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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05
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AT conference of country clergy
men held at Amherst Massachusetts,
this week, the conclusion was reached
that immortality in country places is
on the increase. The conference was
conducted under the auspices OF the
Church Federation Of Massachusetts
ana Rhode Island. and the principal
speaker was DR.. Warren b. Wilson of
New York, who Is associated with the
Presbyterian board OF home missions.
me subject under discussion was "The
Alleged immortality in Country Com
munities." An epidemic of thievlng
among boys, in a Cape Cod town was
reported by one of the clergymen pres
ent. and DR.. Wilson exclaimed: "All
boys are thieves at certain age"
We are indebted to the esteemed
Hartford Courant for this brilliant
sidelfght upon condition in Massa-
chusetts which we have never fully
understood There is good authority
FOR the saying that as tho twig is
that effect, and it is perfectly clear
now why there are so many grown
UP thieves in Massachusetts, and in
that general region of country. The
thieving boys Of Cape Cod have grown
into great colony of plunderers.
Several days ago the New York
World and the Chicago Tribune print
ed a long list of entertainments that
have been made from the banks. Since
1905 the stealing of tins artistic sort
has amounted to s2S.32s,92i. OF this
vast amount s27.11s,924 was stolen by
the Cape Cod boys of the North and
West. Two miserable little thieves
down South got away with $4,000
and another thief "penalized" bank
in Louisville. Kentucky, one of the
border States. to the extent of ST.
10000. For all that we know, they
may have been born in Cape Cod
town; at least they had Cape Cod
ways. One of the Cape Cod boys stole
100000 from savings bank in New
Britain, Connecticut; another got off
with $4,000 from national bank at
Cambridge, and still another showed
his raising by making away with
$36T,924 from a savings bank at Wor-
cester. Massachusetts,. 1t may be said
with truth, we think, that big thiev-
cry. artistic stealing" as it is called,
has been encouraged throughout the
country by the extravaganza of living
which has been visited upon the coun-
try by the people who live in the God
and morality part of our glorious ma
ton.
We have no words of reproach for
the manner in which the boys are
reared in any of the Cape Cod towns;
we are only sorry for them and blame
their elders more than we blame them
for the notoriety into which they have
been brought by one of their own
shepherds. We do not know where
DR.. Wilson came from nor whether he
spoke from personal experience, or
only from idle hearsay; but we pro-
test that the boys in our part of the
country are never thieves at any age.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05

The motor car is looming large as
public question. It presents a perpleX-
ing problem to the lawmaker Seers
say that it is causing the tide of an
archy to swell. Bankers are bothered
about the reckless purchasing of motor
cars by those who would sacrifice their
homes for one of these scudding Mo-
lochs. Medical experts declare that
motor car noises bid fair to mako this
nation of Inconsistencies, for, indeed.
who has not heard "sonorous metal
blowing martial sounds. at which the
universal host up sent a shout that
tore hells concave, and beyond frighted
the reign, of Chaos and old Night?"
Serious as are these conditions, tho
motor car is making a more alarming
trespass upon the peace and dignity
of communities. The 'honk-honk" car
is disturbing the calculations OF Cupid
and Is speeding into the sweet domain
of psychic emotive of obsession," as
they call love in Boston. No longer
does the fair object Of the suitor's mad
affection inquire tearfully: will you
be true to me?" Now she asks, in
cold. business-like way: when are
you going to get motor carr In
fact, the motor is fast becoming the
sine qua non of our romantic life.
No matter how eloquent may be the
pleading of the motorless Romeo, his
dear lady" will leave him in the midst
of his story whenever the man with
the motor heaves into sight THE
course of true love- runs all too smooth
for the lover who can pay for the gas
oIene.
Romances. that have gone on from
the time whereof the memory of maid
runneth not to The contrary. have been
rudely shattered by the appearance or
the motor Lochinvar. who lures the
lovely one with his siren horn, throws
her into the tonneau, and is off Had
Omar the Persian lived in this day he
might have written
"A motor. can of gasolene and thou
Beside me. speeding in the wilder
ness,
All. wilderness were paradise enow!"
Maybe the motorless Romeos will
rise in rebellion and force the motor
lovel from the field. That remains to
be seen. If they do not become .insur-
gent then they can pray and hope
that competition with aeroplanes viii
reduce the price of the motor so that
1t may be in the reach of the purse OF
the penurious youth. MEANWHILE with
maddening assurance, the motor Loch-
invar is lord among all the maids he
surveys.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05

