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Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-05-16

C0ME[Y MATRONS PRAISE PERUMA

The only valuable testimony which any household remedy
can have is the testimony Of those who have used it. 1t
is worse than useless to discuss Peruna from theo-
= retical standpoint It is what Peruna will do, not
what people say about it, that constitutes evi-
\ dence. The housewives Of the United States
AM \ know what Peruna will do. They have
AM tried it. They have realized its benefit
2AEA in the family They are the ones that
MESSMc> are competent to speak OF it.
W|I%S selfappointed critics know moth
YHhsMMe ing of it whatever.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
NEWSPAPERS IN Japan

writersn who transcrIbe the copy by
details and rush IT to the printer in
Osaka within few minutes after
the proof-aheets have reached the
Tokyo editorial rooms. The jill has
circulation of 100000 copies. 1t is one
OF the representatives OF the higher
class Of conservative newspapers, its
rank being shared by the Tokyo Asah1
and several others. The Hochi Is tie
leading radical paper. being positive In
low io p'" The yellow s' 5ou,nal n"' are
numerous all over the empire, and
many OF them have an enormous cir
culation.
The bitterness Of attacks upon poiit.
teal opponents in the sensational press
goes far beyond the worst exhibitions
OF journalistic venom known in Ameri-
ca to-day. Sixty years ago the purely
political sheets In the united States
Japanese successors OF to-day. but the
filth employed by the lower class jap.
anese editor has been utterly imposst.
BILE among English-speaking people
since long before the newspaper wag
born into the world. OF course, the
freedom of the press does not extend
so far that an attack could be made
upon the Emperor He is sui regard
the tangible centre of the nationh
spirit against which no patriot may
sin In word, thought or deed. Inc
worst thing a Japanese critic can say
Of an opponent In politics. is: rae II
false to the Emperor"
In front OF the publication office oil
any TOKYO paper, or at branch Offices,
crowds are continually gathered about
and poorest buy newspapers, and
through them gam an idea OF what *
going ON In the world Japanese peas
ants have been heard discussing III
10 yen l n N nt..h Ii III a.
of Mr. Roosevelt's taking another term
of offices and tiAn maklrg himself
Emperor. This incident SHOWS that
the Japanese point OF view is siici:
cign' news correctly, but 1t must be
Remembered that thirty years ago the
Japanese peasant did not know Ameri-
ca existed, and was firm in the beTel
whole world, 10 say nothing OF Ma
theory that the sun and moon were
made In Japan and afterwards hung
lin the heavens.
In the cities. the people who two
years ago formed mobs to throw stones
at the terrible foreign devil invention
called q trolley car are now demand
ing one-cent fares and municipal own
lership of rapid transit facilities. The
newspapers did this. when Chicago
was in the throcs of campaign on
the rapiI transit anu municipal own
ership question. the Japanese news
papers told their people about II. rhey
took the municipal ownership side and
hence Tokyo is to own It's own street
car lines. These examples Of the in
flnencc of the newspapers in bringing
Western ideas to the masses of the
people illustrate what a force the
Oriental press may become The So
900, 900 of Japanese are being reached
by newspapers--thc 400.000000 of Chi
nese may yet receive the light OF the
twentieth century through the same
medium.
Copyright, 1905, by Frederic ]. Has
kim
o-morrow-Japan's National Expo
|sition.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
Weekly Pocket Money.

am a great advocate Of giving
girls weekly pocket money from a
very Youthful age, even beginnins at
SUMS If girl suddenly finds hcr-
self with money to spend, end no
knowledge how to lay y out, she is
sure to waste ana be extravngant be-
roro she learns the art of management,
AS for in allowance largo enough to
dress on, think 1t should be given tt
her directly she leaves school. OF
course It's amount should be in proper
tion to hor parents rneans and POSI-
ton, and 1t may be increased as she
grows older. and requires handsomel
frocks than debutante Is expected
to wear.
Her mother should certainly advise
her about her expenditure and help her
choose her clothes, at least al first
1T is wonderful how soon she will be
own Judgment about eeon,o,mIiizing OF
one hand, to eXpend little more
thing Is give 4, her ,ns an l Ieq 4 Of l,n tsf
money can be laid out In order to bring
a GOOD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
"A PEDAGOGuE IN A PET.

