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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-01

sons why every Young Mems Christian Asso.
cistion should have either q conversational or
. workers training class. Ii may be right 10
state the reasons adduced by some secretaries
for not having either Of the GLASSES named.
such ~, That the churches in the city or
town. ~ the case may 10. seem to have q suf-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-01

IVANTED-TO SELL FOURLARGE YOUNG
w MULES and THREE FINE BUGGY
HORSES: can be seen by calling 81 323 south
Ninth street. JOHN O.. SHELTON.
Phone 81. 0c.3-ir
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-01

TONES. HE PAYS THE FREIGHT. BUTB.
- SMITH, tho No. y north Ninth street safe
Man. does the business. Therefore. there arc
Plies" on JONES. but none on SMITH. az 10
IA sole dealer for the entire South in the sale ~
HALLS STANDARD FIRE AND BURGLAR
PROOF SAFES, VAULT WORK. TIME AND
COMBINATION LOCKS and BRASS AND
WIRE WORK Of all kinds. safe repairing.
iels-suly
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-01

COME TO SEITZ's B~ARBER-sHOp. h.
has FOUR or THE VERY BEST WHILE
BARRIERS and only chSl ges l5c. for cuttins
near Main. Oc 2t-im
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-01

A T. sNELLINGs. PERSECUTION DRUG
"a. GISf and dealer in pERFUMEhit.
TOILET ARTICLES. TOBACCOS. CIGARS and
store Branch Office The TraEs pewspapef.
corner Twelfth and Hull streets Manchestsr
Va ocStf
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10
THE N1CCNA.

sought as his fleece is remarkably hne
and silky, in these respects surprising
that OF the alpaca. Attempts have
been made 20 cross the vicuna with the
alpaca, and certain padre of the Sierra
succeeded i.s producing several hyhrids
said to hare been fertile. His por-
trait. in the act of caressing one Of his
hybrid pets, IS hung in the Museum Of
Lima, in cop.memoration of his success.
Many of tho vicunas are killed annu-
ally for their Scece, of which hats and
ronchos of great softness and beauty
are manufact.. red and sold at high
prices to the traveller and haciendero.
TIE royal robes of the Inca were made
of the fleece % The vicuna, but the an
clients were witlsr than their success
ors. They instisited grand hunts of the
vicuna, caught and sheared them, and
let them go to reproduce their precious
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10

those OF the deer, are c.ean, covered ssath
short hair, giving them . lighter and
heeter appearance.
The llama is the largest Of all its
class of animals in the Andes, standing
four and one-half feet. and sometimes
more, from the ground to the center o.
its back. 1t is brightreyed, furtive-
looking creature, not to be forced or
driven, but amenable to kindness. 1t
carries load of from eighty to one hum
dred pounds for a distance Of from six
to fourteen miles day. Overloaded,
like the camel, it lies down and obsti-
nately refuses to stir. IN an atajo, or
drove, there is usually an old and cxpe-
rienced llama, who is leader, and desig-
mated by a little. tinkling silver bell.
The Indian drivers have sometimes .
bamboo whistle OF plaintive note, with
which they coax and lead their llamss,
sometimes taking of their hats before
them, and supplicating them, In such
musical phrases as the Quichuas and
Amayras are capable OF, to proceed.
The llama is equally suspicious and
irritable. If aught goes wrong, his ears
are down in an instant, and his mouth
puckered for that acrid expectoration
which is as sure In aim as it is blistering
in result when it strikes the skin. The
animal emits strong and, to the foreign
sense, most offensive odor, which,
when one is obliged to pass through .
large drove, becomes almost unendur-
able. The females are not much used
for burden, being preserved in isolated
localities, under watchful care, for the
propagation of the species. The wool,
or fleece, is much coarser than that of
the alpaca and vicuna, but is, neyerthe-
less, largely used for making coarse
cloths, ropes, ETC., in which the natural
colors are contrasted with skill and
effect. The flesh is eaten, and may be
suited to the tastes, in no wise epicurean,
of the dwellers in the Sierra.
But by far the most numerous and
graceful of all this diversified family.
the smallest. and perhaps the least use-
full. IS the lightsome vicuna, the domin-
ating inhabitant of the despobiado, and
which gives something of animation to
it's cold and sullcn solitudes. Singly a
in groups, often in q hundred scattered
groups, he is to be found where naught
else Of life is seen, and where his note
of alarm curves hundred necks, lifts a
hundred graceful heads, and points
twice a hundred inquiring ears toward
the weary traveller among the frosty
mountain wastes. On many of the mar
row, family beaten paths of the Cordil-
lera, where travei is least frequent, the
vicuna is not only to be found in great
numbers, but as tame, if not tanner, than
than the sheep of remoter districts.
With his group or family of females and
young, numbering dozen or more tfor
he is Mormon), he will gaze with big
eyes, as full and liquid as those of the
gazelle, at the passer-by; and on the re-
port of q pistol, which in the rarefied air
is low, dull and echoless, he will retreat
only a few feet, even though one Of his
family lie bleeding where he stood.
The vicuna may be tanned, but has
never been ndomesticated-a result often
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10

