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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
PENSIONS IN AI.AaANIA.

Although 1894 pensions we're drop
ped from the rolls in Alabama last
year, there were more names on the
rolls at the beginning of the new
quarter, October /, OF the current year
than there were during the preceding
year. We do not know exactly how
1T happened except that It is explained
by the Montgomery Advertiser that
"the extension of the property restric-
ton from $500 to $4,000" has enabled
more veterans or widows OF veterans
to get their names on the rolls. Under
the new arrangement. 1905 names were
added to the lists. These pensioners
are State pensioners and are helped
by the state because of their services
in the Confederate war. The pensions
paid are very small: but 1t would seem
that there are great many who need
them.
In addition to the Confederate pen
sioners in Alabama there are 3.7o7
Federal pensioners in that State. who
get large sums FOR their services, or
whether they saw any service or not.
The pension business is fairly boom
Ing. 1t Is one of the most active of
our National industries. and is wholly
under Government ownership. Since
1865. the Government at Washington
has paid out in pensions to Federal
soldiers for services, alleged to have
been rendered largely about fifty years
ago, s3.976,6ll.125.5S. and the cry is
still for more. Regulars and Progress
sives alike stand pat on this ques-
ton. AS to the late Confederate
States which grant pensions the matter
is wholly different from that of the
Government al Washington With the
Confederate pensioners. 1t is more eco
nomical for their states to help them
along at their own homes than 1t would
be 10 take care of them in institutions
provided for them. In the case of the
other pensioners, the Government cod :
dies them not because Of their neces-
stiles. but because of their value as
voters
General Grant. who had something
10 do with the war in which these
tavorites took part was alarmed more
than forty years ago at their demands.
ana expressed the opinion that $40. OoO.-
600 annually was the extreme limi, Of
prodigality to which the country could
go In the way of pensions for old SOL
diers Last year. the disbursements
on this account amounted to sl59,s74.-
o56os. Wonder what Grant would say
about that?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02

close Of eaoh month. They are ''poor
pay" SLOW pay" or real dead
beats" The grocer has TO keep up
his/storo. pay his own bills and sup
port his family. He cannot stay in
business If no lose money at It. So
prices are maintained at point whore
he can AFFORD q certain amount of loss
because OF unpaid bills.
Tho dead beat" has always existed.
He always will. Honest people are
made to pay his unpaid debts.
The moral is: Pay your grooer's
bills.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
Voice Of the People
Tuke. In for Rocbuck.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-1 note from the Richmond pa
pers that there is some adverse criti-
cism in George l.. Roebuck's latest
play, He Thought He Owned the
Town." produced at the Academy on
the goth instant Some OF this criti-
cism smacks OF vulgarity; I might say
ill-breeding on the part of the dra-
matte critics. who. though older by
twenty years than this young fellow,
Will never see the day when they have
any part of the ability possessed by
young Roebuck.
His play may have been a failure,
but he IS not by any means. My in
formation. and that 1 CLEAN from your
paper which seems to be fair to him,
induces me to the belief that he was
up to the mark in every respect, but
that his cast were the ones upon whom
the burden OF fault lies. No actor, no
playwright can tell what an amateur
company Will do with play the first
time up. The best companies have
failed.
1t seems exceedingly strange that
Richmond should go wild and the crit
les also over Beatrice OF the Cum
berlands." and Norton dumbfounded
over his play this summer, When
Norton Burst in Folwer." IL there ia
nothing to this boy.
read the ply under fire before he
put 1t on there. and 1t Is a MASTER
piece If we'll played. and would have
been we'll received no doubt had the
cast not have fallen DOWN.
Roebuck is back at Norton. has a
good position here. and let me say
that have backed him in this ven-
ture and can and will do SO again
when he gets ready. He has the goods.
and some day Richmond. together with
her Norton cousin, will be proud Of
this boy.
Roebuck has everything that 1t takes
to make good, and he has just begun;
Roebucle will be heard from when some
critics whose sole asset consists of
caustic remarks and vinegar verbiage
are laid in Hollywood without even 3
wooden slab to tell where they lie.
Roebuck will come back; he Ia al
ready back.
Yours very truly,
HENRY NJ. DANDY.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02

