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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-14

A STENOGRAPHER'S APPRECIATION.
GentlemenI am just in receipt of a copy
Of WebSter's New Standard Dictionary, Illus
trated, and am more than pleased with it. I
think every stenOgrapher should have one on
her desk. The definitions given therein are
clear and concise.
Hoping many more stenographers will dis
cover what a little gem this book is, | am
Very truly,
MABEL MACARTHUR.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-14
AN EDUCATIONAL AID.

g. Gentlemen-The NEWS has made available
to It's readers a most valuable educational aid
IN the form of Webster's New Standard Die
tionary. 1t fills a long-felt want to the mature
student, the school boy, the office manager and
the clerk.
l unqualiidly indorse it as the best handy
dictionary printed in the English language.
and would urge every reader to take advan-
tage of your offer.
Very truly yours,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-14
THE TIMES DsPAToH RICHMOND va FRIDAY April a. 1911

thing which the Supervisor does not
think he has authority in law TO do.
the Supervisor INDUCED in some re-
marks which appear to have been in
terprcted by the Governor as n dispos!-
ton on the part of tho county officer
sovereign State--ono OF the Original
Thirteen, in fact-to the warmest re-
sion that has yet been disclosed TO the
imagination Of man. So far as We
the statutes of the State which forbids
a Supervisor from telling n Governor
TO "go to hell"
The Goodwins Of Grecnville, are a
very good sort Of people. we believe,
careful of the rights Of their ncighbors
and indlsposed to subject any person
to unmerited punishment for any OF
the acts committed against the peace
and good order Of the commonwealth
We are sure that IL Supervisor Good
win really employed the language at
tributed to him. ha meant that it
should be accepted in n hgurative sense
only. Besides. we have inferred from
certain incidents of the recent past
that the Governor might find that the
Courts of the State are not altogether
out of sympathy with the very plain
speech of the Supervisor in this case
as aforctold
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FOUNDED IN RECOVERY
OF PIRATE TREASURE

Mulgravc was advanced 10 the rank ~
9a!iarquis OF Normandy. lie vas in turn
SIpHctnor-General OF jamaica Lori
triNy Seal. and Secretary OF state TOR
the Colonies and for the Home Depart
men and Am assador TO the Court %
present marquis was Governor. in turn
q Queensland, OF New Zealand ana or
sictoria. as well as COMPTROLLER oc
queen Nictoria's household.
me present Lord NORMANDY, head OF
me housj 81 PhipDs was formerly rce-
Tor OF place called Worsley. near
Manclestci. But he ala not Keep the
same known in Lancashire ana tho
aeiShbor!nS counties that there WAS Il
real live marquis officiating AZ rector
e Worsley, people came from far and.
VIDE Tor the purpose OF awaiting them
selves OF his ecclesiastical Services
some STOOD IN need OF baptism, Others
gct others required nothing save =
funeral service. The last named class
predominated, and before long the,c
was such an astounding lnilux 81
Tor the purpose of being buried ~ I.
marquis, that Lord Normandy who is
PEELED 70 leave the place, and TO take
70 keeping school instead. at Mulsrayc
me caste Is a superb old place. com
inandtng vide stretches OF sea anu
moor!and, and nanked BY hundreds nt
ncrcs OF wood that stretch down TO
inc beach. 900 feet below. Tho uppe'
fpors 81 the castle were fitted up as
dormitoricS for the boys. whose school
rooms and gymnasium were at tho back
and ont OF sight, in no way mpaIring
the picturesque and romantic aspect OF
the ancient pile. Lord Normandy MINI
self acted as the head master. assisted
by n large corps OF teachers. most OF
Them. like himself divines OF the
Churct OF England. He gave up the
school, however, on his maria &c. in.
December. 1903. 10 Gertrude Stansfcd,
Youngest daughter and co-heircss Of
the late Johnston Jones Foster OF Moor
Park, Shropshi and by Hhom he has
two children. daughters, aged six ana
three wears respectively, and uses Mil
grave Castle no longer as a scholastic
institution but merely rs his principal
residence
Copyright. laii. b the Brentwood
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balanced, as therc are twenty inches
of each, with fifteen inches OF pic
lures thrown in to mako both go a
little better. After you have examined
these two pages. and tho other four,
teen pages also. if you like, take the
whole thing with you into your maEni-
hcent picture gallery and there, in the
midst Of your treasures, regard it from
an artistic point Of view. il you can;
and having meditated upon It. hike
down 10 your office at Sixth and Walnut
Streets. and tell the boys that 1T
wouldn't have cost any more to say In
great deal smaller type, that the
First District Schoolhouse caught fire.
and that the fire was put out without
loss of life. and that by saving ia
inches In headlines 1t would be pos
sible for them to make just as full
a paper and great deal better look
ing paper In fourteen pages as in six
teen pages. So long, Mr.. Taft"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-14
Daily Queries and ANSWERS
Enstcr Egg and IInre.