Embracing the rod was never a non.
4 olar pastine, and The Times-D ID spatch,
OF course. did not expect the News
Leader to do it with a Will on the
N defensive, we note, this neighbour loses
that air of gay and jocular compla-
.cencc which characterizes It while in
STRUGGLING the public to spcaksand act
oanely, modestly and the rest Of them,
y and relies largely upoT morose Ian.
Kuage to conceal the feebleness of an
andefcnsible position.
4 Its tedious apologize would receive
no notice In these columns but for
the fact that II has curiousy misled Its
readers as to our comments upon It's
/ performance OF recent memory. SAYS
the News Leader OF yesterday: I'm lis
nretended quotation from our headlines
~ tThe -Dispatch){ omits the
Rirst two sections Said The Times
Dirpatch I'm tile article referred TO-
/ after quoting Two sections" one q
witch was the first ofSthe two we 1rt
L alleged to have omitted; "There was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
STREET CAR ;l TRANSFERS.

This evening the Board of Aldermen
viii deal with the question of univer-
sal transfers. We hope that the board
will approve the action Of the Common
Council in demanding the abolition If
the present indefensiblc system. wher4-
by passenger may be compelled 10
stand at transfer point and watch a
car so by-because forsooth the pas
Eenger guessed wrong. The street car
company doubtless has a good argu.
ment against unlimited transfers, and
We do not imagine that the Common
Council desires or intends to make i'm.
reasonable or harsh exactions. But !,
the passenger is to be allowed tc
choose at all, why should his right OF
choice end when he leaves the car
Why can not the transfer be made
good on Traction and Passenger am
Power lines alike. leaving ii to the
conductor TO punch the transfer for as
future identification, If that be neces.
-sary?
The transfer system OF Richmond i,
wretched, and City Attorney Pollard.
opinion, backed by the action OF The
Council. ought to remedy this unnece,
sary imposition on the travelling mn
lie.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
Queer Way. Of Playing Golf,

: On one occasion a player handicap
al his shots with one lcg held UP, ana
the only crunb of satisfaction that
sane people can get out of the story
Is that the man missed nearly every
shot and lost his wager. Also, who
has not heard of men trying to play
Wi tn one me eye ye, covered up, others who
fIll set used by their opponents. ana
others who have agree to putt with
nothing but their umbrellas?
On one occasion a golfer Mt placc
of no. less goltins, Importance than
sandwich, rlaycd a round with II cham
pasne bottle against a man who had
know that IT Is on record that the
man with the champagne hottie won!
,Tbere are said to be various Scots
WI who IN, have driven balls off the face Of
time driving the faces Off the watches
a and m american variation of this
WIZ Westn mush !, SUCCESS At place oalls.
70 drive q hal off the top of hens
fsS Which had been denied at ono end
1erWlse dAnaGcl.--Londpn Tit Rlts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
When |. Kansnn Stop. Iii. paper.

About two. months ago one of our
farmer friends dropped in and stopped
his Farmer. lie said lie couldn't afford
to take the paper and just had to do
without it. lie dropped in again last
Saturday. and planked down sl;5o for
a year in advance--and then heaved
a big sigh of relief. Everything had
gone wrong since the Farmer had
ceased to visit him.
His chickens refused to lay, his COWS
got oil the alfalfa and died, and his
hogs got the cholera, Tho rats gnaw-
ed holes in his, granary and his wheat
ran out ana the birds ate it up. His
windmill blew over and killed a horse,
and his best shepherd dog got a bone
In his throat and choked to death.
His children got the measles and his
Vito mashed her thumb in the wringer
and couldn't do any Ilouseworll. Thieves
broke into his smokehouso and stole
his winters supply of meats. and fire
destroyed several stacks Of his alfalfa
lie bought groceries of a travelling
fakcr and never got them, while his
neighbor escaped because he read in
the Farmer to watch out for crooks
His days were filed with misfortune
and his nights with bad dreams. liz
stood 1t two months and then gave UP
the unequal strugsle.-Osborne FARMER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,
IN the Australian Parliament is a bill pro
Nidins oountles TO be paid iron manufactur

