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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-09
Richmond. Va.


Tuesday. July g. 1896.
A general diminution of rainfall in All
portions Of the state. together with warm
sunny days. has been Of great benefit TO
croo Growth of an kinds. and a percep-
tible Improvement has resulted. The soil
has also dried to some extent and all
lowed cultivation and other farm work.
The week cl 5scd with a heavy shower
as shown by the remarks of most OF onr
..rresponieuts. which made the ground 700
,,e+ to work. Tile condition of the va
rious growing crops is reported GOOD.
Wheat harvest is now finished ODD all st'-
ron.. In general, the yield la N'ioN
an average. oats harvest is nnished lh
Tidawater counties, is under way Do
middle counties. and Will begin in some OK
the Great Valley counties next Week.
Prospects for a yield are very good RAY
making. which is done, except n lt"
localities has given poor crop.
ra.turaee Us good boo an sections or inc
State. Corn promises fine crop. some
has been laid by boz eastern counties.
Tobacco is also excellent potatoes ana
peanuts fair. fruit generally scarce.
The past week in Tidewatcr Virginia
has given better weather generally DOTH
for crops and farm work. The rainfall
has been less. and Mp 10 Friday when
heavy showers prevailed. the ground had
dried sufficiently 90 permit OF some WORK
being done in the fields in the way OF
blowing. cultieat.ng, and harvesting
This Vas generally taken advantage Of
and the close OF the week found consid-
cradle work boz this line done. oats
harvest is now about finished. Some
wheat has been threshed. quality fair, but
yield below an average. I'm few Joe
callties farmers have laid by some corn.
Peanuts are in fair condition. but grassy.
Pastures are good. potatoes fair. cotton
uuimproyed. fruit scarce. rain needed DO
Eastern shore counties.
some abatement boz the rainy weather
of the past three weeks caused a decided
Improvement n the crop conditions
throughout the Middle Virginia section.
and enabled farmers 10 get out into the
fields and do some cultivation and har-
vcstug. Considerable wheat has been
throshed with varying results some cor-
respondents reporting the yield below
average and others average. Generally
the quality is fair. Gardens are unusually
good. as are also pastures. The hay
crop is poor and some little yet remains
90 be cut Corn continues 10 show Tine
growth, and is 40 present in a very
promising condition. Tobacco is very
prosperous and a. good deal of IL has
been TOPPED Since wheat harvest.
chuch-huss have gone into the corn
and oats fields. and are doing some dam
age. principally 10 corn. The prospects
for good yield OF oats are encouraging
Fruit seems TO Dee scarce in all counucs
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-09
Gs-ang,cr,in Virginia.

einia aud their families celebrated the
forty-fourth anniversary Of The orcaniza-
ton AT Sacngcr Halle last night Owing
10 the prevailing iain-stOrm the garien
was inaccessible. AMI the festivities had
TO take place in the big hall. During the
early part of the evening a musical pro-
eramme. artistically arranged was exc
cuied and the rc-Tin'er OF the time
was spent IN dancing Notwithstanding
the unfavorable weather every one en-
joyed the occasion immensely. In view
OF the fact that no outsiders were adj
mitted. the gathering was-a very sociable
one. like big family reunion.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-09
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-09

lie Thinks 1t Was the city and Not HI"
Personally That Was ln~ult"d.

4 GOOD many comments have been made
ON the fact that Mayor Taylor did not
,ttend the exercises connected with the
cornerstone laying of the Davis monu-
ment ON last Thursday. When seen at
his office on the subject yesterday inc
chief executive Of the city OF kchmonu
said.
Of intended 10 remain silent aithou@n
many of my friends have told me ll"V
should rubbish a statement, but ! ana not
agree with them. ! can say ITO" 1''''
,,bv was NOT in the procession. nor on
the stand. where tho invited guests were
h1uored with seats.
"rirst lei me- say General Peyton wise
treated mo nicely. ] WAS invited py MIN
to mako am address OF welcome on behau
of the city To the convention of United
cnrfeIeraro Veterans. I'M the auditorium,
last Tuesday morning. a ticket 10 the
stage was sent me- and l was ashed to
Doe proscnt in the building al 1913 o. CLOCK.
maid NV fare and made the trip over
the Traction line reaching The puiiaihS
az g.4f-one minute ahead OF time. Nly
wife and her guests were honored Win
seats on the platform. and everything
passed off ass smoothly ass one could
wish for.
"Now the shortest explanation or why
I was not n Thursday parade is mar
] wa not invited. 1t me- say right here.
J do NOT consider that personally ] nave
been in~uited. hut that the great city
OF Richmond was. 90 say the least ih-
suited. AS "A citizen and as Mayor
never more chcorfnlly signed nay name
than when I attached it 10 The papers ape
81 r.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-09

