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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-12

OF Galiee spoke His little word about
love- Since that word was spoken bill
lions of human beings have come and
gone. but the word remains as true to-
day as 1t was when 1t was spoken
There is no life In this world except the
life of love.
What is your life worth? It is worth
Just as much as the love that there may
be in 1t, That much and no more. The
richest human being is the human being
who loves the most. and who is the most
loved in return.
The richest being ever on this earth
was Jesus of Nazareth. because He loved
everything and everybody. His deep Joy
arose from the fact that His great
heart went out in sympathy to everything
that breathe!
Down at the magnificent villa at Capua
dwelt one JlleerIus, the Lord and Master
of the World. whose, word was law,
whose Golfers were filled with gold, and
whose whims We're catered to by tan
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-12
Chinrnie Fadden Tells Of His Adventures In Pari,

Oats de Lord Mayors American
wit" says me friend. tipping me de
wink.
Well, after dat, deux book wasntin
de money, and l was putting pints of
flzz where dey wouldn't do nobody no
harm but me. when, pchee! along
comes Mr.. Paul, and seeing de New
Yorker he stops to give him de gleeful
void, Den he pipes me off. tautful. a
minute, and says: "Chimn1ie. have
you bought our tickets for Rome" 81
II was just on me way, SIR says.
We've changed our minds. no says.
land are on for home. Get staterooms
on de ship dat sails tomorrow. and go
to de hotel and pack me baggage
says he.
De Willies gasp like gold fish and
chases mesef. after g1vin 'em in I.
vte to call on me If ever dey lost
DER wads In de Bowery.
Well. de next day We was off. and
here we is. l haven't been doing a
ting but seeing de little old Island OF
Manhattan. to find out II any, OF 1t
has sneaked out of town trou de subs
way. buC IL y oil IieIep WA 10 lLdL
iron to boot. Honest, you never know
how much New York is to de good I'M
til you've been to form parts. I'm
chasing around so much, dat Duchess
says ought to so into de guide bust
ness. When told dat to Mr.. Paul
he says dere Is wisdom In de woids
OF Duchess.
Deere is many parts of me native
city," he says. dat I know only by
de quaint reports Of de novelists of
local color; but as dey is mostly color
blind" he says, II don't feel dat I've
been properly introduced to me native
town, yet. II you. Chames, will pois-
sonally conduct me about town lit
tie, Ill try not to appear too much
like a looker-on in Vienna"
Dat means dat he wouldn't look like
farmer. So OATS what I'm doing,
and I'll tell you about 1t now and den:
Mr.. Paul being de poissonal party, and
me being de possonal conductor.
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in the South. In 1897. believe. l made
n tramping trip which covered eleven
States. and ended just prior to the Span
ish-American war in Pittsburg, Pa.
On this trip was quarantined in
yellow fever camp in Alabama. Later
on. in Birmingham. called on and dined
with Major John w Johnston. Here
met his daughter. Miss Mary, who was
afterward to become famous as the au-
thor of ITO Have and to Hold" and "Au-
drey."
In New Orleans. / was entertained by
the former Supervising Architect OF the
United States. and a s ] Travelled north
stopped at Louisville and called on Bishop
Dudley. of the Episcopal Diocese Of Ken
tucky. an ante-bel schoolmate of my
father.
In April, 1898. reached Pittsburg and
enlisted in the Eighteenth Pennsylvania
Regiment for service In the Spanish
American war. Our regiment never saw
active service. and was mustered out IN
the following October. when l bore the
rank of corporal.
IInon the reoryanization Of the Penn
svlvania National Guard I enlisted as a
corporal and was atterward commissioned
lieutenant by Governor William a. stone
in the same regiment l had served In
during the war
am perhaps the only Southerner and
nonresident who ever held commission
in the National Guard of Pennsylvania
Mixing a little in politics was elected
a delegate ito two State conventions IN
Virginia and had charge of Democratic
headquarters in Randolph county. West
Virginia, during the last Presidential cam
paign. l was christened Presbyterian,
but was confirmed in the Episcopal
Church and afterward became identified
with the Methodists. l have. of course.
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that Alton Steedman was driving along
the Same road in wa gon, not far behind
his old enemy. Reaching the spot a few
minutes after the accident occurred. he
noticed Tyler lying unconscious by the
roadside, and in position where he
would probably soon have been dead had
he not been rescued,
In flash the hatreds of fifty years
standing were forgotten and steedman's
arms We're doing their best to lift Tyer's'
senseless form into the wagon,
But the arms We're weak and would not
obey the will of the aged Samaritan; so
laying his old enemy safely aside from
the beaten way. steedman whipped his
horse to neighboring farmhouse for
assistance.
Returning witha couple Of lusty farm
ers, Tyler was placed into the wagon and
driven to the doctor who dressed his
wounds and saved his life.
Returning to consciousness and learn
ing who had saved him. Tyler sent for
steedman AND from all accounts there was
"a happy meeting when tic two old men
ciasped hands!
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boiled in their hearts robbed life of all
its charms. "He that hateth his brother
abideth in death" Alton Steedman hated
Peter Tyler, and Peter Tyler hatel Alton
steedman, and sure enough. according to
the old eternal law they We're dead.
They were alive at the dance in the
long ago, for then they loved each other;
and then half a century they were dead
dead because the love was changed to
hate-but they began 70 live again yes
terday, for yesterday the old love came
back to them and made all things beau
tiful.
Once more the old men are boys, boys
In their good will and loving kindness.
III is true their heads are gray and theIr
forms are bent but their hearts are warm
once more with tha old time love; and
IN spirit they are hoys again, as they
We're when they danced with the girls
before the guns were fired on Sumter or
the tirst cablegram, had been sent under,
the seas!
1t has been long time since the Ma,l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-12

