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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-30
Trne Refnrmcr. TO Meet.

The Grand Sitting OF the United order
Of True Reformers meets here september
LIST 10 4th.
III managers have prepared an attrac-
tive programme for the entertainment of
the large number of delegates and friends
who will be here from all over the cOun-
try.
on September Sd there will be a grand
political rally and military display at the
Exposition Grounds. and on the atm hicy-
Gle races on the track at the Exposition
Grounds and baseball games at the same
uiace
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-30
Left for CroZet.

Police Justice John J. Crutchheld left
yesterday afternoon for Cr0zct. where he
will spend "a week or ten days. MIR.
Crutchneid has not been In the best Of
health for several months past and has
been advised from time % time by the
officials OF the court over which he so
ebly and acCeTtabiy presdes. 10 get away
from his arduous duties. The Justice has
had unusually hard work all summer. and
during the periods Of extreme leat the
daily dockets were very long, frequently
requiring the court To be IN session until
late IN the afternoon. A number Of times
afternoon ses Sions OF the cOlrt were held
10 dispose Of the days business.
As the city grows the criminal and
ordinance cases Increase and require more
OF Justice Johns time. The civil dockets
every Friday have been very long, and
are growing constantly. Friday there
were almost one hundred cases 10 receive
his HonOrs attention.
Justice CrUtcl field has had but two
vacations In, eight years, and he IL worn
iout now. Aal the court officials, the
LAWYERS. and the reporters unite in he
wish that he wall return 10 Richmond
we'll man
squire Ionnie Graves will hold court
during tho absence of Justice Crutchheld.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-30

M
....,,r, ,esr,s work is detailed and
Manned and discussed win uc Nl'H -
esoertaiuing wherein mistakes may -" s,
heen made and how lfnIipNciht"t9s la
81 effected Tie annual etcuoh VI ,,e
Gers viii take place. ana TINS ~
= r".ft.r of Interest 20 tho fraternity
o rIll PRESENT OFFICERS.
The present officers are 'tia 81. i.,,,,l.
,rerniar Rev a. l.. HOut, OF StrisnuII
Grand Counsellor. "a. W. lrlnIht, "a
Richmond. Grand Nice-I cmplai. AlH' J"
j.. Donnan. Of Richmond, Grand SupeIlii
fendonf ~ Juvenile Temples, Miss SUSIE
I-itlrerai5 of Neapolis. Grand Secreia-
- g. w. HawNhurst. or fnils tAli en-
Grand Treasurer. W. ID. Shep1 M 1nat-
ham. Grand Chaplain, Rev. u; - ~ II A,
,r8son of Louisa. Grand Marshal. j M,
p,rke NJ Williamsburg. Assistant Grand
Marshal Miss Susie Powers, ~ Stauhton'
Grand Guard c. NJ Witt Of stanton,
Grand Sentinel. ". j. Wilson, Of ENnoIe 3
Assistant Grand SecrgtarNg MISS -
Ir.,v, furst. of Falls Church last Grahu
Chief Tempiar. Rev. *. T.. N"l''' vi -''
THE OFFICIAL HEAD.
Rev Mir Hout. the official heal or rtIV
order is "A Methodist minister Of the 5hl-
ffnoro Conference. He is gehtir man OF
excellent address. speaks we'll and fluent
IT, ana is very jealous IN rs tnol's !"
advance thr cause so dear 10 MN.
Tho Grand Secretary has held the posi-
ton for long number of years. ana ,ry
a. mmun consent las Ilu'n on ii. itt
make. an admirable officer ana ne is
also editor OF the Good Iomplar news.
"a bright little monthly paper Issued rom
Falls Church. This paper IS the organ
Of ii. order iu virginia and is deservcdly
popular among the fraternity.
'fne Grand Chaplain. Rev. T. Parker
TirhIrlsOu OF Louisa. is one OF the
-r.,ciset-sririted ara purcst-ne lr.ed men
we ever met he is beloved boy all who
have thr honor and pleasure or an ac-
QuIintauces with him.
G~.md Counselor Trimlae OF Rich
rnorf is am earnest faithful worker in
Tho ranks. and loves the Good Tomplar
order as ardtuNy as young man loves
Dis first sWct thrart
Miss Dounan. the Grand Nicc-Templar
OF Richmond is very efficient and pop
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-30

