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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10

By virtue of deed Of trust from -: o. :.
aaa0; t THE 18th DAY OF NAY, 1900,
at 1 O'Clock P. NJ, in front of Chester
field Courthouse, offer for sale publicly
that TRACT OF LAND, containing 160
acres. about one mile east of the court
house, bounded by the lands OF John L.
Ellison, w. Shade and others, having 9
thereon a large dwelling-house and all
necessary out-buildings, being generally
known as the BeasIey tract. This is
very desirable farm. :.
TERMS: Cash as to cost of trust and
enough to pay note Of $500. with interest
from April l. 1896; balance, if any, upon
such credits as may be announced at
sale PHILIP v. COGBILL,
Trustee.
A. L. Adamson, Auctioneer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10

AL the annual meeting OF the Proyi-
den; Saving Bank Tuesday, the following
officers were reelected: S Galaski- presi-
dent; b. T Grpmp. rice-president, and
John Warrington. cashier.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10

TRUSTEES SALE
OF
.lHAT VERY DESIRABLE, CENTRAL
LY LOCATED
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
By C. II. Oliver, Auctioneer.
20 East Broad Street.

SALE OF GROCERIES, STORE FIX
TURES, REFRIGERATOR, ETC.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
: AUCTION sALEs--This Dav.
BY N. w. Bowe.
Real Estate Auctioneer.

TRUSTEES SALE OF An EXCEL
LENT FRAME DWELLING ON
TWENTY-THIKD STREET BETWEEN
r AND S STREETS, IN FAIRMOUNT.
WITH NEARLY ALL THE MODERN
coNVENIENcEs. AND WITH STA a;
BILE. CARRIAGE-HOESE ETC, EAST
or AND ADJACENT& TO THE CITY
OF RICHMOND.-By virtue of a deed
of trust to the undersigned dated Octo-
Der 10, 1885. and duly recorded in the
orfice of the clerk OF the County Court
of Henrico. in Deadlock 40 p; page
IS, there having been default in the pay
Inent Of portion of the debt thereby Sc
cured, and being directed SO to do by
the beneficiary, / Will sell, by public auc-
ton, on the premises, on
THURSDAY, MAY. 10, 1900.
at 6 e'ciockz 2. NJ, the excellent sDWELL-
INC above referred to. together with the
attractive lot on which it stands. 'front.'
ing 40 feet on the west side of Twenty
third Street between R and Streets
The house contains about eight rooms,
is Conveniently arranged. is supplied with
water &c, by means of a windmill. and
is altogether one of the most desirable
and comfortable homes to be found my
where. The lot is very broad, and has q
good stable and carriage-house on the
rear.
Trustee.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10

\. R-The auctioneer in his Individual
capacity will lend TO the buyer a large
part of the purchase-money for term
Of wears. my5
BY c. H Oliver. Auctioneer,
No 20 East Broad Street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-17
NO MORTGAGE TO BURN.
Handsome New Catholic Church Will
Be Paid For When Completed.

There is one church in Topeka at
which a mortgage burning proceeding
will never take place. This is the new
edifice erected by the congregation of
st. Joseph's German Catholic parish at
the corner of Third and Van Buren,
streets. The money on hand when the
construction of the church was COM
menced has been exhausted, and from
this time on until its completion work
viii progress only as there is money
ready to pay for it.
This is rather a unique system in
church building, but is one which sat
isles the pastor and his congregation.
When the church is completed it viii
be entirely out of debt. for no indebted
ness viii be incurred. Every month con-
tributions will enable something to be
done toward the completion of the edi-
flee, but the work accomplished will
cover only the amount on hand Beau
tiful stained glass windows will be put
in this month. and next month the in
terror finishing will be commenced. 1t
viii be some time before the church
will be ready for worship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-17
COWBOY BLACKSMITHING.

