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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
st. Vincent de Pnul.

1.-THE good people OF Richmond have ex-
terded to us most cordial welcome. For
the past few days have personally expert
enced the true meaning OF that famous
Southern hospitality which AT once makes
the stranger feel perfectly at home. Let MS
show our hosts that their hospitable KNIT
~ spirit is conta gious, which may be done
best by exercising at all times the charity
we preach. and bearing patiently with each
others theories, even though they differ
from our own. Let the meetings be e,npha-
sized by an absence of all rancor. because
only In this way will they he productive OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07

LET us strive to teach the world
once more to put intellectual wealth
over material wealth, and place char
acter above cash. Let us Judge again
not by dazzling plumage, but by solid
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18

would have to go shares with tsome
that didn't"
Why how can we? We'd fr eeze
ourselves"
I don't know; but some way must
be provided In this interior place
people would perish before we could
get the coal from abroad or from
Nova Scotia"
Il suppose they'll be glad even of
wood" said Mrs. Champion. It's
dreadful for them-and Christmas.
coming"
Poor sort of Christmas for them"
Dreadful. echoed Katherine.
Y wish there were something we
could do"
DO! To supply whole tow-as hip
with heat?"
we might cut down the OAKS on
the avenue"
Those magnificent oaks. I guess
not" said Rob. looking up frCm his
book why, it would ruin the whole
place. Don't you let them, father!'
I've no idea of it. Those oaks are
as old as oaks can be and live. They
are full of history. No, indeed"
And you would rather people
should freeze!" cried Rose,
Give them your rings to buy fuel
Rose said her father
MY engagement ring, And the
ring was Donald's mother's-and she
dead"
4 value these pines similarly. They
were my fathers; and he is dead"
What can we do. pa, dear?"
4 don't know. Unless you take the
money you would have at Christmas
and do what you please with that
Fifty dollars apiece is what you've
always had. And I'll double it That's
the best 1 can do
oh" said Sophy, softly And there
are so many things want to do with
mine"
I. too said Bob.
"Oh. I'd counted so much on that
fifty" said Rose.
Well. you can take your choice"
said their father. I've taken mine.
| shall go without a new overcoat,
and your mother'H have to make her
old sealskin do"
I'm sure I shall be glad said the
mother
But you cant get coal And it
would buy so little wood, after all"
Because you can't stop some of the
suffering in the world is no reason
you shouldn't stop any" said Rather
inc I don't care, It's wicked TO be
having Christmas presents and all
that when people are dying of cold
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18

For my part, | shan't be happy
again till l forget that scene, with
its blues and greens and vapors and
sunbeams. We can't get down there
to sketch in the winter months"
But we can find a great deal in old
Purple. Come: it's a damp breath
blows over from that swamp. A good
frost will make that right, however.
Come in and shut the door l like to
feel the door shut you and me in from
the rest of the world
If there is no such thing as telep-
athy there certainly ought to be, in or
der to explain some things. 1t was in
this same half hour that the Champion
family down in the Port came in. one
by one, shivering and Struggling their
shoulders. and frightening at sight of
the big fire their mother had had laid
on the hearth of the library, it's flames
making the whole room rosy.
Nothing beats fire." said Rose
Champion, pulling off her gloves and
holding out her little hands. sparkling
with rings.
"Dante's conception of the deepest
hell as a big block of ice just suits
mine,'' said Katherine
"One might as well starve as perish
with cold" said Rose.
The English call perishing with
cold starving
Il was thinking of the poor people
who cant get coal"
Il myself believe the world will
come to an end with cold" said So
ply. "and not with fire The sun will
cool. and the earth will freeze. Minus
270.'
Well, that's good way off I hope.
said their father. coming in. Mighty
unreasonable weather." as they ran
and warmed him with their welcome.
The first fire of autumn" he said.
rubbing his hands and taking posses
sion of his chair. 1T always has a
promise of cheer Where'd you get
this wood, my love? 1t snaps like
apple wood"
1T is; it's the old apple tree that
came ashore at the foot of the garden
in the freshet," said Mrs. Champion.
Lucky hotsarn | wish thered be
a freshet that would bring an old ap-
pie tree to every family in town.
4 guess you'll be that freshet, pa"
said Sophy.
I'm sure l don't know what some
OF them are going TO do" said his
wife, pulling up her shawl in sympa-
thy with her thoughts, with no mon
ey 10 buy coal at present prices, and
no coal TO be bought at any price
Thank goodness. we filled our bins
in April But it looks now as if we
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
TOWER MAN A SAGE

