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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-18
Oueen on Women.

Concerning women's rights the Queen Of
Roumania. i'm "A recent address, said: 81
Shall always maintain that the active llie
OF woman ought not 10 20 beyond the sacred
interior of her home. and that the voice oil
woman sounds nowhere so sweety musical
as on her own hcarthstonc in the midst 81
her children"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-18
This New and Popular Summer Resort will be open Tor
Visitors on
@gVJTI re l@ g.

MANY IMPROVEMENTS the premises since last s
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-18
fashionable Whiting Gard.

4 fashionable visiting card in Berlin is
an African importation. 1t is a leaf of the
silver poplar, which keeps its color when
dried. and can be easily written upon. II
delights fashionable Berlin under the name
of "Emin Pasha's visiting card"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-18
suxpAY.scmooL COMMITTEE.

q was manifest from the first that great
interest centered In the resolutions, on
which 70 much discussion bad been had in
to papers concerning Board Of Publica-
f1on( When offered 10 the convention, they
wor1 referred 10 committee OF one from
- S>ste, judici chosen by the president
~ vice-president. That committee, after
~ consideration, brought IN a report,
~ two Of IT, members, offering minority
F. ~ TIE report wes adoptsd~-a stand
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-18
stnnley,. Medal.

The medal for Mr.. Stanley is the first spe..
cial medal which the British Geographical
society has ever struck under such circum-
stances. Mr.. Stanley has bad the REGULAR
gold medal before, but this one is unique.
II was presented by the Prince Of Wales IN
person. and after this presentation the
Princess gave Mr.. stanley a flower from her
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-18

King Humbert is prudent monarch, and
does well 10 be So i'm the present state Of
the Kingdoms finances. Last year the civil
list for the royal household was l5.35o,0o0
francs, and the King spent l5,3i9m@ francs
and ninety-twO centimes, leaving cent
and three-quayters to his credit for the en-
suinN Xenr.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-18
f8ls NO T ca

MARTIN GILLEr established cur
firm in 1871. It's present mem
bers are bis grandsous.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-18

4 Berlin report, which is probably cXag-
crrated. states that Prince Bislnarch -
very uneasy i'm his enforced retirement. nc
is said to busy himself with writins scores
az letters which he no sooner finishes than
he DESTROYS. lie suffers terribly from IN
somnia. and drinks brandy in such quantl-
tie that the physician, fear disastrous re-
suits to the brain.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-18
German Relic Hunters.

II is stated that a rich Italian has pur-
chased the Villa Xir,o. at san Reno, IN
which the Emperor Frederick, Of Germany,
was in 80 long before inc went 10 Berlin 10
be crowned. and has closed il vigorously
AGAINST al visitors. II is said that the Ger
mans Morn carrYing il aMny'
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SWEET SPRINGS,
MONROE COUNTY, ". VA.

my l6-ln
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-18

The news of the murder Of King Oman
.alifon. Of Rio Nunez, in Senegal, by his
subjects. is confirmed. King Dinah was a
parsonage who created much interest in
Paris during the Exposition. When there
he was accompanied by his Queen named
Phills. who was a mere girl, being Only
nirllean.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10
HOW A GIRL COILS HER HAIR.

1t is an amusing thing to see girl coil
her hair: She piles it high on her crown
as she can build or hangs it low in her
neck, the loose ends straying over her
shoulders. She is a young person Of
character; she knows no indecision; this
stand or that must be taken; the middle
course she cannot endure. 1t is
only the rare girl who makes herself
pretty, for hair nowadays commonly looks
as if it were weeks since it had seen brush
or comb. The very low knots are worst
in this particular, for they fray out almost
with the movement of the lips or the
turning of the eyes. Nevertheless, for
curly locks they are very pretty when girl
is young enough and picturesque enough
to stand such framing of her face by the
loose tendrills twisting in her neck and
falling against her collar. At last there
is coiffure for the tip tilted nose. Three
soft puffs, one above another on the top
of the head, seem to suit it famously.-
Chicago Neus. <.
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A Poyerty.stricken Millionaire!

