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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
All gowns will button up the front


y good many fellcrs keep praisin'
the good old days and hopin' they will
never come back
The man who wears belt and sus-
pcndcrs ut the same time in hot wealth
er Is certainly Il hcnd for punishment.
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned Teller who used to wear the
stin -bosomed shirt?
Along about this time of the year
we can never believe that Peary had
such terrible time up around the
North Pole
There isn't much glory in being a
loyal Mexican, but then, there isn't
much glory ia being any Kind Of a
Mexican at any time.
One Of the finest jobs we know is
chasin' around the country when it is
100 in the shade for the purpose of
selling steel ranges
Ansc Judson, who is rs bald as a
door knob. has had a head of hair
painted OH By an artist He,says it is
the only imitation hair that looks nat
ural.
James SPHINX went out in the corn
field yesterday with celluloid collar
on. The funeral arrangements will
not he announced until some of the
relatives in the East have been heard
from.
Hank Tumms was readin' in the sun
day paper that a scientist has discov-
substitute for food Hank stuck a
live wire in his mouth TO try it out
and will not lee in need of any food for
two or three weeks.
Ansel Higgins. who has been wearin'
"a fun beard for forty years. had IL
shaved OF last night on account of
tho extreme heat. and when he got
home his wife knocked him insensible
with a tiatiron, thinking he was some
strange burglar.
II seems = long time since we have
read about anybody chokin' to death
on a piece of beetsteak The high cost
OF living seems TO have placed the
quietus on that innocent form Of
amusement.
Miss Lutte Bibbins has 10 cook, and
says that she won't marry until she
can marry huttel proprietor
Hank Tumms says when he has
waded through the ads in a magazine.
he hasn't got no time TO read the
reading matter.
Anse l'risby says he doesn't feel
strong enough 10 20 to.a summer re-
sort this year. He is going TO stay
home, where he can rest up.
No man kin have a stronger friend
than corncob pipe especially if It
IL about nine years old.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26

days the beat men were chosen to MI
IN" Offices OF honor and trust one
II; $ but TO Examine the records OF tn.
state 10 see the truth OF this state
II cnt. Now, the men who are best
qualified by natural abilities and train
ing TO MI these offices shrink from put
ting themselves in the same category
with the professional politician and Of
IL cseekcr.
IL Is really heroic thing when a
man like John Garland Pollard over
COMING this natural feeling. offers him
s. 20 the service of his state To
those who know Mr.. Pollard he needs
no recommendation. and it seems that
Httlc effort should be necessary 10 per.
Auadc those who have read his plat.
form and speeches that. so far as his
'inciplcs are concerned. he IS worthy
or their votes. But unfortunately. not
II the voters in the state can know
him personally or even he familiar with
his record end reputation Would il
not be well. thcreforc-indecd is IL not
n patriotic duty--that those who do
know him personally should tell those
OF their friends who are less Fortunate
TRAIT he is Tie kind Of timber that pub
lie servants should be made Of? This
would take little time or even a pos
tage stamp. but ii will he n real SER
vice 70 the State. Such men are not
80 plsntiIdl hat we can afford To make
The blundcr If letting him he deferred
l. NJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26

Nevertheless the gladiatorial polemic
contest elected and held tho interest
OF an, unusually large audience. but IL
was evident In n few moments that n
large percentage of those attending
We're ardent partisans and that there
was small probability OF either mans
winning converts Nevertheless, tho
debate precipitated by Mr.. Cummings
challenge was a fine strategic move 10
secure wide and effective advertise
ment OF his candidacy. his abilities and
his views on live public questions now
pressing for solution. and for sim
liar exploitation OF Mr.. Pollard's candi-
dacy, views and positions. MIR. Cum
ming made a lawycr-like speech, in
which he quoted Mr.. Pollard's record
in the Constitutional Convention Of n
dozen years ago and Undertook TO point
out the Inconsistencies, as he regarded
them, in Mr.. Pollards present profess
sions TO he the peoples candidate, and
Mr.. Pollard's votes in the convention
to take away from the people tho
right to election Of certain local and
State officials. Mr.. Pollard found IL n
bit embarrassing to face his record on
some of these points, but was effective
in diverting attention from them, and
the enthusiasm of his followers made IL
easy to do this.-Danviile Register.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26

