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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18
NEWS GATHERED
FROM 50UTH5|DE
Said That Primary Will Be
Abandoned Here, All Running
in General Election.
Rdreau. mines -Dispatch.

Manchester Bureau. Dispatch.
No. 1102 Hull street.
It Is possible that the municipal pri-
mary here this spring will be ADAM
doned. IF certain arrangements along
this line are completed the candidates
for Mayor and the City Council will
only appear before the people In the
general election In June.
It Is said that l.. r. Brown, can
didate for Mayor. yesterday stated
that he was favorable to the no-prl-
mary plan this spring and that 1t was
his intention to consult Mayor Maurice
concerning the matter Should the two
candidates agree they willy present the
matter to the City Central Committee.
which, as yet, has taken no steps in
the direction Of preparing for the pri-
mary.
The primary is almost useless here
in municipal elections, since tho Re-
publican party takes no active part in
tha campaign.
Notwithstanding this, the principal
reason given for the change Is that
the primary expense plan IS too great.
Many persons hold that the candidates
should be willing, to put up the re-
quired fee to enter the race.
Although the question was discussed
yesterday there is little likelihood Of
any SuCIl pan DelHS CiTtiel out, S'HSS
1t is necessary for the Democratic par
ty to elect delegates from this district
to the State convention, and II for no
other reason this will necessitate
primary.
Republican Banquet.
Postmaster Z. II. Smith and Mr.. r.
p. Howell, editor OF the Weekly Bee,
have issued invitations for the banquet
to be given ut the Lafayette House OH
Thursday, night in honor of the Re-
publican members OF the House and
Senate.
The affair promises to be an enjoy
able one, and besides the members OF
the Legislature invited, leaders OF the
party from Richmond, the Presidents
OF the Board of Aldermen and City As
sembly and number of other city Off
Gals and business men Will be present.
Personals and Briefs.
Mr. George Paul who has been visit
ing his aunt. Mrs. Davidson. in Farm
VILE, has returned home.
living in Norfolk for the past few
months has returned to Manchester.
Assemblyman w. D.. Ferguson. of
Fourth Ward Is quite sick at his home.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Aldermen will be held to-
morrow night An adjourned meeting
of the Street Committee Will take
place FRIDAY night.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18
CONDITIONS YESTERDAY.

RIchmond's weather was cold and
cloudy. Range of the thermometer:
- NJ. .... ...ss P. NJ. .......s 80
8 p. M.........3S 12 midnight....Sl
Average. ........32 l-3
Highest temperature yesterday.... So
Lowest temperature yesterday...... 81
Mean temperature yesterday ...... 80
Normal temperature yesterday. .... 40
Departure from normal temperature 0
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18
THE WEATHER

Forecast: yirginia--Fair Tuesday,
warmer in southwest portion; Wednes-
day rain or snow, warmer; variable
winds, becoming east and fresh.
North Carolina-Fair Tuesday; We'd
nesday rain, warmer In east portion;
winds, becoming northeast to east, In
creasing SLOWLY.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18

TROEDHJEM, NORWAY, Irebruar,
1.-THE British steamer ABak. hounL
10 this port from Middiesbrough. has
been wrecked on tho Norwegian coast
Her Grey Of fourteen persisted.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18
Reckless Drivers Einad

Three negroes We're in the Police Court
Yesterday morning on the charge of reckless
driving in the street, and each was fined $40
and put under 800 securlty for thirty days
The men are James Barrett San Sadler and
-MilNam Valentino
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18
CburIe. w. Eaton, Jr.

Mr.. Charles w. Eaton. Jr., died yes
terday in the wenty-fourth year OF his
age, after long Illness. The funeral
will take place this afternoon at
O'Clock from Leigh Street Baptist
Church. The interment viii be made
in H0llVWnnd
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18
Mayor Rose Improving.

MAYOR John q. Rose, OF Barton Heights,
who was operated upon Saturday at the
Memorial Hospital, is reported to be stead
lily improving.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18
REV. DR.. It. NJ. Niyen.

