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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-16
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Virginia Penlt elu ir{,
Richmond. Va. March 10, 1888.
ITO CONTRACTORS.-SEALED PRO ,
THIS OFFICE UNTIL i O'CLOCk VI.
THGRsDAY, MARCH 23d, for T, IF, EU X
NIsHfNG MATERIAL and ERE ,c,, ,,,S
4 BUILDING ON THE PENIIENIl-
Plans and specifications can be seen
al the office Of William c. vest arGthli-
tect. 11O5 east Main street SSaiJ nuI rho
- 20 reject any or all bids Is re5erFsu.
~ b. w. LYNN.
h,e-e, superintendent
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-16
CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, o.. March 15.-Flot
Wheat steady: No. . red, Goa7Oc.
Corn firm; No. mixed. 42c.
oats strong: No. mixed. 55c
Pork firm and quiet at SLID.
Lard dull at S11.G2i9.
Bulk meats quiet at SlO.l2h'
Bacon steady at S1l.j0.
Whisky In light demand at Sll7'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-16
City Engineers Office
Richmond, Va, March y, 1919

9'1'''- -
~ Office TO CONTRACTORS.
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE
CETVED AT THIS OFFICE UNIiL
MONDAY. the 10Th DAY OF MARCh'
At : o'clock z. NJ, for furnishing al ma ma
ferials and erecting a new school build
Inc on the Grant lot. on Twelfth street
between Marshall and Clay streets.
Each bid must be accompanied Dy
certified check for $3.50.
coon az mis- office. Bidders will mention
Separately itemized amounts for the dif-
ferent classes and parts OF the WORK,
as Well as a sum for the whole "OIh
THE Committee on Schools reserves the
right 10 reject any and all bids;
w. h. CUTSHAW,
n,ho-td City Engineer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-16
TOBACCO EXCHANGE.

RICHMOND, VA, March 10.
Offerings OF tobacco at auction on
Change to-day, = packages sun-cured TO-
baccos. One package sold at 500, one at
$780, two at $780, one at sac, one az
H40. one at $40, one at 81 20, one at ~
one at $3.50, one at $3.50, one at $'O'
two at $500 one at $3.50. one at $40, two
Of 800. one AT 50. two at $40 one at
500, one at SOS. one at $3.50, one at S22O
The highest price for sun-cured to-
baccos sold AT auction on Change on
yeat,I day, Tuesday, March 18th, 1893, was
$3.50. the package which brought $SleO
was a bright. and not sun-cured pack
axe as was stated in error.
Private sales reported to the secretary
OF the Richmond Tobacco Trade to-day.
Wrappers, hogsheads; cutters. sc: Tugs
QarlO, >; leaf (darlO, -. Total - moss
heads.
The tobacco inspector reports today:
uspecuons-Brlght. l hogshead' dark. AZ
hogsheads and Is tierces. Reinspections-
Bright. hogsheads.
Myers. Wilson's. Allegheny, Old Do
minion. Planters, Meals. Davenports.
shCckoe and Seahr )ok's warehouses re-
port to-day: Receipts, "a packages; de-
uveries. 6S packages.
United States internal revenue collec-
lions for the city Of Richmond. Va, to-
day. Cigars ami cigarettes. $3.50, plug
tobaocos, S2.0S0.50. Total. S2.9265O.
a big sale of bright loose tobaccos at
shelburne's warehouse To-day; no fancy
brighls offered.
good big. nice ad satisfactory sale
o. desirable bright tobaccos at Daven-
sorts warehouse to-day; highest price.
b.. One pile sold at so. one at SIS one
~ $50. etc Nash county On. CD farmers
went home delighted
The propuetors Of the Planters ware
house were In jolly. good humor to-
Say over the very full and satisfactory
tales they made to-day.
shockoe warehouse sold 4545 pounds
bark loose tobaccos Today; highest
price. S.
Crenshaw's warehouse sold 1870 pounds
sark loose tobaccos to-day; highest price.
$50
Registered at the Tobacco Exchange
today T. L. Blanton. Henrlco; l.. o.
Davis. Powhatan; William w. Michaux.
D. II. Harvey. Henrico.
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND. VA, March Is.
Onerines-wheat. i.222 bushels. Corn.
t5iS bushels
Sales-wheat. 1.2s2 bushels. Corn. 44S
,ushels
lfaafaftc..
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. March 15.-Noon.-Cotton
dull, with free supply offering and prices
in buyers favor; American middhng.
r: sales. GOO bales: American, 300
bales; speculation and export, 800 bales;
receipts. 5000 bales American, 300
bales. Futures barely steady and De
mand moderate; March-April 6l-64
April-Nav, 52-64q4 1864; May-June,
4 s3-64a4 55-64: June-JuTy, 55-64; July
August. 4 57-e4a4 5s-64; August-Septem-
Der 4 53-G4q4 5s-64. Tenders 400 new
dockets and 1000 old dockets.
4P. M.-American middling, fair, 5-16;
good middling. 1-16; middling. 15-16;
low middling. 4 1876 good ordinary
11-16: ordinary Al; March. 50-6l,
buyers: March-April, 5O-64, buyers !;
April-May, 51-64. buyers; May-June'
4 52-64q4 1894; June-July 4 54-64 value;
July-August, 4 55-G4G4 56-64; August
September, 55-64d4 56-64; September
october. 4 1894. sellers; October-Novem-
Der. 51-64Q4 52-64 Futures closed
easy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-16
WILMINGTON.

