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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01
THE {" MELANCHOLY DAYS."

These are the days which a poet of old
called melancholy" But It seems to US
that the poet must have taken the cue
from his own feelings, and not from his
surroundings. Surely there is nothing
melancholy In Virginias glorious Octo-
her days. A walk in the afternoon
through field or wood at this season Is
like a walk with God. Every old field
Is flower garden with Its blossoms of
golden rod, and the leaves OF tho forest
seem 10 have caught from the glow OF
the sinking sun all the most glorious coll
ors that he paints upon the sky. This
IL the season Of natures maturity. and
while her beauty in autumn differs from
the beauty of spring as that OF the we'll
preserved matron differs from the beauty
OF the immature maid 1t Is beauty mono
the less, and beauty none tho less glori.
Gus,
The heavens declare the glory of God
and TIA earth showeth HIS handiwagk.
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Railroad Hewss.

DSS0 S|VNSESDSS1SSN%>|S
Work IS being done rs rapidly as pr.c-
Air Line Railways. extension : Birm-
ingham. Ala, whero q junctpn with tha
Frisco system will be etfectet. thus OPEN
ing UP tho through traffic arrangement
railway systems. the Rock Island and the
Seaboard. 1t has now enimade clear
shat this arrangement is an aliance pure
and simple and that # , vas nego1a tea
seaboard-- Air Line, as man declared
generally conceded that the. seaboard
stu .s o save has
fected a traffic alliance with bck Island
interests, which will pc grattr to their
mutual advantage. With the pmpletion
will be greatly benefited. Meanwhile 1t
is now assured that there WI be no
change In the management or residency
of the aboard.
by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
and the stockholders of that gaat and
growing system TIE STEADY aeske ad IA ni n
Railway is one of the most mobile In
the railway field and all the indiations
are that it will continue during tR win
ter and the ,soe e9m'n ago nreparine tohaul
hundreds OF horses and vehicles. and
thousnnds or people to the Horse chow
in this city, October 10th to 18th. Social
rates are being offered by all the pads
entering here and these =, are o., Just, one
and ohio and the Richmond. Frederks.
burg bur- and Potomac and Norfolk and Visit
ern viii handle much Of this extra hsi-
ness.
Norfoik and Western Railways will RIM
their Sunday seashore outing trains ne:t
Sunday and anticipate large croWds,
These trains will be kept on until other'
In circular issued yesterday by Gene
raj freight Agent Charles r Capps,
the seaboard Air Line; Is announced
appointment, Of J. n; r1ythss,, e. as Gon
Way' Mr.. Flythe succeeds G. n.
resigned, and will have his headquas
in Augusta, Ga. His appointment Is
tfactiye at once, Ais ~ ,fi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01
LITTLE ROWS ARE
BEFORE THE SQUIRE.
Parties Incidental to aMar-
ket Row We're Fined
Other Cases.

This docket don't amount to row
of pins" said Sergeant Thomas ns
Squire Lonnle took his seat.
well, pull tho pins. and We'll aick
few OF them" replied the Squire, as
he laughed at his own joke.
A. jackson Browning was charged IS
for assaulting r.. w. Tuck In the Fist
Market during market hours There{is
no telling what 1t might have been at
any, other time. And G. W. Tuck WIS
assessed $3.50 for fighting at the salie
time.
Alfred Shelton and John Lewis wee
turned over to the county Authorities rs
ssspicions characters, and Norveli En-
bank was given in charge Of the Eliza.
beth City authorities as fugitive
charged with larceny.
Willie Taylor paid $50 on the charge
OF assauting Tom Moody and was put
under bonds.
Eugene l1ngleking paid the costs In
the charge that he had assaulted Harry
Farmer. r.
Lawrence Smith struck Willie White
with crutch to the extent OF $50.
The case OF Geore Nichols, charged
with assaulting Junlus Johnson With Q
stick, was continued to October 3D.
All the other cases, which wero few.
embraced mere DRINKS and ordinance
Violations.
The owner Of the old row Of franc
houses on Broad Street from TAIL Alley
to Shockoe Creek was w fT having
homes In a dangerous condition, and
was given to October sth to thar down
or remedy the evil.
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subject than one which is not regarded
by candidates nor enforced by those
whose dut.' 1t is to execute IT.

