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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17
HAD A nrLLY TIME.

HAD n bBILb
The Colonel appears to have had a
bully time with Francis Joseph OF
Austria on Friday. He called on him
at the Hofb,rg Palace, talked to him
thirty five minutes; stayed an hour
with Count Won Aehrentlial: curtsied
TO the Archduke Francis Ferdinand,
the heir apparent, or the civilian II
Taft OF Austria" as we would call him
dye.do to the Tombs OF Elizabeth and
Rudolph inspected the Spanish riding
school founded by Charles VII: mixed
with the Austrian Journalists; attended
dinner at the foreign Office, and
when he got to his hotel late at night
went up the stairs two steps at a
time. Whether or not he jumped up
and cracked his heels together twice
before striking the landing is not re-
lated, but we can very well believe
that he did something like that He
spent a part OF his day with the
horses, and so impressed the officers
of the Magyar Hussars that they in
sisted on going into the mess room
to take another drink.
The Imperial Court carriage was
placed at his disposal by the Emperor,
but it was too slow for the Colonel,
and after he had made his official calls
he dismissed the old thing and took
to an automobile. which he Wouldn't
have done had he been In Joe Can
mons fix. Everybody was talking
about him in Vienna, just as the peo-
pie OF Charlotte talk about the NOV
ing picture shows that come to that
town, and wondering how it happened
that such man was not at home run
ming his own government. Evidently,
they had been reading Henry Water
sons editorial article about what is
going to happen when the Colonel gets
back.
The account OF the Colonels visit
to Francis Joseph contains this state
ment, which requkes comment: "The
monarch. who was attired in an I'm
perial uniform''-we are glad he did
not appear In his pajamas--"was ex-
tremely gracious to the American
President We don't like the
language, and If the word gracious"
was used in the sense of con-
descending, we repudiate it and
Francis Joseph and all his works.
Good gracious, has it come to this that
a free born American citizen should
be received by anybody. high or low.
except as an equal? Perish the thought,
| and in this case we know that the
| Colonel made himself so much d part
| OF the Court that not even tho funk
lest Of the flunkeys would have dared
to resent anything the Colonel might
| have cared to do. AS a matter OF fact
| Francis Joseph is not in the same
class. as the Colonel could outrun, out.
jump, outride. outtalk him the best
day he ever saw. We should like tc
know how the Colonel was dressed
Did he wear the khaki uniform III
travelled in when he was on his SEN
| timental journey through Italy las
week? Did he go into town in his
seventeenth century barouche which
| he found down in Speaia, or some
whore else, and to which he hitchet
four mules. with rings on their fingers
and bells on their toes, for the pur.
pose of escaping observation? Was
| his triumphal entry into the Austrian
capital also made 'incognIto?"
We are delighted that the Colonel
had bully time. lie deserves all he
can get, and he never loses trick.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17
.,1AS,s TRUE TREASURE is GOD"

.,1AN,s TRUE TREASURE is GOD"
(selected for The Times-Dlspatcho
.rhe Lord is the portion of mine IN
heritance -. Thou maintainest my
lot."-Ps. xvi. SO.
All things are possessed IN one way
or another. The lowest and most ifn-
perfect form is that by which man
simply takes hold and asserts his own
right OF disposal. Thus blind man
may possess the finest picture and
forbid its sale--but what good is 1t to
him? A lunatic may own library as
extensive as the ongressional-but
what use is 1t to him? The highest
form of possession is when 1t ministers
to our thought and emotion, Or to our
moral and intellectual growth. We
possess these really when we know
and hold communion with them.
But when we rise from things into
the region Of persons we possess them
only in the measure in which We I'M
derstand and love them. knowledge,
intercourse, sympathy, affection-these
are the ways by which mem possess
men and spirits, spirits. A lover owns
the heart of his beloved only when
his affection Is returned, not other
wise. and this earthly affection Is a
type of the heavenly
Such ownership must be from Its
very nature reciprocal. There must
! be two sides to 1t. And so we read
THE Lord 10 tho inheritance OF His
! people," and again. Ills people arc
the inheritance OF the Lord" He
! possesses me. and I POSSESS Him--for
| whoever 30 loves God has Him. and
whom Ho loves He owns. Here Is a
! deep and blessed mystery, and at the
! same time 1t ia Intensely practical. How
do you poaaeEs God?
We have Cod In tho measure In
with thought OF Him. We know God
Fills character. His heart, His relation
to ua; His thought for w. as we study
/ Him revealed In our Lord Jesus Christ
i DO you over think Of Him. DO you
bring him often into your lifo b,
mcditating upon ths truths lie has
given your only by thinking about
!, Film and dwelling on His attributel
|. can you possess God, There is M
other why. ~ his mental telegraph.
you stu aplf communications with you
, abEsnt d6af oiisg, Anh In tho ahm
my you hpl1 10 God. Who dwalls o.
shs oLHtr Eidg ~ the stars 10 have
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17

