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crossing was better Mrs Henderson
came running out, all excited at the
news, and began to kiss and hug her
and thank the Lord, until Deary
stopped her.
derson, and don't forget to thank these
brave gentlemen who rescued me-"
I'VE didn't rescue you, says Happy
Joe Cotton The Mocking Bird done
it. We didn't do nothin' but gawk and
wash the mud off T"
She wanted to know all about him;
but Mrs. Henderson was for getting her
inside to the trunks; so she shook
hands all around with US, and smiled
at US as if we were the only men she'd
ever seen in her life.
When we got to Lone Pine the two
boys and the Mocking Bird had come
in The Mocking Bird showed up at
Larry's that night in his gray suit,
looking fairly handsome, but little
pale around the gills He dealt out the
nights play without once singing his
little hymn. He was sore for week,
and then we almost forgot it.
The Mocking Bird was sitting alone
at the table with his head in his hands,
ness broke the sudden bang of a gun,
the shivering of glass, and somebody
yelled, Look at the Mocking Bird"
He had pitched forward on the table.
Larry came running.
The man who done it! Get him!"
he yelled.
Out of the place we piled, and there
he was, running up the street. Happy
Joe swung out his gun and winged him,
and he slowed up. Then we closed in.
1t was Dirty Jim. We took him down
among the cottonwoods on Lone Pine
Creek and left him there
The hooking Bird was hurt mighty
bad. We carried him gently up to
Purdy's and laid him down Doc Bur-
rige came. He looked sorrowful and
didn't give us much encouragement.
" 1t went through the lungs, boys" he
says There's internal hemorrhage
He's got a chance; but it's slim He
needs a good woman nurse"
Frisco" said Larry" 'Frisco's
the only place Who'll undertake to 60
to Reno and telegraph for herr"
Here's me- says Happy Jack,
quick.
Larry pulled a handful of twenties
breeches' pocket Hump yourself, I
says. Telegraph from Reno for the be.
bay. Pay any price; but come quick!
sand if you have to- Wait and bring h
Mocking Bird that's wantin' it.
Doc Burrige picked me out to stay wi
drove the crowd away, and we two w
what was left of the night with the wo
1t was hard hurt. Not once since the
Mocking Bird spoken. He gasped for
gritted his teeth in agony.
Old man Henderson came down fror
next day, and heard it first thing He tc
ward how the news went out there
per time when he got back The old
that something was out of line with him
inquiry.
The Mocking Bird shot in Lone Pine
he said.
Deary put down her utensils. Hen,
on with the details, telling how bad t
Bird was hurt, and that they had sent
to Frisco for woman nurse because
had said he must have one They
through, and she ought to be here in {
he concluded.
Deary rose from the table. "Mr. H
want my horse and man to ride with
know the trail"
Mrs. Henderson protested. 1t was i
Perhaps it was improper, mother, '
his arm around me down in the creek thu
never felt that way about it. Besides
who suffers needs a woman Eight day
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must have Margaret if there was one in town. So
l hiked for Dearys room Come as quick as you
can!' l told her through the crack. Il think he's
half conscious
She hadn't even undressed and she was there in
three shakes. Her eyes were as wide as his When
he saw her he tried to sit up. She went gently to
him and put her hand on his For long time the
two looked at each other Her eyes fairly bored
into him. His face was clouded in questioning
doubt. At last when the strain had got so far that
I ready to myself, great smile stole
over his paleness and lighted it up
Margaret" so softly.
Sweetheart" just as softly.
The Mocking Bird travelled the home trail so fast
that it wasn't than two weeks till Doc Burrige
came smiling in day when we were Ginning,
and said "Rird all yor, pee1 now &c
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Is IN one DAY when we were GINNING,
and said, Bird, all you need now is
good long rest in a quiet place. You
don need me any more"
How would Henderson's ranch do,
docto 7" asked Deary
J,.st the thing" said Doc, who ha
grown big interest in Deary. Take
him up there"
On one of those good old after
Moons which we know in this coun-
try, l was the oficious but dead
willing person who said the words
lawfully welded wife of Gentry Wynne
Darlington, the former of New York;
the latter formerly of Washington, but
lately the hooking Bird of Lone Pine.
1t was all done quietly. After supper
when the moon came UP | strolled down
by the horse block to have a session
with myself had Back East pref
ty bad. While l sat there under the
shadow of eucalyptus, they came
down the path to the gate and leaned
on it.
Il never intended to mention it,
sweetheart, till after we-we-were
married. Why did you do it? Why
did you 60 away SO suddenly like that,
with only that brief note of farewell to
me? 1t wasn't like you, dear? Didn't
you think could stand that expulsion
Tell mel"
Il knew you could stand it, my Mar
garet; I couldn't stand for you to
stand it. That was the trouble When
the order came to me, Expelled from
the army and commission revoked for
common drunkenness (he'd taken
two known drinks in Lone Pine, II
couldn't come to you with that record.
If the u S. A was too good for me, you
were a million miles out of my reach.
wandered some after left New York
and you Finally the Fates landed me
down there in Lone Pine, and then you
came. What mighty hand guided you
so truly, dear?"
And Larry's?"
''Ah, that's hard for you, isn't it!
That was what they call at home COM
mercial instinct The old gentleman
used to say to me that when l came
to town to settle should look about
me and see what business in the place
showed the greatest prosperity. Get
into that was his notion. 1t looked
to me as if Larry was absorbing about
Ill @1,o -, :~,+o
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-23

