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Education helps to discourage and
exists. howeyer. ai at She 'H Is now now
driven to apologize for herself She
talks effectively Of the tyranny Of her
nerves. OF the wear and tear Of social
and domestlclife. and especially OF the
lnescapable sway OF temperament. In
point OF fact, her miseries and those
}ot her friends are due to temper rath-
or than to temperament, The fault is
not In her stars. but In herself, that
she is altogether detestable.
Neither argument nor grace seems
able to saye her. "A Yankee farmer.
the victim for forty years Of his wife's
tongue and temper, put the thing In
alnutshell with the wit and the frank
ness for which his kind are famous
He had listened half an hour to her
abusive talk without word IN reply.
Finally he left his favorite seats by.
the fire. fairly driven out by hesstorm
within@ AZ he went he flung oyer his
shoulder his final judgment; "Salrey,
there's that In We that nothin' but the
IQanlonA
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Praise for Pat Parker.

-
Sir,-It does seem uncalled for and
unkind for Reader" in your paper
of yesterday to. hold UP poor and un-
happy Pat Parker as a "horrible ex-
ample" The writer went to 4 school
with Pat, as did many other OF our
citizens. He was a kind hearted. ami.
able boy, and had to leave school and
so to work when he was thirteen,
Nobody claimed that Pat was intellaa-
tual but ask any q the old boys who
knew. him from childhood and knew
of his poverty-stricken environment,
and they. will tell i you that he was
kind hearted. amiable. generous and ir-
reproaohably honest and truthful. and
ties are to be comm ended,
: Many people who outstrlpped him In
life and occupied much higher socla,
and financial positions, would be se-
cretly much happier it.theyS could feel
that the world conceded these attrt-
hutes to themselves. "Jndge not that
We be not Judged" is as true now AS 1t
was In the past. IIo suffered In s..
lonceI and practically starved himself
to death, rs he Was too proud to as Z
his old sch0omates for&help.
. II Is certainly more appropriate to
9bemoan hi s sad 10 and nut a vi olat on
his grave rather than to- throW5.a brick
at his memory, VA 81 SKELETON,
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MERELY JOKING.

Tot and Kettle.
Pearl-some one Just laughed at our
Ruby-Who was It, dear?
Penrl-----Why, that college chap in the
and blue and yellow band.--chlcago News.
Always Kicking.
]. "a poet is up asa,nst It even when paid
,:'!s tss ;,: n..
aid. f 5s.s
Filler.
We've got about half column to fill
That's easy" responded the country edi-
BABY tSn; San !" ''s name q mat new royal
Made welcome.
II asked for her hand last night"
y odd her father give his consent?"
rowed $40 from mc."-I1ouston Chronicle.
The Beach Variety.
DO you believe in long enga gements q
at.least a charlottesville Courier j ourna.
Touchy.
Got summer cold sea-"
kind" f57T i.
cob. no; ! think winter colds are just
as bnd."-Pittsburg Post.
Jungle Ball.
Rooter Lion-Hello. what's this? Tho
elephants amt wearing their tusks to-day.
Rootcr riger-Nope: It's a new rule.
base. that they had to cut out tusks or leave se
the Ieague.--Puck.
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Voice Of the People
''Cause an Effect /.

