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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-20

every time. and so do we, be-
cause we always follow in her
wake.
We're awake, too, and wide
awake at that, and anticipate the
wants of our customers as surely
as clouds precede rain.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-20
HARDSHIPS OF A JUDGE.
EXPERfENCES ORA TTRGINIAN IN
ARK ANSAs LONG AGO.
RscolIections Of the Venerable Judge John
7. Jones Of Helens-went to Hold
Court but Found NO Building.

CHASE CITY, VA, Oct. 1s.-Special.-
Cicero said ''old age was not worth hy-
ing" vet his De Sirrectute was the most
splendid Of his productions: There Is
fascination In the conversation OF inter-
ligent old men, and their "reminiscences
give a more correct andn vivid portrayal
OF prominent persons. scenes, and mel
dents OF half a century and more ago,
than we can derive from partial histories
This Impression Is confirmed from fire.
uuent conversations with the venerable
Judge John T. Jones. OF Helena, Arkansss,
recently sojourning here at the Mineral
Hotel for. his health, He - on wslt
Mrs. JACOB ". Morton. OF Charlotte
county. Thu varied associations and eA-
periences of Judge Jones In his long NE
of nearly eighty-three years, are very IN
teresting. He left Essex county, Va, III
1884, and rode horseback. to the territory
OF Arkansas. II required then six weeks
to make ths trip Now he returns Ill 80
hours a
Virginia, and the late Prof. John Is. MI
nor was his fellow student, and judge
Jones is now the sole survivor OF ms
class.
PIONEER JUDGr.
After Arkansas was admitted as a
State, he was elected Circuit Judge Tor
the Eastern District, and hiled TINS po-
dence was then in its incipiency his
first court In Green county was liI miles
from his home. This distance ne nau 10
travel horseback. He started alone 70
cross swamps and through forests III INC
midst Of snow storm. After a day
ride he saw a man chopping wood near
the road, whom he recognized as Lawyc-
Jackson, who practiced IN his court. ne
attorney volunteered to accompany the
Judge 10 Green Courthouse as he knew
the way, and said there would be no
other lawyers at the court, and he might
get a case. To this proposition, the Judge
readily assented as 1t would be emoar-
RAISING to hold a court In new country
without a lawyer present They proceed
ed together and after rough tf1p, arriv-
ell at the place designated as the county
seat OF Green near the Missouri line.
The Judge called on the clerk, who cool
" informed him that he had heard moth
ing about a Circuit Court. He asked him
If his member of the Legislature, MI.
Hardwcke. had not told MIN about the
term of the court. The clerk replied that
he had not seen Hardwlcke for some
time but did not suppose he knew any
thing about courts" He then called for
the sheriff OF the country The. clerk
said, "he had been down at Uncle Pc
ter's stilery drunk for two weeks The
Judge then hunted up two men whom ne
ordered TO so TO Uncle Peters Still and
bring the sheriff. drunk or sober. TINS
was done and the sheriff reported for
duty. The Judge asked him If he had a
venlre ready. He replied that he had
never heard of one before. But the So
bered sheriff was soon male 10 un-
derstand that tho orders OF the Court
were imperative and by the next day he
had a jury.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-20

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-20
]. E. ROSE & CO.,
No. 100 E. Broad st.
CLOSING OUT SALE 4!

Wa have decided TO consolidate our
business at our new store-house on Main
street, hence the stock at los east Broad
must be closed out.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-20
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Evening star., 1895-11-09
A Natural Ice Box.

From the st. Louis Republic.
About fifteen miles west of Red Bud, ILL.,,
on the banks of the Mississippi river. Is a
natural curiosity, being no less than q
refrigerator formed by some unexplained
law of nature. A short time ago Farmer
Wallace dug cellar in the shaley hill
side, where the rocks are thin and brittle
in order to get a storage place for milk and
other edibles. After digging back a few
feet, he was surprised to find layers of
ice between the layers of rock, and as 1t
vas cool inside. and 1t promised to be more
than he expected in the way of refrige-
rator, he finished 1t up by putting in door,
He finds by trial that everything placed in
side, such as meats. milk, fruits or other
perishable articles, keeps perfectly for any
length of time. During the hottest weather
last summer milk stored in this cellar
would make the teeth ache to drink it,
Mr.. G. V. Kettler of this city says it is a
wonder, and not at all like a common Gel
lar, but a veritable ice box, made so by
the natural ice formed inside, how, 1t Is not
known.
Evening star., 1895-11-09
"I'LL T'UMP HIM.
How n Case of Disappointment in
Love Was Settled.

