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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
Escape of Prisoners from the State

Escape OF PrfAnncrS from the state
Farm.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
kindly allow me space in your columns
to protest against the way convicts are
allowed to escape from the State farm
in Goochland county.
NV home is in Powhatan county, but
am of necessity away from home the
greater part Of the time, and it causes
me. as we'll as many others whom l
know, a great deal of uneasiness. think
ing of our families unprotected at home,
and at the mercy of these convicts, who
seem to be allowed to leave the farm"
whenever it suits their convenience. I do
not know who is to blame for this slack
way of guarding our State prisoners. but
it does seem to me that it is "up to some
one'' to see that these men, when once
convicted and imprisoned are sufficiently
watched to prevent this monthly occur
renee which menaces the lives of those
who live in the country, and are left I'M
protected.
Thanking you for any attention that
you may call to this matter, I remain,
Very truly,
A CIVIL ENGINEER.
Clifton Forge, Va, September s. 1902
Steps have been taken to correct the
evil complained Of. At the end Of this
season the State will cease farming the
rented land in Powhatan, where many of
the escapes have occurred. The surplus
prison population there will be brought to
Richmond and put to work excavating a
foundation for the new cell building.
Yes: the attempt to farm land on both
sides of the James river, and with only
fat-bottomed ferry boat to cross back
and forth. has proved inconvenient and
in some respects unsuccessful. For that
reason and because many Of the con-
victs will be needed here as laborers on
the new cell building farming operations
next year will be confined to the land
owned by the State-1,00o acres in Gooch-
land.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
Clarence Wyatt,
PROPRIETOR.
1916 EAST CARY STREET,
Phones New, rs; Old, SO.
(jy 3a-w.F.asu=3m)

ceived sums ranging from 500 to 500 be-
fore the ship left Manila The soldlers'
mess-room was used as a. gambling plaza
and the room was filed all day with
soldiers playing for high stakes at monte,
poker, and craps. plag1ceasing only when
the tables were In use for meals.
A casual of the Sixth Cavalry won over
$4,000 from comrades. and a private in
the Eighth Infantry won $1,000 The SOL
diers say 1t was not uncommon 70 see
$500 staked on the turn of q card at monts
and that two soldiers in the Eighth IN
fantry shot craps for s1,!5o AT times tss
play became SO intense that tho officer
of the day had to go into the mess room
and stop gambling to allow the mess boys
to set the tables for meals.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10

The automobile fad has about run It's
course, and in doing so has made record
time. After the followers of the lad nave
shocked the country by their folly. there
is some hope that the machine may be
devoted to practical uses in locomotion.
With its speed regulated by stringent en-
actments. ard the prices reduced by COM
petition so as to make it possible for dis
Greet, practical men to own them, the
automobile and the locomobile will prove
of great value.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
That is the situation, exactly.

"Electric cars are the enemies of hui
manity,' said Emperor William night
before last, talking to Generals Corbin
Young, and Wood, in Berlin, about the
accident 10 President Roosevelt.
We beg to differ with his majesty. Ihey
have done much for humanity, and they
are destined to do more, but too much
care cannot be shown in running them.
The system is good one, but it should
not be abused.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
Greatest Passenger Transportation
in the World.
PHILADELPHIA Press.l

The elevated railroads of Manhattan
and The Bronx are unmatched by any
open-air steam railroad system in the
world in the number of passengers car
ried each year. The report of the bust
ness done by these elevated railroads for
the year that ended June Goth last shows
that i'll that year 215,00O,O0O passengers
.(rcund numbers), were transported 1t
might have been added that they were
transported without accident to one Of
these passengers, excepting some trifiing
bruises.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
Tue MOVE AGAINST The moRos
Sultan OF ysncoIor VIII Also He Dis
cipIined. If He Doesn't Look Out

Sultan OF w color VIII Mo Re DIV
cipIined. If He Doesn't Look Ont
MANILA. September 9.-The column OF
troops which Brigadier-Gereral saulue.
S. Sumner, commanding the Departmsit
of Mindanao is TO lead against the Mach
Moros. will probably leave Camp VsckaFs
at the end of this week. II will consist
of portions of the Eleventh and Twenty
seventh Infantry. two troops OF the FIJI
tenth Cavalry. and mountain battery
about 100 men IN all.
Serious opposition is not expected BY
the military authorities 1t Is believed ths
plan is to seggregate the hostiles ana
friendlies. and keep the latter neutral
Tt is expected that the Maciu Aforo'
will be followed by an expedition against
the Sultan of Bacoler. Neg-os Island. IL
he continues hostile
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
The Mine Mule.
The Mine .MuIe.
.(Harvey NJ. Miller in Phllad phta Presso

