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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04
Mrs. Henry Wood.

Mrs. Henry Wood.
Please give Il short sketch OF Mrs
Henry Wood, the author of East
Lynne" and her standing as an au-
thor.
Ellen Price Wood, English novelist.
best known as Mrs Henry Wood. was
born at Worcester. January IL 1914
and died in Loncon on February 10,
1887. In 1885. she married Henry
Wood. member OF a banking and
shipping firm, and from then until 1856
lived in France. She began her liter
airy career by contributing to Bent
ley's Miscellany and The New Month
~ Magazine and In the Ingenuity or
her plots cxcelled, 1t Is said, all her
English contemporaries. East Lynne"
was her most famous production, and
mas had great success as book and in
dramatlzed form.
Mrs Wood is hardly recognized as an
author of high literary standing, and
her writings will not be permanently
known TO English literature. we arc
inclined TO think.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

The gentle dew from Heaven came
down yesterday afternoon in buckets
full greatly to the distress of the au-
tomobile crowd and greatly to the
delight of those who were being dis
turbed by the irreverent running OF
the machines
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

The Clifton Forge Daily Review re.
1oices in the fact that great Will be
ehe tame OF Clifton Forge in France
when Senator King, of the Houdon
Statue Commission, mingles with the
people of Paris. a little of that won
derfnl ALLEGHENY cider sent over there
would help some to boost tho nlace
too.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

Not content that Swanson is already
high and mighty "thane,' the Char
lottesville Progress is ready to hail
him as king" 1t says:
For the man who has had the ca
reer of Swanson, and still we'll under
hfty years, he is less spoiled than any
man IN public life. He is plain, APP
proachable, direc, and positive, fair
and just. without any haughtiness or
show, and has hold on the people
that seems to grow stronger each year.
Who knows that the former attorney,
Congressman, Governor and now Sem
ator may not at some day be President
of the United States"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

Rockefeller is Cow bathing every day
in whiskey. Wonder what that makes
thirsty man in dry town say?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

park wood work and dark walls
may hide the dirt;' but they failaut,
terry to add any oheertuluess to- the
home. /.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

Cheer up! Mr.. Bryan is still on III.
Advisory Committee of the League of
Intercollegiate Democratic Clubs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

steadfast in its loyalty to Governor
Mann's chief opponent in the latest
8 ubernatorial primary. the Augusta
County Argus says:
THE expected happened on Mon
day when Governor Mann appointed ex-
Governor Claude Swanson to succeed
the late United States Senator Daniel
until the end of the term next March.
II is said Swanson had been promised
The first good thing. Governor Mana
did not measure up to the point of
naming a known constitutional lawyer
OF national reputation to fill so i'm
portant an office, or he would have
written 1T Harry st. George Tucker"
The Argus can now proceed unin-
teruptedly with its project of Eek
tracing sunbeams from cucumbers."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

Named Senator one day. nominated
for the Presidency the next day; that's
going some"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

will want to stay right here, once they
know what IT lis.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04
Dre's Address,

ScnHtOr Cores Address.
Please give name and address of the
blind United States Senator from Ok
lahoma7
Thomas p. Gore, Lawton, Okla.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

Coin Queries.
IL. Q. ID. sends query relative tc
Lincoln pennies. We do not answer
numismatical questions
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

Education and Labor, Finance. Indus.
trial Expeditions, Library. Transpor
tation Routes 20 the Seaboard
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

School Opportunities for self-HeIp.
VIII you kindly inform me II there
are any schools in Virginia where a
boy about fifteen, who is just through
the first year in high school, can enter
and work through? MRS j. p. A.
We cannot give you any definite in
formation in this matter, but suggest
that you write to the Department OF
Public instruction, Richmond.
Rooscvclps Law Connection.
Was Roosevelt ever a lawyer?
No. he ati,died Law for a short f{rne
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

