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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-06-22
Ma. RIlEY DID NOT KNOW.
Woman Reporter Asked Question Hard
20 Answer.


A friend ~ ssmes WhiisStnh kiiey
tells a story 81 an encounter the bach.
clor post 01ce had ~ith woman re
porter. The energetic young woman
after strenuous effort had finally
caught Mr. RILEY AZ the telephone
This IL The eypvetssu6p thst FOL
lowed
Is this Mt Riley 80
Yes. That Is Miss
Miss Jones. Of the CourierJouTnal
I've been trying all day 20 get an in.
tcrvieN with YOU Mt Riley
Al. Nould u were a view instead
90 s' ir'ertisW said 40 poe' rai
iaafi,
oh thanks How long viii you
remain in Louisville. Mt Riley
Only a short time.
is your Vlfe with vou-~
No ma am. she is not
Where is she. may 7 ask
You NAV ssk. my dear Miss Jones'
hut 7 ard % very dimcplt 90 answer
arr a. absolute IGNORANCE ~ Der
Ohe,es0out> Fot aus1t ( ruo~ o 'h'
contrary. she may -icht now be AZ the
other end 30 this telephone"
There was much lauchfer and after
ward ar effort 20 resume -he inter
view. Bu- in vain NJ Riley had es
cspcd.-Home Companion.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-06-22

,rnced 40 The Kidneys.
bel Cow mode.
SiSocS provcS that
nearly all diseases
have their beriuninS
II The disorder ~
thes~ --'es. Important
rsganS.
The kidneys flter
and purify the blood
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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-06-22

Therefore. when vccr kidneys a. weak
Or oct CT order. Won caa understand row
cuickiv 1-our entire Sodv Is affected vri
Row every organ sev--'s to f-l ~ ~ 'is
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IS your kidneys are well thev wall ne h
III the other organs 10 health \ tTi&l
viii CONVINCE anyone.
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The -.sld ana The cx.rac-1iua-v cHcc. 90.
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str~3= ihc highest Tor lis wonderful cures
oi the most distressing cases. and Is sold
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-06-22
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened By 0Tsr-work.

Unhealthy kidneys Make impure bioos.
Il used TO b considered tlr~. rsis
urinary ana bisdder sfSesies wSiS TO he
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-06-22

or is merits bv all
druggiStsin hfty-cent
and o-c-lclllr sire
bottles. You nav
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
SAVED AT LAST.

At last the four mile crescent of lights curv-
ing around the Memphis waterfront swept into
view. Weak from cold and oramp. hoarse from
calling, his voice was hut a feeble Croak and in
despair he saw the long line OF lights slipping
swiftly by him; but just as III seemed lost and
only death awaited him. a steamboat. upstream
bound. turned on her powerful searChlight 10 To-
cate her landing berth and swept the waste Of
waters The trained eye Of the pilot caught the
queer looking drift pile in the way of the boat.
and three quick taps Of the big bell hurried the
captain out the roof" Pulled by brawny
black and brown arms. a lifebOat soon caught I'D
the hotsam and father and child were recover
ing between hot blankets in a stateroon on the
James Lee.
A different story Of parental behavior came
the same day from a settlement in Northeast
Arkansas. man and his wife found that their
sole craft, rough dugout. would hold. besides
themselves. either their effects or their three
small chidren-but not both Hence they de
cided on the household goods as OF the most
practical value. and loading the dugout padded
away 70 the nearest Mississippi River landing
and caught n packet for Cairo. first placing the
little ones old Indian mound. near which
their cabin had stood. More than twenty-four
hours afterward some timbermen. padding near
the mound. heard the cries Of the babes At
first the believed they We're in for a hit Of
panther shooting. the cry Of a panther is
markably like the wall of a young child but
SOON undeCeIved by the shouts that the oldest
boy gave perceiving a hope of rescue, hurried
with the children 10 the nearest town. Later,
the parents hearing of the rescue through the
local papers demanded that the children be sent
10 them. but to the honor Of that Arkansas COM
munity be il said the families who had adopted
the little ones sent word to the father that the
only way he could regain the young ones would
he to come for them in person. As he valued
his skin, this offer was declined. and as no
lawyer in the community would take his case
the children stll in their Arkansas homes.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

