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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-16

/ may find the rightfuI owner. no
name or mark is upon it 10 clear up the
mystery or establish tho identity OF the
charming face. Although this has been
year Of illness and suffering 90 our
valued regent much has been done by
her in Arkansas % keep alive the in-
terest or her state in the work OF the
museum. She has distributed seventy
five circulars OF the museum sent by nae.
and has written many letters. which
have received cordial and encouraging
Acknowledgements
on January 5tA last turned over % tho
treasurer $40 and later I'm the snrine
$40. being an Of the reserve fund OF the
room remaining. 7 have no incidental
expenses TO report. Respectfully sub
mittod. May G.. AXTELI.
Vice Regent.
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Two Memories OF
One Xmas Eve

They are iooped together with little
ribbon OF song. and as I listen, while
the holly wreathes against the windows.
to the dear little hymn OF tho nativity
mingling. now as then with the shivering
rustic Of the snow faxed ivy leaves,
wreathing, carcssing about the memorial
window with tho Christ Child imagel
therein, J recall tic faces OF two little
girls as ! saw them that evening. long
ago. when the chimes fell softly across
q Christmas snow
Tho first memory IS that OF a little
waif OF the street was waiting for
the passing OF the street cars. az the
corner near the Great Central Market.
when saw childs hand lingering light
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-16
Report of Kentucky Room.

The past year has been a most encour-
aging one. We had had made large
handsome case, and had it placed in the
room without calling on the board for
any assistance. Have now one case en-
tirely devoted to Morgan relies" and a
most valuable and interesting collection
it is. They were given by our regent.
Mrs Basil Duke. who is sister of Cen
eral Morgan
Mrs Susan Preston Draper. OF Wash
ington, has given the room an exceed
ingly handsome oil portrait OF her father
General Preston. The artist has done
beautiful work. and the subject such a
fine one. IL makes a grand picture OF one
Of Kcntuckys proudest sons.
The following chapters in Kentucky
have contributed 81 eacn to the room
since December. 1905: Alex. Patton Chap
ter. Cadiz; John G.. Breckenridge. Owens
boro: Lenney Leavel. Pembroke: Char
lotf. Tr'rg. Glasgow: Paducth CHAPTER.
Wickline Chapter. Bardstown; Bash
Duke, Maysville; Robert Steiner. Sharps-
burg: Lexington Chapter. Lexington
Cash in bank, December. 1905. Sl26 50
Receipts for the year................ "A 10
$40 co
Disbursements .-.-.... .............. 102 Go
Cash. December. 1905. ............... $50 e5
n. p. HARRIS,
Vice-Regent- y
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4 III year long. from one Christmas to
~ another. about one hundred men
and women and many machines.
adopted bv Santa. work constantly
IN an effort % bind M an the books that
the good boys and girls OF the nation want
at Christmas time. Here ever so many
nursery books thousands and thousands
ARE folded and put in brightly colored
Packs in the course OF year. But the
day after Christmas. when Santa So an
through his work. there IS not one Of all
these stacks and heaps Of books to be
FOUND in an the big hinderv. which takes
mp good part Of two floors ~ the build
Ing. All tho books are printed IN this
shop. dozen presses being kept running
the year through And all the mustra-
tions are made in this shop. and here.
TOO, Tho paper for the books IS rcated
and otherwise made ready Indeed. Santa
Claus believes in himself doing every
thing connected with the books You
see, he wants them to he made right.
40 see everything thoroughly IN just the
book part OF the biggest Santa Claus
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rebound in veilum and placed among its
valued records.
have ready for mailing about 800 cir
cular copies OF the report Of the CORE
spending secretary, MIS-. T. c. Daniel,
giving q concise and interesting account
OF the work OF the Confederate Museum
stree the opening Of the building 10 the
public, February p 1896 That day being
the thirty-f0urth anniversary OF the in
augural address by President Jefferson
Davis, at Richmond, Va. the capital OF
the Confederate states. was an appropri-
ate occasion for the opening ceremonies.
ANNE WATSON ARCHER,
Chalrman Catalogue Committee.
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Report Of Life Certificate Com
mittee.
nittee.

