The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-14

4 reni emergency. and even at the c0st of
,,arsonal sacrifice Tho trefnbefs 81 Of the
Il Hoard 81 Aldermen should attend tho meet
III tonight In order that no obstac 10y
may BE left III the way Of those who are
trying to improve these Important coilti.
tons 81 81 II
Honorab Records Closed.
Virginia hus just lost two Of her most
honorable pliyslciais Or. Jan,cs 2. Mo- N q 4
cav, 81 Richmond, ana Or. Danicl =.
1Ills IL Ashland. " sI
1or.3 Nc Aw8 livod out tho full meas,
of his days, ana death cnte 70 him Ike Ike
|tho reposo OF peaceful slufnber. Ho was s''l q
born II, { tho Il city 81 Richmond more ti,nt,
fourscore years ago spent ills days
among hts own people, n1inisterlng to
suffering humanity, promoting art and
culture, nAd settling an exntnplo IN cl,iv-
airy, honorable living good citizenship
| and professional ethics. Tho record OF
ITS IFS IL sils modest epitnph 4, 5s8sa
pr. Eilis ca,,,e 81 d distinguished fans,
XIV * the Old North state but years
ago settled III tho town OF a shlurid, and
1 by his conduct as man ana physician
gained for himself tho respect and affeo-.
ton Fl Of Ills fellow-oiti rens. His death
was tragic, but In his taking on he
showed that the saving ot ii others was
With him an instinct His last aot Gas
an act 81 heroisnn and self saoriflce, In
imitation 81 v tie q gentle Christ, whom
he served ana Flowed In the simplicity
Of Christian fai til. ~ 9 s
Il It matters not whether death comos IN
calm or storm, provided only u man hath
lived well. for says Bacon, ii 'rIo that dies
In an earnest pursuit ID like one shat Is
wounded In hot blood ,yho, for the time,
scarce feels the & Hurt; and therefore B d
mind fixed md bent upon somewhat that
Is good doth avert the dolors of death
But above all, believe Il, \ tic sweot test
cantlcleS is nunc dlmittis; when a i man
hath obtained worthy ends una expec-
tntions.' " FL 8i
A A special from sloux city, iowa, says
that fired p. Bills. who, wishes to sue
coed Mr.. Dowlo as oyerseers Of Zion CITY,,
has always kept an account with the
Crea tor. When heErah q bank at M ilyer,
8. y, he relig lously deposited to- Di-
vine credit 10 per cent. 81 the profits $of
the bnnk and other enterprises in which
Bills was Interested. When a snug sum
had been accumulated, Bills, as steward.
would take q part or all OF IL and In
vest II the venture B proved successful
the fund always got back every cont of
tho principal. but the profits found their
way into Bills's private account ~ e thu
Investment lost money; the fund had to
stand it, N. 5 5{8
That sore Of bargaining Is as old as
Jacob. :f Ii 81.
83s1"'And Jacob vowed q vow, saying, Il
God Will be with me, and twill keep me me.
in this way that go. and will give
me bread To, eat and ralments to- put on;
/. then shall the Lord DO my God I'll '2 !''
and ali tho thid osu shalt give ne will
surely give d tenth unto thee. ''ssS 5s4y
N The New York Medical Journal thinks
that the municipali Ice plant IS hardly less
Important than q municipal gas plant liant or
municipal control and operation Of the
water works II Is argued that the price Of
Ice has gone up out OF I'LL proportion to the
cost tof production. and that the people
must DO protected. Our butchers 4 | and q nd
bakers and ndlestiok ma p k t and and
brewers and sellers Of pop had better look
out, for. without any doubt, high prices
must come to stop.
Thrty-flve years may be the dead line
for baseball and football players. and
even for the tennis experts, but when It
comes to real athletics there are farmers
In this State at tho ago OF 3sixty-five5 who
Will mako many a college athlete & ook
like a plnything when It comes to pitch
ing hay or thinning corn %s
The veterinary surgeon Of Now York .
Geological Park believes that monkey
can speak as audibly and intelligently as
the ordinary mortal II only lie has q nose
large enough to sustain and throw off
the vibration. Don't do It, Doc. There
Is plenty OF monkey talk In New York
already. po,you read tho Hearst papers
5lFE,ll iGiiF-k
Charles Ramscur,g q colored cfe Ter
of Ross Street, tried to kill himself twice
yesterday with 4 pistol; the second
time with laudanum.-NoW lows Loader.
Gracious! Tho man must have as many
lives as a cat " q.
The sardlne crop is being ruined this
year by the hungry dogflsh. who, insists
on eating tho sardlnes before they can
get caught. What Maine needs y Is q
m w. LLll W II a.