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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23
An Aged Grapevine

~ NE of the most wonderful plants in the fruit
q J bearing class is the scuppernong grape. 1t Is
old and excellent variety. and in a number
instances the vine has been known live
fruit for many
When Sir Walter Raleigh's party sailed from England
to the world in 1854 IL is said they planted Of
these vines Roanoke island in North Carolina.
This vine is still there and Is bearing big crops OF
delicious fruit 1t is thrifty vine and covers quite
lot of land with Its frutbearing branches. The people
who 1t taking the best of of the highly
priced relic OF early history
The men who planted It idea of the time II
would live. and The wonderful progress the country
would before the vine the of its
Many persons have offering good prices for vines
this parent and for cuttings from it's
branches.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23
A Pet Pig of 1872

q oLDIERS fond pets a dog attached to q
y regiment Is Of kind may
nohody's dog, but he is everybody's favorite
An eagle. old Abe" the pet Wisconsin
regiment during the civil In the great review
held in Washington the close war many
veterans were observed carrying favorite
opcssums.
Perhaps the stranscst pet that ever attracted a
regiments fancy pE. She attached herself
kentucky regiment the way invade Canada
during the 1872
AS the marched from Harrodsburs one
morning they came two pigs lighting. They
halted see 1t out When the march resumed
the victorious pig followed the regiment When they
encamped night the pig halted and found shelter.
The next morning the pig started with the regiment,
and when it stopped the pig halted. Day by day it
trotted along until the Ohio river was reached. A
ferryboat transported the troops to Cincinnati but
the pig the stream waited other side
until the regiment took up its line of
During the long tramp to the lake piggy received
put short commons. but thought of stintng
the regiments pet
When they the lakes shore piggy was
offered passage across to Canada. She refused
stir from American soil.
When the campaign closed the troops recrossed to
American soil. where they left their horses AS
line being formed familiar grunt heard.
There piggy. ready to resume the march. On
the homcward the pig suffered greatly the
cold crossed. however the Ohio river and
then out.
Governor Shelby, of Kentucky had piggy conveyed
to his farm. and there she passed her days in indo-
ence and good living, honored as the regiments
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23

neither could decide as to the direction the cries
Christian got his bearings vaulted tho wall
that gave on the and raced little group
On 'he peach his father was as good Jumper
ne, and followed him toward the waters edge in timo
10 sec the young man land the first punch a thor
oush laminins to a huikng fisherman been
beating his wretchcd wife.
The King. aware that his his business
let the fight while nc bent the PROSTATE
woman. whose Injuries serious enough require
hospi tai called a couple Of navves
TO come over and take her while his son, all the
while was attending TO the husky and Infatuated
husband BY the time the wife being borne away
for surgical treatment Prince Christian whaled
her assailant into submission So he gripped him by
the collar and with further ado him TO jail
Thoroughly democratic. both OF them. with son
emphaticaliy chip OF the old block-a sood block
and excellent chip.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23
Caterpillar's Death Produces
Vegetables

n IATURALISTS that wonderful land
~ osiues OF far-away New Zealand. where may
- apparently expect to find anything. have
discovered curious caterpillar resembling certain
specimens found parts America. that actually pro-
duces vegetable life when 1t dies.
TIE caterpillar is long BLOWS
hair. but has smooth skin
So far has been learned. this creature is not
dangerous and A. has been found damaging par
tcular form vegetation
When the last few days this strange worms
sandy
Occupying its grave 1t covers itself earth
dies
a number OF other ca,erplars bury themselves. but
moth butterfly is the result In this case.
Of some insect being born. form OF vegetation springs
Me
small. tender sprout issues from the grave and
after few days growth few delicate green leaves
The top the small shoot. The plant lives
weeks
An investigation by naturalists fact that
the shoot starts from the head
piHaF. The body OF the does w;ther,
nut remains the shape NE S hlled
with lot ot very small growing plant.
These tiny roots do puncture the OF
the caterpillar but feed upon the contents
body
Whsn removed from earth the entire form OF
the creature distinctly eyes are there and
the body OF the plant from point
where 1t would be supposed brains were
located II II is possible II had any. al
run one way, into the body dead worm
SO far has been learned the plant having It's birth
IN the dead body % this like
any other form OF vegetable life Zealand but
lis real properties have not been fully determined
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23
A MISFIT REJoINDER

