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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-11
RIiHin. the DlIir..


There Is nothing that pleases tho en-
gagged man more than to shower gifts
upon the woman he hopes to marry;
hut very often 1t happens that he
snends great deal of money and anX-
ious thought over the purchases, and
often fails to get what is most suit
able or wished for.
The engagement ring proper is one
OF these Innocent pitfalls, and 1T would
be far wiser to get a little instruction
on that momentous subject before buys
ing 1t: II not from the tlancee herself,
why, then, from some obliging sister,
or cousin, or aunt In her confidence.
How disappointing, when ono has set
ones heart upon rubies. let us say, to
find he has chosen pearls, on ametl,ysts
$50 becoming to the hand that Is white
and shapely), and behold n hoop of
opals with their mystic fire and chang
Ing hues! And or course you have to
say You are delighted, when You are
not.-Boston Globe.
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FRESH AIR.

Much OF the valuable work Of science
is in the rediscovering and modern ap-
plication of forgotten truths. Ihefe Is
no man who does not Theoretically
a5mit the value Of fresh air, and yet
how few stop to consider the enormous
ma indeed essential part that fresh
air plays in the maintenance or Sooa
health and the terrific price IN nap
piness and soundness, both OF body
and mind, paid out for the use of bad
air The exhibit on city congestion,
now Installed at the Mechanics lnstl-
tute accentuates this condition very
forcibly, not only by the opinion Ut
experts but by the actual demonstra-
ton Of statistics
distinguished Scotch alicnist, DR..
c. C. Easter brook. has recently demon
stratcd the extraordinary value of
fresh air in the treatment Of acute insan-
ity. while social workers everywhere
have found that fresh air and necessary
food will do more to transform an ire
claimable" into valuable citizen
than any possible amount OF correc-
lions or palliations so long as unsani-
tary conditions and evil surroundings
remain. In the medical journals there
arc numerous cases described by the
doctors which show the extraordinary
efficacy of fresh air in the treatment
of pneumonia.
From all sorts of sources comes testi-
mony to the same end. No longer is
night air deadly. We are learning by
degrees that the deadly part of night
air is the air inside OF a closed room
where human beings sleep huddled to-
gether breathing poison. The wonder
is that with all OF our knowledge SO
few OF us sleep with windows open. If
ii pays man to go away for two or
three weeks in the summer and stay
out of doors and get fresh air. wouldn't
it pay him doubly we'll to spend every
night winter and summer. with his
windows open, and thereby without
the trouble or cost of a long trip. get
the oxygen, which is, after all, the real
| benefit of a vacation? 1t would be
| worth an incalcuable amount to Rich
mond's life and happiness II the city
| authorities would provide air spaces
for the children and the householders
would use open windows for them
| selves.
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Personal AND GENERAL


Germany had 11,o13 suicides last year.
rate of twenty-one to 100000 inhabitants.
The rate for Prussia alone is tweaty. that
f"r the province of. Saxony thirty-two, and
for SchIeswig- Hosten thirty-th three. while In
Catholic and Polish Posen 1t is only eight.
For Berlin the rate was thirtyfour-
Many cases Of astismatism arise from the
practice of reading in bed, particularly by
persons recovering from severe Illness. 1t
strains the muscles of the eye to such an
extent that they alter the curvature of the
ccrnea--the abnormality to which the term
asttgmatism Is applied.
An aged woman recluse in New York.
Mrs. Johanna Steter, feeling death ap-.
preaching. left within reach OF her two pets,
parrot and a white hen, sufficient food to
last for some time, then lay down and died.
After four days her body was discovered,
but the pets were we'll and fat. The woman
was eighty years old.
The civilized nations of the world strike
100000 matches every minute of the
twenty four hours. Americans use UP ZOO
oo.o00,o00 year. Some of the match
plants are very large. one on the Pacific
miies of railroad. which supply the match
machines With 100000 feet of sugar pine
and yellow pine logs a day.
Prince Ernest August of Cumberland, the
youngest of the Duke OF Cumberland
It is reported is about to become an officer
in the German army. If this step is carried
out 1t is believed that It will greatly clear
the way for q settlement OF a conflict over
the succession to the kingdom of Hanover
between the Cumberlands and the German
empire.
Miss Jessie Shay the well-known pianist,
who was injured during a hurricane at sea-
Is now In the Presbyterian Hospital, New
York. where she was taken after a consul
tation of physicians. Miss Shay was rcturn-
iEs in February on the steamer Meriad
from Mexico when the vessel was caught
In a storm off the coast of Georgia. Miss
Shay received internal injuries through tho
tossing of the vessel.
,senor Don Jose arrange, Panama minister
- the United States. accompanied by Will
liam Nelson Cromwell and Richard l..
Farnhan, director of the Panama Railway
Company, have arrived In Panama. They
we're received by several government OIL
cials. Senior Arrange Is here to arrange for
the conferences to be held concerning the
! boundary dispute between Panama and CO.
lon,bia and questions relating to the canal
zone.
President Edmund j. James. of the Unit
| ve:sity of Illinois, has announced the fol
lowing appointments to the university
faculty. to become effective September /
lsbs: DR.. Raymond Weeks. at present OF
the University of Missouri. to be head OF til.
department of romance languages; DR., Jo-
| scph f.. Goebe of Harvard University Ia
he mead OF the department of Germanlcs
and Charles II. Mills, of syracuse Univcr-
sity' to be director OF the school OF music.
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MONDAY. MAY II. 1905.
uHE PRIMARY AND THE STATE
PRESS,

