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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
Have Faith In Richmond.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Several articles have appeared in your
paper in the past several months upon
the subject OF house building. and that in
the issue of last Sunday. headed House
Famine" was timely ana to the point
That there is great want of dwellings
and flats in this city no one will deny
and particularly those who are daily dis
appointed in their efforts to rent houses
and locate their ia miles for they are
met by the reply to their inquiries, mo
houses for rent Why this shoul be the
case is difficult to understand. for IN
other cities-vtz.. Washington and Baltt-
,nore-the number of houses and flats
built for rental purposes and as Invest
mtSts Is always in excess Of the demand
In baltimore rents are lower than In
this city. and yet one viii find blocks OF
new houses. many of them unoccupted
and still other blocks on the same street
beyond being built and made ready fer
know that their city is growing rapidly.
and they have faith In her progress and
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
The Midnight MaII.

(By William Hurd Hillyer. in Lippin-
colts Magazine for September)
Resonant, full and deep
Is the voice OF the Midnight Mail.
It rolls through the shadowy realms OF
sleep '&S
When the high moon CLEANS on tha
rail.
It startles the browsing oak,
And the clustered pines reply,
And the gray battalions OF goblin smoke
Hang moveless under the sky.
But. oh. not the lordly notes
That awaken the dreaming hill.
Nor the cIoud-whte plume that back
ward floats
Nor the clamor that warns, II kill
Not the drifting smoke above.
Nor the transient furnace glare
But the freishtage OF sorrow and joy and
love
Which the Midnight Mail doth bear.
The great, swift wheels-the long
Yellow chain of squares agieam-
1t is not for these that the poets song
Is blent with the roar of steam.
Not the triumph OF splendid arts.
Nor the prince OF the passionless rail-
But the anxious eyes and the beating
hearts
That wait for the Midnight Mail.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

know that it will be but short time ere
these houses will be occupied and AT a
rental making a fine return upon the in
vestment- They do not wait for a tenant
to agree to take the house before the
excavation is begun. and they do not
wait for building material. etc. to fall
In price, because they know that when
building operations advance in price the
rental advances also. In Baltimore ths
streets are extended and improved and
kept we'll in advance of the building ope-
rations:: and the city reaps ample return
upon the cost of this expenditure by thu
taxes upon the new buildings which fol-
low these street improvements, and thera
Is no reason why this city should not do
the same.
Richmond is growing and prospecting de-
spite the drawbacks which have logged
her progress in the past and are still Of
ferins obctacles in her advancement. but
what is wanted more is faith and public
spirit among her citizens generally, and
the Willingness TO invest their money at
home where a safe return is assured. and
in this way aid in the general improve
ment of the city.
Well arranged flats of moderate rental
are greatly needed, as living in this way
minimizes the cost and trouble of house
keeping. and the cost OF the erection OF
these three-story flats is but little in ex-
cess. of the cost of a three-st0ry dwelling.
while the rental received from the flats
is considerably in excess of that from y
dwelling. Large and more expensive flats.
provided with an elevator and heating
apparatus, are also wanted, and they
would be found to pay we'll upon the In
vestment It has been asked why north
ern capital has not sought investment IN
these buildings here. The reply is, these
capitalists want to see our own citizens
show faith In their city by erecting such
buildings themselves. Put your OWN
shoulder to the wheel before you can ex-
pect outside assistance. II investors are
waiting for decrease in the cost OF
building, they will wait in vain. as prices
are governed by the demand, and such
activity In all building operations
throughout the country has not been
known for many years, and there is no In
IA Their to the contrary. ID.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
The Macon (Gao Telegram says:

Richmond is now spoken of as the
literary center and the Boston of the
South. The latter designation is less sig
nifcant than it would have been gene
ration ago. the new literary celebrities Of
Boston being conspicuous by their scar
city, If not by their non existence. The
new lights are found elsewhere and among
them Richmond can claim a generous
share, her new literary names including
those of Philip A. Bruce, Ellen Glasgow,
Mary Johnston, Gordon McCabe, ard
Thomas Nelson Page
Our claim to being a literary center is
fast becoming recognized as it is thor
oughly we'll founded. We wouldn't be
surprised if eventually our fair city
should be the literary center Of America,
instead of that of the South merely.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

