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Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

ported by taxation, 14,742,O77 purtis;
in private and parochial institutions L.
513,O16 more; a grand total Of 16,2EC,-
09S. There was a slight falling OF In
the patronage Of private schools, prob
ably caused by the ''hard times" Since
1870 the enrolment in public schools
has nearly doubled; there has been in
creasing liberality of expenditure alo'-g
all lines, with steadily advancing
standard of instruction, administration
and humanization Of discipline. or
normal schools for the training Of
teachers, the States support 1876, and
200 others are maintained by tuition
fees or donations. More than three
fourths of the school population Is
found outside Of large cities and towns;
but the shorter school year Is partly
compensated by rural industrial oppor-
tunities. OF course the statistics rep
resent all degrees Of excellence and de-
feet; but the movement is upward and
the outlook hopeful.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
Neye- Get Thirsty.

There are certain lucky creatures
which never feel the pangs of thirst,
for they are so constituted that drink
is unnecessary to them and they never
swallow drop Of water In their lives.
Among these animals are certain ga
zelles Of the far east and the lamas of
Patagonia.
Some naturalists believe that hares
never drink, but get enough liquid for
their needs in the dew on the grass they
eat, and it Is certain that in the London
geological gardens paroquet lived
over half century without once drink
ing.
A considerable number Of reptiles
serpents, lizards and some batrachians
thrive in places in which there is alb
solutely no water. In France in the
neighborhod of the Losere there are
herds Of goats and cattle which hardly
ever drink and which, nevertheless.
produce the milk Of which the ceQe-
brated RoQuefort cheese is made.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

"A good Illustration of the necessity
Of public sentiment thoroughly
aroused in favor Of the enforcement of
1ndicious laws is seen in the annual
occurrence Of destructive forest-fres
In the timbered regions of the North
west. Stringent fire laws have been
enacted, and there are live State for
estry organizations, but forest fires as
devastating as ever occur whenever
droughts prepare the material. For
destructiveness the fires Of the past
summer rank with the notable ones of
former years.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

It cannot be long before there will
be established In the United States
schools for such specialized studies as
win at young men for commercial en-
ployment in foreign countries. The ex
panding field of American foreign trade
will create a steadily increasing de-
mand for trained men to represent our
manufacturers abroad and will offer
splendid opportunities for this class Of
men. Germany has found the plan Of
great value. 1t has played very i'm
pOrtant part in the extension of her
trade. Unquestionably the United
States would find it equally valuable.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

The heir to the throne of Belgium,
recently travelling through our West
ern States in a private car, said to his
host: Last year was the guest OF
the Czar. When took my walk 1t
was between two lines of soldiers, who,
I.feared, might shoot me by mistake
1t was not so pleasant as this, and the
eating was not SO good" Having thus
disposed Of the greatest Of democra-
cies and the greatest of absolute mon
archies, he made a second comparison:
when you come to my country you
will send me your card? What can l
doi You can see all my country in q
day"
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

It has been noted that all Presidential
candidates whose surnames ended with
The letter IN" running on ticket with
q candidate for Vice President whose
surname likewise ended with m were
elected, to wit: Jefferson and Clinton,
Madison and Clinton, Jackson and
Calhoun, jackson and Van Buren, Van
Buren, and johnson, Lincoln and Ham
lin, Lincoln and Johnson, Harrison and
Morton.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

On board the Gaelic, which arrived
at San Francisco from the Orient last
week, was Rev. H. w. White, mis-
sionary. He brings news of a terri
Bile condition of affairs existing in the
Chin Chu Flu provinces, section
$50 miles long and 70 miles wide, in
habited by over 100000 people, most
ly farmers. Owing to two successive
droughts, the crops have been failures
and the people of the province mem
toned are dying by thethousands from
starvation, and the government is do
ing little to help the suffering.
Toronto and Montreal capitalists
in street railways are after
the franchise in Havana, and have
an offer of $1,5OO,0OO for the present
service in the city, which, it is expect
ed, will be accepted. William Mac
kenzie, the President of the Toronto
street railway, and Frederick Mich
oils of the Canadian General Electric
Lighting Company, have left here to
go over the line. The American Indies
syndicate, of which P: B. Widener
and United States Senator Elkins
are members. has proposed to take
over the road, but were outbid by the
Canadians.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