Harvey NJ. Miller in delphia Press.)
The miners strike
Relieves the mule, .s$
And lazy-like
He's keeping cool.
Away from trouble,
Lash and labor,
He's chewing stubble
BY the acre.
He's happy now
Upon the farm;
He makes a bow,
And music's charm
His chief delight
Now greets us all
BY day and night:
.'E-aw-ghe-aw.
That soulful strain,
''E-aw-ghe-aw,
Sounds Ger the plain,
He leaps and wheels,
And with a jolt
Kicks from his heels
A thunderbolt
I love to see
Him prance and play
So friskly
The livelong day,
And loud and plain
Roll from his jaw
The sweet refrain:
'E-aw-ghe-aw.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
VETERANS, TITLES.

The United Confederate Veterans, Us an
organization, have not yet reformed in
the matter OF bestowing titles and con-.
fusing the records OF their organization.
They make majors, colonels. brigadiers,
and major-generals upon short notice.
What will he the result when IN the:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
New Complaint Against Baseball.
lNeW Orleans Times Democrat)

Complaint is. made in Mississippi that
the important work of picking the cotton
crop is seriously interfered with ny the
baseball craze that has recently swept
over the South, and that many negroes
who ought to be in the cottonf1elds are
playing baseball. The craze is said to
have reached such stage that the plant
ers would like to have baseball prohb
tied in cotton-picking season. SO that the
work would come first and fun after
ward.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10

Sir Thomas Upton has again announced
that he viii challenge for the Americas
cup. The plucky British yachtsman VIII
need several years more exercise before
he will be able to lift the cup
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
THE RICHMOND DISPATCH
BY THE DISPATCH COMPANY.
CORNER OF MAIN AND NINTH STREETS,
RICHMOND, VA.

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
AIR. and Mrs. It. Nelson Page in
Maine.
(Wa shington PoSt.l

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page are
still at their cottage at York Harbor,
Me-, where they are entertaining the we'll
known author, Mr.. John Fox, Jr., OF
Kentucky.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
One Man Returning from Manila
wins 10000 ON shipboard.

SAN FRANCISCO. September Sol
.diers who returned from the Philippines
on the transport Buford tell tales OF
heavy gambling on the voyage. The Bu-
ford carried over 800 men. who he'd - -.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
uAMrrov INSTITUTE GETS sS,"'''
Beneficiary Under the VIII OF Ms
Harriet S. Henson.

PHILADELPHIA. September !.
viii Of Miss Harriet S. gensoa. whe =
life was prominent as u phiianthsop.ssss'
was admitted to probate to-day Tae 20 =
lament slisposes OF an estate estimate. -. :
he worth upwards OF ss.eoO,oU The w.
'tatrIx made charitable Deauests aiaeaas
ing 20 half q million dollars. Hash y Va
Institute. at Hampton. Va. IL gsvss 80 -,
and the ruskeKea Normal and laa9ss1
school, at Tusksgae. AlA ssON
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
Men and Women.

(Newport News Times erald.)
Every now and then the old, old ques-
ton hobs up as to the difference between
the actions of men and women, and the
relative privileges of the two.
The Norfolk Virginlan-Pilot, discussing
the increase in drunkenness, says:
when the women are caught drunk
they are punished with all due severity
Only the other day, a woman was given
six months in Jail simply because she
entered a saloon. That is very right and
proper; although it Is difficult to see just
why a, woman should be treated with SO
much severity and the man permitted to
go scott free or fined in such small degree
that it is hardly fine at all.
The great trouble seems to be In re-
Election upon these matters that some
men and some women are prone to begin
the consideration upon the basis of an
equal starting point.
If this were true then the measure of
any downward flight might be readily
reckoned. and the distance fallen easily
computed, but right there the trouble
begins. In the divine plan of creation
man an women were varlouSly endowed.
There is no common ground for any COM
parison between them that is fair alike
to them both.
They stand as they have stood from the
hand of the Creator different in their
every feature and sentiment and yet
providentialy harnnonizing to fill the
round complement of life. Distinct,
but not anita gonistic; apart, yet bound by
| the irnmutable and invisible ties forged
| by the hand of Omnipotence.
It has been the pleasure of man to
| variously liken women as the adornment
| of the human fabric. Tie ivy that clings
| to the cathedral from which the voice of
| God is heard. she the ivy, the man the
! towering edifice, but that is only poetical
| license, and does woman an injustice.
| Tennyson says:
| woman is the lesser man, and all they
passions matched with mine
| Are as moonlight unto sunlight and as
| water unto Wine"
Woman is not the lesser man. She is
| no man at ALL but were she then COM
parison might be made, and when she
| sinned the computation of her fall would
| be as that of man. But in her very ma
| ture woman is higher, better. purer than
man. From the very essential elements
| of sin to which man intuitively turns
| she shrinks. and what to him is a license
| Of his manhood is to her vast liberty
| of her sex.
! The motives that actuate the man never
move the women and even when their
| lives touch in finest ordination of lie
divine purposes of their creation, there is
| no scheme of comparison for their In
SEPARATIONS are founded in essentially diff
| ferent impulses.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
HOW TO REMIT,

Remittances can be made by post-oft1ce
money order tthe safest way) cheek OF
registered letter. Currency sent oy man
at the risk of the sender.
Subscribers wishing change OF aooress
must give the old as well as the ne"
post-office.
Sample copies free.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS.

