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The coax 1'recn Pension.

|
1nasmuch as largely through the per-
sonai interest of Lord Northcliffe in
the case, the death of Mary Elizabeth
Wilmington. who was born in October
James Withington's second marriage
to Susannah Emma Brand, has been
definitely established, the Court Of
Chancery In London has at length
given anAorder for the payment of the
perpetual pension of $3.50 year. with
arrears since the death of James With
Ilngton, to the aged cab driver, Robert
M Ma and his equally old wife.
VINO are thus transferred from almost
complete restitution to relative afflu-
enGe for the remainder of their lives.
The pension is the half of that an
nuity, Of $500 granted in perpetulty
| by CHARLES IL. to old MacLaren's an-
cestor, Richard Penderel, for having
saved him from Cromwell's Round
heads after his disastrous defeat at the
I,battle Of Worcester. in 1861. Charles.
while fleeing from the scene of the
conflict. hotly pursued by the enemy.
| stumbled across Dick Penderel, owner
of the farm of Boscobel. who conceal
ed him in one of the old oak trees on
the farm Charles was effectually hid
den in the now historic oak. and was
subsequently assisted by Penderel to
reach the coast and the continent in
1 safety.
This perpetual pension Of $500 a year
eventually came, through the female
|
Robert M. MacLaren Robert Mac
Laren more than forty years ago
sold his life interest in his moiety
Iof the pension to man OF the name
| or George Robinson. 81 In course of time
trace vas lost OF James Wilmington,
continue to earn his living as a cab
|driver, some good people, on learning
4 that he was a descendant of Richard
Penderel Of Boscobel. interested them
a & n "a a RI atcpy, a.
.Ittind out what had become OF Withing-
| ton. since. If his demise without sur
living issue could be established, his
moiety of the pension. namely, $3.50 a
Iyear. would fall to Robert MacLaren.
An extensive search on both sides of
1.-the Atlantic was Instituted, in which
these letters played some part. since
James Wilmington had spent number
wards in this country 1t was ascer-
tanned that he had been twice mar
ried. and that he had had children by
both MS wives T ,aen i was top ht
chat the certificate Of his death had
been enormously registered. under a
wrong name. at Somerset House !, on. n J,
wives and his children had to be as
|icertained, and 1T, is only quite recent
~, when itSWas definitely established
that his s. daHghter. Mary BY his secSn nd
been dead for some years. that the
court would consent, to- give orders for
1.-THE payment Of the Wilmington moiety
OF the Penderel pension to Robert
MacI4arens2 AS the Wilmington branch
ot'sthe family is extinct, and as old
RoberI; MacLaren and his wife have
lyno'schildrsn. and so far as is known,
no kith or kim 1T is probable that the
1 Penderel pension, which has been paid
without Interruption by the British
4 Treasury every Year since its grant
by Charles II. to the farmer of Bosco-
bel in 1863 will lapse on MacLaren's
death.
Thc Power of One Vote, B
Gabriel IIannotallN, academician and
y Elnn q. Minister nf EOreien Affairs IN
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PROMPT AND EFFECTIVE WORK,

