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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-09
Equip the Farm.

The scarcity of help on farms Will
ultimately drive landowners to great
ter economy and to a more general use
of devices and conveniences winch
Tighten the work 1t is surprising
how many try to get along by muscle
power alone. never trying out any
other method. when might save hair
their work. An old farmer says that
his neighbors called him lazy when he
first brought hay loader onto his
farm, and when he rugged up cable
and used trip hay fork to unload
his hay he had Il good bunch OF far-
mers around him. Just to see how 1t
worked The close figuring farmer
counts .tll of these labor-savcrs just
that much of his equipment, and 1t
is only b. using them that he is en-
abled to meet present conditions. The
walking stirring plow and walking
cultivators are back numbers Now
the sulky or gang plow is used, and
three big lusty horses will turn over
three or sour acres a day, 4 manu-
facturer mas now gotten out rotary
harrow, which is attached to the plow.
and the land is turned and narrowed
at one operation. believe that IL
any man is justified in borrowing
money it is when he invests 1t in up
-to-date tools and implements for more
rapid and better work on the farm
Indiana Farmer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-09
Chemists. show Bottles.

Formerly apothecaries used red
light as a sign of their trade. Now,
It Happened one night that a drug
gist, finding himself without the nee
essary red light made shift with a bot
tie OF ed liquid placed in the window
with candle behind it. The effect
was so good that he put similar
decoration in another window. The
sign was eNCellent--so excellent that
rival apoihecary tried to improve
upon 1t for his own benefit. His idea
was to place a bottle OF yellow liquid
beside the red one and he surpassed
his former effort by adding n bottlc
containing green to the other two. The
red yellow and green made fine
show, and every druggist in the town
followed ir the wake of their more
onterprising rivals. In course of time
the bottles We're replaced by the mag
niticeEt eolored vases which are now
a familiar sign erywhere.-London
Chronicle.
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o: remnorn Mutnntur.

Editor of The Timcs-Dispatch:
Sir,-The advancement in civiliza-
ton and science in this wonderful age
is such that 1t Is hard to find words
commensurate with the procession.
For example. the death penalty must
no longer be inflicted on the vilest
criminal after the old heather method
OF hanging, but by the subtle and re-
fined influence of electricity. In thus
providing, it seems that our great
lawmakers failed to provide the
change of form which must be used
by the courts in pronouncing sentence.
An extra session of the Legislature
would be too cruel FOR anything. but
when man is to go to the chair
instead of the "gallows," what shall
the judge substitute for the. solemn
old words ito be hung by the neck
until you are dead, dead. dead?
Then. too. who win be encouraged
to- abstain from crime and dread It's
consequences when the last and worst
result can only be such an invitation
as is extended to good man to pre-
side over a great moral assembly-to
occupy the chair?
Maybe so many ugly things are be-
ing done nowadays, for the reason that
so many nice ways are being invented
for the doing of them. and so many
nice names for the calling of them.
]. +. f.
Blackstone, Va, Nav Z. 1905.
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REMARKS FROM THE GALLERY.

A MAGAZINE writer thinks six hours a
~ day long enough 10 work He can't
start any argument with us on that
ploposltion.-NashvIlle American.
Three generals of the Haitian army are
10 be court-martialed The real exciteraen;
down there is to come. however, when they
cour'.martial the private.
ways, but his favorite method still is to
paint himself red and climb pole.-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
The "lndependent" C?l press ought to be
&C cd now and do something for the Mate
rial Development OF Texas and the Diver
slfcation of Crops" These are fine topics
for the Mauled and Mashed Minions OF
Maevolence TO illuminate after a sad cx-
perence with the dull. dreamy thud
A proper classification would be wealth,
predatory wealth and campaign contribu-
ticns.-New York Evening Post.
TO get at the real point of the case. why
doesn't some interviewer ask Annals chill
dren what they think of the prince p
Cleveland Leader
Governor Hughes would rather be rip,,,
iran PRESIDENT. and the race track book.
Zee don't want him to be either-phiIadei-
phia Inquirer
fistol carriers without license are no,,
to be severely punished in Cbicapn. ~, ~,
mar who is held up and robbed at the yI,,,z.
~ OF a gun seldom thinks to ask the mar
behind 1t whether he has a slcense.-Wasb.
irston Post. t's u
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School Gardens.

