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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11
THE cLoTuISG MONopoLY.

The Census Office has lately given
out some figures as to the percentages
OF monopoly in the clothing business
These figures cover ten years Of mo-
nopoly, and show the full effect OF
monopolistic tendencies in the last i've
years
In ten years there has been dc.
crease of % per cent. in the number
OF separate establishments There were
1921 ten years ago Mills have been
absorbed or shut down Until only o13
are left. yet the capital on which the
public must pay dividends has been In
creased &C per cent. There is sl6a OF
1t now for every 500 ten years go
On annual totals for the same period
worstcd suitings increased 1876 per
cent. in selling price at the mills, while
they were increasing 1l9 per cent. in
quality. Worstcd dress goods increased
2Sl per cent IN price at the mills
while they We're increasing only SO
per cent. in quality
How much longer will this sort of
thing keep UP, freezing out individual
compctition ana the poor man at the
same time? Is there law OF aver
ages governing the cost OF living?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11
THE CIVIL OFFICERS OF THE
CONiCE,Di,I{

General William r. Cox, one OF the
small band Of surviving Confederate
generals has written very pertinent
letter 10 the Raleigh News ana OBJ
server about the civil officers Of the
Confederate states of America. His
remarks are called forth by (; letter
from General Marcus j. Wright. the
gallant Confederate general and his
torian. requesting correct list OF tho
representatives OF the old North state
in the Confederate Congress-
General Cox says in part
II can but realize that while ON
military achievements, which justly
won the admiration and praise OF all
impartial historians. have been anpro.
priately exalted. the civil administra.
ton of the Confederate government
which furnished the ways ana means
for supplying our armies has been
too much overlooked.
81 venture the assertion That but few
OF the present generation would be
able 70 promptly recall even the names
Of the monitors OF the Confederate
Congress from Nortii Carolina. While
in That body were some OF the ablcst
and most distinguished statesmen and
lh|lAtlst9 NHo i'hNt "tol HcN tIc Spuii
ellis OF our State'
It IS 4 iamen,ablc fact that what
General Coz has said is a true indict
mont Of the Southern people. What
ho says aboii Norlb Carolina is equally
arplicablc,o Virginia, rs il is to every
other STATE iii tile south. The mcu
In the old Dominion to-day WHO can
nano al the members OF tho Con-
fedcralc Congress from this state can
be counted on ones fingers Perhaps
there are not many who could nam
al the members OF the cabinet Of
President Davis, or VINO cou,d name
lnll INC NirsinIans in II, How mang
] NirGinians can name the Spencer 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11
THE PENSION ERAI-Ds

Secretary Of the Treasury AIacVcagh
has made UP his mind about the pen.
sion question. he says:
we have 4 perfectly enormous civil
War pension list which is not a cred.
1t TO us 1t never had It scientific or a
Just basis. although a worthy motive
gave it. origin. It has lost It's patriotic
aspects and has become a political
list, costing the Government about
100000, 900 a year"
Though spoken tcmperately. this ut
terance is most significant When the
Republican Secretary Of the Treasury
in Republican administration is frank
enough To say that the public coiters
are being looted it is a Very good sign
that we are on the road TO reform ana
retrcnchment. How long shall we en-
dure what the Cleveland Plain Dealer
calls fraud, graft and tho shameless SIS
footing Of the public treasury. perpe-
trated in the name Of patriotism ana
through the means OF pension legis-
lation?"
II is TO be hoped that the press and
the periodicals of the country Will
Keep pegging away at this matter re-
veaiing theft, bringing loot TO light,
until Congress shall take radical ac-
ton in the pensions fraud
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11

the Confederate Congress? Yet he
was an eminent Virginian. How many
Gun namo a few of tho Confederate
diplomatic agents?
me late DIR. j. j.. NJ Curry made a
most valuable contribution TO South
eih history in his History of the
SN'i Government Of the Confederate
states, but his work was brief It is
70 be hoped that not only shall NO
nave comprehensive history OF the
Ionf ederatc Government, but also that
We shall have the civil side of tho
war 1uliy set forth in school histories
and other historical literature.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11
Daily Queries and ANSWERS

