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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13

field MS large ns he can. Teaching is
not Il work to be done iii corner.
When a Clergyman resigns a charge
where he is accomplishing rcsults to
assume a larger one. he does 1t on
the ground that his opportunities for
good Will be by so much Increased.
The argument is gonorally accepted
us sound. Clcrgylnen arc not the only
preachers. Tho novelist may DO one;
so may tho cssayist and tho editor;
tho poet must be one or he Is no poet.
And the reasoning that applies to tho
clerical preacher applies to oil other
preachers, too. If they are good preach-
ers, II is their business to sec that
they draw round them as many listen
crs as possible. Not to do so is to
have been half failure. BrowninE's
obscurlty Is his great shortcoming not
so much because 1t makes him 'hard
to read to those who Will road him
anyway, but because II keeps so many
people from ever reading him at all.
So with the artificial and clumsy
terminology in which Carlyle saw ut
to wrap up the fine sense of "Sartor
Resartus." Truth is great enough to
be simple; and whatever is worth
saying at all deserves to be said IN
such a way that everybody can un-
dcrstnnd 1t.
1t is no disgrace to be popular. 1t
is no sign Of inferiority to write so
that plain, everyday people will know
what you are driving at. TO be the
master Of all Knowledge, but to ex-
pound 1t so that only half o dozen
elect persons in genera ton can share
it with you, Is to have had fine mis-
sion and deliberately turned away
from It,
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MONDAY, MAY 10, 1907.
VIC suffer much from the faults of
others, but we lose more by our is-
nOrancc.-RuHkin.
Danes and Daughters.

"A correspondent wishes to know the
distinction between the Daughters Of
the American Revolution and the Co
lonial Danes. In one sense there is no
difference. They are all very charm
ing, patriotic women. But these dis
unctions are made by the organiza-
tons themselves:
Under the constitution Of the Ma
tional Society of Colonial Danes it
is prescribed that the members shall
be women who are descended in their
own right from some ancestor of worthy
life who came to reside in an A1ncri-
can colony prior to 1850, which an
being a lineal ascendant Of the app'i-
cant, shall have rendered efficient SER
vice to his country during the Colonial
period. either in tho founding Of a
commonwealth or Of IN institution
which has survived and developed into
Importance, or who shall have held
an important position in the Colonial
government and who, by distinguished
services, shall have contributed to the
founding of this great and powerful
nation
Any woman is eligible for member
ship in the Society Of the Daughters
Of tho American Revolution who is
eighteen years of age, and who is
descended from an ancestor who, with
unfaillng loyalty, rendered material
aid to the cause of independence as a
recognized patriot as soldier or sailor,
or as civil officer in one Of the several
Colonies or States. or United Colonies
Or States" provided the applicant shall
be acceptable to the society.
There is still another society known
bility to membership in this society is
restricted to women who are lineal
descendants Of an ancestor who was
q military or naval or marine officer,
soldier. sailor, or marine in actual SER
vice under the authority of any OF
the thirteen Colonies or States, or OF
The Continental Congress, and remain cd
always loyal to such authority OF
descendants Of one who signed the
Declaration of Independence, or OF one
who, as a member Of the Continental
Congress. or of the Congress of any
OF the coldhies on' States. or as an Off
Ger appointed by or under the authority
Of any such representative bodies
actually assisted in the establishment
Of American independence by service
rendered during the War of the Revo
luton. becoming thereby liable to con
viction of treason against the govern
ment of Great Britain, but remaining
always loyal to the authority Of TIN
Colonies or States"
These statements, however are sub
ject to any correction which Danes 0
Daughters may be pleased to make
They are written by trembling Man.
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A Monument to Nye.

