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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
HEARD IN THE HUsTINGs COURT.
Joseph Scott Acquftted--Mr. Rhodes
Plea Sustained-A Murder Case.


The Hastings Court was engaged yes
terday in the hearing OF the case OF Jo-
seph Scott (coloreD charged with shoot
ing Isham White at dance on Decem-
Der 2st last. The accused was ac-
quilted
Judge Witt rendered his decision I'm tho
Rhodes-M Murray case I'm favor OF Rhodes.
and the case was dismissed. Murray
Is the police officer who went tito
Saloon-keeper Rhodes's place one Sun
day afternoon to try to catch the bar
keeper selling liquor. Rhodes struck
him. and was discharged In the Police
Court for assaulting the policeman: but
a bench-warrant, charging him with as
sauIting Murray, was issued, and he was
fined -.
Mr.. II. NJ. Smith. Jr., counsel for
Rhodes, appealed, and entered n plea that
Rhodes had been discharged for the as
sault, and could not be tried. Judge
Witt sustained the plea.
The case OF Darlington Brown (colored).
charged with murder, was postponed I'M
Ill to-day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.

ANtNntAA'HIs ' a. JdbAdlJ ~ Ao'ts
No auction sales on Change
Private sales: Filters. %; cutters, II;
wrappers, H.; dark Jugs. 5. Total. 65
hogsheads.
Revenue collections: Cigars and cigar
cites. s2is.50; tobacco. s2,lij.N. Total.
s2.39i3l.
Dark loose sales to-day, $3.50 pounds.
with slL75 per 100 highest price. Shockoe
Warehouse had some very fine sales and
Il. u. Bowles, sold for Sl3.25: one for
Il. III. Bowles for SlA75; John r. Snead.
sl6.75; and p. NJ Cooke. the highest Of the
day, $l7.15. The latter planter averaged
for ali he sold to-day. $l0.5l per 100.
Good sales tomorrow. Bright sales,
which were not very large. were emil
nently satisfactory i'm every. particular.
No fine tobacco was offered. but some
very good wrappers on sale brought full
prices. Large sales. and some fine wrap
pers and other desirable tobaccos are
promised for tomorrow friday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
MRS. Il. II. GARCIN DEAD.
Former Richmond Lady Passes
Away In Trenton, n. j.

A telegram was received here by Mrs.
Ramon ID. Garcin yesterday afternoon,
announcing the death. in Trenton, N. j.,
yesterday, OF Mrs. Edward III. Garcin.
Mrs. Garcin only recently moved to
Trenton, where her husband Is engaged
In the rubber business. She was a ma
tive of this city, and both as Miss Ro-
berta Moore cher maiden nance and Mrs.
Garcin she was known to a wide circle
OF friends. TO whom the news OF her
death will come I'm the nature OF a sad
shock. She was a lady Of many virtues.
and was a consistent member OF the
Seyenth-Street Christian church. Until
few months ago she resided on west
Grace street. She was 20 years OF age.
and was married twelve years ago. She
Is survived by her husband and three
interesting children.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
ESCAPED FROM THE FARM.
seventecn-Yenr-Old White Horse
Thief Took "French Leave"

The authorities OF. the State Penlten-
tiary are diligently searching for william
Crawford, a convict, sent from Smyth
county to serve three years for horse
stealing. who escaped from the farm yes
terday. Smith is a white boy. II years
OF age. and Is described as follows Five
feet 51-2 inches in height: weighs ISL
pounds, and has black hair: blue eyes.
and a salIow complexion. lie had but
one year more TO serve, and was re-
garded as trusty. He was sent out
yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock TO
milk the cows. but. instead. took French
leave" and 1t is believed ne Is en- route
TO his former home. A reward OF so
for his apprehension Is offered.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22

county, and lived here all her life. save
ten-years' residence In baltimore.
where her husband was associated In
the dry-goods trade With ex-Mayor
Hodges, OF Baltimore.
Mrs. Coates was woman OF lovely.
christian character and her benevolence
was SHOWN both In word and deed. She
was inc only sister OF the later Major
D. W. Newton. who died here a few days
ago. Mrs. Coates leaves two sons
Messrs harry N. and Graham Coates. Of
this city.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
No New Trial Asked.

