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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-26
ANIMAL STORIES
FOR OUR
BOYS AND GIRLS.
A POOR sPELLER.

Some little people get very cross and
petty when they are made to spend time
with their spelling books Never can
see the use OF these horrld old words,
cried little Bill. pouting.
Some day you may have use for them.
Bill. Listen.
There was young Mr.. short-tusk, who
once fell deeply In love with one OF the
young lady elephants In the same circus
where he was engaged in grinding a hand.
organ. But ono day she moved of to
another show. and Dir. Short-tusk felt
her loss SO greatly that he made up his
mind to write her love letter He took
up his pen and paper. put on his glasses
and sat him down on a grassy mound to
write.
with much effort he put on the paper
MY Dear Miss -" and then he
Etopped
What ever shall call herr" he
thought.
"cail her Pachyderm. said the old
ring horse. who had travelled a great
deal and heard much.
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CONTROL YOUR TONGUE.

In a crisis like this 1t behooves every
citizen to control his tongue. A great
deal Of harm may be done by imprudent
talk. First OF all. men ought to be care
full how they circulate sensational re-
ports. Upon tho slightest pretext, and
sometimes without any foundation there
for, reports OF trouble here and shooting
there and rioting yonder are put in circu-
latlon, and the most absurd rumors are
eagerly seized upon and passed from
mouth to mouth. The situation is bad
enough without making 1t worse by ex-
aggeration.
But especially should men be careful
how they make incendiary speeches.
There is intense feeling on both sides of
tho contest and excitement runs high.
In such a state of mind men are apt to
be violent in their expressions, one way
or another, and every violent speech
tends to Intensity the bitterness and
make the situation worse At such a
time the wise man and tho conservative
man will show his wisdom and his con-
servatism by restraining himself; by
being careful about his conduct and
careful about his words. 1t Is more
courageous, 1t is moro heroic, 1t is moro
commendable in times Of great excite
ment for man to control himself than
to give vent to his feeling. 1t is easy
to talk. 1t is easy to use strong Ian
suage. 1t is the natural thing to do when
E'en are thoroughly aroused But 1t is
not easy to recall the harsh words; 1t is
not easy to control tho result; it is not
easy to extinguish the flames when the
fire has been kindled.
The Times-Dispatch Is trying to prac-
tlce what It breaches. It has been com.
PEELED In duty to speak plainly in behalf
of law and order, But 1t has endeavorcd
to say nothing, either In its editorial
columns or It's news columns that was
likely to fan the flames of public excite
ment 1t is a time for press and people
to be conservative, to be guarded in
their statements. and in the expression of
their opinion.
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CHAPTER XIII.
WHEN NATURE 1NTBRPosEs.

WHEN NATURE r1NTERPOSES.
Whatever Redlaw's designs may have
been. they were necessarily delayed by
the bad weather which set In on the
morrow. AS If nature herself were
bent upon frownlng down his felonions
purpose, the day dawned grim and
threatening, with an ugly gale increas-
Ing from the southeast.
AT noon tho sky was heavy and
dusky, with great banks of ebon clouds
looming up in the south. the porten ,.r,,
frowns of which were rendered lurid
nv intermittent flashes of binding light
ming.
thunder brought Redlaw on deck, the
vessel having been In Walton's charge
since morning. and the pirates face
evinced no pleasure at tho prospect. It
was as IL he felt that all had gone
amiss with tho Vulturc since the adj
vent Of tho strangers aboard her. and
seamcn. from commander down TO gal
lev cooks are nothing II not supersti-
tious.
The gale had been steadily increasing
in violence, with occasional floods OF
tempestuous rain; while the sea, under
tho sweeping blasts. had been mangled
into waves of constantly swelling magni-
tude. Yet in the face of this adverse wind
and the ominous outlook. Walton had
closc-reefed mainsail and j!b only, the
rakIsh craft was riding the swollen seas
like an empty cask, and With a llshtness
that indicated her insufficient of ballast
for uncommon heavy weather.
The pirate cast sweeping glance at
the turbulent ocean and the threaten
ing southern sky.
1T looks ugly--most like n typhoon"
he growled CURLY, turning to Archie,
who stood near the man at the Wheel
AYE, sir, 1t does,'' he replied, with
water dripping from his features as he
nodded assent. Yet all's snug forward,
sir, and thought Id hold our course"
'"'Twon't do, said Redlaw, presently
",rhis gale may become hurricane
Stow the mainsail and come about, Bare
the vessel to a reefed topsail. and Put
hor dead before It,"
Walton gave the necessary orders, run
ming forward to accelerate their execu'
ton; and though in coming round the
quivering vessel lay down till her lee
bulwarks were buried in the boiling sea,
she presently righted and sped away
with the waves and gale astern, no7
riding with an ease that bespoke her run.
ming qualities,
But Redlaw's apprehension proved to
be only too well founded, The fearful
clouds rushed UP as If resolved to over
haul the fleeing vessel, and amid blind
ing rain and an almost ceaselcss cam
nonading from the lurid heavens the FIRST
real blast of the hurricane struck her
It ripped the topsail from tho holt
ropes. as If 1t had been lady's hspd-
kerchlef. The canvas split with roar
like thunder and vanished over the low,
looking for one brief inst.nt like a Ehast,
~ apparltion whirled away through the
sheets of rain.
And then amid the screaming of the
wind, with masts and rigging strain'nP
under the terrific onset. with ram ana
sea and froth and spulne hurtling In
binding clouds atliwart her decks, the
schooner was seized in tile reS!stless
grasp of the hurricane, and borne north-
ward with speed and passion ur,erly
Uncomfortable.
(To be Continued To-morrow,)
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HOLMES CONRAD

