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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-19
ALHfN tRIE.
importing Grapes-it Ought Not to
Re-Marrtaee.

CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA, October IL.
(Special)--A carload OF New-York- grown
grapes has just been received by the Mon
ticello Wine Company. OF this city. to be-
used In the manufacture OF white wines.
for which the demand Is so great that
the leeally-grown grapes are not sufficient
TO yield supply equal 10 IT, Mr.. Russow,
the superintendent OF this company. has
had much experience In the culture OF
grapes. as well as In wine-making. He
says that while these grapes from Naples
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-19

trangers before the banquet, these hnky
ea-dogs, but after it there were not two
irmer friends in the whole of Canada.
They snapped sea tales all through the
festivities, and kept their part of the
table in constant roar"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-19
MUNYON'S HEADACHE AND INDI-
GESTION CURE

Is THE ONLY REMEDY ON THE MAR
KET that will cure every form OF Head
ache in 3 to 10 minutes. correct Indlges-
ton, stimulate the nerves, and build up
the system. II should be In every home
and every travellers gripsack At all
Druggists. Twenty-Five cures, Is cents.
~ A-Su. w .&Fts
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-19

Speaking OF applying the artistic %
ordinary duties" said the ablest l.if H
the grocery reminds me Of my unmt'
ried Aunt Ophelia. with whom | h'tt
when was a Md. She used sometime
do such a fine job OF making the D.'
that she would make us Kids sleep on i..
floor because she hadn't the heart 90 .'
her work spoiled. Enquire"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-19
Chronic Diarrhoea Contracted I'm the
Army.

While In the army Mr.. David Taylor.
now proprietor OF the Commercial Hotel,
Wind Ridge. Greene county. Pa, con-
tracted chronic diarrhoea- In speaking
OF Il he says; II have never found any,
thing that would give me such quick re-
lief as Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera, and
Dlarrhoea Remedy"
Gpc l2-W. sat&suntoc 2onr)
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-19
TO Attend the GiImer-Jones Wed.

Miss Katy Buford, Miss Bessie Barber.
and Mrs. William Nick. Fisher left Mon
day for Danyille TO attend the wedding
OF Miss Emma Jones. OF that city. and
Mr.. John Lash Gilmer. OF Winston, ". C.
The first two will be among the twelve
bridesmaids.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-19
Fire Alarms, Hut No Damage.

There were two alarms OF fire yesterday
morning, but In neither case was there
any damage. The calls-one az l:Ss A. NJ.
10 the house OF Joseph Seay GIL Arch
street. and the other al 1908 to the house
of n. G. Fields (colored). 6l0 Duval street.
were both occasioned by foul chimneys.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-19

so the war Is really overY' .,.
"Yes; our landlady has taken down
member ,the Maine and put up our -
vorite old motto. Pay as you ."
Truth.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-19
Buy All You
Need Here.
A TREMENDOUS
MaTk-Down Of Prices,
Everything Must Be Sold
BY FEBRUARY
Such Dress Goods
Selling
was never known as Is
going on here. The prices
have been slashed right
and left. rlostly this sea.
sons choicest goods.

Any Boys overcoat now sSc.; some WON.
as high as $3.50.
All Boys Suits and Odd Knee pa-,,
marked down in same prop0rurr
Any of the Wide Chiffons arI N.r..,
line de Soies, that were G9c yar. ..u,,
out at 45c. yard.
The Best Table On-Cloth. selling ami,
at 1Oc. yard.
All the soc. French Flannels selling ou,
at 25c. yard
All the 40 and 5oc Figured and p..,
ATWOOD Eiderdown now 2jc. yard.
All the 81 Black and Colored Porlr,
selling out at csc yard
Children's Handkerchief. To- each
Mems White Handkerchief. lc. each
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-19
cnndition of Mr. FIsher.

DIR Nichaux said last night that the
condition OF Mr.. Fisher was practically
unchanged. and 1t was yet too soon to
tell the direction which the symptoms
would take. lie added, however that he
feared his patient was very badly hurt,
and II was simply impossible to say
whether he could come out by Saturday
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20
A Heavy Soul.

