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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

Some years ago an expedition from
the University Of Pennsylvania was
sent to one of our Southern States
for the purpose of observing a solar
eclipse. The day before the event ono
of the professors said to an old COLI
ored man belonging to the household
wherein the scientist was auartered:
Tom. III you will watch your
chickens tomorrow morning you'll
find that they'll all 60 to roost at ii
o'clock"
Tom was. of course. skepticaf; but
at the appointed hour the heavens
were darkened and the chickens re-
tired TO roost. At this the mans
amusement showed no bounds. and
he sought out the scientist.
Professor" said he. how long
ago did you know dem chickens would
go to roost?'
about a year ago. said the pro-
lessor, smilingiy.
well. ef dat don't beat all." was
the mans comment. Professor.
year ago dem chickens want even
Matched. Ladies' Home Journal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

Bedford City Enterprise.

Bedford city has undertaken branch of NUM-
cipal trading that may be the beginning of an in
dustrial revolution in Virginia. 1t has just sold
100000 of municipal bonds at par, the proceeds
Of which will be used to develop water power and
install a hydro-electrc plant The town has come
into possession of $500 of mountain land and
water rights for several miles along the river For
the present 1000 horse power will be developed,
converted into electricity and transmitted to the
town for manufacturing purposes. More will be
developed as demanded
We do not know the details but as a general
proposition it seems to us to be a combination of
enterprise and wisdom
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
The Light of Publicity.

In the view of Governor Hughes the time is
ripe for full and painstaking inquiry to expose
the worst of public wrongs in New York and to
prepare the way for needed improvement in laws
and legislative processes.
That is good message The physician cannot
disease until he shall have made correct
diagnosis of the case. The public are sometimes
disheartened when they read Of such exposures as
have been made at albany and Pttsburg. They
e-eHe#eh, indeed to make ait honest men reflect
and seriously ask if popular government is not
after all failure. But let us remember that it
1t great point gained that these political crimes
have been exposed. And another point is gained
in that the public deneanees them and the men
who have committed them. Publicity is doing its
work. To the extent that darkness is lightened
by publicity by so much is the zone in which evil
men operate decreased. The more light there is,
the safer will be the government and its insttu-
tons.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
DON'T oIsTuRo THEM.

Never be a peace dfsturber for .-nr...
pe-Het- nrFravzts T. b,irI5,g, yba1 Z.
gnawtng at a hone.
Bon.t disturb 4 mule 70 witre.. how
his hind feet NAV he ahowr~
They live longest who are willing IN let
well enough alone
Don't disturb Their, 6on,t s,..,,~A
II they do not bother von
But peacefully continue nn vo,,- may.
Never start out hunting fro,,hia
You will find n ~ vn,, A.
There aivavs IN q nsinf,,l rr4ca - xnv
For getting vav 'Aa
IL Your wife Is calmly xiacr,r~ rvh.,,
Won stumble home 81 n,gh,
Don't disfurh her NV ror,,rar5;n, ha~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
THE REAL ICHABoD CRANE.
A Letter Washington Irving Wrote
Him In 1851.
IF. b. sanborn, In Springfield Re-

Him in 1851.
IF. b. Sanborn, In Springfield Re-
publican.)
Much as Washington Irving wrote.
and high as his position once was In
our literature. little IL now. remem-
bered Of his but Rip Van Wrinkle.
iehabod Crane and the Knickerbock-
erx. II IL interesting thcn to find In
an old Boston newspaper OF 1861 Il
letter from Irving to the original
Ichabod. who. 1t seems, was Yankee
named Jesse Merwin, then living in
Undertook. and formerly school
master near by. with whom Irving In
youth used to play FRANKS among the
mingled Dutch and Yankee residents
OF the sleepy old region. They were
both democrats, take 1t, al was Van
Ness. and also Martin Van Buren,, the
his mansion of Lindenwa1d In that
town. My old friend Gilmore, Of wis
consin. who was born In Ulster county,
further down the Hudson, used to say
he had seen Van Buren, and Irving
1ourneyfng to Now York together IN
tho ex-president's carriage, and stop
ping for dinner. or to have cart
shoe replaced, at the village where
AZ q lad he stared at tham--the first
president and author he had over
seen. writing from his gabied cottage
ut frvtngton IN February, 1851, to
Merwin 1T Winderhook. Irving said;
Your letter was indeed most well
up az 1t did the recoi-
lections Of pleasant days passed to-
Eether In timer long since at Judge
Van Ness In Kinderhook. Your
mention a. to dAa4hs 0k-EcoS old Doss~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

