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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
THE BLOODHOUND.

sold Seuth' is a favorite character In
detective fiction. He takes his title from the
ideal bloodhound, who having once put his
nose to the ground never loscs scent OF
his victim. but pursues him through for
ests, over roads, along crowded streets.
and finally collars" him and holds him
until the heavy hand OF the law is laid
up!n him, n, sttst,
The original seuth-tha real bloodhound
was OF old much used In the chase He
Is not particularly ferocious dog. but
abolititionist romances connected his
name with the pursuit OF fugitive slaves
in a manner that has madeit very odious.
It Is n real case Of giving "a dog bad
name.' etc. 2lt.
That hounds were sometimes set on tho
tracks OF runaway negroes in some OF tho
Southern States. we suppose, there can. be
no doubt, So too. the English used to
set them on the trial of Scotsmen who
raided their borders and carried of their
cattle.
In the West indies the bloodhound was
inter bred with the bull dog and very
fierce creature was the product So far
as we know none such was used In the
South but instead there were deer
hounds, crossed with hloodhounds and
/ trained to detain and not to injure the
the fugitive slave. To this day small
packs OF syoh hounds are kept. and oeca-
sional use for them 10 found In the pur.
suit of criminals.
Al the Virginia penitentlary farm there
has been such pack for years, and
Some care has been given to their breed
Ing and training, but they have not dis
t,ngu!shed themselves. The escapes OF con-
yicts have been numerous, and rare, In
deed, have tho dogs been Instruments In
,, recaptures There is a story. indeed. that
ono OF the fugitiyes pursued by ono Of
| these hounds caught this animal up In his
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4 Hospjtality Has Its Limits.
I,+of 81 ma 3Jr,,nes-Dispntch:

at5la
K sir,-The lucid and logical comments OF
your correspondent, I. P. NJ. Will doubt
less soften tho scruples Of those who have
questioned the appropriateness OF m In
yitatiop from the University OF Virginia
to President Roosevelt: his eulosium ur-i
on tho mind. manners, motives and moth
dds OF the President will, with equal cor.
itainty, crafty that gentleman and his
aad1ercnts Is.
~ To one phrase, az however, as used BY
the writer OF tho delightful letter re-
ferred to- exception must DO taken. Ills
advocacy Of according what he beautiful
" terms "the hospitality OF our glorious
old state" when opportunity ts offered. =
suggests a question ns to what really con-.
stitutes that noble and generous quality
admitted to be pre-eminently o character
istic Of the South: What Is hospitality?
What are its limits? And has 1t limits
Does tho famed hospitality Of the
South demand that an individual. an
institution, or q family open the doors
Of that inner sanctuary. the home, 70 az
conditions Of men. Irrespective OF soclal
sta lion. personal attributes and recorded
behavior? Does 1t require that we send
out literally into highways and byways
to gather in guests to enjoy the privileges
OF our f'reside and our BILE Or do men.
even tho largest OF heart. those from
whose doors no chance passer departs
hungry ana naked, use discrimination IN
inviting guests to the enjoyment OF nos.
5pitality which entails certain measures
or intimacy and presumes some requlttal
Of rood will /? Even in that marvellous IN
gathering OF the scriptures was not the
invited guest expected 70 COINS ciuu - - .
suitable gnrmentY IA 4 " N III VI
Si}If Il be conceded that the mandates OF
Hospitality are supreme and universal
when claimed by the needy can they pc
held to cover voluntary invitations 20 me
great OF this world. with an unmlsta
able expectationfo f some material return
70 be anticipated? The President mas
made his appreciation OF this form OF
5hosnitality as cloa T as the MONDAY by
his frank requittal OF the "hospitalties'
~ charleston. Can we RECALL without
snnila the soft sentimentalities exchanged
during that memorable visit between the
dent-w hose Southern mother was
40 often on his lips. and the courtyE
Charlie stonians who lavished their amenl-
ties upon their guest?
Bv all means, since tho world wags
on Ylot us tVirgnians hold out the rlgnt
hand to this compatriot; let US feast MN.
and handy compliments with MIN. ana
dance with his daughter II no brings
her, Let us have "a good time together
IN tha appropriate idtQm Of the day, But
let us hesitate to bestow upon our per-
formnnce the sacred and gracious name
OF virginia hospitality.
~ Yours. Mr.. Editor, H u.
AN sloLD-FAsIrIONED Y1RG1NIAANf1.
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and unfortunate, and a ready iielptulness
for Ill In n hesd ,of AID. II Il thefeforei
most surprising to find In the satt,e pa
per this abon,inable article w Nh irre-
sporsible person whose writing, al ways
fippant to d dlss listing degree, ID IN this
case simply rauseous. She Is trying TO-
be witty and tnusitg. but In reality is
rcflectihg dtseredlt Upon & the army Of
women who are trying to earn at honest
Tying as stenograph and type. ters.
or that class In Row York I nm ctitiroly.
Ignorant, but her asperslot1s have no
geographical bounds; they are sweeping,
and embrace the entire class, ] think,
therefore II IL time for some ono to de-'
fend our Southern girls. All over our
Houthiand, are hundreds and thousands
OF women OF gentle birth and breeding.
whom the fortunes Of war have forced :,
Into tina ranks OF bread winners. the
majority Of those are refined we'll edit
Gated, modest young women. whose work
as stenographers In no wise detracts
from theft Fight to be considered gentle
women. They can both spell and punotu-
ate and most Of them write Ear better
nnglish than Dorothy DIX. q course
there are some frivolous stonogra pn e /,
a. there are some undesirable ana Tip
pant Journalists. but It s t1,fa1 + 70 ,uuso
any class by Its poorest specimens. u In q
ave-
woman In my native State, Georgia
who IL a stenographer in q large oily q q
}5i that State Tier employers arc Il a.
Northern firm whose business REQUIRES
Intelligence, skill, punctuallty, and ra l
discretion. 50 highly do they respect
and esteem this glrl that they pay her e, q
highor salary than any man v IN their
employ. She supports hor family; her,
tathor, q brave Confederate veteran. hes
ginR disabled by the hardships q prison
4 Ute at Fort Delaware. she has bought
ID homo, and educated two younger ais n
tors, and Is stlll5th dainty, modest little
lady she was when she began work as q
stcnographer. This Is only one # case
out Of many that have como under my
personal oEaerua.ton and I feel right
eously indignant whom ! read such NC u p
pant nonsense, and see It disseminated t'r
BY 80 dignified and Influential paper
as The T1mes-D Dispatch MY Interest IN
the matter is purely imperso 1lal--.a Kind
Providence has cast my lines IN pleasant
plncas, but I cannot stand quietly by and
see my loss fortunate sisters decrded In
this base fashion without q proteest
"a I. Very sincerely,
"a r ID, H. 3. 5$
fredericksburg Va. April 10.
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aDoUBTING THOMAS.

(selectcd for The Times Dlspatch.) III
Except shall 500 In His hand the
print OF tho nails. and put my finger into
tho print OF tho nails. and thrust my
hand into His side. I will not believe
St. John Xx:2o, " &
We call this man Doubling Thomas"
as IL there was only ono man who had
ever doubted. He does not deserve this
special mark OF distinction. What did
Thomas want7 He simply desired to DO
put on the level with the other disciples.
For Jesus had appeared to them, and .
Showed unto them Ills hands and His
side we arc not told that this was
done. upon their request, but the fact
is stated. They told him Of that visit.
perhaps dwelling on each detail, and then
It was that Thomas made the statement
OF the ext. What right would these
disciples hayo to gather round this one
brother and describe him as "poubting
Thomas r.. They themselves had been
satisfied by the very thing that he want
ed. IIe deserved more their pity than
their censure. ist
Yet Thomas made a vital mistake,
Everyone Is making It. IT is the mistake
at tho world to-day. What WAS this
mistaken 1t was that Thomas laid down
the one and only way in which Christ
should come to him.
"F,xcept ..I Will not believe"
That Is to say. II must have my way
not God's.f' I must appoint Tho gate
through which the Lord shall come into
my life. II may stand at that gate
and watch It and keep the key Of It,
ana see the rord when He comes and
open The cato for Him. then Will be-
lieYe."
we who were born yesterday and
know nothing say that the Bible ought
10 consist of Just SO many books. written
as such and such times. by such and such
men and that all tho pieces must fit into
one another In such and such q way. or
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

