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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

C,ottle-R Receipts $50; sales, 800.
sheen and Lambs-Receipts, COO; sales,
400 80
Hogs-Receipts 10; sales, l25.
prices: Cattle-Best. 3l4c to 32c. gross
medium to good. 2aic TO Sc. gross: COM
mon 10 fair. &c. TO 2i2c. gross; bulls,
9i,c. TO Be- gross.
Sneep-iIsc. 10 2iac. gross.
Iambs-5l4c. to 3l5c. gross.
Hogs-6i.c. to 6l4c. net
Market very low and prices off &c.
70 itc. on all grades cattle. Sheep hard
70 sell at the quoted price.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29
SUNDAY CHURCH NOTICES.

REACHING At UNION-STATION
| NJ. T.. CHURCH Sunday Morning
ard Evening II a. VI. and SO l.. ~.
by Rev H. G. CHEATHAM, former
pastor Of the church. Jy29
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29
Wheat

Cash QuotatiOns-FIOur was DUH ana
Primes wS gSe, a 9NtG Without No. es5en red
pork. SI2G2l1a12 m; lard SG.o5p697i2;
ribs. SG.77l GGSO; shoulders. SG25; whis-
Ky. Sf22
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29
CHARLESTON.

CHARLESTON, :. c., July 2s.-Tur-
pentine dull and nothing doing; receipts.
% casks
Rosin-Good strained firm at ooas5
receipts, 3ol barrels.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29
COUNTRY PRODUCE-WHOLEsALE

BUTTER-Receipts light and demand
good at quotations. The quotations are
as follows: Fancy dairy, 1Iqlsc., choice
dairy, l5glGc.; choice family packed,
15qlsc.; choice store packed, 13Gl5c..
medium store packed. lOal22c.
EGGS-Receipts lighter and demand
fairly good at quotations. The present
quotations are: In crates near by and
fresh lOc.: In crates fresh and clean,
9QlOc. in barrels and boxes 0resh),
POULTRY-Recepts of live poultry
larger and demand good. Following are
present prices Chickens 0arge), lie;
small, 10c.; ducks dive), per pound, 81
&c: hens dive per pound. I4'Rc.' geese
dive. per head, 400jOc.; ROSTERS (oldI
per pound. 4cjc.
MEATS-Following are quotations:
Calves. per pound gross, 3Hfc.' sheep,
per pound. 2n2i.c. lambs good per
pound. 3q3i2c.: beef COWS, per pound,
pound nc; dressed hogs (smalD, per
pound 5lbHGc. hams (smalD Well
smoked, per pound, l3d ljc.. large, we'll
smoked, per pound. lVH Re, sides tcured).
per pound. 709c.; shoulders (smoked)'
DRIED FRUIT-Apples fancy slicedD.
per pound, 4Njc.; quartered, per pound,
3N3lqc.; peaches (peeled), per pound.
9qlOc.; cherries (pitteO. per pound va
IUc.
/, per bushel, Sl.JOQl .GO; No. > Sl.2pfp
i.35: colored beans, SlOOa 10; black
eyed peas, per bushel. G30s3c.; ginseng,
per pound, S22J; feathers dive geese,
per pound, Soc; feathers (miXed), per
pound. 2jn30c. sumac, per 100 pounds,
Coo: walnuts, per bushel, 4Da l5c.; bees
wax, per pound. DC; peanuts, per pound,
2IgQ3c: hoop poles, SJ.Oon6Oo -four
barrel heads and slaves machine), SGOO
MIUO.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29
TOBACCO EXCHANGE.

