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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-16
Travelling Passenger Agent.
Trip summer Excursion Tickets

Round Trip summer Excursion Tickets
North and East via II. 4. & =. II. X.
Summer excursion tickets TO the lead
ing northern and eastern seaside. water
ing. and mountain resorts, at low rates
via Z. L. & r. r. 4.
Apply az Richmond Transfer Company,
eO3 east Main street, ticket agent. Byrd
street station, or
c. A. TAYLOR.
Traffic Manager.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-16
Ifyoo wont 10 Have a Good Time

Join tho ersonally-conducted excursion,
. O'Clock A NJ, August 2lst C.. and o.,
Broad street,, 10 R0ckbridge Alum
Springs; returning, leave springs after
breakfast Monday August 24th. Rich
mond for dinner. 800 pays railway fare
and board bill at these famous springs.
Children under twelve half fare. Sec
hand bills. AIS ..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-16
G. A. TAYLOR
Traffic Manager.

The ofiices OF the Keeiey Institute OF
Virginia are now located in Richmond at
els east Franklin street. for the cure OF
liquor and drug additions aud neuras-
thenia.. Write for cir.ular. Correspou-
dence confideptial. Address the keslsy
Instituts. Box ~. Richmond VI
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-16

Miss Matte Rooney. one OF the vau-
deyllis performers al the Jeii eIsoh root
car on Broad street, az Ford. g Hotel
Friday night. Sho was ca'r.ed into
the hotel, and Dr.. u. j. Riddlell attend
ed her. Miss Rooney was all right yes
ferlaV.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-16

Car No. IS OF the Richmond Traction
Company ran into a wagon belonging 20
Mr.. Alley Adams, or King iliam
county. late Friday afternoon. The dam
age was not great.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-16
CASTORTA.
To i:- II
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Popular sea.hore Excursions via II. F. 3


On Fridays and Saturdays you can 80
10 Atlantic City. Cape May or Sea Isle
city at round-trip rate OF 50 from Rich
mond. Tickets good 10 return until the
following Tuesdays. Leave Richmond
A. NJ. Washington II A. NJ. arrive At
lantic City 4.2j r. NJ.
For full Information apply 70 Richmond
Transfer Company. 500 east Main street.
ticket office, Byrd-street station. or
c. 4 TAYLOR.
Traffic Manager.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-16
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sezshore Excursions VIA f"""sSiNania
Eailrond.
on Fridays and Saturdays during June.
III, and August. the Pennsylvania Rail-
voad Company will sell excursion tick
a,s FOR 1000 and 100 A. NJ. trains. from
yyssbineton 20 Atlantic city. Cape May.
and sea Isle city. at tho rate OF s. for the
round trip. tickets good to return until
tbe following Tuesday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-16

The meeting OF the German LADIES'
lid socie.y OF the Virginia Hospital
will be held Tuesday August 18TH, at
O'Clock Z. NJ. at that institution.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-16

. Mrs. w. ID. Paxton. maid. and chill
drcn OF the ST. Claire Hotel, arc visit
ins 1t their old hsms. near Lexington.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-16

Miss Ada +. Quesenberry. OF east Clay
street left Friday night for wheeling
w. Va. her former nome, WIZ sno
win spend several weeks amongst her
many -d1ionds In that city,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-16
THE GOLD BUG
BY Edgar Allan Poe.

What hol what no. this fellow Is dane
Ing madi
He hath been bitten by the Tarantula.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04
A Popular Educator.

The country newspaper is III iEpor-
kant agency in the cultivation Of public
spirit, ana howeve, Lumble it may seem
beside the metropolitan daily, it has a
place i'll popular education which is too
little regarded. Short ARTICLES pertain
ing 70 local interests are always vel
4 il rs columns, and the u.en and
On who nsust desire to make home
life in tie country rich and influential
a best do So ly contributing freely to
tts columns CT hat they have in mind.
In some places this has been done. and
the result in the enickened life Of the
community has been gratifying. hos.
fou Herald.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04
TO 6EAUTIFY THE CITY.
Ladies Of New Brunswick, n. j., Form .
Town Improvement Society.