| once president Of the Court Of Appeals Of
Virginia. and my father. Henry G. Allen.
| was Speaker of the Virginia House OF
| Delegates In 1873 and was appointed by
| Grover Cleveland as United States dis
| trict attorney during that Presidents first
| term. am also connected by blood with
| Dolly Payne Madison and Stonewall Jack
| son.
| Rather queer, isn't 1t, that blood re-
| latlon Of such as these should become an
| abitual wanderer on the face OF the
| earth?
| had all the early advantages which
breeding could give. but with these adj
| vantages / acquired the Unsuitable crav-
ing for the change and adventure which
could only be satisfied by wandering
| have been the compa Mon OF tramps
| and beggars and the guests of million
aires have dined at the aristocratic
Duquesne Club, in Pittsburg, and have
| eaten cold corn bread and fat meat hand
ed out from the backdoor of cabin in
South Carolina. .haNe slept in lthe
! Planters Hotel in st. Louis and in Bow
| cry lodging houses in New York. have
! Travelled In Pullmans and in gondolas and
| once. indeed, l was one Of the invited
guests Of the president OF railroad In
his private car on a hundred-mile trip.
This was during the last Bryan cam
paign. when ex-senator Henry G. Davis
took small party in his car to keyser.
W. va, from Elkins to hear Bryan speak.
I shall never forget my feelings as sat
in chair on the observation end OF
that car. the guest of a multi-millionaire
and railroad president. and watched the
same ties fly by that had tramped over
only few months before.
In the many thousand miles have COW
cred my life has certainly been wonder
full in its changes.
During the last yellow fever epidemic
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she says, us good enough for us what
has been married five years Of
surely 1t Is good enough for Nam
zelle Fannie and M'sieu Paul what
has only been married five weeks. and
do not know where dey is at, yet
Kesky say Lucerne? Pour quot Lu-
cerne?' she says. AN diable LIZ
cerner she says. II have ordered by
de card postal OF my good friend
de wife of de excellent chef of de
Restaurant OF de Miraculous Catch OF
Fish. on de bank of de Seine. de
sheeny, la fourchette, to be solved
on de veranda to Mam'zelle and
M'sieu, and to you and me In de
cuisine. OATS where We'll CO. Luz
cerne! A bas! Lucerne."
And dat's what we done. Lucerne
was to de bah.
Now, and den. Mr.. Paul sat up
and took notice dat we was still IN
Paris, and he'd order me to get EN-
ready to go somewhere else. But
Duchess would have a plant all ready
TO queer de game, and mostly Mr..
Paul and Miss Fannie was too happy
to know Wedder dey Wds on &c W.
town. or downtown train. or was
taking a Lexington Av-noo car to so
up Broadway.
Once Mr.. Paul woke up enough to
ask me why we was not on de way to
Lucerne, and told him dere was Ice
on de told rail, but we'd be on IN De
morning If dere was no strike OF de
Pullman porters, and de road was
clear. So l chases to Duchess and
saws. What, r. ell says. que
d!able?" says l.
"Simple CONNIE un verre q eau,
which is Paris for Dead easy" she
says. And We chases down to de Rue
de Rivoli, and buys hotel guide OF
de Swiss Mountains. and leaves 1t In
DER rooms.
going dere," says Duchess; and not
"a me near as much harm,
Is Duchess a bold? What! Honest,
IL dat gol ever lost her. nolye. dere
wouldn't be enough OF her left to
"Now dat M'sieu Paul is to be our
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wit dat langwudge mesef. BY de TIME
family and me had drunk about gal
lon of blue claret each-are you on to
petit bleu?-and de Riddles had got
over wondering why l wasn't red skin
ned, and didn't do rough house with a
tomyhawk, l was parlez-vous-ing to
beat q boarding-school goil. But
when won seventeen franc from one
of me French uncles, learning him how
to shoot craps. he used some woids
what was dead ringers to me. ask
ed Duchess what dey was, but she
says dere was no woids In English to
explain EN-. II OATS so. Unky must
have used some gaudy langwudge, or
else Duchess hasn't de neck holt on
English my wife ought have. / was
telling Mr.. Paul about dat, and he says
dat when de French takes de boxing
gloves or DER language. and gets real
busy using 1t wit bare fists, dey makes
de woist talk of odder nations sound
like yiolets smell.
But let me tel you: / got in one
round Of straight English. all right. l
desc Italians one day. wit me stick and
me pipe. and de bull dog--what was
oVer-Weight from de bites he had took
out Of French poodles-when mug wit
tie, pipes me off In straight Manhat-
tan, and says, ''Scuse me-" he says
Didn't ] used to see you In New
Sure. if,you was dere. and out for
your healt." ! says.
What, are you doing here he says.
butting In with me and de dog.
de best cam" says I. And It's
dry, at dat" says Il,
"Here's a empty table" he says, and
we sat down at de sidewalk able, and
has deuX book, what's as near as de
French can come to saying Two
beers"
copied de mug, all right. He's "A
dead swell New Yorker I'd often seen
at Mr. Paul's place. but he was In
Paris den. playing at being artist.
Well. as we wat-sitting dere. deux
booking now and den. him saying 1t
done him good to hear real New York
again, some English Willie boys comes
along, each wit one pop eye, and one
eye patched wit glass When me friend
sees dat de Englishmen was headed
for him, foist he near truns a fit. and
den he passes me out hurry whisper;
stand for any game play, he says,
desc Is a couple of tuft-hunters what
has near bored me to deaf"
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may find me peaceful grave where the
wanderer may rest.
List of William Aliens Jobs.

