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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-17

Below viii De found list q INC
senate bills carrying appropriations,
he house bills covering practically the
same ground. Some of me figures
are unnecessarily but estimates:
MATES Omnibus state in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-17

Never hesitate about giving Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy to children. 1t
contains no opium or other narcotic.
ADV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29

tread; yard shanties, freight houses, and
strings OF boxcars narrowed the way. Then
the brake shoes began to kiss the wheel
treads more and more ardently, until Bland
damned the locomotives drivers and
brought the long train to rest-three min
uteS late.
In the same instant Major Maxim's low
but fervent voice floated across the COM
paratively quiet cab, by the white winged
hosts of Heaven, Josie, that man is an engi-
neeri"
Bland flushed; but the little speech he
had framed for Josephine was never spoken.
As result of Conductor Billings message
from White Pigeon, the railroad population
of Tehachapi had gathered in body at the
station, and they greeted the Pathfinder
with a shout. At Josephine's appearance in
the gangway a second and louder shout went
up. Carey, the burly division superintend-
ent, leaped into the cab, wrung Jesse's hand,
and then passed him down to the "boys.
About the same time the passengers, full OF
curiosity and all kinds of exaggerated ru-
mors, came flocking forward, bent on shak-
ing hands with the heroes of the cab.
Finally, however, after the relief engine
had hooked on, the aboard" was sounded.
and the Pathfinder, with futtering hands
and handkerchiefs at every vestibule, began
another lap of her to-ocean race.
Carey was summoned to the trainmaster's
office, and Josephine, her father and Bland
found themselves comparatively alone.
Jesse, uncertain of his exact status, ex-
perienced a bad quarter of minute; but
Josephine came to his rescue by slipping one
hand under his arm and the other under her
fathers, and starting them for the hotel.
AS Maxim, still the color of darby,
for no 80
with suspiciously bright eye:
@Jesse, guess that serpent is dead. And
oh. how splendidly you killed it! Poor
Papa, in spite Of his half broken back, gave
me the story bit by bit"
Bland surveyed her gravely eyes, the
serpent is dead. I'm a man again. He
glanced at the Majors broad back, still at
the desk, and added quickly, Josephine, am
/ the kind of man whose serpents you would
be willing to lend hand in killing all along
the path of life?"
For the first time he saw her steady eyes
waver and fall. 4If you are sure can do it,
she answered softly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29
Burning Up Money

deso
this
II
Norton disposes article
world
foreigners In
In SPENDTHRIFT numb
dsburser
throwing
bankrupt millions
It a a
lin of
these n Carlo.
Altogether
destroy
w established illusions
F.
when ill the best thing Nature
right
tin
showing bunds Nature.
of
good difficult
S the cell life in
toive forever 1t really looks could
human
YOU will find
called THE THIRD and the longitude
o
THERE also TORN the serial
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-27

WOuIu SIlll' DG lIlpOSSlDl6.. we nave
pedigrees of the livestock, but none
of the people. Our geneaIogies throw
no light whatever on the real quality
of the blood lines of any people or
any family on earth. And it is we'll
established fact of breeding that
mass selection" produces no re-
suits.
Mass selection" means the breed
ing from the best individuals without
reference to their religious pedigree.
And we have no human pedigrees
based on talent or excellence, physi-
cal or mental. MASS selection" is
the only sort Sir Francis Gallon
could have used, and it has been
shown by DR.. Raymond Pearl and
others that mass selection does no
good. The offspring take back to the
general level of their ancestry.
If this thing could be done, it would
be a bad thing. We have plenty of
very talented people now. What we
need is more average development.
And the superexcellence of human
beings cannot be generally trans
m1tted, because of our morals and
our souls. The superior male ami
NAL may be so used as to do this,
and the inferior males killed off
and this is the only way; but not so
with the human being. If Cations
scheme could be carried out, it
would withdraw the best stock from
the general population and segre-
gate it in small group of supermen.
The mass would lose all that the
group would gain. And it is the mass
which is important in a world going
over wholly to democracy. Cations
proposition is impossible as to it's
practical breeding problems, and I'M
desirable if it were possible.
DR.. Waters of the Kansas Agricul-
tural College has taken pure-bred
beef cattle and made scrubs of them
in one generation. He did it by the
same operation that makes scrubs Of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-27

