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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18
ROASTED CHESTNUTS

there until some one helps her out.
There is no old lady at the bottom OF
this we'll"
Then--then--?"
Then 1t follows that she Is soms-
where else. Have you looked through
tie house and around 2"
Yes, everywhere
me man glanced all around. and
with his eyes on the fringe woods be-.
sond tho garden he said:
think ! see some chestnut trees
up there. We have had a fros. ana
the nuts are rafting down. Wouldn.r
your Aunt Mary take a wander thar
way? Let's look
Three minutes later the old wo-
man was discovered lying in faint
under one of the trees She had over
exerted herself in hobbIinr the Dis.
lance and gathering the nuts.
snes dead--shes dead" exciaim.
cd the girl as she threw herself down
beside the body.
shes feeble and has overdone ths
thing. should say" quietly replied
the man; and he picked Aunt Mary
UP with the greatest ease and bore
ner 10 the house and laid her on her
bed
battle her temples with water and
enais her haGds." he said to the girl.
Here Is flask OF wine. Get her to
swallow some and she'll soon res
viye"
Ills passing out was hardly noticed.
twas fifteen minutes later when
Aunt Mary had opened her eyes and
regained her senses. that Miss Minnie
went out to look for the stranger and
found the auto gone.
| Why. no, l didn't fall down the
Well. explained Aunt Mary. "A cow
got into the garden last night, and
this morning, when l went to drive
her out. she ran against the curb and
knocked II aside. II was just after
| chestnuts. l could see the wind
bringing them down. So stranger
| brought me into the house,"
| Yes, and he got a rope and went
down the we'll"
| Dear me. What kind of a looks
| Ing man was he?'
| He was young man. / think"
| But don't you know"
Yes. l remember that he was d
young man."
! you see. l thought you were dead
Why. here Is a card he left on tha
table when he went out. Mr.. Homer
Wheeler Is his name"
Minnie Fairly. did you bring the
chestnuts l had gathered before my
old head began to SWIM" asked Aunt
Mary.
| No"
Then go after them this minute,
and you must be here tomorrow to
roast them. That young man win be
sure to come back. In tho first place.
he couldn't help but fall in love with
you. and in the next he will want to
know how l get along
| But what have roasted chestnuta
got to do with it?'
tseTu'H sbofzt eat sc1a. They'll make
you acquainted. 1t will end In a
love match. He's going to turn ont
to be the very young man I've sseA
in my Dreams"
| Pooh, Aunt Mary-pooh"
| One year later Married at th9
residence Of the brides parents on
| Tuesday. the Esd ult.. Miss Minnie
Fairly to Mr.. Homer Wheeler. the
well known artist"
| II
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18

ing" places of the country. Men who have lost
out physically, who nervous wrecks, who
are not fit for the strain of the daily grind,
and TO find condition for the demands that the
daily task places upon bodies that are below
par. II was to this place that Senator Depew
went year or so ago when his physical condi-
tion became so alarming, William Muldoon
holds first place among the men who know
the body and know by what processes to WOO
back vigor. and bring health back to men.
In a recent New York paper he has two
column article upon the liquor habit. He tells
Of the various causes that produce drunkards
and hints at the fearful effects Of the induls
gence in strong drink It's a long story and a
familiar one We only refer to 1t here that we
may introduce to our readers this distinguished
athlete as an apostle OF temperance.
II one will take the long list of men who
have become expert in athletics of various sorts
the honor roll will contain only the names OF
those who have foresworn the of intoxi-
cants with very few exceptions. In the boxing
game running, football, baseball or what not.
the heroes OF the athletic field are lined UP
with the champions Of the temperance cause
Now and then a drinking displays re-
markable strength speed or skill. but it is
only for while His finish comes swift and
sure Experience has brought the knowledge
that proficiency and endurance are found at
the cost of abstemiousness Alcohol is the foe
of the body. and when its\use is persisted In.
it soon robs man of those elements that are
absolutely essential to the physical condition
that gives him success
It is not less the foe of physical man in the
ordinary walks of life. Its action in incapact
tatine for strenuous athletic exercise is earlier
seen, but the slower fate OF those who indulge
is as surely noted even when demand is
made upon the body except for strength suff
! cient for the days work So well known has
the result of continued indulgence become that
| in every calling where a steady hand strong
I arm. a keen mind is required the use of intoxi-
4 cants is tabooed.
The moral for every boy whose eye may
! chance to read these words is, II he would have
a sound body strong mind and do mans WORK
in the world he would better begin life with
the resolution to let the glass that fascinates
| exhiIarates and ntoxicates alone The lives o.
/ too many physical wrecks. to say nothing of the
moral ones, remind that along the way Of
the social drink there is danger destruction
and death.
The man who always refuses the first glass
! will never be captured by the second. HeI
absolutely safe from one foe and the worst tina
men Nave to face.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.

