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The Test of an Egg.

Some folks who We're going on q
picnic got one raw egg mixed up with
the cold boiled ones and did not know
how toidetect litswithoutsbr breaking them
gency, He took an 'egg5 between his
fingers and his thumb, he stwlrled It
on the table. and It spun like top:
5".rhat egg said he, has been hoiled:'
suit, and then he found one that he
could not make spin. THAT" said he,
"s,the raw gg.nAnd SO the puzzle
was solVed.-St. Nicholas. n
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by tliig motion. THAT is the philosophi.
cal reason us glvcn by tho scientiutx
But glass is likewise composed ni
rapidly moving particles, which. by tf,t
way, our eyes could see II they were
several million times stronger thar
they are. Now, the reason why the
diamond cuts the glass lis this. rho
rapidly and with SO much, greater vio-
lence than do those OF the glass that
they drive the glass particles out OF
the way and make a clear passage be.
tween theni.--Chicago News
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"rERRIBLE DE,1ocRATsm
How They Arc Charged With Outrage
on Negro Soldiers.

According to the Buffalo EXPRESS.
the very section in which, that plot
against the negro soldiers was
hatched' is dominated by Democrats.
Democrats in the Senatc-voted to sus-,
tain the dismissal of the negro SOL
ders.. and the Democratic national
committeeman for New York sat on
a platform from which a Democratic
Senator discussed the subject. and
therefore the Democrats arc RESPONSE
BILE FOR the outrage upon the negro
soldiers.
What terrible fellows those Demo-
Gratis are! /5
we thought President Roosevelt had
something to do with the Brownsville
matter.
we had the notion that Secretary OF
War Taft had hand in 1t.
It was repr .sented to US that Re-
publican Senators voted to sustain the
Dismissal Of the colored soldiers.
Some one told US that there were
not enough Democrats in the Senate
to carry any question without the aid
of Republicans.
If the Express is right. then we
have been misinformed.-Buffa Times.
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MIC WOnder.

a well known American writer tray
cled through Scotland In an automo-
bile, and said that at a hotel In the
Greatest greatest inclvillty. Il complained in,
partlcular,n no said to the manager,
"about my waiter in the dinlng-room.
The lnattention and insolence Of this
man are insupportable. The manager
sought out the waiter, a. raW-boned.
said, 1.-THE American visitor accuses You
or inattention and insolence. What have
you TO say?" tits no. to be expeclSit
that n self -respectInaa Scot could walt.
81 MIN WI ciyility. asna 1t lie that
said we took to 1.-THE kilt because our
feet were too large to go through
z ''---Sco ttish AM rlcan.
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Glass ana nln,nonL..

DO YOU know how IL is tina. q dla-
mond outs glass You have doubtlesss
read that a diamond is composed Of
myriads of particles or mo- ecules, al
IL you attempt to force n metal poll'Es
lntGIshe st one eslstRnce to 1t Isl caused
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HOW THE surFRAGE1vrEs ADvER-
sless5t5 1920 VIvcIc ~ Z

I .
That martyrdom is the best tonic for
4 almost any sort of propaganda has
1 been proved and re-proved to trite-
( ness. Kill man who is@spreading
Va new gospel, and a hundred others
.Espring up to step into his shoes. The
none of the suffragettes, but two of
] these latter have been sent to jail
at hard labprr apd this has given their
cause the most gilt-edgcd advertising
imaginable, short of bloodshed From
spne OF them the episode in Bow Street
shook an ugly threat-"The next time
we come out YOU can expect bombs
tRnd the dispatches tell us that this
5adical statement has had the effect OF
L drawing a greater degree of attention
Yo the suffragist movement in Eng
1 land" That, doubtless, allowing a
reasonable discount for excitement,
was why Mrs. Mary Leigh said it, and
not by way of announcing a settled de-
Termination. Bombs are not pretty or
becoming In their after-results, and no
iEnglishwonlan will ever think OF using
a them.
a 1t pays to advertise and the suffra-
Eettes know it. But this famous old
slogan would not hold a minute If the
d gwhole world We're as slow on the up
4 take as is Mr.. Asquith. The Premier
called down this extraordinary demon
4 kiration upon himself hy openly In
"a sfnuatinY that the woman of I,nrI,,a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03

