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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14

WAS nevertheless one OF the arbitrary
systems. and Is too unwieldy for gon-
eral use. One feature OF this style I.
the guide for the readers finger at the
END OF the lines: tho even numbered
lines are read from right TO left
The arbitrary point system was in
vented early in the nineteenth CEN
fury by Captain Charles Barber, a
French officer, VINO substituted en-
bossed dots for line. This was ar
ranged in Its present form by Louis
RThillc. n pupil who afterwards became
a professor in an institution for the
blind In Paris AZ IL IL used to-day.
this system comprises combinations OF
SIX dots arranged In two vertical lines
OF three each making possible sixty
three different combinations
Naturally the alphabetical svstcm.
arc OF advantage over those OF an
arbitrary nature since they may be read
by seeing persons With ease enabling
any one to read or teach from such
books. while special teacher 10 re-
quired TO instruct in the others
The iirst books for the blind were
very bulky. and many attempted to de-
crease their size and. consequently. the
cost They are stu voiuminous. how
ever; three more volumes than are re
CURED for al ordinary encyclopedia
heinz required TO complete Defoe's
Robinson Crusoe. one OF the sew
cral books to be seen In the collection.
in the Smithsonian building l.. bulky
volume OF this work.
The chief American systems arc j.
Il. Frlcdlanders Roman capitals, in
which has been printed the only die
tiouary for the blind: Howc's angular
lower letters; the French alpha b et
with capitals and rounded lower ca sc
letters, and kneass's improved system
combining capitals and angular lower
case letters, the lowcr-case letters with
tails being raised that no part e1
tended below the line. The last style
was tho invention of blind writer,
y. b.. Kneass. Jr., who also established
"A magazine for the blind In 1867.
The graphic arts exhibit contains
samples Of the Encass system and a
copy OF his Philadelphia Magazine for
the Blind. Publications OF the Howe
Memorial Press. Of Boston the Amer
lean Printing House for the Blind. of
Louisville. and specimens OF the Moon
and Braillc systems are also shown.
together with relief maps and illustra
tons
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
Journalist Is Elected

TOPEKA. KAN, April l3.-Jay r.
House. newspaper man. is the new
Mayor of Topeka, In spite Of the edi :
toriai opposition Of both Topeka
newspapers: including the one on which
he worked. and the denunciation OF sew
cral Topeka ministers and womens club
workers
House won over c. q. BlRkcly. promi-
ncnt business man and former Council
man. The fight on House. who is a
paragraph writer and sporting editor OF
Governor Arthur Capper's Topeka Daily
Capital. was based on his writings con-
corning women and prohibition.
Rev. Robert Gordon, pastor OF First
against House by a Sunday night ad
dress House and Women-What He
Thinks 'of Them Here are some OF
| the paragraphs quoted to arouse the
women against the newspaper man
The elderly woman gets her pleas
ure going to funerals
The ATLANTA man who recently traded
off his wife for keg of beer was a
good Judge OF both women and beer.
congressman Olmsted wants to
know what II costs to keep hen a
year. The cost varies. To some married
men the expense runs into thousands OF
dollars.
Marriage is tho longest sentence a
justice of the peace can impose
House himself, in his unique plat
form. stated definitely that he would
enforce the liquor ordinances.
House announced his policy as Mayor
by saying: what this town needs more
! than anything else in It's governmental
function Is more plain horse sense and
less fiddle faddle."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
War News Fifty Years Ago
Trom Newspapers. April IA. 1859

