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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

The following liberal donation was re-
ceived boy the Citizens Relief Association.
Any and all donations. just 40 this time.
Will Doe highly appreciated. as this surely
is.
The -four hos been turned over o. the
distributing agent of tine City Mission.
Henry Lee Valentine Secretary citizens
Relief Association Richmond.
Dear S.r.-We shall be glad 10 honor
your order on as Tor five 90 barrels OF
patent -four. sacked in l2-pound pack
ages. for distribution among the deserve
ing poor OF the city by the Citizens Re
lief Committee OF The Young Mems Bust
ness Association. Yours, etc,
(Sle tO
BALLARD & BALLARD co.
per Gus 4. BreauX, Jr
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

DURHAM y. C.. December Special.
MIR Robert Leo Moier. of Washington,
-. g.. and Miss Cora Tyree. of Durham.
viii Doe married on the 18th.
Four carloads OF Durham bull smoking
tobacco were shipped yesterday 10 Los
Angeles and other points iu California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Jones have issued
invitations 10 the marriage OF their daugh-
ter. Miss Mamie. 20 Mr.. John DickersOn.
on Thursday evening. December &d.
The tobacco warehOusemen OF Durham
consider the recent ruling of State Treas
urcr Worth that they must pay tax OF
] per cent. on their commissions 10 be a
very unjust one. \ storm Of protest is
going up AL along the line.
DR. J. a. Cunningham. presiding elder
~ the Durham district. is quite sick n
Greensboro.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

BALTIMORE. Dec. 22-FLOUR-Inac-
tive. unchanged
month. g7,.ng7a,c. January. oSn9SiSc. A.
steamer 40 . red. g2i>H92ic., southern
wheat by sample g2H3sigc. DO. on grade
D3N!lSC
CORN-Dull and lower. SPOT di'4'i"3'~c. B.
rnonfh 29i. G,ggilr December. now or old.
33i 033i5. January 33n33h February.
33il n33Ec.. southern white and yellow
OATs-Farier. No. . white. 29d29i4c.;
No. mixed 27N27i4c ....
RYE-Stcady. 40. 2 nearby 52i dj2i1c..
No. western. 5Skc.. sales
HAY-Firm. better grades. choice tim
Othy. $500 asked.
GRAIN FRElGHTS-Dull and steady
unchanged.
SUGAR Strong. unchanged.
BUTTER-Quict. UNCHANGED
EGGS Steady. unchanged.
CHEESE Steady. unchanged
WHfSE Ely Unchanged.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

G. Debate. Resolved. That Athletics
Should BE Encouraged by College Au-
thOrities" Affirmative. Nessrs Fox and
Dodd. negative. Messrs Hundlo. and
jackson. The negative won. Volunteer
Anthony. and Smith. After the debate
Mr. ! H. Hunt arose and In a gem of
"A speech presented 10 Prof Wagner as
a mark Of affection from the students.
writing desk and a banquet lamp Prot.
Wagner replied in words that showed
how deeply he appreciated the gift. and
the motives prompting n. IL was then
his pleasure also. 10 DO some presenting.
and after "A few Introductory remarks he
handed Master Otis Walker set OF
Coopers works FOR having made more
Improvement boo writing than any other
member 81 The English department OF the
College.
Up0n motion made by Mr. Duval. tho
society then adjourned 10 meet the first
Friday Of 1s4A
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23
NAVAL STORES

CUARLESTO. S. g.. Dec. - TT RPEN-
TINE-Firm soc bid. 31i4c asked. sales
ROsIN-Firm and unchanged; sales
none
WILMINGTON. y. c.. Dec. - -SPlR-
IT'S or TIRPENTlNE- Steady. az ~'4c.
H3lc Receipts l6 casks.
ROSIN-Firm. S11J0$I20. receipts. i2)
barrels -- . ~
CRUDE TURPENTlNE-Stcady. Slfo4
Sf.go. receipts - barrels.
TAR-Firm. 500. receipts vi natIeis.
SAVANNAH Ga. Dec. d. SPIRITS
or TURpENTlNB Opened firm. "utc..
with sales of 1908 casks. closed lrm at
Bic. with further sales OF ~ casks. re-
ROSIN-Firm. sales 300 barrels. re-
ceipts 1850 barrels. A. p. g. -. Si20, i.
r. Sl25. g. Sl3l. ~. 10. 7. Si.C". Is,
81 70. NJ. Si75. Is. $3.50. window glass.
81 G1. water white. S5l'.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23
rnHAccO ENCHANGE.

