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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21

roads and bridges for the said county Of
Brunswick. created by said act.
{ No. ITO prohibit the killing OF fish
| in Clinch river. I'm the county Of Russell,
| with dynamite or other explosives and 10
prescribe punishment therefor.
No. s0.-To amend section one. chapter
81. Acts 1875 to prevent hogs from
running at large in the county Of Rus
sell.
HOUSE Bills PASSED.
To amend and re-enact section 1851 OF
the Code of Virginia. and 10 provide how
party having adverse interest or an adj
verse witness may be examined.
Defining the duty and prescribing the
liability Of those operating railroads, as
10 overhead bridges and structures.
To amend and re-enact section 32ll Of
the Code Of Virginia. I'm relation to the
county or corporation in which actions
AT law or suits in equity may be brought.
TO authorize and empower the Cover or
Of Virginia to issue another grant to Win
neid Lggeit on Land Office Treasury
Warrant No. 2O.is6 in lieu Of the grant
rescinded by this act.
10 allow Joseph w. Taylor TO erect a
wharf or pier on Watts bay. in Accomae
county
To amend and re-enact an act entitled
trical Railway and Development Com
pany. approved February :. 1855. desig
mated as chapter PIP of the Acts Of 1897
~.
To authorize the voters Of the several
districts Of Lee cout s. Ia vote upon the
fence law.
To permit George Z. Parramore to build
bridge across Kings creek, IN the cOun-
~ Of NORTHAMPTON
TO prevent the obstruction Of streams
ana 10 promote the drainage Of dams in
the county of Bedford.
To authorize the city council of Freder-
iclIsburg To issue its coupon or registered
bonds Tor the purpose OF obtaining an
electric plant for lighting the city.
TO authorize the Council OF the city OF
Fredericksburg TO apporiion the expense
Of street and other loral improvements
between the city treasury and the real
estate benefited thereby.
To change the name OF Newport News
creek located in the city Of Newport
News. and to call the same Newport riv-
cr
For the issue of 10000 Of bonds for the
establishment and equipment Of proper
school buildings for the city of Newport
News.
To incorporate Newport News Lodge. b
i. q. f., No. 3lj.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To amend sections and :. entitled an
act TO incorporate the town of Bowling
Green in. Caroline
To amend section 81 Of an act to amend
the charter of the city of charlottesville.
Regulating the appointment OF assess
ors Of lands and lots in the city of New
port News. and providing for compensa-
ton OF same.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY RATES VIA
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.

on account OF above occasion The Allan
tic Coast Line will sell tickets between
points on its lines az rate OF one and one
third frst-class fares for the round-trip.
Tickets on sale Dec. ed. I'D, 18th. 25tn,
also Dec. 30th and Dist. 1893. and Jan. lst,
1900, with extreme limit Jan. 4th. 1860
In addition TO above named dates. tick
cts will be on sale Dec. 18th to 2lst inclu-
sive. with final limit Jan. 9Th 1900 for
teachers and students OF schools and col
leges upon presentation Of certificates
signed by superintendents. principals OF
presidents thereof
G. S CAMPBELL.
Division Passenger Agent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21
NIGHT OFTERROR.

Awful anxiety was felt for the widow
of the brave General Burnham, of Ma
chias. Me-. when the doctors said she
could not live till morning" writes M;s
:. II Lincoln. who attended her that fear
full night. IAN thought she must soon
die from Pneumonia. but she begged f,r
DR. Kings New Discovery. saying it
had more than once saved her life. and
had cured her of Consumption. After
three small doses she slept easily ali night,
ana it's further use completely cured her."
This marvellous medicine is guaranteed to
cure all Throat. Chest and Lung Diseases.
ONLY zoe. and slCo Trial bottles free at
Owens &, Minor Drug Company
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21

Mr. Thomas +. wager who came TO
Richmond several days ago IN search
of his wife. who had so mysteriously dis
appeared. left for Washington 10 see Mr..
Charles T. Kemper. the supervising archi-
tsct OF the Treasury. who is cousin Of
Mrs Wager.
Mr.. Wager reached the Capital late Tues
day night Mr.. Ker2er. however had
seen nothing Of Mrs. wager.
Mr. Wager went to Baltimore. as il r.
possible that Mrs. Wager may have gone
to the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY RITES
Via
Ches,ncak Ohio Railway.

