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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-14

nent lifelong study. Nor have they
confined their studies to theories. They
iiavo made tests. and they have proven
that one good school is more economical
and far more efficient than three or four
inferior schools BY concentration they
save the waste.
Tho teachers OF Richmond are poorly
paid. we arc informed that the average
salary here is 1889, against an average OF
s5I2 in other cities of Richmonds class.
and they should have It. IL the city can
possibly afford It, Yet we are consider
ing the question OF erecting and main
tanning three high schools when one
will be quite sufficient for all our needs
for many years to come. And II goes
without saying that one we'll equipped
school. such ms we decided to build, would
be far more efficient, to say nothing Of
economy. than three separate schools.
with our limited means. could possibly be.
Mr.. Lynch's proposal is n step back
ward. 1t is in conflict with the most
enlightened principles of educational pro-
gross. and we have yet to find a school
official or teacher in Richmond who is
in favor of 1t. The proposal should be
rejected, and there should be no delay
about It, for SO long as 1t is under con-
sdeation 1t will embarrass tho work
on the central high school building, which
has already been mapped out.
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Good Men-Poor Citizens.

Commenting on a remark in this paper
that Missouri was considering the ques-
ton of revising her election laws so as
to eliminate the illiterate voter, the New
York Herald says:
"wouldn't It be more to the point IL
Missouri, instead OF giving all her atten-
ton keeping the illiterate voters at home,
would devote some of 1t to getting the
Intelligent voters to the ballot-box?
"How about New York; our esteemed
contemporary may ask Yes. neighbor,
We have the same trouble here. Lots OF
our men go away for an outing on cleo
ton day and swear through the follow
ing 1854 about what was done by the fell
lows who stayed home and voted the
wrong way.
Yes, neighbor We have the same
trcable here. Many OF our best men
We &Nnnot call them our best citizens
are tAo busy to vote. They attend strict
ly to their private affairs and let tho
professional politicians attend to the bal
lot-box; then wonder if popular gov
eminent Is not after all failure" Yes,
neighbor, many OF our best men arc our
poorest citizens They attend to per-
sonal duties we'll enough They are In
dustrious and honest in trade; they are
good husbands and fathers, perhaps good
churchmen. but they seem to think that
the duties OF citizenship have no claims
upon them. Public spirit to them is a
meaningless term, Yet IL the Herald
should publish n list of the good citizens
and poor citizens of Virginia. and should
put the names of these delinquents in
the black list. 1t would be overwhelmed
with libel suits,
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Pride Of South Bos'
POINTS FROM PARAeRAPHERs.


This discussion as to whether England would
side with Japan in the event of war with
this country recalls that other interesting ques-
t!on as to whether your sister likes caramels,
ana II you haven't got n sister, whether she
would like them IL you had one.--5oston
Herald
A New York man, ninety-four years old. has
offered to sell himself for $50, but as he is
not in the Legislature. he Is vendble without
being Observation-Disclosures Courier.J ournal.
You can toll man who owns an automobile
by the way he is never able to pay the
housekeeping bills.-New York Press.
There is present shortage OF cars. and. OF
course, that is distressing. but not nearly so
much so MS the shortage Of passengers caused
by the numerous wrecks. Washington Herald.
1.-The fewer our. wants the nearer we re-
sembe the gods" said Socrates, Also the
more comfortable are under the protective
tariff systen.--LouisvLlle Courier-Jopr
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vasuulus reddu.

