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The Lamar register., 1915-04-28

And odd trick of fate made of me
an amateur aviator. My father had
been a professional balloonist. The
average of life among men who fol
low that line Is brief. and was called
from college to attend his funeral
My mother had died sever Al years pre-
vlously, but an aunt had been faith
ful housekeeper.
My ambition was the ls y and had
been a credit in my cole ;e class. In
fact was so far ahead hat another
year would have seen me fully quail
lied to enter the official legal exami-
nations
It's come, Bertram," remarked my
aunt day after the funeral What /
suspected / find to be true, what /
feared has come with full force
You mean? ?" asked. fairly troubled
at her serious words
That your father has left nothing
but debts"
You amaze met" | said, and stood
shocked at a flashing thought Of this
dear old woman left stranded, and
gave a gulp of dismay as | remem-
bered Fay-loving. peerless Fay. the
only girl | had ever loved or ever
would love.
These later years" went on my
aunt, your father has devoted all his
time and money towards perfecting a
dirigible airship. His dream was to
inaugurate an aeronautic mail serv-
ice l fear my little savings have
gone into the scheme. grieve, be
cause believe further that Fays
father. the judge. risked his pension
in the investment The family law
yer this morning sent me the results
OF his investigation. They are fairly
appalling"
Within an hour I knew that my
legal aspirations were doomed Near
ly all my father could raise of money
had gone into an impossible aerial
mail cloud climber My aunt's little
savings were swallowed up. The Judge
had invested all he had.
IF your father had only lived an
other year" he said. how the world
inyentionl Someone else will perfect
1t and attain fame" added the honest
jurist with sigh so We have pushed
the world ahead as pioneers That is
one satisfaction. As to the rest-I
presume my past services on the
bench will win me an humble clerk
ship somewhere.
The Lamar register., 1915-04-28
Our ToIeranee-for Ourselves.

"One of the greatest difficulties with
which Christians have to deal" writes
A. c. Benson. lis the tolerance with
which they regard their own chaTac
tiers. which is quite different from the
way in which they see and mark the
faults of others. We make every al
lowance for ourselves, because we
know our own difficulties and tempta
lions. The results of many OF our own
faults escape us. We are quick-tem.
pered and excuse IT by saving We say
frankly what we think, or We are sui
The Lamar register., 1915-04-28

What n real self-denial? A CORE
spondent claims to have witnessed
an instance of the true spirit OF 1t
this week. 1t was in a bus going to
Liverpool street. and the conductor
was upstairs collecting fares. A boy
had only Just jumped on when
Salvation Army officer brought his box
round asking for lust little some
thing toward the fund" The boy was
the first to put a copper in the box,
and as he evidently had no more
money, he simply got on the bus
again and walked.-London Chronicle.
The Lamar register., 1915-04-28

len and pretend to ourselves that We
restrain our outbreaks of temper. and
know what our faults are more truly
than we know ourselves; while we
take refuge in thinking we are well
intentioned and that God will not be
hard on u.s."
The Lamar register., 1915-04-28

The colonel was particularly bitter
against Fleming because in some way
he associated the fall Of prices with
the new organizations doings. AS an
independent he, in turn, had borne
the brunt OF good deal of criticism
among his neighbors. That was GER
tainly a bad time for Fleming and
Molly ia fall in love.
When Molly told her father he was
furious. He stamped out OF the house
to his neis hbor's boundary, and. see
ing him at work among his trees,
shook his fist at him.
Don't you ever dare to cross my
line again. or I'll set the dogs on you.
and horsewhip you into the bargainl"
he yelled
Bitter recrimination followed. tears
from Molly that evening. when the
colonel told her. and then Molly's own
outburst which cowed her father.
Il am willing not to see John Elem
ing again as long as you live." she
sobbed. But | won't promise to give
him up. and l think you are the most
hateful old man I've ever known"
The colonel chewed that over his
pipe. Hateful old man" She was
waiting for him to die to marry that
scoundrel! He changed a good deal
the next summer. A GOODNESS had
sprung up between himself and his
daughter. and he would give a good
deal to have been able to recall his
edict But he was too proud to do SO.
Secretly he thought a good deal of
young Fleming.
Fleming had never crossed his line,
The two men passed without speak
ing. II Molly ever broke her prom
Use, the colonel knew nothing Of 1t.
A week passed. He chafed at the
illness which kept him indoors. He
had obstinately refused to have his
crop picked. The commission men
were as bad as the packers. he swore;
he would let the fruit rot on the
trees, and cut them down that winter
for lumber.
He knew that a second year OF fail
ure would mean bankruptcy. The two
dollars Lemaitre, the packer, offered
him would save him. But he was too
stubborn to make the compromise OF
sz25 which Lemaitre reluctantly Of
fered
That was in February. On the goth
of the month q norther came sweep
ing down through the middle West.
When II sent the temperature OF
Louisville to ten above the weather
bureau began to telegraph warnings.
When the colonel heard the telephone
ring It marked l5 above in Nashville.
Molly told the colonel SO.
Wen get gang and light
smudges." answered old Travers.
I'm going to save that crop"
Then you'll sell. father"
mo. I'll let It rot on the trees. But
I'll have the satisfaction OF letting 1t
ripen before it rots," he answered.
The telephone rang again. 1t was
20 above In Jacksonville. the lowest
known since the great freeze OF 80.
which put back the orange area for
300 miles southwark.
Its 81 outside. father"
Almost Immediately Lemaitre called
him up on the telephone.
Colonel Travers." he said stiffiy.
Its 80 In Tampa, We might have
time to save half your fruit with
smudge-iires. I've got a gang ready to
work at my expense II you'll sell at
dollar a box"
"Confound your impudence!' roared
the colonel. Tell him that Molly"
Molly softened it somewhat But 1t
was now 80 ON the veranda. Three
dagraaa lpwar and the frost would min
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-04
WHAT LABOR is DOING FOR ENGL AND

