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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-20
Foolish
Boston
Negroes

.illl 2
,i Nentucky Home" and 'Massa's In the cold
Ioio Er"und The colored folk thin, thc
race whereas they really constitute one ~ :.
80 e,y 'ew contributions to American cultural
~, Ni'PIneht inspired by the African. In maxim,
their protest. the Boston nerrocs s,,nn - -. ~
, M M both OF the spirit in which
NtrHfoster wrote and of the place his connosi
uohs occupy In the public mind. These two
songs are among the most beautiful melodies
mat nave been born North American coil
~ h.'>r SCI Il standard for folk song loro
which, be 1t said with shame. modern writers -
songs f2r the people have quite tailed TO main
tam. me stephen Foster melodies are n tbins,
apart In the literature of American music TbcI,
are distinct tribute to the whose repre.
sentatives are now condemning them ana tho
only excuse for the attitude of the Afro AmerI
cans In the Hub is that they have been led
as;ray by the example of certain thin Skinned
representatives Of certain white races i'm tho
United states who have shown similar seDs;
tirencas.-Dctroit Free Press.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-20

The Norfolk Virginian- Pilot ushers OUT the
Trotter Incident In this manner: TOO much
notice has been devoted by the press 10 me
insolence displayed by Boston negro towards
President Wilson Trotter is chronic Erumbicr
ana asitator whose methods are looked upor
by the more Intelligent and conservative of his
, race as rnschicvous to the interests OF tb.r
race Fortunately, Trotter is a form OF blncl
male that does not thrive in any community
North or South.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-20

The British War Office keeps on denying
that Russian army passed through England
to aid the allies in France. And the rumor
keeps on rivaling Banquos ghost.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-20

The Bristol Herald Courier notes the fact that
England is preparinE to Issue an additional
war loan OF 81 ESQ., 600. 600 and raise 600 900
additional troops and adds this comment:
This country finds the policy OF watchful wait
ing much cheaper When it is needed 10 mt
INTO big stick the cost of lumber Is dreadfuily
high
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-20

Roosevelt hasn't told us the names of those
two powers which are planning to capture New
YORK ana san Francisco and levy ransom" the
stanton Daily News points out Nlavbc he Is,
noundering in q river of doubt
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-20

Ihe Covington Virsin!an says: The Rich
mond Times Dispatch says that Ricbmona !,
beginning TO feel the effects of a new era Rich
nohd Is as mucltSswelled up over that Jredero,
reserve bank as Atlanta was decade or so ago
when she was selected the site for the new
Federal penitentary." Nevertheless Ricbmond
Is justified In swelling up" In popular mar
lance, Richmond is swell town. AS for the
bank. IN the words of the immortal Mulberry
Sellers. There's millions in it,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-20

Authorities declare that in properly coote ed
meat there is danger Of foot-and- mouth
disease infection and that il is perfectly safe
to eat it, The only other preliminary 1ues-
ton is the ability TO buy it.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-20
Iron Crosses

THE theory that military medals are val
liable In direct proportion to the in
frequency of their bestowal is not respected
by the Kaiser, who may safely be assumed
to have studied this matter as he has every
other detail OF war. He presents the Iron
Cross. decoration which rewards conspicu-
Gus service in war, in what amounts to whole
sale lots. The entire ships company of the
Emden, Tor example, this decoration had been
awarded, which has also been presented with
lavish hand to soldiers
In this the German practice differs radi-
cally from the English bestowai OF the Vic
toria Cross, which is also the reward OF valor
This medal is given with reluctant hand
never TO many men in Il regiment or on Il
ship. 1t has been awarded only once or
twice in the present war, whereas the Iron
Cross finds new wearers pretty much every
day.
The resemblance between the Iron Cross
and the Victoria Cross is probably not as close
as had been supposed. The German decora-
ton rewards military service of any sort il
appears to be in way the insignia OF sort
Of select military order whereas the English
medal is, as its inscription sets forth, For
Valor.' and is more likely to be won by
subordinate officer private than by gen
eral. In any case, the generosity with which
the Kaiser distributes the medals is an inter
estng sidelght both on his attitude towards
his armies and on the German temperament
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HasBRooK. sToRY & BRooKs, INC. =
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

