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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01
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THE WEATHER sHARPs.

Nobody in these parts is to blame
for the weather we have been endur-
ing this summer, which we must say
has been Just a little better in Rich.
mond than anywhere else in this OF
any other country. Our hearts have
fairly bled for the unfortunates who
are touring Europe with the mercury
stanolnS at 30 in the shade In dear
old Paris. and the people who have
been loahng round the throne in Eng
land suffocatinG in the torrid temper
atnres that have prevailed in London
town. Regarding the thermometer as
one of the greatest evils Of civiliza
ton, not because it tells us how hot
other people are, but now hot we arc
ourselves. there has been some serious
tax about experimenting the Govern
mcnt proGnosticators at this port and
dealing with them as the temper of an
outraged pubic would appear TO ius
t.fy' but they are doing the best thev
can with the material in hand and
nave been hitting 1t right almost every
day. II is really remarkable how
many times they have told us that
there would be slight changes to-
morrow" or that there would mot he
much change OF temperature condi-
lions, and for weeks the predictions
have nearly AL come true The other
day the heavens were filed with
threa,ening clouds. all the old souls
said 1T Will surely ain to-day men
wen; back for their umbrellas and
women made the men carry their
waterproofs. along Tor them because
the neighborhooA wiseacres had never
been known TO rnisnterprct the signs
in the sky and the feeling in their
bones. They remembered thnt way
back in 40 their fathers told them
there was such spell Of weather as
this when all the creeks wen, dry and
tho chickens actually dropped dead
from their roosts from the heat. and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01
GETTING YOUNGER ALI. THE TIME

SiNty-eight years old yesterday.
Who was that old? Governor Mann?
We don't believe it, Somebody must
have been fooling with the Family
Bible and mixed up the dates; for.
excusing his white hair, he doesn't
look day over nfty-hve. Going all
the time, afoot or on horseback. night
and day in cold and heat. by trolley
or In Pullman, speaking about chick
ems in one place and about horses and
cattle and tobacco in another. should
ering his musket and showing how
heids were won in the brave days OF
oId warning the young men that the
only way TO succeed is 10 live clean.
wholesome and fruitful lives. expound-
ing the Scriptures to the Doctors
preaching for temperance. Issuing
prociamations for rain. and doing 1t
all with a pleasant disposition TO-.
wards all men. even to those who spca,,
despitefuly of him
1t has only been few montbs
since this young-old man celebrated
his silver wedding. and now he keens
on counting his birthdays. getting
Younger it would seem all the time.
and fit for a frolic or fit for a tfrh,"
IN the language OF Henry Austin in
his wonderful ode TO Colonel RayeneI
Khett Lesare. Sixty-eight years old,
Don believe il; but here is hoping
mat the Governor may live , ,bo,,s
and years. If he want TO. ana keep
on growing in the good opinion of his
friends and neiehbors.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01
REFORM IN Army rus1sHMENrs.

An effort to square military service
with the modern spirit and with the
facts and conditions Of modern life.
Such is the Characterization of what
General Leonard Wood is now doing
with the approval OF the President
The energies of the actual commander
in chief are bent toward securing
changes in the army regulations con-
corning the punishment of minor Of
lenses by enlisted men. Both the con-
dition of society to-day and the pres
ent status of military service unite in
favor OF hetterment of old time.
conventional regulations which belong
10 day past. and which have been
pcrpetuated automatically and thought
lcssly
slight violations of army law in
times OF peace within body COM
posed of citizen soldiers have been
too severely punished and with too
little discrimination. This has heen
especially so in the case of young
men whose high spirits prompt them
to harmless cscapades. and often i'm
pnisive!y desert. Punishment by i'm.
pris)nment for from three to ak
mohths in the company OF felons is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01

cent, and non-cereal vegetables all told
amounted to 2o.3 per cent.-a little
moro than wheat alone.
Another notable fact must be men
toned Except the very poor. all the
people of the nation are able to afford
enough food. The differences between
the rSh and poor are those OF flavor
ana appearance. The MASTERS often
throw away 20 per cent. Of wha, they
buy Then. too. there is room for inn
proNement in the preparation of food
in many homes The domestic science
classes are commended in the bulletin.
as wen as the good housekeepers who
hand down their experience in things
culinary to their children and to
others.
Putting it conciscly. we can eat our
bacon eggs. chops. biscuit, bread and
potatoes when we can get them. we
must not worry much about tables of
nutrition and digestibnity. 1t is sug-
sestea that we might eat a little more
cheese, which is easily assimilated mn.
tT'''ous' paiatabie and relatively cheap.
- cheese-makins were as we'll under.
stood IN this country as in Europe we
should eat more cheese naturally an,
without suggestion
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01
WHAT .s.MEnIrANs EAT.


