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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09
A CRUSADE For QUIET.

''You are entirely right" said an
automobile owner yesterday. Keep it
up. The public have some rights that
even we should respect get
great deal of pleasure out of my ma
chine; / ride in 1t every day and 1t
keeps my liver in first rate condition.:
but think that my neighbor who does
not own or drive car should not be
compelled to suffer for my pleasure.
OF course, have a curfew law for the
automobiles; eleven o'clock at night,
especially at this season of the year
when people have to live with their
windows open, is late enough for them
to be permitted to use the public
streets for their Joy riding, and l wish
the City Council would amend the
the other people in town could have a
few quiet hours for themselves 1t is
a shame that the automobiles are per-
mitted to take the whole road and
keep 1t all the time to the evident dis
comfort of nineteen twentieths of the
people of Richmond. 1t Is proposed to
require the automobiles to fit their
cars with uniform signal horn. and
that would be a wise provision; but
they ought also to be required to use
mufflers on their cars which would
do away with much OF the noise they
now make Then, the police should ar
rest the boys who make practice of
blowing the horn OF every car they
pass on the street"
A letter was received at this Office
yesterday protesting against the noise
! made by the street cars and urging
that the police look after the speeding
of these public conveyances. This
correspondent says that there is a
rattle and bang and rush about some
of the cars that is destructive of any
thing like peaceful reflection in many
| would-be quiet neighborhoods We
have no doubt that the managers OF
| the street car company would be
| pleased to give the public such relief
as may be possible; but there Is still
another source Of much distraction.
II
and it is found in the wagons and
carts which pound through the streets
with every bolt shaking and every
board in their bodies playing tattoo
on their iron beds. With proper leg
islation and a little care, the commu-
nifty could be relieved of many of the
wearing distractions which make life
for thousands of persons agony.
The first thing in order is the pass
age of an anti-noise ordinance which
will take cognizance Of all these com
plants and the adoption of curfew
attachment for the automobilists who
will insist upon bothering quiet peo-
pie the live-long night with their I'M
earthly noise.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09
TURNING MosBY OUT.

Colonel John S. Mosby, the famous
Confederate cavalry leader, has been
dismissed from the service of the Gov
ernment at Washington as special at
torney in the Department OF Justice
This is nothing short of an outrage
and specimen of the ingratitude Of
politics. We do not believe that Mr..
Taft would stand for 1t minute, If
he were fully informed of the facts
in the case of this hard old fighter.
Such a statement should be made to
him directly for his consideration.
During the war Colonel Mosby per-
formed splendid service for the South
against the enemy. So successful was
he in his work that after the sur
render at Appomattox he was not to
be included In the terms granted to
General Lee, and it was not until
April 81 that, a truce having been
made with Hancock at Winchester, he
surrendered with six hundred of his
devoted, followers 1t was through
General Grant that he was given fair
treatment and. in recognition OF
Grants honorable course towards him,
he established friendly relations with
the victorious General and remained
true to his new allegiance. 1t was a
hard thing for him to do, as 1t re-
quired the breaking of many of the
closest ties of friendship and involved
Joc
vicious Misrepresentation.
e was early in Roosevelts admin
i,tss.1ion that Colonel Mosby was ap-
potHted special attorney to break up
the operation of the cattlemen on the
Government lands in the West, and SO
vigorous was his pursuit OF the tres
passers that he commanded the admir-
alton of the authorities at Washington
Now, that he is old and full of years
the services he has rendered to the
with which he has been identified are
forgotten. and he has been turned out
to grass. 1t is an outrage. 1t shows
how little wickersham knows or cares
for the past and the men who We're
large part of the past. The Repub-
llcan who would not be moved by the
story of Mosby's fidelity to Grant
against the protests of his own people,
against all his training and tradi-
lions. must indeed be devoid Of any
sentiment of gratitude or high politi-
cal responsibility. Half an hours
study of this case would impress Mr..
Taft with the claim this old Confed-
crate has upon the good Offices of the
party in power.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09
WOMEN IN POLITICS.

