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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-22
The Most Acceptable
Gift.

Elaborate assortment of the finest
Groceries. to which every country
has contributed Its best All . aS
sold by US are guaranteed unde,
the U. S, Pure 70 Inv
We pay especial attention To
packing boxes of everything that's
good u eat or drink. and nothing
Will be more reciated than a
Xmas present from nur laroo 1na
varied stocks OF Foreign and Domes-
Tic Grpcertts. lAlpor ana hencas4rs
OF all kinds Don't forget 10 in
clude one OF our famous Gordon
Smithfield Hams cooked We can
shin these to all parts of the world
and remind your distant friends of
Old Virginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-22

s. q. Bragaw.. ". r. small, w. n, Clark.
3, w. Ayers, T. 7. knight ]. 4: La Lang
Leach; Misses Annice and Carrie
Bright Willie Hargrove. Lillian Bon
ner, Marcia, Penelope and Jane Myers.
lSarnle and Josephine W ,1an H. ida Lida
Lucille and Annie n. Nicholson, Margle
Blount, Jennie Cox (Fremontl. Rosa,
Cammie and Mary short, Helen Kugler'
som Gallag her, Julia Hoyt,, Julia Moore,
Matte and Annie Iaughinghouse. Muse
Blount, Katie Moore, Adellne and Nliz-
laheth Mayo, Mary Carter, May Rum,
iWindiay, olivia Rodgers, Daisy Tank
ard, Mamie Burbank. Hattie Jones,
Plum Crawley, Eva Bell. Elizabeth
sHill. Emma Garter, Sadie Martin. Min-
,Windley aud Carrie Hughes. VI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-22
Holiday LIQUORS.

Being the largest importers In the
South Of fine Wines, Liquors and
Cprdials, we can offer a most COM
p!ete stock Of Sherries, Ports, Ma
deiras, Rhine and Mosellc Wines.
Clarets, Sauternes and Burgundies.
Gusoniers or Fockink's Cordials.
WI skies, Jamaica and Santa Crol1
Runs; also Virginia Mountain, Glib
son and High Spire straight and
blended Whistles, California and
Virginia Apple Brandy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-22
Conserved Fruits.

Absolutely best grade of goods
to be found on any market. All
varieties - Strawberries. Walnuts.
Prunes, Apricots. Pears. Figs Lines.
Cherries Plneupples, Angelique,
Niolets, Rose Leaves, Bishops Calf,
Glace Prunes stuffed with walnuts.
apricots or ginger: one-pound
boxes, fancy baskets and boxes of
French packed assorted conserved
fruits.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-22
Brandie1 and Fresh Fruits

Agents for Gordon & DIlworth
and Miss North Genesee Jam
Kitchen, absolutely the two best
packers OF fine fruits In glass to
be had, including Branded or
Picked or Fresh Peaches; Cherries.
wllle or red: Pears. Southern Figs,
Malrons and Gooscberries.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-22
Xmas Cigars.

a large and carefully selected
stock Of the best brands Of Inl-
ported and Key West Cigars, In
Guiding Carolinas, Cabanas, Vellars,
Henry Clays. Garcias, Don Quyotes,
Romeo and Juliets. Belindas and
others. ~
Distributors OF Websters. r. A.
Bachia 4 Co.'s and Park s; Tilford's
Mi Favoritn Key West Cigars.
packed in boxes OF o5, SO or 100.
ranging from $500 to $4,000 per
100,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-22
Home-Made Mincemeat, Fruit
Cake and Plum Pudding

We've made special preparations
in this line, and are ready to ill
Your orders promptly and with the
best goods of the kind made.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-22
Christmas OFFERINGS
Xmas Nuts

Our stock of Holiday Nuts this
year IL the best we've ever bought.
We were fortunate enough to pur-
chase quantity of Fine louisiana
Soft Shell Pecans, extra large--per
haps the only lot of the kind on
sale now in Richmond.
Other offerings In this line are:
Long Maple Filberts, Princess
Paper Shell Almonds, Tarragone
Almonds, Mayette Grenoblc Wal
nuts, Brazil Nuts and Brazil
Pods, MIXED Nuts, Pecans. shelled
whole; also. Shelled Almonds and
English and Black NNalnuts, Kick
DRY. Pistacheo and Pignolia Nuts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-22
Malaga Raisins, Figs and
Dates.

