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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-04


WHEAT-No.
n noSsmb beer. aelSaM 96M oJX s5Nass
May. -. 911saH 94A e2A sS1s
CoRs-No. 9.
November. 2osM aeM 25,S 25x
December. s sSN4% $$ee4 s sest g ssaa
OATs-No. ,.
December. t9A 1881 l9A lgA
May......... 2lB 2|M SlH ~iB
Mss PoRK-Per Bbl.
Deem ber.s7.6o s7;eeh s7.5lH s7.5aH
LARD-per 100 los.
pecemOer.steo si;22M st2 s9,,< s4 .sS,s
SHORT RIBs-Per 100 lbs.
5 RSSS%g.t"s 4.45 4.i4'ii,4 i.45 4fS
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady. No. 2 yellow corn, 253tqz6c. NO.
2 spring wheat, SAQSshc.; NO. spring
wheat, s5Ql9Sc.; No. 2 red, 96a9Sc. No.
corn, 25s426c; No. oats, lgalsA &c; no DO
No. 2 rye, 47Ac. No. 2 barley. Blz44zc.
No. fiaxseed, $1.06as1.0S1z Prime timothy
seed, s265ls. Mess pork, per barrel. 1850
$7Go Lard, per 100 pounds, $izq$4.SO.
short-rib sides Qoose), $40. Dry-saited
sides boxed, s475QslS71k. Whiskey dis
tiIlers' finished goods, per gallon, $l.1s.
Sugars-Cut-ioaf, unchanged. Butter
Firm; creamery. l5p25c. dairy, i2gZoc'
Cheese quiet at SqS1zc. Eggs-b1rm; fresh'
Ice. ~
ST. LOUIS. MO-. November S.-Fdour-
Steady: quarantine in the South still ex-
ercises a restriction. on trade -
Wheat-Dull; track, 991zc.; NO. naru'
cash. 9Oc.; December, 9s74c.; May, s674c.
Corn-Spot lower; No cash, Ti54c.; De-
cember, "a 3-Sc. May, Nzc.
OatszS Spot higher; No. cash, elevator,
1si5c.: track 20Q2Olkc.; No. 2 white, nag
&c; December, D5tc'; MAY; ~ .SSGistsc
Butter-Steady; creamery, DaZ41sc.;
dairy. l2419c:
Eggs-Steady at 1fAc.
Whiskey-N.f9.
Pork-Easy; standard mess, joobing'
IS 25I$S50
Lard~Quiet; prime steam. $50; choice.
Bacon-Choice lots steady; shorts. s5.Sls.
Dry-Salt Meats-Boxed shoulders, S.25;
extra short clear, y; ribs, $.lz1z; shorts
SIS. -
CINCINNATI, o.. November s.-Flour-
'Wheat-DulI and lower: No. red, DC.
Corn-Firm; No. mixed, zs,5c
Oats-Firmer; No mixed, 2oA42lhc.
Rye-Quiet; No. 2. sc.
Lard-Steady at Ai7is.
Bulk Meats-Steady at N.0o4$i.s5.
Bacon-Quiet at se.D.
Whiskey-Steady at H.19.
Sutter-Firm and unchanged.
Sugar-Dull
Eges-Firm at 15c,
Cheese-Steady.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. November IA p. NJ
Cotton-Spot in fair demand; prices low
err; American middling fair, 3 5-Sd-; good
middIing, l3~32d.; American middllug.
3 slid; low middling. s-16d.; good ordi-
nary, lid; ordinary, 7-Sd., The sales
OF the day were 1900 bales. of which
1000 were for speculation and export. and
included 1900 Americans receipts, z, ioQ
bales-all American. II
Futures opened easy with moderate
demand, and closed Irregular; American
middling low middiing clause; November.
l3-i4d., sellers: November and December.
l1-6iQ3 l2-gsd., sellers; December and
January. 3 Lid. buyers; January and
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-04
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAc. NOV. Z. Isgz
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
OUR FLAG IN ENGLAND.
1t is Libera1ly Displayed There on Public
Occasions,

