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HOME TRADE: NOTES.
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A NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS
Carefully Revised blythe Catalogue
Order Houses and x.
Pure Foods-The Local
Dealer.

The ten commandments as revised
to. f1t the mail order catalogue house
plan: fsJE&a
First-You~ shall sell your farm
products for cash whenever you can,
but not to us; we do not buy from
you. ~ -~
!, Second-You shall believe our
statements and buy all you aeed
from us because we want to be good
to you, although we are not person
ally acquainted with you.
Third-You shall send the money
in advance to give us the chance to
get the goods from the factory with
your money; meanwhile you will
have to wait patiently a few weeks
because that is our business method.
Fourth-You shall apply to your
nearest city to aid you in building
good roads so you may conveniently
get the goods from the depot which
you buy from us, for we do not build
country roads,
Fifth-You shall buy church bells
AMI interior fixtures from us and for
wa1a the money in advance, for that
is our business method, and you shall
collect from the business men in
your vicinity as much money as you
can for the benefit of your churches.
Although we get more money from
you than they do, still it is against
our rules to donate money for build
ing country churches.
Sixth shall buy your tools
from us and be your own mechanic,
in order to drive the mechanics from
your vicinity, for we wish it so.
Seventh-You shall induce your
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church an aggressive moral force
which will be able to reach the for
eign young men of Yokohama, who
constitute the city's greatest religious
problem.
l cannot find that conditions among
the latter are as bad as reported, al
though they are bad enough, as might
be expected when a host of single
young men 60 half world away from
home and it's restraints, and find
themselves in community where
there is no public sentiment. The
number of Eurasian children to be
seen in Yokohama are a more elo-
quent argument for the improvement
of moral conditions here than any ab-
stract preachments. The tourist who
comes here to see sights is not always
exactly a moral influence Indeed,
there are many forces at work to cul-
tlvate the worst side of American
manhood, with the result, that one
views some pitiable wrecks of once
promising lives. Yet Yokohama has
many clean, strong, able American
gentlemen, both young and DID, Any
sweeping condemnation of this Ameri-
can community must be declared false.
When Jack Tar Gets Shore Leave.
A more acute religious problem Is
indicated by ride through certain
sections of the city where sailors are
wont to resort. This reveals the side
Of Yokohama life which Jack Tar sees
when he gets shore, leave. Some
streets have lines of saloons and dives.
blazoned forth as aOld Glory Saloon. :"
Red, White and Blue Saloon .. 'A1ner.
lean Sailors Resort" The flags of
America, Britain and France are
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man, whose servants one day fell i'll.
They consulted the Buddhist priest
near by, who told them that their ill.
ness was caused by the malignant in
11uence of the devil on the Americans
house. 1t would be impossible for
them to recover so long as that hid
eous creature shot it's baneful glances
in their direction.
Straightway the servants reported
to their employer that they must
leave. Now the servant problem is a
problem the world over, and the mer.
chant viewed with CONSERVATION the
loss of his present servants and his
probable inability to replace them, for
the same reason. He urged them to
see the priest again, to consider some
other remedy. since it was impossible
to have the image removed. Whether
the Englishman saw the priest at the
same time or not does no: appear IN
the story
The revised verdict was, however
that If large cannon were placed on
the gable OF the Englishman's house,
pointing directly at the wooden devil,
the power of the latter would be coun-
teracted. So, whoever visits Yokoha-
ma may see new brass cannon about
three feet in length and of three-inch
bore mounted on the top of modern
Englishman's residence, with it's muz-
zle pointed threateningly toward the
house of the next door neighbor. All
this, mark you, is not tale of old ia
pan, but a happening of recent
months.
Where Missionaries Are Criticised.
Perhaps the incident (for which I
myself can vouch, having seen the
cannon nor and the wooden devil on oppo-
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A~ODYrioht hY IoSenh b RnWles

copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Yokohama. - This mongrel city
Is The most that many travellers
see of Japan, yet is it neither Japa-
nese nor foreign. and is spoken Of
disparagingly by everybody through
out the empire except those whose
business interests lie hese. The city
is comparatively recent creature of
foreign trade. 1t is not characteristic
cally Japanese even in it's speech. The
yokohama dialect" is byword
throughout Japan. Nor is the city
Chinese, though it has large colony
of pigtails. Still less can it be called
European, although it's 600 European
residents make it the most foreign
city in Japan.
The Importance Of Yokohama lies in
the fact that it is the first gateway
for the trade of the orient. Here the
west first touches the east 1t is in
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BY WILLIAM r. ELLIS

site gable ends) illustrates the catho-
licity of Yokohama, yet the city is
scarcely hospitable toward Christian
missionary enterprise. 1t is perhaps
the center of the criticism nf foreign
missions. Here it is that the traveller
hears that missions are only "a bluff"
1t is asserted that nobody here knows
anything about missions and that the
missionary is chiefly engaged in the
profitable task of shutting up the eye
of the church at home.
Looking After Americans Abroad.
The stories one hears concerning
Europeans (as all white people are
calledD in the port cities of the orient
are not pretty The criticism of mis-
sionaries pales into insignificance be-
sides the criticism of the American
business man. In fact the two are
said to have relation. I have heard
missionaries charge that it is because
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neighbor to buy everything from us,

nelghbor to buy everything from us,
as we have room for more money
the less money there is left in your
community the sooner we can put
your local merchants out of business
and charge you any price we please.
Eighth-You shall look often upon
the beautiful pictures in our cata-
logue, SO your wishes will increase,
although you are not in immediate
need of the goods, otherwise you
might have some money left to buy
necessary goods of your local mer-
chants.
Ninth-You shall have the mechan-
les who repair the goods you buy
from us book the bill so you can send
the money for his labor to us for new
goods, otherwise he will not notice
our influence
Tenth-You shall, in case of acci-
dent, sickness or need, apply to your
local dealers for aid and credit, as
we do not know You.
The secret of how it has been that
some of the eastern mall order houses
which have done business in Montana
and elsewhere were able to undersell
local merchants on some lines of gro-
ceries has been revealed. The revela-
tion has come about through the oper-
alton of the national pure food law.
One of the big mail order concerns,
which has done great business in
Montana, makes the announcement
that it has closed it's grocery depart
ment, giving in a circular it's reason
for doing so because its maintenance
has been made impracticab1e by the
pure food laws just passed by con-
gress." --~-~
If that is not an acknowledgment
that the consumers have been fur
nished with adulterated food stuhfs
when they ordered groceries, then the
English language is not understand
able. By selling the stun that has
been put under the ban because Of it's
.impurity, the mail order concerns
have been able to undersell the. local
merchants living hundreds of miles
away from the great centers of sup
ply. :.......,.z< q. ,. &c e
In carrying on this trade in impure
goods. the mail order houses have
done the greatest injury to the coz
sumner. While the local merchant has
lost some trade he has had at least
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Looking for Unmarried Fun.

: i Looking for Unmarried Fun. - ;.
'Say, paw ~ y =" =" - ~ - - .
:. "Yest son.y WI &C. ii s~Sga :
IL "D'you on mind :takin' this sFftch ans
rgivfn' nnesa sfirst-class elickin'?''
- "Why, my son, have you done SOME
thing. for which you should be. pun
:. scnssi Es t35lssk a s1' at 1s s, III fH' irsP {
thought I'd come t. you first an have
tn lickin' oxersqwith.t; Then. 4 won't
have any O. my fun spoiled when I'm
ssittin' on tn bank by thinkin' O. what
TIL get at night Chicago Journal. =
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Lucky One Got Left

Miss scrapper's engagement has
been announced z.eiH< -. ., =,
i 1pdeed, WhoIs the lucky mann!'
- . :. : ':.jfmson. !" s~1.ss va E..t
"she s. Is going 70 marry him, Is she?"
NO; she Tilted him, She's going, to
marry 4ohnson ~ 2. q \; Il Chicago Journai.
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! Afraid of Revivais.