SoSuVIuS cddy.
The ordinary hill which remains forever still.
Is hugely safe and sane; but lis heights seem
rather plain
And its silence breeds political monotony.
] myself prefer mount with n crater as It's
foiIflt
Dropping arebrnnds like the thtndcrstorms
of Pluvi,is--
There Is something hnif satanic in conditions
so volcanic.
Yet we're proud OF our Political vcsuvius.
With curious, sulfureous
Rumbllng. gruinbling roll OF thunder,
Teddy.s's going to crtpt--
stand from under!
Where the grnfter sleeps content suddenly tho
With blast like that which buried Her
cillaneuin;
Railway Hobbies cough and choke In cloud OF
fnme and smoke.
Ana me conscript Fathers get 1t In tho
Now Chicago beef is shook. now tho poor old
Spelling Book
Shouts: ,. Have mercy. sire! your heat will
crnck the shell o. me-"
Now the inountnn hcaves It's shoulders md
uphenves a ton OF bouldcrs,
While the sparks descend and roast the luck
less Belan,y
With hectic npopectc
HowiiIs. srowlns roll OF thunder,
Teddy's going to blow up
stand from under!
Though there's sometimes scarce n puff from
his lid. that's Just blum.
For his calmer moments never moan security.
Anu tho Prophets yell: "I.ook out: he's intend
Ing for spout
There'll be tronble in the very near f,turity"
NO. we can't forsee just what, but his crater's
getting hot,
And tho coal. will soon be dropping, they
must again
Singing up the Tariffs tatters and the messy
old standpatters-
again
With Jonncing notwithstanding.
Humping, humping roll OF thunder
Teddy's going for a spout
Stand from UNDER
Wallace Irwin in Golfers.
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Concentration in Education,

. Commenting on our remarks in oppo-
sition to the proposal 30 build three high
schools In Richmond, instead OF one, the
Clifton Forge Review says:
"a Consolidation OF schools and c0ncentra-
ton Of school effort have been successful
wherever tried, and We believe that 1t
would be best for Clifton FORGE; at any
rate. II Is but reasonable to conclude
that those who make a study Of the
question are better qualified to advise us
than anybody else
There arc men in Virginia and IN other
States. who have made school develop
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BoYDToN HUNT.
Opossum Turns Out to Be All
Innocent Tom Cat.
ESPECIAL to The Times ispatct


BOYDTON, VA, January IA party
of young town people, including Ave
Young ladies, went out a. few nights
ago on big opossum hunt. Soon the
dogs freed some kind OF game. The
ladies went into ectasies at the chance
of seeing an opossum, and as the dogs
barked at the tree the young ladies'
marked the dogs on, and finany a young
man climbed the tree to shake out the
opossYna,, when to their disappointmen
d tom cat sprung out and, lighting on
the ground, the dogs seized the poor
animal. land then the whole party set
upon the dogs to get them off the poor
cat, which, when rescued. was we'll
nigh dead. This Is the last opossum
hunt these young ladies will engage "
soon. l.4 ,t
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MERELY JOKING.

And They Say Figures Can't lie.
Jones-Do you believe there Is safety in
numbers?
skorcher-snre; whenever I'm exceeding tho
speed limit, hang other chaps num-
her on the back OF my auto!-Life.
Unfathomable.
II cannas be your Wife she replied. and
added: "This Is final
He paced swiftly to and FRO several times,
then halted abruptly in front of her.
PRAY be candid with me-" he said, not with
out the note Of mascuins Impotence. About
how fral?"
This was too much. She burst into tears
How do know" she sobbed.-Puck.
Effects.
=. DO YOU think the effects Of the Brownsville
''Yass. indeed" answered Mr.. Erastus Pink.
ley II knows dozen children OATS done
had DER names changed FUN IT. Roosevelt
back to George washington "-washington
Star
So Aged!
E;hel-1s Dolly's flance very old?
Edith-Awfully! Why folks are beginning
to tell him that he doesn't look old.-Judge.
New to the Game.
What business as you n?" asked the iovial
"i?'' replied Mr.. Pompous. I'm gentleman,
), You don't say? Haven't been workin' at
Half True, Anyway.
He (afser the refusaD-Had been rich per-
haps your answer would have been quite
different.
She-Perhaps. at
He-But poverty, is no crime.
she-oh, yes 1t is-and the punishment is
hard labor
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TEACHERS AND WAGE-EARNERS
The Paw of Teachers.

In some casese these figures are tho mln-
imnm rates in the localities named; in
other cases they are the average rate.
The yearly rate Is, in every case, the on
tire sum that n teacher can earn In Il
year; there Is no such thing as overtime
for them, and they are employed only
from seven to ten months year. In
this respect they can be compared with
some outdoors artisans who cannot work
the year round. AS to places outside OF
New York some allowance must be made
for differences in the cost OF living.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-14
Union Rates of Wages in New
York.