WILMINGTON. n. c.. March b
Rosin firm; strained, s1.1O; good STRAINED
S1.15.
Turpentine firm at BIC.
Tar steady at 500. s,oo.
crude turpentine steady; hard, Sl.Vo;
soft and virgin, $40.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-16

w. w. Hall. editor of the Roanoke
News. has been appointed clerk of the
North Carolina Bureau OF Labor Stats
tics.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-16
cUARITSTON.

CHARLESTON, s. c.. March 15.-Tur'
pentine firm at 34e. o,.od
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new mess, $3.50: extra prime nominal
Cotton seed oil quiet and steady crude'
45df7c.; yellow. 5Gd37c.
Petroleum firm.
RosIn steady; strained. common 70
good. sl40d1.45.
Turpentine quiet and firm at 36d36hc.
Rice firm and fairly active.
Molasses-Foreign nominal; New or
leans. open Kettle. good 10 choice hrih
and in fair demand at 0Q3sc.
Peanuts firm
Coffee-Options opened steady and
closed barely steady to S points down
TO 10 points up; March. sl6sOdl6D'
May, 4Od1650; August, sl6@OGlo.2o;
| December. SIS. gO615.95. Spot Rio steady
and quiet; No. 7. TIC.
Sugar-Raw quiet and steady; fair re-
| fning 27kc.; 96-test centrifugal. 3 BLOC
Refined dull; standard a, 9-l6a49tc''
graduated. 4 9-16d45kc.
Grain freights to Liverpool quiet ana
weak; cotton. 3-32d.; grain. ia. asked.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. MD. March 15.-Flour
| dull and unchanged.
Wheat steadier; No red spot and
March. 71AQ72c.; May, 74g74lsc.; june
74l1a7424c.
Corn quiet; mixed spot and March,
47@k0f7I4c; April. 47AG4Sc.; May asa
G4SAc. July. 40Aa4Jl9c. steamer mixed.
45HG45hc.: white corn. by sample, A.
14Slkc.. yellow do. 4si1649c.
oats quiet and steady; No white,
Western. 4114lhc.; No 2 mixed, West
ern, 37G3715c.
Hay firm, steady and unchanged.
Grain freights quiet, firm and I'M
| changed
Provisions dull mess pork, 5000
Lard-Rehned, 1916.
| Beef firm.
Coffee dull
Sugar steady; graduated. $3.50.
Copper unchanged
Whisky firm at S124d125
Stocks-Vfrginia threes 69d70h Bal
timore and Ohio stock. 00do5; Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern frsts. 1O73qloS
do. third incomes, 9la; Consolidated Gas
| stocks b0LM5g34
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-16
BANK STATEMENT.

DEPoRT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
II NATIONAL BANK OF VIRGINIA, At
RICHMOND, IN. TIE STATE ,,Qq.Fe. VIZ VIZ,
GINA, AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS
MARCH Q. 1898:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-16
SAVANNAH

SAVANNAH. GA. March 15.-Turpen-
tine quiet at Doc.
Rosin quiet at $120d125.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-16

GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND. VA, March 10.
Orerines-Wheat. l.222 bushels. Corn.
t5is bushels.
Nales-Wheat. i.222 bushels. Corn. 446
,ushels.
luotations-Wheat TIC. 10
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-16
INSURANCE STATEMENT.

