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The Appeal., 1905-04-08

"A charity machine said the sail
or stands in front of the house OF
Edison Murphy of Croydon. Any
tramp that comes along can get
cent out of the machine.
..The tramps don't believe their
ewes at first They stand and look
at the charity machine in a knowing
way. They say to themselves that
they amt green, and it's no use tryln
to do them.
But there the big, cast iron IN
strument stands, and it states plain
and direct on the dial of it that any
poor person, if he turns the handle
hundred times, will receive a penny
out of the slot.
so the tramp gives it a trial. He
starts to turn the handle, counting
carefully, so as not to go over the
hundred, for the handle works pretty
stiff. He turns with the right hand
The Appeal., 1905-04-08

I envy him. who with a crust of bread,
Surveys the highest firmament OF nope.
Who yet can lift his WOebenighted head
And scorn the depths where kings in
folly grope;
Who, in his rags, aspires to honors
shrine.
And worships there, in silence, with his
Who stu Suit can say, "The fruits of life are
mfne."
Tho Time and Tide efface his every
goal,
I envy him.
I envy him, who. in the field. of strife,
Attains the halo of a sin]ess brow,
Whose thoughts so Godwald, from the
1noil of life,
The while his hand is fettered to the
ploW-
Who, from the furrow of the common
herd,
HATH fixed his eye upon the astral
Whose soul is like the spirit Of the bird:
Whose heart is void Of bitterness and
I envy him.
I envy him. who, with no gift of gold
Can bribe the favor of untoward Fate,
Whose honor, truth and manhood are not
To gain the key of Fortunes magic
Who Stands alone-above, apart, away
The Appeal., 1905-04-08

Residents of Bangor, Ne, and those
living within a radius of twenty-five
miles of the city have heard or seen
Daniel Tompson, known as "Old
Dan" Tompson, or BaDgor's giant.
He was the tallest man without a
doubt in that city, and always walked
with huge cane. ,.-a.s
NsOld DAM was not supposed by
most people to be very bright. He
made himself a privileged character
about the city, walking at will into
stores and other places of business
Of any kind, school houses and private
residences.
Dan called at a grocery store one
day. He sometimes bought small
articles there, and had paid for them,
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called her-get, out Of led and totter
towards the fireplace. where she fell.
"Then," said she, Master Charley
came into the room; and, seeing his
grandmother, lnelt down, put his
hand under her head,9 and drew it
away at once, for it was wet with
,bleed.'' -, 80
: The scrub woman EXPRESSED herself
in her own way; but 4 have given the
substance of what she said. The fam
lily made merry over the whole affair
and .chafed~thex scrub Toman about
her dream; and by theftime she left
them in the evening, owing to pre-
occupation with the days duties, had
forgotten all about the matter. After
she had gone, however, master
The Appeal., 1905-04-08

Congressman Kyle of Ohio tells OF
an army officer who never was known
to have "cold feet" but he was ten
der-footed, albeit not "tenderfoot IN
any sense of the word. He couldn't
even wear socks which had been
washed, because they rubbed and
chafed his delicate cuticle. Wearing
new socks all the time was exceed
ingly expensive; and he kept look
ing for cheaper socks all the time.
Finally, he found "a place where he
could buy a. dozen for $1.50, and he
bought two dozen to begin with. Two
days afterward, he limped into the
place and threw down the bundle, say
ing:
sI'ye worn two pairs of those socks.
The Appeal., 1905-04-08

There are more things in heaven
and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt
Of in your philosophy, remarked
Hamlet to his friend. And this quo
tation from Shakespeare, which has
become stock saying, impresses the
deep and widespread conviction Of
the vast mass of human beings in the
face of the most aggressive material
ism, mock merrily as it may. The
ordinary man suspects that the skep-
:ticism is not more than skin deep,
- Years ago 1 remember~there was an
inhabitant OF Maine fishing town,
who gave himself airs OF superiority
over hts fellow sailors in the matter
of ghosts. His name was commonly
known as "Billy." He had read a
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The Man Worth Envyin &