Miss Barnes and Mr.. Harwood have
returned from visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
w. II. Boynton, Of Hamptonl Va.
Miss Louise Word has returned from
q visit to friends at Virginia Beach.
Miss Kate James is the Eueat Of her
niece, Mrs. John Tabb. ut Summerville.
in Gloucester county.
Misses Ella and Susie Danncr arc
visiting their aunt Mrs Ella Harris
at Middletown. Va.
Lieutenant Harry Hodges. United
States Army: Mrs. Hodges and their
little daughter arc visiting relatives
here.
Miss Ethel BEDFORD has returned
from Il visit to the family of Mr.
George Todd, In olncy Road. Norfolk.
Master Ivan Howard. son of Mr..
G. /. Howard. who was so badly burned
by an explosion of gunpowder on July
4th, Is rapi idly improving.
Miss Moselle Robins is spending the
summer with relatives in Detroit, ST
Claire and other places In Michigan
Before returning she will visit Niagara
Falls by way Of tho Lakes.
Mrs. Virginius II. Wyatt and Miss
Florence Wyatt are visiting Mr. and
Mrs Thomas Byers. OF STAIN ton, Va. q
Mrs Charles T. Point, Mrs. Charles
~. Point. Mrs. W. E. Purcell and Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Myers have returned
from Newport News, Va
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Richmond, July 21st,
EnYIy Closing.
The Time s. Dispatch

Editor Of The Times Dispiatch:
thizedt With the statesmen In the long
SHTs Ssy are Tsauras tG l" arasnp
curing tbc summer months Is there
any necessity tor. this. custoomers can
remedy this evil by MAKING 8, thGlr e pnp-
Ing. The cltl2ena Of Isiehmom,i I, can Z
merchants see that their customers ar are
favorable to the shorter hours IL
tive and a thoughtful and eoIn9sidera |! e !,
pubic viii approve, thslf a a,,rfen a IN
the contrary the grateful. 7, aale : =
would DO nclted to even \, !, Ereatsr ao aGo
would show their appreciation ~ IT.
eral patronage. have no dlslops'-
lt!on to suggest how q business I, -, mla ~
shall condnct his business, pitf eal,ll e,
CLOSING on Saturday d1lring q !. ,s J, !.
liner. seems So desirable 10 ne ,sb,,a
heartily give expression tcHthe' apo ''f
sentiments. III xii En- X !, M N ~ Il WI
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Personal AND GENERAL.

Great Britain owns more land OF North
America than the United states.
Los Angeles has over thlrty-five women
who are earning their living as BARRIERS.
The length OF tho foot should be one
sixth the height of n well-formed person.
The number of persons TO the square
mile In this country is seventeen, while In
England 1t is $50.
a Lander tCclD man, called to serve on
n Jury, tried 10 get off by claiming he was
too big for such work.
In Lewiston, Me-, there isyR young woman
cobbler, md in New York state u blacksmith
SHOP ip sun by three women,
An engineer In East lava claims to have
invented an implement with which two mef
can cut eighteen tons Of sugar-cane day.
The new harbor works at Toxic vii, cos,
about 10000 ooo. The money is being raised
by The Japanese government by foreiGr
loan.
The railroads. Of England and Ireland ar,
tnf different gauge Those Of ireland arr
nvo feet three: Of England. four feet eigh
and one half inches.
In round hgires the area Of India Il
/ 5000 square milas; The United States
Sboo,ooo, and Russia. Including Siberia
/ 5000. 600. sA5 s.g,3sFS s
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WHAT'S THE NATTER WITH TEXAS

