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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29
selt-sacrlfced victim to his antag-

onist
mond neglect this sacred SPOT? Sho
points with pride 10 ST johns. and
thither visitors are carried daily, for
on despiscd Shockoe Hill lie scores OF
men who have given their hearts blood
Tor their city and their state The
bcst blood OF virginia sleeps there. and
no one cares and few even know
Another thing ! noticed there The
state OF Massachusetts has placed over
Il certain grave in ShoCkoc I'M n large
granite boulder and set in this boulder
~ bronze tablet To commemorate
the faithful services OF one of that
States humble daughters In that
grave lie the remains OF one Elizabeth
Van Lew
Shall Virginia do less for her own
ELiHAHETH HAYES KYLAND.
Bculahvillc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29
OLD SIIOCILOE,

Every lover OF Richmond will read
Miss Ryland's article on this page and
will blush at that shameful neglect
which She so cloquently describes in
her account OF visit to old Shocloe
Cemetery
To read the names which Miss Ry-
land cleaned from the to.nbstones Of
this half-forgoJten Gods acre is TO
call the long roll of Virginia fame.
Think Of the great men Inferred in
those few acres-Dr. Foushec, repre-
sentative OF Virginia in The gatherings
OF the nation; Benjamin watkins Leigh.
hero Of the qualification controversy in
Virginia: Peter Francisco-a score of
heroes. And above every other name
in Shockoe is that OF the yirginian
who has 50: his seal forever on every
decision Of our Federal courts, chief
Justice John Marshall. Where cls.. in
America, except In our Hollywood,
sleep SO mary famous mon so close to.
ge,her?
We ,hink The thanks Of Richmond
are due our correspondent for point
ing out our neglect OF this sacred spot
She would deserve thanks had She but
trough; once more 10 the public mind
that forgotten Du C;ucsc!in OF the
Revolution, Peter Francisco
DO Virginia children read to-day Of
Peter Francisco. ana does the old on
CRAVING OF his battle with the British
troop hang in many parlors to-day?
We fear not, get il has been but two
generations since that mighty man vas
the popular hero Of Virginia folk
stories surely old Richmonders re-
member his fa'nc-his yalor with the
sword, his prowess - "a wrestler. his
marvellous strength, his ability to raise
4 cask Of liquor from the floor and
TO drink from the spigot. surely. too
those Of us who are old enough re-
member the thrilling tale Of his famous
fight with Tarlctous dragons in
Amelia. Ana to think that this re-
Inarkable man sleeps In "a grave which
not "A dozen citizens Of Richmond can
hnd-sleeps beneath u wild tanele Of
grass and weeds
Indeed. az We read our CORRESPOND
ents letter, We blush with shane for
Richmond How have We ever grown
50 neglectful, and how can We recon
Gle ourselves TO this dissertation OF
the mighty dead2
How can We forget our fathers?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29

City Musings of Rinsc bachelor.
There were costumes from green unto
purple:
There we're dresses of plush and of
There were fashions the newest and
And fashions decidedly null.
There were eyes that were brightest
and blucst;
There were checks cverlastingly
ripe
But / sat In my corner
And swore. I'm n Eonor,"
And pulled at my bachelor pipe.
There was many sweet invitation,
BesDcaking the latest in scents,
And many rapt peroration
Detailing momcntouS events:
Regattas. athletics. excursions
Were mine did l deiEm but to sec
But sen shore or mountain,
Or hillside or fountain,
Life had only troubles for me-
So I sat with my feet on the railing,
And fought the mosquitoes and
gnats
And gave myself over to wailing
That life was all satinS and hats:
That girls were but manifestations
OF papa's acquaintance with money
So / sat with my feet on the railing,
And ! said to myself, "It is funny
That no town lass is quite as dear
As that country girl whom I met
last year!"
OLD FRIEND.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29
STRIKING AT THE ROOT.