The California Fruit Grower says
that a Winters man has been expert
menting with fig curing, and comes to
the conclusion that the figs picked
from the trees at a full stage of ripe
ness, instead of being allowed to fall
to the ground. make the best dried
product. This is quite probable. 1t Is
not generally expected by experienced
horticulturists that fruit of any kind,
which is allowed to drop from the tree,
will make first-class dried product.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

The latest report Of the United States
Osmnissioner of Education. DR.. w. T.
Harris, brings down the statistics TO
Juno 90, 1897. At that date there were
aaDo1led In public institutions. or
nuhnoAs and colleges Of all grades sup
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

You would have to 60 twenty times
- far to find cases Of horse cruelty to-
nay as you would ten years ago, asserts
the President Of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty 10 Animals. May
We 70 farther and find less.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

Tie unforgivable thing about 1t Is
hat you no sooner learn how to pro-
notnce the names Of the French min
l1tegs than there Is a brand-new batch.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

A Connecticut woman sewed flsh-
hooks into her pocket before going to q
county fair, and the first thief who at
tempted to get her purse was caught
'sEed-handed." Connecticut is still in
he lead for ingenuity.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

H1gham Roberts asserts In an inter
view that two-thirds Of our Congress
men are in fact polygamists Will Mr..
Roberts kindly give us the names of the
other third?
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

An Eastern exchange anxiously in
Quires, WAS the war a complete fail
urer' It was. We have this informa-
ton straight from M Nacional. of Ma
drid, Spain.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

Why not keep our naval and military
surgeons in constant practice during IN
tervals of national peace? There is the
baseball field for them in summer and
the football field In winter.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

There is no reason why Uncle Sam
should not secure little action on his
murdered missionaries. China has con-
siderable territory left.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

In Bridgeport, Conn. the girls have
organized = movement to freeze out
young gentlemen callers who monopo-
lize their time without proposing mar
tiage. Social life for young man
who doesn't want to get msRried In
that town must be z sort OF continu-
ous performance in which he soon
plays the role Of the wandering Jew.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

There are at least a dozen claimants
for European thrones who have never
enjoyed the rights of sovereignty. Don
Carlos asserts that, as the last Of the
Bourbons, he Is heir to the thrones Of
Spain and France. The Due d'Orleans
considers himself King Of France, and
there is a Bonapartist claimant also.
The Duke Of Cumberland is known as
King Of Hanover, and the Princess
Louis of Bavaria is sometimes saluted
as the last Of the Stuarts, and the right.
full heiress to the English throne. The
Duke Of BraganZa is pretender to the
throne of Portugal. There are six
other wandering heirs to lost European
crowns. These claimants have never
been in possession Of the strongholds
Of power. The Empress Eugene is dy.
ing in exile, after seeing the pomp and
glory Of empire pass away from her.
She is now in her seventy-third year,
and resides at Marlborough, in one of
the southern counties of England. She
is rich, and owns country house and
estate which cost her about a quarter
of q million dollars. She lives quietly,
and entertains few people who are not
relatives. The most distinguished
among her guests during recent years
have been the German tEmperor and
Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess
Henry Of Battenberg. The Empress
was once famous for her beauty and
the elegance Of her manners. She IL
now aged and feeble, victim to rheu
matism, with q deeply lined face, q
bent figure and sunken eyes. Yet even
in her old age there are traces of that
stately grace and dignity Of. carriage
which once enabled her to set the fash
ions for an empire and the world For
ty-five years have passed since he1
marriage with Napoleon III. in Paris
with splendid pomp. For seventeen
years she was the greatest lady en- the
Continent. For twenty-eight years she
has been an exile in England, MAKING
occasional journeys to Spain, and pass
ing through Paris few times HeI
longest pilgrimage was to Zululand, in
South Africa, where her only son was
killed in the English service. The EN-
press misfortunes have been borne
with English fortitude and pluck. She
has lived in retirement, and made no
complaint because the fortunes of en-
pire have gone heavily against her; but
simple and unaffected as is her life, she
has not lost the gesture of command
nor her Spanish elegance of manner.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

George Vanderbilt's palace in North
Carolina has cost him $4,000, 900 and
y called Biltmore. Perhaps George
witAes he had built less.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

} With sixty new warships on the ways
Enyland's proceedings cannot be re-
garded as ways OF pleasantness by
France.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

Mexico, as well as the United States,
has the biggest cotton crop on record.
AL OF which.is baleful in a double sense
totthe COTTON growers.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

The pugilist thinks football is brutal,
while the football player thinks prize
aghting is brubal-and the public, comes
pretty near to agreeing with both Of
them.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

She-"Do you think love is an ilness,
as the doctors claim?" He-"Wel,
yes: something of q rash naturA"-1D
dlanapoaas Journal.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

lsh pity that the civilized pillasers
eGn't be suppressed as easily as the un-
civilized Pillagers were.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
9OfA Hung Chang: Lillian Russell
w ret you If you don't watch out.

