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Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-17
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w Nfliffn Epefihliy IDf HS iHH'tiit-J
 Secretary Wilson's annual report fhis winter, is of rather unusual Inter- eHt Co farnorH 1 spOae some of you have read parts of it or extracts from it or summaries Of It. I've read it all, and ' have found quite a little "fooJ Tor thought to chew on.
 Unlike some of the gentlemen who undertake to tell TIE where we make our mistakes. Secretary Wilson was n farmer before he became secretary Of n~rlouture A very good farmer, too, I'm informed. The difference between n farmer who has farmed on land and % farmer who has f9rmed on paper Is 70 bout na hig aa tle difference between u chestnut horse and a horse chestnut The names bear a certain resmebi i1nee, Huf fhr critters are essentially differ ont. When some commission compOs- cd Of Prof This and Dr. That and Judge Eo-an-So undertake to find out what's the matter with farming, they're about as likely to arrive some where as a tandem of scared mules running away up creek bed from the spectre of a womans petticoat drying con Q ciothosllne in the wind. They un- doubtedly havs ability and the report ing skill Co telI-h they could only find out. there's a whole lot of us working farmers who have the knowledge-lf ve could only tell 1t clearly and con vincingly.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11

stands in the eyes of his brethren, as
any other man would stand. The cleric
Is thought by many to be out of the
world and out OF touch with the world.
There is probably enough truth in this
complaint to warn the church against
doing anything that will further with
draw the minister from his people. He
should be kept as close to them as
his priestly duties will permit. and he
should let his brothers see that he is
Il man Of like passions with them, yet
living clean and godly life. Tobacco
Will not make the minister's life I'M
cody. and abstinence from tobacco will
not make his life godlys but to deny
him the weed which makes all men
brothers and to deny him.. personally,
the consolation of u good friendly
smoke, is TO put wall around him and
q useless restriction on him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11
THE nLuEs AND THE REDS.

The military parade yesterday was
I glorious. and 1t was not war AS
The column passed by the Chesterfield
we could not see that there was any
7 difference between our own unap-
lproachable men of arms and the brave
array of the best New England blood.
Possibly, the visitors had little the
embonpolnt; but the Blues and the
REDS with the buff breeches and the
Reds with the white duck trousers, and
the police on wheels and the police on
horseback, and the Governors in the
carriages, and the staff officers on
wonderfully groomed steeds, and the
hands of the Blues and the Reds and
rail-, ladies and gentlemen. it was
glorious sight. AS the column marched
iin perfect step on and on. one excited
lpuffragette exclaimed. Why, it looks
dust like a moving picture; and 1t was
the finest picture ever seen in these
parts, or at least since the Foot Guards
were here before. Richmond is be-
ginning 10 reel a SORT OIL proprietary
interest in these brave folk and If
they would move down here perma-
nently and begin to dig for the deepen
ing of the James River and would
fetch their clothes with them, we do
mot believe there would be dissent
ing voice 10 their attachment to the
blues, thus making regiment of the
+bravest fellows that ever answered to
jroll call, or subdued a friend. oui
'transtulit sustinet.
The Yankees will leave Richmond to-
Day. They have placed their Virginia
(comrades in their debt by the splendid
spirit with which they have co-operated
win them in making a military event
that Will always right front into
line in the annals of this historic
town.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11
TOBACCO AND PREACHERS.

The General Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South, adopt
ed a resolution yesterday requiring all
church to promise upon ordination that
they would not use tobacco while in
the ministry. This resolution was
adopted by strong majority of the
nority report from the committee which
had the matter in charge.
The conference has a right to make
any and all regulations it plcases for
the conduct of the men whom it APP
proves for the Methodist ministry. If
men want to enter the Metho-
dist ministry. they must conform
to the rules and ordinances OF
the church and leave tobacco
alone. If they want to chew tobac-
co or smoke cigars they can do SO,
and the church Will have no quarrel
with them, but if they want the
church to approve them as ministers
they must forswear tobacco.
With this general waiver Of all right
to criticize, we would suggest to the
conference in the words of the apostle,
that all things arc lawful but all
things are not eSpedient. 1t may be
we'll enough for the conference to have
full power over the appetites and hab-
its OF candidates for it's ministry, but
we doubt that it is eSpedlent to eXer-
else this power. Tobacco is about the
best weed that was ever given to man.
,If~used in moderation, physicians tell
us that it Is never harmful and is often
helpful. Certain it is. that its use
is not a moral question, TO affect a
mans standing in the eyes of his
brethren or In the opinion of his con
gregation, III a man do not want
! TO chew or to smoke, and wishes to
drink coffee. We'll and good; but
| if lie want tobacco instead of coffee
he should certainly be no moro con-
demned for its use than his brother for
! the use of coffee.
| There is still another way of looking
/ at the matter. There has been a great
deal of talk in recent years to the
| effect that tho ministry is getting out
| Of touch With the world, and 1T has
.lbeen said u,at thA nraacher- pa Longer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11
vu,T THE COMET WILL DO.

