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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
SPEAKER cANNoN,s SPELL.

True to the spirit of his native
State, the Hon. Joseph CLAWS Cannon
came very near being the last at
AppomattoX" at Winfield, Kansas, on
Saturday afternoon, He had been
speaking an hour and three quarters.
when he was overcome by the heat
and had to discontinue his remarks.
there are many more things l should
like to have said. but 1 cannot.
am overcome with the heat. l am
sorry 1t is not said that the audience
although II doubtless sympathized
with the Speaker In the occasion of
his undoing. Likewise, people in the
audience probably sympathized with
themselves; it must have required
great self-control and abundant good
Manners quality with which the
Kansans are not believed to be over
stocked-for the men and women pres
ent to have sat through nearly two
hours of special pleading for one of
the Speakers crimes.
we hope that when he thinks a
little about what he was trying to
do Mr.. Cannon will reflect upon what
sort of figure he would have presented
appearing before the great Heavenly
Assizes with all the idle words he
uttered in defence of the rascality OF
his party. Surely, he would have been
condemned out of his own mouth,
and now. that he is getting along in
years, he ought to think about the
future. OF course, we are glad, in a
sense, that he appears to have re-
covered from his attack at Winfeld
but the incident will lose much of its
| value If it do not incline his heart to
| keep out of the sun and refrain from
saying things which he ought to con-
! TESS are not so.
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DOWN IN NICARAGUA,

If Secretary Knox mean business
down in Nicaragua, it is time for him
to get busy. II he have not the au-
1hority under the law to take such &C
tive measures as may be necessary. he
should report the matter TO the Presi-
dent and let the President ask Con
gress for whatever means may be re-
quired for the subsection of the mis-
cradle little Central American Re
public. When diplomacy has exhaust
ed its resources. there should be re-
sort to such a force as may be nee
essary to guard tAmerican interests
and preserve the peace of the sorely
distressed countries over which we
have assumed a sort OF protectorate
Even with our Navy in its present un-
fit condition, as reported by some of
the muckrakers. and our Army sadly
lacking in protoplasm. as Jack Lon,
don would probably diagnosticate it's
condition. we have little doubt that
the United States could actually whip
Madriz in a fair stand-up night. and
1here is much virtue in that,
To be entirely fair, however, it
might he well TO find out exactly what
Groce and Cannon were doing down
theirs when they were executed and
what Pittman was after when he was
caughtand committed TO jail; not that
u shou!d deter US from taking pos
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
PUBLIC srEEcH-s1AK1NG.

The spoken word is as effective to-
day as 1T ever was. There are those
who say that oratory is dead; that the
masters of eloquence are gone and
that their like we shall not see again;
that the place of the orator as a COM
manding figure in the community has
been yielded up. Not without some
truth in them are these contentious
made. but the fact stands that the pub
lie speaker has as much power to-day
as he had in the past. If he use his
speech Alright.
In a country like ours. where the
right to have free and full discussion
OF public matters has been written into
the charter of our liberty, 1t has been
natural to place much emphasis on
the value of public speech. This ma
tional tendency toward interest in ora
tory and debate, perhaps. was In the
thought of George Bernard Shaw when
he expressed the English view that the
American overestimates the necessity
for public speech and that "oratory is
an accomplishment which belongs to
cruder stage of civilization"
Undoubtedly, the day of the orator
who could sway masses of the people
by appeals ito sentiment and prejudice,
entwined with poetical illusions floral
displays and all the colors OF the full
palette, is waning. The demand to-day
is more for information, for facts, for
reasons, rather than for platitude; for
the obvious. rather than the fervid, ford
phrase. Eloquence is a living, breath
ing power, an eternal force for the
moving of the hearts and minds of men;
but the speech that is ornamental
rather than useful. is sinking into the
| decadence 1t deserves
! How often these days. on occasions
where there Is much speech-maklns
would the advice of Hamlet to the
players. be appropriate. When some
frock- coated orator arises, with a
speech the chief feature of which is It's
length, and begins to say: am no
speaker; in fact. / never madefbut three
speeches in my life. and i remember
one day that General Smith told me
mat while he was in the battle of Get
tysburg, and. my friends. that was
battle of battles" etc. how exactly fit
ting II would be If the Prince of Dem
mark could stride in and repeat tc
| him his excellent advice: Speak the
speech. pray you. trippingly upon tbs
| tongue" and declare his preference
for the town crier TO some kinds o.
/ speakers Many present would doubt
less agree with him, We're Hamlet te
continue; ooh, 1t offends me to the sou
1 to hear robustious. periwig- patee
fellow tear a passion to tatters, te
very rags. would have such
fellow whipped for o'erdoing Terma'
giant; 1t out Herods Herod"
Too frequently now public speaker'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
A SERMON IN STONE.