How n Case of disappointment in
Love Was Settled.
From the Newark Advertiser
Say. kin ye keep dis ting out O. de
paper?" asked a shaky disciple of CHM
mie Faddan. who was to appear before
Judge Mott this morning in the second pre-
cinct court, on a charge of assault and
battery.
'aNho are you, and what is the story you
want suppressed?" was asked.
Its only a little scrap me and me part
ner had wild a fellow. His name is Sam
Loader. He'd been sayin' tings about me,
an dat's how 1t was; you know what
mean"
well what is your name?"
"Patterso1-that's my name, an me
friend-his name Is Northumberland
o IT.. Dis feller wanted to turn me down
wild de goil-you know what mean-so he
&c es to me goll an says he seed me out
with another goil. Den she tell about it,
an. seq l, It's not so. Den faces dem up
en- she believes de story an dat proves me
a liar-you know what 1 mean?
But. den, ye know, when he can't cot
out me goil, he says ting. about her an
me, and. says l, 1'n t'ump him. Dey
amt nothin in it. only when 1 meets him
down town de udder night an asks him
about it, me an him had words l amt
goin' to let. him take me steady company
away from me. We know. I says to him,
I guess de only ting fer US to do is t'have
1t out Nav says he. I'll see youse fell
lers agin.'
NAV ye won't sez I. an so we tumped
him. OATS de hull of it. but don't want
me goil to see 1t in de paper"
Judge Mott held both defendants in S4OO
to answer.
Evening star., 1895-11-09
CLOUDED HIS LIFE,

Terrible Ending OF "A Turkey Shoot
and a Stage Drivers Experience.
From the Minneapolis Journal.
To the pioneers of North Dakota, particu-
larly that class who had occasion to stage
1t" back in the days when the snort of the
iron horse had not been heard on the then
sparsely settled prairies, the name of 'Bill''
Gidley was as familiar as that of Colonel
John H. Stevens is to the Minneopolitan
Bill was a stage driver-one of those great,
big. good-natured souls, whose face dilated
between a broad grin and hearty guffaw.
His arrival at a stage station was the signal
for merriment from the Office to the kitchen
from cellar to garret. He was privileged
character. Bill Gidley. notwithstanding his
rough, unpublished manner, was always the
gentleman, and had as tender heart as
ever beat in human breast. Gidley's friends
little thought that a cloud would sweep
across the life of the big stage driver which
would forever hide from view the smile
which had been for many years light along
the route
Thirteen years ago, on Thanksgiving day.
there was turky shooting match at Bis
marck. Bill was there; he went to see the
sport, and, while not an expert shot,
lowed he'd just kill off what few turkeys
these ere fellows have got" After a num-
Der of unsuccessful shots Bills friends be-
gan to make sport of his craftsmanship.
One of them, pointing to little outbulding
standing some thirty rods distant, re-
marked: bill. you can't hit that shack over
there" Gidley clapped his rifle to his shoul-
der, pulled the trigger, the door to the shack
swung open and Bilrs best friend fell at the
entrance-shot through the heart. That
was thirteen years ago. Gidley is still stag
ing It In the Black Hills country, but his old
time friends would hardly recognize him.
The face once wreathed in smiles is pic
ture of sadness; no more are heard the jolly
stories and pleasantries that used to lend a
light to the station. A heart-bToken man.
he passes his leisure time in comparative
solitude
Evening star., 1895-11-09
A VERY SLICK POLITICIAN.
What Some Americana Think of Ii
Hung Chang-IIis Enormous Wealth.

