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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
BOYS, HEAVY Cheyiot Suits. $40

These Suits are for big boys 70 !,
years old, and are made man fashion
and for little boys TO 7 years, mad.
with sailor collar; Gold Blue. Black
and fancy mixtures, and were II nj
for our removal sale they would seu
for s225; now $3.50.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
Yard-Wide III Lei. PercnIe. 60.

Navy Blue. Black. and Napoleon Blue
with White dots, figures. aud stripes.
fully yard wide. removal-sale prics
6Ac., even though they are the nowee,
goods. Fancy Figured Cashmere So
tines, Dc. Finest 20c. Striped and
Blocked Satines, 12izc. yard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
Black Double FAN Cnpes, $3.50.

Ladies' Capes Of Black Melton. double
collars. trimmed with coney fur; some
finished with braid and some with jet;
tust received within the last five days;
TO be placed In this sale at $i.33.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
BANK STATEMENTS.

DEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
N HE PLANTERS NATIONAL BANK. AT
RICHMOND. IN THE STATE OF yIR-
GINA, AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS,
OCTOBER g. 1897:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
Men. and Boys bicycle Hose, zoe.

Worsted Plaids, Solid Color Hose. lap
over tops: have sold upwards, Of DOC;
remoyal-sale price. &oc. Seamless
Cashmere Hose, J2kc. Mems Pure
Idnen Initial Handkerchiefs 1&isc.
Open-Front Percale Shirts 4oc.
Heaviest Canton Flannel Drawers,
;s0c 50c English Canes. 2oc.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-04-30
PLY for the Blind Among BOars.

PITY for tho blind is active and
practical among wild boars. A touching
instance is reported by Russian pa
per as having taken place in recent
boar hunt near Karazi, in the Cau-
casus. When the beaters had started
to close in round likely thicket two
boars we're seen making their way
holding stick between their teeth.
This astonished the sportsmen not n
little, particularly as the animals came
along at gentle trot instead of the
usual lightning rush. Two Of the
guns fired, and Que animal fell, while
the other, evidently wounded, relin-
pushed his hold of the stick and made
of. The sportsmen gathered round
and discovered that the fallen animal
was SOW, blind of both eyes. She
was alive but wounded. Her compan'
ion had been leading her, and had
stuck to his mate till the firing had
proved too much for his nerves. The
blind SOW was subsequently conveyed
to the II 20" at Borzhom, where she
is being treated.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-04-30

The number of lobster canneries on
the New England coast is enormous.
Visitors to the seacoast in summer
can hardly fail to notice them Along
the Maine coast they are as thick as
tomato factories in New Jersey. Gem
orally the lobster factories and corn
factories are owned by the same com
panies. The former are supposed to
be about through with the seasons
work when the latter are ready for
business, and it is not uncommon to
hear fishermen say that the lobster
law was procured with special refer
ence to this connection OF the two
crops. New York Post
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-04-30
NO.13.


The importance OF DevOnpCrt as n
naval base has been repeatedly demon
strated. To-day the dockyard and the
Keyham steam factory cover an area
" 145 acres, exclusive Of the vlctulling
yard. the naval barracks, the Royal En-
gineering College and the many other
government buildings located on the
hanks Of tie Tamar and occupying 200
additional acres.
The present board OF admiralty have
now commenced a scheme of exten-
sion, says the London Globe, which in
eostliness, II not IN Importance. will
eclipse any work OF the kind previously
undertaken, and will convert Devon
port-with the exception Of Pembroke,
the youngest Of the royal dockyards-
into the largest and most efficiently de-
Tended arsenal in the world. The au-
thorities IN Whitehall have set their
hand to a scheme of naval expansion ut
the western port which willentail an ex-
peudiuire of about fGOOO.000 A million
sterling has been spent In docking op-
prations as a preliminary to the exten-
sion Of Devonport as a naval port. and
the means of access to the dockyard at
nil tides has been rendered safe and
easy.
The scheme includes the creation Of
A tidal basin. with an area Of 3o12
acres being AZ times as large as the
biggest basin which Deyonport now
POSSESSES 1t viii be 1850 feet long
and i.CG0 feet broad, with depth of
IS feet below the coping stone. Lead
ing from this basin, which will be en-
tered from the Hamoaze by a tidal
caisson. will be three craving docks
and an entrance lock sufficiently large
to permit the passage through of yes-
sells larger than any yet designed. This
lock will be an important addition to
the accommodation for it Is to be so
constructed that it can be closed with
n caisson and utilized as a dock. The
scheme thus aims at providing a large
tidal basin, which can be used at any
state of the tide, and five docks so com
modious as to reduce to a minimum the
possibility Of accident in the docking OF
unlocking of the largest vessels. Ply.
mouths geographical position renders
these additional facilities for the ac
commodation of the largest war vessel'
of the greatest national importance.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-04-30
PLATA. MARYLAND, APRIL 50. 1887