From all the masses that would mock
his aim,
Who only fears his Maker, and the Day
When God shall view the glory and the
shame.
envy him. -
1 envy him. whate' Ter his lot may be.
Who lives the part by Destiny assigned.
Who does his given duty, spirit free,
With callOus hand. brave soul and STAIN
less mind;
Who still can love when all but God be-
tray,
And who in death, goes smiling to his
sleep
With sweet conviction of the Coming
Day,
I envy him.
I envy him. who can be. strong and true
Desp the myriad forces that may
Who knows the Right, and does not fear
Whose mind and soul are from the ban
exempt;
Who lives his life contented with his part,
Nor seeks to solve the puzzles Of the
Plan,
Who thrice is blest with but an honest
heart.
And lives and dies a mere-contented
man:
I envy him.
T. Shelley Sutton.
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- The Way to DO Il.

"Women generally go against their
own best interests, don't they?" a
blond girl asked refectively, slipping a
hot drink. Her companion at one
of those cozy little tables in a down
town shop that give one chance to
rest few minutes after the matinee
and talk over the play over a; cup OF
chocolate, only smiled, and the blond
continued. "Do you see that little
one-act comedy at. the table across the
room? Madame over there. came In
with her husband and cross frame OF
mind a while ago. Perhaps it was a
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The past was more prolific IN the
production of giants than the present.
In 1880 one of these giants, who was
exhibited at Rouen, was ten feet hlgh'
and the giant Galabra, brought from
Arabia to Rome in the time of Claud-
ius Caesar, was the same height. Fan
mum, who lived in the time OF Eu-
gene II, was eleven and one-haf feet
in height.
The Chevalier Scrog in his journey
to the Peak Teneriffe found in one oil
the caverns of that mountain the head
of giant who had sixty teeth and
who was not less than fifteen feet
high. The giant Faragus, slain by
Orlando, the nephew of Charlemagne,
according to reports, was twenty-elgh
feet high. In 1914 near st. Gernad
was found the tomb of the giant Aso-
lent, who was not less than thirty
feet high. In 1890 near Rouen was
The Appeal., 1905-04-08
Wouldn't Break His Promise

but this day he wanted a sack Of
-four, and he said, following his pecu-
liar method of repeating: 81 can't
pay today; can't pay to-day; pay next
time come in; pay next time I
come in ~.".
They let him have the -four more as
an experiment than for profit. One
or two months went by and Dan did
not come in. One day the man who
sold him the -four met him on Main
street "Hullos Dan," said he, when
are you going to pay for that -four?
Didn't you say you'd pay next time
you came in?"
Eyes; yes" replied Dan, grinning,
next time come in, but haint
coming in; hain't coming in.
The Appeal., 1905-04-08
Sold Her Chance to Win Out.

One of the mourners in Washington
on Inauguration day was a woman
who recently sold out her hotel on
lower Pennsylvania avenue. The ho-
tel had not been a profitable specula-
ton, and when stranger offered her
a reasonable price for her lease and
furniture she jtknped at the chance
to get out with a still existent bank
account. That was in January.
Last week when the local papers
began to quote rates for windows along
the route of the parade. she figured
The Appeal., 1905-04-08

his class: This lady was OF the
jurassic age!"
"Where's the harm in that?' asked
Stonehatchet innocently.
'Harm!'' shrieked Miss Yaya. do
you know that the jurassic age covers
a million years? The idea of exag-
gerating a lady's age in that manner!'
But then the prehistoric maiden
dimpled again sweetly when Stone.
hatchet, tactful society man that he
was, consoled her with the reflection
that scientists would not refer to her
as an "old maid" but rather as a
"bachelor girl.''-New York Sun.
The Appeal., 1905-04-08
A Strange Disease.

