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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-14
THE MAN
ABOUT
Town
BY
Harry Tucker

Norfolk. August IL.
When Joe West said we would have one
went TO Norfolk with the Richmond
Eagles. and the ride would be the most
ENJOYABLE, we hestated.
but because of Joe, for he tells so many
things that need trimming down. that We
had to pause.
such crowd of people whom we knew,
and in whom We could put our faith. We
felt that Joe voted whereof he wot.
ter. and Bill Hart Of the same burg, with
sev-e-ria others, hove IN sight ana
Mountcastle, Carmody. Wise, Perkinson.
Marin and Jim Bacclgolupo areW tn Gn!l,
selves up into the car, together with sam
Stern. the exMayor OF Jefferson Ward,
we saw at once hat we were IN me
hands OF bunch that "oHiu look aa,e.
suckle. or an old soak after glass OF
beer.
And We were right
When we were pushed through the at
mosphere of Fulton Park and the cheml-
cal works. far on toward Williamsburg,
get or, We felt that before the day was
passed we would really be glad we were
living.
we were right again.
supper at the Gladstone caused US to cav
more solid, substantial stuff than we have
had time to eat since we got PACK from
Then We We're taken in hand by Full,
ler. Bernier, Mountcastle Baccigalupo and
Ryal, OF the Richmond bunch. and inc
nanas and things, and drink lemon phos-
phate and things was enough to give us
that after effect,
now ;os ' ySu 4 take Norfolk IrS ~, !, like i, .
Siiyl suddenly ,it o. naittened ID out, There
ctrna q
a s6sy Always rS e 5Sn after S n S Stew few
curves, loops and circum'ocut!ons, and q
fellow who attempts to loop the loops OF
Norfolks streets gets on prhe .c wei WIN
colds, sore throat and hoarseness.
II we hadn't been anxious to see tho
bal game we would I nave g3ne do~ no 10
not seen this summer or the surf at Vir-
glnia Beach. which we have not seen
for several summers, It,, -
and we had TO gel, in'the swim, and when
the umpire kicked because Barley Kahn
wouldn't be out when ,a he called him out.
cent piece in the crowd, and thought he
had been robbed, and Joe Black was put
off the, Held. and Lonnie Wilson made The
star play of the game by running after
a foul fly over the, fence, and a crowd
jumped over to lick the bat boy. and
Joe West, gave US a lot OF baseballs to
mond, we felt that we had seen our
moneys worth of fun.
Then came the best of all
A layout at Consumers Park, where
we sat under the shade of a tree and alto
ham sandwiches until we thought it time
to go back to town and look at some
There are some sights in Norfolk.
We did not learn their names. nor their
addresses, but we met them on Main
Street, and We think we saw them after-
ward
Norfolk people look strong ard healthy.
They say 1t ia because there is so much
salt water around there
II We had to drink salt water to be
strong and notwithstanding, we'd shrink
up and blow away.
Andrwe kind of think that. most of the
people In Norfolk would 20 the same
thing, for the crowd we went up against
drank very little of any kind of water.
The next time We come here We are
coming on one of Joe Vests specials. and
ocean YieWs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-14
CHAPTER XVI


