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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
GREAT TIMBER STEAL.

New York Scheme to Get Timber
Lands.
The stone and steel buildings OF
Nassau Street would seem to be an
unlikely place from which to steal
timber lands from the United States.
Yet one OF the biggest frauds OF the
kind unearthed for years had Its head
quarters in that narrow and busy
street. Henry IL. G. Cooke has been
arrested in Oregon and is now being
brought to this city for trial for some
of the crimes committed to carry out
the project. Cookies headquarters were
here, and much OF the perjury in
yolved In his gigantic land steal was
probably committed here.
The plan consisted In sending to
Oregon az many men as possible to
enter upon land which the govern
ment Is about to throw open for scttle-
ment, tho company which Cooke or
ganized agreeing to take the land for
$4,000 as soon as the settler had per-
fected his rights. or course. that Is
a violation OF the land laws, and to
get his title at all the settler has to
make oath that no other person is In
terested In the land with him. That
did not bother Cooke, however. He
Is said to have sent thirty-eight APP
.plicants for title to Oregon from Ell.
mira. and to havo been planning to
come back for more when arrested. He
drew these men and women to his
New York office by catchily worded
advertisements. which seemed to
promise title to land for very little
money. Unfortunately these advertise
raents attracted the attention OF
bright reporter, who appeared as an
applicant for land. and who turned the
facts he learned over to the United
States District Attorney.-Brooklyn
Eagle,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
Make Ready for Air war,b,n.

There are almost no data upon
Which to base an opinion regardina
the vulnerability OF balloons and othel
aerial ships to the attacks OF aqueous
battleships and field artillery. few
been carried out in Europe, but II any.
thing Of value was learned 1t is slowed
away in the military archives Of the
country making the tests. 1t is in every
Way desirable therefore, that our army
ofhcers should determine the posi-.
lbllltles or the new mode OF warfare al
an early date and decide how besj
TO parry the attack of such a fleet
New York Globe ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


General Morteza Kahn. Persian minister
TO the United States. estimates that within
the last few years 10000 persons have been
Killed In political riots in Persia.
the wolf slayer. dispatched 2s5 Of these ami
mails IN thirty years. He tracked them to
their lairs. and 1t was said by the peasants
hypnotfzed them by his fierce gaze. while
hs Killed them with knife or shot.
Count Komura, who Is retiring as lana
nese ambassador to the Court OF St.. James
to assume the portfolio OF foreign affairs
IN the new Katsura cabinet. has left Lon-
don for Japan by way of Siberia. On reach
Ing st. Petersburg the count will stop over
for some time.
F. w. Fitzpatrick consulting architect OF
tho international Society of Building Com
missioners, says the fire loss in the United
States every year is $780, 900 greater thar
the amount spent in new construction, In
this estimate is included the money paid
annually for Insurance and the cost of fight.
Ing fire.
Julian Harris, son OF Joel Chandler Har.
ris, succeeds his father as editor of Uncle
Remus-the Home Magazine. retaining alst
MS original position as general manager
national reputation through his editorials
poems and short stories, is to continue a,
associate editor Of the magazine
DR.. Daniel Kimball Pearsons of Chicago
benefactor OF small colleges, last week pail
$4,000 each to Beloit and to Pomona Col
legc. In California. He announces that h,
VII make no more gifts to colleges until thu
ter institutions to which he has pledges
, CURED amounts DR.. Pearsons has give,
more than s4,ooooOO to colleges. thirty in
stitutions in twenty States having benefitee
| from his liberality.
John Sargent, the famous painter. i
something OF an eccentric in private life
When engaged on any important work h
VIII suddenly disappear from London-onl,
Tor few days-and where he goes nobod,
knows. Then no returns from his hidinj
place. bringing his picture with him. on
OF the secrets OF his wonderful lifelilse por
traits Is that he always aims ut transmit
ting the mind and feeling of his sitter, a
well as his outside shell on to his canvas.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
MIR. TAFT AND THE DINNER Tsn,ns
s. OF VIRGINIA

