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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

not even names for most smolls. There
Is not much ono can say in descrip-
Ing Thorn. They are to be enjoyed
directly as incommunicabIe sensuous
pleasures. Like music they need no
analysis. Indeed, 1t is not a dream to
think OF some master composing
symphony OF scents, had we any In
struments that could handle so ephe-
neral u medium.
More interesting almost than the
immediate poignancy OF odors is the
strange trick they have OF lingering
In tho memory. They cling TO mind
when sights and sounds have melted
into the gray background of misty
time. They have q marvellous restor-
atiFe power on the memory This is
peculiarly true when certain odor
is freighted with emotional associa-
lions. There is scarcely n grown-up
who can see tho soenes shifting and
dissolving until childhood opens be-
fore the Imagination again, when a
halls OF yesterday.
The over-rich smoll OF flowers that
have made death less ugly Is, for
most or us. forever n cause of quick
pain and solemn recollections. The
fragrance OF roses in old gardens may
bring UP tho face of first love as vivid
ly rs If life had not scaled tho book
of days. There arc men who can
never fill their noses with the aroma
OF burning wood without recalling the
chill autumn when hunting season
and campfire lunches rested them
from worry.
No one seems to know what smells
really are. They have something to
do with d!slocated word "osmosis.'
Tiny particles hit upon the moist mem
brane OF the nostrils, and arc trans
ferred to the tips of tho sensory
nerves. Some of these chemicals seem
to have n pleasant effect; others. a
disagreeable one. There Is. no psy-
chology Of smell. as of sight and hear
ing. Yet there is no stimulus So apt
TO evoke clear memories as an odor.
We remember facts with tho ear and
eye. We remember emotions with the
nose
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
dice Of the People
Smelling Reform,

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir. Your paper Of Thursday. March
20 1913. prints an editorial under the
heading. Girls Are Better Spellers''
The article begins with the statement
That Il recent experiment was made
upon seventy four Virginia college
freshmen and n similar experiment upon
seVentY-two Farmville Normal School
Juniors. with the result that of Il num-
Der OF words the boys averaged 795
only SIS pcv cent. From the foregoing
facts this conclusion is drawn in the
next paragraph: The important point
OF the investigation is the need for
bcttcr spelling by boys"
Now, believe the important point
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

There are $40 lawyers in Congress
and stlll the President hopes for a
short session.
Cleveland has dog that suffers in
somnia. 1t has always been supposed
that this ai!ment was confined 10 cats.
Prominent lecturer says Mexico has
10 sense OF humor. Still Mexico in
vented chilli coucarne.
All that is needed to make reconcI-
iation complete is group picture of
BRYAN and Champ Clark holding hands.
Camden, n. j., hen laid an egg which
contained 5-cent piece, and still some
people claim there is no money in poul-
try.
Iietty Green's son has decided not to
marry. after all. It seems too bad
when he is one Of the few who can
really afford it.
It seems as though If all of tho
European powers banded together and
fought their very hardest they might
whip Montenegro.
But up to the present moment the
Colonel and Mr.. Taft have not buried
the Ratchet
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