FOR FNE EfPIY vi
Virginia Of Viz.
Manage u n
Organic D. ITO
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-16
RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.

rR.Dorted by bIessrs. John l.. williams a
Sons. Bankers corner Tenth and Main
Streets
RICHMOND. Va, MARoH IS. 1898,
SALES.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-16
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC, March i6, 1898.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-19
THE STEP AT THE GATE.

The twilihgt shadows are creeping 4
Along the garden wall.
The summer wind comes rustling by,
And showers Of rose leaves fall.
While sit at my cottage window,
And dream and listen and wait
For the sound of q cheerful whistle
And well-known step at the gate.
Ont in the kitchen the kettle
IL humming its loudest song;
I'm boilingl" it says; 'tis time to make
Pray, why don't you come along?''
ihe coy table is ready,
But the singing kettle must wait
Because you see, never make tea
Till hear tbs step at the gate.
Baby sleeps in her cradle,
Dreaming with all her might.
And over both OF her blossom-b blue eyes
Are drawn their curtains white.
See! she smiles in her slumber
She seldom sleeps so late:
She'll wake in a glow Of gladness
When she hears the step at the gate.
This is our little Kingdom
This cottage with vines Ger grown.
Papa's the king, and mammals the queen,
&. And baby's the heir to the throne.
Why fingers the king, I wonder?
Supper will be SO latel
All. he is coming! Baby, wake up!
For hear his step at the gate.
-Peterson's Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-19

OF the dOorless rooms near by, open to
the sight of all would-be buyers.
Several persons had gathered around
the poor old woman already men
toned, and curiously looking at and
inquiring about her. I mingled among
them to listen. The owner then
seemed desperate in his endeavor to
sell her at any price. He proposed her
for Sc, which sum he successfully
lowered to SIS, 81, So and So, and yet
no buyer was to be found. Ten O'Clock
was near at hand, the spectators were
rapidly decreasing, the market was
going to be closed, and this owner,
who seemed to be famished and suf-
fering, grew more and more desperate,
until finally he ran after one, and
kgrasping his garments said emphati-
|cally: Va, sid. Yours for ST."
Even for this trivial amount he was
refused the sale, people thinking that
she possibly would not live till the fall
No better opportunity could be found
to accomplish an act Of humanity, and
/ thought to sacrifice that 81 to re-
deem the old woman from bondage,
that she might enjoy liberty and the
respect due to her age in the last days
Of her life. Thus gave 5-franc
piece to the Respondent old man and
babe the old negress to follow me.
When we were out of the building T
told her that she was free and might
60 wherever she wished and work for
whoever she liked. She gazed at me
as if not understanding, and responded
not. Then I took the direction of our.
encampment, no longer thinking of her
After awhile I looked back and
,-s I, So
bein barefooted, her step was
hardly audible. Thinking that she
had to go in the same direc-
ton that I followed, I continued walk
ing on unmindfully. After crossing
several streets, still found her behind
me, when I turned back and asked
her whether she had understood me,
to which she answered: ''I did, but
where shall go?" shall die of hun
ger if you don't take me-"
Cannot you 60 to work as free
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-19

had escaped and the other claimed
to have found him almost dead from
wounds received through Entertainment
Of his former master and had cared
Tor him, and consequently claimed
ownership The. arbitrator made each
OF the contestants take an oath to
abide BY his decision, and then decided
that the slave should choose his own.
master. The slave promptly chose his
last owner. ss 81 3
81 The prices in general were low, and
very few transactions were going on.
a man about forty years old was sold.
for $28 who would have commanded
500 three months later "a woman
about thirty years Of age was bar
gain gained for at $50 whose regular price
in the fall would reach over $50.
As q matter of course the operation
OF sale included an examination Of the
body Thus, as though being mere,
animals, they We're put naked into one
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-19

