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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-15
CAPES ARE ALL
THE FASHION.
Girls, MatrOns and MiddIe-Aged Wo-
men are Now Wearing Them.
PLAIN CAPES FOR YOUNG WOMEN
The Bernhardt, with Its Gaudy RufIie
and its Brilliant Hood. Has Taken
Great Hold on Fashions Favor.
a Great Many Scotch Goods.

PARIS, January Snow that the hol-
days are over the young people have set
tied down to having a good time out OF
doors. They are skating and enjoying
themselves at every sort Of cold weather
sport for Paris is coolest OF the cold az
ter cold weather sets in 10 is a freez-
ing. biting, bitter cold. which calls for
heavy underwear and the thickcst. warm
est furs.
Tho cape IS worn by women of all
ages, for IL IS made i'm endless variety.
The young women wear long, plain
cloth cape without trimming Of any sort
and made fancy only by a TAN. lined col
lar.
Tho matrons wear the cape which in
London Is called the golf cape. 1t has
a big, lined hood and a rufHe with
gay lining. The hood is often lined with
very bright plaid and the ruffie is also
Of the plaid
THE GOLF CAPE.
This cape is very long In the back and
is much cut away in the front, although
it meets al the waist line. II is a de-
cidcdly fancy little affair. and II a wo-
man has enough 50 that It need not be
worn at all times, it IS a very pretty ad-
dtiOn 10 the wardrobe. In fact the cape
lhl Is thAA a. NlAhNills NllH iNAL NuNn one
begins TO follow &C.. there IS danger OF
keeping on forever.
There are other styles OF capos: in fact
there are so many that one cannot mem
ton them all. But one particular cape
Is the Bernhard. a very handsome Bern
hardt cape was seen tie other day on
one Of the shoppers on the Rue de IN
Psix II was Of mingled Scotch goods.
for all mingled goods thosa days are
called Scotch goods. u had that curious
appearance Of mingled goods with
prominent dot coming out here and there
like wink Of the eye. The greater num-
Der Of the dots were so tiny as TO be
almost Invisible. Others were very prom
inent With the background brown and
these clear. red dots upon it it was really
a very pretty cloth.
IL was cut In the new rounding shape,
long in the back and cut away i'm the
'front.' and all around It there extended
q deep rufie fully a foot in depth The
rufiie was made Of the same material and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-15

Spain was the first ruler who could boast
that the sun never set upon It's domln-
ions. SUPERSTITION. cruelty lust lsno-
rance. and Incidence have caused lne
downfall and final humiliation OF TINS
once splendid power. Torquemaoa IN
auisition. with its 5000 victims, ana the
expulsion OF the Moors. the most sAlileu
IN the arts, mechanics, and In agrlcu'-
turo of any Of the people IN SPAIN were
potential causes OF her fearful decline.
When the Moors went, with them dis
appeared all hope Of securing ana mann
tanning that large and powerful middle
class which constitutes the liie-olood OF
every prosperous nation. None was leIt
but the idle aristOcracy and the ignorant
peasantry. The barbarism that tolerated
Inc lnouisltion and the expulsion Of the
Moors has characterized the Spanish
neople in every emergency, down to the
recent date Of the Nirginius massacre
and the inhumanities Of General Weyler
in Cuba
thus does a just God proclaim 20 ma
lions as 10 men. that Vengeance is
nine. / will repayr-Lesiies Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-15
LITTLE CAPES
OF JANUARY.
Many are the Beautiful Little Neck-Peces to be Worn
~ lLo Cot
Over The Coat.

hitting and generally double-breasted.
When one buys a little Jacket Tor g
or $40 suitable for winter wear. one
feels as as if one could be q little extra
VACANT and puchase two or even three,
and so have a variety
PRETTY COATS.
Many New York women. instead Of
spending $40 upon one great cloak. will
divide the $40 into four parts. and spend
each ten upon cloth coat the favorito
colors being cadet blue. Scotch brown.
gray and tan. with preference for the
cadet blue, which is extremely fashion
able now.
Cadet blue is a blue so blue that It IS
unpleasant TO many eyes until you get
used TO it. and then YOU think IT eX-
tremeiy pretty Eccose. or Scotch brown
reminds YOU OF mouse brown and the
favorite gray is iron which IS darker
than the old iron gray. The tan color
is very light shading almost into faw1.
These little jackets are lined with
brilliant shade of satin and very pretty
they are upon the winter woman They
are warm. too being of heavy material
and often intcrlned inside their own
satin lining.
With this the little fur neckpicce can
Doe nicely worn. Tho most fashionable
conarctte IS the one which has the most
tails. The very elegant Christmas col
larettes We're made Of tails alone one
OF them boasting no less than forty tails
These were twisted affectionately around
the neck and allowed 10 bangle wher-
ever they would. Ia the front they fell
20 the belt and were clasped al the neck
with "a big buckle
Another sort Of colarette Is. or might
be reversible. 10 has a collar as long
as It's cape. The collar stands eight
inches tail and the cape is eight inches
deep. 10 IS of one kind of fur lined with
another and it clasps under the throat
a NECK PIECE.
There is another neck piece which vies
80 popularity with the two Just mem
toned being Of a collarette nature with
very long stole ends which reach far be-
tow The waist These were very fash
i0uabis sixty years ago and are worn
now an "a much modified shape being
shorter and not so deep upon the should
crs. This. ike au other fur garments.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-15
A DANGEROUS GAME.
BY Margaret Wells.

