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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-04

SctS lOftll lllc OIL
GIN OF this French chara ctorization
OF Benjamin Franklin.
The philosopher-states from
America had already signed ut Phil
adclphin the Declaration Of hide
pendence for his country when. near
the close of 17TG. he appeared IN
Parts to obtain French recognition
for the now republic I'll whose birth
he had assisted On February 6,
It's. the diplomatic work of Frank
b In was crowned with the signing
OF the two treaties OF alliance and
commerce by which France ucknow-
lodged the Independence Of the
United States and pledged It's bell
ligerent support
According to Mr. sumner, the orr.
gin OF tho noted Latin verse was
long matter Of much dispute
among contemporary scholars and
savapts, Lord Brougham, IN a
speech In ihe Houac of Commons In
1888, attributed tile lines TO Glnu-
dian. Othar acknowledged nnthori
ties in modern litnrnture have na-
serted that Cardinal polisnur was
the author. Still others lave pre-
scented tie claim Of the more an
eient Manlius, and the French pu-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-04
T amous Words Of Famous Men.
.Eriput Coeo Funen Sceptrumque Tyrann' Gle snatch
ed the hunderbo from Heaven and the scep from rantsJ
Applied to Benjamin Franklin in France l778 by Turgot

thors D'Alembort and Condorcet
have had their partisans.
But Mr.. Sumner with much SUBJ
stantial evidence for his assertion,
said the writer of the Verse wns M
Anne Robert jacques Turgot (l72I-s
sl7SD, statesman and economist, VINO
was comptroller general Of finances
III l17i-5, with whom Franklln early
became acquainted in his Partisan
career, and the two men We're drawn
together by their mutual interest IN
scientific Subjects III
The exact date of the first ap-
which excited so much discussion
over their authorship, rs we'll rs
arousing, at the same time, Wide
spread feeling in the Kingdom ~
behalf OF the American al'epupllc. -
unknown. Baron Grimm IN, J. ms
correspondence In Il letter dated
April 1853, seems to have beell ,ttls :,
record OF the event. *.
~ very beautiful Latin v \, I. !.
says the baron, "sns been made Tor
the portrait Of pr. f'rankl!ns
'ErlpItt coelo fulnlen sceplIu lll n
que tyrannis
'It Is a happy imitation Of q verse
OF the anti Lurretius:fE Ell um y,
Jovi fulnen, phoeboque sag LIES.
{Ha suatched the thunlerbolt FROM
JoNo ana the arrows from Apoi'l'o,}
l'rom that time on. or asslo 'l's !, ~, y
lTnnRiln romuined In France ~ ~
poluaits and medall.onn Whlsn
flooded rhe shops Of isgpna the
other cities OF France III much. !, t y
SAM waN ;ta did those Of Napp ia !,
N the after days usuallysh bore ~
famous Inscription, The Ssl|fs y Il
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GOLD AND SILVER IN 1907.

According TO tbe report OF the Comp
troller of the Currency at the close os
business December 81, 1907, the total
outstanding circulation was $3.50, $780,
II Ss5, which is an increase for the year
OF $a3.96s,i26 and an increase for the
month OF $50, e,C9a.
It further shown by the Director
OF the Mint that there has bccn gain
n In the stock OF gold and silver coin Ia
L the United States since june so, 1907.
Iof $lls.6ss,5Os as follows: Gold coin.
8s10o.5o7.53a; silver coin, s9,l73,57t The
Il total stock of gold and silver coin In
the United States on January /, 1909,
was :2.l4G.15s,o79
hut while our stock OF gold con-
VI has increased There was q falling OF
In the production Of gold IL. the United
6tnt<s during 1907 of s4,75s.4ol. where
aa the production Of silver was in-
creased by over 100000 fine ounces
y The total production Of gold amounted
N In value to sse,62o,Sss against s375Ii,
ygibso in silver, Colorado leading In tn
gold industry, With Il reduction o
ssSS26.sss,s2s. Nireinia's contribution wa
X yI4,as4 In gold and s32s In silver Til
commercial value OF silver average
II rs cents an ounce
4 ,s notwithstanding the 'demonetIaatiol
II 81 silver In 1879 there has been
Ateady increase in the produptlon 9
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Rhymes for To-Day