Tt may be that Editor Hoyt. of the
Columbia Record. has a system he is
playing In politics: but we don't un-
derstand 1t. Just now he is explaining
how ridiculous 1t is for any voter in
his town to think of opposing a most
desirable candidate for Councilman be-
cause lie voted for Palmer and Buck
ner In 1896; but the Record will par
don us for again suggesting that 1t
would be we'll. for a reason which
need not be more clearly noted now, to
keep some Of the things that we know
as remotely In the background as pos
sibIe. Wo should say that the office
of Vice President of the United States
ia almost as important as that OF
Councilman OF the town Of Columbia
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17
MnEnn ms rnE 1A1L.

IT Wisconsin star gazers are correct
| In their cGscr2a tons, something has
! happened 20 the comet. Professor
Frost and Professor Bernard. two as
tronomers Of note. focused the great
! telescopes of the Yerkcs Observatory
on Halley's wanderer Tuesday, and
( failed to see a vestigc Of its tail.
! They are unable to say where the tail
las gone, and they are not positive
that the tail has disappeared alto
gether. but so far as giving any sign
of its presence, the 100000 mile tail
might as we'll not be attached to the
comet
1t turns out that comets have a
strange way of using and of losing
their tails. Some astronomers insist
that no well-ordered comet over points
its tall away from the sun Others
record comets which obey the regular
rules Of their order and then have an
the sun. They are unable to fathom
the meaning OF this bit OF cometic
ethics. but they maintain that IL Hal
ley's comet has tail, it must be
pointed sunwards.
Then, too, 1t Is alleged that comets
have lost their tails before
this. In 1885. we are told.
when the present comet was
in our heavens, 1t played trick upon
all star-gazers and lost It's tail when
1t was within two days of perihelion.
other comets have been equally care
less in more recent years.
The astronomers promise TO deter
mine by the spectroscope whether or
not the tall Is really there, even IL 1T
be invisible. The delicate spectroscope
will disclose the lines Of the chemi-
cal elements in the tail. If there be
tail: and these lines will likewise de-
tcrrnine the nature Of the tail.
Even this. however, will not give
the uneasy assurance that the comet
will do them no evil, for scientists insist
that the scattered particles OF the tau
may be gathered together as the COM
| ct sweeps on and the tail may then
assume its normal form, as the comet
nasses. Such was the case in 1888,
when astronomers thought the tau
had disappeared once and FOR all.
| The only good comet, after all Is
| in another universe and the only
comet whose evolutions are assured is
one that never comes near the earth
1
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17

We wager a. canvass back duck,
which-iB Of the same value as a brown
chip when tho whites count for ten,
that tho lady who Kissed first at the
spffrake Convention ON Thusrday was
a rnd-hcaded widow from Texas, We
are also ready to bet that she toted
~ razor In her blocking.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17

Cone Johnson, the candidate OF the
Houston Post for Governor OF Texas.
passed through Houston early Thurs
day morning on his way to Galveston
to attend the convention of the State
Federation of Labor. which he cinched
with his marvellous eloquence. but he
returned in the evening In time TO
make a speech at Houston to the
great delight OF his principal organ
He had a reception at the Rice Hotel.
which was attended by many of the
most powerful Democrats in the state.
and afterwards he was escorted bv
them to Turner Hall. where he split
the wind with his eloquence. We note
that among the gentlemen serving on
his committee there were Messrs. Dim
mitt, Abel, Barrow, Breaker, Hannah,
Huff. Wren. SPOTS and Graves. Isn't
that the funniest lot of names you
ever heard of? How did they get
them: and why shouldn't they change
them? But 1t does not matter in the
least-Cone has got the coon and
gone" thanks to the perniclous actiy-
ity OF the Houston Post
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17

