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The Washington herald., 1910-04-28
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
Birthday of Fifth President %.

ffty-nine years old he had held almost
every important position. excepting that
of President Of the United States. 10
which a politician could aspire. Notable
among these We're two terms abroad as
private minister, and two places in the
Cabinet Of his predecessor. James MadI-
son
With the traditions or those DAYS. which
regarded experience in public affairs as q
Presidential qualification. it was natural
that Monroe should become a candidate
for the Presidency. In 1S16. at almost ex-
actly the same age that jefferson and
Madison attained the same position. Mon
roe was elected President. receiving lS3
votes in the electoral college against 81
given for Rufus King, the candidate OF
the Federalists. He continued in Office
until 1875. His second election was with
almost complete Unanimity. only one cleo
toral vote being recorded against him.
When Monroe retired TO private life he
lived part of the time at Oak Hiu. Va.
and part Of the time in New York CITY.
Monroe was one Of the first to perceive
the Importance Of free navigation on the
Mississippi He negotiated with France
and Spain for the acquisition Of Louisiana
and Florida. He gave vigor to the
/ impulse in the second war with England
in defense Of our maritime rights lie
enunciated the dictum against foreign
interference which has now the force of
international law. Judged by the high
stations he was called upon to I'll. his
! career was brilliant
During the advance of old age he was
/ occupied chiefly with his correspondence
and in writing a book on the origin OF
free government. which was published
/ long after his death
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after being sworn in" says the Baltimore
Sun. And Senator Gordon. the old mem
Der from Mississippi, broke another by
making a set speech after his term OF
service had expired.
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"A Missouri court has decided shat
you are guilty OF conuibutory negligence
II you go TOO near the business end OF a
mule. notes the Pittshurg Dispatch. You
are guilty OF something worse than that
something not nj 20 print. moreover.
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Upon becoming a father for the second
time Mark Twain was asked If he loved
his baby Il cannot say surely that I love
IL, but I respect II profoundly" replied
Mark. Which was humorously honest, no
doubt; and certainly was honestly humor-
Gus
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The FnnIish Pnnr

THE proletariat are seldom able to see
their opportunities" declared the emil
nent magnate lyon farmer. for In
STANCE claims that his farm is sterile.
not good for anything"
"Weu?"
why. his farm is admirably adapted
for golf links"
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Mr.. Champ Clark says the Democrats
will save the country S3CoOOO,00O per an
mum II they are put I'm charge Of the
government Sounds like that ante-elec-
ton talk about tariff revision the Repub-
leans used 10 hand out
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Fun in Congress,

From the Dallas News
Il appears from The Washington dispatches that
the Republican Consres-men are becoming 81, un-
ruly that even few q the most reliable regulars
are not above shooting uitbalis at the chairman 4
the caucus.
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Clifford and the colonel met in Europe.
as per schedule. The colonel still mo-
nopolizes the best positions and the big
gest headlines in the newspapers, how
ever.
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Democratic prospects are so bright that
the party apparently IS seriously consid-
ering the ACCESSIBILITY OF not fighting itself
quite so strenuously as Of yore
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'Driftwood' Armstrong. the poet lau-
reate of the Montgomery Advertiser. was
on Saturday last 10 a Tampa
beauty Hoorayi Hooray!
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An OId-tiner.

THAT fellow claims 20 be the oldest
living humorist."
Il guess he is. He says he saw boot
Jack once
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NIr. TagGarts CareIessne.s.

From the Ohio state Journal
Mr. Thomas Tasart boldly announces his can.
didary for the senate iu Indiana. although Lr
never wrote 30 much as a magazine article IN bis
life
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II is annoying now and then
To have 20 work some;
Conditions that the best Of men
Find irEsome.
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Gov and Cnpriciou..

THE comet has received about as many
press notices as a popular soprano"
Yes; and is quite as uncertain about
its appearances as the average star"
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The nnnntIe.s Ems.

Some scientific sharp claims that out
door sports produce optimism"
Baseball does, 1 know. Just now all
the fans are saying that It is better 20
do your losing early in the season.
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II there is one thing more than another
calculated 10 MI Congress with supreme
disgust, It is the threat Of veto for the
rivers and harbors bill,
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4 Bigger HIT, Too.