If the man who said that oratory
is dead would come to Virginia, no
would take 1t all back. Just read this
from the Grayson Gazette, relative to
the Richmond granite to be used for
Confederate monument:
1T was quarried from right beneath
the old trenches and redoubts which
protected the Confederate Capitol
throughout the stern years OF 6l-'bo.
Over it have screamed the shells, and
whistled and whispered the hail or
death from Northern guns, 1t has lis
tened to the shout of defiance and
heard the last breath of the dying, the
sudden challenge, the guarded council.
the quick command And above it the
grim powder-scorched threats of the
Confederate batteries roared and
crashed. unyielding and unafraid 1t
heard the roar of the Northern charge,
and the crashing volleys of Southern
rifles The cavalry bugles have awak-
ened it's answering echoes; the thun-
der of Stuarts charging horse has
foated across It's pine crowned sum
mits and above 1t all for four long
years there proudly waved the great
war banner and battle flags of the
Confederacy"
If this Virginian can write like that
Just as mere description, what, we ask,
could he do if he exerted himself in a
speech?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

There is going to be national I'D
ding contest in st. Louis this year.
when the Jefferson County Association
goes on its third annual outing. Mas
ters of the bow will be there from
all parts of the country. and there will
be wonderful melody when the old
kings of the strings begin to play
Pop Goes the Weasel" "All Bound
With Wooden String" and Turkey
in the Straw Old-time fddling is
passing out, but there are a good many
hddlers in Virginia who can still hold
their own. and put it over anything
that anybody at the st. Louis contest
Will do.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

session OF Nicaragua, but that we
might provide some plausible material
for the truth of history" Having
taken this precaution, the war should
go on, and go on before Germany or
some other foreigner shall offer to aid
us In policing our half of the world.
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TWELVE PER CENT. DIVIDENDS.
The annual meeting OF the National
Cotton Mills, AZ Lumberton. N. c., was
held one day last week, and 1t Ia said
by the Robesonian that "notwithstand-
ing the general depression that has
existed in the cotton mill business for
some time. the mills show profits con-
siderably in excess OF the IL per cent
dividend paid during the year"
This is a remarkably good showing
and proves what we have always con-
the cotton. OF course, there are ups
and downs in the cotton manufacturing
business. as there are In all other
branches of business. but the South
has made giant strides in working up
its chief raw material during the last
twenty-five years. Mills have failed.
mills have suspended the payment of
dividends. mills have been overstocked
with goods for which there has been
at times little demand, but the prog
ress of cotton manufacturing in the
South has been steady.
Last week the announcement was
made that something like 4.5oo,O0G
spindles in the Carolinas would take
vacation of several weeks. Why not?
This is the vacation season. This does
not mean that the mills have failed or
that the business has not been profit
able, but 1t means that just at present
they have an extra supply of goods on
hand waiting for market The out
look for the business must be regarded
as fairly good, as a new mill, capitals
lied at 100000. will begin operations
in Columbia in the fall; new mill with
capital of 100000 has been organ
lied at Laurens, and new mill is pro.
| jected at Fountain Inn, with a capital
of 100000 and in other parts of South
Carolina and North Carolina and Geor-
gia men with money and enterprise
stand ready to back their faith in the
business with their pocket-books.
Why should not Richmond go into
the cotton manufacturing business also
on large scale? The conditions here.
it seems to US, are altogether favorable
for this industry. The climate is good.
the railroad facilities excellent and the
supply of labor would doubtless be am
| pie. Richmond ought to put some of
| its eggs in new baskets. This town
should become, as doubtless 1t will be-
come, the great manufacturing centre of
the South, At any rate, something ought
to be done here to Increase and vary our
manufacturing activities. We have the
money, we have the climate. we have
desirable situations for thousand
factories, and we ought to have the
energy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

