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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-17

station. I ought to tell of the high
standing the graduates OF the school
take as civil engineers, after complet-
| ing the course under Col. William NJ.
| Patton. for many years professor OF
engineering at the Virginia Military.
| gineers of this country. I should like
Ito say something OF the courses In
! languages. literature and history. In.
(, geology, the veterinary course, the work
| done on the farm. and especially i
would like to tell OF the, military train
Ing which the boys receive, but did
not have the time to investigate. and
have not the space at command now to
tell the results had such Investigation
been made.
had really neglected to say any
where that a section Of the Code Of Vir-
Ginia provides for the appointment OF
twice as many cadets to tho institution
as there are members OF tho House
Of Delegates. the students thus appoints
ed being relieved OF tho payment OF tut
ton. This brings the cost of maintaining
the boy n year at tho school to only
$3.50. by waiting tho mess-hall, by
doing work In the shop, or Mt tho barns.
or on the farm, he may almost make
the expense OF an entire year at the
school. 1T 81
DR.. .MoBryde has prepared the following
recapituatlon OF the student roll. which
Is highly Interesting:
STATISTICS OF ATTENDANCE.
Session of 19N3-'04 to date--Old students,
800; new students, col: total. 700,
Attendance on same date last sessi'l
Attendance for session will certaynly
reach 720. possibly 730,
Attendance for last six years: Old stu
dents--1S9S- 49,, 155 1900 1877 G0(-0l
2lS; 10000. 2i7; 1902 O3, 300; 1903-'0i to
November 18th, 800. New students--lS9s-
'O9 l4S: lS99-0O ZIG; 10000 1885,. 1901 ,'oe
225. 2-'03, slS; 10000 to November 18th
343: 1900-'0l, 1885, l90l,-'Oa, 47a; 190a-'G3. G2i;
19O3-'0t to November 18th. 100
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have their milk out Of the usual time
than a careful mother lets her child have
goodies to eat at all hours Of the twenty
four. N n
THE sILOs. #
climbed up and had look into one
OF the two large silos. immense circular
bins, running from the ground up into
towers at corners OF the barn. The con-
tents OF the sio Is corn cut while the 100 :
der is still green, and packed In the pins n:
after having been cut up into small DTS
IN machinery. The feed is called ensilage
and is the best for stock A great deal
OF cottonsced meal is also fed, and also
mucl, corn meal, ground by mill in the
barn. The motive power Is supplied by
IL gasoline engine. Z,
There are several draft horses N tho
harms also, but I did mot see much
rurse flesh that attracted attention by
its beauty. The mules used IN Tar II
work are also kept in the barn
AZ the southern end OF the barn is a
slnrgc lot in which the stock Is allowed
"a exercise on fine days in the winter
and In the lot are also arrangements Tor
handling the manure which IS used for
fcrtilizing the farm, of over thousand
nc,cs, attached to the college.
& rhc arrangements throughout the parn
u culd be most highly interesting to the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-17