In the Australian Parliament is bill pro-
NluihS bountles TO be paid iron Manufacture
ers
The Chinese people are great users of
candles. or rather what used 10 be known in
America as ",allow dips"
An interesting product shipped recently
from a we'll known New England plant was
three-ply leather belt, li1 feet long and
seventy-two inches wide.
From all parts OF Germany sharp advances
III the prices OF the necessities OF life es i
pccally in foodstuffs and fodder for live
stock. arc reported.
The return Of Haley's comet. which was
iast observed seventN-four and one half yea RS
ago is an event which is being looked for BIZ.
astronomers with much interest
Fred W. Wolf. the oldest active letter.
carrier in the United States. died in Troy.
N. y. recently. He was seventy-two years
old. and had been a letter-carrier nfty- four
years.
trade hysicnic institute is TO be estab
iishcd In Frank fort, Germany. where all
matters appertnininG to the health and pro
lection of German factory opera tives and the
working classes in general are TO be studio d
and taught.
An owl flew out of burning chimney at
CoVcrach, Cornwall. England. with its feath-
ets on FIRE, and perched on a hayrIck near
AZ hand. The result was that the rick was
completely destroyed and several stacks OF
straw barely escaped.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
Money or Morality.

There came time, not so long ago,
when wave of anti opium" feeling
swept over England, ana tho British
public suddenly became very hard to
please. Parliament agreed that the
idea of a government opium monopoly
IN India was morally indefensible,'
even went so far as to send out a
royal commission" to investigate the
whole question. Now this commission,
after travelling 10000 miles, asking
$4,000 questions and publishing 1000
pages double columns, close prHD of
evidence, arrived at some remarkable
CONCLUSIONS Opium" says tho royal
commission, rs harmful, harmless or
even beneficial. according to the mea-
sure and discretion with which it is
used. -" 1t is dn India) the univcr-
sal household remedy. . It is en-
tensiyely administered to infants, and
the practice does not appear to any
extent injurious. So 1t does not ap-
pear responsible for any disease pecn-
liar TO itself" AS to the traffic with
China. the commission states: RE
sponsibility mainly lies with the
Chinese government" and, finally
(Which seems to bring out the pith OF
the matter), Sin the present circum-
stances the revenue derived from
opium is Indispensable for CARRYING on
with efficiency the government OF
| ndla,"-SucceSS. :
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14

moro to tic headline. but tho black
est type was accorded TO these
two sentences" or readers are III.
vitcd to scrutinlzc the size and strength
of the tindcrpinninE ICON which this
cxasperated charge of "ptetcndcl
iiotation---whn' svcr that may be--is
based. At the end or the cffusion we
note further THIS interesting dctluc-
tion and moral: Tho Times Dispa tcli is
gravely cautioned not TO try to make
Ia cnscSngainst all object of its resent
rncnt through ii section of II headline
facta.' "a section Of u headline
mind. 'rbat. so tho News Leaders
readers are left to understand. was
the sole basis OF our firm yet kindly
remarks, Not n word is said here
about that "s,ot.i, Of misses, jecrs and
ye,ls OF do,ision, ana that display OF
bitter feeling against tho Mayor In
" Inch our ncl-lhor appeared so IN
tensely ir.crestcd no longer ago than
Saturday.
NOW tUcSc CUrlOSltleS cIllUcuueu VIII
IIibcrnan felicity IN disqusitton on
the duty OF fairness III controversy.
might furnish food for thought to the
But, especially at this
juncture Of affairs. much is to be for
given the News Leader. The phnSs OF
revealed and published error AIRED
scarcely the sole reasons for it's en-
For. II we read It's edi-
torial columns correctly. 1t Is at this
moment facing the painful khowled se'
gained through single foray into the
Southwest. that it is not "a State news
after all, and that its previous
to that effect wers
based on an embarrassing misconcep-
ton of the situation. Let all, there
fore. be gentle with it. The throes OF
will become allaEcd III
time, but while they last they. are
sharper than serpent's tooth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
Voice Of the People
II Il. Tic Duty u Every Man to vote.

