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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30
PARIS NIENACEn-

A blow 10 Paris is blow 10 the
artistic life of the world, Equally with
Rome, the city Of the Seine is spot
where art is supreme. Art.loyine
Kings. thieylng Emperor and a gen
erous republic brought pictures and
statues. The moving pageants Of his
tory the slow growth OF the city. the
evolution Of The nation, gave the set
ting. Buildings ana pictures, tradi-
lions and history make Paris belong
not to France, but to the world.
Little wonder then. that clyilized
nations held their breath as every
dispatch brought tidIngs Of some new
ipnndatiop some new damage rhe
worst ssems past but when. at Iength.
Inc sullen Seine returns to It's but
iresaed and bridged banks, horrors
will he left behind Thousands viii
be homeless millions spent IN civil,
improvements viii be lost; things tina
cannot be valued IN francs and cen
times VIII have been swept away.
Much that is precious and mucl
that Is priceless has been ilnperile
bs the flood that leaped over tn
rircnitious walls Of the Seine an
swept over the low levels Of the cit!
tssy strange stroke of fortune, IN
slos, valuable portion OF Paris Wa
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mud bottom into dense oyster rocki
Some mud bottom Will grow ovsterk
II seed are planted upon 1t, but when
the planter takes his plants off of It
there is no. dense growth OF oysters
for the public to get.
These mud bottoms or barren bot.
toms, as you term them, Will not breed
and grow oysters, because the sedi-
ment from the James River settles
upon them and they die. That Ia why
they arc barren to-day. and have al
ways been so.
You say you hardly think that tha
argument about few rich corpora
tons robbing the people OF their
rights. the old stump talk, throws any
real light upon the question. But
when we see these rich corporations
trying to have the Baylor Survey
broken. the practical FISHERMAN knows
that 1t Is for one Of two purposes
Either to get some of the scattering
bottom mentioned in the report of the
expert. or to get barren mud bottom
adjoining rocks. simply TO have place
to harbor their boats while they WORK
upon the producing rocks in season
and out of season. as somo nave done
before tho present Commission OF Fish.
cries inaugurated their very eaiciei
police system.
No; let the Baylor Survey stand;
and IL the men who now control II
arc kept there to manage 1t. we VIII
have a steady increase OF oysters.
JAS. T. GARRoW.
Dcubcigh, January &c.
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omces OF suffragan. of vicar general
ETC., and Is retiring to monastery to
spend the remainder of his days. BY
some the treatment to Which he has
been subjected is ascribed to the au-
thorities at Rome. who regard him BIS
imbued with too much Liberalism: but
by others 1t Is recalled that when
Archbishop Francis Ferdinand first an
nounced his determination to wed
Countess Sophie Chotek, now Duchess
of Hohcnberg. in the face Of the Wig
orous opposition OF the entire imperial
family. Emperor Francis Joseph in
voked the services of Bishop Marschall
and directed him to use any influence
that he might have on Francis Fcrdi-
nand as his religious instructor and
spiritual adviser, to abandon his mat
successful in his mission. in the course
of which he naturally forfeited much
of the affection OF his former pupil,
az we'll as earning the illwill OF the
Later on the bishop had another mis-
sion of the same kind conhded TO him
by his sovereign, namely, that Of
weaving the crown princes only child,
solve TO wed Prince Otto Windisch-
graetz. There again he was un-
successful. To-day the Duchess of
Hohenberg has completely won the
heart and affection OF the aged EN-
peror, who has also developed a very
pronounced liking for Otto Wind!sch-
graetz--that is TO say, the husband
OF his favorite grandchild. The APP
pearance, therefore. OF the bishop re-
called TO him the time when ne had
vigorously objected 10 both the Ouch
ess and the prince; reminding him, in
one word, OF matter that he would
prefer to forget. 1t is said that while
the bishop had no alternative but to
obey the behests of the monarch in In
torveuing in the matrimonial projects
OF his imperial pupils. that intervenl
tlon has been remembered in no spirit
OF Kindness, and has been. in meas
lIre, responsible FOR the genial and
lovable old bishops downfall.
Copyright 1910, by the Brentwood COD
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30
CHOW TO READ THE BIBLE"

