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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-09
I9c. a YARD.
Our loss, but your gain.

Our loss, but your gain.
19c. yard will now buy tho choicest
styles of French Organizes that sold at
Acc.
Broche Satines, were 40c., now l9c. a
yard.
French Batistes, were 37ic., now 19c.
yard.
Tinted Mulls, were $50, now 19c.
yard.
Dotted Mulls, were Soc, now 19c,
yard.
Striped Mulls. were 35c., now l9c. a
yard.
Figured Mulls, were $50, now 19c.
yard.
You can save money at our 19c. coun-
ter.
Ladies' Blue Serge Skirts, with girdle
belts, reduced to STAT, were So.
SCHOOL OUTFITS.
We can save you money on all You re-
quire in fitting out your boy or girl for
school.
Remnants Woollen Dress Goods, just
right quantities for misses dresses, ut
remnant prices.
Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Underwear,
also Blankets, Sheets. and Cases.
See cur 33x20 PIIlow-Case, lie.
See our 33x2O Pillow Case, ljc.
See our 33x22 Utica Case, Zoe.
81 Mohawk Valley Bleached Sheets,
62tc.
72x90 Lockwood Bleached Sheets,
Zoe
90x90 Utica Bleached Sheets SOC.
Sheets for Single Beds, l4x72, 25c.
LADIES' VESTS.
Unbleached Ribbed Cotton Vests, 3
for 2jc.
Bleached Ribbed Cotton Vests, lOc.
ONE FIFTH OFF
from the reduced price on any Fancy
Perasol now marked at from one half TO
one fourth value.
l5C. a PAIR
will buy Misses Dark Color Lisle- Thread
Hose, sizes 8 TO s, were sold at from
80 to 65c. pair.
WHITNEY BABY CAR
RIAGES.
Recollect our lowest prices on these
high-class goods hold good "a few days
longer The best chance you ever had
to buy q first class Baby Carriage lower
than cheap ones are sold. We have d
nice assortment yet
&c. A YARD
buys Scrim such as you usually pay 10c.
cents yard for.
84o. A YARD
buys the 124c. quality, while at Toe. you
get superb l6ic. grade Galatea Cloth,
nice styles, 25c. a yard.
White Duck for Suits, 1870.
Navy-Blue Duck, for Suits, 16ic.
65c. Atwood Challi reduced to 25c.
81 Silk and Wool Chalh now soc.
ON OUR &c. COUNTER
Apron and Dress Ginghams, were l0c.
Lawns that sold well at l2Ic.
Canton Crepe, reduced from 16}c.
Bokhara Cloth, reduced from 20c.
Stripe White Lawn, worth l0c.
Cashmere Outing, reduced from 15c.
katulka Cloth, sold we'll at 1910.
ON OUR 8kC. COUNTER
Apron and dress Ginghams were 12Ic.
Outing Cloths, reduced from l2lc.
Crepe Cloth, all colors, were l2yc.
Yard-wide Percale, reduced from 1910.
Check Muslin, reduced from l2tc.
Striped Muslin, reduced from l2{c.
10c. COUNTER.
Nice styles Dress Percales and Navy
Blue Lawns, Wide Apron Gingharns,
and Dress Satines.
ON OUR 1910. COUNTER.
French Null, reduced from SOC.
Brandenburgs, reduced from Zoe.
Satines. reduced from 1870.
Black Ground, White-F Figured Wool
Chslli, reduced from zoe.
French and Scotch Dress Ginghams,
selected patterns, that were 20 and 35c.
FiDe-Check Dimity Muslin, was l6ic.
tin-Cheek Apron and Dress Muslin,
was l6ic.
DC. A YARD.
Only 2 pieces Outing left, worth I2lc.
White-Check Muslin, worth &c.
Cashmere Suiting, worth 6sc.
81 EACH
for Brown Ohambray Dress Patterns,
embroidered in white, less than half
price
LEVY & DAVIS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-09
ALBeMARLE COUNTY COURT.