+ ~
On Sunday Candidate Wiuian, uo,,
Z ard Taft attended divine worshIn al
st Luke's Church. Hot Springs, and
listened to sermon upon the text.
Get up and eat. for the journey is Ton
long Tor YOU" There is no intention
of suggesting that the rector of st.
Lukes is either humorist or dis.
posed to personalities. but II Mr.. Tai,
has been peruslng The Times Dispatch
with that diligence which BELTS the
Ssojourner in Virginia, he must have
been struck by the coincidence of that
text. For this newspaper has severa
times indicated of late that getting
up and eating. even getting up yer.
early for the express purpose of eat
ing. is precisely what Cincinnatiar
would be likely to do when suddenly
introduced into the cpicurean paradise
OF OLD Virginia.
IA The Times-D Dispatch will not say
that Cincinnati is q nned-goods town
II Will not even say that Cincinnati Il
a hash town. a atewed prune town, OF
/ : slapped beef town. 1t has no desire
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
The Prince Of monaco.

The Prince OF Monaco OCCUPANT Al
the smallest thronedom in the world
IS one of the most interesting anc
pra1seworthy notables Of Europear
court life. Though he draws his rev.
cate that controls Monte Carlo he ex.
ponds pc his, wealth in furtherlng scenti
nc knowledge, and the nautical mn.
scum which he. is having built nnt
which Is now almost on the point q
completion Will be one of the mos
complete institution of its kind in eS.
E!stence; And, more than this, a grea
part OF the treasures it is to contair
nav nave been gathered by the prince, II
us own boat, from every quarter o.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
Real Curiosity.

enonrh curiosity in the possession OF
q red.eyed chicken. It is not the eye
lids that are red as might M 6e 1 NJ epa1
Gre not bloodshot or inflamed, but are
of Of brilliant crystal red, while i, the :.
sights aya also red but of of a,.s daf tSe
fpnes between your vision and the sun y
appears as IL the sun We're SHINING I'M;
lthrough from one eye TO the other and
tho head lighted up inside. Iha eI ", i. -
any in the brood ID over (Del,l News
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
A Cold Lunch

The pupils OF distinguished profess
sor Of zoology. man well known for
his eccentricities. noted one day two
tidy parcels lying on their instructors
desk as they passed out at the noon
hour. On their return to the labora-
tory for the afternoon lecture. they
saw but one. This the professor took
carefully up in his hand as he opened
his lecture.
an the study OF vertebrate we have
taken the frog as type. Let US
now examine the gastro-enemius mus
Gle of this dissected specimen"
So saying, the professor united the.
string OF his neat parcel and disclosed
to view ham sandwich and a boiled
"But I have eaten my lunch" said
the learned man, bewilderedly.-Lip-
Epincott's.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
rhe Cost Of war,

Along with ethical sensltlVeness go
applied science and the cost OF war.
as. factors MAILING for peace; The
'by an Official Of the general stan OF
the German army, that 1t would cost
Germany for military purposes, 81, 59o,r
100000 q year Were q war with a Ely
the direct cost TO this must be add
cd the economic worth of the lives
taken and the bodies MANNED, and tho
idemoralizing effect upon industry and
who talkSlightly Of a general European
war might be chastened In spirit were
they to think Of 1t in terms Of taxa
ton. IL they are not sensitive to other
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
our Uproariou. Supreme Court.

During the consideration RECENTLY by
the Supreme Court of the United States
introduced a number Of the perforated
rolls used In mechanical pianos and
organs, and passed them up to the
court as exhibits.
Chief Justice Fuller handled one OF
in In solemn and profound tones: y OBJ
serve that this roll In my land bears
the Inscription. i'Am ] Yo'h Kentucky
Babe?' I should like to inquire Wheth I.
Improper for my distinguished asso-
ciate. Mr.. Justice Harlan, to sit IN TINS
case?'' -,
Before the Kentucky Justice could
mako himself heard above the deco.
rous smiles Of the attorneys the court
had waived the tentative objection, and
the case went on.-Success. s58
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
rhe Wondrou. Eucnlyptus.

