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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-21
TEE PAJNE SH0O7YNG.
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iinpr"ved-facfr In IA. Ca.
FAkMN!LL VA, April Especial
Mt. X. Ia Payne, the carpenter who
was shot here last Monday. was reported
Tonight by HIS physicians. Drs.. Nu,er-
son ana Russcil' 10 be- gradually improv-
ng. The wound, inflicted by a thirty
cighi-calibre pist I bah, is healing very
nicely ana VIII soon be entirely well. IN
less some unforeseen preventive makes
It's appearance. The bail is still ia the
muscle of the arm. and although IL is very
improbable. it is possible that il will give
ininre trouble. However. his carly re-
coycry Is sincerely wished for by hun
dreda of sympa thzprs.
The excitement incident TO the shoot
ing OF Payne has subsidized considerably.
but n, aiair IS as vel extensively talk
ed about. tour-ifths of the people seem
To think that when Mr. Eddie Rice heard
of this scandalous report alleged TO have
originated with r. J.. PAYNE affecting the
character of himself and "a young lady
he should have gone TO Payne alone. and
demanded rctraction and an apology.
Mr.. Cox Is in no wise related 10 young
Rice. or the young lady and is not sup
posed to be such great friend OF either
as To shoot "a man because of alleged cir
culatlon of "A report affecting their char
actcr ana what provoked him TO do
the shooting rs a mystery that Will have
so be unveiled before the special grand
jury at the MAY torn OF the County
Court of Prince Edward. Mr.. Cox is a
man well known for his bravery and
GOODNESS. He Is eN-postmastcr and cX-
policeman Of this place and his record
* both Is unhlcmished lie Is at pres
ent clerk to Professor j. A. Cunningham,
OF the state Female Normal School lie
is in the ncighborhood of forty-five years
OF age. and has vile and several chill
d~cn.
MIR. R'cts PART.
Mr.. y. H. c. Rice. one of the parties
who made the assault ON Payne. and who
~ charged with swapping a revolver IN
his face several times is the popular
agent here lor The FarmV'lle and Pow
hatan railroad. and has been since that
road first went into OPERATION lie Is
wcll-known FOR his sQuarcncss ia business
and other transactions. and has many
friends. He is the father of Mr. Eddie
Rice. one Of the principal parties to the
transaction Mr.. T. \. Rice rs a hand
some young man. about twenty-one years
81 axe. and has been much liked by the
ladies' as we'll as the gentlemen. lie Is
polite to an. hence his popularity.
EXPORTS AT SUPPRESSION,
ono of the most absurd things about
the whole afiair Is that strenuous efforts
are made TO suppress the sensation 10y
muzziing the press. Some OF the news
paper mon agreed TO say nothing OF H.
nut The Times reporter took different
,lcW Of The matter, and made no such
agreement
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-21
NEW ASSESSMENT NOW.
THE RE VENUE ACT PASSED By THE
LAST LEGISLATURE.
Snow on the Mountains Around winston"
State Treasurer Worth keoants-bs
cape Of Convict

