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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16
THE VALUE OF CONVENTIONS.

Denver subscribed 100000, would
have put up 100000. and did build an
auditorium costing 100000, in order
to win and care for the Democratic
National Convention. It is highly
doubtful IL the visitors to the conven-
ton spent. all told, 100000 in Denver.
Ye. the city is satisfied, for its object
was not to increase bank deposits. but
to spread abroad the knowledge Of
what Denver is; and this latter end
was abundantly obtained. AS Beau
Brummel once remarked in another
connection, "a glance of the eye, dear
fellow, a glance of the eye" is worth
more than many handbooks and illus
trated circulars
No one but those who actually eX-
perienced the wholc-souled and gen.
line welcome of Denver could know
what 1t really was. No railroad PAM
pklets, no government reports, no pho
| tographs of wheat fields or statistics
of m!ielong trains of farm products
could have given the same sense of
1 wealth of opportunity as the actual
view of the great farms of the West
which every traveller was obliged to
see.
| What Denver wanted was publicity,
and she got it. Hereafter whom home
| seekers from any section of these
United States or its colonies are cast
4 ing about for fresh fields and pastures
new. Denvcrs possibilities, which is
to say, Colorado's and the Vests. will
be considered. Such publicity, such
attention, cannot be measured in adj
vance In terms of dollars and cents
but retrospectively its benefits will
be apparent and permanent.
1 Richmond's new spirit of aggressive.
ness and courage is in part directly
traceablc to the increasing number OF
| conventions the city has entertained
The way in which Richmond handled
! the Confederate Reunion, the Protest
ant Episcopal Convention. the Southern
/ Baptist Convention and the recent Cot.
i ton Association gathering has adver-
1 tlsed to the United States the advan-
tagos and resources of this city in the
most effective way. And above all, II
las demonstrated to the city of Rich
4 mond their own Intelligence and ca
4 pacity In dealing with large problems
/ Tie Times Dispatch earnestly trusts
that the efforts Richmond has made
to secure conventions Will be Increased
in the future. No form of advertising
activity presages better returns for the
city and state.
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UP FROM CABINET.
Pathway Not SO Common ms IL Sup
go 80 49, nnaad.

posed.
How often has the door of the Cabi-
net led to the presidential office? JEFF
fersOn was In Washington's Cabinet,
Madison In Jefferson's Monroe III Madi-
sons and John Quincy Adams In Mon
roe's. Van Buren, and Buchanan also
had been Cabinet officers. but some
time. however. before their elevation
to the presidency.
Many Cabinet officers failed to reach
the lon ged-for goal. Among them were
Webster Calhoun. Marcy, Cass. Seward,
Bayard, Blaine Gresham and sherman
Cass and Blaine were beaten at the
polls, although the latter is hardly In
the class OF Cabinet aspirants as he
did mot become Secretary of State un-
til he had failed as presidential can
It is easy to forget that Grant was
ad interim Secretary of War for q
while under Johnson. He did not owe
his election to the presidency to that
fact, however. He served only under
protest, and left the post as soon as he
could conveniently do SO, much to the
discontinue of the President.
If Taftis elected he will be the first
Cabinet aspirant elected since Buch-
anan. and the first person since j ohm
Quincy Adams to exchange a Cabinet
scat for the presidential chair.---Boston
Globe.
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Borrowed Jingles
ou1, NEIdIl1,O1.s AUTO.


When all the house is flushed to rest.
With tlrowsy eyellds shut.
And sleep approncheth Mt It's best, ~
IL we hear, "Whiri Whir! phut! phutl"
Assaulted by that staccato sound
Right well the worst we Know:
Tho demon or the blocks around
Our rclshbor's auto, oh!
ttwhlr, whir! phut,.. phut! Writ whir!
Whlrrrrri Bing!"
Now crank her up again.
The troubles OF that pesky thing M
Defy the tongue or pen.
1t viii mot back, 4 Will not sec.
It will not, wlllFnot go
Or bear these troubles quietly,
Our neighbours auto. oh!
Or else It stands. noon. eve or morn.
Between the times OF bnlks.
And. coacfing style upon its horn
The happy owner squasvks.
"STnnwk, squawk! Squnwk, sdunwk!'
tIoorny! HoorayD
Come on! Squawk, squawk Hcllo!'
A devil It. by night by day, 4
Our neighbours auto. oh! e
There's always something doing, sir,
When that machine Is out. s
It's likely stuck and on the whir-
Or on the sduawk and shout!
And while you'd think ashamed am
such petty spite to show,
Sometimes We almost Inurmur, Damn
Our neighbours auto, ohH
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lHsSssslH 49,
Europe.

