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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-25
TUESDAY. AUGUST %, 1891.
SIX PAGES.
NEWS SUMMARY.

Several deaths occurred yesterday in Rich
mond and Manchester.-A negro committed
suicide.-The City School Board met
Church notcos-A difficulty occurred in a
LAWYERS ofiice.-Mr W. s. Dashioll was ar
rested. charged with forgery.-Young Ger
man-Americans met.--Labor Day committee
met.
VIRGINIA.
party Of twenty-five members Of the Ameri-
can Scientific Association visited Norfolk and
Virginia Beach yesterday.-Mike Haley,
Tommy Warren's manager. sayshe has received
no information Of the postponement Of the
Warren-McCsrthy fight at New 0rleans.-The
Washington Light Infantry broke camp at Ocean
View yesterday.-At meeting of Gloucester
Oystermen Saturday night resolution was
offered and laid on the table amending the pre-
sent law oTectng the oyster industry.--Tbe
Blue Ridge tannory at Amherst Courthouse was
burned Sunday night. - Detective Bald
win claims TO have sufficient evidence
10 convict the murderer of D. F. Connel-
News has been received that the safe-blowers
who recently visited Clifton Forge have been
captured at Gallipolis, Ohio-Milton Boyd
was drowned i'll a swollen creek near Danyille
Brakeman Williams, of the Virginia
terday.-Heavy winds and rain have greatly
damaged the tobacco crop.--Evangebst Fife
Is conducting revival at Chatham.
GENERAL.
The tenth annual encampment Of the Sons Of
Veterans began at Minneapolis yesterday
The peach crop in Maryland is so abundant that
the market is glutted.--Abbott aiiss Amy, the
Hanover On. H. desperate. has been positively
identified. Postmaster General Ii. &. Raikes,
OF London. is dead.--Ihe Foreign Committee
OF the Worlds Fair has met with much success
in Russia.--Grand Sire Charles Busbee left
Raleigh yesterday for Baltimore-Judge
Seymour, OF the United States Court Of
North Carolina. has decided that tho mer-
chants purchase tax is constitutional
Raleigh N. CO electric cars will be
running the last of the week.-Governor
Holt Of North Carolina yesterday issued a
requisition upon the Governor of Virginia for
Josiah Slaughter who is wanted for assault
A fierce battle between the Gillian troops and
insurgents is in progress.--Reports state that
France and Germany are in the eve Of war
Much damage was done in Pennsylvania Sunday
by q severe storm.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-25

THgEE is great complaint in various parts Of
the country about the prevalence of feas
and lady Of New Jersey whose pet dog has
been sorey afflicted. attributes the visitation
to tho unusually large Italian immigration
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-25

The Supreme Court of California has had
a novel case before it, being whether or not
husband was sufficient consideration for a
marriage gift. II seems that some few years
ago the father OF young woman gave her a
house on the occasion Of her marriage. II
was afterwRrd learned that the douor was in
solvent at the tmo Of his gift, and a creditor
attached the property as having been con-
veyed without valuable consideration. Tho
Court, however, upheld the gift on the ground
that the receiving Of a husband for ones
daughter is valuable consideration. In CON-
menting on this decision the San Francisco
Call says:
while it may be O consideration to father
to get his daughter married. CT to the daugh-
ter 10 get husband, it is no consideration at
all to the creditor of the father that his cred
itor has secured a on-in-law. The considora-
ton which the law has in view when it per-
mits an insolvent TO part with his property
for valuable consideration is a consideration
which can take the place of the property dis
posed Of and be subject to seizure and sale
under execution to satisfy the debts of the
insolyent The Court can hardly intend TO in
innate that the creditor in this case could
seize the person of the son-in-law and have
him sold by the sheriff"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-25

STATISTICAL information is agreed that in
spite of Americas big grain crop Europe will
want more wheat this year than the United
States can supply. This gives the optimists q
chance to reason that much of this grain will
be paid for in gold, so that in a few months
we shall get back again all the gold with
drawn short time ago by demands from
Europe. Tie prospects are promising in
every way. The farmer will get good prices
for his crops. tho railroads will do an i'm
mense business in carrying the grain to the
seaboard. and through their agency the su:
plus money obtained from Europe will be
widely distributed to workmen and trades
men Of all degrees and callings. These, at
least, are the natural results expected to flow
from the present condition Of the grain supply
of the world
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-25

