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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24
THE FOX AND
THE RABBIT

one day large fox,
Who was hungry indeed,
Wanted to catch a rabbit,
on which he could feed.
So he went to the hole,
Where the rabbit was talking,
And exclaimed very loudly,
Let's go out walking"
But the rabbit was keen,
And said very quick
II can't so to-day. !,
feel a LITTLE" sick.
This made the fox angry,
And he tried to induce,
but the rabbit every time,
Would only refuse.
So the fox then said.
Il know what I'll do;
@ III sit at the hole,
And wait patiently for you.
But the rabbit was only glad,
And ran all about,
To find out the best way
10 dig himself out
lie dug and he dug,
Until his .task was completed,
And then he went out Mr
And got everything he needed,
But the fox, at the other end,
Went to sleep very soon.
And was shot by a hunter,
Who was chasing coon
From j, D. DALTON. JR.,
10 S. Sycamore st, Richmond, Va.
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Funny thing a BABY is.
Curious little creature;
Funny is its little phlz'
Comic every feature.
Helpless thing q baby Is.
Tiny hands uplifting,
Ger the troubled tide Of life,
Into which tbs drifting
Mystery a baby Is,
Memories OF Heaven.
Still must hover In the soul.
Such short time gwen,
Solemn thing a baby is,
Since It must inherit
al! the loss and gain of life,
All the sin and merit,
Funny, helpless mystic, sad.
Let me tell you little wight.
Half the good and sweet OF life
Is In starting right.
Selected by ESTHER WATskEI.
No. 2l7 North Eighteenth Street, Rich
mond, Va.
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A PAUSE IN THE PRAYER.

or should die fore ] wake" said
Denny, kBeeling at grandmofher's knee;
- / shpuld dfa fore ! wake"~
~ pray prompted the gentle VOICE
"Gp Oh, ponny.3 u.
WAIT u minute interposed che small
hoy, scrambilng TO his feet and hurrying
away Gown stains. IN q brief space ne was
back aegiL3and dlepplns down ~ ls
place. took MP his petition where l'e had
left fut when the little white goWneh
form was safely tucked IN bed the grand
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THE CASTLE ON
THE RHINE

The castle has gone 10 ruin,
And its Inhabitants have fled away:
y'he cat no longer SITS mcwnG.
And the castle is empty tD-lay
The garden isSatown IN weeds
And the horses have al gone home
fife bank of ihn}l'iyer rs covered w!d
reeds,
Ana The tpwclis \ silent dome
ANONYMOUS.
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on your breakfast table.
e 4. Lively fish.
LA precious stone.
2. a square Of glass. IS
8. a woman's name.
a. a strong favored vegetable.
ga shaggy animal; to endure.
2. A river In Spain.
n 8. Dry, not fertile.
4. Part Of q verb Of movement
Il Welcome, when tired.
2. a lake and river in Ireland,
3 3. Presently.
A. A movable shelter.
1.-Too often wasted
9. a false object of worship.
g. To labor: to toll
L. a woman's name.
L. Deep mud
9. a strong hard metal.
81 public way for travelling.
4. Examinations.
az FRANK WALTON.
No. $50 cambridge Street, Manchester
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that did not help matters; so she curled
herself in heap by the fire to forget
her troubles In sleep; but in the future
she will have too much good sense to
strike bottle on an iron,
MARY B. WATTS,
No. S1ol E. Marshall Street, City.
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A TRUE STORY.

4 I camc to Virginia with my parents In
December from Nebraska.
We bought n farm not many miles
from Richmond. After we moved on TO
the ,urm our nclghbor'H dor came to
sec us. md stayed with lis most Of the
tine. 3ys
we fed him and lie became great
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Jimmy BROWN.

Once there was little boy VINO was
named Jimmy Brown. His father gave
him pony when he was very small.
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BY HAROLD coWLEs,
Rochester, N. Y.

yard. II was, indeed. a sight, The yard
was mass OF humanity.
On Easter Sunday I went to the new
Baptist church, and heard very fine
sermon Monday was very busy motto
ins the chain gang as the men from
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24
Word Puzzle.

one-thlrd OF cot,
Cre-t n.rd of dot,
AND then one-fourth of name;
One-third Of son,
One-third of ton,
And then one-fourth of lane;
One-fif,h of night.
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SEPTEMBER.

