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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-27

jurcd by the dust. But the injury docs
not come from the dust on the land.
put on tho tender leaves OF the grow
Ing crops.
Inc vegetation along these roads tina
you could not soc what color the
leaves were And Il Is only when the
rohns are wet that, this dust is not
tithc OF their appearance until they
are lnhtured. And any dust 30 applied
WIN injure crop. 1t is just as wlso
TO condemn all medicines repaired Tor
external use only" because some fell
low happens TO take Il dose or II m
t o,nny With disastrous resulte. An
othef Phase of the question which
seems 10 have been overlooked is the
economy side OF II.
Uncle Sam and fnany of the States
are spending large sums OF money in
order 70 ma out how we can Increese
our production and also decrease the
cost OF same. Pennsylvania Ohio
slaryIand. Tennessee ana Illinois have
oeen oHperiinentins. some OF them for
twenty years. TO ind the relative value
OF the ground limestone as cunlpur,u
with tho burned article. Cp TO dat.
none OF them nsrce exactly a. TO how
much superior the ground article is
TO tho burned: yet each one mas round
that 1t S much better than tn.
constic or burned lime
Now. IL this Is true, and no one
can doubt IL who has read tho reports
from the different stations. is II wise
to destroy coal wood aud spend
labor IN preparing an article when,
thing which can be produced for much
less money? 1t has been proved
that the same value in ground lime
stone can be produced FOR less than
one-half what the farmers now have
10 pay for caust!c lime.
l know that there Is good deul
OF money invested in the lime business
in Virginia. but IL you VIII walk
NM In ri
plant you, VIII see costly machines
set aside because tho plant could get
a better machine, ard It has to get
the latest machines TO enable it to
meet competition. [ expect there is
more money invested in farm muchiu-
cry now lying idle in Virginia. simply
is in the lime business.
! think the lime manufacturers
should follow the same policy. There
VIII be plenty of room in the State
stone II they can manage the businoss
as well 1t is done in other States;
and II not they will be following the
wrong calling. and the sooner they
change the better.
In reference to using convict labor
in competition with free labor. II
there is any work which they can do
which does not compete with FREQ
labor have never heard OF It. Inas-
much as the convicts have put the
state to big expense, think the
state should get as much OF II back
ms 1t can without inJuring the health
bf the convict
I have yet to find the first man
who is Kicking about the free labor
question who is willing to take the
money out Of his pocket and pay the
state for boarding and clothing the
convtcts.
For fear am encroaching on your
space, / will close by saying, let us
have the lime bill passed. SO we poor
farmers can get busy with our spring
work. J. +. QUISENBERRY.
Buckner.
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iheso huntEmen live In the country and
don't own any land. They keep from
'~o to three hounds and eur dogs, and
hunt for the meat In season and out
or season every day in the week and
sometimes on Sunday. / don't mean
oy this that every one OF these hunt
every day. but that the hunting is go.
ms on by some Of them all the time
When one of the Iluntsmcn remains at
some q day or goes to do n days work
ior some farmer. his dogs are out on
hunt for themselves. and the game
Is kept OIL the go. These same hounds
and ours TINT are always on the hunt
90 more damage to game than most
people nave any idea OF, Once, while
crossing a field in summer, with my
setter dog | saw the dog make Il stand
and q partridge iuttcr from under the
grass In front him. AS he made a
spring for the bird. l called the dog
end found nest fun OF eggs. 1 found
later that the bird never returned 10
the nest y few days later the same
dog flushed bird near ditch which
few across the ditch and began to roll
ON the ground. l called the dog again
enC found that the old bird had young
ones not more than a few days old.
Now, l can't say what became OF those
young birds. but 81 that old bird called
them from the other side or the ditch
iHh AL!cE once got INTO tnat OltCh,
they could not get out again. / took
the old dog back TO the house and
tied him. and since then have kept my
dogs tied most OF the time on Tie
ATTN OF this month. while the ground
was covered with snow. l saw two
hounds chaslng "A rabbit that was
hardly able TO rui.. On the came day
in another place / saw where pack
OF dogs had KILLED rabbit and made u
meal of 1t. My opinion In this matter
Is that II we VS.! 10 have the game
with MS for any length OF time We
must have the hunting license. ana it
should be not less than 50, instead of
81, and open season should be from
November / to December "a.
There should be q bounty OF hawk 8
and owls. and we need law requiring
dogs to be tied or kept in Enclosures
at all times except when inunting with
their owners; and last, but not least,
we want game wardcns that VIII see
The laws enforced.
G. c. sTARKE.
Auburn Mills, Hanover county.
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Dipped From the stream.