The papers have given such prominence to
the opinions Of Mr. George w. Perkins Mr.. J.
/ Hill and handful of prominent financiers
that the country is apt to feel that business is
about to go to the demnition how-wows These
gentlemen proclaim loudly, in season and out
that congressional investigation and demagogic
agitation is about to put quietus upon what
prosperity the nation has enjoyed, and they
make plaintive appeal that Ne shall cry hands
off and allow monopolistic interests to pursue
their way undsturbed
We have in place sought TO challenge
this view. We have held that it the Of
lenses against the law and against public policy
that have brought down upon the heads OF the
interests the present storm of condemnation.
We have consistently maintained that peace
and more universal prosperity could only per-
manently ensue by requiring great corpora
tions. as well as small. TO keep within the limits
of the law A fair field 10 all and no favors TO
any. merely because of superior size, Is our
platform.
We are glad to find that the view Of bus-
ness conditions uttered by these gentlemen and
their crowd is not unanimous one. The
Worlds Work has sent out inquiries TO thous-
and prominent business men asking their opin.
ION about the effect Of the congressional nyes-
LEGATIONS. Of tariff discussions and Of the re-
cent Supreme Court decisions on business
In regard to the effect OF the Investigations
the worlds Work declares that the opinion was
/ about equally divided ....@....a.a.- 81,
The large majority held that tinkering with
the tariff tended to unsettle and discourage bus
mess.
AS for the Supreme Court decision the ma
iority think that they either had no appreciable
effect or the effect was good.
So there you are. The two things that the
Perkins crowd are clamoring against; the con-
gressional Investigations and the court deci-
sions are regarded ny a very large proportion
az these business men having no special et
feet upon business or exercising a wholesome
influence
II seems hardly fair that group of self
constituted agitators on one side should speak
wholesome condemnation against asitators or
J the other side and impugn their motives as
being those OF the demagogue, making capital
OF conditions for political effect II is unworthy
Of men protesting 10 be endeavoring to find O
helpful and hopeful solution TO the proble ms
that confront us, and 1t should not be INDUCED
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18
FIIM-FIAMMING THE CHURCH.

When church operates religious gamb-
ling scheme in order to secure funds for chart
table or ecclesiastical purposs, We submit that
those who attend and participate should play
fair 1t corrupts the religious atmosphere and
dsrupts the beautiful Christian fellowship to
cheat or resort to the tricks Of the common
card shark The ethical system of Christianity
makes no provision for lapses from the prn-
ciples of common honesty, not even at gambling
functions conducted under religious auspices.
We take it that no one will dispute the
soundness of this proposition. 1t appears to us
self-evident and indisputable Yet in New York
city persons have been found vile enough to
emplov the exped ents of common and dishonest
gamblers 10 fim-fam the innocents who sat
in' at little religious game conducted by the
church. Horrible to contemplate. More so when
the culprits were discovered to be women
1t seems TO be the thing in certain ecclesias
tlca circles in New York to give card parties
for the benefit of the church. The players pay
for the privilege of drawing a hand. and val
liable prizes are awarded the winners Unfor.
several female goats got in the game They
played with marked cards and resorted to such
tricks as are familiar to the unrepentent. The
moor little lambs of the fold. innocent and I'M
suspicious. paid their money to ge in the
game but they never had took In" at thy
stakes Thase aheus aid outcasts have been
working their system among the elect for sew
4I,n c,,It hat hay
able to carry awav to the haunts Of upright
eousness some thousands Of dollars worth OF
religious swag.
It's a shame. We feel sure that the church
universal will be shocked and stirred to its
very center that the world should have played
II such a scuryy trick There no Goubt
that righteous indignation will blaze In the
tents of Israel as the pure in heart hear the
news Of this sacrilege. Things nave come to n
! pretty pass in this Christian land OF ours that
a select company Of the saints cannot sit in"
at a little friendly game, viii the stakes rum
ming no higher than fifty dollars worth of sit
yer without the presence Of Phil'stiEes bent
upon their undoing. II Is to be hoped, for the
lesson IT will teach that the injured New York
church may prove itself indeed church mill
tart and visit the direct reribulon upon the
/ heads of the offenders,
/ Not to be hypercrfteal, we suggest the query,
! however. Is a game OF chance played for a val
/ liable stake under ecclesiastical auspices any
! less gambling than the SAM game played for
J the same stake by others?' We might push the
1 question bit further and ask is a card game
/ played In drawing room by the socially cleo.
/ for prizes any less gambling than card game
played in a dive for cash stakes?" The difference
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18
wEDNEDAY. OCTOBER is, 1911.
ANOTHER GREAT CONVENTION.