Word was received here yesterday of
the death of the Rev. It. NJ. Niven, d.
D., in New York City. DR.. Niven was
we'll known in Virginia, especially in
the Southsde. For a number of years
he was pastor of Mercy Seat Church,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18
Nathnnicl PoIndextcr.
[ Speclal to The Times-pIspatch.

Special to The Times-D Ispatch.J
SOUTH BOSTON, VA. February IT.
Mr.. Nathaniel Poindexter, one of the
Oldest and best-known citizens of
Hous ton, died at his home suddenly, as
the result of heart failure, on Satur-
day morning. He was first taken sick
on the, streets Friday afternoon, and
his death came as a great shock to
his many friends He was 'sixty-nine
years of age, and had lived at Hous-
ton all his life. He was a consistent
member of the Baptist Church.
He leaves n widow one daughter.
Mrs. Mary Leslie and three sons. Will
lie and Nathaniel, Jr., of Houston. and
Walter Poindexter. the wel-known
and popular salesman for q NASHVILLE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18
XII the Rnte nill.

COLUMBIA, S. c.. February 17-By
e majority vote the State Senate To-
night killed the railroad rate bill This
means that there VIII be no railroad
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18

Price of Sugar Reduced.
NEW YORK, February l7-~All
grades of refined sugar We're reduced
10 cents a hundred pounds to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18

The House Finance Committee has
reported unanimously a bill introduced
by Judge Martin Williams, providing
Polytechnic Institute, at BlacksburG.
During the investigation at Blacksburg
1t was developed that there was no
school OF mines at the Virginia Poly.
technic Institute. and this bin is It's
result. In the development of the many
mining interests In Virginia the pro-
fession of mining engineering has
grown to be very important and re-
munerative one. Many young men IN
Virginia are wanting to study this
profession, and many practical results
will grow out of this measure.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18
CONDITIONS IN IMPonTANT CITIES
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
CAT 8 P. NJ,

sun rises. 6:57
Sun sets. ..5:bl
Moon rises. ,6;47
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18
II looks now as If 1t might be the
end of the week before the final report
is made TO the Joint Assembly.

The almost continuous sessions OF
the two houses of the General Assem-
bly, each day have seriously interfered
with committee work, and no very
important meetings have been or Will
be scheduled until the calendars OF the
rally reduced or entirely cleared.
There seems to be disposition on
the part OF the members of both
branches to press forward the bills
now on the calendars before having
additional ones reported.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-18

In discussing last night his new
bills concerning the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Speaker Byrd gave out the following
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03

stall studying them out by the aid of q
lantern. Exhibition midgets get little
schooling. and the captain did not
realize his inamorata's shortcomings
since his own education was even
more sadly neglected than hers. He
cared nothing except that each tiny
missive reiterated the Itch lieb dich."
which bore comfort to his heart and
gave him courage to face Il strange
land. He was at least more fortunate
than Gretchen, because be had Juliet,
the faithful.
His love for Juliet antelated his love
for Gretchen. Fifteen years he had
played il the troupe with Gretchen;
there had loen a long stay i'll Paris,
and lie had grown attached to Juliet.
the largest elephant of the herd. The
proprietor. quick to see his %opportuni-
ty, had shown the midget how to put
the great beast through her few SIM
pie tricks.
Since then the captain and Juliet had
not been separated for a single day.
When they travelled by rail lie slept in
lQc CAL. VII OOtllu oAlp VA Va AoAAN liz
slept in her stall. The elephant quar-
ters were far sweeter and cleaner than
some Of the boarding houses at which
he had been lodged, and the captain
hated to be parted from Juliet even
for a moment.
Thus there had grown up between
| them a love almost human in its in
tensity. The owner Of the menagerie
had finally permitted the captain to
purchase the elephant out of bis slen-
der earnings and the tips he had re-
ceived.
The captain had several hundred
dollars saved up, but not enough to
purchase Gretchen's release from her
| contract. In time lie could manage to
save up enough, s. he tried to be con-
tent.
But here at the beach the sight of
the children in their fancy dresses put
him strongly in mind of the little
troupe of which Gretchen was the
star. The captain grieved and Juliet
grieved in sympathy.
The two of them had come down
from New York that morning to take
part in a circus in the evening which
was to close the days festivities. 1t
had been a long, firing trip. and the
captain felt depressed. Even the worn
letters in his pocket failed to bring
him comfort. and, though Juliet ca
ressed him with her trunk. her efforts
were Of no avail. and the captain re.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
How to snuh Rnres.

