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Health Talks, by Dr.. Vim. Brady
intestinal Indigestion In Children.

Chronic intestinal indigestion. called by the
baby specialists chronic iieocoli,is" occurs
frequently in children from TO fve wears
OF age. The condition Is marked by acute at
tacks OF indigestion. In which there is fever
flushed cheeks. heavy sweetsh breath. coated
tongue coicky palms indefinitely placed by tho
child, vomiting. refusal OF food. restlessness Ind
twitching. perhaps headache.
The child is underwe!ght. psevish, looks pale
and perhaps has dark circles under the eyes
He is easily fatisued. cross. emotional hard to
control. hard to amuse often pampercd. Sicen
is disturbed by grinding the teeth. nightmare
diarrhea alternate with constipaton .A'N1 rS o.
stools are foul and sometimes Shiny
In fact. about this time. some well-meaninr
soul is sure to diagnose" worms. and the pooT
child is doomed to period OF worm treatment
which only makes him moro peevlsh once IN
thirty-eisht times the cause OF the trouble is
really found worms, but IL so. bombardins the
child with alleged worm powders worm
lozenges 10 indefens!ble and futile, for a fnst
ono dose OF worm medicine and one active
physic constitute the whole treatment OF worms
doesn't get enough fresh air in cold weather
fer. unfortunately, mothers commonly imagine
warmth OF the body. Indeed. mothers are much
like ordinary folk In that. We're going to write
and S psaysS n
tice. but that keeping cool and we'll Is tha
easiest thing in the world.
The child has capricIous appetite and ahou,d
not be made to eat against hts will.
18TH, IL the mother 1. unlucky enough to own
anxious momont when she nnds the cb,Id.s
temperature up degree or two
Common causes Of intestinal Indigestion are
excess OF meat excess of sweets at irregular
hours, irregular meals. poorly cooked cereals,
permitting children to remain up past at
night excitement in place Of rest. abuse of
cathartics. especially the so-called herbs" the
beilybnnd worn to eoddle when 1t is no longer
necessary to retain the navel dressing in place
and the pernicious habit of Offering tho baby
anything and everything the hired man eats.
The first essential IN treatment Is dict. then
regular habits. and then medicine The diet
must be carefully supervised by the doctor,
according to the individual conditions Bowel
washes often give much relief. '.Pot-belited'
children may require strapping other sup
port for tho ptoss or sagging OF abdorninal or.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
Prosperity

. our prosperity economically sound or is It
artificial, unstable. inflated? This cues.
tion has become political issue in the nresent
campaign, and II our international relations
do not absorb us TO the exclusion of pureIv
domestic problems. 1t will be debated wher.
ever political interests clash
There are people who pretend not to he.
heve that any Democratic administration has
the capacity to make business flourish In the
iaha. Ihey anect the conviction that only
under Republican regime do men ser,omsi,
attempt to make money in America. They
are too utterly blind in their partisanship 10
understand that the average business man IN
this country figures but little ON whether he
has Democratic or Republican President.
and that he is just as willing to declare diyi
deudG under one Kind of an administration
as under another.
The big fact OF the present situation
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

whether weighed from a political standpoint
or from an economic standpoint, 10 that the
United States. RS nation is prosperous.
Every able-bodied man, whether East or
West. North or South, mako a living II
he really wants to. Little business enter
prises as we'll as bigger enterprises are grow
ing stronger. Our trade balance with the
world is mounting month by month. Our
mills are working double shifts. Our crops
are promising. These things cannot be gain
said, whatever reason may be assigned for
them or however industriously political
orators and organs discount them
1t is an interesting circumstance that Re-
publicans forever claim responsibility for
good times vouchsafed us when they are in
power. but whenever the same blessings smile
upon us during Democratic administrations,
they are accidental incidental or both
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
Chats With Virginia Editors

