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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10
The Way o, the World.

Jim's goin' to leave to-morrow-Jim-
my. our baby SON
kin skersely realize, mother, that
he's past twenty lone!
We've alus made baby o. him, an
jest can't help but grieve,
Cause it's awful hard, old woman, to
see our last child leave.
Johnny, our oldest boy. went away
many years ago,
To seek his forchin way out West-the
ole farm Wuz too slow.
He's bin married sevrul years. an
they say he's dom Well.
I s'pose he's awful busy, or he'd write
once In a spell.
Then Mary married Kansas man, and
she went away,
Feared IS eff our hearts 'ud break, fer
many a weary day;
She's got lot o. children now. an
s'pose she don't hev time
To think much o. her ma and pa, and
sometimes write line.
So all our children, ono by one, hev
left the old home nest,
Tho It caused us bitter tears. VIC
thought that God knew best,
But Jimmy seemed to love the farm
We set sech store by him
We hoped he'd never go away--oul
baby, Little Jim.
but Jimmy's growed into a man, and
lie Is leavin', too,
TO live in town he thinks IS grand
mis- and w a9 Wha the ot Morid do reckon
rho, i Ts aw'ffHul hard, old q woman, tc
see our last child leave.
FREDERICK B. WILSON.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10
Pats office Hours.

Pat. miner, after struggling for yeurs
In Il far-off Western mining district. final
IL giving up In despair. was about to turn
his face Eastward, when suddenly he struck
ii rich Soon afterward he was seen strut
ting along, dressed in fine clothes. One dag
an old friend stopped him. saying: "And
how are you. Pat? I'd like to talk to you"
PAT stretched himself proudly. "If you
want to talk with me, I'll see you in me
office. hev an office now, and me hours
is from A. II. in the mornin' to =. NJ. in the
afternoon. '-Northwester Christian -tdvo-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10
Wise Beyond His Years.

The Inspector in an English school asked
the boys he was examining: can You tak:
your warm ovcrcoat oft?'' Yes. SIR" was
TIE response. Can the bear take his warm
overcoat OFF," NO. sir" why not:,'
There was silence for a while. and then a
little boy spoke up: Please. sir, because
God alone knows where the buttons are
Buffalo Courier
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

Ivy on Friday and died In great agony.
Old Bill informs It's that lie had very
rashly tried the experiment of feeding
them on Walker county (Tex) sau-
sageine, which the untutorcd makers
around Houston are constantly ship
ping him, with requests for testi-
monial. and which he had tried In vain
to palm off on the discriminating Skill
lit colored help.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

Contemporaries who live in gloomy
and cioud-wrapped climates have our
sympathy, but 1t IS absurd for them
TO crouch at US about 1t, They must
always keep in mind that it is not QUE
fault that the sun cannot bear to re-
main long away from Old Virginia
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10
now +o CALL r1Mss-prsrArcH.

Persons wishing to communicate with The
riires- Dispatch by telephone viii ask cen
,fal for 44O41." and on being answered from
the office switchboard, viii indicate tho de-
patinent or person with whom they wish
to speak.
wher calling between a, II. and 0
A. NJ. call TO central Office direct for 4oii.
composing GROOM; 4oi2. business office; 1919,
for mailing and prcss-r"oms.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

Richmond will probably not be u
candidate for the Photographers Union
convention, inasmuch as the local I'M
| migration authorities assure us that
under the interstate commerce laws, 4
would be impossible 10 compel the
Kentucky, Arkansaw and Texas dele
cations TO go back home.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10
Voice Of the People.