building was at one time occupied as
ia residence by the president, and has
been thoroughly fitted up for the new
purpose to which 1t has been put. It con- I1
tains two large wards. an operating
room, antc-room, nurses room, dining
room, kitchen and bath rooms, with one
or two private rooms for patients too III
TO 20 into the wards. Two trained nurses
are employed. and the whole Is IN charge
of Dr.. w. L. Henderson, the surgeon
Somebody started n report last fall that
there was an epidemic of fever at the
school, and that,a number Of deaths had
occurred There has never been case OF
fever ut the institute so far IS any
& body connected with the Institution re-
members and u death has not occurred
in years. Tho health Of the students Is
really remarkable, explained probably by
the fact that the college Is situated about
i two thousand feet above sea evel, and
II tho fact that there Is q good sewer
system, which was installed some years
ago. Tho buildings are all supplied With
running water, which is forced by steam
power into an immense tank over on the
hill near the barns. and conveyed to the
school In mains 3 "
HURRIED VISIT.
y Tits a matter which I still regret that.
II had to make such a hurried visit to
Blacksburg. did not see half. the see
Ing OF which would have interested and
instructed. 1 have not said half that.
could be said about the school and Its
work I ought to say something of the
work being done by the experiment
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lence and the destruction of the property
Of corporations are much worse In their
effect upon him than anything the corpor-
atoms could possibly do,
Taking human life Is lrreparable and
the destruction OF property objectionable,
because 1t not nfrequently takes away
from the laborer all chances OF employ
ment or the adjustment of his grievances,
thereby miiicting unspeakable hnrdships
upon his Innocent family,
A warfare between united capital and
united labor Is something to DO dreaded
In any country. and is bound to result
dlsastvously to labor, from the very ma,
ture of the conditions.
Capitalists can close their doors and
live without labor for much longe'
slsxa than can Labor Gys without canltal
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natlonEin the advancement OF clV CIV F''-
ton and philanthropy, TO attain this po-
sltion. however. through reckless sacrl-
fee Of the best blood of the nation can
not be said to be wise or kind 20 our own
nation. ~.
we assuredly cannot afford to listen
to the appeals of SPECTATORS adyent'irr
cls and dependents to intcrpose between
Them and other nations, who may OF may
not be the aggressors in the contsoYeE-
sizes that disturb their relations. @
Ii is believed by many that we are the
chosen people OF Him who ruleth the
destinics Of all nations. 1T is no evidence
of His favor for us to bear all the bur-
deps OF undertake ia adjust tho human
affairs Of all mankind.
We cannot Claim to be holier than 9th
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-17

\ One can hardly claim that the New
Year dawns as auspiciously as one coula
desire. for while In many respects PICS
perity and peace may be expected, thetc
are clouds that might develop into serl-
aus storms IL any mistakes are made N
Lie policy OF our government In dealing
with other nations or In tho handling Of
internal questions that have been very
threatening
8 1t would seem that we have already as
sumed too much responsibility IN the af-
fairs of the spanlsh-speaking people,
ana and mat al ifufthet interference in helali
al az the peoples q any @ the DEPENDENCIES g
al those countries would myotye. " ~
difIlcultios, from which we could only ex-
trlcate ourselves BY appalling expense
B OF human life and treasure. ,t4
+. u ls all we'll enough 70 be the leallns
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MRS. JOHN a. LOGAN.

Famine and want would stalk into the
homes of Labor long before they would
knock at the doors OF capital
The right thing to do is for both capital
and labor TO recognize that they AFRO
indispensable to each other; eliminate the
spirit of greed on tho one side and that
OF revolution on the other; have coniis
dence In each other; LOT labor go straight
to capital with all their grievances; let
those most interested reason togetheris
drive out tho evel spirit OF drink, and We
shall SEQ contentment and happiness
There is glory and gain enough for az
IN this bounteous land of ours. y men
would only 30 reasonable end try 10 OBJ
serve the Golden Rule, 20 anla Others
as ys would that they should % sAls
you"
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times covertly. but at all times with the
same increasing bitterness OF spirit
That there is wrong on both sides
there IS no denying. In weighing the
right and the wrong one should not lose
sight Of what is due both parties to the
controversy. Consider well the talents
that have been given to both, III
The capitalist has greakly the advan-
tage OF the laborer, in that his opportunl-
ties have been much the greater. For-
tunes smiles have made it possible for
him to accomplish more than the unfor-
tunate laborer. whose misfortunes and un-
favorable situation In life are moro or
less an embarrassment and hindrance In
his race for fortune and fame. vi
NOT dema nd too much or ex pect to trans
cend tho bounds Of reason j In his do
ma rs, He has ~ right " iptsggsEe With
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Boys at Work in Forge.

Dr. r. NJ McBryde President Of the Institution, Has Worked
Wonderful Changes and is Devoting Every Energy to
the Building Up Of the Solool-Practical Farming
Fine Stock Kept in the Barns Thousand Acre
Farnl-Need for More Accommodations s5@
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The appearance of Tie electric lights
made more forcIble the lnslstence Of Cap
tain johnson and Judge Phlesar, that
I leave off Sightseeing and start with
and there was that long. cold drive back
to Blncksburg. and dinner, but i way,
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Increase, as compared with preceding
sessIon--1so9'00. 40. leV0-0t 43; 1901 'O2 "
19Og-,O 1885, 19O3-'04 UP to November 12th,fs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-02
Tssts for Doafnea.