Those who have waited for the
question or prison contract labor TO be
squareiy presented to the courts will
see their hopes :ulaMed in the suit OF
Anderson vs Sterling, which viii soon
come before the supreme Court Of
Rhode Island Those who have no
particular interest in prison labor. bu;
love the riddles OF the law, Will like
wise find this case worth Watching.
Anderson, II appears, was convict
IN the state penitentiary Of Rhode
Island, duly arrested and convicted and
forced to work on prison con;rac;
Legally entered !nto by the State Board
% Charities OF Rhode Island. He
worked no harder than any other man.
was treated no worse and was duly
discharged at the end o: mis- term. But,
the National Committee on Prison
Labor, which had long been seeking
an opportunity 70 test the con,rac;
system. took up the man, employed
abla counsel and has his case before
the Supreme Court,
The interesting part Of the case i
the reason alleged In the plea for
vases 'quantun mcruit on behalf OF
the former prisoner The Constitu-
ton OF Rhode Island, !, Is con,cndea.
has q direct prohibition o, slavery;
contract labor IS slavery, the man
subjected u it can recover at law
.or his services There & nothing
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29
F L E S.!

Horse manure is the principal
matching place for flies.
1t can he made sterile with conl
oil. carbol!c acid, cOpperas water or
dry loan by mixing thoroughly.
Iiorscmcn. stnblcmcn, owners OF
horses and snnitnry inspectors. pay
attention! Cut this out.
Let 1913 be a nylcss year
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29
Voice of the eople
Fnctory Shut Down.

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch
Sir.-Rcferring to the notice In Your
last issue Of the shutting down of the
Richmond Electric Works by the City
Electrical Department. would say that
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29

\ woman suffrage orator eov, ,h.
"''N'n few yenrs woman nm he
clothed van INC balol II Inc pfesen,
Styles endure. It VII certainly be mo
short ballot
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&
ANSWERS
John Wnrr,sk.

Please. give. the main facts I'm the
ne ne oi The old-t!rne Richmond printer,
''uH NaEIock- BOSTON.
r.. was born in Richmond November
! 80 apprcnttced to the Petersburg
inteiIigenccr, which released him as n
c2inpetent journeyinan before the end
OF ms articles. He worked a while
IN Richmond. and then in Baltimore,
who're no assisted in the foundation
O! inc American and worked on that
paper ior some years. From there Ne
moved 10 Hagerstown where ne mar
rltd Miss Kirkpatrick and shortly
after returned TO his native place
where he spent the rest or his life IN
~ he became printer TO the Senate
oi virginia, and held the office FOR
MANI years. In 1917 he began the pub
iicatIon OF the Virginia North Caro-
INA Almanac, The work with which his
name Is generally associated. and con-
unucd this publication till his death
MI Warrock was distinguished
Mason was often called tho father
OF the printing profession in Rich
mond,' and was widely known as n
man OF probity and sound Judgment
lie died March :, 1855
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29
rWcnty-Thr1e.

nave never been able TO fnd any
satisfactory explanation OF the slang
phrase. now happily about extinct.
twenty-three for you" etc. AS
have not yet failed to get from Your
column exactly what | asked every
time. ! now come TO you for the in
You have probably been confused by
the attempts TO connect with this
matter Madame Defarge. the knitting
woman In the Tale OF Two cities" we
have somewhere seen the charge that
Senator Lodge is responsible for some
currency OF this folly. The phrase you
alludc to was common among circus
followers twenty years before it
struck Broadway" and thence was
scattered through the country AT large.
II came from takers game which
used 10 be carried with many of the
circuses. and may be still in use. Part
OF tho apparatus was Il cloth with di-
visions numbered and lcttered. One
Of these was always numbered %, and
had the word lose" painted in 1t. on
this division the faKer kept his money
piled up and the Sucker" did not see
the dangerous import OF that square
until he had been stcercd into an un-
usually large wager, which always
brought about his drawing OF the num-
her, %, and the consequent loss. In
the, old days the game used to be
called cloth"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29
Old Richmond,

CD Please state when the Exchange
Hotel was opened. CD When gas was
introduced in Richmond. go Who
were the tialts who owned plantations
on the river above Richmond? C)
Who was the builder of the residence
now standing on the northeast corner
of Sixth and Franklin? =.
d July j. 1871. i2) February Is.
1851, the streets were lighted from n
gas plant erected by the city. Pre-
viously there had been some expert
mental use of gas t3) The families
OF James and william Gait. (4) Ed
ward Cunningham, father of DR.. Rich
ard Cunningham who was the father
Of DR.. Frank Cunningham. Sec Nor
decai. $3.50, page 81. and an excellent
in the kirmiss paper, lately published
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29
Mnkc-Up of n Book.