Mrs Benjamin Boissssu, Of D.n6idde county
has been very M Tor some days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-26
SNAKES FOR FOOD.
Only Prejudice Excludes Them from
the Bill of Fare.
American Field.

american leu.
why don't people eat snakes
Because IL is not stylish
The above question and answer are really
all that is necessary at this date. III qGes-
there is a great demand for two other class
es of reptiles, namely, frogs and turtles, lcr
food. and yet we never hear OF snakes being
for the reason that fashion dictates all
things, from our birth TO our death. and
as yet snakes are interdicJed for FOOD 10
Americans, at least.
Frenchmen are generally credited with
knowing a good thing" and they practiced
tries acknowledged the delicacy OF frogs.
legs. AT last the custom reached the United
States, and was quite generally aoopted,
and the term "frog-eaterS' was no longer
considered opprobrious. Somewhat over a
century ago there was a revolt on a Nir-
ginia plantation because the slaves were
principally fed on d~iamond-back terrapins.
which could be secured at an expense OF 81
g cartload. Now these terrapins bring from
$40 TO $50 a dozen.
Snake flesh is white and tender. and I
doubt not is as good as that OF any other
cold-blooded animal. There is no earthly
reason to doubt il. and II would be IN
reasonable to dispute it. Prejudice alone
prevents our trying fried snakes, and the
same prejudice keeps many persons from
eating nicely cooked cells, because they SO
closely resemble snakes. Let us compare
snake and cells and We shall find that
snakes, and, In fact. all reptiles. including
our favorite green turtle and delicate frog,
are immeaSurably above the cells and all
other fishes In the scale of animal life.
But, allowing that mammals, reptiles and
clear down to the degenerate fishes are all
good because they are vertebrates, who do
we not limit ourselves to this s~ub-kingdom,
instead of dropping to the lower and serving
up crabs, Holsters and shrimps? But, not
content with this drop. We take another
plunge and, going away, away below the
insects, we reach the clam and oyster.
which we eat entire and often in a raw
state.
II certain parts of Europe makes are
eaten by the lower class of people. They
are sold prepared at the markets as hedge
cells. and are in considerable demand in
southern France. In many parts of the I'M
civilized world the flesh of serpentS is eat
en-. and we have il on the authority of we'll
known travellers and explorers that, al
though not tempting, the dish is in nowise
u~npalatable.
1t NAV be a long time before the fashion
generally adopts snakes as food, but il
should be borne in mind that we descend
lower in the scale when we feed on fish,
and UNNECESSARILY lower in our civilized
taste for oVGtara
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-26
FORTUNES IN A TEACUP.
Your Fate FOretOid by the Clustering
or Scattered Leaves.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.

4 I-OuAS blODe-DeEHOc1aI.
If you have two spoons in YOUR cup IL is
a sign that you will figure prominently at
Il WeddlnS before the year is out.
IL cream or milk is put in your cup be-
lore the sugar 1t will cross your love.
"A tea stalk floating on top of the tea is
CARED a stranger. When this happens to
unmarried women they should stir the tea
briskly and then place the spoon in the
center OF the cup. holding it quite still.
II the stranger in it's gyrations is at
tracted to the spoon he will come that
evening; should it. however, cling to the
sides he will not come at all.
We may observe that it really depends on
the state of the atmosphere as to whether
the stalk goes to the middle or not.
1t is a sign of fair weather if the clusters
or air bubbles, which usually rise after
uga has been put in. collect themselves
and remain in the center of the cup. If,
on the contrary. they straggle TO the sides,
II is a sign that it will certainly rain in a
This cluster of bubbles is also called a.
kiss and portendS that the owner will be
thus saluted during the course of the day.
n cluster or tea leaves with a few stray
glers at the front at the bottom of the cup
slgnines a hearse or a funeral, while the
couple of leaves at the bottom, if close to-
gether, signify a wedding.
II The tea grounds take the form of a
woman on the side of the cup it signifies a
Il rival in love; If il looks like a bird, il
means news from Il distant friend; il it
looks like a book it refers to a
acquaintance who is at college; If it looks
like q tree. 1t means soon taking a journey
into the country; IL two stalks come to-
gether, II means you are TO meet a man;
IL 1t looks like a snake, il is an enemy.
If IL is a dog. you will meet or hear from
a friend; IL it looks like a house or a shed,
II means that when married you will keep
mouse FOR yourself and not board: if IL
looks ike a splre, 1T means that you will
be married in church; if it looks like a
duck or a swan, 1t means that you will
cross the ocean,; If it looks like a bridge,
it is an unquestioned sign that your mar,
riage will be happy and your life long and
strong.
IT n IOoLyc Iilya an r1o, G,L;-- =. -
1t points to a preacher who NAV either
officiate at your marriage or become your
husband; If it looks like Il man with many
spots lying before him it means that Your
husband will be rich, and may be a banker:
If a broken bridge turns up on the side of
the cup it means that your marriage will
be unhappy.
If there are undulations on the side Of
the cup, some faint and some heavier. it
means a checkered life or a career of
struggle, sometimes light and sometimes
seVere.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-26
Football Players.