Since February, 1905. thirteen life mem
bership certificates of the Confederate
Memorial Literary Society have been sent
out or this number two were sent to
members who Joined the society some
years ago. Three more names ar enrolled
on the list Of life members, but two OF
them failed 70 send the proper signatures,
and one was received too late TO have
the certificate filled out before this re-
port was made With each certificate was
sent leaaet with the history OF the Con-
federate Museum. a reply post card was
mailed each person at the same time the
certificate was.
SALLY ARCHER ANDERSON.
Chairman
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Report Of Arkansas Room

The appeal last year OF the regent OF
tho Arkansas Room to the United Daugh~
tiers OF the Confederacy sf tho Arkansas
Division resulted not only IN the cordial
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n ND here IS what next happens to
y inc blocks: They are run through
me machine. which Santa had built
Wnen good boys and girls grew so
numerous and he found IT hard to get
enough workers. In It the pictures on
we JOCKS are pressed close to the wood.
and so ii IS next to ir,nossfb1o TO-. 80
very inquisitive boys and girls 70 tolse
lne pictures or the blocks a day Or two
aIter christmas. All told. in the nakinr
or single block. from tho saving ~ its
sides until 1t Is put in a box. lust twelve
persons are employed by Santa. And
YOU SIoVia see now they turn out thous-
anos OF docks day-and just think how
many they must make in the course Of
q year! -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-16

The cure fer rrlfeuity reformers and ef1-
Gators please mas a uotc-ls merely u.t rnoueb
90 handle lour words 20 that swearing WI
seem Ike baey tak Ia gl,Qlr.s9n--concort
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-16

20 is a healthy Sign that American women ,.-,
fni their uoa1. husbands impossible. Az. flr,s--
ies away tae coroneis ultl tho husbanis--
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-16

lt may b. possible 20 stimulate the Uar, OF
Congress, hut u IS not 70 he hoped rhaf IA
wiz ever - as fast as the presldant wants n
.o.--NV ashlngton star
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LABOR OF LOVE Of
SOUTH RI WOMEN
Continued from Second Page.)
Continued from Second Page)

mas been manifested, especially by the
various libraries. IN one State such IVES
the appreciation that the catalogue wa
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shop would take the greater part Of
day
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-16

b you have asked Santa Claus to send
L you checkerboard this year. and he
sends you one. more than likely il
VIII have been made in his BIGGEST
SHOP For there be makes the majority
or cAcckerhoards that ne carries around
with him on Christmas Eve. One depart
ment Of this shop IS devoted exclusively
TO checkerboards. The scene is n busy
ono. with machines cutting board and
cardboard into proper lengths: other ma
chimes mailing the boards together. work
eis FASTING on the checker sheet and other
sheets; other workers smoothing down
the sheets, still others inspecting the
boards. and. lastly. vet again others
wrapping up and boxing the boards. an
ready for the great day. Some Of the
boards are handmade even TO the check
er marks, etc. These boards have heavy
leather covers and cost as much as
twenty-five and forty dollars. The covers
OF the cheaper boards are made on print
Ing presses. running dav in and dav out.
few OF the boards that are made I'm
this shop are seen piled up around santa's
assistant. She is inspecting The boards
santa won't put an imperfect board IN his
pack. He believes there is nothing too
good for his boys and girls.
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Chairman Catalogue COMMITTEES
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-29
HAY HARVEST
Yield One Of Best for Several
Years in Highland

s5S YearS IN f1lBHldHQ.5f
Special to The Times-Dispatch:)
MONTEREY, Al, July 2s.--- -T hay
harvest, which is chief In Importance to
Highland county, is Just beginning the
farmers hesitating to enter heartily into
the work on account Of the unsettled con-
Rdition OF the weather, sunshine being
an indispensable consideration. This
crop is one OF the best for several years,
and SO abundant Is the grass crop that
pasture fields which have grazed their
usual quota Of cattle would now yield
many stacks Of hay II mown. Y But for
the damage done to the fruit by the May
freeze, Highland farmers could boast OF
ideal crops OF every descrlpt ion. B, Even
4 this loss is In a measure, atoned for by
one OF tho most .bountiful supplies OF ber-
5ries, which grow wild upon the hills and
,nountainsldes, and are being offered
daily In the streets. 4!
Apropos OF the subject OF berries. Mr..
George Fisher small farmer Of era b.
bottom, reports the result OF an expert
ment in the care and handling of 70 small
patch OF raspberrles, From two acres
OF rocky land he gathered II gallons In
1904 s In 1905, 100 gallons, and this season
250 gallons, for which he found o ready
sale at forty cents per gal lon.. an annual
income OF $3.50. se4 and 500 for the years,
respectively Y On the same ground he Is
growing a young orchard. 3l8s 81 {
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-29
/. REAL EST|ATZ...|A |! AND
BUILDING \. news |: W||'| s
Rental Agents Are the Busy Men Men
Now, and More II uses
Wanted ss
:WALN Ut. Il ILL., YET' ON MAR KET
An Upset Brings 7 odd Prop
erty Again Under the Aul,c-.5sl
tioneer's Hammer

