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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-23

70 the Amusement Going Public Of Rich
m0nd:

4 report has been circulated throughout
the city that the Grand Central Theatre
which is under my management, was 90
close on saturday night, March - is en-
urely without foundation. l Will present
% the pnblic of Richmond on Monday,
March ~, the strongest variety show mot
i'm name, but in reality) that has ever been
i'm Richmond. JAMES NJ. BARTON.
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Easter Suits.

Dr. your Boy is candidate for holy Come
munion or Confirmation. remember fh1f This
is ihe only House matnga speciality ofcon-
hrmat.on Suits We show hem JOB dne lm-
ported Cass.mcrcs. corkscfcWe. MNrsfei-,
wide aud Narrow wales. Ac. cuf n -ackor
Getaway Fiort Styles. anl made anl fn.sa-
ci as COOL ls Che most expensive custom
work.
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We have aspftuNand pos wv. r-, w, tia.i.
fafrh. Diphtherla. taukcr hNutn a.1
s,.he IA 9lilI.Ot~ CA ARhH kfMhh -
Nasal Injector free with each poils Mo-.
n vou desire health and sweet oieH,"' .ni
Sd cents. sold by Bodekef hiv'.i Nal.
N. NJ. ~heiids a 90. corner oi fiNn ''''
nall streets
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The House to-day passed the House bin
authorizing the Secretary Of The Interior 90
negotiate for the purchase of part oi ine
Crow Indian reservation in Montana; and
the House Bill repeating the timber culture
law.
The House then listened 90 eulogics upon
the late Representative Gay, of Louisiana,
and az ! p. NJ. adjourned.
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sIATH " TnHHN0NEITN
MARINE INTELLIGENCE

MARINE INTELLlGENCE
IMMATURE ALMANAC. MARCH 23. lrn.
sun rises ........... $40 Mo0n sais-n.li n.
sun SETS ........... O.2i ual slrnslN. l..I In.
FlR WEEK ENDING MARCH 4n. ls90,
PREDICTED TIME STANDARD Nt
HIGH TIDE An
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F3TANTED-A GOOD SECOND
vs. HAND Typewriter Remington pre-
frleI. Address IlpL-N INNS off
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ANOTHER NAVAL OFFICER rs TROUBLE.
Lieutonaut-Co Commander lOnenecker, OF
thoroccivng-ship New Hampshire. stationed
nj Newport. z. l.. is now in trouble. The
matter has been called 10 the attention oi
the Navy Department. but the department
does not see its way clear t0 take any
official action do the case. As far as the
facts are known 40 the Navy Department, DO
seems that % sailor. Carbrey. VINO had
served ON the New Hampshire, had received
his discharge. of which fact Commander
LOnenCckor was ignorant. Meeting the
sailor afterwards. the sailor did not treat
his former commander with that seryi.iiy
which the commander expected from %
common sailor. and he Immediately caused
his arrest, ana had him placed in double
irons in the hole of the ship.
Afterwards Commander lOn-nechor
found 0uf his mistake and had the sailor
released. Civil action has been brought s.
Carbrey AGAINST Commander Lon.necker
and the case has also been brought 90 the
attention of Secretary Tracy. but as
the sailor was not in the service
of the United States no the time Dee
suffered the indignity at the hands of one of
its officers, tine Navy Department does not
see i'm what way Commander Lonnecker
can Dee called to account Ofhcrt than through
tine courts. The civil suit win come up in
the Rhode Island supreme Court next week.
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TO Bly, FELLOWCIIlZENS OF
Z l-rhuonI.-l am cIudifnte lQr your
-uIri1es l.r ilo office uf COMMISSION FIR
OF THO haNEAt .ui ine Primary election
April 3d. Born ana raised I'D Nour city. for
tllri of century J. have cntsrlulIY lubored
Dob rlr ranks OF the Democratic party. COM
IIhufug uf iIIne 1ud substance lD Do, ctusc.
The loyalty and efficiency of my aduIuistra-
uOn Of your fO-f0nice under Mr. Cleveland
are matters of public record. known iO you
al. lI elected promise and gunianiec
faithful cNfcuI IDu uf Hli the duties OF the al
uce. Respectfully.
mnI~-i.r3 WM.U. iILLiN6WOk
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The Fascination About q Jail.

