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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-01

MADRID. Dec. I.-A mild sensation
has been created here by The publication
of a letter written 10y Maxine Come.
the Cuban insurgont leader. To- General
MARTINEZ CampOs. dated four DAYS prior
Go the date on which the latter was rc-
placed by General Wcylcr I'm tine office Of
Captain-General Of Cuba Offering tO os-
tahlish peace in cuba. provided that noe
ceptahle terms could Dee agreed upon.
General MARTINEZ Campos being ON The
eve Of his retirement turned the letter
over 20 General Mtvler.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-01

uouseIcepers should CAN on =. ullnan's
son. 500 East Marshall street.


SON. 500 East Marshall street.
An housellecpcrs who desire to secure
the very best articles at rocE bottom
pricos would do well TO can at the up-
town store of $. Ul'man's Son. 80. -
east Marshall street or drop him mes
sace through phone 81. This store Us
under the charge of Mr.. Emanuel JN-
man who is one of the hcst-known. most
experienced and pOpdlat merchants in
tho city.
Every article necessary 70 q complete
breakfast. dinner or supper table. can he
found al This store and can De pur-
chasoa az prices that are astounding.
fuu line of groceries is always kept ON
hand. and canned goods are speciality.
such as tomatoes. susar-cOrn, peas. Ial-
fornia peaches. &c.
The prices Of $. Tllman's Son on choice
coffces and teas cannot bc beaten, and
sugar IS literally given away. 10 Us
hard matter for hou,. hccoe'a To- see IRE
pure Virginia buclswhcat but it con be
fOund here IN perfection. az q figure that
o. sure 90 please every one.
Among other articles so neoo 1rr for
daily consumption which are sold af tho
lowest prices. and the quality OF which
is the best may be mentioned pure lard.
California hams. salt pork. breast ba-
con. Sc.
Christmas and New Year goods are also
on hand I'm profusion. The shelves groan
beneath tho weight OF New California
raisins. currents. cleaned ami ready for
uso. scCdlcss raisins citron. Now hes
mixed candles shelled almonds. creamery
butter. mixed mats. new dates in fact.
everything that one could call Ger ln the
culinary line.
= Iuinanfs Son nueraufoes 10 save
every purchaser q per cent. and that tho
quality OF the goods purchased shall be
as fine as those sold by any hlgh-price
house.
HOODS PILLS are easy to take. easy
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-01
Tariff Hearings.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Dec. 3l.-The
two industries. woods and manufactures
o. wood. pulp and papers. and books.
We're the subject OF the hearing to-day
hy the Committee ON War-aud Means
The committee adjourned Until Satur-
Cay. when those Interested iu fax. hemp
VIII be henrl
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-01

" OF" VI AH' N'NAlt on the cameron
Resolution VIII Ee "a surprise.
isHINGTCN. ID. c.. Dec. 3l.-The
|Cf This morning says. The friends OF
/ arc losing ground iu the Senate. ana
t0l.atiCns now aie quite decided that
$50 which Will Dc made GA The Cam-
DE. olulions next Wt,k VIII develop "a
D larFCf vote favorable TO Spain thun
tuIau syn pathizers nov admit. SEN
|lidlc. VINO viii boy common consent
tho opposition TO Tho resolutions. is
10 bo 80 much encouraged hy The as
bees that ne receives that ho d. think
1f makinl test on the question OF
deIatiCn AT The beginning OF the
The opponents Of the resolution
expect 20 have the support OF num-
f members OF the Committee on For
Relations. 81 not e. majority OF them.
lthstaLl.ng the report that thc CONE
h was unanimous FOR the Cameron
ufious They claim 10 have ascor-
"a that there were at least two mem
present az The meeting no which the
ution was adopted who RETAINED
voting Senator Hale s. also expect
the support OF both Senators Gray
Daniel. Who were absent from tho
ing Senator sherman Is known TO
been doubtful as TO the wisdom q
course adopted by the committee UP
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-01

They VIII lie Called on to Acquit "a Claim
OF s3lO,OOO

CHICAGO. Dec. 3l.-EN-Mayor Hemp
stead Washburnc. George Schneider. pres
Idcut OF The failed National Bank of llli-
nois, and Phillip Hcurici the NEST prom
iueut restaurant owner Ia the city. who
arc tho b0ndameu OF the bankrupt bank
cr. L. >. Dreycr, as treasurer OF tho West
Park Board. WIFI be- formally notified
next scck that Mr. Dreyer has failed 10
acquit a. claim or $4,000 100 favor or the
Park Board. The bondsmen will be called
upon 90 make the amount good. as tncy
are surcties for $4,000. This action has
been decided by the board. and is attor-
ney has been instructed 10 proceed.
Mr. Washburne says he VIII not shrink
from his obligations lie is also a private
llnknr.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-01
/ Banker, suic',lc

