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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13
THE TIMES: RICHMOND. va. FEBRUAR9113 1000

spened to be near and hid me among his
bed othes on his vessel, which took me
to- Norfolk. T afterwards saw General
Butler and secured the pardon Tor my
brother. returned to my duties as spy
and went again to Alexandr " lille
there I met a Federal officer who called
me to one side and returned me the seal.
ring had given to Miller. He had been;
killed at Manassas and sent it to me by
his comrade. n later years became
acquainted with Mosby and his famous
guerrillas. had in my possession a long
time a silver whistle which he gave
me and with which I signaled him.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13
DIR. DAvID,s LIVER pills

are offered to the public as the best cure
for disordered liver known. and but one
trial Is needed to convince the most skep-
teal Of this fact
These pills are very mild and harmless
In their action upon the Liver and Pow
els. and where persons are suffering with
any Bilious Affections, and especially
Sick Headache, Costiveness. DYSPEPSIA.
or any disease of the LIVER OR SION
sAcH, they should always have q box OF
them near at hand, and take them by
directions found on the box
The verdict of everybody that has tax
en- Dr. David's Liver Pills Is. key
are the best and most pleasant Pills
ever took. .. All sufferers should give
them a trial Price. Is cents box: FIVE
boxes for s.. For fsale8everywhare.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13
Robbers at Bclfcld.

EMPORIA, Feb. 1O-Special.-An at
tempt was made last night to rob the
Belfield postoffice. the office of the En-
terpriSe Manufacturing Company, and
also the residence of DR.. Jones. all in
North Enporia 1t was very near the
payday at the Enterprise, and the robber
evidently expected to find money. but for
tunately the company lost nothing.
Mr. E. i. GOODWIN, who was so badly
hurt in a runaway accident is still unable
to resume the duties of his office.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13
City Hall Courts.

Divorce was granted Emma Trueflart
against George Trueiart in the Law and
Equity Court yesterday.
Edward Braxton, who burgiarized the
house of Mr. w. II. Mckinney, was tried
in the Hastings Court yesterday and
sentenced to fourteen years in the peni-
Tertiary.
Leroy Taylor was given six months and
fined one cent
james Jones was fined So for assault
and battery.
Judgment was rendered in The Circuit
Court yesterday in the case Of Pfeffer &
Son against E. B. Izer for $3.50
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13
Library for the Penitentiary.

The State penitentiary will In all prob
ability have library of no mean pro-
portions, as the efforts of Miss Florence
White toward this end are meeting with
much favor. She has the endorsement OF
the PRISONS officials and the Christian
people. Already she has received several
volumes for this object. Good books for
this purpose should be sent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Regular Monthly Meeting Mt Imma,..
mol Church Snndnr

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Baptist Sunday-School Association Of
Richmond and Manchester was held Sun
day afternoon at Emmanuel church.
President Arthur B. Clarke presiding.
After the usual opening exercises, read
ing OF the Scriptures and prayer by Rev.
J. o. Kirk. the reports for the month
of January were read. Nearly all the
schools showed q marked increase In at
E4endance over last month, as well as
Over January OF last year.
The President announced the subject for
Hasc,ission, '.Hpw Shall we Teach Dis
finctive Baptist Principles in our Sunday
sGchoDls2 There We're several earnest
and spirited talks. the speakers being
Rev. j. o. Kirk Rev. j. X. Harrison. and
1dessrs. Walker. Abrahams, Elicit. john
0on, Binford. Flpurnoy and Montague
1lr. 3. A Gary offered the following mo-
]; s;Reyolyed.t That the president appoint
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13

a committee of five to write out what
l,aptists believe, and why they believe
II, in the form of short and concise
catechism.'
This resolution was. on motion, referred
TO the Executive Committee.
The next meeting. on the second Sum
day in March, will be the annual meet
ing. and will be held at the Grove-Avenuc
church.
Following is the abstract of reports for
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13
1T SAVED HIS LEG.

P. "A. Danforth. Of LAGRANGE. Ga,
suffered intensely for six months with a
frightful running sore on his leg. but
writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve
wholly cured It In ten days. For Ulcers,
Wounds. Burns. Boils. Pain or Piles it's
the best salve In the world. Cure
guaranteed. ony &c Sold by Owens e
Minors Drug C. y
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13
Seriously Injured.