Twelve or fifteen years ago Bill Nyc
was regarded as one Of the greatest
humorists Of the day. He was dis
tinctively a Southern product, although
there was Il Western flavor in much
of his work He did not contribute
best efforts and writings have been
preserved, the volume somehow is un.
attractive to this generation, which
is lavish in It's praise Of tho yellow, or
funny" page. Nye died poor man.
Els widow still resides near Ashevillo.
and at last accounts was preparing to
open boarding house. Her husband
is almost forgotten, except by the
craft, and now comes report that at
the meeting of the Association of
American Press Humorists. In Los An
geles, movement will be started to
provide funds for the erection of q
monument to his memory. It was not
until late in life that Nye began 10
write copyrighted articles. He re-
ceived royalties instead OF space rates,
but his income was limited. and he was
not paid in accordance with the value
placed upon his stories In that da...
In ono of his best stories nc described
his new farm and his field OF rye. out
of which he said he expected to har-
vest at least a pint His sarcasm, too,
was biting, and on one occasion he re-
marked that he could stand or high
mountain near Ashevllle and look to-
ward the ocean with such powerful
eyes that he could sec objects as small
as Tillman.
The brightest Of Bill Nye's sayings,
however, was that classic music was
better than 1t sounded. It combines
wit and wisdom with the skill or
genius.
Two years ago, when the Virginia
and North Carolina Press Associations
met at Asheville, clever woman, who
was an admirer OF Nye. asked for Il
contribution from each association to
mark the humorist's grave with a
granite shaft. The money was cheer
fully contributed, and other press as
sociations also contributed to the fund
We have never heard. however. wheth-
er or not enough money was raised
FOR the purpose.
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Norway has I'VE leper hospitals with about
500 patients.
British mills turn. out daily more than
TO- 900 miles of cotton cloth.
An Italian. G, b. BIadego. has written a
book of over 1900 pages on the Alpine tun-
nels
There arc two former newsboys in the
United States Senate--Smlth or Mlchisch,
and Curtis. Of Kansas
In Turkey the tombstones OF the faithful,
where the departed Is q man OF eminence,
are capped with the fez carved in marble
DR. Paul PORTER professor Of anatomy at
the University OF Paris, has Just died almos,
on the day which he foretold after dingnos-
Ing his own disease of tho liver
There is now at Sandy Hook proving
grounds tho biggest cannon ever turned out
1t Is twenty yards long and weighs thirteen
tons. Tho cost of each shot fired s $500.
The United Kingdom, which is the largest
importer In the world of cattle and sheep
for slnushterng purposes, Is oddly enough
the largest exporter of horses for the same
purpose
searching for lost tools taken by shop mon,
found that one employe had hauled away n
locomotive cab and attached II to the house
| for use us a Kitchen
| When Liang Tung Yen, the new Chinese
J minister, reaches Washington tho tennis
/
1 less Ting the Yale students used to
call him. has gone back as an athlete.
President Dabney. Of Cincinnati Univer-
| sty. Is planning commercial college in
/ connection with the institution. He pro-
poses TO have the students work In banks
and brokerage offices while pursuing the
courses Of study
John W. Gates. who for a while has giver
II up the pursuit of the bulls and bears IN
Wall Street TO go boar hunting in France
regards no article In his wardrobe with
more pride than he docs his $4,000 fun
ovarcoat.
Several houses In the financial district o
New York City have their confidential or
ders attended to by women, They are Il
charge OF the private telephones and the.
only. with the exception of the membnrs o
: the firm, are familiar with the names o
certain cust0mers.
New York women are showing "A stron
9 inclination 70 revive tho craze for Panan
9 hats. and Fifth Avenue mtlliners are send
. ing orders for big supplies of the fine weave
J, When Mrs Roosevelt returned from TN
n isthmns last summer she brought genuin
Panama, and her first appearance In it wa
y a signal TO the do-likewse clan.
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Authors and Their Readers.

writer in The Nineteenth Century
and After. Mr.. J. A. Spender, complains
that the great mass of the reading
and moral uplift from contemporary
authors. No one, he thinks. is engaged
in interpreting the present. through
books. for the instruction and guild
ance OF the average man. Most OF
our writers are incapable of instruct
ing and guiding anybody. Their best
Is to be entertaining, to BIO liked: they
do that we'll enough and they have
their reward. The other and smaller
class, those of better gifts who really
have something to say. do their work
in a way which makes it impossible
thai il should carry any general app
peal. They pride themselves on APP
pealing TO few refined persons and
deliberately choose what is remote
and complicated" They do not reach
the public at all. The public, in short,
gets little substantial! sustenance
fIrfn one set Of writer's, because they
have little TO give, and none from the
other. because they do not choose. to
deliver II,
That Is Mr.. spender's view. and
there Is much truth in it, II is unfor,
tunate that those OF our writer's who
are the most read are precisely thos,
who have The lens, to say. The age
OF course, Is not prolific In great mas
tiers Of literature, but surely there mr.,
few who are worth hearing. Isi
impossible that they should attain t,
the larger audience now ,nonopolize
by the manufacturers of best sellers
Are greatness and popularity absolute
~ irreponcisable?
1t Is q prime duty with every ma
y rho has an idea to spread to make hi
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MERELY JOKING.