ZAis country is exporting elevators to
England, which is surely a good way to
givo John Bull q lift
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

One Of the arts in conducting polit-
ical campaign is for the candidate to
say all the good things he modestly
can about himself and his side % the
case without unduly criticising his op-
ponent. In recent years there has been
a distinct gain In American politics In
decency, though there is still room for
Improvement. A candidate who can
present the facts from his standpoint In
clear, forcible manner, who knows
his case is not so desperate as to call
for the aid Of mud-slinging, is far more
apt to command the attention of the
public than the loudmouthed bawler,
who makes use of epithets that would
be out Of place in the family circle. The
gentleman In politics on the stump is
not an ideal man. He is In many
places reality, and the methods he
pursues are becoming more common.
1t Is fair and just to discuss all polit-
ical issues, which are those In which all
the people are concerned, fearleSsly
and truthfully. If men are found to be
corrupt, it is proper to expose their
practices to the people, but the speaker
can do this without sinking to the level
Of those who are worse than he Is. An
honorable candidate would not proper
ly represent the people whose suffrages
he is asking for If he did not expose the
enemies Of the people. The American
people like to see clean, square, fear
less, standup fight in politics. The
man who loses such fight cannot suf-
fer by defeat: the candidate who wins
by dishonorable methods Is robbed, in
the estimate the best people make Of
him, OF all the real fruits Of victory.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-24
Fight With a Shark.

MONTERREY, CAL, March 2.-Seven
Japanese fishermen speared a basklng
shark I'm Monterey Bay the other day.
When all signs of life had departed
tho men fastened the rope around the
sharks body and by means OF long
pole dashed across two boats at right
angles they tied the boats and the shak
securely together according to the Jap
anese method. Then. using both boats
as one. they started TO tow this valuable
prize ashore.
Suddenly the shark awoke from IT'S
stupor and dove about twenty feet INTO
the water taking the boats and men
with IT, The shark arose with empty
boats in tow II repeated its dive twice
more. on the third time breaking the rope
that fastened It and escaping. Four u
the fishermen drowned.
one boat was reduced TO splintcrs. but
the other. being comparatively whole
was taken by two of the men, who pad
died with their hands through the heavy
surf 10 Seaside. The other Of the three
survivors. a professional diver and swim
mer. attempted 10 swim ashore. but the
terrific surf and extreme coldness OF the
water nearly proved fatal He reached
the beach, and, becoming unconscious
from exhaustion. knew nothing more un-
I'll picked up by residents OF Seaside
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-24
TILE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. March 23.-COTTON-
Steady: middling. lie; net receipts.
4S2 bales gross. Is 154 bales; exports TO
Great Britain, 4O3 bales forwarded, 4.5S1
bales; sales, 800 bales; stock, 1886
bales
.salUq G0etI 'sldloooI l9N-6Bp-ol TrloL
exports TO Great Britain. LAOS bales 10
the Continent 2O.372 bales; stock, 97l,-
3iS bales
Consolidated-Ne receipts u los bales
exports to Great Britain. 4l,32l bales; TO
France. 400 bales; to the Continent, 6S.
3iS bales
Total since September 1st-Net receipts,
1908 5OJ bales. exports TO Great Britain.
?. S1a0S2 bales: to France. 724 534 bal IS
20 the Continent, 2.37S.99i bales.
Futures opened barely steady: sales,
500 bales: March 5.s7; April. j.sS: May
5gl: June. SCI: July. 5.93 August. 507:
September. J.95: october. 5.9f: November
5.94: December 500: January 500.
Futures closed very steady. sales 49,
500 bales March. ISL: April. ISL: May.
sS5: June. 5.s8; July. $50; August. 5.02
September, 5.9l: October. SOL; November
59l: December 5.92: January. 594.
Spot cotton closed quiet: mlddlng up
lands i-l6 midding gulf. 6 j-l6 sales,
300 bales.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-24
TOBACCO EXCLAIMED


