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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-03

45-inch Plain White Round
Thread Curtain Scrim, for cur
tains, tides, bureau searfs,
etc. SPECIAL PRICE, per
yard ------.-,.-.... zoe
42-ineh Plain Swisses for Cur
tains; very sheer quality and
very VERY low at the
SPECIAL PRICE, per yd.. 15c
Plain Swiss Ruffiing, for cur
tains; gives a touch of dainti-
ness and finish that is well
worth the small outlay
Satin Derby Portieres, in big
variety of colors, new and most
effective; finished on side and
bottom with heavy silk cord-at
the wonderfully low price
in this SPECIAL SALE
Vi III. 10
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-03

Lot of 100 Toilet Sets, vi Il
slop jars; in the popular Argyle
shape and burned-in decora-
lions. Regular $4.25 value Most
extraordinary privilege
at the SPECIAL PRICE. So. SO
10-piece Toilet Sets, of large
shape, with rolI-edge basin;
decorated in SIX solo co,or
shading and rich natural flow
ers and gold Regular So
value. SPECIAL PRICE. 1898
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-03

The London Telegraph with some
acerbity denies the statement that Ameri-
can women are unable TO find hosiery
suitable to their small and delicate IN
derstandings- But it qualities the general
denial by saying that If the American fe-
male foot is smaller than the English ar
ticle it is because our feminine pedals
are undeveloped. for lack of exercise, and
because their owners indulge to excess in
ice cream and candy. The Telegraph"
is envious and malicious, but il might
take comfort in the fact. to it probably
unknown, that there are several and ex-
tremely variant types of American feet.
That prevalent in Chicago, for instance,
could readily accommodate itself to the
opuIent and fiat dimensions of the Brit
ish article of hose. which it would fill
and possibly stretch TO the limit of elias
ITCHY
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-03

2SoO Clear Crystal Tumblers tops
with huted bottom for table price
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-03

! Challenge Clothes Wiring
ers; with hardwood frame and
large rubber rollers;
worth $50. SPECIAL...SI.I5
Mrs. Potts Flat Irons. 5 in
the set, including handle
and stand. Worth 81
SPECIAL .--......-...-.-..7 9c
Granite Iron Preserving Ket-
ties: Z0-duart size: worth
s1.50. SPECIAL ..........79c
Granite Iron Wash Basins.
10-inch size; worth zoe.
SPECIAL ...-............ Sc
Granite Iron Bread Raisers,
14-quart size: worth 81.
SPECIAL ....... sec
Granite Iron Drinking Cups.
1-2-pint size; worth 10c.
SPECIAL &c
Granite Iron Coffee Boilers.
6-quart size; worth Csc.
SPECIAL ..... 39c
Granite Iron Preserving
Spoons; 17-inches long;
worth zoe SPECIAL .1Oc
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-03

go White Stone China Stop
Jars, worth Sc. Spe- E0C
Observation-Disclosures u
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-03

24-inch Silk Escroll Furniture
Plush; in shades that are just
making their first appear
ance SPECIAL PRICE,
per yard. .........,.. 90
50-inch Fine French Tapestry
Furniture Covering, in delicate
coIorings and dainty small pat
terms. SPECIAL PRICE,
per yard l, 20
500 Uncovered Down Sofa Pill
lows, full filed and good quality.
All sizes and every size at
SPECIAL PRICE:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15