Special holiday tickets at reduced rates
will be sold by c. * o. Railway on De-
cember .22d, 2Sd, cath, 18th, Soth. Dist and
January Ist good for return until Janu-
airy 4. 1909 The holiday rates from Rich
mond TO Lyncnburg viii be s.; To Norfolk.
80, and to Old Point. -.
To students holding cerIiiicate OF prin-
ciral or superintendent OF colleges, these
tickets will be sold on December 10Th 10
3lst, In addition 10 above dates.
Further information can be mad OF any
G. & q. Railway agent. or on appiica-
ton to John d. Potts. y. u. T. A, Rich
mOnd Va.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21

Culpeper county; Edgar Wayland, Crook
ed Run. Culpeper county; Joseph Il. Cor
bin. Hudson Mill. Culpeper county; Ar
thur Phillips. Waterford, Loudoun coun-
ty Christopher Num-. West Point: A. b.
Johnson. Warsaw; Il. $. yRyland Beulah-
vlle: c. II. Sanford. Chiltons. NJ. w.
Corr, Cologne; b. Upton. Urbanna. Mid
dlasax county: W. +. Roane, Adner:
Henry Hill. Ayletts; H. T. Marston,
shsckefords; John b. Kimberly, Fort
Monroe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21
T.eeCamp Auxiliary

There will be a meeting Of Lee Camp
Auxiliary at 10 o'clock Friday az Lee
Camp Hall for the purpose of sending
Christmas baskets to the Confederate
widows and orphans helped by the camp.
Contributions of eatibles. clothing or
money may be sent 10 the hall or 10
Mrs. J. W. White. No. east cay, or
Mrs. n. V. Randolph, Sixth and craze
streets
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21

The Southern Bell Telephone and Tele-
graph Company announces that tele.
phonic communication can be had over
its lines with Lynchburs. Va; Danville.
Va; Roanoke. Va Wakefield. Va: APP
Domattox, Va; Farmville Va: Crewe.
Va; Salem. Va: Bedford city. Va; Reds
vile. N. c.: Charlotte. N. c.; Columbia.
S. c.
For further particulars enquire at the
Public Pay Stations. and at Managers
office. 1874 east Main street.
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
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pv. Hawthorne y. oke

Rev J. b. Hawthorne. Of Richmond. Va 4.
gave strong address on the subject or
''Religious Liberty Better Than Religious
Toleration," at the banquet OF the Bag
tist Social Union at Rauscher's. IN Wash
ington, on Tuesday night.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21

B,shop Penick. former pastor OF 81.
Marks church. this city. surprised hts Old
friends here yesterday by paying them a
visit. He was at ST. Marks laat night
shaking hands with The menhnsp q his
a. congrog~ston.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21
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Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19

! rangement OF my bandases which, you may
be sure. / took goed care not to remove
from my face, and which, swelled as ! was
abou. my only visible eye, must have ef-
feetually disguised me from my own mother.
when you are quite warm we will go
! upstairs" he said grudgingly as l stretched
my stiff hands toward the fire. but | would
not take the hint to hurry, for had the
scaffold and halter been before me 1 could
not rave felt much greater reluctance to
60 forth and meet them
My surroundings were. as l expected, de-
cidedly suspicious. Though the items which
made UP my evidence were innocent enough
individually, yet, looked at collectively, they
could not but appear peculiar, seen in that
country, at that hour of night, and at that
distance from anything like civilized re-
strictions. In the first place. the entire in
congruty of the man himself with his sur
roundings was something that demanded
explanation for here in a place which would
naturally suggest to your mind a host either
OF the strictest hermit type, shaggy OF hair
and eloquent of some gloomy past, or toll
! stained miner welded to his pipe and glass,
found man of town speech, one lately
from the hands Of a thoughtful tailor. and
bringing with him into that wilderness all
the troublesome necessities of civilized life:
for example the soft rug flung down before
the glowing CRATE, the books and papers
tossed everywhere about, and, above all, the
snowy whiteness of exquisite table linen
showing upon some shabby old mahogany
in the room beyond.
All these marked the gentleman OF taste
Then why the comparative barbarity OF his
retirement, why the unusual ornamentation
of pistols upon his mantel shelf why his
haste and embarrassment, and why the
man eating look of his great bloodhound
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19