THE I'JlENClI DUEL, 1DOS MODEL
WTHEN Boni saw de sagnn there
w his noble blood did boil
So hotly I can't write 1t OH this
page:
and as for bold tic sagan--wly, the
passing sons Of toll
stood startled at that fierce Berserkor
rage.
Then Boni Kissed: "Toi cochon." and dc
Sagnn lie Kissed: "lIist!'
And so began the Battle or tho RASH:
And Boni passed de Sagan quite hot
one on the wrist,
And sagan pluclsed wisp from
S.'s mustnchc.
They clinchcd, and in the mix-up ponl
pinchcd SO hard, In truth,
De sagan barely knew where ho
was at,
But by IL swift nlanoeuvre he Kicked
out for Boni's tooth
tThe which is etiquette In French
savate).
but Boni deftly lodged him, and next
barked de Sagan's shin.
And sought strangle.holt unon his
hair:
And Sagan screamed while Furnishing
his diamond neaktie.pin:
No hittin in the FACET isn't fart"
But Boni cried: Quot, comment! Snvolr
fairc! Non. CONNIE II faut.''
And then tho fight grew fast and
fierce and rough:
For Sagan scratched BIS elbow and
then trod upon his toe,
Wlilc Bonl yelled and rumpled
Sagans cuff. Fl. s. III,
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An Unpleasant beginning.

me business year of 1908 starts with
= disagreeabie development-nothins
less than recelvership proceedings for
the Seaboard Air Line Railway Com
pany. While expressions OF relief over
,he passing of 1907, with its tale OF
business storm whipped 10 fury by
particularly maiign and deadly poll
th !, are stu echoing, there comes
OF the year that is ended has not by
any means been fully told.
e; a feGeiyership for the Seaboard Air
LII Line Hallway means receivership
ines. It would be an event OF mucn
Importance and considerable signifi-
cance at any time. Coming now. it is
ooth important and significant to an
"a by all who know what damage po-
litical demagoguery, inspired by a
mighty and influential example. did
last year to the earnings and credit
more IT sought to do. going even SO far
road property which the courts might
afford. The seaboard Air Line Rail-
three most Infested by the Initiative
demagoguc-North Carolina, Georgia
and Alabama-.and the creditors and
owners Of the Seaboard, together with
the people whom its lines serve, have
to-day to thank last years enthusi-
astic adoption and adaptation of regu-
latins policies proclaimed from Wash.
inston for very much of the straits TO
which the seaboard has been reduced.
Everybody will hope that the new
years initial receivership will prove to
be the beginning of no long train OF
similar depressing consequences of the
old years calamitous adhesion to the
leadership Of the damagogue. Inauspi-
cious start though 1t appears now to
| be, 1t may turn out almost favorable
event II Its warning to the people to
| look well to the paths in which the
the exceedingly political year that lies
before us does not go unheeded.--New
| York Evening Sun.
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SATURDAY. JANUARY {. 1905.
Guard well Thy thoughts. Our
thoughts are heard In Heaven
Young.
RACK TO NATURE.