WHAT'S. THE MATTER WITH fiiAA , 8
An sobservant subscriber in Danville
writes us IS follows:
Editor Of The Times Dispatch,
Sir,-What Is the matter with Texas?
And Houston? To satisfy my curios-
.itv won't you kindly publish why you
are continually making fun (in a good
natured way) of poor old Texas, and,
incidentally, If she has brainstorms,
etc. what can we do in the interest.
Of humanity and civilization to put her
on her feet once more-that is, If she
ever hasEbeen? s6s54i IA
II OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ding as,purrt editorial
sarcasms 50 long about Texas that |
can't help but inquire as to her condl-
| ton. etc.
This letter reached us some ten days
ago. We have weakly suppressed 1T
for that length of time, because the
magnitude of the task here so lightly
imposed fairly appalled, us. We saw
at a glance that to tell our CORE
spondent conscientiously all that is the
matter with Texas would require the
entire time of The Times-Dispatch staff
all during the warm months. This
being out of the question, We now in
form him. succ!nctly, that there is
nothing the matter with Texas. except
Texas. That, to raraphrasc Talley-
rand, is Texass only fault.
Texas Is a great big untamed sec
ton Of the earth's surface, situated
somewhat north Of the Equator, and
inha bited by cattle with fair sprink-
ling Of humans The proportion was
about four to one In 1900, with the
cattle gaining. Texas also produces
cotton, corn, forty horsepower onions
and a fruit locally known as water
melon, but said to be indistingulshable
elsewhere from pumpkin or squash
Ieaas's most famous product, how
ever. is the man-eating cyclone
1 which insures draft In the State after
Houston Post has gone to bed
but has a decimating effect upon the
population. Only the exceptionally
hardy survive, it is said the molly.
i Goodies being snuffed out like SO many
candles
1 Texas got into the Union In 1916
and that still remains, no doubt, The
biggest thing she ever did. A Vir
gilman, Sam Houston, put the thirt
through for her Virginia has Away
been. and is now, glad to help Texa!
| In every possible way Our correspon
dent is in error. however, in suppos
ing that she needs to lie put OF
her feet" at this time Texas Is OF
her feet--nnd humping big feet the
are--and is giving every evidence o
an intention to trow up into fin
State some day. Critics of Texas mus
always bear in mind that she is sti,
very, very young.
What's the matter with Texas? Wei
: what's the matter with Kansas? w
ANSWER, emphalically and by the sioga
! they're all right. Only give thel
7 time and don't scold, replen!berim
: through everything that boys will /
, boys.
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ter stands very much lower than the
apparent temperature OF the air. This
Is caused by the fact that the Fahrcn-
Hhelt thermometer and the human BODY
gauge the heat in different ways The
human body has n much more complex
system. The Thermometer docs not
generate any heat of its own. All IL
does is to measure the temperature u
the air. The mercury In 1t rises with
the heat of the air, Irrespective OF
other atmospheric conditions.
But the human body has TO take
account Of the heat. density ana moSa-
mcnt Of tic air, and several other
factors besides. The body IS Itself
a heat engine. and is all the tine gen
Grating heat as a bN-product IN the
alchemy by which 1t converts food Into
bone and sincw and this heat has 20
he got rid Of somehow. 1T follows
that anything which checks the dis
posal OF this heat will raise the tenn
peraturc of the body.
There are three ways by which l',is
T. r .
heat Is disposed of--conductlon. rad'a-
ton and evaporation BY condnctinn
tho body tries to strike an average
with the temperature about 1t. and
naturally this Is at a maximum III
winter The wind, too, is n great Gle
1nent in conduction. This Is a matter
of common experience.
Tho amount Of heat lost by radiation
depends on the temperature and 81
dating powers Of surrounding objects.
Most heat prostrations. are due to the
checking Of radiation. as by the pres
tence Of many persons crowded to-
gcthcr and OF hot walls and pave
mcnts.
In the summertime corductlon Is
only useful In a breeze. The human
body and the air have nearly equal
temperatures for CONJUNCTION In stu
mir. Evaporation Is then the chief
reliance. The change of water into
vupor gets rid of heat and a working
man may throw off In perspration
{. or per cent of his weight in the
course Of day in the harvest field.
But evaporation requires dry air. and
if the air is saturated to start with, It
cannot be expected to absorb the per-
SEPARATION any more than would wet
piece Of plotting paper. 1t is this
which makes humidity such an enemy
to midsummer comfort. and the heat
OF the Red Sea. at Fahrenheit tern
perature of 30 degrees more unbear-
able than the "hot winds" OF india,
which are dry, but show temperature
sometimes Of lis degrees. Figures Ike
these almost justify the irrepressiole
Bromide in his oft-repeated plant.
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country suffer correspondence from
this depopulation.
The last few decades have brought
widely different development in
Virginia. Confronted by the problem
Of readJusting itself to entirely new
conditions, the farming industry is
each year being placed on a sounder
and more permanent footing.
Our farmers are annually absorbing
and applying businesslike methods
farming is a business on q large scale,
with unending possibilities OF leakage,
which must be closely watched. Tho
plantation Of fifty years ago Is now
divided into smaller farms, because
farmers are realizing that there Is no
need to pay taxes on land which is no
use to them. Intensive farming Is
largely replacing the extensive system
Of former times. Tobacco is more and
more being eliminated from the Vir-
ginia farmers routine of crops, be-
cause it eXhausts valuable properties
of the soil, Instead, crops are favored
that restore each year Strength to the
land. and scientific rotation Of crops
is very generally adopted. This pro-
gressivc upbuilding Of agriculture has
taken place in the face Of the Vir-
gina farmers labor problem. 1t may
be that to a certain extent the labor
difficulties have been indirectly help
full because by them the farmer has
been forced to practice intensive farm
ing by only cultivatng such land as
he himself and his family can care
for. At any rate, modern invention
has greatly relieved this difficulty, and
the present day farmer uses machines
which enable one man to- do the work
of several. No stronger " evidence of
the growing prosperity Of the Virginia
farming communities could be found.
than the rapid establishment of coun-
try banks, which is always steady
and permanent sign Of prosperity.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-23
rosTroNE 1IQr0n CASE. J