So they went. in the lead the whole procession
or royal carriages in which lot o princes were
following. Forth the princess mother of
King Christian " her oustretched and her voice
saying:
1t was very good OF you to come GU, to us"
OF course. 1t in Danish. and Mr.. Riis hadn't
spoken Danish for about forty years 1000 miles
He dug ndustrously into his childish memories until
laboriously. his tongue replied .Ft t.l n
How very able of you ask us' 4, ~ Il
AT that altogether misft rejoinder The crown
princess stared at him. wondering, puzzled. at the
eccentrcity OF genius. moment she under
stood his dilemma and burst into delighted laugh.
Her husband came and had be told Everybody
laughed 1t was certainly expatriate ed
author.
They still when the children in
Guiding the whole generation from among whom
CHRISTIAN was destined SO soon TO reign thronged
into the room for introductions
1T was all quite as neghborly Informal"
Mr. lSiis remarked as IL We had been home. Fine
young people oil Of them. They all have
the slender youthful shape of the old king. for
his furrowcd face and the tired look came
into it in the last few years. have
thought him over So though he nearly 60 The
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23

20. experienced the least change He ate off III.
same tin plate and cup with the iron knife and
fork as the other guardsmen His food was as plain
and coarse his rife as heavy, IL he come from
the plain people. Only after he received thorough
training would he accept promotion the rank of
sergeant.
Through life he the unaesumins man.
On INFORMAL occasions 1t his desire that he be
greeted by his acquaintences like any citizen
the populace, which would have saluted on cere-
monial occasions knew that pa ssed
without recognition. Not seldom might be seen
standing before bulletin board, as much interested
in the news as the humbest OF his subjects
Ills son he reared in exactly the same manner
Notwithstanding all tho wealth and the royalty that
went with his family. big Chris was brought up
the genial. ovable character as his father and
his grandfather.
The one sad note in his lfre time was his
marriage. not because 1t unhappy, because
MS wife was for several years in quite i'll and
mad TO live mostly in southern climates She was
Alexandria. sister OF the Crown Princess Cee of
Germany Like all the members her family by
marriage She was brought up with large amount
or Ieutonc common sense. Whatever else the
iands royal women may be. they certain be
good hausfraus In this training is just
as strict that OF the peasant girls, have
TO provide for big families with little incomes
Some years ago Jacob a. Riis account of
his experience and that of mis- wife guests the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23

VI WOULD be virtually impossible for any one
/ TO tell how many stitches in their clothes
Il ana II is doubtful II any two persons carry
same number Nevertheless there a few who
nave less than 25oo) or 10000 stitches in ,rcr gar
ments.
one tailor in Kansas city. Mo, after stitching ana
stitching for years. both in this country and ewade,
nho ms Curiosity 20 aroused that he decided
'he sttches as he made coat Herman Ancne found
inc ''h more diihrult than his work he kopt on
ana "hen nc WAS through totaed up 1897 ettchcs.
o these 2@soo were done by and tho rest by
n"i,n' me coat was four-button sack. ,hirty-two
inches long and single stitched
FOR the hve pockets. 62s7 machine stitches wore
heeded' IN addition to i28 by hand. Then Tho seams
neeoeo 1919 stitches by machine. and 1880 hand
st'ehes wer" used for the inside work Iapels dse
tape etc The basting for the trying on etc,
-''t mana Shtches The collar and stitching took
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23

HTSHE mother OF Big Chris" is the Dowarer Once,
Louise. who was princess of Sweden and
Il Norway, daughter of Charles XIV Of swnde
She was said. at the time her marriage to
be the tallest wealthiest princess in Fnrona
Years ago her fortune estimated at 100000 900
enc was never pretty, but she In wifev
and fnotherly virtues she this worlds goods
Ky inheritance the princes OF Denmark arc likewise
vail Old King Christian TX. the "father-in-law Of
Europe, whom he was unsuccessful sutton for tho
hand OF Queen Victoria of England was dnshinr
young blade OF commanding appearance Ills son tho
late King Frederick. every inch a man and
soldier Like Big Chris" he the guards as
private. a youth OF 20 he when his father
was crowned but II made tho slightest difference
in his manner OF living, except that he spent tho
Saturdays which the University Copenhagen allowed
him at the Amalienborg palace Instead of at the
modest home that his parents had formerly occupied
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23
STRANGE FREAK OF FATE

