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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24
Borrowed Jingles
WHEN DELLA SINGS.

When Della sings. so grandly floats
The cadence OF her silvery notes,
So wondrous fair she is to
(However wide her mouth may boy.
That soft, sweet dreams of harps and things.
Sutdue the soul. when Della sings.
For II the song is low and sad
She can make strong men cry like mad;
Or gay, her dainty archness wiles
An audience Till 1t smiles and smiles;
And oft her lullab!es have drawn
Ev'n from society yawn.
And as with eranced ears drink
Her music In / always think
Tor nearly always how divine,
How nawless, Is this girl of mine;
Indeed. to muse on angels wings
Is quito the rule when Della sings.
But when my Della madly turns
To songs of Iove-of love that burns
And stings and yearns-of bygone bliss
or those last hours and that last kiss
Al me! 1 am not all at ease
When Della tackles themes like these.
Fo, then, before n crowded room.
She stands In all her maiden bloom,
While from that peerless larynx gush
Words that would make turkey blush.
And solemn is the doubt that springs
Into my mind when Della sings.
Maybe she does 1t unawarcs;
Maybe she little knows Cor cares
Half what those awful words convey
I'm sure I hope So anyway,
For otherwise she'd hardly go
And sings them coram popuio.
And yet-such force those words inspire;
Such passion-such familiar fire.
That solemn questions come unsought.
Whether she's quite the girl thought
Such Is the grave, grave doubt that WrinSs
My trusting heart when Della sings
Punch.
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SAVE THE DoYs.

The Roanoke World most heartily
Joins The Times-Dispatch In urging
upon the next Legislature OF Virginia
TO provide for the establishment OF
such court in the cities of this
State
We are glad to have the support Of
our able contemporary. and we hope
that all otner newspapers in The State
) win cooperate. The greatest asset OF
the State IS the youth. The Times
4 Dispatch doss not believe in paternal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24
Might Strike the Men.

Madame A. tmother OF two marrlageable
daughters): Really. don't know whether
to send my girls to ths seashore. or some
inland watering place. They are both very
much run down."
Madame b.: "well, I would advise sui
phuf springs for change. Sulphur, you
knew. is one OF the principal requisites In
match. making.''--I Riso.
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No. 1879.
Napoleon.
ny LORD BYRON.

There sunk the greatest. nor the worst OF
Whose spirit antithetcally Mixed
One moment of the mightiest,
On little objects with like nrnness fixed:
Extreme in all things; hadst thou been betwlxt
Thy throne had still been thine. never been:
For daring made thy rise as fall: thou seek'st
Even to- reassume the imperial MEN,
And shake again the world the scene
Conqueror and captive of the art thou
She trenbles at thee still, thy wild name
Was ne'er bruited in mems minds
That thou nothing, the Jest Fame
Who wood thee thy vassal. became
The fatterer of thy ferceness, till
A god unto myself: less the
To the astounded Kingdoms all inert,
Who deemed thee for time whateer ddst assert
Oil more less than MANN high or low,
Battling with nations, flying from the field;
Now making monarchs necks thy footstool
More than thy meanest soldier taught yield
An empire thou couldst crush. command, rebuild,
But not thy pettiest passion, nor
However deeply in mems spirits skilled,
Look through thine curb tho OF
Nor that tempted will leave the
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Her Argument.

But" said the lawyer, don't you think
'stt en- millions Is Il little high as alimony?"
High, nothing" responded the fair plain
tin. bithely. II agree to keep away from
him, don't i? Let him pay for his luxu-
rles. "-Phtladelphia Leager.
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Persons wishing to communicate with The
Times. Dispatch by telephone will ask cen
ira: for "4o41." and on being answered from
the office switchboard. Will indicate the de-
partr..en. or person with whom they wish
to speak.
when calling between A. NJ. and
A. NJ, cali TO central office direct for 4o4l,
conpos!ng-room: 4o42. business Office; 4o4s,
for mailing and press-roou.s.
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nEpUBL1cAN,s REMINDER.