From the Kansas City star
Next time the government could save many mil
lions q dollars hy keeping the battle ship feet 90
home and sending Col Roosevelt around the
world
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Force of Habit

From the Chicago Record Herald
While De was posing flr sculptor the other DAY.
Vice President sherman zen asleep. IL, has Prob
ably got into the habit while presiding fin the
Senate. Of frequently dropping Of into a doze.
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"a doctor says he has found lost
gold mine in Alaska" says the Savannah
Press. So Savannah. IS where DR.. Cook
has been keeping himself. Ell?
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Dixie is not used 20 shoveling snow this
time o. year. and does not seem to care
for It especially. moreover
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sure Enough.

From the Baltimore American.
What's in a name. anyhow
Whats the matter?''
Here. my name is Holdfast. and
can't keep a Job. while my neighbor, WI
is named Gum, has never been fired"
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Would Nnu ReIierc L.

From The baltimore American.
1T was the water we drank al that
place which made us all sick
Dear me, And It was well water. too
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We Have Ideals

Are we merely a nation OF money
getters?'
Far from It, my boy. The mad rush
for wealth is quite Offset by the mad
rush for the ball park"
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With the permission of the New York
courts. Mr.. George X. Damshy will change
his name. Let US suggest Fudgesl1y.
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The report that all proposed dashes for
the south pole are of will occasion small
if any regret throughout the world There
are enough rows and fights in sight as
IL IS
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From the BROOKLYN standard Union
The comet can now be plainly seen with
the aid Of a glass. \ fair average is about
one comet 90 one glass.
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There may be some parts Of this coun-
try where the color line is not drawn,
but we notice that all the topical songs
give James J. Jenries the better Of It.
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out Of the general acclaim which
greets the selection of Gov. Hughes to
I'll the Supreme Court vacancy. there
rises but a single discordant note-AIr.
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The colonel got out that Old familiar
unqualified falsehood" in Paris, brushed
the dust of. and started II on its weary
rounds again.
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The humble carp" begins the Hart
ford Times. That Is the trouble with the
carp; he is too humble for any use.
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'Mooley," the late lamented White
House COW, is to he succeeded by Gwen
dolyn." "Gwendolyu" should appeal some
10 the spring poets.
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Let no man suspect. however. that the
colonel was silent before Napoleon's tomb
merely because words failed him.
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Bryan's," AYERS a contemporary This
contemporary evidently overlooked the
New York American
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1t is feared the cotton crop has been
damaged so seriously that genuine Ttal-
ian olive OIL may soar out OF sight pretty
soon.
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II that dear Atlanta is not careful. st
viii throw all OF the grand opera FITS
before the show gets 20 town
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recognize monsieur If they should see him
NOWADAYS
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From the Indianapolis Star
Pinchot cln 60 On around the slcb~ y he likes
and get home 20 hear most q the BluiuTor testi.
mouy.
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CHAT OF THE FORUM.


