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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-12-03
To Renew Mirror


pose a piece of sponge, a cloth and silk
handkerchief. all entirely free from dirt,
as the least grit will scratch the fine
surface of the glass. First sponge it
with little spirits OF wine, or gin and
water, to clean off all spots; then dust
over it powdered blue tied. in muslin,
rub. it lightly and quickly off with the
cloth and finish by rubbing with the silk
handkerchief. Be careful not to rub the
edges OF the frame.
Please give me a recipe for indelible
ink. How to mend rubber shoes, and
obiigc DER.
A good indelible ink is made by dis
solving lunar caustict IN water, but in
delible ink OF good quality is bought so
cheap that it hardly sjustifes the home
making ks
Rub the patch and shoe thoroughly
with sharp sandpaper. Smear both with
liquid rubber FIVE times, letting them
dry each time. Do this once more, and
before they are dry apply the patch
with pressure, if possible), and the boot
is mended. II liquid rubber is not OBJ
tainable, dissolve small pieces OF pure
rubber mot vulcanized) in warm spirits
Of o,, turpentne to the consistency OF
III the IubDer stores You can buy rub
Der cement, which is said to do good
patch work, but my experience leads inc
to believe that the only way to mend
rubber shoes is with new pair.
Please tell me how to make an Eoiian
harp. j. C. T..
An Eolian harp may be composed Of
a rectangular box made OF thin boards
five or six inches deep and about the
same width and of length sufficient
to extend across the window where it is
to be set SO that the breeze, coming, can
sweep over it. Its strings are made as
follows: At the top of each end OF the
box a strip OF wood is glued about
hall inch in height; the strings are then
stretched lengthwise across the top of
the box and may be either catgut or
wire. For the purpose of making a fine.
toned harp the strings should be tuned in,
unison, by means of pegs constructed to
control their tension. .,as in the case of
violin. The instrument is then ready to
be placed at the window, which when
party raised will admit current of air.
and this passing over the strings produces
very pleasant sounds, which vary with the
breeze. This harp receives Its name from
Eoius. the god or ruler Of the winds.
- = /. ID . J : . % Y q
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-12-03

| a S we jog along the highway we see
"A here and there in favored gardens
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15
Railroads and Fires,
Editor of The Tlmes-pispatch:

Editor of The Times -Dspatch:
sir-rhe people of this section are
greatly gratitied and pleased at the
purpose of the bin introduced by Hon.
Howell G. Featherston, holding rail-
road companies responsible for all fires
put out along their lines. 1t is a Just
and reasonable law, and should meet
with the entire approval of the Legls-
lature. as 1t Is absurd to hold the
farmar responsible for the distance an
engine will set fire to his premises.
The farmers of this section have
long been awaiting the passage OF a
just law to compel railroads to fence
their roadbeds through all farms, and
to erect cattle guards ut all divisions
OF fields and gates at all crossings
where necessary. The old law passed
on February l5, 1900, Is a dead letter
and so worded by some railroad attor-
ney that 1t Is a mere declaration OF a
fright and denial OF the remedy and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15
Mr.. rhoma. ON Primary Schools,