RICHMOND, VA, July %, 1891.
No offerings of tobaccos at auction on
Change to-day. Offerings at auction o on
Change for the week ending to-day
l95 packages of sun-cured tobaccos'
highest price for the week ending TO-
day. $37.
Private sales reported TO the secretary
OF the Richmond Tobacco Trade to-day
were extremely light. Private sales
reported 10 the secretary of the Rich
mond Tobacco Trade for the week end
Ing to-day Wrappers, ~ hogsheads;
filters. 81 cutters. 8; smokers. : scrap
bright -: leaf dark, ~. burleys,
IL sun-cured, /, lugs dark, l22. To-
tai S5i hOgsheads.
The tobacco Inspector reports light
samplng to-day and for the week end
ing today: Inspections-Bright, go hogs,
heads dark, 6si hogsheads and Isl
tierces. Reinspections-B Bright. 335 hogs
heads and fierce; dark. 8 hogsheads.
Total samplns for the week ending
to-day, LOS hogsheads and ls2 tierces
Myers, Farmers, Davenport's. Plant
ers' Allegheny, Virginia. Crenshaw's.
Shockoe. and Seabrooks tobacco ware
houses report to-day Receipts, ST pack
ages; deliveries. ~ packages
The same tobacco warehouses, with
Vaushan's, .Shelburne's. Jones'. and
Meals added, report for the week end
ing to-day: Receipts. S33 packages; de-
liveries. i50 packages.
Excess OF receipts over deliveries for
the week ending to-day, 377 packages.
United States internal revenue cOiiec-
lions for the city Of Richmond Va. to-
day: Cigars and cigarettes, 81, $50 -; plug
tolaccos, 81, l7A55. Total, Sj,6jf0j.
United STILES internal revenue collec-
tons for the city Of Richmond. Va, for
the week ending to-day: Cigars ana
cigarettes. Si54so09: plug tobaccos
Sl3,13s.S5 Total. g2S. 6is.95.
Registered at the Tobacco Exchange
to-day: James II. Gray, Petersburg.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
HIGH TIDE.
PORT or WEST POINT July 2S, ts94
ARRIVED.

Steamship Berkshire. Kerwin. Provi-
deuce via Baltimore. passengers and
general cargo.
Steamship Richmond. Davis New York,
passengers and general cargo.
Steamship Charlotte, Courtney. Balti-
more. passengers and general cargo.
SAILED.
Steamship Berkshire, Kerwin. Provi-
dence via Baltimore, passengers and
general cargo.
steamship Richmond. Davis New York,
passengers and general cargo.
Steamship Charlotte. Courtney Balu-
more, passengers and general cargo.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
PhYxicians Centuries Ago.

In some countries, where physicians did
not thrive, sick people were placed on the
roadside, that travellers who had suffered
with like maladies might suggest rene
dies.
Such crude efforts were supplanted at
Rome by shops in which various drugs
and medicines were sold. Then, as now,
quacks abounded, and the government, for
the protection of the people, ordered that
all remedies should bear label declaring
the character of the medicine, the name of
its inventor, the sickness for which it was
prepared, with list of its ingredients and
full directions as to the way in which it
should be taken.
For disorders of the stomach favorite
prescription was to the effect that the suf-
ferer should read aloud in clear, distinct
tone some book or speech and then take
moderate exercise.
Physicians were divided as now, into
various classes of specialists-doctors for
the eye, for the throat, etc. Even in those
old days women practiced medicine, al
though they did not reach prominence in
the profession.
Surgeons used various instruments, re-
sembling in some measure those Of today.
They had ear probes, syringes, instruments
for cutting bones, and the like. In very
early times dentists came into notice, and
an ancient author refers to gold filings"
Professor A. p. Montague in Youths
Companion,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
Neatly Mended.

Among the bushelmen employed by
large Market street clothing firm there is
one who isa wonder in the repairing branch
of the business. An example of his skill
with the needle was furnished recently
which astonished even those familiar with
his work. A gentleman came into the
place with dress coat, almost new in ap-
pearance, but which the moths had gotten
into and gutted hole as large as u silver
quarter in tho back. Since there was not
another coat in the place which would fit
the owner and he was extremely anxious
to have it by evening, it was sent to the
workrooms and a consultation held.
The workman in question asserted that
he could mend the place in way to defy
detection, and he was told to go ahead.
First cutting a piece Of cloth to fit the
hole he went to black haired young
woman, and by her permission pulled sew
eral hairs from her head. With these he
stitched the edges of the patch, and when
the work was done not II salesman in the
establishment could detect the mend. The
customer was so much pleased that he
sent the workman neat present. .-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
A Cure for badness.