EVITdIU OF NSVtVdIS.
First Small Boy-There comes the
preacher to our house, and I'm going
to, tell him none O. the folks amt
home. . Z .
Second Small Boy5-What fer?
"'Cause every time he comes he
starts a revival O. religion at our
house, and that sets pop to prayin' a
dozen times day" /
His praying don't hurt you" u
eyes, 1t does, too. ! He wears the
knees of his pants sol thin that when
they is made over fer me they don't
last week."--N. Y. Weekly: >s'
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Determined onfin,jislno :

7 Grandfath ther, how have1 you man
tageds to retain your efulnesss ind
your faith II hink mature III
Y i i n s dear. ! avoid modern fiction,
ENsFfr. ~ tos aeesA society drama ,.and
Rad hothin 81 tths neWaspar q arets HAT
has 8 display head over It Il. Chicago
g Tribune.
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ss|h9e-.Yes. ! Yes. Fred, he had the face. to
try to kiss me-
Ae-Well, evidently you had tho
cheek to tempt, him. m.-Pick-Me-U
aPcouds,of Her,

H. sesssse 4Proud aof Her. q
= complained. m s"'yop always engaged a
) cab when you took me- anywhere. Now
you think the bus or the train is good
enough for me- ''-s,~.aes'~ ~.~~os--~
mo, my darling, l don't think the
DIV bus 9 or 81 the tram is good enough for
you: III ascab you would Sc seen 'by
!. nobody 1sst ! While Iacan showsyou Otto
ep m1lny pseple Ny taking you in the
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Where He Met Him,

+, ..-, Where He Met Him.
He was one of those smart men
who like to show their cleverness:.,
Watch me take rise out of him."
he said, as the tramp approached.
Then he listened solemnly to the tale
of hard luck ~ 4. ~
That's the same old story you told
me the last time you accosted me-"
he <said' when the vagrant had fin
lshed. = ~.
1T is?r was the answering question.
when did tell it your
Last week"
."Mebbe I did, mebbe I did, admit
ter the tramp. I'd forgotten meet
ing you: I was in prison all last
week.
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ton and the warranty of a responsi.
Bile company
Honest, now, don't you really pat
yourself on the back when you spend
your money in such way that in sup
plying your own wants you help build
up the neighborhood in which you
live? OF. course you do, and you act
on that idea yourself, but the trouble
is that you don't talk it enough to
your friends.-Streator Qn.) Press.
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Wou Take It Anyway.

~ Woul Take 1t Anyway.
Little Ethel (with an eye to busi-
ness) SUPPOSE, Tommy, you were to
give me the choice of those two ap:
pies of yours, you would tell me to
take the bigger, wouldn't you?
p TOmmy-NO
T. Little Ethel-Why not?
.4x Tommy-'Cos 'twouldn't be neces-
saryf -; i ~ - !
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y Weeks-That man Clever is a
s4sshre wd fellow.
=. = sYeet-Why.? -: ,s;:> j.: =
y Weeks-He gave a lawn mower
party yesterday and had the guests
Acut the grass.-Cincinnati Tribune.
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!, Fashion .l.. Ever chanoino.

j; Mrs Shopper -Is. that hat; that was
$35 this morning the same price still!
Milliner certainly! Why not
Mrs. Shopp Well, It's not such )
new style. as It WasY then. Judge .
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apart of%the business, OF the ranch
man and miner in his vicinity, hut
the, consame an, who has been caught
by the scheap' prices Sonered, has
not got what he has been paying for
>by~a longsWay, and there issno way
for him to get even. .,.~.......-. :.
As it has proved with the groceries
sent out bySStl1e eastern mail order
houses, so it's with the other lines
they work off in Montana The sad
dies and harness offered at phenom-
enally low prices,,s the buggies and
wagons, at prices which seem almost
like giving the vehicles away, the
kitchen utensils which are priced in
the voluminous catalogues at figures
that indicate the local merchants are
highway robbers, the dry goods that
are offered at such infinitesimal cost
as to compel the ordinary woman to
believe the mail order man is public
benefactor, all of these eastern mail
order house offerings are on a par
with the proved quality of the gro
ceries they have been selling-fraudu>
lent and put out to sell and not for
service. The confession on the gro
ceries should make the eastern mail
order house patrons think before they
send off another order for ''cheap
goods. Helena Record. !
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Out Of Season