subject than one which is not regarded
by candidates nor enforced by those
whose duty 1t is to execute 1t,
In primary elections. especially. 1t is of
supreme Importance and greatly to be
desired that the merit system shall pre-
vail: that all candidates shall come before
tho people on the same footing; that the
people shall make their selection accord
| Ing to merit, without undue influence OF
any sort, especially without pecuniary anu
| corrupt influences Of whatever character
being brought to bear. The Barksdale
design Is to secure this result and It's
purpose will be subserved II 1t be obeyed
I'm the spirit as we'll as in the letter. inc
law was made to be obeyed and II dis
regarded by candidates they should be
called to strict account. The law was
made to DO enforced, and 1t should be en-
forced without fear or favoritism
we do not undertake to pass upon tho
merits of this particular case, for we did
not hear the evidence, and especially as
the decision of the County Committee
NAV not be final. The case has been APP
pealed to the State Central Committee
and 1t should go before tho higher tri-
hunal without prejudice. But we think 1t
may BIO said in fairness and without pre-
judice to this case that the law Is on
trial This is the first contest that has
been made under 1t, and the investigation
has been closely watched by the people
of the State by those who are IN favor
OF pure elections, as we'll as by those who
believe In Doodle. The Henrlco Commit
tee fully understood Its duty and dis
charged Its obligations to the party and
to the public in faithful, conscientious
and fearless manner. bringing out tho
facts, exposing the whole system of bar
room campaigning, which for so long a
time has disgraced politics in Henrico
county, and rendering a decision which
seemed to 1t to be justified by the evil
dence.
The life OF the law is in It's spirit. II
Its spirit be violated with impunity, the
law will necessarily become dead let
ter.
The Brauer case will now go before
the State Central Committee, which. II
1t takes Jurisdiction. will review the evil
dence and pass upon the decision of tho
local committee In the meantime there
IL other work for the Henrico Committee
to do. Let the members proceed with 1t
in earnestness, sincerity and courage and
let them feel assured that in all honest
inquiries and righteous decisions they will
be upheld by the public sentiment of this
community and of the whole State.
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LYNCH LAW.

Thackeray in the Irish Sketch BOOK.
VOL l., chap. XVI, In Galway, says:
."rhen there is Lombard Street. otherwise
called Deadman's Lane, wit ha saw head
and CROSS bones and a 'memento MORT
over the door where a dreadful tragedy
of the Lynches was acted in 1888 If
Galway is the Rome of Connaught, James
Lynch Fitzstephen, the Mayor, may be
considered as the Lucius Junius Brutus
thereof. Lynch had a son who went to
Spain as master of one Of his fathers
ships, and being of an extravagant, wild
turn, there contracted debts, and drew
bills and alarmed his fathers cores
pondent. who sent clerk and nephew of
his own back in young Lynch's ship to
Galway to settle accounts. On the fif-
teenth day, young Lynch threw the
Spaniard overheard. Coming back to his
own country, he reformed his life 1T
tie, and was on the point Of marrying one
of the Blakes, Burkes, Bodkins, or others,
when q seaman who had sided with him,
being on the point of death, confessed
the murder in which he had been par
tcipator. Hereon. the father, who was
chief magistrate of the town, tried his
son, and sentenced him to death; and.
when the clan Lynch rose In body to
rescue the young man, and avert such
disgrace from their family, 1t Is said
that Fitzstephen Lynch hung the culprit
with his own hand. A tragedy called
The Warden OF Galway has been writ
ten on the subject. and was acted few
nights before my arrival"
Lynch law, monument, a skull. and
cross bones was carved on a slab of
block marble. was erected in 1924 on Lom-
hardy Street. Galway, to commemorate
this awful incident. Subsequently this
was placed on the wall of ST. Nicholas
Church yard. where It may still be seen"
Amer. Notes and Queries, Vol. ", Sept.
q, 1890, p. 254.
A correspondent sends us the foregoing
along with a clipping containing our re-
cent article on tho origin of 'lynch
source. We were not unnformed as to the
Galway Incident, but SO far as we know
the use of the term lynch law" as now
understood and applied In America. did
we find 1t in general Use In this country
In few decades after the General As
sembly OF Virginia granted amnesty to
Colonel Lynch and other citizens Of
Campbell county.
Nor did the act Of the Galway Judge
at all resemble the performances of the
patriot lynchers in Virginia. who, In the
absence OF courts able to copo with the
situation administered unofficial JUS
tice" to numbers Of Tories and others
who had attempted to upset tho State
| government.
The Galway claimants. II we may so de-
scribe them. would have a better case II
1t could be shown that the term In ques-
ton was in use prior to 1852. (when the
Virginia amnesty act was passed. and
that It was used to describe the admins,
tration OF Justice. so-called, by mob.
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FISH ARIsTOCRAcY.

