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HARD WORK COUNTS.
The Genius of Labor Alone Produc
Lasting Success.
Famous Americans Who Have Had
to Toll Patiently and Long Be-
fore Arriving at the Goal
Of Their Ambition.

ISpec1al w aSnln8tO AetteE.J
THE boys and girls. young men
and women, of this country are
- taught to respect old age, but
that is not enough. They should be
taught to seek the society of the old
men and women in every community
and listen to the stories of their expert
ences in the years that have passed.
There is a dear old man or a lovely
old lady in every little town or village
who could be helpful to the individuals
of the rising generation, and who would
be glad to be so. Every young man or
woman who would seek their society
would not only bring pleasure into
their fast fading lives, but would derive
benefit by drinking from the fountains
of wisdom which flow like well springs
from the minds of those good people.
These reflections come forth as the
result of an evening with an elderly
gentleman who was once a command
ing figure in the national councils, but
who is now living quiet life in his de-
clining years. He said to the writer:
"You are perfectly welcome to tell what
has been said, but I do not like to see
my name in print, and so you must not
make mention of me. There was time
when sought newspaper notoriety, for
the newspapers make and unmake pol
iticians. But when man leaves all that
behind him he does not want to be men
toned in any manner, except in the
obituary notices"
The venerable statesman and philos-
opher narrated incidents which surely
ought to be laid before the reading peo-
pie of the country, for they afford food
for thought and encouragement to
those who may be discouraged. He said
that there are times in the life of every
man when the world seems very dark,
but that the skies always brighten to
those who keep on doing their duty to
the best of their ability. One of his IL
Illustrations was this:
"Go into any city, big or little, and
you will find street corner so crowded
with wagons and other vehicles that it
is dangerous to attempt to cross. But
If you will wait awhile you will find
that all the distractions have natural
ly removed themselves, and the street
is as clear of distractions as a country
road. Therefore, when distractions
come in the pathway of life, if you only
wait, they will remove themselves. If
people would only understand this sim
pie truth, they would do less worrying
when they find their desires Temporal
rily thwarted."
Then he added: There is a line in
one of the classics which says: The
frozen river and the ieaf1ess trees do
not complain. They wait for the sun
shine of spring and summer Wise
men and women learn to labor and to
wait. Many a man who has been de-
feated in his dearest aspirations has
risen afterwards, and been stronger
and greater than he might otherwise
have BEEN"
By way of illustration he referred to
the career of Andrew johnson, of Ten
nessee, the unlettered tailor who was
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reer seemed to have closed. But he kept
on working and striving. Four years
later he was nominated for the presi-
dency, and was elected to that high Of
fee. When he was defeated for con-
gress the world may have looked
gloomy to him, but he kept on working
and striving and success came at last.
In 1883 Grover Cleveland was defeat
ed for the presidency and badly defeat
ed, because tine state of New York, in
which he had resided for many years.
cast its electoral vote against him. But
he kept on struggling and hoping, and
four years later he was elected to the
presidency, having three successive
times secured the nomination of his
party.
Isham G. Harris, the confederate war
governor of Tennessee, at the close of
the civil war secretly departed from
that state, carrying with him about
half million dollars in gold, belonging
to the state. He went to Mexico, and
the legislature of Tennessee denounced
him and set price upon his head. Five
years later, when political conditions
were such that he could do so, he re-
turned to that very state, bringing with
him the money which he had taken
away for safe keeping. Then the leg.
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unable to make any progress until his
wife educated him. He was again and
again defeated in his political ambi-
tons, but he struggled on, and finally
he became a member of the United
States senate, vice president and pres
ident of the republic.
In January, 1889, Adlai E. Stevenson,
of Illinois. was nominated for posi-
ton on the supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia, but the senate re-
fused to confirm him, and he retired to
private life. Four years later he was
elected vice president, and came to
Washington to preside over the senate
which had declined to confirm him to a
subordinate position.
William Jennings Bryan was de-
feated for congress in 1894 and had q
hard time earning a living for his wife
and children. But two years later he
was nominated by a great political
party for the highest Office in the gift
of the people, and ever since he has been
. commanding figure in national af.
fairs. His defeat for congress may
have been bitter blow to him, and the
world must have looked dark. but he
kept on working and hoping.
In 1890 William Mckinley was de.
fssted for congress, and his pubic ca.
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Too Little by Ninety-Fiv,