ST. LOUIS. Dec. sl.-Speclal 10 the
Scrlpps McRle Press Association from
Montgomery. Ala, says that George Il.
wilkins. vice-prcsdent OF the Commercial
National Bank. OF Selma. Ala. which
failed for half "A million of dollars yester-
day committed suicide by shooting him
self through the head In the Episcopal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-01

church. az Selma. four o'clock this morn
ing. lie had been the cashier OF the BANK
and treasurer Of the church for thirty
years. and was Ole Of the best known
mon in tho slate.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-01
New Year Fire

The alarm OF fire at 8 A. NJ. to-day
from box 90. Fifth and Duval streets.
was caused by tho burning OF small
frame building at Fifth and Leigh streets.
The loss was slight.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-01
FROM THE MERCHANTS VIEW
Wholesale and Retail Men Talk About
the Business Outlook.
THE FUTURE IS FRIGHTENING UP.
Since the Close Of the Political agony 'on-
Gdence Il Returning and the
Indications for Prosperity
Are Encouraging.

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throughout the country business hss
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ror 1..- however. seems GOOD, and in no
section ara the proeDccts SO encouraging
as I'm the South.
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maket depends upon au oNtenuon OIL
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-01

HOODS PILLS are easy 10 take easy
20 operate. Cure indigestion, headache.
~ cents.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-01

The year of 1899 will Dee great era az
mercantile prosperity. History ana na-
ture repeat themselves. and ass sunshine
inevitably follows storm. so must good
times necessarily follow the past three
years of depression. The people feel that
ia. country is 30 more settled state,
and millions of dollars thrt have been
boarded up viii again circulate iu lesltl-
mate business channels.
From many sections of the country have
been heard Widespread complaints. but
our reception in the South has been com
mcrcially as cordial as Southern hospital
it's is famed socially. We have gained
Tie confidence OF the people and our
volume OF business has far cNccllcd our
most enthusiastic hopes
In our own. as well as foreign countries,
there ls au increasing demand for Amer
Jean products. demand is the finee
oil in existence 60 Intricate the wheels
OF ndustrt-fhc key 10 prosperity the
world over But The very best way Of
AN 10 insure the prosperity OF the COM
in. year is 70 preach prosperity ten
hours day. II Is catching.
ECONOMY SHOE STORE.
We feel slight increase IN December
trade The leather market is firm. occa-
stoned by the strong demand for stocNs.
and everythilg ln our line throughout
the country bids fair 10 good spring
f..H. NJ. f..I o. fTflT IN ntuant
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-01

Mr.. Apperson. Of a. y. Apperson *
Co. said.
owing 20 the intense political excite
mont during the year. which is about
clOsing.and real estate ike all otn'f pusl-
moss has mad 70 suffer. The prospects
for Improvement in business are bright
and We hope that with the opening Oh
spring the prospect may be realized.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-27

Isles some time ago. One of the largest pieces of landed property that the uni versity possesses lies along the shores of the Swale, in the Island of Sheppey. The gale broke down the sea wall which protects this piece of land, and about 1,400 acres of it are now buried beneath salt water. The farmers have been al most ruined by the drowning of their flocks, and they will be unable to pay any rent, In addition to this, the repair of the sea-wall and the draining of the land will involve great expense. Even then the brine will have done so much damage to the pasture that rents will have to be reduced for several years to come. Thus this misfortune is likely to impoverish the university for many years.
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OWLS AS TELEGRAPHERs.

A pair of horned owls were nightly visitors to Shreveport, La, during the summer and for the space of six or eight weeks made things lively in electric circles. Their favorite haunts seemed to be down in the lower streets near the bayou, and during the evenings they might have been seen perched on the swinging electric light lamps, catch ing the big bugs that congregate in great numbers nightly.
 Down at the big cottonseed oil mills these owls caused some trouble that might have resulted seriously for one of the employees had not the birds instru- mentality in the matter been discover ed in time. The affair happened this way:
 The night watchman at the mills who supervises the big yards and buildings, Is required to make the rounds after a regular schedule, visiting ten different stations during the night, forty minutes of time being allowed between the visits and must signal his presence at these
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GREAT IMPROVEMENT.

