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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-04
WENT THROUGH FOOT.

Daniel Mccormick Injuries Himself
with Iccplck.
While cutting a 100-pound ice cake.
Daniel Mccormick, an ice man, yes
terday stuck brass pick through his
foot The blow caused an ugly and
serious wound. over which DR.. Wood
son, OF the Ambulance Corps, worked
for some time. Mccormick was taken
home In the ambulance
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-04
BeachHotel,

WILLOUGHBY BEACH, VA.
VIA Ocean FicwJ
Open for the season June II. 1901.
situation just opposite jamestown
Exposition Grounds-hfteen minutes
by boat or trolley: $500 per day and
up. American plan. Fresh sea food
daily from the Chesapeake Bay. zine
fish ing, bathing. Music and dancing
every evening from to 1870.
II. S. PARKER, Manager.
Take car opposite Atlantic Hotel.
Main Street, Norfolk, marked "Old
Point Express" or "Willoughby Local"
direct to the hotel.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-04

to get proper title to the property Sc
lected for the site. 1T Is hoped this
difficulty will soon be removed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-04
Manhattan Square Hotel

West 18th Street onc-half block from
Central Park Opposite the Museum OF
Natural History. NEW YORK CITY.
New fire-proof hotel. 400 rooms, 100 pri-
vate baths. Reasonable rates for summer
season. Rooms reserved by wire Mt our ex-
ponso. The most convenient and QuieteHt
location in the city. 10 minutes from read
Ing shops and theatres.
JOHN c. PALMER. Manager.
c. s. TAYLOR, Asst Manager.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-04
Beachmont Cottage

yarandas. large, airy rooms. electric lights,
Gne bathing Special terms to parties, OK
nosttion or transient visitors. Get on car,
i,ny shore Pavilion and look for sign. l1
II. LUCAS Ocean View, Va
STOCKTON HOTEL. Cape May N u
For information. rates, etc. ad sress r. u.
s. Cake, Hotel Normnndle. washington y,
g.. or Horace NJ Cake. Proprietor. CAPE
May. N. ].
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06

It proves the vigor Of the man Of today.
Because there is nothing more tiresome
than the platitude and yet the man of to-
day bears the strain of it without fatigue
1t is common to meet with an exhortatton
that runs something like this:
Fellow Citizens: Goodness Is the quality
of being good. and goodness is better than
badness, for badness is the quality of being
bad. Hence, to be good is better than to
be bad. for if you are good you are not
bad, for he who Is bad is not good. There
fore good citizenship is better than bad
citizenship and bad citizenship worse than
good citizenship" Cheers and tumultuous
applause from the gallery)
Some excellent specimens of the plati-
tude are handed out by young Mr.. Rookie
Teller. In his address last Sunday he is
reported to have said:
Many men and women marry too care
lessly these days. 1t means everything to
a man to have sympathetic wife. Too
many mems lives are wrecked by careless
or hasty marriages"
He might have made the same observa-
tons about women. 1T means everything
to a woman to have a sympathetic hus-
band Too many women's lives are wrecked
by careless or hasty marriages."
All this Is the very triteness of trite-
ness. Everyone knows this. 1t is obvious
1t is universal observation; 1t Is common
experience. Soon these pretended phil
osophers who for one reason or another
are enabled to gain a hearing, will be tell
ing the world with wise shakes of the
head, and an eloquent wave of the hand
that water is wet, ice Is cold and heat is
warm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
Dropping the Letters.

The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company is engaged just now in a refor-
nation somewhat similar to the recent un-
successful attempt Of President Roosevelt
to cut several useless letters out of the
official photography But the telephone
company's propaganda differs in that 1t Is
both successful and unqualifedly popular.
It is resulting in a general abandonment OF
the terminals of the telephone calls that
cause so much annoyance and delay. No
longer will Mr.. Blanks phone be distin-
guished from Mr.. Dash's phone by being
known as "Y," whereas that Of Mr.. Dash
Is known as IN" No more must the per-
son who wants to talk with Mrs. A. call
forth the long formula Of word. numerals
and letter that so sorely taxes the memory
and the ear.
This Is a happy release. OF late years
the telephone use has become so universal
that the numbers have grown apace. The
installation of the branch stations intro
duced a new element Of temporary public
confusion and the "party-line'' designations
seemed to be invented mainly to give rise
to mistakes.
No more will the harried 'phone-user hear
the cry, whats your letter?' No more
will he get connection and be interrupted
by the suggestion that he is talking to the
wrong party" He will be relieved of at
least half of his worries when that bother
some terminal letter has been snapped of
the string.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06

