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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30
HIS ADVANCE EPITAPH

Chemistry of the United States De-
partment OF Agriculture but know
that he is equipped to write epitaphs
that would satisfy even their post
mortern wandering subjects.
1t is true because these former ass
sociates OF the apostle of clean nu-
triment could haze no motive except
a desire to express the truth OF their
one time chief. Policy. Shiny word
OF the coward could have prompted
no such expression, because DIR. Wiley
had quarrelled with the present adj
ministration and the department OF
agriculture Is still Its servant. We
may accept its truth.
Consider the altitude of the praise.
We have known personally day BY
day" Is the testimony. Routine new
er dulied him, multiplying cares
never harassed him to such point that
he sank from the height on which
he belonged in the eyes OF those WAC
surrounded him. Keen eyes critical
eyes. impatient eyes, as arc those that
see us every day,
Those who touched elbows wi.h
him, who breathed the same air with
him. who felt the same cold and suf-
fered the same heat through all the
irking routine Of day after day la
Dor. testified TO The breadth ana
depth OF his well-stored mind. in
his case familiarity bred not contempt
bat esteem. 2
His unshakabie integrity is the
next unmistakable phrase. They had
witnessed no moral compromises, no
coquetting with the truth. no slight
est surrender Of principle.
They praised his splendid poise.~
Fortunate deparfment OF chemistry
to have looked always upon that rare
bird in the character ayiary. This
euiogist wisely saves his strongest
phrase for his last Never failing
geniality under all conditions" IL all
employees and all business associates
held a convention In which they were
compelled to tell the truth. OF whom
else could they truthfully say that
Wherefore il Is true that DIR. Wiley
is not only the most fortunate man.
but one most unusual
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30

world for the beauty and adaptabiiity of
these church edifces"
Equally strong evidence of prosperity.
along agricultural lines, MIR. Edmonds view
ed from windows. and he regards the de-
yclopment as remarkable even when con-
tIasted with conditions five years ago In
every direction" he says, there are TO be
painted homes better outbuildings and a
thoroughness OF cultivation which speaks
volumes for the advancement made during
the last few years in farming methods In
Oklahoma the promise OF magnificent crops
has greatly stimulated everybody. and out in
agricultural prosperity that State has ever
known Increasing wealth. partly by reason
OF more weli-rounded diversified farming.
and partly by reason of the higher prices of
cotton. has given new heart and new cour-
age TO farmers. stimulated them TO an i'm
provement of land and the use of more sci
ertihc farming methods TO better imple-
ments to a more abundant use OF paint and
tina erection of better hnmes--Thus- there
has been created an air Of thrift and advance
ment which though it has not attained unto
perfection. is a marvellous advance oSer what
could have been seen from the same car win
dows five years ago"
"A nation born in day" exclaims Mr. Ed
monds lis scarcely more marvellous than the
new life which has come to the nation of the
South within the last few years" and he
concludes. with equal enthusiasm
"A Richmond woman; complaining that Rich
laalld growing sG Rapidly that 1io eeeia
any longer know most of the inhabitants of the
city: the people in the mountains of North
Carolina telling Of the incoming OF men Of
wealth from every section to make their homes
In that favored region Florida folks finding Il
&omewhat difficult To keep track of the great
increase in population in evidence in every part
Of the South, and indicated in the fact that even
through all of the midsummer heat of last year
the depot at jacksonville was constantly
fhronged with inward bound passengers or
homeseekers over 1900 having passed through
that city in one day last summer; the incoming
of great English capital for the development
Of water powers in Alabama and Georgia; the
constant meeting of investors from every part
~ fhe Irnlfed States ana many from Europe,
I saving out the land, and the universal trend of
sentiment to the effect that the South is now
10 he indeed the great center of agricultural,
manufacturing and railroad development Tor the
next quarter Of century,, are all merely straws
which are indicative Of the way the WIND IS
southwark blowing
/ If in all the South there is a pessimist he
Ought TO be exhibited a rare curiosity. an
1 anomaly and II anywhere in the broad land
outaide Of the South there be pessfmist as to
( hnsirass conditions he ought be sent South
that he may catch a vision of what Is coming
/ in this rarveously blessed region,
H. Curious isn't it, how varied are the means
to end? The baying of the houn' DAVIS
accomplished as much in Baltimore tht
steam roller did in Chicago. And music Is
SO much more genteel.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30

