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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

the whole case is stated very sue
5clnctly by the Houston Post as fol-
lows: Mr.. Bryan doesn't want tho
=, nomination MI But favors a man who be.
5ii Icy everything he does. p. s.-No
other other man believes everything s,r.
Bryan does" Yet he is one of the
incest fellows in the world. That is
Why we are sticking to him. for bet
Ter Tor worse. In sickness and In
health. to the end.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the Dis
coyerer OF the North Pole, Will sail for
colon from Rio Janeiro next Friday,
ana from that point he will sail for
Mobile Mobile. Alabama. whence he will pro-
ceeu ny rail 20 New York, where lie
mas engaged a suite at the Waldorf
astoria. This ought to put Richmond
on the route OF the Great Explorer, ana
1t is hoped that he Will stop here for
day or two for conference With those
o 1. US who sti.l have faith In his claims
We can't promise him the freedom. Of
me city. bus we can assure him that
ne ne Will not BE- charged more than any
{ ordinary traveller II ne have baggage
enough with him to look as fit would
l'a worth his board in case OF acct
dant. 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16
CASEY Al, TIE nAr.

| after almost a year spent IN ktllinH
things down In Africa. looking physi-
cally TT to nit the lire hard" lie
would not talk for publication the
other day on public questions, but
went so far as to say that lie realized
that he has before him "a series Of
harder working days than jungle
hunting
4 We mover said II. we know grea,
man when we sec him ana hear tina;
lie is coming. We always thought
i that Mr.. Roosevelt was one of the
i greatest and most--but we are Won
dering how George Harvey and tbs
rest OF the boys who have been tick.
Hing the populace With their ribaldrS
/ since he quit his job at Washington
| Will get away from the record the.
have made. and which we have KEEP
In special scrap ook for their con
domination when he returns home
We have at times INDUCED in vagarf
Gus comment. but always with the
knowledge that the Mighty Hunter
would understand that our sinister
purpose was to help him hang them.
or shoot them as might seem most
convenient to him.
Now he is coming back, and the long,
long weary day Is about TO pass away.
II the cafy month of June we shall
greet hin, If we do not meet him. and
dull care will take to the bushes.
Already there are omens in the air.
Already the wicked and sslothful SER
wants who have. been sleeping while
the master has been away are astlr.
Taft has resumed his travels. Wick
ersham Is hot-footing It after the
Standard Oil Company. John ID. has re-
solved to give all his money away.
just so. and Andy Carnegie is making
his preparations to leave the country.
After bit, there will be only one
brave figure left Pinchot. the Faith
full. stern in his integrity, inmovable
in his mpeccabili,y, strong with the
strength of whelp waiting only for
the king Of the Jungle to succor him
in his desperate fight for the conser-
walton of our natural resources, law or
no law.
II we were in Ballingcr's place we
should fly the coop right away; 1T
will be better for him. and there is
Hitchcock. who ought to be looking
for another job. The Colonel will not
forget, we arc sure. that there are
oe f-,1
and Henry Watterson and ".us'' left,
intent only upon one deeply solemn
Thought that he is coming back. and
that we have been spared to Join in
the acclaim that will shake the con-
tinent and drive Harvey and the resi-
OF the malcontcnts to that vile dust
from which they sprang. All hail! the
Colonel. He will not find the game
here quite as adventurcsome as It has
been since he left these shores about
a year ago The most OF it will bo
very hard to find. for the word has
gone out that he Is coming back. 1t
is all right. We aver that we never
said it at all. at all. 1t was our assist
ant who put it in the paper while we
were collecting evidence against the
sorry crew that has no. sporting blood,
and has been hee-hawing simply be-
cause he was out Of sight.
Now. Colonel, come along, and let
us get up another panic like the one OF
1907. and let us drive everybody out
Of business who has an idea that the
Constitution Is not a covenant with
death and an agreement with hell
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