[F'rom the Arizona Grapevine
up at my camp near the Four
Peaks told Jim Bark, the we'll known
cattleman, "the boys are all handy with
a rife. We've a lot of guns up there
The old-fashioned black-powder Win
chester has been discarded and nothing
but the best goes. Most of the new
guns were bought during the Spanish
war, when we would experiment all day
with tree trunks and rough trenches,
learning the art of war at home. We
found that a bullet from one of the new
Winchesters, driven by smokeless pow
der, was good for four foot and more of
pine timber and for more than an inch
of iron.
I thought the boys had done about
everything in the shooting line that
could be done long ago, but I was mis-
taken. l sent them up a wagon. In
hauling down some firewood they broke
the holsters all to flinders. The. holsters
hold up the wagon bed, you know. Well
the boys figured out all right the re-
building of the wood parts, but came
near being stumped on the iron fixings.
They got some old iron wagon tires and
cut them in proper lengths, but hadn't
q way that they could see to punch the
necessary bolt holes. Finally the ques-
ton was solved. One of the boys care
fully marked the places for the bolts,
stood the piece of tire against a. tree and
put bullet, 30-caliber, through the tire
at each place marked. 1t was novel
sort of blacksmithing, but 1t worked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-17
MISS FERGUSON.

From the Chicago Times HERALD
Indiana Ferguson impatiently awaited
the evening. For week she had been
visiting her cousin, Silas Beck, and his
wife, and this evening Robert Scruggs
was to come. Had she known that Mr..
Scruggs was expected she would not
have dared to visit her cousin just at
this time. She was here, however, and
now that he was coming she did not
deceive herself by saying that she was
sorry
Miss Ferguson felt that she had been
unkind to Mr. Scruggs. He had offered
her his heart, and he was a sincere
man. She had answered coldly: "Mr.
less it seemed to her now. But there
had been Prof Edward Cantweu Reed,
and it seemed different then
Miss Ferguson was a mathematician.
Not that she ever did much in a prac-
teal way but she loved the science for
it's own sake. She and Prof Reed had
sat by the hour discussing problems in
which they were interested. But for
these meetings her answer to Mr..
Scruggs would have been different.
She now sat in meditation before the
bright fire. How stupid she had been,
she thought, to suppose that she could
enjoy sitting forever drilling away at
her mathematics! Do people ever marry
for that? What had Prof. Reed done?
Married that veritable chatSerbox and
naischief-loving Tomboy, Sadie Moore.
AS for herself, did she ever really love
Prof. Reed? Well, perhaps. Anyhow,
she was very stupid-she was sure she
was stupid.
And now-certainly fate had thrown
her in the way of the man who had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-17
THE asAPHo SENSATION.
olga Nethersole's Play Recalls Career
of seThe Clemenceau Case

Apropos of the sensation caused by the
appearance in New York of Olga Neither
sole in Clyde Fitch's dramatization of
+Sapho." writer in the Chicago Inter
Ocean recalls the career of THE Clemen-
ceau Case and predicts that all
"Sapho'' needs is sufficient rope. He
says:
1t is a significant fact that the gross
ly immoral on the stage is never perna-
nently successful. The t'Sapho'' affair
may be Iikened to the controversy over
1.-The Clemenceau Case a few years ago.
In the original characterization of this book
a young woman created temporary noto-
riety in New York by posing, in one,
scene. as an artists model and with only
a covering of fleshlings. This shock to
New York's morality was cleverly ex-
plotted much as the Fitch version of
'Sapho'' is being exploited. Presently
1.-THE Clemenceau Case was in evidence
all over the United States. No hamlet,
with a town hall, was too modest to boast
its own particular la and for few
months the strolling players, good. bad,
and Indifferent, reaped a harvest. But the
swift and merited. The thing was over
of it. The sensational press, having
doomed the nauseating thing beyond the
fascination of novelty, let it drop. Long
ago this play ceased to attract and to-
day is merely recollection: It was
never a meritorious piece of dramatic
work, viewed solely from the point of
play construction. But it was every bit as
clever as is Mr.. Fitch's eSaphe.'s It
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apparel Inquiries resulted in finding a
costumer's shop, and here some sort of
a costumes was secured for every char
acter except that of "Richelieu.'
Among the varied stock of the dealer
there was no red robe for the cardinal.
In point of costume the great cardinal is
the most important character in the play,
and every one of the searehers realized
that something had to be done. "Riche-
leu had to appear properly gowned on
the stage to save the piece from ridi-
cuIe.
make 8. cardinals gown be secured. His
suggestion was eagerly taken up as it
seemed to offer the only solution of the
difficulty When the party returned to
the theater several yards of turkey red
table cloth went with it, and the services
of the lady members of the company were
at once enlisted to build the red robe
for the great churchman-
The performance that night was late in
starting. but 'sRichelieu'' appeared in the
first act in a flowing red gown. The peo-
pie in the audience mentally noted that
it was the most peculiar cardinal s robe
that had ever come under their observa-
ton, but its popularity in no way inter-
fered with the action of the play. The
way it f1oated from the cardinals should
ers made the great churchman look a
little less dignified than was expected,
but that was all.
The next day the company was in To-
The night in Wichita. is probably the
only instance in history of *Richelieu''
appearing in a robe of red table-cloth ma
terial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-17
A Royal Palace in the Market.

