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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-10-15
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-10-15
WEST WOODSTOCK

Mrs. Della Freeman returned from
Marshfield last week Wednesday.
Mrs. Emma Merrill went to Revere,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-10-15

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Economy.
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of library practice has ever before
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24

xL7YFEa E....
sDearitig's is that the Internal revenue
receipts show that the consumption
of3liduorsin the United States Is apou'
the Same In volume as IT was before
the p~rohibttion movement got a start.
s"lf all prohibitionists were totaiAap.
staliners. the cause OF temperance woula
be greatly strengthened" concludes MI
sDearing, and that this shaft strikes
home none will be likely to deny. my
profession OF prohibition Is not synoh-
yi,,otis with Its practice.
we ado, MT know who Mr.. Deari1g ls'
but we have little doubt .as to his state
ment 81 sprohibition conditions III our
sister States of the South. There 's
nothing new under the sun; many =
time and oft has prohibition been
found to be impractical.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24
lr,,ped ,nvcetiye and bent every energy

mined invectivc and bent every energy
Ito Its destruction?
These arc not the days OF Jefferson;
but tho principles for which he bat
lstled are as vital to.day as they were
a.Mou uAl,osiot eaIo1 ss,ll CIV 'ueu'
IOHE OF THE COLONI,L's "CROOks.'
The Hon. a. b. Anderson Is a United
States Judge in indianapolis. He wa
appointed by Mr.. Roosevelt when lie
WAS President against the protest OF
OF Harry S. New. ex-Repshl!can Ma
|%tional Chairman. When Mr.. Roosevelt.
then President, directed his stbservient
Department OF Justice to seize the
owners and editors of the indianapolis
News and take them to Washington
for trial in a Court there, which he
expected or hoped would also be sub
scrvient. for the publication of a libel
against the Government and sundfy
persons, whom the President thought
the Government was in duty bound to.
protect and defend. In the Panama
Canal scandal, Judge Anderson dis
missed the case. When the Colonel
was in indianapolis last week, Mr..
New explained to him that he was
wrong in his opposition TO Anderson's
appointment. ,The Colonel asked him
hastily IL Judge Anderson We're the
man who had decided tho libel case.
and when ho was Informed that he
was. the Colonel is said to have ex-
claimed. THAT was the decision of a
jackass and a crook. Yes, he is a
crook and a jackass. and I don't care
II the whole world knows that l said
1t. This is not CONFIDENTIAL"
We have never seen Judge Ander-
son and. therefore, do not know what
he looks like, and we do not know
whether he is crooked or not; there Is
certainly nothing in his decision to
show that he did not hew straight to
the line. But even IL he belong to the
class of animals noted by the Colonel
and is really a crook. as alleged, which
We do not believe, the fact would seem
to establish one case in which the
Colonel cinched a CROOK. The Colonel
seems to be establishing his ~
claim more and more every day to be
Included in the classes to which he
has assigned the more or less distin-
guished Indianian.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24
IN THE NAME OF CHARITY.

Monday was Tag Day in Chicago,
1T was established there three Years
ago, and has since been worked With
VERY good results. In 1908 the sum
raised by this method, for the benefit
of the children's societies of Chicago.
amounted to $4,000. Last year the
figures reached were $4,000, and this
wear the amount collected was $4,000.
Irhe childrens' societies include thirty
one charities. Three thousand and one
hundred workers were on he streets
Monday, and they performed their task
With wonderful success.
There has been much objection by
some persons to this method OF solicit
Ing aid for worthy objects. but 1T ts to
he judged, we should think, oy Its
fruit, and everywhere Tag Day has
been observed, 1t has resulted in the
collection OF large sums of money for
deserving objects of charity which
would not have been collected other.
wise. Some of the more straitlacet
have an idea that this method is IN:
5dignined. and we. think 1t Is, III .
way: but this objection may we'll be
hardened In view Of the factsthat tigh'
wads that were never known 70 "loose1
up in. n other way have actuall!
Clipped in OF their storeSfor the relic
Of many deserving institutions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24
SWEARING OFF.