-. had been known that he was coming.
What it all means, we have not tho
least idea, except that he was on a
still hunt, and when the Colonel goes
gumshoeing down into the coal mines
OF Pennsylvania. something is sure to
happen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05

When he was arrested the other
day, DR.. Crippen is reported to have
exclaimed: Thank God! The suspense
is over" We do not so understand.
Unless we are greatly mistaken In
the efficiency of the English law, the
suspense is still to come
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05

1t is a pretty safe rule for party
newspaper, not to take sides for one
candidate against another In con-
test within the party. The excep-
tons invariably prove the rule.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05

The Homer of the Lynchburg Adj
vance nodded yesterday. He wrote
this headline over story about the
Ballinser controversy. Troubles Over
Barringer, 1t Is Said, Are Beginning
to Have Effect" 1t looks as If the
head-writer was mixing up the Inte-
srior Department bit
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05

Che Norfolk virglnian-Pllot will I'M
derstand that we only meant to lend
caralra' Gibbons to the Vatican. net
to give him UP altogether, His wise
head and steady hand would bring
order out OF the present confusion that
is causing distress to the whole catho-
lie world
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05

by LA MARQUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
ORD HILL, who reaches New York
Tomorrow from London. on
IL board the Minneapolis, with Lady
Hill, spent a number Of years In
this country before succeeding to the
peerages and terribly encountered es-
tates OF his bankrupt father. He has
been In turn a ranchman. journalist,
storekeeper and soldier. and when he
became viscount Hill the first thing
that he was obliged TO do was to sell
his ancestral home, Eawkestone. in
Shropshire, which had been in the pos
session of his family for centuries. and
which Dr. Johnson, who visited II in
IVA. described as magnificent, stand
ing in a demesne Astounding with strik-
ing scenes and terrific grandeur.
1t is now the home of Lord Mar
chamley. who as George Whitley earn
Hawkeston on, = were likewise sold. in
GLIDING 10000 ounces OF silver plate;
also a gilt service of silver plate. pre-
count Hill for his services in the PENN
sular War; all the costly old furni
ture, paintings, library and superb
cellars OF wines. and last, but not least,
Hawkestone. which Comprised the I'm
est specimen In existence of that
strange fowl known as the great aux.
The latter is usually represented in
auction rooms ana In natural history
museums by its eggs. which are worth
$4,000 and $4,000 apiece, but Lord Hill
had the distinction of owning the only
stuffed specimen of this bird in exist
ence, and which is now unless / am
much mistaken, in the National Natural
History Museum in South Kensing-
ton.
The first Lord Hill was Rowland Hill
the English general and field marshal
who so distinguished himself in the
Peninsnlar War and at the battle of
Old Guard from the field Another nem-
Der of the family was Sir Rowland
Hill, the celebrated Nonconform!st
preacher, who Is said TO have estab-
lished the first Sunday school in the
British metropolis: while yet another
scion Of the house. Sir Richard HILL
was one of the most devoted adher-
ents of the stuart pretender. who pre-
sented him with a ruby ring, which
owing to It's being an heirloom, has
never been sold and still remains in
the possession of the present viscount,
The family dates back its lineage in an
unbroken line to the reign OF Edward
l.. and as the present viscount has no
children by his marriage with Lady
Hill (who is not, as has been alleged.
an American, but a daughter OF Cap
tain William Irwin. Of the Royal War
wickshire Regiment. and of TandraEoe.
County Sligo, his honors will go at his
death to his brother. the Hon. Francis
Hill,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05
WORSE THAN CANNON.

