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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-30
KUN OVER ny AUTO.
I.ynchburg Official Knocked Down md
Seriously Injured
rsnecIoI 10 rho TImes-T

Especial to The Times-DisDatch.l
Lynchburg. Va. August 2s.-W. c.
y Randolph. superintendent OF the
CITY Water Department. was seriously
injured this morning between ! and S
o'clock in Main street. when he was
knocked down and run over by an au-
tomohile. which was being driven by
v. p MaPoon. secretary OF the Retail
Merchants Association.
The injured man was hurried!v put
In the car and was driven to the ST
Andrews Hospital. where It was as.
certaIned that he had sustained a
compound fracture of the left leg near
the ankle. There were also SLIGHT
hurts about the right elbow and on
his head. hut these are only painful
and not serious. The small bone OF
the leg is broken On .Uo places. Inv ad-
dition 10 the break OF the larger hone.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-30

outfit travels in three private cars.
one for the mules. one for the oxen
and third for the wagons. Harveys
BURGESS chief assistant is Max wag.E
and "hawer" is Tony Leisic The mile
team is beyond all price. else It would
nave, been used in the inauguration
parade OF the triumphant Madero, the
Mexican liberator. when he made his
city. -
The outfits are on their way 10 the
south whence they will be shipped to
south America, whore Budweiser is3
fuliy as well known as it is in this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-30
% INJURED IN WRECK
None of Passengers in Southern Ra,Iuav
Accident Seriauslr

None OF Passengers In Southern Railway
Accident Seriously Hurt.
Greenvflle. S. C.. August ga Sunday
school excursion train, leaving Charlotte
this mebning over the Chariotte-Atia
division OF the Southern Railway, bound for
johnson City, Tenn. was wrecked four
miles south of Kings Mountain at $40
o'clock, deraiiing the tender. ono baggage
two OF the lis passengers None of The in
jured passengers were seriously hudt with
few exceptions the most OF them were
residents OF Charlotte.
>. The cause. OF the wreck is unknown. Two
hundred feet NJ track were torn up. and
ali trains wero delayed several hours The
Aopn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-30
SLX-OX PRAIRIE SCHOONER AND
EIGHT-MLLE TEAM ATTRACT CROWD

Tho unusual sight of prairie
schooner and an eight-mule team In
town this morning caused Richmond
to sit up and take notice. The COM
mon comment was: IT'S years since
! have seen yoke OF oxen" And
there were three yokes hitched 10 the
schooner.
1t was simply one OF the most UNIQUE
advertising outfits that has over been
introduced in tho East.
The water wagon has been placed
on the shelf. and in It's place the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-30

complete. One pair OF oxen Is. aprA-
rently, perfectly white. and is valued
at $500. II comes from Texas Tho
other pairs. one brown and the other
black. arc Kentucky bred. and their
market value is 5000 Each Of the
pairs Is mated perfectly. and only,
their respective attendants. who, by
the way, are union men, can tell them
apart. Peter Yung is in charge OF
the schooner.
y pair OF mules and q pair OF oxen
are held in reserve so that the ex-
inibition OF the outfits in the different
large cities OF the country will not be
tnterfered with by any accident or
disability OF the choice animals. Thu
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-30

The prairie schooner drawn By the
oxen is relic of the days now gone
forever. but which will live for all
time In the romanccs of the frontier.
Nothing would seem more natural
than the head of Buffalo Bill or Jack
crawford. the cowboy poet, emerging
from the schooner ms II came to a
halt The schooner is completely
equipped for long journey over the
plains carrying cooking utensils. dogs
ana guns, while skins are suspended
to the walls. evidently for the purpose
OF curing. With the three pair of
elegant oxen in front. the picture of
the old days OF the Western trail Is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-30

beer wagon has been substituted. A
handsome delivery wagon and a six
OK team. component part of which
is completely Quilted prairie
schooner OF the pioneer days. when
the human bones marked the line now
ioiiowed by the Union Pacific Railroad
20 the slope, is the new advertisement
mat the Anheuser Busch Brewing
brewing Company. of ST Louis. crea-
tors OF the marvellous Budweiser beer
OF song and story. have introduced
INC, INTO this town for limited space of
Harvey Burgess. the peer OF all
reinsmen. handles the ribbons over
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-30
STORM TAKES TOLL
OF ELEVEN LIVES
CONTINUED From E,r.

