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Business Problems
SOLVED ny BRUNO DUKE,
Author, Harold Whitehead.
Profit Sharing.


CHAPTER VII.
Ii was interesting 10 notice how Charles and.
James MaSnus received Bruno Dukes cues
tons.
Charles always wanted 10 give the fullest
answers possible. but suggested that his brother
10 the talking. James was curt--I almos, "a id
discour,eous.-and told Charles to give any in
formation asked for. "
This usual formula INDUCED in when
DUE asked them when they started their
profit sharing plan. how long i. ran and WAY
they abandoned.
The answer Charles gave was in substance
this:
The plan was put into force nearly two Years
ago and IL still! IN operation but must he either
abandoned or changed at the end Of the present
tac@! (and calendar) year because no good re-
suits could be traced from x.
Damn It. Charles" growled James, don't
1eilo"s-a lot Of uneratefui fools. Mr.. Duke
er was about to protest There. now. you go;
me tangled up. As saying, tho fellows
used TO work like human beings un,n we put
sn1 since tasn they've done nothing bn, iick--
kick ktck--bccaGse they amt getting a SQUARE
dea!-reguiar 'holdup men the whole bunch
lie seemed batter for having 80, his ideas
on profit sharing out Of his system.
In fact. Mr.. Duke" Charles took up tho
story, we must do something different for Inc
o org seeins TO be undermined unfor-
~ tcIy-ah d by our extra bonus money too"-
10 DC continued tomorrow
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Voice Of the People
Letters must give the name and ada
dress of the writer. Name will not be
published II writer SO requests.
Fctr pl'y FOR Local Mcrch,

Fntr Play for Local Merchants.
To the Editor OF the Times Dispatch:
Sir.--There is a timely article In
this mornings Times Dispatch urging
Richmond merchants TO sell. and Rich
nond people to buy goods made IN
Richmond. That should be done By al!
means. In most cities like Richmond
Of which have been able TO learn tho
manufacturers do large business
with the merchants of their own
towns. But Richmond manufacturers
have never seemed 10 care greatly
about the trade OF our city merchant :.
Some OF the manufa cturcrs so 20 ;h.a
expense o, statesmen who travel all
over the country to sell their products.
ottentime. have been told. at iess
price than they do right here at home.
This when found out does not add TO
their sales here OF course.
Not all Of our home manufacturers
even treat Richmond merchants With
fairness In another way, as ! happen
TO learn that certain factory here
sold last week to one merchant here
500 pounds Of its product al Sc per
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The Rhyming Optimist
ny ALINE MICIIAELTs.

Ike the dark and gloomy days whom swif,
nc rhsin.dr"Ps patter. Ny happiness it does
,r9nniss ! m jolly as a niue cam: with Joy my
bclhG onbpi:s. For when the thunder rolIs and
roars. the tightening Wildly hashca no iii onmh
nat'ers at my doors and aaif the panels smashcs
~ astllts aeiiIhS war maps Htrangc with dots
anu anu arrows naming now camps beside my
kllcncn range for hours hours declairning
NOT VIII my great -aunts couRiu's niece drop in
s s1 days Tor luncheon: and SO ca, my mcala
III fchce served on a wooden punchcon Tho
ncEhhors chickens 90 not hop with Kioe upon
ny sardoh nor do have to go and shop and
lays OF gloom. with rain drops wctly vending
mntn cnn clean the attic room and do up ali
my nchulhH can at last sainpoo the car
ana mhnicure the kittens. and trim once more
IN ancient nat and knit a flock Of nrittcns Then
! can SCRUB the cellar stairs and get tho silver
SSHi'.nS ana can some peaches and some pears
!HI Whlch my heart IS pininH. Aud | can comb
INC h" y, and curry the canary twnn
ana I can bake ten custard plea 4 busv dav
.ns ending so hail. all hall. to darkcYt skies
and rain-drops wctly vending! NV"
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
On n Hot Day.
Bf HENRY EDWARD WARMER