AT that time 100000 tsince decreascd)
was given as the number OF lepers IN
india, and 100000 lcpcrs as existing
II India. China and Japan together.
There are unnumbered thousands in
nc East outside of these countrics-
lg,o0p is moderate estimate for Korea
alone. IN Palestine they abound, ana
literally swarm around Jerusalem, In
the philippines and Hawaii our govern
/ lums in self-defense. amounting in the
latter island 20 settlement OF many
nuna no Inc late King Edward stated
In an address upon this subject: "I.ep-
rosy has shown itself. and is spreading
In, our South African ana Australian
colonies. while in some OF our colonial
POSSE 50 ons its ravages are almost un-
cneckeGd. congress- OF nc, greatest
every few years to consider it's adj
vances and consult as To discovering
could give many facts concerning
the thousands Of cases At present in
south america and the West Indies,
and formerly IN Scandinavia though
now almost eradicatcd from the latter
region by thorough segregntion But
my object is only 10 emphasize the dcs-
perate danger 10 our Western states
Of tho East, Among The hosts Of in
Pacific cities. and thence hltcred In
S Ssyr co nireG cS. 9lm3st ndu9itabIy
! eipency The disease frequently dc
Nclops very slowly at first. many years
passing before its obvious manifesta-
tion, and We canAe9 guess how many
states to-day
There is another terrible thought
me spot state that confections, cakes.
Sisa,ett"s' etc are made by leprous
tives. and it is impossible To know how
many or these articles have been cN-
ported to usl
Lepers are numerous In Japan. and
in
late years several times whole com
munities of these sufferers have been
sale. and then burned. dead or alive. Ell
masse | could cite, if space allowed,
ease AFTER case very near home-and
ginia.. West Virginia, Maryland. South
Carolina. Kentucky; New Jersey. Penn
States have had their lepcrs. and sew
eral asylums for these unfortunates arc
now, OF necessity. in the United States;
British possessions The great Inter
national Leper Mission is the only or
established on earth to meet and over
come this. the most horrible physical
enemy of our race. Begun nearly forty
the terrible sufferings OF this wretched
class. ii is doing incidentally an enor-
nous work for the whole world in mi
tiatinS the only method for eliminat-
ing the disease G.. by the isolation
Of lepers and the complete removal of
SouHu from lnclr lcpTOuS pa
rents. as the disease is not hereditary
and the germ. though slow and inactive.
can be communicated. This mission
now segregates In about seventy asy-
lums 10000 lepers, and rears thousands
OF their untainted children in safe,
sanitary homes. This immense work,
now going on In many parts OF the East,
is supported solely by voluntary con-
tributions. An army of heroic mis-
sionaries. physicians and caretakers,
all undergoing the horrors of personal
attendance upon their patients. per-
form task beyond our imagination in
its details.
Among other cities, Richmond sends
It's assistance. over $4,000 having been
sent by the Richmond auxiliary during
the past few years
MRS. LYNDON r. MASON.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

Here's hint for the Steering Com.
mittee of the Juvenile Court and LUIS
tce John, a Chelsea Mass. fudge SEN
fenced six boys. about fifteen years old
convicted OF stealing candy from a
freight car. TO keep a certain o,,y
street clean of waste paper and rub
bish for six months. Tho boys are 10
he supervised by two policemen. This
IS good healthy work. helps the bows
by keeping them busy outdoors. and
helps the city by making 1t cleaner
This kind Of judicial wisdom. com
bining punishment with reform and
avoiding the stigma and dangers Of
Jail is a fine sign OF the modern 50
oial conscience and It's methods. some
ot the loafers on Broad Street might
woll bo kent occupied cleaning up that
thoroushfare.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

Over 1000 handsome bronze watch
fohs hearing the motto: Safety first
aafcty always" have been presented to
the motormen and conductors of the
Atlanta street Car Company as a Sign
Of membership in the Atlanta Public
safety League. They arc TO remind the
employees that the safety OF the pub
lie, bath on the car and the street.
must be the first consideration OF the
men who are responsible.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
Accordinr to Uncle Abn.r

What has become OF the old codger
who used TO tap tho maple tree in front
OF his house and keep tho kids away
from the pail with q horsewhipp
Every t.me there is vacant store
room In our town somebody comes
along and starts a new motion picture
show.
Any Teller who is In the habit Of
losin' his head doesn't lose much.
When the world does end some per-
son Will DO inventing a new mouse
trap.
Lemuel Higgins. lifelong Demo-
crat for almost six months, wr!tes
home from Washington that he will
stay there until he gets Il job. He has
already borrowed SIS from our Con-
gresham. Wilson refuses to SEQ him
The folks around here never could.
What Is the use of talking about a
uniform divorce law when nobody
would want to wear the uniforms?
The new style hats which are only n
loot across are so sensible that they
Will never become very popular with
the fair sect
We would rather be wrong than
vice president, and we guess Tom Mar
shall would. too.
Constitute Ezra Hand has got n new
scheme for to ketch the auto bugs that
speed through our midst like streak
of creased lightnin'. He has sprinkled
Main Street with tacks. the Common
Council havin' appropriated 80 cents
Tor that purpose, and now whom the
city follers try to rush through our
village IT sounds like n genuine imita-
uon OF the battle of Gettysburg There
was forty-seven punctures and nineteen
blowouts on Main Street Sunday and
three new repair shops have sprung
UP on that thoroughfare. SQUIRE
Htuops is holdin' court day and night
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
F l. E S.!