This seems a paradox, but 1t Is e1-i
planned by one Of New York's richest
men. 81 don't count my wealth in
dollars,n he said. "What are all my
possessions to me, since am victim
of consumption My doctor tells ms
that have but few months to live,
for the disease is incurable. ! am poor.
er than that beggar yonder." Bot
interrupted the friend to whom he spoke,
"consumption can be cured If taken
in time, DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery will eradicate every vestige
of the disease from your system" III
try it." said the millionaire, and he didi
and to-day there is not healthier
happier man to We found anywhere.
TIL discovery" strikes at the seat Of
the complaint. Consumption Is a dis
ease o. the blood-is nothing more nor
less than lung -scrofula and 1t must
and does yield to this wonderful remedy.
"Golden Medical Discovery" is not
only an acknowledged remedy for TINT
terribly fatal malady, when taken In
time and given fair trial, but also for
all forms of Scrofulous, Skin and Scalp
Diseases, as White Swellings, Fever
sores, Hip joint Disease, Salt rheum,
Tetter, Eczema, Boils, Carbuncles, Ely
sipelas and kindred ailments.
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FIFTEENTH CENTURY vEILs.

It IS no. easy, even for "extremists in
STYLE" to comprehend the fascination of
"veils upon wells" as worn four or five
centuries ago. At one period the wives
and daughters of well-to-do citizens were
satisfied with nothing less than frame
work of brass or wire rods upon which
to rest the fashionable structure of such
gauzy fabric as their purses could com.
mand; never less than two feet, often
three feet or more, the precious yelling
was up-eared, floating over the should
ers like gossamer streamers. A season
later additional breadths were in request
as a face protector, and swiftly following
came Dame Fashions order for limit,
less amount of material to be so bowed
and twisted over starched underpinnine
as to reach fabulous heights. A fearless
preacher of the times likened woman
wearing one of those hidcous fol-derols
among a group of men to tall cedar,
surrounded by small bushes.
These and other absurd head covering:
were contemporaneous, so it is affirmed
with a period marking the last agonie:
of feudal France and England. The dis
soluteness of the times can hardly bt
overdrawn. These cxaggerations were
the "outward signs Of an inward ant
spiritual curse. ."-Harpers Basar.
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United States she has made great pro-
grcss in her education, and now at the
age of fifteen is a model of scholarship
and politeness. She can speak French
and English well and combines the win
ming ways of an American girl with the
politeness of Partisan. Nellie looks
much older than she really is and would
be eligible to marriage if she were with
her own tribe. Since they came here
the Chesters have kept up a corresponds
cncc with the parents of the girl, who
have been delighted with the progress
which they have learned that she is max
ing under her instructors. About a
month ago they received a letter from her
father asking that she be returned to
Africa, as the King wished to claim his
bride. The tribe of which she is a
member is a polygamous one and Chester
refused to do this unless the girl
was to be the Kings only Queen. The
King, who is charmed with the stories
about Nellie, has promised to do as
asked, and it is likely that within few
months Nellie will be sent back to mount
throne in her native land. She
has had several offers of marriage
from colored men living near home,
but she has refused them all and
the King will find her heart whole and
fancy free. African-like, she does not
care much for sentiment and seems per-
fect.y content to wed a man many years
her senior and whom she has not seen
since she was very small child.-Chi-
cago Herald.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Merit is the only virtue which draws
q steady salary.
The fire of anger often costs as much
as that of hard coal.
Neglect is a mild term for what is
really the worse form of abuse.
If people could cover up their sins by
living, we would seldom meet the truth.
The people who hate us talk too
much, and those who like US say too
little.
There is no crime in being rich; the
sin of wealth lies in the selfish enjoyment
of it.
A woman mourns over her vanished
youth; man, over his vanished oppor.
tunities.
The stonecutters are the really great
literary men. There never was an un-
interesting epitaph.
The more wealth a man hao, the more
difficult for him to find out what people
really think about him.
How polite we are to tue nrst man 70
ask a questson, aud how we hate the
tenth man who asks It'll
When man talks a great deal, they
call it criticism. when woman talks
great deal, they call it gossip.
Your sensible, far-seeing young man,
picks out his wife by the callous spots
on the inside of her hand, and not by
the dimples on the back of it.
Somehow it is so much easier to ad-
mire the great man who is older than
yourself, than the great man who is
younger. Occasionally you find cir ]
So modest that she would prefer telling
q fb to having anything to do with the
naked truth.
There are only two kinds of married
couples; in one kind, the husband wor-
ries about the wife, and in the other the
wife worries about the husband.-Atchi-
son (Kan.) Globe.
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Hoods
Sarsap pariIIa
Sold by all druggists. ST. six for s.. Prepared only
hy {. !. HOOD & Co., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
CllaIneleOns.