l-'ot w SV'udIIl SNnGII > oODSs
Clerk in Roanoke Machine Works. Roa-
roke. Va.
Rodman Civil Eng. Corps, Buena Wis.,
Ia, Va.
3Advertsing Southern Booms
Copying Clerk. Shenandoah County
Court. I5a
Chairman Engineering Corps. Buch-
anan, Va.
Typewtr Atty's Office, N. & w. r.
r.. Roanoke Va.
Real Estate and Insurance Agt.. Wood
stock, Va
Book Agent. Baltimore. Md.
Commissary Mngr. r. r. Construc-
ton. West Virginia.
10 Clerk In General Store. Buchanan. Va.
II Owner and Editor Democrat" Wood
stock. Va.
IL Envelope Addresser. philadelphia, Pa.
10 Roofer, Cleveland, Tenn
"A Running Knife Board, Meridian, Miss.
Is Pipe Man on Gas Line. West vir-
ginia and Ohio.
1s Insurance Agent, Washington D. c.
II Puddler's Helper. Alabama.
IS Machinist's Helper. Pittsburg. Pa.
10 Pump Engineer, Pittsburg. Pa.
20 Farm Hand, Lamont Ia.
q Day Laborer, Garrett, Ind.
% Grader on Railroad. West Virginia.
90 Shipping Clerk. Hosiery Mill. Whining
ton, Del.
"a Special Agent B. & L. Assn. Whining
ton. Del.
25 Rough Carpenter, West Virginia
30 Tankmsn in Ice Factory PhiiaAsl-
phia, "a
q Bookkeeper. Philadelphia. Pa
% Local Editor Randolph Enterprise, Ell.
klns. ". Va n
20 Secretary Stunt Motive Power ElkinS
= ". va Va. sup Nl0'''9 lo"s'' A'A'
On c.,.,a.,, u.s. e., ,,,u r,.,d.,...
y s w %a Eng. saw MIL Henof'eS''
>, -, p,u. r,r, ,,,.,,,
81 81 LABOR BOSS, slast Furnace. Virgins
+ o. Insurance. tAseht' 1ttspurs. d.
30 Com, n Chancery, shen. CIR. Court
y = & MS
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In all probability there was no good cause
for the quarrel, but anyway, Alton Steed-
man got angry with Peter Tyler and Pc
ter Tyler took a mortal grudge to Alton
steedman, and for more than genera
tion the two men did not speak, They
were near neighbors and crossed each
others paths daily; but the bad blood
boiled ana the neighbors who should have
been friends We're enemies,
Yesterday an old man, riding along a
lonely road near Benefits Mills, Pa, was
thrown from his horse, The vicious anil
NAL. having thrown its rider galloped on.
leaving the old man senseless by the
roadside. his gray head looking like a
bit of snow in the green grass that lined
the wayside where he had fallen,
IS was Peter Tyler. New 1t happened
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new master" says she. I'VE must start
in to train him proper at de beginning.
SO as he will never get no foolish no
ton dat he has right to do anything
much but love Mamzelle. and pay de
bills
Say, I'm passing it along to you on
de level; dat was de way 1t was
all de time we was in form parts. But
I amt making no boiler on dat score.
II 1t wasn't so far from de Bowery,
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Sure" says, not knowing what a
tuft-hunter was, but wanting to be
obliging. Everything goes says I.
and he tells de Willles to shake hands
wit de Lord Mayor of de Bowery.
Dey bot gives me de high hand shake,
and one of EN- calls me ME Lord.
and asks how big a city was de Bow
cry.
says 1T was de biggest ting on cart:
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and at dat bote open DER patched eyes
SO wide dey dropped DER windows, and
says de recalls something the travellers
had wrote about de Bowery. hut dey
never was on to it's size
Whats its principal industry. me
Lord?" asks one of EN-.
"Oh!" ! says. careless like. de prin--
cipal Industry Is boiling Holsters and
frying de fat out of suckers"
"Ah! see" says de Willie, RAIDER
by way of being a fishing center. Like
our Yarmout. | dare say, me Lord"
You're on says |, Its by way OF
netting all kinds of fish, and we does
stunts in de whaling line-Queensberry
rules" says.
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4 Jack.of.All- Trades IN Every
State of the Union.
AND STILL MOVING ON
Experiences Of William Allen, a Virgin
ian Who Has Filled Fifty-one Posi-
tions in Fifteen Years--His
Life Story by Himself

