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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04
FOOD FOR SOLDIERS.

| Some public interest has been aroused
by the test now making at the shefiield
Scientific School, Of New Haven, in which
twenty soldiers of the United States HOS
ptal Corps are undergoing dietary treat
ment, with the purpose of determining
what foods are suitable for army ratlons.
Tho special direction taken by this inVes-
tigation refers to animal foods necessary
or unnecessary in army subsistence.
We daresay 1t will be shown that men
can subsist very comfortably indeed Tor
long time with little meat. No doubt
scientific inquiry will be valuable, but the
Confederate soldier, in actual practice,
proved that he could get along tolerably
well on roasting ears or rice. The for
mer article was largely depended upon by
tho army upon It's retreat from GettSs-
burg and on many other occasions, ana
at times in some sections of the South no
ration but rice was at hand for days and
days.
And then there was pea soup! NO
writer, so far as we know, has done JUS
tice to the black-eyed pea as food ele-
ment in tho struggle for, Southern inde-
pendence. 1t wasin use in all the armies
of the Confederacy for years Heaven
only knows what we should have done
without it! When pork was at hand, gen
erous portions Of 1t enriched the soup,
but on other occasions, when little or none
was to be had soup was made which had
only "a trace of bacon or pork about
it. It is true poor rations did not much
inspire belligerenoy on the part Of the
soldier except in SO far as they moved
him to fight his way into the enemy's
ccmmissary stores, but they furnished evil
dence that luxurious living can be dis
pensed with. in war times. Now we near
OF all sorts of concentrated dainties and
srbstantials, furnished in tubes and cans,
easy to "tote" and ready to be eaten on
the instant
By the way, the French Government
has this year introduced quite new fea-
ture In subsisting Its men in their annual
manoeuvres. The plan was not to pre-
arrange for commissary stores, but TO
| test the commissaries and quartermasters
in providing supplies In the field.
The two army corps selected for the
experiment were the Fourteenth and FIT
tenth, quartered at Lyons and Marseiles
! respectively. The troops were marched
far into the field, and neither one of those
cities was allowed to be used as base
OF supplies. Purchases were made from
| the country people and the villages
The three foods that required the great
est attention were bread, meat and oats.
The army bakeries, set up and worked
by the subsistence department, were very
successful. The new Godelle oven, which
takes its name from it's inventor, turned
out fresh bread twice a day. Each oven
baked two hundred loaves, and was served
by one corporal, two bread-makers (sol-
diers) and one stoker, also soldier.
| 1t is said that the bread-making OF the
army has been brought nearer to perfec-
ton than ever BEFORE and we are assured
that this years manoeuvres have resulted
in n brilliant success for the military sub
| sfstence department,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04
From the Church Papers.

all, one might do without the sunshine
a.d the landscape and the sweet, fresh
air. There are some better things than
THE PERFECT her most generous
DAY. mood. There are good
days even when we were
not without care or sorrow or pain, The day
when duty has been fully and cheerfully
done. when care has been borne patiently,
when something of truth has been add
things above the world. and when one
has given Of himself. his thought, his
means. his love. to the help Of his fell
a day unwasted, dutfui unselhsh, grows
Ing, loving all and hoping all, that Is one
OF the Lords days to US. happy IN
good conscience, and loving heart; ana
a hope that cannot fail.-Central Pres
byterian.
strongly are we. CONVINCED that as long
as the interest In the Sunday-school re-
mains healthy we may look 81 9ptlms 81 Ky
rHE SUNDAY church, eio The Sunday
SCHOOL school school is TIE b reSsuittl n.s
read the statement ola Sunday-schooIl- o. SUI !,
perintendent to the effect that since 1875 no
has had charge Of the primary class,
that the enrolment has not been less
than fifty, and that of the large number
who have passed out OF this class, no
knows only three who are not members
of/the church. What q record!-Faleigh
Christian Advocate.
other reasons, makes 1t necessary for us
to do away with the saloon in Virginia.
Under the fairest conditiora this race. so
clogged by appetite
THE NEGRO AND and passion, finds Ii
THE SALOON geI in the w. WSorri SI
hand to the strong temptations OF inc
q workman and as citizen. Our duty
Ia the negro demands that we shut Up
the saloon with Its varied indictments
to vice and crtme.-Religtous Herald
We deprecate the practice of certain
who think 1t necessary to spend about q
week at the beginning Of REVIVAL s eroSas
THE OLD WAY sors 4 f5. religion th e an3IIS.
cal Inconsistencies, We do not wonder
that when, after going through a round
sueh apuse ppnntead man and
s snesid n have . replied; vi these chris-
tians are what you represent them TO %;
ohange'9 The fact Is, there are few e.
Christians who can always maintain tho
same high tone Of spiritual littt et Q 1he
daily and necessary contact VIII o enr
spiritual ardor and exhaust our splrls-
,laI strength. We need TO have that ar-
dor rekindled, that strength renewed;
In II feryent importunate. believing preeytehr s
i Holy splrit.1Richmond Christian Advo-
cate.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