I think, says 8 St. Louis detective,
there must be fascination about life In
iail. for men who have been in there for
a little while seem to leave it with regret
ana do not lose their interest in what
goes on there for some time after they
are released. Time and again l have
noticed men who have been confined for
O few months come back every day after
their release and stand at the door look
ing in. They have no friends in there,
unless they made friends among the other
prisoners, and they do not speak or wish
to speak with any one. They lean against
the grated door and look in, as if they
wish they were back. really think
some of them become attached to the
life, and one reason is that unless they
IRE men of gentle feelings, they do not
feel fee the the shame Of their position as long as
they are inside, but ~hen they com come oa:
and meet other men they XII. 'ney n.Ys
the Jail stain on them and they inl.ee e14s
every one sees it. I have often watched
them standing there by the door, and
wondered just what feeling it was that
drew them back.
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Will.Making.

There are very few people who make
their wills while in the enjoyment of
good health. There seems to be feel
ing that will should not be made until
death is very probable, or at least likely.
A man don't like to sit down cold blood
edly and parcel out his household goods
and realty as if he were penning
message from the grave. When a man
makes his will he has to have the old
scythe swinger rather too conspicuously
in his minds eye to draw the document
y any comfort. Besides there is always
the feeling that lots of things may happen
before death comes to change the dis
position of ones goods, and the trouble
of writing new wills and codlcil deters
people from drawing up their testa-
ments. It is safe to say that not one
man in a thousand thinks of dying any
other way than in his bed after sick
ness. He thinks of having time to pre-
pare the will when its preparation is
necessary. This delay in the drawing
of these documents not only causes much
confusion through the unexpected COM
ing of death to prevent making will,
but it is the cause of many wills being
drawn hastily, incorrectly and inco-
herently. Every man should save the
people he leaves behind him all the
trouble possible, and he could do this by
having his will made while he is per.
fectly cool and calm.-Star-S Sayings.
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on which the lady's dress had caught and
held them fast. She leaned up against
his chest, with one arm around his neck,
and her long, beautiful light hair hung
over her neck and shoulders. He was
holding her tightly with one arm around
her waist, while the other was stretched
out as if grasping for something. Their
eyes were wide open and they both
looked as natural and perfect as life.
Both were handsome and we'll dressed.
His gold watch-chain cleaned in the
light and the diamond of her engagement
ring sparkled like fire.
II guess l must have stood there ad-
miring of them fully ten minutes. Why,
it seemed almost as if they were alive
and l felt almost as if ashamed of in
truding on their love scene of 'billing
and cooing' My heart beat like steam
force-pump and it just ached, I tell you.
But l came to my senses, and walked
up, disentangled her dress, put my arms
around them, pulled the signal rope and
we were drawn up all together. When we
got ashore with the bodies it nigh broke
my tough old heart to see and hear them
go on. I can't stand those things as I
used to once"
A few years ago the coal-schooner
North Star was sunk in collision about
sixty miles out in the lake. All on board
were lost. Some of the bodies were
picked up and others foated ashore.
Five, however, remained unaccounted
for. Michael Cannon, diver, went
down to the wreck, which lay in
shallow place, about forty feet under
water. He found the vessel broken in
two, just as if cut by gigantic saw.
The water was quiet and clear,
and when he opened the cabin
door something struck him, almost
knocking him on his feet. As he looked
up he saw an object striking at him again
from behind the door. He seized it, and
to his amazement and horror saw that it
was the corpse of the Captain, with one
foot tangled in the network of loose
hammock in such manner that the open
ing of the door threw the body forward,
with its rigid, out-stretched arm striking
At the intruder. The face was terribly
distorted, the tongue hanging from the
mouth, and the eyes bulged outward. A
little farther on he saw man on his
knees with one hand clinching hold of
berth, while the other was fastened with
death grip on the waist-belt of COM
panion. Another man was lying in a
berth with one hand grasping the wood
work, while the other reached out and
seemed to be beckoniug to the diver. All
If these bodies were swollen to twice
their natural size, their eyes were wide
open, and their faces wore horribly
agonizcd or leering expressions. AS the
diver stood in the doorway, rooted to
;he spot with amazement and horror, the
ghastly group of corpses moved with
;he motion of the tide to and fro,
their arms waving and their heads nod
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gan, which went down in an awful storm
many years ago on her way from Buffalo
to Chicago. When I went down to the
wreck the water was still and clear and
my lamp lit up the cabins so bright that
every object was distinctly visible.
