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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-23

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-23

Palmerston Anderson, D. D., Bishop
Coadjutor OF Chicago go T. Mem
araI Conference in Convention Hall. Sub
feet. THE Junior Department $50 =
M.-Mass-rneeting for boys and their
friends at the Convention Hall. F. M
F,tnal Emeetfnf; at ST. Paul's Church Adj
dresses by the Right Rev Sidney Cashtl
Partridge, D. D., Bishop Of kyoto, Japan,
and Others
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-23
ADVANCE IN COAL
Price Goes Up On Account of
Strike.

The Richmond Coal Exchange met yes
ter.ay in the Office OF the Richmond Ice
Company. and advanced the price or
anthracite coal from $500 to too0 per TON.
1t has not been usual to advance the
nr;ca OF coal In Richmond until about the
first of October, but the uncertain con-
ditIon of the market. owing to the strike
In Pennsylvania mines. has caused an
earlier advance this year
The following prices were fixed by the
Coal Exchange at the meeting held yes
ter1av: Anthracite. $50: splint. 50;
steam. ss25. This Is an advance OF about
SOC. all around, and the change IL erect
I'VE at once.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-23
Good Actor.

Mr. Che rles Pierson. whose school Of
a,as.;.,s, and dramatic art is situated at
NJ 11a North Eighth Street, Is a fine actor
srd ~ ,nstr,,ctor, and he has placed many
al.u i ~. actors on the stage He was
p u,aes years connected with the Har-
u ,uqd 60 rouege, Cambridge. and
81 Ma al the reductions OF that university.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-23
Delightful Evening.

most delightful evening was spent iass
yVendss5av at The residences OF MIS-
Blankenship, No. al1 North Twen5y-1our.n
Street celebrating her sons and daugh-.
ters birthday Miss Maud Lee os sn
twenty b. autifui summers. ao 80 re.
ea,,-ed from her many friends the same
sT,o,,r NJ lovely and useful presents.
an,n,s. them was handsome diamond
brooch
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-23
School Enrolment.

The enrolment of pupils in the Richmond
public schools has been completed. There
are 6S04 white pupils. and 4.o24 colored.
Three hundred and ninety-three white
children could not be accommodated, and
100 coNored were also disappointed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-23
ice NJ ission.

Pecerpts for Ice Mission since Septeni-
har 15th are as follows: Box at Station
A 81. Pzyty given by Bessie Baker and
other little girls, &c; From various boxes.
s17O. Total. $3.50
There are so many cases OF sickness
among the poor that the demand for ice
Is still constant and large.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-23
Funeral Services.

The funeral of Miss Harriet Farmer
took pace yesterday at 10 O'Clock at
The remains Of Mr.. William E. Monroe
were taken to Rochester. N. Y. yesterday
the funeral of Mr. William H. sti.h
took place at o'clock yesterday afternoon,
from St Andrews church. The intermenr
was in Hollywood
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-23

head or throat, but 1t has finally per-
yaded the whole system. 1t produces a
wretched condition. The mucous mem
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-23
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION
BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW
The First Ever Held in the South and Large
Crowd is Expected-A Varied and Inter
estin9 Programme Arranged.
estin9 Programme Arranged.

hall reserved for the delegates. The Reg
istration Committee will. in all proba-
b.lity, have its Offices in one OF the rooms
in the Jefferson Hotel.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19
THIS AND THAT.

B. J. Sugar, is sugar planter Of
Monroe, La.
Unclaimed dogs in Chicago are to
be killed by electricity.
The United States courts in New
Mexico costs the government about
$4,000 year.
There is chance for some genius
to invent a pavement that can be laid
in big blocks, and can be easily taken
up and put down again. 1t must be
as smooth as asphalt and water tight.
A new carnation, as yet unnamed,
was exhibited in the New York flow
er show last week. It is Of rich,
creamy color, with pink fushings,
and the blooms measure four inches
across.
A meteor Of phenomenal size fell
in the valley Of Georgia, in the Mari
time Alps. The light it caused in
falling was SO strong that the peasants
believed the village was on fire, whilst
the noise resembled cannon shot
Preparations are being made for
great expansion in rice culture in
Texas next year. In one county in
that state there will be an increase of
1000 acres, with increases in other
counties running up into the thou
sands of acres.
A. D. Storms applied for mar
riage license in Hartford few days
ago. The Connecticut law requires
that the Christian name in such cases
be given in full. He said that he had
no Christian name, and that the let
tiers "A. d." did not represent any
thing but just themselves.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19
WALRUS WHISPERS.
Strange Article of Commerce Included in
Our Export Trade.