filled with shame and contrtion. so abound
ing in respectful compassion. that. had he
been human being, he would have been
more inclined to take me by the hand and
lead me forth like some plying elder
brother.
\ small white bed stood in one corner,
draped about with some pinkish stun, just
what | could not tell, for | had not the
temerity to more than glance in that direc-
tion, and when a tall, portly woman rose
slowly from one of the dark corners and
confronted me | should certainly have sunk
groveing at her feet had she so much as
pointed finger of suspicion at me.
How is she now, Mrs. Hoskins? Still
unconscious?' asked my companion shortly.
He seemed filled with restless impatience
and looked at the woman as though much
inclined to leap at her throat and drag the
words from her. without waiting for the
process of articulation
From the look she gave him l gathered
that she, too, felt that time was grudged
her, but she was of rambling habit of
thought and could not concentrate. what
ever the need. 'Shes been a-laying much
as you see her, sir, but / give her them
drops" she said nervously That's four
she's had since IL, counting-but no, l forgot
she heaved them first into the washbowl."
Her employer eyed her until she shifted
uneasily to another foot. ''She don't take
the hot milk as | could wish" she ran on,
as though hoping to strike something pro-
pitous, but was cut short by a stern gesture.
The creature fairly drips with talk" my
host muttered irrltably.
Wont the doctor like to see the young
LADY," asked the nurse amiably, while at the
fatal word young l came well nigh leap
ing into the air and species of death damps
broke out all over me.
ITS very probable he would" came
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19

, 1t bent beneath heavy load to bear and
had no leisure in which to bind up Its
wounds. The situation was growing fright
full. "Wel?" asked Brown curtly at my
elbow, and with a start | drew back and
! faced him. 'Is there a table convenient"
/ asked sharply, and then, as a sop to the
impatience which l saw racked him, ex-
planned condescendingy, "as must prepare
her soothing draught. Her fever is run
ming pretty high
With that l snatched up the medicine
! case, which seemed to follow me about with
out any intelligent effort on my part, and
| made over to the corner of the room to
which slow footed Hoskins had ambled with
second lamp.
Evidently boiling with irritation Brown
flung himself into a chair beside the bed. so
that, after ridding myself Of the woman by
sending her for a glass of water, l was able
to swiftly and stealthily examine the small
object which still held just as my fingers
had closed over 1t. That 1t was piece of
paper my sense OF touch had already told
me, but that 1t was small, torn sheet OF
notepaper, covered with delicate writing done
in pencil, could not have dreamed, and yet
such 1t was. Covertly / began to examine
this writing, SO filled with girlish twirls and
dashes as to present pretty but bewilder-
ing outlook to business eye, in the mean
time keeping my back turned squarely upon
Brown, who sat like some huge watchful
spider beside the dainty white bed, and hold
ing the paper where l might, at a seconds
notice, crush 1t inside the medicine chest
with which was apparently fumbling. The
letter began at once. without preamble
"You doubtless have daughters of your own
i stopped abruptly. feeling distinctly an
moved: but remembering the writnr rnul1
not possibly have seen me before commenc-
ing her letter, | continued my reading with
growing excitement-"and will know how to
feel for poor girl utterly In the power OF
a horrld, mercenary man. | don't know
what he has told you about me, but know
1t isn't true. There Is not single thing
the matter with me, but took some stuff
for colds found In bottle to make some
thing happen to me, so that they could send
for doctor. For know doctors have to be
respectable 1t gave me a kind of feverish
lcok and that's all Now, please, help me
away from this place tonight. THE very
night, without letting anybody know, for I
can't stand 1t any longer. must stop now,
for Mrs. Hoskins is coming.
"P s,-The dog is kept under my win
dow. and oh, yes can't trust Mrs. H."
"Distractedly."
But there the letter ended. No name was
given, though to sign one had evidently been
the intention OF the writer. And with barely
enough sense left me to thrust the paper out
of sight, sat In helpless bewilderment until
touched heavily on the shoulder by Mrs
Hoskins, bearing In her hand the water I
had sent for and spoon.
ITO be Contlnued.)
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19