stockholders, some ot which may be for
sblnck.naiiins purposes, and II such suits
are brought and the Sherman law ristd--I
~ enforced, what interest will be safe7
s"Restralnt OF trade is d very broad term.
FL va are not raising an alarm. but We
repeat. what we have moro than once
Esaid In other days. that the Sherman
law, as itnow stands. Is a menace to the
great Interests OF the country. Mr.. 1toose-
welt ana his ussociates who ar, pl"ylng
A TO tho galleries and catorl.,g TO the nilti-
trust sentiment may YET find that they
are playing a dangerous game, and that
they have created a Frankenstein 10
trouble IL not to undo them, M sf.
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~ IKE I0na
..%-*%<-%-%-<%-&-t%%

TY7YETNGY ~ ~ n,
Atlanta journal General N Daldwir's
statement III which lie CLASSES negroes.
Flllpinos and dogs together, made In tho
face i OF tho present administration, 10
nothing moro nor less than q presofip-
ton for dose Of officlai arsenic. Z
Columbia state, eyes. let's have It
settled. Suspense Is worse, than the Ger.
tainty, however calarnitous. We'll all
get on the fence and watch the clash
between Uncle Sans engine and the
Morgan bull.
Birmingham News, ..''The endorsement
OF Grover Cleveland BY the Tennessss
State Senate doubtless was a source OF
extreme annoyance to II ll-.xiiowns Ken
tuoky colonel. Huch action next door %
his own state may call forth some reg
ular anti Grover editorial sixzlcs
Florida Times Union, THE President
will visit the famous Death Gulch be-
fore leaving Yellowstone Park. He should
BY oil means take some Of his recent
Southern nominate ns along with him..
I Nashville Banner. ''The negroes who
refuse to work for reasonable wages Of
fered them should NOT be allowed to loaf
around the saloons The. same rule
should also apply to write 3loafers.''
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b! aSst Z e. fis45 " - lI.ti
FROM THE CHURCH PAPERS.

TO the believer the world may say
whatiit pleases OF hopelessness and des--
pair; 1t may tell, as Oft as It will, how
IA it has looked into tho cruelble
i TIB IS and gone into the disseotlng-.
RISEN. room and found no sign OF the
life to come: but he has looked
Into the door Of the open tomb and seen
the vision OF angels and heard the GLAD
acclaim, "Christ Is risen indeed" and
in the Joy Of this relovaton and stayed
blythe abiding confidence OF this hope
he goes on his way rejoicing. knowing
that where He Is there we shall be also
Southern Churchman.
/, Solomon, with all his knowledge OF
trees, !, could not think Of any tree more
beautiful and full OF 10y. AS the apple
tree among the trees OF
,NBvER-FAD- the wood.' he makes the
ING BEAUTY. bride to sing so Is my
beloved among the sons"
The first paradise had q tree OF which
tho father Of the race might not eat
But the second, the far greater and ever
.lnsting paradise, has q tree under which
the redeemed gather, In land where
tho beauty never fades and tho fruit
never fails.-Central Presbyterian
we think the modern Christian puts
too little stress on prayer for temporal
blessings, yet the pretenslon 70 neal III
the ills OF mankind lacks
TEMPORAL scriptural authority and
BLESSINGS. Apostolic example. Paul
three times besought the
Lord to FREQ him from a vexing malady
and failed Our wise way is to present
tho case to the Lord and accept Ills de-
creo-Richmond Christian Advocate.
1t was a pen of tho widest knowledge
Of human nature that wrote, Those who
trust us educate u.s." No one can sue
coed MS q teacher without
TD11CATINc confidence and trust In the
By pupil Too often do parents
TR11sTINC. repel and harm their chill
st911 dren by treating them IS
though they could not be trusted Z Conf :
dence is the very first step inGwinning
and in inducing confidence. How can
n child be drawn to God when he is acon-
t]nually threatened with tho secret and
searching eye og God Thereais reason
IN the Orient superstition OF the EVIL
eve" God Is our truest educator; he
has given us bodily energies, mental pow
ers, and a will to choose and to perform.
He trusts lis with all these lovingly cou iNr
selling us not to use them to our own
destruction -sunday-school Times.
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Defense Of the stenographers'
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, VA. April

