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

houses contain six rooms, bath and
pantry. porcelain baths, gas and electric
fixtures. granolithic walks. etc; an
improving location, and just tho proper
~ now In demand by homeseekers and
investors.
Immediate possession If desired. or
the rent Will pay well as permanent
Investment. They Will please You.
and terms so easy. your rent viii buy
j. THOMPSON BROWN & CO.
Auctioneers.
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STEAMBOATS,.
NLD DOMINION
W STEAMSHIP co.
Night Line for Norfolk

Leave Richmond every evening (foot ASH
street, ut r. H.. stopping at Newport
round trip, including stateroom berth; meals
80 cents. Street cars to steamers wharf
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POLITICAL ORATORY
HOLDS DOWN PRICES
THE STOCK MARKET OF TIE, WEEK
From the New York Evening Post OF Saturday,
STOCK ExCM. NGE ri:ANSAc rIoNs.
TIE STOCK MARKET or TIL, WEEK.
nnilMnt md Misccllnncniis SI,urrn

ndysu % table shows he
TINS week High
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WeelS's stock Trading.
daily transactions ON the Stock TS-
eHangc during last week were as fol-
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sSteamnoats.
Viirgi;nliiaNaviigationC Co..

.yAAlEs RIVER DAY LINE.
II STEAMER MoBJACK LEAVES FROM
ORB DOMINION WHARF MONDAY. WE'D
,NESDAY. and FRIDAY at z AM, for Nor
'ftlk Portsmouth,. Old Point Newport News,
clnremont and James River landings, con-
meeting mt Old Point for Washington. Baltt-
more and the North. Electric cars direct to
tha wharf Tickets ON sale at Richmond
Transfer Co.. $40 East Main Street, SOS East
To Norfolk ono way. s1,a5. Round trip.
$3.50; second class, sl.50, Meals 30 cents.
Freight received for aboVernamcd places
and All points in Enpte-r--s- N-.sgg..,a North
Carajnn- mud The E,.n--.,
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Auttion Scales, Future Daps.
By j. Thompson Brown &: Co.
ii13 Main Street

WEST END HOMES AND
PAYING INVESTMENTS
IN TWO MODERN. UP-To-DATE
BRICK DWELLINGS.
NOS AND MULBERRY. NEAR
MAIN STREET.
AT PUBLIC AUCTION. ON PREMISES.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH, AT 4.3o
p. NJ.
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Miss Lavina Degges who has n posi-
ton In sanitariam in Durham, n. c.,
after spending over month with 1ar
parents Rev. and Mrs G. l.. DeSgcs,
near Lancaster, Va, left last week Via
Norfilli for her post OF duty
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Charles Wacker, the bright youag
manager of the Indian Creek Fishery
Company. Byrdton, Va, Will II is
stated not be connected with the BUSH
ness this year, but Will enter into u
boot and shoe house m
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G.; ". WEsTBuRY. D. p. A..
o2o ~ Main Street. Phone 455.
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-08-27
Mysterious Green.

To those who believe in the influence
of color the shades Of green afford an
interesting study, not only because of
the large number Of green things
found In nature. but the scale of green's
Is SO varied.
Green is, or was, the chosen color OF
Venus or the Scandinavian goddess
Freya and should be worn upon Fri
day, her name day.
The color has always been consider
ed mysterious In Its influence All
green creatures, such as snakes or
birds, are weird. and people with what
are known as green hazel eyes need
to be carefully considered, and among
clairvoyants green stands for intellec'
tual power, just as they speak Of the
"blue of peace, rose of love and scarlet
Of anger"
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-08-27
=. Va. Careful Of HI. Voice.

