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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29
BACK AT THE rI,1Es.D1spArcn.

WYE have all kinds OF respect for tn:
w prowess and the veracty OF old BIZ,
skillt. the esteemed Riehmon n,,
mighty hunter before the Lord: but we want
to warn him now that he couldn't lug de-
funct rabbit into this oifice and MAKE any ny
Courier.
We learn from the Richmond Times-Dis
patch that the 600 cows Of Richmond drink
from the sewers. 1t seems that man and
beast are equally determined to pass the
,nst non diamond p cows We're SO depraved
Houston Post
Times Dispatch. in lucid treatise on
warts" says that "the wart on the nose
stands by itself" That is because 1t IL
slnguar'-Roanoke Times
"1.,fe is full OF rude surprises" sententi-
ously remarks the Riehmona I, nn,sna ps,
man gets his fair share OF them.-Mon'gom'
cry Advertiser,
Says the Pittsburg Dispatch; 'Pittsbure
is the best advertised city in the country.
Does not our contemporary mean the mos
advertsed7." INQUIRIES the Riehmond Times n =.
Post.
The Richmond Times,Dispateh has dis
covered that Lynchburg is the third city II
siz. In the State. It now remains FOR oul
esteemed contemporary to discover that th'
nc on is green chese.-Roanoke Times.
AS, we understand the Great Commonef
Roosevelt is q Democrat in spots. but they
are Bryan's spots-Rtchmond Times Dis
potch Yes, and Bryan says he only ha
foul OF them, while he refused to accept fou
others and paid no attention to another
four It is also Bryan's tracks that Roose
velr has been stepping In, and which TIL
Ccmmoner says he failed SO ignomtnlousl!
10 hll.--Blackstone Courier.
Hold on to the Philippinea!" shouts AID
Admiral? asks the Richmond Tlmes-Dts
pp,ch. Unfortunately. there isn't the slight
EFT chance OF their slipping away.-Hudsol
| (Mass.) Sun.
The Richmond Times Dispatch calls Sen
| ato1 JEFF Davis 1.-THE Arkansas Traveller
hut the original Arkansas traveller mace n
0cdlc talk, and was not afflicted with TIL
open mouth.--Atlanta Constitution.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29
Our Navy.

Editor of The mes-Dispatch:
Sir,-I have read with much inter.
est the article. Needs Of our navy,
ADMIRAL Meiviiie's defense OF the Navy
Department and designers OF our war
ships. Such discussions are Obliged TO
result In good. as Is shown by the
Journals dissect the plans Of every new
warship. lay them before the public
and criticize them intelllgentiy. mo
result is that England gets the fash
world, Just as Paris sets the fashion
for women's clothes. AT the close %
the Russo-Japanese War the English
designers took the lessons OF that war
and proceeded to build warship in
which the weak points as shown by
actual battle experience were elm
mated. Their product was the Dread
naught. run by turbine engines givin a
protection. and the l2-inch guns as
sole weapon,in the main battery THIS
ship set the whole world by the ears,
and all nations who could afford 1t
planned ships along the same lines.
did not feel'~su lnat the new type
was entirely correct and took the half
way measure. They laid down the
with all the thick belt arrnor, except
about six inches. under water. and
two turrets forward and two aft, in
each Of which are two l2-inch guns.
This punching. Of the. guns gives
the enemy a big target, while the
D Dr. az srna overcome f his diiacnlty
Mr.. Reuterdahl's comment on the
submerged armor on our IT! ships Is Ger ,ha
fleet at Old Point on December 18TH.
and noticed as the launch approached
the gangway OF the Connecticut that
the great armor belt-wlde enough
IN n IN
four inches below water. or course
these ships are loaded down with pro-
visions. ammunition and coal. but at
the normal load line this armor is only
twelve inches above water. and every
one who has ever taken short sea
trip knows that a wave climbs more
like six feet than twelve inches above
the level of the red streak. The mod
thin armor which Is above the belt,
but, as Mr.. Reuterdahl says, ut will
make hole as big as a door," and
your se e s5.ooooeo battlesh h and i her 500
men. The foreign ships carry the belt
eight feet below water and eight feet
above-.some higher still-which will
IT The arst conslderatlon is to Keep
your ship afloat. Make provision for
that first: then consider the guns and
speed. Admiral Melville says that this
artist naval expert Reuterdahl knows
to differ. An artist is seer: he trains
his eyes for taking in detail. and Mr..
Reuterdahl has spent ten years seeing
things on the warshps OF every first
| class power. He is Endorsed by the
best English designers-the Fashion
setters.' and Admiral Melville's sting
| ing remarks only show one thing; that
is, that Mr.. Reuterdahl has gotten on
| to the chair-warming admiraPs touchy
point. e., his out-of-dateness.
| ARTHUR B. UPSHUR.
| Richmond, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29
STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION.