ups as well as her eyes, confessed il.
To-Day l returned from a short visit TO
new YORK, to find note, in which. with
put further explanation, she denounced
my conducted, and hoped in the bitterest
terms, that ! would never bring nyse.f
INTO her presence again. Af:Gr her atti-
luce or t|o days before, was stag
gered.
did you allow it to stop ihc7e:'
No, forced myself upon her. and
demanded an explanation. Her answer
vas Ask your conscience ! Fri d to
see her again, and failed. Vow you
have heard all Perhaps ycu will give
me the benefit OF your opinion. For NV
self, am too utterly miserable to think
Can you see the drift Of my suspicioas?"
Clearly -
'Millard.
All, you don't say. Wcll, Miss Mil
lard has heard OF my engagement. and
lmaginos you to be the reereant. Per-
fectly natural, my dear fellow.
'Naturall ECHOED Jack. Coed heav-
ensi What do you think It means for
me3"
! know what it means for me. was
the imperturhable answer. 1T means a
trio to South Weston, and call upon
Mr.. and Miss Millard. I'll inform the
I'd gentleman that am the son of his
Did friend, cite, ctc. See. 1t will all
fome right, and we'll both be benedicts
before we are year older
deck looked slightly dubious, but he
Tied to emulate his companions san
guine spirits.
After more conversation, during which
The young men became like old friends,
Beverly proposed That they should turn
In, cautioning Jack, however, to move
with as little force as possible in bed, as
ne had not yet tested the full strength oi
that article of furniture.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-04-30
Djulomatic Tutor.

Tutor-We now come to the Emper-
or Caligula. What do you kno"
about him, Prince?
pause, occlsiouel by the silence OF
the august pupil.
"Your highness is right-perfectly
right; the less sail aboE. this en-
peror the better er!''-Tit- bits.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-04-30
Thn OId merolsm and the New.

On one occasion Gordon told Cecil
Rhodes the story of the offer of a
roomful of gold which had been made
to him by the Chinese government
after he had subdued the Tai-Plng
rebellion. "Whut did you do?" said
Rhodes. "R4fused it, sf course,
said Gordon, "what would you have
done?" 81 would have taken it, said
Rhodes, "aud as many more roomfuls
as they would give me. 1t IS no use
for us to have big ideas if we have not
got the money to carry them out -
London Telegraph.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-04-30

Those who are making a fight upon
;he corset will be glad to learn thai il
is about to become extinct through the
mandates Of fashion itself. A Paris
letter says: "Corsets are now cut very
low, for obvious reasons, as the full
round shoulders are exposed in the low,
round-cut bodices. They are also cut
shorter from the waist line down"
When they begin to chop the corset
off at both ends it won't take long to
finish It.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-04-30

