
slIps"--Louisvlic Courcr-Journal.
TOO Bad.
"rhouEh seeing 4, for the FIRST ,'me. she
I'm what respect lid It fall short?',
suit, bclieve.'-sfittsburs Post,
Accessories.
You might play Shakespeare without
scenery" remarked Hamlet Fatt.
"Eut good vaudeville turn needs drop
with painted fence to pretend to hang
Yer hat on. or Il flight Of stairs to try
TO run up.'--Kansas City Journal
Keeps Her Occupied.
"A woman's back is her chIefcst joy.
K say the rest OF It."
when she gets too old 10 put fancy
clothes OH II, 1t will keep her happy going
TO the doctor"--I1ouston Chronicle.
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.uARMoNY..

Mr.. Robert ". Withers, whose letter
In defense of the State convention sys.
tenn was published on this page yes
terday. evidently enjoys optimistic, not
to say roseate opinions on the sub
feet OF party harmony. He appears
8to think that, because somebody takes
the floor aA Abe. .end of bitterly
fought strpsgfs and counsels harmony,
I thereafter harmony is. To this end we
find him citing, with ill-concealed tri-
fninph the complimentary "unanimous"
vote accorded to Governor-to-b KitchZ
,bn, after the usual custom. at the Char
Hottie convention. and the fact that his
dedicated rivals made the customary
81 t,armony speeches. To Mr.. Withers's
4 kindly mind these things appear to
prove that concord descended like a
dove upon the hitherto excited and tur-
Il bulent convention, and that factional
4 feeling in North Carolina became In.
gStantly quiescent.
To our mind, we regret to say, they
prove nothing OF the sort. a defeated
q candidate for party nomination al
WAYS makes a harmony speech. 10
ltiput 1t on no higher ground, he could
mot afford not to. AS a politician. lie
more clearly than any
ffhoay else the Importance OF regularity
\ and cohesiyeness; and harmony is one
OF his most valuable assets. When
c;overnor swanson. as our scorrespon-
,8dent nuts it, "electrified9 the Norfolk
\ 8ssonornyention with, a speech promising 10
take the stamp for Montague, he
proved beyond doubt that he WAS q
\ good loser and That lac realized the
value OF party solidlty, The personal
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Voice 81 the People
Duiid Up tie Irnrms. !.

Editor or The Tlmeg- Dispatch:
Sir,--Tlle demonstration farm work.,
conducted BY Dr.. s. A. Knapp tand Mr..
y. Q. Sandy, is already proving
blessing TO the people OF SouthstdoS
5Yirginia. Tile farmers are discussing
the methods OF the work. and tilereji IL
~ great demand for agricultural lItera.
lure. The fartrlers6are beginning te
read ana study the great subject ot
agriculture. 1t is true there Is some
adverse criticisnas, due largely to D
misunderstanding Ut the Fundamental
aims OF the demonstration work. M
Sandy's idea. ] think, Is the permanent
Improvement Of the soil, as againstllbt
idea, lust improve II enough to get ii
crop. This great work Is to save tht
Virginia soil5of the sunny South
u remeber when d boy hearing
Western man. who had Just spent one
year here, say Ii, reply to the quea.
ton: What do you think OF this coun.
Etry?"
II never saw a country that God has
done SO much for and man so little a.
Virginia"
Is not this true? It appears thai
God In creation did all that wes ncces.
lsary to make this Southland the idea
abode OF man, for certainly nowhere
do we find the natural conditions &c
conducive to the happiness OF man
kind. The depletion of these virgin
soils has been going on too long. The
cries OF Mother Earth have been too
long unheeded. The demonstration
farm work ID coming to her rescue.
Then again. the mighty power, sen.
ltiment,' has not been too favorable to
the farm. The farmer needs TO right.
fully recognize his Importance. That
after all he is the man among men;
that the position he holds is one OF
dignity and Importance. Let the young
man feel that to be a farmer Is to be ia
very important man.
AS 20 over these counties I can
see the change coming over the farm-
ers. Now they delight to re called s
farmer. when few years ago the
term farmer appeared to them Sc-
proact.
The Times Dispatch is doing a good
work for education and agriculture.
Let us continue this great work feAtho
people. Yours respectfully,
w. n. HAYES.
Keysville. Va Juno 30, 1905.
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DEFEND FAME OF BETSY moss.
Descendants Offer Proof That She Made
Made the FtrAt Flag.

