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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
GIVE THE v. y. I. BOARD MORE
POWER

If the Assembly is too busy to take
up the needed investigation of the v
r. T., as now seems to be thought, ii
should certainly see to At that the
Board of Visitors. is empowered to nm
ravel the tangle without restraint IL
the Assembly Will not have an oppor-
tunity of using the powers vested in
of the states funds at the institute.
1t might we'll deputize this power. in
all its fulness, to the Board of Visit
ors.
The board has no such power at
present. BY one of those oversights
which creep into the best regulated
codes. no state Board OF Visitors has
the power to issue subpoenas and take
Testimony under oath. The board may
OF course. hear evidence and value the
testimony of witnesses as 1t thinks
best. but 1t cannot compel unwilling
professors to testify or summon un-
partisan witnesses and compel them to
state what they know.
ton which is to be held by the board
on March % seems certainly destined
to be unsatisfactory. AS we have al
ready pointed out. the Board of visi-
tors is in a certain sense on trial it
self. 1t can hardly so act. whatever
1t does. as to escape criticism for parti-
sanry or prejudice. Probably many viii
criticize its verdict under any clrcun,-
stances. While this was the strongest
| reason why the Assembly should itself
| investigate. it is all the more a rta-
son why the board should be given 6u-
| dicial powers If it can summon Wit
nesses and can demand sworn teiti-
mony. It's findings. will receive more
| decisive weight and be more gener-
ally acceptable.
bill TO give the board this power
Will be introduced into the Assembly
this morning, we are informed, but It's
reception will depend upon the unani-
nous consent OF the members If a sin
gle man objects. under a misappre
hension of its purpose, the bill Will
not be put on the calendar. The oppor-
tunity to fathom much disputed sit
uation VIII be lost. and the future
welfare of the institute Will remain
subject to the present doubts.
For this reason, we sincerely trust
that the Senate and the House will
give the necessary consent. 1t should
be lemembered, above all else, that
the gift of this power will not preju-
dice the interests of either "side" at
the institute. If DR.. Barringer should
be vindicatcd and retained, the rea-
sons for the decision should be
brought out in legal form. If he
should be dismissed. tho grounds for
II and the explanation of 1t should be
plainly stated under oath. Both sides
wiz benefit by the adoption of the
proposed act and injustice will be
done TO no one.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
The Ikeyxer Bill.

Editor OF The Times-Dispatch:
Stiff the Iieyser bill is enacted
into law, the vets VIII have a free
hand. They have certainly pulled
the wool over DR.. Cannons eyes,: he
had as we'll retire. don't use whiskey
even for medicine, although 1 think it
would help me. My idea is, If it is
wrong to get drunk, it is q crime, and
every one\ who gets drunk should be
punished as for any other offense. and
don't lot tho papers, on account of the
prominence of any one Wink at 1t, and
I am confident you would soon see
fewer DRINKS. But under the keyser
bill you have any number OF plans
where whiSkey can be had, and no
revenue to the State. "a"
Orgainsville, February &c.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

Munyon's Paw Paw Pills coax the liver
into activity by gentle methods. They do
not scour, .gripe or weaken. They are q
tonic to the stomach, liver and noryos:
invigorate instead of weaken. They on.
rich the, blood and enable tho stomach 10
get all the nourishment from food that Is
mel; they are soothing, heang and slim
ulating, For salo by all druggists in loo
and $50, Sizes II you need medical adj
vice, write Munyon's Doctors They viii,
advise to the best OF their ability abso-
lutely free of charge. MUNYON'S, SAD
and jefferson Stsp Philadelphia, Pa.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
| sl,ort-Sigl,ted.
The Easier Way.
- -
THE MERRY NOCKERS.