SeSuSC duu LlIICCtsy {
Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Slr,---An editorial in recent issue
Of 81 golfers Weekly on the Future II
n. .ne south commenced as follows:
Some day the. South will come into
coal, with its sea coast and bluegrass
land. has greater natural resources
t ma Indiana, although less wealth.
american e farmers are moving away
lands less potential than could be
bought for a nominal price in Southern
States, where the crop-growlng season
is twice as long," f-l-.
plcted situation that should call for
earnest consideration from all who
nave at heart a desire to see our State
We know that for every effect there
must be a cause: so 1t behooves us to
inquire into the cause or causes that
statesmen and educators cannot remain
true to their trust without seeking to
md the$cause, and then endeavor to
apply the remedy. sL d
to seek a home in the cold. stubborn
soil OF a foreign country when Tho
congenlal climate and productive lands
Of the South invite him to take possea-
chasing and cultivating? Why is the
wealth OF Virginia so much less than
that OF Indiana, when. Virginia's natu-
ralsresources ire more valuable than
Of 1.-THE two states indicate that the
balance OF veal til should be with5Vir-
ginia? There: must be reasons why the
home-seeke turns his face from th.
Wisdom Of a Solomon to divine these
reasons Only investigate our public
school system OF the past and take
q. drive oyer our public roads OF the
l DceS00t,S and the Will iIo ~
too patent. T., w, OZLIN. :
Eanes x-Roads, Va. 35 II ~ &.
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adivinely. He took several complete
turns around tho ballroom 1.-THE other
night while adiniring onlookers
thronged the doorways and the string.
band, II II was alive to It's opportuni-
ties twangcd out the glorious refrain,
OF Waltz Ne Around Again. willie.""
Matronly eyes followed his trippings
not without jealousy, and evidence Is
not wanting that the genial ex-judge
might readily have split his card into
many and charming subdivisions.
Woolng Terpsiohore at twenty-five
stone argues some courage on the
part Of the wooer. Even a dreamy
waltz makes draughts upon the lungs
and plays havoc with the shirt collar.
The draughts and the havoc both In
crense with greater flesh; and Mr..
Taft is not frail man. Wien his fan
tastic toe falls. 900 pounds OF too, too
solid flesh fall with It, giving it great
force ans weightier meaning than
ordinarily appertains to this member.
What Mr.. Taft, in the event OF a
raise step, mlgn 90 10 q tlounce, n It'll
or ruffle IS rot pleasant to con-
template. The peril is negligible, how
ever, inasmuch as Mr.. Taft makes no
false steps.
If Mr.. Taft should be successful at
tho polls next November. he would
doubtless be tho first dancing man IN
the White House in many weary
day. Mr.. Roosevelt does everything
clse that there 10, but we have never
heard that lie Waited. Jim Sherman
ought to be good lieutenant for Mr..
Taft from, this point OF view: he looks
as II he might have led cotillions
twenty years ago. Mr.. Bryan, wo be-
lieve, never dances. and we doubt II
John w. Kern has ventured beyond an
occasional quadrille.
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Personal AND GENERAL.

s Church bcll-rnging in London has become
SIT nuisance In some quarters OF the
CITY the bells are muffled on week days
movement has been started in the
scientific world favoring the adoption OF
the word Kelvin to designate the CONNER
eial unit Of electrical energy at present
ton OF the services OF the late Lord Kelvin
TO electrical science. fls.515
The Austro- Hungarian consul at Buenos
Ares South America, has succeeded in
capital stock Of 100000 for the purpose
OF developing the commercial relations be
tween the dual monarchy and the Rcpub-
lie OF Argentina.
Petersburg. a Norwegian fisherman lasl
fitted up telephone apparatus on his boa
which enables him to hear the fish APP
their number. l@ fssaE6
The decrease In shipbuildnE In the United
Kingdom is the greatest. according to tho
London Financial Times. In quarter OF a
tIon is 1o1. 900 less than at the and OF last
Quarter, and $4,000 less than that OF twelve
months ago.
!, The sypsies are nearer to the animals
They have the lawlessness. the abandon-
ment, the natural physical grace In form
and gesture Of animals; only a stealthy
and. wary something in their. eyes makes
them human.--Arthur SymonB.
Denmark has nearly 100000 farms and
farm gardens OF ten acres or less, and
about 100000 farms OF between ton and
fifteen acres. There are less than Il 900
farms in the entire Kingdom Of 500 acres
or over. the aggregate OF these asst nam ed
being less than million acres.
Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon formerly a
iorllia. and the womengof that State are
counting on her being Of great assistance
to them in their fight for woman suffrage.
n. Ruau. the French minister OF aEri-
culture. has made James B. mclaughlin,
OF Columbus, o.. commander of the Order
OF Mcrite Agrcole. Mr.. MacLaughlin Is
an importer OF French horses. y
Cardinal Patrick Francis Moran, arch
pshop of sydney. N. 8. W., has informed
the Vatican that he will be obliged to delay
MS Visit to Europe because he wishes to be
In Sydney on the arrival of the American
squadron there. 4 ,5s .,.''
Despite all ridicule on the subject. there
10 said TO he yet one--and only None--more
survivor oflfthe "A famous cna rye z OF Bal a.
klava. and that he lives In this country
no Is Thomas Nenzic, of Newtown, Conn.
who is seNenty-thrae years OF age. but still
male and an active worker. ~ g a. 81 rs
On July 10th Major Charles d. "A. Loci
fIer. United states Army retired, 4 a door
keeper at the White House, rounded out
halt century In Uncle Sam employ tho
occasion being marked by a letter OF con
graduation from President Roosevelt In
which he speaks OF the veterans faith
full and gallant service" ana his E"close ana
confidential relations with eight Presi.
DENTS 4li2 RI II ,f8 ltsf 7'-ii 800
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ST . TE {: I. PRESS
Compulsory Education.