Professor William Lyon Phelps has
been telling the boys It Yale that the
American women are caricatures on
tho ancient Greek women. That de-
Ponds. we suppose, on the American
women the Professor has been looking
az. lie ought not to think that all
american y: NJ al Il Women are like the SAM
pies he has been studying In Bosting,
The real American girl does not belong
TO the cold storage variety the Pros
lessor has found in the chief city Of
brown bread and baked beans.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

There Is as great rejoicing In the
game lands Of South Africa as there
was in Georgia and South Carolina
forty i've years ago after Sherman
had passed through. The Goth has
done his q bio BOD y ~ work and the
SHAMELESS are clear.5s III H 4s33
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

l f''orlty-nlnc negro crap,shooters have
'peen run in" by the ysgilant police
81 81 ~ charleston. Thcy#will make "a well
come co y addition to the chain gang and
.help 70 make that town grow. But
s''1' about tho bigger gamblers? Are
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

Among the new dramatic attractions
OF the spring season is "sdhcoga ma
IN Blath." We defer criticism OF this
masterpiece until we can find out the
real meaning OF the title.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

NO; Cannon was not hanged yester-
day. or at least the man by that name
VINO deserves to be. 1t was only the
icconspiriaftor down in Nicaragua, and
not the Cannon we all know.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

IS After awhile the &Cannons will stay
away from Nicaragua. How would it
do to send young Phil down there to
ina out what's the matter with the
''nlggers'?yYe could carry himaon the
payroll then, and, at this season Of
The year, there Is no better place 10
spend a honeymoon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

Why doesn't Henry "otterson stick
70 the vernacalar? III the Courier
journal last Monday he speaks os the
mol IN POLL" He might as well have
SAD holtH toi:S. There is no such
phrase in any langwidge.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

l5 ga Jim Gordon would be q fine Vice
PRESIDENTIAL candidate II he only loved
Yardaman better.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

S9s when when Jimmie Garfield went on the
witness stand the old-,lmrrs remem-
sb PEI the days of Theodore and sighed
towards the sacred banks OF the Nile
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

Tic Sncnd Case, Etc.
I. What has become OF tho Snead
women2
2. Were andrew and Thomas Jack
son related?
3. notice that Richmond Is soon to
build tuberculosis hospital. Will It
BIO the first In this State?
4. Please name the mon who are
called. THE Great ESpounder." The
Great Paciticator' and THE Path
Finder OF the Seas"
5.8Please give me Mrs. Hetty GREEN'S
address at the present time.
f /. The Wardlaw women are still
awaiting trial.
q. No.
3. No. Such hospitals are already es-
tab1ished at Catawbn. under4thc dtrcc-
ton OF the State Board OF Health. at
the state Farm and at the Central
State Hospital.
4. In the order YOU name them. Dan.
lei Webster, Henry Clay and Matthew
IT. Maury.
!. 8 Her Office is at 10 Broadway.
New York.
The Presidents. Itcligion.
Rev. j. l.. Robinson sends us the fol-
lowing: I'm Your answer to the query
about the religion OF the Presidents
of our country please allow me to call
attention to the following facts. You
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

Senator Parsons declares Senator
Bailey was responsible for the failure
OF the income tax amendment In Viz
sinia This is the first time we ever
heard It suggested that Bailey was
responsible for anything.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

NO. there is no political Significance
about Mr. Bryan's unwillingncss to
run for the Senate. He just knew he
could not get the place.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

a little girl dreamed she found one
dollar In a waste heap. woke up and
found It. But we never heard OF a
man who dreamed lie took the pot in
q poker game waking UP and holding
"a straight flush
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

Tho high price OF living Is telling
en- New eil,sey prison, The war
sdens} COMPLAIN that 4 cost is them nine
cents y day now to feed their pgis-J
ionerE. s4 asl 5{4I} II tgaSs Is j
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16
THE HIGH scHooL NURSE.

