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The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
ABOUT THE "oLD pArRAAcks."
Good Minister Who Got Somewhat
Out of His Depth.


Failure of page TO DO something
which Senator Cullom of Illinois had
requested caused that gentleman to
relate the following story regarding a
good minister who lived near Moline.
his state:
When / hear anyone say II forgot
! am always reminded of how
preacher got that word tangled up.
He WAS not very well read man and
went into his sermons in "A heller
skelter fashion. On this particular
Sabbath morning the minister select
ed as his text from the first chapter
OF Matthew, second verse. and read
out
Abraham forgot Isaac, and Isaac
forgot jacob. and Jacob forgot Judas
and his brethren.
Right from the jump the expound-
er OF the Scriptures seemed to get in
deep water, not only in his reading
of the verse, but when he made his
attempt to analyze and draw his con
cluslons he said:
MY friends, this passage of scrip
ture is put in this book to teach us
the shortness of human memory; the
old and the young forget in this day
and generation. and 1t does appear to
me that them old patraacks were
powerful forgitful.'
Il forget, myself. sometimes" added
the senator. land | cannot conscien-
tiously find very great fault with 9th
ers who do the same. always remem-
bering the words of the good old min
lister. them old patraacks were power
tul forgitful. Washington Times.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Easter In japan and Russia.

The lily. the pink and the rose are
not the Easter flowers among the
japanese Christians. There the cher.
ry trees are in full bloom at that sea
son. and the beautiful blossoms form
the tokens of Easter rejoicing. There
is much feast,ng, and the professions
are many. AS for Russia. dolls and
eggs are given to the children. Eas
ter eggs. OF course. are an old story
to us, in all their varieties of color,
ing and decoration. but the giving OF
dolls at this time would be usurping
good old St Nicks prerogative
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
LIMBS DIFFER IN STRENGTH.
Experiments Show That Very Few
Are on an Equality.

As a result of some very interesting
experiments maze by scientists and
psychologists. with a view to determ
Inc the relative strength of right and
lift limbs, 1t has been ascertained that
over so per fent. of the men examined
had the right arm stronger than the
left; l6.4 Per cent had the two arms
of equal length and strength; and 1927
per cent had the left arm stronger
than the right. In order to arrive at
the average length of limbs fifty skel.
etons were measured-twenty-fiv of
each sex. OF these twenty-three had
the right arm and the left leg longer
six the left arm and right leg while
in seventeen cases all the members
were more or less equal in length.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
A erotherly Opinion.

The crown prince of Germany and
his younger brother. Prince Eitel
Fritz, are much dissimilar in charac-
ter and disposition. the latter being
extremely retiring and greatly i'm
pressed with the necessity for com
plying with parental authority. The
crown prince. on the contrary. on sew
eral occasions has suffered through
disobeying his august father. The
headstrong heir apparent once told a
friend that Prince Eite was IA very
good boy. but not the stun that kings
are made of"
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
ARE Adopts AT SYSTEM
New Occupation for Men of Peculiar
Ability.


Among the many occupations ere
ated by modern methods that of tn,
business economist" as the original
or of this class of professional ad
visers call himself. is one of the most
singular His followers in this worI
prefer to be called business system
atizers," which explains little more
clearly the nature of what they do.
When a firm is not satisfied with
the manner in which its office or fac
tory is managed 1t calls in one OF
these systematizers." If it is a fac
tory that needs attention the "sys
temati2er" spends two or three days
a week for a month or more studying
the working of the plant. and then
sends in a report on its condition.
weaknesses. etc, and a list of sug.
gestions for its Improvement. always,
of course. in the interest of economy
of labor and utilization of waste ma
terial.
The "systematizer's" fee Is in keep
ing with that of a specialist in one of
the great professions. In a factory
four hundred hands the su.
perintendent announced at a direct.
or's meeting recently that the add.
tional profits for the first years work
under the "systematizer's plans a lit
tie more than paid his fee.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
SHERMAN Exports Of eutter.

From sl2,652,O00 to S15.573. 900
worth of butter is now exported from
Siberia. or more than twice the value
OF the wheat export of 1900. the last
favorable harvest year. The Siberian
COW yields little milk. but the quality
is notable for richness. About nine
teen pounds of milk in winter and
twenty-five in summer are sufficient
to make pound of butter. while In
Denmark twenty-eight pounds are
needed.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Countess of cIanearty.

