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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13

Out in Idaho the losing side will
have to console itself with the old
maxim, Boise will be Boise.
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father. whom he purchased from q
white inap.
The subject recalls another Interest,"
ing incident.
Soon after the war a Now England
Senator visited some Of the Southern
states 10 look the situation over ana
while In South Carolina was tho guest
of q well. to-dd negro. In tho course
Of conversation tho New Englandcr re-
marked "NNhnt q glorious thing that
tho members Of your race have all
received their freedom"
"Glorious nothing!" replied tho negro.
"My negroes were my property and
tho Yankees took thon1 from mo with
out paying mo cent
tradition says that at this point the
New England Senator dropped the sub
inCt. H.aHt .sg 5i.s
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1--WE are all going in the same di-
rcction," says Mr.. Bryan. Which may
account for some Of the rear-end col
hsions.
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SOCIAL and
PERSONAL

TODAY. s5.
Tcrccntcnnry celebration ut Jamcs-
town Island. 452
rive o'clock tea at 8yvomnn,s Club.
Stny-nt-IlO,,ic Whilst Club with
MIR. John tyler nj No. 5iO West
Franklin street.
Linen slower given by Miss Grace
Greenwood IN honor Of Miss Ger
trudc Clarke.
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BY MAIL. One SIX Three one
POSTAGE PAID. Year. Mos. Mos. Mo.
Daily With sunday. $500 $1,000 s1.5o .S5
Daily without Sunday 400 400 10y 80
Sunday edition only. 200 100 .so 80
weekly wednesday,. 100 so 20 80.
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Poems You Ought to Know


to
your BIT Of py-po Charles nlos
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The Rate Decinion.

TO the mind of a layian. like ourselves,
however. there may be sme doubt as, to the
power and the right the Corporation
Commission to fix one rte for the big fel-
lows, another rate for thamedium- sized. and
still another rate for We little fellows
Hampton Monitor
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BY Times-Dispatch Carrier Delivery Ser
vice in Richmond tand suburbs), Matches
tor and Petersburg
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Mrs. II. B. Mcnamara and daughter
will leave In a few days for the noun
tans of Virginia, where they Will
spend some time,
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Hut Ihcrc,n Method l

II the Landmark dom stop Its foolish
ness It Will be forced to Establish an asylum
for insane editors TheITimes- Dispatch Is
on the verge OF lunad now. while the
Charlotte Observer has 4,ne clean daft. 1t
may be fun for the boz but 1t Is terrible
on the frogs--Norfolk }irginian- Pilot.
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HOW TO CALL TlMEs-p1spArcn.
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ga, Gmfg Dilupatrh
Observation-Disclosures.

Dusiness oricc .........9ls q. Main street.
Washington Bureau. 1921 Munscy Building.
Manchester Bureau. .....il02 Hun street.
Petersburg Bureau. .....4o N. sycamore 81.
Lynchburg Bureau ..........2lS Eighth 81.
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Miss Maggie Dcws will leave shortly
for Isle OF Wight county, where she
will be tho guest Of her brother.
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The Librury's Reputation.

1t is very evident thai the American LII
brary Association takes the withdrawing
view as regards the Vnlnla state Library
Investigation, since at u meeting, soon to
be held at Ashevllc. NC, IT appears our
Library will not be r1resentcd. How Is
this for n reflection upoi the StateI Those
who are responsible foI this condition Of
affairs might DO nble I'd answer this ques-
ton. and In justice to he public, should
do So II they can:---blHRstohe sSourler'
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No. 100.
No. 400.
The Joys Of the Road
by BLISS CARN1AN.

selections
prn n
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

\ milk toast to tho young heir!
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Miss Mamie Randall is visiting Mrs
Clay Griffith In Amelia county.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles wilson nave r..
+urnod after spending some time at the
Mecklenburg, Chase City, Va.
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Miss Mary Wyman, OF Scottsville
who has been spending some time IL
Norfolk. is now visiting friends here
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80 to Savannah, Ga, to ofiiciate as
bridesmaid at the Mearticc-Reed Wedding
on June 9th.
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bio How changed Is lifc's aspect
and how the pnncc command Respect
Hey Kids nrc scarcer than they wur
ana q lady Just now called mo Sur
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TnZc,vell Ora mlsnr.
If you mean Tazewel hud It's plural ant
some oVcr--Clinch VallY News.
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Mr. c. I. Glenn, Of South Pine Street,
and Mr.. j. II. Gentry. Of Rio, have been
on a recent visit to Mr., Marshall Greg
Dry In Buckingham county
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Miss Bessie Wright. of Tappuhannock
Va, is the, guest Of her cousin. Mrs
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Miss Hattie r. Hammersley has re-
turned to her home In Alexandria, Va.
after a visit to Richmond and the
Jamestown Exposition.
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Miss Alma B. Stone, Of Claremont.
H., Is the guest OF friends here.
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Mr., John Dempsey and Master Harris
Dempsey have returned to Millboro, Va,
after n visit to Mrs. James Donahoe in
ills city
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Mrs. A. =. Robertson, of Staunton, Is
the guest Of relatives here.
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Miss Emma Jones Is visiting friends In
williamsburg.
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Miss Jennie May Boyce has been
spending several days In Abingdon
Va, en- route from North Carolina "a
her home In this city.
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his trousers fnn tho Offs floor
and His lite takes on an inch or moro
And what additionally knocks
exit long stockings l5ntcr sox
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personal Mention.