There is contention in England with
reference to the revival Of the peerage OF
the irish barony Of Coroghmore. Edmund
de la Peer is the claimant Some OF tho
DC Ia Peers married in this country,
among whom was Richard francis. who
welded Sarah, the daughter OF Charles
Gordon. of Virginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04
The Times-Dispatch
Published Daily and Weekly

| AZ No. 4 North Tenth Street,
Richmond, Va. Entered Janu.
ary ~. 1908, at Richmond, Va,
as second. cass matter, under
Act Of Congress OF March 8,
1879.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

1t is expected that the New York city
Republican convention will DO recon
vened IS vacate the nominations on
Grout and Fornes. who have backSllded
into Tammany end been nominated by
thar astute organization The oit'ces
they seek are comptroller and president
OF the Board of Aldermen. respectively,
The convention adjourned subject to the
call of its chairman, and 1t is now pro-
posed that CIRCUITS and Fornes' nominal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

These are the melancholy days, when.
If you leave your oyercoat at home you
will wish you had 1t, and If you carry
it, you will wish you hadn't.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

Socks Is the issue in one of tho con-
gressionN campaigns In New York. jerry
Simpson will PROBABLY be called upon 10
arbitrate the trouble.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

There will be town elections In Con-
nectcut tomorrow. but no issues are In
volved and tho election is Of only local
interest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

When solid column stands firmly
shoulder to shoulder, no kind Of a run"
can Illustrate it.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

So far the investigators have only
found out that much grating has been
gcing on in the Indian Territory. Who
did it is yet to be determined.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

The corn kings Of tho country will yet
have to come to the rescue OF the Wall
Street Napoleons of finance
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

The picture Of Mr.. ]. Tillman, OF South
Carolina, has reached the patent outside
stage.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

olney and Castor are the Democratic
names they try to conjure with up In
NASSAU husetts. iIu
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

After all the logical candidate is the
man who can deliver good batch OF
votes heretofore going with the oppost-
ton.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

It is a pity that our North Carolina
friends dated their s"old Home Week
right along with Richmond's Horse Show
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

What some people call "galloplng con-
sumption" has carried off Sir Michael
Herbert, the British ambassador at
Washington. very suddenly and unexpect-
eddy at hotel In Switzerland. He was
appointed only last year. and his. pro-
motion was understood to be due largely
to the Intimacy with Mr.. Roosevelt which
he formed while secretary of legation
at Washington In 18ss-'s9. Ills mar
riage to n daughter of r. T. Wilson, of
New York, also tended to advance him
In his diplomatic career, one of his wife's
sisters having married Goelet and an
other being Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Jr,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04
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!; Nlyg1n1u Sailors.

