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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27
man, Of military bearing, whose features
we're those of the English type

man, of military bearing, whose features
we're those of the English type.
The Swan. so far as we can learn,
was never a fashionable hotel but was
regarded as well-kept, moderatc-priced
place of entertainment, where good
meals and beds were to be found, 1t was
for years much in favor with theatrlcal
people Mr.. Joseph Jefferson, when
very young man. and member of the
stock company of the old Marshall Thea
tire here, boarded there and long occu-
pied a room on the second floor at the
corner of Ninth and Broad. Upon
visit to this city some years ago he
drove to the tavern. and sitting in his
carriage, pointed out to the Richmond
friend who occupied a seat by his side,
the room which had been his.
Edgar Allan Poe was n frequenter OIL
the Swan, and was i'll there for two weeks
during his last visit to Richmond. TINS
was shortly before his death, which oc-
Cured in Baltimore. ana DR.. Rawllns
was his attending physician,
The depot of the Fredericksburg Rail
road was for a long time at the north
west corner of Broad and Eighth Streets,
and that must have been of much adVan-
tagc to the Swans business.
When great political conventions were
held here, or when the Legislature was
in session, or when interesting cases in
the courts attracted many visitors TO
Richmond, no doubt the old tavern mad
n fair share of the patronage OF dlstin-
guished gentlemen.
There is a tradition that that was the
case when Aaron Burr was on trial here
$500 before Chief Justice Marshall ana
Judge Griffin. When the court took
recess learned counsel and others, we
imagine, sometimes adjourned to the
Swan, or to the Washington Tavern
date the St. Claire), to take drinks. we
do not know whether the Powhatan
House, now Ford's, was in existence
then or not, but 1t may have been, II So,
1t appeared in diminutive form, for Its
present size is due to several enlarge
nents that have been made from time to
time-the greatest of which was made
after 1t came into the hands of Mr..
Ford.
But no matter about that. 1t Is GER
tain that the old Swan Is an aged struc-
ture, but for decades it has been out
of use as a hosiery. 1t does not appear
in the list of hotels given in the city
directory Of 1859 The name of tavern
has adhercr to 1t, though an effort was
made TO change 1t to ''the Broad Street
Hotel" In this it showed an unchanSe-
ableness unlike the Washington Tavern
which changed to the Central Hotel,
then to the Monument, then to the Capt.
fol, and then to the St. Claire. Indeed, it
may have had many oher titles. but we
believe that through nearly all its history
it was used as place of public enter
tanment. During a part of the war the
Confederacy quartered one of its bu-
reaus there.
The original Washington Tavern build
ing has wholly disappeared, having re-
Gently been removed to make way for
Mrs. Atkinson's new hotel, "The Rich
mond." The section that one sees still
.-onting Ninth Street is Of comparatively
modern origin, and was built, we think,
when the property was owned by James
Lyons, Esq.
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rbe Windsor ledger says:

The Windsor Ledger says
Murders are becoming too frequeht ~.
a mHrI to aveng s their wrongs, sometIlng
A. evidently wrong either with our iaW1
Of procedure Of the courts: courts, LeE Eao MANY MANY
ing should be more common. 100 many
m me- escape the gallows.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

The President will go to tho Adlron-
dacks on shooting excursion in short
while. His visit will no doubt restore
confidence to the land owners OF that
region, who have been quite nervous not
to say terrified. since the assassination
OF Orlando Dexter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

If this thing keeps on the Turks will
slaughter" all the Macedonians before
the official hostilities begin.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27
North Ca-olin, Sentiment,

Tho Durham Herald says:
Much interest will be taken IN me case ,
where a man sues bucket shop Many
neoyle will naturally want to know now
he managed 70 win or to think he dld.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

The busy dressmaker knows the Horse
Show Is coming on apace.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

Chicagos reproduction of the great f.,c
of a generation ago was as brilliant
as risky.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

Anyhow, John Alexander Dowie Is the
only living pastor who needs to use
flour barrel for contribution box.
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nh. Charlotte Nows says:

The Charlotte Nows says:
If Maryland sends Isidor Rayner TO INC
United States Senate. and II couia haILIiiy
do batter. and Massachusetts sends John
D Long, and it could hardly do worse;
we might count upon their being paireo
upon most questions In advance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

Nobody can say that the committed
hasn't been finding out something.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

A City Council scandal is something
brand new for Danvle which has over
been a mighty clean town officially.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

Talking about health foods, the old
Virginia tender and juicy beefsteak hasn't
gone anywhere.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

questions whether he wishes to be wen
because he shudders at the opeiaion.
Yet, thirdly, since dying Is the way,
and tho only way to life everlasting, we
should endeavor to rise rs much as pos
sible above the dread Of 1t. Ana lalth
can accomplish what is Impossible 10
flesh and blood Let us View the SUBJ
ject ,snde, all the softenngs given IT. IN
the Scripture. Let us remember that
Jesus has taken away the sting OF death,
though the stroke remains. and that the
stroke itself will not only be harmless
but beneficial, infinitely beneficial ITO
die is gain" Keep your eyes not OH
what lies Immediately before you, nut
on the glory and blessedness beyond
If tie passage be trying, 1t opens into
a wealthy place. and 1t Is short and safe,
and YOU will not be alono in It. lie has
said, II viii never leave thee nor for
sake thee" Therefore thank God and
take courage, and sing,
"whic he affords His aid,
cannot yield to fear;
Though | should walk through deaths
dark shade,
NV Shepherds with me there"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

The germ Of populism is threatening
to sprout again out in Colorado.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

Tom Johnson is engaged now in the bus
mess of importing orators into Ohio. Vir-
GINA will be called upon TO furnish her
quota,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

The steel trust quotations seem 10 ot
favorable to Mr.. Carnegie's laudable am
bition.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

The newspapers have discovered that
in Mr.. Roosevelt's book Ranch Life and
the Hunting Trail" published In 1882 no
condoned the offense Q. lynching where
the victim was a horse thief.
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The Times Dispatch
Published Daily and Weekly

At No. 4 North Tenth street
Richmond, Va. Entered jan
uary q, 1908, at Richmond,
Va, as second.class matter,
under Act OF Congress OF
March 8. 1879.
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From the Church Papers.


1t is the Gift Of seed which repenishes
the earth from year to year, and brings
back again the beauty and plenty of the
"INcoRRuPTBLE and r,s Clothes stst es'''''t the
SEED" fields with the har-
seed TO- the sower and bread to the
eater" The Word Of God is the incor,,
ruptible seed, renewing the hearts OF
those that by faith receive 1t. and beget-
ting a new and eternal life. The children
Of God are the seed Il. to multiply and re-
the children Of the kingdom" planted in
homes, scattered in communities and
sown In far-otf lands where there is no
given tY the world. that there should
be enmity between thy seed and the
seed of the woman;',' and OF the promise
ito Abraham and his seed" the Apos--
which is christ" That Ts Is the climax and
tho glory Of the seed,-Central Presbyter-
IAN.
The bane OF temperance reform hereto
fore has been isolation and fanaticism,
Realizing this fact. the Anti-sa loon
AS TO TEMPERANCE for for u unity and
REFORM, sanity, It elnl-
mates the differ
no panacea for the evils of the saloon,
the League believes that only conscience,
and San and sats az
the bar-room. In the present contest pc
tween the community and the saloon, con-
SCIENCE will be the final arbiter, temper
ance reform Is just as. strong az the
moral forces at work In society, Ihe
stars DIN their courses fight for progress
Religious Herald.
1t is to he regretted that the word Cos,
pel ever took the place Of Good News
the meaning of the Greek word. doshei
does not convey To- the
rIplNas P RRs hs Iae Father Ct G ss,
nhes to the, average reader the acSfon nnt
Of the Lords life and !, SAYINGS, ana eo, not
thrilling nformatemt we " ha Nav pre esta
ment that what to tho early hearers was
n great and joyful fact Is tame ana trite
natter of course,-R!chmond Christian
Advocate.
we are justified by faith, indeed, with,
out works or merit of our own pVt
faith which stops se eonen 1t 'u With thai
AUTHORITARIAN end is v%,c shan nns a as1
eomplished nothing but n se az ucondition
TO an end-namely, sanctllicaattin9inn,, ps'' Y
made holy and like God in Gh Christ y !, =
the hrst Step Whereby, being hroSS W. SAVED iRd
n nm s, Mlf ~ I His indWWelng life At last
III is not our faith but what we ha h,,,
iaih IN through r., our Z G Ialth the cruel v
saves vs. and th ,iyln rs I eneSgiaing sane
TIMING Saviour 10 receive the neneh
p chlists deah by faith ana ob 10 reius'
The power o iais ,ihn le W. would be L
ov S the PURPOSE OF redemption az az
TO make Christ the. minister OF d slni q
this is what Anunomlanisht anmtbnr,
Nhurchlnan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