The Times-Dispatch will print
signed letters on NIL questions which
relate I" the public welfare. Such
articles should not exceed in length,
laO words, except under exceptional
circumstances, should be signed
with the full name Of the writer,
and should hear his or her address,,
The name of the writer will be
withheld If desired.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

When Gertrude Atherton declared
that woman can marry any man she
wants. she was. generally speaking,
wholly inaccurate. IL the woman. how
ever, happens to be one OF the little
star-eyed blondes of Royal Richmond,
then, of course, Gertrude rang the
bulls-eyc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10
Osborn's Gap to Abingdon,

From Osborn's Gap to Abingdon.
~, from mountain peak to dale.
We footed long the mountain road
To where It met the rail-.
Had Autumn then her banner flung,
In gold and scarlet red.
To proudly signal Victor's reign
Ger Summer that lay dead.
From Osborn's Gap to Abingdon
October's gaudy hue
Presented to our eager gaze
freshness ever new;
From Cumberland, where lofty peaks
Point upward to the skies,
To Abingdon. where distance shows
The White Top proudly rise.
From Osborns Gap to Abingdon.
Past Coeburns smoky vale.
And Norton. where the rugged hills
Tower above the rail
Where Powell's waters ripping flow,
To charming town With open gates,
Her people proudly claim.
From osborn's Gap to Abingdon.
TN through ,pug Nat Natures tunnel grand;
swept with his jolly band:
And Just beyond tho exit wide
He stopp'd, for they'd admire
That st STRUCTURE ,na grand not made by
That highest thoughts inspire.
From Osborn's Gap to Abingdon.
BY SCOTS historic town,
Gate City, once proud Estillville,
or glory/and renown:
Past where the marts of Bristol gay
Were vending wares for gain,
And where the noise Of trade and
strife
Confuse the simple swain.
From Osborn's Gap to Abingdon,
Ger footpath and by rail.
ptut p,o WIN p,,I
And through the classic vale;
Past many towns, DER many streams
Where ripping waters run,
We reached at last the staid old town
Historic Abingdon.
No
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10
The Renl Need.

"They say that lazlness Is caused by a
| germ. What fine thing 1t would be Il
/ we could find something to kill the thing"
| oh no. l know something finer than
that Think how much nicer it would he
| II We could all find some way to crafty
| It."--Thr Hebrew Standard.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

AS we understand it. Jack London
pulled off the returning prodigal act
to the life, but somebody missed the
cue to spring forward and stab the
fattcd calf,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

"what does Taft stand for?" asks
tho Midtown Banner. The main point
just now is whether he will stand for a
third-ter
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

The cold snap ended quickly but not
before nimble old Bill Slsillit had shot
tWenty-four carloads Of his celebrated
natural ice to his relatives in other
ana less blessed States through the
Union. Nom blood-kin customers WIN
be taken care OF on the next snap,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10
| Sufficient Evidence.

Green--"I can't understand why De Shor,
wants divorce. His wife had nearly halt
million when he married her.
Brown-"Yes. and she has every dollar Il
1t yet That's the trouble."-Chicago Dali,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

Nine out of ten books printed. 1t is
said, are novels. We suppose that most
of the rest are the works of Rev. Cyrus
Townsend Brady.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

or course. Old Virginia would not
tolerate for one moment the rowdy,
rantan!serous and ofttimes ribald leg
islatures which SO truly represent the
voters of her unhappy sister States.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

a second perusal Of the message will
doubtless convince everybody of the
evident improperly of reIndorsing ut
the polls the party Under whom all
those dreadful things happened
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

We beg to inform the Atlantn
Georgian that the Washington Herald's
attitude towards the Photographers
Union is not that Of gorilla warfare at
all. 1t is simply and merely little
monkey business.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

The best Georgia poets, we believe
now have their thoughts expressed te
thenn--from Chattanooga.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10
MERELY JOKING.
fIelping Her.

you loved her very much?"
$50 mucn that when her first husband
died ] married her that l might share her
grief and so lessen It,"
"And how did II work."
"F'ine! I'm sorrer now for his death
than she is'-Houston Post.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

Reading the Virginia newspaper reports
OF legislative proceedings in Richmond, it
Is clear that the Virginia soomons and
scicns are far inferior to those OF South
carolina. A South Carolina Solomon can
make more laws in a day than Virginian
can make in month, and South Carolina
solomon may be had for four dollars a day
and characterization News and Courier
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

