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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-13

CLIFTON FORGE. VA, June 2-Spe-
ci9l-Fire broke oat in tne o.l p.s-0ulDe
building on church street ibis evening.
also burned the ODD Presbyterian church
next to a..
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scholarship and A. Rippey, of Calitarnla'
the Huuton medal for the best soldier.
The Governor commissioned d. ID. Terry
and W. j.. Terry as captains. and r. 5.
Howell and O.. Fl. Rippett as i~ieutenants.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-13

Was tie bail that hit G.. b. S~teadman,
Of Newark. Mich. In the Civil War. IL
caused horrible Ulcers hat 10 treatment
helped for 20 years. Then Bucklen's Ar
Mica Salye cured him. Cures Cuts.
Bruises Burns. Boils. Fcioas. Corns.
skin Eraptions. Best Pile cure on earn.
y5c. a box. cure guaranteed. Sold ~
the owens & Minor Drug Company.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-13
COMMENCEMENT
AT UNIVERSITY
Opened Saturday With a German in
the Gymnasium.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES SUNDAY.
The Literary Societies Held Their
Joint Final Celebration Last Even
ing in the Public Hall Medals
20 Orators and Debaters.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES SUNDAY.

---
UNIVERSITY or VIRGINIA, VA,
june 12-sp iai-The commencement
season go the University was ushcred
in Saturday evening with "a german, given
under the auspices of the u. Is. frater-
ntfy. lu The F~ayerweathcr gymnasium,
led by Mr.. Willie Cochran.
The commencement sermon was preach
ed az III o'clock in the chapel by Che Rev.
DIT. Alexander Barr. rector ~ Monu-
mental church. Richmond ln the spaci-
ous public han. at y j.. NJ the same
divine delivered the annual sermon bee
fore the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion.
LITERARY CELEBRATIONS.
This evening. in the Public Hall. oc-
CURED the joint final celebration of the
Jefferson and Washington literary so-
cleties. Joseph g.. Taylor. OF Virginia.
presided for the Jefferson Society. and
the medals were delivered. The orator
medaiist S. Mr. George PoindeXter Bagby.
Of Virginia. and the dobater medliist Mr..
i. Reinh0ld Rogers. OF Virginia.
The orator, Mr Bagby. delivered an
address 90 Virginia and Nlrginians.
For the Washington Society. MT. Roscoe
COHkling Nelson. of Richmond. vice,pre-
sident. presided 300 Che absence of The
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THE MEDALIsTS.
The medaifst are. debater. .. ID. Mitch
ed. of Virginia. and orator. A Leo ober-
d0rfer. OF the same State. Mr. Ohcr-
dorier delivered au Grafton ON Federal
ISM"
TITLED GRADUATES.
The following are the t-iel graduates
in medicine and law.
Doctors o. Nedicine-Fredorick a. As-
serson. New York. n. g.. Julian r.. Beck
with. Petersburg Va. John Vs.. Brown.
Jr. Hampton. Va Trigant Burrow, Nor
folk. Va; Paul j.. Cooke. University OF
Virginia. W., Daniel " Cone. 5r. Benz
ton. Fla. Edwin Davis. Louisville. Ky,
William N. Ford. Brooklyn. ~. ST.,
Thomas @. Foster. IT,, Montgomery. Ala.
Charles B. Fox. Keswick. Va. Henry
ID. Furniss. Selma. Ala. Henry s.. Good
man. Cary. Miss. Frank IT, Hunt. Eich-
mond. Va; John II. Iden. Manassas. Va;
j. Ualc0mbo Laning. Carr0ilt0n. ill.,;
George R. Livermore. Memphis. Tenn.
David r.. Lyman. Charlottesville Va;
james S. McLester. Birmingham. Ala.
Henry NJ. Martin, Union Springs. Ala.
Manuel MarxuaCh. San Juan, Porto hicoi
George N. Mayors. Fairmont. w. Val
BENJAMIN O.. Moomaw. Roanoke Va;
BENJAMIN Morris. Martinsvillc. VA, Hugh
~. Nelson. Jr. Charlottesville. Val I'D
ward Dr. Ut. Oid. Norfolk Va. John I-
Page. Jr, University of Virginia, Na.i
r. Roller Richardson. Harrif9nburs, Na-i
William o.. Roller Fort Defiance Nai
William g.. Schroeder. Portsmouth. Na.i
Charles q. Smith. Washington. d.. g..
Keqn0n Thetf0rI. Taliadaea. Ala. John
Kirk Train. Savannah. Ca. John III.
Tucker. Jr. Henderson, ~. a.. william
rIpena V0eo. Fort Adams b. T.. Ferll-
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THE PICTURE OF
A VIRGINIA POET
His Portrait Presented to the
University,
EXERCISES IN TIE PUBLIC HALL.
Elegant Addrcsses by Prof Thornton,
Col Gordon McCabe and others
and a Memorial ode by Rev.
Beverly ID. Tucker.
EXERCISES IN TIE PUBLIC HALL.

