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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-22

and have been for many years the scenes
OF important gatherings. To estimate
how many people have beeh entertained
there would be impossible. Thousands
and tens OF thousands have felt at home
under the hospitable roofs. There the
Prince OF Wales stopped with all ms az
tendants during his visit OF severh GAYS
. this city. His presence created qu'te
sensation In political and social or
cles IL was there that the MARQUIS OF
Lcrnc Governor Of Canada. his wire "hu
attendants. were entertained. President
Hayes and stan were entertained thei''
and President Tyler and wife died IN me
Ballard House While in ms c'ty ''c
Count OF Paris. and the Duhe OF ''''s"1
were entertained at the Exchange i"7
Count. occupied room No 100. the same
which was IN IsN occupied by MAJOR a.
H. Drewrv, OF Wostovef. who was 'he
FIRST hoardcr at the Exchange. ana VINO
Is now warm friend OF Colonel AIchcr :.
Jenny Lind. Edwin Booth, John MeCui-
loch. Florence. jefferson. and all the
vocal and histrionc celebrities, have
fel; AT home at the Exchange and Bal
lard Headquarters for legislators nave
haeo established there for decades. me
lieut.naut-CovernOr and tho Speaker or
the House Of Delegates almost invari-
hbIy boarded there. while nearly ali the
big political questions Of the state have
been closely associated with the old FIX
change and Ballard. Bridal couples by
the thousands. tourists without limit and
wealthy people from all sections. sought
accommodations there. Few hotels In
the country are so widely known as the
Exchange and Ballard.
COLONEL ARCHER'S CAREER.
4 sketch of the Exchange and Ballard
would be by no means complete without
some reference TO the late proprietor,
Colonel A. w. Archer. who has
been the veteran proprietor of the tx
change" and done so much by
way OF Keeping UP the reputa-
ton OF the famous hotels. Colonel Ar
cher has been in the hotel business since
1871. lie was born In Chesterfield county.
For a short while he resided in BaltI-
more. He subsequently went 70 Peters
burg. and became clerk at Jarrctt's Hotel
in tha. city. He came 10 Richmond in
1873. on April 1si. 10 accept the position
Of night clerk at the Exchange and Bal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-22
EXCHANGE AND BALLARD.

EACfANtIt AMI BAIbAfeh
lard. which position he filled for two
years, and was then promoted TO a posi-
ton in the front Office. He subsequently
arose to the position of cashier. rms
was while Major b. + Eakle was chief
clerk. For some fifteen years Colonel
Archer was chief clerk, and attended 10
most of the business at the hotels until
he became proprietor.
Up to twelve years ago the charge
irrespective of the location Of rooms, was
50 per day to transients. Under Colonel
Archer's management the service was
greatly improved. and the hotels were
very popular. THE Veteran Proprietor
who had fought bravely in the Confed-
crate service. has been for years a great
favOrite with the travelling public. HIS
genial courteous manner, and good ma
ture, made him one of the most approach
able OF men, and hundreds who always
felt at home at the Exchange and Bal
lard looked upon Colonel Archer, not only
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-22

BOSTON. March 1J-Edward T. Sher-
man. stOwaway. is "a the point Of death
at the hospital lie was found yesterday
buried Am the cargo I'm the hold OF the
Warren Line steamship Kansas. where
he had been without a mor5el of food or
water for sixteen days
His eyes are sighfless owing 10 tho fact
that he was In the dark so long The only
thing he was able 10 secure 10 allay the
pangs Of starvation was the pitch which
COED ont OF a log Tie ate an Of this,
hut he was so penned IN that he was
unable 10 search for anything more.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-22

Messrs. j. r. Sheppard and l.. 7 Penn
berton went down 10 White House, on the
Pamunkey river. Friday duck-shootlng.
Not "A great many ducks were secured,
but each OF the gentlemen secured an
eagle. The one killed by Mr.. Sheppard
measured sir feet six inches from tip TO
tip. while Mr.. Femberton's was six feet
thr e inches.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-22

Coroner Taylor was summoned Friday
night 20 No. no Holly street to view INC
body Of Mr. Charles ". Booker who fell
dead very suddenly I'm bis room. Tho
Coroner. after ascertaining the circum-
stances, decided that the deceased had
come 10 his death from heart-disease, and
turned the body over 70 the family for
burial.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-22

