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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27
w1cKEpEsr CRY N Tun souru.

WICI<EDEsT CITY IN THE SOUTH.
After all, 1t appears that Richmond
is not the wickedest city in the coun-
try, not even the wickedest city in
the South. We gather so much, at
least, from the report of sermon
preached by the Rev. j. Walter Daniel,
Presiding Elder of the Columbia Dis
trict, in the Methodist Church at Lex
ington, S. c., last Sunday The re-
port printed in the state says
During the course Of his eloquent
discourse. DR.. Daniel declared with
feeling that Columbia, the capital Of
the proud state of South Carolina, is
the wickedest city south of Philadel-
phia.' He said that there We're more
debauched young men and young wo-
men in and around Columbia than In
any other section of the State Bas-
ing his remarks on the parable where
the rich mans, son had left his home
and had wasted his money in riotous
living, DR.. Daniel drew several pic
lures which touched the hearts of his
hearers. He said that almost every
day young men come to his home in
Columbia and acknowledge that they
have left their homes and have lived
lives of shame and disgrace and seek
advice.
That was very extravagant talk.
There are doubtless good many trif-
ling young men in Columbia, and
there may be some debauched young
men and young women in and around
Columbia-such creatures are To be
found in every large community, and
Columbia is large and progressive
lessly lost, and wish to lead better
lives. We Judge from DR.. Daniel's own
statement, as reported in the state
that such is the case, and ii may be
that they have been reared there or
have gone there from other parts of
the State and country for the very
purpose of being brought under the
good influence of the Christian work
ers in that community. 1t was while
he was on his way to Damascus that
very wicked and bloodthirsty man
by the name of Saul saw the light We
do not believe that Columbia is
wickeder than many other places. The
old residents were of very good
sort. and the new people who have
been crowding in for the last few
years VIII probably know better and
do better as time goes on. The wick
eldest city south of PHILADELPHIA is a
distinction, however, that is not to be
envied.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27
A MISUSE of GOVERNMENT PROP

During the last five years the cost
of maintenance of the three SHIPS OF
the United States Navy engaged IN
the personal service of high officers OIL
the Government has amounted 10
s1455,26l.91. The Sylph was convert
ed by Mr. Roosevelt to his own uses
and afterwards the Mayflower was
made the Presidents yacht and Is sun
employed as such. The Dolphin IS 'ne
personal ship of the Secretary OF the
Nayy The cost of maintaining these
ships is paid out OF the public treas
ury. They are reserved, senerally
speaking. for social purposes Says
the World:
,"rhey are on call at Northern sum
mer resorts in the summer. IheS
cruise in sub-tropical seas in the VIM
ter They meet favored relatives and
friends at quarantine. They FURNISH
dellchtful means of entertainment fol
| visitors who have wearied of the Land
They are manned and kept In repair
from the naval funds. Their officers
and crews are sailors of the United
! states Navy. a large part OF the eX'
! penses OF their up-keep Is due 10 Thu
/ personal and social ends that they
| serve"
The use of lighthouse tender was
/ frst made, we believe, by Mr.. Cleve-
/ Hand for his fshing' expeditions, but
as we understand, he paid out of hi
i uersonal pQcAet the expensss az Kun
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27
MN. BRYAN powN AND our.

For twenty years William Jennings
Bryan has dominated the Democratic
PARTY in Ncbra ska. For fourteen years
he has dominated the Democratic party
of the country Yesterday the Demo
Gratis of his own State. who know
him best and have followed him most
Loyalty, repudiated him and his leader
ship. The example of his home folks
is worthy the imitation of the party
throughout the country. We are sorry
for him, in sense. for he is person
ally a very likable man; but we re-
ioice that he has reached the END
of his rope in Nebraska.
There has been much speculation as
To what course he would take If the
Nebraskan Democrats should turn hin
down and out. and 1t has been reported
that he would ally himself with the
Republicans of his State we DO ho'
know and do not very much care
he would be less dangerous 10 the
Democracy on the other side than IL
he should continue to affiliate with
his own party, Wiich i'S
as 1t has honored no other man IN
its history, and has paid for its 10y
atty to him at a fearful cost
The opponents of Mr.. Bryan IN Ne
braska did their work so thoroughly
that it is reported he would not carry
the fight to the floor of the eonSen-
ton" The odds We're too great; the
people had made up their mind. MI
Bryan yielded. That he Will cease h''
political activities is too much to en-
pect. even to hope; but the NeprasN'
Democrats have set the pace the part!
must travel if it is to make a winnini
fight for the rescue of the Government
at Washington from the hands of tn
,,,araIlderS
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LAUDED FOR SPARTAN
IDEAS OF DISCIPLINE

