davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-11

by car at the corner of Howard and
Eleventh streets while going TO Church
on the morning of st. Patrick's day,
March L.. 1904. and died the follow
ing day.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-11

INJURED IN RUNAWAY c. Gardner. ass
Rermond street. seriously injured YESTERDAY
afternoon IN Nslencia street near Trentjeth nv
hcing thrown from bis buggy in q runaway ~
the corner Of Eighteenth and Valencia streets
Bis injuries consist Of fract --e Of the skull
s1d internal injuries.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02
"HIIND HARTINlAEltSv

Selected for The Times Dspatcli.) 4
And It came to pass that us He was
rome nigh unto Jericho. certain blind
man sat BY the wayside bcgging"-
Luke xviii, 30,
Jericho is no longer upon the map.
or course the site remains, hut the city
has long since ceased to exist. Jericho
lay in the valley Of the Jordan. Up
among the hills around Jerusalem there
were cool and refreshing winds. while
at Jericho it was hot and Sitting
1T was called the City OF Palms." but
the palm Is tho least satisfactory Of
trees. II Is graceful and attractive,
but it gives little shade, where much
Is needed, a single American Pine, or
oak, is better than Il whole grove or
palms. SO the sun bla2cd down on
Jericho upon tho white earth and
white buildings The continuous glare
and the dust made 1t bad for tho eyes,
and in consequence there were many
blind IN the city,
ON this special day one or these
blind men was sitting In tho main
street by one of the city gntea. I,
was an early spring morning, for the
Passover was near al hand Every
sight was fair and sweet with the
i tender beauty Of the early day and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02
RIGHTS TO THE AIR.

The German writer who calls insist
entity for atmospheric legislation is
doubtless premature. The dlriEiblc
balloon has not yet supplanted the
steam car and the motor, the buggy
and the bicycle. But it the day arrives
when 1t does thus come into general
use, as scientists tell us that 1t will,
II is evident that troop OF brand
now laws to fit brand-new contentious,
will follow hard upon It's heels
Equity OF this sort is not easily de-
term.ned. Riparian rights. foS example.
have given a lot OF trouble in their
time. and are doubtless good for many
n bitter legal Wrangle vet. It has
been settled that IL man owns land
abutting on river he'd he owns, un-
der certain limitations. half of such
river bed along the line of his property.
II he owns land AUDITING on an ocean,
he does not own half the ocean, or
any OF It, His country owns, with quail
incations, water strip three miles
wide the length Of It's coast, and be-
n W.
relatively few men own property
abutting on water, but every man
who OWNS property at all. owns proper
" AUDITING on air. Hence, atmospheric
rights. when the atmosphere is COM
mon highway, will infallibly become a
burning issue.
How much Of tho airaabove his front
lawn does man own? 1t would not be
right for him to own all of it
countless millions of linear miles. 1t
would not be fair for him not to own
any Of it. At present, the latter cond!-
ton prevails. The airship. being unlegis-
lated against, goes where and does
what 1t wants. 1t can scud past q
entlcman's parlor windows drop beer
bottles and sardine tins into his flowe,
beds. crush in his stable roof and riI
up his cornlelds. 1t can even drop an
acronaut or two into his well. He has
in short. no privacy from the pesl1y
things whatever.
Business of this kind, OF course, can
not go on forever. The air about q
mans castle belongs to him 1t must
be kept sacred from tho intrusions OF
strange and flying scientists Ye,
the atmosphere, at tho same time, must
not be closed wholly to these new
engines Of transportation. The free.
dom" OF air has become proverbal
Possibly the whole controversy can b.
adjusted, as oceanic rights have beer
adjusted by awarding ali air below tn
:. 5oo-foot level, say, TO the property
owners abutting upon 1t. and THROWN!
all above 1.-THE "high airs"-ope
without fear or favor to tho arsosie
of magic sails and pilots OF the purpl
: twilight
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02
Rhymes for Tod
lsIl,r, ..
Lay In tic lea OF the bower
From 1.3O A NJ. about,