-, The cant an,iTeform element In Alabama" says
me methods Of the same element In some other
states They have killed Il Judge" Yes they
seem to have n Carroll County down there!
says the clinch Valley News .'Mr. Bryan has
~, nc once nc, or twice He afterwards behaved ad-
as nat as a pancake. Will ne prove himself
as nice man as Mr.. Bryan?" He has shown
no indication of 1t so far.
orn Inc Newport News Press says: The gov
~ ,,,en. VIII soon be in urgent need Of trans
iba and supply ships But the transport and
SSn nwnnrp and Boston NayyYards after the
Newport News shipyard had bid low on their
vomItr h.n are about half done Had the
n me sn1ps would have been put in commission
moro than month ago"
c. NOW that the public schools throughout the
sa1 nave about al closed. would like TO
Saf Wh'it we consider word in season. We
GeiiSve IN athletics in the schools but be-
nese IN them only as adjunct to education,
M What rs the whole push, And fear that is
tao nu SsT' an There Is entirely
and entertainments ard and not enough to that
T nhi than the muscles-Northern Neck News.
On IN snake yourself up and catch on to TWEEN
tieth century dolngs!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
Shakespeare Dny by Day.

For the r. L. I. Blues-shortly:
For do but note wild and wanton herd
Or of youthful and unhandled colts
Fetching mad bounds, believing and neighing
loud.
Much is the hot condition of their blood:
If they but hear perchance trumpet sound
Or any air of music touch their ears"
The Merchant of Venice, V. I.
For William Jennings Bryan: ITO be make
peace shall become my age."-King Richard III,
T. l.
For the moonshiners daughter: Because she
brought stone jugs and no sealed QUARTS
Tanning OF the Shrew, Int. scene 2.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
The Voice of the PEOPLE
War In.urance for NATIONAL Cuardsmcn.

10 the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Slr,-Why doesn't the Federal government
form or subsidize an insurance company at this
time Tor the purpose of selling cheap war in
su!anee to the soldiers who must leave relatives
ana dependents behind when they go to risk
1 Tndr lives and fight the country's battles .?
mere are many able bodied men who could
ana an would serve their country we'll in this pres
cht Crisis II they knew they would not leave
t wer deheGdents utterly helpless in they
SO far as i know there is such insurance
0otaiHahle at all, unless the government acts
Inc Dill! Just defeated by the action OF the SEN :
axe 10 appropriate 81 ,000, 900 for depcndent fam
mes or the National Guard is good thing in
absence or better, but an equitable distri-
butlon or this fund would be almost mex; TO I'M
POSSIBLE II would seem that the other pln
wou!o be better. And in any members OF
the National Guard volunteers who NAV en-
nst later are unable to purchase such insur-
ments might be made TO subtract the cost OF
suSh insurance from the pay OF the soldier
o NHi countries have done this much for their
sololers, and until this the greatest republic
on earth. does as we'll. criticism of those guards
men who fail to take the oath on account OF
n, s dependents who must be left uncared for
In case or their death Is misdirected. The pri-
yale subscriptions which arc being made for the
beneht or such dependent families Indicate a
noble spirit. but voluntary subscription will not
suffice. HARTER y WI, IctJT 30
Richmond, June 27.
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There's n Renson-wb,, 7, -,

You can go from post to pillar
You can travel through the land
on can boost the line you're selling,
You can work TO beat the band;
You can visit all the dealers,
You can try and you can try;
You can talk and you can argue but
You cannot make 'em buy.
You can 60 behind the counter
You can tell EN- what TO get
You can hand EN- out the taffy.
You can spring your one best bet;
You can ask 'em please to sign up.
Talk OF profit and of loss,
Show EN- fgures give en- facts, but
Can you make EN- come across?
You can say. Now here's bargain:
/ can save you money too;
You can spiel from dawn to darkness
Till your tongue is stiff and blue
You can size your trade up shrewdly.
Canvass cities. sticks" and woods
But-there're times. despite your efforts
When you cannot sell the goods
w. r. SHIELDS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
SEEN ON THE SIDE
sun A.Rollin,.

roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll'
poet once remarked and you bet
since then she's been a-keepin' up the roll.
And She is Just as blue and just wot.
we Always thought 1t just a thunderin' line,
A-rumoiin down the ages. as it were.
but now we think It's everlasting fne
To have that same old ocean rollin' there.
Ihree Thousand miles between us and the coast
Where they arc shootin' every kind Of gun
III! every other mans bloomin' ghost.
And yet they say the fun is Just begun
es, every mile of briny blue looks good,
whether a splurgin' n shInin fair.
ana may she stand where she has always stood
Between and the rumpus over there
For though tho balance OF the world should be
A-uamin with Internal fire, wuss.
iheres plenty water in tho grand old sea
To put it out before 1t gets to u.s.
B. c. NJ
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
In the matter of raising cavalry troops il
Virginia, everybodys doing it,
Organizing for Relief

EY/HETHER Congress adopts a measure
w Tor the relief OF dependent families of
national guardsmen or not, in all proba hility
there Will be necessity for private relief work
IN most of the communities from which
troops are drawn. In the first place, even If
Federal relief funds provided, their dis
trbution Will involve publicity from which
many OF the most deserving will shrink In
the second place many instances will arise
which will need the warm, personal touch Of
sympathy instead of, or in addition to, money
and supplies.
AS all practical workers know however
generosity and sympathy in the mass are vr-
tualy wasted unless properly directed. In
WORD, organization is necessary 1t is al
ready an assurance OF success that the adj
mirable work which the women OF Richmond
have set for themselves is to be conducted
along lines OF system and efficiency This is
the sort OF preparedness that prepares
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
Enlist in the National Guard!

NFFERS to form independent cavalry COM
~ .mands throughout the State reflect both
the Courage and the patriotism of those con-
nected with the various movements. But
they, do not meet the need of the moment.
What Virginia now requires is sufficient men
to bring her depleted ranks up to war
strength. Organizations already in existence
lack both men and equipment. and the forma-
ton Of totally uneQuipped commands would
still further compiicate the situation. The
War, Department discountenances the effort.
There is plenty or room in the ranks now in
line: and men sorely needed. Enlist in
the National Guard,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
News of Fifty Years Ago


t. The II Riyes Pollard case was again called
n IS for The JoRn Jame es
s$d half HHd a to honr the sf,er ay 1s
badly ha nu ns H SS 81
f f0me to court. he tthe Mayor was Informed
Mr Pollard quickly he Knew 1 tha s'rs sa
and he could prove ths SS or eroaoy
John Games @ she s6a bi after dfeuy
badly hurt the daS befor waS the tSo
sometbn M r roba the case said there
action action. and he was determined to go to the
investigated ''' e"'ife matter tully
@ Of st hs old nd
his home yesterday morning He %as once oee of of
OF ore bnes c, and most popular merchants
\ very important meeting of the first. second
Howizers has em bean of the old Rchmond
battery. that did such valiant Service for the
U %a r., will hold ID, reunion meeting office
ming at o'clock clio arker tomorrow night begin
writing from this city says siF Davis H'f is sr ss
Prson EYE 5eff or or
Rt Ma 6sn n Warren son Of Warren Of
suicide last Sunday morning by shooting him
IS for the act Of the
$50 100
The New York. Herald has information that
Judge Stuart, OF the Fourth West Virginia
circuit. is TO be impeached for allowing rebel"
ing the test oath.
. The President Yesterday sent to the House Of
representatives tho replies of all of the heads
Oh departments to the congressional inquiry
as TO whether any Federal soldiers stationed
IN the southern States had been guilty of do
ing honor to Confederate soldiers living or
dead; Each reply was that the heads OF the
departments had no information or KNOWLEDGE
of any such action the part of Federal otii-
GERS or men, "
The Governors of New York. New Jersey and
ONO 40 not favor extra sessions of the Legisla-
lures OF their States ratify the amendment
to the Constitution of the United states and
so far have refused to call those bodies TO-
special grand jury impaneled in New
ior6 6oo City day before yesterday represents
S'ooOc.o0O OF wealth. Belmont, Aston Stewart
and others compose the jury. which will be in
session Off and on for month or six weeks
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
The ObseSsion.