~ ONGREsS however, should exercise
moderate discretion in seeing that 1t
~ does not start SO many investigations
that they will get in each others way
Pittsburg Dispatch.
A Virginia woman seeks divorce. basIns
action on the claim that her husband shores
II takes wise man TO keep his mouth
shut when Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
The simultaneous crossing of the Andes
by William j. Bryan and DR.. Frederick A.
Cook suggests the probability of disturbed
conditions in the higher air currents,-New
York Tribune.
There in the United States Senate
several men whom almost sure
George Washington would disapprove OF IL
he were here now.-Chicago Record Herald.
A Republican paper is enthusiastic be-
cause the high tariff has not stopped the
sale of the Bible. This Is the only good
thing connected with Observation-Disclosures
ton News and Courier
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
= FOR SIM Neck.

a iteniedy for sun Neck.
Please give mesa name Of some
remedy that Will cure my neck 1 had
a fall about a week ago falling about
3 feet lighting on my head. 1t
feels like a stiff neck have used
all kinds of plasters and too kinds
OF liniments but 1t does not seam to
do II any good. READER.
This is too bad We have heard of
stiff neck owing to 81 fall but 1T is
rather unusual for man whose pride
suffers fall to get stiff neck. We
have one remedy for this complain
winch might be worth trying. Some
have told us that 1t is effective. stop
trying to treat yourself and go to a
good doctor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
THE PASSING OF THE ACADEMIES

If1E PASSlN1 Or The ACADENlES.
There is local bin on the calendar
of the House which, when passed, will
be the last word in long chapter of
our educational history. The bill is a
simple one and has scarcely been no.
ticed in the midst of complicated and
confusing general laws. 1T merely
provides that the buildings of the New
London Academy be turned over to the
counties of Bedford and Franklin to be
used as a part of their public school
system The old academy has out
lived its usefulness: It's ancient fame
has been forgotten in this day of rich
and great colleges. The sentiment is
that 1t had best be abolished and its
assets turned over TO the counties
which fostered and fed the academy
for almost a century.
And with this comes the announce
ment that the last trustee Of the Alb
ingdon Male Academy is dead, No one
will be appointed in his place. The
moldering old academy building is to
be sold. the name is to pass into
history; monument to the founder
and chair in some new school are to
be the only reminders of its existence.
All of this is wise and eXpedient.
Why have academies which no stu
dents attend? Why have broad cam.
pus and moldering, decaying old
building, where students voices never
resound and youthful footsteps never
echo2 Nevertheless, the disappearance
of these academies will draw sigh of
sentimental regret from those Who
knsM- theIa in other days, who remem-
her the spirit that pervaded them and
the influence they e%erted.
In those good old days, when vii.
liam and Mary and Hampden- Sidney
We're the only colleges in Virginia, and
when Thomas Jefferson had not
dreamed of university. the academy
was the States great educational
force, Some OF them, born In the DAYS
OF revolutionary travail. bore theil
spirit in their names. There was the
Washington Henry Academy. for ex.
ample, destined to train young Vir.
Einians for cen4irA mere was Lib,
erty Academy. ere long to receive ;
legacy from Washington and to beal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

the priceSP
The effort is making to bcfog the
real intent of the bill. Nobody but tho
lime interests that have held up tho
farmers for years. sees in the bill any
Thug else but that the State shall
crush and sell at cost raw limestone to
the farmers. That lis all there is in
the bill. The efforts that tho lime In
tercsts are making To throttle this ALI
important measure are precisely ike
those adopted by the protected inter-
ests In Congress to defeat modified
tariH, me question of grave concern
Just now Is. will the Legislature of
virginia allow those who make and
sell lime forever to fix the price to
the farmers. and deny tho farmers OF
virginia the only opportunity for ag-
ricultural lime at possible prices in
fifty years?
This Limestone billv is of more i'm
portance TO the agricultural interests
OF virginia than any other measure
has been in twenty years. Every SEN
sibie FARMER knows he cannot raise
profitable crops unless he has lime.
here Is a measure that VIII give MIN
his lime at half or less than half the
price he has now to pay Shall the
lew VINO make burnt lime and the few
VINO sell 1t be longer allowed to die
tate prices 10 the thousands of farm
ers? Or, Will tho representatives OF
the farmers in the Legislature have
the good sense and wisdom to put on
tho statute books and give free and
generous application to the one bill
that has so much OF hope and encour-
asement for the agricultural classes.
ana which simply, practically, fully
and cheaply solves the grayest probIe,n
Martinsvillc, Va Eebrusrv OK
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
THE LIBRARY SHOULD NOT DE
EORGNITEN.

