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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-15

WRITE TO-DAY ron hook ON "2O-
lar Bear and Land OF the Midnight
Sun" 1t will surely interest you
mailed free. Address THOMAS w.
LATHAM. Monroeville. O.
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ANDERSON REAL ESTATE AND LAW
co, 100 East Main street Cover
Crenshaw's), phone Sd5, have fol-
lowing properties to offer.
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FINEST AssORrAlENT OF LADIES.
81 and gent s. gold set and plain rings,
JACOBS, The Money Lender, s
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FOUR BRICK HOUSES, IVY STREET.
nice homes
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WANTED. A BOYS BICYCLE IN GOOD,
second hand condition. Address T.
AZ, care Times-Dispatch.

WANTED, ESTIMATES TO BUILD
. six houses, five rooms each. Address
II 43, care Times Dispatch.
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FOR SALE. ONE BUSINESS PHAll-
ton, suitable for doctor, lawyer or
merchant; closing out cheap. w. Is.
y IAGFIE & SONS, 1406 East Main. S
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PLENTY OTHER. PROPERTY CRY.
us. Let us collect your rents. AN
DEESON REAL ESTATE AND LAW
Co, 100 East Main Street. Phone
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HAVE A. BARGAIN. TO OFFER IN
Danyille, VA. or party will trade, for
city property.
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TO SELL GOLDFISH AND
fine singing canary birds. GA East
Main.

SECOND HAND BAGS AND BURLAP
FOR sale. RICHMOND BAG CO.. ITO
& East Cary Street.
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8 i WINDOW CLEANING
CO., 1912 East Main Street, Phone
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FRUIT CAKE, MINCED MEAT AND
plum puddings for sale; cakes baked
Phone 1,908-Ia or write aol South
sS Third. # S33s n. s. s{i 2seJ
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WANTED, no MEET, ACTIVE, uP-TO-
date dry goods and notion man, who
Is thoroughly posted, and possesses
executive ability, with view OF
cntlons treated strictly confidential.
Address * 81. care, Times-Dispatch.
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CHRISTMAS CANDY MAY BE OR
n dered now and delivered later.
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FOR SALE. AT 221 EAST MAIN
Street, spectacles. eyeglasses. opera
glasses. lorgnettes. etc: all the very
best and at the lowest possible prices.
Remember THE RAYHORS-FRA-
z SER OPTICAL CO., INC, gel East
Main Street.
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FOR SALE, FINE Lor OF SECOND
hand oyercoats. from So up. JA-
COBS'S LOAN OFFICE.
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WANTED, TO TRADEsLOTS IN WEST
End for double team outfit Ad-
dress r, 4S, care Times-pispatch.
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TO BUY A MEDIUM SIZED
billygoat; well broke. Apply rs
Z South Cherry Street.
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d1LLINERY mn sINEsS or MRS. r. b.
MORRIS. IN O. lItichm0 ID !. cheap to
mako quick deal. N N ii A AZ

SAMUEL BA Oh FsACI lI4 A III OIlN ID
how iyoll can make your "a 0l lar buy
more. Read his ad, IN this paper.
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NICE yE;-RoC,M DWELLING. EAST
End, $1I5o MCGUIRE & co.
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gTIMBER TIMBER, TIMBER I'll /, YOU
want from 100000 to $4,000 600.
Largest list In the United sta tea.
NH C,ASSEI4NdAN & Co. IL 8 East Main,
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soR SALE CIR RENT. a 20O-AcRE
farm and store: splendid business
location; twenty-five miles from
Richmond. at railroad citation. l.. O..
GARRETT, 1903 East Main Street.
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BOYS. WAGONS AND HANp-cARs.

A Full. LINE OF WAGONS, 75c. TO
So Hand cars. 81 and So. Rubber.
tired at HOWELL BROS. 6o2 East
+ Broad Street.
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WANTED. CUSTOMERS FOR GENUINE
Old Army Mcclellan Saddles. JOHN
II. .DICKERsON, & CO., 1402 East
Main Street. Remember name and
number.
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BIC 10 LIE FOR SALE coAsTHR
Z. brake, eycllnmster,; n good order,
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FARM, TWENTY ACRES, EIGHT
room house; barn, 10 b. 40; large
grove, fruit, plenty outhouses, wa
ter. etc. Ginter Park; two miles
from city; five-cent car fare. Price.
$500.
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ORDER YOUR CHRISTMAS CANDY
now. Order 1t from ISAEMPF. ITO
North Ninth.
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w MT S
ONT, CENT 4 WORD.
DOT 5ale.