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Richmondcrs in New York

NEW YORK. June l2.-speclal.-Rlch-
mond arrivals: b. r. Garter. Metropolis
tan. Dr.. g.. b. Johnston. Manhattan;
NJ. O.. Patterson. Continental; c. Tonp-
kins. G.. H.. White. Aston House: Il.
Whitock. Hoffman.
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GERMAN ARMY TO FIRE SOLID SHOT
ATDUMMY ENEMIES, TOWNSAND FORTS.


be dressed in old uniforms and ae-
coutrements, preferably in those taken
in the war with France. Where these
are not obtainable, cast-off uniforms Of
the regiments are to be used. The dunn
mics, too, are expected to outlast e V
eral battles, and this sort Of enemy
must not be worried "a by chop
ping his head off with a sabre, running
him through or shooting holes into
him.
When a canvas fort or a fortified VIII
lage has been constructed and the dunn
mics placed in their ingenious mechan-
ical devices will be brought into play
which will make some of the men OF
straw move about the ramparts. Pre-
sumably these will represent the hos
tile officers which are to be picked off
by the imperial sharpshooters. In the
case of a village, wen after the de-
lenses are carried, the windows OF the
painted houses will be filed with straw
soldiers, who are supposed to be keep
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COULDN'T SEE 1T.
The Old Codeer's Remarks About a Conun.
drum.

81 got a-tee, %hee-good one. for you,
uncle" chuckled the old codger's nephew,
entering the room where the veteran was
wrangling with his rheumatism. '"This is
the way it goes: A man owed another
man a dollar, and all the money he had
was rs cents So he went to a pawnbroker
and pawned the IS cents for 50 cents, and
then sold tine pawn ticket calling for rs
cents to a friend for 80 cents. Tha made
him have two 5o-cent pieces, which
bill. Did anybody lose anything in the
transaction, and If SO. who, and how
much? You see, he
mo, I don't!' broke IN old Uncle Grout
angrily. II don't see anything about il.
I don know which one Of them fools
in the puzzle lost money, and l don't care,
either; but / do know that whoever pays
any attention to such problems as that
loses time which could be more probably
spent in shoveling smoke or chasing
around town trying to borrow a basketful
os three-cornered auger holes. There Is no
possible profit TO be gained by solving one
of those puzzles; it is time thrown away
without hope of reward. | suppose that #
all the time that has been wasted on such
problems was placed end to end 1t would
reach 20 times around the globe. and then
lap by considerably. and, If utilized for
something worth while, l am sure the
world would be fully a century further adj
vanced in everything that goes toward
progress in enlightenment. and for all !
know. it would be 1899 right now, instead
of 1899. Go to collecting foreign postage
stamps, If you Will: smoke cigarettes. write
poetry. play the accordion. chase o go.f
bail over hill and dale, fling away the
golden, heaven-sent hours in any other
frivolous way you can think Of: but in the
name of common sense don't waste any
of the few days Of life and the few oppor-
tunities that are vouehsafed you to be Of
some use in the world in befuddling your
self and 0 Il friends with such problems
as that"
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ZEB'S NEW GUN.
1t Looked All Right But 1t Shot a Blue
Flame.