The moving spirits of the National
a lesson of which they never dreamed
in former yaars. They have found
that 1t is one thing to control an as
isociation made up of men who can be
led like sheep and an entirely different
thing TO control body in which there
are thinking women This knowledge
cost the educators singing defeat,
but it was probably worth 1t for the
experience 1t gave them.
AS is usual in such bodies a nomi-
mating committee of the Association
was appointed to name officers for the
coming year. This committee. as is
also the custom, was made up of the
men who had worked hardest for the
Association and were generally re-
garded as representative members
They would, of course, nominate some
one for President who was
acceptable to the leaders and
credit to the Association. The
committee did it's work in due form.
Z
pecting that the ticket would go
Through without opposition. But they
reckoned without their host--or host
less, in this case.
There were number of women DEL
egates in attendance on the Associa-
ton. and they decided that they would
like TO see Mrs, Ella Flagg Young,
Superintendent of the Chicago Schools,
head OF the Association They there
fore began an insurgent movement. os-
tensibly without previous campaign.
The leaders took this as joke, but
when the vote was finally taken Mrs.
Young was elected and the nominee of
the committee was showed under.
There was nothing left to do but to
accept the nomination gracefully Az
ter IL was all over. however, the VIC
torious leaders of the Young faction
began to talk about how they won the
night. and then a great light dawned
on the Association.
1t now develops that the women had
laid their plans In advance and de-
spite their proverbial inability to keep
secret had never intimated that they
were making plans to elect Mrs
Young. They even resorted to the
finer points of political strategy
elected ringers. had campaign fund
and packed the convention in tbs
most approved fashion. They did II sc
well and SO easily that they surprised
themselves
This incident ought to he an inspir.
St1on TO the suffragists all over ths
(. r'ountry II women were able to ma
4 niDulats a convention with 1900 mem,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09

There was tine meeting of the4De-
scendants of the signers at Phtladel-
phia on the Fourth. Seven descend
ants of John Hart, of New York; and
eight descendants OF Benjamin Frank
lin were present. There were some
fine speeches and much 'patribtlsm,'
OF course. No one was at the meeting
in behalf of the thoroughly discredit-
ed Mecklenberg Myth, The Descerh
ants Of that thing foregathersin May
President Taft saw them together
once and mighty fine looking set
OF people they We're, to be sure. II
was raining, hut they turned the wa
ter like ducks, and fairly srevelled in
their claims.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09
THE GOOD RESULT OF THE FIGHT

THE GOOD RESULT OF THE FIGHT.
Brutal and disgusting as the prize
fight at Reno was, 1t may not be an
unmixed evil. There are already in
dications that the spectacle of white
man trained by negro and a negro
trained by white men, meeting In q
ring and fighting to a finish, has
aroused the North to the fact that the
race question is national, not section
al. To be sure, few members Of
the long-eared branch of the equine
family have seen in the victory Of
johnson a proof that the NEGRO is
no longer the inferior OF the white
man." as one of them put 1t; but SEN
sible people in the North and even
across the seas have had their eyes
opened by the riots which followed
the victory of the black.
The greatest trouble with the North
in Its attitude towards the race prob
lem has always been it's absolute ig-
norance of what the question meant.
1t was easy to talk about Justice to
their BLACK brothers" when the ebon
brethren lived long way off: and 1t
was the most natural thing In the
world to condemn a Texas mob FOR
lynching brute when the North had
never suffered from race violence, II
was sweet to pirate of equality and jus
tice. Now that the negroes in the
North, following the prize fight, have
taken occasion to assert their pre-.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09
CONVENTIONAL TRADE LIES.