7 rom the Macon News.
Is the colonel "sseiHs Eur-rc" or Is Eurore
seeing himi
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Senator Percy. the new member from
Mississippi. has broken the record BY max
ing a set speech less than two months
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According to old timers. the late Col.
Bob Taylor. of Bonham, Tex, once met
a woman i'm the road as he was riding
on horseback 20 hold court in Delta
County. he being then district Judge.
said F. Il. Burns. Of Houston, Tex. who
was seen at the National last night, tell
ing this story:
The woman had jug OF water, and
the Judge was thirsty.
Being a man with a CHEEKY word for
every one. the colonel stopped her.
Ny dear madam. he said. smiling.
II You will give me a drink Of cool water
from youder jug. when YOU want a di-
vorce from your husband I viii see that
IL costs you nothing.
Are you a lawyer inquired the
woman. handing him the jug.
THE colonel explained who he was,
and. waving a farewell departed. leaving
the woman gazing at him
The very next morning the woman
showed up in the court room and asked
for him. She explained that she wanted
a divorce. She had been separated from
her husband for a long while. and the
colonel had put an idea into her head.
The colonel was game. however. He
procured a lawyer at his own expense
and in due course Of law the woman was
given a divorce. and Col Taylor would
tell the joke on himself often"
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On April IS Capt. Cook landed at Botany
Bay in 177o. and the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad was organized in 1928. II is the
date upon which was fought the battle Of
the Sangatuck River in IN It is the
birthday OF Charles Cotton, the poet $3.50
Ezra Abbot. the American Biblical
scholar Gs19); Robert Bonner, the pub
Usher $3.50. and James Grant White, the
author and editor QSS9.
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Speaking Of political speeches and prac-
teal methods in nominating political can
didates and eIecting them, George S
Burroughs. OF Philadelphia, q real estate
man. who was seen al the Shoreharn,
said last night that great speeches move
great uu.ttudes when delivered, but do
not win the coveted prize. In choosing
Presidents, the people. and not the silver
t1ugued orators. are dominant in the con-
veuti0u as well as nc the polls
when Bryan made HIS cross Of gold'
speech. which stamped the Chicago con-
venti0n I'm 1895. he was not ostersibly talk
ing for himself. nor did anybody in the
convention think Of him in connection
with the candidacy az the time he got UP
there 10 speak He entered that conven-
ton as a member Of a contesting dele
cation. and was unknown 20 the country
at the time. though he had the Presi-
dental bee in his bonnet and was work
ing for his own nomination all the time
that he was in the convention.
Champ Clarks speech proposing Cock
~eU ln the -. Louis conventian OF 1904
was the most breezy and eloquent which
was delivered there, surprising Martin
". LittIeton's IN favor OF Parker. But
CockreII was far down in the list III the
voting. and Parker got the candidacy"
Now. let's so a little further back.
ConkIiugs AppomatoN speech in the Chi
cago convention Of 1850 in favor Of Grant
captivated the country at the moment.
and swept the convention off its feet
Except the delegates. Garfeld's IN IA
vor Of Sherman in the same convention
was scarcely inferior 70 Conkling's IN
point Of power. Neither Grant nor Sher-
man received the candidacy. Garfelds
speech for Sherman helped Garfield 10 get
/ the nomination for himself, IN the dead
lock although neither he nor anybody
/ else al the opening Of the convention had
/ thought Of him as a possibility"
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Glory hallelujah. common people. Salt
has been reduced 80 cents per ton,
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When Senator Bristow started his
speech on the El1ius bin there was only
a handful o. Senators IN their seats. most
OF them satisfying the inner man IN the
Senate restaurant. The Kansas Senator,
out Of respect for the stomachs Of his
feIIow-wen. didn't suggest quorum. but
after awhile. no more Senators appear
ing. he suggested a recess until after
luncheon
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REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING NEWS
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preserve with hunting and fishing
facilities. Here is one from Ohio from
a party wanting a large tract fol-
colonization purposes. Here is another
from party in Illinois. who offers a
fine investment property valued at $780,
900 with an income Of $4,000 for a
farm, upon which he wishes to locate
two boys who want to be Virginia
farmers, but whom he fears will be
tramps If he don't settle them soon
In Virginia." We have another from
Northern Pennsylvania from widow.
who wants small farm where the
climate is warmer.
"Another wants country store
another from Northern Canada who
can't stand nine months OF frozen wea-
Their; and in striking contrast to this,
here is another application from
Pensacola, Fla, where 1t is too hot.
| and so 1t goes all down the list"
Scattered business.
The beauty of all this Is, that sooner
or later these people will be accomo-
daed: 1t may require weeks. months
or possibly year of tenacious CORES.
pondence. as was the case with the
chemist referred to above. but the
game Is worth the powder, and 1t Is
| generally we'll to keep eternally after
It until 1t is landed. AS before stated,
the business Of the past week was
very good in the aggregate, but 1t was
largely scattered. In the West End
numerous lots were sold, on Church
Hill good business was done. away
out in Fulton there were a number of
1 IT,
great deal of quiet activity. Blanton
e. co, were not little aroused by the
census figures, and the healthy youns
men In that establishment got move
on themselves and sold q whole lot
OF property, something more than half
of which was suburban dirt, which IN
Guided some mighty pretty lots near
the new Catholic College.
Notes by the Way.
The Woodland Heights people say
] they expect to be showing property al
! OF this week to State Fair visitors, VINO
have heard all about that delightful
suburb.
The building operations in Barton
Heights seem to know no such thing
as a cessation.
Green & Redd expect to be In theis
new quarters at Ninth and Franklin
| Streets on or before the lUth.
a 'new Richmond" among real estate
agecies has hoped Ito the field. shea
g. Keegan is the style Of the new Hrm
and they will hold forth atl1l4 east
Main Street The members of the firm
are A. v. Shea, who for the past seven
years has been connected with Green
& Redd and has had abundant oppor-.
tunity to study the business in all Of
Its phases, and John j. Keegan. who
for many years has been bookkeepeI
] in the First National Bank, and later
| the private secretary OF Fritz Sitter
ding.
There are rumors in the air about a
new sail men's hotel" that will he a
combination city and out-of-town club
room Just where 1t is going to pc
and who is going to be IT" seems to be
a secret. hut the commercial interest OF
lRlchmond seemp 20 demand something
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tween buyer and seller.
Now to get at what ought to have
said in the beginning, II you are after
buying some stock while visiting our
fair this week don't try to buy show
birds for 81 apiece or fine hatchable
eggs at 81 or $3.50 per sitting. Get
the best while about 1t, and be willing
to pay fair price for.it. The quality
will please your eye long after the
price is forgotten. There will be quite
"a few birds at the fair that cost their
owners from $50 to $3.50 apiece, so
don't faint when a breeder offers you
nice pen Of birds for s25 which Is
only IS per bird. See how much COM
petition is there in the breed you are
interested In. for If there is no COM
petition in this or that class. then you
can't tell much about the quality
by the ribbons. The huber OF entries
being so large at this years exhibit.
the Fair Association telegraphed for
an additional Judge. r. L. Simmons, OF
North Carolina. has consented to come,
so we will have all classes Judged by
TUESDAY and have all ribbons in place
for Wednesday. "Richmond Day"
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Greenesville county. much against the
protest OF some OF its old fogies. COM
menced this good roads business only
two years ago. There are no more
old fogies in the county nov. but
every citizen Is a good good roads ad-
vocate. and the calculations OF those
who are in q position to know are that
within the next two years all OF the
county's roads. that Is to say. some.
thing like 140 miles, will be just like
those l travelled over with Judge Var
rell this week
A Timely Treatise.
These roads have not been worked
on since they were built OF course,
the time will come when they VIII
need repairs, and ! guess the people
ought to be finding out about the
best way to repair.
l have Just been reading In the
Progressive Farmer an instructive ar
ticle on the split log drag. by Pro-
lessor W. L. Spoon. OF the North Car.
DINA Geological Survey. 1t Is q
timely treatise. and l hope everybody
IN Greenesville county and all the
balance OF Virginia will read 1t. Here
1t is:
Lately great deal has been said
and written regarding the road drag
and It's usefulness. and under certain
circumstances it's value can hardly
be overestimated. On account OF this
fact. 1t has been thought advisable to
present a practical form OF drag that
Is applicable to any farm community
and can be easily constructed by any
one. even those who are not familiar
with this machine. For this purpose a
cut mas been prepared which illustrates
in detail how such drag is made
and gives the bill OF material needed
for its construction.
Wise Suggestions.
In order to assist any one desiring
to build one Of these drags. the FOL.
lowing suggestions arc given:
After the bill Of materials has beer
assembled the work OF construction
should be commenced by setting the
two drag pieces upon their edges
thirty inches apart and In line with
each other; that is, one Just behind the
other
Most drags are lodged, so that wher
they pull at an angle they will ex.
actly track" but when the drag 1.
| made in that manner 1t can only be
used to go one way on one side OF
the road. while II made as described
above. It can be used up and down
back and forth. on either side. which
Is often OF very great advantage. At
ter the pieces are set UP as described
a piece may be tackled across the end.
TO hold them in place while saving
and fitting in the tie pieces. To At :,
the tie pieces, lay them on the drag:
eight Inches from the ends and mari
the drags carefully. so that when tn,
pieces are sawed and clipped out TO,
the ties they Will At In tightly. 1t Il
a good plan to make them so ttgb
that they must be driven in with {
hammer. for then the nails will holt
much better. After :ne two drags hay,
thus been Joined. and the two ties Sc
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SPLIT LOG DRAG.

