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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
THE WICKEDEST
CITY OF THEM ALL
Norfolk Picked Outas the Naughtiest
Place in the United
States,

In the light Of past crusades III Nor
folk, the people dread q recurrence But
the pcerIes pearl that sets by the sea
has been designated as the wickedest
wuker of them all, and the City Counsel
has decided that it is a. fling that can
not be lightly passed. and an injury unto
the morals of Norfolk has been officially
started in that body and nobody knows
what the harvest will be-
NICkEDEST CITY.
The Norfolk Dispatch OF the 9TH says:
Whereas, the attention OF this C0un
Gil has been called to statements made
in the public press Of New York city
greatly rejecting upon the moral con-
clifton of our city in the following hui
IRENE wickedness are Norfolk, Va. Sa-
yannah, Ga, and lexington KY. In
volume Of crime Norfolk exceeds that
OF Savannah to such an extent as to
overcome tbs small difference in seri-
Gus crimes, and the record Of being the
wickedest city in the United States Of
America must DE given to Norfolk, Va
CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
'.And further realizing the responsible
ity of this Council to the citizens of this
city for the proper enforcement OF its
laws, which are supposed to be of such
character as 10 largely prevent such pos
sitilties as herein set forth: be it
Resolved That a committee Of two
frcm this body ana one from the Select
branch be appointed to present these al
legged facts and figures TO the Board of
Police Commissioners, who under our
charter. are held largely responsible for
the proper enforcement OF the law. and
ascertain, first. if these statements are
correct, if it is not poss BILE that some
mistake has been made: but If found to
be true, to give this body some reasonable
explanation of such state OF affairs, to-
gether with their recommendations for q
correction of the evil that exists; that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
a WINNING BOY.
Earns His Medals by the Use of Good
EopI


\ yiclzsburs, Miss. boy, j. B. Smith.
corner Grove and Third Streets, says: II
have been studying very hard to try
ANA beat my room in examination
have been eating oatmeal and cream for
breakfast ali my life. Lately when the
hard study began [ did not feel Wet
enough to go TO school, ard tlere was
an examination ahead of me and an eN-
hibition, too.
Il was determined to so through tnis
examination, but felt SO sick all the time
that | didn't know how TO accomplish IL,
Well, mother saw the Grape-Suts i0o's
advertised! so she bought some ana s.1se
it to me for breakfast every iioiAt I
and you just ought to see Wfsat tiiis ioo0
did for me.
81 began to get well at cnce and grow
hearty and fat in spite OF my hStrd WORK.
above oil tl,at | did beat my room at ex-
amination. making general average that
YES tne highest mark in the room. am
also able to take part at the military dritl
tn-morr6w right at the exhibition ana
will try for the gold medal for general
e,celIerce If you think there Is any
question about this you can write 10 Bro.
{ Ca rbr,al cur principal, ana he Will tel
You that it Is true
II is of tine greatest importance h1;at
narents feed their growing children. dur
mo study, on the most nourishing food
pos sibie to obtain. and there IS 20 sies-
ton ON this score regarding Grape-Nuts.
sor tr, food is compounded of the ele-
,nents selected from the grams which so
+, Quickly make and rebuild the brain
sa,,d nerve centers. AIRY parent can prove
this statement by feeding the children
an Crane Nuts Obtained from any first
class grocer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09

Ericsson, and secretly contracted mar
rage with an adventuress. Determined
to save him from the consequence of his
indiscretOn. Dick Carewe allows Phyllis
to believe that q letter addressed to The
Imp 10y the adventures Is Intended for
him, and the young girl readily believes
this, because the letter. which was cere-
Iessly lost by 1.-The Imp" and found by
the young girls mother. is addressed to
MY Dear Dick" Phyllis and the moth
or determine to Withdraw from the home
OF Dick Carewe, as the letter alludes 10
his approaching marriage. This is
great blow to- Dick Carewe, for, uncon-
scicusly, his heart has gone out to 'Phyi-
lis, but he has long ago nerVed himself
to the sacrifice to insure the happiness
Of his dead friends boy. The struggle
between the love CT the man fer the
woman and his duty to The Imp is
as great an exhibition of emotional act
ing as has ever been witnessed.
The Soldier Man, the Doctor and Wat
ties resolve to help Dick to redeem the
hayward lad. Dick Carewe offers the
woman five thousand dollars if she will
let il be known she is the intimate Of
Carewe The adventures accepts the
proposition. and the friends believe such
an avowai from her will cure THE IMP
OF his infatuation. Too late. The boy
proclaims her as his wife, but the ad-
ventures touched by the generous sac
rifice Dick Carewe would make Will hot
be outshcne in her own love Of the true
ana good, so she returns the money TO
Dick, diSmisses her boyish over and
departs for the Continent. Phyllis has
learned how THE Imp lost the letter,
how she had misconstrued It's meaning;
how wrongly she had accused Dick, and
how he would have sacrificed himself
to keep her love for the boy unslliiied
by knowledge of his perdy; she has
learned too. that She never loved the
boy. but deep in her heart she has al
ways carried the image Of the man, her
friend, her ally, her professionalism Ca
rewe The mutual disclosure Of hi; owe
fur each other is another triumph of
dramatic art, and here, MIR. clarke
again displays his marvellous slsiH IN
natural acting
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
MUSCLE, AND NOT FAT.
What Thin People Need to Hound on
the Corners