Smith bought 1t a secondhand
car-ensine in perfect condition, run only 1853
miles; weight, $500 pounds near-leather up
holstery, and one-maH top, If the man had
arms six feet long. He took all his friends out
in 1t for week before they passed tho word
around, and he had to so alone Before buying
the car Smith didn't know how to push wheel
barrow. Now he knows all about machinery, and
he has endowed the mechanics Of seventeen road
side garages
News Item: Mrs. John Smith, in suing for
divorce alleges that her husband spends all his
time fat his back under the bed fxins tho
springs with monkey wrench"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
Villas followers are reported to be joining
Carranza Birds OF feather
Vice Commissions Public Service

M AYOR A1NSLIE expressed the over
1F1 whelming sentiment of the community
when, in dissolving the Vice Commission he
thanked its members for onerous service
faithfully performed. What the result of
its principal recommendation may be in the
end, only time will show So far, statements
of policemen seem to establish that the
policy which adopted in consequence has
accomplished certain amount of good
But, leaving that aside, it is certain the
Vice Commissions Investigations disclosed Of
fetal conditions which shocked the COM
munity, and that the councilmanc inquiry
Which followed its report worked a whole
some cleanup. In doing an unpleasant task
with. courage and efficiency, the Vice Com
mission performed public service for which
the .itizens of Richmond its members
a ivy debt OF gratitude
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
Sans The most useless remedies are pepsin
and other digestive fermcntS.
CArclnnnpa

What is the cause Of carcinoma? Could car
clhoma or the bowel be caused by an operation
LOT hemorrhoids performed twelve years pre-
OF cancer to develop?
Answer-The cause OF cancer has not yet
poem discovered. The operation could not cause
it. Carcinoma often develops in the rectum md
perhaps piles render tho field more vuiner-
Hoie TO carcinoma. a carcinoma develops in a
re" months, that is, serious disturbance of
neath occurs In a few months from the besln-
ming Of the trouble
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
Tourists, GuJd.book.

r. L. s.--Here are several hooks that may
help to visit the places OF interest in New York
, noIds GaPitta g S by chafles Rey
York: paper. 25 cents. New york City stand
are, ARD Guide" by Charles B, Reynolds, same pub
Usher; price. 25 cents. Boston" a suidebook
by f. NJ. Bacon. published by CHM 6: Co. Chi
cago: price. so cents. ."Everywhere in Boston
ana HOW to Get There" New England News
Co. Boston. Mass: price 25 cents.
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To-Day's Best Hand-Picked Joke

1 like to clean up my work in a hurry
i find 1t advisable string It out little
so mat Will always have something on my
desk in case bore comes In said his friend
taking up some papers.
Then the other man looked him queerly and
went out.-Kansas City Journal
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

Supply division chiefs have informed
Secretary Baker that every need OF the Ma
uonal Guard as to clothing. equipment and
food was being net. That's why the Gov
ernor or Virginia has had to arrange to
supply. at the States expense, Virginia
troops with necessary clothing.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

Captain Hans Tauscher says he got the
dynamite. but he relied on Won Papen's word
as gentleman that there was nothing wrong
IN the transaction These poor secret SER
vice agents OF the German government have
a hard time; somebody's always imposing on
them.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
The Pessimist Sayst

Many a man blows about the JOY of living
In the country who would sell his place if the
trains to town didn't stop at his station.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
The Colonel and the "Viceroy"