LAY In tic lea OF the bower
From 1890 A. NJ about,
And there watched :, hour by
hour.
Til Ground Hog, the sly one, came
out:
Aye. sneaked out and peeked otit--and
yellowed!
And stnrted to turn OH his track
but 1 sprang upon Inn and beloved:
Hog, don't you go back!"
Shifted lie: where's tho l,ole that has
lodged me? 4
/ star stand eli. clear, lad--'ny shadow shadow is
Ana thereon he cloverly lodged mo !.
And hit the baci-track for Ills lair.
But I. with II swlftness that stripped
him
OF cunning and vigor and Wit,
Rushed on him and agilely tripped
And then how we 1T!
We rolled liko two beasts DER the
huminock,
We snnrlod without favor or fear.
He bit me some bites on the stumnoc1s.
j / kicked him some kicks In the ear.
Flo vowed he would get back directly,
/ swore he should stay out I'll
June....
Well. which OF us spoke correctly?
f YOU'LL KNOW PRETTY SOON!
III. s. Fl.
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State library Notes


American Historical Association. at lis
annual meeting In Madison, WIS.,. De-
cember, 1907. is printed in full in the
January number Of the American His
torical Review. The title is "The
American Acta sanctorum." DIR. Jane
son calls attention to the historical
value OF the lives or American min-9
listers, missionaries and priests. espe-
c!al!y IN the Colonial period and In the
The Forman Library. or clean, N. ",
has recently changed from a subscrip-
ton to a free circulating library. Az
registered borrowers. in city Of L.
900. In the first ten months as a
public library tho number OF borrow-
crs increased TO 2.6l7.
The librarian OF the Louisville Pub
lie Library reports the following facts
regarding libraries in Kentucky. There
are now seventy-n ine libraries OF from
10000 to 10000, three Of from n 2o .S,,
to 10000. one OF $4,000. one OF 10000
and one of 100000. Ten OF tile pub
lie Libraries. or almost one-hnlf OF the
total number, have Carnegie build
.ings. The larger part Of the free Ii
5brary work OF tho State Is being done
in louisville. where five Carnegie
buildings are now being erected. The
travelling library system is maintain
Federation of Kentucky.
New citizens travelling library sta
lions have been established at Farm
Vile, Prince Edward county; Lynch
burg CYAN Dyke League); Stanford.
Brunswick county: Christiansburg,
Montgomery county. 81 4
New school travelling Libraries have
been established since january 1, 1908.
ut Jonesvl1le. Lee county; Eastville.
Northampton county; Crozet, Albe-
marie county; Amherst, Amherst coun-
ty; Colonial Beach, Westlnoreland
county,; Boykins. Southampton county;
Capeville, Northampton county; Buffalo
School No 4, Appomattox county: Dra-
Per. Pulaski county; Grundy, Buchan-
an county: Buchanan, Botetourt coun-
~: Murat. Rockbridge county: REM
tngton, Fauquier county; Jonesville,
Northampton county: Tomahawk, Pitt.
sylvania county: Morrison. Warwick,
county; Roanes, Gloucester county,
CreWe Nottoway county: Wnynesboro,
county; Pounding Mill, Taxewellt coun-
J "; Wardtown, Northampton county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02
Hotter Service

EDITOR Of The Times-Dispatch:
ms, slr.-,,.Observer" In Mondays issue of
The III Iimes-Dispatch makes a most
sehoo be or m9!s pay pay to o ts dis
i;onl what he says. that tho members
OF these district toards have many and
arduous duties to perform. such as
meeting, p to transact business" "look-
wood" engaging board in desIrable
homes for teachers" ETC..
NOW II the above category Of duties
were were faithfully and universally per-
unhes ttatingy indorse the proposition
to pay them better. My own Experience.
however. reads to the contrary Ger.
talnly in those localities with which
In one county school district, that I
known, the old saying, ..Everybody.s
business Is nobody's business" obtains
20 "a, lamentable degree.
cn,ses. wretched1y constructed, with no
view 70 sanitary conditions or comfort.
me heating arrangement tho crudest
descriptions, and the wood provided.
quality. ~
One lady teacher writes me, eve are
rs close TO the stove rs we can get,
irving TO keep warm. We have moth
you can Imagine tho rest, I hated the
worst this morning to leave my nice,
comfortable room. and come to this
Ice house.
VIII any sane perAon tell me how
teacher. however conscientious and
Competent sho may be-. can do good,
efficient work under such conditions as
theseI Yet she is expected to, and
lars worth OF dry. seasoned wood, to
DE- 2. had easily. would have saved the
!, r. II takes additional pay to the
70 get them to attend more faithfully
70 these duties. then by all means let
US indorse Observers" plea, md then
require better service.
81 1890 b. C. NIETZGEIR.
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II. i. A. AND PUBLIC n0ADs.