But be that as 1t may, every blessed
one Of us, deep down in his heart. hits
sly hankering to be numbered as part and
parcel OF the upper crust. = You may
sarcastically callsit the 'bon-ton, : the.
upper ten. q the .elite,,' the smart SCI, -
or what you will, but all the same no
matter how sneeringly It is referred TO,
our wish is to be there IN the chosen list.
It's human nature and a contrary ambl-.
ton would be freakish Who emphasizes
the fact that he IS dead -po'white"?
And SO, when ..Brer" v, atterson says
the women of the Smart set" no longer.
pretend to recognize virtue; that inno-
cence among this class is a badge of
delinquency; that their lives are one I'M
ending debauch and that the 400 are rot.
ten through and through, it sounds fierce
and libeIlous. but doesn't SO much as stir
up thimbleful of dust. His utterances
are not going to reform anybody. They
are brutum fulmen-a harmless thunder
bolt. They may give some satisfaction to
those of us who hopelessly but distinctly
realize that we are not of the so-called
smart set" but as for working a re-
formation-why, one might as we'll seek
to blot out ambition by citing julius
Caesars case.
From tink immemorial the rich and the
cultured, being the cynosure of all eyes,
have been held up to criticism and CEN
sure for everything they did, though no
body has yet learned to hate riches and
you can fatter the veriest hobo by saying
that he is Exclusive
Our only grievance is that the "smart
set" manage to have riproaring good
time While we critics hang around on the
outside and lick our chops. If they'd let
us in under their tent we'd readily prom
Use to make no more criticisms and fur
thermore we would not in the least mind
being criticised.
And by the way, the New York Sun
does good work when it undertakes
to explain what that expression smart set"
means. Our contemporary reminds us that
the word smart" is used in the English
not the American sense. Here we employ
ness and intelligence. We also use il to
signify sharpness and, sometimes, pert
ness. But the English borrowed it from
speech not once elegant, to denote
snowy appearance in the Individual and
by extension to describe a gay society
generally. "It is a term which has come
in at a time when the disposition is to
avoid language of an earlier period Of
social formality and pretension and high
sounding words and phrases of polite
speech We find an analogous tendency
when we pleasantly say man is
very decent fellow" rather than "a fine
gentleman" Instead of being an agrees
sive, self-assertive term, smart set' is
indicative of much humility of spirit.
"A snob is the meanest whelp on earth,
but one can have social aspirations or
high social station without being any Of
the contemplate things which the Wat
tersonian fulminations suggest.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

A well-known and ooservant gentleman
said to a Times-Reglster representative
a few days ago that he had been a resi-
dent of Salem for forty years. and that
in his candid opinion there are more
drunkards in the town than at any time
during his recollection. "A sad. sad COM
mentary, surely!-Salem Times-Register.
Not so here in Richmond. and Manches-
ter. With US drunkenness is on the de-
cline. So it is, too, We believe in most
OF the counties In this section of Vir-
ginia.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

A Dallas, Tex, dispatch says Judge
John II. Reagan, the sole surviving mem
Der of the Confederate Cabinet, recently
sat for portrait at his home near Pal
estine, Tex, to be painted and placed
in the Confederate Museum here in Rich
mond. Judge Reagan has been reported
critically i'll during the past few weeks.
He is 81 years of age.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
Badly Mixed.
(Obse rvations of a Philosophical F'rier
of Ours \

Wbse rvations of a Philosophical Friend
of Ours.)
This man. lady. hath robbed many
beasts of their particular additions; he is
as valiant as the lion. churlish as the
bear, slow as the elephant; man into
whom nature hath so crowded humours,
that his valour is crushed into folly,
his folly sauced with discretion: there is
no man hath a virtue that he hath not a
glimpse of. nor any man an attaint hut
he carries some stain of it; he is melan-
5choly without cause. and merry against
the hair; he hath the joints of everything;
but everything so out of joint, that he is
a .gonty Briareus: many hands and no
use; or purblind Argos. all eyes and no
sigh, TITO. and Cress.
..Fertur Prometheus. addere principe,
Limo coactus, Particular undique.
.Desectam, ct insani leonis
Vim stomacho apposuisse nostro.
Horace.
Almost the only biographies, to Be re-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

Fitz. Lee is reported to have said here
on Friday that really he did not know
when the senatorship contest would come
off
Well, We'll tell him that the preliminary
surveys are being made now and some
pipe-laying already has been done. Our
genial friend would do we'll to keep his
field glasses in his hand all the time that
he hasn't his ear to the ground
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
A Plea from the vanquished.

Judge-Dennis McGwirk, stand up! You
are accused of wife-beating; what have
you to say to the charge?
McGwirk (after an embarrassing hest
tation)-May it please yer hanor, eff yen
mind the charge DILL plade guilty.
Judge-Indeed! In what particular would
you have the charge amended?
McGwirk-To the axtint, yer hanor, that
OF attimpted to bate her.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
WHO MAY REGISTER.