A friend of mine returned the other
day from an American tour and told
me that he received a severe rebuke
out of the mouth of a babe which cur.
ed him Of expatiating on his expert
ences. He lunched with his brother
soon after his return and was holding
forth with a consciousness of brilliant
descriptive emphasis when his eldest
nephew, aged eight, toward the end Of
the meal laid down his spoon and fork
and said piteously to his mother:
Mummy, l must talk. 1t does make
me so tired to hear uncle going on.
like that" A still more effective re-
buke was administered by a clever
lady OF my acquaintance to a cousin Of
hers, a young lady who had Just re-
turned from India and was very full.
Of her experiences. The cousin had
devoted herself during breakfast to
giving a lively description Of social
life In India and was preparing to
spend the morning in continuing he
lecture when the elder lady slippeu
out OF the room and returned with;
some sermon paper, a blotting book
and a pen. MAUD" she said, "this IL
too good to be lost. You must write Is
all down. every word" The lesson
was not thrown away.-Putnam's Ma.
azine. n
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
Riding the South Sea Surf.

II shall never forget the first big
wave l caught out there in the deep
water. l saw it coming, turned my
back on it and padded for dear life.
Faster and faster my board went, I'M
til it seemed my arms would drop off.
What was happening behind me l
could not tell. One cannot look be-
hind and paddle the windmill stroke.
I heard the crest Of the wave kissing
and churning. and then my board was
lifted and flung forward. l scarcely
knew what happened the first half
minute. Though kept my eyes open.
I could not see anything, for 1 was
buried in the rushing white of the
crest. But 1 did not mind. l was
chiefly conscious of e%cstatic bliss at
having caught the wave At the end
of the half minute, however, I began
to see things and to breathe. saw
that three feet of the nose of my board
was clear out of water and riding ON
the air. l shifted my weight forward
n made the nose come down. Then
I lay, quite at rest in the midst of the
wild movement, and watched the shore
II the batlers on the beach grow
distinct. l didn't cover quite a u
ter of a mile on that wave, because to
prevent the board from diving / shift
ed my weight back. but shifted it too
far and fell down the rear slope of the
wave" Jack London in Woman's
Home Companion. NJ
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
Reforming Her Vocabulary.

\ young woman of Quaker descent
according to the New York Sun. is
now making an attempt to eliminate
from her vocabulary the forms o!
speech peculiar to that sect.
"Ail my life" she said. Il have used
my 'thccs' and 'thous' as my fatlel
and mother and my grandfathers and
grand,notbers did before me. l was
SO accustomed to those expressions
that it never occurred to me that there
could be any disadvantage in their pc
culiarity. But when l went to work
in a dry goods store | was disi.lusion
ed. l found then that Quaker speech
especially behind the counter. makes
q mark of the speaker. In Il store
l met other clerks with every imag
Unable kind Of a foreign accent, bu'
nobody pays any attention to them
1t is only l-poor with my Quaker
theeing and thouing that catches tht
ear of the multitude.
"'Why. you use the Quaker dialect
don't you? How funny!' says Il per
son after another, with suddenly
aroused interest.
"This curiosity concerning me ane
my dialect has become very annoy
ing, and l am trying to stick t.
straight English"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
h MarSie
Came to Ell
Rosa.
BY Ina eyrigbf Hanson.
= Copyright. 1907. BY G. II. Sutclifcc.