below. they aimed 70 reach. and there the hus-
band would work somewhere until the wicked
waters gave them back their own
Vain dream! In the dark hours Of the Clouded
night a treacherous suck snatChed an oar from
the man, and in his sudden effort to recover IL
he overturned the skif, tricky affair at best
The husband strove desperately 10 reach his
wife, founderng fiercely. in the direction OF the
wild shrek that burst from her. Only once she
rose from the swrling boil that was dragging
her down. He could not reach her. but ere she
sank forever. with one superhUulan effort. sha
tossed the little % its father Providenttally
a loose boat thwart and the remaining oar drift
ed together and hung within his reach, and.
though ignorant of the nature Of his support. he
chung 10 II. his child Olasped 20 his breast. Thus
for fifteen miles they drifted, whrled round
and round by the fierce eddies and cross cur
rents. tugged and snatched al by a thousand
sucks and hoils, the father holding grimIv 10 his
frail life raft only the instinct 10 save his child
a. all costs rerving The half drowned wholly
desperate man hang on
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

Those who have pronounced the Governor cold
for instance hardly remembered the hours
hours which he devoted recently the conefdera-
ton Of appeals for pardons for two young murder
The cases both were clear cut. No doubt
listed to the guilt Of the prisoners. bur both were
young men and strong efforts being made
TO have the sentences cognmuted. Day after day
any decision brought a stereotyped reply. Not
yet Each day the wrinkle across his forehead,
which betrayed the anxiety with which he took up
the subject, deepened little. while, the time
when he must make decision drew nearer. his
very manner bore witness TO the desire he felt to
give the condemned men the benefit Of every doubt.
The night before the day when his decision must
after hour smoking his long. thin cigars, medtat-
ing deeply The next day he announced solemnly
that he had not been able commute the sen
tences And with q half sigh he explained to the
newspaper correspondents: q,
1T is in cases like this. gentlemen, that man
really realizes what it means TO he Governor
Then abruptly, he smote his desk heavy buffet
with his fist, sighed again, Strengthened his shoul
ders and turned off into consideration of batch
of official documents.
Governor Hughes possesses n marvellous capA-
the trying insurance investigation when he ap-
neared fresh and smiling each day after the
rnendous developments OF the previous day and
night mostly spent in work and study were not
,,nrrepared 10 see him at his desk by q. n.
stiil at work toward midnight.
What are the Governors relaxations?" queTied
an interested visitor Of of the officials in the
executive department.
..ybv he works." came the surprised reply. II
Is true almost characteristic. Yet the Governor
does have relaxations. several Of them He climbs
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
RELIEF WORK.

All boats are relief boats when the overflow
comes Light draft craft skim over cornfelds
and cotton patches to rescue stranded family.
roosting on their cabins roof with few fowls,
q and mule for company on one trip.
embracing some thirty miles through the back
water small ferryboat picked up seventy-hve
negroes and 175 horses. mules and cattle. be
sides leaving food and forage for double that
number existing RATS tied 70 treetops-the
family on one raft and the stock on another.
Tents were supplied 10 those who would not de-
sert their hearths. although the hearths we're
from twenty to thirty feet under water and the
refugees camps IN the Memphis suburbs. where
white and black tent and are fed by the Chari-
table people Of the city. have numbered their
population by thousands The white camp is COM
parativev small the men and women prefer
TO earn their keep and live under roof. bur
the negroes have fat time ana deplore the fall
of the water, knowing that this means work
once more. The authorities offer to employ all
refugees on CITY street work and other rough
labor in order that they may make some return
for their maintenance, and also earn sort Of
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