"Of all the curious articles of COM
merce that you have ever mentioned
in print I have never seen one more
strange than line regularly send
to China, to the Brazils and in very
large quantities to Russia"
The speaker was foreign mer-
chant and he was addressing a con-
tributor who has made speciality Of
paragraphs dealing with out7of-the-
way occupations. *The articles I re-
fer to are toothpicks that are made of
walrus whiskers. Vast quantities Of
the stiff, thick whiskers Of the walrus
are shipped, from Alaska chiefly, to
myself, and to some Others in Eng
land. Those who send them pull
them out one by one with special
sweezers, and after the whiskers have
been trimmed and stiffened here they
are made up into bundles and sent
abroad.
t<The higher class Chinese seem to
use no other kind Of toothpicks, and
the more wealthy Of the Russians al
ways use them at their clubs and ho-
tells. I send out some thousands of
bundles yearly, and though to the
buyer they are much dearer, as well
as more ornamental, they leave plenty
Of profit to the dealer. They have
begun to creep into strong favor at
West End clubs, and last year I exc
cuted some scores Of English orders"
Brooklyn Eagle.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19
A QUEER DECISION.
Arizona Judge Says Failure to Drink Is
Sign of Insanity.

Justice courts, in Arizona, perhaps
like most other courts of the kind on
the frontier, are not always presided
over by officials who have made law
close study, says the St. Louis Post
Dispatch. Their decisions in Arizona
frequently make the blind goddess
shudder.
A justice who was new to the bust.
ness Of law proved himself equal to
the emergency recently. It was a
case where a prisoner was brought be-
fore him charged with insanity. Sew
eral witnesses were examined, and it
was conclusively proved that he was
insane, having refused to drink when
invited, and by other similar actions
having convinced those who knew
him that he had gone entirely wrong.
After a brief examination Of the
witnesses the justice leaned back in
his chair, and with look of profound
wisdom on his face delivered himself
Of decision as follows:
"Young man, it has been proved
that you have done sundry things,
which said things have led me and the
rest of us to believe that you are wrong
in the garnet; therefore, I, with all
the judicial power invested in me, do
hereby fine you 1913 and costs. You
may 60 now, but don't let this happen
again"
Another instance that illustrates
the fellow feeling of the average
juror. occurred not long ago.
A tough citizen, who had been alb
sorbing a decoction Of liquid that
would corrode the armor plate of the
Oregon, concluded that the town was
getting too tame. He picked up a
rifle that was standing behind one Of
the bars he had been patronizing free
~ and went out into the street.
A negro woman CHANGED to be pass
ing that way, and he proceeded to
empty the contents Of the rifle into
her body; then calmly returned the
rifle to the barkeeper and went to
sleep.
He was arrested and tried before a
jury in the district court. The jury
discovered that the man was troubled
with *'alcoholic insanity" and he was
promptly acquitted and turned loose.
All courts of the territory are not
conducted in this manner, but many
of them are parody on real courts Of
justice. The jury is apt to take into
consideration the fact of the prisoner
at the bar being <sgood feller' and
act upon it rather than upon the facts
| Of the case.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19
"BY SPECIAL REQUEST"
Funny Predicament of Western Country
Newspaper Editor.

Newspaper Editor.
In Kansas, number Of years ago,
there was country editor who in.
variably got full just after his paper
was issued on Friday, and would stay
intoxicated till the following Mon
day, then sober up and get out his pa
per.
One week he and the printer work.
ing for him got on a big high-lone-
some and stayed that way till the next
publication day. They sobered up
and found they were in a dilemma
paper day and no type up and the
previous weeks forms not even dis
tributed, everything was just where
they left off the week before.
The editor scratched his tousled
head few minutes, grabbed a large
composing stick and set in large let
tiers across the page: s'By request Of
800 prominent citizens We republish
last weeks paper
The problem was solved, buteyery-
body is still wondering who were the
$500 prominent citizens" and Why
they wanted the paper republished.
Davis q. T) News.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19
A KLONDIKE IN JAPAN.
Gold Field That Has But Lately Come
Into Prominence.