A new application of the phenograph has been found in the psychological lab Dratory of Cornell university. Hitherto, In testing degrees of deafness, the hu- man voice has generally been regarded IS furnishing the most useful standard, but great source of irreguIartty in tho results is the difficulty of stsndardiEing the tests. Owing to the natural variety among voices. it has been impossible to obtain common unit of measurement Recent improvements in photograph construction, however. offer a solution of this difnculty. A permanent record on hard cylinder furnishes test which can be reproduced at will in any place, the same voice being always heard. The pitch and the intensity can be easily con- trolled, and 1t is possible by means of dupIicate ear-tubes to examine several persons simultaneously.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-02
ANNIE RUSSELL.

s When Annie Russell appears ill :. Brother Jacques'' tomorrow evening at Poli's it will mark her last appear ance prior to opening for run in this piece at the Garrtck theater, New York, on Monday evening. The play has been a marked success on the road and it will be produced here ill handsome manner. It provides part for Miss Russell that will enable her to reveal in new and delightful style her gentle and sympathetic art, which has won so many thousands of admir- CTS, and splendid examples of which American playgoers have had in her Catherine, Miss Hobbs. the Princess in F"A Royal Family" and Peggy i'll Mice and Men," Offering her great Opportunities, as it is said to do, her first appearance in Brother Jacques" should be an event of unusual interest. MT Frohman has surrounded Miss Rps- sell with an excellent company, which includes Oswald Yorke, George w. Wilson, Grant Stewart, Ira Hands, SANilliam Wray, Sidney Mansfield, Louis Garter, Mrs Charles NJ. Walsot, Elizabeth Johnson. Crena Bennett. 'Da Venport Seymour, May Hennessey, Elizabeth Churchill. Claire Winston, May Gordon and others. Prices are p, 90, 75 cents, $1 and $1.50
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-02
.coLLEolAN AS NURSE GIRL
Many Fair Students 'sTend Baby
 During University oOurse-Ne Task Too Humble.

From Virgil to dishWashing, from higher mathematics to tending baby, is the daily routine of scores of a1nbi- tious girl students at Barnard and the Teachers college just now. No task is too humble for the young women who are working their way through college, as the announcement boards in the college buildings amply testify, says the New York Sun.
 There are applications for socks to darn, floors to scrub, babies to tend, clothes to mend, dress skirts to bind, shirt waists to make, invaltds to6rsad to, divan pillows to make, Beaides typewrtting and tutoring to do. House keepers on the heights hAvS now come to depend upon student help, not only because the labor is considerably cheaper than the usual supply, but also because studantsS aFs mdra trust worthy. So any Ahssday you may sec scores of pretty, ahirt-watsted, pom padour headed seadsnts taking their small charges out to air, wheeling in- vRiids or toting small children to ard from the kindergarten, while within doors you would sec energetic girls securing pans. cleaning silver, wiping dishes, dusting rooms, sewing, cook ing and what not.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-02
LABOR ORGANIZATION.
The Aim of Um1Om3am Ta to Raise tha
 TORIer to a Higher Standard.

The Aim of Um2om2sm Ts to Rnase the
 TO1ler to a Higher Standard.
 UniOnism would create a wage syg- tenn that would save something over the expense of a scant existence for the laborer that when sickness or other disaster befalls he would not become q mendicant; unionism would raise it's toilers to a higher plane of mental, physical, moral and spiritual develop Inent by shorter hours of work and more time for rest and cultivation of such natural faculties as they possess.
 Every individual, according to his ca pacity, has personal responsibility and influence in the world for good or bad. We cannot, we dare not, be care less and habifually selfish because the kindnesses we find to do seem to us in- significant.
 God gives US ali some small, sweet way
 To set tho world rejoicing.
 Though our influence may count in proportion as mite among millions, still it shall be directed for good and not evil, for the weak against oppres- sion and, according to the dictates of conscience. always for against wrong. Experience has taught the workingman to avoid past errors and look to his own efforts rather than the employers to formulate plans for the improved condition of his class.
 The labor union is the best means to the desired end that has so far been evolved from the chaos of discord over high prices for the necessities of life and disproportionate pay for work.
 No one may plan to revolutionize the world, but thorough organization, in- teIIigently directed, cannot fail to Sac- complish much for the just cause of humanity'sl uplifdng.-Margaret Scott Hall in Carpenter
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-02
FALLS MAY MAKE EMPIRE.
2anobszi, "snaoke Which h 1TOisy. ''=
 Will Probably Be BoundG4ton - of | Great Ma&don. < ~45t41