The Hon. William jennings Bryan
has sent to the Geological Garden at
Lincoln, Nebraska, two llamas. q Sia-
mese cat and monkey which he pick
ed up on his trip through South Amer
lea. This consignment Of faunal speci-
mems is to be followed. we are told.
by two parrots and two ring-tail mon
keys. There Is a. special fitness in the
association of the parrot and the mon
key in Nebraska. Their opposition
VIII enable the electorate of the United
States to appreciate more fully than
ever the service Mr.. Bryan has per-
formed for his party. which has played
the role of monkey to Mr.. Bryan's par
rot for fourteen long. weary. hopeless
years.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17

The Charlotte Observer is now be-
ginning to sympathize with Speaker
Cannon, whom 1t has vilifed all these
years. It advises him that he would
better heed the saying that the third
time wins or he may demonstrate its
truth with reversal of conditions"
There must have been some idea
cropping around IN the cerebellum Of
the man who wrote these words. but
we cannot quite figure 1t out. We
take 1t as compliment to the only
North Carolinian who has achieved
worldwide fame since the presidency
of James X. Polk. who was born in
North Carolina, but did not achieve
any distinction until he moved to Ten
neaSea
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17


Please tell me how to get rid Of
long shaped brown bugs which infest
my pantry shelves. Some ono said
they were electric light bugs.
You will ind that the bugs" dis
appear promptly II yon will scatter
mixed borax and sugar on the shelves.
and especially around the edges OF tho
shelves.
Tho Three "IVs,D Etc.
the J. t Please ar ten me what is meant by
2. II / give a theatre party are my
gueste expected to write notes of
thanks?
I, 3. What is meant by an uncondi-
tional pardonr>
a. Is 1t customary for one to cali on
one sf in w eaHe o deaa 6te of sympathy to
J. Heading. writing and arithmetic,
which BY very simple process OF
eiision sound as though they all be-
gin With the letter r.
mate II would be most proper for them
to thank you in person at the close of
tho performance. or when the party
breaks up.
3. * pardon under tho terms OF
which n nun is restored to his rights
as a citizen without condition AS on
posed TO a conditional pardon. by which
n man IL allowed his liberty az long as
tOilOEIIlS 10 CeIt6ln laid
down by the State or the prison au-
thorities.
4. This depends on your acquaintance
with the person. If you are very In
innate IL would be better to cali. II
you arc not very intimate a letter Is
sufficient.
olives OF Great Men All Remind U.s."
Please tell me the author of the fol.
lowing verses and the correction OF
same.
Lives OF great men still remind US
We must keep our lives sublime,
And in parting leave behind Us
Footprints on the sands OF tine"
A. l. 2.
You misquote this passage slightly
1t reads az follows:
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime.
And departing leave behind us
Footprints On the sands OF time"
This IL from Henry w. Longfellow's
psalm Of LIFE"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17
Hallcy'n Comet and the nectlensurs

HatlcyH Comet anu the MecklenpurS
Declaration.
see in the papers that Haliey's
comet will be visible the Goth Of May.
Is there any connection between this
fact and the Mecklenburg Declaration
Of Independence? a READER.
We do not think there is any con-
aection between the comet and the
Mecklenburg Declaration OF Independ-
ence. The latter was never visible 10
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17

Paul Bather noted French wriNer.
does not believe that Commander
Penry reached the North Pole: but
that he adopted tho plan OF Captain
Hattcras, the English dreamer Of Jules
Vnrne's romance of tho North Pole. and
haR only dreamed that he got there,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17

! AS between MI, Taft and the suffra-
gcttca probably 1t would be better
foh dis niger to take to de woods"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17

Where was the Hon. Richard c
Kerens. the United States Ambassador
to the Court of Austria, when the Col
onel was hobnobbing with the Haps-
burgs? We have seen no mention Of
him in the press dispatches.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17

The Charlotte Evening Chronicle has
adopted the household coupon idea of
bringing It's readers "up to date" AL
most any scheme Of civilizing ten
dency is worth exploitation in Char
llotte
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17

anybody at any time, and Halleys
comet may be visible on the date you
mention.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17

You will ind that the bugs" dis
appear promptly IL yon will scatter
mixed borax and sugar on the shelves.
and especially around the edges OF the
shelves
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17
ExtcrmlnntInr I,oncl,cr.

