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Mystery Of Democracy.
BY FRANKLIN Is. LANE.
Secretary of the Interior,

Away from Washington one realizes how vary
little government has to do with most of the
hopeful, cheerful land that it is.
In Il time or war, when there is national
will, when one purposefu thing has 10 be done
by a unified people matters are quite different
Then all look toward Washington and ask for
orders. But Washington is not America; IL ha 8
not made TINS country. And that is what one
feels with intensity when he sees such a gather
ing Of cattle raiscrs horsemen bankers farmers
merchants, shipbuildcrs, manufacturers and
"A the Transmississippi REIMBURSEMENT Concress
And they all lonSed TO the bourgcoise! The
lar word for you. There a labor leader in
Omaha--and q very wise speech he made too
but he was of the bourgeoise. for he had not
done a stroke or work with his hands for many
years, nor had he inherited wealth. poor man.
And so he must fall into the dcspised class.
has sound head on him you will find in
a weeks travel. But he. too stopped workinr
years ago, spending his time exclusively now
greatest gain. Another speaker came 10
the meeting in his private car we have doubt;
can remember easily when he was a freight
solicitor: An eX -cowpuncher added much to the
thoughtfulness OF the body.
There were big shopkeepers and little shop-
keepers, big manufacturers and little manufac.
turers. big bankers and little bankers by the
score. whose biographies in Who's Who" do
not reveal the fact. of which they are aIuavs
stenographer. a third a farm hand, and SO on
through the gamut of the humber beginnings.
these two have been the real government OF
America; they have been far more potent than
statute or debate The personal force Of the
thing bit better than some one else or TO do
something no one else has dared. The force
and faith of all the Adventures, no matter in
what field.
For this is tho mystery of democracy-lik.
all mysteries. simple thing when known-that
gives the force and faith OF men q chance for
action-Copyright. 1919.
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A. Tabloid Tale.
Speaking of Queens.

"Ho. Tommy! Come here a minute" called
YOU" " ''o'hef
After Tommy had shot some more marbles
Browns white alleys. ten pee-wees and a nocLe
of aEates. he ran into the house. with Joe az, or
him. but managed TO bang the door in the other
What's awful hurry?" asked Pa.
oh just came in TO do my lessons he an
swered with studious look his face
That's not what l called you for Erowled
Pa who knew some stamping questions were
Lessons first and all the time. Thomas" said
Ma Askitt. You can go my GRAND afterwards"
ready had his book
Say, Pa Before you go in such a hurry
tell me everything you know about queen
Don't bother me about any queen LIS. I've
got queen right here at home bossing
William" interrupted Ma. you tell your son
all about Queen Elizabeth. don't want him TO
think married a biockhead II you are
one!'
woman" said Pa. Indignantly but words
know all about Queen Elizabeth. just didn't
want to be bothered. that's all. Thomas
Sixth with eight wives Henry the Eighth
with six wives. but that makes no difference
She lived in my. grandfather's time. l often
But Pa; tha, was 800 years ago. and il :"
my knowledge first handed from my erasI
father. He knew her well-called her Queen
Liz as "A pet name. She red headed and
she didn't like men, either. She was adamant:
that is to say, cold in other words, she was an
with the AK and chopped human heads off lust
like your mother chops cabbage heads"
Tommy.
Pa ignored the shot and settled safely back
to enjoy his paper when
And Pa, what are pieces of artillery" asked
Tommy.
the piano and what I'm goin' to use on You If
you don't shut up and let me aone."
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Voice of the People
Letters muAt give the name and adj
dress of the writer. Name will not be
published IL writer so requests.
Economy versua Time and Service

