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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-08
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1908.
hccustom your children to strict
adherence to truth even in minute
pnrticulars.--Shnftc
SENATE PASSES REPEAL BILL.

The Senate has passed. by an over
wllelmins majority, the bill repeating
the act which gives the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
monopoly, and the House will doubt
less take similar action.
The Times-Dispatch would have been
Eratfied II the Legislature had taken
advantage OF this opportunity to Sc
cure a railroad for the Tidewater coun-
ties. but in any event the repeal biz
should pass. There is general demand
throughout the State that this monop-
oily be abolished. and the decree of the
people is law.
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CONSTRUCTIVE INSANITY.

No more striking plea has been heard
in this country in long time than
Evelyn Thaw's demand for Harry's
Immediate removal from MatteawGn,
on the ground that staying there might
make him go crazy. Here is a man who
committed a crime because he was
crazy, who was saved from the DEATH
chair because he was crazy. and who
must now be saved from the punish-
nlent which crazy men get because
that punishment might tend to injure
his mind.
1t would be difficult to bring the two
horns of dilemma into closer jux-
opposition than that. 1t would be lm-
possible to appreciate the delicate po-
sitlon of the cake that must be both
eaten and kept more clearly than right
here. Poor little Evelyn's cry would
be brazen If it were not so perfectly
naive. She is not aware of anything
homogeneous about It. She is Il Sc
rious- minded, practical little body, and
she realizes that the time for play
acting and the masquerade is past.
The trial is over and Harry is ac-
quilted. He can never be tried for the
murder of White again. Long -winded
verbiage. flimsy legal preteXts. con-
fusing Technology, fancy-priced eS-
perts. stuporous melancholia-these
have done their work, and Harry has
no longer any use for them. Can't
people sec that the trick has been done
and that it is time to put away the
cabinet and the phosphorus and the
black silk robes? OF course, everybody
knows that Harry's insanity is only
constructive, that 1t is positively for
jury consumption only. Everybody
knows that asylums are for truly crazy
people. and not at all for those who
are merely constructively insane. Well,
then, won't somebody please como and
take Harry out before the dreadful
place Injuries his brain?
| Little Evelyn, without meaning to
has punched her finger right through
1 American criminal law. In one sen
tence she has reduced the ,unwritteI
law to It's final triumph or absurdity
/ Nc muck-raker in a lengthy and high
Ily-colored article in n 10-cent maya.
lainc, could have done the Job half sc
completely.
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MERELY JOKING.
a snd Sen Dog

a snd Sen Dog.
II nm Very sorry to hear. Captain saltsr
that your wife left YOU so .unccrcmonlousy.'
and she proved to be u sklpper.''-Currcnt
Literature.
Merely n Suggestion.
krow what we used to do when there was
no pasture for the cows?''
Pat: "wci. we used to put pair green
'gossles on the cows and make them ca,
slirvings--but the. milk had tho taste OF
antique furniture. Circle Magazine.
Nearing the End.
Joe Lincoln. whose Cape Cod folks are
vel! known characters. recently attended d
lecture. When asked how he liked It. he
related this little story:
AZ stranger entered church In the middle
Of tho sermon and seated himself in the
back pew. After while he began to I'D.
at his Side evidently an old member of til.
congregation he whispered:
. "How long has he been preaching?"
Thirty or forty years. / think" the old
man answered II don't know exactly"
"1l stay. then" decided the stranger
HE must be nearly donc."-Everybody's
How the News Spread.
New Arrival at the Suburban Tavern:
Part OF the roof OF the old brewery in the
First Lounger to Seconds Hear that?
Old brewery In tn city just fell in an
nearly killed three men,
Second Lounger to Third: Gosh! Tn
oil brewery down In TIL city Just tumbled
down an killed three men,"
Third Lounger to Fourth: Gee whiz!
TIL old brewery in tn clty's collapsed an
squashed four men { DEATH"
When the first newspaper containing the
correct account of the accident reached
them. however. the most they could make
on. of 1t was man hurt.-Eebruary
Bohemian.
Crushed.
Pale and detected he took his seat by her
With her womanly sympathy she asked
hin. wha. was the matter.
crushed."
She looked at him with !naulring anxiety.
rs 1t because OF what I said last time %
she. asked. '.You know, your proposal was
He shook his head. "It isn't that" he
said ut was that awful jam In the SUBJ
way!"-February Youns's Magazine.
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Tho Child Labor Hill.