These figures are official. In every
case tho figures are the minimum, tho
least amount which the union will allow
a member to accept. AS q matter Of
fact, many workmen mako more than
the figures given, for "overtIme'' (any
time over eight hours a day. is paid
extra at the rate of one-half more than
the regular rate; and work done OH Sun
days and holidays Is paid for at double
rates. Tho yearly rate Is based on three
hundred working days Of eight hours
each.
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the future, unless they would be over
whclmed by progress.

Tho John Wesley Gaines incident in tho
late Colonel w. d. Chestermnn, editor
OF the Richmond Dispatch, was once IN
conversation with a Northern man, In
the course OF Which the latter called him
crn gentleman, the colonel replied with
a blow. The Northern man was staggered
In more than one sense, but as soon as
lie recovered stammered out an apology
MY dear SIR" said he, II didn't mean
that"
my dear sir, neither did T. was the
colonel's nmiable acknowledgment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-14

Senator Tillman while Governor OF
South Carolina, when he dismissed Il COM
pany of State troops for refusing to obey
orders, laid down the principle that SOL
diors must b!irdly obey orders without
hesitation or question as to the rightful-
ness or Legality of the order. And In this
case, as The Times Dispatch we'll says, 1t
was incumbent on the third class to obey
orders. and refused to do so in sure
enough army would lead to n military
execution. We are not surprised Mt this
escapade after tho manner that a former
class was dealt with. and repetition of
such lcnient treatment will greatly tend
to foster disobcdence and riotous conduct
in the future.-Bedford Democrat.
A military organization without dis
cipline would be the worst sort of a
mob.
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What is the plural OF grapefruit"
asks the Norfolk Landmark, and the
question seems to be giving some of the
boys trouble. But there is no puzzle about
1t according to the old grammar which
we studied in our boyhood days. If re-
fering to quantity we should say grape
fruit; II to numbers, grape-fruits-just
as we should say bushel of fish, If
speaking collectively but five fishes. II
speaking numerically The same rule ap-
plies to pense and peas.
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The Secret out.

The Secret Out.
At any rate. the movement has been aban-
doned and we are rather glad OF 1t. Leaving
sentiment out of the matter, there does not
seem TO us any doubt that Mr.. Bryan Is the
logical candidate for the Democrats and ali
this talk OF Southern man for first place
the ticket only tends to confuse matter that
the masses OF the Democratic fold have already
settled upon. according to all outward indi.
cations.-salem Times Register.
Forest Depletion.
Along the base of the Allegheny Mountains
Appalachian range soma timber is yet to be
found. But tie finest forests In tho
hands of large companies, and ARE being felled
as fast as the saw and ax will do the work.
Where is there a fine walnut, or oak. pop
Lar, that has not been disturbed-cut or carried
away. Even the stumps are wanted and tho
dealer has grubbed these out and shipped
them to the factories. What will we do
when the timber is all gone, We are asked?
There will be some device. But nothing for
interior finish or decoration can equal 1t,
though in our day we will not SEQ the disuse
OF wood, though present prices make 1t almost
beyond the reach OF MISREPRESENTATION Spec
tator
A Hint to chIvaIry.
There is bill before tho United States
Senate allowing pension of twenty-five dollars
a month to the widow of Stonewall Jackson.
II the lady Is In want. 1t does seem to us
that. the States of Virginia and North Carolina
might provide her comfortable income with
out feeling the urden. That she should be
left to sue the Federal government for such
pittance does not reflect credit on tho
South--especially the two States OF which her
husband md herself were natives. rcspcc-
Notwithstanding.
Pride of South Boston.
We rise to repeat the timeworn ndage that
South Boston Is the biggest town in tho
world for Its sze"-that has been true for
several years. and every day 1t Is becoming
more So for South Boston Is expanding
rapidly along the lines of business. population,
influence and agsressiveness aud is preparing
herself for her manifest destiny of being IN the
near future the metropolis of southsde yir-
ginla.--Halifax Gazette.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-14

Having disposed of the trusts Presiden
Roosevelt is now trying to curb the
Colorado River.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-14

Mrs. Sages trouble with her husbands
money reminds us of the heir who said
he was almost sorry pa died.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-14

Upton Sinclair says that he and Messrs.
Roosevelt, Hartman and Carnegie arc
all Socialists How's that for n Jungle?
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COMMENT OF VIRGINIA EDITORS.