Richmond. Va. Dec. -. lNii-
Offerings Of now dark loose tohaccos ON
the Richmond (NaD breaks to-day. stone
wall Warehouse sold ll.G}j pounds,
shockoc. 1860 pounds. highest price.
sg95. Crcushaw's 2l.JOO pounds. highest
price. S1225. Total JO.213 pounds high
EST price. Sl2.2j.
Private sales reported TO the secretary
Of the Richmond Tobacco Trade to-day
were light
The tobacco Inspector reports light SAM
ping to-day.
snockoe. Scahrooke's Stonowal. Ale
chany old Dominion and Davenport to-
h8cco warehouses report to-day. Receipts,
20 packages. deliveries. s packages.
United States Internal revenue collcc-
ti0us ON tohaccos for the city of Rich
mond Nal to-day Cigars and cigarette.
S7.uS1G3. plug tobaccOs. S2oSIo5. Iota,
sg l2S.GS
Planters Warehouse had its last sale
of the season to-day. prices were strong
on all grades. Some mahogany wrappers
were onorod in the break to-day and sold
at high figures a. this closing sale until
after the holidays are over
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

ABINGDON. VA. Dec 22-Spccial-
Az the examination trial to-day of Jack
Marks and Walter Marks before Mag
istrate Roberts and Mayor Hines for the
murder of Mrs. Rebecca Carlton. IN Dem
ton valley. seven miles south Of Ahing-
don. on the gth instant they were com
mittod to await the action Of the grand
jury.
Public opinion ls strongly against them
Jack MARKS married her daughter and
lived iu her house with her.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

oyster Buyers Petition Judge Gsrnett for
Relief

STORMONT. VA. Dec. Especial
The petition of seventeen oyster buyers
and others came before Judge Garnet s.
court to-day az Saluda asking bet
ter observance 81 the Gull law.
The petition sets forth the fact that
the present number OF inspectors cannot
by any possibility enforce the law. which
fact seems 90 be- generally conceded. but
the present inspector showed that a
greater number of inspectors would so
diminish the paw that no one could afford
90 work for the compensation that a
longer division OF the funds would re-
quire. and this would practically do away
with the inspectors altogether.
PHI Judge dismissed tine case until the
next inspector report shall De heard M
the March term Very little other bust
ness was transacted and the court adj
iOuruod
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

He Claims TO Have Been Employed by the
tufou 10 Wreck u Newspaper.

ALEhNDRGA. VA. Dec. 22-Special-
4 young man nam cd FRANKLIN, printer
or pressman from Wilmington and Phil
adclphia. ls in the tolls here charged
with attempting % prcvent the issuing
of the Alexandra Times. which ne says
employed MIN as prcssmau and u was
hi. duty 90 bust the scaDs and kIu The
rats-girl cOmposiiOrs.
lie was prevented from doing any ma
terial damage. lne paper WAS gotten
out tonight.
lie says union men sent him here on
this miss on.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23
RrcHmoyD ENGINES rnE BEST
Tho Locomotive Works Gets An order
over strong Connection.

The Canadian Pacific railway has Just
placed an order with the Richmond Loo
comotlvc Works Tor twelve heavy COM
pound consolidated locomotives
These engines have 2, and 90 by 2f-inch
cylinders and weigh about 5000 pound 8
BOO working order.
The Richmond Works secured this or
der in competition with the other system
Of compromising locomotives used no this
country. and. after trial OF one con-
vcrtod engine. which tact demonstrates
the success OF the Richmond system.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

NORFOLK. VA. Dec. 1.-THE price of
peanuts has fallen asaln. ana now
,aroint, from lngltc. having dropped
from BIC. nuts are coming Boz freely and
indications are that the crop is larger
IMAM Anticipated The percentage u
black nuts is about 30 per cent. which
keeps tie price down.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

si75: dry sailed shoulders tboxodl. 4Na
| a.. short clear sides boxed. i11i4nJ.
| whisky distillers' finished goods. per gal
| lon. Sl.1g: sugars. cut loaf. unchanged.
butter. steady creamery, l'H2lc., dairy.
! l2digc.. cheese. quiet, SHsisc.. eggs. firm,
4 fr.ab plg
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

The funeral of Mr.. a. - Taylor whose
death was announced in The Times. took
place yesterday morning 40 II o'clock
and the remains were inferred ~ the
family hury.ng ground az Hickory iill.'
Chesterfield county.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23
DR. GRIUMER'S C.tLL.
\ Petition From the >tudcnis--A Marriage
in Alexandria.

