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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
Personal AND GENERAL


The women of Russia and the men of
Japan are the most expert needle-workers
In the world.
The great oxford dictionary, which has
been under way for a generation, has reach
ed pre-
The carcass OF the average horse yields
servat!ons of the French horse butcher.
A motor vehicle purchased By the town
OF Tynemouth. England, can be used as
lance.
people are as a rule less strong than those
who have dark hair, yet the former live
longer than the latter.
It cost her accuser $50 to bring Edna
Park, nurse, from sewickley Pa, to
Philadelphia to answer charge OF stealing
a corset cover worth so cents.
Edward c. Myers OF McKeesport. Pa. a
brakeman, drew his pay and stopped work
to get married, and a short time later
was Instantly killed by train.
New York City has 11s public parks.
varying in size from a few square yards
in the angle at the crossing or streets, up
to Pelham Bay Park, containing 1850
acres.
Last year uoo7) 2sss0.sa4 gallons OF
kerosene oil were imported into Tlentsln, OF
which the United States supplied 11,6se,34s
gallons, Sumatra 9,s5s,639 gallons and
Borneo 1,s47,647 gallons.
Trial trips have been made on new
steep that /. is called an elevator 1t
rises $50 metres, In a length OF 600. which
is gradient OF 1850 feet mile. or rs
per cent.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

In July OF last year shipment OF
1900 tons was made from Hankow to
Brooklyn, and the further information
is given as significant that this iron
a ton, this price including freight at
s4.75 a ton. That is to say, this iron
was brought down the Yangtse River
to the sea, a-distance of 900 miles, and
the suez Canal before II was delivered
at the Brooklyn wharves at price
which made the transaction practicable.
mense undeveloped stores Of coal and
iron In the Chinese empire, and much
of available supply Is on naygahle
rivers, Much more lies where 1t can
easily be reached by railroads when
the time shalt come for their constitute
ton. There is good reason to believe
that some day a considerable propor-
tlon OF this Chinese iron will find Its
IInion ttaa9
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

mond. The gentleman referred TO
seemed to examine these sections with
absorbing interest
We then walked back slowly to the
gate, glancing at other monuments
that attracted attention. On arriving
there he entered the little house. and
selling a rude pad Of writing paper
lying on the table, wrote the fol-
lowing words:
&C. ". Perry, Glare. Mich. The citi-
zens OF Richmond ought to keep the
little cemetery that holds the remains
OF the illustrious Chief Justice. John
Marshall. with the care his eminent
virtues and abilities merit"
Fe was very pleasant in his CONVEX
sation, and had been down South with
an invalid wife, with hopes that she
would be benefited by the halmy
Southern atmosphere.
He babe US cordial good-py, and
left for his PARKWAY home in Michl-
gan. We give to the public the mess
age he left behind. and each one can
make his own comments.
ROBT w. JOINER.
l. Chooloo Cof
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
Following the I.co,l OF the pemocrnts.
Standing Tat.
x-nAY TO STAMP our CRIME.
ny Preventing Transmission of Crimi-
mil Tcndenciea

nal Tcndencies.
That the future criminal and insane
population, of this country can be vast.
~ lessened, and, in fact almost stamp.
LED out. by the X-ray is the startling
declaration made yesterday by DR..
Graeme Hammond. the eminent alienis,
and student Of criminology.
1T has been discovered by science
sterile the spark OF future life Or
Hammond said, and / am heartily in
favor of the enactment OF legislation
that would permit such application to
be made to all persistent offenders
against the laws"
the effects of heredity. He declares
that the children of criminals are like
ly-either through heredity or early
environments-to become criminals
thorities supporting that view; and in
stances numerous cases to prove his
argument. The obvious measure to
successfully light crime In the future
therefore,, Is to insure the world against
future generations of criminals, he con-
tends.
1T was discovered by accident. quite
recently, that the X-ray possessed quail
tiles. Of sterilization .ii,ln!zzatio Or. Hammond
1t. were the first victims-the doctors
who spend hours each day using the
ray. Experiments upon animals fol-
lowed
The idea came to me then that here
was an ideal method for carrying out
the plan OF sterilizing criminals, which
has been urged from time to time.
That the world will come to such
measures as general and accepted
proposition is certain, and think We
are ready for It now.
Sir Francis Caution, an English au-
thority. writes of a case where from,
one criminal woman and her offspring
came $50 criminals. American au-
thorities with which I am familiar tell
OF the luke family. among the 100
members of which there were scarcely
dozen honest or virtuous members.
Nearly all were murderers, thieves,
forgers. assassins.. and dissolute per-
sons generally. All this might have
been prevented by scientific treatment
OF the original offenders.
Bert Miller, of Cornell the leading
expert. on criminology, declares there
Is such a thing as criminal brain,
those of a normal brain. Criminals
according to him, cannot prevent them
selves from being criminals any more
than man with musical tastes can
rid himself Of those."-New York
American.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
MERELY JOKING.