The Bedford Bulletin in an interesting
article on political conditions In Virginia,
says:
Although the white people understand
that the negro Is no longer to DO feared.
they cannot see any good reason to vote
the Republican ticket. The Republican
party stands for a centralized govern
iment: 1t stands for protective tariff; IL
IS the sponsor. Of the trusts. and by high
tarln legislation has made It possible
Opposed to these are ali the principles
or Democracy, and when those who have
voted the Democratic ticket all their
under the new Constitution, they will not
forget which is the party OF the people,
but Will vote tho straight Democratic
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

tons shall be reconsidered ana other
men nominated to I'LL the vacancies upon
tho ticket.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

The Jewish year book for the year 56Gs,
which has just been published by the
Jewish Publishing Society of America
and edited by Cyrus Adler gives sotpe
interesting figures about the numerical
growth Of the race In this country. New
York now has the largest Jewish popua-
ton of any Of the States, with 10000, and
then comes Pennsylvania and Illinois.
with Massachusetts, fourth. The total
Jewish immigration through the ports Of
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore
for the past twelve years has been 761,-
sos, and during the past year $500 ar
rived at the port of New York alone.
Among these were 3o,538 Russian, 1918
Austria, s,314 Roumanian and only 627 Ger
man Jews. The total Jewish population
of the United States is now 1,l27,26s, whila
there are only 26,Gli In the British en-
pire
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

Last Monday Oyster Bay ceased to be
the capital Of the country, and tho city
of Washington once more resumed its
Importance as, the center of news and
politics. This simply means that the
President has completed what Is erron-
cously called his vacation" and returned
to the humdrum OF official life at Wash
ington. He will perhaps not be any harder
worked at tho White House that he was
at Oyster Bay.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04
The Farmville Herald SAYS:

The Farmville Herald says:
II whiskey docs get to be State ,s-
sue among tho Virginians you may look
out for moro want OF charity than ever
marked or marred q canvass in tho his
tory OF the State. There may no: DO
any good and sufficient reason for this,
but 1t Is true Just the Same.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

Mr.. Car1nacie, tho junior senator from
Tennessee, has decided not to introduce
In tho senate this winter the proposed
bill for the abolition Of tho Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of tho
United States. He does not retract any
thing no has said concerning the infamy
and illcgality OF that part Of tho Con-
stitution. but no simply thinks it Is un-
wise to make an effort at this time to
undo the great wrong that WIS perpctrn-
ted whe nthat amendment was Illegally
tackled on to the Constitution The Tell
messed senator Is right The time will come
when tho movement for tho repeal Of the
Fifteenth Amendment will come from the
North, where the infamy originated and
II tho meantime 1t is not hurting the
South That Is one Of the devils Of the
reconstruction era that VIC have succeed
ed In whipping around the stump. We
can very we'll afford to let our Northern
friends look to It's repeal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

The horrible accident on tho Southern
Railway within the corporate limits Of
Danvllle, in which ten persons were in
stantly killed and a number Of others
injured has caleld attention anew to
the frequency Of accidents on that and
other railways in the southern section
of the country, and necessarily leads
everybody to ask what is tho trouble. and
what Is the remedy. Every man, Of
course. has his own opinion. but, perhaps.
after the matter has been siftcd to the
bottom tho correct conclusion will be
reached, which Is simply this: Tho rail-
roads are trying to make too much time;
they are running their trains too fast.
The South Is a country Of magnificent
distances" and 1t takes time to cover tho
distances between leading southern
points. The railways are trying to over-
como space with speed. 1t won't work ex-
cept at terrible cost Of life and limb, Ms
has been abundantly demonstrated with
ing the past few months and especially
last week.
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There Ia xomcthiny doing In Virginia.
Without going into details or doing more
than to call attanton to the news col.
ums for q week past, It may be said
that tho signs Of tho times indicate
that tho people OF Virginia are In dead
earnest about that demand for honest
elections and purity at the ballot-box
The cross-road politician who has been In
tho habit for many years of having
things his own way ana fixing them be.
forehand surrenders to the new order Of
things with poor grace, but events in
Henrico county and elsewhere during the
past week tell him In unmistakable ac-
cents that he must surrender. He will
do 1t. OF course, he will 1t Is to his In
terest to In a political way. and then. be-
sides the penitentlary Is Just UP the lane
from "a failure to surrender gracefully.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04
The Charlottesyillo Progress aaya:

1fIc ~NHF IOttebVIIIc E3y BHyB:
Fortunately, our Virginia ports OF Nor
folk and Newport News do not depend
solely upon freight rates for their par
ucipation In the export trade business.
Their geographical advantages OF nearer
access to the great centcrs OF production
and population OF the Great West and
no competitive railroad rates can over
contravene. Nevertheless tho matter OF
low traffic rates Is one that our vir-
Einia and Southern railroads cannot Of
ford to disregard.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

Speaking of that feature of the Mann
law, which makes forfeiture Of license
the penalty for selling liquor to min
ors, the Stanton News says:
law, this feature. which is worth all tho
liquor legislation combined ought to
be retained. In fact II ought always to
have been the law. IT Is tho most per-
feet guarantee of obedience to the law
that can be devised, and II works no In
justice, for when a man goes into the
liquor business he is warned of the oon-
II he violates 1t he must expect to take
the consequences.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04
The Lexington Gazette says:

The AntiTsaloon League OF Virginia
Is doing a good work for the cause of
temperance. II works independently Of
polltica. parties; first, to secure legisla-
ton. permitting local option; second, to
apply that legislation in small political
third. to see that tho laws are enforced.
At present more than half the countios
In Virginia are under local option con-
Ing counties are In like condition. SO
that 1t can be safely said two-thirds of
tho State have local opfiop
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

The women folks are pushing their
campaign to have Senator Smoot, OF
Utah, expelled from the Senate because
he is one Of the apostles of the Mormon
Church. but, as we have already shown
in this column, 1t is an effort that will
DO fruitless. The Springfield Republican
says:
"One reason Is that the expulsion would
mean the loss of Utah next year to
Roosevelt, for the Senate Is 80 over
whelmingly Republican that the Repub-
l!can party would have to take the re-
sponsibility for the act. 1t is a safe
prediction that Mr.. Smoot will servo at
least six years in Washington"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

To make perfect day indeed. after
ALL one might do without the sunshine
a-d the landscape and the sweet, fresh
air. There are some better things than
nature can afford In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-04

A correspondent Of the New York
Tribune expresses regrets that the
"adornment" OF the battlefield OF Gettys-
burg has been overdone. lie declares
that the field has been obscured and us
topography lost by the labarynth OF new
avenues, so that the old soldier OF either
side, returning to tho scene OF the con-
flict is in danger of losing his way. !.
"At waterloo a great stone lion and
a hugo mound of earth overlooks the
field OF battle, which seems far simpler
and moro dignified than forest OF
monuments turning famous battle-
field into q huge graveyard" He finds
greater satisfaction lin the aspect of An
tietam. Down to 1893 he says, the old
field at Antietam preserved "the very
atmosphere OF 1852" General Lees
headauarters an old brick house, re-
NAMED, and "a woman was baking pies
In the kitchen, and scarcely stick OF
furniture had been changed since the
military occupation 1t was possible to
60 out to Middletown on foot and trace
nback through lanes and fields the APP
proacl. of q battery that picked Its way
alongside wood, filled its buckets from
stream and galloped into position IN
the dusk of the evening before the bat
tie when thu scattering fire OF the
plekets was like flre-flies flashing In the
grass" The writer observes that the
greatest service done by the Gettysburg
4 Commission is the preservation OF the
earthworks and the field gun trenches
extending in front Of the old cemetery
gate. y. w.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
SUMMARY OF THE DAYS TRANSACTIONS IN THE MARKETS
GRAIN TRADE BETTER
MARKETS RULE STRONG, WITH
HIGHER PRICES ALL AROUND
Discoura>:ng Crop Advices From the
Northwest Cause Strength in Wheat,
With Prices Constantly Growing
Slight Reaction on Realizing.

