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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-26

and two Of the citscs the loss would be
less ulan $1,000.
Much or thcso small losses would be
Wlrcd out hy returning to the local.
ties ~ the Constitution seems 10 re
cure their present share OF the capt.
ttuon tax Inc rest ot tho local loss
o. revenue should DO made good for
"a reasonable time, and under propei.
restrictions b. the state That is tho
aFF"ngrin"nt tiat was made in Calf
forniN when the State Constitution was
amended so as 10 permit tax scSrcga-
ton 1T Is highly Improbable that tie
stats VIII Ion. hnd II necessary to
bear this expense. IN two years thcre
is 10 W" new assessment Of real rs
tat" Thls, together with tho growth
of personal property during that t!me
WIN undouDtcdiy enable every locality
iu the state, unless assessments be
even worse than now, without any in
crease Ia its tax rate TO raise at least
tho amount Of it's present revenue
There remains to be considered ono
oiher point in regard 10 the working
tho possibility OF its causing incou-
IN collecting the revenues
"""' sort OF hr,cnnc L. The "nos,
This possibility docs not exist for
tho state. Tho taxes reserved FOR her
use arc just tho ones most easily as
sesscd and the most promptly paid
indeed 10 the States fiscal agents tho
plan would prove a labor saving device
~ ne highest order. So truu y this
iH NC world he VIII proba bly, accuse
iin Of dcviSinE the plan to siInplIfv
the work OF HIS Office.
But from the standpoint OF The locaN-
tl"E tho proposition does not appoar
$" attractive. This was strongly ON
rnasiHed bT our ydN CoInYnission
winch said that such a system do
Drives the localities of their most de
ailaplc revenue. while giving them in
=" tGrH the revenue that - hardest To
collect This IS obviously true.
Hut although the revenues assigned
10 The localities would be those hard
their sunerine under the proposed
plan would be greatly Increased be
youd what il is now. For even rs II
IS. me Local officials have to collect
tn's respect would DC totally I'M
changed Perhaps. however. their
practice would need some alteration
For local taxes would have 10 be nald
very punctually when the corporation
taxes are no longer ayallablc and thc
counties and cities would have to
speed M their collectors. Without
doubt this would cause for a Zinc
som" inconVonicncc; but the gain III
punctuality ana business menlods
would moro than countcrbalnnco It,
Indeed when rightly regarded, this
arpchrs 10 be rathor a nnorit or the
plan than Il ground for criticism. That
some WI not thus regard 1t. I foal.
Is very likely Ijut it hardly seems rca-
Sondplc To condemn Il reform which
even our Tax Commission pronounced
10 -" IN many respects ~ wise policy"
merely because corporation taxes arc
easy TO collect, willie some indiyidli,ls
pay only under pressure.
There seems TO be no sound reason
10 mink thnt Mr.. Moorc's plan, with
some, FlEht changes, would not work
satisfactorily.
The ncxt question to bc considercd is
WIZ 1t remedy the abuses from which
VIC now suffer-
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IL k,,t. n
There seems TO he -" doubt ,b.t
AyOriII win tbc ,.r.,t.~ ,.,,i ~,
cornmand. has stIc,Ge,irL in ci,,,iin,. liz
effort made Co, bis ,:,nturo ~ NM mn
forces Tho main botv rrovccd IN
riNCr again ri ,.oviut,to, .,bo,,, "a
O'Clock SUNDAY mornIn.:
Tho Y.,,,L c,., .,''.i ,i-,'i'. -
at Fort Jackson. below %.w ori,,,,,.'
lttolv came into serious ANA LlnnJv
collision.
pi.,>,,r IN ,,,
Thore IS q r"port III, ~" ,'W ,'r" ,yri.n
brukr out IN tlir OAK" h,,Iisn i,s"d ~
tho Nani<ocS ~ YorIlto,vn ro,n,,,,,,';
catcd itself tn sot,,. sn,.ils ,nt ~, M
tant and from tI,,,'rr .,,,,.,,; 80, -
MAGAZINE. Mlicl ,NpIodod with :, trr-
Of negro rogm,cntg n IL irii. 49,. T" VIZ,
several hundrnd vnrn t,lI.J i
wounded
In ti,c Gnn.t it ,r,l >,
Johnson. Of 'NIisso,,ii .,nnoirtni tn M
the va,.tu,.,- ,.rn,teI b,, NIX HAM
tn" Hon II t. Y. Fcytou. appcarcd
Yesterday and took his sou
The House passed Tie biil 10 nro-
m. curnlv ''''NN %
Air. Perkins rcnn,frI , nm f., mo
hibit blockade iunnin... cNcnpl ON ma
part of The .,ov.run1.ni 81 49,, r,i,ce,i-