Champ Clark tells Of a conversation
between two village gossips concern.
ing farmer who was very i'll. One OF
them said:
"The doctor told his wife this morn
ing that he may live for some months,
but he will never get WE'LL"
did the doctor say what the dis.
ease was?" (:
Eyes, he said the poor fellow has
chronicles, and has 'em very bad in
deed"
II never heard Of the chronicles. I
suppose it must be one of the lung
diseases, amt it?'
Il don't know about that He didn t
say nothin' about any lung diseases;
only the chronicles.
But where in the body is the chron-
icles?"
"I dunno. The doctor said he has
the chronicles in his chronicle tubes. -
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clock began to go up and down, and
the hands to go round till weights and
hands stopped as suddenly as they
had begun to move, at the hour of 7.
The next evening, recisely at the
time indicated, the uncle died. MY
informant was quite clear as to the
details of the incident. He was as
honest and matter of fact a person as
anv that walks, and merely mentioned
it in the course of private conversa-
ton as being strange.
/ am not going to argue the why
and the wherefore here. That is i'm
possible, because the only data l pos
sess have given. =
The Appeal., 1905-04-08
Meant for the Unde ertaker

and they are the worst ever. They
have seams down the soles, and al
most kill me-" r
But, they are not intended to be
worn, as supposed you knew very
we'll" was the reply Of the dealer
what, then, we're they made for?"
inquired the captain.
Amt you an undertaken" was the
serious inquiry.
"Certainly not" was the indignant
reply. II am an army officer"
"Then l was mistaken in my GUS
TONER" blandly answered the dealer.
"l supposed you were an undertaken.
All dead people are buried with socks
on; and the undertakers buy that
brand"
The Appeal., 1905-04-08
CAN these BE CALLED
MERE EICOINCIDENCES?

out that had she held on for couple
of months she could have cleared
something like $4,000 from the rental
of the windows alone, to say nothing
of the crowd which would have
packed the hotel for the week preced'
ing the festivities.
: The fact that she was a Western
woman who had never been in the
capital during an Inauguration &C
counted for her blunder.
The Appeal., 1905-04-08
RockefelIer's Vast Wealth

John D. Rockefeller's wealth in sill
yer dollars would, some one has esti.
mated, weight as much as two first.
class battleships; in one-dollar bills
it would make a double girdle around
the earth and leave remnant ], 800
miles long.
The Appeal., 1905-04-08

little more than the rest, and a little
knowledge is said to be a dangerous
thing. He sneered and people natur-
ally were annoyed. So it happened
that Alfred Hicks, long coxswain OF
the lifeboat at the port, a man OF IN
telligence and much genial humor,
was returning from night ramble
when just before dawn lie saw flick
er OF. light in the downstairs window
of Billy's cottage. Creeping up gent
ly, Alfred peered through pane and
saw the knowing one endeavoring to
light the IRE. Drawing upon the most
sepulchral quality OF his lungs ne
gave utterance to a thoroughly appall-
ing sound, raucAusly articulating:
"Boo-hoo-ho6! Billy" The skeptic
gave one yell of horror and ran up
stairs, never pausing till he had hid
den a pallid face and trembling form
beneath the bed clothes. All the VII
lage was edited by the graphic de-
scription promptly given of this Incl
dent by Alfred Hicks ---s-- A-~.
Some Tales Are Exploded.
Now, l am not going to suggest that
all disbelievers in the supernatural
are of the same caliber as Billy. Well
do I know that, after the lamentable
suicide of a former clergyman OF a
New England village, and when ru-
mors that he walked at night got
abroad, a noted doctor, trying to
quench what he considered superstl-
tion, went down enc evening to the
parsons grave in the churchyard by
the sea, and, sitting on the mound,
lit his pipe as the clock struck H.. 1t
is true also that a succeeding preach
er professed to have heard loud and
inexplicable noises proceeding from
the attic in which the suicide oc-
Cured, but he observed:
GAS long as he keeps upstairs l
don't mind' Some agnostically mind
ed folk may have more nerve than
others.
Personally, l have heard a great
manv stories of what has been called
the right side of nature, not told me
for publication, but as strange ex-
periences by friends and acquaint-
ances whose honesty and good faith I
have no reason whatever to question.
A lady know was residing with
her uncle and aunt The uncle was
dangerously i'll. One evening aunt
and niece were sitting in a room
downstairs in which was an old grand
fathers clock which had not worked
for years. Suddenly, without any as
certained cause, the weights Of the
The Appeal., 1905-04-08
One Dream Which "came True"

