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noBsoN.s SCARE FACES.

Twenty years ago Captain Alfred T.
Mahan wrote book called The Influ-
ence Of Sea Powers on History" Cap
tain Mahan showed. as no one before
him Mad done, the decisive influence
the possession of a strong and efficient
sea power has had upon the destiny
of maritime nations
However valuable lesson the just
Interpolation of Captain Mahan's book
may have for statesmen, upon visionary
or over-zealous temperaments the eff
feet of his teaching has been deplor-
able.
Among those affected harmtully
is Richmond Pearson Hobson. whose
present care is the building UP
of the sea power OF the United
States. Under the delusion that the
nations of the earth have latent hos
,llity against this country and only
wait for a slackening in our prepare
tons for war to attack US. he breaches
the construction and Haunting of bat
tleships innumerable. To carry out
Mr.. Hobson's ideas of naval strength
adequate 10 our protection would give
us ships of surprising size and mum.
Der. Its effect on history is connect.
ural, but its effect on the taxpayer is
certain
Mr.. Hobsou at present is keeping a
watchful eye on Japan. He knows the
wiz a
OF those little. but inxcrutable and
mighty people. He insists that 1T is
necessary 10 our continued use of the
Pacific ocean that our naval power
there be overwhelming. He saws tina,
If the sixteen battleshps had not been
sent 10 the Pacific coast japan would
already have attacked us; that upon
their Withdrawal Japan will quickly
avail herself q. such stupidity and deal
Us staggering alo-. We ought,
therefore, to keep the fleet in the
| Pacific and Immediately build similar
fleet on the Atlantic to awe the ma
tions of Europe.
The designs of the Japanese govern.
ment are most efectual1y concealed:
!! they remain unknown until ready 10
Ebe executed. But recent history ha,
shown that Japan is in the care OF
most capable administrators and far
seeing statesmen, who know when to
strike, and, still harder to learn, when
TO yield.
/! Thes realize as clearly as SIR. Hobson
does the advantage 10 Japan of remov.
ing the United States as factor in
the future of the Pacific. They also
know that to accomplish this object
would be serious undertaking .ol
even instruments SO fine and splendid
as the Japanese army and navy.
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The New York Central employs $4,000
men. and between sScoo.oco and S3.5oe,ooo
is paid IN monthly wages.
a recent German estimate of the worlds
railroads give them total length of 565,I1l
miles. The increase is less than that for
six years.
III. natural gas product Of this eoun,
trS ranges in valuation from 5.S cents a
thousand cubic feet in Kansas to SIS cents
II, California.
In l7s1 BENJAMIN Franklin founded tho
Library Company OF Phlladelphia, which
he called the mother OF all North Ameri-
subscription libraries.
guenos Ayrcs has a population of 1900
one, OF which about 50 per cent. Is foreign.
the Italians forming about 60 per cent. Of
the foreign population
The estimated cost OF the Roosevelt dam,
which is par, of the Salt River irrigation
scheme. has been cut down by sl,o0o,ooo by
the establishment OF a government cement
NIL. on the spot
Henley IL in OxfordshiIe. about thirty-tive
miles from London. As long ago as 1929
the oxford Cambridge race was rowed there,
and in 1899 the first regatta.
Clarence H. Mackay and wife and George
Harvey. OF New York. are In Reno. New.
Mr. Mackay came 70 present TO the Univel-
Mackay school OF Mines. and for the un-
Yelling of his fathers statue on juno 9Th.
The office Of the solicitor of the navy
VIII be seuafsted from thai of judge adj
tocate sensrs! on July LIST, aud a new and
separate orice-ttat OF soicitorSof the Navy
Department--will be organized. with Edwin
+. Hanna the preset solicitor at its head.
He VIII have his principal assistant
Major Henry Leonard. of the Marine Corps.
a victorian Of ftty years' service III the
faculty of Amherst will retire at the close OF
the present college year. He Is Prof. Ed
ward y. Cro9eil. who for half a century
has been teaching Latin In the famous New
England institution. Although blind for
several years, Prof croweii has been able
| II conduct his classes because of his init
nate knowledge OF the text OF his subject
| r. p. O'Connor was presented with his
| portrait in oils at Leeds by the Irish
| League OF Great Britain, in ccmmemora-
ton Of his unbroken presidency Of the
league for twenty-five years John r. Red
| ntcnd made the presentation and paid u
I tribute 10 Mr.. CtConnot as a safe consYteni
| and courageous guide for this Irish people
In Great Britain. John Dillon also made q
| speech.
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MuITARlsM IN FRANCE.
Fortunately Not Much OF This FceIlu
In 'rhis Country.

