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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

Editor Of The Times:
sr.-Ne Luye been kindly askeu NY
many of the readers OF your Ndludoie
naper 90 say what kind of tobacco should
De- planted and raised for this market
and as this IS the season for pi'n'i'-
seed. we beg this medium. flrst' We
say. plant any other than the one
Sucker" We prefer for shipping grades
PRYOR or Whitc-Stcmi for manuiaclui-
inc purposcs. Ornoco. The Bible says.
"v.batsoevor man soweth, that shan
he also reap; therefore. plant good seeI
from the finest stalks from the best
crons Farmers have been induced core
frarv 10 their interest. to raise the one
sucker" because of its cheaper produc-
fon-frst. because of only ono crop
of suckers 90 produces but. second ana
most important. because the worms 40
not eat 10 as other kinds, forgetting mat
man {. the moro important worm OF
the dust and his wishes should Doe looked
after also. Tha bible also rcrfincniiy
asks. "Do mon gather grapes OF thornf
.r r~. from fnisflee1' 40 more can
tnov raise good t0hacto from poor seed.
Sowing Frs just as important ass roapns-
Look well 60 this. Later on We may
have some suggestions about how much
20 plant. hut for the present we shall
leave this 20 the better Judgment or orr
farmer friends. SO vital to their inter
est and alike 10 the tobacco trade.
Your obodlent servants.
T.. r.. VAUGHAN & CO.,
Richmond. va, Jan. q l97
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
ItchnicnilY incorrect.

The statement in Sundays Times that
the appropriation OF $50 for an ambu-
lance OUTFIT was discussed ny the sub
Committee on Relief Of the Poor ~ the
Alushouse SATURDAY, afternoon was not
strictly correct. The matter WAS dis
ciissed after tho adjournment OF the sub
Committed and was participated in by
Nessrs CottreIl and Miller as well as
80 ,.>.s a~Es Of tia sssA-&SSass&kAs>>.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

Ex-senator Henderson SAYS that Ne
braska does not expect a cabinet place.
What can be coming over the dreams Of
the ex-senator. He has managed to want
something else besides MS liberal PEN
sion nearly all the time since the war.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

Marion Buffers 1rt into Iiaho's scna-
torial fight shows. under the circum-
stances. that he is a firm believer i'm the
assertion that prophet is not without
hnnnr &c
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

"Pooh," exclaimed the sentimental girl
at the play. why, that actor is husslhS
and kissing his own wife.
Exactly" replied her practical sister.
That's why I like to come; it's SO re-
markable. "-Phiadelphla North Ameri-
can.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

Cleveland began ducking the very day
Queen Lii arrived in Washington. but
she will probably wait until he comes
out OF the blind
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

mr. GOLDEN-LIIF DIRYCT IRON
THE FfLLD> ~ LIEGE QU1NTIII.
The Farmers Fave Plenty toE,t and the
Merchants and Manufacturers Are
Doing a Good Business.

SOUTH BOSTON. VA. Jan. 25.-Spc-
Observation-Disclosures the weather has
been cold and harsh the sales OF leaf
tobacco az the several warehouses have
greatly exceeded expeditions this week.
some OF the houses have been fun nearly
every day. u all comes directly from
the farmers on their own wagons. This
is not a market to which spectators make
shipments. TO ore who is not familiar
with the trade Of TIE town 1t is some
wlat of o. surprise to see the large
quantity OF the golden Leaf brought
ne pc from the border counties OF North
Carolina. The amount sold from the adj
5acent counties in MISUNDERSTANDING
Charlotte. Campbell. and Pittsyivania-is
steadily increasing.
The outlook for good volume Of
trade is excellent. There is less old stock
ou hand tnln Uas been for several years,
although there is IL considerable quantity
of medium and common in the storage
houses. The 1896 crop. of which more
than ono-haif has been marketed. shows
deficiency i'm wrappcrs-both bright and
mah0glnles- cutters and smokers
are not as plentiful ass was expected at
one time. The great bulk is medium and
common.
PORK AND CORN.
There Is. at least one great conso.a-
tion 20 the agricultural class. they have
au abundance of meat, both pork and
beef lnd % plentiful supply %. corn. only
ono thing d. lacking-moncy
Tho furniture and carriage fac'orioi re-
mort cooi salcs and flir collections Both
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

PETER VIII now proceed 70 write n
newspaper" At least that Is what
Watson. Butler and those fellows call n
sheet in which their own views crowd
out all suspicion OF news.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

