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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13
CURRENT TOPICS.

Inquiries sent cut by the chicago
Record to correspondents throughout the
middle west as to crop
Political oona;+ic,s now prevailing
the labor outlook and the
effect of the present state OF prosperity
upon the vote at the national election
this fall have called forth numerous re-
plies These replies, says the Record, in
dictate three things: First, that crops
generally, except wheat are excellent,
that labor conditions are good and that
the Republican vote in the various sec
tons covered is likely to be increased
That may or may not be, but this much
is certain. If there is anything like
decided halt in prosperity, if we have
season of dull times the Republican vote
will be decreased. That is why the New
York Tribune is pleading with the solid
men of finance to keep the stock mar
ket booming.
The Times is not the only newspaper
that has been impressed by Rev. John
Jasper's earnestness and
John Jesper's his simnle faith in the
Earaestness.
Bible. The Greenville
Is. CO News says:
John Jasper is not an educated man,
measured by the schools, but he has
better education than many who have
taken diplomas His text book is the
Bible 1t is his bread and meat his
constant companion. He reads the book
with intense delight, he feeds his mind
ana soul with the great truths taught,
his simple faith accepts every statement
and assertion, his mind revels in the
poetic fancies of the Old Testament, he
sees revelation of the new dispensaUon
in the old prophetic visions, his heart
thrills as he reads the melodic songs of
the golden haired poet. he sees God in
every word of the old and new record
of Gods plan of salvation and he pins
his faith, his hope, his very salvation on
the exact truth and utterance OF the wise
men who wrote and gave 10 the world the
Bible.
IF the Bible says it is 50, John Jas
per, the negro Baptist preacher, believes
it is truth-the only truth.
TT seems strange that so many Biblical
scholars are picking flaws in the positive
assertions of the Bible, spending years in
preparing arguments, showing mistakes
in translation. explaining away many
hard sayings to accept by the plea or
.allegory.' .tigurative not in the origi-
nal while the old negro. john Jasper,
stands with Bible in hand and appeals to
the book
For sixty odd years this old man has
been preaching. trying in his simple
way TO save his people, and his strong
plea is that the Bible is the word of God,
and God cannot lie. He accepts the Bible
as truth, he breaches, not for notoriety
he never announces flippant catch word
subjects for sermons he tells. in his own
inimitable way, the story OF redemption.
His faith is strong, and after sixty or
more years as poster, bent and bowed
by age he clngs to the sweet old, old
story, the story of redemption, as told
and taught in the book Of his love. the
strength and foundation of his faith
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13
OUR RELIGIOUS CONTEMPORA


The day has long ago passed Wf1en secu-
lar newspapers can remand church ana re-
lisious news to the
THE. PRESS AND background, and the
T'Ir CHURCH daily which has not
found this out is SIM
ply a back number. There Is not an en-
terprisirg wide-awake daily in this coun-
try which dose not give great ana .:fo"
ing attention to these matters-ttell5lous
Herald.
In the world of thought there are the
movements of seed and pollen that never
rest. By school,
SOWING THE SEEDS and book and
OF GOOD THINGS. daily paper, the
small seeds Of
truth and error, of sweet and bitter fruit,
of flower and weed. go everywhere from
mind to mind. The marvellous art OF
printing is the great transportation sys-
tenn in the realm of human thought and
opinion. 1t carries the true and the false,
the good and the bad. as do the winds and
the streams. It belongs TO our prayer and
our effort that every fountain may nave
the salt that will make it pure and sweet;
that the stream may cease to bring death,
and be only the belrer OF life ana oeace
among men.-Central Presbyterian
Nature makes sympathy necessity to
US; society makes it a duty; habit makes
it pleasure. 81 al
THE SPIRIT most doubt says
OF SYMPATHY. Sir Arthur Helps,
whether the head Of
q family does not do more mischief If he
is unsympathetic than even if he were un-
just What the sun is 10 the body sym
pathy is to the soul. Wherever you lind
a nature withdrawn from the genial in
fluence of sympathy you may observe
traces of abnormal weakness and melan-
choly The lack Of sympathy throws
shadow over a mans life in which he loses
the rudy glow of joyousness, and a
gloomy msanthropy and sometimes men
tai decrepitude are apt TO derange all af-
fectons. II each reader of these lines
were to breathe thes spirit of sympathy in
MS or her daily life. how different would
be the aroma within. say, miles radius
of his dwelling, how much would be added
to the general stock of this worlds happl-
ness, and how much lighter would our
own burdens become by the simple eXDe-
dent Of sharing those of others.-Catholic
Friend /,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13
Tho Story Was Out.

