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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

that score will be more than made up
by the spectacular Inequalities of
communities which the President is
visiting for the first time and, more
especially, by the events of national
or International significance in which
the President will be a participant
during this excursion afie1d.
Indeed his desire to take part in
certain momentous events in various
parts of the country constitutes the
real explanation of President Taft's
decision to undertake this arduous
tour at time when the summer heat
is scarce past and when he might
much prefer to be playing golf and
enjoying a long deferred vacation. At
ter it was announced that President
Taft was going half way and maybe
all the way across the continent to
attend certain conventions, congresses
and the like, the miscellaneous invi-
tations began to pour in upon the
White House from large portion of
the communities along the projected
route,-and from some communities
that are away off the line of march
The event which opens this fall
tour on the Presidents travelling pro-
gram is in itself Of considera BILE i'm
portance. 1t is the opening of the
Appalachian Exposition at Knoxville,
Tenn. The show, the wheels of which
President Taft will then set in mo-
ton. does not compare in magnitude,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

of course, with the big International
expositions at Chicago and st. Louis,
but it is going to be one of the most
creditable of our lesser expositions,
and it is especially significant as an
exemplihcation of the great progress
made by the South in recent years
Another red letter day on the tour
will be that which the President de-
votes to the Steamboat Centennial at
Pittsburgh, when the Chief Executive
will have an opportunity to say some
thing regarding the Improvement of
our inland waterways. At Milwaukee
the President will attend the Interna-
tional Dairy Exposition, at which he is
an exhibitor, thanks to his entry of
Pauline Wayne, the famous White
House COW.
Scattered through the five or six
weeks of the tour as at present
planned the President has a number
of engagements to speak at State
fairs and like gatherings of the farmer
folk. Many of these are to be held
in such States as Kansas, Nebraska,
Minnesota, Iowa, etc.-so-caIled lin
surgent'' carbohydrates the Presi-
dent will be by no means sorry to
have an opportunity to tell the plain
people at first hand of his political
policies. But then, too. President Taft
has been vastly more 1enient than
almost any of his predecessors in Of
fee in gracefully submitting himself
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walls Of the State dining room are
hung with pictures OF the Viceroys
from 1900 to 1880, and might really
be termed a picture gallery.
In 1907 IT was decided that a
Chapel Royal should be added and the
cornerstone of this beautiful Gothic
structure was laid by the Duke OF
Bedford, who was the Viceroy at that
time. 1t is built OF Irish limestone
and was completed in 1914. The in
terror contains a beautiful stained
glass window presented by the Earl
of Whitworth. who was Viceroy in
1913. The Seventh Earl OF Carlisle
was the donor Of the handsomely
carved pulpit The Royal Arms OF all
the Viceroys of Ireland from 117s TO
1914 are carved into different parts
of the walls. These are done In oak
and are Of much finer workmanship
than the curiously carved heads Of
the Sovereigns of Great Britain which
appear above the doors and windows.
Lord Aberdeen, the present Lord
Lieutenant Of Ireland, prefers to live
at the Viceregal Lodge in Phoenix
Park. and spends only short time
at the Castle during what Is known
as the season-the few weeks Irish
society spends at home.
Old Bedford Tower. the part OF the
Castle opposite the Royal Apartments.
is used for State offices, the most
important one being occupied by the
senior officer OF the Lord Lieutenant's
household. This gentleman is the so
ciaI arbiter OF the Irish Court he
decides on all questions Of etiquette.
makes arrangements for the Viceregal
receptions and selects the guests.
The old Castle has been the tenn
porary residence Of many OF England's
kings and mobiles. and the records
show various opinions of its quality
as a place of abode. Away back in
1856 Lord Clarendon wrote to the
Lord Treasurer that Dublin Castle was
"the worst lodgings a gentleman ever
lay in" adding further that there
never comes a shower Of rain but Il
breaks into the house and no gentle
man in the Pail Mall IS so nl-lodged
In all respects" George ", however,
was so pleased with his welcome in
ireland and with his home in Dublin
Castle that he declared It would please
him to remain King in Ireland and
send a Lord Lieutenant to England
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and the furniture is upholstered in
the same material. All about are
plants and flowers. The walls are
hung with the portraits of the vice