Charles Hall and George Hnnnlster await
M 6s Their Lawyer.
The case Of Charles Hall and George Ban
Mister, charged With selling LIQUOR from the
.CapItal City Club to non-lnembers. was post
ippned yesterday morning until Thuraaay, y,
order 10 await he.arriyal of Mr.. IA n.
smith. counsel for the accused,
E5 ID. a.. Rogers. of Zuni, Va, and III. d. Fair
SON. n OF 3Jaclssonvile. Fla, are the Witnesses
against the men, and both were put under
4 400 bond for their appearance at he hear
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-23
Harris Z
nti-Dyspeptic Water
,FHoNEf 1882,

'FHONEt 1882. IN 4
u. A. Morris CO.. Inc:
;f Gentlemen,-I have used the HARRIS
ANTI-DYSPEPTlC WATER for the past
year, and I have found It very beneficial
to me. Before commenced to use It
I suffered a great deal with Sick Head
ache ana Flatulence. Since I began to
use it have been almost entirely relieved
OF these troubles. I do not hesitate to
recommend 1t to any one who Is SUI.
ferer from Indigestion.
B. RAND. WELLFoRD.
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The best kind of glory. no doubt,
is TINT which IS reflected from h"n-
eSty.-CONlcy.
JUDGE rRlrcHARD's INJUNCTION

JUDGE PRITCHARD's INJUNCTION.
Affairs have reachee! point in the
conflict between the State and Federal
courts in North Carolina which will
make every thoughtful citizen trust
that nothing further will be done
to strain a situation that is already
far too tense for ra tional thinking or
calm action. In another column The
Times-Dispatch gives an interesting
and accurate account from exception
ally we'll informed sources of the
heated campaign that eliminated in
tho reduction of passenger rates.
which was the cause of the present
contest in North Carolina.
Wise legislation and statesnan-lil<e
care for rights of the railroads or
best service for the public arc not
developed by such appeals and argu-
ments as led the North Carolina
Lesislature to finally adopt laws now
being contested. ] is useless now
however. to discuss the possibilities
taAotR- diiotliSi AN'uiaN. iit ubNSliHi
how best to deal with this condition
ano' no matter what the outcome may
be it is beyond all doubt the part
OF true citizenship to prevent as far
as possible any further evaporation.
One would think that the rail-
roads were about to work irreparable
and fearful damage to the most treas
4ured lives and heirlooms OF the Old
fact. it is simply a question of a
slight reduction in passenger rates.
which it seems 10 the railroads cons
fiscationsto grant, and to the State
8 contumacy TO refuse. The amount at
issue in dollars and cents is utterly
insignificant. The principle which
gives States the right to regulate
railroad rates is not denied. The sole
point at issue.is t@iI sreasonableness Of
the regulation and, the propriety OF
Interference by Judge Prtchard In
few months at best the latter 1ues-
#tion will be definitely determined by
the Supreme Court Of the United
States. In the interim no great harm
can by any possibility be done the
travelling public of North Carolina
This public, however, may, through
its clamor and demands. force a con
fict between State and Federal au-
thorities that is not only unnecessar,
and unwise but can be productive o
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-23
Going Out Of Town?

