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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14

truly great Virginia believes that Lee
should stand above Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Marshall and host of other
men far better than most of those
VINO grace or disgrace the Hall OF
Fame; and Virginia believes this not
so much for what Lee did, In compari-
son with the other illustrious sons OF
the man. is greater than Jefferson, the
man. and Lee the man is greater as a
man than Jefferson the statesman was
great as a statesman.
This Is, as the Globe says, the judy
ment OF the present generation. not OF
the ages; but the qualities for which
Virginia and the South adjudges Gen
eral Lee to be great are the qualities
of eternal greatness--not the glory of
a single political achievement, of the
winning Of a single greatayictory. The
present Virginians. removed a gen
Grafton from the time OF General Lees
death, are probably as able to Judge of
these qualities as will be the men OF
the third or the fourth generation
though General Lees greatness will
grow with each succeeding age.
1t is possible that Virginia will pro-
dnce another man greater even than
Lee, as the Globe suggests in another
part of the article quoted. In such a
case, there will be new place for
him. Yet such a man will be the child
not of generation, but of n civili-
cation. Virginia is satisfied that
Washington and Lee Will stand as the
two representatives OF this State, and
she is sure that her choice Is lasting
and just, especially when she sees tina,
great Commonwealth like Massa-
chusetts gave its places of honor to
Samuel Adams and John winthrop
men whose greatness has been almos,
forgotten
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The Charlotte Chronicle has put in a
new printing press. and boasts that It
Is the equal of any press in the world.
except in size and likewise. in let
tors three-eighths of an inch in length,
1T says that when 1T is in operation It
prints $4,000 papers an hour. At this
rate. the entire edition of the Chronicle
is printed probably in fifteen minutes.
Why should newspaper spend $780,,
coo, say, for press which Will print
$4,000 papers an hour, when that mum
Der of papers would be fairly good
circulation for a week?
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WHY WE CHOSE LEE.

The recent bowling of the G. a r..
Posts in Massachusetts has not met
with The approval OF good men in that
State, and the attempt on the part
OF the Massachusetts veterans to wave
the bloody shirt has led to some plain
talk by the men whose opinion is
worth anything. Even tho Boston
Globe is inclined 10 think the veterans
might probably have kept their
mouths shut, although it doubts
that Lees statue should be placed
in the Hall of Fame. ii says on this
subject
Has any Virelnian. Washington, Of
course, accepted, aurpassed Jefferson,
Madison and Monroe in service to
their countrymcn? ~ H. not TOO carly
10 hazard d guess that the fame Of
General Lee win transcend theirs? Can
anything in the nature Of the achieve
ments Of the commander of the Army
Of Northern Virginia excel In durability
Constitution of the United states or
the Monroe doctrine Yet what power
can prevent The power ~ TO-DAY from
assigning 70 whom II pleages the
wreath Of fame? Perhaps a statue 70
General Leo IL not ai eyidance tnat
NirRlaians ,hIale he waa tic yirainiah
nc%t grealeEt 10 washington, but tfat
he Was ~7TG sseatest yifginian " nc
era IN nthich tn Ned and u especially
loved by them for Iis Snathfless
leadership ~ eanze still seati-
mentally deas 70 them
Virginia was no. AZ all pa1iemat
about placing Lees sta,He IN ms HAT.
because thc srate ala Hot ,Aipk ne
reputation of the great fav'tefa CON.
nander 9onid be partbulaflg N-
creased ~ aseoeiation yltn most ~
tAe names n ne ga ~ rame: mn
The state placed l,ee Degtde wash
!nateG becapse fae Hae tosdg1
belieyss tltst ~ ~as ta4 4feat
est TirRinlap after #asaiBsteB. t,qttis
~ pip people ~ egep frtie'
ana lhinn thai re- ekeellea Wasbigx,
TN IN &eneialshio aHg pa 1iloss pGfi'
1e44eilal traits uhiGa t4a1e mrs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14