Ladies Of New Brunswick, N. j., Form =
Town Improvement Society.
The state Of New Jersey is already IA
for the good roads which traverse
q large part Of it's territory, and if the
movement which the ladies of several Of
it's most prosperous towns have inaugu-
rated for the identifying and improve
ment of their communities keeps on
spreading it will soon be equally IA
mou for the beauty Of its towns. One
Of the most recent moves in the direc-
ton OF town improvement was made in
New Brunswick, where Mrs. William
son, wife Of the mayor, was instrument
tai in forming a society composed Of Ia
dies Of the town, with the commenda-
bic object Of giving to New Brunswick
clean streets, parks with trees in them
and a good many other things to make
the town attractive. Briefly stated, the
aim Of this society will be to make New
Brunswick mo attractive both to its
w people and to strangers. Recently
a public meeting was held, and B. G.
Northrop, an experienced lecturer and
organizer Of village Improvement So
%cieties, explained what women can do
and have done to improve the sanitary
conditions of their home and surround
ings, sidewalks, roads, roadsides, schools
and churchyards, to provide drinking
troughs, lighting and parking streets,
removing %nuisances and front fences,
planting trees and otherwise beautify-
ing the town.
"There is nothing visionary about the
plan. " said Mrs. Williamson. "We mean
to bring about a healthy sentiment in
this town among the women toward
making the city a pleasant place to live
in. Once we have made sentiment we
will enlist the individual sympathies of
as many ONE as possible, then urge
upon each to DO all in her power to i'm
prove the appearance Of her immediate
neighbOrhood. When the society crows
and gets money, that will be invested
upon some Improvement. The govern
ing board Of the city and county will be
Influenced to make appropriations for
public improvements. Children's aux
~lliaries Will be fo1met, and they will
be taught to pick up papers from the
streets and deposit them i'll boxes that
Will he supplied for that purpose"
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04
Guideposts at Crossroads.

The argument for a proper marking
Of in%tersecting highways should need no
extensive specifying i'll this age of en-
lightened interest in facilities for road
travel and traffic, says the New York
Tribune. The stranger may lose hours
Of time through making a false turn.
Anything which tends to attract visit
ors to a town, whether bent on pleas
ure or business. is certain to benefit it
and its inhabitants. Little travelled
roads are not usually associated with
wealth and a progressive spirit. Besides
this element Of self interest, the nobler
one Of regard for fellow man enters. A
small expenditure will save many per-
sons Inconvenience and loss Of time.
The appeal is direct and convincing.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04

ton. Professor B. G. Northrop. Ii. D..
the father Of Improvement societies, de
fines their work, which, he says, in
Cludes h sanitary condition in homes
n their surroundings, Sidewalks.
roads, rOadsides, school and church
yards, cemeteries, parks IN other pub
lie lands, as We'll z private estates, the
grounds around railway stations, pro
viding drinking tronghs or fountains,
ilght1ng streets, removing EUisanccs,
planting trees, organizing free town IL
braries and whatever else the e~xigencies
Of each plan may suggest for its growth
and betterment.
Village Improvement societies are
recommended because they cultivate a
general friendly feeling; they foster
public spirit: they DO much to break tic
monotony OF the life of small COMMUNE
ties, which is not commonly too eXcit
ing under any circumstances; they
make life better worth the living and
real estate better worth the buying:
they attract people Of taste and fortune
who are prospecting for a place which
they can call home.
The organization of IN Improvements
society is al exceedingly simple matter.
The officers usually consist of q presi-
dent, vice president, secretary, treasurer
and executive committee. The meetings
are usually held monthly, with an an
nual meeting usually held in the spring.
Special meetings may be called at any
time BY the president, and the annual
dues vary from 81 to IS.
B. G. Northlop, LII. D., may be said
to be the father Of the improvement So
cieties Of America. lie is q native Of
Litchfeld county, Conn.,, and was born
and bred on a farm. He entered Yale
college and graduated, choosing the
ministry as his profession. For a time
he was the pastor Of a church in Massa-
chusetts, but 500 abandoned the minis
try for school work. For ten years he
was agent Of the Massachusetts board Of
education, when he was made secretary
Of the Connecticut board of education.
He held the latter position &c years, and
was largely instrumental in Lr.n sug
about the free school system in the state.
During the last ten years, or until his
recent trip to Japan and other oriental
countries, his life has been devoted to
the organization Of Improvement socie-
$ies and the proper observance of Arbor
day, Of which he was the founder. It is
said that A,hor day for economic prr-
poses originated with J. Sterling Nor
ton, while Arbor day for educational and
memorial services, especially in schools,
originated with Professor NOrthrop.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04
THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
It Is One of the Most Important Means of
the Progress of the Town,