The golden rod is yellow,
The corn is turning brown,
The trees in the apple orchard
with fruit are bending down,
The gentlems bluest fringes.
Are curling in the sun.
In dutsy pods the milkweed.
Her hidden silk has spun.
The seges flnunt their harvest
In every meadow nook.
And nstels by the brookside, NJ
: Make nsters in tho brook,
BY all these lonely tokens,
September days are here,
With summers best of weather,
And autumns best of cheer,
Selected by LIZZIE a, STABLES,
New Canton, Va,
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Changed Hands.

i am poem; give me a name, and
nm the fashion. Change my head. and
am a knot. Change again, and am
digest of laws. Change again, and ! fore
shove. Answer: Ode, mode, rode, code
bode.
Riner, Va.
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Double Beheadings and Curtail-
THIS WEEKS PUZZLES.
Acrostic.

My first is in one. but not in run.
MY second is In ring, but not IN sing
MY third is in ate, but not In fcte,
Nty fourth is in nod, but not IN rod
My fifth is In CRATE, but not In hate.
NV sixth Is in earn, but not IN urn.
ny whole Is delicious fruit,
ANNA HOWARD LAWSON,
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aP|.''lR|''lZE-WINNERS
FOR LAST WEEK
NJ !sS EMMA&V. CHADWICK, No. t4o7
= ~, IWenty.nltth street, city,.
WINNER or SPECIAL. PRIZE FOR
slaTHE WEEK,

OTHER PRIZE WINNERS.
soMERvlLLE q LAssELL s1'RiNGFEL.
-oVv,R Mltchell's 9, Culpeper Co., Va.
MISS ELEANOR HUBBARD, Coffee,
Bedford Co., Va.
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ANSWERS TO LAST
WEEKS PUZZLES
Junbled Names

Junbled Names.
/. John w. Daniel
@ Virginia.
:: At. Whitney
F. j. Times-Dspatch.
5, Berlin.
HUNTER HUGHES.
3ol1 =. Broad ST., city.
Double Bcheadings and Curtail-
ings.
L. Cl-aim-s. 2. Locate. 81 Allows
A. lTr-cel-y. s. En-gin-e. 6. Sewing. z.
Sp- here. s. Always. .. Visits. 10. Re-
;,ll-y. IL. Showed, II. Before. 13. De-
putty II. Wa-dn-g, l5. Armada ~
g-nas-t. .l7. Spires. IS. Sh-run-k. ~
Clever, 90 SPILLS. q. issues, %. Re-
are-d. %. Alarms. "a Ex-ten-d.
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Anagrarns,


], I drove this morning through such
a pretty give all; the get-eoats looked
80 camel, with such nice little ganders
before them,
. Have YOU heard Of the I-cry,doyes Of
n new ten-lap?
3, saw to-day bIb-rat caught In a
part; ] am afraid It viii not be able TO
see-eap.
A. Which Of Sir Walter SCOTS novels
do lllio best The roup-lt or the tars
money?
THOMAS ". WOODY.
No, aoi North Twenty-seyepth street.,
Richmond Ya,
-----r,r
Square Words.
Ill AnaietH caution
2. a plant which rarely blooms,
:, To turn on an axisi sometimes seen
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TENNYsoN's BUGLE SONG.

The snlcndor falls on castle walls and
snowy SUBMITS old In storyi
III, long lights shakes across the lakes,
and the wild cataract leaps In glory.
BLOW, nugle, blow, set the wild echoes
flying.
BLOW, buslc, answer echoes, dying dy-
Ing, dying.
o. bark, o hear! how thin and dear, and
thinner. clearer farther going!
o, sweet and far from cliff and scaur
the horns OF ,I1lfland family blow
ing!
BLOW, ~ rs hear tho purple R'ens replS'
abM, tlluslc; answer. ccii2cs dying,
dying DYING,
Selected BY DORA RoTAAN 4
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APPLICANTS ANp CONTRIBUTORS.

