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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-09
Captain j. W. Thompson.
lspeelal to the mines DIspateh.l

Especial to the Times-Dispatch.p
ErNA MILE. VA. January S.-Capl.
John w. Thompson died at o'clock yes
slerday afternoon, at the home of Mr.. C..
Tuck, aged 40, Capt Thompson was y
we'll known saw-mill man of Elmont. and
was a conductor for years on the r. #.
and p. Railroad.
He came over to his saw-mlll during
Christmas week with his son, to take
n hunt, as well as TO look after his
teams while his teamsters We're away. lie
took cold, which developed into pneumo-
MIA He was only sick u little over u.
week, Mrs. Thompson. his wife. was ur-
able to be with him on account of her
own Illness, but his son and daughter
were with him.
His body was taken to Hanover and
Inferred in the family buryins-ground.
de was Il conscientious member of tile
Major j. D. Winnie.
Especial to The Times lspatchl
NEWPORT NEWS. VA, Jnuary s.ifhe
funeral OF Major James Duncan Whine,
who died ut his home in Phoebus Satur-
day night. will take place tomorrow af-
ternoon at the Phoebus Methodist Church.
Major Winnie was chairman OF the school
board OF his town and a leading citizen
and, entering the regular army. served
until fourteen years ago, when he took
up his residence in Phoebus. The deceas-
e vas prominent secret ord. order mao q
Knights-Templars st. iJolin's Royal Arch
Chapter. and OF the Old Point II ,odge OF
odd Fellows. He was also a member OF
Acca Temple. Shrlners; Hampton Lodge
OF Ellss; Phoebus Conolave otslleptasophs,
Ancient Order OF United WorkInen. thu
Grand Army Of the Republic and tho
Army and Navy Union, Tie Is survived
by a widow and five children,
John Z. Chiffon,
Especial to The Times pispatch)
q SPoTSYLNANlA G, H., VA, january
S,,Mr John r, Chiffon, the last pen
sloner OF the Mexlcan war resdlas On this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-09
DEATHS.

M'CL.AR u. Oiled, at the residences OF lis
parents, 2lS n. Twentieth Street, BIER
fiN.ARD JOSEPH, youngest child of
Patrick and Nellie McClare,
Funeral will take place from residence
at 5 o'clock THIS AFTERNOON!
Friends and relatives invited to attend.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-09
Mrs. C. q. Leachrnan.

Especial to The Times- Dispatch)
FREDERICKSBURG, VA, January 81
Mrs. c.. g. Leachinan died a few days
ago at her home, in Prince William coltn-
ty. OF typhoid pneumonia. She Is survived
by her husband and five children.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-09
At Heart a Virginian.

Why is it," he said. that the vir-
ginia press takes this stand against me-
I'm almost Virginian, and indeed. in
my heart and inclination ! am all one.
Here it is that j can't get away from
Washington for few hours without all
manner of charges being made against
me. What have l done.
1t looks to me as though had gained
the luminosity Of one of the Virginia
Congressman, who has pumped the Nr-
ginia press full of my shortcomings and
delinqnencies. Apart from all that want
to say that there is not "A word of truth
in the stories and rurnors that have been
spread abroad. Champ CLARK il like ii
brother to me and Is as loyal to me under
all circumstances as ] am to him.
Some time ago my daughter was taken
III and the surgeons decided that she
would have to undergo an operation for
appendicitis. She agreed to permit the
operation only IL ! would go South and
be with her when II took place. and so
pf 7 y l.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-09
METHODIST SCHOOLS.
DR.. Lambeth Addresses Large
Audience at Jn;on Stat;o,,

Audience at Union Station.
The monthly meeting of the Methodist
Snnday-schoo, Society of Richmond WAS
held Sunday afternoon at Union Station
Church F. NJ Redford president: f. f.
Stiff. secretary
The school reported as follows
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-09

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, VA, January s.
Mr.. Joseph g. Covington, a prominent
week at his home. after an illness Of sew
eral months, aged Us years. He was ii
brave Confederate soldier and faithful
member of the Methodist Church. He Is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-09
WIS. FANNIE u. WI1gnt.