Here the Sea Serpent drew near the ac-
costed the man on the beach.
..Of course said the saurdian, you are
a temperate man of unmpeachaple We
racity.'
con The contrary replied the man. Il
am a confirmed inebriate and an unmiti-
gated liari'
But it was too late to recede, now.-De-
troit Journal
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SOUTHERN NOTES.

1t is said that strong effort will be
made in the State Convention, which meets
in Atlanta Thursday. to have the Demo-
cratic party of Georgia define its position
on the question Of local option.
The case against Mrs Matte A Hughes
for the murder of her husband, which
was to have been tried for the fourth
time, at Greenville Wednesday. was post
poned for the term on account of the alb
sence of Rev. d. b Simpson, who is a
leading witness on behalf of the State
Captain John H. jenkins, veteran con-
ductor of the Charleston and Western
Carolina Railway, died suddenly in Au-
gusta, Ga, on Sunday.
AR c. B. Leet, prominent lumberman
of Virginia, has completed negotiations
for 10000 acres of timber land in the
extreme southern part of Alabama, and
has just perfected the organization Of
company to manufacture lumber on
large scale. The land is part of the very
large tract which Ex-Secretary Alger and
his associates recently bought.
John Damn met with a very severe and
painful accident a few days ago. 1t ap-
pears he had located an alligator in a
pond, which had been fattening up on his
hogs So, arming himself with a gun he
managed to get a shot into the saurlan
which he thought was fatal, as it lay
perfectly morioniess. He then discovered
some little gators, one Of which he caught
and which imlnediat ely began to cry, and
instantly the apparently dead one maze
for its captor. John. seeing the brute
coming for him, reached up for his gun,
which ne caught just below the nuzzie,
and in drawing it towards himself some
thing must have caught the trigger, for II
suddenly went off and the charge OF DUCK
shot passed clean through the upper part
of his right arm, shattering the none.
The flesh was badly burnt and biistereo,
ard soon became too much swollen to put
into splints, but DR.. Hicks speaks very
hopefully Of the case, and reports John
as resting fairly comfortable and without
a high pulse-Kissimmee Flao Gazette
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one he is to be the man.-Rockoridget


News.
AS the perfume laden zephyrs % -
beautiful spring morning eei1ie - 80
into my study, freighted with she s ,st.sc
of the birds, which seem TO oe p 1.,sS,ift
their maker. we are constralligTuI, :. -
our voice in praise to God loI IL. "a
ness and His wonderful WORKS eo"ai1
the children of men, =,
PIouShing corn seems to pe the u ~ -
the day here.-Floyd Press.
Dr.. Thomas H. Barnes name has oeeh
frequently mentioned III connect'oh VIII
the Congressional nomination OF sns oln
ond District of Virginia, not oilts
unterrifed of Nansemond and aojoIliiiis
counties. but by the best Democrats OF
Norfolk, Portsmouth and vicinity.
all agree that he would prove sot7
candidate and would be a sure " liiiiei
Suffolk Herald.
Harden Stovall. of the Northside, went
home with his girl and left MS i1uie q
church, and when he returned ne io
the saddle and overcoat. but the iiiuie 10
gone. Don't know whether lie mas 49, 49,,
il or not We are sorry sucil .-i.nS
happened on this side, but 4 YOU .,.u
come again, Harden.-Patrlch E h'es 9-so
We wish to return our thanks 70 MISS
Allie Howard for some of the incest u!iu
largest strawberries we have ever seen 3s,l.
We greatly appreciate little Eli So l.ns
these There is an old saving, Lou i:
a mans pocket-book and you touch MS
heart but with an editor it is difLcrent-
He never has pocket-book 10 De .o.tc .i,
ed but il YOU want to touch an EDITORS
heart you must touch his stomach
Floyd Press.
Unless W. 3. Trice. OF our town. can
do something out of the ordinary ne IS
miserable. Besides counting tour jacks
in every game of seven-up, ne IS no"
an expert snake-charmer oatuioas
night he returned from building teiei'lohe
lines in the county with a pocket full
of ..pizenous'' Aoccasin snakes, big EEL
lows He chIoroformed them P1lieo
their teeth and sewed up their mouths
and still negro wants TO keep hllle
distant.-Louisa News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13
Taking the Conceirout of Him.