unental for baseball. The newspaper
has TO do tho best IT can@and produce
bountiful table dhotc meal from
which the discriminating guest may eat
what he pleascs.
When 1t comes to the local paper In
a rural community. the problem of in
tercsting the readers is at once greater
ana less acute. The editor OF the week
~ cannot hope to give the news OF tho
world, and he wonders whether or not
Farmer Jones will be satisfied with
the weekly gossip from the Cross
Roads For our part. we have always
felt that the needs of the rural read
ing public had to be supplied by a
reliable daily and by The county week
~ Tho two do not conflict, and one
without the other leaves q gap But
even then. what interests the reader:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
THE NEWS rIiAr 1>rrn,srs

IN public notice to its corresponds
ents, the i'redericksburg journal he.
walls the fact tina, these writer's send
in news Which is not news. news tina,
has a very marrow interest. we shall
toe compelled" says the Journal 10
.cut out all matter from oar cores
pondcn's letters which we consider not
OF in'erestto the puhlic."
we appreciate the embarrassment OF
the Journalist is common to all news
papers but we arr afraid the journal
has taken an enormous task on itself
in threatening to eliminate from it's
correspondence everything that is not.
Of interest
Tor what is Of interest? Ncwspnpor
men have been asking the question
since the first Sheet was printed. and
the FIRST CORRESPONDENT enlisted; and
they are probably 10 nearer the dea-
mite answer than ia the beginning
what $ news 10 one man is trash to
another; what fixes the attention Of
one, docs not hold another for a
second one man VIII rise at daylight
70 find whether The Senator's beat ina
White Sox; anothcr wants to nnd how
tho stock market stood Senator Blanks
last speech, and does not care Il con.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
TIL. MUSIC MIDDLE.

II does seem TO us that me Aonlh-
lstTa'iNe boafo' which costs me CITY
$4,000 year, might arrange Tor sum
incr concerts tor ten weeks without
getting into muddle. TO hahuic TINS
matter of giving the people OF hich-
mona some good. light music for sum
MGR recreation would seem TO be eN-
actly the KIND OF Work Tor winch inc
Administrative Board was created.
II seems that TINS BOARD mas h"holed
the matter IN such way as to SCI
poor music, order the annu!hhs OF us
own contract. offend most OF the must
clans, and receive many complaints
from citizens Now IT is back track
ing to make new deal! Candor com
pels the admission mat TINS music
mIddle Is one OF me most po'nHeSS
and picayuhe muoGieS we nave recent
~ seen muddied
We do not suppose the board mem
tors are expert musicians. fern'pS
they do not know very mNch ABOUT
the blowing OF horns Yet we 'h'nN
i've deaf men could fix up some sort
Of n scheme to get results IN CON
cert way We suppoSe there Is some
kind OF small ponies i'll th'S' as III
other things OUTSIDERS 'n'Sh' 'n'HN
that Richmond could get a l!'''o mar
monE IN inc harmohE ar' "''ho"' pun
ine any wires save nose 'h"' 'is "'''i
inc "r"'n' ms ~ 700 i'''' 4 "op''
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
IN THE MUSEUM or THE FUTURE

Patriotic sentiment doubtless prompt
ed the curator of the Carnegie Pitts
hurgh Museum to request the uniform
and glove Of the mighty Tonus Wag-
ner for permanent exhibit in his cases
ASIDE from steel works. millionaires
and Divorces, Wagner is Pittsburgh's
greatest title to fame, and his relics
are to be valued accordingly
But the idea suggests some inter
csting possibilities. What might the
museum of the future contain were
this policy pursued? such n wonder
full collection OF remarkable things!
Walk in. ladies and gentlemen, and
observe carefully the contents of the
splendid case to your left gathered at
great cost by the Laird himself There
Is the plug of tobacco from which the
steel worker took chew just before
he turned out the ingot for our great
hattlcship Notice, if YOU please. that
Jimmy to your right. 1t was used by
Sinking Sam the Silent when he blew
the safe at the First National. The
baseball bat? My dear madame. read
the legend: that is the identical bat
that Clarke used when he drove in the
deciding run when Pittsburgh won its
last pcnnant-let me see that was
iorty-siX years ago.
The idea. OF course, is absurd, but
the moral is not bad. The only relics
which interest the public are personal
relics, the only memorials they pause
&c study are those intimately associated
with men. The old primacval man in
INC british Museum, with his grsly
relics about him. holds the attention
of more visitors than does the parch
mcnt OF Magma Charta. In preserving
the nobler things, we need not destroy
the lesser
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
VIEWS OF THE
VIRGINIA EDITORS


