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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1911.

GOOD FOR. FIVE MORE."Mr. Bryan loses h's temper." Is

the headline of an editorial article intho Houston Post published severaldnys ago. It has reference to thegreat Nehraskan's attempt to compelChairman Underwood and the Demo¬crats of the House to adopt his viewon tho wool question. They wouldnot follow his advice and Mr. Bryanhns said some th'ngs about them andtheir course which have subjected himto severe animadversion on the partof those who arc so ready to dis¬credit anything that he does or says,and now comes the Houston Post withtho complaint that "Mr. Bryan loseshis temper." Mr. Bryan never loseshis temper, but it he should, goadedby the unfriendly and disloyal com¬

ments of a gainsaying so-called Demo¬cratic journalism, it Is not to be won¬dered at. Mr. Bryan is but mortal,after all. He is a man Just like othermen.animated by the same spirit,controlled by the same limitations; acreature of like passions with the restof his race.and If he should lose histemper at times, which he does, ofcourse, It is only a manifestation ofhis human nature. Says the Texnspaper, "Mr. Bryan's custom of de¬nouncing those who do not agree withblm as creators of monopoly or spe¬cial Interests Is one of the most of¬fensive phases of his demagogy. If hethinks he can palm off on the publichis past and tongue lash the partyleaders and the party newspapers IntoI'.cqulescencc, It is time he were learn¬ing better. Ho Is just one individualin the party, entitled to his views andto express them just as any individualIs, and no more." <.

A good deal depends upon the Indi¬vidual, of course, but manifestly an in¬dividual who has controlled in throepresidential elections something likesix million of the voters of this coun¬try, is not "Just one individual." HeIs six million individuals in fnct. andtliis Is the point we would commendto the prayerful consideration of theEditor of the disreputable Houstonpaper. What it has mistaken for"temper" on Mr. Bryan's part has onlybeen earnestness, but he has hadenough, surely, to worry him and makehim speak at limes in rather harsh.If affectionate, terms of those whohave crossed his-path and endeavoredto expose his many weaknesses. Re¬sides, when lite very citadel of truthItself Is assaulted, Mr, Bryan beingthe. citadel, it is not at all to bo won¬dered at that he should speak withposittveness as to the lapses of thoDemocrats wVöm h> would keep in theBtralght way.'f Five more candidacies In Mm. we(should say, Judging from his Increas-lug physical and mental vigor, and asl"ng ns Mr. Brynn Is running for officethe country is pretty safe to get aworthy Prcsldont in his place.

KAMI PI.AV POIt IIOTII S1HKS.Railroad trains in South Carolina

are required to come tri ft full .-top be¬fore crossing tri« track of another iall-road, in trie opinion of the AbbevillePress and Banner, the law should bennu-nded so that it will apply in all au¬tomobiles and vehicles drawn byhorses, and that provision should bemade denying those who I nil to sföpthe rignt to sue for damages "t>ii theother hand.*' says the Abbeville paper,"the railroads should have the rich!to sue evfery man who neglects to oiieythis requirement. A citizen should iiitveno more right to obstruct n runningtrain with his old buggy or fast-rujf-ning automobile than ho has to put across-tie on the track."

There's lots of common sense andabsolute justice in that suggestion; al¬though it \* a Iii tie surprising to nnd. newspaper In these itinbhlance-ehas-Ing day* arguing that the rallroatishave any lights thai .should he regard¬ed. Y)o th- y not enjoy peculiar pri\l-l.-gesv Has not the State granted themimmensely valuable privileges, and isit not the duty of the Slate to exer¬cise the. right Of eminent domain indealing with the railroad corporationscreated by Its liberal hand? There Is a

pood deal of humbug in this claim, tobe sure: but It always takes with cer¬tain classes of the people. There Is a

good deal of humbug in much unit wc-do against the corporations.For example, there arc the claims

that are mailt against the transporta¬tion companies for the loss Of goods «I-Jt «od to have occurred in transit, itis said that th* claims of this sort inthe United States aggregate 121,000,0(10annually, and the mischief of II Is thecompanies have no adequate check.Doubtless there are many louses in the,handling of merchandise shipped bythe road> and steamships, and thu com¬panies should make all iiuch lossesgood; but some nysiem of checks shouldbe established by Inw for the protectionor the companies nnd for the pttnish\.Vint of frauds attempted or actually

accomplished by tho shippers. Goodsshipped by tho railroads or steamshipsshould not only be carefully packed Insubstantial cases, but thoso oaeos shouldbo sealed, and no transportation com¬pany should be held for damages whengoods aro not ao packed and sealed.The suggestions made by the Abbe¬

ville paper are capable of groat ex¬pansion. Stealing from a corporationis as criminal as stealing by a cor¬poration.