Europe is q place where all good
nence shortly after the Civil War.
The open, palm. first Lr!< rose ,, in Europe,
5slr,Walter Raleigh. Hence Palm Beach
Europe raises tor our use counts.
princes and dykes; ruins and .old Y mas I !;
diseases. From 1t we receive the most
lasting, forms Of drunkenness. Z
h Europe is used for honeymoon pur-
poses. and for those who arc used to
American hotels It Is form OF pen--
lance. .5fs. s3sss s388
It's Importance as q topic Of CONVEX:
sation can hardly be over-estimated,
It makes more talk than any other
Europe lis also useful as a means OF
getting acquainted With !. y, your next,
him on the other side there Is Usually
time between stations to ascertain his
.nane and business: sd
5a AS a place Of refuge for our princi-
Is bsoqmi nnS more
affactlonat ely. regarded by all patriotic
Americans Thomas Il. Mason, in Sue
CESS Mngazine
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Arizona Socks.

Uncle Jake NeT, former Lieutenant
Governor, was discussing the early
California mining days.
{s&s Flour sacks We're valuable. You
funraveled the sewing down zone sido
and you had IA niece of cloth about a
yard square. Shaken and !. washed, ! t
pinch and made miners towels.} But
their chief useswas for Arizona socks
One flour sack would make three good
pairs. You ripped the piece into three
inch strips. Soft. and nice on the feet,
end Fit nat along the instep. folded
about twostinches under the toes and
then wrapped around the foot and Zip
tho ankle, witll3Sa final tuck-in. Nc
7larning, you could reverse ends; wear
$flne. too."'--San Francisco Chronicle
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pald Grocre!r. 30 Cent. "A fter Year..

''NIr. Franll Stone, 1ndlanapolls, 1nd.:
You s Ware keepsng grocery sHas si ii Port
land, I took a good sized handful Of
so1ne kind OF nuts outIof one of your
}bnskots, Please find Enclosed 40 cents,
which will pay fors.same. Yours res
sspectfully. GEORGE ITO WLllR.'.
Frank Stone, who now has n grocery
at Illinois and 3 Micliga Streets, re-
sceivod this letter this morning from
Union City: s, !,
a grocery store In SP7prt lard, y he said,
dla1apolla News I'll sI48
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Missing WITHIN old BOOK.

a curious story Of a missing wll
comes from Paris
Mont dc Piete at Dion. bachelor.
died without heirs, leaving fortune
Of about 100 900 francs. He had pre-
viously announced to his intimates that
he intended to remember them In his
will. but on his death. no will could
be found. The fortune then went to
three distant relatives.
During the last few days a German
book collector passing through Dillon
bought a lot Of old books which had
formerly belonged to NJ. Frossard. In
one OF them the collector came across
the lost will, In which one OF the old
est friends OF the dead man was APP
pointed 4residuary legatee.
The collector sent the will to this
courts will now. be invoked to dis
tribute the property in terms OF the
wlll.-London Globe.
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q Not Nccc.sary to Hire Him.
/, ~ MI NJ nfrra ~ I, an l1oI vi al I'D III

The a art photographer had visited the
farm. IT want to make an exhaustive
study Of this .parttcularBbit OF land
scape," he said, "and would like to
position on the fence there. Can he
sit still r.
'For days at a time" replied the
farm er,--TCl cleveland Il lain Dealer. II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16

Admiral Evans, who thinks that we
ought 10 have fewer statesmen, must
be n very hard man to satisfy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16

If Uncle Adlai Il, Stevenson runs
for Governor of Illinois. It Will be In
violation of his settled custom OF en-
pertaining v!ce-presidencles only.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16

The Elks. in national convention at
Dallas, complain that they have too
much money in their treasury. This is
one OF the most striking differences
that occur@to us between the Elks and
Hon. George Bruce Cortelyou.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16

OF course, Mr.. Taft must realize that
IL he is elected President OF the United
States he. cannot continue to live in a
suitcase. N
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16
An E.cellcnf suggestlon.

