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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18
mo NEwSIS GOOD NEWS"

That no news is good news" is an
old aphorism now exemplihed in the
dispatches from London during the
last few days regarding the Balkan war
issue. Speculation and alarms con-
tinue rife. but when we come down to
basic facts nothing new of importance
has occurred: no real new dangers have
developed.
The most important and encouraging
feature of the situation is that the
deadlock between the peace delegates
of the allies and of Turkey IS still on !;
and the longer that remains tho case.
within the llEnits of time for the ambas-
sadors of.the"powers to exert pressure.
the more assuring the outlook. Threats
by the concert of resumption Of hos
tiHties at a given date. unless Turkey
yields 10 all of their demands. and
Turkish arrogant and swashbuckler
reservations that she Will die in the last
ditch before giving another inch. none
the less. both sides stand in the greatest
dread OF again closing IN a death Crap
pie.
Turkey has been beaten 20 nor knees
and is bankrupt. She has defaulted
IN the interest on her obligations. and
is impotent TO borrow any more money.
certainly Tor ropienishing her war
chest. The allies. especially Bull
CARA. have suffered terrible drains.
financially and Otherwise. from which
--af-
Both welcome the breathing spell. and
when Il comes 60 the tcst. thc crucial
moment. each will take serious pause
ere committing any Overt act ~ rrornuI-
eating any ulfimafum tlat wiu prevent
is proionsation until thc powers have
formulated a basis Of agreement which
both viii DC 700 glad 90 accept Past
backing and filling have proven that.
In q word both tho allies and Tho
Turks are in tho hands of thc po-ecr-
and have virtually shifted upon thc
shoulders Of these the -esponsibiiifv
Of making q way for peace or pcrnlitt iug
. suai appeal 90 arrrs-fhc allies be-
cause they arc satisacG thu in ere end
they vii get. apron uafciy. 70 a
general vav. sl they contend for
Turkey because that policy affords
she only opcninE Cor saving boz face
and being combined in po-.c-st.n oi
even q fraction 90 her European do-
main. The siiics know fhat once fte
conflict is resume trcy could NOT sfou
short % Bulgaria possession 70 COM
s,antiropi-. which Bulgaria does rr.
desire a; present. 80 icasf since s1rf
possession would be bad rof~ 81.
bearing or her future relations rifh fr,
powers. Turkey ~ aware tfa' re.4rra.
ton would mean the absolute end 20 fh.
Ia. vsstaee Of Ottoman ruio. svrr
nominal. on this side OF the BosphorH
and the Dardanciies.
Tho responsibility q the powers
so~ever. carries With 70 more ira
eaccsiue terms Of peace and cecioin.
upon the broad lines % partition 81
turkey between the concert and ~
T,rks. n involves the question %
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18
From the Hjekevvilie Clarion.

Professor +. Plurbus jenkins, me
new superintendent of the Hlckeyville
schools will give "A movln peter iectur
with 500 feet of films at the school
house next Thursday evenln, shown
the working of the human system
and how TO reduce the high cost OF livin =
He will show the human stomach run
ming on high speed and digesting break
fast food and again running on second
airy speed, digesting corned beef ana
cabbage He will also show the effects
of whiskey on the thorax. A free VIII
Offering will be taken and the professor
will git enough to pay fer printin the
handbills if he is lucky. If the pro-
fessor had lived in out midst very long
he would take time by the fetlock and
charge an admission at the door
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18
Warvffhturkey-

.1---aa buIcar and the ferClndnd
md serb and balkan with tne greek
.rifricndlv was the bOrderiand.
Srbc great idea outpeek-
.po-rare the warwithturk. NY son
T6e plague that kills. the pain that
r,o---src inc turkey bird. and shun
The Sultan's afterwhacks
lie tool, hvzantium in hand
crg time the moslem Zoe ne sought
O., .ceted he by the musketrec.
And mosqued awhile IN thoushe-
.,d a. tchataIja lines bed russ
T-he warwithturk. All tlrcn on s'i'ie'
S.,,tsried through the Bospnorus,
And fsIaned for his life
ON. twoi one two, And right on
r,.-xsnsfuno like bric-a-brsc- -.
III Sfd his work. and licked inc tuths
And rnontencgrode back
And hast thou slain the ~srwitntDrh
ror,e 70 my arms. my aliea TOUT
rr.fIc,tc greece Give me q piece
Now austria doth roar
.rvas bulgar. and the ferdrand
MA eerb and balkan witf INC srceh'
nj f-iendIv was tho bordcrfnd
The great idea outpcek.-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18

