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NO REAL PROGRESS.
air Navigation About Where 1t Was
Century Ago,

DIR NAV8dtlOn ABOUT where ~ was
Century Ago.
Given perfect atmospheric condltionA
the gas-bag airship-the type In which
a large, cigar haped balloon supports
ar engine, the fuel to feed 1t and the
man or mon to run the machine and
useful device. The most confirmed
skeptic may admit as much us that
without venturing upon doubtful
ground.
huge airship-42o feet long and forty
feet In diameter--in which Count Won
Zeppelin cruised for twelve hours in
Switzerland. on Wednesday. without
once coming to the ground, has lm-
rortant possibilities for war or explc-..
ration. In still air 1t made thirty
four miles an hour and seemed capapie
CT maintaining that rate OF speed FOR
half day or longer. The navigator's
control OF his big balloon was perfect.
for sailing in any desired direction.
and II is clear that such dirigible
balloon might beat any other mecEan-
ism yet built for the quick transpor-
tation OF two or three passengers or
q little freight across region OF land
and water where bridges We're Lack
Ing or destroyed, or hostile force
barred the way.
The Won Zeppelin airship MALT resch
the North Pole. II 1t could be started
Oh Ills Journey WHen not more IMAM
zoe or 800 miles distant. and return in
a short time. II might also make
extremely important surveys OF an en-.
eny's camp and fortiiications, IL the
risk of it's destruction by proJectiles
were not deemed too great to hazard.
But for all OF the large uses OF
mankind the airship and the flying ma
chine are still In the clouds OF nero
speculation. Land and water will con-
t.nue Indefinitely to furnish the real
highways OF the world.-Clevcland
Leader.
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Only q Few shot. Fired.

Editor OF The Times dispatch:
3 SlI',--rlie accounts published over
the country about the supposed riot at
exaggeration. find on further inves-
tigation that there we're not many Bhota
fired. and those In the air. Not shot
was fired into the house
The whole truth Of the matter Is
that the people at Damascus did not
want the Italians there, and told them
SO. They left without trouble.
Although this thing happened al
Damascus last Saturday night few
people In Abingdon heard OF II till
Wednesday. S. p. WITHERS.
" Abingdon. Va. July a Is O8.
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MONUMENT TO CLEVELAND.
from Various Sources Are
p - y Coming In.

4 = II irslrN +. v
"A spontaneous movement for tlie
erection OF national memorial for
Grover Cleveland has sprung up at
several points, particularly in New
York state. which Commonwealth Is
generally given the credit Of having
presented that statesman to the nation;
started Ills notable public career, or
at Nav York City, where he practicedl
his profession during the period In
tervenlng between his two presidential
terms, such q memorial could appro-
priately be erected. Most Of the dis
cussion thus far centres about these
two cities as the best location for the
testimonial In bronze or stone.
Another sugEeation, however. comes
from Philadelphia that the memorial.
whatever be its character. should be
erected atICaldwell, n. j.. Grover Cleve.
New Jersey is entitled to the memorial.
not only because It was the natal
State OF the great President. but also
because It was the scene OF his digni-
fled declining age. 1t is probable that
few, even OF Cleyeland's ardent friends.
could have told where their hero was
born, but the fact that the town OF his
birth is practically unknown to fame.
Is no argument against It's being chos-
ell as site for the memorial.
The location OF the memorial. like
manner of raising funds for It's erec-
ton, will be worked out in due course.
That Grover Cleveland deserves ma
tional monument of no mean proper
tions that shall represent the love and
respect.sfelt. for the dead statesman
by the people of the country without
partisan distinctions cannot be gain
said. and nation that appreciates
character and ability in Its high SER
wants will not be slow to respond. X
public appeal Is deemed the best
method of securing the money that
will be misunderstanding Plain Deal
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10 doubt that the Investment Of three
>r four. hundred thousand dollars In