!. A person who has served in time OF
gar in the army or navy of the United
States, or of the Confederate States, or OF
any State.
2. & son of any such person.
8. 4 person who owns real or personal
property, upon which. for the year next
preceding that in which he offers to regis
ter, State taxes of 81 have been paid.
q. person who can understand, or give
reasonable explanation of any section Of
tho Constitution, either read by him or to
him. bv the officers of the registration.
Registration begins in this city September
1sth
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
Lieutenant csrmine,s Duty.
Baltimore SUM-

Lieutenant. George c. carmine. who has
been experimenting the construction OF
the revenue cutters Tuscarora and Mo-
hawk at Trisg's yards. Richmond. Va,
reported yesterday for duty as executive
officer of the cutter Algonquin. Captain
Wadsworth, now at the Raltsmore Dry
Dock Conapaay's yards for repairs
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
The Laws Mercy.

Doctor-You have just called me in time
to avert a serious fit Of sickness.
Patient-Then you do not think my con-
dition serious at present?
Doctor-Not dangerously so, but you
ought to keep your bed for week.
Patient guess can do that, doctor;
fortunately, according to the law of this
State, it is exempt from execution.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
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subscribers in Richmond and Manchester
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Those wishing the paper can order 1t by
telephone or postal card. Complaints OF
delivery may be made the same way.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
wATrERsoN on THE SMART SET.

Mr.. Henry Watterson's attack on the
smart set is good thing. so far as
vitriolic adjectives go, but somehow we
don't fancy that it will drive any of our
well-to-do friends to sackoloth and ashes.
One could throw brick into a crowd
with far more fruitful results than can
be expected of Natterson's chunk Of
vigorous Kentucky English. The brick
would be mighty apt to hit somebody,
whereas every one thinks the editors
thund erbolt is meant for his prosperous
next door neighbor and not for himself.
It's a way we have when mean things are
said and no names are used,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

A new edition of Miss Ellen Glasgow's
book "The Voice of the People" has just
photographers of Williamsburg and vici-
nifty, and some &, Richmond, by Henry
Troth. The New York Sun gave it
fresh review in yesterdays issue.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
A Case In Point.

He tafter pause. during which the
clock has been on a midnight strike)-I
was about to say. Miranda. that a man's
fate is not always in the channel of his
own vo1ition: sometimes we are moved
by an impulse we cannot resist 81
She Clearing suspicious movement up
stairs}--Destiny seems to be preparing
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
Youths Consideration,

Pa with CAD in hand)-I want you to
understand. my son, before inflicting this
act of paternal duty. that it is more of
a punishment to me than to you.
s Son-And I want you to understand.
Dad, that I've got tina, kindly feeling for
you that can't find it in my nature to
insist on your doing It.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

'"The Richmond Dispatch informs us
that the shoe-buckle is again coming to
the 'front.' So far as our limited infor-
nation extends, they were always worn
in front.-Montgcmery Advertiser.
Yes, but now they are coming back.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
A Grateful Editor.
Lebanon News.l

LEBANON NeWs.t
A bigger hearted man don't live than
". D. Jessee-at least he has always been
nice and clever to the editor of the News.
He came to town Monday evening and
..fotch'' us some nice grapes. We ate
grapes until we We're convinced that DR..
w. E. Anderson is not the only boy who
has a stomach that will stretch mile
before it will burst an inch.
The editor of the paper bows to Miss
Ollie Powers. of Barnett. for delicious
basket OF grapes received Thursday eve
ming of last week, also some nice apples.
Miss Ollie, we shall not soon forget your
thoughtfulness, and be assured that we
enjoyed them to the fullest" capacity.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
Spontaneous Sympathy.

Oger-I am no coward. let me tell you !;
if ever again an enemy assails my coun-
try, you will! find me in the rank of it's
defenders, with my face to the foe.
FRANKIE with panied glance at Oger's
conference.-the that event my sympa-
thies will be with the foe.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

Tom Johnson possibly has in mind,
among other things, the latter-day Ohio
habit of the United States, in matters
presidential.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

The Secret Service man seems to be
about as unnecessary and unlucky as thu
innocent bystander.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

Since the Duchess of Marlborough has
returned to this country she has been
mainly distinguishable by the ease with
which she has forgotten nearly every
body she once knew.-Memphis CONNER
cial-Appeal.
Ou- information is to the contrary. We
learn that she has been very sweet and
nice to old friends and very pleasant to
those recently introduced to her.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

Anent the project to annex Haiti, the
Atlanta Constitution asks:
Haven't we enough islands and to
spare?
"Also 'niggers?'
""Also hi of our own?"
We should say SC.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

Fate makes little concession to proprie-
ties; the man who is right is often
cleft"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

It is in the street-car that the patriot
doesn't enjoy the act of Standing up for
his rights
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

Edward Milton Reyie and Mrs. Royia
have been induced to leave vaudeville.
and will ba starred next season in new
comedy under the management or kan
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

just such a movement for you, Archi-
bald.
Whereat Archibald anticipated destiny
by yard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

The modern teaching is to the effect
that the man who wants but little gene
rally gets less.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

President Mckinley was shot one year
ago yesterday and died on the 14th.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
A Professional compla1ner.