Well. Il has been some time since then.
but neither Richard nor | have forgdtten
tour narrowest escape. From dehtn!
you ask. From worse than death.
We had been married only a short
time when we took her into the family,
a cousin of Richards. fourth or fifth re-
moved. or something OF that sort. dis
tant. but still sufficiently kith TO be num-
bered in the kin.
name. for she had no home. SO, getting
Richard alone one night. l whispered TO
him all about her. How lonely she was.
how dependent. how in need OF friends.
And Richard agreed to my plan. We
would adopt Fanny. with her sorrows
and twenty years or life.
An orphan. with a small competence.
she had come to the city 20 add TO her
mite by working out living In the
great metropolis. But my plan was TO
take her into the family and make a
sister OF her-for I longed for n sister;
and as Fanny was love hungry, We
agreed that a sister she should be to us
all
What a pleasant winter that was.
Fanny. Richard and I went everywhere
and / can truthfully say now that | had
nothing without Fanny for we divided
everything evenly. What a blessed world
IL Isl | said to Richard one night after
we had returned from the theatre and
were sitting by the hearth in our own
pretty room, with Fanny retired Tor the
night. land how fortunate that heaven
has sent US such a kind good sister as
Fanny u,
Afterwards that he looked a little queer
as he nodded his head. ,,,
The first OF 1t came something IKE
this:
and instead OF bounding up stairs 70
our little private sitting room ss nsual,
ne fingered down stairs in the hail; When
he came up I noticed that he had on
his smoking Jacket and slippers ana neld
In his hand a well filled pipe. q,
THAT was thoughtful Of you, puss,
said he reaching for a match TO hght
the pipe everything ready for me down
below" o.,
.'rhat must have been Fanny's work, -
7 said. laughing, but where aia tne
child get your shppers2 l thousht they
were here
Richard laughed and looked at me q
little keeny. and at that moment
though I heard the rustling OF skirt
in the hall. though II might nave oeeh
The next time Richard was late the
sono thing happened When he came
up stairs, midnight though ~ was "a
had on smoking Jacket and snppefs' anu
once he mentioned that Fanny had peen
dov,, In the drawing-rOom waiting FOR
him bv the open fire, holding MS coat
.sT'he Door girl will make herself sick
for u.s." 1 said. Il must speak 10 her
about IT," IT,. -.
nut when 7 mentioned the subject 20
Fanny she seemed so ericved that said
no more: and when she did not come
down to supper that evening blamed
myself for bringing on one or her heau-
aches and. myself. carried her supper up
10 her. which she refused 10 touch. But
when Richard, whose business detained
him down town late many evenings IN
the week. returned at II that night ne
round Fanny waiting as usual for him
down stairs
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going to be very busy"
Strange he did not tell me-" sad J.
We'll. ne told me, said Fanny. pufs-
Ing up her lips and tossing her mead.
I did not 60. and all that afternoon
Fannys manner troubled me so tnat
was really quite cold 10 Richard "heh
he came home. After supper retired
20 my room. leaving Richard and Fanny
That night Richard had little TO say
and the next morning he left home an
hour earlier than usual and Fanny, VINO
usually did the marketing an hour later,
accompanied him.
As / saw them disappear the first pang
OF jealousy / had ever felt IN my lie
came over me; and as they turned the
corner | burst into tears.
Fanny came home in high spirits. and
later dressed herself and went out and /
had the feeling she had gone 10 meet
Richard. a feeling that was later con-
firmed when they came home together
| did not go down 10 supper that night
pleading a headache but from my couch
up stairs | could hear them laughing
until far into the night. though ! noticed
that Fanny's laughter was louder than
Richards and had more merriment I'm H.
Matters were a little strained between
Fanny and me the next day. and ] kept
my couch all day. but toward night !
shook Off my headache and dressed nv
self TO go out 10 meet Richard, IN spite
Of Fannv's many attempts 10 prevent
me by pleading the wea>s er and my IN
disposition.
Well I shall never forget the smile OF
welcome with which Richard greeted
me. II declare. puss." said he. This is
pleasant I thought you had delegated
all your welcomes 10 Fanny. She SAYS
she tried I'm vain to persuade you 10 ac-
company her last night and the night
before"
turned and gave Richard one look
one sneechiess lOOk-and then We bath
knew and understood-our escape.
The walk home was quiet but ful or
resolve for us both. As soon as we were
in the house Richard turned and lifted
my face I'm his hands This Is for what
YOU have suffered he said. and as for
me. | shall make up I'm love the time I've
been losing the last three DAYS
"Thcy have been n thousand years
long" I whispered.
And longer still TO me- Richard said.
Suddenly Richard turned, Tor there was
a rusfling Of the curtains behind him.
N is Fanny" 7 Whispered Don't dear
Let her 70 quietly. We can anord 10
be magnanlmous. YOU and I, when we
have each other 10 live for.
Fanny remained IN our family only a
week after that. sullen. bahied and fuil
OF rage. Then she went back 10 her
Western home 90 finish ont life az she
began II on a farm. where Richard and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-15