and the Alps, the great bird, the condor,
tho American counterpart of the Swiss
lammergeyer. The fishes there have,
also, certain resemblance to those of
corresponding attitudes and conditions
of the Old World, proving that height,
MS we'll as latitude, exercises control
ling and analogous influence on every
department and realm of animal and
vegetable nature.
There is very little to relieve tho
drear monotony of the Punas OF Peru
and Bolivia. Patches of tola. a fragrant
Shrub resembling somewhat the heather
of the Scottish highlands, form the only
approximations to vegetation that meet
the eye of the traveller, except occasional
clumps of stiff ichu grass, and kind Of
swamp moss where the ground is wet.
These furnish all there is of food for the
mules or horses of the traveller in these
inhospitable and uninhabited regions;
and few dry stalks of the tola, which
burn out in an instant, constitute almost
the only fuel which he finds for his fire.
The absence of vegetable implies also
, the absence of animal life. An occa-
sional condor, circling, mere speck, in
the clear, raretied atmosphere, or Swoop-
ing down with his fierce restless head,
to rcconnoiter the little cavalcade OF
adventures: now and then a biscacha,
an animal strangely compounded of the
! rabbit, the rat and the squirrels; stray
chinchilla-thcse are about the only
birds and animals which the traveller in
the Punas sees for days together, ex-
ccpting always the great droves OF
llamas, loaded with ore of tin, copper
and silver, on their way to the seaporti,
driven by saturnine Indians, and the
j., - 4 l.
german of the llama, which stare at the
intruder from every side. In some vai-
ley, saturated with springs, ustaining
| a short, hardy perennial grass, and
sheltered from the fierce blasts sweeping
down the slopes of the snowy mountains
that rise all around, will, perhaps, bs
found flock of alpacas, celebrated for
their wool, and belonging to the Same
great family with the llama, the huan-
| AGO and the vicuna; only the alpaca
| looks little more like sheep and less
| like deer, than the other animals
! enumerated.
The alpaca is a source Of real wealth
| to Peru, and Its export has been forbid
! den, Notwithstanding that all attempts
| to acclimatize it in other countries and
| climes have proved signal failures.
1t is alleged by some that there is
such an animal as the wild llama, but
| the nearest approximation, known to
travellers competent to decide on the
| question, is the huanaco, which is the
| largest of all the llama family, the
| llama proper excepted, as well as the
| shyest. lie is, however, like the
vicuna, of uniform reddish brown
color on the back, white on the belly
and inside of the legs, with a blackish
| head, while the llama is not only some
| times of this color, but white. black,
mottled, ''ring-streaked' and spotted.
| The huanaco is found only in the high
est and least accessible regions, where
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10
LIE, lap. o. BAYOU SARA-sATURDAY JANUARY TO- 1891

sf only about haifR It. It introduced
the stranger - a right and advised
Mr.. Bowser to clos( With his offer.
s'What Ia the ferl' Mr.. BowseF
asked.
"Well. you knoJ manufacture .
cough-balsam?" n
"a'm."
"It will euro assumption in the
earlier stages"
"Yes" III
s'The best season1or my ba1sam is in
tho fall. want 70 begin advertising it
next week and wit to start of with
something good"
"What have g@ to do with your
cough-balsam?" demanded Mr.. Bowser,
in a lofty way.
"Why. I came t. make ysu an offer
for it,
''Tbe poem you GENT to the Daily -.
Doesn't the editorsadvise you 70 close
with me?' III
"Do you-you-you mean that you
want my poem a advertise your in
fernal old patent fwash" gasped Mr..
Bowser.
"sir, my couasirup beats your
poem!'' replied thestranger.
"Get out OF the 1Duss!
"Only too glad t'
When the stranger had gone Mr.. Bow
ser came into tho 81 tting-room with .
face as pale as SAour. He stood and
looked at me fors n.nute and then
hoarsely whispere4:
''rhls is some mSre of your doings."
"Why, Mr.. Bowter!''
"Don't why Mrs Bowser me! I saw
your hand from tho very frsti This
ends it!''
'What have dpne?"
mo matter. You have put up the
last job you ever will on me! rm going
upstairs to packAapv'
An hour later sent up to find him in
bed and asleep. No had made a bund le
of two vests and j. sock, and had then
changed his mind and he was sleeping
without a shade Of sorrow on his face
Detroit Free Press.
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10
JAcksOn's GHOST.