particularly pleased with 1t. asked the
name of the Joint. On being told. he
said, For It's merit then / Will knigh,
IT, and henceforth It shall be called
Sir Loin"
In ballad OF "The New Sir John
Barleycorn" this circumstance Ia thus
mentioned: y II
Our Second Charles OF fame facete,
On loin Of beef did dine:
re held his sword, pleased. Ger the
meat,
Arise. thou famed Sir Loin."
In another ballad, '.rhe Gates OF
Calais" II is thus noticed:
Renowned Sir Loin. Outlines decreed,
The theme OF English ballad;
On thee our kings OF deign to feed
Unknown TO Frenchmen's palate:
Then, how much doth thy taste exceed
Soup. mcagre, frogs, and salads"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11
a SOUTHAMPTON DU,ocrs AR

looks as II there arc to be nun.
per OF legislative candidates recruited
TITS year from the field of journalism.
why shouldn't this be the case? Any
way brother Land. Of the Blackstone
Courier. is to make the race, ana now
iSrother stroud OF tho Southampton
Democrat, is a conditional candidate.
Brother Stroud is not .'hankertne
Tor Office but the business men of
franklin have been getting after him
TO run, and our contemporary likes
'his' as he properly thinks the office
should seels the man.
If he do rum Brother Stroud in.
s'sts that he be not expected 10 trnye,
about the county "harassing the
voters for their votes. that the voters
ire all the questions they desire as
70 our position; that we be not ox-
pected 10 speak disparagingly OF either
Of the (othcr) candidates for they are
~ heightened gentlemen and worthy
OF the honor they seek; that We he not
expected TO Kiss cyarv ,,ab,, ~
' - Ncr
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11
Tho LuDcr Room.

and when they had sung a hymn,
they Went out into the Mount OF
Oiives.".
Silence--that thrills ano vIbrates
through the gloom,
And follows the lost echo Of Ills
tread
Who moves 10 Calvary; the words
He said
Pause, winged, in the room.
The door vet swings ajar; a nickering
CLEAN
OF dying light Der all faint shadows
Tile couches vacant lie Of forms just
passed
In Olivct TO dream
Upon the ,Paschal board The broken
The empty cup. set forth Ills death
revealed
BY Him, the Lamb prcngurcd; still
tinsealed,
HIS blood as yet unshed.
s'lcnce--onc deep. awed pause; l'u-
turiiy,
With myriad steps, even now draws
tt near t
This holy room, to knecl forever here
MABEL LAIRD GooDE.
Boydton.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11
The Orange Observer. feminine gen.

The Orange Observer, feminine gen
der, says:
re IS but half-prcpared for tho
.Eu,hey OF life who takes not with hin,
enat noble, modest. gentle friend VIM
WI never forsake him in any emero
sencS' who will share all OF his son.
nows. greatly increase his Joys. lift Tia
~ from his heart and throw sunshine
'touio the darkest scenes"
which shows that the Observer
A"o"s 'he value OF quart of Scotch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11

Delaware. They do not Swear" their
allegiance to the United States before
taxing their seats. but affirm" 1t.
as their religion does not allow swear
ing. Affirm" means moro TO them,
perhaps than swear" does to many
others in Congress.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11

Said wise one of the party IN pow
er at Washington Yesterday 1T looks
as II the next President will be n
Democrat, and that his name VIII be
Woodrow Wilson. But, of course, yo,,
know that there is Champ Clark and
your old friend William Jennings
Bryan. While there are these, life
for the Republicans Is not entirely
without hope
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11

Everybody in Washington is speak
Ing we'll of fIilles, who is deep down
now in this vaA of tears" wondering
why he ever left his nice warm cot
whe Their he wanted to or not. He will
probably reach the conclusion Of Nor
ton after a bit that there are q great
many things that are "a burned sight
better business than loafing round the
throne"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11

1t is expected that there will be a
vacancy on the United states Bench
in South Carolina within the next few
weeks, and the whole Republican party.
consisting OF Durant, Cochran and
Harris. has been camping in Washing
ION for the last week trying TO knock
This particular persimmon down
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11
The Orange Observer saws.