In view of the fact that the Legisla-
ture provided for an emergency EN-
pioyment, why would the governor enA
ter into contract for $4,000 a year
when no occasion was at hand for the
employment of any attorney at all?
Why did the governor fix on $4,000
instead of $4,000 or $4,000, when the
law allowed $4,000. and with no legal
employment In sight. or likely at all,
was not q smaller sum just as rea-
sonable?
The employment Is to represent 'the
educational institutions hospitals and
governmental departments" and II Is
stated that this will save the State
money" How? VIII somebody kindly
tell us when these State institutions
have had need of legal representation
not adequately furnished by the ator-
ney-generaf and his assistant? WIN
anybody tell us when the state has
required outside" counsel save in the
isolated case OF Mr.. Braton when the
Corporation Commission act was first
under controversy with the railroads?
II this employed" attorney has a
single case on which to base an earn
Ing of $4,000, II must be one DETECTED
from the regular legal department of
the State, and consequently a direct
reflection upon the legal ability or in
dustry of the attorney general and his
assistant.
Taken in all it's aspects. 1t is the most
monstrous piece Of legislation and ex-
ecutive construction that has passed
this way since the days OF reconstruc-
tioa.-Norfolk Ledger Dispatch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
ernor is allowed to grant pardons he has no au-

ernor is allowed to grant pardons, he has no au-
thority to overru1e the verdict Of judges.
s'He is not judiciary officer says the tribune
He has right, and it is grave violation of his
sworn dnty for him, to declare verdict of any
court of the State contrary to the law and evidence
His act is slap in the face of the judges. 1t is a
degradation of the supreme court, tending to bring
that court and all other courts, and with them all
law into disrespect. -
Readers of The Virginan will recall that we
made much the same comment Governor Patterson
has indicted the entire court system of his State
and brought it into discredit. So much for his
"bg heart. Heart thinking is all right in its
place, but when a man allows his emotions to
overrule his judgment his sense of justice and
the laws of his State, he is undone.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

We learn from the Poeahontas Headlight that
Holy Jumper at the Bramwell post of the Army
of Sanctification recently told his brethren that
the comet looks like three luminous 0barrels" with
tail as long as string and which was wrapped
around the moon and whenever the tail hold should
be Tossed the whole universe would 60 to smash,
and none would escape but the sanctiied.
That theory is doubtless as sound as some of the
others that have been advanced
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
The Rule of Thrift.

"lf man win keep but of even hand, his or
binary expenses ought to be but to the half of his
receipts, and if he think to wax rich but to the
third part.
That Lord Bacon's view of it. But rule is
one thing and living up to it another. In this age
OF high living and the cost of it, most of lis are
pltased If income and expense evenly balance at
the end of the year. Frugaity is fast becoming an
effetc virtue, and more's the pity. Thrift is the
basis of wealth and the people who depise it will
eventually come to want. The extravaganza of
the day is not only national sin, but a menace.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
Origin Of Common. Law.

It Is said that civil lawyers were
first allowed In the Roman courts
about three centuries before the COM
Ing OF Christ. Originally the interpre-
tation Of the Roman law was decided
by certain learned pontifrs OF the Coll
lege of Priests, and these decisions
formed a body of unwritten law,
which, to distinguish II from the writ
ten laws, was called the ju Icivile, or
"civil law" and in time became to
Rome what the common law has been
to England and the great peoples de-
scended from her--National Maya
zine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
Questions Its lsoaiitv.