Battered january 81. 1905. at Richmond, Va. ms
matter under net of Congress Of
March 2. 1870
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-20
Current Editorial Comment

There is something half-humor-
Gus. half-pitiful in the move
ihent among Boston negroes Ia
secure the exclusion from the
schools OF thsir ci.,, =
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-20

In this conflict the war Offices of all the
nations employed, save that OF the French
have displayed great imaginative power, but
ii the palm must be awarded it should 20 TO
the Russian word-painters. II is Il curious
fact that the French, in the popular mind the
most volatile OF nations should have re-
vealed, in this great national emergency, the
largest capacity for patient endurance and
restraint.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-20

FRInAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1914.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-20
Professors
and Their
Influence

ter armed against intellectual Weaknesses than
inc man IN the street presents close analogy
To what often hear said abou: the influence
OF the daily press Again and again IL has
happened that with the whole or almost the
whole, OF what is spoken OF influential
press arraycd upon one side in campaign the
election has gone overwhe lmingly in favor OF
The opposite side, and Immediately there arises
chorus of voices declaring that the innuenc,
OF the press has been shown to be nil. This
sounds very plausible. but. nevertheless, at the
are as eager as ever TO get the support OF The Sc
same newspapers whose influence had just been
proved to be nothing at all What Is the
explanation of this phenomenon? 1t Is simple
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-20
Mrbrlun0 Giulps-pisp

THE TIMES. Founded. 1855
rTE DISPATCH. Founded. 1850
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-20

That the showing made by tho
professors in relation to the vyor
Is one that cannot be pointed to
with pride Is only too true. But
IN certain way Inc charge that
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
HID DISGRACE FROM PARENTS
Cases on Record Where Convicts Sue
cessfuiIy Concealed the Fact That
They Had "Done Time"

In most cases men sentenced to i'm
prisonment are only too glad to re
ceive the sympathy of their relatives
The case of Nolan L. Gartner, an ex
convict who returned to Kingston, O..
the other day after serving a two-year
sentence for wrecking a bank, is an
exception. During all the time he
was in prison his mother, eighty-six
years of age, had supposed he was 'in
the west on business" She greeted
him with smiles on his liberation, lit.
tie thinking that the weekly letters
she had received from him telling OF
business movements were mailed from
prison through the friendly assis-
lance of the officials.
Another case was that Of Adolph
Rebstock, an immigrant who killed a
man in quarrel at Chicago shortly
after his arrival in this country. He
received sentence of ten years. He
gave cousin $4,000 for investment
when he went behind the bars.
The cousin opened a corner grocery
store in the name Of the convict. The
latter wrote monthly to his parents in
Berlin that he was prospecting slowly
He was paroled in six years.
The grocery store had grown into a
fiourishing business. He took his cous
In into partnership and sent for his
parents. They never knew of his i'm.
prisonment. Shortly before they died
discharged clerk told the story to
them but they refused to believe him
and they declared him a lunatic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
Wearing Shabby Clothes.

IT'S great thing to wear shaboy
clothes and an old hat. Some OIL IN"
best things have ever known nke
these experiences of the streets nave
resulted from coming up to life from
underneath. of being taken for less
than T am rather than for more than
lam
did not always believe in this doc
,r,ne For many years-the years be-
fore was rightly born into this aliur-
inc world tried quite the opposite
conrsa was constantly attempting to
come down to life from above. instead
~ beinr content to carry through life
. sufficiently wonderful being named
navid Grayson. tried desperately to
net up and support sort of dummy
creature which SO clad, so housed, SO
,ed should appear to be what l
,houpht David Grayson ought to APP
naar IN the eyes of the world. oh, l
snep< quite lifetime trying to satisfy
otber David Grayson in Amer
lean Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
How PaIey Was Saved.