RICHMOND AND ATLANTA.Alexander Dtxon, of Washington, has

heen talking to the hotel reporter ofthe Birmingham Age-Herald aboutRichmond, and Atlanta. He says thatthis city has been growing and Im¬proving faster In the past five yearsthan in any previous like, period In itshistory. He goes on to say:

"1 have visited Richmond and At¬lanta frequently within the past tendays, and 1 never expected to see thotime when the Virginia capital wouldcatch up with the Georgia capital,either In population or. large buildingoperations. Atlanta, with Its popu¬lation of 154,000 in the last census,was ahead of Richmond by about"5,000. but to-day. from all appear¬ances, the latter city is doing morebuilding of every kind than Atlanta,and by 1920 the census takers willprobably find as many people in Rich¬mond as they will be able to count InAtlanta."Richmond has led most Southern

cities In accumulated wealth eversince the war, hut In the matter ofpublic spirit It was easily outclassedby Atlanta. Now the 'get-together'spirit Is as much In evidence In Rich¬mond as It Is In Atlanta or any othercity. The old Confederate capital hascertainly got a move on It that I hadnever expected to see, but that I amglad Indeed to note. It Is one of themost Interesting cities historically Inthe United States, but I fear that Inits present forward movement commer¬cialism will dominate and win crowdout the few landmarks that are left."

If anything, this understates thecase In so far as Richmond is con¬cerned. By the next census Atlantawill be nowhere near the tape whenRichmond comes racing in. In build*Ing operations, In population and Inthe '"get-together" .spirit. RichmondIs really ahead of Atlanta now, whenthe matter of area Is taken Into con¬sideration as a basis for calculation.In ten years, allowing for further In¬flated territorial expansion by Atlanta.Richmond will still be farther in thereal lead.

RAILROADS GETTING TOO MUCH.Postmaster-General Hitchcock Is

giving bis department "a business ad-ministration.'' Having caught up with

I the expenditures of the mall service'and paid off something like $17,000,000in the course of two years, he now In-tends to take up the question of carry¬ing the mails with the great transpor¬tation companies, the big trunk lines,In his opinion, being largely overpaidby the Government for this service. Hebelieves lhat a saving of $0,000,000 canbo effected without doing injustice tothe carrying llnrs. Inquiry has broughtout the fact that of (he '10 1 companiesfrom which reports have been received,2'S are making profits from mail trans-ipollution, while 11» are Incurringlosses. The Government does not wish

I to hav e Ibis service rendered withoutfair compensation, but If Hitchcock's

'plans gti through the condil Ions will bechanged so thai a reasonable profit canbe made on this business by all the

I companies, and without disadvantagetri the public. By making a readjust¬ment of the charges for mall serviceon a basis of a profit of 0 per cent, tfi

jail railways carrying mails, the Post-iVaster-Genetal estimates that practi¬cally JD.000,000 can be saved lo the Gov¬ernment annually. Congress will ber.fiked to authorize stich readjustments,and once it has been effected the Post-innstor-Gcticrul Iii of opinion Hint itwill l>c practicable' to reduce letterpostage to 1 cdnt, which will be ofenormous value to the business inter¬ests of the country.

Hitchcock has been much censured'by a great many of the newspapers andpoliticians, but be cppears to have'managed the- affairs of his departmentin a more businesslike way than it wasover managed before. Some of lilacritics claim that the deficits he hasmet and the economies he has intro¬duced nr.; largely a matter of book¬keeping, but we do riot believe any-thins of the sort. The figures wouldseem t<> show that In these matters,\vhatevor Hie pernicious caarncler of[Hitchcock;* political activities, he hasmanaged his office with very strict re-garil to business detail. It Is largelyto his credit that lie has been nble toaccomplish anything In the circuin-nance;'.