Harry-yVhen asked her if she would
be mine. she fell on my breast and sobbed
Ike a child, but finally she put her arms
around my neck and whispered that she
was SO happy.
was going to do She has been practicing
it with Cousin Tom for ever and ever so
long.-Boston Transcript
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13
GetrinsOn.

How are you getting on with your pho
tography?"
Well answered the young man with,
brown finger tips, II m doing better The
snapshot portrait I took Of Mr.. Curmudge
must have been recognize BILE"
You are sure of that
Perfectly, for as soon as Curmudge
saw 1t he said he could whip the man who
made th.topictu Observation-Disclosures SIaE. -
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13

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All unsigned Communications VIII oe
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13
Treasures Transferred.

He-Women don't stand by each other.
She-Pardon me, bur that's not so! I've
refused many a man who afterward made
some other girl a splendid husband.-Life.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13

The semi-annual meeting of the Board OF
Trustees of the Mortified (Mass.) Semi
mary was held yesterday evening, and the
trustees resolved that Mr.. Moody's work
should go on without any diminuton.
They have already subscribed SSO,No To-
wards the endowment fund
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13
Emory and Henry.

EMORY. VA, June 12--s2ecial.-ffit
commencement exercises OF hzmory ana
Henry began on the evening OF June $t5
with the contest for the Williams medal
for defamation. Tae programme was as
follows: ~.
rI1,rsx. a,5 M rider w. NJ Matthews.
subject. pixies Veterans Garland
Hamilton, subject. John Eiow9fa Raln fIo; !
C. Hawk, subject, 'Waat a century , Iiath
wrought G.. NJ Warren, subject, Home
and It's Influences" r. S Shuler, subject.
Robert Burns.
On the morning of June 1eal the annual
sermon before the graduating class waa
preached by Rev. John J. Ttgert. D. D.. OF
Nashville, Team. editor OF the Methodist
Quarterly Review
At s p. NJ. TIE annual sermon before
me NJ G. A. was Delivered by Rev
]. c. orr. of Knoxville. Tenn. on The sub
ject OF Education.
mad, = strong talk on The Twentieth
Century Movement
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13

MANCHESTER BUREAU. 11s1 HULL
STREET.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13

1t is said that Captain S. E. White, OF
Columbia, s. c., an old Confederate sol
der. will erect a monument to the dead
Indians who helped the Confederate cause,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13
DR.. up-hur Rctur,,s-

DR.. ]. y. U1saur. wfso las been N at
tendance unon the Convention OF PiSst-
clans ut Atlantic CITY. returned 10 Ric:s
ynond last night.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13

and thrty-seven carloads, and that tae
same percentage Of increase apples 20 'Ae
other milling companies.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13

Wheat men say that the wheat crop
which is now being harvested IN okia-
homa Southern Kansas, Indian Territory
and Southern Texas, is the largest ever
known. Oklahoma alone VIII harvest
more than thirty million bushels
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13

A drug clerk at Concord, N. H, ar
rested charged with violating the Sunday
law by selling soda water, was dis
charged in the police court next day, the
judge holding that soda water is one or
the .necessaries of life" exempted by the
statute from the operation of the Sunday
La
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13