Last nights fire in the commission house
district emphasizes the desirability of the
purchase by the government of the property
lying between Pennsylvania avenue and
the Mall. Though quickly extinguished in
Consequence of the prompt response and
excellent work of the fire department the
fire was potential for widespread damage
and possibly loss of life. The buildings
In this district are old and highly infam
mable the nature of their use rendering
them a menace. Yet the owners of this
property are not likely to improve 1t, owing
to the belief that sooner or later the United
States will take 1t for public building pur-
poses So these old, flimsy. unsightly
structures remain from year to year,
terror to firemen and a blot on the local
landscape. 1t is only fair to Washington
that Congress promptly act in this matter
and declare it 10 be the purpose of the
government to acquire all this land. The
space is needed for the building needs of
the government, and every consideration OF
public welfare suggests that the bargain be
struck now when values are lower than
they will ever be again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
A Fish Out of Water.

Since his overthrow by Mr.. Hartman in
their contest over railroad properties Stuy-
vesant Fish has been In pessimistic mood.
Adversely not infrequently has that effect
on man. It is not difficult for him to be-
lieve that his fate is soon to be 1.-The COM
mon fate of ALL" and so he raises danger
signals and warns the world
Things industrial look threatening to Mr..
Fish. He sees a crisis approaching, and
has been telling a New York newspaper
about It, Whether or not his views will af-
feet the situation remains to be seen.
Many have read them. Some agree with
them. But everybody thinking about them
should remember the conditions under
which Mr.. Fish speaks. If he had not lost
control of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company we should probably not be read
ing him in this vein today.
Passing from things industrial to things
political. Mr.. Fish says:
I'm so far as our political parties. repub-
lican and democratic, concerned no cr1-
sis can arise before the presidential contest
of 1908. But if In the meanwhile We were
to have an Industrial crisis, accompanied
by general stagnation and discomfort. the
unemployed and disconnected would judg-
ing from past experience, flock to the pan
ner of Mr.. Bryan or possibly Mr.. Hearst"
This is something like Mr.. Fish is right
in this. He has the record to support him.
AS the party in power usually claims the
credit for good times, 1t is invariably
charged with bad times II a change takes
place during its supremacy Given talk
ing In of sail by great business operators,
the Tightening of the money market, and
the closing of many manufacturing estab-
lishments, and you may look, nine times
out of ten. for thousands Of changes from
one party to another. and maybe for a
change in the control of the government.
The augmentation superficial. and
sometimes disastrously misleading-is that
a change must bring good results. Voters
are urged to give the other side a trial.
They may have several times after due
consideration rejected the other side. They
may have been convinced that its policies
were wrong, and those policies may now re-
main unchanged. and be more unwise than
ever. But as something is wrong with affairs,
voters are told by the spellbinders that the
thing to do Is to turn the ms out and put
the outs in, and all will be well.
What the effect would be of turning over
affairs in times of industrial depression and
unrest to a leader who, like Mr.. Bryan
believes in free silver, a close approach to
free trade, and government ownership and
operation Of railroads. ought not to be diff
ficult to determine Swapping the devil for
witch was never esteemed a good bar
gain. And yet in such a case that would
be the sum total Of the performance which
should set Mr.. Bryan and his friends to
mending situation produced by long con-
tinued prosperity and recklessness growing
out of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06

