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LH5eY Charges False,
Declares Gen. Butle1

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gentle rains; the pains, sorroWs and
burdens. as well as orr pleasures, joys
and rccrcations--all were conceived in
the spirit Of bencvoicilcc, all arc bcnc-
fetal IN their net results and all are
very good; IL men and women will but
receive them lin tho spirit In which they
arc given.
Man wax not made to mourn or to
grumblc. He was not made to grunt
under heavy burdens but to bear thcm
as means OF development. and SO cor
vert every seeming III into blessing.
Our so-callcd burdens would be II
privilege, IL only we would recognize
them az such. Every. manly man should
be proud to put his shoulder under his
load and carry IL for his Improvement.
There Is no creator incentive to man
illness, nor any higher expression of It.
1t is the weaklihg, tho coward, who
shirks burden il lie may. or succutnbs
under the weight of 1t. if carry 1t he
must. There is no honorable burden too
heavy to be borne, for though the flesh
be weak, the spirit is strong enough for
every strain; and triumph OF the spirit
lis possible in every strain 1t Is op-
tional with every man, whether he
allow his burdens to bear him down. or
use them as stepping stones to higher
levels. The thorn in tho flesh may be
employed as a means to greater grace.
Therei liz no unbearable burden but sin,
and that may be laid aside at Will.
None is so weak that he may not
larry his own load in triumph, and
angels are present in every
manly struggle with their whisperings
Il good cheer and consolation. Man was
made to win. Man was made for VIC
ory; and burdens are his implements
4 war.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09

Some leading Democrats in these
days seem to be devoting most OF their
speeches to laudations of President
Roosevelt and his policies. and while
the Presidents latest message Is q
good Democratic campaign document,
the speeches of Messrs. Bryan. Cochran
and others will make first-rate Repub-
lican campaign documents, and Will
doubtless be so used by the opposition.
This is remarkable state of things in
politics. 1t Is unprecedented.
The proposal of John Temple Graves
that Bryan nominate Roosevelt as the
Democratic candidate for the presi-
dency is not SO absurd now as 1t was
when first made. +.
What do the Roosevelt Democrats
mean? Have they lost all desire for
victory? Have they become SO accus-
toned to being in the minority that
they do not care to take upon them
selves the responsibilities OF office? Do
they want the Republicans to continue
in power?
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VIII Jesus; tell Him AL about your
palns and worries. your trouble and
losses Hc will either give strength
to bear them, or presently they shall
dlsappear
we must wait, working patiently.
God put us here to work for Him.
prayer and praise and work should
Gods will, and look down to lend a
hand. We may never sec results--tiicy
belong to God! The work VIC can see
easily. and that only Is ours. Our life
may DO very dull, hut the noblest life
IS made up OF little daily duties rightly
and patiently done.
we must wait patiently to do good.
God put us here to help each otlier. He
says Dwell in the land, and be doing
good" All hands must pull together
IL we are to mako good progress. You
say perhaps. What good am in the
world? II you are of no good It Is
your own fault. You could be of use
If you wished.
Small service is true service while II
lasts;
or humble gifts and creatures. scorn
not one;
The daisy, by the shadow which 1t
casts,
Protects the lingering dewdrop from
the sum-
While you are waiting patiently for
the Lord to help Sou--help others!
Opportunities lie everywhere. Make
your place in the world sweet and
beautiful, with the Joy Of service
Remember, the Lord Is waiting for
you, o sorrowful mourner! to wipe
away all tears! Waiting for you, D
lonely one! to give you the company
Of saints and angels, as well as those
loved ones gone before" Waiting for
you, wanderer! to give you Il place
IN the house Of many mansions; for
you, 0 faithful worker! to take you
homo to Himself for rest. Rest In
he Lord wait patiently for Him, and
lie shall give thee the desire of thy
leart."
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pAr1ENr MAIrING. !.
tseleoted for The Times-Dispatch.