for news and, unbeknown 10 the pub
lie. he sent for Fagan The signal
man went To Washington and. III an
hours talk. gave the originator OF
policies something TO think about
The Boston & Maine railroad. his
employer. recognized the Importance
Of his work. and pat no obstacles TN
his way when he set out investigating
railroad conditions and threading
more and more confidently the mnzes
Of subject in which the public Isl
just beginning TO be interested Then.
when the New York & New England
railroad surgeons arranged for their
convention in the Academy OF Medi-
cine in New York city this month.
they took notice OF Pagan and got him
to promise 10 come and talk % them
On the causes Of accidents lie is 90
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
RAILROAD MAN CALLED FROM
SWITCH LEVER TO COLLEGE.
Thomas Pagan, Whose Twenty-Five
Years RaiIroadins Have Been
Spent in Studying Out Prob
lens. Is Now a Professor.

II is not often that man stems
from a railroad signal tower TO the
lecture platform OF a big college. and
because such a circumstance is so
rare the fact that James o. Fagan.
for p years the signal tower man at
Cambridge. has suddenly won recog-
milton as a keen thinker on railroad
problems and been invited TO lecture
before the new Harvard school OF
business administration. is attracting
widespread attention. The way In
which Mr. Pagan. after a life devoted
TO the duh routine duties as a signal
tower man. has won success reads like
romance. He is a thinker and a
student. is this railroad man Pagan.
and during those % years of faithful
service in his little tower in Cam
bridge he has been working out the
problems of railroad management and
control which are causing railroad
men from president down TO cross
ing tender 10 sit up and take notice
Pagan, the signal man. first came
into notice by a series of articles
which We're published in the Atlantic
Monthly on the theme. The History
of Taking Chances" President Eliot.
of Harvard. read the articles. and
liked them, and so arranged an inter
view with this signalman who saw
straight and talked straight. and TO
persuade him to lecture in the new
school of business. Pagan was almost
dismayed at his own temerity but he
was full of his subject. eager to spread
his doctrine. and he consented and
now the announcement of the new
Harvard school OF business administra-
tion contains the name of Mr.. Pagan.
author of The Confessions of Rail
road Signalman,' and lecturer on rail
road problems.
President Roosevelt also has a nose
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
THE FRENCH ARMY

turn. but for the patriotic concessions
Of the present government-ind induced
by war -scares.
For this high war council, while IL
exists technically since the shaking
up of an things in the Dreyfus ease
has become the true. if impersonal.
war chief only i'm these late years Of
war-scares. when the clumsiness oi
the French constitution threatened to
lose France "a hours In war
But the parliament" YOU ask
The parliament is ready 10 con.
firm what is done by the high war
council he will answer They were
forced to the expedieut The high war
council has become. for quick defen.
sive purposes. kind of war chief to
stand up against the kaiser event"
one of the great novelties is cyclist
infantry To partially replace cavalry
Where to-day there is a battalion OF
! 900 cyclists next year viii see three
such battalions. If the Germans push
the next war into French territory the
vast networks of good roads OF East
France will permit these cyclist bat
talions, with their rapid. long reach
IlHESr TO TURN the ilNe OF "a udille-
Much more secret is the French use
of automobiles. AT the beginning
young fellows owning their own autos
were accepted for maueuvers and i'm
case of mobilization to tote the Etaf
Major. Then came the scouting use
of autos.
But Of the last three years. there
have been vast multitudes Of young
Frenchmeu Offering their own autos
for the sake of a superior service. All
are being accepted. I'm the case of
mobilization every auto of them has
it's rendezvous What use VIII be- made
Of them over battle grounds made up
of splendid roads, To transport in.
fantry in masses with uuheard-of ra.
pidity
And the dirigible balloon While
Zeppelin Is rebuilding one. the French
have y in daily maneuversi
And the wireless telegraph works
on the backs of soldiers in the field
connection with a high jointed pole
that two more soldiers can unJoiut
and carry
War is in the air
The French no longer ask each eth.
er: Are We ready"
They have had so many war-scares
that they were forco- TO get ready.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
WHY SHE PLEAsEs HIM.