Farming Success.
Does anybody, around here make a sue
Eyes answered Farmer corntossel.
and Is putting the money out at interest
among us Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Politicians Way.
that the words once spoken can never be
recalled
mo" answered Senator Sorghum; but
you can always !. make k n su.. and s,s say you
Must Have Married Noblen,en.
IL hear that Joncs's four daughters are
Us that so? l suppose he's glad he's
got them off his hands"
mot exactly. He now has TO keep the
four husbands on their feet"-Brooklyn
Life.
Economy.
Lord Lewson--why Pat. there used to be
two windmills there.
Pat-Thrue for YOU. sir.
Lord Lewson-.why is. there but one now
pat-Bedad. they took one down to lave
more wind for toher.-London Tit-Bits
Spoiled the Game.
Mrs Popley-Little George won't take
milk a, ali now. He used to like It. but
Mr. Popley tcrossly)--No. and It's all
on account Of your imprudsnee;;
Mr.. fopley-Yes, you allowed him TO
hear you say 1t was sood for hm.-Phtl-
adelphia Press.
Tho Grave Professor.
First Co-ed.-Ever notice how grave Pro-
lessor McGooze always Is?
Second co-ed.-Yes. but there's nothing
Ing in the dead anguages-Chcag go Trib-
une.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
Borrowed Jingles
oun pu,rD ANNALS.
what time seek nay virtuous couch to


What time I seek my virtuous couch L
steal
Some surccasc from tho labors of TIL,
dHy;
Ere silence like n poultice comes to heal
In short, when prepare to hit the hay
Ere slumber's chains Il quote from Moore
have bound Inc.
\ hear n lot OF noisen all around me.
Time was when falling off the wcll-knowr
We're harder far than falling Off IL
BIT tina, was ere my neighbours gentle
dog.
Began to think he waa defending sheep.
From IL to 9 his barking ana Ills howlin.
Accompanies two tomcats' nightly yowl.
ing.
a. 2.t0 sharp tho parrot In the flat
Across tho way his monolog,ie essays.
At 3. again, ms Gilbert says. tho cat:
AT mllkman's horse, exulted. neishs.
At 6:i5, nor does II every vary,
! hear the dulcet notes OF canary.
Each living thing love; love the birds:
The beasts In field and forest too. I
love
But have writ these poor II metric words
To query which, by all the pow'rs above,
OF all the aairals--pray tell me. some one -
Ia called by any courtesy n dumb one?
-FrnnklIn P. Adams. In NJ y. Mall.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
THE SLEEPING s1cKSrss