Captain Thomas Elicit. the adjutant OF
the Grand Camp OF Virginia, Confederate
Veterans. yesterday morning received adj
vices from Colonel William 4. SmOot the
grand &C mmander. announcing that the
next regular annual meeting Of that or
ganizati0n Will be held In the city Of
Winchester, Va. commencing Wednesday.
October 4 1896.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-30
smithasnl Practical nu.inea. COLLEGE

annoi noes tho rcopening of its ENG
tember 18th. under Prof. .. Atwood.
DAY ana NIGHT CLASSES. Rapid
progress assured. Can at the college Of
lee. 1902 east Bread, for particulars.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-30

grown 10 Re the largest temperance or
ganlzatIon In the world. and II has the
pcranco work girding the earth with
over thirteen thoUsand lodges and tenn
pies. meeting weekly. eighty five Grand
lodges meeting yearly and International
Supreme Lodges meeting once Ia two
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-30
civ Circuit Court.

The following suits were Instituted In
the City Circuit Court yesterday morning:
j. & A. Friedhurs against Yo+nger
Loving for 500.
Live Oak Distlery Company against
The same for slpO.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-30

conducive to tho prosperity II Christian
work. the interest in the leag-Ie has been
well sustained thrC nghOut, and there are
Indications that with the coming OF au-
tumn there will be quickcnaI activity in
eli the departn nts Of the league.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-30

Mr. H. NJ Trintle Grand Counsellor.
who also eXemplined the unwritten work.
The first and third banners were award
ed 20 RichmC nd Lodge. second to Rescue
Lodge
At the close OF the session the Lodge
was handsomely entertained and Toasted
by Surprise Lodge
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-30

Bishop Van de Vyver sailed yesterday
on tne steamship Ksnainxtan fpr hnsn~
aftes IN shenns> s6svad lW fns0 snoo1hA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-30

Mr. Abraham Miller. formerly OF this
city. but now residing in the City OF
Mexico, IN visiting the city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-30
PLACES SUCCESSOR.

John +. Ray. for years instructors In
the Deaf-Mute and Blind Institution here,
has been elected principal TO succeed
Place. lie IS now principal OF the Colo
RADIO state Institution. where his salary
is $3.50. but 10 ia believed will come here.
Ray received four votes and W. j. Young
.llran m the Board mailing.
The herald., 1896-12-06
THINGS WORTH RECORDING

The first telegraph wire was hung in
1886.
A girl in London has died from tight
lacing.
The first stereotyping was done in 1918
in New York.
The first sewing silk was patented by
an American in 1S46.
The first stone paving for streets was
laid in New York in 1858.
Salt was first boiled in this country
at Syracuse, N. Y, in 1857.
The first observatory was located at
Williamstown, Mass, in 1895.
The first steam stationary engine was
put up in Philadelphia in 1918.
The first public library was established
in New York in the year 100.
There is no bicycle plant in Japan that
can turn out over $50 wheels in a year.
The Gazette de France, which was
founded in 1881, is the oldest newspaper
in the world.
The first Sunday paper in this country
was the Sunday Courier begun at New
York in 1925
BY a recent order Boston policemen
are prohibited from leaning against any
upright object during working hours.
The languages used by the emperor
and empress of Russia in their private
intercourses are English and German
There is no bicycle factory in Japan
that has yet turned out wheel that an
American buyer would even look at,
much less ride
By the recent self denial week $115,-
600 has been raised in the United King
dom alone toward the funds of the Sal
walton army, being G56o0 in advance of
last year.
Since the beginning of this century
of tbn Tta1f a ra a 10
greatly increased; in 1901 it was spoken
by 15,070.000 people and in 1891 1t was
used by 100000.
The new Russian imperial yacht STAN
dart. in its final trial trip in the Katie
gat. made an average speed of 21.1S
knot an hour. The contract stipulated
for 20 knots only.
In the opinion of the best informed
authorities Shanghai will become the
great central manufacturing point of
the Pacific coast, even surprising ulti-
mately Osaka in Japan.
The herald., 1896-12-06
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THE THRESHOLD
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"And this is the last time" muttered
the man as the door opened. "The very
last time" he repeated, as he sat waiting
in the pretty, glowing drawing-room.
Then She came III, and the room be-
came beautiful, because prettiness was
not of her.
They sat together and talked; and dur
ing a little interval, the mans heart
logged his elbow in an irritating way,
and murmured: This is the very last
time"
"Yes!" said the man aloud; and She,
smiling, asked to what his affirmative
referred.
Then they talked again on various
subjects which related to the man; for
She knew all his past and something of
his future.
why are you sad today?" She asked,
after a while.
The man hesitated. Because E.
1 don't know why l am sad; at least, l
can't tell you"
May tell you a little story?" asked
She.
Please"
Listen, then; but remember, my sto-
ries are not personal There was once
man who never was a boy because he
had been unable to spare the time. Be
ing a boy, or even a youth, uses up lot
OF time at the beginning WHeH time
seems short and adds it on to the end;
but circumstances, and loneliness in
strange places, made it impossible for
the man in my story to invest time in
this way. So he skipped boyhood and
youth, and went straight into manhood
in a strange country"
"And what effect did that have?" ask
ed he in the drawingro who had be-
come interested after the story's first
sentence.
She who told the story smiled, and,
continuing, said: 1T had on him the
effect of tropical sun upon vegetable
life. 1t made him premature in all ways
but strong also, and glorying in his
strength. A great deal was shut out OF
his range of vision, and his life's limits
were narrow, but in those limits very in
tense. To him the world was himself
he and his work, his aims, his strength.
Nothing else, you understand. Having
missed youth, enjoyment did not come
into his scheme He did not look about
him for lifes soft lights or its music, and
so never saw or heard them. He had no
time"
"Ah!"
"Yes, it was pity. Well, then one
day, by chance, he met Femininity-
happened upon her, munching cake and
tea, which he took with nerveless fin-
Gers, gasping and staring the while in
pleased amazement. Then Femininity's
rosy, dimpled fingers went tripping
daintily up and down the keyboard Of a
piano, and she sang to him, every note
in her ripping little ballad twanging a
The herald., 1896-12-06
response on one of the mans heart