1t is Libera1ly Displayed There on Public
Occasions.
An English friend of the Companion
and of the United States. at Oxford,
England, writes to lis that when the
Prince and Princess of Wales lately visit
ed that town with their hosts, the Duke
aud Duchess of Marlborough. the stars
and stripes were to be seen everywhere
The biggest flag hung out across the
busiest street was the American flag. He
says also that ut Christmas it is Il COM
mon custom to Use almost as many little
Americ lean flags as Union Jacks AMI royal
flags in decorating. Christmas trees. He
And the school children and other chill
dren for whom these trees are got up all
know it, and learn to look upon the Brit
ish and American flags side by side as
those of two brother nations. | am not
thinking of Christmas trees in any spp-
ciaslS 'Americanized spot if such there
bel. but in country parishes and town
school celebrations. Curio,,sly enough |
never heard anyone refer to it or speak of
it as cXceptional-it is done quite as 4
matter of course. as being the natural
thing to do.
1T is Il sort of quiet friendly feeling
of its expressions in this Very simple. UNI
emotional shape. hut | am glad to think
that our children here learn to look upon
the American flag as they do"
1t to tT feared that Il similar display
of English flags, with the stars and
stripes. on Il festive occasion in an Amer
:can city would draw upon those who
used them Il strong suspicion of disloyal-
Ivy Outh'S COmDaniOu
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
HOtbeds for Spring Planting,

During this month the advancing sun
will daily increase the amount Of heat
it furnishes, both by rising higher and
giving a day longer in length. 1t is lack
Of sunlight as well as of heat that makes
vegetation less vigorous, even in the
greenhouse with steam heat, during De
ccmber and January. than it will be later.
1t is true that much direct exposure to
the suns rays is burtful to many plants:
but they all want nearly or quite as
many hours of daylight as Of darkness
to do their best. 1t is best, therefore.
to make hothcds with southern exposure
and give ventilation during the day
Some thin wllitewash spread over the
glass will prevent the suns rays from
concentrating on and burning the plants
and without diminishing the warmth
But it must not be forgotten that too
much heat in the hotbetl, especially with
insufficient light and air. is as injurious
and even more to be dreaded than cold
Many more failures result from max
ing plants too tender to withstand ex-
posture 20 air than from frost. The pre-
ycntiye of this danger is to vcntilatc the
hotbed as often and as thoroughly as
possible, especially in the day time.
when the plants on mild days may be
exposed to the air and light This will
enable them to be transplantcd to the
open ground when the weather is warm
enough without loss. and without being
stunted.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
HEROISM IN SHIPWRECKS.
Noteworthy Cases Where British Soldie
UnflinchiMulx Facad noafh

Noteworthy Cases Where British Soldie rs
Unflinchingly Faced Death.
II. Lawrence Swinburne reminds us
that the cases of military discipline ard
heroism in face Of shipwreck referred to
i'll this column on Thursday last, by no
means exhaust the list of deeds of the
kind. This, of course, VIC knew. He
cites more particularly case Of the
kind that occurred i'll July, 1912, when
the hired barque Alert, having on board
ten companies of the old Sixty-fourth
(now First North Staffordshire), under
the command of a Capt. Draper, struck
on rock when about 100 miles out
from Halifax, and commenced to fiji
with great rapidity. Naturally the i'm
pulse of all was to reach the upper
deck, but the skipper explained to the
military officers that the transfer of some
200 men from below would probably
cause the ship to founder. The officers
accordingly mustered their men on TIE
lower deck, where all stood, without a
single attempt at breaking ranks, while
the water slowly rose from their ankles
to their middles, and until the vessel was
safely beached, when all OH board, in
Guiding many women and children, were
safely landed.
1t is really curious add Mr.. Swim
burnel to note how often British soldiers
have had to face death in this fashion,
Among other noteworthy cases arc the
following: In 1854 d battalion of the
lnniskillihgs were wrecked off Port Eliz-
abeth, when sixty-two men, eleven wom-
en- and twenty-five children lost their
lives. In 1916 the Seahorse, carrying
the Fifty-ninth. was driven ashore in
Tramore bay, county Waterford, and out
of sixteen officers, 800 non-coms. and
men, 81 women and AZ children only
subaltern officers and 25 men reached the
shore alive. In the same year the
Eighty-second was wrecked in the Boa
dicea near the Old Head of Kinsalc, and
3 officers, 157 men, 10 women and IT
children persisted. Part of the Fifteenth
and nearly all of the old Eighty-fifth
ldisbanded in 1889 lost their lives in the
Vile de Paris and other of Rodney's
prizes when homeward bound in 1852
London Chronicle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
FOR THE FARMER,
A Song In Winter.