'Among the laymen who helped to es-
tablish this Seminary stand high the
names OF DR.. Henderson, OF Georgetown.
in whose house the meeting was held
which fxed on Alexandria; Francis s.
Key, and. after its organization, Mr.
John Nelson. of Virginia, who collected
by his efforts . considerable sum OF
mnpss>
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-22

Mrs. Alexander 4. Tunstaii, OF WASH
ington, Is the guest OF Mis-. Alfred 1iay'
lcOS Park avenue.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-22

Miss Annie Emple Sheppard. whose io"s.
continued and serious illness has been
source OF soiicitude 10 her many frienns,
was able to be out one sunny day iaS'
week.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-22

Mr.. Hannibal Williams distinction and
drawing qualities decided the Woman
Club, under whose auspices he gave brii-
liant Interpretation OF Shakespeare Hen
nv " on Thursday night. that larger
ouarters than the club rooms would be
needed i'm fairness TO the public. Certain
w the visit OF the finished scholar 10
Richmond will be a memorable one for all
who had the pleasure OF attendance at
the Y. NJ. c. a. Hall.
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love Of him she severed herself from
her own people and from society, and
at her behest he abandoned his little
children and the woman of his own
race whom he had made his wife, leav-
ing them to go back to their lonely
Danubian home, while he remained In
Paris, revealing in unwonted luxury
and in the smiles and caresses of his
enchantress.
No ordinary tzigane was this Palika-
rus Ferko. All tziganes are picturesque
and attractive, but hardly one tzigane
In a century has the physical and ar
tistic attractions of this man. When
he first appeared in a Paris theater or
concert hall a short time ago his name
was on every ones lips, and thousands
thronged to see this tall, lean figure,
so gorgeously draped and with such
dreamy, voluptuous eyes. and to hear
him evoke from his violin music the
like Of which Is hardly ever heard out
side of Hungary and Bohemia, and
very seldom even there. Wild, uncon-
ventional music 1t was, such music as
only untamed nomads can play
Standing at night in his many col
ored flashing raiment before a thronged
audience Ferko would let himself loose
In real earnest. Softly he would begin,
but after the plaintive melody would
come rush of extraordinary sounds,
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HOUGHIN. A|FHN Z Co., HOLIDAY BOOKS
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I1e American REVOLUTION.
BY John F'iske illustrated Edition.
Containing % superb Photographers
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These volumes. which are of very high
order of value and interest are profusely
illustrated with superb portraits, maps, plans
of battles, pictures Of historic buildings and
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Cape Cod.
BY Henry d. Thoreau Holiday Edi-
ton Illustrated with 100 water col
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bound from designs by Mrs. Whit
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The great variety of the illustrations, the
happy choice of subjects. and their high
artistic character, make this notable Holt
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Friar Jerome's Beautiful Book.
By Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Printed in
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leather, handsomely stamped. Long.
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A Year in the Fields.
Eight Of John Burroughs delightful
papers, with ~ cQdIIlluS pictures
from photographs by Clifton john
son. limo, gilt top, $1.50.
Authors and Friends.
BY Mrs. James t. Fields. limo, artist
cally printed $1.50.
Very interesting papers on Longfellow. EN-
erson, Holmes, Mrs. Thaxter, Mrs. Stowe,
Whittier. Tennyson and Lady Tennyson.
The Supply at St. Agatha's.
BY Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. With
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An exceedingly good story. in an attractive
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Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Her writings, in New Riverside Edition,
From new plates. Thoroughly edited
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slrong passions that were the kevnote
OF Ferko's nature gradually burst into
ruiz play and helped to bring him to !,
swift and untimely end This man
Who with violin in his hand. was
such consummate artist, was ar
nearI an INCIDENT fellow. of quite COM
monpiace cal1ber AS long as he had
TO work for living he did his daiIy
work conscientiously, but, once laun-
ched on the sea of Partisan pleasures
he wallowed in it as only men of bar
bar1c instincts can. He garnbled night
after night; he drank heavily and con-
stantly; he plunged into many sorts
panlons remonstrances and confident
that his superb physique would with
stand all such assaults
He soon learned his mistake One
day he became suddenly i'll and took
to his bed Physicians, the ablest in
Paris, were summoned, but their skill
proved of no avail Riotous living.
a few days the petted tzigane was
dead
He died last week. and straightWay
all who knew his strange romance
wondered where and when he would
be buried. Not long were they left in
doubt. The girl who had chung to him
to the last announced that the funeral
service would be held in the Church
of Notre Dame des Victories, and
that the body would be laid to rest in
the famous cemetery of Pere la Chaise
So it was done, and never has any
prince or bishop been buried with
greater pomp.
Such was the end Of Palikarus Fer
ko. OF Bohemian Romeos he was the
first in our time, but not the last, for
since his death the news has come that
another Bohemian, equally deft on
the violin, has won the affection of a
princess. So itinerant musicians lord
it In palaces on the thresholds Of
which their forefathers would not
have dared to set foot
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thrown in contact. Among such as
Mrs. Stowe, James T. Fields, Whittier,
Longfellow, Holmes, Phillips Brooks,
Mrs. Thaxter and Miss Larcom. Mrs.
Phelps Ward has an especial gift for
writing Of this kind, giving in every
case some fresh insight into the per-
sonality under consideration. some
Illuminating anecdote. some intimate
revelation, which gives us sudden
glimpses of what biography might be,
did but biographers show such sym
pathy and penetration, such just ap-
probation of the ultimate Ego of those
whose lives they profess to reveal. A
chapter on Gloucester follows and one
on South Carolina, where the writer
was exiled for a winter.
In few pages headed cart for
Truths Sake Mrs. Phelps Ward
state explicitly her literary creed and
other creeds as well. She believes that
the literary artist should tell the truth
about the world he lives in,'' and that
moral character is to the human life
what air is TO the natural world. Eth
icism' cannot be left out of literature
until it is left of life, and in life 1t is
unacceptable. This is sound doctrine,
in spite of the many who deny it.
The book as a whole is not only a
charming volume of "reminiscences,
but an example of dignified reticence
for all future writer's of autobiog
raphies. Very few authors would have
been able to tell so much that is inter-
esting of their lives while saying SO
little about themselves as Mrs. Phelps
Ward has done.
C'Chapters From a Life" by Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps. Houghton. Mifain & Co. $1.50.
For sale by the st. Paul Book and Station
cry company.)
John Kendrick Bangs is very clever
and amusing-at times. Unbappily he
did not compose "a Rebellious Her
oine" at one of those times. The CEN
trail notion of the book is entertaining
for a few minutes, but does not bear
consideration we'll when spread over
PA pages. 1t becomes, in fact, stupid.
There are one or two flashes of Mr..
Bangs wit here and there which only
serve to light up the dreary waste of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-06
On Our Book Table.
BOOKS.