HEATHSVILLE, VA, January 21.-
(Special.)-A motion for new trial
was not made in the case of Edwin
Bee and John Payne, recently tried and
convicted in our County Court on the
charge of assaulting the 15-year-old
daughter of John Johnson. Although
the counsel for the prisoners were
anxious to use every means to secure a
new trial. the parents of the boys were
satisfied with the verdict. and feared a
new trial might not improve matters.
Accordingly. the prisoners were sem
fenced Monday morning.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
Successful Cotton-MiII Company.

LYNCHBURG, VA, January 2l.-(Spe-
cial)-The annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Lynchburg Cotton-Mill
Company was held to-day. The report
of the president showed the property TO
be in splendid condition, number of
improvements having been made during
the past year. a dividend of per cent.
was declared during the year just ended.
Neatly Johns, the negro who was con-
victed at Amherst Courthouse and sent
to Jail for six months for an attempted
assault on a young lady, was brought to
this city to-day for safe-keeping.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
Death i'm Blackstone.

BLACKSTONE, VA, January q.
Special Mrs. j. S. Robertson died last
night after a sickness of several weeks.
Mrs. Robertson was a Miss Blanton,
sister of Messrs. A. Blanton, of this
town, and Richard Blanton. of Crewe,
and Archer Blanton, of Switzerland.
She leaves a husband and three chill
dren, who have the sympathy Of the
entire community. The burial will be
tomorrow, at Lakeview Cemetery.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
BALTIMORE STOCK NAPxrr

BALTIMORE MD. January 2l.-vir-
ginia Ss' new -; do, Century, bonds.
G2; Baltimore and Ohio Is; Baltimore and
OHIO Southwestern lists eSNlOO -; do.
income, A. % IL; do, income, b. -;
Gas stock, 81 is asked; do, bonds, 6's,
1l5; do. SIS. 107 IL.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
Sending Obscene Letters Throush
the Mails.

Martha Ferguson was arrested yes
terday by uty-unjted-States-M Marshal
peasants or the charge OF sending OBJ
scene letters through the mails 10 Lottie
Williams. She was taken before Com
missioner Flegcnhimer and bailed for her
appearance on Tuesday. Both OF the
women are colored-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
Thank You;
But | Know

exactly what l need to cure
this miserable, stopped.up
feeling in my head and chest.
] have taken cold and it has
gone all through my system.
] cannot afford to make expe-
riments with new remedies,
particularly when | am certain
that
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
Death of n staun,on Lady.

sIAUNTON VA. January 20.-(spe-
siaL l-Mrs. Mary Il. Coates. widow OF
- r. Coates. Of Baltimore. died here
Today al her residence. after a few
ssys Illness, OF Pneumonia: aged IS.
~iS' Coates was q native OF Augusta
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
LONDON AND PARIS

LONDON, ENG, January 2.-Bar sill
yer, % ll-l6d. Consols. ll2 9-16 for money.
and ll2 ll-l6 for the account.
PARIS. January q, +. M.-Three per
cent rentes, l02f., Co.,, for the ac-
count.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22

In the Chaucery Court yesterday Or.
Charles NJ. Shield qualified as the exc
cutor OF the will Of hts father. James W..
Shield. whose win was admitted 10 pro-
bate. The estate Il valued at tiQ6.oM
and Is left TO the family OF the deceased,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey

will set my blood in normal
circulation, stop this provoking
cough, and end this tickling in
my throat. Druggists and gro
GERS who try to sell me a sub
stitute waste their time.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22

Orders for printing sent TO the Diepateh
Company win be given prompt alten&ion
ana the style Of work aud prices via -
care to please you.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22

orders for printing sent to the Dispatch
Company will be given prompt attention.
and the style OF work and prices will ~
sure to please you. ---..-l-,.-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.
Richmond Va January u 1907

Quotations: Wheat-Longberry S7d94c
mixed SQ9ic.; shortberry. S5a?5c.; No.
red, s5u3ic. Corn-White, Virginia. 29li
27UN l-2c. Oats-No. mixed. 2l la
&c; No. 3 mixed, 2OI2O lie; winter seed
32li3Gc. Rye-Nominal.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
V2snia,. ai!ns,. Lowss- ClosinI

