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TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1902.

ENGLISH DEMOCRACY.in his entertaining communication to

Tim Times of Sunday concerning a re-

pVBX trip to Nova Scotia, our friend, Mr.W'l.lujn L. RoyaH, indulges in some re¬

jections on the British lorm of govern¬ment. Mr. Royall noted with keen in-tcr»ssl, whilo at Halifax, the loyaltymanifested by the British colonists tothe British crown, and asks this ques¬tion:Which gives the best guarantee of last¬

ing and sUi-bie institutions, our own ab¬solute democracy and ceaseless changeattf the head of government, or the Eng¬lish democracy, just as absolutely a

democracy as our«, but tempered by a

never-changing head of government andan undying loyalty to that head of gov¬ernment?The answer seems to us quite simple.

The British form of government is best

for the Britons and the American form

of government Is best for Americans.It were impossible for us with our tra¬

ditions and training, our mode of life

and habit of thought to live under a

king and retain our democracy. A

monarchy, howevor Democratic in form

and in fact, necessarily carries with It

caste and classes and aristocracy. There

is no place for such thing on this Con¬

tinent,If Americans should be willing to adopt

the English ways, and such a thing is

utterly inconceivable, wo should not

know how to do it. We should make a

sorry mess of it with our king and our

lords and ladies and the whole aristo¬cratic outfit. However seriously we

might try to take them, they would

necessarily be a laughing stock, and we

should, In spite of ourselves, soon laughthem out of existence. They simply couldnot suuid tue ridicule, be it ever so good-natured, of the great American public.Even if the grown folks should man¬

age to control themselves, our greatarmy of American boys would guy thenobility to death.The fact is th8t democracy in Eng¬

land to which Mr. Royall refers was

largely imported from America. GreatBritain learned valuable lessons fromher American colonists. Our forefathersbrought the germ of democracy withthem from England, it is true, but itwas only in this virgin soil, far removedfrom the influence of aristocracy, thatit could be nurtured and developed. ButIt grow and grew until it spread all over

America, and then the English people,¦seeing how good a thing It was, tooksome of it to themselves and incorpo¬rated it in their own form of govern¬ment. England has employed Americannomocracy as an enricher. But we can¬

not enrich ourselves by the importationof aristocracy from England.

GOOD SENSE ALL ROUND.Generals Botha, De Wet, and Delarey,

late of the Poor army, recently visitedKing Edward on his royal yacht and hadi truly royal reception. Wherever theyCo these heroes of the Boer war are be¬ing welcomed and feted and are treatedwith every consideration.It Is very wise on the part of the Eng-

Ijsh people to extend the hand of friend¬ship to these men who were, lately theirfoes, but are now British subjects. Theyare splendid specimens of manhood, andGreat Britain is fortunate to have addedthem to her long list of subjects.On the other hand, laying sentiment

aside, it is good sense for th»;so generalsto receive in generosity and in goodfaith the overtures which the English¬men are making to them. The war isever, the terms of peace which were

agreed upon have been carried out, andby the fortunes of war and by their own

act they have become subject to theBritish crown. There is no sufficientreason why they should continue to light.There is no sufficient reason why Boerand Briton may not hereafter be the bestof friends. i

If the people of the North had treatedthe people of the South, after the war

was ended, as the English are now

treating the Boers.but there is no use

ilscussing that now.

LATEST TRUST.We are much interested in the proposal

of the western farmers to form a greattrust with a capital of $50.000,0(0. Weare told that under the plan no one butfarmers will be allowed to own a shareoi stock. All kinds of farm productswill be dealt in and handled on a com¬mission basis, and It Is believed, so thereport say«, that by eliminating themiddle man and having the farmers ofthe country behind it the organizationcan maintain a uniform price to thebciicfit of the farmers without injury tothe consumers.