Chairs, sofas, mattresses and other things
were floating about, and many of the
stateroom doors were swinging to and
fro with the surging Of the tide.
''I noticed one door that was closed
and locked and I pried it open. It was
double room, and at once its contents
foated out. AS I was gazing at what
seemed two mattresses afoat, and as I
turned to look into the room, I felt
something bump or push against my
shoulder and neck. Just as was about
to step out and push it aside it came ex-
actly in front of my face and touched
it; I knew it was human remains.
Turning the light of my lamp that way
revealed to me the bodies of two young
girls, perhaps of the ages of sixteen and
twenty years, respectively. Their eyes
were open-those of the youngest were
wide open; they were large, full, blue
eyes, and they were staring directly into
mine, as I stood there, at arm's-length
away. Her long, golden hair was loose
in beautiful tresses; the face was lovely
and her figure elegant. She was just
the size and of much the appearance
of my own and only daughter who was
lost at sea, and I was transfxed and
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DISTINCTIONS in the Eye.

When you get cinder or speck of dust
or other offensive particle in your eye,
don't rub it. Don't touch 1t. Don't
pull down the lid. Don't put your hand
near it. Let it alone. This is very
hard advice to follow, and in nine cases
out of ten you will find yourself rubbing
your eye before you know it. But fyou
can refrain from touching your eye at
all, the action of that organ will itself
cast out the offending mote in much
quicker time and with far less irritation,
while your efforts would only hinder it
and perhaps fasten the intruder so that
it will stay long time. Of course, if it
is a particle of metal you will consult
surgeon or ocu.ist at once, but ordinary
substances are best treated as above in
dicated. Some people say, Grub the
other eye," but this is Of no use.- Wash
inqtoss o'--.
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room, and goats, and COWS, and donkeysd
and men, and women are crowded into.
one little room. The wife of the farmer,
works as we'll as her husband, and dji
though she must wear veil over her face
to keep other men from seeing her, she
carries all of the water for the family
from the Nile on her head, and provides
the fuel for the family. She cooks without
a stove, and the people live on the cheapest
of food. They know nothing of the
beauties of Nature, and they have neither,
gardens nor flowers. The houses are so
closely huddled together that you could
plant an Egyptian village of five thou
sand people on q. twenty-five acre field
You would hardly consider the houses Of
the town fit places for your hogs, and
you certainly would not trust one of your
blooded horses or registered shorthorns
within them. Farm wages are scarcely
life supporting. In upper Egypt there
are thousands of men bending all day In
raising these Nile-eaters, who receive
from FIVE to seven cents for working from
sunrise to sunset, and about the great city,
of Cairo I am told that the average Of
farm labor is not more than twenty cents
day. Such of the farmers as own their,
land can do no better. Their farms are
not more than one or two acres in size on
the average, and six-sevenths of all the
people of Egypt live by farming. Taxes
range from five dollars an acre upward,
and there are import taxes, export taxes,
and taxes on all kinds of produce at the
city and village gates before they can be
brought into the market and sold.
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Silk Hat STYLES.

s'Do you know what brings about the
changes of styles in silk hats2" said
Fifth street hat maker.
mo, sir. How is it9"
"Well, the best hat manufacturers of
America are members of the American
Hat Manufacturers Association, which
has its headquarters in New York city
The Broadway association meets in New
York city on the second Tuesday of jan
nary and August, and adopts the spring
or fall style of silk hats.
elbows it done2"
tEvery silk hat maker present submits
a style or design, and when all are sub
mitted the association votes for the diff
ferent designs, which are numbered. The
number receiving the highest number Of
votes is declared the style. The spring
style has not been adopted yet. When
the designs are adopted the block makers
prepare blocks of the styles adopted, and
on a certain day every maker who Is q
member of the National Association is
shipped the blocks. Of course every
manufacturer can put out goods OF dis
own style if he chooses, but as they are
not in accordance with the fashion they
do not find ready sale." ,
"What is a good silk hat worth2"
"From our to seven dollars" )"
"Some are cheaper, aren't they9" =.