beouty, like the towering blossom.
soon fades: but the divine exccllence
OF me mind. like the medical virtues
~ INC pant remains in 1t, when all
IS why We are so intensely fond OF tia
person of the opposite sex who nos
sesses brilliant mind
This is indeed feeling tribute 10
Brother. Addison. or the Lyncbhur.
News.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11

If the plain people would like to find
ont how things are done at the Ma
tional Capital they should knock
around there for a day or two while
the circus is in session just to see the
queer things men Will do and say for
their friends
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11

Some days ago a bronze tablet was
presented TO the r. Z. Lee Memorial
Church at Lexington, commemorative
Of tho distinguished service and life
OF General Thomas II. Williamson,
professor OF engineering in the Vir-
GINA Military Institute from 1874 un-
til 1858 and Of the noble life Of his
wife, Louisa Ciarnett. In the War
for Southern Independence. lie served
ably as a observation-disclosures Of engin-
GERS in tile Confederate Army For
forty years he was vestryman OF
the church III which this memorial tab
let has been placed. He and his wife
were faithful and Jealous co-workcrs
in establishing this church" The tab
let was erected by Mrs. John r. Pur-
cell. OF this city and bears this beau
tfui inscription Tho glory of chill
'drcn are their fathers Thus are two
lives OF noble service to the country
finely kept in remembrance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11

~ chapter on the law OF aviation"
IS the latest addition to Il recent law
book published III New York. a little.
while longcr ana then we shall have
avintors hailed into court for exceed
ing the speed limit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11

/ RICHMOND GAINING EN EHN IA f.
! Really, it doesn't matter how one
looks al richmond; ii IS one Of the
bieeest places III the country. scott
< Stringfellow have been making q
financial ana economic study OF tho
relation of this town to other consider
able communities in the South, and
Have prepared several statements,
\ which nave attracted wide attention,
r,hey have now prepared a third state
ment which shows that Richmond
zion. is third In bank deposits and
second iii deposits per capita. We
are only ronlforted for the discovery
mat Houston, Texas, that place Of all
Others in the South and ninth in popu-
laticn is hrst in deposits per capita
y nth In deposits 1t is catching up
At rate nobody can understand.
When Air. scott was in Houston three
sears ago he was very much Impressed
fby the evidences or development and
progress he saw there, greater than
he saw in eight thousand miles OF
.ttavel covering territory reaching as
Tar West as Salt Lake City and as ia,
south as Galveston. We are glad or
. ii. in a sense because Houston IS a
southern town and can, evidently.
take care of itself. The point Just
nov. However is Richmond The
firssent statement Of Scott & string
fellow is for January i 1911, as fol-
lows;
a Total Deposits Al Danks-
New Orleans, I4a.. $50. 100 10Q
FL .ouisville Ky. 50,515 900
lRichmund, Na..... il5393,0O0
Memphis Tenn. ......... il,0l2,0u0
Houston TeNas. \. 93,5ilu00
atlanta, Ga. Observation-Disclosures. ao.7i600V
Dallas Texas. 2S,696,0OO
Nashviile. Tenn. .......... 23,USS,000
.Birminghan, Ala............ 21,c75OOU
Savannah. G5a... ......... lS.tO5,0OD
Charleston, s C............. l7T29.00O
Norfolk, Ma. ............. lb,34G,0OJ
Total Deposits Per Cnpitu-
Houston, Texas. ....Si30
Richmond, Va. w. 500
memphis. Tenn.... ~. 3la
Dallas, TeNas.... ........... IL
charleston, s. Observation-Disclosures. SOC
Savannah. Ga ....... gS5
NeW Orleans, La. 26i
NolTok Va. 24i
louisville Ky..... ~
NashvNlc, Tenn. 2l0
ATLANTA, Observation-Disclosures. ....... le9
Birmingham, Ala.... .......... 100
Population Census 1910
NeW Orleans, La...... $S9,0oO
flou!sville, hy....... 223, 900
4 Atlanta, Ga-...k. .......... ~. l54,0O0
Rtminehnm Ala...... $4,000
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11

1t would look as if the Southern city
deposits pc. capita ought to be able
TO raise $l6o,ooo for the building OF
a railroad without much trouble.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11
Must Serve Army Time.