HuSOuICS Is Tic SCl0uCS VI U1SCu-
ing human beings. It is the fashion,
just now. 1t is commanding the at
tention of many real thinkers and a
host of people who only think they
think And it is the occasion of more
uttered imbecility than any topic now
discussed. H., .
Defined in one very narrow way,
eugenics is very minor title in the
science of criminology. In a little
broader way, it is a good subject for
people to study before marriage. In
still deeper aspect, it is the mental
breakfast food of half-baked anna
teurs and crazy scientists.
For scientists are quite likely to go
crazy as other people. When they
do, we get from them elixirs of life,
old-age microbe philosophy, and So
cial uplift for eugenics.
One great scientist whose work in
many lines has been fine has develop
ed the notion that by the selection of
exceptional couples for breeding pur-
poses an increase of the number of
very talented people could be pro-
noted.
That notion. is perfectly absurd,
even if Sir Francis Gallon did put it
forth. His selected individuals
would, in all probability, not love
each other, or, if they did, would be
more or less unfruitful. Robert and
Elizabeth Browning were two
geniuses. How many know whether
they had children? And the or
binary reference books do not dis
close the fate of Robert Wiedemann
Barrett Browning, their only child,
so unimportant was he. Where are
the Dickenses, the Longfellows, the
Shakespeares, the Washingtons, the
Shelleys and the Millions?
If the breeding of human beings
could be carried on with as much GER
tainty as that of animals, by mating
superior men and women as superior
ewes and rams are mated, the thing
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-27
"ITIS NOTSUPER PEOPLE WE WANT; WHAT WE
NEED is MORE AVERAGE DEVELOPMENT" T.
BY HERBERT QUICK

,pYright.. 1919. by the Newspaper Enterprise Asso
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25

TO ;hc Editor OF The Times pispstch.
sir Yesterday on my way uptown
n novel sight mot my eye. The va
can't lot al lcncI son and Main Streets
had been cleared OF tin cans. DUNN
piles. otc and IN their places there
were SWINGS, cnutss saws climb
lnG poles and other Things that delight
tho hearts Of children. And the chill
dren. counted seventy five, with new
arrivals every few minutes Tine who'll
place vas ecetninG with them. and the
air was filed with their HAPPY cries.
SwecicT 10 my cars than the tenderest
note OF Verdi's most triumphant song
could be II the writer uf the ed-
toriai entitled Economics and Recrca-
Ton ia sour Thursdays paper, in
which he conveyed 10 my mind the i'm
preston that ne felt that Fairgrounds
were useless the swcatshops
farms and factorics' had swallowed up
a.! Who could play there. and that II
equipped they would lie in the golden
sunshine empty, deserted and az silent
AS the tomb, had boon there cannot
believe ic could have had tho heart
TO present such dark and deadly views
OF Jife, IN which all was toll crushing
the life and spirit down TO mere drcgs,
with sleep and alcoho. as tho only
snodyncs." He surely must have been
in tho Slough OF Despond when he
wrote III such Vein.
Where is the time and the money
coming from he asks. How shorten
the ten and twelve-hour day so a man
OF boy OF girl has a chance TO use all
this delightful recreation"
How easy il is 10 answer these ques-
lions The money? Thousands have
contributed IN this cause. and each one
who contributes brings this question
nearer It's solution. Might suggest
this thought TO tho author OF .'Econo-
mics and Recrcation?" How shorten
the ton and tWelvc-hour day SO a man
or boy or girl has chance TO use all
this delightful recreation" CWoman
was omitted IN this query. but | sup
pose IL goes without saying that man
Viii generously do nor playing for
her. He partly anSwcrs this qucs
ton for himself by tho statement that
machinery, cooperation, quick COM
munication and the progress OF chem
stry and invention have produced a
measurable shortening OF the labor
day" If he knows OF any swcatshop
or factory that works a child twelve
hours day in Virginia. our Labor
Commissioner would greatly appreci-
ate all tho information that he has
OH this score. and the condition will
be Immediately rcmedied and the little
one liberated
AS 10 the men, Fairgrounds such as
arc advocated by tho Recreation Com
gross are rot intended for them. | can
hardly imagine the serious and digni-
fed writ&s of Economics and Rccre-
alton astride a plank. sec saving or
"siiinnng the cat or pumping" in
the swings or doing any of these
things which cause the average child
to thrill with unspeakablc delight.
Maybe his childhood was like that OF
"Quccds," which may account for his
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
THE BOOK THE SUN NEVER
SETS on

