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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12
"TIIE WHITE CItIEU $,

Nhfdaman is riding on to victor,
In ole Miss" The other dav j.,
Meridian. which has been tboue.,,,
as city of culture and civiliza ton
me long haired Mississippian rode IN
chariot drawn by $50 white horso,
~ each animals head rode n whi,a
torch- bearer. White steamers ovor
the oxen bore the device: Vote for m.
White chief and Uphold the Wb,,o
south. on the back of each OK rod.
man clad in white. Vardaman him
SET was literally the white Cbiat"
cad in spotless white linen, he waved
hiS white hat at the crowd. his ,or,
hair falling upon his back. Frenzied
mohS cheered him wildly. The bands
played Dixie" and it was grand.
In the days OF reconstruction in tbe
south there were good msn ana ,rro
who used this color device-but IN IN
timidate. not to rally; to brighten I'M.
eV'i-minded blacks and to convey to
them a message which otherwise they
could not have read.
me pity Of i, is that. barring no.
iltical miracle, Nardaman Will win
his demagogic appeals to the passion
and prejudice of the uncouth and i'm
iet'ered Mississippians would avail
MIN little In some Southern states. I'm,
IN the state that gave us Davis and
Lamar, Money and Prentiss the light
| mas not yet dawned. Those who know,
| the situation in MIsslstnni CO. a..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12

planes has been comparatively slow in
the last three years. but the skill of
American airmen has advanced rapidly.
The 1911 model of the best hylng ma
chine is practically the same as tho
1905 model. except that the motor is
OF a vastly improved type AS mo
chanical contrlvances. the biplane and
monopiane have been brought to al
most perfect efficiency.
The performances of Atwood and
other American aviators have shown.
on the one hand, that in expert ma
nipulation and in the will TO venture
they are abreast OF European birdmen
1T may be that we shall have to lool;
to Europe for better aeroplanes. but
If so. then we shall look t. America
for the masters of the craft 1t may
be that the modern Americans shall
first realize the dream of the ancient
Greeks-that man shall be brother
to the bird, ana go whittier he would
in the third domain
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12
Voice Of the People
Tree Prrt, In UIrhnon,,

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir'-ln a recent issue OF your po-
lover. who stated that he feared that
me dreaded gypsy moth had become
established on his trees in Your clty
and mentioned the injury caused by
street immediately above the jefferson
hotel, While In Richmond several Says
ago made a careful examination OF
tho trees along your city highways
and especially about the Jefferson Ho.
tei, and found tho damage to the trees
Is being done principally by four in
sects, which are more or less common
each year. but especially abundant
ms year. namely. the tussock moth,
the fall web worm. the red spider and
the elm-leaf beetle. No trace OF the
great pests of the New England
Statcs-could he found
Tho caterpillars OF the tussock moth
are yellowish with red head. four
packs and six tufts OF long black hairs,
four at the head and ten at the nos
terlor end OF the body.
The caterpillers of tho fall web.
worm are also cream colored. but have
Two distinct rows of blackish spots
along the back, besides being covered
with yellowish hairs and less consplc-
uous black spots. The caterpillar Of
both the tussocks ana fan web. worm
are now nearly or quite fully grown
and are wandering about on the side
Inns anu CidNllIS IN ana down The
tree trunks in search of suita BILE places
IN which TO spin their cocoons and
change to the pupa or chrysalis state
They feed on the foliage OF many kinds
OF trees and even devour the rrive,
hedges. hydrangeas and other shrubs
beneath the trees. When very abund-
ant and defolatinG the trees. they
can be easily killed by spraying with
arsenate of lead. used four pounds
TO nifty gallons of water, or Paris
green at the rate of six ounces TO
nifty gallons OF water
The, red spider is exceptionally
abundant this season on your city
trees. This insect is so very small
tEat It can hardly be seen without the
ala of lens, and thrives during hot,
dry weather. Millions of these tinv
creatures on the leaves suck the plant
juice and cause the leaves TO turn
brown and fall. The foliage OF many
maple and elm trees especially through
out your city has already been turned
brown by tho attack of this pest. com
bired with the effect of dry weather
Certain trees in Monroe Park have lost
all their leaves as result of red
spider attack. Cold. damp weather
ing dry weather Il thorough drcnch-
ing of trees and shrubs with ordinary
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12
DISEASE CONTAINERS.

