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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-02
Surprise Birthday Party.

A surprise party was rendered Mr..
Harry Irwin at his home, or East
Pike street, last night, with about
twenty gentlemen present, the affair
being a stag event. The guests AMI
hhost and hostess had>a very pleas
ant time from $50 to II o'clock.
Music was an attractions Of the eve
ming and an elegant lunch was an
enjoyable efature.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-02
An InsIdious Danger

one Of the worst features Of kid
ney trouble is that 1t Is an insidioas
disease n before the victim rcaii-
yes rs danger he may have a fatal
ma.ady. Take Foley's Kindney Rem
ed yat III first sign Of trouble as u
corrects irregularities and prevents
BriEnt's disease and diabetes. sturm
s Wilson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-02
SWEET MELODY -Four.

A lazy liver LEAFS to chronic dys-
pcpsia and constipation-weakens
the whole system. Doan's Regulets
(25c per box) correct the liver. tone
The stomach, cure constipation.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-02

Il suffered much pain with kidney
and bladder trouble until I started to
use Foley's Kidney Remedy. The
first bottle gave me great relief, and
afr taking the second bottle I was
entIrely well" sturm & Wilson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-02

Foley's orino Laxative Is best for
women and children. Its mild action
and pleasant taste makes it prefer
able to violent purgatives, such as
pills. tablets, etc. Cures constipation.
sturm & Wilson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-02
SWEET L o

Luther Plsott. of Wallace spent
IN the city.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-02

LETrTIA:
bread SYLVIA.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-02
SWEET MELopY FLouR

You can't fan with cold Medal MouE
MORA
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-02

SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-02

Fine wash goods for Easter wear
sheer fabric that is much wanted b
women who anticipate handsome Easte
apparel 18c, 25c to ooc var
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
Juvenile Court.

Editor Of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-N1ay ask a little space In The
Times-Dispatch to voice the earnest
hope that your espousal OF the Juve-
nile court may bear fruit in the near
future? Every day that sees the boys
Of your city without such protection
as such q court affords. will add to
ltichmonds burdens in added costs of
prosecution and worst Of all, grave ,in-
Justice to the boy. I plead for the
protection the boy Of the street de-
mands at the hands, Of the State. It
Is a very large ulestion---in fact, there
is nothing so important as the proper
handling OF boys. whose environment is
but which may be so we'll improved
by court entirely given to this cause.
Y u are to be congratulated on the POI
sition you heye taken, Mr.. Editor, ana
Richmond. also, that she has at last
come to full realization. of her duty
toward the unfortunate boy Prohi-
a great question:; Y, Nc, "A. building
is good, but I contend that the one
burning question Of the hoursis What
can be done for the boy Of the street?'
3 ,sl VI LOUIS L, PARHANl.
Norfolk VA, Mayp22, 1908.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
Voice Of the People
sIr. Bryan's Popularity.
. ~ T,ho 1-tx.

NJ
sir,-I doubt If any editorial has ap-
peared in your paper that has given
the same degree Of pleasure to very
large majority or your subscribers as
the one in the issue of May 21st, head
ed Mr.. Bryan's Popularity. The
Iimes-Dispatch is recognized as the
leading newspaper in Virginia. and
would be read By thousands more than
bryan, ana the general belief that it
VIII not support Mr.. Bryan should he
get the nomination. In Southwest vir-
% a papes Ths eass n ef papess
copy largely from The Times -DIspatch
and the prejudice is great against your
paper and lots Of harm Is done by
virginia. The religious and temper
ance papers are largely circulated in
the country They all have some good
to say about Mr.. Bryan occasionally.
people are getting more temperate, and
are reading more religious matter than
they used to. and men Of the character
OF Mr.: Bryan have more influence than
was the case years ago, and many
men will vote for men like Mr.. Bryan
from principle. While in the cities ed
ueated prejudice Will prevent some
that i WIN cut a Comparatively small
figure compared to the class Of men
who will vote for Mr.. Bryan in prefer
ence to any other man. The Internal
tional Sunday School Quarterly and
lesson oapers. which 90 into almost
every home in the United States. gave
Mr.. Bryan more notoriety than he
could have gained from any other
source some months ago in comment
ing in. the lesson on temperance on Mr.
bryan's toast In Tokyo, Japan, when he
responded to the toast with water, In
stead of wine. ITO the Japanese Navy
rms article spoke OF what an effect
| 1t had on all present. and the good
It had done for missionary. and tenn
perance work in japan. This article
was read by millions Of people. There
Is no doubt about Mr. Bryan being the
most popular man IN the world. and
should Mr.. Bryan be nominated and
beaten by influence OF such papers as
The Times-Dispatch. New York World,
Charleston News and Courier. and such
so-called Democratic papers. it will
mean the end of Democracy. No man
need run in 1912 as a Democrat and
expect to be elected. Now is Democra-
cy's last chance. Do you really not
think so? j. r. RENEWABLE.
Marion, Va, May 22, 1908
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
RHYMES for To-Day.
THE LAND or THE MIDNIGHT son.