Senator Daniels Committees.
On what committees of the Senate
did Senator Daniel serve?
Private Land Claims, APPROXIMATIONS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-10

for change in their charter, so as 10
place the ownership and control of their
institutions in the hands of the Vir-
ginia and Baltimore Conferences. the
position of the board of trustees Is ex-
pressed in the following resolutions:
"Resolved. That the trustees have
carefully considered the request of the
Virginia Conference that the trustees
take such steps as may be requisite
and necessary to give the Conference
a voice In the selection of trustees
either by nomination or election" and
respectfully say that while they are
determined to do everything in their
power to continue the close relations
which have always existed between the
conference and the college, they feel
that they have neither the legal nor
the moral right, under the charter to
transfer the power of electing the
trustees 10 any other person or body;
that In their Judgment this power of
election of trustees by which the cor
poration is perpetuated is material
power which neither the trustees them
selves, the Legislature of Virginia, the
Corporation Commission nor any court
has the power to change
Explains Legal Position.
THE legal position is that the char
ter is contract, and that all who have
to the funds Of the board
have done SO under the terms of the
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Sound Proof Rooms
Free Daily Concerts

been acquired and one church erected,
and that two were now being refitted.
The spiritual condition of the district.
ne thought was good, nearly all of the
churches having held successful re-
Vivals. Encouraging reports were re-
ceiyed from other presiding elders, as
follows:
Rappahannocls District. Rev. w. q.
NJ S. Colonna: Lynchburg District,
hev. Z Men. Simpson; Farmvills Dis
trict, Rev. Il. T. Dadmun: Danville Dis
trict, Rev. B. NJ. Beckham; Petersburg
district. Rev. j. *. Jolliff; Portsmouth
District Rev. S. J. Brown; Norfolk
Shore District. Rev. W. H. Edwards.
Calling of the roll on Question 90.
Are the preachers blameless in their
life and official administration? then
began, and the characters of the min
listers read were approved.
Supernnnunted and supernumerary.
The following were referred to the
committee on conference relations, to
W. Fl. Camper, e. L. Pell. John NJ. Bur-
ton. f. j. Potts and f. a. Potts
The following were referred to the
same committee. 10 be placed on the
superannuated list: 7. ]. Dayton. H.. C.
y. NJ. Hall. Charles w. Cain, w P.
Jordan. J. P. Woodward. c. S. VANS
ley. L. T. Hit. +. NJ Edwards. w. H.
Gregory, G. III. BoSgs; j. E. McSparran.
j. @. Rhodes. w. r. Judkins, w. a.
I.aughon. S. $. Lambeth. J. T.. Potts,
G. III. lambeth c. II. Green, James q.
Moss, M. a. Davidson. j. D. Forkner.
George II. Ray, William r. Edwards.
Rev. G.. D. Crawley. on the superan-
nuated list last year on account of bad
health, asked assignment to active
work again. Three of those superan-
nuated last year have died during~the
year-Revs. y. a. Proctor. Oscar Lit
Bledsoe. Of Port Norfolk. and w. a.
Tompkins. of ST Martins, Maryland,
We're reported as being In bad health.
and We're referred to the committee
on the superannuated relation.
Many Committees Meet.
The board of education held an eS-
tended meeting YESTERDAY afternoon at
on the laymen's movement was in sas-
sion as was the board OF church eX- /
tension. at the same place. The board ,
of missions met last night at Centen- I
airy Church, and the joint board of t
finance was in session at the same
hour. The Sunday school board net /
yesterday afternoon, and the hishor's /
son for some time In the afternoon.
Special orders have been entered |
setting apart tonight for mass-loeet-
ing in the interests of the work of the |
Sunday school board at Centenary |
Church, and tomorrow night at the
same place celebration OF the mis-
sionhry anniversary and report Or the |
listers have been named as q special
committee on pulpit supply. to assign
for preaching engage
ments on Sunday.
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the board of trustees, and OF the con-
! terence. and shall refuse to make the
above mentioned changes in the char
ter. then the conference committee IL
instructed to confer with the board of
trustees of Randolph Macon College
and to endeavor to reach an agreement
that Will give to the Annual Confer-
ence whatever voice in the selection
OF trustees and in the control or the
institution of the Randolph Macon
system that the laws OF the state of
Virginia will permit
May Establish New College.
in the event that the board of trus-
tees shall refuse to unite with tho
conference committee in the request to
the civil authorities for the above men
toned changes in the charter. and in
the event the civil authorities shall
refuse to grant the request of the con-
Terence committee, acting alone with
out the assistance of the board of trus-
tees. and In the event that it is found
to be impossible for the Virginia An
inpal Conference to secure any voice.
In the selection of the trustees, or an
the control OF the property which has
been created and developed and built
UP through the authorized, accredited,
and. until August, 1906, confessedly
~ " tl i'ieu abeHis, pis Inc virginia an
nnal Conference, then the conference
committee is instructed to consider
with great care and thoroughness the
question of the desirabiiity and the
feasibility of the establishment and
maintenance of one or more institu-
lions of learning, the charter of which
will comply with the requirements or
the discipline of the NJ. r. Church,
South. provided that the committee
shall not in tile name of, or acting for,
the Virginia Annual Conference incur
any financial or moral obligation con-
corning the establishment or mainten-
ance OF any institution of learning.
Seeking Harmony.
Resolved, 7,SThat the above action
Is taken only after the most earnest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-10