Mrs. John Il. Scarborough, of Waco,
Texas. and Mrs. Frances AndeEson. of
Nayasota, Texas, are guests Of the
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. George w. Nc
Daniel, at Highland Park.
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Mrs. L. C. Minor, of Washington, D.
c. Is at No. til East Franklin Street
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1903 One Is pupshod as'
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tho Boss seems somewhat moro Inclined
to grant that leisure which tho mind
OF youth requircs. for later gains
I'm reading frank upon the Plains
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Miss Louise Clarke. Of Hollins In
stitute, and Miss Leslie Jeffries, OF
Norfolk, have arrived to attend the
Murrell-Clarke wedding tomorrow.
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Mrs w. A. Hall has returned to hel
home in Wythcville. Va, after a vlsl,
t., Richmond and other points In Eastern
Ylrginin,
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Miss Ella Coles has returned to hen
home. in Newport Nows, after a v1sls
to friends here
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Mt furst his eye was coldly Thrown
'rew SOC II they were like his own
but Comfort swept away his frowns
on seeing they wur hand Me downs
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NYaynesboro. Va, is expected to arrive
to-day ITO visit friends. Later she Will
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stern Manhood calls him by his name
anu bids him try for Wclth and fano
and Is he johnny on tho job
with his long pnncc OH Yes sir u BOD
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has returned to her home. III Halifax
county.
Gilpin observer., 1907-03-07
NEWS FROM THE MINES and MILLS
coIorado's Mineral Resources.

Colorado's Mineral Resources.
A page article in Leslie's Weekly, by
r. e. Moore, makes some good points
on the enormous output OF Colorado's
precious metals. A few extracts from
the article are given herewith:
AS territory and as state, Colorado
owns record for billion dollars
worth Of gold and silver and the by
products Of these metals-an average
of about twenty million dollars year
for the forty-six years Of the states
history. Colorado is now maintaining
a record Of fifty millions a year, and
this regal output is annually growing.
despite the fact that in all the camps
actual mining production has pur-
posely ceased with many companies
who are prosecuting extensive tunnel
ing operations for the more economical
reclamation Of their ore deposits. OF
course, this abandonment of the former
methods of shaft mining acts as tenn
porary deterrent to the states possibly
still more amazing output.
But when the half hundred big min
ing corporations now burrowing tun-
nels to intersect the rich quartz veins
that 80 strongly rib the state shall en-
ter the promised land of their treas
ures, the great lodes from which they
have already mined SO many millions
of dollars by the cruder methods OF
shaft mining, are aided by the results
of enormous strides taken by metallur-
gical science in the lost two or three
years in the treatment OF refractory
and low-grade ores, the states yearly
production is likely to reach the amaz-
ing total Of sixty millions or more. 1t
would be difficult to form even an ap-
proximate estimate of Colorado's total
dividend disbursement, but its stipend
Gus aggregate has doubtless enriched
thousands of men.
Colorado has already numbered two
quite distinct epochs in her mining
history, and is now we'll entered upon
the third. The first of these had to do
with the rich deposits, the second with
the discovery and reclamation of the
rich quartz lodes, and the third with
the conception OF, and-after sue.
cessful demonstration widespread
prosecution of tunnel mining. Tun-
neling, costly of construction and ex-
asperatingly slow of installation, is,
when operative, amazingly economical
and its ultimate universal adoption 10
destined-and perhaps at a date not
very remote in the future-to widen
the states production Of gold and
silver into an annual volume which
may require nine figures TO pleasure
its value.
This is no mining dream. Already
many of the mines in the golden San
Juan, one of Colorado's bonanza dis
tricts, are prosecuting their vast min.
ing operations through crosscut tun'
nels which have been in operation for
two years or more.
Gilpin observer., 1907-03-07
Hotel Ways Abroad.