All OF the best quality obtalnable.
Malaga Raisins in specially packed
decorated boxes, very appropriate
for gifts; also fancy packages or
jars Of Dates and Figs. stuffed with
nuts or plain.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-22
Celebrated English Crackers

Full assortment of Huntley &
Palmer's Fine Crackers. packed in
fancy tins, in globes. plates, baskets
ported direct by us.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-22

Frank w. Holden. Mrs. j. @. Beckwith
Mrs. Greene Fenley. Mrs. Cameron T..
MacRae and Messrs. j. W. White, Jo-
seph 8. Fenlcy. w. G. w. Kraft and
r. r
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boxes of Chocolates and Mixed
Chocolates and Bon Bons. also a
line OF fancy filled baskets.
Large variety of other good
grades OF Chocolates and Bon Bons
in boxes and loose by the pound,
and plain Candies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-22

At Mt. Zion Church on "Wednesday
evening Mr. William Dawson was mar.
ried TO Miss Gertrude Hammer. nv the
Rev. Mr. Bovden of Red Hill. After
trip North. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson will
DO at home near Esmont
Evening star., 1907-09-01

30 familiar that 1t IS needless to describe
It. In all large cities and in many small
ones parades are held as a usual thing, and
appropriate exercises follow. Mr.. Pow
derly. in his article quoted above, said:
The day should be celebrated, not in
honor of any one man, living or dead but
in honor OF and by living. throbbing, pull
sat!ng humanity the needs Of which stand
higher than respect for the memory of the
dead or regard for their wishes If Labor
Evening star., 1907-09-01

And the duty could not be placed In bet
ter hands, for II there Is one thing Of which
the member Of organized labor is proud 1t
is Of the progress OF the movement in this
land Of the free. With all the struggles
with hostile lawmakers. with all the strikes
won or lost at the expense Of life and
treasure, with all the injustice of today
and the many objects OF desire in labor
conditions still the achievement of tomor-
row, the fact remains that the cause of
Evening star., 1907-09-01

to carry out this idea, 1t proved impracti-
cable for various reasons and was not gen.
orally adopted. Idealsts still cling to it,
however. and to a certain extent 1t is fol-
lowed here and there.
Americans were never very particular in
devoting themselves exclusively to the kind
Of celebrations appropriate to their holi-
days. They have given to the observance
of the day the same liberal Interpretation
which they have accorded the Fourth Of
Evening star., 1907-09-01

July. Memorial day and other festivals
that is. they quit work and have a good
time. And that is the reason why sports
Of all kinds. public games and various fes-
tivities mark the annual recurrence Of
Labor day. 1t is a holiday, reasons the
American, and holidays are made for play.
Therefore he plays and leaves to the labor
organizations the duty Of commemorating
the cause for which the holiday was Gre
ated.
Evening star., 1907-09-01

day is observed as it ought to be the gos-
pei Of humanity will be understood by all
men and women; there will be no slaves
to employer, party, boss or creed
Mr.. Powderly also expressed the hope
that employers and employed should come
together on Labor day. and that free and
full discussion of all labor problems should
he had; but while few attempts were made
Evening star., 1907-09-01

