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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07
THE SPEECH or THE PLAIN
PEOPLE.

The Springfield Republican uses the
phrase .'as dull as ditchwater." Is
this correct usage? Should it not be
"as dull as dishwater?" We have
always hoard it used in that way. We
ought to keep these Americanisms-if
indeed, the "ditchwater," or dish
water" smile be an Americanism-
straight.
Only few years ago some great
Northern statesman speaking in Con-
gress employed the word "bunkum" to
express very hazy idea he had in
mind. There is no such word.
"Buncombe" is the word and it was
born in North Carolina, more than
fifty years after Andy Jackson was
born in South Carolina. 1t has a very
definite meaning and describes more
nearly than any other single word
could describe the present activities
of the Insurgents and anti-Ballinger
crew
During the great fight for honest
methods in the management of the
insurance companies several years
ago, and when the yellow dog" fund
was much talked about, reference was
made to one of Chauncey Depew's
| friends as "a rantankerous fellow up the
| river" The right word was "cantan-
| kerous." Both words are in the die
tionary; but cantankerous Is the bet
ter word, because 1t has greater an
tiquity and sounds more like the idea
| that was meant to be conveyed.
When Mr.. Roosevelt was ut the
fragile" one day after he had cleaned
up some Of his enemies. and all the
yellows in the country fell a-wonder-
ing where he got 1t and what 1t meant.
/ He got 1t, OF course from his mothers
! people, it having been used In the
South ever since Captain John Smith
landed at Jamestown, and 1T meant eX-
actly what the Colonel was always
doing in those unforgettable days, and
let us all pray unreturnable days,
when he was licking all his enemies
to FRAGILE almost every day.
1t is the speech of the plain people
that we would preserve, and we invite
the cooperation of the springfield Re-
publican. The early settlers were not
given to much talking and their vo-
| cabulary was small, but they never
| failed to express themselves SO that
their meaning was perfectly clear. In
the mountain country of the South
they preserve to this day many of
the ancient idioms and use words
which even the most active of our
photographers have not caught.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07
MIGHTY PARTICULAR IN CHAT1,A-
NOOGA.

During the election in Chattanooga
on Thursday all OF tho soft drink
stands in the business part Of the
town closed their doors, The Times
declares that they took tho proper
view Of their obligation TO the. pub
lien by taking this course. IT is add
ed by the Times that they did this
voluntarily" and then it administers
this severe rebuke:
Those who did not close and who
kept open in defiance of public senti-
ment are the kind Of places that add
fuel TO the prohibition sentiment and
are the open and avowed enemies Of
even regulation under local optionn 4
We do not understand this at all. at
all, Is it against the law to take a
soft drink in Chattanooga. and II 1t is,
why are the soft drink stands allowed
ito keep their doors open any day? II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07
"TIIE pERD1T1oN OFF THE r
SPECTABIE.o

(Selected for The Times-Dispatch.)
but the children of the kingdom
shall be cast out into outer darkness"
Matt. viii. IL.
This concerns us quite as much as
it did the Jews standing there. It
seems utterly incredible. These Jews
did not believe It; they listened and
went their way-the words did not
sink down into their hearts as a
thing that could be true.
The thought is not only horrible but
preposterous We tako 1t quietly and
confidently for granted. every one Of
us. that we shall be saved. That we.
respectable. intelligent. moral. and
even religious. folk, that we shall be
cast into outer darkness" is but a
brief remove from the impossible.
We cast out? We say our prayers,
and read our Bibles. attend church,
and are esteemed and useful members
Of society-we cannot be lost! In the
slums. in places where 1t is not safe to
walk after nightfall. where tho vi
c!ous and the wretched dwell, there
may be some lost ones there, But we.
ourselves-that is quite different
matter. We and our friends shall be
as favored in the other world as we
are in this.
The words of our Lord sharply dis
pei this pleasant vision. Many there
We're in His day who said and thought
as we do! Nobody questioned their
acceptance with God-except Jesus
Christ When He found fault with
the Pharisees. every one was astonish.
ed. When He pointed out with what
extreme d!ftlculty rich man could
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