tanned here in a small way an idea OF the
development which is going on through
ont tbe State and indeed throughout the
entire south
First comes that portion OF the line ex-
tending from Mineral. on The CnesapSake
and Ohio Railroad TO HoLladay on tle
border of Spotsyivania county here the
principal industry IS the mining OF ron
nvrrtes. from which Suiphuric acid IS man
fractured. Between Minsrai and a point
four and oue-half miles north four mines
ar. in apera,ten They are known as the
Armfni,is nine. the Boyd Smith mine, the
S,1Iuht1r mines and the finder Flat nins.
These mines give steady employment 10
500 or coo hands al good wages, and one OF
them al least Is advertising Tor more men.
This mining section was formerly one o.
the poorest and most deso!ase looking III
Louise county The investment or many
hfndr4f1 thousand dollars in the develop
ment OF the pyrites MINIS has WFousht a
marvellous change IL III. ne! gnGarhopG
which has TAKEN on az appearance OF
thrift. and prosperity The effec.s OF ths
money paid out in wages to their employs
by. the various companies operating aefs
ara already in evidence aiong the hssh-
way for :. distance of from eight 10 Ten
mile.-tFet !s TO say from MiHera! 70 tis
scotsvfvaria line. One IS hardly ou- O.
sight OF a fous. for this entire distance
After crossing the Spotsylvania ooun-
dairy the telephone line passes throusn .
section of excellent farming RaF. LOT
distance of six miles extending from tI.s
North Anna River % Captain Mm NJ =.
Btscoe,s. Here again in a nejshbosho BOD
remote from any city or town and OIL I aae
line of any railroad i Is itpussio.s no.
to note the evidences OF iIflp'oFeiAie4.s elni
prosperity. Especially is this true OF the
Hslynont section. where good residences
and barns. clean bitches ana fence rows w.
- .,,,a teams bear testimony 10 the
energy, Industry, good management and
thrift OF the farmers
II would not be true to say that all the
farmers are making money. That IS not
10 be expected. But beginning at the
srotsyivania line and going north almost
every farm along the highway or within
a mile of 1t on either hand shows to the
most casual observer that the owners are
improving their lands. their fences and
s1epsaYh buildings .Amonsihnsa hsst knaHn
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15
DEVELOP .MENT OF
TELEP HONE LINES
Opening Communication Across an
Isolated Belt.
CONNECTS THREE DISTRICTS.
scenes of Thrift and Industry in Sec
t,ons Heretofore Regarded as Poor
and sterile Land-Farmers Who
Are in it for Business.
CONNECTS THREE DISTRICTS.

HoLLADAY VA, July A-Special--The
Louisa Telephone Company has completed
lis linz from Mineral on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad. in Louisa county,
across the upper end of spotsylvania coun-
" TO finders station on the Piedmont,
Eredesicksburg and Potomac Railroad IN
Orange county. This IS an Important
link in the lines OF the Louisa Telephone
Company. as it viii bring an extensive
territory in close touch with the world
At Louisa this line will give the people
prompt communication with Richmond
over the long distance telephone. line
which has just been opened by the Louisa
Telephone COMPANY AT finders station
1t will give them the means OF communi-
eating with Fredericksburg over the tele-
phone line extending from that place TO
Orange Courthouse.
The opening of the line from Mineral
to finders station may be said 10 mark
an era in the industrial history OF this
section. The subject IS an interesting one
because this line. in the total distance OF
twenty miles which it traverses, passes
through three distinct and clearly defined
localities, In which the people are de-
pendent upon dissimiiar Industries for a
1tXalthpod. There max therefora be -nns
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15

ana most worthy of note may be naen-
toned the tgrms of W}uam 2. ard Ed
ward L. ,Nuckols, John Waller Efo.iatIay,
7. T. billiard. Fat. T. Taylor, r. VerrIe
Graves. Charles Z. Peaks. James j..
Broaddus, Julian r Kendall Mrs B. f.
Graves. Prof. K e Powell. Hugh O.
Dickinson. Edward T. Young, Arthur c.
Dickinson, Willie 5 Johnson. Eddie
Estes DR.. J. D. Pulliam Hon. James u.
Powell. Robert l. Blscoe, George W.
t'hewning y w. Chewing, ]. H. Bisese
aud John Swift
These farms ara not the fads Of wealthy
Ires,, they are not the sumner homes OF
city people. they are not truck farms or
stoci: farms. and fancy farming IS q thing
unknown in this section. Every farm =
worked for what there is in Il, and with
few exceptions the owners are dependent
upon th=fr farms IL livelihood. They
are not favored in any degree above the
average farmer throughout the safe and
country. and they show IN a most torcl1te
way that even under many adverse condi-
tons energy industry and g1od Judgment
can make the cultivation of the soil
profitable occupation.
Between Capt YIN. e. Biscoe's and
finders station, distance of about SIX
miles lies u timber belt. where the prinei-
pal industry for many years has been la
getting Here the soil was originally thin
and the ne ghbornoed was formerly re-
garded as worthless fot agricultural pu>-
poses. The improvement here Is no less
perceptibe than in the other neighborhoods
which have been described. The people
hav. had to make hard fight asasnst
very trying conditions, but the Evidences
OF Industry, enterprise ana thrift are url-
denlahe and there can be lite dau5l that
another generation VIII SEE this section
converted into q prosperous farming COM
mua.-r.
As a rule the area in cultivation by
each lard owner is small and this fact
viii tend 10 make the Improvement OF
lands much more rapbt than III sections
where the soil is naturally good for tnere
the farms are almost always large. ana
it is Impossible to give them the same
care and fertilization rnat can be given
to small area. IL is already q subject Of
remark that in this portion OF the state
the section and neighborh0ods formerly
regarded as unfit for agricultural p11r-
poses are showing most Improvement and
most enterprise.
This is a very hopeful sign and II II
ho,d good throughout the State 1t VIII
produce far reaching effects upoa the
Industrial. social and political life and
development of the people
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15