Eyes, but whenever you buy silk hat
for less than four dollars YOU take
chances"
"Where does the material come fromW
"The cloth of which the body of the
hat is made is manufactured in England.
It cannot be made here. The covering or
outside, which we call silk plush, IS
from France, the only country that pro-
duces it."
"What is the output of silk hats in
American"
"Oh, it runs into the millions. Gin
cinnati Times-!Star.
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ding with hideous spectral effect. Mike
is a very stolid, stoical man, with an
abundance of grit and strength, but that
scene was too much for him, and he re-
turned to the surface. Nor would he go
down again until another diver accom-
panied him.
American divers have never seen any
thing nearer a mermaid than some of the
enormous Gulf of Mexico catfish which
have large, round heads and oval faces,
which the imagination might work up
into human scmDlance. Enormous mus
callongcs in the lake have peculiarly
intelligent head and face when seen
under water. Everything submerged is
magnifed. People are very incredulous
about many of fish yarns spun out by
garruous sailors. Divers in our waters
tell of great fish, and of eels twelve to
fourteen feet in length, yet they dis
believe in the existence of these terrific
monsters with hundred arms that Jules
Verne tells about in his book, "Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-" and
which the theatre going public have seen
vividly represented in "Fantasma.
But authentic intelligence recently
came from Wellington, New Zealand,
that Archibald McGovan, very reliable
and experienced diver, while at work in
the harbor there for the British Govern
mcnt was seized by devil-fsh five
fathons under water, and had an almost
miraculous escape from Il horrible death.
On diving down for the purpose of lay
ing some blocks he was attacked by the
octopus, which finally succeeded in fasten-
ing its tremendously powerful claws and
tantaclcs onto him like hooks of steel.
As soon as he realized the presence of
the monster he fought with the strength
of desperation, but in spite of his almost
superhuman struggles he felt the long,
finty-shcllel claws and huge, muscular
arms Of the horrid creature smut down
and wind around him, closing up tighter
and tighter until he was securely bound
TO the pile. His sclf-possession, however,
did not desert him, and knowing that re-
sistance was useless he rclapsed into per-
feet passive quiet.
A little while after his resistance
ceased he felt the arms of the creature
relaxing their hold of the pile, and as
soon rs he saw they were free he gave
the signal aud was drawn up to the sur
face with the devil-fsh clinging to his
back. 1t was pulled off, and careful
measurement showed the arms to be
fully nine feet in length.
''1t may be strange to hear me say"
said Ned Barron, one of the veteran
divers, "that when 90 into dark cor
ner or stateroom without light and
reach out my hand to feel my way and
come in contact with corpse know the
touch instantly. If I am feeling around
for il and expect it, why, am not start
led. But if am at work lifting out
goods from cargo and Unexpectedly
feel corpse float up against me, it shocks
me, or sends thrill of awe through ME
just for the moment. 1t is only for the
instant, however, and then at once
grasp the body, before the current floats
it away, put my arm around it and give
the signal to be drawn up. One of the
most awful experiences of my life oc-
Cured few years ago when I descended
into the wreck of the steamboat Michi-
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rooted to the spot, as all the recollection
of that greatest sorrow of my life came
back to me. She looked almost lifelike
enough to speak to me. The other body
was that of a large brunette whose
eyes were partly closed, and her thick,
black hair was tightly done up in coil
at the back of her head. They were in
their night t-dresses, and were clasped in
each others arms, their hands being
clinched in the rigidity of death. Their
position thus gave rise to the theory that
IN the last moment of dire peril and utter
helplessness, recognizing their inevitable
doom, they clasped each other in sis
terly embrace, and died kissing each
other. There's pretty hard shell over
my heart, boys, but when I looked upon
those pure, young girls in their white
robes, looking so much like angels, l felt
solemn enough, and put my arms
around them tcnderly and took them up
out of that chamber of death. Do you
wonder that when I reached the surface
I broke down and cried like a blubber-
ing school-boy3 You may rest assured
that 1 did not descend to the wreck
again that day. No. My heart was too
sore. shall never forget that scene as
long as I live. No, never"
As he concluded he bowed mis- head
on his breast, and none of his auditors
broke the silence that ensued. But
when he raised his head again we saw
that his face was white with suppressed
emotion, and his clustering eyes indexed
a greater depth of sadness than could be
told in food of tears. Chicago Times.
