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chIldren.s rIn,ne Rnrneh.

Iittsburg, Sept =. The Chldron's
NOME at Williamsburg, Pa. ncar hcre. ha>
hrcn partially destroyed by fire. All TIL
inmates Wore rescued without injury. il
is thought the fire was of ncendiaFy a!;s
gin The loss was $lOOOu.
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TO THE DEAF.

a rich lady, cured of her deafness ana
noises = sI;e 10 the head by DR.. NicheIson,s
Arelhcial I.liil Ear Drums, gave $4,000 to his
,,psa Institute, SO that deaf people unable 10
procure proc the Ear Drums may have them
Ins.; Iree' ADDRESS ns9 No. lis, Tie Nicholson
'nstitnte $50 eighth avenue. New York
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Oxford Are grey, black,
white and the pop
Mixed ular mixture fof
Suits, Coats a il d
Vests and Overcoats. We
have them III Sack Suits at
$1o, $I2 and SIS. The SI2
Suit Goats are the new mill
tary cut. The SIS Suit
Coats are all silk lined. III
Fall Overcoats we have them
at IS, $40, $12 and SIS.
Would you believe it even
the IS and $40 Coats are
lined through with silk. At
$40 and $I2 we also have
them with velvet collars.
The $I8 Coats are the swell
new regulars, full silk lined.
Hundreds of other styles of
Suits and Overcoats but all
of above are in oxford greys.
Open Saturday evenings.
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The Weather.
Fair; warmer; castcrly winds.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations OF the New York
stock Exchange.

New York, Sept 25.
Money on cali nomirally at , per cent primt
mercantile paper, 4l2alia per cent. Sterling cN
change weak. with actual business in bankers.
bills at $i.s6iaaIS6si for demand and at a. .S2@
a4s3 for % tays Posted rates. Si.s3ia4iS4 anG
$i.sIiaal.ss. Commercial bills, a4.s2la Sill
vcr certificates G2alaU3a,c. Bar silver, G25sc.
Meytan dollars, 49llc. Government bonds weak
state bonds inactive. Railroad bonds weak
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NEED MAsIIING.
! Daily Republican.

From Daily Republican.
The writer of the Republican glasses
in the Sunday Star should send his
weekly effusions TO the Manhattan I.aun-
1ry to get them washed ont and pressed.
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FREE TO INVENTORS

j. me me experience of C. A. Snow and g
tanning more than 10000 patents ior y
mas mas enabled them to helpfully ansTs'
questions relating to the protection oi
SuaI Su property. This they have done in !,
na ,eC treating briefly of United States ane
t,asents. ,ae with cost of same, and now Y
.nem; ,,e; trade marks, designs, caveates,.
T1his' ME- occasions in leading patent casess,, /,
~ itis pamphlet will be sent free Y
Nflelng 70 .. A. Snow and Co, Was ~
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KEEP REPUBLICANS APART.

KEEP REPUBLICANS APART.
From the Daily Republican.
The first Democratic rally took place
on Saturday night on Sixth between
King and Market streets. John Biggs
who has the Senatorial bee buZZng in
his bonnet made the opening speech and
told his hearers il would lie Il burning
shame to turn Delaware over to the con
tr0l of the wicked Republicans. In fact.
he limited as much as that the Republi-
cans could not properly run the State
machinery, They would be inclined to
attract new blood to the State besides
outside capital and that would never do.
as it would he an Innovation that would
contribute 10 place Delaware III the Re-
publican list Of States for Ill time to
como. The Old hugahoo about Aldicks
WAS used for I'LL il was worth and his
hearers were told that il WAS by the uSc
of AddickS money that the State has Il
possibility this Year Of going Republican
il the two factions have sense enough to
unite and quit fighting one another and
turn in and fight the Democrats. In
other words Mr.. Biggs like all other
Democrats speakers in our State and
the Democratic papers Ms well hope 10
keep the Republicans divided as ii is
only by this means that the Democrats
have Il ghost Of a show to carry Della
ware at the coming election. This is to
be their slogan. Keen the Republicans
apart md keep them fighting each other
and Delaware will he sure to 20 for
Bryan.
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The apathy or sense of security which
has existed thus far in the canvass to an
extraordinary degree is their worst dan
ger, and the conditions which make it
possible that Mckinley may lose Dela-
ware, Maryland, West Virginia, Ker--
tucky and Indiana need their sharpcst
and closest attention.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09
Who talks of evil conjures into shape
rho Chinese Government.