Aside from the intcrcs, taken in The
army cncampmcnt AT Winchester and
tho advertisement that the troops
bring 10 this town ana this part Of
Virginia. there is one thing about tho
camp that strikes us very forcibly,
and upon which Wc reflect with a sense
OF keenest pleasure, and that is that
the army officers who are in command
are such Il splendid set of men. There
are unfortunately, some men in the
army who give rather the impression
Of swashbucklors and windbags than
efficient lighters. and men devoted to
The country whose uniform they wear
Not so, however. with tho men whom
the government has intrustcd with
the responsibility for the manoeuvre
camp observation-disclosures Star
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
Fifty Years After.

Le'iySbLEE.b
a, the close ~ the heated dsy.
one wore faded sui, OF blue
The other one OF gray.
a silence Tell uron them
With the waning OF tho light.
One had his LEFT sleeve shorten'd VI
The other one the right.
Their shoulders bent beneath their years.
And each leaned on his cane
Bur light rekindrd In their eyes
AS they look'd across the plain.
Then spako the white hard ono in blue.
You were with Picketts mem"
God! what n splendid charge that was
How II comes back again
You march'd as II but on parade.
You came from yon woods there
Songs on your lips and bands that PLAYED
Some homeland Southern air
Held high your coiors streaming
With banners. Gags md shield
hear your bugies ringing
The charge across the aeld.
II see your bayoncts glistening
Like sunlight the eeas.
on. on you came Ike heroes
Straight TO our batteries.
ON, on across tho open
oq lspshd eI ln ,h hS fac Of death
We held our fiery breath
It'll half tho field was cover.d.
Has the world known drawer rnen7
Our hands We're on the fuses.
stu on you came and then
Then were our guns outspoken.
Forth leapt the whitening lame.
God! how your lines broken.
Yet onward still YOU came.
~ see the wide gaps nlling.
Where hundreds. dying fell.
Still on you came like martyrs
Straight 10 the mouth OF he'll.
.'Our guns grew MOT md hottc-
sun through that fiery rain
Your SHATTERED hattcrd legions
Swept Ger tho crimson plain.
There in the shock OF battle
Beneath that lurid sky.
You show'd how Southern men could FIGHT
Nirg!nia's sons could die.
All! twas gallant. thrilling charge
The world shall ne'er forget.
Fame wrote in letters red and large.
Fenned with the bayonet.
Upon that awful field where fell
The red red flower OF Lee.
Sprang white fore'er the iminortelle
or Southern chivalry."
Then spake the other one In gray:
But other brave men fought that day,
And one OF them was you
Here at this Bloody Angle
This spot whereon we stand
You held us back. and face to face
You fought us hand TO hand.
Here rose our surRing battle tide
Against this crumbling wall
We saw Its crimson crest lift high
Wo saw its pillows fall.
And when the fight was over
And when the day was done,
a Nations shatter'd remnants
We're welded into one.
Forever through the ages
Above tho Sword OF Might,
God still Is God OF Battles
And Right Is ever Right"
so unused these aged warriors.
An! picture fair TO see
United-Northern valor
And Southern bravery.
Tho sunset slowly faded
But in their afterglow
Within their eyes still brightly shone
The light OF long ago.
And round each others shoulders
An arm that gently lay.
ono was "a faded sleeve of blue
Tho other one was gray.
Hartford. Conn.
]. WARREN HARPER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
Green Oysters.

What causes the oysters in some OF
the Chesapeake tributaries to get
Ereenish gills In winter, while they
nre big and fat, and what causes these
same oysters to appear perfectly nor
NAL in summer, when they are lean?
Does any one know? We would like
to know. Would publish the cause and
name a remedy for the bcneht OF ALL IL
any be known. II is said that the
oysters In question are just as good
and wholesome as any but are practi-
cally unstable because Of the defect
mentioned. Has the State Board of
Health ever been asked for an opln
ion-if so what was the reply? This
matter is worth your while to look
into.-Mathews News Reporter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
SWIMMING HOLES. AGAIN.

