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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
War News Fifty Years Ago
lErom Ncwsnancr Eilns Anril % 1ssaA

The report now is that General Johnston is
only trying to hold ont until Mr.. Davis and his
party can make their way to the trans Missis-
sippi or to Europe. and tina, he is fully aware
Of the fuility of further resistance. and is ready
to surrender at the opportune time.
Kilpatrick's cavalry captured Governor Vance,
OF North Carolina. between Hillsboro and
Raleigh. and made him prisoner of war. 1t
is SAID that the Governor on his way to see
General Johnston to try to persuade him to sur
render. so that there should be no more useless
bloodshcd
hrined tclegraphic report from Little Rock. Ark,
that General Kirby Smith has surrendered
The New York Herald has a Geographic dis
patch saying Generals Johnston and Sherman
have had a meeting at Chapel Hill. y. c., and
that all of the details of surrender have been
arranged
fcdcratc General Ewcll. prisoner on parole
and an officer who has been of the most
earnest and active of the generals OF the Con-
fcderate army, when he heard the tdngs of the
assassination OF Mr.. Lincoln, wept and ex-
could have happened to the South Many
southern people have expressed themselves in
the same way
Mayo's Bridge. the Danvillc Railroad bridge.
and perhaps the Petersburg Railroad bridge are
TO be at once rebuilt by the United States mill
tary authorities and material is being rapidly
collected.
Frederick c. Braucr a we'll known butcher Of
this city. has obtained permit from the mill
tary authorities TO visit Baltimore for the pur-
pose OF buying up and bringing to the Richmond
markets supply of.fat beef cattle-a phenome II on
In this city for several years past.
The markets continue to improve daily. Fish
hesh, fowl. vegetables and all manner OF coun-
Try produce are more plentiful and much chca pc
ferrinSs are now being sold % cents per
dozen. and shad at - cents to so cents apiece
Trains on the Central Railroad now run 10
Little River and back; the Fredericksburg
road to South Anna and return; on the Dam
vile road between Richmond and Burkeville
Junction. and on the Petersburg road from Man :
chester to Petersburg.
Richmond has been taken twice-frst by Gen
erai Grants army, and second by an army OF
photoEra Pliers from the North. The latter have
taken pretty much everything in sight
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
Housing the homeless

XI 1THouT the slightest desire TO on
w courage the getting of homes at public
expense il is interesting to note that home
less man of New York picked out Il store just
across from a police station hurled Il brick
through tho window, dashed hot-ioot into
the police station. surrendered and then ox-
planned that he had begged Harlem Judge
to send him to jail, and had been refused:
whereupon he had determined TO break into
jail by his own novel method Boiling it
hunting for work, food and lodging, and re
solved that he would take by strategy what
he had failed to land By industry.
There should hc-and doubtless some day
Will he--in every community plan of en-
ployment ana shelter TO meet the demands
OF existence. 1t ought not TO he necessary
for any man to break into Jail in order to
support life. BY the number OF such Incl
dents our civilization, to that extent. is
proved failure
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
Sharp stick for Medical onacks

n oEs teaching tend to cure human cred
- ulity, or are fools predestined 10 be
fools from before the foundation Of the
world, and thereafter merely follow their
natural bent? Barnum said that mankind
loved to be cheated and he had had much
experience Of the world 1t might seem rea-
sonabIe in this age Of universal education to
conclude that aling people would prefer
properly qualified physicians TO arran, ana
open takers, but SUCH is not the case Regu-
lar licenses TO practice medicine are nowadays
granted only after a mos, riga ana search
ing examination; the day Of the ignorant
assassin in ihe medical profession has passed
But human gulhhiNty only seems to grow
Win the progress cf science.
4 few days ago the New York police ar
rested forty-threc quack practitioners. who
were conducting so-cailcd medical museums
in that city Under the pretense OF running
exhibitions, these men actually engaged in
the fraudulent practice OF medicine, and
found plenty OF patients The healthy de-
receives who asked medical advice in order
ito obtain evidence were discovered by the
Squaek practitioners 10 be in the last stages
of cancer and tuberculosis. The nope OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

