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Seaboard Air Line Ry

SOUTHBOUND TRAINS SCHEDULED TO
LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY.
910 A M-Ioca1 to Norlinn, Raleigh,
Charlotte. Wilmington. 1926 P. M.-sleep-
ers and coaches, Atlanta, Birmingham. Mem-
pills. Savannah. Jacksonville and Florida
points. s:45 p. M.-Sleepers and coaches
sayannah. Jacksonville. Atlanta. Eirming-
ham and Memphis "a
TRAINS &SCHEDULED TO
ARRIVE RICHMOND DAILY
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LASSITER s. DORIAN.
stables, corner Nineteentha and Frank
lin Streets; right the heart OF tho
commercial district. We have the
largest and best equipped stables IN
81 tha city: personal attention to all
teams entrusted to our care. Auo-t
ton sales every Saturday promptly
& at 10 o'clock; private sales daily.
~ S11h nn ~ al q. -. FL
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WANTED. YOUNG MEN TO LEARN
barber trade: high wages guaranteed
after eight weeks learning. Apply
MANAGER, Barber School, 1907 East
Main street
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5falen Proposals.
SEALED PROPOSALS.


/.
State Highway Commission,
Richmond, Va, June 80, 1908.
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE-
1ceived at the clerks office OF Greenes-
willie county, Emporia. Va, until 1a
o'clock noon, MONDAY. JULY 20. Il 9OS.
for the construction OF six miles of
lgravel roads. rs
Plans and specifications may be seen
at the clerks office above or at the
office OF the State Highway Commits
lsioner, Richmond. Va.
Specifications furnished on applica-
ltion to the undersigned.
"A certified check for $500 to accom-
Ipany each bid.
The Board OF Supervisors reserve the
fright to reject any and all bids. and
Ito let the work as whole or in
Iseparate sections ~
~ An. engineer will be at Emporia on
July 18Th to go oversthe work with
prospective bidders. SEA-
Proposals should be addressed to w.
iR, Cato Chairman. Emp oria. Va.
P. ST, j. WILSON.
State Highway q Commissioner. IS
SEALED PROPOSALS.
BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED UP no
Is r. M. OF Tu SSJULYsl2 81, 4 9O8,
| for putting up certain trestlesb ents un-
der part OF the Free Bridge, In ac-
cordance with plans and specifications
which can be seen at my office at
day, July II, ! sos, 4,
The right Is reserved by the James
River Bridge Company to reject any
I, & 3. IsAAcs,
s Sss Sis5 ,f}4 W Engineer.
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WANTED. BoARDERs FOR LARGE
and small room. 1011 East Mar
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HOTEL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
$1,000 Oncfa N City. New ,IeraeY. 1870

UCchn City, NV Jersey. r
Accommodates 500: 100 suites With fresh
and sea water baths; the best service and
cuisine: will satisfy the most exacting: at
reasonable -ntes; every facility for comfort
and pleasure. with added charm Of spacious
ness; automobile route from Philadelphia;
"a miles .nne state roads: Norwood Golf Park
IL minutes by trolley; Atlantic City So
minutes: write for booklet. P. II. 8. CAKE,
owner and proprietor. Also Hotel Nor
mandie. Washington, D. G.
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Secretary and Treasurer.

Richmond, Va. June IL. 1905.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholdars Of the Everett Waddey
Co. will be held in tbs Offices of tile
company, 11o5 Fast Main Street. on
JULY 49, 1908. at O'Clock p. M.
& WOODsON p. WADDEY.
Secretary,
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SEALED PROPoss s.,

8.135I OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES e 7
THE WARWICK BnAUR EGARD DIS
Monument committeeman meet on the
27TH OF JULY, 4 908sst to consid der plans
and designs for a Con ederate IN onu-
ment,, to be erected BatsVvarwick9 Court
houae, tho cost ranging from two to
three thousand ollara.
J. Q, CURTIS. Secretary:
sa Daahish, Va.
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@ul11n,er Boaroing.