mountains For manv summers he has soent his
vacation climbing the Alps He PLAYS golf ana
this summer expects 10 cniov golf at the links #
the Albany Country Club. Of which he has become
a member But perhaps he gets as much rest
and real pleasure from the reading of brisk,
even sensational. work Of fiction from anything
else. Conan Doyle is Of his fnvorite authors.
Sherlock Holmes Of his favorte characters.
Governor Hughes dearly loves funny story, and
ne can tell good ones as wen as he can write
Of the veto messages which have made his ad-
ministration remarkable. The fact that he is the
son Of a clergyman and recently was elected head
Of a central body Of the Baptist Church does not
in the least keep him from enjoyment Of anecdotes
the especial weaknesses and fraities Of tho
clergy
Peculiar visitors frequently try TO the Gov
ernor. One who succeeded recently Just out
of states prison. He had come to tell the new
ministration this particular prison of which he,
from long experience. did not approve. II is char
Ccteristic Of Hughes the that Governor he
listened to all his visitor had to say made CopiChs
of the abuses which the described. and
took the matter under advisement-" Those who
know the Governor well predict that when he gets
examining the various state departments this
summer he will for instant forget to in
vestigate the complaints laid before him In that
peculiar manner Working in the big room has left
the Governor easy of access TO all visitors 1t is
hands with some sightseer exchange few words
with him. and go with the business under con-
sidcraton.
Small things-nCidents like that visit Of the eX-
conviCt-aTe sufficient to turn the Governors MIND
working problems and anayZing conditions
until sometimes startling results are obtained
Early in the he at work late In the after
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

noon when tho lights went out Artificial light was
necessary. and after much travail several large
tallow candles were obtained. and by their dim
nickerinG he and his secretaries completed their
work. Failure of the Captos lighting plant had
not been uncommon before Governor Hughes took
office Yet that especial failure with its candle
sequel set him 10 work the investigation of the
state Department of Buildings. Before he finished
a system devised by the officials in that de-
partmcnt which assured the Capitol of light under
any circumstances, even In an emergency. while
facts discovered led off IN another direction
The dismissal Of two important officials and the
severe Censure Of third
He has the most marvellous gift OF stating
abstruse, complicated problem in such clear fash
ion and unmistakable words that a child could
understand IT," commented a Senator the other
day in speaking of him to some friends.
The Governor dresses carefully. Usually he
wears either dark gray frock suit, or black
with long cutaway coat and white waist
coat His neckties show just touch Of color. In
his personal habits he is rather methodicaI He
gets 10 work by 9 Frequently hts luncheon is
carried into his workroom and eaten from desk
while he goes legal documents talks
a visitor He eats chop two. vegetables. and
drinks a cup of tea. An unfailing part of the mid
dav meal is a large apple He smokes several
cigars each day-long. light Havanas for which
he pays 20 cents each. At night he takes din
ner quietly and without ceremony with his family.
Sometimes he entertans visitors; but the Execu-
an establishment given TO Iavi-h entertaining
society standards Of money spending At night
he works either in his office az the Capitol his
library at the Executive Mansion frequently in
long conferences with his secretary and his legal
adviser.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

start again" fund and the greater part Of tho
whites eagerly accept Not SO the negro
brother or sister. II is only by firmly refusing
shelter or rations unless worked for that tho
negroes can be forced to earn their keep.
Many are the human interest stories that
follow 4 food Some would wiring a smile from
the lips Of the profoundest pessimist; others
bring a flush 10 the cheek and sparkle TO tho
eye or a CyniC and vet others, the tribute OF
tears from the most hardened and blase
Hoping - better his worldly condition.
young Mississippian abandoned the wornout
hills OF his native county and purchased quar-
ter section in the valley. where price was Of
the lowest ana soil Of the richest because the
farm lay outside the levee Three months
later. Just when his dearest delight Law IN The
sundown hour, home coming from stirring Tho
mellow earth In his own fields. with the call of
he blue spring warbler sending q last sleepy
good night 10 his little brown breasted mate
sounding in his ears, and with the sweet vision
OF helpful wife and prattling babe framed III
the doorway of his little cabin home 10 greet
him = he plodded along the last turnrow path
just as all was beginning TO look and feel like
home the waters came. Swiftly the fast swell
ling flood drove the trio from stoop 70 garret
and from sarret 70 roof. and still the tide rose.
4 roughly fashioned skin that had served the
running fishing lines was hastily loaded with
such scantv household goods it could swim
with. and in il the little family hoated away
from the only home they had ever been able to
truly call their Memphis, fifteen miles
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
ART IN BOSTON.
Plans for a Nezc Museum Building IN
the FenICdy.

