The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-02
E.Self-Reliance..

Self-Reliance. \;
We arc Informed by a man in post ION
to know that, according to population
there are fewer accidents on, the street
ca + lines q In New York than In the city
Of Richmond. This statenent.a at first blush
seems to DO an exaggeration, yet we have ",
no doubt that 1t is true and when thee n
panatlonl 4 is glvon it Is entirely reason
able. In Richmond It is the duty 2 + tho
motor,nen to look ont for tlc safety
of persons who walk or drive on.glhe
streets, but on the crowded streets $ofI
New York this cannot be. There, every
person must look out for his own /. safety t.y
There Is in this simple statement a.
fine lesson in sclf-reliance. In this busy
world those who Snro thrown upon their
own resources, from necessity learn The
great lesson OF self-rcliance sooner. and
better than those who have guardians MaI.ys
a flno boy has been thrown into desponl'd1;e@ncy
and effemnacy by an over yea lous mot h
Ell. Turn tho boy out every now ana nc.
then and let him learn to shift for hiln--5
self. That's the way to make r, q man y ian
|of5him. q {. 81 q. Il II, 81. AS
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According Is the Washington core
spondent Of tho Baltimore Sun President
Roosevelt recently attended "a dinner. at.
which was 4 present Senator Cockrell, Or
Missouri. While the dinner was in pro-
gross, Mr.. Roosevelt arose and after an
nouncing that ho was about TO do an
unusual thing, proposed the health$of MI.
Cockrell, a political opponent, at the same
time declaring with the utmost candor
that no would not necessarily be bound
by d party during the four years Of his
term.
That means trouble for the Republl-
cans. IT. means also that during Mr..
Rooscvcts next administration there is
going to be lot Of fun IN Congress,
which the Democrats at least will greatly
enjoy. We suspect also that the President
himself will have Ills share Of the fun ], lie
hates a, dull time anyway IA IL
DR.. William Oslcr stlll insists that the
telling work Of the world has been done
and Is done by men under forty years Of
age and that it would be for the general
good if mon at sixty wcro relieved from
active work. "A 5
| ,.When reminded the other day by a
reporter that washington was forty-three
years old at the outbreak Of the Revo-
| lutlonary War, Or. Osler replied TINT
that was an exceptional case. DIR, Osler
has recently been appointed regius pro-
lessor OF medicine at Oxford al, q salary
4 Of $4,000 ID year, and 1T is said that his
consulting fees In that position will rep
resent about $50, O0Oga year additional, DR.
osler is now ABOUT ffty-fivo years Of
age, Clearly he regards himself as also
can exceptional case.
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i According to II special from Raleigh
n, &C., an unfnvorable report hus beef
ordered by the House Committee on Edu
y cation on tho bill providing that spccia
{ school taxes be levied BY each race on It!
own property, the purpose of which wa
to relieve the whites from extra taxes
for negro schools.
! We are glad to hear lt,,ss,gThc Southern
people have been very liberal IN provid
ing schools for negro children. and tina
sort of liberalty 3;canpot result In evil
There is great comfort in ", II we d
!, our duty the results will take care o
themselves. ii
/, Observation-Disclosures
I Dispatch, the Norfolk Landmark, the Tc
"A tersburg Inde&-Appcul and other esteem
ed contemporaries in the demand for
a law requiring that persons condemned t
: death IN the counties and cities BIO take
q 10 the penitentlary for execution Tn
arguments are overwhclmlng, and W
I hope 10 see such a law enacted by IN
: next General Assembly,
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: Niedrnghnus Missourls senatorial as
ipirant, says he win so off somewheI
Y and be quiet II they'll only knife Keren
y or course we fecl sorrX for Mr., kerel
Z and all that, but his duty seems pretl
!. plain.
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