The Commissioners Of Weights and
Measures of New York City is out
cunning for the men who tell conven-
tional trade lies, and he j 8 promising
them some warm times. In his visits
about the city, he has noticed that a
large number of dealers are selling
sheets marked as 72 by 80 inches
when as matter of fact they are
much smaller. and he has concluded
that these mon are as much violators
of the law as the men who sell by
false scales and unsealed measures.
If the Commissioner is after all the
men who tell trade lies. or sell goods
labeled with trade lies, he has his
work cut out for some months to
come. In a number Of cities trade
customs" have sprung up and have
been approved which are the barest
frauds. In New York, for instance. 1t
was shown some time ago that hams
were being sold on the market, plain
ly marked With figures Indicating their
weight. when these figures included
the heavy bagging With which they
Were encased, sticks to "tress' the
ham and other tare OF the weight OF
several pounds. III the same way,
some dealers. wholesalers and manu-
facturers especially, have,,the habit In
the North of marking their products
as zone pound when this includes
tin. wrapping-paper and. sometimes. a
few extra ounces for the dealers
imagination, In the dry-Goods busi-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09
Daily Queries and Answers
Address this column to Query Editor
Dispatch problems will BIO solved no COINS
valued Dealers Will BIO fiven

night was warm for the season. Drift.
Ing clouds obscured the sky, and ths
low low in the the west. Rain s Squalls came
IN fitful gusts at Intervals, and anon
the moon shone out brightly. could
see, the flash OF guns at Dutch Gap
the confederates were Smelling that
place. rain squall passed and the
moon came out brightly, and then
saw ~ very Z clearly defined IN the eas.
spectrum that distinctly saw the
secondary bow, family indeed but
clear
4, An moth l., was crossing !, the ALE.
Ing down the western slope OF tina
mountain. one OF the mountain rain
storms came suddenly up, with thun-
d d,I, and sharp l,ghtnin Ing passed az
again brightly, but rain still fell, and
on the ground back of the stage
sharply defined was rainbow some
the bushes, but bright and clear al
at 2 P. NJ. had ever seen .as o or : prob rob-
ably shall see. So near was IT that
one could have touched it with a
Another bow. worth recording as
singular. saw when residing in
Washington, D. G. was coming out
Der 20. 1890. A rainstorm was in the
north, and the sun, always low at
this season. was far down and d..
rectly south; II came suddenly out
directly north beautiful bow span
ming the hills north of the city. TO
see rainbow at noon Is rare sight
certainly rare to, me
To the Editor Of The Times-Dispatch:
Shiny experiences with ofiicial..
the harsh criticism of government
clerks and underlings found in your
editorial OF July 2. The only
unpleasantness ever experienced
the days. when horses and mules were
my resentment Of the inclvilty OF the
driver had the sympathy and backing
tuition. pr. Taylor. the, microscopist OF
the institution, who happened TO BIO
a fellow passenger. and who after
wards spent an hour or more with
me about the laboratory with its mo
admittance" legends. On the same oc-
casion the White House was CLOSED
to visitors" and yet an .underling'
In fact. from the superintendent of tho
dead letter department. OF the Post
once Department down to this same
s,nan J, q young man. an utter
ITO fortune and to fame unknown"
with no introduction, was treated with
the utmost courtesy and consideration.
And recently ] had occasion to visit.
some on business and some on pleas
ure. number OF the government de-
partments and institutions in wash
ington. and from chiefs and under
lings alike / received uniformly the
same courtesy and consideration as in
the long before. and 1 feel like render
ing my poor tribute of thanks and APP
probation to clerks, assistants. door
keepers, underlings and chiefs alike.
and to protest against the unwilling
Injustice OF your editorial No doubt
you are right as TO few, none OF
whom have ever encountered.
think, had you used the word dis
courteous" instead OF courteous" in
the sentence: Occasionally one meets
In the Offices of the government a
clerk who Is courteous" you would
have been more nearly just
]. NJ. WEISER.
, rubjir, va Iu1v
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09
/. DISTINCTION WITH A DIFFER
ENCE.