(Seleoted for The Times-Dispatch.)
II waited patiently for the Lord
Ps. II. /.
To wait patiently is the hardest
thing of all, and yet the best thing
of ALL 1t is easy to be in hurry, to
be active and pushing and vigorous
but it is hard-very hard-to wait and
hope and suffer patiently. Yet all our
life here on earth is waiting time.
They tell us, "All things come to
him who waits" But it is not true
of earthly matters. Some are waiting
for health, but they never find it on
this side of the grave. Some arc wait
ing for wealth, and they die as poor
as they lived. Solfc are waiting for
success, but they never get to the top.
But the saying is true in spiritual
things; for those who wait on the Lord
arc never disappointed. Much that the
world counts great they may never
see; hut they have the peace OF God,
the joy of believing and the hope OF
such good things as pass mans under
standing. Those who wait for the
worlds favors arc often forgotten, neg
lectcd or despiscd those who walt for
the Lord always receive moro than
they ask or deserve.
Tho Bible dwcls much on patience.
We arc told In many ways how we
must strive for this grace Of ma lance
God is called tho God of nattence..
and lie must be very patien, indeed ~
bear with our continual sins aud
follics!
How must wc lcaru nati.noo, W.
need 10 he nntion, Win 49,.
We often nom, /, s,id wo o,,a i,
ourselves. u have no nat,onoo ,s,,n
himr. supnose Goa ma ~
vim Won whoro wona ~ 49,
ARC an 100 rond a, ,,,o,,,. ,,D. ~.
him mat is without sIn c,s, 80 49,
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tralts towers their supcrb ana lncom.

traits towers their stpcrb and incom
parable ingenuity.
/ These gentlemen have not fallen upoi
our language with shout OF triumph
10 simplify IL at ono fell swoop. II.
young or amateur slmplficrs nigh,
have done. They arc not going to sim
plify 1t all at once. when nobody is
looking and then be bothered with q
| lot OF explanations when people glanc,
around and SEQ what has occurred
They have hit upon far better and
subtler scheme than that riley arc
going to simplify II OH the instalmont
plan. They are going to feed out GIN
plifchtion 81 few feet al a time. When
tile first few feet have been thoroughly
rnasticated swallowed and digested,
they arc going TO shoot out few more
foet, and not TIL then In this way
tho American language is going to be-
conc smplined without pain, bulchcry
or bloodshed.
The second instalment OF simpliHca-
ton has Just been ladled out. We con-
sequently assume that the first install
ment has, in the boards opinion, now
been thoroughly digested. That install
ment it will be recalled. though large,
was dcsgnedly rather delicate. IT was
meant to be retained by the weakest
Program" for example was
very easily handled by tho many who
were already slipping into the way OF
biting off the final me" and similarly
with many others. The second dish
$ sterner food. 1t demands far nrrner
lentals and a more ostrich-1ike diges-
ion. The elision of silent letters has
zen pushed to- a ruthless extreme, and
'ph" s conversion to ''f' has been
Prosecuted in the most intrepid manner
NE seeker for light is not bcguled |
With predigested chicken-gruel and
ther invalid diet this time. He is
oddly hidden to stick his fork into |
he stark substantialities of "det,"
eg" "foren," "lim," "siv" and "tung,"
n the one hand, and Cantor" toto
raj" "cifer" and "akc," on the other.
Maybe the traiAing-t table squad can
tand 1t, and maybe it can't. At any
ate. the commissariat, which is to say,
he gentlemen OF the board, deserve
Ugh praise for the skill and vigor
18th which they are pressing their
pecialties upon the squads favorable
ttention. They have already proved
hat they are men among a million.
asst year they got a body blow which
you'd have shattered other men to
toms, and, as the saying runs, it never
ven faxed them. That episode
marks the full height of their emil
renee. They are. we daresay. the only
Gentlemen in the world who would
,eep right on with propaganda which
lad proved too wild and dizzy for
theodore Roosevelt.
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WORD TO THE STREET CON-
MI'IvrEsE

The condition of Main Street west
of Vine, would be disgrace to rural
village. The street has been dug up
and in some places is covered with red
mud. several inches deep. At most of
the crossings 1t is impossible to board
the cars without miring. and the situa-
ton is far worse than 1t was before
that territory was annexed.
1t is amazing to us that such things
should be- when half days work
with the city carts would put all the
crossings in prime condition. Negli-
sence like this on the part of the
Council not only causes great inconve-
nience to residents. but it arouscs re.
sentiment against our form of govern
that is no triflins matter.
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Rhymes for To-Day
.CutcAGO,s sENsIBLM Ill1ii,Ess
SPEAKS.