Clifford Pinchot. the national forester,
has set the people OF Southern Calitor-
MIA to thinking about the eucalyptus
tree. and It Is an absorbing subject for
all OF us who realize the tremendous
problem OF sreforesting this country.
In arid and semi-tropic California
1t appears that certain profits narrow
forestry to practically one proposition
the planting OF eucalyptus trees.
The reason for this Is plain. Inc
an amazing growth with a minimum
of rain or other moisture. and when
grown the eucalyptus becomes amaz-
ingly valuable as timber. These being
the conditions-ease and rapidly OF
production. and great value of the
forestry idea in California is centred
on eucalyptus.
The profits, as figured. on eucalyp-
tus culture are certainly and cheerfuliy
amazing. The rule, it appears. is TO
plant the trees eight feet apart. An
will, therefore. hold twenty-six rows
of trees with twenty-siX trees in
row, or q total OF SIG trees. A CORE
spondent says: There are trees near
Bakesstield thirty years - Old ,he s whlen
for the lumber they contain AT that
rate one acre OF eucalyptus trees would
be worth, thirty years after planting,
just $4,000. One hundred and sixty.
nine Thousand dollars in thirty years:
"A growth of Sb633.33 per year! Anu
from only one acre.
Given the land. and some extra help
at planting time, and one man and
team can care for 100 acres OF grow
ing eucalyptus trees. At the above
rate-taking the figures as they are
would have value of s1s.s0o.0oo!-.
HfiIwaukee Journal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
Poe and the Purists.

Richmond Is raising some fuss over
the Poe Monument. because Poe used
to stay out late and things. The peo-
pie, OF Richmond should read MT.
man hangin' on to bar railn' say
that somebody dhrank too much, an
We pricked up ye'er ears an says
asWho?''' And thus 1t is. "A few peo--
pie know that Homer wrote some good
stuff; the majority think Of him as
Homer. the wellknown nodder.-NeW
York Mall.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
A solution for the negro Problem.

n The only PROCESS reasonably posslble
by which the matter can be handled Is
by the distribution and diffusion OF
the negroes throughout the various
States. so that 10,000,000 Of them would
Then they would cease to be dis
turbing factor in our affairs.
The negroes want social equality
more than political privileges, and they
can get both. In the Northern states ,la ,!a
assisted by legislation to 80. Nc
power can prevent their exercising a
constitutional right to go, and they
can underworld the whites. because
they can live on a lower level. They
are going, and the movement Will show
astonishing results when the next CEN
sus shall be taker.--New Orleans Plea
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
Ont Characteristic.

Cats, rather than belong to a new
master, Will cling in grief to the oid
walls and refuse to be taken5away from ron,
them. But II they can follow I! th thn
end 81 the world One must not for-
get that they are extraordinarily ner-
yous and timid, and from timidity cas- as.
lily lose their heads and run away, ,r rhey
must be we'll protected and made to Q
feel that they are guarded and cared
FOR. We must not, however, expect KIP Ct . =
cat to obey like a dos. II IS ire1
e. the lion-a tropical animal. which
ne needs great warmth in order to Pc : :
come most beautiful and as large as
It's nature permits.--August century
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
Prcxcrlhlng for 1Iob.on.

Hobson's wild jingoism Is nothing ,nr,
more than the mania Of stnglee ri lnu,g
vidual. The Representatives. triena os
Where he can cool his feyered brow
and get. back to nature. Bird study
would be good for him. or potany I, : OF =
harvesting If he REQUIRES ,som sons nm,
more observation-disclosures Hecoro-r1ei-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
Just Enough and No More.

5. Under proper regulation, doubtless.
America. will continue to absorb as
much labor from overseas as the coun-
try needs. and no more. The prob
lens are to keep out the undesirables
places where they are most needed
IN other words, regulation and dis
trihution. The question of numbers
may be left practically to take care of
ltself.--Minneapolls Journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04

1t will be sincere sorrow to us
TO help administer tho coup-de-srace
to anybody who has shown Mr.. Taft's
deep-seated admiration for the climate
and diet of Old Virginia; but we shall
always be glad to recommend the Judge
for postmastership.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
ST ATE PRESS

