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just the same. I'm willing to admit
tnat breaking into the Four Hundred
has it's drawbacks.
The farm so cruelty deserted, twelve
miles away, was situated on the county
line. This 1 knew from hearing father
speak of 1t and, as county line sounded
good to me, I featured it in my lam
guage, using appropriate gestures on
the side. The frequency with which
county line butted into informal chats
with the village boys conferred upon
me pleasing foreign air, extremely
rare in those parts. What traveller 1
was In those days-a regular cuss on
runners! The bug that made me
hobo was working in my system.
Another rough and ready trait of the
tourist early developed was my utter
refusal to pose as a fashion plate at
Mudviile, ILL.,. for garb cut no ice with
me. When l was 10 years old, father
ordered built for each of his two sons
a beautiful cozy cloth cape. Those duds
were dreams until we tried to wear
them in the presence of other boys,
when said garments became night
mares that shriveled our wretched
little souls. The Nightmares had pock-
cts inside and were lined with red fan
mel, crimped around the bottom like
the edge of a pie. 1t battles a boy to
stow his fists in~unseen pockets. Let
the more subtle female intellect cope
with the puzzle-page pocket. She has
more time.
The Boy and His Togs.
Every Sunday father martyred us in
the capes, after fastening paper collars
to horn buttons, sewn on the neck
bands Of our shirts, of which we each
had one. Then he led us to the gate
and pointed In the direction of Sunday
school and it meant a loss of cuticle if
we failed to come back with the text.
Around the first corner, in front of the
home of a very wealthy man, stood
cord of wood. There brother and 1
paused and peeled, bundled the capes
into small wads and stuffed them into
the woodpile. The cloth was the color
of oak with the bark on and no one
ever spotted our sissy regalia.
Many a day when mercury fiirted
with zero me and Bill made a grand
triumphal entry at Sunday-school. ar
rayed in the paper collars and purple
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~Eal, @bOn and OFF theBread Wagon
Being Herd Luck Tales and of A1natenrHob
<.b=-T%mDN@a By Charles Dryden

OF us in the original package and a
job lot of two-father having married
a second time. And don't forget the
furniture. Children. parents and chat
tells were massed in one stupendous ag-
gregation in the bobsled. This over
worked vehicle was an ordinary farm
wagon box, with supplementary side
boards, set on snow runners and pro-
PEELED by pair of low-pressure mules.
OF course we were somewhat
crowded in the cabin-not a soul had
room to speak, in the words of that old
McGuffey School Reader poem. 1t
wouldn't do to lose any children, and
furniture was even more expensive at
that period. So we all stuck together,
some slowed right side up, and some
wrong. 1 held a position near the bot
tom of the load, with my neck resting
on the ruff1ed bosom of a zinc wash
board. For years afterward 1 wondered
what had made me so cold and dismal,
not to say clammy The wisdom that
comes from rubbering eventually set
my mind at ease. but not until 1 had
observed the metal lining they put in
ice boxes. It's a wonder 1 did not be-
come an Arctic explorer.
No Fashion Plate for Him.
However. since that day I've got it
in the epiglottis many time and oft
while touring. Had L known then what
is up to me now the zinc washboard
would have proved futile as a deter
rent. What is born in the blood must
come ont in the boxcar.
On reaching the village father
handed the mules couple of swift
kicks in the Stats, by way of appearing
at ease in the presence of total
strangers, and proceeded to discharge
cargo. Being an impartial and busy
stevedore, he unloaded his assets as
they came to hand - first a joint of
stovepipe, then a child, followed by a
bundle of bed Stats and an infant
daughter, until his earthly possessions
reposed in picturesque pile on the
sidewalk. When father separated me
from the washboard among the sedi-
ment at the bottom of the load, one
side of my neck resembled the blue
concertina much esteemed by Swedes.
We all were somewhat cramped and
frost bitten, but glad to be city people,
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tn. .;::.. ;:s.. A FAILURE ETHER WAY rsss:s.
f abIes
the Foolish