woman for some one?'
/" No one will accept me in this condi-
ton, and I have not eaten anything
since yesterday noon"
Yielding to the voice of pity, I took
her with me to the camp. ~
How old are you?" asked Of her.
II do not know" she replied.
Can you not tell about how old"
Il think about seventy
Since her arrival she had been look
ing strangely at my companions; their
peculiar CARDS that she had never seen
before, and our foreign language made
her understand that we were foreign
people. Thereupon a feeling Of anxiety
overlook her, and at last she ventured
to ask whether we We're not Christians.
Receiving an affirmative answer, she
astonished us with this exclamation
II think you will find am too tough
to be eaten!''
Upon asking her the reason for this
strange utterance she said she had
heard many time that the Christians
living farther north used to eat the
Musse1men. heard subsequently that
the slave owners often say to their
bond people that the Christians are es-
pecialfy fond of the negr0's flesh, so as
to remove from their minds all ideas
of escaping to Algeria. endeavored
to convince her Of the falsity OF such
monstrosity. telling her she was at
liberty to go away. but trusting that
she would be found too tough to be
eaten. she begged permission to stay
with us, saying that she would by all
means repay us for her board by being
useful to the best Of her ability. We
then decided to keep her as our wash
woman during our sojourn in the city
Shuma, such was her name. was. soon
accustomed to us and our nomadic
life, and to show her gratitud to me
she would come when she saw me
writing to drive away the flies from
me, swarms Of which were constantly
lowering over US, causing utter annoy,
ance.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-19

for your service, sidi, for IL souros
(dollaTs)," was the answer. And. as
the bargainer showed no wish to buy,
he went on, For 10, siliy'
And as he saw the l,argainer going
away without honoring him with an
answer, he added hastily, For s, sidi!
For 6!''
This reduction, however, offered no
temptation, as be did not turn back.
| then heard quarrel between two
men over the ownership Of a young
negro, whom each OF them claimed for
his own, and whom each Of them
pulled back and forth to wrench him
from each other.
Seeing. finally, among the spectators
9 tall man Of proud bearing, they ap-
pea1ed to him to arbitr;Lte the case,
one me explaining that he had owned the
slave for some two months, when he
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-19
! SAHARA ! SLA VE N a RT.
THE MONTHLY SALE IN THE
DULL SEASON.
Low Prices and Few Bidders An
Arbitrators's Advice--Dense
Ignorance and Curious
PrejudIces--AB Bar
gain. US s&3s sl tsssa

The End of July was the third month
" sale at the slave mart since our ar
rival in Wargla, and led by curiosity,
I went to the Benz Sissine quarter,
where the haggling for human flesh
takes place, says a writer in the Inter-
Ocean. This month is the middle of
the dull season, when all traffic is
stopped and very little labor can be
done. The deadly heat which pre-
walls during the forty canicular days
causes all travellers and traders to
shun the cases for fear of the epidemic
fever springing from the dry marshes
until about the end Of September,
when the nOmads re-enter the Sahara
with abundance Of cattle and grain,
and the Mozabites renew their barter
ing traffic between the cases and the
North. 3
During that period the internal shi-
hill, that intensely dry southern wind,
drives every one to the darkest corner
of his house OF into the deepest shade
of his garden Work is not to be
thought of, and the slave cannot hui
namely be compelled to work when he
is as much affected as the master.
But though the slave be of little use
to his owner for that time, his stomach
claims a daily contribution to feed the
vital fame until more favorable
weather permits him to be more use
full to his master. Meanwhile no
communication being held with the ex-
terror, the GASES are left to their own
resources, and families have to subsist
upon provisions laid aside in the spring,
consisting mainly of dry meat (kelya),
dates and barley. Those who through
lack of financial means or want OF
provision fall short in their calcula-
ton for subsistence to the end of the
season are reduced to suffering or
forced to part with some Of their prop
erty, should buyer be found who. in
this case would naturally take advan-
tage Of their necessity
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-19
Evidence In a Sharks stomach.

Evidence In a Sharks Stomach.
The Chinese Cabinet at Whitehall
Yard, London, is also replete with
objects of interest, while among the
naval curios is the tin box found in
the body of shark, the story OF
which has been graphically narrated
by the late Mr.. John limbs in his
''curiosities of London" A ship
bound for the West Indies fell in with
and chased q suspicious-lo looking craft
having the appearance Of a SLAYER.
During the pursuit something was
thrown overheard from the chased
vessel. Which being captured was
taken into Port Royal to be ad-
Indicated upon as SLAYER The ships
papers were not Forthcoming, and the
vessel was in q fair way to escape
condemnation, when ship came into
port which had caught a shark, in the
stomach of which voracious monster
was a tin box ntaining the missing
papers, and these clearly showed that
the captured craft was engaged in the
slave trade.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-19