Dcscenuants OHcr4 Proof That She Made
Made the Firat Flag.
ST. LOUIS, June 2e.-Now come de-
scendants Of Betsy Ross to defend her
memory and to contradict the story
that she didn't make the flag.
From Benld, Ill. Rev. G. "A. Worlcy
writes that In his youth he heard his
grandmother. Betsy Ross, say she made
the flag, and he offers other proof that
statements to the contrary are errone-
Gus.
Daniel K. Albright, OF s115 Brant-
ner Place, who says he is great
grandson OF Betsy, declares documents
airy proof that she made the first flag
Is in the hands OF his sister. Mrs. Kate
Robinson. Fort Madison. Iowa.
Morley says In his letter: Betsy
Ross was my grandmother. was In
my ninth year when she died, at the
age OF eighty-five. She was born in
1851, and was twenty.three years old
when she made the flag. Betsy Ross
died In 1889. have heard her say re-
peatedly that she made the naS-tho
first one ever made-that both WASH
ington and John Gano were present.
NEW York, June 29.-John Quincy
Adams, secretary OF, the American
Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial
ASS collation.. authorizes an emphatic
denial Of the story that Betsy Ross
was not the maker Of the A.st Amerl-
can nag, B.
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Chicago testified on the stand that only
ten photographs of men and women out OF
10000 are of sufficient merit to attract.
copy Of The Life of Alice Freeman
Palmer to each Of the 30 members OF
this years graduating class at vassar.
Christian Heller, in a hospital in Gin
keeps one forefnger moving all the time,
thinking, physicians say, that 1t Is the
dogs tail.
Mrs. Frederick Hall. OF Wanda. Ill. who
of an explosion, suddenly recovered the
power of speech in severe coughing At.
A saloon keeper in Dalton, O.. seeks to
avoid compliance with daw requiring the
near the door. behind which customers
can be hid.
New York has 1.51s.45o acres Of timber
reserve, mostly in the Adirondacks and
IN his late message Governor Hughes rec
commended that the State purchase 4 large
amount more. 3sS BtS
Mrs. Taft is reported as saying that
divorce is worse than war. but many PEG.
pie rather like the excitement of war II
they are not in the firing line, and ammn-
milton of divorce courts Is not generally OF
death dealing character. siG
THAT which is popularity known as the
funny bone Just at the point OF the
elbow. Is In reality not bone at all, but
nerve that lies near the surface and
which. on getting a knock or blow. causes
the well-known tingling sensation in the
arms and fingers. n
Dr. pr, e. !, S. Mtnot. Of the Harvard Medical
school has been appointed a, corresponding
member OF the Physico- Medical Society Of
Vienna. at the celebration of the one hun
dredth anniversary OF the foundation OF
the society, One other American physl-
sian, Dr. J. Loeb. OF the University OF
California, has received a similar appoint
ment. S'F.FssS@
Governor Regis II. Post has returned Ii
san Juan Porto Rico, after two months
absence, He states that he discussed with
bankers In New York the question OF is.
suing bonds to- carry out the Irrigation
plans Il Porto Rico. and that he probably
VIII call an extra session OF the Legisla.
ture TO enact the necessary laws to make
the loans. mi 156.fT'1'
At It's recent commencement Purdue
University, ut Lafayette. Ind. conferred
the honorary degree OF doctor of engi-
neerlng on Angus Sinclair. OF New York
NJ. Sinclair is the edItor-in-chtef OF Rail,
way and Locomotive Engineering. Purdu,
| University has for about twenty years a
voted attention g railway engineering
stock. ss'i . ~
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n - S -ze 20 az n

years imprisonment. lie Ia SO highly
esteemed by the various great powers
that on the resignation OF Prince
George OF Greece they offered him tlie
post of High Commissioners Of Crete,
wllicl, he declined. He was 80 con-
WINGED Of his own Innocence that here
turned Of his owl, accord from Paris,
where he had been living for nearly a
year past, TO stand trial. He was the
chief OF the Constitutional party, but
had left Montenegro wllen he found
that the prince regretted having grant
ed n constitution to his people. and de-
clined to- live up to It's PROVISIONS.
(Copyright, COS, blythe Brentwood Col
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The Name That rhymes

/. Tor eight long years the poet clan
has sweat and struggled to a man
aye, poets tall or ia 4 or syelt---to dig
upl3,rhymesi for Roosevelt: 1t Kept the
poetry output down. and added thus
to Ted's srenoWn. Why,Ethen, Were we
not warned in time to 9 h oose a man
WhoBdoesn't4r rhyme? The Witty shaft
the; flagon quaffed, the langhtar ate,
grntters chaffed: this Bryant RAT SO
far abaft our hefty presidential%c craft
Lord knows what IA II " We'll a. u !. Sd
d Il while poets have their fling at
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PARCELS ST.

Among the items which make up the
$64,O00,000 deficit this year In the cost
of operating the United States govern
ment Is s14,O00,00O for the Post-Oflce
Department. which is almost double
the deficiency for the last fiscal year.
Among the burdens Which the POST
Office Department. has to bear is the
new and growing cost of rural free
delivery. Perhaps no one activity of
the government has done more to bring
sweetness and light into the back dis
tricts than the activities of the rural
free delivery service. BY means OF
this service the farmers all over Amer
lea have been enabled to rub elbows
With the Inhabitants of cities and keep
in close and daily touch with the do
ings of the world. In 1897. when Con-
gress first began rural free delivery.
III only appropriated $4,000. but the
appropriation was SO popular that 1t
was renewed and Increased by rs per
cent. in 1898. and by 200 per cent. In
1899. until the appropriation for 1907
was S34,9S5.0 Oo-and this was from q
start of $4,000 only ten years before.
The rural free delivery service is
too important TO ever be abolished no
matter what it costs; but why has not
the government made It profitable?
TO do so would only require the addi-
ton of the parcels post. which would
enable the farmer to have immediate
| access to the best markets OF the
world at the lowest prices. and would
act as a powerful stimulant on trade
land production.
Some day the express lobby In the
Senate will die off, and then the pub.
Lie Will come to their rights.
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Rhymes for I o-Day.
,rlIOsl1 JOLLY WEDDINGS.

IT, HE June bride sought to dodge
tile rice, bntah, came tor
swift: SIX.
III fell upon fcrstl,, q hail, II stung. i
cut 1T biffed. s,
1t smote her full across tile eyes, y
crashed into her ears. M
And oil, the bridesmaids on the steps
were gay with laughs and
cheers u
The June groom meant TO duck the
shoes, but saw that he could not
They came too fast and furious, they
came too lard and hot,
They struck him on the nose and chest,
they smashed into his side.
And Sock II to him, fellcrs nowW
was what the best man cried.
Tie couple scrambled In tier coach
and somehow got away, III
But gone was all their weddlns-j joy
and turned to grim dismay:
For his poor back was broken so lla
never more could rise,
And she was deaf In both l,er ears and
blind in boil, her eyes.
II. S. III.