Gnsier Egg and IIarc.
what does tho egg symbolic at
Easter? Also what is the signincanco
Of the hare? e r. n
The Easter egg is invested With
SSmDollc significance. though the idea
uas Dech SO perverted through genera
Ion. Ions mat It's purpose has been lost
esg mas been looked upon as n symbol
" creation. or new birth According TO
a. PerSian tradition the world was
udtched from an egg at that season of
tue year mat corresponds with tho yer-
li..l EQUINOX. Among the Hebrews the
clss entered into many mysterious Ger
ein0nleS and was prominently used
u;uring INC paschal season. Christian
ity MADE II u symbol OF the resurrcc-
non OF Christ, and it was co1orcd red
IN allusion to His blood shed for sim
! i', on inc cross. The connection be-
tween Easter and the hare Is supposed
20 spring from the latter's CONNECTION
Wlth the moon. Easter, .nasmuch as
US date depends on the moon Is, in a
sense a lunar holiday. From ancient
Zines the mare has been a symbol OF
me moon. Some or the many reasons
III tniS Is mat the hare is q nocturnal
Tn!ilh!' ana comes out a night TO feed
pom the hare and the moon in ancient
un'cS were supposed to have the power
OF changing their sex: the new moon
Mas masculine and the waning moon
feminine. Another reason was that tho
hha sre; unlike rabbits, which are born
bilnd, is born with its eyes omen. thus
i was argued that the moon. which
IS the watcher Of the night. Is like tho
mare. which is tabled never to close It's
eyes. The customs in Germany, whore
iHe Easter mare is as prominent n 6p-
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ure IN the nursery as Santa Claus Is
~ MS country. connect the hare with
ny eSS, ana the children are made Ia
DclleNe that the many vari -colored e.t,s
are laid by the hare
stnrf Of New Day mud New Year
tease let me know where the new
Gay ana the new year starts first Is II
III the Chatham Islands? r q
by agreement Of the important mar
lime it!me nations the international date
inc has been fixed ut the an,cmcrjdinn
81, Greehwich This meridian OF $50
uesrees passes for tho most mart
through empty sea in the Pacific In
computing the change of the day this
inathematical line is not followed rig
10Y, but concessions are admitted on
the score OF political or commercial
convenience. Thus in the North "a
Eitc The date line is drawn thro,,,-b
beTlnG strait east of It's true .poaiti0I
ana then westward to include the Aleu-
ttILtn islands in tho American day. sim
liarlH at the South the line is drawn
eastward to include tho Chatham ISL
amos IN the New Zealand day for thnv
are under tho administration or tI,at
oo!nlnion. The only considcra bic arch
lPciago intersected by tho ante
meridian Is Fiji. and in this case Tho
unAc inc Is swung eastward so that
All Eli may come within the Same dav
IS ht TINS date line thus compensated
that the new day and the new yoaI,
pceln Astronomically the earliest
start Of the day is in Bering Strai,,
lHen the chatham Islands. then the
castcrn or Iau, group Of Fiji; but these
are all sparsely inhabitc spots oc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-14
a GEORGIA VIEW or TT.

In THE ranks OF those who have fav-
orcd the liberation OF Edgar a. strip
ling, former chief OF police or Dan
VILE and escaped convict. the Macon
Telegraph is not to be found Our con
Dead men tell no tales and
nave no day in court. Strange
ithat If William j. Cornett, the victim
OF midnight assassination fourteen
years ago, was is black us he is now
painted that the good people of Harris
county should have so readily convict
cd his assassin OF murder. Certainly.
the time to have made these charges
and TO have brought out the facts that
1t is claimed now go TO support the
plea OF pardon for the assassin on the
and then when the entire conditions
Of the ricinage, whom from their per-
sonal knowledge could have endorsed
them as truth or stamped them as lies
as the case may be. The loyalty ofsthe
widowed wife of the dead man after
fourteen years, although married again,
is eloquent in its testimony and re-
buttal of these charges"
Then, again, as the Telegraph points
out it is not q plea sing thing TO see
the pardon board openly and expressly
recognize the unwritten law, making
their action fearful precedent for
tho future. encouraging license anu
disregard of the written law in years
o conc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-14
Voice Of the eople
RccIuroc,,~ H.,

