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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13
With a Comment or Two.

The Richmond Tfmes-Dispatch says
. that Amherst county whlskey got some
thing Of jar along with other products
Of that county In the committees find
ings," This is the first we have heard OF
liars" In connection with the famous
case-we were under the IMPRESSION that
Jugs and "prescription bottles were
tho only liquid receptacles that had hg-
ured In it.-Norfolk Landmark,
II Mr.. Cleveland continues to repeat II
am out Of politics" some people will say
that he doth protest too much."-Ra-
leigh News Observer.
Some people Will harshly critic!se any
thing Mr.. Cleveland may say on any sub
ject especially politics and himself.
From all indications, It would seem
that the Eastern North Carolina weekly
editors have pretty well made up their
minds that It is up to them to name the
presidential candidates for 1oo4,-Greens-
borO Telegram,
Never mind. They will never agree
among themselves.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13
A MERCHANT'S1FAkE.

Our Charlotte correspondent tells a
strange story. He says that recently
there has been considerable speculation
in pennies In that section Of North Caro-
lima, and that large numbers OF the pen
MES OF 1902 were purchased at from three
to twelve cents each Tho speculation
grew out of the advertisement OF Wash
ington firm. promising to pay on March
Sd eighteen cents for 1902 pennies" AS
there was no restriction In the number of
pennies to be purchased naturally those
who saw the advertisement bought all
TIL. pennies of that coinage that they could
rake and scrape. But when ,5the first
speculator arrived with his bag OF cop
pers' he was informed that the offer
was not to pay eighteen cents for every
penny oflthat coinage, but to pay eighteen
cents for one thousand, nine hundred and
two pennies
This was case Of juggling with the
truth, The advertisement was, of course,
intended to make the impression that
the concern would pay eighteen cents each
for every penny of the coinage of 1902
which should be presented, and it is pos
sibe that in a court OF justice the con-
Germ could be made to redeem the pledge.
It will not do to put the firms own in
depreciation upon the language. It was
clearly intended to make certain i'm
preston, and did make that impression.
and the concern ought to be held respon-
sible for the deception which 1t practiced
But whether or not responsible in law,
no merchant can ford to resort to such
tricks In order to advertise his store or
his wares. The people can be fooled once
but they cannot be fooled indefinitely
They very soon discover the advertiser
who fakes them, and they will give him
the go-by as soon as they make the dis
covery. In business, as in everything
else, 1t is character that tells. The store
which makes for itself reputation fol-
reliability and honest dealing is the store
that will have permanent success. Faklr!
may prey upon tho people for little
| while, but taking cannot permanently sue
coed. Advertising will soon become worth
less unless every promise made is re
deemed,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13

entitled to occupy. First Of all, II we
would get the best tehcherssAf VIC would
make teaching d profession, II we would
have men and women go Into It rs d
3iife.work rather than a inakeshitt, we
must pay living salaries. After that we
must treat our teachers With proper con-
siderator. How can we hope to have
the children property taught wheh they
themselves do not have respect for the
tenclier; and how can we expect tho clill-
ttlrcn to have respect for tlte teacher
when parents speak dispnragingly and
contemptuously Of those who conduct the
ischoo1s7
y II we have d delicate piece OF machinery
We employ an expert to look aftor It,,
for. we say tllnt It Is poor economy to
put such nlf,,aohine In the hands Of a
cheap man. Il we have fancy horses,
( that wo would train for the raco track
we put them In the hands OF men who
have made horse flesh the Study Of their
lives and who understand their business.
Nor do we sickle over the price. We
reason that It is the poorest sort of econ
omy to put blooded colt under tho
training ola cheap man, who may spoil
the colt and destroy Its valt1c HI ~
But when It comes to teaching our
children wo drive tho best bargain we
can, and employ, too frequently, the
crca pest teacher in the market. There!
are cooks and house maids IN this town
who mako moro clear money every month
than some Of the teachers in our public
schools. How many teachers are there
in Richmond who have fifteen dollars a
month left after paying for their board
and lodglng7 Ii
Every teacher should be consecrated to,
his worl should 20 into the profession
not as a nlakeshift, but as a life-work;
but we cannot expect cultivated men and
women to go into this profession for life
when tho Inducements are rs poor as they
now are. We ought to pay our teachers
living salaries; enough to support them
selves conf rtably; enough to give them
the opportunity OF improving themselves
during the vacation, and we should pro-
vide a small pension for those who have
worn themselves out in the service.
Can we do too much for those whose
business 1t is to train the children OF the
land? And can we be too particular in
selecting them? And Is 1t not good ec9n-
omy to secure the best that money can
buy2 t Gl .j8
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13
ARdENTlNA's SUGGESTION.