Into Prominence.
Gold is now being found in large
quantities at Hokkaido, in the prov
inve of Kitami in Japan. A territory
embracing $50 square miles, the cen-
trail point Of which: is Mount Horo-
Noborn, is being worked and with
such spendid results that old diggers
have styled it the Japanese Klondike.
Almost all the gold is found in little
pools and streams, which have their
source in Mount Horo- N oborn.
Until recently there was only a
small village in this district, the in
habitants Of which numbered about
400, whereas to-day there is flourish
ing city with a population of more
than 5000. AS to the exact yield Of
gold up to the present it is not easy
to obtain reliable statistics, for the
reason that the diggers are very
reticent on the subject, evidently
fearing that if their good fortune be-
comes generally known host Of ad-
venturers will flock to Hokkaido from
all parts Of the world. It is certain,
however, that one company, which
has been buying gold from the dig
gers, has exported 900 kilogrammes
Of the pure metal within the past nine
months. g.
The gold is obtained in the most
primitive manner and much more cas-
lily than is the case in other we'll
known gold fields. The climatic con-
ditions at Hokkaido are also excep-
tionally favorable for this work. The
right to search for gold can be pur-
chased from the government for a
small sum, yet it is said that many Of
the present diggers have paid moth
ing and that the ten policemen who
are empowered to sell concessions
find it impossible to collect cent
from many Of those who are daily
gathering up gold from the beds Of
the small pools and streams. -N. Y.
Herald.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19
Flapping Of Insects Wings.

The slow tapping Of a butterfy's
wings, according to Sir John Lub-
book, produces no sound, but when
the movements are rapid a noise is
produced, which increases in shrill-
ness with the number Of vibrations.
Thus the house fly, which produces
the sound r, vibrates its wingsS1,1 100
times a minute, and the bee, which
makes a sound Of A, as many as 49,
400 times. Prof. Marcy, the natural
list, has succeeded by delicate me-
.chanism in confirming these numbers
graphically. He fixed a fly 50 that the
tip Of the wing just touched cylinder
which was moved by clockwork.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19
A PAIR OF SLIPPERS.
An Innocent Present the Cause of
Many Troubles.

The sentence in the old copy books,
|Great oaks from little acorns grow"
was recently illustrated by the fnan-
cial ruin, insanity and suicide of a
New York man - all through the
present of a pair Of beautiful embroid-
cred slippers.
Mr.. Brown had always been con-
tent with the simple belongings of his
plain bachelor home until those slip
pers came. They we're gorgeous slip
pers, embroidered in gold thread and
studded with mock jewels, in the bril-
liant colors which the oriental love.
They looked strangely out Of place
upon the faded carpet which covered
the floor of Browns modest sitting
room.
FEThese beautiful new slippers make
the old carpet look dreadfully poor
and cheap. Tomorrow will go down
to Mouraki's and look at some orien-
tai rugs"
A day or two later rich carpet
from the looms Of Bokhara came to
take the place Of the faded ingram,
and Brown Toasted his eyes upon its
lovely tints that changed with every
simmer of the light
'Now my new slippers have fit
ting background" he remarked, "but
the soft, rich colors of this wonderful
carpet make the old plush parlor suit
look very poor and shabby. Surely |
can afford to have some better furni-
ture than this
Several choice pieces in mar
queterie soon came to keep the car
pet company; and then the table,
which, before the advent Of the other
furniture, had seemed desirable
enough, began to be an eyesore to the
now fastidious Brown, and he secured
at great expense fine example Of
Bull, that was marvel Of delicate
inlay in shell and metal. In order
that everything might be in harmony,
expensive oriental curtains now took
the place Of the old chenille portieres,
and paintings began to appear one by
one upon the new-decorated walls of
Browns abode. In one short year aft
er the gift Of those embroidered slip
pers Brown had the most luxuriously
furnished flat in Harlem.
One night when he had put in place
anothernewly- purchased object dart,
the thought struck Brown that such
jewels deserved a better setting than
the .op floor back Of q third
class three-fats-to-lh foosapartment
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19
The Great Wall of China.