response on one of the mans heart
strings. And he asked himself :"
/ Well, let me see-he asked himself"
why" interrupted he who listened in
the drawing room, why he had never
before known that this was the world,
and how he had been led to think that
! his life was the real life of the world
Yes, that was what he asked himself.
And so dainty Femininity, smiling all
the while, drew aside the lace curtains
which had hidden from his range of Wis
, ion the Byzantine alley wherein she
lived, and he, looking down the alley
with her, decided that it was the real
world-that his world so far had been
dreary phantasy of his own creation.
The mans lights were not wide nor
deep, but very intense; and, OF course,
he laid his heart-new found-reveren-
TALLY and unreservedly at Femininitys
feet Femininity laughingly accepted
the heart, and then
Meeting another man at the corner OF
her alley said the listener, threw the
heart down, still laughingly, and Went
back to the piano with her new friend
Exactly. Well, now the man was IN
a, very sorry plight. because he had lost
his own world-the self-created phan-
tasy-and being forsaken in the new
world by her to whom his heart had
been given, he couid not ma ms Wy
Disillusion blinded his eyes with tears,
ley, he
He met Frou-Frou. You must let
me tell this piece" said the man in the
drawing room He met Frou-Frou,
who happened to have wandered care
lessly from out her Moorish alley into
Femininity's domain. He looked like q
man, so Frou- Frou welcomed him with
fascinating, lower Bohemian good fel-
lowship, and swung aside the rich drap-
cry and heavy, perfumed curtains which
had hid from his view the world OF
brighter, flashing lights and dancing
music, in which she lived. Looking into
this world, the man drew long breath
, of satisfaction: and, as Frou-Frou chal-
lenged him with brimming champagne
glass upraised. he said: This is un-
doubtedly reality-the abandon of real
life in the actual world-unlike my pre-
vious fancies. which were absurd And
when the very first greyness came, and
the flashing lights paled in the dawn
hour, Frou-Frou, being tired and
sleepy. carelessly laid open the pages OF
frailty's private diary-and the man
read. Having read. he knew, and was
numbed. So, in the ghostly morning
twilight he groped his way out into the
no mans land which lies between the
alleys of extreme, and realized that he
had not found the real world after ALL
| Still he had lost his own, and when
+" Well
cannot tell this part / must, for he did
| not go into another alley, you know.
He wandered into the cloisters of a white
| marble temple. because, in the bright
ness of the sunlight which came after
| dawn he saw pure presence girl
| standing on the threshold He approach
ed the presence, so he longed 10 rest,
though after his two phases he felt he
! had no right. She was so pure and white
the innocence Of knowing nothing
The herald., 1896-12-06