From the St. Paul Book and Stationery
G. P. Putman,s Sons. "The Maker Of
Moons" by Robert w, Chambers. 81. So
Harper C Bros. IAN Elephants Track y
by M F. M. Davis. $3.50. Tom Sawyer
Actions In the War Of 1872 - by James Barnes.
The Mystery OF Sleep" by John Bigelow
The Macmillan company. "A Book Of Old
English Ballads. with drawings by Geo.
Hamilton W.. Mabie.i 81. ssrhe. History of
Henry Esmond,' edited by Joseph Jacobs ST.
r. F. Fenno & Co. Dust in the Balance, .
by George Knight. 81 .25 THE Desire of the
Eyes,, by Grant Allan 81 Is.
The Century company. Century Magazine, :"
1896. st. Nicholas" 1896.
4. G. McClurg & Co. Fairy Starlight" by
Elizabeth Blakeiy. 81
Conan Doyle. $3.50. THE Little Regiment, .
by Stephen Crane. ST. "The Wampum Belt"
by Hezekiah Butterworth. $3.50. 1.-THE
Story Of the Nine" by Charles Howard
Shinn 81 80. With Fortune Made"
Ardick. Bucaneer, by F. H. Costello
so cents .Christines Career" by Pauline
King. 81 80.
j. B: Lippincott company. Philadelphia.
Jane by Marie Corelli. rs cents. "a Tri-
umph Of Destiny" by Julia Helen TweIls Jr.
$3.50. "A Golden Autumn" by Mrs. Alexan-
der. $1.25. John Littlejohn Of j., by George
Morgan. 81 rs.
Lee & Shepard. sFour Young Explorers
Merry Five" by Penn Sherley. rs cents.
Country Clouds and Sunshine, by Clifton
Johnson. 81 so. ~
Houghton, Mif1in & Co. Whitman,
Study" by John Burroughs. SLIPS. "A Genuine
Girl, by Jeanieg Gould Lincoln. 81 %. "A
R Second Century ofasCharades.'' by William
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-06
CHAPTERS FROM A LIFE" BY
ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS
WARD.
JULIAN RALPH IN CHINA.
STUDY OF WAGES AND
CAPITAL.
KATE DOUGLAS wIGGIN's LATEST.
"a RebeIIfous observation-disclosures, or
Virtue Rewarded''-'A ROmany
of the SnOws'-Netes.