This morning the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Association Will assemble in annual convention
in the auditorium of the jefferson Hotel With
the record of four years activity behind them
these men come to tell of their past achieve
ments and 10 devise for greater things If the
spirit OF the men who addressed the prelimi-
nary gathering in Richmond while ago is
criterion, the delegates to this gathering will
come charged with great enthusiasm in the
consciousness OF the value OF their enterprise
To the nation and swayea by the determination
to push their project TO success
A deep inland waterway from New England
to the Gulf OF Mexico is the end towards which
they are moving With this system OF naviga-
BILE canals running from Maine to Florida and
connecting with all the great inland cities en-
route the orgnators think they will have
solved the problem of the efficient and econonl-
cal handling of heavy ght The trenen-
dous reduction in freight rates alone would rep
resent large annual saving to the people and
would justify the enterprise. But in addition
these canals would inevitably open up large
stretches of territory for the development Of
their resources. Furthermore. through the ca
mails safe inland passageway would be afford
ed sailing vessels in the OF storms and
around the dangerous places upon the coast.
Among the many distinguished speakers upon
the program, whose addresses many Richmond
ers will be interested and prohted in hearing
none are quite prominent as Rear Admiral
Robert f. Peary, most famous of all Arctic ex-
plorers and diseoverer of the North Pole. A
feast OF good things Is in store for that part
Of the city's population concerned with the con-
sideration of serious questions of large value to
the progress and prosperity Of the nation.
ROYAL welcome awaits visitors, aud thu
hope OF success. in which Richmond is par
ticularly interested, will follow their work.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18
In either case Ii found in the things that are
superficial and accidental. In essence and prin-
cple the transaction is the same.
A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME.

There is no law to prevent manufacturers
naming his whskey after any man place he
chooses, but there ought to be enough manhood
in the country to make it very Improbable to
the manufacturer who HAS named a brand of
whskey after General X. f. Lee. A in
congruous name 1t would be difficult to imagine.
We cannot believe this brand will have any very
great sale in the South
The above clipping from the Staunton Ledder
exactly expresses sentiments. But when
you consider whiskey drinkers you cannot by
any means count them. 1t is not the name
they care most for. Remember that Whiskey
by any name is just good, and after long
enough of its consumption. whskey of any
quality.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18
WALLERSTEIN PAYS
$1,000 FOR PROPERTY

Deeds OF bargain and sale were reA
corded in the chancery clerks once
yesterday as follows:
S. T. Beverldge. to Henry s. WAL
1erstein, lot OF land on the southern
line Of Broad street. between Meadow
and Allison streets, eighty-one fes1
east Of its intersection with the eastA
ern line Of Allison street, running
thence in an easterly direction along
and fronting forty feet on the south<
ern line OF Broad street, and extend.
ing back 100 feet: consideration, SIS
600.
William r. Partin, to Mrs. Virgins
I.eake, lot and detached frame dwells
inx at 70s North Twenty-sixth street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18

Boston preacher offers as cure for the
growing divorce evil the establishment of
schools where the philosophy and science of
love may be taught He's off his base. There's
too much of that sort Of thing in the minds Of
precocious boys and girls now That's one Of
the troubles What We need schools OF do
mestc science and such allied things as shall
teach girls that future happiness depends upon
the furnishment they are acquiring in the pres
ent The oid-time common sense in child rear
ing. instead of the new tangled fads and fash
ions and sickly sentimentalities would do much
to remedy present Ills.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18