Tho following cases were disposed OF In
the Police Court yesterday:
WilIe Holmes. q negro boy. was fined
Sll and costs for making a felonious as
sauit on Eddie Jeter with guitar.
Buck Valentine avs taxed s. and costs
for fighting on the street
Margaret Trent and Henrietta Richard
son We're fined $50 each for fighting.
Both are coloroi. and came 10 blows for
the FUN OF The thing.
Willie Iurpin. a colored boy. was fined
S. for jumping on the cars of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio while I'm motion
sam. Golden and William Redo. two
negro chicken thieves. were sent 10 JAN
for ninety days Doe default of 500 security.
T.. l.. Willard drunkarl. was sent
down FOR sixty days 90 sober up.
a. stephen. reported for turning city
water on hiG premises without "a permit.
was nnol $50.
Owing 200 tho Rashout on Fourth street
the Fourth Baptist church has been ieft
in q daneerou. condition The city En-
cineer reported the trustees ard those
gentlemen appeared in tho Police Court
yesterday morning Justice Crlichfc'f.
after hearing some tcstlmoIt. agreed
tha- he would accompany tho church
officers and the city officer t0 fhe sifc.
After viewing tho ground Justice Crufrh-
field ordered that tho building Dee placed
il p safe condition. or else be- torn down.
Reuben white fc0iorod waG charged
with hroaknc into the house af 1923 west
Clay street. lio was sent % jail for
siy months ON that charge.
ON tho charge Of hoinc suspicious
character White was required to give
ID bond Of $500 for twelve months good
behavior. 4 1870 hord given for Whites
|.a D .
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-09
OBITUARY.
Mr. John 4 Tagee.

Mr.. John r. Naece late in the employ
of Nes.rs. C. W. Tanner g. CO.. died at
Evergreen. AppomettoN county. Tuesday
night. July 7th. Mr. Magec has recently
had two severe spells of sickness. but
apparently almost entirely recovered. lie
left Richmond for a few weeks stay at
Evergreen thinking the change would
be beneficial A. frst he appeared TO
improve. but on june 10Th he was taken
snddorly worse. and fingered ntil Tues
day night. when ne passed away.
Mr.. Mai,ce was greatly esteemed hy "a
LARGE circle oil friends. lie was con
sistent member OF the church. and for
several years was greatly interested in
the Young Mems Christian Association
work.
The funeral Will take place from his
late rcAslencc. No. 2SoO east Marshall
street. this afternoon AT o'clock. The
interment will Doc in Hollywood
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-09

teriav Doc the esc1rlie of Anfh0np
Schwane. the runaway saloon-keeper on
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-09

Miss Alice Hei,dt rson. Of Alexandria.
ard Misses Rosa Belle Parklns and Mary
lewis McCre. OF Augusta county. are
visiting tho Misses Simpson. 5l5 west Clay
svest
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-09

Miss Florence Hodson leaves to-day for
t.r homo mineral Hl' near Pace. IN
Halifax county Miss Ehie Garden. whom
she has been visiting. will accompany her.
Mrs n NJ Albright and children, u
o,fs east Grace street leave to-day for
Rocky River SPRINGS y. O.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-09

Mr.. j. A. Stone left for Washington
yesterday to spend few days WIN
friends.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-09
The Heavy and Constant Rains keiarding
the Farmers.