Il Fighting disease by destrovin, ~,
I germs by which it is propapataa is n.,
foi me remarkable advances of modern
preventive medicine. The discoverv
Ethat the deadly Roman fever. ve,,ov,
t1eVer and malaria We're all transmitted
Eby mosquitoes opened the wav for IN
nunity for those who were able 10 ,,oan
Ethemseives free from the bites OF ,hes,
insects. Now comes the further inf
nation that the dreaded sleeping sick
ness OF Africa, one of the most horrib,a
painful and distressing aftlictions ,ba,
has ever visited mankind, is lixew,se
due to the bite of an tnsect-the tse-tsa
! fly.
{ investigation of tho tse-tse fly has
! shown that its habitat Is restricted So
narrow belt OF forest growth adioin.
ling water. The limit of its zone is
supposed to he about two miles. and
scientists maintain that it can only
transmit infection within forty -eieh,
Ehours OF the time at which the fly .tsel
becomes poisonous Despite this infor
kmation. however, no plan has yet bee,
devised for preventing the spread o
Ethe disease. Out of the 100000 soul.
Eformerly inhahttng the shores of Vic
storia Nyanza and the islands of tina
7 great lake. the news reports now tel
tus that more than 100000 have bee,
s4already swept out o. existence. Tn
lsurvtvors are being placed beyond I'll
reaeh OF the infested districts and III
faaiicted are being treated with ever
-fknown remedy.
IA description of the appearances o
y tbosa suffering with this disease
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
MONDAY, APRIL a. 1908
SELLING BONDS ABROAD.

/ The railroads are the largest en-
! ployers of labor and the biggest spend
/ ers of money in America. When the
railroads are active iron and stee
mills are employed. coal mines arc
sbusy and cotton mills find ready sale
for their fabrics. From the same
cause the farmers get good prices for
| their crops. and by whatever name
| such conditions may be known whether
it is called prosperity or big bank
clearings or good times. the fact Is
that men generally throughout the
/ land are employed in turning their
\ time into money. This money makes
trade active and stimulates the demand
for labor and for supplies in the most
out Of the way places.
It is interesting in this connection
to note that the pearl divers in the
I Indian Ocean are starving because the
panic in New York has destroyed the
demand for the products of their Ia
bors. In like manner the inability of
! the railroads to borrow money for the
further development or their lines has
caused cessation in the iron industry
and marked lessening of the output
of the cotton mills.
All this is by way % preface to the
! encouraging and gratifying fact that
the Pennsylvania Railroad has placed
a 100000 loan. a large part OF
which came from Europe. This means
) that the bankers and investors OF
/ England and France are lending us
{, money for the development Of our re-
sources. The first effect of such a sit.
nation would be to encourage home
investors to buy good railroad bonds
| and when once this encourag emen,
has been made effective, we will see
a steady return to those conditions OF
satisfactory employment which were SC
universal in the United States from
! 1901 until the latter part of 1907. Such
a return is necessary, if we are to re-
store prosperity. for the New York
Labor Bulletin shows that at the end
! of December. 1907. the rate of unem-
/ ployment among union worAmen was
32,7 per cent. compared with an aver
lage OF $50 per cent. for the wears
E19o2-'e. In the building trades the per
Ecentage of idleness In New York CITY
twas Al. and. while, the summer may
bring RELIEF. w. wifi be apparent tc
kevery thinker and student of the rela.
Etions between employment and poyert,
kthat for two out of every five men who
fare builders to be out OF work must
mean wild espread distress. It will he
remembered that in James j. Hills
opinion s1,ooo,ooo,ooo a year would he
necessary for five years in order r.
Eput the railroads in This country IN
Epositlon to handle the freight offered
EIt Is true at present that the freiph,
kcars are standing idle In large nun.
bers but when the railroads begin tc
get money for new construction notb.
ing Will move mtre rapidly than tbe
kfreight cars, and the more thew move
the more freight will there be- Pros.
Epertty may be little leisure]v IN 20.
Eturning, but its homecoming TO the
FInlted States cannot be prevented
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
Tho Grave Professor.
THE MERRY KNOCKERS.

The Philadelphia Press. the leading Knox
organ of Pennsylvania. calls on Taft to
resign. This adds humorous touch to
the Knox campaign.-Nashville Tennes'-
seean
Briefly. then. the South seems to be
divided into two classes-those who are
fighting drink and those who are fighting
dIunk.-New York Mail.
Mr.. Bryans statement that the cartoons
Of him are not so bad as they used to be
may mean that he Is getting to look more
like them.-Boston Transcript.
I, seems no longer to be a question
whether 1t is as cheap for TWO to live as
one but whether 1t is possible.-Providence
Tribune.
Bryan's enemies declare that he sis
losing ground" and 1t must be admitted
that he Is. He lost some three or four
square miles few days ago. when Della
Herald Courier
We observe in one of the Sunday
suppem ent stories that 1.-The man was
very noncommittal, merely remarkine.
Mailo44& hhhihoo." We suppose the
mani was q brakeman charged with the
duty OF calling out the stations along the
line.-Washington Herald.
Houston. there is an effort being made
Convention at Denver this summer. Read
ers must not confuse this with another
convention to he held at Denver. The two
are distinCt.-SeW York Mall
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
Good Doctrinc.