ANY person who thinks the path Oh
civ Councilman is strewn with roses IS
mistaken Nothing is farther from the
truth, as several of the city lawmakers in
Richmond are willing to testify.
l talked with II new member VINO retAt-
ed to mo his experiences.
.soon after my nomination, which was
equivalent to an election. said ne my
misery commenced. I do not Think | am
exaggerating when 1 say that not less
than one hundred people have personally
called to ask my support for various
offices. I started out by deciding that
would support all the ms unless good
reasons could be shown for changes. Ihls
helped me considerably. I was thus en-
al,ied to convince many would-be office
holders that they should not further pur-
sue their aspirations. When | argued that
it would be a bad policy to turn a good
man out of Office simply to make room Tor
another, the average sensible man was
forced to admit the soundness OF such
proposition.
But there are people who can never
see a matter in the light that you view
it. the gentleman went on to explain
They would come 20 me with ali sorts
of pecuIiar claims Some Were from my
ward And when the average councilman
is appealed to to stand up for some per
son from the section of the city that ne
asnac;allv represents, that is a powerful
argument in itself. The councilman
wants to please those who put nm IN OIL
fee On the other hand, he dlShkeS 10
vote against a worthy ottice-holder sim
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15

towns, ard it is announced that he more
old-fashioned the awakeninss are the bet
ter.
Chautauqua, the original one. had last
season the largest number of visitors in
its history. This year it expects an even
larger crowd. for its new catci-word or
advertising phrase. "A System of Popular
Education has taken the public fancy.
The programme for the meetings to be
held in August covers world politics, 18th
century history, social lie, and Greek
history and literature. The South Afri-
can war, missions, and China will be dis
cIssed. There has been deay about plans
for the new Hall of the Christ, but the
specifications have been finally accepted.
and the cornerstone of the remarkable
structure is to be laid during this sum-
mer's session The number Of other
Chautauquas now reaches twenty, and.
while none are financially associated with
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15

ply to have him succeeded by one OF his
own constituents.
ST have spent sleepless nights: in fact.
very many Of them. The office-seeker
who knows the political ropes and who IS
smart. adopts many methods to secure
your vote | Will cite you a case: A gen
tIeman in my ward. who is a particular
friend Of mine. wanted a certain position.
The man in Office was a most competent
Official, and | did not want TO turn him
out. told my friend So He agreed with
me that the arguments | advanced were
all logical When he left l thought he
had determined in his mind to give
I'D the fight But my troubles had hard
" begun l belong to a certain church
and to several secret organizations. First
there came to me my pastor. who plead
ed with me to support our brother. Next
I was visited by various influential mem
hers of the congregation-both ladies and
gentlemen. Ny brethren of various lodges
called. and finally influential politicians in
the ward who had contributed largely to
nv political success visited me Final
". was forced against my convictions to
promise to vote to turn a good man out
of office and to put a good man INNS
OF office and 10 put a good man in MS
ever that my constituent had only one
vote besides my own. and Mt his request
his name was not presented.
II am firmly. of the opinion" the gentle
man said in conclusion, that council
mans life can be easily rendered mtser-
able. But there is some sort OF a fasei-
nation in serving the city free of charge
and few councilmen get tired OF their
Jobs
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15
FLOATING SCHOOL
ON THE HUDSON
The Plan of the Salvation Army This
Year.
SUCCESS OF THE CHAUTAUQUA.
The Roman Catholic Missionaries i'll
the Ear East-Nonc OF Them
Are Americans -Helis-
ious News
Cw-itten for The Times.)