AMPs--TH Rt,is BULGARIA. JUBl-
pricing 5000 varieties, 2bc.; fifty
different United States. Csc; lOu
varieties. unused, b0c.; 200 varieties,
3tc. Buying list of stamps and coins,
nut street, Philadelphia. Pa
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LENNON. 1905 EAST MARSHALL
Street; room and board. f5
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PAINTS. ETC.

FLOOR STAINS. yARNIsHEs.
Floor War and Dustiess Oll--al ut
tile loweat prices. ELBA fiARD.l
WARE CO., AZ w. Broad, cor. Henry.
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FOUNTAIN PENS.

specinl price, 75c. A real business
article. j. a. PURDUE e CO.. 40
North Monroe Street.
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100 u. S. MCCLELLAN SADDLES AND
brides. made In Rock Island Arse.
nal: fine condition. JOSEPH c.
DICKERSON, Saddle and Harness
Manufacturer, 14l2 East Main Street.
Richmond. Va.
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1lantf0.

WANTED. SECONDHAND PONY.
trap and harness: mustbein good con-
ditinn Address a. 1876 East Frank
lin Street. Richmond
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!. YOU ITO READ SAMUEL
y BACHRACH'Si ad. In this paper.
:T6r 5ale.

FOR SALE. LATE ARRIVAL @ If II RE-
works: prices low; wholesale only.
d CHARLES ID. NIcENNEN,, lis East
Franklin Street, Phones 026 and
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FOR SALE, one SECONDHAND
trap with rubber tires; good condi-
&tion. "A bargain, w. Is. BACHE &
y SONS, 1906 East Main,
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II 1 = ACRES; + EN- ACRt;s; CLEARIlD;
seven miles from city close to .rail-
road and street car fair buildings.
s700. CASSELAiAN 81 Co, i10s East
Main.
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SUCCESS IN THE STOCK. MARKET;
our book gives details free. Write
for 1t. JOHN A. BOARDMAN & co.
Stock Brokers, %. BROADWAY, ne"
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TOFs SALE, CHEAP, RESTAURANT;
4 business section city: we'll patronized.
Call 7a4 East Main Street.
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FOR CAIlvE,RS. SCISSORS. AND POCIi-
ct knives see the incest assortment
in town. Prices the lowest. ELIZA
IIARDWAIsE,. co.
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FOR SALE, THREE SMALL FARMS
on Williamsburg Road. ! 1-2 miles
east of Ricbmond; beautiful location
Address 362, care Times-Dispatch.
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WANTED, SMALL JOBS OF BRICK
work to do. satisfaction guaranteed
and prices to suit. Phone 1881.
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REAL EsTATE-s14.75 PER FOOT
will buy southwest corner lot on
Parke Avenue and West Street; 81 IL
feet front by 145 feet depth. Apply
2O9 West Broad Street.
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FARMS AND TIMBER LANDS AT
lowest prices on easy terms; great
catalogue. Address ELAN &
CLARKE. Charlottesville. Va.
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FOTs SAIJ, SECOND HAND We
hicles; two I3roughans, one ROCK
away, one Victoria and one Dayton
wagon. Prices reasonable To make
quick snles. CONRAD GROSS. Car
riage and Wagon Manufacturers, 80
North Adams street.
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BOARDERS WANTED, "; 8 = StiAsI5
q Marshall; best accommodate tons. s sisai
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feet, on lakewood Avenue Apply 1919.
Oakwuod Avenue.
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NICELY FURNISHED II ROOMS WITH
good board. II South Third. III
WANTED, & A FEW RoARDERs. 9sa
East Marshall Street.
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TO SELL IA SMALL BOYS
a. bicycle. Can be seen atA o19 Fourth
Avenue, Chestnut Hill.
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BAKERY

SOUTHERN DENTAL ROOMS, opPo-
ate the and Tree sasS
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-10-04
A Curious story.