When Soils sent his blistering rays
To course my wiltering summer days,
l sankcd my collar off and tore
Tho shirtband open, and | swore
That If December ever brought
Another Christmas--if | caught
Another blizzard day In March.
! swoFe. by all my melting starch,
NO word from mo of discomfort
Would smite tho air: that't what l meant,
And here again. as hero sit
TO catch wha little bit
or breeze may como within my den:
III never swear at Ice again,
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Larre,, p,,,ene.r S,t

VI j. Urahgc.--The Vatvrland was
the name of the largest German pas
scnger ship seized by the United states
al the outbreak OF war with that conn
try. II has length of $50 feet. breadth
or 100 feet. and displacement OF G5. 900
IONS. 1t was rcchristened Lcv!athan.
compared with the Leviathan the
Olympic. Of the White Star Line. has
a. length OF Ss2.6 feet and breadth OF
>. leel; the lmperator. OF the Ham
feet and breadth OF 9S feet France,
o. the French Line. length OF 10
rect ana breadth of 10 feet: Rottcr-
dam. of the Holland America Line n
length OF 6GS feet. and breadth Of Il
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To Destroy MACK nnd u.s a..

ouUsCr1DtT, HoNcweTl-This remedy
Is recommended by the government for
eAtermihating black ana red ants, and
SoHieti1nes succeeds where others fail:
hoii together water, sugar and borax.
MAKING a syrup. Set this in shallow
pans where the ants can get at il. They
red ants the bureau of entomology of
the united States Depa OF Xgri-
culture recopmends the following: a
and water rather thin with the adj
tion OF not over three fourths or | per
cent OF sodium arscnate. Small sponEcs
are saturated and placed about where
the ants occur. The ants carry the
mixture to their nest and feed 10 their
young and queens. with the result that
the colony is eventually DESTROYED
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Here is how high the enthusiasm Of !.
Toledo Times reporter worked itself up on
the morning OF the Dempsey-Willard smuggling
contest: In physical courage and endurance
We have no doubt that they will vindicate
the noblest traditions Of Lexington Bunker
Hin, Valley Forge and Yorktown G!adi-
atorlal combats OF ancient Rome will be cx-
ceeoea by their Skill and prowess and the
chronicles OF American grit and go-to-ii-
iveness will receive the addition of = NOM
orable chapter from todays exhibition.
That youth ought 10 have been on the scene
TO write the account OF American prowess
at Chateau Thierry
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At the close of address BY former
secretary OF the Treasury McAdoo AT the
Methodist Centenary Exposition at Columbns
ONO, on independence Day, the crowd in
dorsed resolution proclaiming themselves
In favor of the league of nations AS = proe-
pective candidate for the presidency. Mr.
McAdoo is making headway With the
Methodist and the movie actors vote already
cinched, it only remains for him to make
certain OF the vote OF the Smiths and the
Browns to win.
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Fiun,e At The Peace Conference.

\. j: T. Newport News--The king
dom Of the Serbs. Croats and Slovenes
demands Fiiimc on the grounds that
W II 10 the only port that can pos
SiD!y serve the kingdom; co the popu-
iatlon OIL RUNE and Sushak. two adj
Joining towns. consists of 2i,S10 Ital-
ians and 1883 Jugo- Slave; (3) their
historical aims. based on the fact that
III 1888 its inhabitants were G9l Italians
and ll.6Sl Jugo -Slavs. making 1t un-
doubtedly Croatian. The city has never
the last nifty years 1t has withstood
efforts of Hungarians to establish their
heRemony in F'iume. The Italians
claim. In the form in which they were
presented to the peace conference. that
Fiume must cease to function in favor
OF indirect German domination of the
Adriatc. Leaving on one side the
damage to Trieste which would result
from the competition OF Iugo -Slav
Fiume or OF a Fiume not under Italian
sovereignty and to the economy Of the
hinterland. resulting upon the newt
able attempt to defect all its trade
to non-Italian Fiume. 1t Is necessary
to insist on the anti-German part which
which can be played In such a way as
to benefit the Croatian, and Hungarian
hinterland. Italy Will make conces-
sions in order to guarantee the trade
interests OF the hinterland at Fiume
and Trieste. The difficult mission OF
these two ports. that OF serving Ger
many, Austria, Bohemia, the Jugo -Slav
countries and Hungary, can be accom-
plished only if intrustcd to the one
power which is outside and above the
political and economic competitions.
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minimum