1t is reported that MIR. Davis and his Cabinet
arc still! In Charlotte. " G. Soon after reachini;
that place lie was greeted and chcercd By Il
great concourse OF people to whom he made a
short address. from which it would seem that
he does not consider tho cause lost rs yet His
address. to say the least OF it. optimistic.
y Washington telegram says that General
sherman has instructions from the War Depart
mcnt not to press General Johnston for n fight.
The belief is expressed that the latter will soon
surrender. and tho department further expresses
a desire to avoid any further bloodshed.
The New York Herald has telegram from
l.ttlo Rock, Ark. stating that the Confederate
Army Of the Trans mississippi. under General
Kirby Smith, is ready to surrender.
Major General Wcitze Of tho Twenty fourth
Army Corps. who has been In command in this
city since Federal occupation. has been relieved
Of the command and assigned to Pctcrsburr a nd
vicinity. Major General l.. O. G. Ord comma nd =
ing the Army Of the James, has assumed com
mand OF this department.
The Richmond city battery that was captured
near Amelia Courthouse has been sent to
Richmond boys will he parplcd. of course and
all of them Will probably be home within a week
from now.
General Lee is said have told one OF his
staff while at Appomattox that General John
sion had 5000 lighting mon under his command.
Lees assistant adjutant- general. was killed i'm
the fight at the High Bridge.
distressing report reached here Yesterday
that Lieutenant c. Minnieerode, OF General FltI
TINS city. was killed in the very las, skirInish
before the surrender at Appomattpx
colonel Boston. OF the Fifth Virginia Cavalry
was Killed in the fight at the High Bridge
pontoon bridge. across James River lust
below the site of the Mayo toll bridge is prov
Ing to be a great convenience. especially to the
country people, who bringing much needed
supplies to the city.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14

owners do not avail themselves of the con

owners do not avail themselves Of the con-
Cession made to them and return taxable
property it will he in order to play the
ferret. But the new system has not yet been
tried. and until it has been tested, and we'll
tested. we believe that tact is advisable.
1t has been the experience of various
States and cities that the inQuisitorial method
OF collecting taxes has driven much capital
away. In some instances the removal or
holders of intangible property to other resi-
dences has resulted in great loss to the enter
prising communities bent getting every
farthing due them. Let not be in too
great hurry to have every taxable article
ON the books. They will all get there in
time.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14

II 'SSlA is being seriously affected by de-
y mocracy as result Of the war While
the Gar is still the Little Father" to the
whole nation. and he and the blood royal are
heid sacred in all that part OF the world which
stretches from Poland to the China Sea. a
sixteen year-od Russian girl has had the
audacity TO pass herself on as one of the
Cars daughters. and succeeded in fooling
everybody. too
me girl who bears a striking resemblance
10 one OF the grand duchesses, arrived at
isarkoe Selo railway station where her
coming had been announced. She did no,
'ESist on special train. but rraciously rode
in the same compartment with IL lieutenant
general. She was dressed as Sister OF
Mercy. and left the train at CATCHING to visit
" hospital, attended by growing army of
oHlcais ana servants seeking to honor her
hut while in. the hospital one OF the En-
perors attaches recognized her as an i'm
poster. The girl. instead Of being overcome
with confusion. laughed heartily when she
was accused OF fraud
thus is the new and irreverent woman
scoring IN Russia Doubtless, before the end
oil the war, equal suffrage will be demanded
by thousands Of hitherto politically unconsci-
GUS women of the great empire Why does
not the Equal Suffrage League seize this
opportunity for missionary work?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14

In its wealth OF interesting detail this pa ra-
graph includes Il revelation of one Of the
scarcitics which prevailed i'm the ca ptal of the
Confederacy - the scarcity of backing and
mar dye. Before the fall OF Richmond a
shave cost S3-in Confederate money-whilc
TO have ones boots BACKED necessitated an
outlay OF So. Only the plutocrats could
enjoy the luxury of a dyed mustache for
which service Sis was exacted. After the
fall shave cost 5 cents and bootblack
10 cents while any mustache could attain
a iierccly martial hue at total outlay OF
half dollar.
II is to be observed that the prices for
bootblacking and mustache dyeing toppled
relatively as we'll as absolutely. Before the
surrender. shaving was to boot backing as
three is to five, while after the surrender
the proportion nearly reversed, and
became as three is to two. Similarly, before
the surrender. hair cutting was to mustache
oNeing as one is to three, while afterwards
mathematical equality was attained
When the invader entered Richmond he
Drought along with other reputed blessings
with which Richmond willingly would have
dispensed plentiful supplies OF backing and
hair dye and thereafter the applica zion of
these articles at the parlors tonsorial fell to
Their proper place in the scale OF fixed
charges However. the tipping evil prevailed
III those days also. and doubtless an addi-
nohai honorarium was conferred for espe-
cially artistic and satisfactory work on either
head or heels.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14