IetlsHteenth century. with the last OF
of Carbery
Lord cawdor spends most OF his tims
IN one or another of his beautiful
P tha fal1 N Wales but every year. IN
cawdor Castle, where any guest who
cares for the experience is permitted
to sleep in the great high four poster
~, wo J winch King Duncan lay when no
Only now and again, however, that
GUESTS are bold enough to expose
IN, n.,I to the risk Of midnight
VISITATION ,,s,, on the part of Lady Mac.
dagger In the other.
n feature or the castle Is the his
o opfad ,1a ,Tbans It. seems that the
turn 1t loose and build the y castle
where It stopped to rest. The donkey
mated beneath a hawthorn tree, around
ilngly erected. and the venerable trunk
IS still to be seen in the dungeon
tower. It's roots spreading out beneath
IN floor To-, and It's stalk penetrating
year Lord CaWdor, in the autumn, as
tsembles his guests around the old tree.
who who drink drink Health to the Hawthorn
u trdt,. other words Prosperity to the
In this same dungeon is the ancient.
iron bound oak chest which contained
the gold loaded on the donkeys back,
ana which was used to build the cas-
tie. 1t may be added by way of ex-
planation that Macbeth" Thane OF
Cawdor. on becoming King of Scot
land. through the murder of Duncan.
resigned the thaneshp OF Cawdor to
the Calders. and it was Muriel Calder
whom the Campbells abducted the
child having a piece of her finger bit
ten off by her nurse on the night
of the abduction in order to insure
her eventual Identification. Since then
there has always been q Mur!el in
the family OF the Campbell Lords OF
Cawdor. Curiously enough, there are
still very large number OF peas
ants employed upon the estates. bear
Ing the name OF Calder. and this 10
abduction OF Muriel the Campbells re-
duced all the members OF her clan
to the position Of serfs.
The late Lord Cawdor was ono OF
the most influential figures on tho
English turf. the owner OF Perdita
H., and. like the Duke of Portland and
the late Lord Falmouth. made II a
circumstances to bet nor to allow
any betting in HIS stables.
The present Lord Cawdor is sin
gularly clever and able business man.
He was president and chairman for
many years Of the Great Western Rail
road, and was also First Lord OF the
ministration. He Is one of the pillars
OF the Royal Yacht SQUADRON. which Ia
probably the premier yachting organi-
cation of the world.
1Copyright, 1910. by the Brentwood
Company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

st is not against the law, why should
these aids to temperance not have
been permitted to carry on their right
eous traffic on election day as they do
on Sunday and every other day In the
Year? If the Times will tell us truly,
just as between friends. how soft are
the drinks sold by the soft drink
stands in Chattanooga, we might be
able to guess at the true inwardness
OF the situation on election day.
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INSURGENTS IN THE NINTH.

The Democrats are solid for him,
and now the Republicans who repu-
date Slemp. because he is q Cannon
man. are rallying to the support Of
Henry Stuart.
slemp's record is eating the life out
of his political chances. The axe is
right over his head.
Our aggressive and able contempor-
airy, the Bristol Herald Courier. pub
fishes some evidence OF Republican in
surgency which tells the whole story.
Here Is an extract it prints from the
Wise News:
Colonel John Gillian talked the
standpatters to standstll Monday
afternoon. He said that he was a Re-
publican of the Roosevelt, Dolliver, La
Toilette, Cummins, Bristow, Beverage,
Garfield and Pnchot school and was
opposed to Cannonism. Aldrichlsm and
Slempism. and publicly declared that
he and his lilywhite brethren, 300
strong and not a traitor in the fold
are going to vote for Henry c. Stuart
on the Sth day of November. The old
war-h horse from Round Top is booted
and spurred for the fray"
Says the Herald Courier:
"The fact that the wave OF insur-
gency seems to be rolling rather high
in Wise county is somewhat signifi-
cant, since that is Mr.. Slemp's home
county, and his headquarters. and most
of his ardent workers are located over
there Usually candidates friends
like to say that those among whom he
lives-those who note his daily goings
out and comings in-know him best
and esteem him most highly, and VIII
take the greatest pleasure in support
ing him But it Is not in Wise county
alone that the spirit of insurgency Is
moving among the Republican masses
| A goodly number of insurgents car
| be found in every county in the distrlc
and in the city Of Bristol. They are
opposed to the Cannon idea OF running
the Government for the benefit OF the
special interests, and they are opposed
| to Slemp because he is with Cannon
from beginning to end
All hail to the progressive Republi
cans of the Ninth who support Stuart
They are not the blind led by the
| blind. They do not propose to vote
J Tor a man WHO mas NOtco AoA SiiS AZ
tere sts," who has done all within his
power to further the high cost Of liv
! ing. Political bandits are at large !,
the land, but in the Ninth there are
no chalk marks OH the gates OF a gooe
many fearless and independent men
We are gratified to know that there
are so many Republicans in the Nintl
who have the courage to think To-
themselves. We are glad that they
are not to be driven by the party
4 whip. but will join hands with tn
Democrats and elect Stuart, who VII
Z represent and champion the progress
4 sive principles which nsurgent Re
4 publicans and Democrats alike sup
port.
\ G. B. S. has sent his &c. 9. D." t
T. r., But majority OF the peopl
OF the Ninth have already agreed o
the message they will send to G. B.
in November. 1t will be "2S."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07
Exclaims the Houston Post:

Just wake UP at $3.50 a. M. these
August mornings and see If you can't
get the suggestion of a far distant
Whit Of frost and Walker county
sausage"
We are a little doubtful about the
frost but are quite ready to admit
that 1t might be possible to smell
Walker County sausage in Houston
distance of only sixty or seventy miles
as the crow flies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

enter the kingdom of heaven, even His
disciples cried in amazement, WHO.
then, can be saved?" 1t seemed as
incredible then as now that any real
ly respectable people would be lost.
There was a rich man, we'll dressed.
we'll hammered, entertaining his friends
at elegant dinners, and not $50 far as
we are told) doing anything positive
~ bad; you know what happened to
him. There were those people thrust
away on the left hand in the Lords
account of the final Judgment; good
enough people, as men and women go
IN this world, and against whom not
one single sin was charged; but you
Will remember how little their respec-
liability awaited them! What had they
done? They had minded their own
business, gone their ways honestly
enough, cheerfully living their pleas
ant lives. doing no harm to any man;
but, alas! doing no acts Of kindly I'M
selfshness. And yet in the swift
glimpse given by our Lord Of that
dread future, they were sent away
into outer darkness"
We are all In the same case, we're
spectacle religious people. We are in
the same danger of outer darkness"
We are not taught in these days to
fear God. The great emphasis is now
laid upon the living Fatherhood OF
God. He'll is not so much as mentioned
amongst us. Religion is an easy mat
ter.
All this is q blessed reaction from
the grim doctrines of the past But
do not forget that all reactions go
too far. What we want is just the
Christianity Of Jesus Christ not more
stern, not moro soft We want to
stand where He stood, and to see life
as He saw 1t, and to be taught OF
God by Him. It is evident that hui
man life from His standpoint is set
about with many perlls. There is no
broad avenue to heaven. Not for such
an easy life did Jesus die upon the
cross.
Common morality will not save US
from outer darkness" There is a
great difference between the books of
heaven and the books of the bank;
SO much treasure here, SO little treas
ure in the world to come!
| Education c,iIfuro +,,&o
VIII not save from outer darkness.
Church going will not save US. Ortiz
odoxy will not save us. They who dc
right because it is right, who serve
God IN serving their brother man;
they who for the sake and love of Je-
sus live according to His example,
they have their heaven now and Will
enjoy 1t moro hereafter.
| Religion is not a department OF life
set apart. 1t is a quality of life
which either enters or does not enter
into everything We do. So, one can
study or transact business with or
without religion. but 1t Is all import
ant which 1t Is
/
What we need is faith, living
faith, which turns our thoughts to-
ward God and dwells within our
hearts; part humanity, part truth, and
all love-that we must love.
To believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,
to keep Him ever in devout memory
as our Supreme Example; to consul,
Him on every doubtful OCCASION; to
act, speak and think in His spirit; ia
live in Him and for Him, to fear and
to love Him and pray to Him and
praise Him; to give up ourselves to
Him and His will that takes our re-
spectability and changes it into true
relgion-that and that only will save
us from "outer darkness"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

johnson, now serves this notice on
the Nebraskan: "Texas is not going
to delegate her immortal and splendid
say on political questions to any
conner, no matter how distinguished he
may be-" Nothing better could be ex-
pected from newspaper that boasts
openingly OF having elected II wet
Governor on dry platform.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