3Gon,inued From First Page.)
sooaro, was saved in the nick OF tir7.
SUDDEN change in the wind ana
came into Charleston harbor . una
..so' h,hs' badly racked by wind ana
sea, out not seriously damaged M
u tense hve minutes the oassenoe-s %
~. Apache stood OF the lower deck
hnai ~ Preservers around their
p0uies' waiting for the vessel to strfLa
ana determined 10 make as sto,, g
hEnt as they could for their lives
driven along by wind. the snaas
o! which was estimated nv can..I
William Staples. of the liner. AZ 1nn
,niles an hour. the big steamer founJ
herset helpless at about 1870 o'cIoct,
Oh monday afternoon. She was bound
sVuth from New York. and had been
1911 pas, the mouth OF the harbor to
point OF Hunting Island The eaI.
swept her inshore and It's force nrovn6
irresistible. Full speed ahead into tba
teeth OF the storm could not driv. the
inner forward. and when anchors wera
put overheard. the chains snapped ,ikc
cords. Helpless IN the grasp of the
hurricane. the ship was being Literally
hurled towards the Hunting Island
breakers, and the passengers with lies
preservers on. had well nigh tive, IN
hope when suddenly the wind shifted
and the vessel was saved
Torpedo Boats Swept Ashore.
Washington. d. c., August 2e.-The
raging storm, which swept the South
Atlantic coast Sunday night, left its
Imprint on the navy. Six torpedo
boats were wrenched from their moor
inEs at the Charleston Navy Yard and
tossed hish upon the beach by tho
ninety-m!le gale. Many buildings Of
the yard are believed to be wrecked
No estimate of the damage can be
made here. because OF the INTERRUPTED
telegraphic service. 1t is not believed
that any lives were lost Mt the navy
yard.
The commandant appealed for 500
900 as an emergency fund with which
to make immediate repairs. Though
this amount will not by any means
cover the loss sustained by the navy.
Acting secretary OF the Navy Win
throp late to-day authorized an ex-
penditure OF $4,000 for the urgent
work.
The wireless station OF the yard is
out of commission, and the meagre
omcial report to the department was
sent by telegraph from summerville.
S. c. From thu few details in the dts
patch. 1t is CLEANED that. roofs and
floated off in the storm, and the other
occupant, man. escaped. Five per-
sons Mr.. and Mrs Goodson Mrs. and
Miss Richter and Lillian Slender, lost
their lives when the wahoo miils
Just across the Ashley River from tho
city, were swept away.
Charleston tonight rests tranquil
under clear skies. The streets are
streYn with wreckage and with up
rooted trees. The water front is in
many places dismantled many wharves
being absolutely ruined.
1t Is feared that the cotton and
rice crops have been dealt stagger-
ing blow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-30
virginia Team Goes On.

ISpeciaI 10 The Times Dispatch.1
Camp Perry. O., August 29-The Virginia
team won twenty-nnth place in the ma
tionai rifle match going up six places over
last years team. II wins third money in
class c. Richmonderg on tho team ara
Captain Charles NJ. Wallace. Captain Percy
Montague and Corporal Hawiey. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-30
THE WEATHER

Forecast; Virginia-Fair Wednesdnyt
cooler south portions Thursday prob
ably fair; moderate variable winds, be-
coming northeast.
North Carolina-Showers Wednen
day nnd probably Thursday; moderate
winds, mostly south to southeast
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-30

Three weeks from to-day the pony
contest closes. September 20 is the
day set for the finish OF the battle OF
the ballots. and on that day the win
ners OF the two pony outfits. tive dia-
mond rings. five bicycles and hve gold
watches will he known
Interest started with the first day
of the contest. and has increased day
by day. The last week has been such
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-04
NOVEL USE OF CoRKs.

