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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-05
Southern Gentlcmcn.

They have a saying down. South
that no gentleman fights with his
fists. Considering this tradition, and
the fact that the gun is their IA
vorite argument, in Dixie, they occa-
sionally do some poor shooting. 1t is
open season for the innocent bystander
twelve months In the year down there,
and just now the hunting seems good.
Two men engaged in gentlemanly
controversy at Bernice, La, Yesterday,
using revolvers and repeating shot
guns to make their arguments stick.
Six persons not Interested in the quar-
rel, except that they desired to get
away, were shot two fatally. The
duel has been tabooed in this country
as a thing of barbarism. which 1t is'
but dueling was nice, lady-like game
compared with the modern American
gun fight; the duel, being pre-arrang-
ed, afforded peaceful citizens and op..
portunity to crawl in the cellar. II
Southern gentlemen insist on fighting
with other weapons than fists, they
should either learn to shoot, or use q
club.--Atchison Globe.
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tIon and marvellous achievement in
many departments Of human knowl-
edge have enriched the Inst decades
or the nineteenth and the first
years of tho twentieth century. But
no long-distance telephone or wireless
telegraph, no nubways In the bowels
of the eartl, OF promised navigation
of the upper air. have added as much
,c mans life or subtracted as much
from tile sum total Of human suffering
as the advances In surgery. The rough
and-rcady saw-bones has been forever
displaced by the deft, learned and AL
most miracle working surgeon.
Fuller knowledge OF the technique of
surgery and antiscptlc treatment have
made operations possible and safe to-
day which would. thirty years ago
have been unimag inable. Appendicitis
has been catalogued and reduced to the
rank of an infantilc disease. Abdoni-
nal surgery has been made hand
maiden to cures otherwise impossible.
The lame walk, the blind see, and the
skill of the surgeon in diagnosis and
operation steadily increases.
The American Surgical Association
has chosen this city for its annual gath
erng, and Richmond is delighted to
honor that exclusive and justly dlstin-
suished body of eminent exemplars OF
a great profession.
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international Sentiment.

balances Of power enter into the de.-
cison OF International questions, said
Secretary Root the other day before
the international Law Society. the
secretary believes that even as with
a majority Of men they refrain from
unlawful action from fear OF public
80 nations hesitate now 70
follow a course condemned by the
spread of lteracy is rapidly increas-
ing this force This Is the pointer
that makes International law effective.
Some had supposed it was warships,--
Nebraska Journal
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Straight Mt the Mark.

Governor johnson, of Minnesota, has
begun his Swing around the circle"
and is Improving. his opportunities to
aim right at the mark. SO long as
tho government, through it's tariff sys-
TEN creates inequalities and does In
justice, he will content himself with
assailing its policy, rather than attack
tile lesser creations of the State whose
imitation uf the government is nat
ural. Face to face with new and en-
IRENE claims by Federal executive, leg
islative and judicial officials, as to the
sovereign powers of the nation, Gov
ernor johnson challenges the new
claims and summons the people back
to support a theory of government
which makes the Federal power one
that is limited. restricted and dele
gatcd.-Boston Herald.
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ONcrentiI1n

When prudently followed the prac.
n nee OF tasting IS most benehclal Many
ni,e npp really never feel the sensa,
:; ION OF natural hunger. All they have
~ morbid craving for food witch
a Genes OF habit rather than from any
MI need felt by the stomach. Nat
4, va -, munger stimulates the palate, and
Is Is, leit IN the mouth as we'll as In the
.ntefnal organs. IT makes the plain
sst 1000 seem delicious. and, when
pelng satisfied, Is source Of such en-
Joyment ms tho average wel-fed man
rarely experiences, Some suffer. 1t is
.rue, from insufficient food, but not
so many as those whose Ills arise from
excessive eating, their digestion be-
ing continually overtaxed. a habit
OF judtcious fasting would do wonders
FOR them. The system would recover
us lost tone, and--in the case OF men,
"a workers--the brain would work
With an ease and lightness that would
surprise them, for the brain is one of
the chief sufferers from the practice
|ot Ycreating,-NeW York Weekly.
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English Break fast.