An official statement has been given out
Mt the legation of the Argentine Repup-
lie. in Washington, denying the report
a hatsthat government had asked for an
alliance with the United States, and thnt
tho proposition had been rejected by
Secretary Hay. The report grew out OF
tho fact that the Argentine Republic
,,,ronrh It's representative In Washington,
ihai made representations and suggestions
n Secretary Hay relative to tho coercive
collection OF public debts OF American
s,otes by European nations, II was rep
resented In this note that tho Argentine
government felt that there was great
Danger to tho peace OF the continent y
The compulsory demand OF Immediate pay
ment OF public debts or natlonal opl'sa-
tons was TO be accepted In silence, With
out Discrimination. as right OF tne
stronger powers of Europe TO control
and dominate the weaker and struggling
States Of Central and South America.
While not upholding any nation thai
would disregard Its obligations, IT was
pointed out that compulsory and imme'
date demand for payment at given mo-
,nent OF a public debt by means of force
would not produce other than the ruin OF
the weaker nations and the absorption OF
their government together with all thcil
inherent faculties. by the powerful nations
of 3.he earth
This note again br.pgs The Monroe Doe
trine to the front and brings TO our at
tention the embarrassment therein Or
tho one hand We maintain that al! thu
republics OF South America should keel
faith with their creditors. and on tn
other hand We say that no foreign powe
must acquire territory on TINS side OF IN
Atlantic or Cypress any OF the republic
OF South America or IN any way Interior
with. theis form of government
Tie intimation Of the Venezuelan Gov
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13
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IN IKE .cana


Nashville News: "Judging from the
kind of discussion on the race question
going on IN the Wisconsin LEGISLATURE,
It Is indeed no place FOR soulheFH men
to go to air their views
Florida Times Union:a THE southern
say-mill men are wanting more money
for their lumber, So are the western
meat men and tho Eastern lnanufaclur-
nrs--why condemn phase OF human ma
ture that is bred in the pone
Chattanooga Times: 1T Is both slgn'Il-
cant and reassllrIng to note tHht lhe
great news.carrying agencies no Longer
cive m whole columns to Mr., Bryan IN
Which 10 exploit his individual Views, but
he is confined "a q few words of reitera-
lion Of his unfalteripg faith IN his own
wisdom and In his own leaaership." 's
Nashville AmerIcaD: 1.-TWO years ago
the Legislature OF Wisconsin refused 70
mass bin prihibiting Miscesenation-the
marriage of negroes and whites a
similar bin 10 before the present Legisla-
tire Of that state, and the arguments
against it arc simply disgusting, Is not
a matter we care to alscuss. put y me
white women and men OF wisconsin, VINO
belong largely to the foreign element,
desire to marry negroes ~ 70 produce a
race of mongrels. they should not COM
plain II they are treated ~ they deserve
when they 20 among Whlto tolkS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13
THE STANDING OF TEACHERS,