Hot water is not laid on" (piped)
at foreign hotels, says the Travel
Magazine. If you hear a gentle tap
on the door in the morning you may
interpret it as meaning that copper
ever of hot water has just been set
down outside for your personal use.
If you order a bath it will be pre-.
pared for you accordingly, and sweet
voiced maid will give you notice when
it is ready. You are not expected to
operate the water valves at all, and
1t is doubtful if you would succeed IL
you tried.
From a variety of vacant rooms at a
hotel shown you you select the one
you prefer, with definite agreement
as to price. You are not required to
accept humbly and thankfully, in blind
faith. whatever room the clerk deigns
to assign to you as in America 1t is
expected. however, that you will order
your breakfasts at the hotel, being
free to get your other meals elsewhere
If you prefer.
Gilpin observer., 1907-03-07
Report on Coal Mines.

A decided and permanent growth oil
the coal industry in Colorado is noted
by John ID. Jones, state inspector oil
coal mines, whose twelfth biennial re-
port has just been issued.
In 1904 the total production was
6,776,551 tons. In 1906 the tonnage
was 10,30S,42l.
Inspector Jones considers this phe-
nomenal record of growth, and says
the indications are it will continue for
a long time to come.
Colorado leads all the other coal
producing states west of Illinois," says
Jones, land in 1905 ranked as the sew
enth largest producer in the United
States. The great demand for our pro
duct was . strong incentive for the in
vesting of capital in the development
of many new mines in the different
coal fields. particularly In Las Animas,
Boulder and Weld counties. The
equipment in these mines is modern.
1T is gratifying to report that
within the two years passed many i'm.
provements were made to improve san.
itary conditions in the mines, and sew.
eral companies have adopted measures
towards the safeguarding of their em.
ployes that are beyond the require
Hlt1ltS VI tHt law. SUCH dS esldDllSulus
shot-lighters. or the firing OF shots by
electricity. when the men have with
drawn from the mines''
Inspector Jones says the present law
governing mines has not been ex,
panded to cope with the great changes
that science and modern inventions
have made in this industry Widened
experience and scientific observations
he says. have disclosed elements OF
danger not known to exist in mines
when the present statute was framed,
and to which the miner is continuously
exposed
He cites a- illustration that coal
dust is now regarded as explosive.
The law requires sprinliling In gaseous
mines, but Jones says that half of the
explosions which have occurred in Col.
orado were In mines classed as non.
gaseous. He urges that the law be
changed so as to make sprinkling OBJ
lgatory in these mines, instead of op.
tional, as the law now reads.
All mines, regardless OF the number
employed underground. he recon.
mends. should be placed within the jul
risdiction of the mining law. Another
recommendation is that restrictions
should be placed on the amount OF
powder or high explosive to be taken
in the mine at any one time. and none
should be stored in the mine.
Gilpin observer., 1907-03-07
m THE CONGO BELT.
Author Tells Of Horrors Endured by
the Natives.

Very black is the picture Of Congo
life drawn by e. D. MQrel in his new
ly published book, Red Rubber" He
says: "Out there in the forest, the
broken man through the long and ter
rifying watches of the night-what Is
his vista in life? Unending labor at
the muzzle Of the Albini or the cap
gun; no pause, no rest. At the ut
most, If his fortnightly toll OF rubber
Is sufficient. IL leaves and dirt have
not mingled in too great proportion
with the juice, he may find that he
has four or five days a month to
spend among his household. II so,
he will be lucky, for the vines are
ever more dificult to find; the dis
tance to travel from his village great
Ell. Then the rubber must be taken to
the white mans fine station, and any
number of delays may occur before
the rubber worker may leave the sta.
tion for his home. Four or five days
freedom per month-that is the very
maximum he can expect. Five days
to look after his own affairs, to be
with his family, and always under the
shadow of the sentry's rifle. But how
often in the year will such good for
tune attend him?
Shortage on one occasion only will
entail the lash, or the chain and de-
tention-worse, perhaps, If the white
man has fever or an enlarged spleen
that day. And if he flinches. If, start
ing from an uneasy sleep there in the
forest, when shapes growing out Of
the darkness proclaim the rising Of
another day, he wakens to the knowl
edge that his basket Is but half full,
and that he must begin his homeward
the roll call. his heart fails him, and
he turns his face away, plunging
further into the forest, fleeing from
his tormentors, seeking only one thing
-blindly to gel away from his life
and all that it means-what will hap
pen?
We'll enough he knows. Has he not
seen the process with his own eyes?
Father, mother or wife will pay for
the backsliding in the hostage house.
And whittier shall he fee? The for
est encompasses him on every side,
the forest with it's privations by day,
it's horrors by night. There he must
live. seeking such nourishment as
roots and berries will afford. Shall
he gain some other village in the hope
that it may be friendly one? But
there the sentry will be also, and his
doom as a deserter is sure"
Gilpin observer., 1907-03-07
Why "a canard 2