From first to last, from the dis
covery of the flames to the detailed
/ reporting of the whole event in the
columns of this paper, prompt and ef-
fectiye work was the memorable
feature of the fire which destroyed
the University College of Medicine
building early yesterday morning.
Garely was there a worse night for a.
disastrous and dangerous fire, and
never did the fire department and all
hands concerned do better work. A
fire in or near a hospital is apt to be
heart breaking affair even under
the best Of conditions, and these con-
diIons were of The worst imaginable.
l5ut because help at once poured in
from every quarter, official and UNI
Official. and because this help was as
Intelligent as it was immediate, the
hospital was saved and all the suf-
ferers were safely carried over the
lev streets to nearby refugees. The
college building was doomed from the
beginning, and ITS loss is a heavy one
But we have to thank Chief tJoynes
md his stalwart men. and their un.
official helpers in the hospital and out
OF II. that the damage was not much
more serious and that no human lives
We're lost.
The University College of Medicine
building is destroyed, but not the Uni.
Yefsity College of Medicine. A par
iieularly notable feature of its be-
teavement was the prompt offer o
practical assistance from Presiden
tsoatwright, of Richmond College, an,
Dean Christopher Tompkins. of tn
Medical College of Virginia. The al
titude Of the latter college has helpe
70 crystallize the thought that was /
Eyerybody's mind from the moment
prpeared that the plant OF the othe
Institution was gone. Out OF til
\ A.shes OF rho University College built
Sng there may grew greater medic:
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France, calls attention. in his great
work, Contemporary France" just
published. to the fact that the present
republic owes its existence to one soli-
tary fuke vote. cast on the motion of
an obscure deputy of the name OF Wal
Ion, who may justly be described as
the Father of the Third Republic. SIN
gle votes have often decided great
changes. and the act of settlement of
over two centuries ago. by which Par
at Westminster determined the
succession of the crown of England.
and by virtue of which King Edward
occupies his throne was passed in tho
House of Commons by a majority of
one.
Here in this country. on an election
day in 1911. Rhode Island farmer
took SO long In releasing a pig from
q fence In which 1t had been caught
that he arrived at the polling place
too late. The tFederalists consequence
~ lost his precinct by one vote. As
a result representative who favored
war with England was returned 10 the
state Legislature by a majority of one.
BY the same majority of one war
Senator was senttby the Rhode Island
Legislature to washington. and ii was
by a majority OF one that the War
of 1872 against England was declared
by Congress.
Copyright. 1910. by the Brentwood
Company)
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school than Richmond has yet pos
sesscd. a consolidated school whose
powers for usefulness will be decided
ly greater than the sum of two divided
and competing institutions could ever
have This is contamination which
the community has long devoutly de-
sired. and thus, as often in this world,
blessing may grow out OF adversely.
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PIE AZ 4 cLuD.

The breach in the ranks Of the Re-
publican party seems to be widening,
and now 1t is reported that the Presi-
dent has deliberately put the axe into
81. He will withhold patronage, vul-
carly known as pie, from the so-called
insurgent congressman On his behalf
National Committeeman Victor Rose
water explains that the President fully
recognizes the old-line custom which
gresham decisive in regard to GER
tain appointments in his district, but
he feels that this entails reciprocal
obligation. Waving the question of
the soundness of this argument, the
question instantly arises as to what
is the nature of the obligation which
rests upon the Congressman, In return
for which he may fairly claim his