Says the Washington Post: 1.-THE Los
Angeles Times has noticed that most
OF the women who weep over murder
ers wear murdered birds on their hats
In addition, it may he noticed that
they are rather fond OF killing time"
And shooting chances,
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GA 9 RI 60 El- H
Bs.,, Il. ,Ihs Kind You la,a Always Bought
Signature =; L<1I1KzZzzzx
THROUGH PULLMAN SLEEPER no
COLUMBUS. OHIO. VIA NORFOLK
AND WESTERN RAILNy ~

Effective July i. 1908, the Norfolk
and Western Railway will place IN
service on trains 10 and 16. through;
Pullman sleepers between Norfolk and
mond desiring to take this sleeper
may occupy seat in Lynchburg sleep
ber and pass into Columbus sleeper at
Petersburg without getting of train.
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THOSE REPUBLICAN, INyEsTIGA-
TIVE COMMISSIONS.

III a national monetary commission,
3romposed of members both from tic
Senate and The House OF Representa-
lives. IL 10 formulate permanent cur
lisency measure and report thereon to
1.-THE next session OF Congress. The
Senate has assigned to It's Finance
;3?Gomrnittee the. investigation Of the.
Sf.sedse ot. tasitttyefogm. The House OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03

We note from the press that Mr..
Tafts friends, no longer able to call
HIM secretary. have resuscitated his
old title Of Judge. In our opinion. the
prefix judge suits the name Taft far
better than any other prefix that has
occurred to us so far.
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ST a E PR ESS
GcOrria's Gems.

GcOrRia's Gems.
,t Temple Graves, the erstWhlle e,corsIa
Northern environment from going into n
mood * supreme ecstasy over the arrival Q
remains 10 his Georgia .raisng." In snying
US he did In the American the other day:
Frcsh from the fields or Georgia came
the. hearts or men. to make them forget
politics, diamlss from mind Harry Thaw
md the fluctuations Of Mr.. Ifughes.--Lyncll-
They're Cool III Norfolk.
hiehmon = q. weather lar VIII have 10 take
liar is now IN s"t telling nslo peopie ow
many blankets lie las to sleep Under. Tie
lsi nl,ahs high ten,psrature record beats
Bureau attest, As tile Landmark pointed
out the other day. II hns not been so warm
IN Norfolk for nearly two years as II was
q week ago. when II was ninety fivc at the
Niagara Falls metropolis. Danville is lucky
IN having no weather station, whereby tho
officially exhibited. Norfolk Landmark.
Mrs, Irarris. # 4.
tnever heard OF. such general and don't
believe lie was one during the war;, 2thinks
int the 1roeze statues Of our Southern
, ,rds VIII bsaken for memorials Of illus.
wishes them all substituted by figures done
In white ~ marble .!i What an lgnornmus he
must be! And what depths OF ignor-
ance he must expect our descendants TO
fall! ! would be a sad reflection on fPresl-
dent :, PAYS DAVIS u he did indeed Try to mako
Norfolk NlrgInian-P Pilot. A.,
Bury sorrows.
Many people hang on to their old troubles;
end their failures. their past suferlngs, UNI
III they become terrible drag, clog, a
fearful handicap to progress.
of work. with an unfortunate mistake. with
a sad experience. Is to let 1t go, wipe It
out t, get rid OF II forever: Never allow the
hideous image to como into your presence
again to mar your happiness or sup your
Tribune.
AS Roosevelt Counts.
Mr.. Roosevelt says the doubtful States are
Indiana. Utah. Colorado. Montana. Nevada.
North or Dakota, South Dakota. Nebraska and
Tennessee and North Carolina 10 b. on the
pivot, but they will be found In the Bryan
column with the usual majorities. No doubt
states but ali told they cast but forty.ni,,s
electoral votes. They are not popuous
enough to be pivotai.--Roanoke World
Fake stock.
Mot a little I. read these days about the
necessity 81 political change. There Is no
Question that there is feei!ng-and a
growing conyictlon--that 1t would be n good
thing to have q Democratic administrations
look over the books and take account OF
stock so that the people may see what has
been going on Under the surface for SO many
years. and tha.,aleged wrong doing. which
u said to have been concealed by the "bu.
5,eaucrats may be Observation-Disclosures
rNcws Press.
No Vacancy.
!. We have been somewhat at a loss to
know why several members OF the Lesis.
lature are announcing themselves az candi-
dates for the speakership OF tic next Cen
cral Assembly of Virginia, with the appar.
cnt suggestion that Speaker Byrd viii not
be candidate for c-clcctiou.-Sorfolk
Ledger Dispatch
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Representatives has given to Its Com
,nittee OF Ways and Means the same
task. These committees must report
to tile next session of Congress. Mary
members OF the monetary commission
are also OH one OF tile foregoing com
mittees.
Tl1a adequate treatment Of both OF
these subjects requires the fullest In.
vesiigation and the most thorough le.
liberation. The proper. revision CT the
thrift schedules, especially, needs the
exclusive attention, for a year8nt least.
of men with an intimate knowledge
of the working of custom duties
and the whole subject OF production at
home and abroad.
Yet the Senator's and congressman
who are on both the monetary co1n-
mission and the tariff committees. and
must also at the same time attend
to the urgent duties or the presiden-
.tial campaign, are to construct In the
short time of a few months compre-
hcnsive and final plans for the settle
ment OF these two important questions.
The stating OF the problems and
tile circumstances under which 1t Is
to solve them is sufficient
commentary OH Republican sincerity
and earnestness.
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TO tls7 Houston Post. the Birmingham
the Richmond Times Dispatch
and other Southern contemporaries that
have delegated us TO find John Temple
Graves on the "American's" editorial page.
we apologize for our long silence and ap-
parent dereliction. But We offer this anony-
nous prose poem in this mornings issue
on the $4,000 Georgia watermelons that have
Just arrived, Us a slight clue.-New York
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03