other correspondents that the Alabama was not
pirate ship. ~
only transmitted historical absurdity can class
the Alabama as a pirate ship Semmes as q
pirate captain. pirate preys on the commerce
OF all nations and Is was--because piracy Is
all but dead and only haunts Chinese shallow
waters-~-a robber at SeHimes acted under
d regular comm isson. The Alabama was a.
public snip. Semmes had as good a right to his
designation of captain in the Confederate navy
as any colonel who commanded a regiment in
the Confederate army had to the style and title
OF a. co1onelcy. 1t Is simply absurd to attempt
to draw a line between the status OF the Con-
federate army and that of the Confederate navy
While tae war was on 1t was perhaps excusablo
in the heat of conflict, but never jugtifable to
speak of the Confederate cruisers as privateers.
They were often so designated but without
authority Of either law fact
The Alabama and her sister cruisers were not
prlvateers. a privateer Is a ship privately
owned acting under special commission or let
ter of marque. The privateer a favorte
form of investment before privateering
placed under what is Equivalent to ban. Many
of the most respectable New England families
owe d considerable portion OF their fortunes
today to the success of sheir ancestors who were
proprietor or part proprietors of prvateers,
PrfVateering in 1912 was not a discreditable &c
eupatfon, and the prfvateers rendered useful and
gallant service. Some of the privateers bore q
close resemblance in discipline and equipment to
regular men-owar. There owned in
Salem which Melted her proprietors hundreds
of thousands at aeli+rs that In ti,cfect
that she was privately. owned. heavy
corvette. So closely dTd she approximate the
status of "a naan-o war to have marine
guard The Confederates. early in the war, did
send out fleet OF privaters properly desig-
mated. The United States government al first
essayed TO try some Of the prvateersmen whom
1t captured as pirates but abandoned It's con-
tenton. which II could not very well maintain
after il recognized Confederate military
missions and allowed exchanges of prisoners
The fact that the Alabama burned most OF
her prizes does not, as one party in this con-
troversy contends approximate her to the pirate
class. Men-o'-war, and sometimes prvateers
have often put the torch to prizes which it was
hazardous to attempt to send home for adj
ftit4seatiea before the ordinary tribunEfs-Boston
Transcript.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30
DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN

| in. the desert dying of thirst. who
diss for water and gives in when
only few inches of earth separates
him from the precious fluid?
Haven't you ever experienced SIM
| liar wonders In your everyday lifey
Don't you, who are now desperately
! fighting believe that there is hope7
II you do not. you absolutely ana
directly refuse TO believe that there
is any benetlcent power Matching nvex
| you.
Never, never despair. Despair in
| madness Fine hopes, ambition, ener-
gies, industry, these are the same,
the clean and the good things,
| Persistence. too, and the logged dc.
termination that typines the bulldog
and is supposed To characterize Brit
| ish men and women.
| With these mankind wins IN the
battle Of life, and must ever win.
| For--and apply these with all your
power--the application Of hope. am
| bition. ener1y, and determination
means prayer. earnest and sincere
prayer.
You may not actually kneel, ciasp
your hands and close your eyes. But
your heart and mind are concen-
thtou upoH 0CHioNihS toou ana WoF-
thy things. and concentration 10
prayer.
| Now remember, at this moment. II
you feel that the future IL dead and
blank without any TAy OF hope. yen.
are not to despair.
Keep on--ciinx on--work ana
struggle and fight on. You must win
| II you do. there IN nothing on earth
that can stop you. and nothing In
heaven that will
Fight on. never despairings The
moment you give up hope. at that mo-
ment you have cried to the enemy, Il
am defeated--come and kill me-
And he kills you with your own
sword
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30
Nv ADA PATTERSON.

