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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08
STILL HANGING ON.

1t is one of the finest things in human
nature that everyday people take an
interest in what is going on about
them-in the abuse OF the public pa
thence by the men who are fortunate
enough to own motor cars, or those
who can afford 10 hire them by having
them "charged"; in the utter neglect
of the public interests by the men who
are elected by the people to administer
their affairs; in the efforts that have
been made to provide "swimmtn'
hole" for the boys; in the progress OF
the movement for woman suffrage; in
the adulteration, so to say, of the
Smithfield Ham; in the failure of the
City Fathers to provide music in the
parks for the stay at homes; in the
progress of Henry Stuart to victory;
in the movements of the Colonel; in
the appearance of George Harvey in
the title role of Ananias; in Henry
| Wattcrson's def Of Ballinger, in old
Tafts trouble With the eel grass; In
the advantages Of Richmond as q shop
ping place for all people who want
to get the best at the lowest prices
in the erection of tablets to the latest
discovery of n great man who hap
pened to pass through North Carolina
In Richmond Pearson's indignation al
being nominated for the State Senate
| in the defeat of Cone johnson for Gov
ernor of Texas; in all the little things
and big things that have any sort OF
| human interest in them. Now comes
! a highly esteemed correspondent who
applauds The rimes-Dispatch for it:
defence of the "Gallus'' as a necessar!
and historic part of the Dress of tn,
gentleman, saying:
I To the Editor Of The Times-D ispatch:
! Sr,-Permit me first to thank 70,
| for the great pleasure | have daily II
/ reading your editorial page, which il
! the first part Of the paper TO which
turn, and which alternately amuses
entertains, instructs and edides me. a
lin turn your able muse grayitates from
grave to gay. from lively to severe.
| and, as the gambler said of the sport
| ing life, lis sometimes checkered, blu
never DUH" Long may you live, an,
! more power to you in your exalted pro
/ fession, whose power for good is sur
4 passed by no other in the world!
| May / say how much | was please
Glwith your article in Mondays paper
"a Crusade Against the Gallus," an
\ especially that part of it in which yo
Z protest against the discard OF tn
"galluses, commonly called suspen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08
SAVE ruD sMrrurtEur, HAM.

Every ham that Is called Smith
field Ham" is not. in fact, smithneld
ham. All tho hams that are sold In
Richmond as Smithfeld hams are not
smithfleld hams Hogs that were
raised in the West are brought to this
town, are inspected, killed and saltcd
here. and are then sent down to Smith
field TO be smoked and cured there,
and are then sent to this market and
to other markets To be sold as Smith
field Hams" Tho hogs are not Smith.
field hogs, to begin with, and the hams
and bacon are not Smithfeld hams ana
bacon in the true sense We are in
debted to Mi. Il. S. Thomas for Il very
illuminating article on the subject to-
day. He was impelled to write 1T for
the good of the trade, one of his cor
respondents, u native OF Virginia, now
living In Baltimore, having discovered
that there arc thousands of so-called
genuine Smithtield hams now sold in
the Baltimore market, that seem to
me to be of inferior quality. both as to
the flavor and the character Of the
meat, and utterly below the standard
of the delicious razor-back product of
my Virginia lays"
This sort OF thing is bringing the
"Smithfeld Ham" into disrepute, and
there ought TO be some way of prevent
ing and punisnins the deception.
Great efforts have been made by the
United States and other civilized gov
ernments to check the adulteration
and sophistcation of food and drug
products, and with very good results.
Under the National Food and Drugs
act of June 80, 1906, 10000 samples of
foods and drugs collected in inter-
State traffic and about $500 samples or
imported goods were analyZed last
year, and 49i cases We're referred to
the United States district attorneys
FOR prosecution. IL is as much of n
deception to work off on the unsuspcct.
ing purchaser nam as Slnithiicld
Ham, which is such only In name, as
IT is to sell oleomargarine as butter.
The Smithaeld Ham is a peculia,
product, is made in a particular way
from hog OF a special breed, fed or
special food, and only the hams of thi.
particular hog are genuine Smitbfelt
mans; and all the rest are spurious I,
there is no law in Virginia to prevent
the substitution. the makers Of the
real smithfield hams would doubtless
be able to make very good case fol
the Department of Agriculture a,
Washington, SO that at least other
markets than our own might be spared
from the deception that is practiced
upon them
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08
Daily Queries and Answers
fos this column to Query Edtor
No problem be solved no CONS
valued and dealers names Will be 9iven
was restricted (by Waltz to mean 3d.
900 pounds, raised one foot per. minute:
or nearly 100000 pounds raised ono

