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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-28
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D1CHMOND COlLTGR-lAW DEPAhf
IL MENT.-Course designed for two years;
may be completed in less. Nine months ses-
sion, beginning September %, 1904 Fees mod
crate: advantages excellent. For catalogue
address chairman Of faculty. Richmond Col
lege. Richmond Va. For special information
address PRoYKssOR ROGER GREGORY.
jygl-sutu&th6w Lester Manor, ' a.
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William and Mary College,
WILLIAMSBURG. VA.
SESSION OPENS Y1Rgy THURSDAY TX
OCTOBER.

FEES: sl25O Tuition per half session.
Medical Fee. az per session.
such students as are willing TO teach two
years in the pubic schools Of Virginia re-
ceived free Of tuition fees, and at a cost for
board. fuel, lights and washing Of go per
month. Send for Catalogue.
jy24-ts LYON q. TYLER. President.
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c,uoRr -gANp.-y9E WATSON SCHOOL
- OF SHORT HAND il the only strictly
shorthand school in Baltimore ana the pest
Las sddysss JOHN WATSON,
s.. Is. Cor. Charles and Baltimore streets,
Gu9)-lm bal'iupIo' 49,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-28
CHESTER COLLEGIATEINSTITUTE FOR
y YOUNG LADIES.

CHESTER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR
" YOUNG LADIES'
Rev. T. VI. EDWARDS, President Of Faculty:
g. =. ROBERTSON, President OF Board OF
Directors.
CHARLES FISHER. Secretary and Treas
urer.
This school begins ttseKercises GA
WEDNESDAY, l4TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1892
The location, at Chester. Va, is peculiarly
advantageous for health and accessibility. A
valuable Medicinal Spring is near the lnsti-
tute. The faculty consists OF teachers eK-
perienoed in the profession and devoted 70 ~
All departments OF Female Education thor
oughiy tsught-Music Art, Sciences. 1itera;
ture, Mathematics. Languages (ancient and
modern), Calisthenics. &c. PARTICULAR stten-
ton paid 20 English Composition. Philosophy
and Chemistry illustrated by lectures and ex-
periments. Table fare excellent and every
home comfort afforded. Expenses moderate
For circulars or for any information address
either Of the above Mapped officers at Chester.
Chesterfield county, Va. ie26-su.we&fr2m
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SEASIDE GOWNS.
Two Stylish Models illustrated and De-
scribed.

Fashions for the seashore are greatly va
ried, as shown by the two models Of our
cut One of these Is Of white yachting
lluen, the full bodice opening over q uar-
row vest OF red linen braided In white.
The collar. cuffs and sash are arranged in
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-06-19

There was Gold lake" still undiscoy-
cred; there was THE Lost Cabin" only
there was lost cabin and lots Of gold
there, too, known only to Mountain Joe,
one OF Fremonts guides. and now a blind
man dying in Oregon City. But let us get
forward. At the same time, bear in mind.
all those stories which gave rise TO such
stampedes bore the stamp of truth. Law
yers believed them: preachers, teachers,
merchants. all sorts of men believed them,
and often put up the last cent in a desperate
competition to buy the last old mule to be
bought in the camp.
The comieal part Of it all was, now that
l look back at it calmly. the unanimity as
to time. 1t was sort of spiritual cOnces-
sion, If you please. / know Gold Lake was
an old story, had been talked over in all the
minute details for full half year. and no.
body had set out in search for Gold Lake.
But suddenly one morning, or rather one
Notwithstanding city was in the sad
die or on foot following some mysterious
somebody who had been seen by some one
to come in and go out, etc. Please imagine
all the rest of these picturesque stories,
which once, twice. thrice set all the noun
talDs round about ablnZe with campfires
This rarity of ours was very select
and very secret. of course. / had myself
procured the year before a map of the
Blue Bucket diggIngs from Uncle Billy. for
his farm and my fathers adjoiued. And
this map was my capital. 1t might have
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TOLD BY A REFUGEE.
The story of Young Woman VINO Re
Gently Came From Russia
New York Times.