A few miles from the residence of
the late premier Of England, the Mar
quis of Salisbury, In the little village
OF Tewin, Hertfordshlre, there are Eve
large trees growing out Of a single
grave; and thereby hangs curious
stcry. On the slab that marks the
grave was carved the inscription:
"Here lyeth inter'd the body Of the
Right Honorable Lady Anne Grlmc
stone, wife of Sir Samuel Grlmestone
Bart, of Gohambury In Hertfordshira,
daughter of the late Right Honorable
the Earl of Thanet, who departed this
life Nov. %, i713, in the Goth year Of
her age."
The village story says that Lady
Grlmestone, persisting In lifelong de-
nial of the existence Of God, on her
death bed declared in answer to the
exhortations of her friends that II In
the other world she found that there
was indeed God Ave trees would
grow out of her grave. The woman
died and was buried Shortly after the
interment the Eve little shoots began
to appear, growing constantly until
they split the masonry and wrecked the
rallings about the tomb.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-10-04

1t has taken the English five years
to decide that Empire Day, as the ami
versary of Queen Vlctoria's birthday
has been called since the queens death,
Is worth celebrating. 1t has been OBJ
served In the British colonies, but at
home hardly any official recognition of
the day has been shown. This year,
however, the London school children
received half-holiday, and sang patrl-
otic songs and saluted the flag before
going home for the afternoon.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-10-04
DISPLAYING FLOWERS.
They Show to the Best Advantage in
the Simplest Vases.

They Show to the Best Advantage in
the Simplest Vases.
When displaying flowers in vases, as
on a metal or center table, one thing
ought to be borne in mind and that is,
the palmer the vase the better the flow
ers will show, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Somebody says that the difference
between vase and "vahze" is that
the latter costs more than $3.50. But
"vahze" that costs S. or Sc Is now
called an amphora and both the
"vahze'' and the amphora were never
intended for use, but to be placed on
stands or In inches as evidences that
their owner has money to burn. To
put flowers in either would spoil the
effect Of the flowers, for the eye would
be attracted by the beauty or material
of the receptacle and the flowers would
be overshadowed.
To get the best possible effect of
flowers put them in the plainest pos
slble vase or bowl that will not attract
attention, then they will be appreciated
for themselves and no comparison will
be instituted between them and the
receptacle that holds them. A double
handful Of oxeye daisies, black-eyed
Susans, rudbeckias, cornfowers or any
other common blossom will show to
more advantage in a brown earthen
pitcher than In the costllest amphora
ever carved out of Parian marble.
The japanese understand this prin-
ciple. All their flower vases are of the
piainest possible construction. But the
fower-loving Japs go to the opposite
extreme in displaying their flowers and
try by Judiclous arrangement to get
the best possible results from very few
flowers. They seldom display more
than dozen flowers In vase and try
always to have more foliage than
bloom, making green the predominant
color, thus setting of to the best adj
vantage the tint Of the flower against
a neutral background. That, however,
Is matter Of taste. A few flowers
well displayed give an effect Of dainty
elegance. Americans like flowers In
the mass, but the good taste of both
agrees rgarding the simplicity Of the
vase
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-10-04

official acts by. any one else will be up
set by the courts. DR.. Edward Robe
son Taylor, who was selected as
Schmitz's successor by the board of su-
pervisors, stands high in both the legal
and medical professions. He has been
dean Of the Hastings Law college and
Is also widely known by some of his
poems which possess great literary
merit. DR.. Taylor was selected by the
graft prosecutors, and they believe that
he Is generally regarded as being suffi-
ciently non-partlsan to bring all fac
tlons to his aid.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-10-04

The distribution Of immigrants has
been vexed problem, most of the ar
rivals In the past showing disposl-
tion to locate In the cities already over
supplied with alien laborers. The I'm
migrants now arriving have heard the
roar Of industry in the West and are
hurrying to participate In the prosper
ity that is enrlching the owners Of rail-
roads, mines, mills, farms and factories
throughout the country and Offering
compensation for Investment of Drawn
and energy. Under existing conditions
the recon-breaking Influx of alien Ia
borers can occasion no alarm.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-10-04
STURDY SECRETARY WILSON.
Man Who Has Built Up the Depart
ment of Agriculture,