Eollor OF me Times Dispatch:
slr,-After allowing a quarter of a
million dollars for possible decrease In
revenue during this year. the General
Assembly has at its disposal $1,000 900
above the expenditures and appropria-
tons OF last year. This Is large
sum, and If wisely apportioned and
properly expended may accomplish
great good. am not unmindful OF
other interests which should, and
doubtless will be, cared for; but am
convinced that money spent in the
education of the common people is
by far the best investment a state
can make. I am strong believer in
higher education. but believe that
either from the viewpoint of effec-
tiveness or public policy the primary
object should be education of the
masses in the rudimentary branches
We have Just begun the policy OF de-
veloping State system of common
schools. and the results have. beyond
question, demonstrated the correctness
of thettheory. To do less than continue
ample appropriations would be re-
dictionary and unfortunate. This prin-
cip'e should be followed. and State
appropriations continually increased
until every child in Virginia Is given
an opportunity to get a good COM
mon school education. We hear much
of the doctrine that education should
be unlt-the primary school the base
and the university the capstone-those
charged with the duty of looking af-
ter higher education have now a splen-
did opportunity to give a practical
illustrations of their belief in and de-
sire for that unity that is essential to
the welfare of all. If the institutions
for higher education will exert their
influence to bring about fair appor-
tionment of the surplus between the
common schools, high schools, colleges
and university, all will be well. but
should they take the narrower view,
and go back to the policy of the past.
leaving the children OF the masses
unprovided for. it will arouse spirit
of resentment against the injustice that
will bode no good for the broader edu-
cational movement now developing in
Virginia. AS paradoxical as 1t MAJ
sound. college and university environ
rnent is not always productive of broad
vision and comprehensive sympathy.
The tendency Is sometimes exclusive.
Here turks a. danger against which
our educators may we'll be on guard
| IL ne TeINeHDeFeQ InaL an IN
crease Of 100000 In the appropriation
| for common schools will only give
about 30 cents per capita of school
population. The proposition to Civ
only one-twelfth Of tho available sur.
plus to the 100000 school-children OF
tho State and to give dollars to pupils
in colleges and university. where cents
are doled out to the children Of the
| country districts of the State canno
be regarded by those familiar with The
facts as other than unfair, not to say
unfriendy, to major interest in pub
lie education. The State is amply abb,
to give the common schools an add
tional appropriation ofes2oo,ooo. and i
is to be hoped that the General AS
se1nbly may see its way clear to do SO
i Very respectfully.
il "A. r. THOMAS.
4 Lynchburg, Va, February 10. 1908.
l 10
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15
TAFT AT KANSAS CITY.

The Kansas City Post finds Secretary
Tafts speech in that city on Monday
night "a distinct disappointment" 1t
was, in the opinion of this newspaper,
only "a collection of platitudes" and
"trite and time-worn comments upon
Republican policies"--a speech which
would better not have been made"
Through it. thinks the Post, the sec
rotary stands revealed as merely the
weak and rasping photograph through
which Theodore Roosevelt speaks y
The st. Louis Republic. whose COM
ments are more tempered, indicates the
same general conclusion. 1t speaks of
| the moral chill" which must have
touched the Independents voter when
Mr.. Taft painstakingly declared that
"a party cannot be useful unless the
members yield their views of some
tissues in respect to maineissues." THAT
sentence" declares the Republic, "em-
bodies a surrender for Candidate Taft.
But the St. Louis paper realizes that
this speech was important in that IT
defined one of the chief hopes of Mr.
Tafts canvass-his ambition namely
to split the South and annex electoral
votes in Democratic States.
Mr.. Taft's personal popularity is very
great, and deservedly so. Politics
however, is quite another matter. How
far his prestige through the North and
West lis enhanced by the knowledge
that he is the administration candt-
date and heir apparent to my poll
cies' Will hardly be known before mex,
/ November. How far this same knowl.
ledge furthers his prospects in the
South Is even more problematical. Blu
the course of history has not mad.
autocratic Rcpublicanism loved In thi
part of the country, and Mr.. Taft, 70
his reasons, elects to acknowledge tina
his Republicanism is autocratic. S
much is sure. If the South is solid,
that Is because certain wel-knowl
conditions have made it so. Certainly
o will never split" with readiness ia
S the asp!rant who considers those con
: ditions chiefly with an eye upon TIL
: colored vote,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15
A Financial Bill.
{ The Times-Dispatch:

Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sill would like to call the atten-
to an all-important subject. in which
the people are all vitality interested,
and the vast possibilities for substan-
tial benefits resulting from a judicious
law adjusting, regulating and pro,
Assembly amending and re-enacting
the law on banking and currency.
II financial bill on banking and
currency was passed by the General
Assembly of Virginia that would pro-
feeling the depositors against any
loss on account of failing banks, 1t
would restore and maintain confidence
and prevent run on the banks, and
there would be very few. If any, bank
failures.
The, State should supervise the banks,
and the tax on money or other securi--
ties put in hank could. be collected
for only thirty or sixty days a pro
rata tax on it could be collected. the
banks should be required to report
and settle with the state quarterly.
The State should have examiners of
banks. II on examination any bank
is found to be mismanaged, the court,
or Corporation Commission, shall re-
move the bank officials or such OF
them found to be incompetent, and
appoint others il, their stead, or close
w
mission. The system could be proper
y and sufficiently safe-guarded and
put in operation easily and speedily
If Virginia would take the lead
In this important financial system, the
prosperity resulting from it would
surpass the palmiest days of the Com
monWealth.. Tho people, feeling Sc
cure In their deposits in bank, would
cause hundreds of thousands of dol.
lars now in hiding. and no tax~collect-
| ed, and out of circulation, would BIT
deposited in bank. The revenue from
| said deposits would put many thou.
sands OF dollars in the state Treasur,
| every year.
Thee banks would have large deposit.
from other States. and Virginia would
become money centre riyaling New
YORK because of absolute security at
lorded by the State. The tax collect
ed on the deposits would be an anlpl,
premium and continual profit on reye
nue. to the State.
lIhe state should not tax the none,
ana withhold the protectlon.)
think such system OF fnanc
would remedy existing evils OF tn
country and checkmate the stool
gampllns schemes and methods of Wal
Street, and would far surpass the mos
sanguine and hopeful adherent'
claim for free silver coinage" or asse
currency.
II a speedy action could be had Il
this matter 1t would go FAR In ad
vancing the Commonwealth in It's on
ward and upward progress in all tina
makes people great and their his
tory glorious. Respectfully,
JOHN ]. HILL.
Tye River, Feb. IL, 1908.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15

even denies to the courts OF the com.
inonwaalth the writ OF iriandamus oil
otherwise" to enforce the law. Tho
act is Almost singular exhibitlonfof the
past power of railroads and their
fnethoas. and Is disgrace to the laws
OF the state. The passage of the fence
law would encourage the farmer and
enable him To diversity much more
than Is now done this great human
industry and Is a simple act of Justice
70 the farmers Of the State whose lands
lie along the roadbeds of railroads
and would remedy much of the tres
passing now done TO the crops OF the
farmers by tramps and others during
i'ne summer and fall seasons. There
should be no saving clause In the law
excluding switch limits as many OF the
switches are in the very midst of our
farms, and are the most dangerous
points. No estimate can be made of
the damage done to the farm interests
by the failure to pass this law. as the
farmer is adverse to putting his money
IN calves and other stock when sin
gle train may destroy his entire profits
ana leave on his hands lot OF MANNED
animals or dead carcasses and law
SUIT to boot. Many OF the most pro-
gressive States have good law rem
edying this wrong, and Virginia should
have one also.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
mas been pursuing very liberal policy
IN this regard to farmers, and 1t is to
pc commended; but many lines only
renee for parties who have pull with
the public or who have helped them
pun the public in the past. 1t is all
wrong. and a general, just and reason
able law should at once be passed by
the Legislature. which shall enforce
the rights of the people. We have
now been having railroads some fifty
years. and many OF them at least
generation in this state and yet no
for the wrong done our farmer
class. and surely they cannot complain
OF want of notice or time. The farmers
are watching their friends in the Legis-
iatnre. and men who study their in
terests will be the men whose records
VIII give preferment in the future.
Inc people are heartily tired OF cor
poration rule and laws which harm the
individual. and the laws of the State
should remedy wrongs done our great
farmer class. who are the taxpayers
and the bulwark of its safety. Let
some :, man in the Legislature arise to
the occasion. AGRICoL.
Buchanan, Va. Feb. 10. 1905.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15
Lynchburg. Va, February 10. 1905
Sunday Schools.