Crumpacker is spoken Of as can
didate for Speaker of the next House
of Representatives. If it shall be Re-
publican against Cannon. That would
be swapping the devil for a witch.
In the first place. he does not have the
ability Of Cannon; in the second place.
he is bitter partisan. and lastly and
finally, brethren, he is cruel hater
OF the South. These are qualities, we
know, that would command a certain
support for him in his party; but they
do not make him in any sense more
desirable than the distinguished North
Carolinian who now fills the office Of
Speaker. Crumpacker and Hepburn
and Hollingsworth and the reaction
aries of their sort ought to organize a
House of their own. Besides. the
Speaker of the next House will be a
Democrat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05

Probablyswhen the new Council goes
into office we shall have an ordinance
for the control Of the automobile peo-
pie. AT any rate 1t Is a great OPP
portunity for tho Council.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05
THE WRITING ON THE WALL.

semp must be defeated, voters Of
the Ninth!
The man who represents you in Con-
grcss must be in a position to bring
actual benefits to you 1t will not do
to elect as your Representative any
will hereafter cripple him from be-
ing useful to your interests.
The next House of Representatives
will be controlled either by the Demo-
Gratis and Insurgents combined, or by
the Democratic party alone. We be.
lieve that the control will lie IN the
hands of the Democrats. If not, then
the power of the body will be vested
in the Democrats and Insurgents. That
the Cannon supporters will have
say in anything in the next Congress
many persons doubt.
Slemp is a Cannon man.
Slemp is hand and glove with Can
non. Cannon is going to be down and
out in a very short time, and those
who have eaten his bread and sung
his song must fall with him. That is
the inevitable. At any rate. that is
what they say" Send Slemp back to
the House Of Representatives and you
send a man shorn of any influence, de-
prived of any power. stripped bare of
any usefulness which he may once have
had
All the sheep of the "stand-pat"
flock, of which Slemp was a part. are
going to follow the bell-wether, Can
non, right over the precipice to destruc-
ton. Read the writing on the wall.
Iowa and Kansas have piled up heavy
majorities for the Insurgents. reject
ing Cannon and those who march under
his dragging colors. Insursent and
Democratic victories have been won
in localities where the Republican ma
jority has hitherto, been four times
what 1t ever has been in the Ninth.
Other victories will soon come.
From a business viewpoint alone,
think about it. men OF the Ninth!
Slemp will be as helpless politically
as a baby. II you send him back to
represent you. His wings have been
clipped his hands are tied. Before it
is too late remember that he is has
BEEN
Send Stuart to represent you. Whe-
Their the House be controlled by the
Democrats or Insurgents combined or
by the Democrats alone, he can bring
to the Ninth practical benefits, genuine
results. He will be power in Con-
gress, IL you send him there He is
the kind that will make good" in
what he goes aftor.
Lay Slemp away in the political
cemetery where he belongs. along
with Cannon and the rest o
the stand patters." Send Stuart, the
live man, to Congress. If you send {
man out TO get something for you, 20,
want man who can come back foi
what you send him for, That's Stuart
You do not want to send man who
will come back empty handed. That's
Slemp.
4 Stuart is the man. men of the Ninth
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05
Duttcr Fnt In Milk.

To Distinguish Musical Sound.
Why Is IT that some people are I'M
sble to distinguish the difference be.
tween musical tunes; that is. the2
cannot tell the difference between a
harmony and a discord? Is this the
result OF a defective hearing, or Is 1t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05
THE ORIGIN OF THE MINT JuLEr.