Go into any train in the state OF
Massachusetts, ana you will find no
common drinking cup a the car cooler
The same experience is to be had in
New Jersey and other States, ana ii
ought TO be that way In every other
state. not emitting Virginia The pro-
hibition OF public drinking cups is the
result Of the spread OF accurate knowl-
edge about the menace of infection
which turks in these disease contain
ers These cups transmit deadly germs
without difficulty. and from even Il sec
ond's use two OF the most fear
full plaques known to man may fasten
themselves upon the user
Inconvenience to the travelling pub
lie results. but this is immeasurab bly,
inconsequential when weighed in the
balance against the vast protection to
the public health which the absence
of cups causes. There is really only one
side TO the case. The next General
Assembly should pass a bill pro-
hibiting common drinking cups in
trains and in all public places. such
action would be in line with that of
the most progressive states in the
Union.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12

According 10 the Savannah News
stcnosraphers are to have n patron
SAINT OF their own. 1t would Seem
that the patron saint of the shorthand
writer's and typewriter tappers ought
TO be feminine. but such is not tn.
case. st. Genesius OF Aries is 10 he
awarded this honor, If a movement lie
gun in Spain is successful. Gencsius
was able TO read and write-a rare ac-
complishment these days with steno-
graphers-so he won the position of
secretary to the magistrate in Aries.
doubtless securing the place through
a want ad in the daily mornine, pa
per OF Aries. which was at that time
a small clay tablet. with but one edit
ton and one issue. being handel
around for inspection and perusal.
When the Emperor in 30S a. D de-
creed the persecution of the Chris
tians. the order was read in the nres.
ence of Genesius and it 80 enIaged
him that he threw down his tablet
in the presence of the magistrate and
fed from the room" For this terri
nIe contempt of authority he was cap
tured and killed by order of the mag
istrate. In the fourth century a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12

Wherever he flies. the aviator al
ways lands on the front page Of
public attention Even tho United
States Senate the frozen embodimen,
of dignity and disinterest was hastily
adjourned in Washington Monday when
Arnold eiroled the Capitol dome. Re
oiproci'y wen; wool gathering. while
Senator Bacon tclt~~of trip he once
made in an aeropiane. and the Vice
President OF the United States ran
for his automobile like a small boy AT
the sound of a distant circus parade
when he heard that the airrnan was
to aiisht in city park. SO 1T always
is Mans half-blind efforts to master
the unmastered element thrill as moth.
Ing else can. The schemes Of men
seem inhnitesmai in comparison with
the daring endeavor Of him who would
nail into the unchartered. the unknown.
cha unseen.
Progress-in the development OF aero
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12
Biackshurg. Va
A buried Gup

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch.
Sir,--I may have something OF somo
Interest 10 you or your town. and after
reading this IL any one in your place
Is Interested. l VIII help them all
1t is this: In conversation with NV
father in-l law q few days ago Can old
SOLDIER he spoke of a Tremendous
night near Richmond called the Wilder-
ness fight. In which he and his COM
pany came very near being captured.
and to keep the enemy from securing
their cannon (Which was now brass
gun OF about eight feet In lengthy they
decided to dump il in a well they
had dug Tor their use in camp. which
they did. and the we'll was about thir-
~ feet deep and full OF water. and
father stated that he was satisfied tie
gun Cor cannon) was still in there,
as no one knew anything about il but
thelr own company. and but few of
them escaped. He also stated that 10
you'd like 10 see If he could not locate
the place. but was afraid he could not,
as he supposed the town had built
UP so much that ii probably was now
In the outskirts of the town. Tho
place. he says. was then about four
miles from Richmond.
rms is no fake, and he Is as truth
iul as can be. II any one In your town
Is Interested please write me.
p. a. FESPERM AN, p. NJ
Rockwell N @
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12
TAI, water Will free them from red

