The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-06

opment. Our prosperity has just be.
gun. There must be temporary reac'
lions from time to time, but they will
be but breathing spells, and every
fresh start will carry us farther and
farther ahead. How can q pessimist
live in the United States?
Danville won the gold medal for the
best tobacco exhibit at the jamestown
Exposition. 1t was an award of merit
which that enterprising tobacco mar
ket we'll deserved. Danville claims to
be tie largest market in the world
for the sale of loose tobacco on the
warehouse floors.
The absolute intimacy of Boston
women with the deepest Intellectual
problems" says Professor Kuhnemann.
of Germany, has simply f~labbergasted
me- 1t is this very intimacy, men
toned by the professor which has
allowed cobwebs to gather on the
Boston cook.stove. and made the Bos-
ton pie the laughing-stock of the
civilized world.
More Royal Richmond men rise at
1880 sharp on cold autumn mornings
run back to bed than there are false
alarms in Guilt-edged Gotham and
Hated Houston combined.
So far as we can grasp the matter,
the Republican party, while always
freely accepting congratulations for
the country's prosperity during its
tenure of office. ~resolutely valves all
responsibility for such little panics as
nay accrue from time to time.
Mrs. Augustus Hartje complains thai
some one has been annoying her with
fervid love-letters. No names are men
toned. but it is confidently believed
that Augustus will be able to prove
an alibi.
I'm another month"; declares the
Pittshurg Dispatch, MIR. Roosevelt
will have Congress on his hands," Our
esteemed contemporary must not be
surprised. however, to find Congress
viewing that proposition conversely.
Tobacconists report that the sale
of c%heroots. genuine Wheeling stogies
and all-but cigarines. fell off with a
sickening thud at shutdown last night.
The Louisville Times refers to Bryant
as chat long-whtskered American
poet" The first thing we know some
flippant person will be speaking dis
a, ~ f,,1I., 49, ~a-u ~
During October they dug out 1865
723 cubic yards of dirt at Panama. 1t
was pay-dirt, at that, as old reliable
Taxpayer will doubtless observe in
due time.
George W~ashington's descendants
are trying to prove that they own
Cincinnati, without. as we understand
it. claiming any title to the Hon.
Son-in-Law L%ongworth.
Observe the unusual prevalence OF
gold coins admonishes the Boston
Herald, without, however, offering lis
any definite opportunity to do SO.
Government by commission seems
to appeal strongly to lots of people
who have gotten thoroughly tired of
government by omission.
One New York soda fountain now
uses daily 5000 pounds of ice and 720
lemons. and John Temple Graves has
not yet arrived.
Can it be mere coincidence that the
opening of Congress never comes until
after the season set apart for Thanks
giving?
A great deal also depends upon
whether. in a fair fight. Santa Claus
can lick the cost of living.
However, few silences In the his
tory of mankind are as golden as Mr..
Roosevelt's.
On second thoughts, how would the
term "benefactors of great wealth
strike YOU. Mr.. Roosevelt?
ltis only 1865 days Off, MI. BRYAN.