The English have knack OF serving
breakfast in tempting manner. The
silver toast rack with delicate slices
of hot crisp toast, the plate OF hot
mullins well huttered. are quite meal
in themselves. Steaks and chops are
rarely seen on an English breakfast
table. Bacon is much used. and often
a dish Of Geld meat Is seen on tho
table. The bacon is usually served In
a silver breakfast dish which, has a
receptacle for boiling water under-
meath, which keeps the meat hot. It
is always crisp and beautifully cooked.
There Is hardly a breakfast without
eggs but these are boiled at the table
with one Of the many devices for boil
ing eggs over an alcohol lamp, They
arc always placed in an individual egg
cup, and the top removed with the
spoons.-New Haven Evening Register,
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AR1srDcRAT1o ENCINEEns.
n"cdivc Of Egypt Hns n Private RniI.
WnE-i<ing of Spnin's Diversion.

>, Inc Inc hnedive of Egypt has private
ialiWay from his palace at RasreiTin
IN Alexandria to his country place nj
Montazar, and It. constitutes one of his
laNorlte mobiles. 1t is, Of course, only
snort line. ten miles, but 1t is long
enough to give him the constant de-
usnt OF driving the engine himself.
Mhlch ne generally does. He is very
Keen engineer, as was shown by tho
interest he took in the great Nile dam
at Assuan. but he is perennially inter.
ested IN locomotives. During his last
WISH 10 France he rode on the cab with
the driver of the express from Calais
10 Asniens, and took a hand at the lev
erS.
The Marchioness OF Tweeddale drove
the first locomotive that crossed the
Forth Bridge. The Marques of Down
shlre mas a private railway at Hills
borough. and keeps sort of pet en-
CINE which cost his lordship 1000 gum
cas-. The train contains a splendid sa-
loon carriage for his guests, for he
himself is generally on the engine, and
guards van, in which some OF his
guests prefer TO ride. He almost in
varably drives the engine with his
own hands and his favorite speed is
forty miles an hour. There is no speed
limit on {: private line and no police
traps!
Earl Fitzwilliam is another practi-
cal engineer who delights in the loco
motive engine. He learned the art OF
driving when he was quite young by
going Whenever he could with the
drivers of the coal trains on his own
estates.
1t is we'll known that one of the
Young King OF spain's chief diversions
before his marriage was to ride on the
footplate of the royal train with the
driver and take lessons in engine driv-
Ing. He las become quite expert and
fearless. end he has frequently driven
his mother and sisters.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is an.
other royal engine driver. He quite
recently drove the express from Able
vile to Paris under the superintend-
ence of the regular driver.-Tid- Bits.
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Japan $ Army and Navy

largest OF these will not be in COM
mission for more than year. the
ships has not been completed. and other
ships are out Of commission. BY the
time the American fleet gets to the
fective battleships and twelve good
armored cruisers in commission. In
the United states fleet at that time
armored cruisers. But the Japanese
are rushing to get their other, ships
IN shape. over $4,000 men being en-
ploycd in Its navy yards. This is a
any one time during the preparations
for the Russian War, and is the high.
water mark in Japanese naval activity.
deavor to get into position where
1t Will not have to depend on other
nations for. the raw material necessary
the government steel foundry has thus
far been practical failure, and the
Japanese ship-builders must continue
to depend on foreign countries for
steel. The average wages paid In the
Japanese navy yards where war-sfips
are constructed. Is 20 cents a day. This
saving in the price OF labor is partly
neutralized by the fact that It requires
two Japanese workmen to accomplish
the same work done by one European
or American craftsman. But at the
same time. If Japan could get the steel
CO Il e paff b paa s Ships augS S per
cent. cheaper than they can be built in
Europe. The difference, between the
cost In. japan and the United States
would be even greater, Is the Amer
leans must pay much more for labor
and much more for steel than any
other nation.
II Japan had the money. 1t could.
and undoubtedly would. equip an army
and navy. great enough to try concu-
sions with almost any nation But II
has neither the money nor sufficient
credit to borrow it il has the founda-
ficent fighting men. hut the army 1t
self does not exist In the magnitude
which the alarmlsts claim for it. Japan
also has creditabIe navy. ranking
and IL has proved that its navy can
do things. Blu, it's entire navy. PATCH
ed-up boats and all, is not half lie
equal in strength OF the American
again Japanese poverty comes in--its
navy has not the money to spend in
target practice. Only the British anu
ayes sbend great for
conditions OF actual war This costs
the United States nearly million dol
lars year for powder. We know that
and hit the mark. The Japanese navy
must do these Things by theory.
Fun credit must BIO. given to the
Japanese as fighting men. But This
world must look upon them as super
natural beings. absolutely fearless and
mysteriously equipped with a power
against which the force of men and
arms does not avail. Heretofore they
have encountered foes who were rot
their match in equipment. and whose
hearts were not in their fight. II in
the course OF time they meet fighters
who. are backed by the proper national
spirit, their measure Will be taken
more accurately and much OF the
glamour that surrounds their reputa-
ton will be dissipated.
Copyright, 1908, by Frederic J.
Haskin)
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RUNNING no coyEn.