This weeks events III France are
TO increase american con-
tenJment with minimum OF military
Drey1us was proved beyond
dispute 10 have been the victim or a
plot. lola risked and actu-
ally incurred Imprisonment for coming
TO the defense OF the Prosecuted Jewish
officer. Army sentiment Is nevertheless
hostile to making amends for the wrong
fus at the ceremonies in honor OF the
dead lola justltics himself OH the
ground that he was defending the
army.
Tie trouble with the military spirit,
and this applies too often to the police
spirit also, Is that 1t looks to ends
and regards not means. That is the
natural attitude of profession the
fuel for whose fires is platoons OF hu-
man beings. The martyrdom OF a
Drcyfus or a Zola Is nothing. to men
as move in a war game. II there
sought by the destruction OF Dreyfus
was certain larger good. the act
might be justified. But since ends are
the choice of fallible human judgments.
it seems safest on the whole to restrict
our aims to ends that can be gained
with justice figuring in the means.
War Is stlll a necessary evil, ana
armies are therefore unavoidable. So
long as Individual liberty is an Amer.
mainly. as in the past, upon citizen
out. preferring this chance to the dan.
ger from within involved In a great
army OF professional Warriors.-Ne'
gbraska State journal.
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Voice Of the P eople
unprofitnblc Regularity

Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
sir,--Thc approach OF tho national
election naturally suggests national
politics and policies, rs applied to In.
dividual states and communities. Vir-
ginia has been regularly in tile Demo-
cratic column, and has she profited
thereby as much rs she would had she
been doubtful stateg / do not think
any one who has given the subject
unbiased thought can maintain that
she has.
Were Virginia doubtful she would
have both parties striving for her
electorate. AS It Is. when the Demo-
Gratis were in power. they rewarded
the doubtful states, with few eXcep-
lions. in selecting men to run the
government, and with the Republicans
In power Virginia, as she is. can ex-
pcct nothing. Maryland was doubtful.
and SO n citizen has been made a
Cabinet official. Cannot Virginia fur.
nish men equally as capable?
New York always figures in national
politics. Her doubtful tendencies need
watching. SHE must be rewarded.
In the last lCongress Southwest Viz
glnia--the doubtful portion--got splcn-
did appropriations. while the rest OF
Virginia got mere allowances.
Why should the Democrats. grant
ing that they win. reward party 10y
atty. when. with only so much money
at their disposal they could. by judi
cious expenditure. again carry the
doubtful States?
Why should the Republicans. grant
ing that they win. reward Virginia for
always voting against them when there
are doubtful States to be considered?
do not attempt to enter into dis
cussion Of the merits of the policies OF
the two parties. The country will
survive the success OF either; but do
maintain that virginia's position in
the doubtful column four years from
now will. during the next four years.
he of inestimable advantage to her.
NUGWUMP.
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SERVICE or THE STATE.
Herbert Smiths Suggestion of Opening
For Good Men, :

herbert Smlt0'H SuSECSllOn OIL uuCuNlH
For Good Men.
to college graduates that they enter
the civil service OF the government
should be carefully considered by the
young men,. The government has
boys to engage in the, military, service.
but the army seems to have little at,
traction. At any rate. there Is need
OF officers which West Point does not
supply. and the applications from civil
life are not numerous.
But the civil service abounds in on
Robust, energetic. intel
ligent and we'll educated youths can
find career there equal in dignity,
honor and public consideration to any
vate life. Our government. for good
or for Ill, is engaged in Industrial and
scientific work. and needs men trained
for special duties. Mining, mechanical
chemists, geologists, are wanted; i
the sciences which touch practical life.
and few sciences these days do not.
are represented in the civil service. The
permanent. and depend ~. upon merit 7
those who show their competence.
The career Of Lord Crom ~ !, is q g s0oS
example Of what z q man can 90 IN !, s anit
after leaving the university, and closed
his active career few months ago,
after making reputation as admins
ira or and executive second to none N
annaS ee Of nEs asSSS ana n a ths
ford Pinchot are examples, In short
the service Is equal, perhaps superior,
to anything that can be found IN prI,
oa no hs The gsSsE mem aeeda
brains. i'm the civil servtce,--St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
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Backward willie.
cutting Down the order.
uoors FROM THE GALLERY.