When the comet hove into sight this
morning, at o:36 a. NJ, it was only a
trihe moro than 3s,0oo,O0O miles from
the earth This is not too near for
comfort. but the tremulous are Won
dering what will be the result when
only some 100000 miles or SO separ-
ates us from the wanderer. Every
days dispatches bring new stories of
.marvels wrought by the comet, of
evils attributed TO 1t, or dire things
prophesied for the morning of the
eighteenth when the comet will be
nearest TO us.
Every astronomer who can locate
Venus with a two-inch glass and
thousands of others who are not as
tronomers and have no glasses. are
gazing a. the comet in expectancy and
are trying 10 decide what will happen
a week from to-day. There are as
many theories as there are astrono-
mers, and as many foolish predictions
as there are wise and careful scientific
calculations
1t is pretty well settled, however,
In the minds of all whose opinion is
worth while, that the comet Will
do no material damage. The spectro-
scopes which have shown astronomers
the contents of the comets tail fail to
indicate the presence of single dam
gerous gas. There are some lines in
the spectrum OF the comet with which
even the most expert chemists arc not
familiar, but most of the lines are
those Of the common gases which are
about US daily. The head of the comet
10 be sure, which is fortunately far
from us, contains the much discussed
cyanogen gas, which is deadly to all
animal life, but not a particle of this
| gas has been found in the tail OF the
/ comet,
The hest informed scientists seem
only 10 fear that the passage of the
comets tail to-day week may cause
| some electrical disturbances, While
| they are unable as yet to prove their
point, the astronomers think it more
than likely that the tail Is heavily
charged with electricity. II such be
the case, The presence of the tail in
our atmosphere may disQrranse all
electrical apparatus and may serious
! " interfere with the wireless scrv-
ice.
This Is about all the comet can
do, say the scientists, with degree of
confidence that should reassure every
man, and should make the most trem-
ulons 80 about his work next wcdnes-
day as calmly as though nothing unHs-
ual were happening Yet, This very
assurance Of science merely goes Ia
show how far the world II advanced
since Halley's comet last visited on,
heaYenS AT that time. astronomer;
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11

The New Haven Register extends
congratulations to the Foot Guards
this time" because
"They are now in Richmond, and
in the hands of their true friends, the
Richmond Blues, who are the pick OF
fine fellows of a very fine city, The
hosts will try to have the last word
in the matter of eXtravagant enter
tanning and rich hospitality Thus
again will the bond between Connec-
ticut and Virginia be strengthened. to
the everlasting good of us all"
That's the right sort of talk. The
wonder is that we people who think
alike and feel alike on the so-called
sectional questions do not actually get
together and drive the other fellows
out. Why not? We are in the ma
jorty in fact 1t is only the malingerers
who have been keeping us apart all
these years.
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ishcd since the crushing curse of Bry,
anisn fell on the party
rol,EAnMEp ron TIE rornrH.

The Fourth of July is almost two
months off--so far distant that people
! IN this part of the country have scarce
/ ~ begun to anticipate its coming.
Independence Day orators have nos
| begun to patch up their eloquence;
| toy-dealers have not bought their fire
| works; nobody is worrying about the
! celebration when there is Memorial
| Day and great many baseball games
and no little excitement OF one sort
and another before that time.
In the North, the authorities are al
ready talking about tile Fourth, al
though they are not promising any
great Unusual celebration for the one
hundred and thirtyfourth anniversary
of American independence. The good
people OF that section are rather de-
batting seriously and earnestly how
they can avoid the tremendous toll
which this country pays every year for
the celebration of the day. In 1909
there were about ITO deaths and $500
accidents as the outcome of the in
sane celebration. while in 1908 there
were 1853 deaths and $3.50 accidents,
to say nothing of tremendous fire
losses in both years.
Almost all of this loss comes from
the foolish habit our people have of
showing their patriotism by burning
powder and shooting frecrackers.
on the Fourth. to be sure, thanks to
the abnormal quantity of liquor con-
sumed at that time, but ninety nine
per cent of all the accidents that occur
The reduction of this death loss is
thus simply question of changing
our form or celebration and stopping
the use of explosives on the Fourth.
and the death loss becomes but a
trine. 1t is in this connection that the
men and women who are working in
New York and other cities are doing
power to prohibit the use of fireworks
and explosives at any time, and If they
will use this power on the Fourth they
can prevent the thousands of acct
dents that bring death and blindness
and permanent injury to hundreds of
persons. Mayor Gaynor, of New York,
who has led the movement, aud who
fully appreciates the seriousness of
the matter. has issued positive orders
that no fireworks be sold. hundred
mayors in other cities have followerd
his lead during the last few weeks.
Mayor Richardson and the Police
Board should do the same thing for
Richmond and should do it now. Few
of our dealers have yet bought their
supplies of fireworks for the Fourth
of July celebration, and all of them
should be notified now that they can
not sell them in order that they may
not suffer loss.
The fireworks must go!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11