no doubt that the investment Of three
or four. hundred thousand dollars In
jsuch d building would richly pay.
But that proposition is ,lnhnpplly,
not tmmediatd; and Is further com
Splicated by the Battle Abbey matter.
The pressns Issue Is Yuch more sim
pie. II is merely a Question OF whe-ai
stler the Council will appropriate the
$4,000 necessary to put the old Cary
Street building IN serviceable shape.
We imagine there is no ,doubt how
T. 1T question will be answered. Every
one admits, we believe. that drawing
conventions is excellent business for
a city, and no Council could we'll ex-
spect to draw them on smaller invest
9ment than the market building, with
full repairs and equipment, would
represent. Certainly 1T is the height
OF folly for the Chamber OF Commerce
and the city to spend money In bidding
for conventions, and simultaneously to
do nothing to insure them Mt accom-
modations. The two propositions be-
ing fundamentally opposed, one OF them
would seem to be unsound; and 1t
seems plain enough which one that
4.
We trust that the Council will APP
propriate this sum with the least
possible delay and that the repairs and
additions may be started in time to be
ready in the fall. Then, later on,
when we have passed through our
poverty-talk stage, maybe we can
build a real auditorium, which will be
worthy of Richmond and OF her fullest
possibilities.
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IMPROVE THE AUDITORIUM.

The Times-Dispatch is glad to note
that committees of various organiza-
lions in the city have taken up the
and vfgor which indicate results. These
organizations are far from being
chronically, afflicted with. the petition
habit, and when they reach the point
Of memorializing the Council it may be
taken for granted that they are in
earnest.
+ The bare and unvarnished fact Is
that the Auditorium in it's present con-
dition is well-nigh useless. Converted
from an old building designed for
something else, In haste and without
an adequate outlay Of funds, 1t remains
. ramshackle barn Of place, unpro-
5[vided with heating arrangements of
any sort and with acoustic properties
notoriously bad The Baptist conven-
ton last year narrowly missed voting
TO stop meeting in 1t. The Episcopal
convention used 1t as little as possible;
and we have the distinguished au-
thority OF the Lord Bishop OF London
that it Is one OF the worst places to
I speak in In the world.
No city in America could better at
i ford to be liberal In the matter OF an
auditorium than this one. On almost
4 every score Richmond is a natural
b convention city. Interesting historical
4 ily as few cities are. situated> in an in
4 1eresting section OF the country. which
1 more and more is reasserting It's old
3Eposition in national life, large enough
Ito take care OF large crowds and readl-
fily accessible. blessed with fine
i climate and well-to-do population
4 famous for charming and hospitable
manners. Richmond has proved again
y snd again how enormously attractive
4 she IS TO visitors NJ TIL q large and
" thoroughly suitable auditorium. there
4 I'D no doubt whatever that she could
fsbscoms ore os The 40 ms E$co invention
y riti aericai u ana there sk, equally
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An Experiment wortl, While.

will be built and completed by August
list. for the purpose OF reproducing on
perimentally4 every conceivable condi-
ton OF danger to miners. Apparatus
Of mine gases and smoke, for detect
Ing the danger points. avoiding explo.15
and SO on. will here be tried, and
the reports Of the Investigating Fed
bureaus l of the several coal producing
States and to the miners and mines
owners The mortality in mines in.
1907 was 5000. ], 900 a boYe the year
preceding; sixteenamen killed or,tnjured
each day ia the present alarming aY-
erage. The appropriation by Congress
of $4,000 Ito conduct the experiments
at Pittsburg will be we'll spent.-NeW
York Times. .
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NO TREspAss1NG ALLOWED.
II Roosevelt Goes to Africa He'll Find
the Big Game GA Others Lands.

When the ex-President, with his
hunting outfit. gets into malarial AZ
RIGA. he will often be reminded Of home:
That continent has been partitioned
fully as the responsibilities of popu-
lar government were divided among
executive, Legislative and judiciary.
Leopold, Of Belgium, an autocrat, who
has much in common with Uncle Joe
Cannon. has cornered extensive conces-
sions, and all game shot in Belgian,
French or British preserves has to pc
paid for. African jungles swarm with
game wardens. From the sources OF
the Nile to Somaliland, every specimen
OF big game secured requires a permit
or fee. You are not permitted to
risk your life without being assessed
for 1t. If his usual success attends
Roosevelt, a good many American dol-
lars will be diverted into the Golfers
OF the monarchs of Europe. Milwaukee
Erea. Press L.i ll..s...tL.
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Tobacco Chewing ON the wane.