PETERSBURG AGENT.
MRS. s. c. HUTCHINSON. LS9bsAil''
STREET.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13

the case OF Mary Terry, a seven-year-old
daughter of a Portuguese rancfler, in the
southern part of that State, who was born
with some defect Of the optical structure
which causes her 10 see everything re-
versed. precisely as people with normal
vision see things in a mirror. The doctors
have coined a new word-"topsyturVyo
to describe the malady.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13

Department stores in st. Paul and
Minneapolis provide bicycle stands, with
a boy in attendance who checks wheels
free, whether the rider intends 10 visit
that particular store or not. Indeed q
bicycle may be SO housed all day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13

Sir John Tenniel, who is affectionateiy
known among his associates as the Grand
Old Man of Punch has been on the
staff of that paper for fifty years. Over
two thousand cartoons nave come from
his pencil and an exhibition OF the orisl-
nal drawings is now being celd in London
The monthly statement of the exports
of ti,n Irn;tad Stnta- for. NIn1r LIST issued
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13

Captain john II. Jenkins a veteran con-
ductor OF the Charleston and Western
Carolina Railway, died suddenly in Au-
gusta, Ga, on Sunday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13

The Times is not the only newspaper
that has been impressed by Rev. John
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13

THE MAILING LIST IS cELy PkiS 81 I
ED ABOUT EVERY Ten "a =; ,
TIJEREFORE DO NOT FEEL DNE!s
IT AHE DATE OPPOSITE YOUR Na AN,
ny THE IJT-TJJS PINK SLIP is NOT
CHANGED. aS SOON AS THE CUB
ScRIPTION is RENEWED
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-02
A WAITING GAME.

WASHINGTON, September 1.-The
entire course Of negotiations on the
chinese question is now dependent up
on uhe responses Of the powers to the
RuSso-American proposals. 1t was
stated aufhoritatvely at the close of
Official hours to-day that no answers
had been received from any source
other than those of a preliminary and
incnclusive character heretofore an
nounced. Moreover it is stated by re-
sponsjble administration officials that
not until the last answer is received
will the negotiations assume any dein-
lite shape for the last answer may
prove to be the dissent from an inter
national accord toward which all ct
forts ara now bending.
Much interest was aroused to-day by
the dispatch from st. Petersburg, Civ
ing tn full text of the Russian PROOFS
al, and it cleared up some discrepancies
which had existed owing to the oral
nature of the communication made 10
this government by the Russian charge
By far the most important correction
it makes is in disclosing that Russia
has not ordered her minister and troops
to withdraw from China as was
stated in the American paraphase OF
the proposal, but that she intends to
recall NJ De Giers and his staff TO
1ien Tsin. WHITTIER they will be &C
companied by the Russian troops" In
short. Russia has not announced a
purpose TO withdraw from China, only
to Withdraw from Pekin.
As the negotiations progress the view
L. r1,or b.a
Rllsso-AmeCiaan plan OF withdrawing
from Pekin ultimately will be concurred
in by all of the powers. In diplomatic
quarters this outcome is looked upon
as practically assured. 1t is pointed out
that II the Russian. American and Jap
anese troops are withdrawn from Pekin
the other powers would not have 5000
men there, which would be a force ut
terly inadequate to garrison and de-
fend the capitol. The British force now
at Pekin is said to number $500 men,
and the German force is only few hun
dred. On the oaher hand the Russian
and Japanese contingents are very
large, and with their wi.4...rawal the
main strength of the allies at Pekin
would be taken away. AS matter OF
necessity. therefore, it is held that the
withdrawal of Uhe larger forces will
compel the smaller forces of Great Brit
ain and Germany to leave al the same
time.
The brief answer which Germany al
ready has made to this government
states that any general consideration
of the proposition will be dependent
upon inquiries as 20 the conditions of
affairs at Pekin. These inquiries are
now in progress through the German
officials at the Chinese capitol and the
responses are expected to form the basis
of Germany's general answer. Those
in position TO take intelligent view Of
Germany's course say there is little
doubt of Germany'S acceptance
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-02
Special to the Register.