A Son of the Sahara. s1E
The property most willingly parted
with under those circumstances is, of
course, the most difficult to be sold,
the slaves, who consume their share,
while they produce little, owing to
which they are sometimes bargained
for at trivial value.
Clad in my Arabian costume, I en-
teredthe. courtyard of the slave mar:
ket at $50 O'Clock in the morning;
the usual time being from Z to 10
o'clock. Bargainers and sellers were
at hand, but little animation was to
be observed. Eleven slaves We're seen
squatting down close to the ground !;
seven women in long, blue CARDS, bare
footed and with naked arms. The
four men were clad in Turkish pan
falcons falling to the calves, and short,
sleeveless gandouras, leaving all limbs
bare. ,.--. -
The building was large and old
palace, much impaired by time and
house. That was formerly the resi-
at the overthrow of that sovereignty,
passed into the hands of a sheik. The
latter, having in turn emigrated dur
ing the last revolution in the city, the
palace was appropriated for public use
My attention was first called to a
group Of two old persons, man and
woman, he, decrepit by age, and, to
all appearances, by physical suffering;
she, an old negress, gray haired, partly
bald. shriveled, bent. worn out: with
mouth wide open, her, stretched feat
ures and her skin hanging In deep
wrinkles under her chin and along her
arms, she appeared a centenaine The
pair, though probably Of about the
same age, did not rank in grade, for
she was his bond woman. A bargain
er, fmpeled by curiosity rather than
by a mind to purchase her. approached
them and asked the man for how much
the woman was to he sold
"a woman, well experienced in work,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-19

New York Sportsman gives the fol low
ing treatment to make q horses name,
and tail grow and to prevent their
falling out: Rubbing the name and
tail usually results from an unhealthy
condition Of the skin, which in most
cases is caused by neglect Of grooming,
or BY bad food, or BY any sudden
change Of diet from bad to good. Oc-
casionally, however, it appears in
stables where grooming and food are
qnestionably good. Damaged oats
or hay are very ready causes for this
annoying affection. In every case,
|stherefore, the food should be careful
~ examined. Young horses, on com
ing: into stables, sometimes suffer from
irritation of the skin, probably from
change of diet. Horses recovering
from fever frequently lose
a large portion of the hair
from the name and the tail In the
latter case it seems to ARISE from an
impoverished state of the blood. In
regard to the treatment,sif any posi-
tive cause such as damaged food, or
neglected grooming can be ascertaine3
to nave existed, measures, Of course,
must be taken to rectify it. Without
such amendment local treatment will
not be of much avail The local treat.
ment consists in dressing the skin with
equal parts of mercurial ointment and
soft soap, made into lather with hot
water, and applied by means of stiff,
hard brush: The new hair will grow
rapidly after this application. Besides
the above local remedies, it will be
necessary to act on the system gener-
ally by change of diet; green food,
which, by means Of its Laxative quail
ties lessons the irritability Of the skin,
should be given. A bran mash with
five grains of arsenic daily, in addition
to the usual food, will exert benefi.
! cial influence on the skin. # H.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-18
SCOTTISH RI.rE AIRETING.

ST. LOUIS. Mo, Oct 1G-The SUI
preme council Of the Scottish rite of
Free and Accepted Masons met At Dc
cdental hall, rhirty-fourth aud Olive
streets, today at uoon Phillip q. Tucker
Of Galveston Texas, acting commander,
presiding.
The proceedings, Of course, We're secret
Among the present are Phillip q. Tuck
err. acting commander; John Mills Brown.
treasurer-generll of the council, ind
surgeon-gencral Of the Unlted States ma.
w: Fred Wcbbcr. secretary general
Washington; Mark Quayle Of New Or
leans master of the consistory Of Lou
isiana; c. A. Hotchkiss. Dallas. Tex
w. r. Chamberlain. Galveston, Texas
T. S. Dudley, T. $. A., San Antonio,
Texas.
The council will hold afternoon SEES
sions until Thursday afternoon, when i
will adjourn. The principal business Is
the election of officers.
Tonight the following officers We're
elected for life: Grand commander,
Phillip Crosby Tucker d1f Galveston;
lieutenant grand commander, Thomas
Hubbard Clswell, san Francisco. grand
prior erasmus, Theodore Carr, Leaveni.
worth. kan; grand chancellor, Odcll
Suuior Long, Charleston, W. Va; grand
minister Of state, Martin Collins of st
Louis. secretaiy-general. Fred X. Web
Der of Washington, ID. O.. treasurer
general, John Wells Brown. Washington,
u. c.; grand almoner, Robert Carroll
Jordan of Omaha; grand auditor, SUM
uel Manning Todd Of New Orleans.