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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-29
baltimore.

BALTIMORE, Nh, August 2s.-Flour quiet
and unchanged; receipts, 0 ,7i6 barrels; ship
ments. 9.409 barrels. Wheat No. 2 red. spot.
si.0s, the month. S1.07A@10s; September,
Si.07N41 LOS; October. S1.08t6gi.0o4. De-
cember. si.f1@111a: steamer No. 2 red, Sl.02
@1.O24: Southern wheat easy; Fultz, $l.00g
l.0l; longberry, sl.03@1.1l; receipts. 1eG,347
bushels; shipments, 229,014 bushels. stock,
$50. l4l bushels. sales, az, 267 bushels. Corn
dull, mixed spot, 7sc.; the month, CSC; Septem-
Der ,.6sAc. Southern corn dull; white. ESQ 7Oc.;
yellow. 70q7lc.: receipts. 1881 bushels: stock,
72,5l9 bushels. Oats steady; No. 2 white,
Western, 40c.: No. 2 mixed, Western. 37a
37Ac. receipts. 1900 bushels; stock. 30. 500
bushels. Rye dull: No. 2. 9g4c .@&1; receipts.
6.574 bushels; stock, 5i,3s5 bushels. Hay
quiet and lower; good TO choice timothy, 14C@
i5c. Grain freights very dull and unchanged.
Cotton very steady; middling uplands, SIC.
Provisions firm and unchanged. Butter firm
and unchanged. Eggs firm aud scarce at 1sc.
Coffee dull. Rio cargoes. fair, 100; No. z,
1910. Sugar steady. Peanuts unchanged.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-29

CINCINNATI. O.. August 2. -Pork-Regular
SlO. 75@1O.5 81: family. &11.37I. Lard-Kettle-
dried, 7Am73lc. Bacon-Short clear sides.
47.871s. Whisky-Sales Of S07 barrels ut II. 10.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-29
New Orleans.

New ORLEANS, La. August %. Rice steady;
ordinary 10 prime. 415@5Bc.; other articles
firm and unohanged.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-29
THE TIMES-RICHMoND VA SATURDAY AUGUST 30 1871.

694c.; highest. $3.50; lowest. Csc; closing.
CSC.
Naval Stores-The market for spirits .ur-
pentine is quiet, closing at 800. for
regular and SIC. for mschine-made barrels.
Rosin il in moderate demand. but firm: COIN
mon. ELL 5; strained, sI.87h; good do. e1.40.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-29
NnahNlI1n.

NASHVILLE, TzNN.. August 28.-wheat-No.
, red. 81. No. 3. 9ja 96c. in car lots. from
wagons. $50. @ei. Corn-White. sacked and
delivered in depot, 75c.; mixed, zoe; bulk &c.
less.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-29

the top figures Of the day were current. The
market closed buoyant at advances ranging
from y 10 % per cent. The greatest inn
provement was in Chicago, Burlington Ind
Quincy, Delaware and Hudson, Michigan
amounted TO 36S, 52I shares.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-29
DISSOLUTION q CO-PAKrNERsnIP.

RICHMOND, VA. August /, 1891.
ITO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
The special partnership heretofore existing
between the undersigned. q. Is. SYDNOR. JR.,
and THOMAS VI. HUNDLEY, under the firm
name Of q. i. SYDNOR, JR., expires this day by
limitation.
We have this day entered into a general part
nership under the frm-name of SlDNOk i
HCNDLEY. and with improved facilities for
meeting the demands OF the trade will continue
the business Of FURNITURE DEALERS at the
old stand. No. 0g east Broad street. where we
will be pleased to see our friends
G.. Is. SYDNOR, JR.,
I. NJ. HUNDLEY.
Mr.. HUNDLEY can be found at the store after
September 18th. 8ulStu.th6sa6t
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-29
Fire Brick per 1000. G55aS0O.
plastering Hair 4RJc. per pound