It's barely seven weeks now before
Senator Foraker will be laying in his
annual stock of April Fool candy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

Moreover, the Washington public
printers are ousted with far heavier
and more sickening thud than ever
awaits the sort-spoken and warmly
lined ousted public printers OF Rich
mond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

-Four of old Bill skillit's princely
periiers OF the second generation en-
peflenced an attack Of malignant scar
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10
CHE aImsy1 sllMr Dlgpaffh
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

{ ,,r.,ne.. os,es ole u. Main Street.
washington Bureau. .e2s-7 Mnnsey Building
IS ssa,.h,s,.~ r,,,eou .1i02 Hull Street.
Petersburg Bureau. .....to y. sycamore 81
Lynchburg Bureau. ..........sis isish'a ~.
BY MAIL. one SIX Three One
POSTAGE pap. year. Mos Mos. Mo.
Daily with sunday. 5000 ssoo si.So 100
Daily without Sunday 400 a.oo 40 ~
srnday edition only. 200 Loo so 10
weekly "wednesday 100 80 20 ."
By rimes.plapateh CARRIER Delivery Ser
vice in Richmond 'nnd nuburbs, Manehes-
&c, and Petersburg
pntiy with sunday. IA cents $500
Daily without Sunday 10 cents $50
spuday only ..t...... cents go
yearly subscriptions payable in ndvance.1
Entered January 81. 1903. at Richmond,
Va. MS second.elass matter, Under act OF
Congress- OF March s. 1879.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

Coroner Taylor, of Richmond, has stirred
things up by saying to a college class that
women are the al-around interiors OF men.
Dr.. Taylor has Numbered. The matter was
settled for all time by Artemus Ward when
hs said THE female woman Is the gratest
Norfolk Landmark
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

Those cold, gray walls will come again
And close that picture fair,
And mother. wife and child Will then
All vanish into air.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10
ROYAL RICHMOND AND OLD VIRGINIA

That Cleveland Judge that called womer
eats" and that Richmond professor thai
says women far Inferior to men. mus
have run UP against a queer lot of women
Wellsburg CIV. Va) News.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

o wife. o child, o home. o love,
Are we not what we seem?
And with rude awakening prove.
That We are but dream.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

There is nothing In name--a resolu-
ton has been introduced in the Virginia
Legislature to impeach Judge Blackstone
Charleston News and Courier.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

(To be cotlnued TO- orrow.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

Hall beyond was Judge. there were
other Judges there too when sh, ar
river at Westminster she had seen
grent concoursc OF people. heard the
names Of great legal dlgnltaries
whispered round her and Of peers who
had been summoned for great occa-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

She passed her hand across her moiat
forehead, trying to collect her scatter
ed senses She looked once or twice at
nm, lim In helpless. appealing misery. but
his face now was stern and implacab bic.
he seemed to her to be the present
ment of relentless justice about to
fall on an innocent man. Her throat
fcit parched, her lips were dry, yet she
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-10

That occasion was the trial of the
Duke Of Wessex on the charge OF MR.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
The suit AGAINST Hartman.

In his statement announcing the initia-
ton Of proceedings to dissolve the rela-
tions existing among the Hartman lines.
Attorney General Bonaparte says that the
suit Is regarded as of the first importance.
''as it is sought by means thereof TO
break up a substantial monopoly Of the
transportation business OF the country be-
tween the Missouri River on the east and
the entire Pacific coast south of Port
land on the west" Throughout this great
region railroad competition. as the report
cf the Interstate Commerce Commission
proved has been practically eliminated
by the community Of interest system es-
tablished by Mr.. Hartman The govern
ment is about TO attempt to dissolve that
system and TO restore a regime Of com
petition.
Competition is the established policy Of
the nation as regards railroad operation.
said the Commerce Commission in the
report 10 which We refer, and in accord
ance with that policy the laws of many
states enioin the consolidation Of com
peting lines, and the Federal statutes for
bid combinations tending toward monop-
oily. But along with the policy of main
tanning competition there has grown
up another policy somewhat al variance
With It. namely, the regulation of rates
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
Not the Big suek-The Handwriting.