been accustomed to freedom he rescnts cmphati-
callE. He feels freest In Germany just as an
nngiishman does In England. because the kind
OF liberty he enjoys there is the kind of liberty
TO which he is accustomed. To n savage clothnr
is torture the civilized man is not conscious
OIL MS clothes What kind of liberty is best Is a
question about which philosophers and scientista
can dispute endlcssly; but when any people has
the KIND II wants. or-as in Gcrmany-has
reconcilcd itself to the kind IL has, outsiders
have no reason to mcddle.-Sprnghcld Republic
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14

You yearn to back that set Of kings
Up 10 the starry skies.
Eut yet Il little birdie sings:
60 mighty slow. BE wise"
And friends, perhaps you've noticed that
Whateer YOU do il wrong
II YOU make that fat pot more fat
Or heed the brides song
You're sure to want To grab your hat
And yammcr loud and long.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
4 Good Federal Law.
(Boston Post. !

According to United States statute,
moving pictures of boxing bout may
be shown in the state where they are
taken. but they cannot he moved from
one state to another or shipped into or
out OF the country. The ban appears to
be complete and immovable.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
The End NJ II.

New Haven Journal-Courier.)
a pretty prediction from a Red Cross
nurse: when this war is over, In all
Europe there VIII only be old men and
young children. The flower of EIurope's
manhood will be lying dead or horribly
wounded and crippled"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14

The Charlottesville Progress is evidently get
ting frightened. Hear its wall: IF the prohibit
tontsts keep up the chase will after a while
Know just as little about the Demon Rum we
do OF the demon supposed to reside down below
We are apt TO lind 1t pretty warm work chasing
either of them
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
Chats With Virginia Editors

The Fredericksburg Star gleefully announces:
The report of national bank examiners from
all parts of the country. just made public by
the Treasury Department, shows that pros
ptrity is not coming, but that It is here. The
pessimists are slowly crawling into their holes
and are being forgotten by the people" Let
us hope that dear old Fredericksburg is right in
the swim
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
Mineral.

To whom shall send specimens OF mineral
Tor examination In Virginia? j. a. PALMER
the commissioner of Agriculture, c. W.
koiner, Capitol Building. Richmond, Va. does all
he can to have his department of chemistry
make such analysis without charge for citizens
OF the State This service is not part OF the
regular dnty or the department. and sometimes
il happens that time may not be found for If
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14

The Tazewell Republican, whether peakinp
from experience or observation the editor de-
poseth not. says: IF YOU to ruin your
boy just take his side every question and
bors children Just let him know YOU are with
him. right or wrong, In all his disputes. This
will give him good start In the downward
path
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14

Ihat comes when you three
Kings have got 4.
And It's your time to say
If YOU will boost the bloated
pot.
Or heave those kings away.
In beads the Precipitation
springs
Above your puckercd eyes,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
Easter Theory.

Please toll mo what is the theory OF tho ann
wheeling In the heavens at Easter time.
III. D. HUDSON
We regret that we do not know the theory -
1t might be OF service to you for MS to state the
fact that at Easter time" the sun behaves ex-
actly as 1t does at any other time
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
The PrSnlsIenf,

Does the government appropriate money for
the Presidents living expenses and the clothing
of his family? LEWIS WHITE
e. lie has n salary and liberal allowances for
furnishings. etc, but he paws for his own food
and the clothing OF his family.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
Governors.

what is the earliest age at which man nav
run for Governor in any State? Who conducts
impeachment proceedings? l.. G. WRIGHT
There is. SO far we know no means OF dis
covering these things in case of all the States
except an examination OF all the State Consti-
tutions and Codes.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14

TN" BARRIERS have fixed their new
prices as follows: shaving, 10 cents
oootblackinE. 10 cents: shampooinc. 80
cents: hair cut, - cents dyeiuR mus
tachc 80 cents. The following were tn.
last rates, when Confederate money WAS
used IN payment: shaving, SO; boot
black So hair cut; So dycing mus
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
Ono Thing Sure.

