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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-31

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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-31

Every woman covetsa shape
ly figure, and many Of them
deplore the loss OF their girl
ish forms after marriage.
The bearing Of children is
often destructive to the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Mrs. George NJ svely, OF Peoria, ILL.,. has
just been licensed TO command the river
steamer City of Peoria. She is described
qualified for the post OF steamboat captain.
Rev DR.. Charles Flint Allen. who re-
Gently resigned the pastorate of the First
congregational Church. in Mlddl.town. n.
aand professor of history at Piedmont Col.
lege, Demorest. Ga.
Rear-Admiral ". r. swinburne has suc-
ceeded Rear-Admiral James H. Dayton as
The change in command took mace abnari
the flagship West Virginia and was AZ
tended by the usual ceremonies.
i, Writing from Magdeburg. Consul
tbe ts,,f H. a. burEe says that although
on the Rhine. it nevertheless takes the
second place in Germany and is of great
economic importance.
OF the $4,000 British schoolboys 70
whom Lord Robertss letter on the harm
fu effects of smoking has Teen read hy
inc ,. Rev. y. NJ. DryeFre during his anti
s shtqhses lectures $4,000 have pledged
twenty-one years OF age.
There has been an epidemic OF suicide
n 81. Petersburg for three months. tho
T Th' number being eighty-hve month
nc, INC nigh 81. record for a day was reached
.a,eiy, when eighteen persons killed them
Selves, Many OF the suicides were desti-
tuto' out most were Respondent.
'i'aa iia hlchmond has been appoIn led
inanager OF the Magherafelt Gas Work =
~ l1u3,in, ireland. She is the first woman
10 hold that post. She first entered ths
pc a,a,ta service Later she studied gas
manufacture and distribution. She is sajf
10 ne one OF the best equipped axperts /,
hef line of work in Ireland "
Mrs. Jennie Barrett. OF Alexandria, La.
mas Just been elected clerk OF the nav
Police jury at Rapides parish The club.
women of the State hope that Mrs. Rar.
RET ret WIN not arouse the enmity OF tho poll.
s ,lclans and bring on herself the fate tina,
nelell Miss jean Gordon, Louisiana's onI,
woman factory Inspector.
Rev. silas McBee, editor of the Church
man, OF New York, Is at present in B.rli,
,abr arr. M n for Germasg representation at
thc ihternational Bible Con gress to be hel,
n Edinburgh in 1910. 1t il probable iha
u ~, Dryander, Emperor Williams favorit
court preacher. and Prof. Adolph Harnacl
"ti nave charge OF the German delegation
Data compiled by the Texas Railroad
| Commission indicate loss by the rnii
,nan,bs OF the ST state during tho last MIN
/ amount reported by the companies. tn,
IG oas. asserts that 50 per cent OF tn
aue to the new sysf"rn of nookkeepIng.
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Voice Of the eople
on Insurance.