The Emperor is assisted by a Cabinet,
d Counci. of State. and, the six boards
There is no prime minister, but there are
SIX chanceliors, who mediate between him
and the subordinate officials. The Emper
or, like the Sultan Of Turkey, attends to
all details. The chanceilors are assisted
by GOO scribes. translators. and other Off.
Gals, half of whom are Manchus or for
eigners The Council of State is composed
of two Chinese and two Manchu members.
They are mediums between the Emperor
and subordinates.
The six boards are the board Of civil
service, Of revenue, of rites, of war, OF
punishment, ant. of works. Each beard
has two presidents, three directors, and
numerous heads CT departments. The
boards of civil service. of revenue. and of
war are defined by their names. One duty
az t;,asb board of revenue is TO procure Man
,.h, 1,,a:dans for the hsfrenn of the Emperor
and to regulate their allowances. The
hoard of rites deals with ceremoEials of
state etiquette. with sacrificial rites, and
The treatment of foreign officials and en-
nassies. The details concerning rites oc-
envy fourteen, volumes. The board of war
controls both army and navy. The board
of works controls all public works, 1nciud-
ing the coinage of money and the making
& of gunpowder.
There is arot n er board, which has control
of the foreign dependencies of CHINA and
. un:aue board called the censorate. winch
NAV reprlmand even the Emperor me
great defect of the Chinese Government IS
tha pavment Of small salaries Whleh ma kes
bribery widespread and exeortions univer-
sal.-Iames H Ross in Leslie s. W eekisv
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09
Lizst's Personality.

The best impression of LISTS appear
arce in 1854, writes DR.. Mason in the Sep
TENDER Century, is conveyed by picture
which shows him approaching the 4lten-.
burg His back is turned; nevertheless,
there. is a certain something which shows
the man as he was better even than those
portraits in which his features are clearly
Reproduced. The picture gives his gait,
his figure, and his general appearance
There is his tall lank form, his high hat
set a little TO one side, .4,,d his arm tritle
akimbo. He had piercing eyes. his hair
was very dark. but not black. He Wore
il long, lust as he did In his Older days IL
came almost down to his shoulders. and
was cut off square at the bottom. He had
IL cut frequently, so as to keep it at about
the same length. That was a point about
which he was very particular.
AS / remembered his hands, his fingers
were very lean and thin. but they did NOT
impress me as being Very long, as he DID
nor have such remarkable stretch on
the keyboard as one might imagine de
was always neatly dressed, generally ap-
bearing in a long frock coat. until he be-
came the Able List, after which no
wore the distinctive black gown. bis gem
eral manner and his face were most eX-
pressive of his feelings, and his features
lighted up when he spoke. His smile was
simply charming. His face was peculiar.
one could hardly call it handsome YET
there was in 1t a subtle something tha1
was most attractive, and his whole mar
mar had a fascination which it is impossi-
Bile 10 describe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09
Cd Zines, 0za
friends Ola Lore

Ihere are no days like The good old days
Inc days when We We're youthful,
When humankind were pure of mind.
And speech and deeds were truthful:
Before love for sordid gold
Became mans ruling passion.
And before each dame and maid became
Slaves to the tyrant Fashion.
There are no girls like the good old girls
Against the world I'd stake EN-!
As buxom and smart and clean of heart.
As the Lord knew how to make EN-!
They were rich in spirit and common sense,
A p;ety all supportin';
They could bake and brew, and had taught
school, too.
And they made the likeliest courtin.!
There are no boys like the good old boys
When we were boys together!
When the grass was sweet to the brown,
bare feet
That dinlpled the laughing heather;
When the pewee sung to the summer dawn
OF the bee in the billowy clover.
Or down by the mill the whipporwill
Echoed his night song over.
There is no love like the good old love
The love that mother gave usi
We are DID, old men, yet pine again
For that precious grace-God save us!
So W. dream and dream of the good old
times,
And our hearts grow tenderer, fonder,
As those dear old dreams bring soothing
CLEANS
OF heaven away off yonder!
Eugene Field.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09