cure. however. was held out, to them--at
prices sometimes reaching the figure of $500
or $1,000.
This system OF practicng medicine at
medical museums" is said to be nation
wide by the Federal officials employed in
gaining data concerning it, The method
used is the ingenious one of Informing sound
but nervous people that they are dying of
organic diseases and then curing them at
high prices. 1t is stated that a practitioner
has made $l,0o0,000 at this game. III one
case Il faker sold a bottle OF magic water
to woman for $500. The virtue of this
decoction lay in its pretended radoactivity
A sale of box OF magic pills for $500 as
tuberculosis cure is also recorded.
Doubtless. the government Will break up
this particular species of humbug. But what
dcics the best efforts of the police is the per-
1octlN human tendency to prefer miracle
workers TO those who do not pretend to have
the power to raise the dead.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
Queries and Answers
Grammatical,

Is there anything wrong with this sentence
He probably died in 1910 at Richmond Va?
r. N D.
dramatically. nothing: rhctorically many
changes may he runS by altering the position of
such adverbs as your .probabIy" and of the
various forms so produced. and one only, is
likely to convey the intended meaning. If there
is any probability that certain man died I'm
1870 he is surely dead now There is no "proba-
5i1ity' about the fact that he died" The
advcrh should then, be placed just before the
phrase which 1t ought to modify. and the SEN
tence should he, He died. probably in 1910 AT
Richmond IT both the date and the place
In doubt. or He died at Richmond probably I'm
1870" il the place is certain and the date doubt
full etc. curious cxperimcntcr has taken the
third verse. The plowman homeward piods his
weary way" out OF the much studied. Elegy and
subjected 1t to some hundred variations By alter
ing the position of the words. OF course. many
OF the forms are about identical in meaning but
the whole is An excellent example of the de-
rendence OF an English sentence on the position
OF it's words.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
SONGS AND SAWS
Youth md Are.

Bold youths declare they do not care
For Mammon's filthy dollars;
That they're content to shave the rent
And exc their cuffs and collars
They the folks who point the Jokes
About love in a cottage
who hke-thcy say-plain curds and whey
And simply dote on pottage.
Perhaps tbs true they take that view
'Twould be unknd to doubt it
But as they grow in years know,
They change their minds about it,
The ncshpots that they once jeered at
Gain much in charm and beauty;
Ihey swap their health for tainted wealth,
And think exchange duty.
Mere bread and cheese no longer please;
Grab all in sight they try to
In fact, good friends. until life ends
They act as you and ! do
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

all the old standards of Its profession. The
society has doubtless gained impression OF
inc PROBABLE genuincness of the Plotz dis
coVcries and now breads acutely to be
forced into the position OF disappearing popu-
lar. successful scientist than II breads TO re-
nouncc the professional influence OF the medical
body over its members. Medical freedom, this
win Il vengeance. when Il medical society itself
displays its doubts of the profession's right to
impose its collective standard OF conduct on it's
members! Popular sovereignty In medical mat
'ers is the fashion of the day.--New York Eve
ming sun
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

y European medical man has
One-SiLictl been taking measurements OF
rearbin,, soldiers mobiliziny for service in
a., w., the trenches. He finds that the
average man answering his coun-
try'S call in the present war Is
larger than the average medieval warrior, whose
mighty armor has been preserved for later gem
eratlons to wonder at. The is not physically
acterioratins The twentieth century man is
larger stronger and more capable of endurance
than his forbcar Of 900 or 500 years ago And
ne ought TO be, for he is better fed. better pro-
tectcu ana altogether wiser CONCERNING what
makes Tor vigorous manhood and what destroys
ana tears down. Eut the doctors observation
may emphasize truths not intended by him We
OF the present century may be sturdicr than
our ancestors and better warriors. but we are
aiSo wiser, and ought to appreciate more kcenly
than they the folly Of this institution called war
mere is little evidence. however. that we do
~ ieast considerable portion of the inhabta-
pic Sionc seems bent on demonstrating that he
medieval conception of mans duty toward man
mas not been materially altered by tho passa &c
Oh the ccnturics.-Clcveland Plain Dealer
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
Chats With Virginia Editors