We noted not long ago that the city
Of New Orleans was overrun with foot
pads and highwaymen. owing to poor
police administration. The Picayune IS
authority for a statement which seems
partially to account FOR this state of
things. 1t seems that the chief Of po-
lice in the Crescent City begs that the
gambling houses be allowed to oper-
ate openly because he is continually
worried by the reports Of gambling
hn,'s b. III tfffffat,iifff; IL f4l 6.ast.
~ -. Z ,Fwonld benfted OF ssbon1.
ders and I should be correspu.-,s.,,,I,-
happy" The New Orleans chief evi-
IDENTIFY believes that a public Office is 4
| public rest-cure.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-04-30
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Hcrmotically sealed wine tasks have
been found in Pompeli.
A French florist has offered el20O
to any one who can produce a plant
which will yield blue roses.
A doctor says that probably half the
deafness prevalent at the present time
is the result of children having their
ears boxed.
A we'll known artist declares that in
nineiy-nine cases out of hundred tho
left side of the human flce is the
more perfect in outline.
Roses discovered in tombs contain
ing Egyptian mummies often have
their colors perfect, even though some
Of thoso found must be over 5000
years old.
A broken wnded horse is rarely
seen in Norway. The fact is accounted
for by the statement that bucket of
water is always placed within reach Of
horse when he is feeding.
In the deserts of Arizona there is n
species of woodpecker which pecks the
telegraph poles to pieces. Tho bird
hears the humming sound and imag-
ines that insects are beneath the sur
face.
DIR. Geist-Jacobi of Frankfort, Ger
many, has written history of dentis-
try from 300 b. @. to the present
time. 1t is known that there were
men practising the profession of den
tistry in Egypt at least 5000 years ago.
A most remarkable luminous tree
grows in Brazil. 1t is about six or
seven feet in height, and Is SO lumin-
uus that it can he plainly distinguished
in the darkest night for a distance OF
more than mile.
1t is said that there is some founda'
ton for the belief that the Irish peo'
pie can trace their origin to one oI
the lost ten tribes of Israel. Sham
rukh is Arabic for trefoil, and it is al
easy distance to shamrock, the three
| leaved clover Indigenous to Ireland.
If all the factories in Lancashire
England, should work day aud night
producing 155, 900, 900 miles of threa
avery twelve hours (the usual outpu
! dt Que dny). it would take them tw
Il Hundred years to spin a thread Ion
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-04-30
= N~NANANANANANAA ANAAVAVANNNAA
IpNreFood

You agree that baking pow
Der is best for raising. Then
why not try to get its best re-
sultss Just as easy to get all
its good-noue of its bad, By
having itmade with digestion
aiding ingredients as in
KEYSTAR: greatest raising
strength, no bad effects. No
use to clog the stomach with
what never helps make flesh
and blood.
KEYSTAR is the one all
digestible baking powder. Just
light for best baking results
harmless to a delicate diges-
tion. $1,000 forfeit if made
with alum or other bad. Fresh.
sweet and pure, all foods raised
with it digest so easily that
you are quickly surprised with
better appetite and health.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-04-30

AS precaution against rats in the
corncribs it is suggested that the out
side or the inside of the cribs be lined
with screen wire, which is fine enough
TO keep out mice also.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-04-30
hn.l.o!!n. sn Q rsesI =. Y Ilxed stars.

The stomachs of about 5000 crows
have been examined and the percent
age of food found therein reveals the
satisfactory fact that the crow, instead
of being the bandit we supposed him
TO b., cuuuingly lattening on the gran
aries aud crops of the husbandman, is
n benevolent scavenger, clearing fields,
orchards, etc., of all manner of mis-
ch;evous worms, mice and insects.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-04-30

The area OF tne group of Philippine
Islands is about the size of California.
The total population is about 7,0OO,-
900.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-02-27
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The colored Baptists of this coun-
try gave last year Sal, ,s97 for education,
$35, 1920 for missions and $210. .704 for mis-
cellaneous purposes. They gave church
property to the value of $9,704,S42 and
school property to the value of S2,02S,-
$50.
President Thwing, of Western Re-
serve university, Cleveland, says that in
the so years in the middle of the present
century somewhat more than 10000
men graduated at the eight principal
colleges of New England, of which num-
ber more than 1000 became ministers.
John Bach McAIaster says in the
Atlantic Monthly that, in the beginning
of this century, ''in our land there was
not reformatory, nor an asylum for
the blind, for the deaf and dumb, or for
lunatics." And yet there are people
who believe that the world has been
growing worse and worse the last hum
dred years!
announcement is made that the
trustees of Columbia university have
presented to the institution $500, 900 for
gymnasium. 1t will be built on the
new site of the university, Morningside
Heights, and will be the largest and
best equipped as yet in the country.
1t will be part of the great univer-
sity hall, the entire cost of which will
be more than 81 100000.
The statement is made from New
York that Gen. Booth is considerably
perturbed over the falling off in num-
bers and contributions in the Salvation
Army posts throughout the west. Com
mander BoothTucker's present aggres-
sive campaign in the west is understood
to be prompted by the generals urgency
and by desire to strengthen the army
in the leading cities. 1t is believed
that the Volunteer movement has cut
into the army badly, and it is now
claimed that the Volunteers have strong
posts in 400 western cities.
The New York court of appeals has
decided the Fayerweather will case in
favor of the 20 colleges which claimed
the residue of the estate under clause
ten of the will. This is the end of n
famous case, as this was the court of
last resort. The decision was unani-
nous with the exception of the chief
justice. AS a result Yale will receive
S3OO,000. while Rochester university,
one of the parties making the appeal,
comes in for $150,00O in addition to the
100000 originally received. Amherst.
Dartmouth, Wesleyan are among the 90
beneficiaries.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-02-27

