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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17
FIFE Ar BITTERY PARK NORM.
Kitchen and Rooms over Dining Hall
Badly Damased-Loss $4,000.

ASiENILLE. y. c., April l6.-Fire
broke out in the kitchen Of Battery Park
Hotel this morning at 7:i5, and for a
time il seemed that the entire building
would BIO destroyed. BY 10 o'clock the
flames were under control, before they
reached the main building. There were
30 guests, many OF whom will remain.
and the hotel viii go on as usual.
The kitchen and stories over it were
ruined, and the rooms over the dining
hail badly damaged. while the roof was
cut to pieces In the efforts OF the fire.
men 10 locate the flames from time 20
time. Lack OF water pressure. the hotel
elevation being 200 feet above the aver
age height of the town, prolonged the fire
somewhat Tho loss is in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000. and fully insured. The
hotel will be repaired at once. but as the
main part is uninjured guests will be re-
oelyed as usual.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17
Hastings Court.

The following cases were disposed OF
in the lIustings Court before Judge WIT
and a jury yesterday:
Walter James alias Thomas Williams
was convicted Of grand larceny and sent
TO Jail for eighteen months.
James Gibbs was convicted OF breaking
into "A car OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Company. lie was sent TO jail
for thirty days and fined one cent.
william Cussins was charged with the
same offence. but the jury being unable
to agree. had 10 be- discharged and the
case will be tried again during the next
term.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17
The Clay-Nard Branch

The Clay ward branch OF the Demo-
cratic League for Good Government VIII
hold an important meeting for business
tonight at 5 o'clock.
Owing To the fact that 6aiewood's
Hall is engaged for other purposes. the
meeting will be held AT the hall of tho
Jr. O. L. a. NJ, corner Broad and Nun
ford streets.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.

UNION STOCK YARDS. ILL, April
1G.-Catuo: Receipts, $500 market
steady. common 10 extra steers. S35O0
"a. stockcrs and feeders S2gO03aO.
cows and bulls, Sl5Og3.25; Texans. $50
1880
Hogs-Receipts, $1,000; market weak
and 5GlOc. lower: heavy packing and
shipping lots. 84'03.6J; common 10
choice mixed S}.4Cp3.T5; choice assorted
So sNi4o0: pigs. s3O0o3sj.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000; market slow
ana steady: inferior TO choice $2.7JG3G5;
limbs. S3lIMlIU.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17
ST. LOUIS MARKET.

ST LOUIS, MO, April 1G.-Flour I'M
changed.
Wheat higher; July. Csc. bid; August,
G34ic. bid.
corn higher: May. 27k027iLc bid; July,
2s3.c
oats higher. May 1850. bid; July, l0Hc.
Pork-Standard mess new, $50; old,
81 %.
Lard-Prme. N72is; choice Sl77i4
Dry Sailed Meats-Boxed lots shout
ders. 1872: longs $3.50; clear ribs and
clear sides. $40
High wines steady at Sl22.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17
10 MEET IN UILMIA GTON.
Southern Baptist Convention VIII A.
senble There i'm 1897.

The Baptists of Wilmington. n. c..
have extended cordial invitation TO
the Southern Baptist Convention TO meet
in the First Baptist church in that city
In May 1891, and have offered 10 enter
tain free of charge the delegates to the
convention during their stay there. For
some years the question OF free enter
tainment has been something Of a prob
lem since the convention has grown SO
large, and IL is almost certain that the
invitation of the Wilmington Baptists
will be accepted when the convention
meets IN Chattanooga next month.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.



Quotations: Wheat-Longberry ~ 10
Sic: mixed IS 20 Sic; shortberry' " 10
Sic. No. red. Sic.
Corn-White. Virginia. 37c.; No. white.
3Gil to SIC: No. . mixed. SO TO 36i.c.
Oats-No. = mixed. 25i9c.: No. mixed
2ls,c.; winter seed, 20 to 2sc.
Rvc-43 10 acc
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17

morning and proceed IN her to New YORK;
making the examination en- route.
The trip to New York is not TO accom-
modate the board but to allow inc
Indiana to take on ammunition anu
stores and undergo some slight repairs
at the Brooklyn navy-yard
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17

BALTIMORE. MD. April 1G.-Virglnia
Century. GO7 H6i. Baltimore and Ohio.
80 asked; Northern Central. 40 asked.
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern nrsts.
aSi 1q9is: do. income bonds. bid: Con-
sohdated Gas stock. GE.0C5; do. bonds.
G's. il3 bid. 5's. j. asked.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17