Miss White Improving.
The condition of Miss Edith White,
of Ashland, who was operated ON at
the VIM. Byrd Hospital last Thursday.
Is progressing farorably.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11

Mrs. Helen Bcryl Graydon, who OBJ.
tanned a divorce from Tom Graydon.
the light haired young man who made
such powerful fuilback on the Har.
yard football team several years ago
has gone to Europe to escape a per
sistent sutton. who says he la a Rus.
sian nobleman. Mrs. Graydon. who
Is the daughter of ]. Parker Whitney.
has been spending the greater part OF
her time on her fathers ranch in
Placer county. California. Employed
on the ranch was an expert horticul,
turist He was presented to Mrs.
Graydon and almost instantly fell In
love with her. He sought to follow ur
socially an acquaintance that came
about simply through his employment
he wrote letters and telephoned con
stantly to her, Finally Mrs. Graydon
left the ranch and went to San Fran
cisco. The "nobleman' followed and
continued his letter writing and tele.
phoning. His pursuit became SO ardu,
GUS that Mrs. Graydon lett San Fran.
cisco and has sailed for Europe
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11
SWARM TO SEE ROOSEVELT.
Dedication of John Brown Battlefield
VIII Draw Thousands.

dedication OF John Brown Battlefield
| viii Draw Thousands.
Topeka, Kan.-visits to Kansas b,
Presidents Harrison, Roosevelt an,
Taft have brought together grea
crowds, but the coming Of Colone
Roosevelt on August 81 to dedicate tn,
John Brown battlefield at Ossawatomi.
will cause to assemble there the great
est number of Kansas people ever con
gregated within the borders of the
state.
Fully $4,000 will attend this ceIe-
bration, which Is to be held on the bat
tlefjeid where John Brown and his men
fought for free Kansas. The tract of
land, comprising 90 acres, has been
purchased by the Women's Relief corps
and decided to the state for memorial
park.
Ossawatomie, the early home OF John
Brown, is about 80 miles south and
west of Kansas City. and about Is
miles from the Missouri state line. In
the early history of the state the town
was mere trading post, but with the
building of the Missouri Pacific rail-
road through it an era Of prosperity
came and with this the location OF
shops for the railroad company. Its
population today is round $500.
What the little town will do with
the 30, 900 people who will assemble
there to greet Colonel Roosevelt on the
morning of August 81 Is question
not easily answered.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11
Meth & Co. E, 'aas
COLLECTORS
We Buy and Collect Notes. Mortgages, and Real
Estate Contracts. No Collection Mo Charge.
worcester Bldg, Portland, Ore.


The young woman was Fastening to
the subway station en- route to the
railway train. Looking about for
boy to carry her heavy suit case, she
,espied stalwart youth and asked
him II he would take It for her to the
station. He hesitated a moment. al
he had been headed In an opposite
direction. and then complied. At the
ticket window there was an unusual
crowd. The boy pushed forward.
bought ticket for the young woman.
put 1t In the box and handed her the
suit case. AS she proffered him the
dime which seemed about ADEQUATE
for his services he smiled ut her DO
culiarly, shook his head, lifted his hal
gracefully and was gone before the
young woman had time to protest or
really to understand what had oc
Cured Then the appalling thought
came to her with conviction that he
was undoubtedly a college boy put
ting In vacation time at some kind OF
employment which necessitated his
wearing quite ordinary working
clothes.
And how dreadful" she thought.
squirming with modification. ..he
actually paid my fare. tool"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11
SCIENCE NOTES.