Methodist minister who has keen
sense of humor, and many good stories
at his tongues end, tells one OF pray
er-meeting he attended during revival
In a Southern city.
He was standing near colored man,
who Joined in the singing of stirring
HYMNS with fervor not at all lessened
by the fact that he knew very few OF
the words and was unprovided with a
book. The chorus of one hymn was:
Ny soul is heaven bound!
Glory, hallelujah!
My soul is heaven bound!
Praise We the Lord!
During the singing of the first verse
and the chorus Of the colored man hs-
tened, turning his head from side te
side. When the chorus recurred at the
end of the second verse, he Joined in 1t
with great vigor, singing, to the min
ister's amusement and confusion:
My soul weighs seven pound!
Glory, hallelujah!
My soul weighs seven poundt
Praise We the Lord!
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20
PROLIFIC LIFE IN ALASKA.
FuII of Fur-bearinE Animals an
Eeathered Sougsters.

Full of Fur-bearinE Animals ana
Feathered Sougsters.
Ioh, Muir, who has summered and
vintered in the Alaskan lands, toward
which all mems eyes and many mems
feet are now turning, says In the AT
lantic: Nowhere on my travels SO far
have 1 seen such warm-blooded, re-
ioicing life as in this grand Arctic res
ervation, by so many regarded as deso-
late. Not only are there whale IN
abundance along the shores, ana III
Vulnerable seals, walruses and white
bears, but great herds of fat reindeer
on the tundras. and wild sheep, foxes,
hares, Jennings, whistling marmots
and birds. Perhaps more birds are
born here than in any other region OF
equal extent on the continent. Not only
do strong-winged hawks, eagles ana
water fowl, to whom the length of the
continent is only a pleasant excursion,
come I'D here every summer in great
numbers, but also many short-winged
warblers, thrushes and inches, to rear
their young in safety, re-enforce the
nlant bloom with their plumage and
sveetcn the wilderness with song, fly
| ing all the way, some of them, from
Florida, Mexico and Central America
In thus going so far north they are
only going home, for they We're borI
here, and only go south to spend the
winter months, as New-Englanders 60
to Florida. Sweet-voiced troubadours
they sing in orange groves and vine
clad magnolia woods in winter, in thick
cts of dwarf birch and alder in sum
mer. and sing and chatter more or les
all the way back and forth, keeping tn
whole country glad. Oftentimes II
New England, just as the last snov
matches are melting and the in tn
maple begins to flow, the blessed wan
derers may be heard about orchard
and the edges of fields, where they hav
stopped to CLEAN scanty meal. not tai
rying long, knowing they have far t
90. Tracing the footsteps of spring
they arrive in the tundra homes in Jun
: or July, and set out on their retur
Journeys in September, or as. soon q
their families are able to fly well.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20
WATERWAYS in Russia.

The Russian government will shortly
open water route into the interior OF
Russian Turkestan and thus furnish
the country with comm unication, and
to some extent with water also. For
this purpose advantage will be taken
of line of depressions or valleys ex
tending from a point on the lower
course of Amur-Daria river eastward
to the Caspian sea. A canal to the
Caspian can be built on comparatively
easy line The Russian experience In
Turkestan has shown that the ancient
fertility of the country can be restored
by irrigation, and large shipments OF
cotton are now made to Moscow. The
promising mineral deposits have also
been located and transportation in ad'
dition to the present trans-Casplar
railroad is much needed.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20
Had a White Congregation.

81 saw in the little town of Corydon,
Henderson County, the other day,
most unusual sight" said gentleman
lust from the Pennyrile district. 1t
was nothing more nor less than ne
gro minister delivering an eloquent SER
mon to congregation composed en-
tirely of whites. 1t was thing l had
never seen in the South, and l remark
ed on 1t at the time. The minister was
an itinerant preacher, q tall mulatto'
dressed in black suit, and with an
earnestness of manner l have seldom
seen in the colored men of the cloth.
The travelling servant of the Lord had
announced his intention of speaking Oh
the public square, and he preached to
good-sized crowd of respectful white
listeners. Louisville Post.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20
~, .o I'll the Weather.

Snring is the worst season OF the year
for changeable weather. Here are
some signs that old-fashioned mousse
,v;vas nrefer to the barometer:
BLOW out the candle, and II the wick
smoIders a long time look out for bad
weather.
When the camphor in the bottle Is
"riley'' a storm is brewing.
IF the sun sets in cloud look out FOR
rain next day.
Three foggy mornings and then rain.
When cattle lie down as soon as they
are turned out to pasture 1t will rain
soon.
A ringing in the ears Is sure sign
of a change in. the weather.
Cobwebs on your lawn, shining WIN
dew. mean that the day will be fair.
IF YOU hear an owl hoot you may con-
clude that it is going to storm.
Water boiling over from the Kettie
means bad weather.
The sun shines every Saturday pu'
one in the year.
If it rains while the sun shines 1t VII
rain the day following.
| If the frogs pipe in the evening cal
culate on fair morrow.
XIII a beetle and it will surely bring
rain.
1t is a sign of rain when flies bite.
Remember that these signs, like al
others, fail in dry times.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20
Where the Best Bananas Grow.