FOLK OK l I,AUK iSenator liecd. of Missouri, has en 11-

id attention to the tart dial the Demo-[ crats of llud St il.- In iholr convonlibnlust year ndorsod former GovernorFolk for Ilm l'iisi(<n<y und insiststhai ali Missouri Democrats are houndh.v .he .K ilon of iiiis convention. Na-j! turally, the friends of tin- Honorable! Chump Clark lire disturbed l.y. thischange in the situation ami SenatorKeed libs Imiillcll faith in the candortitid fa'fness of Missouri's 1 >emocrnts1and think.; he takes no lia:'.ard whenhe protests thin "the Missouri delcgu-I tion \« ih.- National convention will be

ja delegation devoted to the support..!' Governor Folk." We floiibt thai Göy-

Ii rnor Folk could be nominated, andv. t doubt j good rleal more that hecould be el< ( ted if he .should he nom¬inated, hut ihe in tensting feature ofthis wholly unexpected, and some per-sons think, indefensible attitude of theSenator rrr.m Missouri, 's Unit it will(lisligure, if it do not dc.-troy, the boomfor Mr. Clark, which has been boom¬ing along ai a most encouraging ratesince Hie election last Xovemhci whenthe Democrats secured a fine workingmajority In the lowei house of Con¬gress We should say that Mr. Clarkwould make a moie effective candidatefor President than Governor Folk, andthis Is not saying :i great d-:i1 for Gov-

^.rnur Folk. Mr. Clark's chlel claim to

j tho presidential nomination Is thtat! for sixteen years or so ho has neverlowered his colors, and has protestedthat tho time would come when theRepublicans would be driven out ofpower and the Democrats would re¬

sume their, ancient and honorable con¬trol of the affairs of this country. Oneof the files In tho Clark clntmcnt Is thoapparent disposition of a somewhatconspicuous gentleman In Nobraska tocspouso his cause That would be verybad for Mr. Clark. If M'r. Bryan Isconducting- the nomination, as he willsurely try to do, the natural and logi¬cal thing would to for Mr. Bryan to,nomlnato himself. He Is stronger withthe country than any of his understud¬ies.

THE DIVOn.CE CANCER.Out in Chicago they are keeping a

score of the proceedings of the mar¬riage license bureau and' the divorcocourts with the result that in the firstseventeen days Of. the present monththe marriage license bureau was thirtylicenses ahead of the same period lastyear, but on the other hand, the di¬vorce courts were thirty-seven aheadof the record made lest year. The fig¬ures for June show that out of 1001couples married nearly ten seek di-1vorcc. 'Several of the Cook CountyJudges have decider! that as divorco ls|so nearly the ultimate port of the aver¬age Chicago couple they will not per-1form any more marriages. This Isnice state of affairs in the communitywhich claims to be moral, hut the di¬vorce ovll Is spreading throughout thecountry. The correct position on thodivorce question Is that taken by SouthCarolina as ft State and by the RomanCatholic Church .as a Church. In SouthCarolina, there is no divorce and therenever has been except during the periodof negro domination in that State; inthe Catholic Churah marriage Issacrament, and not an estate to be en¬tered into unadvisedly, but in the fearof God. if American society ie over tobe clean and self-respecting tho divorcecancer must be cut out.

"STIXGrXG" TUB GOVEnX.MEXT.About one million dollars has been

spent by the Federal Department ofJustice for special counsel in "trust-busting" and allied litigation for thelast two years under the approprla- jtlon for the enforcement of the Shcr- Jmnn anti-trust law. The progress jmade by the Toft administration In jenforcing the Sherman act has beenmarked by the retention of high-priced lawyers otherwise unconnectedwith the legal department of the Gov¬ernment. These fees have been paidto special counsel:Henry E. Stlmson, sugar

rrnud prosecution. $83,320 87Frank B. Kellogg. Union Pa-

cillc and Standard Oilcases . 49.817 13

J. C. McReynolds, anti-trustcases ;. '35,516 57

Cordenlo A. Severance, anti¬trust cases. f38,237 nl

B. D. Townsend, land fraudcases. 24.018 12

S. R. Rush, land fraud cases. 19,953' 17W. T. Denlson, sugar fraudcases. 25,025 00

Peyton Gordon, land fraudcases . 15,954 49

Jesse C- Adklns, cotton leakcases . 16.6S7 SS

J. W. Barret, oleomargarinecases . 510,443 55

Morgan If. Beach, condemna¬tion of Meridian HiU.D. C. 10,200 00

T. C. Becker. Oregon landfraud cases . 15,788 62

A. A. BIrney, condemnation ofsquares S3 and 89, D. C.. 13,000 00

Pierce Butler, bleached flourand United States vs.Swift. . 10.000 0?