the stanton Leader" says the Covng ton
'irginan. lis complaining that stanton Is in
bad way for sidewalks With practically
eNerSpoov IN Staunton riding in automobiles
what do they want with sidewalks?" For the
use of the countrymen who go to town Ia soil
and buy things, of course
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
Real Cauffor.

columbus (O.) JournaL)
Another way in which tho candida cs
might state their position If they were
entirely frank would be this We here
by solemnly pledge ourselves to circum-
vent the civil service law to the best
OF our ability and at every possible OPP
portunity.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

With the makers OF fashions for men other
wise occupied In Europe" says the Norfolk
Ledger Dispatch ut seems to have been left
10 american designers to start the ball rolling
In 1avor or the abolition OF the swallowtail or
full-dress' evening clothes 1t is to be hoped
the ball will roll on until success is achieved
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
DrlIU I,nNya-

Where may l get the of laws of the
United States against the Of drugs? Have
any other countries such laws? In what conn
try is the drug habit most practiced?
j. H. JR
The member Of Congress from your district
Will have the matter sent you. Yes. The statis-
tics are not full and reliable. 1t Is likely that
the habit OF using the special drugs you men,
uon---morphine and cocaine-is most widespread
in the United States.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
Rank InErutitudc.

Tho professional champion of tho uplft felt
mat his services to humanity were not properly
appreciated
II have been just busy as possible" he
sald forcing other people TO stop drink ing and
aahcihs ana some OF my critics have the hard-
mood TO suggest that 1 ought to stick to the
truth" "
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
Advice
From
President


duty Of the government of the United States al
this time, nut the one great duty Of the people
OF the United States. Measured by the test OF
America FIRST" most of the disputed issues of
TINS war readily and easily solve themselves so
Tar as this country is concerned There can he
no violent clash OF opinion between the friends
OF Germany and the friends OF Great Britain and
FRANCE when that test is intcligcntly applied.
We nave our own work to do at this time and
some of 1t Is more important civilization than
the work that is being done in the trenches
we have our own service TO render and when
the final adjustment comes that service NAV he
or more value to some Of the bellGerents than
any service they can render to themselves Not
only are we the great mediating nation as the
President says, but we do not want anything
that does not belong to u.s. that makes
our position unique In the councils of the world.
The Hottest ideal OF American citizenship AT
his time cannot be described better than in the
Presidents words-"not the laxative man not
the partisan man. not the man who remembers
first that he is Republican Il Democrat or
that his parents were German English but
VINO remembers first that the whole destiny of
modern affairs centers upon his being an Amcri-
can first of all The American WHO remembers
that has remembered evcrythng-New York
World.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

we are not willing to admit that real re-
porter can be turned out from any other insti-
tuition than newspaper offce-Richmond
Times Dispatch.
true 10 the letter, but not more than the
contention Of the Herald that real farmer
can be turned out from other institution
save and except from practical work on the
farm.-Farmvill Herald
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

He tcrossly)-Cant YOU find something else
to do than comment my faults?
She tswcetly)--Well, l might turn my atten-
ton to the deficiencies of some of the pcrsons
time. "
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

we are told" says the Staunton Leader
that the school boards In the counties find It
useless to spend money establishing modtrn
sanitary conveniences for the schools because
the children at once destroy them. They de-
stroy them because they have been educat ted
In the value and Importance to themselves to
have perfect sanitary convenicnces. The teach
crs themselves need TO be convinced and to he
trained. and the rest will follow" The teachers
need to be instructed use some hickory
switches in the good old fashoncd way.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
The Language OF Cash.