II the Colonel should come out now
and swear that he will not be a candi-
date for President in 1912. as some OF
his gang seem to think he Will, very
few people would believe him. He
would probably take such an oath as
that suggested in the interest of the
so-called Republican ticket in New
York. under duress; and afterwards
claim that it was lone for a righteous
purpose and with a mental reservation,
Besides. what is one little swear. more
or less, when the Cause is in peril?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24
/ PATRIOTIC work.

High praise must be accorded to
the Confederate Memorial Literary
Society for its determination to mark
permanently the historic Confederate
sites Of this city. Quietly planning
their work. the members of the society
are beginning to achieve the realiza-
ton Of the end which they had in
view. On Wednesday morning the So
ciety with due ceremony will. nnveil a
tablet at the war residence OF Commo-
dore Matthew Fontaine Maury, whose
great genius places him In the front
rank Of yirginia's eminent sons
Other tablets will be unveiled from
time to time. The sites already de.
termined upon. besides that Of the
residence of Commodore Maury, are:
the house in which General j. T., b.
Stuart died. the residence OF Samuel
Preston Moore, Surgeon-General of the
Confederate States; the Tredegar Iron
Works. where the plates OF the yir-
| ginia tMerrimac) We're rolled and the
Confederate canno made.&th location
OF the inner line OF de1enses around
Richmond. now within the city limits;
the sites OF Robertson and C%hinborazo
hospitals, After this work has been
accomplished, the Society WIN proceed
TO identify and mark the department.
and other of,cial buildings OF the Con-
federate Government, the residences OF
VicerPresident Stephens and OF the
Cabinet o%ficers, and the site of the
military camps. All these places OF
historic Interest are to be marked
enduringly with bronze or polished
granite tablets, suitably Inscribed, All
data relative TO the sites, with au-
thoritatiye proofs, will be carefully
cpmpllrd, recorded and filed away In
the archives of the Society.
This work has been Ions neglected,
Time has wrought many changes and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24
PLANNING
r IMPROVEMENTS

with the young princess. Joining hands
Contrary to what has been asserted
Marie e.Ae Christine rise Of Austria to King
Alfonso XII. OF Spain did not AXE
place by proxy at Vienna. but at
Madrid. where the ceremony was SOL
ssmnizsd In the h,stoT Rcr Gnnsea q
title OF Patriarch OF the indies. still
borne by the Primate OF Spain, serves
to recall the era when the nations
colonial empire embraced o consider
In fact. the only other royal princess
now living who was married by proxy
is Queen Marie of Naples. whose wed
ding took place at Munich, the BRIDE
dom OF the two Sicilies, being repre-
sented by an ambassador specially ac-
credited for the purpose by his father.
King Ferdinand IL Nor was II until
Crown Princess of the Two SIciltes.
on landing at the Italian port Of Bari
met for the first time in her l1le the
crown prince. who had been her legal
and who three months later succeeded3
to his fathers throne as King francis
II.
happy one. Yet there was never n
separation. The couple lost their
crown In 1862, were driven into exile.
q portion OF which was spent IN Romes
and afterwards In Paris. King FRAN
els died some twelve or fourteen years
ago. But Queen Marie. who buried her
only child, a little girl. at Rome, ana
who is q sister OF the murdered Ems
press Of Austria n OF that Duchess
Of Alencon who perished In the Char-
ity Bazaar fire at Paris, still lives on.
in a mansion which she has bntlt Tor
herself in the Neuilly District OF Paris.
Formerly she used to race, under the
Ename of Count Isola,s but has lonR
since retired from the turf. and nov
ldevotes herself to works OF charity.
maintaining a shop in Paris for tha
sale OF articles made by her former
INeapolttan subjects. the profits OF thu
enterpriEe being devoted entirely to
their benefit.
The Queen Is the only woman Knight
OF the Russian Order OF St George,
(which is conferred exclusively for cons
spicuous bravery and for feats OF sal.
~llantry In the face OF the enemy, =
received it from Gar Alexander II.
for her heroism9 In the splendld deIense
OF the fortress Of Gaeta, the use
naming stronghold of the BOURBON
was she who commanded the defense.
isit is characteristic ofStfe Queen that
4 she declined to accept the order, unless
| it were also bestowed upon her hus-
band. although III the truth were
\ known. he had done nothing to merit
1t. Alphonse Daudet a portrayed
/ her under the transparent pseudonym
| Of the Queen OF 11lyria.1Gin ~htsspopu-
lar novel. THE Kings in Exile
lS(Copyright, 1910, by the BRENTWOOD
Company.o
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24
furnishing NINE rAkERs.