SUMMER BoARDERs; To-
cation near foot OF Peaks OF Otter;
six miles from top; iseven8miles from
Bedford City, and three miles from
Thaxton station and telegraph office;
mall daily: two churches within one
ner: fine water, nice shade and
grass. Mrs. H. G. HOPKINS, Penicks,
Va.
w ANT ED, COUNTRY 3OARDERS;
Orange, Va. Piedmont section. three
miles from station; healthy: good
spring water: cool nights; river on
premises: bath house. private dancing
Terms reasonable. Address Mrs. j.
A. SPtCER, Orange. Va.
WANTED, SUMMER BOARDERs; DE-
liElitful situation, in mountains: cool.
pleasant rooms and cool, roomy We
randns: good boating and fishing;
close to station and post-office.
Rates low. Mrs. j. "A. THOMAS, AL
SUMMER BoARDERs Will BE RE-
Briar Institute during the months of
July and August; rates for adults.
$50 per month; children and nurses
in proportion. Apply to W. B. DEW.
Treasurer. Sweet Briar. Va.
THE HYGEIA, CAPE HENRY. VA;
coolest and healthiest resort on the
coast: great marine view: finest
bathing: reasonable rates. ROE &.
DYER.
OCEAN WAVE COTTAGE. OCEAN
View, Va; three minutes walk from
hotel and amusements: direct on wa
ter, boating. bathing and fishing;
excellent table; reasonable rates.
SPEND YOUR VACATION Ar THE
Mountain Cottage near Natural
Bridge: moderate cost. Address X.
4. BURGER, Natural Bridge. Va.
OCEAN VIEW. VA, aiERRlMAC COT
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SIGNS. DECORATING. &C.

IF YOU WANT a PRETTY, ATTRAc.
on your windows; also agents to,'
brass signs; painting and decorat-
ing done promptly. A ALPER1N 4
Co. 2u4 North. Fourth.
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Mretings.
Richmond Forgings corporation.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders OF the Southern Manu-
featuring Company Will be held at
the company's offices. Nos. II and Is
South Twelfth Street. Richmond, Va.
on WEDNESDAY, JULY s15. 1908, at
IL O'Clock noon. BY order 4 OF the
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WANTED, FIVE FIRST CLASS INSURE
ance solicitors to soil the best health
and accident propositions on the
market; good place for producers;
call between and 8 o'clock. room
200. American National Bank Build
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PERMANENT AND TRAN
sient boarders at THE LII TRAY, 403
East Main Street; excellent table:
81 n lca rnatrla ~ ~
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YOUNG; MEN WANTED, WHO DESIRE
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write, and ambitious to succeed. we
can qualify you for n position as
mechanical. electrical, steam. civil
or mining engineer. architect, etc.
etc. Write at once. stating position
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tered druggist Address. with refer
enccs Box 351 Hampton Va !.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20

1vere delighted to hang upon their walls or to
study as iliustrnti in his books of travel can
make no appeal to the present generation- lie
did not know how to paint, In our modern sense
As Lady Strachey's brother-in-law, hlmsen an
artist observes in a brief note, "a Traveller
could almost plan his route over pass from one
of this artists faithful realizations of noun
tains" but the traveller who has a critical sense
of art would hardly care to preserve Lear's
picture for its own sake. He was CONSCIENTIOUS
truthful and very dignifed in his work but that
was all. 1t is the character behind that work
that deserves remembrance.
He came of a family in no wise distinguished
and situated. in his boyhoOd. in poor circurn-
stances AS a child he showed artistic aptitude,
and in his teens he turned this to practical ad-
vantage His instinct for detail stood him IN
good stead His drawings of birds were exc
cuted with an accuracy commenting them to the
scientist, and ne seems soon TO have earned a
modest living in the field of formal illustration
While he was still young and unknown clever
water color drawing that he had made of two
birds in a nest attracted the attention Of
friend of Lord Derby. who, as it happened. was
looking for some one to paint the inhabitants
of his mcnaGcrie at knowsIey. The story goes
that when he began his work on the noble
mans estate his patrons grandsons were in the
habit of disappearing as soon as dinner was
over When asked to explain they replied: 1t
is 50 much more amusing downstairs' Being
pressed for further light on their truancy they
said to Lord Derby: That young fellow in the
stewards room who is drawing the birds for
YOU is such good company. and we like to go
and hear him talk OF course, this led TO
Iear's being invited to dine upstairs, and
thenceforth it was his habit to mix with half
the fine people of the day" He endeared him
self to hosts of friends by his sweetness of nat
ure, his talent and his ever bubbling humor,
and above ALL by his originality.
Quaint stories told of his unconventional
ways one of them relates to the first occasion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20