The Travellers Protective Assoca-
&tion Is the friend or the good roads
movement In Virginia, as it is of all
s$progressiye measures, AT recent
meeting OF Its joint committee on goul
s roads. II was unanimously resolved 10
Il support the Withers- Lasslter amend
s$lment. instead Of Offering a bin con-
aftruc,ed hy the Y. Y. A., as at first
proposed.
The good roads committee Of The
State Hotel Association has also an.
L proved this bin. whose main provision
is that Judges OF courts be required
by law to sentence Jail couvicts 10
r work On the roads.
When sie original Withers-I "A ssi,er
Till was introduced al former session
d of the Legislature, The Timos-Dispatc
u gave II support. ana we are gratified il
know that as a law, II has operatet
~ heneiit both to the convicts am
" Me roads. The amendment as now Of
es..ersd Will greatly strengthen the lav
Ind make IT more efficient. The TRAY
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02
.elers' Protective Association and the
Hotel Association are doing we'll to
advocate II, and those associations are
always a power for good.
sron INNS l,lsLrl,r, MUCH 1,11ANIxs.v

urOIl THIS IlIsLTl.E, MUCH THANKS
Was Hurry Tliaw crazy wien he
killed Stanford White? About az crazy
us the rest OF lis are wien we fly
Into n passion and lose o,lr self-con-
troll. 1t may have been a trifle worse
OF less than the average allowance
of self-control lie was reared in All
atmosphere OF luxury and Indulgence,
which makes weddings, and he was
infatuated with. and dominated by, d
pretty girl, who was both foolish and
bad. She poured into his ears, or she
says she did, horrible stories Of ruin
and persecution, and at convenient
moment she tempted him to shoot; and
he yielded. The jury doubtless de-
ctded tliht a man OF Harry Thaw's
temperament, laboring under such a
spell, was not legally responsible for
his action; at least they gave him the
benefit of the doubt that had arisen ~
their minds, and brought in a verdict
OF acquittal
g. q
But there were other considerations.
Jurors are but human, and each one
Of these Jurors probably felt that Stan
ford White got his Just deserts; that
the man who ridded society Of such
n foe to virtue performed a public
service and deserved praise and not
At any rate. that is the
popular verdict, and II you doubt It
feel the public pulse. But such ver-
dict cannot be Justified in law. There
is no escape except through the plea
Of insanity, and hence that plea has
now been incorporated as the enabling
clause of the unwritten law.
II is fair to the Jury to say, however.
that District Attorney Jerome has con-
tended from the start that Thaw was
Il person OF unsound mind. Taking the
jury at its word. Justice Bowling or
dered that the prisoner be committed
to the Matteawan Asylum for the
Criminal Insane, there to be confined
until by the usual processes OF law he
can establish his sanity
N All parties in interest seem to be
satisfied with the verdict, and the pub
lie is to- be congratulated that the
disgusting ana demoralizing case is at
an end.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02
Voice Of the People.

The Times-Dispatch will print
signed letters on NIL q,lestfons whicl,
leinte I" the public welfare. Sncl,
articles should not exceed In length
lo0 words. except under exceptionnI
circumstances, should be slgnc d
with the full name Of the writer.
and should hear his or her adtlrcae.
The name OF the writer will be
withheld II desired. 5,S / :
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

It may be we'll to remind our young
or readers that the fortnight February
ZIG is a peculiarly favorable season
to stack up against a breakfast table
decorated with the genuine Old Vir-
ginia sausage. to say nothing at this
writing about the sun kissed Sally
Lunn sitting demurely on the side.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

The Houston Post maintains that
Martin Littleton's Texas upbringing is
som thing for him to boast about.
Herein, we suspect, lies one serious
difference between the Post and Mr..
Littlet0n.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

A Los Angeles court has just ruled
that when an automobiles runs over
you and Stays you your heirs and as
signs can sting him for damages. Cam
eel your life insurance and try this on
the chauffeur.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