IT was strange freak Of fate. indeed, that placea
Christian TX or the throne Of Denmark. A tituiar
prince of Schleswig Hoistein few other prnv
inces ne became, after his unsuccessful woonr a, ,
British court. instructor University Of Halle
Several times was he removed from succession
But the Oldenburgs VINO We're in the direct limo
dropped off one by one. until the parliament had 10
choose a future monarch Right wise. in light If
later events. was their decision Christian on
throne.
Not until number OF after he had been
chosen the succession did Christian ascend 10 the
throne. Meanwhile his means scanty Ills
daughters, OF whom the future Queen Alex
andra of England and another the Czarna Dagmar OF
Russia. had 20 scrape along with what grocer's
daughter OF the present day would consider n scan,
income Likewise with his sons, of whom died
recently and another Of whom is King George OF
Greece.
Once the royal palace and requisites descended to
Christian TX. the family stock went UP with bound
Yet tho Crown Prince Frederick. who then abou,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23

home of King Christian N-a charming pen pt,tnI.
charming family. among whom the interest in the
United States people was of the most ntelli.
gent vivid Kind.
he depicted, in his direct. unadorned way the
whole environment which has nodded
the ruler probably no better light could be flung
young prince in the making than the Mr.. Rs
OF all the incidents attending that delightful little
excursion OF the famous New York writer
tenund the home of the kings aged grandfather. in
the forest outside of Copenhagen
The invitation for dinner presented TO tho
whole Riis family at their hotel by gold special
messenger Mr. Riis. who doesn't enjoy formal
silk hat and dress any more than native born
Americans. exclaimed in English THE dickens they
40 when Sir SVerstick made the announcement that
his company was desired by majesty. You see as a
Rid In Copenhagen he had been accustomed to don
MS cap In loyal reverence the prince, the
late King, passed him the he was s,ill
afflicted with the awe of royalty had been born
In him
But Sir Stivcrstick didn't understand English ard
Mrs Riis did. She hastily did her duty as watchtul
WIFE shut her husband and asked the messenger TO
thank their royal highnesses say they would be
glad to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23

~ dren Of Copenhagen suere zvont
to1hol2er at the life guards dec
ade or so ago. Giants, every one of them,
stere these guardians Of the king, and toscer-
ing elen aboce the "six-f oofers" or better acus
the "pioof man" on grhom the Youngsters
Framed their loeal'bafhries.
To those children the muster of the
guards ,sp0s like the turnont of fire DEPART
mem IN dmcrica II offered an excuse for an
outlet Of the excitement that is latent in every
55Ae0lfhy lad and lasHe. Those evho Hqed near
ne streets ordinarily porolled BY the big SOL
Sd'ets were 0ccnstomedt TO foregather 7vlcn and
rpst'here they sore likely TO pass, for the pleas
'"e o., yelling big Christ Big Chris"
!, .4lsoHys the tall soldier stalkcd on. as
ftfHtely as A.9o1ncs-svlrich he 7tas. Like his
Vafher, King Frederick, lie 7tas serviug his
tilme IN the ranks as a pripate, iusi as every
EDane had fo,do. Being zyeH Deer six feet, he
: st'as 0ssignedao the guards. Far from being
"a Stneeme, fl1S assignment carried 7viih il an
IeTfra ye0r'of service, simply because it is hard
ITO get men,imge cnongh,fo Keep up the quota
Noe Big Chris is King Christian X
the leading representative Of one Of the most
{cnilc Of royal lines, Of race Of kiugs that
frank as the most republican of sovereigns and
ithe most democratic Of mdividuals that the
courts Of Europe can produce.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23