Less than 10 per cent OF the citizens
of New Jersey took the trouble to vote
last Tuesday on the proposed amend
n,ents TO tho state Constitution. but OF
these clear majority voted no" ana
thus defeated the amendments me
amendments were intended to mako sew
eral changes in the judiciary system ana
70 authorize the Governor Chancellor ana
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to act as court Of
pardons in place of the existing court
now consisting OF the Governor, Chancel-
lor and lay judges Of the Court OF Err
rors and Appeals
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

The northern papers are still being kept
lively fighting the battle of sharpsburg
over again.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

The busy dress maker knows the Horse
Show is coming on apace.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27
0rona Of 0AougAt I:
IN Dixie Land /:
! .4+*++4t+4++444+++*+++*+
Birmingham News /:

Birmingham News:
The Democratic leaders, II necessary,
should throw Senator Carmack down and
take that suggestion to repeal the az.
teenth amendment away from him.
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Columbia state:

The righteous sometimes profit by the
strange bcdfelows brought together
through politics. But tho reported com.
binatlon OF Wall Street and labor to de.
teat Roosevelt Is certainly unique.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

ALianta COnSulutlOH."
A negro sailor who fought with Farra.
gut at Mobile, receiving almost fatal
wounds, has been sent to the poor house
In Denver. This should be an interesting
item to colorcd Republicans.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27
Galveston News:

Galveston News:
The race question Is with us, has been
with us from the first. will be with us to
the end We should decline 10 make the
worst of It, and proceed to make the
best of 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27
rIorida TNmcs-Union.

Florida Timcs-U Union:
Republicans make some fine boasts OF the
honesty and wisdom with which their ad.
ministration governs the Philippines.
Why should wo pay to give others some.
thing better than we can get ourgelYe4l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

An announcement of peculiar interest ia
the colored people, and to others inter
ested in the education of the negroes,
ia that hooker Washington's health has
broken down under the great strain he
has horne for so long, and that acting
under the advice of his physicians he
viii sail for Europe about the lst of
october, He will remain In The Morn
10 iii one or two more ensa gements. un'
III that time, and will not return to Ala
hama, During his absence In Europe ms
wife will manage tho TuskeSee insu,
tuta Il. s. W.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

There Is a man out In Kirksville
Mo-, who may be SAID TO be, man atter
President Roosevelt's own heart' anu ~
Is said that If no were not an enthusiast
to Democrat tho President would find
!. good, fat office for him. The man Is
D. M. Walker. who Is great-grand-
father at the age of fifty-nlne years,
At nineteen he was a father and at
tbIrty-eight a grandfather. He Is tho
father of fourteen children, the Oldest
being thirty-nine and the youngest four
years, He has twenty-five gIahuch.'
dren. His one great-grandchlld Is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs, j. S. Watts,
of Pana, Ill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27

1t is the gift Of seed which replenishes
the earth from year to year, and brings
back again the beauty and plenty of the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06