wv lpi nc IAiiiS-7.P
A floating school on the Hudson river
Is an innovation of the Salvation Army
this year. The Army gets its officers
by training volunteers from all parts OF
the country. The school is in session
four months, ana three classes are gradu-
ated each year. Army officers al almost
5aa posts. some as far west as san Fran
cisco. have just been changed, ana INTO
the inevitable vacancies have been put
the last graduating class Of forty-two
Instead of holding the summer session
in d hot building on shore. the expert
ment is now TO be made OF holding ii on
board a river float. Lectures on Army
methods and Bible facts are to be given
each forenoon. personal visitauons VIII
be made afternoons. and at night mass
meetings will be held on the boat rms
floating chapel Is 10 be towed TO HUDSON
river towns. a few days beng devoted to
each town. The session opens on August
Sd, but the boat is TO be placed IN COM
mission on Sunday. July I'D
A REVIVAL MOVEMENT
Nethodists have thought wise to plan
Notwithstanding revival movement as
an Offset TO the Notwithstanding money
raising movement The new department
was ordered by the last General Confer.
ence, and the Revival Commission has
been organized. Bishop Thohurn. who IS
MOI 10 return 10 inCia 10Y d lSette-s
month or more. is at the head of the
movement. and Willis w. Cooper has been
made general secretary. Mr.. Cooper IS
the lay secretary Of the student plan for
Visitation 10 churches during the summer
On behalf OF foreign missions. which
scheme was tnaugurate5 first by Method
lists II is announced that Secretary
Cooper will no, visit the churches. but
Will depend upon appeals and correspond
Fhranvf 10
J. Sor,s are TO be made to hold thousands
az 4nthodist 1eySya1s. eSpecisjly In small
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15
School of Journalism Graduates.

An evening newspaper % the Fnses
bowl ard pink tea variety gives 20 the
world this neadline: KILLED by Light
ming Woman and Mule DE Instantly
'rhi5 fs q fit ,.5rnpanion piece 20 another
headline nubIisted recently, which ar
nounced that. Two Lives Go out IN a
seorrn-One a Cow ''-lndanapoIis Sen
tineI
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15
Love. Poetry ano Cooking Recipes,

Jimsey-I forr.l a. wcman's pocket book
: estertiav.
Joey-Golly, amt you lucky, Was they
a lot o. de stuff in it?
Jimsey-Ccurse not sillv' Didn't I say
twas a woman s.-Philadelnhia Bullatin.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15
Att,le Boarding House.

The conversation had assumed liter
airy vein when the dressmaker entered.
The drug clerk, wishing to draw her into
the discussion, asked:
what do YOU think Of Excelsior Miss
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15

On Brazilian railroads no baggage IS
+r,,nsanrteti free and q passenger Is al
lowed to take with him into the coach
only a small handbag.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15
E.ccpe when He's in Love.

He-Then you consider woman more
intelligent than man:
Miss New-Decidedly. Man hasn't even
intelligence enough to recognize. his in
ferfosiy-PrEk.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15

..Oh. my!, she said: Excelsior Is out
of date long ago. Braided wire is the fav-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15

AS no one knew who wrote Braided
Wire. the conversation went back to
..Ouo yadis."-Baltimore American.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15

Howe in his History of virginin. pub
lished in 1A5 says: The name Roa-
noke ia derived from a small creek run
ming through the plantation OF Randolph"
RQA.NnLkE RIVER
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15
IIIE PATH OF A COUNCILMAN IS NOT
STREWN WITH FRAGRANT FLOWERS
q New Member Tells of His Experiences-Various
influences Brought TO Bear Upon Him to
CAPTURE His Vote for Certain Person
for a Particular Position.

ply to have him succeeded by one OF his
own constituents,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15

Chase City, Va
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15

Old people who knew Mr.. Randolph
have told me that the attix "of Roanoke
was taken from the name of the creek.
He said it was an Indian name. ind he
prided himself on his Indian blood being
descended in the seventh generation from
POCahontaS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15

Until few years ago Randolph sta
ton, on the Richmond and Danvlle Rail
road, was called Roanoke, as it is stu
ated about one hundred yards from the
creek and two miles from the Randolph
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-14
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Quotations Of Staple Products in the
Leading Markets
Ne. vera stock, Money and Grsti'
Market Review