Z IERE in Houston 1t is the custom TO
Fl can the umpire TO the grandstand be-
tween the innings and treat him TO
por ana cigars. In fact. Texas is umpire
Post.
Mrs. Guinness victims are missing some
beautiful weather.-New York Mail.
some one wants to know why the New
York World has not suggested Raisult as
the Democratic nominee. Well, YOU see.
tE9re s come doubt about Raisul being u
dead one.-washinston Herald.
"The millionaire is touched as never be-
fer.." said vice President Fairbanks in his
chicago speech. which indicates that the
fat-fryers are on the job early.-Atlanta
Georgian.
Perhaps Mr. Fairbanks Will agree to be-
come the professional Nice-Presldent OF the
nited states.-St. Louis Post-Dispateh.
4 darnins needle was renewed from the
ankle o: an Ohio girl. She ought to have
taken them on before using the needle
Atlanta Georgian.
The Japanese have killed 37c Koreans.
which is very important, as indicating that
the laps are really in earnest about pro.
#sIoliation from outside naions.-Detroit
News.
Senator JEFF Is to be delegate 10 the in
terparliamentary peace conference to be held
In Berlin Well. fellow ought to escape
being licked in that sort OF m.ettng.-Hous-
tor. Post.
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Air IN Bedroom.

Every sensible person Is aware that
the bedroom should be we'll ventilated
especially in view of the heavy COM
bustion of oxygen in the lungs during
sleep. All windows should be open
a, gentle current Of air can be felt !.
blowing across the face. Night air Is
just as pure and wholesome as day air.
Nights fogs and rain are only in1u-
eriou3 In so far as they frlghten you
Into shutting your windows. No air
that ever. blew outdoors Is SO dangerous
or poisonous as that Inside a bedroom
with closed windows.
The clothing should be as light as
is consistent with warmth. the mattress
elastic but firm, the pillow only mod
.crately high. so that 1t will keep the
neck and head horizontal or. slightly
above, when lying on the side ~ y :, 9
good, hard. common sense Of humanity
has solved all these problems. ana
the modern hair mattress and warm
blankets can hardly be much improved
oil. ABeyond these there is no virtue
wha lever In hard beds fiat or no Pill
slowsN and cold bedrooms. The stu.Iy
ather bed collector OF the persplra :
ations; the bolster. the ciderdown quit
the hard sallcloth-lilsc counterpane.
both alright and the latter heavy q :
board, have gone to the attic or tue
ash heap. where they belong. along
with the four-poster and It's curtains
the night cap and the warming pan
New York Weekly.
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PROTEST. AGAINST pL.,Iur,
Revolving Moral Spectacle THAT hi,
srMcCa the E,mnI re- S1nfn III

Hev0lunE Moral Spectacle THAT Dts-
Hrnccs the Empire Stnte.
me people Of this state have been
n.ishtily stirred up OF late about horse
race betting, a practice that may be
viewed as an innocent pastilne or as
a periious indulgence according to the
means or the moderation OF those who
engage In II VIII they now deIAnd
mat This man come down FROM tho
seat ne Is not, and never was Worthy
- cGcupy, ana take himself out or their
siEn1 where his genile phiianderings
mill no longer outrage their sense OF
aecency' Thomas g, Plat in the SEN
~ - more revolving spectacle than
us poohinaker at the face.track. VIII
Inc punt ~ eloquent indignation
launch against him its rebnkes VIII II
ea mort listening congregations 10 make
heard an organized ana state wide de-
niand Tor his Immediate resignation.
VIII 1t point out that to overlook and
cuhaone fepeated transgressions blunts
me public conscience. undermInes mo-
iall and DESTROYS right standards OF
conduct 10 the people really need
20 be aroused 10 the hagrancy Of the
Ilalt scandal" Are they asleep? Have
tiey any care for tie good name OF
inc state and for their own dignity?
70 s'nat lengths must this old man
sp' How often and how many times
must me community ring and the
ar reek %ilh his escapades before thcy
| Mi come 10 the pitch Of actiong His
,erm WI not expire nntiI March 4
wv VIII they Tolerate his presence
~ me senate chamber another week
@i'hgul making their protesting voIccs
Neaid ~ himI-New York Times.
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five gallons per head OF population
per day would be saved annually.
The water bill was introduced in tbs
State Legislature OF New York in 1905
at the request OF Mayor Mcclellan. II
specified certain civic bodies from
which the commissioners in charge OF
the work We're to be selected. TIL.
provision made the measure unaonsii-
.tutional. and II had to be amended by
lodging the power of appointment in
the Mayor. He established the pre-
cedent OF appointing on this board
mcmber each from the Chamber of
Commerce OF New York, the Board OF
Fire Underwriters and the Manufac-
turers' Association. j. Waldo Smith,
the expert on aqueduct and water sup.
ply engineering. who is chief ensi-
neer on the work. draws a salary Of
$4,000 a year as a measure OF his com
potency. He is only forty years old
and since leaving college has devoted
glneering.
The water situation in New York
has been critical for some time. Sub
stantialiy every borough of the great
ncer. Is In grave danger Of water
famine. which can only be aserted by
care and strict economy in dry seasons.
and by the greatest expedition in con-
structing the works for the new sup
ply. Should the Croton reservoirs he
empty at the close of dry season. the
supply would be cut down one,sixth.
closing factories and -fncreasinSS the
danger OF fire. The city remembers
tho time. only ten years ago
when Brooklyn endured water fam
Inc without precedent in American his
tory. Houses on upper levels went
without city water for days. public
fountains were cut off. horse trouEhs
empty. street sprinkling discontinued.
and the supply of water. only day
ahead, was so low as to be DANCER.
ousIy near the lines of contamination
and disease To avert such disasters
in the future. New York is spending
millions on her new system.
Copyright. 1908. by Frederic j. Has
kind
To-morrow- of Old Glory.
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LEAVE "nIxlE. ALONE.