(Selected for The Times Dispatch)
How readest thou?"-Luke X %.
Few people read the Bible. Many
make charm OF it; others approach
1t along false lines. How readest
thou?" Do you merely glance over
chapter and verse as they come, &C
cepting everything, testing nothing;
just reading SO many words, but with
out any intelligent aspect? Or do you
bring to the study of Gods Word hum
bic faith and reverent love? Only with
the last comes the blessing.
flow readest thou?" Take the first
chapters of Genesis. How many people
have been hindered and upset by them!
But those who suffer thus begin at
the wrong point They would not read
a friends letter as they read Gods
Book Ask yourself, What is the vital
noint? and in that way solve the whole
question. One school sets UP the idea
Of specific creation; another the theory
OF evolution. development and the
whole universe coming out of some
tuft OF fire-mst by persistent force.
But what does the Bible say? God
created" That is all. All that the
Bible wants me to believe is that God
created the heavens and the earth"
AS. for the rest. all that will be eA-
planned IN due time; we shall have
space and leisure to consider these
( questions when We get higher. where
! day IS master of the night
/ How troubled some have been about
the tragedy of Eden! There is only one
| fact in all that Eden transaction
4 namely, the human heart was tempted
! and fell. All history confirms that
4 truth, and our own hearts bear us wit
I ness there, Whatever else may or
may rot be far away stands The grim
and awful fact that the human heart
disobeyed God ate, and eyermore
since has heen eating things that arc
bad
Let us so 10 Sinai, How readest
: thou;' shall We consider the thun-
der and lightning, If Moses wrote
The law, in what language he wrote 1t
how The symbols looked to the un.
9 initiated eye? These are no question,
y for earnest mont 1t is the eterna
:. question between right and wrong. AND
e the answer IL in the Law. Whoeve
. wrote ~, OF how, there it.is lit i
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Howard Little's thlrtyday reprieve
did not profit him anything. This
| murderer of n family of six persons will
be put to death on February II, and
| the lynchers of Henry Pennington, in
Buchanan county, might have stayed
| their hands. 1t will be remembered
| that the mob at Hurley excused itself
| for taking the law into its hands on
the ground that Little had obtained a
stay Of execution. The lynchers feared.
or said they feared, that Little was
going to escape punishment, and so,
they argued, might Pennington. who
had Just killed Baker, Therefore they
proceeded TO hang Pennington and
thus stain the name of Virginia with
the first lynchtng in many years. Their
fears, real or alleged, turn out to be
wholly groundless. Little will get his
deserts. and so. there was every reason
to believe, would Pennington If he
had been left in the hands of the law.
But Pennington got short shrift. and
the blot on the States name sticks.
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Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-I see that the Committee on
Annexation has a balance Of $4,000 to
its credit. I would suggest that it
could expend the same by giving US
some semblance OF sidewalks and
street crossings, to keep us out of the
ankle-deep mud that we have in the
western end OF Clay Ward. We would
be thankful to receive gravel or cin-
der sidewalks in lieu of better ma
The Board of Fire Commissioners
proposes buying automobiles for the
chiefs (morc 10y riding). Would it
not be better to buy steam fire
engine for the better protection of the
growing West End, especially in the
zone where the building of frame
houses is permitted, and in which the
only protection we now have is a
chemical engine? WEST I1NDER. I
Richmond January IS.
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| written on stones and stars, on flowers
and hearts. This truth lies at the
basis Of all secured society; without
It we could not live. You cannot get
| rid Of Sinai. It is In your homes and
| In your nurseries,; in your schools and
| places OF business; 1t Is the very life
of civilization. the guarantee OF prop.
erty, the protector of all human life.
How readest thou?' Many are
troubled about the wars and destruc.
ton of the Canaanites and the other
races. The key to the whole problem
lies in the fact that God is wisdom and
love. He is planning the best pos
MS He works Els mighty scheme. YEA
when He whets His glttering sword
and His hand takes hold OF Judgment
even then God Is love. We cannot
tell all the mystery Of the action OF
love: it has side marked by chasten-