Editor of The Times- Dispatch:
Slr,-1n recent editorial, you ask
II fire insurance has encouraged crim-
inal carelessness?" Yea, verify, and
tons being equal. the loss by Are In
creases with the amount. of insurance
carried. And this not only on account
~ pirposely set fires In order to get
the insurance, but also on account OF
criminal cnrelessness."
TO illustrates: You are merchant
manufacturer or what not. having q
building and goods at greater or
dark, stormy. disagrceable night, Just
utter you have gone, tired and sleepy,
to bed, 1t suddenly occurs to you that
possibly you had not attended some
your paee 81 Susneas as Yon oan
remember closing the. stove door or
putting out the turned-down lamp, or
securing Sc that open box of parlor
leave that comfortable bed to face the
storm and cold In order to attend your
forgotten precautions against fire?
VIII 1t be when you are fully pro-
none? Which will you put yourself
TO the Inconvenience and discomfort OF
the trip for first. YOURSELF or the in
surance company? No question as to
, 49, YOU ousnl ~ W, put Wouiu you I.
The chances are that the moral obliga-
ton you are under to protect the In
surance company against your own
carelessness first and yourself after
ward would never occur to you. Your
concern and care, your Willingness to
forsake the comfort of your bed for
the black storm outside will be in
direct proportion to your risk, not that
OF the insurance company.
And yet, Notwithstanding the In
creased fire losses resulting from both
intentional fires and those resulting from
greater carelessness. insurance is
necessary and desirable. For the same
reason believe insurance of bank de-
posits desirable. The resulting good
Of such system, believe. would be
so great and any resulting evil by
comparison so small that It were at
least we'll worth a trial.
j. NJ. wEISER.
Dublin. Va, August 3, 1908.
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Editor of The esDjspatch:
SIr.--1 have read with regret the
announcement that Mr. Anderson VIII
retire from the public service which
he has SO long adorned. Among our
most useful and distinguished cit.
izens--and there are many In the State
of the highest order. OF ability and
character-there are none who more
deserve the highest honor that Virginia
can bestow, and l am among those who
would be gratified to see this honor
thrust upon him with popular unan-
unity and emphasis that would admit
of no denial. lit has been the writer's
privilege to know Mr.. Anderson for
many years. all of them deepening the
impression Of distinguished citizen.
who, In any position in the gift OF the
people, would reflect honor upon the
Office. Virginia has the opportunity
to-day to lay her mandate upon gem
tleman of the most distinguished ca
pacity and character who is seeking
neither favor nor office, and while the
WRITER can vote with pleasure FOR
either OF the eminent citizens who
are honorably asking the surrages of
the people. SO rare an opportunity to
call Cincinnatus from his retirement
possesses. 1t seems to me, peculiar
charm, at once distinguishing the high
est order OF patriotism, and securing.
the best interests of the Common.
wealth. BENJAMIN G, NoSNaW
Ben, Va.
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Good Ron,,,.
Editor OF The Times

EDITOR of The Times Dlspatcb.
, oH.--Ihere is an all important aucs-
non, TO my mind, that contronts the
ttaaNpayers of Dinwiddie county; It's
ehe question OF roads. you know. WI.
nave been for a long time trying TO
teNlse some plan by which to better
Inc Inc conditions OF our public roads. 1
nave since my election given the mat
yer serious consideration, and / think
nave at last solution to the prob
rem, and the only practical one thar
can be given. and 1t is this: Issue $780,
yoo of county bonds. per cent, 10
be paid in forty years, and to be eS-
pended as follows: In permanent road
Improvement on Stage Road, Plank
soad White Oak Road and Cox Road.
lhese being the four main thorough
fares through the county; beginning In
the centre of each road and working
Sowardp each end. Remember. the
state viii aid extensively in this per-
rnan l Improvement plan, and II we
portunity. we Will lose this State help.
and other counties that are more pro-
gresslve than we are will get the
benefit we are entitled to. Now. let
us see IL this can't be done without
any extra taxation to the people. Take
the money we now pay as road tax
one part OF it to pay interest on these
bonds. another part Of 1T to repair by
TO create sinking fund to liquidate
these bonds when they become due.
IN this way, you see. we get the
benefit of these roads right away be-
cause II will cost no more to build
them in twelve months than 1t will in
twenty years. You see, all the road
law and argument that can be pro-
duced VIII never work the roads with
out funds. and this Is the way to get
II. You take cities that are progress
sive, and this is the way they work
their streets. You take counties that
are progressive, and this is the way
they work their roads-i. g.. permanent
Improvement, you see. takes the place
of the present plan of working the
roads, and 1t would be long time
before we could get much benefit. BY
| laying aside $4,000 a year, In forty
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4 PROPER REBUI<E TO PENSION
EXTR

Amid the chauvinism and unwisdom
of the independence platform one
declaration is conspicuous for boldness
and timeliness. This declaration Is:
we condemn the gross extravaganza
of Federal administration and its APP
palling annual increase in pensions"
There is no one item of Republican
extravaganza which has been more
glarine than its pension policy, none
more tainted with fraud, none more
needing reform and check. From a
generous and necessary provision for
disabled and INDECENT soldiers. 1t has
become an institution whose increas-
ing expense is due to the ingenuity
of politicians. and not to the needs
of the veterans.
These facts have long been known,
and they have been deplored. That
they have at last been openly attacked
Is, it is hoped, an omen for the future.
The same declaration made by a
stronger and more worthy organization
than the Independence party may re-
suit in the pension policy being re-
stricted to its original and patriotic
purpose.
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4 spLENDTD cutncuMAN.