~ hecirrocitE and Virginia Apples.
o the Editor Of The Times pisnntch.
Sir,---As some uit-growcrs In VII .
sinit seem TO be alarmed that the
passasc Or the Canadian rcciprocItv
SaeatE VIII injure their business If rat.
at.cu; ana IN some quarters the Demo
Etatic party is being criticized for IA
,noll1g inns treaty. quote the follow.
. .E letter received by me day from
me Hon. James Hay:
Mlth regard to the effect Of the
e.iprocIty treaty on the apple indus
Wy OF Virginia, / want to cali vonr
attention to the fact that Iast yea :.
we sent TO Canada S26l,7go Worth or
apples, upon which Canada paid a dutv
or S23,323, while Canada cxnortoG - >
This country s29.323 worth OF ann,as
- VIII mus be seen that the balanro
OF trade is wholly in our favor anJ
WIN Canadian duties removed thara
VIII be opened 10 us in Canada a pood
market for our apples.
write this to you so that yo,,
tudt DC thoroughly advised eas TO Inc
lacts, ana want You to feel thar
am "atcnful and careful to do notb
ms against the apple Industry. which
I resard as the moss important in our
knows anything OF Mr.. Hay.s pub iiic
record has perfect confidence IN his
sincerity and watchfulness for the IN
torests of his constituents ali or
Wh0m arc situated in the co1nmercini
apples growing districts -
WALTER WIIATELY
secretary Virginia State Horticul;ura,
Society. ~ O.
Crozet, Va, April 10.
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THE LETTER OF THE LAW.

The Massachusetts Supreme Court
has lately illustrated how necessary it
is to observe infinitely all the techni-
calitics of a law and it's exact word
Ing. This court has disallowed the
had not been properly executed" that
is, signed and the signature duly Wit
messed
After reading over to the three wit
nesses the "tcstimonium'' clause which
they were to sign anu which declared
ture. the testatriX thoughtlcssiy
omitted her own signature and passed
the document over to the witnesses to
sign. They did 1t. not noticing her
omission
She went away, but In five minutes
she returned, saying, II forgot to sign
my name to the will" Then. in the
presence Of the same three witnesses.
she signed.
The mistake was fatal for the Wit
nesses in declaring that they had seen
the testatriH sign the Will mad stated
Il technlcal untruth. 1T was not true
until FIVE minutes later" After she
had placed her signature TO the will
the witnesses did not make an addi-
tional statement that they had seen
her do it. Therefore, the will is in
valid.
The plain intent OF the testatrlx
matters not. The testimony of the
witnesses counts for naught. The tcs-
tatrix was not permitted to dispose Of
her property In her own way because
Of a mere red tape technicalty. How
true 1t Is that the letter killeth!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-14

The Colonel on this or any other point.
but we should not be surprised If he
would be willing to close at a round
million, ana that would be a clean
saving of million dollars. What's
the difference. since The Colonel has
appropriated all of ALr. Bryan's poll
cies? There would be n change OF
personality only in this case, not a
change of principles. and 1t could be
done, we venture TO say. again, at a
saving OF cool million
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-14

A JU ST LAW,

The Legislature of California has
passed a very just law to which Gov
ernor Johnson has gladly given his
signature. It provides that, in case
Of conviction OF husband. to pro-
vide for his family he shall be put to
work on the county roads or at other
public work. and the county shall pay
$l.5o the day TO the wife and babies
for each day the husband works.
This law may he socialisic. but, II
so, II is creditable to Socialism 1t fills
"a long felt want" and 1t brings relief
to those who are made 10 suffer for
no wrong OF their own.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-14
National Association OF Audubon So.

National Association OF Audubon So
clothes, says in this connections:
Though the Easter season is sad
dened by the sight Of Wild bird feathers
OH bonncts. there is this year a plain
economic reason for revolt at this
show In the findings OF the Govern
ment experts Of tho Department OF
Agriculture We have heard Of the
putcherlnS of meadow larks, whose
diet Is proved to consist or rs per cent.
of crop-destroying insects in one
Georgia community
Thus what wo have said before is
plainly brought out by the figures OF
Tue Government We cannot afford
TO STAY birds in an Unnecessary num-
Der In this state. They protect our
crops. they destroy crop enemies ana
they ought to be protected and allowed
TO keep up their effective worl, in az
terminating the pests which destroy
.he things we grow and upon which
we depend for our living.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-14