The frauds In the Postoffice Department
are to be probed and the guilty ones pun
ished. The President is determined upon
It, We take this TO be Individually true,
because of the appointment OF Holmes
Conrad as special attorney to assist the
United States District Attorney in the
prosecution OF the cases. 1t is understood
that MIR, Charles j. Bonaparte. of Balti-
more. will be Mr.. conrad's co-laborer.
Mr., Beech. the district attorney for
Washington. has his hands full of cur
rent work. For him to undertake prompt
ly 10 prosecute the postoftice cases would
be an impossibiity almost,
Several days ago Postmaster General
Payne Informed the President that the
grand jury was not making as much head
way with the postofice cases as was de-
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| the Governor to send troops into tn
| men and children and all innocent peo
| pie against the men who have been i'm
| ported and who are the real persons re-
sponsible for the trouble'--as though TIL
| guards on the cars were prowling around
| wantonly shooting down men, women and
| children.
| Mr.. Solomon must have a poor opinion
| of the intelligence OF our people II he
thinks they will be misled by such a con.
giomerate mass OF palpabe contradio-
lions
II Mr.. Solomon had been so solicitous
for the welfare of the men, women and
children OF Henrioo, he would have asked
for military protection when tho soldiers
were first called to Richmond. II is not
denied that both Judge Wickham. Of the
County Court. and Governor Montague
were profoundly impressed with the ur-
gent need OF troops In the county, and
so Informed Mr.. Solomon.
When the street car authorities appeal
W W Nhis ksploIiOu lOt -tiOOpS Ic tulu
them, we arc informed. to go ahead ami
run their cars and he would furnish all
necessary protection. Tho authorities then
gave him fair warning. we nre further In
formed, that they would send armed guards
on each car to protect the cars and the men
on them, from assaults which they felt
sure would be made. But In spite Of all.
this Sheriff Solomon refused to call for
troops and determined to take the risk.
On Wednesday crowd began early in
the evening to assemble near tho old car
barn on Vine Street, and by nightfall It
Is estimated that there were from five
hundred to n thousand persons assembled
at that point Everybody except Sheriff
Solomon anticipated trouble, and still he
would not call out the troops.
In the face OF undisputed facts It Is
sheer nonsense to say that the guards
fired without provocation
1t Is to be presumed that some went
out Of curiosity but 1t is also to be pre-
sumed that others went for mischief. AT
any rate the crowd gathered where 1t
was out OF reach OF tho military, and 1t
ought never to have been permitted to
assemble. II the sheriff had called for
soldiers at the proper time this distur-
bance would never have occurred, and
he would have been spared the anxiety he
has since felt for the men. women and
children OF that section OF the county.
Perhaps the sheriff has already discovered
thai In failing to act he made the blund-
Ter Of his political life. II not he will
make the discovery by and by.
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pHeTlll EollHoH VI IicHIlC
county yesterday made through the pub
lie print the following statement:
II have called upon the Governor tor
military aid to protect the men. women
and children and all innocent peopc Of
my county. There has been no disorder
as far as l know. within my jurisdiction.
What Ia alleged to have occurred tonight
was within the corporate limits of the
city of Richmond. | do not know the
facts. ! have found my people to be or
derby and respectful of the law. The
Pinkerton men brought here aggravated
the trouble by deliberately shooting into
the people without cause in the county
of Henrico.
Il had hoped 1t would not be necessary
to ask the Governor to send troops into
my county, but after to-nights proceed
ings, and az outsiders have como hcI e.
and caused trouble. thought !, best TO
make this request In order to protstt the
men, women and children of our suburbs
against the men who have been i'm.
ported, and who are the real persons re-
sponsble for this trouble.
] have said all along that when ]
thought 1t would be justifable 10 call!
upon the Governor for troops /. would do
so. had hoped this would MT bn nrces.
sary, but. after what occurred tonight
! was convinced that the time had come
for me 10 make this request. which ]
promptly did"
Let us analyze this truly interesting
statement First OF all the sheriff says
that there has been no disorder in the
county, declaring that the disturbance
which occurred on Wednesday night was
within tho corporate limits OF tho city.
Yet little further on he tells us that
'the Pinkerton men brought here aggra.
waited the trouble by deliberately shooting
into the people without cause IN the
county of Henrico"; and the guards who
did the shooting are to-day in the Gus.
toGy Of Sheriff Solomon. the disturbance
having occurred In Henrico county, Again
he says that he does not know the facts
about the disturbance Wednesday night,
bur in tho very next breath positively as,
serts that the guards deliberately shot
into the crowd without cause.
And hnally he states that ha requested
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VIRGINIA POLITICS.