acre is ''"'" s"PeIi"en ''hs "''h
iooas ana SO "uch 'aiK ABOUT what
shou'u DE eaten ana "hat sho"io MOI
t"A' many people are nan star CO
one 'haea"'he ADVISES Starvation Tor
many Gays another urges mat an
even 'He SteA' s"oui' eat what '"ey
i'Ne' ana al o. mat 'heE wis". II
. "e''' '"e''' 20 earn ON me "oF-
:. .''''F''' '''a' our ma ',o''"i "'e' Is wen
an" p.e'''''"' -" N'ei'''''
'eS % '"e 'i'e'"'ufe Of 1000 supply
'"4 % '"' 'o'" "aoi's u many races
''"Aes y pam asserts o"i4eun Oh
''"e a''"'eh' Of AsF''n1'nfe' 'na'
no country mas greater variety OF
ieau'iy atcess'ole toods OF good quail
~ IMAM We 0h''eu S'a'es' ana IN none
's mere more general use Of a wide
range OF articles
Inc bulletin writer says that skill
IN choosing and combining and prepar-
ing these foodstuns is of course, es
sen'iai but he believes that the ac-
knowledsed energy and achievement
Of the American people. together with
their general good health and physi-
cal weii-being, certainly indicate tina,
they have in the main used their food
resources advantageously.
a table based on four hundred aver.
sse dietaT'es indicates that a few sta
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01
\ BOOK ABOUT THE NEGRO.

Giles r jackson and r. woA..
Davis have collaboratcd in The ny.,
duction of an IndustrtaI ,,,s. "' ~
Negro Race in The united 49, Iaa,,
son is lawyer bv nro,.ss,o, 49,,
Davis is a teacher ana
son was actively engaged :, n,o,,o,,.,..
the Negro EXHIBIT, at ,ba Ianna.,s...s :
Exposition and travelled ov,ana,,.a, =
among his own peopIe /, ,,is
in the prosecution Of ni. ,oto..
matter Davis has written thro. no.,.
Of more than ayeroco nar,,
gether they have wrt,,on $50. "
and with the Negro Eybih,, ., 49,
town as the occasion ,h.m I'm -
something more than qoo ~
story Of the Negro in hts,or,. ao
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01
"NifEItt,EORE,o
slaves.

CARLYLE E. Haynes is an EVANGELIST
and is now holding meetings in a tent
in the town of Baltimore The sub
iect OF his sermon. or address. sun
day night was. Who Changed the
sabbath" and. after arguing the ques-
ton al length he concluded thus:
Having these facts before us, there
remains but one further question, and
that is: Whose Sabbath will You keep
mans or God's?"
1t is very interesting question, and
one that has been much discussed. and
many learned explanations have been
offered as TO why the change was
made and the binding obligation upon
all TO observe the first day of the
week instead OF the seventh, as ORR
sinally and divinely ordained. The
first day Sabbath" said Mr.. Haynes
derives no sanctity if IT is a counter
felt Sabbath by having been observed
looked At in superficial way. it would
seem that Mr.. Haynes has put his
finger right on the spot. We are told
In the Holy Scriptures that the
seventh day is the Sabbath of the
Lord thy Cod" Why? Because in
six days the Lord made the heaven
and the earth. the sea and all that is
In them. and rested the seventh day
wherefore the Lord blessed the, Sab
bath day and hailowed It,"
That is the whole case. The DEGREES
OF councils, the resolutions of assem-
blics, the bulls OF popes, the laws of
the land do not change the Command
Writ, that the word of the Lord en-
dureth forever.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01
MEN ARE ",rrRr ,x,,,n,, >,,.,