had accurately determined the day of
Its appearance and had traced it's or
bit, but they could not tell of what the
comet was composed or what it would
do. To-day. IL tho writer's on the
subject may be believed, we know
thirty tines as much about the comet
as we did at It's last appearance, and
are proportionatcly able to Judge of
Its real character. WE are glad of 1t,
because science so often alarms with
reason that when it can reassure, 1t
brings the truest consolation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11
Activity OF Prince ucntom.kr.

II is only fair TO Prince Esper Uch-
tomski, who has a number of friends
in this country, and wbo spent some
time in the United States in the spring
of 1904, to place on record that In the
recent General Assembly of the Rus
sian mobiles at st. Petersburg, at which
all the provincial councils of nobility
We're represented by delegates, he Wig
orously opposed, and that almost sin
handed, the reactionarv resolutions
which, save for him. would have been
Voted unanimously by the convention.
When the prince moved a resolution
Stolypin in reforming the abuses OF
the government administration IN gem
eral and of the police in particular.
he was voted down. on the ground that
tutions and of the authorities was cal
culated to impair the respect which tho
masses ought TO have for their supe-
riors. Prince Uchtonski voted against
the resolutions of the assembly en-
Guiding the Jews from the professions
OF physician. dentist, lawyer and chem
list. and barring them from the public
schools, In fact he opposed all the
anti-Semitic Recommendation Of the
congress, and also vigorously protested
against the movement in favor of re-
stricting the admission of the chill
dren of the peasantry to schools and
universities.
If I call attention to this. 1t is be-
cause Uchtomski can boast of q great
er degree OF intimacy with his sove-
reign than any other newspaper .edi-
tor or proprietor In Europe, the prince
owning the "yiedomosti," the most in
st. Petersburg as we'll as the oldest.
having been founded by Peter the
Great. The friendship between EN-
peror Nicholas and the prince dates
deed, before his accession to tho
throne. In those days the prince was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11

Nx/ King Edward viii be with.
w held from the public, as was
the case with the testamentary
dispositions of his father. the Prince
CConsort,. and of his mother, the late
queen Victoria, 1t has been known for
some time past in court circles iu
england that he has left Sandringham
which was his private property, to
queen Alexandra for life. 1t has been
her principal home in England ever
since her marriage. forty-seven years
ago. and within it's borders she rather
than her husband. has always ruled
supreme. IT is there that her children
and her grandchildren have been
IN the whole domain which does not
hear the trace of her personal tastes
and with which she is not identified
\ perfect ruin and shamefully neg
for the late King by his trustees
While he was touring in this country.
during the presidency of Buchanan,
and large sums have been expended II.
charming country seats in England.
standing In a beautiful park and sur
rounded by gardens which are the tri-
lmph of that great landscape artist.
Lord Redesdale.
1T is at Sandringham that Queen
..i!eXandra has always kept her favor
lite belongings, and she knows every
man, woman and child OF the various
villages that are comprised In the
estate.
1t Is probable that in course OF time
she will transfer her London residence
back TO Marlborough House. which be-
longs to the crown. and which was the
metropolitan residence of Queen Dow
agcr Adelaide after the accession of
Queen Victoria to the throne Queen
Alexandra was its mistress from the
time. Of her marriage until her nus
bands accession to the throne. when.
n Va Y,krf Il ~
she moved to Buckingham Palace.
where, despite all the efforts made TO
beautfy her apartments. She has never
felt so much at home as at Marlbor-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11
ruEiRs Is THE nLA,1E.