Even ii Lorimcr was once boot
blac, il was Il long time ago and can
not he construed as reflection upon
! the DootDlacks OF to-day
Theodore Bear lives i'll Chicago. IT
would not be Il tiicult To guess WHO his
iavor!tv candidate for the presidency
will be.
Nick Longworth announces that he
Is supporting TAFT siill, ana that is
ono OF the best ways for Nicii 10 sup
port any body.
~ woman nine feet tall was married
III Missouri this week. She ought 20
be able to reach the high cost Of
living.
There are lot OF presidential pos
sibilties who Will have to go back
TO work again next summer.
But doubtless he would rather ne
called the eminent Roosevelt than the
tInmnent Roosevelt.
There seems TO be room now for Il
Democratic Ananias Club.
y New York woman rescued a man
from the slums and then married him.
That mpy or may not be considered Il
rather doubtful sort of rescue.
But China will never be Il republic
ilke the United States until ii adopte
baseball us its one absorbing pas
sion
Ohio will have new Constitution
Tier old one is terribly run down
especially by the magazine writer's
Mr.. Edison says Chicago is dirty,
ihat remark, by the way, is not an
invention.
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reasonably hope to gain.

|
! IL however. the committee expects
10 show TINT secret combinations OF
financial highbtndcrs both have and
exercise the power of bringing on at
VIII good times or panlcs. then The
committee Is doomed to failure in ud :
vance. Good times may be unduly
prolonged by reckless use of money.
1928 was kept going in tho fall Of 1906
though call money loahcd at 125 per
cent. And when the Inevitable crash
came in 1907, doubtless individuals
combined to plunder the weakened
members OF the banking fraternity, as
in the case OF the spcliatlon OF the
NnickerbOclIer Trust Company. but the
P"hic itself was catastrophe which
Wall Street did not bring on and could
not prevent. Not Morgan ana Rocke-
teller could keep business booming
when the trend OF events calls for rest
ana recuperation nor could those two
p'lns Oh real business panic II they
"o"i'. They could squeeze stoekbrok-
ers' they could cause violent stock
market CONFUSION. but they could not
stop tho pulse OF the whole country.
unless natural causes were in their
FAVOR The great tide Of business ehb
ana how-good crops or famine or new
discoveries or ovcrproduction--lie be-
Eond the control OF any man or body Of
men The power of money is largely
centralized, yet the deposits of all. the
Morgan banks. with the railroads ana
the Steel Corporation among their cli-l
this are less than the deposits or he
SAVINGS banks in New York City. So,
'Ven IN money, as in power. tile peo
pic are stronger than the financiers.
Whatever else the Investigation may or!
may not bring forth, it Will not create
a panic.
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a srEncm wlrllorr wnnps.

y lawyer by profession, bat :, farm.
er by occupation is the frank way in
which Representative Theron Akin. of
New York, describes himself in tina,
book of vanity. the Congressional Di-
rectory. There are some lawyers
hereabout who really could describe
themselves in Il like manner However
returning to the Congressional Record
Representative Akin will surely put ii
out OF business IL the fashion he set
the other day in speech making Is to
be followed. He made voorhees,
srecch. and II attracted SO much at
tention that 1t is regarded as on, OF
the most effective delivered in Congress
in late years
Mr.. Akin, after being recognized by
The man who made the "houn dawg''
song famous. sent two Packages to the
Speakers desk. When they were ex-
posed TO the view OF members, one was
seen to be Il large ana generous dinner
pail labeled. Full Dinner Pail. 1900"
The second was Il small and battered
pail, just half the size of the other,
Abeled Dinner Pail of 1912" or
course. this was bit theatrical, but 1t
showed how absurd is the claim Of the
Republican party that it is the best
friend OF The wurilihymar
Would that the Akin style OF speech
making were more popular in Con-
gross. Would that the Hon. Napoleon
Bonaparte Thistlewooi would cease
quoting pages from the great poets and
economists. would that the Hon. Edwin
Yates Webb would no longer insert in
his speeches the full new spaper account
OF the unyeilinG OF the battle monu-
ment at Kings Mountain, incorporate
the fun address OF President Henry
Nelson Snyder. of Wonord College, and
a long ode! Aluckaday. such iconoclas-
tic ideas cannot prevail, FOR if cont
Ercssional speeches were wordless
what would become of the applause.
applause in the galleries long and
continued applause and cheer. on the
----------- side which SO many cuugres-
sional liars insert in the Record in
sEeeehes which were never made? What
is Congressman. anyway, but u coIos-
sal and mystifying aggregation Of
words?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-27
LONG LIFE N sroYsy,y,x,,