Mrs. Kate Trimble WooIsey ,s
member of seventy-fve women,s mr.
ganlzations-almost as MANY clubs
trusts that Pierpont Morgan bn,o,
ana knowing the rights of women
she dares maintain them. littlo reck.
onlng the consequences that vii, he.
lali the other and scrubbier part o,
our so-called common humanitv 7,
recent interview. Mrs Woolsev said
'hat she firmly believed that woman,
VIII eventually rule the world" ana
we do not care ii she do. because man
mas made a mess of il since the be.
ginning, ana. doing her dingdest. wo-
man could not make things much
worse The course events are to take
is indicated by Mrs. Woolsey in these
perfectly clear and unmistskable
terms:
Man is rapidly eliminatinc himself
1t is natures law-the survival of
me httest. The male was an after
thoueht OF nature. He was at first.
and is still throughout many orders Of
oelhss, solely useful in the prouaga
tlon OF the race. Throughout the ami
mai world, below man. the female is
supreme. The males are unable to
corral the food supplies, and the fe
males. therefore. being economically
iree' select mates that have the high
est value for the race. Women are the
SPeoles' men are mere Incidents"
we have long had some such thoughts
In mind, but could not get them out.
try ever so hard. but now that we
Know part OF what is going TO han.
pen we should like to say that we have
always been her friend when sbo did
not have many who were courageous
enough 10 say what they thought NJ
her. friend when the generality of
mankind was seeking some new me-
'hod OF Keeping her under subjection
ana when the lawmakers and judges
and eNecutioners OF the law were APP
propriating her possessions to their
own uses and benefit, but Mrs. Wool
sey. we have never failed to stand up
Tor woman against all the hosts of
darkness and prejudice and here we
stand.
Ihere are some men in this lady's
immediate region of country who
ought to be thinned out. men of tho
character-we hate to say 1t and sorry
that he must SO, but being a mere in
uoent 1t does not matter very much
we suppose-of Charles Hopkins Clark
OF the Hartford Courant, who has onl,.
recently been ranting around about
the movement for the alienation of
the women in Connecticut from the
blighting effects OF mans domination
IN Tn state, who must be dealt with
firmly even to the point OF harshness.
We w ID suggest that a committee of
three, consisting OF George Harvey. of
Harpers Weekly; Yates Snowden. of
the south Carolina University. these
two TO select the third, OF whose ident-
ity we are not the least in doubt tn
decide what should be done 10 ex-
pedite the elimination of the mere
incidents" among US. and the world
will grow better as the elimination
proceeds
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01

now thought to be too severe, as well
as illogical.
The new punishments suggested for
mild cases of desertion consist simply
in deprivation of leave. with extra
work the cutting off of special
privileges or allowances. Such pro-
cedure would make real assertions
more infreauent. and result in drawing
better class of recruits into the
army.
The severe penalties heretofore i'm
posed upon deserters in times of peace.
without regard to mitigating circum-
stances, have been assigned by some
writer's as a cause preventing men
from joining the ranks of the regular
army. Whether or not such state
ments have been correct will be seen
shortly.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01

IL "ouiu surely rain; but what did the
Weather Bureau say? Here was the
Weekly Forecast sent out from Wash
ington July 30
~ barometic depression central
sunday over the Plains States Will
advance eastward. preceded and at
tended by general showers cast of the
Mississippi River. and reach the At
lantic states Monday night or Tues
uay. This disturbance Will be quickly
followed by rising pressure and a
change to cooler weather., which will
oVerspread the Middle W-st Monday
ana the Eastern states Tuesday. An
other barometric depression Will APP
pear in the Northeast Tuesday or We'd
nesday and advance eastward over the
Middle West Wednesday or Thursday,
and reach the Eastern States about
Friday. This disturbance will be pre-
coded by general change TO warmer
weather, and in all probability it will
be attended by showers in the North
Pacific States and over much of the
country from the Rocky Mountains to
the Atlantic coast.
NO extremely high temperatures
are probable during the week except
possibly in the extreme southwest and
the interior of the South Pacific States.
where all absence OF precipitation is
also probable"
And here is the way it worked out
actually:
~ barometric depression central
Sunday (23d) over the Plains states
advanced eastward and was preceded
and attended by general showers east
of the Mississippi Rivcr and reached
the Atlantic coast Tuesday morning.
This disturbance was quickly followed
by rising temperature and a change
to cooler weather, which overspread
the Middle West Monday and the East
ern states Tuesday. Another barome-
trio depression appeared in the North
west enormously printed northeasO
Tuesday, and advanced eastward over
the Middle West Thursday and reached
the Eastern states Saturday. CAT this
writing, 10 ~ NJ. Saturday. the storm
centre Is probably in Eastern Canada.
It's exact position cannot be located on
account of wire trouble in New Eng
land. The most northerly station from
which an observation was received
Boston. reports over three inches OF
rain in the past twenty-four hours,
and is. therefore, probably in the re-
Gion of the storms centre.) This dis
turbance was preceded by n general
change to warmer weather. and was
attended by showers in the North Pa
ciiic States and over much of the
country from tho Rocky Mountains TO
the Atlantic coast. No extremely high
temperatures occurred during the week
except 95 to 100 degrees in the eX.
IRENE Southwest where no rain has
fallen.
1t must be admitted that there is
some mighty fine guessing in that.
and. besides. the Weather Bureau Off
GERS in Richmond arc rcallv No. 10
blame; il is for them that we plead
although we think that they should
keep the record straight by sending in
reports on Sunday-like the organist
that the Infatuated man in the first
row wanted 10 kill, they are doing
the best they .can. and they are doing
far better for Richmond tnan the
weather sharps are doing in many
other towns that might be named.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01
WORKING THE RECALL IN OREGON