Recently tho Worlds Work sent specific
inquiries to e. large number of teachers
In every portion of the country, asking
directly what they felt their own posi-
lions to be. Tho replies are most interest,"
Ing and yet most pathetic. According
to their own account Of themselves the
teachers In all parts of the country feel
that they aro q sort of necessary evil,
and that they do not hold the position In
the literary world that the people OF other
professions hold. In New England they
say that they are looked on "sometimes
with contempt, often with Pity" That
the young men fresh from college take
school to keep the pot boiling while
they prepare themselves for something
else, and that the young women keep
their eyes open for husband or an
easier life
New Hampshire says her teachers arc
usually "commisera ted" That the women
would prefer marriage and the men
other means OF making q living.
Reports from Vermont indicate tina,
"such OF the public as know nothing
. . T d
about teaching regard It as an oyer-paid
sinecure, whilo the more intelligent mem.
bers Of the community look upon 1t as an
uncertain makcshift, to DO taken UP only
by q man moving on to higher things, o,
by woman watching and waiting 70.
her true estate"
Rhode Island declares that teaching
as an abstract proposition Is highly re-
spected, but that the treatment of III,
teacher Is another matter" In many
cases she does not respect her own call
Ing and cannot do so In an atmosphere
OF uncertainty and neglect"
l From Connecticut comes the statement
/ standing because he cannot afford It
"He Intends TO leave tho calling" A
woman announces that she expects tc
teach only q short time because she
would prefer to manage fewer children
and those all her own.
And so 1t goes throughout the entlr.
list. IT is the same In New York, In New
Jersey and pennsylvania, In the sou,l
and in the West. This Is a most serious
question for the people of the Unitet
states to consider. II Is impossible t
q get the best results Whca we treat gu
teachers as hlrellngs and refuse to &C
: cord to them the position Which they ar
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13
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THE
gABOUT
TOWN
BY
Harry: :liI,;,': Tucker |,

DAILY C,ALDNDATa--Nfarch 1917.
Il 1002-Ehster bonnets high.
19O3ADitto /.
rs NJ. u. But that makes no difference. s 70
US, for we will have to get 't Jus 80
same.
4 wa have lust received letter from
friend who has been suf,merlng a., MIL
tor III Tampa and other points ", ~ p'o'tua
and Chesterfield county. He says:
Down hero OH tho east ., coasu y" trbnro,a
quite a lot Of people 70 uknow. 5i,,,,,s
fla couhtess dc Cnstellnhe md Adolphus
Busch, and your old friend John PER-
nom Morgan. The latter appears TO
81, Nor GREATLY from tho crowded con ldi
lion Of railway traffic. Ills limited hc-
Communications only Include passase
cnF,. three Pulln1ans ana q oihlt eI, Ha ~
his party consists OF seven s.oe -, :, TN, INA
eighteen servants, 50 YOU can imagine
how he must be cra1nped.
Va don't know about being so crowd
al We know another fellow who took
eighteen schooners to carry him.
mo twentieth knocked him out.
Our old friend. Tom Bagley, the Mayor
NJ Honrico county, carries q nickel with
n red plug in It.
h "What do you carry that around for7''
asked Smltty.
you see that red spot? When | carry
this coin in my clothes, I always nave
rcddy money. see!" said t the Mayor fy
Our subscription to the Congressional
Record has been removed. and when Pri-
yatc Secretary Johnnie Page saw us
yestere'en. he told ts It was O. X
we are certainly glad, for We are
always good reader of the Record, and
we get lots OF tips from its sporting
page
"Tarking about deaths, suicide and
MURDERS" said Mister James Mum, "a
fellow came In here one day. and got
some oysters. z5js
5'"'Whiic he enjoyed himself. I told him
a good story. But he didn't crack nary
a smile, and when he got through With
the oysters he entrout to the WASH.
ington Monument, pulled pistol from
his pocket and shot himself dead in the
snow.
'.Every since then have refused not
to tell no more funny stories.
Dobbins' Quartettee are now getting
ready in Manchester to sing at the
opening ceremonies at Dobbins, new
place. @
The quartette Is one Of the best on
Hull Street, and we have had the pleas
ure Of seeing them put their bonds to-
gether and practice for the st. Patrick's
day opening.
they are Messrs. Eddie Daniel John
Verser, Charles Haynes and Ernest
Blount.
We are going to be on hand VIXEN the
gas is turned on.
All hall the fair one with the bewitch-
ing smile and the severe voice.
All hail. Isadores Rush, the magnet
that has drawn US to the play when
toothache tried to hold US down in
bed!
All hail n
Also, all hail Little Corine!
The dark-eycd beauty whose sweet
voice haunted us twelve years ago, and
whose face and figure embedded Itself
upon our mind!
All hail. Florodora!
we were present at the organization
Of the Happy Family Club" and i
Will give us great pleasure to say some
thing about the club tomorrow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13
Personal and General,