The story of Young Woman Who he-
Gently Came From Russia.
New York Times.
The immigration Bureau is not portal
through which handsome and well-dressed
voyagers to this land are wont to emerge,
and one of the registry clerks yesterday was
considerably surprised when the tawdry
procession fling before his desk was broken
by lastly attired young woman who gave
her name as Nadeschda Vassielieff. When
the clerk inquired what language the fair
stranger could speak, he was surprised to
hear that she was familiar with all the
principal languages Of Europe. Her subse-
quent conversation showed that she was
well educated and woman Of refinement.
She had no difficulty in gaining admission
to America. She said that she was going
West TO join friends in Chicago.
She is Russian Jewess. and one Of the
many thousands Of her race who have been
forced TO leave their homes in Russia to
seek an asylum in more hOspitable lands.
Her story is of piece with the stories told
by the other eXiles who have preceded her
only she has the ability to tell it better.
SO much Of 1t as could be told during the
passage OF the ferrybOat from Ellis Island
TO the mainland was related to Times re-
porter. Miss Vassielieff was born in Mos
COW and educated in st. Petersburg. Much
care and money were expended by her FAM
lily TO secure her a fine education, and she
studied hard in order to fit herself for the
vocation OF teacher, so as to become sup
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port for her family. who mad exhausted all
their means for this purpose. When her
education was completed she returned to
Moscow.
Then her trials began. First she was for
hidden TO teach, and when she demonstrated
against the mandate she received call from
the Chief of Police, who ordered her to
leave Russia without delay. She appealed
to the Governor Of the city aud was granted
q short reprieye. At its expiration came a
peremptoTy order TO leave the domain Of
the Gar. The result of a protest was an
lntimatiOn that there were two ways Of
leaving the country Open to her, one by
way OF a train which took exiIes TO the
frontier the other with caravan to Sibe-
ria. She of course chose the former, and
departed in company with 1900 families who
had the same alternatives to choose from.
This was in the month of February and the
day was bitter cold. The cars into which
the eXlles were packed contained no seats,
and were so crowded that no one could sit
down.
Picture, if you can," said Miss Vas
siellef, "the horrors OF that ride. From
in the morning until O'Clock the next aft
ernOon we stood like cattle in that densely
crowded car. without food, water or sleep.
Even yet it seems like a nightmare, and
wonder how we did it. The cars finally
made halt at little village near the from
tier, ana we were transferred to another
train which was provided with seats.
sank into one, and at that very moment all
my cares and troubles left me at once. so
great was my exhaustion and need of rest"
After many more trials Miss VasSieheff
reached Warsaw, where she took passage for
London, and there embarked for this port.
The condition Of the peasantry Miss
Vassielieff describes as one of frightful
misery One of the cases she instanced was
that of poor widow who had been self
supporting until one day her little brood of
five children were taken sick. She strng-
gled on as best she could, but was finally
driven to mendicancy. At the first house
at which she applied she fell fainting on
the doorstep and was unable to tell her
wants. When she bad been revived and
given something to eat she returned, to
find three Of her children dead from starva-
ton. more than half of the peasantry,"
added Miss Vassielieff, "are on the verge
Of starvation, and | could number a thous-
and instances like this, if time permitted"
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NOT BACKING ENGLAND.
An American Who Made It IA Rnle Not
to Indorse for Anybo dy.