Engineer Avery. of No 1855 north Sew
enteenth street. was very badly injured
Saturday. afternoon about six miles from
Enfield, y. c.
The train of which he was in charge,
ran into tree, which had been blown
across the track. The cab was knocked
Oft and Mr.. Avery painfully injured.
FIe was taken to Enfield. where he was
put under the care of DR.. Collins, OF
Enfield, where ne now is.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13
y,1SMaRCK,S5 IRON NERVE

Was the result of his splendid health.
Indomitable will and tremendous energy
are not found where Stomach. Liver.
Kidneys and Bowels are out Of order II
Sou want these qualities and the success
they bring, use DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. They develop every power OF brain
and body. Only 25c. at Owen & Minor
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13
Mrs. SIunrord,s Funeral,

The funernl of Mrs. Elizabeth T. Nun
ford. widow of the late Colonel George
w. NIunford. took place yesterday after
noon at 1 o'clock from the residence
No. 307 west Franklin street. The fol-
lowing gentlemen acted as pall-bearers:
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serious Gn,,l,,: Array.

FREDERIcKsRuFG Feb. IL -
Special. Armstrong was seriously
cut Saturday evening In an alteration
with Lyman Bryant near Berea Church
stafford county. while returning home
from this clty.4
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E.W GATESs& SON CO., Exclusive Wholesale Agents.

Acttve-a1essrs Robert a1unford, Ut, Jr:.
5aIunford Merrill. Crump Tucker, W We
!rinus Harrison, William Trimmer, s SIC q.
srl Gwattmey, Robert v. Marye, e.. =
Briggs ,,.r.,,;ra co,onaI
Honorary-Dr. Hunter Mcclure. Coio ,lse
AZ a1,,n TaIbott. Mr.. Robert c. Morton,
ssT,r lanes B. 5hIcCaw. Mr.. John L. WI
1iams. Major Thomas s. Taliaferro ana
Mr. Joseph Brynn.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13

To be bound hand and foot for years by
the chains Of disease is the worst form OF
slavery George D. Williams, of Man
chester, Mich, tells how such slave was
made free: He says: My wife has been
so HELPLESS for five years that she could
NOT turn over in bed alone. After using
two bottles Of Electric Eitters, she is
wonderfully improved and able to do her
own work. This supreme remedy for
rero,e diseases quickly cures nervousness
r1eenlessness. melancholy, headache, back
ache. fainting and dizzy spells. This mir
acle working medicine is godsend to
weak sickly. run down people. Every bot
flo ruaracteed. Only so cents. Sold by
owen and Minor Drug Co., druggists,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13

DON'T NEGLECT a COUGH
# But take DR.. Davld's Cough syrup OF
Pure Pine Tar. I1orehoundy and ssN Id
grherrv. Il stops the cough and DesvtntS
{ Il fuu settling on the lunB1 30
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13
THIl GENUINE DIR. DAVID,s

Cough Syrup sells for 25 cents bottle.
as every bottle Is richly worth dollar.
1t cures Coughs. Colds. Group. Bronchitis.
and Throat aud Lung troubles.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13

The Citizens Relief Association is very
much in need of funds to carry on its
work for the relief of the poor Any
amount sent to p. o. Box 45i, or r. A.
Lancaster, Jr.. No. 1107 east Main street,
will be appreciated.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13
MOTHERS WITH cRoUpY chill

Win dnd DR.. David.s Cough Syrup the
best on earth for Coughs, Colds. Group.
Bronchitis. It cures tie cough and gives
sleep and rest to the patient.
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Relief n Association.

AT the regular meeting of the Citizens
Relief Association, held yesterday after
noon, the following appropriations were
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13

The Southern Ben Telephone and Tele-
graph Company announces that tele-
phonic communication can be had over
its lines with Lynchburg Va: Danvllle,
Va: Roanoke, Va; Wakefield. Va: APP
pomattox, Va: Farmville. Va: Crewe.
Va; Salem, Va: Bedford City, Va: Reds
ville N. c.: Charlotte. ~. c.: Columbia.
g. G..
For further particulars cnaaire at the
Public Pay Statiors. and at Managers
office. 1ol4 east Main street.
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH COMPANY
VIGOROUS RUBBING
with Dixie Nerve and Bone Liniment will
cure rheumatism, pains in the back
shoulders, sides and limbs Stiff joints,
soreness in the muscles and sinews are
quickly relieved with a few applications
of Dixie Nerve and Bone Lin!1nent. 1t
cures neuralgia, 1t removes and cures corns
and buniops without pain 1t is the best
nniment for both man and beast. Price,
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Earnings of the Norfolk and Western:
1900. Increase.
First week in Feb s247,os5 5000
From .Ju,y 1st. IS. $50 90: S1,272 al
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STORY OF A SLAVE.

c. w. wEsTBURY. T. P. A.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06
How to Clean Ribbons.