II Mr.. Taft is wise he will not assume that
he has the Republican nomination cinched.
That convention Of progressive Republicans in
affair." Behind the delegates there thous-
ands whose attitude they represent. The fact
is, unless some of our Democratic brethren get
in line with progressive ideas, these insurgent
Republicans will outstrip them In the race to-
wards the goal of true Interpretation of the
public mind
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18

Figures compiled by the Bureau OF Mine and
Geologic Survey show that gold production Is
falling Off Here's hoping that the decline will
be rapid and that the consequent price or eoid
NAV soar to the highest aviation records, since
our economists tell us that as gold goes up the
cost of living comes down.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18

Is Senator Bailey In the room? We do not
understand how he came to permit himself 70
hide from the calcium SO long Perhaps he
knows it is useless to try to compete with
Christy and Rube and the Chief and Eddie and
all those scintillating stars who now hold the
diamond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18

Former Banker Walsh. out of prison on pa
role, says he no longer Graves financial eInl-
nence. The former craving brought him such
unpleasant notoriety and plunged him into such
disastrous consequences that he thinks he has
had a sufficiently. A sojourn In the pen ocea-
sonaly teaches a very valuable lesson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18
TO ADDRESS
RICHMOND RANKING CHAPTER

The Hon. Edward James Cattellt
statistician of the city OF PhiladelS
phia, will address tho Richmond chap
ter OF the American Institute OF
Banking tonight at $3.50 o'clock in
the Business Mems Club. the occasion
being the opening smoker q -
chapter for the ysax- 1Sl1a14
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18

The Mayor of San Francisco begged Presf-
dent Taft not to hand California lemon in the
tariff All the while he knew that California
was going to hand the President lemon at
the Republican convention
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18

Chief Meyers says that RUDE Marquard made
a mistake and put the ball in the wrong place.
Guess he realized it when he saw 1t sailing
over the garden wall and Collins and Baker
racing home.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18

A contemporary solicitous concerning the
public health admonshes folks to keep their
thin fiannels on. Some OF them are so thin 1t
is hard to keep them from dropping of. Oh.
for a revision OF Schedule X
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18
A FOREMOST ATHLETE on FEARFUL
APPETITE

Every schoolboy. generation ago, knew
about William Muldoon. He was one OF the
worlds foremost athletes, wrestler, boxer and
generally proficient in, such exercises as de-
manded strength. agility and endurance. Now
= eeaducts one OF the celebrated Condition
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18

Mr. Pierpont Morgan has been trimming the
men so long and has trimmed them so wen
that now he feels justified in turning his atten-
ton to the women. He has become Interested
in a millinery business.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18

The Cofu,n bia state advertises q new town
for sale in South Carolina. John Mahon, the
baltimore city boss, should attend the auction
From present indications he is likely TO lose
nossesson of his former territory.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18

And now the price Of tea is advancing Wei
we will always have water left.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18
ORIGINAL VERSE
Where the Difficulty Lies,

by George Gowen. Mathews, Va
Aunt Patisnce used to tell me, in my youthful
days gone by.
That when a Teller suffered he had better laugh
than cry;
There wouldn't be no sympathy expressed II
you sad
But tho world would pat the shoulder OF the
Teller who glad
A motto. grin and bear it," she took pains TO
teach me,
And cautioned me to heed it, didn't matter
where / be.
So I've followed out the maxim. and I've found
when tried like sin.
1t isn't hard to bear it," but it's mighty hard
to grin
You find that fame's elusive and that trouble
seems to chase
The Teller who's forgin' Iifes quite uneven
The way to fortunes rough to tread for tired,
aohin' feet;
An there's Obstacles of envy, hills OF worry and
deceit.
But stiu you lift your burdens and you try to
do what's right:
You strive to with all your strength to win a
feather in your fight
And then when all is over and you didn't win.
1t isn't hard to bear it," but it's might hard
to grim"
To follow it takes metal IN the aged or the
A Teller soon gets used in life to dlsappont-
ment's sting,
most anything;
But that amt all the motto. for the difficultys
where
It tells you to look pleasant" sorter like you
didn't care;
TO look like you happy when in trouble
to your chin
1t isn't hard to bear it, but it's mighty hard
to GRIN"
Sweet IdieDeSS
BY George Gowen, Mathews Va.
he doves
The grapes lie purpling on the wall
A blue mist rests upon the hills,
And Gods peace broodeth over all
Far out upon the COOL, brown sands
T. The sea creePs eiR~~~a tired thing
Trailing in long slow, aimless sweep,
Its white foam like a wounded wing
watch the distant sails grow dim,
AS Idly drifts my boat from shore,
And Sigh 20 heart, the world Ia ours;
With life and love, what need We more?'
Las Vegas optic., 1911-02-15
One Big Fool
BUT HE DOESN'T LIVE IN LAS
VEGAS NOR READ THE OPTIC