roys of Ireland from 1880 up to the
present time-the last picture is
very excellent one of Lord Aberdeen,
the present Viceroy. who is unusually
popular in Ireland
The Throne Room, although much
smaller than several of the other
halls of the Castle, is by far the rich
est both in coloring and decoration.
It is of great historic interest, too. for
here one finds the crimson and gold
throne which dates from the reign of
William III. 1t has been used by ev-
cry British monarch since that time.
Irish poplin of the richest shade Of
crimson is used to drape the throne,
while the Royal arms are embroider-
ed in the centre. Heavy silk fringe
and tassels finish the canopy with
beautiful effect. The dome shaped
ceiling is supported by Corinthian pill
lars, the tops being deliberately carved.
The walls are hung with mirrors with
frames made into the shape Of crowns.
Six superb medallions by Angelica
Kaufman adorn the walls as we'll
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roy, who was afterwards beheaded.
hangs on the wall, and just opposite
is one of a regal looking woman who
is said to be a sister of the Earl.
All around the hall and staircase there
is a dado formed of bayonets and
rifles. Palms and flowers are all
about, and this mixture of armour
and plants is both unique and at
tractive.
To the right of this apartment is
the picture gallery, or, rather, a State
corridor. 1t has graceful arches elab-
orateIy decorated with stucco work
Two large portraits-one of King
George IL and the other of Queen
Mary, wife of William the Third. are
the most noticeable of the portraits
here.
The length of the green drawing
room is broken in several places by
Corinthian columns of pure white
marble with heavily giIded tops. The
walls are tinted in the ivory shade
and hung with several handsome
oblong mirrors. There are touches
of gold on the ceiling and here and
there frescoes of delicately colored
flowers. The hangings are of Irish
poplin of a delicate shade of green.
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~ UBLIN CASTLE, the royal resi-
dence of the British sovereign
in Ireland, is rather disappoint-
~ ing as far as exterior appear
ances go. for 1t suggests rather mill
tary barracks or a public institution.
and presents nothing of the aspect
of the conventional royal castle,
yet there is a certain dignity about
the big. historic structure. From the
south side, which overlooks a beau
tiful lawn, it resembles a fortress, and
such it was for some time after its
erection Its beginning dates back to
the thirteenth century when the King
declared that 1t was necessary to have
a stronghold to protect the royal
treasure. At the time of it's erection
it was outside the original walls Of
Dublin, but by the growth of the city
during several centuries 1t is now
In the very heart of the Irish capital
and stands half way up what is known
as Cork Hill" Tradition has 1t that
in $40 A D. the site was occupied by
Norwegian fortress, but here the rec
ord ends and little is known of the
place until King John ordered the
erection of the building in 1909. A
part of the Castle was completed in
cally unassailable. There was the
usual moat and drawbridge, but the
latter was after a time allowed to
fall into decay and was taken down
in 1865. A high wall extended from
what is called the Cork Tower to
the birmingham Tower and from
it to the wardrobe Tower" where
the royal robes were kept. From time
to time buildings were added until to-
day 1t represents many styles Of archi-
lecture as well as many periods of
history The old Birmingham Tower
received it's name from the fact that
Sir William Birmingham and his son
were confined there as prisoners in
1881. The tower prison has three
circular rooms, one above the other,
with walls at least fifteen feet thick.
It also contains several narrow cells
scantily lighted. In one of these there
is q secret door which cannot be dis
tfnguished from the wall and which
is accessible only by a revolving stone
The tower, however. has not been used
as a prison since 1903. The room in
which Lord Edward FITZGERALD and
the rebeIlious Emmett were imprisoned
is still preserved as well as the docu-
ment relating to their conspiracy. The
tower is near the royal apartments,
and when King George makes his an
nuaI visit to ireland. as he intends
doing each year. the royal standard
will fly from the top of Birmingham
Tower.
For many years the Irish Parlia-
ment assembled in Dublin Castle, and
from the records it appears that they
feasted as well as made laws. for
during the session of two weeks held
in 1889 the vice-regal household used
seventeen hogsheads of beer, ten bull
locks and two score of sheep. to say
nothing of the other food consumed.
Oliver Cromwell resided at the Cas-
tie when he came to Dublin and his
youngest son was born there in 1864.
William OF Orange at one time took
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and Justice. The big windows which
overlook the private gardens are filed
with blooming flowers. Big mirrors are