Cash quotations were rs follows: Flour
was dull and unchanged; spring wheat,
G4asNGGc.; No. red. Gsi&Q70c.. No. ,
C, IN. 3OAM3tHc.; No. oats, l9},N2Oc.;
mess pork. $3.50 $50; lard. s4o0a4 a2h:
short rib sides. s4.35Q44o; dry sailed
shoulders. S45oQ4G2k: short clear sides,
"a yD04. G2i5,' whisky SIP.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17

Union Bank OF Rich'd. 80 1l2 -.
Virginia Trust Co......10O -. lOSk
Insurance Companies.
Va Fire and Marine. % 32ls "a
Virginia State ..........2o -
Miscellaneous.
a. II. co. preferred loo 20 100
\. II. Co. cOmmOn...... ~ OS3
Quotations arc for bonds maturing in
not less than ten years.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17

NEW YORK, April 1G.-In the dry
roods market today reports Of retail
trade show a failing of for three days
Of the week. a result attributed TO the
extreme heat which prevailed. The
iobbing trade was quieter also but both
retailers and jobbers have had a better
weeks business. so far. than for some
time past. the former materially So
The primary market has shown but little
change from the conditions noted IN re-
cent reports. Hu
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17
LONDON BAR SILVER MARKET.

LONDON. April l6-Bar silver.
80 l5-lGd. Consols. 10 1916 for money
and III for the account.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17

southern flre-Prool Company. l3,uV1 UD
10 is rumOrcd that the gentlemen who
are opposed 10 the erection OF a new
courthouse have employed Mr.. Archer
w. Patterson To- get out AN injunction
against the board, but 70 could not be
confirmed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17
TOBACCO EXCHANGE.

Richmond Va. April 10. 1895.
Private sales reported TO the secretary
of the Richmond Tobacco Trade to-day:
Wrappers, 2 hogsheads: filters. 10: sum
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17
A Well
Dressed Man

Gets more consideration
than a shabby individual.
The shabby man may really
have more ability than the
other, but the casual OBJ
server won't believe it.
It's a matter of business
to be well dressed. 1t may
be wrong, but people often
Judge a man by his clothes.
If you would pass favor
ably you cannot make a
mistake in buying your
clothing of us. We sell
Won none but the BEST.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17
THE BIDS SUBMlTTED.

Twenty-Three Different Contractors Want
the Contract.
The Henrico Board of Supervisors met
yesterday for the purpose OF receiving the
bids for the erection OF the new court
house. Twenty-three bids were submit
ted. The board VIII meet again Mon
day. when one of the bids will probably
m. ncn.nlnl Thn hIns Mnre ns fnllnNNs.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17
RIcIMoND STOCK MARKET

EIchmOuu, va, AprlI 10, lNyO.
salcs-2.OJO Virginia Centuries at COS.
Government Securities. Bid. Asked
IL = ~. - md = 1907 1O0
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-06-26

1t is impossible to find such an inge-
NOUS method OF escape from a dilemma
that its very ingenuity shall react on
the head OF the too clever originator,
Mr.. spielmann, in his History OF
Punch" gives an amusing case in
point.
Z On the occasion of the wedding OF
the Prince of Wales, a brilliant COM
pany assembled at the publishing office
Of Punch to see the cortege pass. SOth'
ern, one of the invited guests, arrived
On the other side of the way, but was
unable to cross because Of the dense
crowd. His friends caught sight Of
him and pointed to a policeman. Sotlf
ern took the hint.
sect me through" he whispered, "and
I'll give you a sovereign"
Afraid / can't" said the man, re.
gretfully, '.but I'll try"
He did try, but unsuccessfully, for the
closely packed crowd Indignantly pro-
tested against being disturbed. Sothern
was at his wits end. He could not
bear the thought Of losing such a din
ner, and in such a company. Then an
ingenious idea came to him.
"Put your handouts on me, and drag
me across, and I'll give you two sover
eigns," he said to the policeman.
The man seized the idea and Sotherr
at the same time. He slipped on the
handouts, and with a loud, Make way
thereW dragged his prize through the
mass of humanity which before had
refused to stir, but which now parted
and squeezed and gave all its energies
to the task Of assisting the custodian Of
law and order In his efforts to arrest
~lawbreaker. After much pushing, ant
some rough handling, the d~lshevellet
comedian was landed at Punch's pub
fishing door.
you'll find the money in my waist
coat pocket said sothern.
But he did not observe that after thu
policeman had secured the money
stealthy addition was made to it by on
Of his Punch friends, who found Soth
ern's device so original that 1t suggest
ed to him q further development.
The policeman suddenly disappeared
in the crowd, and not till then did tn
comedian realize that a timely brib
had left him to mix with his friends TO
the rest of the day, and to eat his Dime
with his hands firmly secured in tn
manacles.
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wan Paper ana candle Light.