IL understand Mrs Gabby la going on the
lecture platform"
Indeed! For the purpose. suppose OF ad
rancing wOman's suffrage"
We'll. that may BIO her purpose, hut the reault
Will be to increase mans suffering"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
The Pcssimint SAYS,

The man who is always telling you his
troubles ~ not. when YOU come q think IF IL,
the worst affection in this vale OF tears sup
pos" he should change his tune and start in TO
describe your faults
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
y Deal in Horses

n AVID llARuM held that anything was
lalr III horse trade. and others have
agreed for generations that anything is
equally ialr III war Now, when you combine
me horse trade with war, how far may
man 70 in trickcry and still be fair?
Here is "a horse dealer in Kings County
Nova scotia. summoned before the Public
Accounts Committee because. II is alleged he
bought up lot of worthless nags and man
aged 10 sell them to the government for
army use al fine. fat profit.
Il wasn't cheating" said the dealer Il
knew all about the defects. They were there
TO be seen. If the governments expert
o0uldn see them. il wasn't my business 10
take him by the hand and lead him up 10 a
magnifying glass"
Precisely. IIarum was right Government
Is hig enough rich enough and powerful
enough to hire a buyer who can tell a
spawned rake from a mooley COW and our
sHmpathies are entirely with the horse per-
son Not because think he ought TO get
r'ch so suddenly but because we're rather
thclhed TO let this inhuman war cost as
much as possible, so that it will the sooner
come TO a finish. And then, too all's fair
~ horse trading and war, or the rules are
wrong
Colorados woman Senator saws the wav
Tor women 10 succeed in politics is to hold
/ 'h"N tongues. This statement wears the as
| poet Of treason against the most conspicuous
prolagonists Of equal suffrage
ONO Democratic oniccholdcrs. requested bv
F Governor Willis 10 resign, have refused fatty
to do any such thing Exactly tho RICH,
/ answer TO make 10 a rc0ucst so rudc ana
! thoughtlcss
II hesns TO look as though tho flames of
war wh'ch were famed to activity in the
4isrlts
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
Putting Him in Training,

Tutfin% Hin IN TraInfnK.
tic-tonSiderinS our engagement
think you have been treating with proper
consideration
Shc--What do YOU mean?
tc-Why. at Mrs. fiighup's dinner party. YOU
hardly spoke to the whole evening
Shc--Don't let that worry YOU I am Just
trying to accustom YOU to tho way folks behave
nj table after they married
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14

The movement against St.
French Mihie judged by its magnitude
lttack ou and its difficulties quite exceeds
~ N;l,;nI anything undcrtak ken the west
crn war front since the German
assaults against Yprcs last No
vember. Considered by its possible results. II
cannot yield the French any important direct
territorial gain Even if fully successful il
can reconquer but the 100 square miles or
slightly over, included i'm the salient Further
advance to the cast is barred by the Metz forts
In spite of this there attaches to the operation
an interest greater than that of the much larger
operations OH the Russian front: partly because
II is nearer and more vivid; partly because a n
acre in western Europe OF dcnscly populated
highly developed historic ground counts or
seems to count for more than n mile in Eastern
Europe; but above all because the recapturc of
this all-mportnnt bit of territory would have a
bearing on the whole coming campaign in
France and Belgium Once firmly established
ON line from Pont-a -Mousson to Fresncs the
French can cease to fear German count era ttacks
through st. Mihiel. They become free press
forward in Champagne. in AIsace or elsewhere
They gain freedom OF movement along their
entire line As Il precursor to subsequent
French effort to reconuuer tho German gains OF
last August. the st. Mihicl operate form the
prologue of the mis- y military drama likely to
hc played during thu coming months-New York
Evening sun
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
Cons isolation.

First Gentleman Fnrmer--rhat dog OF your.
has Just bitten one OF my prize pigs.
Second c. F.-Well don't let II distress YOU
The dog may suffer no i'll effects Whatever
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14

minneapolis Journal)
IL the war gets rid of gin for Eng
land and makes over Mrs. Pankhurst,
II VIII not have been fought in VAIN
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
jim, Crnck Corn.