TA'cTHHHHtIHH ltUWcHcNs
Plcass tell me how to get rid OF
long shaped brown bugs which infest
my pantry shelves. Some ono said
they We're electric light bugs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17

Tho Three "IVs," Etc.
l. Please tell me what is meant by
the three "R,s"
:. If j give theatre party arc my
guests expected to write notes of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22
THEATRES
NE WTHEATER OPENS SUNDAY

NE WTHEATER OPENS SUNDAY
When the new American opens
its doors for the first time next
Sunday evening all theater-going
Spokane will have the opportunity
to cape and wonder at this--the
masterpiece of. the architects art.
the most beautiful. most COM.
fortabls most cory theater in the
entire northwest. alfred Sutro's
1.-THE Walls of Jericho" is q play
that is entirely in keeping with the
atmosphere produced by modern
audience in a modern playhouse.
PANTAGES-Leo; Rapoli is GER
tainly entitled to. the title he is
billed under. extraordinary jug
gler," for he does some juggling
which is really wonderful and with
the greatest of ease, with never
miss or hesitation. His work is
not only clever in the extreme, but
it is so clean cut, so straight ahead,
with no playing for time. that he
wins hearty applause for every
feat. Tanner and Gilbert do some
good comedy work in "A Lesson in
Love-"
ORPHEUM-The Orpheum has a
strong bin this week, headed by
Lillian Burkhart in a pathetic and
well acted little bit Of drama
called What Every Woman
Wants" Miss Burkhart's acting is
strong and the sketch is a hit.
Julius Tanner In his monologue is
a rapid fire artist of the first wa
ter and he has his audience is an
uproar for Is minutes. The five
cycling Auroras have what is with
out doubt the most sensational BIZ
cycle act seen here this season.
WASHINGTON - Miss Emily
Dodd and company, in "The Awak-
ening of Lucille" is one of the
pleasing features of the bill at the
Washington. The sketch Is one
that is composed of strong situa-
lions and excellent lines. Miss
Dodd is seen to advantage In the
part of Lucille, the mother who
has been parted from her child for
so many years. Another interest
ing feature is the wire act by the
Rosaires. two clever performers on
the tight wire.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22
ABOUT KIDDIES WHO
WILL Be MADE HAPPY

three happy youngsters in this
home on Christmas morning.
One little girl came in and talked
to me, instead of writing letter.
Her folks live out on East Pacific.
They won't have a Christmas un.
less the Good Fellow who is as
signed to their case makes good
but they'll get the Christmas all
right. ~
She has five little brothers and
sisters. and she's only ID. She told
me about the little ones, and never
mentioned herself, until l insisted
on taking her name also.
Then a boy writes like this:
Dear Mr.. Good Fellows. / am a
boy of IA years old. am lame and
will be lame the rest of my life. but
I get around with crutches all the
time, and I have six brothers and
two sisters. They are all younger
than l am, but I hope some of you
dear Good Fellows will remember
us, for our papa has been out of
work all the fall and he says that
dear old Santa Claus will not
come this way unless the Good
Fellows play Santa Claus for us. I
don't think will have to tell any
more. So goodby. Lloyd ---,
Twenty-second avenue"
Then there is little boy, 4 years
old, whose mama writes that Santa
will not come this year unless the
Good Fellows help. Her husband
fell from a bridge where he was
working, and is still unable to be
about
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22
BY A GOOD FELLOW.

told you yesterday about some
of the things we Good Fellows
were going to accomplish on
Christmas; now I'm going to tell
you something about the kids, and
the reason they will be happy when
they find that Santa Claus hasn't
forgotten them.
A little fellow walked into the
office this morning and showed me
his shoes. They were worn
through until he had to wear rags
in the bottom to keep his feet off
thee ground. At the side, the
shoes were broken loose from what
remained Of the sole, and the en-
tire effect. Of the dilapidated foot
wear was very similar to that pro-
duced by the comic artists when
they give us a picture of typical
Weary Waggles.
And bad as his shoes were, little
Willie--that was his name-told
me that he had q younger brother
and a tiny sister whose shoes were
In even worse condition. Thanks
to the kindness of a certain Good
Fellow of this town / was able to
tell him that Santa would see to it
that those worn-out shoes were re-
placed by good, substantial ones.
And there is a family out on Ce-
dar street, where the little ones
are worrying because mama has
told them that Santa won't be
there this year. 1t happens, how
ever, in this case, that mama has
guessed wrong, and there will be
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22
WHY DON'T THEY GET AFTER THE OTIS
BIG STORES" SAYS BARTRAll