When New Havener takes his walks abroad in his own beautiful and below ed city he sees many things to interest and please him and make him feel that he is living in the right place. One of these things is the varied and artistic architecture that has made it's appear ance in this city during the last few years. A big box with windows in it and green blinds on the windows is no longer considered the height of elegance in New Haven housebuilding. The new CT houses are, as a rule, fine to see, and tention has been paid to the looks of the houses and such art and skill have been shown in their planning and construc- tion that they are a pure delight to those who have a soul above buttons. And many of the cheaper houses are quite as good to look at as the more eX- pensive ones. New Haven evidently has some artistic architects and their work is adding much to the beauty and at tractiveness of the city. They are showing the people that beautiful and harmonious houses can be had without extravagant expenditure, and they are doing a good work for those who live in the houses and those who like to look at them
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years of age?" Female Witness-"Yes, alas! One gets older every day. And yet l was young once Chewing a sigh). Ah, your Lordship would hardly be- lieve how young I was. Tit Bits.
 They seem to be having a good deal of trouble in disposing of the endless chain in the treasury" said the shoe clerk boarder. q wonder" murmured the Cheerful Idiot, why they don't ex pertinent with the bevel gear. ."-Indian- apolis ournal,
 Attic .Wit.-'I don't think that new prima donna will do," said the boarder who has the attic room "She is too much like the furnace here-at least her voice is" How Is that?" asked Mrs. Hashcroft. Very weak in the upper register. r."-Indianapolis Journal.
 A bald-headed professor recently de- livered a lecture entitled "The Air We Breathe" before an East London audi ence. In the course of his remarks he said: Tt is quite impossible for any person to live without air" At this a small boy called out: "'OW about yer self, guv'ner?" ?"-Tit-B
 Relieved.-"B cautiously in quired Naggus literary editor of The Daily Bread, 'are you going to write a Christmas story this year, as usual?' II have already written one,' replied the other, and sent it to another pa per" "Borus," exclaimed Naggus, inn pulsively skipping him on the back, let's go out and take something! g!"- Chicago Record.
 'I told you" sair MT. Gobbler, as he gazed responsibility at his wife through the slats of the coop where she was be- ing fattened, mot to come near the house until after Christmas Why did you disobey me-" T Just couldn't help it, dear" said Mrs. Gobbler. They killed Mrs. Peafowl yesterday, and I did so want to see how she was dressed. ."Detriot Free Press.
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various points by touching an electric button, which registers the time and stations upon a dial plate in the office. It transpired that the clerk whose ousi- ness 1t is to inspect this dial plate each morning found repeatedly during the summer irregularities in the register that led him to believe the Watchman had slept at his post, and afterWard sent false signals. Something was de- cidedly wrong, and after one or two nights the clerk informed the manager, and they concluded to remain in the office over night to investigate the mat ter. The Watchman seemed to be faith fully making his rounds and the first and second signals came all right.
 Presently there was scratching and scramblng over the big scales, and up on the weighing shed Just without the office window, and three great gray rats clambered up to the big insulated electric wire and set out with the agility of the most accomplished tight rope walker to make the aerial transit to the mill building across the yard.
 "Rats!" said the manager facetiously, as he turned to examine the register. But it was all straight; the rodents were going rapidly but too lightly to twang the wire.
 There they are!" called the clerk, and on the moment a couple of big owls swooped down out of the darkness, each seizing a rat and twanging the wire lustily with their big wings. ,"Click! click" went the register. and the owls stood accused and the watchman was cleared.
 The manager told him of the episode the next morning and the old man laughed about it and seemed to feel that somehow the ominous birds had impeached his honor. So that night, arming himself with a gun, and choos- ing an suspicious moment, he shot one of the owls.
 For whole week thereafter the other bird haunted the millyard, by some chance eluding the watchman's rife, but making the night hideous with his plaints. Finally one night, the old man saw the owl Tapping and flying about in a frantic manner, beating his wings against every wire in the yard Sud- denly he struck a live electric wire, and dropped dead at the watchman's feet. The old man declares that the bird com mitted suicide in desperation at the loss of his te-Philadelphia Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-27
TLORETTE.
KNOWN.

"Know all men and women by these presents. "-Boston Beacon.
 Shortleigh-"My Uncle Frank is aver itable Klondike.' Longleigh-"Why how's that?" Shortleigh-"Plenty of wealth, but cold and distant "-Chicago News.
 Modiste-"What style of sleeve would you prefer, Miss De Fashion," Miss De F'ashion-"What is the correct thing this season-too tight or too loose?"- Chicago Record.
 This can't be an expensive present which MT. Dinsnore has sent me, man. ma," remarked the fair young girl How do you know?" 'fHe has taken off the price mark."-Detriot Free Press.
 "Judge-''Witness you are forty
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-27
AN oLD YHEoRY ASSAIzED.

