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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27

The Philadelphia Telegraph is a Re
publican paper. but 1t is remarkably fair
and Just. Discussing the reluctance Of
Mr.. Cleveland to sell bonds, II says:
IF President Cleveland is forced TO add
more millions TO the sum OF national OBJ
legations which the people have been so
devoutly thankful TO see growing less
and less every month, he and his admin
istration and his party will be put on
the defensive. IL is not a theory but
condition, that confronts him, and ne
and every practical statesman knows
that Ii is a condition which must give
him pause. II is no wonder that the
Government is reluctant TO take a step
Involving such grave consequences. That
II will not be taken as long as II can pos
sibly be avoided. may well be believed:
and II the President and his advisers
are hesitating to comply with the de-
nands OF the bankers. their reluctance
to resort TO this unwelcome measure will
at least be understood and appreciated
by the people"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27
Railroad Officials.

Messrs. Sol Haas. traffic manager OF
the Richmond and Danvile Railroad
Company; j. NJ. Culp assistant traffic
manager; l.. S. Brown. passenger agent.
and r. L. Simpson. secretary to the traf-
fic manager. are registered at the Ex-
hange Hotel.
The gentlemen are on an inspecting tour
and will probably leave to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27
WOODWARD &
LOTHR0P.
I TEMPLE 7
Dry Goods Store
CORNER BROADAND ADAMS STREETS.
SEMI-ANNUAL SALE
SOiled Linens for Housekeeping
Use.
SALE
A great chance to buy HOCSEKEEP

A great chance TO buy HOUSEKEEP.
ING LINENS at very small prices.
We have taken from our Linen Stock
everything that is soiled or in any other
way imperfect, and placed the same on
sale at greatly reduced prices. This lot
includes PATTERN TABLE CLOTHS.
fine and medium qualities, in small and
large sizes. fine DINNER NAPKINS
and DOILIES. SHORT ENDS Of IA.
BILE DAMASK and CRASH TOWEL.
ING. FRINGED SETS, several extra
fine FRENCH DAMASK HEMSTITCH.
ED CLOTHS. with Napkins 10 match.
HUCK and DAMASK TOWELS. cheap.
medium and fine qualities. and colored
border fringed LUNCHEON CLOTHS,
&c.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27

A laborer employed by the Queen Of
England, being sued for debt. said that
he only received ten shillings week.
and that the Queens employees were the
poorest paid and hardest worked men in
England. Upon the judges speaking TO
him OF the honor OF being in the Queens
service he said: "No honor could be GOT
ten out OF ten shillings week" This is
something like the famous reply of
well-known Virginian, who. on leaving
the Democratic party for the Republi-
can for the sake OF office. and being
upbraided with the dishonor OF selling
hipsef' replied that "honor will not buy
d breakfast"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27
THOSE CITY HALL CONTRACTS

The Times has made the people OF
Richmond understand the facts connect
ed with the award Of the contracts for
furniture in the City Hall by the Com
mittee on Grounds and Buildings to
higher over lower biddsra Every mans
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27

Mr.. cleveland's announcement that the
parity between gold and silver would he
maintained. had at once a quieting Of
fect upon the country. This shows the
absolute confidence the people have I'm
MT cieveiand's conservatism and wis.
oom Had Mr. Harrison made the same
statement under the same circumstances
especially with such tricky Secretary
Ok the Tressury ~ Charlie Foster. no ons
ve~a hASs believed him for one minuta
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27

The new Pension Commissioner tso"
charge OF his Office yesterday ana an
nounced that he intended instituting
thorough cleaning out of his department
from garnet TO cellar. This Is what ne
should do. The way should De Hiaue
clear TO a reform of the fraudulent pen
sion roll. by first removing from the Pen
sion Bureau every soul not heartily IN
favor Of reform.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27

General Fitzhugh Lee has been de-
servcdly rewarded for his fidelity to the
Democratic party, by having been APP
pointed by President Cleveland one OF
the Government directors of the Union
Pacific railroad. The office Is highly
honorable one, and will probably take the
popular Ex-Governor out Of the list OF
candidates for the United States Senate.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27
FINE DAMASK SETS.