HERBERT MArEs, the famous college ath-
lete, vas drowned at Fire Island Sunday be-
fore his mothers eyes. He trusted too much
in his strength to battle with the breakers
but soon found that tho waves were stronger
than he, and lie sank, exhausted, TO the bot
tom This is the second athlete who has been
drowned in the past few months. and Oh each
occasion the cause of the untimely taking of
Of the rash young men WAS oyerconfdenco in
their strength. This should serve as a warn
ing 10 those who rely too much upon their
muscular development. and shows. after ALL
what little creature the most powerful man
really IS
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-20
IRON MANUFACTURE.
The Manufacture of Ordnance Was Com
menced in the Fifteenth Century.

The Manufacture OF Ordnance Was Conn.,
menced in the Fifteenth Century.
The manufacture of ordnance seems to
have begun in the fifteenth century. NOR
TAR that was still In existence, and even used
for purposes of amusement less than CEN
fury ago at Fridge, near Chichester, being
claimed as the first of the kind ever made in
this country. This was q hoped gun; can
non cast and bored are of later date. These.
too, were first made in England at Bnxted,
in Sussex, the founder being one Ralph
Hogge, who employed FrenchmaD. Peter
Baude by name, as his assistant. or more
properly, instructor. the art OF gun-found-
ing being, it would appear, French inven-
ton. Baude had as an apprentice one John
johnson, who is described as Having ex-
ceeded bis master in his art of casting ord
nance, making them cleaner and to better
perfection" And John Johnson's son
Thomas Is described as having cast, toward
the end of the sixteenth century, artillery
distinctly approaching 10 the heavy guns of
the present, his "foriy-two cast pieces 7"
weighing three tons apiece.
From time to time, but not as often as
we could wish, we get some interesting de-
tails about the manufacture. In 1916 an
iron-master had to pay Sd. for cord Of
wood; IL now costs about sixty times as
much. BY the time it was converted into
charcoal, charcoal being used IN the actual al
smelling of tile iron, the cost was raised TO
Is 10d. The carriage of Goals" (charcoals)
from the place where it was made to the
forge at Robertsbridge varied between I'D.
and Cd. and Cd. was paid for digging load
Of ore or "moyne." mine) as 1t was then
called.
The cost Of the ratings round ST. PduPs
Cathedral claimed by several Sussex par
ishes, but really made at Lamberhurst, q
parish partly in Kent Is recorded In the
account books of the mandatory as hav-
ing been Ell, 202 0s Cd. The total weight
was 200 tons. The amount of employment
given may be conjectured from the state
ment of Richard Woodman, one of the
Marian martyrs {burped at Lewes in 1850.
that he had set hundred persons to work
for the year together Spectator.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-20
LOST CHILDREN.
The Manner in Which They Are Cared For in
The City Of New York.