What thin folks need is flesh or mus
Gle, not fat.
70 be symmetrical and properly pro-
portoncd every person should have L Ger
tam amount OF excess flesh, but to be
plump does not necessarily mean to oe
fat
Fat is undesirable; it clogs and retaras
the action OF the muscles, lnterleres WIZ,
the healthy action Of the heart and
lungs and when very excessive, predis-
roses to fatty degeneration OF vital or
sdus to say nothing Of the discomfort
resulting from too much adipose tissue.
Co&:naon sense wCrlC suggest that II one
washes 10 tpeconle lesny and plump the
tain, most needed would be flesh form
ing food--that is, albuminous foods like
eggs, beef oatmeal, etc.
The kinds OF food which make flesh are
the foods we have on our tables every
dav: but the trouble is that our Stonachs,
from weakness or arrangement of some
kind, do not promptly and properly digest
it.
Really. the principal reason so many
neople remain thin is because their stom-
achs do not properly and completely di-
gest and assimilate the flesh forming
beefsteak and eggs we eat every
day.
There are thousands Of such people, and
thew are really dyspeptics. although they
may not suffer any particular pain or in
CONVENIENCE from their stomachs.
IF such persons and all thin people would
take after Their meals some simple and
natural digestive, like stuart's Dyspepsia
Tahless. the food would be quickly diges-
tcs, and the proper degree Of plumpness
very soon results, because these tablets
arc prepared exactly for that purpose.
,rhav digest every variety of flesh form
inr food, which is the. real reason why
they the 50 quickly build up and strengthen
hin dyspeptic men and women.
st,,,rt,s Dyspepsia Tablets cure every
form Of indigestion on this common sense
taad promptly, giving strength to every
and organ in the ssn body and the
WeaNe. its natural visor. Nothing fur
t ,ser is required to cure any stomach.
liei,,1s exert cancer Of the stomach
T 1,ouo-I make thin. dyspeatic people strong,
r AThis excellent preparation is sold so
.a l4 for full-sized treatment by all drug
s e.Ists in United States Canada and Great
Rritnfu-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09

That NJ Coquelin is the greatest actor
in the world. the New York critics have
conceded. that "L'Aiglon,'' as played by
Bernhardt ind Coquelfn, is the most bril-
liant performance ever seen in this coun-
try, is an established fact.
A welI-knoWll New York critic says:
mo greater success, artistic, personal
and financial, has been made in New York
in many a day than has been Won by
Bernhard and Coquelin in Rost;lndS
-L'Aiglon' at The Garden Theatre. The
most brilliant audience that has gather
ed at any dramatic premiere here ushered
in the engagement last Monday night,
and every performance since has been
witnessed by notable gatherings that
have ever crowded the standing room.
The applause at every great point in
The play and the chorus of congratula-
lions that has summoned the principals
after every curtain have been singularly
hearty. These one-time comrades at the
Theatre Francois, these players who,
since they left the house Of Molfere, have
been accustomed to individual success in
the numerous metropolitan cities where
they have played, must feel. one would
think, that upon their artistic reunion
they have entered upon the greatest Pc
,iod Of their career
And they know it. When. after the cur
tain had fallen last Monday night. they
fell in each others arms behind the
scenes. and with genuine emotion, it
meant more than that they had indi-
vidualIy met with an extraordinary re-
ception, but that, together. they reallZ-
ed they had Iairly surpassed any OF their
individual triumphs won during the
twenty years of separation.
BETTER THAN IN PARIS
ssRotfl Mime. Bernhard and NJ tofue-
lin have freely said that the play never
went SO well in Paris as it has here in
New York It had a phenomenal run
there. filling the theatre all through what
We call the torrd dog days of summer.
when many other piayhouses had beg
CARLY array OF empty benches 1t must
have been a superb performance that
Nine Bernhard gave there, or Paris
art devoted, yet sometimes tickle Paris
would not have been held keenly inter
estcd month after month through the
hot midsummer evenings. nightly crowd
ing the house 10 see Sarah Bernhard in
L'AiElon.'
yet. as just said, both actors say that
no such results We're obtained there. no
such artistic iinesse was exhibited then
ms now. It is not only that n. Coquelin
has come to add the strength of his
lTIanbeau To her L'Aiglon, but that each
has been so inspired by the other, SO
stirred to greater achievements, that they
both fave been carried to higher planes
of dramatic enthusiasm and power
"a rare dramatic treat it has been. ana
one that New York has been enjoying
and will enjoy to the full during the re-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
BLEEDING PILES
And all Forms Of This Common and
Annoying Disease Cured by inc
Pyramid Pile Cure.

