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commcrclnllsm In College sports.

"Athletlcs," says Professor Waldo,
"becomes u business which at times
completely smothers interest In every
other college activity
In this business there is the spirit
of commercialism, and as corrective he
professor hopes for the abolition Of
gate reCei pts.
the moneysis clear. Receipts in some
cases are rsbeyond the needs for any
legitimate object of college sports.
ism, and their influence is toward pro-
ressionalism. Out OF them comes the
rivalry in spending large sums on fields
tor athletics
check on such eXtrayagance, College
sports ara desirable only so far As they
promote a clean interest in out-of- door
recreations. The splrit to be- cultivated
Is that OF nmataurs, 4uncOntalnlnatnd b5'
any business stake In the results
Chicago Record Herald,
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Wo,uan'. Work.

Household economies should be kept
at the head OF the list of topics for the
woman's clubs. The economy OF the
household ought to be the peculiar
a genuine helpmeet. And 1t should not
be simply theoretical economies. but
the plain. everyday. practical economy
that secures the maximum OF benefit
out OF the family treasury. IL the
the affairs of the household. as one
delegate to the federation complained
The club Is evidently pursuing the
wrong course of economical research.
Mastery of the science of applied eco
Monies OF the household would solve
the problem Of many e home Boston
Herald
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THE HOLE IN THE BYRD LAW.

II we grasp the significance Of the
Manchester case Alright, it has re-
vealed an aperture in the Byrd law
(1arge enough to drive heer-wagon
4 through. That. section of the law
(which prohibits the sale of intoxi-
iscants to habitual drunkards was here
! called in question. OF the alleged
!; habitual, drunkard in this instance i
1 was proved that he had repeatedly
i been before the court for drunkenness;
j that he had been put under bonds, sent
Ito jail. and made to take The pledge.
.lYet The magistrate ruled that in the
d absence Of specific definition in the
II text of the law. there is legal doubt
las to what constitutes an .'habitual
II drunkard". and ruled further, in line
with argument OF the prisoners coun-
sssssl and apparently in proof of limo
tcence. that the accused bar proprietor
Twas ignorant of the alleged drunkards
habits.
It would appear that future convic-
under this section are going to
81 prove extremely dlfhcult. Not only
must the bar proprietor keep close
4 tabs on all his customers habits and
determine to nicely JUST when any
g@of them crosses the impalpable line
which divides the sporadic or chronic
AN drunk from the habitual--not only
~ must he know this but the other side
must prove that he knows it. and that
q he knew II when he dispensed the
8lfliquor. In view Of the fact that the
special Knowledge involved here has
N 9proyed someihing Of a stumbling
3block for the most exalted courts In
1.-THE country. this procedure must III,
#lvest the barkeepers OF Virginia with
II q scientific acumen and a sober Judi.
~ cialness of mind which Will set then
81 far above tI.e more purely commercial
IA barkeepers Of other States.
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"A EMPOWER THE INSPECTOR TO ACT
t8f A rather curious situation confront
II building Inspector Beck. Ha has de
" clared a hbnse at No. sol4 East Mar
q Etssst unsafe for occupancy. has Or
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No North. No south, No East, No west.

No North. No South, M East, No West
Highest honors on his own account. He
is man Of tried, rare, iron courage.
shown in his handling OF the yellow
strong hearts quailod and when thou
sands deserted under the impulse Of
fear OF inevitable death. He liz a MAJ.
OF nerve. and man OF his capacity
as an administrator and executive Will
prove worthy OF any trust. but he Is
especially interesting to those who re.
member the past or. to those who have
read the history OF their own country.
term Southern. applied to State or
its people is strictly limited In Its
meaning to geographical position. The
flag OF the Confederate States OF
America" can be displayed In the
North and now evoke no sIgn-.except
a cheer,--Philadelph Public Ledger.
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SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1908.
Fon a DEMOCRATIC rl.ArronM.