A rare chance for any one wanting a
fine Hemstitched Cloth and Napkins to
match. We have three sets remaining
in stock of lot that we bought early in
the season at great concession. They
were very cheap at the prices we first
marked them. They have become
soiled from handling and they must go.
One 2tx3-yard Fine French Ii. 5.
Damask Cloth with I Napkins TO match.
Original price S35, now $3.50 set.
One 2ix3t-yard Fine French II. S.
Damask Cloth, Napkins to match.
Original price S39 so, now S25 set.
One 2tx3i-yard Fine French Fl. S
Damask set, with { Napkins 10 match.
Original price $50. now 1880 set.
OTHER SPECIAL SALES.
The grand sale Of Capes at reduced
prices, which was inaugurated yester-
day, will continue throughout the week.
On FRIDAY we shall place on sale
an extraordinary display OF
MANUFACTURERS REMNANTS OF
UPHOLSTERY GOODS,
including thousands of pieces, samples,
from I0c. TO IS each.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27

Sheriff II. W. Milstead. Of Newport
News. called st the Capitol yesterday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27

The Laredo News says that Laredo Is
the most orderly city in Texas. and there
are fewer killings there than In any city
in the State. Is the number OF killings
fin any locality the mark of civilization
in the Lone Star State?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27
SHORT ENDS OF BLEACHED IA.
BILE DAMASK

DIE DAmASh
from to yards in length,
62tc. quality SOC. yard
75c. quality 62tc yard.
81 quality 75c yard.
S1.25 quality 81 yard.
$3.50 quality $3.50 yard.
Sl.7j quality $3.50 yard.
S225 and $3.50 quality sl.75 yard
EXTRA FINE I DINNER NAPKINS.
g. quality s. dozen.
$3.50 quality $3.50 dozen.
81 quality S. dozen.
SIS quality $3.50 and Sc dozen.
$3.50 quality SO dozen.
HALF BLEACHED SCOTCH DAN.
ASK PATTERN TABLE CLOTHS.
2x9 yards, 1925 quality, 81 each
2x2i yards Sl.75 quality, S1.4O each.
EXTRA FINE BLEACHED DAMASK
TABLE CLOTHS
in 2x2 yards. 2x2i yards, 2x3i yards,
24x3 yards, 2tx3i yards and 2tx4 yards
at greatly reduced prices.
COLORED BORDER FRINGED
LUNCHEON CLOTHS.
These we bought at very low prices
and will never be able TO duplicate
them. We offer them In this sale at the
following low prices:
2x24 yards, plain fringe. 1915 quality,
1926 each.
2x8t yards, knOtted fringe, $3.50
quality. 1915 each.
2x3 yards, plain fringe, $3.50 quality,
e2.75 each.
2xS yards, knotted fringe, s. quality,
$3.50 each.
RED and BLUE CHECKED FRINGED
CLOTHS.
for Side Tables, in small sizes. These
are the best Oil Colors and are warranted
fast.
1t yards square, regular price 75c.,
now SOC. each.
II yards square, regular price 81,
now 75c. each.
Il yards square, regular price, 81 25,
now 81 each.
Towels in countless varieties, too
numerous 10 mention here, all at greatly
reduced prices.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27
1@}'(9FE;N
(oNPAFY
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Il, 10, IS and II east Broad.
Il, 10, IS and II east Broad.
RICHMOND. Thursday. April 81. 1898.

RICHMOND. Thursday April 81. 1898.
Brighter skies are promised for
today, and their coming will be
enjoyed by DRESS wanters who've
been cooped up. It's not every
day, nor every year, that brings
such offerings
1850 Blazer Suits for SO.
$3.50 Blazer Suits for s.
so Blazer Suits for $500.
$3.50 Blazer Suits for $.s5.
Grays, tans, black; Atwood ;
tailor made.
Take Elevator.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27

EXTRA FINE BLEACHED DAMAsK
TABLE CLOTHS
in 2x2 yards. 2x2i yards, 2x34 yards
24x3 yards, 2tx3i yards and 2tx4 yards
at greatly reduced prices.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27

HALF-BLEACHED SCOTCH DAM.
ASK PATTERN TABLE CLOTHS.
2x9 yards, 1925 quality, 81 each.
2x2f yards Sl.75 quality, Sl.4O each.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-10-11
When Men Are Afraid.