Ralph Jennings stood before Sir Thomas
Seymour and Captain Colchester In tho
latter's cabin on board the British cruiser
Culloden. His head was bound up in
bandages, which partially concealed his
face.
BE seated Mr., jennings" said the Gov
ernor, pleasantly, as he was announced,
"You have had a hard time of it. under
stand, from my aid"
yes. sar.'' was the quiet reply, II
have been in rather bad luck of late"
The Governor started slightly as the
young Englishman spoke. and then con-
tinued:
1t was my intention 10 ask for infor-
NATION concerning the Unfortunate island
OF Martinique when We sighted the United
States ship, but nnding all are doing as
we'll as can be expected there, and as IT
seems 70 me that yours is q much more
urgent case, ] have ISN'T for you 10 ask
you what In your opinion we had best
do
my belief" Sir Thomas" said Ralph.
taking the proffered chair, in regard TO
those FELLOWS is that one of them knows
that he is wanted for shooting with intent
to XIII at Jamaica, and that that is the
very place for which he Will head All
along the coast arc places In which his
vessel can hide for a time. He does not
calculate upon our having been picked up
alive, nor does he know that l overheard
him speak OF his destination before he
lsft the steamer. In reply TO a question
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Miss withers Wright, Of this city. have
been prominent during tho session OF the
association.
Personal Mention.
Miss Hannah Bowers has returned from
a visit OF several months to h zen
She will leave Tomorrow for her sum-
mer home in King William county.
Mrs. William P. Braxton, who has been
visiting in Huntsville and Birmingham,
Ala, will return to Richmond by Septem-
Der lst.
Miss Edna Bra;nci is at home again
after a delightful visit to the Intermont
Hotel, Covington, Va
Mr.. and Mrs. William Owens Moore
will leave tomorrow for Goshen Bridge,
Va.
Mrs. s. s. Child, from Harrisonburg.
Pa, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. John
Ham, at New Reservoir Park
Miss Julia D. Yeager will leave to-
morrow for Castleton, Va.
Mrs. J. William Warren. OF North
Twenty sixth Street, is the guest Of her
sister in Portsmouth.
Miss Allie Branch Of Church Hill, will
spend August with friends at Beaver
Dam and In Caroline county.
Miss Make Doyle Of Newport News,
sponsor for the Magruder Camp of Con-
federate Veterans, has chosen Miss Luz
Gle Ayler, of Newport News, and Miss
Brooks, of Washington. as her sponsors
at the approaching Confederate reunion.
The young people who composed the
camp colony at Drewry's Bluff, and. who
full enjoyment OF bathing and fishing,
have returned to the city.
Mrs. Charles Norman and family are
spending August In Stafford county, Va.
Miss Willie Wingfield Is the guest Of
Miss Virginia Hamilton. in Newport
News.
Misses Gerte and Lois Powers have
returned from a pleasant visit to Miss
Hickman. of spotsylvania county.
Mrs. NJ. E. Webster is the guest Of
frieHSs at Luray, Va
Mrs. James Kersey and Miss LuRie
Jersey are spending some time with rel
atNes in Hampton, Va
Miss Mamie Jordan is the guest of Mrs.
John II. Pense, al Berkeley, Va.
Miss Kate NJ. Pease, of Berkeley, is
visiting relatives in this city.
Misses Ethel Woody and Belle Burch, OF
No. S04 East Leigh Street left yester-
day for the Natural Bridge, where they
will spend several weeks visiting friends.
Upon their reurn they will stop In Lynch
burg to spend some time with relatives In
the Hill City
Mrs. Alfred Henderson Mcdowell and
her little son, William, are spending some
time at Locust Grove, the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. w. NJ. Justls, In Powhatan
county.
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A Farewell Meeting.

A meeting will be held on Sunday next
at 8 P. NJ. in new Grace-Street Presby-
terrain Church. to take leave Of the new
Persian minister. the Rev. |. E. Yohan-
nan, and the Rev. NJ. s. Sayard. who
after several years Of study in this
country, are bout to return to their ma
tive land to take up mission work among
their countrymen. Brief addresses Will
be made by the Rev. DR.. Herman. OF
Union Seminary. and by the Rev. r. C.
Reed, of Columbia. Messrs. Yohannan
and Sayard will make responses. The
exercise will be conducted by DR.. James
P. Smith.
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Praise for Mr.. Spence.

Footwear Fashion, a nicely gotten up
monthly magazine. devoted to the shoe
trade and edited by Mr., oran Mccormick.
OF Boston, pays tribute to MIR. p. Har.
vev Spence. the we'll known Broad-Street
shoe and trunk dealer The article con-
tains good half-tone engraving OF Mr..
spence and his place of business, and de-
votes considerable space to telling the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-14
ANIMAL STORIES
FOR OUR
BOYS AND GIRLS

JoHNNIEs CIRCUS RIDE.
One day circus came to town.
And Johnnie longed to 90.
He thought OF many plans to earn
Enough TO see the show
He carried water for mile
For elephants to drink,
And got pass stamped green and red,
Twas lucky, don't you think?
He saw the horses In the ring
Tho riders never fell
And Johnnie's whole ambition was
To ride horse as we'll.
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Judge Grlnnan caves.