Economy versua Time and Service.
To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,--Just few words regarding
the innovation. the one-man cars. a
better name would be "a one-horse
car. II took the writer thirty-two
minutes TO travel from Ninth and Main
Streets 10 the Boulevard and then he
had 10 change TO Fair Grounds car
In order to get there. The trouble
work for one man 10 DO. Take for
Instance. the switch at First and Broad
streets. Say We have nfteen passen-
gers on the car to change cars at that
point. First. these passengers must
aliGht. then transfer passengers must
be taken on. change has to be made.
fares rung up. rs we'll as transfers
on the car and change the switch.
Where ia the time saved? AT Harrison
and Broad and Laurel and Broad we
arc treated with repetition Of the
same performance. At Robinson and
Broad there is another switch 10 be
changed and by this time there are
three cars In the Belmont loon and
there lis , delay in waiting to see whose
move II Is hrat to come out or so in.
III regard TO service. tho following is
no more than what is TO be eXpect 90
Yesterday evening. when the storm
came up suddenly. with westbound
car there were six ladies' and one old
gentlemen as passengers on board The
windows OF the cars were raised and
the 'AIn began to beat in. One lady
asked the motorman for relief several
times. but without response until the
car cached Robinson and Broad Is
such 81 ~ ice to be pdtronized?
SERVICE.
Richmond. Va. June 81, 1917
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A Daily Once-Over.
Law Rules the World.

Are you one of the kind who. when disappoint
ment Gomez. ''cuss the luck" and forget thar
you have had hand yourself In whatever has
come to your - ~
II is safe to ray that everything adverse which
haprenh in this world has its start in some
thing which transBrcssed the laws of tho uni
$50
Your child han diphthcria. you say through
no fault Of yours or It's. but the health oficer
looking over your icebox. may find bit Of de.
caying vegetable matter. contaminatnc i've
milk ana buttcr in your cooler.
The Law worka right along whether you are
conscious Of II not
You get the results In disease.
You complain that you have not been out in
your car this year-all this time IL has been in
the repair shop. hut drop OF water in the
wrong place has ruHted out some part lack OF
oil In another part has ground down to smoot h :
ness part which should be notched. screw
should have been tightcned--it neglect ed,
and Loaf. and there waS breakdown
Wah IL luck7 on too turn Of hair rests the
fate Of a nation; law reiEns.--Copyrght. 1919.
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Mi..l..ippr. Recent Horrors.

To. the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.--With TWO lynchings, o! The
most brutal type. TO it's record /, lie
space of a few weeks. ss;po!'s
cup OF shame has been filed 10 tha
hrim and is overlooking. We stand
aPhast with horror as we realize shat
these terrible tragedies took pllce IN
the twentieth century and in S;air
which has contributed no little TO the
initiation and furtherance OF come tf
the most progressive movements in
In both lynchings the victims were
hanged. shot and the torch applied
Al the paraphernalia OF savasery and
brutality was present and the bastard
~ work was done not in hot blood or
on the impulse Of the moment hut
in cold, calm, devilish generalization.
What hope can Mississippi have for
her future IL she has within her con.
fines human beings. calling themselves
citizens. who apparently take iend-
ish delight in orgies OF crime?
1t may be said in palliation that the
lynching at Ellisville was in sec
uon OF the State. recently developed.
where there must he tough Characters
adventurers and all the hotsam and
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Books and Authors

tThe National Historical Society. is
a poem written Tor the special num-
form.
hook. "A Village in P!cardy." publish
ed ea, last r yssr by E. r. p1t'on Com,
the scene of the iseors Of S the Smith
! College women. who were trying to
help French villagers TO return to
account OF the work of the Red Cross
in the devastated OF France
which Nnhfi,, f; r. Du,,on 8 COMPANY VIII
under the ,i,le, Helping France"
Georges Duhamel. the French author,
critic for The "Merenre de France"
temporary French war poe;ry in 0a e enr.
rent issue OF that magazine, The new
pets are t.eat!ng vast battles in the
inG 10 NJ. Iuhamel. who characterizes
their grandiloquent accounts OF the
ridiculous buffoonery. n. Duhamei,
himself author OF short stories about
M, ws,c war called daistnEnjThed eGies.,on q
Gently brought out in this country by
the Century Company. is evidently led
castiGation Of the new war poets and
their work.
The second volume OF Professor
George e, Moore's important two-vol-
ished May 3 BY The seriSne was Ru9
an impartial account Of the develop
a men. Of the three great religions: Ju-e.
dalsm, Christianity and Mohammedan-s
ism. These religions are closely re-.
lated. for Christianity originated in.
religious movement in Judaism, and
Jewish and Christian ideas made upou
the mind OF an Arabian prophet Tho
idea OF revealed religion is fundamen-
professor OF the History OF Religions
In Harvard University. The frst vol.
ume OF this work. published in 1918,
pan, Egypt. Babylonia, Assyria, India,
Persia. Greece and Rome
r. Rrimley. Johnson's The Women
SSo er;snrs Just published by the
the developments Of English literature'
It vas Wr he 1nhS women noveiIsts,, according
periected-the domestic novel. They
maze made novels ds reflection and then a
Of Charlotte Bronte, Women were sil
stern reals,s." But this last was
inbo sn more or less. he points out.
brand OF literature for young ladies"
IN which the realities we're kept care
u uy e 9ut OF , ssht. Mr. Jehnsons vol
lS76--from the publication OF "Evs
lima to Daniel Deronda."
c. j. Fairchild. Jr.'s, Training for
the Electrical Railway Business" tust
punished by the j. b. Iippincott Com
pany, is book which should turn the
minds Of many young men TO this husi
ness Nowhere else can the ambitious
young man find a detailed survey
of the electric railway business. It's
various departments and positions. and
how ho 70 qualify for each. place. air.
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Companw
and his book was prepared with the
active co-operatlon OF the head OF the
system, T. e. Mitten. Like ali othsr
volumes In this training series The
authors OF this are leading man in
their line. There is great future
for the electric railway and IL offers
generous rewards to the intellirent
and earnest man.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
The Hopeless Quest.
BIZ HENRY EDWARD WARNER


