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THE ROE CENTENARY.

The hundredth anniversary Of Edgar
Allan Poes birth falls on January 18th
next, and II is proposed 10 commemof-
ate that day with suitable centenary
celebration. Poe's place as the first
American poet--indeed in the opinion
of S,nany as the first figure in Amerl-
can literature has long since been es.
tablished, despite The fact that por-
tions of intellectual New England
prefer William Cullen Bryant. Tol
the exquisite songs he sung, for tht
Immortal flowers OF genius which Ii,
left to delight and charm posterity
1t Is n small enough return that SON,
sort of public recognition be given i
his birthday.
The opposition 70 hoporing the poe
I because Of the man, which this cen
yenary movement may occasionall:
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Travellers who enter Shrewsbury by
the Abbey Foresate Station can scarce
~ fail to observe one of the most re-
lnarkable features to be seen at any
a pulpit. 1t stands prominently above
the coal wagons and miscellaneous
goods trucks Of the station yard, an
ancient stone structure, to which ac-
flight OF stone steps. This pulpit is
the only remaining fragment Of tho
domestic building of the once great
and powerful Abbey of Shrewsbury.
monks refectory, and was used FOR
preaching from and for reading the
lessons while the monks ate their fru-
gal meals.--Tit BitS.
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Vicious California Blnckb.r.l..

Thousands of savage blackbirds In
Test the city of Los Angeles, and in
some Of the suburbs they are SO bold
a ana vlcions that dogs are kept on the
are sometimes chased for blocks and
pedestrians ,pecked on the heads il they
happen under trees where there are
nests. The birds usually fight in pairs.
along, they swoop down, beat it With
their wings and claw at it with the
rage of wounded eagles. Frequently
they aim their sharp beaks at the Vic.
Tending himself. The painful Yelling
OF cornered CANNES attracts nocks 81
the birds, END then the fur hles-San
francisco Chronicle, a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-26
Yes, the people are a-cryin'
For the mighty name Of Bryan;
But the men who get the graft
Are at work for Billy Taft.
"a B. G, M.
SLAUGHTER.
Timely Plea for Sane Observance Of
y the Fourth.

+
AS the result Of the conventional.
noisy, powder-consuming method which
people of this country have chosen tor
generations past TO celebrate the be-
ginning Of an independent national
career, there have been not less than
1856 cases OF tetanus recorded during
the last five years. IN % per cent. OF
which the victims nave died. Lest
this years record be worse than last
years. the Marine Hospital Service has
sent forth a public health bulletin to
warn how to deal with wounds caused
by explosives, This is an admirable
proceeding, but remedial and not pre-
tentative, 1t is not doctors or parents
who need to be told what to do after
the gun has gone off, the noise been
made and the victim injured, so much
as 1t Is parents sand youths who
need to DO converted, before Fourth Of
July, to saner conception Of what
the day calls for. Establish In the
minds Of American parents and youth
a notion of patriotism that expresses
itself In ways ether than powder
burning and nolse-making, and the
problem will be solved without any
need OF health bulletins, surgeons,
ianaesthetics and cauterizatl s,---R os-
ton Aarald. it 8 B 5f n n ri4 }s
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personal AND GENERA1.