Between 5000 and 1000 children get astray
during year in the city of New York, but
the system of caring for the little ones is so
admirably arranged that you never hear of
a child dying in the streets for lack of food
or shelter, or falling to reach its parents or
guardians unless it has been purposely set
astraY.
The place to look for stray children is at
the police building on Mulberry street, on
the top floor, which has come to be known
as the "Sky Parlor," and they are brought
there from all parts of the city, often as
many as thirty DAY. The children range
from toddlers of year old to those and
years. Some Of them are so little that they
are not able to speak plain and others are so
bewildered that they do not remember even
the name Of the street where they live or
the part of the city. II Is on fine days that
the largest number of children is registered
at the "Sky Parlor"; on rainy or very cold
days there may not be one.
Children get astray in many ways, and
the largest number is brought in when
circus parades through the town, for the
little folks run after it. and often run along
with the crowd for dozen blocks, not
thin king that they are getting so far away
from home. They also follow hurdy-gurdy
men and 0rgan-grinders, national or other
paradeS and frequently follow crowd
when a policeman is taking prisoner to
the station-house.
Some children leave their homes owing
to the cruelty of their parents or guardians,
and scores of little boys and girls every year
run away from their homes at points outside
the city, the conductor passing them along
when they say they have no money. But
the thoughtful conductor questions the child
carefully. and if he finds that it is running
away from home, he takes or sends it back;
or else. on arriving in the city. has sent II
to the home of the Society for the Preven-
ton of Cruelty to Children. But number
of the waits found asuay in the streets are
put there by parents and guardians, who
want to 60 off to Coney Island or elsewhere
for day or two. An officer who has charge
of stray children makes this statement:
There are hundreds Of parents in New
York who pnrp0sely put their children
astray in the streets. A mother, father or
guardian sets out for the ferry, bound for
some place out of town, and when police
station is neared the guardian or parent
st1ps some one in the street and says: i
have found this child in the street; will you
take it to the station, as | have to catch the
ferry at once The child is too little to eX-
plain and is led off by the stranger to the
station, where 1t is registered. This thing"
the officer continued, sis done to such an
extent that it has become nuisance to the
police department OF course, when the
parent or guardian returns. the child is re-
Claimed and many fictitious tears are shed and
false kisses given TO the little ones. liar
per's Young People.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-20

tn set her right The joint In the foot OF
horse has but one articulation, and il the
ho0f is too high or too low on any side there
will be a strain upon this joint which Will
sooner or later cause lanenesS. Unless this
Joint is balanced with absolute precision the
horse is certain 10 go lame. There is no
such thing as a chest foundered horse
The sunken chest is the result OF feet that
have been improperly shod. The horse
which stands with his feet extended IN
front of him and with his chest contracted
assumes the position in order TO relieve the
strain on the hoof joint resulting from un-
balanced hoofs. The SPAWN is invariably
caused by the improper treatment OF the
horses feet and q bad support OF the bone
column. it Is strange, isn't It, that the
shOeing of horses, which is an all-lnportant
thing, should be almost entirely left to the
Judgment of blaeksmiths, who are, as rule,
the most ignorant men in the world. l al
ways superntend the Shoeing OF every
horse In my stable. l have been sitting
nearly all day in blacksmith's shop watch
ing him drive every nail and looking alter
the shaping OF the shoes"
will you put Maud S ON the track again
in case Sunol beats her reeOfdp"
~ cannot say at present" replied Mr..
Bonner 81 have been breeding her for the
past three seasons. | was looking at her
yesterday IN the paddocks. She is In splen-
did condition, apparently as sprightly and
supple as she ever was. / think that
breeding has renewed her youth"
DO you think it affects the speed OF
mare TO breed her ~ | asked.
THAT. too, is question regarding which
few horsemeD agree" Mr.. Bonner replied.
THE weight of authority would probably be
against breeding mare from which great
speed was expected"
What principles are to be observed in the
successful breeding of trotterS?"
There is one general principle which all
r. ,l., No frnt
ting horse can ever be developed from
stock that is purely thoroughbred. The
thoroughbred strain must be mixed with
what is called cold blooded stock. Only
tie grand dams of Maud S, Sunol and l c
were absolutely thoroughbred By thor
oughbred horse | mean runner, and no
pure thoroughbred ever trotted mile
faster than 2:30."
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Are the great horses of the future likely
to be bred in the East or In the West9
THAT question is hard to answer" Mr..
Bonner said IAN the great trotters that
have been developed in California and Ken
lucky are ont OF stock that came from
Orange County in this State. Electioneer.
Harold, Dictator and other horses from
which have sprung the great colts Of Cali
fornia and Kentucky stock farms came from
Orange County. The West will undoubtedly
produce magnificent stock, but the horses
from Eastern stock farms will be an impor-
tant factor in its production"
Sunol will reach her final destination In
Mr.. B0nner's stable about the middle Of
October If she fails to win the crown be-
fore that time this distinguished lover Of
the horse will think none the less of her.
She will have a fair chance to reveal her
powers in the future. and horsemen agree
that she will handle her hoofs with even
greater success after Mr.. Bonner gets fun
control of them.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-20
WILL SUN0L
BEAT MAUD s.?
Robert Bonner Discusses the Merits O
His Great TrOttGrS.
sunoPs Build-Her Wonderful Stride and How
1t Deceives the Experts-Does Not Be-
Ieve She Will Beat Maud s.
New York Letter to THE SUNDAY CALL.