Compulsory Education.
We believe In compulsory education. Thore
Is no paternalism about the matter "A child
at ali hazards o1ght5to have an education,
or backbone enough to see that their chill
dren between i he ages of nine and twelve
TO step in and compel the parent to edu-
cate his child. The law has right to
keep the parent from inning the body OF
the child, and i should have the right. to
keep the parent from nAiming the mind
iot the child.-Hampton Monitor.
Thi, Prophet Infalllble.
Here Is one better than rabbit foot:
We heard an election forecaster say fee,
days ago that Mr.. Bryan will be our next
political prediction that did not como true,
and on the strength OF his assertion. II we
were y In the betting arena. We would not
Tribune.
Democratic Refuge
The Democratic candidate for the presi-
leaders OF the party think 80 and predict
that result. not as a matter Of policy In
seems to come from the heart. Tho people sIn.
awakened to the fact that Republican pros
perity is snare and delusion, are looking
ticket for lt.-Pcninsuia Enterprise. S. :. ~
Must Have Proof
newspapers as belnted in getting into the
Bryan band wagon. but which are modestly
taking back seats-thc Norfolk Landmark
among them. Show us that band wagon,
for without the evidence OF our own eyes
we cannot believe that the self a sertive
little Norfolk Landmark ever took "a back
seat for anybody or anything! Again, We
say. show ns!-Petersburg Index-Appeal
Calls Out the Ninth.
May we repent. without mourning the
charge OF meddling, that the Democrats Of
the Ninth District owe It to Themselves to
the national ticket. and to the State or
ghnlzatlon to nominate an oppo1Rnt to Mr..
a worthy representative OF their section to
Congress.-Norfolk vlrginian- Pilot.
Two Men In Boat,
Last week a man BY the name of John.
son made trip OF 1000 miles through
rough. wa ers in a boat constructed from
old newspapers. and was entertained by a
boat club in New York. Next November
there Will be much longer trip made
up Salt River by two men named Taft and
paper collected from every voting precinct
in the country. and at the end of their
Journey they viii entertain their families
hy telling them just how 1t happened
Get Vermont. Too.
Murphy says New York will 20 Demo-
cratic; some ono says Iowa is safe; another
that Indiana can be relied on. Now let
vermont speak out and make 1t unani-
mous.-Farmville Herald. x
Does Not Deserve One
1t is reported that wives may be pur-
chased for SIS each in certain parts OF Asia.
The first cost OF a wife, however, is USUALLY
relatively untmportant matter.-Rural Re-
treat Times.
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be the majority OF the house, liz more
than any. ruling from the chair in the
II ouae Of Commons, The long and
short OF It Is that such peers as the
whose ihonors date back 'l,,indreds ' Of
years. would not for one minute tole.
rate. the idea Of being callodSto order
by Lord Chancellor. who Is usually
tc getter. modern creation but they
Will submit to the Wishes OF their fell
low-peers expressed collectively.
Copyright, 1908, by the Brentwood
Cotnpnny.l IN
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IBorr owed Jinglcs
tLOYDlNG.

4
"Let us wager on election sts
Said tho sporty-looking man;
Hush. exclaimed the cautious fellow,
Betting is beneath the ban; n
Rather. let us try insurance,
It's tho latest gaming graft; II.
I'll be sport enough to lloyd you A,
Ten to one on Mr.. TAFT
Bill was shouting for the Giants
In their battle for the flag;
Ills was keen enthuslastn, rs
q And he never let It lag. " 4-sil,
Jim was somewhat pessltnlstic
i on their quality Of ball, x Y,
So Bill I.loyded him ten dollars
That the Giants win next fall.
Hot Air was a sturdy mud horse
It was raining at tho track. ~
And lie looked a sure winner
II they didn't hold him back. E
Then UP spoke the scien,it,g gamblers,
That our business may survive,
And that we ourselves may prosper,
We will Lloyd him TO o."
New York World
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SUNSHINE NEWS.