Marion Erwin, Carter-Greine-Gaynor case. 16,435 00

Hi C. Ganse, examiningUnited States lands ofDistrict of Columbia.... 10,372 27

F. A. Maynard. coal landfraud cpscs. 12,823 Gl

J. H. Wilkerson, variousprosecutions . 13,329 48]

These figures arc taken from a spe¬cial report submitted by Attorney-General Wickershnm to the HouseCommittee on Expenditures in the De¬partment of Justice. The statementasserts that from March 5. 1 909, toMay 31, 1911, a total of $8«5,184.56was thus paid out to "special as¬sistants to the Attorney-General or todistrict attorneys." All this Is asidefrom the regular cost of maintainingthe Department. There is an Attor¬ney-General, a Solicitor-General, a corpsof assistant Attorney-Generals antl aspccinl assistant to the Attorney-Gen¬eral.

Henry E. Stlmson, the present Sec¬retary of War, resigned some monthsago as District Attorney and was ap¬pointed special assistant to -prosecutetho sugar cases. The detailed state¬ment of payments to him since March5, 1909, In thai case, as transmittedby the Department. Is hs follows:Henry ],. Slimson, special as¬

sistant sugar fraud cases $9,000 00Do., do. r.,ooo ooDo., do. 55,000 00Expenses. 14.320 87

Tbl .$83,320 87Adding to this total, the «25,025 that

was paid to \V. T. Denlson in thesesame sugar fraud rases, there Is pro¬duced a total of $108.345.87 paid totwo lawyers In two years In that oneta se

James C. McReynolds, who handledthe case against the Tobacco Trust,was tin assistant Attorney-General. He,like Stlmson, resigned arid took spe¬cial employment in the Tobacco Case.This Is-.an old ease and the $35.516.57which Mr. Reyno.ds Is credited withdrawing since March f>, 1909. does notIndicate Ihe legal expenses since Hiecose began long before 1909.

S. R. Rush was a. mere law clerkIn the Deportment. He was made spe¬cial assistant In the land fraud casesand has In the last two years drawni 19.593.17 for that serviceTVndo H. Ellis, of Ohio, was assistant

to the Attorney-General. He re¬

signed Ills position to try to pull the

Republicans through In his State lastfall. Ho carried away with him fortwo years' work In the anti-trustcases the neat sum of $11,717.73.H. C. Gauss was private secretary

to Attornoy-General Bonaparte. Howas assigned the Joi, of examininglands of the United Slates in the Dis¬trict of. Columbia. For that'ho. hassuddenly rlBcn .from a small secre¬

tary's salary to $10,372.27 that-he drewfrom March 5. 1908, to May 31. 1911.As Judson Wellivor says in the

Washington Times.and Wclllver Ismaking Washington rather uncomfort¬able with his political articles thesedayB."next to being a trust," about thebesVtfiing'flnanclkily to whloh aspira¬tion may be directed, is the occupationof a trust bustor." This is true of FrankB. Kellogg, of St.* Paul. He Is Re¬publican national committecman for.the State of Minnesota. He is a mem¬ber of the'executive committee of. thenational committee. Also he Is a mem¬ber of the law firm of Kellogg &.Severance, of St. Paul. This firm does a

"general business'1.especially with theGovernment. Mr. Kellogg was latelyasked, during a Government Inquiry,ahottt his service as attorney forSteel Trust, subordinate corporations inMinnesota. .Tie vigorously defendedhis right to accopt such service. AsWelliver says; "he has continued itmany years at gratifying profit." Mr.Kellogg wns retained to direct the"busting" of tho Union Pacific andStandard Oil mergers, back In theRoosevelt administration. Later, Mr.Severance, his partner, was employedat $20,000 per annum, In which workhe has since March 5, 1909, drawn$28,237.91. 'The firm seems to havecollected In these two years a totalof. $77,155.04. Tue cases are four or

five years old.- .The amounts receivedbefore the advent of the Taft admin¬istration are not down; the grandtotal derived from this particular em.