One ounce of eggs will produce $4,000 silk
worms,
The squirrel slaughter OF Russia amounts
10 25o0o,oeo year
laboratory for the teaching of electric
science has been established in Manila by
the Jesuit Fathers.
Because of the lichens which grow abund-
antly on the stone-pav streets In Made
ira making them slippery. 1t lis possible to
use sleghs the year round.
A clock once owned by John Wesley and
presented By him to the John Street Metho-
dist Church in New York City, is still doing
good service in the church.
The town of Granite. Okla, has asked
that the penitentiary be located there on
the ground that there are enough quarries
Eearby to keep convicts employed 10000
years.
In the wenaschee Valley. in the state o,
$1,000 TO $4,000 an acre. The orchards are
irrigated and the trees bear every year.
A party of musicians sailed from New
York recently as part Of the governments
the thousands of men at work on the Pan
ANA Canal
Senator Boies Penrose. of Pennsylvania,
forty-elsht years of age, who is looked upon
by some as ring politician" Is a Harvard
graduate and honor. man in his class and
the author of several law textbooks.
Ensland's Oldest preacher in active SER
vice Rev. Thomas Lord. OF Horncastle. is
4pu ytffiS# VI age. slIpTu suit pfeachPl
every sunday. He was grown man when
George ~. was King. On his recent birth
day King Edward sent his congratulations
Henry ". Grady, son Of Georgia's la
mented statesman and Journalist. Henry w.
Grady. has entered politics Recommending
his candidacy for the Legislature from Full
ton county Mr. Grady has no platform. and
declares that he Will make no pledges for
the purpose OF catching votes.
Since the nomination OF Secretary T aft the
newspapers of the country have been discoy-
| erng villages and hamle,s bearing the name
| of the presidential candidate. According tc
| the Chicago Tribnne's dispatches, there are
| eleven places in this country bearing the
| namc Of Taft, besides any number OF Taft
| .vi!!es. Taftons, raftvales and Taftdaes. K
! The new kingdom of Norway has sent ia
| this country one of the prettiest women
washington has seen for some time. She IL
\ Nine, GUIDE, wife OF the new minister from
| tnat kingdom Like King Haakon. the Nor
I wesian King, Nine. GUIDE is Dane by birth
nut she speaks number OF languages be-
! sides her own and Nerve gian. among them
| English. NJ
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At last science has thrown a great
light upon that deepest Of mysteries
the way Of a woman. After solving
most Of the other riddles q 2. lie, t ,ns
browning victory OF psychother pen1t ,1ss
is the discovery that women have two
souls. perhaps moro. We have the
word Of President g. Stanley Hall, OF
Clark University. that there isn't n
bit Of doubt about It,. and it is upon
this hypothesis that he accounts n az, fer
cratic methods of jumping at con.
clusions, and her intuition"
Wisely President Hall observes:
'sVoman is much more susceptible than
man There is good reason for this.
We know that she has two Nys g or In fhs
sn ma time and the same person. She
may say and think that she Is !, $. sick Or
well when the reverse !slreally true T.;
the ascsneancy. These two souls may
be absolute strangers each other pa5
they certainly exist. we nave p ~ .,
Kansas City Journal.
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Anton,ohlle Fatnlltie ).

Autom obile fatalities are increasing
alarmingly this year. me RECORD f,e
shows that seventy-flve persons have
been killed and AIS seriously injured
since the first of January last 4.
II this rate shall be kept up me
total record Of the year Will exceed
that Of last year, whereas. with the In.
creased experience In running and
caring for the MACHINES and the great-
struction, the number Of fatalities
should have been diminished
That this Is not the case shows thar
ordinary careain not exercised, It is
difficult TO guard against breakdowns,
but breakdowns are infrequent. It Is
not the fault OF the machines, but OF
their drivers, that SO many accidents
occur, The automobile IS comparative
sly as safe as any other vehicle when
not managed lgnorantly or reckl essly,
lis the speed mania and love OF ex-g
element which are mainly responsible
for automobile Incidents Chicago
Tribune.
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FRIDAY. JUNE 20, 1905.
PLATFORM POssIBILI.
TIES--POPULAR ELECTION
OF SENATOR'S,

For the Democratic platform to de-
clare for the election of United states
Senators by the people is not to make
n new demand or ask for radical
change. The question, though never
so urgent as now, has since the foun-
dalton of the government been under
discussion.
The reasons for the change are: That
1t will prevent the corruption of Leg
islatures: the disturbance of Legisla-
lures by contests over the senatorship;
the improper use OF money to obtain a
seat in the Senate; that 1t will compel
candidates for the Senate to undergo
the scrutiny of campaign before the
people and tend to selection of the
men best qualified,
The Senate has In the main repre-
sented what is best and ablest in our
politics. and it has also in the main
been stealying, rectifying force in
legislation. All this has been due.
however, more to- the length of a
Senator's term, his greater power and
responsibility; TO the fact that very
able and experienced men have sought
to be members, than to the mode of
election. The faint and scandal that
have disgraced SO many of these legis-
lative elections lend small probability
to fear that the character of the SEN
ate will suffer from the change.
In recent years corporate influences
are admitted to have had potent
voice In the Senate's conclusions, and
the desire for popular elections Of
Senator's marks a determination to les
sen that Influence. But the desire has
a deeper origin than the wish to get
rid of these influences. 1t is part of
the widespread movement of the people
to secure more direct control of gov
eminent.
The Legislatures of twenty-seven
states have asked for this reform:
other States are committed TO it by
having adopted primary elections 70,
nominating Senator'S.
If election by the people will re.
move from Legislatures a responsible.
ity that has in so many instances
proved corrupting, that has taken VI
SO much Of their time which should
have been spent in transactins. theil
usual business: and if 1T will not result
in lowering the character of the Sen
ate, then the people should elect
1t is essential, above all else, that
the people be satisfied with their in
stitutions: that no feeling of helpless
ness arise among them; and If cleo
tions by the people Will yield this sat
isfaction. then for this reason also the
people should elect.
The Democratic party. In declaring
for this change, is not yielding to
mere popular clamor, nor does it insist
on any. disturbing innovation; it is
working for conservative progress.
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Rhymes for | o-Day
THE NEGLECTED. sE DscHAI.