was restricted (bY Waltz TO mean 3d.
900 pounds raised one foot per. minute:
or nearly 100000 pounds raised ono
foot per hour.
cd into steam, yields. in round num-
bers, 1,T0O cubic inches of yapor. Its
mechanical effect at atmospheric pres
sure Is equivalent to raising 15 pounds
LOO inches cor la2 feet IN tube OF
142 feet Is the same. thing as 142
times is pounds raised one foot: or
2,t3O pounds or nearly gross t2n.
Only sixty or. seventy parts OF THIS
power are usually. regarded as ayaiia-
BILE In use, deducting friction and loss
from other causes. Therefore the evap-
Grafton of cubic foot of water in
an hour, subject TO this deduction, Will
give the full force OF about 1000 cubic
or nearly 100000 pounds raised one
foot. This is somewhat rough APP
proclamation, but 1t gives constants
easily remembered and sufficiently near
the truth
A boiler OF 100 horsepower means.
then. a boiler capable OF cooperating
100 cubic feet of water per hour. In
practice II is common to allow. In large
land engines, for every horsepower one
square foot of flre-bars in the CRATE.
three cubic feet of furnace room. ten
cubic feet OF steam chamber. Is loco
cubic feet OF water in the boiler, and ten
motives and steamships, these propor-
lions vary very much.
Ps,lngrn.
Please describe the symptoms and
cause OF pcllagra. and whether 1t ia
contagious or not. SUBSCRIBER.
Pellagra begins with indefinite diges-
tive disturbances. with insomnia, but
as 1t progresses there occurs an erup-
tion on the skin followed by suppura-
ton, and the formation of dark crusts;
the digestive symptoms become worse,
with salvation, dyspepsia and diar-
rhea. In the morn severe forms Of
the affection there are pronounced
nervous MISUNDERSTANDING. back
ache, spasms and paralysis. The mem
tai depression is profound.
As TO the cause OF pellagra, as well
as whether IL is contagious. medical
authorities differ. II is likely that tho
eating OF altered corn has something
to do with II, but the cause OF the
disease is stlll disputed matter
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ders, and I feel you will have the
thanks OF every one WHO, like myself
Is inclined to intness--good old fat
ness, and not "embonpoint,n thank you
AS for Senator Bailey and the uues-
ton of his wearing a sash, that, depends
on his waist line IN great degree and
on the question, also, as to whether he
may not have conceived a prejudice
against this article Of personal use and
adornmert similar to the man who
wrote to a newspaper, tho name OF
which cannot now recall, some years
ago, when the sash habit had a briei
.,.si In this fashion, to-wit:
The man who smokes cigarette
can forgive and may forget
Can overlook the fools who mash
But ---- the man who wears n
SASH"
rms linking together OF cigarette
ilends Washers and sash wearors had
1T was thought, much to do with the
The doing away of the sash habit
though the cigarette smokers and the
Washers are. alas, still with us. and
SO are the "cud chewers." as you SO
happily call the chewing gum devotces.
M. w. N.
Richmond, August 2.
Discard the 'gallus"! Never, or at
least not until 1t has lost It's power
in the practical politics OF these grand
and awful times. Where would brave
old Ben Tillman be IL 1t had not been
for this steady and powerful aid to his
overthrow, Of the South Carolina Oil
garchy? How would Jeffries Davis
ever have emerged from the swamps
of Arkansas II he had not been able
to hang his arguments upon this sup
porter of his claims to craftsmanship?
What could he have said to the red
necks and hill bIllies OF his much dis
sraced State without this ready ref
erence to the fact that no was the
friend of the unfortunate? 1t is all
well enough for Senator Bailey, OF
Texas, to wear the sash. II he want to;
but we can well believe that our cor
respondent should stick TO the Old Re-
liable and never failing suspender OF
his trousers till all the defenders OF
the rights Of tho plain people have
been driven to the wall and compelled
to ante for the benefit of the protected
manufacturers of the aristocratic sash,
a thing that looks we'll always on a
pretty girl. but which would rarely
make grown-up man look any bet tier.
Spare the Gallus, never!
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-------------------N----
A VIRGINIA INSTITUTION.