The simplest form, of the back to
the soil" movement is the opening of
six school gardens by the Philadel-
phia Board of Education. Already =
200 pupils have enrolled for this work,
which wise teachers recognize as be-
ing of broad educational value The
modern education system is sometimes
criticized as being in certain respects
artificial and impractical. The school
10 plant ,and care for plots Of ground
with their own hands, not only I'M
part certain amount of useful knowl-
edge. but they also inculcate a taste
for the natural. primitive Joy of work.
ing in the soil and Of seeing beauti-
fu things elphiat Bullc.
fin 49,
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THE PROFESSIONAL AclrAron.

IF l had to begin life over again,
damn ME! but I'd be an agitator.''
So spoke the great Chancellor John
Scott Lord Eldon, early in the last CEN
tury as he saw the success of the at
tacks made on the laws and institutions
he had spent his life in upholding.
! The agitator against the granite
! like imnobility of England to all
change and reform which marked the
generation succeeding the French Rev
olution had, however, his use and his
reward, for he was needed
History, from Absalom and Caius
Gracious to Patrick Henry and Theo-
dore Roosevelt, teens with examples of
agitation; and while much, like that of
Catline, was pernlcious, much was. like
that of Rousseau or Garibaldi the means
of ushering in new and better gov
crnment.
Beyond doubt we are in an epoch of
"a gitation-an agitation clamorous and
all-embracing. There are but few of
our customs or institutions or estab-
lishments against which it has not
been directed.
But without agitation we should have
social and Industrial stagnation and
putrefaction. Lord Eldon, to the con-
trary Notwithstanding, agitators have
their place and render real public SER
vice, provided only that the people
can distinguish between the chariatan
and seer. the self-seeking demagogue
and the unselilsh patriot.
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Pu,Icd the EnSIe,s Tail.

knew an Indian yellow Eagle
who In order to get his coup feather,
dug Hole in the ground on The open
prairie, Far from camp or habitation,
upon which was laid tho carcass of a
ffeshly-slaln antelope. In this trap
he lay for three days awaiting the
eagles coming,
When. at last lured by the bait,
low, and despite its Mapping and claw
Ing and reckins, he plucked the pre-
cious feathers before freeing the as,
tonished and terrified bird recall
none but the American aborisine WHO
las been oble successfully to pull the
American eagles tail.--ArmySand Navy
Life tsss
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STATE PRESS
Asks for Instructions.

| s
tot N every , instance in which state has
i ,nn t9 instruct ita delegates for W. j.
, nryan the Wall Street interests havo an
S ven wb the fact as an anti. victory
majority of the delegates from state are
sppor r nrya {athosh not nstruc.ed tie
he Victory 81 s sp9sal e,a
f.; Bryan. Let tho district meetings as
We, vel as tho State convention instruct for
NJ, MN. 80 as to give the corporate interests
INC attitude OF Virginia in this important
matter.--Falrfax Herald.
1t IL Bryan.
nominated at Denver as he is living and the
day comes for the great convention to as
y closer to the people than he. and during
the last four years. since Judge Parker
made made, sucl, a dismal failure. he has been
refdy existed. II Bryan cannot be elected
President OF the United states this time
hls sun as presidential possibility Is set
inee the opportunity Is the best ever known
for Democratic success.--Sunolk Herald.
Game.
ses a man clay down" as the saying goes
III the face OF danger. trouble or misfortune.
He is like the solder who runs when lie
SCENTS the smoke of battle. It Is such a
situation that puts courage and manhood to
til. test. II you clay down you are lost.
Il you renew your wgor and night harder'
you will conquer, or at least have the sat
isiGctlon Of honorable defeat. Many man
has been lost by losing hls grit at the criti-
ca. moment. while others who have strus-
gled on have seen the blessed dawn, imme-
diately after the darkest hour--Newport
News Times Herald.
The Great Five.
Mr.. Roosevelt has invited five leading
citizens of the state to meet with the Gov
ernors in conference. and they are all rep
retentative Democrats. "Politcs make
strange bed acknowledgements Times.
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1t is somewhat curious that such a
simple contriyance as the envelope
should be g. comparatively modern in
vention.
AS matter of fact 1T is just 100
years since q paper manufacturer of
.yelopes sor letters in their present
form. Even then 1t was some con-
siderable lime before their use became
at all general. not, in fact, until some
where about the year 1850.
Before this date-as many who ar.
living now will RENE mber-a letter.
written only on one side, was folded
In two, then In three. sealed with a
wafer or sealing wax and addressed
on one of the blank sides.-Gaulos
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Johnson Disturbs.