a robin sings on the leafiess spray, Is
Hey h0, winter will go. - II
sunlight shines OH the uesOlate way,
5% And under my feet T. - ;S:
sH l feet the beat ~. ~
ct tho worlds heart that never is still.
Never is still
Whatever may stay. +n# -
Life out of death, AZ day ont OF night,
Hey no, winter will go!
fln the dark hedge shall glimmcr d light,
: A delicate sheen
l.. or budding green,
Then, silent the dawn Of summer breaks,
AS morning breaks,
Der valley ana height.
The tide GIBBS out, and the tide flows buck
-, Hey no, winter will 60!
Though heaven be screen'd by Il stormy
rack,
1t rains, and the blue
g., Comes laughing through
And, cloudlike. winter goes from the earth,
Goes from the earth
That flowers In his track.
Sing. robin. sing on your lcafess spray
Hey no. winter will go!
Sunlight and song shall shorten the way.
And under my feet
feel the beat
or the worlds heart that never il still,
Never Is still
Whatever may stay.
"A. st. John Adcock,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
Marrying Titles.

1t is we'll understood in Europe that if
man marries into an untitled family it
is better for him to marry an American
than a woman Of any other nationality,
Tor the same reason that Napoleon III.
gave for making choice of a Spanilrl-
she had no family in France to be en-
riched and enhobled. Europeans don't
trouble themselves much about Ameri-
can social distinctions, and can't under
stand the difference between fortune
made in 1877 and one made in 1897.
Many. of the diplomatic corps have mar
rled Americans; there have been several
marriages of Washington girls 10 Sec
retaries Of legation and attaches within
the last year, and a large proportion of
them have turned out we'll. American
women are natural diplomats A Eu-
ropean woman is born and bred in Il GER
tain rank of life, and although she may
be transported to another rank, she
takes with her the stamp of the grade to
which she belongs. Not so an American
woman. AS the wife of the premier of
Great Britain she would put Lady Clara
We're de We're to shame by her quick
adoption of most of the characteristics
Of the daughter of a hundred carls.
There is less risk in an American girl
marrying a diplomat than any other sort
of foreigner-for a diplomat is under
bonds to behave himself. But if she is am
bilious, and desires to make q really bril-
liant match, she ought to marry Il citi-
zen of the United States-Illustrated
American
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26

The practice of Matching out puilets
every year to take the place of hens, is
not always good plan. Bear in mind
that before pullet becomes serviceabie
she must be raised. 1t il the first cost
that must be met before she will give
a profit. A very large number of farm
ers who raise pullcts to take the places
of their hens make the point that they
must get more eggs from pullets than
from hens. but they overlook the fact
that they have to feed the pullets until
they reach maturity: 1t is just the
same as if one raised hcifcr at every
opportunity, and sold the cow Now. a
hen will give you just as many eggs
when she is 8 or years old as when she
is younger, and the reason so many pre-
fer pullets is that while pullets are grow
ing they do not so readily become fat.
The hens fatten quickly, hence the mis-
take has been in overlooking them. and
not because the hens are not equal to pull
lets. The use Of pullets every year leads
to degcneracy. Eggs from hens are
larger, and the hens produce stronger
chicks. Keep your old hens as long as
they are proving Observation-Disclosures
Farmer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
Look 10 the Mamma HeaOS.

However cold the weather may be,
manure. will heat in winter. and will
often be badly tirefanged while the heap
is covered with snow, and the farmer
thinks there is no danger of loss Snow
on the manure heap may be only melted
on the top, while down in the center all
the carbonaceous parts of the manure
have been burned out. Horse manure is
most likely to be injured in this way.
1t is naturally dry, and " hen it begins
TO heat there is never moisture enough
to preserve it from burning. If the
heap is turned over it will often be
found that snow or ice have remained
unmelted within six or eight inches Of
where the fire is hottest. In such cases,
however, the snow and ice will be either
on level with the heating manure or
slightly above it. Do not rely on putting
snow in the middle of heap so as to
prevent tircfanging. 1t may either pre-
vent all heating, which is not wanted, or
the snow will be quickly melted, and the
air it contains will make the manure
heat all the more fiercely
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
A Strange Freak of Nature.