Mnsc-Up of n hook.
When preparing a book for the press
does the author divide into chapters,
etc. or leave that for the printer? Can
you give me any suggestion AS to the
divisions, etc, of book?
SUBSCRIBER.
The author does the arranging, etc.
hiniself You would better make close
examination of some well arranged
volume and follow the plan 1t shows.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29

\ Puzzle.
etc. can each mt 4 speed of 40 miles
an hour pass n post in a half-second,
what time viii be required for them to
pass each other? Just state the an
sw:r. that may see if my answer was
right. G..
Hal. second
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29

doYefnor Floss. OF Mossacnrso,,,
holds TIC worlds record for nn,,,,.,
someraaulting.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29

40 matter whether free sugar 60 a.,
dered or not the people Of Louisiana
viii still go on raising cane.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19
Artificial Ice.

The method commonly used IN
making Ice for commercial production
IL to sink oblong tin boxes containing
distilled or filtered water Into tanks
of salt water, through which run Iron
pipes. Then compressed ammonia gas
10 released In these pipes and by rap
i'd expansion produces an intense cold
that freezes the water In the tin
boxes into cakes averaging 200 to 300
pounds In weight In cold storage the
same process is used minus the water
The iron pipes into which the com.
pressed ammonia goes run on the side
or top, or both, of the cold storage
room and causes 1t to become freez-
ing cold.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19
Of Its Kind.

Pennsylvania has a new humane
law. Hereafter in cities of the first
and second class, in that State, Il will
be unlawful to work any horse or
other animal used for commercial
purposes. more than fifteen hours out
of any tWenty-fonr The Pennsyl-
vania Society tried to limit the hours
to twelve. and to have the measure
operative throughout the entire State,
but were obliged to yield something
to get a. much as they did. II rs a
fine beginning IN a new form OF pro-
tectiYe legislation. Under the general
cruelty act In our State We have re-
peatedly stopped the working OF hors-
ea for more than twelve consecutive
hours. No horses are allowed TO
work days. and then, after a few
hours rest. put on for night srvice, IL
we can learn Of iI.-0ur Dumb AMI
mails.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19
PORK WANTED.

Intending to reopen my pork pack
ing establishment on Liberty street.
Westminster, on Tuesday, October 7.
1913. I will want from 10000 to 10000
pounds of dressed pork every week.
highest cash market price paid. /
will have on sale all the time, Pork.
Sausage, Lard, Etc, wholesale and
retail.
?. s.-The cider mill will run Tues
day Of each week.
VIM. +. MYERS & SON.
Westminster, Md
Phone 1877.
oct Il
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19
STRENGTH FOR OLD PEOPLE
\ Simple Remedy Which Favors
Longevity.

Longevity.
You act as though you Just won
dered how you arc going to get
through this trying season and do
your work.
You may be oVerworked or have
had a bad cold which has left you
without strength. ambition or much
interest In life; In fact you are all
rundown.
Let us tell you that Vinol, our deli
ous cod liver and iron tonic, is Just
the remedy you need TO rebuild vast
Ing tissues and replace weakness
With strength.
! prominent Boston lawyer says:
NY mother. who is rs years of age.
owes her good health 70 vinol a.
Hince taking It she can walk farther
and do more than she has for years
! consider II n wonderful blood
making and strength creating tonic. :"
We have such faith In Vinoi that
II Il does not quickly build you up.
restore your strength and mako you
feel well again. We will return your
money. Try Vinol on our guarantee
?. 5. II yon have Eczema try our
saxo salYe. We guarantee II.
Shaw Drug Co. Westminster. Nd.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19
CIernYman Band Loader.

A military band with a clergyman
as conductor is a combination which
probably is to be found only at Hogan.
Cornwall, England. whore the rector.
the Rev. Henry OKland. has Just com.
pleted his twenty.seVenth year ~
conductor of the local military band.
The rector and his thlrty-two must
clans. nearly all Of whom are tin min
ers. are familiar figures throughout
West Cornwall. the band being very
popular at various public functions.
The Season has just begun, and
henceforth the band will be In great
request for fetes. horse shows. and
sports meetings. During the last guar.
ter of century many of the old mem.
bers have emgrated to America. and
no fewer than fourteen bands have
been started there by corniahmen
who formerly played in the Hogan
band under the conductorship Of the
rector.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19
Early Responsibility,

A mother who is anxious to teach
her children to think for themselves
and to become responsible creatures
as early as possible, says an allow.
anee Is the best plan. Even a few
cents week, as soon as they are old
enough to want to spend cent. vii
help in teaching them that they can
have just 80 much for SO much. and
that one thing must be given up In
order to acquire another. 1t need not
be only getting they will practice
with their pennies; the idea of giving
can also be impaired by a thoughtful
mother. though stopping this side Of
making them young Jellybya. It wa
not voluntary giving Dickens had IN
mind when he traced bis pen picture
of these young martyrs TO q mission.
loving mother.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19
NEW STORIES OF BISMARCK
Painter Who Was Intimate With Iron
Chancellor Throws More Light
on His Character.