The defeat OF John Wesley Gaines
may ultimately flood the country with
idle and superfluous language.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03

1T Is Just possible that those Chi
cagoans who We're killed by the heat
last week are glad Of It,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03

The gentle undulatory noise that 80,
hear from time to time Is merely tn,
Democratic party preparing TO side Ii,
to the pie-counter.
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Let Ms hope that Peary's dash for
4 The pole Will never be turned TO a full
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Rhymes for To-Day
THE DoryrY DIALOGUES

THE DO1vTY DIALOGUES. N
20. The l,olt from the Biogrnplicr.
TT, y. in hand, he fnoaned. "Ods.
birgs!
And tell mcwho writes all5these
things 3
About us infthe paper,'' ts
She sobbed. 80 you have seen them
too!
4 Love, tell me. isfit lawful?
Look at the things he inakes us do!
All, Mabel, amt 1t awful?p
He thought awhile. then gave n cry:
May Ill misfortune drape him!
But this Is plain: sweet we must fly,
And so mnyllap escape him.,
That night they went TO Kalamazoo,
Z And on to Upper Lydney,
FROM Whence they fled to Timbuctoo,4
And SO BY rail to sydney.
They backed so fast. to Liverpool,
They seemed to have a screw loose,
And next struck through to old STAN
And thence around to Toulouse.
iWhereon she laughed: II reckon lie
VIII find now he's been sllaken!', n
But dears, as you cnn plainly see,
The Wench was much mistaken.
II s. II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03

Young Nejib Hoohanness Jebejian,
of Turkey, has won the prize In civil
engineering at Yale, To think that
an uDspeakable Turk should prove to
be a more civil engineer than the gal
liant boys from back home!
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The pleasant fame OF the June brides
is all we'll enough in It's way, but 1t
must be understood that every month
Is Cnpd's busy one In marrying old
Richmond.
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In the Wood Pile.

IN The Wood Pi1c. n
Henry Watterson wants the Denver plat
form to contain a plank catering TO the
carried out, would come nearer to break-
Ing the solid South than did ever Theodore
Notwithstanding Advance.
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| HINES Bispatrb
a.Ii pAl1Y.-YEEKt.Y.-st SUNDAY.

enslness office. y ..... o1s r. Main Street
washington Bureau. .sa6-1 Munscy Building
Manchester Burcau..... ..1ioa Hull Street.
Petersburg Burcau......io N. syenmote st.
asynchburg Bureau. ..........215 Eighth 81.
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MAYons Of crrY GovEnNMENr.