DIR. Harvey W. Wiley is the most
fortunate man ] know. He has read
his epitaph in advance. Ii is an In
stimable privilege which most men
would give several years. or good
right arm. or would hobble on one
leg through the remainder of their
iHes to enjoy. If we revisit this
earth it is probable that our motive
ter Lhes ratnrn Is. Sa.nitys a desire to
know what people say Of us after
death. and If ghosts visit graveyards,
1t is doubtless 10 read the Inscriptions
on their own tombstones
Or. Wiley who struggled SO man
fully and long TO give his fellow-citi-
zens clean, sound food and pure and
nourishing drink and Is continuing
that struggle In another than the gov
eminent sphere, knows what people
viii say of him after death. because
they have reached the high water
mark OF praise. Higher praise no
man could have than the sentiment
engraved on a chest of silver present
ed to him by his associates in the
department Of chemistry
Please note carefully mat they are
former associates. DIR. Wiley having
resigned. there was no favor of what
a great man termed kitchen politics"
| in the gift. 1t was made without
| thought of any possible return. And
1t was a gift made without thought
of any possible return. And 1t WAS
q gift made by his associates. That
/ Is a highly slgnifcant fact. Associa-
tbon IS a great ievelter A man must
/ be hero indeed IL he seems a hero
to persons who meet him every day.
In shirt-sleeve attire and natural
moods Meeting day after day Is a
severe test of character, harder test
than the long accepted one OF travel
On a plate on the side OF the silver
chest was Inscribed: ITO Harvey w.
Wiley. whose leadership has been an
| inspiration 20 all who haze the ~rivi-
iege of knowing personally, day by
day. the breadth and depth Of his
we'll stored mind. his unshakabie in
tcgrity. and his splendid poise and
neTer-failing geniality under ali con-
dltions.
I don't know who wrote this Gu
| logy signed From the Bureau of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30
THE NEW CITY HOSPITAL.

Richmond is to have a new City Hospital
Friday night the joint committee on finance
and the relief of the poor. acting upon the
advice of the city attorney, voted to accept
the proposition Of the Charlotte Williams
Memorial Hospital Association to turn the
hospital over to the ely
The method of governing the hospital will
be fixed by the Administrative Board OF the
city This has been agreed to by Or. George
Ben Johnston and Mr.. e. l., Bemiss5 repre-
senting the hospital board
The objection of Building Inspector Beck,
on the grounds of economy no doubt I'M
pressed the committee. but the advantages to
be obtained through the acquiring Of Me-
mortal Hospital were too great 10 be set
aside more admirable site could not be
found. 1t is in the center of the city, and
t4-tartttrtf- cot4d rtot3
improved. as,on.
In the opinion of this newspaper the joint
COMMITTEES has done wei TO accept the offer
OF the Memorial Hospital board
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30
BY MARY CHAMPION.

Fully ene-haif of ctr troubles exist
only in the imagination; the other half
Is doubled by imagination. Easy
enough 10 say, more difficult to be-
leve, and most difficult. to realize.
when We are beset by troubles All
the same. 1t is the plain and honest
truth.
Many OF you as read this may be In
that state OF hopeless depression when
IL seeing AS though nothing On earth
can mend your shattered hopes and
Affairs. '@ .
Many! No--rather, | hope, you are
few. But in either case l have the
sad knowledge that there are some
Of you, my dear readers, who are suf-
fering thus And tn you / am spe-
clally writing 10 repeat over and over
again. Never despair~-never, never.'
No healthy human being has ever
yet reached an utterly and entirely
hopeless state through the workings
of fate alone. That is to say, through
circumstances and other people.
Always there has been some imagin-
ing or action upon the part of the
sufferer himself or herself
But that ,s not really my point
One of the truest sayings in all
the world is this, Its always darkest
before dawn"
Al the very moment you give up
hope, at that second when you aban-
doned yourself TO despair. fate, with
good fortune at her side. was prob
ably within reach OF you--quite close,
though you could not see her around
the corner of tomorrow.
This Is not mere chatter, neither Ia
II only suggestion.
The curious pervBrsity of such
things has been proxen thousands OF
times who has not heard OF the man
lost in the wilds who tramped for
days and nights in logged persistence.
and who. when found dead. was with
in a hundred yards of a human habi-
tation.
Who has not read of the traveller
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30