Judge Daniel Grinnan. of the Chancery
Court, left yesterday for Orange coun-
w., where he will spend his vacation at
his old home.
Judge Grinnan will not return to the
city until Just before the opening OF the
September term of his court.
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Delegates Elected.

branch OF the Negro Agricultural and In
dustral Society of Virginia, delegates
were elected to the third annual session
Of the State body. which will be held
here week from next Monday.
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At home they didn't have a horse,
And Johnnie. In despair,
Walked to a neighbor's barn-yard gate
And saw an old COW there.
Out on the road he led the beast
And, mounting from a fence,
He found that riding In this way
: Wrought nervous spells intense.
Along the dusty lane they flew
Enough" poor Johnnie cried;
"Ct, Mrs. Cow, please let ME OFF,
! never more will ride"
But on she ran until stream
She reached below tho hill,
And there she threw poor Johnnie in
/ think he's swimming still
HENRY LIPPINCOTT.
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DAILY FASHION HINTS.
GIRLS FRock.

OF by
with
without the large round collar The includes standing
be white
cashmere
and years
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THE INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
FOR AUGUST 1o. 1903.
STUDIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.

SUBJECT; Saul tries to kill David Sam. xviii SIG
GOLDEN TENT: The Lord is our refuge and strength;
very present help in trouble.'-Psalms, 46: 1.
By Rev. r. Gilbert D. d. Secretary Education
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-14

Miss withers Wright, Of this city, have
been prominent during tho session OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-14
So Portieres Now 81 a Pair,

Summer Portieres. yards long, In
red blue and green stripes, with
pretty knotted fringe, $500 pair.
They formerly sold for $500. but as
we only have 6 pairs and August is
half orer, the price goes down.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-10
USEFUL RULES FOR QUIETING A CRYING BABY.

M nfable rule has yet been discovered for quetng crying
all conditions is of much to expect In are
dc mnous
adm
the cries of baby to
smothering sensation
which 1t
excitement may De
of
the latter
condition When the lamentations
is of
authority thing should make the little
one perfectly
holding
serenity lack Of anything else the baby
held carried
provide for the spine The hand should constantly held
firmly against the base Of
The slightest discomfort condition
itabny will
queing
horizontal position and seeking divert it. The
child
it is safe spoiled
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-10

literature. He has been a home rule
member of Parliament since 1879, and
upon the death of Parnell became
chairman Of the Irish Parliamentary
party. His first pretentious work, "a
History of Our Own Time" appeared
in 1880, since which time he has
been active with his pen and hardly
year has passed that has not seen one
or more books bearing his name issued.
He has not always worked alone, for
three or more stories were written in
collaboration with Mrs. Campbell
Pread His books, whether fiction or
history, have been very popular in this
country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-10

or six barrels of paper snow at cost
Of SIS. The box is kept rocking by
stage hand who pulls at the rope at
tached to It's top and the paper snow
filters down through the meshes Of the
wire netting. But the most important
part of the snowstorm machine con-
sists Of a couple Of cast iron cylinders,
which are perforated with fine pin
holes, and which are kept constantly
revolving. These cylinders are filed
with fine salt and are mounted at four
and eight feet above the stage in an
iron framework. Just beneath each of
the cylinders an enormous revolving
electric fan is fixed. These fans strike
both the salt and the paper snow as
they fall in front of them and send
them in a whirling, binding cloud
across the stage. To add the last touch
Of realism, when the blizzard Is on, the
wind machine, huge wheel scraping
against fixed covering of silk, is rap
idly revolved, throwing out screech
which almost exactly Stimulates that of
q clustering wind.
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MOukey Policemen.

Although monkeys are amusing as
well as intelligent, it is not the custom
to consider them as particularly useful.
In this country the organ-grinder's as
sistant is about the only monkey earn
ing living, but, according to a trav-
eler In Hindustan, there are places
where they are made useful.
In Hindustan they do police duty,
after a fashion, and often really assist
the police in quelling disturbances or
suppressing riots. Sometimes these
four-handed policemen act as protec-
tors to the weak and helpless, as this
incident will show:
At Agra, on the platform of public
warehouse, a little street arab had
spread his rug in the shade Of stack
of country produce, and had just drop
ped asleep when one Of the wealthy
residents strolled up with a pet leopard
that had learned to accompany him in
all his rambles.
A troop Of monkeys had taken post
on the opposite side Of the shed; but
at sight of the spotted intruder the
whole gang charged along the plat
form, and instantly forming a semi
circle about the little sleeper, faced the
leopard with bristling names, evident
ly resolved to defeat the suspected pur-
pose of his visit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-10