could do for me, in the state OF mind then
endured, was to force from me a general
forgiveness OF his offensive treatment OF me.
That done, my moral sense would bulge no
farther.
And now another disduiet laid hold upon
me! 1t was becoming painfully evident
that we must have long since passed beyond
the limits OF the city. No lights now flashed
in at the carriage windows, no opposing roll
of wheels deadened the sound OF our vehicle
as 1t ratified over the frozen ground, and as
my mind glanced about midst the tales OF
rural blood-sheddng had heard, of masked
men rising like conjurers' puppets before
the belated traveller, OF ill-gotten gains that
had been made to vanish like vision, |
began constructing headlines for the next
days issue, in which the name of George
Manning was conspicuous.
There was no getting out, unless l chose
the certain death of broken neck to the
more shadowy horrors with which I was
threatened. Suddenly il seemed, we began
going sheer up. Five, ten, fifteen minutes,
and still we climbed, until my faculties be-
came absorbed in the mere act of holding on.
whiteness, as Of the snow, which knew
still fingered among the mountains, threw a
glare into the pitchy darkness OF the night
The horses slipped. the driver swore and
hung on, while the wind struck mournful
chords on the branches of the lonely pines
THE man is mad" l gasped, as | dug my
nails into things about me. us mad, is
mad" moaned the rising wind, but who
was mad 1t did not tell, Perhaps l. perhaps
the driver. Heavens, what lurch! And
now the carriage has stopped, and with it
my heart stopped also. My nerves, played
on by the mournful wind and the pitchy
night are tingling like a child's. but there
Is no escape! A glare Of light bursts in
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19

| through the carriage door, and find myself
cropping for the medicine chest left upon
the seat by DR.. A.
| Things could not have turned out worse
| for me. l had made so certain in my own
mind that the carriage would stop at some
! entrance remote from the house, and that
| while the drivers interest was centered on
| his horses, there would be ample time for
| me to take wing. Imagine, then, my panic
when, directly following the burst Of light,
voice, not that of the driver-with which
I had grown familiar as he cursed his beasts
up the mountain sde-but smoother, one
trained into a social key, exclaimed eagerly:
$50 you are here at last, doctor! We have
been looking for you impatiently. She seems
| to be growing worse rather than BETTER
| "She!" could have sunk to the earth
Ny patient then was woman. / had no
thought of this possibility My soul wa
piteous with guilt. The plight of the ex
| pectant patient had never before entered m!
head. Suppose some victim of acut,
neuralgia. some delicate female was waiting
| in hysterical misery for a friendly dose O.
morphine; or some case of chronic hear
failure lay, cold and livid, in dire need o.
one Of the mystic drugs contained in tht
medicine chest l grasped so Imply!
Well, / was desperate, there was no hell
| for me- Heaven send the woman might
be old and ugly, with no malady in reach
of earthly help In despair I climbed from
| the carriage, to find myself standing in q
glare OF light before long, rough building
| perched like an eagles nest upon the barren
desolate spot, while behind me lay the black
ness, the gulf-like abyss from which we had
| crawled.
| A dark handsome man of some 40 or sc
nperinQ paRprly into
necessity for self control suddenly presented
itself to me with startling force. In my
| youth / had been much given to parlor
theatricals and through all the confusion oi
that moment those early days of training
| came back to me like the whispering of angel
voices. The voice of the accepted stage
doctor in my day had been bluff, though
pleasant-my voice should be bluff though
pleasant
"A rough ride" said budding my coat
about me as in fancy / moved up and down
before the footlights with an easy stage
stride, I'VE have been the deuce of a time
getting here"
Il hope you are not suffering from the
cold" exclaimed my companion politely, as
he moved up the steps OF the building before
me. you seem heavily bundled"
Il got mixed up with fool of a dentist"
feioileo' anu lheh s"oIe ulscreelly. III
would not do to be too nice in my language,
Able old men rarely are.
My companion murmured polite sympathy
over the distress, and laughed in gentle
appreciation of my rugged displeasure. "Our
teeth are sad burdens all through life" he
said, as he conducted me into large, we'll
warmed. but badly lighted apartment. I'VE
weep, and We swell, and We go rickety and
altogether wrong, until we get them, but no
sooner are they through than they COM
menee again TO play the very deuce and all
with u.s."
Although attending me with courtesy, |
could see that he was filled with restless
impatience which could hardly brook the
necessary removing Of my coat and rear
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19

Geo. Noland, Rockland. O.. says: my wife
had piles forty years. DeWitt's Wich Hazel
saye cured her. 1t is the best salye in
America 1t heals everything and cures
all skin diseases. a
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
Observation-Disclosures ai@ Observation-Disclosures
AN EVENTFUL NIGHT.
BY CLARA PARKER.

S.0.0;S,sS sS.S.S.SsS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-12-29
SHEEP VERSUS cows
Great That the Difference IL
simply ImmeasGrabIe.