wish to see him her clever Chamber
maid used to put her finger to her lips
and on tptoe to lead the politician to
me entrance OF the boudoir in ques-
absolutely lfelike representation of
the Due d'Aumale, bent over the table
rms was quite sufficient to send
Ciemenceau away in hot haste. by the
trick being played over and over again.
To-day this. wax work figure OF the
prince who conquered Algeria for
france and who bequeathcd TO the
tiily may be seen among the wax
work representations of other person-
ages at the Musee Greyin, though few
VINO see IL are aware of Its peculiar
origin and history.
One would have imagined that prac-
tically everything that could have
been written about eH Marshal Bazaine
mad appeared in print. And yet the
p3iubiieatlon; now in progress, OF the
diaries of Prince Frederick Charles ~
Prussia, by Captain WolfganE Foers-
Ter. OF the general staff OF the German
army by permission OF the Kaiser and
OF the princes children, has brought
at least one new fact to light. II is
this: Prince Frederick Charles. who.
IT may be remembered, was In COM
mand of the German forces besteging
Metz had, despite his somewhat brutal
character. been SO much moved by the
sorrow of such gallant old veterans as
generals Changarnier sand de Clssey
that he offered. through them. to Ba-
zaine. when the stronghold surren-
dered. that the French troops should
march out with what are known as
the honors OF war"--that Is TO say,
detlling, with arms and colors dying,
before the enemy. Bazaine, however,
was so afraid that the evaporation OF
the 100000 officers and soldiers under
his orders at the surrender might take
the form of some demonstration
against himself that he, to the amaze
ment of Prince Frederick Charles, de-
clined the latters soldierly offer
Thanks to this apprehension on the
part of Bazaine twhom the prince de-
scrlbes as "abgele bt"--that is to say,
IA mentally and physically wearied old
debauchee) the French army of Metz.
which, owing TO It's numbers and to
the excellent physical condition of the
men, could at any rate have in part
was deprived of one of those consola-
lions which are SO highly valued by
soldier when overtaken by the misfor-
tunes of war. and was subjected to
the needless humiliation OF having to
file past the yictors without arms or
colors.
The prince. who. according to Ba-
zaine's champions, had always insisted
to tod do for the G assense Of Mdtz, speaks.
on the contrary. in his diary with the
utmost contempt OF the uiarshais Eek
IRENE prudence and while admitting
that the artillery in Metz was under
horsed, owing to the fact that the be-
leaguered forces had been living to a
great extent on horse flesh, specially
mentions that If Bazaine had hurled
the whole mass of. his army at any
given point against the besieSlnE line,
most OF 1t would have succeeded In
breaking through that line and In get
ting away, owing to the fact that the
besiegers We're extended over long
been able to concentrate quickly
enough to oppose a sufficient force.
(Copyrig ht, 1910. by theA brentwood
Con pany.,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27
THE LAW CLERK.