When a Republican Congressman
warns the people against concentrated
power in Washington, 1t is time In
deed for them to take heed. Such a
warning has come from Representative
Samuel w. Mccall, of Massachusetts.
In speech delivered on Thursday at
Marshfield, Mass, where the body of
Daniel Webster is buried, he quoted
the following extract from one of Mr.
Websters speeches:
1.-THE contest of the ages has been
to rescue liberty from the grasp of
executive power. On the long list of
champions of human freedom there is
not one name dlmmed by the reproach
of advocating the extension of execu-
tive authority
THE tendency of the times" added
Mr.. Mccall, appears to be. first. to
centralize all power at Washington
and then TO have 1t all exercised by
one man. But I say let the people
keep, to be exercised under their very
eyes, all the governmental powers not
necessary to national unity and safe
ty, and let them adhere to representa-
tive government. II you have gov
eminent by representatives chosen with
reasonable fidelity, you will have a
government by the people.
.You are liable some day to have
a President supremely lacking in the
qualities of statesman, one who is
egotistic, impulsive, of immature juds-
nent, mere glutton of the limelight,
ready to barter away prosperity and
even his countrys freedom for mo-
mentary applause"
Whether this. Is 4 bit of fine sar-
casm, or merely warning. we shall
not say. but It is self-evident prop
osition that If the power of the people
Is transferred from the several States
to Washington and from the legisla-
tive bodies to the chief executive,
sooner or later an autocrat will sit in
the White House and rule the people
with a rod of iron.
MT. NlCCall mas ChIleu lIle lleIllOCTd lS
TO attention. If the republic is to be
saved from Capitalization. the Demo.
Gratis must do 1t. Their opportunity
is at hand. Their duty is plain. In.
stead Of trying to surpass the radi
calism of Roosevelt, they should, a!
Mr.. Mccall counsels, adhere to tn.
representative government of the ia
theirs. TO the only kind OF government
which from the foundation of tn.
world has cherished human freedom.
This is peculiarly call to the South
for we are peculiarly the champion
of the doctrine of States rights an,
local self-government.
ut seems to me" said Presiden
Roosevelt, in his Massachusetts speech
that such questions as national SOW
ereignty and States rights need to b
treated not empirically or academi
cally, but from the standpoint OF tn
interests OF the people as "a Who'll,
National sovereignty Is to be uphe
In so far as it means the sovereignt
Of the people used for the real an
ultimate good of the people. an
States rights are to be upheld in F
far as they mean the peoples rights
Mr.. McCalps speech, delivered on IL
same soil, is forceful reioinder. b
shall we of the South wait for a Ne
England Republican to call us to dut:
Our own conscience should rouse US
ing part in the campaign OF 1908.
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lust the Thing for Her.

,.'To-morrow. Frank, mamma will have
been staying with us three weeks, and /. will
bs her birthday. Wish I could think OF
something appropriate to give hertz
why not give her q ticket back homer"
-Sketchy Bits
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24

A scientific man predicts that Boston
Will eventually sink into the sea. We
hope that our friends Tom Lawson and
George Fred Williams are well sup
piled with life-preservers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24
Ills Hope.

"Your wife" said the physician. will
no. be able to speak above Whisper LOT
a week or more"
Doctor" qucried the ager husband. rs
there any hope OF her disease becoming
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24

Governor Vardaman announces that
ne Is in favor Of nominating William
D. bryan for President. AS the Hous-
ton Post would say, we had suspicIoned
It. y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24

II Mr., Bonaparte resigns from the
n ,n, Wa shall nominate Dr. Mark
Twain to be his SUCCESSOR.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24

Secretary Root has gone to Muldoon,s
TO take. athletic treatment. Why didn't
he 80 to Oyster Bayg
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24

Entered January 81. 1908. n. Richmond,
Va. as second-class matter. under act OF
Congress of March 3. 1879.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24
Heard and Seen
in Public Places