Although for the last forty years Copley square
has been the home Of the famous Boston Museum
Of Fine Arts the time has come when. on
account Of crcmped quarters and high, overtoppinS
buildings which shut out the light. the museum
must ind other quarters. and already plans for
huge structure near the Fenway are completed and
work on the buildings begun.
The building now TO be erected consists or Two
advancing wings in Huntington avenue. near the
nav Harvard Medical school and central block
connecting these wings. The six small museums
~ he housed in this structure each with its COM
nIar7ent Of galleries above and department rooms
below ave the following Department OF Egyptian
art classical art. prints. Chinese ana Japahes9
art and two collections of pictures and Western art
i basement under the whole building affords
place for machinery for heating. ventilation and
sanitation as we'll as abundant room for storage
The structure will be of swO stories. the nrst. or
ground floor 10 contain the great lecture hail. ad-
ninistratfon rooms, courts OF casts from Renais-
sanca and Greek and Roman sculpture. The eas1
wing will contain japanese garden ana cIass-
rooms and rooms for clerks and other offlcials.
while the west wing will have the classical court
with a gallery Of Greek vases, and offices.
On the main floor OF the museum will be found
rha courts of casts either side or the mann
foyer with galleries about it for paintings ana
curiO collections
The east wing will have the upper part or tno
Japanese court galleries for pottery metals.
SCULPTURE porceains. screens and lacquers. while
in the west wing are galleries of Archaic. Hellenic.
fourth and Nth century GrgeCO-ROman, late Esypt
art and rnarbles.-BOston Journal
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
Some Leading Characteris-
tics of New York's Pop
uIar Governor.

After .ix months as chief executive OF the chief
state in the Union. Charles Evans Hughes two
wears ego man little known outside limited
circle Of bookish lawyers. has become one Of the
prominent figures of the nation He is hailed from
,iroA to time by some enthusiastic admrer New
Yorks favorite SON. in the Presidential race which
VIII he begun in few months; and the politicians
who have studied the man at close range during
his sudden rise TO prominence realize well the
strength which he could develop in that contest
In his brief service they have seen him conquer
enemies in his own party and though unversed
in the intricacies of the political game and
avovedlv one with no desire 10 acquire knowledge
along that line surnount these difficulties and lead
a united party the support Of the reforms he
had mapped out They have watched him at work
early in the morning and seen the lights in his
office burning far into the night They have had
evidences OF a scrupulous OF fairness such
few in any walk OF life possess All this
and much more these men who have studied his
daily life for six months know-things which the
general public. which has followed him at dis
tance and measured his progress by it's striking
Intervals. could not k5".w-help account for the
wonderful speed OF that progress toward national
prominence.
Yet many even who have come into close touch
with him Governor hardly know Hughes the
man The man Of mystery" he was called by the
legislators early in the session Of the LEGISLATURE
Most Of them found him "cod"-sorne even csIIed
him twin brother 10 the North Pole Underneath
q great part Of this lay personal pique and some
amount of misjudgment. Few stopped to consider
that behind the strong. keen forceful personality
which could bring about the big things thew y,ere
Witnessing daily there must be a potent human
ness which leavened the personality of the man
who was making the headlines
Just what, then, is Hughes. the man? He bas
become known as creature of iron with mn
chlhenke capacity for work and a mathematical
precision In the production Of work; as a sneaLor
OF force ana distinct originality. as Governor ~
strong Will high conception OF public dut., ara
q tfH~ tn
70 rottenness, and then after the operation ,1art
out the course Of recovery for the ratienf All
Ilat goes 10 make up the public servant as M,
oeeds picture him 10 the public. But OF tho eIja
ghts which should throw into rciief the rron,ine,
features-tbe shadows which should he tbern -
H-&s ths 'sssIablancH true on9-most are missing.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
BRIDGING A cRgvAssE WITH PILE AND TREsTLEwoRK.
SEA SUPERSTITIONS-
Nearly Al Those of Old Times Are
NO1C Disregarded.