Muse, hIyrtlo ii,
( Mountcastlc. L. G.
Noble, y. E.
4 Perkins. Thos.
Pearson, NJ
Payne, Ora Q.
l,othschild, a. M.
Richardson, NJ.
Roberts. Corinnn
Rotkin, Dora s
Stringf how, G. 8.
st. Claire, Nancy
4 Staples. John w. 1.
Sherman, Robt. w
ST. Claire, Ellen
Staples, l.. A. 5664
'TufnCr, WHlKcT Hgp,
'l'immins. Herbert
Turner, Annie
't'immlns, Francis
Vincent, Linwood
Walton. Frank
Wallersteln, Morton
Wingo, Snllle .a
Wilkes, Beverly (.
Woody, Thos. a.3
Woody, Charles
Watts. Mary b. III
Watsk y, Esther
Young, j. III. 5 II
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Allen. RI w, Jr.
Bridges, Marie j.
Blot'nt, r. IL.
Boggs, Gins. IL.
Blount,8 III. u.
Bates, .Elva.
Bates, Aylse
Boatwright Fred.
Chandler, G. w.
billiard, st:1azel *.
Daniel, Marian
Dalton, y. D., Jr.
Dunn, Lucy Il.
Fox, Katie Nj.
Flowers, ethel
Fitzgerald, Louise
,Flanhnrt, g. w.
Feather, Doris
Gain, Louise NJ.
Gentry, Pleasant
Cary Caleb IT.
Griffin, Eugene
Grlzznrtl, Pearl a.
Greenstreet. Nina
Hubbard, Eleanor
Jackson, Basil
tones, y. 3.
Jeffries, Sallie M.
Lorraine, Helen
Lawson, Anna II.
Miller, Louise
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Anagrarns-W With Defni-

Riller, Va
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OUR BABY

Beach p. Q. Va.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15

Rightly handled rape makes a gooo
pasture for pigs and, at the same time.
is beneficial to the land The way to
do Is to have . portable fence of hur-
dies and thereby picket the animals
on the plots fed each one after an
other. The ground is thus not only
thoroughly titled and all weeds exter-
minated, but an economical crop cheap-
iy grown economical in that it fur
nishes most excellent fare for the pigs.
and quickly brings them into the best
condition for the final finishing by grain
food. If other requirements are equal !,
such pork will be of the finest quail
ity. and yet produced at a cost con-
siderably less than that made by feed
Ing chiefly on grain; in truth, rape has
. healthful influence on the system of
swine that largely augments the
effects of the after feeding. The ex-
pense of fitting the land for 1t, and
procuring and sowing the seed, is mort
han Offset by the animals roofing
'ver the ground and turning the crop
nto Immediately available manure for
he succeeding one.-Epitomist.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15

An examination of 1000 criminals n
the French army has been made by
Dr.. J. Marty, the criminologist. The r.
suit Is curious. 1t proves that the Grim
inai soldier is far better specimen Of
the human form than is the ordinary
military man, whom he surpasses in
height, weight chest measurement.
muscular power, and general condition.
1t is necessary to find some theory for
the way in which the wicked flourish
like green bay tree, SO DR.. Marty sue-
gests that it is only the very strong who
can survive the wretched conditions Of
French criminal families. - PhiladeI-
phia Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15
HERE AND THERE.

The production of oranges in the
United States amounts to twelve mill
ion boxes, of which over two-thirds
are produced in California, the rest
in Florida
The planters Of the south who pull
fodder in the fall and burn their corn
stalks in the spring are burning up
$3.50 to S. per acre, which can be saved
by using shredder.
The best means of obtaining a
profit with any class OF stock is To
keep the best and keep it well. and this
applies especially to sheep. There is no
animal more Improbable than poor
sheep.
Tho discovery OF the lower silurian
phosphate beds In Maury county.
Tenn. may be rackoned among the
most valuable contributions to aeri-
culture ever made in any age or In
any country.
The first and most important in
fluence Of the Agricultural press in the
live stock indsistry Of the country is
the encouragement in breeding the
best, the healthiest, the largest and
the most vigorous animals.
The man who Is 50 situated hat
be can use purchased protein feedinc-
stuffs probably is able to enrich ijs
land in the cheapest way possible.
When he ie buying bran, middliurs.
etc.. he is getting the elements W pur-
shnse IN = c<1uauner,rfS1 fov<5l3,ev< s.Sxvs 4
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15
Man,s Food.

