The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-21

knowledge In a given time, It may not
make as fine a show on parade day, but
1t will have made better progress In true
educati ton.
We do not ,ndcrrate the Office Of the
teacher. There must be guidance ana
instruction, but the importance OF self
reliance should be kept always in view
When a little tot Is taught to walk IL Is
guided by the hand of mother and en-
couraged and Instructed. But what the
eacher is trying to dc IS to teach the
child to rely upon It's own strength to
stand erect and move the limbs. In short.
1t is taught the lesson OF self-reiancc;
than upon mother, and by and by when
self-reliance is thoroughly established
the child scorns assistance.
Mental training should be of the same
sort. American manhood means self
reliance. and that is the lesson. tho all
important lesson, to be learned III school.
With that lesson thoroughly learned, all
the rest will be comparatively easy.
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Benjamin Is. Turner, who Is repre-
scented as an engineering expert. insists
that there is "A running river away down
in the earth below Governors Island.
Borers FOR artcsian wells have gone
down to the depth OF 1850 feet without
success. but Mr.. Turner is not dsnayed.
A second we'll is now at $50 feet depth
without results. II it falls, Mr.. Turner
and his financial hackers will try to get
water from the running river they speak
of. and the New York Tribune says they
will receive $4,000 If successful. He
claims to have a certain psychological
gift" for discovering water.
The 1,soO-foot well struck granite and
Mr. Turner warned tho men engaged In
boring that they would better desist, as
they could not expect to strike water in
such rock. A similar difficulty presents
itself here in Richmond, except that the
granite is found much nearer the sur
face. Sometimes crevices in tho rock
are struck where running water IS
found.
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Mr.. Grover Cleveland had n cordial re-
ception In Chicago last week. which
shows that he still has many friends
and admirers. The Inter Ocean says that
every third man in the crowd expressed
an opportunity to vote for him again. and
further states that the bulk of the crowd
was made up of workingmen.
Home and Farm, a weekly Journal,
published at Springfield. Ill., recently
took ballot through It's columns by way
Of ascertainlng the choice of Its readers
for the presidency, which resulted In
1888 votes for Cleveland. being more than
the combined vote Of Bryan, Johnson, Hill
and Hearst The State Register took
similar ballot, In which Cleveland came
out first, with 1888 votes. and Bryan Sc
cond, with 93s.
These statements are taken from the
New York Sun.
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The Knoxville Sentinel has just pub.
silSlltSu tidOS dNO AoII Aoh @N'S'ois va
tanning thirty-six pages. This is the fourth
annual edition Of this character, and is
the largest OF the series. The Sentinel
says that Knoxville is enjoying genuine
boom-not land boom. but a trade and
Industrial boom. which Is substantial AS
n newspaper is fair index to the trade
OF the city 1t represents, this edition of
our enterprising contemporary in itself
substantiates the claim which it makes
for Knoxville. It is also fair to say that
the Sentinel Is a. powerful factor in the
progress Of Knoxville.
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AS a means Of stopping deserters from
the army, General Funston recommends
that the pay OF the enlisted mon be In
creased. Flo says that with better pay
moro country mon could be induced to
enter the service and that they would
be preferable to the played out fellows,
who arc too often enlisted in the cities
Our impression is that the recruiting
officers have been at work IN the coun-
try for several years past. We know
they have been In several of the small
towns In Virginia and North Caroline.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The death rate OF New York city has
been cut down from twenty In thousand
II; 1901 to 1875 thousand In 1902. and the
returns for tho first eight months Of this
year indicate rate OF only eighteen per
thousand for 1908,
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Montgomery Advertiser: Virginia has
been trying the viva voce system Of vot-
ing and from what we can learn from
their papers there was but little viva
AMI less voce. The system is out OF