The crown lease of Ethan court and
palace which forms one Of the most in
teresting links with the past which has
ever passed into the estate market, is
advertised for sale. It's history dates
from the time Of Edward the Confess
scr G042'6O. At that time the manor
belonged to the crown 1t was grant. d
by William the Conqueror to his
brother Odo, Earl of Kent, but reverted
to the crown. While the date OF the
erection of the palace is uncertain, it
IS known that it was a royal residence
from 1870 to 1928. John O. Ethan
Edward II, Edward III, Richard II,
Henry ", Henry Y. Henry VI, Edward
", Richard III Henry VII, Henry VIII,
Mary, Elizabeth and James all resided
at the palace. Tt was there, also, that
Edward III held his parliament, Rich
ard III entertained the captaive king
of France, Henry " was espoused to
Joan OF Navarro, and Edward Tvs
daughter Bridget was born. Aft-r pass
ing through other royal hands, the pa
ace came into the possession of Sir
John Shaw. It is from one of the three
parks known as the Middle park that
the Middle park plate" takes its name.
The present house retains the old moat,
and part of the original palace is still
standing.-Loudon Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-17
MRS. HERMANN MAY MARRY
Reported That She Will Become a
Russian Baroness.

It is probable that Mrs. Adelaide Herr
mann, widow of Hermann, the magician,
may be a, Russian baroness ere the robins
nest again.
Baron Ivan Svenorak Orskevitch, of the
Russian cavalry, holding the position of
captain and large quantities of wealth. is
mentioned as the man who is to marry
the charming widow.
Back of all it there is. a romance. The
wife visited Russia. They were enter
tanned by the Baron Orskevitch who was
charmed with the magician's wife The
Herrmanns left Russia, and Hermann in
the height of his career died.
The little widow blossomed out as a
business woman, then discovered that she
was a feature as a dancer, and dropped
magic.
She went in vaudeville and then she
heard from the baron The baron's let
ter left no doubt of his intention He
announced his love in manly way. Mrs.
Herman gave his advances a frosty re-
ception. Then the baron came to America
and woeed in person, but with i'll success
He went back to Russia. but Mrs. Herr
mann received many letters from him.
played in vaudeville theaters in the west
She got back to New York last Sunday,
and is now at PrOctor's Twenty-third
street house. The baron found time to
run over from Russia to San Francisco
and went east, closely following Mrs.
Herman
When the little dancer returned to New
York she wore a magnificent diamond
and sapphire ring. To a. close friend she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-17
TRUSTED BY WHITE MEN.

IFrom the Memphis Evening Soimitar
The Northeruer who is forever harp
ing upon the manner in which the ne
gro is kept down in the south might
open his eyes in wonder at the many
cases in which, negroes have been faith
full in their services for many years to
their employers. and. as a reward, hold
positions Of trust and are esteemed as
honest as any man by the white people
who know them. They are not put on a
social equality with white people, but
their station in life is far above that
which the northerner sets as the rank
of the negro in the south
A fair illustration Of this is to be had
in the case CT Prince A. Danuel, who fog
26 years has been in the employ of the
First National bank of this city. Dan
uel secured a position with the bank in
1874 as porter, and. after proving his
efficiency and integrity was given the
work of collecting to do. Never in all
the time of his service has he ever fail
ed to account for every cent of money
intrusted in him. His collections are al
ways u1ade accurately; in fact, he has
yet to make his first mistake in a mon
ey transaction.
In executing his duties at the bank
vast sums of money are handled by
him, and the money is as safe in his
hands as is the meat in the care of a
butchers dog.
So well is Danuel thought of by his
employers that not long ago the bank
gave him a trip to the north, his rail
road fare and all travelling expenses to
Chicago, Washington and other large
cities being betrayed by the bank Mr..
9. w Schultz. president of the bank,
gave him a letter Of Introduction to all
Of the banks in the cities he went to.
his letter made him a welcome visitor
wherever he went. He was looked up
on as kind of wonder. the idea of a
negro holding a position of trust in the
south being before that considered out
of the question.
Danuels face has for long been a IA
miliar one in Memphis. as for 40 years
this has been his home. His first stu
alton was years ago with the Missis-
sippi and Atlantic Steamship company.
This company operated line of steam
boats between New Orleans and St
Louis. Danuel was a general all-round
man on the eompany's wharf boat at
Memphis. where he gave the best salts
FACTION. His next place was with the
firm of Ellerton L. Dorr & Co, cotton
buyers. he was with his firm three
years as a. cotton sampler Danuel
served them well, and, owing to the
good character this firm gave him, Sc
cured the position he now fills at the
First National bank.
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Iiving without Salt and water.