I, trusty in council who failed not. neitheE
was weary, and who. when old friends fell
| from the old veteran like leaves in au.
tunln, clave 10 him with love greater
than that Of a brother"
Mrs. Kate Douglas wiggin seems to
have repeated her Penelope success
with '.Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"
| While Mrs. Virgins work is marked BY
| note OF pathos. witness 1.-THE BiroS'
Christmas Carol" the touch OF humor
| predominates, and 1t is humor that grease0
| the axle on which the world revolves. We
are supposed to be frivolous people, ana
so We are on the surface, but we work SO
| hard that we have got to laugh as an
outlet, and you will find that most Sue
cessful books and plays have humor -
their predominant note.-The Critic.
This fall has been rich in biography.
Besides those named there is NJ de Blow.
it's My Memoirs 1t Is like this anus
ing egOist to give his book so personal q
title, but we will not quarrel with thS
title nor the egoism, for it Is the latter
quality that makes the book SO entertain
ing.-The Critic.
Although Winston Churchill has been
avcrse 10 the serial publication OF h11
books before their issue in book form,
certain historical portions of his new nov.
Ell Will appear In CoiiiefS weekly, peSi1-
ming with the December number. They
will be entitled THE Borderiand." and
will tell the story of the famous Indian
campaign under George Rogers Clark.
One of the scenes describes Moultrie az
the battle of Charleston. and introduces
such characters as Daniel Boone and An
drew Jackson. The complete novel will b
brought out early in January b. The Mao
milan Company under the title The
Crossing
!. Edward Porritt. in the course Of his pre-
eface to 1.-The Unrefo:m med House of Com
MONS published by the Macmillan Com
pany. states that at least five-sevenths OF
the research necessary for the writing OF
these volumes on British and Irish affairs
has been done in American libraries.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPU BLIC.
Doctor Weir Mitchell has been absorb
Ing the personality of so exalted per-
eonaSe as George Washington. He i'm
AGNES the Father of Our County in his
old age at Mount Vernon recording with
his own pen the story of his youthful
life and influences that affected ii for good
or ILL.,
1t will first appear serial in the
Century. The author has so fully en-
tered into the habit of mind OF Washing
ton says his publisher, that it IS in,pos-
sible for the ordinary reader to separate
in the text the passages taken from his
actual writings from those which Doctor
Mitchell ina sines him to write
Were another than one of Doctor Mitch
ellis standing to attempt such a radical
form of Interpretation Biography. is it?>
his effort would be greeted with ridicuie.
1t may be assumed. though whether or
not Doctor Mitchell has apprcximated
Washington's habit of mind that he VIII
produce a work of interest and merit.
Hall Caine. we all know well-too well.
many think. Hall Game. the best adver-
tised man who ever put pen TO paper, has
the distinction OF being considered in many
quarters what is graphically termed a
false alarm. As to the correctness of
such a judgment. we are not at this par
ticular moment concerned.
The point is that Mr.. Game has gone to
Iceland. there TO make studies for his next
novel, the plot Of which will lie partly
there and partly in London. We are lit
following in the line of THE Manxman,"
will call his new book. The Iceman."
pcrs: The dollar and a half novel of to-
day was the dime novel of yesterday in
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A COMPLETE BOOK STORE.
GFand.Leader's Book Department
Has This Distinction.

A commodious. well-stocked and easily
accessible book store is that Of the Grand
Leader. This concern has built Spe-
cial balcony on the main floor for this de-
partment. Being apart from the rest Of the
store. one IL not interfered with by the
crowds, and then it is easily reached
There is stairway leading up to the bal
cony at the west Washington avenue en-
trance and at the Broadway entrance
thus one Is not compelled to go through
the entire store to get to the book section.
The thousands OF volumes are all dis
played. SO one may look them over. Each
little nook and corner is accessible. ana
divisions have been made Of the Different
classes of books. 1t will not be necessary
to wade through lot of fiction to find any
historical work. nor will ii be necessary
to go over volumes of poems. history
etc., to find books for boys. girls or chill.
dren. Each classification Is nicely madeb
the titles are plainly visible and prices
conspicuously displayed. SO one is not re-
quired to turn to a salesperson to learn
the cost Of anything.
In the children's section number OF
new books are shown. among them
Mother Goose Newly Feathered." The
title Is suggestive OF the character OF the
book. There Is no better food for the
mind of the young and manly boy than
the works of Alger. Optic. Verne. OTIS
Castleman and others. The new calens
dars are very beautiful and are shown In
complete variety. !.
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Mrs Elizabeth Cherry Waltz. who disd
a few weeks ago. was by way on makino
den" stories have been among the most
read and most enjoyed of any of the Cen.
fury Magazines serials. Mrs. Waltz ha0
To tell a story, The "Pa Gladden. stories
were written By the light Of the nidnight
oil. There was no harder-workfng jour.
nalist in this country than Mrs. Wait6
She was the literary editor OF the Aouae
vile Courier-Jourual
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06