MAYORS ONgCTrY GOVERNMENT.
Personal experience, which would
appear to beieScellent testimony, seems
to leave Mayors OF cities generally
with the conviction that a small and
compact form of municipal administers
ton is far more useful and service
able than the old-fashioned and cum
brous systems. This Is the fact elic-
fled by the Washington Post in its
canvass for one-man rule plan for
the District of Columbia. Mayor Me-
Clellan. of New York. says:
$50 far as is consistent with our
form of government, believe in con-
centrated and individual responsibility
for executives"
Mayor Gaus, OF Albany, N. Y, tele-
graphs more in detail:
Since January 1st Albany has been
governed according to the SINGLE
headed commission idea OF the uniform
charter for cities of the second class
in this State. We find that the single
headed commission works admiral bly,,
each department head being RESPONSE
Bile to the Mayor. When police, fire,
health, parks and water departments
were managed by commissions OF three
or more persons, there was a lack OF
uniformity and responsibility, each de-
partment being q law unto ITSELF
The Mayor of Utica, which also uses
the single-headed commission plan
writes similarly Mayor Mccarthy NJ
this city. wires his entire and un-
qualified approval" of the so-called
Galveston plan. under which five com
missioners administer all the affairs
of the city. Mayor Taylor. of San
Francisco. appears not to like one
man control, but favors commission
consisting of three members.
No class of men know so much about
the needs and difficulties of city gov
eminent as those who, as Mayors, have
actually had cities to govern. The in
dorsement of such men OF the small
administration board, as contrastcd
with the unwieldy bicameral system
generally prevalent in American cities,
is significant. though hardly surpris-
ing. The latter plan has had a fair
trial. and has not made good, and
sooner or later it is destined to dis
appear.
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The Richmond Times-DIs2atch is inclined
II boast. because that courteous and con-
sideratc' town has never had Carrie Nation
In Its Jail. However. Carrie doesn't think
much OF a place where she can't add bit
10 her notoriety.-WashinstoE Post.
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No Vacancy.

We have been somewhat at a loss 10
know why several members Of the Legis.
ilHture are announcing themselves az candi-
dates for the speakership OF tic next Gen
cral Assembly of Virginia. with the appar.
cnt suggestion that Speaker Byrd viii not
Ledger Dispatch.
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FRIDAY. JULY ., 1905.
AND THE COUNCIL
COMMITTEES.

Some resolutionst recently passed by
joint committee from the Chamber
.nf Commerce. the Travellers Protective
Association. the Retail Merchants As
81 ISOLATION and the Business Mems Club
Z will doubtless bear reprinting in this
place. We refer TO these paragraphs;
s.,swhereas, from time TO time EN-
sployes of public service corporations
Soperating in the city of Richmond have
i5heen elected members OF the City
3 SCounoil, and
..Whereas. connic.1 Of interest be-
tween the city and the public service
B corporations operating In this city
\ have arisen in the past and will en-
i evitably arise in .he future to the
X embarrassment of those members
I whose business relation would place
4iem In an eauivocal position, and
( "Whereas. when no such conflict OF
interest exists the city can Ill afford
4 to lose the services OF such members.
and the members Cannot with pro-
/ priety allow themselves to be placed
An any, dubious position:
! Now therefore. in order to preserve
for. the city the fullest and freest ac-
tiyities of all the members of the Coun-
)cil,
BE It resolved. That the President Of
the Common Council and the President
! OF the Board OF Aldermen be. and they
are hereby respectively petitioned,
/ whenever the duties or powers of any
committee would evidently tend to
bring into conflict the interests Of the
city and any public service corpora
.tion. that then and in such case the
presidents respectively do ut appoint
any employe OF such public service cor
.poration upon such committee.
1t appears to be foregene conclu-
sion that Mr.. j. Z. Wood will be made
President of the Board of Aldermen.
and that Mr.. r. L. Peters will be re-
elected President of the Common Coun-
Gil. Upon these two men. therefore,
will rest the grave responsibility Of
selecting the men to serve on the va
rious committees, some Of which play
so large and powerful a part in the
administration of the city's affairs.
Not for a long time, we believe, have
there been SO many members OF the
City Council identified, in greater or
less degree. with corporate interests;
and these men should be the first to
insist that they shall not be assigned
20 duties where their actions may be
liable to unfortunate misconstruction.
In making their appointments to the
Committees on Water Light, Streets,
4 Finance and Charter, Ordinance and
Reform. the presidents of the two
q Council chambers should find helpful
counsel in the sane and intelligent
resolutions printed above
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03