T o JUDGE from all the evidence
that comes to an outsider
I'd rather. be most anything
Il than be an old nightrider.---
One OF that queer and bitter bunch
TINT work with tar and feathers.
And beat old DANES and murder kills
In every sort of wenthers.
TO thrastsa young and pretty girl. to
slice a little baby,
To burn ones own grandpn-such
things would start me blushing,
maybe;
To depredate, assassinate, to slaughter
and to arson
Would not at all suit Little Me--the
young embryo parsonl
II I nishtrode through all the dark
and staggered home, and morn
Ing,
What could I say to wife. then?--oh,
how nppease her scorning?
What would have to think about
while waiting Morpheus hovers?
What would grim Conscience scream MT
me-crouched there beneath. the
covers?
I've packed away my train OF thought,
I've backed 1t on siding;
Whatever else do or don't I'll never
go nightriding.
Nor will men nightride after me, for
I'll stay here--how lucky!,.
I'd rather dine on chips in Va. than
dread in old Kentucky"
II. s. II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

The suburban householder Is now
engaged In taking down his storm win
doWs and putting up his Venetian
blinds. preparing to let in the warm
airs of summer and keep out the glare
OF the sun. It Is happily coming to be
more and more recognized that an im-5
portant part of the spring attire of the
house Is the Installation OF window
screens for the exclusion of flies and
other insects. A study Of statistics
shows arap1d rise IN the morbidity Of
With the advent OF the fy and
the mosquito, and the householder who
adequately protects his house against,
the visits of these little pests goes a.
long way toward insuring himself and
his family against these infectious dis
eases. The mosquito is SO obnoxious
for It's immediate effect, the annoyance
of Its song and of Its sting. that much
more effort Is put forth to destroy it.
or to protect the householder from.
Its effects than is eXerted for the pur-s
pose of Kidding the house of the fly.
While the MOSQUITO is the bearer OF
at least two specific infectious diseases.
malarial fever and yellow fever, the
bearer of a wide variety Of infectious.
which is typhoid fever. IT is quite,
typhoid fever the origin Of which can.
not be traced are due to Infection
through the agency of flies. and the
housekeeper who keeps her house freq
from these pests confers q double benz
eft on her household in promoting
cleanliness and the health of Its mems
bers.-New York Medical: Journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
eliminate tho interference OF commit
tees. the better Will 1t be for tho tax
payers and for the community.
PROSPEROUS VIRGINIA..

Another Illustration OF the ,indevel.
oped wealth OF Virginia is brought
out In a special letter In ,to-day's In
dustrial Section from Chase city, In
Mecklenb,irg county. What were sup
posed to be worn-out lands OF the rich
county of Mecklenburg, under the man
asement of men who know how to
conduct and take good care OF email
farms, arc producing in abundance cot
ton. tobacco, grasses, clover, wheat,
corn and vegetables that are the raw
material for industries In and around
Chase City.
The development has only COM
menced, for in fact 1t seems that the
people have Just found out that they
have wealth to develop. Chase City is
thriving because 1t cannot help from
building UP with such a productive
land around It. Wagon factories. spoke
and handle factories. box and barrel
factories, furniture factory, n can
merry. and. of course. the tobacco in
terest, are all fonrishing there; but
the ambitious town is not yet satisfied.
1t invites and offers inducements to
more woodworking enterprises and also
to creameries, cotton mills and roller
mills to grind the grain that grows
luxuriantly within circle OF ten miles
around the town.
Old Virginia is Just beginning to find
out that she is rich.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
A,ruLEr1os AND L1FE,s PRIZES.