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Joe Faulkner has also been actively
engaged in shore work on river and lake
fronts here and about the suburbs for
over twenty years past. Divers must
have plenty of pluck and grit, and
both of these men possess q go2dly
share Tommy johnson on one occasion
lay down on the bottom of the lake to
rest awhile. While PROSTATE and mo-
tionless an enormous muskallonge
swan up, and after deploying about re-
connoitcring for long while foatcd di-
rectly over Tom and proceeded to nibble
at the toe of his rubber boot. Watching
his opportunity Tom seized the fish and
driving his steel hook deep into its side
quickly threw his other arm around its
body, hugging it with all his might and
main. Instantaneously the startled fish
lashed the water with its tail and fins,
and vainly used all of its enormous power
to shake off its assaiant. But, Tom,
with desperate vim maintained his hold
and was dragged along upward with the
scaly monster, until the two came in
collision with the keel of the tug Owen,
which broke Toms hold. Of course the
jerking of lines and other violent and un-
usual commotion at once alarmed Cap
tain Swayne and his men, who swiftly
drew Tommy up. When they opened
the easement of his helmet he narrated
his novel experience amidst roars of
laughter. The Captain shook his head
incredulously until he glanced at the
hook in Toms hand, which had on it
patch of the scaly monsters body which
had been ripped off during the struggle.
Joe Faulkner may not be guilty of
hugging big fish, but he is accounted as
one of the sturdiest Of workers under
water, and describes the lake bottom as
one of the pleasantest Of promenading
places in calm weather. Much of it Is
level plain, varied by undulations, banks
and mounds, far out, very like the
stereotypcd phase of IL rolling prairie.
The water varies in depth from fourteen
to forty feet. Joe is an inventive genius
of no mean or ordinary grade, and has
many original improvements to the usual
tools and appliances of his avocatioE.
His greatest invention is a submarine
electric lamp, having a far greater illu-
minating power, and of better adapta-
bility to all sorts of submerged opera
tions than any other yet made. 1t rem
ders objects visible for radius of thirty
= to forty feet, and is convenient, simple
and durable.
Old Ned Barron, one of the best
veteran New York divers, was here last
Sunday, and narrated the following
pathetic reminiscence: ga few seasons
ago was sent for to come on and try
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to recover the bodies of young man
and a young woman who had been
drowned in the lake, of Milwaukee.
"With a party of friends they had
been enjoying a sail on Il little yacht. A
sudden squall came up and the vessel
was capsizcd. The young man was
good swimner and tried hard to save the
girl, but crazed with terror, she clung
to him and hampcrcd his efforts until he
became exhausted, and both sank to-
gethcr in full view of the others of the
party, all of whom had gained hold on
the bottom of the boat and were soon
rescued. The drowned couple were to
have been married that very week--in
fact, they were buried Oil the day set for
their wedding. They were well-to-do.
nice people and the whole story made
me awful sad. 50 II It ] really wished |
hadn't been told 1t all. Well, went
down and walked around the bottom of
that part of the lake for almost three
days. Toward sunset of the third day, I
had almost given up work for the day,
and had come up around the end of
big ledge of rock, when I found them.
The weather had been fine, the sun
bright, and the still water was unusually
clear. was about forty feet below the
surface the rock was probably 1UU feet In
length, sixty feet wide, and the outer
edge was rough and jagged. Well, the
two of them were just like sitting down
together on the end of the ragged rock,