Tho Richmond Times Dispatch talks about
the red blood vitality OF the Democratic
party of old Virginia. Hope It don't mean
the lighting vItality.-Austin tTex.) stales-
man. as
The Richmond Times Dispatch rises to
inquire whether Southern Democrat will
Luke Wright in Mr.. Rooseyeit's Cabinet.
Such abominable attempts at humor are
likely to make Luke warm.-Washingto
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BY NAIL. ono Six Three Cne
N POSTAGE PAID. Year. Mos. Mos. Mo
Daily with Sunday. 5000 $500 s1.so .ss
Daily without Sunday 400 200 100 .s5
sunday edition only. 200 100 so .2S
weekly "wednesday. 100 so rs ".
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The Richmond Times Dispatch SAYS
plumbers flourished In Crete over 400 years
ago. Now we know what it was that
negotiated Crete's hnish.-Houston Post.
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vice In Richmond tand suburbs, Manches-
One Week. One Year.
Daily with sunday....4 cents $3.50
Daily without Sunday. 10 cents 1850
Sunday only .....,.... 5Rcents 2so
tYcarly subscriptions payable in adyaneea
Entered January 81 1903. at Richmond,
VA. as second -class matter under act OF
Congress OF March 3, 1879.
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y OBERT Standish slevier's arrest
u at Sandown race-track, near
Y London, and his commitments
Y for trial without bail on q
charge OF libel and attempted
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BACK AT THE r1,1Es-D1spArcn.

THE Richmond Times Dispatch is MALI
c!ously trying to fitch Houstons pres
tise by boasting that Carrie Nation
was never incarcerated iii the Richmond
jail. Houston set the precedent OF refus.nS
tic impound Aunt Carrie. even after she had
busted platesiass mirrors ana herd or
decanters tina; had the "cobwebbed" stuff
In thcm.-Houston Post.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
Those Rowing Japs.


In spite of the protestations In Tokyo
that Japan Is peacefully disposed to-
ward all the world at present, the year
opened with many signs that complI-
cations over the japanese immigration
problem may at no distant day involve
both England and the United States
Our own position as a people and a
nation Is well known. With $4,000, 600
souls here. we can well afford to put
the bars up against undesirables Of
any color and can asslmilate a few
thousands. more or less, Of any strange
race open to assimilation on the Amer
lean plan.
With the .Japs ON the Pacific shores
Of Canada the case seems to be differ
ent. both for the Dominion and the
mother country It is said that the
yellow peril there is not due to num-
bers or the prospect of numbers, but
70 the fierce clannlshness. the barbaric
aloofness Of the few thousands in the
inpanesP settlements. They stand In
I perpetual state OF war against their
white neighhors. A correspondent Of
he London Times. writing from Van
'ouyer. says that at the time OF the
rouble last year the whites of Vancou-
ser were astounded and alarmed at the
efficiency shown by the Japanese. The
Japanese quarter was seen to be an
trmeh camp. and an hour after the
lot started the yellow men were so
veil organized and equipped for actual
uitle that they could have defended
hcneelves against an army. Here
.ere the subjects OF an Aslatic power
IN foreign soil prepared to fight to the
leath. and that not for individual
lights. hut for the glory and honor of
he mlkaGo's realm lndIgnity toward
he mennest lap In the bunch Is re-
cented by the totallty as an insult to
The fatherlund.
The Times man says that on the
lcene the matter has been treated by
Canadian officials merely as a local
political question lie lays It all to la
Dor Unions Influence and suggests that
this should not affect the statesmen OF
Ottawa In their dealing with the ques-
tlon. But there are British statesmen
In London nearer the throne than those
In Ottawa, men who viii be Influenced
perhaps by considerations broader and
greater than those which center In OF
tawa.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
Sheridan on being asked how we
came to call Gibbon luminous" an
swered. 81 said 'vo-lumi nous"
A Surprise For s. kiIda.

The inhabitants of the lonely isle Of
ST. Kilda were astonlshed one winter
some years ago at the appearance Of a
great blood red, conical object floating
on the wild Atlantic pillows to the
westward of the isle. With much diff
Guilty the derelict was brought to shore,
and as the St Elldans had never be-
fore seen such queer looking thing
and could make no guess as to its pur-
pose or place in the scale Of created
things they INDUCED In wild visions
OF its valuable nature. But when the
factor came across on his yearly visit
from the neighhOrlag but distant is
land Of Great Britain he identified It
as great iron buoy which. II subse-
quently appeared. had broken away
from Its moorings In New York harbor
aud drifted In the gulf stream across
the Atlantic 1t had taken two years
In the passage.