Sometimes country paper can tell
New York daily what it ought to
know. Now comes the New York sun,
inauiring as to the origin of the mint
julep, and the Strasburg News, small
but excellent weekly, in Shenandoah
county, though unaware of the quest
Of the metropolitan paper, answers the
query. Some one is writing reminis-
cences of ante bellum customs in the
Old Dominion for the News. and he
says:
Every tavern keeper cultivated a
bed of mint the fragrance Of which
was best appreciated wnen mixed in
Il julep. The Virginian usually drank
straight liquor but when he depart
ed from this habit, it was either to
enjoy his iulep, or to add little wa
ter to the liquor and 1t becomes 'srog.'
Virginia gave birth to very many first
things amongst them being the mint
julep.' The Kentucky Colonel, prod
igal son of Virginia. when in his
best humor may lay claim to a patent
on this famous beverage, but the evil
dence is against his claim as first
discoyerer.'
The News correspondent simply re-
the memory OF man runneth not to the
contrary BY word of mouth it has
been handed down from generation
to generation in Virginia that this
most fragrant connection that ever
touched the lips of man was born in
old Virginia, the State that will win
YOU" Ancient tradition, uninterrupt-
ed and undenied becomes in the
course of time fact in the eyes of the
law. Such is the case with the mint
julep. It's Virginia origin has never
been disputed
That the julep is beverage indi-
genous to the South, no one will ue-
ny. The masters of thet art of mix
ing It all live in the South, and most
of them are in Virginia. The mint
julep that is obtained in New York
or Boston is a thing of beauty,S gar
nished with cherries and orange peel
and rose, but ii Is not "the joy for
ever" that real od-time mint julcp
Is. In fact, the sort of mint julep
made in Virginia cannot be dupli-
Gated elsewhere. Impartial judges
must agree that the drink could not
have originated in the North or West,
Narrowing the question down to
the south there can be no ques-
ton that the mint iulep originated
here inpYirginia We have never
heard any other State claim 1t. In
South Carolina the predominance Of
the whisky toddy and its popularity
wogld heve precluded the possibility
OF the invention there of such a drink.
The ante-bellum South caro!in!an was
va strict constructionist and believed
in the essentials. but not in garnfsh-
5ings Corn whiskey mint iuleps are
unknown, SO the drink did not origi-
nate in North Carolina There liz no
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05
works OF Gnborlnu.
WUrKN VI NUUUFIUUs
Would you be so kind as to answer
ti,o tun

!. a. llst or the works OF Emile Ga
boriau.
2. Your opinion of him as an author
Thanking you in advance. l.. r.
I. LAffaire Ierouge,. LIE Dossier, LIE
Crime dorcival, Monsieur Lecod, Les
Esclaves de Paris, La Vie 1nfernale,
L'Argent des Autres. La Degringolade.
AS an author OF detective stories
and tales of mystery, he ranks with
the best writer's of such fiction.
1'uttcr Fnt In Milk.
Please publish the percentage of
butter fat" there should be in pure
mix; also the percentage that has
heen obtained from prize cows OF the
Alderney or Guernsey breed. NJ
Pure milk may contain as low ns
25 per cent. whereas the butter
fat may run higher than even per
cent. In either case the milk may be
pure. Different cows vary in the per
cent. OF butter fat content of their
milk. The prize Jersey COW Is jacob
y. irene. having yearly record of
1900 pounds OF milk containing o52
pounds OF butter fat, per cent. OF but
ter fat SIS. The prize Guernsey COW
is Mlssey of tho Glen, whose record
for ono year ia 14.5ol.7 pounds of milk.
containing 954.76 pounds OF butter fat,
per cent. OF which Is 6.56
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05

TubercUlOsIs.
Anxious" should refer his commun.
ication to the State Board of Health,
We have nothing to do with such
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13

secretaries endeavor to infuse human in
terest into the work in order to make the
training appeal to the average boy.
The deeper life of man must be stud
led said L. T.. Crossman, the director Of
religious work. "The Young Mems Chris
tian association began an a distinctively
religious organization and has sought dur
ing the years of its growth and expansion
TO be true to the spirit of its inception.
It's chief duty is to win men to the leader
ship OF the master. Faith is what we want
faith in the teachings of Christ and Of
the disciples. The association feels pledged
to continue an aggressive policy to realize
the purposes Of the community. Not to
make itself prominent. not TO reflect honor
upon the institution in Omaha. but rather
to infuse the spirit of Christian living and
Christian brotherhood amongst the men
OF the city. is the motive that impels it to
service. 1t is wrong to think Of the Chris
tian activities OF the association as being
confined to the religious department A
mans whole life is sacred and all the work
of the association, when properly done, is
Christian. The distinctly religious actiyl-
ties. for the sake OF convenience in pro-
motion is delegated 10 a so-called and
often improperly regarded, religious depart
ment."
One OF Americas most gifted orators
once said, "The most important Industries
are not the ones with smoking chimneys,
but schools, colleges. churches and Chris
tian associations OF young men which can
draw the raw material Of an intended life
and turn out goods priceless In value.
which cannot be measured i'm dollars n
cents. The United States has great grain
elevators. but what It needs most OF all is
brain elevators. There Is no institution
so well devised to elevate character as the
Young Mems Christian association and the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13