When the governors appointment Of
Speaker Byrd to the permanent posi-
ton of counsel for the educational and
charitable boards of the State was an
nounced we recognized Mr.. Byrd's fit
ness for the employment, but question
ed the legality OF 1t.
The above extract from the Consti-
tuition fs very explicit in language and
It's intent was to put brake on the
creation of new offices by making mem
oers of the Legislature which should
create them ineligible to fill them.
Mr.. Byrd Is a member of the Gem
eral Assembly which passed the bill
whose provisions the governor relies
on as his authority In the premises,
and his term has not expired. Did the
bill create an office? II so, the gov
ernor had no right to give it to a mem
Der of the Assembly which adopted the
bill, Did the bill only contemplate the
employment of counsel from time to
time. within the limits of the appro-
priation, as in the discretion of the
governor the interest OF the institu-
tons concerned might require? II so,
the purpose of the act has been per-
verified by the retaining of a regular
attorney at an annual saiary--NorfoIk
Firginian- Pilot,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
Has Il Hoard the News.

We have seen no adverse criticism
of Governor Mann's appointment OF
Speaker Byrd to be special counsel, as
provided under a recent law, to assist
the attorney general when departments
Of government have special claims or
cases. On the contrary. there has been
much favorable comment. The attor-
ney generals Office has been long clog
ged with work and the States inter-
ests have suffered because Of this pres
sure. No better counsel could be found
In the State than Dick Byrd. The
provision and man are both ell right
Virginia Citizen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

New Yorker preacher recently paused in his
sermon and denounced the big hats which the
women in the congregation were wearing
Il IN trying to some of the men | am ad-
dressing, he said, but the barbarous hats the
women are wearing keep me from seeing the men
and prevent their seeing me-
He reminded the women that in some of the
cities they were required by law to remove their
hats when they went to the theatre and he did
not why they would not follow the same rule in
the house of the Lord But that, we believe,
would be contrary to the teaching of st. Paul.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
Universally Approved.

Governor Mann's appointment OF
Hon. Richard E. Byrd. speaker of the
House of Delegates. will doubtless be
universally approved. Mr.. Byrd is one
Of the ablest lawyers OF Virginia, and
as counsel for the educational insti-
tutIons, hospitals and governmental de-
partments, the State will have nothing
to feag.-Fincastle Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

Switzerland is in peck of trouble. One of her
citizens has committed murder and has confessed
There is nothing to do but to condemn him to
death. But Switzerland has no gullotine, the
last execution having been pulled off twelve years
ago Not murder in dozen years! ISM that q
great record
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
The poctor's Aim,

Sufferer-Doctor. don't oyu think
that change to warmer eli,sp
would do me good7
Specialist--Good. gracious. mani
That's Just what I'm trying to save you
from New York Times.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
One Better.

Clerk twenty per)-Why, my boz,
I give a whole weeks wages for
suit of clothes.
Once Boy (three per)--That's
nothing: give whole weeks wages
for a pair of shoes.-Puck.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

'swhy do you make that patient wait
three hours every day in your ante
room?"
pei him to take it."-Kansas City Jour.
nal
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
A polite elm.

Hobbs--I guess the elevator II out
Of order. What 10 that sign on the
door?
Dobbs-The elevator man must ba =
bit OF q wag. It says. Please pardon
me for not rising.'-Boston Transcript
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

eff communication with Mars should be
established tomorrow, the first question
the average citizen would be inclined to
ask is, "What' Is the price of srloin steak
up there Washington Herald
With many it would be what S the scoref
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

The Virginia Citizen says that Maryand's fail
ure to improve her oyster laws in Virgna's gain.
And Virginia failure to make the best Of her
oyster industry is Connecticuts gain
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
Her Tickle Taste.