really skilled musicians from a parrots
standpoint, which is learning to sing
correctly to the accompaniment of II
musical instrument.
When asked about teaching parrots
at home the principal of this strange
school said:
That's easy enough II the bird is
bright and the teacher has some pa
tience. All you have to do is to put him
in dark room and keep repeating the
words until he catches them. After he
has learned two or three simple sem
tences there is no need of keeping him in
the dark room during his lessons. He
will pick up things easily enough. But
as tor learning to spell and to read and
tell the time of day and music, it takes a
good teacher and a mighty bright Bird
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-02-27
NOVELTY IN FRAMES.
Pretty and Practical Method of ar
ranging photographs.

To make the frame, simply procure
an oblong bit of heavy cardboard large
enough to allow OF the chosen num-
bcr of openings. In it have cut as many
circles as you have photographs; then
cut bit of fine white linen an inch
larger all around. On the linen mark
exactly where each opening falls.
When that is done draw or have
stamped various blossoms, as you may
prefer. The suggestions given have
Been found effective and serviceable,
but are of course susceptible to change.
Holly for the winter man. forget-me-
SONS for the pretty man, violets for the
sentimental man and daisies for the
summer man are those most popular,
however.
Embroider each wreath carefully and
exactly; then wind simulated ribbon
in and out. Indicate it by an outlining
on each edge, and about each frame
outline the lettering. The remainder
of the work is purely technical, but it
requires absolute neatness to insure
success.
Press the linen carefully on the
under side; then stretch it over the
cardboard, taking great care that each
circle falls exactly over its opening.
Pull it tight and smooth and paste the
edges to the under side of the board.
Cut each circle out. but be sure to cut
one-half inch within the line. Slack the
edges and turn them under neatly;
then paste them firmly into place.
When the paste is quite dry lay over
the back n second piece of board, and in
II cut slashes or openings to admit each
card. Paste it to the Uncovered board
at all four sides and send to Trainer
for the glass and passepartout binding.
ST Iouis RapubI;c
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-02-27
SCHOOL FOR PARROTS.
How the Birds Are Put Through Reg
uiar Course of Training.

How the Birds Are Put Through a Reg
uiar Course of Training.
On lower Third avenue, in the famous
and one-time much feared Bowery dis
trict of New York, is the only parrot
which is nothing more than the back
room of bird fancier's shop, parrots re-
ceive their education.
Large numbers of these birds arc
brought to New York each season, most
of them fresh from the tropical forests
of South America. In this wild state,
screeching and screaming, they are
purchased by the bird fanciers, taught
to greater or less extent and sold all
over the country. In this parrot acad-
emy the birds go through regular
course of training. They begin with
kindergarten methods and step by step
are promoted until they have com
pIe,ed the highest grade. When n
fresh lot of these birds is purchased
they are put in the room and for two or
three days left to themselves so that
they may become accustomed to their
Surroundings. Then parrot which has
already mastered the art of monosyl-
liable words is introduced and soon
teaches the whole class such simple
words rs yes and no.
The next grade, which is bisyllables
and sentences of the simplest character,
is taught by second parrot further ad-
vanced than the first. While in the third
grade, where long words and more diff
cul: sentences comprise the course, the
teacher is also a parrot.
In the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades
the teachers are the bird fancier and his
daughter. The blackboard comes into
use and the birds are taught their alpha
bet one letter at time. Then to real
and spell simple words, as "cat" and
dog" simple sums in arithmetic. and
telling the time of day. At this point
the general education ceases. The
brighter birds are selected and taught
to sing and dance. All parrots are not
musical and only few of them become
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-02-27
An Old Record.