The railroads serving Dallas. Texas, have
gotten together and will erect 100000
union depot, Eight railroads are interested
in the DEAL and the station will be financed
by the Union Terminal Company in which
the railroads are the sole stockholders. each
road to have two directors the board
chosen to direct the affairs of the company.
This is exactly the plan outlined by John
SHELTON Williams at the Chamber of Com
merce dinner last week Dallas example is
a good one for Richmond to follow. Undoubt-
edly. at the present writing. that union depot
l. Richmond's most crying need.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30
CURRENT COMMENT
Neither Pirates Nor Private.ss

The passions and prejudices of the War Be-
tween the States are, forty-seyen years after Lee
surrender aging out, but enough OF their vital
fly survives to- start up controversies In which
the rhetoric Of the famous struggle IL revived
by one side. At present the New York Sun is
and the Alabama. Some perfervid correspond
ent having spoken OF the Alabama as pirate
shin the r&niy is promptly forthcomlpx from
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30

ward there happened great connections
among the lower orders In England. by
which the country was nearly ruined. II is
other countries for the nobility TO have
great privileges over the commonalty; that
Is TO say. the lower orders are bound by law
to plough the lands OF the gentry, to harvest
their grain, to carry it home to the barn. to
thrash and winnoM il. they are also hound
to harvest and carry home the hay. All these
services the prelates and gentlemen exact OF
their interiors. and in the counties OF Kent,
Essex, Sussex and Bedford these services
are more oppressive than IN other parts OF
the kingdom, Ia consequence Of this the
evii-disposed in these districts began 10
murmur, saying that in the beginning OF the
world there Mere no slaves and that no one
should be treated as such unless he had com
mitted treason against his lord. as Lucifer
did against God, but they had done no such
thing, for they were neither angels nor spir-
it's but men formed after the same likeness
OF these lords who treated them as beasts.
This tAes-Arau!G- heas- longer .
Whereupon Reporter Frolssart prnceedA
to quote John Ball the crazy priest" who
stirred the people up to rebellion
My good friends preached John Ball.
matters cannot go on we'll in England until
all things shall be in common when there
shalt be neither vassas nor lords, when the
lords shall be more masters than our
selves How III they behave 10 us, For
what reason do they thus hold us in bond
age? Are We not ali descended from the
same parenta.-AdArn and EHe2-Afti- what
can they show, what reason can they give
why they should he more masters than our
selves? They are clothed in velvet and rich
stuns. ornamented With ermine and other
furs while we are forced to wear poor cloth
ing. They have wines. spices and fine bread,
while We have only rye and the refuse of
straw; and when drink it must he water.
They have handsome seats and manors. while
We, must brave the wind and rain in our La
bors in the field, and it is by our labor that
they have wherewith TO support their pomp -
One might fancy It 10 be Samuel Gompers
or John Mitchell speaking in "hs day and
generation. by no great stretch Of the mag
nation the words Of John Ball, the mad
priest of Kent, In 1891. might be mistaken
for the words of Theodore Roosevelt Wood
/ row Wilson and William jennings Bryan in
1917 Tho war OF labor against capital is as
old as the human race. In 1881 il was vas
sal against lord IN 1917 IT Is the ultimate
consumer against predatory wealth In Chi
lcago and Baltimore the fight has ragged.
! And if only John Froissart. the FIRST re-
porter, was alive to report the proceedings
he would probably smile as he recalled the
sneeches- John Ball during tha-t3t4e The
coronation of King Richard II, away back in
1881,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30

With the season for June brides and roses
about over. We can turn to peaches and wa
termeops for consolation
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30

In view Of the fattening his adherents re-
ceived from the steam roller. T. RS idea of
party from the ground up" is about
right.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30

"Baltimoreans don't have to go to the
seashore now for glimpse Of Old Bryany,'
ehirps u baltimore paragrapher. The man
who put that ought to be given life
term al hard labor,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30