IS FOR A DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
If the Virginia press as whole
represents the real sentiment of the
State. and we believe sincerely that Il
does. the opinion seems to be almost
universal hereabouts that the plat
form at Denver shall be made by the
delegates and not by Mr. Bryan. Paper
y after paper has come forward to say,
vigorously or delicately, according to
the degree of its personal reverence
!, for the Nebraskan, that he should not
! expect, or be allowed to impose his
1 will in the matter of planks upon the
convention. Thus the Petersburg In
56ex-Appeal, to quote only one of many,
j3declares that las nominee, Mr.. Bryan,
! OF course, has rights but that lit
should not be forgotten that the con-
i vention also has rights, and that those
4 rights are paramount to any of Mr..
/ Bryan's." We believe that this declar-
3ation voices the almost solid senti-
i ment of the State, even those news
Ifpapers which are most enthusiastic for
Il Mr.. Bryan not hesitating to point out
II that the making of the platform is a
/ duty lying wholly with the delegates
simultaneously comes reassuring
news from Lincoln to the same end.
If Democrats generally wish Mr.. Bryan
i to keep mis- hands off the platform. it
appears that that is the candidates
own wish and intention. Mr. Bryan
! has not always been wise in decisions
affecting his own career. He has said
| and done things which. for his own
prospects sake. might far better have
been left unsaid and undone. He has
marred his glories for his impulses.
But he has acted with judgment and
sound wisdom. it seems to us. in i'm
pressing upon various Democratic
leaders that he has no design of using
his personal influence TO whistle the
party's sponsors into undesired paths.
The atmosphere is thus happily
cleared, and the delegates are con-
fronted with rare opportunity to
frame Democratic platform OF un-
Improbable and fundamental integrity.
They must not, nor are they asked to-,
prepare document which will fit the
man. The man, whether Mr.. Bryan or
4 another must cmphatically fit the
document. If this involves the repu-
Ediation OF anybody's special theories,
there is no cause for shrinking here.
Quite possibly, as some one has sug-
gested, Mr.. Bryan would not be sorry
ITO see some of his governmental hob
bies effectually discarded, so that.
| should he be the nominee, they may
not rise up to harass him during the
lcampaign. Be that as 1t may, the
}delegates at Denver owe allegiance TO
! democracy, and nothing else. The
ihypocritical. vapid and vacllating Re-
publican manifesto is at once tfeir
summons and their opportunity. A
Straightforward statement of sound
principles. staunch to the spirit of
Democracy a2d explicitly averse to the
strange gods .6 Populism. would solid
ify the party as nothing else could.
and should suffice to elect the man
who stood truly and squarely upon it.
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M Plnce for Her
FROM THE UNION MLLs.

d i
TO d-be interviewer, John Mitchell
is reported to have said: II must re-
fuse to discuss subjects and issues OF
which know nothing II that's the
way h. feels about II. he may well give
IN all hope of political career.-Wasll-
ington Post.
II have been travelling for two weeks and
an extremely tired" said General Luke
morrow This Is not the right sort OF talk
from n man who expects to I'LL the shoes
OF Traveller Taft-Houston Post.
The whlskers of sunny jim, sherman
are only side issue.-Atanta constitu-
tion.
Panama is absolutely free and indepen-
cent except with reference to its foreign
and domestic affairs. These will be con-
trolied BY the United States, as usual
Will vote the Democratic ticket when he'll
goes Methodist must make Mr.. Bryan
anxious to get a straw vote from the lover
egions.-Washington Post.
A Northern correspondent wants to know
how long watermelons last down South p.
All the year. When frost comes we call
ON. ON in and pickle 'em.-.ttlan,a Constitu-
The Washington Herald observes that
there Is a pleasing ilt about TAFT and
sherman. But II was in the hope of gilt
rather than lit that James schooicrnft
Sherman was tackled to the tail of the
tcket.-Louisrille Courier-Journal.
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MERELY JOKING.
Fats Master tic.

Fats Master Lie.
Come now. Pat said cockney tour
list to an Irisl peasant, whom he had en-
| ccuntered In connen,nra. '.f'll give you n
sovereign II you tell n bigger lie than you
ever told before
Pat responded. and the company ,nani-
'mously declared the sovereign earned
TIT Bits
No Incentive.
Gf ny NAUGHTY mGns T naash ny fas @hen
was a little girl I always washed my face
Dolly: Yes; and now look at it."--
Meaning Himself.
,r Mell I, Tail ,s,s1 ms did you ever win
,s shol' yons .Ns did, but my wife
His Fart.
she 4, "will You take par, in our thea,rl-
all ne: I ,,ss should like 70. What
she: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Inquirer
To Headquarters.
Does your husband bring fairy stories
NO. but he brings me some dandtes.''--
Houston Post.
NJ Place for Her.
Towne: "Tier. are some hot games up
at the ball grounds these days Why don't
You take your wife to one OF them"
Browne: "Gracious! l don't want to be
Lwidower. Shes too tender.h hearted and
sympathetic."
Browne: Why. it would be just like
her to sympnthize with the umplre."-
Philadelphia Press.
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Rhymes for Day
-,IHtl I,RiXE-YvINNIs1,s.
+ ALL the fools thntJever were
Or eyermore shall be,
That over did1or could occur