The only ground upon which we have
withheld our support from Secretary
Taft is the opposition of the negro ana
the labor vote to his candidacy We
have always been ready to acknowI-
edge his admirable fitness for the Of
flee. We believe even the. interests that
are so bitter against Roosevelt would
be pleased with Taft as President. and
that the people would find In him as
good friend as they have found In
Roosevelt. With Bryan as the candi-
date, Taft can win easily. What will
be the outcome If Johnson is the nom
inee?-Sprinsfield Union.
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Personal AND GENERAL


President OF Bolivia
Ambassador Tower at Berlin has as,.aa
% %. pe received by the Kaiser in farewell at,-
dicnce on June Isl. VI q u
VI, Robert Koch, German bacterioIopix,
reached san Francisco en- route TO Hs W II
a a., Japan where he Is to pursue sclentinn
l. a vase thirteen and one-half Inches pi.,b
designed by Dupiesis was sold IN London
NJ Chiistie's auction of the Convnrban COL
lection for sll,550.
George Lewis Crawford. generally reunited
Dy members OF the bar, to be tho oIdset
ptacticing lawyer In philadelphia died veg
tcraaS. For ffty-hve years Mr. Crawford
VINO was Just turning the age OF SEVENTY
slA was active al the Philadelphia bar
Cntarians are Interested in n ,noverncr,
inauSurated By the Furness Club OF the First
Unitarian church, Philadelphia 10 mark
INC site where Joseph Pricstley the dis
coHerer of oxygen, founded the first Unita-
ran society in America A pronzc tablet
ecinnemorating the work OF the founder
VIII be placed on the building where Priest
le% and his fellow Unitarians assembled on
June L. 1896
Walter l.. Wilson. senior paymaster In
the navy. was placed on the retired lis,
yesterday for physical disability He is a
son of tho late william l.. Wilson, who was
Postmaster- General In President Cleyeland's
administration, and was also a representa-
1. tive In Congress from West Virginia He
WAS at one time chairman OF .hc Committee
IoiFWays and Means. paymaster Wilson
eriered The naval service In March. 1903.
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CInsa Feeling.

President Roosevelt denounces as
demagogucs those who try to arouse
class consciousness" in the minds OF
workingmen. AS matter of fact
every man is "class conscious" There
is nothing deplorable in being So 1t
to feel that his own class is as good
as any other. and to despise those who
feel ashamed offwhat they are.-Dal.as
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distribution Of Wealth in England.

Wealth is very uneQually distributed
III this country. About 100000 people
die every year. and Of these over 616.-
900 died leaving nothing. or next to
nothing, behind them, while over 10000
each. Over 10000 die with estates not
exceeding $1,000, which leaves nearly
all the accumulated wealth in the
hands of about $1,000 people out OF
700,000--Lloyd's News.
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STOCK GAMBLING on THE DEFEN-

81 lie
These be DAYS of exceeding hard
shedding for New York gamblers. First
comes the government report on deal
ing In cotton futures, which shows that
there Is very grave reason for belieT-
Inc, that a committee of tho New YORK
Cotton Exchange had deliberately MADE
a report on the value of certain Staples
of cotton so as to depress the Market
unduly AND reap thereby largo prohts
for themselves. In plain language,
this committee is charged by the gov
ornment with stealing the money of
thousands OF innocent and legitimate
investors through false and arbitrary
valuation.
The next blow was the statement of
L. A. Mcintyre, bankrupt broker, that
it was customary for stock brokers to
borrow money on securities which had
been deposited with them or left for
transfer. This is nothing in the world
but cmbezzlement, and naturally the
stock Exchange objects to being placed
in this category. But the opinion OF
an Important MEMBER OIL the oloeh ~
change on what was the ordinary prac-
tice will take lot OF denial from in
terested sources.
The Times Dispatch believes that a
public service is rendered by both The
New York Stock Exchange and che
Cotton Exchange, but both bodies Will
have to learn to operate with scrupu-
lous honesty and with the single de-
sire TO be brokers for their clients, not
spectators for their own account. or
they will be obliged to fight for their
lives. A few more revelations like tho
government report and the. Mcintyre
confession will create a demand for
drastic regulations by law, which the
Stock Exchange and Cotton Exchange
will have to swallow or go out of BUSH
ness along the present lines.
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tricks In An TRADES nut Ours.