- ROM State to State from the
Atlantic TO the Pacific, from
II Minnesota to Texas, through
Hssfczssse( all seasons for fifteen years,
yAWZJ William Allen, native of vir-
gipla, whose fatfler was for several
terms Speaker of the House Of Delegates.
has Travelled, and in those fifteen years
he has hcld--and lost--fifty-one Jobs: one
every three months.
He Is afflicted with what the Germans
call ''wanderlust"-an irrepressible desire
to roam. Southwark in the autumn.
north with the swallows In the spring,
blown eastward by some vagrant wind.
or westward by an Idle whim-this was
William Aliens yearly itinerary. 1t
could not be called programme He
Travelled In whatever direction travelling
was easiest. and along the line OF least
resistance.
He crossed the continent four times
without dollar in his pocket He has
probably filled more different positions.
seen more of the ups and downs OF life.
Travelled and tramped through more
STATES than any one Oh MS age III tnls
country.
He has begged along the highways
and hobnobbed with millionaires in their
private cars He has conducted daily
paper and welded pick and shovel as
common aborer.
In short. William Allen has led very
remarkable life as will be seen by his
autobiography, which is given hcre. as
recently written by him for the New York
World.
BY WILLIAM g. ALLEN.
81 was born in Woodstock. Shenandoah
county. va, on the 18th OF January, 1873.
and am therefore a few months over
thirty years Of age.
] do not believe that 1t is the fault of
heredity that | am una BILE to concen-
.ratc my mind for any length of time
on one occupation or 10 rest contented for
more than few months in any ono place.
Wander, wander. wander--that has been
ny occupation since ] was fifteen years
DID. Things seem to pail upon me after
few months acquaintance. When sights
grow familiar to me they become hateful
Ind cannot bear them.
They weary my eyes and tire my brain.
long to roam away to fresh scenes and
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Paris would be near as easy to waltz
tru as de Tenderloin. It's cheap to be
happy in Paris. De amount OF booze
dat Wouldn't stop an American thinking
about his debts, will start French
and giving away brownstone fronts he
don't own.
But was going to tell you: had
a knock down to Duchess folks, Well.
well! dat was merry-go-round for
fair. Dere was ladder and modder.
sister and brodder, two aunts and two
uncles, four nieces and four nephews,
and god fadder and god modder, Every
last one of de whole bunch kissed me
on bote cheeks and talked noting but
French! Along wit Duchess being me
wife all dis time I'm getting bit gay
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rated with the travelling idea. you are
not content to stay any place Fortu-
nately. or unfortunately. have been
able to adapt myself to any circum-
stances or any work
What l shall do when I grow old and
helpless and with only one arm. do
not know Possibly the kind Providence
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take little run into de mountain.
for me SOUL" he says. longs for
a feast of de beautiful" he says.
Resolve us places on de train for
Lucerne.'
Sure" I says. I'm a minute"
says But ] wasn't wise wedder Luz
cerne was in de Cherry, Hill. or de
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pastures new. This is no doubt the wan
derlust" OF the Germans. l have no apol-
ogy to make for it. 1t is part Of my
nature. and l suppose it will be with me
until can travel no more.
My grandfather was John j. Allen.
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commandment is given unto you
love one another-John 1894,
AM GOING to tell a little story
and then ! am going to let the
story preach its own sermon.
Years ago,,at a dance UP among
the Pennsylvania hills, two
young men got into a quarrel.
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ROM State to state. from the
Atlantic TO the Pacific, from
Minnesota to Texas, through
all seasons for fifteen years,
William Allen, a native of vir-
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-18
Army Boy Home.