New York, December 10 The stock
market today was less under the tniu-
epoe OF the strength Of individual stocks
AMI more under that of the coming exi-
aencies of the money market. Even the
sensational and buoyant rise in the Erie
stocks of the last half hour hardly served
to more than check the liquidation which
was an active force in the general marker.
The manfred announcement that n con-
tract Of sale had been signed between the
Pennsylvania Coal company and syndi-
cate headsd by the central power IN tne
anthracite trade was the cause oil TINS
buoyant bid for Pennsylvania coal. One
hundred shares were sold at 30 anu an
other at T4O Last night the stock was olo
bid and $40 asked. some nrmness was
manifested in the Southwestern railroads
on buying seemingly in the interests Oh
the bull pool. Otherwise, selling was
general throughout the list,
The large ABSORPTION OF special stocks
earlier IN the week by powerful financial
interests with independent resource s mas
encouraged the hope among speculative
opsrators that some relief was to be
forthcoming from the threatened strin'
gency In the money supply. Another
hope was that the rice In The money rate
here would bring gold from London
But the frmer tendency OF exchange
late yesterday and more emphatieally this
morning has brought the speculative con
tingent face to face with the certainty OF
a very wcaF bark statement on Saturday.
On None he checks In payment
of the St4nouId Oil dividend VIII pass
through the clearing bouse. involving
the disbursement OF $l0,C0O,g00 The
preparations for this disbursement Is
likely to make additional inroads on
available credits and so increase reserve
requirements The bonds Of the Erie
contrary ana some of the Southwestern
railroads were in demand today. Other
wise the lond market was rather rsac-
tionary. Total sales, par value, 81, 1855. QUO.
u, 5. refundlng 2 advanced Is, and old
as IL and 6's. l-2 ger cent on the last
call,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-14
MANsUK b. CAKES ASHORE

Gloucester, Mass, December lS.-The
schooner which went ashore here last
night on unfinished Dog Bar breakwater
proved this morning TO be the Mansur b
Cakes, Capt. George &c. Dean, from
Calais, Me, for Boston, with cargo of
hemIook lumber.
Capt. Dsan today secured the tug
Startie to assist his vessel. Ths Startle
went out and pulled at the schooner for
two hours without starting her. 1t is
feared she may have to remain there.
The Jagged rocks apparently have pene-
trated her bottom.
Wreoking Master Thomas E. Reed and
4. IL. q. Douglas have taken steps to
secure such of the cargo as possible. The
Oakes is a II ton schooner, built at Ken
nepnnk. Me, in 1874, and owned by AL
fred Ames Il Co, OF Machias. Me. she
Is the thirty first vessel that has met
with disaster at the breakwater
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-14
Domestic Ports.

NEW YORK-Arii 9TH, steamers Niagara I'm
Colon; TailsmaD. Demerara; brig Caroline Gray
Gonaives Tor Stamford; sch IL Parker, Ham
mond. brunswick.
Roekland; Oracle DsBuehannan. Fernandlna /;
/ X Stetson. Bangor; fcndletOn sisters. IRON
Bangor: l. Nj Thnrlow. from Augusta Jordan
Mott, Roekland.
enne; Grace DAVIS. Dodge. Jacksonville; A
Manson, Rabbit. 90.
Sid l2th, bar que Mary Hale, for st ThomaS
sch Henry Crosby, ST Pierrei Ella Nj Wiley. for
Port Spain.
civ Isand-Passed east 18th. sch Annie &
Reuben, New York tor Bath; John Snow, do
for Rcckland. Commerce. do Tor DO; Caroline
Gray. Petit Goave for stamford.
BOSTON-Ar 18Th. sch Sunbeam. Campbell.
Kennebee; Mul onomah, Pierce. Rockpori.
Ar 18Th. sehs Clara D0nnel, asa Anna
Murray. Baltimore; Edwin X Hunt, Philadel-
phia Daylight. do.
ington ana New YORK.
Passed Highland Light 18Th. schs VIM. J Lip
sett. from Philadelphia for Portland; Charles
Davenport. for do.
BRUNswICk-Ar 12ta. sch Howard Peck.
bridgeport.
BALTIMoaE-Cld I2lh, sch Jennie french
Potter, Boston, ana sailed.
CHARLESTuN-Ar 10Th, sch Victory, from
CHARLESTON cid 18th. sch Warner Moore
Crockett, New York; Augustus Welt. sproui.
CAPE HENRY Passed out 18Th tug NJ {
Luekenbach, with barges Hamilton, Solitaire,
and Nancy fendletOn. from Newport News fer
DUTCH ISLAND aARBoR- Ar 18th, schs
Yreka. Newport Tor New York. SADIE Corey,
Sid Istl, SENS Ella L Davenport, Bath for Bal
timoie; Nm b Herrick. for do.