Much notice has been directed late
~ to the high figures some American
lawyers are commanding for their
services. According to a statement
published short time ago. "the
greatest legal fees ever paid are class
flied thus: John 3. Stanchheld, for
defending f. A. Heinze, 100000, tho
largest fee ever received in crimi-
nal case; Samuel Untermyer In the
Boston and Utah Copper Merger, $780,
900 (part in stock) James r.. Dill,
for settling the affairs of the Carne-
gle Steel Company. $1,OOO,oo0; VIII
liam Nelson Cromwell, Panama Canal
sale, 100000"
All of these are New York law
yers, a fact which suggests the truth
that some of the best work done in
these particular cases was done,
doubtless, by men who did not receive
anything extra for It, but had to sat
isfy themselves with their paltry $50
the week as law clerks in the city OF
New York, where living expenses are
so high and the strain of business life
so great OF course. in every bust
ness, there is work to be done by sub
ordinates that is Indispensable TO tho
completed transaction. but 1t is rou.
tine work, mechanical, and calling TO.
no special talent nor ability.
In the case of the law clerk 1t is
different. Hoping through the years
that he may get his chance" hi
struggles along on mere pittance
giving his education. his training, his
brain. undergoing fierce grind. rare.
ly receiving more than s25 the week
1t is his ability for research, his learn,
ing in the law, his initiative, his origi.
nality, that provides the backbone fol-
the brief Of the great lawyer, who
pockets the proceeds, Some Of tn,
really best lawyers in New York to
day have grown gray in mere clerk
ships, are men who have hoped ant
hoped through all the years for ad
yancement. bitterly realizing that the,
| We're giving the best OF their body an
| brains to thankless task.
New York, 1t Is true, holds out grea
opportunites--but how tragic IL tn
proportion of those who fail to get !
/ touch with these .oQpQCtpDltesA cQIp
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27
HOW MR.. BRYAN SUCCEEDS.

The New York Sun says: In 1874
in st. Louis he (Bryan) appealed un-
successfully TO the members Of the Ma
tional Convention after the receipt OF
Judge Parker's gold telegram. But
was his appeal unsuccessful really !:
1t was not the effect of his speech on
the Convention that he had in mind SO
much as it was the effect of his speech
on the outside of the Convention. me
election returns OF 1904 will show the
Sun how Successfully Mr.. Bryan was
in his work at st. Louis. He was par
amount" at st. Louis as he mas peei'
paramount" ever since 1896. HIS IN
tention seems to be-1f the people VIII
not elect me President they shall elect
nobody else. Nor Parker nor wilson
nor Harmon nor Marshall nor any
other man shall be able to say sue
ceeded where Bryan failed on
wretched party that 1t Is, who shall
deliver it from the body Of this death!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27
SOUTHWARK THE STAR of EMPIRE

SOUTHWARK THE STAR OF EMPIRE,
1t is reported that the rush of set
tiers to Canada from the United States
has been checked, and that q counter
movement has set in towards the
South and Southwestern States. Last
year thousands of settlers were think
ing of taking UP Government lands in
Canada, but have thought better
of 1T, and have now concluded to set
tie in their own country and TO es.
tablish themselves in this rich region.
The Southern Railway has recently
placed with Northwestern firms and
corporations, for the purpose of locat-
ing settlers, $4,000 acres or land IN
Southern Alabama Large tracts have
also been taken UP in Southern Geor-
gia and Northern Florida, and indi-
vidual farmers are said to be buying
improved as well as wild lands In
Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and
Northern Alabama. These farmers
came from Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
They are a most desirable class OF
people and are now coming back TO
the communities in the South from
which their people originally emigrat-
ed. From the hill country of the South,
particularly from the hill country of the
Carolinas many good people moved to
Ohio and Indiana and Illinois about
three quarters of a century ago because
of their opposition to the institution
of slavery. 1t will be found doubtless
that the farmers from tiRt region who
are now contemplating settlement in
the South have descended from the
pioneer ancestors, who moved from
this part of the country for what they
regarded conscience sake.
1t does not make any difference
however, who they are, II they be peo-
pie of character and industry and are
willing to share with the South in its
marvellous material development
There is no region of country on the
face of the globe that can be COM
pared with the South in fertility OF
soil, in convenience to market, in va
riety of climate, in well-ordered and
progressive civilization. There are
millions of acres of urdeveloped lands
in the South waiting for the people
who are now turning their faces this
wav
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27
Daily Queries and Answers
Addess all communications column Query Editor
No problems will be solved no COINS
valued and dealers mes will be given