Here is a trust with the open andavowed purpose of controlling the priceof farm .products. The trust proposesto do away altogether with the middle¬man and deal directly with the con¬

sumer, and proposes, by getting a corner

on farm products, to fix the price with¬out the laws of competition and with¬out consulting the interests of the con-

Burner and his ability to pay.Recently, when a company was formed

to own the shares of the Great North¬ern atid Pacific Railroads, two lines incompetition, there was an outcry from¦.he Governor of Minnesota and fromothers, and the President was urged totake steps at once to bring tills unlaw¬ful combine into court and make it dis¬gorge. Wc should like to know why theGovernor of Minnesota, or some otherman in the West who Is opposed totrusts and combines, has not gone into.spasms over Mjc prospect or a farmers'

trust and urged the President to tak<steps to prevent It. What could be worst

than for the farmers of the country t<combine and make the consumer pajexorbitant prices for the products o

the farm?

HOW TO INCREASE SCHOOL AT-TENDANCE.

*

At a recent meeting of the Count:School Board of Accomac "a resolutioiwas adopted recommending to the seve

ral District School Boards a close obscrvance of the law in regard to tinmaintenance of the legal average attendanee necessary to keep a school openand that where it is shown by last re

ports that a school has not maintaine,the legal average; except In extraordlnary circumstances, as to location an<

school population, that tho same shalbe closed.This is a wise action, and it Ss to b<

hoped that other boards throughout th<State will adopt the same plan. Thismatter is largely in the hands of thi

county and district boards, and bjproper attention they can increase thfschool attendance. If the people of thifcommunity and that are made to under¬stand that they must send their chil¬dren to school regularly or lose the

school they wil be more careful how thejlet the children stay at home on slight

/excuse. 4

In some sections where the populationis sparse it will not do to enforce a hardand fast rule. The school authoritiesshould not require impossibilities, butwhere there are enough children in a

community to maintain a school and

keep up the ax-erage, the authoritiesshould insist upon the proper attendanceor abolish the school.A little more attention on the part of

the various school boards to this sub¬ject will bring much desired results.

THE SUPPLY OF MONEY.Every now and then we hear it said

that Tho Times is wrong in claimingthat there is plenty of money in tho

country. The fact is, The Times doesnot claim and has never claimed thatthere is "plenty of money in the coun¬

try." as that term, is populuriy under¬stood. Tho Times has held and doeshold that there should be one standardof value and that there is sufficient goldin this country and throughout the worldto maintain the gold standard. But ThoTimes has insisted day in and day out

during these many years that there is a

woeful lack of currency throughout therural districts, and that the only wayto supply it is through local bauks of

issue. The Times does not believe in flatmoney. Tho Times does not believe that

tho government presses should be putto work to Hood the country with irre¬deemable paper notes, for such a systemwould soon hring chaos. The Times doesnot believe that it is practicable for thegovernment to issuo the necessary cur¬

rency under whatever restrictions and

regulations.The government has not easy means

of supplying currency to the people as

it is needed and withdrawing of it fromcirculation when the demand slackens.This has been abudantly demonstratedwithin the past few years. The gov¬ernment has been collecting from thepeople more money than it needed to

carry on its affairs even under an ex¬

travagant Republican administration. Ithas been withholding money from thecirculation and cramping the banks andthe only way that it. can put the money-back into the channels of trade Is by-anticipating interest on its bonds, or pur¬chasing boiids before they>aro due. Timoand again a cry of distres has gono upfrom the banks to the government andthe government has tried to relieve the

situation by this cumbersome and un¬

natural method.We believe that it Is the business of

banks to supply currency to the peoplejust as it Is the business of manufactur¬

ing concerns to supply manufacturedproducts. Of course we do not believeIn "wildcat money," whether it come

from the government or from the banks,but we do believe that if the govern¬ment would withdraw its unreasonableand undemocratic and unconstitutionalrestrictions and let the banks have free

.course they would supply the demand

for. currency wherever and whenever it

exists.Tho Populist nomination for Governor

of Georgia is going begging and Georgiais the home of Thomas Watson, a once

great light in the Popuist firmament.

A SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL.Now that the coal strike is on, many

people, in anticipation of the cold weather

next winter, are looking about for sub¬

stitutes for anthracite. 'Naturally the

main substitute will be soft coal, but inWestern New York the farmers are re¬

turning to first principles and are layingin a supply of turf, which, it is said,maies a good lire, burning as well as theearth fuel used by the poor people ofIreland. According to correspondents, the

range of the turf fields covers many-acres south of Miles Avenue and betweenthe Hudson Heights trolley lino on thewest and Bull's Ferry road on the eastand south, nearly to the Union Hillboundary line. It lies on a low meadowground. 1!he turf is supposed to be theaccumulation of centuries of fallen for¬ests and similar growth- It ls black andthick and exposed in place». Year afteryear, when there has been a dry season.It has been used as fuel by tramps andhunters, and has been burned to the depthoí several feet, spreading for hundredsof yards and threatening to ignite housesbuilt on the edge of the field.Some people are cuttin^thls turf out In

largo quantities and putting it away fortho winter fuel.

