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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-06

pleHiSS q GU
ding IN he
near future.
The young
lady may even
be "all ready"
TO marry, that
is. she thinks
she's call
ready" for her
trousseau's
prepared, the
trip" has
been planned,
and the house
picked out and
stove~VftfuU -
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-06

The Chcrubs did just as they pleased
with the Lancaster slucrere iu the final
game OF the series yesterday afternoon.
and the manner in which Duud0n played
ball would have made any National
League mneuato grab at him quick.
Harrrovc was on his motue and gave am
exhibition of his old-tmc hitting.
The crowd was small. numbering hardly
Eve hundred. and enthusiasm was not at
it's height lie seemed Goo have been
foregOne conclusion that the Chcrubs
would win. and even when the visitors
forged ahead for while. 300 one appeared
90 Worry. They even overlooked the fact
that the visitors were iu the load and
feebly cheercd some fairly good work
that was done by Lcidy and Ward.
A depressing sensation seemed to hang
over everything. the news that Scranton
had dropped out probably having brought
10 on. The people and the players. too.
were guessing as to the rrO able outcome
OF the matter. no answer came 90 the
inquiry. Manager Wells. imse,f knew
nothing more than hc hac seen in the
papers. and was very mucl surprised in
view ~ tho fact that the Scranton man-
agcmcnt had recently declared that they
would stick to the end.
A meeting of the league has been called
for tomorrow morning ar PHILADELPHIA
when the affairs of tho league VIII Doe
discussed. and the condition az things
Strengthened out.
The Chcruhs made two runs in the
second inning on Wards error and Har-
groves home run. ln the third inning
Scyhold walked on -FOUR bad balls and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-06

PHILADELPHIA. PA, July b.-faier-
son Newark game postponed rain. Read
ing-Ailentown postponed rain.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-06

Are you sure everything he
needs is in that trunk before he
starts? You know what a null
sance it is 20 have every letter
from him mention clothing
that he wants.
Pay us a visit; save time.
money. and future bother by
getting him started right.
Whether it's his Headwear-Foot-
wear-or body wear that needs replen-
ishing-youll find them marked at
MONEY SAVING PRICES, here.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-06

Richmond. . O.. O.. ...o 2 7 o. O21N-G
Lancaster. .. .. ........0 9 % o I o o o.
Summary. Two, nrr l'fs-N ri~'cv. DO
Ian Calhoun. HarTove. Larocque 90.
Thrcc-hase hf-Ward Homo rua-Har-
grove. Stolen bases-Caihouu. Hargroye
Dunoon. LarocQuc. CD Leidy Double play
Donovan 90 steelman TO Calhoun. Base
on halls-o0 Donovan. 3. OF Minor. g.
8 ruck out-by Donovan 4: bv Minor a.
limo % eame-i.i0. umplro-Mr. Belts
Attendance. g0n
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-06

II coming events cast their shadows
BEFORE" those shadows on the brud
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-06
Nnhrnsl,n Tornado.

OMAHA NEB. July "a special %
the Bee from Ainsw0rth. Neb.. says
tornado struck the town this afternoon.
killing one woman and iuticuus great
urIunrtN llmaEn.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-06
TOOK THEM ALL
FROM LANCASTER
The Visitors Had Not the Slightest
Chance.
NEWARK SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY
Dnndon and Hargrovc Played Fine
Ball Yesterday The Other At
Iantic League Gibbs arc
at a Standstili.
NEWARK SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY


Games Yesterday,
Richmond. G. Lancaster, l.
No other games.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-06
Continued from First Page

on either side OF the Houston and Texas
Central track.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
Ach,nanan,s Memor, |. .

sThe intellectual capacity Of the
Chinese may rank with the best in
Western countries. Their own liter,
ary studies,. in which memory plays:
the important part, prove the nation
to be capable of prodigious achieve
ments in that !qkkasion It's stated
in Macaulay's Life that had "Para-i
disc Lost" beesaI destroyed he could
have reproduced itfrom memory. But
even such power of ofmemory as he,
possessed is small as compared with
that of many Chinese, who can repeat
by heart all the thirteen classics; and
it is as nothing to that of some Chi
nese, who, in addition to being able
to repeat the classics, can memorize a
large part of the general literature of
their country.
ga Chinese acquaintance Of mine
was able at the age of sixty-iiye to re-
produce, verbatim, letters received
by him in his youth from some of his
literary friends famous as stylists.
When pitted against European stu
dents in school or college the China
man is in no respect inferior to his
Western contemporaries, and, whether
in mathematics and applied SCIENCE
or in metaphysics and speculative
thought, he is able to hold his own
against all competitors. China in
Transformation, by A. r. Colquhoun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
The Last Execution at Tyburn.