There can be no denying the fact that
the con tinued unfavorable weather and
some other conditions. working IN con-
junction with the fgenerally-acc epted the
Dry that this Is the proper and accepted
time for dull season In real s est tate,
have all combined to make the real
estate business for the past week very
dull. Il IT was possibly the dullest week
Richmond has known for at least g
year. II The continuous afternoon rains;
that broke up every auction sale that
had been announced, were the causes
OF the dullness In the, main.
all Of this is true none Of the
agencies are kicking. They are rather
extending a most Hal welcome to a
dull season, that affords them an oppor-S
tunity to look after rental matters and
attend to long elected business onsthelr
books and on their letter files
Rental Agencies Busy.
b The houses that do q rental business
have not been idle the past week. There,
are really more applications for good
houses than there are good houses to-
take a place on the rental lists, and
there may be a great many people who,
have been delaying the ma liter OF renting
a good home when the September moving
time comes around. .4fS3 IN ii. #
MI. Leroy Brown. OF the firm OF J.
Thompson Brown and Company, in talk
ing With Times-D Dispatch man yester-,
5day. said the renters had spent an ur-$
usually, busy weelea and that he had an
idea thatsa OF the best houses available
for occupancy September lst had been
rented 4 He said that his agency. in atti.
ton to renewing a large number Of leases
TO the old holders OF the same. had
located the following restdentc1 ana pusl-s
ness concerns for the year beginning Sep
TENDER LIST: b I, II -,
# Otterburn Lithia Company, IN no. oN'
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NEW RAILROAD.
Contracts Let fcE the Holston
River Line. FL

i5,e Especial to Tho Times Ispatch.)
GATE CITY. VA, July @,-1es srs. y,
r. Webb g Company have taken the sub,
3rontractSto build the first four mile, Sec
ation Oh the Holston River Railroad, ba,
ginning at Moccasin Gap, They are put
ting up their camp this week, and VIII
begin construction Monday,
There are eight miles o. this road 70
Scott county. the second section Q! four
miles having been under construction seyF
oral weeks. y}s -
About fifty miles OF railroad Is being
built In this county and the wages arc
tl.h0g q day. This makes It impossible -
procure farm labor, Yet IT ls making
money more plentiful than ever before.
Under these circumstances tho farmers
are doing the best they can and are vary
cheerful, "a 4.
They are buying more machinery th2n
EVER before and rreparing to be inde,
pehdent OF hired la bor,, {. & 4, \ .s
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TIL Underwater / I | ! ! ]
RAILROAD WORK | | |: |
Pushing Construc ton With Big
F orces , 9th Night and
4. Day
CREATES BU sINEss ACTIVITY
The Line Will Cause a Great
5Metamorp ilosis in Lune en-
a.s burg County.
s ,.Ss = '-----'----.-- :. ----'---'--- q i
Especial 10 The Tlmess-Dlspatch.

