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The Times-Dispatch Published Dally and Weekly At No. 4 North Tenth Street, Richmond, Va. Entered Jan? uary 27, 1903, at Richmond, Va., as ??-ond-class matter, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. The DAILT TIMJ3S-DISPATCH is sold ?t 2 cents ? eory. The SUNDAY TIMES-DISPATCH Is told nt R cents a copy. The DAILT TIMER-DISPATCH by ?_???1?50 centB ? month: $5.00 a year; 12.50 for six months; 11.30 for threo months. The SUNDAY TIMES-DISPATCH by ?nil $2.00 a year. Tho DAILT TIMES-DISPATCH. In? cluding Sunday, ln Richmond nnd Man? chester, by carrier. 12 cents per weok. or B0 cents per month. The SUNDAY TIMES-DISPATCH, .by Carrier, 5 cents per weok. The WEEKLY TIMES-DISPATCH. 11.00 a year.' All Unsigned Communications will be "rejected. Rejected Communications ' will not. be returned unless accompanied by stamps. Uptown Office at T. A. Miller'?, No. 119 East Broad Street. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22. 1903. Perpons leaving tho city for the sum? mer should order Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch moiled to. them. Price, 50 cents per month. protection against STRIKES. The American Anti-Boycott Association Is now taking a hand In a Chicago strike, and Is giving Its assistance to tho com? pany affected. The association represents -luslness interest.*- with a capital of $1,00(1,000,000. It was organized last fall in New York, and includes in Its mem? bership, fo It Is said, fully fifty per cent, of the largest manufacturing, transporta? tion and mercantile Interests in tho coun? try. Its object is to protect its mcm_er_ against the boycott and to aid them in'the enforcement of tho laws for their pro. ?tection by proper and legal means. .It proposes to maintain the right of every man to run his own buslnes In his own ?way so long as he does not trespass upon the rights of others, and? the right of every man to work without being molest? ed. In this connection we notte from the Spectator, a well known insurance Jour? nal of New York, thai a charter was recently granted by the Connecticut Gen? eral Assembly to the Mutual Insurance Company, of Waterbury, authorizing It to insui?? manufacturing and ' Industrial ronceras against losses by floods and "ither casualties, but chiefly against losses occasioned by strikes. The Spoeta fur doc. aot speak very favorably of the. scheme but does say that there would soem to bt? . f.eld here for insurance, and that the ?nan who will devise a plan that shall be ?quitablo to the insured and profitable to the company will deserve to make a fortune by its adoption. We doubt if such a company could be operated successfully, but It might agree Instead of paying full losses to the lnsurea to pay a stipulated Indemnity In caso of strikes, the amount of the Indemnity to be measured by the premium paid. How eivr and may be. the organization of the American Anti-Boycott Association shows that railroads and manufacturing con? cerns are disposed to co-operate and to aFsist eacli other during strikes at least to the extent of protection from damage ay violence and boycott. THE NORTH AND THE NEGRO. Two highly significant articles on the negro question appear In two of the Philadelphia typers pn Monday. The ono Is In the ftecoYd and mentions the fact that DO.OOO negro voters In the Stale -of Pennsylvania, with few exceptions, steadi? ly ?,-oted the Repullcan machine ticket year In and year out, and that if any oi tlum should assert their political inde? pendence they would be subject to pers?? cutlon by their race. "These colored voters." adds the Record, "constitute In ordinary State elections little less than one-third of the Republican majority. As most of them aro concentrated in Phila? delphia ?ir.d Alleghaney county, thoy go to swell the machine vote ln these strong? holds of rtepuMlcan power. Tho assessor's lists and other evidences have plainly revealed the fact that many of them re? peat early and often for the machine un? der the protection of the police." This clearly shows thut the negro has become an Important factor in the politics of Pennsylvania, and shows In the politics of Pennsylvania, and shows also that the negro voter Is tbe same everywhere. "He always votes at his party's call, and never thinks of thinking for him.elf at all." But more significant than this Is an ar? ticle In the Ledger, an independent Re? publican newspaper, which emphasizes the fact that tho negro is of a different race, and cannot he treated as tho white, ttian ti treated, "It is with an inexplica? ble fatuity," says the Lodger, "that we In this country have so completely Ig? nored the fact that the negro is a man of another race; that his instincts, his capabilities, his physical, mental and moral naturo are his own and not ours." It calls attention to the fact that the majority of negrees now in ihe United States are the children of Africans who were living in Ihe. fore.is ?,f t),e Congo or the Senegal a