Tho City Council should certainly
not take the trained nurse away from
tho High School. The fathers may limit
new expenditures here and there; they
may reduce the appropriation for
smooth paving; they may even violate
all presidents and lower salary. but
they should not think OF keeping the
city's young people allday at the High
School without expert attendance in
case Of sudden illness or accident
There is always enough for nurse
to do at the High School. With huns
dreds gathered together. boys and
girls. for long hours Of study and of
work, there arc always some sick
among them. II these are promptly
given the treatment they need. the
saving in health Viii be worth many.
times the cost In money.l AZ
Then, too, Il nurse will remove a CON
Siderable burden from the teachers Of
the school. These men and women arc,
OF course. anxious to prevent sickness
In their pupils and are always X q e.
sirous Of treating them properly in an
emergency. but they have neither the
experience nor the time to minister
etiicaciously. One nurse could y do In !
five minutes what ascoreSof teachers
could not do in an hour, or could 1I 4 mo {
do we'll In week. b;
The High School should have a nurse
becausei it is as niue IL a strategic health
point as 1t is ia scho DOL. The boys and
girls who are there four days in the
week are observant. 4 { taught the
gospel of good health and proper liv,l
ling, they will not depart from 1t when.
they are old, II they can see how easy
1t is TO prevent disease and how easy
lsit Is to reduce suffering, they will have
learned lesson moro valuable than
anything they find in algebra. II more
useful than all the lore Of the lexicon.
!. Is q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

We wonder If there is anything dam
gerous to the suffragette cause in the
failure OF the Russian courts to per-
nit women to practice there.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

What's the use OF living unless you
live in Richmond? How can you live,
in fact. how can anybody live. outside
Of Richmond, upon when every goa
hath set Ills seal and said. distinctly
that there is no other place in the
.world-leastwise no other place that
should be mentioned in the same breath
or the same linotype?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

II ostmaster-General Hitchcock will
only consult us about his appointments
In this State we could pick out enough
Democrats of the right sort to fill all
of them with great credit TO themselves
and much advantage TO rhe Govern
ment. The first thing HitcncocK ought
to try to do In all the Southern States
and Northern states and Middle States
and Pacific STATES and in the Islands
of the sea is3to break every Republican
machine he can find into smitherccns.
In that way lies the safety or the
country and the glory of the flag.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

Ss ] BISHOP Nelson. OF Albany, has APP
proved the movement for National
tuberculosis Sunday on April "a. The
6 l,e'1't that are now pe:ng made ito
CONQUER con. e, the great white plague are
. az in every way; pit we some.
sW A',l'l[ doubt the advlsaD1lity Of the
Church going into this sort Of business,
me me. command Is to heal the sick; but
hea am 9 does not come by preaching so
muc ''l'3 as by practice. This suggestion
Is mace d however, with the mental res
cr cry llsE that Il anybody objects to i t!
we .shall take It back. We always
strive to please. 5F3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

The servant who left $4,000 to her
former employers, after some thirty
years OF service, evidently hod case
of conscience.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16
WHAT THE PAPERS I. THINK.

~ WIIAT'TFI1 8PAIEWSf 'THI IS. 8V3f3
Tho stanton Daily Lead err thinks
that pr, Ennlon G. Williams ought to
thank Senator Noel for giving {him8this
opportunity to advertise the good work
the state is doing at the Catawba san-
atorlum for consumptives." and adds
that Or. Williams ''l,as done more to
spread general Information on sanitary
matters In The short time he has been
at tho head Of the State, Board than
had been done altogether before
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

philadelphia tried hard to lose It's
rcputationlfor being slow In this strike.
but. It failed wien It could only run
the cars9a at two mics an hour.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

Unless he Is made Rear-Admiral
soon loon Matt Henson VIII be lost to the
glorious American citizenship. Well
forget him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

The building of the Panama Canal
will be of the greatest benefit to the
ports on the South Atlantic coast, and
Roanoke expects to share in the In
creased business which will be level.
.oped bS this great highway between
tho two oceans The Evening World
says that Roanoke. being in touchlwith
both Norfolk and Charleston. 'ls one
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