ployment can be Imagined. It hasbeen generally thought that men likeKellogg and Severance were so un¬selfishly patriotic that they were will¬ing to leave a lucrative law practice toserve the Government at a reason¬able wage, but they are. Instead, obe¬dient unto the advice of Omar "Takethe cash, nnd let the credit go."This stato of affairs in the legal de¬

partment of the Government Is highlydiscreditable to the Department. Theresults are not for the good of thecountry or for the betterment of thelegal service rendered the nation.There Is dissatisfaction on account ofthe liberality the Government hasshown to the special assistants. Inseveral other ..cportments the Gov¬ernment employs many lawyers atmodest salaries. Large cases, involvingthe Interstate Commerce and otherlows, public domain, etc., are carriedto the Supreme Court .and there ar¬

gued and won by lawyers' who getonly $3,000 or $4,00) the year. Theselawyers have humble positions. Theygive all of their time to the Govern¬ment. They have no private practice.They go tip against the liest corpora¬tion lawyers In the nation. Yet theyget no big fees as "special assistants."Nobody sav. the fortunate ones In theDepartment of Justice gets those. Asthe Times says, "the result of thisdiscrimination Is disaffection on thepart of the men who work all thetime ant. draw the small salaries, whilethe more favored ones get the bigcases, the big publicity, the big op¬portunities and the -big fees."What we would like to know Is this:

Why can't the regular assistants toDie Attorney-General do the workthemselves? Is the employment ofoutside counsel an admission ofInefficiency ? Who told .Stimsonand McReynolds that If theygave up their regular ;nvernmentJobs they would get better specialGovernment Jobs'.' Incidentally, hasall this legal expense been worthwhile?"

FAME'S DEMOCRACY.The New Orleans Picayune aays:"From what may be considered time

immemorial, the breeding of domesticanimals so as to get the best resultsas to quality, strength, form and ser¬vice has been carried op. The ances¬try of horses and hulls has been care¬fully iooked after, and even dogs havebeen brought into the animal aristoc¬racy. The careful breeding of animalshas brought into existence the bestand most serviceable varieties pos¬sessing, the desired qualities of theirkind. But while the breeding of ani¬mals to secure the best results intheir offspring is entirely reliableWith regard lo beasts, birds and. evenfishes, It cannot be applied to thehuman race. So for from distin¬guished children being, as a rule, theoffspring of eminent ancestry', thecontrary Is usually the rule."The Picayune cites some Interesting

facts in a careful study of this sub¬ject. .->ir Francis Cnltop. who has beena copious writer on the eugenics ofheredity of the Knglish race, made a

dictionary of 29,000 names of personswho were e linen I In one way or an¬other. It was shown In this compila¬tion Hint two hundred persons in everymillion had reached such distinctionas entitled them lo places' In the re¬

cord mentioned.Parents of great talents and ability

who have secured a place In theworld's hall of fame rarely had chil¬dren possessing anything of their pa¬rent's qualities. Neither Alexander,Caesar nor Napoleon hnd'children whoarc remembered in history. Democ¬racy seems to rule the human-speciesso far as mental distinction goes. Thegreat men or the world hove their day,and none is left to inherit their honorsor to tender the servico that won(hose honors, while now names andnew Interests are appearing from tlmoto time oui of obscurity to lead or toInstruct or to light the pathway ofthe race.

A writer In the 'London NineteenthCentury, making deductions from his

studies of Gallon's Dictionary of Brit¬ish Biography, notes, takln» the art¬ists, that Romney was tho son of aWestmoreland' carpenter and cabinet¬maker; Reynolds, of a Devonshireclergyman, in whoso family there wassomo academic and mathematical abil¬ity; Turner, of a London barber, and'Wilkie. of a Scots minlstor. The poetsdo not give ub any . more. .help, airWalter Scott was tho son of an Edin¬burgh lawyer: Shelley; of a barönotand country gentleman; Tonnyson, ofa Lincolnshire clergyman; Southey, ofa Bristol lltien draper; James Thom¬son, of a Scots minister: Wordsworth,of a Cumberland attorney and landagent, while his mother was thedaughter of a morcer. Of tho invent¬ors, Thomas Telford was a 'shepherd'sson; George Stepheneon was the eonof a miner, who possessed some me¬chanical Ingenuity, and James Wattalone may bo considered to have In¬herited his talents from-a father -whowas a contractor and mechanician ofno especial standing.