1t Is One of the Most Important Means of
the Progress of the Town.
The newspaper is the champion Of
the city, its business, its business men,
its homes, its public interests, its corpo-
rate existence, and any slight put upon
any Of these is promptly resented, and
all things for their benefit are advocat-
ed boldly and loyalty, says Mr.. r. W.
Coon, publisher of the Waukegan Oils. }
Gazette.
1t is the organ for personal and social
affairs, and gives a picture that is attract
i've to those who see the mirror of it's
life. II its columns are shown a town
or city, large, stronger and more attract
i've today than yesterday, and with a
promise Of still better things for tonlor-
row. To the outside world it is the
Waterman on the tower that proclaims
the advantages Of the city and calls the
strangers from the ends Of the country
to pitch their tents and cast their lot
within its walls. The city has a name
and reputation very largely through the
columns and by the words of the paper.
The paper is II Of the most important
means of the progress # the city.
With such a paper, given a fair recog-
milton and support from it's city, the
publisher is a power in fact, aud the
property is ii valuable one. 1t is a pub
lie office and a business in. che, but it
is an Office not subject to the caprice of
any office broker and person high i'll
power. The constituency Of the paper
will grow, and a large portion Of tho
old and new patrons continue for a
long period. The control and ownership
Of Such a paper is a ]audable ambition
and is IA measure Of success of which
ally one should be proud, and which
should content most men. ''"'
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04
WHY THEY FLOURISH
SECRET OF SUCCESS OF MANY PROS
Porous TOWNS.

With Similar Natural Advantages Those
With Imp pvement Societies Far Out
strip Their Neighbors-How They Arc
Yormed-Professor b. G. Northrop.
With practically the same natural ad-
vantages it seems strange at first thought
that town attracts new residents,
local industries are successful and the
deposits keep the home bank in a healthy
condition, while another village barely
holds its own from year to year and is
An example Of what "a village ought not
80 be. One village has a high school, a
building that cost, say, $50, 900, and
the income from the tuition Of nonresi-
dent pupils and from state and town
funds makes the school taxes reasonable,
while an adjoining villGSe is perpetual
" in hot water over itS,chool affairs,
and its taxes are heavy. without any
corresponding benefit. Why are some SO
attractive educationally, socially and in
such matters as shade trees, street lamps
and good roads, while others are so
backward and nnattractive?
The difference is usually explained
by the presence or absence Of al organ.
ized Or unorganized rural Improvement
society. An organized improvement So
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04
ReNchine After Trade.

Cincinnati proposes to go after Mex
lean trade. The Cincinnati board of
trade has appointed a committee to Sc
lect an agent to travel in Mexico aud in
all the Central American states to fos-
Central America, and to establish agen-
cies for Cincinnati bouses all over Mex
leo. The idea is we'll conceived, and it
would be we'll if some like plan were
put into operation in other communities.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04
Confession.

! an an %optinist. or try to he.
What is for the best has been my creed,
But sometimes in the hours of dire need
! lose this faith, and all grows black to me.
From chains that bind and gall l would be free,
From sham coG ventionalities secede.
And III my heart tumultuous passions breed
That sway and toss like some storm angry SEA.
! look upon love as but a cheat, and life
A monstrous lie, and men but sycophants
Who fawn at vice and sell their souls for gold.
And f~retting thus, and with the world at strife,
! seek some spot in natures secret haunts,
When, 10! return the sweet beliefs of old.
John N. billiard.
20 know thyselt Ill others self discern.
WOuldst thou kH w others; Read thyself-and
learn.
Lord Lytton.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04
Advertise In the Eewspapers.

The merchant who at the beginning
Of the year plans and systematizes his
advertising and makes a definite appro-
priation will find that such an arrange
ment will strengthen him in refusing
to patronize advertising schemes which
only enrich the schemer Printers Ink.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04
Alvays a Demand For Them.

A Michigan newspaper has struck a
bright idea, and is vigorously booming
the project of establishing a coffin fac
tory in the town where it is published.
No matter how hard times are, it AZ
gues, people will die, and they must be
buried. and the coffin business will al
ways be booming.-New York Sun.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04
Chance For Iowa Capitalists,

So far as is known, Iowa has not a
single bicycle factory, although proba-
bly, 100, 900 wheels are in use in the
state. Here is a chance for men with
money and enterprise to engage in pro-
ducing articles for home consumption.
Cedar Rapids Gazette.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04
Value CT Effective Advertising.