The Countess of Clancarty, who
some years ago was known on the
stage as Miss Belle Billion, is lying
seriously i'll in private hospital in
Dublin. Since her marriage she has
lived quietly with her husband at Gar
belly and kept in training few race
horses that have always run in her
name. Her eldest son. Lord Kilcou-
mel. one of twins. was born In 1891.
She has two more sons and one daugh-
ter. Lady Beryl Franziska Kathleen,
the latter born in 1898.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
lnterrnnted MarrIane Eeast.

At Courbevoie, near Paris. a few
days ago. marriage had Just con
eluded In the mayors office aud the
wedding guests We're going with the
bride and bridegroom to restaurant
for the usual feast when the local su
perintendent OF police appeared. An
hnd to go to the police station, where
the bridegoom and some OF HIS male
guests were formally arrested as
burglars. The newly married man
was one Saulnior. who belonged to
, gang OF housebreak0rs operating in
he suburbs of Paris.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Beautiful Hair.

A beautiful plait of golden hair.
measuring two meters and fifty cent?
meters. is now owned by society
lady of Paris. This wonderful hair
belonged to young Normandy girl.
who. TO pay family debt and save
her fathers good name, sold It to a
hairdresser for G12 He In turn sold
It to a Partisan coiffeur for e40. and
now It ia the property of lady who
desires the strictest secrecy to be
kept. and who paid e12O for it.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
HAD THE GAMBLERS SCARED.
Mrs. Sage and Mrs. Gould Created a
Ripple on the Bowerv

HipPle on the BoMery.
The visit of Miss Helen Gould and
Mrs Russell Sage to the mission in
No SO Bowery on the night of st
Patrick's day caused commotion in
a gambling house next door. When
their automobile drew up in front of
the mission crowd gathered. The
names of the visitors were soon
passed to the gamblers.
The gambling place is used as a
poolroom in the afternoons and a faro
game is operated there at night. A
well-known lightweight prizefghter
acts as doorkeeper in the daytime and
occasionally as lookout at night He
was on duty when Mrs. Sage and Miss
Gould entered the mission, and it was
he who passed the scare to the men
inside. Play was interrupted for a
few minutes, but more mature con-
sideration led the men to believe they
had nothing to fear from the women.
so they returned to the game.
Several players. however were curl
Gus enough to go into the mission to
see the visitors. After the service
they returned to the gambling room
and reported how Mrs. Sage had |
asked the male quartet to sing
Where Is My Wandering Boy To |
night" Then they bought some chips |
and began to buck the tiger. New |
York Press.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Jumping the Rope.

Would you have your girls aud boy.
possess plump calves. let them skip
Would you have an inexpensive rem
edy for torpidity of liver and its con
sequences, the skipping rope provides
1t. Excellent skipping rope! Aiding
the circulation, warming when cold
and removing stiffness from joints
cramped from long sitting. But in
your wisdom be moderate. Fatal re
suits have followed child's attempt
TO make n record score.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Rewards for Quitting Tobacco.

Six hundred and sixty men, wom-
en- and boys. employed in the wooden
factory of T. f. Taylor at Bately. Eng
land. recently received So each from
MIR. Taylor as a reward for abstaining
from tobacco for twelve months. A
hundred and torty-one men and boys
and 519 women had kept the pledge
which they Were invited to take. As
a result of the years experiment.
forty Of the men have decided to give
up tobacco altogether
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
PrIEea for Domestic Servants.

London employment agent. to en-
courage her clients to give satisfac-
ton 10 their employers. says she will
present a gold watch to any servant
engaged from her agency who re.
mains In the same situation five
years; a silver watch TO any girl who
keeps her situation for two years and
a brooch to those who have served
in the same house for one year
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
should Read Up a little.

Americans resident in London are
apt to learn something new about
their country almost every day II
they read the London papers. The
latest information vouchsafed to them
is that there is State of Albany" in
the United States OF America The
London Sun gives an account of an
examination of lot of BARRIERS by
the BARRIERS Commission of this new
state.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Hard Luck.

golf player says; "One of US
my opponent or myself. | forget
which-holed very long put during
game one day That is to say the
ball travelled into the hole as intend.
ed. Observing this. lady who was
watching us and who evidently dldn't
understand the game. exclaimed to
her companion in sympathetic tones;
oh. the poor fellows ball has gone
iown "A holel'"
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
WorshIped the Camel.

For sixteen centuries the inhabi-
tants of Beziers. in south France.
have held the camel sacred. for In
$50 A. d. St Aphrodise. mounted on
one of these animals, evangellzed the
city. In their museum they preserve
n curious papier-mache efigy of a
camel.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
cnlnraan,a Mineral outpnt.