1t Looked All Right But 1T Shot a Blue
Flame.
The rugged old fellow who always
goes az guide and companion to a
party of young men on their hunting
expeditions was very proud of a new
gun which he had just purchased. He
had boosted of it many times before
they got to his home, and lost no time
in bringing it out for inspection.
Thar" he said, as he held it out,
"ain't she a beauty?"
"yVhy, yes" answered his friend, as
he took the weapon; sit looks all right
Say, you've never fired this, have your"
Not yet. l were waitin' fur you
fellers all to come along so as to gin
it its fust trial"
Why. it's a handsome piece of
work, and no mistake, but Zeb, this
gun shoots a blue fame
you don't say So"
eyes, sir"
liz NcOA tAG sun bdCh SiH5elIy anu
was about to put it away, when an
other Of the party came in.
Now, Zeb,'' he said, "let's see that
gun you have been talking so much
about"
He handed it over and the newcomer
returned it hastily with the exclam-
alton.
"Why, zeb, the gun shoots a blue
flame"
The Old fellows simple mature never
permitted a suspicion that so small a
matter as a joke could be made the
subject Of an organized conspiracy. He
meekly took the gun back and said
nothing.
a third hunter came in and said
cheerily, lets have a look at the
gun
80, ! guess mebbe faint so much of
a gun" he said glumly.
Nonsense. Don't be modes.-why,
zebl"
That's all right. You needn't tell
me. I know it Already. That gun
shoots a blue fame
AS sure as you're born it does. Here
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the German army this year better than
any play, and will, of course. be more
or less instructive. One thing is liable
to happen-in fact, is almost sure to
happen-and that is that real men Will
be killed. Great masses of troops go
ing into action, even mimic action,
firing ball cartridges, are dangerous,
each individual to the other, and the
accidental shooting of one soldier by
another is almost certain to occur. The
expense, also, will be enormous. not
only Oh accoun of the cost of the can
vas fort and stuffed soldiers, but by
reason of the waste of ammunition.
However, it is an imperial experiment
that the Imperial William is about to
try, and, after the manoeuvres are
over, the value of it from a military
standpoint can be better judged. All
the nations of the earth will send army
officers of experience and judgment to
the Emperor's fall exhibition, and their
reports will be read with interest-pro-
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walls. detachable houses, huts. batter
les, castles, forts, etc. This scenery
has been built by members of the pio-
neer and railway corps, and two regi-
ments Of them will be employed on
stantly during the operations to replace
losses or build new targets.
The straw soldiers will not be the on
ly hostile troops the attacking forces
will be expected to meet and overcome
before the forts and villages. They will
be exposed to constant attack from
bodies of canvas cavalry, which will
sweep down upon them on sleds drawn
by real horses driven at a gallop. If a
body of troops marching to the attack
OF a canvas town or fort is surprised
by a body of canvas soldiers and does
not plug a majority of the painted
horsemen the body so surprised is sup
posed to be licked" The feats of the
Americans in swimming rivers under
fire in the Philippines have evidently
impressed the Kaiser. for he has in
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TOSSED THEM IN A BLANKET.
How carliaians Showed Affection for Their
Officers.