Subscribers WHO leave the city
temporarily should have rho Times
Dispatch mailed thcm. Addressed
will be changed as often az re-
uucstcd.
nbUut Richmond affairs only through
The Tincs-Disnntch.
Before leaving mail or phone
your address to this office. phone
4041, City Circulation Department..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-23
QUIET DAYS NOW
ON CAPITOL HILL
Warm Weather and Out-ofs
Town Business Sending
Officials Away.
GOVERNOR LEAVES vs.: TO-DAY Y
Case OF Fourteen-Year-Old Ne
gro Boy Sentenced to
Death.
GOVERNOR LEAVES TO-DAY

Warm weather and business out Of
town are sending number of State
officials away from the Capitol, and
those who have the opportunity are
glad to leave for breathing spell in
the country.
Governor Swanson will ienvc Rich
nlond this morning for Chincoteagus
Island with the Board Of Fisheries. and
,afleravis,ting there lie Will seek recre-
alton, leaving the Office In charge OF
Private Secretary Owens.
Commissioned Of Labor p oherty Went
TO Jamestown yesterday to- attend the
convention OF officers or tho Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
State Superintendent OF Public In
s.ruction Eggleston is awLy on u
weeks trip in the interest OF his de-
partment.
Attorney General Anderson came
back to the city yesterday feeling
much refreshed as a result OF his trip.
Tha other officials are coming and go-
| Ing, and summer duiiness Is prevalent
l5oround the public Offices.
Fonrtcen-Yenr-O Murderer.
On his return to the city from Chin.
coteague Island Governor Swanson
viii consider tho appeal submitted In
Ebehalf of Otis Williams. a negro boy
l5of Danyille. who has been sentenced
Ito death on the galows on August
I'd. The date of execution had been
fixed in July. but respite was grant
4 cd, and now there Is plea for COM
mutation. According to the Common
twealth's Attorney, who has written
4 the Governor on the subject, there
i Is no reason for clemency except on
4 account OF the negroes age The Gov
ernor was not disposed to act until
A he had heard from the trial judge
Williams is fourteen years OF age
He was playing cards at the time OF
( the homicide. and several OF those
Ia the game charged that one of the
4 negroes had cheated Williams out Of
4 ten cents. They told him TO shoot, II
llis claimed. and the boy promptly did
A so. He was convicted of first degree
3|sriTder. and the prosecuting officer
\ contends that it was a brutal crime
/ lfor which there was practically nc
1 classification.
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cha than, 81 he county seat OF Pittsyl-
vania. but who Is at present making
in this, city, and who Is
the. proprietor, with associates, of va
8rious undeveloped copper mines Pin
North Carolina. has justreturned from
a yisit to Swain bcounty.5in that State
where he, and his associates expect ia
develop rich veins, Talking TO num-
her Of friends at Murphy's last night
Mr., Moon said, Tile wealth of copper
Ia be found in Virginia and NORTH
Garolina.8is hard to estimate. Soonei
dr later5tha5two States VIII find theii
.greatest wealth. In copper"
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a Classical Allusion.

It ~ ~ Il
Editor of The Times. Dispatch:
Sr,-The query In your issue Of to-
day Sunday concerning Judaeus
|Apella and the Latin sentence quoted
is fully answered by referring to the
famous Fifth Satire" Of the Latin
poet Horace. in which he Describes the
journey he made from Rome to fsrun-
disium In company with his patron,
an official mission.
they arrived at the little seacoast town
angry waters. where, It was said In
temple melted without the aid Of heat
Horace, who was a follower of Epicn-
rus. refused to believeathe story, which
The dismissed with the sneering Ian,
guage quoted in the query. "Creda
Judaeus Anella; non ego"--The Je"
lApclla may believe it: not /.
| Apelia is not a Jewish name. 5but
ILatinized form of the Greek Apelles
! In IIoraces day there We're man!
4 Grecian Jews living in&Rome. and lhe
Iphilosophic Romans had great con
tempt for the miraculous stories tina
these Jews told about their. early his
4 torvs as mavete seen from the Wrltng:
|of Horace, Tacitus and Juvenal
1 Apclla. then. was probably Q Sire car
lIsw living II, 5 Rome. at the Tune
4 Horace, who by relating l1lir'ic = = hp o.
lstories about the early history OF M
race became In the eyes .of the 80
mans n synonym for a credmlons ia, ~
Richmond, July 21st,
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Senator Daniel says that Senator
Culberson would make a safe Presi-
dent. and maybe he would. What we
are looking for just now, however, is
Il safe candidate.
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The photographers Union appears to
be resortng to every known device
to endear Themselves to the general
public. Now they have started slug
ging Cong ressmen.