The last execution at Tyburn, says
writer in Notes and Queries, took
place on Friday, Nov. 7, 1888, in the
person of John Austin, convicted on
the preceding Saturday of robbing
John Spicer and cutting and wound
ing him in cruel manner. In Wal
ford's cold and New London" it is
enormously said that ''the last Grim
inal execution here was one Ryland,
who was hung [sic] for forgery in
1888" William Ryland was executed
on Aug. 20, two months before the
date of Austin's conviction, and many
q poor wretch made the fatal pilgrim
age to Tyburn in the interval, hanging
by wholesale being the rule in those
days.
The long procession westward had
been attended by sach disgraceful
scenes that the authorities resolved to
hang criminals henceforth outside
Newgate prison, straight from the con-
demned cell. Accordingly, Oh Dec.
8, 1888, the recorder ordered the erec-
tion of scafford in front of the jail,
of which ,lotice and descriptive en-
craving appear in the Gentleman's
Magazine for the same onth, and on
the 10th the new hanging place was
inaugurated by the execution OF ten
malefactors.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
cue, .cheicest delicocies in

=. uue choicest dellcocles IN
Jamaica is huge white worm found
in the heart of the cabbage palm. 1t
tastes, when cooked, like almonds.
Among the many mysteries of bird
migration is the fact that oversee jour
neys are generally conducted in the
darkness, and invariably against q
head wind.
The First Presbyterian church of
Morristown, N. j., has had but five
sections since 1874, and but two in
ffty-nine years, the present one hav-
ing served thirty-three years.
A breach-loading cannon, made in
1869, has been discovered in an old
museum at Hamburg, which explodes
the belief that such weapons are an
invention of the present century.
There is fish found in Hudson
bay which builds q nest. This it
does by picking up pebbles in its
mouth and placing them in regular
way on selected spot on the bottom
OF. the bay where the water is not very
deep.
The small town of Werda, in the
kingdom of Dahomey, is celebrated
for its temple of serpents, long build
ing in which the priests keep upwards
of 1000 serpents Of all sizes, which
they feed with birds and frogs brought
to them as offerings by the natives.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
The plneapplo as a Fiber Plant

Pineapple culture is already -four
ishing industry in the Sisal hemp re-
gion. A pineapple plant natures but
one apple in a season, and after the
harvest of fruit the old leaves are of
no further use to the plant, and may
be removed. The leaves have the
same structural system as the agaves
that is, they are composed of ceilu-
lar mass through which the fbers ex-
tend, and when the epidermis and
pulpy matter are eliminated the resi-
due is soft, silklike flament... the
value of which has long been recog-
nized. Only fifty pounds of this fiber
can be obtained from q. ton of leaves,
but. as the product would doubtless
command double the price of Sisal
hemp, its production would be profit
able. How to secure this fiber cheap
ly is the problem. The Sisal hemp
machines are too rough in action for
so fine fiber, and, at the rate of ten
leaves to the pound. working up atom
of the material would mean the hand
ling of over. twenty thousand leaves to
secure perhaps three dollars of the
commercial product. Were the fiber
utilized in the arts, however, and .;ts
place established, it would compete in
measure with fax as spinning f.
ber,, for its filaments are diyisible to
the -thousandth of an inch. The
substance has already been utilized to
a slight extent in Eastern countries
(being hand-prepared) in the manu-
facture of costly, filmy, cobweblike
fabrics that will almost float in air.,
C. r. Dodge, in Appletons' Popular
Science Monthly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