The thing that impresses you most about
the men who play football to-day is that
they are so much younger than those who
played on the varsity elevens when you
were in college. and you are also puzzled
BY the fact that they all look alike. When
you were in college, the eleven good men
and true Of each of the three great uni
versities lowered above you. and you could
pick them out when the crowd swept over
the field between the halves on Thanks
giving day by the way their canvas-cov-
cred shoulders rose above the head of
everyone else. They were giants in those
DAYS. and either for that reason. or on ac-
count OF their sensational performances
when on the field. each had ar individual
fly of his own, and was as distinct from
the others as are the characters in one of
Shakspeare's plays. Now they are short
and stocky, and only reach TO your Shout
der. and YOU look IN vain for a familiar
face or figure among them, and wonder
how they can hope to DO anything without
at least one Of the sensational star play
ers of YOUR day TO help them out. 1t is not
until you recognize the stout. weil-groomed
gentleman, with his trousers tucked up.
who is acting as umpire, as one of these
"giants." and star players Of your COL
lege DAYS, that you understand that the
change lies In some one else, and that the
men of your time were to many people, to
YOUR father for instance, only eleven we'll
set ND boys, and that TO him they all looked
salike. and neither their names nor their
faces bore any special significance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-26
I'm the Cave of the Winds.
Boston TRANSCRIPT

How many people have gone down into
this place this year?' the Listener asked
OF the grizzled guide at the Cave of the
to put on the most uncouth and uncom-
Portable array of flannels and oilskins that
anyone ever wore. preparatory to descent
into the depths of Niagara. "Oh, SOME
thing over six thousand" said the guide:
you see the worlds fair has kind o.
started q lot o people on their travels, and
they git here somehow er 'nuther; but
poor. Lord bless you, there's been men
here that wanted bad TO give me a quarter.
and they was that strapped that they had
TO tell me that they'd send me a postal
note after they got home, and I'm blest if
they hain't all done il, too, Why, only yes
terday / got a letter from a Boston man
with a 50-cent postal note inside of it. That
ere Boston man couldn't "a got home, no.
how. if he'd a gin me that half a dollar
when he was here; bat, Lord bless you, he
had TO see the cave, and mad to raise the
dollar that the boss gets out on it, and he
want the man to see US guides work an
struggle for the next to nothin' that we
git out of it," The guides at Niagara who
accompany visitors through the Cave of
the Winds receive, il should be said. good
daily wages from the State of New York
for the work. and. the State collects a dol,
lar from every visitor; but. though the days
OF wholesale plumber at Niagara are over.
the tradition of backsheesh hangs round
al the cataract still. The visitor who could
resist such Il hint as this that a fee is ex-
pected must be q very bold person.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-26
ABSOLUTE BRAINLEssNEsS.
The Old Man Tells an Explosion Story
to Illustrate His Meaning.