Especial to The Times ispatch.J
FREDERICKSBURG. VA, January S.
Mrs. Fannie u. Wright. who was Miss
Fannie Knight. daughter of the late John
n. knight, OF this city, died In Lynchburg
last week. after brief illness. She is
survived by her husband and three chill
dren. She WIS near relative of Mr.. W.
e. Lang, Mrs. G. III. Petit and Miss
Fannie Lang, of this city, who attended
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-09
Mrs. M. /. Lawton

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
STAUNTON, VA, January S.--Mrs. M.
j. L;lwton, aged 20 died here last night
after a lingering Illness.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-09

tSpecluI TO The Times- Dispatch)
NORFOLK. VA. January S.--Daniel
Deal, q well known citizen of South Nor
folk. died yesterday afternoon at his home
after an illness of several years. He was
seventy-fve years OF age and was a
native OF PasGuotank county. N. O., but
had been n resident of South Norfolk for.
about six years. The deceased is sur
vived by widow and six children.
I. G, Coyington.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-18
FROM the WIDE WORLD

England is having her election
troubles just now. and these are
developing many surprising Liberal
gains. The Labor agitators are all
working with the Liberals, and good
will Of course follow the general stir
ring up.
There is but little change to re-
port in the situation of political
affairs in Russia. Though there is
apparent quiet upon the surface yet
there is still so much of discomfort az
10 keep up a seething under this
surface calm. What may be the
outcome cannot be foretold.
AN the members Of the Workmen's
Council in ST. Petersburg have been
arrested and the police claim to have
found important documents and a
cipher list. Agrarian disorders are
again becoming pronounced in
Russia.
A cable message from Egypt was
received on Tuesday announcing the
death in that country Of Thomas j.
Emery, multimillionaire of Cincin-
natl.
The Morocco question isattracting
general attention among the
European powers now. Many
persons in our own country think
that she United States should not
interfere, but that France and
Germany should be allowed to settle
the question between themselves,
since they seem TO be parties most
interested.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-18
IN OUR OWN couNIRY.

Nv VON OWN SOoNiNf.
The Louisville License Board on
Monday last granted a license TO a
whiskey dealer to open saloon in
the house made well-nigh historic as
the residence Of Mrs. Wigs, Of the
Cabbage Patch. And this was done,
80 It's said, with the consent Of Mrs.
Wigs" herself Quite storm Of
indignation has been aroused by this
action, and with reason.
The failure in Cleveland, Ohio, Of
the brokerage firm Of Denison, Prior
a Co, has revealed a mass Of rotten
ness not surprising 10 those who are
familiar with those forms Of legalized
gambling which obtain in such dens.
An increase in the Louisville
whiskey business is shown by the re
ports for the year just closed. This
IL not encouraging news TO She great
mass Of people who stand Tor law,
order and decency in our Kentucky
state.
The violent wind storms Of this
week did much damage in our own
state, and brought death and prop
erty loss 10 many in other sections Of
our country.
The wonderful fght for life and
freedom made 10y Albert T. Patrick
has reached another stage. The
Governor OF New York on Monday
granted a reprieye 10 him until March
10. Even those who believe in
Patricks guilt cannot but admire the
courage aud pluck he has shown in
his long legal fght.
There is an apparent division In
our House Of Lords otherwise known
AZ the u. S. Seuate) over the ques
ton Of supporting the President
That the people Of the United States
support him was somewhat EN-
phasized last presidential election.
But then the august senators have
not yet learned that they are there 10
carry out the wishes Of the people,
more's the pity.
Gen. j. Warren Keller, OF Ohio,
win soon begin a fight ia earnest on
those States which have attempted 10
disiranchise the Negro. Great mass
meetings are 20 be held at various
points, 80 work up public sentiment,
aud the first Of these will probably
be in Cooper Union, in New York
City.
The Philippine tariff bill was
passed by the House Tuesday sub
stautially as il came from the Ways
and Means Committee The vote
was 25S toll. Rice was made subject
10 the same tariff as sugar and tobac-
co--25 per cent. Of the Dingley
rates.
Marshall Field, OF Chicago. a
millionaire merchant and leader in
the dry goods trade OF the world,
died at the Holland House, in New
York city, after an illness extending
over more than a week, beginning
with a bad cold and developing
quickly into pneumonia, which al.
fected both lungs. Mr.. Field,
although seventy years OF age, made
a fight against the disease which the
attending physicians pronounced as
being drawer and stronger than would
have been expected of man many
years his junior.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-18
PRAYER