To tho Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Thc editorial IN to-da;'s paper
~ Contrast" contains an Interesting
example OF a general statement. which
is so common and so fal!acious. You
say. while stout working men OF the
United Kingdom arc striking for high
or wages, women and AGED men OF
the Republic Of France are pouring
out their treasured gold FOR the de-
fcnsc Of the Nation" Ana this con-
trast. YOU say. must create Il feel
ing akin to shame" in tile Anglo SAY
ons the world over
Your statement sounds as II you
meant that all stout worhin. men in
the United Kingdom are striking and
no women ana a"cd men IN the United
Kingdom are pouring out thcir treas
ured gold for the defense OF the Nal
ton"
Bnt arc not tho women and aged
men OF tho United Kin9dpT pouring
out their treasured gold for the de-
Tense of the Nation?' Sir. w J.;
Dowding. who knows more about it
than perhaps anyone else. says that.
not TO mention individual gifts Of
friends and relatives. they have given
twenty-five million pounds in charity.
besides standing enormous increase in
taNes-the income tax has been dou-
bled
AS to the stout workmcn. certainly
as II class. they have responded nobly
to the call OF their country, as every
body knows Eut you must remember
that the Germans arc not III ENGLAND.
and they arc in France: ana ina gina
tion is not the striking charact cri:ti ia
of us Anglo SaXonS, on perhaps OF the
working or uncducated class of any
Nation. And there is another thing
that must he remembered: a hatred
Of injustice is ono OF the strongest
characteristics OF the English nation,
and II the stout English working man
gets the idea that his patriotism is
being used to coin money for the own
ers Of the plant, we are certainly going
to hear of strikes AS you know, more
than once even the English sailors
! have "struck" on account of what they
considered injustice and this i'm the
face OF a hostile fleet. Rut when their
rights were granted. they proceeded
to win a victory for England.
suspect il tho truth were known
OF these strikes we read about, il would
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chuSc An2lo- SaNons' tho world over
IN" feeling "f Indignation at the stu
pl"'' also sad to be AN Anglo San
ON Uh't-"i the owners of the plants
IN not making i, perfectly plain TO
iheir workincn that they arc not being
treated unfairly in the division of the
prices
80. Mr.. Editor. in this matter. as in
~" way "f conducting themselves i'm
ms war IN general, the English arc
"c'ihS according To English fashion,
ana think according TO their finest
traits OF character. hut they arc show
lnS as We should expect the faults OF
their virtues We must not expect i'm
. people thai has cultivated the spirit
OF freedom, of hatred Of Injustice 10
act as Il people that ha" had n more
militaristic ideal, of which obedience.
subordination OF the Individual is the
chief virtue H. u. BLACK WELL.
Randolph Macon College. Ashland Va
Aug. 81 1914
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KAN desert under blazing sun. But
I look at little Galveston. - few wears
since stricken 10y ono of tho worst dis
hS'"rs III history; yet setting out with
Il courage tna, tempest and ocean com.
b!ncd could not daunt not only IN
huiIh = city !inprc2uublc in face OF tho
wrath 81 nature. hut also To fashion a
city government ON ncw PRINCIPLES
Where honesty and efficiency might
com" into their own. The one -rc..
contribution To tho practical art of citv
"reinmen' made by the United States
since the birth Of IN" nation came out
Of TN. FAR South
what has Chicago done for Cook
COUNTY. except to dcbauch its politics.
Ihe Illinois metropolis might well take
| q real out az tn" book o: Fort Worth
rex. which has 50 stimulated the good
roads enthusiasm of Tarraut County
That thar jurisdiction has within two
Years invested $:.cpo.0UO in improved
h!ShwHSs expended. not according Ia
The methods Of povk barrel politics, so
WEI! .ouprch"ndcd IN Cook County b,,,
under tn" personal Supervision with
iuG responsibility. Of one uf the most
trinrns highway engineers in America
'AicaS" brides herself on her
achievements ia literature. Atlanta. one
twentieth h"' size. has given tho ma
ti"n Joel Chandler Harris. Henry Grady
ana FRANK stanton. Can Chicago equal
that honor roll" Chicago is a musical
,'"tet' fe' 'hica2"s opera company
i"S Collapsed ia ruins. while Atlanta
continue" 10 civ" To opera Il patronac,
unmatched IN the United states. popula.
ton iug population.
Ehc Tribune snc.rs at the hill rcr'
OF the south. Does IL not know that
these 'h'li men stepped gu; i'm front
OF the grape Shot in the civil War t.
hsht Tor freedom Does II know that
| nowher" in the United states arc per.
! souul morals highcr ana gracious hos
pitalitv 70 the stranger more universal
IMAM ~ The hills OF the south? Has
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TO THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE:
One of the DAYS Rest t,orto,r