Q TRANCE dinner companions as we'll As
~ strange bedfelows, are one OF the by-
products OF politics. If a man had prophe-
SLED during the national conventions OF the
Republican and Progressive parties. that
Theodore Roosevelt and Charles e Hughes
would be- within a few weeks not only in
complete accord" but breaking bread and
eating salt with each other, he would have
been laughed out Of the court OF probabilities
J ct they not only dined together in secrecy
and delightfully."-" but, according to both
the Colonel and the candidate, agreed heartily
on the great questions at issue in the cam
paign." They further let it be known that
the best of good feeling was shown on both
sides throughout the dinner The New York
world, which has an unpleasant way Of
quoting the Colonel after the Colonel has
stopped talking, wonders If the pleasant
atmosphere that pervaded the private dining
room was frightened by Mr.. Hughes's recol-
lection OF the Colonels telegram to ex-senator
jackson for consumption by the Republican
National Convention in which he said:
Rn' the Professions! German Ameri-
convention, for they wish TO elect next
MoySsm6er a man who shall not be in
me Ticcroy OF foreign government
!, is for your convention, in emphatic
FASHION, to repudiate them.
Mr. Hughes is the "viceroy" the Colone,
had in mind. Since then, his candidacy has
been Endorsed by the German-Amercan AL
lance, and the Coloners half-heartcd adj
dress to his betrayed Progressiyes was par
Icularly weak in his defense of Mr. Hughes's
questioned Americanisn. Nevertheless the
Colonel dimes happily with the "viceroy," and
they are become as brothers in their purpose:
Mt Hughes, to become President; the
Colonel. anything to beat Wilson,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

There seems to be reciprocal trade agree
ment between Richmond and Greece Ac-
cordng to the news our products find ready
market there. And Greece keeps us we'll
supplied with bootblacks
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
Queries and Answers
Selling Produce,

II send friend eggs, butter ETC. ana he
sens Tor me TO his neighbors and takes no
pay Tor the service. is he liza BILE to license tax?
~ X. u.
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Hills o. brown.

Hills o. brown.
Sing me song OF the Hills O. Brown
And the road that leads to Nashville
town;
song OF the water OF Little Blue,
Or the Weed Patch woods, whore tho
sun shines through.
Sing mo song. but let Il bring
Joy from the hill and the crick and the
spring.
For when the head and the hearts
bowed down
There's never a song like q sonr az
Brown.
Marie Downs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

am thirty-one. familiar with marine ma
i iSr five years Where may probably best serve
INC country ~ we go 10 war? MACHINIST.
partment. Washington, d. c.. Bureau Of Recruit
oN' 49,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

After all these years, the street railway
company has to mark the places where per-
sons must get on the cars. All the "rubes"
don't live In the country.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

Getting your neighbor's OF out of ditch
on sunday Is certainly work Of necessity.
suppose his automobile skds into ditch
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

Professor Taft says he may speak from the
same platform with the Colonel but he hints
that the Big Stick will never be Dear
Theodore" to him again.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

After tomorrow. the Civic Association will
have to begin to reform the reforms.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
Sugar Consumption.

Is IT true that S,0oo.000 OF sugar are
w. MRS *. 9. w.
The best Informed persons WiIlett e. Crev
OF New york. who make the reports give
S'76o.S27 tons as total consumption for last year
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

II the siege of Verdun fails, Germans will
learn that tho crown prince had nothing to
DO with the campaign. Some regular fighter
Will be made tho goat
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

Published every day In the year at 10 South Tenth
!lshln. Co. Inc. Charles L. Hnsbrook. Editor and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

sADDkEss ALL COMMUNICATIONS to Tho Times
n Dispatch and not to individuals
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

TELEPHONE. Randolph /. Private Branch Exchange
4 connecting with all departments
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

we are strongly against simplified spelling
except as applied to the fighting on tho Rus
sian front
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

SPECIAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES,: Has
Now York; Mutual Life Building. PhIndelphis;
= Peoples Cos Bud,ns, Chicago.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

Sutofed January at. 1905. Mt tho Post -omce At
Richmond. Va. . second class matter.
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One OF the Days Bost Cartoons.

From the New York Evening Sun.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

WASHINGTON OFFICE. .1s Fourteenth street. n. "