Speculation as to who will succeed thePope is not so spirited as it was a littlewhile back, as the Incumbent is now mgood health and it is now thought un¬necessary to suspend the Saturday audi¬ences. Tho Pope held a reception in hislibrary on Sunday and showed no signof fatigue. On the contrary, ho declaredthat he felt better for the diversion.

The new battleship Maine put In at theBrooklyn Navy Yard Sunday. The Tri¬bune says that just ten years ago theIll-fated Maine, which was blown up inthe harbor of Havana, was launched in

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the Brooklyn yard, and* the present for¬midable craft, which Is to take her place,received an enthusiastic welcome.' She issaid to be a Une type of a modern man-

of-war, and gave a good account of her¬self in her voyago from the Cramps ship¬yard, -in Philadelphia, to Brooklyn. TheMaine Is dead. Long live the Maine!

The punsters and verbal contortionistsarc having'a sort of dialectal carnival ofstile and unprofitable humor over Mr.Glass' name. Can't somebody relieve themonotony by suggesting a play on theword that is really new and witty?.Pe¬tersburg Index-Appeal.Why this appeal? We know of none

belter qualified to make such a pun thanour brillinat contemporary in Petersburg.Now for it, and let it be the effort ofyour life.all glass and a yard wide.apun that will be transparent and sparkle

I like a diamond.

That most remarkable woman, Mrs.Augusta J. Evans Wilson, has just com¬

pleted a new novel, which is said bycompetent critics to rank with the bestproductions of her pen. The more novelswe have from the pen of this authorthe richer wil be our fiction. The char¬acters which appear in the books ofMrs. Wilson are perhaps overdrawn andher style is somewhat stilted, but herbooks are clean and sweet and pure.Pity that the same cannot bo said lorall the "society novels" of more recentpublication.

Some of the Republican leaders, andat least one of the Republican newspa¬pers, are warning Republican votersthroughout the country against apathyin the forthcoming congressional con¬

tests. They declare that the Republi¬can voters are showing great indiffer-ence to the election and that if they donot arouse themselves the Democratsmay take them ¦'unawares and get con¬

trol of the next House.

Pistol dealers easily evade the SouthCarolina law forbidding them to sell

lightweight guns or pistols. They simplylease them for a long, term, say a hun¬dred years.

Extradition that does not extradite isa costly farce as Knipple, of Virginia,and Gaynor and Greene, of the UnitedStates, have abundantly proven.

The first thing that Dr. Andrews knowshis sled will be slipping down the same

toboggan that Professor Sledd's sleighmade a recent trip upon.

The South Carolina primary campaignwill end to-morrow and the people of

that distressed State are happy beyondmeasure.

Notwithstanding Mr. Watterson's with¬

drawal from the gubernatorial race, it Issure that the Kentucky campaign will

not be spiritless./ ===== -

In Buncombe county, N. C, the men

who kick in the party traces are called

"boxers," and both parties are produc¬ing fine boxer crops this year.

The paramount departments of both

parties are working overtime without

visible results so far.

New Kent county can, and doubtless

will, set the example that all the other

counties should follow. The crime com¬

mitted by the brutal young negro in that

county on Saturday afternoon richly en¬

titles him to quick hanging, and he will

get it by the law and the law will suf¬

fice.

With the preachers and the newspapers

to hackstand him, Officer Wyatt need not

fear to play his hand to its full value.

"Old Home AVeek" is on in New Hamp¬shire, its advent being announced Saturday

night and last night by beacon fires

throughout the State.

The Mobile Register is of the opinionthat our Fitzhugh Lee is rapidly talkinghimself but of the good will of the Cu¬

bans, and is getting nothing at home in

return for it. Mistake: Lecture fees

amount to considerably more than noth¬

ing.