Especial to The Times Dlspatch.)
A1EHERRIN, July 49, The Tide
water Railroad construction through
Lunenburg county is going on from tho
west to the east end OF the entire county.
with monstrous steam shovels, graders
and large squad OF employees scattered at
intervals OF every few mi les, working day
and night. KS
The thud OF the locomotives employed
to handle the earth from the cuts to the
fills can be II heard continually during
night and day, and the .excayating is
il2 q clock Saturday night. ;FS'i:;:i IL n
The building OF this road through
Lunenburg Is very interesting to the
citizens located In the county. Those
situated along the line OF this road are
highly pleased at the certainty Of having
a railroad near them Yarl GUS mercan-3
tile interests have opened up along this
line, and large stores are doing a thriv-
Ing business with the labor employed
along the line OF construction.
s Banks are also opening up, and along
the entire line the people are wide awake.
This road Will traverse the portion OF
Lunen burg where the people haul their
farm products from, twelve to twenty
miles before they can be loaded upon
cars and thousands upon thousands Of
tons OF guano are hauled from their ship
ping points In other counties to. their.
farms. taking up, In many instances,
two days to make the trip to the station
and back home. A, III 4.
The lumber industry has been greatly
hampered In this county for this reason
also, and while the, county was full OF
fine original growth timber. there was
ya$(, = as ts1
result only enough was cut for home
consumption. Since the agitation Of this
road has commenced the timber deals
have been enormous, and hundreds Of
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thousands Of dollars have cha ged hands
from this ono vast product within the
past two years, and plans are on foot TO
have large lumbe plants situated on this u
road as soon as It sis completed. tst
The farming machinery formerly hauled
rr,iles In ordar to & get It on the farms
will be supplied by large dealers, who
have already planned to! open up large
l,a rdware establishments where n needed
and will greatly increase the farming p =
Interests. N ,ES ID
Be Hun dreds q OF people II who live several
miles from the line Of construction are
visitors at the works, and take q, keen
Interest insthes first and only railroa that
goes through the "Old Free State.
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Agricultural Association,
Especial to The Times Dispatch,

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
PULASKI, VA. July 2s,---The Pulaski
Agricultural and Mechanical Association
is making extensive preparations to have,
o. county fair at the old fair grounds
near Dublin the i29th and both OF August,
John Buford, OF Dublin, Is the hustllng
young president OF the associat! ton. "A, 3,
Hour, also offDublln, Is the general man
ager Both are doing everything they.
can to make the fair a success and ipdi-
cations now point to large exhibit of
county products and fine cattle 5I
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TO BUILD RAILWAY,
Phenomenal Development Of To-
bacco Lands in Porto Rico.
DIV AssocIate Press,


SAN JUAN, PORTo KlGu, July 2s.-
The phenomenal developmentlos the to-
bacco producing valleys In the Cagwas
district has created a demand for facill-
ties on q large scale, and there are al
ready several petitioners for a franchise
to construct a railroad from San Juan
to Cagwas. Among these petitioners are
Representatives OF tobacco interests In
the United States, The American Rail-
way Company, which possesses a fran-
ohlse. granted In 1891 TO extend Its lines.
Is taking steps to construct the road in
question.
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Pa tents to Virginians.

TV7 lSpec' nj I, W ING n lI:!es' atch,J M
WASHINGTON, D. e., July s2s--AIcssrs.;
Davis s: Davis, Washington patent at
torneys, report tho grant this week TO.
citizens OF this State OF the following
patents. III y. 5is@ e, .
ouare & Charles n. Rreese, Norfolk, rail Is
way signaling system; James 2. Dull,
suffolk hame-tug; Archibald p, F'ergur
I son, Poe hontas, llne-stretc cher and Bonlvl
face a.. Grasberger, Richmond, trolley
stand. w n y.
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New Lumber COMPANY.
Special to The Times Dlspatc h,9

ALBANY, July 2s.-The Norahern and
Southern Lumber Company, OF New York,
was Incorporated esterday at the Sec
ietary 90 States office Wi a eanitn' 81
800 900. The directors are IT, Sands Sell
lecks, Riverside. Conn; Charles Mills
paugh. Darlen. Conn.,, and James Brun-
ION, New York. 5sss n y, & ~ 2 Fl ssl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-29
Sugar Reduced,

NEW YORK, July q, II dos OF re-
snnsd sugar from No, 4 10 No ~ we're re-
Iuced ten cepts q hundred pounds to-day.
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CONTINUED On THIRD Psssas
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-04-21
Children's Compilations.