patronage. we suppose that everybody
will agree that it is to support the
policies and program of the President.
Rut this we are told, is exactly what
the insurgents propose to do. One of
them. REPRESENTATIVE Madison. of
Kansas. says the insurgent band is
unanimously, l believe, in favor Of
every leading reform to which the
President and the Republican party
are committed Why, then. should
the President explode a bomb under
their feet?
These men are not fighting their
nF hair arf>
They are lighting the very men and
ne very principles which the country
Republican and Democrat alike, would
like to see the President fight
ing. When the executive strikes al
the insurgents he is lending aid and
comfort to the reactionaries. To with
hold patronage from the former is to
play the game of Cannon and Aldrich
more effectively than they could play
it for themselves. Political plums
postmasterships and the like. pull a
powerful stroke with the folks back
home. The Congressman who can "ge
things" is ofttimes valued above tn
Congressman who stands for nobl
principles, but returns from the coun
II Ter empty-handed. If the insurgent
should be Systematically cut off i
this way, they would be wealsene
vastly in their districts. Some of ther
would doubtless be defeated for re
election. Some OF them perhaps woul
surrender. All OF them would be pinne
and labeled as impressive object
lessons of the principle that it is nc
! safe to raise a hand again Aldricf
Cannon and oppressive House rules.
There has virtually been no legisla
ton under the Taft administration s.
far except The tariff law. The Presi
dent will hardly say that the insur
gents fought and opposed him there
On the contrary, 1t is matter of pub
lie record tina, they fought steadily
and bravely to redeem the persona
pledges which the Presiden, had giver
during his ca''yass. tqr votes. Why
not wait to pttnisn them for being anti.
Taft men until they have acted tina
way2 What is the object or purpos,
of hitting them a this early stage o
proceedings? Whatever such objec
or purpose might be. 1t does not seen
possible that the effect could be Other
than TO bring the immense prestige
and power of the administration to the
assistance of Just those,men and those
elements which least deserve assist
ance.
. . 3
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| From Washington comes news Of a
proposed national league to fight the
| food combines" and the high cost Of
living generally by means of the boy
| colt. The preliminary meeting. held
| in the national capital, included only
some forty persons. but 1t is proposed
| ultimately to enlist 100000 families
| in the fight. all of whom are to agree
| to buy no foodstuffs at too high a rate.
| The beef trust is selected as the first
point OF attack, partly on account Of
the Importance Of the product 1t con-
trolls. and partly on account of its sup
| posedly peculiar vulnerabiltty. The
legality Of such consumers boycott
will not DO questioned. since partici-
patton in it will be purely voluntary
and no coercion of any sort will be
used. Moreover tho ban is to be laid
upon prices not firms. The great OBJ
stable In the way of the success of
such a boycott will lie in the human
tendency to ignore and break through
it. Beef at high prices will present
itself to many people as better than
no beef at all. The Federal govern
ment first set the example OF fighting
trusts through the boycott in barring
the American Tobacco Company from
Navy Department contracts. and 1t
cannot be said that the governments
success was very marked. Some of
the trust products were very popular,
and the sailors were so set upon their
| favorite brands that the government
| tacitly receded from its position. 1t
| bought the tabooed products, not from
the trust indeed but from independent
| iobbers. The question OF success in
any popular struggle of the same sort
is simply the question whether large
numbers OF people are willing to go
| without beef for time.
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THE MERRY MoCKERs.