Brignoll. the famous tenor, was
very susceptible to fattery. and 1t Is
said that once IN New York when the
orchestra vigorously applauded one OF
his favorIte songs he was SO touched
that he came down to the footlights
and invited them all to q champagne
supper at the Everett House The
supper cost him $500.
BrignoII was very careful OF MS
voice and was terribly afraid Of drafts.
II was once stated that during the
winter It always took him three-quar-
tiers OF an hour to get from his room
to the street. First be would on
leaving his room pace the hall for ten
minutes to get acclimated. He then
descended to the lobby, where the TEN,
.psraturs was a little lower, and spent
twenty minutes there. He then ven
tured to the vestibule, from which the
door opened into the street He would
parade the vestibule for fifteen mln'
utes, occasionally opening the door %
let in little cold air. Being now ac-
customed TO cool temperature, DC
would button up his coat and sally
forth.
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-08-27
neelna out 10 s.e q Mann"

"Going out to see man was the
invention of Artemus Ward. One night
In the winter of 1866, when the humor-
list was about half through bis lecture,
he paralyzed his audience with the an
nouncement that they would have tol
take recess Of fifteen minutes so as
to enable him to go across the street to
"see man. Fl. II. Tracey. the editor
OF the washington Republican, was In
the audience and seeing an opportuni-
ty to improve upon the joke, penciled
these lines and sent them toothe plat
form: Stats
Dear Artemus--If you Will place
yourself under my guidance. Ill take
you to see man without crossing the
street."
Artemus accepted the invitation, and
while the great audience impatiently
but with much amusement awaited the
reappearsnce OF the humorist the lat
ter was making the acquaintance OF
Aman, well known restaurant keeper
at that time, and luxuriating at well
laden refreshment board or course
everybody caught on to" the phrase
and men became fond Of getting up be-
tween the acts aud going out to see
Aman." The restaurateur's business
from that time forward doomed. Men
who would ordinarily sit quietly
through an entertainment and behave
themselves allowed themselves to be
Influenced by the contagion. Louis
Vile Courier-Journal.
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10000 TELEGRAPH
OPERATORS NEEDED
Young Men Prepare Yourselves for
Good Positions

On account Of the new S.hour law
passed by congress in the interest OF
telegraphers, and also on account of so
many new railroads being built and old
lines extended, an unusual demand for
operators has been created. Conserva-
tive estimates have placed the number
of additional Operators that will be re-
CURED during the next ten months at
approximately 1000
YOUNG MEN NOW is YOUR OPP
PORTUNITYl Enroll in our School
NOW and in only four to six months we
will have you qualified for splendid po-
sitions. Telegraph Operators receive
from $4,000 upwards. Our school has
been established twenty years; its
is perfect; instruction
thorough and practical; positions posi-
lively guaranteed our graduates. Board
in Newman is very cheap; the town Is
healthful and the people are cordial
Two Main Line Railroad Wires run into
our School rooms. No other school in
the United States has such up-to-date
and practical facilities for the benefit Of
its students. Write at once for free,
descriptive literature.
SOUTHERN School Oft ELEG RAPHY
Newman, Georgia. :.
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Nj. Honor indicated.

A couple Of good natured Frenchmen
got into a quarrel and challenged each
other to fight. On the morning OF the
n ., ~, '1 their seconds tramped
s@pgn .ooas ~ the fatal spot
! wien l one Of ts2ae- dnel.s. 4sJe chaileng-
ing party. tripped and fell His second
helped him to his feet.
II hope you are not much hurt" SAID
the other duelist
'T'm not much hurt. only bumped
my noise on the ground
Does II bleedT
"Yes, little"
Heaven be praisedl Blood nows
and my honor is indicated. Give me
year hand, old boy?
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Mayors Proclamation

will be held at the Court House IN Arcadia al
eight O'Clock D. M, Tuesday. September lst 1908
for the purpose Of nominating City officers to be
voted for at the City Election to be held In the
City Of Arcadia Florida, on Monday, September
18th, 1908. st.L
AZ said Mass Meeting the following officers
will be nominated:
Mayor,
Marshal
City Clerk Anat
City Tax Assessor,
City Tax Collector,
City Treasurer,
Three City councilmen
Mayor Of City Of Arcadia
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-08-27
Bees and Their Baskets.