the rafters resound
And the plaster shakes down
on the floor,
Fills Glory's leapt onward with many
n bound m
And each day It's bounding some
Hell 80 down to history marked with
And booked for a shining white
robe:
Il. Roosevelt should feel mighty pleas
ed with the deal
But what is there In 1t for Loeb?
Bill Taft's got the crown that the
foregoing left
$50 far as the foregoing .could)--
He's lived down the gibes that we
sprung on his heft.
Hes greeted as all to the good:
The recognized heir OF the teeth and
brass band.
The inegapfone, big stick and
probe.
Yes, Bill Taft should feel burned con-
tent with the deal
But what has the future for Loeb?
The modest young man who has work.
ed without pause.
And exc without thanls4yous or fame.
Who never has drawn his fair slice
of applause,
The soft, shrinking power behind the
brass throne
On the JOB with the patience Of
/ think he must feel that pretty raw
Is all that is coming to Loeb.
II. S. II.
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The Little Things.
JoLLY1NG RICHMOND.

A TEXAS gentleman has just married a
~ beautiful girl in Richmond. The real
creme de Ia creme of Richmond's FEM
ininity Invariably select Texas husbands
when they have an observation-disclosures
Post.
A Richmond man absconded just before
the time set for his marriage to Richmond
widow No Houston widow would have per-
nlitted her prey to get away so easily
Allentown Call.
Richmond has real, live count In its
midst Ny. butSaren't those little pop eyed
blondes all ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Herald.
The stegonyia fasciatn has made It's APP
pearance In Richmond. but 1t is hill billy
breed and not the patrician insect thar feeds
on the rich blood of Houston.--Houston
Post.
without intending to incte an insurrec-
ton in Washington, Houston, Richmond,
Cleveland, Milwaukee and other less favored
places" says the Atlanta Georgian, 1--WE
rise to remark that fried chicken can be had
here In great piles for almost nothing
Which, we presume, is just about what 1t is
worth.-Washington Post:
There are more members of the Coolest
Flat Town Club residing In Humid Har-
lem than there are total inhabitants of
Roasting Richmond Warmish Washington,
Torrid Toledo and hotoldhouston.--New
York Mall.
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RICHMOND TRAINING SCHOOL FoR
UNDERGRADUATES