Blanket tossing has become a source of
great amusement IN several Of the regi-
fnents encamped near savannah. It's nuts
for tcssers and onlookers. but the VIC
tim finds himself wondering II he win ever
come down again. Many who have gone
out to the camps on business have been
given a taste OF the tossing. one or two
railroad men having come in Tor their
share Of It. The ~ahsurdity Of resistance
impresses every prospective victim, and
the medicine IS usually taken peacoabIy.
The First North Carolina regiment toss
ca every officer In the command, with the
exception Of two. who are suffering from
physical disabilities. Cox Armdeld had his
splendid proportions thrown into the air,
and the second lieutenants shared the
same late.
All the officers took the violation OF mil
itary discipline very nicely. II IS said. The
tossing started among the men, but they
decided to bring the officers into it. Maj.
Butzler was the first victim He was SELF
ed ana given n taste Of the tossing, and
then Col ArmheId was looked up. lie was
informed Of the desire Of the regiment to
toss him. and submitted gracefully. Even
the chaplain was not spared. One Of tho
iitdJvio tN9h 40 ma u'NtFi puh tliN 1IOWQ
outsprinted him, and he, too. went into the
air.
while MS brother officers were being
tossed Capt Alexander. regimental ad1u-
tant, sat on the ridgepole Of a tent and
took snapshots with his camera. He viii
enjoy showing the %undignIned attitudes ia
which he caught them. >
A non-commissioned officer OF the regi-
ment explained that the tossing grew out
of anything rather than a dislike for tho
officers He said there is the greatest
friendship for the officers. and the men
are ready at any time TO do all they can
for them The tossing had not occurred
TO the non-com. as a violation Of what is
due an officer under the military reguia-
tions. but merely as rather a demonatra-
tive way OF showing the mems Affection
Savannah News,
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of ~father-both Of which were-the
duty of the citizen, etc. In short. in
principle, model men-patterns for the
younger generation, says the New York
Commercial Advertiser. They always
addressed a lady as madam and they
paid her gallant compliments with a
courtly and complacent air. Here is a
specimen:
Old Smith Injecting pretty Mrs. Jones
OF a warm summer morning)-"Madam,
good morning. This is a fine day that
Providence has v~ouchsafed u.s." j.
Mrs. Jones (who belongs to the
younger generation)-'Well, Mr.. Smith.
can't say l think so. It's too hot. l
must say l prefer cold weather"
Old Smith-tAh, my dear madam.
you wear your roses and your lilies the
whole year round, but an old g~raybeard
like me only has those which summer
brings him."
Mrs. Jones, who knows quite well
what an old scamp Smith is, neverthe-
less rewards him by beaming upon him
with her roses ~deepened to a fattered
blush.
DRUNKARDS OF THE OLD SCHOOL.
Old Robinson would have done it
just as well had he been on the spot
instead Of old Smith. Probably would
have said the same thing, and certainly
in the same way. 1t was all very pretty
and very courtly and all that, you know.
But, then, unfortunately, along with
their fine manner and their fine NOR
ais, these two gentlemen Of the old
school and habits, too. And, as every
body knows, these were not always
quite so fine. And they wern't in the
case Of Robinson and Smith. Both
had had "a past that had given them
both the look Of having had one. Both
had a wrecked fortune, and old Smith
a broken-hearted wife. to answer for.
And both were drunkards of the good
old brandy and burgundy sort. Motto
quote the younger generation-"just an
occasional high now and then" but
to quote the elder-"full as ticks all the
time"
Both, too. were lawyers and went
through the motions of going to bust
ness every day. But the business ron
sisted in getting themselves into a con-
dition that made the walk home to /
o'clock dinner just not a stagger.
TOO DIGNIFIED TO STAGGER.
They never staggered. That was
where the dignity Of the old school
came in. They were simply a little
more stately in their bearing. that was
all. And neither was ever so blind
drunk as to fail when he met an ac-
onaintance to make him an elegant
how.
If they happened to meet each other
the scene was superb in its airs. Small
ville's younger generation would walk
many blocks Il OF its way to behold it.
The Finest Gentlemen III Europe and
Beau Brummel couldn't have done bet
ter. Each tall old figure would come
10 q halt, with heels together. and each
hat would com of in a salute that
swept TO the sidewalk. Then each
would fall back a pace and wait for the
other TO PISS o. But neither would go.
a courtly fasture Of depreciation. And
so it would go on, two gray old heads
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comes joe be added, as another
member OF the party struggled in. ASK
him. How about that gun. joel"
Why answered Joe promptly, after
a casual inspection, sit shoots a blue
fame"
You fellers kin go to bed when you
git ready" Zeb said abruptly. I'm
goin' to take a walk"
That night, in the middle of sound
slumber. all the members OF the party
were awakened by a vigorous shaking.
Zeb stood in the middle of the 1oo-.
Gentlemen" he said, I've been sit
tin out in the moonlight on a rock
thinkin' it over ever since l left you
An thar's one question ! want TO ash
you all. S'posen this gun do shoot 4
blue fame. What the blazes difference
do that MISREPRESENTATION Star.
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ing up a fierce street fight against the
invaders. And these dummies must
be hit by the soldiers before the place
a be fairly said to be in the possess
sion of the attacking party. In the de-
lenses of the towns and in the canvas
forts will also be placed cannon which