set in the wall and between them are
the banners and swords of the living
knights OF the Order of St Patrick
At the far end Of the hall the King's
banner hangs over the throne. The
big gilded State chairs are upholstered
in heavy crimson Irish poplin- On St.
Patrick's Day of each year the Vice
roy of Ireland gives a ball and this
room is used for dancing. It is also
used once a year for the banquet
of the knights Of st. Patrick
The State dining room runs parallel
with st. Patrick's Hall and overlooks
the Upper Quadrangle. It is rather
a narrow room and suffers by COM
parison with the others of the Castle
both in size and beauty Of decoration.
It is not large enough for a banquet.
consequently during the stay OF the
viceroy at the Castle the State dinners
are held in St Patrick's Hall The
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possession of the Castle, but he re-
NAMED only a short time. Even the
Castle yard has it's historic interest
for away back in 1853 it was the scene
of what at that time was known as
"a trial by combat" a custom of that
period. Conner MacCormack O'Con-
nor and league Fitzpatrick O'Connor
were called upon to settle the respon-
sibility for the murder of clans
man. The officials, such as the Gov
ernor General and Sheriffs. were pres
ent to witness the fight. The weapons
were a sword and a shield. Each
man took oath that he believed his
cause to be a just one and that he
was ready to fight to the death. There
was q terrible struggle in which
league was victorious when he cut off
the head of his cousin and presented
it to the Lord Justice. The State
apartments are in the upper castle
yard and overlook the very spot where
this gruesome tragedy was enacted.
The entrance to the courtyard is
through a massive arched gateway
over which there is a figure of Jus
tice. This statue was the object of
Dean Swift's satire, for he declared
that she sat with her face to the
viceroy and her back to the people.
There is fine row of Doric columns
which hold up the balcony over the
doorway.
The State Apartments compared
with England's magnificent palaces
are really beautiful, having distinct
style of their own unlike those of
any part Of England's domain. They
begin with the great vestibule, where
massive pillars support the ceiling of
the spacious hall. and from it the
grand staircase leads to the splendid
upper rooms a fine portrait of the
Earl of Essex. Queen Elizabeth's vice.
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Chippendale furniture and heavy red
poplin curtains complete the furnish
ings of this elegant room.
The largest room and the one most
used is that known as est. Patrick's
Hail. The room, asiCo from being
large, is most perfectly proportioned
and is an ideal one for affairs of State
Great Corinthian pillars support the
room at each end. White and gold
predominant in the decorations, with
red Irish poplin hangings. On the
walls hang the three well-known
paintings by the italian artist de Val
Dire They were painted by him in
1883 when the Order of st. Patrick
was instituted by George II. One of
these paintings shows the submission
of the Irish Chiefs to the Earl OF
Pembroke during the reign of Henry
H.: another shows St. Patrick preach
ing to his Hibernian converts, and
the last and most magnificent is an
aIlegoricaI painting of the coronation
of George Ill supported by Liberty
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which, as castles, they could retreat
when the crowds tired them.
Probably President Taft comes
rightly enough by his present-day
adaptability to diverse modes of
travel. His experience in the Phil
ippines and his travels to and from
the Far East long ago made him
cosmopolitan in such matters. When
his headquarters were at Manila, for
instance, President Taft rode horse
back frequently, and on long Journeys,
as did every member of the family
and he likewise when visiting remote
parts of the islands made use of va
rious more or less primitive forms
or native conveyances. In Hong Kong
and elsewhere in the Orient he rode
in sedan chairs and "rickshaws." In
Russia he was a number of times a
passenger in the picturesque Russian
sleighs and he may be said to have
capped the climax when, in inspecting
the new Manila waterworl1s system on
his last trip to the other side of the
globe, he rode on a tiny hand-car that
seemed wholly dwarfed by his giant
stature the then Secretary Of War
being provided on this occasion with
a substitute for a chair in the form
of a small box, conspicuously labeled
High Explosives,-Danger
After his return from the Philip
pines to the United States to assume
the duties of Secretary of War, Mr..
Taft kept up his horseback riding as
he does internationally to this day.
He was always a great walker, too,
for such a big man and even on ship
board when crossing the Pacific was
wont to indulge in a five mile consti-
tutional on deck with the same regu-
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Nobility At A Price.