What Some Americans Think Of Ii
Hung Chang-Iifs Enormous Wealth.
W. E. Curtis in CnicaSo Record.
Ii Hung Chang is not only what the young
Americans call "a very slick politician" but
is possessed of enormous wealth and has re-
drced the practice of bribe giving and TAX
ing to exact science. He is undoubtedly the
richest man in Asia. No Indian prince. not
even the sultan Of Turkey. has wealth to
compare with his. Although he is not worth
as much as $500, 100000 as I have seen it
stated recently in the papers, the manager
of the principal bank In Tientsin, who knows
as we'll as any one, estimates his fortune at
f40OO0.0O0 or Oo,0O0.OOO. He owns a large
part of the province of Ngan Viii. His es-
tates at Wuhu are enormous. He has pawn
and they are said to furnish the most pro1ita-
BILE business in China.
He Is the largest shareholder in the Hong
Kong and Shanghai Bank and the China mu-
tual navigation company, which runs line
of steamers along the coast. He owns coal
mines atKai Ping and other places along the
coast Of the Yellow sea, and also those in the
provinces of Shangtung and Shansi. He
owDs the railway between Tongku and
Sban-hai-Quan.
He owns acre after acre of valuable real
estate in Tientsin and Shanghai, two of the
most important cities of the empire, and has
large holding in the shares of every cor
poration of Importance in both those cities,
as well as at other points in northern China.
He OWLS big cotton mill at Shanghai, is
interested in copper and iron mines, and an
inventory of his property would include a
portion OF every enterprise north of the
Yang't TIE river that is worth investing in.
Evening star., 1895-11-09

able terms, a farm of two hundred acres,
and this he proceeded at once to till in the
most approved fashion. The place was
about five miles from the hamlet of Prairie
Home; his nearest neighbors were the
Beasleys. Old man Beasley was one of
the pioneers in Iowa; he had been elected
to the legislature three successive terms,
had run for Congress and been beaten, and,
all in all. he was, at the time of which we
speak. full of years and of honors. Lucius
married the old mans second daughter, Su-
san. likely virgin. with drab ringlets and a
bilious complexion. Her dowry consisted
of a trunkful of house linen and spotted
cow.
Fortune smiled upon Lucius. Crops were
good and. market prices for grain were
fair. In short, the young couple Jared
so prospsrously that the second summer
of their welded life they were able to buy
a buggy to ride to town in on Sundays and
Lucius was enabled to add to the number
of his barns, stables and granaries; he had
not been farming 1t in Iowa more than
ten years before folks had him worth
$4,000, and he must have been, for when
the agents for the new pictorial history
of the county came along he subscribed for
five copies and paid extra for having his
portrait put in the book.
One day Neghbor Higgins drove by
Lucius hallooed to him and asked him
what was going on up at to yn. Higgins
allowed that there was nothing new un-
less it was that some of the boys were
talking about organizing a Grand Army
post they had decided to have an informal
meeting Saturday night to discuss the prac-
tcability of the scheme. This was pleas
ant news to Lucius. The one thing that
Lucius pined for was association with the
boys. and by "the boys" he meant (as we
mean) the valorous men who did service in
the war for the Union. Lucius pined for
opportunities to talk over old times, to
recount the prodigieS he had performed IN
valor, and to review in the companionshp
OF kindred souls the old-time spirit and
enthusiasm.
Upon the following Saturday night there
fore, Lucius hitched up the buggy and went
to town The meeting was held in the room
over Simms' general store There were
only nine of the boys there. but others
said they would join the post as soon as
Evening star., 1895-11-09
PROMINENT CITIZENS DISAGREE.
How an Amicable Settlement Was
Reached In Arizona.

Reached in Arizona.
From the Arizona Kicker.
Two weeks ago our esteemed fellow
townsman Maj. Gilroy. lost control of him
self while speaking of Col. Baker, another
esteemed citizen, and characterized him as
a liar and a horse thief. When the colonel
heard of this language he lost his usually
placid temper and called the major a COW
stealer and a bigamist. Then both sent
word to each other that they would shoot
on sight, and during the next ten days the
public momentarily expected to hear of a
tragedy. We seldom meddle with such af-
fairs, but in this Sc we were requested by
numerous friends to endeavor to bridge the
chaSm.S Three days ago we bridged it. We
got the colonel and the major together in
Jim Bucks saloon and disarmed them as a
starter
The major had called the colonel a liar
and horsethief We have the records Of
both men, and 1t took us only minute to
convince the colonel that he stole horse
in Indiana in 1857, and that his general rep
utation around town was that of a liar We
then turned to the mai jor and satisfied him
that he stole cow in Illinois five years ago,
and that he married second wife in Ne
braska last year without getting a divorce
from his first. Both gentlemen had told the
truth about each other and as soon as this
fact was apparent they shook hands and
made up. There will be 10 shooting-no
gore. The horsethief has forgiven the cow
stealer and the b;gamist has extended the
hand of peace to the liar. 1t Is we'll.
Evening star., 1895-11-09
WHAT AILS THE PBOPLE?!
The True Cause of Most Physical
Troubles Made Perfectly Clear.
i ailments of The Ameri.