In reply to The Times Dispatcll's
question If it would not pay Peters
burg to defray her own criminal ex-
penses on condition that the State
would exempt personal property from,
State taxation. the Norfolk virginian-
Pilot says:
There is, of course, but one answer
to the question:; but suppose 1t be
asked of the many towns and coun-
ties in the State where the boot Is on
the other leg. If the majority OF Vir-
ginia communities can show a balance
sheet rs good as that of Petersburg,
the aggregate balance In favor OF the
general treasury would be so substan-
tial that no Legislature from the view
point of representative of the whole
Commonwealth could favor change
from the present system. IT, on the
contrary, the Auditors report should
show that, in a majority OF the sub
divisions from which personal property
taxes are derived the criminal expenses
exceed the taxes collected. then the
local influence on the legislator Of the
people whose votes elected him would
probably dictate his opposition to any
change"
The Auditors report shows that in
r.
two-thirds of the cities of Virginia
and in nearly nine-tenths OF the coun-
ties. the tax which the State collects
on personal property is greater than
the local cost of criminal prosecutions.
Therefore. the plan which we have
suggested would clearly be in the In
terest of those cities and counties; and
State legislation is supposed to be for
the greatest good to the greatest mum
Der. But we think that 1t would also
be In the interest of the State as an
organization. for it would simplify her
tax system and her bookkeeping and
help her 20 equalize taxation. We be-
lieve that it would also have the eff
feet to reduce crime and abolish the
wretched fee system.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29
SUNDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1907.
1t is vain to nsk God to mike us
good. He never makes amy ono
good. We mny ask Him to help
us to become good; TINT He always
Observation-Disclosures GLADDEN..
BRYAN AND BUST.

Northern Democrat. whose name
has been mentioned prominently in
connection with the presidential nomi-
nation, recently said to Virginia
Democrat that the forthcoming action
of the Denver convention was already
"cut and dried" BY this he meant, OF
course. that William j. Bryan was al
ready nominated: and ii goes without
saying that the platform will be
agreeable to Mr.. Bryan. There are
those who say that Mr.. Bryan will
defer to the wishes OF the convention,
but that Is not Mr.. Bryan's political
habit In 1900 he gave notice in adj
vance that he would not accept the
nomination unless the platform should
contain free silver plank. and all che
pleading of the leaders who saw him
in person did not move him from that
position. But no matter what sort of
a platform the Denver convention may
promulgate, If Mr.. Bryan is the nomi-
nee voters will read into 1t the pet
doctrines of that distinguished gentle
man. A party platform. no matter how
well it may be worded and phrased. is
an inanimate thing: 1t is the candi-
date who gives 1t life. If Mr.. Bryan
is nominated. his record will be the
platform. and he could not get away
from 1t If he would; and he would not
II he could, for Mr.. Bryan is no re-
canter
What of the result? Twice has Mr..
Bryan asked the people of the United
States to elect him to the presidency,
and twice has he been defeated Is he
more popular now than he was in 1895.
or in 1900? Read the view, published
elsewhere, OF Mr.. L. j. Coppage. for
mer virginian. now residing at Craw-
louisville Ind. The possibility of
national Democratic success" says he.
depends on the support OF the inde-
pendent or conservative vote In the
doubtful States of the North or Middle
West. The party has gained no national
election since the war. except by the
aid OF large vote from this element.
Very true Cleveland won in 1892 be-
cause he carried the Solid South, the
Democratic States of the North and
the doubtful States of the West. Bryar
carried some Western States whicf
Cleveland did not carry, but he los
the States whose votes counted, AM
he lost the Democratic States of the
North. We do not see how it is posi-
BILE for him to do better in 1905. 4!
Mr.. Coppage again says. with Bryan
as the candidate and with the doubt
full or Objectionable things for which
he stands in the platform, the Repub
lican majorities of 1896 and 1900 vii
he duplicated and the Democratic part
further discredited"
Similar warnings come from al
parts of the country. Many even o
Mr.. Bryan's devoted followers hav
no hope of his election; and still tn
cry is Bryan and bust. Very we'll.
1t must be. let Mr. Bryan again pu
his unparalleled popularity to the test
and finish up the work of destructio
which was begun in 1896, and let tn
party make its sacrifice In his be
half complete.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29
A TARIFF LESSON.
We have received the following
munication;