Thousands of men and women suffer
from some form OF piles without ether
knowing the exact nature OF the lrounle'
or. Knowing it, carelessly allow II TO run
without using The simple means Oh d
radical cure.
The failure OF salves and ointment TO
cure piles has led many sufferers 10
believe the only permanent cure TO De
q surgical operation, but surgical opera
lions arc dangerous TO life, and, more
over, very expensive. ana pN no hiea's
always, or even often, successful
The safest and surest way to cure any
case of piles. whether, itching, protrudinS
or bleeding. is TO use the Pyramid Pilc
cure. composed of healing vegetable oilS,
and absolutely free from mineral polsons
and opates.
Mr.. William Handschu, of Pittsbnrg'
Pa, after suffering severely from bleed
ing piles. writes as follows:
Il take pleasure writing these Few mes
10 let you know that / did not sleep Tor
,hree months except for a short time
each night, because of bad case oil
bleeding piles. l was down in bed,
end doctors did me good.
"a good brother told me of the Pyramid
Pile Cure, and bought from my druggist
three 5o-cent boxes. They completely
cured me, and l will soon be able TO so
10 my work again.
The Pyramid Pile Cure is not only the
safest and Surest pile remedy, but il is
BY far the widest-known and most pop
MAR. because so many thousands have
tried ii and found it exactly as repre-
scented.
Every physician and druggist in the
rovnsry knows the pyramid Pile Cure and
what It will do
Send 10 Pyramid Drug Company. Mar
shall. Mich. for little book on Cause and
Cure of Piles. mailed free to any address.
or. better yet, get Il 5o-cent box of the
remedy itself at The nearest drug store
and try It tonight
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
MORN NIGHT AND DAY

time.
WORK NIGHT AND DAY.
"rhis has been d trying week for both
of these players, a week of exceedingly
hard labor for not only have they mad
the cxhausting excitement OF Monday
premier, followed by five evening per
fo1lnances and two matinees, but there
have been hours given almost daily
daily by NJ Coquein and almost as ire
q1Iently by Nine. Bernbardt-to severe
rehearsals of 'Cyranc' and of la
T0sca.' which latter is to follow "Cyiaro'
the week after next Mime. Sarah mas
spared herself q little: that is, she has
stolen time for a drive in the park now
and then, and has not given every after
noon to rehearsing or playing.
But NJ Coquelin has been hard at il
morning, noon and night. Not day
ha.; passed but had you dropped in at
the Garden Theatre you would have found
Cyrano or the Scarpia of La Tosca'
rehearsing for dear life. as a young actor
hoping for success. not d veteran who
was sure of it, might work and strive
over his role. At all events, there was
something new tor him TO learn as Scar
pia, for, strange to say, in all the years
that Coquelin has been on the boards
and all the many parts he has played
when Rcrnhardt stabs him to death in
la Tosca' it will be the first time he
mas ever Decn SlllGQ on the stage
COST s., 500 EACH NIGHT.
at is telling no state secrets. repeat
ing no consequences, to say that, count
ing up the guarantee to the stars and
ali the expenses of the tour. Mr.. Grau's
company costs him about $500 a night.
1t is and easy matter for You, if you are
so inclined, to look at any theatrical
guide-book and cast up the seating capa-
city Of the houses where the Bernhardt-
Coquelin Company will play.
Multiply the number of seats Ply the
prices charged and subtract the $3.50 and
the rent. or sharing terms, from the total
box-ottice receipts possible it the houses
are filled nightly, and you will find that
Mr.. Grau cannot make over 500 a night
if every seat is taken. And if there
should he even a moderate percentage
of seats unsoId he would be a heavy
loser. 1t is The hardest kind of hard
work 10 mako $500 Z night in the theatrical
profession. and Just the easiest thing you
ever heard of 10 lose twice that sum
do You wonder that M. Grau out in
San Francisco, had his ear to the New
York wire Monday night, waiting to hear
the message clicked off that would tell
him of good fortune or disappointment?
The message was one of good fortune,
however. and every night since the wires
have been telling the same pleasant story
from the stage and the box-ofice of the
Garden Theatre"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
THE TEAMS COLLIE ed.
Horses Get Tangled Up in Pecniiar
Manner on Main Street