Now the coal baron smiles again. end
the iceman proceeds 20 lay IN a stock
for the same Ola prices next summer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

Richard Mansfield doesn't lose his dia-
monds. but such d resourccfui young man
might give politicians some pointers on
k.sning their names before the public.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

lie doesn't intend to be lost sight OF even
II he has to appear after in an unfavor-
able light.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

and vas largely attended by friends q
the deceased The pall-bearers were her
>knsmon-M cssrs. John T.. Grlole, y.
claiborne Lipscomb. John n. Goii'a.
Charles w Goddln James G.. Winston.
benjamin W. Grubbs. James Winston,
and Clarence Sutton.
The funeral Of Mrs. Annie G.. Ellison
took place from Monumental church sun
dav afternoon. and was largely attended.
From the Cathedral Sunday afternoon
the funeral OF Mrs Margaret Ryan was
held Numerous sorrowng friends at
tended
The funeral OF Mrs. Annie Elizabeth
Jones Gibson took place yesterday after
noon az $3.50 o'clock 40 Grace Episcopal
church.
The funeral OF Edith v. only daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter NJ. Kuhn. took
place from the family residence. 5l2 north
Harrison street. sunday Afternoon.
Miss Blanche sanders daughter OF Or.
r. w SANDERS OF Wythe county. is visit
ing her friend. Mrs. William 5. Gordon,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

nv cros and ui; often severe headaches
wo1.d lu. 1w VII % would PROSTATE me Tor
h1urs wss m despair until | took Dr..
Grecu-'s N,vusa blood and nerve remedy.
b, lifetime had taken the first bottle found
tLa. hs, been greatly benefited. / continued
rs use sod have now rcga.ned my original
health asa.n.'
II consrpaiel. use Dr.. Grccne's Cathart'c
piusvith the Ncrirra.
Or. Greene. 80 West iith ST.. New York
CITY. the most successful physician In curng
nervous ani chronic diseases, can be cone
suited free, personally or by letter.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

Comes a h.
my ladie faire Is Ike a rose
The figures not % new one,
And we'll the modern gallant knows
10 really is true one.
For what with suppors dances. shows
I'm which DE dare not stint her
Ills ladle faire is like rose
She costs heap in winter
Life.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

That Delaware middle viii soon have 70
yield before the more important peach
crop reports
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

The advice Of Or. Rainsford. OF New
York, to his Pensioners not TO so TO
extravagant entertainments his winter is
still a leading topic in that city. and the
newspapers are trying to convince the
reverend gentleman that extravagant en-
TREATMENTS put a large sum Of money
into circulation. and are. therefore.
benefit to trade and to the poor. This
same question has before been raised in
New York. notably in the case Of the
great Vanderbilt ball. which was given
several years ago at a cost OF $4,000. in
justification Of her extravaganza. Mrs.
Vanderbilt prepared statement in de-
tail. showing that the people who work
were those who really prontcd by her Law
ish expenditures.
One costumer kept 40 drcssmakcrs and
soamstrossos busy day and night for five
weeks. Some Of the dresses cost $50
and $1,000 each. and the average cost was
$3.50 each. The average cost Of the mems
costumes was $40. \ careful computa-
ton OF the cost q the costumes, based
on actual figures furnished by the dress
makers, shows a total of slJ5.13o.
The flowers for the ball cost $1,000, the
hair-dressing 5000. and 5000 spent for
public carriages. Tho VanderbiIts spent
the balance. which made the total amount
expended for the ban $4,000.
As 10 the proposed ball Of Mrs. Bradley
Martin. one Of the New York newspapers
has figured out tho cost 10 be as follows:
The new ballroom at the Waldorf
for night ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $1,000
Small ballroom at Waldorf. whore
Mrs Martin will reccive........... 500
Rcception-room adjoining small
ballroom. where buffet supper
will he served Observation-Disclosures. 20
Mons big cafe. where regular sup
per viii be served .................. so
State apartments. second floor Of
Waldorf, to be used fer dressing
rooms ......... Observation-Disclosures. 1O00
Buffet supper during entire night. 5000
lttbulal HNbl'lf ilNii A-."v ~ W.
until \. Observation-Disclosures. 1900
Fifty seryitors costumes. including
trumpetcrs ........ ................. 800
Three orchostras ....................... 1000
Cotillon favors ........................ 5000
superb floral decorations for ball. 1900
Engraving Of notes OF invitation. IN
Issuing invitations INSTRUMENTATION. IS
There will be at least 400 carriages
hired from livery stables by those
who DO not care TO take cut their
own teams-S7 each ................. $50
Fees to 400 public drvers-sl each. 400
Six hundred mems costumos-S75
cacn ........... ss.s.s+....s.....s.s.. 4',VVO
Six hundred women's costumes. .... 10000
Fancy slippers for women............ 5000
Wigmakers and hair-dressers...".. 5000
Cosmetics ........ .................... 80
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