Years ago number of cigarette
manufacturing companies combined
under one management and practically
nonopolized the industry. Later on
plug factories We're taken into the
combine. then cigar and cheroot fac.
tories. One by one the Independent con-
Germs were absorbed until competition
IN the entire tobacco manufacturing in.
dnstry was practically destroyed.
But that was not all. The producers
of raw tobacco soon learned that there
was little competition in the purchase
of their product, and that they must
accept such prices as the combine was
willing to offer. They stood 1t for sew
eral years, and then the tobacco plant
ers in some OF the states organized.
>nooled their tobacco aud sworc that
The combine should not have a pound
of it except at the planters price.
And so did one unnatura, situation
bring forth another.
"A gang of spectators got together
in New York and manipulated the price
of cotton In such way as to force II
down when the farmers were selling
their crops, ana to force it up after the
crop was sold. AS result tho cotton
planters organized, pooled their cotton
and held it at an artificial price.
And so did one unnatural situation
bring forth another
\ number of railroad owners pooled
their interests and undertook to ignore
the public interest and to defy the
constituted authorities. Then Congress
delegated to tho Interstate Commerce
Commission the right to fix rates; va
rious state commissions We're clothed
with the same authority. and rates
were arbitrarily fixed without due re-
gard to existing and changing condi-
tions and contrary TO the law of de-
mand and supply.
And so again did one unnatural
situation bring forth another. And so
it will ever be. We cannot create an
unnatural situation in trade without
paying the penalty. one way or another
The natural laws of trade are rs
Z
world, and the penalties are sure. Yet
we have been acting as though there
We're no natural laws Of trade; We
have been flying in the face of nature
We are keeping up national debt
Which we are ahundantly able to pas
or in order TO preserve our nationn
banking system. Consequently we ar.
maintaining system of banking anI
currency which rests on artificial ana
false basis. We draw money out of thu
channels of trade largely in excess O.
the needs of government, and then de
posit it In the banks to prevent panic
M But panics come nevertheless, becaus
we are defying the natural laws o
finance.
Last of all, we maintain a high pro
tective tariff system. which cholies OF
III natural competition and robs one elias
Il to help another, With the result tha
1rade is artificially stimulated, price
KS artifcially inflated, and speculation en-
couraged. And by and by the inflatio
is extended to tho bursting point an
there is an explosion and collapse.
How long VIII we continue thcs
suicidal policies2 How long will we i
rebellIous TO law? Back to natus
should be the campaign cry OF 1905.
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KEEPING RESOLUTIONS
Justice Crutchtield Has So Few Cases Tia
He Becomes Nervous About Ills dob

Justice CrutchheId Has So Few Cases Tia
lie Becomes Nervous About Ills Job.
So well are the regulars and others keep
ing their New Year resolutions that yester-
morning Justice Crutchfeld had but six
cases to dispose OF. and no became slightly
vous as to his job. Tho police are sm.l-
ing with satisfaction.
Walter Sydnor icolored) was called to the
bar on the charge OF assauting and beating
Florence snow, and was dismissed.
Willie Bennett. arrested by petective.Ser-
geunt Wiltshire because he aroused suppl
con by pawning a number OF articles OF
Wearing apparel, was charged In the court
with being q descrter. His case was contin-
urd to January tn.
Ed Tindal (coloredl was charged with
btlng a fugitive from Justice from New Kent
county, where he is wanted for felonlous us
It'll SO that Detective Mcmahon may hnvr
more time in which to look up the negro $
There was but ono Jag" arrested b. Of
nccr Wiley. and he was lined So
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-04

Coast Line $4,000 BY the tjouisville
8ern Railway For the your ended June Y e
10th last the scaboard, although I ~
gross earnings We're nearly 1900 IVY
larger than for the preceding, year.
were paid II was thus fairly headed
for a receiversliip long before lass
tal,s disturbance began.
The Seaboard receivership merely re :
Is a limit to the burden Al railway
company Gun stapger under. While
the antirailwas spirit and the recent
falling off in business preelpitated the
planted long nro--they showed them
aelves during years that were as pros.
porous as any railway manager has n
right to expect.--.Ncw York Globe.
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the willie metal from year to year
with slight variations. IN 1873 the
production YEAS 27eSo.4oo fine ounces,
and III 1902, Gs,5oo.ooo nne ounces
which was lljgh-wnte,' mark. The pro-
duction dropped ofrto 6o.0oooo0 ounces
the following year and declined to
l95oo0oo ounces In 1924.
Tho agitation of free coinage in 1896
gave a stimulus TO the Industry, and
increased the product to 5s,s3i,soo
ounces, but the product even fell off
the following year to 53.sGO.ooo ounces.
Since then It has nuctuated between
6I,4SS,0oo ounces and 5S.03s.365 ounces.
But the fall in the price OF silver is
quite another stolS--and how tile mere
mention of II reminds us OF the crime
OF 1879 and the war Of 1896.
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!, n,,,ron1 snitten.