: Night before last President Taft
promised an audience in Passaic, New
Jersey, that the railroad bill would
receive the approval of Congress, and
before twentyfour hours had passed
his promise was half-fmhlled. The
House passed the bill yesterday after
noon, and will now take up other ad-
ministration measures, While the SEN
ate decides whether or not it will APP
prove the railroad bin.
The prompt fuliilment of the Presi-
dents prediction, and the passage of
the railroad bill by the House after
ats death had been officially prophe
sled, indicates that the Republicans
have been nending their fences dur
ing the last few days and are strtv-
ing hard to leave no rail out of place
when Congress adjourns. Indeed,
President Taft intimated as much at
Passaic. when he declared unequivo-
lcally that the administration meas 4
rres would pass and that Congress
would not adjourn before the meas
nres approved in party council had
been made the law Of 1.-THE land.
Manifes,ly. the Republicans have
closed their ranks and are determined
TO do something" before they again
face the people and ask for re-elec-
tion. They are afraid to appeal TO
the country without a record of con-
structive legislation for the present
session, and they have determined to
force through their party measures
before the Speakers gavel falls for the
last time.
II. In carrying out this policy, the Re-
,publicans have about whipped the In
surgents into line, and have about ST
g1enced their rebellion When the roll
twas called Yesterday, and all true Re-
publicans had TO show their colors in
,support of the railroad bill only twelve
members could be found outside the
fDemocratic party who would vote for
tine recommitment of the bill The
others were like those Assyrian wolves
(which came down onthe Israelittsl fold
I-something had happened to them in
Ithe night and they were gone They
had talked long and they had talked
,soud. but when The real test came
stley were not to be found.
Il, While this is no more than we have
expected from the first, it indicates
that the Republicans are the masters
of thu situation in Washington, and
I1bat they must stand sponsor for all
that Congress does and all that ii fails
TO do before it's adjournment.
Since the Republicans BY supporting
the administration measures, have
shown their Willingness TO assume the
responsibility for them, the Demo-
Gratis should be no less willing, II the
Republicans can make the laws, the
Democrats can certainly attack them;
and II the Republicans fail to revise
E1he tariff and to reduce the expenses
,of government theirs Is the blame.
rbese and like recent developments
lhape the coming fight and. make
She issue plain The Democrats car
xo before the people, not only 10 at
tack the Republican sins of commits
sion, but the Republican sins of omis-
sion, and they can appeal to the conn'
Try on platform such MS they have
ppt had in years, and with hope o
lSnreess such aS they have not cher.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11

In the opinion of the Columbia State
when the commission government gets
fairly under way in that town, dele
cations from Spartanburg and Charles
ton will come to Columbia once week
to drink the waters; which makes us
almost satisfied that we are not living
In Charleston or Spartanburg. Goose
Creek is bad enough, in all conscience.
but spare us from the Congaree and
Broad. with the refuse of thousand
factories.
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If Dan slnkler. the Dick crolxen q,

If Dan slnkler, the Dick Croker, of
Charleston, has really given up to
some Charles Murphy, whose name we
haven't heard. and would like to get
into the game again, we know of no
better field for him to cultivate than
Richmond on the James Everybody
ought to come to Richmond even seitz,
OF the New 8ork World, who must be
tired by this time of trying to adapt
New York 70 the poetry Of Omar
Ishayyarl.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11
,rur TWO rIRsr soLplEns.

In his speech at the banquet Monday
night. Governor Weeks, of connecti-
cut is reported to have said some
thing like this THE two greatest
soldiers America has ever produced
were both virsinians-W Washington and
Lee" That vas a fine thing for Gov
ernor Weeks to say, because it was
a true thing, and he said it like
man.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11

tho morning. Is not the tail an I'M
aginary vision? READER.
The comet can now be seen Just be-
fore daybreak in the eastern horizon.
close 10 the star Venus. If you locate
Venus. now the morning star, you Will
have no difficulty in finding the comet.
2. No, the tail of the comet Is real.
being gaseous and stretching for mil
lions OF miles
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11

1t is Just as we thought it would be-
The Charlotte Observer sidestcps the
issue in the case of the Rev. DR.. Orr,
and assumes that DR.. Orr sis all things
to all men If thereby he may evangel-
ize some" But what has that TO do
with the inquiry we made? What sort
of hymns or psalms does he sing?
That's what we want TO know, and
what we asked Can any man be
properly evangelical singing hymns of
human composition? Probably the OBJ
server can answer that question; but
it WON'T
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11
A SQUARE DEAL. couNTEss.


In q recent speech in London the
Countess Carlisle denounced the mid
die class girl of leisure, saying that
lit has come to this, that the girl Of
the middle class who is found idlinG
at home. and doing fancy needlework
and playing croquet will have to e&-
plain herself. Girls of leisure are go-
ing to be the leavings, not the best.
They make silly, eXtravagant guys of
themselves and pretend they are sweet
seventeen when they are getting old"
We are all getting old. Countess;
but why didn't you say something
about the boys and mon of the middle
class and of the upper class as WE'LL
who affect membership in the leisure
class? Why should they not also ex-
plain themselves? What are they do
ing for tho communities in which they
live? Why don't they get busy? How
do they live? They do not even make
fancy noedleworS We don't caro- how
you share EN-, Countess. so that you
share 'em even.