On Wednesday Engineer Henry
childs' of Syracuse, driving engine No.
'43 en- the New York Central Railroad,
attached to a small train carrying
seven all-steel mail cars and two Pull
mans, made the three miles between
bellview and Lancaster in one minute
and fifty one seconds. The first mile
was covered in 3s seconds. the second
In 81 seconds and the third in SO
seconds These are the fastest miles
ever driven on steam railroad In the
history OF the world
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-14

The New York Sun is authority for
the story that man was arrested In
the German Catholic Church of All
Saints In that town on Wednesday for
picking the pocket OF a fellow wor-
shipper Queer place to ply the pocket,
picking industry, the consensus OF
opinion among all the men who take
UP the collection" bong that people
carry less money with them 10 church
than they carry to anyeother place.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-14
"a'iss Mnry Jane,- "rcmnle R,n-

"sifss hInry Jane" "Ircmnlc n,w
70 tho Editor r Of !fhn E ;rinos
Jane IS lovely peach" bi.;llian ni"i j.,
nnd' ana IN luscious n flavor: in beauty
annlcs zic stoss snrnnssing the golden
gardens Of Iespcrides. Miss Mary
Jane champions the female riffraff,
nos To,s, noniy ana successfully, If College
Hsht against "co -ordina e schools fo,.
women and Miss Mary lane" con.
Times to keep up the raitling ana de-
c,rharmingly exhibited. then CoiIeso
TOPICS will soon present the well pcr-
lorated anatomy of well developed
s sInve' s. SO MADE a.. ny numerous expert
q coordinate school might not prove
= hoWlins success when and wherc
OILY female riffraff would attend:
such condition would he pcrmittcd.
the same tending so greatly 10 utterly
u a., the Youthful chivalry OF
read the communication anent women
q, the univerSity.'' He is also greatly
pleased to know that zone of The riff
iniI mas such an able champion ms
Mary Jane in this most thankful
year OF grace, when the, irst decade
OF the new century has witnessed very
Mnsh a1ong 1hs ina e w
that viii 20 hand in hand with tho
country attlarEc. However, 1T s entire
sly wrong for "Mary Jane T(nNiiss Mary
Janc;l 70 be willing 10 Squeeze" any
young fellow so lacking In Virginia
2Ghivalry. toward the fair co eds in the
hOld Dominion.
IS An old gentleman. an ardent adj
mireE, presents sincere admiration, and
akcs his best bow 10 Miss Mary
lane" even If she be "onc OF the riff
traff.''
Here's a health TO MARY Jane
May She always be the same;
May she ever try to please me,
And much rather love than squeeze
me. III &. *, II.
81 April 13.
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LIFE AMONG THE lily WHITES

The LilN-Whitc faction OF the RE-
publican party in South Carolina which.
it is said, has not been recognized by
the National Republican organization
has endorsed the Administration of
President Taft and pledged the cigh-
teen delegates from that State, who
have not yet been named, to support
his renomina tion for President in 1912.
This is interesting IL not very i'm
Republicans in South Carolina. and
their number has not been increa sin
at dangerous rate during the last
few years We should say, at a Ven
turc, that there are probably a bakers
dozen OF them, most OF whom are oc-
cupying Federal offices of one sort and
another There arc some white Repub-
leans in that state who might be call
ed Republicans in theory only, as they
have never been known to practice in
any of the conventions or work OF the
party.
The LILY White movement is Il Very
good thing, in a sense, as Its purpose
is TO blot out the color line, but there
is very little Of the Republican party
in South Carolina left when the color
Zine is taken away. II a census could
hc taken. it would probably be found
that there are more white Democrats
in the South who have given their
support to Ar. Taft than white re
pub leans. In his case it is the man,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-14
MINDS AND THE COST OF LIvINt