What are the principal ailments of The Ameri.
can people:"
This question was recently put by r,porte
TO Dr. Ephraim Cutler. whose name Stands fore
most in the ranks of the medical procession. His
answer was:
.Brights disease
THE great increase Of this fearful malady IN
attracting universal attention Every one is
anxious to know how it is brought on. What causes
it, doctor?'
The physician paused for a few minutes before
replying, and then said: 4 cen best explain that
by a very simple illustration. Any one who eats
beefsteak knows what is fat and what is lean.
Now, If the muscle Of the steak is partially
changed TO fat IT is called fatty degeneration
In the same way, with the human body, if the
Kidney substance changes into fat it is called
'Brisht's disease Bright's disease is fatty de-
generation and not one person in twelve is free
from some form Of kidney or liver disease
May ask If there is any cure Of these
plnintsf' the reporter inquired.
Yes, replied the doctor. there is If people
VIII only take the right remedy at tine right time.
AS iulc, it is only when they break down. lose
appetite, find their compilations sallow, u constant
white coating on the tongue and infaned eyes that
they suspect anything is wrong. Ameri,a an genius
has found 1t possible to diseases of the liver
ana Kidneys and to positively Briebt's dis
ci Sc. The discovery Of Warmers Safe Cue has
been godsend TO the world. There ere thousands
OF men and women who are alive today and are
kept IN health entirely through its use This
fact is now known and admitted by physicians in
every portion of the globe"
The words of the doctor are true and they de-
mand the serious consideration Of every one who
reads these lines. Brights disease is un,loubted-
ly' the most alarming of all modern Diseases
IL oiten comes without warning, has few symptoms
CT Its own, but shows the signs OF almost all
otter complaints. Any man or woman who is at
all 'out Of sorts should hesitate for 1t is a
eH-known truth that delays are dangerous
Evening star., 1895-11-09
Gold From Teeth.
rom the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
The gold which is taken from teeth which
have been filled or which is filed or scraped
from the gold used in making tooth crowns
or new gold filings is no inconsiderable
item for dentist to consider. A dentist
recently said that the sweepings from his
carpet had netted him $'5 in a single
month. The little scraps of gold that re-
main after many operations are gathered
in bottles and sold at a fair price to the
dealers from whom gold is obtained. In
some cases the gold is mixed with some
other metal, or with dust, but all of it has
a commercial value The price paid by
dealers is, of course much less than that
asked for tn, sheets of gold bought by the
dentists.
Gold used in dental operations is of sew
eral degrees of ineness. Fourteen-karat
gold has its uses in the making of tooth
plates, and other finer gold to the value
of several hundred dollars at one time Is
not unusual with a busy member of the
pl ofeSSion.
Evening star., 1895-11-09

the organization was completed. Sc, the
post was organized amid great enthusiasm
and 1t was known to the world as Corporal
Tanner Post. No. 1913. q. A. II. With thei,
first money the members of the post bought
a flag, a melodeon. AMI a dozen copies of
Patriotic Songs for Male Voices" This
was all the equipment nee1ful.
For a number of years the institution
prospered; to be more explicit, for the per
led of six years Corporal Tanner Post, No
1893, G. A. r., elected every official in the
county. and 1t came to be suspicioned that
nobody had a show in Bayonct county poll
tics unless ne was a E1ember of that Grand
Army of the Republic post But in the
ever-to-be-lamented year Of 1884 the tidal
wave OF civil service reform struck Bayonet
county very hard. A young lawyer, who
had come to Iowa only two years before
from the east. announced in the democratic
weekly that he was a mugWump and he
invited all honest citizens to rally TO the
publication Of national politics. This sin
gularly hardened young man heaped oblo
guy upon the Grand Army Of the Republic
and urged the voters Of the county to re-
deem their interests from the clutches of a
ring. The sickening result of this agitation
was that the voters Of Bayonet county de-
caded, by large majority, to suffer the fes-
Evening star., 1895-11-09
TWO DYED BURGLARS,
The LudicrOus Result of an Attempt-
ed Robbery.