Charles Hawkins of Peterborough,
England, has succeeded in building a
series of most interesting models, the
chief of which is large and compre-
hensive model Of Burghley house, the
historic seat of the marquis of Exc
ter, near Stamford.
1t took Mr.. Hawkins, in his spare
time, ten years to complete, during
which time he walked nearly 5000
miles in repeated visits to the house
in order to secure accuracy. The
model measures five feet in length,
four feet in width and three feet in
height, and no fewer than half a
million bottle corks were used in its
construction.-Strand.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-04
CAUGHT MONSTER GAR.

Thomas @. Pringle, while fishing
with George Dohr in Deer creek,
near Mount Sterling recently, pulled
out a monster gar three feet long.
Mr.. Pringle slashed off the head
from the long, snakelike body and
preserved it, as it is a decided curl
Osity, a gar of that length not hav-
ing been taken on hook in that Vi
cinity for years.
The cruel jaws with the needle
like teeth are about four inches long
and the coloring of the head is most
beautiful. 1t is a light gray or sill
yer and is handsomely tinted with
purple slashes throughout.-Colum-
bus Despatch.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-04
SLIPPERS OF FUR, NOT GLASS
cindereIla's Footgear Transformed by
the Mistake OF PerrauIt Who
Wrote Out the Fairy Tale.

When Perrault in the seventeenth
century was writing his fairy tales
to amuse the courtiers of France. he
had recourse to the old French
chronicles. Then he read that Gin
derella, or whatever her name was
in those days, went to the ball in
slippers of war; the royal fur of
that time-miniver, as it is now
known Perrault, misleading the
text, decked out his heroine in slip
pers of verre glass, a very different
thing. The real Cinderella probably
went to the dance in those pointed,
curving, Embroidered shoes of medi-
eval days. But, thanks to Perrault,
she will trip down. the corridors Of
time in her little Gathering glass
slippers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-04
LAzINsSs ROOT OF EVILS
Avs Well That Ends ven is The
Most Costly Of Mottos ia the
Home.

"All's well that ends well'' is the
most costly Of mottos, declares the
author Of "Neighbors and Friends"
who adds that in her daily rounds
the district nurse becomes convinced
that laziness, mental and bodily, is
at the bottom Of most of the evils OF
life.
Mothers repeatedly argue when re-
monstrated with for allowing girls
in their teens to spend their time in
idleness, 81 can do the work my
self, and when the time comes for it,
they'll do the same They dc not
recognize how much easier life would
be for their children if they did not
allow habits of laziness and selfish
ness to take deep root.
In the days when sewing formed
a larger part of every woman's edu-
cation and occupation than it does at
present, a mother was reproached
for allowing her daughter to spend
so much time over embroidery. In
defending herself. she said: 81 have
had her taught sewing, and whether
she makes shirts or tea-cozies mat
tiers very little. What matters is the
habit of industry. Provided she has
that, she will always turn to any
form of work that may be neces-
sary."
1t seems almost impossible for un-
educated mothers to grasp the fact
that although their children's assist
ance in the homework may be of lit
tie value, they must nevertheless ex-
act it, and that the important point
is the habit Of industry, not the in
trinsic worth of childish efforts.
Even in the humblest forms of work
it may truly be said: ease is the
lovely result of forgotten toll"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-04
WOMEN HELP NEW ORLEANS.

Miss Kate NJ, Gordon, speaking in
Philadelphia recently, says that most
Of the reforms in New Orleans may
be traced directly to the influence Of
women. The new constitution Of
Louisiana gives women the right to
vote in person or by proxy on all
questions affecting taxation. The
exercise Of this right in New Orleans
Miss Gordon said, had resulted in
obtaining superior water, drainage
and sewerage systems. Every civic
reform that has been carried out in
New Orleans for several years, she
said, had found its inception in the
vomen's clubs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-04
HIS LIFE WORK.