II PETER wants his paper TO 80 we'll he
should not use those ~ speeches as stop
copy"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

PETERS face may be absent In the next
Senate. but his mug wont be missed III
the barber shop. -Phiiadelphia ilhes'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
Grand total .....................s2s6. 625

VI IIII IVEIII ~ - y % - II
This Is. OF course. largely guess work,
but a fairly accurate idea Of the cost may
be had from these figures. The point Is
that with the exception Of the sum paid
the Waldorf for rent the balance of the
money expended will so to trades people
and working people.
We shall not pretend 10 discuss the
moral question involved. Those who spend
their money in such extravasancies must
answer TO their own conscience. but it
Is evident that from a business stand
point the forthcoming bah in New York
is q good thing.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
TIMES BUILDING,
TENTH AND BANK SIitbblS'

7re price of The Times Is two GEMS p',
copy and ten cents per week " .,nas
within the limits OF Richmond ana na"c"''
Ter. Sunday paper three cents.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-05
GOLD IN LARGE CHUNKS.
Richest Mines of the Age Being De-
veloped at Yuma

Pomona, Cal, April 5.-Co1. George
F. Payne, a well known gold miner of
California, for more than a quarter of
a century, who has just arrived from
Arizona, says that Yuma has suddenly
become a most excited mining town
Nothing quite like the present excite
ment over the suddenly found riches
and prospects of further finds has been
seen since the palmy days of Virginia
City, Nevada, in the early 70s. Cripple
Greek and Tom bstOne were never in it
for unadulterated excitement. The
town is wild because of two finds of
marvellous rich bodies of gold ore. At
north of Yuma, on the California side
of the Colorado river there are the
Golden Dream and MONDAY mines.
For several weeks the men at those
mines have been getting into rich ore
and the owner has been offered as high
as $175,000 for his mines. On Thursday
men in both mines at almost the same
hour ran into lodges of ore that yield
over Sc, 600 to the ton. Four specimens
from these lodges We're found to run
$2,7 $50 per ton. Twelve carelessly Sc
lected bits of rock assayed So 120 to the
ton The lodges in the PichacO district
all are very large. One ledge of low
grade ore there is even so feet wide.
siOnS are of the ledge in which this
rich ore has been found, but it is GER
tainly a big one. Besides there is con-
stantly coming into Yuma every day
news of rich finds in the Gleason dis
trict. That is 20 miles east of Yuma,
Ariz., near Tacna station and is sur
rounded by desert.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-05
BIRTHPLACE OF STORMS.

LFrom the Chicago Times -Herald.I
1t is now stated that the birthplace of
storms in this country is ''as well de-
fined as the wheat belt, corn region or
orange belt" That the barren, rocky
SUBMITS of the Selkirk mountains of
British Columbia are the favorite
Fairgrounds of little storms just born, "
that leap from glacier to glacier gather
ing strength They cross Canada, Mon
tana and the Dakotas, growing into
mighty tempests as they advance.
These are our cold waves.
The warm winds of the Japan current
blow upon the north Pacific coast, max
ing a mild climate in western Oregon
and Washington. AS these warm
winds are forced up the slope of the
Cascade range and across the Sell1irk
mountains they meet the icy air of
these heights. The warm air, being
lighter, rushes upward. A vacuum is
formed toward which rushes the cold
air from the snowfelds and glaciers.
Among these barren peaks. from nine
to twelve thousand feet above the sea
level, in a region of eternal frost, are
enacted some of the grandesU phenOm-
ena of nature. The cleaning, steely
blue glacial fields stretch hundreds of
miles. When the warm air from the
Pacific and the chinook breezes meet
the polar winds from the north, the
noise of the storm forming is like the
distant crash of avalanches. The
sight is said to be appalling.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-05
THE FAR NORTH.
Winnipeg Letter to Minneapolis Jour
nal