It Is har i to see where any youngrelative of Sir Joshua Reynolds couldhave had a better environment for thedevelopment of artistic talents than Inthe studio of a great master, but nomembers of his family, except two sis¬ters, showed any horedltary aptitudefor art. Sir Christopher Wren's sonwas neither an architect nor a scien¬tist. The children of Sir Walter Scottdid not- follow In their father's foot¬steps. Wordsworth's children werenot poets. Romney's son was not apainter.¦The only human beings who are sur¬

rounded with special environments Inthe matter of their ancestry and de¬scendants are the members of royalfamilies to whom the fcrown descends.They are educated especially for theplace. They are made fully aware orthe great responsibilities that are tocome to them some day. Their wivoiand husbands are carefully chosen torthem. How seldom, though, does anygreat ruler rise beyond the lovel otmediocrity. If some King was thefounder of a line <\j monarch;, thesuccession is frequently lost In on-,

scurlty, and If there is to be a revivalor restoration of the greatness of themonarchy, some alien not of the bloodof the great founders of the dynastyrevives and restores.There Is no aristocracy of genius,

it is democratic. Not all the appli¬cations of the principles of eugenicsenn accomplish an inheritance of In¬tellect and ability. It Is the gift ofGod. oft bestowed In squalid surround¬ings and among the humb.^st unaleast Intellectual people.

The State tax roll of New Jerseyfor the current year shows that thereare in that Slate J.OOS corporationsliable to taxation. These corporationswill pay t.1.\6s on $2,479,000,000. andwhat they will turn Into, the treasurywill pay for all of the expenses ofthe government and leave a neatbalance. New Jersey, the home oftrusts, makes them work} for herwhile they proy on the rest ot therepublic. .

Mr. William D. Richardson contri¬butes another interesting letter to TheTimes-Dispatch to-day. "He Is muchalive and a kicker;" but, far better thanthat, he "has unbounded faith In thefuture prosperity of Richmond." Thereis nothing "pseurio" about that. Near¬ly everybody of good digestion In .thistown feels the same way. and In Milsspirit, we shall make a good deaf ofprogress.

The Hon William Jennings Bryanspoke in llie Tresbyterlan Church atLaurens, South Carolina, last Sunday atthe hour' of stated services. His ob¬ject was "The Bible," and he knewwhat he was talking about. We do not

know where he could have found an

audience that needed It more.

Voice of the PeopleUnbounded KnUh In Richmond.

To the Editor of The Times-Dlspalch:Sir..Without attempting a lengthy

defense of the assertion that certainnewspapers ignore local conditionswhich are not to the credit of thecommunity and might be remedied(proofs of which are open to any oneinterested), the writer begs to observethat he- Is not of a gloomy disposi¬tion or dvspeptlc; on the contrary, heis very much nllve and a kicker, withno disposition to get out of the fayof pseudo-critics, and . has unboundedfaith in the future prosperity of Rich¬mond. . '

The hare statement .of large barntcler.rings (In your editorial of thisdate) looks pretty In type and reads¦well.to a- statistician.- But do youuuito realize the full meaning of theitem "loans and 'discounts?" The lawfixes certain conditions as to securityand rale of interest, under which abank may lend out its own capitalaiyl its depositors' money:'hence thebrfnk takes but rmnll risk. On theother hand, the borrower from thebank, "the manufacturer and merchant.Is the Instrument of prosperity, themaker of new business. Unless vonanalyze the items, the big' figures donot indicate true conditions In thohalf-thousand manufactories in thiscity. WM. D. RICHARDSON.Richmond, June 19.

Sonnet.To Ideals.How. like n Hell are times without

that thingWhich is well named, and of Experi¬

ence wrought:Ideals govern men (not laws). A King

Is but the personation-of-a thO'.mht.So are men swayed! Democracy Is

¦weak.Having no higher aim than numherr.

bring; '.'./.The scheme of Nature doth "Perfection

seek.And truthful Art can teach us every¬

thing.So Is n Nation strong.in Song nnd

Story.And weak, .who love not Truth, nor

look behind:The Shepherd piping "neath the.otnvry

., glory-Was rich In Soul, and Poet of Man¬

kind.

Who writes a truthful rhyme, sovroth'i good seed,

Who makes the songs of men Is KingIndeed!

EDMOND FONTAINE.CharlottosyUio, August, 1000. , >

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Hegels Health ^^^^^^jI Daily Queries and AnswersFourth- of July Accidents.