Value CT Effective Advertising.
Advertising saves time-hence length
ems life. The buyer is saved searching
for what he wants the seller finds the
quickest market for his goods. The hu-
man mind needs the stimulus of the
saEScstion contained in effective adver,
Using. Turn To,
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04

cletv is a power
for good so long
as It maintains
its organization,
but it is often the
case that half a
dozen live, pro-
Eressive property
owners accOr1-
pllsh the work Of
An Improvement
society without
SDeria1 Oruaui.o-
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04
Does Away With WORRY,

The b!k!rpS- UaE NEED have no cares
Is 20 the di-pu.l.ion If L.> wares
NCr WA, toy irasit with wistf.l eyes
u Et WI. bat advertise.
Printers IAk
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-04
Three Things Desired,

The three great movements for Omaha
and Nebraska: Irrigation, immigration
and colonization. Omaha World-Her-
aid.
, 1896-10-03
CRITICIZED.
A Catholic Takes Exceptions to One of
His Statements.

To the Editor of The Republican.
Kindly allow space in YOU paper for
a few words. A certain gentleman is
reported as saying at a political gath
ering Thursday evening that, "A free
silver advocate can no more honestly
vote for Mckinley thar a good Catholic
can say mass to his Satanic majesty"
This may be considered witticiSm by a
certain class. but by those of refined in
%stincts. it must be regarded as an IN
called for vulgarity. setting forth the
delicate ca feelings of the speaker. A
good system for all public speakers to
follow is to talk only on things they
know something about. and to tell only
what they know about them. If the
gentleman in question had followed
this system he would not have been be-
trayed into the blunder of s%upposing
that all Catholics say mass and per-
haps he would have got through in less
than three hours. AS to his Satanic
majesty; well, we suppose he is pretty
well acquainted with him and we fear
his prospects for a more intimate ac-
Quaintance are in excess of 16 to |. II
such contingency should materialize
speech, if permitted. would be fiery II
not eloquent. Respectfully.
A CATHOLIC.
, 1896-10-03
PERSONAL

Mrs. J. ]. Lindsay was in the city to-
day.
B. G. Guinon left for Wodd River,
Neb., last night.
Mrs. Dora Hansen went to Allen
Junction this morning.
]. N. Marble, the Red Buttes ranch
man was in town today.
Judge Hayford has gone to Cheyenne.
He will return tomorrow morning.
VIM. Williams. the genial proprietor
of the Rockdale inn, is doing business
in Laramie today.
J.. F. Hesse. jr., returned last night
from Keystone where he has been do
ing some surveying.
Robert Wilson, boss boilermaker at
Rawlins. was a west-bound passenger
on No. 3 this morning.
Miss jennie Graham will leave Sun
day night On a visit to her home in
Boone. Iowa. She will be absent three
or four weeks.
r. W. Rich, who has just returned
from the meeting Of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge, I. o. o. F., at Dallas,
Texas. came over from the capital this
morning. MI. Rich reports an extreme
ly interesting session OF the sovereign
body and believes that 1t will result in
considerable benefit to the order at
large.
, 1896-10-03
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
SOMETHING IN RELATION TO THE
LATEST STYLES AMONG
THE LADIES.
Smaller Sleeves and Narrower Skirts
are Growing in Popular Favor
Several Parties During the Week
Personals and Small Talks Of Inter-
est in Social Circles.