We hope to sell 100000 packages
Golden Rfnd Watermelon, the most
wonderful freak of nature-smooth,
shiny, yellow rind, crimson flesh, deli
cious!; It's sensational Took 500 first
prizes In 1896. You must have it to be
in the swim. g, Melons 20 like wild fire
at 500 apiece. We paid $500 for one
melon! 500 prizes for earliest melon
-ripened In 1896 in Al days. Lots Of
money made in earliest vegetables.
Salzer's seeds produce them. Thirty
five earliest sorts, postpaid, 81.
Send This Notice aud Is Cents for a
Package of Golden Rind and wonder
full seed book, 146 big pages, to John A.
Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse. Wis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
THE FAMINE IN INDIA.
Pathetic Condition of Abandoned q,
#a..ssz Neglected ChilstrsM.

Pathetic Condition of Abandoned and
@#~-s.s Neglected children.
Writing from the IhaEsi district, the
special correspondent OF the Times of
India says: "fhc case of the children
excitcs my compassion the more see Of
them. They are everSWhere the picture
OF hopelessness and the innocent victims
They do nothing hut hook wistful by the
hour, and die without complaining.
saw small boy standing altne among Il
croWd or grown-up mupers. He was
asked where his mother was, and he
pointed her out. Where was his father
=oh, he had taken another wife That is
q common case. man who in ordinary
times would take second wife aud keep
his first now turns off the first and her
children. \ woman deserted by her hus-
band takes up with another man; but he
makes it condition that she must not
feed so many. So the children are turned
loose. Then there are numbers Of chill
dren who We're orphaned before the fa-
mine. and have been taken care OF BY
relatives. These are now told that the
times are too hard. and that they may no
longer share the food of the children of
the house. Thousands of houses were
broken up before the relief works began.
l write Of the country at large, not of this
place, The father went one way to work
ana the mother another in search or
work. in many eases never to meet again.
and the children were left in the deserted
hut. Some mothers are kind to their
think of themselves. When they have
nothing left to share with them or give
up for them, they use their remaining
strength i'll looking for somebody who will
take them off their hands and promise. to
be kind to them. Other mothers are SIM
I&,llr VnI nil St0
children that their fanlished appearance
may induce compassionate people to give
them money. One unnatural creature OF
this sort, who was daily receiving
measure of flour for herself and one tor
her her chiId, was 50 fast growing; fat while whiis
food was placed before the child to be
eaten. on the spot; but the mother
snatched it up and devOureu it. almost
literally out of her chill's own mouth,
and then held out her cloth for her own
share of meal.
kindness which. in this time of trial, in
duces English. Scottish, German. Ainer-
can and Swedish missionaries to pick up
these little waits and care for them with
a generosity beyond their means. They
make long Journeys. sometimes third
class, and take them themselves - their
houses or their schools and stint
tAelI OWN ueceSSltltS 10 give tiletl iIllih,
and clothing. treating each one
as Il special case which would otherwise
have to take it's chances in poo:house
Every child thus cared for is cared for
at famine prices. when the ordinary cost
Of the mission schools. without the addi-
ton of these orphans. is nearly double
what was budgetted for.
Il met some Swedes in Sugar. Of Il
mission which is one of the poorest in
India. They had taken charge If fifty
children. and were doin. their little best
for them. Their appeal will go to Stock
holm, and, further, whatever help comes
will come from there
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
Grain Feed for WInfarfnp Stock

AS i'll other winter months the most
important farm work during February
will he to keep stock well supplied with
food. If hay is scarce, as it is on many
farms this year, the fact, instead of con-
demning stock to poorer feed. may prove
decidedly the reverse. Hay is almost
everywhere very nearly as dear per hun
dredweight as corn, oats or even barley.
Some Of these ground and mixed with
cut hay will make the stock do enough
better to pay the extra cost. There is
no profit in merely wintering stock of
any kind. Owing to wet weather last
fall, the second growth Of grass, whether
fed off or cut for hay, was water. and
less nutritious than it should be. Many
of the cornstalks also were injured by
heavy rains falling on them after they
had partially dried. A small amount of
grain for animals that are to be kept
without fattening will pay better to feed
on the farm than to sell. If this is rot
the fact. it simply means that the farmer
has inferior stock, which he should dis
pose of at once and secure bcttcr.-Amcr-
lean Cultivator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26

to have employees whom he will he glad
to consult about farm plans and methods
views may be compared, and changes
will be made that must Increase farm
profits. Besides, even the winter season
bns in it much work in preparation for
that of blowing and seeding. Manure is
to be comp0sted, or drawn and spread
upon the fields, and the wood that Is re-
CURED for the year should he got out and
piled to dry If this has not been done
before. The springtime is also the peri
Cd when most farm animals drop their
young, and they will require for some
time previous greater care than is needed
earlier.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
Specialties for Small Farmers.