cleaning on her forehead. She could not,
like the others, conduct him into her
world, because she had not yet crossed
the threshold of the temple herself, and
she knew nothing of that which he had
lived and seen. Still she was a girl,
and his worship pleased her. Very
sweetly, though all unknowingly, she
helped him to take his stand beside her
on the threshold: she understanding
nothing. and never dreaming but what
he too had the earliest phases to pass
and could enter her temple with her.
But when her innocence or ignorance
has spread itself round the man for q
while. the crude purity of 1.-THE"
The nothing knowing. nothing see
ing, misunderstanding spotlessness
of it all almost choked him." said the man
in the drawing room. And he realized
that since he had not at the beginning
found this world he could not enter it
now, or at least not accompanied by the
cold whiteness of the little maid who
hath no breasts So now, in real de-
spair. he turned away from the classic
temple, feeling not only that he had
FAILED to find the real world but was un-
fit to be taken into it. Then, as he walked
miserably away, an angel from heaven
came across his path and laid her cool
hand on his forehead. SO that"
mo, dear A woman-only woman.
But she showed him that he was al
ready in the real world and that she was.
too; but that he kept gazing into little
phases in life and thinking each was life
itself, was almost broken-hearted when
he found himself united to live in a
phase. He was very happy with the Wo-
man, because he loved her; and yet,
thinking he must be some one Of the
phases-the little phases-he had seen,
not knowing that they were of him mere
ly, he faneied the Woman must be apart
from him: that"
This must be the last time?"
Exactly. But oh, the Woman under
stood; she knew that he was really Of
the same life and world as she; she
thought-that he loved her; ard"
"She loved him."
yes, dear."
A. j. Dawson, in Pail Mall Magazine,
The herald., 1896-12-06

were proposed and drank to our absent
ex-president, Col. Wells, Companion
VIM. Mckinley, president-elect Major
Lee, "Old Glory The Loyal Legion, and
last, but not least, to our host and hos
tess. The toasts were interspersed with
such songs as The Loyal Legioner,
Marching Through Georgia. and Column
bia, sang by Captains Laycock and Os-
good, in which the companions joined
the chorus.
While the association has held many
meetings since it's organiza ton in 1890,
that have been more numerously attend
ed. all the companions present We're
unanimous in the opinion that none wera
more enjoyable than this one, so kindly
rendered by the efficient secretary.
The herald., 1896-12-06
A. ]. Dawson, in Pail Mall Magazine.

In peper recently read before the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Miss Frances E. Willard shows the re-
markable progress which the sex has
made in this country during the past
few years. Out of 451 colleges and uni-
versities, quoting the figures given by
Miss Willard, only Al now close their
doors to women. In addition to this
showing, about 43 per cent of the 400, 900
teachers in the United States are women,
while no less than 143 schools in the coun-
try are devoted exclusively te the fair
sex. Miss Willard further states that
AZ women are serving as pastors ana
ministers of churches. These are merely
specimen illustrations. There IL not
profession, and scarcely q single trade
or industry. in which the sex IL not rep
resented. To the friends Of social pro-
gress this information will, no doubt. be'
extremely gratifying.
The herald., 1896-12-06
Toy Time Comes Tomorrow

Notions
Side Combs, per pair >. ....... 80
Curling Irons (each) all sizes &c
Hair Brushes, each. ........... SC
Hair Brushes, each. .12c
Tooth Brushes, each :. Sc
Knitting Silk, per spool. ...... SC
Jet Trimming, per yard ....... SC
Whisk Brooms. each .1oc
Dressing Combs, each ........ SC
Pearl Buttons, per doz. ....... SC
zephyr, per lap ............... &C
Toy Time-Rememher T0marrnW
The herald., 1896-12-06
Ribbons and Trimmings

Silk Ribbon, style No. 90, comes In a width
Of inches, and IL all silk. All shades
including black, worth per yard 2Jc. I1r
Price for days, selling ............. lIC
is Pieces Figured Taffeta Ribbon, all silk,
patterns new and changeable. cOlors come
plain a nd fancy, worth SOC per yard 70r
Price for days, selling ng.............. ZVI
10 Piece 8, s inch Black Angora Fur Trim
ming, excellent value, and worth 3jc 1E~
per yard. Price for 3 days, selling, kON
25 designs of Iridescent and Tinsel Trim
ming, all the colors desired. worth 10
2oc per yd. Price for days, selling lZS
The herald., 1896-12-06

Sugar exists in the sap or leaves =
nearly 200 different kinds of treeA 49,
The herald., 1896-12-06

(Appreciating the large membership OF
1raternal orders in Los Angeles ana
throughout Southern California, Ihe
Herald has opened department especially
devoted to their interests and the dlssemi-
nation of news relating to the numerous
orders. All communications of this char
acter should be addressed to "Fraternal
Editor of The Herald.'D
The herald., 1896-12-06
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.