One ofEthe2 Oldest nj yet most COM
mo- frauds practiced upon the people
is that OF the sale OF worthless mining
stocks. The impostors who swindle
..ie people in this way have been very
bold about 1t. and have not hesitated
to employ reputable newspapers and
magazines to- enect their ends.
The American Mining Congress has
determined, SO far as it lies in its
power. to circumvent promoters and
peddlers of stock of this description.
This organization is urging the States
of the Union to make such dealing a
felony. punishable by a 5000 fine and
five years Imprisonment. This law
would apply to any person knowingly
publishing false or fr%audulently ex-
Iaggerated statements or anything
which is intended to give. or which
shall have a tendency to give, to the
public generally or to@any person a
less or greater apparent value to the
shares. bonds or property of any COR
noration. joint stock association, CO.
partnership. or Individual. than said
shares. bonds, or property. or m par,
thereof shall really or in fact possess
This law has already been adopted in
California, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa,
Montana. Nevada. Utah and Wyoming
The fraud of spurious mining stock
is one that is easily perpetrated, fol
the claims of such %impostors are al
ways presented in a most %alluring and
well-nigh convincing way. It is to be
hoped that this proposed law will b
generally adopted and the funds o.
get rich quick, people thereby pro.
tected.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24
Mn. VOTE.

81 49, -I
Secretary Franklin Macveagh thinks
that after a man has lived In the
same house t,venty-one or TWENTY-FIVE
Years he should be entitled to vote
without registering every two years
or, at least, this is reported BY the
Hartford couranti to BIO his mature
opinion, reached after he had been
compelled to travel all the way from
Washington to Chicago to register or
else lose his vote. If MI. MacNeash
We're only a Democrat we could see
some virtue IN his position; but upon
reflection, he will agree with us. we are
sure, that the ballot cannot be too
securely guarded against Republican
voters In Chicago. and everywhere
else for that matter. He would prob
ably find his nano on the poll list
whether he register or not. the man
ayers OF election In the great Vest
ern town, we have been led to be-
lieve, never failing to take account
OF the absent ones. whether buried IN
affairs of state IN Washington, or IN
tho beautiful cemeteries out there IT
is a question howIElong a mans name
can be voted IN Chicago after he Is
dead without violatingHthe proprieties.
The evil has actually spread to some
parts Of the. South. 1t will be remem-
bered that In the recent Democratic
primaries in the Second District some
VIGOROUSLY dead men voted Just as in
stelligently as IL they had been alive.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24
NIGHT DE coon For JEJuNUM.

Az
Professor H. c.. Carel, of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota. has discovered a
chemical that will revolutionize the
treatment of disease. He.
says that 1t is eight times as
powerful as carbolic acid, not
poisonous, and death to all germs.
The professor says that he is perfectly
willing to submit to cholera Infection
to prove the disease can be cured by
his chemical. He claims that it will
be a great thing FOR purifying infect
ed drinking water, as one drop VIII
make any water safe to drink. BAG
teriologists who have investigated the
matter report that their tests have
proved many of Professor Carols
claims.
We hope this is So OF course, because
those of us who drink water have to
be very careful about 1t; but what Is
most needed in some States, notably
down in Texas, Is a chemical combina-
ton that will make It unnecessary TO
employ the surgeons knife IN the
treatn,ent of the jejunum. not that we
object to using the knife on any and
all occasions in Texas; but because
there are other regions where the
5etunum also requires treatment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24
PROHIBITIONS FAILURES.