Chris Evans, the Fresno outlaw, who
declares that men are most subject to
tho emotion Of fear between one
o'clock in the morning and daybreak.
AS he puts it, there comes period in
every night when it begins to grow
toward morning, but when daylight is
yet n long way Off during which per.
riod every man is coward. He
shrinks from all sorts of Imaginary
evils, and the same man who would
have fought desperately before mid.
night will be very likely TO turn end
run i'll that darkest hour which is Just
before tho dawn.
VI this be so there must be some
natural and physiological reason for
IT, and there are certainly some we'll.
known facts which appear to bear out
the theory. Sick persons, as Chris
Evans has pointed out and as all who
have watched by the bedsides of inva.
lids know. are apt to be worse in the
latter part OF the night, and the be.
lief thnt death occurs then more fre.
quently than at any other time Is Ger.
tainly general, whether IL be supported
by statistics or not.
But we need not go to any mortua.
ry statistics for evidence on tho aues-
ton of universal decentralization and
lack of physical and will power at, say
three o'clock in the morning, which
seems tn bc about the lowest time of
the ebb tide. Any one who has ever
got oui Of bed at that time, either from
choice or necessity, knows very we'll
the feeling Of goncness which comes
over one and the serious doubt which
arises as to whether life rs really worth
livinS. Is it that the system hus really
run down during the night or that the
feeling Of depression and demoraliza-
tion is merely subjective, caused by
the surroundings, and the unfamiliar
look which well-known objects assume.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-10-11

The sen star clasps its five arms about
the oyster, forces the hshell open and
drinks the liquor, whidi is the oysters
sustenance, then lets jit fall back to
die. The war against the sea star is
constantly waged sndis costly. Hun.
dreds of bushels of sea star ARE cap
tured by dredges, and theyfare used
as fertilizers.
The drill is anotheEStreat pest.
1t is no larger than ones little finger,
but it bores straight through tho shell
and kills the oyster. And then there
is the b,ped pest, the ''oyster pirate.
There are great many thousand
dollars now invested in new oyster
farms in Long Island Sound. A great
deal of this capital comes (from New
York City, and several appointment
State officials have more than a. a.passins
interest in the crops of 1895 ana there
after. New York Advertiser.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-10-11
August !!
Flower,

am happy 10 state to YOU and
to suffering humanity, that my wife
has used your wonderful remedy,
August Flower, for sick headache
and palpitation Of the heart, with
satisfactory results. For several years
she has been n great sufferer, has
been under the treatment of eminent
physicians in this city and Boston,
and found little relief. She was i'm
duccd to try August Flower, which
gave immediate relief We cannot
say TO much for it." l.. G. Frost.
Spring gCcld, Mass. O
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-10-11
Attraction of the,Abyss,

Cbevreufs well known experiments
with tho exploratory pendulum and
the divining-rod Show that if we repre-.
sent to ourselves q motion in INV di.
rection the hand will uuconsciously
realize it and communicate il TO the
pendulum.
When a child was navigating a
plank on the riyes>without thought
that might fall Artatonce the idea
came likeNa divereing force, projecting
itself acrcs., the rectilinesr thought,
which had Aalone previously directed
my action. VT was as il All invisible
arm seized me\and drew mo down. I
cried out and \continued staggering
over the whirlinewaters till help came
to me. The merothought Of vertigo
provoked it.
The board lying IN tho around sug-
gests n" thought II fall when Won
walk over IL, but when il is over n pre.
cipice and the eyes takes the measure
of the distance TO the bottom the repre-
sentation of n falling motion becomes
intense and the impulse TO fall CORE
spondin"ly so. Even If you are safe
there may still be what is called the AT.
traction of the>N.abyse. The vision of
the gulf as fixed idea having pro.
duced an inhibition" on all your
ideas or forces nothing is left but the
figure ofthe great hole, with the in.
to1ication of the rapid movement that
begins in your brain and tends to turn
the scales of the mental balance.
Temptation, which is continual in chill
dren because everything is new to
them, is nothing less than the force Of
an idea and the motive impulse that
accompanies it. Cincinnati CONNER
cial Gazette. =
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-10-11
SELECT sIFrIses.