crate states
From Ir,. ,ru,
rhcrc is constant prepaIntion in =
small WAY FOR tCl,isiiuas !,,nont. M
oilicors ana mon. rb., ,.und rnII. ~
nome i'm ino,,I ins,.'r'n 80 90. , ''.. ~
getting the he ealiaft boys -, , ih,% ,oiI
rlainIy tell saw ono hnl Van, Io5, ~ ~"
hand yesterday rontaii,inr. acc"r'ifne
to present VALUATION. nns less rf,;tn Shu1
YOU. kind rsa,icr. s,nt ills ~ H..
LIANT boy in the ncld9 WHY. if I must
that acconil,.,niod ~ Vas inrch ,n.'c
highly priced than all else that tho boN
contained
Among the improvements Introduced
i'm This army IN order to promote ~
cilicioucy ! ann nl.asrd 10 nuti,N me-
Shoe factors or..anfgcd h,- ,;.rcr;,I al,
hone iu his brigade to SUNNY His u,"n
they arc needed
"MarSo Robert" ~. Leo returned from
Richmond Monday after an abscl,cc
Of ten days during which III I.s
doubtless t.ivcu illiicb of l,ond ru,,rU.i
to- tho President iouchfnt. no niibIi-
"l2irS General I."e is u good health.
been Frequently asked Ia civ. no
names OF tin xrntl.tnor, ro,n,ri..i, ~.
the STAN of tho general coniu;iild.nr.
They are colonel Il. m Chiffon.
b. q saidwm. cHhq Of "rdnancc. II'fi nn
tenant Colonel J H. Corhey chiof
a. COLI. cher couinissgl... Si,rrnor =
Guild medical director: Lieutcnaut
Major Horny . Pcytou. assistant iu-
ills priv5te sccrotaTy. and Nlaiors 9,
day ye"'Dl9 and W. IL, T'}i9r arc his
Holding Out.
pr Arthur r. SMITH William RI
folk, refuse under ANY condition ia
take tho oath Of allegiance 10 u5e
United states required by General l..
+. ButIcr
fenced 70 be hug for 3iGime dessr,ers
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There ARC strong ARGUMENTS. based
aration OF tnn Sources ~ Si,t..
uu" from those 81 local revenues T.,
my last letter tried To stare ibnur
how they might b. dlsposod OF ~
some siilhr Changes il he rlatl a.
iut there are some additional ain
Culti0s On tic way Of ldoptiug Afr.
Moorc.s Man sr.riul dirrculifss t.f
arise out of conditions if01v pr,4yailfut.
iu this state They are very serious.
SO serious Indeed as TO convince ON,
That Tor us such separation of INC
subjects of taxation would not be ;,d-
visobie.
Tbe d,,..in,, or ,i .r. g.,,,..i.....,
ON tltie ,natt.,. is ,,t -, ~
is n wae ,oJ, ~ ''7 -.
lIhcr;telv snlartad H., tL, i;n.,.j
sciublv to roItdii,.f "a =, i,tv,,.tie.,,tn,i 49,
.,l rI.,t.,s ,,..i,,i,',- 49,,
art -rr.tin., ~ ,,,,,i.,i,,, ;. - "
dir.ct.,, n ia r.,.orf ~, 10
bilitv of oirrctiuI. "a Srt,r.p.ttnn ~ ill.,.
saiircas az t,r.,fi,, ~ a. ,,,rc
.au.d fot. Mamie tu-o n, ~
work Aud u,:,Ilv ,ybau ,hc, ,,,.ro
ur,n.,red 10 ,.nnr, iiH, ,.,,,,i,,,n,.i
-.rorJ ,fi,t ~ 81 ,.,,, -.,-,s = 800,
gallon .'cnuuot .,i n,,.s..,I lie .,f,7rc5
IN Virrini', cuci vns H.. ,i'iiiin,,
Of Inc ,io,.r,or ,h. Ii.,t,.,.,.. ~ ,,,,--
rI.nor tG. S,.ait, az tI i4,,
il. ,.I-i.,oau 80 tIo lst,.r.. ,.,t,,i. .
t,.,,. of thc ifo,,.N ma ,b. :.,.,,. Ia.o
lac. Lon
tu, Commission nh. dciiba,,tr r,t,.
.lusinp ~ surb "a ,co, ~ ,,,,,.,.,
h- ans .,rr,uu,,, an IN d.. In,..,.,.it,~
Of N,r, INV. .,,,eilIc r'.ti,t IN, ,i7
.npolreinu ,ro. M tt,s,i,,,,r,,l
argument .ud n f NC ,.,-,,,,,,,,,,.
thcv mn fo,.vl. ,rd ti..,t ,,.,Y,- tn dis-
ciIss
"'' WI" ~ tr"h Where IT'S TAU
>h"ni" NC.
~ 49, t'l'"' re commission SAYS
,ts H'ps' "t'"' "l ihr sources OF r"Nr-
- "i"a' P"alP".'H IHr 4 "ulhhtr
- - p'.''US' 'put'lH"ll"i ana
'iu S,>'Ss,i"eIt tt" prerequisites
~ StPdI az '"H. iiliS DC 50 thc
NJ S'lS'i" ~ lu'"'' ~" remote
mo- "a hti' fnr 50 ionS as me
"'l''i.H" OF IN l"afE fraud
~ 80 ~ S'u'IN pi"P'ftN i"N'
'i"nt 80 III "'l'|h I!DH ana uniform
IN +" ~ nV u.iiii'" Niitii snow
nuu'r SuJh Il IN system as ours has
~ 49, 80 itui NUM-, touh ana so
i's',''uuS' nI.u u, i'S"l.'' - mon
tiYT"aiH "iSp'oiVI' i"H,u L" ny eH9tt
"",, nc. tt"H| MS
~ 49, - u,-'" "i mn ~ ~
~ '.Vif"'.S'' 49, VI "a, iiic stoFE
,ti, "' q w iu U'','t '7'nt'a ~ .'h
nj oi,,, :" ,,I,n S"T" - or com
III. 80 iIiiutN. ~ Wntk
80 %'.Ii"a' "tN"! :, "'''Ii'I 1901 ult"
a., "ii WIN nv 'et-
~ T., n 80" "''u - " ~ - ""rst
49, - mo i'ca "',"iuc mere
~ ~ - 'I.D ~ "Sc !" pa ''H'ii Don
tr,,o..i, - . i'iuCi w. S.'" i"' q
.os.SSo ~, 7i - om,roi 9i
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Queries and Answers