MAN VINO Has built Up the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
For more than ten years Hon. James
Wilson has held the position Of Sec
retary Of Agriculture and under him
the department has grown to be one
of the most important Of the branches
of government When he became Sec
retary, the department consisted of a
few scientists and a couple of roll-top
desks and was not seriously regarded
anywhere. He proceeded at once to
revolutionlze 1t, his main idea being to
protect the home market and grab all
the foreign trade he could. He acted
on the theory that this was the Little
Father department of the government
and that the development Of the in
dustry which he represented was his
chief concern. While other cabinet Of
ficers devote themselves to the routine
humdrum Of their duties, writes q
Washington correspondent, Wilson has
been "projicking" around the whole
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-10-04

power companies is $4,000, ,O0o, 900. Cor.
porate capitalization now embraces a
third Of the country's wealth, and the
growth Of the corporate form of indus
try Is proceeding at an amazing rate.
Most remarkable are the data in the
manual which relate to the public util-
ity enterprises and to the amount of
capital they are absorbing. All such
figures are convincing arguments for
proper control and regulation of cor
porations in the interest not only of the
consumers but Of the investors as we'll.
How absurd 1t is to contend or imply
that reasonable control would injure
investors whose only protection, in the
long run, Is the efficiency and the in
tegrity Of the directors and officers of
the corporations. The "peopleization"
of our corporations must keep pace
with their expansion in resources and
liabilities.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-10-04

That authoritative manual on cor
porations, Moody's, gives in the edition
for the current year tremendous figures
and facts regarding the expansion of
corporate industry In the United States.
Certain corporations Of the smaller and
"close" sort are omitted, and bank cap.
ital is not included either. Yet cap
itallzation Of $33,500, 100000 Is repre-
sented by the various classes Of corpor.
ations that are covered and described
In this volume. The railroads head the
list with securities aggregatihg $l5,.
0O0,000,O00. The electric railway sys-
TENS Of the country now represent a
capitalization Of over $4,000 0O0,O 900
The total for gas, electric light and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-10-04

globe in search Of things. He has de-
veloped such an ear that he can hear
an apple grow in Thibet; and as soon
as he does he dispatches an expedition
after 1t. In Finland they grow alco-
hol potatoes, immense things, as big
as your head, and no earthly good for
eating. Wilson sent after them and
had them brought here and natural
ized-not to eat, but to get alcohol out
Of. A year or 30 back he sent some
scientists into the Interior Of China
to get rare peach, never. heard Of out
Of that section, and never heard Of in
most Of Chlna-said by legendary
sharps to be the original peach that
Eve buncoed Adam with, but Wilson
did not 80 after 1t on account Of Its
historical value, but because it was
good to eat.
He imported macaroni wheat from
Italy, and set the unlmaginative farm
ers Of America to raising that high
class product. He fostered the Suma-
ira leaf tobacco growing industry. 1t
Is due to him that the mohair Industry
has grown to Its present proportions.
He found that we spend $24,0O0,0O0 a
year for mohair, and he couldn't see
why mohair could not be raised here.
He brought 1t over, and now we are
raising 1t on tremendous scale In
Arizona and Texas, and men are get
ting rich on 1t.
Then he started In on mich goats.
His Idea was that any poor man who
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-10-04