o-Ao "a
Il suppose" said the old man, that it is
necessary to have just so many people in
the world who nave no brains. Things
wouldn't wag along, there would be no ex-
every other man. Now, the other day, L
saw an example Of absolute brainlessness."
Then the old man paused and waited TO
be persuaded to tell the story. His audi
ence insisted, and he began:
Il was down in the oil country and was
talking to a friend Of mine who uses
barrel, and as he was about to order a new
lot he walked out into the yard where the
stuff was kept and said TO one of his men,
the foreman: Jim, how much naphtha have
we got?' The foreman told him that he
didn't have much left. There was but part
OF one barrel. My friend told this man to
find out just how much there was. 1t was
about 6 O'clock and quite dark. The fore
man called one of his men and told him TO
take a stick and put it down through the
sec how far the naphtha came up on the
stick and estimate the amount in the bar
rel.
1.-THE man had a lantern, and the foreman
cautioned him about taking it near the bar
rel. He told him TO put the lantern on the
ground at least twenty feet from the barrel
and then go over and measure the stuff with
his stick. The man shambled of towards
the barrel. He looked at it and found the
bunghole, and then put his lantern on the
ground fully two rods from the barrel. Then
he walked back, pulled out toe bung and
stuck his stick into the barrel. He pulled
1t out ana OellDSfalely struck q match TO
see how much there was. He held the
match down over the bung, and instantly
there was the biggest explosion you ever
heard. We were thrown down by the
shock and the man disappeared entirely.
They gathered him up in small pieces,
deader than a smelt.
THAT" the old man continued. was an
example Of yellow fat in the place OF gray
matter. That fellow was very careful about
his lantern. He didn't get il near TO The
barrel. but he struck a match and ALMOST
dropped it through the bung-hole. So long
as there are so many low foreheaGs and
narrow eyes in this world there VIII be no
lack of news for the papers"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-26
fcr. Track bids SATURDAY. ranged as

looked for. Track bids Saturday ranged as
Wheat-No. ? red. SIC: No. 3 red. &c; re-
jected, 40G50c; wagon wheat, SIC.
Corn-No. / white. 35c; No. 2 white. SIC;
. white mixed. 3lttc; No. 3 white mixed,
35%c; No. 4 white mixed, 30c; No. 2 yell
low, 3414c; No. 3 yellow. SS4c; No. 4 yellow,
zoe; No. ? mixed, 3ic; No. 3 mixed, S31zc;
No. 4 mixed. 30cS ear corn. 3il2c.
Oats-No. ? white. 30zc; No. 3 white. 30c;
jected, 2SG25c.
Hay-Choice timothy. s12; No. /. s11.5O;
No. 2. $3.50: No. 1 prairie. 1913; mixed. IS;
Rye-No. 2. 4c for car lots; 4Oc for wagon
Bran. sI2.
Poultry and other Produce.
prices Paid by Dealers.)
PoultTy-Hens, sc per ID: young chick
ems, 5l2c per Id; turkeys, toms. &c per Id;
hens. &c per 10: fancy large young turkeys,
geese: I.D per dog. for choice; rabbits,
6ggs-Shippers paying 2lc:
B~utter-Choice, l5ql6c; mixed. logic.
.Feathe-s-Prime geese, 4Oc per 10; mixed
duck, zoe per 10.
B~eeswax-20c for yellow; 15c for dark.
Wool-Unwashed medium wool, Ice; I'M
washed coarse or braid. 13Q1ic; unwashed
fine merino. 10Q13c: tub-washed: 1Sq23c;
bury and cotted wool. 3 to &C less than
above prices.
HIDES, TALLow, ETC.
Hides-No. l green hides, 2Ec; No. G. S;
hides, 34c; No. 2 q. S. hides, 2Ac; No. 1
calf hides, sc; No. 2 calf hides. 31sc..
Greese-White, 4Gc; yellow, s1.c; brown,
&c.
Bones-Dry.. sl2a1s per ton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-26
Elsewhere.

CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-The Evening jour
nal reports: Cattle-Receipts, S;WO snip
ments, LOO. The market was IfeleSS, nom-
inally weak and lower on common and
fair to good; extra steers, prime to extra
grades, strong; Christmas steers, o.4o4o.lO
prime, $4S005.2; export, Others,
$2.s50450; COWS. S@3.25; stockers and feed
ers. s2Q3.6o; Westerns, 2.75q4.1O; Texans
Hcgs-Receipts, 1000; shipments, 1.5g.
The market was active and strong, early
weaker; rough and common, S.lOG5.lo;
heavy and butchers, $5.55Q5.6S; light, $50
G5.70.
sheep-Reccipts, 100; shipments, 100; The
market was dull and not enough trading
to establish quotations; fair to prime
wethers, $3.25Q4.25: fair to good mixed, $9Y
$40; all ewes, s2;75Q3; lambs, &.25qi74;
Western, sheep, $2.65Q3.65.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 25:-CattleERecelpts,
500; shipments, 800. The market was
steady; Texas steers, s2.55a3.55; shipping
steers. S4d5.25; Texas and native cows, ;S125
@3.SO; butchers stock, $S.25q415; stockers
and feeders, $2.35q3.50.
Hogs-Receipts, 500; shipments, 1000; The
market opened strong TO l0c higher, closed
weak; bulk. s5.25q5.35; heavy packing and
mixed. S5.O5Q5.4O; light Workers and PIGS,
Sheep-Receipts, 300; shipments, coo. The
market was steady and slow.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 25-Cattle-Receipts,
1900; shipments, GOO. The market was steady;
natives, $G4.50; Texans easier at S2.5OQ3;
cows and heifers, $1.504260.
Hogs-Receipts, 500; shipments, 1000. The
market was strong; choice light, $5.20uo.4 40:
mixed, s4.90G5.35; heavy, SQ5.3O; bulk OF
sales at s.. 10G5.30.
Sheep-Receipts, 100; shipments, 100. The
market was firm; mixed natives, 2.50d3.50;
Southwestern mixed, 2G2.75; lambs, S.25a4.
EAST LIBERTY, Nov. 25.-Cattle - Re
ceipts, $40; shipments, $50. The market had
nothing doing; all through c-onsignments:
Twenty-SiX carloads of cattle were shipped
to New York to-day.
Hogs-Receipts, 1900; shipments, 1,600. The
market was active. All grades, $5Q5.75.
Nine carloads OF hogs were shipped to New
York to-day.
Sheep-Receipts,, 500; shipments, 600. The
market was steady and unchanged
BUFFALO, Nov. 2~5.-Cattle-Four loads
on sale. The market was steady; light, 50
@4.2o.
Hogs stronger: Workers, $5.65G5.70: mixed.
S5.60I5. 65; mediums and heavy, $5.50G5.G5;
fair good heavy, @.40G5.50.
Sheep steady; lambs firm; sales OF good
ratives, $10d4.40; fair, $S.50u3.7 70; fair to
good sheep, s.. 80: choice, $685.; Can
adas. $4.4Od4.6O; mostly, $4.5Oq4.55.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 25.-Cattle-Extra
shipping, $3.75@45O; light shipping, $500;
feeders, $Sq3.50; stockers, $2G2.50.
HOgs-The market was firm and sc higher.
Choice packing and butchers, S.45d5.50; fair
to good packing, ,$5.S5G5.zO; roughs, $45oG5.
Sheep and Lambs-The market was dull.
Good to extra shipping sheep. s2.256259;
fair to good, S2Q2.25; extra lambs, $3QS.50;
fair to good, $2.75d3.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 25.-Hogs firm at 81. 90
Q5.50. Receipts, 500; shipments, loo.
Cattle steady at $9q450. Receipts, 800;
shipments. 200.
Sheep firm at s1.25GS.25. Receipts, 200;
shipments, 400. Lambs firm at $2.5OG3.90.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-26