81 never let play interfere with my
business.
"What is your business2"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-04
BUILT A FORT IN CANADA
Foolish Glvn5sr That Was Mace BY
the United States Government
AFTER the War Of 1912.

II is not generally known that our
government once undertook to erect
fort on British soil. The site Of
this fort, afterward called Fort
Montgomery, was about half mile
northeast Of Rouse's Point. n. Y,
not far from the foot of Lake Cham
plain. Popularity it was known as
"Fort Blunder." 1t appears that
after the war of 1912 our govern
ment felt the necessity of guarding
the entrance to Lake Champlain.
Accordingly in 1915 was begun the
erection Of Fort Montgomery. The
original notion was TO construct a
great fort. In those days that meant
a fort with three tiers of guns.
When the work had been in hand
for some time it was discovered that
owing to an error of early surveyors
the actual boundary between New
York and Canada, the forty-ffth
parallel Of north latitude, passed
south Of the fort. Work on the fort
was suspended for about 25 years,
and not until the year 1912 was the
territory restored to the United
States. The agreement known as
the Webster-Ashburton treaty, estab-
fishing the northwestern boundary,
made the line between New York
and Canada conform to the old and
incorrect early survey. Thus Fort
Blunder' was again on United States
territory. The people of Maine, it is
said, never quite forgave Daniel
Webster for giving up, as they
claimed he did, a great slice of terri
tory to which they thought them
selves entitled in order to save
Rouse's Point.
After the boundary question was
settled the fort was finished, but i
was never manned by more than suf
icient men to keep it in order, anC
it was never armed Harper
Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-04
PLANks SO FEET LONG.

Employees on the Lehigh canal on
Wednesday unloaded a carload OF
white pine plank in the Central rail-
road yard at Weissport, each plank
having the great length Of so feet
and every plank without knot.
These are the kind o. planks out of
which canal boats are built at the
Weiss port yard. They came all the
way from Seattle, Wash, aud IT rs
said that the freight on theN car is
S40O.-Philadelphia Record.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-04
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-04

Miss Prymme-Er, Gertrude, was
it you l saw last night with a mans
arm around your waist, or did my
eyes deceive me?
Pert Minx-Well, really, l don't
see that l am called upon to be am
swerable for anything on the evil
dence of your eyesightl
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-04
INEXPENSIVE.

81 wonder why 1t is so easy for a
poor man to get to heayen?"
Probably because the trip isn't
made in taxicab."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-04
A RECIPE.

"He says he has lost his grip"
swell, has he advertised and Of.
fered a reward ?"
"No; he's reading eheer-up verse.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-04
THOSE GIRLS.

She-Ethel? i hate herl
He-Why, saw you kiss her yes
terday. a..
She-Yes, but that's all v
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-01-26
Curious Old Custom.

The Swiss understand the art OF
public dinners. In the eyes of some
persons there is, however, one draw.
back-the after-dinner speeches are
interminably long. In bygone days the
people OF Berne seem to have
awakened to sense Of the infection
Of long after-dinner speeches, and they
hit upon a plan, which is observed to
this day, for the purpose OF cutting
orators short when they become too
long. A man wearing bears skin
stands near the speaker and II the lat.
ter becomes prosy and wandering and
drawn out In his remarks, then the
bear advances very gravely and just
lays its claws upon the orators mouth.
This method has never failed so far
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-01-26
THE DOCTORS ADVICE.