Only two months after Chole's mar
riage she reappeared in the kitchen and
asked for her old place.
what has happened to your hus-
band7" asked her former employer.
"Dey ain nothin' happen TO Willyum,
Mia Franklin"
Isn't he willing to support your"
"oh. yes'm he's willing 10 support
me, ali right"
Have you quarre1ed with him,
them
Nom. we ain quaied none"
as he sfcke''
Nom, he ain sick"
'What is the matter? Has he left
your"
NO. ma'am, he ain left me. I'm
leavin' him."
Well what are you doing II for?'
Chole paused, searching for the right
phrase. Well, I tell you. Mis- Frank
lin. II seems LAX dun sot of lost my
taste for Willyum. "--Cosmopolitan.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

Patient-Doctor, I know Tn noe
going to get well. but want to pay
you your bill before / 20.
Boston Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
The influence of Flowers.

AS for the flowers, they repay you In
beauty and fragrance, and in the
smiles with which they greet you
when you pay them visit. And they
will also affect you sweetly with their
influence. You have heard of the
bicycle face and the automobile face.
The designation signifies that the per-
son who makes a companion of his
bicycle or his auto car will finally get
a certain expression of countenance.
II that be true, how much more will
a woman who lives among her flow
ers and caresses and pets thei
talks to them get roses in her cheeks
and the suggestion OF flowers in her
expression.
And here Is good lesson for us
all, dearly beloved. AS a man think
eth in hts heart SO is he, and so In
large part will he look. The flowers
that have health at the source OF life
will express it in rich blossoms and
delicate fragrance. And SO the man
or woman who is pure In heart will
have shining COMMUNICATIVE
port News Times Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

$1,000. lIEEOB u 1SC81O1Is
Brooke--Cheeplee doesn't think
It's proper to wear watch with .
dress suit
Lynne-He never has both at the
sama --IAppincott.s-@S
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

Mr. Bryan's quantitativc theory Of money is
that II man has plenty of the stuff it does not
matter ,how high prices so.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
New Feminine Indu.try.

The studio girl showed sixteen slabs
of cake wrapped IN tissue paper and
is wedding cake" she said II got
these pieces because designed the
cakes. Early last fall came to the
conclusion that wedding cakes don't
stand as high In art as they deserve
to. For the first time in my life /
took to studying society notes. When
ever a big wedding was announced !
put in bid for designing the wedding
cake. just as an architect bids for
building house. The idea appealed
to number of people who are always
on the lookout for novelties and they
paid me good price for drawing up
plans for the baker to work on. In
addition TO the money. got a slice of
every cake. The money IL all gone,
but am still hanging on to the cake
New York Sun.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

Virginia has just received gift worth more than
million dollars. We refer to the rain which fell
on Sunday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

attorney for the States interests or
propeKtiaa, than hs- thereby slet4ses che
appelntee with an official relation to
the state. In any event. the only pro-
lection enjoyed by the Byrd appoint
ment against the Inhibition OF the
Constttutfon rests upon the suscepti-
Dinty Of mere verbiage to q certain
technical construction as against the
plain meaning and intendment thereof.
The fact IL, that q fat job was Gre
atcd by the act Of the present General
Assembly. The governor was given the
right to I'LL the job at an annual SAL
airy. And the governor named as the
man to occupy the post the speaker OF
the House OF Delegates. II this thing
can be done constitutionaily, then what
is there In the Constitution to prevent
q land Office business In official jobs
being carried on in the Legislature?
All that will be necessary to get
around the Constitution, in the view
OF some. fs to refrain from calling
places OF public responsibility and pub
lie trust by their right name--to mere
ly designate those who hold such
places as executive employees.--Lynch-
burg News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
A CREATION.


Ihat a new position 10 here created
seems very plain to ua--a new once
with salary attached and providing
Tor regular term of service. II COR
poration secures tho services OF an at
torney TO represent It in 4 certain case.
then 1t might be successfully main
tanned that he holds no corporation
position But when It employs such
an one by the year and at stipulated
salary to look after all OF q certain
not only employed. but employed to
NIL certain office--this whether the
ofAce carries a. name or not. And 70
with the State. Had al6oyernpr Mann
employed MIR. Byrd to represent the
be some ground for the arayafn1nt that
no office was filled by tho designation.
But when engages Mr.. Byrdss services.
not Tor any specified feo, but Rt 4 aat-
ary--n0t Tor any speclaed - shuk -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
snrpri.esI HI. rather.