Politics has now put Tillman and Fol
aker into the same bed.
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slmpliied spelling is responsible for tbs
bad spell OF wether.
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An Ohio preacher recently told his con-
gregat!on that there were better Chris
tians in hell than they. Ever notice how
some preachers minds seem to run hell
wards?
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Entered, January p. 1903, at Richmond. Va.
Ms seeond-class matter. under act of Congress
Of March 3, 1879.
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So Aged.

Ethel-Is Dolly's fance very old?
Edith-Awfully! Why folks are beginning
to tell him that he doesn't look old.-Judge.
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700 MAIN STREET, RICHMOND, w.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-14

to London has been half-miilon. and
the granting OF the lease delayed tho
identification OF the tra,nways for seven
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Ghr Glu,ss salssas Dispatra
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

BY Times- Dispatch Carrier Delivery Service
In Richmond (and suburbs). Manchester ana
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-07
GhnnHtng Il Garrfr
By REV. FREDERICK E. TAYLOR,
d. D., indianapolis.

young the thing for him do in order to
coed will be ra least first Don't let think they
the footsteps those whose have stood
prominently There thousands of lawyers who
their families because they think desirable to be
poor something else that sounds less dgned
this country there applicants
position There lots still for good teachers well
al good lawyers, good ministers and good physicians
young the other hand who start in life with
definite they take all they hold of and keep
They with the idea that they order their lives
greater that would mould them Many young
who older person oensb for advice merely
older will his He then
pee Go TO the hospitals and look the white
those who have sought order their
lives. the jais and the penenes who have tried
to do it.
Choosing serious problem After choosing it. it is
problem contributes the worlds good
rather than the individual Seek these things for YOURSELF
Scripture whole world shall lose his
SOUL bu he who himself shall find it,"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-07

A ND now there is another case of
"A the Indian bureau and the army
being at outs on the proper treatment
Of the Indians. Captain Carter p. John
son, than whom there isn't better
officer in the service, thinks it would
be unwise to try to force the Utes to
90 to work by the semi-starvation
method. The Indian bureau thinks that
the Withholding of rations is the best
plan to make the Utes take up the
shovel and the hoe.
Without any attempt to go into the
merits of the present case, lit may be
said that the history Of the country
shows that where the army has been
left to deal with the Indian in time
Of peace better results have been at
tanned than when the civilian tried
his hand at the dealing. The dead
indian is said to be the good Indian.
The hungry Indian is always bad
Indian. If Captain Johnson gets a
chance to feed the Utes and to treat
them as he wants to treat them, it is
n pretty safe assumption that he will
have them at work within week.
The army has always been called in
to take a hand in Indian troubles
when the civilians had done things
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-07

tary markings in the chamber and on
the breech mechanism of the rife
"Thereupon all the cartridge cases
received in evidence and all Of the
rifles which had been at Brownsville
in the hands of troops at such times
as would render it possible for the
cartridge cases to have been fired
from them were sent to the Spring
field armory for examination AS a
result, it was found that of the 80
cartridge cases in question II had
been fired from the same rifle, eight
from another rifle, IL from another
rifle and three from fourth rife, the
remaining six having insufficient gun
marks to classify them.
THE markings on the cartridge case
of each group were then compared
with the markings produced by all of
the aforementioned rifles, through
the medium Of auxiliary cartridges
fred at Springfield in each OF the
difies. In this way it was found that
the cartridge cases comprising groups
one, two and three. had been fired in
rifles belonging to Company b, Twen-
ty-ffth infantry. and that cartridge
cases of group four had probably also
been fired from another of the rifles
in the same company"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-07
Cultivate the Imagination.

