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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-04
Broad.Strcet Park Vaudeville.

Thu r,anagement at the Broad-Street
PARK. Exposition Grounds. announce
complete change OF artists at the Vaude-
yilles there for this week. 49,,
Among the leading performers IN TINS
line on the stage to-day, now 70 De seen
Din Wren. kings OF the air. and Miss Mag
Gle Radcliffe. a charming singer.
Then there are Eugene Neidert, cnan.-
MON trick 'cyclist OF America; Charles La
Bird. acrobatic balancer and leaper: FAR
Jansens character comedian. quick.
change artist: Mazziotta, in a novel and
marvellous musical act. and the very run
nv Vurlevs as Happy Hottentots.'
A magnificent display OF fireworks. cell
ebrating Independence Day, VIII % sven
and New York.
Extra cars will be put on 70 accommo-
date the patrons Of this. the original homo
~Aradnad yss~iayilles - RichuAnd !.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-04
500 Reward 500.

The readers OF this paper VIII be pleas
1900 disease that science has been
ale eIaI 10 cure in all its stages and that Is
Sotarrh Halls Cattarrh Cure Is the only
Oosi,iva cure row known TO the medical
fraternity. Catairh being a constitutional
disease. requires a CONSTITUTIONAL treat
,arnailv actinl directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system, there
anu al sestrovirC the foundation OF the dis
ease. and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution a rna %sss,s
tors have SC much faith N It's curative
movers that they offer One Hundred
hoIlars for any case that II fails TO cure.
Sand for list Of testimonials. ADDRESS
3. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, y; SOLO
By Druggists. 75c- Halls FAMILY Fins a's
AhA beat
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ADDRESS BY DR.. INQUIRE.
CONTINUED from Sixteenth Page.)

presence. for the towering form beside
him is that OF Robert Lee.
Thought and feeling and power OF ex-
preston are paralyzed. / cannot help
you now with words. to tell all that is In
your hearts.
Time fails. and trust 10 your memories
to recall a group more familiar. in whose
presence perhaps we would not be so
oppressed. and yet list OF names thae
ought to be dear 10 Lexington. | think
that i'm the wide, wide world no town OF
equal size has had so long list or glo-
rious dead. so many. around whose msm-
cries a halo OF glory gathers. Reverent-
~ / salute them all
And so leave tho grave OF my genera
and my friend. knowing that for centu-
RES men will come TO Lexington as
Mecca. and 10 this grave rs Shrine, ana
wonderingly talk OF this man and mig
mighty deeds | know that time VIII
only add to his great fame. know
that his name will be honored and -ever-
ed forever just as know that the beau
tiful river flowing near by. will sing an
unceasing requiem to his memory-just as
I know that the proud mountains Hke
some vast chain OF sentineis. VIII Keep
eternal watch over his honored grave.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-04
OBITUARY.
Mrs Ophelia f. Yarbrough.

Mrs Ophelia +. Yarbrourh, witc OF
Policeman Charming II. Var oush' cleo
al her residence. 22S. SOUTH BelViders
street, last night.
Mrs. Yarbrough was the daughter OF
Mr.. Alfred T. Williams. and was IN ths
thirty-seventh year OF her age.
She was devoted 10 her duties az wire.
moth.r neighbor. and Christian, ana
will be sorely missed. and lamented by
her husband. children and friends
There are left behind her husband. ana
four children. Her funeral will occur
from the Grace-Street Baptist taberna-
Gle to-day at $50 o'clock in the after
noon.
Mrs. Mttie T.. Dorsrtt.
Mrs. Mlttie Z. Dorset. wife OF DR.. w.
r. Dorset. died at the residence OF her
husband. 7Os east Franklin street at SO
A. NJ. yesterday, after an Illness OF sew
eral months.
Mrs. Dorset was an estimable woman In
all the relations OF life. and was Miss
whitney or Nansemond county. va.
She was an attendant on the services
of the Broad Street Methodist church. and
Rev. DR.. Starr. pastor Of that church.
will conduct the funeral services. which
Will occur at Il. NJ. to-day from ber
late residence.
Mrs. Dorset leaves three young chill
lren.
The pall-bearers selected are: Active
CAPTAIN John A. Booker. f. r. Robertson.
DR. Julian T. Wright. Z. J.. Brown, NJ.
@. Baughan and Harry Jacobs. Jr.. and
the honorary pall-bearers are Messrs. E.
r. Baughan, Colin Neal. A. w. Miller. E.
=. Wallace, Julian II. Lano and w. ].
Lacy.
The interment will be made in Holly
wood
DR.. Ryland Called.
The Gwathmey Baptist church Ia
Henrico has extended unanimous call
10 Rev. Charles II. Ryland. ID. d., TO be-
come their pastor TO preach two SUM-
days each month.
Mr. b. NJ. Hartman. who won the de-
bators' medal at Richmond College. will
preach at Gwathmey to-day at 1880 A.
NJ. and $50 P. NJ.
Ex-Gov. John Evans.
DENVER. COL, July 3-Ex-Governot
John Evans. one OF the foremost citizens
Of Denver since 1862. when he was ap-
pointed governor OF the territory Of Colo
RADIO by President Lincoln.> died at 40
this afternoon He was feighty-three
years old.
Rev. Augustine T. HEWITT.
NEW YORK. July 3.-Rev. Or. Angus
tine r. Hewitt. Superior OF the Communal
" OF Paulist Fathers. died At the Mon
sstery to-day. aged e>-Anty-six. He w
/ eAanaAak at Amherst
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-04