RALEIGH \ G. April 9o.-Special.-
rhia is reasscssrnent wear FOR the state
at large The now revenue act require
the assessors and list-takers OF inc
rious townships to meet on OF pelo'
the second Monday I'm May ana erect q
chairman. This chairman Is TO &c, a.
chairman Of the equalization board, which
meets with the board Of commissioner
in July l.,
Day before yesterday the mountains III
Western North Carolina were covered
with snow. A little fell here. fiitceh
years ago, April nth. over foot OF sho"
fen, and remained for several days.
The petition TO Governor carr IoI con- con-
mutation of the death sentence OF George
Mills has not yet reached hiH'' MliiS ''dS
about given up hope for lie.
Another dormitory IS to be built at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
over 300 students are expected there
next fall.
HISTORY or THE LEGISLATURE.
A history of the last Legislature is
soon TO be written. Should it be a fun
ana truthful one, it will surely be rch'
rare, and racy work.
At the car-wheei shops here hVe-ton
steel crane has just been put in. There
are thirty-five men at work IN these
shops. and though it has only been run
ming a few months. already l,SW car
wheels have beer cast
state Treasurer Worth has now alight-
ed from his self-assumed position above
the Supreme Court i'm certain points OF
law, and says he will honor tie vouchers
Of Superintendent Leazar.
The court says: THE Directors OF tho
penitentiary are allowed "a per day ahd
five cents per mile each way Of travel
while in the discharge of official duties,
which compensation shall be paid on the
accounts duly itemized before the state
Auditor and approved by him
SO the directors can draw their pay for
the recent meeting without any interier-
encc from the State Treasurer
jim Young. the leading Republican
among the negroes. does not endorse the
Treasurer's action at all I'm his paper he
says that he hopes the warrants Will not
be paid: that il will work harm 10 the
Republican party. and that while IL may
be very good law TO refuse 10 pay
| them, IL Is surely very r0orspoltics.
ACTION or THE RKpUDLlcANs.
At the Republican convention held last
night a delegates convention was de-
cided upon for The nominating OF Mayor.
| CITY Clerk, ana Tax Collector. T1cs the
| Shaffer- Nichols faction outgeneral ed the
Harr:s-y Dung one and settled on a con-
veHtiOn OF delegates.
The boiler shops % the Seaboar1 Air
Line here are nearly ready for Occu-
pancy. A plea is made that the public
| should suspend Judgment OF the actions
of MIR st. Johns until "his policy is de-
velOpcd " Yesterday Foreman Dodd OF
the Portsmouth shops was displaced b.
a man from the Northwest
One convict escaped from The peniten-
| uary this morning. and rot five as was
| reported. This nan is still al large. But
little can be found out from The author
tiles 1t is d white man and life pris-
/ Oncr.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-21

TOR RENT-A FIRST-CLASS BAR,
L WITH FIXTURES. adjoining sro-
Gerry store. The hest stand In the cay.
Roth a large country and city patron
age Now doing a good business Rea-
son for retiring from business. failing
health OF the present owner. Terms
low. Apply or address PILL Brook
avenue drugstore. corner Brook avenu6
and Agnford street ap2i
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-21

Full reports OF the ball games. National
ana State Leagues. can be obtained AT
Eyenson'S. Free 10 his patrons.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-21
OBITUARY..


Mr. William II. Jennings died Friday
evening at his residence. 10 south Lau-
rel street. after d long and painful ill
mes, In his hity-siXth year. lie was for
q long time in The employ Of the Trede-
gar Iron Works as lumber buyer and
inspector, but some eight or nine years
ago was seriously injured In a runaway
accident by his horse. ana he was more
or less an invalid from that time
He leaves a widow and six grown chill
dren az follows. Mrs. Theodore Dumb
want Mrs. oscar Blunt Mrs. Warren
Arsel Messrs. w. 4. Jennings, Harry
jennings and Bruce Jennings
The deceased was a devoted member
OF Pine-Str.et church. and his funeral
will take place from there ar o'clock
this afternoon.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-21

ORANGE, VA, April 20-S2coial.-Mr
John g. Terrell. while entertaining
company OF relatives and friends at her
hOnls. near Lahore yesterday. was
stricken with paralysis, and lived only
few hours
Mrs. Terrell was widely known and
loved in this section and was one OF
the most cultivated ladies' of Piedmont
She leaves a husband and three chill
dren.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-21

Navy Serge Child's Et0n Suit trimmed
and nObby sizes 6 TO "a years price, S.i5.
Very Nobby Elton Suits. sizes s 20 10
years; price. S95O-exact copy = an inn
ported suit-yery rich
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-06

Undoubtedly the wish was father to
the thought which seems to have emu-
mated originally from the brain of some
British editor that the United States
Great Britain and Japan should form an
alliance to prevent the further aggres-
sion Of Russia against Japan. and else
where. Such an idea is greatness. The
American government will follow the
Washington doctrine while time lasts
and avoid entangling alliances with Eu-
ropean and other powers. And, even if
this were not the case, why should the
United States form an alliance with
Great Britain against Russia? From the
beginning Of our republic till now Rus
sia has been the best friend and the only
consistent friend the United States has
ever had in Europe She stood our friend
when England, only for her influence,
would have recognized the Southern
Confederacy. She also stood our friend
at critical period earlier in our history.
Shall we slap our best friend in the face
just to please nation that except for
trade purposes is not our friend at all?
Not if we know it. The true policy will
be for Japan and Russia to get together
and have a friendly understanding. Then
they can defy their mutual enemies.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-06
THE FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION
A-DELPHIA, PA.
T.. q. FoUSE, President.