THE DAILY DISPATCH delivered to
subscribers in Richmond and Manches.ei
AT so cents ner month. payable to the car
,ier weekly or monthly; the SUNDAY
DISPATCH, ALSO per annum: IS cents ZOE
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10

"The customs officials in Switzerland
have settled the status of fieas by elias
sifying~them as wild animals They were
after the revenue on some imported train
ed fieas.' In this country the flea is gen
orally considered domestic ANIMAL
Wilmington. N. c., Star.
In the case of the flea, which is a para
doxical being. it is possible to reconcile
both qualifications. The flea Is a domestic
wild animal.-Norfolk Landmark.
We should rather say that 1t is a car
nivorous. animal which has become much
attached to man.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
Current Comment.

The divine Patti met with an extraor-
binary adventure the other night. While
singing at q charity concert a wasp flew
into her mouth, and she was compelled to
beat hasty retreat from the stage.
What blessing it would be if some of
those wasps could be introduced into the
Senate Chamber when Ben Tillman is in
the act of welding his oratorical pitch
fork.-Petersburg Index.
It seems to us that the wasps have got
a fine field for usefulness among a great
many people we know.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
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The Haitiens understand now, that the
Panther is an animal it won't do to mon
KEY with.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10

J sasRsfaTsng to the sugar crop the New
os prleaKs picayune says
gpsisss,ffhe ptof iesnits of the past three sea-
eeons rive aSfi discouraged the sugar pro-
nncers. although Their power to effect inn
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10

Speaking of these much-discussed alco-
holic tablets, the Norfolk Dispatch says:
"Cne advantage about them is that
man can truthfully say that he never
touched drop Hereafter, when you
get home at A. M. in the morning, in
stead of being met with the old cry:
You've been drinking!' the convivial
husband will hear the plaintive voice Of
his better half saying: oh. John, you've
been tab1eting =
About the only thing to envy the driver
of the street sprinkler for, is his not hav-
ing to walk behind his machine.-Roa-
noke Evening News.
The poor wretches here who are on the
water wagon say there's nothing about
them to be envied.
The colored people OF Virginia are rails
ing a fund to test the constitutionality of
ton. They will get more enjoyment in
spending their money for watermelons.-
The Houston Chronicle.
True, and by the way, we wish the col
ored people would invent some infallible
test of the merits Of watermelons, so that.
we could escape buying so many green or
overripe ones.
Dewcy's telegram to President Roose-
welt Is a family affair. It also shows that
the admiral has learned his place. My
wife and !. = it reads sare most thankful
that your life was saved."--N Newport
News Press.
And II we rem ember correctly, that
house Dewey's admirers gave him. was
also something Of q family affair. so far
as Mrs. Dewey was concerned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10

HIGH GAMBLING FoR soLDIERs.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10

woman is the lesser man, and all they
passions matched with mine
Are as moonlight unto sunlight and as
water unto wine"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-02-04
cHAFFEE's ROSY VIEWS.
Says that Filipinos Are Nearly Paci
fied-Samar the Exception.

Manila, Jan. 31.-The general outlook
for pacification in the archipelago,
everywhere outside the island of Sa-
mar, has never been more favorable
since the original outbreak of the Fill.
pino instruction than Mt the present
time. The insurgents have been broken
up into small bands, and are every
where fleeing for shelter. They sur.
render daily, are captured or are killed.
The policy of RECOMMENDATION and the
stern measure of closing the ports to
commerce have accomplished every.
thing expected of them. General Chat.
fee believes that by the end of Febru.
ary the island of Samar alone will re,
main not pacified.
Those provinces bordering on the
province of Batangas and Laguna, in
southern LuZon, have been patrolled by
the native constabulary, who have
done excellent work and who have re.
ceived the commendation of General j
Franklin Bell, commanding in those
provinces.
The members of the Philippine com
mission are proud of this constabulary,
which was organized following theiI
suggestion, and the greatest care is ex-
ercised in the selection of officers for
this force. During the past month
eighty-two military posts have been
handed over to the native constabulary.
General Chaffee has taken effective
steps to make sure that there will be
no friction between the military and
civil authorities. The most positive
orders have been issued to all military
commanders to cooperate in every way
with the civil authorities, without re-
laxing in severity when they have oc
casion to deal with active insurgents.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-02-04
Belgium in d Row.