Blue Serge Coats for
S0 men. made cool and COM
fortable-no lnings-Sin-
Z1TQ gle and Double Breasted
all sizes.
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To March 10 Petersburg.

The First Battalion of Colored Virginia
Volunteers. OF Richmond. which Is 10 pa
rade with the Second Battalion IN Fe.-
ersburg on Monday next, VIII march
from Richmond TO Petersburg, leaving
Richmond Monday mornig at O'Clock.
The troops except 10 arrive In petersburg
at 10 A. NJ. The two battalions VIII nave
In the parade about four hundred men.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-04
Cotton Mills suspend,

LAWRENCE MASS. July 3.-Notices
were nosted in tho Everett and Pember-
ton cotton mills to-day informing the en-
Moves that operations would be suspend
ed iii Monday. July II. No reason IS
given for the shut down. About 1903 cp-
eratives will be affected in the two mills.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-04

Think Of Mems Linen Sack
ia Coats. all sizes to A. breast
III H measure, at the unprece-
TUu dented quotation OF only
Forty-Eight Cents.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-04

Nen't Washable House
0EA Coats. When we say wash
nH able we mean 1.-THE color
ZUU ings are woven-will not
fade. Such Coats as these are consid-
cred cheap al some places for twice
the Bargain Value quoted here.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28
Measuring STARLIGHT

An English astronomer named Min
chin has invented an instrument which
accurately measures tho quantity of
light given out by a star. Stars are
designated as being of the first, down
to the twentieth magnitude, according
to the degree Of light emitted. This
has heretofore been judged by the eve.
which precluded anything like ex.
actitude. BY the new Invention the
rough designation is presented by
numbers, which gives the exact ratio
OF one star to another in the light-gly-
ing powers. The star Arcturus, for OK.
ample, Is estimated by the new process
to give seventy-ave and three-uuarters
times the light of Regulus. The In.
strument will be Of great use Tot only
In astronomy, but in meterology also.
Z ne amount of light which aches the
earth from stars varies according ia
the state Of the atmosphere; and tho
inventor claims that forecasts of wealth.
er can be obtained in this way which
will be far more accurate than those
obtained at present.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28
ShC Reads IIieroSlyphics,

Mrs. James Robottom, Of Jersey CITY
Is an interchangeable student Of every.
thing Egyptian, having made such
progress in her work that the grea,
Psychologists Of France and Germany
have written to urge her to complete
her Investigations by an extended STAY
in the land Of the Pyramids. Ten
years ago somebody loaned Mrs. Ro.
bottom Zone Thousand Miles Up the
Nile.' She read it while convalescins
from an illness, and became SO en-
amored with the subject that she has
pursued it vigllantly from that day to
this. She has lectured in Jersey CITY
and Brooklyn several times, and has
been Invited to speak Mt Cornell, One
OF her talks is about Queen Hatasee.
legend Of whom adorns one side of
the obelisk in Central Park. This
queen w:s the daughter of one Of the
warrior kings of Egypt. Mrs. Robottom
reads these legends easily, having long
since familiarized herself with hero.
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increase inweIght.