hundred years ago, and that three or four generations have not transformed the character tlxed by cen? turies of savage existence. It draws a distinction between the Caucasian of the temperate none and the negro of the tropics. "What folly then." adds the Ledger, "to tioat the tropical man In bis fll.t century of existence in a new home -_fl If we were already the produci of con? ditions which have been at work upon the "white man ft?r inilleniums!" How often have we of the South called th? No ?t Attention to this fact. How often have we spoken of racial distinc? tions and racial Instincts, yet tho North has turned up Its nose at our protests, and declared that It was a mere "prejudice." How often have we slid that there could be no fair comparison between the unlet? tered white man and the unlettered negro when It came to n-otlng, tho one having come from ancestors who from time Im? memorial had been trained In the art of government, while tho other had cdme from a race of savages who knew no? thing whatever about civilized govern? ment. How often havo we protested ngnlhst the Infamous fifteenth amendment, which put the ballot Into the hands of these Ignorant men of tho forest, but until recently, until tho North had a tnste of negro suffrage, our protests were hiughed to scorn. Hut the North has opened Its eyes, no better evidence nf which have we seen than these articles from the Philadelphia papers roferred to. In concluding Its ex? traordinary discourse on this snhject, which wo should like to print In full If we had the room, tho Ledger says: "The treatment of the negro In this country has boon unphilosnphic and un? reasonable,? It hns been grounded In p mlstako so utter as to constitute a nation? al aberration. Tho fruits of It nre seen to-day In tho fact, forced upon the atten? tion of the country by tho unparalleled outbreak of n?gro crime. Hint the blnck population Is breeding In terrifying num? bers rowdies, vagabonds and brutes. "Is thero anything surprising In this? Is It reasonable to remore ? savage r.i from Its environment during uncounted centuries, nnd Ilion iistime thai Its first generations In .1 civilized land will con? duct themselves like a people trained dur? ing' the rise and fall of dynasties, em? pires, religions, philosophies and lan? guages, In a zone In which alone, ns all history shows, progress Is possible? Would It not rather be the part of reason to ro co?nlze that the negro problem Is question not of sentiment, but of anlhrc pology? Hns not the time come for tbe nation seriously to take to heart the case of the negro, nnd to address itself with lecoilcr-ted mind to the mighty task which has been set lis?i?ndouhtedly to our per? plexity nnd trial, but as undoubtedly In some large benevolence of the evolution? ary Intent?" J If that does not mean the repenl of tho fifteenth amendment It means no? thing. WOMEN IN BUSINESS. The last report of the Masachusetts Bureau of Statistics shows that since thc year 1870. tho number of women .and girls over ten years of age employed In trades, manufactures nnd professions In that Slitte, has Increased more than Y;A per cent. although tho popu? lation of tho Stato Increased dur? ing the same period less than 100 per cent. Out of a total female popu? lation of L137,S72. the number of women and girls employed during tho past year was 329.033. This gives some Idea of the large In? crease In the number of working women throughout the United States. Women are thronging the. factories, the stores, the business offices and even tho professions, and are working side by side with men In most, of the vocations of life. In some Instances they work through choice, be? cause they prefer to bo Independent, be? cause they like to earn their own living and enjoy the wages which they make. G? many Instances, however, Indeed, In the great majority of Instances, women work through necessity. For our part wo think It an unfortunate condition, and It seems to us an unnatural condition In a prosperous country like the United States. Men ought to be able to earn enough to give a comfortable sup? port to the women of their household, and there can be no doubt that our social conditions would be greatly Improved If the men did the outside werk and the wo? men were loft at home to take core of tho household. But tha women ore at work and the number of working women Is Increasing nil tbn time, and the question now arises as to how long it will he before women will engage In business and set up busi? ness establishments for themselves. They have shown great capacity In the busi? ness world, and if they are able to fill the minor position, they nre able to fill higher positions, nnd oro ablo to carry on business for themseKes, as. Indeed, quite a number of them havo already sufficiently demonstrated In this and In other communities. But It Is all wrong. The man's place Is in the activities of life and tho woman's place Is at home. It Is the man's affair to make, money, and it is