Thirty days vacation Will hereafter be
allowed TO every horse BY the Post -o1ice De-
partment In Washington city. This Is a
notable example which should DO followed
by owners OF horses everywhere. Nor
should mules and other beasts OF burden be
excepted. The plea Is made not 80 mucf, In
behalf Of the beasts as their owners. Con-
siderationt for dumb beasts makes the hui
man race better and nobler. III is a means
OF erncc BY the way. why In II that New
port News has no society for the prevention
OF cruelty TO animals ?-Newport News
Times Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16

The Old SOL OF Virginia is showing
every symptom of perfectly restored
confidence.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16

Jim sherman's statesman's expe-
Srience has been acquired In minor
league positions only ls
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16

A Lexington, KY, man dropped dead
at a ball game the other day. Probably
he overheard somebody speaking (sind-
~ of the umpire.
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A scheme.
c1pEs FROM THE .rAnAonAruEns.

~ tracing as much attention nowadays
OvERNOR HUGHES'S wh!skers are at
as Mr.. James Hamilton Lewis's did a
few years ago--though they make nothing
like tho same nose.-Washington Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16

Il will play golf every day." re-
marked eX-Judge Taft, ''just as
would take Incidence. The candidate
speaks of golf like an ardent member
Of a tennis cabinet.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16
The Enemy Nervous.

1t is our opinion therefore that under ex.
listing conditions Mr. Bryan In 1905 is a
stronger candidate than he was either In
1896 or In 1900, and that while the Repub.
licans can defeat him, yet II Will require a
strong effort by united party to do so.-
Harrisonburg Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16
Harmonious Sound.

Harmonious Sound.
All indications point to Democratic hnr-
mony. such as has not been known since
1882. when tho party won Ns decisive VIC
tory.-Danville. Bee.
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1 = >
las Mr.. James Hamilton Lewis's did a
few years ago--though they make nothing
like tho same noise.-Washington Herald.
Since the paper trust has paid that fine,
Uncle Joe Cannon Is perhaps able to sec
that there is paper trust, but he will be
able TO forget it before Congress conYenes.
Louisville courier-Journal.
Now that he knows the dolar-a-worl
value OF his writings maybe Mr.. Roosevet's
last message to Congress will be shorter
Florida Times-uhion.
II is Bill and Jim against Bill and John.
The old-fashioned names seem to have oil
the luck this year in national politics.
Kansas city Journal.
An ambitious person proposes to suppress
all needless noises In New York. But in
Washington they Will stlll get $500 year
and be occasionally recognized by the pre-
siding ofYicers.--Louisvlllo .,Couricr-J ournal
An American citizen can take his choice
between battleship and skyscraper OF
sixty-two stories o0g feet high. They both
cost the same.--St Louis Globc-Democrat.
II am feeling bully" said the nominee
Evidently my slang Is to go on, however
II may be with my policles.-Ncw York
Post.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16

We gather from the Washington
Herald that Germany is learning to
put up n very neat article of baseball.
That's a lot more than the city Of
Washington, p. G.. has ever learned
to do.
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ON the Death Of 4 "sport.,

Editor of The TimeS-Dispatch:4
srThe passing s,,hi.s e human an , ssing
buried and the repose of his soul
prayed for by some few faithful. who,
|either through ties OF relationship or
other utilization. knew him In life.
day. words and acts Of some ac-
count, and to-morrow-carrton.
Three days ago there died in Rich
mond. by his own hand. man whose
!fifty-three years of life We're spent
within the shadow OF these seven hills.
la handful OF followers from the frayed
lodges OF society accompanied the body
Ito Its last resting place In the lap OF
old mother earth.
Alive. this man had chosen to tfou
had been his a liberal, II not en-
|travagant, education had been provided.
la profession. that of pharmacy, had
been acquired. But the allurernents Of
erful and were not to be withstood.
III am dead broke and all I'M was
1.-The reason given for his act OF self
destruction. Broke and all In Pit
liable words. and at the end OF fllty-
Titles as honest gambler" dead gamo
sport. - i..prince OF good fellows, a.
royal spender''' and liking OF fakirs"
had been acquired.
Dead. Forgotten. More flotsam gone
the way of man. A human being gone.
but no vacancy in heart or home; y
life lived. but no purpose accomplished,
What a sermon to all men, both
young and old s No man, 1t matters
not how bright the divine spark may
burn within him, could teach a lesson
50 fraught with awful example, s8
Live ere life fly beyond recall
Yes. But how? Read this story and
then frame your answer:
Died. John Doe. gambler. Funeral
by popular subscription. Bur!al, IN
Potters' Flold. READER.
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Are the SchoolhouseA$ in q Dangerous
5 COnditions