Editor of The Times-Dlspatch:
Sir,--I was glad to read your con-
domination of writer's expressed de-
sire to see the Sunday school reformed
by substituting the debater and con-
clusions OF the higher critics" for the
old time. common-sense and natural
Interpretation OF the Scriptures. The
Sunday school is not only the chief
feeder of the church. but IS a great
consarvator OF tho social life OF the
land. This is an age OF great and man
fold temptations to the young. The
tide of harmful diversion Is alarming
to thoughtful minds. The sunday
school Is "steadier'--an arrester or
thought and a means Of moral and
spiritual upllft.
Woe betide the day when It shall de-
generate from It's standards OF laltll
into the quagmlre OF ratiohai-
ism SO irrational as to ellmlnaI 20 tne
miraculous from the Book OF BOOKS
and feed the souls OF the young on the
husks of so-called advanced thought
instead OF the bread Of life. Kevereh
tial discussion of matters pertaining &c
the Bibles history ana compos'tlol
may have their proper place, anu new
Interpretation that affect neltner ny
Integrity nor the spiritual trutSs o
the Book need disturb no one put ~
the Sunday school remain as al ~
stitutlon In which arc taught cons,s.
emily and eternally those commo on
accepted truths OF Holy VIII INA
God is our Father. Christ our saviour
and the Holy Ghost our counselor an'
sanctiher; that we are sinners, a ~
have need of spiritual sus.ena 4na
which Is vouchsafed to every sou y nc =
diligently seeks 1t. The Bln!e - ~ ~
scientific treatise, but OWNS w., 49,
Pfr ass 20 s sea into blessed and sterna
harbor. Nv. NJ,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15

One is DR.. Savary's warning to the
French Academy OF Sciences that It Ia
very dangerous to rise l,urrledly from
bed. Many readers will understand
exactly the kind OF rising he has in
mind--that variety In which sleep
sodder man Is yarked precipitately
from bed to the Standardization of
the bells, and impelled to choke the
insufferable alarm clock In the blanket
with one hand while he reaches bitterly
for his socks with the other. DR..
Savary is opposed to risings Of this
sort. He assures us that they lead to
madness and other deplorahle maladies.
He earnestly desires that the public
shall remain in bed for at least twenty
minutes after 1t has walked up, drows-
ing. yawninE. stretching, grumbling
gradually reconcilng itself to the
prospect of DOTTED blankets and per-
frigid additions. No one. we hazard
Will care to dispute with the doctor.
No proposition as universally popular
as this has been made In our time. Tho
ayes have II unanimously. 1t would
only remain for employers to discharge
the obvious Formally and inform thei'
clerks and others that they need not
report hereafter till 9:20, instead of the
sickness Inducing hour Of O. as here
tofore.
unhappily, the other getting-up sug-
gestfon, this one British, cuts In the
other direction. If DR.. Savary wants
people to stay in bed longer. tho day
light saving bill" presented in the
House of Commons wants them to get
up earlier There is real interest and
ingenuity in this measure. 1t recon-
mends, in brief, that when summer
comes every clock In England be set
forward eighty minutes. The whole |
lay would thus be thrown forward just |
that length OF time, without any
in the relations of things.
A man would get up at S o'clock as
Usual. but 1t would really be only GAO.
Business would begin at S:4O hut the
clocks would all point to the familiar
1our of 10. People would go to bed |
at 10 O'Clock. persuaded by their time
pieces that 1t was 1920. So all Eng
and would save" lot of daylight. |
which is good for the health, and many
gas bills, which are bad for the
book-botl of these by the
simple device of pushing forward the
hands of the clock.
Isn't there real intelligence in this
scheme? DR.. Savary's suggestion, on
calm second thought, might fall
through even II employers granted the
bonus of twenty extra minutes: be-
cause many Of u would doubtless still
sleep through to the last possible mo-
ment and spring up In the old-fash-
Toned way. But the light-saving
bill has not only possibilities, but
probabilities. Daylight Is eminentlyl
worth saving, and everybody knows it.
Few people who do not have to get up
till s will rise voluntarily at GAO Just |
to enjoy the morning air. But they
would have to do SO II every clock |
for miles around beat 1t into their !
heads, and everybody else's head, that
it was 8 o'clock. and high time to be
UP and doing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15
MERELY JOKING.
Anonlns.s Calling.