Some of the antiquities of this coun-
try which find their way into the mu-
seums are rivaled in age by q living crea-
ture at the Zoo. 1t is an alligator terra
pin, or Mississippi snapper, whose $50
pounds of substance have been accum-
ulated in a lifetime of five centuries, or
more. At least, that is what the sc.en-
fists calculate, and they say that there
is no reason to doubt that is was pad
ding around as little turtle in the Mis-
sissippi when De Soto first gazed upon
the river. The giantferrapin measures
about five feet from snout to tip of
tail, and during its residence at the Zoo
it has grown not particle. 1t is too
lazy to move about much, and so nature
has endowed it with special facilities for
catching food. When hungry it lies in
the water with its mouth wide open, and
the bright little red tongue looks so
much like a worm that II serves as bait
to attract fish, on which the terrapin
feeds.-Philadelphia Record.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-02-27

driving wheel several feet in diameter,
and operated by treadle or n crank.
Run u belt from the fan-wheel, over a
ruler attached to the side of the box, to
your motor, and have an arrangement
that will cause the fan to revolve at an
extremely rapid rate.
At the bottom of the box place pan
of heated water and start your mill.
Soon the water will become greatly agi-
iated and form itself into spirals as
little by little the surface is sucked
up, producing a liquid cone several
inches in height, above which number
CT small drops will accumulate and fall
back in series of spiral showers.
Gradually there will appear vapory
hollow tube from the apex of the cone;
this will gyrate upward toward the
fan and lose itself in the upper part
an exact reproduction of a real water
spout. So strong is the current of air
about this tube of vapor that twill cause
light objects such as straws and pieces
of paper which may be floating on the
surface of the water to be drawn up al
most to the top of the box.
A little soap in the water will add to
the interest of the experiment, as the
soap bubbles will be seen in violent
agitation at the foot of the cone.
You will notice that your waterspout
is spiral tube of vapor which twists
its way upward after the manner of
corkscrew. Now at the center of this
nebulous spiral, forming its cone, is
current of cool air shooting downward.
This current of cool air serves to con-
dense or thicken the vapor to some de-
gree, and il you blow puff of smoke
across the mouth of your waterspout
you will see it at once go to the interior.
OF the tube, gracefully roll itself into
slender cone, and make it's way down
tc the surface of the water. represent
ing exactly what takes place when in
real waterspout the clouds are sucked
down and mingle with the cone of vapor
that rises from the surface of the agi-
tated sea.
The spiral column is the harmless
part of waterspout, though we hear
tales of ships being wrecked, and even
Of small boats being drawn up into the
air by them. But this is done not by
the column of vapor, but by the invisi-
BILE and terrific whirlwind that RACES
round it-which, in your miniature re-
production, causes the straws and
pieces of paper 70 mount into the air.
1t has been held by many that the
course of the waterspout is downward
and not upward, but this simple expert
ment disproves this theory by showing
the formation of the column upon the
surface of the water. the direction
taken by light objects and the descent
of the smoke through the center
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-02-27

The following recipe for making an
oyster loaf is furnished by an authority:
Cut an oblong slice from the upper side
Of a Vienna loaf of bread, then scoop
out the crumbs from the inside of the
loaf. Spread the casing with butter.
fill with raw oysters, about one quart;
add tablespoonful of chopped parsley.
half a cupful of cream, some small bits
of butter, pepper. salt and two drops
oftobasco sauce. Put on the upper crust,
put in n baking dish and pour the
oyster liquor over it. Cover and bake
20 minutes. basting often with the
oyster liquor. When done, put on an
oblong dish, cut in slices and serve hot.
Chicago Chronicle.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-02-27
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
LOTTIE'S QUERY.

i was such sable little girl:
For my sweet song bird. Fred. had died.
couldn't think OF anything else,
An so l cried, an sobbed. an cried.
Then mamma sent me to Widow Browns.
The washerwoman, by the mill;
She's dref'ful poor, an her boy can't walk
He's bout my age, an his names Bill.
didn't want to go there one bit
I'd rather stay at home an cry.
An pity myself the livelong day,
Cause my canary bird must die
But course went. an took picture cards
For mamma said, take 'em along
Then twas so queer, forgot to cry.
An soon sang a gladstone song
hippity hoped the long way home:
For was merry, an full of JOY,
Was that all cause l forgot myself,
An happy made a crippled boy?
Fanny l.. Fancher. in N. Y Observer.