No topic Is interesting so many
papers in the state of Virginia to-day
as the question of the primary Some
pf those expressing themselves in favor
lof the primary last week were the
Hanover Herald. the Emporia Messen
ger, the Tidewater News, the Staunton
Dispatch, the Lynchburg News, the
tan-Pilot, the Amherst Progress, the
suffolk Evening Herald. the Roanoke
World, the Norfolk Landmark and the
tstaunton Leader. While all of the
Ipapers enumerated are in favor Of the
primary as a principle, many of them
urge that the present method of as
jsessment of candidates be changed, and
that the Democratic party give special
mttention to improving ana strength
Hning the primary as a system Of cleo
.tion.
The only objection these papers urge
Is the cost, which we do not believe
can be shown to be greater than the
sums of money expended by the candi-
dates who pursued the now happily
discarded ward and precinct meeting
plan. Discussing the question of cost,
the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot says:
NO person aspiring to be a United
States Senator or Governor would be
debarred from the competition by an
assessment of $500: vet that Is all 1t
cost each candidate in the last State
contest to ascertain the Will of the
iparty by primary poll. Ten or twenty
ltimes that amount was paid out by
1.-THE respective contestants in prelimi-
nary efforts to attract support, but
how can that be charged to the pri-
mary"
After celebrating this idea. tho Vir-
tEinian-Pilot comes to exactly the con-
rlusion of The Times-D spatch--name-
1y. that If one man spends money to
attract attention. the others must fol-
low suit or get left, without any refer
ence whatever to the manner in which
the voice of the party is to be ascer-
tained."
The only outspoken condemnation OF
the primary that we saw last week, cX-
cept the reiterated objection of the
Danville Register, came from the South
Boston-Halifax Gazette, which says
that IL the Democratic party Keeps UP
the primaries as they arc now con-
Quoted for few years more. the Re
publicans will have a walkover.
The Times Dispatch is coniidept that
Virginia will keep the primary and
This state is
naturally a Democratic State. and the
primary is naturally Democratic in
sstitution. The only way by which Vir'
ginia will be driven into the Repub-
Flican ranks will be by the folly, the
arrogance, the corruption-in short by
the lack of Democracy-of its presen
spolitical leaders.
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THE socialism CONVENTION.

a So far, the Populsts are alone among
national parties In having held their
presidential convention, and Tom Wat
Son, of Georgia, is at present the sole
commissioned nominee in the field. But
that state of affairs will be altered
this week. when the Socialists meet in
Chicago to lay down their platform and
name their standard-b bearer.
1 The modern Socialist party touches
the extremes of wealth. and delegates
at the convention will run the gamut
from the hard-handed son Of toll to MI.
Z Phelps-stokes and others of the mil
1ionaire 'parlor" Socialist class. Eu-
<Eene v. Dehs, William D. Haywood and
Sen1amin Hanford, who occupied Sec
4 ond place on the ticket in 1904, arc the
IJack London, who has been spoken of
ian this connection--it is hard to say
iwith how much seriousness-appea
ITO be nowhere as the delegates are
Eready to convene. Doubtless Debs will
Euet the place, as he did in 1904 and
1890. Before that-indeed. before july
sl29, 1eo1-the present Socialist party
(which is union of the Social Democrat:
hand a boiling majority of the older
decentralization party, did not exist.
II Debs got s7,s14 votes in 1900 and
Ao2,ess in 1904. The rapid increase
indicated by these figures gives rea
Interest to the Forthcoming test at thu
polls. Such incidents as the recent
rejection in Milwaukee, when Victor L
Berger came within 1900 votes OF beinl
chosen Mayor. suggests that Socialism
has not been stagnant since 1904
tshould the Chicago convention appro
pirate the prohibition issue. as 1T Il
Fsaid that IT may do, its candidates ma,
roll up popular vote which will pu
them close enough TO the two grea
Iparties to be Interesting and signiti
fcant.
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The Craze for Souvenirs.