Absurd Stories That 1t Haunts Places
Where "Oid Hickory" Used to he.
Tho Virginia newspapers which fre-
quently publish stories about the ghost
Of the late General Stonewall jackson
ought to be ashamed OF themselves.
Probably nothing could be moro harrow.
ing to the feelings of any family of deli
cacy and refinement than the published
statements that some eminent member
OF their family is uneasy in his grave
and is constantly stalking about the
earth. General jackson was respected
in life and will be forever revered in
death by the people from Virginia. The
newspapers which have published these
stories do not intend any disrespect to
him or his fansi;,, probably, yet they
are doing an es..sedingly unkind thing
constantly. some one writing anony-
mously from Lexington, Va, to the
Richmond State recently described tho
appearing between twelve and ono
the university. The writer says that
the ghost was "seen to emerge from tho
State library, pass along the first stoop,
enter classroom number nine and seat
itself upon the rostrum with book and
hat lying on the table in front Of it.
'In a few minutes the ghostly figure
proceeded to the blackboard, where it
went through the manenver Of writing
notes of a lecture. Then he took from
the trough long pointer in his right
hand, faced toward the seats usually &C.
cupied by the class, and went through a
series of gestures as though delivering a
lecture; at intervals placing the pointer
on the board as though to explain some
thing written upon it. After having
witnessed the performance for few
minutes the officer Of the day and senti-
mel of the guard entered the room, .Ir:
no sooner had they crossed the threshold
than he vanished. The gas was 1igh ted
and the board thoroughly examined, but
no evidences Of writing could be found
upon it. Thorough Investigations are
being made and the cadets are trying to
keep the matter quiet until an cxplana-
ton is given"
Many of these ghost-like stories rep
resent General jackson as sitting astride
horse, galloping furiously down the
road with drawn sword. Each and all
Of these stories are discreditable to the
writer's of them, and it is especially dis
graceful that they emanate from any
portion Of the State of Virginia
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10

his flock. although roaming freely over
the same grounds with the vicuna, new
ertheless keeps quite apart, maintain
ing a distinct family exclusion. The
huanacos are reputt4 as untamable, and
the only ones ever known in captivity
retained their wild nature unchanged.
The alpaca. like the llama, is only
found in the domcsticated state, and,
like the latter. is of various colors,
white and black predominating, and
often mixed, so that fieeces from the
same animal require to be assorted be-
fore being baled for market. The legs
of the alpaca are covered down. or near
ly down. TO its feet by wool, or fleece,
while the legs OF all its relations, like
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10
Homo for Bald Heads.

DR.. p. A. Morrow, at a meeting OF the
New York Academy of Medicine. said
he had had no personal experience with
Thiersch's method. He had used gratis
very much thicker than those men
toned in the paper-grafts which in
cluded not only the entire thickness OF
the derma but also subcutaneous tissues
beneath. He had been led to do this in
tho case of a man who had become
somewhat hypocondriac because of
scar on the scalp, which in later years
became exposed from scarcity of hair.
He first took gratis from the patients
own scalp. on the opposite side, by
means of the cutaneous punch, and i'm
med lately tranSplanted them into holes
of the same size made by the same in
strumer,t in the scar tissue. Very much
to his qualification, uniol. was perfect
within week. Four gratis were first
made. and he waited several weeks to
see whether the hair would grow. II
did. He then made transplantations
from another patients scalp, and these
also grew and bore hair luxurinntly.
The gratis were fully quarter of an
inch thick. There was no suppuration,
no untoward result. He had employed
the same met thod in one or two cases Of
epithelioma, and, while there was no
indication of breaking down. there had
not been sufficient time to justly con-
clusions. He thought the method had n
wider field of application. For instance,
it might be adopted in lupus. and in re-.
moving moles, warts and 9th er facial
blem ishes.-MedIcal Record.
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10

