The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-16


A sof stcel fpihtes pressed Into allnpe iirl-
tatirg tbs wooden doors fused itt tiiet
il cars. tthd filled vii cork ID az tdeh tc
i sound The roof III ,cotlatrti oted s0ts corn
i poslte boards covered It'll, copper slientl,-
i inga The insldoi lihfhs poiisiAtS Ut toii1roa
sito boa ids royetsl It'll ili'eprouf punt
Il IL stich cars iiad been II uso III htg-
land tho fearful catnatropie ts Salisbury
could never have occurred.
4 A German, statlst1ciati has md de d caro-.
fut Investigation to discover IN which
countries the greatest age y attsined Tic 'lA
German empire, with $4,000, 900 popula ton
has but 7s, subjects who are more thutl
100 years Old. france With fewer thar,
40, O00, 900, 1ins 21S persons who have passed
their one-hundredtlt y birthday England
has 14o Scotland, %; mark 2; Bel 3 t'l-
giun, s; Sweden IL, ind {. Nor with
Y, 600, 600 inhabitants, %. sysi tzcrland docs
,lot boast d single centenhrid,i, but Spain,
with about 10, 900, 900 populat on. has 10.
Il servin Has 573 persons who Snro more than
100 years Old, Roumar,in 1,048, and Bulgas!i
rid 1883. Il I, other words, Bulgaria has Q
&ccntenarian to every 900 inhh bitnrts and nd
thus holds the international record FOR Tor
odd people, says the Spring field Rep 'tlt'-3
slican. Bulgarian atrocities are not \ 30 %
unhealthy after all. N 81 y. IA 5Si88
\ Labor Day will be eel br,lted with With al oil
tho ponlp ana pnnoply OF glorlo q and
with plenty of burnt powder and nut
sterlng flags at Oyster Bay, for President
Roosevelt has ordered q great naval q. re-
view for his own delectation. Tho < or Y,
jders \ 4 says tho Army and Navy Re gls-
ter, ".were Enthusiastically Imperative,
and d number OF carefully lattS plans md 4.
approved schedules made out BY the Navy
Department had to DO disnrrang e'd1 N IN
order! that the President might have q
brave showing Of ships on La Dor Day,
Ono 81 tho disarrarged plans was he
cruise Of tho District Of Columbia militia
which had to be pos tponed for two wee kD.{
The arn,ored cruiser squadron. for the
.Asiatlc Station was delayed !, ns well as as
the relief OF ships that had already been!
long iii the West Irdies.4 But, then, We
must expect such things when our Presl--S
dent Is, in addition to every thing else, e
sseadog Of the most appro ved type.
5s&..'During tho same period the price paid
by the public per ton mile has decreased
from two cents < to three fourths sof
cent, or 375 por CO ST ines dispatch.
Win our morning contemporary kindly
explain how anything can be reduced less
than 100 per ocn ?---7E ening Journal .s3
The above statement was a quotation
from ai,; address made by tho 10 to- Major
Myers. The Times p spa tcfSs does not not
takequpon itself to xplain these figures 8,
which were obviously q mistake on the
part or tho type writer, and were allowed cd
to appear in The Times -Dl spatch through
n III & "a .:
e IA news Item says that the Gulf Stream
Is leaving England. Must England fall: fall
at last victim to Sou thern ,1aacSh Int
tlons7 Napoleon q could not 4 smoke $o y
the tight little isle; + will tho Gulf Stream
turn traitor and freeze out the 3 rit IT,!
II SO, New York will grow pineapplleesl
and ri orida will DO ia winter resort for
the j only one place that is hotter. a
An ostrich with taste for the beauti-
full recently pluckcd or and swallowed
d diamond slirt-stud. His strong
stomach resIstcd all persuasive emetlcs,:
ana now he wears his jowelry wheresait
may be digosted but cannot cause. COM n:
nent. 755Ti 55Fl IA # II sss2 a Nj
i Sang. q. chaucer, the well known writer
and speller: II 81 d; n. 3, L VI y g
,..Whanne that April with his shopres
sote Isl " III C
The droughte Of March hath PIERCED g
XII the rote," etc. HI II j5s3j;
Doubtless Godfrey had never seen the
'.'shoures' OF a modern. up-to-date and
aggressive August III.
sixty railroad lawyers have gathered at
Jerseys most popular wa ering place to
study tho rate bill. STUDY in this
connection means O preparatory course
for looping tho loop-hole les 4. /! n
Mr.. odell doesn't think much Of Nj,
Winston Churchlll's Jethro Bass. It
would DO betting on q 81 rtainty to gambollIe.
that Jethro, could he but tell us, would
5rcciprocate. Ss4 s.t
3. b. odell. Jr, diagnoses Novelist
Churchill as q man who knows nothing
Of politics. This is q fault OF which 3. b.
on his part, is never likely to be accused
4543sg :-------= }5ys&l5tl&
y In New York tho police appear to be
busy hunting for q man who was never
engaged to Mrs. Verrault- llton. 45 V
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1Sustace.-You arc quito wrong. Pula-a
james are not q now sort Of pajalnas.
Percy wins tho cigars. Z. 8
u Tho Chamber OF Commerce is the ROOM
les. chamber In town. Get in. sS5 Il IA