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

The Minneapolis man who purchased
at church auction Thursday night,
a signed photograph of DIR. Cook. the
famous Arctic inventor, for cents
got good bargain. An autographed
likeness of Cook in 1909, Is worth
a great deal more than that. 1t Is
worth the retail price OF the picture
with an additional sum for the in
genious Doctors handwriting. In
1859, it may he worth $500 or $1,000
according to the supply OF Cook auto
graphs IN the market. The low price
at which the picture was sold indi-
Gates only the Revision OF feeling
among people who have been cheer
ing the inventor as discoverer.
Collectors have paid fabulous sums
for the original copies OF Ireland
Shakespeare forgeries. Great impos-
tors have their place in the World
history. What price would not DC
paid for an authenticated signature o.
cagliostro. attached to, his !. portratit?
manuscripts? The minneapolis chmreh
people we're not far-siGhted. I ne
would willingly have bid spirlteu.y
for a signed photograph OF theW MN.
ister, witch will probably be valuelesi
ilftr years hence They do not com
n ~ ei1f d Dr. Cook. He is one Of t ;lh,cc
Most biilliantly successful men OF his
era New ork Times
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01
lest Wholesale Drug House In
The South Succeeded by the
Next Oldest.
STORY OF GRAND
4 OLD LANDMARK.
'.nty Years Of Activity--Wca-
cred the Storms of War, and
phoenix-like, Rose from
the Ashes of Rictmond's
sGEvacuation Disaster TO
,.H Continue Business.

poipy the old establishment Of
prb Ladd s: Company goes out
1tcncc, the Powers.Taylor Drug
priny having purchased the stock,
Z. III and records OF that concern
81 eitTi ,ha been in business in Rich
ing u seventy years
lily back Wonder in 1919, John
i.,Bather OF Col John b. Purcell,
ma, mao Of the First National Bank,
= sibrotlicr, James p. Purcell and
In add, embarked i'll the whole
fropE business in this city, and cs-
WHY a firm which in time became
Tho hold word all over Virginia
9. lCarolinas. They first opened
shoulIat Fourteenth and Main
whenlnd continued to do grea,
s apca. there for 10 years. In 1859
sIre moved to 18th and Main
there the Postal Telegraph
LIND now has its offices.
tlogthc troublous war times the
what as almost suspended, and
work? Nwhen the big building in
be in paid tf%sS 3 pg9p lid business was
spent in the dischafG remaining
SCISSORS are paid by warrant y
Auditor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01
STARTING FOOTBALL RrroRm.

Representatives Of forty-flye col.
leses met in New York the other uay
IN the annual convention of the Inter
collegiate Athletic Association. Their
main topic, of course, was football, and
the result of their deliberations was
3 resolution calling on the rules COM
mittee of the association to reduce
the risks of the game to a minimum.
while retaining "as far as may .e
possible, the most desirable and whole
some features" The rules committee
IS good one, and WILL no doubt. adj
dress itself to this task with sincerity
and vigor. How far it can combine
the two general orders laid upon IL,
how far il Is possible for anybody to
combine them. remains to be seen.
some OF the biggest colleges in the
East were not represented in this CON
ference. Harvard was represented
but declined 10 be bound by rules not
TO her liking. unanimty is thus
spoiled in the beginning, even to the
extent that the sllarps on the com
nittee can naturally be expected TO
so, However, the resolution under
which the committee acts is strong
and good one. Let us wait ana sec
what sort of dehrutalized game they
give us. Meantime, seventeen colleges
which belong to the Intercollegiate
Athletic Association think American
football IS doomed and are all ready
for soccer" Nine more colleges will
hold out for very radical reform. or
,sylii eve up the game The respon-
sihility upon The rules committee is
Very great, We suppose that general
~ through the country the game as
they remake it viii be given another
trial next fall II II rolls Up any such
Edeath-roli as tins YEAR. the result is
slilseiy 10 be a popular uprising Which
even tho most complacent college pre-
stdent Will find 100 strong for him.
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proposed to inspect and examine ca
madam defenses and military resources:
then to embark for England at New
York. But on this becoming known,
General W. ID. Otter, who Is the chief
of the general STAFF OF Canada, and a
veteran of every bit OF active service
ever seen by Canadian troops. from the
Fentan raid to the south African Wtr.
raised his voice against Lord Kitche-
ner's visit, declaring that he was not
wanted in Canada, where his milltary,
advice would be of little OF no use.
since IL would not be based upon
knowledge of the conditions OF the
country.
As the Canadian Dominion govern
ment failed to repudiatc this speech.
Lord Kitchener decided to modify his
arrangements. and to reconsider his
declination OF the invitation of the
Australian federal government to visit
that great dependency He Abandoned
his project OF visiting Canada. where
he felt that he would not be welcome,
has gone instead to Australia, where
he is being received with tie ut
most enthusiasm by all classes of
the population. and on leaving Aus
sralia will proceed directly to England
via Egypt.
After what has taken place. II would
lie difficult for him to visit Canada
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01
Da1ly Ouerle.
Address all communications ii
Dispatch. No mathematical probe
valued and no dcnlcrs' names vii
Heirs nnd n Disputed VIII.