With the counting of the votes cast In

the Second District primary to-day the

Third District will be furnishing all the

political excitement in Virginia, and its

campaign is not very exciting.

Money-making is pleasant and in a

measure exhilarating, but it 'is not al¬

ways healthy. Charles M. Schwab, poor

fellow, has to quit and recuperate his

health after making only about fifty mil¬lions.

The cool wave was cordially welcomedwhen it came to break the backbone of

General Humidity, but some people are

inclined to the opinion that it is wearingits welcome out.

Uncle Sam's patience with the Sultan'slaziness Is getting threadbare, it seems,

and we predict that the threatened sharpnote will throw a little energy into theslow and tired man.

"No unclean dollar ever passed myhands," says Col. Watterson. That dis¬poses of the Pierpont Morgan theorythat draw poker is a dishonest* game.

It is a matter of comment that matri¬mony has become quite a fad among theFour Hundred at Newport, which means

a full divorce crop next year perhaps.

Cuban anxiety to become a debtor na¬

tion is in excess of the anxiety so farshown in any quarter be a Cuban Credi¬tor.

Senator Hanna was just joking, notprevaricating, when he made some re¬

marks about resigning. ,

Last Friday thirteen people sat downat President Roosevelt's dinner tablaNow ft>r the sooth-sayers and the super¬stitious.

Boris is the Grand Duke's name, notBorax, remember this-

His Stock in Trade."You see, ma'am," began the profes¬

sional beggar, "I got my arm scalded.I'll be glad to'i show syou.""Never mind,'* interruted Mrs. Koal-

dart. "You're only wasting your timehere.""Not at all, ma'am; my motto is: "No

trouble to show goods.' '*

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§ Trend of Thought |S In Dixie Land §0^0+04<>K>K>-K>K>r^^The. Savannah' News, noting the re¬ported plan e'rr.pieyed by hardware deal¬ers in South Carolina to evade the antl-pistol law, whereby they rent a weaponfor a long period for a consideration,remarks that "it seems that the SouthCarolinians have becomo past mastersin the art of evading laws since theundelcome dispensary abomination wasforced upon them. That statute hasserved to educate them how not to obey."This leads the Charlotte Post to remark:"It is one of the very worst features

or the dispensary law tjiat it has en¬couraged a contempt for the statutesand developed and ingenuity to evadethem."

Tho Atlanta Constitution rises to re¬mark :

"With school teachers being killedfiom ambush almosit within sight ofregimental quarters on Cebu, withAmerican soldiers being "hacked topieces by elusive Moros on Mindanao,and with the constabulary engaged inwholesale raids of alleged ladrones allover Luzon, the pacification of the Phil¬ippine Islands is undoubtedly complete.The Macon (Ga.) News having had

something to say about Mr. Watterson"letting failure of personal ambitionmake him dissatisfied with his party,"the Louisville Courier-Journal replies:"His "dissatisfaction with his party'

began with Its third nomination ofCleveland in 1S92, rising with its wastingof its energies on the money iss"ue in1596, and culminating in its extremismhere in Kentucky in 1SSS. What ambi¬tion, or interest, of a personal kind hadho in any of these events? He is to¬day hopefully, joyfully, leading his partytcward the resurrection and the -life otthe principles of Democracy.the returnto the foot-prints of the fathers of De¬mocracy.in perfect sympathy with thebest thought of the best men and as

happy as a big sunflower!"

The Mohilo Register, referring to Mr,Bryan's latest declaration that he is nota candidate, says:"Mr. Bryan continues issuing decla¬

rations that ho is not a candidate. Hehas never yet said he will not underany circumstances be a candidate. Hislast statement is, 'If 1 ever again be-ccme a candidate, it will bo because 1can In that way give more effective aidto the cause in wjhich I am enlisted foilife.' That 'if is the string that he tiesto every declaration on the subject."

Galveston News: "Georgia is tremblingfor fear that a fertilizer trust will befcrmed. That is another combinationTexas is not afraid of. Fertilizers are

rarely used here."

Nashville Banner: "The 'star-eyedgoddess of reform' may take Mr. HenryWatterson's confession that he is 'some¬thing of a crank' as a reflection uponher."