The seaboard Air Line has gone into
the hands of receivers and tnere must
be great rejoicings going on ~ csrtaip
x Governor OF North Carolina once re-
marked to Governor OF .soutl, Cnro-
lima that II was q long time between
may invite his brother in arms. the
Governor OF Alabama, over for a round
of eggnogs, and there need be no
occasion for q long time between drinks
now.
J. Flow on, ys foaming towls: flow y,
Wild and Joy be unconfinee! For m
5e ead With i p smpla kneeEed lam n one
whose tentacles thrust out like vani-
pres fnngs to suck the peoples blood
of your champion. Shout for joy, ye
Weavers OF cloth. whose money and en-
ergy helped make North Carolina the
nfacture of cotton goods. For your
dragon. he who breathed out the
smoke and fire of industry as he car
RED your goods out to the world and
low. -
II was a valorous. decd, In truth; but
there are still a few more railroads
must mus go on Just a little more effort.
keenet. lance, and perhaps some
doughty hunter may bag another one.
And now Is an excellent time to do It.
We have just gotten over money
strlngency. 1t was tight place. q
dangerous ford to pass; and the rail-
roads; us well as the people, are still
breathing hard with the eXertion ii
took to get them safely over It.
So. while both the country and It's
resources are recovering. while every
thing Is IN the convalescent stage, and
without Its full strength, it is u good
time to strike.
For more thun n score of years after
the. war OF 1861 the South lay PROSTATE
and poor There were not sufficient
r ;,ff,c;, and hence there were not
sufficient means for transporting, the
crops ilr OF the fertile soil nor for bring
commodities Of tho world. But capital
went South and invested In railroads
II covered them with network, and
IN less than decade the Southern
states ~, entered upon an era of prosper
known even in slavery's palmiest DAYS
and that era has run to this day. But
now the railroads have become octo.
puses. They demand sufficient return
Tor hauling freight and passengers to
pay interest on the money invested In
then. Therefore. they must be stamp
mills lay idle, while prosperity takes
us night to other lands. The railroads
are octopuses. and they must 20.
Gentlemen of North Carolina, we con.
graduate you. BY all means keep ,ip
the good work: you may land another
ra,n shorily. II is a good time
public credit, public faith. and money
e, the people who need these things
We Wish you Well-Wnshington Post,
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Voice Of the People:

The riI,tcs-Dfspntcli will print
signed letters on nlI TncstI0ns which,
rclntc TO the public welfare. Such
articles should not exceed In length
LOO words, nnd should l,c slgncd witt,
tue full name OF the writer, ind
should bear his or her address. The
name Of the writer will he with
Held II desired.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-04

~ Dixie Aerie, 1rraterna Order OF Eagles,
held a jubilee at lis lone on Broad Street
'Lseit served the Following officers for tho
sne,a, year We're installed: Past Worthy
President, William Renhci;ner; Worthy
II stdent p o. Martin: Vice Worthy Prnai-
dent, j. II. Bradley; Chaplain. Joseph g.
tBaker: Secretary, Gus Bernier; Trcasurre.,
Thomas 4. Raddln; Inside Guard, NJ. Fink
Hugh O'Neil. Albert Meyer, Joseph' Duffy;
PHYSICIANS. Dgs. L. W. Station and II T. Roy,
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MERELY JOKING.
Liner Particulars.

Alexander tho Great was explaining to tho
reporters how the story originated tSat he
Ind wept because there were no more worlds
for him to conquer.
THAT ridiculous yarn" he said iva.
started by II reactionary who happened 10
gee me wping u cinder out of my eye But
va separated him from his job in the Treas
ury Department. all right, all right:"
Feeling satisfied that he could leave tho
verdict TO Impartial history, he dismissed
Tue reporters with n wave of the imperial
hand.-Chicago Tribune
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pnysoNs JIEnE AND ABROAD.

s. j. Burrows. In Charities aud the
Commons draws instructive COMPARE
lsons between prisons i'll America and
England. In some respects. he thinks
our prisons are better than those
abroad but ho mentions three or four
points in which he things we may prof
itably copy European example. We
tuuote:
/. Europe has adopted most generally
Il form OF prison structure With more
abundant ceil-room than is furnished
iii the United states, and with large
windows in every cell
.. The best European iails are supe-
riori to our own in providing complete
separation OF jail prisoners in we'll
lighted cells.
8. All European jails and prisons are
furnished with exercise yards. and
prisoners are permitted and required to
take exercise once or twice a day from
thirty minutes to an hour In great
number of American jails there is no
provision for out-ofdoors exercise.
4. In number Of European countries
prisoners awaiting trial may work and
receive compensation for their labor.
Bad men must be deprived of their
liberty and kept where they can do no
harm. But God Almighty never in
tended that any living man or woman
should ho deprived of sunlight and
pure air.
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A most strik-

a most strik-
ing exposition of
tho C ! as ical
scholarship of the
late Charles Sum-
her is his mono
graph from al old
note book" which
was published in
the y / ! u n II g
Monthly in No
rember, 1863. and
which deliberately
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-04
:Nyhis,scy Ifillod Him.