From the proceedings OF the Republican
State and Central Committees, held In
this city Wednesday, we must infer that
that party means to contest all elections
in Virginia henceforth, and that 1t is
determined to have a newspaper organ.
To this programme OF proceedings Dem
ocrats have no objections to offer; the
mass OF them. indeed, prefer to see two
tickets in the field at every election.
When we have a vigorous opposition to
/. confront we usually make better nonina-
lions than we DO otherwise. We are put
upon our mettle. We seek to have a good
leader In the fight. and we take care to
look out for strong men to fill each Office
and then to rally the rank and file is not
difficult.
The camp that has no fear Of the enc
my's approach often Is allowed to fall
into sipshod methods. officers and men
60 about their duties listlessly. They do
not keep their arms In good order. They
drop OFF from methodical ways and drowze
and idle away hours that should be en-
ployed, in drill and organization. Not so
--Hnen the drum-beat of the enemy is
heard. Then every eye Is watchful, every
ear strained to hear sounds OF danger,
every effort strained to guard tho points
where surprise turks.
So 1t is with political parties. Colonel
F. w. NJ. Holiday was elected Governor
OF Virginia without opposition, but at
the next election the Democratic nominee
was defeated We had been too cock
sure: we had not kept shoulder to shout
der as we should have done, and We had
allowed folly to control our counsels
But It is curious example OF incon-
sistency and lack OF frankness on the
part of the Republicans that they should
howl loudly against the new Constitution
and at tho same time profess to believe
that 1t offers them an opening wherewith
to gain control of the State
Well. II they think So they are right
to put the candidates In tho field when
ever and wherever the polls are opened.
That is tina Presidents wisl--command,
we might say"-and.. as We have remarked,
the Democrats have no objection. and II
they had It would be OF no use to offer
It. SO let our friends, the enemy, go
ahead and do their worst. AS for tho
Democrats OF Virginia. being forearmed,
they should be forewarned. and the most
effective step to that end Will be to make
good nominations
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messed the affair.
out, you rascalsl''
Aye, sir. fairly enough!'
Their surly responses. for a very gen
eral antipathy had been conceived for
| Walton, now angered Redlaw far moro
than tho fatal episode had done, for indi-
rectly they Indicated some opposition TO
his own authority. With a vlndictive
| TIL as if the mans earlier insolence had
REQUIRED to him. he spurhcd with his foot
| the lifeless body Of the steward, COM
manding harshly:
pitch that carbon overheard! Look
lively. you varlets! Turn to, one OF you.
and swab off this deck! BY tho eternal.
I've a word for your ears twill be we'll
you remcmber!"
He stood by In grim silence and with
lowering gaze while these commands
were being executed. The body OF the
dead Italian was rudely sent by the
board vanishing with a splash and CUR.
gle into the silent depths OF the sea, aud
with 1t went Walton's greatest immcdi-
ate apprehension. lie felt q thrill of Sc
cret cxutatlon In that the cabin now
would contain no member of the Vulture'3
crew save alone her desperate command
CT, and In that the latter steadily seemed
the more favorably impressed by his own
dauntless and inhexible will. He Won
dered how 1t would be n little later, for
already he was vaguely casting the flu
ture and weighing the possibilities 1t now
seemed to present.
His Instructions having been followed.
and with a celebrity which indicated tho
fear In which he was held. Rcdlaw
sternly commanded the crews attention.
Now, harkee to what + say, every
mothers son Of you" he cried. with
vehemence that showed that his inner
passions had by no means abated.
Dye hear, you mutinous rascals?"
.-t,sp 1o1 val ~
tho nearest, with some show of sulcn
humility
Twice to-day this sort O. thing has
happened aboard my vessel. and. by
heaven. I'll have no more OF it!' he
continued with grim and threatening
severity I've given out that this
mans to act as mate o the Vulture,
obedience to mine! Dye think III stand
for that, you quarrelsome dogs? Not
7. Dye hear? Now. rarkee. and I'll |
declare this for good and all! The first
man to dlsobey my mates orders. or to |
shirk from doing EN- shall meet not |
his punishment, but mine! The cat and |
the yardarm shall be his fate. and that i
of every man who shows a sign of mu-
tiny! Dye hear what I say, Mr. Sag
getts2'
AYE. sir. / do!" saggetts grlmly
nodded.
And you. you rascals?"
AYE. sir!''
Look to It then that courses are
shaped accordingly! II not, worse'll be
yours, Get away forward and set the
watch! Nor forget that I mean what
I've said, you scoundrels."
SO this ocean renegade. who had ruled
with bloody hand aboard his knavish
craft until his iron will had become
law which none cared to ignore. declared
btmseld and invested Archie Walton
with power that was> designed to well
nigh work his own undoing. That his
crew but sullenly obeyed mattered little
to Redlaw: he was accustomed to that
And turning sharply to Walton. he said
CURLY:
Look below, sir! I want word with
you!"
Very evidently the sangunary event
Of the early evening had turned the
pirate from further immediate designs
against Lady Somers.
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"7o-Day's ADVERTISING Talk"
Each Years Effort
should be to exceed the
previous years sales.
You can't expect an in
crease if you sit down
and waitfor the business
to drift in.
You must interest the
people.
You must talk to them.
You can't talk to them
personally, SO goto them
every day with some in
lSIeSllllg IIldIteI tIlIOuSn
the columns Of The
Times-Dispatch.
1t is read in thousands
Of homes every morn
ing, just when the wo.
men are planning their
days shopping.
Wouldn't it be profita-
BILE for you to talk to
them at that time 2
Think it over.
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QUESTION OF RATES
Motion to Be Argued Before the Cor
noration Commission.