In Williamstown reside two young
men Of scientific turn of mind. They
have been discussing whether a man
weighs more after eating ilan before,
and have decided that eating adds moth
ing the weight, while drinking makes
itself known in ayoirdupois. Monday
they weighed themselves just before
going to dinner. Mr.. Porter weighed
191 pounds, and Mr.. Wheeler 1G5. They
also weighed what they ate for dinner.
and the experiment showed that the
smaller man was the better feeder, for,
according to the scales, he got away
with three and half pounds of eat.
ables, While his companions capacity
was only two pounds. The men weigh
ed themselves again directly after din
her, and both declare that their weight
was not increased at all.-Boston Even.
ing Transcript.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28
MANS BitJerest Icne,nv

Sin Is always mans bitterest on.
envy writes Dwight L. Moody, in
Mr.. Moody's Bible Class" in thu
Ladies' Home Journal. at separates
him from his Maker. 1t separates him
from his felIow-beIngs. No position |,
to-ohigh for sin to debase; no place 81
halloWed but 1t seeks 70 corrunt. m
nome non. so sacred but 1t seeks to destroy.
olh' ike holiness. is a mighty leveler,'
says distinguished divine. And what
may be the cause Of the thousands Of
which have occurred dur,ns
the past year If it Is not loathjng of
SELF! 1t Is sin then which makes q
man loathe himself. 1t is sin which
makes mans life become burden from
winch he SO often seeks to free himself
by his own hand"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28
BIG BE2G SEASON,
Drifting Monsters from tho Arctics
Alarm Sea Captains,

Or2ItfnS monsters from the AfctIc3
Alarm Sea Captains,
II the sharps of the sea are to be be-
lleved, 1897 will go down In history as
one OF the greatest years for icebergs
In modern times. Many dangerous
bergs have been reported.
The winter Of $50 was famous sea-
son for bergs, as one vessel passed fifty
within a radius Of 2C0 miles. The berss
Of that year, however, were not dam
gerous, being soft and badly cut up
by the action Of the sea. The year Of
1856 was the most famous Of them all
for the floating mountains, and scores
Of vessels were sent to the bottom by
running into them during the heavy
foGs which make navigation off the
Banks SO dangerous at all times.
Few shippers, who have seen scores
and scores of bergs, know that these
monsters are hundreds, and, perhaps,
thousands Of years old. The inception,
birth and growth Of an iceberg Is one
Of the most curious freaks Of nature,
una mucn ABOUT them Is still an uneX.
plaIned science.
Greenland Is the home Of nearly all
the lceberGs which terrorize the officers
of transatlantic vessels, rs those form
I'd further north rarely break loose from
their Icy moorlngs. Nearly the whole
island Of Greenland is covered with an
immense sea Of Ice many thousands Of
feet thick, commonly called an Ice cap.
The SHOWS Of each year, falling on this
great field Of Ice, are slowly absorbed,
adding to the thickness and solidity OF
the Ice cap and ezerting a tremendous
pressure on the solid mass. Wherever
he country slopes toward the coast
here Is an lmperceptible movement OF
he mass, SO slow that 1t can hardly be
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28
recognized from year to year. Scent
SITS have estimated 1t ut four feet

recognized from year to year. Scent
lists have estimated 1t ut four feet &
year.
Gradually the Wall-iile ends Of the Ice
cap are forced into the sea, and these
ore called glaciers. Year after year the
enormous pressure inland sends the ice
further into the water, but the whols
mass Is so solid that 10 force seems
great enough to wi'est piece from the
main body. But the ali-powerfuI sea
performs the seeming miracle. 1t is the
upward pressure Of the water on the
floating end Of the glacier that finally
wears down it's strength and causes it ia
burst from the Ice cap with the roar Of q
thousand cannon. This is the birth OF
the Iceberg.
Slowly the released mammoth moves
first one way and then the other Great
pieces drop off into the, sea, but finally
1t finds it's equilibrium. Then it begins
rs long Journey 10 the south. moved by
the strong Arctic current running deem
and strong hundreds Of fathons he'ow
the waters surface. and graspirg the
submerged ends Of the berg In a relert.
less grip. Further south, where the
berg meets the northward current of
the gulf stream, the underlying Arctic
Is still strong enough to push
the mass along, but the opposite pres
sure from above aud beneath wears
great holes in the solid body and the
mass which centuries labored to create
lies In a few short months
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28
VANS n,1rerest Enemy.