Cash quotations.: Flour quiet and I'M
changed. No. 2 spring wheat. rs 3-ilf
rs 7-Sc.; No. red. 81 1-SMss Use. No. 2
corn. 22d22 lac. No. 2 oats. Is lac. Mess
PORK s7.S2 l-2qNs Lard. s3.9JQ$3.G IL.
Short ribs, $3T 1-2nsi22 H. Shoulders.
81. 25ftt4J0 Short-clear sides $tl2 1-2lp
$i25. Whiskey. Sis.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.
UNION STOCK YARDS ILL, January
H-Cattle-Receipts. 5000 head; market,
for choice, Zoe. higher: others steady:
common 20 extra steers. s3.50G$5.5Q; stock
ers and feeders. sj.lOfisflc; cows and
bulls, sl.!5qEI5; calves. S5oe$S.So;
Texans, S35onsi25.
Hogs-Receipts. $1,000 head: market
firm and Ice. higher; heavy packing and
shipping lets. 1890; choice assorted.
3.ia Ia 1856; light, $5.s5gs5.co; pigs. $500
Sheep-Receipts. 1900 head; market
steady: inferior to choice. se.5oqss.0;
lambs: s3.50uS5.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.

BALTIMORE, January 2l.-FIour-DuIl.
Wheat-Dull: spot, 30 l-2c. bid; May,
s7NS7 lie; southern. by sample. 92a93c.;
DO on grade, 90 l-2c.
Corn--Weak; spot and January, p 1-2fD
q 9SG 19c Apyyl 27a7 c steamer Maree
mixed. 3 l2d23 Bic. southern white,
% 1-2a26 Use; DO. yellow. % 1-2l26 l-2c.
Oats-Quiet; No. white, 24a25c.; No.
mlXel YM22c
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
R1cnMoNn srocK MAkKRr.

Quotations are for bonds mlturiag in no
less than ten years.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-27
Grasses In Prairie SECTIONS.

In prairie sections, and more especial
" where the summer rainfall is def
cient, the most suitable places for per-
manent pastures of mixed character
are the sloughs and valleys. Blue grass
and white clover make these ON the
higher lands where variety will not
grow so well. Our permanent pastures
in the Mississippi valley and westward
toward the Rockies should embrace on
" a few varieties, and they should be
made in the lower and moister lands.
They may oftentimes include alsike
and white clover, timothy, redtop and
blue grass In some instances orchard
grass may profitably be added and in
others medium red clover, which, how
ever, is soon likely to disappear, since
it is short lived The following proper
lions may be used per acre, but there
may be excellent reasons for varying
them:
Pounds
Medium red clover. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Z
Alslke. =
White.
Timothy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .
Orchard grass ...............,.....,.....
Redtop. .
Total
Thomas Shaw, Ontario.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-27
-Thomas Shaw, Ontario.
The Farmers. Cabbage.

While market gardeners are finding
late cabbage sold too cheaply TO allow
them any profit, this does not appear to
be the fact with farmers who have
cheaper land, says American Cultivator.
Here is the explanation given by the
authority referred to:
The excess Of fertility i'll the market
garden does not count for growing late
cabbage, as the heads have to be turned
down in order to prevent them from
splitting. Any good corn land with a
dressing of manure will be rich enough
for the late cabbage crop. The secret is
in manuring and blowing the land early,
and then thoroughly working it until
the last of June or first OF July, when
the cabbage is to be planted. This fills
the soil full Of plant food and the plants
will grow better at first than will those
Of the market gardener following some
early crop. Four thousand head of cab
bage per acre, at 2 or cents head,
make return larger than most farmers
get from an acre by average farm crops.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-27
JAPANESE MOTHERS.
They Thoroughly Understand the Tender
Care Of Children.

care Oh Gu1ldFen.
It sometimes happens that one sees a
young American mother so utterly unfit
for the training Of children and for the
duties Of motherhood that one cannot
but wonder why it pleased Providence
ever to give her the care Of little ones.
This happens sometimes in the case Of
really estimable women, and have
heard young mother say sadly that She
never quite knew what to do with baby,
it was such queer little thing, and she
was half afraid to touch it. Other young
things in the shape of puppies, kittens,
or even colts, she knew all about and
was quite at home with, but her own
child remained a sort Of curious and I'M
canny little being to her till his baby
days were over and he began to share
in his mothers hobbies in a boyish sort
Of way.
Now, in Japan mother like this is
an impossibility. She is not interested
in politics on in social reforms, neither
is she bent ON being social success, nor
devoted to any scientific philanthropic
work, as are SO many Of her western sis
tiers. She is par excellence mother,
and one who cannot be rivaled in any
other country. No children are so well
and carefully tended as hers, and she is
patient and gentle with them, never
threatening them, If they are unruly,
with corporal punishment, nor raising
her voice and scolding them in the I'M
pleasant way one SO often hears in other
countries The Japanese mother is a
born kindergaertnerin and enters into
the lives of her little ones just as easily
as the western kindergarten teacher who
has undergone long period of study
and training. To her the duties of
motherhood come naturally, for among
her nation women who will make good
mothers are chosen as wives, and thus
in the course of nature the quality OF
motherliness is intensified as time goes
on, and the race of mothers becomes
very superior.
Nowhere is motherhood as respected
as in Japan, and nowhere does the
mother receive more attention from both
her husband and her children She Is
regarded as the maker of the race, and
her maternal duties are considered to be
exceedingly honorable and to entitle her
to the utmost consideration and affec-
ton. --Pittsburg Dispatch.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-27
WHEN WORKING A TEAM.