Georgia has stood true 10 principle and
refused TO ratify the Susan b. Anthony
amendment 10 the Federal Constitution. This
action by its Legislature sets an example, ii
one were needed. which the Virginia General
Assembly vii. follow when the time comes
for 1t TO record its vote.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10

No one really believes that either the for
mer Kaiser or his precious offs prng, the one
time crown prince, Will commit suicide in
order to escape trial al the hands Of an allied
tribunal. IL is doubtful if either one has
the moral courage 10 preside at his own
taking OF, aud while hope continues to spring
eternal. each will have vision OF al least
portion u his former glory, some time
returning
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10

II Dr. Won JagoW, former Foreign Minister
Tor Germany. who advertises for lob is
seeking employment that is merely TOM
porary 1T is possible that place might he
maze Tor him In the Carranza Cabinet where
the Teuton brand of diplomacy has been
popular but if he wants permanent place
he VIII do we'll TO stay away from Mexico
FOR the signs and portents tell OF coming
change.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10

of his reader. The story-teller OF the noun
Mountain Europa" "A Cumberland Ven
detta," 1.-The Kentuckian." "Crittenden,"
THE Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come"
christmas Eve on Lonesome" THE Trail
of the Lonesome Pine" and The Heart OF
the Hills, are among his best known books.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10
Cucun,l,er Sweet pirkle

Mrs. I. a. $. PcicroDurg.-Ta
frcshen them by soaking in clear wa
ter for twenty-four hours. To one
quart good vinegar add nearly two
quarts OF sugar. one ounce OF whole
cloves and ono ounce OF whole cinna-
mon. Boil vinegar, sugar and spices
together and pour boiling hot over
as many of the little cucumbers as il
will cover
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Sullivan md MItcbe,I.

j. L. T., Pulaski--John l.. sullivan
fought 4 draw with Charles Mitchell
London P.izcring rules. March 10. 1888,
on the estate Of Baron RothscAlld,
near Chantilly. France. th!rcy-uint
rounds. Sullivan defeated Jake kilra!n
July s. 1859. at Richburg. MISS. Lon
don prizcr!nG rules, scvcnty-n!ue
rounds.
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hundred pounds and charged another
merchant in the came limo for $500
pounds Sos per 40 pounds. and de-
clined to correct the over charge when
It's attention was called to the mat
ter. That certainly Is not dealing
fairly with home town merchants who
have TO stock and sell the goods not
only in competition with other mer-
chants here. but elsewhere.
RICHMOND MERCHANT
Richmond, Va, July Q. 1919.
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In the State Of Sonora. Mexico. death has

GIdIG q NcAIVU,
been made the penalty for manufacturing,
Transporting or whOlesaling mescal, liquor
which in its kick" is said TO be even as
deadly our bootleg" stuff. Sonora
at least has the courage OF its convictions
in fixing extreme punishment, rather than
leaving ii TO be administered by its agents
under the guise OF self-detense.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10

As Briggs remarks. Some one ALWAYS is
taxing the JOY out of life" Now comes
General Aguilar. who says that all who are
"'hirst VIII find welcome in Mexico. but
ne ADDS the solemn warning that they should
come quickly as he expects even that country
soon to go on dry basis
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10

There are il Virginia 100 counties and
twenty cities. Suppose, when the General
Assembly meets 20 .naugurate the building
of State Highway system, they demanded
that the funds available be psriitioned among
them equally. That, o: course, would be so
foolish that the Assembly would not con-
slider it, but il would be no more foolish than
what the City Council proposes TO do in APP
portioning the proceeds OF the proposed bond
issue among the several wards
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10

The tanners say that shoes will be s,ill
higher in price That means the tanners
have determined to get rich quick The
shoe public IS not altogether without
remedy in the face OF increasing prices
There is point beyond which prices may
not go without 'cssenng the demand SO
long as the country is vel! supplied with shoe
repairers, one pair OF shoes may be made 10
last as long as two pairs under fair trade
conditions.
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Musical Note,

Don't YOU think. Professor said the Fond
Mama mat my daughters voice should be
cutivated"''
i Go. Madame" said the Professor Frank
~. think 1t should be powed narrowed
weedcd. cultivated and lttlo lime wouldn't
hurt it, Madame
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Charcoal Eph'. Daily Thought.