the woman's af? fair to keep house. The great institution of this country Is the home, and no home can be successful unless thero Is a wo? man to preside, whose only business it is to attend to household affairs. When we Impair tho Integrity of tfie homo, we strike society at it's most vital point. . WASHINGTON AND LEE. Quite recently the Baltimore Sun pub 'ifhed ? letter from Field Marshal Lord Wolseley, the former commandcr-ln-chlef if tho British a nny. to .Mrs. Hugh II. Lee, of Baltimore, In which that General ?ald: "I have always felt an sure as I louia of anything that could ever be estod, that If General Washington hart een alive In 1851-?2-?3. he. like the grent Leo, would have thrown himself heart in.? ioni Into the cause of Southern in And now we hear that a movement is on foot In England to erect a. statue of George Washington ?n London, and that ? site for the statue In St. Paul's Cathe irai h'.is been offered, A little more than a century ago Wash? ington was denounced by the English ??.copie as the greatest of rebels. His per? sonal character, was admired by home? not by all?toUt "" fl11 Imids he wns voted to be an unmitigated rebel The feeling was tore against him us having been the chief instrument In separating from the mother country lhe most promising of all her colonies. This movement in England is tugg.-s tlve at ibis time, when It is seriously propose^ ? Lut the Grand Army o| tl..? Republic shall ask Congress to pass .-in ip? ndmtllt to the existing law to ppj\ --m il.e statue of Leo from being placed In the Statuary Hail of the- Capitol at Washington. W? are not advised as to the probable course-the Grand Army convention will Aiuiaue In this matter, but we d? not be llevo Congress will alter tho law. Pub? lio sentiment on tbe subject Is changing very rapidly In the North nnd West, nnd by the time the statues ot Washington and Leo nre finished -and rendy to be sent to Washington, It ls r-rob-ible they will bo welcomed there by tho pooplo of the.United States. The sort of chango thnt was slow to como about In England will come about here moro rapidly. The Inevitable offert of the placing of tho statue of Washington In St. Paul's Cathedral will be to mnko pntrlotlc and Intelligent Americans ashamed to deny Leo a place In Statuary He.ll. A PLAIN PROPOSITION. It Is evident that tho negro Is no longer as welcome North as he was a few yenrs ago. They are- suspicious of him. Thoy fear that he will try to Indulge his lusts upon their women, nnd recent events havo shown that whero he does do so, and where they arrest him, they are Inclined to deal ns summarily with him n-s nny Southern community would do. We find In the Hartford, Conn., Times an appeal to the good men of the negro race to come out against .this groat crime of the freedman nnd show tho world that they abhor It and will not condone It. but so fnr from thnt will actively aid In the punishment of such offenses. The Tlmes-Dlspatch frequently hns begged that the boat men of that rnco would adopt that course, but we havo not heard such a responso as Wo think due. If worthy negro men and women would set their fnces llko flint against all of their men who commit such nssnults?If they would old in their detection and conviction?a reform might bo brought about which scorns ? not possible other? wise. Wo quote our Now England contempo? rary, as follows: "Violent assaults upon women, espe? cially upon defenseless girls, nnd a. dis? position to Inflict as much pain as possi? ble upon their victims, are tho common features of these atrocious crimes by negroes, the reports of which occupy so much spaco In tho newspapers from day to day. "It is this savagery on the pant of the negroes who attack white women and children which has so greatly Inflamed the feeling throughout tho Northern States against .the. black race. It must, be plainly apparent, we think, to tho better element? among the blacks that there must be a cessation of this sav? agery if the two races are to live In the same communities in this country. "Such crimes cannot bo repeated from day to day without arousing such hos? tility toward the black race as to make every block man nn object, of suspicion, If not of hatred, wherever ho may go. If tho sentiment shall once become gen? eral throughout the Northern States that white women must hove nt all times ?the protection of white men to Insure their safety from assaults hy negroes, then It will be of little use to continue the effort to maintain the same civil rights for negroes ln this country which are possessed by white ??'