Is the human race in the near future to
be entirely bald on the top Of its head,
where the hair ought to grow? is ques-
tion agitating tonsoral circles and the
manly victims thereof. Some people are
born bald some achieve badness and
Others have it thrust upon them, and it is
with the latter class that the distressing
consequences of modern living have the
most to do. AS everybody is cognizant,
the glory Of man as well as woman is his
hair. Badness is venerable, but it is not
always venerated, and then it is frightfully
inconyement. In woman art supplies
nature, but unlucky man has no such
remedy that cannot be detected, and how
ever indifferent to appearances he made be,
it is not in his disposition to meekly sub
nit to the trouble it entails.
A wise parent afflicted by loss of hair
should take lesson in hirsute develop
ment from the lower classes in Europe and
give his offspring the benefit. Whoever
saw bald workingman or shopkeeper in
France? Whoever found among the peas
ants Of Europe shining pates' The reason
for this natural thatching is most simple
one; these people live outdoors, unbonnet-
ed, and it is only when 1San becomes reck-
less and superrefned in his living that
the hair falls So much for civilization.
But having discovered that civilization,
not to say dissipation, is at the root of fin
de siecle's hair falling, why not counter
act this difficulty by starting the little
chaps Alright, not merely in the paths of
virtue, but by taking away their hats and
caps and making them go bareheaded un-
til they are fully grown? One of these
days the wisdom of some of the Old World
customs will strike home in America, and
it need not be called anglomania either
Boston Herald
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
Early PRper Making.

In Ulman Stromcr's time paper was rare
material, little used, and only to be found
in the offices Of the learned, of scribes and
of officers. The supply of Germany and of
all northern Europe was brought from
Italy and Spain-most of it from the facto-
ries of Fabrano, in Italy, where paper
mills existed in the Twelfth century, while
lively paper industry fourished in Spain,
with its principal seat at San Felipe in
Valencia, as early as 1850
The paper making art was introduced
into both Of these lands by the Arabs, who
learned it in Samarcand and spread it
through Europe 1t was introduced into
Samarcand in 75l by Chinese prisoners
from their country, where it had been car
ried on from extremely ancient times
Eduard Crosse in Popular Science Monthly
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
Lightning Stroke.

The possibilities of lightning stroke are
admirably summed up by DR.. j. L. Sulli-
van, of Maiden, in a paper before the
Medico-Legal society, in these words:
Lightning may heal as we'll as harm; it
may abolish sight, hearing and the power
of voluntary motion, or it may restore the
lost senses and cure paralysis. 1t may
strip the body naked and consume the
clothing, while the wearer escapes un-
hurt, or it may consume the individual
and leave his garments untouched. One
person who is fatally struck may be
hurled violently to distance, while an
other is left in the precise attitude and
spot in which death surprised him. One
case may present extensive anatomical
changes, such as amputation of limbs,
rupture of the heart, fracture Of the bones,
while in another case no injury will be de-
tected.
"One autopsy will reveal softening of
bony structures, collapse of the lungs,
etc, while another will present precisely
opposite conditions. One thunder stricken
corpse may undergo rapid putrefaction.
while another will remain for days un-
changed. There may be sudden burning
of the body, or it may be consumed slowly,
as if by spontaneous combustion, and only
gradually be reduced to ashes. Lastly, the
immediate disappearance of the stricken
person may occur without leaving trace
of his body or any of its parts, thus sum-
marily relieving the medical examiner of
further responsibility.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
Thackeray,s Facial Appearance,

In 1S49 or 1850 Charlotte Bronte wrote of
Thacleray: "Io me the broad brow seems
to express intellect. Certain lines about
the nose and cheek betray the satirist and
the cynic; the mouth indicates childlike
implicity-perhaps even degree of irreso-
luteness in consistency-weakness, in Short
but weakness not unamiable." And Mr.
Motley writing to his wife in 1858, said;
81 believe you have never seen Thackeray.
He has the appearance of COLOSSAL infant,
smooth, white, shining, ringlety hair,
flaxen, alas with advancing years; IL
roundish face with little dab of a nose,
upon which it is perpetual wonder how
he keeps his spectacles."
This broken nose was always source Of
amusement to Thackeray himself; he carl
catured it in his drawings, he frequently
alluded to It in his speech and in his let
ters, and he was fond of repeating Douglas
Jerrold's remark to him when he was to
stand as godfather to friends son,
Lord, Thackeray, hope you won't pre-
sent the child with your own mugw-Har-
papic
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
Chinsmen Who Are Not chinese

