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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-04
German i'm Manchester,

The Manchester COtlllOn club gave one
Of the most delightful germans OF the
season last evening az the residence Of
Mrs. Mollie g. Turpn. Tenth and Porter
streets. The merry dancers started upon
the floor promptly az $50 o'clock. and
were led by Air. Thomas Turpn. who in.
troduccd many new and pretty figures.
Promptly ~ y o'clock the dancers march
ell into the large dining hail. where a
most sumptuOus spread awaited them.
after which dancing was resumed and
kept up until about 30 o clock. when the
merry young couples wendell their way
homeward.
Among those present were the follow
ing: Misses Florence Holland. Matte Gil
lock. Gay GoOlsby Pessie Reid. Minnie
May. Gertrude. and Ellen Wesger Sadie
Chalkley. Katie Cox. Maude Patterson,
and Nina Owens. Messrs. Willis Pulliam.
Hamilton Chalkley. Harry Beattie. Willie
and Samuel Patterson. Clifton Robertson,
Allen Taylor. Thomas Turpin. Robert
Williams. Royal and Emmett Turpin.
Topy. Lacy. and Lorraine Fendley. Chap
eroncs Mesdamos NJ. o. Turpin. T.. w.
Weisigcr. and william q. Hartwell.
The Christian Band OF the Central
Methodist church will give a popcorn
tea tonight. at the residence Of Mrs. q.
~ Carr. lll0 Decatur street. There has
been an elegant musical programme ar
ranged FOR the occasion. Light refresh
ments will be served by the young ladies'.
and the proceeds Will 90 20 the new
church fund.
Mrs. william A. Allen is quite sick at
her residence out at Maury Cemetery.
Mr. Robert G. Petzold left on the 7.3O
train last night for Petersburg where
he will be joined by his mother. and they
Will proceed 20 Lunenburg county. 10
visit relatives for several weeks
The Building and Land Committee will
meet at o'clock this afternoon In the
Council chamber
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-04
RrCFPrIoN 10 EtV. MR. QCARLhs
By the Members of Broaddus Memor'"'
Ennii.f Nhmrcll, III, Nrw lhhrst.

The congrceation Of the Broddus Me
mortal Baptist church extended "a warm
and hearty reception last evening TO their
new pastor Rev. Mr.. II. J.. Quarles. Ihe
caiuce is situated on north lhlFty-sec-
oud street. between Broad ana MdIsiidi.
i'm addition TO the congregation OF INC
church there were present many HieInDol
of the various otner bdpuSl Chu' 0''0'
The church was crowded In addition
to the usual song and prayer services
tner. were four addresses. Mr.. W. H.
Williams, one OF the deacons OF inc
church. delivered an address IN pehan
Oi the church. ~
REV. Or. ". L. Wright of the Leigh
Street Baptist church. spoke IN oena'i
OF the churches OF Churcn Hi, while the
Rev. Mr. j. b. HutsOn, OF the flhe-SFc''
Baptist church, spoke in behah OF tHe
Baptist churches of the city.
kov. Or. l.. r. ThOrnhill. Of Manchestet'
delivered an address IN behaH OF the
BAPTIST Pastors Conference
In Il few well chosen and eXtcmporane-
Gus remarks the Rev. Mr.. Qudrles ad-
dressed his congregation, and made a
most favorable impression. lie Is an
easy. agreeable. and fluent speaker.
The new pastor succeeds Rev. JACOB
Sallade.
Rev. Mr.. Quarlcs comes to this city
from Luray Va. whore for seven years
he was pastor of the Main Street Baptist
church of that place Ills first charge
was I'm Clarkshurg. W Va. Rev Mr..
Quarles rs f0rty-nine years OF age. tie
was born i'm Louisa county. and was not
ordained until he was over thirty years
of age. lie has a family, consisting OF
a wife. two daughters, and a son. and
they reside M No. 2SOS east Broad street.
The pastor and his family have been
in the city about three weeks Mr.
Quarles IS one Of the most prominent
BAPTIST divines. lie Is especially well
known in the Valley of Virginia. where
he has done faithful work. lie is a very
apprOachahlc person. having those easy
and affable manners that make him
friends wherever he goes lie will great
city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-04