"
munication,
Editor of The Times Dispatch;
Sir--l read your editorial in the
Christmas Day issue on 'Denatured
Alcohol" Don't you think an article
OF this character little misleading, as
1t is quite evident that the consumers
OF the product of the Richmond Ether
Works are either buying their supplies
at less price or denatured alcohol
does the work at the same price?
Give us facts-"greatest good to
greatest number" Yours truly
+. !. BAUGHAN.
1t is the duty Of a newspaper TO give
the facts, and no honest newspaper
will Intentionally mislead. 1t is a fact
apparent that the removal of the tax
from denatured alcohol reduced the
Price OF that product and also Of ether
But ether enters In such small degree
into general consumption that the pub
lie has very little interest in the price
OF it. The real benefit to the public
should come from lowering the price
OF alcohol, and the reduction In the
price OF that article is considerable.
But here, again. the public has de-
rived but little benefit, for very little
4 alcohol is used for domestic purposes.
According to the report of the commits
sloner Of the revenue. 1t appears tina,
during the past six months the guam
tity of denatured spirits passing into
domestic use was less than $4,000 OF a
gallon per capita. The bulk Of dc.
natured spirits IL going. and viii con-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29

yards In this section ts over $40, 00O o, 900,
making the sum total Of the annual
fruit and truck product OF the South
fully $l5o.ooo.ooo.
These crops are a net gain, for their
production Is In addition to the cotton
crop, which shows no falling off, ex-
cept III had crop years. IL agriculture
is the basis. or all wealth and IL the
South continues to produce all the
cotton, one-third Of the corn, one
seventh OF tho wheat and other crops
in proportion, how long will 1t be
before the South becomes the richest
of all sections in Uncle SANS dornaln7
The main difficulty is that with NIL
our progress there ls still much Slip
shod farming In the South. due in part
to the credit system. One OF our North
Carolina contemporaries says that in
its territory tenant has been able to
get credit from his merchant for IL
horse, a buggy, for corn and hay and
all supplies necessary to the mainten-
ance OF himself and family, the bills
to be paid when the crop was made.
1.-THE result OF this says our con-
temporary, lis that labor has become
scarcer and more unreliable every year,
and many farms are growing up In
bushes. the bitches filling up; In fact
less is being made on many farms than
formerly
We should say so. What branch of
industry could prosper under such a
system? No sensible man would under
take to carry on manufacturing busi-
ness or a mercantile business. without
either knowledge or capital. But there
is popular impression that any clod-
hopper may rent farm. get mer-
chant to carry him." and come out
ahead at the end OF the year. 1t is al
absurd hypothesis. and merchants
make mistake and do their COM
munity positive injury by encourage
ing 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29