An old catalogue Of the University
of Cincinnati turned up yesterday.
dated 1908. and it was interesting to
note the list of the faculty of its law
school The third name on the roll
was william II. Taft, LII. D., professor
of law absent on leave" and little
further down appeared "Judson Har-
mon. LII D., Rufus King Professor of
Constitutional Law" Professors Taft
and Harmon are figuring largely in
the public eye these days. and each
of them may teach the American peo-
pie some law before they quit.
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DOWN AT oNANcock

Singing like a veritable siren from
her native rock. Editor L. D. T. Quin-
by. of the Accomack News, writes al
luringly this week about the wealth
of onancock, as a sort of epilogue to
the visit of the Virginia Press Asso-
citation to that place His description
of the country is SO attractive that 1t
the very next Pullman aeroplane He
says:
We want you to remember that our
people are not idlers. content with
what nature has so abundantly pro-
vided for them, but on the contrary.
In the matter of potatoes on the shore
and oysters from the water, We are a
people SO alert to the situation and
SO active and industrious that fire.
quently as during the past winter in
oysters. and at present in potatoes.
we have produced an overabundance,
and stand ready to supply the country
at large if said country will take our
products at fair margin of profit.
| Through our own means and devices
we have studied how best not to raise
and distribute a losing crop, and the
best incentive we have is the return
to us of the golden coin that adds to
our own comforts and those of our
households.
Here's to the land where the oyster
grows.
Here's to the land where the salt tide
| flows.
Here's to potatoes. forevermore
Here's to the good old Eastern Shore.
If this glowing description be not
overdone, then we are fearful for the
integrity of the Virginia Press Asso-
clation; for it's members, lured by the
natural riches of onancock, just visit
ed on their trip. may say: printers
ink, nevermore; potatoes. forever
more" and begin life anew. Truly,
"who would fardels BEAR" when life
seems to be one sweet song on the
golden shores of Onancock?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

Georgia has passed the Federal In
come tax amendment, and we can pic
ture without difficulty the frown of
laundering displeasure that must have
darkened the brow of Judge Leonidas
Yarrell. of Greenesville when he read
about 1t. The delegate from Greenes-
Vile was one OF the chief assassins
of the amendment in the Virginia
House and was very much "agin
it,; If he had been there to speak in
the Cracker Legislature he would have
silenced the guns of the advocates OF
the bill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
TIE YELLOW Pulpit.

The sermon preached here last
Sunday by the Rev. DR.. David NJ.
Ramsay in which he said that there
is q yellow pulpit just as there is a
yellow press, caused much favorable
comment in the city and beyond its
gates. The Winchester Evening Star
says about It;
a very many thoughtful people
agree with the doctor.
Sam Jones was the introducer, and
perhaps the most conspicuous example
of the yellow preacher. lie has many
initators. but it is doubted whether
irreverence and the vulgarity of
Jones Jones drew great crowds who
were attracted by the spectacle of a
mountebank getting OFF his stunts in
a pulpit, and using language too foul
to be permitted on the stage of a
third-clas vaudeville. Men and wo-
men went TO hear him in great
throngs, most of them unconsciously
influenced by that morbid curiosity
which draws people to the monstrous
In nature
sam Jones is dead, but the evil
that he did lives after him, His
imitators are using his methods to
the disadvantage OF true religion and
the destruction of real reverence. Re-
.ligion, certainly the Christian religion.
Is based upon reverence, 1T cannot
truly exist without reverence for
things sacred, and it is the soil from
which the roots of faith are nourished
ANY preacher who deals irreNer-
emily with SACRED subjects does harm
no matter how much tempering. emo
tionalism he may excite.
Sturgeon and John Wesley were
great evangelists, but they We're ten
der humane and reverent, Their work
was great and Is abiding. Sam Jones
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