The Advantages of Losing Your Temper.
At football all manner of men have
played at the ends of the rush line
an ideal man would be composite of
oil the other men on the team.
He would be about five feet ten in
height and would weigh about one
hundred and sixty-fve OF eighty. He
would have the speed of half, the
quickness of a quarter, the bulldog
pluck and nerve of guard, and the
brain of a captain. In addition to all
these (anl contrary to the opinions of
most people) he would have q quick
temper. There is nothing in football
nor indeed in any form of athletics in
compatible with little of the cold
Adam, ssnor is there anything like
anger to put life and fire into tired
man late in the hard fought game.
One can be as angry as he may and
still be gentleman. Temper,
properly directed and controlled, will
add ferceness to ones tackles, speed
to his running, ard strength to his
blocking, as nothing else on earth
will do, and many the captains there
are who, knowing this, have stirred
up their wearied men with harsh
words of command which they them
selves realized were unmerited simply
to make their teams work harder and
faster--College Athlete.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
Uses Sometimes Made of Rings.

In ancient times seal ring served
often as letter of introduction, and
to go no further, Scripture offers more
than one example of its being used in
this way. In earlier and in later days
ring served to identify its owner or
his messenger, and not only poetry
. and fiction but history itself has chered
many romantic instances of rings en-
ployed in this way. Some persons
have cast doubts on the story OF Queen
Elizabeth's waiting for the ring which
Essexwas to send her if ever he found
himself in trouble and needed her.
But whether or not the story is true,
it is fact that from the time of
Essex's daughter, Lady Frances Dever-
eux, such ring has descended from
mother to daughter down to the pres
ent time. It is of fine gold, with o
cameo head of Queen Elizabeth, most
exquisitely wrought probably by some
akIlltal italian,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

time, and the chances are thai. ILLS
handsome specimen OF their ancestors
would get the better of the encounter.
The animals face is, of course, free
from hair, but '.the hirsute adorn-
ment'' on its head is parted in the
centre with neatness that suggests
that the orang- g-outang has just come
from the BARRIERS.
Judged from mans standard OF
beauty, the new arrival cannot be said
to have an attractive physiognomy.
The nose is sunk deep in the face,
and the massive top lip is shot out to
length prodigious even for an orang-
outang.
1t is an experience to see the animal
yawn.
When captured the orang-outang
was in the company of a baby ape.
This latter the hunters shot and
placed in cage.
The grown-up orang had no more
sense than to follow the corpse, and
was surprised to find that there was
no exit to the cage.
On the way from Borneo, whence
halls the worlds champion orang, the
brute nearly escaped from the ship by
scratching and chewing hole in the
side of the cage.-London Mail.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

tu1uB luthv 1t..>~-- - 80. - -
ing to spell, and learning in the same
way he did when tow-headed boy in
the early sixties.
Of course he could spell when he
tackled the typewriter, but not in the
same way. Now he distinctly enum-
crates each letter, and does it, too,
with the greatest care. 1t is funny
thing, but he finds himself spelling
out the words in the newspaper, and
his wife says he spells them in his
sleep.
The other day the minister met him
and asked him how he was.
Very well" he gravely spelled
ont, and when the pastor looked
amazed he realized what he had done
and hastily explained the cause of the
popularity, and the minister professed
to be greatly interested and wanted
to know all about it, and the speller is
now greatly worried for fear the parson
will write special paper on it for some
magazine.
When the minister finally left him
he shook hands and said Goodbye"
"G-o-o-d," began the speller, and
he then recollected himself and hastily
added "b-y."
He hopes in time to wear out this
popularity, and when he increases his
speed on the typewriter he no doubt
will.-Pearson' Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
coIners Ilur.uv,,