IHlI l'NlIC.NSINNEI1S.
~ II ALL the fools tl,ntJever were
Or eyermore shall be, NJ
~ That ever did or could occur
On land or SKY or sea,
OF nll the fat-head nintiies and
The blooming jnckanapes
That scatter risk on every hand
And breed hnir's-breadth escapes.
All, all scan and quickly pass
To crown these with my vote.
The Observation-Disclosures ass
And him that rocked tho boat.
I don't forge, tho July loon
Who'll work to-day TIL late.
Who'll blow IFS members toward the
moon.
His coco put tho gate III
mind the gulltless stander-by
Who's shot down like dorg. Is
And him that no.ks tho clnnffeur's cry
And lands up In the morgue--
/ think of all the fools, MY lass,
But these alone win note: ~
The -know-'twas-l LOADED ass
And he that rocked the boat.
III. s. III. !.
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Independence Day.
Again its Independence Day,
AS usual We'll try an pay

AS usual We'll try an pay
Some homage
To those who wrote that grand decree
An signed our nations liberty
With courage.
What wrecks 1t II we kill lot
A whoopin' our forefathers up,
A shoutin'.
Eor John Adams an Thomas j.
An all Tue patriots OF their day
spoutin'?
we ought to do sop,ethin', You know
10 pay them fcllers what we owe,
An others!
An, extra bunch OF killed an maime,,
VIII be small pay for those far.famcd
Foremothers.
Q. well. 1t comes but once year
aWhat matters II the boys don't care
Who're murdered
We'll have some eighty millions left,
What II some few homes arc bereft
AM sundered.
We've got to make the eagle scream
NO matter how the cost may seem.
-, Or CORY;
me CID flag must receive share
July TIE 4th In every year
or glory.
Richmond Va, July i, 1908 i'-NS =
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No Incentive.

+ Dolly: mo: won't wash my face.''
Grandma. Naughty, naughty! When
was a little girl ! always washed my face
Dolly: Yes: and now look at ill.,
London Opinion.
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The whiskers OF Sunny Jim" Sherman
are only side issue.-Atlanta Constitu-
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isalso Hello de Sagan's independ-
ence day, as his Paris creditors have
mo doubt realized.
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Probably 1t will be difleult In the
extreme for the Democrats 10 name a
President who cannot stack up
fayorably against obedient jim sher-
man.
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Every now and then a bank cashier
Is found missing from his office, and In
proves that he has merely
gene TO his country place for the week
end,
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With the lint-bottle ready on the
front porch, with the ambulances
hitched up and ready to start at the
drop Of a hat, with the doctors on
guard al the telephone and the hospi-
tails carrying a double cast and under
studies, our Northern cities stand ready
to rejoice that Uncle Sam acknowledges
no boss. t5 SOS a5a.ts55
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Meaning Himself.