PROMINENT manufacturer Of
"a Germany was enabled some time
\ ago to procure a patent Of sub
ordinate nobility upon the payment
Of thirty-seven thousand dollars. A
baron's title has been obtained for
the payment of seventy-five hundred
dollars. Spanish nobility OF lesser
rank is procu-- for i've thousand
dollars.
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[Sc5Se2 on lie Z2Hx

q
HHU AS there ever so varied and
versatile a traveller as Presi-
dent Taft? Certainly there
" has not been among the two
dozen men who at one time or an
other have served as Chief Magistrate
of the United States. But even in
this restricted sphere Taft's pre-emi-
hence as a wanderer is no mean dis
tinction, for a majority of the Chief
Executives of the republic have been
victims of the wanderlust either be-
fore or after they assumed office. With
President Taft, however, the cham
pionship rests no matter whether we
take his record before he entered the
White House or since. Before many
people had ever thought of him as
possible President he had girdled the
globe two or three times on Uncle
Sans errands, to say nothing of mi
nor jaunts, and since taking up the
reins of office he has been ever on the
go. Only he travels so easily, so to
speak, and sets off at such a short no
tice sometimes that unless his journey
be an extensive one 1t does not arouse
comment as would the lesser journey
ings of a national ruler who set out
with more blare of trumpets.
President Tafts present Swing
around the circle is sufficiently am
bilious to attract International atten-
ton. It is his most important con-
tributton for the year 1911 to a tourist
record, covering a decade and a half,
that stands unrivaled in official cir
cIes. When this autumn trip has
passed into history Taft will have
realized all his hopes with reference
to Presidential travel with a single
exception. The exception, of course,
is the projected trip to Alaska which
he has had his heart set on for sew
eral years and which he might have
undertaken this past summer had he
not had Congress on his hands.
This tour will not carry him, gen
orally speaking. to sections of the
country which he has not visited be-
fore. That would, indeed, be impos-
sibIe, but President Taft never minds
revisiting localities in which he is
interested, as witness his repeated
trips to Panama. Moreover anything
that the present itinerary lacks on
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Three pints OF rubber liquid are OBJ
tanned from a rubber tree about NJ
teen inches in diameter. The trees
are bled about eight feet from the
ground.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
odd FELLOWS ARE
GROWING FAST
Five Hundred Lodges Now In
This State

Savannah, Ga, March 10.-There
have been twenty-five new lodges 0t
Odd Fellows established in the state
of Georgia during the past year with
an increase in membership of twenty
five hundred, according to the state
ment of Grand Master Orrin Roberts,
of Monroe, who is now on a visit to
Savannah, in attendance upon thA
semi-annual meeting of the third di-
vision. .
The order has increased very mucn
during the year, he said, "and has
prospered all over the state. The in
crease has not been confined to any
particular division, but has fourished
over the entire state. The prospects
for the future of the order are brighter
than ever.
''The order now has approximately
five hundred lodges in the state with
a membership of thirty-fve thousand
The increase in membership and the
increase in number of lodges has been
very gratifying to the grand master"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
AMERICUS is Riding, BUT
NOT IN RICKETY SHAY
Only the LOrdIy Auto Is Now
Wanted