"sin Is always mans bitterest en-.
envy" writes Dwight L. Moody. In
"Mr. Moody's Bible Glass;" in the
Ladies' Home Journal. ut separates
him from his Maker. 1t separates him
from his fellow-beings. No position Is
to ohigh for sin to debase; no place SO
hallowed but it seeks 70 corrupt; no
home SO sacred but it seeks to destroy.
Sin, like holiness, is mighty leveler,
says distinguished divine. And what
may be the cause Of the thousands of
suicides which have occurred during
the past year If 1t Is not a loathing of
self? 1t is sin then which makes a
man loathe himself. It Is sin which
makes mans life become a burden from
which he so often seeks to free himself
by his own hand"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28
ACiditY of Land

The acidity of upland soils is prob
ably due to the removal of crops and
the use Of certain fertilizers that ex-
haust the lime and other basic ingred-
tents OF the soil, leaving moro of the
acid than would be the case were
nature allowed to take her course
Some plants thrive best under such
condition, but clover, timothy and
beets are injured on such soils. There
is no easy way of telling to what ex-
tent soils are acid, but q strongly
marked reddening of blue itmus pa
per indicates acidity. A dangerous
degree of acidity, or at least fatal
lack OF carbonate of lime, appears to
exist in upland and naturally we'll
drained soils and is not confined to
muck and peat swamps md very wet
lands, as most American and many
other writer's seem to assume. Such
assumption is because the partial fail
ure of certain crops upon these lands
has been attributed to other reasons.
These are the conclusions arrived at by
the Rhode Island experiment station
after several years. work. The rem
edy seems to be generous application
OF alr-slaked lime The amount ap-
piled varies from 500 to 1000 pounds
per acre, to be broadcasted and har.
rowed 1n.-American Agriculturist.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
Concentrating the Mamma

There is no farm that makes al ths
manure that its owner could profitably
use in cultivating it; hence we must
either purchase commercial fertilizers
or restrict his production to the area he
can fertilize. 1t does not pay to spread
an insufficient quantity of manure over
the whole farm in order to cultivate
the whole. That involves waste OF
labor on land that had much better be
left in grass, though where there is
near market for garden products buy
Ing commercial fertilizers will always
pay. In proportion to their effective
ness, these concentrated manure9 pay
better than staple manure made on the
farm.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28
A Novel Race,

A race which the older citizens o. @
town in West Jersey love to tell about
occurred good many years ago, the
contestants being bull and horse.
seely simpkins, an enterprtsins youth.
who made pet Of everything on his
fathers farm, trained young bull to
the saddle and rode him to mill. Horses
were comparatively rare in those days,
and the swift steeds of the present
I race-tracks were unknown.
seeley and "Jock" were the butt Of a
good many jokes, but Seeley took them
with good bumor, and contented!y rode
the bull to mill. Then, while his grist
was being ground, he would ride his
singular steed about the settlement,
whlstllng merrIly, and showing of the
bulls best paces.
In fact, the boy was exceedingly
Jealous Of Jocks reputation as road
Eter, and one day Mt the mill, goaded
by the baGtering words Of ntighJor,
be declared that he wasn't afraid to
race the bull against any horse that
could be found whereabouts.
lie was taken at his word, and within
week n race was arranged between
the bull and Tom Irvine's horse. Judges
were appointed, stakes put up, and q
race-track improvised for the occasion
At the hour appointed a crowd Of in.
terested spectators assembled.
AS the horse and bull appeared, each
fitted out in gay-colored trappings and
ridden by its owner, vociferous and
prolonged applause burst forth. The
horse was frightened by the noise and
baked. If the bull was frightened he
did not show it, but urged on By twist
CT its tail and the voice Of its owner
galloped along in fine style, and OF
course easily reached the winning lost
ahead.
Tom and his friends were disappoint-
ed, and declared that the start was I'M
fair Seeley, elated with success, was
quite willing to try it over again. The
horse behaved better ut the second
trial, and it was neck and neck race;
but Jock was on his mettle. Both riders
We're wild with excitement and ury ID
their steeds to the utmost, and in this
they were aided by the shouts and
yells of the bystanders; and again Tho
bull came n ahead, though by scarcely
more than hands breadth.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28
Da1rylng md Rotation.