According to Mr.. PowderIy the repre-
sentatives of the Knights of Labor, then
organized in secret but not publicly known.
held meeting in New York city and cele-
brated il by a parade of laboring men.
With this example before them. the unions
Of New York held another labor parade
the following year 1883. on the first Mon
day of September. But it was the next
year. 1884 according to Mr.. POwderly, that
the agitation which led to state and ma
tional recognition of the festival had its
birth. In that year when the question of
parade came up in the Central Labor
Union George X. Lloyd of the Knights of
Labor offered IA resolution declaring the
first Monday of September Labor day.
Lloyds resolution was adopted, and steps
were taken at once to get the legislature
to transform the resolution of the Central
Labor Union into statute law. \ bill was
quickly introduced. but before 1t was passed
the legislature of Oregon adopted a similar
bill. and thus Oregon became the first state
in the Union to recognize Labor day. The
same action taken by the New
York legislature but Its delay gave first
place to Oregon.
Other states quickly fell into line. The
day is now a holiday established by law
in all the states and territories except Ne
takes proclamation by the governor to
make the holiday. but as such proclamation
Is always issued it is the same as If the
holiday were fixed by statute.
The celebration OF the day has become
Evening star., 1907-09-01
Labor Demands a Festi-
val All It's Own.
Congress Enacted Legal
Holiday in 1884.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
~ tho movement for the enfranchise-
r,cnt Of the toiler from the thraildom
,r ares which has advanced further
and with greater raptdity IN tree
America than in any other country
IN the globe it was inevitable that IaDoi
sbo,ld come to demand a festival all us
own The only cause for surprise Is ''dt
che demand should have been delayed 'i'i
the closing years Of the nineteenth century
Rut the delay assured the readiness Oh IN
enlIrhtCned public sentiment to meet Ihe
demand when it came. And as soon as
II was voiced, In the year 1851 thousands
OF toilcrs all over tls broad land took UP
the welcome suggestion and cried 10 the
legislatures of a majority of the states
"Give us a Labor day.
With that readiness 10 obey the voice
of the people which charactcrizes repre-
sentative government. the legislators were
not long in needing the demand FIRST
Oregon. then New York, and then a mighty
procession of sovereign states, each act
ing In the name of all the people. enacted
laws which made the first Monday of Sep
tember a holiday to he known as Labor
day. and consecrated forever to the cause
of the, worker. Labor omnia vtncit' was
again cxempljfied,
And So It happens that tomorrow through
out the confines Of this great country, ana
even in far-off Alaska, and more or less
In the island possessions peopled by alien
races the worker with hands lays down
his tools to celebrate the emancipation OF
his kind From Minnesota to the Gulf OF
Mexico and from the Golden Gate to New
York the hosts of labor will tomorrow
l., .Iu g alnlnr
II we had any really national" holt
days, Labor day would be one for Con-
gress. by special enactment in 1894, de-
Clared the first Monday in September
legal holiday to be known as Labor day.
That law however applied only to the
District of Columbia and the territories,
but as far as it goes 1t is a recognition
by Uncle Sam of the rights of his hard
working sons and daughters to their own
festival and 1t has been well supple
rneuted by state legislation that, to all
intents and purposes. Labor day is na-
tIonal holiday.
The act of Congress alluded to was signed
by President Grover Cleveland on June %.
1891. and its enactment was hailed with
Joy by the labor host The pen with which
it signed was presented by President
Cleveland to Samuel Gcmpers, then and
now president of the American Federation
of Labor and it is still treasured as a
precious souvenir which is becoming more
valuable and more precious with every
passing year.
Terence V. Powderly. formerly commls-
slOner of immigration of the United States
government, and before his incumbenCy OF
that office well known as the master work
man. Of the Knights of Labor. who is per-
haps as we'll qualified as any one TO speak
on the question, maintains that the honor
OF inaugurating Labor day belongs to the
Knights of Labor and to New York city.
Mr. Powderly wrote an article on the
subject a few years ago and in that treat
Use said that the first labor parade on what
Is now Labor day was held in New York
on September :, lSS2
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He :s evidently a man who has had wide and deep experience of life. Not a few of the "diffieulties' which the critics have pointed out will either vanish or be greatly relieved If we suppose that at some period of his life the author had been rather "wild' in his habits, that at that period he was possessed of ample means, and had even been devotee to what are commonly called the pleasures of life. Many of the statements and re- factions in the book strongly tend to con- firm the correctness of this suppostion, and see nothing that opposes 1t. Under such circumstances 1t is sensible and logical to accept provisionally the truth of the supposition, that is to take 1t as what the philosophers call "a working hypothesis'
 I have so used 1t in my study of the book and have found that 1t really does explain not a few of the difficulties. The "skepticism" of the author has often been commented upon. and no candid critic can deny that some of his reflections do tend in the direction of skepticsm. That, like many other inquiring minds, in many different ages of the world, this writer was troubled with more or less serious doubts I see no reason to deny. But what of that? The orthodox" interpreter of scripture is not bound to deny any such thing.
 Job said: Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him." He said: q know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.'
 He said he knew that he should see God after flesh and body were consumed. This looks like and Is stalwart faith. But, when in another state of mind, this hero of the faith observes that when
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and fragrance. No words of description or admiration could give even the faint est idea of the glorious vision that passes before your waking eyes as you approach Colombo. This is the gorgeous east, s ricn b profusion in every gift of nature. A person Is loathe to leave the ship and thereby lose the beauty of the picture, but some of the less sentimental rouse up the others and immediately streams of passengers are flowing down the gang ways and climbing Into the rlekety canoes which are to take them ashore.
 Colombo has very fine modern streets and buildings, but the picturesque part of the town Is found little on the out side. among the huts of the natives, sur rounded with palm trees. This Is an is- land flowing with milk and honey, If ever an island did. and the atmosphere ls laden with the perfume of fruits and flowers. Here's where the kodak artist gets some of his finest views and at all most every point may be seen little groups of people who have selected a palm-tree background for the picture being taken.
 About ten hours are spent in Colombo, and as the setting sun Is sending his golden rays across the sky the word Is given to weigh anchor In tropical coun- tries the sun goes down and the light goes out almost as suddenly as turning out a lamp. At 6 o'clock the island.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-09
BY SAVOYARD.