The Finance Committees of the House
and Senate have not spent. forty days
In resting softly on beds of fragran,
roses. They have not beer able to sit by
and grant every request brought befor,
them, but have had to scrutinize. scale
and trim a thousand demands on Rhe
treasury. They have deserved the syn.
patty of all beholders as they,.rhave
thus striven to discover the justice OF
every claim presented to them, and
they have merited the coincidence of all
visitors as they have tried to provide
funds for deserving works.
We trust that in this task of recon-
Cling claims with the condition"of the
treasury, and in dealing out the States
funds to the many waiting officials
the committees will not neglect the in
terests of the state Library. There is
nothing spectacular or eXorbitant
about its claim. 1t needs all it asks
for. and will advantageously expend
every dollar it receives.
Every one who studies the system
knows that the library is an important
cog in our educational machinery. 1t
furnishes grist for the historians mill,
and food for omnivorous readers;
but ii also gives essential and invalu-
able assistance to the school and
teaching force of the school. 1t places
books where they are most needed and
lends aid where 1T will be most useful.
The travelling school and citizens
libraries alone have done a world of
good and have supplemented most ma
terially the educational equipment of
the State. These Libraries have gone,
as far as their limited number would
permit. into every corner of the state
and have opened a new world to thous-
ands of school children. They have
reached thousand rural teachers who,
by their aid, have been able to illum-
mate their work and interest thei'
children through collateral reading.
These libraries should certainly be In
creased. until four can be kept in every
county of the State the year through.
BY moving them and sending new
Libraries, at least 200 books worth the
reading can be placed in community
every year.
The appropriation asked by the state
Library will include funds for extend
Ing this work, and for the equipment
of the central library to care for these
books and to accommodate the many
readers who throng its rooms. Mani
testify, the library cannot fulfil its
mission without proper equipment 1t
cannot furnish the readers the books
they need without stack space and
library furniture. 1, cannot keep
abreast of the times unless 1t has
funds to purchase the best of the new
books.
The library is on solid footing.
Under the ABLE management of Dr. II.
r. Mc1lwsiSsa it Il being conducted in
such way as TO give ample guarantee
for its future. 1t is doing its work and
is doing it well, and it must be pro-
perly supported
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
DR., Fletcher and the Agricultural Board.

DR.. Fletcher and the Agricultural Doard.
EDITOR OF The Times-Dispatch:
Sill was present at hearing be-
iore committee on the bill for the
House, and In justice TO DR.. Fletcher. I
feel that I should say a word in his
behalf relative to his position on the
bin in question. DR.. Fletcher did not
oppose the Bill. but favored the meas
nre; yot he did call attention to the
fact that the bill does not provide tho
appropriation asked for district expert
Inenting stations, as some members
nay nave believed. the fact being that the
in the preamble, but 1t makes no an
preparation for them.
DR.. Fletcher also said that the ex-
pertinent stations ought not to be In
cluded in this BILL. and gave two rea-
sons for this. First. that this would
be linking two lines OF work that, to
be most effective, should be kept en-
urely MISREPRESENTATION expert
menting, or the search for better meth
DDS Of farming, which is the province
Of the experiment stations, and aEri-
cultural teaching or demonstration.
Whlch Is the. province OF the State
Board of Agriculture. and the demon
stration work, as provided for in this
DIN. his second reason was that In
order TO secure $4,000 per year from
.he national government for the ex-
pertinent stations. the State should put
up an equal amount. but that this
money from the United States gov
ernment would not be forthcoming If
the experiment station were put under
the new board.
lie did not oppose the bill, but en-
deavored to make plain his reasons for
desiring that the district experiment
stations be not merged with the bill,
but LETT as a distinct item in the gen.
eral appropriation bill, where it now
Dr.. Fletcher did not oppose the bill
for united board. but argued in be-
halr OF the experiment stations solely.
LINDSAY CRAWLEY.
Richmond, February 25.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

The state EIowcr of virginia.
kindly state which is the State
flower OF Virginia, also of West vir-
ginia. READER.
Virginia has no State flower A
number OF newspapers. discussing the
topic last summer, seemed inclined to
adopt the oxeyed daisy as the State
flower. The State flower Of West
Virginia is tho rhododendron.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

The Houston Post says that it would
not wish to see Henry Watterson
live to an infirm old age, but does wish
him to live till Bryan is elected Presi-
dent. Just what does the Post wish,
anyway?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

j. G. Metcalf. II. w. s. and "a
Reader identify the quotation of
Love one maiden only" etc, as APP
pearing In Tennyson's "1dyls of the
King Guinevere, lines 472-4SO.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

A Montana paper says that Col.
Roosevelt will be elected Speaker
conveniently with Mr. Pinchots cleo
ton to the presidency" We don't
sympathize with this tendency to
knock Roosevelt Just because he hap
pens to be in Africa.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

Texas should have done better fol
John w. Gates than simply make hin
a colonel. since anybody can be col
onel in Texas on payment Of so cents
to the policeman on the beat.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
Husbands, Right. In w,vcs Estates.