CiIfCAGO's sf1NsIBLl: IiIsiHEss
SPEARS.
DON'T want to be no Marcliccscr.
No countess or grand julSc's ann
ity-
1Il Ieayc no Hungari-born gcezer
Yank me from tho stockyards' vi
cnlty.
pas humor las got too much dryness-7-
(We'rc clever---ug canned soup Ma.
polcons)
no get lust spawned your ilghncss,'
And plank down van Of sinolcons
THOSE pccrs---of, know whore tlcil
heart Isl
Their wooins all Kindness aid jol-
lily
But Wien look over the parties,
Say, honest, 1 don't trust the quality
1 don't want their tinsol and CHATTER,
/ don't want my brides veil sor-
row-ret,
I don't want to live In a SKATER.
don't want to sleep in n coronct.
Before splice UP with, the peerage.
Til beat off my block with agility.
III pull mo n hub from the storage
Before l glndhand the nobility.
II, s. H.
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Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Slr.-A bill has just been considered
the House OF Delegates approprating
the sum of $4,000 for the erection OF
a monument to commemorate the SER
vices Of Virginia soldiers on the bat
made by Mr.. Joseph Bryan before,
that committee-"No rthern soldiers are
amazed that we have not done this
before"-opens the door to a veteran
or the Blue to interpose thought.
one-fourth of tho Gray infantry. two.
thirds Of the cavalry and nearly two.
thards OF the artillery. or Il total OF
Nv reg ZINE and battery organiza-
allotted positions from the Curre,l
house, on the extreme right OF the
Confederate lines, to the Bushman
meadow, on the extreme left. Does not
serious problem present Itself right
placed?
Why not do as the Northern states
u nave ave. done ,, divide the appropriation
each may have monument, properly
inscribed, erected with appropriate ded
icatory ceremonies on tho spot where
they fought, and 50 many died? There
division or his brigade. but his reg I'll.
ment. and It's flag that he has followed
from the beginning, is the altar upon
a Wm'ch d.n nnrns the incense of his pride
s me%Hrat to the ,s yaIor Of that regiment
thelr breasts to the red death OF bat
ri,s. not or Seminary or any other
ms MS. should be done while men are
alive to mark tho spot
me Held of Gettysburg has been
properly pr called tho high water mark"
plHte nor our, duty done to those Who
follow us until every Organization that
took part In that battle be repre.
ss ,n by monuments, not markers.
Ior the South, let the old Mother State
snow the way, to be followed by the
other lrn States whose soldiers were there,
10 many members OF the legisla-
I'VE body now considering this app pro
P 'ta,n the great civil strife is only
nlstory. To tho surviving soldiers
1T 1t as, Is living. vivid memory. That
memory Will remain, alike to tho Blue
nnd the Gray with the bitterness han
p Ply, forgotten. until they. cross tho
liver 10 rest IN the shade of the trees
on the other side. -
j. JAMES r. SCOTT.
m, FIRST Pennsylvania Cavalry.
llot springs. Va, Feb. z, 1908.
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Roads, Again.
llditor of

i1ai,or or I The Times-D spatch:
s. p'r,r-flne people are helpless, fac
ing great road problem. They are
alH'onsly waiting on tho Leglsla-
tlre 70 act. They arc surprised in view
az me bills offered for such large
approximations for public schools, that
there should be any hesitation in an
proprlating ss5o,ooo for roads the i'm
sprovement Of which is the crying need
8of the state Really the appropria-
ton Tor roads should he MS large as
Tor any other object, Road improve
ment Is ahove all else the one thing
ineedful We hope the amount devoted
70 road Improvement will nat he less
than s250, 900.
J. ", ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
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MERELY JOKING.


Not Quito the Same.
II received your nnjestys message" said
tho new missionary. IBID 7 understand you
would do ME tho honor to call upon me and
dine tomorrow"
Almost correct" replied the cgnnjbaI
chief II said would call and dine upon you
-morrow."-Philadelphia Press.
In the Interior.
Yes" said tho typhoid germ, dts n
What's that?" asked tho grip mlcrobc.
Why do my best fighting when I'm
down.'-The Catholic Standard and Times.
All. Yes!
"a dollar won't 90 as far as it did ten
years ago."
The optimist: mo. but it gets there a
great deal quicker."-smnrt Set.
Stumpcd.
We'll" said the Devil. II win let you OF
II you can think up three tasks which can't
accomplish"
"All right" we observed, bring us the
Great American Novel. an interesting vaude-
Vile show, and fountain pen that won't
Leak
The Old Boy shrc,tcd terribly. bu. there
was nothing for him ut to acknowledge
gracefully that he was beaten.--Puck.
A Rcstful Intellectual Atmosphere.
Mold: "The doctor says we must be
careful OF our boys BRAIN.
Todd: why not keep him entirely away
from all mental excltemcnt?"
Mold: That's our idea. We're going to
send :, him TO ---- Observation-Disclosures
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THE ORIGIN OF LYNcu LAW -