The Chicago rribunc's recent attack
on the south was reproduced in part
ana commented upon by The Times
Dispatch. The Tribune is receiving
what ii deserves from the press and
correspondents. The article appended.
from the ST. Louis Republic. viii alp
peal 10 all good citizens regardless OF
their geographical location:
The Tribune is backward. AS an
American newspaper IL shumcs the
tinted states by it, ignorance and IN
competence. Its blatant Sclf-ric htcouS-
ness passes belief Untii it H. improved
by the invasion Of - better spirit and
better ideas il Will remain a rcproach
ana danger to a true nutionalism
But ITS sentiments with regard TO the
south must be typical o: community
opinion. since otherwise they would
nave met with public and concerted
rebuke from Ch!cago's citizenship
When the Civil W.r broke out the
North was rich; ;hc south. thank, to
an Industrial system which was a..
mistaken cconoinicallS as IL WAS wrong
morally. Was poor. The war stimulated
the North ana prepared ii Tor the con
quest OF the new west. il Frustrated
AMI hamkruptcd IN. south After the
war the North was as IL had been be-
fore the South vas 4 land in ruins
not only its capital was gone: it's in.
sutuuons wcr" to rebuild. on new aud
better foundations And while tho
South stood so bitterly In need the law :
Of the United States were shaped to
benefit the protected manufacturer. of
the North at the expense Of the agri-
cultural South. We recall that the
esteemed Tribune. in the Medill DAYS
used to argue powerfully for low
tariff between campaigns. then. when
the time FOR action came, IL always
became regular and Tough; with and
for the tariff barons
There is no more shameful story
than that Of the Reconstruction at the
south. for which the North was re-
SDonsible. There Is no more INSPIRING;
story than that Of The gcconstruc-
ton Of the South by itself Which l.
typical Of the South the shameful deed
OF a mob or the steady. persistent; ad-
vance Of industrial reform. OF popular
education. OF city making. OF literature
and the arts OF charity and philan-
thropy,
IL, Chicago IN position to throw
stones Has the Windy tity nothing
To learn from the deSpiScd South" Look
at the way in which Chicago has mud
died her terminal situation ANA COM
par" il With III" splendid municipal ter
miu;ls OF New orleans. For Chicago to
pirate of ignorant and Violent polite
ianS il. as certain Venetian gentle
man once remarked. 'hypucriSv a.nirI<,
the devil Can tn" south match Faith
House John and iiiu!;v Dunk" Has the
south ever euuall-d the l.oriiucr scan
Dial? Yet i."riricr cam. from tn" great
and good city OF Chicago.
Chicago has. through l.orimcr.
brought DISGRACE upon The politics of
" nation. its municipal government has
been Sord!d ana corrupt: what did chi
ca-u ever do in constructive way TO
advance tho political thinking "f Amer
ica or help forward LOOKING. men 10 bet
tor things" Nothing ut all: in the
realm of political construction Chicago
has been as barren as a stretch Of al
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News Of Fifty Years Ar
From Newspaper Files. September 4. 1905