He who can read easily and under
standingly possesses the key to all hui
man knowledge. If he reads with i'm
agination alert, his mind will be
progressive. He will become more
and more self-reliant, and will become
self-confident as he realizes the
strength of his imaginative powers.
He will each day become more valu-
able to himself and to his employer,
because he is alert and receptive, and
because imagination will permeate all
his ideals, his thoughts and his activ-
tiles. The man with Imagination is
equal to all emergencies, for when one
way of accomplishing a desired re-
suit proves inefficient, he will think
of another, says the New York World.
The imaginative gift broadens the out
look and creates resourcefulness. To
the artist, the student, and the philos-
opher, the development of the imag-
NATIVE faculty is of the greatest value,
but to the worker in the business or
mechanical world it's value Is little
less. The man who has imaginative
strength never can be downed. for
when one of his schemes has failed,
he always has another ready, and will
persist until he achieves success.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-07
BLAME FOR BROWNSVILLE
AFFAIR FINALLY PLACED

r HE blame for the shooting in
Brownsville, Tex, last year,
which resulted in the killing of one
man, the manning of another the dis
missal from the army without honor"
of a whole battalion of colored sol
diers, and the institution of one of the
warmest political fights in recent his
tory, has been definitely placed upon
Company B, of the Twenty-fifth in
fantry, according to the annual report
Of Brig Gen William Crozier, chief of
ordnance Of the army.
His conclusions, he says, were
reached after most careful and tech
nical investigation, the object of which
was to identify the rifles from which
the bullets and cartridge cases, re-
ceived in evidence, had been fired.
with this end in view," he con-
tinued, "a trial was made at Spring
field armory to determine the posi-
bility of ascertaining from micro
scopical examination of the gun marks
on fired cartridge case the rifle from
which it had been fired. The trial de-
veloped the fact that such Identified
ton was possible by virtue Of the
characteristic marking on the various
external surfaces of the cartridge case
produced by the similar complement
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-07
BUREAU AND ARMY AT OUTS
OVER TREATMENT OF UTES

that made the Indian want to fight.
The army has thrashed the red out
of hand time after time, and yet the
Indian likes the soldier SO per cent.
better than he likes the civilian. After
the Sioux war of 1901 army officers
were appointed as agents in many in
stances. Captain Charles G. Penny
went from Fort Sheridan to the Pine
Ridge agency and other officers were
sent elsewhere, when Kicking Bear,
Short Bull, Spotted Elk and some Of
the other Sioux who had known what
it was to be hungry, and also, i is
true, known what it was to go os9,ne
warpath, held jollfication dance
when the news reached them that
army officers were to look after the
issuing of their rations.
The chiefs expressed themselves as
being certain that they would get
square deal from soldier, or what
ever the Sioux equivalent for a square
deal is. The army officials in Wash
ington desire that Captain Johnson
be allowed to have his way with the
Utes. The president stands with the
Indian bureau in the matter. 1t is to be
another case probably of long-distance
regulating of a matter that might bet
ter be done by the men on the spot.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-07
-
sali'AllsNL

attention to particular brand or
soft drink He will begin by drink
ing three glasses of his assigned bev-
erage daily. The dose will be in
creased gradually. If he shows no
symptoms of having acquired th9Adrug
habit, that particular brand will be re-
garded as harmless, and Dr. Wiley will
cross it off his list OF suspects. His
experiment will have fallen short OF
success. But II the volunteer begins to
take on the pallor of the drug fiend and
shows an increased craving for the
drink, DR.. Wiley will have been vim
Dictated. The beverage will be Ia
booed throughput the country, and
the young dope fiend" will be dis
patched to a sanitarium to take the
cure. In the progress of the expert
ments DR.. Wiley will test each mem
Der of the squad many times day
with wonderful instruments having
long names ending in graph" and
the end of 1t all for the brave dozen is
either failure or the dope college"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-07
How He Did 1t.

A well-known officer has beautiful
daughter. A young ensign, with no
resources but his salary, fell in love
with her, and asked the old gentle
man for her hand. The father at once
told him that he had hardly enough
to keep him in white gloves and to
FURNISH his brass buttons.
We'll, admiral, what you say is
true; but when you married you we're
only midshipman, with even a
smaller salary than mine. How did
you get along?' asked the ensign, who
thought he had made good defense.
But not so. The crafty old sea-dog
Numbered forth
Il lived on my father-in-law for the
first ten years, but I'll be hanged II
you are going to do it,"