|" HE one great thing that every
man knows everything about,
until he tries ii for himself, is
bringing up children. The vi
= carious method of child training
is one Of the simplest things known to
man; women aren't so sure of them
selves. All that is T ecessary is to as
sumo at the outset that your brother
or your cousin or your neighbor or
your friend in Chicago is doing ever7-
thing with his unfortunate offspring
that he should not do and that the
fate Of the poor child will be an early.
grave or tn penitentiary. If you do
this you can be sure that you have
observed the first and only rule in
long range pathology. After you have
acquired one or two little olive
branches of your own the subject viii
assume certain complicated aspects
that had not presented themselves to
you before.
That was the experience of Mr..
knowit and his good wife, although
Mrs Knowit should be relieved of any
direct responsibility in the matter Mr.
knowit's first theory, before he had
had an opportunity to put it In prac-
uce, was that the average American
parent was too gentle with his children.
A little dash OF the good old Spartan
was what the kids needed, according
TO this expert authority. He would
have had all children brought up ac-
cording 10 a uniform system, In which
mere mothers should play a small part.
When the first installment of his fam
lily appeared on the scene he announced
that the newcomer should be brought
up according to the most approved
principles Of the strenuous school
There was to be no coddling or other
wise unnecessarily gentle treatment,
but the boy was to be taught all the
things that any well regulated black
smith or member of a life-saving corps.
should know. To the end that his mus
cles should be properly strengthened
and his powers of self-preservation
thoroughly developed he was to be al
lowed to yell as much as his infantile
desires dictated, at any hour of the day
or night. The nightly promenade and
the frequent application of the sooth-
ing paregoric were strictly interdicted
and every effort was to be made to
bring the youngster to an early reali-
zation Of the fact that he was more or
less afioat on a wide, wide sea.
AS soon as his son had arrived at
years which permitted him to navigate
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until. You mustn't ever ask me to
marry you!"
''Why?" repeated Ewing. The repeti-
ton was determined. Il think I have
earned the right to a reason
That is the reason"
WHAT" The word was spoken sharp
ly, like a military command. Miss Car
ruth quailed. :
''What-what happened when you
earned the right? oh, 1 know I'm hor-
rid! / know I'll be ashamed all the
rest of my life. But-your cheek! 1
couldn't bear to look at that scar
"Oh." said Ewing.
'If it hadn't been for me you
wouldn't have been burned Miss Car
ruth went on, sobbing almost hysteric-
ally. II realize that. I'm sorry; indeed,
I'm sorry! Won't you say you forgive
me?"
Yes" said Ewing. It's not your
fault. I've just been a fool. 1 see it
now. I'm going away tomorrow"
And you won't think too harshly Of
me?"
Ewing rose and Miss Marshall heard
him push back his chair III try not to
tnlnk Oh you at ALL ne answered. Il III
try to remember a little woman who
has never forgotten me. Her love was
too fine for me to comprehend at first,
but somehow l seem to understand it
now"
Then two sounds broke the stiffness
of the night. Frank Ewing had gone
into the hotel. slamming the door after
him, and Sallie Marshall fainting for
the first time in her life, had fallen to
the floor.
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name. Pausing outside the lid works.
under pretense of admiring the crea-
tions in window display, 1 peeked in
side.
The eenterpiece in a bewildering
symposium Of Oriental grandeur was
Sis, lolling in a low rocker planted on
Turkish rug. His brown hair brushed
well back, revealed a placid brow, care
free and unwrinkled by thought, time
or trouble. The years had wrestled
gently with Sis. Diamonds blazed on
the fingers that once did duty as hand
kerchiefs, and his silklike person was
arrayed in summer toilet-negligee shirt
waist of white silk-row of diamond
studs and Byronic collar: and as he
rocked and hummed a little tune his
nimble needle created a delicate bit
of tatting work.
When He Goes Abroad.
Ranged in hanging balconies near the
ceiling half dozen female slaves toiled
and fretted, building Partisan importa-
tions so that Sis might strut in jewels
and fine raiment. 1t was too much.
The boy who wore the shawl had other
people working for him, while /. who
hid my cape in the wOOdpile lurked
outside the palace an aged, baldheaded,
baggy-kneed galOot who had burned
up the better part of his life chasing
freight trains and foundry jobs.
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1t was about this time that the
Knowits were favored with another
olive branch, although they were ready
by this time to suspect that it was only
scrub oak. Having at last learned the
error of his ways, although he couldn't
get rid of the error, Mr.. Knowit de-
cided that he would try a different
method with the second entry in the
Knowit handicap. This one should have
all the attention necessary, and to
make sure that there should be nothing
lacking in the way of careful training
they named him Clarence. This was
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an easy course without a pilot he
was turned into the street to learn
wisdom and other things by contact
with the actual affairs of life. Mrs.
Knowit attempted to make a protest
at this stage of the game and pointed
out the amount of undesirable knowl-
edge that the youngster would prob
ably acquire, but she might as we'll
have whispered her inmost thoughts
into the ear of an Iowa cyclone in the
busy season. Her husband was so
sure that he knew just what was right
and why that he kept right on as
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though he were the cyclone in ques-
tion- When the boy was caught
around the corner of the house one
day in suspicious proximity to cigar
cite butt the old man WINGED a trifie
but concluded that the deadly effects
OF the aforesaid coffin nail could be
discovered only by actual experience
and forthwith bought a whole pack
age for the boy to experiment on. His
theory was that every man should
learn everything that he needed by
butting up against it in person. Then
he would know all about it, although
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count after summer vacation, but
the amount of valuable knowledge that
ne had concealed about his person
could have. been taken up in an ordi-
nary teaspoon without crowding. His
ultimate destiny was clearly the post
OF bouncer in ordinary to a Bowery
saloon and the only. consolation that
his parents could extract from his ex-
istence was in the contemplation of the
blessed fact that there was only one
or him. If he had been twins there
would have been an appealing dearth
of balm in Gilead.
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edged, morocco bound success, but as
ne wasn't aiming directly at either. of
these results his work was open to
criticism. At the age of twenty the
poy had acquired large quantity Of
knowledge, beyond doubt, but most of
II was about as useful as an ice-cream
freezer on Hudson's Bay. He could
ignt a cigarette in a twenty-knot gale.
ne had a speaking acquaintance with
as many different varieties and grades
OF profanity as the captain of a four
mule team, and he could make a keg
Of beer look like savings bank ac-
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it would probably be too late to do
him any good by that time.
1t is useless to follow the whole
course of Mr. Knowit's convolutions in
the training of his first born. Being
a man, he, of course, never suspected
that there was anything wrong with
his, system until it was too late to
change 1T, thereby giving a very black
eye to his theory of education by expe-
rience. If he had been trying to manu-
facture a first-class prize fighter or a
mt subject for the solitary cell his ex
pertinent would have been a gilt
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are only 100 cents in dollar. If we
VIII only face our mistakes fairly,
trace the chain~of circumstances that
led up to them, put our finger on the
precise point at which we went astray.
we are so much better able to walk
circumspectly afterward, to let the hot
stove alone, to wear sufficient clothing
when we are exposed to the cold, to
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perience is the term which a man en-
ploys to cover up his mistakes" Ger
tainiy the school of experience is a
splendid one, even If one is constantly
getting hard knocks in it. Thereby
the child learns that the fire is hot,
the young man that he will pay for
to-day's excesses with a headache to-
morrow. the business man that there
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lIdNGI-DA GUNS SOAhCN ANAC anu SCCAh6
things. The preliminary dash was made
in a family bobsled over a twelve-mile
straightaway course in the middle Of
winter. Time. the late SOS, which date
is close enough for the purpose of this
confession.
It was not the scenery en- route that
stirred my nomadic blood, for failed
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