Helena independent.
81 heard good one about Billy Temp
kins," said one of a group of commercial
travellers last night In The Continental HO-
tel you know Billy travels for Fluelen
& Co."
A murmur and reminiscent ascent WIS
the response.
We'll, sir" continued the first speaker,
''you know what a hustler be is. Did some
slashiDg business last fall, and the firm gave
him check for a bonus and told him to go
and take a trip to Europe. Well, sir, Billy
set out to have q real good time, and he had
it, While he was in London he took lunch
one day at the famous tavern IN the city
called the Ship and Turtle where q SOW
ereign just about sees you through your
lunch, and he had imbibed little too much
turtle punch.
when he left there he was run out of
small change, and he thought he would play
big and 60 to ths Bank or England and get
a $50 note redeemed in gold. That's the
way I'll change it. quOth he. So into the
dingy old building he strobe, and putting bis
920 down before the cashiers window, said,
Give me gold for that, will you?
Certainly, sir, said the cashier, Just
put your name on the back Of il. please.
Then Billy. tipsywise, saw a chance fer
some fun, and replied;
My name on 1t; what f0rY
"'Oh, mere formality-note withdrawn,
you know. Tell how 1t came back to bank.
Customary thing
"'Pll be darned if l sign it, says Billy.
You don't catch me going around indors-
ing any corporations paper in this reck-
less style
why, my dear sir, gasped the astounded
cashier. this is a Bank of England note,
good for It's face value the world over
Don't care. said Billy. with tipSy
gravity pm not familiar with fhe coudj-
ton Of tha Bank OF England and hanged
ii indorse the paper. I'm an American
80 If you we're a FIJI Islander almost
shTieked the cashier, you ought to know
the value of a Bank of England note
Well persisted Billy. what do you
want me to indorse it for? l indorse 1t,
don't i, if sign my name TO the back?
Great heaYensV CALCULATED the cashier.
goaded to a condition OF frenzy by Billy'S
imperturable manner. Where do such pe0-
pie as this come from? IL it was the note Of
hand of a bankrupt cats meat man he
cOuldn't be more suspicious. Here you, sir.
viii you sign the nOte?'
No. sir. l made a vew that / would
never put my name on any promises to pay
Send for the manager shouted the
cashier, turning TO clerk. He will eX-
plain if 10 YOU added he, turning to Billy.
1.-THE manager came, and all at once
Billy'S manner changed and in the most ur-
bane manner possible he told him he did not
understand at first the necessity of signing,
and, putting his name on the note with a
flourish, got gold coins for it and walked out,
leaving the two officials looking after him
with puzzled faces.
Billy told them all at the Hotel Metropole
over a glass of hot whisky and water, and
asked:
q" Did get rise out of the Bank OF Eng
land, or did l not?"
The general opinion was that he did
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bell-erank and the lever below are
joined together by means of piece of o.
inch round iron with forked connection
at the top and bottom. This piece of iron
runs through piece of gaspipe which is
bolted to the floor as a support One end
of the lever works inside OF yoke which is
bolted TO the side of the building. To throw
the clap2er or ball back the lever is drawn
upward. which throws the upright part
of crank with forked connection back
ward, which in turn forces back the
clapper. BY pushing the lever down the
clapper strikes the gong. The gong is
6-foot tire Of a driving wheel OF a locomo-
tive, is ~ inches in thickness, inches in
width ana weighs 500 pounds. 1t Yields a
deep tone like a bell. On a still night IL can
be heard about two miles. The cIapper
weighs about 40 pounds. A plan has been
adopted for locating the direction of fires
by strokes of the gong One stroke indi-
Gates that the fire is in the northern section
of the town; two strokes. south; three
strokes, east; four strokes, west. One
stroke and pause and then three strokes
indicates a fire in the northeast: two and
three strokes, southeast; one and four
strokes, northwest; two and four strokes,
southwest This fire alarm has been very
satisfactory, costing with gong and mach
inery, with labor the small sum of S25
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been my fortune had / consented 10 sau
copies of it. As said before, cur party w.
very select. We had tile Judge of NORTH
ern California, now Of Oakland; almost
dozen of US in all, for we had to be io
force to face the Indians. We had a gTaoI'
young man-from Harvard, he said JIa
wore glasses, had small white fingers and
wrote poetry. be said. He said he coni5
not work, but was a good cook He in
sisted on riding at my side and reading
some of his poetry, which | thought fine
He took some candy KISSES" done uD in
colored tissue-paper. from his pocket, with
bits of verse, and he told me in a hast,
confidential whisper that he wrote tboes
also.
Oh, how / revered that Harvard man vr,
wrote verses that had really been printsd
What was all Blue Bucket in Comparison -
this sweet poet? | could not keep the secret
two minutes. | rode up alongside the calm
old Judge and breathed the secret In his ear
How he shocked me and shattered me
beautiful vision as he let his heavy ri5G-
hand fall heavily on his heavy six-shoofer
and then, lifting up face of resignation
sighed heavily, as he said: 'But, no! M
let US not kill him in open day He don't
deserve the death of gentleman. Let ms
wait till he is asleep. and then shoot him i'm
the lower end of the 0ack."
Thirty miles; a camp by pretty brook IN
the willows, deep in the willows, so as In be-
we'll hidden, and we must not onlv keen
concealed from savages, but, above a1 we
must not be seen by other pTOspectors. Va
must have all Blue Bucket to ourselves
Then as we gathered upsticks and SCI tia
coffee boiling the guard on the Hill cana
creeping down. Somebody comingH'
"Indians%
No, looks like pack train; bout mile
long," And hardly had he done sneakinr
when down the slope rode one two. three.
thirty, forty, fifty! five hundred Aud Ali
going prospecting, the objective point being
the Blue Bucket dggings.
We sat down in sulky silence around our
coffee. The good old Judge pushed his
sheathknife in The sugar-b box, got 1t fun
dumped 1t in his tin cup Of coffee and stirred
1t slowly round and round, and then slowly
raised 1t to his lips, as became a thoughtful
Judge. Splitter! splitter! splutterI 'Oh.
who in - put the salt in the sugar-bCx?'
why, my goodness, Judge. is that salt
then I've put the sugar on the beefsteak."
moaned the meek, sweet poet of candy
kisses. And the Judge got up in silence and
went and ate with some friends camped
close by. The next day he went toward
Yreka. But we kept on with hundreds at
our heels and on the third day found the
exact spot as indicated by the map.
The whole party, after some consultation,
agreed to stand IN together and sink pros
peet-hole in company. a spot was selected
half r mile further up the creek, in a
narrow canyon, where we would be better
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THE YARDSTICK.
An Arbitrary Standard Adopted by Two
Great Nations.
\ ew York Herald.