Many people have accustomed them
selves to do without salt. and the other
day We recorded-with some scepticism
"a story that a busy medico of Hawic,
N B.. was in the habit of doing en-
tirely without water for drinking pur-
poses. This gentleman, DR.. John Had
don, now writes to US: I should like
to be allowed to assure you and your
readers that it is quite possible, if
strict vegetarian diet is adhered to.
We get plenty of fluid in a cup of tea
or in fruit and other foods and I find
it to be a great advantage. more es-
pecially when travelling, to be able to
do without drinking either. water or
milk, the well known vehicles of so
many diseases So there are teetotal-
ers who do not drink water.-London
Chronicle.
A Matter of Management.-s.Do you
think the public will regard this play
as immoraI?" asked the star. 1T de-
pends,'' replied the author, ION what
kind of a manager you get. If you
have some one who goes to sleep at his
work it probably won't get denounced
at alL''-W ashington Star
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truly loved her-the man whom she had
rejected He believed in woman's intu-
itiOn, and that intuition told her that
this was fortuitous. She was almost
happy.
When at last she heard Mr. Scruggs
stamping the wet snow off his boots ut
side the door she felt that she turned
little pale. She was certainly nervous
an unusual thing for her. When he adj
dressed her as Miss Ferguson it
sounded odd and cold. He used to call
her india
so you're acquaintedr' exclaimed
Mrs. Beck, as they sat about the fire,
her face radiant with amiability
''Now, I'm afraid Wen have to watch
you two. But then, if you'd a-been
marrying people-two such people as
you-you'd a-been married, both of you,
long ago"
you may trust Miss Ferguson an
sWered Mr.. ScruggS. I'm an auda-
cious scoundre1, you know, but you will
find Miss Ferguson as rigid aS-as the
north pole"
Miss Ferguson could not have felt
more uncomfortable than she did now.
To conceal her confusion she turned to
arrange some grasses in a vase, which
as soon as she touched it, tumbled to
the floor, breaking into a dozen pieces.
STOPPING quickly to pick these up, now
blushing very red, she awkwardIy up
set a large easel and its painting Then
she rose up very quickly and left the
fOOns H1OTEileQ TO the verge OIL deSpdlI
She wondered if she would ever dare to
see Mr.. Scruggs again.
The following morning she had her
brea kfast sent to her, complaining of a
headache, and did not venture down
stairs until she heard Mr.. Scruggs' foot
steps going out of the little gate and
down toward a cabin where one of his
queer fancies took him at every op-
portunity to converse with an ignorant
but self-important and garrulous
woodman settler Then she crept softly
down. and entered the Darlor-and
there sat Mr.. Scruggs looking into
the fire
With an effort Miss Ferguson con-
trolled herself.
Good morning, Mr.. Scruggs.'' she
|. said. 81 thought I heard you going out
this morning
Not I, this day. he replied. II am
disposed to NOPE. / have sent Silas
down to bring my woodman friend to
see if he cannot cheer me up. Are you
i'll. Miss Ferguson? I imagine that
you used to look stronger
Il am wen now" she answered 81
have changed since you saw me last"
Il believe you are more beautiful he
declared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-17
THEATER GOSSIP.
How S'Under the Red Robe'' Was
Produced Under Difficulties.
ImprOvised Costumes Used From
Dire Necessity.
A RED TABLE CLOTH.
1t Performed Function of Car
dinal's Gown.
Gossip About Theatrical People
and Their Plays.

