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ARRIVE BYRD STREET STATION

$40 A. NJ. Daily. Stops at Whitewater.
Brooke. fredericksburg, MIL
ford. boswell and Ashland.
and other stations Sundays
Sleeper New York TO Rich
mond.
2.SP NJ. Daily except Sunday. Stops at
local stations and Elba. Par
lor Car from Washington
6:53 Z. NJ, Daily. Stops only at Freq
elcksburg boswell and ASH
land Pullman cars from New
York and Washington.
1926 \. NJ, Daily. Stops at principal 10"
cal stations and Elba. sleep
ing Car Connects with Con-
gressional Limited between
New York and Washington
FREDERICKSBURG ACCOMMODA-
TION.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
400 p NJ. Leaves Byrd-Street Station.
$50 A. NJ. Arrives at Byrd-Street sta
ton.
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
6:i2 \. NJ. Leaves Eliza.
go Il, NJ, Leaves Elba.
$40 \. NJ. Arrives Elba.
60i u. NJ, Arrives Elba.
G. A. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager
l.. r. II. MYERS President.
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VNIDI " M 7 u VIN IID4NI T On
FEBRUARY RENT LIST

This list contains a full description of
all the property we have i'm our hands
for rent. There are numbers of very
desirable houses, upon which we have
reduced the rent greatly until next fall.
FRANK u. HILL d co,
Real Estate Agents,
Phone $40. fe}-su, IA. th&sa
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EXECUToR's AUCTION SALE OF 40i
H ACRES OF LAND on THE DEEI
RUN TURNPIKE. ABOUT FIVE MILES
FROM THE CITY.
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RArLRoAps.



LEAVE BYRD STREET STATION
100 A. NJ, Daily for Washington rs sna
points North. Stops Al EicS
and local stations. Pu"ma"
Car. a..
100 A. NJ. Daily except MondayLNsw
York and Florida SpeclAi-Ssi.s
Nestibuled Pullman cars NJ
local stops. No extra raie
other than Pullman chafss
70 90 noon. Daily except sunday .r
Washington and points N9,sn.
stops at Elba. Ashland, DOS
well Milford. FREDERICKSBURG
Brooke ana Whitewater. fs
lor Car. Also connects Win
Congressional Limited AT
Washington.
7:l0 T. NJ, Daily for Washington ,,,na
points North. Stops az Elps'
Ashland, boswell. MILFORD,
Fredericksburg, Brooke anu
whitewater and other stations
Sundays. Sleeper Richmond
10 New York
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PERSONAL.

roAL.-FOR THE PRESENT, THE
u price of that SUPERIOR CRATE
FUEL, THE CLOVER HILL COAL, VIII
be-LUMP, $3.50; HAIL - per ton.
SAMUEL II. COTTRELL,
Sale Agent Richmond. &c.
m; $40 east Broad fPhone 450). noi7
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-07

TRUSTEES SALE OF NINE SMALL
l. FRAME DWELLINGS AND ONE
BRICK DWELLING AND SEVERAL
VACANT LOTS IN THE EAST END.
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BY Il. A. Catlin, Auctioneer.
. and Z north Eleventh street.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

N OMMIsslONhRS NOT1CE.-IN THE
~ CIRCUIT COURT or HENRlCO
COUNTY.
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THE FAvoRITE ROUTE TO BALTI.
MORE, PHILADELPHIA AND
NEW YORK.
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ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
WORK RIVER LINE via WEST POINT.

Train No. 70. 6:45 A. NJ: No 30. 40
Z. NJ. No. Is. $40 \. NJ.
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sTEAM Is

General passenger
cereral Office-Roanoke. Va.
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T OCAL EXPRESS, daily. Stops at all
stations. Az Lestor Manor connlTts
WIN stage Tor WaIkerton; also, com !
%itb baltimore steamer at West Point
daily except Sunday
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RAILROADS.