Richmond. ;. w Waymack. wife. and
John 4. j. Melton 10 Laura W. Melton,
- IA feet on north side Marshall street
~ feet 10 west Of Thirty-hrst. subject 10
deed OF trust OF Sl20 500.
j. r. Ward and wife 10 Rosa, wife OF
H. S. Jennings o feet on north side Clay
street % Ia feet west OF Third. $1,000.
IenrIcO. T.. l.. Duvars trustee and ). b.
Iunstan and wife 10 william r. Thomas.
=. feet on south side POwhatan street l3
feet west Of Carter St5.
John y. Jones and wife 10 United Sons
and Daughters OF Jerusalem's trustees.
] acre in TuckahOe district. adjoining
Tnsley tract. John Wickham and George
Anderson. deceased. $50.
Fred. :. Wlldbore's trustee 10 Sarah A.
Wildbore. III acres on Charles city road
seven miles below Richmond. $3.50.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-04
SEE DR. ~. ~. P.fRkER.
Aud Help Him DO something for the suf-
fering Poor.

Tho extremely cold weather Of the
past two days has caused the many
tramns that linger in this section OF the
country 90 seek shelter in che various
p0lice-stations, and the cells are hAed
with them.
Not only DO the tramps suffer. but there
are hundreds Of poor people who belong
right here i'm this city that are IN need
Of clothes. food. and money 10 pay tneir
rent. The charitably disposed can md
lots no do by making inquiries of DR.. W.
". Parker and other leading workers
among the worthy poor. and by visiting
the institutions about the city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-04

Goes TO Lynchburg by Way Of the James
River Branch.

Goes TO Lynchburg by Way Of the James
River Branch.
General Fi'zhugh Lee left this city for
Iynchburg by way OF the Jamos-River
branch Of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road Yesterday morninc. lie will remain
IN Lynchburg "a few days. when he Will
return to Washington going from there
with Mrs. Lee. 20 West Point Military
Academy to visit son who is studying
there. The General VIII leave Tor cuba
about the 10th of THIS month, and Will
probably take his family with him.
a telegram was sent our from Richmond
Wednesday night saying 10 WAS probable
that General Fitzhush lee would be- made
a Mason ION sight" hy the Grand Master
Grand Master A. x. Courtney was seen
last night IN regard 20 the report and
authorized me to say that IL was entirely
unfoundcd.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-04

AmorT the guests registered az the JET
fers0n yesterday were Hon. Marshall Nc
CorniitE OF Berryvilie. Va. one OF the
authors OF the Anderson Mccormick cleo
ton law: j. +. Barney. OF Meadowville:
Camille Borgers. of Belgium; Mr.. and
Mrs. Marx Goodstein. OF Brooklyn. Mr..
and Mrs Robert Dun Graham. OF New
York; Thomas Jefferson Randolph. OF
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-04

THE WADE. Dec. Disqualification
winter weather has arrived. The snow
is just the thing for the wheat. as II
was looking very badly.
Five hundred cords Of wood az Kin
ages Wharf. belonging TO different par
ties was destroyed by fire last night.
II caught from some unknown cause.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-04
4 .IIolly Tea

4 Holly Tea" will Doe given by tho young
ladies Of Holy Trinity church at the resi-
dcnce of the pastor of mat church. 3Dj
south Fourth street from % 10 10 o'clock.
A delightful programme. consisting of
musical selections and Rotations, viii
Ia rendered
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-04

Norfolk. Major a. 3. Taylor ana VIC
OF the United States army Arthur "
Milikin and wife. Of Boston.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-04
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-04

II IS impossible TO give an adequate
idea 81 Mr. Royals description of that
charge. n was graphic and vivid TO the
highest degree. But be showed very
plainly that the charge failed and Meade :
army WAS again saved from rOut and dls
aster by General Longstreet falling TO
obey General Lees advice 10 advance the
artillery with the infantry. His explIna-
ton ~ this was new and startling.
The J. T. 70 Stuart Monument Associa-
ton have made am arrangement with SIR
Rovau 10 give this lecture during the
winter I'm several cities in Virginia for
the benefit OF the Stuart monument fund.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23

II have often wondered Mrs. Grant. as to
whether the general was a Christian, and
as TO what ne thought about future state"
Yes, lie believed in Christianity" replied
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
Y rp~>4< <. Cp4.4~lA@
RELIGIOUS.