Wool-Tub-washod. free burrs. 2sa2oc.; IN
washod do. 2la2lc.; MeriuO. uuwashed. l5c.,
bury. Case yer pound less.
Skins, etc.-Sheepskins; Green sailed lambs,
t0alOc.; green sailed shoarlings, lbaf0c.;
green sailed wool skins, f5caSi10, dry lambs,
25ac0c.; dry ShearlingS. 6s4Oc.; dry wool
s skkin@ S Ss99s'' a f9asi sSd15s.; dry se loa KEN. sG Gss
pc. Per pound; tallOw. 4a4Hc. per pound;
fish sounds, 2Oa3Jo. per pound.
Heml0ck Sole Ieather-nood stamp middle
Weights, l9a2Oc. por pound; light weight, l9aa)c.;
best stamp b. A. sole leather, Place; good dam
aged. best selection, lea20c.; as il runs, l7algc.;
damaged, all weights according 20 quality, l6a
lsc.: poor damaged, 1ial6c hemlock backs, first
selection, ~22a23cc.; second selection. Da&2c.;
third selection. isa20c.
Oak Sole Ieather-Louisville, according TO
quality and weights. SSa36c.; primo oak sole, 53a
$40: good oak sole. 80a32c oak sole. Urinary,
25aSsc.; oak backs, per pound, according TO quail
Hides~Dy flint. 71asc. per pound;
dry flint, damaged, ~5lsa6I9c. per yound; dry
flint. calf, 5a6c. per pound; dry sal;ed. SEA
6I6c. per pound; dry salted, damaged, case.
per pound; dry saltod, calf. 90. per pound; dry
saltcd. CINE hides, la3c. per pound. green
sailed, sa5c. per pound; green sailed dam.
steer and heifer hides, sixty pounds and over,
are worth 1c. per pound moro than above quota
tlons for green sailed hides; green. sailed calf
skins, No. !, 55a65c. per pound' No. 2 s5a4oG.
green sailed hides, No. /. twenty 10, thirty
pounds. 3taic. per pound; green sailed hides.
No. Z, twenty to thirty pounds. 5a31tc. per
pound; veal hps, fifteen 10 twenty pounds. 500.
aSl.
MISCELLANEOUS
Beeswax; 2 c. per pound.
Blackjack Bark: Rossed. 5000 per 2,2i0
pounds; black oak and chestnut, rough. s60Oa
e7.OO per 1900 pounds.
Flaxseed; sl.2Oasl.3O per bnshel
hOots. tnnseng. s2Ib er pounds; seneca, free
OF tops. 3Oaa5c. per pound.
Rye: 7sasO per busheL
Feathers: Prime live goose, 4oa42c.; mixed,
Csc.
Sumac; 76as0c,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-29

sold by Powers-Taylor Drug Company; F.W
Hsgemsnn, Seventeenth and Broad street; Blair
Pharmacy, 20 east Broad; George W. Book. Sf
est Broad; j. Il. Lewis, 4 east froad; = II.
Crane, 2ls east Broad: Charles A. BerriAn, Four
tesoh and Franklin
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-29
QUOTATIONS..


RICHMOND. Va. August 2s, 1891.
SALES.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-29

CLnENT. IlaiE. PLASTER. ETC.
Cement ROsendale. $i40 per barrel
lime; Agricultural, salOc. per bnshel; Rock
land, 81 .l0ss 10 per barrel. according 20 guam
tiiy: Virginia, 81 OOaSiO5.
Plaster: Lump. $500 per ton; ground, $50;
cslcined plaster, 8i.65.
North Carolina Tar. large size. IS; coal tar,
e..
Fire Brick per loo. s55asGo.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-01
A Decorative Screen.

No floating article of furniture is more
decorative than a screen, and there are so
many varieties that it is a difficult matter
to decide which of them all to prefer. A
novelty in a single panel screen that can be
initiated successfully by an ingenious home
worker is made in the ordinary style. with
a stained wood frame, and the panel Gov
cred with material, which in this case is
gayly Powered silk more flamboyant in
character than good taste would approve
were it not to be partly covered Strips
Of the cloudy or semi-transparent celluloid
are interviewer diagonally in a sort of lat
tice work across the silken panel, leaving
regular diamond shaped spaces, through
which the gay flowers reveal themselves
enticingly. The reverse of the panel can
repeat the arrangement, or if the screen is
for actual service a gathered lining of
plain silk may be used, dispensing with
celluloid, which is too iniammable in its
composition 10 be brought near a fire with
safety,-Exchange.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-01
women Artists in the VorId.