Mrs. stuyvesant Fish. OF the New York
"Four Hundred" is Waiting in st. Louis.
and recently submitted to an interview
With representative OF the New York
Sun. In tho course of her remarks she
said: There will always be classes In
this country. We are coming more and
moro to have an aristocracy and q COM
mon people. ! do not believe In being too
democratic"
Mrs. Fish is mistaken. There Is no
aristocracy In the United States. 1t Is
expressly forbidden by the Constitution.
There are social circles and social circles,
and the lines may BIO drawn as finely and
as circumspectly and as vigorously as
the inmates may elect. No man or wo-
man may enter the charmed circle with
out the permission of those who consti-
tute 1t. Society has always made distinc-
tons OF this sort. and always will. But
that Is very different from an arlstocracy.
AT aristocracy is "a form Of government
In which tho supreme power Is exercised
by those members of the State who are
distinguished by their rank and opulence."
or "a body OF persons holding exceptional,
prescriptiye rank or pr!vlleses-specin-
cally, class OF hereditary nobility"
We do not know what Mrs. Fish's idea
OF an aristocraoy la. She may think that
those who have great wealth and who
spend their time In pleasure seeking, and
who hold themselves aloof from others
who have not great wealth. constitute an
aristocracy. Thara are such people In ths
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01
THE "MADNEss OF MONEY. I"

"Everybody's Magazine for October
has made a new departure, and instead
of giving prominence to millionaire cap
tains of industry devotes many OF its
pages to the explorations OF men who
have done brave and patriotic deeds In
other spheres than in Wall Street The
leading article in this issue is entitled,
THE Madness of Much Money" by AL
fred Henry Lewis. in which the writer
makes a merciless attack on tho vulgar
display of great wealth by which the new
generation OF milllonsires has so dis
gusted the country. With singular d.
rectness Mr.. Lewis diagnoses the mad
ness which often goes with much and
sudden wealth. and ridicules the gilded
oilers who make up the so-called Amer
lean aristocracy," to which Mrs. sty-
yesant Fish has recently called attention.
The Times-Dispatch does not believe IN
attacking rich people because they are
rich but the writer, who shows up their
vulgarlty and excuses, is doing good
work for public and private morals.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01
An Outside View,

It is rather curious that the result OF
the Richmond primary should be called
there was really no contest on the Mann
favored y the Mann bill in the Legislature.
wts defeated, but It seems ms that he nor his
turn to the Legislature, We should sup
pose il the Mann bill had figured In the
primary to any extent there would have
than three-fourths OF the Registered voters
turned out. The stay at homes, no doubt,
thought the candidates all good men
snce involved they were indifferent as to
who was successful Fred cksburg Star,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01
Cremation.

The practice of cremation makes slow
progress despite the considerations In It's
favor which can be urged. Returns from
a number of the leading countries show
the United States 315s bodies: in Eng
land, ASP: in Germany $50: in Italy, b.;
in France, including paupcrs whose
bodies are unclaimed by friends, $500, OF
which only 355 were paid for privately;
In Switzerland, 2l7; In Sweden, A, and In
Denmark A.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01
Personal and General.

Monsignor O'connell. rector of the
Catholic University at washington, has
been received in private audience by the
Pope.
Tho women of TOMS River. N. j.. have
formed q village Improvement Assocla-
ton. to reautify the city, ana nave elect
ed Mrs. q p. Burr. president
benjamin j. M. Marshall has the larF.
eat watermelon patch " me Worla, "
ooo'oD meions. and Is located In Scott
county, NO.
r. II Lake. OF washington, has invent
ed a pneumatic gun which he claims can
shoot any kind Of a curved baseball
known to the pitchers art He has been
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01
A Dog School.