Now that ribbons are so extensively
worn it is quite worth while to know
how to clean them successfully and
easily. The two methods here given
have been put to the practical test
many times over, so there need be no
hesitancy about trying either one
through fear of failure or of unsatis-
factory results. The first method is
exceedingly simple, and answers the
purpose for all except white Gibbons
Or those that are very badly mussed.
Fill in glass fruit jar about nalf full
OF gasoline-more or less, according to
the amount of ribbon to be cleaned.
Place the soiled ribbons in it-all col
ors, lengths and kinds may go in at
once-and screw the cover on tightly.
Shake the bottle occasionally and leave
1t closed for from two to six hours or
over night. Then take out the rib
bons, shake each one we'll and hang it
to dry in the open air. The ribbons
will be clean and the dirt will be found
on the bottom of the jar. or course.
the ribbons need thorough airing and
sun bath to remove the odor of the
gasoline, but that is all. No pressing
ts required, as the gasoline does not
AFFECT them as water would. The clear
gasoline should be poured of with
out disturbing that at the bottom;
then the dirt which has settled at the
bottom should be emptied out and the
clear gasoline put back, ready for use
another time. Keep 1t tightly covered,
and, of course, never use it near a fire.
nf nj
The gasoline will turn white ribbons
yellow. so this method is not advisable
for them. 1t also leaves the ribbons in
the same condition as 1t found them
as regards their being mussed or crum-
pied, so those that are badly creased
should be given the treatment that Is
accorded the white ribons. Prepare a
suds of soft water and any pure soap,
wash the ribbon in this, just as you
would wash fine handkerchief. rinse
and let it partially dry. Take 1t down
while still damp in all parts and roll
1t smoothly over a wide card or piece
of pasteboard, rolling piece of clean
white muslin with 1t. Wrap the mus
lin round last. so that the ribbon shall
be covered, and place the whole under
a heavy weight. A letter press is an
excellent place in which to press it.
Leave 1t until it shall have had time
TO dry. The muslin will absorb the
moisture. The ribbon will come out
looking fresh and clean. and will have
lost none of its life" as is the case
with ribbons which are pressed with
an iron. If a good soap Is used the
colors will not run. and this process
takes out the creases as well as re-
moves the dirt.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
CURRENT NOTES oFD DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
Automatic Fountain Pen Filler - Novel
Mouse Trap - Tho Fate of the Great
salt Lake-Electrloal Reaearch-Rail-
roads as Plant Distributors.
rh. Fat. of tho Great salt Lake.

1t is prophesied that before the end
of another century the Great Salt
Lake will be entirely dried up. The
cause for this is said to be the excess
sive drain made upon it by the irriga-
tion and enterprises of the Mormons.
Contrary to the theory which was ac-
cepted for a time, this great lake Is
not fed by underground springs, but
by the Jordan, Weber, Ogden and
Bear rivers, and when the water of
these streams is interrupted for irri-
cation purposes, it necessarily de-
creases the water supply of Salt Lake.
leaving it more to the mercy Of the
sun and the attendant evaporation
which is constantly going on, and
which is slowly but surely drawing
the water away until in time only
bed of dry salt will remain. The cause
of the saltness of the water of this
mysterious body of water has been
matter of conjecture to scientists for
years. The most plausible theory is
that the saltness is due to high alti-
tude, which causes excessive evapora-
ton, while there is practically no out
let to the lake. A scientist after
number of experiments has expressed
the conviction that If all the salt sup
ply in the entire world were cut off
except that found in the bed of the
Great Salt Lake, there would still be
enough to last the world for ages, so
deep is this deposit. Regarding the
decadence of the lake, writer recent
ly said: When the Great Salt Lake is
gone it will be missed as wonder
and as a salt factory, for little else. Its
waters destroy vegetation instead of
nourishing it. Should the fresh wat
ers of Utah Lake, however, be evapor-
ated or disappear into the earth thou
sands of square miles would cease to
be habitable. Some years ago the
Utah Lake region was made govern
ment reservation, an act which has
kept irrigation companies from draw
ing water either directly from 1t or
from its feeders.-Irrigation Age.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06