has been substituted. In Utah q con-
demned murderer may choose shooting
instead of hanging. Death by tha
sword obtains in fifteen cantons IN
Switzerland in China and Russia pub
licly, and In Prussia privately. Ecua'
dor, Oldenburg and Russia have adopt
ed the musket publicly; while in China
they have strangulation by the cord,
and In Spain the garrote, both publici
and In Brunswick, death by the axe,
Exactly Tlint.
What does the expression, did no,
mean? READER.
1t means that he didn't.
virsinnis.
What is virginia?
An early keyed Instrument, some.
thing on the order OF clavichord
The Thentrc Fire in Richmond.
When was the famous theatre fire iE
Richmond and what was the play? How
many We're killed?
December 26 1871. Tho play was
The Bleeding, Nun About seventy
people persisted, among, them Governor
MI w. ID. Gordon corrccts> us as to
the TUE OF the Queen OF England which
should be: "HAr Majesty -. by
the grace OF God, of the United King.
dom OF Great Britain and Ireland. and
of British Dominions beyond the Seas.
Queen, Defender of tho Faith and EN-
press of India Our first authority
was Harper's Book of Facts"
Age OF Title Colonel,
How old is the title Colonel?
1t goes back to the sixteenth century
in England.
Lincoln Not North Cnrolininn.
l have heard that Abraham Lincoln
was born in Shelby county N. c. Is
there any evidence to prove that no
was born there?
None whatever 1t is merely a myth
knights of Pythlas.
When was the knights of Pythias
founded?
1864.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27

is safe that puts all Its eggs in one bas-
ket, and no community can be prosper
Gus which does not hold out induce
ments TO those who are seeking new
fields for the extension of their indus
tries or for the creation of new indus
tries
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27
rnv TIE ,1urELEn ON HIM.

To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-You are so ingenious at-sup-
pressing noises. tell me what can / do
to suppress my neighbours whistle?
He ululates on his front porch every
morning between the hours of seveis
and eight; and, as IL that We're not per-
nicious enough, he has never yet
brought out a note that was not hat
He is not only tone-deaf, but tune
deaf, and, when he cannot remember
how tune goes he adds variations OF
his own iniquitous devising, for all the
world like the village band. We are
peace loving folk in our neighborn
hood but the noise which this creature
creates daily is fast making murder
ers of us. Cannot you suggest rem
coy for the suppression OF fiat whis-
tie, for which we are all paying SO
dearly? SUFFERER"
The best we can do with this appeal
for help Is to refer the case to the
Committee on Charter, Ordinance and
Reform, and it will take steps, as soon
as 1T has had time to think 1t over,
Immediately. It always acts with
promptness and precision as soon as 1t
finds where it is at. There is an old
proverb that "whistling roosters and
Growing hens always come to some bad
end,'' and it may be that in this case
the man with the fiat" whistle will
think better of it and go hang him-
self. Whistling is very bad form, even
when it is done well; but for any one
m 1x,bj flat =,
crime. as much Of a crime, say, as the
efforts OF men we have all heard who
insist on singing when they can't sing,
and who would be mortally offended
II any one should suggest that they
were really destroying the music.
Probably If Sufferer would speak
to the whistler in Kindness, he would
discontinue his obnoxious habit, A,
least that is the scriptural method ii.
such cases made and provided. We do
not know how 1t would work In this
case. some men are so touchy about
their own rights and so Obvious of
the rights of their neighbors; but it
would be as effective, doubtless, as any
direct appeal that could be made tc
the sanhedrim at the City Hail.
There is one point in the letter OF
our correspondent, however. which
would seem to require some explana.
/: ton. The sun rises these days about
/; o'clock, and the whistling nuisance o
which complaint is made does not be
gin until two hours after the sun ha
risen For men who do not work a
might, and for those who run automo
biles all night, Z O'clock is not hca
thenish hour to get up, and to man o
sound nerves whistling should not ,
regarded as an objectionable Offence
that Is to say, when the whistling i
not absolutely flat, in which case, Q
course, no penalty would be too severe
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27

The Page News says that the
Huckleberry market that started in
at even more than normal prices has
gone to pieces. Too bad; for we learn
from the same source that last years
crop brought ten thousand dollars into
the county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27
Capital Punishment.