Go Spill it,"
What does money say when it talksp"
Whatever is necessary to make the marc 20
RUN on out now and play with the other bows "
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
Too IndcnnIfc

charge yonder hills" the captain cried
charge yonder shell-swept places"
10 whose account" tie recruit sipbed
Who lately had sold laces
THE TATTLER
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
"Ye Complcat Angler" at OF

N OWN in the corner OF an inside page
- tucked away from all news Of import
ance. appears an nconscqucntial item about
Edward M. Langdon. Of Lenox. Mass, aged
ninety-onc, veteran fisherman, who has lust
caught twelve mountain brook trout that
averaged pound in weight. For eghty-six
years, with never year missing, Brother
Langdon, of the Gcgo Tillicum-whlch is
Apache and Siwash for Fishing Brethren-
has ished in the Southern Bcrkshires
We can see him now. with the weight of
his years resting lightly on his honorcd head.
walking the brook. leaning to work his wav
through overhangng trees. parting the un-
derbrush. casting, Keeling, watchfully obsery-
ing, and al the strike introducing that simDlo
but artistic twist OF the wrist that drives the
tiny hook home. He smilcs-of course he
smiles; what fisherman do >sn't at such q
moment?-and, slowly rccling in, noting the
gallant fight Of the game fish, brings his
catch up 10 the net, or nirts it deity out of
the water into his waiting hand. Then. un-
hooking the fish, he holds it for moment
contemplating its beauty, then drops it into
the crccl and casts again
Fishing is the first estate of the soul IN a [
loves the open. 1t leads one by quiet WAYS.
where there IS place for meditation for in
trospection. There is no rumble of trains
nor OF city traffic. 1t is good to think of
Brother Langdon on his eighty-siXth annual
trip, making that splendid catch of dozen
one Founders.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
The PcSsiniist SAYS:

mat lin the spring young mans fancy
!shtiE turns to thoughts OF love- is just another
natures sreencry is accustomed to show itself
~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
Docsn,t uenr ue,s,tirn

tPhfladeIphfa I.edRor)
Thierfelder is trying the bluff of THE
richens, but II doesn't work SO we'll the
second time.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

New York, at any rate, has become highly
doubtful OF the blessings Of Republican gov
ernmcnt
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

Entered Jnnuury -. inu5. at richmond va, n.
t"c"nd-cln"' "nttcr uvlcr of Congress
March =. 1870.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
Fighting From Force OF Habit.

(Anaconda Standard.)
One theme OF wonder Is that there Is
anything OF value left In Mexico to
tight over.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

Though England makes n good deal OF
noise about IT, she does seem to manage
somehow 10 find the necessary men
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

ny TfmcS-Dirpntch Carrier Delivery Service n
hfchfnond tnnd "rhur''sD md Pctcr~bur=:
3 'nf!S with sunday. vcr1:. II cents
6 IHhH without sunday. GEEK ........ 10 cent.
S'trGnS only. a ........ ;; cont,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

Published c,crs day in the ycnr by The Times
Dispatch Publishing Company. Inc. Address NIL
.ronnucs-c lions 10 THE TIMES DISPATCH.
fimcn-DiSnutch building, 10 Sou.n rcnsh Strccr.
sS1chpond.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

And while we arc cleaning up and paint-
ing up, why not also do little spfnkling
up? The streets may he shocked at first
but they would get used 10 II in time
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

Says the Harrisonburg News-Record: That
man Lee Moore, down in Richmond who is
AUDITOR Tor the State OF Virginia. proposes to
see that every mothers OF pays his
taxes" That's what the State employs him for
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

NnnuSrriptS and communications niur,i:tcG
for publication VIII 10 returned unIrar
accompanied hy rrNtncc sinn1pa.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