Chameleons of one species or another
can generally be- seen in the reptile house
at the Zoo, it being rare event for the
society to be without one--at the present
time they have no less than eight. But
they attract but little attention from visi-
tors, and indeed are not very interesting
look ing animals, as they sit stolidly on
the plants provided fer them in their
cases, generally without moving. They
cannot be kept constantly supplied with
insects for food, and, speaking from q
somewhat intimate knowledge of the
habits of these animals in confinement,
there is nothing in the world will induce
chameleon to take even the lightest ap-
parent interest in its surroundings unless
it be the sight of what it considers a
toothsome insect. Nevertheless, they are
by no means unintcresting animals, and
when allowed to wander at large and
forage for themselves in greenhouse
they are constant source of amusement.
The chameleon s method oftaking its prey
is very curious, being effected by shooting
out an enormously long worm-like tongue,
the end of which is dubbed and covered
with viscid secretion, to which the in
sects stick and are thus drawn into its
mouth. The actual projection of the
tongue is made with marvellous rapidity,
but before striking the animal very
slowly opens its mouth, with all the ap-
pcarance of taking most deliberate aim.
Its eyes are most noticeable; they are
very large, but, with the exception of an
extremely small opening in the centre,
are covered with skin; they are also en-
tircly independent of each other, with
the result that occasionally the creature is
looking forward over its nose with one
eve, while with the other it is intently
watching something directly behind it.
And, finally, its far famed power of
changing color-which is also enjoyed
by other lizards-is perhaps the most
noticeable of the creatures many pc.
culiarities. 1t is "partly dependent on
the degree in which the lungs are filled
with air and different layers of chromato.
phores (cells in the skin in which the
coloring pigment is depositeD are pressed
toward the outer surface of the skim
1t appears to be produced partly at the
will of the animal md partly by an Gin
voluntary habit which enables its tints
to correspond with the natural sub
stances on which it is placed. "-Satur
day Reuieao.
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A Big Pan Of Gold.

Judge J. p. Leonard, of Oroville,
has given the following account OF the
largest pan of gold ever taken out of the
old Cape claim: "ln the first part OF
the month of October, 1857, H. B. La
throp, now dead, and myself took out of
this very same Cape claim pan of gold
containing 1O4 ounces and tour penny
weights OF pure, clean metal that sold for
over $4,000. We found the shining stuff in
the middle of the river bed under large
bowlder. 1t was some distance above
bedrock, and we did very little strip
ping of the surface dirt before finding it.
The gold was in small pieces, the largest
of which was not worth more than twenty.
five cents-it was all fine scale gold.
When we found it it had settled in a
crevice of the rock, where it had washed
by a natural rifle. Virginia (NeU.)
EnteTDrise
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FEET-DEcoRATED WOMEN.