g EABOARD AIRLINE.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT SUNDAY.
DEC. q, 1884,
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VIRGINIA. IN THE CHANCERY
v COURT OF THE CITY OF RICH
NOND.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-15

sho began to look little troubled, and q
faded blush passed over her face.
"Your wife, john" she murmured
apologetica ly Il declare was so taken
back never thought one word about your
being married. You must excuse my for.
wardness. didn't mean no harm" abe
added humbly.
My wife" repeated John. why,
didn't Elvira Jenkins write your She told
me she would"
II got letter from her this morning, "
said Miss Sally, "but I really hahn & had
the time to read it,, which was probably
the first lie Miss Sally had ever told. II
was just a-going to as you knocked"
''Well, you read it," said John, smiling
to himself, while I take another saucer
Of that there JAM"
Miss Sally reopened the letter and found
the place where sho had left Off reading.
do you remember your old beau. John
Terry? Ho lives here. He Is very rich
man and has been widower three years.
He asked lots about you last time saw
him and said writo you he was going east
a-purposo to SOC you"
Miss Sally dropped the letter again. She
scarcely dared look up.
John, having finished his jam, came
ovor, and putting his arm around her took
her hand in his and kissed 1t tonderly,
thin and rough as it was.
MY wife is hore, Sally, if you will have
ii so. / hain't never ceased to love you.
We was foolish, both on us. Let's begin
life over again.
And so Miss Sally's valentine camo to
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-15
An Expensire Lnxury.

In olden times ST. Valentines day COS
people no inconsiGsrablo sums Pepys
Diary" records soMo curious customs dur
ing the reign OF tho merry monarch,
Charles ii. Thus Mr. Pepys says in his
diary on Valentines day, 1867: "This
morning camo up to my wifo's bedside q
being up dressing myself) little VIII Mer
Ger, to DO her valentine, and brought her
name written upon blue paper In gold let
tors dono by himself, very pretty, and we
were both well pleased with it. But am
also this year my wife's valentino, and 1t
will cost me IS, but that must have laid
out II We had not been valentines" Lat
or he adds, II find that Mrs Perce's lit
tie girl is my Valentine, sho having drawn
mo, which WAS not sorry for, it easing
me OF something moro that must havo
given to others" or Miss Stuart, Who
became Duchess of Richmond, Pepys
wrote, In describing hor jewels, that the
Duke Of York was onco her valentine and
presented her n jewel valued at $500, or
81, ZOO. Lord Vaudeville was thus giver
In jewel worth $500 Being drawn as
valentine imposed O certain obligation on
the donors. Pepys wrote on another Val
entine's day: This evening my wife aid
with great pleasure show mo her stock Of
jewels, increased by the ring she hath made
lately as my valentines gift this year,
Turkey stone set with diamonds. With
this and what sho had she reckons that
she hath above Gl50 worth Of jewels of
one kind or other. and am glad of 1t, for
it is fit the wretch should have something
to content herself with" The word
wretch, it must be remembered, was
used in Pepys' time as a term of great en-
a
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-15

finest ono in town, but now show me
way home and tell me all about her.
SO they hurried toward tho hum
house, Laddio telling about MANN
troubles as we'll us ho knew how and
tening to bits Of papa's strange stol
which sounded almost MS wonderful
Robinson Crusoc. At last thCy reach
the door, aud Laddlc rushed in, crying c
citedly
Mamma, 'scomo baclS--the valenti
--papa-22 conts -oh, dearn
Mamma eaco n start and q joyful CT
Then suddenly Laddic found himself on
moro warmly embraced, this time, HOY
ever, in two pair of arms instead Of on
and he felt queer to sec both mamma an
the new found papa crying over him.
But the queer feeling gave place to
most happy one VIXEN after awhile he sa
mamma sitting az the table with brig
look he had never seen on her face befo
and heard her say 70 papa;
"Laddio has brought me the best vale
tine l ever received
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-15
For Faint Hearts.
dearnnent.

Don't get discouraged, young man.
Asylums may be necessities, but boarding
houses arc not. Homes arc luxury, and
you do we'll to try to start one. There
will be obstacles enough TO your purpose
without inventing any for you or your
thinking up any for yourself No matter
II your spelling Is q little weakened and
your rhymes need tuning, II you have
something TO express, express 1t, or try
anyway, and when you have done your
best-a postage stamp on 1t, and away 1t
goes, and may the blessing of st. Valen-
tine 60 with 1t. Even If you should fail to
affect tho adamantino heart of this partic-
ulnr lady, you will at least have taken
step In the art of expression and learned
something perhaps that will be of use to
you some other time. There are n good
many girls in tho world those days. and
you know bullseyes are not made By the
young chap who stands always with his
hands in his pockets gaping at the Target
Take good shot. The custom Of Valen-
tines day invites 1t.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-15
A CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL.
Good ola st. Valentine Was Not Apprs-
ciatcd Until He Died.
her.