tap water will free them from red
The elm leaf beetle is one OF the
worst enemies OF our elms. and uaiess
Imelted with some such poison aa
faris green or arserate of lead, vii,
In time SO weaken the trees that they
VIII die. Large numbers OF trees in
New England and New York have al
ready died where no remedy was aI-
pied; The. larvae. OF this pest feed
on the under surface of the foliage
and leave nothing but the skeleton
81 the leaves. This insect IS Increasing
yearly in abundance In our State
II might be we'll at this time to
call attention 10 the necessity for bet
ter care of the city trees. Many cities
already have regularly appointed Of
ncers whose duty It is not only 10
supervise the planting of the city trees
and parkwayE with trees known 10 bo
best adapted TO surrounding conditions
ana less liable 10 insect attack, but TO
properly care for them thereafter
1t is only under such supervision that
cur most beautiful parkways that add
so much to the comfort and value OF
our cities have been developed. Tho
trees IN the historic Capitol Square, II
no others. Should be given the best Of
care and kept free from insects That
VIII shorten their lives and Impair
the beauty OF this Mecca OF all Iuvcra
OF historic spots in our State.
Yours very truly.
T.. \, BACK.
State Entomolog!st
Biackshurc Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12
SURPRISING THE nlLLpoAnns.

For the cause Of civic Improvement
notable victory has been won in
Missouri after sin years of litigation.
The Missouri Supreme Court has up
held the States power to regulate and
even suppress altogether the bill
board nuisance, holding that this form
OF advertising may not only be resu-
lated and controlled but may be en-
tireiy suppressed for the public good
under the police power of the State"
That seems rather extreme stretch
ing of the expansive and almost illim-
liable police power, but doubtless the
principle is to be applied reasonably
and its operation will not affect proper
advertising.
AS to this decision. the New York
Tribune says:
THAT seems to be good law. and we
are sure that it is sound common
sense. There can he no question that
these advertising boards and board
inGs are often sources of danger to
property. limb and life. in storms In
fires and at other times. 1t Is indis-
phtahlc that they often seriously oh.
struct air, light and vision. They are
frequently. we might say generally
offensive to good taste. and therefore
TO the appearance of the place. which
mas judicially been declared TO be n
valuable asset. entitled TO legal CON
sideration In not a few cases they
violate the rules of decency and morals
1t Will be well to have this Missouri
precedent studied and emulated for
the relief of places which suffer even
more than st. Louis ever suffered"
The Louisville Courier Journal adds:
billboard advertising in the coun-
try as well as In cities should be reg
ulatcd so that Disagreement of the land
scape and damage to property NAV
not he done. 1t is likely that if state
laws should be enacted, the courts in
other States would agree with the
decision of the court of last resort in
Missouri"
In many cities billboards become
eyesores, offensive to the good looks
OF the municipality. In such cases
they ought TO be removed Properly
placed, they are all right. but such
advertising can he overdone. y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12

places tho omission of coat and waist.
coat is regarded us serious ana repre-
honstole In others. the man In shirt
sleeves is the man OF the hour.
For example. the blue laws of the
police and fire departments in Bos-
ton require the men when on duty
to wear their uniform coats and to
keep them buttoned, no matter how
high the batting average of Fahrcn-
hett. In Chicago policemen and fire
men may go in shirtsleeves as they
please.
Letter carriers in Boston may go
without coats and waistcoats ana wear
blue uniform shirts instead. This
privilege was denied his force by the
postmaster of Milwaukee until Post
master-Gencral Hitchcock decreed that
the coat and waistcoat should he rele-
summers end.
One OF the hot days last week a
student, in shirtsleeves; went to the
New York public library for book.
N''f ~ " ~ 'iie uetiNerN ueSk
pushed the slip ana card bacl, to the
applicant with the command. Go back
home and get your coat"
y Texas minister has allowed the
men of his congregation TO come with
out coats to service. expressly for
bidding. nevertheless. the use of sus-
penders on tho person of coatless wor-
shippers.
An Alabama minister left a public
platform because Richmond Peril
liobson speaking in the presence OF
ladies on a hot day. removed his coat.
The great issue hereafter in the Sixth
Alabama is to he. Should Hobson
have taken OF his coat?"
Why not apply the rule of reason?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12
THE ZIG COTTON CROP.