1t seems probable that before long
the dogs as well Us the daughters Of rich
ana fashionable folk will be sent to
for dogs has been established there.
Many society women already employ a
maid or a man as dog attendant, whose
duty 1t is to train and accompany their
send them to school where they can
be taught to bark properly. to bow In
greeting and farewell, to pick UP fan
dropped by tho mistress and present 1t
to her gracefully, and to walk with proud
and prancng steps,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01
From Gale to Zephyr.

II Colonel Bryan doesn't prancs around
more boisterously than he has been doing
for the past week or 50 he vii be eyer
MANS nomination for the Presidency,
The transition Of the party from Bryan
to German will be like going from a
bowling gale to the soft, ilsinuating
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press
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The State OF Ohio has erected in the bat
tlefield Of sharpsburg (Antietam) mon
ument to Commemorate noble deed"
of Sergeant William Mckinley, after
wards President Of the United States"
Mckinley was member of Company
e. Twenty-third Ohio Infantry. On Sep
TENDER II. 1852, the day OF the battle. he
personally, without orders, served hot
coffee and warm food to every man IN
the regiment"
Though it Is not 50 stated in the brief
accounts we have seen, We suppose It
was an act requiring courage and fore-
thought. and we presume that the food
and coffee we're cooked by the sergeant
in the rear and delivered on the firing
line.
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When PEOPLE Die.

According to Paris physician, who
has noted the hour of death Of 2,SS0 per-
sons, his observations covering a period
death is from 6 to A. NJ, and mini
mum from to ii A. M. In the first
case the mortality Is 40 per cent. greater
than the average. and In the latter ~
per cent less. From 10 A. NJ. to 3 P. NJ.
in the day the mortality is not high. the
most fatal hours being from to In the
morning.
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People Who Read.

Germany heads the list as reading
iSe3. 23.67 books were published In Ger
many, as compared with 8,os2 In Russia.
In regard to newspapers, the inhabitants
OF the United States are. catered 10 py
% 600 Journals, while Russia, with pop
ulation Of 100000 has only 500.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
; Nalf jour Nl1A
Di,yln1u Gators.
Observation-Disclosures

The Appomattox virginian hates to
give UP the old cote day" 1t says:
The habit of meeting monthly at the
county seat should not be permitted to
fall Into diause. In England the custom
month brings the people togetherSwo-
men as we'll as meil--and the day Is
hooked forward to very much as our peo-
pie looked for court-day come round.
In our State, which will bring the people
together after the abolition of the court
the Same as Is the custom now? Let
our wiseacres get together between now
and February LIST and devise means to
bring about such happy result
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01

The method OF casting viva voce"
vote used here at the legislative primary
was not exactly the same as that employed
before the war. nor was it as good one
The old time way here in Richmond
was for the voter to hand the Judge Of
election ticket upon the back of which
was written his own name. while on the
front were written or printed the names
of the candidates for whom he wished to
vote. This ticket the Judge read aloud.
and the clerk recorded the votes thus cast
and the ticket was then filed.
The advantage Of that arrangement was
that in case contest was made. all
the evidence needed to decide. 1t was at
hand But where no ticket is used and the
record is questioned. there is nothing to
rely on but the recollection Of the people
who were present.
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The Salem Sentinel says:

D Examinations in the public schools
ought to be abolished" ds the sentiment
OF most Of the newspapers In this State
schools Of Roanoke city, Roanoke coun-
~, and Salem are Just as hard on tho
teachers and scholars and just as USE
get rid of them at osce and forever.
They are poor tests of scholars ability
and knowledge, they moke ''cramming''
necessary, and they are the cause Of
much Cheating
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GIVEN TWO YEARS
FOR FORGEH

In the Hastings Court yesterday Iss|
Thornton. negro, was given two vel
for forgery. The case was that In viii
the negro forged the name OF Mess,
9. W. Antrim & Sons nt to q te check * z
State Bank for payment. the negro VI
placed under arrest after the signatN
had been pronounced a forgery. "
prisoner was defended by Mr.. George .
Wise and prosecuted by Judge D.
ltcba r1sOn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01

with cotton high. peanuts doing better
and tobacco climbing, the Virginia farms
ers are getting in good shape for Thanks
giving Day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01