&C CONdltIOnt
Editor OF The Times Dispa tch:
Sir,--A leading article appeared n
the public to understand that the dis
ltrict schools were in a dangerous con-
dition, and you urged immediate &C.
ton by the school board. Can you inl'-s
thing is being done? If not, what
course should parents pursue? II
seems to me that parents who con-
YtinIe to send their children to school
in a condemned building share the re,
should some some horrible accident take.
place Will Syounot in your paper,
which is so widely read, stir UP public
interest In this matter? In another
two months the children will be ro-s
assembling for the new session. Some
thing should be done without any
further delay, $50 C1IlHLN,
S. Richmond, Id til July,
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prosperity Made to Order.
Down with Carthage.

The necessity OF defeating and destroying
Inc party Is wa ss psop,.
tho prime necessity OF the ago We live In.
Simplicity In government. n gradual reduce
OF perpetual Increase, economy In expendl-
lures OF public money. the Icsscning OF taxes
OF AL kinds-thesc are the essentials, and
to all OF these Mr.. Bryan Is pledged. Any
loose notions he smny have outside OF thcso
can be forgiven him: they can be dealt with
when they come before the people as living
iubjects for legislatLon.-SMffok Herald. VIC
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16

Colonel William c. Greene. the copper
king, Of Cananea. Mex. accompanied by
his daughter and Il party OF friends, sailed
for the Orient from San Francisco on the
Mongolia, The party Is making Il tour OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16
ST ATE PRESS.
promise IL bright

Promise IL bright.
Aha So the chances q Nh u. yrya's eiss1
4S s earo st oSpsses a anyns
but n worshlper Of Mr.. Bryan, has run
upon tho conclusion that tile careful reader
.Sat ndIeata The S Ss,si that M Dryan viii
ssets sse rs
reason4 I, and there g every reason.to believe
p lnna .ni nGns 1ndesyHppeas
wishes Prompt Publicity.
Both Sides Bryan and Taft, arc declaring
THAT IL the material question. It Is report
cd that tho treasurer OF the Republican
committee said that while the books Will
make any statement OF finances until after
the election, and TINT seems sensible and
the name time utter the
MS 1t inny affect that clection.--Fredericks-
Passing Of the Horse Show.
numbered in the sense that the rad Is fast
passlng. Such exhibitions as arc genuine
ginin Will continue in tho smaller towns Of
the sections where fine horncs are bred ana
trained, but us 4 fashionable amusement In
the cities and n money-getter for those who
are shrewd enough to play the fad for what
1T Is worth. IT Is practically dead. Dan
willie Register.
Let We'll Enough Alone.
The temperance people certainly seem TO
he satisfied. and we have no doubt but what
they are, since with the Byrd law and local
option results the State Is now all but dry.
We have maintained, and stlll maintain, that
the local option laws nre the most sntisfac-
tory and the most democratic. and 1t tx our
honest believe that a serious reaction would
inevitably follow In the wake OF a moves
ment for Statewide prohibition.--Fred-
sercksburg Free Lance. }s
Prosperity Made to Order.
The government has s75o. ooo. 600 to spend
This year for supplies. public buildings. etc.
This money is available since July LIST.
Usually this annual supply budget is grad
ualy disbursed through tho year, as the
supplies are needed. This time. II the adj
mnstraton can manage It. tho whole pile
Is to be spent before election. 3fr. Roose-
Welt and the TAFT managers realize very
kccnly that unless there is n quick return
OF prosperous business conditions the Repub-
lican party Will face hopeless campaign.
Therefore, 4 is decided that there has got
to be q quick return OF prosperity. even II
II takes the last spare dollar In the public
treasury to bring 1t about.-Alexandria Ga
zette. 45 '5 ~ il
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9' ~ ~ 49,
Ahal So the CHI
ton ara not real
Tho Charlotte IN
but n worshlper
upon tho concluslc
OF metropolitan
Republican. Is tlail
that Indicate tho !
be elected, though
orally the result OIL
newspapers don't
reason. and there
that th1s Ia going
MISUNDERSTANDING
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16