In these enlightened days anything
from the limb of q tree to q table
napkin IS liable to be carried away
as 81 souvenir.
A Western girl with a wcll-denncl
case of The aforesaid habit, sojourn-
ing in New York, was dining at u
fashionable cafe. and, being prepos-
sessed in favor Of the cunning pewter
creampots with which the tables We're
supplied, calmly carried one away in
her mum. Can YOU imagine her self
valuation when upon examining her
prize later on, she discovered carved
across the bottom: "Stolen from Ms"
A Pittsb'irg bachelor. wandering In
to a restaurant came upon friend
lust seating himself with two ladies.
The bachelor was invited to Join the
party, did so. and at the end of the
luncheon insisted upon paying the
costs. The bill being wrong, he went
to the cashiers desk to personally ad.
Just the discrepancy, where he was
Informed that the extra charges We're
for spoons which the ladies' had put
in their handbags. And that was the
FIRST time he had ever met them!-The
Bohemian,
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A Back Yard Garden.

For the adornment of the city back
yard of primary size. nothing is more
suitable than old fashioned mixed Dor.
ders where anything can he plante
without the effect being spoiled. The
back yard of city lot of twenty-five
or thirty. feet is ample room for gar
den of those ANNALS that are easily
grown from seed.
If there Is a little grass in the yard
so. that a strip. can be left on both
sides of the walk from the back door
viii add to the effect. Dig border
six to eight feet wide along each side
of fence. the entire length of the yard.
Leave the grass strips between the
take up the walk and make another
bed down the centre. In yard thirty
feet wide there will be room for a bed
three feet wide down the centre.
If the woodshed is unsightly plant
climbers such as morning glories ia
cover It. TOO much cannot be. said
about the proper preparation of the
soil. Dig the border deeply and break
UP all the large Jumps. Dig into the
nure and make the surface smooth
and even.
II the yard is shaded BY adjoining
mu the e seed 70 be pH
There are many ANIMALS which will
grow we'll in the shade. Among the
ANIMALS Of which the seed may be
sown directly in tho border are: AS
tiers, nasturtiums. petunias. mignonette
candytuft, zinnias. coreopsis, gaillar-
dias, sweetpeas. If space permits
introduce few hardy pcrennials
scattered along in clumps OF six OF
more. Among them are larkspur. peo-
MES. phloX, German iris, columbine
Egeratums, geraniums. verbenas, hello.
trope, dahlias, gladioli, cannas, and
hollyhocSs may also be planted in the
border. 1t is also an excellent place
to plant tulips, hyacinths and othcl
bulbs.-National Council Of Horticul-
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MERELY JOKING.

Nladc start
What makes Jones so economical thes.
dnys?''
some one gave him pair of goggles. and
row he's saving for an autonobiic."-Lip-
pibcotts. IS
Very Likely.
, Teacher III hundred men work a
hundred days at dollar a day what do
they get?"
strike, / guess"
Make Cool Missile.
Mrs. Benham: "a tramp stole one of my
pies to-day"
Mr.. Benham: II wonder what he Will dc
With lt?"-Harper's Weekly
Force OF Habit.
Marie: Wasn't 1T shocking about chol-
liz Worthinston! He fell out of his new
airship when it got stalled half mile up
In the air!
Lllian: 'How did Cholie come to fall ~
Marie. "He thought he was in his auto
mobile and jumped out to push II back
home!'-The Bohemian.
Freeze Out.
Boy. is the editor out?''
"Ef he amt out. he soon will be. He's
payin' poker with the printers '-Birming.
ham Age Herald.
Mixing the Lovers.
suitor: Your daughter, slr--well. err
sir. that is-she told me to come to YOU
She says YOU"
1'ater: quite so, I understand Let's
see, are you Mr.. Bronson or Mr.. wbblcs?'
suitor: why, I'm Mr.. Hotchkiss."--
Cleveland Leader.
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Return OF the Gala Lily.