You wonder what he sees in her.
Her charms are really very few
Her beauty's not beyond compare,
And all her dresses look askew-
She Is not attractive sight.
OF figure she has none. and vet
She waits on him both day and night
And never has been known TO fret.
He loves her. that is very plain.
Although she lacks all social charms.
Her hair is Ike tangled skein
And thin and scrawuy are her arms
You wonder what he in her sees.
She brought 10 him no store Of pelf
And yet while hubby takes his ease,
She buttons all her waists herself.
It is not necessary that
A woman should be fair of face.
Or not too lean or not too fat
or cen possess a world Of grace.
Our interest IN a beauty-bright
We find viii very often lag.
Especially If late ar night
She waits our coming just to nag.
And So although she be not fair.
Leading a fashionable life.
They make very happy pair,
For sbe's most devoted wife.
When going oat, 'tis true that she
Has never made her husband wait
She never calls him in to see
II she has put her hat on straight
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18

be one Of company Of so distin-
guished experts from all parts of the
country gathered to discuss the ques.
tion which so concerns the railroad
surgeons. The title of his paper IS
The Neglect of Employees 10 Obserya
Signals and Obey Rules" ana 1t ~
10 sum the ideas set forth iu his pre-.
yious articles
Pagan has been going ahead for
half a century He was born ia lu.
verness, Scotland. and sent boy his
humble parents 10 a school az Man.
chester. England There he won %
scholarship through the practice OF
the dominant principles of his life
that of going 10 the rock bottom Of
any problem presented 20 him.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18

A bachelor, who is known among his
friends and their children as being
always in the hdppiest spirits, singing
gayly and whistiing the newest songs
recently took unto himself a wife
Hearing the news the eight-year-old
daughter Of a house 10 which he goes
frequently, asked her mother doubt.
fully:
Won't Mr.. Smith sing or whistle
any more. mother?"
Why Of course" said the parent.
wondering. "Why2"
Because married people don't seem
to sing much" quoth the cynlc, sadly
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18

less than two years which he has been
at the head of the military forces is
little short of marvellous The birth
place Of this remarkable man was the
American-French isle of Guadeloupe.
He graduated from St Cyr Ia 1864.
served in the campaign Of Rome
18G0 as sub-lieutenant. and came
out of the Franco-Prussian war a cap
tain In 1882 he fought the Tonkin
campaign By 1894 he was colonel: by
1898 general Of brigade: by 1901 gen
eral of division. and by 1903. com
mandant Of the higher school Of war
for officers. from which he was trans.
ferred to the military governorship
of Lyons and commanded the Four
teenth Army corps. In 1906 he became
4 member Of the high war council, and
BY 1907 he was its vice president and
generalissime,
Behold the high war council. With
out its unselfsh permission, Gen. de
Lacroix-Iike Hagron who began the
work before him-would have found
his hands tied And the high war
council would have it's hands tied. in
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18

She never asks him where he's been.
She never asks him why Dee stayed.
But when she hears him coming in.
The supper's on the table laid.
And when DE settles down 10 read
That little woman Doe ad0res
Has never yet been known 10 need
His help IN finishing the chores
Detroit Free Tsrs=a
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
Evidence for the Defense.

Now then" said the magistrate, in
a loud voice. Mr.. Baumgartner. you
were present at this fray. Did Muir
ply, the plaintiff. seem carried away
with excitement
'Nein; he vos away on two piece
poardts NIT his head cut"
That will do. You may stand
down. Royal Magazine.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
Too Much Progress.

Mr. Chipps llooking up from the pa
per1-The doctors have discovered an
others new disease
Mrs. Chipps-Well. wish they'd
stop looking for new diseases long
enough to find a cure for my old rheu-
matism.-New York Weekly.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
A Tender-Hearted Girl.

Old Million-My dear Miss Young
thing. if you'd only marry me l could
die happy
Miss Youngthing- Mr.. Million,
if you were dying. I'd marry you in a
ninute.-New York Weekly.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
Not soreheads.

There is one thing queer about
aeronauts'
What is that"
The more they are encouraged the
more you find them soar on the job
Baltimore American
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
Where Meals Reside,

Forlorn Freddie (thehobo)-Just
think, little girl don't know where
my next meal is comm frum,
The Little Girl (sympathetically)-
Dear me. Amt there a pantry in
rns,~ h~"~- oOr man Puck.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
a Dark Future

First African Lion-I have a pre-
sentiment that something is going to
happen.
Second African Lion-How so?
4 saw Teddy bears in my sleep last
night Life
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18

If all the grouchiness of people who
hate themselves and all the egotism of
people who are overburdened with
self-appreciation could be fused We
should have an ideal race.-Chicago
Record-Herald.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
HAkES A SHOWING THAT HAS
ASTONISHED EUROPE.
Maneuvers Which Have Demonstrat
ed the Great Reorganizing Work
Which Generalissime La
crox Has Wrought.