n,°^ih .0f .JuJy acctdontB? I have beenui.able to And any statistics. H. K.v .hei J?,urnal or tno American Modlealar.ÄnJi0n h"i? kcpt a rcc01(1 of thefhS o«nil8JnMtho United States due totlie celebration of Independence Dayin the past eight years. Following areS9?.n??«r?":uiP,03J klUea <68< injured 3.-

tilled 15S Injured 5,308; 1907, killedt,64, Jn.,U"i'Sd 4'2-'9: 190S- k»led 163; n-.lurod S.460: 1909, killed 215, Injured 6307; 1910. killed 131. Injured 2,923 Tc-

juredOI3B!«°20C,Bht year"- kUled 1'66'2' !n"The figures show that since 1903, 37,-ttii ,Ders,oli? lm.vo boo» injured r.s arecult of Fourth of July celcbratlo-.is,ot which 1.Ö02 died, 694 as the d reel°' Injuries and 96* from tetanusfollowing injuries. One hundred ard

twenty-two; persons lost their slxht,551 lost the use of one eye, 432 Jostarms, legs and hands, and 1,541 werecrippled by tho loss of Angers.The figures for 1910 show 72 casesof lockjaw, 07 of which were fatal: 7persons lost their sight, 33 Tost onoeye, 26 lost legs, arms or hands and il llost lingers. Blank cartridges wero re¬sponsible for 386 of theso accidents andfirecrackers for 1,050. c»*-non for H'i.firearms for 229 and* powder and fire¬works f/>r 976. Of the 72 cases of teta¬nus, blank cartridges wero rcspnnslhlofor 61, nil other causes 8. Forty-lhrenof the 131 deaths and 1.455 ot the 2.92.1Injuries occurred in cities of over 50,-000.The decrease from 466 deaths In 1903to 131 in 1910 was due to sano methodsof celebrating, the most marked do-crease taking place in those Stateswhere the agitation for restrictive,measures was strongest.

LORD DYNEVOR NOWIN HOUSE OF LORDS

OY LA MARflUlBE DE FONTEXOY.

LORD DYNEVOR (pronounced "Dln-ntver"), whose accession to theHouse of Lords, through hisfather's death, creates a vacancy

In the Conservative ranks of the Houseof Commons, boasts of descent fromLady Margaret, half-sister of KingArthur of the Round Table celebrity,and Is chief of one of the oldest ofWelsh families. He Is lineally de¬scended in the male line from Rodericktho Great, the last King of unitedWales, who died In the ninth century,and whoso three sons divided Walesbetween them. Lord Dynevor is de¬scended from the son who Inheritedthe principality of South Wale«.The family has been In the posses¬sion of the Dynevor Castle estate fromtime Immemorial. The ancient castle

itself, which dominates the Valley ofTowy, in Carmarthenshire, is In ruins,and the modern mansion, which wasbuilt a little over a hundred years ago,has little pretensions to beauty, thoughits setting, a noble park, with Usmajestic trees many hundreds of yearsold. is magntftcont.Lord Dynevor. like most other Eng¬lishmen of rank, has put in some years

as private secretary to cabinet minis¬ters, notably to Lord Gcorg6 Hamil¬ton, when Minister for India, and toLord Selborue. when First Lord of theAdmiralty. He Is married to a daught¬er of Lord Jersey, owner of Child.s'Rank, in London, and is. like his fath¬er before him. a great traveler, havingbeen several times round the world.The lnte Lord Dynevor had a number

of adventures while traveling, ami wasJust leaving San Francisco ivhep theearthquake took place there. 6lx yearnago, escaping with no other loss thanthat of a silk hat. which, along withIts leather hat-box, perlehed In thecatastrophe.

The Lord Glfford whose death hastaken place so suddenly at Old Park,his country seat In Sussex, near Chi-chester, must not be confounded withthe young Lord Glfford who was overhere last fall, and who is the eldestson nnd heir of the Marquis of Tweed-dale. The Lord Glfford who has Justbeen gathered to his fathers was aman of over sixty, who won the Vic¬toria Cross during the Ashnnti War of1874. not for one. but for several featsof heroism, being the, first man toenter the Ashantl capital of Ooomas«lo.He was again on the staff of LordWolseley in the South African War of1S79. and although he did not actuallyreceive, the surrender of the Zulu KingCelewayo. yet it was his close pur¬suit ot-the mnn for fifteen days andnights, at the head of a party ofscouts, that caused the dusky mon¬arch to give himself up to Major Mar¬ter. Afterwards Lord Gilford wasColonial Secretary for West Australiaand for Gibraltar, retiring to fake uphis life In Sussex, where he was promi¬nent In the hunting Held.