consider if others wouldn't do as well, or
il she couldn't get on with less, as she
considers the purchase of remnants at a
bareain-counter. The paints must be hau
at any cost, and that is why girl artists
often look as hungry and seedy as the
Marchioness when first discovered by DICK
Swiveller 1t is safe to say that no girl
ought TO come 10 Paris to study art unless
she has an assured allowance of 500
month, and this amount will just about
enable her to meet the expenses OF daily
living, tuition and materials. A great
deaf has been said about the foliy OF
American girls coming to Paris on !mlted
means, but the irlpracticability OF such
a venture lies not SO much in THIS draw
back as in the pose and lack of practical
sense in many Of the art students them
Sc yes The one great pose in art-ls the
>ara % rot-boiiinE. Most young artists.
for instance, consider it to be a degrada-
ton of their art to turn their talents toward
ilustrat ton whereas it Is one of the most
remunerativc things an artist can CO. u
may he said very truly that no poor slri
should come to Paris to study art unless
she is willing to turn her ability in the
direction of pot-boilins now ana then. in
order to supplement her allowance. Ihere
are so many needs for money in Paris
It is a veritable Gree OF cities that
changes its lovers not into swine, but ante
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09
An Impression of an Arctic Night.

Icebergs dotted the blue SURFACE OF I .ns
sound, and far into the haze OF basitii'
Bay we could sec them drifting sou
ward. The air was as still ana eieat -
on a quiet moonlit winter night at hoins..
and the level sun-rays streamed enfoust
in .. glory Of Italian pink Esi.lolu ! : :.
ali, as with the crownfns heued.et.osi " y, !.
god. was the peace that passeth known.
edge. like the serenity OF soef sn.il
has won, through toll and STORM t'a ~
strength of poise of enduring CAIN
It was well-nish overwhelming. IN
ili-d;ss,,ised necessity We turned from
the vision TO the sight of heaps OF erarn n
r,ied dead. birds in the beat and taxed OF
shooting. and agreed that nowhefs ~
the world was there protaise OF bet.er
srar, thsn here. Then silence fell ;.s
9 80 sn5te OF us. our eyes were drawn OUT
~, 81. and through, all the peacetns oeta-
~ we felt once more the peisnssney OF
iss swfr,l purity He would be man
- s,or1ess soul indeed and Of assured
sa;+h who seeius the stainless ioveiinesS
~ rhe scerA. would feel no pans Not
o~,t..s SELF only but ones world came there
ss INTO the presence OF the great white
throne. and stood condemned IN stiffness
thas was unbroken.--Walter a. Wyektas,.
in the September scrihners.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09

some one appears with them. And the
duties of chaperon have grown SO complex
that to fill this office properly now Re.
cures an education by Itself, and not one
woman in five hundred Is equal TO IL
It is possible that to some persons wsao
have not caught up with the times the
duties of chaperon may seem edu.Fpiens
to sitting on the hotel. piazza. var-ed D.
occasional corner sessions in the ball
room. That was very well score OF years
ago. But the up-to-date CIR. has changed
and the chareron hns had TO change Witii
her or allow the charming young creature
to follow her sweet will. unchecked and
unsupervised.
Most chaperons declare that they DIS
charge their duty when they undertake 70
dress perfectly, talk eaterta-ninsi.. ni..As
tea, play golf, understand horses ana aoss,
like cor ching or pretend they 90. nnf.sF-
stand music. Ike .ndigesthle aalnsies. ne
perfect in the management Of an auSosho.
bile, and sit horse well That may no.
be much, but the chaperon insists tnas i
is enough.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09

any circumstances woman psychically
remains a woman with other ambitions
and aspirations in the most masculine
sports than man. Dress preoccupies
her and she tries to please by her PROV
ess.' He says: s"1t is another form OF
couuetry, it is always coquetry. 1 have
often Thought that Diana, if she had
worn a pretty hunting costume, would
have been happy to have excited the adj
niration of Actaeon. She had him slain
simply because he had the indelicacy to
look at her before the seamstress had
done her work. The adventures of Pen
thesilea prove, it seems to me, how much
even the belligerent Amazon remains d
woman even to die for lover
That is hard for the up-to-Gate wo
man, VINO contends that she is emanci-
pated from the perpetual thought of dress.
Emile Zoa is more satisfactory. He
believes il all physical exercises for de-
velopment, not for beauty so much as
moral development and the tending To
Individuality which the practice of sports
brings to young girls. He believes that
he conaradeShp between youns men and
women through outdoor sports leads to
a better knowledge of each other in view
Of marriage. It is a beneficial relation,
ne believes. as is that afforded by the
zoeducationai schools of England and
America.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09
CUSTOMS OF. THE KAFFlRS.
Civilization has Corrupted the Poly