where to Unhitch, whether on Pillow, Har-
row or Drill.
1t Is a favorite habit with many farm
ers and farmhands when working a
team, whether on pillow, harrow, drill
or any other implement, to turn around
and start on new track or furrow be-
fore unhitching at noon or at night. I
have also noticed this same practice
when one horse tools are used, such as
cultivators, shovel plows, markers and
the like The reason for this is, as one
plowman explains it, to be ready to 90
to work again. This may be very COM
mendable in the individual, but it is an
expensive notion, and, when circum-
stances are just right, it may become
very expensive. A case of this kind is
brought to notice, with the aid Of an IL
lustration, in Farm and Fireside:
A, b, @, d represent partly plowed
field. The land, E, is back furrowed and
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-27
our Society Leaders.

Society in Europe has a certain re-
stricted meaning which enables one to
picture TO himself what Sin society
means. 1t is not necessarily brilliant
distinction, but it is at least a sufficient
ly Ineligible definition But here so
eiety leader" and "clubman" may mean
something or nothing, as the case may
be. Here again democracy exaggerates
the very sentiments and positions it is
supposed TO ignore, Every woman with
two changes of headgear is "society
woman, and every man with a top hat
and two pairs of trousers is a "club-
man" One hears, too, more talk about
"old families" here than anywhere else.
Why it is l know not, unless it be be-
cause they secretly feel that they are all
so new. -" America and Americans
From French Point of View"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-27
Fertilizers In Connecticut.

1t is reported from the Connecticut
state station that during the season of
1896 cottonseed meal was the cheapest
source of available nitrogen. Expert
ments indicate that it is as rapidly and
fully available as the best forms of ami
NAL matter. 1t has been extensively used
in home mixed fertilizers and has given
perfect satisfaction. Castor pomace is an
expensive form of organic nitrogen and
used chiefly by certain tobacco growers,
who still prefer it to cottonseed meal.
The Poquonock experiments indicate
that cottonseed meal in equivalent
quantity yielded tobacco of the same
quality in all respects as castor pomace,
and at much lower cost for fertilizers.
In acid rock phosphate available phos-
phoric acid has cost on the average very
considerably less than in dissolved bone
black. Those who have tried the acid
phosphate in home mixed fertilizers re-
port very favorably, finding little or nc
trouble from caking or setting" after
mixing. Potash in the sulphates, both
high and low grade, has cost about
cent more per pound than in the muri-
ates The experiment Of the Connecti-
cut farmers as reported at the station was
favorable to the home mixtures as re-
CARDS both effectiveness and economy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-27
wnEN ANp wnrnE ro uNnIrcn.


ready to leave for the land, F, to be
plowed by going around it or turning to
the left Before turning out, in coming
down the last furrow, the team turns
the corner a, travels across the back fur
row land, T., which is about 10 PAGES
the furrow until the pillow is started and
is here stopped and unhitched. tits then
turned clear around, comes down around
the pillow, turns the corner at b, travels
back across the same land and is then
ready to start for the stable, the direc-
ton indicated by the arrow. After din
ner, when the team arrives at a, it trav-
els across the same land and makes the
various turns third time, all for the
purpose of ''being ready to go to work. .
The proper way would be, as shown
at G., to stop and unhitch at as soon as
the plow is thrown out, follow the di-
rection marked by the arrow, and, after
taking our incoming, come back to c.
hitch to the pillow and go to work. In
comparing the two methods we notice
that all the travel marked by the dotted
lines at and is entirely useless All
that is necessary TO accomplish the same
object is the travel indicated by the
full lines at and d. This may seem
like a small matter, but when work is
crowding time is money, and these daily
repeated wastes amount to something in
time and help.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-27
News and Notes.

