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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
A HINT TO THE FARMER.

In the history of the United States,
it is rarely that there has been so ac-
tive demand for capital in the bust
ness world as there is to-day. And
this, too. in spite of the fact that the
interest rate is abnormally high. Why
is this? Why are men willing to pay
seven and eight per cent for money
unless they are sorely pressed? For
the simple reason that the merchant
is willing to pay high prices for mer-
chandlse-becausc he can sell it at a
profit. If a manufacturer or a jobber
can make ten. fifteen and twenty per
cent. on borrowed capital, he can we'll
afford to pay seven and eight per cent.
for all the extra money he can thus
employ.
Merchants. manufacturers and the
railroads are large borrowers Of money
and are taking all they can get. They
are turning it over and over and maxi
ing it pay.
The railroads are the largest Dor
rowers. They have been using money
in large sums to increase the size of
their cars. the strength of their loco
motives, and the weight OF their rails.
TWO years ago" says a writer in the
Review of Reviews leading trunk
lines could borrow on short-term notes
at 4 IL per cent. To-day they must
pay from to l 1-2 more. From Jan.
uary list to June 30th their loans at
these rates We're $346,27s,0O0 Here is
the key to the question we are consid-
ering--high interest. A modern engi-
neer can replace old structures and
equipment with new, supersede ferry
boats with tunnels, and effect so great
a saving in operation and mainte-
nance as TO bestow a profit on loan
paving from one-third TO one half
more than the terms usual five years
ago" BY improving the track and the
bridges. the railroads can carry larger
cars and heavier locomotives at high
-eg rate OF speed. This enables then
with the same force to do muck
larger business. OF course they car
afford to pay high interest rates fol
money, because they are turning every
dollar of IL to profit.
Why does not the farmer do like,
wise? Why does he not borrow money
and improve his lands and purchase
llabor-savins machinery and by so do
ing increase his output and his profits
Ii merchants, manufacturers and rail
road managers can use borrowed CAPT
tai to their gain. why not the far.
mer:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09

PROSPERITY AND THE TARIFF.

In reply to an article In The Times
Dispatch on overwhelming prosper
ity," tho Tazewell Republican says:
'If 1t is hard for a layman to under
stand how the world can be bankrupted
by prosperity, how much harder must
it be for him to believe that the United
States can be bankrupted by tho indus
trial policy under which this prosperity
has come. Yet, our Democratic friends
have been contending that our trade
relations with other nations will be de-
stroyed by the protective tariff made
by the Republican party"
No matter what layman may think,
expert fnanciers do not regard our
present prosperity without some mis-
givings as to the future. There Is
a continuous rise IN the scale of prices
in all branches OF trade. A rise in
one direction forces corresponding
rise in another direction, and so 1t
goes on and on without check. AS q
consequence the cost of living has enor-
mously increased, and families In mod
crate circumstances. especially where
the head OF the family works for
wages, have to exercise the most rigid
economy ito make both ends meet"
There has been some increase in sala-
ries. but not in proportion to the
increased cost OF living, and the rise
in wages is not an unmixed blessing.
Ask any man who employs the cheap
er class of labor, and he will tell
you that the higher the wage the less
efficient the service. and the harder
it is to get a constant supply of "hclp."
Where will it end? 1t is costing
more and more each year to live and
to do business. Hence it requires more
capital to do the same amount of bus
mess. and when capital has to be bor-
rowed the interest rate is higher.
What is the cause of these abnormal
ly high prices? We firmly believe that
the protective tariff is one of the
underlying causes, and that it is men
ace to our financial and industrial sys-
tenn. We are not surprised, therefore,
that many of the manufacturers them
selves are now advocating tariff re-
vision. All artificial stimulants run
their course by and by; and then there
is sudden collapse.
But whatever the cause, some of
tho wisest financiers in this country
believe, so we are reliably informed,
that nothing but conservative recess
sion in business can save the coun-
try from serious trouble. Fortunately
such recession has already set In
and II it does not go too far, it will
be blessing instead of misfortune.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
City Noises.

Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Your editorial on unnecessary
noises was timely, and should not be
know that it is at present possible. to
render street car less noisy. Our
car system being the great factor IN
the extension OF our residential and
the hum OF the motor TIL science pro-
vides remedy. But the shrek OF
locomotives and the blowing OF
whistles by some OF !, on. Industrial
plants should be prohibited. One nota-
ued shrek from, I am told, the Cedar
Works, is heard, Articles have been
written, the police importuned yet the
thing goes on, Why it Is continued
only the thoughtless fireman can. an
swer Certainly this. with others
should be abated. 8,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
THE DULL Pupil.

'One of the perennial subjects OF dis
cussion before teachers associations"
remarks the Pittsburg Post. is that
OF the duh child. There are pupils In
every schoolroom who fail to keep up
with the lockstep progress of the or
binary graded school These children
simply fail to respond to routine in
Btruction. The teacher generally lacks
both the time and the skill to fnd out
such children is to drag along, to fail
year after year, or be promoted by size
'ather than mental attainments, until.
% the relief of the child and school
alike. the slow one drops out alto
gether."
The late Captain Vawter, of the Mil
er Manual School. at Crozet. was per-
laps the best friend the dull pupil
sver had in Virginia. He had many
iuch pupils in his school. and he gave
hem more attention than he paid to
he bright pupils. He made a study Of
,Sasm. and special study of each in
sividual. He finally discovered that
as to arouse his interest. He ques-
oned him; he experimental with him,
It'll he found something in the school
shop which the dullard liked. 1t
ay have been a book; it may have
sen a machine. But whatever it
anced TO be, he employed it until he
terested the pupil. That done, by
grees he directed his attention to
her subjects. and SO turned all his
entail forces into activity. In the
ST lecture We heard from him on
ucational topics he outlined his plan.
d stated, as we recolect that he
q never made failure
Captain Vawter also expressed the
inion that many dull boy had been
med out of school with ounce
" on his head, hguratively sneak
:. and with the conviction onl his
N part that lie was ar ass, wheh he
kht have been saved by proper treat
int from his teacher.
D. for more missionaries Ike Captain
wter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
IT was a good old Rebel,
And I glories in the name

The writer OF this article attended a
few years ago Confederate reunion
at which a genial veteran OF the Fed
era arm Yves xsre preseh so ns southeSn
speaker alluded to his comrades as
rebels whereupon the visitor, full Of
generous feeling and half full of some
thing else. sprang to his feet with a
protest. Rose at once distinguished
son OF Alabama. major-general un-
der jackson. and said:
I'VE appreciate the kindly motive
which prompts our friend. But the
government which he bravely served
during the war took from the South
nearly everything of value. Our friend
must not now, In his generous though
mistaken zeal. strip US OF title which,
remembering those who have borne it,
we regard as q patent OF nobility
Norfolk Virginan-P Pilot.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
Glory in the Nnmo.


worry itself about having. applied the
term rebellion to our gallant attempt
to achieve independent government foi
tho Southern States. The threat OF
the Times-pispateh to turn the s.,a az.
Or. J. William Jones loose upon our
a "a very very serious ip one; for r the doctor
is beautifully jealous of all that seems
ness OF the cause that did not sue
coed. But the word rebellion springs
from the Latin verb rebellare, signify
ing simply and restrictedly ITO make
o,r pride and boast that we did. with
valor, constancy and firm conviction of
right, against our now fellow citizens
beyond the Potomac and the ohio. It Is
true that established governments have
conspired together from the earliest to
the latest times to give the term an
obnoxious significance as applied to
those who resisted their expressions;
but the effort has signally failed. Elk
punge the aspirations and achieve.
the world and the chronicle would be
as dry and tasteless as the genea!og-
ical tables Of the Old Testament. More
than that! The whole progress MADE made
and religious liberty and in science,
rests primarily upon successive rebel
lions against constituted authority. The
independence Of Virginia had its gen.
esos in the armed protest again satrap-
ian tyranny which Bacon led. and was
later accomplished by the rebellion
Of which Washington was the sword
and buckler. Traitor" Is an epithet
Of shame; but rebel" carries no re-
proach to thoae who have battled man
fully for conscience sake. The verse
of Innes Randolph, written just after
AppomattoS. was homely in expression,
but conveyed the sentiment that every
faithful Confederate soldier sought to
entertain:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
(To be contlnued.)
FAMILY FOOD.
Crisp, Toothsome and REQUIRES No
Cooking