The friends of Hon. Richard Evelyn
Byrd in and out of Richmond are tuoi-
liant over his prospects of capturing
the speakership of the next House, and
their spirits have been greatly raised
by the announcement that he VIII have
the solid support of the Richmond city
delegation, along with his other rocos-
nized strength out in the State.
The claims Of Mr.. Byrd's friends as
to the Richmond delegation are not
based upon hearsay or predicated upon
conditions. They arc absolute and vol
untary pledges OF slpport, N .,v me cI the
general roll Is called"
For some weeks the supporters or
the Winchester leader have claimed nus
nomination by safe majority, and
Of Of His success Rave peen made doubly
sure. and that he will win the distin-
guished honor with great ease.
though it is known that he has been
confident since the early stages OF the
Msssrs. Withers : and n. chu a,a;ms are are
loyalty. but it appears that the sup
porters Of Mr.. Byrd are able to produce
ma ofea agdef to esr of of s a
tors.
It should be stated that the best
Of feeling is being preserved among
whoever shall win out is expected to
bear himself with chiva1ry toward his
unsuccessful competitors.
Crop conditions in southside vir-
ginia were never better at this season
OF the year" said a prominent farmer
hosss the last so01sS hight belt at ss
and d. Lune n burs tobacco is in fine
shape, and corn never gave promise
went on land thought ii would
amount to but little, but nov .S you you
ears Gs'i that hang upon the stalks. The
corn and tobacco. which was planted
late seems to have done better than
that planted early, on, account OF the
are In good shape, SO far as asricul-
ture is concerned. and the outlook for
good crops is very promising at this
time"
Commodore w. Mcdonald Lee, chair
man OF the State Board of Fisheries,
lis in Richmond on official business. and
Excellency, Governor Swanson, at the
Mansion.
Though Mr.. Lee did not say SO al.
his Conversation with a. representative
Of Tho Times Dispatch that he and
| the Governor talked over matters re-
lating to the fish and oyster industries
of the State. and that they. touched
upon important matters. which will be
treated In His Excellency's message to
the coming General Assembly concern
The Board of Fisheries met at, Nor
folk few days ago. and Chairman
Lee found 1t convenient to run UP and
talk over matters with the Governor
at this time.
II have nothing OF special interest
to discuss concerning the oyster indus
try" said Mr.. Leo. when seen at Muir
phys last night Just before leay!ng. ( 70,
my observation is that the people all
over Tidewater yirganIa, Tith put refer r
greatly pleased with Governor Swan
sons administration. They are saying
that no Executive of this generation
has excelled him In business, methods
or in capacity to hold up Virginia.
end on public occasions. Our people
are with him, and they look upon him
as great Governor"
! ]. A. Reynolds. Danvllle; f.. s
a BelCh.
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Chr dimes SEe Digpafrb
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

sus,ness orice .........sis e. Main Street
Warrington Bureau. .sss-7 Munscy B"ie'ns.
Farthester bureau ......,.iio' HUI street
Petersburg Bureau .....Ao N. sycamore OF
LyrchburE Bureau ..........ais Eishth 81.
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J. A. Reynolds. Danvllle; f.. s.
Thomas, Chesapeake; Thompson Belch-
err, wife and daughter, Big Rock. Chas.
Catlett, Stanton; p. II. OBrien.
are among the ,Vlrglnlans
who are stopping at Murphy,s.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24

vlrginans at the Richmond are F.
W. Huntington. Lynchburg; w. Is
Smith and wife, clifton Forge; st
George r. Fitzhugh, Fredericksburg.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24

Secretary Taft seems to he bidding
against Senator Foraker for the negro
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BY MAIL. ono SIX Three One
POSTAGE PAID. Year. Mos. Mos Mo.
Daily with sunday...ss.oo $500 SSe .sS
Daily without Sunday, 400 400 LOO .ss
sunday edition only. 200 100 80 as
weekly "wednesday. 100 so as -.
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COMMENTS OF VIRGINIA EDITORS.
The War on Wealth.