Arkansas Ga.zotte: "Before James SClarkson goes to any great expense incorralling Southern delegates for Roose¬velt, he had best talk to the base-hallrrr.nagers and learn something aboutthe prevention of contract jumping."

Macon Telegraph: "According to »a

Newport dispatch. Miss Roosevelt has'added a new fad to society' by enter¬taining her friends with coon songs andcake walks. r$#WSg quite surprising tolearn that tho coon song or the cakewalk can still be regarded as a 'new'and original feat."_-.-¦-¦

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$ /tn J4our iâith $oo Virginia ¿editors |Ïo4040-KHCHO-KHO+04-0+C-^-0-k_The Warrenton Truo Index declares its

purpose to keep hammering away on the

good road3 question, and says:

"If our people had their eyes thorough¬ly opened to the benefits derived from

good roads and to the impossibility ofthe development of any country withoutthem, we believe our roads would be

put into the condition, in .which theyshould be kept just as soon as the workcould be done."

The Petersburg Index-Appeal keeps up

its fight for viva voce. It says:"A representative of the Blackstone

Courier interviewed a number of farmer;-at^L recent court, and found that allof them expressed a preference for thp

viva voce system of voting and for pri¬mary elections in the nomination of can¬

didates. Now here are facts to offset thefancies of some of tho city editors thathave set the wheels of their imagiriätionstó work and evolved a theory that theviva x-oce system and the primary elec¬tion arc abominations in the sight ofthe voters of the State. Wh.at a deplor¬able thing it is to know so1 much thatisn't so!" .

The Jonesville Virginian finds cause forrejoicing. It says:"The colored population of Jonesville has

dwindled until there are how not enoughleft to secure a public school. You may-hereafter call this a white town."

The Abingdon Virginian has lost hope.It mournfully remarks:"The dear Legislature will take a hand

in the Judge Campbell case just about thetime it decides to appropriate $50,000 foran exhibit of Virginia's resources at St.Louis."

The Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg)evidently proposes to open up a campaignto induce colored immigration to itscounty. It says:"James City is getting a world-wide rep¬

utation for its melons. Stick to it, truck¬er; you will strike it rich after a while."

The Newport News Times-Herald ridi¬cules the doings in Loudoun county, anddeclares:-"It will be better far if the authorities

of Loudoun county call a halt right nowon the alleged effort to punish those guil¬ty cf participation in the lynching of thenegro Craven."

Staunton News: The cool days have setpeople to predicting an early fall and a

long, cold winter. This is very consolinginformation, with the hard coal mines ona prolonged and apparently endless strikeand the soft coal min-ss in a sort of stateof indifference.don't caro whether theymine coal or not.

Her Little Joke-"Somo of these people," protested the

"telephone girl, "would try the patienceof a saint.""And do you-consider youreslf a

saint?""Well, I always have a 'hello' around

my head.'*.Philadelphia Press.

Two Exceptions."I wonder who invented the saying

'out of sight, out of mind.' "

"Give it up, but whoever it was hadevidently never beard of Homer and Mil¬ton.*»

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MATTERS OF INTEREST TO WOMENAND ABOUT THE HOUSEHOLD

)Edited by MARION HARLANDO

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_Í"¿Facts of interest

¿For the ¿ffousewtfe.All communications addressed to this

department must be written in ink andaccompanied by name and address.Both will be held confidential.Correspondents will please write the

names of their places of residence infull. Letters go astray daily becauseihe address is given merely as " City."There are forty-five of these Uniteo.Sattes and many cities in each State.

"Please inform me which is the babygirl's and which the baby boy's color.pink is for boys and blue for girls.or..-ice versa? REDDY.Blue for boys and pink for girls.. The

Question was settled more than forty-seven years ¡¡go by Eugenio, Empress ofthe French, who had the layette, of herhoped-for heir fitted up with blue. Sherefused to consider the possibility thatit would not be a son.

"Would you kindly inform.me throughthe columns of your paper what mustbe done in order to have one's name

changed. J. K. N."In some States this cannot be done ex¬

cept by act of the Legislature. The querycomes from Illinois. Will some one who¿hows the custom ordained there in suchmatters answer?