The disposition of central govern
ments, whether OF tho nation or the
state to interfere in affairs OF Com
monwealths and municipalities. IL
mueh In evidence Just now. It Is q
tendency liable to proceed to unde-
sirable lengths unless sensed and re-
sisted by those directly affected
Lsprlngflald Rapuhllcan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

William l.. Curtis, Of the Chicago
Record Herald, thinks that Atlanta IS
the most progressive, up-to-date city
in the South" We have neither time
nor space to detail the number of new
thinks to which William Z. is now en-
titlaI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

II Is idle for them to beg us. We
simply cannot give the Houston
Weather Committee the recipe for tho
marvellous and mellifluous April show
ers of. Old Virginia, because we really
don't know It.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
The Iientucky nrand.

Kentucky Judge told his new
grand Jury last Monday that night-rid-
ing may lead TO anarchy. a curious
public would Ike to know what term
tht Judge would apply to tho state OF
affairs night,ridlng has already led To,
Knew Orleans Tirnes-D emocrat. :,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

The London Gentlewoman thinks
that 1t would be Impossible for a wo-
man In picture hat to commit a
crime. In the same way. we suppose,
1t would be impossible for woman in
Merry Widow to do anything small
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
ST ATE PRESS
1'oo Late.

Ton Late.
Colonel winsos biz for the appointment
o. e..i a bank examiner could be passed nov
Bank OF Mecklenburs. --drayson Gazette
Tho Best Tribute.
a AZ to a monument to the late Senator
hlt famous pure elections law. His idea
was admirable and IL thcrr Is any flaw
s IN the statue. why not discover 1t and
From tile Mouths Of Isai,es.
The Boston Herald takes very seriously
me refusal of the little eieht-year old
i nv or Sherman Marching Through Geo,-
giG'" This occurred in a public school In
~ ~, Louis. and the Herald Insists that the
child should have been spanked into obe-
dtrce.
10 expect southerners or their children
+ 70 join In ttncful jubilatlon over an In
thu progress OF Aitnia through the plains
OF Italy is to ask too much OF human
nature. AS we'll have asked the. cubans
ono Of his progresses With sword and
torch through the defenseless sections OF
ina, IN unhappy country. Shermans leisure
not war In any sense OF the word for 1t
was unopposed by any armed force. The
piliase and destruction only assumed the
after Hoods army disappeared from Sher-
mans front. and there was nothing left to
cal the vandals to account more forn,id.
que than the old men and women and
children OF the territory which was devas-
Pilot.
Following the Lcn,l OF the Democrats.
The Republican party at this time. and
Tor several years past. has been following
paths blazcd and pointed out by the Dem
oSrats and advocating policies proposed by
tnem Tor the past ten years. perhaps long
CT Ana this liz In national we'll
az In State politics. How Mr.. Roosevelt
ana ana mis- sympathisers have advocated poll
Cies and doctrines first announced by Mr..
Bryan. Is we'll known and even acknowl-
edsed-ciinch Valley News.
Standing rat
The House of Representatives has now
hecome put q machine TO register the ediots
OF speaker Cannon and Dalzell and two or
three other sthndpatters and trust pro-
Messenger.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

Considering the volume OF business
she turns into the marriage license
bureau, We personally think that Mrs
Lillian Russell is entitled to fair
commission
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

We further trust that while Candi
date Sherble Becker is touring Wis
consin in balloon, he viii be aboy
saying or doing anything mean.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

Meantime, any Investigation lookint
to the reduction of interstate expires.
rates would command the undivided
support OF the Georgia press poets.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
In 1t for Fun.