The last chance that Eustace Miles
had for regaining his title as the
champion court tennis player went
glimmering yesterday, when he was
the finals for the Olympic champion
ship. At the conclusion OF the proceed
ing match Eustace Miles said: ITO
beat him one would have to devote
ones whole life to Tennis
So far young Gould has done
nothing else. Ills father was able
to build him a court for this
game. which is matter involving
thousands of dollars. and furnish him
with the best teachers to be had. From
his earliest boyhood young Jay Gould
was trained and taught to play this
difficult game, and now at the age Of
eighteen he is worlds champion. and
he deserves the praise that comes from
having struggled up to a very high
position in the world Of sports.
But what will he do with It.? II he
=. + s
is a man he will recognize that tennis
is but a training for the conflict OF
life, and that athletics are valuable
only SO far a they make the body
strong to serve and the heart brave
to endure No man can be happy as
an athletic champion alone. The re-
cords Of all the great prize fighters,
baseball players. jockeys. oarsmen and
an-round athletes become lighter
than vanity when compared with the
attachments of such man as Robert
Louis Stevenson, who, despite his
physical weakness, kept up brave
heart and wrote for the encouragement
and delight Of the world almost until
the day of his death.
What athlete that ever ran. except
perhaps Pheidtppides, the bringer Of
the news of the glorious victory at
Marathon, ever had such deserved re-
nown as Kate Douglass, who thrust her
woman's arm through the door to
saws her king, or Walter Reed, who
died to prove the truth that yellow
fever was transmitted by mosquitoes?
Young Gould is doubtless q physical
wonder. and should be Justly glad Of
his advantq ges, but the world has been
made great and beautiful and pure by
men who spend more time developing
their hearts and their heads than
their arms and their legs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
CONSOLIDATION IN CITY GOVERN.
NIENT.

For two years The Times-Dispatch
has been urging the Council to con-
.ol!date the offices of City Engineer and
Superintendent OF Water Works At
last our suggestion has been adopted
by the Council Committee on Charter.
Ordinance and Reform, and we con-
graduate the committee upon Its wise
course II Is common Knowledge that
the city has wasted thousands of dol
lars because there was no organized
cooperation between the Engineering
and Water Departments. BY making
Mr.. Boiling the head of both depart
Ments this waste can be done away
WITH and a notable advance towards q
proper administration of city affairs
will be made. With competent subor-
d!nates these two departments can be
! run under one head better than they
were originally run under two, and the
city will save the waste and double
; work which were practically unavoid :
able under the other system The more
that tho Council can centrallze tho
work OF the various departments Of
ths city under competent heads and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The song OF the bird was originally cry
OF alarm.
Matchmaker OIL is from the 5awbone OF
tho porpoise. ~
and outspoken.
In the course OF month caterpillar
will eat food weighing 5000 times the
weight OF Its body.
AZ present Brazil leads In the worlds
production. and the United States in the
worlds consumption, of cocoa.
John ". Gates sued John E., Madden, the
turfman. at New York. for money alleged
to be due on stock deal and brought an
angry reply from Madden. In which he said
Gates is broke"
King Alfonso is likely to meet Emperor
William OF Germany when he visits the Bal.
eoric Isles In connection with the coming
celebrations It is asserted that German
diplomat Is now at Palma making arrange
ments for the meeting.
Edward Guerr, who drove a horse attach
feet above the cuyahoga River. in Ohio. the
horse trotting over q plank O. foot wide, WIS
arrested on charge OF lunacy.
At Hartford City Ind. Henry Goddard
to him to be repaired Tho owner OF the
shoe. Mrs James Parker, distrustlng banks.
had put tho money in the shoe and forgotten
all about 1t. 2
Joseph Z. Ralph, the new head of the
National Bureau OF Engraving and Printing
was born in Allegheny City. Pa. In 1862
ttlS early Ire, however, was spent IN Illinois,
and he finished his education in the law de-
partment OF the Georgetown University.
George Davidson. a nlneteen-year-old New
York artist, has received unexampled recos-
milton. He has had several pictures hung At
the recent exhibition at the National Acad-
envy OF Design He IS native Russian. and
was brought to this country at the age Of
ten.
While services were being held In the
First United Presbyterian Church at Bellies
fcntaine, O., the congregation was alarmed
by the tolling OF the bell. An electrical
storm was in progress, and the bell had been
rrng by o stroke OF lightning.
In Germany If a doctor is wanted sudden
~ In the night, instead OF flying round In a
cab or rushing wildly from house to house,
ono goes to the nearest emergency station,
and fetches one of the several doctors WHO
are always on night duty In their turn,
"A Kentucky negro earns double wages Is
a hodcarrier because he Is able to do the
work of two men. He carries from forty
to fifty bricks at a time. He places the
bricks upon board, which he balances upon
his head as he climbs to the top Of high
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
Keeplng the Missouri In Its He'd.