Senator Ben Cenger.s said an Alba
ny lawyer, was praising the other day
the change for the better that has
come over politics.
"ChanEes" he said. smiling. always
occurred with the passage OF time. but
too often they were changes for the
worse. He instanced the case OF q
Groton lad,
"This lad. from New York, whore he
was working. sent word to his father
that he wanted to get married. But
his father sent word back that he was
too young to marry. He must wait o
year. II. however. he was still Of the
same mind at the years end he might
then marry and welcome. and the old
man would furnish the house.
"At the years end the son came
back to Groton.
.I guess I'll get married now. faith
..You don't really. after q whole
year. want to marryr the old man
shouted.
Eyes. do. certainly do was the
obstinate reply.
ssWell, marry you shall. then. and
ri furnish the house said the old
man son, I'm proud or you. didn't
believe such constAncy existed
Thanks. father said the youth.
Hut forgot to tell you It isn't tho
same girl "--xsochestsr Herald.
+ 4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

Mr., Roosevelt is rapidly conquerina all Europe.
Behold a greater than Napoleon is there
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
Unnecessary Alarm.

Some time ago a certain regiment
had an ofi1cer with q craze for gymnas-
ties. who taught his brother subalterns
to walk round the billiard table on
their hands. One evening while thus
engaged the door opened, and the COLO
mel. q martinez. appeared. Gazing at
tentively at the inverted company for
few seconds. he shook his head grave
ly, and. to the surprise of all present,
departed without uttering word. On
the following morning the gymnastic
officer approached the colonel, expect
ing a verbal castigation.
with regard to last night" he be-
gan.
flush, my dear fellow" the colonel
interrupted. II would not let anybody
know for the world. The fact Ia, was
dining out with an old brother ofncer.
and pom my word. had no idea the
wine could have had such an effect up
on me. but when ! glanced in to see
how things were going on 1t seemed to
me that l saw you all upside DOWN
TIT tts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
WouId .Dio Tor Hin

Jackshe asked mo what color hair
liked Best.
.slwsys = g, sazsoas r. bleass $50 I! )
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
Our State
Contemporaries
virxinia Fruit.

The fruit growers of the State Of
Virginia have been on the anxious
bench for the past week. fearful that
frost would come and lay low their
prospects. The bloom throughout the
State this year IL ono of the prettiest
that we have ever seen. and up to the
present time indications point to q
banner crop OF all classes of fruit.
Virginia Ia rapidly coming to the
front as an apple growing section,
and the fruit industry Is one In which
the people of the State are taking
more interest each day. The fruit
crop OF Virginia means millions Of dol
lars now, and in a few short years
will mean many millions. CONNER
cial orchards have been planted In
various parts Of the State that are
just beginning to reach the bearing
age. The concern in regard to the
apple bloom Is shared by the people
in general, as they are all more or less
interested in the welfare OF the fruit
crop.
If we do not have any weather
from now on to injure the crop, we
can expect to see q banner fruit crop
In the State of Virginia--one that will
bring the State into greater promi-
nence as fruit growing State than
any other crop has ever done.-Salem
Times Register.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18


The Intent OF the trainers of the
Constitution was plainly to forbid the
appointment or election of a member
OF the General Assembly to any civil
office of profit during his term as a
legislator. The difference between en-
gaging and appointing a man seems
to US one between tweedIedum and
tweedledee. In effect, the engaging
OF Mr.. Byrd for this position is equiva-
lent to his appointment. and, more
than that, Is there is no limitation upon
the operation of the statute, which
creates position with large salary in
perpetaity or Until such statute shalt
be repealed.
The complaint of the press IL that
II should be deemed necessary to ap-
point another attorney, in addition to
the attorney general and his assist
ant, and at salary equal to that OF
judge OF the circuit court This criti-
clsm and that Of the selection of q
member OF the General Assembly are
quite generally made by the press
Danville Register.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

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In = quaint old 0erman town cf
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