In as shown In the cut, nail them se-
cure1y with five 4o-penny nails at
each place. as indicated These ties
should project twelve inches over In
front and six inches in the rear. A
two-inch hole should then be bored In
the front end OF the tie, as Indicated.
This hole is for the chain to pass
through for hitch. Next lay the
brace piece on ana mark carefully.
as shown, then cut and fit the brace
in tightly and nail securely with 20
penny nails.
Other Particulars.
II the directions have been followed
carefully It Is now ready to turn up
side down. When turned hew the
back bevel on the drag with an axe,
as shown In the cut. leaving the front
edge Of each drag one inch thick.
securely the two steel plates SO that
they will extend about one-eighth of
an inch lower than the face of the
drag. This Is done for the reason that
the steel will have a better chance to
get hold OF the road and move ma
terial than 1t woulu II 1t were placed
flush When this has been done, turn
the drag right side up and II is ready
for the chain and to be put TO use.
Chains, Etc.
TO put the chain on. pass 1t around
the tie as indicated and down through
the hole In the end Of the tie, then
up through the hole in tho end OF the
second tie. and around 1t. behind the
drag. as shown in the cut. The stretch
err hook may be hitched In at any
place desired to give the angle to the
drag that is desired. This drag will
work either end forward, simply by
change in the hitch. All that is
necessary Is to move the hook on the
chain. A little practice will soon
make any one proficient in the use of
this drag.
To operate It, throw a board six feet
long and ten or twelve inches broad
on the ties and brace. about midway
between the drags. This is for the
driver to stand on. It will be interest.
Ing to notice the effect OF the driver
changing his position on the drag
Step one foot on the front of the drag
and 1t Will cut the carry material
until the weight is removed; step back
on the rear drag and the front one
Will drop Its load and the rear one
catch It Step forward again and the
latter drag will drop Its load In this
way little practice on the part OF
the driver will enable him to become
very proficient In filing up holes. 1,
1t is desired to crown the road ur
stand with superior weight on the
front and little to the ditch end O,
the drag and let the drag have an
angle of about forty-f!ve degrees.
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P OULTRY FOLKS
ARE IN EVIDENCE
HOODWINKED From Flrst FACED