THE Richmond paper" is the way the
Baltimore Evening Sun refers to The
Times-Dispatch. The use of the
definite article in this case shows that
the always intelligent and discrimi-
mating and ever highly esteemed
Evening Sun knows newspaper whom
It sees one.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

The Columbia State is now advocat-
ing the high hand-shake It is entire
ly right about it; the act OF drawing"
being much more difficult when the
hand is held up high than when it
trails in close proximity to the hip
pocket.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

Law Notes. a leading legal periodi-
cal Of New York. speaking in Its last
issue OF the death of Senator Daniel.
says: ut was during the early years
of his professional life that he wrote
the scholarly treatise on Negotiable
Instruments, which remains to this day
the best work on the subject" That
Is recognized fact.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

In his admirable letter to General
Ainsworth explaining his very pleas
ant relations with the military au-
thoritles at Washington when he was
taking care Of the Confederate records
OF this state. Major r. w. Hunter
made one statement which would seem
to Justify court OF inquiry. videlicet:
II have not seen the articles in the
Richmond Dispatch" Surely,
this is time to strike blow for
liberty
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

we have not heard whether or not
the Chicago Tribune has succeeded in
getting across Caesars Bridge AT its
time of life it will find it easier to
go over on the back of a pony
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

Can anybody tell why it is that a
man who wants snap beans and bacon
every day should be compelled to take
Smithaeld bacon and cabbage every
other day, or why the bacon and cab
bage appetite should be appeased with
beans and bacon? clearinghouse keep
ers have some queer notions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

Yet the people of Abingdon cannot
be called cave-dwellers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

Lady Westmoreland, whose death has
Just taken place, was far and away
the most beautiful of the sisters and
half-sisters Of the Earl of Rosslyn:
among the others being the Duchess Of
Sutherland. Lady Warwick, Lady AL.
gernon Gordon Lennox and Lady An.
gela Forbes. who has recently started
flower shop In London
The Westmorelands were poor when
they first married. their income being
but little over $4,000 year q and q 20. on
ties. the impoverishment OF the earl
being due to the extravagance OF his
father Finally. he managed to sell
his ancestral home Apethorpe Hall. to
Leonard Brassey. for s1,500,000. and the
art treasures 1t contained for almost as
much more. and after that he and Lady
Westmoreland were In comparatively
easy circumstances. 1t was a great
wrench. however, letting Apethorpe
go. for 1t was grand old place. the
property embracing an area OF nearly
dating back as far as the reign Of
Henry I'LL. and the greater part Of the
building from the time of Queen Eliza
beth. 1t was granted by Edward VI. to
Sir Walter Midway. founder OF En-
manuel College, Cambridge, and passed
into the Fame family. of which Lord
Westmoreland Is the chief. through
marriage soon after the Virgin
Queens death. The F'apes are one OF
the Oldest families in England. and
originally wrote their name as "Nane."
from Howell AID Yane. who was one of
the great chieftains of Monmouth
shire, long prior to the Norman Con-
quest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

There have been moro houses torn
down in Richmond. to make room for
larger and better houses, than have
been built IN some Southern communi-
ties we know in the last twenty-five
years.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

Lord Cawdor, who has just been ap-
pointed to the household OF the young
Prince of Wales as q member of his
council, Is the owner OF Cawdor Cas-
tie. at Marin, in Scotland. where Mac
beth Is supposed to have murdered
King Duncan. while the memorable
meeting of the Thane of Cawdor with
the three witches took place on the
blasted heath in the immediate vi
cinity of the castle. 1t is gloomy
pile. this grim and massive fortress, so
strongly suggesting, by It's gaunt and
menacing aspect the fierce and troub-
lous times which Shakespeare has pic
tured in his most famous tragedy. and
in an old chamber OF the castle tower
visitors are still shown the spot where
"the silver skin" of King Duncan was
"laced with his golden blood"
The present Earl Of Cawdor and his
family constitute a branch Of that his
torlc house of Campbell OF which Ed
ward Wis brother -in-law, the Duke
of Argyll. is the chief. In the fifteenth
century the wild Campbells Of Argyll
carried off Muriel Calder. the infant
heiress Of Cawdor. and when she grew
up they married her to John Camp
bell, the fourth son OF their chieftatn.
the MacCallum More.
Besides his estates in Scotland. the
present Earl Of Cawdor has great ter
ritorial possessions in Wales, which
bring him rent OF quarter OF NIL
lion dollars a year. and which came
into his family at the close OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