NlN DEif G AI3TNEI{S.
we have before us the catalogue,
just Issued, of the Kindergartners,
Training School for the session of
19OS-le09, commencing October /. 1908.
Inc small pamphlet Is in attractive
form, and gives the usual informa-
ton as to terms, course of STUDY.
diplomas, etc. 1t also contains a
chapter, styled: THE Kindergarten;
An Organic Part of Complete system
Of Education" which, after noting
that Froebels system is now univer-
sally recognized as "a practical sys-
TEN of pedagogy adapted alike TO the
symbolic period of childhood and to
me conscious growth OF maturer
years. (Hughes), indicates the method
OF gifts. occupations and games used.
showing that 1t is founded upon the
phiiosophic truth expressed by schil-
Ter; Deep meaning oft lies hid in
childish play
Attention is also directed To the
TACT that Froebel addressed his Com
mentaries to mothers. and that the
training for the kindergarten appeals
not alone to the professional educator.
out as well to the young mother and
TO every girl who, as potential
mother, realizes her responsibilities to
the race. Special courses and lectures
are provided for graduates, primary
teachers and young women wishing
to know something of Froebers edu-
cational principles. A list of grad
yates appended shows that OF tota,
of thirty-nine, twenty-seven are prac-
uctng their profession in various kin
dergartens, five are married, one has
died and six are not placed. This we
believe, is the only training school n,
coilege) for kindergartners in yir-
sinia, and. though but recently insti-
tuted. it has been qui.e successful,
deservedly, because of the high o,al.
ity of the work accomplished. The
kindergarten is growing eaily in favor
and Will eventually become an organic
part of the public school system
throughout the State, as it already Is
IN Richmond, which viii create n de-
mand for kindergartners, to SUNNY
which good training school is need
ed
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GROVER CLEVELAND.
rFrom the Richmond Dispatch OF Jam
uary 2, 1891
Fearless to plan and bold to execute
Intrepid, upright, bold and resolute.
The nations friend, the peoples adj
knowing no North nor South, section
self-po aet guiding star the
He Questioned not the Waterman OF
the Night u
And fell eli at last, stlll on the peoples
side!
When history comes his epitaph to
His name VIII glow with an immortal
The modern ,ssii curtius, yielding up his
To heal the wounds of fratricidal
strife:
o Mother Earth. accept the sacrifice
And close the gaping chasm as Its
= '''' w. w. SCOTT.
Gordonsyille, Va.
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James Russell, 1.o,o,, /, -,

James Russell Lowell is dead. There-
tore, unless the mediums interfere he
VIII never feel any resentment at the
esteemed Washington Post, which he :
gins hot-weather story with an alln-
sion. to William Wordsworth. who
wrote that What SO Rare as a Dav in
June2' lay -
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If the Washington Herald knows any
good reasons why that muzzlins ordi-
nance in the District should not he ey
tended to apply 10 Congress. now is the
time for II to publish them to the
voters.
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Far be it from us to advance unwel-
come insinuations. Yet stern duty
compels US to point out that Jim sher-
man. having accepted the Republican
nomination to the vice-presidency, ro1
desperately sick.
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MERELY JOKING.

A Split Vote.
who do YOU think VIII win, Tai, or
Bryant"
would elected either of en- hut I s'pose
they'll halter fight 1t out."---PIttsburs Post.
Run by Politicians.
I'VE business women" declared she. de
mand a voice in The management of this
countryt affairs"
II wish you luck responded he. But
that's more than we business men have ever
been able to get."--Loulsville Courier Jour
nal.
Overwhelmed
Taking early vacation as did. was
The only man at the summer resort"
Got lots OF attention from the women, 1
spose?"
Couldn't have gotten more If had been
a convicted Observation-Disclosures Herald.
Misusage of Words.
What are you doing?"
Grating trees at $3.50 per day
THAT amt grating. That's WORKING
Washington Herald.
The Little Things.
II believe In making the little things
count" remarked the kindergarten teacher.
az she called up the class in arithmetic
Philadelphia Record.
y Bungling Amateur.
Bridget. wasn't that policeman making
love 10 you in the kitchen last nght?
He thot he was, mum."--Life.
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"A woman has two souls" says Pro-
lessor G. Stanley Hall, thus taking a
heavy fall out of those who thought
that woman had from eleven to twenty
nine.
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The famous Mayor of Timpson, Tex.
is IN luck in one respect His con-
satuents cannot reasonably ask him
TO attend more than one Texas dollar
dinner per anrum.
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meet, has always seemed to us mis-
guided and perverso. "Poe's FAULTS
has become a verttable catch. phrase,
as though he alone, " all men who
have done lllustrious work In any
particular field OF human endehvor.
was afflicted with them. TO deny a.
tribute to the fine part OF a man be-
cause he drank whiskey, or even be-
cause lie was ungrateful to his foster
parents, Is both Grabbed and puerile;
and if we are to hold back our busts
and marbles till the perfect man COM
nands them, we shall hold them a
long time. indeed. No one wants to
raise monuments to Poe's character,
his poetry being reason enough, and
the argument which declares him UNIT
would similarly bar to go no further,
Burns. Shelley and Byron. The quail
ties which make for poetry do not
make for great strength of moral
fibre. It's harc-S to be expected that
the same hand can dcllcately tune the
lutte and ruthlessly scar away the
frailties OF the flesh.
The Poe centenary will be COM
memorated because 1t deserves to be,
and 1t should be commemorated In
Richmond. No other city is so closely
identified with the poets life. and n
celebration elsewhere would lack
point. 1t would be a happy obedience
II the Poe Memorial Association OF
Richmond could make the centenary
the occasion for announcing that its
projected $4,000 fund was complete
and the order for making the poets
monument was already placed
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Is Cruelty reft of his second-clectlve
term Trademark Senator Jonathan
Bourne may Yet reach position where
he viii have to take to buying 10000
pinks.
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We are not yet convinced. however.
that Dnn Alfonso is enough of a Dome
Graf to rise at A, A. and walk the
baby.
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"a Chicago man. so the Washing
ton Post informs us, offers to BET SEA
that there is no hell" Evidently a
newcomer to Chicago.
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still there are lots of honorary So
cieties in America which would be
willing to let John Hays Hammond
bag vice-presidency off 'en1,
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we take 1t for granted that the
ecunry's next and finest ex-President
is entirely satisfied With recent events
In Madrid.
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A great many bad accidents are sure
TO hanpen on the Glorious Fourth this
year not counting the marriage OF
Mime. Could and De sagan.
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Shades of Tecumseh.