l. 4
| light color of his skin. He tried to
summon up some English words from
the depths of his memory, and at
last succeeded in articulating the
word ''bread." He. made himself
very useful as an interpreter between
the new white settlers and the blacks,
and when his story reached London
the imperial authorities magnanimous-
ly drew the sponge over his offence
and sent him free pardon. he en-
joyed small pension in his later
years, and lived until Feb. 2, 1856,
when he was thrown out of a cart and
killed in his 10th year. The site OF
Geelong, about forty miles from Mel
bourne, was the headquarters of the
tribe to which Buckley. was attached
during his three decades of savage
life. Three miles from Gcslong there
is still shown a cave in river gorge
where he is said to have resided, and
the adjacent rapids continue to per-
petuate his name as Buckley's Falls.
James Morrill,, native of Maldon,
Essex, was the sole survivor of the
shipwreck of the bark Peruvian, that
struck on reef off the northeastern
coast of Queensland on March 8,
1916. He lived with the Queensland
blacks for an even longer period
twenty years.
The story of o little cabin boy
named Narcisse Pierre Pellatier
ought to have attracted the at
tention of the boys novelists long be-
fore now. He engaged as cabin boy
on the st. Paul, bound from China to
Australia with $50 Chinese emigrants.
She also struck on reef off the north
eastern coast of Queensland. Officers
and crew got away in the boats, not
troubling themselves about the Chin
ese passengers; and in their hurry
forgetting the little cabin boy, who
was subsequently found by the blacks
in dying condition in q Granny
among the rocks. They nursed him
back to life, fed him, treated him we'll
and, in fact, made him the pet OF the
tribe. Nearly all the Chinese passen-
gers were captured by the blacks and
eaten up two at time. The flesh of
the Chinaman is esteemed q great
delicacy by the cannibal blacks OF
Queensland. From the point of view
OF cannibal, vegetarian is far su-
perior to ineat-eater. Little Pella-
tier lived with the blacks for seven
teen years, and was rescued by
British ship, the John Bell, on April
Il, 1875. He Immediately returned
to France, where he may be still llv-
ing. He would now be man OF be-
tween fifty and sixty.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
A tack in the road is q joke, you knoy,
But they don't see the point till toc late

CT would die thousand deaths for,
jyou," said the villain in his most;
silken tones. ST fear me much, "said.
the heroine, whose angels love Was
growing cold, ''that the piece will not
run .nat long"
"I say" said Fuddles, who some
times thinks he is smart, what sort
of fruit can You raise on an electric
plant?' But Paddles, who also thinks
he is smart occasionally, promptly re-
piled, Currents. !"
Two ministerial candidates named
Adam and Low recently preached in q
Scottish church. Mr.. Low preached
in the morning, and took for his text,
"Adam, where art thou?" he made.
a most excellent discourse, and the
congregation was much edited. In
the evening Mr.. Adam preached, and.
took for his text, 'Lo! here i ana
Arecent advertisement contains the
following: eff the gentleman who,
keeps the shoe-store with a fed head
will return the umbrella Of a young
lady with whalebone ribs and an iron
handle to the slate-roofed grocer's
shop, he will hear of something to his
advantage, as the same is the gift of
deceased mother now no more with
the name engraved upon it. !"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
The sikhs.

Sir Lepel Griffin has placed on re-
cord his conviction that the Sikhs
form the backbone of the Indian army,
for the following reasons: Ghurkas,
though at least equally valuable us in
fantry, are by no means SO plentiful,
and are an independent race. Pathans
are apt to become homesick and dis
like to be stationed at any great dis
tnnce from their native land. Diff
Guilty is experienced in enlisting pure
Rajputs in any number. But the Sikh
is always ready to enlist and to under
take duty across the "Black Water" !"
even should that duty be to fight an
epedemic in Hong Kong or to chase
Arab slave dealers in Central Africa,
if only he be well paid, (for the Sikh
has several Scottish qualities). He is
equally good as horse or foot, at Ge-
tense or in attack; he appreciates the
value Of discipline aud ia datoted to
hin duty. Gsnt!anaa'a Magazine
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
He COT IN.
The New Servant Girl Allowed Herself to
Be Persuaded.

Be Persuaded.
Harrington had spent three. weeks
in New York on business; when he re-
turned he drove directly to his house
and rang the doorbell. A new servant
girl answered the ring.
'Is Mrs. Harrington in?" he asked.
''No, sir" answered the girl.
"Well, guess I'll wait for her, "
said the master of the house, and he
put his foot over the threshold and
into the hallway.
Excuse me, sir" said the girl,
ssbut no ones at home. can't allow
strangers to wait in the house. !"
Harrington took in the humor OF
the situation. Gail right" he an
swered, with smile. ''Just tell Mrs.
Harrington that, q relative called, "and
away he went.
A half hour after his departure his
wife returned. ''Has any one called?"
she asked the girl.
eyes, ma'am; gentleman.
stDid he leave his card?"
ssNo, ma'am; he said he was rela.
tive, but he looked more like an agent
for cleaning powder than relative.
He wanted to wait inside, but I didn'
like his looks, so I didn't let him in. >
"Quite right" remarked Mrs. Har-
rington; SIT is just as we'll to be care
full. Besides, I have no male relative
who is likely to call at this time Of
day."
Mrs. Harrington barely had hel
wraps off before her husband, wlo
had whiled away his time at the bar.
ber shop, put in his appearance again.
elias Mrs. Harrington returned
yet?" he asked of Ella who answered
his ring.
eyes sir; she just got in"
"Hand her my card, if you please,
he said. 81 think she'll remember
me. ~
Mrs. Harrington stepped out Of the
dining room Just as her husband, fol,
lowed closely by the servant girl,
moved out of the yestibule and into
the hall.
"Why, "she cried, "when did you
get in?"
The servant misunderstood the
meaning of the exclamation. "He
got in when I Iwasn't looking, ma'am,
She said. 'sHe goes out again now, il
you say So" :
"You may let him stay, Ella" said
Mrs. Harrington. Chicago Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
IJMpERsoNATEp a Z. DEAD J, .FIANcE.

