The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-02


The like Ia true OF virginia, No be.
lievs,
The truth Ia that not az much wlhskey
az formerly lH now drunk IN tho btnte.
The people, as a rule. ara nohhrer thhh
they used to be
Tho change In not o. recent date. but
has been going on steadily for many
yenra, Time was when a virginia pinhtor
thought Il Indispensable to have runlet
In tho nesd where tho whoat or oae out
tore were Mt work, and cvery ono wss NJ
liberty to drink therotrom as much M no
liked, In those days what whS ca.'oo
"hervest whiskey" could be bonsM u
from twenty-five to thirty.nvo cents per
gallon. II was sometimes bought ny ti'e
barrels; often enough by tho runlet-hVo
or ten gallons.
We have still sorne pretty staL"hrt
drinkers In tho Old Dominion--men VINO
do not know how to control their appe-
titea for intoxicants--hut they are not
numerous, compared with tho whole pop
ulation, And then, too. the numoer OF
harvesters Is smaller than 1t was In oio
times. For this there arc two reasons
Tho acreage put into wheat ana oa'' 10
not ms great rs in tho halcyon days. anu
tho introduction OF labor-savlnB machin-
ery makey II unnecessary to employ as
manv harycsters ns formerly. somehow.
1t appears that tho temptation 70 drink
10 excess Is increased where men aseem-
Die In large crowds. And 80 tho absence
or tho little brown Jug from 80 many
harvest fields may be accounted for.
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| Columbia Mo-. has noteworthy IN
stance OF longevity In the person OF MIS-.
4 Henrietta Hume. 1t Is stated that she
1 has documentary evidence showing that
she is ono hundred and four years old.
She has a son. Reuben Hume, who mas
] now arrived at the age OF seventy-nlne.
Mrs. Hume was bonn in Annapolis. Md,
and was chrlstened in the first Catholic
church ever built in that city Her
neither was Elizabeth Carrick niece OF
James Monroe, President OF tho united
J States" It is said that the family once
lived on tho banks Of the Potomac RIVER
opposite the city Of Washington, and
! that 'they were there at the time OF the
/ burning of tho Capitol by the British IN
1872" Mrs. Hume lost her eyesight on
tirely when sixty years old, but recovered
It later to some extent. but is now nearly
I blind again.
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nh. New York Sun calls for the a,boli-
ton Of the West Point Academy. That
is its way of showing Its disgust with
tho President In dumping" his old friend
/ and fellow Rough Rider, Leonard Wood.
over the heads OF 4e! other officers. Some
OF these were honor men at West Point;
others It says, served at Gettysburg and
sharpsburg, but how many OF them. It
asks can distinguish between collie and
appendicitis? How many OF them can dis
cover the psychological moment for ad-
ministering sub-nitratc OF bismuth or col
ocynth hyoscyamus? 1t is such soldierly
/. duties as these that call for the abolition
OF West Point and the establishment OF
a greater school, where the future gen.
(. erals Of the army may learn the art OF
medicine and the science Of smooth poll
tics"
Special correspondents In Rome tele-
graph that King Leopold. OF Belgium
A prompted by Thomas +. Walsh, the Colo
RADIO mining king and multi-millionaire
will offer to the new Pope Immediately
after his election, large part OF tho ter
ritory OF the Congo Free State for the
purpose OF establishing there a new inde'
pendent papal State. which would gave
back to the head of the Roman Catholic
Church its lost temporal power.
Possibly such an offer may be made
but 1t never will be accepted as the home
of 1.-The Bishop OF Rome" whose sea-
must continue to be where 1t now is.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Weather like that OF yesterday is cal
culated to remind US that the time Is com
! ing when the coal cellar must be looked
. after and the theatres are to DO reopenet
and attended.
:. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The heaviest rain of the season fell
Lowell, Mass, the day after the explosion
OF the big powder magazine there. Rain
making scientists will please make a mote
OF this fact
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That little Cuban revolution came JUS
, IN time to give the money sharks the de
sired opportunity to put up the interes
rate on President Palma
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The Dakota cool wave came into VIZ
sinia right on schedule time. and received
hearty welcome everywhere except a
the mountain resorts.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The negro immigration movement y
headed southwark from Indiana and Ill
+ nols, and 1t Is said to be reaching tn
avalanche proportions,
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Seventeen negroes have been lynched II
; the State of Illinois within the past tel
! years, and Illinois was the home OF Lin
coin.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
But Mother Jones" was not willing t.
change her color Just to have an inter
= view with the President OF the unite'