Ever notice" asked a salesman for
a grocery house, that makes q business
OF supplying hotels, that II you stroll
hotels YOU viii see them all pretty
well lighted up? Plenty of rooms oc-
cupied, apparently. Well, that Is some
times uluif, The help has orders 20
cYc'iv eYen!uc, lust so that tho hotel
WON'T look like q graveyard. "--NAW
York sun.
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1t Depends on the KIM.

Mr.. Bryan is correct Political prom
inence is valuable asset in any kind
of an occupation or business. Unfor-
stunately that is what a great many
men go INFO politics for. It's for what
they can mako sooner or later rather
than for what they can do.-Boston
Herald.
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Voice of the People
Observations.

ObsciirntiOn.
The great men who lived
,When otir country was new.
were angels, .two1ld seem,
), IL somo hist'ry be true:
FOR instance: The Adams,
And Jcsstips. and Jays.
And Hamilton, Henry,
ana Hancock, and Hays,
And Franklin. and Parker,
And Randolph, and Ames,
And Monroe, and Madison.
Mason, and James,
ana WILCOX, and Sherman,
ANA Gerry, and White,
AND Ellsworth. and Fisher.
ana Hltler, and Wright.
No one would pretend to
Assume there was not
Much goodness and greatness
The years but add glory
TO each honored name,
With now lustre gliding
Their chaplet OF fame.
But .spose we, inspect them
Alone or en- lnasse,
Beneath the fine lens Of
"A present day glass;
ID
In morals and minds
Than most average statesmen
Who live in our times?
Did Washington never
Have thought OF himself,
Nor ambition-thinls you
For honor or pelf?
Ask Jefferson where,
And Madison when,
They thought tho great general
Unlike other mon.
Was Hamilton really
An angel of light?
Was Madison always
What you would call white?
And how about Henry,
And Mason, and Jay?
Speak We who wrought with
Them In that far-off day.
But linger ono moment:
Behold some who live
In this luckless age.
When we're asked to believe
The race all extinct
OF high morals and minds
Like those mighty giants
VINO lived fore our times.
Though some Of the galaxy
Now in review
Have passed from our vision,
Beyond the bright blue,
We have many left,
And these we present
AS best human samples
Since Adams descent.
D. FL. 1lENNEY.
Richmond. Va. May s. 1908.
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CInd. az r:,o,,p,,,,esx.

Bad habits do not prolopg life, til;
theory OF tile ibelous centenarian wht
rece9tly died In Michigan notwith,
hlahdlns Young men who follow hi,
example VII require the services q
INC undertaken sooner than he did
There are seine very old men wis,
are tough in every sense, but most 81
Ipnen are 80 only in one.--st. I4oui,
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or Course.

In faroring annexation of Canada,
the Hon. John Albert johnson means
"ultlmate" annexation. of course-like
Colonel Bryan's ''ultimate" government
ownership of railroads. That Is to say,
annexation for campaign purposes
onIy.-ISansas City Journal,
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Times Change,

The right Of the pedestrian to the
road is another Of those old princi-
pies that disappeared along with the
notion that g man is innocent till prov
ed guilty, when the police introduced
the Sweating" system,--R Roc. ester
sHeral Id
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Better OR.

What would Thomas Jefferson do If
he We're here?' asks the New York
Sun. IIe would take one good look at
the alleged Democratic party and re-
turn to mis- grave happy in the thought
that he IS dead--Los Angeles Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-09
Same Old Way.

There is to be no change at present
In the New York system OF track bet
ting That Is to say, you give youl
money to the bookmaker and he keeps
it.-Philalelphia Ledger
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Ane nf I'M Enrtll.