?rsons." AN INTERESTING RULING. "A very Important decision," says the Washington Post, "holding that the dis? missal of a government employe for not being 111 good standing with a labor union will not be tolerated, was an? nounced Monday from the Department of Commerce. It settles a controversy long in dispute at the Government Print? ing OfBce, where the case In question arose." It seems tha,! on May 18th, 1003. Wil? liam A. Miller wts removed by the Public Printer from his position of assistant foreman at the Government Printing Office for the reason that he had been expelled from the local typographical union. As soon as the matter was brought to the attention of President Roosevelt he directed that Miller be reinstated. In his letter to Secretary Cortelyou, the President says: "On the face of the papers presented, Miller would appear to have been re? moved In violation of law. There Is no objection to the employes of Che Govern? ment Printing Office constituting them? selves into a union " tbey so desire; but r.o rules or resolutions of that union can be permitted to override the laws of tho United States, which It is my sworn duty to enforce." Tho President says, In effect, that he has no objection to the employment of union printers, but that tho government cannot discriminato against a good work? man simply because he does not belong to a labor union. In that position the President cannot be successfully assailed. TELEPATHY. Mr. William T. Stend, of London,, has been convinced that there, is such a thing as long distance telepathy. Ho was pres? ent recently at a trial where ono tele pa thlst communicated with another at 125 miles? distance. One man was in London, tho othor in Nottingham, and It Is said that "a commltteo of six distinguished men wero present and every precaution wan taken agHlnat fraud and collusion." ?Thought vibrations" are what did it. This Information is very much like the news the "Intelligent contrabrand" used to bring into the Yankee camps during tbo Confederate war?"Important, If true." But as yet we cannot believe that this system will prove to be a substitute for the telephone system. All of us are not tclepathlsts, no more than we are mind readers or sleep-walkers. One has to have a peculiar and rare?yes, very rare?men? tili endowment either to transmit or re? ceive "mental vibrations." The general judgment will be that Mr. .Stead, great critic though he bo, has been taken ln. As for tho "intelligent committee," why every juggler knows how useful they are to him. ?.. HONORS ARE EASY." It Is raid that a Virginia girl recently composed a beautiful "Nocturne," which she dedicated 10 Prince Henry, of Prus? sia. It Is further said that, having mailed a copy of the composition to thu Prince, she received a curdlul note of thanks, "and is very proud of the recog? nition of the Prince." ? Prince Henry is a musician and a competent judge of music, and if ho has assured ibis young ludy thai she hat' com? posed, a line piece of music, il Is very pioper for her lo be proud of the Prince's testimonial. But why should a Virginia giri bo proud ef receiving a noto from a prince? Prince Henry is nothing more than a man, nnd he Is no bettor thmi thousands and hundreds of thousands of ?tren i" this country who do not chance to have a title. W??. cannot concede that It I? nan? wioiUal huuor to a Virginia Klrl o? culture and refinement to rocelv-c "r?c? ognition" of a prince. In this case It seems to us that It wne tho Prince who was honored. Senator Tom Platt Is quoted ns snylng that Senhtor Kelson W. AUf^h. oC Rhode Island, would malte a strong can? didate for Vlce-Presidont on tho Beptib llean national ticket next year. We doubt It. Mr. Roosevelt's running mato will come from tho West, unless. Indeed, ho ls able to Inaugurate "a new departure" and coax his patty Into tnklng a Southern man! He has stated, however, that he does not menn to have anything to do with tho selection of a vice-Presidential nominee.? All the same, wo (laro say tho convention will manage to ascertain his wishes, and will probably try to gratify them, Governor Yates, of Illinois, announces that he will not be ft candidate for this nomination. U. S. Grant, Jr., of San Diego, Cal., and. Governor Durbln, of Indiana, nro mentioned as persons who would not decline. "Tho old Brown" family recently had j a very cnjoynblo reunion In Baltimore. Now It Is In ordor for the old Smith family to oome together. We suggest Jamestown as the place nnd some date during the exposition at Norfolk, ne tho time for this reunion. It would be alto? gether appropriate and seemly for the Smiths to honor tho memory of that great fighter and pioneer, and tho his? toric ground of Jamestown is, nbovo all other places, tho one for their meeting place. It seems strange that at this late day people havo to bo reminded that com? munications sent to a newspaper office for publication, unaccompanied by the name of the author, are thrown In tho waste basket. We hnve so disposed of a largo number of unsigned lettore bear? ing on tho strlko question, and still they come. Four convicts escaped from the peniten? tiary at Dannemora, N. V?. Saturday afternoon. They tunneled out from the cellar ot a factory. What they did with the earth they removed ls a mystery. They appear to have taken nn ample supply of food with them. Their recap? ture, however, lw expected. The Baltimore American Is of the