A man in Connecticut gave doc
tor, a specialist in catarrh, $50 to
cure him of this common yet most
obnoxious disease.
The specialist gave him bottle OF
medicine and told him to use it.
The fool took the medicine home
took one dose, put it on shelf and
made no further effort to follow in
structions.
Three months later with the medi-
cine still on the shelf he told friend
that the specialist was fake; that
he had paid him $50 and still had
catarrh.
HYOMEI pronounce it High-o-me)
won't cure catarrh if you don't
breathe it; it will if you breathe it
regularly.
Furthermore, you don't need to
give a catarrh specialist $50 to cure
you of catarrh, for the specialist is
yet to be born who can write bet
ter prescription than HYOMEI.
Il. G. Murphey and druggists every
where guarantee HYOMEI to cure ca
tarrh or money back. A complete
outfit which consists of bottle of
HYOMEI, hard rubber inhaler and
simple instructions for use costs only
$1.OO. Separate bottles Of HYoMEI
il afterwards needed cost but 30
cents.
Las Vegas optic., 1911-02-15

Statuary hall in the capitol is the
place where the states set up statues
of dead statesmen as warning to
the living. Any statesman who ever
had any aspirations to be great usual
ly is cured after one look at the
statues there. No matter how loudly
the call of fame sounds in his ears
he is apt to think twice before he
takes step that will put him on a
pedestal in a pair of baggy trousers
and coat that hikes up in the col
lar.
In an age when statesmen wore q
different style of clothing than is now
the fashion, a statue, when turned out
by a skilled union statue builder fire.
quently was not only work of art,
but looked something like the person
it was intended to represent. In the
days of togas and such like flowing
raiment when statesmen went bare
legged and 2-button vests and swallow
tailed coats were unknown, statues
were all right; and it was worth n
statesman's while to conduct himself
in such a manner as to win one after
he became cold in death. julius Cae-
sar, for instance, looks all right in a
statue. with spear in his hand and
his shield thrown gracefully over one
shoulder Most any Roman or Gre
clan gentleman who isn't hopelessly
bow legged, looks well in statue
James H. Hercules, the Hon. Ezra II.
Pericles, Simon X. Tiberius and 9th
ers are examples that could be cited.
They were brawny chested citizens
with lumpy shoulders and gnarled,
knotty knees; and doubtless had the
sculptor dressed them in frock coats,
patent leather shoes and long pants
they wouldn't appear any different
from an American citizen hewn out Of
New Hampshire granite, but being
dressed in table cloths with little
insertion around the edges they can
get away with it.
With all due respect for the late
trainers of the constitution, they were
not, as a rule, built on physical lines
adapted to being gracefully reproduc-
ed in cold marble, particularly when
the sculpturing is done by infant
prodigy home talent. We have the
greatest admiration for the five prong
ed intellect possessed by the late Mr.
Sam Adams of Massachusetts. HI
spoke some of the best pieces eve
heard in Boston at time when every
patriot was working overtime think
ing up sassy things to say about the
king of England. 1t is to Mr.. Adams
that American history is chiefly in.
debted for the notion that, George III
was a deep, willy clever tyrant-when
as a matter of fact he was harmless
old gentleman subject to fits, and
passed most of his time tied up to
the bedpost counting the buttons of
his vest. But, to get back to the
point, Mr.. Adams while endowed
with an intellect that would give an
ordinary man headache was not ex-
actly an Apollo in form. Pondering