Why is it that the children Of the
wealthy have, as a rule, complexions OF
great beauty? Because IN their case
ordinary care is taken = prevent In
jury. II they were allowed to 90 un-
washed the skin would become salloW.
II they were washed with common
household soap the skin would get
coarse; and the coarseness would be
added to by neglect ofrinsing. A child's
skin Is so sensitive that only the very
purest toilet soap should be used to It,
and its employment should be followed
by at least two rinsings in clear water.
Drying should be carried out with very
soft towels. A woman Of wealth knows
that II the face Of her little daughter
Is badly treated, the face Of that daugh-
ter when grown to marriable age VIII
suffer. II would be as irrational TO sup
pose the contrary as that It would be
possible to injure the ehild's general
health without injuring her health Of
the future.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-04-21
DIDN'T FIGHT WITH THEM.
Yanks Didn't Use Popsuns, So the
Johnnies Didn't Whip
Them

Representative w. Bourke Cochran
was delivering an impassioned speech
against the policy Of increasing the
navy. relates Success Magazine. when
he declared with vigorous gesture that
the people of Greater New York have
no fear Of being destroyed by a for
eign foe. The American spirit and
courage in New York is so great, Mr..
Speaker. that our people would repel
a foreign foe with the cobblestones
from the streets before they would
surrender" finished Mr.. Cochran
Jorn Sharp Williams, of Mississippi,
who was sitting near, remarked to
those around him:
That reminds me Of an old blow
hard we had down our way. When
war was declared he told his neighbors
at the corner store that we could whip
the Yankees with popguns. When the
war was over, that same old fellow,
who did so much Dragging, was trying
TO explain the terrible result Some
one spoke UP and remarked; Il
thought you said before the war that
we could whip the Yankees with pop
guns
al know I did, replied the old fel-
low, with ready wit. but the Yanks
didn't fight US with popguns.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-04-21

master General Madden says IL your
stamps don't stick, don't blame the
post ONCE department; blame the
lage that is responsible, but the Pc
culiar atmospheric conditions preya-
lent this winter and spring. II the
little red stamp will not adhere to the
envelope there Is no comfort until q
better brand of climate Is dealt out
by Chief Moore, Of the weather bu-
reau. There is also another trouble.
The post office department issues two
styles Of stamps, the summer stamp
and the winter stamp.
Mr.. Madden admitted the other day
that there was an unusual number OF
complaints about the stamps not stick
ing, while he said upon investigation
Of these complaints were found to DO
unjust. For instance" he said,
there is a complaint from q business
man in New York. We sent an agent
to investigate, and found that in his
establishment a man had been in the
habit Of wetting the stamp by taking
a big sponge and drawing it across the
back Of the sheet OF stamps. wiping
the mucilage completely on.
while every complaint we have
run down has turned out to be with
out SUFFICIENT foundation, there must
be something wrong or we wouldn't
get so many. The gum is exactly the
same as that used last year. when
there were practically no complaints;
so the fault can't be there. My opin-
ion is that there is something in the
atmospheric conditions which causes
this"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-04-21

Inc drainage so necessary to reclaim
millions OF acres will have to BE-
handled BY the government and Rep
resentative STEVENSON, Of Minnesota,
has introduced a bill for the reclama-
ton Of swamps.
II Is estimated that there are 100,-
100000 acres of swamp lands In the
United States. some 100000 Of
which have been surveyed and the
great bulk Of which would make
Splendid FARMS II the excess Of water
were drawn on In the Kankakee
river basin in Indiana and Illinois,
there are 100000 acres Of the very
richest bottom lands that are sub
Ject to overflow. Where they have
been reclaimed through expensive pr.
vate drainage works. they are worth
as high as $3.50 an acre. - II has been
estimated that this whole track could
be drained effectively at a cost Of not
more than $40 an acre.
In Florida, the Everglades alone
would afford an empire Of some 7.OOO,-
600 acres. In New Jersey and Viz
sinia are vast swamps, among them
the famous Dismal swamp. In ILL.,
nois there are 1000. 900 acres of swamp
land in Michigan about 100000; in
Iowa, 100000 acres; in Minnesota,
100000 have been surveyed and there
are huge areas not yet surveyed. The
Stevenson bill demonstrates that the
government can transform swamps
into fertile farm lands and that the
settler or owner will pay back to the
government the relatively small cost
Of the improvement.