Good Sense.
The true solution Of the marriage and
divorce question lies with tho homes moro
matter for education and training than q
legislation. Tho girl whose carly education
has been gained o., the street whose selfish = !,
he, parents, and whose preparation for
marriage has lacked an acquaintance with
the common duties OF the homekeeper, " q
| standing candidate for the divorce court
Clureinont Herald.
Do They Think at All?
We ask again, what think TAFT Demo- n, o..
Of tho hand which no raises against tho
peace and honor and dignity Of their Sec
sa e was snm hsy ss HSss ae ss
his ranks. to line up with Ills command, to
ala MN to victory when he proslsis IS
pelltics again with view Of restoring him,
e oil tho rights that wero contemplated ny
tho denomination amendments7 Are they2
Gcmpsrs's wisdom.
Demoeratie parties. MI. dompers decided
served by the election OF the Democratic
presidential nominee. Everything in the
Democratic platform may not conform en-
form in Its entirety can be Just exactly what
III. OF tho various party leaders ana voters
desire Il to be. Mr.. GomperB believes. how.
ever. that OF the two great parties. the
Democratic party II the one for the laborin g
man.--Newport News Press.
Promo to Error.
Whom the judicial ermine falls on n
faiiIbe member OF the legal fraternity he
according to this theory at once becomes
a. ae,sn, man losing his humanity and
to that OF the Pope In his church.
We cannot accept this theory OF infalli-
By giving the accused the right OF trial
b. jury of his peers. in all cases except
court while In session. and plain disobedi.
snce OF the order of tho court.--Bedford
Democrat.
Slogan for tho Ninth.
5 In the Ninth District, too the, Issue Is a
moral one. and no matter whom fhe Demo-
crates nominate. they should mako clean
virginia district have the Republicans been
victorious. and in that district there has
been fraud and corruption so widespread
practices in other districts seem the acme
OF virtue In comparison. Turn the rascals
QUIT should be the battle cry in the Ninth
District.-Lynchburg Advance.
Bryan and Crisp.
Judge Charles Crisp. of Georgia, effect
ually saualche. the charge made by Tom
watson. that Mr.. Bryan had opposed the
election OF the formers father as Speaker Ut
the House Of Represen tatiyes because OF his
service in the Confederacy. The son de-
c!ares that his father and Mr.. Bryan wore
close friends. that Mr.. Bryan supported Mr..
Springer In the first caucus because OF hnv-
Ing been raised In tho same district with
him.. but that he afterwards voted for
speaker Crisp both In caucus and In the
House.-Sorfolk Virginian- Pilot.
n" Calamity Howlcr.
In our local column this morning we
print Major Lassltcr's denial Of an unau-
tforized and very outrageous publication
In the Washington Post OF last Thursday.
The reporter OF the Post seems to have
manufactured, the item out OF the whole
cicth. and the editors that used II seem NOT
10 have exercised even ordinary discretion.
u is that kind OF service which passes with
many newspaper readers as enterprise. but
which is enterprise OF the "yaiIer' type
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04

to harrow tho sensitive feelings OF it's
Cincinnati readers, and 1t makes no
charges whatever. Yet even the most
philosophical cinclnnatlan would
doubtless admit under pressure that
his native city Is. gastronomically
speaking, at q rudimentary stage of
development. Unless infiamed by pas
sion or liquor, he would not seriously
contend that the state OF Ohio. from
the standpoint OF what the chosen cali
vittles, is to be referred to during the
same week in which the State of Vir-
GINA is referred to. For the patent
and scientific fact Is that there is only
one State in the Union, and none else
where, in which everything that grows
on root, stalk or hoof reaches a sublime
and succulent perfection; where the
very plowboy is discriminating con-
noisseur and the art OF dining Is o.
commonplace OF the backwoods; where
every cook Is a poet and every dinner
a dainty book OF sonnets And that
State. as Mr.. Taft should now be ready
ginia, tho mother OF States and Of
Presidents, and the grandmother OF the
partially explored tract known to car
tographers as Texas.
Therefore the rector's text, to take
1t In the literal sense in which 1t was
originally given. was singularly appro-
pirate to the time and the hearers,
though the admonition 1t contains
was more or less superfluous. Get
UP and eat, for the Journey is too long
before YOU" In view Of the dietetic
delights that abound on every hand.
what chains or bonds could restrain
Mr.. Taft from getting UP and eating?
And as for the Journey. who knows
better than he that journey which
ends at the White House is like enough
to prove overlong for him?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04

Never cloud hut has silver lining.
Suppose the personal ambition of
Theodore Roosevelt had set toward
the United States Supreme Court?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04

The Birmingham Ledger, we are told
says that there is money in honey
and IT Is equally true friends, tina
there Is honey in money.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04

Through all the growing furry OF
the campaign, the amazing ballteam
of Richmond continues TO astound the
indignant and resentful members OF
the tuppenny Tailenders' Association.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04