The Great Wall Of China was re-
Gently measured by Mr.. Unthank, an
American engineer. His measure
ments gave the height as 18 feet.
Every few hundred yards there is a
tower rs feet high. For 1900 miles
the wall goes over plains and noun
tains, every foot Of the foundation
being Of solid granite, and the rest
Of the structure solid masonry.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19
A HARVEST CALENDAR,
The north and the south. the east and he

The north and the south, the east and the
west
To the law of supply must yield:
Each seed to the soil that loves it best,
With the sun and the rain to nurse the
guest
And the world for a harvest field.
And the harvest time is ever and ave.
With no interval left between:
Inc sun or the moon may swing in the
sky,
And rivers may flow or rivers run dry,
Yet harvest Is somewhere seen. .
When the year begins. and mid snow and
We SO drearily wend our way,
1ney are harvesting in the Argentine.
In Chill, across the Andes line,
And In ne1ghboring Uruguay.
And the following month"; though SHOWS
still fall.
Unmindful Of Valentines glee,
us time for reaping in far Bengal
In Arabia, Persia and in all
The countries of the China sea- a-
In March comes Egypt, with her great
corn yield.
And India, north, from the bay:
Syria In April. with grove and field,
And farmers, who curious tools still WELD
In their primitive old-time way.
Then neighbor Mexico comes to the fore
In May. with her harvesting home: :.
And over In Turkey, from hills to shore,
The Moslems wax rich with their garnered
store, ... ..~ 81
Throughout the land of fez and dome.
June ripens the fields of our southern
states, '.~..
And sends to our markets share:
In Europe 1t opens vast harvest gates,
And the flood decides for the world its
rates,
For Its yield is felt everywhere.
The tide of the harvest flows steadily on
through the warm, fair month of July,
10 our central states it comes and is gone:
In south Russia ripens the wheat and
corn.
And hay fields In windrows lie.
Northward in August, and over the sea.
I'LL the east and the west are spanned,
Germans are cleaning, and the Zuyder Zee
Is watching the great bulb harvestry,
AND the cleaners are in England.
In Austria the harvest is homIng now.
IN. denmark the bins overflow;
Inc Russian granaries no more allow,
ana the Scottish barns are filled to the
NOW,
AS are those Of Sweden-and oh!
Rlgnt here Is October. our month Of cheer,
with a harvest two oceans see;
50 ample that poverty need not fear,
80 exhaustless that lands remote draw
near,
To share in yielding 50 free.
November harvests have found a new
base,
And the northern Australians CLEAN:
IN South Africa they also have place,
where crops are made by primitive race.
So that surplus is rarely seen.
In December New Zealand gathers in
Her crops from the orchard and field:
Tasmania also fills barn and bin,
And the southern Australians strive to
win .-s-l
Just as much as their lands will yield.
Oh, the harvest time is ever and aye,
With no interval left between;
The sun or the moon may swing in the
sky,
And rivers may flow or rivers run dry,
Yet harvest is somewhere seen.
f. H. Sweet, in Farm Journal
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19
STYLES CHANGE,
In tho Making of Stories as Designin
of Dresses. -r

Of Dresses. -r
"Styles in writing up a newspaper
story change just like fashions in
trousers" remarked an old reporter
oracularly the other night. 'When I
was cub in big city office, about
a quarter of century ago, the pre-
vailing mode of handling all i'm
portant pieces Of news was very-how
shall l say?-well, ford. The star
reporter didn't care so much about
the facts of a case as about doing a
piece of fine writin'.' When he sat
down to handle a big item, he would
generally lead off with few philoso-
phical reflections. Suppose, for in
stance, he had sensational street
fight to describe, he would be apt to
begin by saying: Revenge. as the
poet tells us, is sweet. It is primer
dial passion. Not only is it implanted
in the breast Of man, but even in
the lower animals we observe etc.
Then by slow degrees he would tell
how John Smith had it in for Peter
Jones, and nursed his wrath until he
finally met him on the street and
punched his head. Sometimes he
would get so interested in his phil
osophical preface that he would for
get to say anything about the fight:
This style, considered very fetching
in its day, was succeeded by the
dialogue introduction which was
supposed to follow Horace's admoni-
ton and leap head first into the
bowels Of story. At thatperiod all
leading articles started with scrap
of conversation. Here, for example,
is the way an account Of burglary,
would begin:
"'What's that nose?' exclaimed
the colonel.
81 don't know replied his spouse,
sleepily.
"SThis significant colloquy oc-
CURED at 1880 last night at the pa
latial residence Of Col. X. Y. Blank
at 41144 Cuff street.
with that felicitous preface .
continued the old reporter, "the loot
ing Of the Blank mansion would be
gradually unfolded in particular. I
observe that some Of our 'steemed
contemporaries still adhere to the
dialogue introduction but it has
mostly gone out Of fashion. The
standard mode at present is singular
ly devoid Of frills. As rule the story
is epitomized in the first paragraph
and then follow the details, narrated
in a plain, straightforward manner,
without comment or establishment.
The modern style is considered very
bald by old-timers. I heard one vet
eran growing the other day about the
way certain big news story was
handled, and asked him what was his
objection to it. why, good heavens,
man. he replied, Indignantly, there's
nothing here except the factsY !" N
O. Times-Democrat.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19