Grant US o Lord, the grace to bear
The little pricking thorEi
The hssty word that seems unfair;
The jest which makes cur weakness plain.
The darling plan o'eriurued,
The careless touch upon our pain
The slight we have not earned
The rasp Of care. dear Lord today
Lest all these ffetting things
Make needless grief oh give. we pray,
The heart that trusts and sings.
-ELIzAnErH l.. Could.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-18

John Burns, President of the
British Local Government Board,
was e-elected by a majority of 1900.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-18
TharLocal Indifference.

Explorer Could you direct me to
the north poles
Arctic Native Yes. It's about
FIVE minutes walk from here, I've
never seen it myself, but I've been
given to understand that some per
sons consider it a great curiosity
Judge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-30

of than any ella monsters in the Mojave,
began Long Tom, and since he appeared 20
be going 70 say something more n surprised
look came over the faces Of the audience.
-And there is a lot of ella monsters L know
that amt half 80 dangerous as some men,
and some women. A ella monster minds
his own business and don't make trouble
unless you bother him.
"A ella monster keeps his mouth shut
except when he's going to bite, n then ne
bites and gets through with IL. And what's
more, a ella monster knows he's ugly ana
don't wear false curls down the back and
corsets around his stats like Some boarding
house keepers.
Its me for ella monsters when it comes
TO a showdown between them and some
citizens of Furnace. Now FIRE away on your
sentence"
Justice Mccall got real red in the face.
Then he fined Long Tom $40 for carrying
concealed weapons, as charged, n %
more for contempt Of court, and said thar
Bob Hunt should take the ella monsters out
in the back yard and kill them. ,
Long Tom Wilson paid the SIS then ana
there. Then he packed up his jenny mule
and took his red squirrel in his shirt and his
woodtioks in his waistcoat pocket and
struck the desert trail. :.
Mrs. Sallie Smiths half pointer and half
st. Bernard dog Oscar followed Long Tom
Wilson out onto the desert.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-30
Gamblers Odd wager.


IIVWt NV 7 WFNWUJ sWWVT-IWF.
Driven to desperation by their heavy
losses. gamblers have often sought by some
coup either TO repair their shattered for
tunes or to bring down utter ruin upon them
selves, One of the most curious Instances
OF this kind comes from England Of the eigh-
teenth century. 4 notorious gambler had
been losing steadily in a game for high stakes
with Lord LOrne. Evasperated by his cOn-
tinued i'll fortune. he suddenly sprang up
from the card table. seized a large and costly
punch BOW and, balancing IL above his
mead, called out to his opponent:
For once Ill have a bet where I have an
equal chance Of winning! Odd or even for
is. 900 guineasi"
odd" replied the peer placidly. and the
gambler hurled the magnificent bowl against
the wall.
When they counted the pieces Lord Lorns
had won.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-30
Hawk Tried to Carry Away a o

CartevsburO correspondence Indianapolis Neus.
Joseph Wood and his stepson. Peter Nc
Lain, accompanied by a dog, went tramp
ing along the branch in Thorp's wood pasture.
dogs head in its claws.
The dog ran fifty rods OF more with its
feathered assaiIant holding to its prey before
young McLain could .overtake the fugitives
and kill the hawk with q club.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-20
Mysteries of the Ages.