The Government cotton crop report
which points 10 l4.425.0 bales. indi-
Gates harvest of 10000 bales more
than In 1904. when cotton fell to half
its present price of ii to Is cents the
pound.
Three pleasing conditions contribute
to the size of this great crop. The
acreage is larger than ever before, and
larger where farms are small. Cotton
cultivation is increasing. The boil
weevil has seemingly been checked
Improved cultivation is showing its
work. For several years the Denari-
ment of Agriculture has been showing
how the yield of cotton per acre can be
increased. In North Carolina 1892
pounGs the acre have been grown
where ordinary cultivation produced
but 6sl pounds. In South Carolina.
Georgia and Alabama it has been dem
onstrated that the crop could be dou-
hied In other States the yield has
been advanced By one-half.
More acres. less pests and moro
pounds to the acre have caused a great
crop of the staple. of which this coun-
try raises three fourths of the WORLDS
supply.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12

All the men about town in Roston
Know Dan Coghlin. The tailors and
designers know him as the best formed
man In that part of the country Dan
- rather gloomy over the sartorial
situation in so far as it affects mon
lie says that before long men will look
more like our modern hipless women
IMAM anything else. Dan has worr
more clothes than any other man in
the country. and no ought to know
He has been known to wear twenty
different suits in one day, and some
people believe that he only wears a
SUIT about q week and then discards
It, Dan told a Boston reporter the
other day that:
Every year mems clothes arc
Initiating more and more those of wo.
men. ! don't hesitate to predict that
In few years mems attire will he
as feminine rs womens attire will he
masculine. Men are becom!no, moro
fond OF gay colors. extravarant. cue
giddy trimmings--they are getting IN
like buckles. belts. form fitting things.
narostirts-they are becoming more
butterflylike than women, and IL will
no; be long before men vii be hav-
Ing 'hipless trousers. princess over.
coats. Mobile pants. silk gloves, laces
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12

rich Pennsylvania woman made a
VIII excluding some near and dear
relatives, and one of them has brought
suit to break the will. The rich aunt
was eighty years Old and had many
eccentricities. Here are some of those
alleged by those who would break the
VIII: At the time OF her death she
mad ten sets of false teeth. She had a
fne swimming pool installed In her
handsome home. She never used It,
out mad tin tub put inside the pool
under the supply pipe and used that
instead. She used to bring her pet
pony In the house. In the parlor she
mad set of harness hanging on n
clothes tree. Her pet canary she took
to Europe for its health. She took it
to Atlantic City to recuperate it. where
1t died. Then she had IL buried under
glass in the family plot and kept flow
ers around the grave for years She
bought gold plated cornet when she
was siNty-iive. and hired an itinerant
musician to give her lessons. She
smoked cigarettes and initiated mascu-
Inc clothes. She was passionately
fond of Cereal which she discov
cred. composing it of pulverized fish
bones and onion seed And yet they
say she was crazy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12

The base of 100 is the average price
ifor 1890 to 1892
This table is made the subject of an
interesting study by the Springfield
Republican. which regards 1t in the
light of parallel changes in the none
tary and credit volume. In no other
light. thinks our contemporary. can
these great average price changes hnd
a true and reasonable explanation
There is first the period OF station
nry or relatively contracting money
volume, followed after the panic of
1893 by a sharp and undue contraction
OF credit from which prices reached
the lowest level of the period in 1897
Later. We begin to discern the eff
fects of the great monetary expan-
sion from new gold discoveries and a
gold production without precedent
Credit begins to expand toward its
accustomed relative volume after 1897.
and especially so after the Spanish
American War. From that time on
the Roosevelt panic of 1907. when
there is a sharp reaction continuing
10 the fall OF 1905. Il did not carry
rrices back anywhere near the 1897
level. After August. 1908. another up
ward movement started, which was
not checked until the middle OF 1910.
This movement carried the average
above the previous high record OF 1907.
Since then the price movement has
been rather steadily downward under
u general credit contraction. accord
ing to Bradstreet's index number. i,
w!ll be seen by reference TO the table
given that while prices of manufac-
icred articles have moved along in
1ln general course OF raw commodity
prices, ';shsir swing has been through
. shorser-arc."
The Bureau OF Labor further nnis
some remarkable price fluctuations in
single articles during 1910. Wholesale
potatoes jumped SO2 per cent. from
June TO August, an Unprecedented rise
Eggs advanced co. per cent. from Nav
10 December. Coffee advanced 81 per
cent. in practically the same interval
'and ha%seed and linsced oil more than
20 per cent Commenting on this the
lEepubl!can says:
All OF which followed the begin
lnings OF the great outcry over the hish
of living which swept the country
near The outset OF the year 1914 ana
which forms curious episode IN Inc
life Of the time. There we're no doub,
monopoly abuses 10 he reckoned win
in studying the question OF prices mere
and there, but their effect on the gem
eral price movement must he account
cd small. After all the uproar ana nh
The trust prosecutions ana conden,no-
tons. practically nothing haa hoen
achieved for the end watch many Moo
pie set for their etforts-the driving
down of prices near 10 the level of
those great days for the consumers
those who kept their Jobs, the d,ys
tof around 1896 Nor viii any s,lch enG
be reached as long as the great gold
production continues and the minis
ere left onen to its unlimited coinage
into legal-tender money"
Which may be interpreted AZ mean
ng tina; the high cost Of living IS here
70 stay for some time yet
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12