Is purely mutual level premium expense limited work
ing under the "FOUSESYSTEM life aodng absolute
security the least possible COST and without the possibility OF fall
Not old line company the usual Of the term 1t
the strong points Of bot whilst eliminating their
It avoids the dangerous legal technical liability and
thus cent the but also makes larger
for death losses than old line No
sary accumulations; uncertain premiums.
The leading flexible premium insurance the world
safely economically with actual equal
demands contingent
record of seventeen years magnificent business to the
word assets liability showing asuus strength greater
other with of the greatest actua in
head Pays policies ten fifteen and twenty annual
nstalmens reduced premium and insures insurance.
definite statement Of cost and advantages send address and
ageto
FRANK b. SIMMONS, District Agent,
LITTLE Falls. Minnesota.
CRAWFORD Manager Minnesota Department, Minneapolis,
MINI.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-06

Although the lake route has closed
and -four shipments to the seabOard
are now all rail, the Interstate COM
pany has orders on hand and
established markets that will enable
it to keep it's Little Falls mill run
ming steadily. There is frequently
some delay in finding a profitable
market for the products of western
mills after the lake closes, but the
Interstate feel quite certain that
their winters " ork will he large
one.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-06
CoDyright In Canada.

When the international copyright
agreement was entered into by the
United States and Great Britain, it
was a question whether Canada should
be considered as a part Of Great Britain
in that matter. The Dominion finally
allowed itself to be counted in, but
with condition attached. 1t was that
whenever Canada desired to withdraw
from the international copyright agree
ment she should be at liberty to do so.
Here was the groundwork Of future
trouble, but it was all that could be
done at the time. American and British
authors, however, proceeded to copyright
their books on both sides Of the water,
and the new law worked we'll for a
time. Then came hitch. Canada with
drew from the agreement and resolved
to publish books on her own hook, copy
rightable in the Dominion. An act was
passed declaring that any Canadian
printer might issue any foreign book he
pleased, at any time. The only stipula-
tion is that he shall deposit with the
Dominion government 10 per cent
royalty OIL the book. This is supposed
to be- for the author, in case he should
ever claim it.
It is charged that the Canadian copy
right law is blind to enable Canadian
publishers to food the United States
with cheap books and evade the copy
right law. The books will be struggled
across the border into this country, it is
believed. This it will not be difficult
to do.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-06

H. Landahl's residence, which was
recently removed two blocks north
from it's former location on First
street northeast, has been repaired
and an addition built on, making it
one of the most cOmmOdiOus and
dwelling houses in the
city. 1t is now ready for occupancy
and Mr.: Landau will remove his
family to their new home the first OF
next week.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-06
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
In Little Fallo on Jan. II and
1e-Help Make 1t a
SucceeO.

The following letter has been re-
ceived from Dr.. JIG. Curryer regard
ing the State Farmers institute to he
held in Little Falls ON Jan. II and Is.
1t il well worth publishing, as 1t
not only explains the benefits that
farmers may obtain, hut also the
necessity for our business men to
urge farmers to attend. 1t il as fol.
lows:
The dates for the State Farmers
institute at your place are January
II and IS and to he able to do the
most good to the greatest number
of your farmers, neceSsitates enter
prise and work by the business men
in the preparation for the institute,
as well as by the corps OF workers
at the time Of the meeting. Every
business man has his customers and
every one may he benefited BY their
attendance for two days at this
strictly agricultural school.
We propose to make this work SO
plain and practical that it's benefits
will be appreciated from the begin
ming, and tho more encouragement
the farmers get from the merchants
they deal with, the better prepared
they are 20 get the benefits of our
work. Besides every farmer can get
free our Institute Annual "a book of
over $50 pages) on the breeding, care
and handling Of stock, as well as al
most all Branches Of agriculture.
This book is not for sale in the mar
kets and the farmer gets a benefit in
this wise, that he probably never
would get from any other source.
You can interest your farmers by
the appointment of committees to
develop the preparations for this
meeting and show to the farmers,
that this institute is in their interest
and should. be largely attended to
derive the greatest benefits. We can
assure you that we will do all in
our power to make the work as sat
isfactory az possible to both the
business men and the farmers.
1t will be of decided advantage to
have the main hall seated to it's ut
most capacity and comfortably
warmed very early i'll the morning,
40 that we may not be delayed from
giving the full benefits of our work.
Please see to it that someone is Sc
cured to have the hall arrangements
before the hour named for
beginning.
We will quire about two gallons
Of Eicely ripened (slightly soured)
cream, for our public churning,
which will take place the first day.
The cream should be brought early
in the morning and delivered to our
to- insure no failure in this
great object lesson. The butter
from the churning will be given to
the party furnishing the cream, or
WE will pay for the cream and sell
the butter.
We will soon send you some post
ers and circulars to be distributed as
you deem, best for a successful insti-
tute.
1t should be remembered that this
ls state work and it will be impossi-
BILE to visit your place often conse-
quently the most should be made OF
it when you have it. 1t is all free,
no charges. Hoping the institute
will result beneticially and that you
will keep me posted in relation to
that end. am
Yours for success,
J. G.. CURRYER.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-06
A Useful Pointer.