Does anyone know the origin Of the
word "Canard," duck, as meaning a
false report, especially in a newspa-
per? 1 came upon the explanation
only recently, says writer in Vanity
Fair. 1t is this. About 1860 French
journalist, being hard up for news,
wrote an amazing story in a leading
Paris journal to the effect that he had
kept and fattened 20 live ducks, and
one day being short of duck-food he
killed one, chopped it up, and distri.
buted it among the other 10. The fol-
lowing day he slaughtered another
bird, and the IS ducks ate it up. So
he went on from day to day, until
there was only solitary duck left,
which had, of course, assimilated most
of the other 10. The enterprising
press gentleman then related that he
had this last duck for his own dinner.
thus practically eating the score of
birds at one meal. The amazing yarn
went the round of the papers at the
time, and formed the origin of the
term "canard" for humping big
story.
Gilpin observer., 1907-03-07
WEAK, PALE, THIN
Or. Williams Pink Pills Restored Mrs.
Robbins To Health and Also Cured
Her Daughter Of Anaemia.

Mrs. Jo.ie Robbins, of 1121 Clar
ST.. Decatur, ILL.,, says: Il was weak,
thin and troubled with headaches. My
appetite failed SO that did not rel
ish my food. l was unable to do my
work because my limbs panied me
so and my feet were swollen. I got
numb and dizzy, my tongue seemed at
times to be paralyzed SO that I
couldn't speak distinctly. My extrem-
tiles, when in this numb state, felt as
If some one was sticking needles into
me all over their surface Through
my shoulders at times l had such pain
that 1 couldn't sleep. Many times I
awoke with a smothering sensation.
when the physicians remedies
failed to benefit me began to look
for something that would. My sister,
Mrs. Mcdaniel, of Decatur, recon-
mended DR.. Williams Pink Pills to
me and I al once purchased some. I
was greatly encouraged when l saw
how they acted on my nervous condi-
ton and continued using them until
cured. I am now able to attend to my
duties and have not consulted a phys
ician since.
81 also gave them to my daughter
who had always been weak and who
at this time seemed to lack vitality.
Her cheeks were colorless and she
was thin and spiritless. She had an
aemia and we feared consumption, be-
cause every time she went out doors
II it was at all cold or damp she
would take cold and cough. But DR..
Williams Pink Pills brought color
back to her cheeks and strength to
her body"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent postpaid. on re-
ceipt of price. so cents per box, six
boxes for $3.50. by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1907-03-07

mail order houses and the devil. With
its corrupt government. its overflow
OF population, and Its vice, the great
city is the menace OF our morals and
our liberties.
The city like the dragon swallows
the vast throngs of country boys and
girls that fock into it. and by and by
when health, and virtue and hope are
gone. spews them out to die in want,
or wander as derelicts over the face
of the earth.
And don't you see, my friend, that
when you take the money from the
country town, you destroy the chance
of success there, and the boys and
girls will follow where you have sent
the money?
This town OF yours was founded on
faith. on the faith in the customs of
men for hundreds of years to trade at
the nearest town. These merchants
and carpenters, masons and editors
are your neighbors. They have grown
up amongst you or amongst others
Ike you.
They have put their all in little
business, money. time and hope.
Around the corner there Is a little cot
tage. and the wife and the baby-it
may be your grandbaby-wait; and
there Is smile of happiness when
business Is good" but the troubled
look comes when business is poor.
They are struggling to live. and pay
for the little home. and by and by ed
ucate the children. They are your
neighbors and friends. not your ene-
mics. They work hard-you scarcely
realize how hard-and are not living
high. They have pinned their faith
to the town-your town.
Their success or failure is in your
hands. For your trade they will give
you good returns. and all will prosper
together. II you withdraw your trade.
failure must follow. Some poor strug.
gler must go down facing bankruptcy.
The light must go out of some wom-
ans eye. and hardship be laid up for
the child.
Even II you could save little by
sending your patronage to the city. do
you not think 1t the fair thing, the Just
thing. the right thing. to trade at the
little home town with those you know
those whose prosperity and happiness
are in your hands?
For 1t Is written. Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself."
WILLIAM II. HANDY.
Gilpin observer., 1907-03-07
Old Time Astronomer.

"Old Moore" under whose name al
manacs and prophecies have been ap-
,earing regularly for generations. was
not a charlatan. His name was Henry
Andrews. He was bookseller of
London and. according to an old year
book. "his prophecies were as much
laughed at by himself as by the Wor-
shipful Company of Stationers, for
whom he mar rufactured them. in Or
der to render Moores almanac salable
among the ignorant. in whose eyes a
lucky hit covered multitude If blum.
ders.' Andrews had a very extra.
ordinary genius for astronomy and
was greatly esteemed for his integrity
and modesty by every scientific man
who was personally acquainted with
him."