Hit am no job I catch fish on hook"
saiu CHARCOAL Eph m mood. but show mo
oa' man whatli jump overheard an run down
j yeariinE pike an / boun { admit he goln
some! Try perch. Mistah Jackson"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10

Reader. MISUNDERSTANDING has
Mothers Compensation Act. and each
county is required to put aside q Ger
tain Amour, OF money each year 70.
the administration OF this act.
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TnrNsDAY. July 10. 1879.

Another impossible demand before Con-
gress is reduction OF the amount of work eS-
pected from government clerks. which would
be like an attempt TO reduce the irreducibe
minimum
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10

After hanging around the peace conference
ior nearly month without getting so much
as iook-n on its sessions, the Turkish
delegation has decided that It's "uscfulness"
is al an end and gone home.
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We'll, Jones. the aviator went after the alti-
tude record. Did he make it,"
Yes. both ways; he dug a hole twenty feet
coming down"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10

There are just two ways 10 be happy: One
Is 70 SET married and the other way is to re-
main single.
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In this country. when real or supposed
national evil arises, the first act is to have n
conference. and the first comforting done is
that OF several salaries on worthy members.
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Even money that as soon as the Kaiser eats
locked up in the Tower OF London some maud
lin scntimcntalist will send hin, a BOUQUET
Huh: l don't know her name,
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Killing Ground Ivy

J NIIItUT 'FOUHu IVY.
Subscriber, Eoydton.--To KIN ground
ivy cut the vines close 10 the roots and
treat the stub with salt.
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On the Nicr.

see any sharks coming over?" asked the
Parent OF the Returned Soldier
PientF OF them" unused the Soldier ruefully.
as he remembered tho full on lacks M,
didn't go
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10

Holland Is coming to regard her two ia
nous guests as her guesses.
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II is no indictment of Representative Pou's
sincerity as prohibitonist that he has
broken away from the radical wing OF the
drys who would enforce upon the nation
law SO blue that the old Puritan edicts would
pale In comparison. The North Carolinan is
clear Vlsloned enough TO see trouble ahead
IL congress persists in its efforts to impose
on the people too large d measure OF legjs-
latiye morality, and he is courageous enonrb
to tell his colleagues OF the certain dangers
into which they are running. few more
men who refuse TO jump through the hoop
when Westervclt, o., cracks the whip and
really sane enforcement law NAV no cnoc,oa
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When I Am Dead.
When l am dead,
Above my head
l want this epitaph:
Here lies Boob.
y writing Rubc
Who tried TO make EN- laugh:
They laughed. and now he's on the shelf
Because he couldn't laugh himself"
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Making the Hest OF II.

Now that fellow can get two and a Frac-
ton per cent beer. why not buy half n dozen
at crack, sneak em home. boil 'em down md
make one regular sockadologcr. huh?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10

IL In the death of John Fox Jr. Virginia has
sustained the loss of favoriie son and
bright star from her literary galaxy has
ceased to shine i'll the flesh Living in tho
mountains which divide Virginia from Ken
lucky, State Of his adoption from the State
OF his nativity, the gifted author was able
to learn at first hand almost everything that
one might learn about the Cumberland
mountains. The fact that he came fresh from
college and the highest civilization 10 tho
wild scenes, and types OF the mountain i
7rehected in many Of his works which have
their setting in these mountains MANY M
his readers have noticed the great skin he
possessed In depicting the bitter hcrce family
feuds which have brought petty wars time
and again throughout the mountain sections
Sof Kentucky. \ strong character writer. MIR.
sB'ox commanded humor as well az strength
His form OF presentation arouscs the emotion
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10

seen sitting up ever since July trying L
md rhyme for Dempsey's name
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What,H the I'sek