will fire automatically as the imperial
troops advance in the face of the de-
vastating fire of their blank cartridges.
As soon as the position is declared car
ried the soldiers will gather up the
pieces carefully, for war scenery, like
theatrical scenery, is expensive.
The Kaiser's army will bring to the
m~anoeuvre grounds hundreds of wagon
loads of war scenery in the shape Of
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vented a special drill for training his
troops tt repel such audacity.
In order to ascertain the effect OF
rife fire upon soldiers swimming a
river the Kaiser had a great number
Of water dummies built. They were
pigs bladders, with eyes, mouth, the
nose and mustaches painted on one
side and furnished with the regulation
service caps. These ~bladders, being
weighted at the bottom, keep bobbing
up and down with the motion of the
water or tide, and therefore offer splen-
did targets, almost as good as living
ones, it is claimed.
This new arrangement of the En-
peror will make the fall manoeuvres of
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out to drill bis armies large sections
of country are pre-empted for the ma
noeuyres, and all peaceful pursuits
within the area of the theatre of mimic
war are interfered with. This year will
be no exception to the rule, and the
fields and roads, besides suffering from
the trampling Of infantry and the
pounding of cavalry and the heavy pas
sage of light artillery, will suffer also
from the erection of the canvas forts
and towns and the dragging about OF
~squadrons of painted canvas cavalry.
To transport the canvas towns and the
straw soldiers from place to place the
baggage trains of the army will have
to be greatly increased, for these dunn
%aies' once overcome. as, no doubt.
ley will be right valiantly, will be
Ted up and whisked away to an
position, to be set up and knock
again.
Qstile soldiers of the Emperor
2 backbone of wood, a straw
q painted faces. They are
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Not having any of those little
wars" which England always keeps on
hand to serve as a training school for
her officers and soldiers. the German
Emperor has devised a scheme for as
similating as nearly as possible the an
nual manoeuvres of the imperial army
to the conditions Of actual war. Every
body who has "done the BOwery" has
seen those shooting galleries where
the canvas deer, tigers and lions are
shifted rapidly across the scene to be
shot at as they fly by the Bowery
hunters. The Emperor's idea for the
fall m~anoeuyres of his army will result
in a glorified and enlarged shooting
gallery. Hostile armies of straw and
forts and villages Of painted canvas
will be attacked with ferocity and pep
pered with real bullets. Childish and
theatrical as this may seem at first
glance, it will, nevertheless, afford ex-
cellent opportunity for target practice
and familiarize the soldiers with the
looks of things as they appear in an
actual battle.
General Count Haeseler, when asked
flor his opinion of last years manoeu-
yres. said: There was so much kill
ing in our sham battles, no n would
have been left to bury the dead if we
had been in earnest" That remark
set the Kaiser thinking, it seems, and
he has devised ways and means for
aseertaining, as near as it is possible
to do SO, what might be the actual re-
suit Of artillery and infantry fire, and
Of the onslaught of troopers operating
under the new regulations and equip
ped, as his men are, with the very lat
est de~ath-dealing weapons.
Having no %"itful, sullen people, half
devil and half-child," to try his the
cries upon, and the neighboring ma
tions being absurdly peaceful, the EN-
peror decided to create an enemy out of
straw, canvas, old uniforms and pigs
bladdess. Heretofore in the annual
manoeuvres of the German army much
power has been burned. much noise
made, much hard marching done and
many military combinations have been
carried out according to the rules laid
down in the books. But the booming
cannon and rafting rifles have sent
no projectiles from their hot mouths.
Blank cartridges have won the blank
battles. In the principal battle OF the
nlanoeuvres this year real projectiles
will be fired by the cannon and the
rifles will be loaded with ball cartridges.
The company or regiment that n
1day takes a fort or village by make
believe" strategy and by the use of fire
and sword where it does not do the
least bit of harm will be sent twenty
four hours later against a similar ar
rangement of buildings and strong
holds made of wood and canvas. If,
in the original engagement, the place
was reduced" by artillery before
storning ensued cannon will throw
genuine balls and high explosives on
the fac-simile; if blank cartridges did
the original work unaided the quick
fire of ball cartridges will be the method
used in the second engagement.
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TWO GOURTLY OLD SCAMPS.

They Y e-e Gentlemen of the DID School.
With Its Fine Manners and Its Fine
NJ ,raIs.
They were gentlemen Of the old
school. with its fine manners and its
fine morals. Church members, both of
them-though, to be sure, old Robinson
hadn't been to church in years. But
they were the sort of men who believe
in going to church; who uphold the
sanetity OF the Sabbath and the home,
the sacred obligations of husband and
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being barred the whole time, till finally
one or the other would turn him about
and off they would go together-to the
nearest saloon.
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watts-"My grandfather walked ten
miles on his eightieth birthday"
Potts-"Hahi My grandfather walked
eighty niles on his tenth birthday La
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