Only about one superstition OF the still re-
mains and that is losing ground. Yachtsmen and
fishermen strl whistle for the wind. but the gaso-
Iene Kicker is making even that lost art OF
the other nautical superstitions few remain No
sailor will refuse TO ship these days because there
is a Finn on board. Firms used TO have bad repu-
tatons as wizards in the old days II any wind
was wanted all Finn had 10 do. it believed.
was 70 drive his knife into the foremast- and tho
wind was forthcoming long as the knife
was IN place
A corpse is still rather an undesirable thing 70
have on board but no sailor these DAYS objects 20
having cat on board. In fact. as Captain RoiIo
S0urhu-orth the waterfront EXPERT. would TESTIFY
has al least one cat board No one worries now
when ANYBODY sneezes m the port side of a boat.
although there are a faw old skippers LETT who
would make II unhealthy for a sailornan who
passad 70 windward of them the quarterback
Crossing the line is unobserved by anybody
save Iandlubbers making their first trip on a pas
senger vessel and no one has 70 pay his scot now
to the crew first time he goes alort or similar
tribute 10 the engine room gang
The FLYING Durchman has not been slsnted ror
many years and. with Henry Hudson's pinnace. has
rrobsblv long ago made the Port II Missing Ships
So has the swimmer who used 20 paddle or the
a1Tivp disaster The stormy petrol has lost caste
as weather prophet, and half the sailornen OF To-
4a,, could NOT quote half dozen weather proverbs
F-1uaIlv lost are some Of the old customs IN the
davS OF the Vindtammers. which used 70 round
60 Horn no 'Dutchran'' Square head
dared help himself Of the mess ktt until the
YANKEES and Enelishuer had served themselves
yT-,ap the Of "aN hands sent everybody
t,.,,rI;rg orr m deck a ''Dutchnnan' was put IN
ror of tha line II being the custom ror the thlrd
mate 70 knock down the first man for not oelns
,rr sOoner The last man out was also always a
Dutchnlan as he had 70 stand punishment loF %
--T--
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

mighty current would bring life to him and his
it may well be that this way madness lies"
A BLACK DEED.
From thought to wish is only step, 10 action
only another. then in his tar-daubed. black
skiff through the black night, across the black
waters he rows, victim OF despair, intent on a
blacker deed. But the men the other shore
too near the stage for any palliation 70 find
place in their perspective. This. and not the
crawflsh, accounts for those deadly rifles and
the would-be levee cutter seldom recrosses the
river as he went over Here is again an illus
tration:
LEVEE VANDALs FIRED UPON.
Word was received this morning that the first
piece Of dastardly levee cutting had already been
attempted about twenty miles north Of Memphis
along the ernbankments Of the ST Francis River
system
The person who attempted the cowardly work
had rowed up 70 the levee in skin. and vas IN
the act Of accomplishing his hellish work when he
was seen and fred upon by the sentry
A later newspaper notes the finding of the
body
While crevasses are dlsastrous-the cyclones
of the floods-the Mississippi never does any
harm when allowed TO overflow in It's own fash
ion II is though some mighty power an
gered because pent, wreaks vengeance on its
captors when loosened When a levee breaks.
the flood travels at measured speed, and scoops
away whole county, perhaps. leaving miles %
gravel and sand where once were fertile fields
a reminder Of its visitation But If the
water flows in gently and subsidies at a normal
rate II leaves the overflowed land a fertilizer
such as money cannot buy The only way 10
deem the ground once secured by crevasse is
TO allow It 70 overflow for a number Of years,
when II will be filed in with alluyal soil al
most priceless in its fertility. sugar planter.
who once threatened to Kill himself because a
crevasse had secured his choicest plantation.
concluded to live a little longer when he found
that the same food. eddying its hackwater over
an immense tract Of marsh land that had hith-
erto raised only taxes had filled the marsh with
, soil, and thereby presented him with a quarter
section more than he had been robbed Of Many
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
TOLD OF PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.

The love which Mrs. Mckinley bore her husband
was So much the ruling passion of her life that
she was extremely sensitive about HIM In spite
of herself she was jealous even Of the demands
which the public made upon his time Her love
Was matched by a most unusual devotion on the
mart of the President this heretofore unpuo-
Iished incident illustrates. Colonel John n Taylor
of East Liverpool, Ohio. a lifelong friend OF NJ.
NcE[{nlev who was known In Washington the
man who had latch key 10 the White House.
took his little granddaughter, Pauline Taylor, eyed
three 10 the Executive Mansion for visit
She climbed upon Mr.. MCKinley's knee and soon
discovered his watch. Then she pried open ths
bac ck of the case. II looking for something
syyhv Mr. President she Hsped- Its empty
Nv papa has my mammals picture in his watch
Mrs NcKinley's face tel on the instant but ths
President was not found wanting.
II carry nv wife's picture in my heart, Pauline.
he said quietly and Mrs. Mckinley was all smiles