opin? ion that Cardinal Gibbons stands no chance of succeeding to the papacy, but holds tho.t " his claims are quite ns good as those of any other member ot tho sa? cred congregation, while the merits ot his cause aro moro logical, more cogent, than are those of others." The white-winged dove of peace ls with us. All the, out-of-town soldiers havo gone homo from Richmond, six more regiments have been called from the Philippines and Secretary Root has gone off on a vacation. The Franklin syndicate man, Mr. Mil? ler, of 520 per cent, fame, having served 30 per cent, of his term In the New York penitentiary, Is seeking a pardon at the hands of Governor Odell. Fourteen months and a half is a good long time for one Congress to sit, but having a Congress all or her own Is a novelty with Cuba, and sho should be excused. A toy-plstolless Christmas in the South and a similar Fourth of July ln the North are the reforms that are now to be fought for. Castro's men were slow getting there, but they torn up things generally when they finally reached Ciudad, Boll'i'ar. King Edward will have a good time In Ireland. The Irish do not lovo him, but they know how to be hospitable. DAILY FASHION HINTS. GIRL'S WRAPPER. One of the most comfortable garments of a girl's wardrobe is the wrapper, that is noi only dainty und cool for morning wear, but Is so restful to slip on while finishing some studies or a llttl. sewing in the aft.rnoon or between "dress-up" hours. Tho original model shown here is all that one could wish for?smart In design, yet having an air of comfort ln Its very looks. The wrapper Is fastened over a \cst-llke front by two straps. Tho back may bo worn loose or strapped down. A prettily shaped collar gives a neat' finish to the neck and shoulders. A pleasing reproduction would be a figured or polka-dot wrapper, using white for front and white laco embroid? ery on collar and sleeves. The selection of material Is only a matter of taste, as the design Is good for all kinds of ma? terial. ?:llf No. 1.401?Sizes for 12. 14 nn(1 l? years. On receipt of io cents this pattern will be sent to any address. All orders must bo dfrected to THE LITTLE FOLK?. ??????? CO 7S Fifth 'Avenue, {sew York. Whin ordering please do not fall to mention number. No. ?1,401. FIze. Nume,. Address. I TJrend of Vhought Sn <DixiG Xand f ??. ?>;? Memphis Commerclnl Appeal: Mr. Roosevelt should not be deceived by the endorsements he m getting. A few hun ?ired hungry politicians meet In conven? tion tp nominate candidates for gnvern ernor and other State officers, nnd thoy concludo to pass a strong resolution en? dorsing Roosevelt. Tho fact Is they wnnt the stuff and If they don't get It they laoi w?l*lng ago lust the President In Atlanta Constitution: If by nny chance an agreement Is reached between tho cornering crowd and the mill people to keep prices of raw cotton higher than foreign markets can profitably nay It will not bo long before America will hold tho guiding reins of this branch of man? ufactures nnd possess the world market ? for cotton goods on terms with which no European country can compete. : Now Orleans Picayune! This granting of high rank, which hns not been cnrnc.l Is a mistaken policy, nnd Is calculated to lower the esteem In which the highest grades of tho milltnry service arc held. Thero ought lo bo some other way of rewarding old and elTlolent ofllcers other than promoting them to grades thoy aro not entitled In on the nctive list. No officer should hold n. rank on the retired list which ho did not earn on tho active list. Nashville American: The point which Immediately strikes the Southerner In rending nny opinion on the negro from the Northern view-point, nnd more, par? ticularly the New England viewpoint, In that they ?in not seem to understand that the QUOStloil nppilcs to them, ?md thnt tho preservation or racial purity, which Is nt the bottom of It. might affect them nnd their descendants, nut ho disastrous? ly, perhaps, but as directly wherever they come In contact with It, as It dons tho Boti thorn people, should tho bars bo let down nnd social recognition, which means Intermarriage, bo granted the ne? gro In tho South. With a Comment or Two. The action of the Kentucky Republican Convention in endorsing Mr. Roosevelt Is no surprise to thoso who know what a ?Southern Republican Convention Is com? posed of.?Durham Herald. How nbout tho Virginia crowd that gave him a kind of double-barrelled endorse? ment? Newport News city Officials need to read up on Marquis of Queenabury rules. Their bouts are lacking ln grnco and sdentine precision.?Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatch. What Is lacking ln graco and science, however, la mude up In execution usual? ly. Call time!?Newport News Press. Richmond's Influential cltlzons who re? ceived those big "fees" for "moulding sentiment," und were able to do It with? out parting with any of the money put In their bands by the telephone com? pnny, could no doubt find a profitable job In connection with tho Colombian Con? gress nnd tho Panama Canal treaty.? Norfolk Public Ledger. An .excellent suggestion. No doubt the State capital could manage to worry along without them and wo aro quite sure the State could do so.?Newport News Press. The experience of Harrlsburg during the last year Indicates that no combina? tion of contractors and politicians Is strong enough to prevent free nnd open comp?tition ln the award of public work when once the people are uroused to the'.r rights and to the danger and Injustice of favoritism in the conduct of public af? fairs.?Harrlsburg. Pa., Patriot. Same way In Richmond, let us hope. -??-.?? A Few Foreign Facts. One of the great railroads of the world will be built in China from Canton tc Hankow. COO miles through a teem? ing population. For the defense of. a member of. the Mafia, who Is to be tried for murder in Florence, it Is stated that 1,100 pounds has been contributed anonymously ln Palermo alone. The Uganda Mission, In Central Africa, begun twenty years ago, hns now 1,070 church buildings, seating 120.S50 persons, erected chiefly at the cost of tho people. By tin Introduction of the principle of self-declaration, the annual taxable in? come of tho city of Gothenburg. Sweden, is this vear increased from 3,057,500 pounds to 3,460,G65 pounds. In a Berlin Insane asylum Is a patient, it Is said, whose hair changes color with her temperature. When she Is cool nnd quiet her hair Is a light yellow, but when she Is restless and excited It becomes auburn. ? A slum Inspector told tho Glasgow Mu? nicipal Commission on .the Housing of the Poor that on some occasions he had found families sleeping in tiers?the parents on the floor, then a matress and a layer of children on the top. North Carolina Sentiment. Referring, evidently, to Chief 'Justice Clark and some others, the Wlnston-Salem Sentinel says: A contemporary suggests that none of them havo yet given up their jobs on the strength of Mr. Brvan's endorsement. We admit that it would be a trailo risky, just at tho present stage o? the proceedings. The Ashevllle Citizen says: The remarkable number of enlargements of cotton mills In North Carolina Is a most convincing proof of the prosperity of the Industry?both ln point of volume of bus? iness done find profits mado. The fact that the business of the cotton mill has been so successful that H Is absolutely necessary to make enlargement shows be? yond question that there's money In ft. Good business men do not put new wine in old bottles or mako expensive ad? ditions to unprofitable enterprises. The Charlotte Observer makes this polat: Politics of course had nothing to do with it, but for the benefit of those who may not know It, we are moved to remark that Madison county, from which fifty negro linemen wore driven by armed mountaineers. Is one of the few rock ribbed Republican counties In North Car? olina. Therefore it is hardly probable that the Incident can truthfully be described ns a "Democratic outrage." ? The Charlotte News says: One thing thnt the Watts bill .has ac? complished Is the showing up the hypo? crisy of the Republican party ln North Carolina as nn ally of tempernr.ee. It was formorlv Us policy to join hands with the prohibitionists wherein il thought that this would disrupt the Democratic party in unv locality, tiui now the snoa is on the other foot. If there Is ? North Caro? lina Republican paper that bus not been bewailing the shutting up of the miserable distillery doggeries It doesn't come to our exchange table. The Raleigh Post says: Ii is folly to say our people in this State are not prosperous, or that every one who is willing to work and capable cannot have good living employment. . -. ?? Remarks About Richmond? Alexandria Morning Call: Our Rich? mond imost is that the strikers are go!ng to run automobile carriages In opposi? tion to tho street car system us a means of continuing the strike. We trust, how? ever, that ail ambulance tender and ma? chine shop will be attached to each auto? mobile! and that a hospital will bo es? tablished at every stop before the ?pter* prise is fairly on. Newport News Press: Richmond evinces an ' Inclination to become Inoculated in every arm of tho municipal government with tho investigation germ. Lynchburg News: In this connection, the suggestion forces Itself upon the minds of people outside of the capital city that If the local authorities thero had not waited until so late ii day to provide u contingent fund for extra police service and the police had displayed more vigor In ?-t-uUnu. with tbo situation, thero would, J The only water of its kind in America. Alterative and restorative, it enriches the blood and builds up the entire system. Cures functional dioordore of the ner? vous system and insomnia. Is beneficial in all cases of blood poison, diseases of the bowels, liver, kidneys and in female diseases. If your druggist cannot supply you, write to the owner. ?