Truthful Jeems." the Roxburv COR
responding OF the Virginia Gazette.
says that Mr.. George Sweet and some
friends had thrilling experience with
an automobile few days ago. Thew
stopped the machine in the road and
Just as they started to get in, the au-
tomooiie ran off before they could got
TO the wheel. 1t left the road, dashed
into held, broke down several acres
OF corn. killed three pigs. two fine
sheeP and a cat. 1t was headed for
'he river but ran into tree. and
truthful Jeems" says it tried to climb
the tree, but we have said enough to
show that Truthful Jeems" was not
we'll named
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
WRAPPERS AND. THE COST OF
LIVING.

After several years study of econ
omic subjects. Professor julius San
porn of the Ohio State University, has
reached the conclusion that the public
is responsible, because Of its de-
mands, for the increase in the cost
of living that has been so notable In
the last Few years. According to the
Chicago Herald. one of the main ele-
ments in the altered condition seems
to be- from the professors viewpoint,
the use of paper or pasteboard boxes
or cartons in packing many foods.
These wrappers cost money, but
did not the grocer in the old days use
paper TO wrap UP purchases? There
seems to be little difference in the
wrapping of former times and tho
Present.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
WOODEN SHOES

Grand Rapids, Michigan, as tho
Nashville Tennessean says. would be
a most appropriate place for an active
campaign on the part OF Mrs Isaac
Rice, the antinoise crusader. Holland
has lately sent over six hundred cases
OF wooden shoes to the Michigan city,
Wien the big and little Duto:men all
g reshod and go up and down tho
asphalt streets of Grand Rapids, the
noise resulting will remind the old
soldiers of the sound of Sherman's
men.
Michigan. Iowa. Illinois. Missouri and
New Jersey are the American States
which draw most heavily on Amster-
dam for the wooden shoes for Ameri-
canized Hollanders.
Americas Dutch citizens are fond OF
colonizing and in the scores Dutch
farm colonies and small villages the
Dutchman puts on his wooden sh es
and otherwise clads himself as he used
TO beside the zuyder Zee.
AT Holland, Michigan. and Pella.
Iowa, the front yard are full OF cab
bages, rosy check ed Riddles run around
in little fiat caps and chase geese
through the streets just as they do
in the pictures on old Dutch crockery.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
of habit. acquired By the confoa.

OF a habit acquired by the Confed.
erate lighting man In tho Sixties
exhausted. footsore. weary, weak. sick,
though he was, tho Confederate SOL
dier marched on.
When the long column reached the
Fair Grounds there were the Daugh-
tors of the Confederacy--and they are
very real daughters In Fredericksburg,
some OF them born when shot and shell
were singing their dread dirge over
the roofs of the city-and these loyal
women waved their handkerchiefs and
clapped their hands and gave the
heartiest welcome that any could de-
sire. Then there were the old war
time songs that still stir the blood.
After that. that fine old Confederate.
Judge J. I. Goolrick, introduced the
orators OF the day, Colonel Robert E..
Lee, Jr., and Attorney-General Samuel
w. Williams, both of whom made elo-
quent addresses.
Whom the speeches were over the
old soldiers sat down at eight long
tables, which were covered with cloth
in Confederate colors There We're
four hundred plates. each of which
was filled bounteously with the best
that the country could furnish. 1t was
a joyous gathering on the very ground
which reverberated with the roar of
cannon and the crash of musketry
forty-three years ago. Laughter and
good cheer reigned where once there
were the groans of dying men and the
spectres of desolation and disaster.
Extended warm invitation TO join
IN and march with the vets. a num-
Der Of ex-Union soldiers dropped into
line and marched with their former
foes behind two Confederate flags and
the starry ensign of this united ma
ton. 1t was typical of the feeling In
the country to-day. the feeling that
both sides fought for the right a they
conceived 1t. and that peace is abroad
In the land.
There were some interesting figures
in the company. There was j. w.
schooler OF STAFFORD. an inmate of
the Soldiers Home. He is eighty
seat in a carriage he said, mo, 1 will
march with the boys. This may be
my last march" There's the Confed
crate spirit for you. the never-give- up
feeling Another visitor was John G.
Terrill. OF Orange, who stood near the
scaffold when John Brown received
the just penalty OF the law. George
Cole, an old colored man, was on hand.
He served through the war from start
to finish, was lighting man for the
Confederacy. and has plenty OF papers
to show 1t. He was faithful to the
end.
1t was n great day in Fredericks-
burg. which. moving onward with the
new, still keeps the faith with the old
War left it's fearful scars upon the
Old city, but the time has come when
old Confederates and old Federals
can march under the same fiags.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
THE FREDERICKSBURG REUNION