{. q y wise fellow In Paris resolved after
nc saw the Cliantlcler hats that he
would you'd never touch another cocktail
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

any OF them III atrouble7 then there
ARE tile policy shops have they ro-
su,ned ttislness? The Sunday work ORE
ldinancet lias boeti repealed. ind things
seem to be pcrklng up u bit all8 along
1.-The line.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

The first Easter dream we have, seen
was was made OF straw and had alldescrip-
lions OF posies, tho most or them mar
Igueeritcs, scattered plentifullyaover the
crown, With various vines hanging
down hcr back. following the.idca OF
5th flt post Cone OF those who has gotten
i into Hall of Fame In New York;,
SO Sexl!c,ellenty expressed in the line,
And And the golden hair was hanging
down down her back" This Is so much bet-
ter ter: ana more humanc-lilSc than wear
Ing dead birds on ones headgcar..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

Jeffries Davis need not fear that
there here Isl plot nfoot to killthim. He
should sl1Et Id remember the high price OF
and shot BIZ 4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

Runor hassit that our Old friend Dr
Long has been seen s,tspic,ousiy near
the cases sent back by One from Africa
to the Smithsonian institution. Tho
ltlaturo-faker knows his kind,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16

Yet. Lillis will never be just the same
again. iE.ssE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16
dlr6 lmts Dippntth

BY Times Dispatch, Carrier Delivery Ser
vice in Richmond land suburbs), Manches-
Ter md Petersburg
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-29

A Clean Family Newspaper. An expo
nent of all that's good and wholesome;
fearless in it's condemnation of all that is
evil. We want YOU to read it.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-22
DEER JUMPS INTO CARRIAGE
Frightened Animal Greatly EnIivens a
City Mans Vacation in
Maine.

Bangor, Me-Francis F. Mitchell, a
New York man, Vacationing in Maine.
had the surprise of his life, while
driving along a road few miles from
here. He was sitting back in the seat
enjoying the beautiful scenery when
he was startled to see a frightened
deer. spring from the forest at the
roadside and leap into the carriage,
falling between the dashboard and the
horse.
The latter kicked until the vehicle
was demolished. After both the horse
and deer had kicked about for three
minutes the child of the forest man
aged to extricate itself and ran back
into it's retreat, apparently none the
worse for its experience.
The story when told was not cred
tied by some, but the eloquent testl-
mony afforded by the wrecked car
rage was convincing.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-22
WIFE IS REMARKED
WHEN HUB RETURNS
INDIANA MAN WHO WAS GONE
FOUR YEARS AND BELIEVED
TO BE DEAD.
DISAPPEARS WITH HIS SON
Is Declared to Have Said That He
Found Woman Happy and That He
Would Go Away Again Never to
Return.

Indianapolis" are you, Man.
dy!" spoke Samuel Stevens, the other
evening, to woman sitting in front
of her little cottage The voice
startled her. She looked up and sud
denly rose to her feet
IL thought you were dead-dead
and buried!" the woman cried. How
did you get here? Where did you
come from?"
No, no, Mandy; am very much
alive the man replied evenly. 81
don't know what made you think
was dead" he continued, tenderly, to
the emotfon-swept woman before him
She then told him of her belief that
he was dead, and that she had mar.
Tied William Hall, who had given her
a good home and been a kind hus-
band
Such is the brief description given
of the meeting of Samuel Stevens and
his wife, from whose presence he had
disappeared four years before.
The story Of the Stevenses is like
a chapter from a novel Four years
ago they were living together and
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-22
John J. Evers.