ALEXANDRIA. VA. Dec. SPECIAL
Professor Grammer has not accepted the
call 90 Norfolk. The students ar. pre-
pairing 10 petition him 90 decline that
can ana Dc s believed that he will
Miss Katie prettyman and Mr.. John
StOuncl. OF Fairfax We're married last
U.urf
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

CHICAGO. Dec 22.-It was a holiday
market in wheat to-day The price III
May keeping within less than cent
range. Bears had "a trihc the better of
&c. the close showing 4d% decline De
combcr was weaker and declined * on
the selling OF about 10000 bushels Corn.
oats and provisions were duh but steady
and closed at prices unchanged 10 a point
higher.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23
JOHN l.|llllAMS & SON,
BANKERS.
1000 EAST MAIN STREET.

State Bonds. city Bonds. Bank Stocks,
and other high-grade Investment Securl-
ties bought and sold.
LETTERS OF CREDIT furnished avail
able I'm all parts Of the world SEQ
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

NORFOLK. VA. Dec. 22.-Special-Tha
North Atlantic squadron viii assemble
i'm Hampton Roads for the winter cruise
In a few days. The flagship New YORK
arrived to-day
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23
MARINE iNTELLlGENcE.


1897. ARRIVALS.
Steamer Richmond. Glover mfrchHn-
disc and passengers. Oid Dom non
steamship Company from New YORK.
Schooner Edith Mclntirc Mclniire.
FERTILIZER. Virginia and Carolina 'hem-
lDal Company from New YORK.
Schooner Florence Shay Abbott feru-
Hzcr. Richmond Guano Company from
Sew York
schooner John r. Fcls. Loveand. f'r-
tuzcr. Richmond GuanO Company from
New York
Schooner Thomas Booze. Phillips. feru-
lzor. Virginia and Carolina Chemical
Company from Norfolk.
SAILED.
Steamer Poc1hontds. Graves. morchan-
disc and passengers. Virginia Navigation
Company for Norfolk.
Steamer Richmond. Glover. mcrchan-
disc and passengers. old Dominion
steamship Company for Norfolk.
schooner vs.. b. White, Crowley. light
for Norfolk
Barge McNaushton. O'Brien. light for
James River.
PORT BERMUDA HUNDREDS. DEC. %.
1897.
SAILED
Schooner Virginia Eulou. leak lumber
and tics. New Jersey.
PORT or WEST POINT DEC. %. 1897
ARRIVED.
steamship Baltimore. Murphy. Baltl
more. passengers and general cargo.
steamship Elm CITY Haynes. Mattapom
river landings. general cargo ana pas
senhers.
SAILED.
Steamship Baltimore. Murphy. Bat-
more. passengers ana general cargo.
Steamship Elm city. Haynes. Mattaponl
liver landings. passengers and general
cargo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.

Quotations are for bonds maturing IN
lOt less than ten years.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

Steamship Baltimore. Murphy Bait
more. passengers ana general cargo.
Steamship Elm city. Haynes. Mattapon
liver landings. passengers and genera
pIrwo
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23
RICHMOND STOCK MARKET

EIHUWOUu, ' n, DO. - I0|'1
SALES: Virginia Ccuturies-3.O 900 al Goa.
Ca. Southern and Florida Js-i 600 at
1927. Georgia. Southern and FLORIDA 5's-
900 AZ 1913.
l.Atr NEl,Trrl Ir-II.c IIH Acl- Cd
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

steamship Baltimore Murphy. Bait
more passengers and general cargo.
steamship Elm City. Haynes. Mattapom
river landings. general cargo ana pas
senhers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

Amer lob. co. pfd lilo 1114 90.
w H. Land and Imp. co. - Il zoe.
Na.-Car. Chem. pfd ......lOO lo1 1O9
Na.-Car Chem. Co com. 100 -
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

PORT BERMUDA HUNDREDS. DEC. p
1897
SAILED
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
No Good Map of Cuba.
rom the New York 1cin,os

Any landsman who tries, to, buy a. good
map of Cuba will learn the surprising fact
that no such map has ever been made and
that even its coasts are for the most part
either uncharted at all or charted SO care
lessiy and incorrectly that the CAPTAINS of
vessels in approaching any except a few
of the islands most important harbors are
forced TO rely almost exclusively on such
information as their own eyes and sounding
lines will supply. This may not seem like
very important matter, especially to those
who are accustomed to think of Cuba as an
cut-of-the-way part of the world, in which
many characteristics of a new and unex-
plored region are pardonable. In reality.
however, this lack Of maps and charts
shows the quality Of the Spanish rule as
clearly as do the murders of non-combat-
ants or the wholesale Misrepresentation of
public funds about which every correspond
ent has SO much to say. AS countries in
the new world go. Cuba is very old. The
Spaniards began to explore it in 1882, and
since 1J11, except for a single year, they
have had uninterrupted possession of 1t.
And in four hundred years they have not
had time enough to spare from the task of
draining the islands resources even to sur
vey it's coast. The idea of adding Cuba to
the civilized world never occurred to them.
The only thought was to establish at Hay-
ana and in few ether places great fort
resses, by which the island could be- not
governed. but controlled. end anything that
would help general commerce was care
FULLY left undone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
A. Song to the Men Who Lose.