We do not know what the Indians
called roasting ears; but there is no
question that this was one of tho
principal articles Of diet of the abort
gines when Captain John Smith and
his fellow colonists established them
who was born in Maine, and has lived
all about, said yesterday that the term
was first used in New England; but we
doubt that, as tho records would ap-
pear to show that we were making
laws in Virginia before the Pilgrims
landed at plymouth Rock, or there
abouts, one writer saying that the first
Legislative assembly that ever con-
vened in the country was held IN VIZ
lginia seventeen months before the
eternally lauded Pilgrims ever landed
upon Plymouth Rock, and ten years be-
fore the Colony of Salem and Boston
increased their meagre numbers be-
yond the hundred
In Bruce.s Economic History of Nir-
einia In the Seventeenth Century, page
17S volume /, we are told: THE Gus
tom which the Indians followed in
eating their meals was very simple; a
mat was spread on the ground. and on
this the dish was placed. the broiied
| FISH and the roasting ears being laid
near at hand Again. in the same
book, page It's, there is this note: IN
June, July and August they fed on
/ fish, the roots of the tuckahoe, berries
and roasting ears"
The chances are, therefore, that the
corn which was so important an article
of their diet, was called roasting
ears" or the equivalent in the Indian
tongue, as it is reasonable to assume
that they did not eat 1t raw or un-
cooked. We are of the opinion that
sroasting ears" is "a good Virginia eX-
preston" inasmuch as in Virginia the
white man first used corn on the table,
| or mat after the manner OF the IN
| dams, and as ii was roasted pe-
| fore it was eaten the presumption
is that it was called roasting
ears" The term appears to have peeh
used In Virginia since the Seventeenth
Century, and doubtless before there
We're any Dutch in Pennsylvania.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08

Those who heard Ellison Van Hoosc
sing at the First Baptist Church yes
terday went away charmed. Recog-
nized as tenor OF rare quality in
this country and abroad, Mr.. Van
Hoose, in his impressive simplicity of
manner. would have been an excellent
object lesson to many amateur sing
ers whose pose and affected manner
isms bring much ridicule on them. The
voice is the ching.
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Forty-second Street (New york

A Forty-second Street New York;
dealer in second-han books says that
there is little demand for the writ
ings of Theodore Roosevelt. Occasions
ally some one calls for his hunting
stories. but I doubt if his Naval His
tory OF the War of 1872 has been
asked for in my store twice in the
last year, Just now / have two sets
of his Winning Of the West and
they have been on the shelves for
months. One of his books that is
sought for by collectors is ono that
tho general public knows little about.
1t is a small pamphlet on the birds of
Oyster Bay, and was written when
the former President was a very younp
man. 1t has been out of print for
many years."tThat is very interesting,
in a way The only Roosevelt book
that anybody wants is the one that is
out OF print. Probably the Forty-sec-
ond Street dealer might be able ia
work down his stock by sending it to
tho Colored Fair in Richmond ANY
find ready sale on the day of his
visit.
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The Bible and the Third Degree.
l. Who wrote the Bible, and when?
q. What Is meant by the different
degrees" In convictlng criminals. and
how are they conducted?
4 pMADrp

A READER.
L.. The composition Of the Bible ex-
the time when the patriarch Moses is
believed to have heard the Law from
the mouth OF Jehovah himself upon Mt.
Sinai, to the Christian epistles written
five books Of the Old Testament, known
as the Pentateuch. were certainly put
into literary form by the priesthood In
the days when the Jewish national
c cor, was taking form--the
vid and King. Solomon. or later. The
historical books were complied at DIFF
lerent periods. About certain books.
s s,Ti as the song Of Solomon. there is
Most of the New Testament was set
down in the century following Christ s
death, by leaders of the new faith:
a attn, i some Of the Epistles may be
complex. and space forbids anything
like an adequate discussion. MANY
good books on the subject are obtain
able able at the bubble libraries: among
be, recommended
third dod dor refer; prsssi s to the
,ssWeating out n criminal and making
him confess to a crime. The methods
vary: some are secret, many are not
printable.
Horsepower.
Please explain for me in your Query
horsepower OF an engine? What is the
definition OF "horsepower"7
horsepower" is a unit in terms of
which the working power OF an en-
CINE is measured. It Is not the aver
age strength of a horse, which has
oeen calculated to be about three
tourths standard horsepower. AS
steam engines We're originally employ
ga TO take the place OF horses In rails
Ing water, 1t was natural to esti-
mate their power by the number of
animals they replaced. AS the ue4
OF steam became general, the name
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08