SpeciaI TO the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, September
1.-The horrible Writ county crime of
ten days ago has become a double
murder by the death of Mrs. Samuel
Shepherd, wife Of the man who is now
in Jail charged with the crime. Mrs.
Shepherd, who has been unconscious
ever since the murder of her son and
last evening, after every effort had
been made by the local physicians in
clans, TO save her. The funeral SER
vices We're conducted this afternoon,
Mrs. Shepherd being taken to her for
mer home in Jackson county for burial.
The neighbors and friends of the muir
dered woman in large numbers. drove
the long distance to attend the funeral,
which was one OF the largest ever held
in jackson county.
The coroner impaneled a jury last
night. 1t viewed the body and ad-
jOurned until Monday, when the in
quest will be held. The death Of Mrs.
Shepherd removes the last hope that
the testimony of an eye witness to the
tragedy might be secured, and any evil
dence that may be presented against
the man now accused of the crime, or
any one else, will be purely circum-
stantial
The feeling of the people of Writ and
ROane counties has been intensified by
the death of Mrs. Shepherd, and the
long funeral procession from Pewee
through Roane county and into jack
son has no doubt added to the feeling,
so that the iynching which was talked
of several days ago may yet occur. The
sheriff is guarding his prisoner care
fully, and is not anticipating visit
from mob, but persons from Writ
county would not be in the least sur
prised 30 hear that Shepherd had been
iynched
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-02

LONDON. September 1.---Amerlcan
coal operators and their agents are APP
parently swarming to England. and
rumors of many Important deals filled
the air during the past woek. w. p.
Rend. of Chicago. Is here on his way
TO Paris. lie is hopeful OF supplying
both the French and Russian navaes
with steam coal from West Virginia.
MIR. Rend had a long Interview with the
Russian consul yesterday and was in
consultation with fhe Russian naval at
tache to-day before proceeding TO Paris.
+. NJ Hopkins, OF Philadelphia. this
morning closed contract for 100000
tons Of Pennsylvania run OF mine coal
for immediate delivery at Medtterran-
can ports. MIR Hopkins said: Eng
fish consumers are not familiar with
American unscreened coal, but contin-
entail dealers are. Therefore am SELF
Ing TO them. do not anticipate tr0u~
Bile in securing charters.
President Cassatt, of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, has gDne to Paris on
the same business. while the presence
OF Robert Pitcairn, superintendent OF
the Pennsylvania Plttsburg division.
at the Carleton Hotel. is oceasionlng
gossip. Mr.. Pitcairn goes to Scotland
on a visit 10 Andrew Carnegie next
week, and it has been said that there
Is on foot a scheme To provide tho
Pennsylvania coal syndicate with trans
Atlantic transportation.
Mr. Pitcairn said 10 representa-
tive of the Associated Press: My
visit to Mr.. Carnegie is not exactly
upon the errasld suggested. am not
quite sure how hong the present coal
famine or the existing conditions in
Englana viii e0utinne My personal
idea is that Americnn xnnnpvnArs ar,
apt to find better market Ia the Ned 4
teTanean or Black Sea ports than In
countries where England herself Will DO
competitor. Under fair conditions.
believe the United States can supply
England's former customers on the
continent with profit"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-02
Mai6ersce ut Alden.

BERLIN, September Field Mar
shall Count Won Waldersee has cabled
to Emperor William from Alden. where
he arrived yesterday, announcing the
pleasing international amenities"
which marked his entry into the port.
The French troop ship La Champagne
steamed near the vessel on which the
field marshal was a passenger, with
her band playing and her troops cheer
ing. The band of the German ship re-
sponded with the 'Marseillaise," and
the French band replied with the Ger
man national anthem. The field mar
shall was formally received by the Brit
ish political residents at Alden and
afterwards proceeded ON his journey
to China.