Where the Best Bananas Grow.
~rhe best bananas grown IN the
world come from Port Limon, Costa
Rica," says Emil de Mario, of New VI
leans. s"rhey are shipped from Port
Limon, and the country gets about ~
cents Der bunch in gold. He Is notihed
by wire from the seaport to cut, ana
has two days in which to gather and
deliver at the railway. Trains COM
nosed of well-ventilated cars take the
fruit to a fast steamer. which Is wait
ing to convey it abroad. The bunches
will average about fourteen hands
each. and each hand has from seven
teen to eighteen bananas. When the
bunch gets to New Orleans or New
| York they are worth about $4 each, a
tremndous advance over the price PAID
the Costa Rican producer.
.sThe planter, however, is surer OF @
safe profit than any other person han
ding the fruit. Jamaica negroes &c
all the labor attendant on the planting
culture and cutting, being better adapt
ed to the work than the native peon
Jamaica bananas often make "a hnel
apnearance, but are not so proiihc a
the Port Limon product. The pes
plantations of Costa Rica are sub1ec
to overflow, and the waters deposit
silt that greatly enriches the soil
Crops are ready for cutting the whoi
wear round"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20

was far beyond her years. She thougut
she would like to go, and it was great
ioy when she came to Jupiters throne,
and in her sweetest and calmest man
ner thanked him for his kindness, and
said she would do her best to deserve
it. That was the happiest day that
Jupiter had ever had in the school. He
did not understand 1t, but there was
singing in his heart as homelike as the
singing of tea kettle and as soft as
cats purr.
Geraldine took new interest in school.
She tried no more of her subtle ways to
disturb Jupiter, and the boys found
change in her, which at once set their
former interest at naught.
"She amt no more fun," they al
agreed, and they troubled her no more
Geraldine entered the normal schoo
and passed her preliminary examina
tions with extraordinary success. Sh'
was one of the highest three out of
large class. The veteran principal o
the school knew human nature at
glance. He wrote to Jupiter lette
which confirmed all that worthy ha'
said about the wild, nomadic Geraldine
When Geraldine returned at the en-
of her first year the townspeople bega
to relent in the hard opinion they ha
entertained of her, and saw anothe
person in the tall and earnest youn
woman who had appeared before then
Jupiter Jenkins had ended his work
schoolmaster in the little seaport tow
He had been studying law, and WE
now employing the same forensic I'd
j., ents he had used before his schoolroo
In a more lucrative If not a h1gh'
: court. He was sup in the city" al
+ was making name.
When Geraldine had finished b
: course in the normal school she receive
: the highest commendation, and the
principal happened to find good pia
. for her in the same city where Jupit
: was making his way.
q When Geraldine had come into
e office at the end of the first quarter
was the first intimation that he h'
received of her presence in the cit
> She said she had come to make pa
: ment. and while she spoke poor Jupit
o was turning all sorts of ruddy colors.
. "But 1 hadn't heard you were hel
8 Geraldine" he said. Il have be
o thinking of you, too ,and wondering
o 7 should hear from you. OF course,
r. knew should. But somehow cam
get you out of my head, girl" This "
r. prnctured with one of the old-til
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20