VIII you print or get me the song bcginnin
when J was young, 7 used to walt on mas er
table. hand the plate. ETC.? AMELIA.
Will some reader please send COPY
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
May Come in unndx.

(Ncw York Tclegram.)
Hold on! Don't dismantle that aroma
In Havana yet. See that Diaz and
Hucrta are headed this way.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
Queries and Answers
Governors and Counties.

iiom niahE governors OF states are now Demo-
York? ST,R.NcEp
Thirty. Albany. Duchess. Kings. New York,
orange queens, Richmond Suffolk, Westminster.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
High Cost
of Making
State Laws


budget commissioner. W. O. EIefcrnam, was
ready with an elaborate report on State finances,
giving AN analysis OF expenditures and outlining
plans for the coming two years. "Your budget"
said the commissioner to the Legislature. "is
your program OF public service" Some general
recommc nda tons We're offered by him along
with the figures. one recommendation was that
departments and bureaus of the State govern
ment he consolidated as secure better ad-
ministrative results for the people at less cost
than III the past. Another recommendation dealt
with the procedure OF the Legislature itself.
which the budget commiss Toner criticized
wasteful. He evidently had been figuring
the average cost in each OF several States. in
Guiding Illinois. OF each statute enacted. for he
said: Our present Legislature should give at
tcntion very early in the session TO ways and
means of shortening the session. Unduly pro-
tractcd sessions are expensive, costing several
thousand dollars each week. Ohio pays $3.50 for
each law the cost only in New York and Illinois
being higher" The budget commissioner of
ohio has done we'll to call attention in n striking
way 10 TN" high cost Of lawmakiDg In American
states. The heavy expense is due in large
measure to the needless prolonging of leSisla
tive sessions. Some State Legislatures that met
in January have already finished their work and
gone home. but the lawmaSing body OF Illinois
has only Just begun the consideration OF bills
Chicago News.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14

Tin" N"rf"!k NirsiniUn-Illot says Every
true poet is fisherman. according to the CAL
weston News 1t seems more accurate to saw
that every true fisherman has the germs OF
poesy In his heart. Hut have never known
a fisherman whether addicted TO the muses.
or not. who was not unconscionable liar
Pretty tough charge against a ma 1orlty or the
citizens of your saltwater bhiliwick
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
lie Won't Demand n Recount.
Fundamentals Nnwa.l

Danville. Ill, has decided to ROMAN
wet" but that Is not likely to make 1t
any less homelike TO Uncle Joe Cannon
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
The Voice of the Peoplc
Pleads for the Coates. Nan.

To the EDITOR OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Why should men be forced to wear their
coats all through the hot summer just because
our grandparents were raised this way? This
was the style III those days but the style Is
changing We 10 wall
for some one over in Paris start the STYLES
IN America Why not start them ourselves this
year by leaving off our coats when ii gets too
not 10 Wear them. and save one from
cnssing gettinE cross. becoming overcome by
heat ana the like? ~
We have just rs much right to go without our
coats and be gentlemen a woman has to wear
a peek-a-boo waist with low neck and short
sleeves and he called lady Don't think Am,
kicking on the women wearing low neck and
short sleeves. Not at all. for they look nice and
comfortable. AS men haven't the beautiful arms
ana neck to display. we are willing to wear the
nigh collar and long sleeves, but Let us get rid
coats a. -
Those who in favor OF this will looy.
their coats off when II gets too hot to wea r
= them I" be happy In hot weather. ic com.
Portable; TO be comfortable be coati.ss hut not
countless r 1; W
Richmond, April ID. 1915
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
BootbIncking FIFTY Years Ago

a MONG the curiosities of "War News Fifty
Years Ago. as reproduced in one of our
issues last week was a statement OF the read
justment of prices charged by the BARRIERS of
Richmond for their services The paragraph
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14

IN" l5ie stone Gap Post remarks: Trees
usually wait until they receive certain nssur-
ances of spring before permitting their SAP to-
rise. but the human saphend is Away. on the
Job" Neither OF the discoveries made by the
Post new
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-14
Export Cotton.

How much cotton is shipped from this coun.
try? MISS c. s. n
About 100000 bales. OF 500 pounds each