A House Divided.
Knicker: $50 they separated for incom-
pntibiity?"
Booker: Eyes. he talked baseball and sho
talked bridge."-New York Sun
Corrected.
"That horrid Miss Jones said that you
weren't n day under thirty-two.''
""The cat! I hope you told her few
things"
II did. assured her that you weren't as
old us you looked by ten years. "--Cleveland
Leader
She Did, Too.
II presume your children ask you great
| many embarrassing questions"
Eyes It is wonderful how like their mother
those youngsters arc."--Houston Post.
The Explanation.
Benedict: why is the bride crynE-be-
cause she leaves her pnrents?"
Bachelor: "Oh! I guess not. She likes
the bridegroom, and guess she feels sorry
for him."-Utica Observer.
a Faux Pas.
Sometimes, darling, almost feel as Y
| I were unworthy of you" 4
| George! How dare YOU look mo in tie
| face and say you only feel that way some
times ?"-Chicago Record
Both of Then,
Teacher: Have you any position iniview
| for ma?" t,f
Agent: II know one man who wants q
tutor for Ms empty he,ded son."
4 Teacher: well. think I could fill the
vacancy."-Harper's Weekly.
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POINTS FROM pARAGRAPHERs.


n HoDE ISLAND IL little and 1t takes
* its time to elect United States SEN
\ utor, but It was tho only State of the
forty-hve to have Its luilding at jamestown
fully completed and furnished when the ex-
position opened-Ken,ehec Journal.
j. Edward AddicksS alys: The gap be-
tween heaven and hell y not so deep us the
gap between newspapers and the TRUTH
How about the gap. bdwcen the gas-house
and the United STATED Senate ?-Brook!yn
Eagle.
Tonopah is to cclebnte Decoration Day
with big prize hgh. The rest of the
country will celebrate by playing baseball.
golf and tennis and zSping around in au-
tomobiles. Tonopah is p little more crude.
That Is nll.-Chicago Ipcord Herald
There SO many asphalt scandals
throughout the countrythat one feels that
the man who wrote "Nu can't touch pitch
without becoming defilef' was sure enough
prophct.-New YORK Herald.
Possibly all legislatiH would be impos-
siblo without logrollinE but 1t would puz-
zle any casuist to tell the difference be-
tween member of THY Legislature voting
for bill for money andvoting for It to get
some other member to tote for some other
bill.-Chcago Chronicel
The poet Longfellow'A eminent reputation
for veracity helps even in these days his
assurance that behind tho clouds is the
sun sill shining."-Ikana City Star.
Mr.. j. sloat Fassct 1annot see any way
for tho President to cscPe being nominated
next year" If he does Zee It he shouldn't
tell the Prcsident.-AtlTta Journal.
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Negro Slave-Owners.

Reference by some Of our contcm-
pornrics 10 the fact that free negroes
in the South owned negro slaves before
ans, during the War between the states
reminds us that a negro In this State.
who is now at the head Of q negro
institution. was the owner OF his own
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13