A FTER he has had few more experi-
~ encos In cooling his heels the Hon.
Billam Lorimer may begin to suspect
that no is persona n. 6. at tho White House.
Chicago Tribune.
We have observed that the bold est insur-
gent makes less noise In Congress- than
when travelling that well-beaten3 warpath
the chautauqua circuit.-Atchison Globe.
II Is already announced that big river
and harhor bill will be introduced In Con-
sress TINS winter. The statesmen seem
bound to have their pork--NeW York Mail.
Mayor Gaynor promises to be one OF the
most interesting and original chief magis-
trates New York City has had since lis
Dutch Philadelphia Record.
Ono Of our contemporaries has discovered
Athat ME- inlt Us big President. what
chance would It have IL 1t should happen
70 pc on me lookout for a. pole '--Charl
If thers Is any difference in the early
SAMPLES or me 1910 bills they would appear
TO be 'rifle igher--Indianapolis News.
The popular New Year resolution in
Georgia Is resolved that the prohbltlon
i siN shal. moi DO taken seriously 80 u's-
Cant help but wonder il Marian selenn-
,tsts are reporting to each other as 70
progress at Philadelphia Ledger.
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Painters License.

H. y s.
Has an artist any right In paint
ing portraying some neurological or
historical scene, in which there arc un-
draped feminine figures. to design them
IN such a fashion Us to rcsembl G well
known living per,sonages? That is n
question which has arisen again In
connection with the fine painting of
Gervaix. which ornaments the wall fac
Ing the entrance of the new Hotel de
Paris at Monte Carlo. Nearly every
one OF the undraped figures bear heads
OF women we'll known along the
Riviera. while the most beautiful wo-
man thus presented in the painting has
a startling resemblance TO Princess
George Of Greece. whose father. Roland
Bonaparte.Fis one of the proprietors
OF the gambling establishment at
Monte Carlo, and partner, therefore.
of the Prince of Monaco. as well as OF
Constantine Radziwill and Edmond
BLANC, in the public gambling table
business.
Princess George was brought up
with scch care, and even strictness,
entirely aloof from her fathers en-
tanslements. that 1t is gross calumny
conduct of that other Bonapartc Prin-
cess, the lovely Pauline Borghese, the
most beautiful of all the sisters of the
first Napoleon. when she sat to the
OF Venus. and afterward made her
historic reply, to the effect that the
studio had been quite comfortably
heated and protected from draught
when asked whether she had not felt
uncomfortable In thus posing for the
artist in the costume of Mother Eve
before the fall.
Princess George and. above all. her
stalwart. husband. the most powerful
Anak of Old World royalty. may re-
sent the conduct of the painter in
connection with his picture in the
Hotel de Paris at Monte Carlo. But.
on the other hand. they may treat The
matter as a compliment. for no one
ever took exception to the conduct OF
the famous Austrian painter. Hans
Makart, who was accustomed to adorn
the fairest of the undraped figures of
his paintings, with heads that were
portraits of women. not only OF the
haute bourgeoisie. but also Of beauties
we'll known in society. He was wont
even to complain of being pestered by
lovely women OF high and low degree
to have their faces thus mmortalized
IN his paintings. One OF his most wide
~ known pictures Is that of Emperor
Charles Y. entering the city of Ant
werp in triumph. and among the pevy
of beautiful women In the foreground
who lead the imperial cortege. and who
arc entirely undraped. the head OF the
most beautiful of them all is perfect
and acknowledged portrait OF Princess
Alloys Lichtenstein.
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Only Thing Left.
Mr. Rocks Ito chauffeur who has lost
control OF maohtne) Can you stop herr"
Chauffeur: NO
Mr.. Rocks: We'll, then run her into
something cheap."-Chlcago News.
After the Quarrel
Il asked him for my lock OF hair"
What then?''
lie sent me back enough locks of hair
to make a beautiful set OF pufs."-Louisvlle
Couricr-Journal.
An Editors Troubles.
81 suppose 1t is difficult to please all your
rcaders?"
1T Isl. admitted the editor OF the Punk
Vile Palladium. II just received delega-
ton of ladies who requested mo not TO
society page'-Pittsburg Post.
| Useless Expense.
She throws away the mistletoe;
a trifle cross a
Is she because she says ii was
a total loss. 5tE
He Had Reason.
why do you want to be hrst-nishter
I at the thcatre?"
| oh, l like to co."
Got any reason for going on first
nishts?"
.'Yes. have, II you insist on it. I thus
1
w."-Houston Chronicle.
AS u Substitute.
washington wants 100 additional police
men,
4 ..Wel?" s3elss
Congress wants to give ZEN 100 nice new
laws instead.'-kansas city Journal.
Mostly Expense.
THAT is fat, prosperous looking en-
velope. Docs our salesman send. in big
4 bunch OF ordcrs?"
MOT exactly. That envelope contains a
receipt for his last check, his expense &C
count for this week. request for salary
raise, and a requisition for some more eX-
i pense account Observation-Disclosures Herald.
A Short Flusher.
How does that young man impress You r
4 mot at all. l never take kindly to a
young man who wraps $40 bill around
two ones and then insists upon displaying
i his bank roll."-petrot Free Press
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Position as brakeman.

l. To whom should / apply for n
position as brakeman on passenger
train on the Norfolk and Western
Railroad?
2. Where may I obtain list of old
songs? SUBSCRIBER.
!. Address your letter TO the super
intendent TRANSPORTATION. Norfolk and
western Railroad, Roanoke. Va,
2. Any music store can furnish yo,,
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Three aspirants having just with
drawn. there are now only six candi-
dates for the vacant Mississippi sena-
torship. Mississippi never did care
much for public office anyway.
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The fogs of London, the Ice Of Etah,
and the sleets of Sleetville, Sleet
county, all combined cannot rob Rich
mond Of it's international climatic
supremacy.
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Mayor Gaynor's pen is the pen OF a
heady writer. Ills epistolary puzzles
make it fair to refer to him as the
great incomplete letter writer Of his
day.
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RUSSIA S.CORN s
. THE NAME N|TTE''
Odessa Changes the Name Of One
of Its Streets Becaase
Of japan Treaty.
ART VERSUS M oD Z Sly.
Painter Places Heads Of Well
ART VERSUS MoiDE5sTY
Painter Places Heads OF Well
known Beauties Upon Shout
ders Of Nude Figures.