The statement is made by an authority
who has looked into the matter that there
are more women artists in London, Paris
and New York than there are men engaged
in the same calling, and that the women
are making more money than their male
competitors.
The reasons given are that men adhere
too closely to the principles of art, as the
term applies to painting, and do not enter
any of the avenues branching from its
legitimate trend, while women take ad-
vantage of the opportunities of all branches,
such as designing, drafting, illustrating
stories and articles for popular publica.
tions, and arranging decorations for the
household. In these fields they have been
very successful, and retain virtual mo-
nopoly of the work, because they are best
adapted to it.
Not long since, it is recorded, a young
woman attained distinction by illustrating
an article for one of the leading French
magazines and her work was praised as
being far superior to that of the male art
lists who had previously executed all SINH
Five years ago" says the editor of the
publication, such proposition would
not have been entertained
The future of women in the art world
would seem TO be bright one, if the signs
of the times be read Alright. There is a no.
ticeable and commendable activity among
women artists, and recent successes will
doubtless stimulate them to accompl. .
yet more praiseworthy Vesults.-Jenness-
Miller Magazine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-01
An Efficient Railroad Woman.

One of the most remarkable women of
Georgia is Mrs. II. 5. Gould, of Machen.
1t was largely through her means and eff
forts that the Covington and Macon rail-
road was butt, and after it was put in OPP
Grafton she had a great deal to do with its
md nagement. 1t is related that on one &C.
casion an engine of the road had become
derailed ut some station on the line. The
local section boss and his men, the engineer,
the conductor and brakemen, with per
haps some of the passengers, worked for
hours trying to get the big locomotive
back on the track.
They were preparing to give it up as a
bad job when Mrs. Gould came along. She
saw at a glance what was the matter, and
gave few decisive orders. Within twenty
minutes the engine was ready to pull out
There are other and similar stories of her
executive ability and energy. Besides her
raj reading operations, Mrs. Gould finds
time to manage her 400 acre farm near
Machen. 1t is said she has done a great
deal toward building the Middle Georgia
ano Atlantic railroad.-Macon (Ga.) Tele-
graph.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-01
To Renorate BLACK Goods,

An excellent cleansing fluid, especially
useful when mems garments require reno
walton, is prepared as follows: Dissolve
four ounces Of white CASTLE soap shavings
in quart G. boiling water. When cold
add four ounces of ammonia, two ounces
each of ether, alcohol and glycerine and a
gallon of clear cold water. Mix thorough
ly, and as it will keep for long time bot
tie and cork tightly for future use This
mixture viii cost about eighty cents and
will make eight quarts.
For mems clothing, heavy cloth, etc,
dilute small quantity in an equal amount
of water, ana following the nap of the
goods sponge the stains with a piece of
similar cloth. The grease that gathers
upon the collars of coats will Immediately
disappear, and the undiluted fluid will
wanquish the more obstinate spots When
clean, dry with another cloth and press
the under side with a warm iron. This
fluid is also useful when painted walls and
woodwork require securing, a cupful to a
pail of warm water being the proper pro-
portion.
When washing black dress goods soap
must never under any circumstances be
applied directly to the material In order
to obtain the necessary suds it must be
shaved and entirely dissolved in a basinful
of boiling water, and then thrown into the
washtub.-Harper's Bazar
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-01
Take Time to Eat.

The opinion that hurry in eating is a
prolific cause of dyspepsia is founded on
common observation. The i'll results of
'bolting" the food have been attributed to
the lack of thorough mastication, and to
the incomplete action of the saliva unon
the food. Two-thirds OF the food which
we eat is starch, and starch cannot be
utilized by the system as food until it has
been converted into sugar, and this change
is principally effected by the saliva. But
there is third reason why rapidity of eat
ing interferes with digestion. The pres
ence of the salivary secretion in the stom
ach acts as a stimulus to the secretion of
the gastric juice.
Irrespective of the mechanical function
of the teeth. food which goes into the
stomach incompletely mingled with saliva
passes slowly and impcrfectly through the
process of stomach digestion. Therefore,
as sanitarv maxim of no mean value.
teach the children to eat slowly-and in
giving this instruction by example the
teacher as VIII as the pupil may receive a
bepefit.-Santary Inspector.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-01

Doctor LoRIMER. the eloquent Bap-
fist divine of Chicago. has accepted cali
to return to his old church in Boston. He
makes no pretense that be can do better
work for the Lord in Massachusetts,
than in the big Illinois city, but frankly
admits that ne desires the change on &C.
count Of his health and because it will re-
lieve him from the strain of preparing
new discoursts He will rest both brain
and body by preaching to his Boston the
sermons he las already preached to his
Chicago congregation.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-01
Changing Underwear at Night.