six hundred Confederate veterans
moved on Fredericksburg last Thurs
cay Not as of old. under shot and
shell, but 10 the music OF bands and
the piaudits Of the multitude. /, was
reunion Of the boys" who fol.
lowed where the cleaning swords Of
Lee and Jackson and Stuart pointed al
most half a century ago but these
old mon obeyed the command to "fall
in" and marched with the elastic step
of long lost youth. Some wore the
uniforms in which they surrendered
and others bore the mute evidences Of
wars grim caress.
1t was great occasion in city
hallowed by memories Of the indenand.
ent nation that was dissolved in the
crucible OF Fate Sixty United states
cavalrymen in, fun array headed the
procession. and right Behind them
came. as of old, the Confederate cav
alryynen mounted and in good order.
Then followed several hundred old
soldiers sfoot. some OF them. perhaps,
marching for the last time before pass
ing over the river TO rest In the shade
of the trees. Few of the old soldiers
were compelled by exhaustion 10 drop
out OF the line. That was the result
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
Norton.
"Much Ado About Notbinr.v

TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-1n your issue of September s
4. c. Smith. OF Blackstone. Va. "a re-
cent arrival from the Pacific coast, no
doubt. makes a few disjointed re-
marks that bespealS anything but intel
iiSence on his part. Without any par
ticular information, and unsupported
by knowledge of Virginia's political
past he sallies forth to saw something,
and succeeds in showing how many
words man may employ In saying
nothing. He makes much ado about
nothing" over Governo. Mann's re-
marks at Spring Lake, N. j.. at the
conference OF Governors. He asks the
questions: why not. in stating a fact
pc sure that that fact is correct?" How
IN the name of common sense could
fact be anything but fact. and, II
n fact, how could 1t be anything but
correct? r. VI. WILLIAMS.
Crewe
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
THE RAREsT STAMP.

According to the New York World
the millionaire stamp magnates OF
Nassau street and various incura Bile
pniiateiists about town have been
thrown into state of blissful en-
eitement by the New York visit OF
Henry j. crockers world famous col
lection of Hawaiian postage stamps,
including the $4,000 missionary issue"
These cannibaiis,ic souvenirs are on
their way to the Vienna Internationa,
stamp Fest next month. In 1852 the
missionaries were the only ones who
could write letters in the Sandwich
ISLANDS. The rest of the islanders
were Kanakas. who were busy serving
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
F1npMEN AS CRAFTSMEN.

In Denver. the fireman is n versatile
officer. Last year the firemen of the
Colorado city were. in their leisure
time. set to work cleaning the streets.
They seem to have cleaned them up
for all time. for according to Munich
pal Facts they are now using their
spare time in making ornamental and
useful articles. A great many of them
have taken up with the idea OF finins
In their vacant time In making Mis-
sion furniture and similar things. This
they do instead of card playing and
novel reading. One Are company has
htel up a room In the rear of the
firehouse where the fremen work hard
on hard wood with the most mod
crn tools and implements several hours
each day and turn out elegant ar
ticles which they use in decora TIM
their quarters or homes.
Writing desks. bookcases, china
closets. chairs, tables. Mission lamps
and clocks-these are some Of the
things the firemen design and make.
Art and good Workmanship are shown
in all the work. The tools were pur-
chased by members OF the company.
1T is the experience of the Fire and
Police Board that tho men who occupy
their leisure moments in this way, as
a general rule. make the best fire.
men, and the idea is being encourag
ed" In fact, the plan is good one
and will be followed in many other
cities. where time hangs heavily on
the hands of the fireman.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02