"Do you know of any place where theyare conducting co-operative housekeep¬ing? I would like to know more aboutit. INQUIRER."And I, too, should like to know more

of the experiment whjich promised so

much, and in two, at least, of our largestcities came' to so lame and impotent a

conclusion. Will some correspondent, fa-vcr me with Hie *tory of a succe'ssful ex¬

periment in co-operative housekeeping?

"1 am a stenographer in a down-townlaw office, and, as you know, this is theirrhill season. I do not get as much prac¬tice as I would wish. I have never hadexperience in the law' business before;therefore I wish to study up what I shallbe likely to need this fall when the termcommences. Can you refer me to a goodbook which will aid me to become fa¬miliar with the law in a general way?If you do not know of such a book willyou kindly refer it to one of your asso¬ciates or readers? I am certain that youwill do s» when you know that I am anx¬

ious to please my employer and also he-cause I am one of your girls. M. L. H."This is a move in the right direction.

So many stenographers are content todischarge their duties mechanically well,and so many more seek nothing betterthan "to make their money" by just got-t:ng through the work allotted to themthis application is refreshing. Will someone "familiar with the law in a generalway" give this enterprising worker theinformation she seeks?I am proud and pleased that she calls

herself "one of my gir'-s." God bless andguide every one of them!

"I am troubled very much with pricklyheat. I am a baiter and work in a baker-shop, where the temperature isalways from 00 to 1OT degress. Any ad¬vice from you will be thankfully re¬ceived. C. S. N."Stir two teaspoqnfuls of baking sodainto a -quart of boiling water. Let itcool, and bathe the affected parts oftenand freely with it, using a soft linenwash cloth. Before going to bed washfreely with milk and water, two partsmilk and one of water. Let it dry uponthe skin, then dust the cuticle with blandtalcum powder/

"Won't you please send the enclosedcircular of the correspondence school ofillustrating to 'R. J. G.'.(who seems towant to learn this work).together withthe enclosed note I have written her(or him). If you will be so kind I will bevery thankful to you. A. A. F."Will "R. J. G." fan-or mc with her ad¬

dress in full that I may put her into com¬munication with this would-be helper?

"I was born the 14th of August, 1S71.Please tell me on what day of the weekit fell."I was married on the C9th of August,

1SS6. Please tell me on what day of theweek that fell. There has been some

dispute about the dates, and I would beglad to have you settle them. E. A. F."August 14, 1ST1. fell on Monday.August 29, 1SS6, fell on Sunday.Are you sure of the day of tho month?

It is unusual to be married on «Sunday.

"I enclose lines; (for'A. H. M.') of'Hochder Kaiser,' recited by Captain Coghlanof the Raleigh, at the Union League Club,April 21, 1S99, in New York City."In return can't you give me some ad¬

vice, some rule or receipt for a talkativeperson? How can one acquire secret-iveness,- cr reservation? I realize I talktoo much, but I don't gossip or repeatmalicious tales. I was called a 'sieve*the other day, and it hurt terribly, for Isuddenly realized it was true, A. B."Think before you speak, whether or not

what you are about to say is seemly, iskind, is judicious. Over-communicative-"I enclose lines (for 'A. H. M.' of 'Hoch

akin to »i/ice. For myself I long agoregistered as a-useful epigram."T amoften sorry for what I have said.. I have

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yet to regret what I did not tell." Theolder we grow the more wo appreciatethat discreet silence is golden. Study thistactful reticence as you study a usefulart. Bite back the impulsive word, andljt somebody else rush In upon danger¬ous or delicate ground. It will be a hardlesson. You must cono it. little bylittle, inch by inch, word by word. Butit can be learned, and should be.

"Will you kindly inform mo throughyour columns, where I can get a copyof the lecture entitled. "The return of theProdigal Son,' by Bob. Burdette, andgreatly oblige, F. H. M.'Why not write direct to Robert JonesBurdette, Bryn Mawr, Pa?

Virginia Judges and Editors.Editors and judges in Southern States

continue to do their duty by speakingout plainly whenever a. case of lynch¬ing occurs. A few days ago. a mobtook from the jail at Leesburg, Va., andhanged a negro who had killed a prom¬inent white citizen and was awaitingtrial for the crime, with every prospectof prompt conviction and execution. Theworst feature of the affair was the factthat the mob consisted larg.-*ly of men

of standing and education, and that theyacted with délibération after refusing to

heed earnest appeals from preachers andlaymen to let the law take its course.