.ii'y seven unmarried persons com.
mt suicide to forty-three married
Switzerland produces ssooo ooo
ally Veo'a'e annu'
Bathing the head behind tho aa~.
wiln not water often will cure an OBJ
stinate headache.
Peat win be the only fuel ussa r.
great German electric power general.
ing station.
A healthy horse eats nine tiuas ,,s
weight In food in a year. a healthy
sheep six times.
During 1903 Chile produced 1s17o
tons of copper, as against ts.4ss toms
the year before.
Al the last semi-annual official esti.
mate there were 1928 Indians IN
the United States.
More than fifty bacteria to ths en-.
bic inch were found In recent test ~
rain water in Paris.
AT an elevation of ten feet the hort.
zon apparently is slightly more than
ten miles distant.
The rudder OF the transatlantic liner
olympia weighs 100 tons, being this
heaviest ever built.
A web filament two and one-ouarter
miles long has been taken from tn.
body of single spider.
China will hold its first great expo
sition, national In character, at Nan
king from May to October.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11
SYMBOLISM DID NOT APPEAL
ssi'nda Rejects Proposal Of Charlie
to Be Joined Together Like
Hands of Clock.

Charlie" sorrowfuIly sighed the
young lady In the parlor of the con-
crete house. on Washington avenue.
It Ia nearly IL o'clock"
Yes. Belinda" was the breathing
response OF her poetical companion.
who was sitting on the sofa beside
her. the minute hand Is drawing
closer and closer to the hour hand.
and when the time of midnight is
cnlmed the two hands will be even as
one Oh, darling Belinda" he con-
unued. as he literally simulated the
action OF the minute hand, may not
the coming together OF those two
hands be symbolical of us?"
She broke away and stood firmly on
ner feet. mo, Charles Henry Smith"
she retorted, angrily. those two hands
viii remain as one but single sec
ond, and then the minute hand will d.
vorce itself and go on It's way alone.
NO, MIR. Smith, minute hand that
doesn't stick isn't the kind of symbol
lam / wantl''
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11
OUR COAL SUPPLY.

Simplifying the Labor of Procurfnr
1t Increased the Output.
1t was feared at one time that the
rate of coal consumption would soon
outgrow the rate of production and
there was talk of curtailing the use OF
coal In many industries, says writer
in Lippincott's. But the inventor pro
ceeded to make coal mining machinery
which lessened the labor of extracting
the raw product from the earth and
Increased the output tenfold England
to-day bases her hope OF extending the
period of her profitable coal mining
upon the invention OF machinery that
will compensate for the added cost OF
deeper mining. In America coal min
ing machinery has doubled and tripled
the output. A coal digger cuts and
extracts the coal from its bed as fast
as three or four skilled miners could
formerly do; 1t falls automatically up.
on cars. which swing upward like ele.
vators to the Hight of day, and deposit
their contents into chutes.
Down the sooty mass tumbles to the
breakers, where 1t Is pounded and
broken into sizes suitable for com.
MERGE. Thence 1t slides on to the
washery, and comes out at the other
end to be dumped on cars The cars
quickly cross the country to some river
or bay, where canal boats are waiting
The transference from the cars to the
boats, and from the boats to the whole.
sale and retail dealers coal yards II
performed automatically. Even when
the coal comes into our homes It is
shot down chutes into the cellar, and
not carried there in buckets and bas-
kets ~ OF old.
And yet, for all this simplifying Of
labor, this invention OF machines to
reduce the dust and ashes, nobody |
likes coal, and we all pray for the time
to come when its use may BE- abolish
cd. 1t is not popular article OF COM
II ID clumsy and dirty fuel.
and in this age OF invention and dis
covery II seems woefully out Of data.
Il Is not new machinery to increase
he output that we are longing for, but
he discovery OF some new method Of
heat and power.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11

The Japanese language is claimed
to be the hardest OF all to learn.
Even the Japanese find It hard, and
several American army officers have
found It impossible to master 1t. II
takes the Japanese child seven years
to learn the essential parts of the
alphabet. and one must become IA
miliar with 214 signs to learn this
simple part of the language alone,
The 214 signs serve as the English
initial letters In our alphabet To
be able to read any of the higher
class of Japanese newspapers one
must be the master OF from $500 TO
5000 ideoRra phs.-Albany Journal
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11
ToLsTol AND THE PRINCESS
invalid Nohiewomsn Who Was Corr
eerrcd About the Great Political
Reformer's Religious Belief.