1t is true that the battleship South
Carolina can't go up the Congaree to
Columbia, as the Columbia state adj
mits. Why should not the Columbia
people adopt the suggestion General
Grant made about the Rappahannock
River when he was appealed to during
his first term Of Office as President to
aid in promoting its Improvement :?
said General Grant to the committee.
which pcstered him greatly upon the
subject: The only Improvement that
can recommend Is that It be paved"
That would be a good thing for the
Congarec.
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r. ]. Edwards writes in his series
of good stories for tho newspapers
that in his campaign for Governor of
New York Mr.. Roosevelt would have
been seriously embarrassed financially
but for the timely contributions made
to his personal funds by his personal
friends" Hasn't that always been
the case with him? Wasn't it so when
he was rounding up cattle in the West?
Wasn't 1t SO when My dear Hartman
levied tribute to the extent of 100000
on his friends to help tho Colonel over
rough piece of road? Wasn't it so
when his personal friends put UP
enough to send him out as a faunal
naturalist ostensibly but really to get
him out of the country:
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In a personal letter to the Editor OF
The Times-Dispatch, the Hon clark
Howell Editor of the Atlanta consu-
tuition. writes: Now don't you get IT
into your head that the Constitution
has anything else but the most cordial
regard for Richmond, and nothing
could be further from our purpose than
to in any way minimize Its importance.
its prominence or its advantages"
That Is well said indeed. and it Is
very gratifying, Mr. Howell VII!
doubtless be pleased to learn that
the mint-juleps are ripe at the West
moreland Club. and he is not the man
we take him TO bc-he was born In
South Carolina-if he do not stop
over" in Richmond as often as may be
convenient during the season so that
he may join the finest company Of mol
in the world striking blows for liberty.
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A NEW FOUNTAIN or YOUTH.

a new Ponce de Leon has arisen in
France who differs from the old Span
lard in that he claims to have found
the Fountain OF Youth for which he
has been secling The fountain, how
ever Is not In tho tangled everglades
or Florida or In the morasses OF
South America. DR. Doyen. the dis
coverer. locates the fountain in test
tube and claims 10 have 1t in the form
Of Jelly"
This Jelly. q to be injected az Is the
present hypodormie Of morphine or
heroln. According 70 Or. Doyen, this
injection arouees the white corpuscles
OF the fiood whieh attack the various
toxin8 in the blood and destroy them.
When tiielr work n done, the we'll
behaved white corpuacles resume
their aecnstOtu@d pnee In the blood.
The man a, once rcnewg his youth
and can liae Indefinitely. Dr, Doyer
os,itaatcs thpt INC injection Of this
serum and Inc consequent activity OF
nc wlljte cotDuseles wili prolong hu-
man ne from Atseen 70 twenty yeafs
~ course tbia ii the dream Of Como
parts eprrcspoH6ept Who has either
dressed Tho ftory VI some acriouE dis
eoY4r2, OF has etGo bssu imposed upon
by tpple haif Drained physician wht
nan piatakftl tba nature of some ae'
suai hs hss mAae. 8elenusts are doing
80pdsfful THINGS with Ggnry passine
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Popularity Of Titles.

One Of the pcculiarities OF the baror-
ctagc, OF which few people are aware.
even In Great Britain, is that whereas
the widow OF a peer loses all official
right to her title on remarriage.
haronet's widow retains her title for
the remainder of her life, no matter
how many times she may marry again.
That Is 10 say. the widow of the late
Duke OF Hamilton and Brandon. on
ceased TO have any right TO the title
of duchess which is accorded to her
In society as a matter of courtesy.
bljt which is denied TO her at court.
and at all official ceremonies and state
functions. Her rank as duchess re-
manned TO her only through her mai
rage 10 the duke, AMI during her
wldowhood: whereas the Wife of bar.
onct remains officially entitled TO all
the rank, status. privileges and pre-, e.
dence Of baronetnss sor the remain
times she may marry again: an, she
car continue to style herself even at
court. by the name of the one OF her
husbands who was a barone:. with the
prefix of lady"
or course, this occasionally leads to
awkward contretcmps, some people
finding 1t difficult to understand thas
husband and Wife should hear dit
ferent names. and not only on the
continent Of Europe. but even In the
remoter portions of Scotland in Wales
cautious innkeepcrs have hesitated
about according accommodations to a..
saw. "AIr Smith" and Lady Brown"
travelling al man. and wife until con-
WINGED With diM6ulty that they were
lawfully married to one another.
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N prcten.ions to Bnronctcy.