Copyright, 80 by Charles Dryden.
u T the age of five years, quite
while before the hobo instinct
steered me into serious trouble.
4 first enjoyed the delights of
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Copyright. 1904. by Claiming Pol
lock.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-07
-'.....','t.1kELY no .AccEP.r.
Presidency Created Long Ago.

elttf3t (5pGCIul W u ne
FREDERICKSBURG VA. July O.
The Free Lance Of tomorrow Will pub
l:sh an article showing that the office
OF president OF the University OF Viz
linia was created In 1929, when William Ia.
Writ was elected to the position. The
Resolution electing him provided in the
event that he should decline. that 80 much
of the resolution as created the office.
should be null and void. Mr.. Writ did
decline and the matter rested there.
THOMAS jefferson was at the time rector.
q the University and q member OF tho
board OF visitors. and voted for Mr.. Writ
Tor president. In view OF the fact that
The opponents OF the plan to create this
office recently. used rs their strongest
argument, that Mr.. jefferson was or-
posed during his lifetime to having a
president OF the University. the item IS
or great interest. In the article. the lei
lar OF Mr.. Jefferson notifying Mr.. Writ
OF his election and Mr.. Wirt's reply, de-
clinvng to accept It, are published,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-07
THE TRAGEDY
AT FLINT HILL |
Evidence at Inquest Showed
That Booton Had to Kill or
be Killed Himself.
to The mines .Dlspateh.1