The Boston girl travelling in Ire
land" who has written for the Boston
Post the story of James Lynch Fitz-
stephen, of Galway, is no doubt little
hasty in her conclusion that from this
tragic episode is derived the term
Lynch law" Probably nobody can
say with positiveness what was the
origin of that term. And certainly the
tragic episode" 10 which she refers
is very far removed from the proce
dures with which the term nowadays
is invariably associated.
| Fitzstephen, or Lynch. as he was
commonly called, was Mayor of CAL
way In l495. AS the Boston lady quoted
above tells the story, he entertained
as guest in his home the son of a
Spanish prince, with whom Lynch's
own son became involved in quarrel
over lady. a less romantic but
probably more accurate version SAYS
that young Lynch had embezzled money
and the Spaniard knew of 1T. AT any
rate, young Lynch murdered his enemy
and threw his body into Galway harbor.
IL was the duty of the older Lynch 70
try and sentence criminals. He did not
finch when his own son was brought
before ms par. He sentenced him to
death. A mob formed, not to kill the
young man, but to rescue him To cir
cumvent them, Lynch went TO the
prison ana with his own hands hanged
ms son from tho jail-window. Note tn,
marked distinction in this incident he
tween the mobbng party, which stood
here for illegal immunity, ana the
lSnchilig- party, which stood for lepa,
execution of sentence.
Probably therefore, this episode did
not give rise TO the term which later
times and conditions wcro destined ~
bring INTO such common use. Other
episodes are more pausibly cited. Ono
Is concerned with James LYNCH
farmer of the carly days In the p:cd-
mont section of Virginia, who, in the
absence of any regular court, was
much called upon by his ne;rLbors
to serve as an arbiter, ana who gave
Judgment rather from q ruugh-aud
ready sense of fairness than from
any close knowledge OF tile law.
Another Lynch mentioned is The
founder of Lynchburg. Another Is an
English commissioner sent TO this com
try In the seventeenth century TO sup
rrcss piracy. and authorized to dis
pcnso with the toruality of trials.
sun another is Charles Lynch. a yir
Slnia planter and revolutionlst of the
eighteenth century, who tested Tories
IN a court of his own appointments.
Very possibly Lynch law as am
ieplthet originated through ,ho activ )
| NY OF one of these Virginia I.ynchos.
But the law as they administered IL
was orderly, sober and, it appours
Lust. II was resorted To because ropn-
larly constituted tribunals We're lack
ling, aud it was wholly different
| thing from the insane and reckless
1 mob-law which uses that name 10 cloal,
4 us sins to-day. And If Virginia origin
lated the name, IL Is her nrido that I'm
the matter Of tho act Itself. she eau
point 10 a record not surpnssen by any
Iother State confronted with her eona!
'iohs aud her provocations
4 ----z----@s-=-===----..ssz=a.i-a.
THE BLESSING or BURDENS.
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The Richmond Tmes-Dispatch re-
1olces that the Legislature of Virginia
is likely to appoint tax commission
TO investigate and report a plan to
equalize assessments and to make other
needed reforms in the tax system OF
that state. If this measure be adopted,
IL VIII, In our view, be one OF the great
est benefactions ever bestowed by any
Legislature upon the people OF the
state says the Richmond paper. So
far so good, but does the Richmond
newspaper anticipate that it's Legisla-
ture would be governed by the report
of tax commission when it comes to
the actual work of Legislation? The
experience of Massachusetts and other
States Is all against such an assump-
ton. There is no other important mat
ter In the whole category of legisla-
ton upon which intelligent action is
so hard to achieve."-Springfield Re-
publican.
We love an optlmist and these words
of friendly encouragement ar, received
with becoming gratitude. We IRE fue-
Their encouraged by the fact that the
Legislature of Virginia cannot do less
with G tax commission than 1t has done
without it. in behalf of tax reform.
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Voice Of the People.