What's tho Use.
ffiehu OF ours went to Doctor who put him
OIL diet He ate nothing ba, hav for Two
months. walked ten miles every dav on, ont
cigarettes, drank Jamaica Elnrrr nisvad
no cards. went TO bed at sharp got m a,
D. was kind to everybody save his nerves
ana was getting along fine when a rIrdcr
slipped from pillar the street and brast
his coliarbone.
He says: Whats the use OF getting NV
health back that way? II I'd been nlavinr
poker as usual that night I'd have been out
OF danger"
Instinct This.
Yes" muttered Herlock Sholmes the Great
Detective as he rang the doorbeu Il must
trace this crime to its lair. I must confront
him.
Again he pushed the doorbell and said:
Il hope he is home for II he is in I shall
find him out,'
Deliver me. 0 Lord, from the hootlicker
company is known by the it keeps.
What's the matter with you and SnuEgles
the Editor: He doesn't seem to like your writ
ing"
"Hmph! When ! write he says: Tut"
But when speak, he says: .Pifle""
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TELEPHONES: Randolph 1.
Private Branch Exchange
connecting with all depart
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ADDRESS ALL COMMUSICA-
TIOSS to Tho Timcs-Dls-
path. and not to individuals.
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BRANCH OFFICES: WASH
inEton. I4l6 New York Ave
nue.: New York City. Fifth
Avenue Building; Chicago.
Peoples Gas BmiuiiE
philadelphia. Colonial Trust
Building.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-12
FAR BEYOND ALLOTTED SPAN
Instances Of Remarkable Cases 81
Longevity Which Seem to Be
We'll. Authenticated.


The death at Nenagh, County Upper
airy. Ireland. Of Mrs. BOurke. who was
reported to have reached the age Of
121 years. has led the London Daily
Express to make q record Of some Of
the other famous cases Of longevity.
In 1904 the reHmentai chaplain Of. the
18th Bengal infantry was stfrf conduct
Ing services in Calcutta at the age Of
100. IN 1908 Andrei Nikolaievitch
Schmidt. Russian. produced papers
which showed that he was 1856 years
old, and had enlisted in the Reval
battalion in 1896 The same year
Hadji Raouf was 133. and WIS still
earning living as a saddler In Con-
stantinOple. but he was Juvenile COM
pared with Quo-Ka-Num, an Indian
chief who roamed the shores Of Puget
sound at the age. of 16O He was gem
orally conceded by Europeans more
likely to be 200. and he claimed to re-
member the time when iron was I'M
known to his tribe. He was 2 feet 5
inches in height and did not weigh 50
pounds. A few years ago. Chinese
woman reached Montreal. She had
left her native land when 20 and had
lived in Demerara for 100 years. In
1912 Europe had 1000 living centenari-
ans. Of whom 1888 we're Burearians.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-12
CANADA;S o. B. u.

A staff writer on leading New
York paper frankly identifies the Ca
madam 0. B. r.. the "One Big
Union" with Bolskevisnr The writer
says:
THE One Big Union is frankly
revolutionary. Its speakers. its res
olutions. and its press all proclaim
the fact. What it does not frankly
say is that it aims to Introduce into
America the soviet idea to seize the
power that is now held by the gov
eminent and put in the hands of
committees of workers only. 1t is
an old idea Of the dictatorship of the
oroletariat of which we have heard
so much in Russia-it is Bolshevism
by new name"
There seems to be no real justi-
fication for this statement. "Collec-
tive bargaining" is a legitimate de-
mand of employees 1t has been rec
ognized in our own country recently
in the case of the government en-
ployees. Mr.. Burleson attempted to
deny the employees this right and he
was forced finally to yield in the case
Of the Boston telephone operators.
Whether or not the o. B. U. is Boil
shevist depends on what its members
are really after. what their motives
are in banding together, whether it
is their rights as laborers that they
want or something more than that.
Employers also have rights; under
our present system capital is as nee
essary to industry as labor and it be-
hooves the laboring man to remem-
Der these things. If he forgets them,
as he seems to have done in Russia,
or, as Lenine and Trotsky seem to
have done for him. his organized ac-
tivity wifi have pernicious results.
There is no further use in trying to
keep labor from organizing. The
principle of collective bargaining can
not be drowned out by abuse. 1t is
here to stay. Organization Of cap
ital in industry is a natural develop
ment, an irrepressible evolution. So
also with labor. People are much too
prone nowadays to make the charge
of Bolshevish without taking the
trouble to ascertain the actual facts.