Appendix c OF the annual report OF
the librarian is list, prepared by Dr..
~. Eckenrode. OF the manuscripts
IN IN TIE library that We're placed on ex-
This exhibit was prepared by DR.. Eek
enrode, with the cooperation OF Mr..
w. G. Stanard. of the Virginia Historic
cal Society. The list has been care-.
cation only OF the manuscript treas
ures In tho library.
There is also in the report OF the
state Librarian. as appendix D. q pros
yisional list Of works on genealogy
search In the State Library. rms list
was prepared as temporary list. az
It's title implies, to serve as a step to
9 fuller and more complete list later.
nealogles which It should have, but
which 1t has not been able to pur-
chase. The library desires gifts OF Ye-
nealogles not In this list.
The North Carolina Historical Cons.
mission has recently issued Bulletin 1 !,
outlining the creation and organiza-
tion, the duties and powers. the plans
the result OF the greatly enlarged
powers conferred upon the commis-
sion by the Legislature of 1907, the
commission has entered upon a vigor-
Gus campaign lOl' the COLLECTION ala
preservation OF North Carolina hiss
torical material. In calling attention q,
secretary makes the following COM
ment: Many hundreds Of invaluable
historical documents and records have
been lost or destroyed III North Caro-
lima or carried away from the State
to the archives and libraries of other
States, through the indifference of the
State and the Ignorance and care
lessness OF their owners. The.fcata
logue of the State Historical Society
OF Wisconsin, shows that in Its libra
rv are. eighteen volumes Of Kings
Mountain mapuscripts, six volumes OF
Mecklenburg declaration manuscripts
one volume of North Caroline oil Is = Ipa nv,
manuscripts, seven volumes OF Tennes-
manuscripts before w and
hundreds of others relating to North
Carolina"
The presidential address of Dr.. ].
Frankltn Jameson; OF the earn egie ln-
stitution. of Wash>'igton, pefore me
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

We herewith nail as a Ito the wl,is-
porcd story that tho Paragraphers'
Union is about to order out Its night
riders in defense Of tho stricken Cabot
Lodge boom. a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

Few men in the worlds history have
not said 80 many Interesting stimu-
lating and illuminating things as has
Hon. George r. Corteyou.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

If the grounding goes back, Just
drop IL limo to the wcatherman, in n
plain sealed wrapper, and tell him
what you think.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

Those arc sadly mistaken who fan
cied that Governor Hughes was going
to run his boom on any closc-JaWcd.
George b. Cortclyou basis.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

1t IS no easy task for the telegraph
editor to keep the Shaws, whether Ber-
nard or Leslie, off the front page.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02
MERELY JOKING.
PROXIMITY

Proximity.
Wnreham Long: GLOW near did sc ever
conc to bein rich ~
TuroId 1fnut: well WIZ next thing to
a millionaire wunst. Me an ole Munto-
burn happened TO go on bum tho same
nisht. an they put us In adjoinin' cells at
tie p OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Tribune.
key and: Abo Awny From Tome.
The Brothers Ecl<stein were. being enter
taned by one wiz was anxious 70 avail
himself OF their financial acurnen. But. as
ili-lucl would have 1t, tho talk veered TO
"Dou you like Omar Khayyam7" thought
slessly asked tho host. trying to make con-
versatfon.
1t was the elder brother who plunged
hcroically into the breach Pretty wolf, :"
has said but prefer Chianti."
Nothing more was said TIL tho Ecksteins
were on their way hoihe.
..'lkey," said Abe, breaking painful
silence. "why carn't yer leave thingth ath
yer don't suhderthtand to me? Omar khay-
yam amt n wine. yer cuckoo; It's q
cLeese !'---Lohdon Tlt-Bits.
Free List Suspended.
"Bilkins has recently moved from New
YORK to Boston. The other morning ne
went to tho butchers. 4
Give me nice porterhouse." he orr
"Extremely sorry. SIR" said the proprietor
OF the establishment, urbaney, "but we are
rot giving anything away this morning.
lltarper's Weekly.
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iyhra CHING Dlgpoith
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

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fBUnday only ........... s cents 2.3o
Clearly subscriptions payable in ndvancc.>
Entered January %, 1908. ut Richmond,
Va as second-class matter. under act of
Z Congress OF March 3. 1870.
HOW TO CALL MES-DIsrATCH.
~ Persons wishing to communicate with The
3 Tines Dispatch by telephone will ask CEN
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tito Office switchboard. will indicate the de-
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When calling between a. NJ. and Q
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Tho real peril Of the message was
that It all but made Senator Third.
tcrmer Bourne gigglc himself to DEATH
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