Dairying assists in arranging the
rotation of crops on the farm and COM
pels the adoption of clover as ono Of
the sources for retaining fertility. The
manure made by herd of dairy cows
is as valuable as the milk sold from
some herds, and in the rotation of
crops it is applied to the fields which
require it for certain crops. Corn, for
instance, being crop that can utilize
any amount of manure, is given care
full cultivation, which cleans the
ground for wheat or oats, the time
during which the corn occupies the
land also permitting of the decomposi-
ton of the coarse materials. The
manure should be used on gross feed
ing crops, corn being one of the best
for that purpose.-Home. and Farm.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28
WISE WORDS,

Only in q world of sincere men is
unity possible, and there, in the long
run, it is as good as certain.
Man is like plant, which requires
a favorable soil for the full expansion
OF its natural or innate powers.
What men want is not talent, it is
purpose; in other words, not tho pow
er to achieve, but the will to labor.
| Drudgery is as necessary to call out
the treasures of the mind as harrow
ing and planting those of the earth.
If we would be happy, we should
open our ears when among the good
and shut them when among the bad,
Generosity, to deserve the name,
comprises the desire and the effort to
benefit others, without reference to
SELF
Men are so constituted that every.
body undertakes what he sees another
successful in, whether he has aptitude
for it or not.
If you have built castles in the air,
your work need not be lost: that is
where they should be. Now put foun-
dations under them.
There can be no social beauty, where
disorder prevails, no national beauty
where law is set at naught no beauty
OF life where the true ends of life ore
disregarded
Character is measured by the dis.
lance travelled from the starting point,
and everything depends upon whether
the progress has been up stream OF
down
Bethink thee OF something that thon
oughtest to do, and go aud do it, if it
be but the sweeping Of room or the
preparing of meal OF o visit to
friend. Heed not thy feelings: do thy
work
Politeness is kind Of anasthetic
which envelopes the asperities of our
character so that other people be not
wounded by them. We should never
be without it, even when we contend
with the rude.
Some say that the age of chivalry is
past. The age Of chivalry is never
past so long as there is wrong left
.nredressed on earth, or a man or
oman left to say, Il will redress that
n,rong, or spend my life in the at.
tempt"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28
Dissolving Bone with Sulphuric Acid.

i'A"o S'ohS WIN SafPHuftC Acid
1t is practically impossible for farm.
ers who have raw bones to dissolve
them economically so as to get them in
such finely divided state that they can
easily be applied to crops as the COM
mercial phosphates are. These are
made from burned bone, which can
then be finely ground, and the sui
phuric acid will dissolve it and reduce
to fine powder. We doubt whether
this can be done with green fresh bone,
which has animal matter in it nearly or
quite as important as the bone phos-
phate. If we had big pile of bones
that we wanted to apply to land, We
should cut or break them in as fine
pieces as possible, and spread them
over Oh orchard or vineyard, then
blowing them five or six inches be-
meath the surface, taking care not to
put them below the vegetable mould.
In contact with this, enough carbonic
acid gas would be developed by the de-
composition of vegetable matter to dis
solve the outer portions of the broken
pieces of bone. These would be very
quickly covered with fine feeding roots
from trees or vines Wherever roots
are feeding, more carbonic acid gas is !
developed. The resrlt is that after |
two or three years the bone would be
hVneycombed and filled with roots.
Even large bones can be disposed of
this way without loss. Placed any-
where in the soil OF an orchard the
roots will be sure to find them.-Bos-
ton Cultivator.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28
RED RIVER LINE.

Chas. P. Truslow. 80. President
Chas. W. Drown
Traffic Manager, New Orleans, La.
Leroy A. Stafford. 49,.
........A Agent, Alexandria, La.
This Line is composed of the following
first-class steamboats,:
Imperial, capacity 5000 bales of cot
ton.
Valley Queen, capacity $500 bales
of cotton.
Hallette, capacity 1000 bales Of
cotton.
W. T. scovell, capacity 1900 bales
of cotton.
Anna B. Adams, capacity 1000 bales
of cotton.
Rosa Bland, capacity 500 bales of
cotton.
And fleet of s Barges, capacity 500
bales of cotton each.
Boats leave New Orleans Wednes-
days end Saturdays, and leave Shreye.
post tuesdays and Fridays.
The new steamer w. T. Scoyell.
built expressly for this trade, will
make weekly trips between Alexandra
and Shreveport during the coming
season.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28

Vanity and proper regard for tho feelings OF
others should both urge you to get rid OF that
disgusting skin disease. Whether It be simple
abrasion, chap or q burn. or whether II Is n
chronic case Of Eczema, Totter or R1ngwCrm
Te .terine will positively. infellbly cure It. Cure
II 30 IL will stay cured, too. 20 cents box at
drug stores, or by mail for 80 cents in cash or
stamps from J. T. Shuptrtno, Savannah, Ga.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-07-28

Shells It not true that two people
can live as cheaply as one7 He-Yes, II
they are married. Not If they are en-.
gased.-Puck.