Every ono knows that when the
walls OF a room are papered with a
light paper it looks much mere cheer
fui, but we hardly ieallze the great
difference between dark and light pa
pering. A scientist has now
measured 1t in a systematic way, and
has come to the following results
Suppose the room is conyered with
black cloth, and requires 100 candles
to give it a certain degree of light
Ii you take away the black cloth, and
paper, the room with dark brown
paper, 81 candles give the same
amount OF light With blue paper
~ candles will do; with fresh yellow
paint 80 candles give as much light,
and with clean deal-board. walls, 30
candles are sufficient But IL the
room be painted in white, Is candles
make 1t as light as 81 candles with
the dark drown surroundings. The
conclusion is evident. Not only Is it
bad for the eyes to have a sudden con
trast of dark and light but it is also
much more expensive to light u
candles where two OF three would DO
sufficient.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-06-26
FouH.lEAF CLOVER.

q know a place where the sun is like gold
And the cherry blossoms burst viii
snow;
And down underneath is the loveliesi
nook,
Where the four-leaf cloyers grow.
One leaf Is for hope, and n Is for faitn'
And one is for love, You know;
And God put another one In for luck
II you. search, you will find where they
grow.
But you must have hope, and o must
have faith;
You must love and be ~strong-and So
II you work, II you wait, you will find the
place
Where the four-leaf clovers grow.
b-Ella Higginson, in MeClure's Magazine
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4 aroat secret society Mar

A greatest secret society man in
America is Abner Markoe. of Chicago
at least that is what Mr.. Markoe
says himself, and he would like some
person to dispute his claim. Il an
So years Of age,n said Mr.. Markoe.
sand / am a member Of AZ societies.
/ have taken the highest degrees in
Masonry, Odd Fellowship and the
Knights Of Pythias, and hold chairs
in several Of the fraternal insurance
orders Idon't think there is another
man in the United States who has
such a record. A man in Pnilpdelphla
comes the nearest He belongs to 80
secret societies"
s.Don't you get your grips confused
sometimes?"
s.No,p said Mr.. Markoe, .'because
I use the signs and grips of only three
orders. 1t would take a man with
two heads to remember AZ OF them"
New York Mail and Express
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HeInrnl Hints.


An letters written to friends by a
nurse or patient during measles or ans
pther contagious disease, no matter how
sllght9 the case may be, should be thor
oughly baked in an wen before send
ing out of the house.
If, by any chance, books have beef
used by a patient in illness, such rs
scarlet fever or any other contagious
disease, they should be Immediately
burned up. This is the only safe way,
4 child recovering from such an at
lack may ask for his or her books to
MAY with. Let the books be given, II
the mother is willing, but they must b.
destroyed afterwards.
Even IL they have remained or
shelves in the room and the patient hal
not 90 much as touched them, they
should be burned, for books have a way
Of preserving germs Of disease, and
must be used only by people who art
not i'll with anything infectious.
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The or,rin AZ aFoolacann

Everybody knows what "~foolscape
paper is, but everybody does not know
low 1t came to bear that name. In
order to increase his revenue, Charles
|. granted certain privileges amounting
10 monopolies; and among these WI,
the manufacture or paper, the excIu
size right of which was sold to certail
parties, who grew rich and enriched tn
Government at the expense OF thost
who were obliged to use the paper. A
that time all English paper bore TIN
royal arms in water marks. The Par
lament under Cromwell made spor
~ this law in every possible
md, among other indignities to the
memory OF Charles. 1t was ordered
hat the royal arnfs he removed from
The paper, and that the fools cap ant
bells should be used as a substitute
When the Ramp Parliament was pro
rogued, these were also removed; but
paper of the size Of the Parliamentary
Journals. which is usually about sew,
enteen by fourteen inches, still bears
the name Of 'foolscap."
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-06-26