Editor OF The Times -Dispatch:
Sir.-I have Just seen in your issue
of February 4th a copy OF the child
labor bill offered by the board or di-
rectors OF the Richmond Chamber OF
Commerce as the substitute for the
Massic child labor bill, and with your
permission should like to offer a
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. d u / u - ~ f b. u
A Valentine.
What must ] say
On Loves swcet day,
TO you, my hearts delight7
To you, whose eyes
Hold paradise
For me. your faithful knight?
Your autumn hair,
Your brow SO fair,
The sweetness OF your mouth
No words OF earth
Can tell your worth.
True daughter Of the South!
So shall say
On Loves sweet day
MY words OF all tho year
OF sun or rain,
or joy or pain
The words. Il love you, dear"
ANNIE LYLE CLAY IRVINE.
Richmond, Va.
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Voice Of the People.

The Times-Disnntch Will print
signed letters on nll questions which
relate to the public welfare. Such
articles should not exceed in length
100 words, except under exceptional
circumstances. should he signed
with the full name Of the writer,
and should bear his or her address,,
The name of the writer Will lie
withheld II desired.
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CHAPTER XXxI1I.

|
The great hall at Nyestminster was
already thronEed with people e o ana dt t an
servants OF the Knight Marshal and i
title Lord Warden Of the Fleet nag
much ado to keep the crowd back win
their tip-stavcs .,,s -
All6Iondon was taking holiday TO-
! day---nn enforced holiday as far as thc
workers and merchants were con-
business doing in the city when !, such 8, !
great goinEs-on We're Il occ u'flllls ~ ~
sT The trial OF Ills Grace the Duke Of
llWnssex on a. charge OF murder! y
trial whicl l--seeing that the accused
| had confessed to tho crlule-,-could but
| end In q sentence Of death!
It's not every day that ~ Is Elvs1l
to humber folk to see so proud q gen-
ltiemnu. nrraigned as any common vagn-
Iibond might be. and to note how a
rroat .nohleman may look when threat
cned with the hangmans rope.
ia there aught In the world half so
i cruel $as. a crowd? @ 3s III
And Ills Grace had been Very, popu-
I meanest In tho land, as the most per,,
| feet embodiment Of English pride and
| iInglisll GRANDEUR; he bad always had
| Witllnl that certain gruciou6ness "
manncr which the populaco Will love,
|nnd which disarms envy
But with the exception of his own
friends, people Of his own, rank ana
station, who knew. him and MS quar- az
acter Intimately the people atalar !; 2
n ns, q ~ Y moment s9uess'0''su3s -
I 10 had confessed Surely that was
enougl,. Tho loutish brains Of The
Hover proletarlnt did not care tot go
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BACK AT THE T1s1Es.D1srArcn.


w Dental race?" inquiries the Rich
mond T.mes-Dispatch, but there
Will be time enough to answer the question
once Mr.. Bryan gets in it.-charleston News
and Courier.
And now the Richmond Tlmes.D Dispatch
figures that II Congress costs the people $50
minute, j. Davis, OF Arkansas, Is likely
before he is throush."-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Our saloonkeepers'' Is discussed editor
ye, 1t would seem that one OF them should
be enough for even newspaper published
In Hickey Observation-Disclosures Enquirer
The Richmond Times Dispatch contains
an editorial on "Mothers- In. Law which
is proof positive tina, Brother Henry Rivhto.
Morrison is very, very brave man.-Jack.
son (Miss.) News
Congratulations to the. Richmond Times
alleged Southern dialect which Golfers,
Weekly for January 25th inflicted upon 4
suffering public.-Sorfolk Landmark.
The Richmond Times Dispatch is OF the
opinion that Admiral Brownson can outsil.
ercc any man of his size and age In this
English speaking world. The Times-D.s
patch is advised that Secretary Cortelyou i.
young yet-San Antonio Express.
Through all political changes and tn.
wiring out Of old lines. the stalwart Para
able. always UNFOLDING the truest principle.
OF Democracy ever insisting upon equa
writes, writes Z to all" exclaims the Richmond
Deacon Rockefeller Frosty Fairbanks. Cuss
Ing Cannon. Long suffering Loeb, Silent
Cortelyou Jeffries Davis. Pitchfork Tlllman
Tama Jim. ct al-Columbus Enquirer Sun
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CHAPTER xxx1I-continued.
~ royal promise IL 70,