- TOhACCO CDeWlnE on tuc !"
why is 1t you don't see SO many.
men chewing tobacco as you used to?"
said an timer don't know but
its true, and I took the trouble to
prove It by talking 1t over with my
tobacconist. He says that there has
undoubtedly been big falling of In
plug tobacco sales, not nearly SO many
men chewing nowadays as fifteen and
twenty years ago, and that those who
do chew nowadays are mostly old
timers. The cigarette, my dealer be-
lieves, irresponsible for the decrease
in chewing, as most young men with
the tobacco habit nowadays smoke
coffin nails. Cigarettes are really 4
new form OF smoke. and I a IN sorry
to see them gaining in favor. In my
youth, forty or more years ago.
young man smoked a cigar II he. want
ed to be swagger. or stuck to his pipe
and chew; but no one except
Spaniards and Mexicans smoked ciga-5
srettes,s and 1T was considered en- mis-
nate. But the cigarette has evidently
done up the ew.''-Ph iladelphiaR Rec
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ROOSEVELT AT DENVER.

The Times-Dispatch's special tele-
gram from Denver yesterday contained
this interesting passage:
John Mitchelrs friends in the I'LL
nois delegation revived the story to-
night that Bryan greatly desired his
nomination for Vice President, but 1t
is stated that President Roosevelt does
not want Mitchell to take the nomina-
ton, and that Mitchell feels under deep
obligation to Roosevelt"
Isn't one party enough? Didn't one
convention suffice? Does all history
contain another instance OF the boss
of one great party's attempting to die
tate the nominations OF the other?
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Sir John Shelley, who is taking SO
conspicuous part in the promotion
has recently been giving a ballooning
party al Arlington Place. In Hampshire.
must not be confounded with Sir John
Shelley, OF Shobrooke Park, In Devon
ment twosir 80 John she 1 y ssi both Of
them baronets. each of them making
use OF the same hcraldic devices, one
having his home, however, at Arlington
is to the Arlington Park Shelleys that
the famous poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley,
q granduncle of Sir John, BELONG red, and
Percy, like Sir John, was indebted for
Well as for much Of the wealth Of this
branch VI the Shelley family, to the
marringeg Of one fits members OF tho
name OF Timothy to an enormously
wealthy New York widow OF the name
of Mrs. Joanna Plum
The son of the poet was Sir Percy
Florence Shelley, who died Without
issue in 1889, and 1t ives then that
the sons Of the poets brother ohm
came into the honors and estates, the
son OF the younger of the two being
the father Of the present master Of
Arlington Park. He is married 70
Lord Llangattocls daughter, who IS
quite as absorbed In ballooning as her
brother the Hon. Charles stewart
Rolls. who has taken SO conspicuous
part in the promotion Of aerostatics
and OF motoring In England. and
spends a considerable portion OF each
year in the United States In connec-
ton with these two interests.
Sir Percy Florence Shelley was pas
sionately devoted to the memory Of
his gifted father, and onesof his most
cherished relics-still preserved at
Arlington Park-is the drenched and q
discolored volume of "Sophocle
found in the pocket Of the drowned
poet. Sir Percy Florence's mother
was, 1t may be remembered, Mary
IWollstonecraft. author Of the extra
ordinary book "Frankenstein." The
poet WAS twice married. His first
wife was Miss Harriet Westabrool1.
and with her he lived at q beautiful
country place known as Nantgwilt,ilnl
is frequently referred to by Shelley in
his poems and {until8the Birmingham
waterworks We're begun, was the
bourne Of pllgrimages on the part OF
many OF the poets English and Amer
lean admirers, There was an AM lo-
|American mofament at one time TO
purchase the place. and to convert It
| into aIsort Of Shelley museum, But
the scheme came to nothing, and now
1.-The six immense reservoirs which have
been CONSTRUCTED In the valleys OF
Elan and fIClnerwen and which fur
nish water to the great city OF Bir-
lThe fate Of The place Is singular
and serves to recall /. the role whicl
rea, sa'm se haze payea ms
Hyde Park tn Is it,. T iii - pseets himself
vas "a owned "a X ears later M Tbs
y Medl terrane INA and & q W. his Yc3it.
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] e. 80 % g ~ -. ~ -. % -. % - q
| lie Couzz50 LA,Q,pe1E
/ ~ BY ssa
\ T. Ma,,Qz1l:se al z6n1enoy
home lies submerged beneath sixty feet
OF water at the bottom OF the reser-