A man who is rough and awkward at
everything else will show delicacy an
skill. greater than any womans when he
has to patch a $40 btll.-Atchison Globe
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
UnsoIycd PrOble,,,s,

luton OF which humanity is bent are
the same that perplexed our ancestors
tho Immortality oftthe soul, perpetual
motion and Women's ats,--PAris FL
YarQ. w. - asli
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
Borrowed Jingles
yHg FORGOTTEN SPORTS

TfrE FORGOTTEN SPORTS.
Conc il the game that we played at ease
on velvet turf where the shadows lay,
tn music sung by the rtstllng trees.
In tho waning heat OF the summer day,
When miles and miles on the links W,
stray,
sometimes smother wearied tenr,
When reminder our old croquet--
where nre tho sports OF yestcryear3
Lost those days on the emerald ieas,
When the master wrist made the shat
And our our arrow. raced with the summe,
Aa we twanged them free on their grace.
full way
But now we hammer tho siarlns clay.
With sunstroke's doom for q present fear.
AZ tennis sweats lis beneath Its sway
Where are the sports OF yestcrycar7
Anck tho time when we rode through seq,
OF grass on byways and smelled the hay
And heard tho robins rehearse their glees.
But bicycling didn't come to stay;
For now we motor and speed and STAY,
And gasp In the dust. nor see. nor hear.
But reckon the bills YOU Will have to
Whore are the sports OF yesteryear7
Dame Fashion, won't 1t suffice you. pray
Our course In manners and dress to steer,
That you must govern what games we
play?-
Where are the sports OF yesteryear?
Layton Brewer. in New York Sun.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04
THE PRESIDENT AS a DISCIPLINE
ARIAN.


The Presidents recent telegram to
President Eliot. OF Harvard. urging
leniency in regard to two students
who had been sternly punished for al
legged dishonorable conduct, met with
the curt snub 1t deserved. The United
States Military Academy, however, is
unhappily not in position to snub the
President of the United States. There-
fore Mr.. Roosevelts singular views OF
discipline have become effective In the
case of the eight dismissed cadets, to
the modification of authority and the
encouragement of INSTRUMENTATION In
an institution where each of these
things is peculiarly undesirable.
A board of military officers, presided
over by the conmandant, sat upon the
case of these young men. and unani-
mously recommended their expulsion.
Federal statute. referring to hazing
at the academy, says: ANY cadet found
guilty of participating in or encourage
ing or countenancing such practice
shall be summarily expelled" The
eight cadets. being admittedly guilty
of hazing, were automatically expelled
by due operation Of law. So the Presi-
dent himself thought on July 25th,
when he approved the recommends
ton of the board and announced that
the episode was closed. Now, under
the explanations OF Secretary Wright.
he finds that ut was only mild form
of hazing." and orders the reinstate-
ment of the cadets. Ten days ago Sec
rotary Loeb announced that reinstate-
ment could be accomplished only by
act of Congress-
The commandant at the academy is
in an unhappy position. The law.
which fails to define or recognize
mild forms" of hazing, directs him to
do one thing. Mr.. Roosevelt directs
him to do precisely the opposite. Mr..
Roosevelt, being the ex-officio head of
the institution and never greatly ham,
ipered by legal processes, is, of course.
supreme. The cadets will return to
the academy with "a largely Increased
respect for Mr.. Roosevelt and cor
respondingly decreased respect for the
commandment and the law.
This is an unlucky thing to happen
to young men who are in training for
] a soldiers life The very soul of that
life is discipline, and the soul of disci-
pline is the upholding of authority. The
reinstated cadets would be Justified In
telling their classmates that the Presi-
dent sanctions mild hazing," and as
for the commandant and the law-be
hanged to them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04

The report that Prince Hello Will change
his creed indicates that he has gone to tbs
trouble of looking UP what his creed used
TO be.-Washington Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04

" seems to be up to the Sublime
Porte TO advertise for campaign man
age.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04

The Canadian centenary seems espe-
scially to have fired the town OF Fer
ME. y. G.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04

y Kentucky town went dry by one vote
recently. We suppose the "wets" feel. how
ever, that a miss is as good as SMILE
Washington Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-04

The city hall at Philadelphia is reported
to be sinking. Maybe it Is ashamed OF the
politicians.-Chfcago Tribune