An ice wagon OF the Mutual Ice Com
nanv in charge of Jacob Evans (colored),
came into contact with q delivery wagon
driven by another negro. at Twelfth and
Main Streets, at 10 O'Clock yesterday
morning
In some manner when the driver of the
wagon was crossing the street IN order %
allow the car to pass the front left wheel
caught the front leg OF one OF the horses
of tbe ice wagon and before the driver
OF the delivery wagon could stop his horse
the foot OF the ice-wason horse WIS
wedsed in between the shaft and axle.
Both horses fell heavily to me sfeana
and received several bruises aud erts-
The bystanders succeeded in reiea tII ,as
horses foot from It's uncotifLotS sao's pes.-
ton after a hard struggle
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
Now z ady
WapTQCE- Richardson
ALhl1nA(,.
------ ------
IoaH 7. WEST.
North 7.h Street. PnDhshef.
RICHMOND, VA.

this committee may make it's report back
10 the Council at the January meeting.
INQUIRY AS TO MORALS
After TINS fashion Councilman SouthSltf
last night started an inquiry into the NOR
ais OF Norfolk y wee crusade OF some
kind or another is almost sure 10 loifvsY.
and Norfolk will probably undergo. at the
hands OF the city government, q crusade
os the same kind that Tarnniany is at the
present vvaging in New York.
Mr.. Triton objected to the Council dis-
nifv!nzs suca a publication as Town Topi,;s
hv notice of this kind, and some difficulty
was experienced in having the Feso' lSioi's
Irhe Council made an appropriation for
. stenograpaer for tFrs Mayor. allowing
for that functioRary the sum of $50 per
month
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
Not 10 Apply to the Courts.

The Passenger and Power COMPANY VIII
nor amply To the courts for an injunction
10 restrain the Traction Company from
running its cars or Main Street
II seems that the company has never
seriously Contemplated fighting the mat
ter out In the courts
No steps have been taken as yet look
ing to the appointment OF arbttrators to
determine what the Traction COMPANY
should pay the Passenger and Power
Company for the use of its tracks.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
Honor Their Fellow.

rho Richmond Academy OF Medicine
80 s,Iraerv met at the Jefferson last
~, md adopted appropriate resolutions
~ t,,7 tbs death OF DIR. Frank 5. ilarker.
Addresses were made by prS. j " Up
sh,tr and Hose. The following COMMITTEES
go 80. snr>osnrsfi 10 draft resolutions: Dr.
y, n foge. Jr.. l. Is. Edwards. a. G.
pa1rre-. Charles siegle and w. j. West.
DR.. Oppenhirner presided. and Dr.
r,e,-ser recorded.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
AMUSE NENTS.

secret Service by William Gillette,
aptt1or also of The Professor. The
~, .;Sherlosll Holmes '.Air. VIII
5tirson's Widows and TOO Much john
son will be given at the Academy next
Wednesday and Thursday. There Will
be a matinee on Thursday
No play was ever taken so closely and
warmly TO the metropolitan theatrc-go-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
Making Preparations.

Elaborate preparations are being made
~, Damnn Lodge, No. Z, Knights of Pyth-
las for the celebration Of the thirty-third
anniversary of the lodge on the night Of
December 2Sth
TIE committee in charge of the ar
rangenlents consists OF Colonel John L.
s,,tte,,fieid. Charles II. Lester, Robert
% ord, b. B. Arnold. William P. Wood
Son CHARLES II. Burton. r. A. Hughes
and Wortley Dickie.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
Medical Beard to Meet.