The perfect weather Of the past week
lured old and young out Of doors and
while many ladies improved the bright
afternoons by clearing their calling
lists. it must be confessed hat the
millinery stores were the chief
magnates. The most novel of the
new hats yet shown are small and dis
tinctly fiat-crowned. Black headgear.
however, is declared by milliners to be
the very smartest Of all. The paradise
aigrettes continue to be seer on the
large hats. and in conjunction with os-
trich feathers n big velvet bows, the
trimming put on with the same wide
effect.
Among the new gown materials there
are certain notified and plaid woods for
street use that are very effective. These
have a camel's hair softness and often
the same hair surface. rich copper
brown and somber reds predominating
over other colors. Finder color Is
a new shade of brown that has a hint
of snuff in its redness. With all Of the
wool street stuffs, black or colored vel
vet will be used as trimming, as we'll
as black mohair braids of all descrip-
tons. Mrs. Fashions principal talk
concerns skirts and sleeves, both Of
which are to grow beautifully smaller
and narrower until the reaction against
width has been satisfied.
Already. indeed. the circumfrance of
the smartest skirts Is reduced by more
than half OF what 1t was in the spring,
while a skirt with godets all around is,
to modest opinion, almost as old-fash-
Toned as overskirt and panniers. The
lower portions Of the new skirt still
have a decided flare, but at the hips
they fit with skin snugness; too snug
ly in fact for any but symmetrically
proportional figures.
The wide corselet belt Is y marked
feature of the new seasons modes.
Scarcely an imported frock Is to be
zen without a wide girdle of some sort.
The shops have also caught the deep
belt disease and counters are strewn
with wide elastic affairs in black. white
and colors.
When made of leather belts are gored
to the figure and fastened with five or
more straps, through tiny leather
buckles.
, 1896-10-03
ATTORNEYS OPINION.
QUALIFICATIONS OF AN ELECTOR
DEFINED BY Mr..
FOWLER.
The Voter Must Prove His Ability to
Read the State Constitution-But
He May Read in Any Foreign
Language-This Excludes the
Right OF Franchise to Iiliterates.
Attorney Generals Once.


Cheyenne. Wyo., Sept. 80, 1896.
Hon. J C. Bayard, County and Prose-
cutting Attorney. Cheyenne, Wyo.
Dear Sir: l have the honor to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your COM
munication. in which you submit the
following questions:
Il. II the right Of a person to regis
ter shall be challenged upon the sole
ground that he is not able to read the
constitution of this state, can he prove
his ability to read in any other manner
than by reading portions from an
authorized published copy of the state
constitution, az provided in the third
paragraph of section 81, page 396-7,ses-
sion laws of 189O-91?
"2. Does section 9 Of article 6 Of our
constitution deprive a person who is
able to read the constitution in a for
eign language. but not in the English
language, OF the right to vote?"
Our state constitution contains no
provision for its own publication, and
no statute has ever been passed by the
, 1896-10-03
MINING DEAL.
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars Il
Be Spent on the Sweetwater.

E. P. Snow. secretary of the mining
exchange. has Just returned from the
Oregon Butte placers. situated near the
Sweetwater river. in Fremont county.
some 70 miles north OF Rock Springs,
whittier he was called by Mr.. E. A.
Greene, a prominent New York capital
list to assist in making an examination
Of the property.
The property examined is owned by
Messrs. Tom Sun. Charles o. Connell
and James C. McFarlane Of Rawlins
and consists of about 5000 acres. Mr..
Greene made a very thorough and com
plete examination Of the ground as well
as the water question. expanding some
, 1896-10-03

legislature authorizing or directing its
publication.
The result Ia that we have no auth
orized publication of our constitution
either in English or any other Ian
guage.
For convenience the constitution has
been printed In the English language.
but this was without any constitutional
or statutofy authority. and is wholly
without any certificate a. to its authen.
ITCHY or correctness.
There being no authorized published
copy Of the constitution 1t Is impossi-
ble for a voter to read portions Of such
an authorized copy by way Of resisting
a challenge, and he would therefore be
entitled to prove his ability to read in
souas other manner than the n pro-
vided by the third paragraph Of &c.
ton ,21
With reference to your second ques-
tton rs to whether the provisions OF
section . Of article vi. which provides:
"Sec. 8. No person shall have the right
to vote who shall not be able to read
Ne constitution of this state" will ex-
cfude from the right OF suffrage per-
sons who r able to read the constitu.
ton of the state when printed in some
foreign language, but who are not able
to read 1t In the English language.
, 1896-10-03
AT THE

N. D. Mcdonald. warden Of the Wyo-
ming penitentiary At Laramie, was In
the city today. He reports lit COM
victs in the prison. Of whom four ere
women. Mrs. Curiey, who was recent
" sent from Cheyenne. 4 q quiet In
mate and contents herself most Of the
time with daIning hoss and msnding
clothes of the priaoner. The RAvlins
prison = almost completed. but no a.
finite plan Tor moving cen b made m
til thsre = N appropriation for equip
ing the buildin9.-Sun-Lsadsr.