Los Angeles lodge held a large and in
teresting session recently upon the visit
of Grand Dictator Archibald and Past
Grand Dictator Voight. After the usual
business there was a banquet and
speeches were made by Geo. B. Phibbs,
r. d. Wade, J. B. Alexander and D. H.
Voight.
Assessment No. in class A, and as
sessments 495-4-5-6 in class b, have been
levied for December and will be delin-
ulIent on the 31St
The herald., 1896-12-06
Tox, T:u,o Is right now; start
IVY AAnAS your buying tomorrow
Donestics

NAVY BLUE CALICOES, Fast coiors, from the
spindles of American mills, every va I'd worth
an American nickel Price for days 49,,
selling, limit OF Is yards. Observation-Disclosures. O4S
SALTWATER CHEVIOTS, an excellent shirt
Ing material, in mostly dark neat patterns, IL.
worth dime yard; price for days selling q ~
PIQUE OUTING FLANNELS beautiful color
ings of Cream, Pink, Blue and Gray, = yard OF
30 inches in worth 15c; Price for days. 70,
Selil H%. ASS
KNTCKERBOCKER SUITINGS. lovely tints in
catchy patters neatness personited, warranted
as 10 color, worth as to price 15c per yard ~,
Price for days Selling Observation-Disclosures. ISS
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-03
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS.

Upon what appears to be good au-
thority, tho statement Is made that
Mr.. Mckinley is in favor OF an cx-
traordinary session OF congress, and
will call such Immediately after his
inauguration. The paramount CUES
tions will lie, Of course, the currency
and tariff.
this extra session the gold forces
will make haste to clinch their veto.
ry. Their plans are outlined in
Comptrollcr's Eckels' interviews in
the dispatches. al believe the
national banks should issue all
tho paper currency, says Mr. Eckels,
land with this power given them
they should he obliged to redeem the
same in gold This they could readily
DO il the legal tenders were removed
and they were completely relieved
from further silver agitation. ! have
no doubt that under such circum
stances they would be willing to I'M
dertake it, " No doubt they would.
The Spokane Spokesman Review
estimates that legislation along these
lines would involve an enormous in
crease of the Understanding public
debt United States treasury notes
Tor greenbacks) are now in circulation
To the amount of 1925, 562, 755; and
treasury notes to the amount of $98,
$50, 506-a total OF 1923, 643, 26l.
These draw no interest, and have
served admirably rs money-full
legal tender. There is but one wa,
TO retire ,hem-by redemption; and
the government, to redeem them, must
issue honds; and that means another
increase OF the public debt by 1923,
900, 600.
Mr. Eckels also hints ut the retire
ment OF the existing standard silver
dollars, of which there are nearl,
$500, 600, 900. To do this the gov.
eminent would be required to issue
moro bonds 10 meet the difference
between the coinage and the bullion
value OF these dollars. This would
mean additional bonds in not les,
than $500, 600, 900.
Tie meaning of ''sound money, "
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-03

The town of Ketchum cast but one
lone vote for Mckinley. The toady
preachers in the east who, satisfied
that God is a gold bug, have stood
up in their pulpits and thanked Him
that the nation was ''saved from dis
honor, disgrace and ruin" in the de-
feat OF Bryan. should hasten to point
out to their audiences that the recent
fire at Ketchum was direct visit
alton OF the wrath OF God over the
small Mckinley vote cast there.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-03

rs it is understood by the men who
coined the phrase, is therefore nothing
else than an increase of the interest
bearing debt Of not less than 1923, :
900, 600 To this must be added the
1852, 900, 600 OF bonds issued during
Cleveland administration. making /,
grand total OF 1885,, 900, 600 The
interest upon this gigantic sum is
what the American people are ex-
pected to pay as the price OF ''sound
money"
The extent to which congress and
the administration will yield to this
program remains to be determined
Certainly the country will not have
peace with the moncyed interests Of
the country until it has yielded to
their demands or routed them ut the
ballot box. Until they have accom-
plishcd their purpose, they will put
the screws on McKinlcy's adminislra-
ton, precisely rs they have applied
them to the administration OF Grover
Cleveland The people will await
with intense interest the develop
ments OF the proposed extra session
OF congress.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-03

Prosperity is prospecting, and so Is
the restoration of confidence. Last
weeks record of business failures
was 295, eight more than for the cor
responding week last year. At the
same rate we shall have Is, 346 fail
ures for the year, hut we want to
predict that the Years record will
exceed 16, 600. Democrat. Let the
J,emhi Republic break loose again,
rs it did at the SIGNAL last week,
aud prove it nil false.