A. Song to the Men Who Lose.
From the Boston Traveller
Here's to the men who lose!
Wnat though their work be e'er SO nobly
planned,
And watched with jealous care, :. - . ~
seNot. glorious. halo crowns, their efforts
grand:
Contempt is failures share, i... sss 49,
Here's to the men who lose!
triumphs easy smile our struggles
Courage is easy ths22,gA
The king is he who, amer fierce defeat. -
Can up and fight aehan.
.ssut,A- 4.ssasJs1e.
Here's to the men whS lose!
The ready p7audits,,bf q fawning world
Ring sweet in victofsy ears;
>Tne svanquished Banners never are an
For them there sound III cheers.
Here's to the men who lose!
The touchstone Of true worth Is not sue
cess. afGist7
There is higher testeaT
Though fate may aafkiy frown. onward
And brayely do one s. best.
Here's to the men who lose!
1t Is the ranqufshedtsrpraises that sing.
And this is the toast choose:
"A hard-fought failure is noble thing;
Here's to the men who Jose"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
DREYFus CANNOT LIVE LONG.
He is nm Old Man and His Chances
for Release Are Small.


He is nm Old Man and His Chances
for Release Are Small.
Poultney Bigelow in the New York World.
There was dining recently at a military
club in London an officer of the German
general staff, whose department gave him
a knowledge of the secret service in
France. There were English officers pres
ent at this dinner. one of whom asked him
II he considered Dreyfus guilty. The Ger
man answered deliberately:
IF Dreyfus nad sent any information to
the German government should have
heard of 1t. On my word of honor as an
officer and a gentleman, tell you that no
such information ever came to u.s."
Z 1t is easy for the French government to
get the testimony of this German officer
as well as that Of an English major who
heard it.
If this evidence is admitted 1t will APP
pear that Dreyfus Is the victim of con-
spiracy to ruin him because of his antece-
dents. I have no right to disclose the
names Of the two parties but they are both
known to me as trustworthy men.
Since Napoleon died on st. Helena there
has been no prisoner so carefully guarded
as ex-Capt. Dreyfus Is now In the lie sDu
Disblo, on the coast Of French Guiana He
Is the most famous political prisoner on
earth today. The Hes de Salut, or Islands
OF Safety, ,aS they are fantastfcaliy called
where he Is confined, are q horror in cli-
mate. Prisoners sent thither are confined
~ iron cages on the decks Of the trans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
Kept an Engagement Book.
rom the Chicago Times Herald.

FROM TIE Chlcago I1mes-Herald.
In Chicago book store new clerk is
employed to whom everything is a source
of wonder, he being recently transplanted
from prairie home. However, he is learn
ing, but some Of the lessons he receives are
applied in an unusual way. For instance:
young woman recently entered the store
and asked for an engagement book"
do they have engagement books in Chi
cago?" asked Mr.. Innocent, agape with
surprise.
II do answered the young woman ''be-
cause 1 have so many engagements that
could not possibly remember them ALL"
The young man leaned across the counter
and asked in a sad and subdued voice:
do you think it is right? Excuse me,
miss, L am new to the ways Of Chicago, but
isn't it wicked to trif1e with affairs of the
heart? Isn't an engagement as solemn as
a marriage?"
When the clerk had finished his grafton
the customer explained as well as she
could for laughing the difference between
the kind of engagement book he meant and
the one she wanted, and load was lifted
from the mind of the conscientious youth
who was unused to the ways of Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
The Cigarette in Diplomacy.