The following occurred in Boston
suburban house in which resided a
much respected middle class family.
There were a father and mother and
EIGHT children, the paternal grand
mother. an old lady, occupying a room
unstairs at the top Of the dwelling. A
Scrub woman, who came to work regu-
larlv at the house, arrived one Satur-
flay morning full of a dream she had
had on the previous night: She had
seen the grandmothe old lady" she
The Appeal., 1905-04-08

There's the Fellow in the Corner at the
first night Of the play.
Though the piece is sensation that elec-
trifes Broadway,
Though it gives the critics thrills and
makes the glad box office dance q
When the house is sold from aisles to
caves full six weeks in advance.
- Still he says, .'Pooh-pooh!
-...s I'll eat my hat 4
If couldn't do .ss5sS.
+ - AS. well as that! S5
There's the Fellow in the Corner when
-- the novel makes a hit @
Aod Is blazed across the country as the
: Liter arys 1t.
When the wise are saying "Genius!" and
=, =: the publishers grow sleek -
By the large demand for twenty thou
sand copies every week.
Still he says, PoOh-poohl
I'll eat my hat 81
If I couldn't do
AS well rs that!'
The Appeal., 1905-04-08
Real Consideration,

Mrs. Blank, coming suddenly into
the hallway about 10 o'clock one even
ing, discovered Bridget on her knees
with her eye to the keyhole of the
drawing-room door. ~
'Why, Bridget, what are you
about?" she exclaimed, Indignantly
Don't you know my daughter has
company" ....@s -.=.s- +. ..
"An' that's just it, num-" was the
somewhat rreproachful reply. 'I jist
wanted to make sure if I'd better
knock sbefore goin' in-it's time to be
lookin' afther the fire."
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Wi1es Of the "knocker' r.

There's the Fellow in the Corner always
pltting out the fire
Wien the flames Of public sentiment are
kindling to admire, t.s,. .,'
Be it Preaching, Painting, Pugilism.
Business, Beauty, Graft. j.. -.
He awaits the opp ortInitye to plant his
trusty shaft #
With his little "Pool1- rcch!
I'll eat ny hat a, i..-.. .-.s:-'.
So. : If I couldn't do s., g. T.. = -.
< AS well as that!' = 80.
These Fellows in the Corner, it's beyond
H. a doubt they could
Revolutionize the cosmos in a minute-:f
they would sEE@@S
And when they're good and ready they'll
reveal before our eyes
What al really clever person can accom-
ii, ?plish when het tries. Z&s
- Then the world will say,
We'll eat our hat
8, IF we couldn't do gsS.5 :,
AS well as that
Wallace irwin in New York Globe.
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Charley" who had been out all day,
came in and went upstairs to see his
grandmother. On entering her room
he was shocked to find her lying on
the floor with her head against the
fender. Kneelil1g down, he put his
hand under; her head and then with
drew it quickly, for it was wet with
blood. n
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Charley Tells the story

Charley Tells the story.
had the whole story frem Master
Charley's' lips just after it occurred.
He did. not moralize about it. 1t
struck him as strange, and he told
me. And there it is 70 mock at or
ponder over, as you please. The
grandmother never rallied from the
shock, but died thirteen days later
Chicago Tribune. Il
The Appeal., 1905-04-08

SOME MlLLIoN>~YEARs AGO.