$ Tato Spring Hotel Open All tho Vear THOS. TOMUNiSON. TATE SPRING, TENN. mmmi^mm*mm?m^mt?gmm A. A. SCOTT, Druggist, Twenty-fifth and Broad Streets, Agent, not havo been the necessity for employ? ing so largo a number of troops for so long a timo at that point, Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser: ? term In tho penitentiary for stoning streot cats during the Richmond strlko Is calculated to. teach a much-needed lesson. : Abolishing LyncliinR. Editor of Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch: Kir,?"Can Lynching bo Abolished?" is Ci?, caption ?if an editorial in the vv'nsh li'gton Post of to-dny. Tho writer argues forcibly that the delays anil nttendnnt uncertainty of legal procedure tiro tho main causes of the action of tho mob, and contends that If satisfactory assur? ance, could be hod of a speedy trial and punishment of the guilty there would bo no lynchlngs. But lie leaves entirely out of view another, and a very powerful In? centive, to summary action on the part of the people, maddened by outrage in? creasingly frequent In all parts of tho country? It la the knowledge that If tho guilty wretch Is trie,) In court his poor victim will be subjected to a most shame? ful and agonizing ordeal--even that of giving her evidence before a gazing crowd. ?Vnd to savo her from such degradation and mlsory Is tho settled determination of her friends and neighbors; and any harangue to them at. such a time about the majesty of the law and the duty of nphOiu.ng It might ns well be given to tho winds. Even the assurance of a speedy trial and deserved punishment of the guilty brut* would not reconcile to the thought of shntn?; and mental tor? turo nwaJtlng tho miserable victim made to testify ln open court. And the remedy here is so simple. ? change in the ad? ministration of the law, or In the law Itself (should that be needful), allowing tho woman to give her evidence in the presence of the Judge, counsel and pris? oner, while all others wero excluded from tho court-room; such a chango would remove one of the strongest Inducements to execution In such cases by lynchera. And until It Is made, tho people will do Justice ln their own way. and thus save the poor woman from the dcgrcdatlo?i of tho witness stand. D. Ml. Jackson, July 15th. It is not generally known, but Just such a law as our friend suggests has been en? acted In Virginia within tho past three years, lii a recent trial ln .??chmond Judge Witt had the. courtroom cleared of tho "gaping crowd" Just in the manner Indicated above, when the loading wit? ness was nn the stand. EDITOR TI.MES-DI SPATCH. The J. ?. B. Stuart Coins. Editor of Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch: Sir,?I have been Informed since that I named In my former letter of correction only half of the mistakes that wore con? tained In that brief "story" In last Sun day's Tlmes-D'spatch describing the gift to the Confederate Museum of the two quarter-dollars that wero used to close General J. E. B. Stuart's eyes when their Ing clue light was quenched In death. Besides statine the facts that It wa3 neither ono "N. R. Venable, Jr." nor ??sor Venable, ?G tho University -of Virginia," who presented the colas, but Andrew R. Venable. Jr., a gentleman of Prince Edward, resident near Farmvl'le, formerly a major ln the Confederati Cavalry and inspector-general on Stmrl's staff, I should havo said, had I known it, that tho inscribed place In w'll.n in?, coins were set was not Httel, as Flatcd. but pure silver, and that the said plato was presented by Mr. Joseph Bryan, of this city, Major Venablo having yielded to Mr. Bryan, after inu-'i entreaty, that privilege of joining v:itn bin In thus do? ing reverence to the rli.thory of their heroic chief, as knightly a cavallc-r as ho was able a general. J. M. Richmond, Va.. July 17, 1D03. . Has Seen the Comet. Editor of Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch: Sir,?In your paper of this morning ydii state that nono of tho star-gazers havo vet reported the arrival of tho "comet we have been hearing about." Well, this Is evidence that there are some folks In this town who don't tell the papers all they know! A week ago I read that the comet was near the constellation of the Swan, and after locating this group on an astrono? mical map. I went out and Immediately located the wandering stranger. Since that evening, I have seen It almost every evening, arid pointed It out to many others. When first seen it was far to tho north? east about 0 P. M., and it.has traveler! through several constellations till It is now in the northwest. Last night it was near the Great Dipper, being just -jbovo and to the right of the bowl of that constellation. Each evening It will bo still further to the west. . It has tho appearance of a little moon, In a thin cloud, and ls roadlly distinguish? ed from a star or planet. Its tall, if it has one, ls very much abrevlatc-d, and is hardly worth looking for. The visitor can bo seen by good eyes unaided, but a pair of marine glasses or even a good pair of opera glasses will be of considerable assistance. ARTHUR 13. CLARKE. Value of Houdon St .lue. Edltor of The Tlmes-Dlspatch: Sir,?ln the New York Weekly Post I see copied your excellent remarks con? cerning Houdon'.?. statue of Washington, meriting absolute ?eoncltv? Th- ?Ml Im? portant work of tout greatest of French sculptors oommands very grent price .'n Pails to-day. ?