ing. discipline, trial, loss. Our God
Is a consuming fire" but at the last
1t will be found He has consumed
nothing that could possibly be saved
At the cross "IIow readest thou?"
argument! What theological meta
physics! There is but one meaning In
that sublime tragedy on Calvary BY
! 1t the world is redeemed. not with
corruptiblc things, as of silver and
gold, but with the precious blood of
Jesus. the Lamb slain from the fouh-
dation Of the world. Plate wrote his
sentence in Hebrew and Greek and
Latin, but above that superscription
was written the ono true meaning
| this: He died for It!
How readest thou finally respecting
tho rcsurrection? Volumes have been
written on this subject! Yet the whole
doctrine is In one line-we shall not
die. There is power moro mighty
than death, for Jesus has conquered
It and the grave.
Thus we believe in Creation, and in the
Law: we believe in Providence, In Re-
demption, and In the Resurrection. Mono
can take away from me the doctrine
that God created tho heavens and the
earth, though I know not how; the
doctrine that man was tempted and
became disobedient, though I cannot
tell by what mystery of evil: nor can
there be obliterated for me the dis
tinction OF right and wrong; thou
shalt" and thou shalt not" find an
echo in my heart; nor the conviction
that life is ruled. shaped, directed, In
spired, and not the sport Of chance.
No man can take from me the blessed
truth that the world Is newfoundland
SO l ask in triumph, 20 Death, where
is thy sting?''-becausc / know l shall
rise again. through the power Of
Christ, in tho final conquest OF His
life over death.
For L am persuaded that neither
death, nor life,, nor angels, nor prIn-
cipalitics, nor powers, nor things pres
ent. nor things to come, nor height.
nor depth, nor any other creature shall
be able to separate US from the love
of God which is IN Christ Jesus our
Lord
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The esteemed Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch
asks: Does The Times-Dispatch, as its
writing implies. wish this country to
continue forever this policy OF pro-
curing the cheap carriage of mail over
sea through giving such carriage over
to foreign ships?" The Times-Dis-
patch would much prefer to SEQ the
mails carried over seas by American
ships, but 1t does not care to see this
preference gratined at the cost Of
heavy overpayments taken out of the
pockets of all the people and paid into
the pockets OF n very few OF them.
Similarly we should much prefer to-
see all tea consumed in this country
grown in this country, but we should
not favor taxing all the American tea
drinkers in order to guarantee shell
tered profits to a dozen. or even
hundred, American tea-growers. Pa
triotism is a grand thing, but hired
patriotism is another matter. and we
never could warm UP to 1t much. AS
to any other methods of "rehabilita.
ton" than subsidies, upon which our
contemporary invites information from
US. we should think that the Ledger
Dispatch ought to know about them
by this time. inasmuch as its neighhor,
tho Norfolk Nirginian-Pilot, breaches
them constantly, with much vigor and
ability. But if the Ledger-Dispatch is
really unfamiliar with the excellent
proposals of the anu-subsldyists, we
shall be glad to surrender space to
| informing it,
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the most endangered. That long flat
from the Place de Ia Concord to the
Hotel de Vile, on tho left bank, con-
tains Parlss most immortal monu-
ments. Tho Tuilerics gardens are
there. the Palais Royal Is there, tho
Louvre is there. Within the latter
the treasures of the republic are kept
the master works of hundred schools,
the relics OF hundred famous mon
among them, that glorious incarnate
youth, the Venus de Milo.
Nor does this catalogue all the flood
swept district. Tho lie de la Cito Is
under water, the foundations OF Notre
Dame are menaced, the Palais OF JUS
tice trembes the old Hotel Dieu is
shaking On the opposite bank, from
the wonderful Jardin des Plantes to
the Esplanade des Invalides. a. hundred
noble monuments, score OF historic
structures, are buried beneath the yell
low torrent
The world can only lament. Forces
over which man has no control have
done their work, aided only by those
ramifying sewers made immortal by
Hugo. Paris is Paris, and Paris cam
not be moved. When the storm comes
she must bear the consequences. But
prudence will at least build anew the
walls and raise the bikes along the
river front. A hundred million francs
expended here would be a trifle, IL it
would save the city and the world
from such another loss.
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Salaries Of CITY omcers.