Tse New York Herald prints a col.
faction Of sayings. mor or less witty.
nrovoked by the long windeduess Of
,,resome speakers-a fault which too
often provokes something worse than
a humorous complaint.
A gentleman and lady came out Of A
Madison avenue church at an hour
later than usual.
"That was a finished Sermon" she
said.
ayes, at last he answered.
John Corning, when superintendent
of the Central Pacific Railway, on the
occasion Of a visit to his brother. Eras.
tus. in Albany, was taken to church,
and heard q sermon remarkable for its
length.
"What do you think Of our preacher9"
asked Erastus. as they left the church.
"He is very fine, but has poor ter
mInal facilities" answered the practi.
cal railroad man.
Henry Ward Beecher was once the
subject Of "a cane presentation, and
stood while the spokesman Of the don-
ors made a speech that IA into an elabl!
crate grafton.
"He didn't want me to have the cane
until I really needed It," saidthepreach-
er, to an intimate friend who comment
ed on the length Of the speech.
Paul Morphy, q chess player, once at.
tended church in New Orleans, when
the bishop Of a foreign diocese wal
present. The young rector had prepared
a sermon In honor Of his distinguished
visitor, in the delivery of which he tired
every one except the bishop, who paid
close attention. Part Of the congrega.
ton left the church.
.Well," said the chess player, that
preacher Is the first man l ever met
who hadn't sense enough to stop when
he had nothing left but a bishop"
Or. Elisha Kane, on returning from
his great Arctic exploration, was invit.
ed to a banquet In New York, where an
a~fter-dlnner speaker talked an hour.
doctor, what did you think of tho
speaker" asked a friend.
at was like an Arctic sunset" an.
swered the explorer.
what do you mean by that"
Bright and interesting, but provok-
ingly long In operation" replied the
Doctor.
Spike Brady. who was n well-knowu
baseball player in the Mississippi val
ley a few years ago, once attended
church in Dubuque, Iowa, with his
club, which went ON special invitation.
The preacher, thinking he might moi
again get a hearing from the boys,
made a special effort that consumed
much time.
"Spiken was asked what he thought
Of the preacher.
"Got round to third all right, but was
IN ice wagon In getting home" the
all-player answered.
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Eaxored and Petted.

One day. while they were boys, Dan1
iel Webster and his elder brother, Eze-
kiel. attended a fair, and were each
given a little money. Daniel" asked
the mother at night, what did you do
with your money!
'Spent it." answered Daniel.
"And what did you do with yours,
Ezekiel?'
Lent 1t to Daniel" the brother re-
piled.
THAT answer Gums up the story of
Webster's home life In childhood" says
n Of his biographers. Every one was
giving, or lending. to Daniel OF their
money, their time, their activity and
their love-" He vas regarded as q sort
of prodigy, and people were ready to
help him. Ezekiel would tax himself
to do something for Daniel, whether
playing, working Oh studying.
Mr.. Thayer, who refers to this incl
dent in his book, Successful Careers"
thinks the petting was due In part to
Websters nature, which ~magnetized
those with whom he associated. Says
this author:
"He was one Of those rare and fortu-
nate beings who, without exertion,
draw to themselves the devotion Of
other people, and are always surround
ed by men and women eager to do and
suffer for them"
Mr.. Thayer's explanation is justified
,Jy the fact that during bis political
career the manufacturers Of New En-.
gland and the merchants Of Boston
were always ready to honor his drafts
There was probably not a retail store
In that clty-grocers, haberdasher's OF
tallor's-that would not have charged
whatever he might have bought, though
the proprietor knew 1t would be o
long account" Most Of them would
hardly have thought of complaining Il
the credit given had never been honored
by payment.
Webster magnetized them altman
~ufacturers, merchants, jobbers, retail
ers-as he did the massive crowd al
Bunker Hill, which had gathered II
thousands to hear his grafton. Tit
multitude surged up against the plat
form, on which were seated the digni
taries of the nation. and threatened Il
wreck 1t. ~Constables, marshals, ant
the presiding officer tried, in vain, Il
restrain the eager crowd Of people
Mr. Webster stepped to the edge Of the
platform, and In a voice as resonant as
a cathedral bell, said. Gentlemen, you
~, .1k 4. 4
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A countryman In Alabama has discoy-
cred a novel and profitable use for MS
small flock of geese, such as, If II IS
found successful, will ave much
20 the farmers in the South.
When 1 was In Alabama, between
Porter's Gap and Millerviie, ! came TO
4 country place where a man was driv-
ing ten or twelve geese from a bunch to
4 cotton patch.
"Why," said 1. what Is 1t you have
on the necks Of those geesef"
"Those are gourds full OF water !
drive the geese into that cotton patch
and keep them there all day wedding
out the cotton. There is no water in the
cotton patch, and l have to give them
water in this way to keep them there.
chose geese will weed out more cot
ton In a day than two people would.
They win eat the grass and weeds, u
they won't touch the cotton"
aBut how do they get the water out
OF the gourds under their necksT
They drink out of each others
gourd. Each gourd has an opening In
the side, 80 that another goose ian put
his bill Into the gourd and drink. II
you will stay here long enough you VIII
,ee 1t for yourself"
I waited there half q day to see that
performance, and dnaliy / saw 1t. the
geese did Just as the man said they
would. When a goose got thirsty be
walked up to his neighbor and cooliy
drank out of the gourd on his neck.
When asked IL he had yet made a
crop with the help Of the geese, he re-
old that he had made a small crop last
rear, but only had a limited number
If geese, as he was only experiment
ng.
This year he has over q hundred
geese in harness, and they have succeed
ID In keeping his crop cleaned out SO
Tar. He has 100 acres under cultiva-
ton, and says that he will make the
best crop he has v e made.
When asked how he came to think OF
lsing the geese as farm hands, he re-
,lied that two years ago he had a small
,atch Of cotton near his house. In this
,atch thR geese raised about his yard
we're allowed to run.
He noticed that the cotton had little
,r no grass. and no weeds at all, and
,egan to watch the geese. He found
hat they literally ate every weed and
.very blade of grass. but they did not
ouch the cotton.
Finding how valuable they were for
his purpose, he resolved to try them
m a larger scale and is delighted with
,f3 experiment.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-06-26
The Queens Avenue.