u Z a. Is. '-= 20 95 f
time ago from q convict serving a terri
In the Montana penitentary. II looki
IKE gray onyx, and has beautiful
head OF mother OF pearl and slvei
bands and bars. The cane is not OF
onyx, but Is made OF Bob Taylor Mag.
azites. The convict wrote that he hat
had his weary days in prison Frightened
so often by the gospel OF sunshine
which Senator Taylor breaches always
whether writing or speaking. that III
wished to send some token OF appre.
citation.
The staff is formed from scraps OF
tho pages OF the magazine strung on a
rod. and then subjected to very heavy
pressure. The method OF making "a
similar to that employed In the pro-
duction OF leather canes. where wash
ers OF sole leather are placed on a
central rod and then put under PRES
sure. and afterwards turned in lathe.
The convict had his cane turned and
vanished. which gives 1t the appear.
ance OF onyx or agate. It is a SOU
venir which the Senator values above
most OF his collection.
Colonel Arch Hughes, OF Tennessee.
who is known to everybody In the Vols
unteer State as one OF Its leading Re-
publlcans and veteran under General
almost as we'll known In the national
capital. where he held down a gov
eminent position for some years, is In
town, and is telling story which he
claims Is new one. In fact, the coll
onel has to assure his acquaintance a
story Is new before he Is allowed to
proceed.
The colonel says that an freshman
down in his part of the country was
asked the other day regarding his
choice among aspirants for the PRESS
dency.
civilian ]. Bryan" was the unhesi-
tating reply. "Orm always goin' to
vote for Bryan"
why are you such strong Bryan
man. was asked.
why, they told me to vote for Mr.:
Bryan In '96 and we would have good
times. replied the son Of Erin. "Oi
did. and we've had good times lvcr
scnce."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29

We have received from George NJ
Bailey. the celebrated megaphone ma
nipulator of the Houston Post. a hand.
some calendar adorned with an alleged
portrait OF red-headed and dimpled
Houston widow. Mr.. Bailey'si thought
on us in the holiday season Is much
valued, and his widow is hereby dubbed
Remarkable II True. We cannot helr
feeling, however, that If such a lady
had ever really originated in Houston
Tex. she would have lost not mo.
ment's time In buying transportation
for Royal Richmond. where the spend.
|ers live
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:
hand: and white every event In them
rs known, remembered and recorded,
He counts them all as but watch that
Is past.
This dying year carries with 1t an
indeliblc memorial OF each OF us--what
we have thought and saie and done
since 1t began. We know, In our
secret heart, how much OF evil and how
little OF good 1t has to record. Our
conscience tells us that In many things
we have sorely offended, and that II
uod were extreme to mark all that Is
done arrltss-we are undone.
For sinner ready to perish what
blessed statement is this. Jesus
Christ the same yesterday, to-day and
forever" AS He loved and cared for.
warned, rebuked and sympathized with,
man In the days OF His flesh, He does
still, now that He sits at the right
hand OF His Father, and so lie VIII
forever. Ills love Is as His eternity
and His holiness and His power are
the same. Time cannot affect them.
There is in Him no vnriableness, nor
shadow of turning. He surveys all. He
controls all, He orders all, and makes
all work His own sovereign will
Ills acts and words In the Gospel
bear witness to this truth. But read
no word Of encouragement, still less
of comfort. to any who triflc with
Him or with their own souls In tho
brief little time, these few, fleeing
years, given to man In which to work
out his own salvation.
Judge not another. but turn your
eyes within. Look-not at all your past
years-but to this ono, which Is now
visibly slipping away. and ask your
self the solemn question, What have
I done with my soul in the last twelve
months?'
You are by a whole year SO much
nearer death-are you so much nearer
heaven? AS the sands OF life run out
and your allotted years glide away,
are you .arclessly playing. or are you
redeeming the time because the days
are evil?
Jesus Christ the same"-not only
In love and mercy for the penitent, but
In severity to those who are living
without Him. and who do not try to
obey Him. We acknowledge Him as
our Redeemer; we look to Him as our
Intercessor, but on what ground can
we claim His mercy as our Judge?
Are wo sorrowing much. believing
much. loving much? These are His
terms, His conditions; and there Is
none other.
What He was yesterday-blessed be
God-He Is. to-day. and He will be
forever. But we've are vanishing
/ like vapor; we bring our years to
an end as It were tale that is told.
We know not what an hour or day
may bring forth. nor where any one OF
us may be ere the morning sun shall
rise.
For each hour, as it disappears. we
need to irnplore forgiveness. What
then of years? Our times are In His
hand; and in spite OF all our short
comlngs, he wants US to be, not SER
wants. but-friends, members of His
body, partakers OF His nature, sancti-
fed by His Word and Spirit. and in
heritors of His wondrous promise
Where I am. there shall My servant
be-"
Dear friend. will you not accept His
offer? Years are passing away. Night
is drawing on.RDeath cannot be far
on-and then-Eternity!
Where will you spend 1t?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29