Now and then the Columbia state
hits it's natural gait and INDUCES in
certain homely philosophy, touching
passing events. that cannot be resist
ed. In speaking the other day about
the recent prize fight In Nevada, it In
sisted that while IL is not at all sur
prising that the negro should exult
over the victory of the negro, it is alb
soolutely without reason that intelli-
gent white people should be down
cast in consequence OF 1t. Then fol-
lowed this illuminating comment:
Has not the negro always been g
mighty man In 'flst and skull com.
bat? Fifty years ago, was not many 8
white man proud of the prawess Of
his negrof What was the negro
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09

In announcing his candidacy for
United States Senator from connecti-
cut as Democrat, the Hon. Charles
=, Thayer fiatters himself by saying
that III elected to the United States
Senate he could send out under frank,
as many garden seeds, consular re-
ports and punk speeches as any OF
them" II he is quite .sure Of himself
on these points. he may well aspire to
the place Of Halkele4 q I
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09

A New Jersey lawyer has requested
the Supreme Court OF that State to set
aside verdict against a man con-
demned to the electric chair on the
ground that 1t is cruel punishment
contrary to the Constitution. We
imagine the Judge could appease him
by substituting the garotte
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09

The Government is going to run a
model farm in Maryland. where phe-
nomenal crops are to be grown. We
respectfully suggest that no Govern
ment seed be used.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09

Champ Clark says he wants to see
the Democrats win. II he is in ear
nest, he can assure the party's success
by going abroad and keeping his
mouth shut for about four months.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09

All employees of the Erie Railroad
who have been in the service Of the
company for thirty-ive years are to
be given free transportation when
they retire. 1t will not cost the COM
pany much. A man who has run on
that road for a generation would be
glad never to see a railroad again.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09

A New York fireman made thrill
ing rescue of three kittens in fire
the other day. Do not laugh at him.
Many of his companions get medals.
for saving old hens.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09

The ostmaster-General is trying to
find out how much 1T costs to carry
the regular mails The answer is easy:
About fifty per cent Of what the
ranking graft costs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09

Great is America! The North made
big preparations for a sane" Fourth,
saved thirteen lives and made it up by
killing a dozen negroes in race riots.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09
PURE FLOUR AND PURE FOOD.


cision of a Kansas City court in declar-
ing that bleacted flour Is adulterated
within the meaning of the law. Of
ficers of the Department consider this
distinct triumph and regard it as
another proof that when James
Wilson says a! thing is so. it is so. II
their published statements be correct
we are to conclude that bleaching flour
should be male capital offence, and
that the Government performs a great
service for humanity in prohibiting Its
manufacture.
There has been q great deal of sense
less agitation about food adulteration
during entyears, and a. much-vaunt-
ed pure foodN law has frequently been
invoked to protect" the people where
they often need no protection. DR..
Wiley. OF the Federal Department.
went crazy on the subject Of benzoate
of soda. and concluded that this COM
pound was lasting menace to the
health of the people. He preached
benzoate Of soda for months, and en-
listed newspapers in the crusade
against the aduiteration OF food prod
ucts in this way. Nothing that the
scientists could do could shake Wiley's
confidence in himself; and even when
a commission OF the leading chemists
of the country declared that benzoate
of soda In small quantities was not
In any wise harmful, DR.. Wiley kept
up the fight. The people, however.
concluded that number OF chemists
knew more about benzoate of soda
than DR.. Wiley does. and consequently
the bottom dropped out of his agita-
| ton.
1t is not unlikely, in the circum-
stances. that whatwas true of benzoate
of soda may be true of other products.
and though it may seem like heresy
to say it. we suspect that the Depart
ment of Agriculture has been fighting
| against a great many chemical COM
pounds which do no earthly harm to
anyone.
If the Agricultural Department is SO
anxious to befriend the people we
would suggest that 1t spend less time
in worrying about bleached flour and
benzoate of soda and work for real
pure food law. Adulteration Is no
worse than Misrepresentation, and
Misrepresentation is easy under the
present pure food law. The law, OF
course. provides that. acetic acid
and molasses shall not be called pure
apple vinegar" and that glucose and
coloring material shall not be label
ed "currant Jelly" but this is about
| all.
The Government really aids misrepre
sentation while aiming to protect the
people That innocent label Guar
anteed under the pure food and drug
act" which appears on all food prod
ucts shipped by Interstate railroads Is
misnorner and grossly tdeceives un-
suspecting people who think this label
| means that the Government guarantees
the character and purity of the prod
/ uct. AS a matter of fact, this label
simply means that formula for the
labeled product has been registered
at the Department OF Agriculture. and
that this particular package conforms
to the formula This is a guarantee
that does not guarantee anything that
is worth guaranteeing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09