home lies submerged beneath sixty feet
q water g I At the botton, q 6, the reser-
The baronetcy OF these Hampshire
Shelleys only dates from the. beg inning
of the nlneteentll century. when 1t was
conferred upon the songof Joanna plum,
of New York But the other baronetcy
Of The family, now held by the Devon-
Shire Shelle!s. goes back to the reign
fixing James l., and It's owners trace
their descent from Thomas Shelle, who
was lord OF the manor of Shelley, IN
Kent, and who flourished In the reign
Of King Edward H. Tie manor OF
Shelley PASSED out Of the possession
of the Snelleys through purchase rs
far back as In the sixteenth century,
and for hundreds OF years afterwards
this branch of the shelleys made their
bone In SUSSEX; nor was II until the
father OF the present bnrOnet OF the
senior line OF these Stelleys trans
ferred their headquarters to Devon
shire.
copyright, 1908, by the Brentwood
Company.)
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Borrowed Jingles-
.rnE noaiEsrIt, pANAcEA,

THE DOMESTIC PANACEA.
tMarltsl woes may be cured by auto sus
gestion. a. /. Go back and reflect on I'll
tirne when yo,i were wooing. Did you loo
or faults then ?--Bishop sanuel Fa llows.)3
Shall i, wasting In despair.
Fret but II a woman swear! ff IA
Shall / go and get n dag,
n women merely mig?
Be she twice as fierce and lippy
AS proycrbial xanthippe.
Z she TEEN not 40 to me, @
What care ] how fierce she be ??
Shall ] sue for a divorce III
II dame with me play foree2 s4
Or decide to leave the flat 4
II she buy an Easter liatp
Be she more unplensnnt than y1a3
Any OF the female clan.
e she make q hit with me,
Whit care I how fierce she be? ~
Shall 4 forthwith go to law,
u SHE blpul the bric-a-braw?
Nay! For Loves n state or mind;
Love is deaf and dumb and blind.
Be she worso than I can hint
IN paper ut to print, j *
II she be not SO to ma
VIVA; care ] how so she boz
Franklin p. Adams. In New York Mail,
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wen you won't do.'--Nasliyille Alneri-
An Age Of B,xne...
'sir, 1884 people were injured in tho
on Wha sta IT ,t 2" last Fourth Of july.
Doesn't inst figure startle your,
Not Not a startle would have guessed 1t
at treble your statement
ed big In this country" CONF planned the
party OF the. first part as lie moved away
Got 50 you halter kill off hal: tho popula-
Pittsburg Post &
Lost II.
e Tes ,s- she said her hr.e.nd married
that? 4 = =! ~ .n''A u
jess-welA | think her husband must
feel like as~idcwersnow.-Philad Press
Narrow Escape.
"Ther. wa. nearly bad Fir. at the the
atre last night"
How was thet2,s.
match into tho snow. Phllndeiphla In
qu!rer.
TOO Many Adverbs.
hfaltravers twitteringly.
You love me? 2" echoed Lord chuckaluek,
ruminnttvely.
II love you" said she. asseveratinely.
d,ssustedly.-Housto Chronicle.
Smart Kid.
PA says he amt going to buy no fire
works this year"
Amt you going to heller fer few?"
Nav. Pail watch the neiehbors for an
hour. then he'll chase out an buy twict
as mnny"-Lorisville Confessional.
Celebrating.
~ wanna toy balloon" walled the little
Titewadd baby.
You can't have toy balloon" explained
Mr.. Tttewadd. That would cost cents.
But be a good child and father Will read
the Declaration, of Independence to you."-
Washington Herald.
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VIRGINIA AND THE INJUNCTION
81 PLANK.
Editorial Correspondence.
st. Louis. July.3, 1905.