The editor Of the Charlotte Observer
received from friend at Christmas
the following sentiment from DR.. Van
Dyke:
II am thinking of you to-day. be-
cause 1t is Chris tmas. and wish you
happiness. And tomorrow. because 1t
will be the day after Christmas. ]
shall still wish you happiness: and SO
on clear through the year. may not
be able to tell you about 1t every day;
because may be far away; or because
both of us may be very busy: or per-
haps because I cannot even afford to
pay the postage on so many letters. or
lind the time to write them. But that
makes no difference: the thought and
the wish will be here just the same.
Whatever Joy or success comes TO you
will make me glad. Without pretense.
and in plain words. good will to you
is what mean, in the Spirit OF Christ
mas"
That's the quality of good will The
Times Dispatch had in mind when 1t
sent out its Christmas greeting. Rich
mond would do we'll to adopt the Van
Dyke sentiment as its motto for 1905.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29
FARMING IN THE souTu.

Nothing better betokens the pros
perity Of the South than the state
ment that during the past five wears
the corn crop of this section has in
creased so per cent.
There was a time when the South
ern planter devoted his farming oper.
atoms almost exclusively to cotton.
This one crop method compelled him
to purchase most OF his supplies from
the West, and when the cotton crop
failed. or when the price was abnor.
mally low. he was in bad way. OF
late years. however, one-crop farming
has become exceptional and diversified
farming the rule. 1t is estimated that
during the year 1907 the South pro-
duced
Hay of all kinds. tons...... 100000
Wheat, bushels. .......... 9l,433.OOO
Corn, bushels. ..........4 959.7i3.o01
Oats. bushels ............ 67,33s.ODO
Tobacco. pounds. ........... 457,133,000
Rice. bushels. 2l,4i2, oGI
1t Is further stated that in 1900 the
value of products of vegetable gardens
of the South was $4,000, 900: at presen,
the annual yield Of orchards and vine
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29

Dispatches yesterday announcing that
the Mayor Of Portland. Ore. had got
onto new bunch Of map -sketching
Japanese spies relieve the situation
greatly. We had begun to fear that
something terrible must have happened.
irasmuch as no Japspies had been re-
ported for nearly four days.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29

Consul II. s. Greene states that on
September 1st elaborate celebrations
were held at Port Arthur and palny
OF the first anniversary OF the estab-
lishment by the Japanese Of civil gov
eminent in the KWantung leased ter
ritory and Of the opening OF Dalny to
trade.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29

Raleigh gave up dispensary pay
ing a net profit of $4,000 a year for
the sake of temperance. But Raleigh
believes that even In business way
she will gain more than she will lose.
Many communities are now adopting
prohibition as business measure.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29

..why do you dislike poetry SO much
"a .Becauge." answered the man who uses
scerted hairoll, when YOU quote prose, very
few people can BIO sure II Isn't AZ original
budy il wise on the instant" We gton
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29

1t means a 120-mile walk to go
through all the rooms of the Spanish
royal palace. The council of the Para
graphers' Union may have to direct its
Spanish exchanges to assign a walking
delegate to that beat yet.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29

No wonder Charlie Hughes is win
ming so many friends in little old New
York. Statistics show that So per cent.
of the men in that city have. like
Charlie, bearded themselves in their
own dens.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29
When Media

When Media :
tones S era e"
were first pub
lished in 1897.
Bacon was bur-
dened with disap-
pointments In his
professional ca
reer.
Queen Elijah eth.
some years before.
had appointed him
her Ma.jesty's spe-
cial council IN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29

The boom Of the Governor Of New
Jersey. having failed to elicit the In
dorsement Of the Speaker Of the House,
is hereby cautioned to sit down and be
good while there is time. Everybody
knows what a Cannon can do to Fort
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29

When Mr. Booth Harrington under
took to thrash that team Of Indianap-
oils plainclothesmen, possibly the de-
Iceptive nog had momentarily persuaded
I him that he was no other than Mon
Sieur Beaucaire.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29

To Admiral Brownson's credit be y
said that he fatty declined TO be laid
away In q bureau drawer,