Please be so kind as to construe the
meaning of this clause in viii.
Clause yI.--Aftcr the death OF my
wife, will that all of my property,
real and personal. money of whatever
kind that is not given away or set
apart above. to be equally divided be-
tween my brothers and sisters and the
brothers and sisters OF my wife. That
is to say, one-half to her fathers chill
drcn and one-half TO my fathers chil-
dren." What / want to know is, who
are the proper legatees to this mans
property? We are confused. because
while lie wrote my brothers aud SIS
ters'.. and my wifc's brothers and sis
ters," he had only one brother and one
sister living, and his wife had only
one BROTHER and one sister living. But
~ each case the men and women whom
these sisters and brothers married
claim that they should be included In
the will. The testator had several
brothers and sisters, who died prior TO
the time that he made his Will. These
left children. who think that they
ers' shares. The man who drew up
the VIII says the testator intended to
include all of his and his wife's broth
efs and sisters and their ,s ehildrsn;
where the wording is in any way
doubtful. the court always endeavors
to discover what the testator intended
to say. For this reason, our op!nion
might be very different from that of
the Judge arguing from the same facts
We do not think. under any circum-
stances, that the brothers and sisters
in-law OF the legatee of his wife can
properly be considered heirs His
brothers-i law and his wifes broth
ers-in-law are not legally brothers, and
as such do not come Within the pur-
view of his requests to his fathers
and to her fathers children If tho
man who aided him in drawing up
inc VIII VIII swear in court that tes-
tator intended giving a share Of his
property TO the children of his own
and his wifc'g deceased brothers and
sisters, the court will probably decree
that they should have u share. Under
surh an arrangement, the property
should be divided into two equal parts.
one to be shared by the living Brothers
and sisters of the testator, and one
by the living brothers and sisters OF
the testator's wife. The children OF
the deceased brothers and sisters In
either case would receive - share To
be divided between themselves equal to
the share given each living brother or
sister We would advise you to insti-
tute friendly suit for the division
OF this property. otherwise =. disccu-
tented lesatee might upset the viii.
Theological Schools.
How many theological schools are
there in the United States. and an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01
,xNow1NG SOME pnE,rrn.