The War on Wealth.
There Is hardly a State in the Union IN
which there has not In the past year or two
beer legislation looking to curbing the &C
tivities of corporations, or proceedings In the
courts having the same object in view. In
some inrances quite radical steps have been
taken. apparently designed to destroy the
objects OF their attack.
To superficial observers the people seem
bent on destroying tho corporations. I'm
dcubtedly there are some people whose re-
sentiment Is great that they would pro-
coed to this extreme but the great body of
the thinking people of this country know
tho advantages derived from the activities
OF aggregated wealth. and have no Idea of
proceeding to any Fuch extreme as extsrrni-
mating the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Dispatch.
State Accounting.
The Constitutional Convention of 1901
recognized the looseness and danger OF ex-
listing conditions and Inserted into tho chap
ter on the Executive Department CLAUSE
making 1t mandatory on the General Assem-
bly, ito provide for the establishment and
maintenance of an efficient system Of checks
and balances between the officers at the
seat OF government intrusted with the col
lection, receipt, custody or disbursement OF
the revenues of the 6tata," and also requir
Ing that all officials and employees handling
public funds should give hopds in sufficient
amounts to protect the Commonwealth. A
statute has been passed, We believe. giving
effect to the last requirement, but the work
OF the Withers committee seems 10 nave
been tho first step taken by the General As
| sembly 10 carry out plain mandate of the
Consultation. which became effective several
years since.--Eorfolk Virginian-Pilot
Tho Onancock Riot
The Eastern Shore of Virginia Is too fair
| and inviting a section and too prosperous
to be disturbed by conflicts. The rc-
! cent riot, while provoked by resistance to
| law OF few negroes. led by one OF their
| race, TO whom they seem to look as a leader.
was naturally followed by some other acts
| of lawlsssness the part OF white citizens.
| It always has been and always will be true
| that laulessncss begets lawlessness.--Roa n
oke World
Br.'an's Popularity.
| 1t Is by no means certain now that Mr.
Bryan could have tho Democratic nominal
tion II no wanted 1t; but. on the contrary
| /, the chances Of Democratic success next
year were more encouraging. 1t would be
safe to say that he could not have the nonai-
! no ton even IL he fought for 1t. The element
| OF DOUBT In the situation to the possibility
| OF Democratic success Ii the strongest poll
tical factor In Mr.. Bryanr favor as q candi-
date and as a leader. Eliminate that doubt
/ and Mr.. Bryan. with his record OF uubroke
defeats and 3arty disaster, would be speedily
hustled TO the rear and to an innocuou.
desuetuds, with tho legend written upor
him: Weighed in tho balance and found
Notwithstanding Index-Appeal.
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BY Timos-pisps,ch Carrier Delivery Ser
vice IN Richmond tand subures>, Manehes-
tor and Petersburs-
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POEMS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW

your occupation be- crowded your hours
with anafrs do not fail day for
eeshnent Of inner life with Charles Eliot
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HOW TO CALL T1MEs-p1sPArcH.
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One Week. ONO car
Daily with Sunday ....It cents $500
Daily without Sunday, 10 cents 800
Sunday only .......... cents ''aV
clearly subscriptions payable in ADVANCED
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r. JOHN II. p. HoDGsoN. OF
New York, announces the en-
Bagement OF his sister, Miss
Sarah Hodgsor. OF Scwanee,
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-" Y. II. Tx I|TNt5NI.SI
Pamplin City. Va. August 18th.
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besansn
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-08
OBSOLETE COOKING
WILL Be REVIVED.
NOVAL RESTAURANT
AT EXPOSITION.
Ch4D TIME SOUTHERN DISHES
WILL BE SERVED THERE
EXCLUSIVELY.

Yes! Capital idea! Mrs. OF
ancient Colonial descent, is to have
restaurant at the Exposition where
all the old-time Southern dishes will
be served There will be edibles and
comestibles never dreamed of I'm
these ATTITUDES. Pots for boiling win
swing on iron cranes. Potatoes will
be roasted in the ashes. ovens for
bread and cake will be buried under
heaps Of live Goals OF oak and chest
nut hickory and ash. Skillets for
frying will rest upon the backlogs.
Coffee will be made in the old-fash-
ioned 10-cent tin pot. These things
are not novelties I'm themselves, but
imagine what sort OF food is to be
cooked I'm these obsolete methods!
In those good old days-nothing
predigested but many things undi-
gested..
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-08
EDITOR MAY
GO TO JAIL.

Raleigh, ~ c., March s.-A
meeting OF an investigation commit
tee OF the general assembly OF North
Carolina is TO be held this after
noon for the purpose Of making r..
w. Simpson, Jr., until a few days
since editor OF the Raleigh Evening
Times, divulge the name OF the par
ty or parties who furnished him in
formation in regard to the action Of
conference committee Of the gen
eral assembly. The charge having
been made in the article that the
committee placed certain provisions
In the bill at the dictation OF Jose
phus Daniels, editor Of the Raleigh
News and Observer.
Mr.. Simpson positively refuses TO
give the name OF the person fur
nishing the information under the
ethics Of the newspaper profession.
Threats have been made, even so far
as saying he might be placed in jail
If he refuses to tell
lie states positively that he will
not tell.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-08
CURIOUS FACT OF
HUMAN NATURE.
OUR FASCINATION
FOR THE STRANGER
MAKES US DO THINGS FOR HIM
WE~WoULD NOT DO FOR
INTIMATE FRIENDS.