Especial to The Il1nes'l1lspatcA.l
LURAY, VA, July Cdr. Theodore Il.
Booton, OF Flint Hill. Rappahannock
county. who on Monday evening shot and
instantly killed William Jordan. well
known farmer OF that county. has been
admitted to bail in the sum OF S5OO The
scene OF the tragedy Is remote from tele-
graphic communication, and details OF the
affair are hard to obtain; but from the
testimony brought out before the coro-
ners Jury, 1t appears that Booton was
compelled to kill or be killed.
The dead man a number OF years ago
figured consplcuously in serious cut
ting ARRAY near sperryvIlle. in which he
used his knife with almost deadly ef-
feet on c. r. King, merchant OF that
place. After long trial he was ad-
quilted OF this charge.
Jordan was the father OF five children.
and was about forty years Of age. while
Dir. Booton8ls about forty-six.
The burial took place near Sperryvlle
to-day Both participants In the ARRAY
have large and prominent relation
ship in this part Of the State. Or.
Booton was a practicing physician In
Luray until few years ago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-07
TURN DOWN
MAYOR MOSS.
City Council Declines to Appoint
Police Commissioners
Named by Hin.
NEWPORT NEWS sWEAT-B BOX
Denounced as a Relic Of Barbar-
Gus Days, But No Action
81 Taken as to Removal.
fspecial q The rlmes.Dlspatch.)

S} Especial TO The Times Dispatch.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. July s.-The
City Council last night elected city Of
flcers for the ensuing year and refused to
confirm the appointment OF Albert MIC
1lahon, we'll known merchant, as po-
lice commissioner. The appointment was
tent In by Mayor Moss, whose term cx-
pires August 3lst It was learned last
Snight that the members of the Council
sent the Mayor an ultimatum In which
hey named three men who would be sat.
jsfactory to the Council
Ri When the Mayor ignored the sugges-
ton, the appointment failed OF confirms
tion on a tie vote.
af3s OFFICERS ELECTED. 8t
The following officers were elected:
city clerk, w. L. Cooke; city auditor.
John w. Read; city attorney, ]. A. Mas
sic; police Justice, j. D. g. Brown; city
engineer, T.. p. Pearse; chief Of fire
department w. u. stow; city physician,
DR.. j. w. Ayler; health officer, DR.. ].
r. Bagby; superintendent OF streets, s.
]. IIarwood; superintendent Of sewers. ].
'Donnell; physicianato almshouse, Dr..
II. II. Crafford; Superintendent almshouRe,
John L. Curtis; overseer OF the poor, J.
e. Ford; fire commissioner, g. A. Lenz;
City Hall janitor, R. II. BEDFORD; dog
catcher, j.. w. Shorter @ e
THE SWEAT-BOX.
The Council discussed the sweat-box
matter, several OF the members denounc-
ing it as Il relic Of the days OF barbar-i
ism. while others contended that In order
to make the chain gang effective some
method Of Furnishing refractory prisoners
was absolutely essential.
The matter was referred to the Ordi-
nance Committee, which probably will re-
rort An ordinance to abolish tho sweat
FOX method Of Furnishing prisoners
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-07
VIRGINIA.
BRIEFS

Especial to The Times-Dlspatch.)
BRISTOL. VA, July 6,-Elbert Boyd.
a young man. who killed John Galloway
with shotgun at Rock Springs. this
county, ten days ago, was captured to-
day. Boyd had been In hiding. armed
with a shotgun and revolver, and not
until last night did no surrender the idea
OF resisting arrest. The killing was un-
provoked. 81
CAPD CHARLES. yA.-Ben Moore, coll
their home, near Onley, In 6Accbmac .coun-
", yesterday. for causes unknown, Moore
I EREDBRIcKssuRq, yA.-The otl,esgs
nenD. OF this city. are buslly engaged IN
their preparations for starting on, the
Trip to the g. os1s SxposaIon i7th nA 81
the Chesapeake and Ohio route. and will
S. Hs4t,~s H y BAY gAsss
WhIlo stripp sp sae BARK from re White
cut an artery in his foot. The wound
was dressed atonee and y healing e ntcely,
Is N SESsgsfySlR5 hsat Nhws. vA-The cruiser
ynsta agshp Of ne Els, Gerwan esI!sSsF
ron to leave here. will proceed TO ST.
Thomas Danish West Indies, July 18th.
according to the present pros The
ship left the shlpyard piers Yesterday aaal
Thomas she vii. proceed 70 Rio lAnenp
and thence across the Atlanllc 10 stss.
west coast Of africa
ORANGE. YA,---puring q game Of base
ball at Radiant Madison county. Rober,
Anderson was struck by a ball and his
nose was brokeR,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-07
Millner-Whitehead..