When was In ST Petersburg | had
AZ Introduction TO certain princess,
wto was said to be interested In
PRISONS and prisoners. and though /
knew that she had absolutely no con
Germ with any political reforms. 1
foTed she might help me to an inter
view with Nine. Breshkowsly. The
princess was an invalid. and | was
allowed to go directly to her room.
where she lay on lounge. with lis.
tie stand beside her on which lay
religious books. She received me with
great cotdiality. winning my heart
with her first words. She spoke ex.
cellent English and We needed no In
terpreter.
u am an old. old woman" abe said
cheerfully, but find my old age the
happiest part of my life."
That is almost what Count Tolstoi
said to me- replied. oh" she
cried. do you know my old friend,
Ioistoi We were young together,
and how love himi But. alas, he
trusts too much Q his own inertia. 4
pray for him every day. pray not
only once. but many times day, that
nc may learn to trust TO the merits of
Jesus. Ho Is good and noble and kind,
out he must give up his own idea Of
righteousness and accept the gospel.
| nave been 30 anxious about him that
az last ! wrote out prayer that /
wanted to have him use, for told him
/ n la
In reply he sent me prayer which
he says he prays daily."--Isabel C.
Harrows In the Christian Register.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11

Mansfield, La The fsrmers' unior
Of Louisiana appears to be opposed Il
the special Panama exposition tax =.
provided for In recent acts Of the Leg.
islature. The Desoto parish division
OF the farmers union, In convention
here. attended BY leaders Of the move
ment from al over the state. went on
record by almost an unanimous vote In
opposition to the proposed tax. When
the resolution was offered pledgine
members of the union 10 yota against
the tax, 4 prolonged discussion espued,
sitter which the vote was taken.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11
Meteor Falls: Jars CITY.

Council Bluffs, la. Accompanied BY
noise as loud al thunder, large me.
teor fell In the neighborhood Of Coun.
Gil Bluffs shaking the city and causing
intense excitement Searching parties
have attempted for some hours t.
locate the place where the meteor fell,
but at late hour had been able to dc
70. 1t Is supposed to have fallen In
the hills Immediately back OF the city.
Hundreds Of people heard the explos-
ion and felt the shock, but because the
sun was shining at the time, very few
saw 1t.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11

ST. Louis--The eight~hour day fos
freight conductors and trainmcn and
the mileage basis for passenger crews
arc the most important proposals that
will be submitted to the Order OF Rail-
way Conductors and the brotherhood
Of Railroad Trtinmcn In the next ten
days. The crews will seek the equiva-
lent OF the 20 per cent increase IN
wages. The concessions that will be
requested will b. IN the form Of Inn
proved rules and conditions Of work.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11

Father" said little Rollo. ''wAa
Solomon really the wisest maur'
Il don't know. my son. You "a,
his political power was sc great that
when be claimed to b. the wisest man
nobody had the nerve to contradict
him. - Washington Star.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11

Indignant Customer want 70 r.
turn this jews. box. Its not ivory. -
represented.
Dealer (musingly) Nov wonder
II It can be possible that elephant had
false teeth.---CIeveland JAads-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11

waiter, this chuck steak ordered
ia like wood
Yes. sab. Dat am woodchuck
steak.s--Cieveland Plain Dealer.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11
Bad Breath

"Por months had great trouble with nv
stomach and used all kinds Of medicines
Ny tongue has been actually - green q
grass, my breath having bad oder. Two
weeksago friend recommended Caacarets
and after using them can willingly and
checrfuliy say that they have entirely
cured me, therefore let you know that I
shall recommend them to any one suffer
ing from such troubles. "--C has. n. Hal
perm, ia II. 9TH St., New York, N. Y.
Pisesant PaiatahIs. Potent Taste Good.
i0c, TIC, Soc Never Aod In bulk. The sss,-
uins tAbiet stamped c G. Guarantesd -
eurs Or your money hack
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11

Wunder-Stnyler Is successful n 4
collector Of bad debts.
Waring-Thats because he takes a
tent with him and camps out in front
OF the debtors door
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-08-11

49, w II *FsV VVVNFVRs
Little Willie-Say, pa. when poverty
comes in at the door. what window
does love fly out Off
Pa-It probably flies out OF tho d.
ninE-room window. my son.