Good Ola st. Valentine Was Not Apprs-
ciated Until He Died.
St.Valontine was good man, who lived
in Lad city-in cruel old Rome. Ho was
accordingly prosecuted, and in the reign
Of tho Emperor Aurelian the head which
had thought so many noble thoughts for
GOD and humanity was severed by men
who were not worthy to unloose the latch
cts Of their Victims shoes.
As soon as Valentine was once dead be
began TO DO appreciated. All OF US will
amount to moro in the eyes Of our fellows
the day after we breathe our last than at
any time in life. 1t was only short time
before he wns made full fedged saint
and given place in the calendar. This
was not far from 1900 years ago.
Now, the Romans, centuries and CEN
in the month of February known as tho
feasts of the Lupercalia One of the Gus
toms peculiar to these was tho putting Of
the names OF the young women into box
from which they were drawn by the young
men as chance directed.
1t is supposed that this custom origi-
mated from tho habit Of the birds In
choosing their mates at that season Of the
worship common to the primeval races of
Europe.
There Is nothing moro tenacious than
the customs of a people, nothing moro do
liant of time, and even after the foul mists
Of paganism had begun to scatter before
the morning sun Of Christianity this old
custom of drawing names was still dear to
tho Roman people, and they ardently
chung to It.
But the carly Christian fathers werc as
diplomatic as they werc devoted, and they
had tho good sense to bend to their uses
what they could not extirpate. Finding
1t was all out of tho question to induce
their converts to relinquish this favorite
custom, they just simply Christianized 1t,
as they did the hcathenish rites of yuletids
into Christmas. They made 1t into festi-
val Of the church and hit upon st. Val
ontinc as the proper person whom the Gus
tom should honor and tho day celebrate.
In the provinces Of Lorraine and Maine,
in France, and in portions of England and
Scotland, within less than a century, on
st. Valentines owe, number of young
people would get together and write on
bits Of paper tho names Of various young
ladies and gentlemen. These bits would
DO thoroughly shaken, and then each
would draw his or her valentine A BACH
elor was bound to the service Of his valen-
tine, like n medieval knight to his lady
love, for whole year. At one time 10 was
customary for both sexes to make their
valentines appropriate presents. Often
times the outcome of these amorous sui.
frages was the tying of the connubial knot.
The custom seems to have been pretty
we'll diluted by the time 1t reached the
land OF the star eprngled banner The
Yankee has oil the voting he wants In pol
itics without exercising tho franchise for
amusement in midwintsr. The day Is
celebrated In America by the sending OF
prints by tho lovers Of fun, by The spiteful
ts4sy 'fhe ssvefurn.
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ped from the mournful rustling boughs OF
memory, but dear to the desolate old maid
who held 1t teDdcrly in her toilworn hands.
"How happy I was" thought Miss
Sally, 1.-THE day got It'll remember jest
how father laughed when be handed it to
mo. Well, WELL didn't think then that
John and would fall out, and that he'd
60 off out west and marry somebody else.
Pshaw am an old fool. There hain't no
fool like an old one." And Miss Sally re-
turned her valentino to the drawer in
which it had repoacd so many years, then,
after burning tho abomlnablc picture she
had received, went about her sewing,
grimly resolving sho would waste no moro
time ON the past. IN finish Elviry's let
ter this evening"" She started to the sew
ing machine "That'll DO q pleasant way
of passing an hour"
The day drew to O close. Twilight deep.
ened into dusk. Miss Sally made her tea
and sat down to her lonely eve ming meal.
Occasionally she cast glance toward FL
vira's letter, which still lay unread on the
window sill. She wondered what more
there was in IL about John. At last her
curiosity got the better of her, and leaving
her second cup of tea untasted she took
up the letter, and adjusting her spectacles
prepared to read 1t ut all costs.
At that moment q knock came on her
street door.
Miss Sally laid down tho letter and has.
tened to answer tho summons. In the
:.usk of the winter evening she saw man
standing there, o tall, we'll punt, we'll
dressed man, who politely lifted his hat
and asked II Miss Sally Staples lived there.
Eyes, sir, walk in" said Miss Sally, all
IN a hutter.
Tho stranger entered, and with ono
quick glance took in the surroundings
the wholesome, mengerly furnished room,
the frugal supper, the sowing machine
Then he stole glance 0t Miss Sally, not
ing the plain, stiff gown; the poor, thin,
needle prioked hands; tho gentle, kindly,
pathetic face. Then he took step or two
toward her, and as she gave start and
half terrified exclamation lie caught her in
his big brawny arms and cried, Sally,
don't you know your old Johnp'
And the windows Of heaven were opened
TO poor Miss Sally.
After they had quietsd down bit and
talked 1t all over after Miss Sally had
given John his share Of her tea and toast
and bad, moreover, brought out the cara
way cookies and the red'raspberry fam,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-15
A soYps VALENTINE.