The recall is being worked to a
finish out in the State OF Oregon: but
so far Jonathan Bourne has escaped.
Last winter Henry Gill, Mayor OF Seat
tie. town of more than two hundred
thousand population. was recalled. a
man by the name of Dilling was elect
ed in his place. Under the leadership
of Mrs. Catherine Stirtan, the Recall
Association is now getting up a petit
tion for the recall OF Diling, who was
elected by the women, and who are
now going TO put him out ii they can.
and the indications are all favorable.
Mrs. Stirtan has been hard at work
securing signatures 10 the recall petit
tion. and 1t is expected that another
election will be held in about ten days.
The chief grievance against Duling
is that he has refused to improve con-
ditions at the city prison. whether
from lack of means or disposition
to Cypress the criminals there con-
fined we do not know. and it does not
make any diference--if there are
SAOu6h PSppie III the town VINO are
opposed 10 him for any reason 1t is
written in the law that he must 20
or at least make a fight for the re-
tention OF the Office which he holds.
This is lovely arrangement. The
idea seems to be- says the Indianapo-
lis News. that whenever the Mayor
fails to do some one thing. that some
one thinks he ought TO do, or does
something that some one thinks he
ought not to do. he should be recalled
or al least that there should be
recall election. II Seattle gets an
other Mayor within a year he may fall
10 satisfy some one. and then there
will be another election. There is no
limit to such disturbances of the
public peace" everywhere that the
So" says Burton Hendrick.
In McClure's Magazine, 9TH re is a
Hood OF talk. There is no State in
he Union SO perpe;ually argumenta-
i've and voluble as Oregon"
Yet this is the sort OF thing some
very good men, among them Woodrow
Wilson. upon whom we had nxed our
hopes, advocate as new method of
dealing with the complex problems of
government in this country, so that
the peop.e-the people who sign petit
tions on matters they know nothing
about-can have d more intimate and
direct connection with public affairs.
Many public speakers have dwelt upon
the wonderful progress that has been
made in oregon in bringing back the
government 10 the people. The Seattle
situation shows how the recall works
in times of peace and quiet. Was
ever State so badly handicapped with
the work Of the demagogue? One hor-
rible example ought to be enough in
this land Of free and independent
States.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01

Colonel Leon NJ. Green. who recently
gave up his position in the newspaper
held rather than surrender his right
to wear tho uniform of his STATE ms
been nominated for Lieutenant Cover
ror of South Carolina. an office which
he would I'LL with distinction. II is
not at all unlikely that the occasion
OF his journalistic decapitation will
he heard of in the politics OF the fu-
ture.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01