James satterwhlte d mlddle-aGod negro,
tell dead Yesterday morning men al(es on
Streets. Ee Ind been discharged from, the
Memorial Kospital on Christmas Eve mig !,
con tinuaI spree since. Coroner Taylor attr-
lruttG death To: excessive drinktng.s-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-04

Tie readers of the Washington Post
have doubtless ill noticed how greatly
that paper has improved since 1t in
stituted the closed shop-talk and con-
fined itself exclusively to Paragraph
ers' Union labor,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-04

The Jacksonville Times-Union is in.
formed that it's perfect photographic
fealty has never once been questioned
In these parts. In token. on the cons
trary, of our sublime confidence in the
Times Unions loyalty we herewith APP
point it to head a posse. consisting
also of the Atlanta Georg an. the
Charlotte Observer, the Nashville Amer
lean and the Bristol Herald-Cour!er,
which shall proceed ut once to South
Carolina and capture the outlawed
Charleston News and Courier, dead or
alive. for the honor of the union and
tho terrification of descrters.
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The Now York Mails contention that
London Punch is "one of the most In
teresting publications issued is unan-
swerable TO members of the union who
never saw Il copy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-04

Some OF us are slowly but irresis-
tibiv being forced to the conclusion
that the widow editor of the Houston
Post is the only man in Texas.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-04

The Charleston News and Courier
informs us of certain lady who
speaks of "the best newspaper printed
in this country" as "the Morning Irri-
tant" To the best of our recollection,
no one has ever described The Times
Dispatch that way before. but we are
not sure that we object to it at all.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-04

IT would be cruel to express regret
that the Titan combat between Bonl
and de Sagan did not end with two
fatalities, but probably every reader
understands what we mean.
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At the Pine Street Baptist Church
special services will be held tomorrow.
AT II A. NJ. the pastor. the Rev. j. y.
Hutson, Will preach on Strength
Given AS Needed "A number OF new
members will be received, and 1t is
desired that all members be present.
AT S p. NJ. the subject will be All
Things Working For the Best"
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However. The altitude of Denver is
probably no greater than that Of Il few
soaring ambitions which will be duly
on hand there next summer,
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Chpn lu,ey Dlspatth
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John 1Iollenburg. of Lorain. Ohio,
could not commit suicide because he
could not find a suitable tree. What
would not poor Ifollcnburg have given
to connect with one OF the magnificent
young 1905 Christmas trees now shoot
ing up III rare profusion on the old
Bill Skillet estates in Henrico county?
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TIE rAKAGRApuERs, UNION.
Graceful and Witty Tributes From Two Stat,
Exchanges.

Graceful and Witty Tributes From Two State
Exchanges.
The Para sraphers' Union begins to look
very much like mollycoddle combine, II 1t
Ia to be measured by tho feeble and puerile
attempts of It's members to be witty. Tha,
prince of pnragraphers, George D. Prentice.
ought to congratulate himself that he Is
dead and out of danger OF having a menu
brrship certificate thrust upon hlm.-Petersn
,urt; indc&-Appeal
a certain editor of our acquaintance has
the most supreme contempt for puns and
pun-makers. Reason: He can't make oie
to save his life. So The Times Dispatch in
plopounding bylaws for its projected Para
sIarhers' Trust begins by insisting on the
taboo or those subjects that lie beyond the
range OF that clcphantlne wit which has
alrtady mashed the Houston Post flat as a
pancake and now bids fair to grind the
Nashville American into paper pulp. In the
ramc OF that fair play which Mr.. Roosevelt,
breaches, but did not practice towards tho
Mississippi pilot. We protest. Tho paragra
phcr should not be restricted to the ''pcnt Ut
Utica" of our. Richmond contemporary
wc-stringcd hddle. Like death and tn.
Landmark, he should have all seasons and
all subjects COR his own.-Norfolk yirginian.
| Pilot.