The brightest. clcarest. longest sun
beams in the world shoot JOY through
every Aisbamian every day that comes.
weather hko this will give us 1000
carloads 81 violcts within another
month carols the Montgomery Ad-
vcrti-cr. q. tli.si and then they can
sent every carload 20 Richmond 20
shoot JOY through iho brightest. sweet
c-t. bcsuufullest girls IN the world.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18

they say we don't give them enough Sc
lections. If we give them selections
they say we are too lazy TO write If
we don't go 10 church we are heathens.
If we do we are hypocrites. II we re-
main at the office we ought 10 bcout look
ing for news items If we go out, then
we are not attending TO business. IT
as objects of charity If we wear good
clothes and drive gasoline wagon they.
say we have a pull Now. what are we
to do? Just as likely as not some one
will say that we stole this from an ex-
change. So we did IS tras burg News.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18
Appomattox Has a Kick.

The railroad people are treating APP
pomattox like a mountain hollow flag
stop We understand that the tele-
office is to be closed here at night, and
that the operators Will be removed to
new station at Foggy Mann's Mountain.
three miles east of here This progress
sive town Will not stand for a one-man
station. The company might as well
understand now tharAppomattox Is alive
alive and progressive. and her people
demand the best service Of her public
service corporations - Appoma ttox
Times Tirginian.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18
Voice Of the People
|. Pie. for the Revival o. Virginia

1. PIE. for the Revival 81 Virginia
a.. rdi.orsof Thc Tincs- Dispatch !:
SID we arc 90 judge ~ most OF
the etuT now appearing IN pur lcadinC
daily papers, Heaven save. us We
ere rcnaecence OF poetry ~ Nlrginia-
70 ali IL twaddle would be 70
honor 10 extravagantly. There ~
..cfth~r RHYTHM. rhyme nor reason n
= line Of IL All Of the rules are violated.
and the Jingle jansles along into a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18

When the street car company builds
waifing-Fooms on Broad Street 70
should provide seats for the tired youths
who now have 10 lean against the
building
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18

Professor Boni has discovered that
she Caesars had three elevators In their
palace 90 carry tho scsnt-of-brcath
Empcrors up from the Forum 70 the
raiatine Hl1 what VIC have read Of
tho cornwall habits OF the Emps
1ascs us believe they needed three.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18

Tho dresses and hair styles m the
How They Looked Several Years
Ago" pictures have a tendency to
reconcile Us 10 the fashions Of to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18
"Nothing Too Good for Hal FIood.''

We extend TO our esteemed frie nd.
Hon. II. d. Flood, our hcarticst con-
gratulations upon his appointment as
Chairman Of the Committee on For
eign Affairs. There IS nothing too
good for Hal Flood. and he deserves
Everything that he receives.-Scotts-
Vile Enterprise
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18

on account Of the money trust in
vostigation we are hopeful that there
must be some money in the world some
rrhs-,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18

There Is one state issue upon which
che State press Is unanimous. and that
is the abolition OF prison contract
dbor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18

Can "Trct" TO Turkey m INC StraW-|
Ben Owen may not nc able 10 beat
the torn-toms for an Indian dance. but
he can equal any bcn-ton IN a virginia
dance Blackstone Courier.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18

Editing a weekly newspaper is a nice
thing II we publish Jokes people say
we are rattle Drained. n We don't we
are fossils. J. we publish original matter
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18
Personal.

Penelope-You ask how TO make
yourself light on your feet climbing
a telephone pole or doing tricks on
the parallel bars is recommended. but
care should be taken not TO night on
your head
II. W-The kind OF a package that
YOU refer to cannot be sent through
the new parcels post. Every man
has to carry that sort OF package
for himself.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18