thing they did not have prior to this
movement"
This innovation ds an excellent ono
1t Is very hard to give attention to tho
Gospel when hemmed in behind a wall
OF high hats. Effective public utteranoe
ought to BIO made in plain view Of all
In tho audience. for otherwise it loses
much OF dts force There is absolutely
no reason why women should keep on
their hats in church. no more than
there would be for all the men keep
ing on high hats.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02

oentauri. and the distance from the
earth Is not less than 1000. 900, 600, 900
miies. Light. which travels at the
rate or about $4,000 miles in a second,
requires four years to pass between
the two according to Sir Thomas Ball,
or London. Professor Grant, of Edin-
nursh. says that a railway train, travel ;
the moon in six months. the sun in
2oo years. and Alpha Centauri in a.
100000 years. while bal! from a
gun. travelling 200 miles an hour.
would take 100000 years.
But II one goes beyond Alpha
Centauri to one OF those stars which
arc known to us only through the
Impression made upon Photographic
plate. we will run into the millions,
oiiions' trlllions, quadrillions, etc.
which. with even to ASTRONOMERS ara
perfectly overwhelming.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02

When he was in Controller Bay last
Monday night. clifford Pinchoes boat
The Restless" would not have had a
mole torn in her bottom II he had
taken the precaution to tie UP at tho
Ryan railroad wharf.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02

William and Mary is to have a
weekly newspaper and is. therefore,
the latest recruit to Virginia academic
journalism. 1t is to be called The
Flat Hat" and will be about the Invest
thing in Williamsburg. which is say
ing good deal We wish our youth
full contemporary mighty we'll!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02

The Emporia Messenger says that
half the population of Emporia will
como to Richmond to see tho Ais Stars
and the Philadelphia Athletics get to-
gether on the diamond. Thevu h.
very welcome.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02

1t would be interesting to know
what changes were made in the chan
neis ut Cordova by the storm which
compelled Pinchot and his party to
tramp seven miles cross country tn
escape the fury of the wind ana -a,,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02

John ID. Rockefeller ATTENDED a bar
oecue the other day, at which the meat
was cooked la Georgia by Georgia
negro Tho rich man snifred at 1t, but
wouldn't eat It, Perhaps he knew
that the mixture was responsible for
the absence of so many good men In
the land of Hoke Smith ct al
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
Daily Queries and Ansuers
College CoIorn.

College CoIorn,
WIN You please print the colors of
the following colleges:
!. Georgetown
2. Vanderbilt.
8. Sewanee.
I. Michigan
8. Wisconsin
Q. Washington and Lee.
9. Pennsylvania University.
8. Pennsylvania state.
I. Blue and gray
2. Black and gold
8. Purple and old gold
=. Maize and blue.
s. cardinal.
s. Blue and White.
z. Red and blue
s. Navy blue and white.
h a. n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
Become a Deposition with the
National State and CITY Bank

Your money will be kept in absolute
security
Payment by check provides indisput-
able receipts in the form OF your returned
cancelled checks.
We offer the services OF a strong, sound
bank to the small as we'll as the large de-
positor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
MonoraiI Chr


What Is the monorail car? w. III.
Inc Brennan gyroscope monorail car
Is not the first attempt at a single
rall system. AS long ago as 1927 ex-
Periments wore made with a single
ran railway in England. and in Amer
lca It's advantages over tho double
ran line az Quincy, Mass. were urg-
eu. IN this system the sides OF the
cars were built low enough to bring
the centre Of gravity below the rail-.
a friction rail- beneath the supporting
ran belng recommended to make the
balanced cars steadier. The Lartigue
railway. on the same principle, Vas
SHOWN at the Centennial Exposition
OF 1875. was tried experimentaliy in
honuon In 1885. and was adopted for
a number OF short lines in France
ALGERIA and Russia. For tho track
was set up series of A-shaped frames
or angie iron, connected by side rails
and top rail. On this structure the
rolling stock was made to ride like n
sadie. the main wheels resting on tho
top rail. while the side wheels bear
ing on the side rails. prevented unduerr
oscillation or fitting
Nails.
pe why are are nails sized 10. Is and 20
Penny" as applied 10 nails, is Tho
trace name to distinguish one size
rom another. Nails are CLASSIFIED
rom z penny. one inch long 10 az
penny l.2 Inches long. Originally ?
penny nails meant $50 to the pound.
ana 81 penny was ls to the pound.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
Divorce Questions.