The memoirs OF M. Antoine de Wer-
ner contain many interesting reeol-
lections OF eminent persons with
whom the famous painter came Into
contact. During the Franco Pruas!an
war he was on the staf of the crown
prince, and when installed In the
headquarters OF Versailles came Into
close contact with Bismarck. who had
a fund of Jovial, II somewhat brutal.
conversation. After an intervie. with
Jules Favre, the iron chancellor was
asked what he thought OF the French
adVocate-minister. we got on very
well" said Bismarck. from the very
start, because he has such big feet
that he looks more like a German
than a Frenchman."
In 1887 the painter accompanied the
crown prince on his journey 10 Italy
When leaving the staff at Darmgtadt
he was charged with the following
message to the prince OF Battenberg
by the crown princess: Tell him
from me that King Humbert spoke
1atteringly OF his renunciaIIon Of the
Bulgarian throne, Prince Alexander
has lost crown. but gained an aure-
ole" Werner gave the message. and
the prince replied: 1T would all
have been different but for Bismarck.
Supported by him. would have r.
sisted hundred thousand devils. lie
turned his back on me. and had 10
give up"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
It's Centennial VIII Be Celebrated IN
Baltimore Next September.

Baltimore has secured the cooper
alton of President Wilson, Ex-Presi-
dents Taft and Roosevelt, the men,
bers of the Cabinet, the members OF
Congress and the most important OF
the patriotic organizations of the
country. in its program for septem-
Der, 1914. Responses from different
parts of the world indicate universal
interest In the celebration.
Among the features of the program
will be an assembling of ships from
the historic Constellation" to the
latest dreadnought and including the
Columbus Caravels, Perry's ship
Niagara" and forms of marine hfchi-
lecture ranging over one hundred
years. There will be a unique display
Of the Fraternal orders OF the coun-
try, the most imposing demonstration
they have ever made. The orators will
include the leading men OF this coun-
try. and representatives of other ma
lions. President Wilson has promis-
ed TO make the chief address.
In 1914 the British invaded the
Chesapeake Bay. They had pretty
much their own way until they roach
ed Baltimore, the object OF their at
tack. They were repulsed at North
Point and Fort McHenry. These de-
feats saved the Atlantic coast and
compelled acceptable terms for the
treaty of peace. Another result was
Francis Scott Keys Star Spangled
Banner" which has been adopted AZ
the National air by executive order
both of the army and navy.
In the celebration next September
the Star Spangled Banner" will be
rendered by a mammoth human flag
composed of thousands OF children
from the schools of the city, assisted
by the combined singing societies and
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19
GENEROUS DEEDS ON RECORD
Employers Who Left Large Leoacles
to Men Who Helped Them Build
Up Their Fortunes.

Many employers during recent
years have shown their generosity to
their employees by leaving them legar
cles. When Thomas Edward Walton
of Oakleigh, Portland, Bowdoin.
Cheshire, died he left will bequeath-
ing $12,500 and one-thlrd of his re-
siduary estate to Frances Nixon, In
his service at the date of the will. Mr.
Walton left an estate of s125.000 gross
value.
Very generous indeed was q Ger
man merchant named Hinkel, resi-
dent In Moscow. BY his will, proved
little while ago, he bequeathed his
business and his fortune. amounting
to s2.500.O00 to his employees. All
members of the staff, including clerks.
bookkeepers, packers, porters and
doorkeepers, were to have a share IN
the dead mans business and an
amount of money to be reckoned on the
basis of the first annual wage multi
piled by the number of years they
had been in the service.
Those who had worked for him for
less than five years were to receive
a Joint sum of $4,000, which was to
be divided according to wages and
length of service.
A London solicitor with > large
practice called a young lawyer. whom
he had employed for several years.
into his private ONCE one afternoon
some years ago and offered him hla
business as gift. The young solicit
tor naturally accepted 1t, and he IL
now a well-known lawyer with q for
tune exceeding that of his generous
predecessor.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19

bands. There viii be q brilliant re-
gaLta and ; unique naval pageant.
Julia MarIowe will recite the anthem.
The arrangements for the Centen-
NAL are vel organized. The Honor
airy President Is Woodrow Wilson, and
the Acting President Is James H.
Preston. Mayor of Baltimore. DR.. A.
B. Bibbins Is the executive chairman
and Allen S. VIII, vice-chairman.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19