Americas goes awheel all right
more and more each day, but vita
discriminating taste she chooses the
speedy benzine buggy to the rickety
one-horse shay of the days of our
fathers. No more buggies in hers 4
fact accentuated in a sale of vehicles
in front of the courthouse yesterday
morning A bailiff was selling a lot
of wheeled junk, and at amazingly
bargainetic prices. Several vehicles
sold at two dollars to two dollars and
a half each-old-time buggies, bat
quite serviceable yet. While one We
hicle of this kind, capable of holding
a whole kindergarten of children, was
bought for sixty cents by a prominent
Lee street lawyer, who will thus use
it as a trailer" for his already over
cropped family gondola in his rides
about the city.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
JOURNAL COMPLIMENTS
AMERICUS DELEGATION
Mayor Mathis and Party In
Atlanta
GAtlanta Journal

A representative body of citizens re-
presenting the city government of
Americas, the county Of Sumter ana
the Americas Board of Trade, called
at the office of Editor James R. Gray,
OF The Atlanta Journal Thursday To
thank him for the magnificent work
done in the interest of good roads IN
Georgia and asking that the proposed
route via Americas for the national
highway be given a fair showing whe,r
the scouts start upon their Journey.
Mayor Mathis and President SILVER
OF the Americas Board of Trade acted
as spokesman for the party and cor
daily invited Mr.. Gray to personally
make the trip via Americas.
incidentally. the Americas delega-
ton are making every effort to secure
a large party of the visitors attending
the Southern Commercial Congress to
visit Americas and Sumter county fol-
lowing adjournment. ALREADY many Of
the distinguished guests have stated
that they would be delighted to avail
themselves of this opportunity to see
the 200 miles of good roads and the
modern methods employed in "12-
lnches-deep farming by disc plows
ana traction engines in Sumter county
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
(Atlanta Constitution

Fifteen of the most prominent bust
ness men of Americus and Sumter
county comprise the delegation which
this enterprising portion of the state
sent to the Commercial Congress. And
proof of the fact that no mistake was
made in their selection is proven by
the fact that these gentlemen are in
teresting other delegates from all
sections of the country in affairs in
and around Americas.
This delegation appeared at The
Constitution yesterday for the purpose
CT expressing to Clark Howell the
thanks of Sumter county and her citi-
2eas for the part The Constitution has
played in the fight for good roads N
Georgia. Sumter now has roads that
are second to none in the state and a
goodly portion of the credit for their
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
Allison Furniture ( Undertaking Company,
Allison Building. Lamar Street. Phone 253 Americas, Georgia.
AMERICUS WELL REPRESENTED
AT COMMERCIAL CONGRESS

building the delegation claims is due
the Constitution.
In their work to interest prospective
investors and home-seekers in the ad-
vantages of their particular section
the members of this delegation have
sent to each member of the Southern
Commercial Congress now in Atlanta a
most attractively gotten up invitation
to visit their county in the heart of
the 'wiregrass country"
Following is the roster of Sumter
countv's representatives.
Mayor ]. E. Mathis, ]. w. SILVER,
president Americas Board of Trade;
Alderman c. ]. White and wife, Alder
man L. G. Council and wife, Senator
J. e. Sheppard, Alderman G. W. Riley,
Mrs c. C. Clay, Mrs E B Everett,
Thomas Harold, w NJ. Harper, w.
E Hamilton, E. F. Bell, w. H. Estes.
j, R. Hair and o. B. Chester.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

After a girl has been engaged three
or four times she finds it almost as
exciting as a man does when he gets
his hair cut
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

Teachers can cultivate brains; they
can't create them
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

Occasionally man visits his wife's
relations If he has nowhere else to 60
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

1t is usually great bore for the
burglar II the safe is locked.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

The lion is not so fierce as painted.
Thomas Fuller.