The aboriginies of South Africa were
black men-the Kaffirs. They have lost
dominion of the country, and are but serts
to the burghers or citizens The katir is
a day laborer, and reckons his wealth IN
the number Of cattle he may be able TO
acquire He works for couple OF years,
until he can get II oxen or cows. Ihen he
HES himself TO Zuzuland, on the east, or
TO other countries controlled by black men,
and there buys himself wife, Ten cows
is the price of wife. The 18th is Killed
for the wedding feast.
The Ixaffir remains few months Win
his wife, then off to the mines he goes to
earn the price of another. When he pos
sesses half a dozen wives the hafiirs
mental toll is over, and he becomes gen
tleman. HIS wives plant the mealy (cora)
and look after what cattle their lord ana
master own With kraal full Of daush-
tiers the Kaffir must become a rich ana
important person.
TIE daughter of chief costs p cows,
and the daughter of a king 90, no matter
how old or ugly. The chiefs are severely
strict il, their watchfulness over the NOR
ais Of the Kaffirs. II one IS found guilty
of dishonesty, he is>fined so many oxen.
The Kaffir is said 20 be better in his orisi-
raj state than when contaminated with
what they call v..zation.-Stray Stores.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09
women aud outdoor Sports.

Some interesting people abroad have
been talking about women and outdoor
sports. Whatever may be said for or
against what woman does or does not
do, it is certain that the world never
seems tired of talking about her, says
the New York Times.
The Queen of RoHmania, who heads
the list of interesting people, apparent
ly fears that woman in sports will not
still be womanly. IF sport gives rise
to any disquietude with me-, she says,
SIT is because I fer to see the chlval-
rous man slain by the modern Amazon
Dr. Charcot does not object to any
thing that a woman does if she only
keeps as far as possible from reserl-
blance to a man, and is charming, gra-
cious, elegant, and, above all things, dis
tingue." With these qualifications wo-
men will retain their superiority over
men and man will remain, or rather.
once more become, gallant"
The Baroness Bertha Won Sutteer be-
lieves sports make for health, and would
only except hunting, which, while it
strengthens the muscles, hardens the
heart.
Dr. Max Nordau believes that under
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09
tor to Dozzeu Damn.
A Simple Device by Which, This May
be Accomplished.


he Accomplished
Hera is a discovery: A thin, black In
dia silk handkerchief tied over the eyes
is the best remedy for the annoyance of
the, early morning glare TO which In the-r
bedrooms most persons are now subjected.
This is nn army trick, commonly prac-
t;ced on the plans and in camp by those
desiring TO sleep after dawn, but never
before divulged TO the effete eastefhef.
Some officers scorn this eXpedlent, others
like ii, and the army woman resorts, 10
it always. 1t often happens, however,
that she does not possess black SIX
handkerchief, in which case she pms
back stocking over her eyes instead. ana
frequently her husband is not above peg
gine the other stocking. This solves the
problem of shutting out the light in g
most simple and effectual way
But the army woman says there IS no
reason why every woman living in prox-
unity 10 shops should not have black
India silk handkerchief. Blinds and avn
iugs. in addition 10 window shades, are
all very well to darkan room IL they
are on a house. but frequently they are
not, more particularly in the country,
where they are most neeGed- Iheh, even
in the event of having these iuNuries IN
hot weather many persons object TO using
mem because of the amount OF air these
things shut out from a room.
Every one knows in the migration from
town to country how annoying the curry
morning light is to the city pred, pafu-
cuIarly the women who do not have to rise
at the first crow of the cock in order to
catch a train TO business. Those people
who are summertng in hotels and board
ing houses commonly occupy rooms With
whitewashed or very light papered walls
and this reflects the strong light, which,
by o'clock these summer mornings, be
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09
CURRENT LITERATURE FOR BUSY READERS