The Richmond Tlmes-Dispatch says
the idea Of having Mr.. Bryan nomi-
nate Mr. Roosevelt was originated by
The Charlottesville Progress. Why will
The Times-Dispatch insist upon dig
Eing up such old stories about its
neighbors and friends WAS hinE ton
Herald.
Does the Herald mean TO say that
the Progress is un-proud of its nomi-
nation?
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20 to Savannah, Ga, to ofiiciate ns
bridesmaid at the Mearticc-Reed Wedd'hs
on June 9Th.
Miss Mamie Randall is visiting Mrs.
Clay Griffith In Amelia county.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson have re-
turned after spending some time ut tne
Meckenburg, Chase CITY va
Mrs Carter Harrison and Miss Maria
Pendleton DuVnl, Of .staunton, arrived
In Richmond Friday and accompanied me
Colonial Danes to jamestown on SAT
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Daingerfeld,
of Tappahannock, Va. visited lachmond
recently,
Mrs. Il. T. ,roulson and son, OF Ur-
banna, are spending some time N TINS
city,
Bishop II. A. Gibson has returned from
brief visit to Mr.. and Mrs. A. =.
Robertson in staunton,
Miss Mollie Bilingsley of Prince
George county, will arrive this week 10
visit friends. She VIII also ~ W ''l
town Exposition.
Miss Fannie Lancaster has returned 10
Ashland after visit to Rlchnona'
AH tf
Mrs. Flake and little son. or lH's
CITY, are visiting Mrs. a, w Iohhhno"
| at surry, Va.
Mrs. II. II. Phillips is tho auest o.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Rogers .. wv ~
| helm -on-the- james, near ciareMoh'' w
,rr uon,e,n. Ralston, who mas iusl
comn,ated his course at Union Theo'
logical Seminary, has left for AugusSf
county, where no will be eSamined to'
1.-THE ministry
Miss Helen Herrink, who has beer
}|studylng at the Richmond AT School
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has returned to her home. III Hallfa"
county.
Miss Jennie May Royce has been
spending several days In Abingdon
Va, en- route from North Carolina "a
her home in this city,
Miss Alma B. Stone, of claremont.
Va, is the guest OF friends here.
Miss Ella Coles has returned to hen
home, in Newport Nows, after visit
to friends here.
Miss Lucy Woods will shortly return
to her former homo. in Amelia COUNTY,
after spending some time IN Rch>
mond.
Mrs. II, o. Wells spent last week WITH
her son. the Rev. r, T. Wells, IN Cul>
pepper. Va. .ils
The Hon. T. L. Massio and son.
Cabell OF Pulaski, Va, spent lust weeA
In Richmond. siii.4
Mr., and Mrs. r. r. billiard. OF Grows
ton, Va are In the city. Mr.. billiard
is undergoing treatment at Memorial
Hospital
Mr.. Thomas Burruss and Mrs. W. II
Rurruss, Of fredericksburg. are vista
ling friends here.
Miss Celestlno Martin, who has been
spending several months In Richmond,
has returned to her home, "Falrview,'
at scottsville, Va.
$3.50.
Mrs. Charles M. Moses, who has BEEN
spending month with her parents
here, has returned to her hume. Id
4 Newport News.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Igor are visit.
ing thoir parents. >M.. and M1G w. r.
N Pointer, at lS!thawaun, Charles CltN
county,
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Borrowed Jingles.
POEMS Ivy Tn1 cory DoY.
On As.,,m,nr Long T.

ON Assuming Long pnnts.
hiho What noble tl,ots await
short-panted youth Mt Mans estate
Tho scales fall from his blinking eyes
and wisdom tow his Belfry HES.
ado ado sWeot boyhood gone
and Neo rnnce with the patches on
lot Joy rosound anu Bliss cxult
Tho boy that was Is II adult
stern Manhood calls him by his name
and bids him try for Wclth ana famo
and Is he johnny on tho Job
with HIS long pnncc oil Yes sir u bod
his trousers fnn tho Offs floor
and His hte takes on an inch or moro
And what additionally knocks
exit long stockings Entcr sox
bio How changed Is lifc's aspect
and how the pnncc command Respect
Hey KIDS nrc scarcer than they Wur
ana lady Just now called mo Sur
tho Boss seems somewhat moro Inclined
to grant that leisure which tho nina
OF youth requires for later gains
I'm reading frank upon the Plains
Mt furst his eye was coldy Thrown
'rew see II they were like his own
but Comfort swept away his crowns
on seeing they wur hand Me downs
olsbodylins How keen was
tcw be q slave in Time gone by
0 Youth In your short painted teens
upon my soul ycw don't know Beans
r Cad your very pants invite
infringement OF your sacred rite
They wurk you like bonded slave
% faxv m I1rlv
but praises DO Tew full.lcngth pnnce,
I'm out Of that fell circumstance
III lay around Just like n man
nnd Wurk some other peter Pan
st. Louis Post Dispatch
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Says tho ever CHEEKY Baltimore
Americana: I'VE first rear the palace
in the soul before It shines in marble
splendor." Yes. indeed. Very few
palaces shine in marble splendor be-
fore they are reared.
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George Gould explains that the rail-
roads losses through reduced fares will
be borne by the dear people, as SOL
EMMY as though he were propounding
bit Of novel information.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13

According to published statements,
John w. Gates has only $10.OOO,00O left
Sooner or later, a betting man is sure
to learn something Of the grinding
pinch Of poverty.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13

Let the law Of homicide remain as
it is, but let the punishment FOR dis
honoring an innocent woman DO m
creased so MS to make 1t adequate to
the offcnsc. Tho Richmond Times-
Dtspatch. in a recent editorial, takes
this view, and we think. properly.
Let the law provide no excuse for It's
own violation, and then let all OF It's
provisions BIO insisted on.-Winch!es-
ter Star.
This is from the pen OF Hon. Rich
ard L. Byrd, who will probably be the
next Speaker Of tho House Of Dele
gates. We are gratlled TO know that
lie concurs In the view Of The Tines
Dispatch that the way to repeal the
unwrittcn law is to make the written
law effective. We hope that all MEM
bers of the next Legislature will turn
their attention in that direction.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13