The esteemed Ohio State Journal
thinks that sit is great thing for a
person to know, by heart, few
hymns and sentimental or patriotic
songs" "There is" it says, with {.
very apt and nice use of words, "a
sort of backing in these that gives en-
thusiasm and courage to persons
thoughts" Backing is just what a
ready knowledge of noble poetry gives
TO the mind and spirit. a kind of shin
ing body and brighter and more sub
stantial being. There is many line
TO be dug out OF an old song which
no ono can ever say over thoughtfully
without feeling the better for 1T. And
this sort of inner inspiration is en-
tirely lost 10 a mind whose shelves
are empty or cluttered with barren
rhythm like I'm Afraid to Go Home
in the Dark
Very few people know any poetry.
| Examine any average company, as an
audience at the theatre, and probably
it viii be found that not one person
in twenty can recite a single stanza
from any serious poem of recognized
merit. Listen to any gathering sing
ing The Star spangled Banner" for
example. The tum- te-tums begin at
the third line and Increase by geometri-
cal progression till the second stanza
is nothing else. The average man has
got little or nothing OF the fine
thought Of others stored away where
he can use 1t at his pleasure. Yet an
enormous amount can be gathered and
laid by at very little trouble. great
deal of poetry can be learned by the
simple method of Keeping a book con-
veniently open at the getting UP and
retiring hours. Many OF us have
started this detachable habit. but al
lowed ourselves to be weaned away
from it. Kept UP for five years. IT
would bring the most overtowing re-
suits.
Poetry is the best thing to learn,
because in the poets we find thought
at tlre-heat packed into language tho
most beautiful and compact. Half a
dozen lightning words will rip open
a whole dazzling new world. Tho
hymns are nearly all good for their
sentiments, but some of them are
very bad poetry indeed. Any one
however. who knows such hymns as.
Cardinal Newman'S lead. Kin1lv
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START gaG0
RAg2Eg7'

If you have had bad bowels and
liver last year--you don't have
this. CAScARETS will make
your bowels and liver act right,
and keep them so. Many a sick,
tired head and body comes from
bad bowels. ss7
cAScARETs-Icc box--week's treat
1nent, all druggists. Biggest seller In
the wotld-Million bo1ea mouth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

own house to receive the rank OF no.
BILE OF the German Empire, in 1902. 1t
forester OF the Kingdom of wtrtem-
borg, who was advanced to the rank
Of baron by the Iliner-of Wurtemberg
in 1916. and he had but ono son, tho
late Baron Frederick Louis Won Schill-
er, who died chlldless, and whose WI
dow sta survives.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01
THE REFERENDUM.


The proposal Of the prohibltionists to
persuade the legislature. if thcy can. to
,, .o,..n,,.,,., no,a,,,.,..,
70 ''ie saiies'' o'''''''''' iiiose ta''o'ia'
ana intelligent Suggestion that has EN-
austed from them yet. Entirely apart
from tbe merits ar douerits of -be,r
...a..,,
~ "ppiodSH tit's Neis important
: " one ''''.'s' - VIZ CIV 'ie
{ $50 ~ 'i'e e''a.'ee - saS no"
.iaiS pe'i''oii'is s''a'i Nc 'oauifeu ioi
.he granting OIL . releFeliuuln' ana tf'hs
saNo 'iie STU 'i'e ''s''iiii'sei'h oi1'aee-
''''a Nt.ai pV''.e 'st''eu on -'iaAu
~ sumo 'llie'ai " 'i'e ANU s7@iooi'
'4eusuo'
but tne heed tof iesislatiVo forinaii-
sies horo goes f'iueh fnrthef pack ''ian
sHis' ie mas never peeh az nlt cieai
WY y siop'p 10 'aNsh Us d i'iL1ter ol
eoulso 'iies Populaf vote "ould be
u
la ; "e asNeu ior ~ Z ne reierelluuii'
mas no s'ahuii's N Slrsl'iia' II IS not
., pfaotiee u pFihoipie Oh t!ie Aeil'o-
efaHc party. no authorization OF IT
appears IN tne blli OF tights or the
oHs'ilu'ioh' II is not right OF
ais oouS 3 oh phe contrary our Or
game Jaw MAKES 1t as pam as possible
that ours is "a stflctlS representative
government ana II no more contem-
plates 'he Legislature,s apdieation of
its duties en- demand of minority of
the voters than it contemplates the
exercise of the initiative or the recall.
We elect and employ here in Viz
sinia body of legislators to make our
laws for us, on the theory that they
are capable and competent to do this.
IL we doubt the eapability and com
petelcy OF these legislators we have a
perfect tight to do away with them
altogether7-aud establish plebtscite
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