New YORK, Sept. IA, 1871 have no
doubt Sunol will lower the re cord at her
forthcoming trial on the kite-shaped track"
said Mr.. Bonner.
The great horsemau was in the best of
spirits. A telegram had just come from Mar
vim stating that the mare had logged mile
in twenty-five without showing any sign of
lameness. sat beside him on big sofa in
the front parlor of his house on West Fifty
sixth street while he talked about this great
turf princess and of her effort to wrest the
imperial crown from Maud S.
Look at herl' said he, holding a large
photograph of Sun0l up to the light
what tremendous driving power she gets
from the sharp backward slope of her hips.
She is two inches higher at the peak of the
hips than she is at the wethers. From this
greyhound formation she gets stride the
like of which no man has ever seen. She
goes like the wind with little apparent eff
fort. | remember how she deceived me the
first time l saw her tried at Palo Alto. My
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-20

every second means In distance when a
horse Is going at 10 clip OF better. No
one appreciates what wonderful gap there
is between 10 aud 2:08A so keenly as the
man who has owned horses that have tried
to cover it, The owner OF J | 9 said TO
me on one occasion, in speaking OF the ef-
forts that hal been made to beat the record
of Maud S. Let them try it, then they'll
know what 1t means The kite-shaped
track does not afford fair trial of speed.
Cutting off one end Of the ellipse reduces
the curvature in the track, and so makes a
straghter and faster course. Then, too, IL
is possible to give it continuous down
grade, over which horse would have no
weight to pull. a grade for any portion of
the distance to be covered gives the horse a
decided advantage. as it shifts the strains
on the muscles and rests him.
81 may say, however, that Governor STAN
ford has no doubt Of SunofS ability to beat
the record on regulation track"
'Do you advise hard work for young
colts" / asked.
This is a point on which horsemen dis
agree" said Mr. Bonner. "Sunol did phe-
nomenal work both at and years old and
I do not think it has hurt her any. At 2
years of age she made record Of 2:1S,
which is fast going even for fully ma
tured animal. The fact that she made a
mile in 2:101z as three-year-old proves
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-20
Antiquity of Civilization.

We cannot but be struck with the i'm
mense antiquity of civilization in Western
Asia, whence, as a center, trade. art and
literature spread westward 10 the Greeks
and Italians, and eastward to India and
China. The monuments show us that at
least as early as $500 B. C. distinct ciyiliza-
tons existed in Chaldea. In Syria and in
Egypt. 1t is true that the early date which
has been assigned to Menes by scholars
who reckon thirty years as the average
reign of an Egyptian monarch (whereas the
dated reigns often do not exceed five or six)
rests on no secure basis, and ex-
travagant estimates, based on equally un-
safe deductions, have been offered ty some
of our cuneiform scholars, who would
carry back Akkadian civilization to 1000
b. c.; but these extravaganeies do not dis
credit the facts which are deduced from
better data, and which show that even
earlier than the period usually assigned as
the time when the pastoral Hebrew patri-
archs found their way along the Euphrates
and through Syria to Egypt. there were or
ganized States, walled towns, chariots and
horses, riches of gold and silver, bronze
and iron, of corn, wine aud oil. not only
among the Akkadians and in Egypt. but
also in Phenicia and in Palestine.-The
Edinburgh Review,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-20
Berlin BarmaIds start a Pane,.

The barmaids of Berlin seem to have sue
eeeded in publishing journal OF their own.
1t is named the Herzblast, and besides offer
ing literary work to its supporters is to dis
close cases Of ll-treatment or Of exploiting
praeticed by the employment bureaus Sub
Scribers are ipso facto formed into mutual
aid societies, Which will help needy mem
bers, secure places without fees, aud cover
legal expenses when an appeal is made to
the courts. Where any incivility IS offered
to members Of the league, the offender, so
1t Is stated. will have his name and address
published; and, II ne is student, a copy
will be posted to the university authorities
London Daily News.
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CHAPTER XVI.
YOU SEE HE LOVED ME.