The Impostor Succeed I'D In Deceiying and
Almost In Marrying Mexican Heiress.
There is q young man in Mexico
City who nearly succeeded in winning
the hand Of rich and beautiful girl
by impersonating o youth who was
really dead and to whom the girl had
been sbetrothed by virtue of a sort of
family arrangement since they were
infants. ts
The young pretenderis native of
San, Luis Potosi, but has, for some
time past resided in the city and has
attracted attention by Ills elegance ia
dress and the freedom with which hc:
spent money. No one, however, knew;
where his money came from. 81
Recently the young man came into
possession of certain documents be-
longing to frontier family which had
once been of great note. Through
these documents the pretender learned
that it had been the intention of the
frontier family and another wealthy
family OF this city to effect a matri--s
monial alliance. A young man be-.
longing to the frontier family was to-
marry a young lady belonging 70 the.
wealthy and prominent family OF this
city. But3the young people had never
met, and the young girl had never
set eyes even on o photograph OF her
intended husband.
Subsequent events interfered with
these family projects. The frontier
family fell from its high position and
the young man himself died.
When the young adyenturer learned
.of this history a plan occurred to him
for replenishing his pocket. This
plan was no other than the impersona-
tion of the dead youth Fl ON the fron--
tier, He learned all he could 'abouts
the family history Of the frontier peo.
pie and he presented himself to the
family in Mexico City and bytelling
them plausible stories positively sue
ceeded in imposing upon them. But
what was of more Importance than
anything else, he won his way to
the heart of the lady.
It is probable that the marriage
would actually have come off had not
some friends of ths family heard OF
the plot and presented proof positive
to the young lady's family that her
suitor was m impostor.
AS soon as he was thus unmasked
he was threatened by the girls rela-
tives with being sent to prison unless
he Withdrew his suit. This he was
obliged to do, and it is supposed that
he will now seek a change of air until
the memory of the fasco has passed
away. 1.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
TIE HEAD OF A REBEL.
a TALE OF MANILA
BY R. CLYDE FORD.

door opened behind him, and man
stepped quickly in the room, at the
same time slipping the bolt again into
its place. He was dressed like q
priest in long black gown and had o
hood over his head.
s'Peace upon yeu," he said, coldly,
and Don Zavier Macia turned in his
chair.
s'Who are you and what do you
vant?"
'Do not talk too loud" said the
visitor, pushing back the cowl from
his face. "Who am L? See for your
SELF"
The captain-general gave start of
terror, and his face blanched. 1t was
Berceo, the insurgent chief, who stood
before him.
"Listen to me, senor, and I'll tell
you what want. You have offered
$40, 900 for my head See. I have
brought it myself and claim the
money"
Berceo stepped nearer anu drew
from under his cloak a long native
knife.
ST can't very well carry Mexican
dollars. I will take Spanish bank
notes. Hurry"
General Macia ground his teeth in
rage, but dared do nothing except
obey. He knew well the character OF
the man he was dealing witt. From
desk near by he counted out the
equivalent of $40, 900 in Bank of Spain
notes and handed them to the rebel
leader who began to back toward the
door. '..Good day, senor," he said po-
litely and sprang out. A guard at the
END of the hall tried to refrain him, but
Berceo cut him down with the knife,
-ol n an throv-: e his -l's GEL