(Written for the Dispatch.)
His was the. realm Of discomfort,
Through devious ways of life he went,
For imperfections prying;
And wheresoe'er a germ he found
That same he grimly fingered round.
Its horrors magnifying.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

The Houston. Texas. Post is quite right
when 1t says:
II the anthracite strike is ended it. will
not be for humanity's sake, nor because
1t is hurting the people; but because it is
hurting the Republicans
Still we would like to have 1t settled.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07

He probed his neighbours life to find
Some slight defect of heart or mind,
And gloated at the showing:
He talked ir dirges; sailed on seas
Or human frailties and disease,
No glimpse of goodness knowing.
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Another amputatlon, sir?"

Quoth he of knife and pill;
eyes," came the answer; IF you please,
: Just amputate this BILL"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-07
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Wanted Il Duplicate.
He'd mad his leg cut off, and when
He rallied from the shock,
He got another one in form
OF due-bill from the Doc.
He hoobled 10 the skilled M. D.
When strength he did accrue,
And said to him, Dear sir. I have
Another job for YOU
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A ,ser-worm of poison bred
Fo, oe in everything, he said.
chinch-bug. thrip or weevil;
And 1ingly he yearned for port
Whereoato mortals would be brought
Immunity from evil.
He went to Heaven-in dream
He saw the fields Of glory TEEN
With peace, and felt the reign Of
Immaculacy come to pass,
Yet he more wretched was, alas!
He'd nothing to complain of.
WADE WHIPPLE.
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Almost the only blographies, to So Is g.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-12-11
A SAILORS STORY
WILKIE COLLINS
u II - y q y .

general MS volunteers. and some Of our
merchants here found IL good ven
ture To send supplies across the ocean
TO the popular side. There WIS risk
enough. OF course. In doing this, but
where one speculation Of the kind sue
ceeded it made up for two at the least
that failed. And that's the true prin-
ciple of trade wherever have met
with Il all the world over.
Among the Englishmcn who were
concerned In this Spnnish-Ameriran
business /, your humble servant, hap.
pcncd in a small way TO be one.
( was then mate Of brig belonging
/ 10 a certain hrm in the city which
drove sort Of general trade, mostly
in queer out of the way places, as Tar
from home as possible. and which
frrghtcd the brig In the year am
speaking Of with cargo of gunpowder
FOR General Bolivar and his volun-
tecrs, Nobody knew anything about
our Instructions when we sailed OK.
ccpt the captain, and he didn't half
seem TO like them. can't rightly say
how many barrels Of powder we had
on board or how much each barrel
held. only know we had no other
cargo. The name Of the brig was the
Good Intent, queer name enough, you
will tell me, for vessel laden with
gunpowder and sent TO help revOIu-
ton. And as far rs this particular
voyage was concerned 50 II was
mean that for a joke, and hope you
will encourage me by laughing at It,
The Good Intent was the ciuziest old
tub Of Vessel | ever went to sea ia
and the worst found IN an respects.
She WAS 80 or $50 tons burden. ! for
get which, aud she had IA crew OF eight,
hll told-nothing like ms many as we
ought by rights to have had to work
the brig. However, we were well and
honestly paid our wages, and we had
to set that against the chance OF foun-
dering at sea, and on this occasion
likewise the chance OF being blown up
| into the bargain.
In consideration OF the nature OF our
cargo we were harassed with new reg
ulations, which we didn't at all like.
relative to smoking our pipes and light
ing our lanterns, and, as usual IN such
cases. the captain, who made the reg
ulatiOns preached what he didn't prac-
tice. Not Il man Of ny was allowed to
have bit Of lighted candle in his
hand when he went below except the
skipper and he used his light when he
turned in or when he looked over his
charts on the cabin table Just as usual.
This light was common Kitchen
candle or dip" and It stood I'm an old
battered fiat cundlestick. with all the
jawn worn and melted off, and all the
tin showing through. II would have
been more scamanlikc and suitable in
every respect il he had had Il lamp or
a lantern, but he stuck 10 h.s old cam
dlcs,ck, ana that same Old candlesticIs
has over afterward stuck TO me. That's
another joke, IL You please, and a bet
ter one than the first, In my opinion,
Well said ''well'i before, but it's a
word that helps man on like-wc
sailed In the brig and shaped our
course first for the Virgin islands. in
the West indies, and after sighting
them We made for the Leeward s.
lands next and then stood on due
south till tho lookout at the masthead
| hailed the deck and said he saw laud.