William Bartram, proprietor Of
the Tuxedo cafe, was fined $40 and
costs by Justice Hyde for working
one Of his girls IS minutes over
time. The prosecution was begun
by Mrs. Blanche Mason, assistant
state labor commissioner. The
girls who filed the action had been
discharged. and reported the mat
ter to Mrs. Mason after their dis
charge.
Bartram defended the case on the
ground that when the time that the
girls used in eating three meals
should be considered, in which case
he contended that they had not
worked over the 10 hours pre-
scribed by law as the limit. After
hearing the evidence Justice Hyde
held that the girls had put in Is
minutes overtime and convicted
Bartram.
This prosecution Is one Of the
rankest pieces of injustice l have
yet seen in Spokane" said Bar.
tram today. when a man tries
to do right in Spokane somebody
steps in and wants to knock him
down. have paid more than the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22
G. O NTIN u Z D
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r A G F. O N T.
/. 1W0.bAb|ES


any mama what acts like a really
mama, cause my mama ranned
away, an Pse got papa, but he's
par-lized, an he cant do muffin for
me, an he has to let somebody
else take his babykins fer Triss-
mas present.
An Use a pretty little Teller.
Ey'rybody says SO what sees me,
an Use healfy; de doctor man says
SO; an Use just one oy de kim ov
kids you'd LIKE know you'd like
me if you sawed me, cause Use
got de prettiest brown eyes, an l
laugh, an | chuckle, an Use fat.
An. Use Twin out at de orfants
home, an don wanna live dere
cause Use not a orfant, an anyway
I wants to be a Trissmas present.
An Use dot a little bruvver, an
he wants to be a Trissmas present
too, an he's fat an healfy. too, an
he's dot brown eyes and dard hair,
an he's free years old, an Use one
years old, an if here's anybodies
what wants two little Riddles for a
Trissmas, present you better b'lieye
we's de very kids they's lookin'
for.
OF course we'd like to 60 to de
same place as Trissmas presents,
but If you don't want only one,
why ever one ov us would be dad
to tum An II they's two kind
peoples in this town what wants
baby boys for Trissmas presents,
we would 60 to two different FAINT
lies.
But ov course we'd like to go to-
gever.
So, good peoples. If you want a
fine. nice, laughy, healfy baby boy
wifi brown eyes an dark hair, for a
Trissmas present, just write a
little letter to The Press an let 'em
know about 1t, an they'll tell you
where to find me an Bruvverkins.
= An we'se fine babies, you better
bet
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22
RECALL IS effective
UNDER new CHARTER

partment. No other view can be
taken Of this matter, and II the
other councilmen should attempt to
protect an Incompetent member by
trying to shift him to some other
department, they ought to be re-
called too.
The exposures at the city hall
the past few days have made
friends for the charter by the hun
dred. The opponents of the pro.
posed charter in their efforts to
make a case against it have not
been able to imagine a condition
under it that would be half so bad
as the thing that actually exists
now.
"Why doesn't Mayor Pratt GO
scalp hunting" Words to that eff
feet are uttered by hundreds OF
people in Spokane and have
heard but two different answers to
the question, neither Of which is
very satisfactory.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22
~ GEORGE CHANDLER.
Article No. 6.

The discussions of the proposed
charter have failed to bring out
any serious defects in the docu-
ment. AS / have stated in a pre-
vious article. the charter is a COM
promise measure IN some of It's pro-
visions. and the objections that
have been raised by the opponents
of the charter were nearly al
threshed out by the committee. An
attempt has-been made by some
critics Of, the charter to show that
the fecall would not be effective,
because II it were started against
the had of on OF the departments,
the other members of the council
would switch the offending mem.
Der to some other department. The
recall would be started against the
councilman as such, and not
against him as the head of a de-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22
THE SPOhANE PRESS


Gay United Press Leaned Wlrsl
LONDON, Dec. z2.-The dc.
posed king Of Portugal, Manuel,
after going to live In . house
recently rented for him at
Richmond, will attend lectures
at. Oxford, II was learned to-
day.
Manuel will not attempt to
take q degree, but after a
short course Of instruction
will make q tour Of the world,
visiting Africa, Australia, Car
ada, the United states and the
Far East. Manuel 10 said to be
firm In the belief that some
day he Will, regain his lost
throne and his present plan is
70 equip himself thoroughly
for such = contingency.