Speak softly and carry big stick. %
Weld it, if need be But that is not the
way it is done at the Capitol Read:
speaker Cannon was so firmly convinced Of the
necessity Of speedily passing measure containing
the vital principles oi the Aldrieh bl that he
thought seriously Of deposng Mr.. Fowler from the
ehaimanslip Of the Committee ON Ranking and
Currency Tie Speaker understood AIr FoRler's
opposition 10 that bin and his great desire 70 have
his own currency measure adopted by the House
Mr.. Fowler. however. it is said saw the handwrit-
ing on the wall, and gave the Speaker 10 under
stand that he would abide bg the wiz e the ma
iority Of the House. and would report the measure
when it came over from the Senate With such an
understanding. the speaker rraesigned Mr. Fowler
to the headshp OF the committee
Saw the handwriting on the wall?'
Who can doubt it? Speaker Cannon
writes a big. bold hand. that anybody can
read. He does not invariably speak soft
~ His speech is not uniformly un-
adorned. An embellished word or phrase
occasionally Is thrown in. But his hand
writing That's the thing. The Speaker
is a Speaker Of action. not a Speaker Of
mere words.
II IS IN spirit OF grdunCdLlOn mat
Chairman Fowler's close call-his narrow
escape from the axis here ehronicled.
An able fnancier, a student OF currency
problems, man of ideas, he has given
excellent service at the head Of his inn
portant committee He can i'll be spared
The country needs him, Therefore, il is
with glad heart. as already indicated, that
his escape is thus set down. albeit he
may in the end be compelled to smother
some well-matured and honest convic-
tons
The episode throws a sidellght on leg
islation; reveals the methods employed TO
do business in the House. and shows that
if Presidential lightning should happen TO
strike Uncle Joe" We will stHl be spared
the humiliation Of mollycoddle in the
White House
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
The Lady of the Dogs.

Not in q spirit OF contempt or cynicism
was Louise de la Rance better known
as "Ouida,' nicknamed The Lady of
the Dogs" She who died on Saturday,
blind of one eye, lacking food and the
humblest necessaries of life. turned to
her dogs as faithful friends who remained
with her throughout her poverty and
distress. Often she shared her meals with
them when meals were absolute necessi-
ties to her; if she had shelter, they shared
it with her; if she slept out in the open
air because she could not afford a bed,
the dogs remained with her
In many ways the life of this talented
woman was a remarkable one, and severe
morallsts viii probably seek to find in
her pathetic death, in her miserable old
age-in her loss of friends popularity.
and fortune-a lesson for the world. And
yet It is highly probable that no one
would resent such an attitude more than
"Ouida" herself Little is known about
her early career. save that she was born
in England the daughter Of an English
father and French mother. It is known
that her parents separated while Louise
was still a child, and her fortunes were
cast in with those of her father. who
popular report has it, was a bohemian
sort Of chap. who knocked about Eng
land and the Continent, taking his daugh-
ter with him. 1t is believed that it was
in these years that "Ouida" acquired
that knowledge of the seamy side Of life
which she afterward displayed in her
novels. At any rate into whatever
sloughs she fell, she raised herself out
of them alone and unsided by her skill
with the pen. She took 10 novel-writing
which followed each other in rapid sue
cession, were uneven, they attained, as
a whole. a wide popularity. and made a
comfortable fortune for their author.
But she was a woman who never re-
allied the value of money. When she
had it, any one who needed IL was wei
come. She won herself a certain position
in English society; she was well known
in the capitals of Europe. and was the
mistress Of fine palace in Florence.
While the money was coming in. she
entertained layishly; spent money as if
there was no end 10 her purse, and squan-
dered almost as much of her fortune on
dogs and horses as She did on men-with
whom her experiences had been unfor-
tunate
Her position In the world Of letters was
a peculiar one. She wrote much. some
forty-seven novels in all. most of them
meretricious, but all of them displaying
a keen insight into human life. into the
motives that move men and women.
About some of her novels there was a
touch Of RIGHTEOUSNESS that caused her
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
WHERE THE SHOE PINCHEs.
Trials of the Average Man with a
Small salary