revival OF the Gala lily popularity
is among the incidents of the Easter
season wosth mentioning. There was
a time, como years ago, when this
flower grew and blossomcd IN every
florists shop and in every dwelling
house where the raising of plants was
Then 1t passed from ia
vor. Now it returns to find so many,
admirers that 1t is said there will
hardly be enough Gala lilies to meet
the demand, Florists have not cultl-
waited the Gala into strange shapes.
1t has Just tho same serene, stately,
pure and unbending presence that al
ways characterized It, and. for this
alone 1t receives renewed admira-
tion.-Boston Transcript
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sortcr Sleeping.
CONGRESSIONAL. nuEron1c.
Loud Recalls the Old
OrnNtc SfyIc

Congressional rhetoric docs not Of
ten attain g loftier or more graceful
flight than In Representative Loud's
speech on the naval appropriation bill.
Those who lament the deterioration
OF public cratory may take heart from
this eloquent address. Mr.. LIQUIDS
theme was the glory of sea combats,
and he did full justice to history. From
the conquering galleys of the Phoenl.
clans to the affair at Santiago he left
no naval exploit untouched by his
glowing fancy or unadortSd by his CO.
pious vocabulary.
The ,triremcs at salamis. where
Creek met Persian in mortal combat;
Actium, with its 800 ships and 5000
mon sacrificed to Mark Antonys fatal
love for siren queen: the death crap
pie of nations at Lepanto-Spain and
Venice against the Turk. Christianity
against the infdel Moor: the great Ar
mazda and its Overwhelming; Nelson
and the Nile: Trafalgar. where Eng.
land fought for existence: the sea
rowing of John Pa7,l Jones. that
"wrathful Achilles of the ocean,: the
great deeds OF 1912. the Constitution
and the Guerriere. Lake Erie, where
we met The enemy. and they were
ours: the Monitor and the Merrimac;
the cheeseboy on raft against the
grim ronclad destroyer; Mobile Bay
where Irarragut damned the torpedoes
and went ahead; the Kearsarge and the
Alabama: Manila Bay: the Texas and
the Don't cheer. boys" of It's gallant
commandments deed of naval renowr
was omitted from the chronicle.-New
York World.
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Mixing the Lovers.
POINTS FROM rAnAcKArIlEns.

THE Nashville Americans mysterious Miss
Rusty Bustles was captured and the
prize was paid. Now that Nashville
has ascertaincd there is really so much
money as $3.50, confidence has been COM
pletely restored In that clty.-Houston Post.
A great many people talk about him rs
IL they thought his name was Uncle Joke
Arnon.-Bristol Herald Courier
Notwithstanding the assurance given by
alarm clocks all over the country that the
public conscience fund is awakened. it is
Just as like as not to turn over and go to
sleep again before the polls open.-Indiana-
polls News.
Two moro Filipino bandits have been
bchevoently assmllated. They tried to rob
an army paymaster.-Omaha Bee.
Secretary Taft can button his wifc's shirt
waist up the back. Then, why does he
want to be observation-disclosures Sun.
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Thc Oldest E.-Conrrc..non.

the Congress of the United States is
the Hon. James G. NIcGrew. of Kings
wood, in my state" said Representa-
tive stnrgess, Of tAe, Second West Viz
ginia District at the Renncrt
Mr.. McGrew Is now ninety eight
wears of age. He Is in full possession
of his mental faculties and would be
In good physical condition but for in
}n,r rrs, sustained anna IN an accident IN
thrown out of q carriage, the horses
of which had bolted, and both legs
We're broken. The surgical work, it
Grew has since been forced to walk
with Il cane Otherwise for man
so closely verging upon q century he
is in good shape,"--Baltmore Ameri-
can.
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Laughing Bird OF Australia.

70 the outside world the greatest
orhithoioglcal oddly in this country
Is the kookaburra.
IN, the earlier times 1t was known
as the settlers clock" from a helief
that its joyful paeans were vented
regularly ut morn, noon and dusk be-
Ing quiescent through the heat Of the
forenoon and the wane Of the after
noon: That belief has long been shat
tered. The kookaburra laughs lust
when the ut takes it, particularly when
excited; and It laughs as readily Il.
the violent death of its inother-in-
law as 1T does a. the enraged settler
when he falls off his haystack. a
wounded bird makes a demoniacal row,
which will bring all others within
nearing into the neighboring tree, and
these at once set UP an echoing caclSle
that is repeated again and again
sydney Times.
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A Cannon Anccdotc.

j Speaker Cannon one evening stood
in the receiving line at the Washing
ton residence Of Vice-President Fair
banks. passing kindly word and grip
with friends as they came along. At
length his own daughter approached.
and, drawing up his spare frame. he
and inquired with we'll assumed dis
Your name, please?"
Lydia Pinkham,' replied Miss Cam
non. amiably.
We'll. Lydia, my dear, we are well
met the Speaker responded, "for
guess there's Just about as much good
in your remedies as there is In my
presidential boom."-Chicago Evening
Past
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rhn p1,rcr of AdvcrtlslnE.