DOCS our worthy correspondent ''N''
really think we are so scnilc ana de-
crepit that we have forgotten where
Cherry" was located and have con
fused that swim.l!ng' hole with the de
lshtfully shaded waters around Belle
Isle?
Heaven forbid He should as soon
forget our birthplace and tell the ig-
norant that we came from Vermont
Forget Cherry" and Little Heir and
Tiger and the rest? Not as long rs
there Is Ne, Why, a trip to "Chcrry'
was the event OF the week First OF
all, the parental consent had TO be had
Unless, indeed. We were willing to
chance at supper time an explanation
as to why our hair was wet Then
cents had 10 be Forthcoming. for
that cheerful Charon who row,d the
boys from urder tho Free Bridge TO
Cherry" Was ineXorable In his do
mands. Last OF all, one had to make
UP genial party, because there was
little fun AZ Cherry" unless one had
friends there TO witness ones fcats OF
daring
And did sc ever cross the river on
the rocks above the old pumping sta
ton az Hollywood? We should mink
We did. and our hair rises TO mink
how hot IL was, how smooth the rocks.
how uncertain our foothold Was
there ever a Richmond boy twenty or
thirty years ago who did mol r1ol..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
DICE Of the People
Patriots Should support Pollard.

10 tie Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-In a pocket notebook. present
ed to its customers by n Richmond firm
there is a statement to the effect that
When q man is going around seeking
Office II is usually because he cannot
Let anything else To do. Undoubtedly
his is too often true. In the good old
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26

j. Taylor Ellyson for Lieutenant Gov
ernor. and the largest majority for Hon
John q. Pollard, one OF the most COM
petent men for Acknowledgement in
tho state Three cheers for Mr. Stubs
and the honest onceholders in the
N!nth District a j. TAYLOR
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26

The town that passed a law making
wcarers Of silhouette skirts sc, on
the shady side OF the street fell VIC
tim to repetition.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
Copy Cat!

We have seen September Morn" and
found no objection TO 1t. but now that
II has struck frost in Richmond we
shall examine II more closely.-Bristol
Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26

With Woodrow In the White House
and Joe the seasons champion pitcher.
almost any old Virginia boy can ind
"A model 10 initiate
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26

The new bridge is all right in tho
James. but the ends cannot get
ashore.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
On the Spur of the
Moment
By Roy K. Moulton


Oh thanks, kind modists of Parec,
AT last you've pulled a glorious
stunt;
we hear your news in greatest glee-
All gowns Will button up in front.
Emancipatcd men. ut last
NO longer should we swear and grunt
While trying to make wfcs gown
fast
All gowns will button up the front
Some women may fall for the game,
l5ut we Will bet that our wife won't;
Shell make us button just the same.
Though all gowns button up the
front
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
F L | E S |!

Horse manure is the principal
matching plncc for nies.
Ii can he made sterile with coaI
oil. carboIIc ncid, copperns water or
dry lonm by mixing thoroughly.
Uorscmcn. stabIcmcn, owners of
horses and Bnnitnry inspectors, pay
attention.! Cut this out
Let 1913 be nyIeas yenr-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
or GRAPE MYRTLE AND or,frns

Ut 'KhI'f1 VI TtT1.T. WI VTJTINS.
Pause, NJ. fusy Man. one of these
hot July mornings and glance into
one OF Richmond's old gardens % sec
the Grape myrtle IN bloom, The nrst
fowers arc fading. hut fresh buds arc
dwelling, soon 70 brighten the land
acape with pink.
Most Of our gardens have been van
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26

INI ItiFySOLFE.l
They stood AT the Bloody Angle"
~ the close of The heated day.
one wore a faded sui; OF blue
The other one OF gray.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26

a silence tell upon them
Win the waning OF tho light.
One had his left sleeve shortend UP
The other one the right.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-17
Her Feats of Memory. .