FROM SpotSylvania comes an nn,uy
ms tale of how long people live in
that idyllic community. The natives
live so Ions that they forget they are
NOT immortal, and It was only the
oeath OF woman in her ninety eighth
year that called attention to the exist
ence of buSom colorcd girl of lOG
possibly ltS). The conservativencss
OF that doubt about stray year or
80 Is very commcndabc. Ola folks
are likely 10 forget tribes Ana they
are sometimes likely to reach the con
dltion OF ono of Thomas Hardy's peas
ants who never got Intoxicated. bur
sometimes found himself the pusses
sor OF the multiplying eye" But
none Of this oxaggeration for the Spot
syivanians. They looked into The
matter dispassionatoly. and found an
other youth of loi two of 100 seven
OF D." eight of 90, and so on. They
stopped counting below eighty.
ANYHOW. Virginia is proud OF them.
IL shows that Ponce &c Leon was right
after all; he only missed out a few
degrees OF latitude on the Fountain
OF Youth. This must be II favored
region. for nobody really lives longer
than he finds life worth while ana
interesting. SO life must be very
beautiful 10 make one lensthen out
the span 10 over Toe. II proves Brown
ms right when he sung.
Grow old along with me.
The best is yet to be-
ana lays soothing hand on the no,
hrows of men fretted ana fearful at
the nearness OF nftieth birthday.
Ana this lons-livedncss is Il good
thing for society, This weeks Inde-
pendent, IN an article on the lena,b
of life, says:
In seeking length Of years II is
OBVIOUS that there is no purpose TO
pFoiong the misery 80 frequently In
ciutht 10 the Seuile state, but so IN
develop the organism through cor
fect living end prevention of discase
that one may pass over Il long period
"i ne IN an active, vigorous health to
" hHnl period in which there shall he
present a sense OF safety end Il wish
ioF death There would be, therefore.
II this happy state were brought about
greater utilization of accumulated
experience. - TIN. preparation ana
| education essential 10 our moocrr
civilization demand a great deal Of
tiine, and AS the stock of KNOWLEDGE
increases the period for ACQUIRING n
must ne lenGthcnod proportionatcly.
Ihese stout hearted ancients in our
midst are like living texts on wisdom
ana the goodness of life. They show
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Auburn Mills. Hanover county.
Lime on the Fnrms.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sill have been very much in
have baon ~ ,nnearjner .| reccnti, "nir ,,n
paper on the limestone question, and
especially the short one headed, Facts
About Limestone" ] think partial
Facts About Limestone" would have
been better heading
For instance. take the one which
stated that the truckers near Norfolk,
whose fields We're along the shell roads,
were planting hedges In order to keen
the limestone dust from blowing on
their land; and the man up I'm the
Valley who could not raise clover on
by limestone road have lived
near both kinds of these roads and
have no doubt that tho crops are in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-27
! rnEpnsrnRous ATTACll.

Tic attack on the Chamber of Com
merce and It's committee last. evening
h. minister Of the Gospel was most
amazing Incident, We thoroughly un-
derstnnd how there could be an honest
difference OF opinion as to the eifcc;
and value OF the Jordan enabling act.
In tine discharge Of what they conceiv-
Ell to be their duty, "a committee COM
posed of men representing nearly every
creed ana business in Richmond APP
peared before the senate committee and
opposed the passage OF the Jordan act.
For this. these gentlemen who, with the
Chamber OF Commerce, have stood for
purity in their private lives and patriot
ism in their public se.vices-men who
would never tolerate a traiiicking in
decency or q making merchandise OF
morals-were Unexpectedly and vio-
Ientiy assaulted by minister of the
Gospel and charged with the most sor-
did motives and the basest and most
diserediiable standards.
This incident would seem Incredible
had 1t not occurred.
The Chamber of Commerce and its
work furnish the only and the only
necessary answer to such abuse. Char
acter is above accusation. The Chamber
OF Commercc needs no defense from The
Times-Dispa or any other news
paper, but we could not let SO prepos-
ferrous and amazing an Incident 20 un-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-27
,Icnncst Men W. I'm, A.,