caused him to be crowned King at
RHEIMS.
The Castle OF Beaufort, in Inverness.
and Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt from Lord
Lovat. for the remainder OF the year,
Is huge. picturesque building. with
dark dark red facade. and gray. slated
pertaining to, the Scotch baronial styis
OF architecture. 1t is. however. quite
modern. having been erected about
forty years ago by the late Lord Lovat
house which had been the residence OF
the Lords OF Lovat since the burning
OF the old castle in the stormy days OF
me LAS Jacobite rebellion. The en-
with oak. and on the walls hangs
collection OF old weapons and Earmor
OF great historic and family interest,
among them the nluskets carried by
canada, and who distinguished Them
selves at the storming of Quebec. From
the hall oae enters the great gallery. q
noble apartment. with lofty open roof
a and Immense IMMENSE, bay windows command
ings are Hogarths striking present
ment of Simon, Lord Lovat, known In
scottish history by the surname of the
Reynolds. by Lawrence and by Watts.
library. are many Stuart relics, includ-
ing a veil worn by Mary. Queen OF
beautiful private chapel. With deli-
cately tinted walls. altar and reredos
.>of pure white marble. and stained
glass windows, the latter added by
as thank Offering for the safe return
OF me her three sons from the Boer War.
The Lords of Lovat need scarcely
add, are Roman Catholics.
FL a.
extend over some 100000 acresSin IN
verness- shire and Ross-shire. and 1t was
from the members of the Fraser clan
hvlns on the estates. clan Of which
regiment OF Lovat's Scouts. who did
such excellent service in the South
AIrlcan war ten years ago. He also
owns a comfortable tract Of land In
number of his Highlandars have set
tied. Lord Lovat, who Is an inveterate
nache Tor, lives most OF his life as q
great Highland laird among his own
Castle, as he has now done to W. K.
Vanderbilt, he takes up his residence
IN one of the numerous shooting lodges
5hs hills On ms where
Fhonors for him.
!. While the 81 ex,crewn Prince Of ,s,eryia
nem a tso an retu maX 5
fathers dominions. where he has come
to be regarded by all classes as. irre-
sponsible. his younger brother. Alex
ander. who has taken his place. as heir
apparent to the crown, is n1aking
| friends on every side, and Is winning
the good Will even Of foes OF the Kara.
georgevttch dynasty. Thus. he has
now arranged to repair, at consider
able expense and to maintain from
henceforth In good order the sadly
dllaptdated monument erected, in ths
park of Kochutntak, in the outskirts
q Belgrade, on the spot where Primes
Michael Obrenovitch, the MOST popuiar
81 all seryian. rulers, was assassipated
on M June ne 10 1868 AS the nnrder was
Princes grandfatker who nc wa Was ot iuSia
cially declared by the Austro Hunga-
r!an courts to be primarily responsible
for the crime, and In conseauence
thereof expelled from the domi Mons s'o Il
Emperor Francis Joseph, this is looked
upon. as a, graceful act OF reparation'
which has aroused much sympathy ii
behalf of Prince Alexander
l GonnpanY.l - n. n s Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09

Ballinger stock has risen tremen-
dously Somebody's approving Pom
dexter is responsible for It.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09

How can I tell? How do I know"
said Mr.. Bryan when asked If he would
run again for the Presidency. He
never did know and always tried to
tell. That's why he almost ruined the
party.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09
Fight Between HERON ana sears.

FIEHt BctWech Herr0n and ScnrN.
Please state II you know anything
Of prize fight between Heron and
Sears a good many years ago. II so
where add when was 1t fought and
the result? D.
We find no record OF such a fight
In any OF the sporting directories at
our dispc sal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-09
Tle rolkIore society.

Can you give me the name and adj
dress OF the president CT the American
Folklore Society? READER.
Professor r. B. Dixon, Harvard Uni
versity. Cambridge. Massachusetts.