President Cleveland is expected to preside
at meeting in the interest of home mis-
sions at Carnegie Music hall New York
on March g. Rev. DR.. John Hail. president
of the home board, will be temporary chair
| man.
The report that Rev. DR.. John A. Brooks,
formerly of st. Louis, and now of Memphis
Tenn. has been called to the pastorate of
the London tabernacle is incorrect. Rev.
Thomas Spurgeon is the pastor, and he has
no intention of resigning.
Rev. Mr.. Sanger, pastor of the Free Meth
odist church at Rochester, Pa, who has been
conducting a series of revivals, was taken
suddenly i'll with pneumonia on Sunday In
stead of abandoning the meetings his young
wife took hold, and is conducting them with
great zeal.
Some time ago Senator Stephen B. Elkins
and ex-senator Henry G. Davis offered to
contribute $4,000 for college, to be built
at Elkins. w. Va, If the Lexington Presby-
terry would raise the same amount Rev.
j. McC. Duckwall of Berkeley Springs,
w, Va. has been appointed general canvas
ser by the presbytery, and there is a good
prospect that the stipulated amount will soon
be raised.
Work is soon to be started on the Phillips
Brooks Memorial library. to be erected in
Hyde Park. Mass. 1t is the gift of Mrs. e.
F.. Stetson of Boston, whose country home
who Is deeply interested in the Blue Hill
chapel where Bishop Brooks preached his
last sermon. The build ng will be Of wood
forty feet square, will cost about 81, 900, and
will be given to the directors of the Blue
Hill chapel
The Trappist monks at Okla, near Mon
treal have been detected in operating full
hedged still for the production of excellent
whisky At first the superiors claimed that
they were not aware of its existence, but
later they visited the revenue Office and Of
fered to pay a fine. The monastery is a
hive of industry, like the midiaeval retreats.
1t has a farm of 1000 acres. on which are
cheese factory, a hotel and sawmills, and
last year 10000 gallons of wine were made
on the place.
The General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church will be held in Cleveland
in May, and members Of the church are
looking forward to it with great interest
especially because the matter Of the adms-
sion Of women will come up. This was a
much-disputed question at the last confer
ence. and the amendment to admit women
as delegates was defeated This year two
women, Mrs j. w. Bashford, wife OF the
president OF the Ohio Wesleyan university
and Miss Trimble. missionary from China
have been elected as delegates and will ap
ply for admission. This will bring the ques-
tion up for discussion again.
Benjamin d. Slliman OF Brooklyn be-
comes the oldest living Yale graduate by
the death of Charles l.. Powell OF Alexan-
dria Va. Mr.. Powell was born in 1904, and
was graduated from Yale in the class of
1928. For several years his name has APP
peared first in the list of living Yale gradu-
ates Below his name, in the class of 1924,
was that Of Mr.. Sillman, who was born
just one year after Mr.. Powell.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23

Mrs. Grant. "He went TO church regularly.
i remember he always liked to be at church
en- .imc, and would be much annoyed il |
was not ready. During his stay in the
white house he attended DR.. Newman's
church, the Methodist church. though he
sometimes went to DR.. Sunderlands, which
is, you know, Presbyterian church,
"Did Grant ever think that the war would
go the other way?'
81 think he realized that 1t might" replied
Mrs. Grant, but he did not worry about the
future. He did what he had to do. He la ID
out his plans, and worked with all his might
to carry them out borrowing no trouble as
to what possibly might occur later on
q II n
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23