u
Two Ornaments Of Society Had Fol.
lowing Dialeaue.A..=--.4.
Miss Yaya Cliffdweller was primp-
ing herself proudly before mirror
formed by a crystal spring. Though
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-21

slight delay IN tho matter OF executive
action on appointments, the department
people can calculate to the day and al
most to the hour Of the receipt lon OF a
document sent the President and returned
With his approval or dlsapprova1.
EPayr1asters in Navy.
There are twentysnlncs8 chances for
bright young Americans to enter the, navy
this year, without passing through, 5An-
8,apolis This number Of assistant pay
masters are to be appointed all taken
from civil life. This Is the only position
In the naval service to which a civilian
is eligible, save that OF enlisted man.
The appointees are to be selected from
a list OF those who make IA cert tain per-
centage on examinations to be held IN
Washington at the navy-yard, and at the
Mare Island yard. Political influence Will
count for nnught, It is stated Tho np-
plicants, however, In addition to pass
ing ali examination, mist present letters
from reputable business men showing
their fitness for the position sought. he
applicant MUST make n rtain percentage
on examination. The salary Is ;1,60o. III
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ATTENDED PRIZE FIGHT.
And Now Mormon President Is
4 in Hot Water Again.
(special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.l

11f (SpeciaI q 70 The T11Tmes-UIspatch.Jys 5y IS
y SALT LAX L. UTAH y, a pril Il 20. Joseph +.
Smiths presence at the schreck- Gardner prize
fight Monday night has drawn forth another
bitter public criticism from B. E. Gibbs. h a
prominent member Of the Mormon Church In
an open letter, published yesterday. Mr.. Gibbs
refers to Mr.. Smith as a patron saint Of prize
fighting, challenges the Mormon PRESIDENT
claim to be prophet seer and reveat tor, y
and charges that among his own people;
Joseph F. "A Smith is regarded as q sell con-
fessed defer OF the laws OF God and man
X In3tthe closing paragraph of his letter m
Gibbs says the fact that Mr.. Smith took
eight OF his sons and witnessed n brutal slug
antics before the SENATE Committee and since
excite any more comment than would the
does II concern any ono MS to the amount he
now. on tho result. although n q lot
3 Of people, Aforinons and genties.r are now
Specializing on that quest ion. ~
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Washington Affairs.

4 WASHINGTON! d. c., 4 April u. vif-,
.ginia postnlasters appointed: Levy ou-
doun county, May Carruthers Vice Her
man r. Smith, resigned: Mountville lie. Lou
fdoun county, E.; H !. Vanslck. = v lee J. M.
Mount, resigned .}}st Y -l tE5s
North Carolina rural routes ord cred es-
,tablishcd May 16th b: Conway, NJ champion
county, route !, population $50, houses
104; Graham, Alamance county troute.2 2,
population, $685. houses s113 M leblanc. In
nance county, routes l and 2 population
~. route i. populati on 1893. houses 127. sS
Harry T. Taylor, substitute rural carrier,
III Assistant Surgeon 6. p. Strife u. s. N.
has .been&detached from Naval Hospital
at Norfolk and ordered to the Asletlc
station. NH *.
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!, ,,r,,1l !. I, III sauasure. taking place