"A are more imam 0OUOU chances IN man
4 y sack that his wife may have quar-
ter Of million to put into it. if she
doesn't get on the job early when repairs due.
BY some blessed dspensation of providence
there are only a few localities in mems clothes
where the original stitches prone to need help
and by our national procivity for buying new
suits long before the old really we'll worn it
isn't often that there is much restricting 10 be
done, anyway
But the overwhelming number of stitches that
belong TO all garments is something that should
appall even this age OF machinery and it certainly
do appall all ages previous to ours, down to that
last OF them when Hood wrote his ''Song Of the
Shirt" If the sowing machine and the hated
sWeatshop weren't combined to do the thing By
wholesale. there would be many an automobile
owner glad to sport suit Of the vintage of five
years ago. and many a bride whose troussca,l
would contain a much more meager supply of linen.
As 1t is, stitches by the thousand are reclcd
oil by time instead of number, and most of us can
afford to dress for better appearance than the
wealthy did century ago. But there has been a
tremendous increase in the amount of sewing
done and II is only when one learns Just how many
stitches go into representative garments that he
realizes what immensity Of labor is demanded Ia
make him moderately comfortable
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23

STITCH in time saves nine; and there
are more than 10000 chances in a mans
sack coat that his wife may have a quar-
ter of q. million 10 nut into il. II she
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23
Royalty Is Seen at Its
Best Where the Reiigning
F amily Priides Itself On
Its fellowship With
the People

DIG Chris! Big Chris" the chill
~ dren of Copenhagen spere suont
tO5hOiley MT the If, o,1rde Jer
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-27
PLAN 4 BILLS TO IMPROVE
PROCEDURE IN JUDICIARY,
State Bar Assn Committee De-
cides on Report.
IFrom a stafr Correspondent. ]

TRENTON, Jan. 27.-The committee
of the State Bar Association appointed
last September upon Improvement in
judicial procedure met this morning
at the State House and decided upon
the report which it will present to the
association at a special meeting to be
called at an early date. The report
contains four proposed bills for in
PRODUCTION In the Legislature.
One act will provide for the transfer
of causes from courts of law to the
Court of Chancery and from the Court
of Chancery to a court of law, in case
of which there shall be a mistake in
choosing the forum. Another act will
provide that courts of law may de-
eide equitable questions incidentally
involved in law cases, n that the
Court of. Chancery may determine legal
questions incidentally involved In equit-
able cases. The third act will give a
supplement to the practise act, with
rules of court and forms. The fourth
act will provide for giving to contracts
between husband and wife the same
effect at law as they have in equity.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-27
If TEDDY WON'T RUN, MAKE
HIM, SAYS EX=G0V. FORT,

LAKEWOOD, Jan. Accommodating
editorially on Colonel Roosevelt's atti-
tude toward the presidential nominal
ton, Ex-Governor Fort, of New Jersey,
in his sons Lakewood paper today
says.
1T matters little whether he gives
his consent or not to allow his name
to be used for President at the next
Republican convention. The people
have the right to use it, and they will.
The conf1agration is on. The uprising
is here. The people want him, and
they are going to have him. He is
democratic to the core. That he would
refuse a popular demand that he ac-
cept a nomination for President no one
believes. He is still a young man, and
there is no reason why ne should not
run.
HE is concededly the only Republic
can who can assuredly be elected. He
will, of course, lose some Republican
votes. Any man as aggressive as he
naturally would. But he will receive
five Democratic votes for every Repub-
lican lost. He more truly represents
the militant R~epublicanism of the hour
than any other man. His nomination
would mean enthusiasm, and an DID
fashioned, vigorous campaign and VIC
tory. With him on the ticket New
Jersey is Republican by $4,000; with
any other man 1t is in doubt"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-27
Watterson Demands an Answer.