Before tho state Corporation Commits
sion to-day, Messrs. Brown and Loving,
of Nelson county. representing the STAN.
ford Chemical Works, of Lynchburg. VIII
make and argue motion for the Chesa'
peake and Ohio Railway Company TO
show cause why they should charge an
alleged discriminating freight rate against
their clients.
The case will be regarded as test ono,
and the decision of the body will govern
similar ones arising in the State. The
question involved relates to the transport
tation of tan bark and its finished pro-
ducts over the lines of the road,
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North Carolina Sentiment.

The Reidsville Review. which seems to
talk as one who knows says:
One OF the first things the managers
OF q dispensary do when they get into the
business ls to brag about the quality OF
whiskey they sell and tell how good
the whskey is. A dlspensary Is tenn
perance measure In a hurry, you know.
The Newbern Journal In kind Of spirit
Of disgust says:
There are great national matters de-
mandinE Democracy's attention, and It
Is now time that such should receive at
tention, and the political idiosyncrasis
OF Bryan and Cleveland BIO left severely
alone.
The Charlotte News sarcastlcally re-
marks:
Another Northern outrage! A negro
burned at the stake in Delaware for as
saultlng and killing a white girl. And
2 Northern minister is reported ms JUS
tifying the deed. This is all wrong. The
negro should have been politely asked to
take up his residence In another county.
The Wilmington Messenger makes this
note:
The result Of the registration In Raleigh
for the special election on the question Of
enlargng the city limits shows that the
franchise amendment to the constitution
has by no means disfranchised the ne
groes. Nearly two hundred negroes reg
istered for the election, against forty
four for the municipal election In Man.
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Orena OF 0Aouyht
IN IKE .I0na