i might begin, "The rose is redn
(Though that is not so very newt,
Or this the boys all think is good,
"f You love me as love YOU"
But seems TO me, valentine
Is nicer when you do not say
The aame old things that every one
Keeps saying In the same old way.
And ] asked Jane the other night
What grown up people write about
She would not answer mo at first,
But laughed till began to pout.
That stopped her. for she saw meant
The question land she will not tease).
why, love-" she said, "and shining eyea.
A kiss, soft hair-just what they please. ,
Is can't be hard II that Is oil,
30 III begin by saying this:
"To my dear lady beautiful
] send valentine and kiss,
Tho valentine because sho has
The loveliest hair and gentlest eyes,
The kiss because love her more
Than any one beneath the skies,
Because abe Is the kindest. best,
The sweetest lady ever known.
And every year III say the same,
The very same, to her alonei"
Therei Now it's finished. Who will dor
I've thought Of one and then another.
Who Is there like ito Why, Of course,
III send 1t right away to mother.
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Mis- SALLY LOOKED OVER HER SPECTACLES.
and enjoy her mail, for her letters were
few and far between, and when three were
handed to her ut once they signifled an
ovept in her humdrum, monotonous exist
ence.
Miss Sally was poor and old and plain.
She lived alone IN q little weather beaten
cottage on quiet street in aquiet country
town. The cottage was stained by tho
storms of many years, but over It's humble
porch trumpet flowers Haunted their
gorgeous blossoms, and the Virginia creep
er wantoned In luxurious profusion. In
tho narrow windows geraniums, fuchsias,
plnks and wax plants stood in brightly
polished tin cans and bits of broken crock
cry. Everything within the house was
scrupulously neat and tidy. Miss Sally's
sewing machine glittered and shone like
some petted steam engine. 1t was almost
human to the lonely old maid. She earned
hcr bread and butter by it. 1t was her sole
companion. She loved its whir and clat-
tar. She talked and visited with 1t. She
amounted it with oil and polished it with
chamois skin until she could almost SEQ
her kind old face reflected in its shining
surface.
Miss Sally had not always been poor and
old and plain. There had been day when
ahe was young and pretty, tho favored
bale Of the little village, the daughter Of
we'll to do parents But thay long since
had lain down to their last sleep, leaving
no heritage to their child. With tho years
had flown Miss Sally's beauty and spright-
ly ways. She was now only an old maid
seamstress, living alone with her flowers
and her sewing machine.
But Miss Sally's heart was all right.
She wos not an imbittered busybody, acid,
gaYruious and envious. Wherever sickness
crspt with dreaded tread went Miss Sally
with soothing hands, low voice and rare
knowledge Of roots and herbs. Were
watchers" needed to sit through the aw
fol night by the sido of a sheeted, frozen
form, Miss Sally was never wanting.
When the annual donation party came of
for tho ''elder" and his family, which be-
gan ut noontide and extended to the mid.
night watches, Miss Sally stood in the
front of the battle and baked, cooked and
washed dishes until she was ready to drop.
II there was any disagreeablo or exacting
ncighborhood duty to BIO performed, Miss
Sally was never found Sinking.
Every small country place has Miss
Sally, q self constituted, self ordained SIS
ter Of mercy, to whom with one accord
all turn In times of trouble and extra cares.
~ don't know nothin how I'd manage
TO live" said her next door neighbor, Mrs
Ezra Hobart, "ef 'twnn't fur Miss Sally.
m my yeast don't rise, eff the hens don't
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-15
MISS SALLY.
A VALENTINE STORY BY EDITH SESSIONS
UPPER

Copyright. 1895. by American Press Associa-
tion.
Miss Sally, here's your mail"
Miss Sally looked over her speotaoles at
her nsighbor's little daughter who had
brought her letters, smiled kindly. thanked
the child, and rising went to the pantry
and brought out one of her crisp caraway
seed cookies as q reward Of merit.
The little girl seized 1t with eager hands,
and after taking an enormous bite looked
solamnly at Miss Sally and went away.
Mas Sally settled herself in her high
backed, old fashioned rocker to look over
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-15