No wonder Governor wilson's
speeches send a shiver through the
stock exchange Its business would
shrink more than one-half II the pure
gam bling element in its daily trans
actions could be eliminated. Cut of
what is known as margin trading and
many Wall Street operator would
have 20 seek work elsewhere. or join the
breadline. Possibly these things cannot
be done but reformers are studying the
situation TO see what can be done And
that seems ruinous. perhaps. 70 that
tender plant. confidence. which has
it's abode in and around the stock
ticker.
Governor Wilson has a work to do
and some people are just waking UP 70
the fact that he will not be deferred by
hostile demonstrations on the tape
The country-s advice to the stock ex-
change is 20 clean house OF its own &C
cord. before the vacuum cleaner OF
public regulation strikes it.-Spring-
field Republican
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18
[copyrisnt: 1918; b. Jsha T. Nccuschsenl

eign com petition.-New York Evening
Post
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18

To his Well Beloved he mad alwaye
been faithful. but she had had many
emoodiments. Each individual known
as Lucy. Jane. Flora. Evangeline. or
what not, had been merely transient
condition OF her. He did not recognize
this as an excuse or defense. but az a
fact simply. Essentially she was perhaps
of no tangible substance. d spirit.
dream. a frenzy. a conception. an aroma.
an epitomizedsex. light of the eye.
parting Of the lips. God only knew what
she really was.-Hardy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18

Boston woman suggests that I'M
married men should wear a distin-
gushing button. Some of them are
not able to keep any buttons on at
all.
1t seems as though Uncle sam
ought 10 find grounds upon which
to fight the coffee trust.
A scientist now says permanent life
is possible. He should make the
stray cats bit apprehensive.
The trouble with the Manhattan
and Bronx cocktails is that they didn' I
stay at home.
But it doesn't look as though even
the most ardent suffragets VIII ever
learn to step off the street car the
right way. -.
Galveston is now connected with the
rest of Texas by a causeway. Some
body has evidently stolen the cause
way that connected Senator Joe Bailey
with that State.
Honolulu reports an earthquake
The japanese. for wonder, are not
suspected.
English couple will go on honey,
moon in aeroplane. Let II be hoped
thew don't have a falling out.
One idea of no sort OF lob Tor
live man is 10 be "a member OF the
faculty of the electoral college
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-18
the Spur Of the Moment
By Roy; K. Moulton


There amt no use to argufy with
one of them old -fashioned feliers VINO
hooks his necktie on with a rupoer
* blunt person is all right, Of course,
but, as fer me, Id rather near EN-
palaver once in awhile. IL sounds nice
and don't do Teller any harm whether
10 is true or not
Hold Peters says there are a lot Of
feliers in our village who Kin tel
Secretary McVeagh how 10 run the
United States treasury department.,
but can't pay their own grocery bills.
you go TO in Hickeyville you will wish
you had gone to the other one.
There IS no reason Tor any ielIer
10 be down and out. After every
thing else has failed he can get up
an advertiser stunt
Life is just one Ptomaine poison
ing after another.
invalids hangin' around as you used
to. People. are beginnin' to md out
il amt much use.
l don't care a dang who's Presl-
dent so long as the potaters and oats
keep comm up out'n the ground
There is only one feIer n our w tG%n
would be elected and he has got
paralysis of the vocal cords.
Postmaster Tibbitts Is .gettin' ready
to go back to work for a Twin.
There amt nothing. much 20 be
done fer the Teller who believes in
bad luck.
"a dress suit. but he has got to be
genius TO get away With it.
Nothing else VIII cure feller OF
the desire TO go TO the Legislator
and he might as well run and get beat
and have IL over with.
There was never time IN the last
forty wears when somebody wasn't
tryin' 10 bust the solid South.
There is always something old
fashioned about the Teller who likes
pie for breakfast.
MIR and Mrs. Hank Tumms fear
the worst Their son Willie has eX-
pressed a desire 10 be lawyer when
he grows up. 80
A lot of fellers make d Twin with
out working but they don't have so
rnl1ch I'm as they miQht at that.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-28
The Drink That was Called Robur

About forty years ago there was ad-
vertised on London billboards Il drink
called Robur, said TO be good for every
allment and, incidentally, the long
sought after elixir of life. one was
invited to send for free samples. and
fits marvellous properties were the sub
ject Of everybody's conversation Ro-
bur might have been sold to this day
had not some one. without the fear of
a libel action before his eyes. divuiged
its secret formula-cDld tea enlivened
by rum. From that moment it fell as
rapidly as II had risen. for people
could make their own Robur If they
wanted it.--Chicago News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-28
BURDENS LIFTED
From Bennington Backs-Reliei
Proved by Lapse of Time.