''I'm going to have it cut V-shaped,'
announced the petted daughter, looking
over the patterns for her new dress.
IF you want to show what it cost
growled the father of the family,
you'd better have it cut C-shaped."-
Chicago Tribune.
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OutdOne.

Darn progress, anyway" growled
Father Time; "I'm doing my level best,
same as usual, to leave my traces on
the faces of humanity, but between
complexion experts and dermatologists
haven't ghost of show!"-Town
Topics.
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A Second Look.

Mrs. Greene-Who is that pretty girl
over there? Why, she is really be-
witching.
Uncle George-Why, that is the
woman your husband used to rave
about so.
Mrs. Greene wonder what he could
have seen in her?-Boston Transcript.
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TireaOme JoEea.

Low Comedian - These newspaper
jokes about theatrical companies burst
ing up and the actors walking home are
getting rather tiresome.
Heavy Man (reflectively)-Yes, but
not half so tiresome as the-the walk.
ing.-N. Y. Weekly.
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No Time Wasted.

!, No Time Wasted.
Betty-You say you never turn down
the light when Jack comes?
Letty-Never.
Betty-Why, how unsociable.
Letty-Jack doesn't think so.
Betty-How do you account for it?
Letty-Well, you see, never turn it
up.-Judy.
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Sly Sister Prudence.

In every sewing circle there
Is always one among
The number whom the others spare
From Gossip's nimb1e tongue.
IT'S not her goodness nor grace
They all respect-nay, nay;
She's first to reach the meeting place
And last to go away.
-ElliOtt'S Magazine.
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&ia5nt1x7{:1jz a
Easily Remembered.

is it the grip that ais me, doctor?''
Its the grip. Take this powder
three times day. AS soon as you 60
home have your wife mix you some hot
whisky and lemon juice-wait mo-
ment. I'll write it down."
THAT won't be necessary, doctor. I
can remember the hot whisky and
lemon juice. Chicago Tribune.
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ON One Year,s Proat..

"You are not the man who fixed our
pipes last winter, are your"
Certainly not, ma'am; you don't sup
pose a man has to work two years at
The plumbing business, do ?"-Town
Topics.
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Just the Naked Truth.

Mrs. Jones-Men never know how
much they owe to their wives. Now
there's Mr.. Blank, who is praised by
everyone as successful man, but what
would he have been if he had never mar
ried?
Mr.. Jones-A bachelor, dear.-Tit-
Bits.
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All CHARMING,

All Charming.
Man sweeps the strings to fatter;
When girl is thin and long
He lisps Of "willowy graces''
Through the measures Of his song!
But when girl Is buxom.
Or. rather. when she's fat,
He sings of "witching plumpness."
And claims to worship that.
Chicago Times-Herald
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Man1fko

Mrs. Bowers-I don't like the way
Fannie acts. She is extremely man.
nish il, her ways.
Mr.. Bowers Tin surprise)-Mannish?
Mrs. Bowers-Yes; every time she
goes shopping she comes home COM
pletely worn out!-Puck.
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Slip of the Tongue,

what do you sell that ribbon for 2"
asked young lady in a High street dry
goods store.
Eight dollars a week-oh, beg par
don, IS cents a yard, madam."-Colum-
bus CO., State Journal.
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Her Dilemma.

She viewed the result Of her baking,
And remarked with tears in her eyes
IF It's angel cake I've been making
wonder why 1t doesn't rise7"
Chicago Daily News.
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GrewSOme.