Blushing--l am asked by correspon-
dents to prescribe some cure for
blushing, IL 1t we're an ailment and
could be treated by an ointment or
lotion. Such readers evidently do not
matter for which their nervous sys-
TEN is responsible.
The walls Of our blood vessels are
largely muscular, and these fibers,
though beyond the control of the will
are controlled by the nervous system,
the agent being nerves distributed
among the muscular fibers.
The nervous energy which is con-
tinually reaching the muscular walls
of the blood vessels, keeps them in a
moderate state of contraction, and
the channels being Of an average size,
the blood supply is evenly maintained.
II the vasometer nerves are stimulat.
ed more than usual, the muscular
walls are contracted, the size of the
blood vessels diminished so that the
supply of the blood vessels becomes
less.
On the other hand, IL these nerves
are not stimulated as much as usual
the vessels are dilated by the force
! of blood which is flowing along them
and the supply of blood in certain
parts, notably the face is increased
Blushing is due to some emotion
which acts on the vasometer center
diminishing its activity for the time
being, and depriving the blood yes
sells of tone. The consequence is thai
they dilate, and the skin betrays the
increased supply by hot flush.
People troubled with blushing car
best overcome it by cultivating un
consciousness of self They probabl!
suffer when meeting strangers or find
ing themselves in company with whicl
they are not well acquainted.
Young people are most given t,
blushing under these circumstances
and too often they adopt cours,
which is only calculated to increas
their annoyance. They never go int,
society If they can help it, and avoi,
meeting or speaking to anyone out
side their own domestic circle. If, in
stead, they mixed, If they cultivate
the habit of speaking easily and nat
urally with everyone they met, thei
painful affection would speedily leav
them.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-01-26
HUMAN SCRAP HEAP
HOSPITALS OF FORTY YEAS 400
pENs OF HORROR.
Conditions In One Of New Works.
Great Public Institutions De-
scrIbed In All Its Grewsome
lnhumanlty and Filth.

Even among professional philanthro-
pists 1t is not generally relied how
literally the phrase scrap them" has
applied to our traditional methods
OF disposing Of the industrially MAIN.
ed and unfit. For many generations
our practice has been not unlike that
OF the Romans, who exposed their aged
and fnfirm slaves to death by the ele-
ments upon an island In the Tiber, Il.
w. Bruere writes In Harper's Maya
zine. Take. for example. the early
history of New York's greatest public
charity, Bellevue hospital, which dur
ing a considerable part Of last century
was the general city poorhouse.
There" the records of the institution
tell us, lin buildings intended for gen.
eral almshouse administration, were
congregated In one sickening mass
the destitute, the prisoners, the VIC
tins of all forms Of infectious and con-
tagious disease, the insane and the
sick dependent children of the city"
| And how truly that "sickening mass"
was regarded as merely a scrap heap
the care of the inmates bear witness.
In the midst of the glorious sixties,
when the nation was aflame for the
abolition of African slavery. an cpl
demic, due to the complete lack Of
all sanitary arrangements. ragged In
Bellevue. THE patients" relates q
visiting physician, had been removed
to one Of the garret-like wards imme-
diately beneath the roof. The shingles
were broken, and the beds, on account
OF the great number of victims, had to
lie placed 80 closely that the drip pans.
which were employed to catch the
floods of rain, could no longer be kept
on the floor. but were placed upon the
beds.
THE treatment consisted chiefly OF
stimulation. and the raw ward whisky
was used for this purpose. On one oc.
casion, In the dead Of winter. | visit
ed the ward and ordered an increased
cause of the extreme cold. There was
no suitable means of heating the gar
ret. Early the next morning, fear
full that disaster might have overtaker
my patients, rose and struggled tC
the hospital through a binding bliz
card which had been raging since the
afternoon before. On climbing the
last steps and opened the creakinl
door, l encountered horrible sight
My two nurses-foul, debauched. peni
Tertiary prisoners-lay in a drunkel
stupor upon the floor. Snow hat
drifted In through the riffs in tn,
rotten roof and lay in great whit,
, sheets about the room. II covered tn
dirt On some of the beds 1t had beel
In part brushed away by the dying pa
tients. On IL beds its surface wa
unbroken. The nurses had drunk thei
patients liquor. and during the nigh
IL victims had died"