The Soudanese women are curiosity.
The hair is braided up into hundreds of
little plaits, so small as to be mere
strings. These braids have been soaked
in castor oil and rubbed in dust until in
places they are perfectly solid. In the
middle of the forehead daugle short
strings of beads holding a fancy gold
pendant, and in the nostri!s large ring.
Around the neck are strings of onyx
beads, as well as long strings of polished
pebbles and amber intersperscd with
gay beads. OF bracelets there are several
of coarse dark horn upon one arm; upon
the other the massive silver work pecu-
liar to the Soudan. They wear wrapped
around them q black shawl, and their
feet are decorated with auklets.
York Journal.
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WILL WE'D 4 KING.

In London County, Virginia, not very
far from Washington, there is girl who
will some day contract an alliance with q
King. Her dresses on that occasion will
not be particularly splendid, and for that
reason, perhaps, the event has lot at
tracted the attention that such marriages
usually do. The truth is that the girl is
African and the man she will marry is
King of tribe in Africa. She is at pres
ent being trained for her future position
in African court circles and is an inmate
of the family of Rev. John S. Chester, a
clergyman who several years was mis-
sionary to the west coast of Africa. His
wife became very fond of young Afri-
can girl while he was there and asked
permission that she return with them
when they left the dark continent. Her
father, thinking the missionary was jok-
ing, gave his consent, but when the time
came for parting wanted to be released
from his promise. Chester still persisted
in his request, and finally, as no member
of the tribe is allowed under pain of
death to break promise, he had TO al
low his daughter to depart. The child
was given the name of Nellie instead of
the unpronounceable cognomen which
she at first possessed, and although
Chester already had children of his
own she was treated as member of
the family. Since Nellie has been in the
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Dangers OF Naval Fighting.

The New York Times says: "a serious
question has arisen from the recent armor
test at Annapolis which affects the very
lives of crews of modern battle ships. 1t
was found in the test that for distance
of 200 yards on each side of the armor
plate a perfect hail of iron fragments was
hurled every time projectile took effect.
In some instances the fragments of the
iron plate weighed over a pound, while
pieces of the size of bullet or over could
be picked up all over the testing ground.
1.-THE officers conducting the trial were
compelled to take refuge under the bomb
proof coverings: and even the gun had to
be protected from injury by mass of
sand bags piled high about it. 1t was
unsafe for a gunner to attempt to stand
out in the open and fire his piece, conse-
quently this work had to be detached by
the impact of the shell, the metal ap-
parently being more brittle than soft.
''In the test at Annapolis the gun was
twenty eight feet from the armor plate,
but it would seem that the same effect
must be produced upon armor plate, at
any rote upon compound armor, so long
as it is within penetrating range. The
question of mortality among the crews of
modern war ships when in action has for
some time been a mooted one, but the
belief has been general that future naval
engagements would present smaller
casualty lists than in the past. The An
napolis armor tests low incline to the
very opposite view, for it is difficult to
sec how under this murderous hail of
iron the open decks of protected cruisers
of barbette battle ships will be habitablc.
In the days of engagements between
wooden ships, fifty per cent. of the casual
lies were usually occasioned by the splin-
ters or fragments of timbers torn from
their fastenings by round shot or shell.
"The Annapolis test shows that armor
plating by itself will be the death OF
crews exposed on the open decks of the
barbette citidcl ships"
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The Era of Nut Cultivation