The French army has been trans
formed, and the recent army maneuy-
ers has demonstrated that the work
which Henri de Lacroix. the general
issime, has accomplished during the
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
she Was Game.

rs your son derelict in his studies.
Mrs Comeup?"
Yes, indeed, he is, and it makes US
so proud of the dear hoy to have
all his teachers say so.'-Baltimore
American.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18

Teacher-Johnny what is an aero
naut?
Johnny (who has had experience)
An aeronaut is a man who goes up
in a balloon. gets his hook in your
pants, drops sand on you, and then
leaves you up in a tree.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
Just 4 Little Peculiar.

Editor wonder where the new
man got his ideas of the English Ian
guage?
Assistant Editor-What's the mat
ter?
Editor-He always writes of an ac-
companist as an escort on the piano.
Puck
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
Rags.

First Society Matron-I've just paid
$500 for a fascinating little rag to
wear to your bridge.
Second Society Matron - So
charmed, Who is your ragman now?
Life
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
w = I. u.s. zG =, Il = = -


Now that we have an airship. said
the progressive man. what will be
the next important invention ?"
I don't know" answered the unen-
thusiastic person. unless it is some
method of enabling the man who is
running the ship 10 know exactly what
il is going to do" o."-Washington Star
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
SEEING the Points.

L say that young lawyer who comes
to Elsie knows his business
What do you mean?"
Whenever he comes TO court, ne
always wants a stay. Baltimore
American.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18

Lady. said Flooding Pete. "do you
remember dat piece o. pie you gimme
jes' about dis time last year,
Let me see, / believe ] do remem.
Der giving YOU piece Of pie. DO you
want another like it2"
no. lady jest wanted 10 ask you
If You ate any Of it yourself
Certainly"
Well WelI' Amt DAT shame
An here I was goin along pridin' my
self on hayiu De digestion record
beat Washington Star.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
international Slang.

English Society Woman-Tha. black
dress of yours is just ripping
American Ditto-What. already ?
Oh. that dressmaker did not Dc things
hite.-Baltimore American.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
He Knew u.

Your nephew. who has chosen to
be a writer, has quite touch about
him"
Quite. He touched me yesterday
for ccol hundred. Baltimore Amer
ican,
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
ParadonIeaI BuIIdIna.

What do you think best for a build.
ing material for houses in the eoun.
try?"
Wen, speaking in the abstract, /
say concrete. Baltimore American.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
SIush-Round.

4 didn't see you in church yester-
day"
NO: Willie didn't shovel a path
through the Sunday papers in time"
Puck
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
Reflected Art

His house is furnished with the
most exquisite taste.
Yes, but not his oWn."--Puck.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
Badly Wanted.

Rowe understand the Howler has
engaged a bishop on the editorial
staff
Streete-As a theological authority
| presume.
Rowe-No; just because most OF
its news needs confirmation.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18

Tom-she must have been an odd
girl
Nell-Why do YOU think so2
Tom-She told my sister that she
married Fred for the purpose Of get
ting vent-Chicago Daily News.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
Justified

why did you strike that MANI"
He called me Clarence
What is your name2"
It's Clarence but be didn't know
t. Cleveland Leader
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
A Lost Tongue.

Briggs-They say the French are
deteriorating.
Griggs-I know it. The last time /
was over in France I couldn't even
make them understand their own Ian
guage
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18
Her Tongue and the instrument,

Tommy-Its orful quiet over at our
house
Sammy-What's tn matter? Some
body i'll?
TOmmy-No: mas went away and
took the phonograph with her,
The Aberdeen weekly., 1908-12-18

HE little mother, as
her hus band called
her, sat in the porch
where the vine
/ @ a " es fiuttered
down. while her hus-
band gathered the
o v @ r-r j p e grapes
from the trellis.
She was old now,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-10-08

relations with her neighbors, especial
" as this fictitious condition OF vas
salage created feelings of suspicion
and distrust which might at any mo.
ment result in disturbing the peace OF
the Balkans.
bulgaria understood clearly that
Austria Hungary soon would annex the
occupied provinces of Bosnia ana
Herzegovina and the general situation
was such that Bulgaria was Obliged
without delay, to declare her complete
Independence.
consequently, Tuesday, October o.
Bulgaria was proclaimed an indepen-
dent kingdom Prince Ferdinand &C.
cepted the title Of king Of Bulgaria
This act was communicated to all the
great powers by proclamations declar'
ing that Bulgaria was independent.
aBulgaria has made no aggressive
acts. She has given regular form to q
situation that already existed de
facto."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-10-08
THE BALKAN row
AN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION or
THE BULGARIAN SITUATION
BY FOREIGN MINISTER.
GIVES CAUSE OF REBELLION
Turkey Charged With Not Respecting
the Rights Of Bulgaria I'm
der the Berlin
Treaty.

