The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-09


point 1t can run with the footinhn; Il
can keep pace with the horses, and It
can even subtle into peace the swcllngs
OF Jordan.
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me Supreme Lodge of Tho temperance
order of Good Tcmp,ars IL scheduled to
meet In Belfast, Ire. August 10, when
delegates will be- In attendance from such
farawny points as South Africa. Labrador
aud Iceland. All shades OF religious be-
licfs III the Protsstnnt Church., Roman
Catholics, 1llndus, Mohainmedans and
Christian Scientists Will Sbc represented
1t may not be generally known, but 1t
Is q fact nevertheless that this ORDER
/ which las perhaps dono moro for the
| advancement or temperance sentiment
throughout the world than any other
1 organization, WINS born III this country,
and from Massachusetts 1t has spread
throughout the world. 1t now has q
membership OF 100000.
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tits gratifying to learn that number
of the counties and cities Of tho state
have already assumed the expenses Of
the State primary to be held on August
%, and that Il number OF others have the
matter now under consideration. stale
Chairman Ellyson is very much asftti-
fled at what has been accomplished, and
1 if the friends of the primary will only
lend their help to the local committees,
| we believe that the candidates for United
States senator and elective State off,
cors will have a large part of their as
scssment returned to them. Now Is the
time to help the committees.
l. ~ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
/ Several years ago the school teachers
or Chicago asked for an increase Of
salaries. The request was turned down,
with the explanation that the taxes did
not yield revenue enough to allow It.
The teachers then proceeded to uncover
and report to the assessors enough I'M
assessed or insuffic!ently assessed prop
| erty to yield the required amount, and
/ so much more that Chicago was n large
| gamer by the transaction. \ similar
raid by school teachers in some other
| cities might make some like revelations.
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We arc truly glad that the Smith trial.
| in Manchester has come to a close. 1t
| was distressing aud disgusting and gayean
offensive odor to the local atmosphere.
But as to the verdict, let us remember
that the jurors were sworn to deal
justly S between the Commonwealth and
| the accused. They took the oath, and
theirs is the responsibility. We are
always slow to critlcisc the verdict of q
sworn jury of honest men.
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| Statstician Holmes, who has just been
discharged from the Agricultural De-
partment,iis said to have made enough
out OF a FREQ use OF his statistics to own
a dcplrtm mt house in Wash ngton. There
arc no figures to show how much longer
Flt would have taken him 10 own the
whole Agricultural Department, but the
evidence suggests that he was getting
the necessary statistics ready.
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On the Glorious Fourth the PETERSBURG,
! lndcx-Appeal was just forty years old,
and it celebrated Its birthday by getting
| out a twenty-five page edition that in
! most attractive form set forth the In
dustrial, commercial, educational and pro-
fessionaI activities tofathe good cty.ot
Petersburg. 1t was a splendid paper.
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Tho government report materially re-
! duccd the cotton acreage and at the same
| time increased the price, all OF which
| enables our southern friends to find that
there is something good in a government
report after all.
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! Nearly dozen nurses are said to have
been discharged from New York hos
/ pitfalls recently for flirting with patients.
| unwise are the managers OF those hos
,pitals for what better medicine could
be administered to patients than a few
doses of5real romantic Irritation.
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Immunity from yellow fever and a
$4,000 salary can heal all the wounds
that Secretary Taft's sharp tongue could
| infllct in q whole year. So thinks Mr..
| Wallace and so say many other folks.
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II they do not hurry up with their
little peace pow wowsky, Russia will
have to withdraw her plenipotentIarcs
to work on mutnies at home
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The Fourth Of July orators to the
contrary notwithstanding. dishonesty is
not modern invention, a S ono ,Diogenes
could testify were he present.
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Senator Morgan Is supposed to have
1 made a requstlon on the White House
for an invoice Of Panama troubles, but