care for the severe things that men and
newspapers may say about him now when
this time next year they may be standing
at his side urging him to do his utmost
with his well-known means to advance
policies and the claims of some politicians
they hold in favor? Such thing often
happens. 1t is, indeed. indigenous to New
York. One year friend, the next year q
foe
On the other side of the fence we see
Gov. Hughes standing as yet almost alone.
His friends are watching him with ad-
mira ton, but with concern. They will re-
spond when he needs them and gives the
signal, but they we'll understand that to
win he must have more than their support.
What will the machine do? There is still
machine. Mr.. Odell is at present I'M
demonstrative, but not asleep. Mr.. Platt
is infirm, but still senator. Both men
are vigilant, and each has something of
following They know a full crib, and if
the Hughes crib buges with good things
they will try to find their way to 1t. But
they will readily take the other direc-
ton if 1t will profit them anything.
1t is this situation which leads many
people to hope that as time passes both
more to other sections for the solution Of
the next presidential problem The more
they study New York the less they are
inclined to follow peculiar and uncer-
tain a leadership
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
THE PASSING OF The PASS.
From the Atlanta Journal.

From the Atlanta Journal
The passing Of the pass is q theme worthy
the thought of some anguished poet.
From the Buffalo Express.
The big railroad accidents may tend to
make former users of passes somewhat re-
signed to new conditions.
From the Chicago Evening Post.
The railway pass has passed. 1t remains
for the politicians to name the new trump.
VIII they make 1t club?
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
We believe the legislature reserved the
free pass as one of their perquisites. but it
is heavy clog on the footsteps of duty.
From the Milwaukee Journal
Without railway passes and with civil
service examination in sight, prospective
employees of the legislature aren't SO happy
this new year.
From the Indianapolis News
Still the prospect of a 2-cent fare on the
railroads isn't much comfort to tie man
who saw his annual pass miserabiy expire
from the Vaccinations of the law.
From the Birmingham Age Herald.
Don't try to renew your railroad pass,
for 1t is not renewable this year. This is
not that kind Of q year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
New York and the Next Race.

Why lecture Mayor Mcclellan, as some
of the New York papers are doing. about
playing machine politics against Mr.. Muir
ply? What other politics does he repre-
sent? What other politics does he under
stand? By what other means could he
hope to make an Impression on the people
he is trying 10 influence? From the ma
chine he came, and TO the machine he must
appeal in his hours of trouble Other ref
uge has he none. 1t is all very well to
talk about the higher political walks and
tell the young. mayor that he should tread
them. but the simple truth is that he never
did tread them, and probably doesn't know
the way. He has reached his present pace
by the Tammany path and under Tam
many guidance. and he cannot rise higher
than his source.
Tine New York field now is practically a
national field aud the game as played there
Is OF national concern. And this is true
of one party as of the other This McClel-
Ian Murphy row may go merrily on for
months, with first one and then the other
man ahead but in the end both will have
to bow to the party's edict respects the
national contest and work together for
the partys good. What does Mr.. Murphy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
Our Titled President.

The worst fears of the ultra republicans
of this free country are realized. The Pres
ident of the republic, a plain citizen for the
nonce assigned to a certain office of execu-
tive responsibility, whom some other plain
citizens begrudge even the de signation of
''Excellency,' has been given title. In
fact, he has been given a whole string of
titles. The worst has happened, and never
again can these same plain citizens, who
scent monarchism in every pageant and alb
solutism In every swing of the big stick,
hold up their heads before the world and
lay their hands upon their swelling bosoms
and pose as members of free land where
all men are equal and titles at a discount
For now comes the Sultan of Morocco, him
self parsonage whose baptismal name Is
smothered in laudatory and more or less
hyperbolical designations of rank, glory and
perfection, and addresses the President Of
the United States after this fashion, so
dear to the oriental mind and SO redolent
of perfume and cigarette smoke:
1.-The Beloved. the Most Cherished the
Exalted, the Most Gracious Friend Most
Honored and Excellent President of the
Republic of the United States of America
Who Is the Pillar of it's Great Influence
and the Director of it's Most Important At
fairs, the Most Celebrated Preserver of the
Ties of True Friendship, the Faithful
Friend, Theodore Roosevelt"
What is to be done to save the palladium
of our liberties from the ruthless grasp OF
the vandals? Has the spirit of '76 ceased
to dwell in the breasts of our people, or
have we still the courage to tell our COM
plmentary friend over in Morocco to wake
up and write again?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
Kuropatkin,