the paper used should also be required,
| the name OF the mill which made it,,
whether the type was set by hand or
machine. etc. Seriously. says the
aniable Review, II will not "help mat
tors in any way for the public to be
Informed as to the authorship OF the
political articles that appear from time
/ to time In the newspapera'
| We are compelled to differ with our
contemporary. we think that it will
help matters very much for the public
| to know, not so much whether Jones
or Smith wrote the article in point, as
whether Jones or the editor wrote It,.
| There is the great question. An article
appearing In the editorial columns OF
a newspaper without credit or other
designation Is assumed as a matter of
course to be by the editor. His views
sympathies, crotchets, affiliations. are
all we'll understood, and his article is
read aud interpreted in the light of
them. But when this article is really
written by another man for an ul-
terror purpose, and inserted for hire,
the readers OF the paper arc utterly
deceived. They are led to believe that
they arc getting the cditors disin-
terested opinion, when all the time
they are getting somebody elsc's in
terested opinion. The editor has put
on the counter something that should
never be for sale, and sold his readers
out for "a price
TO know the name of the advertiser
who is putting UP money to circulate
certain opinions would always be in
teresting and sometimes .nstructivc
But If to require the printing of these
names would reduce the advertising
and so work hardship on the weekly
press, The Times-Dispatch would not
insist upon the individual name. That
the authorship OF political editorial
matter should be made plain. how
ever, to the extent of whether it is
paid or unpaid is of the utmost i'm
portance, and this provision should by
all means DO included in the primary
law.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01
TIE COST nla rl,lnlr.

a'si thousand murders eccur every
year in the United States. only two
murderer in the hupdred are punished
I'M any way. Chicago has eight times
as many homicides as London. Geor-
ssa has as many as the British En-
3,ire. These aresnot encouraging facts
With within TO begin a year OF promise,
hut they ANY youched for ~ Henry c,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

and It would merely render matters
worse II he were 10 Visit the United
States while ignoring the Dominion.
So that we are not likely TO sec him on,
this side of the water for some time I'd
come. despite ali reports to the coIf
t-ary
Copyright. 1909 bv the Brentwood
Company.1
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01
PAN political EDITORIALS.

The Byrd primary bill requires that
paid political matter in newspapers lie
marked as paid advertisements and
accompanied BY the name Of the person.
paying for them, This leads the Cliff
ION Forge Review sarcastiealiy to sug-
eest that a description Of The quality Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

Active in All Charitable and
Philantllropic En-
terpriscs.
POET WITHOUT DESCENDANT
Claims of Convicted Deserter
Arrested in New York
False.
nY IA MAnauIsB DE roNrENoY.

D1 la WAlSauIsB DE TONTENOi.
n LI s5sn5d 2 e 9e,tb alea 9opt, 9I
n ho aSG51 f'%SH y she +
quite homely--yot she is rapid
~ winning tho good will OF tho Bull
sarians to a far greater extent thnn
hor husband has ever been able TO ac-
quirc. He is passionately fond OF
pomp and feathers, fuss and ceremony
which his wife detests. The Bulga-
rams are also averse thereto, being
of all tho Balkan races the most sim
pie, democratic and unaffected. What
has appealed TO them in queen Flea
nor moro particularly is her ACTIVITY
in all charitable and phlanthropc en-
founded homes for the blind and for
the deaf and dumb, not only at Sofia,
but also at Philippopolis, has excited
the interest of the Bulgarian ladies In
the hospitals, which. following her eE-
ample, they now visit regularly, and
has organized scheme of visiting
nurses, who caro- for the poor IN child
birth and in sickness IN their own
homes. without remuneration Moth
ing touches the heart of people so
much as the care for their sick, cs-
pccally when that care comes from
the greatest in the land and plain
featured Queen Eleanor is In fair
way to- becoming idolized by the poo
pie OF Bulgaria a country IN when
she is continuing tho work which she
undertook as Princess OF Rouss, out
iii Manchuria. during the war between
Russia and Japan, when. IN charge OF
the Red Cross Railroad Train Hospi-
imir, size brought comfort to the dy-
ing. and saved innumerable lives by
her care and her tireless devotion II
the wounded and sick.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01
prctcnslon. without roundatiop.