'Why not visit Cubn Mt tho GcnrEIan's
cxpenscT inquiries that entcrprising
Atlanta journal. We're all BarIises
I'm hare
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

New York man killed himself the
other day after seeing ono act OF II
musical comedy However. ho was not
the author OF tho play. 5$
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

BY this time. wa suppose, young
CountcHs Szechcnyi can pronounce
l.aszlo without going back fof@n run.
ming start.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

When.
The South will go soltdly for Taft
and tho Republican party.l
When streams to athe!r sources flow
And orocodiles roost upon trees,
When earthquakes the earth do not
crack \. js &. 4
And painless tho sting OF mad bees,
And tadpoles can swallow Whale,
Nnen sailors forget bow to swear
=, And the rabbits outrun by the snail
When "blllygonts butt from tho rear
!; And steam engines float I'M the air,
When Dutchmen won't drink lager
And tcrrnpina grow curly hair,
"heh chick feathers gfo fIsls N Y upon POI
And Hickory trees thrive without It'll wi.
When elephants trayol like, frogs !.
Ana ,a "tIeas can beiscuu 9 FlF8 - : i'e
Wnen picture agents cease telllllg les
and women cease loving tlne show.
When Yankees won't ga ga Illmpk ~ -
And girls won'tSsmlo at their, beau,
When tho mocking-h!rd brays llkes - an
Mud tho bullrrog sings kestlee lark
Whsn batlleships arc made o. MI mn
glass 5.s iSt MS i 81 . .
"hen t',s "possuln" ilA1r ~ MS
wAnd tho polecat amells liktea, eo!oEn J,
AUD Tho hearts NUM- \ N, 5 $
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

I'D he for anybody who III accept
able to Roosevelt" says Hon. Bat Mas
tcrson, This appears to commit Hon
Sat irreyocably tot the ihlrd-tcrm noyo-
mcnt fA a4s{
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

Mr.. Thaw doubtlers slept happy last
night IN tho Knowledge that come body
else had killed Stanford White.
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hill sK1LIr AND OTHER FRIENDS.

HAT Michigan Judge who ruled tha,
sausage Is sausage" evidently never
heard of the product Bill Skillt ships
OUT OF Henrico county, Va.-AtIanta georgi-
The digestive powers OF the hyena arc
said to be extraordinary, one OF the ANNA Is
having been known to swallow six large
tenes without crushing them. This shows
the great advantage Of not having been
brought up in Richmond boarding house
anu compelledlto eat old Bill Skillits saus-
ago and such--Bristol Herald-CourIer.
New York. OF course" says the Rich
mend Times-Dispatch. .is not civic
entity entity at al. u is rather an epithet for a
state OF mind" This sounds like a snt,b
for Marvellous Manhattan-Nashvllle Ten
nesseean.
plain, hard. intelligent toll is the great
est result-ge.ter yet revealed to man. saws
, me ass.,,1. Dispatch the paper
ana aIS is now sorry for it-Washington Her,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

There may be two perpetual candi-
dates In the old country yet.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

Third-tcrm talk IA being yaliantly
revived We understand that the
fWhitehouan chcf iaa very good Quo
indeed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

The presidential address Of Pr. ], !
franklin Jameson: OF the CHrneEle !,
stitution, of Wash>'i g Ton, pe Iote ~
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"a a. Z - EGf,L
People are fond Of calling this the
ago Of cement construction, reinforced
With steel ana iron. Noyert A el II and
Notwithstanding there Is more and
better ground for calling ! the age tg
of53wooden@ buildingss The Geological
Survey reports that figures on build
Ing operations In forty-nine of the
leading cities Of the country for the
past year show that 90 per cent, OF tnes
cons truction was wooden, While II
may be that tile remaining Al percent.
az the buildings wereaof brick, stone
ana 90 ncrete, 1T must ba remembered
that vast quantities of wood are co 'l !
sumed In tho constructor y, 81, such Oh
buildings. n
Then there are the smaller towns.
where the proportion OF lumber used
Iii building Is much greater; yet the
Geological Survey has not attempted