| The visible apathy and belated hear
ing tina. Mr.. Roosevelts last message
received from both houses OF Congress
seemed to indicate, even to trained
critics of political events, that tie
members felt they were at last in a
!weariness to my policies In varying
degree of humor and raillery, the
Washington correspondents seized on
this unprecedented slight of Presi-
dents message, and concluded that the
ascendancy OF Mr.. Roosevelt was be-
ginning to wane 1t seemed to betoken
that his recommendations for new leg
islatior were to be ignored and only
routine measures passed.
But within the last day or two
complete change is to be noted. The
Republican majority has had con
ference: it has been determined that
the Vreeland currency bill, an anti
injunction measure. and recastlng of
the Sherman trust act are to be made
laws, or at least put through the House.
Is 1T due to fear of Mr.. Roosevelt's
dispcasure. to anxiety at the possible
attitude of their constituents on the
do-nothing policy, to the realization
that these long pending measures are
for the public good or to sensltivc-
ness at the criticism of Mr.. John Sharp
Williams and his cohorts, that the Re-
publican members have suddenly be-
come so resolute and SO enterprising?
Is the stimulus TO be credited to any
particular one of these causes or to all
collectively?
Now, all of these factors have been
present to the minds of the astute
Representatives the whole session. but
the first of them-the big stick" of
the President-possesses a persuasive
mess which increases with the Intensity
of the opposition it meets with; and
! doubtless 1t is the needfully vigorous
| welding of this dreaded instrument
THAT has brought the Republicans round
to proper sense of their duty-to Mr..
| Roosevelt.
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INVITING TIE rlMEs-pIsrATcH.

THE Richmond Times Dispatch writes
interestingly of the amazing ball
team of that city. OF course. this is
typographical error. amusing" being the
word Observation-Disclosures Herald.
=, man from the State of Washington
went crazy the other day while travelling
through Missouri on fast train" says the
Richmond Times Dispatch. Maybe he
thought they were trying TO shoot him
through to Observation-Disclosures Georgian.
The price of chalk is up nearly 100 per
cent thus providing good fellows with a
l!ne--Richmond Times Dispatch. Now let's
all join in walking the fish line.-Roanoke
World.
"The Mayor of Timpson. Tex. gets SAL
AIRY of 81 year." says the Richmond Times
Dispatch. We decline to comm ent, however,
unit. we learn wheth er that is all he gets! 1t
amt all he gets shouts a contemporary
Plattsburs On. " News
Personally we do not doubt that Para
graphers Nevin, Harrison. Ball and Rice
would entertain a much sincerer regard for
us If our provender were not so good as II is
or If It cost more. Small natures are
naturally fully OF envy.-Houston Post
"What is the difference. oirhand, bt-
tween a sanitarium and a sanaturium?" asks
the Richmond Times Dispatch. About $50
per week in favor of the latter, we think
Washington Herald.
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Personal AND GENERAL