~ II TIC 9AJuIy Of EVcry Nnu 10 SOAcs
Editor Of Tic Times Dispntch:
Sr.-.,lllose people WHO urc hesitat-
ing about voting III the primary OH
ato,unt OF the pledge which has been
put upon the ticket by tho City Dcii-
ocratlc Committee ought to ask them.
selves the following question:: Is not
the question Of good government IN
Richmond OF more importance to me
than the question OF WHO sllull lie the
noSt President Of the United Statcs?
Whit difference to the average voter
In fsichmond docs It make US. fnr as
concerned who Is President? white, on
tho other hand is 1t not of great I'M.
portal1ce to every man, woman ana
child WHO live here and who arc DE.
pendent on good. clean, economical
municipal sovernmcnr ror the happl-
ness and prosperity OF themselves to
have say In the question of deter
mining who shall rule for the ntHt
four years? without regard to the
claims OF any candidate for any onlcc
who fails to vote In the present prl-
mary will be derelIct IN his duty to
tho city I'm which lie lives and IN
which he expects to raise his chill
responsibility Of settling the question
of who our rulers shall be. Let us
not deiude ourselves by false notions
OF honor The right to mix up the
pledge In regard to supporting inc
candidates OF the primary with the
pledge in regard to the national can
dllatc. is a question upon which the
best legal minds OF Our city Disagree,
and however n man may consider tllis
obligation. when It comes to a ques-
ton between his duty to Ills home
which affects him and ms,
family every day of their lives. ana
the policy OF the general government,
which to large extent, affects him
only Indirectly. / think his duty Is
plainly to his home government, anu
that le should not hesitate for mo-
ment to exercise his right OF suffrage
in the selection OF those men who no
b believes will be the greatest factors
in guiding our destinies In that chan
mel which stands for all that is high
est and purest in life. What VIII be
accomplished by the 400 or 500 people
who stay away from the polls in the
primary. as far as the shaping of the
policy Is concerned? VIII
not the State Of Virginia be likely 10
go as the majority of the people do
sire 1t to go anyway? and Will not the
gentlemen who stay away from the
polls in the primary have given up a
and duty which would not
be Offset by any corresponding bene-
lit? Think. my fellow citizens, of THIS
question again before YOU conclude
not to do your duty as citizens OF
Richmond. BUSINESS MAN.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
u. S. TREASURY DEFICIT.

Economy in foreign purchases is CIV
ing the United States citizens a large
trade balance abroad This time last
year, though American exports were
stupendous, the imports were SO large
that it became apparent we were max
ing no Roadway in paying off our for
eign obligations. Since November,
1907, the exact reverse has been true.
For example. the total imports of New
York for fourteen weeks beginning
January list were $15S.342,036. This is
sos 100000 less than for the same pc
Rod in 1907. s520OO,00o less than for
the same period in 1906. s53,o00,O00 less
than 1906. s2.o00,OOO less than 1904, the
year following the panic of 1908, and
50. 900. 900 less than 1908 itself. The
figures for the corresponding periods
in years prior to 1906 are as follows:
1905. s211.s5S,S63 1901 .sl45,25o,7S7
1904 /. 1GO,261,3O3 1900. 1868, 1874
1909. 100, a12,437 1872. 12S,716.29o
19b2 145,o5I,oS4 1885. 1868, 6s7
All this looks very encouraging, but
the United States government derives
very large portion of its income from
Gus tom duties. and this falling off in
importations has a direct reflex in the
revenues Of the government. On April
II, 1908 the excess of expenditures
over receipts by the United States
Treasury for the fiscal year was s4O,-
212, 1880, while for exactly the same
period last year the excess of receipts
over expenditures was S5e,S47,9s..9i
I'm other words. so far this fiscal veal
the government has run lite owe.
500 900 900 behind in its cash balance
as compared with the same period 9:
last year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
wAsH1NGroN.s ACRES.
First President Owned $4,000 Acres at
the Time of His Death.

First President Owned $4,000 Acres at
the Time of His Death.
The claim Of the Washington heirs
to the ownership of the city OF Cincin-
natl and other tribes out West which
the I<tther of hfs Country overlooked
in dIsposing of his estate, draws at
tention to his realty holdings. His
marriage with the widow Gusts
brought hfin $4,000 acres of land. most
ly lying about the city of Williams
williamsburg was an important place
in those days, the t'oyal governors
t use% and 't tie piantations round about
there were nourisiing and valuable
The Mount Vernon estate, added to that
inherited and purchased by Waaashlng.
800 acres near fredericksburg, anl
some property In that city. He earned
bS o4Esst for Land 9ra FaFiax S
Washington heirs only q few. years
ago AS M lI;a BOUNTY y Tor !, ms
War he secured $1,000 acres in West.
ern lands. and Increased the amount
later. partly by purchase, to more thar
10000 acres.
Lying on the Ohio between tho
mouths of the Great and Little Kama
wha Rivers" amounting to 9169 acres
and Of land on the Great lanawhi
amounting to $4,000 and moro acres
These apparently We're tho land liz
obtained by patent for his services
in tho French and Indian War AMI
added to by purchase. though some OF
the Newspaper reports Of tho claims
OF the. Washington heirs make It ap:
FOR military ii Services Vas SIN in What i
now Ohio, and comprised tho site OF
C1ncinnatl.-Now York Evening Post
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
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TUESDAY, APRIL IL, 1908.
TIE PLEDGE AND THE rn1Mtn,