In an interview printed In the Biz
mingham Age-Herald, Mr.. .. r. Dear
ing, who has been travelling through
the south recently, gives his observa-
tions on the prohibition wave, which
he thinks is ,subsiding.
"The time will hardly come when
prohibition agitation will cease entire
ly,'' says Mr.. Dearing, 'butsthc prohibi-
ton wave that seemed ito be sweeping
the South has spent It's force, The
reason why prohibition failed%to pro-
hibit in large cities IS becaAse the
laws enacted have been too radical.
Had they been less drastic. or, in other
saries or high license and strictSregu-
"lation in cities of not less than 10000.
prohibition would have commended IT.
sell to a majority OF the people
Mr.. bearing was in Savannah re-
Gently. saloons there are running JUST
as IL Georgia were not a prohibition
state, he says In Atlanta, the city
that near-beer made famous, beer is
sold In large quantities. In Birming-
ham. thinks Mr. Dearing, as much liquor
is consumed as used to be before pro-
hibition was established. In Florida,
the Statewide prohibition movement
is most unpopular. he asserts and
there they told him that X a vote
had been taken Two years ago State
vide PROMOTION would have carried
1.-The state. while nov tho matter ~
taken as "a joke. The Florida people
Will vote on the question next month,
and ut Will he showed under" Mr.,
Dearing also believes that Missouri vii
reject prohibition. IN North Carolina
Tia observes. many men vote "dry" fol
political reasons and then drink y
Mind tigers to thar hearts content,
An Interesting abatement of MI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24

With indian relics: also mineral? What
interest has the government in 1t?
i. Write to him, carc the Outlook
Magazine. Now York City.
q. In the State Library.
8. The owner of tho land. The gov
eminent has nothing to do with ii, az
Ia rule.
French Herailry.
i have inquired at the.State Library
for books on French heraldry. b
failed to find my Could you tell me
where might procure hem?
we know OF no possible source IN
this city. You might ind such vol
#umes In the Congressional Library at
Washington. II you desire to buy
them send us self-addressed. stamped
envelope for name of dealer.
sNIerrin,sc'' Iron.
I have In my possession three pieces
of iron. On one side Is the inscription.
1.-THE first ironslad. 1862" and a pic
Eturo OF the Confederate warship Mer-
rimac. and on the other side. Made
from the armorplals OF the Merrimac.'.
In would like to know the value OF
them, II my. I found them In the
ground in digging. W. J. TAYLOR.
These relics probably have no
worth investigating
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24
Iht.,or,. %bu,ldlnss have sheen Destroyed.

historic buildings have heen destroyed
In d few more years 1t might be Inn
possible to locate these sites ct ALL
The Society has worked along With
out soliciting any funds from the city,
although the work is one Of great
civic Importance, serving TO preserve
the history OF Richmond and to make
the city historically aignilcant to its
citizens.
In the years that lie ahead, this
patriotic work Will he appreciated even
more than 1T is now. Future genera
tons will be increasingly grateful Tor
these memorials. Other parts OF the
nation have long followed the custom
OF marking historic places, but the
South has commonly neglected this
work OF permanent commentator
These tablets have a lasting edu-
.cative value. and Will keep alive
interest In the period to which.
they refer. The confederate Memorial.
Literary Society deserves the gratitude.
of the entire city for Its splendid work.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24
. WORD TO BOOKER.