~ '"e '"'eS' reportS that come from Fortress
"eeh snne'lng a great dcai from carorr"i"
on ms reg ana because of this he has not hem
tnle ior week past to take his walks on the
''lpar'S' however IN ms apartments IN ths
.'S''te't' ne Sc'S al Oh the papers ana h'ii"- :
~" ''."' lie wants an" h' SPchIs th' inpSt
~ ms .hc feadinS. tie writes many rtt"rs
-. ~ h'S ''nIiE ana 70 some OF ms p".itica'
,.'t's: VI course 'heSc ,eNers are subject u
'nspecton by 'encrai Niles. How many OF
me" ne ''ne general passes Is not known M,
the presumption Is lhat ME- paNi. knows. ."
write snh =. ~, - ''.s. w. IS n,",e' !"
write .nytLir,, ,n., ,.o,,,., ,,o, 80, ''''. ''
-, - " - ' - ''
ile'e Is some u"iN comment IN IN" Northern
p"'',S y" t"e i''ct ,iit the 'hltch states Treas
urF department "!d not publish q financial
statement as OF September ]. The Secretary
OF 'he treasury - right harShly criticized. a"r
IL may be that the criticisms arc just and ~
right. but we people down South are not talk
$500, 10 '""'' '''ereS' III 'h"' N'n' OF con
M New YORK Tribune announces u dcaih
@! iho'"as W. Whitney. the fan Gus srtti'. lie
died in Rochester. y. Y. and MS demise MAS
w
ne commanding general OF the United states
m,'it"rH AZ ffedericksbuiG has notified tho
ro"" co"ncti OIL that town that the streets OF
rreutrickSourS are IN deplorahly unhealthy
cono''oh' ana that II the town authorities do
MOI rc!he"! 'ne eNil AT once he. as command
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-04

The controversy recorded below gives us an
idea OF history .'ls she is writ Stuart Olivier
has purchased tho baltimore Ncws and It's build
ing from Frank y. Munscy for $4,000. 900. In
the language OF the North Carolina farmer. what
does a man with 100000 want with a news
p+per?-Newport News Times Herald 1t was
not North Carolina farmer who asked that
question: but 4 Virginia newspaper man who
iabored and suffered but had found no reward
ana ne Is IN some way connected with the New
port News papers.--Rclmond Times Dispatch
Oh, no. Do not distort history. 1t was one OF
two farmer boys brothers. who had ambition
to own and operate sawmill. 4 fine mill had
been set up i'm their ncighborhood by Northern
"canitalsts. and the boys liked the business
they finally mustered up courage to go ana
inquire as to the cost Of such IL plant. They
were informed that the plant under inspection
cost $4,000 The poor chaps were dunn
founded, and. as they went their way. one
said to the other "Bll." And Bill answered.
Hun: What the h do wild $685.
want VIII 4 sawnlill"" Now amt that the truth!
Newport News Times Herald.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
The ltulinE PassioP.

That Bill Jones was Il careful man
Was known to his acquaintance wide;
He always followed out the plan
TO keep his thoughts his, head inside.
Ell never ventured to express
Opinions quite unqualified.
But with however and unless
To play 1t safe he always tried.
Is that This is fair spring day
Unto old Bill you did confde.
fe-cs. ii does look IL bit that way
The cautious soul always replied.
Eill left last week this vale OF tears
For Jordan's other. fairer SIDE
Now OH his tombstone this appears:
Here lies Bill Jones' tits thought he died. :
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Confederate Poem.

Will YOU reprint the little poem having the
sta tement about the Southern confederacy that
no nation ever fell SO free from crime. and tell
me who wrote il" MRS. T.. T..
The lines were written by Philip Stanhope
Worsley, young Engishm;tn of letters. the
flower Of his day. in copy of his translation
of Homer sent to General Robert L. Lee in
| SIS
The grand old bard that never dies.
Receive him in English tongue;
I send thee. hut with weeping eyes
The story that he sung.
Thy Troy is fallen; thy dear land
Is marred beneath the spoilers heel.
cannot trust my trembling hand
To write the things I feel.
All. realm Of tears; but let her bear
This blaZon to tho end OF time.
No nation white and fair.
None fell pure OF crime
The widows moan, the orphans wall
Come round thee, but In truth be strong;
Eternal Right, though all else fail,
/, Can never be made Wrong.
An Angels heart an angels mouth.
Not 1Iomers, could alone for
Hymn we'll the great Confederate South
Virginia first, and Lee
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The Voice Of the PEOPLE
Curious Mi.tnLc Nv Telegram.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.--The headline in this mornings ;,pcr
What Il Letter Will Do" rciuinds me Of an
cXperie fence once had. which shows even more
f"rcihlr what the change Of letter will do
especially in teleEraphy In the year IS1.
was in tho grain business in Missouri. Kansas
had her FIRST great wheat crop. went To
Nichlt3 III August to il could huy
for Nshipmcnt 10 Toledo. Findi..s that could
40 so to advantage. in order to authority
4" makc draft OF bill of ladine through To-
cal bank ! t"!eSraphed my commission firm in
,ioieho: w III YOU accept draft with bill
ihdlnG attach"d:' The answer soon back
reading: Your draft will he protested" tho
word protected having. IL" the change Of the
ietcr 9 INTO an $. completely rererscs the mean
ing oi ~" telegram When you consider that
IN the Morse code both &C. and arc made
with tire" dots. 60" being two dots space dot
G.. , ana 'S ihrc" dots CO. I am certain
that there can he no instance Of such :. radical
change in meaning on such Il small margin
VIII add that got my wheat. am, these TWO 81 r.
ioais were tho hrSt 81 Kansas wheat ever shin
pea TO tho Toledo market. or. in fact, cast OF
the Mississippi.
. j.. T.. RAY.
Richmond, Va. September 3, 1915.
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rrosn .rhc Anc,c,, Mariner,