"T have heard and read of wonderful feats of memory" said Mrs. A. II Brown of this city, but not one or them was so rem arhable as those ex' hibited by my own mother at 93. the age at which she recently died ID Clyde, N. Y. That was her home 10! 65 years, but she was born in Phelps. N. Y.
 "She was an ardent reader Of the Scriptures and, having an exceptfonaf ly clear, vigorous mind, she was able. at ever that advsncec age, to rere al word for word the entire Gospels Of st. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke and St John. In addition she could recite lengthy passages from Looks os fa' vorite authors, and many poems, in cluding epics and extended lyrics. My mother was also good Latin scholar She had seven daughters, of whom six' including myself, survive, as do slA teen great-grandchildren and twenty one grandchildren"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-17
NEW ORLEANS IS INTERESTED

Little Rock, May 16-All the com mercial organizations of New Or leans have presented a petition to Governor Futrell, requesting his CO., operation to have the proposed silver service to be presented to the Dread naught Arkansas, given at the New Orleans port instead of at the port of Galveston, as has been reported tc be the plan of the War Department.
 Govrnor Futrell replied that the Legislature made no provision for silver service, the funds for which are being raised by popular subscrip~ tion He advised that it is not at all probable the service twill be ready for presentation during his term of office and suggests that the Committee take it up with his successor who will come to the Governors chair soon after July 23.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-17

Inn of the Mild. Henry.

: The inn "of tie ntld sfFeafy tsEssS; sanften Heinrichj ih, Posen has evidently changed >ha rsds during it's career, for there is at least an intimation. in an advertisement recently inserted in q Posen newspa OCT by, Hermann Dunkelberg, the ssseMlsr .lal:a :ats t1s,e.sa,aS net sbe E 1essstpIsciafiy mid The advertisement reads: Ut has come to my notlc. that I am accused of having dc nounced colleagues because they sui iered Tannebaum" Ga forbidden game> "to be played in their places As I have no desire to waste my time in court, ] hereby promise three marks to anybody who believed this report out of lack of brains. five marks to anybody who spread it be, cause of malice and ten marks to the originator of it, which he can get c2 personal application to me Will pay fair price for a good, usable bullwhip. Herman Dunkelberg, Inn of the MilS Henry
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-17
< X 4 4 EssS ; :'1. ' LAWYER 1f'ES1lfIES $ 1 |$..IIlA0Klh bEAAtF John N. Anhut is a Witness for Self in Sensational Bribery Suit. $25,000 WAS OFFERED Jurist Denies Accusation Saying Doc. tor Asked Him Concerning
 the Money.
$25,000 WAS OFFERED

New York, May 16.-John Nicholson Anlut, the attorney charged with the offering of $25,OO bribery to secure the release of Harry K. Thaw, from Matteawan, appeared as witness in his own behalf today, and emphatical- ly denied that he offered Dr. Jno. w. Russell $20,000 to release Thaw and that he was to receive $5,O0O for his own services.
 Anhut declared that Thaw retained him to work up another case and gave him a contingency fee of $25,- 0O0, half of which was to be returned to Thaw if he was not released by January 1, and the other half on July of this year if Anhut had not se- cured Thaw release by tllat.time
 q saw Dr. Russell while visiting Thaw in Matteawan," said Anhut, and told him that 1 was anxious to get my client out and asked him to rec ommcnd some good alienist He re- piled: T am good as six alienists,.' Russell asked me concerning the amount of my fee and 1 told him. Then he asked: Where do 1 come in?' told him l could not give him any thing as half of the S25 000 had to be returned in two weeks. Dr. Russell asked me to see Thaw and get him to extend the time for securing the re- lease and see if l could not get him
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-17
Best Medicine for CoAs

When a druggist recommendc ,
 mcdy for colds, throat and luny t,,, bles, you can feel sure that he t,,. what he is talking about c Inn. Druggist, of Marion, Ohio, writD, Dr. Kings New Discovery: "1 ,,,, Dr. Kings New Discovery is tho s, throat and lung medicine l sell cured my wife of severe broDss. cald after all other remedies fai,sl It will do the same for you if ,l are suffering with a cold or any h,r| chial, throat or lung cough. Kesl bottle on hand all the time for or,I one in the family 10 use. It is am,l doctor. Price 50c and s1OO Guar,| eed by your druggist.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-17
/ Really Interesting Item.

"A newspaper receives daily for publication" says the Berliner Tage' blatt, "a lot of stuff which has about % much literary value as a laundry olip. But occasionally something comes along which, unknown to the writer. is so funny that 1t sees the light of publicity. Thus, cores spondent calls attention to the fact that the drama Royal Love- which was seen for the first time at the Gira Theater, is by Baron Rosenkranz. who Is a direct descendant of Rosen- kranz and Guildenstern. known to tho world through Shakespeare"