Judge Tebbs has charged the grand juryto investigate what he pronounced "a

crime of unexampled magnitude, at least'n this community, an of far-reaching con¬

séquence, a reproach to our people and a

foul blot on the hitherto unstained es¬

cutcheon of Loudoun." The judge prop¬erly scored those most to blame."menwhom we should expect to find upholdingand maintaining, ready to fight for, even

to die for, the laws and rights and gov-ernment so dear to their ancestors: an«lthese men were the leaders In needlessviolence, in rank lawlessness." TheRichmond Times heartily applauds theaction of Judge Tebbs, and asks if Vir¬ginians can contemplate such a lynching

I without a shudder. "It all comes backto this," concludes the Times: "either

! the law must be supreme or the mobwill rule. The mob was in full controlof Leesburg on the day that CharlesCraven was lynched, and the law wastrampled under foot. The flag of OldVirginia went down in the dust and theblack flag of the mob was held high.".New York Evening Post.

The School Hour.Editor of The Times:Sir,.I cannot express the keen pleasure

I felt when opening The Times this morn¬

ing; I read that there was some hope ofthe present school hours being altered,and am confident that the proposed move¬

ment of giving the children time to re¬

turn home for a hot meal in the mid¬dle of tiie day will meet with the heartyapproval of all parents who have thebest interests of their children at heart.An objection raised hy one of the gen¬tlemen called upon was that many peo¬ple do not lind it convenient to have din¬ner in the middle of the day. The futureof our children depends upon the nour¬ishment that their bodies receive now.and I believe that all doctors agree thata hot meal in the middle of the day isthe very best time for growing c..._ren.when a mother realizes that It is neces

sary for the little one's health, she willcert.ainly prepare it for them, even if*a later meal has to be prepared forolder members of the family who arenot fortunate enough to return at 12. Sofew children have a good appetite atbreakfast time, and are therfore veryhungry by 12 o'clock, and as a very wisedoctor says: "Their hurried lunch doesthem more harm than good."At present the children are required to

be at school at S:-¡3 A. M. they have arecess of thirty minutes in the middle ofthe day; ten minutes of this time Istaken up in forming line and marchin-î Ito and from the play-ground. In badweather only twenty minutes Is allowed,So often my boys ask me to f.x themsomething that they can eat quickly, sotnat they will hav a little time for play

..link the teachers will be willing tostay a little later, if they were abso¬lutely free from the noise and troubleof iooktng after so many children duringrecess. I wall know how much noise a

few children can make and 'can imaginewhat a herculean task it must be to lookafter so many.It has been found that the physical

force of a child varies tremendouslythroughout the day. At 0 o'clock it Isfair; a¿t 10 o'clock it is strong: but fromthat point It decreases, until at 12 o'clockis is very low. At 1 o'clock there Is a

fairly good revival; at o'clock It Is fair¬ly good, and at 3 oclock it is again low.By letting them coma home at 12 o'clocktheir brains would rest when most need¬ed, and the walk to and from tue schoolwould be very beneficial. One reason,other than Improper diet, why the ma¬

jority of our boys and girls do not enter-maturity with that shara of health of

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mind and body which they should have.Is that they do not get enough fresh airand sunshine Into their bodies and na¬tures. I don't believe there is a parentIn the city who does not agre»jwith Mr. Bloomberg that studying athome, which means studying at night, isvery injurious, both to body and mind.The children are compelled to study mostof the lessons that they are to recitethe following day, and it stand3 to rea-son. if it takes hours to recite theselessons, it must take hours to learn them,and just at a time when the body is mostwearied, and the children should be Inbed and asleep. It would Indeed be ablessing to both parent an»I child if theselessons could be prepared in the after¬noon session, as suggested by one ofthe gentlemen. I speak from experience,having raied a large family of children,and still have two who attend school. Itold them the good news at the break¬fast table, and there was ar once achorus of "Oh. won't that bo jolly', now.we won't so hungry, and we will have»time to pl.i.v." All that I can say aboutthe children getting back in time forthe afternoon session, is just try us and Idon't think you will have cause to com¬plain. Let me say- to "The Times" andthe gentlemen who are trying to get thismeasure passed, that if they are suc¬cessful they will gain the most grate¬ful thanks from both parents andchildren. A MOTHER

Just a Bit Humorous."Do you think I am as good looking

as I was, papa?""What difference does it make, my

dear, if your character is spotless?""But, papa, there is something higher

in life than the mere acquisition of char¬acter.".Life.