> Early in January, 1896, series OF ex-
neriments to determine the influence
of width Of tire on draught of wagons
was begun at the agricultural experl-
ment station of the University OF the
State of Missouri, at Columbia, Mo.
two kinds of wheels were used, one
being the ordinary farm wagon wheel
with tire one and half inches W1ue'
and the other an iron wheel with tlre'
six inches wide. These wheels were
placed alternately on the same wagon,
and the load was in all cases 2,ooo
pounds. With a recording dynamome-
ter to show the strain the load was
| hauled over macadam, gravel anu uii'
roads under all varieties of conditions
known to the climate and soil or the
region: also over meadows and pas
lures and stubble and plowed lands uh-
der the varying conditions due to the
difference in seasons. The experiments
were continuous until the end OF eep.
tember, 1897, in all period OF ABOUT
twenty months.
| For the first trial hard, smooth, anu
nearly level macadam street, free froih
dirt and loose stone or sand, was chos-
en-. 1t was probably as good stretch
of that kind of road as can be founo ~ ~
the nation. The load was hauled 4oo
feet up and back again over the route
For the narrow tire the average stralh
required was 99.4 pounds. Then tne
wide tire was used and, contrary u
general expectations, the broad tire
pulled lighter on the hard 1neiaslic
and smooth surface Of the rock roau
The strain was but 1874 pounds, or 90
per cent in favor of broad tires.
Next came experiments woltn
gravel road with q hard surface ana III
, ruts. but with some loose stones OF th'
, size of black walnuts. The narrow
, tires required an average power o
21S.4 pounds and the broad only 100.
pounds, or 1873 per cent In favor OF lh
. broad tires, With a large quantity
). sand mixed with the gravel, the roa
y being dry and free from ruts, the nal
;. row tires needed power OF 259.l an
o the broad only 1867 pounds, or 40.
n per cent in favor Of the broad 1re'
8 with new, unused dry gravel road I'd
difference between the two tires wa
6o.4 mounds, or 26.6 per cent In rave
of broad tires.
After this condition Of gravel roa
was chosen where water covered IL
surface and loose sand from one to NV
'e and half inches deep was found. Hel
> the wide tire forced the slushy mixtul
- out of the way, and required pow
~ of 26S.1 pounds, while the narrow ul
~ cut its way along with power or 2oz
~ hounds. Another trial under slmh'
, circumstances showed a difference
I nine pounds in favor Of the narrow III
81 But it was noted that the broad u
4 did no injury to the road, While Z
Il narrow tire cut through to hard pa
II and so stirred up and destroyed {
Fl surface material.
81 The next experiment was on an or
IL nary dirt road. Here the broad tlr
II required a pull of 76.2 pounds, wh
N the narrow tires required pull OF lo'
iii pounds.
~ On the whole, taking the roads
NJ they are found the year round IN NJ
III souri, or in any similar country whe
NJ dirt roads prevail, the bulletin says
i would be greatly to the advantage
Fl anv teamster to use six-inch tires
gardless Of what his neighbors used'
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20

thunderbolts. "Fact is. Geraldine, I've
only Just found out why treated you
so hard when in school. And 1t was
simply this-I loved you! want you
always; want you to make me happy.
to be my wife!'
Geraldine smiled as she raised her
face and received the salute from his
lips.
81 knew that was the matter all the
time" she said.-Cincinnau CONNER
cial-Tribune.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20
Birth Rate of Males and Females

Birth Rate of Males and Females.
Nature seems to be able to regulate
the births Of males and females with
out the help of German savants. 1t
NAV be remembered that Buckle found
that the average birth rate the world
over was q boys to 20 girls, thus CIV
ing every Jill chance for a Jack, al
ter allowing for the greater death rate
among males. The Springfield Repub-
ucan is authority for the assertion
that in Massachusetts for forty years
the male birth rate relative to the re-
male has not noticeably changed, the
number of male births to each LOCO re-
male births in the last twenty years
be,nr 1.O53 as compared with 1,O59 for
the preceding twenty years. In Europe
observations covering ten years indl-
cate an average of LOGO males Dorn
~ every 1000 females, England being
at one extreme, with 1,03S. and Italy
Of the other, with 1,071.-LouisVlile
Courier Journal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20