64.25: spring straight. ss.5OGS7 70; spring bak-
ers. s2.50q2-75. Wheat quiet: Southern firm
er. Receipts. $3.50 bu: shipments, l6I blu;
stock. 1872 400 Blu; No. 2 red. spot. 65%g
65%c; steamer No. 2. 614a61Zc; No.. } red.
spot, 62A Qs2Zc :ASouthern, by sample, esq
Csc; Southern. irp grade. 6SizQ65l2c; Novem-
Der. 65isQ65sc; December. 65Gs5ssc; May, q
@721c. Corn dull but steady; Southern in
more active request at firm prices for very
light offerings OF white. Receipts. 2S,2Si bu;
shipments, 1888 bu; stock, $50, 205 bu; spot
mixed, 43AQi3%c; No. 2 white, spot. &g
f3kc: steamer mixed. 40lam41c; steamer
white. 4Ol4q4lc; new white. Aa4Sc: new vel,
low. 40d43c; November, 4SAq431&c; year. 42is
@42Ac: January. 42laa42Ac. Oats-The mar
ket was inactive with prices for white
ceipts, 200 bu; withdrawn, 1000 bu; stock,
224,403 bu; Western white, SSqS5l2c; West
ern mixed, S3G34c: No. ? white, fzaSoc
No. s white, 33$d34c: No. , mixed. SEQ
34c. Hay market unchanged Butter duii.
but steady; Eastern, 25G26c; fancy Ohio.
25G26c: Western dairy, 22@25c: Cheese-Re-
ceipts moderate, demand fair and prices
steady. The feeling is better; New York
factory, choice quality, 121l2l2c; New York
full cream, full fats, 124ql212c; New YORK
small cheese, 12%0l2Ac.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-26
HE CAPTURED THE WOLF.
How a Young Man Secured Money for
a Marriage License.

Interview in Jackson CMinn.) Republic.
81 came to Minnesota a young man. took
a claim and went to work. Times We're a
little dull, but l had no one but myself, and
trapping was good, so everything was
lovely. But one day in 1913 a man drove on
the claim adjoining and went over to call.
mighty fine looking girls. That evening
settled me. 1 tell you things looked mighty
desolate around my shanty. so 1 spent a
grasshoppers got in their work that sum-
mer, but we all stubbed along looking for
brighter days, and somehow the days were
brighter, especially the days spent visiting
my neighbors. Well. TO make a long story
short, the eldest girl promised to make il
look a little brighter around my claim just
as soon as L could raise the money for the
license and pay the justice.
Fur was out OF season, work not to be
had and no one to borrow of. There was
one CLEAN Of hope, that was wolf. There
was a bounty on wolves, and if 1 could get
a wolf all was serene, and she helped. One
day when after the COWS she saw n wolf
enter his den about two miles west of their
place, and over she came to report, and that
night / sat by the den, but the wolf was out
calling. Well, for eight consecutive nights
/ waited at the front door of that estab-
lishment with a double-barreled gun i'm posi-
ton. and about IL o'clock Mr.. Wolf came
sneaking home. but before he pulled the
door bell he was my meat. L shouldered
him and went down by where the girl lived,
threw a handful Of sod against the upper
window, and when she stuck her head out
/ told her to be ready in the morning 70 go
to jackson. The next morning we hitched
up the cattle and went to town, and while
she waited in a store 1 went to the court
house. only to find Nose Strong, the auditor,
gone. Things looked dark for a spell. but
Kimball. who was clerk, said: You leave
the wolf head with Major Bailey and L will
issue the license and the Major will per-
form the Bring the wolf head
up when Nose gets back and all will be
satisfactory So L borrowed n coat and
stood up before the Major. and home we
went as happy as though we had a grand
GdTin lnna nTTf 70 nv nl0nn come dc ~
and see how that same girl makes pump
kin pies. We are on the old claim yet, and
other young fellows are prowling around
my place Just as / did twenty-one years
ago, but they are better clothed"