house in One Hundred and Blank
street, and next day he called upon
the smiling agent Of a brand-new hos
telry in Fifth avenue, where only the
very bowling, bowling swells lived,
and negotiated for bachelor apart
ment Of four rooms and bath at rent
just ten times that of his former mod
est habitat in Harlem.
Living here, I ought to entertain,' y
said Brown, when his numerous cost
ly belongings were safely installed in
their new home. So he issued invita-
tons for a bachelor supper party, and
champagne flowed freely down the
throat that once had known nothing
costlier than *<growler' beer
Brown, whose business left him
free on Saturday afternoon, observed
that most of the swell young fellows
at the Hotel Bullion had stunning
traps in which they drove out almost
every day, and soon he had one like
the others. He soon drifted into the
habit Of leaving his office early every
day in order to take a drive before
dark. The fresh air revived him and
drove away the cares of business that
every day became. more and more
pressing. ~ |.s
He made the acquaintance of sever
al Of the gilded youths at the hotel,
and one Of them took such fancy
to him that he insisted on putting up
his name at the various clubs. Brown
paid the heavy dues without MUIR
muir.
About this time the agent of the
hotel noticed that Brown was be-
hind in his rent. The tailor who had
fitted out the newly-fedged connois-
seur in the latest style Of clothes be-
gan to send in large bills marked
"please remit" The owner of the
stable where he boarded his horse also
commenced clamoring for money.
Soon it began to be whispered about
in the clubs that that new fellow,
Brown, was acting queerly. One
night he had held up pair Of shabby
gold-embroidered slippers and Of
fered a champagne supper to the man
who would shoot a hole through
them, declaring that they had been
the ruin of his life. On another occa-
sion he had appeared in the hotel din
ing-room in those identical slippers,
with his ankles swathed in crepe.
Numerous other eccentricities were
reported of him; the people who had
courted him before now began to
avoid his presence, and he was asked
to resign from one Of the clubs.
One night, not long after this,
the sound of a shot rang along the
corridor Of the hotel in the neighbour
hood of Browns apartment, and the
clerk, on bursting open the door,
found Brown lying on the floor with
a smoking revolver beside him, while
scattered here and there about the
room we're scraps Of gold embroidery
and fragments Of the soles Of pair of
slippers, which the suicide had evil
IDENTIFY torn into shreds before firing
the fatal shot.
Browns attorney declared to the
newspaper reporters who focked to
him for news in regard to the tragedy
that his client had gradually ruined
himselfint ryingto liveuptothe splen-
doris of those pernicious slippers, the
scattered pieces Of which were gath
cred together and burned. - John
Barker, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19
After the Famous Battlefield.

The corporation Of Scarborough,
England, has decided to name new
=thoroughfare :sLadysmith avenue. Z
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19
Golden and Diamond Weddings

Golden and diamond weddings
were celebrated by 614 couples in
Prussia in 1899, and the state dis
tributed jubilee medals to each hus-
band and wife. In Berlin and the
province Of Brandenburg the number
sof these couples was 115.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19
Ridicule.

Ridicule never hurts man unless
he merits the punishment. Chicago
Daily News.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19
Depends on the Competition.

You can buy some people dirt
cheap if there are no other bidders
Chicago Daily News.