Robert NJ. Jeffress sends us the fol-
lowing note on husbands rights in
wives estates. d question which has
been frequently asked In this columns.
AS the question is stated. B, being
the husband. and dying before his
"lfe, OF course no curtesy rights
could accrue to him. but assuming
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

1t is reported that Mr.. Wolgast is
being offered $4,000 in vaudeville. The
Nelson family could wish him nothing
worse than that he should accept It.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

This Mr.. Pinchot seems to have
made up his mind to get something
started in the way of a little Ananias
Club of his own.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

Count Henri de Beaufort, Whose mar
riaGe to Countess Marie Sylva-Tarouca
has Just taken place at Vienna. in
the presence Of several OF the arch
dukes and archduchesses of the I'M
perial family. is the son and heir OF
the Dutch Duke of Beaufort, and has
no connection whatsoever with the
English ducal house of Beaufort. Nor
Is he related In any way to the young
man now in this country who for some
reason best known to himself styles
fort, and who. after obtaining a good
deal OF advertisement through the
possession of a particularly good look
Ing and we'll trained bulldog, has late
~ married n young Chicago, girl with
some money, and has still more recent
~ had some difficulty at Colorado
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
Locust Trees,

Please tell me what can be put
in locust trees to kill them, also what
time they should be bored in and
stuff put in. A SUBSCRIBER.
Write to the State Entomologist,
Blacksburg, Va for information on
this subject
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

that. the question means To ask what
would be the curtcsy rights OF htls.
band In property OF his wife. which
dying before him and the other re-.
Guisltes of curtesy existing, | beg to
say that It was decided In Jones VS..
Jones. 30 Virginia, 749. that a husband
has by tho nature OF the transaction
estates created for her by him, and in
RatllfT vs.. RatlIff, 1O2 Virginia, sO7
he has no curtcsy rights in statutory
separate estates Uhs only other way n
married woman can hold property In
Virginia), which he has conveyed or
caused to be conveyed to her without
express reservation of his marital
rights In either case
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

Miss Libbey ought to be able to FIND
some use for Senator Percy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

The county which Chicago is in is
named Cook, which may explain some
thing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

Is winters backbone broken or only
bent?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

How to Serve Wine, Etc.
When should wine be served during
dinner, and should the host stand
when proposing u toast? READER.
If the toast is formal tho person
proposing the toast should certainly
rise. The wine should be served as
follows:
Appeti2er--dry pale sherry. plain, or
with dash of bitters, yermouth, plain,
or cocktail. with oysters-Rhine
wine, Nfoselle. dry Sauternes or Capri.
cool. With soup-sherry or Madeira:
cool. With fish-Sauternes. Rhine
Wine, Aloselle or Capri: cool With
entrees--claret or Chant; temperature
OF room. With roast--claret Burgundy
or Chianti; temperature of room. With
game--champagne (cold), old vintage
champagne: cool. With cheese-port.
temperature of room. With fruit
Tokay, Malaga or Muscat; temperature
of room. With coffee--brandy or cor
dial; temperature OF room.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28

An Insult Now:
"You look Ike a Christy girl"
why. you horrid thlng 1 never drank
intoxicants in my life!'-liouston Post.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
In Allegiance.

Visitor: Come here. my dear; whose
pretty little girl are you?"
Little Girl: Ssh, Mrs. james. The court.
'aven't decided yet."-Chicaso Tribune.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
Daily Queries and Answers

Address all for this column Query Editor,
Times No problems
stamps valued and no dealers names will be given
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
The Only One who Can.

| Mrs. Nagg: "Who was 1T that said, 4
thank God am not ms other men?'"
| Mr.. Nagg: Some Observation-Disclosures
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
MERELY JOKING.