Every bee carries his market basket
around his hind legs. Any one ex-
aiming the body Of bee through a
microscope will observe that on the
hind legs Of the creature there Is a
fringe Of stlff hairs on the surface. the
hairs approaching each other at the
tips. SO as to form sort Of cage. This
is the bees basket, and into II, after
q successful journey. he will cram
enough pollen to last him for two Of
three days,
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-08-27

At political convention held in iii
nos the Importance Of nominating
nonular man for certain close district
was thoroughly recognized. "A speaker
had Just renominated q personal irlenu
for the position and IN an elaborate
euloey had presented In glowing terms
his manifold merits. especially empna.
sizlng his great services on the ns'u o. q
battle az well as In the pursuits o.
peace. 49, y
heard IN the rear Of the ROOM "Wna1
we want .s the man that w''' run
best'' |
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In an instant the orator was again
on his feet
IF you think" he yelled, that this
convention can find anybody that can
run better than the gentleman ] have
nominated, point once more to his
we'll known war ecord."-Lippincott's.
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a...ino IN the Nursery.

Mamma" said her boy, Il Just
made a bet"
"what was til" she asked.
81 bet Billy my cap against two shoe
buttons that you'd give me penny to
get some apples with. You don't want
me to lose my cap. do your
He got the penny Philadelphia In
QuIrer.
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pivsrtiro Attention,

$50 you favor the suit Of that for
eigner?" !,
dyes answered Mr.. Cumrox. Il
think | should rather like to have
man In the family whose English
mother and the girls can criticise in'
stead OF mine ~ Washington Star
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Av,qstarian.

First Deacon--Our new pastor must
be vegetarian.
Second Deacon-why do you think
so?
First Deacon There doesn't seem to
be any meat In his sermons.-Phiia-
delpbia Ledger.
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awhen a man wants an excuse" said
Charles Kingsley, "the devil will soon
at him with good one."
New-York tribune., 1908-04-10
NEW LERSEYS WATER SUPPLY.

A decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States which announced on Mon
day should. and we trust will, finally dispose of
a mischievOus vagary which has for some time
menaced the vital interests Of the people of two
states and also put an end to one of the most
persistent and superiCially plausible efforts of
selfshly interested parties to thwart or at least
to delay the necessary and urgent work of in
creasing the water service of this city by draw
ing upon the convenient. economical and in all
respects desirable resources Of the Hudson
River and Long Island counties. 1t has been
argued that an ample supply could be obtained
from the fine streams and lakes of Northern
New Jersey, which lie much nearer than the
Catsklls to Manhattan. and that, in particular,
the Borough of Richmond. which is geOgraphi-
cally so intimately associated with New Jersey,
should certainly look 10 that state for It's water
Indeed. business negotiations TO this latter end
were actually begun and prosecuted with an
energy worthy of a better cause.
From the beginning we have condemned that
fatu0us proposal OF various grounds, chiefly
these two-that it would be contrary to essen
tial public interests TO execute it if 1t were
possible TO do so, and that ii would be impOssl-
BILE 10 execute it because such a transfer Of
water from state TO state would not be permit
ted by law. The promoters of the scheme. how
ever, affected to ignore or to despise such warn
ingS, and even when the New Jersey Legisla-
ture enacted a law explicitly forbidding any
alienation of water supplies they challenged the
ConsttutiOnality of the act and persisted in the
campaign for the impossible The law was at
tackled in the Supreme Court of New Jersey and
in the Court of Errors and Appeals, but was
upheld in both, Finally it was carried to the
supreme Court of the United States and there
TOO. it has been upheld. That, are inclined
10 think will settle the matter.
The presumptively reasonable view Of the
legal aspects of the case having thus been com
pletely sustained and vinficated by the highest
authorities Of the state and nation it is 10 he
hoped that due recognition will at last be paid
also TO the principles Of public policy and morals
which are involved. There ought TO be no more
attempts in behalf of corporate interests to
delay the great enterprise in which New York
City is now engaged Of securing an adequate
supply of potable water. Neither ought there
to be any delay in the hardly less essential
work of conserving and uisposing for the public
good Of the water resources of Northeastern New
Jersey. The PasSaic, Rockaway and other rv
erS are capable of supplying water sufficient for
a large population but The dozen or more rap
idly growing cities ia that part Of the state viii
soon need il all. and sound policy dictates that
il should be secured for them.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-10
Mr.. H0Bsoy AND THE ARITHMETIC