The report that General EUROPA tkin who
has been refused in Russia, has found q
publisher In Germany for his history of the
Russo-Japanese war Is good If true. II
ought to be a very interesting and instruct
i've work. Although he failed in Manchuria
he Is still a master of the art Of war, and
whatever he says on the subject is sure OF
attention. He found chaos in the Russian
ranks. and he 80 far restored order as to
withdraw the forces in fairly good shape
before the conquering Japanese. Victory
to him was impossible. We may wonder
at his temerlty in going outside of his
masters domain to publish observations
prohibited there. Russia is sensitive, and
will long remain So on the subject Of hel
appalling Manchurian misadventure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
OUR DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
1t begins to look as though Joe Cans
were a greater hero than Mingo Sanders.
From the Newark Evening News.
The proposition to hold argument with
Professor Jeffries does not, however, appeal
with much force to the keen intellect OF
the Hon. Tommy Burns.
From the Chicago Record Herald.
The Hon. kid Herman may be num-
bered with those who hope bad beginning
may be followed by good ending.
From the Detroit Journal
The new year at least opens with a sat
isfying solution of the vexatious problem
the relative disfguring potentialities Of
Messrs. Cans and Herman.
From the Dayton News.
Jim Jeffries, the prize fighter says his
wife won't let him re-enter the ring for
a bout If Jim were like some of the other
pugilists he would first put his wife out
Of the fighting and then do as he pleased.
From the New York World.
The mother of Joe Cans telegraphs her
battling boy: Keep stepping. joe" 1t Is
thus that the Spartan matfon Of modern
times encourages her SON to victory
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
The Platitude.

The platitude seems to share in the gen.
eral prosperity. There seems to be wider
market for the platitude than was ever
known before. That there Is a strong de-
mand for the platitude is the only plausible
reason to account for it's enormous produc-
ton. Men deliver the platitude from the
pulpit the platform and from high station
In official life as though they were enun-
ciating a gem of purest ray serene; other
men list to the platitude as though 1t were
a bit OF wisdom new-minted from a sage's
brain.
Perhaps the days we live may not only
be called the ''age of graft but the period
of the platitude."
There is one consolation in the platitude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
TRAIN WRECKS.

From the Chicago News.
Were the railroads trying to crowd all
of the wrecks into last year? Let us hope
at least that the new year will show i'm
prOVement
From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
Another of the railroads policies that will
probably have to be reformed by legislation
Is their accident policy.
From the Rochester Herald.
A man who kills his one victim is guilty
of manslaughter or murder. The engineer
who kills his twenty is guilty Of an acct
dent.
From the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
It looks as IL the railroad companies
wanted to get the wrecks off their hands
before New Year sets In.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The block system had just been installed
on the road where that Kansas collision oc-
Cured. Perhaps the railroads are bent
upon proving that 1t Is a positive danger
as well as an unnecessary expense.
From the Nashville Banner.
1t is now in order to block the railroad
block system so as to protect the trains.
From the New York American.
Train wrecks are becoming so common
that on hearing of one we no longer say
How Dreadful but Lucky no more
were killed.
From the Louisville Courier Journal.
AS 52S6 miles of railroad were built in the
United States In 1906 there is every prospect
that in 1907 America will break her records
for head and rear end collisions, track
jumping and sideswipes.
From the Springfield Union.
Again the fallibility of the human agent,
and as a result some 80 lives are snuffed
out and two-score injured, this time in
Kansas. When will the railroads learn that
a satisfactory block signal system is cheap
err than wrecked engines and cars and sac
rificed and MANNED human beings?
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
It is a pity that with all the strides made
by science railway horrors like the one that
occurred near Washington cannot be pre-
vented.
From the Worcester Evening Gazette.
1t is becoming more apparent each year
that the real trouble with American rail-
roads Is that managers are chosen for their
ability to squeeze out dividends rather
than for talent in making ira MS run
safely and on time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
NO NEWS.