They scared me with hobgoblins
When was little lad.
They scare me now with microbes.
AND they're pretty near as bad
Washington Star.
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$50 your son has not gone to fight
the Beers, Mrs. Todd"
mo. sir: it's name I've heard your
reverence called by, and my Joe hasn't
come down to fighting parsons yeti
Ally Sloper.
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He Lost His Case.

Gentlemen of the jury" said blum
dering counsel, in an action about some
pigs. there were just SO hogs in that
drove; please to remember that fact
sc hogs-just exactly three times as
many as there are in that jury box,
gentlemen"
That counsel did not gain his case
Tit-Bits.
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A Mere ImitatOF.

"Yaas,' he said, II WEAKLY am begin
ming to believe she is twying to make a
fool of me-"
"Well, that's just like her." she
unused. "She never tried to do anything
in her life until somebody else had gone
and done it."-Chicago Times-Herald.
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His Little Oversigh

"How hate pugs!" he said.
"Sir!" she replied, coldly.
81 refer to dogs, not uoses," he made
Aaste to assert, after quick glance at
hsr.-Chicago Post.
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Liquid fuel for steam fire engines i,
being made the subject Of trial BY the
London fire brigade.
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Gay Bachelor-Do you think there
is anything in the theory that mar
ried men live longer than unmarried
ones?
Henpecked Friend (wearily)-Oh,
don't know-seems longer.-Harlem
Life.
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The Luckle.. Tr.mu

The Luckless Tramp.
He seeks some big, old-fashioned stove;
And snuggles down behind 1t.
For II he goes out hunting work
He's pretty sure to find 1t.
Chicago Tribune.
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The Debtors Soliloauy.

'Twere sweet to be a merry bird
And carol, day by day;
He sings his notes, as you have heard.
But hasn't one to pay.
Washington Star.
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Gratitude for having made you your
only proposal of marriage.-Harlem
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The Smile Cure.

Oft when a man is feeling blue
A girls sweet smile can pull him through
But then the girl, we may assume,
Must be the one that caused his gloom.
Chicago Record.
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COnjugal Taunts.

Charlie--You never cared for me.
Jenny-Why did I marry you, then?
Charlie-From motives of gratitude.
Jenny - Gratitude! Gratitude for
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-08
,11rE AND DEATH FIGHT.

Mr. W. A. Hines. OF Manchester, Ia,
writing of his almost miraculous escape
from death, says Exposure after
measles induced serious lung trouble.
which ended in Consumption. I had fire.
ouent hemorrhages and coughed night
and day. All my doctors said must soon
die. Then I began to use DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. which conf
pletely cured me. would not be with
out it even If it cost $500 a bottle. Hun
dreds have used it on my recommended
ton and all say it never fails to cure
Throat, Chest and Lung troubles. Resu-
lar size. soc. and s1,00. Trial bottles free
at Owens & Minor Drug Company.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-08
N THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

We note the following item in~the re-
port Of the proceedings of the sLeslsia-
ture:
The subcommittee appointed by the
Senate Finance Committee to draft an
amendment 10 the Parks bill or taxing
stocks and evidences of debt, so as TO
provide against double taxation. such as
is bitterly complained OF by domestic
corporations met to-day and agreed on
an amendment which it is certain Will
meet the case.
The subcommittee, which Is composed
Of Senators Morris. Jeffries. and Glass
and Delegate Parks. also unanimously
agreed to report an amendment to the
merchants tax law, which, If adopted,
will prevent double taxation of this class.
That is good. but 1t is only step In
the right direction If the State had a
tax commission, composed of these
members of the Legislature. or men like
them, a scheme of taxation would be
Forthcoming which would correct many
abuses that exist under the present sys-
TEN and increase the revenues of State.
Legislature to adjourn Without creating
1t will be a great blunder for the
Legislature to adjourn without creating
q tax commission.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-08
CURRENT TOPICS.