Colonel George Clavell Mansel,
member of the Distinguished Service
order, who died 50 suddenly the other
day at Sulby Hall, his place in Leices-
of succession to the baronetcy of Sir
Courtenay Manscl.l Sir Courtenay held
the baronetcy IS eleventh baronet, at
ter the death of his father Sir Rich
when he surrendered it,, under very
romantic circumstances. Itseems that
Major Courtenay Mansel, of the Eff
teenth Hussars, father of Sir Richard,
nay, and who died at an advanced age
in 1875, went through a marriage cere-
mony In 1S47 with Louisa, daughter of
the Rev. John Sidney. After this mar
riage son was born. WHO received
the name Of Richard, and he. as the
baronetcy as tenth baronet.
Sir Richard, who was twice married
CHS second wife being an actress of
the London aaIety rhs Sdss ~ was a.
gance resulted In the loss Of the an
cestral home OF the family, Weir Cour-
tenay Park, which was sold for the
benefit Of his creditors. Bankrupt and
frst marriage, became entirely depend,
emit upon the earnings OF his second
and actress wife, who IS well-known
in this country, for, as LADY Mansel,"
she made number or tneatrlcal LOUIS
in the United states her dramatic
performances, however. not being OF
Il very high order. and consisting o.
her appearance on the stage in boys
costume and singing some English,
music hall songs and interludes, with
skipping rope and dances.
When Sir Richard died IN q cheap
lodging house In Brighton he appoint
ed his widow and theatrical friend
Of hers Of the name Of Nye to take
charge OF his boy, His relatives OBJ
jected to this and appealed to the
courts, Insisting that neither Ada, Lacy
ManseI, nor Nye, was tit person %
he entrusted with the education OF
lad of good family. In court, however
Lady Mansel showed that by her earn
ings on the stage she had for num-
| Der Of years maintained at her aNp ense
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The Abingdon yirginian says:

Mr. Stuart will make his initial
address to the voters OF the Ninth Dis
trio, at Gate City. Scott county, on
August 90 He will not blow smoke
out Of his nostrlls. spit fire nor foam
at the mouth, but he Will, in all prob
ability, talk pretty straight from the
head and hatten out some of the in
hated air-bombs the small potatoes of
the opposition are exploding here and
there with gusto and bombast."
That's Just what he will do.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08

iPl SOpy VI tuc OIlBludl pOOiio
from Scotland, urging his corresponds
ent there to spare no expense In the
matter, saying "thc glow Of one
warm thought being worth more
than money" and adding that
he was mot ashamed to own
that he thought this rude bard
of the North the greatest poet that
had ever existed DR.. Wayland says,
"As late as 1881 and 1882 Jefferson
and celebrated Frenchman, General
Marquis de Chastellux, were found
one evening ut Monticello recltitg
passages from osslan with gusto
round a punch bowl"
Among the many interesting things
suggested by DIR. Wayland Is in rela-
tion to a poem pasted in the scrap
book. the subject OF which is King
George Ill, an ode for His Majes-
| TVS Birthday 1904. This ode
| Is a most cordial tribute to the Brit
ish monarch and affords pleasant
contrast to the catalogue of charges
made against him in the Declaration
of independence. Had advancing ago
and the triumph of his cause mado
| seem so; else the hand that penned the
fierce arraignment of 10 would hardly
have taken the pains to preserve this
tribute of 1904"
jefferson also clipped some. elegiac
verse with regard to Alexander Ham
ilton, and DR.. Wayland says of this:
1T must have required some magnan-
| unity in the real sense OF the term to
enable him to give his decided recog-
milton to the popularity of his chief
opponent. 1t should be observed that
this recognition was not given on a
public rostrum, with q flourish OF
trumpets, but in the privacy of the
scholars study, and in n form that
was intended for few eyes besides his
own"
Or. wayland thus summarizes
his conclusions: Many OF the
poems have a rollicking humor. and
not a few are charged with pathos.
Love of peace determined the
selection of many of the numbers, yet
at the same time outspoken arraign-
ments of the enemies of the country
! are also given place. There is mani
| tested decided regard for morals and
religion. If we are not justified in
| saying that certain pieces show JEFF
| ferson as having religious nature,
| we must at least be permitted to say
that he had reached a stage of life
| when ne felt an occasional. IL not a
| frequent, concern for the future. {. !.
| The choice of most Of the verses he
| has preserved for us was determined
liberty and national freedom; a few
may have been chosen because of per-
sonal vanity; more were perhaps Sc
Iected because of a wholesome mag
nanimity and worldwide vision; but
some, and these a choice number,
were treasured up because they
imaged forth in forms of beauty the
offspring of the singing heart, and his
heart made answer
While a portion of what Dr. Way
land concludes carries tho weight of
inference only, nevertheless he has
added a very suggestive feature to
the portrait of the many sided man of
Monticello. In this article as well as
in his political opinions of Thomas
Jefferson" DR.. Wayland has made VAL
liable contributions to Jeffersoniana.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08
THE POLITICAL TASTES oFTHoMAs
yEFlTERSON.