''There is only one part Of the Mis-,
souri, River that resembles the Nile lin
Egypt. but unlike that river. its over.
flow is not welcomed by the farmers"
said L. G, Hackney, of wellington. Mo.
Tor many years farmers in my couns
try have attempted to raise crops IN
some cases they have succeeded in get
ting crops raised ana harvested, slbut
many more times they have raised good
crops only to see them washed Away.
Many plans We're considered and dis
cussed for overcoming the flow Of was
ter. and finally 1t was cided to assess
those directly interested and With the
fund raised to build a high wall that
would hold back the water: The money
was collected and the contract let, and
now work has been begun on the con.
struction Of the wall, It will be about
q mile In length and fifty feet high.
Il is to he about fifty feet wide Az
the base and about. twenty feet across
at the top. There Is perhaps no Their
such wall along this river. and farmers
are confident that It will Sproye q good
investment. The land to be thus pros
tected Is very rich and productlve,'----y
Washington Post. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
ROOSEVELT VS.. BoNApAnrE.

What constitutes violation Of the
Sherman antitrust law has not been
found easy OF determination, though It
has been held by some authorities that
the favor OF President Roosevelt is a
bar to prosecution under the statute.
Under this Interpretation, so the infor-
nation comes from Washington, the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company believed that its con-
troll of other railroads and trolley lines
throughout New England was not an
infraction of the law. But Attorney
General Charles j. Bonaparte has shat
tered this belief by bringing suit on
the part OF the government to test the
legality Of this monopoly of transpor-
tation.
The President Is said to have been
both surprised and vexed at this step
Of the Attorney General. and at
stormy meeting Of the Cabinet, held
Immediately afterward, consented to
the institution of the suit only upon
Mr.. Bonapartes threat to resign I'M
less 1t was allowed to stand.
The ultimate decision of the merits
of the case now rests with the courts.
What is of present interest is the dis
closure Of dissension in what has here
tofore been regarded as q we'll disct-
plined and harmonious administration.
The Presidents giving way and Mr..
Bonaparte's frmness are equally sur
prising; yet from both developments
hopeful auguries can be drawn. They
are: That Mr.. Roosevelt's will is not
the law of the land, and that there are
men with the courage and power to
impress this sometimes forgotten fact
upon him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
a c,ooo-Yenr-old Ceremony.

The dominating element In the Jew
ish calendar for some weeks to come
is the counting of the Omer. "A cere-
mony Intimately associated with the
pie service, 1t has been nothing mora
than n mare historic reelection since
the days of the temple; that, Is to say.
years. But It has held It's Arm place
In the Jewish ritual, and inevitably
there have clustered around It asso-
Citations somewhat different from Its
original purpo se.--Jew lsh Chronicle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
"rHE LAMP AND THE LIGHT"
tselected for The Times Dispatch }

II y Il . i. . - j = i h # l.
I'VE have, ALSO more sure word
OF prophecy; whereunto we do we'll.
that We take heed, IS unto a light
that shineth in dark place. until the
day dawn, and the day-star arise In
your hearts. - Peter l.. 10.
A prophet is one who speaks by
Gods commission in Gods behalf. Each
prophet brought some message from
God, And whether that message took
the form of remonstrance or encour-
agement Of promise or warning, Of
explanation Of the past, reproot OF the
present, or revelation of the future, in
all cases alike It was constituent
part OF "the prophetic word" 1t
forms ana norton Of the whole Of that
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
BLACK Fling.