Bailey boasts in the Houston Post
that he has been invited to address
a Bible class. We suppose he got
the invitation on the principle that tho
devil can quote Scripture. The only
parts Of the Book with which he is
perfectly familiar are the passages
that are to oe omitted in the next
Revision because they arc too strong
for the invertebrates of this age.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

Hearst prefers sulzer' is the
headline in one Of our contempor-
aries. Sorry for sulzer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07
We have received marked copy Of
the Corpus Christi Herald. from which

We have received marked copy OF
the cornus Christi Herald. from which
we extract this information:
.In speaking of Colonel George NJ
Bailey, the brilliant and versatile edi-
tor of the Houston Past, Major WIN ..
Fewel, of FL Paso who is now IN COR
pus Christi. throws a little Hght on
Colonel Bailcy's boynood when mas
never before been made pubEc. IN
sneaking of the noted editor, Major
Fewel said: George was born just
north of my birthplace IN North Caro-
lima. and know all of his people. He
came from the Yadlsin Hills and never
wore a suit of underclothes or pair
of socks until he was sixteen years old.
He used to run over to the Yadkin
Hills barefooted and could strike ire
on a Yadkin flint rock with his naked
heel. It's a peculiarly of the 1adkin-
ties never to allow the boys to wear
underclothes. socks or shoes until they
are sixteen years Old and have never
seen an old man from the Yadkin Hills
who didn't refer to his boyhood with
pride"
The rest Of the story Is too per
sonal" to Justify its publication In
tAese columns, even by request. we
are willing to believe anything that
Is said about Bailey "fur him cr agin'
him." but this is the first time we
have ever heard of the hardness OF his
heels. Major Fewel must be mistaken;
he must have meant to say that he
could strike fire from hint-rock with
his naked cheek At least that appears
to be his regular business nowadays.
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Directors

E. B. Addison,
James Fl. Anderson,
J. L. Antrim,
James D. Crump,
John S, Elicit,
A. r. Ellerson,
Joseph M. Fourqurean,
Horace S. Halves.
S. Fl, Halves,
William M. Hill,
Edward c. Mayo,
Edwin A. Palmer,
William Fl. Palmer,
Granville G. Valentino,
Stewart M. Woodward.
-
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MARRIED, DIVORCED,
AND ONLY FOURTEEN

NY LA MAHQU1sE DIE FONTENOY.
7-o be divorced at the early age Of
fourteen Is without precedent.
of the Old World. Yet 1t is the
fate that has overtaken tho Emper-
or OF Abyssinia, who alone among
his brother monarchs bears the same
name as that Of the Founder of Chris
tianity, and which In It's Abyssinian
rendering Us "Jeassu." He succeeded
his grandfather. Emperor Menelik. last
winter, and was married lust a year
a granddaughter Of the savage and
barbaroiis Emperor John. She is also
the favortte niece Of Empress Titu. the
widow OF Menelik, and who. being a
Hefy manter rla woman played most
towards the close thereof she became
extremely antl-foreign and reaction
airy, and quarreled with her husband.
SO before he died he took all the
from the regency and from any share
of the government. Although in quasi
CAPTIVITY, she. remained source of
peril to the throne of the young En-
all the malcontents of the empire
II was because the Regent appoint
ed by Menelik for. the minority of his
grandson and successor acquired the
conviction that the Dowager Empress
was endeavoring to influence the young
Emperor through his consort, her niece.
that he (the Regent) insisted on the
young EMPRESS. Romano Onok. being
divorced and banished from the capt.
tai. Adds Ababa- 1t seems that the
young Negus was very reluctant to
part from his wife. that the two young
people were very fond of one another.
and that both are grief-stricken.
Inasmuch as the young Empress Is
the same age a. her husband from
whom she has Just been divorced for
reason of state that Is to say, four
teen. it is by no means impossible that
when the stern old Regent is gathered
to his fathers they may become re-
united. Such things have happened
before. and within the last 6fty years.
In the reigning house of Abyssinia.
which claims lineal descent from King
Solomon OF Israel. and the biblical
Queen of Sheba.
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Commenting on the rumor that Coll
onel William Jennings Bryan intended
to make his home in Texas, the Hous-
ton Past. which has been reading
everybody out OF the party who would
not back up Bryan and vote for CsNe