eminent having duly advertised the date
OF this grand gift distribution, somebody
fired pistol into the air at the time Sc
lected, and nearly one hundred thousand
desperate, greedy folk burst through the
boundaries and ran for prizes. They had
coma from distances near and far, and
had camped for days near the border with
a saddle horse, a buggy, or farm wagon
and team. and for hours before the signal
had stood in line restrained by the militia
In that mad race brute strength, sethsn-
ness, and blind disregard of others We're
what won II racers horse fell, others
rode over him: il neighbor lost wheel.
so much the better; if women OF the aged
were not strong enough to keep the pace,
then there were fewer in the race.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09
The Modern Chaperon.

Formerly the greatest difficulty beset-
ting mnmmas who felt young and were
determined to appear SO was to keep their
rapidly elongating daughters out of sight,
knowing that the contrast between bios
soming ma;denhood and ripe maturity is
one TO be avoided.
At present the toughest problem is tc
keep these troublesome maidens adequate
~ chaperoned OF course no fashionable
mother ever appears in public with her
daughters. Yet she has to see TO- it that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09

mobiIfsed for service in China; but when
we read, in an account of the lynching
of a negro, that a company OF village
militia is being 'mobilsed,' then we think
that the time has come to draw the line.
for this sort of thing Is about as absurd
as it would be to speak of bar-room
brawl between a German and an Irish
man as IAN international crisis. Tne
way in which newspaper reporters leap
at any word switch happens to be new to
them and work it to death suggests that
they must start out on their professional
careers with a vocabulary of about eight
hundred words-The Bookman.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09
Z 1Ir,rr Gso V.

N1IS 1Sii1leeit Ui
Love and the summer both were young
And SO were man and maid,
When under leafy boushs l swung
Her hammock in the shade;
The birds in happiness above
With lyrics filled the air,
And here was Eden, here was love.
And here my sweetheart fair.
Thought T, no need of winning word
TO set her heart astir;
Silent. III let the poet birds
Sing of my love to her.
Dumb for an hour | sat. and this
Is just what happened then
turned and stole a timid kiss,
Another. and again.
What did she do? O. nothing much, :.
Except to laugh and say
Twas strange that men make love in such
a very frightened way:
And think What kisses had lost
In one hour. more or less;
But when l counted up their cost
She paid it with her yes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09
the oklahoma Races

Another reason why Oklahoma psaues
the interest. says Helen Chnrehssl Gaaass.
n M the rs ssnsen,ber Atlantic. is that almost
every one remembers the unique way :, =.
which il ssprang into being as a ana Ios
civilized men. and yet only NOSE VIC as j..
a es,r1y and It's injustices. First. the
land vas bought from the Indians and
s,,rvayeI IL, a plaid of mila-sauare sections
n..b stones or blazsd trees TO mark the
corners 1re Then the militia swept The coun-
trveof every unofficial being, and the gov
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09
Cvcr4yYarked Word.

We wonder when 1t will begin to occur
=, ,t1e newspapers that the word "mobil-
ise:,@ and its derivatives are being very
badly overworked The word came M
that is, as a favorite newspaper locutloa-
about the beginning Sof the Boers War var
md we are getting to be very weary
=nf it It is all we'll enough to announce
the fact, for example, that Great Brit
ain is mohllfsing her reserves OF even
that portion. OF cur small army e being
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09

NISCENCES OF AN OCTOGENA-
RAN" Is. T. johnson Company, Rich,
mond, Va. S.
Colonel Thomas L. Preston. OF the Uni
rersity of Virginia, the author of this
volume of sketches. is one of the best
known men in the State, a member OF one
the most important and widely-scattered
families. Colonel Preston has appeared
frequently before in the role of ia uthor,
and always with applause, and the fact
that his studies and his writing IN recent
years have all tended in the direction of
biography Indicates how well lifted he is
for the Accomplishment of the lately-tin-
ished work
The book gives clearly and Ia most.
entertaining style the facts IN the. settle
meut of Southwest Virginia; establishes
Colonel James Patton's claim to be consid-2
cred the II sxR1oratisn raises to
one William Preston. Colonel Buchanan
and Others, and presents a lively and inter-;