Jules Cambon, French Ambassador to Ger
many has been promoted to the rank OF
grand cross of the Legion OF Honor for dis ;
s.ineuished service mt Berlin. H. Lefavre,
French minister to Cuba. was made an Off
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16

An expedition Is being equipped. under
the auspices of the Russian Ministry of Ma
rine. with the object OF discovering a North
DREAMS 81 ~
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James Is. Hatckatt, the actor. whose wife,
Mary Mannering. instituted proceedings for
q r., divorce during his absence abroad, has
stated that he did not know enough Of tho
details Of the. repprtcd suit to make any
statement at this time. 5I ~ ~ 80
Frostburg mining journal., 1908-02-01
The Way II Read.

The editor of a little paper was in
the habit of cheering up his SubSCrib-
erS daily with column of short peril
nent comments on their town, their
habits and themselves. The depart
ment was the most popular thing in
the paper.
The editor, as ne saw it growing in
favor, gradually allowed himself a
wider latitude in his remarks until the
town passed much of its time coniec-
turing what he'd das't to say next"
ON hot day when the simoom whis-
tied gayly up the street of the town,
depositing everywhere its burden of
sand, the editor brought forth this gem
of thought:
".lll the windows along Main street
need washing badly"
The next morning he was waited on
by platoon of indignant citizens, who
confronted him with the paragraph in
question fresh from the hands of the
compoSitor and informed him ticrcely
that he had gone too far After haSty
and Mortified glance he admitted that
he had. 1t now read:
"All the widows along Main street
need washing badly Everybody
Frostburg mining journal., 1908-02-01
A Tragedy Of Pride.


Don Rafael Alvarado a wealthy cit
iznn of Nrnviro claimed descent from
.,,t ,,,.o,,,, ,,.ro ,,,.lo +l,, r,r,ous
,,,. :, .,,,. ..,,,..,,,,.,,.
,,,,|, c,.,,,
WIG" N'i ''| > "' ''''' ''''
WE capIioi' ION l'"I"'' "''''S'o''
had acquired a large tract Oh Iahu Ill
ancient TlaScala. one of the Mexican
provinces. and one of them at one time
owned a gold mine In Don Rafaers
youth the family wealth had been very
great. and wealth and ancestry are the
father and mother of pride. The young
man was brought up to consider no one
in Mexico his equal that Mexico was
made especially for the Alvarados and
that an Alvarado could not accept a
favor or withhold one.
Don Rafael lived on his hacienda, a
large cSt;Me that remained from the
original grant of the king of Spain.
From his walls the portraits of his
ancestors looked down on him. all
seeming TO say the same words, Re
member that YOU are an Alvarado."
Covering one end of the BANQUET room
was a painting of the original Alyara-
do making the wonderful leap.
Don Rafael upOn his accession to the
Nropcrtv began to outdo any of his
prorcnitors in splendor of living and
hospitoltty. He had a sister, Dona
Isabel who WAS an cspccialIy attrac-
five feature I'm his home She attempt-
cd to checl, her brother I'm his eytroy-
ogonce nointinp ont to him that those
ha yvoc antnrt,fninm ,vnrn blnndin1 him
and ot tbn rate he was procnedinp he
vouId soon have nothing left Rut her
warming was of no avail Some of the
onosts tounht thnir host Gambling
games others borrowed money, Both
methods wnrc omnIovod to impoverIsh
him GroduoIIv his hank account MELT
oh owov his revenues Lprome mort
poood and ot LAST ruin storod him in
tho focn
About this tfmo comn - verv diff
foron+ sort nf guost from tbo othors
Coormo U,oIIocn q vounn Nmnrir,n of
considoroI,Io means and , ,,rodr,to or
, ecbooI of n,iuino, onrir,ori,, TIo