If Booker Washington would stick
to his last and let politics alone, he
would do himself and his people far
more good thar by acting as a sort of
office broker. He has said that the
Southern white people are the best
friends the negroes have; why not let
them remain so?&
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24
THE SUPREMACY Of AMERICAN
nAITROAn

s AEE IVA > A$&EA4@-L4SEE
Taking UP the. charge that the stock
of American railroads is watered, James
IL. Hill, the distinguished railroad finan-
5cier, in a recent speech refuted this
assertion. Comparing the railroads of
this country to those of Europe. he
said: The railroads of the United
States. with a machine that costs
100000 per mile, or which stands zap
Iitalized at that amount. give from SO
per cent. to over 20 per cent. as much
service for. from o~ne-quarter to one
half the cost to tho public, and pay
from twice to five times the rate Of
wages"
The comparative statistics Ina this
matter justify the claim set forth by
Mr.. Fill. According to the figures Of
the United States Government, the
railroads of this country. in stocks and
I bonds, are capitalized at less than
$4,000 the mile. With that equipment,
which costs 100000 the mile. the rail-
roads move in this country on an aver
age 10000 600 tons per mile of road per
annum.
In Great Britain, with equipment
that is capitalized at s2Ss,0oo the mile,
or more than four times the capitali-
cation of American railroads. S5oo,O0Q
tons per mile per annum are moved BY
the railroads. This is one-half the ser.
vice rendered by the American roads,
Germany has an average cost PEI
mile of railroad Of s1ss.00o, as com
pared With $780, 900 in the United States
Yet the German railroads moNve57oo,oos
tons per mile, against 1,ooo.ooONtons
fef mile each year In the United States
In France, the railroads cost abou
Sl5o.oOo per mile. That isStwoSand$one
half times as much as the a~yerageacos
IN this country. The French @railroa
moves $4,000 tons per mileSof road pc
annhm-less than one-half Of 2what9th
American railroad moves.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24

What the Colonel seems to need Just
now more than anything else Is q
garden instead fia lotof fetch wor-
shippers who keep him in a constant
funk. Under the right sort OF man
agement, he might really count for
something; but surrounded as he is by
the Rollo Boys and the idolaters of a
cheap sort who think that they can
keep themselves In the limelight a lit
tie bit also. he Is making such a spec
tacle tina even his worst enemies are
almost persuaded to protest against
making a monkey of him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24

we were in Royal Cabell's place
we should not make any speeches "
the Ninth District for sler1ps ~ VII
not DO slemp any good, and twill not no.
help LABEL to make q more efhcAent
officer, There is such a thing as per-
%nicious activity In politics.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24

Mayor osaki, Of Tokyo. Japan. re-
GREETED very much, that he could not
visit richmond but he is compelled
to leave Washington to-day or his
return trip to his W country. Mayor
Richardson. OF Richmond, however.
gave him a number OF points about
how to run a great modern city SO as
to obtain the best. results, and visitors
from Richmond to Tokyo in a few
years will hardly be- able to tell the
difference.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24

Has anybody seen Pinchot. Clifford
.Pinchot? And Garfield. dear old Jimmy
Garfeld2 Are they CARRYING the cleo
ton In Ohio for Harmon
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24

Governor Page.
Will you kindly nswer as soon as
possible IL there have been w GOV.
iernors of Virginia named Page, and
we're they brothers. y VINO were
John was Governor in 1902. He was
the only Governor of that name.
Jcrries md sulIivas.
Can you tell me whctherfthcre was
ever a fight between James J.. Jeffries
and John l.. Sullivan, "prfzcfighterB.,'
or not? GEO. L. JONES.
They never fought.
Fence Lnws In A1beJnnr1e.
II you are acquainted with the fence
laws OF Albemarle count Va. will
YOU kindly answer through the~ Query
Column of yoEr paper whether / have
to fence against my neighbor's stock?
a. SUBSCRIBER.
We have no information as to these
Jaws.
Address OF Colonel RooSeveit.
i. Where must I address a letter to
reach Colonel Roosevelt?
o. How or where can I find the gov-
eminent laws on minerals and min
6cral land?
3. who has the most right to treas
ures found on land, such as a cave