The gentleman who gets n haircn,
ing for a shave.
Re who goes In on pass and knocks
The Intellectual person who criti-
as well himself
The hnsybody who gets up IA sur
The haro-braincd galoot who trends
all over your feet in the street car
and then snYs Il beg your pardon
rho man who returns your snow
shovel in the spring and exchanges
II for your lawnmuwer
The barber who fills your ears with
father so YOU can't hear the story the
gentleman in tho next chair Is telling
nc holds the championship mean man
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-27

My little nuisance" was what ia.
kota man called st. Louis stenogrn-
pher Now she is suing him for S25,-
coo love balm" and we wonder wha,
kind of nuisance he's calling her now.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-27

-Ni olu negro went into Il corner
grocery operated by another OF his
race and injured politely:
o-all Amt got no eggs, is yo?"
amt said ! ain't"
amt askin' go cf yo' amt I'm
asking yo' ef yo' is. Is your
'Sho is. why didn't you-ail ask da,
In de fust place."
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The Roosevelt Dynasty Will continue.
Tor he has arranged to choose his sue
eessor. Al this writing. however, he
has not stated which Democrat it Will
be-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-27

Uncle Simpson Pepper has addes 9
library to his house. It's a nail for the
patent medicine almanacs to hang on
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-27
Political.

Was West Virginia admitted as a
ZION of the United states? II not, why,
How many Inhabitants must n Ter
litory hnve in order to be admitted n 6
Il state? How many Inhabitants must
congressional district have? G.
NO. Inter arnIa legcs silent There
Is no fixed minimum. The number OF
congressman is one for each 100000
population In State Ito put tho facts
very roughly. ANA the State Lcgisla-
turc must make tho proper number of
districts rs equal as possible in ponu-
intion and as compact as possible in
shape
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-27

Air. La Toilette and conscience ar.
both wee small voices just now.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-27
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
- Spider" Yell.

Spider" Yell.
Has Richmond College a yell with
inc word "spider' in II, ana can You
print il FOR me? " ~
I'm a spider, born ana IL spider bred.
anu when L die In he q spider dead
Lay, Ray. old Richmond Richmond.
Ray Ray. OLD Richmond. Richmond
Ray Ray! Ray! etc"
Dog.
Please toll me OF what breed was
tho great show dog, Countess of War.
Great Dane.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-27
Too Many High Prizes

AS the Jewish law provides for hut
one high priest how were there two
as in the third chapter OF Luke?
y READ
The nation was then divided into The
two Kingdoms, Jerusalem and Sauna
ria, and there was n high priest for
each
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-27

Sisnorina Bwann Tumbo has beer
persuaded TO sing an Encore.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-27

the lime bill Is burning question
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-19
FLAGS GOING Up
FOR GALA
WEEK

Get out your flags for the Floral
Parade and Washington's Birthday
This morning the banners began
futtcring all over the city, and by
noon Fort street had begun to blaze
with color. The cause of II was that
Walter Coombs, chairman of the street
decorations committee of the Floral
Parade. was around with force of
men putting up flags from one side OF
the street to the other.
Chairman Coombs IL certainly doing
his share to make the parade a sue
cess. Today he had flags strung al
most the entire length of Fort street
from Nuuanu down. and he will tackle
other streets next. The cooperation
of the business houses Is making the
plan of decoration possible, and II
looks as though the city will be decor
atcd more gaiIy than for a long time
Many houses are putting up SPECIAL
decorations. The. Hawaii Promotion
Committee this morning began setting
Il good example with lavish ugc Of
flags over its doorways.
The Floral Parade Committee IL GO
ing to see to II that the penalty for
tearing down or defacing the decga-
tons is enforced. II isn't going To be
healthy for anyone to be caught pull
ing down flags.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-19
MIRELES IS.
PASSENGERS ARRIVED