wonderful beauty and interest Of what ne saw;
became totally obliyious to all other facts ana m
exclaimed "Oh, How did you get all these oeau-
said was an excellent one so kind, yet terse
and full OF the dignity of queen: L lnherlted
them. Mr.. Lear.
The letters to Chichester Fortescue and his
wife are souvenirs of a friendship SO complete as
never to have required Lear to write with any
reserve whatever. He put himself on paper. max
ing ''scrbble- bibbIe'' of his seem like nothing
more nor less than spontaneous talk The sub
stance of this talk has nothing particularly in
teresting about it. He tells of his travels and
the arrangements that he makes when he es-
tablishes himself in lodgings or in a house Of his
own; he has countless brief and fleetng alu-
sions to the people he meets. and he airs his po
Iitcal opinions in light. incOnseqUential fashion
There is little in the correspondence that is eff
fectiveIy quotable away from the context But
the general tone OF the letters is charming.
There is nothing at all brilliant in his calling
Mr. Barring an extremely luminous & amiabIe
brick" nor does ne bewitch you by stating that
''the day is highly beastly & squondangerIous-'
But as sentences like these crop out in his let
ters they somehow prove amusing They are
the drolI qups Of We repeat. winning talker-
His gossip is of the frothiest description We
may forget it in q moment, but while read
we are pleasantly conscious OF the gOssiper, of
his gentleness, of the twinkle in his kindly eye
Il trust TO paint he says "a magnificent large
view of Corfu. straits and Albanian hills This
I trust to sell for f300 as it viii be my best,
and is Q feet long. If I can't sell it shall in
stantIy begin picture 10 feet long; and if that
don't sell one II feet long. Nothing like persist
ing in virtue" That was his way. to get an art
less joke out OF whatever tribe happened to be
upperrnost in his mind.
There was strain of sadness IN him His
health troubled him, and knowledge Of the fact
that he had an affection of the heart likely to
cause his death at any moment confirmed his
tendency to melancholy. But he never allowed
pity for himself to go too far. The whimsical
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of his giving a drawing lesson to the queen 1t
runs as follows:
Lear who was rather roughly dressed ano vs.
always awk ward in appearance, went 70 the 49, ~
at Osborne and simply said he WlSned 20 - $3.50
Oueeu. The servants were "A good deal PEI pleAeus
but showed him into a room where an SquILiaSS
came To see him on his repeating tnat ne mo-
come to see the Queen the equerry DANNY III
auired what the business on wnlch ne vdrJ
being convinced that he was a lunatlc- 10 WIN 49,
he replied oh. I'm Lear. and some Iurlne[ ; ~
nuiries revealed the fact that he had an appoint
ment to give lesson
He was not by any means an III hammered per
son. but he was slow in apprehending the
niceties of court etiquette He used to tell two
stories of his comical indiscretion. He hked
standing on the hearth rug. and with uncoh-
scious persistence INDUCED his fancy in the pres
ence of the Queen. 1t not until afterward
that he knew why Of her officials kept iur-
ing him away, either under pretext OF looking at
a picture or some object OF interest No matter
how often he was beguiled from the hearth rug.
he kept returning to 1t as TO some haroor OF
refuge. The other anecdote is thus related by
Lady Strachey:
The Queen. with great kindness. was SHOWING
either at Windsor Castle or Buckingham PaLace,
7 do NOT know which, and explaining their history
to him. Mr.. Lear. entirely carried away OS lil7
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ity In his nature gave him ~
valve. Life might have its Sursa- ad
ties. but it was always poszsb1 a'. :. al
joke. especially when writing 70 1.ss
could not help seeing aIn,o.s h1ss
humorous aspect. AT the sam. 5'a'as
nothing Of the mere Jester ay.. 1'os .
this book A strange, indssna,'' 'a'ss
pervades his letters; you feel - ~
loyalty to his work. and all TIA, ssdaes
a high minded man. even whlla @
some merely ridiculous phrase N
book ike this one. 30 gossa1ner 80
leave SO good an impression. J
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4 PICTURE IN JAPAN.
by s. r. LYSAGHT.