fIorsc mnnurc is the principal
hntching place for flies.
II can he mndc sterile with conl
oil. cnrboiic ncid, coppcrus winter or
Or! loam by mixing thoroughly.
iiorscmcn, stablcmen, owners of
horses and sanitary inspectors, pny
attention.! Cut this out.
Let 1913 he nylcss ycnr-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
THE REPAIR OF THE HUMAN
MACHINE

Senator Kenyon of Iowa. will spend
this summer in Germany studying the
workmen's compensation law Of that
country. He is OF tho opinion that
1T Is the greatest law of its kind in
the world and his desire Is that the
United States shall be abreast of Ger
many III such . legislative policy. He
points out that when n machine breaks
or locomotive is disabled the cost
OF repairs is borne by tho factory or
railroad. II is a fixed item of cost ON
the other hand when man breaks
down, either through accident or dis
ease incurred in his occupation he must
repair himself. lie has been moro
valuable 10 his employer than the ma
chine or the locomotive, hut he has not
heen figured an itom in the repair
expense account. Senator Kenyon is all
together right about the principle in
Volved, and 1t Is to be hoped that his
Investigation into the German law
Will lead To the adoption of n similar
statute in each OF our own States.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
Old Magazine Owners Please Answer
This.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-I have read with interest your
article on Waste Paper" and the re-
ply to-day from "Reader." ! would
like to be in communication with
Reader" If you can give ME his or
her address. The Episcopal Church
has n club for supplying literature to
those unable to procure ii for them
selves, and also sends barrels of good
magazines (prepaying freighD, to any
reliable person who will distribute
them. have charge OF the club in
the Diocese OF Virginia, and, therefore,
will be gReatly obliged for Readers.
address.
Yours truly,
MRS. MARY G. WALLACE.
Correspondent Church Periodical Club
In Virginia,
100 South Third Street, Richmond.
Note: Will Reader" please send
name and address, Of which The Times
Dispatch has no RECONCILIATION.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

The trouble with holding the Tray
elers' Protective Association here next
month is that when tho travellers get
TO Richmond they may he so charmed
they Will never want to travel again
That VIII be lucky for Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

The Richmond Education Assocla-
tion has q good Idea for tagging our
park trees. In Monroe Park and in
the grounds and nursery at Byrd Park
are many Interesting varieties that the
public would be- glad to learn more
about. Maybe the new park engineer
VIII hclpI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

We arc five inches shy on rain since
January /, That means we are almost
whole month behind. Can't we all
carry umbrellas to monster picnic
some day in the hope OF starting a
weeks downpour2
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
a Suggestion ON oriental Immlurotion

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-A few years ago l printed In
the New York World an account Of the
inroads of leprosy into our human fam
lily. and ut once received so many clip
pings and letters from California and
other Western States that I realized
how seriously. that subject had pre-
sented itself along our IAcifc Coast
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
Destruction and Observation-Disclosures.

Plense give the name OF several
Philadelphia and Chicago. what I,
good size at base for round pillars for
porch twelve feet high and thirty feet
long? VIRGIEfA
Trade addresses will not be ,,ivan
here. Twelve inches oU''
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
NS'ills.

If n will be written and signed in
the hand OF tho testator, does IL need
witnesses" May a man leave all his
property to his wife. excluding his chill
dren? VIII such viii be legal with
out Witnesses w r II
Yes. Yes. Such will Is legal with
out being witnessed If IL be entirely, in
the hand OF tho testator "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

Norfolk Is sprinklinG tho streets
with salt water these days. That town
knows 1t has to be taken with a grain
Of salt. so furnishes 1t gratis.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

Can any one tell how much value n
line of distinguished ancestry is to a
man or calculate how much he is likely
to be Influenced by his hcredity?
T r. Nj
Certainly not. There Is not the
faintest hope to guage with any ac
curacy the effect OF heredity along
even physical lines. let alone the moral
,posteriori argument would be Of
value. and this, entirely of the Ten
ample" sort, would so vary as to fix
no law. About as soon as the inves
tigator came TO ono conclusion he
would find tho daughter of n hundred
carls in Jail or worse, and, though
1t would seem insensatc folly To denv
these hereditary values, tho investi-
gators, poets and romancists have hcid
the lists for every theme from the
simultaneous sorority of Mistress
Judith O'Grady and the coloners wife
to the variegated caste mark Of the
We're de We're
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
Old Library belongings.