The importance Of a word 10
season was never more striklngiy
shown than in an incident in tie
life of William Palcy, the gr at
theologian.
When he entered Cambridge
University, his one ambition was to
obtain the honols of scholarship
and he took high rank in his cas-
But falling into bad habits, he gave
up every thing for the pie RS OF
dissipation.
After one of his carousals, a
companion suddenly ex la med.
'Pa'ey, it is a disgrace t, waste
such talents as you have! Pm of no
account, but Pm asham t. ha e
a hand in squandering such gifts as
yours, and | shall cut your acquaint
ance if you don't stop it,
Pa'ey, did stop; he turned right
about, regained his position at the
head of his class, and after gradu-
alto became one of thu great men
Of his time.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
Spinal Meningitis Outbreak

Hancock, Nd, Feb. 1.-two
deaths have occurred and several
new cases are reported from what
promises to be an epidemic of
spinal meningitis, or spotted
fever, at the village of Burnt
Cabins, north of here. John
Mumaw was first stricken, dying
within thirty hours. A friend
and neighbor, William Gallagher
visited him and was himself
stricken, dying within twenty
seven hours. Much alarm is felt
over the situs ton, as the place
is isolated and medical attend
ance or aid hard to reach.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
WOOD OF IMMENSE VALUE
Greenheart South American Product
Has Most Wonderful Qualities for
the ShIpbuiIder.

Greenheart, the wood which the
Isthmian canal commission is DESTROYS
of securing for use In the construction
of docks and similar works in the
Panama canal. because it is said BY
experts to resist more than any other
wood. the attacks Of marine borers
which rapidly destroy piles and Other
submarine structures. Is one of the
most valuable of timbers 1t is native
of South America and the West In
dies, and from its bark and fruits Is
obtained bibirine, which Is often used
as a febrifuge instead Of quinine.
The wood is of dark green color
sap wood and heart wood being sc
much alike that they can with diff
Guilty be distinguished from each 9th
er. The heart wood is one of the
most desirable of all timbers, particu
larly in the shipbuilding industry. In
disputable records show that the best
grades surpass iron and steel in last
ing qualities In salt water, submerged
logs having remained intact for one
hundred years.
In the Kelv1ngrove museum. Glas
gov, there are two pieces Of planking
which illustrate better than anything
else this durable quality. They are
both from a wreck which was sub
merged eighteen years off the west
coast of Scotland. The one specimen
-greenheart-is merely slightly pit
ted on the surface, the body Of the
wood being perfectly sound and un.
touched, while the other-teak-is al
most entirely eaten away.
1t is extensively used In shipbuild
ing for keelsons, beams, engine bear
ings and planking. and it is also used
in the general arts but its excessive
weight units 1t for many purposes for
which its other properties would rem
der it eminently suitable.-Below the
Rio Grande.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
SHARKS SEIZE LIVING PREY
Man Who Has Had Experience Testi.
fies to RIGHTEOUSNESS Of tho
Sailors Deadly Enemy.

The question whether sharks at
tack human beings in the water when
the persons are in action seems to
nave stirred up a lot of discussion"
remarked Capt. Ben Michel, repre-
sentative of the American Pilots as
ISOLATION. Il read recently in the
Washington Post that Representative
Collier of Mississippi was in doubt
about Miss Beckley's statement that
sharks do not go after persons swim
ming. In 1878 at South Point, off
the Louisiana coast, Gulf of Mexico,
gig with four men aboard, put off
In pilot boat to meet large vessel
to pilot her into port. When near
the vessel the swells from the steamer
upset the gig and threw the men into
the water One of the men went down.
though he was a good swimmer. There
was a particularly strong fellow. a
giant in stature, and an expert swim
mer. who went to his companions res
cue. He needed not the sharks that
were plainly in view until one mon
ster caught him and drew him under
the water.
There never was any doubt in the
minds Of the men who saw this trag-
edy about sharks devouring human
beings. Ample proef of it was fur
nished few minutes after the man
disappeared beneath the water for the
sea was red with blood.
Miss Beckley. may have discovered
new species of shark in the Ha-
wsiian waters but there can be no
doubt that in the Atlantic, and in
other waters, sharks do go after and
devour living persons"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
Aids in Safe Liuhtino,