BY s r. LYSAGHT
Around the ovcrhanging caves
Or village roofs. on April days.
The bloom of peach and cherry WeaFeS
A mist Of white. coral haze.
You hear along the narrow street
The splash of churning water mills.
The clink of wooden saudalled feet,
The rush of overlooking rills.
Above the street the sunlight fades
To dusk. where spectral silence PROOFS
In avenues and dim arcades
And stairways of sepulchral woods.
And up the paths pilgrim throng
Moves silently in winding files,
While tremors of ghostly gong
Go echoing down the forest aisles.
BY mystic lamp, and sacred fount.
And demons grasping golden rods.
A thousand granite steps they mount
To shrines of their vermilion gods
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Few readers of Edward Lears Book Of Nom
sense" have any knowledge Of the manner OF
man that he was. They know nothing or MS
personality or Of the work that he did In the
world The letters printed by Lady Strachey
are far from taking the place of biography
but. with the predatory matter that she sup
plies. they serve to make us better acquainted
with one of the most lovable of men If Ed
ward Lear had genius for nonsense he also had
a genius for hard work. This volume dlmiy
shadows forth years of labor, years spent IN
travel and the making Of countless pictures
These are all gone now. so far as the connoiS-
seur is concerned. He was not great ARTIST
and the landscapes which his contemporaries
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Every one knows the usefulness of the sim
pleasure Could you read it second time?
1t is indeed an almost infallbe test. AsSum-
ing that the reader is Of maturcd intellect and
has some taste the failure of q book ever to
win him back to renewed acquaintance with
it is suggestive. to say the least. Nevertheless
a point is We'll made by the author of paper
in The Spectator on the pleasures of re-
reading. He admits that the pleasures of
reading cover a far wider field than the pleas
in the assertion that there are more subtle
SatiSfactOns which we cannot trace till 4 book
is we'll known 10 us and there is much 10 be
said for his candid observation that the books
we re-rcad most constantly are by no means
those which make the strongest appeal 10 our
critical Judgment. UnqueStiOnab!y often
go back to 4 book for reasons which would
find it difficult 10 explain. and perhaps impOs-
sbe 10 Justify on strictly critical grounds.
Yet il would he Interesting TO know if any
reader of experience ever returned 10 i really
poor book Could any sentiment, could any
mood. make lis friends with fiat medjOcrity?
In other words. is it not pretty nearly certain
that Il book. 10 get itself rc-rcad. no matter on
what seeming hypothesis of unliterary Old
sakeS sake. must have in il at least germ
of excellence? The reader who is not mere
automatic devourer of printed matter exer-
cises. consciously or unconsciousy, the critical
instinct. \ miracle would be required TO make
him reread the works Of-but we forbcar.
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OBJ Netn,2ork Gribmne.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1908.

The old quarrel over Shelley's treatment of
his wife is revived by Mr. Richard Edgcumbe
in THE AthenGum." Professor DoWden, in
that biography which has caused much argu
ment states that mo act of Shelleys during
the two years which Immediately preceded her
death tended to cause the rash act which
brought her life to a close" Mr.. Edgcumbe
retorts that lit would be impossible to deny
that Sheley's deSertion of his wife was the
immediate cause of all the evil that befell her."
The salient point. however, in his communica-
ton. lies in his reference to certain letter in
Shelley's handwriting which appears in Pro
fessor Dowden'S book only in a mangled copy.
He says:
The letter. dated IS Dec. 1915. proves that
Eliza Westbrook succeeded in working upon her
fathers mind with infamous tales against Har-
riet Shelley until the old man drove the latter
from his house and threw her pennileSS upon
the London streets That she afterwards fell
into bad ways and eventually destroyed herself,
is not, by the light of that letter surprising. Its
contents amply justify Trelawny in upholding
Harriet Shelley against that concerted hypo-
risy which, in order to defy the poet cOute que
COufc tried to prove that Harriet had been
faithful to Shelley prior to his elopement with
Mary Goodwin. This TrelaWny knew to be abb
sOlutely false The facts known to Shelley at
the time of HaTriets death were sufficient to
convince him that she had been driven to evil
courses by the heart1eSS conduct of Eliza West
brook, her sister, who hoped thereby to secure
for herself the entire fortune of their father
DiSpassionate students long since made up
their minds as to the poets responsibility in
this tragic matter, but they will agree with Mr.
Edgcumbe that to make public the full con-
tents of the letter to which he refers is due in
all fairness to the memory OF Harriet Shelley.
Journalism is TO be cordially hOnOred at Ber-
lin this week. Tomorrow, in the Chamber Of
the Reichstag, will begin the twelfth annual
congress of the Federated Associations of the
Press. The delegates, with the ladies accom-
panying them, number about six hundred.
Their German hosts have planned public re-
ceptions and banquets for them, gala per-
formance at the Opera. and divers other inter
cSting courteSies. At their formal meetings
papers will be read on subjects of interest to
journalists everywhere Among these will be
The Constitution of Professional Tribunals"
Professional Secrecy in Matters Concerning
the Press" and THE Unificati0n of the Laws
for the Protection of Artistic and Literary
Quality" report will also be made on a sub
ject first opened when this body met at Bor
deaux. "Provident Fund Institutions in the
Press" In short the intention is to make the
congress practical affair." looking to substan
tial action in the development of Journalism
along the soundest lines.
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ART And NONSENSE.
Il Happy Life Spent in Pursuit
of Both.