Anonins's Calling.
| The Dentist. Nov, open wide your
mouth and won't hurt you bit"
| The Patient (after the extraction): Doc
| tor knew what Ananias did for a living
w"-Home Herald tChicago).
Sure OF Her Ground.
Mistress Jane, saw the milkman kiss
you this morning. In the future l Will take
the milk i'm
Jane: .'Twouldn't be no use, num- He's
prt missed never to kiss anybody but me-
Illustrated Bits
Two Ages of Men.
There are two periods in mans life when
he is unable to understand women. One Is
before marriage and the other after.-Har-
per's Weekly.
Not Worth 1t.
Nodd There. was to be meeting of my
creditors to-day"
Todd: well, wasn't there?"
mo. They unanimously agreed that they
couldn't afford to spend the time."-Life.
True Generosity.
They say very few authors sleep moro
than seven hours a day.
'But think how much slumber they furnish
other people."-The Herald and Presbyter.
Intelligent Advice.
Intelligent Rescuer Ito skater who has
fallen through: STEADY old man, steady,
Keep cool!"-The Bystander.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15
Voice Of the People.

The Times-Dispntch will print
signed letters on all questions which
relate to the public welfare. Such
articles should not exceed in length
$50 words, except under exceptional
circumstances, should be signed
with the full name of the writer,
and should bear his or her address.
The name of the writer will be
withheld If desired.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15
Two Ages of Men.
Not Worth 1t.
INVITING THE T1MEs-D1srArcu.

HE Richmond Times Dispatch speaks
OF the night-riders of the Para graphers'
Union. but 1t probably has reference to
tho night-writers who do their dark deeds
under tho electric Observation-Disclosures Post.
General Grosvenor says "the devil could
get l66 electoral votes on the Democratic
ticket Well, let him prove it.-Rchmond
Times Dispatch. When General Grosvenor
says anything in the nature OF a. prediction
there is nothing to do but accept it.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Richmond Times Dispatch agrees with
the Norfolk Landmark that the execution of
capital convicts ought to be within the
walls OF the penitentiary; or, perhaps. might
II not be just well to have 1t as we do in
Tennessee--don't have any executions
Chattanooga Times.
The Richmond Times Dispatch shows it.
self good friend Of the common school by
the selection of good county su.
intendents.--knoxville Tribune.
AS the baseball season draws near the
dread fear increasingly assails US that Rich
mend may not be able to land and hold the
tail-end position in that new league says
The Times Dispatch of that city. The same
feai In regard to the Washington baseball
team CONES forth and camps on our chest
every night.-WashinEto Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15

According TO the New York Evening
sun, 1t Is against the law to take a
bath In Winnipeg on Sunday. The best
Winnipesans will now realize the
necessity of taking a bath every sat
urday night whether they need 1t or
not
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15

A mirage was seen at Atlantic CITY
recently, It was said to resemble Mr..
Fairbanks in the act of making an
inaugural address not in the least. 1t
rs foolish 70 expect mirage to be as
miragey as all that.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15

1t takes nine men to manage n
Tiger says writer of scrap items,
VINO has evidently never heard Of Char
ley Murphey, OF Moo York.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15
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me TAFT buttons have reached Chi
easo' Nov for the holes TO put them
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ABOUT RISING IN THE MORNING.
Two thoughts about mans sleep, or
rather about his getting up, emerge
TRAM the news OF the last day or two
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15

Later In the day I met
(And saluted) Maude and Daisy,
And also kissed Cozette,
Clara, Julia Ruth and Maisle---------.s -
o, I'm sorry for Leigh Hunt,
who've had so many. many
While poor LeIgh's one Wanted stunt
Was with Jenny. II. S. III.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15
Rhymes for To-Day
4JENNY k1ssEp NlIsD roo.

M
Hunt heirs wifi shoot on sight.1
@ ARAH kissed me when we met,
So did Kate and Bell and Dora,
~ So did Jane and Violet,
Dolly. Claribel and Flora.
They all liked me pretty well,
And--dear glrls!--they never hid 1t!
1 don't like to kiss and tell
still. they did 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-15

ITO be continued Monday