Around. around. new each sweet sound
Then darted To the sun;
slowly the sounds came back again,
Now mixed, now one by one.
Sometimes a-droppinG from the sky
] heard the skylarli sing;
Sometimes all little birds that are.
How they seemed TO fiji the sea and air
With their sweet jargoninS!
Now like a lonely flute:
And now it Is an angels song
fhat makes the heavens he mute.
IL ceased; yet still the sails made CT
y pleasant noise till noon,
y nois, like OF hidden brook
In the lcafy month Of Juno,
That 20 the sleeping woods all night
Singeth a quiet tune.
-Coleridgo.
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rnp,nIe,,e pnrad. 4. k.,,.,.

The first pair OF p;tntalcttcS invaded Olathc
Saturday afternoon. and the Register says: THE
line of rch Park Street o Kansas
Avenue. thence twice around the square.
Water Street and south. The visitors were ap
anectionatc pink in complexion. daintily
caught At the ankles aud pceped Shyly from he
meath the shade OF ample skirts. In their wake
followed this procession:
The Young Mems Timothy Club, with spy
glasses.
\ squad Of envous tailorsl
Kansas National Guard in lockStep.
The Spit and ArSy Climb. all talking at once.
,Suffragcttcs' Squad with firm fronts.
Citizens on foot. newspaper and hoi
polloi. hoping that the wind would blow Eut
it tiGn't.
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Advice to Recruits.

In selecting cover. while
engaged in scouting duty.
always try to pick out a tree
adapted TO tho coniiSuration
a: your own body. soldiers
who have neglected this
measure of prudence have
lived - some OF them. at
leaSt-to regret il.
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RICHMOND TIMEs-D1sPATCH SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER a. 1918

France. he saw his estates sequestrated by
the government he had helped to erect, Was
driven into exile and spent long years in Aus
trian captivity. but none of these misfortunes
drew from him remuneration Of the political
principles he had cspoused.
Labor Day. assuredly, is fit occasion for
remembering what Lafayette did and what
he was.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-04

Just when Germany is getting ready to
square the sinking of the Arabic and the talk
of ending the war is reYiving, and the MeXi-
can tanglc is being Strengthened out. Harry
Thaw sues his wife for divorce and she re-
plies that he's another. Patrick Henry
right. There Is no peace.
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"Icn.his" and "luukees"

Z OR the first time since the Indians called
the English ''ICnghis. the English them
selves have begun 10 speak OF Yankees"
without curl of the lip. Major-General Sir
Sam Hughes reports: I'VE have every rea-
son to be proud OF the Canadians and the
Yankees who are fighting with them in the
trenches" 1t all depends whose side the
Yankees are
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-04

The pretty damSel hardly needs
Much lore of wars and politics
Mere man such trifcs neYe- needs
AS by her side he sticks ana sticks
i:ut yields himself unto her power
While she talks nonsense by the hour
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Queries and Answers
The Iienith of Christ.

Is there any means Of knowing whether
Christ ever sick? SCIENTIST
The supposi'on is against il. His earthly
parents were chosen by omniscicncc with flaw
less judgment: their rarc Of him was divincly
directed. There is record of illness. and the
condition would probably. have intcrfered with
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The Wages of Death.

bulgaria wants everything and will
conccde nothing" Why not? Isn't IL
tiinc Tor somebody TO demand living
wages for getting murdcred?-Louis.
vile Couricr-JOurnal