DR. John W. Maryland. of the State
Normal School at Harrisonburs, for
merly of the University of virginia
contributes most original, and able
article to the current number OF the
Sewanee Review on the poetic tastes
of Thomas Jefferson. scrapnook
kept by the sage of Monticello, now
in the library of the University OF
Virginia. furnishes the basis for what
DR.. Wayland writes In this volume
are four hundred and twenty poems
clipped from newspapers. on subjects
ranging from an "Ode on Potatoes to
THE Mansion of Rest"
1T is probable that the third Presi-
dent has but seldom been thought OF
as poet or as one of discriminating
poetical tastes, though certain
scholar and critic has recently assert
ed that the Declaration of Indepen-
dence has a marked lyrical quality;
yet in a character so versatile as that
of JEFFERSON we should not DRAW linz
it's too hastily" declares Or. Wasland
The list OF the poets WON Jetfer-
son read is large Among them wers
Homer. the Greek dramatists. Horace
Tasso, Mollere, Shakespeare Milton
Dryden. Pope, Virgil, Dante, Cor
nellie Metastasio. Shenstone. osslan
Moore, Burns, Byron, wordsW ortP9
coleridge, Thomas Paine, Montgpmery
southey and sackville, ossiai
aroused Jefrerson's poetic instinct
most thoroughly" He desned g rea'
ossian in the original. and ordered
Gaelic grammar, Gaelic dictionary. an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08

1t is strange that some of those who
are now vigorously protesting against
what they call vindictive criticism Of
Mr.. Bryan have forgotten how vindic-
tive he was towards Mr.. Cleveland
fourteen years ago and since. 1t was
not until Mr.. Cleveland lay a-dying.
we believe. that Mr.. Bryan forgave
him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08

Speaking of horseslocs. would it not
be practicable to have at least the
carriage. buggy and riding horses
shod with rubber? 1t would be great
thing for the animals. and the finest
thing that could be imagined for the
people who live on much-traveled
streets.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08

The death of Edward Iinley Sam
bourne. the chief cartoonist of Punch.
is announced. We hope that he rests
well; but do not understand exactly
how he can after some Of the pic
lures he drew. not that they were very
bad in themselves or in their execu-
ton; but that they were SO frightful-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08

Can 1T be that cummins and Dolliver
and the rest of the Insurgents who
Rave been talking like Democrats, are
trying to steal the livery OF heaven to
serve the devil in?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08

Now that the CHARLOTTE Observer is
in confessing humor,, we wish 1t
would go right ahead and tell what
is the usual allowance Of South Caro-
linians voted in North Carolina In
close contests.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08

The Suffolk Evening Herald has
found it expedient to cease daily pub
LEGATION, and will revert to the week
ly form. The daily was good one.
and we regret to see it pass.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08

1t is remarkable tho number OF
horses that are loosely shod in this
town.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08

Lord Brassey's son-in-law, Freeman
Thomas, who received peerage at the
same time as Lord Cowdray, has taken
the name Of Lord Wellington OF Rat
Walter Foster, the eminent physician,
becomes Lord Ilkeston, of 1lkeston, in
the county of Derby; Sir Christopher
Furness becomes Lord Furness; Sir
William Henry Holland Will henceforth
be known as Lord Rotterdam of
Broughton. in Lancashire: while Sir
Hudson kearley. the multimillionaire
rival of Sir Thomas Upton in the tea
and grocery business and president OF
port of London, becomes Lord Devon
port, Of Wilmington. In the county Of
Buckingham.