had room enough to keep a couple OF
goats could raise his own milk supply ;
and trivial as this seems, 1t Is worth
counting to a man who has to figure
up pennies instead of dollars when he
looks over his household accounts.
He has started the task Of restoring
the extinct Morgan horse. The Nor.
gan horse was the highest breed we
ever had In this country. Its center Of
origin and development was New Eng
land, particularly Vermont. The civil
war took all the Morgan horses into
the cavalry, and the western emigra-
tion which followed the war finished
the breed. They got mixed up with
others until pure-bred Morgan horse
became unknown and the breed entire
ly disappeared. Wilson took I'D this
task about two years ago He got a
man In Vermont to give 200 acres for
Morgan horse farm, and Wilson ID
running It,
He has also gone in for developing a
distinct breed Of American coach horse.
He has got place out in Colorado
where the work Is being managed by
one of his scientists, and expects to
produce an extraordinarily handsome
breed Of horses. George Rommel is
the man In general direction of this
scheme.
Wilson has given great deal of at
tention to the problem Of corn breed
ing, of solving the problem how to get
as much corn as possible on one hill.
If man gets only two or three ears
to hill Wilson regards It as a waste
Of productive force, because the total
number Of bushels produced is less
than 1t ought to be. He sent out to
Illinois and got Shamel, the most dis
tinguished corn breeder in the world,
to come east and take charge Of this
scheme.
These are merely few illustrations
Of the way in which Secretary Wilson
has been playing the Little Father for
ten years. His department is now one
Of the greatest in the government and
he has thousands of men under him
while his predecessors had scores or
hundreds.
Nobody can do more with Congress-
than Secretary Wilson. Every year II
Is announced that expenses are going
to be cut down-not on the navy or
army, but on civil expenses, rivers and
harbors postofflces agriculture and
such things. The River and Harbors
Committee swears that river and har.
Dor expenses shall not be cut down, and
the Postoffice' Department throws fits.
But Secretary Wilson goes down to the
Agricultural Committee, meets blank
and hostile faces, and In two hearings
has them all won over to his side. Not
by blarney, not by rhetoric. BY JAM
ming facts into them In his nasal
snarl.
There are refreshing things about
Wilson, In this age Of kow- towing to
the powers that be. He bends the
knee to nobody, not even to Roosevelt.
He never antagonizes anybody reck-
lessly, and never surrenders his opinion
to anybody. And In fight he Is holy
terror. For he fights as craftily as he
fights boldly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-10-04

Lamentation Is heard coming from
the councils Of the National Education.
al Association. The bad boy is among
us, considerably worse than the fond
est expectations could hope for, and
growing no better with rapidity. He
has no regard for duty, no respect for
age, no disposition to surrender pleas
ure, no appreciation of authority, ETC.,
ETC., to the end Of long and dolorous
chapter. Hence "the earliest thought
and action Of our leaders of opinion"
are solemnly requested. Now, the bad
boy Is not a remarkable discovery on
the part Of the educational association
He has been figuring In society for
long term Of years. Mr.. Aldrlch pic
tured the bad boy as he existed
generation ago, when he was considered
quite hopeless proposition. In 1888,
or thereabout Thomas Day In Sand
ford and Merton" drew a striking like
ness of the bad boy of the period, ex-
hibiting the same practically hopeless
characteristics. Fifty years before this
time good old Dr. Watts mourned pa
thetlcally over the degeneracy Of youth
and contrasted the wicked, irresponsi-
BILE, unreasonlng boy of 173O with the
fine, manly, religious, respectful youth
OF the latter part Of the seventeenth
century. And 80 we go back with the
waves of bad boys and wicked children
hundreds and hundreds Of years until
we reach the hairless Elisha tormented
by the bad boys of Bethel until the two
she bears came out of the wood and
dined sumptuously and made instruc-
tive history. So we may call the atten-
tion Of the educational association to
the fact that no age has had, or Is like
ly to have. a monopoly Of bad boys.
Indeed, 1t may be asserted with conf
dence that the boys of to-day are, II
anything. somewhat better than their
wicked forerunners With what seren.
ity our modern prophets walk the
street. unregarded by the mischevious
youth. Indeed, nowhere Is there evil
NShNO Va oh Unusually pcrNcEst BeueT-
alton or assurance of degree of de-
pravity beyond the experience of our
ancestors In their dealings with the
child problem. Therefore are we not
specially concerned In supplementing
the frightened appeal of the education
al association for extraordinary discl-
pline of the rising youth. 1t Is quite
likely that the boys, even the bad boys,
Of our time will size up creditably with
the boys Of Elisha's Bethel or DR..
Watts end of the seventeenth century.
Possibly the boy Is no better, no worse,
than healthy boy has been and will
be. The genuinely bad boy always will
have somebody to weep for him, and
so far as possible every reformatory in
fluence should be brought to bear in
his case. But as to the mass Of boys,
as boys, we need not despair. OF course
1t Is expected that men Of 30 or over,
like DR.. Watts, will deplore the degen-
eracy of youth; that Is one of the priv.
ileges of age. But there Is at least the
satisfaction that fifty years hence the
boy Of to-day will as eloquently testify
to the virtues Of his own youth and the
decadence of good manners and pro-
prlety. 1t Is the way Of the world.