a compilation made by the Rev. DR.. D.
l.. Leonard. of foreign missionary statistics
OF the world, shows mat the total contribu-
items OF the missionary societies to foreign
missions last year amounted to S2s,!59.6s0
:, 900 nna o'e' '''e pte'tous year " aoout
take up an Easter collection is Rev. Francis
7: Brown, pastor of the First Methodist
Church, at New Haven. CT. He not only
but also nearly overlooked that at the even
ins service.
The leading areas OF yellow pine produce
ton in the United States arc no longer In
the South Atlantic states. but have been
shifted to the Southwest. The states Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-05
MERELY JOKING.

why, Certainly.
,1yh,t is II YOU like best about us s'iiss
asked the sweet young thing. ,o
.,Mv arms, answered the youth.--bosto''
Transcript.
Ain, yer vaccination healed up yet?''
asked jimmy. ,.
.t lay don!t !, make Yer feel bad?"
"Saw. the doctor told NON mustn't take
a bath till it's all healed up''---ph'laueipn'a
Press
Walt.
al, the conversation, Ethel.
Ethel: Must walt TN I'm maff'eo'
mamma ?''--Yonkers Statesman.
Court Humor.
First court Jester: q fail to see what the
king means. He pays about forty minister's
and they do absolutely nothing.
second Court Jester: "Ah. The Idles OF
the King. The Circle.
As 1t Usually Is
pa" asked little Willie. looking UP from
his book, 'what's mis- an thropist?'"
"a msanthroplst' replied his pa, us the
sort of fellow who after catching himself
Ct eating at solitaire aefqsS mat s men are
objectionable.
sir" said the imperial ruler Of all the
Russias. do you realize what gulf of in
equality yawns between ordinary humanity
and an autocrat?"
Dear met answered the poumaite in
mild surprise. us this gulf proposition a
car -chasm baltimore American.
Little Knocks ut the Holy Estate.
Little Willie: Say. pa. is fighting pro-
hibited by law In all the states?"
Pa: II believe 50. my son-eXcept in the
m rmOuial Sfatp.''-C'hicaC News
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All or our ancestors" said a ply
sician, were peck marked, and small
poX was a recommendation II you were
looking for work.
What l mean is that you couldn't
No one wanted a servant who was liza
bic at any moment to be stricken
down with the loathsome disease.
1774.
".Hence, help wanted ads read like
this:
Wanted, man between twenty
man and under butler In a great FAM
lily. He must have had the smallpox
in tho natural way. Also a woman,
Of great fortune and fashion. The
woman must have had tho smallpox
in the natural way."-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
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Rhymes for To-Day
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

: d i
tAccording to rumors reaching us
from Denver.1
rHEY'vE lacked up all the prices
with touch both deft and
i supple,
They're charging fourteen plunKs a
room or twenty-eight couple,
They've hitclicd the liquor tariff to a
cost most prohibition.
And raised most all the others out of
sight OF an opticfan.
They'll want the patrmony that your
wealthy uncle gave you,
They'll ask two plunks to cut your mar,
onc-scventy five to shave So'i'
They'll charge dollar for n shlne' or
I'm a mere beginner,
And soak you ithrteen-eighty for a
most Indifferent dinner.
THEY'LL sting you for the air you
breathe without single-'hem o!
They'll count your lung draughts IN
and out and stick 1t on the
memo:
Whatever sunbcams fall on you the
bill will surely mention
n YES. you'll need your pocketbook 10
take to that convention!
VIII Alton Parker. think you, get the
value of his money?
VII, GRAY ar Johnson see a thing that
they deem wise or funny?
VIII Jesse get his quid pro quo? "or
one. I can't unearth It
No onlv old Bill Bryan's apt to thinK
the show is worth 1t.
II. S. II.
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.Iohs Enr RnoscYclt.