You are crazy" smiled Kildare.
81 am not; | mean il. You have killed
her as surely as If you had put knife into
her when first you saw her. You have
killed her, heart. mud soul ana will, through
all these crnel two years. You have wrung
from her her beauty. her youth, her strength,
and now the poor life comes, too. You are
a coward and brutel You will 20 up-
hanged. but this red blood here is on your
head. Look at her." she went on to the
extras who crowded about, and whose
roughly painted faces showed pale around
the rouge, there lies one side of the life
into which you are swarming. A sweet
brave, loyal heart is broken here. This
wee bit of WomanRind has braYed fight
ten times Beyond the strength of any
woman. Her name heads us ON the
programme out there. What does
that mean? Toll, patience. courage,
pndaunted logged courage. And here Is
She end of it all She lies here in satin and
Jace and with diamonds, too, what does that
mean? Nothing, but that the heart under
It hated 1t all. She lies here at the feet of
man who has had from her her best of 10y
atty and love. And this is the end of it all I
You have sneered and laughed. Dare TO do
il now. Her faith has claimed even her
life, and she has not failed 1t Is like her to
rome here at last, make no sign against him,
though her hearts blood comes to her lips
to speak for her"
She gathered the trail form in her arms
and mOaned over i.
That night Birds eyes opened and rested
ON Freda's face, then wandered to Kildare,
who stood glowering at the foot OF the ped.
AS her eyes cleared from stupor ne Dent
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THE OPAL.
Woman Who. in Spite of Superstition,
Loves the Gem.

N w w no, spite OF
Loves the Gem.
I" do not own jewel Of any sort" said a
woman yesterday. 81 have never cared to
wear ornaments about my person, but
make trips periodically to the jewellers to
look at unset opals. On day when l feel
eXtravagant will buy opals and keep them
in little box in my pocket and look at
them every half-hour. III there is anything
else in this world as beautiful as fire opal
l would go on a quest of years to find it.
There is the glory of the sunset at its heart,
and when l look at it l forget everything
evil and see straight into Paradise. The
opal is all soul. A blazing opal is spirit
of celestial energy. A pale, m0onlit opal
Is pure spirit in repose.
Ia the old days they were not foolish
about opals. Five hundred years before
Christ, Onamicrtus said the delicate colors
and tenderness Of the opal reminded him of
loving and beautiful child. All the old
writers call 1t the fairest of stones. The
Romans adored IL, and so, confess, do 1.
Its wondrous sheen gives more pleasure than
the glitter of bags of diamonds"-N. Y.
Recorder
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-20
"LITTLE SAINT IVAN"

To 1. s. L.
"For q smile OF God thou art"
No child, my Ivan. like to thee;
The very light of Paradise
Falls on thy holy little face,
And shines within thy tender eyes.
And so call thee Little Saint:
For from GODS heaven thou seemstto be-
Above thy wavy flaIen hair
An aureole almost see.
Out from thy lovely earnest eyes
Looks forth thy spotiess infant soul.
o child, our hearts are purified
AS by the serapb's glowing coal!
And when 1 clasp thee to my breast.
think angel child thou art;
For love smiles on thy rosy lips
And thrills thy little sinless heart.
Had I a masters power and skill,
I'd paint thee as the Holy Child,
Among sweet lilies tall and pale,
Because on thee our Lord has smiled.
What of thy future? God doth know.
OH may thy life Of service be;
Keep thou thy dawn OF promise, child,
And grow to bless humanity.
Letters and music, art and law.
ALI that the world may crown or praise,
Ivan, ask not these for thee;
But manly virtues wreath OF bays.
Dear little saint, whose infant prayers
Are lifted up to God for me,
What blessing rich wish thee not?
Ny love and greetings, child, to thee.
Alameda, Cal, September. 1891. ANELEB