1t is questionable to use the word
''Sin'' nowadays. A mawkish se1ti-
mentality has substituted longer and
Understanding terms. The preacher
of the Older time Numbered into the
ears of his parishioners, THE soul that
sinneth it shall die" That was plain
and easily understood. No one could
sin and hope to escape the conse-
quences. But the times have changed
and the word sin as descriptive Of
Wickedness is obsolete. If a man with
above thousand year steals he Is
"kleptomaniac:" If he makes a big
stealing he is a "inancier." He may
be guilty of moral delinquency" but
he is not a thief. Forbid the sugges-
ton. The man who kills his neighbor
in these days Of scientific nomencla-
ture Is afflicted with ''homicidal ma
MIA" His lawyer can demonstrate the
fact to jury beyond the suggestion Of
doubt. Sin in the twentieth century
is a sort of ethical mumps or whoop-
ing cough, Temporal mental, having a
predisposition to moral disease. The
sinners couldn't help it. Heredity and
environment has done the thing. It is
disease, not wickedness. Wrong-doing,
say modern-day philosophers, is moth
ing more than misdirected energy.
Therefore we have an emasculated Cos
pel-the soul that sinneth, it was mis-
taken, misguided, bent wrong. Give it
bromide and science. Humanitarian
ism and science is all right. Let us
have more Of 1t. But let us also have
the preaching of the eternal law of sin
and death. There's plenty Of sin in
the world, horrid, hideous, black, IN
speakable. The heart Of man is des-
perately wicked. It is also phenom-
enally good 1t is DR.. Jekyl and Mr..
Hyde combination. Which shall pre-
dominate? If you tell it the Mr.. Hyde
part of it is no fault Of it's doing, that
1t is the mere following of it's natural
destiny, you but confirm the Mr.. Hyde
nature. Let it be preached that sin
puts it's stamp on the soul, that 1t
means moral death. that the mind Is a
free moral agent to choose. Put the
responsibility where it belongs. Call
things by their right names. A ser
mon? There are those upon whom
"woe is me If preach not the gospel
outside of the pulpits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-10
A BARREL or SNOW
Com ands Fifteen Dollars and It
Will Never Melt.

Commands Fifteen Dollars and It
Will Never Melt.
I. Snow, 1t may not be generally known.
is on the regular price list Of all deal
ers In theatrical supplies. It Is used,
of course, chiefly in the rural drama
and sells at the rate Of $15 and SIC a
barrel. Stage snow Is made of tiny
scraps of white, paper, cut in different
sizes, according to the wind Of storm
wanted.
The snow scene in sway Down
East as produced in metropolitan the
aters is one of the most realistic ever
produced on the stage. Its effects are
chiefly due to the use of complicated
apparatus, which the inventors regard
as SO valuable that they have taken out
patents on it and are prepared to pros
ecute fnfringers. This apparatus con-
sists, first, Of long triangular frame
work covered with wire netting Of a
fine mesh. This box is suspended by q
rope at each end and is filed with five
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-10
MEN WHO REMEMBER YOU.
They Are Hotel Clerks, Bank Cashiers
and Deposit Vault Custodians.

and Deposit Vault Custodians.
Hotel clerks have a way of recogniz-
ing guests as soon as they sign the reg
lister. 1t is suspected that it is largely
bluff. AS a matter Of fact, though,
most successful hotelkeepers seem to
have an extraordinary power of re-
Numbering the faces Of their guests
and all about them.
Bank cashiers are supposed to carry
in their memories the faces and sigma
lures of most of the customers of the
bank
A development a step higher in the
ability to remember faces is found
among detectives.
TO these classes Of men with phe-
nomenal memories for faces another
seems to have been added by the stor-
age and safe deposit companies. Thus
man went into the office Of one of
these places the other day to see about
renting a safe. How do you do, Mr..
Smith," the clerk said. The man, sur
pr1sed at being recognized, asked ques-
lions. Then the fact was disclosed
that he had called at the same Office
three years before to arrange for the
storage Of some pictures. He had been
there; perhaps, five minutes, and had
never returned Yet from that brief
visit the clerk had remembered his face
and name perfectly.
Il don't think I have ever forgotten
a customer" the clerk said. There are
hundreds of safe-deposit boxes rented
In our vaults, and l can tell, without
referring to our books, the name, num-
Der and password of each customer"
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Could Believe Some of Them.