One of the most curious facts of
human nature is the fascination a
stranger or an outsider has for the
: average man or woman. Possibly Il
is the charm of novelty. 1t is a
familiar episode in nearly every
community, however, TO have a
stranger come in and induce people
to do things which they would not
do for lifelong acquaintances or their
most trusted and intimate friends.
The obsession, or brain storm, or
brain cloud, or disease, or tendency,
or whatever 1t is, goes even further
People will walk by the doors OF
merchants whom they have known
all their lives, perhaps to whom
they owe money at the very moment.
and buy postoffice orders to pay in
distant cities for goods which the
home merchants could furnish more
conveniently and for the same money
or cheaper. All kinds of peripatetic
and itinerant agents and dealers
send out circulars and have women
flock to their display at hotels
women who usually are fairly SEN
sible and public spirited at that
and pay higher prices than they
would have to pay for exactly the
same goods furnished By local mer-
chants and shop-keepers, who do bus
mess, pay rents and taxes here and
help to keep the town going. We
have heard cases OF families which
collected heavy rents from merchants
and deliberately took the money the
merchants paid them and spent II in
Philadelphia, New York or elsewhere
for the same goods their tenants
were trying to sell
Time after time it has happened
here and elsewhere that faklrs with
out proper references or credentials
have come and sold things which the
most trusted citizens Of the commn-
nifty could not have sold, have I'm d.
duced cautious and long-headed busl-
ness men TO take investments into
which no fellow-citizen could have
persuaded them possibly
This curious trait is worth some
study by medical and scientific peo-
pile Possibly some operation might
be performed 10 cure &C. Some brain
specialist may find the exact location
.of the nerve or brain section which
induces people TO trust the stranger
in preference to home grown hu-
manity and TO prefer sending their
money abroad rather than 10 keen
It in It's own territory once locat-
ed the seat OF the malady might be
removed, as we are told now the
doctors can remove the disposition
to badness from a boys brain and
the tendency Of vanity from a girls.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-08
LIGHTNING IN
SNOWsTORM
FIRST WIND, THEN RAIN, THEN
SNOW AND THUNDER
STORM.

Washington, March Washing
ton experienced q peculiar meteoro-
logical phenomena last night Shortly
after 10 o'clock the city was caught
In a sudden gale Of wind, which
brought rain. and this was rapidly
transformed into snow
within a period OF 10 minutes ar
ter the gale struck the city there
were four successive bolts OF thun-
der and lightning in the midst Of the
snowstorm n looked as though the
city was being caught iu a blizzard
coming almost out OF clear skies at
the end Of the finest and most spring
like day the year has get brought.
The streets were covered with half
an inch Of snow within 10 minutes.
But an hour later the furry was
over, leaving colder temperature.
Prof Frank H Bigoiow, metcoro-
logist Of the Weather Bureau, said
last nights disaster proceeded tho
coming OF q cold wave that The sud
den Transformation of the weather
from a pleasant evening into % snow
snuall was due TO cold current OF
HIGHER air coming suddenly into CON
tact with tho warmer afr near the
earth aud thr lightning was thc re-
mlt or contract between the widely
differing air temperatures.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-08
SEABOARD A|R LINE WILL
MAKE BIC ISSUE OF BONDS.

We're divided into Ave grades. with
salaries ranging from 5000 TO 81
6oe. the $500 salaries being omitted
Railway mail clerks were divided
into six grades below that OF tho
chief clerk, salaries In each grade
being increased 500 and ranging
from $500 to $1,70O, The maximum
salary was fixed at sS4O for rural
carriers.
Two new provisions were added.
one providing that the postmaster
general may, In his discretion, allow
n railway mail. clerk thirty days
sick leave I'm any fiscal year with
pay, his duties to be performed with
out expense 60 the government dur
ing the period for whioh he is grant
ed leave, and the other that carriers
who on June 80, 1907, are regularly
employed at $500 per annum shall
be promoted Co the fourth grade up
on satisfactory evidence OF their eff
ficiency during the last one years
service"