1t appears to have been conclusiyely
proved that electricity hastens the dis.
semination Of seeds.
Thrifty growth, frequent transplant.
ing and careful hardening are the Sc.
crets Of strong tough, early vegetable
plants.
Professor Bailey has succeeded in
grating the tomato upon potato stems,
A contributor to The Orange Judd
Farmer says that club root follows when
hog manure is put upon cabbage ground.
The Juno pea is a main crop variety
for which special merits are claimed
Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-sey.
en- is new early pea Of promise.
A first early fiat cabbage is oatalogued
under the name Early Spring.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-27
FARM; ss':glses
81 IE1ssS- =, ..szss-44=Fst.4tse.
11sseagGHR7BgA
BARN BUILDING.

The Right Way and the Wrong way--A
Model Structure.
VIXEN a new structure is erected, econ
omy of the running as well as the
present building expense ought to be Of
the first Importance. Notwithstanding
this fact, there are dozens Of farms and
other outbuild-
ings just com
I~oss or eoss .sSlsAsm pleted which are
100 e zena FL --l-inconvenient to
INVOLVEMENT BARN. the last degree.
The Farm Journal gives sketch of a
cross section Of new barn and cow
house, which is here reproduced. As
will be seen at cut /, every pound of
hay and grain must be carried and
placed in the hangers OF 30 or 40 cows
and all the manure wheeled out, making
a good place for three hired men, where
two, or man and boy, could do it
easily if things were fixed right.
The gentleman who owns the place is
able to hire all the help he needs, but
complains already of the cost Of making
milk.
In the second cut, from the same
source, is shown another barn for so
cows The owner Of this second barn
has nothing finished in brass and wal
nut, but everything is so practical he
makes milk at profit. The arrange
ments are in three stories. A slight hill
ock permits hay and grain to be driven
upon the second floor over short in
cline. Here traps permit it's delivery in
to the feeding alley beneath, without
carrying it. No managers are used.
The alley floor is Of cement, slightly
following under the cows noses, and
the bran and hay are merely worked one
way and the other with fork, rake and
broom. The manure is dropped through
the floor into wagons and carts in the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-27
ONE OF THE MEAN ONES.
Might Have Been Mean Enough to Have
Stolen His Inheritance.

Four or five preachers, at preachers
meeting, or, rather, after tho meeting
was over, were discussing some of the
peculiar people they had been brought
into contact with during their various
pastorates
1.-THE very meanest man ever knew,
said pastor, whose nasal twang be-
trayed his Yankee origin, twas mar
ried man, though, as rule, the really
meanest men are bachelors for obvious
reasons.
This party was fairly well to do
and expected to be enriched by the death
of an old uncle to the extent of at least
500, 900. He was man of about 45
and was, on the surface, an extremely
pious kind of a man, with strict ideas
of biblical interpretations. At this time
the rich old uncle--a millionaire, by
the way-was approaching the scrip
tural limit of human existence-three
score and ten--and his pious nephew
had begun to figure on what he was 60
ing to do with his share of the old man 8
fortune. The latter, however, did not
hold to scriptural interpretations, but
held on until he was 81 years old. Then
he departed, and as per expectation,
when the estate was settled up the pious
nephew received 500, 900, more or less.
He ought to have been satisfied, of
course, but he wasn't, and after mouth
ing around about his hard luck, he
finally capped the climax by suing the
trustees OF the residue of the estate,
which had been willed to charity, for
the interest ON 500, 600 at 6 per cent
foc the time that elapsed between the
three score and ten limit and the date of
the death of his uncle, period of 81
years 3 months, the whole amount of
interest being $l27, 800 He even went
so far as to swear that 6 per cent was
too low, and that he could have got
s right along for the whole time if
the old man had died when the Bible
said he ought to die, Being in the fam
lily, however, he was willing to discount
the rate Of interest 25 per cent Now,
did you ever hear of anything worse
than that?"
And not man there did Wash
! inpton Star
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-27

The city of Rochester has solved the
problem Of Kidding itself of the trouble
some moths that infest the trees and old
buildings by offering prizes of money to
school children for large collections, in
effect placing a bounty on the pests In
two years, according to American Gull
tivator, about 5000, 600 cocoons have
been gathered and destroyed, with the
result that the city is said to be practi-
cally free from the pest.