An amusing story Is told of a New
England minister who often speaks in
behalf Of certain charity in which
he is greatly interested. He has a fine
voice and grahpic way Of telling
incidents both humorous and pathetic,
so that his hearers are often moved
to laughter or to tears"
At the close of one meeting, at which
he had spoken with great effect, and
a large gain for the charity had been
the direct result. little old lady ap-
preached the minister.
"Oh," she said, earnestly, "I've been
so interested in hearing about those
poor, dear children! And l suppose
a great many of those stories you told
are really true, aren't they?''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-10

or in that particular class of crime
which bends its efforts toward robbery,
is almost extinct. There are crooks
a-plenty, but they no longer appeal to
that peculiar trait in humanity which
admires skill and nerve, even though
they be misdirected Our bank robbers
are men who have gone wrong, trusted
employees who were tempted and fell.
Our train bandits are mostly bunglers;
our forgers anything but artists IN
crime. When you face a thug in the
dark, and dimly see the CLEAN of re-
volver, the chances are that he is as
frightened as you are, and is an anna
teur at the business. Years ago Jim
my" and Johnny Hope planned the
robbery of the Manhattan Savings
| Bank, In New York, and the job netted
| $2,747,O0O. Langdon Moore and Harry
Howard walked out of the Concord
IN. H. National Bank with $500, 900 In
a carpet sack, and John Larney, MOL
lie Matches" made $4,000 by rob-
berry. Those fellows were knights of
the profession. The boy with wildness
in his blood read about their achieve
ments, and longed to be bank bur-
glar. They made crime attractive and
seemingly successful. The harm they
did morally dwarfed their direct
crimes. They advertised the business
of dishonesty, and added to it stage
glitter that was surely alluring. They
couldn't last. Millions were opposed
to few. Society was against them.
Night and day the law was in pursuit,
and there was a faint on the dollars
they stole. AS Il rule, crooks-even the
kings Of the professionally poor-and
miserably. Every day inventors made
it more difficult for dishonesty to
achieve success. The skill of the bur-
glar did not keep pace with the brains
Of honest men. To-day the robber Is
an outcast, bloodhounds are on his trail
and the world refuses to admire crime
or the bungling thieves who have fol-
lowed in the footsteps of the almost ex-
tinct 'high-class" professional. 1t is as
| 1t should be-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-10

The duel is barbaric survival. 1t is
as barren of common sense as was,
and among some only partially devel-
oped peoples still is, the ordeal of fire.
1t never yet established one mans hon
or or another's dishonor except as en-
gaging in it at all was a dishonor. In
these days Of enlightened humanity
and law no man or men can resort to
this arbitrament without mourning the
reproach Of dishonor. The best marks
man or the best swordsman is the one
whose honor is usually indicated in
these encounters.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-10

The school savings bank is not ev-
-erywhere a familiar institution. Yet
in one hundred and eighteen towns and
cities in twenty-four States and two
Canadian provinces there are nearly
fifteen hundred schools where the sys-
TEN of school savings is practised. The
depositors number over one hundred
and sfxty-six thousand. According to
statistics brought up to January, 1902,
the total deposits had exceeded a mill
ion and a quarter dollars, of which
more than four hundred thousand dol
lars still remained to the credit of de-
positors. These figures mean some
thing. They mean that in many places
the pupils of the public schools, under
wise teachers, are learning one Of the
most important lessons of Lfe-the les
son of thrift The method of teaching
it is practical. On Monday mornings
the teacher collects such savings-in
pennies, nickels or dimes-as the pu-
pills wish to lay aside. The depositors
have learned that their money is safe,
and that it can be drawn out at any
y
out official organization, has been go
ing on in America for about seventeen
years. In various countries Of Europe
it takes its definite place in the curricu-
ium Of government schools, and is re-
garded as having the highest educa-
tional value and Importance. Sooner
or later, in some form or other, the sys-
TEN will be made a part of the Ameri
can scheme Of education. we are a pc
culiarly practical people. We wish our
young people taught beyond anything
they may learn from books, the e1e-
ments of common sense. The first of
these is the realization that for near
Iy everybody the proverbial rainy day
is bound to come. 4 system of school
savings is one Of the best educational
means yet devised to prepare for it.