4
Chairman Doherty's Interpretation OF
the pledge leaves no loophole for those
who wish to vote In the primary and be
free from all obligation for November.
Itis a case where the City Committee
has insisted on the whole-hos- or-none
policy and the voters arc without pre-
sent redress. No private understands
ing or mental reservation can be used
honorably. and the voters. therefore,
are reduced to two alternatives--eithsr
vote In the municipal election and
be pledged to vote for the Democrats
nominee in November, or forfeit the
vote to-day for the privilege of being
free in November.
For those that desire to vote to-day
for Mayor or Councilnen. the latter a.
tentative is preposterous.
III Richmond cast half its vote against
the Democratic nominee in November
i would not be the small dust III the
balance of the general result. Virginia
went Democratic by 32.16S in 1904, and
though signs OF disaffection and dis.
heartenment are not lacking, 1t Is not
within the scope of reasonable political
experience for that vote to be reversed
this fall.
The only chance for those Demo-
Gratis who object to the policies of Mr..
Bryan is to go into the primaries and
vote for delegates t, make that pro-
test effective at Roanoke. If Nir.
Einia Democrats in general, and those
OF Richmond in particular, want to ex-
ercise independence, they will have TO
begin by hammering their local COM
mittees into shape.
AS to the municipal election, The
Times-Dispatch has printed the list 81
the candidates for the Council wit
their occupations. As to the candidates
for Mayor. we have not given IN,
covert advantage or open assistance tc
either candidate feeling well assured
that the city was safe under either one
and that every citizen who exercised
the right of the ballot was amply iusti
fled, even on the ground alone of per.
sonal choice. in voting for Judge
Richardson or Mr.. Mccarthy
Those that stay out OF the primary
then, need noursh no illusory hopes a
to the effect their votes will have il
November. nor as to the rebulle the;
absence will give the City COMMITTEES.
The duty for to-day is for all citzen
OF Richmond to vote if they care hoy
the city election is going
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
"A Campaign OF Despair.
ENGLISH PENNIES SCARCE.
Dilemma of London Trndcrs-smnll
SUPPLY Of Conner Coins.

.'up1uS VI SopVCE SOIuSs
America is not the only country with
n money 5tringency. There is u cur
rcncy difficulty in London. 1t may not
call for such extended reference in the
next Kings speech to Parliament as
the American. problem did in Presi-
dent Rooseyelts message to Congress.
but II is causing considerable trouble
in the city nevertheless.
The New York banks are unable to
pay their depositors in gold currency.
In London the banks are unable to sup
is no difficulty In cashing a check ut
any London bank If the deposltor is
content with gold and silver in en-
change. But should he demand any
considera BILE sum in pennies the asi-
tated cashier will refer him to the
ss-inclosed inner office, where the
stern-faced manager will resolutely re-
fuse to part with more than gruds-
ing. pittance from his precious hoard.
There are not enough pennies in
circulation at present to supply the
necessities Of the retail commerce Of
require to be supplied daily with cop
per money for change. and just now
the utmost difficulty is experienced in
providing. ii, For its. hundred shops
of pennies and half-pennies daily. and
is unable to obtain them from Its
bankers.
II would be glad to take $4,000
worth of coppers IL I could get them
said the manager of London bank
recently. and would even be willing
to pay premium upon them"
The mint authorities. although the
profit on coming copper is, high de-
cline to supply all that the banks de-
mand. They maintain that the exist
ing supply ought to be sufficient, but
that the stringency is caused by the
reprehensible habit of boarding. which,
in respect TO gold has provoked Pres
ident Roosevelt's remonstrances to his
people.
For weeks past the big firms. in an
ticipation of the present stringency.
coppers. A large firm recently admit
ted having boarded up $4,000 worth.
Large as was that store, it has already
been nearly Xhausted.-London, Mall.