It adds humor to U presidential cam
paign that Tom Watson and Sam VIII
iiams take their nomination seriously.
-R ochester Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

The author OF the phrase mad as G
halter" must have had his prosperity,
eye on the inventor Of the Merry
Widow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

IT continues difficult to see what III
future, whltehousewifely speaking, COZ,
talns Tor Mrs. Philander Knox.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

Probably Senator Aldrich made a
mistake In not employing a collecto,
TO handle his bill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

II the fleet went west for frolic, Il
ldoes not appear that II went in vain.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
A Suggestion.

That split among the Virginia Re-
publicans Is a serious matter 1t may
cause them the loss OF the State In
News.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

Observation-Disclosures in Japan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

Ton Late.
colonel Winso's bill for the appointment
o: bank examiner could be passed now
very rcadlly--by the dcposItorB of tho
E'ahk OF Mecklenburs.- -Grayson Gazette.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

The women Of Russia and the men OF
Japan are the most expert needle-workers
in the world.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
Chinese Iron.

shockoe cemetery Gate.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

4 IA description of the appearance Of
tbosa suffering with this disease Il
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
MOB RULE.

About every day since the race riots in Spring
field ILL.,, the newspaper dispatches have told of
some horrid lynching in which a negro was the VIC
tim of the fury of the mob. It may be that the
negroes who thus summarily put to death are
guilty of the atrocious crimes of which they are
charged; it may be the swift dealing out of fjus-
tice" by the Infatuated mobs making up the lynch
ing parties was merited by the victims, but under
no such plea can justification for the crime of
lynching be condoned. For ynching is most hor
rid and atrocious crime and no right thinking cit
izen attempts to justify it any plea
Imagine thousand men surrounding jail in
which some negro has been confined charged with
assault. The mob has no doubt been worked up to
a high pitch of excitement by the relation of the
crime attempted crime. And they are looking
for vengeance-not justice Can any man
believe that i'll the fury and passion of a mob in
famed by passion and hatred justice may be dealt
out to the hapless victim of a charge, of which he
may be nnocentl We would not be understood
in our censure of the mob spirit of condoning the
crimes, which no doubt all too frequent in the
south. That crime is so detestable that it fills all
men with disgust and furnishes the only excuse
which can be found for the sudden uprising which
brings death to the person charged with the crime
The laws delay may be irritating to those who
would deal out Justice" to offenders without the
Formally of trial. but each lynching bee tends
destroy the majesty of the law and bring the en-
forcement into most difficult ways. The law should
be permitted to deal with these cases as with other
criminal charge and the mobs that interfere with
the perfect operation of the law merit the punish
ment which the law provides for such otfenses
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
AUSTRALIA.

Australia, place of Punishment for British
criminals little a hundred years ago, through
many vicissitudes of excitement and depression
has developed into one of the most important of
the British colonial dependencies Instead of being
place of Punishment for the refuse of the United
Kingdom, Australia is now country of more than
100000 people, and all the industries of civilza-
ton are found there The people mine copper. and
gold and they raise cattle and sheep and they have
builded new towns, and tried to boom them much
the people of the western part of the United
States have.
The visit of the Atlantic fleet to the ports of the
Australian continent serves to recall all these
things. 1t also serves to recall the difference be-
tween the methods employed by the British gov
eminent in dealing with its colonies and the meth
DDS in vogue at the time England lost control of
her great American dependencies now our gloried
United States Probably the loss of the American
colonies was the greatest blow the English govern
rnent was ever called upon to sustain 1t went close
to the heart and the pocketbook of the empire but
the loss not without its compensating features
For the successful revolution of the American col
onies served to show the fallacy held in Britain
that the development of British commerce depended
entirely and alone the maintenance of British
supremacy in her colonies, and that the preserva-
ton of her prosperity depended upon the ability
she had to suppress the ambitious efforts of her col
onists to be free and independent of the home atl-
thority. The revival of trade with the United
States when peace restored and the American
government fairly launched was a revelation
to the mother country and was such as could
hardly have been expected had the old repressive
methods of the empire been maintained in America