The surrender of cuba is but another
step marking the downfall of Spain. II
has had more wars than any other great
nation. and 50 has suffered more defeats.
During the past 900 years 1t has met
on the field of battle nearly every nation
of Europe and of the American continent
but il has not taught singlc-handed with
any other nation but the Uu.ted States
since the defeat in 15Ss of Philips invin-
chile armada.
Less than four centuries ago Spain
was the most powerful nation in the
world. having dominion over a great em-
pire i'm Europe and over the greater part
of the New World by right Of discovery
and a bun of the Pope. Charles ], Of
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-15
HOw's THIS?

We offer one Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
r. j. CHENEY & CO..
Toledo. O.
We the undersigned, have known Il. ].
Cheney for The last IL years. and we
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially able
10 carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
WEST & TRUAX.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
WALDlNG, KtNNON & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O.
wallis Cafarrh Cure IS taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cCus surfaces of the system. Price zoe
pr D0tIc. solG by all Druggists. Tesh-
monials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best. lsss=-
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"You mustn't let her take your place.
puss" he said quietly. And I noticed
Ihat he threw his coat aside. saying 1t
was too warm.
One day. coming in quietly, I heard
Richard talking in loud. firm tones to
Fanny ana Fanny soDoing out reply.
Running in. / caught the poor girl In
my arms. and turned to Richard with
surprised look Nothing at all, my
dear said he "only an unpleasant topic
Fanny and / We're obliged 10 talk over"
Something about Fanny's estate" I
thought Poor girl how she grieves"
One DAY. as / was about 10 go out TO
meet Richard. Fanny said. - wouldn't
go, il L were you. Richard said he was
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-15

httlnF. and generally double-brcasted.
When one buys a little Jacket for 81
or $40 suitable for winter wear. one
feels AS as if one could be little extra
VACANT and puchase two or even three,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-15
Manila a Series OF Surprises.

Manila Is series OF surprises from the
moment you steam through the mouth OF
Manila Bay. past Corregedor lighthouse,
until and after you land In It's populous
streets. To-day II IS a beehive. swarm
ing with goldladen Troops and euterpris-
ing Americans. depositing their money,
with the merchants and saloon-keepers,
anxious for permanent possession ana
keenly alive 70 the commercial POSSIBLE
tiles that assist the application OF Amer
lean brain and American money.
Numerous big ventures are In the air;
the converting Of the provincial street
railway into an electric system the es-
Establishment Of a suburban residential To-
oality. the reclamation Of waste land; the
building OF modern business stores, the
development Of the coal, gold iron. ana
copper resources. the extension OF the
steam railway system the Improvement
Of the electric lighting facilities the In
PRODUCTION Of American goods OF all de-
scriptiOns 10 suppant Spanish. French
and German expectations The schemes
are legion. and all found reasonable and
suggest profit Already three apparently
successful American newspapers have
made their appearance on the streets,
and the cry OF Extra" ringing In my
ears sets me back on Madison Square.
Printers ana the Associated FIesS sup
ply US with extended news. and We knew
Of ROocvelt's election as soon az people
IN San Francisco and Paris-as soon as
the wire could carry the news.
II was n day OF uproarious rejoicing a
day that old Manila awoke from her
lethargy and felt the pusation of real
Americanism. The sentiment that was
BORN of bitterness and humbled pride
IS gradually giving way before the inhu-
encc Of American diplomacy and Amer
lean dollars. and the Manillans. native
born and colonisis are developing a
hardly-expressed but plalnly-eyidenced
prayer for American goyernment-Les-
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uents is such this winter that g. has led
10 The general u-e ol the cloth jacket.
This nttle jacket SIS Inexpensive and can
De- worn am winter with The collarette.
qhe jacket comes 500 every color and I'D
every weight md ita cut il short, usnt
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-15