burg, and he failed to report Four
days before the season opened took
a half holiday from the collar factory
and went to see an exhibition game.
The Troy team had no shortshop and
the manager climbed into the stand
and asked me to fill in He put the
right fielder at short and sent me to
right. / was scared stiff, but as soon
as the game started forgot to be
frightened I must have looked fair,
for the next day he put me at short,
and accepted II chances without an
error.
When that shortstop finally came on
a week later he didn't have job.
WAS green, but learned quickly
and picked up the game rapidly. In
September the Chicago club bought
me-so / jumped from an amateur
team into worlds championship club
in Ave months.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-22

had seven children The husband and
father was a laborer. The family is
said to have gotten along as well and
lived as comfortably as the average
family of laboring man and the fam
lily relations were pleasant Then, one
day, after some little upset over one
of the children, the punishment by
him of daughter. it is said, neigh
bors made complaint, and a war.
rant is declared to have been issued
for his arrest. He disappeared from
his home. His wife expected that he
would soon return.
AS time wore on she found the
struggle alone of trying to provide for
the large family too hard battle.
She made brave effort, but the
handicap was great. She could not
get steady work and sickness now
and then invaded the little home
Then she allowed three of the chill
dren to be taken away, she keeping
the youngest. Through the day she
toiled for her children, and continued
to hope for her husbands return. She
was confident that he would come
back and believed that he was doing
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-22
TRAINING IN ANCIENT TIMES
Athletes Were Put Through Severe
Dose of Sprouts" and Trainers
Led Very Careful Life.

Some interesting comparisons may
be drawn between ancient and modern
athletes. The athletes of ancient
Greece. for example, if they should ap,
pear to view today, would not be taken
for football team
The old-time man of muscle wore his
hair cropped, distinguishing feature
in land Of long hair. Trainers for
the games led very careful life. Thew
were under orders for a rigid diet
which became especially severe lust
before the contest.
Their bill of fare consisted of fresh
cheese, dried figs and wheaton DOR
ridge. A little later in the era meat
was allowed, with a preference for
beef and pork. Bread was not allowed
with meat and sweets not at all.
At one time strange custom Of
diet came into vogue Every day al
the conclusion of practise the athletes
were obliged to consume enormous
quantities OF food, which was digested
in long continued sleep. The amount
was gradually increased until huge
meals of meat were taken. This diet
produced a corpulence which was OF
advantage in wrestling, but injurious
for other sports.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-22
HIS RUBBERs HAD VANISHED
Consequently Man From the Country
Had Little Use for City
Methods.

The benches in the waiting rooms
at the Union depot in Kansas City are
used for other purposes than to rest
on by travellers, the Kansas City Star
enlightens US. At every midnight the
maids clean out the rooms. They do
not forget to poke under the benches
for stray bundles left by trusting
travellers.
Sometimes, after intervals, the trav-
e1ers return to claim their property.
Some time ago a red cap at the depot
saw man in linen buster, a felt hat
and the manner of one who had spent
his life in secluded part of the
Ozarks get down on his knees and
peer carefully under several of the
benches.
Lost anything, mister?' the red cap
queried.
wall, no, sonny, not 'zactly / left
a pair of rubbers here last January
when I was on the way tew Emporey.
Hain't seen nuthin' of EN-, have your"
The red cap explained that he
hadn't, and, moreover. that the room
had been cleaned out several dozen
times since last January
well, I swan, replied the traveller.
blinking and stroking his beard. The
city methods do beat me"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-22
EyERs' CAREER WAS CHANCE
Got Started When Regular shortstop
of Troy Team Failed to Report
for Duty in Spring.
BY JOHN j. EvERs.

Copyright, 1910, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
If the short stop of the Troy IN. "
team had reported for duty at the
opening of one season the chances are
I never would have been a profess
sional ball player. I might have made
a fair collar fnisher, or sign painter.
AS boy in vacations worked in a
collar factory and also learned to let
ter signs. They say / was good at it,
but possibly would have been better
II had not liked to play ball so well.
played moons and evenings from the
time was ten years old, and never
lost chance. The first success l had
was when l was made captain and
pitcher of the Sheer Ups.
never had any idea of playing ball
professionally, because | did not like
the idea of leaving home, and my fam
lily did not like 1t bit better. Still,
had quite local reputation in Troy,
in spite of which never thought l
was good enough to play on a real pro-
fessional team. In summer watched
the state league teams play and used
to say to myself: 81 could do better
than that myself" but of course did
not dare to say that out loud
The spring was eighteen years old
Troy signed a shortstop from Pitts.