There are many idle busybodies in
this world whose horizon IS pinehed
and who are constantly stung BY de-
sire to go our and improve something.
Eo,netimes they are college professors,
and then their instinct breaks ont in a
campaign for simp,ified spelling Some
times they are practical" art-loyers
snd want TO mndernize Westminster
ABBEY, AGAIN they are sensible"
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STA TIE PRESS
Snnrtliinr IN Nnn,r

IN
Something in n Name.
10 %, explain the result of the recent suDerrt
nhstorisv prnareb IN Georgia Some a ,,1.,
, nnae y e reaction nsainst prch'b,lion.
Wnlie Others profess to see In ttoSes dcleht
only popular protest against his anti cor .
noration policy. But may II not be that
i ne are GIL wrong that the renl eSpn n,
over Smiths In the Cracker commonwealth
-tNorfolk NirglniHn- Pilot.
Instructed Against Instructions.
The attempt to sheve Senator Daniel "
The Roanoke convention has aroused so m'icn
and such indignant opposition That so far
of that convention. Lynchbnrg has sent a
solid delegation for him az one of the dele
ga ga les. g -lnrse to Denver, and u has done
the proper and right thing by lnstructins Its
delegates to vote against Instructions
fredericksburg Free Lance.
Old News.
John Randolph once said OF one OF his
friends: HE Is utterly UNIT for public
lie He 10 too honest. too ulisuspicious; too
ae' SCENT IN sunmins Even IN tho1e aays
POLITICIAN had come to be recognised.--Har-
.rlsonburg News
Forced His Hand. @a
Those people who claim that Taft fore.
stalled Bryan in his demands Tor a campaign
publicity bill knew that Mr.. TAFT had writ
wi a sSoIlliusutlBl 10 SeHutoI but
rows and were aware OF It's contents. we
suppose. But other people didn't until Mr..
EtFan forced the secretary to make 1t pub
Advance.
", Backward Step.
Sometimes one kind OF reformer is in the
eicendnnt,, sometimes the other. One man
leaving. overdone himself retires or is retired
10 the shade. while the other variety OF
enthusiast takes the field n the cause.
There may be sliding back the part OF
Gle. but the other man Is there to save the
work. and mark an advance Reforms do
not so Observation-Disclosures Timcs.
Sad Seq Waves
The convention was sent to Roanoke not
as matter OF comfort or convenience to the
delegates, but for other reasons that ale
needless now to name, md If there Is
c,owdng and discomfort this week in Roam
oke the State Committee is responsible for
IT.
Roanoke is good city. and has certainly
two tine hotels, and 1t is not her fault II
they arc overtaxed. Three OF four other
cities, including Norfolk, have better unl
more attractive halls for the convention, hut
the welfare OF the delegate IS not constl-
etea when partisan politics is In the balance.
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch.
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Rest use for conylcts.