When your famished hair ia falling and Resto-
ratives arc calling to be tried. and ouacks
are bawlinE out the virtues Of their
wares
When it's that one hrst. then this one, and as
soon as OF you hiss comes another
can you miss OF those Guardians Of
Hairs?
Though the faker you would throttle. still you
buy another bottle. hoping that the
whitening spotll yield last TO one
YOU try
Or some other irritating agent for the new Gre
atinE OF fertile circulating where the
under-scalp is dry.
oh. the hopeful things they tell you when they
come around to sell YOU and by teazng
you compel you inves. again today.
Oh. the hair they swear they're growing with
the very stun they're showing. :. . . AS
you have no means OF knowing you must
by what they say
SO Of courss YOU end by buying. though you
fear that some ones lying, but you'll
only learn by trying, and you vow to
learn bust:
And YOU take your head and tub it, then at
night you briskly scrub 1t. and a dawn
again you rub ii directions say you
must
is no use pretending that you'll ever
finish spending if you really yearn for
hair!
he VINO seeks for restoration OF his hirsute
decoration will 80 in desperation till
he's waited Over There:
Even then, ! think that Charon seeing Ono
who has no hair on. will excam: 20
Shade, I'll swear on Bunkums Pasties
for the Pate"
Then the Hairless Spirit. cherries. will observe
with wide eyes fearless, some new Rem
cay that's Peerless. billed upon the Col
den Gate!
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ton seed as basis for the cure oliye
on most OF us get at tao restaurants,
cold pressing and leaves Il pala.abls
article OF food exceptionally high in
protein The oil mills two months ago
held S6,0oo.000 pounds OF the unshelled
nuts. while the cleaning and Smelling
houses had but one-sixth OF that
amount. practically all in Virginia.
1. cur chsel rivals In production arc
mat INSCRIPTIONS dealers have hli,
the habit OF depressing prices and tell
ing farmers that the Japanese crop
slutted. Hereafter the farmer viii be
able to Inform himself on Just what
the Japanese and other crops are ~
are likely to be. the United s;atos,
nation for him. and hogs may have
to go hungry, a while. Half tina pea
them. left in the ground for the pur-
nose. but II tho demand for human
food and oil increases as seems likely
and prices keep up accordingly. there
tor LaFolle,te cor:sn lei that the nuts
really are more ndt-itIous ,nan meat
and more easily digested and In
large measure may d.spisco 1t on the
general table.
Estimates of yield. in different
countries. quotations OF prevailing
likely to be "hogged on" or gathered
Will be furnished the newspapers m
peanut growing sections. an: other
wise put within the access - growers.
The Department OF Agriculture po.
Iievcs that in few seasons the de-
mand for nuts and the crops will
be increased from three to tcnfold.
and that as growers a.. encouraged
by better prices the lrpa q viii 90
better than ever beforc. The long
dcspised "goober" has ceas.l Already
TO be merely thing cnew on at
promises TO be an article OF commerce
',guring largely in the annual reports
81 values of products and exports.
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je,sam which the tide Of lite throw.
frontier. But granting that this may
be true. what OF the hrst lynchinB
which presumably supplied the cue for
what was done in the second? This
took place at Vicksburg. an old and
aristocratic city which. sitting on the
banks Of the Mississippi. half way be-
tween Memphis and New Orleans. has
for nearly century been. for its sec
ton. an educational. literary and re-
ligious center. The people OF this his
toric, city acted not one whit differ
ent from those OF the ruder Eliisrille
section. but INDUCED In frcnzied
mob debauchery which would have
shocked the sensibili;Ies OF an Apache.
One cannot think of large bodies
OF people committing such acts of de-
graduation without feeling that tho sit
uation is almost hopeless OF Il remedy.
Relision is taught and preached in
every rude hamlet OF Mississippi, even
TO such an extent that II has been d.
c!ared that the ministers control the
politics Of nearly every county. Mis-
sissippi spends thousands OF dollars
every year on public education. Mis-
sissippi has laws against almost every
conceivable Kind OF crime. II religion.
education and law have not been able
TO restrain savage Instincts. then
where must we look
SoUTHERSER
Richmond. Va. June %. 1919.
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The early peach crop in Georgia was a
partial failure, both in point Of yield and
quality of the fruit, but reliable news from
the belt indicates that the movement of Hiey
Bellies and Georgia Bellies, of which the crop
is large and Of excellent quality, has begun,
and by July 10 the famous Ebertas will start
moving. The growers look to good demand
and favorable prices for these three varieties
to Offset the discouraging losses they sus-
tanned in marketing the early crop, the
quality of which was very inferior, as Rich
mond buyers are aware.
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old-Fnnhionsd snnr