With thanks for the address fur
nished by YOU some time ago, which
enabled mo TO sell at good prices sew
eral hundred old books, I have now
To ask you TO give INC tho name and
address OF some dealer who would
buy old letters, etc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
LinMOr JnM.

Under tho Virginia liquor law, can a
family make, English ale for It's own
consumption? INQUIRER -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
Civil Service.

Does one have TO take an examination
FOR the place OF postmaster of n fourtb'
class ONCE! SUBSCRIBER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
A DNfc.

Please inform me what day OF the
week was May 16. 1873.
Friday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

NILS. T. =. G.
vate reply. Tho dealer who bouaht
Tho books would be rs likely to want
the letters as any ono else
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

Some folks must have lodged be-
cause Bell Day sounds so much like
NH Day
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

=
The Department of Agriculture,
Washington. ID. c., viii send you bulle.
tins covering the matter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
&
ANSWERS
Alfalfa.

Please tell me how TO get intorma-
ton on tho growing OF alfalfa?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

tn new tariff bill may not suit tn
captains o industry, but 1t ticl<les tn
boys In tn trenches Lafe Bud has
quit hghtin' wsth his wife cause It
costs too much t. mako up.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
Capital Punishment.

Capital PunIshmenf.
Will you inform me where I NAV
get information to the matter Of
the good or bad effect of capital nun
ishment? VIRGINIA s
If YOU will write Samuel Cohen. ESQ
10 East Grace Street, Richmond. Va
he will gladly place Mt your service
the result Of his extended investigation
of this matter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

Carnegie Hero Fund.
Please give the address Of some
official Of the Carnegie Hero Fund
f. NJ. Wimot. Pittsburgh, Pa Is
the secretary.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-13
Two Fiyhts in Montana

Butte, Mont, June 13.-MOntana
comes back on the pugilistic map again
tonight, when two fights are staged
here. Fighting Bob Moha and Jack
Dillon meet at the Copper City club and
Eddie McGoOrty and Jimmy Clabby
fight at the Treasure State club. Both
are scheduled to go 70 rounds. These
are the first two matches of any i'm.
portance to be staged in Montana since
the passing of the law legalizing box
ing by the last legislature. Today is
Miners Union Day, the biggest holiday
of the year in Butte, and both matches
are expected to draw capacity audi.
enees.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-13
DON'T GIVE UP IF YOU
ARE SENT BACK TO MINORS

Don t be discouraged if you get sent
back to the minors, said Joe Tinker to
one of the juniors the other day. AL
ways figure it out that you will i'm.
prove with experience, or else that the
manager didn 7 know how good you
really were-that in either event some
big club will surely call you back.
Correet-lots of them have been pol
ished by an extra session in the minors,
and lots more have shown that the first
manager didn't know a ball player
when he saw one. Incidental to this
train of thought: How about Wally
Smith, whom the Cardinals sent SouthP
Everybody in the South says that
Wally became the best ball player in
Dixie-and he would have shown high
class at st, Louis if worked often
enough to demonstrate.
Yeah, they do guess 'em wrong now
and then. Gavvy was turned back three
or four times, but look at his hitting
nOwl Gandil and Moeller, aye, and
Foster, too, all of them pretty nifty
cogs in, the great Washington machine,
were turned back as being way below
the fast standard. George Mcbride
got two or three kicks out of big socie.
ty. Jimmy Archer got two or three
boilers with lurid adiectives, Strunk
bobbed in and out and in again. The
Giants condemned Danny Murphy as a
won't-do performer Jesse Burkett got
the hook from New York only to come
back as demon batsman. Lots and lots
Of 'em the same way. Young man, if
you have confidence and gall, don t
worry when they tell you to pack and
pop away.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-13
CAPTAIN WILL NOT
Be IN BIG MEET
Mcclure Olympic Distance Runne.
Will Be Left Behind, 1t Is An.
nounced by Hayward.