Apollo hns poeped through the shutter
And awakened the witty and fair,
The boarding school bellies IN futter.
The twopenny posts in despair.
The breath Of the morning is fiinging
a magic on blosscra and spray,
And cockneys and .spaiTowy arc sioql0e
In chorus on Valentines dry.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-15
WOUNDED TO THE QUICK.

lay or Of the young uns git to squallin, I
lest put on my bunnit an run over there,
an she knows Jest what to do an allus
makes me feel flrst rate do take com.
fort with Mas Sally"
That was II. Everybody took COM
fort with Miss Sally. She made every
body feel first rate."
This gentle kind hearted old maid loved
children, and, az rule, little folks were
very fond of bsr. Miss Sally's proficiency
- ths ussstsr Of cMyvsy cvckiss be- al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18

out of power in the House of Representa-
tives by a tremendous popular vote. The
democrats. thus brought into power. sought
to revise the tariff. The first tendencies of
the party leaders were radical in the direc-
ton Of freer trade, and although the meas
ure that was finally evolved was a COM
promise the original attitude of the demo-
Gratis and their alleged intention to again
upset the trade and commerce of the coun-
try frightened the people and caused a
reaction and another upheaval In 1894.
That much Of the shifting of public senti-
ment is to be traced to this effort on both
sides to disarrange the foundations of COM
merce cannot well be doubted. The repub-
lican leaders will be wise if they adhere to
strict policy of providing the necessary
revenues and by some amendatory legisla-
ton of a conservative character give the
treasury the relief that it apparently needs.
notwiths landing the protests of the Presi-
dent and his financial secretary. There
are several objects of taxation that could
be easily singled out without prejudice to
others. In view of the fact that no gen.
eral tariff could become a law under the
present state of things 1t would be a fool
hardy policy for those who control the
House to attempt such legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
The Anti-SaIOOn Convention,

The national anti-saloon convention is
now assembled here in the effort to reduce
the drink evil of America and to bring
about better administration of the excise
laws in the great cities of this country
This is a fortunate time for such an as
semblage, for Congress is now in session
and perhaps the deliberations of this body
may attract wider atte ntion than would be
the case if the meeting were held in an
other city. This is a great advantage
which the national capital possesses over
othec communities in the matter of enter
tanning general conventions and the fact Is
being recognized more fully each year as
great organizations multiply and grow and
as various widespread interests of the
country look more and more directly to
Congress for legislation to accomplish the
ends for which they are striving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18

No Time Now for u General Tariff LAW
1t is evident that the republicans in Con-
gress will ignore the assertions of Presi-
dent Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle to
the effect that no revenue legislation Is
needed to relieve the treasury situation
Apparently little faith is placed in Mr..
Carlisles estimates which work out a
surplus for the ensuing fiscal year. and the
belief is general among the members of the
dominant party in the House that revenue
legislation of some sort is necessary if the
country is not to be burdened with de-
felt of considerable proportions at the close
of the fiscal year 1897. Just what form
that legislation will take is the question of
the hour with the party leaders, and there
are indications that there Is strong senti-
ment in favor of a general effort at tariff
revision. Viewed from a purely partisan
standpoint such an action would probably
be an unwise policy 1t is a matter of
history that recent efforts at general and
radical tariff revision have resulted in the
failure of the party fathering the scheme
at the next succeeding election The re-
pubiicans unsettled the existing state of
things tc considerable extent by enacting
the Mckinley law IN October, 1890, and a
month later in the general elections for
Congress the republican party was wiped
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18

The grand jury has taken up the question
of the health of the District and it's report,
filed today in the criminal court, calls at
tention in a direct manner to the needs OF
the community in defending itself against
typhoid fever and similar diseases that
have their origin In general unsanitary
conditions. The conclusions reached are
the same as those of DIR. Kober who recent
ly made an investigation of the subject and
submitted an extensive report to the health
officer There Is one point however, men
toned by the grand jury about which DR..
kober did not concern himself and that
eliminates in a recommendation that all
sources of milk supply in the District should
be subjected to more thorough inspection
to prevent infection from that cause than
the present appropriation permits. mas
much as 1t is known that typhoid fever
frequently springs from disease germs con-
tanned in milk. this is an important recon-
mendation and should result at once in
legislation providing the means for such in
Spection.