Alderman Graft.Did the feller give yeany gocnl reasons fer passiu' this yermeasure?Alderman Loot.Suro ho did. They wua

certified..Fuck.

Markley.You know It Is said of KingMidas that averyth.ng he touched turnedto gold.».'fen his own children.Borroughs.Just a. little difference be¬

tween him ancl-.mo. Everything I touchturns to go..Philadelphia Press.

tie.A scientist claims that war is nec¬essary to keep the people thinned down.She.Why is it. then, that we have so

many fat generals?.Yonkers Statesman.

It isn't climbing the ladder of famithat makes one dizzy, so much as lt'3the looking'down..Life."My husband's health Is wretched.""Why don't you try Christian science?""Christian science?""Yes; the kind they teach at a first-

class cooking school.'.Puck.

"Paw." said little Willie, "is th<?y sucha thing as a 'cradle o' the deep'?""Certainly, son, replied Paw. "There's

got to be something to stop the squallsat sea.".Baltimore News.

Goodart.He seems to feel great sym¬pathy for any one who is ill.Newitt.Huh! His Idea of sympathy

is to get some poor invalid In a cornerand tell him how miserable he's looking..Philadelphia Press.

Remarks About RichmondRidgeway Journal: "The Richmond

papers have been severe critics of judgeand jury. Now, hadn't they better pu¬rify the atmosphere around Richmond'smunicipal affairs before indulging 1* i

mudslinging at Amtierst and her juries?"

Newport News Press: "A Richmondpoliceman was fined $-0 the other daytor talking too much. It is fortunate,for the policemen, that this rule doesnot obtain in all cities."

News From Barton Heights.Mr. Brown, of Philadelphia, Pa., who

Is visiting his brothers, Mr. W. B,Brown and O. Raymond Brown, whil«walking down North Avenue looking fo»a car, accidentally struck an awninüpole in front of the Barton Heightsdrug store and cut his face below tineye.Mr. Leslie E. Briggs, of Lamb Avenu^

lost a valuable cow Sunday morning.Mr. Charles M. Zirkle has r«.-turned ta

his home after a pleasant visit ta friendsin Harrisonburg, Va.Mr. C. B. Wilson, who has been visit¬

ing Mr. E. J. Watklns. of Poe Street,left Saturday evening for Petersburg.Miss Mamie Coaltar has returned to

her home in Brookhin'l Park, after avisit to Mrs. T. L. Gibbs, of Durham,N. C.Miss MoUio Anderson has returned to

her home ia Portsmouth, after a visit toMrs. Jones.Mrs. James H. Wilson, of Poe Street,

has moved to Rkhmond-Mtss Minnie Hopkins, who has been

visiting Mrs. Wilkinson," of BrooklandPark, has returned to her home in Gor-donsville.Mr. J. A. Wallace has returned to hi»

home in Baltimore after a visit to Mr.Charles Bowling, of Meadowbridge Road.Mrs. J. P. Gordon, who has been visit¬

ing Mrs. Wilkinson, of Brookland Park,has returned to her home in AmeliaCourthouse» VaMiss H»!»»! Harlan has returned to h»j?r

home, after a most delightful trip toBoston, Providence, and other easternpoint3.Mr. Wells J. Hawks, who has been

visiting his wife, who is stopping at hersisters, Mrs. C. M. Zirkle, has left forNew York.Miss Norma Lee Beveridge left Satur¬

day for Buffalo Springs. Nelson county»to visit her friend. Mis« Ella Kyle.Mr. W. C. Crenshaw has left for

Hagerstown, Md., to visit friend» andrelatives.Mrs. N. B. Croxton has left to visit

friends In Bon Air. Va.Mrs. James H. Wilson and sister. Miss

Watkins. who have been staying with.her brother. Mr. E. J. Watklns, haamoved to Richmond, where they will .ft»future reside»