"The ma who makes a public statement with the material facts concealed
is little other than a scoundrL I have the right, therefore, to demand of you
pon what warrant of authority you make this serious accusation against me-.
and ask a reply through my friend, the Hon. Swagar Sherey, of Kentucky.
with great respect
(Sipnedo "HENRY WATTERSON"
Senator Tilman Immediately made the following reply:
Omitted States Senate,
Ss@~w.~- Washington, D. C, Jan. 90.
"y Dear Si-In your note of January rs handed me by the Hon. Swagar
TSherley vol call my attention to an interview which al given out in reference
10 the Harvey watterson- Wilson incident in which say: 4 had given Henry
Waterson credit for more sense than to try TO fost off a story like this with
the material facts concealed
"You demand to know upon what warrant of authority you make this
serious accusation against me-
"In your statement to the press you described in detail the rupture between
Governor Wilson and Colonel Harvey, but said nothing as to what caused it,
All the leading papers of the country seem to know why Governor Wilson
severed relations with Colonel Harvey, and you, a a leading newspaper man
and self confessed expert groomer of Presidential. candidates, must have known
it at the time your statement was published.
81 very properly concluded that you knew the reasons for the rupture, and
when you made public the manner in which it occurred without giving the
causes you were unquestonaby conceaing the material facts.
every respectfully yours,
"B. R. TILLMAN"
This is Colonel Watersons rejGnder:
THE New Willard,
"an. z6, 1912.
"My Dear Sir-I have never pretended to be a groomer of Presidential
candidates, expert or otherwise, but desire your good opinion, and wrote
with that, IS we'll as the truth Of this matter, in mind.
81 am with you, Senator, in wishing a Democrat and not a pseudo-Re-
publican for our Presidential nominee. 1t wsn no less from a sense of party
auy than from a sense of duty from mar to man that made the statement
10 which you take exception.
81 have been aware for nearly a week that recognized spokesman for
Governor Wilson were industrousy circulating the story that the real reason
why Governor Wilson broke with Colonel Harvey was that Colonel Harvey
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-27
DENIES WATTERSON WAS
ASKED TO RAISE FUNDS.

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-The reporters
found Governor Wilson as he climbed
aboard the Boston-bound train. They
waved copies of the Watterson-Tillman
correspondence at him and he stopped
to read it. When he came to the par
agraph in which Colonel Watterson
said hat he had undertaken to raise
funds in behalf of the Governor of
New Jerseys candidacy, he exclaimed:
Great Scott, that's the most remark
able paragraph I've ever read"
He led the reporters to his train
and there dictated this statement to
them:
80 far as ] am concerned, the state
ment that Colonel Watterson was re-
quested to assist In raising money In
my behalf is absolutely without foun-
dalton. Neither I nor any one au-
thorized to represent me ever made
any such request of him"
How about the Harvey matterT'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-27
WESTERN LEADER
ATTACKS WILSON
Declares Governors Immigra-
tion Views Show Lack of
Basic Democracy.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27.-Gesner
Williams, a leading INDEPENDENT Demo-
crat of Southern California and an at
torney of prominence, has isEued an
open letter to Senator Francis G. New
lands, of Nevada, in answer to Senator
Newlands's suggestion that all Pacific
coast Democrats support Woodrow Will
son for President.
Mr.. Williams's letter is caustic. He
sharply questions Senator Newlands's
authority or ability to represent the
Pacific Coast Democrats and cites DR..
Wilson's argument in favor of Chinese
immigration and against italian, Hun
garian and Polish immigration as an
evidence of Wilson's lack of basic
democracy.
professor Wilson, says Mr.. Will
Jams, has for twenty years been
writing, spe, 1,ing and teaching in di-
rect opposition to the fundamental
principles and policies advocated by
the Democrats of the Pacific Coast.
Let me, for instance, cite one concrete
example. In Professor Wilson'S his
tory OF the American people, volume s,
he says, in discussing Chi. csc immi-
grafton. Now, there came m~ultitudes
of men of the lowest class from the
south of Italy and men of the meaner
sort out of Hungary and Poland, men
out of the ranks where there was
neither skill nor energy, nor any in
itiative of quick intelligence, and they
came in numbers which increased from
year to year, as If the countries of the
south of Europe were disburdening
themselves of the more sordid and
hapless elements of their population.
1.-The Chinese were more to be de-
sired as workingmen. II not as citizens,
than most of the coarse crew that came
| crowding In every yea at the Eastern
ports. They had no doubt many an un-
savory habit, but 1t was their skill,
their intelligence, their hardy power OF
labor, their knack of succeeding ano
driving duller rivals out. rather than
their alien habits, that made the Chi
nese feared and hated and led to their
exclusion at the prayer of the men
whom they were likely to displace
should they multiply