Must Serve Army Time
would be pleased to have YOU
answer the following: Can Italy or
any country impress former subject
WHO has never served tho required
time in tho army. after he has re-
nounccd his allegiance and become a
citizen Of the United States, while
visiting his native country?
B.J
res, the United States government
viii not interfere in any case TO pre-
vent a foreign born citizen who re-
the time he owes to the army in his
native land. lE
Origin OF .Sirloin."
Please print in the query and An
swer Column tho origin OF the mans
sirloin as referring 70 beef E.O
The sirloin OF beef Is said 10 owe it's
name TO King Charles the second. who
dining upon a loin OF beef and being
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11
yIin INITIATIVE OF yo,r,,

There IS common Mailer tia. onlv
lawyers OF long Years ~ oxpcrlenc.
are 70 be trusted with important cases
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11

II it keep on growing. after a few
years Washington Will be as big as
Richmond now is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11
rornlntion Census 1910

NcAI EeaT Nlchmond VIII be bigger
tiian eyey, and al its present rate or
progress VIII be within the next two
decades The largest c.!.y in the sonth
IL has iust hrEufr to lrnm.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11
~ ~ MAmaJ,sE De F,oNTENoY.

Il days an enthusiastic polo play |
~ or, and While still Duke oil |
a - York. was able to hold his own 7
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11

Entered January u, 1865, at Richmond Va,
as second-clsss matter under &C, OF Con-
y,ess OF March 3. 1879
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-11
RICHMOND GAINING EVERY DAY.

TUESDAY, APRIL Il, 1911.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-16
BUYING A MULE
Noise and Abuse a Part of the Trans
action In Algiers.

Noise and Abuse a Part of the Trans
action In AIsiers.
Americans who travel in eastern
lands are amused as well as aggrayat.
ed by the business methods which pre-
vail there. A recent traveller in Algiers
concluded to buy a mule and finally
found one for sale.
He went to the owner with an inter-
prefer, and a dialogue then ensued as
follows:
The interpreter, with a yell; II viii
give you $40 for that mule"
The Arab: .~Ten dollars! Murder!
Thief Brigand!'
The Interpreter: ~ viii make It Sill.
Do You hear, you scoundrel2 / offer
you $11 for your old mule, which will
die in about a week. You are a robber
and a thief to take that much, but I
am a generous man. and / serve q
great man, SO / offer you $11, You
scum of African
Then they both yelled and shook
their fists at each other, and to the
American 1t looked as If they were go
ing for each other hammer and tongs.
The row they made v terrible, but
no n seemed to notice 1t.
Finally a bargain was struck, and
then they fell upon each others neck
and embraced.
And the American got his mule fol
S11.-St. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-16
Town Of Locomotives.

On September 5 bids were opened
I'm Washington for the French
scrap that SO p~icturesauely n
tragieaTy strews the route of the
Panama canal. 1t includes abandoned
locomotives. dump cars, tanks, barges,
dredges. boilers, girders. sheet iron.
parts of old machinery and m1scei-
laneous junk-the relics of DeLes-
sep's greatest and most disastrous IN
.d~ertaking. says the Scientific Ameri-
can. Every one who has visited he
isthmus has brought away vivid recoi-
lections OF these gaunt monuments,
as well as of the incredible tales with
which they have come to be embrold-
cred. 1t used to be related that the
French settlement of Catastrophe, adj
Joining Colon, was built on q founda-
ton of locomotives dumped by the
sEipioad into the virgin swamp. The
material is to be removed by the CON
tractor at his W expense, the Pan
anna railroad charging s225 a ton for
it's transportation to the seaports.
Three years win be allowed for Its
removal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-16

ssThose love hirds,n said a keeper 10
the aviary at the Bronx Zoo, .are more
like human beings In their actions aud
Characters than any birds we have In
the place. The male, which, you Q
has a little blue spot on it's beck. Is Is
gentle ana affactionate as q pet dog,
but the female Is a regular ahsew, and
that's the only word by which to de
scribe her. She pecks and seolds at
her mate, and often / have seen her
lever her head and shove him OF the
perch. Sometimes she will chase him
about the cage jabbeffng at him like
an old bag. The male seems tozput MP
with Il as patiently as a hennszskaI
n--S@.sz- Er never txies to xataliate.
and Il fSnst on acdonnf OF fsuar either.
The OLD lady acgs tixe same way with
ME. When ! speak 80 her abe saelds
&c nag. The mats seems 70 appreciate
any attention 4 pay 20 him and tBib-
teys 20 me Ike an old friend~-Nsw
York SUE. s
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-16
KINGS TALKED OF A DUEL.
Hut George II. and Frederick Of Prus-
sia Didn't Fight.