Fir>t I.icctric Line.
Please toll me when ana where the
first electric line OF street cars was
established. E. f. W
oiuiltiUE experimental efforts. thc
Clay street line. in Richmond. Va
MAS che FIRST. II was established in
Sortombcr, 1851. and went into active
operation Fobruary g. 1855.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-26
WHAT WAS NEWS
FIJI TY YEARS AGO
The A,criIi Raid

Reprinted from Thi, Nc,,apaper,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-26

pr Arthur r. SMITH William n
folk refus. under ANY condition 1,
take tn" oath Of allegiance TO IN,
United states required by General 4
+. Butler
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tom hadly administered. ana the same
lniquitpus System somewhat better adj
Wlu!st"r"d' u SO, give us the latter.
hu, before ] believe II to be so. / WI
eat crow either cold or not WHAT
wc want is "a hottcr system than we
better administration am convinced
thdt rs soon as the voters arc awak b
cned to- the HpOrtaucr or the subject
Shall " HAT ,y,. Ny-,nf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-26

PITY the poor bacaeloF who las DO
t'ook;ng 70 M or b. flied
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-26
Chr Glmes GLE Dispalrh

Dps,ness oniee... Times. Dispatch Buidins
10 South Tenth street.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-08-19
STONES THAT GET TOGETHER
Peculiar Conduct Of Some Pebbles 10
Attributed to Material of Which
They Are Composed.