It is related of Russell Sage that while
attending a meeting Of one of the nu-
merous boards Of ofdirectors of which he is
a member, box of cigars was brought
by order Of moderately well-to-do
member of the board. The box was
passed to Mr.. Sage, who mechanically
took out cigar. Holding it to his nose
he exclaimed: "Ah, that has fno
havor. What do you pay for these
cigars. Mr.. -?"
'.Only twenty dollars a box, twenty
cents piece" was the reply.
'.What?" cried the frugal Russell in 8
tone of intense disapproval, twenty
cents for cigar! That is too steep for
me. can not afford such an expensive
luxury"
And Mr.. Sage walked over to the
table on which the cigar box had been
placed and took a couple more of the
cigars and put them in his pocket
Chicago Evening Journal.
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10

had probably been married before. He
asked If they had the license, ard the
man replied:
License, no! What about icense?"
''You must have one."
"Where do I get it?'
SAT the county clerks Office, but it's
too late to night"
"Then won't marry him at ALP said
the woman.
"Who wants you to?'' he demanded
'tA man who is fool enough to forget
the license can't marry me-"
''You go on! wouldn't have you II
you were the last woman on earth!"
''My friends, you can get license to-
morrow" said the minister.
81 don't want one," replied the man.
'And I'm sure I DON'T" added tho
woman, and they withdrew and walked
of in different directions-Detioit Free
Press
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10
FOUND IN THE ANDES.
Three Animals OF Great value to
the Peruviana
Tho llama, the Alpaca and tho vicuna-
Serving Boasts Of Vurden-
Artictes OF CioshInH Made
from Their Coats.

In the high, cold tab1e-1ands of South
America, where nature has taken grand
shapes, on the bare, bleak Punas, al
most as desolate as Sahara or the lofty
plains OF Tartary, there are, says the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat, animals the
cogeners of those peculiar to tho last
named regions. Instead of the camel in
his numerous varieties, there are tho
llama and his affiliat tions, similar but
distinct, and fulfilling corresponding
functions. Among the lofty Andes. too,
there is, on scale of size relative to
that which exists betWeen the Andes
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10

supper he went INFO the library, closed
the folding doors, and Sat down to work.
carefully pulled one of the doors open
until could see him. He got out pen,
ink and paper briskly enough, but then
came a sudden pause. He scratched his
head, caressed his ear, toyed with the
pen, and it was good half-hour before
he got a name for his poem.
''Mr. Bowscr!' I called from the other
side of the door, shave you got it fin
ished?''
FINISHED! / haven't been in here two
minutes yet I don't propose to writ te
trash"
1t was just twenty-five minutes by the
sittingroom clock before he began on
the first line after selecting the title,
and when he came out at ten o'clock
knew he had only three lines finished.
These he had copied and recopied a
dozen different times.
"Through?" queried, as he appeared
"Mighty anxious, aren't your he
sneered. "fou may sec my effort when
it is in print, but not before"
For the next six evenings Mr.. Bowser
was closeted with himself and that
poem. Then, as knew by his general
demeanor, his work was finished.
crcpt downstairs after he was asleep
and found it in the desk, all ready for
mailing. The first verse ran as folio VS.:
THE leaf is falling-tho wind is sobbing,
And the autumn is at hand SO dreary and for
lorn,
And the embers OF the dying year must remind
That every thing dies-every thing that was
ever born
There were eleven other verses, all of
he same piece Of goods, and covered an
Inch deep with the embers of the dying
gear. ] crept back to bed to find Mr..
5owser resting on his back and wearing
a sweet smile of confidence and salts
faction. Next morning 1 carelessly in
quired:
Don't you want me to look over that
poem with you before you send it off?''
"What for?"
perhaps could suggest some changes
for the better"
''You improve my poem! Well, if tn at
isn't assurance! would not be as con-
ceited as you for ton of gold"
But my literary efforts have been
published and are we'll spoken Of"
"Nonsense! The editor knew you
were my wife, and your friends dare not
condemn it to your face. Drop it, Mrs.
bOWSer-OrOp IL anu ueCOrdue jugs anu
crocks.'
I didn't say any more, but watched
every issue of the paper l knew he
would send it to. He also did the same,
but very slyly. After about week I
observed:
elias your poem appeared yet Mr..
Bowser?"
81 think not; l have neither received
q bundle Of copies of the issue contain
ing it or had letter from the editor. l
don't look for it under another week. I
presume the editor took it home to read
to his family, and it may now be passing
around among the Gterdti.'
Suppose it would be rejected?"
"W-h-a-tv' he exclaimed, leaping out
of his chair and dancing around. publish
your sawdust and reject my pure gold!
Mrs. Bowser, you have some queer ideas
very queer"
. .In case il is not published hope
you"
"But it will be published!"
I said no more, and he turned to his
paper. Half an hour later there was a
ring at the bell, and Mr.. Bowser went to
answer it and admitted strange man.
The strange man handed Mr.. Bowser a
letter from tho editor Of the paper to
shich he had sent his poem. get hold
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10
Six Valuable Presents.