An Insult Now:
"You look like Christy girl
"Why. you horrd thing! 1 never drank
intoxcants in my life!'-Iiouston Post.
The Only One who Can.
Mrs Nagc: "yyho was it that said, Il
thank God am not ms other men?'
Mr.. Nagg: some bachelor '-Lippincott's
Flat Rather Than House.
Butcher: "wll you take porterhouscr"
Mrs., Ncwwed: NO, nothing quite SO
large: give me a porterflat."-New York
Times.
In Allegiance
Visitor: Come here. my dear; whose
pretty little girl you?"
Little Girl: Ssh, Mrs Jaimes- The courts
avent decided yet,'-chicaso Tribune.
As Sometimes Happens.
Lawyer: Am l TO understand that your
wife left your bed and board?'
Uncle Ephraim: "Not 'zactly, boss. She
dun TUX nah bed an bod along VIII her.
| Puck.
May Need 1t.
| Patience: what ie shc doing with all the
nlimony she's gettingY
| Patrice: "Oh. she's saving II SO she can
support another husband "--Yonkers States
man.
AS the Country Cried.
.Johnny, can you tell us why Washington
is called the Father of Ills Country?"
"Cause he walked the floor good many
nights when II was stu young, L guess
Chicago Record Herald
Short-Stghted.
II guess l made a mistake. wouldn't
paint a. doorstep for the old tenant"
"Well?''
"And now I'VE got to paint the entiro
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
AS the Country Cried.

Johnny, can you tell us why washinsto
is called the Father OF His Country?"
."Cause he walked the floor a good man
nights when II was still young, 1 guess
Chicago Record Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-28
rs Sometimes Happens.

Lawyer; IAN l to understand that 20,
wife left your bed and board?"
Uncle Ephraim: Not 'Sactly, boss. ST
dun TUX nah bed an bod along wifi her"
Puck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-24
WILL BURY Mr.. SLOAN :
AT BELTSvILLE, ND.
Pallbearers Chosen for Funeral, to
Be Held at IL O'Clock To-
morrow Morning.

Pallbearers for the funeral OF Charles
Gillespie Sloan, who died Tuesday morn
ing at the family residence i'm Lamont
street northwest, have been chosen as
follows:
Active. from st. Johns Lodge, No II,
F. A. A. NJ, r. A. Gillett. Allen Bussius
E. G. Peach. Charles III. Jerman, DR.. a
Barnes HoOe. Morris l.. Wolfe. DR. ".
+. Whitson and Frank P. Weller: hon
orary. L. s. Lpscomb. c. f. Berry. e. ].
Walsh. Harry c. Moses, James X. Heed,
E. H. Snyder, W. nj. Mooney and George
s Fowler.
The services will be held in the Church
of the Epiphany at II o'clock tomorrow
morning and the officiating clergyman
will be Rev. George F. Dudley, rector of
st. Stephens Episcopal Church The
body will be taken to Beltsyille Md. for
burial in St. Johns cemetery. A car will
leave the Treasury at 12.15 O'Clock and
a number of friends Of the family expect
to attend the burial.
Resolutions Of sympathy and regret
were adopted yesterday by the board o.
directors of the District National Bank.
of which Mr.. Sloan was member.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-24
dagnificent Fiction, Too. g:el
to have complete course in materia

to have a complete course III materia
medica.
They shall not undertake to treat ma
ternity cases nor contagious diseases.
However victory for the osteopaths is
the Commissioners approval of their re-
quest to grant death certificates.
Commissioner Rudolph illustrated this
point with story:
There is man here in the city who
is walking six miles day. and who was
given up by his physician. The mans
wife asked her physician if there was
any objection to calling in an osteopath,
and received the reply that the family
physician was through with the case,
and did not feel that there was any
hope.
The osteopath wanted to decline be-
cause he could not grant a death cer-
tificate, and he himself saw the patient
was very ill. However,. he was pressed
to give treatment. The man recovered.
Now. this granting the right to give
death certificates will prevent the osteo-
path from refusing to give aid in
desperate cases."
The Commissioners have reported that
they have received many letters and
communications showing there is a strong
sentiment in favor of licensing competent
osteopaths The bill. as the Commission
ers have amended it. would prevent the
practicing of osteopathy by fake doc
tors