Per stmr. Kinau, from Kauai ports
Feb. 1S.-Mrs. wilmington. Miss 4.
Warrington, u. l.. White. Rev J. 4.
Akina aud son. Mrs. HIrner. child AM,
infant: J. A. GOnsalves. II. liellera
ana fanny, Misses KawamOtp l2J, va
mamUto. Mrs. Betsur and ! childrpa
Mrs kuhlmann and 2 children. GeJ
n, Wilcox, A. s. Wilcox ana wife
Miss Wilcox, Rev. Hams Iscnbcrg, Mrs.
lscnbcrE Il. Kopkc, NJ. -. Fcrnan-
dcZ, Dl. V. S. Clark, Mrs. j. X. Gan.
DAN, Miss Rankin c. b. Hall. J. II.
MOra%ac ANA family, Miss Brewer. \
ID. Hills and wife, Mrs. G. S. Chris
tian, Mrs X. Kane, Mrs. l.. NJ. Kc-
kaha, Mrs. II. G. Sheldon and child
J. G. Bruomall, Mrs. G. l.. nickorson
c. a. Rice, II. J. Biddie. Mrs. Yosh.
Imo;o. Mrs. II. s. Simpson.
Per stmr. Likclike. from Maui aul
MulOkai ports, FEB. lS.--Mr5. MitOri
Tomit" j. =. Cooke, Mrs. Fernandez,
Mrs. Martin, Mrs. T. Marks, Miss
Martin, Mrs. Gossin, Captain Pcnhll-
low, David PcEhallOw, Geo. Williams
i. Quinn. A. b. Gurrey, J. p. Deni-
son, Antoine Barba, Miss l.. LAM
Miss MoSSman, Mrs. Reames. Mrs.
Jennings. l.. Il. Wallace. Mrs. Me.
lanphy. Mrs Hayes. Mrs. Clark, II. |.
Bowen, W. II. Heine. Mrs. Drinkwa,
ter Miss |. Caldiura.
Per stmr Mauna I.oa, from Maka
well, Feb. Isl. Mcclellan.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-19
LOCAL AND GENERAL



The only Curtlss biplane in town is
at the Anchor saloon.
1t goes without saying that every
thing IL Best at The Encore.
John Laaupa, arrested for assault,
was sent to Jail for twelve days.
The best meat in the city is sold at
the Metropolitan Meat Market, tele-
phone Sl45.
Wanted-rwo more passengers for
around-the-island at So. Lewis
Stables and Garage. Tel. 2l41.
II you want a good job done on IN
auto or carriage take It to, Hawaiian
Carriage Mfg. Co. 427 Queen st.
They'll look like they were made for
you. when you get them from Geo. A.
Martin, tailor. Bethel street $40
and up.
Dr. Birch, the Chiropodist, has re-
moved to his new offices, on Alakea
street, opposite Hawaiian Hotel. Tel
ephonc 1875.
John Peters. charged with assault
and battery in Police Court this morn
ing was fined twenty-five dollars and
costs of court.
DO not iOse any time; while wait
ing for your steamer spend u few days
at Haleiwa, the most delightful place
In the islands.
For distilled water. Hires Root
Beer and all other popular drinks,
ring up phone 2l7l. Consolidated
Soda Works.
Now Is the time TO get your Flags
10 decorate for Feb. 22nd. Wall
Nichols Co., Ltd, have Just received
Il big shipment.
Just received by the Lurline IA ship
ment of Lehnhardt's fresh Chocolates
and Mint Gum Drops. Henry May Il
Co., Ltd, telephone 1871.
Hon All Bo, charged with violation
of the health regulations. had his case
postponed until next Friday. Judge
Monsarrat will hear the case at that
time.
Now for the New Years new goods.
Better than ever and free for Green
Stamps, Show room opposite Cen
trail Fire Station, Beretania and Fort
streets.
Leave an order with the Honolulu
Construction and Draying Co., in the
Robinson building, Queen street, for
a lot of the good soil and coral they
are selling.
We will receive by the Wilhelmina
tomorrow fresh California fruits and
vegetables and Puritan Creamery But
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-19
MANY FAIL To
PASS EXAMS
Continued from Page y

concentrations. First, 1t Is advised
that no man who fails at one eXami-
nation shall lie able to take another
inside OF six months. This rule Is al
ready In force In connection with the
Territorial inspectors. The committee
also advises that only the names of
those who passed be published and
that the list of failures be left out.
The failure of most of the men to
PASS was due 10 the last four qres-
lions, which for some reason seemed
ODE hard ones to answer.
President Pratt stated this morning
that there should have been no trou-
Bile with these as the detail was ali
plainly stated In the book and that the
questions had been asked direct from
II.
The questions are as follows:
Upon what does the value Of II trap
depend?
You ar" sent ont to make an in
Spccti"n aud report the condition Of a
certain hons". What points wouId Won
cover In your inspection as regards the
us" of the building and It's surround
inPs?
You are sent out to make an inspcc-
ton and report the condition of Il Ger
tain house. What points would YOU
cover as regards the water supply of
the house?
NOII are SEM nut ia u,rlf, an, irg,,c