do you know anything about the history
of the yardstick?" said gentleman in the
City Hall recently. The speaker and his
companion We're inspecting the beautiful
old building. and had paused in the inner
corridor before the standards of length
which are cut into the stonework.
These are inscribed Federal standard"
English standard" ard Amsterdam
standard" The two latter are given, but
the Federal standard measure is left blank,
none having been adopted at the time the
old City Hall was erected.
The person addressed admitted that he
knew nothing whatever about the standard
and that he would be pleased to be enlight-
ened upon the subject.
1T really is ridiculous" remarked the
first speaker. 1--WE are using to-day as a
standard OF measure an inaccurate copy Of
what is represented to be- the length of the
arm of King Edward |, taken by his express
order in 1120.H
The original measure was kept at the Ex-
chequer in London for many centuries. 1t
was examined by a royal commissioner in
1912, who in his report of it said "a kitchen
poker filed at both ends would make as good
standard. 1t has been broken and then
repaired so cfumsiy that the joint is nearly
as loose as pair of longs
For the uses of the British Government
an accurate copy or this arbitrary. clumsy,
DIthbu was pIbDdlcu III liUOy anu
this copy, by act of Parliament in 1924, was
made the legal measure. At the same time
it was ordered that if destroyed it should be
restored by comparison with the length
of the pendulum vibrating seconds at the
latitude of London.
"I In 1885 the copy was DESTROYED by the
great fire at the Parliament House. At
tempts were then made to find the length by
means OF the pendulum as already arranged.
but the methods were found to be utterly
impracticable and the English Government
was compelled TO make use of such copies
of the destroyed yardstick as il supposed re-
liable.
THE United States Government was not
only wise enough to adopt the inconve-
nient and inconsistent English measure, but
sent special messenger abroad to secure
copy OF the yardstiek for the use of
the Coast Survey The copy secured was
made by London Observation-Disclosures, who
certified to its correctness. Strange to say,
however. the American standard is one
one-thousandth of an inch longer than the
British standard yardstick.
'0f COURSE" said the speaker in conclu-
sion, 1--WE should have adopted the metric
system. It's equal divisions are consistent
and simple, and IL commands the respect
and praise OF scientific men everywhere"
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FROM THE FRENCH CAPITAL.
A Decoration for the President Of The
Republic.
Death Of Famous Partisan Restaurateur
Preparations Making for the Chi
cago Exposition.
Correspondence of THE MoRN,Ns CALL.