The Halifax Record Advertiser is waiting pa
uently to obtain grim satisfaction 1t saws:
I'VE know some stores in this section that are
not advertising III this paper. But they shall
get in print, for when their owners die we are
going to mention their business in the obituary
notices"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
TrIcrI;ONF u,yDn,r,,

s ratification oIlcc 10 South Tenth street
South Richmond 1Ooo -Iu,I stree.
Petersburg ........ .1On North Sycamore street
si.SnchhurE ....... Els EiEhti Street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

Harry Thaw will now proceed to give the
world his Impressions of his own sanity
and in a court of justice, at that, This is
almost enough To make the angels weep
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
Rirbulur1 Glmes -plspatrb

THE TIMES Founded. .....................I SSS
THE DIsrATCR. Founded Observation-Disclosures. 1850
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

The jitncy is getting up in the world In
legal way for example il started in the
Poiice Court, swept into that which dis
penSes law and equity, and at last found itself
III intimate association with matters of great
pin and moment in the minds of learned
judges OF the Court OF Appeals
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES

SUBsCHIi"TioE RATES
ny NAIY, Ono SIX Three ono
POSTAGE PAID Ycnr ,1o, ,io, s,o
nn:iy ara SUNDAY. SO 90 sa.oo 81 80 8 -
4 Unit? only ........... 90 .35
S"""nE only.....,... 2. 90 90 so 81
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

DO you! polltax paying early.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
Current Editorial Comment

y wise. n timely and a highly
patriotic speech was that which
President Wilson delivered to tho
members of the Associated Press.
In two words. America first" he
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

HhsHEooS, STORY 4 nRoOI<S. INC
srccinl AdycrtisinE Ncnrcxrntntiycs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
POst-ImprcssionIrn,

is that picture you are
painting designed to repre-
sent one of the battles of the
European war;"
"Of course not" replied the
Futurist. That is a picture
Of Colonel Roosevelt thinking
thoughts of Dear Bill"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24

An exceeding delicate point OF
Medical professional custom was touched
Itb;c. nc when the New York IA Astrological
They Are everin 80, nv ,ns. "euhesday
his formal announcement of the
vaccine against typhus. Not very long ago there
was room FOR doubt whether the young dis.
coverer was likely to obtain such q hearing Hs
step in communicating his supposed discoyerv
OF the typhus germ directly TO the public over
the heads OF the medical profession had raised
the bttcrest Indignation. and no small doubts
of his sincerity. Now comes a recognized mcdi-
cal BODY and receives the offending scientists
communications: not only that about the germ
but the further report upon preventive serum
1t follows mat his condemnation must have been
reversed, or that the society in question real
ICES the uselessness OF attempting to keep up
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-18

campaign Of advertising the attrac-
lions Of Minnesota as a home state.
The returns are. just beginning to
come in. Yet il; is proposed at the
outset of the work, to give up and
quit.
A closer correlation of the various
state agencies having to do with the
lands and their settlement is highly
desirable. What is needed is CON:
structive and progressive legislation
for state development, not the tear
ing down of what has already been
accomplished. .s 5. s.s ]
We hope and believe the better
Judgment of the legislature will pre-
vail in these matters
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-18

q Y
EXPOSITION has passed the first month
of its al1<yeaf run. A total OIL $6I
270 people passed through the expo
sition sturnstiles during January: and
in addition thousands Of soldiers and
sailors, whose uniforms entitle them
to admission, entered the grounds I'M
registered, According to- exposition
officials, the fair has more than paid
expenses during the first month of
Its life. this being record unequale1
by previous fairs.
With the. exception of the Chicago
world fair, no exposition in Amer
lea has had an attendance record for
the first month equal to. the mark
set by San Diego. Buffalo came
nearest with a total Of 1899;
Omaha had 166,822; st. Louis, 1885,
754, and Nashville, 104,525. Even
the Chicago fair, despite its large at
tendance, failed to pay expenses, San
Diego's performance is unique in ex-
position history. s.,,.
As January was expected to be one
of she dullest months OF the expo
sition's all-year run, fair officials are
especially pleased with the showing
made. s:E. -.
London now has an official police
woman. 5 tasil3