They are upsetting several theories in New South Wales. One Of them is that the principal cause of insanity is intem- perance. The experience of New South Wales does not bear out this opinion,
 The amount of insanity directly due to
 drink, though certainly large, is not so
 considerable as that due to other
 causes. As far as the records of the colonial hospitals show, the proportion
 of persons admitted suffering from in sanity traceable to intemperance was not more than 9.99 per cent. of the total admissions for the ten years ending with 1896. Persons suffering from ma
 mia induced by excess of drink recover
 comparatively quickly, and at any
 one time their number in the hospitals for the insane is scarcely more than 5.5 per cent. The most potent cause ap-
 pears to be hereditary influence. How far this is productive of insanity can not, however, be exactly determined;
 for although the New South Wales h. spector-General of the Insane a high authority on lunacy, has ascertained that hereditary influence and congeni- | tai defect can be credited with only 1 il. 61 per cent of the total insanity this percentage gives no idea of the actual amount of hereditary insanity in the
 colony. Of the large number of pa tients the causes of whose insanity is
 unknown, it is believed that in most in
 stances the insanity is due to hereditary
 influences; and even in those cases where
 the primary cause of insanity has been
 ascertained, there is a strong presump-
 tion that many of the patients have in | herited an insane neurosis.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-27
IS THE DEPTHS MONEY coon 9

Can money that is not or may not
 and used by those who are doing the
 Lords work? This interesting question
 has again been brought up by the ac-
 ton of Pastor Putnam, of Trinity
 church, New York, who returned a
 fifty dollar check which he received
 from Tammany Hall, the check repre-
 senting a part of the surplus campaign
 fund which it was determined should be
 distributed for charitable purposes.
 This question is raised at an oppor-
 tune time. It can be considered by the
 debating societies which begin opera
 tions with the cold weather, and it can
 doubtless be settled by some of them. We suppose that money put in the contribution box by the devil could properly be rejected by the deacons It could be rejected on the ground of con-
 sistency. It could also be accepted on the ground that the devils money would buy as many loaves of bread for the
 poor as anybody's money, and that
 good use of the devils money would sanctify the money and would be a
 triumph over the devil. It could also be
 argued that there is no good or evil in | money, and that money contributed by
 the devil doesn't acquire devilishness by being in his purse and hands And in
 the case of those who are not universal ly recognized as devils it would be very hard to draw the line even on the basis of consistency. The contributions would
 be much smaller than they are if none box, and it would require several Phila- delphia lawyers to exactly define ''hon- est money" Pastor Putnam returned Tammany's money because he didn't be- | lieve anything good could come out of
 the Tiger, and it may be that the pious | pride that preferred poverty rather than Tammany riches is all right. Still the | fifty dollars would have helped several poor people, and perhaps deprived some Tammany statesman of soul-searing in- diligence. But evil should not be done | that good may result and good should | not be done that will result in evil,
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useless to work against fashion di- rectly, but it can sometimes be staved off by cultivating a counter irritant; so let's continue with renewed despera- tion to pile up collars high about the nape of our necks.
 With evening cultures the matter of defense Is not easy, and it may be that the dreaded fashions will make head way, for evening and ball coifs are al ready very elaborate. Two that de- mand a good supply of hair are shown here, in both front and rear view. Tn the upper arrangement the hair is way ed front and back and is there combed to the crown of the head, where it is shaped in pretty coils held in place by a dagger. A comb is also placed among the front curls. The tips of the hair that is coiled are frizzed and curled into fluffy mass in back below the coiled part. By the other dressing the hair is arranged in fluffy finger puffs and curls, massed at the crown of the head and there adorned with number of combs. The front hair is curled into ringlets and is held by two additional combs.
 The very simple parting of the hair without any lift at the forehead is be- ing made popular. We'll back from the hair line on the forehead an ornament is worn, somewhat on the tiara order, though not so elaborate. This coiffure lends or emphasizes dignity, but is not the arrangemensfor the fluffy soubrette, and do remember that such a coif re- quires height, grace and a certain re- pose of bearing. It is eminently the ar engagement for the young matron or the grand dame, but it looks as if every body was going to rush to copy it. If so, the girl who would be a darling in a curved bang or side curls will look like a Bath bun in a sunbonnet, or a baby in a macintosh, or any other i'm possible combination.
 FLORETTE.