An English naturalist has lately Civ
en- some interesting accounts of oddi-
ties found in this country, and chief
among them is the travelling stone, the
size Of pea ordinarily, and yet some
times reaching six inches in diameter.
He came across 1t in Nevada, where 1t
is most frequent.
1t is really the querest little stone
in the world. for when a number OF
them are placed on the floor or on any
level surface and separated some dis
lance from each other they begin to
travel toward a common center and to
lie huddled together like eggs in a
nest.
II a single stone is removed four or
five feet from the rest 1t will immedi-
ately start with the greatest rapidity
to join It's fellows.
These stones are found oftenest
where the land Is very level and little
more than bare rock. Often scattered
over these barren regions are little
basins from a few feet to rod in
width and at the bottom of these ba-
sins the rolling stones are found.
The cause for the strange conduct
is to be found in the material OF
which the stones are composed, and
which is a loadstone or a magnetic
ore, which has the tendency to draw
them together.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-08-19
FrighnuI State Expense.
Woman suffrage.
Theatre censorship.

In letter in the Evening Wiscon-
sin of Milwaukee of recent date
Ellis B. Usher calls attention to a
portion of the first message of Robert
NJ. LaFollette, as governor of Wis
consin, Mr.. Usher says:
"The increase in the succeeding
thirteen years, from an average of
So, 100000 a year, in the decade to
which the governor then referred, to
an annual expense of over 5000, 600
is, in the language of the street, go
ing some. Instead of an increase of
so per cent it is an increase of about
900 per cent. The biennial cost of
the state in 1898 was S7,947, 43O
For the current biennial period it is
1876, 29s 900, or almost five times as
great.
"The scale of s3,3O0,OOO of annual
expenditure Governor LaFollette pro-
nounced extrayagant. But what has
happened since The amount has in
creased to over sls,OOO,OOO, or nearly
100000 more for two years than the
expenditure of ten years that were
denounced as extrayagant at the be-
ginning of the present era of politi-
cal reform in this state.'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-08-19
sNOWBALL'S RETURN
Young ProdigaI Saved the Wild
oW'S Cow and Won Wife
for Father.
By MADELINE ADA LEIGHTON.

1--WE have been friends for good
many years, Lydia
And let us continue the same DAN
lei.
The scene was in the neat parlor OF
the village home of Miss Lydia Park
ar, spinster. Her caller-and suitor-
was Daniel Bracket, ten years a wild
over They were a well-matched
couple, she in the matchless perfec-
ton of mature loneliness of face, fig
ure and mind; he in the strength of
a really noble manhood.
Il have waited a long time to ask
you the question nearest to my heart"
he went on. Il am disappointed,
Lydia-and trifle hurt"
Daniel said Mr. Lydia, I'VE can
be Straightforward with each other.
| was the school girl friend of your
dear wife. l am the friend of her
lonely, wandering boy. You have
asked me if l would marry you. l
will not answer that question till you
have taken Wilfrid back where he
belongs-to your home and your love-"
Daniel Bracket took up his hat and
left the house. He was not only
troubled, but sad. Wilfrid, his boy,
had been wild, reckless lad, impul-
sive, always in difficulties, but whole
hearted and generous to fault. One
or two boyish scrapes the indulgent
father had overlooked. Then one
night the son was member of Hal
loween party which wound up in an
accidental blaze. A farmers barn
was burned down. Mr. Bracket paid
fifty dollars to prevent trouble for
Wilfrid, and banished him from the
house.
when you have earned that fifty
dollars and repaid it." said the father
sternly, you may come back to your
home. Not before"
That was six months since. From
that day until this no word had come
from the homeless lad. Forty miles
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-08-19
Newspapers Like Churches.

"The newspaper and the church
are two great instruments affecting
public morals, said Col. John w.
Hicks, Oshkosh, in his address a. the
first session of the sixth annual con-
vention of the Wisconsin Press as
ISOLATION in Milwaukee, Monday.
of last week.
Thousands of persons, teachers.
and mothers, are guided by the
columns OF the newspaper. The
newspaper man has heavy response
bility resting on his shoulders; a
greater responsibility than that car
ried by any other professional man.
"a newspaper should have at heart
the greatest good for the greatest
number. 1t should not form hasty
opinions on any subject and cast its
views broadcast over the land, chang
ing the opinions of its readers with
out due cause. Men in charge of the
paper should hear evidence on any
subject of import and pass opinion on
it, like judge would in an important
case"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-08-19
When ENGLAND Needed Bread.