e
 Smoke which makes q noise is the meaning of Zambeai, the South African falls which have i've times the power of Niagara or 25, ,000,0oO horsepower, and whose How of water Is double that of Niagara, according to the Chicago Tribune It is thought eventually theas falls will supply power to all of indus trial South Africa, thus transforming it's immense solitude into prosperous empire The most promising field for exploitation iB believed to lie In the operation of gold mineA, driving the stamps, pumps, and other machinery AS is the case in all South Africa, Rho desia Is not irrigated naturally, and 1t will be necessary to introduce artificial irrigation. using the Zambesi for the force and water Did1culty In con- strUcting high tension lines in the neigh borhood of the falls is anticipated on account of the enormous volumes of spray sent up there. This spray attains $ height of 500 feet, falling in a hne rain over the surrounding territory. In periods of high water these columns of spray and the noise of the falls can be heard oyer nine miles. British en- gineers have already made pioneer de- velopments.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-02
LOAN; REMITs FINE
When Asked to Lend Money to Man Guilty of Contempt, Judge
 Scratches Ruling.

The famous Thomas F. Marshall, of Kentucky. was trying case before Judge Bush, Q noted jurist of that com rnonwealth, end became guilty of com tempt of court. The judge promptly lined MT. Marshall $40, which the ora tor aB promptly paid. Continuing his speech Marshall again became guilty of contempt, and was fined SEQ. He had not that much money about him, but had to pay at once. else so to jail. Marshall cooIly looked over tho audience with the Complacency that was peculiarly his, and then addressed the judge: k
 May 1t please the court he aaid. ''In looking over this asserablage of my fellow citizens gee no one whom 1 would 50 reality ask for a favor as your honor. Would this court kindly lend me SS0 wherewith to pay this fine? have not 90 much currency with me, and am much diglnolined to go to jail.' The judge turned to the. Cierk of the. court and in his old man . voice that was chanaing ''tO childish treble" piped out:
 'Mr. Clerk, scratch out that line against Mr. Marshall! This common, wealth Is better able to loss SaO than; am"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-02
Eaxora Labor Unions.

At the Episcopal convention recently the report of the standing committee on relations of capital and labor, of which Bishop Henry c. Potter of New York is chairman. was unanimously adopted. The commission was ap- pointed by the general convention of 1901 to study the purposes of labor or ganizations, to investigate the causes of industrial disturbances and to hold themselves in readiness to act as ar bitrators should their services be de sired.
 '"We are convinced" the report says, ''that the organization of labor is essen tial to the well being of the working people. It's purpose is to maintain such a standard of wages, hours and condf- tions as shall afford every man an op- portunity to grow in mind and in heart Without organization the standard cannot be maintained in the midst of our present commercial conditions. 2 The convention also pronounced against child labor.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-02
THE CoUNrY-CHAIRMAN.,