The return of sfUnder the Red Robe to
the west this year brings to mind the ex-
perience of the company presenting the
piece in Wichita last season.
The company jumped from Leaven-
worth to Wichita, and through a mistake
on the part OF some one the baggage was
theater to dress for the performance in
the evening there were no costumes for
them to don.
CONSERVATION reigned supreme for sew
eral minutes. but as the performance had
to be given, excitement soon gave way
a hurried council of war the gentlemen
members of the company, headed by Will
lam Morris, who then playing gil
de Beraults'' sailed forth to hunt suitable
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a successful engagement OF ten perform
anees at Paget theater, HAVANA, Cuba,
on February "a.
Nine. Helena, Modjeska. is said to be
seriously considering an offer of $40, 900 for
d thirty weeks season in vaudeville. Her
manager denies it.
Viola Allen is to appear next season in
drama tization of F. Marion Crawford's
In the Palace of the King the opening
chapters of which were printed in the
March Mcclure.
Battle of the Strong" is to be produced
next year by D V. Arthur.
Fred E. Wright will next year control
Hoyts a Trip to ChIn in a Hole
have been booked for Topeka
don. Mr.. and Mrs. De Wolf Hopper (Nella
Bergen) and others of the Hopper organ
ization have. returned to America The
company will make a short tour of the
south with 1.-The Chariatan-''
Augustus Thomas, the playwright, is
spending the winter at Santa Barbara,
California He is engaged in writing a
new play.
Flo Irwin, after two seasons in vaudee--
vile vile, vii star next year in The Swell
west.
seen here in 1.-The Musketeers, early in
the season, has recovered from the pistol
wound which causd him to close the sea-
son in New Mexico The shooting was
accidental.
Bred in Old. Kentucky is now the
name of a play. 1t was recently copy
righted by Edward o. Risley and deals
with Kentucky life.
'sZaza'' is to be presented in London.
Mrs. Leslie Carter and her company will
sail for London April 4. David Belasco
will accompany them
Nat Goodwin's success The Cowboy
and the Lady will probably be secured
by Paul Gilmore for next season.
William Dean HowelIs. the novelist, has
written a vaudeville sketch, under the
title of Room 49, It deals in humor-
Gus way in the features of hotel life
Roland Reed is convalescing from an
operation for appendicitis However, the
physicians say a second operation will
have to be performed.
Jessie Bartlett Davis may appear with
Francis Wilson next season. The Wilson
company is already booked for Topeka
next year.
Nell-ssMaude is a very breezy girl
BELIEVES; she does dc a good bit of
blowing
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would be well, therefore, for the professed
reformers to allow 'sSapho" to Haunt its
vices for the brief time it may. Let it
cheaper itself. Put within the reach of
every one, it can not stand very long.
War on it is hardly necessary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-17
A CALENDAR PARTY.
rFrou the New York Tribune. I

IFrom the New York Tribune-l
At a pretty calendar party given re-
Gently by a young woman to her college
friends each of the girls wore a COS
tune representing one of the II months
of the year.
January was attired in a combina-
ton silk and wool gown trimmed with
white fur and from her left arm, SuS-
pended by a ribbon, hung a pair OF
small silver skates. February's cos
tunes was of sheer stuff. dotted here
and there with pink paper hearts. March
wore a gown of the palest green, en-
broidered in crocus design. April was
resplendent in a sole green and wore a
testers cap and carried his bells. May
wore a gown of profusely lowered or
candle and carried a small Maypole.
with floating ribbons Around her head
was a circlet of flowers. June's dress
was Powered with roses and she carried
a huge bunch in her hand. The nation
al colors were conspicuous in JulyS
costume and tiny flags decorated her
couture August wore yellow and white
and carried a tiny sheaf of wheat. Sep
TENDERS gown was decorated with a.
design of grapes, October's was cover
ed with autumn leaves. November was
brown edged with tiny bands of white
fur, and December's was red. with sill
yer bells. She wore in her hair holly
and mistletoe.
A small monthly calendar was passed
among the men, and each tore off a slip
and took to dinner the girl representing
the month that had fallen to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-17

Mrs. New1ywed (the artists wife,
you talked in your sleep last night
You said, That makes twenty dollars
that has gone into the kitty. What
Artist Newlywed (hastily)-"Yes, my
dear-er-eertain1y have just paid
twenty dollars down on a forty-dollar
Angora cat for you. I shall pay the
balance Saturday, when I sell this pic
ture. and bring home the cat. Judge
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Leon Hermann and his company closed
a successful engagement of ten perform
ances at Paget theater, Havana, Cuba,
on February "a.
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Theatrical Notes.

confded that the ring meant an engage
ment.