BrusseIs, Jan. 31.-The Chamber of
Deputies here was the scene of free
fight to-day between the Socialist and
Catholic factions. The trouble grew
out of n proposal to prosecute M.
Smeets. Socialist, for {. recent revo-
lutionary speech. Tie disorder began
in the galleries. which We're eventually
cleared by force. Thereafter the up
roar was continued on the ioor.
, The Socialists advanced in body
against the benches of the Catholics.
shouting taunts and epithets. The dep
uties finally engaged in fisticuffs and
the sitting was suspended but when
the session was resumed the disturb
ance recommended and prevented the
transaction of business.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-02-04

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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-02-04

There Is more Catarrh In this section OF tho
country than all other diseases put together
and until the last few years was supposed to be
fncurable. For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced 1t a local disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly falling to cure
with local treatment, pronounced 1t incurable
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-02-04
OLD JOE, THE NIGHT wAroHMAn

(From the Pail Mall Gazette, London.)
How often on returning homo late
On . dreary winter's night has our
sympathy gone out to the poor old
night-watchman as he sat huddled up
over his cage fre, overlooking the OK
cavations which our city council in
their wisdom or otherwise. allow the
different water companies to make SO
frequently in our consested streets.
In all weathers and under all climatic
conditions. the poor old night-watch-
man IL obliged to keep watch over the
compandes' property, and to see that
the red lights arc kept burning. What
= life. to be sure; what privations and
hardships; no wonder they have aches
and pains. which nothing but St. ia
cob's Oil can alleviate
"Old Joe" Is in tho employ of the
Lambeth Water Works, and is well
and favorably known. He has been q
nightrwatchman for many years. IN
the course of which he has undergone
many experiences. What with wet and
cold, he contracted rheumatism and sci
atica, which fairly doubled him up, and
It began to look 4 serious matter for old
Joe whether he would much longer be
able to perform his duties. on which
his good wife and himself depended
for a livelihood: but As It happened, \
passerby. who had for some nights no.
ticed Old Joe's painful condition, pre-
sented him with a bottle of St Jacobs
Oil. and told him to use 1t. Old Joe
followed the advice given: he crawled
hn haH
wife rub his aching back with tho st.
Jacobs OIL "a gentleman gave him."
and undoubtedly his wife did rub, for
when old Joe went on duty at night he
met his friend and benefactor, to
whom he remarked Them Oils you
gave me. Guv'nor. did give me doing;
they was like pins and needles for a
time, but look at me now" and old
Joe began to run and jump about like a
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soreness had gone: he had been tell
Ing everybody he met what st. Jacobs
OIL had done for him. Old Joe says
now he has but one ambition In life.
and that is to always to be able to
keep bottle of st. Jacobs Oil by him
for he says there is nothing like 1t in
the world.
st. Jacobs OIL serves the rich and
the poor, high and low the same way.
1t has conquered pain for fifty years,
and 1t will do the same to the end of
time. 1t has no equal. consequently
no competitor; 1t has many cheap imi
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-02-04
Joke Didn't Work.

Robson, do you know why you are
like Donkey"
Like donkey?' echoed Robson,
opening his eyes wide. II don't"
Because your better half is stub
bornness itself"
The jest pleased Robson immensely,
for he at once saw the opportunity Of
a glorious dig at his wife. So when he
got home he said:
Mrs Robson, do you know why 1
am like Il donkeyT
He waited n moment, expecting his
wife to give it up. But she didn't She
looked at him somewhat pltyingly as
she answered. II suppose it's because
you were born so."-Chicago News.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-02-04
C.n.. os queer L.x..,....n.

They are tsfiing a story OF William
n. Crane to the effect that when he
was last in london he was invited to-
dine at the House of Commons res
taurant, and his host ordered a bottle
Of Irish whisky from which he poured
frequently and copiously.
Say" said Mr.. Crane, do all you
English statesmen partake as hberaly
and as frequently Of that liquid a
thisY
I'VE do," said the host.
"Well, all Eve got to remark is, that
I'm not surprised that the Boer war
continues" said Mr.. Crane.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-02-04
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-02-04

To borrow the point of an old and
once esteemed pun. the railway lunch
counter sandwiches out on the western
deserts are so called because of the sand
witch is in them.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-02-04
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President Roosevelt has Just been elect
ed an honorary member of the Friendly
Sons of st. Patrick. The members may
think from his strenuous actions that he
is harboring Irish blood in his veins.