ANY one who recalls the late Sir
James knowles, the founder. proprle-
tor and editor of the Nineteenth Gem
fury Review, and who remembers how
very careful lie was in the selection
of hts contributors VIII be amazed TO
find in tho Nineteenth Century REVIEW
for the current month very foolish
article promulgating a plan for dis
counting Germany's naval preparations
by forthwith sinking every battleship
and cruiser that she possesses, and
waIe1 1enrs az & Con aR sar e rs wr''er
OF that name, IN fact, Sir Edmund
Cox is one OF those pseudo baronets
led to the recent reorganization of the
baronctage by the crown The Cox
baronetcy is, or rather was. an irish
one created at the beginning OF tho
declared BY ulstev King at Arms.
that is to say By the representative Of
the crown in ireland in such matters
as these---to have become extinct in
the honor though none Of them have
succeeded In establishing their preten-
sions and wilhelm most Of the stand
ard works Of reference the Cox bar
onetcy Is ignored altogether as no no
others It is mentioned as having been
assumed without warrant and as on
ciallv presumed to be extinct
'Sir'' Edmund con was Formerly
subordinate police officer out in Bonn
hay and tives in very quiet way at
West Ealing d cheap suburb OF Lon
don. How he can have ever managed
to get tho nonsense which he has writ
ton about the German navy accepted
hv review of the standing and pres
tlgo OF the Nineteenth Century to-
sether with his deseription on the title
page as u bona lide baronet Is incon-
soivable. From now on he viii be
anle 10 polnt To The Nineteenth Cen
turN Review OF the current month as
having, Endorsed his pretensions to the
baronetcy and as Il species brevet or
patent OF his title.
q ,nnyrl CHI j 81 o by the brentwood. CO. u
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SENDING ouR GOLD ABROAD.


her dock In New York for her regular
run to England yesterday. she had
s4,OoO,00o in gold coin aboard. This sum
went as cargo, consigned to the Bank
of England, and was in payment of
debts due British firms by business
houses on this side of the Atlantic.
Before the month is over, total OF
more than $20,OOc,ooo in gold will have
been shipped from this country to
England. on account of our mercantile
obligations.
Foreign exchange is a sure barome-
ter of trade, and when foreign OK
change goes against us 1t is high time
for Americans to look about them.
Ordinarily, in good business years we
send about as much produce and mer-
chandise to England as England sends
to US. Things are about evencd up
and a merchant can go on Change in
London or into Wall street and buy
exchange for either country al about
par. When the tide turns against us,
however, there is a premium on Lon
don exchange, and when this premium
reaches fixed point, 1t is cheaper for
the man in New York to ship gold
than it is to pay the exchange on
regular bills
This point has been passed during
the present month and has been 50
far passed that merchants and banking
houses are making insistent calls
upon the subtreasuries for gold. 1t
so happens that the available supply
of gold in this country is at present
very large There is, in consequence,
no immediate danger of a panic from
the expectation of gold, but there is
grave danger from the trade condi-
tions which require the expectation OF
gold.
on its face, an adverse balance OF
trade. such as is shown at present, Is
no serious menace to country.
When we can import goods from for
eign countries more cheaply than we
can manufacture them ourselves, II
/ pays us to send gold in return, unless
/ we have surplus goods which we can
probably dispose of in a foreign mar
ket. This is not the case at present,
! however, and cannot be the case, as long
as the protective tariff cuts off cheap
manufactures from abroad and leaves
us where we cannot reap the benefits
| of foreign labor. Nor is IT possible for
US to trade moro cheaply through ac-
tual specie than through home grown
products, especially when this country,
under normal conditions. can produce
wheat more cheaply than any Euro
pean or South American country.
Viewed in this light, the continued
| expectation of gold is sign of do
nestle distress. but where this dis
tress lies is rot so evident If We
may believe james j. Hill-and he has
good ground for his opinton-our rural
depopulation and our decreased pro-
ductior per capita is the real GAUGE
Of orr financial uncertainty. Mani
festly, where We cat all we produce,
/ we cannot send produce in return for
manufactures and cannot expect to
have equal exchange with foreign
countries Sooner or later we must
pay for our national extravaganza
and must lose our rank as 4 produc-
ing nation, unless we return to tho
enlarged production Of those things in
which America is richest.
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No warmth In WELCOME.