Winnipeg Letter to Minneapolis Jour
nall
J. B. TyreH of the Dominion geologi-
cal survey department has returned
from the unknown north, where he has
been making explorations. He left
Selkirk on the oath of June. Taking
canoes at Grand Rapids. he, with In
dian guides, proceeded to Norway
House, and descended the Nelson river
100 miles to Pine river, which they as
cended to the Wolf river. All this ter
ritory has practically never before been
entered by white men. Reaching the
Nelson, they again descended it for
about rs miles, and followed the Brunt-
wood to a remote Hudson Bay COM
pany post.
This large section of the country
says Mr.. Tyren, lis not a wilderness of
rocks such as lies to the east of here,
and has been described by many of the
men who have pretended to have
knowledge of the region. found a
we'll wooded country, interspersed with
stretches of prairie; a soil of rich clay
loan, with clay substratum. Great
stretches that were a few years ago
heavily umbered with spruce have felt
the deadly effects of fire and are now a
blackened stubbIe of dead trees.
There are large areas of rich, culti-
vable lands west of the Nelson, and,
though wheat is not grown, simply be-
cause it would be of no value, all vari-
cites of vegetables are produced in the
gardens of the Hudson Bay company
posts, and prove hardy Large stretches
of prairie also occur, and I have stood
on the banks of the Burntwood river
and gazed on just such rich stretches
as might have been seen either on the
Saskatchewan or Assiniboine-Iandt that
viii be good for agricultural purposes
and excellent for stock raising some
time, though now it is practically in
accessible.
''All this contry is but a continuation
of the Red river valley. 1t is all the
deposit Of a great lake, of which Lake
Winnipeg is the shrunken representa-
tive, which stretched from Il short dis
tance east of the Red to the Pembina
mountains on the west, and from Grand
forks on the south to a point farther
north than was reached this trip.
Except for the climate, that great
country to the west of the Nelson river
has been as richly blessed by PrOVi-
dence as the far-famed Red river val
lev
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-05

list is-a thing which has never been
made clear to me. To begin with, then,
have never called myself a realist,
and have never put forth any of my
work as realism" 1 decline the labels
of the schoolmen and the sOphisuers.
being simple writer of tales, who
takes whatever means lie to his hand
to present life as he sees it; who in
siStS" on no ''proceSS;" and who re-
fuses to be bound by any formula or
prescription prepared by the catalOg-
This, am aware, may be an an
nouncement of limited interest, but
think 1 am justified in making it, by
reason of the perplexing movements of
Mr.. H. D. Trail in course of an article
on what he calls THE New Realism in
a recent number of The Fortnightly
Review
have been asked, in print, if I think
that there is no phase of life which the
artist may not touch. Most certainly I
think this; more, I know it. It is the
artists privilege to seek his material
where he thinks we'll and it is no mans
privilege to say nay. 1t was my fate
to encounter place in Shoreditch,
where children were born and reared
in circumstances that gave those chill
dren no reasonable chance of living de-
cent lives; where they We're born fore
damned to a criminal or semicriminal
career. 1t was my experience to learn
the ways of this place, to know it's in
habitantS, to talk with them, eat, drink,
and work with them For the existence
u tA4S PidGS, anu LOT the evils II enSen-
dered, the community was responsible,
and every member of the community
was, and is, responsible in his degree.
If had been a rich man I might have
attempted to discharge my own respon-
s1bil1ty in one way; if / had been a
statesman I might have tried another.
Being neither of these things, but a
simple writer of fiction, endeavored
to do my duty by writing a tale where
in I hoped to bring the state of this
place to the comprehension of others.
There are those who say I should have
turned away my eyes and passed by on
the other side, on the very respectable
precedent of the priest and the Levite
in the parable. Now, when my tale
was written and published it was found
to cause discomfort to many persons.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-05
SAILORS WILL CAMP OUT.
Uncle Sam Wants Illinois, Michigan
and Ohio Sent to Mackinac Island.