country. his education, his place in in
oostriai and commercial life, his ac-
quisition OF lands and other property.
MS achievements in literature, art and
invention. andehnally the evidences Of
ms material progress illustrated in
the marvellous exhibit at Jamestown
Speaking broadly. we should say
mat these two eolorcd men take what
may be called the Southern view"
| They say fatty that the War Be-
tween the States was not started pri-
marty for the abolition of slavery"
that the sending of troops 10 rein
force Fort Sumter, without the consent
OF the State authorities of South Caro-
Una. and contrary to the Constitution
of the United States, WAS no doubt the
contributing cause of the firing on
Fort Sumter; and though the South
actually began the war. the North no
doubt was the cause of this open act
on the part of the Confederate Govern
ment;" that the war was not started
TO free the slaves; that had sys-
tenn Of gradual emancipation been
adopted by Congress. paying the
Southern planters for their slaves,
which frequently constituted the bulk
of their fortune, and giving the
slaves themselves something to start
the struggle for existence. the results.
to our finite minds. might have been
better" that THE South is in every
way the best home for the Negro of
all places in all this world" and this:
1T is an undeniable truth that the
honest. self-respeotins. industrious and
frugal Negro can always find a white
hand in our Southland stretched out to
help him to higher and better things"
That is true. That is the reason we
are giving so much space to this in
teresting volume. That is why Sup
crintendent Eggles,on has authorized
its use in ;hc colored public schools
OF Virginia. When there has been no
disturbance from the outside the rela-
lions between the colored people and
the white people in the South have al
most invariably been OF the most graft
tying character in ncte We hay.
received from Jackson he calls especial
attention to the following paragraph.
which he says: Il think it is the best
paragraph in the book"
There must have been reioicinr
among the angels as they watched the
order of creation. When God made the
worid they took down their harps
from the willows; when He created
man. TO rule and control the world
they tuned the strings: but when He
made woman and brough, her forth
In her pristine loneliness. to be the
helper and companion of man. the an
gels struck their harps, because they
felt that God Himself would do no bet
ter work. Let us pause to pay tribute
to the old mistress on Southern plan
tation, who, at all times day and
night. was willing TO listen to the
cry and administer to the wants of
the Negroes on me southern planta-
tons, and 10 such as she heaven
awards its brightest crown
That is very we'll put indeed. 1t is
certainly far better reading than the
stories of the Martineau sort that Ell
son has worked into his history. and ii
Is the story told by Negroes them
selves who are all the better freemen
because they We're good and faithful
slaves.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01

With yesterdays Times-Dispatch
Just read and enjoyed. with the tenn
nerature down to Gs. shrimp selling
by Joe Cole. or his successor (as IL
there could be successor for Joe
Coleo two plates for a quarter: hgs
more plentiful than ever and sweeter.
If that were possible should IL be
We're or was or is'-Whitelaw
Reid okra and tomatoes. seewee beans
and squashes in big supply. nearly all
the knockers and money changers
away on their vacation" etc. etc.
Don't like any of them: but the bill
Of fare would be attractive TO almost
any man who has not learned better.
1t was the late Judge Thomas Jeffer-
son Mackey who declared from the
bench on one occasion that II he were
summoned to sit on a coroner's Jury
and the autopsy should discover that
the stomach of the deceased contained
only rice. bakers bread and rain
water. he would Immediately conclud =
that he was from Charleston.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01

j. Eads Howe. the millionaire tramp.
wishes to obtain the use of the SENATE
chamber in Washington for the ma :
tional hobo convention in SenteuhAr
Nothing could be more appropriate.
IL would be harder TO find two bodies
more opposed to work and more fon1
OF dign!hed leisure than those com.
posed OF Senator'S and hoboes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01

Casey Jones lives in Tennessee. His
wife has never heard the song about
him. and has written for a COPY
Everybody else has heard Of him. and
a great many wish he had never been
born.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01

The Indianapolis News claims that
1t has found in it's city home in
""ieh 'he mother plays the piano
"hiie the daughter washes the dishes
Probably the husband is one OF those
octogenar!ans with elderly daughters
VINO has married a sweet young thing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01

ok Virsinians are being considered
ior me presidency OF the University
OF Alabama. and no other state has
more than two. The Old Dominion
representatives.. none OF whom, SO far
as We know, is seeking the place
are: Dean William Minor Lille. of the
law school OF the University of vir-
Fin'a President George II. Denny, Of
washington and Lee: President Charles
Wliiiam pabney. of the University of
cincinnati; President Samuel Chiles
Mitchell. OF the University of Sou,b
Carolina; DR. Charles W. Kent and
President Edwin A Alderman. of the
University of Virginia. Each one Of
these is an excellent administrator ana
scholar. but all are doing so well
where they are that 1t is unlikely that
any of them will heed the call IF
Ala bama.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-01

AT recent plumbers convention
'"e'e was spirited discussion over
the question, Why do plumbers not
make more money! Perhaps because
they nave made all OF 1t already