what are we going to do WIN
Roosevelt" is the question that mas
been asked from one end OF the coui-
try to the other. 1t has peeh sus
gested that he should become almost
everything, all the way from
United States Senator to soro oi
peripatetic peace promoter NO sane
solution has been offered hitherto.
even Cabot Lodge does not know what
to do with "my dear Theodore But
this problem. which has forced many
statesman to take to his cups. Is solved
at last. we hope. by the United States
Civil Service Commission. the COM
mission has Just sent out an announce
ment that there is vacancy IN the
high and responsible office OF Zoology
Cataloguer." and the we'll known
faunal naturalist of Sycamore Hill Is
the very man for the job. He would
be in his own peculiar element In the
Smithsonian Institution, where now are
the trophies Of" his African chase, the
kirkak dix. the guyastous bird. and
tho oseowhangdoodle.
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Copyright Requirement ts.

Copyright Requirements.
A gave to printer MS. to print
and to have copyrighted. Paid the
printer and received MS. also the
copyright certificate. On the MS. at
the bottom is only the word. copy
righted." Is this Waldo 1t has not
the printers name or any date.
MISS b. WARDEN.
We think the omission of the mama
of the person who takes out the copy
right makes your publication deficient
as to It's copyright. In this column
we do not undertake to give legal adj
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
MOTHER rppY,s sorn nn,rHpAy.

MOTHER EDDY's sDTH BIRTHDAY.
The story that Mrs. Mary Baker
Glover Eddy celebrated her seth birth
day on Saturday exposes at last the
utter falsity Of the statements made
more than a year ago by some sup
posedly truthful persons that she was
dead. that she was represented in the
given by dummy, dummy wearing
long black silk mitts on her arms.
peach Of bonnet on her head.
and an ermine cloak wrapped about
her person. It was some newspaper
man Of one of the Boston dailies, or
probably it was the special represent
tative of the New York Tribune, who
declared that he had seen the vision
In carriage; but that. very naturally
and properly. he was not permitted to
distance. and that when he was suf
fered to enter the house Of this new
evangel of a saving creed he was not
allowed to nose about the apartments
of the sacred one as he pleased.
We have always commended that 1t
did not make any difference whether
she was alive or not. her religion is
one of the Invest things of recent dis
covery or invention, or divine institu-
ton. (Read Mark Twains book for
particularly And now upon the
testimony of bill" Chandler, the at
torney of the claimants to part of
Mrs. Eddy's unearned increment, and
his clients. of course, we are told that
on Saturday two of Mrs. Eddy's
grandsons actually saw her and con-
versed with her at her home in New
ton, Massachusetts. They would not
say what she said to them or what
they said to her; but they actually
saw her In the flesh. and. as they
stayed with her for an hour or So,
they could not have been mistaken.
This disposes, finally, of the Oft
repeated story that she is dead. unless
1t can be proved that her alleged I'M
derstudy can act her part true to the
life. The interesting feature OF Sat
urdays affair is that Mr.. Chambers
clients do not appear to have received
anything yet on account. and we hope
that they never will. Better distribute
it to the poor in the South than to
give it to the grandsons who never
thought of their grandmother until
after she began building up her for
tunes and without any aid from them
or their esteemed father.
1t is one of the strange things
about money that those who do not
make it so often want to take it on the
ground that they are related to those
who have acquired 1t. We hope that Mrs
Eddy will live to her ninety ninth
year. or her hundred and ninety ninth
year. If SO long time be necessary
to keep the Chandler claimants out OF
that S175,O0O. In the meantime, oul
congratula tons to the Mother and
likewise to her faithful promoter. oul
dear old friend, Brother Alfred Far.
low
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS.