Queen Elizabeth not only seemed to
have all the prerogatives of power, but
excited in her subjects a chivalry which
would no doubt surprise a monarch OF
the present day quite as much as it
might delight him. One of the most
gallant services ever rendered her, al
most as lattering as the offer of Sir
Walter Raleigl's cloak to save her feet
from the mud, is connected with Hamp-
den House, the home Of the great En-
glish patriot.
The Hampdens were a great family
for many centuries. and a stanza
quoted in 'Tvanhoe' Is typical of their
Importance:
Tring, Wing and Iyinghoa,
Three churches all Of q row;
These three Halnpden did foregoe
For striking of the Black Prince a blow,
And glad he did escape soc.
Hampden House stands on the sum-
NIT Of the Chiltern Hills, and is about
three miles from Princes Risborough,
which was the residence Of the Black,
Prince. 1t IL not unlikely that, during
some alteration between subject and
prince, high words may have been
used; that the lordly Hampden of that
earlier day could not restrain himself,
and In the heat Of dispute thoughtless-
" struck the Prince; but of this there
Is no authentic record.
But the most interesting tale is told
Of an open glade or avenue In front OF
Hampden. 1t is said that Queen bllE-
abeth, on her visit to the grandfather
OF the patriot, was shown to her room
by Mr.. Hampden. On looking from the
window, she was struck with the gran
deur of the timber and beauty of the
landscape. and asked:
DO you not think, Mr.. Hampden,
that IL you had an avenue opening down
the hill 1t would be an Improvement
Next morning she looked out again,
and there on the hillside lay the scores
of noble trees which had obstructed hei
view. The Queens Avenue had been
made.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-06-26

rs DS ESSNCk Va eNA$NCbbs
One day in huekleberry time, when itltite
JohnnxIlaRs
Aadl..aiI q dozen other boys were starting
with their pals
To gather berries, Johnny's pa, In talking
to him, said
That lie could tell him how to pick so he'd
come out ahead.
First find your bush" says Johnny's pa,
"and then stick to it till
1ou've picked it clean. Let those go
chasing all about who will
In search of better bushes, but it's picking
tells, my SON.
20 look at fifty bushes doesn't count like
picking one"
And Johnny did as he was told; and, sure
enough. he found
,y sticking to his bush while all the others
chased around
n search of better picking, twas as his
father said;
Tor, while all the others looked, he
worked, and SO came out ahead.
aud Johnny recollected this when he be
came n man;
and first of all he laid him out a well
determined plan.
80, while the brilliant %trilers failed with
all their brain and push,
Wise, steady-going Johnny won by stick.
ing to his BUSH"
Nixon Waterman, in st. Nicholas.
.a
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A RriUhf BOY.

The story goes in Boston that Gov.
Russell called on a friend a short time
lgo who had a very bright son, about
! years old. The Governors host was
very proud of Willie, and the Governor
talked g long time to the boy. Finally
The conversation shaped itself so the
Governor said: by reptiles we mean
Juch creatures as creep along the
ground. Can you name one as an ex.
nipple, Wilhe?"
Willie thought a moment, and then
milingly replied: "oh, yes; my little
baby brother" And the Governor went
down into the billiard-room.