For dawn. waiting hush Of skies.
For trees. wind that blows:
For clouds. the color making eun. .
And for my love. rose.
For him who dreams. a quiet nook
Wherein fre glows; ,
For him who rides, an open wav. :
And for my love. rose.
A hand-clasp for n world chance-mat.
And hate for hate for foes;
An easy pipe and glass for friends:
And for my love. a rose.
Robert Graves, In the Century.
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The Vote IN the United states.

y. T. D., Lawrenceville.-Att the last
presidential election the total vote OF
the country was lS,495,90l. The vote
Is not divided under industrial heads.
there are 6.36l.502 farm workers in the
United States. The figures for work
Grs in the different manufacturing in
dustries. as given in government re-
ports, are 7.678,57S. These figures do
aot include women workers. These hg-
ures might help you to estimate the
sose OF H. thf I,nne an mo inc,ory "nrk
OF course. would come from persons
engaged In the various branches OF
trade and from other sources.
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Assassination Of pr.,,den,,

j. Q. T., Petersburg.-Abraha LIN
coin was assassinated by John wilkes
Booth in Ford's Theater. Washing ton,
u. c.. April "a. 1856. James GARFIELD
was shot by Charles j. Guiteau at the
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, In
Washington, July 2. 1881. William Nc
Kinley was assassinated by Louis
Czolgosz while holding a public re-
ception at the american EXPOSE
ton in Buffalo. September 6, 1901.
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MAY .Jobn.ton. Autho,.

C. r.. Colonial Beach.-Mary John
ston. the author. was born at Buch-
anan, Botetourt County. Virginia. No
vember 81, 1870. her parents being
John William and Eliza beth (Alex-
ander) Johnston. She was educated at
home, and is unmarried She Is the
author OF the following books:
prisoners OF Hone" ITO Have and to
Hold Audrey" ''Sir Mortimer"
1.-The Goddess OF Reason" Lewis
Rand" The Long Roll" Cease Fir
ing" "Hager," THE Witch" Tho
Fortunes OF Garin." THE Wanderers"
Her address Is: Three Hills" Warm
Springs. Va. We are unable to say
where and when the next state En-
campment Of Confederate Veterans viii.
DO held.
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America is amply able to take of itself
in case OF wars in the future, but it has no
heart for spending another $4,000, 900, 900
because of Europe's habit OF resorting TO war
upon slight provocation; therefore, it stands
unalterably in favor of covenant which
binds all the nations to settle their con-
troversies in the future without resort to
arms
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The War Departments action in erecting
fortified posts along the Mexican border shows
n determination to head off any scheme that
the sister republic may be contemplating to
annex Texas. 1t also means that American
outposts will not longer be required to sit
in the open lodging the fire OF Mexican
snipers along the border.
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SUNDAY. JUNE 80. 1919.