CHICAGO. Aug. There was much
improvement in grains and provisions,
the market ruling strong throughout
the session and closing with September
wheat / 3-4@1 7-8c higher; corn up
1-4c. oats 5-8@3-4c better. while pro-
visions showed gain throughout the
list of from 10c to IL 12c.
Wheat was especially strong under
the influence of reports of wheat
blight in South Dakota, and generally
discouraging crop advices from the
Northwest. Buying orders were plen-
tiful from the start. and prices grew in
strength as the session advanced. The
opening was about steady. September
being shade lower to shade higher,
78 1-2@7S 5-Sc, but was good local de-
mand. increased by buying orders from
st. Louis and the Northwest and there
was a gradual advance throughout the
day, with now and then slight reaction
on realizing. Prices took a final squirt
upwards within the last few minutes
of trading, and the close was at the
top. September being 1 3-4@1 Use
higher, at 80 3-8c.
ClearanceS of wheat and flour were
equal to 337,500 blu. Primary receipts
were 622,500 blu, against 1,051, 492 blu a
year ago. Minneapolis and Duluth re-
ported receipts of 159 cars. which, with
local receipts of 80 cars, 20 of contract
81 duc, Hiduc lOldl TeCetptS LOT Tie THREE
points of 249 cars. against 246 cars last
week and 459 cars year ago.
Too Cool for Corn.
Corn was helped largely by the
strength in wheat although it was a
little too cool for the quick develop
ment of the crops. There was a fair
trade. but the market was not as ac-
tive. as it had been of late Receipts
continued light, with little prospect of
much increase in the movement. The
close was strong, with September up
lac, at SO 1-2c, after selling between
SIC and So 1-2c. Local receipts were
145 cars, with eleven of contract grade.
There was a fair trade In oats. and
prices were strong. in sympathy with
better tone in other grains. Some of
the big houses had considerable stuff
for sale. but commission houses had
plenty of buying orders, which sus-
tanned prices. After selling between
S3 1-8c and "a lac. September closed
5-S@3-4c higher. at 34@34 1-8c. Local
receipts were 258 cars.
The chief feature in provisions was
the light offerings. With a good de-
mand for ribs. and helped by the
strength in grains, the price of hog
products ruled higher from the start.
Shorts were quite active buyers late in
the day. The close was strong, with
September pork 10c higher. at 1910;
September lard was UP II lie, at 1876;
and ribs were 10c higher. at $SO7 1-2
Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat,
los cars; corn, 200 cars; oats, 215 cars;
hogs. $1,000 head.
a19a Range of Quotations.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Close.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
Acting the Part.

''Now, Henry" said the bride. 81 want
you to understand distinctly that l do
not wish to be taken for bride l am
going to act exactly as If l were an old
married woman. So dearest, do not think
me cold and unloying IL l treat you very
practically when there is anybody by"
II don't believe can pass for an old
married man." said Henry. II am so fond
of you that / am bound to show it, / am
sure to betray myself.
mo, you mustn't It's easy enough. And
1 insist that you behave just like all old
married men do. Do you hear?"
well darling, I'll try, but 1 know
shall not succeed"
On the first evening of their arrival
at their hoJel the bride retired, and the
groom fell in with whist party. with
whom he sat playing cards until A o'clock
in the morning. His wife spent weary
hours in weeping. At last he turned up
and met his grief-stricken bride with the
hilarious question: well, amt doing the
old married man like daisy?"
She never referred to the subject again.
and everybody in future knew that they
had just been married-Chicago Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
Minneapolis Curb.
Milwaukee Curl
DULUTH.

DULUTH, Mimi, Aug. Wheat was
very strong and active all day on frost
talk and blight. The frosts of Thursday
night are believed TO have done harm.
The market closed at. the top and very
strong, with 2Ac advance for the day.
Flax was weaker for the nearer options
and 1sc UP for December. Business was
small and attention concentrated ON
wheat Receipts-Wheat, Is cars; flax,
%; oats, 5; rye. 8; barley. 8. Shipments
Wheat, 1900 blu. Stocks of wheat here
are now 100000 blu. the smallest on rec
ord, showing a decrease for the week
of 100000 bu. Close: Cash No. 1 hard.
ern, 84Ssc; to arrive, No. hard, S6Bc;
No. / northern. $3.50; No. northern.
S43sc; No. l northern, September, $3.50;
Der, 971kc: october, CSC; November 9S,A c;
December, 9S1ac: oats. cash, 34c; Sep
TENDER, 33Ac; rye. cash, 5O14c; to ar
rive, soc.