The Timex-Dispatch will print
signed letters on NIL question: which
relate to the public welfare. Such
articles should not exceed In length
100 words, except under exceptional
circumstances, should be signed
with the full name of the writer,
and should bear his or her address.
The name of the writer Will BE
withheld III desired.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09

That Florida convention of Republic
cans this week, where two sets of
delegates to Chicago We're chosen. ono
set Instructed to support Mr.. Taft and
the other practically Instructed to sup
port anybody else, hastened the retire.
ment of Mr.. Hitchcock from Office.
it was realized that the services Of
II doctor We're needed most urgently,
and there was no better one to be had
when it came to treating Southern RE-
publicans, 1t may be that Mr.. Hitch
cock will not be able to diagnose and
treat tho trouble as promptly as was
hoped, since tho patient Is not the
placeh older but tho man in the Repub-
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Artists. high hrows and others. M

Artists, high-bro and others, may
wrangle over landscapes. sunsets and
the like to their hearts content. but
for our part we know of no prettier
scenery than that provided by one Of
Richmond's little star-eyed blondes
stacked up against a breakfast table
OF Old Virginia sausage, with the gol-
den and featherlight Sally Lunn sitting
demurely on the side.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09

While the Ice in North Dakota is re-
ported sixteen inches thick, we do not
feel that Lieutenant Philip Bagby.
Richmond's grand army-man. is going
to have trouble In cutting all that he
may require in his business.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09

According to the Washington Herald,
a Spanish policeman recently arrested
King Alfonso as suspicious character.
Few people that we can think of have
Alfonso's right to be suspicious at this
juncture OF affairs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09

Mr.. Roosevelt's special message to
Congress. SO says the Portland Orc
gonian-'is one of the most powerful
pieces OF political eloquence in the
English language" The other one, we
take 1t, is J. Davis's special def to the
Predatory Plutocratics.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09

What on earth could Japan and the
United States fight about?" demands
the Madison (Wis.) Democrat. From
present Indications, about quarter Of a
column.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09

Evelyn Thaw is genuinely distressed
and astonished that the authorities
have failed to grasp the fact that Harry
is a lunatlc for publication only and
not as an evidence of good faith.
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now TO cAth rlMEs-p1sr.,Tcu

HOW TO CALb TIMFS-UISFNTCIl.
Persons wishing to communicate with The
Times. Dispatch by telephone viii ask cen
,rai for "3oti." and on being answered from
tho office switchboard, Will indicate the de-
psftment or person with whom they wish
to speak.
When calling between a. NJ and
A. VI. call 10 central office direct for 4oi1,
composing room; iote, business office; aoi3,
for mailing and press-rooms-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09

Daughters OF pickle kings, beef
barons and soap cars will doubtless
note with a pleasurable flutter that
the young Earl OF Yarmouth is again
'at liberty"
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A Rcstful Intellectual Atmosphere,
BILL SKILLET AND MS FRIENDS.

wv T. believe the Richmond Times- Dis
w patch might become perfectly happy
II 1t could induce the Virginia I.egis-
lature 10 give Richmond form of govern
ment like Houston's. And 1t would be hap
pier than 1t is II Colonel Skill Billitt would
send around even one pound OF the Walker
county country sausage which he imports for
Governor Standardization Post
That "old Sally Lunn" that is reported
every few days as Sitting demure.y on the
side" in Richmond probably would not sit
demurely on the eide more than minute
down in Georga--Brstol Herald Courier.
We are informed that the Hon. Skill BIZ
hit Richmocds most famous caterer, Is
trying TO locate In Skinquarter. a metropolis
OF Chesterfield county, just beyond Manches-
ter better known as Richmond's Siberia.
The Hon. Skill's activity as a sausage maker
IN Richmond seems to have ended as soon a.
the dog pound in Henrico county became
epopulated.--Houston Post
III the guerrilla war of the Washington
Herald on the Photographers Union does not
cease. It Is up to the Richmond Times Dis
patch to bar the photographic OF that paper
from Mullaneys and Shoomaker's for per-
iod OF two weeks.--Atlanta Georgian.
man who holds the opinions about vir.
giria sausage that Sydnor Harrison does
could go out and slaughter his enemies with
neutrality-suspicious. Post.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09

The question now is whether or not
Senator Davis can beat Mr.. Roosevelt
TO 1t on the next rush for the sinister
offenders.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09

Most people are ready to admit that
Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Roosevelt are as
much alike as two spoons. the real dis
pute now being as to which is only the
Oh Snonn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09

The fleet having left Punta Arenas,
the lap SPY squad Will kindly get ready
Il Calao, Peru. dateline.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09

We suppose that by this time the
young countess can hear her married
name spoken without looking around
to see who's sitting In draft.