con,h e' nav n., .aa. i. q. 20 taaiar ~ .ne
and while we have heard no disclaimer OF
relationship with the gentleman who en-
ployed the steam roller" process during
the Civil War In subJugating the South. the
very name Will cost the Republican ticket
many votes especially down in Georgia
Roanoke Times.
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Denver does not offer enough of &
sporting chance to have been at all
Interesting TO the late patriot, Bin
the Button Man.
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clpriano Castro is still limiting for
an Introduction to a nice little bunch
OF American marine,
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A shre,vd Prophet.

Mr.. Lewis Nixon native OF Virginia and
former leader OF Tammany Hall. says thar
Mr.. Taft candidate Will grow weaker
every day until election and that the Dem
| ocrats should have no difficulty in carrying
politician. and 1t Is hoped his prophecy may
prove correct.-Alexandra Gazette.
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Campaign Song.

oh. seem to see the coming OF Won
derf:ll array
waning OF the day,
Where the mighty North Is teemtng
and the Southern sun is cleaning
And the millions are a-marching to
the music OF the fray!
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Delusive Generalities.

Altogether. the Republican platform is a,
Ingenious conslomeratton of glittering prom
ises the insincerty of which is so apparen
aa to make them ridiculous. The Democrat
They need advocate no radical legislation
but only such urgent. proper and conserva
tive measures as are demanded by the PEG
ple-Danvlle Register.
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And the starry flag Is flynn
For Bryan! Bryant! Bryan!
But the regiments OF graft
Are at work for Billy Taft.

Oh. i seem to see the rising of the
And hear the mighty marching Of
the gallant sons Of toll.
And there comes n darker booming as
the day of wrath is looming
Tor the myrmidons who fatten on
monopoly and spoil.
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Overwhelrned.
AIisusagc of Words.

What are you doing?"
Grating trees at $3.50 per day."
THAT Amt grating. That's working"
Washington Herald
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A Dangerous Power.
No Room for Chnnre.

1t is we'll to bear In mind that the Demo
cratic party is not going to be induced tc
modify IN the least Its position upon the
race question with the hope OF winning the
support OF Northern negro voters. Its
record is inmutablc in this respect, its
achievements on this score among the
best and most brilliant In Its history. They
have redounded to the preservation OF
Southern society and 10 the lasting benefit
Of the Southern people.--Lynchburg News.
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Oh. seem to see the dawning and the
When the robbers OF the people shall
forever fade away;
No longer shall they batten and no
longer shall they fatten,
For Bryan Is a-coming and the rascals
foe away. 1904
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No Great Snakes.

The hour of opportunity has now arrived
for the Democratic party II 1t but have the
courage and wisdom to take advantage OF it.
The Republican party has put forth presi-
Dental ticket with faulty head and a
feeble ail.--CharlottesyilIe Progress,
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For tits liberty that's flynn
With the solid ranks of Bryan;
But the greasy men of graft
Are at work for Billy Taft.