The British consul in Hai-Nan says that
during the past year he has made two
journeys in that island. one to certain
prominent hills near Hollow known as
the Hummocks, which lie fifteen miles to
the west on the road to Cheng- Mai, the
other a gunboat cruise to Hansul bay.
The people Mt both these places, and pre-
sumably all along the northwest coast,
though believing themselves Chinese,
speak language which is not only not
Chinese, but has large percentage of the
words exactly similar to Siamese, Shan
Laos or Muong. The type of the people,
too, is decidedly Shan, without the typical
Chinese almond eye At one time 1900
years ago) the Al-lau or Nen-chau empire
of the Thai race extended from Yun-Nan
to the sea, and the modern Muongs Of Ton
quin, like the Shans of Quang-See prov
inces, the ancestors of both Of which
tribes belonged to that empire, probably
sent colonies over to Hai-Nan, or the
Chinese generals may have sent prisoners
Of war over.
1t is certain that some at least of the
unlettered but by no means uncivilized
tribes in the central parts of Hai-Nan
speak type Of language which is totally
different from that spoken by the Shan
speaking tribes of the northwest coast.
Yet the Chinese indiscrimnately call all
mont Chinese Hai-Nan dialects the Ii Ian.
guage-London Nature.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
Where Nature Beats Science.

A method of treating mother of pearl
shells consists in drawing upon them with
brush and wax varnish any designs de-
sired, after which they are placed in bath
Of weak muriatic acid. The latter eats
away the outer coat wherever it is not pro-
tected by the varnish, the result being n
lovely cameo with raised figures in white
on a pearly ground. Nature, however,
beats art hollow at this sort of work.
In the cretaceous epoch, hundreds Of
thousands Of years ago, there lived certain
cephalopods since extinct, which science
calls "ammonites." The pearl they pro-
duced was Of wonderful beauty, and many
fossil ammonites dug up today have been
so operated upon by the process of decay
as to form elaborate patterns on the shells
in pearl and white -English Mechanic.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06

Experiments have been made in England
to determine definitely the friction of lubri-
Gated bearings, and with the special appa-
ratus employed in this inquiry, the result
showed that with careful fabrication steel
shafts running in gun metal bearings at
from fifty to 800 revolutions per minute
would seize with the following loads: Col
lar bearings, 100 pounds per square inch;
footstep bearings, 200 pounds per square
inch; cylindrical bearings, GOO pounds per
square inch, while u pin working inter
mittently will stand about ten times the
above pressure without seizing. In all the
experiments the surface was taken as be-
ing the diameter by the length. 1t appears
that in the friction of solids it is directly
proportionate to the load, while with liquid
friction-that is, with perfect fabrication
where film of liquid intervenes between
the metallic surfaces-the friction is inde-
pendent of load.
Again, these experiments showed that
in bearing with the load applied above, as
in rolling stock, there was an upward
pressure Of more than 500 pounds, hole
being bored in the crown Of the Journal
and pressure gauge inserted showing as
much as 600 pounds pressure per square
inch in a bearing four inches in diameter
by six inches long, q total pressure OF up
ward Of six tons being thus supported by
fluid pressure Of the lubricant.-Safety
Valve,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
Professor Holden,s Views of Mars.

Professor Edward S. Holden, the as
tronomer and director of the Lick observa-
tory in California, is not very hopeful
about the present Investigations of the
planet Mars. when we come to an ex-
animation of the particularities of Mars
surface we find dissimilarity and not like
ness to details of the earth's," he says in
The Forum. "Under these circumstances,
and so long as such widely divergent views
can be advocated by competent observers,
it appears to me that the wise course is to
reserve judgment and strive for more
light"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
Rather Hard to Suit,

Two delightfully."- typical maiden ladies
in little eastern village recently lost the
services of a buxom Irish girl, who had re-
mained in their employ but few weeks.
"Why did you leave the Misses L--s"
asked her next would be mistress.
Sure" replied the>girl, with twinkle
of her merry blue eye, Miss Esther wanted
all the pots in the closet set northeasterly,
and Miss Judith must have them south
westerly, an | couldn't please both, you
know. ."-Her Point Of View in New York
Times,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
what Carlyle Wrotc or lennyson.

Tennyson, in his prime, was thus de-
scribed by Thomas Carlyle to Ralph Waldo
Emerson on Aug. 5, 1874: "One of the fin
est looking men in the world. A great
shock of rough, dusty dark hair; bright,
laughing, hazel eyes; massive aquiline face
most massive, yet most delicate; of sal
low brown complexion, almost Indian look
ing; clothes cyntcally loose, free and easy;
smokes infinite tobacco His voice is mu-
sically metallic, fit for loud laughter and
piercing wall and all that may lie be-
tween; speech and speculation free and
plenteous. lido not meet in these late dec
AIDES such company over a 'pipe."-New
York Tribune.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
A Cook in the Time of Louis XVIII.