'I'll wager my newest pair of silver
buckles that Miss B. takes off her gossa-
mer vest at night" said an observing and
practical girl the other day as we stood
looking at a mutual friend who was admir-
ing picture in an art gallery.
Il believe / could 90 through my entire
circle of acquaintance and tell the girls
who do that. And l tell by their color.
No woman of delicate organization can
change all of her garments every night
without fading the roses in her cheeks. 1t
is all very well and necessary to be clean.
and there are certain rules and regulations
laid down on such subjects that every we'll
conducted woman is supposed to observe
But in the face of all such rules l don't
take off my flannels at night; neither do !
change them every day, whether the
weather be warm or cold. And the simple
reason is that ! cannot do so without seri-
ously affecting my health. The dear old
doctor who took me through all of my
childish mishaps tells me that more young
women and babies are washed to death
than the world would ever believe, and
quite many have their vitality Slapped
by this practice of changing the clothes toe
often, which he declares is barbarous.
Three or four years ago | was running
down and grew pale and nervous and full
OF cnllls ana shlVerS, and began to fear
that | was getting to be an invalid |
couldn't do anything without getting fear
fully tired, and my sleep didn't seem to do
me any good.
Zone day | went to see the doctor, and
after asking me all manner of questions,
without arriving at any conclusion, he
spoke of the bath. ! had been drilled about
too much for that, but had never heard of
the injury of changing hannels too often.
i wear knitted vests of silk and have been
in the habit of sleeping without them
and changing them every day. But /
stopped short, and in less than month
had my color back again and could sleep
like child. / really haven't had a sick
day since. l change twice a week in win
ter and three times in summer At first il
didn't seem nice at all, and admit that it
isn't n specially romantic thing to say; but
it's fact, and ! wish every delicate OF
nervous person understood it.
- have studied the subject up some and
have taken some observations, and / assure
you that there are hundreds of men, women
and Children who are suffering from too
many clean clothes. Every clean garment
absorbs just SO much of the wearers vital
ity, and with delicate persons this is no
trifing matter. Try it, girls, and see which
you like better, roses in your cheeks CT
clean gossamers every day.'-New York
Ledger
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-01

THAT the once brilliant miod of Anna
Dickinson is wrecked does not admit of
much doubt in view of the telegraphed
account of her recent appearance on the
lecture platform in New York Her re-
marks were incoherent personal and vim
dictive. and al times repugnaut to de.
cency. For this latter reason several
ladies arose from their seats and left the
theatre. She confirmed the general be,
lief that Quay and Clarkson failed to ace
quately compensate her for her services
TO the republican party in 1888. but her
assertion that these men and Postmaster
General Wanamaker were in the alleged
conspiracy TO immune her in an insane
asylum is obviously Yagary. She made
a painful display of mental weakness
when she recalled the circumstance that
in letters sent By Gen. Butler he had adj
dressed her as Lizzie. and that he was the
only man who had ever addressed her by
her middle name. The rambli nc, dis
jointed talk will be popularity construed
as q vindication of Susan Dickinson.
Those who have read it cannot easily en-
terrain any other opinion than that 10
sending Annu 10 an ssyl um Susan acted
mercifully and not cruelty.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-01

possible rival, so much so, indeed, that
tie appearance even of a club armed sutton
must often be welcomed as an agreeable
surprise party. The marriage of near rela-
tives is discouraged with strictpess not
often found among barbarians, and polyg-
amy, though sanctioned by public opin-
ion, is restricted by the difficulty of pro-
viding for the wants of large family. At
distance from the crab swarming sea-
coast famines are rather frequent, but the
natives have developed a faculty for starv-
ing, or half starving, for weeks without
permanent injury, and rely on the expert
ence that sooner or later nature will renew
the supply OF spontaneous food.-Professor
Felix i. Oswald in Good Words
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-01
ARRANGEMENT OF ROOMS.
Some Proverbs About the Division of ;
House for Comfort and Health.