The "reminiscences of Elizabeth Stu
art Phelps Ward, published under the
title of Chapters From Life" consti-
tute a rarely satisfying piece of auto
biographical work. At the very be-
ginning We are taken into a typical
home of kind which, unhappily, exists
no longer. and are introduced to Ando-
Yer life and Andover people as they
were in the days before the waS, days
of plain living, high thinking and a
wholesome narrowness whose mental
effect seems to have been distinctly
tonic. The setting is given with the
charm of this writer's best and most
restrained manner, and strong envy
springs up in the soul of the reader
who was not born in Andover before
the war, while life was still simple,
still full Of dignity and faith and a
fine self-respect as different as may be
from the restless. self-conscious, striv-
ing spirit Of today. Society in Andover
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Chapters from a Life.

BY Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, author Of
"a Singular Life" THE Gates Affair.""
etc. With "a portraits and other illus
/ trations.~ 12mo $3.50.
| One of the most delightful books Miss
| Phelps has written. full Of literary personal
and biographical interest.
The Story of Aaron.
| A Sequel to Little Mr. Thimblefin-
ger" and ''Mr Rabbit at Home"
BY Joel Chandler Harris, author Of
the "Uncle Renus'' books. With rs
Illustrations by Oliver HEREFORD,
Square 8vo. Illuminated cover, $500.
Aaron can talk with animals; he tells the
secret to the "Thimblefinger' children, and
here are the very interesting stories they
heard.
The Country of the Pointed FRS.
By Sarah Orne Jewett, author Of
Heron etc. 16mo, SIPS.
If we were asked to point out the most de-
try and its people published in this genera
tion we should unhesitatingly name The
Country of Pointed Firs.-Boston Herald.
Sister Jane, Her Friends and
Acquaintance.
the Uncle Remus'' books. etc.
Crown 8vo, $3.50.
Except "Uncle Remus," no person has
stepped out of old Southern life into litera-
ture quite natural and thoroughly rep
resentative as Sister Jane. The story is a
notable addition to American fiction.
Marin Lisa.
BY Kate Douglas Wiggin, author of
THE Birds Christmas Carol" etc.
$1.00.
Little Marin Lisa lis rresn child-fgure In
Fiction. The very interesting story Is the
longest story and one Of the best Mrs. Wiggin
has yet written.
A Little Girl of Long Ago.
BY Eliza Orne White, author Of 'sWin-
terborough," The Coming Of Theo-
DORA" etc. A charming companion
volume to Miss Whites when Mol
ly Was Six With Cover Design and
two other Illustrations. Square limo,
$10O.
Three Little Daughters of the
Revolution.
BY Nora Perry, author of "a Flock OF
Girls" THE Youngest Miss Lorton,"
etc. With illustrations by Frank L.
Merrill. Square limo, tastefully
bound, rs cents.
Sent, postpaid, by
WAI
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was largely theological. as a matter
of course, but it had other qualities as
well.
You must have cultivated society in
AndOver," an eminent Cambridge writ
er once said to the young girl, whom
he had met elsewhere, and she respond
ed honestly, ooh, but one gets tired of
seeing only cultivated people!
But even the peace of Andover was
broken up by the tumult of war time
1t was early in the sixties, too, that
Miss Phelps began to write. All the
world knows how the war influenced
her work and how ''The Gates Ajar''
grew out of it, but the story has never
before been told by the author, who
writes here simply and gracefully of
her first and great success. The chap
ters following are filled with remin-
iscences of the men and women the
world honors with whom she was
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HaW,s THIS!