To do away with the necessity for
STOPPING over when using A dustpan an
Ohio man has designed one Of cone
shape. with the under side fattened n
rest on the floor. a vertical rod being at
tachcd 10 tho upper side 20 form
handle by which IT can he moved while
the user is standing upright
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styles showed some remarkable HAT de-
signs. but scarcely a word can be whis-
pered about them yet. except that they
will be long way of the face.
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both hoped she would learn the folly
Of coming between a man and his wife.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-07
BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE. Md, Sept 6.-Flour quiet; west
ern super s2.15t02.25.
Wheat frmer; No. red, spot aud September
f9ka69x; October 7I16n7lh; December 740
TAN; steamer No. Q red -; Southern wheat
by sample 62070 I-2 do. on grade -.
Corn strong; mixed, spot 81 l-2aS7&; Septem-
cember, new or old, 33% bid; January aud Feb
ruary 3S4 bid steamer untxed -; Southern
white S9as9 IL; do. yellow 39aS9 IL.
Oats firm; NO. white western, new, %; No.
2 mixed.
Rye firm; No. 2 nearby Sc IL; No. west
eTn 49,.
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free selling wherever there was nota-
bic advance in price, and the last hour
was given over to an active realizing
movement which clipped off half of ST.
Pau's gain and carried prices generally
below last nights level.
The Jump in call money to six per cent.
induced the realizing.
Tennessee Coal and Iron dashed up
and down in an giraffe manner all day.
climbing 91a points in the first hour and
dropping again to within 3 points of last
night. The feveIish demnnd for this
stock Is attributed to a large short in
tei'est which finds itself Obliged to sell
with practical corner in the stock, ac-
cording to the current rrlnor.
The movement in Colorado Fuel which
reached about points, was in close SYM
patty with Tennessee Coal as was that
of 3 points i'm Hooking Coal. There were
rather sensational advances also in Pull
man, in the Buffalo Rochester and Pitts
burg stocks, which gained about Z points
each and Colorado Midland preferred.
Southern Pacific and Central Pacific re-
covered about l y of their recent decline,
and the Norfolk and Western stocks and
the Coalers advanced temporarily but
more than lost the gain. Sugar under
went the same experience, rising 2 points
on the declaration of the regular divi-
dend and then reaching an extreme 33s
The New York municipal stocks all
weakened during the day, Brooklyn
Rapid Transit having declined pa after
an initial rise and Consolidated Gas
showing a loss of 3A. New York Air
Brake dropped eight points. Republic
Steel and Iron after gaining 18s, drop
ped 3h and American Smelling was
conspicl1ouslS weak There was mo mark
cd change in the condition of the nlon-
ely market today. GAIA and time money
rates were quite stffhy held. There was
a further deposit of $150,000 at the sub
Treasury for shipment to New Orleans,
New York exchange at interior points
indicate pressure ON this centre for funds,
and The sub-Treasury continues
to absorb cash from the banks.
Notwithstanding the hardness Of
money here and the somewhat
easier tone en- London, sterling exchange
was firm In New York amid advanced Il
fraction ON actual business.
The bend market was quiet. butt prices
well held Total sales (par valued 3
100000.
United States bonds we're unchanged
in bid quotations.
The total sales OF stocks were 615,000
shares, including: Atchison preferred
1920; Rcek Island $3.50; CHICAGO. Bur
limgton and Quincy, 21,170; Hooking
Coal, S,160; Louisville and Nashville, g.,
400: Manhattan Elevated, 1920: Met
ropolitan Street Railway, T.467; Missouri
Pacific, 300; Norfolk and Western, G.
6S5. Pennsylvania, 6,215: ST. Paul, &C.
80; Southern Pacific, 1850: Union Pa
cific. 1850; Union Pacific preferref
1880; American Tobacco. 2S,1y2;
Brooklyn Transit, 50,572: Colorado Fuel,
32.650: Sugar. 1880; Tennessee Coal
and Iron, 39,97o.
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STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Sept. est. Paul was the
central figure in today's market. The
publication of the annual report with its
great detail Of facts and figures, all
showing extraordinary prosperity, wis
the motive of the buyers, and they car
ried the price steadily upwards nearly =
points. SO wide movement in a stand
ard stock Of St Paul's character was
looked to arouse some sympathetic
strength in the general market. The
st. Paul movement in the upper stages
Of the advance showed some signs of
manipulation for the purpose of sustain
ing the general market. There was quite
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SpeciaIties:

Specific blood poison
ing, nervous disease,
kidney and urinary
difficulties, structure,
p1mples, piles, rheu-
matlsm, skin and
blood diseases OF all
forms, catarrh and
diseases of women.
Address or call on
Or. Hathaway
g. Co.,
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The Aetna Life'S Fifteen payment !,
Life and Endowment Policy In
Competition.

These policies issued by the Aetna
enables it's agents to offer strong
inducements to prospective insur- :
ants in competition with those of {
D other companies. Taking the aver {
D age rate of ten leading companies
4 at an age of twenty-five on the
twenty life plan, we find
that the premiums average S92.63
4 for a $4,000 policy, or $5,952.60 =
< for the twenty years. The Act
na's fifteen-payment life. at the
same age. costs $297.20, or $4,45S
for the fifteen years, the difference
} in the premium for full term being
81, 1880, equal to dividend of
80 per cent. on the annual pre- ;
miums for the whole premium pc
4 riod after the first two years. The =
! comparison corresponds with this
4 for other ages. 1The simple pre- T
: sentation of this comparison ought {
to be convincing argument when
D clearly made, especially In view of
! the fact that paid-up policies are
more favorable to the assured of
the fifteen-year than on the TWEEN
I tyyear plan. The large dividend
! paid by some of the companies Z
has long been one of the strongest
claims made by them. Adividend
of 80 per cent. deducted at the
beginning of the year has so much
to be said in its favor that the
Aetna seems clearly to be giving
points to its competitors.
I Mr. IT, D. RouShall srpupraI a ppnf :
Raleigh, N. c., can give further in
formation.
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GRAIN AND pRoyIsTONs.

Chicago, H., Sept, 6.-W Wheat was i'm
iiuenced today by the strengthening our
side markets and the Improvement In the
export demand. 1t ruled strong all day
and closed 3sd34c. higher. A feature
was the continued buying of September
by elevator people. Corn closed 14c.
higher for September, but a shade lower
for December. Oats closed Is to &c. hign-
er and provisions 50121ac. higher for
October nrod11cfa.
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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON, N. O., sept. 6.-Turpentine
steady at 43za43&; rece pit. U5.
Rosln firm at 90a9o; receipts 30.
~Crude turpentine steady at -, $3.50 and
$3.50; receipts IL.
Tar firm at 81 1870; receipts III barrels.
CHARLESTON, S. O., sept 6.-rarpentine
firm at IS ID; sales 10 casks.
Rosin firm; sales 300 barrels. Quote: Il, G,
D. 30; Il, so; f, 80; q, $l.05; n, $1.l0; ],
sl.15; X, sl.lO; Nj, $.5O; N sls5; g, $2.25; W W.
ESQ.
SAVANNAH, Ga, sept. 6.-Turpentine firm
at Al bid: sales l0l; receipts 6l7.
Rosin firm; sales -; receipts 2,53l. Quote:
A. b. O, 95; D. IS; E., 95; r. 90: Ct,
$40; Fl, sl.20; /, S1.25: X, $3.50; M, s1.65; N,
81 90: W &, S2.40; ". S2.70.
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CROP DAMAGE REPORTS
THEY ARE VERY NUMEROUS
FROM TEXAS.
THE GREAT PROSPERITY OF ST. PAUL
Its Annual Report Induces Heavy Buying Real
ling in Stocks Sends Prices Down.
A lump in Call Money TO
Six Per Cent.

New York, Sept. 6.-4Demand for sta
pie cotton goods fully up to previous
average and tone strong. Some four
yard brown sheetings raised to Al.
Heavy brown cottons against buyers.
Bleaohed cottons selling we'll at full
prices Wide sheetGngs firm, Utica and
Mohawk advanced five per cent. De-
Minis, ticks, cheyiots and other coarse
coiored cottons very firm. Print cloths
no change. Prints i'm good demand for
staples but fancy prints i'm indifferent
demand. No change i'm g.nghaims. Dress
goods sell we'll i'm staples and rough fam
cies