Proved by Lapse Of Time.
Backache is a heavy burden;
Nervousness, dizziness, headache.
Rheumatic pain; urinary ills;
All wear one out.
Often effects of kidney weakness.
No use to cure the symptoms,
Relief Is but temporary if the
cause remains.
If it's the kidneys, cure the cause.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for kidney
Ills
Read about you neighbours case.
Here's a Bennington testimony.
The kind that can be investigated.
Mrs. Celia Lamroeux, 222 Division
St, Bennington, VT, says: 81 am as
strong a believer in the merit OF
Doan's Kidney Pills as ever Time
has only increased my opinion Of this
remedy. have not had any seri'
Gus kidney trouble since 1t cured
me-"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo
New York. sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
evil books, evil plays, and immoral
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-28
Speculation.

"What is you gwine ter do wifi dat
iogf"
rs gwine ter sell i'm fob % cents"
"You kain't make no money dat
way"
de las party l sold i'm to fob %
cents gimme two dollahs next day to
nike i'm off der hands Washington
itar.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-28
Best Laxa,Iv. for the AGED.

Old men and women feel the need
Of a laxative more than young folks,
but II must be safe and harmless
and one which will not cause pain.
DR.. Kings New Life Pills are especi-
ally good for the aged, for they act
promptly and easily. Price Csc.
Recommended By Harold W. Cole.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-24
Minneapolis Tourists
Well Received Along
n. P. in Western N. d.

Taylor. N. D., May pa. 3. Doran
at this station furnished a sample to-
day of the native sdirectness of oratcry
that is a characteristic of the. replies
to the Minneapolis mems platform adj
dresses at the stops on the Minneap-
Oils trade tour. 1--WE have the most
beautiful country you ever saw" lie
said, without a trace of buncombe. Il
wish you had brought all you credit
men," he continued, "for they are the
boys that talk to us. The crop pros
poets are the best we have had in this
part or Stark county and this fall we
Will have some business for you" Mr..
Doran responded to an address by
Robert. Mcgregor, who vas introduced
by j., G. McHugh. The band began it's
days programme at this point and the
citizens expressed their qualification
over the advent of the musical organ
ization. A. B. Dion, manager for the
Gamble Robinson Fruit Co. at Bis
marck, is a guest of d. +. Gamble,
who joined the train at Dickinson after
a short side excursion. Yellow Wolf
and Young Weasel, Indian policemen,
drove owe from Fort Berthold on
horseback fifty miles north on the
Great Northern to see the Minnea-
polls men.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-24
LATEST NEWS FROM PARIS

gotiations are under way for the our
chase or a ball park in Bots de Bologne:
sporting houses are stocking b~aseba1ls,
bats, masks and gloves to meet an in
CreaSlng demand, and the American
baseball vernacular is being translated
into French. @,%
All his is the direct result of a few
exhibitions Of the great American game
France. was ripe for the innovation.
Grated on a newly awakened love for
outdoor sports n living that has
grown up in France recently, baseball
bids fair to become the most popular
and fashionable method Of it's express
sion. -, 90, r..-. .
Several hundred curious spectators
Journeyed to Colomb a few days ago
to see the game played officially for
the first time under the auspices of the
Racing club. AS the match progressed
the Parisians became more and more
fascinated, and by the end Of the ninth
try at the new game, which will, in all
probability. be officially adoptedsby the
leading Paris athletic clubs.
Frenchmen today take pride in being
athletic. 1t is the fashion to go#in for
some kind of outdoor sport. A soft
arm and a pallid complexion are COM
ing to be scorned. This change in
Frenchn1en is one result Of what has
the spirit of confidence, of action, of
morality. Tt Is well exernplifed by
Maurice Barres and a younger school
Of writer's who believe a man can write
Just as good poetry and philosophy in
riding-breeches or after a game OF
tennis as with long locks, butterfly
neckWear, and a u and unhealthy
eye
Frenchmen are determinedin 1915 to
avenge their poor performances in the
last Olympic games. The country lis
being searched Systematically fol
promising athletes. AZ number OF wei
known men. among them the Marquis
de Polignac, awe undertaken a cam.
paign to rouse the country to- Its re-
sponsibilitas in this connection. and
already athletic competitions TO bring
out Olympic material are being ar.
ranged In every little village In France
From these the winners will assemble
lii county competitions, and so on, until
gradually by elimination there will BIZ
picked out the best team OF athletes
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-24