\s to the work In ques? tion It ls doubtless by far die most vai unblo statue In the whole country, both from an artistic and from the historical point of view, Yours truly, RALPH "A'ORMELEY CURTIS. Alx les Bains, Paris, July 7, 1603. ? o Judge Saunders as a Farmer. An engagement with Judge Saunders nt his beautiful home late in the after? noon of Tuesday last, found that dis? tinguished gentleman busllv engage, with an "old Issue" negro working his toma? toes. Most of the vines had already reached a height of five feet or mure. We expressed our astonishment at the growth, "Some people seem to think that tomatoes will not grow upward," remarked the Ideal ex-legislator, ex Hpiiaker of tho House of Delegates, and H?lse, of the Circuit Court. We Indi? cated that our skepticism in that direc? tion had been effectually removed af? ter seeing his vines. This model judge and erstwhile popular and successful statesman and legislator Invited us to look at his fine meudow. "I would not take a thousand dollars for my meadow," was the first remark, then he addtd: "Only last year It wus a swamp, quag? mire and frog pond." It is n. beautiful meadow, well set in grass and It is not surprising that he is proud of It and that he prizes It very highly. Judge fiaunders Is a hard worker; -.a ls obll.ed lo be. ond one remark ho made would have convinced ua If wo had not been familiar with tho fact: "The grass in tho meadow is so restful to look upon." What a beautiful thought Jr.. how ex presslve. ??So restful!"?Franklin Times.Demo? crat. frir??a_.c?Nbl WOODWARD & SON LUMBER noLGti AND DRESSED ~_? R'i.Vl ?V?"* "To-Day's Advertising Talk.-" Business is Nourished by constant and judic? ious advertising. As water nourishes the soil, advertising nour? ishes the business and assures a bountiful har? vest. The small busi? ness that is nourished by good newspaper ad? vertising will grow at a surprisingly rapid rate. The start may not be instantaneous, but if a good, persistent cam? paign is followed, suc? cess is a certainty. Many of the largest de? partment stores started in a small way and ad? vertised themselves to success. The most successful ad? vertising is done in the morning. Does The Times-Dispatch carry your story to it's thousands of readers? ANIMAL STORIES FOR OUR BOYS AND GIRLS The Lazy Horse. "1 don't seo why I should work all th? time and others have nohlng at all to do," said the lazy horse, one day. "I would llko to live a life of Idleness and ease, as well ns they." Then he began to think It over, and he decided to try to find some meane which would permit him to give up haul? ing the farm wagon day after day. It was a hard problem to solve, but the horse presently Etruck upon an Idea. "I'll make believe that I'm sick," said he, "and then my master will not require me to perform any of my usual duties." So he hung his head and leaned up igalntt the side of his stall and tried to look as lf he was truly on his last iegs. His master came around and iooked at him and exclaimed: "Why, what on earth Is the mattet HE TRIED TO LOOK WELL. with this horse? He was well when 1 p?t htm in the stable yesterday, but now he soems to be almost dead. Then the master left the stable. "Ah"' cried the horse, "ho has? gone to get somo medicine for me. My plan Is going to work beautifully. ' .Soon the master came back, and with Mm was a great big black man, wit* a?. axe on his shoulder. ??That horse Is very 111." said the mas tf"He certainly Is," replied the man with ^"AncTthere Is only one thing to do with him," ?aid the monter. "Only one thing." added the man with th'VeNn,'Jim. hit him right square between the eyes and as hurd as you can, for I don't want him flopping all around the place here before he die?.'." said the mas 1er "All right, sir," answered the man. as he raised the axe .In the air. And Just at ihat moment the horse nrlcked up his ears and kicked up his heels and tried to look ob well as he could. ,, . ?'. . "The horse hoe gone crazy,' declared the master, "Ho has, Indeed!" exclaimed the ro*A with the axe. "Wall, we'll have to kill him anyway," said the master. "Hit him quick!" And the man hit, Dr. Prl?dy's Plans. Dr. A. S. Prlddy, until recently a mem? ber of the medical staff of the South? western State Hospital at Marlon, and prior to that time a member of the Gen? eral Assembly for Charlotte county. 1s In tho citv on business for a day or two. When aslted If he would re-enter public life Dr Prlddy promptly ronlled In the negative, pud announced that he would devote himself to his profession. He will continue to make his home in the Bout*? ?west