A man is very broad, omniyerous
animal, and needs great variety Of
iood' both mental and physical. No
matter what element we omit in his
Dill Oh fare, there is q corresponding
loss, omission or weakness in his life
aou cannot get full. complete man
on half q bill of fare. You cannot
nourlsh his body and starve his soul.
ana expect him to be symmetrical.
weii-baianced, poised; nor can YOU
starve his body and nourish his soul.
and expect him to be a giant on the
physical as well as on the spiritual
plane.-Success.
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why You should Keep Hens.

j. Because you ought by their
means to convert a great deal of fae
waste Of the farm into money, in the
shape OF eggs and chickens for market.
z. Because with intelligent manage
ment they ought to be all-yearreyeuue
producers. excepting, perhaps. about
two months during moulting season.
3. Because poultry viii yield you q
Quicker return for the capital invested
than any of the other departments OF
agriculture.
4. Because the manure from tbe
poultry house will make a valuable
compost for use in either vegetable
garden or orchard The birds them
selves. If allowed to run in the or
chard, viii destroy many injurious in
sects.
5. Because while cereals and fruits
can only be successfully grown in GER
tain sections, poultry can be raised for
table use or to- lay eggs in all parts
Of the country.
o. Because poultry raising is an en-
ployment in which the farmers wife
ind daughter can engage and leave him
Iree to attend to other departments.
q Because it will bring the best re-
-urns In the shape of new-laid eggs
furing the winter season-when the |
armer has most time ON his hands.
8. Because to start poultry raising
m the farm requires little or no can
tai. Under any circumstances. with I
'roper management, poultry can be
made, with little cost, valuable ad-
unct to the farm. --Colmanis Rural
World
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15

Not long ago an old colored woman -
tshs1n'a, ~ VISITED doctor and informe5 1;,r
snat her husband was SERIOUSLY IN i,.s Ths
ooGtor FASTENED home With. her. Ana pnos
sSking z diagnosis Of the mans GO IN. ;n.
of gastritis. --u noi's's',s csse
ON uastrit's;1 calculated the old woman.
ever got gastritis, 'csrse I do2't IHw NV. =
tang but coal and lie in dis house. m, an hrt
RoTerim little of that Philadelpb;s
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15
A DINNER-TABLE MIsHAp.
Inexperienced Servant Performs M.
Duty to the Letter Of In
struction.

Marcel Provost, the French novelist
Is favorite in the American colony
in rarls, says the Washington Star.
whenever see an English bish-
op' said M. Provost at an American
dinner party, Il laugh little to-my-
sell, for the good mans stately pres-
ence reminds me OF a terrible mishan
that once befell me.
i entertained q certain hisbon Loo,
year at dinner. My butler, an elderly
man, had brought in from friends
mousse an inexperienced lad to helm
nlm IN the dining room, and it seems
that this lad, during the laying Of the
cloth. annoyed the butler beyond en-
durance with questions as to his du-.
ties.
How shall hold the platesY
DO ! serve the dishes on the right
or on the left side of the guests?'
Must the bishop be served first or
second?' = y -
so ne continued interminably, and
1t last the impatient butler said:
All you Will need to do win be to
stand behind the bishops chair. and
whenever his lordship puts down his
siass you must reach over and wipe
ois mouth with q napkin,
Inat, as the butler expected. ST.
fenced his assistant But the young
man actually took the buffers ironical
remark for a serious order. AS soon
as dinner began he stationed himself
oenind the bishop. waited till his |
losusnip mad drunk and put down his |
glass, and then, as deliberately as his |
nervousness would permit. he opened |
'ut a large napkin and wiped the dig |
aiiied old gentleman's mouth.
Imagine my horror
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15