The average value of cows on the
Brighton (Mass.) market OF late has
averaged about $40: n good-sized herd,
say 30 head. would be valued at $4,000
AZ the above rate. For 81 200, about 300
good, serviceable ewes for breeding hot
house lambs can be bought. Cow sta
b.es are just the thing for sheep, OF
course with partitions, etc. removed.
Tie food that will keep one cow will
keep ten sheep. so the expense Of keep
ing 20 cows and 900 sheep is about
equal At a moderate estimate the
lamb and wool of each eve will bring
s.. or $50 for 10 ewes. This is far bet
ter than the returns from the average
New England COW. As to the labor
part Of sheep rearing, there is no milk
ing. milk peddling or can cleaning.
sheep are put in the fold in Deem
Der. One man can look after 300 and at
tend 10 Is cows, too. and lie down or
rest in an easy chair in the fold half the
time and read papers, with lambs
skipping all about him, for the fold is
always warm. kept so by heat eman-
ating from the sheep. it being more
trouble to keep the fold cool enough
than warm enough. even in zero wealth
er- In going to and returning from
ny country seat, and seeing dairymen
driving cows to or from pasture. then
returning home and looking across
one field from my desk window and
seeing peaceful flock Of sheep grazing
or lying in the shade. which had grown
hothouse lambs last winter, their own
or al home on general farm business
with no thought Of the sheep only to
SAT- them once a week. the contrast is
81 great the difference is immeasur'
able, says DR.. Galen Wilson in an
exchange.
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Express Companies VIII Tn
dertake 10 Execute.

The express companies attend to
purchases and sales, and 10 every va
riety Of legal business. from searching
o title to suing for a debt. They HE
models OF invitations and get out pa
tents. and have been knuwn TO stak"
out "A properly described mining claim
gnd attend TO its development. Tho
surbGrban lady, whose hasDrrd is dis
ohliging or color blind, can SafcN en-
trust them with a piece oi silk TO
match. and they will send an expert 10
match it for her and make the desired
purchase The actress who rs forced
by bad business 10 pawn her lianonua
fer money 10 get back 20 Tho Nalic,
can commission them, when prospcri-
ty has returned. to redeem nsr Jewels.
or pay the interest and have The paTn
tickets renewed. In their [. %. u. de-
lartments they deliver goods Tor
stores and collect for them. and ,hcy
also attend TO the collection of ii.sUi
ance benefits payment Os lodge due
and taxes. A young man can order N
engagement ring through them, and
the bride can order sucn plr.s OF her
trusseau as she can not secure t.oi-i
local dealers. They will cheerfullA a.
tend TO the engraving Of end plates.
with neatness and dispal IN. will has.
clothes pressed and cleaned, and make
themselves useful in almost every way
the mind can conceive. These things
are mentioned simply - give some
idea of the surprising things that c:.-
press companies do. TO describe their
business i'm all its ramificliinns would
be TO describe practically every ne OF
business in which one man conilnis-
sions another 10 do anything Tor bin.
-Ainslee's.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-12-29

.bould be used, which will cost about
s1-5 or So. 1t should be nailed on
with steel roofing nails. The iron ex-
tends up the sides six inches. The
ends are rounded and the iron extends
nearly to the top OF the vat at the end.
Tie handles are six inches long, three
inches wide, and are just extensions OF
the sides. Two bands of iron sc need
81 across the bottom. These are fas-
tened on the sides. Old wagon tires are
used to good advantage. The vat is
rsed AZ end OF sle, the same as the
barrel Is generally used. Two or
thre- armfuls of wood will be all that
Is needed TO scald six or eight hogs. \
french is dug IS inches wide and IL
r-hes deep under the vat the entire
length. An elbow and joint OF stove
nine are used az the end Of the trench
10 carry the smoke and produce a
draught. There are four hooks, two on
each side - inches apart. Two chains
are used 10 turn and lift the hogs out
of the vat by hooking one end OF each
chain 20 the hooks on the side where
the sled Is placed. Four hooks are need
ed 50 you can set the Sled on either side
% the pan. Two men can handle the
largest hogs in this pan, and in one-
hair hour after you start the fire under
the pan you may begin scalding. You
reed rot stop to heat the water. as you
can replenish your fire under the pan
and keep the water hot as long as want
Cd. Not having seen anything Of this
kind ia any Of the farm journals sub
nit this 30 that those who wish TO make
the work OF butchering much shorter
may make and use one Of these at very
small COST c. Dray, in National
Stockman.