She gave an hour of patient care tc
her little baby sister, who was cutting
her teeth.
She gave a string and crooked pin
and great deal of good advice to the
three-ycar-old brother who wanted tc
play at fishing.
She gave Ellen, the maid, precious
hour to go and visit her sick baby al
home; for Ellen was widow, and left
the child with it's grandmother while
she worked to get bread for both. She
could not have seen them ,.:y often ii
our Mary had not offered to attend the
door while she was away.
But this is not all that Mary gave.
She dressed herself SO neatly, and
looked so bright and kind and obliging,
that she gave her mother thrill
of pleasure whenever she caught sight
OF the young, pleasant face.
She wrote letter to her father, who
was absent on business, and gave
patient attention to a long story by her
grandmother. and when it was ended
made the old lady happy by good
night kiss.
Thus she had given valuable presents
to six people in one day, and yet she hao
not a cent.-The Little Ones.
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10
THE BOWsERs.
Mr.. Bowser Essays to Write
Poetry But Falls.

had . secret FROM Mr.. Bowser for
fully six weeks, and taiestSct-so weighed
on my conscience that whom he came
home the other eveningI handed him .
newspaper and remarked. ~
"Mr. Bowser. will you do me the
honor to read that little poem?'
"Who is it by?'' he asked.
"Read it,
gem, and then I was weak enough to
tell him I was the author.
''Oh, you are, oh! That accounts for
it,
"For what2"
''For the namby-pamby style, the
wildness Of the rhyme, and tho higgle-
ty-pigglety way in which it reads"
"Then you don't like it?"
"Humph! You'd better stick to house
work!"
Everybody else says it's good. have
also written several little stories which
have been pronounced frst-class."
"Then they lied to you"
"Perhaps they did; but don't think
90. May be you could do better?"
''May be! know 1 could! The only
reason haven't made o name in the
literary world is because I've been too
busy with real-estate matters. I was
just thinking as came home this even
ing that I'd dash Off something as .
starter"
"Well, hope you'll succeed"
"Succeed! What are you talking
about? Do you imagine can't write a
poem?"
II hope you can"
He turned away in disgust, and after
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10
A Fly Coon

Guest-What has become of the water
melon that was on this table little
while ago?
Waiter specs dc flies eat it up
when my back wuz turned, sah. Flies
am def on watermillyuns. acy Ia
Texas SiftinGA
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10
A Good Busines. Head.

Farmers Wife-Couldn't you sell the
potatoes, Hiram?
Farmer-Naw, the grocers said they
want good fer nothin'.
Farmers Wife-Wen, ] woul6n't ha
brought 'em home vixen you owe the
edisor seven dollars fer his papey,--s
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10

Mrs. Sands Ito captain)-Helpl He1pl
There's man lying on the beach, al
most dead.
Captain Lifelines thurrying 90 the
place)-What's the matter with himf
Was he drowned?
Mrs. Sands-No-starved He boarded
in a cheap summer hotel.-Puck.
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10
A Little Ifasty.

He-I went to my sister's wooden
wedding yesterday.
She-Why, thought she was only
Just married?
He-Yes. She married blockhead-
Razar.
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10
He Can't Help It.

Mrs. Phunnyman--l notice that your
friend Pulitzer is inclined to obesity of
late.
Mr.. Phunnyman-No, indeed; it's very
much against his inclination.-Lippin-
rott's Magazine.
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10
To XIII Time.

Blase Buttercakes-Couldn' yer lem
me two cents to get over to Brook1yn7
I'm broke.
Mr.. Scadds-What do you want to do
in Brooklyn?
Blase Buttercakes-Oh, borrer enough
to come back on, / guess.-Puck.
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10

Dawber-Here's my new painting,
1.-THE Race Horse" Don't you think it
shows originality?
Critic aue-Um-perhaps. There never
was q race horse that looked like that,
unyway.-Chicago Post.
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10

T E L e Y E N
o'clock the other
night a minister
was called upon
to perform tho
marriage cere-
rnony for q mid
dle-aged couple,
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10
Not Artstocratic.

Lord Noddy--Owah family IL ~ewy
old. / assuah you. You may look it up
in the peerage.
Mrs. Bargainer (who has marriage
able daughterl-That may be, but none
of YOUR folks havo the gout.-Judge.
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10
Her Preference.

Snooper-Let US take a Wagner sleep
er, my dear.
Mrs. Snooper--o! Wagner's too noisy
for me. Let AS take Pullman. West
Shore,
Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-10

Winiired (insinuatingly)- Mr.. Ram
dolph comes to see you every day, doesn't
he?
Julia with the sailor hat-Oh, yes;
but he's very easily entertained.
Winifred-He must be.-Life.