Mr. George Knowlton, of the 18th
United States Infantry, arrived at
his home at Friendly a few days
ago, after three years of active
service. Mr.. Knowlton enlisted as
a musician at Wheeling on May
10th. 1900, and was assigned to the
band of that regiment. So we'll did
he perform his duties, that he came
home wearing the stripes of a cor
poral. He has seen service In the
PHILIPPINES and In China. The
musicians, when there Is active
work In the front, are assigned 10
t le hospital corps, which takes them
right to the firing line. so that
George has heard the whistle Of
the Mausers and knows what 1t Is
to be under fire. Most of the time
he was librarian of the regiment,
and at ali times he evidently en-.
joyed the confidence of his superior
officers, and made such q record as
the Tyler county boys usually
make when In any kind of service.
After a few weeks at home, he
expects to re-enlist and to be assig.
ned to his old regiment, and his
friends may expect him to come
home three years hence wearing
either three stripes or epaulets.
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Going to Boston.

Prof. Hess and Prof. Dannels will
leave In the near future to attend
the meeting of the National Educa-
tional Association at Boston. While
away Prof. Hess will spend several
weeks at Harvard University, get
ting the very best and latest In the
pedagogic line for the benefit of the
boys and girls of this city next
winter. We are certainly fortunate
In charge of our schools men who
are not satisfied with their excel
lent record, but who are going to
get the best tor our schools, even If
they have to 60 half way across the
continent at their own expense to
continue to be what we believe
them now-the best In the State.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-18
Columbia to Open.

Mr.. W. P. Kenney was granted
theater license on Monday night at
the meeting of council, and will re-
open the Columbia theater on Mon
day night. This coy play house
has been entirely Temodeled and
renovated and refurnished, and will
be more attractive to Its patrons
this season than ever before. The
experience of Mr.: Kenney In the
past Is sufficient guarantee that the
bills this summer will be even more
pleasing than they have been In
the past, which Is saying that he
will give the best vaudeville enter.
tainments of any house of a sim.
liar kind In the State. Quite a
number of attractions have beeen
already billed, others are being ne
gotiated for, aud the best on the
road will be called upon to enter.
tain the audience at this house.
There will be an entire change of
bill each week, and the summer
season promises to be one Of the
best and most successful In the en-
tire history of this theater.
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NEW MARTINSVILLE FAILURE

case of misunderstanding the nat.
ure of the boom up the river. Mr..
Hawkins was formerly from Sutton
In this state, and when he first
came to New Martinsville was the
manager of the New Martinsville
Monumental Works. He after
wards became interested In and
managed the large department
stores which are not DUNG business
today. Mr.. Hawkins Is we'll known
In this city, and his many friends
hope that the embarrassment may
be but temporary, and that soon
the doors may reopen for better
times.