4 So far the Virginia delegation has
paid but scant attention to politics.
Y The almost inevitable certainty Of Mr..
i Bryan's nomination has precluded any
4 discussion as to other candidates. and
4 though the Virginia delegation is far
IRON unanimous In believing that Mr..
tBryan is either the most available can.
didate forgthe Democratic party Or the
most acceptable for Virginia. there is
! mo fntimation of any desire or inten-
ktion of assisting the johnson boom.
The attitude OF the Virginia delega-
Elton is Just what The Times Dispatch
tbelieves to be the attitude of the aver
tage Democrat of Virginia, namely. the
Virginia delegation is sick OF Popu-
ism; sick OF trucking to labor unions:
sick OF trading for votes by attacking
SAs courts; sick Of trying to make po-
E1itical capital out Of railroad batting;
ard. above all. anxious to get in line
with the principles of the old-linc
Democracy.
/ By the time this letter reaches Rich
mond the present discussion Of the
injunction plank, which is attributed
fto Mr.. Bryan. may be ancient history.
at Is significant, however. that no ono
In the Virginia delegation has APP
proved the Injunction plank which mr..
/ Bryan Is said to indorse. The general
j. isentiment IS that the courts are to he
trusted. and that 1t is most unwise
J for a political convention to attempt
4; the impossible task Of formulating in
4 q. few words the principles that should
cover every point in the issuance of
itnjunctions.
Virginia has been blessed with good
courts and freedom from labor Strou-
bles. The alleged abuse OF iniunc-
tions has not been vital issue in
Virginia. where the sentimenti is strons
for maintaining the integrity of The
courts.
It may be that Virginia's voice vii
D. lost in the clamor of the Gompers
following at Denver; but II SO. the
Gompers injunction plank will not
have the cordial assent or support oil
Xirginia's representatives.
AS to the railroads. the sentiment 1:
that they have been hammered enough
Nobody doubts the capacity, or the
intention of the Federal and State gov.
ernments to see that rates ara kept al
Q reasonably low level But the over.
4 flowing granaries and rusty side.
tracks OF the Central West show tht
essential connection between tile farm
lers and the railroads. Big crops will
not bring big prices with idle factor!e!
Nand smokeless chimneys.
What the, !. average workingmar
wants to-daytis a sestoration of conf
dence, revival OF business, and Il re
turn Of prosperity.
II The problem confronting the friend
of Democracy is. Will Mr. Bryan NEE
these natural desires, or will he injec
new and disturbing elements into al
\ already overstrained situation?
II This question concerns Mr.. Bryan a
well as the Democratic party, for will,
out the support OF those who have ha,
. sufficiency of husks Mr. Bryan can
not hope to be elected.
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When out of State visitors sit down
by the sad heat waves Of Old Virginia
they are delighted to find them from
seven to eleven times as cooling as the
contemplate heat waves Of their own
native shores.
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NJ 1t is not our way to indulge in In
situation and innuendo: but our duties
as general counsel to the human race
compel us to point out that the Chs
icago woman lawyer who argued her
way to a $4,000 fee is as yet unmar-
ried.
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( 81
Despite the democratic characteristics OF
King Alfonso. the royal house Of Spain con-
tinues to put on heirs.-Houstcn Post.
80
Kansas announces thatVit has Jobs for
several thousand more harvest hands. Now.
II large proportion OF the bum actors
apd rotten vaudevillans would only recog-
nlze their real call ing. the 1ong-suffering
public would be truly srateful.-Birminsh CHAM
News.
starting penniless at sixteen, Is now worth
100000 at twenty-seven. We have no doubt
Clnudia mas time OF 1t swinging on to that
.'Miss'. section of her name.-Washinst on
Herald.
a Minnesota candidate for Governor is
said to eat pit with his knife. How he eats
pie should be less important to the boys
than how he passes 1t around.-New York
World.
A man named Zero is among the number
OF heat victims. The temperature got too
high above hm.-Phiiadelphia Ledger.
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Foraker" asserts the Atlanta
Georgian, .denies that he has made up
with Taft" Somebody else must have
made 1T up.
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Nineteen billion pins were manufac-
itured last year. most OF which a well
known Richmond man claims to have
seen. in tho mouth OF his wife.
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Why Anna Held Is SO slow about get
ting arrested. In a scabbard gown must
remain one OF the mysteries OF the
time.
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En- II you do not like the prevailing
price OF beef, vote the Democratic
ticket. i.l Ss.S III It'll gi33S
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So far as we hays yet discovered, the
original Jesse B. Grant man is not al
Denver.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-06

Carrie Nation'se threat to tear off the
first sheath skirt she sees will doubt
less ensure her large gallery wher-
ever she goes
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NJ Personally we cannot see that those
Afcxic lean rel bells bellaye any. better than
British SUI fra cites u
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HITS BY THE PARAGRAPHERs.

A LIFE insurance company is planning
~ sixty-twn-story building. but at that 1t
: can't match the tall ones told by some
Of it's solicitors.-Atlanta Georgian.