Shaw DRUG Co, westmlnstcr. Md.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19

phone19-7.
oetZ3Ztf
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19

It is good way to circulate such
things, though 1t may not benefit
yourself particularly. Do keep some
thing going-silence is dreadful
thing; though 1t is said there was
silence in heaven for the space of half
an hour, do not let any such thing
occur on earth-it would be too much
for this mundane sphere.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19

Willie-Paw, what is slave to fash
lon?
PaW-A man who has a wife and
some grown daughters, my son.--Gin-
cinnati Enquirer
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-24
msderists TO kvenee Deaths.

New Orleans, La, June 23.-Juan
Sanchez Ascona, formerly confiden-
tai adviser 10 President Madero Of
Mexico, and Raol and Julio Madero,
brothers Of the late president, passed
through New Orleans Monday Ell
route from New York TO San Antonio
Ascona who recently came from Paris,
where he took refuge after the death
Of his cLief, expects to 90 from San
Antonio to the camp Of Venustiano
Carranza in northern Coahuila to join
the constitutionalist cause. The two
Aaderos disclaimed any intention o.
crossing the border. but declared they
would locate on a ranch near San
Antonio.
Many Madero sympathizers, who
fled to foreign soil after the over.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-24
Praise for mcAlester Prison.

Oklahoma City. June Z3.-'W. f.
Gordon, auditor Of Missouri. and D.
e. McClung, warden Of the Missou-.
State peuiten,.ary, were here yester-
DAY and called on Gov. Cruce. Both
officials had been % the Oklahoma
penitentiary a. McAles,er Warden
McClung pronounced it one Of the
finest prisons IN the United States
"No such work has been done in
any s'als as was accomplished in
In five years. and for the
amour. Of money the work is no.
duplicated in the United States" h.
told The governor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-24

only tLz- Le u renoTed from office.
One ot the counts Of the indictuen:
charged Mzhr with permitting L. D.
Allen, Al inspector employed il The
state health commissioners office, TO
receive = salary from the Ger-no CON-
pany Of Sedalla. No, 70 recommend
this compzuy's disiniectan.s Il IS
charged IN Indictment "a: tlis wss
carried on with the knowledge and
consent Of Mahr. Allen, il is alleged
II the Indictment, Invariably recon-
nended tie use Of Germo in all the
places inspected By him which we're
j. need Of z dis.nfectant
Other counts against Mahr charge
him with receiving a salary from
ar insurance company, OF being an
habit1al drunkard and o. -ermi-t.ng
his employees 10 pay their expense &C
counts. with his knowle1g 1ge.-OElaho-
man.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-24
JUNE q IN HISTORY.

l7N-A daily mail frs, Instituted IN
London.
.l50s-Goyernor Of New Hampshire re-
fused 10 sign bill agreeing 10
amendment OF the constitution.
adopted by two-thirds OF the
states.
lSl2-Napoleon commenced Russian
campaign.
i825-Works Of Bunker Hill Monu-
ment suspended for lack Of funds.
l362-Federals invested vicksburz,
Miss.
!sG3-Japanese ports are closed
against European and American
traders.
lS3t-President Carnot Of France as
sassinated.
l9l2-National democratic convention
al Baltimore, Nd. Champ Clark
takes stand in fight for his nomi-
nation for president.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-24
Depositions in nahr Case.

Assistant County Attorney 4. L.
Hilprt let- Saturday night for Sedalia,
No. where he goes TO take the deposi-
tion Of James X. Kidd. manager OF
the Germo company. TO be used IN
the removal proceedings against D..
J. c. Nahr. state health commissioner,
set for trial July I.
The Oklahoma county grand jury
returned an indictment against Mahr.
May :. charging him with certain ir-
regularities in office. The case. is a
felony. but the punishment sought IS