A little boy down in N. c. asked his
mother to write an account of how
Grape Nuts food had helped their fam
lily.
She says Grape-Nuts was first
brought to her attention on a visit to
Charlotte. where she visited the Mayor
of that city who was using the food
by the advice of his physician. Sho
says:
''They derive so much good from 1t
that they never pass a. day without
using It, While was there used the
Food regularly, I gained about Is
pounds and felt so we'll that when L
returned home l began using Grape
Nuts in our family regularly.
.'Ary little 1s-months- old baby shortly
after being weaned was very III with
dyspepsia and teething, She was stcls
nine weeks and we tried everything.
She became so emaciated that 1t was
painful to handle her, and we thought
NO were going to lose her One day q
happy thought urged me to try Grape-
Nuts soaked in a little warm milk.
well, it worked like a charm and
she began taking 1t regularly and i'm
provement set in at once. She is now
getting we'll and round and fatfas fast
as possible on GrapaxNuts,
Sometime ago several of the family
We're stricken with LaGrippe at the
same time, and during the worst stages
we could not relish anything in the
shape of food but Grape Nuts and
oranges everything else nauseated US,
We all appreciate what your famous
food has done for our family" HThere's
q Reason Read 1.-THE Road to Wells
vile" In pkgs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
MERELY JOKING.

Could Not Hear 1t.
man who was charged at the Willesden
Police Court with tntoxoation and using bad
language pleaded guilty 10 the irst part
guage. I know nothing about that because
I'm deaf.''-London Express.
a Dilemma.
"Rilkins tells me he is getting awtully
tired of living alone"
~ would think he'd marry and settle
down.
81 was talking with him about it the
other day. and he says he doesn't know
whether to get married or buy a phone.
Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
Fake Report.
Watch: Eight bells. and alrs we'll"
Mrs Pohunk (feebly) Il guess, Josiah.
lately. or he'd know hetter."-Brooklyn
Times.
Favorite Paper.
Employer: Which newspaper do you
stenographer: whichever one the man
next to me in the train has bought
Smart Set.
Even Disposition.
Eyes; ugly all the tlme."-cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Madse SIS that writer really famous?"
Marjorie: 'He mus, be. my dear. l
wrote to him for his autograph. and he
never sent it."--Puck.
Close to Nature.
Church: Ibid you ever try any of these
close to nature methodist"
Gotham: We'll I've used porous plas-
ter!-Yonkers Statesman.
Preferred Creditor.
Short: There goes one of my preferred
creditors"
| Long, "Why preferred?"
| Short: He never asks me for money
Chicago Daily News.
Wolash.
Ever surrounded by wolves?"
| 'No: but know the sensation. l used TO
open the dining room doors at summer
hotel.";--Louisville courier-Journal
Confidence.
jackson: Heaven bless him! He show
Cd confidence in mo when the clouds were
dark and threatening
Wilson: "In what way?"
Jackson: "He lent me an umbrella
Answers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09

an expensive "schoo. plant" but 1t is
operated about thirty hours week
for nine months in the year. There is
more waste in the public school sys-
TEN than in any department. of gov
ernment, and some plan should be de-
vised to make the plant yield greater
results. The night school has been
tried in Richmond but was not sue
cessful.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
HOW TO CALL T1MEs-p1spATcH.

Persons wishing to communicate with The
Times Dispatch by telep' "ne will ask CEN
trail for "4o4l," and on being answered from
the office switchboard, will indicate the de-
partment or person with whom they wish
to speak.
When calling between 8 A. N. md .
A. NJ, call to central office direct for 4O41.
composinE.room; 4042. business office; 4o43.
fos mailing and press-rooms
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
Ladies, Attention
M. BqnneH,
The Ladies' Tailor,

OF $40 West Grace Street, wishes to an
nounce to his patrons and all ladies in gen-
era, that he has returned from a trip
snfdsa a na se''s Ynu are sorially
invited to inspect same An carly call WIN
be highly appreciated.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
No. 1858.
Future and Past
by MRS. b nowNING.