We arc Just awakening to the fact
in this country that good roads are
necessary to our larger commerclita,l
development AS most of our wealth.
farm, SO The nrst waste OF this wealth
is found n getting crops to market,
We have done muchNin the way OF In
creasing railroad facilities, hut we
have largely Ignored the lmportance
OF providing good roads from the
farms to the railroads. Inathis part
OF tile coun$ry stone is found IN
abnndance on every side. AS potnte'l
out by Governor Haskell, the cost Of
building macadamized roadways where
stone Is available would he only about
500 a mile under the convict system.
As for the conyicts themselves. they
would doubtless enjoy such work, "
would give them an abundance OF fresh
air, heaitntul exercise and an almost
constant change OF scene ~ iansasC City
journal. \,
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MUST SOUND SLOGAN.
Assault on Their Palladium, Tic Neck
icnburE Declaration.

A great public need would have been
served by the author of the Defense
of the Mecklenburg Declaration of In
Dependence" just brought out by the
Edwards & Broughton Printing Com
pany, If he had made a study of the
sustained attempt of an American
community to make itself believe
something The man who picked
UP a bullet in his yard one day
and said that it was the one
which killed Stonewall Jackson, then
telling it so many times through the
lieve It himself. typifies the North
lenburg Declaration. The state has
erected monument In Charlotte to
commemorate the occurrence. Several
years ago somebody "faked' an edi-
ton of an old newspaper. having pa
per made in imitation Of that OF old
time. in order to give a contemporary
account of the Mecklenburg Declara-
ton; but the number OF tho issue hap
peued to be one figure In error, and
the water-marks did not stand the
test OF investigation. The exposure OF
this fraud In the American Historical
Review Of April, 1906, was complete
and irrefutable. One humor OF the lat-
est volume is that it should BIO at
fectionately dedicated by the author
to his wife, who is described as "a
descendant Of tone of the signers of the
National Declaration OF independence
, Strange that such piece of pla giarism
should be recalled as al credit to any.
body!-Boston Transcript.
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People still talk about the illumina-
lions at the Worlds Fair. The recent
OF the World Building IN
anniversary attracted 4o.-
900 people from residence districts
many miles away. The outlining OF
the new Singer Building tower at
tracts more attention than the Statue
OF Liberty. and the Great White Way
has magnetized the world.-1llumina-
ting Engineer
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l<ceps Giving

licityf 10 what it says Is a fact, that
Thomas sr. Ryan, the New York multi
contributed $4,000 to a
fund raised to elect Bryan
United States Senator from Nebraska
III is not sure that Mr., BRYAN approves
Of that particular Item OF publicity,
some at his friends are waiting for
him to make tal.--ISa qxYtl lej y pltrnal
aud Tribune, XII II s
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Colonel ilecrnon sidney Buford, "vir-
Elnia's Grand Old Man.

Colonel ilgcrnon sidney Buford, "Vir-
Elnia's Grand Old Man."
Editor of rhe Times-Dispatch:
Sir.-I agree with Nj. Carlton Nc
Carthy that that gallant Confederate
soldier Colonel Algernon Sidney Blu
ford Is the grand old man of Vir-
Sipia.''
have long thought that he pos
sessed many OF the qualities OF the dis
tinguished gentleman for whom he
was named, both in war and in peace
great trusts have been placed in the
hands of Colonel a. S. Buford. all of
which have, been administered with a
title him to high credit. To very
high order of talent he has added the
most untiring industry. and these
qualities Nave been coupled with a
broad culture, which has placed him
developed d keen and discriminating
literary taste. of which only his most
intimate friends have been aware.
Some of MS verses would rank side By
side with those of the immortal Alfred
Tennyson When in the Legislature
of Virginia. both before and after the
Civil War. 1t can justly be said OF hin,
as was said of another distinguished
always voted and always voted right"
His GROWING industrial achievement
was the building of the Atlanta and
Charlotte Railway. which he did with
circumstances with the meagre re-
sources at his command. 1t has always
been considered among the highest
railroad authorities the Yrs: really
great railroad built BY any Southern
man after the war. His success
in the South stands unrivaled in
railroad building. His generosity,
his kindness 10 the poor and needy.
his beautiful Christian life, and beyond
all the fact that in this age his char
acter has neen as clean from graft
as the icicie which hangs from Diana's
Temple, "nrltle him to be called "Vir-
ginia's Grand Old Man.
CAMM PATTERSON.
Sunnyside Place. buckingham coun-
ty, Va, June IL, 1908.
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THE word whisky is a corruption
of the Gaelic 'ulsquc beatha.'" says
the scholarly Atlanta Georgian. II ali
the corruption stopped with the word
there would be far fewer men rusti-
eating at the gold cure.