\ Courage, high purpose and unselfish
devotion to cnuse are matters well
worth the attention and admira.
ton Of the commentators Of the daily
press. Therefore The Times Dispatch
! is glad to hold for n moment before
its readers the example of DR.. Charles
Henry Brent, Bishop Of the Philip
pines. in the Protestant Episcopal
| Church, whom neither pressure nor al
| lurement could shake from peculiarly
difficult and arduous field of work.
Bishop Brent has twice been called to
twice declined to come Yet every
thing that man prizes most save
only the inner reward that consecra-
tIon to duty gives to the brave. must
have been thrown over and trampled
under foot to make a way for that
decision.
In material well-being, in social en-
vironment, in the opportunity for the
conspicuous display of conspicuous
abilities. Washington is a far pleas
anter home for man than Manila.
From the episcopal point of view, the
Bishop of Washington is a greater
dgnitary than the Bishop OF the Philip
pines. 1t would have been easy to be-
lieve also, as sincere clergymen who
resign old parishes to step into larger
ones often believe, that the offered
charge presented a wider field for ef-
fective work. Many people have be-
lieved that Bishop Brent's ripe learning.
his fine gifts OF sympathy and imag-
nation, his great power as a speaker
and his character as a man among men
We're more needed in u somewhat slug
gish Christian world than in n pagan.
On one side OF him, then. were ease,
intellectual cotnradeshp. assured sue
cess, shining distinction In his chosen
calling. On the other side was nothing
but pillow in a rough field, to which
he had happened to set his hand. Not
every man at such a parting of the
ways could have risen to the choice
that this churchmnn made.
II is n good thing for men, of every
creed or no creed. to pause to pay tri-
butte to strong manhood when they
find it. 1t is a good thing to know,
in an age when the religious spirit is
somewhat dimmed and the flower Of
our youth shows a Discrimination to
turn to the pulpit, that the banner Of
the Christian church is being borne
aloft in far countries by gallant gen
tIemen like Bishop Brent.
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THE GREAr FoREsT r1,sE.


IL mas metcitu4AS haPpeheu 'i'at
great loss OIL me ana great loss ol
property nave nor usua''4 come 10
3gether IN one contlasFa'Aeh' fires
which destroy vast reai estate values
IKE that winch swept baltimore tour
years ago, have commonly been quite
free from fatalities while the hoio-
causts come ottehest WIN the burning
OF single nNiiaing IKE the lroquois
Iheafe or me playhouse at Boyer
town ia. IN the combined Joss OF
ilSes ana money the great forest IRE
which has been devastating the lower
eho Oh bri''sh So4umoia Tor three or
Tour Gays taxes Il saaly high place IN
tAe long hst OF North American con
asfa'tohs' IN. Iahana' only the To-
fohto ere OF l9o4' WIN destruction
OF some Sio'VVv'9Vo' Is 10 be compared
WIN II IN 'he "lp'hs out OF property
atone
me great menace OF the British
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The Escort,s Place.

Il think man in escorting wo-
man always should walk between her
and the other persons on the sidewalk"
said an American who recently return
ed from Germany after several years
there. II am much opposed to the
custom by which 8 man, in accom-
panying a woman in the streets, al
ways walks nearer the curb. The Ger
man have settled that question
admirably. A German invariably
walks nearer to the centre line
of the pavement than the wo-
man does. and thus protects her
from the jostling to which American
women often are subjected. In q
throng, American men and women turn
to the right in passing. and conse-
quently If the escort, by the Ameri-
can custom. is on the right of the wo-
man, persons going in the opposite
direction bump into her. If the escort
walked on the inside, he would be her
guard,"-New York Press
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Bored aud AFRAID to Tell It,

"If we weren't all too much afraid
OF one another to say so. I'm sure
most Of us would admit that our holt
days are by far the most boring period
of the year." said the observing wo-
man. "Our pleasures are not proper
toned to the amount Of ground we
seem to think that If we are only
racing around we must be having a
good time. The majority Of people
who go abroad do so only because
other people go. They do Paris and
Rome principally to get them off their
minds. and as they gradually work
Off the sights, their spirits grow
lighter. So by the time they get home
they are convinced that they have had
a. delightful time. They quite forget
how their feet ached, how their brains
whirled and how often during their
travels they wished that all the mas
terpieces were up the spout. N. Y
Tribune
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1,l,e rerrlhI,. AirAl,ln.