England was once on the verge of a
bread famine. That was in 1900,
when tho wars with France combined
with succession of bad harvests to
plunge the 'ountry into state of gen
eral destitution. "A law was enact.
ed" writes Mr.. F. w. lakewood,
prohibiting the sale Of bread till II
had been out of the oven at least "a
hours. Food was so scarce and dear
that a portion of the population re-
fused 70 starve In silence, and riot.
ing broke out in many parts of Eng
land. The acts against forestalling
and regrating is, anticipating
the markets SO as to raise the price
of foodstuffs-were vigorously e.
forced. A royal grant Of $500 was
made to one Thomas Toden, to enable
him to prosecute discovery, made by
him, Of paste as a substitute for
wheat flour."-London Chronicle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-08-19

HARRY X. THAw, the slayer of
Stanford White, made his escape
from the Matteawan insane asylum
on Sunday morning. The details of
the escape had been arranged before
hand, as couple of high-powered
automobiles, manned by expert chauf-
feurs, were outside of the gates,
at a time when the delivery of milk
had to be made. When the gates
were opened to admit the man with
the milk supply, Thaw made a rush
for one of the automobiles, was pulled
in and rushed to place of hiding.
The fayorite theory as to Thaw's
whereabouts is that he has boarded
the yacht Endymion, property of
George Lauder, distant relative of
the Thaw family. This yacht was
reported to have left Vineyard Haven,
Mass, early Sunday, and could have
reached point near South Norwalk
on the Connecticut shore, accessible
to the big automobile in which Thaw
escaped.
District Attorney Whitman, from
whose jurisdiction Thaw was COM
mitted, admitted that Thaw, having
been acquitted of the criminal charge
of murder, and being under no other
criminal indictment, could not be ex-
tradited from another safe.
Thaw, it was thought, was seen in
a hotel at Lenox, Mass, on Sunday
evening in company with another
man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-08-19

THE democrats have about finished
their say on the tariff which was
short and they are simply waiting for
the republicans to finish their wind
fest, and when they are through, the
bill will be passed. Not only are the
progressive republicans ''hearing from
home" but the "dyed in the woop
standpatters are being told by their
constituents that the senator who
fights against the pending bill will
have hard time returning to the
senate at next election. Many of the
republicans have indicated very clear
ly that they will vote for the bill, so
it is going to pass the senate by a
good majority.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-08-19
Wonderful Crater Lake.

Where once lowered the highest
peak in this country is now only a
part of the shell, and within it lies
wonderful Crater lake, in Oregon.
This is the view taken by biologists.
This was Mount Mazama, a great vol
cano, which, probably before the
dawn of life upon earth, lowered high
above any mountain now within the
boundary of the United States Thou
sands of years ago it disappeared into
the bowels of the earth. Crater lake,
six miles in diameter, is 1000 feet
deep in places, and parts Of the walls
rise perpendicularly another 1000 feet
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-08-19