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
J, Memphis I,,1lpas Commercial Appeal: That dis;
ftinguished tnrist, Judge Hargis. Of
IIreathltt county. Ivy, will feed Jet apd
WHITE while In jail and foot the bill. The
FODDER Will include mountain dew In UNI
limited quantities,
Florida. Times Union; And now mfr.
Cleveland claims that he didn't know he
was being interviewed upon a recent occa-
SION, AS an old experienced fisherman he
should have known that that Texas news
paper man wasn't putting out all that
good bait for nothing
Chattanooga Times: Tho trustees OF the
Mckinley. monument fund show that up
to date $500, 900 has been contributed, a
sum that bears an earnest testimony to
the affection and esteem In which the
murdered president was held by the peo-
pie. Republics are not always ungrateful
to or unmindful of their distinguished
men.
Atlanta Journal: A virginian led the
Delaware mob that burned tho colored
brother. Illinois citizens ought to feel
better now than they know the Il. IT, VS.
also do It.
Mobile Register: No question but tho
public gets from the latest statement OF
Mr.. Cleveland's the Idea that Mr.. Ceve-
land Is not seeking the Democratic nom
inaton, but is entertaining himself and
sounding the temper of the
party by worrying the animals"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-26

John Paul Bocock, whose death was
nephew OF the Hon. Thomas S. Bocock
and Governor Kcmpcr both. His father
was an eminent minister OF the Presbyte-
srlan Church.
of Washington and Lee University, and
studied law in Cincinnati. His aptitude
for literature was discovered by Moses
P. Handy. and he went with him to work
on Philadelphia paper In 1883 In 1887
Mr.. Bococls removed to New York, where
he became a prolific and successful
writer Of prose and verge. He made con-
tributions to the weeklys and the
monthlys' and, on occasions. to the dailys
also. His reading had been extensive, and
well indexed scrap book which enabled
him to prepare for instant use special ar
ticles of great value suited to the events
OF the day and acceptable In all the large
newspaper offices.
Mr.. Bocock was an enthusiastic coilec-
tor of editions of Horace and books bear
Ing upon that poets works.
He was a bright and scholarly writer
and good man. who was widely known
and much beloved.
Mr.. Bocock was born in Harrisonburg
Va. February ., 1856. and died at Wayne,
Penn, on the 18th instant. He was mar
ried in 1884 to Miss Caroline Riera, OF
Philadelphia, who survives him with two
daughters
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With a Comment or Two.

Grover Cleveland reserves his "cinch"
on craftsmanship by refusing to teach
the, young ideas at the University of Vir-
ginia how to shoot-Nashvile American.
They perhaps didn't bait him sufilcient-
".
The .rumor that the Gear Of Russia will
formally complain of the condition OF
Breathitt county was doubtless invented
by, some pestiferous paragraph.-Louis-
Vile Post.
Why shouldn't the rumor be true.
Hasn't already alluded in an official doc
T },n to the persecution of negroes in
Now that Joe Wheeler has himself put
the brand of fake upon the New Or
leans lie. there should be no further ques-
ton about it:-KnoXville Sentinel.
The lie having served Its purpose, there
Is no need for further question.
Now the Richmond papers have a
chance, to even declare that the walking
IS good IN that delightful town.-Newport
Certainly It is. The streets are nicely
paved and tho weather conditions are all
right.
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CAN'T SPELL TT"

CAN'T SPELL IT.
"All right; here goes" said young Mr.
Short-tlsk, scratching horribly on the
paper. MY Dear Miss P-n-c-k-" but
II didn't look right, SO he started again.
"P-a-k-a--give 1t UP; can't spell It," said
TRY Miss Proboscdea." suggested his
friend.
P-r-o-b.o-s-s-gve that UP. too; can't
"Then try just plain 'Elephantus.'"
urged the horse.
"E-l-a-f-oh! great goodness!" cried
the young thick-skn. throwing down his
pen, 'It's no use; ! can't spell It. Won't
you write for me. Mr.. Hoss?"
'.That would never do; the young thing
would not like 1t. She wants to see your
own handwriting"
"Then I have lost her" he cried, bit
terly, and Just then tho clown came out
to lead him In to grind out his tune:
"Down Went McGinty.' Wish had
learned to SPELL" he sighed. as he turned
the crank