That modest look on the face of SEN
ator Beveridge dates from the day
when he heard some one ask: WHO
is the greatest Americana"
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Bearing in mind tho comfort and
pleasure of Miss Mabelle Gilman. we
wish the United States Steel Corpora
ton a very prosperous year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13

Persons wishing to communicate with The
Times Dispatch by telephone will ask cen
trail Tor "404l," and on being answered from
the office switchboard. will indicate the de-
par,ment or person with whom they wish
TO speak.
When calling between A. NJ and
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composing room. 4o4a. business Office; 4o43,
for mailing and press rooms.
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Senator Depew asserts that the Re-
publican party always tells the truth.
There are few quips left in the old
chap. after all.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13

Tho Chinese mako q perfume which
sells for SIS q drop. And probably they
short measure at that.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13

Taft and Hughes for 1908 make a
combination that could not appea
strongly to Mr.. Fairbanks.
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Entered, January 81, 1ooa at Richmond
Va, as second-class matter under act 81
Congress OF March 8, 1870.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13

Even in San Francisco. doubtless
General Kuroki would be permitted &c
attend correspondence school,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13

where are your poets?" demands
Ambassador Bryce. Well, most Of
them, Ambassador, are hiding from the
bill! collector.
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ady been printed In this sores.
Now the Joys Of the rond are chiefly these:
A crimson touch on the hardwood trees;
A vagrant's morning wide and blue.
In early fall, when the wind walks too;
A shadowy highway cool and brown. ,,m
Alluring up and enticing down rotsa,
From rppled water to dappled swamp.
From purple glory to scarlet pomp;
The outward eye, tho quiet will,
And the stridng heart from hill to hill: .a9
The tempter apple over the fence;
The cobaeb bloom on the yellow ounce;
The palish asters along the wood Ssi
A lyric touch Of the solitude;
An open hand an easy shoe,
And a hope to make tho day go through iii
Another to sleep with, and third
To wake mo up at the voice Of q bird,
The resonant far listening morn,
And the hoarse whisper of the corn;
The crckets mourning their comrades lost,
In the nights retreat from the gathering frost;
cor is it their slogan, plaintiye and shrill,
AS they beat on their corselcts, valiant still?)
A hunger fit for the kings of the sea.
And a loaf of bread for Dickon and mo;
A thirst like that Of the Thirsty Sword
And jug of cider on the board;
An idle noon, bubbling spring,
The sea in the pine-tops murmuring;
scrap Of gossip at the ferry:
comrade neither glum nor merry,
Asking nothing, revealing naught,
But minting his words from fund of thought,
A keeper of silence eloquent,
Needy, yet royalty we'll content,
OF the melted breed, yet abhorring Strife
And full Of the mellow Juice Of life,
faster Of wine with eye for maid,
Never too bold, and never afraid,
Never heart-whole, never heart-sick,
(These are the things worship in Dick).
No fldget and no reformer, just
calm observer of ought and must,
A lover Of books, but a reader Of man.
No cynfc and no charlatan,
Who never defers and never demands,
But, smiling, takes the world In his hands,
Seeing it good as when God first saw
And gave 1t the weight Of His will for law.
And oh! the JOY that is never won,
But follows and follows the journeying sun.
BY marsh and tide. by meadow and stream,
A will o'-thc-wind, 1ght-o -dream,
Deluson afar, delight anear,
From morrow to morrow, from year to year.
A jaclk-o- lantern, fairy fire,
A dare q bliss, and desre!
The racy smell of the forest loan,
When the sealthy, sad-heart leaves go home;
20 leaves, leaves, I one with you,
or the mould and the sun and the wind and the
The broad gold wake Of the afternoon;
The silent flecll Of the cold.new moon;
The sound Of the hollow seas release
From stormy tumut to starry peace;
With only another league to wend;
And two brown arms at the journeys emu!
These are the Joys OF the open road
For him who travels without load
an in The Times Dispatch Oct II, 1908, One is publish
=, ca 10 on,c,ato as has returned to her home
he Mearticc- Reed wedding county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13

If Addicks really wants municipal
Job in Wilmington. why doesn't he get
himself appointed inspector of gas
meters?
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There was good deal that chancel.
Tor Day might have learned from the
late Silent Smith.