N. Poprikoft, the Bulgarian minister
of foreign AFFAIRS, has sent q cable
dispatch to the Associated press, CIV
ing an authoritative explanation Of the
Bulgarian situation, which is now abb
sorbing the attention Of Europe and
the world at large. The dispatch Is In
reply to cablegram requesting IA.
Poprikoff to send an official statement
of the facts. His answer, dated Tues
day at the ancient capital Of Bulgaria,
is as follows:
"Tirnovo, Bulgaria, Oct. 7-Pur-
suant to the treaty of Berlin, Bull
garia has been a principally, tribu-
tary to Turkey Many years ago Bull
garia acquired the right to have diplo-
matte representatives accredited to all
the great powers. She maintained
such a representative at CONSTANT
nOple. Until recently the diplomatic
representative of Bulgaria to Turkey
was invited, with the other members
Of the. diplomatic corps in Constant.
nople to all official ceremonies, reeel.
lions and dinners. On the twelfth Of
last September, the occasion beint
the anniversary Of the sultans bril-
day, the Turkish minister OF foreign
affairs gave dinner to the diplomatic
corps to which the diplomatic repre-
sentative Of Bulgaria was not invitee.
Steps we're at once taken to secure an
explanation of this neglect. The Otto
man government replied that the Bul
garian representative had no right to
expect an invitation TO Inis diplomatic
dinner, as Bulgaria was a yassal state
Of Turkey.
"There then followed diplomatic
conflict between Bulgaria and Turkey.
Bulgaria considered that Turkey was
not respecting the rights acquired by
her and she desired to defend these
rights. This was the first incident
..The Oriental Railway company
operates 300 kilometers Qov miles) OF
line in Bulgarian territory. The same
company operates also about l,VVV
kiIometers 1921 miles) Of line In Turk
ish territory. A recent strike on the
property Of the Oriental Railroad COM
pany in Turkey spread at the same
time to Bulgarian territory. This
strike was decided upon and directed
from outside Of Bulgaria. Following
an understanding with the representa-
dive Of the Oriental Railroad company
the bulgarian government took over
temporarily the running Of the road.
The strike, however, spread until me
national security OF Bulgaria was
threatened, and the people became DIS
oontented with the state Of anairs.
The situation imposed upon ne
Unitarian government the necessity Of
a1lng definitely the relations between
he principally and Turkey. The new
regime IN Turkey made # imperative
Tor Buirnria 70 maintain The best Of
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-10-08
wOODBINE.

Miss Ollie Westrup is studying
music at the Baker University again
this year.
Theodore Weithe and family visited
Mrs. Weihe's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Westrup.
Chas. Humfeld and family Of Pro-
lection, Kansas, are here on visit
with relatives.
The Women's Aid society Of the
German M. E. church made visit to
Enterprise last Thursday to attend
the society there. They were we'll
entertained in the dormitory Of the
Normal academy.
]. j. Sellin, wife and daughter and
Mrs. J. L. Sternberg took a trip to
Herington Saturday.
John Brehm Of Herington was here
on visit with his parents.
Ora Kohler purchased house re-
Gently from Ross Kohler and is NOV
ing in.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-10-08
MOONLIGHT.

H. s. Engle and Misses Katherine
Engle, Grace. Long and Cora Page
spent Sunday with r. H. Bert's.
Messrs. Dick, George and David
Classen Of Oklahoma are visiting their
brother, Henry Classen.
The Moonlight school opened Mon
day in charge Of Miss Katherine Engle
with an enrolment Of 81. The build
ing has just been completed and is a
model rural school house.
Miss Minnie Engle of Acme is visit
ing at b. F. Engle's this week.
Mrs. Amanda Hair Of Green is visit
ing her parents.
The rain Sunday night was sufi-
Gent to put the ground in shape for
wheat seeding.