From London a scheme is reported
paper. the chief featureNof which will
be an absolute defiance of the libel
laws. The paper Is to be printed in
Belgium or France and mailed to Eng
partment refuse to circulate the pa
per in wrappers, copies will be en-
closed in envelopes. Maybe tho plan
will work, but A will be strange IL the
government does not find way for
blocking it.-Buffalo Courier.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
HNIarseu Henry as a Brncer.

Henry Watterson Is0out In another
ITO your tents. o Israel" editorial,
which he opens with the opinion that
the next presidential election Is to
quit their pickering, to close ranks, to
move onward and move forward, NOT
backward, He wants d enocracy TO
brace up and have some style about
It. II anybody Is competent to mix a
bracer for Democracy It is certainly
Marse MISUNDERSTANDING STAR
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

Cremation in this country Is almost.
confined to persons Of some IN
zen is still held in the letters Of GUS;
TOM. in which aentiment has aken root
SO deeply as to make 1t hard to eradl-'
cate. This Is doubtless the explana tloni
OF the fact that cremation 80 tar na 3
failed to become sopnl ar.-British Ned
kcal Journal 45f 81 * rs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

Home is a magnificent place." says
the Washington Herald. We extend
commserations to our unhappy con-
temporary. The homes OF Royal Rich.
n1ond are invariably homelike places.
Without magnificence. and are there
fore Tar more popular with husbands
than any club. lodge or sick friend
that ever happened.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

It's terrible TO gamble when you
lose" says the Philadelphia Ledger.
Also 1t is terrible to lose when you
gamble. In fact. losing is apt. to have
an element of painfulness about it
whether you gamble or not
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

Congress is going to adjourn soon,
which will give Joe Cannon a chance to
retire to his little Danville home and
make up the United States Of Americas
bunch Of laws for 10000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

Before Secretary Taft goes further
in his endeavors to land four-year
job In Washington. would 1t not be
advisable for him to find out whether
he likes the town?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

That French artistwho cut up $780,
900 worth Of his own, pictures might
have earned the undying gratitude OF
America IL he had explained his point
OF view, In time and convincingly. to
Evelyn Thaw. 4ifg
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

HThsre Is no fool like an old fool" Is
an excellent maxim In Its way. but It
appears that Mae G. Wood has got hold
of the wrong way.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

We suppose there Is a regular rule
in the Keystone state that the bank
iooters are to havel what the old-llne
Srafters leave.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

Excellent as they are OF thar kind,
the straw votes OF Old Virginia are
not to be compared with her !nconn-
parable straw berries,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

Mr.. WI, so the Houston Post tells
us. maintains that "a good man oheys
his wife" Why not blue-pencil tho
good" Mr.. Wu7
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Undoubtedly
REMARKS FROM THE pARAGRApHERs

HE more suits of clothes man needs
to make an impression on the world
the moro his family wishes some OF
them were brains.-New York Press.
II 1t is true that Mr.. Carnegie has taken
to writing poetry he must be in earnest
about wanting to die poor.-Toiedo Blade
Matt ouay's body lies modering In the
ground. but his soul is marching on
Rochester Herald.
(. Undertakers arc giving away cigars as an
induceHent TO purchase coHlns. A surer
way to promote trade would be to substitute
cisarettes.-st. Louis Post Dispatch. 8
Locking back over tho career OF the pres
ent Congress, we can't say that II furnishes
an unanswerable argument in favor of high
er Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The President Is having some difficulty in
persuading the Senate that he Is to the
army what Speaker Cannon isto Congress-
Boston Globe.
The man who sold the first railway ticket
in this country died the other day In
Rochester, N. H. This forcibiy recalls the
fact that a scanty seventy years covers the
whole history Of ratroading in the United
States. Presumably the late ticket seller
was also the first railway official to be ask
ell what time the next train leaves.-Clevs-
land Plain Dealer.