LETTERS OF EDWARD LEAR: Al AUTHOR TT OF
THE BOOK OF NONSENSE. TO CifIIItfft,T12r-
TER FORTESCUE. LORD CARLINGFORD.
AND FRANCES, COUNTESS WALl)EtIRAEf r.
Edited by Lady Strachty. Illustrated SVo' PIP
xJ 32i. Duffield 81 Co.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-05-28
cslLL FOR JOHNSON
LOGICAL. STANDARD BEARER OF
THE DEMOCRACY.
APPEALS TO THE VOTERS.
In His Name and with the Great
Cause Victory Is Assured to
the Party Of the People
Why Court Defeat7

Friends of Governor John A. John
son of Minnesota have issued letter
and a pamphlet that together consti-
tute an address to the Democrats Of
the country. Both make strong ap'
peal to Democrats everywhere to ex-
ert themselves to see that the Denver
convention shall be a deliberate body
that will look the field over and
choose candidate who, while repre-
senting modern Democracy, can win
at the polls.
The letter, which is signed by Fred
erick B. Lynch, treasurer Of the Min
nesota Democratic State Central Com
mittee, who has opened Offices in the
Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago, is as fol-
lows:
Dear Sir: You are Democrat, and
It Is because you are Democrat that
this is addressed to you, with the feel
ing that you will exert yourself to give
the party one of the greatest essen
tials to victory, strong and accept
able candidate for the presidency.
The Democracy of the nation have
for IL years been losing ground and
the belief is general that under the
old conditions defeat is certain. For
months the party has been drifting
toward an autocratic convention,
where popular choice is to be subor-
dinate to personal will.
Minnesota Democrats, feeling that
party duty transcends individual in.
terest, have had the courage to
break away from the drift and offer
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-05-28
Let Us Try to Win.

In view of the foregoing, is 1t not
the duty of every loyal Democrat de-
string his partys success, If 1t can be
had without the sacrifice of principle,
to take judicious and comprehensive
thought of the situation and exert
himself to see that the delegates to
the national convention at Denver,
July 7, shall go there unfettered by the
dead hand of the past and prepared TO
consider calmly the political outlook
and the chances of Democratic sue
cess, and then with cool and careful
Judgment select a nominee who can
win?
This is Democratic year, II the
Democrats Of the nation will but make
II so.
Why postpone all hope Of success
and the beginning Of the restoration
of Democratic control for another four
years?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-05-28
The MONDAY of Life.

Married people should learn what to
do for one anothers little ills, and for
the ills of children that may come. They
are sure sooner or later to have occasion
to treat constipation or indigestion.
When the opportunity comes remem Der
that the quickest way to obtain relief,
and finally permanent cure, is with
DR.. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin, the great
herb laxative compoDd. A bottle should
always be in the house. 1t is absolute
ly guaranteed to do what is claimed,
and if you want to try it before buying
send your address for o free sample
bottle to Pepsin Syrup Co., 119 Cald-
we'll Bldg, Monticello, Ill. 1t is sold
by druggists at SOC at 81 bottle.