During that wonderful and mysteri-
Gus period, popularity spoken of as
before the ice age" in other terms,
the pre-glacial period, nature expressed
herself with a lavish abandon OF
which we can form but a faint idea.
The primeval rivers were mighty tor
rents, instruments of stupendous meta
morphic energy. In their work OF
erosion and dissolving, vast quantities
of gold were freed from confining en-
bedment and deposited along their
channels. Through untold ages, per
haps, this work of uncovering and
depositing-Nature's prehistoric gold
mining and storing-continued, or
until that particular formative cycle
was completed. Then the earth passed
into the travail throes of more ener-
getic formation, as expressed in vol
canic and glacial action. Fierce vol
canoes sent forth their molten streams,
filling up ravines and gorges, creating
new elevations and depressions, and
burying deep under layers of volcanic
debris, the old river beds, the evicted
waters of which laboriously wrought
out new channels for themselves. Fol-
lowing this storm time came a season
OF comparative quiet in which the
MGlt
ted to take up again with diminished
force the old work of tearing down,
dissolving and dropping the freed gold
along their channels. In some in
stances old beds We're crossed and
broken into by the new streams and
additional deposits mingled with their
uncovered treasures. At last came the
long winter of glacial action, from
which the earth emerged transformed
with little of the primeval surface left
save the giant redwood forest region.
Such, briefly summarized, is the geo
logic record, as read by modern sci
entists, of the changes that immedi-
ately preceded our own period. Pos
sibly, certain giant trees of the Cali
fornia redwood parks which have
swayed in the Pacific Ocean winds for
thousands of years-at least their own
ancestors-might have observed from
their undisturbed abode the stupen-
dous changes in progress at their very
doorway. Had they the gift of speech
they could reveal, as no other living
thing could do. the state secrets of
Nature, including that of the buried
rivers.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-20
THE WINNER or SECOND PRIZE AND
me Held or BATTLE

ways. and they will be better farmers
and better citizens for having entered
the plowing contest.
To many of the onlookers the con
test was revelation. Farmers ami
farmers sons, who have plowed for
days and months. never before saw
such plowiug, and many went home de,
termined TO plow as they saw IL done,
II has been decided 10 make this a
permanent feature of the annual field
day.
The Ereensward is the canvas upon
which all architectural and landscape
effects are produced. A lawn may
vary in extent from few square feet
at the side steps leading to the brown
stone front of the city dwelling to the
broad acres of extensive parks. 1t
matters little whether the extent of a
lawn be great or small, its inherent
qualities are the same, and its intrin-
sic worth is determined by its charac-
ter and the manner in which 1t is
kept. Green grass is not only of great
economic value, but it is also of great
aesthetic value. The heritage of the
field is the primary dependence of all
animal life. and it is the green color,
the sweet fragrance, and the soothing
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-20

the other new feature was a plowIng
contest in which only boys partiei-
pated. Flowing is not altogether a
bad sport either, no matter in what
light you look upon it. This was IL
Illustrated ly the participants who
proved to the spectators that in order
to be a good plowmau, one must be
somewhat Of civil engineer as well
as an excellent horsemau.
Flowing as commonly done Is often
considered as drudgery, and so it is
for the thoughtless, careless plowman.
who has no other object in view than
that of making the field look black.
But there is no other farm operation
which requires more knowledge to un-
derstand or more skill to do well, than
does the simple art of plowing. The
contestants had in mind making a
straight furrow of even depth and
width, turning 1t squarely over so as
to cover ali stubble and weeds. Each
one took pains to start in squarely and
evenly and to drive straight out at
the ends so as not to leave the least
-urve There was no time to dream
or gaze about to see what some one else
was doing. All the plowman's skill
and ability were taxed to the utmost
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-20
a an oF LAWN ~ THe LGWIs AND CLARK ENposITIoN.

He must set his plow perfectly in the
first place. Next, he must be kind to
and gain the confidence of his team,
for no man can do good plowing with
out the confidence and cooperation of
his team.
A half day was set aside for the
contest, and all three classes, that is,
the Freshmen. Junior and Senior
classes, competed for the prizes. These
were, sulky plow for first prize, 4
hand plow for second prize and ten
dollars in cash for the third prize.
These prizes were furnished by one
of the leading plow concerns of the
United States gratuitously.
In scoring expert plowmen who
have been with the University Farm
for years. acted as judges. a standard
of excellence was established. Twelve
points were given on the dead fur
row." fifteen points on straightness
of furrows; eight points on ms and
outs at ends; fifteen points on depth
and width of furrows; ten points on
evenness of top of land thirty points
on the covering of weeds, and ten
points on the finish. Time was not
taken into consideration in scoring.
Each contestant was given q strong
farm team and a plow. He had TO ad
just the plow. clevice and whitile tree
to suit the condition of the land. He
was allowed to mark out his land in
any manner he saw fit. The land
was to be twenty feet wide and three
hundred feet long.
Henry johnson, OF New Richmond
Mimi, a member of the Freshman
Glass, took first prize. His score was
Sc per cent perfect,
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-20