pease with the other farm crons VII
Keep up the fertility of the soil. am
WI asoid the necessity of the purchasx
VI any commercial fertilizers.
unfortunately, there are many ran.
ures' orten under the very best man
asement, connected with the attemnt
20 grow clover. The experiment sta-
tion at Columbia receives more In.
qairies as to the best method of seed.
ing and caring for the clover crop than
any other problem in agriculture. AS
4 result or these inquiries the station
mas Undertaken a series of experiments
10 determine the proper season 70 so,w
cover and the best methods of pnn.
cedgre.
On the station grounds for the paxt
Two years, once each week. clover has
peen sown from the 1st of Februarv
10 the 10th Of April. The result ~
tnese experiments have demonstratea
tnat The best time to SOW clover Ia
ABOUT the middle Of March When
eowed earlier than that, an early warm
spell VIII germinate the seed too eariv
and leave the young plants the victims
of a late frost.
Inc cow pea appears to have the
apaiity TO thrive ON land too Door To
grow red or crimson clover. II is nnt
ahected SO seriously as clover by ex-
ceaive heat or drought, and is not
easily smothered out by weeds.
On moist soils in central and soutb-
ern Missouri IT yields larger ouant,tv
OF vegetable matter containing a lsraer |
TOTAL quantity Of nitrogen than does
req clover. In the sections of the state : |
where the climate is well adapted, to
the growth of cow peas it is believed
rnat they will prove more satisfactory
as green manure crop than either
req or crimson clover, especially ON
poor soils, inasmuch as there is less
FISK IN securing stand, and there is
no danger of the hot weather in the
killing the young plants.
Compared with other fertilizer crops.
'ne co" pea seems to grow especially
well on poor land. On piece of nat
rally poor upland clay, which has for
me past fifty years been grown in
'orn and wheat without fertilizer. the
ection began last spring a number OF
experiments in methods of restoring
ne SOIL to productiveness On six of
nese plots cow peas were sown with
ut fertilizer. The average yield OF
ines and pods was very large, and {
SIDE from the fertlizing properties of 1
ne crop showed it to have value of
'.So an acre.-Missouri University | t
correspondence Post Dispatch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15

when was suffering from kidney
troubles brought on by cold. 1 had
severe pains in the back and sick head
aches. and felt miserable all over. A
lew boxes OF Doan's Kidney Pills made
me well woman, without an ache or
pain, and feel compelled TO recon.
mend TINS reliable relnedy.n
(SignefD Nellie Davis
a TRIAL FREE-Address Foster.
auburn Co Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
" all dealers. Price so cents.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15

The progress of civilization has at las.
reached the Jordan, and q steamboat
churns the water in which John bap-
tized. The Abbot Pachomius. of the
monastery of st. John, at Jericho, made
the first attempt at steam navigation
with a diminutive launch about three
years ago. The experiment was so sue
cessful that small steamer was pur.
chased year later and taken to the
Jordan.
ihls boat, the Prodromus, now main.
iains q regular passenger service be-
tween the bridge near Jericho and the
southern end of the Dead sea, and is wen
patronized by the tourists and pilgrims.
IN. Y. Herald.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15

persons who stammer," said the
pseudo-scientific boarder, do so be.
cause they think faster than they can
talk"
lis that the reason" asked the say
age bachelor, shat we so seldom meet
woman who stammers ?"-Indianap-
oils Journal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15

Mrs. Plunkett There's nothine
pleases man SO much when he reaches
home at night as to be met by a wife
with smiling countenance.
Mrs. Barker-That may be your
personal experience, but have found.
after long study of the matter. that
nothing pleases man so much when
he reaches home at night as to have an
the good-looking women in the neieh-
borhood sitting out on the front
porches where he'll have to stop and
gossip with them. Chicago Evening
News.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15

What's the use of peace confer.
ence?" inquired the skeptic.
"A great deal of-sse!" answered the
diplomat, Indignantly. ITS q barom-
ster. II we can get through a peace
conference without fight It win be :
pretty good sign that we can get
through several years without gen
eral ar.'-Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15

How very realistic plays are MOVE.
days., remarked Mr.. Kilduff.
Yes, they arc" replied Mr.. poindex-
ter. Il attended theater few nights
ago and in one of the scenes a table
was spread for a banquet, and real
toothpicks were used."-N. Y. World.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15

Woman In Hish once In E.sIana.
Lady Roberts Austen has lust been
elected president of the county coun-
ell OF Surrey. She is said to be the first
woman chosen in England to preside
over public body. The county coun-
ciis in England nearly correspond with
boards of supervisors in the United
States They constitute the local legis-
iatures In the English counties. The
system has just been extended to Ire
iand.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-10-15
Natural Inferenc.

Crags-Did you tell Shippers Won
thought 1 was man without anv hal.
ance?
butts-Well, naturally inferred thar
II you had balance you would draw on
1t for the amount you owe me.-Phila.
delphia North American.