by LA NIARaUIsE DE FONTENoY.
T HOSE who predict trouble in the
near future between Japan and
e u Russia. and who decline to be-
lievc In the maintenance of
peace between these two powers, will
nave their Impressions in this connec-
tlon strengthened by the action of the
cabinet at st. Petersburg In authoriz-
ing the city Of Odessa to give Come
other name to street of that city
which until now had borne the name
OF Count Witte. The authorization was
conceded in response to an urgent de-
mand by the municipality of this, the
commercially most important city Of
the empire, which based It's request on
the fact that Count White. by means of
the treaty of peace which he had nego-
tiated with Japan at Portsmouth. ~ H.,
had inflicted incalculahle injury to his
native land. The mark of displeasure
thus inflicted by Premier Stolypin and
by the Car himself. upon Count Witte
In this matter, affects not only that
statesman. but also Japan. which will
see therein an indication of the real
sentiments and projects of Russia. and
Will more than ever prepare for re-
newal of the sanSuinary war OF Ave
years ago,
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Then. too. there will doubtless be
Marian astronomers in 1920 or there
abouts who will deny that we have
any canals down here.
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While there is still some little room
UP front, 1t can only be a matter Of
time before the multiplying congress
sional Investigations will have to fight
for standing room.
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Those who introduced the resolutions
touching the Interior Department seem
to desire not SO much an investigation
as vindication OF Ballinger.
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We fail to see that Congress has
turned over any new leaves for 1910
not even leaves to print.
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On days like these, why doesn't the
devil skate anyway?
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renslon. for conrclerntc widows.

Please inform me IL the United
states senate passed a bill. last winter.
appropriating pension OF $12 per
month for the widows Of Confederate
veterans WIDOW.
No; no such bill was passed In the
Senate. and no such bill Is likely to
pass. The State OF Virginia, as you
know. gives small annual pension to
the INDECENT widows OF Confederate
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What's the matter with Atlanta? 1t
has discovered in It's midst neither
Dr. Cook nor Miss De Janon.
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The hunter Colonel is now seeking a
white rhino. Moreover, he will get
one. whether such thing exists or
not
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He is such humping success at
the game that we should much like
to see Mr.. Pierpont Morgan try his
hand at merging Speaker Cannon and
Victor Murdoch.
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milk Prices Fixed" says the head
line. The people are in luck If the
milk isn't fixed, too.
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The President may or may not be
right in his apparent conjecture that
the insurgents will sell out for few
instalments of pie.
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these songs. You Will find numbe err
of such stores listed in The Times
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man once dead stays dead a long
time, as Prof. Matt Henson has doubt
less observed. r
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Ex-Governor. Of yirripin.

Virginia are there2 CITIZEN
Three--Governor VIM. E. Cameron.
of Norfolk: ]. Hoge Tyler of Radford.
and Governor a. ]. Montague OF Rich
nond The first of next month will
see an addition to this number in the
person of the present Governor. Claude
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Dreaming OF the Devil.

IL man dreams that he is at the
devil what is 1t a sign Off a. D.
This dream generally means that
the man ate something for supper
that did not agree with him. 1t may
sometimes mean that he has an un-
easy conscience
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Irirc,ncn on yirrIninn.

Fircmcn on virGlninn.
VIII you please tell me TO whom
should apply for position as fire.
man on the Underwater Railway? Do
they need fremen? G. C. n
Address your letter to the division
superintendent, virglnian Railway.
Roanoke. Va We do not know that
the Virginian Railway is at present
especially In need OF firemen. Most
railways however. are always glad to
get a competent man.
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orrn,,izInr Sorfolls's Charity.

Organizing Norfolts Charity.
There seems 10 be more less a demand
for BOARD OF Charities" for Norfolk. and
II is certainly a subject that is worth any
consideration or discussion that may DO
should be very fully considered before action
is taken. That the charities of a people or
city can best be dispensed through regu-
lar organization employing systematic meth
ods is conceded by all who have thought
mr. ernf,ricmce on the subject. 1t also stands
without argument that everybody desires the
extending OF charities and the emploSms en-
good work These are accepted theories
now as to the conditions. There are already
a number OF charitable organizations and
tan, should CONTEMPLATE thu amaagamation
or Utilization OF these as far as possible
rather than become in any sense opponents
or competitors in the same "ork'--Nortolk
Ledger Dispatch.
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Debt. nnd Legal Tender.

Debts and Legal Tender.
Please inform me through your col
umn whether debtor can force creditor
to accept any other money than legal
tender. READER.
TO accept other than legal tender.
ether in paper money or In silver
currency.