Ardent friends of peace in the North have
been saying altogether too harsh things about
Congressman HobsOn and his naval programme
Some distinguished clergymen have been SO
grieved by the Alabama herOs incurable habit
Of blowing war clouds that they are calling for
the public eXecutioner. Mr.. Hobson's recent de
mauds are not fitted to soften the hearts of his
foes, but they may at least persuade them 10
recommend a straitiackat instead of the gal
lows or a kettle Of boiling oil. The other day
in the House Of Representatives our first Gov
ernment Expert in the Publicity Bureau of the
War Cloud Department made an earnest plea for
the annual construction Of four battleships on
the Pacific and six on the Atlantic The neces-
sity of the programme was demonstrated by the
familiar "defencelessness of American harbOrs"
and the dear old Yellow Peri And all this. we
presume, viii only set the lovers of peace y
frothing
But Mr.. HOBson does not merit his allotment
Of reproacbes. He is a well meaning young man.
full of patriotic fire The only criticism that
anybody can fairly lodge against him is that
his scorn for elementary arithmetic and every
person using it in political computations is TOO
profound. A great many other persons have this
same prejudice against mathematics and some
even give vent TO il by voting to build subways
in total disregard Of the principle that the sum
Of certain number Of debts equals bankruptcy
These persons are not universally reyiled: in
deed, few Of them have been threatened with
death if they did not ignore the laws of addition
Why, then, should Mr.. HobsOn be prosecuted? :?
His only offence is his supreme Indifference to
the fact that millions added TO the naval appro-
priauOn must be subtracted from some other.
Gould we avoid that difficulty with the facility
which Mr. HobsOn displays we might urge the
government 10 plant several billion trees oQ
praIries and watersheds build three or four
continental highways. dredge thirty-foot chan
n@l from New Orleans 10 Helena Mont ana
confer other blessings of equal magnitude upon
the public. Being convinced, however that rha
number OF dollars is fixed and finite that there
are several directions in which each dollar
might properly move, and that no dollar can he
III Two places or move in two directions at the
same time, We dissent from NIr HobSon's naval
programme This dissent. be- il added j. nor
lrreyocabe. If Mr.. Hobson will apply himself
10 the yeXed question Of currency reform par
maps his penetrating mind viii be able 70 dis
cover the ideal OF all fnanciers perfectly
eIasuc currency, currency SO pIiablp AMI
suetchabIe that copper cent can be pulled out
10 cover a ten-dollar obligation. SucL = tuap-
GaI invention would command a rfsp4ctfI5i
hearing for Mr.. Hobsous plea
New-York tribune., 1908-04-10

session, that would probably not be the last to
be heard of them. More probably this years
work would then be regarded a mere prelim-
mary skirmish. A good deal of attention will
be given to the antl-gambling issue in the
coming campaign, especially in the cases of
those Senators, Republican and Democratic,
who voted with the racing interests. The ques-
tion is moral one, and it will not be settled
until il is settled in accordance with the con-
sciences of the people. without much regard
10 practical considerations of expediency. The
movement TO forbid gambling at racetracks is
spreading, and the states in which ant-gam-
bling bills have been passed have steadily in
creased in number. until now there are few
large cities in the country in the neighbOrhoOd
Of which bookmakers stands are tolerated. In
this movement the gamblers have often won
in the first instance, but the final victory has
rested with the moral sense of the community.
Governor Folk, for instance, was beaten in
bis first efforts to have racetrack gambling
made Illegal, but in the end he succeeded. And
in this state the moral sentiment that opposes
gambling in itself is reinforced by the equally
strong moral sentiment that the constitution
must hot he tampered with in order TO dis
criminate in favor Of bookmakers
New-York tribune., 1908-04-10

Of the worlds greatest solitude, the sportsman
will engage a berth In the sleeping car behind.
Fort Churchill is on the edge of a game country
whose only rival is Central Africa. To the
north is the best hunting ground for walrus and
polar bear, and back inland are musk OK, black
bear, brown bear, swarms Of foxes including
the silver fox and the black fox, great herds of
caribou, moose, wood buffalo and all sorts OF
smaller animals in astounding profusion. For
generations the trappers of the Hudson's Bay
Company have jealously driven all other hunt
ers away from this country. which they consider
their own; and, as some testimony submitted
to the Canadian Senate represents, the corpora
ton is trying to prevent the development of the
Northwest But its resistance will be vain.
Many an American may live to take an express
train from Chicago TO Fort Churchill and spend
his summer vacation capturing the family's win
ter supply of furs.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-10
THE ANTI-G4uBLING OUTLOOK.