Richmond Va. March %. lS9N.
Sales Of new dark loose tobacco on the
Richmond (Na.l breaks to-day. Shockoe
Warehouse sold 10475 granddaughter
price. Sl6.25. Crenshaw's Warehouse sold
100 pOundS-highest price $40; stone
wall Warehouse sold Il 4o5 pounds-high-
est price, s16. Total. 1880 pounds-high-
General floor average at shockoe Ware
house to-day, $G.12; at Stonewal Ware
house SAIL
At shockoe Warehouse to-day:
Mr. r. r. Doggett. OF Louisa county.
sold 30 pounds sun-cured tobacco at
Mr. George W. Ball. of Caroline county.
sold 135 pounds sun-cured tobacco at
SlG2j and 10 pounds at 50. ---...
Mr. W. II. Coleman Of Caroline county
SOLD 100 pounds sun-cured tobacco al
Mr. T. f. shuman. of Caroline county.
sold go pounds sun-cured TOBACCO AT
Sl4.75 and 335 pounds at $3.50
MIR A. j. Bennett of Caroline county.
sold go pounds sun-cured tobacco a
81 75 40 pounds at SIS. 100 pounds az
So and $50 pounds at $3.50.
At Stonewau Warehouse to-day:
Mr. W NJ. Wright. OF Caroline county,
sold - pounds sun-cured tobacco az Slb,
- pounds at $s.2j ljj pounds az $3.50
and - pounds at 500 ,-,..,,,.,., ,.rt,
There was a very good bright ana DARK
loose tobacco sale at Stonewall ware
house to-day. big break Of both bright
and dark loose tObaccOs VIII De Otered
al this warehouse on Friday next. March
-. 1895 No sale tomorrow. thursday,
March "a 1888. on account OF Launching
of the warships at Newport News Va.
Private sales reported TO the secretary
Of the Richmond Tobacco Trade TODAY
Smokers I hogshead. scrap CbrighU, !;
scrap dark >: leaf dark. n; Tugs
dark, 6. Total II hOgsheads.
The tobacco inspector reports to-day
Inspections-B Bright Is hogsheads; dark;
y hogsheads and tierces' western,
hogsheads Reinspections-B Bright. 10
hOgsheads: western. 4 hogsheads.
Stonewall. Crenshaw's Shockoe. Ale
ghany. Old Dominion, Meals. Daven-
ports Planters and SeabroOk's toDacco
warehouses report to-day. Receipts 81
packages: deliveries. 20 packages.
United States internal revenue collec-
lions on tobacco for the city OF Rich
mond. Va. to-day: Cigars and cigarettes,
sjO22: plug tobacco S3.40i13. Total.
s34540J.
A very satisfactory sale OF new dark
ioose tobacco at Planters Warehouse
to-day Caroline and Louisa tobacco'
sold well.
MIR. l.. II. Lamottc Of Clagett Brachl
& Co. tobacco brokers. Billeter Square.
=. G.. London and Liverpool. England.
Is in Richmond. Va. to-day
No loose tobacco sales tomorrow. Good
breaks for Friday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-24
OCEAN VIEW ROAD SOLD.
Bought by II. Lancaster Williams OF
Richmond. for $500 900

NORFOLK. VA, March Especial -
The Norfolk and Ocean View Electric
railroad including hotel lands and terml-
mails was sold at auction to-day al Il
o'clock by United states Special com,
missioner w. W. Old. and Caldweil
Hardy to r. Lancaster Williams OF hich-
mond and associates for $4,000.
This Is considered fair price inc
bonded Indebtedness being SooVp'
The purchasers already own the NOT
folk Electric street railway system,
The bidding was spirited. Charles Bar
,itt ~ PHILADELPHIA. one Of the former
owners representing the Willoughby
Shit. old Point line bid S22S,0oo.
Resides these there were other strong
bidders representing IT is rumored the
Chesapeake and Ohio and old Dominion
Steamship Company Mr. Williams WAS
prceest
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-24
THE APP0MATT0X TRAGEDY.
Emmett Marshall Now Sane But Ter
ribly Dcspondent.