The Macedonians might get out an in
junction against Turkey, and they would
II they had an American judiciary con-
venient
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01

The next moon is the harvest moon. but
a good deal Of hustling and gathering
can be done by the one that shines 80
brightly just now.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01

Speaking about record breaking crops.
the Virginia hickory nut trees have per-
formed wonderfully this year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01

Various things. including some presiden-
tal booms, are getting ready to go into
winter quarters.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01

The stock market reports from New
York indicate that some OF the biggest
fish In the pond are in hot water.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01

One trouble Is that Mr.. Jerome and Mr..
way to smite tho Tammany tiger.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01
colored Schools OPENING.

The Virginia Union University ana the
orel institutions. begun their session
yesterday with excellent prospects byI
good attendance and year of successtul
work. --N- -t.l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01
The Petersburg Index.Appeal saws;

Ex-Governor Brown, OF Maryland, ia
vors the nomination Of Mr.. Cleveland,
and believes that he could be elected II
Democratic party forever be living
exemplltication of the truth Of General
Grants saying, that 1t could always &c
relied on to do something y foolish. It
would certainly DO foolish to reject the
best opportunity 1t has for success In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01

President Roosevelt needs all OF his al
leged strenuousness. He has to prepare
two congressional messages this winter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01
an enthusiastic fan for a number of

Tho Minnesota Historical Society will
publish the diaries Of Alexander Ramsey
who was Goyernor Of Minnesota, when
state during the Civil War and represent
ed its people In the United States Senate
Those diaries cover period of sixty
wears.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01

Alfred NIoslcy, Of London. England. n
writer OF economic subjects, has entered
his two sons as Freshmen In Yale UNI
versity In preference to sending them to
Oxford or CaInbridg
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01
ODDS AND ENDS.
Very Likely.

Look at that messenger boy dewdlng
Yves. With the Inevitable dime novel.
too wonder what those things are pup
..That he who is supposed to run may
Rad. Observation-Disclosures Press
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or the ten prime ministers who served
Queen Victoria, three died at an earlier
age than Lord Salisbury. SIR Robert Peel
died when he was g. Lord Melbourne
passed away at 60 and Earl Derby at 70.
Lord :, aberdeen and Earl Russell lived TO
76, Disraeli to II and Palmerston to 81.
Mr.. Gladstone was the Oldest. The ave-
rage length of life of Queen Victoria's
prime ministers was a.
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With a Comment or Two.

Just how the President could talk for
an hour about the battle OF sharpsb,urg;'
and not mention the name Of General
Mcclellan is puzzllng the Northern pa
pers. Well. It's their controversy.-Rich-
Maybe the President considered that
encounter, so far as the troops engaged
in it on the Federal side were concerned.
as "captaln's light We may add that
when General Mcclellan was relieved Of
the command OF that army, as he was
soon after that battle the minds of some
people in the South whose information
concerning the military leaders OF the
cause they knew that the authorities in
washington had turned down the most
capable man they had.-Danville Regis
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01

No; Indian summer has not reached old
Virginia yet This Is the shank end of the
regular almanac summer.
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Twenty men from the hospital corps of
tho United States army are to be put
upon trial at tho Sheffield Scientific
School, OF New Haven, with the view OF
determining how much proteid. or albu-
minous food. Is required for tho mainte-
nance OF health and strength under ordi-
nary conditions. They will be put upon
dietaries selected for the purpose of grad
ually disclosing the facts. It Is believed
the experiment will yield dietetic data OF
much scientific value, and we are sure
they will be. provided they arc to be UNI
der the control of men who have no pre-
conceived opinions-no theories they wish
to substantiate.
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Suit Instituted.

Suit was Instituted in the City Circuit
Court yesterday by Armstrong Gator
& Company vs. Miss sall!e y. Martin for
$500 alleged damages.
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The Tines Dispatch
Published Daily and Weekly

At No. q North Tenth street,
Richmond, Va. Entered Janu.
airy 81, 1908, at Richmond, Va,
as second.class matter, under
Act OF Congress OF March 8,
1879.