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Va April Ia
Editor OF Tho Times-Dispatc h,
Sr,--I trust you will pardon the liberty
u stranger takes In addressing you, and
that the enclosed article OH '4The Stem
ographer"s by Dorothy Dix. taken from
your paper, may be sufficient excuse for
this letter, TX Az
In Sundays paper, the first editorial
concludes by saying that 1.-THE Times
Dispatch desires to stand for all that
was and IS best In the South"
Anong the strongest characteristics
or the old fashioned Southern gentleman
were a chiyalrous regard for women, a
protecting tenderness toward the weak
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

It will be a cold day for them when
coal dealers give 2.2t0 pounds Of coal to q
ton for 2,ooo-pound price.
II tho law should be passed, requiring
them to give long ton to purchasers.
we may be sure they will lengthen their
price correspondingly. @
That Is not only common law, but com
mon sense.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

The Democratic and Republican edl-
tors and publishers Of Pennsylvania, are
rallying as one man in opposition to the
press -muzzing bill that has passed the
Legislature and been sent to the Cover
nor tor his approval. Now His Bxcellency
has to take his choice between offending
the newspapers and the Republican boss
es; the latter having prepared and push
ed through the bill to save Quay and 9TH
ers from too candid criticism. The Gov
ernor will give the editors a hearing on
Tuesday next. 5s
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We Will not believe, ii h r a 58 81 34i
And what does stici, unbelief amount
TOT IL o,ir lnhdellty a circumstance
worth noting, III the great DEVELOPMENT
Of the fuhivetse7 Il YOU should say, exc
cept every comma and seinicolon writ-
ten In the Bible be inspired. will give
up the whole thing we'll, what wotld5
hapren7 wonid the Bible be DESTROYED y 7
Would II niaks God or heaven and etelss
nifty void7 Nay, verify
Thus we magnify ourselves, thus we
make q great figure OF II will not be-
.lleve." This 10 what tnon are doing to-
day and are always doing. This is the
way they shit God from their lives.
Whereas we ought to say, "Lord. come
In any way Thou wilt. All the ways
are Thine only May DO found ready
to open when Thou dost stand at the
door and knock ID h
Men cannot grow into this great all
conquerirg faith at once. Pity, there here
fore, rather than scorn, the men who
want God to come along their little Tie
private road. II Is natural There is
about It q selashness that may yet DO
chastened and sanctihed. II, Is noe the
worst kind OF selnshness. But It leads
astray. Take caro- that 70 limit not the
Holy One OF Israeli A man Will say
I do not belong to a church. I belong to
nature Shall we condemn sucha Nay,
vcrtlyl Who made nature7 Whence did
nature come What does nature mean can Z
What Is the necessity OF the eternal
procession that has about u the COM 71r'-
pleteness Of a. circle-the dignity OF an
ever new miracle 4,
You cannot get oft Of your Fathers ..
grounds. But what Of the young man. man
who lives always in the garden, and
will never come In to the hreslde What
OF the man who will hold confidential
Intercourse with the gardener, but never
speak to his Father The fact that
there Is such a house might suggest q
tenant; the fact OF such home might
suggest Father. Some who DO no de-
light In rites and ceremonies might there
fore think that they are exiled from
the great home OF God Mag
kind. There are many avenues OF np-
proach to the heart OF the Father. who
both knows and understands US all
What did Thomas really want? He want
ed what everybody must have. Thomas
wanted personal touch. He placed 1t on
the lowest point, contact. physical and
bodily. Personal contact Is larger than
can be defined by any ono instance.
A great grasp Is contact, so also Is q
gentle touch, but there Is yet q larger
truth and influence In contact OF spirit
with spirit soul with soul. We must
have ittin some form. If any have 1t In
a small degree. perhaps that Is all they
can do Tor the present. better that, than
none. It viii develop by and bye. 4
Look at the case OF the disciple Thomas.
Nothing but the most natural evidence
could satisfy him; yet by tonder love
and patience he was brought to the high
est point Of devotion and faith. Our Lord
has many weak children In Ills family
many dull pupils In Ills school, many
raw soldiers In His army. many lame
sheep in His flock. Yet Flo bears with
all ana casts none away. What a lesson
to us! As we review the past with all.
Its sins and failures, all Its darkness
and trial, may we too be led to make the
glowing confession. MY Lord and my
Cod" INK
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