Here is what they saw this week in
Lynchburg, as chronicled by the
.Lynchburg News:
"a strange object which at times had
the appearance of an immense bird and
at other times of a small balloon is
said to have passed over the city Mon
day evening a short time before dark.
going from the northwest TO the south
east.
quite number of persons in South
Lynchburg saw the object emerge
from a cloud eyond the city, and In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

In the opinion of the Knoxville Jour
nal and Tribune. busy fathers and
mothers should always take time to
make home as pleasant as possible for
the children. This can be done II
the fathers and mothers would stay
at home more and not CAD about so
much
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

The intimation of the Chase City
Progress that Henry Watterson would
attempt ito make Virginia mint ju-
leps with Carolina corn Ticker" shows
how little 1T knows about the taste of
the great Kentuckian.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

Judge Harrison in case in Winches-
ter has decided that dog is not a
beast but domesticated animal Per-
haps he is right, but the question will
not be solved to our satisfaction until
it is placed before the Supreme Court
Of Natural History at oyster Bay,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

In long editorial article about
New York politics. the. Emporia Mes
senger paints picture Of Colonel
Roosevelt, describing hin, as one who
delights In grand stand plays" Just
SO, as evidenced by the Colonels at
ttude against prize-f1ghts, proclaimed
after almost every other man in the
country who had anything to say about
the mill bad eecried them,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

spotsylvania supervisors are doing
some good work for good roads. They
have started to work In earnest near
Fredericksburg. and are about to con-
struct an up-to-date highway. Good for
Spotsylvania!
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THE TIMES -DIsPAToH. RICHMOND va MoNDAY JULY 49, y0

and his ilk quickly descend into the
tomb of oblivion, and 1t Is unfortu-
nate that their influence Is not as
easily forgotten as their personals
tes"
The latest recruit to the yellow
ministry, we may add in passing. is
the preacher in distant city who
lately advertised that his church
would be dark for the Sunday night
services in order to have large at
tendance of young people.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

Coin Found Mt Gum Springs.
III. NJ Nice. sends us query as to d
coin found at Gum Springs We do
not answer questions as to numismat-
les in this column
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

The Mill Boy OF the siashcs.
Who was 1.-THE Mill Boy OF II
Slashes"?
Henry Clay.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

The town pump is still doing bus
mess at the same old stand, although
the crowd in town to see the circus
put it out Of commission for time.
declares the Kenbridge Tribune That
was q pretty strong thirst.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
much.

The Emporia Messenger puts it
over" Charlotte again this week: We
haven't heard the Charlotte Observer
claim that Jack Johnson was born in
North Carolina. Wonder why?"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

President of Red Cross.
Who Is president OF the Nations
Red Cross Society?
Hon. William FL Taft
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
8. We certainly do not.

Mnthc NAUTICAL Question.
Will you please work the following
problem? The sum OF four whole num-
bers Is twcnty-three. The first number
is one-third of the fourth number. The
third number is equal to twice the
first number The sum of the second
number and the third number, minus
one, Is equal to the fourth number.
What are the four numbers? w. r..
We do not answer mathematical
queries.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

The automobile has ceased to be a
curiosity in llenbridge," says the Zen
bridge Tribune. But 1t is stu a
nuisance, we suppose,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

Confederate Documents.
Have the messages and official doc
uments Of President Davis been pub
alished?
They have been recently collected
and printed in book form.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

Express Packages.
II Subscriber" at Wise. NJ c., will
write US more fully about his express
package matter, we shall try to give
him the information he desires.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

Third Termers.
Has any President ever tried to be
President three terms?
Yes. President Grant tried to get
a third term but did not succeed in
getting the nomination OF his party.
Cleveland was nominated three times,
but was elected only twice. His third
nomination came after he had been
defeated for second term. Cleveland.
however. did not attempt to run for
a third term.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

Speaking Of the Contributing Edi-
tors protest against professional pu-
gilism, the Hartford Courant remarks
that this is very hard jolt. easily
worth a thousand pulpit 1iscourses by
reverend gentlemen who do not know
an upper-cut from an under-cut.e We
fear that the hot weather is telling on
Dr. Clark, and we are sorry, for this is
no time for him or any OF the Mclean
people to be Stopping over