The total value of the metallic min
eral output OF Colorado. for the year
1903. as reported TO the director of
the United States mint. was $5O.S19.-
9e3. OF this ore, the gold product
alone amounted to S22, 2,705,7l1 In value.
rhe silver output (at its coinage
valued was worth S17144.9S4; lead
was s4.747.459. and zinc S5.14l $50.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Bronze Work for Ealr.

The striking bronze cartouch and
chapeauX in Senator William A.
Clark's residence in New York will be
exhibited at the Worlds Fair. 1t is
one OF the handsomest pieces of archi-
tectural bronze work not only in this
country, but in Europe
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Exnnn.lvn China.

At the Hotel Drouot. In Paris. dish
of old Roucn falence with blue ana
red decorations brought $l.lSl. A hol'
low dish of old Rouen with blue deco
ration In the Chinese style realized
s253. and another. decorated with blue
cupids. brought $243.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
coIorado's OUTPUT.

Colorado ranks eighth In the United
States as to agriculture. sixth as To
live stock. fifth as to coal and iron.
first In the percentage or sugar in
sugar beets. first in the area of irri-
gated lands. and first as to quality of
wheat. potatoes and melons No state
approaches Colorado in the amounts
of gold and silver produced,
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Novel Accident lnsuranee.

An English Arm issues picture pos
tai cards. the purchaser OF one of
which can, by mailing Il to the firm
with his name and address on It in
sure his life for $500 for twenty
tour hours against travel accidents.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Kitten Ianerss Mice.

A kitten was lately brought up on
an exclusively vegetable diet by a
London family OF vegetarIans. The
result is that It VIII not touch animal
food, and pays no attention to rats
or mice that are purposely permitted
to wander across Its range OF vision.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Not Riaoted.

Brown thought you were vege-
tartan, but | hear you eat mutton.
Robinson-I am not n bigoted vege-
tartan. | only eat the meat of such
animals as live on vegetable food
Stray Stories.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Fastinq an Old Custom.

The ancient Persians. Hindus,
Egyptians Buddhists, Greeks. Ro-
mans, Jews all tasted. The Jews used
it as a means of insuring victory over
an enemy, or bringing down rain from
heaven.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Corn culture in Australia.

The corn-producting states of Aus
tralia are New South Wales and
Oueensland-New South Wales hay
ing l67, 1888 acres, producing 3.S4i.ssS
bushels, or 229 bushels an acre. and
Queensland 1169s3 acres. producing
2.569.11s bushels. or 22 bushels an
aera
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Can't Believe EN-.

Miss Thirtiodd-A gypsy fortune
teller once told me that would die in
the prime of life.
Mr. Binldns-What awful liars those
gypsies are.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Railway Aids Good Roads.

In order to get at the grain raised
in Lee county. Illinois. the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad has contributed
81 500 to help the farmers of that sec
tion build good public turnpike.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Diamonds in United States.

The value of the diamonds in the
United States is estimated to be $500.
)OO.O OF this amount sl7O.0O0,0
worth are owned by residents of New
York.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
MAKING GOOD ROADS
DEMAND FOR HIGHWAY INA.
PRoVEMENT SPREADING.

People Of the South Particularly I'M
pressed With the Necessity for
Chanse in This Respeet-Why Far
mers Should Be Interested in the
Subject.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
n.no.r In sklppinq the Rope.

A little girl of nine years skipped
the rope 200 times in Plttsburg. Pa.
n competition with other children.
md died soon after of heart disease.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06
Deaths From PneumOnIa.

DcatN6 TOM r FWcUTTIOWTd.
one.hfth of all deaths during the
past winter have been from pneu
monia.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06

Church Membership In China.
Church membership In China has
rebled during the last twelve years.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-06

Philippine Bonds Are High.
The bonds of the Philippine islands
are quoted higher than British con
soils.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
FORK UNION, VA.
(special 10 The Times,Dispatc