Mr.. william de saussure' taking altng place ace
Miss Mary Darnall, who has been VS.,
ting relatives In the city, mas ietu'I ss'1:
TO her home in Roanoke.
Miss Lucy Clair Atkinson, regent Of the.
Old Dominion Chapter, Daughters o. alne
American Revolution. and nd h ans s sls,e1.
Miss Ethel haa walker f5e NsM %a ara
Mrs. w. i, Burruss. Of Fredericksburg,
is the guest Of friends in Richmond 11
Dr. and Mrs Louis McLane Tiffany,
of Baltimore. have opened for the sum
mer, Mount Custis. their country place
in Accqhlac county, va,
p, Mss' Of N her daushter, Mrs. George Minor
Meredith. In WiIoughby Avenue er' Bran u
bleton, Norfolk.
Miss Katie guford Is yisis! nEg,o Mrs. Jun
ius Lynch, in Butte street Norlo'k
Miss Leanore Bastran and Dr.. William
J. Knight, OF Newport News, are visiting
friends in the city.
Mrs. ]. r. Clark, Of Lynchburg. has
returned home after a pleasant stay
with friends in the city
Messrs. w. G. Moseley and L. ".
Brander are spending a few Gays IN
Staunton.
The Misses Easley. OF Houston, Va,
will be the guest. during Easter week,
of Mrs. Robert Lancaster NO, 9O4 Pafk
Avenue. Miss Elizabeth Easley Wxll pc
one OF the attendants at the De Saus-
Watkins wedding.
( s i b. J.
Miss Julia Stir is visiting her brother.
the Rev. J, w. Stiff, of Portsmouth
The Southern Colony. in Washington Is
giving It's best efforts to the Dixie
Dance" to be given in the Confederate
Veterans Hall the evening OF April 27th,
na a cbh he o ha 1 81 ha 0G 81
confederaoy' Of W.shlnston
Mrs. Walter w. Foster, of No, II North
First Street. who has been y! for some
weeks, Is slightly better but is still IN
| able to be out.
| Miss Margaret Lea, OF Philadelphia, is
visiting Mrs. r. w. Miles, of Floyd ave-
nue.; This Is Miss LEAFS first visit t.
the appearance of the city and tho corr
clarity OF the people.
! Miss IIarriotte Lee Taliaferro,l Mrs. NJ
| G. Patterson and Miss Bessie Catln have
| returned from delightful visit to Wash.
Ing and New York. where they went "a
I arrange for the loan OF pictures to bc
hung at the approaching exhibit OF the
Richmond Art Club
1 Miss julia Woodbridge who accom-,
panied the ladies to Washington has also
Mrs. Louis G. Dennis OF Milwaukee
Wisp arrived In the city Monday to bt
the. guest OF her parents. Mr. and Mrs
J, A, Kratz. OF No, 20l4 Jefferson Park,
friends are giving her warm weicom
back 70 the old home. where she Wa
well known as Miss Julia Kratx
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y VIRGINIA.
BRIEFS S.
isnoc,a, Z The rimes -DIspatch.,

(Special to The Times Dispatch.) 8
Z CHATHAM VA, April &c. Reports from the
frosts of Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights
vary very much as to injury to, the fruit crop.
killed while in others very slight injury has
been done, hut as whole the peach and
pear crop have, it Is generally believed, been
damaged more than, ce-fourths. Apples SO
far are uninjured. }i 4, 3i
4 SUFFOLK, ! a. Mrs5 Lulie Jordan, wife OF
Hon, Walter Jordan, former member OF tho
her homo in the county to Portsmouth, was
thrown from her buggy and painfully injured,
The horse became frightened at street car
lust outside OF Portsmouth. *,
Z TAZIlW IJLL.f YA.--Wllliam Hairston, the
negro who was to have been hanged here to-
morrow for the murder of his sweetheart, has
boon respited by the Governor until the lsth
day OF May. ts$ 3Sf5
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Bitten BY 5Fifty-C Cent Dog.
Especial & to Tho Times.DlsPal

/ swISsTED, CONN, q prll 20, Charles john
son. a: farmer living In Rlyerton, near here,
was perhaps fatally bitten vest erday BY a
shepherd dog which he purchased at an
auction sale yesterday for fit cents
The, dog stole some beef from the cellar and
carried 4 It into a lot. hen John son tried TO
recover the beef the dog attacked him, badly
ilacerating his legs and arms. To sescape the
brute johnson finally climbed a trce, where
he remained for two hours sup ering great
agony, 81 before his wife could summon help.
b johnson Will have to stay in 4 bed a Week
;if cornplicat Ions do not set IN.
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Liquor Licenses in the County.
Application for LIQUOR licenses VIII be
considered at the county courthouse on
the 9th OF this month, 1t lis said that
a number Of the clubs will have trou,
Bile in securing licenses. on the ground
of having sold liquor to other than mem
bers OF the club.