Tire weekly crop bulletin OF the VIZ
einia service for the past week is as
follows:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-09
RECORD OF THE FIRST HALF.
Continued From First Page)

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-09

Il. St Joseph Faherty. Of 1os north
Twenty-oighth street. donated two lam
hrequins. made from q curtain torn from
a window in the Confederate Museum by
a Federal col,nel and given 60 his chap
lain. Father O'Kocfc. Also for the Nir-
gin's room curtains used by Mr.. DAVIS
during hts residence here.
A picture of General X. H.. lee was re-
ceived from Mrs l.. y. l.. Myers.
The corresponding secretary read let
Ter which She bad received from Captain
] J. NJ. Smith. Of Eurnet. Tex. lamentiug
that he had been unable TO attend the
reunion.
After some minor routine business, the
society adjourned.
The morning times., 1896-12-20
HAS NO LANTERN.
Lighthouse in the Hebrides Which Is
Run by Mirror.

The most extraordinary OF all lighthouses
Is TO be found in the Hebrides, Scotland. on
Armish Rock, which is separated from the
Island or Lewis by a channel over 500 feet
wide On taIs rock a conicaI beacon la
erected, and on its summit a lantern is
IINed, from which night after night shines
aHght which Is Seeuby Tn FISHERMEN far and
Wide. Yet there is no burning lamp in the
lantern, and no attendant ever goes to i5.
Tor the simple reason that there - no lamp
To attend 10, no wick to trim, and nc Oil to
repleuISh.
1he way in which this peculiar lighthouse
Is illuminated is this. On the Island of
Lewis, QUO feet or so away, is a light
house, and from a window in the tower a
stream Of light is projected on a mirror in
the lantern or the summit of the Ar:nish
Rock These rays are reflected 70 an ar
rangemenJ OF pTiSmS and Oy their action
are couvergcd 10 u focus outside the Ian
tern, from which they diverge IN the neces-
sary direction. The consequence is that
To all intents and purposes a lighthouse
exists which has neither lamp nor light
house keeper, and yet gives as Strviceable
a light-taking into account the require
ments OF this locality-as il an elaborate
and costly lighthouse with lamps, service
rOom,- bedroom, living roUln, store room,
oil room, water tanks and all other aCces-
series We're erected on the summit of the
rock
The morning times., 1896-12-20
SPORTS OF CRIMINALS.
Means by Which Convicts While
Away the Hours of Imprisonment.
Philadelphia Press.

TIE sanr- o: criminals IS accomplished by
characteristic craft. This is especially
shown III me nietL ods In which tine new
conner is initiated into prison life.
ThenOvicei is Conducted into an iInpTOvised
court chamber where the judges are his
fellow-pris oIeFS. He placed upon a stand
and graveiy tried on pretended charge,
and he has barely been condemned when
The stand is suddenly drawn away, so that
ne is thrown violently upon the earth.
Many games necessarily imply resistance
.Opain q s an absolute condition of success.
FOreXample, there is the game of'needles'
One of the players places his closed fist
upon the table. L oltling steadily two needles,
one in each hand, the POINTS being slightly
exposed. 1t is the game then for a Gem
paniOn strike with his own fist those
OF the other, and it becomes a question of
endurance between the one prieked with
The needles and the one whose fists are
beaten by the others knuckles. These are
contests III which the fingers and hands are
wounded and the sears are an honorable
distinction.
Another characteristic OF the game of
criminals is the admiration shown for
physical force, manifested in the Cocihty
with which the vanquished in such sports
submit TO the brutality of the victOrs--a
thing observed among savages.
Finally, the insensibility to pain exhibited
III the sports of criminals proves that such
men are less acute in their physical senses
as well as less sensitive to the pains OF
others, since what seems to others use
lessly cruel is only the usual thing with
criminals As the drunkard, his taste
ha rdenedby alcohol hasneeG Ofa stimnlant
constantly stronger, so in the case OF the
criminal. the nervous system demands
s.imuIants so strong that to the ordinary
: eady-going individual it W ould be actually
painful
The morning times., 1896-12-20