The editor Of the Ladies Home Journal
says that during the past year no less
than eight thousand manuscripts were
sent to that publication. OF this number
eighty, or one article out Of a hundred,
were accepted. The other articles printed
were written to order, that is 10 say, by
previous arrangement between the pub
fishers and the authors. The New York
Mail and Express, in which this state
ment was made by Editor Box, in COM
menting on the same, says:
NO editor, no publisher can rely upon
unsolicited material for the filling of his
weekly or monthly numbers, or the plan
ming of his seasons books. He must
turn to the well-known, reliable writer's,
who cian be depended upon to do good
work in their own department. The talk
of rings" in the publishing world. in
which wonld-be writers so freely indulge,
is based upon wrong conception of the
situation; it is not the old writers who,
allotted by the publishing ring keep
out the newcomers, but the latter, VINO,
by submitting poor material, force pub
fishers and editors to continue TO do bus
mess with the well-trained professional
writer's
There is nothing surprising in this.
There are we'll known authors who can
be relied upon to supply readable matter.
They have been trained in the business,
they know how to ill an order and the
publisher vino arranges with such an all-
thor for a given article is reasonably
sure that when he receives the article II
will be available" This is simply mat
ter of business, and it is the course that
in, oil
When q man determines to build house
he selects an experienced builder who
knows his business. who knows how to
build a house to order. This Is where
amateur writer's make their mistake. Oc-
casionally some great genius arises IN the
literary world, but ordinarily speaking,
writer's must have training before they
can EXPECT to succeed. No man would
expect to succeed in the law without
, having had a thorough training in( the
law. Yet, many people imagine that they
can do magazine work and newspaper
work without having had any practical
experience.
The financial editor of the New York
Tribune, in noting the recent strength of
the stock market, says:
1.-THE money in circulation increased in
January s22,75l,1s5, as compared with the
preceding month, and on February 1st
the total amount OF money in the country
outside Of Federal Treasury holdings was
eO03. 49, 55, an increase of sS4,Sss.lsS as
compared with the same time in 1899. The
addition to the country's supply of aNaila-
Bile money reflects the country's increase
in wealth The passage Of the pending
financial measure in Congress will furnish
greater banking facilities for the contrac-
ton and expansion of the money supply,
according TO the necessities of the situa-
ton, and its enactment as law is eN-
pected TO be factor In encouraging
long period of easy money.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-08
ruEy0T1NG POWER.


It is said that an electoral system which
will put a premium upon thrift and mar
rage is about tc be ina,lgurated In Bel
GUM Under this new plan every man
between the ages of twenty-one and
twenty-five years, who shall pay 81 per
wear in taxes will be entitled to vote
one ballot: married men over twenty
five years of age will have two ballots
each, and II such married. men shall own
real estate or Government bonds or
savings bank deposits producing an IN
come Of $50 Il year, they will have three
ballots each.
Yet in the State Of Virginia man may
vote without paying a cent of tax and
the ignorant, vicious and thriftless have
the same voice In Government that INTEL
ligent, honest property-owners have.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-08
GIRLS COAsTING.
Some Use Broo1ns, While for Some a
Single Shihrlc or Less SufficcS