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gists. Testimonials free.
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NEW YORK. Dec. 8-william G. Whitney
and his bride have new million-dollar
mansion. and they viii occupy it as soon as
they move into town from their beautiful
country house at Hampstead, L. /. Mr.. Whit
neys old homestead was at Fifty-seyenth
henceforth by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Payne
Whitney. The new mansion is at Fifth ave
nue. and Sixty-eighth street Mr.. Whitney
purchased it recently from A. L. Barber,
who bought it five years ago from r. L..
Stuart's estate for 1862 900. The house has
been largely altered and improved. and realty
in the neighborhood has enhanced very much
in value In the last few years. How much
Mr.. Whitney paid Mr.. Barber Is not known
definitely. but the purchase price with the
improvements viii probably exceed $1,000. 900.
The ex-secretary has had his own good taste
for his guide in the remodeling Of his new
home. The principal divisions Of the first
floor are great picture gallery running the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-06

the rest Of the book All pot boilers
are likely to be poor work, but a hui
morists p0t-boilers are the most dis
tressing specimens imaginable. We beg
Mr.. Bangs not to ALLEVIATE his friendly
audience by the publication of any
more rubbish such as "a Rebellious
Heroine
CA Rebelious Heroine by John Ken
drick Bangs. Harper & Bros 81 rs For
sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
"Alone in China" is the title of a
very interesting and delightful volume
in which Julian Ralph has stored his
impressions of that country as received
during journey in which he Stunned
the treaty ports and the hospitable
white people to be found there, and
spent his time inland and among ''the
real Chinese" The acuteness of Mr..
Ralph's observation is well known. He
saw far more things than do most
travellers in China, and different things
as well. The first ninety pages of the
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entire width Of the house at the back; a
great hallway that extends from the picture
gallery to the front door; dining-room
which there is ample accommodation for sixty
persons, and to which huge bay window
let's in a flood of light; great drawing
room and a noble library. When the folding
doors between the three rooms are thrown
open there is an unbroken space that will
furnish room for the largest assemblage of
persons ever gathered together in private
house. Opposite the library is another room
from which fine staircase ascends to the
family apartments upstairs. The house is
constructed of brown stone and is five stories
high. Its architecture is peculiar but hand
some, its most striking feature being great
dome that comes out of the roof. Mrs. Whit
portunity to occupy the position, apparently
reserved for her, as queen Of New York s
best society.
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The AK.

The AK is Of so great antiquity that its Grl-
gin is lost, though the Greek legends attrib-
ute it to of their mythical heroes. Stone
axes have been found in many countries Iron
axes have been discovered in Egyptian cat
acombs, and axes of bronze have been found
in almost every land in Europe. Flint axes,
for wood-cutting. were in among the
MeXicans and other Central and South Amer
lean tribes at the discovery of America The
axes of ancient times were badly made, having
most of the weight in front of the handle,
and being thus uncertain of aim, and inef-
fective in cutting power. Battle axes are
represented on the monuments of Nineveh
and Babylon. The battle AK of Robert Bruce
was so heavy and used with such effect that
it is said at the battle Of Bannockburn, he
Glove an Englishman in twain with one blow.
The battle AK of Charles Martele it is said
weighed thirty pcunds.-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat.
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Bellamy. ST. '.sister Jane by Joel Chan
dler Harris. 81 so.
From the publishers:
]. B. Lippincott company: An Autumn
Rand, McNally & Co. "Sons and Fathers"
by Harry Stillwel Edwards. s1.25.
c. w. Dillingham; Company Trains That
Met in the Blizzards"I by R. Pitcher Wood
ward. 50 cents.
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AN UNTTMELY ENDING.

Under such auspices a strange honey
moon began a few months ago. All
Paris wondered, but Ferko and the
infatuated girl cared not a jot. In
splendid luxury they lived and for a
season none were happier than they.
All that man could wish for Ferko OBJ
tanned, and in return he gracefully
submitted to all the whims and cares
ses of her who. had given UP the world
for his sake.
But in time change came. The
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Well, she gave him back love for
love, and, after cherishing him while
he lived, she buried him like a prince
when he died. And yet, mirabile dictu,
he was a tzigane, a nomad, Bohe-
milan, a gypsy in certain sense, and
she was cultured and high bred and
the daughter of a. millionaire. Yet for.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-06

rnan-American Gymnastics" q text
book for the. teachers Of gymnastics In
book is a compilation from sixteen of
the best known teachers of German
american gymnastics In the country
The material is so arranged as to make
1t useful for gymnasiums for women as
well as men,.
German American Gymnastics edited by
W. A. Stecher. + Lee e Shepard 49,
-Cornelia Atwood Pratt