away from Brandon, however, at the
very hour when that important inter
view was in progress, young Wilfrid
Bracket, brisk, happy-faced and bright
as a dollar, was making his way down
a stretch of railroad, whistling mer-
rily.
Wilfrid had made good" Better
than that, he had become good. He
could laugh over his youthful follies
now, and not believe himself very
much of a sinner. Still, he expert
enced a clearly, chastened sentiment
in his heart that made him feel that
he would be welcomed at the place
he was bound for-home.
'Ive done the right thing" he told
himself as he trudged along. Father
set me a task. Well, I've learned it.
[ got job among the clam shell fish
ers up Dalton river, had some luck,
and I'm going home not only with the
fifty dollars, but as much more to the
good
Wilfrid stepped aside to allow a
slow moving freight train to pass
him. Then he gave a great start as
its last cars swung around the long
curve. He stared in sheer wonder.
ment at the figure of little girl not
more than ten years of age, clinging
to the top of the iron ladder on one
side of the car and huddJe6 up
against its rounds.
1.-The mischief" uttered the astound.
ed boy. she must be scared to death,
or the Quickest girl l ever saw"
Wilfrid posed to catch at the ladder
as the car reached him, swung under
the clinging child, and supported her
against his arms. She was softly
crying.
See here, little girl" gasped VIII
frid, what are you ever doing here ?"
SNOWFALL was the single re-
spouse.
who's Snowflake"
She's our own dear COW. They're
taking her away from grandma, who
is sick in bed II she finds out that
SNOWFALL has been taken away, she'll
Just die, | know she will. Grandma
raised SNOWFALL She's one of the
family, and we get half our living
from her milk"
And where is Snowflake" ques-
toned the bewildered lad.
She's II this c.. saw the man
drive her in here from the cattle pen
won't leave her till / find out where
he's taking her, and | can take her
back to grandma"
Just here the train took a siding
and halted Wilfrid made the child
climb down to the ground and rest her
tired arms, by telling her that he
would see about things"
A brakeman and another man came
strolling from the caboose. They
stared strangely at the pair Wilfrid
began to explain. The man with the
brakeman smiled before the narrative
was concluded.
Poor little thing." he said. I'm
sorry for her, but she don't under
stand how affairs stand. I'm a consta-
BILE from the county seat Mrs. Gran
by owed some money, and there's an
execution out. l didn't want to dis
turb her by levying on her household
goods. so | took the cow"
And this brave little child followed
poor SNOWFALL" said Wnfrid. off,
Ger. is the amount very much?"
Forty dollars and costs" was the
reply. with a sympathetic look at the
child. I'D pay it out Of my own.
pocket ii I wasn't poor man"
IF ] can pay it, will you release
~ coz? ?" asked Wilfrid
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-08-19

Following are some of the impor-
tant enactments of the 1913 session !:
Water powers regulated
Mothers pension provided for.
Discrimination in marketing proyid-
ed against.
New parties admitted to election
ballot.
Direct election of United States
legislators provided for.
Initiative and referendum amend
ment to be submitted to the people
in 1914.
Municipal home rule amendment
submitted likewise.
Special marriage dispensation linn
tied.
Milwaukee sewerage commission pro-
vided for.
Eugenic marriage law.
Passed Linley bill for elimination
of vice.
New State Flag.
Common drinking cup prohibited.
State Fair grounds Improvements
to be extent of s225,OOO voted.
Measures killed:
Woman's suffrage bill following gov
ernor'S veto.
State control of insurance.
County commission government.
One day rest i'm seven.
Milwaukee City club bills to reduce
common council, have administrative
officers appointed and reform ballot.
Milwaukee school board divorce bill.
Brewery and saloon divorce.
To legalize 1000 saloons knocked
out by Baker law.
Greek-letter societies.
Repeal of second choice provision.
Removed of State Fair from Milwau-
kee.
Woman suffrage.
Theatre censorship.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-08-19
WHEN ADAMS FIRST MOVED
Started the Custom Which Mankind
VIII Probably Never Be
Able to Drop.

A good many sympathetic persons
have felt sorry for our first parents
because they had to leave the beauti.
full garden they called home, and at
the same time they have been inclined
to regard them with considerable
harshness because among other evils
they introduced moving into a happy
world
The spectacle of poor, old Adam
with the original stovepipe under one
arm, the sun-dried bricks of the family
hearthstone under the other, and the
family wardrobe rustling in an osier
basket on his back, may be calculated
to excite pity, but that doesn't exon
crate him from the enormity of his
offense.
Even the sight of Eve. barefooted
and otherwise unfortified against fall
of temperature, to say nothing of the
familiarities of the unfriendly cactus
and the singing nettle. cannot atone.
Their day of folly was followed By
moving day. and ever since they per-
spired their way through the Edenic
gates, mankind has been moving, here
and there and everywhere-and some
times back again toting his household
goods on his straining back, and VOW
ing that nothing short of combina-
ton of earthquake and tidal wave and
typhoon could ever force him to move
again.
But he goes on moving just the
same-and no doubt will keep on NOV
ing very much as If this game which
we call life were simply an exaggerat-
ed form of chess, wherein the player
moves and moves until the grim ref
cree calls Mate. Plain
Dealer.