Tho state Board of Medical Examiners
,,.;l, meet in the hall of the House of
Delegates on the 18th instant. and Will
remain in session four days.
II is understood that Large number OF
vo,,np doctors will apply for examination
for license to practice medicine In VIZ
ginfa
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
cnarree, With Grand larceny.

John Collier. a white man, was arrested
by Officer Thomas yesterday morning and
lodged In. the Third station. Collier IS
charged with larceny of a gold watch
and chain. valued ar $50, from H. G.
Rooney.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
T,,o,, TO be a .Crool1."

Detectives Gibson and Wrenn took in
tow yesterday one William Gray {col-
ored) who is charged with being s'1s-
picious character. Tt is thought that Gray
is wanted on other charges. 49,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
Threarened His Life.

Because C. II. Robinson SAYS Willie
New, a white man. threatened hss hfe
officer Sale took New IN charge ana
lodged him in the Third Poles Station
yesterday morning
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09

mainder of the week. Then the play viii
be withdrawn. as .Cyrano de Bergerac'
will be put on for week, with NJ. Coque-
lin in his famous role of Cyrano. Mime
Bernhard playing RoNane for the first
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
IN SOCIETY CIRCLES.

The most important events in society
| circles of the season was the Guessing
| Tea and Shadow Party given at the mag
| nificent residence of Councilman f. II.
CARRIER, Of Graham Street on Thursday
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
STREET-CAR ACCIDENT

DR.. r. T. kearns, city physician to the
poor had a narrow escape from death on
Monday afternoon, about $50 O'Clock,
while out visiting his patients.
Dr. Kearns was seated in his buggy and
was driving out Hague Street, into Les
ter Street, when his buggy was struck
by Car No. IS, of the Main Street line, in
charge of Motorman Bryant and Conduc-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09

The accitent is due, not to the fault of
the motormau, but to the narrowness of
Hague Street ana Lester at that point.
The car tracks are only about three feet
from the pavement at this point, and it
was impossible for the motorman to see
the buggy until he was upon it. DIR.
Kearl2s escaped with a few bruises, but
his horse and buggy are damaged.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-12-28
Gooi Word. for Sugar City.

Tho sugar beet industry in Colorado
promises 10 be ono of the great
enterprises OF Colorado. At least, John
@. Abbott Of Hartford. Conn. one Of
the principal owners OF the National
Sugar Beet compnny's factory at Sugar
City. says 90. and he il in n position to
know. Dnring the last ycnr city OF
800 inhabitants has grown mp around
the factory. Mr.. Abbott said: 1.-The
beets that nrc grown nbout Sugar City
contain the highest per cent of sacchar.
inc matter of any that can bc found. In
stead OF IL per cent, on which onr esti-
mnte OF the value OF beets was based,
they run from Is to 90 per cent. A test
OF the sugar turned out was made and
give ~ per cent pure. The farmers
were guaranteed SL50 per ton for beets
containing Is per cent OF saccharine
matter. They have received about 81 n
ton for the beets, instead, because OF the
higher degree. and are accordingly
happy. The city is crowded with peo.
pie, and during the three weeks that I
wna there ns many M 25 houses were
bnilt, and there are great many people
living in tents who cannot get houses to
live in."-Bent County Democrat.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-12-28

The Nebraska Dairyman, published Mt
Lincoln. by ]. p. lsreal, nm old friend OF
the editor of the Enterprise. has this
good advice in recent issue: "A farmer
OF our acquaintance. who has n large
family OF children OF assorted ages, has
no trouble IN keeping them happy and
consented Mt home. The house has n
large and comfortable sitting ROOM"
where the children spend the long winter
evenings having all kinds of good time.
AT an expense OF sixty cents month,
the wise farmer gets half dozen OF the
popular illustrated magazines, and it
may be imagined how much the young
folks enjoy them. Then the room is
equipped with crokinole board and
other devices calculated to drive dull
care away, and when the folks are tired
OF reading they line up for quiet game.
An evening spent in that home would be
revelation to many farmers, who can't
imagine why their children want to be
chasing to town in the evenings. Most
OF the western farmers are prosperous
enough to make their homes comfortable
and pleasant for the rising generation,
and it is profitable to do So"