1t is the Book OF the Ages hut the
ancient. apostolic work OF translating il
into all the tongues Of all the peoples
OF the earth. and of outstrstching
its splendid staff to all men. stilI goes
forward. Four million forty-nine
thousand six hundred and ten Bibles
were circulated in 1912 by the Amcri-
can BiNle Society, according TO Its re-
port received here yesterday, bringing
tho total issue OF that organization. in
the rinety-scven years of its being ia
os.26S,7i5 copies. In 1912 It sent out
3SS,Aoa moro Bibles than It did in 1911.
There We're found In the United states
IN 1912 alone 46,74o homes without
Bibles. Forty-two thousand nine hun
dred and sixty-seven copies were CTR
culated among tho colored people OF
the Southern States.
The revision OF the Zulu version is
proceeding. In Siam the New Testa-
ment in Laos has been finished and
some advance has been achieved in
old Testament TRANSACTIONS In siam
CSC tho revision of Numbers. Joshua
and Judges has been completed, ana
something has been ACCOMPLISHED in
Genesis. In Chinese tho Union WonIi
Version and the Union Mandarin Yer
sion are being pushed TO conclusion.
The transliteration of the Gospel oi
Matthew in Kurdish from Armenian to
Arabic letters has been wrought The
abic Bible is being improved The
Korean version is undergoing revi-
sion. as are certain books in japanese
Work is progressing In Bolivia In the
revision OF the Scriptures In Quechua.
The circulation Of the Bible has been
attended with remarkable progress in
Erazl and China The figures in the
former country arc declared 10 indi-
cate ''that the whole Brazilian people
is being slowly leevened with tho in
nuence of the Bible" Tho Ch,n,
agency has been an agency for good
IN a new sense" The establishments
OF the republic. (which II not con
scously founded on the Bible has
grown out OF Bible principles. ana
needs the Bible as a sine qua non OF
its success" has created now orpor-
tuniiy for tho Book OF Books. and
there WAS an increase in its circula-
ton last year of loaoe7. Las, year
was the soc!cty's hest year yet in
korca
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25

air. sunshine and exercise. We omit
as evident the sphere OF the church
Mr.. Ncff is partly right in Claiming
that to be OF the highest educational
value the pictures must show life rs it
is. without prudish or prejudiced CEN
sorship. The cleansing truth is the
final soal. He forGcts. however. the
mixed natare OF picture show audi
enccs Children. 'iw6men. the half
educated and the vicious. all crowd
them daily. They cannot all be helped
by the same medicine. Murder. pas
sion and suicide are surely real parts
nf life. but they are not the basis of
it. The? need not be empha sized They
suggest things that can he left unsur-
Scsted Here Is where "a broad and
sane psychology would help the shows
Practically, the exhibitors arc CON
trollcd by public opinion to some cx-
,cct. They should, however. lead pub
tic opinion. To do this, thew need the
right sort of censorship. They need
ais" To free themselves from the con
Illumination OF vulgar vaudcvilla In
the cid, the noblcr their vision. the
better :or the whole industry Ideals
always PAY
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25

tories are completely obscured by the
pomposity and .rcrbosity Of the law
makers. but they constitute fourth
house OF considerable importance.
Even the omission OF Il comma in the
transcription OF an act by one of these
public functionarics has sometimes in
validated wise laws. Tho cnSrossinS
clerk who docs not mind his commas
and his capitals is real menace.
There are host of other ancient
statutes whose past could be investi-
gated with great benefit TO society.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25

