The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-24

Biat1rs sill make the necessary appi'''--
pfiation.B ~ "A is
Such Is d. brief review ot. tic i,
which also contains lists 81 manu- criptt!s,
portraits and engravings presentations
and 20 oil. IT is nitogetl,cr mn admirable r1
report and Is Iii itself u cofltfto, tiot, to .
Virginia iiteraturc. Uhdcr MI he t,cdy's
management the library 1,as been revolt.
stionized, and tie attendance has largels
Increased 81 lie HI making an excellent of
{ficialsl " SSs 33 n Sss &. 3 N
Logic and Madfiers. IA.
a correspondent 1, the tlotFH Leader
signing Practical READER makes b q
savage attack ,,pon tho proposed Carr r.
5t1eglc library. S$In4 the course or his fre-
marks no shys q. $lfs SS 3S
LIN ow 1 remember reading some years
ago Hi b reputable ina ga Zine, tire iAi,iS OF
which I cannot low cal, 81 hougll 4 re-
member tile article we'll hat u earn 3
main b1act iii ndowiiig libraries was s 70 9.
crafty his colossal vaiiity, nd the VT tor
went OF, to show iii. how$r,lany vs. this I
vanity was Curncglo's weak point. N Not
but by the terms of x his en-
3dosv,nent tho library III tefl II years will
require tho same amount 81 none IL
its support MS tho orlg inali cost was LII
forty years tho library will cost the city
,fourtiines what the city would have had 1
to pay for it, s85 s5 M sa
Quite so. and in 3 the course OF forty
years Richmond will have spent on le y, y
publ d schools, Al the present rats about
ei9l1t million dollars, whiclisis even moro
'thAn four times tho cost OF the public.
school buildings. $rhereforo according iHte,
this logcian, the 5public school &b,,lsdlllnrEs
ought never to E l,aye been er ected .s5 50!
much for tho log ten Ss;
~ Projecting, the nj cores pond ant makes
this personal criticism ~ " Andrew
Carnegie, n man who has offered 'et 70
Richmond; the 81 of 500 0oO & 553
s.. He is d man for w HON am trunk
to say. I have no respect iIo WIS origi-g
mar yT I, ranlsg aboli tonist Isl - black Iso-,
jpubii can Of tho deepest dye, n made his
money Nv Expressing lis wolktne il, fsnlltl
Nv llesprotectiye tariff, which for years
after the WA robbed tic South md Is "a
believer IN negro equality Il a.
Above Is a specimen OF is logi and
here IS a specimen Of his manners II ~ y
considering the question OF establishing
4 public library, IS ri edmond to ia koS her
cue from such II citizen? SI he to be ac-s
,ceptcd us a leadei, u public thougE'ftt ''3
Shall NO shy 10 Mr.. carnsgl and TO the
public that he is u II representative
and exponent les reason and S',,anllt'rs IN
this con1munit 4 $S M Y,
,rhe cas- Is Submitted. ts'1i's va
s5rne tr,al q =asa= at{5SF:sciii llas already
cost New ork ind sim 81 Y; money lnt'.
and tlleSend Is not yet, When the cas-
was on trial oo fore, one of5 the Jurors 1rl,
was .takens sic and the ca Sc had to- 35f be-
continued, all tho work done lip ! Q That llf
point and the cost OF it being lost. An: An
other jury was obtained and the case ''ts
was again put on trial, but by rea sons
the fact that tho jury could u not g gree.
this trial has also gone by defa1l and llr
there must tbe Still Cher Our jury j'
system, Is said he best That San
be devised but st is tillhly Very ex-
SptnsiYe. t.STs asF M fsGi.ra ssiiss
Tho cs teerned Whining AZ e. star %gll
remark h: y "
s.lThe soi,thrnot only Builds twafsil y 81
for Uncle sam under tho competitive pro
posal plan. butts ais s to ma ke ~ luige
quantity 81 shells for tile bic guns rhiee.
Richmond firms have beet awarded con
tracts, as lowest 4 dders, for m q
shells ror* WAT. N apartment ~
great State Yrglpla builds waar i II
ana man,factures the shells, but s ~
NV SIti,n s,o III s0,itl, T. ~, Rai for the
South" s II : 5s s5
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It Is said that Colonel W. - Cody bet
ter kn own a Buffalo lad to
wind Up his; affairs in Amerieasss and get
divorce filom his wife with n I. t. t
sailing forthe rest 81 lis life II the the
.yloinlty 81 PARIS. The foreign lla bit,
when once contracted, is very hard Z ! $to
break. a 353 f5,s8 Ii sss AZ sS.iss
Senator Plat puts q Very, high va g ~ INA
ton on senator D epew's Jokes and after q .tt
dinner speeches IIets quoted Il al saying
that tho failure ITO return DopeI to the
senate ,will be fatal to the interests l, Of !
tho Republican part 4 sSl 5ss.
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Some idiotc scientist has IL q nno pun ca
right hero ar Christmas limo that wis rpt.
key is full Of microbes and III id'ocy
consists mainly in tho fact that no en- n
poets to be believed. 3
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Tho shclllng Of the Inner fort ls b 1lco
l;lieved to have commenced with the the 81 nap'
polntmont ,or young 2 cb Stuart 70 be mar ter
shall Of the Eastern district OF Viz III
glnia. Nth Il \. & US a
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Christmas coming this year on Sunday
leaves Santa Claus With mn extra days
work and no holldny9nt all Same way
with daily ne WspaI \. mel. 81 Il K
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There is ia rumor afloat that the G.O
5P. folks arc throwing some temptations
in the way Of Private John a len OF Mis- Mis-.
sissippi. ,i8l b, "a
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