effect of nature which come from we'll
kept greenswards that make them SO
congenial to man. Grass is natures
balm and healing for all erosive scars.
Nature abhors rough edges and brok-
en- places, and Immediately proceeds to
cover such ugly spots with green
grass. Man likes to get his feet upon
the soil. but better still upon the
soft, yielding greensward. Rich rugs
and carpets do not give the elastic
spring that the well-made and we'll
kept greensward yields. So says l.. C..
Corbett, one OF the horticulturists of
the Department of Agriculture, in
Farmers Bulletin No. 2S4" just about
to be printed by Uncle Sam. Since
this pamphlet is free as well as in
teresting and instructive, why not
send for a copy to your member of
Congress or your Senator. If his sup
ply runs out. Secretary Wilson will
send you copy.
In general, Mr.. Corbett says, further,
a lawn should be beautiful and il
should be useful. Its beauty depends
upon the contour of the land, the col
or the texture of the grass. and the
uniformity of the turf. The use of
the lawn is to provide a suitable set
ting for architectural adornment and
landscape planting.
The Soil.
The ideal soil for a lawn is avail
able in but few cases where it is de
sirable to establish a greensward. Or
dinarily the lawn in which man is
most interested is that Immediately
surrounding his abiding place. The
soil of this immediate locality is, in
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-20
RomuIus Vas PcrpIexcd.

Old Romulus took sick one day. and
in a little while it looked as if his end
was near. The minister was sent for,
and came promptly-a stout man, done
up in one of those religious waistcoats
without any buttons down the front
or any opening at the neck.
The minister said to Uncle Romu-
lus:
"Ts your mind at ease, brother?'
eyes sah,' answered the old man.
care you sure there's nothing
troubling you?' the minister went on.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-20

pounds of fine-ground bone, together
with 300 to 500 pounds of high-grade
fertilizer upon each acre. The fertil-
izer may contain per cent nitrogen,
TO per cent phosphoric acid, and
about per cent potash.
After the lawn has been established
and it has gone into winter quarters"
it is well to give the young grass a
mulch of well-decomposed stable man
ure, which shall not be heavy enough
to disfigure or mar the lawn, but
should be SO fine and well decomposed
that it will be carried beneath the
surface of the grass by the rains and
SHOWS of the winter. leaving very lit
tie rough or unsightly matter to be
raked off in the spring. II this is not
desirable, after the greensward has
passed through the first winter it
should be treated to top-dressing of
fine-ground bone at the rate of 1000
pounds to the acre.
The Kind of Grass.
Kentucky blue grass is undoubtedly
the great lawn maker for all that Sec
lion of the Atlantic coast region north
Of Washington, d. c., and for the AL
legheny region as far south as north
ern Georgia. Blue grass thrives best
ia a comparatively retentive, strong
5oil where there is an abundance but
not an excessive amount of moisture.
Upon soils of lighter character in
4 is region, in localities where preci-
p.ration is greater, such grasses as red
1p, Rhode Island bent grass, creeping
bent grass. and white clover are more
70 be relied upon for lawn making
han blue grass. Redtop, Rhode Is
iand bent grass, and creeping bent
-rass all have the same ability TO
make compact and deep sward, as
In the case of blue grass. In fact.
under certain conditions redtop and
he bent grasses are able to make a
softer. although not a more permanent,
turf than does the blue grass. Upon
the light soils found in the States
routh of the latitude of Washington,
D. c., white clover forms an important
feature in lawn mixtures.
In general, because of the varied
conditions of shade and moisture eX-
i=ting upon n lawn as the result of
trees, shrubs. and architectural OBJ
ierts, mixtures are more desirable
than pure grasses. The different de-
grees of shade and moisture maintain
el in the soil which result from the
presence of trees, shrubs, and build
ngs afford variety of conditions un-
der which a single species would not
produce uniform lawn.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-20
Flowing Contests and Lawn Making.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

o. K. Lathrop, of the Senior Glass,
took second prize, with score of 81
per cent. and
w. |. Peterson. of the Junior Glass,
third prize, with score of so per
cent.
The rest of the contestants OF course
got no prize, but they got something
much more valuable. They found that
they could plow, and plow right. This
conviction will remain with them al.