What are tho salaries and peraui-
sites Of tho following officers: CITY
Treasurer, City Collector and Commits
soner OF Revenue? How long Is each
appointed for? Who appoints each?
TAXES.
The salaries OF these officers depend
largely upon fees. The exact figures.
Of course, are not known. Tho City
Treasurer has salary of 5000. and
In addition tho percentage of most
of the funds he receives for the State.
The City Collector also receives Il per-
centage, as does the Commissioner Of
Revenue. The City Treasurer and Col
lector are elected by the people. The
Commissioner Of Revenue Is chosen by
surmises have been made as to what
these officers receive, but you could
only get the facts by figuring out
their percentage Of tina funds collected
by each
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30
Says DR.. Moore Is Mistaken and The
Times-Dispatch IgnOrunt.

Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
sE.--Your editorial Of January 90
presents so many new ideas to the
oyster planter and tonger. also would
have spent forty years upon and
around the James River oyster rocks,
and 1 am familiar with the oyster In
dustry in all Of its different branches.
man in Virginia, living as near our
oyster rocks as Richmond. that knew
so little about the business. Your ar
ticle proves to the practical oyster
rance of the entire subject.
do say. Notwithstanding an expert
claims different. that there are no bar
rem rocks in James River. There are
bed and shoal in James River that con-
tanned them forty years ago. AT that
time there was the same quantity of
barren ground that there is now. But
in every case where oysters grew tnen
they grow now.
You say the oyster industry is get
ting worse every year. deny that.
Up to few years ago oysters had be-
been improperly policed or protected
during the closed season But under
the present efficient management,
oysters have increased until now we
have more oysters than at any time
during the last fifteen years; and with
the same care they will continue to
Increase. You say that breaking. the
Baylor Survey simply means that the
parts OF the rocks now unproductive.
and of no possible use to anybody, be
leased out for u fixed period to private
cultivators who will make it produce
tive again. and when lease expires the
rocks then bearing dense growth
again. Did any one ever offer such
sophistry to an intelligent public?
First. no planter would have these
barren mud bottoms to plant oysters
upon, IL the State would let them have
the grounds for nothing. Second. Can
you show a case where an oyster
planter has ever transformed a barren
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COOP FRIENDS AT ODDS.
..i.arsc Henry" Waucrson and MINOR
ucmphill Disagree Over Pinch"t.

our Well beloved James Calvin
Hemphill whose proposed nllsra ,i,,
from the metropolis of south Caio i..n.
TO the capital Of Virginia has gwen
occasion for SO much lamenting at
home and such wide commentator
abroad. Is one of the most nii ms rs, ~
Of journalistic urchins, albeit one -
the brightest, and he is at his ola
sists in monkeying with, the Conrle ~,
Journals parts Of speech. Maybe ne
thinks TO soften his GRIEF IN GONE
away from Charleston BY u prnTe az az
maize his advent to Richmond by
few bugle notes OF raillery ana DC
Glance, maybe. recalling the president $
visit Of last spTlas n nI. 'h lie s asses
us: yessir, he sasses US before the
whole school, and, Taft or no TAFT
never a boy shall do that with Inn
puuity
plants itself upon some recent obser-
vations In these columns touching the
displacement OF Chief Forester Finchot.
The more constant and attentive read
haps ere now suspected that we en-
terrain some positive opinions on that
subject, .Amorg other incongruvial,
Yet definite remarks, 1t was SAID that,
for the first time in the history OF
the country q President OF the United
States had openly proclaimed himself
the friend or thieves and the enemy
of honest men, declaring that TINS, ana
This alone. is the issue precipitated by
the executive order removing Pinchot
from Office. In the face OF the Facts
leading up to the removal ana inc pre-
posed congressional investigation we
could see, as we still can sec, no othS,r
construction 10 put upon the f'resl-
lrueuts act than that of prejudging the
case in the interest of the thieves, nay
ing already sought to break It down n
advance OF trial by the emasculatioll
of tho principal witness against them.
| to say nothing about the fragrant ef-
4 forts to tamper with the jury IN bolh
/ houses of Congress. :,
/ Dlscluiming the intention to offend
protesting entire confidence IN the
Presidents personal integrity, we USED
the language with the fullest sense oi
Obligation to the rights OF All con,
cerned. on the ono hand the oillGiaI
/ fabric at Washington and on the othel
4 hand the people at large, so often ie e
without n friend at court.--LohlsFl'le
Il Courier journal.
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Borrowed Ingles
THAT COME.

THAT COMET
The comet is fading,
Fading away,
Above our horizon
No longer twill stay.
It's kept UP Its prestige,
For while 1t was here,
It's flllcd the carth's living
With trouble and fear.
IT'S worked wide disaster,
Wrecks ruin and Ill;
In floods ills submcrglns
Both lands and town SIN. "a
Wars tits portcnding
In scraps all around.
Unrest and commoton
Right down TO tho ground.
And now like somc people,
While mischief 1t works,
Itself 1t keeps quiet,
In dark places turks;
And when no moro mischief,
To do. 1t can find.
1t fades away gently.
And leaves strife behind.
Baltimore America
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MERELY JOKING.
Modern Philosophy.