An attache of one of the legations in
Washington said to me the other day:
Diplomacy couldn't get along without
the cigarette. For hundreds of years am
tassadors used the snuff box as a dis
courager of tmpnlsiveness and temper
You can't think of Talleyrand, for in
stance. without his precious snuff box
Recall the paintings and prints of the
picturesque old fellow; he seemed to be
always Offering pinch of snuff to some
other Sinking chap. When passions be-
came strained. or things that ought not
to be said were likely to be forced out by
sly remark of ones adversary, or an
unexpected situation developed, the passing
Of snuff always gained time. The cigarette
does the same business now. The cigar is
too big and too heavy for many men, but
the cigarette is dainty and harmless and
II 1t does anything, it steadies the nerve
Tor the time. 1t is a graceful thing to Of
Ter: 1t affords chance for a polite smile:
1t helps fellow to get an impassve face:
and most Of all 1t makes him careful in
speech. Why the world never will know
how often even war has been averted by
the cigarette. There is ALWAYS a war of
diplomats tcfore tie open war of nations.
and that little roll of tobacco has again
ard again during the last ten years been a
spell OF peace among. ambassadors when
irritation had got the better of them and
any moment might hear the irrevocahl HE
words which would precipitate war All
the sensftiyef ess Of "a whole nation Is some
times tingling In the person of its one ann
passador during critical interview, and 1
oouia tell you strange stories, were / at
liberty, which have gathered among the
diplomatic corps Of various capitals of how
International anger has been soothed Inv
the smoke OF. a cigarette"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
The Charge OF Dargni Gan.

Bulldogs. bark! Did your courage fail?
Bulldogs. bark! Did your glory pale?
What of the SANDER that says .'Decayedr"
And Gone to the dogs since the Light Bri-
gade!'
For the blood and bone'that humbled Nap,
Twas there again, boys, in the Dargai
Gap!
Did you hear the swish Of the flying shot?
Ihe roll of the drum and the rattle pot?
fhe music that rose clear DER that yell
And thrilled thro' the ranks and stirred I'm
hell:
Come. Highland ladd,e, head up, step forth
A crown of glory! Cock OF the North!"
You Cock of the North" aye, pipe away!
with both stumps gone, and you won the
day!
You may lean your backs against comrades
They'll moisten your lips and they'll kiss
-; your brow -
For they fought like men. and man may
Wnen ne lays man, to his last long sleep.
Euiidogs who sleep on the Dargai Ridge,
ran m! Quick. march! and over the bridge
me piper's ahead, and the same old air.
70 pipe you to heaven and veterans there,
ana you'll tell the DULLES who humhled
Inc glorious story of Dargai Gap
- RICHARD MANSFIELD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
An Contraire.

Au COntraIre.
Written for The Evening Star
J.
Now the turquoise haze Of these autumn
days
Streams from the wood as a veil
over stubble fields whence the ample yields
Have gone to the swinging fail.
On the old rail fence in his Incidence
The lizard sleeps in the sun,
And the dead vines swing in a crimson
string
Where the saucy squirrels run.
The air is atune with the mellow Groom
Of mated doves in their nest,
And the pine-cones toss on the velvet moss
In the cool breeze from the west n
Where the poplars stark stand I'D from the
park ---n'
And against the orange sky,
There the budding sheep on the upland
sleep - = &
While the new moon CLEANS on high.
...s --5t mIT5l 5.4
'Tis the dying year, and the plants we hear
OF the sadness of 1t all
Would make one think Of the graves sheer
brink
ana the dead weight or pail.
For the rhymester sings in his maunder-
ings 80
A dirge for the closing scene,
Ard hears but a groan, or stifled moan
In the fhrushs song at cen. ~
'Ah. not sol" say l.. az the days speed by
Arf the months IA re. running through,
For the new year'sdjey has it's own alloy
And, methinks sadness too
For with it will come fine plumber to plumb
And the carpenter toCcarp., --5
And your last years wheel is passe you
,.ls feel tsi.. ~,
In pangs that are deep and sharp. ~
The calendar crank and the note in bank
And the New Years dues and bills,
Also 1.-THE Ia grippe. with the blizzard 5
nip
And an hundred other Ills
Nay nay!' then say !, as the fall days die
And the old years beard turns gray,
There are dreary times to WOO my own
rhymes,
But they lie some weeks away"
SAM r. IRELAND.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
From Popular Science Monthly.

From Popular Science Monthly.
In view of the destructive effect of sun
light, especially Of the blue to the ultra
violet rays, upon bacteria in water, Prof
H Marshall Ward would explain the COM
parative freedom of river waters under the
blazing hot summer sun from bacteria, as
against the more abundant infection of
the same waters in winter. Pasteur and
Miguel found that the germs floating in
the air are, for the most part, dead-killed.
the author holds. by the sun. Yeasts which
normally vegetate on the exterior of ripen-
ing grapes are destroyed, according to Mar
tinaud, II the heat be very intense: and
Guinti has observed that the ingress of
sunlight hinders acetic fermentation. When
the typhoid bacillus falls into turbid, dirty
water in summer, 1t finds congenfai prom
agating place. The dirt furnishes it food
absorbs heat to increase the warmth, and
keeps off the hostile blue and violet rays