s. P. Mclean Green writes:
Il do not rely upon book reviews The
whole matter is a doubtful equation. l do
rot subscribe for reviews of my books
and 1 zee only those that come to me by
chance. Doubtless some of them are writ
ten by the most discerning of minds and
with strict regard for the truth as it ap-
pears to the individual critic Doubtiess.
some of them are shallow or biased by the
mood Of tho critic. Surely it Is better that
an author should not pay great regard to
them.
His work is . work Of patience, steady
and persistent. however much joy he may
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06
S. P. Mclean Green writes:

serve to show one often II ones literary
hat is on straight"
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historian weighing out judgment with a
steel meteyard. We have the passionate
hero-worshiper. describing with a glow OF
unusual and sustained eloquence the-ex-
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find in it The toll itself is all that can
lead him higher, to correct his faults, an
far as he may; above all to follow in his
work his truest ideals without regard to
praise or blame, to speak In n way ever
more clear. direct from the heart.
David Graham Phillips defends newspa-
per reviewers:
The newspaper reviewer seems les
burdened. as a rule. by the thought Of hh
duty to be profound and to express him
self in professional argot. He seems to
strive after alertness and directness rather
than after weight and authority How
ever, of late ponderosity and the use ok
the artificial flowers and fruit of so-called
style are almost as much frowned on in
the magazine as in the newspaper.
And II the author has been unable to
compel the critics to sympathy. / cannot
see. how he has any right to complain that
they refuse to look at his work from Ids
point OF view.
Probably no man is great enough to
like blame, even il deserved, better than
praise. even II undiscriminating. But It
seems to me that any man who hopes to
learn to work well must first learn to
prefer to praise the criticism which picks
him to pieces in order that he may put
himself together the better"
OF the poetry by W. D. Howells, written
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Herman Knickerhocker yieIe says:
Il have small patience with n writer
who scorns glance at his reviews. They
nay be no more mirrors than the plates
Of glass between the customer and the
wares exposed for sale. but still they
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06

PLOTS OF his lllustrious chief In these
chapters. notably in the tragic tale of Mr..
| Parnelfs catastrophe, Mr. Morley rises to
heights untouched before.
1T is a new Morley that We meet in
| these pages; a Morley glowing with the
fervor OF his earlier manhood, Morley
who is still hot with the press and throng
Of battle. who chants as an exultant war
song the story Of the prowess Of his chief
There is a splendid swing in the move
ment Of this stirring theme. In those times
Of sturm und drang, Mr.: Morley was the
chief stay Of Mr.. Gladstone He was with
him in the moments of high exultation
and OF deep depression. He was friend
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06
illustrated Books for Children.

Rambilcus Book, Wonder Tales for Children, by
Dougall.
Jest Nuts. by Bridgeman author of Guess and Guess
Again.
Baby Days, by Editor of St Nicholas.
The Children's Annual by Crosand.
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early in that distinguished novelist's ca
reer, a writer in the Booklover has this
to say:
These lyrics are mostly OF philosoph-
zeal character. but always truly poetical
because they are always expressive Of
emotion, sometimes of purely sentiment
al emotion. but mainly of sort Of emo
ton which two or three years ago IN a
little essay on modern art l called the
emotion Of the intellect
"A brooding melancholy. resultant Of