House for Comfort and Health.
The dining, living and nursery rooms arr
wanted to be cool in summer. If thev
caught the hot afternoon sun they would
be unbearable in the summer time There
fore, living rooms should not look west. OF
even south, if this can be helped. AS old
Thomas Fuller says: "a south window in
the summer is chimney with fire in it.
and needs the screen of a curtain. In a
west window in summer time, toward
night, the sun grows low and over familiar
with more light than delight The break
fast room, on the other hand, should be on
the east or southeast side of the house. be
cause 1T Is desirable that these apartments
should have the morning sun.
IAN east window welcomes the infant
beams of the sun before they are of any
strength to do any harm, and is offensive
to none but sluggard." A library, how
ever, should have west aspect because it
Is lkeIy to be used most in winter and bad
weather, when the suns rays will be agree.
able. y larder, on the other hand. should
be on the cool side of the house, otherwise
the provisions will not keep "a north
wind Is best for butteries and cellars. f
the beer will be sour if the sun smiles on
It," Altogether, we may accept the follow
ing summary of the situation
"A house with northern aspect is very
often damp and very often bleak and cold:
southerly aspect is as warm, dry and
bright as is to be had in the situation. An
easterly aspect is cold, especially in the
winter and spring, but as rule tolerably
dry. y westerly aspect is warm and in
clined to damp, and likely to be exposed to
wind and rain"
The condition of house has much to do
with its comfort. Before everything else
1t should not be damp, for "a damp house
is deadly house, says the proverb
Dampness is generally caused by faults of
construction, and it is very difficult TO cure
In looking over houses, therefore, l advise
you to take careful note of the signs of
damp; they are generally diScernible
enough before the house is done up. Moldy
dark stains on the walls, and the marks OF
damp on the floor should make you turn
away from house and never enter it more
The arrangement of the bedrooms is a
detail not to be overlooked in choosing a
house One can scarcely lay down a gen
eral rule about the aspect of bedrooms, be
cause their number necessitates their being
of all aspects. The great thing is that they
should be well ventilated, and so planned
that the bed may be placed somewhere else
than between the window and the fireplace,
or between the door and the fireplace, or
between the door and the window The
door also should on no account be made to
open full on the place where the bed will
be. Forgetfulness of these small details
causes great annoyance.-PhylisB Browne in
Cassell's Family Magazine,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-01
A Queer Method of Courtship.

The marriage ceremony of the Aus
trnlian savages consists often in the sim
pie process of stunning a stray female
of neigboring tribe by means of a club,
and then dragging her away an unresistr
ing captive, just as the males of the larger
species of seal are said to attack and tenn
porarily disable their intended mates.
Another still uglier analogy with the
brute creation is their Indifference to the
welfare of their own children after they
have once outgrown the age of absolute
helplessness. An Australian mother will
coddle her baby with apelike fondness, and
hardly ever let it stray out of sight for the
first four years, but as soon as the tod
ding little imp seems able to take care OF
itself it's debt of gratitude to its progeni-
tors has to be paid by the worst kind of
slavery.
At the first sign of INSTRUMENTATION a
half grown boy is apt to be kicked out, il
not killed, by his own father. while the
older squaws maltreat every pretty girl as
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-01
Have Plenty of Clean Table Linen.

Do not use tablecloth a whole week OF
napkin after its freshness is gone. Soiled
table linen viii spoil the daintiest dishes
Scores of housekeepers, with plenty OF
money for all household expenses, are alb
solutely stingy in regard to the use of table.
cloths. Think of wife not denying her fam
lily any delicacy of the season, and sending
many superfuous articles each week to the
laundry, yet compelling her family to sit
around a soiled tablecloth five or six DAYS
of the week, and providing only one or two
napkins for seven days 1t seems incredi-
bic. Even in small families the cloth
should be changed two or three times in a
week, and the napkins once every day or
two at least. Table linen should be ironed
until perfectly dry, and folded lengthwise,
with the edges even.-Washington Star.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-01

JOHN S. GARRISON has an imprisoned
defense of the virtue of politicians in the
North American Review for May. No
doubt most politicians are virtuous, but
Clarkson's assurances on the subject are
not conclusive. He is the same man,
says the Indianapolis Sentinel, who stole
the subscription list of the Voice, the
prohibition organ, and used it for repuo,
lican campaign purposes IN 1888 He
was head and front of the republican
ring which plundered Iowa for so many
years, and was associated with Quay and
Dudley in the management of the blocks
OF FIVE campaign. The politicians are
very unfortunate in their champion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-01
JAY GOULD has received a vast amo u

JAY GOULD has received vast amo unit
Of free advertising during the past week
for the fast trip last Wednesday between
Omaha and Chicago. If there is any
honor attaching to a record-smash hing
run. it belongs to the train hands and not
to the passenger in whose interest the
trip was made. Thus truthfully remarks
the Clinton Age and it proceeds forwiih
TO say. The distance from Council Bluffs
to Clinton, 362 miles, was made IN seven
hours and five minutes, an average speed
of over SO miles an hour. From Clinton
De Kalb the time made was exactly mile
a minute. Chicago was reached in 156
minutes, from Clinton, so minutes faster
than the best previous record a portion
of the distance was run at tie rate of 102
miles an hour.