Out Of Season.
'Boss," whispered the awed copy
boy, there is a bad man outside Of
the ctuTil q. ssss
lis he very bad,@ Billy?" queried the
editor ofsthe Bald. Eagle Beacon. /.
B B Yes, SIR. Why ,she says. he Is com
[ ing lin here and make mincemeat out
Of you" & X
9g did, seh?: Well, tell him to come
around" next winter. Mincemeat is out
of season. + Chicago Daily News. I.
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Your local dealer stands ready to
duplicate every offer so seductively
set forth in the catalogues of mail Or
der houses and more, says an ex-
change. He will trump the best trick
the mail order house ever played if
you will put down the spot cash and
accept from him a class of goods de-
void of respectable ancestry, and upon
which no reputable manufacturer will
place his name. He can sell cheap
goods, too, if you will buy them from
him with your eyes shut. He can meet
the best price ever made by mail or
der house if you will plank down the
money and accept what he gives you
without question and without recourse
but you must not expect him to be
in his place of business every day in
the year ready and willing to furnish
expert help when you are in trouble,
ready and willing to stand back of ev.
erything he sells with his own reputa,
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8; Exercise Assured.

VI Physfcian-Yes, madam, I have ex7
amined your husband. All he needs is
fresh air and exercise. q ;. '2&..
II Caller-Oh, dearA He never. will
take. exercise, and l know there is no
use urging him to. What shall I do?
Physician-Move out of the city
into the suburbs. Get some house ad-
sVertised as Five minutes from the
station Then he'll havesto tramp
about five miles twice day, or starve
to death.-N. Y Weekly.
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No Help for Him.

- Nv ''S'P 50I 5111I1'
II Nov, there's, Dunkley, who thinks
he is sick, thou he certainly looks
big and strong. Do YOU think you
could operate on him with your faith
cure!s so that it wouldn't be necessary
for his wife to go on taking In wash
ing to support him."
= NO." replied the healer, zone pc
:culiarity about faith cures is that you
can't get them to work on mere ami
mails: s::"-Chicago Record-Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-09
HEAD OF
INDUSTRIAL HOME
Succeeds Captain Roper, Who
Resigned, but Who Helps
the Cause.
SOON TO BEGIN BUILDING
Handsome Main Structure to Be
Erected-Will Develop
Cottage Plan.
SOON TO BEGIN BUILDING

Along with his contribution OF s10.-
600 for the Virginia Homo and Indus
trial School for G!-ls Captain John
l.. Roper. of Norfolk. sent a letter TO
the board OF directors. in session here
yesterday, saying that 1t would be
impossible for him to serve heveaftcr
as president of the association. but
Institution soon to be established.
His resignation was accepted with
deep regret, and DR.. w. i. Drewry. or
Petersburg, was elected president.
Captain Roper remains on the board
and has been made chairman OF the
building committee.
Soon to Award Contract.
For more than two hours the di-
rectors discussed the various plans
suggested for immediate work. and
they VIII be prepared within the next
few weeks to award contracts for
construction OF the main building.
Breese & Mitchell architects of Nor
folk, submitted specifications FOR a
handsome two-story building. with Hc-
commodations for fifty persons, with
estimates on the cost of smaller build
llngs adjacent to the main plant. the
Is
| plan. Mr.. Mitchell explained the spcci-
llcations, but no final action was taken.
The building committee, consisting OF
| Captain Roper, DR.. Drewry. Rev. j. L.
! Masttrl. Messrs. r. O. Egerton and w.
| w. Robertson. was instructed and en-
! powered TO give out the contract. The
i home will be located near Petersburg
on ground heretofore purchased by the
association at a cost of $4,000.
All the directors wore not able to
attend tho meeting, those present be-
/ ing S. p. Waddill, j. w. Williams, Rob-
! ert Gillian; r. o. I1gerton. DIR. w. Il.
/ Drewry. Rev. ]. T. Mastin Charles
/ Iut2ler and George b. Davis. secre-
| tary.
stntc Bonrd of Charities.
Mr. Davis was rc-clectcd secretary
and Mr.. r. o. Egerton, of Petersburg.
was elected assistant secretary and
4 treasurer. Resolutions were adopted
requesting President Drewry 10 pre-
pare a suitable letter of thanks to
Captain Roper. Mr. j w. Williams
was elected field agent and he viii
travel over the State soliciting contri-
buttons for the home. II shall spend
/ some time in Richmond" said Mr..
iWilliams, after the meeting. land I
4 hope to find many John L. Ropers
/ here
4 The state Conference of Charities
and Corrections. with which the idea
/ of establishing the industrial home
i originated, VIII meet at the James
town Exposition October 18th and 30th.
4 and at session of the executive
committee Of that body held here yes,
terday 1t was decided to make every
effort to secure large attendance.
4 Or. Drewry, Rev. ). T. Mastin Robert
4 Gilliam. ]. w. Williams, r. o. Egerton,
S. P. Waddill ard George B. Davis are
A member of the executive committee.
The conference will ask the General
i Assembly next year to create state
1 Board of Charities.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-09
Thc memory is Il kind of looking
glass, which, having received the
images of surrounding objects, ~
touched with life and disposes them
in n new Ordcr.-Curlylc.
CRUELT. TO ANIMAL S.