the educational department, physical
training. social life or religious training.
The secretary of the boys department is
T.. F. Denison. He is assisted in the ex-
tensive scheme of administration by Will
liam Burton. Mr.. Denison came TO Omaha
in April. 1905. from Ottumwa, Ia, where
he was in association work nearly two
years. He is a graduate OF Grinnell col
lege. William Burton. the assistant boys
secretary. graduated from .Oberlln college
in 1909. His home is at Crete. Neb. His
uncle is Senator Burton OF Ohio.
1.-THE boys department epltomlzes the
best ideas and work for men" said MIR.
Denison. IAN features In the boys work
have Importance. The name Of our asso-
citation may signify a great tendency to-
ward religious training, but this fact is
not essentially true. When we encourage
the boys to put up a manly, gentlemanly,
square contest on the gymnasium floor we
are training that boy to be fair and honest
and straightforward. When we give him
a good time. in his social life he learns
to behave as a gentleman. The religious
training is important. but the physical
training. the social life and the educa-
tional features are just as important.
The boys department aims to grip the
youth during the years or MS susceptl-
bllity. his most rapid growth, his f~iercest
temptations, while no other agency ado
quately meets his needs. Itrecognlzes the
whole boy and all his wants and appeals
wholesomely to his ambitions. 1t supple
ments. not supplants. the home, school.
church and club. 1t directs his service.
making the sang a power for good rather
than for evil, IL preoccupies the boys
life. giving wholesome recreation. oppor-
tunfties for self-government and inspira-
tlon toward higher Ideals and to a per-
sonal devotion TO the greatest OF all he
rOes."
Play Is essentially one of the salient
features in the boys department One of
the big events OF the year Is the annual
BOYS circus. the last OF which was held
February 3 and 4. over $50 boys took part
in this event and the 1910 exhibition oelipsed
all others.
The circus combined all the attractions
OF the biggest shows on earth. It's pro-
prietOrs were "Balum & Barnley." and the
manager was +. Il. Denison and the main
booster Glenn Stein. Besides the main
circus attractions, consisting OF an indus
trial parade. the streets Of all nations.
cowboys. clowns, aeriS artists. teddy
bears, masked animals. horses. ringmas-
tiers, gymnasts and acr0bats there were
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13

NAV to the audience. Peary, however,
took it away from his foe and disappeared
under the tent.
Fun and amusement are necessary fea-
lures in the boys department. The boys
want diversion, something to lure them
to the association rooms. Once they are
there, amid games and other attractions
and always in good company, they want
to. come again. Thus, pleasure is one Of
the ingredients in making up the proper
training for the youth in his man-making
period of life.
"The normal boy likes fun" said william
Burton, the assistant secretary. There
are few places where he can so thoroughly
enjoy himself at all times of the year as
he can in the Young Mems Christian as
sociation. After school or on Saturdays he
likes to don his gymnasium suit and get
into the gym for class drill or apparatus
work, or, better still, indoor base ball or
basket ball. In his age there is perhaps
nothing that a boy needs so much as this
kind of work, for 1t develops his muscles
scientifically, enlarges his chest capacity,
tightens his grip, brIghtens his eye, and.
I'm short, gives him an avowed purpose in
life.
Nor does the fun end In the gymnasium,
for, after every gym class, the boys have
twenty minutes in the swimming pool. 1t
is indeed interesting to watch fifty or
seventy-five boys in the pool, some swim
ming, some diving, some splashine. but all
having the best time in their young lives.
a great many boys take their first lessons
in swimming right here i'm our pool, and
many Of them have become proficient in
aquatlcs.
Then the game rooms are scenes OF no
end Of enjoyment. Anyone who has been
or Is a boy knows the fun that boys can
have with games. Cue rogue, ping pong,
shuttle board. chess and checkers, all have
their turn. i have known boys TO come
early on the days there was no school and
remain until closing time. becoming so in
terested In playing that they did not notice
the flight of time. Socials are held at in
tervals for small groups and at all the
boys are asked to remove their coats and
indulge i'm an informal good time. Blind
boxing. Indian wrestling, peanut races and
similar stunts are thoroughly enjoyed by
boys Of all ages and sizes"
Besides the indoor sports there are many
open air events that lend variation 90 the
lives of the boys and tend to make their ex-
perience more enjoyable.
"Cross-country hikes are a popular fea-
ture OF the boys life" continued Mr.. Bur
ton, when a boy is out in the woods by