Single Shihglc or Less Sltficcs-
So far this winter the students lave
found vent for their supertiuouS energy
in coaSting. The smooth, hard crust of
snow of last week made coasting, with
sleds or without, most delightful sport.
The back campus offers a favorable field
for this exercise, as there are practically
no trees.
Brooms are the favorite sleds. although
some Of the students have found rans
equally exciting. BY a peculiar way of
doubling themselves up the girls t!ni 1t
an easy matter to ride down hill on a
broom, and, in fact, the sport Is much
enhanced by. The uneXpecteh antics OF the
broom; sometimes it will dig itself into
a mound Of snow and send its rider In
mass a few yards ahead. The brooms are
especially useful as carryalLs. A large
broom Will comfortably seat two girls
and companion IS inveigled into drag
ging them around The pack horse gen.
orally gets her fun by suddenly sp:llinG
the broom riders.
To use pan for sled requires more
:. skill than to use broom, because the
rider curls her feet up into the pan and
can only push off with her hands, some
thing in the manner of tub race. 1t
takes only a slbsllu lu1'k to tip the pan over,
and then the girl tumbles in squealins
hunch, while those behind pile ION top
of her. Shingles are somewhat more I'M
satisfactory, as they are too apt to leave
their rider half way down Ehe hill. either
10 so on without any steed, or start all
over again. If the rider has had i swift
start she generally prefers to go to the
bottom of the incline without the Single.
Springfield Union.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-08
Dr. Johnston's Vote.

]. LEXINGTON, VA, Feb. Special
The lightest vote ever polled In ROCK
bridge was cast Thursday Tor Ds- ~
Nash Johnston. the Democratic nominee
to succeed the late Senator Charles e
NIcCorkle as State Senator from the sew
Senth district The official returns snow
that only 4Ni votes were cas-. IN tne
county. abo,ls one-tenth OF the lesal
voters. DR.. Johnston received $50 votss'
the rest being scattering
In Lexington seventy-ftva votes we're
cast If whicf, Johnston received seventy.
There are more than 800 voters In the
Lexington district The light vote was
DUE in part to the lack Of opposition.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-08

Schanc4s to Hye. hut was very dubious OF
B n pulling thr6ug b His nerve saved
ll,irn. and in d few weeks he was going
around as game as ever. >
.s1s7..Th he next news Of Jack came from
Pasadena. He had gone to a ball and.
aspiring t. the favor the belle o. 1ne
young ga11ants. The shooting began
while the function was still in progress.
but it was a bad day for Jack Watsonss
assailants. for when the firing ceaseH
there, we're five of them cornses. while he
scaped unhnrt.s Jack finally became q
Sto say. died a peaceful sdea tn. respected
and loved by all his neighbors."-Wash-
5ington Post.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-08
GLORIOUS NEWS

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-08
A COWaRDLY DODGE.

The Aldrich amendment to the Senate
finance bill providing that nothing in
the act is intended to place any obstacle
in the way of the accomplishment OF
international bimetalism" is q cowardly
sop thrown to the silver people by the
Republicans. The Republican party has
Invariably lodged this question when
brought face to face with 1t. 1t has
talked about international bimetalism."
and used all sorts of circumlocution TO
get around a fair and square declaration
for the gold standard. and the free sill
yer people have not failed TO take adj
vantage of every such dodge. Finally.
however, a bill was introduced commit
ting in plain English the Government to
the gold standard, and we had hoped that
least for the next several years. Now
comes the Aldrich amendment with the
same old story about international
bi,netalism' which, as everybody knows,
means nothing, but which tends to leave
the question In doubt. The great pur-
rose of this bill is to settle the question
of standard, but If the -Aidr:ch amend
1nent is admitted that purpose Will bade-
fea,ed and the declaration as to the goM
standard might as well not be made.
OF course this amendment is put in to
catch the silver vote but, in our opinion.
i. will be worth more to Mr.. Bryan than
10 the Republicans. as campaign material.
One of Mr.. Bryan's chief arguments
against the gold standard was that the
Republican party believed that bimetalism
was to be desired, else the party would
no, have declared in favor Of t'inter-
national bimetalism'' and pledged the
administration to send delegates to an
International monetary conference. We
had supposed that the Republican party
was done with this sort of cow.ardly twad-
die, and We do not try to conceal our
disgust at the .Aldrlch amendment. Ad-
vocates Of the gold standard claim that
there can DE no such thing as bimetalism
in the sense that the term is usually ap-
Piled. Bimetalism neansstwo standards,
and sdvocates OF the gold standard main-
tan that l. absurd. There can b Iu,