Willie Emperor Nicholas RELUCTANTLY
consented to receive a visit at ST. Pc
iersburg from King Peter. Of seryia,
and thus raised, after fashion. the
rulers against the monarch Of Seryia,
In consequence of his failure TO pun
.isl,. or even 10 dismiss from his en-
tourage. the actual assassins OF ms
Czar was far less gracious or cordial
ia him than to King Ferdinand OF Bull
garia who had been Mt st, Petershurs
a week earlier. In fact, Nicholas made
Peter az entitled to the same amount
Of respect and consideration as Ferdi-
nand There was no warmth N MS
welcome. The embrace prescl,hed pS
ctiouctta M such occasions. when the
car and Peter met. did not take place,
and IN lieu of tie kiss on both cheeks
accorded by Nicholas to Fefdinand OF
Bulgaria, all that he granted 20 M nm.
I,andshake Nor did Nicholas accord
To Peter the title of Brother, WHEN
* customary between cfowne &c, he ,iui,s
IT was the substitution q ne ~ Z, We -
ia nresent car unmcly Fmparor
Nicholaa l., In his dealings wl,h Mop ro
leon III, whom he nerslsIeh ~ re-
garding as reyoluuo 1,na SO aaV. nnrtiei,
ration in THO Cpimean War against
Russia in 1875, L., !,
Tho Russian orders pes ~, ~ a mpua
the officers, the ministers and me Gonr.
dienitar Ies who accompanied NlnS
Peter to ST. Petersburg We're markedly
inferior 10 those conferred ~ t ne im9.
upon the members of theSulte OF hlhis
ferdinand. In the Emperor'S speech
at the oficia BANQUET given II m m9nGr
OF Peter hc refrained somewhat j., po' IN,
eddy from using the WORDS, y !, am J
sure that undor the wise goyeFHm e, !,
OF Your Majesty VOW !, mrn, ~ wv
! r,h;nh no md cmployed In tonsting the
mtisa Of Rulgaria and by, way q a
climax when fs,er n 1sfsa aT,lsr ln Of
sisninhthootl the Star OF knrnEeorSa,
Nioholas declined, pnl eNpresssed !, hls !,
nrnIercnce for 'he 'nInrlnp Saarft,1n w,
/ tho Order ol lSnrugearae 8lnrlnuo "i
lannon's its memhols mos, ol w ae,,,n \,
murderers OF Gins AleIns,nn,rI, wv
| Queen Drngn The Cant MY ln ~. { /,
cated that no did not relish lnu,saams
part Of II OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES y W y, aas'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14

1t has been suggested that when he
reaches England the Colonel should
discuss the irish auestion-1ust to
make it pleasant for Edward and other
people OF prominence in London. Why
not? The Colonel will have to do
something Of tho sort to reinstate him
self with the Faithful
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14

sible, because no scicntist has ever
been able to discover the cause OF OLD
age. Of course, physicians can tell
when man Is suffering from an or
ganic disease In his old age, and they
can generally trace the seduelae OF
such a disease; but they have never
been able to account for that gradual
physical and mental decline which gen
orally marks three score years and
ten, regardless OF particular ailments.
Until they can find tho cause, they
cannot hope to discover the cure.
DR.. Doycn is, therefore, idly dream
ing when he says that the use OF his
serum will prolong life for twenty
years: but he is not wrong in sup
posing that science will achieve such
q result before very many years. Al
ready much has been done. The aver
age life of man IS five years longer
day than It was twenty years ago.
and the prospects of longevity arc
growing brighter with every new
achievement OF science. This length
ening of life, however, comes not from
curing disease. but from preventing 1t.
on the principle that every attack OF
illness reduces a mans powers of re-
sistance, the scientists are working to
prevent the things which weaken the
man. and to keep him healthy that
he may live long.
Some of the more sanguine OF the
medical authorities are now predicting
that the human race may live. within
generation. to be $50 years of age.
This is long guess and at present
foolish one. but 1t shows how science IS
working. If all disease can be pre-
vented and the body can be kept In
good physical condition. no one can
fix limit to mans lease on life
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The suggestion Of one of the Admi

The suggestion OF one Of the Admi
rails Of the Navy that instead of break
ing UP the old armorcd warships that
have been sentenced to the scrap heap
1T would be better TO run them aground
at exposed points and use them as
forts for The protection of our coast,
1t would be easy to touch bottom at
many points near the mouth of the
Savannah River. and fleet of these
Anticipated craft would be the very
thing for the protection of the Georgia
town, one of the finest towns in the
South.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14
johnson Grass.