"My future will copy fair my past"
wrote that once; and. thinking at my side
My mnisering life-angel justified
The word by his appealing look upcast
To the white throne OF Cod turned last
And instead there thee; not unallied
To angels In thy soul! Then 1. long tried
BY natural ills. received the comfort fast
While budding thy sight my pilgrims staff
Gave ont green leayes'with morning dews impaired
IL seek copy OF LIES first half!
Leave here the pages with long musng cured,
And write me new my futures epigrnph,
New angel mine unhoped for in the worldl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09

The Commissary or Police turned .hc
leather case wrong side out 1t was
empty. There had been nothing in.
side but the necklace; not card. not
a scrap of paper.
Where, then. is the document.
srestfallen. he put the question hn,s
to himself half TO Maxine de Renzie
What document" she asked. too
wise to betray relief in voice or IA e.
Hearing the heavy tone. seeing the
shamed face, the hanging head that Law
against my shoulder. who-knowing Il
little less than l did of the truth
would have dreamed that in her soul
sho thanked God for n miracle? Even
! would not have been sure. had not
felt the life stealing back into her
half-dead body.
The contents of the case are not
what came here to find" admitted
the Enemy.
II do not know what you came 10
find, but you have made me suffer hor-
ribly." said Maxine. You have been
nothing to deserve such humiliation
All pleasure l might have taken in
my diamonds is gone now. l shall
never have a peaceful moment-never
be able to wear them joyfuliy. / shall
have the thought in my mind that peo-
pie who look at me will be saying.
Every woman has her price. There
is the price OF Maxine. de Renzic."
You need have no such thought,
Mademoiselle," the man protested.
1--WE shall never speak to any one OK
cept to those who will receive our re-
port, Of what we have heard and teen
in this room"
Wont you search further?" asked
Maxine. Since you seemed to expect
something else
you would not have had time to
conceal more than one thing, Made
moiselle,'' said the policeman, with a
smile that was family grim. Be
sides, this case was what you did not
wish us to find. You are a great
actress, but you could not control the
dew which sprang out on your fore
head, or the beating of your heart when
touched the sofa, T knew; I had
been watching you for that There
has been an error, and 1 can only
apologize"
II don't blame you, but those who
sent YOU said Maxine, letting me
lead her to a chair into which she
sank, Imply II am thankful you
do not tell me these diamonds arc
sure but it would end In that
Not at all. Mademoiselle. wish
you joy Of them. 1t is you who will
| adorn the jewels. not they you. Again
apologize for myself and my COM
panions. We have but done our duty.
II have an enemy" who must have
contrived this plot against me" ex-
claimed Maxine, as, if on sudden
thought. 1T is said> that Hell hath
no fury like a woman scorned.' But
what of man who has heen scorned-
by a woman? He knew l wanted all
my strength for to-night--the night OF
the new play--and he will he hoping
that this has broken me. But l will
not be broken. If you would atone
Messieurs, for your part in this scene
you will go to the theatre this even
ing and encourage me by your APP
plause.''
All three bowed The commssary
of Police, lately so relentless, mur-
INJURED compliments. 1t was all very
French, and after what had passed
gave me the sensation that I was In
dream.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09

We must not be puffed up BY what
visiting princes say OF us. They see
us at our best and we treat them
right royalty.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
xpEY ~ A REUEI,s

Elsewhere will be.found a clever arr
Ia from the Norfolk Yirenian-Pilot,
ed on q paragraph In The Times
patch on the use Of the wore rebel
Ecourse, there Ia nothing offensive
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09