(. There is no doubt that the Presi-
dent could earn his living writing for
the magazines after leaving office:
One offer OF 100000 for a series OF
articles on foreign travel has ALREADY
Welt We're to take to lecturinE, there
would be something doing,-Springtield
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Joys of Spring Cleaning,

! Even spring cleaning, so much
abused by lazy people Is Wholesome
ant, after all, as some make out Il
entered into with zest and good heart.
Instead Of grumbling, why not enjoy,
tho life and movement Of IT? IT Is all
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The Houston Post, which led the fight
for senator Bailey in Texas. deserves,
and is hereby extended encomiums and
calculations. Probably few men in
Texas contributed more to the vindica-
tory result than George NJ Bailcy-no
relation-the mastery shortlincr of the
Post, whose pointed parasraphing has
been genuine and brilliant feature of
the campaign.
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THE AFGHAN RISING.

only Few weeks ago The Times
Dispatch called attention editorially to
the British punitive expedition against
the Zakka khels, or Zuku Kheyls-
an Afrdi tribe of Northern India
AS we said then. the English
would find the Afghan hill tribes a
very different proposition from the rice
eating ryots of Central. India, or the
half-frozen TAjbSaus WHO guarded
11hassa.
This forecast has heen only too fully
itonfirmed. and now between thirteen
| and twenty thousand Afghan troops
have moved into Anglo Indian territory,
while fanatical mullahs are preaching
i a new holy war all along tho border.
The scene of the engagements is
! the Khyber Pass. that world-old road
between India and the Northwest coun-
tries. Already the AfShans have at
tackled blockhouses guarding the pass,
So far these attacks have been re-
pulsed, but the English troops in
Northern India are mere handful
compared with the Mob ammedan ma
tives, whom the Afghans, as co-relg-
ionists, are urging to rebellion
s The prospect of an organized revolt
throughout all India is neither immi-
nent nor terrifying. II the Ameer
however, forgetting the exhibition of
power which England prepared for his
,ivit I'D Ia.
persists in his hostile attitude, a fourth
Afghan war Will be fought.
In 1885 Great Britain easily over
ran Afghanstan and placed an Ameel
of its own choice on the throne. This
triumph was shortlived, for in 1912 the
Afghans rose. overpowered the British
and treacherously killed $4,000 troops
women and camp followers, who Were
retreating under promise of safe con
duct The British at once made re
prisals and re-ostablished their sue
rainty. All went well till 1878, whel
the Afghans became 100 friendly witt
Russia and were again coerccd forcibl.
by the English
In 1880 the old treachery broke out
and the English resident at Cabul. 81
Louis CayaGnari, was murdered, Til
punitive expedition following this &C
was the occasion OF the last war be
tween England and Afghanstan Sine
then the Afshans have not only I'm
ported large quantities Of warlike mu
nItions, but have learned to nanufae
ture rifles and cartridges. II a rel
war. and not border sklrmish, result
from this outbreak, the British army
India will have some severe hghtin
ahead.
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C0lorlng Cnterpillnra.

Recent experiments have shownthat
the yellow and green colors possessed
by certain caterpillars are due to coll
oring matter derived from the food.
BY impregnating leaves with artificial
colors the eXperimenters caused some
species Of caterpillars to produce silk
OF bright orange yellow and fine rose
City Journal
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Sometimes They Arc.

Thomas II. Ryan always found poll
tical parties In a"recepttve' MOOD. Ky
,vhich wes infer that both Cornelius N.
Rl,ss and Tom Taggart held out their
hands 70 hinl.-Rocheste IIerald. IS
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Mr.. Roosevelt thinks that Governor
Hughes could have won the nomination
II he had thoroughly identified himself
with the Whitehousc admirers. 1t IS
barely possible that Hughes, after
the same thing. preferred to
take licking.
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The conviction liz steadily gaining
ground that there will not be many
ballots used up either at Chicago or
Denver,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-05

Western papers which claim that
William Dudley Foulke. of Indiana. can
use more adjectives minute than any
other living man. are respectfully asked
to stand back and give John Temple
Graves a show.
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Saturdays experience at the ball
grounds was reassuring, in that 1t
proved that there is. after all, some-
thing in Virginia that can occasionally
lick the amazing Richmond aggrega-
ton.