Capital Punishment.
Please tell me how persons CON
victed of capital crimes are punished
In this and other countries.
NJ. L. b.
In Italy there is no capital punish
ment, and it has been abolished in the
States of Maine, Michigan, wisconsin.
Rhode Island and Kansas; Colorado
and Iowa have restored IL after brief
periods of abolition. AS to the meth
ods OF carrying out death sentences:
the guillotine is employed publicly in
France, Belgium, Denmark, Hanover
and two cantons of Switzerland and
privately in Bavaria, Saxony and also
IN two cantons OF Switzerland Tho
gallows is used publicly in Austria,
Portugal and Russia and privately in
Great Britain and the United States,
except in New York, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, Ohio, North Carolina
and Virginia. where the electric chair
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27

w. S. Porter GO. Henry'O, in whose
death the world of literature lost a
shining light, was a very good Judge
of men and things and places, and in
one of his letters he gave this sage
counsel evolved out of his experience
in the town of Houston:
IF you see anybody about to start
eto Texas to live, especially to this
part, ii you will take your scalpyouler
and sever the jugular vein. cut the
brachiopod artery and hamstring him,
after he knows what you have done
for him he will rise and call you
blessed This country is silent but
eloquent refutation of Bob Ingersolfs
theory; man here gets prematurely
insane, melancholy and unreliable and
finally dies Of lead poisoning, in his
boots. while in good 1old land like
Greensboro man can die, as they do
every day, with all the benefits Of the
clergy"
We have never seen this advice
printed in any of the small bills OF
the advertising agencies Of Texas
but it is worth reproduction Though
dead, 20. Henry" yet speaketh.
-----------------=
The Harrisonburg Daily Times points
ont that in the trial there Of Pincli
parhour for murder 'in less than three
weeks the murderer was indicted, tried
.nd conyicted," adding the comment.
quick time. ana yet
tho prisoner had all of his rights care
fully guarded, and eminent counsel de-
Tended him. II in exceptional cases
the wheels Of justice can be accelerat-
"a why not in all cases?" 1t is re-
freshing to learn of cases like THIS
CARRYING out the speedy trial IN
criminal prosecutions guaranteed by
tho Constitution Of the United STATES
rhe nnregenerate New York Even
ing sun reports that it Is not the
same now over in Fourth Avenue since
the Contributing Editor took charge;
that instead Of Religion and Culture
presiding over the sanctum ana Dr.
| Abbott sitting quietly strokins the
office cat hour by hour, the "hho
Hamilton Mabie was working OH sons
cultural address delivered before the
ladies of Peoria, the whole seems =
changed. .sWhere once all was neat
and sweet and pretty things al N
row. now life is one long bedlam'
uncultured. unladylike, perhaps even
irreligious. politicians wipe their tee'
on the Welcome in the doormat anu
jostle Dr. Abbott in the CORRIDOR. bu'
such is life, real life, earnest liIe o.
which the grave is not the goal nu'
the Immortality of fuss and feathers
--------.-
" The Lebanon News has something 70
say about Henry Stuart that will serve
Very we'll to show what manner Of
man he is, It says:
NO man in the Ninth District has
done more for the poor man than has
Stuart. Men who were once laborers
on his farm now own farms of their
own. Some Of the wealthy men OF
Russell county got their first start ir
the Following plough in stuart's corn
fields"
Russell vii he in stuart's column
too.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27

NorfoliS's Population.
What did the last government census
give as the population of Norfolk?
46,624.
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College Yell.

College Yell.
yell. YALE
Rum tidy UNI tum tidy UNI tee,
rackety rackety who are we: feegee,
Weesee, how we roar, Findlay College
ZIP. Fam. zoar." But you had better
not exercise your lungs with It this
hot weather
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27
Articlcs of Fnlth

Articles OF Faith.
Will you kindly give me in your
query column the articles of faith of
the Latter Day Saints as formulated
by their prophet, Joseph Smith?
SUBSCRIBER. =
Space forbids. There are thirteen
articles, which may be found in any
standard reference book.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27

Oxford University.
When and by whom was the Uni
Verstty of oxford founded?
STUDENT.
The University of Oxford has the
reputation of having been founded by
King Alfred in S72.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27

We have never seen this advice
printed in any of the small bills OF
the advertising agencies of Texas
but it is worth reproduction Though
dead, 20. Henry" yet speaketh.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-27

The Lebanon News has something 10
say about Henry Stuart that Will serve
Very we'll to show what manner OF