one billion dollars has been added
to the cost OF the higher cost OF living
by the unnecessary slaughter of birds.
Such is tie statement made BY the Ma
tional Association of Audubon Societies,
and the statistics Of the Government
back UP the assertion. The nroads
of rodents and insects that would have
been cXterminatcd had their natural
bird foes been protected from feather
men, market butchers and pot hunters
Is the cause OF this great additional
burden on the already overburdcned
plain people OF this country. Losses
10 food and cloth products in the last
year amounting to $40 for every per-
son III tn. United States are due only
to the uncallcd for destruction or
feathercd insect eaters. To show for this
great loss, we have nothing but the
plumage Of Easter hats.
Every year that commercial inter-
csts are allowed TO thin the ranks
OF the insect eating species. higher
prices must he paid by the ultimate
consumer for vegetables, fruit, cot
ton cloth and many other necessary
staples. This is the conservative pre-
dictidn Of those who have studied the
situation carefully
1t is estimated that loss of between
S25,0oo,ooo and $30.000,ooo was sus-
tanned on last years cotton crop alone
This loss was borne by every one who
huys a bit of cotton goods. principal
~ because tie birds that are destroy
ing cotton pests are being Killed out.
Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, Alabama and Arkansas are now
irnpregpated with the costly plague
and ornithologists report that bird
life Is becoming SO wasted throughout
the whole cotton belt that the boil
wccvl may soon spread over every
plantation with little opposition from
the natural forces that help TO hold
~ IN check
Every dollars worth OF such dam
age 'lat tic bird guards could prevent,
II is asserted. must come in pennies
from tic pockets OF The great mass
OF the American people.
Fractically every article OF food, save
iheai ms nccn found to reach the
consumer to-day with an added cost TO
cover many millions Of dollars Of loss
that TIC Government exports have
proved IS largely due to the increasing
i"cN Of insect eating birds to drive
away pests that are spreading over
TIC fields such staples as corn are
falling sliorl OF Il supply that means
lever prices to a degree, OH account
81 the decrease OF wild birds and the
consequent Increase in their noxious'
insect prey.
If the hclas, orchards, gardens and:
plantations Of the United states were
NOT being guarded by less and less Q e
Nhese insect eating birds every year.
the records SHOW their Yield would
y. Increased and the plicce OF !. thffir pre-
anr :, LOVE-, 'nwa1'q ~, 81 A. \.
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inc Editor OF The Times Djspatcb.
Sill notice that one OF voII,. 90.
ItSpondcnts complains that f,olona,
in 'uS attacked General Heth in hia
pook, Stuart's Cavalry In tho c;nttWs
ourS campaign Now, on mage 5o
~ mat book, you will see that GolonnI
sloSpy only defended General Stua,.t
from ieths attacks. He saws. .,Stines.s
history OF the Army OF the POI on,o"
,iSsSl and the Southern Historical Pa
pers MO nave letters from Ucth
IN when he imputes TO Stuart tha
Minole blame for the loss Of the bsttin
MS description of the combat Of INV
conflicts with his own and Hills on
Sial reports. And. again. on page ia
n1io:,py says IN another letter in tho
iiolHtlauelpnia Times Of December o.
~ 10 {, Heth processes to have rasd ~
General Lees letter book his inst,,,
llons TO stuart to keep in close Contac,
tnd communication with him and f.omn
street. Now. the contents Of the 'in7
Ter hook nave since been published ana
nave read the original comics in INA
pook. lteth's account of what he rnaI
III II! the letter book is pure hction IN
stead of ordering Stuart 10 lsnnn ~ -,
i hiri, sstreets flank, he Gee) ordered
nnln 70 leave Longstreet In Virgini,,
i iho s Inc Potomac and join lsweil on
me Susqnehanna. n hundred ,niinl
away lieth's letter was wr;ttnn -
give information about the baftIa ~
nc Count of Paris. 1t is tho orie;n
81 ms criticism OF Stuart in his III.
~ ; - t'ic War. st.Hs3. CANAI,T
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you're from Washington" charm
Ing woman of Richmond asked beau.
ti1ul young thing on the Laurel street
car last night. Yes" answered she.
How long shall you stay In Rich
mond?'' Answer: lust as long as I
can; ! should be satisfied to STAY here
forever That's what they all say.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-11-24
The WATER
PUT Them
TO FLIGHT
/. W. W. AT ABERDEEN, WASH,
FLEE As FROM A PESTHENCE
WHEN THE FIREMEN TURNED
4 STREAM OF WATER on THEM
IT WAS TERRIFYING.

Aberdeen, Wash, Nov 24-The
first serious clash here with the I.
w. w. occurred last night when fire.
men were called out to quell a near
riot OF industrlalists who were
marching on the city Jail 10 release
several Of their leaders who we're ar
rested after they had spoken inside
the restricted limits and had dehed
the police to arrest them The pro-
cession was broken up and the in
dustrialists put to flight by a cold
stream from a fire hose.
Believing that the trouble has only
begun, the city fathers have sworn in
500 citizens as special officers and
more will be added 10 the force to-
day.
Every train will be met and any
industrialists sent from other cities
by the organization to aid in the
campaign will be promptly corralled
or told to leave town.
The socialist leaders today issued a
statement declaring that they did not
sanction the action OF the Industrial
lists. The socialists are satisfied that
the speaking limits are now all that
traffic needs