I've heard OF modest maidens who
Though lovely, never guessed 1t.
I couldn't say II II be true.
I've had no chance to test It.
But kittys not at all that kind
I've reason to suppose it
Because she's neither deaf nor blind.
She's pretty and she knows 1t.
She never shows so much surprise.
Or even says / fatter,
When l remark her hair or eyes;
1t bores her, for that matter.
It's no great secret; IL IL were
] wouldn't have disclosed IT;
But all l gets a chilly stare.
She's pretty and she knows 1t.
For ardent suitors by the score
Forever flock round Kitty.
Quite often she's been told before
She's wonderfully pretty;
And IL she felt the least distrust
Her mirror daily shows it.
That's why it fills her with disgust.
She's pretty and she knows it.
Chicago News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
ALMOST SAFE.

Bow down. We people, and submit
Unto the laws decree, to wit:
That none shall deal I'm food unfit
For mortals TO consume.
No more can Uncle Sam endure
The sale of edibles impure.
Hence those that thus offend for sure
Will meet an awful doom.
The enterprisng candy man.
Whose wares are underneath a ban,
Must dump em in the garbage can
Without an hours delay.
Those sweets on which the children gloat,
Resplendent In their glowing coat
OF paint, have not a chance remote
OF further holding sway.
The little folks Will vafnly weep
For sugar plnms at prices cheap.
They'll have to stand tarin steep
Because the law denies
The right to sap and undermine
The public health with those malign
Authorizations saccharine
That infants most do prize
The same injunction also knocks
All kinds OF food unorthodox
Put up in bucket, can or box,
With labels that deceive.
The fakir that has long relied
On borax and formaldehyde
Must put these condiments aside,
Or dire results achieve.
Likewise the wicked druggist who
Is known for gain to mix or brew
DECEASED decoctions must eschew
Such arts and plainly state
On ev'ry package what's within.
The use Of subterfuges thin
VIII constitute a deadly sin
Which he must expiate.
Wherefore rejoice. good people all.
Since food that's pure has now the call.
No thought OF poison need appal
Souls timid and discreet.
without a tremor ye may haunt
The feed shop and the candy plant.
Henceforth-what more could mortals want p
It's almost safe to eat.
-Pittsburg Gazette Times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
1907

Still shall legal battles wage
Writ, subpoena and repievin;
Still we may the laws delay
ProDhesy for 1907.
Still shall men procr1stinate
Till the clock shall strike eleven;
And manana be the cry
In the DAYS Of 1907.
Still the day shall combat night.
In the lump shall work the leaven,
And the good at last shall win
In the days of 1907.
Still this sinful world shall grow
Just a little nearer heaven.
Here this verse Will have to close
Used all rhymes for 1907.
-NcIAndburgh Wilson In the New Yogk Times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
A Humble Appreciation.

You 'preciate the people who. when sorrow
comes your way,
Come round to sympathize and know jes'
what's polite to say.
There is others, too, whose voices aren't
very often heard;
In fact, they lend a helpin' hand an never
say word,
Cause now an then you find friend that
seems to know the way
To help you an jes' does 1t an there amt
no words to say.
Kind words are more than coronets You
value them lot;
But how you love the Teller that was
Johnny on the spot!'
1 don't approve of slang. but every now an
then you see
Some phrase that tells the story like it rely
ought to be.
You feel an admiration for the wisdom that
Is shown
In pointin' out your error. after all your
cash has flown.
The good advice he gives you is an article
that's prime.
The only difficulty is he wasn't there on
time.
But the Teller that you cling to. who will
a never be forgot,
Is the one who jes' said nothin', but was
johnny ON the spot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
MEETING The DEFICIENCY.

Man is growing shorter;
So the doctors say;
Car straps must be larger
Or they'll idly sway.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
We've noticed this phenomenon;
Even way down here
Men are always shorter
About this time o. year.
Houston Post
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06

When man like j. J. Hill openly con-
fesses that he is afraid to ride a train
1t makes railway magnate appear con-
siderably less autocratic than the popular
fancy is wont to depict him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
PASSIVE.

'T do not care to say" said Taft,
THAT l am Of the throng
Who seek by art and cunning craft
To boost themselves along.
Should friends persist in naming me,
As they intend, they say,
I'm far too big, as you can see,
To try to run away"
-Philadelphla Public Ledger.