The five governors who fought for Clark
unmindful of the seven who championed
Roosevelt are doubtless confident that there
ia luck in odd numbers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30

A press dispatch observes that there are
many notable fgures in the Baltimore con-
Yention As matter of course Il il i'm
possible TO bar women spectators. ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30
Liable TO Become Cross yed

According to his own confession Judge Lind
sey of Colorado is in terrible phght-~he IL
about to become cross-eyed.
He is an ardent admirer and jealous supporter
Of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt He has looked
with degree of favor Colonel William Jen-
nings Bryan
AS he was preparing TO leave Denver for Oys-
ter Bay to speak q word of comfort to the
sertnuous one. he ha pened to meet Mr. Bryan,
when he thought to pay the Nebraskan fine
compliment He said:
Colonel Roosevelt for many years"
Have your retorted MIR. Bryan. Well il you
keep IL up much longer. you will become cross
eyed. for we going in opposite directions.
1t is inconeeiVabie how a man of Judge Lind
sev's acute mental discernment could imagine
hnsess in the double role of following both
Bryan and Roosevelt at and the same time,
for they are, rs Mr.. Bryan says going in oppo@
t4+r-ctiorr. Hrrd M TTn rUffuv -v1trt.
These Two men different In: every N{ai
chara cteristic and what they stand for is differ
ent In every essential feature. They are as un-
like TWO men could be, and for "A man 10
confess 10 being a followed OF both is to lay
Gains to the ability to ride TWO horses going
In opposite directions one and the same time.
Since Judge Lindsey has been bluntly re-
nonded of his error of judgment of trying to
follow two men who going in opposite direc-
tons. he will probably focus both eyes on one
of them that his optics may not become crossed.
Nashville Tennessean
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30

The great redeeming feature of the long
drawn-out session at Baltimore is that ii has
put the soft pedal on the Big Noise a, oyster
Bay for awhile
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30

Submission by Col Roosevelt to the stealing
Of the roll of the Chicago convention by the
Taft machine would have been to compound
felony saws the Chicago Tribune hereto
fore a Republican newspaper, and that is a
plain statement OF stark truth
Now, what Is the present attitude of the
regular Republican press, since Taft has been
nominated
II is attitude Of SNUG conplacency Taft
has been nominated they The time has
come for all good Republicans to rally - his
support. They unanimously ignore the little In
rei3err of fne grand larceny whereby the grand
cid party was saved from itself Nowhere is
Republican newspaper found that thinks il
is necessary to defend the practices Of the ma
uonal committee the COMMITTEES on creden-
tails. Not one regards Ii MS task worth while
to set forth defensive reasons fer the seating
Of the Taft delegations from Washington and
Texas. The r0bberies were trivialifies The
people will forget them Precisely as the Roose-
Welt press for months has ignored the plain, un-
controvertible fact that their man, Roosevelt,
entered the campaign a violated pledge that
he would not accept third nomination. they
ignore the fraudulent title. by which TAFT and
/ Sherman hold their nominations
The president Of the United States occupies
a pitiable position. 1t is position to give pause
and sorrow to every honest man and lover oi
his country. Not all the sophstry Of mind
like Roots can set aside obscure the truth
that he il the receiver Of stolen goods. NO mat
Ter how able and good a tho president
may pc. his reelection would compromise
American integrity, His reelection Is impossi-
BILE is unthinkable We have had already
one president whose election was stolen from
the people by the Republican party. The cleo
ton or another after a stolen nomination would
subject the country to another disgrace deeper
than It could safely endure.
In the interest of decency and for the sake
1f his self respect, Mr.. Taft should at least
cause some Of his responsible friends to pre-
pare review of the proceedings Of tho Repub-
lean committee and convention which cuImt-
mated In his nomination In order that color OF
honesty may If possible be given TO his title
the nominee OF his party.-Columbia State
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30

For goodness sake don't put any stum-
bling blocks in the way OF Teddy and his
third party 1t viii be a powerful factor for
Democratic success
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30

A third party viii certainly not be popu
lar with the women