E3ut George II. and Frederick of Prus-
sia Didn't Fight.
The personal enmity which existed
between George III. and Frederick,
king of Prussia, reached at one time
to such q height that. as Baron Byfield
was informed on good authority, the
monarchs conceived the very singular
design OF gratifying it In a duel.
King George made a choice of Brfga.
der Sutton for his second and tho
king of Prussia of Colonel Derschau.
The territory of Hilderscheim was
| picked on for the meeting. Ills Bri-
fannie majesty was then at Hanover,
and his Prussian majesty had come as
far as Salzdahl, near Brunswick.
Baron Borck. the Prussian minister at
London and lately dismissed from the
court In a very abrupt manner. having
repaired to the king, his master. at
Salzdahl, found him in such a violent
passion that he did not think it adj
visable directly to oppose his design.
but to gain time feigned to approve
Of the extraordinary combat which his
majesty meditated, and he ssen Of
fered TO carry the challenge.
The challenge was not sent. Minis.
tiers on both sides gained time, the
choler Of both parties e~vaporated, and
the following ear the quarrel was
made up.-"The Percy Anecdotes"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-16
CHANGED HER MIMB.

Barntsgio Gands In Domestic Economy
ihe Husband Played.
strategy can sometimes be made as
effective In domestic economy as in
the. operations Of war. BY way of il
lustration consider an instance that
recently arose in a certain city.
An ambitious young housewife there
had an opportunity to buy at a great
bargain a handsome rug which she
needed. The price was only 5000, but
the owner declared that the rug was
actually worth $400. The young wo-
mans husband gently protested that
even $500 was more than persons of
their income could afford for a single
article of household furnishing, but
after much persuasion he consented TO
the purchase, as most husbands do tn
such cases.
But this particular husband played a
strategic game. When he gave his
wife the money to pay for the rug It
was not IN currency notes OF large de-
nomination, but IN the form OF zoo
round. sound silver dollars. The
young woman was astounded. Unit
the money was counted down dollar
by dollar she never had realized that
1t would take SO many to paw for that
rug. She decided to buy a sixty-dye
dollar rug, but declared that IL tbs
money had been given to her In two
notes of $500 each she would hav
bought the costlier one without hesita
tion.-New York Mail.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-16

To stew apples 30 each quarter Is
unbroken and so clear a almost
see through 1T is an art. and yet 1t Is O
simple thing to do If one only knows
how. Peel tart apples very thin, cut
them In quarters and remove the cores
and seeds. AS fast SIS you can peel and
quarter them drop the apples in q
saucepan in which you have already
placed cold water to the depth of two
inches When the apples are all In, put
the saucepan over 9 slow fire. cover ii
till the water reaches the boiling point.
then remove the cover and let the ap
pies simmer almost im~perceptibly till
Iyou can pierce them easily with a
broom splint; then sprinkle the sugar
over them and let them just simmer
until II Is all melted. Remove the
saucepan from the fire and let 1t stand
where the apples will get cold before
turning them into a dish for the table.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-16
Mozart,a Musical Memory.

Mozart had O wonderful memory OF
musical sounds. When only fourteen
years of age he went to Rome to as
sist In the solemnities of holy week
Immediately after his arrival he went
to the Sistine chapel to hear the ia
nous ''Miserere" Of Allegri. Being
aware that it was forbidden to take or
give a copy of this renowned piece of
music. Mozart placed himself In a cor
ner and gave the strictest attention TO
the music and on leaving the church
noted down the entire piece. A few
days afterward he heard 1t a second
time and. following the music with his
own copy In his hand, satisfied himself
OF the fidelity of his memory. The
next dry he sang The sMiserere~ at a
concert, accompanying himself on the
harpsicbord, and the performance pro-
duced such a sensation in Rome that
Pope Clement XIV. requested that this
musical prodigy should be presented
to him at once.