LYNCHBURG. VA, March 23.-Spe-
cial.-Emmett Marshall, who In M OF
anger shot and killed Mrs. W. h. Mar
shall and wounded his brother Douglas,
Is now In Jail here. AS Will be remember
ed. directly after the tragedy he was
taken 10 AppomattOx Courthouse and IN
carcerated there. After making an I'M
successful effort TO knock his brains out
by dashing his head against the side or
the cell he relapscd into quiet state
and so continues.
Naturally a reticent man. he Is not
now laxative although he mas since
Saturday expressed deep contrition Tor
what he has done, and said II ne could
call back the past he would not nave
killed his sister-in-law for worlds. At
noon to-day he was taken before Justice
]. T. Lee at AppOmattox Courthouse, ou,
his counsel Mr.. j. l.. Freshman waived
an examination, and he was committed
TO iail TO await the action OF the grand
jury. ~. -. ,,,,
AS there had been some talk among the
Indignant citizens regarding the punish
ment which they thought ought TO ne
melted out TO him. and as the cellS IN
floor and accessible from the outside, IL
was deemed best TO remove nun mere
until the eth of April, when the srahd
jury will meet.
The Times correspondent saw Mr. Mar
shall and i'm reply TO "A ques ion he be-
gan talking about the shooting. but In
voice so weak and indistnct that his
words could not be understood. ON being
told that he could not be heard Marshall
managed TO convey the information that
he had been in bad health. and In re-
Spouse to "A query said that he had a
faint recollection of the unfortunate al
fair. The man is in "A fearfully despon-
dent state. and lies stretched out on tue
floor Of his cell. He seems sane enough
at present
WEST APPOMATTOX, VA. March q.
-SpeciaT-Mr. Emmett Marshall, who
shot and killed Mrs. W. b. Marshall, his
sister-in-lay last Saturday, was to-day
taken from jail and carried 10 Lynch
burg by Sheriff Coleman for safe-keep-
ing II appears that there is difference
of opinion as to whether Mr.. Marshall Is
insane. and rumors reached this place
that some men had declared they would
help 10 lynch him.
II is scarcely probable that lynchinc
would have been attempted. but Sheriff
Coleman has done well to make assur-
ance doubly sure Marshalrs case will
come up before the grand jury at the
April court.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-24
LEXINGTON LEAFLETS.
\ Valuable Sassafras Stump-ENten-
sion of Rural Telephones.

LEXINGTON. VA. March Especial.
Mrs. lanes Smith. a widowed lady near
Natural Bridge. was examined here by
a board OF lunacy and adJudged insane.
She was sent 10 the Western State Hos
pital az stanton on Monday.
Mr.. John A. Knck. Of the county,
brought a large sassafras stump to the
Lexington Sassafras Mil. II weighed
500 pounds. and brought $3.50.
Arrangements are being made for the
running Of several new telephone lines
I'm the early spring TO Rockbridge Baths
and Natural Bridge. The county will
then be pretty well covered with the sys-
TEN.
Daily academic duties at Washington
and Lee University have been suspended
and examinations are now in progress.
Spring drills have begun at the Virginia
Military Institute. The Hill in conse-
quence will become an attractive place
for afternoon strolls by the young ladies
Of town.
Mr.. ID. S. Layne has been elected rep
resentative Of Rockbrdge Lodge. No. IS
/. O. O. T.. with Mr.. J. V. Grinstead a.
alternate. 10 the Grand Lodge, which
meets i'm Petersburg, April 9Th.
John T. Ackerly chairman OF the Coun-
ty Republican Executive Committee. has
returned from Washington where he
went in the interests OF his candidacy
for the Lexington postofhce lie says
that Congressman Jacob Yost will recon-
mend his name for appointment as post
master. 10 take effect May LIST.
The term Of the present incumbent. Mrs
Fannie 5. Williams. will expire April
18th
She was appointed during Harrisons
administration. through the influence OF
the hate Col. II. G. Parsons a prominent
Republican. who had influential friends
close 10 the administration. No change
was made here during Clevelands term
and Mrs. Williams has held her Office
this long under Mckinley.
II Mr.. Ackerly receives the appoint
ment Il will be the FIRST instance where
the postmaster Of Lexington was appoint
ed from the county and was not a patron
Of the office before appointment