Indians and many Of them Joined him
against the allies OF the MeXicans.
A few months before the battle OF san
JaCintn, when the fortunes OF the Texas
republic We're at a low ebb, the Indians
about NaCogdcches began to show Signs
of resteSsness Hostile bands sur
prised settlers whose cabins were situated
beyond the reach of the settlement, burned
the cabins and murdered the occupants.
Gen. Houston went to live with the
Indians n what Is now Indian Territory
after he esigned the gOvernorShip of
Tennessee, and he made many friends
among them. He was averSe to stirring
them up. and lie urged Douglass not 10
attempt any retahatUry measures until
it was absolutely necessary. Accordingly
Douglass merely prepared NacosdoCl eS
for defense and took position
near the fort from which he declared
"all the Indians out OF hell" couldn't
drive him away.
The Indians came on in large numbers
from week to week, and IN their irregular
fashion invested Douglass position. The
women and children were placed within
the old stone fort out OF harms way
and the struggle commenced. The Indians
made many furious night attacks, but
were always repulSed with great slaughter
They outnumbered the whites, however,
and the siege lasted for many weeks. The
slOUtS bl the Ulu IOIJ : walls were clipped
off by bullets and the roof riddled
Provisions were almost exhausted and
the condition of the hesicSed was becom-
ing desperate when thenewS of San Jacinto
and the capture of Santa Anna came. The
Indians fled i'll diSmay and the siege was
raised. Douglass did net let them escape
unscathed. Following the largest body
with 100 men he overlook them in
swamp about twelve miles north of
NlcnpI,AIhpS W
on him. A bloody battle followed, and
the Indians were routed. Other bands
We're attacked and annihilated in the same
manner, and the settl erS returned in
triumph 10 NacOgdoches- The legiSla-
ture of Texas presented a sword to Doug
lass for his services, and made him com
mander of the militia Of the Northern
district Of the republic.
The Indians became troublesome again
i'll Gen. Houston's term as president, but
Houston, still averSe to fighting them
ordered Gen. Douglass to let them alone
Douglass resigned his commission in dis
gust and the depredations became more
frequent. When Miraheau b. Lamar be-
came president, and appointed Albert
Sidney Johnston as his Secretary of War,
Douglass was induced to take command cf
another expedition against them. He car
ried the war into the enemy'S country
again, defeated the Indians in three en-.
gageinents and burned their towns on the,
Sabine and Red rivers. This was the last
stirring incident in the history of old
Nacogdoches Its decline began about
1910. The old stone fort was converted
into a stOrehouse, and since then has al
different times served various purposes
Once 1t was used as court house Dur
ing the Civil War Gen E Kirby Smith
turned il into storage place for powder
aud ammunition which he used against
the Federal troops in the southwest A
few years ago 1t was rerUofed and is now
doing duty as a country store.
The morning times., 1896-12-20
Hippophagy In Paris.

The people of Paris are hippophagus to
remarkable degree, consuming ON an aver
age over 10000 horses and donkeys an
nually. Last year, according to the re-
turns, the ParisianS ate 23,396 horse, 439
donScys and Sc mules. This horse, donkey
anu mule flesh dressed ready for the butch
er's block. weight 3, $40 tons and was sold
at prices Varying from 2 sous to / franc
per pound, the latter being the price paid
for the best horse steaks--Ch hicago Chron-
olo
The morning times., 1896-12-20
WnnIPfrMl-

'"T'he hypnotist put Boozer under his
spell, and then, convinced him 1T was
rainincsveTy hard outside"
''Well?''
''Bonzer went home soakeG-"-Philatlel.
pIia North American.
The morning times., 1896-12-20
PROMPT Punishment,

''Thet Rhode Island tenderfopt si'lated
the rules OF the club by wearin' trousers
without no hip pocket
What did YOU do, suspend hiG?'
Yep, by the neckr'-Clevcland Plain
Dealer.
The morning times., 1896-12-20

j. W. Jones Entirely Cured by Munyon's
Catarrh Treatment.

j. W. Jones' residing o43 Eleventh
Il suffered from years. tried several
doctors and almost remedy got little or
relief Finally
Munyon and happy that after treat
under those physicians 1 IN entirely cured"
Mr.. DOddS IndOrSeS Munyon's Remedies.
Mr. W. D. Dodds. wel-known Pension Office employe
highly ndorses the Munyon
several and confident they do for
them, curing where others
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-23
The Curse of a Falling Market.
sighted selGshness.