The entire empire of Persia has but
one vessel.
The first omnibus astonished the
New Workers in 1880.
Ceylon has cinnamon plantations
covering 36, 900 acres.
Cows milk is not considered good
for food by the Siamese,
An American half-dollar of the issue
of 1876 is worth sixty times its original
value to collectors.
Edward iii. ordered innkeepers to
search all their guests III order that
foreign money might not be brought
into the country.
Aristotle fixed the proper ages for
marriage at thirty seven for the man,
eighteen for the woman. Plato made
the ages thirty and twenty.
Hargraves Jennings, in his work.
The Rosicrucians, tells of lamp
that was found in tomb in the year
l491 that has burned constantly for
nearly 1900 years.
During severe storm in Schley
County, Georgia, the other day, the
house of A. l.. Beckwith was struck by
lightning in five different places and
at i've different times.
The value of coral depends much
upon its color, which varies from the
most delicate flesh or pink to deep
crimson. The pale shades arc tho
most rare and highly priced.
A graphical reporter of Boston
paper in describing nsuicide ssys: "It
is quite certain that h. was unmarried
and there is absolutely no apparent
motive for the self-destructiun.
Butterfly hunting is a regular bust.
ness in the neighborhood of Carlsbad,
Bohemia. An electric light attracts
them, and they are caught in nets.
Some of the finest specimens bring
from two to FIVE francs each.
On the island pf Mauritius is n
monolith towering above the coast
range to height of more than 1000
feet and supporting n rock SO much
broader than its pedestal that it gives
the combination the appearance Of an
inverted pyramid or gigantic toad
stool. II is known as Peter Botte.
The Turkish and Persian rugs which
are sold nj fancy prices by the carpet
men are all made by hand, not even a
loom being employed. The work re-
quires great skill and infinite patience,
so that the prices for genuine goods IL
by no means too large. Some Of them
require the labor of ono man for six
months or a year before they arc
completed and put on the market,
while the highest priced rugs have
often been toiled at day after day, for
three or four wears before they are
finished.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-10-11
Modern liyaiene.

Hardly day passes that We do not
receive some shock, thai we are not
asked to give up some favorite dish
around which clusters host Of tender
early memories, and after eating Of
which We have. for twenty years ON
end, felt ourselves grow fat and child
like and undvspeptic. But the mod
ern hygiene says il must 60, and If we
retain II on our list we do il in an anx-
ious and guilty mood sure OF itself 20
beget internal trouble.
Seemingly simple things like dry
tonst, oatmeal and apples we have
heard forbidden of late as hard 60
take care OF, and bananas, or. for ex-
ample, the delicious, but as we sup.
posed deadly, fried bacon cried MP a.
food for babes and sucklin9s. This is
puzzling it goes against our personal
experience, it upsets all our dietary
plans and pleasures, and ii SwasSiIs
the shrewd suspicion that mere fashion
is ut the bottom of the change.
One interested in the subject, bav-
ing an ax TO grind. could without much
difficulty prove that every known edi-
bic has nj some time or other been de-
clared digest ibie AMI hesltiiful let
the experimenteT eat with his (or
her) eyes shut, and he tor she) will be
backed ~ in wiie5 is chosen by some
respectable authority. This being so,
the wisest plan is to select food accord
ing to the private palate without re-
gard so Doctor A.. ". or G.. (since
Doctor y, V. and ~ will infnlIibly
dispute ihemN, aud With tho eve o.
faith fixed on tha. good day when al
digestion will be carried on by ortii.
cisl means, and tho whole world may
be in that lovely state attributed I,
George MereditIls gourmet who Il
pictured in after dinner ease as ''lan
yuidly twinkling stomschis content.
nent "-Iert ord Coarant
Lake Micligan is twice "a deep rs
Lake Superior and nine times as deer
as Lake Erie.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-10-11