You have my royal promise II you
"If His Grace tomorrow is acquitted
by his Judges. through my fnteryen-
ton" said His Eminence, II Will claiI,
Your Majestys promise In the evening".
me nop pead Em and viii nin sisn ayf a0'u
cit shall be done as Your Majesty
Then I'll bid Your Emincncc fare
well until tomorrow.
vice. But before retiring would
crave one favor"
II pray you speak.
ITO speak to the Lady Ursula
A long, bitter laugh OF the keensst
disappointment came from Mary Tn-
doris oppressed heart.
'.Nayi' she said In tone OF deep
a faith on that hussy; Your Emlnenes
had best give UP the attempt at once.
"Dld not say that ] would attempt
the impossible?" said tine Cardinal, un.
perturbed.
to appeal to that wench." retorted
20 Have i Your Matesty's permission
f. sp [sa b to dhs laay persisted the
Mary shrugged her shoulders impa-
tiently. She was terribly disappointed.
All her hopes had been built on the
clever. maCHlHdtiOlS MIC vi
some tortuous means. which his brain
would surely evolve II she held out a
sufficiently tempting bait to him. She
had half-endowed him with super
an empty scheme to make an appeal
to that heartless coward. who might
save Wessex, yet refused to do it.
But the Cardinal was smiling: ne
and dignity. with those white hands
of his which seemed ever ready for a
caress. He looked triumphant. too; his
eyes We're eagerly fixed upon her. as
if her consent to the useless interview
10 her the appeal to Ursula did not
even seem to be a last straw. but
something far more ephemeral. intangi-
BILE, breath from some mocking de-
listed. She shrugged her shoulders
again. as IT Diminishing all hope, all re-
sponsibility. all interest, but she said.
nevertheless:
"To-morrow in the Lord Chancellor's
Court" he replied. half an hour II. before
the arrival OF the Lord High Steward.
Can that be done?"
ut shall be, since Your Eminencs
" @And tonight I Will announce the
Joyful news by special messenger to
the King Of Spain" he added signia-
v. u
rs Your Emlnence so sure OF sue
"lis sure as am OF the fact that the
Queen OF England Is tho most gracious Is
lady In Europe" hes replied with all
the courtly grace which he knew 80
we'll how to assume.
II pray you then to trust In God
he concluded earnestly. and In the
devotion Of Your Maiesty's humble
servant"
He took bis leave. tremendously and
She did not care to prolong the inter-
view and nodded listlessly when he
prepared to go. She felt more than
ever hopeless and angered with her-
that man.
But His Eminence tho Cardinal de
Moreno left the presence Of the Queen
ton and a sigh of Anticipated triumph,
1t was not an appeal which he meant
to address to the Lady Ursula Glynd1e'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-08

An Englishman named Cave Browne
Cave has Just turned up as heir to a
baronetcy. Another Cave or so OH
his visiting card would have given the
gentleman unauesttonnbly the most
peekaboo name in England
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-Four million Japs and eight million
Americans We're slaughtered in Rich
mond last night Hobson's lecture was
all right, though.
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When Mr., Bryan said that 1t was Il
crime to deal in futures he was not
OF course, referring to the futures OF
the Democratic party.
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Not En,nloxed.