Divorce Questions.
1. What are the laws Of Virginia in
regard to divorced, -on what grounds
can woman get oneP
2. II on desertton, how long does
she have to be deserted?
:. II on nonsupport, how ronse
T. Or on cruelty. oursing and pound
Ing a wife?
s. Also on what grounds can a man
!, Owing TO the nature of some of
Ihese grounds we cannot publish
them here. SEQ sections 2257-225s of
Poiiard's Code of virginia. or write
us what ground you propose and in
close stamped self-addrcssed envelope
2. Three years.
8. This Is not mentioned as a ground
Tor divorce. but. IL the party not sup
ported is not in necessitious or desti-
tute circumstances the period would
be the same as that for desertion. II
the party not supported is in neces-
sitous or destitute circumstances the
person who should support can be
compelled to do so by law.
4. At once.
s. The same as those referred to In
the answer to tho first question
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02

Immensity Of spnce-speed of LiCbt.
Please tell me the distance from the
earth to tho nearest fixed star, and
how long It takes for light to travel
between the two n a
the immensely OF .pace-or that por-
ton OF the stellar region which is
within the telescope vision Of human
ity-is so vast that 1t is beyond the
comprehension OF even the astrono-
mers. The nearest fixed star Is Alpha
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
National State and City Bank

VIM. H. Palmer, President.
John S. Elicit, Vice-President.
VIM. M. Hill, Vice-President.
]. w. Sinton, Vice-President.
Julien H. Hill, Cashier.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
CAN FIND NO TRACE
OF VISITING COUNT

the Venetian army and captured AIN
ems. az"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-07-27

II YOU will read the following care
fully YOU can determine whether you
have a right to make second ming
on a homestead or desert claim. A
circular giving the regulations con
tains the following, setting forth the
manner Of application under he act;
A person applying to make second
homestead or desert land entry under
this act must file in the local land Of
fee an application to enter a speci-
fc tract Of public lands, subject to
entry under the laws in question, ac-
companied by his afidavit execut-
cd before an oficer authorized to ad-
minister oaths under the public land
laws. stating the description Of the
former entry by section, owner and
range numbers Cor the number OF the
entry and land Office where made) :;
date Of entry; when he lost, forfeit
ed or abandoned the same; that 1t
was not cancelled for fraud, and
the amount, II anything, received
for abandoning or relinquishing his
former entry. This afidavit must be
corroborated by the afhdavit Of one
or more persons having knowledge
Of the facts relative to the abandon
ment OF the claim or the relinquish-
ment Of the former entry and the con-
sideration received therefor, which
corroboraing afhdavit may be excut-
ed before any officer authorized to ad-
minister oaths and having an oncial
seal.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-07-27
ARE cHEcKlNG SURVEYS
Many Indications That II Feasible
Great Undertaking VIII BE
Carried 0ut.

AMERICAN FALLS. July o.
Engineer r. S. Buck Of New York,
and an assistant we're here this week
accompanied by p S. A. Bickel of
Twin Falls and A. c. Miner OF Salt
Lake for the purpose Of checking up
former surveys and examining into
the feasibility Of constructing the
dam at this point for the big Bru-
neau irrigation project.
The parties are reticent about d.
vulging information covering the fu-
ture of the project and the construc-
tion OF the big tam other than II in
innate that il the present examina-
tions prove that the project and its
accessory requirements are feasible.
as reported by former engineers. IT'S
construction is assured at an eaE3y
date.
The project If undertaken, will be
the largest ever attempted in this
country from the standpoint OF the
size Of the artificial lake to be Great
ed by the construction Of the dam
and the acreage to be irrigated by
the water so conserved. The lake
would cover an area 10 to 20 miles
in width and 80 to 40 miles in length
and thus the water thus stored would
be used to irrigate 100000 acrs Of
land in the rich Bruneau valley. II is
estimated that to date the promoters
Of this great project have already ex-
pended between 100000 and $780,
600 in surveys and other preliminary
work, and If the present examination
proves these surveys and other pre-
liminaries correct it is reasonably
cetain that the project will be promp-
tly financed by eastern capital.