Germany forced war Of violence upon the
world. and now that 1t has been beaten, it
whines at having to sign what it terms a
peace Of violence" 1t is violent peace
only in that it applies force to deprive Ger
many in the future of the power TO again take
up the weapons of violence.
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Genius.
HIS Is a genius.

IT'S IS a genius.
know he is genius. because he owes m.
five dollars
That in Itself s not proof
But IN spite OF the fact that he owes me Ave
l have just lent him another
Wherefore. he is genius
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29

Recent experience has convinced villa that
the time Is not propitious for shooting up
American border towns. 1t Is form OF
pleasure that leaves a bad headache in its
wake, not to mention rebel corpses.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29

IL mas been decreed that maximum Of 8 600
bacteria TO the cubic centimeter Is about right
IN milk delivered for home CONSUMPTION
Thanks; we could get along with about s7s -
we don't have 10 count en-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29

mont OF tho rank and fle of the Republican
party, who, whom the time comes, will GER
tainly rebuke the leadership which so falsely
covenant,
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Charcoal Eph'. Daily Thought.

some pussons got mo- respeck TO King
Dan 10 hobo said Charcoal Eph in a mood
an gotta admit dat an den 70 will run
across hobo da, amt much. sub Try frit-
ter. Mistah Jackson"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29

The ex-Crown Prince OF Germany evidently
believes that he who runs and ducks may
live to duck another day.
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Contributed.

Reader OF this place writes that she w,s
teaching her four-yea--old daughter a rather
longer than usual prayer. The child became
impatient, and exclaimed:
Hurry up. Muvver, an Diet froo"
Why, Mary. I'm surprised! What will Cod
Think"
L you don't hurry he'll fink we dot a nerve
teepln Him siti!n up all night, ats what..
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
After q RninS Dnr

After a Rniny Day.
Good morning. sun :. f. You don't know how.
lou start the concert in that bough
That overhanEs my room.
The bursting of a hundred throats-
The swift cadenza's ripping notes
Close-woven musics loom.
Good morning. Sun! You don't know rb,
i"eFe e!adncss in the worlds bright eye
And vigor in its heart,
me great green meadows stretching far
bieno where your mider daughters are
Where summer mornings start
In bright Ceru!ea overhead
Unreal may seem to be:
hut Keep on travelling. if you please
FOR on such balmy days as these
You do look good TO me.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29

French drought ends" reads headline
and 1t Is just two days until the one ID
America begins.
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Population of Norfolk a,

Population of Norfolk and Richn ond.
u. NJ. M. Brookhill.-The Bureau OF
Norfolk in 1912 at 91,l4s and that OF
Richmond at 168.7O3. Norfolk now
claims war population OF $50, 900.
an increase.
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Germany's military caste is dying hard but
surely. Its last convulsive struggle is seen
in the concerted movement OF the Junkers to
save the former Kaiser from the clutches of
the allies. But both doomed, and they
probably will pass out together. The Kaiser
must and will. be punished for while as
an individual. he. is "a 'buny, insignificant speci-
men as the Prussan idol he will so long as
he lies be dangerous rallying center for the
old regime. With him gone, there is hope
that the militarists who brought grief to the
"orlo VIII be merged into the citizenry which
must work for a new and better Germany
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Information Bureau.

Inquiries regarding almost my tonic.
excepting on legal md medical sinh.
1ect., are answered free. As all Ia.
sonnl letter, IL aelf-nddressed, stnnipe d
envelope In required. Address The
Richmond, Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29

Discussion of the covenant Of the League a.,
nations IN congress discloses that there is at
least one republican Senator who holds the
welfare OF his country above partisan ron.
celebrations. Senator McCumber, OF North
Dakota. refuses to join his colleagues in ,heir
scheme to defeat the league on The false nre.
tenpe that 1t will jeopardize American in.
terests. He charged the Republicans with
willfully misinterpreting and grossly mis-.
representing the covenant, declaring ''i, e
regrettable that the mighty power Of clio.
quence Is used TO defame and distort the true
meaning OF an instrument the most i'm.
portant that ever appealed TO the hear, or
tho soul OF man. In thus protesting the At
titude OF his party associates, the North
Dakota Senator undoubtedly voices the sent,