Before buying a dog, be sure it is not
10 worthless you can't give it away
Atchison Globe.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-06

The Democrat raves about the
council ''playing into the hands of a
lot of sharks who accumulate wealth
by discounting city orders and keep
ing the nose of the laboringman on
the grindstone''. That is first rate.
Az :Col. Shark Trebby, the COM
panion, boon chum and journeying
representative of the Democrat
editor, is the only person who ad-
vertises to buy city ORDERS, it
doubtless makes the Democrat real
angry that the council should play
into his hands" by failing to adopt
a charter by which it will be possible
to end the accumulation of wealth
by holding noses on the grindstone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-18

a marriage took place in the Office of n
well known justice of the peace few days
ago that, while Il most impressive cere-
mony to the contracting parties had a
very humorous side for the spectators The
couple We're evidently from the rural dis
tricts and We're both seemingly covered
with confusion at their having to stand up
before the four or five present. After the
form had been read, the blushing pair
standing hand in hand, the magistrate
announced in a serious tone that, as it
was the custom for the constable to kiss
the bride, she would prepare herself for the
oscillation
The constable stepped boldly out, and,
being a good looking young fellow, the
young woman seemed not averse to being
bussed. All doubts of the proprioty Of the
act We're soon set at rest, for the husky
groom stepped before her with an air of
determination upon mis- face that showed
it was life and death TO him. He gave his
hands an imaginary washing and said:
Squire this yere lady longs to me
now, and what she did afore [ took her
ain my business, but if this constable is
willin I'll give him dollar and call it
off
The server Of writs signifled his assent,
and the jealous countryman paid the
amount, which found It's way over the bar
of the nearest saloon q few minutes after
the newly married pair departed Column
bus Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-18
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
How Thunder storm Made Job COM
parativeiv Easy.

parativeiv Easy.
Speaking of cinches,' says the re-
tired burglar in the New York Sun, tine
easiest, softest, smoothest snap 1 ever
struck was in a house in a small town
in Rhode Island. There was a thunder
storm coming up as I went along to-
ward the house. and just as / got there
it began to sprinkle. By the time I'd
got inside it was coming down pretty
hard, and l was glad to be under shell
ter, for 1 hadn't had any supper either,
and when l got into the dining room
I thought I'd get something to eat. The
sideboard was l. cked and the key car
ried upstairs, but little Jimmy opened
the door as easy as a knife would open
a pie. I set out a little snack on the
table and sat down and ate it comfort
ably, with the rain pouring down out
side If there's anything 1 like it's to
hear a storm a-ragin' outside when
you've settled down all snug and COM
Portable within. But here was some
thing I hadn't counted on. The thun-
der was roaring and plunging like a
dozen earthquakes Dustin down
through the sky, and it kept the house
in a tremble all the time. I knew no.
body could sleep in that thunder.
They'd be sure to be all awake, but here
was, and 1 hated to lose a night and
after I'd waited a little and the storm
didn't show any signs of lettin' up 1
thought I'd go ahead and see anyhow.
The first room 1 looked into upstairs
settled the whole business. Over in
one corner of this room, beyond a bed,
| saw woman standing in front of an
open closet door. Two children hoped
out of bed, and the mother pushed them
into the closet AMI then crowded in
herself and pulled the door shut tight.
1t was all very simple; husband away.
no help; two children sleeping in an
other room, woke up by thunder, came
into their mothers room all scared:
mother puts children in closet and gets
in herself, as lots of folks DO in thur
der storms. And then l walk over and
turn the key in the lock and there you
are; no danger Of their coming out till
the storm is over anyway. and just IS
well TO be sure about it, and then 1 just
quietly go through the house. It isn't
big and doesn't take long, and l come
back before the storm is over and IN
lock the closet door again and skip. and
that's all there is to it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-18
USES FOR cocoANUT.
Florida Has Several Plantations of This
TrooicaI Fruit