our Republican friends are not let
ting go of the old full dinner-patl cry
without a struggle. In the face or
dinner pals that are not full. OF fac
tories that are not running, and pay
envelopes that are not paid. the old
slogan hangs on, though little de-
family; and we find the true-blue press
OF the less open minded sort rather
Historically assuring itself that the
workman will never desert his loving
admirers. the Republicans, the side
partners of Prosperity.
To these, and to more IN
telligent people who are In
terested in keeping the record straight.
we commend the experience OF John T.
AIiroy, who was drawn to Pittsburg by
"a newspaper dispatch which said that
$4,000 men had been put back to work"
in that city. Mr.. Milroy writes to the
New York Evening Post us follows:
When got to Pittsburg found
the newspaper report to have been abb
solutely untrue. There are thousands
of men out of work In Pittsburg, and
was told at two factories where 1
applied for work and made inquiry
about the calling back of the workmen
that 1t made people feel better to have
the newspapers print sunshine news.
Maybe this Is sunshine news to many
people. but it cost me $3.50 that
could not afford to spend. am back
here and still out of work.
The Republican party controls more
and weather. newspapers than the
Democratic party, and the spreading
of sunshine news is, therefore, COM
paratively simple operation. The Re-
publican party also controls the purse
strings of the United States govern
nlent. Sufficiently plain limitations
have come from Washington Of late
that good times Were to be forced"
by the disbursement OF $3.50, 100000 of
the tax payers money before November
next.
ARepublican administration may Gre
ate sunshine news, and a Republican
press may fabricate It; hut the history
of the paststen months is history, and
bygones which spring from bad princi-
pies are not bygoncs. No class whose
| Intelligence is so consistently Wanted
as is the workingmcn's can be deludcd
about the significance of a prosperity
which requires the assistance OF plas-
| ter-cases and a padded whee l-chair.
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An Appreciation.

-1f111eS-DfSlJHtC1I.' --- -
Sir,--I have just finished an inter-
ested reading OF your supplement- Of
tion-and I9swrite to Congratulate you
upon Its scope and excellence. Such a
is not only a great adver-
tisement Of the schools Of the country.
but It Is also much more; It is a. dis-
tinct and valuable decentralization to what
the Schools stand for-educat on and
culture. JOHN wv. yWAYLAND,Sf b
Acting Registrar. (
University Of Virginia. July co., 1908.
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Tho extreme dizziness of the news, we
observe, IS compelling the alert edit
tors of Old Virginia. after thoroughly
polishing off the political situation, to
devote their remaining space to THE
Lqucfactlon of Helum" and Life
Among the Papuans."
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FURTHER ENLIGHTENMENT FOR
-E-L------ NIIl.I.. u Il AllICI2 s --- ~

55 The Danville Bee, which is the after
noon counterpart of the Danville Reg
lister and is apparently presided over
by the same intellect, editorially offers
Ethis in its issue of Saturday:
An exchange thus quotes the Rich
.mond Tinaes-Dispatch as to the ticket
nominated at Denver: 1.-THE ticket is
already known as The Great Defeated
for the reason that Bryan was twice
! defeated for the presidency. and Kern
was twice defeated for Governor OF
his State. And this from a newspaper
which announces its support Of the
ticket. Etc. etc.
The sentence which the Danville Bee
assumes to quote from this paper was
not written by The Times Dispatch, or
by any one remotely connected with it.
Il II was part of long news dispatch
sold to this paper by an Independent
neWs-gathering association. This is a
4 fact8which the Danville Bee could cas-
ily have ascertained. and should have
&ascertained, before it yentured 10 inn
puEn the sincerity of this paper. To
identify the hurried expressions of the
news kilograms supplied from foreign
& sources with the deliberate opinions
asof the editorial columns is to be re-
sppnsible for misrepresentation which
should have, but In this case will hard
ly receive, retraction and apology.
Adler newspapers, actuated by the
Same motives and for the same reasons
1 might concelyably do serious injury
80 The Times-D ispatch. Only the drat
8 snd desolate dullness OF the Danvine
i. Register-and-Isee defeats its ambitions
md renders innocuous It's designs
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1Ioors FROM THE s1pE-L1NEs.