ed to the circuit bench of the United states He twas then dean Of tho law department Of the University of clnelna natl. our fathers made one mistake m the federal constitution by neHleetinH tp provide that a man to be President should first have practlced law at the bar, or dispensed Justice from tho bench, for tho period of at least ten years before he was a5 years old What power for good that would have added Co the aualla fications of the man who ls now ffeall dentl
 When the Mckinley Hanna regime came in, the first thing they dld was Co make medieval tariff ehoek full of privileges There had Just been completed a liquidation that was universal and tho American people went Co work with an energy never before hoard of anywhere Within the last ten years more sold hae been mined than was produced ln any two or three centuries heretofore, and ihus the prosperity tarrled under the hlnAiey law as it would have dons under any tarlff ever made, or ss lt would have done had we had no tsrlff at all
 The Cubans were In revolt and certain yellow statesmen and yellow journalists determined to make this country enter upon an insloroua war with poor old bed-rldden and deerepit spain 1T fen Reed had been President, there woud nave bben no Wbfi WE WHHiH HhAW bought Cuban independence, and it woid have cost about one-tenth what the War cost Dewey and schlsy showed te tho nations that the American navy was Just us ugly a customer In a nsht es it ever was. and after poor old Spain was licked and the democratic side Of the Senate was cajoled Into furnishing enough votes tU tle republicans Co acquire the Philippine archipelago, Mir Mckinley sought aonie leading republican to make eatfHp 6f the Philippine Islands.
 His choice fell on william Y. Taft phd perhaps it was ths most fortunate that could have been made Taft went 0Vel there, and his view Ut the people ve hhl bought was the view of A Burke and nd of Hastings. He interpreted hs fnsl sion to be work of planting American civilization on the other side of the world rather than exploiting thelf suHsf, heniri timber and other resources fot the money that was ln them for American Adysss turers. do not remember to have fead any passage in tho federal constitution oonferrina on our government authority i0 so Up and town the earth olviiisins pa0s pie less fortunate than ourselves, tut that is honestsr work than fobbins them would be, and ss senstituNvnaL
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age as this than Q pair of powerful ma- rine giasses by which the ooastllne can be clearly seen, and many other Inter- esting objects not deoernable to the naked eye During the passage of the strait of Suez tho vessel Is never more than six or seven miles from the land and In this part of the world the atmosphere Is so oieai and the sky So blue that ob- jec.s do not appear more than one quar- ter their true distance away. Passengers making this voyage should also provide themselves with maps and guide books of the route and between times read up on the place at which they are next due.
 Out ot the straits of Suez into the Red Sea the steamer takes her course There is nothing remarkable about this part of the voyage except the intense heat which prostrates everyone on board. The hot winds blowing from the burning deserts, the blistering sun overhead hanging like a ball of white fire in sky upon which not even a speck of cloud is visible, Nothing can exceed the languid feeling of these four or five days in the Red Sea. The firemen from the stokehole crawl or arc carried to the deck gasping for air. Even the waters are barely rippled by the breeze blowing over them, and the birds, which are always to be found in the neighborhood of ships, no matter what part of the ocean is being traversed,
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the early part of the evening and to these concerts tickets are sold among the passengers and crew. The receipts from these concerts and other forms of enter tainment are divided among charitable institutions In Australia. It was at one or these concerts that second-class pas senger, generally known as "Yank,' first heard young lady, a saloon passenger sing a song while she played the accom- paniment on a guitar. Poor Tank sue- cumbed from that hour and his end was awful to think of. But of that later on