Florida Has Several Plantations of This
Tropical Fruit.
Quite a number of tropical nuts have
recently been introduced into cultiya-
ton in this country. Already on the
east coast of Florida are growing 100000
cocoanut trees, $4,000 being in one plan
tation 1t is believed that the first
trees of this kind in that state sprouted
from nuts brought from Central Amer
lea and the West Indies by the Gulf
Stream. At Key West and about some
of the old forts cocoanuts were planted
at an early day, as certain ancient trees
now standing bear witness. In 1877
! bark freighted with cocoanuts was
caught in a storm off the coast of Fi0T-
ida and beached near Lake Worth. Sew
eral thousand of the nuts were saved
and planted, the satisfactory growth OF
the seedlings giving an impetus to Guilt
vation The word cocOan.t is derived
from the Portuguese, coco meaning
monkey, because the base resembles 4
monkeys face. The tree was known to
the people of Ceylon as early as 100
! B. C., the milk being used by them for
making cement. The cocoaput is one
OF the most useful of plants-root,
trunk, leaf, sap and nut are made to
yield tribute to man. The fibre Of the
husk furnishes excellent yarn, and IS
preferred to hOrsehair for stufing beds,
cushions. chairs and saddles It is
stronger and more elastic than hemp.
The Polynesians twist small cords Of
this fibre. which serve in the construc-
ton of houses and canoes where Euro
peans would employ nails. The green
nuts are grated for medicinal use.
/ Grated cocoanut forms an ingredient Ct
the East Indian condiment curry In
the Maldive islands labor is usually
paid for in cocoanuts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-18
rne seaside season Of Novels.

Wherever you go among the summer
retreats the average woman is sure to
be found with a 25-cent paper-covered
novel in her hands, trying to kill time
by reading it. AS a rule the worthless
ness of these stories is their chief char
acteristic. Most of them are so trashy
that the only chance of their securing
q reading is in the form of cheap novels
for the warm days OF the summer seq
son. At the hotels this literature is an
exclusive. Nothing else sells. 1t has
no rivals, and the publishers, accurately
gauging the public taste. bring out moth
ing else till September. At other times
the novel has to run the gauntlet with
serious publications., but now, in re-
verse proportion to its worthlessness, it
has the field all to itself. Even the
magazines have caught the infection,
and are chiefly filled with short stories
for the summer months, because these
are most i'll demand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-18

We take pleasure in rcprinting the fol-
lowing items from one of tho most anthem
tic sporting journals of the next century.
Lord Bungstarter of England has given
orders that the utmost secrecy attend the
construction cf the typewriter with which
he proposes 10 contest for the America S
cup 1t is understood that the Yankees
are using every artiflce to discover upon
what general lines Lord Bungstarter' ma
chine Will be built. Their purpose is OBJ
vious, but other than that England will
be this year represented by q typewriter
differing radically in model from any
thing yet entered, absolutely nothing has
been learned.
AT the moment of going to press we
are notified that England won the run
ming board jump in the amateur interna-
tional athletic contests by upward of half
a column of solid nonpareil. Detroit
/. Tribune.
i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-18

''Painting?" said the artist, fattered by
the presence Of the millionaire in his
studio. 4" Yes, sir. 1 shall be happy to
show you my best canvases. Something
allegorical? Or do you prefer a landscape?',,
What 1 want, said Mr. Boodelle, tho
eminent contractor, with decision, sis
somethin about l = yards long and yard
wide to cover some cracks in the frescoin. -
Chicago Tribune