The newspapers and the movies
these furnish the bulk o. drama. litera-
ture art, recreation and after. school
education for millions Of people. They
are making public ideals II is time
both we're built better to serve the
masses We arc omen to criticism as
paper and We surrcs, some lines Of
criticism OF tho movies
The owners % these theatres in Vir-
Hinia expressed some pretty sane ideas
III their meeting in Richmond The
president of tho national league was
ligh; in saving tbat the educational
and moral possibilities OF The motion
him wcro as set entitcly undcyelopod
The question is. Are tho exhibitors and
the city authorities WORKING 10 dcvelon
them right Nh Ncf declared ,ha,
picture shows have reduced crime ana
the uso 81 intoNicants. and We can wcll
believe this lie says they have al
most driven The dime novel out OF exist,
ence Eur do ihcy not ram tho risil or
putting the dime novel spirit into q
more vivid auA demonstrating form
Some films on view would answer Yes.
The gst nf the problem is To house
.these shows in pundinrs safe and
beautiful to 500 that tho moral atmos
phere and conduct ~ tho place :
wholesome and purs TO provide die
cent Amusement, and such educational
and artistic contributions 10 tho aver
age life as may elevate it's whole IDEAL
Pure coIrmcrcialism win never do those
things IT will be toup,cd to make
money by satisfying tie base in no.
man nature. Tho shows mus, oi,hcr 10
regulated by adequate public measure.
or they must nc taken over by tho com
inunity and run as educational iustitu
lions. with amusement as part Of cdu
cation The Times Dispatch believe
that the public ownership OF this VITA
instrument is the final goal In IN,
meanwhile, ii urges quickencd sens
OF public responsibility for the kind o
pictures that are thrown before som
5000 Riehmondcss avery week
To the argument that the pictur
show on sunday furnishes a safe an
legitimate recreation that disnlacc
otaers moro vicious and debasing, v
answer that there are substitutes 70
he elbows The open air, music an
rest In the family are superior I
crowding into close and cranped thea
tres. Nature offers the finest movjn
pictures in the world. wieh added fres
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
INF.vr MORTALITY.

The ~" words infant mortality
are III o'is - '''''' ~" 'oS'iH ''ah
edY enacted every year IN every part
o' 'he "or'u' 'H'H arc 'e''lo'e IN 'he'r
sinplo na'hos 'hcH constitute 'cha'-
iease 10 'no"crh ''N''A'Voh. iheF
constitute Un"''o'Se 70 ''ch''o""'
infant n"''"'''H IS ue''"eo 'H INC
census Nureau IS ''c raw" Oh me nun"
DER OF "e"'nS oi '''""'S "'"eF one
year 81 Az =" i'V'' i'''""NS poFn "'iNe'
IN Nov ioi'' N''> :" INC rae was
'p'''. we nave nov az man" me i'icn-
mona rate o"' II Is communicated ny 'he
heSIc anu "H"'eNei - * p" i 700
hlrh' 'Np'eS must ne S"Nco'
lneH can ne SAVE" ~ S'''P'e AN" IN
'APe'S' mani "cd'ih ca"
pe oouSn ror eNd''Pi'' 'ns r"'e III
-" ''''' '"" !"
~ ~ ia" - "doics
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~" - ~ oo' ~ '"a'
me Ff.e 'or 'oe "noio "'''e vas lVs'
7. az '' W f'VNe"
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my u'e 'e'dus, inc 'o''''hu,''S 'oos
my e''e '"e..' o'e"" sur o"'''.'"ss an"
nu'e 'oO" ." "'e /" s""'e''o''e' !"
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saw 'ne '""l's
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
LAW WRONG 600 YEARS.

In tho reign OF King Edward III. the
Parliament of England enacted
statute providing that persons "of good
fame" might in case of certain oncnscs
bc bound over to keep the peace The
act was ongrosscd in Norman French
on parchment. Shortly afterward
clerk copied IL for convenience and TO
save wearing out the original roll He
did his work carclessly, and made tho
statute. through an error in transcript
lion. apply to persons mot Of good
fame"
For 500 years that enactment OF Par
lament has been enforced as the com
plctc opposite OF what it really ia
Parliament intended that a person "of
good fame" need not go 10 prison for
= petty infraction OF the law. but
might he bound over. 1t really passed
= statute OF mercy, yet for eighteen
generations the law has been enforced
as meaning that persons mot of good
fame must he otherwise punished for
oncnscs specified unless they could
provide bonds. 1t has been invoked as
a statute Of severity.
Eut tho effect of the mistake has
not been confined to England. The
wording OF the careless clerks copy
In lieu Of the original act has affected
tho theory. and IN some cases the word
/ ing. OF the law in all British colonies
/ and in many Of our own States which
have closely followed in their codes
/ the laws Of the mother country. The
1 error is imbcddcd in statute and pre-
ccdent II is so old that in many
/ Jurisdictions it Will probably not be
disturbed
! For more than half q thousand year:
I n large part OF the Eng ish speaking
I people have lived under topsy -turvy
law and never known it, No one woul,
know IL now had not legal fcrrc
run into the fact while seeking n duib
bile In the interest OF Annie kenncy
militant suffraEotto of window smash
ing bent, bound over TO good be
havior.
l. Engrossing clerks in our law fac
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25

Major Tankard j. Littleberry. OF
PoNhatan, prophesies thai the race for
me House IN Hanover Comfy this
summer is going TO remind the oldest
Inhabitants of war times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
Easy Travel TO the Northern Ncc.