Possibly the excessive brilliancy of
the new high-eficiency, nitrogen-filled
tungsten filament lamp is a blessing
In disguise because it renders impera-
tive methods of shading the lamps
and diffusing the light from such a
source. There is little temptation to
hang the bare lamp within the range
of vision, as has been so commonly
done with incandescent lamps of va
rious kinds in the past With lamp
of such high efficiency the losses in.
separable from various methods of
diffusion become less important in
dollars and cents. For this reason
and because Of the unbearable bril-
liancy of the unshaded lamp, the new
nitrogen-filled tungsten lamp is likely
to help rather than hinder the prac-
tice of illuminating interiors in man.
ner safe and comfortable for the eyes
Of the ccupants.-Electrica World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
EXERCISE is AN INVESTMENT
Better Three Hours Week at Sensi-
BILE Play Than Three Weeks
Of Sickness.

Tennis Is over with for the year.
Golf is at an end. The great open out
of doors which has been the training
master to millions for some happy
months is closing up its season.
What are you going to do about it?
asks Golfers. You Mr.. Handwriting
Man who have sacrificed your few
pounds Of flesh to the healthful strain
and have received in exchange a tonic
better than any drug in the pharma-
copoeia, are you going. now that win
ter is here, to let your hard muscles
soften. your clear eye dull, your quick
ened vitality slump and slacken?
II so, don't blame providence or the
weather because you fall a prey to
tonsilitis or grip or find yourself pres
emily wincing from the tweaks of
rheumatism or hobble forth next
spring feeling somewhat more than
thousand years old. It's all your own
fault. You will have wasted capital,
the capital of bodily and nervous
force which you have laid up for your
self by your summers exercise. Why
not keep it up In the winter? Surely
there Is some sort of athletic oppor-
tunity in your town-club or squash
or hand ball court or Y. M. C. A. gym
nasium.
If there isn't there ought to be. Get
busy and start one. Indoor exercise
may not be as enlivening or quite as
beneficial as outdoor play, but 1t is an
tncalculable number Of times better
than none at all. OF course, there is
the familiar can't afford the time ar
gument, but the man who advances
this plea is usually the man who,
about February. takes three weeks off
to go to the hospital with stomach
trouble or gets invalided off to a SAM
tarium to recuperate his depleted
nerves. Three hours a week in a gym
nasium isn't very much time to ex-
pend. Five is better, but three, con-
scientiously adhered to, will keep the
average man going and enable him to
get through his winters work in
sound condition. Give it a trial 1t
isn't an amusement only. It's an in
vestment
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
The Inspectors DISGUISE.

Some days ago, about five O'Clock
in the afternoon the principal police
inspector of the Second district was
called to an affair as delicate as II
was urgent.
He quickly made up his disguise
For his bourgeois melon hat, he sub
stituted cap, the classic cap Of the
Apache. He then jumped into an
auto.
He was not recognizable, or rather
he would not have been If the hon.
orable inspector had not retained
upon his breast the red ribbon of the
legion of honor, a ribbon that he had
heroically won at Shoisy-le-Roi, under
tragic circumstances that no one has
forgotten.
And the malefactors in the midst OF
whom this disguised officer insinuated
himself could not refrain from laugh.
ing and are laughing yet at this man
clothed like one Of them and decorat
ed with the legion of honor!-Le Cri
de Paris.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
New Industry in MississjppJ,

The advent of the Mexican cotton
boil weevil has caused at least one
new industry to spring up in Pike
county, namely, the gathering. drying,
grinding and shipping leaves Of the
sassafras tree to be used as an article
Of commerce. The product is known
as "fle," and seven barrels of 1t, ag-
gregating $50 pounds, were shipped
to New Orleans from here recently by
F. w. Allen, progressive farmer, re-
siding seven miles east of Magnolia.
Mr.. Allen has mill made specially
for grinding ''file," and he shipped a
small quantity of 1t last year. While
the article is used extensively In the
preparation of ''gumbo file," the de-
licious soup which has made French
cooking famous, the demand for 1t
is very limited. The leaves are gath
cred in July and August and are thor
oughly dried in the shade before being
carried to the mill. 1t requires about
three hundred pounds of green leaves
to make one hundred pounds Of meal.
Magnolia News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
Little Bill skipped off to school