Hon, william II, Villas has preserves AZ a.
the Grand Army Memorial ,,a ,a.,n Mus ~ him.
SELF by request.
w'qm Il Arnold nnd,n, e. = p; he q Hi Nss
aan,. nroTessorship, Of the Hebrew lan'
guage and literature at the AndoyeF sens
mary.
Commander seaton Schroeder, tn, the e.
called Governor Of Guam, has 1ust nr'
rived in San Francisco, and IT Is rus
mored that he will succeed Captain SIZES
bee bee, as chief Intelligence officer at Wash7
5ington,
George a.. II. Bhidler, prominently Men-
toned as a candidate for the Repnpllca,n y
nomination for Governor Of Indlana :, Us -
Wall known for the work he has dolls
i, CONNECTION with the penal institutions OF
indiana and tho State institutions sen'
orally, sssi sis
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13
The GreenvIlle Reflector sounds this
The Goldsboro Headlight remarks:

''I>ho good roads problem is as much a
matter of concern to the merchant as to
tho farmer; to the townspeople as to
those in the country. 1t is one In which
they should all join eagerly In solving.
There Is not a community In this county
or elsewhere that 1t not paying moro for
bad roads than It would cost to maintain
good ones"
The Charlotte Observer is responsible
for this story:
'"The information that the bill to shut
the Christian Scientists out of tho State
was SO amended by tho Legislature as
not to have that effect. Is reminder
that during tho session. when the COM
mltee to which this bill had been referred
decided to report 1t favorably, and when
tho Christian Scientists present were
much depressed, their counsel told them
to cheer up and think that tho committee
had not so decided; In fact. to think that
the Legislature was not In session q =
all There Is no record that his clients
got overly much enjoyment out OF his
WitticISm," hf#l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13
THE BOSTON REPEATER.

Tn tho election investigation now going
on at Boston, Henry Brown, Of Ward Ward
s. on wednesday testified that ne voted
seven timos under promise OF receiving I'M
81 for each vote Another man, Brown
said. voted twcnty-four times between
and s q clock in tho morning
Tho election in question was for Con-
rressmcn and members Of the Legl5la-
,ure, but this particular inquiry Is be-
Ing made by the Legislature.
The statements We have quoted were
made at q hearing on bills to strengthen
the present election law. According to
Brown-which Is as authentic as, accord
Inc to Hoyle, In certain other matters
he .,Inet persons on election day going
from precinct to precinct and voting in
dill Of Them"
The efforts Of the election reformers In
Massachusetts are to be commended. Rad
ical changes seem needed There must
be something rotten in registration books
which make 1t easy for repcatcrs to do
their work as these are said to have
done.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13
North Carolina Sentiment.

\ The raleigh Post says: FIn5YE -
"Nlr. Grover Cleveland says with en-.
phasis peculiar to him when he wants
to be fully understood that he Is not
and will not be candidate for the
Democratic nomination for the Presi-
dency. This Is q very severe blow to tho
head of our ticket, but Uncle Dick Olney
or Mr.. German will BIO very nearly as
good.'
warning:
considering tho condition OF its r.
nances, the State is spending too much
money for colleges and too little for
schools, What Is a college to boy who
cannot go to public school?"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13

The election in New Hampshire was a
catastrophe to Mrs. Gait and her fol-
lowers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13

The country Is safe. New Hampshire
voted against womans suffrage. The
country would have been safe anyhow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13

The horse comes to the front again.
that is. in very short while. The date
for the Leesburg Horse Show has been
set for June Sd and 4th.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13

A few more days like yesterday and
the Virginia farmers will make q big
start on this years crop.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13

Anent our recent observation concern
ing the terms upper house" and flower
house, now occasionally applied to the
Senate and House of Delegates of the
Virginia General Assembly, Mr. VI w.
Scott state Librarian. thinks It Is posi-
bly, survival Of usage that may have
prevailed before the Commonwealth had
Senate. Then the bills passed by the
Aasembl. went to tho Governors coun-
Gil, and II approved by It were forward
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13

Tho Buffalo authorities are still wrest-
ling with clues. but they have not yet
caught any that they can hang.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13

When we shall have heard the last OF
the Campbell case q Thanksgiving proc.
lamation will be in order.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13

Boston has tire banquets in waiting for
General Miles. Well he is In good health
and his digestive organs are In fair work.
ing order.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13

In Chicago 1913 veniremcn were sum
moned and from them Jury was found
that convicted and punished the coal
swlndlers. Now, who says that there Is
anything wrong with the number 80?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13