"The era of nut cultivation in this
country is just dawning," said Chief Van
Demau of the genealogical division in
the Department of Agriculture. "Be-
fore long, however, the growing of nuts
for market will become IN enormous in
dustry in the United States, where now
the product depended upon for con.
sumption is either gathered from wild
trees or imported from abroad. Incident.
ally to the clearing of the land for settle
ment nut bearing trees are being largely
wiped out, and the wild crop is neces-
sarily diminishing in proportion from
year to year. This is especially true of
the pecan, which the pickers are fond of
collecting by cutting dowa the trees-a
proceeding that naturally lessons the pro-
duction of subsequent seasons.
cit is only within the last ten years
that nut culture has been tried in this
country, but it is being widely taken up
because of the large profits obtained
from it, and great orchards of hundreds
and even thousands of trees are growing
or being planted on every hand. In
Central California almond groves of from
1000 to 5000 trees are not unusual, and
in the southern part of the same State
the English walnut, properly called the
Madeira nut, is already extensively raised.
The English walnut is grown also for
market in most Of the other States, and
on Staten Island it is cultivated aud sold
green for pickles and catsup. Thepecan
is grown in orchards in the south and
southwest, and the pinon, or pine nut,
though quite unknown to people east of
Mississippi, is produced in immense
quantities on the Pacific Slope. Wonder
full results are obtained with nuts by
selection and proper grating. With
such care they increase surprisingly in
size and become thin shelled. Here, for
example, are some pecans. don't
wonder that you are astonished at their
bigness. The pecans you are accustomed
to see have been wild ones, whereas these
are cultivated specimens. You will OBJ
serve that they are five or six times as
big as the ordinary nuts and their shells
are so thin that you will notice I break
this one easily between my thumb and
finger, just as would peanut Wash
ington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-10
c1RcAss1AN WOMEN SoT BEAUTIFUL.

Another of the idols of the past has
been shattered. J. Guthrie Watson, an
Englishman, denies the beauty of Circas-
sian women. They have long been ira
ditionally the most beautiful women of
the world, but their beauty, he declared
from long acquaintance with their land,
to be only for the native eye. What are
called Circassian beauties are to be found
not far from Batoum, in the small towns
and villages, and in the north of the
Caucasus, but they are not beauties at
all, and nine men out of ten would
travel through those districts without
noticing them. They are mostly poor
peasant girls. They have lovely eyes but
without expression. Up to the age of
fourteen they have nice features, but
after that age they become very coarse
looking.-Chicago Times.
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. Electricity for q FelOn.

The capabilities of electricity as a
remedial agent have just received new
illustration. A man with an aggravated
case of bone felon on the thumb con-
suited a physician, and was told that
several months would elapse before he
could use his hand. In his dilemma, he
sought the advice of a physician who
had done some excellent work by means
of electricity. The physician operated
on the deceased member with an electric
battery, and the pain, which had up to
that time been intense, ceased. In four
days the patient was at work again. The
operation was pronounced success, and
O perfect cure was soon effected. .--Nelo
York Csanmereial Adrertiser.,
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The Haryests in Europe.

France still stands first on the list oil
European wheat-producing countries, and
this year boasts fair crop; of barley q
full yield in bulk, but unlevel in quality
q big oat crop, but deficient rye crop.
Germany has fair yield of wheat, ar
average yield of barley and a rye croE
under the average. In Bavaria and Aus
tria the cereal crops are all fairly salts
factory, and there has been big yield
of fine wheat in Hungary. Italy il
credited with better crop than in 1889
Spain has fair wheat crop. The Rus
sian wheat crop is better than that OF last
year.-Nark Lane Epsa. 49, -
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
BAREFooTED SCOTCH LAssIEs.

In the rural parts of Scotland the
young women go barefooted most of the
year. On Sundays these buxom dam,
sells may be seen proceeding to church
with their shoes in hand and their stock
ings hung properly over their arms.
When they reach the churchyard they
sit down on the grass and with moro
ease than modesty proceed to don their
hosen and shoon, for it would be re-
garded quite improper to enter the kirk
without these articles of attire properly
disposed. Chicago Ners.
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CARMEN sILvA's NEW DRESSES.

The Queen of Roumania, when in Lon
don, ordered six lrish-poplin gowns,
choosing one of blush-rose pink, one of
acknowledgment, third of dovc-gray,
and for evening wear the Queen selected
a cream m-whitc poplin of exquisitely rich
silken finish, brocaded with devices of
Virginia creeper in autumn livery of
green and gold. Another cream gown
was figured with pale gold ostrich.
feather patterns, and a white brocaded
poplin interviewer with silver Margue-
rites, finished the list.-Neao York Post.
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