Molle: Tell me. did you ever win .
prize at a lottery?"
Cholly: "No, never did, but my VIII,
dfd."-fonkers Statesman.
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We suppose thcre is no doubt that
Secretary Taft will miss the War Office
a good deal, 1t is said that he has
enjoyed his occasional week-ends there
Very much indeed.
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'Iiow long does the average honey
moon last?" asks a contemporary. For
other communities and styles Of spouse
we cannot speak; but where man
has; had the intelligence. wit and good
fortune to contract an alliance with
one OF the peerless little star-eyed
blondes Of Richmond. the honeymoon
lasts for lite and then some.
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The fact that Mr., Taft is going to
run his campaign from an Old Virginia
Office is sure to strike dismay into the
hearts OF the Democrats. The only
thing we can suggest in Offset Of this
is for Mr.. Bryan to open
headquarters in Royal Richmond.
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Hard Times In Page.
inc devil OF debt seems to be on the
y, as. OF almost everybody. The clerk. he,
" deoi: DITTO the typewriter. Same WITH
intendent. he can. remember when he
wasn't The Office boy would be in deb, Ii
ahynody would trust him. And all OF them
nlleness OF their conditlon.-Pare Courier.
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y. BY Times Dispatch Carrier Delivery Ser
vice in Richmond tnnd suburbs. Mnnehes-
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baronet, sirsJamsetjee Jejeebhoy, the
fourth holder of the baronetcy, serves
to recall not only one of the most fa-
nous philanthropists Of the nineteenth
paid to him by the British government.
The first baronet. an entirely self
made maa, became the leading Parsce
merchant Of India. and the head OF
the Parsee community Of Bombay,
Where innumerable public and charts,
table Institutions owe their creation
and endowment to his generosity.
statss Wss Naf him pS St hsa
factor by the city Of Bombay In 1856.
was created a baronet at the close Q {
1857, for the valuable service which
during the great indian mutiny, while,
when he died, in ls60,4a special act
was passed BY the legislative council
Of India, and signed by Queen Vic
e ps o Of the barene s Should on aces
sion thereto relinquish their own
names. whatever they might be-, ana
assume that Of the first baronet, IN
a SsSss fbs Fh 0e ss
that has never been paid before In the
bestowal or transmission Of English
or foregn titles OF nobility, and de-
his elder brother, and who Is q grand
l'son Of the founder Of the family, is
now fol flowed IN turn by his son, RUS
tIomjee. man Of thirty, who now
drops his own name and assumes that
ofl.his great-grandfathe
The coat Of arms bestowed upon
the family by Queen Victoria shows
on tho shield the sun rising above, the
G!;ha,pts Mountain, With bees :,
OF Industry, while Tho crest consists
of q peacock, IN Its beak an ear OF
wheat, and standing on a wheat-coyer-
ed hill. The motto Is Snot, Az Is GUS
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26
MISSOURI
COURT FINES
REBATERS
TWO BROKERS PLEAD GUILTY
TO CHARGE
Men Who Acted as Go. .Eetweens for
Shippers and Railroad Companies
Forced to Pay $1,000 and
$4,000 Respectively
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 25.-Georgc
L. Thomas, freight broker of New
York, and L. B. Taggart pleaded guilty
in the United States court today 10 a
charge of conspiracy to pay rebates TO
shippers.
Judge Smith Mcpherson then fined
Thomas $1,000 and Taggart $4,000, omit
ting jail sentences previously imposed;
Both defendant were in court, ana
after sentence IEas pronounced checks
covering the tines were rendered and
accepted by the judge. This was one
of the most important rebate cases
tried in this country, and the jail SEN
tence which was omitted today was the
first sentence of imprisonment ever
passed for similar offense.
George l.. Thomas maintained a
brokerage in New York city and rep
resented practically all the important
shippers In Missouri and Mississippi
river under a contract to route thelI
freight from the east and to collec'
overcharges- in freight bills. Thomas
and Taggart were indicted in DecemT
ber. 1906, charged with conspiring with
Barton Bros, wholesale shoe mer-
chants of Kansas City, to pay rebates
on the latter firms shipments. In the
trial of the case 1t was brought out
that Thomas had also agreed to secure
rebates for other merchants. They
were found guilty on June 22, 1906.
Thomas, as principal, was fined $4,000
and sentenced to serve four months H.
Jail and Taggart was fined $4,000 and
sentenced to serve three months In jail
An appeal was taken and the verdict
was reversed on the ground that the
lower court had failed to instruct the
Jury on the presumption of the inno-
cence of the defendants, a technical
point.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26
EUROPEANS COME TO
PROVE THAW MAD
Physicians and Nurse Arrive on Be-
lated Adrlatic-To Testify De-
fendant Was irrational When
They Knew Him
Nv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Four witnesses
who are expected to testify for the de-
fense in the trial of Harry X. Thaw for
the killing of Stanford White arrived
here today on the steamer Adriatic
from Europe
The big Steamship had considerable
difficulty in getting past Sandy Hook
because of the heavy seas, and 1t was
on account of this and the storm OF
snow that the witnesses did not land
yesterday. The delay in their arrival
caused an adjournment of the court
early yesterday until Monday.
Three of the witnesses who came on
the vessel are physicians, and the fourth
is a, nurse who, it is asserted, attended
Thaw while he was i'll in Europe.
The identity of the Thaw witnesses
had been a closely guarded secret and
with one exception the names had not
become known when the steamer ar
rived. The known witness is DR.. Gau-
1abauia of Switzerland, who treated
Thaw in that country four years ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26
BIG LINERS BATTLE
WITH TERRIFIC SEA
Gale Blowing Ninety Miles an Hour
Buffets Vessel-Transatlant
Ships Many Hours
Overdue
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
NE WYORK, Jan. 25.-Buffeted by a
gale which at times blew ninety miles
an her, the Old Dominion steamer
Princess Ann, over twenty-four hours
overdue from Norfolk, came into port
tonight unharmed from her encounter
with one of the fiercest winter storms
that has swept the Atlantic In years.
Two transatlantic liners, the Louis
anne from Havre and the Laura from
Trieste, due here yesterday, were still
unreported at Sandy Hook late tonight.
The Prinz Wilhelm V from Hayti, due
here yesterday, is also belated.
No fears. however. are felt for the
safety of the steamers.
The Hamburg- American liner Amer
ika, the Cunard liner Campania and the
White Star liner Arabic arrived today
with stories of heavy seas from port to
port. The st. Louis from Southampton
and La Touraine from Havre, due to-
day, have been held back by storms
and are not expected until tomorrow.
The liner Campania was battered on
Friday by giant waves which flung
themselves over the sides and ratified
along the decks. One wave rolled over
the boat deck, carried away two ven
tilator hoods and poured floor of wa
ter into the steerage quarters. Another
wave bent some hosting machinery.
No passengers were injured.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26
OUIDA, NOVELIST,
DIES IN POVERT Y
Once Famous Author Passes Away,
Attended Only by Faithful Serv-
ant-Exposure and PriVation
Hastens Death
BY Associated Press.