Chicago. April 5.-The first week in
August will probabl see the naval
forces of Illinois, Michigan and Ohio in
a joint camp of instruction on Mack1-
nae Island.
The forces aggregate nearly 1000 men
and the experiment is new on the great
lakes. Lieut. Com. Albert A Nicholson
of the University of Chicago received
word Yesterday from Gov. Tanner that
the new secretary of the navy, John d.
Long. had requested the Illinois force
to Join such a camp for the purpose OF
receiving instruction that can not be
given to smaller bodies of men, The
secretary said that the Michigan would
be ordered to the island, and that the
government would make every effort
to make the camp a success. Similar
communications have been sent to the
governors of Ohio and Michigan with
the suggestion that commanders of the
three states fix on a date that would Sc
cure the greatest attendance. The H.
Iinois officers will probably suggest the
first week in August.
The government reservation on Mack
mac Island was until recently occupied
by United States troops. When the
fort was vacated the United States
troops turned the place over to the state
of Michigan. There are excellent quar-
ters. and just such accommodations as
are needed for an encampment.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-05
MoTHER GoosE RHYMEs
[FrOm the Buffalo Courier. I


Not long ago the New York Sun pro
posed that Elizabeth Goose ('sMother
GoOse'D of Boston should be numbered
among the ten women immortals of
America. The proposal has set all
Boston af1ame, the first torch having
been put to the matter by Mr.. William
H. Whitmore of that town, who de-
clares that in his opinion Boston is
disgraced by the repetition of these IA
bles which lead strangers to think we
are in earnest" He denies utterly that
Boston ever produced the Mother
Goose Melodies The Sun declares
that at the proper time it will estab-
lish by internal evidence that the
Mother Goose melodies We're written
and could have been written nowhere
else than in Boston There is no
question that the Suns argument will
be interesting, but there is a question
whether it will hold water There is
evidence, both internal and external,
that the jingles of Mother Goose were
composed in a great part during the
time when Elizabeth Goose Cor Yer
gOOse) was a. girl in England, during
the time that is, of the conflict between
the crown and the commons. Others
of them were written when Shake
speare was a boy, or earlier. Those
that were composed and sung in nur-
series prior to the year 1880 were prob
ably written elsewhere than in Boston.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-05
THE Ru1LpTNe 1NpUsrRY

1Trom the New York POstl
The advancement which has distin-
guished the products OF the building
industry during the last decade is just
as pronounced in the methods and Sys-
TENS of building.
From an industry of simple methods
and simple operations, in the MAN, 1t
has become complex, diversified, rep
resented by many Specialties, yet hOn-
Ogenous in character and producing
in vastly greater variety and volume
than ever before.
The builder who is competent to take
a building from foundation to roof is
just as common now as ever, in the
same character of works, but the build
er who is competent to so take one of
the modern high Office or business
buildings or hotels, is a man of different
training, of higher accomplishments and
his number is much less than leg
ion.
1t used to be sufficient for the builder
and contractor to appear with laborerS
and teams on building site, to begin
excavation, and everything necessary
would come to him. The material men
of every branch would come to solicit
his orders and the sub contractors for
such work as he did not do with his own
men would come to figure on the sub
contracts.
He carried his office in his hat. and
if there were any plans they were rolled
and he had a memorandum, on a card,
most likely for the qualities of materials
he would need for the job.
Now his office is likely to consist of a
suite in some tall office building, with
not only a general and a large private
office, but rooms for a drafting depart
ment and for storage of plans (in big
tin cylinders); for the engineering de-
partment, the superintendent of con-
struction, the cashier and book-keeper,
and for library and exhibition room
or museum, where the Hterat ature of his
calling is displayed with examples of
ornamental marbles terTacOtta, fire
pr0ofng, hardware, plumbing, etc, and
with the walls hung with pictures of
buildings, his own products of course,
and others of equal architectural merit.
His work is mainly done in this bee
hive, by conferences with his own i'm
mediate staff and with the material
men and sub-contractors through and
with whom he operates. His own work
is entirely intellectual, and for its per-
feet performance it is not even essen
tial that he should ever go near the
building itself.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-05
SHOULD MORALS BE TAUGHTP

CFrom the N. Y. School JournaLI
That the public schools should be ac-
tive in preventing our youth from be-
coming criminals is a proposition all
will admit; that they are not doing
what might be done, all will admit
likewise. Attention has been called to
the absence of the ethical in the aim
of the public school. The Catholics, ,es-
pecially, point this out; they have pro-
phesied the present results. 1t would
be interesting and valuable to have sta
criminals of all kinds have attended;
whether public. parochial, or private.
and the amount of education. We lack,
too, a history of criminals. The state
ought to get a minute account from ev-
cry criminal (not to be published with
name and incidents, of course). so as
to ascertain with some precision the
cause of crime, at the outset. The great
defect in our American educational pro-
cess is the trusting to good fortune for
the deYelOpment of the ethical