The illegal snag'' the Senate Commit
tee has struck In the Campbell case is
probably strong enough to hold until the
end OF tho year and then there win be
no Judge Of tho County Court OF Am
herst tR
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

1t Is said to be the purpose Of the
Presidents friends to put q Southern
man on the ticket with him next year.
Some one from Maryland West Virginia
or Kentucky would be preferred" That
rules out Dr. Crun.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

The Salem Times Register Is still on
that wild onion chase and tho scene seems
to grow stronger, s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

Miss Kathryne u. Lamb Is the only
woman in. Indiana who owns. edits ana
operates a. newspaper. It IS ca!leu me
Rloomingdale ''World," seven column
folio, published every Friday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

It Is believed in some parts of some Of
the rural districts OF Virginia that the
.vanderbllts monopol!zed the sunshine in
the early part OF last week for that big
wedding and to this fact was duo the
heavy rains in these regions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

There Is red-hot fight on in New
York State between Governor Odell ana
Senator Plat. Odell has turned down"
Platt's superintendent Of elections and
sent in another man's name for confirms
alton. sss IlNLa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

Senator IIoar--Jefrerson was indeed a
great man, Mr., Byran, but there are 9TH
ers. Mr., Bryan--You bet, Senator
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

II any city and town saloon men have
set up wan about the Mann LIQUOR law
so far as 1t applies to the rural districts.
nobody In these parts has heard It, Nv
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
North Carolina Sentiment
c.reensboro Telegram says:

Tho Greensboro Telegram says:
Tho outcome of tho Redsyille murder
ia a good deal moro satisfactory than It
would have been had the law not been
allowed to take Its course. IT is also true
that the public mind Is resting easier than
It would have had not reasonable haste
been used in settling the young MUIR
derer's fate. Tho laws delay Is what sets
mischief afoot
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

The West Virginia floats like q cork
on the water. Long may she swim,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
Personal and General.

Mrs. Josephine Drexel has presented
two llfe-sizo statues to st. Patrick's
Cathedral, New York. which were un-
yelled yesterday. IA
In memory OF his boyhood days as a
worshpper at st. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Boston, j., Pierpont Morgan has
presented to the church priceless BOOK
of Common Prayer. sS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

American battleships sut1or more In
practcns for war than In actual fight
Ing There Is a loose screw somewhere.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

A man who gets on a Missouri grand
Jury nowadays obtains ,pern,a nent job,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

Newspaper men need not fear any
thing The President has said he viii
not shoot anything while lie Is in the
park. SIS
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The Wilmington Messenger says:

The Wilmington Messenger says:
Mr.. Cleveland's remarks on the negro
question were the most sensible yet utter
ed by a northern man on the subject, Mr.,
Cleveland Is not given to making nom
sensioal utterances or to discussing ques-
lions OF Which he knows nothing, Even
his enemies will have to admit this,
This interesting paragraph is from the
Reidsyille Review;
A local minister stated on Sunday night
that William Jennings Bryan quoted more
from the Bible than my preacher In the
state Bryan would make a rafting good
evangelist, and It Is a pity he does not
give IN his high political aspirations and
enter the pulpit,
The Ashevilla Citizen sarcasticaly re7
marks,
AS further proof that the United
States can compete In the open mar
kets of the world with any bidders. our
Postoflce Department Is Just now deny
Ing to Denmark a monopoly OF rotten-
ness, 3'AH5 III f..riss ~ .9lji5s q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

Some of our Northern friends are sug-
costing that perhaps Cleveland and TIL
man might pair on tho negro question.
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The Lotus Club, Of New York. will
give a musical dinner on April 18th IN
honor Of Richard Arnold who celebrated
this month the twenty-ffth year Of MS
connection with the New York Philhar-t
monIc Society, ofwhichf organization he
was for many years Its CONCERT master.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

Professor Otis Tuition Mason. curator
OF the division OF ethnology and acting
curator OF the department OF anthro-
ipology OF the National Museum mas
i,,at celebrated his sxty-nfth birthday
fond the forty-ffth anniversary OF the
beginning OF his career as n scientist,