Little Bill skipped off to school
the other day before his mother
had a chance to wash his IA. e.
The teacher sent him to the
basement to scrub u but the
janitor had failed to leave a towel
within reach. Bill went up to
the schoolroom, however, with
the lower part of his face reason
ably clean; the upper part streak
ed and grimy.
why, Willie the teacher
said, how does it happen that
the lower part of your face is
nice and clean, while the rest of
it is so dlrty?''
Well" said Bill, "they WASH t
no towel there, an that's as high
as my shirt would reach
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
Proved His Profession.

In "Pierre Carat Singer and Ex-
quisite," Is this story of the Partisan
favorite: Out alone one evening in 1892
Carat was arrested by patrol OF ma
tonai guards because he was unable
to produce bis card Of citizenship. as
decreed by the convention And so he.
Carat, whose larynx was said to be
q whole OPERA" was taken to the sec
ton house, and the officer in command
began bis interrogation as follows:
your professionF" Il sing" That"
retorted the officer. ''is not a profess
sion l also sing Possibly" drawI-
ed our hero. but l sing better than
you. The case is not the same" "OhI
You will have to prove THAR Carat.
always fond of an innocent coup de
theatre, Immediately attacked one of
the most ford romances of his roper
toire-a thing of trills. roulades and
dying falls" = performance so aston
shing in that grimy guardhouse that
his captors not only released him, but
escorted him home in triumph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
A Novelty In Strikes

The management of a travelling the
atrical company demanded 2 shillings
for admission. The visitors did not
propose to pay more than shilling
and after a hasty consultation outside
the entrance formed a "theater Goprs'
union" Pickets were stationed and
within a few minutes 27S people
practically all who were there had
agreed not to pay the 2 shillings.
The manager appeared at the door
way and refused to make the required
reduction.
"Ill give you till count tweu,y,
said the newly elected president Of the
new union. land after that our prte
will be sixpence instead of | shil'i"a
He counted slowly TO nine and rf'-.D
the manager capituiPr"c
The strike was de ,art 4 rt
the Quonda m strikers tr"g l.rd IS
hall. and the union was 1i~SoIveo
an existence of about twenty ntu
Sydney tAustraiia, Mali
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
Never Be Confidential

The Cynic, writing in the American
Magazine, says:
When you are talking to any one,
always assume secretive air and tell
a few matters in absolute confidence
never to be repeated This will
add little to the interest of your
conversation and possibly prevent
your boring your companion to the
point of WEAKNESS. But of course
never really tell friend anything in
teresting, and particularly never real
~ tell him anything in confidence. If
you do he will become so absorbed in
his interest in the item of news, that
in a week, he will utterly forget who
told it to him and enter with genuine
relish into the work of giving 1t the
widest publicity"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-02-27
Chufn saveo Himself.


A little dog. unlicensed. bad been
'ound In the streets and taken To thS
Dound He was an affettionate AMI
nal and greatly endeared himself TO
III about the place they called n1m
Chum. and be joyfully RESPONDED
whenever his name was spoken. As
the days passed. other poor. hofneiess
dogs were put to death Finally came
Chum's last day of grace. and no one
had come to claim him The next
morning dawned. and the man VINO
was to kill Chum called him into the
yard Chnm danced and wasgrd his
tail. no doubt thinking something good
was In store for him The nan then
said: well. Chummy. your time has
come You'd better say your pray
ers." immediately the little forepaws
were crossed. the little head hnwed.
and Chum said his prayers. Az the
little body was still In this attitude OF
reverence a step was heard The at
tendant looked up and saw the super
intendent standing there There we're
tears in the eyes of each. Chum is
still living, but instead of being no
body's dog be is now everybedy's.-St
Louis Republic.