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strain may not meet your expectations.
vet If YOU are true fancier you would
probably play the game. Just for the
10Y of playing 1t. Look at 1t right. and
the question OF art enters into most
transactions. An artlstically grown
fern. shrub or tree always commands
a better price than one that Is In
elegant In appearance. The same Is
true Of everything. You will buy nice
looking fruit. even at small advance
in price, in preference to seedy-looking
stuff, although the taste may be the
same.
Prices Of Stock.
might mention In connection with
this article to remember that all OF
our domesticated fowls have many
generations of mixed ancestry behind
them, which is liable TO crop out IN
their offspring from generation 20
generation, Then you also have rhe
infertlle eggs to chance. These, as a
rule, are duplicated by most breeders
so that this part can be easily over
come by buying more eggs. But above
has little to do With the art phase OF
our subject The person who wants
the best usually has to pay the price,
For myself, I question the wisdom OF
paying $40 per egg, same as would
hesitate to pay $4,000 for IA race
horse, even II I would perchance be
In position to pay for It, The value
or fine birds, like fine cattle or horses,
Is purely relative, And q matter be-
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of that kind, and whatever Richmond
demands 1t is very likely to have.
Rumors Of big sales OF farm lands
along the upper James River Valley
lack confirmation. but 1t is not secret
that those lands are nightly in de-
mand, and sales are quite likely to.
be made in the near future.