(Spccial to The Times'Dispatch.)
Fork UNIO.V. VA, April 4'-Mlss lsl.a
II. Snead is nowoin Mecklenpurs county
at the Carkville' Springs
Miss Ethel Thomas has returned lFo'''
her school in Augusta county
Mr.. Duke C. putney and Wire, or EiGH'
,nond spent Il few days IN our ioc'l'i'S
last week.
The residence OF Mr. p. ., weaver
on Main street Is now IN course OF cree t''
ton =
Miss Rubyc Townes. OF Portsmouth Is
now spending some time with her cousl'A'
Miss Vura J.. Snead -
Mcssrs. Gllmer and VIII Snead nave
reached their respective homes Alters
pleasant tno spent In the. historic to"l'
OF Cartersville, - !,
Mr.. W. NJ Payne, of CharloitesV'l,e,5 -
now in This district on trip or plc"s'
yure. !,
During tho pretty weather OF llsl
week the farmers made considerap'e
progress with their farming operatl0lisi
Mr.. Harry l., Snead. student OF Nlru.
mond College, who has been quite SIGN
recently was up to his home here for
brief time.
Mr.. and Mrs, Smart have returned ~
Chesterfield county, They have beeil
spending the last six months mere WIZ
their children at school.
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going to take away the old pavilion III
in the Terminal Hotel grounds, and
move II over on Beach Park grounds.
and add ten feet to it for II dancing
pavilion. The floor will be Of maple The
Terminal grounds. with its shade trees
and beautiful grass VIII be filled UP for
the benefit of hotel guests. There will
be rustic seats. swings and hammocks
and o tennis court. Gpholshers from
Richmond have been down and measured
for new carpets and mattlnGs, Paper
hangers are busy and new furniture Ia
added here and there. hs
Fifty now chairs are on the gallery
facing "The York" and everything 10
getting IN shape for a busy season. Mr..
Guvcrnator is getting everything ready.
looking to keeping tho Terminal Hotel
open all of the winter as well rs summer
In that case, he will have his own PLAN
for heating and lighting the bulldn'
and grounds.
Just in front of the Terminal, on IN
York side, there will be, a beautiful plau
tcau OF greensward, Instead of the watei
coming up to the STEP ns now
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
$3.50 to $500
sncuding somo time with her friend, Mrs.

spending somo time with her friend Mrs.
r.. a. COghlll.
Miss Salic williams, of Essex county, is
visiting at Dr. Robert !. GlasselTs,
Mrs. Katie Lee Bert, of Waverly. Is
visiting her parents, DR.. and Mrs. W. -.
Broaddus.
Mrs Snlllc Orrson, Mrs. BERTHE Belt
and Miss Ncttio IIough, OF Washington,
arc visiting at Mr.. Joel Ilnines's TINS
week.
Miss Bessie Ryland. Of Richmond. is Wis
iting Miss Fannie Brooke BrOaddus.
Mr. and Mrs. W. c. Boyd, Of Richmond
spent several days this week at Mr.. T. y.
Coghll's.
Messrs. Webb and Roper Rnines Of
Richmond spent several days with their
parents. Major and Mrs ". w. Rnines.
Miss Caroline c. Broaddus has returned
| home after n visit of month to friends
in Richmond and Wavery.
Miss IIstelle Collins, who Is attending
school in Fredericksburg. and Mr.. Hugh
Collins Of Washington, arc spending this
week with their parents
The condition Of Mrs. james y. SRlch-
ards, who Is very III, remains unchanged
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
MARION INDUSTRIES
Manufactures That Have Beer
Put on Substantial Basis.

Especial 10 Inc IlneS-lJlSputC n.) 1#t#
MARION, VA, Auprll 1.-THE Rye Val
Icy Lead Mines Company, of Sugar Grove,
Va, has recently been placed on a sub
stantIa basis by the organization OF n
new company, with n capital stock Of
$4,000, Operations for the company In
RYE valley are nl present under the man
monthly payroll will amount to $1,000
The company Is organized by Washington
City capitalists.
Prospects for the reorganization of the
Marion Manufacturing and Milling Com
pany, with n capital stock Of $4,000, are
good. This company was organized some
years ago with n small capital stock, FOR
the purpose OF manufacturing wagons;
farming indictments and machinery, ana
foundry products. and It's business . he's ~,
creased to such an extent thnt a ~
reorganization upon an innIr,snsed nh, =,
nancinl basis is fell justified, Ihe
nresent officers of the company. are
b. II. Buchanan. president; John =: Ap-
person secretary and treasurer, ana mos.
w. Lumsden, general nranager. !, - -
probable that the company VIII ndh 10
its present plant n railroad REPAIR sIop,
and make other extensive improvements
The Marion National Bank viii soon pc
gIn the erection of a modern hnnklns
j n,,se on its Main Street lot, recently pur-
chased from John n. Hull ,o,,s
DR.. 10. NJ Copenhaver IS maklng nuns nuns
for tho building OF n home TOR MS tall'lS
carly during the coming summer.
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sTAUNT0N, VA.
Especial TO The Times-Dispatch.)