Of Lord Glfford's three brothers. Ed¬ward, who wns |n the navy, was lost inthe Eurydlce. off the Isle of Wight, InMarch 1878, while. Maurice who lost anarm in the Matabele War. was burnedto death In 'a particularly shockingfashion last year, paralysis preventinghim from moving hand or foot to ex¬tinguish the flames which were con¬suming him. He left a young son.Charles by name, now twelve years ofage, who becomes the heir to the title,his, uncle, the new Lord Glfford, be¬ing the only survivor of the late lord'sbrothers. He Is a member of the bar,Is 'married to the widow of ThomasBooth,:and he has no children.The peerage was created; by George

JV. in favor of Sir Robert Glfford, asa reward for his energy In prosecut¬ing, as attorney-general, the unfortu¬nate Queen Caroline, on the occasionof her trial for marital misconduct bythe House of Lords. He was the sonof an Exeter linen draper, whoso wifewus the daughter'of a butcher of thesame city. '

Lord Ebury. who in a public letter

printed In the London newspapers, hasabsolutely declined to contribute apennypioc* to any of the popular cele¬brations of the coronation, on theground of the "political profligacy' ofthe government, the "public torpor,"and "the peril to the civil and religious,liberties of the country," all of whichare of a nature to prevent htm fromIdentifying himself "with rejoicings ofany kind," Is one of the wealthiestmembers of the peerage, and has anAmerican daughter-in-law; for hiseldest son and heir, the Hon. KobenVictor Grosvenor, Is married to MissFlorence Padclford. daughter of Ed¬ward Padelford, of Washington andBaltimore. Moreover. Lord Ebury'ayounger brother, the late 1 homasUrosvenor, while secretary of the Eng¬lish legation at Pi-kin, murrled thereMiss Sophia Williams, only daughterof Dr. S. Wells Williams, who was forso many years United SlatCB Ministerto China. After the death of ThomasGrosvenor. his widow married a mem¬ber of the English bar. Albert Gray,one of the counsel of the House ofLordt-, and chancellor of the Diocese ofEly.The first Lord Eburv was a brotherof the late. Duke of Westminster, and

as Lord Robert Grosvenor was formany years a. member of the house¬hold of the Prince Consort. He wa.-ilikewise an active member of Parlia¬ment, and responsible for the at¬tempted enactment of the so-calledSunday closing law. This bill was theoccasion Of riotous meetings In HydePark, In lSS5,.on three Sundays, the3 Ith of June and the 1st and Sth ofJuly, and public opposition was so pro¬nounced that the bill wan withdrawn.Moor Park, now the home of LordEbury, was bequeathed to his fatherby the first Marquis of Westminster.It Is one of the most beautiful placesIn Hertfordshire, and one of the bestexamples of Italian architecture inEngland. Orlginallv it belonged to theAbbey of St. Albans. After the battleof Rosworth. Henry VII. granted It toJohn de Vcre, Eurl of Oxford, who.conscience stricken at being In the pb!>-set-slon of church land, restored it onbis deathbed to the monks. At thetime when Henry VIII. finally con¬fiscated the property of the religiousorders. Moor Park was assigned, alongwith Tavlstock Abbey, to the house ofRussell. Rut before tj».n It had beenoccupied lor a time by Cardinal Wol-sey, who entertained King Henry VIII,,and Queen Catherine of Aragon tht.rofor several weeks.

Charles II. purchased It from thoRussell* for his favorite son. the Dukeof Motinioutli, and when the latter losthis head on the scaffold, after a vainattempt to wrest the throne of Eng¬land from his uncle James II., hiswidow. Duchess Anne, ancestress of thopresent Duke of Buccleuch, caused thotop of every oalt In the great park tobe lopped oft*. In sign of mourning.Many of these oaks, still In existence,were already noted for their age whenArchbishop Neville of York was wontto welcome at Moor Park his brother,the great Earl Warwick, surnamed"Tho King Maker," and portrayed byRttlwer Lytton In "The Last of theBarons." Henry VI. and Edward IV.also frequently stayed 'there and '.'nam¬ed under Its grand, old trees.On the death of the widowed-Duchess

of Monmouth and of Buccleuch, MoorPark was sold to a man of the name ofBenjamin Styles, who had acquired anenormous fortune through the SouthSea Bubble, and who caused the houseto he almost entirely rebuilt, accordingto the designs of the famous Italianarchitect. Glacomo Leone, assisted bySir William Thornhill. Lord Anson, itssubsequent possessor, had the gardenslaid out by the famous landscapegardener, "Capability" Brown. Throughthe Ansnns, Moor Park came into thopossession of th© bouse of Grosvenor.of which the Duke of Westminster Istho chief.(Copyright, 1911. by the Brentwood

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