The mustard had welded California
plain to plain. binding them with It's
golden bands, when Margie came to -
Rosa.
You had better go after her,
Frank" said her aunt, Mrs. Graham,
mistress Of El Rosa. You are the
only one Of us who can talk with FIN.
gers to the poor. afflicted child"
Having nothing to do but idle away
my vacation. l very gladly took the
ten mile drive from Ell Rosa, in the
hills, t. the little board station OF
the track where | was to meet MargiG
coming out of the north. AS l drove
along | reviewed the signs one ses
in the deaf and dumb language, glad
other idle vacation.
No child alightcd from the long train,
but Il young. slender oma with hair
colored like the fields of mustard
through which | had passed. She
came directly to me, somewhat timid-
ly, but with no indication of nervous
ness. She caught up Il tiny book fas-
tened to her chatclaine and penciled
rapidly:
Are you from Ell l;osa!"
Instantly my fingers went into COM
mission, and the lighting up Of her
delicate face was we'll worth seeing.
II am not Il very rapid talker," l
said when we were driving toward
the hills. Fortunately the horses were
fat and laz, and needed no particular
attention, but with practice I shall
do better"
You DO beautifully" she flashed
back. Il am so glad l do not have to
do the writings; it is SC slow. | have
the proverbill woman'S tongue, only
multiplied by ten. That's dreadful.
isn't it%"
"Terriblc. l see my finish" l an
swered mournfully, or it would have
been mournful if my fingers could
have shown expression. Il wonder
why l thought You were Il child. l
supposed YOU would bring your dollie
with YOU
Mary laughed. You mean my Teddy
bear. Dolls aren't fashionable nova
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
Captain d
Two Loves.
BY Carl Williams.
BY Carl Williams
Copyright, 1907, by N. E. Daley. I,



Captain Kidd gave a sigh that shook
his three feet four inches Of stature
and looked up at Juliet. Juliet, the ele
! plant idol IF circus goers, responded
with a sympathetic pat that very near
ly took the diminutive captain off his
feet.
"It's too bad, Juliet" he said softly.
IF Gretchen were here now to enjoy
this, how happy we should be" The
captains glance roamed over the gay
crowd. 1t was the day Of the chill
dren's parade at a seaside resort, and
the throng Of miniature men and wo-
men in their finery reminded Captain
| Kidd more than ever Of his own tiny
Gretchen. Tears stole down his fur
rowed cheeks, and Juliet in dumb SYM
patty placed her trunk caressingly
around the captains neck.
Perhaps she knew of what he was
thinking. Perhaps it vas only the In
stinct Of a dumb brute. but the captain
was comforted by her caress. For f1f-
teen years he and Juliet had travelled
through the world together, and there
had sprung up between them Il love
that until the appearance Of Gretchen
had been full and complete. Juliet
still lavished upon her trainer the
wealth of her elephantine love, but
the captain had divided his heart be-
tween the elephant and the dainty lit
tie woman whom he met in Paris just
before he had sailed for America.
When the Snowman who paid him
his salary had ordered him to go to the
strange land, he had begged Gretchen
to accompany him. She had been will
ing enough, but the director Of the
troupe of %lilliputians would not give
his consent to losing one of his most
valuable little players. He had hired
Gretchen from her mother. -
When the dwarfs had parted In the
big arena in Paris she had promised to
always be true to him and had limited
that perhaps she might manage TO
come to him some time. He had given
her his address, written on a scrap OF
programme. and the short. misspelled
letters she had sent We're tucked into
the pocket of the gay uniform cost
and brought comfort to him in the
tong nights when he lay in Juliet's
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
The Pitiless "Fohn."