by Associated PreSS.
FLORENCE, Italy, Jan. 25.-Ouida
Uouise de la Ramee), the novelist, died
today at Via Reggie after an illness
extending over a long period. She died
in most distressing poverty, her only
attendant being an old servant woman
in whose arms she expired.
Ouida was completely blind in one
eye, and the other was badly affected
by her long exposure and privation
During the last few months of her life
she was compelled at times to sleep in
the open air when unable to pay for
nights lodging. The immediate cause
OF death is set down as asthma, compli-
Gated by heart disease.
Ouida had a passionate fondness for
dogs, and up to the last was surrounded
by many of them. depriving herself OF
even the necessities of life in order to
feed them.
The minister of instruction had sent
her on several occasions recently con-
tributions whici. had been subscribed
for her aid
Louise de la Rance was born at Bury
st. Edmunds about 1S40. Ouida had
lived for a long time past near Flor
enee, and her death occurred not far
from the beach where the poet, Percy
Bysshe Shelley, was drowned.
Early last summer attention was
called through dispatches to the Lon
don papers to Ouida's poverty. Marie
Coreili started a fund for her benefit
and subscriptions were made to several
other funds in her behalf, but Ouida
announced her intention Of refusi7s The
charity
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26
PENNILESS, WILL WALK
FROM ILLINOIS TO SEE
HIS ONLY SON IN TEXAS
Father, Believing Young Man VIII
Never Return from Philips
pines, Starts on Long
Journey

BY A ssocarei Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-Spurred on by
the belief that he viii see his eldest son
for the last time on February 2S, Olaf
Olson Bertweit, tailor, 81 years old.
will start today on long walk to Fort
Sam Houston, Tex, where his only son,
Martin, a bugler in the First United
States cavalry, is stationed, and who
leaves with his troop on that date for
the Philippines.
The aged man has been out of work
nearly a year, and is without money
with which to pay his railroad fare to
Fort Houston He claims to have
numerous presentiments that he will
never see his son again If he does not
go to him now, and so has made all
arrangements to walk to Texas He
believes that his son will be killed in
the Philippines.
To provide against being picked up
as a vagrant In any of the towns
through which he will pass Mr.. Bert
welt yesterday obtained letter of
credentials from Acting Mayor Null
laney.