University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore,
June lS.-Trainer "Bil" Hayward will
lead nine athletes to Portland today TO
represent the University of Oregon in
the annual track and field meet of the
Pacific Northwest Athletic Association
Saturday. Captain Walter Mcclure,
Olympic distance runner, will not be
one of the delegation.
The reason that Hayward is leaving
Mcclure behind is that the rangy run.
ner has turned out for practice only
one night since the conference meet
almost two weeks ago. "Captain or no
captain" says Hayward, "all candi.
dates look alike to me-" Mcclure
pleads badly strained tendon in his
right leg. The Oregon captain has been
out of condition the entire season.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-13

THIS PITCHER GOOD
FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS
something About History of Nichols
Who Is in Automobile Business
in Kansas City.

II you want to arouse an old-tim;
ian, whisper to him, "Pid Nichols"
1t is a broad statement, but tbou
sands will support it, that baseball
never produced a finer gentleman, 8
greater pitcher. or a more splendid
type of man than Charles A. Nichols
Today he is owner Of flourishinr
automobile sales agency and a bowling
alley in Kansas City.
When he was 90, slender in build
boyish in appearance, Nichols earned
the mOnicker, "Kid," which has stucl,
TO him like burr, by pitching Boston
into the championship in 1891
Boston won the pennant in 1891. '92,
'93, '97 ad '9S, and Nichols was al.
ways there, doing his share, and more.
In those five years the "kid" pitched
222 games, of which he won 1856, giving
him the wonderful average of 7O2.
In the early '9O's baseball was a
rough and rowdy game. The Tebeaus,
the McGraws, the Burketts and the
Kellys were in the ascendent and Bal.
timore, Cleveland and Pitsburg were
especially hard teams to handle. PLAY.
ers surged about the umpires, uues-
tioning every other decision, but Mich
OILS was at all times quiet and orderly
until play was resumed, when he quick.
~ retired the batter
The best hitters were clay in the
hands Of Nichols when he was in his
prime. No mater how rough or un.
ruly they were, the players always re.
spected Nichols as a man and as a
pitcher
Behind the "Kid" on the old Boston
team were Tom Tucker, Herman Long,
Bobby Lowe, Hugh Duffy, Tom Me-
Carthy, King Kelly, Charlie Camel,
Charlie Bennett, stivets and Staley.
Some baseball team, folksl
Nichols was as great a pitcher in his
day as Mathewson, Bender, Walsh, Joe
Woods or any star of today. He did
everything they do, equally as well,
and he faced more great batters than
the stars are now called upon to meet.
He does not believe the game is any
Faster than when he pitched for Bos;
ton. He unhesitatingly names Morde.
cal Brown as the game s greatest pitch
er, and the miner may feel proud at
the compliment, coming as it does from
a man who many believe is entitled
to the honor hiself.
Two men are named by Nichols as
the greatest players One is Frank
who is managing the High
landers this season and the other is
Herman Long, the great Boston short.
stop.
Nichols career began in Kansas City
in 1887; he was with Memphis and
Kansas City in 1sSS, and in 1889 with
Omaha. He went to Boston in 1910 and
until 1902, when he returned
to Kansas City, remaining through
1908 In 1904 he was with the st.
the same team and the Phillies, where
Louis Cardinals and the next year with
he closed his major league career
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-13
Tinker Suspended.

Cincinnati, June 13.-President Au.
gust Hermann, of the Cincinnati Ma.
tional league team, received word yes.
terday from President Lynch, of the
league, that Manager Tinker has been
suspended for his conduct in Wednes,
days game, pending the receipt of the
umpire's official version of the affair.
Tinker had fist fight with Second
Raseman Knabe, of the Philadelphia
team.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-13
Pitched Last GANG.

Vancouver, B. G., June 13.-"Jim.
my" Agnew, of the Portland Colts, has
pitched his last game of baseball, ac.
cording to DR.. Bruitt, the Tacoma bone.
setter. Jimmy has been suffering
from a lame arm for some time past,
and for the greater part of the season
has been unable to raise it as high as
his shoulder.