No. 1t is too carlygto seed congressional
candidates.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13

Be-
Mr.. Arthur l.. Pennell, Of Buffalo, who
was killed in the automobile accident on
Tuesday, carried life insurance to the
amount of $4,000 and accident insurance
policies footing up $4,000. The cost Of
these was about SIX thousand dollars per
annun,, which Is thought to have been as
large all amount as his law-practice was
worth.
It Is now said that the police will make
personal search OF the effects Of the
deceased with the view of nscertalnng II
there Is among them any paper or docu-
ment throwing light upon the murder Of
Burdlck.
We cannot possibly see what right tho
police have to do any such thing, without
first getting an order Of court. I'VE pre-
sumo. however. that they Will be stopped
by an injunction sued out by Pencils
executor or administrator, unless, Indeed.
their own good sense come to their help
in time to avert such an atroclous In
yasion of ones home and private af-
fairs
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-11-26
A Law Abiding Citizen.

Representative Hull of Iowa sent
home garden seeds to a constituent
last spring. They came from the De-
partment Of Agriculture and We're en-
closed in one of the regular fl anked
government envelopes. On the corner
Of each Of these envelopes appears
this legend: Penalty for private use,
three hundred dollars"
A few days later Hull received a let,
ter from his constituent which read:
Dear Mr.. Hull don't know what
to do about those garden seeds you
sent me. l notice it is three hundred
dollars fine for private use. l don't
want to use them for the public. I
want to plant them in my private gar
den. can't afford to pay three hun.
dred dollars for the privilege Won't
you see If you can't fix 1t so | can use
them privately, for l am law abiding
citizen and do not want to commit any
crime"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-11-26
AN INSECT THERMOMETER.
Cricket Chirps Eear Close Relation
to the Tempera ure,

Cricket Chirps Eear Close Relation
to the Tempera ure.
On an autumn evening, when the
crickets are out enjoying life too, it
is very interesting to be able to tell
the temperature of the air by the
number Of chirps the cricket makes
per minute.
1t seems that the rate of chirps is
affected by the temperature, and the
exact relation of the temperature to
the number of chirps has been esti-
mated. With little care in counting,
one soon becomes expert enough to
tell the temperature within one or two
degrees Fahrenheit.
One meets with many discourage
ments at first as he tries hard to count
every chirp; the cricket stops before
the minute is up; other insects notes
drown out the criCket's; the noise Of
passing vehicles. etc, are very apt to
interrupt at the critical moment OF
counting. But a little patience will
easily overcome such difficulties.
When one has the average number
of chirps per minute, take one-fourth
Of that number, and add forty to that;
the result will be the temperature
within a degree or two of the actual
temperature as read from thermome-
ter hung out of doors.
Another experiment Is to capture a
cricket and take him into the house
| and see how much faster he chirpS
when he is warm.
To count the chirps per minute, TAX
ing one-fourth Of that number and
adding forty to it may seem a little
complicated-but it is really very SIM
pie, and is like the game, Think of
number, and double it," put to an
interesting purpOse.-St Nicholas.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-11-26
Larg st Hanging Bell.

What Is perhaps the largest hanging
bell in the world Is to be seen in Man
dalay, India. This is the Mingun Bell,
on the right bank of the IRA waddy,
almost opposite the city Of Mandalay.
This immense bell measures as fol-
lows: Height to crown, ~ feet; II feet
high to the top Of the griffin-like mon
sters; diameter at the lip, 10 feet, 3
inches; thickness Of metal from 6 inch
es to II inches. 1t weighs about eighty
tons, and Is suspended on three mas
sive round beams Of teak placed horl-
zontally the one over the other their
ends resting on two pillars Of enor-
nous size, composed of masonry and
large upright teak posts. This bell
was cast at the end of the eighteenth
century, under the superintendent OF
the reigning king.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-11-26
Preachers Not All Doctors.

or the 300 Congregational minis
tiers in England, Scotland, Wales and
Ireland, only tiftysix hold diplomas,
comforting a degree of doctor, accord
ing to the London Christian World
Some held more than one, making the
total number siXty-fve; of these
twenty-siX came from American col
leges, Yale having bestowed five Of
them. 1t is not worth while making
much fuss about the remaining twenty
one, though several ~ them came
from institutions little known In this
country.