On a winters night of 1861 half the
town of Glarus, in the Alps. went roar
ing up in fame to heaven, while the
pitiless fohn ragged and ragged and
Knocked at the efforts of salvors sum
moned from half the cantons of Swift
zerland. and the glow of the burning
town was seen q hundred miles away
In the Black forest. The bells We're
rung for help till the ropes were burn
ed away, and, most grewsome Of all,
the countless wooden crosses of the
churchyard graves furnished almost
the last fuel to revive tile dying flames.
The fohn is a hot south wind-a kind
of Swiss khamseen-which was long
supposed to originate in the Sahara
and to cross the Mediterranean, find
ing no height to break upon till it came
to the st. Gothard. where it was
forced through the pass with concen-
trated violence. What really causes 1t
is still a matter of doubt, but 1t can do
great mischief still and could do more
in the days Of wooden houses.-Black.
woods Magazine.
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nm LINZ
days. l suppose you thought was a
child by the way auntie talks about
me. [ get lots of pctting everywhere
20, and honestly l like ii.
She was very attractive, this silent
Margie. Silent is not the word at all
either. for she was anything but 81
lent. She was the embodiment of mo-
lion, graceful. allnring motion. Her
yellow hair blew gently in little rings
about her delicate face, in Which the
color came and went inceSSantly; her
eyes gioWed and laughed and changed
from gray 10 almost black with her
changing thoughts; her pretty mouth.
though denied the power Of speech,
could smile with y score OF meanings,
aud her tlutterin@. slender fingers
spoke grace Itself. BY the time We
Aad driven through tie mustard fields
and wound around the sweet scented
hills | WAS regarding this girl with
Strange feelings. considering the fact
tIIar | was Il confirmed cclibate, or
thought ! was.
How Maroic loved flowers! The
roses which gave the house its name,
the pinlss. nastnrtiumS. the red gera-
NUNS, which Californians are inclined
to dub ''common'-she reveled among
them like Il golden butterfly. But bet
ter. I think, did she love the wild
things of the hills. When we came in
from our horseback rides. fragrance of
m%onardclla and southern wood and
"good medicine" mingled their sweet
ness and foated from her garments
dixie incense from about some beauti-
full, golden crowned sun goddess.
We never saw that girl morbid. She
was like a spirit from paradise with
its brightness still touching her. One
day ! asked her how she could be so
when she had been so cruelty afflicted.
Nothing can work me damage eX-
cept myself" she answered. Some
one has said that the harm we sustain
we carry about with us and that we
are never real sufferers except by our
own fault"
''That doesn't prove up. Is it your
fault that you ere deprived Of hearing
beautiful words and making them?
"Perhaps your idea Of damage and
mine are not quite the same" she
spelled. and her eyes were very tender.
II have so much that otherwise !
might have missed. I have learned So
much. l have learned to be happy
whether l am happy or not" Here
she laughed. ooh. that can be done;
but, do you know, l have a little pri'
vate theory that Just around the cor
her there is waiting for me SO great q
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
Blaisdell'c
S. M. P. T.
BY Gorham Bel
Copyright, 1907, by P. G. Eastmenl.


Blanche paused for a moment in the
doorway and looked hopelessly about
her. She hated the apartment with its
shabby carpet, its stuffy atmosphere
and the cheap small talk of the me.
dunn priced boarding house, but IT
was ut least better than the cherries
little oom that even her feminine in,
genuity could not transform into the
semblance of home.
Over at the piano the young WON
an who had charge of the millinery
department Of a big store picked out
Love Me and the World Is Mine
with one finger, the yellow keyed piano
responding occasionally with the right
note. A f1oorwalker from the same
store looked adoringly down upon her,
and Mrs. C%astleton, the landlady.
smiled %approvingly upon both of them.
Already they had told her that after
the first of the year they should need
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
No PartiaIitY.

The workings of Justice as recorded
by Major L. G. Johnson in his Track
of the Crescent were a trife erratic.
An I,nglishman was travelling in a
wild part of Hungary, and anxious to
see the institutions of the country he
made an application to a town magis-
trate, asking to hear how justice was
conducted.
The magistrate, gorgeous i'll a mag
nificent Magyar costume, received him
cordially and sent for any case which
might be awaiting trial. A gigantic
gendarme in an immense cooked hat
ushered in a prisoner, a plaintiff and
a witness. The prisoner was accused
of stealing the plaintiffs goose.
"Well, SIR" said the magistrate to
the accuser, "what have you to say"
please. your high m~ightiness, the
prisoner stole my goose"
The magistrate turned to the wit
ness.
"What have you to say?"
"Please, your high m%ightiness, I saw
the prisoner steal the goose"
"Prisoner, what have you to sayY"'
"Please, your high mightiness. l did
not steal the goose"
The magistrate then delivered the
sentence.
II give you a fortnight in prison."
he said to the accused, "for stealing
the goose" To the plaintiff he said,
II give you a fortnight in prison for
not looking after your goose and
turning to the witness, You shall
have a fortnight in prison for not
Winding your own business"