 The distance from Alden to Colombo Is about two thousand miles, and 1t is gen orally known among the passengers when the vessel is due to arrive at any partio- ular place. Consequently, when the pas sengers came on deck early one morning and saw land away in the distance they knew It was the island of Ceylon and preparations immediately began to be made for going ashore.
 With tho exception of the nttle patches of green surrounding the gardens at the stations on the Suez canal everything seen in the shape of land since passing through the straits of Massna has been the barren, sandy desert, with It's de- pressing effects upon the spirits; but now the scene Is changed to the other extreme It seems the island is floating toward us-a floating bouquet in color
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of earth, curving toward the center and grown up with trees, and extending great part of the way across tho neck of the bend. We walked down the hill and across the level land near the toe of the bend. One of our party found a piece of pottery that evidently was used by the Indians in the long ago. Remem- bering the story of the brave old Indian Manowa, 1 reverently cut a piece of reed at a spot on the edge of 0 canebrake, which 1 could easily fancy was about the place where he held himself under meath the water while breathing through a cane.
 I intend quite soon to make another trip to the battlefield and l will take with me some of the older citizens of that section of the county, who can as- sist me in a more intelligent investiga- ton of the various positions occupied. As said above, some other memorable days in Alabama history would be remem- bered with grief by citizens of our com monwealth. But the date of the "Battle of the Horseshoe Bend' ought to bo commemorate by the citizens of at least three southern states, whose history was markedly affected by the fact that on this day Andrew Jackson broke the power of the Creeks.
 I think 1t was away back in 1776 that the federal congress erected in the porch of St. Pauls church, New York city, beautiful monument to the memory of Gen. Richard Montgomery, testifying their grateful remembrance, profound respect and high yeneration." In the ! year 1s1S time when such was not an easy task before the days of railroads, the state of New York removed his re- mains from the city wall at Quebec and inferred them beneath the noble monu- ment in St. Paurs churchyard. Six weeks ago I proudly stood before the monument
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times rather loosely supposed to be di- vided into two opposing camps, the "Op- timists' and the "Pessimists" Both names are derived from Latin adjectlves in the superlative degree-"Optimus, the best, and "Pessimus," the worst. Etymologically, then, the "Optimist" would mean one who holds that ours is 'the best of all conceivable worlds" and the "Pessimist," that 1t is "the worst of all conceivable worlds" Usage, however, has considerably modified the etymological meaning of both words, so that when we now speak of an "optimist' we are sup posed to denote one who holds that the world is good, with a tendency to grow better while the 'pessimist' holds that it is bad, with tendency to grow worse
 Now, the author of the book of Eccle- sitis has been called ''pessimist'; and has been supposed to go so far in pes simism as to hold that life is not worth living. After a long and careful study of the work, I am convinced that the author is not open to this charge.
 The word "ecclesiastes" means preach CT, and the author Is so denominated in the first sentence of the book. His work is of the nature of sermon, and 1t was on a subject which may be compendiously stated as the vanities of human life as 1t is commonly conducted in this world. :" He does not propose to himself the dis cussion of the question:: 'Is life worth living?" but he does give variety of in- tensely practical views upon that very different question: What sort of life is worth living?'
 Tn discussing this question, he proceeds upon what logicians call the method of exclusion" It Is a perfectly legitimate and thoroughly logical method, which is