Small Boy: PA. what is an optimist?
Pa: IAN optimist, my son. Is man VINO
doesn't caro- rap what happens SO that
it doesn't happen to him."-Tit Bits
a Dead Secret.
Lover: "of course, darling, our engage
ment must be kept private for awhile"
Tho Girls ooh. yes, dear, Two told every
one not to say a vord."--1llustrated Bits
Even Worse.
'Woman's ignorance OF cooking is the
banc OF married life"
mo; it's woman's ignorance OF her ignor-
ance OF cooking Transcript
a Greater Evil.
Dentist: Don't you think that you had
better take Gas?"
patient: no, would rather have a
toothache than pay the sas blll.'-st. Louis
Times.
a Doubtful Heritage.
when Senator rotires from official
lfe applications are usually made for the
desk he occupied"
"And can another member flle applica-
ton for his anecdotes? "-Washinsto Her
aid.
Knew What 1t Meant.
sccdy Gent: by Jovc, old man. how we'll
you're looking, and what clever thing
that was you said last nightI
The Other: lawfully sorry but can't
possibly spare moro than Si.'-Tatler.
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STATE PRESS
The penltentiary Shoe contract

We were amazed TO hear Of some mem
bcrs OF the Legislature talking about the
renewal of the old shoe contract with con-
victs in the pcnitentiary. We hope the
Legislature Will pass the law and prepare
the way so that the moment this contract
expires every available convict. not only
those in tho penitentlary, but those now on
the state Farm. shall be put to work build
ing the roads in Virginia that are so much
needed and that Will add SO much to the
wealth and taxable values of tho state.
Take the couvicts out Of the penitentiary
and put them TO work on the roads. This
old shoe contract which expires. we be-
lieve, in 1913. has cost and lost Virginia
millions of dollars, and put her away be-
hind on the road OF progress.-Chase City
PROGRESS,
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Recipe for Corn Cob syrup, Etc.

Recipe Tor Corn Cob Syrup, Etc.
l. Can you give mo a recipe for
making corn cob syrup?
2. What good are housenIcs? BY
their breathing, do they purify the air?
SUBSCRIBER.
/. Such recipe does not appear In
any. OF our books. If any of our sub
scribers have IT we will be glad to
print 1t.
2. II you will write to the State
Board OF Health. ITO Capitol Street.
Richmond Va, you will be sent pam
phlet, telling you about flies. Files
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[our correspondent seems not to
have read very carefully the article on
which he undertakes to comment. 1t
was distinctly stated therein that the
Eible and Shakespeare were both
barred on the theory. doubtless. that
everybody would name them and thus
reduce the range of choice to twenty
three books."-Editor of The Times
Dispatch1
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Voice Of the People
-Thc Bib,e Nns Not slight cd

Editor OF The Tiines- Dispatch
Sir,--Your Interesting editorial on
Wednesday,, January 26, on the sub
iect of "A Five-Foot Bookshelf for a
Desert Island" is one TO attract wide
reading for several reasons.
VIII you permit word of comment
upon the lists of books selected Here
were submitted lists containing the
titles Of twenty-five books by ten
persons. This makes a total OF 200
books. but the Holy Bible Is not once
named. Is Richmond a Christian COM
munity? III.
Holiday. January H.
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one pretty use of idiomatic English
is illustrated in the announcement
that 1.-THE Hooking Coal pool IS to be
aired" What is u coal pool like and
what is the best way TO air pool!
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An esteemed contemporary gets 1t
this way: "Cilavis testified that Mrs
Ballinger asked him to postpone the
Alaskan coal Investigation query:
Is Mr.. Ballinger a suffragette?
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congressman say that $500 doesn't
so as far now as their little old $1,000
went once upon time. And Sl,ooo
doesn't go as far now as $1,000 used
to go and what in the mlschief's the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30

A case of yellow fever has devei-
oped in Panama. We are extremely
sorry, but we'd rather have that than
another case of yellow )ourhailsiii
down there.
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We suspect that the Afro-American
race is getting possibly false sense
of security. Senator Stone hasn't
punched any of their heads for some
weeks
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Senator Lodge denies that the tariff
is the cause OF high prices. that being,
as we may say, Lodges job.