The man who inhumanly drove Mr..
John T. Hundley's horse to death, and
the women who injured another Of his
horses by fast driving, should be pun
ished to the full extent of the law, as
81 warning to all persons who have nc
mercy for dumb beasts. We do not
understand how any human being,
with trace of mercy in his nature,
can be cruel to a good horse. The
horse is trained to obey and when
punished can make no cutlery. When
dashed by the driver he responds by
increasing his speed, and, If at all
speed until he falls from exhaustion.
The man who would knowingly drive
such horse to death for his own
pleasure is not far removed from The
murderer. Especially should drivers
be considerate of their teams i'll not
seasons, such as we are now having
BE sure that your horse or mule has
plenty of water. Give him his head and
plenty Of time when he is drawing a
lead uphill. Let him stop every now
and then for a blowing spell, and in
the name OF mercy, do not lash him
unless it be absolutely necessary.
We observe that most drivers of
mules hold the heads of the animals
down with short check rein. This
Is the rule with drivers of municipal
teams. Why is this done? 1t must
add greatly 10 the discomfort of mule
To De forced to go all day with arched
neck, and head held down to one posi-
tion. we hope the agent of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails will give ;assention to this prae-
..ce. which s.seps .to''us to be cruel
Erd aeedleSsiy SO.
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others that even IN times Of prosper
| ity Tho railroads must not be allowed
to earn moro than small percentage
on the money actually invested in them,
II is not so much the ennctments
| themselves as the policy. Prudent men
have little disposition to invest in prop
ortS whose earning power is at the
mercy or politicians and popular Gu
price.
All this has necessarily created dis
trust in railroad securities, and dur
ing the last few days large holders Of
the market and sold then at panic
prices. Few people seem disposed to
purchase railroad securities and the
market is glutted with the present sup
ply. AS railroads cannot sell bonds,
they are compelled TO borrow money on
short time notes at a high rate of in
terest and some of them find 1t difficult
to borrow on any reasonable terms. AS
a consequence. the railroads have dis
continued, as far as possible, all extern
sion work, ana nave 7CanCeled orders
for supplies. This fact was empha-
sized recently BY the statement Of the
United States Steel Corporation show
ing for the month of July decline in
orders of some twenty-five or thirty
per cent. as compared with July 1906.
1t requires the services OF no expert to
deduce conclusions from these prem
Uses.
The Times-Dspatch Is no pessimist
and no alarmist but when the rail
roads, which employ large numbers of
men on their own account, and which
are the largest purchasers of steel, iron
and various other commodities, lay off
their men and reduce their orders for
supplies to the minimum, all tho
branches of trade and industry are
compelled to feel it more or less and
there will of necessity follow curtail-
ment in other directions. There is al
ready a recession in trade. We sin
ccrely hope that it is only temporary,
that by pausing the country Will take
a much needed rest, will catch it's
breath, and be able to begin again the
march Of progress. But when the re-
action in trade begins, no living man
can predict how far it will go.