JUHHNUU WfhfF,
Please tell me IL there is any way to
destroy Johnson grass. have tried
To plaw and dig It out and haze used
salt but all TO no effect. Is there any
chemicrf-I could use. g. b. IL
IT you VIII write to Hon George W
Kolrcr. Commissioner OF Agriculture
Richmond. Va. be Will be able TO give
you detail Information as 10 the best
method or destroying troublesome
grass.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14

They can't lay the blame Of the
robbery of Station in East Marshall
Street on Eddie FAY, unless he is per-
united to put in part of his time in
night work. There are some towns In
this country where the post-ohices are
not worth robbing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14

Rings on her fingers, bells on her
toes is the favorite national air. so to
say, IN Charleston this week. Under
the direction of oHagen, there's moth
ing likesit 20 make the hours so by on
fairy feet,
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president. From william md MARY.

1. Noticed William and Mary Col.
lege had three graduates elected Pres
idents, and also Harvard VIII YOU
please Give me the names of the Presl-
dents from eaeh COLLEGE,
:. VIII you kindly tell me what has
Become ef the Breifaw case7
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14
John snIliynn nnd peter Inck.pn.

\. l'iu john sSuiiiNdH anu Ictcp
jackson ever fight for prize?
2. Which are the four leading news
papers in circulation in the world?
3. Which are the three leading die
tionafles2 *. r. u.
/. The Police Gazette Sporting Man
ual does not list a fight betweeh Sui
ivan aud Peter Jackson.
2. The Chicago News, the Nnw York
world, the Paris Times and the New
York Herald.
8. Murrays, the Century and tho
standard.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14

VIII they be good for prcminms after
the 22d OF April, when you discontinue
them? j IL u.
Coupons will he received for few
daps after they cease TO appear In this
paper. but you should not delay IN
sending them to this Office.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14

Tho city Of Richmond could not do
a better thirs than 10 turn over the
old homestead of John Marshall to tho
Association for the Preservation of
Virginia Antiquities
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14
Winters. Ilulorue on poe.

Won't you pIensH publish WIIIlam
winters euiogue on poe. commencing.
"1ie was the voice of beauty and of
woe.
Passion and mystery and the dread
unknown?
1t is very beautiful verse. and,
much to my regret, 1 lost previous
clipping: l.. H. M
This poem does not appear In any
Of ohr collections, but we expect pr.
II. r. McIiwaine, State Library, Rich
mopd va, can furnish you with copy
OF ~.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14
THE PRINCE OF WALES
WILL WELCOME PEARY

an order OF knighthood-wh;ch COM
prlsed assassins In its ranks.
IN short. Peters visit 20 the court
Of ST. Petersburg was characterized
b. a succession OF well-merited humiI-
iatlons Which are likely To be repeated
In other European capitals, II he per-
sists in demanding to be received there
before having ridden himself Of his
rcg!cide encourage.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14

FFOHiH'Ory .NOtcN Due.
Please toll me what course I must
follow TO collect promlssory notes that
are overdue X T. 2.
Your only recourse for the notes
overdue and which have not been paid
will be by civil action. You had best
secure a LAWYER and have the case
heard before the civil magistrate.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14

l. From William and aIary came
Presidents Jeffereen, Monroe and Ty-
Ter: from Harvard came John Adams
John Quincy Adams and Theodore
Roosevelt
p The case was finally decided by
giving Mrs Brelsaw liberal al.mony
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14
Death ncncft from Lodrc..

Please tell me the lawful disposition
OF money paid as death benefit from
lodges Of the l. o O. f. and tho V. X.
r. Can widow claim only one third?
T H
We cannot print these benefts in
our paper. They can be secured upon
application to tho orders In question.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14

Please publish In your next issue the
substance of the law parsed By the last
Legislature In regard to the Virginia
state bar examinations, Where are they
t. be held. by whom given and mt what
time or times? Aisp when does this
new law go into cnect7
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-14

The state bar examinations are
hereafter TO be held under the auspices
OF the State Board OF Law Examiners
to be appointed by the Governor on
nomination of the Supreme Court
Examinations nra TO be held on prac-
ticallY the some conditions n. at pres.
ent, and are given twice a year, once
IN Richmond and once In Roanoke
The now law viii become effective for
the examinations this year, but thu
dates have not been fixed. as the Gov
crnor has not made his appointments.