= Is SalQ Colonel surrey reached nome
quite Ill. We hope the Pittsburgers
l were Intelligent enough not to expect to
see him coming turning handsprings
experience at Denver.-Houston Post.
woman complains that some one stole
her false hair while riding in a Pullman
from Chicago to Indianapolis recently.
It never would have happened.--Washing-
ton Herald.
Senator Plat. at seventy-five. says he is
very happy and contented." This is phil
!lrosophy almost the equal OF Job's.-Boston
One by one the days fit by. Ten years
ago to-day, It was s,7s1 days until the
election Of William J. Bryan to the presi-
uency. Now that most interesting event is
but los days away.-Houston Post.
The Society for the Prevention of Useless
Noises can save itself great deal OF fruit
less labor by paying no attention to the
Since all the wealthy people of New
York are reported to be working overtime
to cut down expenses. 1t is hardly fair to
speak Of them as the idle rich.-rIttsburg
Gazette-Times. E3is -
Probably even the annoying fact that his
name will have to DO printed in the news
papers will not deter patriotic Mr.. Carnegie
from making.a generous campaign contrt-
bution.-Oho State Journal. &
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William Allen White has described
Mr.. Taft as a man who can button
his. wife's waist up the back. II Mr..
Taft won the support of all the men
in the country who can do that, and
do do It. he would poll the biggest
majority in the history of the country.
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The ght with giant crane reported
by two Maryland fishermen appears to
have been warm one in Its way, but
it Is not to be compared for q mos
ment with President Roosevelts strug-
gle with the stork.
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NJ The refusal of the Democratic COM
mittee to accept more than $4,000
from any one contributor has made it
necessary for many liberal sons OF Old
Virginia to revise their plans and
specifications. 3,
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Reuben Lyon. OF steuben county. N.
Y..is mentioned as a leading candidate
for first place on the Independence
League ticket In our view Reuben OF
Steuben would make campaign slo-
gan second to none.
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II We understand that Lloyd's also
stands ready to insure the common
people against the hnal supremacy OF
the Jim Sherman whiskers.
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Luckily enough. the palm-leat fans
OF old Richmond have no match any
where In the world for positively de-
ilivering the goods "a q.
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e What's the matter With the Uniycr-
1aity Iof Chicago Ssilly-output for 1905?
Has nK.bodX nlllzzled, the prots2
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The only way the candidates could
surprise the country in their letters
OF acceptance would be by sending
letters OF regret. &
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A young man OF Mr.. Hitchcock's en-
crgy and grim determina ton will not
long be satisfied With steam-roller.
can be only matter Of time be-
tore he instals a eoH. 2. dynamo.
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Presiding over the country Is. OF
course. the main proposition, but the
question OF who is to preside over the,
inaugural ball is doubtless attracting
some little lnterestlsfrom Mrs. Taft and
iMrs 5l3ryan fst " ~ n, III
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We trust that the decision OF the
transportation companies to raise rates
is not going to apply to the bandwa-
gons.
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THE DANCING CANDIDATE.

daily hue gets from Hot SPRINGS,
pave revealed the interestins fact that
Taft, Ssfheny he cares TO. Raltzss
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". Although a portion OF the Lord High
Chancellor's large salary OF $50 900,
eea 1ss ss paa hM hf
Lords Yet he exercises none of the
powers that are enjoyed by the pre-
siding officers Of national gislatures.
troll the debates orSto decide points of
order. no matter how much q peer who
happens to be addressing. the house
may wander away from lis subject,
tent with this condition Of affairs, and
when about ten days or a fortnight ago
q proposal was made TO institute a
reform in the methods OF deb ate. with
celebrating business. the proposal was
promptly negatlved. E SS ri 81, 7.
In most European legislatures the
chambers have the right to elect their,
High Chancellor who does not really
preside. although he hears the title Of
Speaker OF the House OF Lords may
t said to be Indebted for his office to
latter that has determined the parlla-
.mentary victory, which has landed him
in ONCE along with the other members
Of the admtntstra tion, Prior to the
the Speaker OF the House Of Lords was
often not even q peer. as Sir Thomas
More. for instance. and, as pointed out
The t1S ot a'Sa day by the present zLord
he sits. while tulnllinE his duties as
Sneaker OF the House OF Lords. Is theo-
retically outside the limits of the up
on pretty well without a&presidlng Of
tlcer possessed OF such extensive Eali-
thor!ty as the Speaker OF tho House
of Commons. and, filed with pride of
one another as peers thatsthey are tac- :
tually terrified by II themselves colleo-
lively, indeed, gentle hisper Of
".alYiae. coming from what AZ pesga Sto
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The Beach Variety.
DO you believe in long enga gements?"
Elt"Well, I think that good form demands
atrleast a day."-Louisville Courier Journal.
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Senator Plat. at seventy-five. says he is
very happy and 4contented." This is phil
!osophy almost the equal OF Job's.-Boston