 ~. '@The County Chairman" was played to large house at Polls last evening It is what all the press wherever 1t has been played has said of 1t. 6 first class play. The action is laid in Jeff ferson county, ILL, and treats of poli- tics. During the entire performance the stage was 8 scene of the greatest animation and the scenery was very fine. Jim Hacker and Judge Rig by" were suitors for the hand of the same girl Rigby won by trickery while Hacker was in the civil war. and Hacker never forgave him. With this was the foundation of the action of the play, though not until the. last act but one is the strong hatred be- tween the men explained, the play starts off with a bang and push that Keeps the audience highly entertained. . dackler" has a young lawyer named Wheeler" nominated to run against his own sWeetheart's father, Judge Rigby, and Wheeler is astonished when he hears the news for he was not candidate. Wheeler promises Miss Rigby there shall be no mud .sHnging and she vouches that her father shall conduct his campaign cleanly also. But the old Judge De- comes infuriated at q political rally, that brings the entire company and a host. of "supes'' into action. Wheeler hears himself called all the names on the calendar by his prospective father in-law, and he is unable to stand the abuse and breaks his word to his sweetheart. Then the curtain goes down on as lively a climax as was ever seen in Polls. The play must be extremely entertaining to women, who are given clar view into the in terior of political machine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-02
POL IS
"THE NINETY AND NINE. ,"

Very thrilling. indeed, is the rural melodrama, ''The Ninety and Nine, :" which is the attraction scheduled for Poli's this evening. Ramsay Morris, the author of the play, wrote 1t around Ira D. Sankey's famous hymn of the same name. He accepted th4 evange1ist's theme of "One who was out on the hills far away,'i and has written a beautiful story together with 8 most effective temperance ser mon. Among all the realism of the play one scene stands out conspicuous in which is pictured the flight of q res cue train through a blazing forest fire, and this scene is said to be the most ingenious and startling mechanical ef- feet ever seen. The engine used ip this scene is an exact reproduction of a full sized passenger locomotive, and was especially designed by the Amer. ican Locomotive Go. This locomotive is seen upon the stage apparently rup- ming at the enormous speed of 6 miles an hour through q raging forest fire, and yet not one spark of fire is used. Prices for the play are 9, 35, 50 and 75 cents.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-02
EFFICIENCY OF TIE LABEL.
A Weapon of Great Possible BenGA4
 to Trades Unions.

A Weapon of Great Possible BeRGa&
 to Trades Unions.
 During the past year the attention of the general secretary has been called to the fact that in hardly any case where our label is being used by 8 fIn has the proprietor of such firm entered into combination looking toward what employers call the open shop, nor. have such proprietors even talked the open shop from the standpoint of the mer- chant tailor. In every case or nearly every one where our unions have lost control of union shops the label was not in use I find this same state of affairs to be true to even a greater extreme with the cigarmakers and the printers.
 1t is hard to understand why it should be so difficult for members to learn les sons which are set so plainly before them. With our own experience and that of the two other organization nam cd, as to the efficiency of the use of the label to hold shop in line, it is incom- prehensible why so many local unions are absolutely indifferent to its use. could name, were that advisable, con- siderable number Of firms throughout the country doing a moderate priced business that have been lost to our union during the past year, every one of which, or nearly so, could have been held had they been label shops for the previous three or four years, for like stores in the same cities or similar cities, where the label was in use, have Bmade absolutely no effort to disorgan- ize their establishments and become nonunion.
 This matter of the use of the label is more generally overlooked in the cities that range from 100000 up as to in- habitants. The smaller cities are much more persevering and have baen much more successful in bringing about the thorough use of the label in all their establishments, and they have equally been more successful in the thorough organization of the trade. It would seem as though it was about time that our unions in the larger cities and the unions of other crafts as we'll would profit by the example set them by the smaller unions and push the use of the label as a weapon of the greatest pos sible benefit to the trades unions. There is no disgusting the fact that the boycott has become very unpopular for a great number of reasons. It has been applied in too many cases. An attempt has been made to use it in cases where, like two edged sword, it cut the trade union movement just as hard as It did the person against whom it was levied. The label brings no such results. Wher- ever 1t is used thorough organization must exist, and it's use continuously for a period of time will increase in any city, whether it be large or small, the demand Of the customer for its use, and if the unions that have been negli- gent to their own interests in this mat ter will only come to realization of the great benefits which have been and will be derived from the use of the label they will change their policy and tactics at once and retain and hold the union shops by means of the peaceful, quiet use of the union label rather than by the strike, the lockout and the boycott-John B. Lennon fin Tailor.