The LudtcrOus Result of an Attempt
ed Robbery.
From the Philadelphia Times
A good story is told of the way in which
oyer treated two burglars that he caught in
his establishment, as they were in the act
of making off with some valuable dyes. Mr..
S., the owner of the color works. is often en-
gagged in experiments late in the evening"
and occasionally spends the night in the
chemical laboratory, which opens into the
room where the great dye watts are.
The thieves made their visit, as it chanced,
on one of the nights when Mr.. S. was sleep
ing at the laboratory He is naturally light
sleeper, and little past midnight he was
aroused by the sound of voices in the vat
room. He saw the flash of light, and sus-
pecting thieves, arose quietly from his sofa
toek his revolver and concealed in the dark
hess watched the movements of the two
men. He saw that each bore package of
new and valuable dyes.
Inlnk1ng that matters had progressed far
enough, he stepped forward, cooked his re-
Volver, and said, quietly: Il have q use for
those ayes. You'd better leave them alone"
Inc thieves. taken completely by surprise,
dropped their plunder and started to run,
leaplng from the side of one vat to the next
In the darkness one of them mscalculated
the distance and fell headlong into the indi-
go vat; and his companion, hearing the
splash, glanced back TO see what had occur
red. lost his balance and toppled into the
same vat.
That's all right" said Mr. S. half jocose-
~, as he stepped to the edge of the vat and
covered the thieves with his revolver II
won't grudge you enough of that indigo to
aye your clothes and your skin. You needn't
hurry about getting out. We must give the
dye a chance to take effect"
For fifteen minutes or more he kept the
two men In the vat, where they several
times plunged beneath the surface of the
hquid, and came up spluttering and choking
and finally begged for mercy
Wei" remarked Mr.. s., good-naturedly
Il think you probably are as blue outside as
you feel inside, so l won't detain you longer
And now" changing his tone to one of stern
command, IF you don't want the police on
your tracks, you'll make yourself scarce in
this town. Out now, and be off,
Without word the two men climbed out
OF the vat and fastened away.
A lew days later friend from an adjoin-
ing town called on Mr.. S. and mentioned in
cldentally that two men came to see him
and offered him s. to tell them what would
remove indigo stains from the skin. "They
were the bluest-looking fellows you ever
saw he added They said they got to
foolins in the dye house and fell into the
vat" -'
Evening star., 1895-11-09
Stopping a Panic.

From the Boston Globe.
One night at a London theater some odds
and ends Of scenery took fire, and a very
perceptible odor Of burning alarmed the
spectators.
A panic seemed to be imminent, when an
actor appeared on the stage.
Ladies' and gentlemen" he said com
pose yourselves There Is no danger-I give
you my word of honor there Is no danger"
The audience did not seem reassured.
Ladies and gentlemen" continued the
comedian, rising to the necessities of the
occasion, "confound it all; do you think If
there was any danger I'd be here?"
The panic collapsed.
Evening star., 1895-11-09
Fig Leaf Dispute.

From the Pittsburg Leader.
There is a row on among the trustees of
Carnegie Library, which is to be dedicated
this week, over the question of draping
statuary. There are six pieces of art work.
and some Of the trustees insist that at
least four of them should have coverings
President Holiday of the common council
who is a member of the board of trustees
said today:
"Yes. there is some dispute over exhibit
ing nude models. Pittsburg is not aecus-
toned to the nude In art, and until We have
g little more art here think the fig leaf
should be used"
Evening star., 1895-11-09
A Shark for Jniler.

From the Jacksonville Times-Union.
Jailer Jacqmain has hit upon a novel
idea to keep young boys from escaping
from the city Jail. The boys usually drop
into the river and swim ashore.
He proposes to buy a man-eating shark
and chain him to a post under the jail
He will only give the shark enough to eat
to keep him alive. and he will be a brave
boy indeed who will risk being eaten by
hungry shark to gain his liberty.
Any one having shark for sale should
notify the jailer, who will try to induce
the board Of public works to purchase one
for this purpose.
Evening star., 1895-11-09
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