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
& CHATHAM. VA. July 6.-Nrlss Sallie
3. Whitehead and Mr.. John n. Millner
were married "Wednesday afternoon at
John II. whitehead. at 2:so o'clock. Rev.
r. u. j.. Aylor officiating. The affair
was witnessed only by the immediate
friends OF the contracting parties. moth
Ing having been revealed until application
was made for tho license. all aof which
wns In strict accord with tho desires Of
tho young lady.
Miss Whitehead graduated as a nurse
from st. Luke's Hospital. Richmond,
three years ago, since which time SHE
sion. The groom Is extensively engaged
In the dairy business near Danvillc, for
which place Mr.. and Mrs. Mtllner left on
the afternoon train. f&l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-07
GIRL ASSAULTED
and MURDERED
Cruel Fate Of Colored Servant
at Hands Of Negro Rail
road Workers.
Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch.)

>
FREDERICKSBURG. VA, July 6.--A
colorcd girl by the name OF Ella Daw-
son, servant at the home Of Mrs James
Dickerson. near Summit. In Spotsylvanta
county, was sent Monday evening to the
railroad camp near Summit. which Is the
headquarters OF large force of laborers.
who IRE doing the double-tiacking work
at that point. The girl did not return lrr
promptly. and by bedtime much uneasi-
ness was felt as to her whereabouts,
early Tuesday morning search was in
stituted and the authorities We're noti-
fled. After dlligent search for some
the bushes near the county road. An
Investigation disclosed the fact that she
lad been brutally assaulted and then
murdered. --. " 81
Suspicion points to some Of the negro
" orkmen OH the railroad, and the off,
GERS are now making every effort to
bring to Justice the perpetrator OF the
horrible crime. f4rS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-07
THE TOBACCO MEN.
C Condemnation Of the English
E Cpac;a1 tTax a
Especial to The Times Dispatch.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
Il NEWPORT NEWS. VA, July 6.-The
closing session OF the fourth annual con-
yentlon OF the Tobacco Association OF the
Tinted States was held In the Chamberlln
Hotel to-day. The Committee on Resolu-
tons reported strong resolutions OF con-
idemnation in reference to the speclal
tax OF six cents pound Imposed upon
stripped tobacco by the English gov
eminent. especially denounc!ng that phase
OF the order which makes It retroactive.
It was pointed out that that feature
would depreciate the value Of millions OF
pounds OF stripped tobacco now held IN
bond in Great Britain, and would cause
great loss to shippers who had sent their
product across the water In good fnlth.
The association endorsed the action taken
by Secretary Hay in behalf Of the to-
bacco men. and pledged Its hearty sup
port and cooperation in the fight. and
an effort will be made to secure the en-
adorscmcnt and approval OF all tobacco
interests In the country.
N Another resolution recites the fact that
tho number Of tobacco factories IN the
United States Is decreasing. as result OF
tho consolidation OF certain vast inter-
ssts The leaf tobacco men view this
consolidation with alarm. holding that
the proper expansion OF their trade ana
consequent prosperity depends upon an
increas Sc in the number and output OF the
factories. With these facts In view, It
was decided to send to all boards OF trade
and chambers of commerce throughout
tho country statistics setting forth the
prosperous condition Of tho tobacco trade,
in the hope OF encouraging capital and
labor to embark In the tobacco trade.
Mr.SThomas G. Holloway, OF the Bureau
of Statistics Of the Department OF Agri-
culture. was present and delivered an
Interesting address upon the depart
,nent's method Of securing statistics. His
remarks were illustrated by a colored
chart. showing the tobacco production Of
the various sections OF the country
The new board Of managers Is a. fol-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-07
Anti-saloon Campaign.

M3 Especial to The Times Dspatch)
B CHATHAM. 3 VA. July 6-The Anti
Saloon League OF Pittsylyania county will
during the next several days hold rallies
in each district In the county. which be-
gan at Brosville, In Tunstall District. on
Wednesday. to be repeated at Kentuck OIL
Thursday Lola on Friday. Hill Grove on
Saturday, Liberty Church OH Monday.
Callands Tuesday. and closing at this
place with q grand rally on Wednesday.
Dinner will be had on the grounds each
day. Rev. J. w. West, field secretary.
other ministers. III VI # IS Ss.
The rallies have been we'll advertised
and large crowd will be In attendance;