10 the Editor Of The Times Dispatch
resident 81 Richmond. was horn
and reared on the lin" between Lam.
CASTE caste, and Nortthumberlanh COUNTIES
Northern Neck, and am quite familiar
Win that famous territory lying be
! tween the R3ppahannock and Potomac
Rivcrs. and from Fredericksburg TO the
Within the last year have Travelled
that county. read with much i'm
teTcst tho occasional write up by some
kind friend who has visited /, but
but who sailies forth with authority
to lliumine all who would know all
Richmond man on p Rappahannock
steamer said 10 me- that IL would take
We week for a let, letter 70 go from Rich
Just a fcw moments ago | read with
interest the account OF 7. o sandy gave
the country Ho might have said much
more and might have, as many others
In my judgment, after travelling over
largo part of Virginia YOU would
have TO go a long WAYS to fi!d hst-
people nor OF the soil.
Mr.. Sandy says that in order to get
To the Northern Neck lie had 10 60 TO
boat" i am in,Sres,ed to know wh4t
I for that trip. For the last fifteen Years
/ ! have been travelling on the magrf
cent steamers which take passengers
10 and from tho Northern Neck. aud
/ have always found them as comfort
! able az the great steamers on which
/ have Travelled from Richmond 10 Bal
/ timore. and from Savannah to Balti-
more. II he had looked mp the schedule
! he would have found that by these
I he could reach the Northern Neck
either from Fredericksburg, Washing
/ ton, Baltimore or Norfolk. IL he. Is
/ in hurry he can eat breakfast in
\ Richmond and eat supper at Warsaw.
, or lower Lancaster the night Of the
same day. OR he can cat breakfast
at Warsaw lower Lancaster aud
by tho regular means Of transportation
any day except Sunday.
I The Northern Neck greatly needs a
7 railroad. Soon she will have IL. There
arc many Inconvenience of travel Bat
there is more than one way To get
there, and there are splendid steamers
making many. trips every week 10 the
+ ericl< sburg. which is much nearer than
! Washingt ton, to get his start.
I MIR. Sandy is doing great work
/ The Northern Neck needs his help.
write this so that he and others who
I v ould advertise. or otherwise help.
| that good land OF opportunity may not
J be hindered by the fear of an inpps-
! sble wall. and he may not have 10
charter a one-horse or two-horse boat
! for the trip. nut may board one of the
/ splendid passenger steamers and go
| In comfort. lie will always find com
! fort on them. II. Il. MARSH,
Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
over here and acquire land and property

psssimisuc view OF life. in which there
Is no room for play. and al IL gloom
Quoting Or. cabot ''Seriousncss *
residual state into which adults lapse
when they nave not energy enough 20
DO anything else" The newspaper
editorial, WHOM II can't be ringing.
crisp, piiuant vibrant. stimulating. is
serious. u sinks AZ once into the
residual state a. y. r.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
4 riAn,sEE iNDIcrrn

For 70, these many years. INC Sou.
YORK Evening Fos, has been the self
commissioned prosecuting attorney
against the south. its people. its ,r,
ditlons and its institutions. Mayhap
tho fact that IL is 2dited by grand.
son OF william Lloyd Garrison. the
arch aboitonist. has had .ome,binr
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
F l. E S /!

IIorac manure Is the principal
hHtchinK place for flies.
Vt can he made sterile with eoal
oil, cRrboiic ncid, copperas water or
dry lOnm by mixing thoroughly.
Horscmcn, stnblcmen, owners of
horses and sanitnry inspectors. pay
attention! Cut this out.
Let 1919 he hyiess year
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
~ Editor In the Residual stat.

another generation so freely gave their
ail2 l. g H.