maklng up her min to surprise the
aonietlc world In 1915, n the
popularity of lie SPORT will aid MAJ
terially to this end. N
n richest woman in the city Of
Gonstance, Switzerland, Madame 0seI.
knoWn as the Queen of the smuggiers'
mas mon44 hst 9een arrested and given fifteen
months imprisonment for INTRODUCING.
sacchar4ne into Germany.
for years Madame Osel has been d.
rectlng the operations of a band of
ff rong fhis who derived good profit
not less than $50 per cent on a consid-
cradle capital, and she is rated by the
commercial agencies as worth 5000
goo. Her favorite method has been to
SEND her agents across the frontier in
motor cars. They travelled as tourists.
ana their cars were constructed with
secret receptacles in which the sac
chartne was hidden.
On a recent visit to Lindau, Madame
Osel was recognized by the German 20
lice. She jumped into her car and
started for the Swiss frontier at full
speed, but a telephone message beat
her to the barrier. The gate was closed,
q recognized the inevitable, and
Quickly submitted to arrest.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-24
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Who Is Hoffman?

Kansas City Star: josef Holman
was born at Cracow in 1877. His faith
er, a professor at the conservatory and
director Of opera at Warsaw, was his
teacher until 1892. Hofmann's mother
was a distinguished singer. When not
quite 6 years old, Holman appeared
as q pianist, and when s played the
Beethoven Concerto in G minor before
Rubinstein, who declared there had
never before been such a child musi-
clan. From 1892 to 1894 he was a pu-
Pill Of Rubinstein's. In 1885 he gave a
recital IN Berlin before critics, who
pronounced his success assured. He
then toured Germany, Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden and played also In
Paris. Vienna and London. In 1887 he
came to America. giving tffty-two con-
certs in two and o%Tle-half months and
SO ~inpairing his health that he was
Obliged to rest for a number of Years,
when he again appeared no longer as
a prodigy but as d naatured pianist. He
returned to America in 1898 and made
q most successful tour. His piano
playing is often compared with that of
R~ubinstein HOFFMAN, has composed d
number of piano pieces.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-24
At Big Wheat Market.

Beach, N. D., May ~24.-vBeins the
largest primary wheat market of the
producing world this place instantly
gripped the attention of the Mime
apolis trade tourists. The big concrete
elevators of the Russell Miller Milling
Co, capacity 100, 900 bushels, to be
extended with the erection of a flour
mill, were also a point of attention.
Beach has been made the county
seat of Golden Valley county by Gov.
L. B. Hanna's signature and on the
next tour of the Minneapolis men will
have a courthouse to show. Testi-
mony to the right of Beach to it's title
as a grain market was given by the
Northern Pacific officials to the effect
that from August to April 1Athis year,
1924 cars of grain were shipped out.
The place is seven years old and takes
pride in the luck in the seven-fold
number. ~ .a
The tourists were driven a mile
square course on the hill tops sur
rounding Beach, a view inspiring to
the city folks who knew the history
of the growth of the town. Beach
furnished one facility that no other
place has given, "a band stand" John
Rossiter. the leader, was highly in
flated.
J. p. Smith, president of the Beach
Commercial club, headed the enter
tanning party. John b.. Gillian OF
Minneapolis Joined the special here.
Fifty kindergarten and second and
third grade school children were
marched through a compartment car
and a dining car to give them "a
bright spot that the Minneapolitans
have been singing about. The teach
ers We're Nell Holsey and Katherine
Lee.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-24

Paris, May 24.-Alfonso of Spain has
returned home. His Paris visit was
short, but not so the memory of his
fatalistic courage When the king was
told hat George of Greece had been
assassinated at Saloniki, his only COM
ment was: 1T will be my turn next"
A close friend who heard this remark
urged the king to agree never to go
out on horseback again unless accom-
panied by d surong escort. If" re-
piled the young monarch, 81 am never
to be allowed to go about as I wish, I
a only hope that my turn will come
quickly" - A..
Five actual attempts have been made
on the life of King Alfonso In the past
ten years, the last occurring at Madrid,
April IS of this year.
Baseball has come to Paris, and has
taken the city virtually by storm. Ne