n manager Of the toilet department Of
a large Now York. department store.
1--WE have six different makes, OF one
toilet article" he said, and they arc
so near alike in quality that even ex-
merits can't tell the difference between
them, yet VIC sell as much Of one as
wo do OF all the others together, just
because the manufacturer is everlast-
ingly advertising it. The other FIVE
ADVERTISING given to them, If there IS
any difference in quality it Is In fa-
Yor of the poorest seller."-Ncw York
Herald
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nation OF Van Buren, on the Democratic
convention OF 1896

nation OF Van Buren, on the Democratic
convention of 1886.
Both Jefferson and Jackson were
urged to. this course by n strong de-
sire TO see tile policies OF their admin
|istrations continued. Both had their
desire grati1ed yet 1t is interesting
to note that in each instance these in
lierited policies disappointed the en-
peetations OF their authors and utterly
failed to meet the requirements of the
time.
Madison's cndeavor to avoid war
with England by the peace and good
will ideas OF jefferson, succeeded only
in subjecting the country to humiliat-
ing insult and outrage at the hands Of
the British government, and to II
fatuous neglect Of preparing for the
war which was Imminent
Van Eurcn clung to Jackson's med
dlesome financial expedIents, and 1t
only prolonged and added to the in
tenslty OF tile panic and depression
which marked his term OF office
The timeliness Of this historical mar
ration is evident. President Roosevelt
lis using all his immense Influence to
bring about the nomination Of Score
tary Taft by the Republican conven-
ton. MIR. Taft has said that he VIII
continue the policies of the present
administration. The question presents
itself: II Mr.. Taft is nominated and is
elected President, may not his continu-
alton of the personal rule and the en-
tension Of national authority, so char
acteris.ic of Mr.. Roosevelt's reign rem
der his administration more deplorable
in its consequences than was that
either OF Madison or Of Van Buren,?
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4 tribute to Ouida.

Lord Curzons letter accompanying
his contribution to the Ouida memorial
fund is credtable to his sense of JUS
tice and to his chivalry to the mem-
Dry Of one who died In surroundings
that We're peculiar, TO say tne leasl'
Lord Curzon wrote:
'.is i was q friend of hers. and corr
responded with her down to the last
tragic days Of her rather disappointed
life, I should like to send you a con-
tribution towards so excellent an OBJ
ject. Two things about Oulda always
struck mo us particularly worthy OF
honor. She fought with all the zeal
of a crusader for the cause In which
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she took an almost fiercely emotional
pathos which few modern writer's have
cqualed, and which rarely failed to
unseal the fountain Of tears.
Her pathos struck me as being free
from all artificiality, and was perhaps
at It's best when connected with animal
suffering, as in the beautiful story
entitled, The Dog of Flanders -
Boston Herald
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u,l,e Colu Bath.

The daily cold bath is an IDEAL spring
tonic as we'll as one of the most I'M
portant Of all measures for prevents
ing diseases Many q weary seeker
after health would do we'll to throw
away drug tonics and try the cold
bath, taking care. however, to secure
or renewed life and energy would be
surprising.-Good Health,
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The shnn,c of IN. Not,on

1t is lust as necessary to provide
for housing an American ambassador
from the public Treasury to pay his
salary. And II Is to the everlasting
shame and discredit of the American
nation that It's people persist In elect
Ing men To make laws for them who
regularly refuse to enact QUE for this
purposc.'-Ncw York Commercial.
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Borrowed Jingles
HEADS.

From now until November third
1hnt an we figure. ~ tho dcadlnc--
VIII bob Tie varied and absurd
Poiitico- prog,iostic headline:
HARMON rs SURE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
GOV JOHNSON STRONG IN MtNNEsOTA.
TAFT Nor so CERTAIN OF STAMPEDE.
BRYAN EXPECTS TO GET NEBRASKA,
RED WING 1NSTRuCTS FOR ADAM
BEDE,
REX. .BEAcir SAYS FAIRBANKS GETS
ALASKA,
CLEVELAND APPROVES OF JOHN a.
JOHNSON,
LIZ FoLLETrE MAY NOT WIN VISION
o blessed readers OF the news
And may yc be ever 20 many!---
Are these the columns We peruse?
IL It Tor these yc pay penny?
Nay. but yc read the tale beginning:
GIANTS GET rWO In SECOND INNING.
Franklin r. Adams. In New York Mail.