Editor OF Tho Times -Dispatch:
Sir,-1 see from your paper OF to.
day that am named rs assistant locn
counsel in the legislative Investigation
now pending before the Committee
on Courts of the House. desire &c
say that / have not been retained In
a professional capacity In this matter
VIII you kindly publish this statement
Respectfully,
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a slump IN automobile prices is now
predicted. following hard upon the fre-
quent slump In pedestrians.
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Where was Moses when tho pie went
out?'' asks tho Baltimore sun, rather
oddly. We take 1t for granted TINT lla
was In the Democratic party.
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Plsh for the grounding! And IL that
be treason, he and his collegechum. the
weatherman, may so ahead and shoot
the gun.
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thing only can make glad
the hearts in peoples corsages-
+ (Forgivc the rhyme. dear reader)--
May that never be denied!
OF course, mean a breakfast of real
Old Virginia sausages.
With Sally Lunn a-sitting most de-
lnurely OH the side! II. S. II.
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SOCIAL and
PERSONAL

Junior Auxiliary of the Lepcr
Society scored a big success
lastNnight, in Belvldere Hall.
u presenting a brilliant bit Of
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The Richmond Times Dispatch contains
an editorial on Mothers In Law" which
Is PROOF positive tina, Brother Henry Rivhto.
Horrison is very, very brave man.-Jacll,
son (Miss.) News.
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SlMPLlFIED SPELLING


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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-08

The only way you can tell a Repub,
lean nowadays is By the company he
keeps,
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Rhymes for I o-Day
RIO OLD BILL sK1r.L1T.

Z z /. ~ I'll + % 80 7. f..sl 5..
TN nffectionnte gratitude for the
ho1ly-sprgged pncket lie left on
our desk one night last week.
yVIHEN days are dark and gloomy
NV and the trouble-clouds are
w cloudiest,
When misllaps are most frequent and
the silver Innings rare,
When friends are very few and far and
creditors are rowdicst,
When everything Is crosswise, and
nobody seems to care
When grip has Jumped upon us In q
manner6quite the gripplest,
When Life has got the best OF us
and spnrned us with fling,
When Maisic has been treating us in
fashion quite the simplest.
When Doris-tliut's the name. I think
has sent us back our ring-----------
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-08

Mr.. Charles w. Morse Is not, at pres
eni, the icemnn whom anybody in partlr
cular would care TO be.
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Crushed.

Pale and detected he took his seat by her
With her womanly sympathy she asked
hin, what was the matter.
I'm crushed" he said sadly Completely
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But His Eminence tho Cardinal de
of England with q smile Of satisfac-
ton and a sigl, of Anticipated triumph.
1t was not an appeal which he meant
to address to the Lady Ursula Glynde.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-08

Miss Bessie jackson was expected to
return last night from Sweet Brial,
Institute. to spend he remalnders,,,o !, {
and Mrs. James y. Pace. Ss5
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-09
Ornaments OF the fcetaee.

Lord LyvcG:u is. IN ardent peerase
reformer and tcil:; aii anccdote In this
connection for whose authenticity he
pledges himself. Thi.; narriies how u
famous statesman of the nineteenth
century Was called upon to visit his
son in prison. he bitterly reproached
him, remarkimg. Here am |. having
worked my way up from Il middle
class homc to great position, and
when | die you will be the greatest
Dlackguard in the peerage." The son
listened quietly and then replied. with
terrible irony. "Yes-when you die"
Another of Lord I.yveden's peerage
stories is equally piquant. The son Of
a peer applied TO Il friend in the north
of England for a house!eepcr aud was
recommended certain Mrs. Brown.
The peer wrote to the woman accord
ingly to the effect that. having learned
particulars Of her character. he was
willing to engage her as his house
keeper and making an appointment for
her to call and see him on. certain
date. The good woman replied:
My Lord-From what have learned Of
your character I decline to enter your
house. / am your lordship's obedient
servant, ANNE BROWN.
Westminster Gazette.
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rhe Eirst Meurnina Paper.

The oldest known letter written on
black edged note paper as sign Of
mourning appears to be one dated Jan.
5, 1858. In Addison's comedy Of 'sThe
Drummer" 1715, reference is made to
the fashion In the words. ''My lady's
mourning paper that Is blacked at the
edges" A few years later Allan Ram,
say who died In 175S, speaks in one
Of his poems Of "the sable bordered
sheet as a messenger Of sorrow.
Mann, writing from Italy to Horace
Walpoie in 1745, says that 1t was uni
versauy used In Florence at that time.
The superior elegance of this Italian
note paper, with its narrow margin of
black, explains Its ready acceptance in
this, country. where 1t superseded the
quarto sheet with black border some
times a quarter of an inch wide. In
this way 1t probably gave an impetus
to the fashion. But 1t Is a mistake to
suppose, as some, have done, that the
fashion was introduced from Italy,
London Answers.
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Caught Alive.