Since the Frederick Joseph won
Schiller. convicted deserter from the
United states army. who, arrested
again last week in New York, IN con
erlv. banker of the name OF cass'us A.
Wicker. declares himself to be q de-
scendant of Germany's famous poet
and inasmuch as this assertion has re-
ceived widespread publicity 1t may be
Just as we'll to state, in most empha-
entirely without foundation. In fact
there is no living descendant of the
poet In existence. and the only remain
ing link with the bard is old Baro-
ness Mathilde Won Schiller, the child
less widow of Baron Frederick Lud-
wig Won Schiller who died as major
OF the Austrian army In 1877.
There is only one person to-day whit
is entitled to style himself Baron Won
schiller, namely, the thirty two-year
old Baron Adolf Schiller Won 1Ierdern,
an Austrian. who makes his home al
TRENT. The schillers of Herdern are
an old Tyrolese family. and have no
connection whatsoever. even of the re-
hottest character. with the poet. As
there Is no one else who Is entitled TO
style himself Baron Won Schiller, II
naturally follows that the soi-disant
Baron Frederick Joseph Won Schiller,
manager for theatrical company,
who received a sentence TO three years
imprisonment on Governors Island
for desertion. has no more warrant to
style himself baron than to describe
himself as descendant OF the poet,
There used TO be another family OF
Schiller of Freiburg in Brelsgau the
nobility of which dated back to the
fifteenth century. But the family has
been extinct for near 200 years, and
has no connection with that Of the
poet. The latter was the first Of mis-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

"Stnmp Filtration"
VIII you please publish ia yupr
Query Column the Language OF stamps
on envelopes? SUBSCRIBER.
This stamp Irritation" has been
printed so frequently that we cannot
give Ii space again. II is now to DO
had ON the back OF postcards. which
can be procured at most any book
dealers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

The Richmond water-wagon left
Tenth and Main streets very early this
morning with full load. Don't mis-
understand us OF course, we mean
that the water wagon was full.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

During the early weeks of the new
year we shall devote good deal of
time to persuading the bill collector
to adopt Halley's comet course.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

Now that we have thoroughly sam
pied the New York kind OF weather for
a week or so, we beg to ask the
weather once more to begin putting
over the celebrated Richmond brand,
which We infinitely prefer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

Carnegie is in luck. we know men
who can slip on the ice and bang
their knees till they go crazy, and
niver single line about them in the
newspapers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

Very few Santa Clauses were burned
up this Christmas, which leaves the
moro to be gathered inby the safe and
sane Fourth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

.Vardaman seems safe bet do.
clares the Nashville Tenncssean. We
didn't. know Nardaman was . safe
anything.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

There's plenty of room at the top
Mercury.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

Mr.. Wickersham is distinct success
In his efforts to permit the Tobacco
Trust to see itself as others see it.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

Poet Watson is turning out grade
of silence that compares Very favor
ably with the DR. Cook article.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01

The frallest good resolution ought
to last till noon anyway.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01
Kitchener Not to visit United states

From Lonaon hear that It Is very
doubtful whether Lord Kitchener viii
consent to take UP the post OF higf
commissioner OF the Mediterranean
which he accepted under a misappre-
hension. 1t seems that he deeply re-
cents the action OF the War Depart
1nent in recently vesting in other
hands than his own the chieftainshsr
Of the imperial general STAFF an Office
designed TO serve as a bond OF union
between the colonial armies and those
OF The mother country, and which tic
understood he was to hold with the
high commissionership.
There Is no truth whatsoever In tic
story recently published, according To
which Lord Kitchener Is returning
home to England via America. He has
already booked his passage for Eng
land from Autraiia by way of the
Sucz Canal Originally he intended
coming homo by way Of Canada. and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01
VALUE OF cook's PICTURE.

One of the best remarks in history
Is Diaz's hint to Zelaya TO shut up.