Governor Hughess message TO the Leg
islaTure renevs enough recommendations from
his annual message which have not been acted
upon 10 make special session practically cor
tain; for even If the auti-berting bills are 1aLen
from the table and finally disposed Of in the
Immediate future not enough time remains be
fore adjournment 10 pass upon all the other i'm
portant topics il The message The racing in
terests have won a temporary victory for in
order 10 change the result of Wednesdays vot-
ing the constituents Of some Republican Sen
stor who stood with Grady and NcCarren will
have TO convince him by their protests of the
error Of his ways, or the leaders viii have TO
be Impressed with the possibility Of changing
votes by means Of the caucus or another re-
cruit TO the anu-gambling cause viii have 10
be obtained by special election of a successor
10 Senator FraDchot before il VIII be possible
70 pass the bills.
4 special election in Senator Franchot's dis
uict viii probably afford q fair opportunItv 10
TEST the real popular strength Of the antl-ga m
bling issue. The Niagara-Orleans district is
close, one county tending 10 be Democratic and
The other 20 be Republican. and Senator Fran
chot having carried il by only 75O majority. II
is not unlikely that the racing interests will be
ready 10 spend large sums in order 10 control
a special election there, and, probably counting
on this, Senators Grady and McCarren are al
ready predicting that its result will be another
Democratic Senator. But II the anti-gambIing
issue has taken such powerful hold upon the
people in the upper part of the state as has
been asserted, and as there are some reasons to
believe, the result will be the choice of a Sen
atOr TO support the Governor. If an election IS
held in Niagara and Orleans, its outcome if
strongly one way or the other, may have more
effect on the final disposition of the racetrack
bills than the mere contributing of vote for or
against them.
If the Governors bills should finally fail at
tAe special session, as well as at the regular
New-York tribune., 1908-04-10
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

TF7ror1 The T,r bune Bureau.l
Washington April 9.-Senator and Mrs EAKlhs
entertained number Of guests at dinner tonight
in the party being Mrs Stanley Matthews and her
house guest Mrs. Mccormick; the German military
attache and Frau Won LAvonius, Mr. and Mrs W g
Hayes and Mrs. George Law
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kirk Porter and Miss Hege-
man have again opened their Washington house.
after spending several weeks at their JekyH Island
estate.
Mrs. J. B. Perkins. wife or Representative Per
kins Of New York has been made president OF the
Congressional Club. a social organization made up
Of the wives of Senators, Representatives and
other women Of official society. The vice-Presidents
are Mrs Henry Cabot Lodge. Mrs. John Sharp
Williams Mrs Champ Clark and Mrs Kahn Other
officers are Mrs J. Sloat Fassett recording secre-
tarv; Mrs Thomas Spight corresponding secretary.
and Miss Wood treasurer. The organization Is
strictly social and the club viii arrange all its
affairs 10 begin a regular campaign Of entertain
ment next season
Miss Eleanor Ridgely entertained a large dinner
party at the Chevy Chase Club tonight IN comph-
rnent to Miss Catherine Williams and Francis Ben
nett Poe. who will be married Saturday Miss
RidgeIy will be bridesmaid. All the members OF the
wedding party were among the guests
Mr.. and Mrs. William PHELPS Emo are expected
10 return 20 their Washington house within a day
or TWO, after spending several weeks in the South
Mr and Mrs Pierre LOriIlard Mr.. and Mrs. G. II.
Butler and Mrs. McCTintock were among the hosts
entertaining dinner parties tonight.