4 STANTON, VA, April little Augusta
county Medical Association neld a largely
attended and very interesting meeting in
Ihe county courthouse Wednesday after
moon. DR.. Glasgow Armstrong read an
Interesting paper on the Cause and Pre-,
sYentlon OF tuberculosis in which a
number of the doctors took part Drs.
j. B. Rawlings. NJ j. Payne and j. Il.
sCatlett We're appointed committee to
have charge of the annual dinner In
August
Miss Sallie G. Fauntleroy is visiting Mr..
s and Mrs, i. w. McVeigh in Richmond.
Mrs w. r, Churmside is visiting In
Richmond,
Miss Sarah Roller who has been visit
ing Mrs. j. p. Rawlings. left for Rich
mond Friday,
Miss Susie Robertson went to Richmond
Thursday where she will visit relatives
Miss Matte Taylor is spending some
time In Richmond with friends
Mrs, o. a, Battle of Richmond, who
while visiting her daughter, Mrs. ". S.
Mofett. OF Augusta county, was paralyzed
last week, was taken to her home in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
BERMUDA HUNDREDS.

fsneciol 10 The Times-Dispat
RDRN1IIDA HUNDREDS, VA, April IA.
bermuda Hundreds is the eastern terml-
nus Of the Tidewater and Western, ana
the life thlll of the place Is derived from
the transfer Of lumber from cars 70
crafts. Fishing has contributed 10 thls
IN days gone by, but for some reason
has become 4 lost art. One Fisherman
told me that the water had become po-
1uted, and that had driven the fish away;
another said that the water was too cold
and the wind generally wrong while still
another of the disciples of Isaac Walton
said that so many fish were caught IN the
pounds on the shores of the chesapeake
that few were left to find their way up
the river. For some reason the cater
Is most unsatisfactory, and Fishermen
hereabouts are not happy or hopeful.
l have spent some time recently In that
portion of Chesterfield lying and be-
ing between Winterpock and Chester, AND
have been Very much impressed with the
intense activities displayed in the lumber
business, but have been made almost sad
as my attention has been called to the
we'll nigh universal neglect of farming
operations Land owners have been
tempted to Quit blowing and 30 to hauling
from mills to depots, while laborers scorn
| permanent employment on the farms when
they can command Il dollar day for
at least some days of each week. Lanu
owners and laborers are making sad
mistakes, for there can be no substitute
| for earnest and thoughtful work on oul
| farms.
In this neighborhood conditions are
| vastly different. for the farms give evil
dencc to theffnct that some strong arms
/. still guide the pl6W and that asome mer
are yet not only working but thinking
| on some Of our farms.
| | have Just returned from Il walk over
the princely estate of Mr.. a. d. Williams
| OF your city, which lies on the south bank
| Of the James opposite historic Shirley.
! Here the meadows are being clothed In
| living green" the growing wheat gives
promise OF abundant yield, the cattle Craze
! lelsurely, DER the widespread fields, the
young horses unchecked by bit or bride.
are training themselves for road or race
course, the lambs are fattening for. mar
ket, the hogs are enjoying an otium cum
dig" the hens are laying as though eggs
were still thirty cents Il dozen, the marsh
is the home of table luXuries, and he
plows are turning the sod for other crops.
TO abandon such a farm for work at
saw mill would be something akin to sac
rilege.
IN Bermuda proper there Is but one White
family, that OF Mr.. c. n. Welton, who Is
n busy and prosperous merchant. There
are Il number of colorcd people here, a
majority of whom live in good homes
and seem to be doing well.
l7olr-herse double disc plows are used
to break UP these lands. The successful
James River farmer works his corn be-
fore he plants it. r. b. b.
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horse power touring car, and may DC
seen daily speeding along tho roads OF
the county or over the streets OF Mar
tinsville.
Miss Anne M. Hairston, who spent
last winter In Italy. has recently re-
turned home.
Miss Rosallnd Sheppard. of Winston
N. C.,yls tho guest OF Mrs. Q, c. Smith
Church Street.
Judge S. G. Whittle went Rich
mond on Monday to attend the special
term of tho Court Of Appeals
Captain Q. w. Barrow, who mas pech
confined to his room for several days
by sickness, Is ont again.
Master Benjamin Rucker, oldest son OF
Colonel and Mrs. Tannill Rucker, who
has been sick for several days, Is I'M
moving #E gI.. saf tl' Ef3 3s.i 5l5Hta