John r. MeatsF. ia Coed Housekeeping
While il is, OF course manifestly im-
possible that any human being should be-
come immune from the pangs Of hunger.
OF so hardened to the woes of poverty
that nc could not suffer from such dep
rivati0ns. an intimate acquaintance with
the very poor emphasizes the fact that
the added responsibilities occasioned by
constantly increasing prices do not rest
so heavily upon their shoulders as they
do upon those Of the man who is trying
TO support his family decently with no
other income than the ordinary small
salary. In the majority of cases. the
very poor are those who have known no
other condition In life. and. as the result.
are reasonably contented. If not actually
happy, in spite of their poverty To the
contrary, however. the average small
salary man is an individual who is born
and bred TO a different environment II
not intimately acquainted with the lux
UTies OF life. he. at least, is so used 10
its comforts that he would never dream
Of taking his family into the ''slums" to
live, or of expecting them to subsist upon
such foods as are eaten without protest
In the home Of the day laborer Yet as
a matter of fact his earning capacity is
often little. If any. greater than that OF
many a wage-earner, and this is espe-
cially true when the latter is employed
in one Of the we'll organized trades. In
other words. the hardest struggle fer ex-
istence to-day is that Of the head OF 4
family who is compelled to make all the
expenses Of living come within an income
of from $50 to $50 a month.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28

by governmental authority and the more
or less open recognition OF the essentially
monopolistie nature Of the transporta-
ton business. The immobility of rates
under governmental regulation and the
ban placed on determinations in charges
for service greatly hamper effective COM
petition, and the puolie is likely to de-
pend mere and more on public regulation
for Just treatment and less and less on
competitive methods Of obtaining busi-
ness. In view of this fact. there is a GER
tain inconsistency between the purpose
of the Hartman suit and the trend Of
the regulative policy under the Commerce
Commission.
In spite of that, it is well that the
issue between Hartman and the govern
ment is to be fought out, for il involves
something more than the question wheth-
er competition shall be restored among
the transportation lines of the far West.
tt involves. among other things the
legality of the use OF the capital stock of
a railroad for the purpose Of buying con-
troll of other roads for stock iobbing or
uttttf purposes anu Nlnit tilibi tdtll tittAA
all, it brings to ar issue the vital point
whether one man may control the trans
portation interests of half a continent
and openly defy the law and the govern
ment.to dispossess him. Such q monopoly
may be. and is. unless we overturn The
settled principles of the law. contrary to
public policy and dangerous TO public
welfare, outside Of its effect on compet-
ton. RailrOading may be monopolistic.
but the law. may have something 10 say
as to whether single man shall control
the monopoly and exploit it for his own
benefit and that of his friends
So that perhaps some good may come
of the suit against Hartman, even if i'll
accomplishes nothing more than was ac-
eamplIshed in the Northern Securities de-
cision-a decision that was epoch-making
because it represented the adverse verdict
Of nation on d monstrous piece of stock
j0bbery
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
Crops and Foreign Trade.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The country has not time 10 shut up
shop and complain Of hard times for more
than few weeks. II has too much to
do. The staple exports last month
breadstuffs. provisions, cattle. cotton. and
refined mineral oii-surpassed all records.
and ran nearly s15.OO0OOO above the fig
ures for December, 1906 Wheat exports
were worth more than three times as
much as in December Of the year before.
Cotton showed a gain of $4,500,000 The
relation between our trade and agricul-
ture is extremely close; the prosperity of
the last decade is primarily agricultural,
and last seasons cps will make bust
ness good at least until the next harvests.