An anonymous officer of the signal
service Is quoted ms saying that the
foreign nirships OF war are aerial ves-
sells under perfect control; knat "a
foreign enemy could transport them by
war vessel to this country, initiate them
dealing death and destruction while
the war fleet kept out Of range Of coast
sess his soul in patience. take his soda
tive cocktail and go to bed and sleep
1t off.
RI obstinatcly refuses to be dirigibe
except in the most favorable condi-
lions. In somnolent atmosphere. or
in the presence OF gentle zephyrs.. 1T
viii to a limited extent answer to the
guiding hand. But let sa m 81 arise ,irse. or
a hurricane. or even q stimsh breeze,
yachtsmen. and the "dlrigible" balloon
is the most fractious animal ,nnro that han, can
oI,s to its crew and passengers than
to all clsc.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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The Winning signala.

q Boston physician tells story Of
:. q youhgster OF his own that an over
s std VACATION had put on the
sick list. The father had an nppro-
b pn,t prescription filled, and left the
noltie with the child's mother. As
SSAe however, Is very forgetful he gave
ner E chart and suggested that she
set down the hours when the lncdi-
cine should be given. checking OFF each
u t,4e as taken Upon returning from
tllo evening calls, however. he found
GOOD gracious, MARY" he acclaimed.
his medicincw
"oh. no. 7 did not miss single
TINS" his wife assured him.
How I'm the world did Won rernonh,,
u s Without re ehart?" he asked.
~, THAT was easy. 7 Just told Tom
ms morning at what hours he was
70 have It, and half an hour before
e aeh time no would begin haiioonp
phia Ledger,
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Eat Mon Are Good Citizens.

The fat man is never q fanatic and
is seldom an anarchist. He looks upon
the world with kindly eyes, and finds
1t good from its governments to Its
beefsteaks 1T feeds him WE'LL 1t
clothes him we'll. and though he feels
it has crowded a little too much flesh
on his bones, he canspuff and bear it.
Your thin. nervous fellow, with the
mouthed man-they are the plotters
planners and schemers that conspire
and ovorturn; they are the revolutions
lists and insurgents, The fat man may
his money and moral support, but, he
doesn't get up insurrections or build
barbados or throw bombs.-Baltimore
Sun.
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years you will have $4,000 Will
" hinla In aff thnAn hnnda. Enlu

years you will have $4,000 witt
which to pay off these bonds. Toul
Interest on the bonds and yet hav.
enough OF the road tax left over Il
repair4roads and bridges. And we will
save enough In forty years In wear and
tear OF vehicles to pay the bonds, and
enhanced in value. You see, from these
figures everything is In our favor
without any extra cost and with tho
great blessing OF good roads Now,
then, have the Legislature to make n
law authorizing the road board to call
an election by the people to take q
vote on the question OF bond issue, and
the matter Is soon settled.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN II. THRIFT.
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lie C1mb@ ZAppe~|
GeM BY a&@
La Ma1,Quzse de Anzenoy
g 8 - so 90 ss Is

Brian Boroihme. principal King or Ire
land in the tenth century. But this Is
contested by Lord Tnchiquln, the ac-
knowlcdged head of the house of
o'Brlen, and chief representative OF the
former dynasty
Sir Timothy is an oxford man, who
played In the university eleven against
Cambridge, land makes HIS home Mt
11ohort Castle. in County Cork. won
derful old place, with an interesting
square tower OF Very ancient origin
Sir Timothy succeeded his uncle In the
baronetcy.
Copyright 1908, by the Brentwood
Company
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Borrowed Jingles
CHORUS FOR MIXED VOICES.