President Cleveland is expected to preside
at meeting in the interest of home mis-
sons at Carnegie Music hall New York.
on March g. Rev. Dr. John Hail. president
Of the home board, will be temporary chair
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-03

by Valentine Kyle's old herders, There
are children shouting about the school
house or playing by the river. From a
grove in the center Of the settlement a
white spire points upward like an
angels finger. And on Sabbath days the
rocks and ravines take up the sound OF
the bell and toss it back and forth till it
dies away in the hills, the music Of q
peace that must ever remain.
The Prophet still lives in the solitude
of his cave and finds his soul rest in the
peace of the beautiful valley. But he is
no longer a hermit. Once week he
comes to Weldon to preach, and, though
at first his teachings startled the people,
they have learned to look beneath his
eccentricities and see there the strong,
simple truths Of his religion Of nature
and humanity.
At the foot Of the loftiest cliff in the
Prophets valley there are two graves
marked by one stone and knitted to-
gether by mating Of vines and wild
flowers. The stone bears the simple in
scription, with the date of death added,
'Here lie Henry Kyle and Kushat, q
Sioux maiden"
The settlers often visit the valley.
Frederick and Valentine go there every
month, and as they stand by the graves
Frederick says:
"Your son died for me, my brother.
He died for mel"
THE END.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-03
SONGS OF The MOCKING BIRD.

Mccking birds can be taught almost
anything in the way of tunes. Macon
used to boast of bird that whistleo
"Dixie," and years ago Frenchman
travelled about the country playing
airs upon the piano which his bird
would follow accurately. At the Pu
laski house, in Savannah, a Negro
used to keep a bird that would whistle
a good alto to tunes his master whis
tied.
One of the most popular errors con
cerning the mocking bird is the belief
that he has no song of his own that
he adopts and blends only the notes
of other birds into & song. This is
pure nonsense. The young mocking
birds reared in the garrets of great
cities and beyond the reach of the
songs of others sing as do the natives
in their freedom, though not as
strongly, since they lack the inspira'
ton of mates, the mellow sunlight
and liberty. Their song is, in fact, q
number of songs, but entirely original
No man ever heard the division o1
the mocking-bird's song in any forest
That he intersperses them with cat
calls, the hawks screech, the whir o.
the bull-bat and the chickens melan'
choly "peep," and notes from other
birds is true, but these are only char
acters in his recitative ballad, features
in the romance of his summers. That
he sings his parts backward and for
ward and combines them anew is also
true. The mocking-bird's song is tc
the ear what the kaleidoscope is tc
the eye, and the combinations of bis
songs are as endless as the glass forms
in the toy. But the song notes are
the same.
The bird is probably the most con
tinuous singer in the world, but there
are two weeks out of every 81 when
nothing can tempt him to sing, and
that is when he is molting. At such
times he may be found moping in g
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-03

In ITS WORST FoRM.-The most
Objectionable form of non-production
is that which adding nothing to the
worlds stock, is ever seeking to Sc
cure wealth by trickery, cunning and
device. 1t matters not whether man
uses cards or plies his trades on the
race track or by options and deals, it
is all gambling and Objectionable !;
stock and grain gambling disturbs and
unsettles regular values and legitimate
transactions and tempts men from
honest industry by the prospect Of
enormous gains to be acquired by this
species of legerdermain. 1t is greed in
its worst shape, deadening every moral
feeling and rendering its victim incap-
able of an honest exertion. These
non-producers are drones in the hive
of public life and should be eliminated.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-03
for the nromoion of the politita Saeal agrtultnral

from the seed may be kept during the
fall and winter with as little trouble
as the ordinary sets are kept"
asked him to tell me how it was
done, and he said {: "Why you simply
plant the seed in drills, about two feet
apart, for hand cultivation, making
the drills an inch and-a-half or two
inches deep. After the seed have come
up you thin out the onions, leaving
them about four inches apart in the
drill, or three to the foot, and cult.
vate them the same as you would
onions grown from sets. Keep them
free from grass and the roots well
covered with soil. ANY land that will
produce bale of cottou to the acre
will also produce fine crop of large
size onions in one season from the
seed.
"a great many people have the idea
that the proper thing to do in culliva-
ting onions is to draw the dirt from
them. This is a mistake. I have
grown fine large onions three inches
below the surface, and they are not so
fiery as the surface raised kind.
"In regard to the soil for onions, l
will say that while the kind I have
just mentioned will do all claim,
that the richer the soil the better the
results. You cannot make the soil
too rich.
"One other point. A great many
people experience difficulty in saving
their onions after they are raised.
This is quite natural, owing to the ma
ture of the plant. When onions are
produced from sets, the vegetable will
commence to decay in a very short
time after it has matured /; but when it
is produced from the seed, the germ is
exactly in the same condition as il
only set had been raised, and it will
not commence to die until the follow
ing season." SAM M. GRIsT.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-03
ONIONS FROM THE SEED.
They Can BE Developed To Full Maturity
In Single Season.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.

Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
GREENvILLE, S. c., September 2S.-
While at Fountain Inn, in this county
recently, l had the pleasure of max
ing the acquaintance of Mr.. ]. +. G.
DuPre, who is the head of the hortl'
cultural department at Clemson col
lege, and found him to be very pleas
ant and intelligent gentleman and well
posted as to his special branches.
Mr.. DuPre informed me that what
he knew about horticulture was moi
learned in any school or college, but
from practical experience. He was
sheriff in Abbeville county for II years
and served four years as county com
missioner, and it was duriag this time
that he made practical study of the
subject of horticulture, as means OF
recreation, and by reason of his knowl
edge of the subject, he was selected to
take charge of this important depart
ment at the farmers college.
He told me a great deal about vege'
tables and flowers that | did not know
before. l was specially impressed
with what he had to say about the
cultivation of onions, and have con-
cluded that it might also be of inter
est to the readers of THE ENQUIRER.
Mr.. DuPre said: "There are very
few people who know that it is posi-
bic to raise large, completely devel'
oped onions in this section in one sea-
son from the seed, but such thing
can be done with ease. We have
raised over 300 bushels on an acre o1
ground at Clemson, and they were as
fine and large as one would wish to
see or have, and onions raised direct
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-03

HATS OFF TO The FLAG.-Secre-
tary of War Lamont has made no
more popular innovation during his
incumbency of the war portfolio than
his new regulation concerning the low
ering of the national colors on military
posts at sunset. The flag is no longer
unceremoniously pulled down imme-
diately after the firing of the sunset
gun, but its descent is marked with a
dignity and decorum becoming the
country's ensign.
Under the new rules the usual re-
treat call ls sounded, after. which the
gun is fired. Then the band plays
the "Star Spangled Banner" The
flag is lowered slowly, and must not
touch the ground until the last chord
of the national anthem has been sound
ed. To make the scene more impress
sive, every one within hearing distance
stands while the band is playing, and
the men doff their caps.
"It is most impressive sight," said
Congressman George B. Mcclellan,
who was a member of the board Of
visitors to West Point this summer, "to
witness the lowering of the flag under
Secretary Lamont's order. 1t is not
only impressive, but it teaches every
one to have proper respect for the
national colors. Men, women and chill
dren seem to draw inspiration from
the scene.
"While at West Point saw crowds
of young fellows from the city, gay,
thoughtless fellows, lift their hats, and
stand in reverential attitude until the
colors fell. 1t was because they saw
what respect the military had for the
flag. 1t is too bad we cannot have
such a scene enacted nightly on every
street of all our large cities"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-03

A DUEL WITH PILLs.--An extraor-
binary duel, which at the time created
an immense sensation, was one in
which the decision was arrived at, not
by swords or pistols, but by means of
deadly poison. The men-who, it
is hardly necessary to say, had fallen
out over lady-had left the arrange
ment of details to their seconds, and
until they faced each other they did
not know by what method they were
to settle their differences.
One of the seconds was a doctor,
and he had made up for the occasion
four black pellets, all identical in size
and shape. "In one of Them" he
said, II have placed a sufficient guam
tity of prussic acid to cause the al
most instantaneous death of any one
who swallows it. We will decide by
the toss of coin which of you is to
have first choice, and you will alter
nately draw and swallow a pill until
the poison shows its effects"
Two of the pellets were then taken
as the toss had decided, but without
effect in either case.
"This time," said the doctor, speak
ing of the two pellets remaining, "you
must both swallow the pill at the
same instant"
The choice was again made, and in
a few seconds one of the men lay dead
on the grass.