and the discipline of the ship had been
questioned only a short time before by
eight firemen, who were shipped IN
Brooklyn for the voyage.
The steward proposed to settle the
dispute in fistic combat. Six of the
men accepted the challenge, and every
one of them was either felled to the
deck under the skillful blows Of the
steward or cried Enough" as his turn
was reached.
The steward, whose name is Frank
| Smith, is an Englishman, hailing from
| Sussex. Although not very tall, he Is
powerfully built, and his muscles are
| like steel. He knows the rules of the
ring, too, and when not busy about the
vessel is on the lookout for any of the
crew who will spar with him.
When the new firemen went aboard
yesterday morning they kicked be-
cause they were not allowed far enough
aft, and told the steward in uncompli.
mentary terms what they thought OF
the fare.
you're a lot of duffers," said Smith
"The rules of this craft go, and so doe:
the food. If you think you're going tt
run things here just put up your dukes
and I'll show you what your class Is
Some of the firemen were big ant
, brawny, and the task of Furnishing th'
steward seemed easy. Two were no
, built on such lines. They didn't lik
Smiths determined look. Six of tn
; men accepted the challenge, and, strip
ping to the waist, waited for the e1
9 counter. Smith divested himself of ur
! necessary garments and called for tn
n first man. A ring was made on tn
r deck and refereee chosen from anon
4 the crew. The stewards first advel
sary had more strength than skill. Afte
a few light blows had been exchange
, between them Smith had the frema
= at his mercy.
One after another the f1remen face
: the plucky steward. He darted out
= the way of their clumsy swings, m
landed with telling effect upon their u
:. !. guarded bodies. They were thorough
punished and acknowledged they we
y no match for the county stewar
y Good feeling was soon restored, hoy
ever. and in a nearby retreat thu
toasted one another with cheerll
glasses.-New York Herald.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20
Vaor;es of a Bullet,

A sepoy of the thirty sixth Skins
when retiring from the Saran sar pass
said he felt something hit his rihe, pue'
seeing no mark, when he came to ciean
b,s rife. he found bullet had actually
entered the muzzle and penetrated
about nine inches down the barrel, q
seemingly impossible thing, but for all
that true. 1t was lucky, says cor
respondent Of the Times Of India, that
he had no occasion to use his rifle
again on his way home, or it would, OF
course, have burst.-GlasgoW Weekly
Mail
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20
s1oo REWARD 800.

Tho readers of this paper will be pleased to
narn that there is at least one dreaded disease
hat science has been able TO cure in az u It's
stages, tag and that is catarrh. Halls Cstarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the medlea saa
fraternity Catarrh being constitutional ois
ease, requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
Of the system thereby destroying the founda
ton of the disease, and giving the patien!
strength by building up the constitut1on @ ane
prietors have so much faith in its curative
bowers, that they offer One Hundred Dollar!
for any case that it fails to cure. Send fof lis
OF testimonials. Address -
FL CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o
Sold by druggists, 75c.
T Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20

Jenkins never knew until few years
later.
But it did. and Geraldine's face seem
ed to have framed itself into the center
of his thoughts. She required to MS
consciousness constantly, and when he
thought of these big boys he was truly
uncomfortable.
He had another conference with Mrs.
Coffin, in which he suggested that Ger
aIdine had better be kept in the house
and made to give closer attention TO ner
lessons. When he called her in reclta-
tions he was also doing his best to
make the girl fail. And when she did
fail he did his best to make 1t uncom-
Portable for her. She had to remain
after school and get the whole lesson.
| Jupiter made her recite 1t all, 'precept
upon precept," so to speak.
He had conceived the ambition to
make a teacher of the girl. He broached
the subject to Mrs. Coffin. "Geraldine,'
he began, 'is cut out to be a teacher u
Mrs. Coffin started in astonishment
eyes she isl he affirmed, with thun
derbolt. "and she ought to be sent tt
q normal school. / never went to one
and what 1 know about teaching ha:
been gained by experience. But there
is no mistake. The learning of meth
ods means something in these days, ant
Pm sure that if Geraldine is sent to 1
normal school she will make first-rat
teacher"
Mrs. Coffin thought 1t over for few
days, and then came to the conclusion
that Mr.. jenkins was right. That wa
the usual conclusion about Mr.. Jenkin
in the little village. The idea wa
, placed before Geraldine, and when sh
: heard of Jupiters proposal she smile
a smile that made her mother look g
her twice. But Geraldine had the Ike
1 to certain kinds of human nature wh1c
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-20
He Knew How Hay Grew.

Those who have chaperoned a COM
pany of city gamins sent into the coun-
trv by the "Vacation Fund will per-
hans be able to cap this story, told by
the London Answers:
Many years ago, when Londoners
had not the excursion facilities for get
ting into the country that they enjoy
now, a Cockney friend was staying at
n farmhouse, and soon made himself at
home.
Charley was wandering round, close
ly examining the top, ends and sides OF
n certain trim, well-made object fenced
round in the paddock. He stared at II
for a little while, then shook his head
| dubiously.
..What are you looking for now
Charles?"
"Where's the doors and windows, un
cleY
"Doors and windows? Why, that's
haystack"
"No fear, uncle, you don't humbu'
ME! Hay don't grow in Jumps like thatg