The highest authorities place the To-
tai number of years elapsed since, y
the light of the best geological evil
dence, men, first appeared upon earth
at ass. O0O.--Springhe Republican.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-09

Out in Tightwad. Texas. we are told
by leading authorities, the stingy hus-
bands never bring home candy except
when returning late from lodge-meet-
ings to wives who sit up for them.
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Another nice thing about our little
stareyed blondes is that they make
1t a rule never to remarry within five
years after they have been merry
widowed.
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SATURDAY, MAY ., 1905.
THREE DECADES or spoLrAT1oN

THREE DECADES or sPOLIATION.
If the commission to investigate the
question of tariff revision in its en-
tirety end report thereon to the ses-
sion of Congress is appointed, as seems
probable, ii Will have 10 consider the
subject from the standpoint of rev
cnuc as Well as that of protection The
effect any contemplated changes will
have on the governments income must
assume an importance that is para
mount.
The Secretary of the Treasury csti-
mates that the excess of expenditures
over receipts will amount by the end
or the year to slo0,OOo.0oo.
As the tendency is toward con-
stantly increasing enlargement of the
governments activities and expenses,
II is hopeless to expect a retrenchment
ir the total of disbursements. An in
crease of the revenue therefore be-
comes essential
The schedule of duties under the ex-
listing tariff were not arranged with
revenue as their main object protec-
tion-protection uneXampled--was the
consideration controlling their adjust
ruent; revenue was but an incident.
But the necessity of having TO heed
the condition Of the treasury in con-
nection with tariff Legislation is but
a repetition of our former experience;
for, with the exception of the tariff
acts of 1924 and 1875 and 1916 and 1890
the duties imposed in other revisions
We're fixed with careful reference to
their effect upon the governments in.
come.
In 1912 an almost empty treasury
caused the enactment of a high pro.
tective tariff. In 1857 reduction OF
duties was brought about by redun-
dant revenue. The Increased rates OF
1851 were to make good deficit, and
the dire need of money in 1854, to meet
the enormous war expenditures, forced
the still higher duties of that year.
The 10 per cent. reduction of 1872
was the consequence OF a surplus, as
its abolition in 1876 was based on a
falling in the governments income
Again, in 1853 the large surplus of
the three preceding years led TO a re-
vision of rates, some being raised,
others lowered. though, as whole the
act gave a greatly Increased protection
to. The manufacturing interests.
Since 1889 the .attges st protection
To be imposed has usurped the field
of tariff controversy. and its fiscal as
pect has had only a secondary impor-
lance. Congress has had but one de-
sign in tariff legislation-to give the
maximum amount of protection. So
completely was this object attained in
the Dlngley bill of 1897 that. for the
first time in the history of protective
tariffs, the benefciaries have ceased to
ask for more.
This unprecedented fact is sufficient
in itself to show the oppressive nature
OF our existing duties without an anal
yss of their operation. When added
to this it is obstructive of an increase
in the revenue. its revision is made
doubly urgent, that IT may enlarge III,
receipts Of the custom house and al
the same tine afford relief to the sur
foring consumer
But, to accomplish these bonedeent
ends, Congress must be free from The
dictauon of special interests and the
solicitude for calnpaigu contributions.
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While Tom Watson does not think
much OF Washington as a place Of
residence, we believe he comedies that
there arc agreeable possibilities in the
Whitchouse.
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The Democratic statesman who
doesn't hear his name mentioned for
the vicc-Presdency this year is either
small potatoes OF hard o. hearing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-09

Evidently this Mrs Guinness. WHO
advertised tar husbands. had very kin,
ing ways
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-09

We take II for granted that the
Mayor % TImpson. Texas, with his
salary of : per month rarely finds his
name mentioned in The special mess
a
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Doubtless. Strawberry Edith, NJ.
Hscoffler's new eighty five cent-a -por-
ton dish, win make a great hit with
iccmen plumbers, predatorians, etc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-09

Fire losses IN the United States and
Canada during April amounted 10 ST.
COO,oo0, not counting what plttshurg
burned UP along the Great White Way.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-09

The Kaiser has invited Or. HEl t.
attend the regatta at KEEL We trus,
ne VIII do everything IN his power t.
make the doctor comfortable"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-09

Governor lIughesis fatal mlatalfc
Was IN deciding 10 he a statesman IN.
stead Of politician.
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II costs only 3 cents TO ride on the
street cars in Cleveland, though the
straps there are as good as the best