Twenty years ago o. ship in the Nor
folk harbor caused a sensation, be-
cause she was 400 feet long. The Lusi-
tania Is 100 feet long.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
POINTS FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHERS

yVyHEN 1t comes to putting aside ones
w wife and child the artistic tempera-
ment seems to have been corrupted
into artistic intemperament.--Balt!m Sun.
When fight is declared to be on In Wall
Street there Is no room for question
whether It is a money duel or merely a
physical Observation-Disclosures Star.
Drinks lots of water advises the Cuth-
bert (Ga,l Enterprise. Slowly but surely It
is beginning to dawn upon Georgians that
they may as we'll mike virtue OF neces-
sity and be done with it.-Washington Her
aid.
Suppose that 1t had been Louis XIV, not
James B. Duke who had drained river
and stopped a factory in order TO provide
rlvulcts and waterfalls for tho entertain
ment OF the royal consort. The event would
figure upon the paseS OF htstory.as Ions as
history endures--Chicago Post.
It is interesting to note particularly that
this suit to dissolve the Standard OIL trust
Is brought under the antitrust act that
was enacted something over seventeen years
ago, So 1t isn't the outcome OF present.
day radical legislation, 1t Is simply an eff
fort to vtallze the comparatively ancient
artlcle,-Eostnn Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09

California has discovered wood
trust" in her borders. Richmond has
been keeping one at her almshouse for
years.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
POEMS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW

Whatever
min
your poetry-Po Charles Eliot
Norton.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09

My friends were woodchucks. toads and
bees;
knew what thrved In yonder glen:
What plants would soothe a stone-bruis-
ed toe
Oh. I was very learned then
But thnt was very long ago.
I knew the spot upon the hill
Where the carbohydrates could be found
knew the rushes near the mill
Where ptckerel lay that weighed a
pound!
knew the door---the very tree
Where lived the poaching, saucy crow,
And, all the woods and crows knew me-
And that was very long ago.
And, pining for the Joys Of youth.
tread the old familiar spot
Only to learn this solemn truth:
have forgotten. am forgot.
Yet there's the youngster at my knee
Knows all the things used 20 know.
TO think once was wise as he!-
But that was very long ago
know IT'S folly to complain
or whatsoe'er the fates decree,
Yet were not wishes all in vain
tell you what my wish would be:
I'd wish 10 be q boy again,
Back with the friends I used to know
For ] was, oh! 50 happy then
But that was very long ago.
Eugene Field.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09

About this time, look out for straw
hats and overcoats In combination.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09

Roanoke is going to open a night
school, and we hope the experiment
will succeed. There should be night
schools in every city. Each city has
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09

Artist Earle seems to have plenty
Of brushes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
CHAPTER VI.
Ivor.

kSOrs.
They were gone. They had closed
the door behind them. ! looked at
Maxine, but she did not speak, With
her finger to her lips she got up,
trembling still; and walking to the
door. she opened it suddenly to look
out Nobody was there.
",rhey may have gone into your bed
room to listen at that door," she whis-
pered.
I took the hint and going quickly
into the room adjoining, turned on the
light. Emptiness there; but I left the
door open, and the electricity switched
on; they might change their minds or
ba more subtle than they wished to
seem.
Maxine threw herself on the SOFT,
gathering up the necklace from the
cushion where it had fallen. and lift
ing itrin both hands pressed the gilt
tering mass against her lips and
checks,
THANK God, thank God-and thank
YOU, Ivor, best of frionds!' she said
brokenly, in so low a voice that no
ear could have caught her words. even
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
Norton.

published each day
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09

A little boy down in N. c. asked his
mother to write an account OF how
Grape-Nu food had helped their fam
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
Borrowed Jingles.
LONG AGO.

LONG AGO.
once knew all the birds that came
And nestled in our orchard trees:
'ot every flower had name
My friends were woodchucks toads and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL

~ EFoRE her departure for Sweet
Briar Institute, Miss Martha
IN Bell. of stanton. Va, gave a
- farewell card party on Thurs
day evening to her friends.
Miss Lucille Masse, OF this city. who
Is spending tho season at Jefferson
Park Hotel. and Miss Eta Albert, Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
0rhr GimrsSlslE'lEzee Dispatrb
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

BY Times Dispatch Carrier Delivery Ser
vice in Richmond tand suburbs). Manches-
to. and Petersburg
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
Chapter v-Continued.

The Commissary OF Police turned The
leather case wrong side out. 1t was
empty. There had been nothing in
side but the necklace; not a card, not
scrap of MINER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09

III. I was very learned then
But thot was very long ago.