TBcIng sienographlc report OF how II
sounds from the piazza when dozen boat
loads go out on the lake of summer
eyenlng1
How can boar to good old Yao the
shades OF Upidec
That's whore my heart Is weep no more In
sunny Tennessee
How dear to henrt grows weary far from
meadow grass is blue
Above Cayugas waters we will sing I'm
strong for you.
A Spanish cava fare thee well and every
thing SO fine
That's where you get your old black Joe
my darling Clementlne
The old folks would enjoy It on the road
to Mandaiay
Twas from Aunt Dinah's polly wolly-
woodle all the day.
j hear those good night ladies much
obliged because wc'rc here
Afraid to go home In the with II good SONG
ringing clear
Just tell them that fair Harvard old Mas
sau is shining bright
How can bear to grand old rag We roll
along good night!
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,,Sn1,cr<Y SECRETARY WRIGHT.

q L
hardly worth any new comment. lie has
long been known that his incredible
bunglinE is responsible for all mis-
takes in the executive office. HIS
ability TO retain his job in the face of
his officially vised record for stupidity
is remarkable, but is now unimportant
through familiarity. 1t is a notably
unfortunate thing, however, that Sec
Rotary Wright should have inaugurated
his Cabinet career with the revelation,
ION the word of President, that he
cannot understand the English Ian
guage.
The sole and entire point of General
wright's interview with the President
on July S1st was to determine whether
or not certain group of eight cadets
were to be taken back into the United
states Military Academy. There seem
ed not the slightest room In such an
interview for Observation-Disclosures, am
biguities or failures TO hear correctly.
Here was a specific and definite issue,
g clean-ct,t yes-or-rn proposition. Gen
eral Wright talked with the President
and announced that the cadets were to
be reinstated. There was no qualifi
cation in his statement. no doubt or
hesitation in his emphatic affirmative.
Yet two days later the President an
nounces that the unequivocal assertion
of his Numbering Secretary of War
u-as .erropeors
The secretary may felicitate himself
upon that erroneous" Shorter and
uglier words have been used by the
same arbiter of veracity about those
who have fallen into that sort Of error.
The Ananias club has opened well
coming gates for men who have with
more reason enormously understood
the President of the United States.
AS for the eight cadets. they may
well feel somewhat mystified regard
ing their precise status at present
Young and inexperienced lads. they
may naturally find some difficulty in
unravelins the whirl of contradiction
and erroneous statement in which Mr.
Loeb, Mr.. Roosevelt and General
Wright have entangled their fates. On
July 25th. they learned from Secretary
Loeb, by authority of the President,
that their dismissal was final and
could only be reversed by act of Con-
gress. On August LIST, they learned
from the Secretary of War, by au-
thority of the President. that they
were reinstated. On August 4th, they
learned. from the President himself
that they We're neither dismissed nor
renstated. since the President has
never at any time come to decision
The eight embryo officers, at this rapit
fire of countermand, will doubtless be
no more puzzled about their own sit,
uation than disturbed and unsettled by
their first encounter with the methods
of the commander i'm chief Of the army
Loeb is a''notofious perpetrator o
nsinine stupidities, Wright is stupid
inattentive. hard O. hearng-anythinE
you will. Anything in the world il
better. from the Sycamore Hill pon
of view, than the currency of the sus
picion that the President of the Unite
States has Topped and floundered Xix
beheaded chicken over simple ques
ton of executing the law.
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Automobile Tours.

The automobile tour is becoming an
increasingly popular form of summer
outing. The parts of the United States
where roads are fairly good are being
revealed to Americans as never before
The hasty Elimpses Of the country one
gets from the car window as one flies
along transcontinentaI railway line
tell comparatively little of the real
life OF the people. II Is tho main
Travelled road from town to town which
shows the homes and the prevailing
types OF citizenship. ~ Chicago Tribune.
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n heavy penalty upon criminal care
lessness and compelling the lumber
camps to remove or destroy their waste
cuttings are sound means Of prevention
that readily suggest themselves.
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STATE PRESS
lyorklngmen and judge.

Judge Diggs. OF Lynchburg. has resigned
as Il member of the Democratic Executive
Committee and announced his purpose to
vote for Taft We commend the judge for
going over to the cnpitaistic side. Hd
realizes the sharpness OF the issue between
capital and labor and goes to his own side.
VIII workingmen be true enough to their
own class interests to stand for their own
side Roanoke Industrial Era.
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Stick to His Last.

Despite the indisputablc fact that money
has its legitimate sphere of usefulness in
the prosecution of every campaign. Its ex-
pcnditure Is with many under continuous
and deep-rooted suspicion. so that news
papers. 1t seems to US, are far better cir
c,imstanced both for themselves. and for
the party whose fortunes they espouse TO
restrict their activities to Journalism. which
does not. as we understand 1t. contcm-
plate the taking UP OF collections for cam
paign urposes-Northampton Times.