A New Yorker, a big game hunter
of many years experience, was Dan
shooting in Uganda. He had e1 lei.
lent luck. Nearly every day he posed
In a complacent attitude beside a
freshly killed lion, and his photOg.
rapher snapped hln for the maga-
zines.
One afternoon the photographer
who was taking Lap In the hut, was
awakened by q loud noise. He rose
and looked out. Spr!nting toward him
from the jungle, hat gone and coat.
tails flying, came his chief, and, with
terrible roars and growls, huge lion
bounded at his heels.
The photographer gazed srellbound
at the strange and exciting picture.
His chief, percelving him. shouted:
"Quick, quick! Open the door,
George! I'm bringing him home
alive!'-Washipgton Star.
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Hot Scotch.

The young wife dipped the ladle into
the porridge and smiled inqulringly al
the overnight guest.
"Will you have some hot Scotch, Mr.
Dash" she asked.
Dash laughed.
"Hot Scotch? Where is it?" said he.
"Why, here. Of course" said the
young wife In perpleSed tone
Didn't you know that oatmeal Is
called hot Scotch?"
"Er-I"-D Dash stammered. and then
the young husband caught his eye. and
be was silent.
81 didn't know it myself till last
year." she explained. ST heard George
inviting his cousin over the telephone
to meet him at the Office and have a
hot Scotch. l didn't know what hot
Scotch was till you told me. did l.
George?"
George. very red, answered huskiiy:
"No, my dear"
Laughing at her own ignorance. the
lady proceeded to serve the thick. pale
hot Scotch.-New Orleans Times Dem.
ocrat. ~
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A Ghost Story.

Floors castle, home Of the Duke of
Roxburghe, was the scene Of curious
psychical mystery over century ago.
Sir Walter Scott relates the incident.
John. third duke Of RoXburghe. who
died in 1904, the celebrated book col
lector. when arranging his library en-
ployed neither secretary nor libra
rian, but footIran called Archie, who
knew every BOOK as shepherd. does
each sheep Of his flock. There was a
bell hung in the dukes room at Floors
which was used on no occasion except
to call Archie to his study. The duke
died in st. James square at a time
when Archie was himself sinking un-
der a mortal complaint. On the day
of-the funeral the library bell sudden
ly rang violently. The dying Archie
sat up in bed and faltered, "Yes, my
lord duke, yes, 1 will wait on your
grace instantly" And with these
words on his lips he fell back In bed
and died.-St. James Gazette.
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Thu PLAYS Mixed.

During one of his tours in this coun-
try, when the late Sir Henry Irving
was playing Twelfth Night in New
York, he reyealed absentmindedness
and greatly amused the members Of
his company and the audience. AS
,Malvolio he was expressing surprise
at aayemark of Sir Toby.
"Do you know what you say?' he
asked.
To his surprise, roar Of laughter
echoed through the house, and his
stage associates were convulsed.
he repeated the line, putting undue
emphasis on the pronoun, and again
the audience shouted with laughter.
1t was not until after the perform
ance he learned that quite unconscious
ly he had been parodying the well
known words Of "Ihe Private Secre-
tary." His only explanation was that
it was done in bit Of forgetfulness
while thinking Of the other play
Chicago Record-Herald.
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Foxcs, seaIps and salvation.

Some years ago ut a session OF the
legislature Of Kentucky ,n effort to
repeal the law offering o bounty on
foxes scalps was made, but was de-
feated by the appeal of a member
from mountainous and spafsely set
tied region. "Do the gentlemen want
tosdeprive my constituents and me of
the benefits of hearing the gospel
preached?' he demanded, with indiS-
nation in his tone and overspreading
his rugged coumtenance. I'VE are all
Methodists up my way, and our
preachers won't come without we can
give 'em chickens, know. We can't
raise chickens unless the foxes are
killed by somebody. that's sure, and
there amt anybody that can afford to
spend their time hunting foxes and get
nothing to pay for it. So, gentlemen,
if you repeal this law you'll be de-
priving my constituents Of the benefit
of hearing the gospel preached; that's
the way 1t looks to mc!' The law
was not repealed at that session.-Ar-
gonaut.