own their diners, sleeping, parlor and
chair cars. 1t is only in few ir.
stances that this is the case. The ar.
ranScments between the railroad and
palace car companies is ordinarily in
the form OF II contract whereby the
palace car company agrees to furnish
the capital and the cars. while the
roal5 agrae to haul them free, receiy-
ing therefor only the regular fare paid
by the pseSoaScrs. The palace car is
no. a paying incesimcnt fol the rail
rood except that it is an attractive
feature of the line. In some instances
The railroad company is obliged 10 pay
the palace car company a certain sum
mile for the privilege of hauling its
cars. Neither are the dining cars op-
Grated, rs a rule by the railroad com
panles. The cars are owned by the
palace car company, caterer has
contract to operate them, and the rail.
road which hauls them free agrees that
the receipts shall be sufficient amount
each month and must make up any de-
ticicncy. Tho WAGNER and Pullman
companies both call their employees
servants and not agents, and say that
they are not the custodians nor re.
sponsible for the passengers personal
effects. The courts III several instances
have decided otherwise.
Private cars are popularity looked
upon rs the exclusive perquisites of
railway kings and successful actors
and actresses, who affect lavish ex-
penditures. As n matter of fact, pri-
vate cars arc generally confined to
presidents, general managers and gen
eral superintendent. On-sene lines
crrrSStS. crrrSt.Ss.a! 60 - ATTORNEYS and,
IN rare instances, division superin.
tendentB have private cars
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-10-11
An intereslnn African Psople.

AZ the Berlin Anthropoiogical SO.
ciety, Mr.. Mereusky has given some
curious particulars about tho .Kondeh
people in the German district ON Lake
Nyasse. Their country is bordered on
the north by the Livingstone Noun.
tains and on the south by the lake,
and this favorable geographical po-
sition has enabled the people TO de
velop in a peculiar manner and attain
relatively high state of civilization.
Their affections are largely developed.
Friendship is especially valued among
them, and love Between the sexes
strong and firm, as we'll rs the domes-
tic affections Suicide, caused by
grief for the loss OF wife, child, or
even favorito animal, Ii not infre-
quent The favorits form of suicide
is to cuter the wafer and allow ones
self to he devoured by - crocodile. In
war time all unnecessary cruelty A.
avoided, and women anl children We
have been made prisoners are set free
again. The position of woman among
the Koudehs is usually high. Women
nre on perfect equality with men in
, the eyes OF the law, aud offences
against women arc even more severely
punished than offences against men. ,
st. James's Gazette.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-10-11

Highest of all in Leavenng Power-atest s. Govt Report
&z'.a!:'!;!! g! BskiRg BsMdsg,!
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE
A State Soda Fountain.

II may sound like Manchausen
yarn, but it is an actual fact that in
the little burg of Sodaville, in Linn
County, in block No. 8 of the town
plot, there is a soda spring, and that
the last Legislature in its infinite wis
dom, provided that, 'inasmuch as there
is a great and growing demand on the
part of the public for the waters of
said spring." the State would spend
$500 to improve it. This, at last, ls
the fond realization of the long feh
want which has been loafing around
the country like the ghost of boyhood'a
happy days in quest of Watermelon
patch where haply fingered no vicious'
dog. II is a grand and imposing sight.
to see the Legislative fancy rising from
the sordid contemplation of q cold and
unresponsive hog law aud lowering on
halcyon wings over the soft murmur
of M idyllic State soda fountain. As
toria lOre9onl Budget.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-10-11
he Seat oi "Nons,ecpers -

During that epoch of extraordinary
religious enthusiasm. 412 to 43O A.
d., one Alexdisnius, native of Asia
Minor, founded . peculiar sect known
as "NunsiueperS! They lived ia oona-
munities of seventy (the custom hav.
ing some reference To the seventy apos.
tles), and whenever n young Non.
sleeper put in its appearances the old
est man or woman III the camp would
leave to join some other community
that had recently lost one Of it's mem.
bers by death ar otherwise. Tn this
way their communities never exceeded
the allotment of seventy, and was
rarely short n member more than n
few weeks or months ut a time. They
were called "Nonslecpers" from the
fact that at leasa seven in each COM
munity were always t. be found wide
awake and constantly chanting the
''sleep song In summer those chant
ers were divided into three relays of
seven each, and, during tue winter
months, into from four to five, accord.
ing to the length of the nights. This
peculiar sect ~ non sleeping singing
fanatics Were finally sxterminsted by
the Armenian barbarians under the
leadership o. Omeer Dightee. st.
Louis Republic