The farmer on few acres cannot COM
pete in growing the staple grain crops
which. harvested as they are now by ma
chinery, can only be grown proftably OH
large fields. The small farmer must de-
vote his time, skill and land to special
crops that require the greatest amount
of labor to make successful. If he does
this thoroughly his limitation as regards
land will prove an advantage, not an in
jury. 1t is only by thoroughly mastering
some one business and then sticking to it
that men make money. This is us true
of the farmer as of men engaged in other
yocations.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
CHAIN LINKS KILLED HIM.
An Indiana Farmer Carried Them in Hi

An Indiana Farmer Carried Them in His
Body Thirty Years.
Philip Brew died at New Carlisle, Ind.
from the effect Of two links of log chain
which had been lodged in his body for
thirty years. Shortly after the close of
the War of the Rebellion Brew attended
81 logging bee. \ heavy chain broke and
two links struck him Oh the left side
above the heart. pushed directly through
his body and lodged directly under the
shoulder blade. He did not have the
links removed, and they bothered him
ever since, appearing sometimes in one
part Of the body, sometimes in another.
The last few days he bled profuscly from
the month
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26

The Washington Times thus speaks
Of ex-Congressman Belamy Storer of
Cincinnati, whose name has been men-
sition If secretary to the Prosdon+ ' shon ia
that Office be created: "Mr. Storer is
tall, handsome, good Gn political sense),
and very, very wealthy, having married
the daughter of Nicholas Longworth,
who was in old times the richest man in
Cincinnati. The social end of the pri-
vate secretary's office would be held up
beautifully under Mr.. Storer.'
Florida, Of all the states, has the
most water within it's boundaries, 4l4O
square miles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell aud completely derange the whole
system when entering 1t through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they Will do is
tenfold to the good you can possibly derive
from them, Nails Catarrh Cure manufact-
contains no mercury, and Is taken internai.
". acting directly upon the blood and mu-
vous surfaces Of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure he sure you get the
genuine. 1t Is, taken internally. and made in
Toledo. Ohio. by F. J. Cheney 4 Co. Testi-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
AN AGED BRIDES ROMANCE.
"A Camden Spinster of Seventy Accepts
Man She Once Reiected

a Camden sPinster of Seventy Accepts u
Man She Once Rejected.
Squire Longstreth of Camden. y. J.,
has performed 4 marriage ceremony. tho
contracting parties in which arc the old
est he ever united: The bridegroom is
Moses Samuels. II years of age. while
the bride was Rachel Sarvahlo. aged 20
years. She had never been married.
When she was Is years of age. and one
of the bellies of the vicinity. Samuels pro-
posed to her. but she would not marry
him. In after years he we'd. but she re-
manned single. When Samuel's wife
died. he took for his housekeepcr Rachel
Sarvahlo. Then he renewed his suit for
her hand. with the result that she be-
tamn Mrs Ssmu,ls
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
THAT SPLENDID COFFEE.

Mr.. Goodman, Williams County, ILL.,,
writes us: "From one package Salzer's
German Coffee Berry grew 300
pounds of better coffee than can buy
in stores at 30 cents pound"
Z A package Of this and big seed cata-
logue is sent YOU by John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La C.osse, Wis.,, upon receipt
of Is stamps and this notice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
Breweries in California.

There are more breweries in California
than there are i'll Illinois; more distilleries
in Massachusetts than there are in Ken
lucky, and more cigarettes manufactured
in New York state than in all the other
states of the country combined
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26

1867 BUS. POTATOES PER ACRE.
Don't believe it, nor did the editor
until he saw Salzer's great farm seed
catalogue. It's wonderful what an ar.
roy of facts and figures and new
things and big yields and great testi-
monials it contains.
Send This Notice and 10 Cents Stamps
to John \. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, for catalogue and II rare farm
seed samples, worth $40, to set a start.