Until the present time the chief of the
French republic has had no official costume,
nothing TO distinguished him as the Presi-
dent of great country. His black coat has
always been eclipsed by the uniforms of his
staff, and the cleaning epaulettes of his
principal aid-de- camp, now General Brugere
In 1888 an effort was made to change this,
aud several costumes were suggested for
President Carnot, but ridicule and carica-
ture defeated the intentions of those who
had at heart the imposing appearance Of
their President. However, faithful repub-
licans who believe that the crowd, the peo-
pie, must be impressed by a certain amount
of luxury and magnifcence, devised plan
for decorating the Presidential tribune DUR
ing official journeys. and in 1889, when the
exposition was opened, M. Larroumet,
director of fine arts. thought that President
Carnot looked insignificant surrounded as he
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able to make a stand against the M0docs in
case Of attack. II need hardly be told that
every mothers son Of US had previously
rushed into the middle of the stream and
picked up stone after stone, but not q ghost
of gold.
Stationing guards around about to hold the
tired horses as they graZed a party plunged
into the canyon and soon clang! clangi pick
and shovel sang through the trees.
And then a man climbed out of the hole.
Picture his face and his feelings il you pos
sibly can. He had stuck his pick through
an old sardine box and it was still clingiEg
to the point He merely pointed TO il, laid
down the pick and put on his coat. The
place had been so thoroughly respected
years before that even old tin cans were in
the old prnspect-holes.
In about an hour the disguised prospec:ors
began to grow eloquent. Mercy II all the
dams that prospectus have left scattered up
and down this land on like occasions could
be gotten up and put to proper use there
need never be any more bother about slick
ems or debris. JOAQUIN MILLER.
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Give Us Laughing Philosophers /,

None OF your snarling cynies for US. They laugh
not, neither do they smile They lugubrIous dys
peptic They usually of yisage pale. slight
dry. quite gravyless individuals in fact who look as
II they had been at lOggerheads with roast beef all
their lives. The side-sphtting button-burstng guf-
faw that proceeds from the individual with good
digestion is never heard from them. They magnify
mole hills into mountains "triies light as air" Into
grieVous annoyances. Show us, on the contrary, a
man who faces trouble with a SMILE repines not at
small mishaps and in whom the fountains OF merri-
ment are easily set afow, and Will show you a
man with good digestion. Use Hostetter's stomach
Bitters to secure this blessing and Danish the nery
business aud qneruous disposition snarI and find
fanlt which attends dyspepsia rheumatism con.
stipation, malaria, kidney trouble ana la grippe
yield TO the Bitters. rs
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A CHEAP FIRE ALARM.

It Cost Twenty-Five Dollars and Can Be
Heard Two Miles.
The present Illustration is taken from the
fre-alarm at Boiling Springs, opposite Ru-
therford, n. j.. says the Scientific Ameri-
can. The machinery for striking the gong
or ring was made by blacksmith of the
town. The gong is held up in place by
means Of %-in5h wire roUe. which goes
around the gong and over heavy piece of
timber at the top of the tower. The strik-
nected to this piece Of timber These bear
Jugs are made by 2Xh bar iron and the
striking material mostly of %-inch round
iron. The L-shaped bell-crank. with shaft.
is forged in one piece. The lower section OF
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There Is frut-grower in Kentucky who
noticed that in three out OF five years his
best apples and peaches were killed by
March frost. After trying various expert
ments he hit upon the idea of digging cir
eular trench around the roots of each tree,
filling Ii with pounded snow and Ice and
then covering up with thick stratum OF
leay The budding was thus prolonged
until April when all danger from frost vas
past.
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Tony Robert Fleury, Gervex,, Jean Paul
Laurens. Duez. Carl Rosa, hoeheslosse'
Roll. Sauzoy and Meunier-aH representa-
tlves of French art.
BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR.
Paris Nav 30