A falling market is a calamity almost
as much TO be deplored as civil war. 1t
ruins merchants, manufacturers, and
farmers, throws men out of employ
ment. and leads in a double way to fail
ure. depression and panic. \ ve'y
slight fall between the time a merchant
or manufacturer buys his goods or ma
terials and the time he sells, may turn
his expected profit into Z loss-he bor-
rows money to tide him over, hoping
next year to recover; but prices fall i1r-
Their the following year, and instead o.
relief he finds the loan an eyer-inc"eas-
ing weight about mis- neck. Year after
year he struggles 10 regain what he mas
lost. but prices continue TO fall and his
difficulties to increase, until at last he
fails. His creditors, some Of them
wrestling like himself with falling
pr;ces. are further embarrassed by his
bankruptcy. and their names are soon
upon the list OF wrecks. Failures and
the natural impairment OF industry due
10 the discouragements Of failing mar
ket throw many out of work. Having
no employment they cannot buy as they
used 10. and a shrinking demand S ADJ
ed to the dangers and perp.eXiues oI
commerce. causing q further fall Of
nrices and new ruin, and so the inter
netting causes continue their sad work
1i,l stoppage and distinctions reach
such vast dimensions that we call them
manic. We are told sometimes hat
overproduction is the cause Of business
depression, and sometimes il IS true, Dut
generally it is not oyerproduction, but
under-demand or lack Of ability to nay
There is no overproduction so long as
human wants remain unsausfed. ] hs
warehouses are full OF pianos, 1t LOOKS as
if too many were made, but are mere
not millions Of families that would like
TO have a fine piano? Ii is better TO de-
velop the power of purchase than to cut
down the production, and w1en glut
has come wholly or partly fIom the
slrinkage of the power Of prucnase, the
cause should be recognized and an effort
made to restore the lost power
Falling prices are often UNJUST 10
dehtors-their debts remain the same
but their means Of payment strlAk-the
note calls for as many dollars as ever
but the number Of bushels OF wheat or
bales of cotton that must be sold 10 get
those dollars is double what 1t was WAeii
thu money was borrowed and me noe
was written.
Here is a table that tells tie story Of
the farmers fal!s-the Niagara OF agFl-
culture:
VALVE OF AN ACRES PRODUCT.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-23
WHEELING REGISTER, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER % 1896

Senator Cameron points n plain moral when
be remarks that if the United States would
venture to cut herself adrift from Europe and
take outright to silver, she would have eli
America and Asia at her back, and would COM
mand the markets of both Continents. "Ihe
barrier Of gold would be more fatal than any
barrier OF custom house The bond of silver
"woud DO stronger than any bond of free.
trade" There can be no doubt abont it, that
if the United States were to adopt silver
basis tomorrow, British trade would DO ruined
before the year, was out. Every American
industry would be protected, not only at homo,
but ia every other market. OF course, tho
States would suffer to a certain extent through
having to pay her obligations abroad in gold;
but the loss on exchange under this head would
be nero drop in the bucket compared with the
profits to DO reaped from the markets Of South
America and Asia,, to say nothing Of Europe.
The marvel is that the United States has not
long ago seized the opportunity, and but for tho
belief that tho way of England is necessarily the
way to commercial success and prosperity, I'M
doubtedlyit would have been done longaS6. Now,
A-aerjcans are awakening to the fact that
" SO long as they narrow their ambition to be-
" coming o larger England" they cannot beat
us. Il has boen q piece OF luck for Us
that it has never before occurred to tho
Americans to scoop US olt Of tic worlds
markets by going on silver basis, and it
might serve u3 right if, irritatel by the con-
ter4ptuous apathy of our Government to- the
gravity Of tho silver problem, the Americans
retaliate by freezing out gold. 1t could easily
bo done, and we propose shortly to show, by
evidence collected from perfectly appropriated
sources, that even now the process has begun,
md is proceeding at rate that will astonish,
most people, and probably make this country
reoret that it did not at an earlier stage fashion
:.s monetary policy On principles OF Friondiines',
TO other nations, instead Of on basis Of short
sighted .selGshness.