The Chicago Tribute has been so
occupied in It's prosecution of the Lori
mer case that it appears to have lost
all taste for the triumphs of gastron-
omy. and since 1t will not eat Hoppin'
John, 1t is just naturally off it's feed,
which Is very bad sign in the sort
OF weather they have been having in
Chicago the last two weeks. We
should like to know what it thinks
of watermelon rind preserves. and
whether or not 1t is acquainted with
molasses pie.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12
The Music of tho Spheres.

To Hermes' pipe the Heavens nro
Doth FIJI the vaulted Blue with music
And crystalline delight,
AS the Planets rush. through their or
bits Gsh.
With their spectrum colors bright:
ana saturn sings, in his silvery rings.
An Anthem to the night
AS they dance on the EcliptIc, with 81
pendulous elliptic,
Under the vast arcade
or the Milky Way. where the Nebulae
In never-ending cycles fade.
The Solar System swings along its
way,
Each wandering orb in perfect ordered
=, With the Zodiac Zone to time
The flight OF the years. and human
tears,
With magical rhythm and rhyme.
In the centres OF Space, where Time
and Place
Are measured in modes sublime
AS they dance on the Ecliptic. with a
pendulous elliptic.
Under the vast arcade
OF the Milky Way. where the Nebnlae
In never-ending cycles fade.
Under the dome of the Celestial sphere.
The central Suns of other worlds shine
clear
,,.in CONGREGATIONS grand,
with chemical lustre. in a scintillat-
ing cluster
a shore of diamond SANDY
shaped by the mighty hand
VI inc King OF Kings. The Universe
With q perfect Rondo grand
AS they dance on the Ecliptic. with n
pendulous elliptic
Unccr the vast arcade
of the Milky Way. where the Nebulae
IN heVer-ending cycles fade.
EDMOND FONTAINE
harlotteSville Va aupuc, ,a,n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12

Ono of the legislative candidates in
paper every week with complaints
that there are too many lawyers in tho
Legislature. He may be right; at any
rate. the government of the nation
is seemingly in the hands of lawyers.
Three hundred and four. OF the $50
members of Congress. both Senate and
House, are members of the Bar. The
judicial department of the government
is. of course. filled exclusively with
lawyers. In the executive branch,
President Taft is lawyer, and seven
out of nine members of the Cabinet
have had legal training
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12
Daily Queries and Answers

specifications in cases which admit of
II. and tho commissioners may requiro
tho applicant to furnish the Office with
a model OF tho article. but this of late
years has not usually been required,
except where necessary to q corrcct
Understanding OF the article. Tho
patent law is very technical and IN =
vowed, so that we advise you by all
means. unless you have had some ex-
perience, TO engage the services OF IL
patent attorney. The fee upon filing
an application Is $40; on Issuing a
2. Never
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12

and ribbons--all the finery hitherto
saved to womankind."
This state of things is already be-
ginning in Texas. 1t was but step
there for all the men. who always have
Cured pocket mirror brush and comb
outfit. to add powder rag and call
each other my dear" 1t may be that
In some not far away day we shall
lay down our pens and beat our
piouShshares into parasols