A Cook in the Time of Louis XVIII.
Louis XIV had genuine passion for
horticulture. He did not content himself
with perfecting system of hothouses and
of heating apparatuses for all his cha
teaux, but he gave impulsion also to the
growing of grain of all kinds, of vegeta-
bles, and especially of new varieties of
trees, for which so many royal nurseries
were at that moment established.
But he was most ut ease before cooking
furnace, now overseeing his Gufs la fa-
natique, Drowned to turn over a red hot
fire, now preparing in accordance with es-
tablished rules beverage called coffee,
just then coming into fashion, or concoc-
ting one of those pies which he sent, care
fully wrapped up, to NJ. de Button in re-
turn for quarter of venison received from
that famous naturalist At the same time
as his father-in-law, Stanislas Louis XIV
invented tables which came in without be-
ing touched by human hands to offer their
contents to surfeited palates; but those of
the king of France came up from under
the floor, while those of the king of Poland
descended from the ceiling.
One can almost imagine monograph on
monarchs who were gourmands, and we
do recall Careme's witticism, rs not the
science which nourishes the equal of the
one that kills." profound and sensible
thought from chef of whom Louis XVIII
did not hesitate to take lessons That
king, who died afflicted with the gout for
having indulged too freely in the pleasures
of the table, merited one day the praises
of the celebrated chef whose counsels he
followed with docility
A great lover of mussels, he gave Talley.
rand the recipe for sauce which added
greatly to the taste of that dish; and as
Talleyrand communicated to the king the
reflections of his head cook, the monarch
replied, "Careme is right, but very much
fear ii will be a long time before shall be
able to create minister of the public
cuisine. Paris Intermediate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
Hnrd TO Understand.

Little Boy1I shu'd think these thou
san leg" bugs would starve or somethin.
Little Girl-Whyg
They've got to hunt for things to eat,
same as other bugs, haven't they"
"Of course"
"Well, don't see how they can keep all
those legs goin an think of anything else"
Good News.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06

Under very remarkable circumstances
was "The Lost Chord" composed by that
gifted musician, Sir Arthur Sullivan One
night he was in the room next to that in
which his brother was dying. He had
been watching at the bedside of the dying
man and was thoroughly tired out Sit
ting down before an organ that was by
chance in the room, he found the noble
words before him. He did not rise from
his seat until he had composed the music
which has since thrilled the people.-Lon-
don Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
no,r n prei.r rashIon started.

In 1850 the Duchess de Fontanges had
the misfortune to have her hat blown off
at a hunting party and tied her hair with
one Of her ribbon garters. Hairdressing
with ribbons remained n fashion for seven
s.ars.-St, Louis Globe-D Democrat,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06

A strange story comes from Wellsville,
Mo-, where n stroke of lightning about six
years ago is said to have left on the ceiling
ofa church an image Of q human face.
Nobody dared todisturb it, and it rempined
until the recent removal of the church.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
Wanted Stationery.

Queer Party-Got any barometersP
Salesman-No; this is book store.
Don't, keep 'em.
Excuse me, hut l notice in the weather
reports that the barometer is sometimes
Stationery. .n-TeXss Siftinps.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
Wasted Energy.

Frances Willard claims that the amount
of force exerted at given moment to com
press the waists of women by artificial
methods would, If aggregated, turn all the
mills between Minneapolis and the Merri-
mac, while the condensed force Of their
tight shoes, if it could be applied, would
run many trains. Exchange
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06

During the Eleventh centurya fashion Of
embroidering the initials Of the name and
the family arms on the garments began in
Italy and spread all over Europe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06

A soft rubber tube passed through the
nose into the esophagus, or gullet, and at
tached to funnel, forms good method Of
forced feeding when that becomes neces-
gnrv
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06

1t is not waste to have your coats and
trousers, gowns and jackets well made, for
they will wear much longer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06

1t is interesting to learn that the horse is
unknown in the islands of the New He
brides. --. ....-s--.....- /.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06

WashburnCrosby Co. wish to assure their many
patrons that they will this year hold to their usual
custom of milling STRICTLY OLD WHEAT until the
new crop is fully cured. New wheat is now upon the
market, and owing to the excessively dry weather
many milers are of the opinion that it is already
cured, and in proper condition for milling. Wash
burn Crosby Go. will take N RISKS, and will allow
the new wheat fully three months to mature before
grinding.
This careful attention to every deta Of milling has
placed Washburn Crosby Co.'s -four far above all
other brands.