and spotted clothes reduced to a MIN
imum by the filing device invented by
an inventor of Hackensack, N. ]. This
ingenious arrangement consists Of
bottle to hold the writing fluid and a
stopper in which there are two per-
formations. Through one OF these a
slender tube, bent in the form shown,
passes and extends to the bottom OF
the ink reservoir. At its extremity a
piston is carried which, acting in con-
junction with the barrel of the pen
reservoir, forms a miniature suction
pump. Its use is very simple. The
top is unscrewed from the pen as usual
and the piston placed in the barrel
and pushed down to the bottom. thus
expeHing all the air, which escapes
through the hollow tube carrying the
piston, bubbling up through the ink
and passing out through the opening in
the stopper Now, when the piston Is
drawn out of the barrel by the move
ment of the latter vacuum is pro-
duced back of 1t, and this naturally
draws or sucks the ink out OF the bot
tie. The size of the filling tube and its
shape are designed so that the opera
tion of filling is practicallyautomatic.
Just enough ink being drawn out to
fill the barrel without overlooking 1t,
the surplus falling back into the bottle,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06
Railroad. as Plant Distributors.

1t has been noticed that many plants,
not natives of the locality, are to
be found growing in the neighborhood
of great railroad yards. Sometimes
the seeds of these plants have been
brought thousands of miles from their
natural habitat Often they flourish
amid their new surroundings. and
gradually spread over the surrounding
country. Thus the railroads carry un-
suspected emigrants, which travel to
and from every point of the compass.
In the Mississippi valley are to be
found plants which, within a few years
past, have been thus brought together.
some from the Atlantic seaboard, some
from the Gulf region, and some from
the other side of the Rocky Aisun-
tains.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06
Arranging Bric-n-Brac.

There can be no better decoration
in n room than bric-a-brac, yet moth
ing so detracts from art as too much
ornamentation. A New York society
woman who has recently started. a
bureau where women Just beginning
housekeeping go and get ideas as to
how they can best furnish their homes,
said to your correspondent few days
ago: THE best plan in the world when
purchasing bric-a-brac is to buy moth
ing that has no visible sphere of use
fulness, or II this seems too broad a
rule. to purchase only one of kind of
the useless articles. No woman who
cares for the appearance of her room
will have two of every kind of article.
This gives sameness to its decorative
effect that is indescribably inartistic.
The day of matched pieces is no
more. Elegance consists in having
things that are worth having, and just
enough of them. If one takes to buy
ing cheap china it will be found that
it accumulates with startling rapidity,
and in the end is only a nuisance"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06
Electrical Research.

Professor McAdie says that before
long science will succeed in measuring
the energy of lightning flash, and
also in demonstrating the nature OF
the aurora. That the aurora is an cleo
trical phenomenon has long been rec
ognized. An intimate relation seems
to exist between the aurora and the
sun spots. In 1882 the astronomer at
Greenwich sent out notification of the
appearance of an enormous sun spot
on November II of that year. For three
hours on the morning of that day not
a wire of the Western Union Telegraph
company could be used, and not even
the market quotations could be distri-
buted. At night there was a brilliant
auroral display. and all telegraph ser
vice was again interrupted. Cables to
Europe and wires to Chicago were
alike unworkable; but some messages
were sent as far as 700 miles by cut
ting off the batteries and utilizing the
atmospheric electricity. Over half OF
North America. across the Atlantic and
over northern Europe. it seemed as If
legions of ethereal demons were busy
melting electric and magnetic appar-
atus to strange and mischievous antics.
The artificial production of an electric
tire-ball by Professor Richman is
unique, though electricity in this form
is not unfamiliar. Sometimes such
balls are seen to run along the surface
of the sea, and when they appear on
land they usually burst with loud
noise, often with disastrous effects.
Nobody has yet been able fo exDiatn
these balls. which appear to be a very
concentrated form of electricity. When
the experts say, as most of them do,
that electricity is merely form of
motion, the explanation is more or less
unsatisfactory. but how is one to ac-
count for the presentation of a form of
a motion in the shape of a luminous
sphere e?-Boston Transcript.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06
When You Hang Your Pictures.

BY hanging pictures low you in
crease the apparent height of the room.
Coiored pictures should not be hung in
Railways or on staircases unless there
IS plenty OF light for them. In such
places strong photographs, engravings,
and drawings in black and white go
best. A picture should not be hung
from one nail; the diamond lines form
ed hg the cord have very discordant
effect Two nails, and two vertical
cords, or, what is far more safe, pieces
of wire cordage, should be used instead
of the single cord. Picture cords should
be as near the color of the wall upon
which they are put as possible, so that
they may be but little seen. When one
picture is hung beneath another the
bottom one should be hung from the
one above, and not from the top; thus
we avoid multiplying the cords, which
is always Objectionable. A good hue
for walls where prints or photographs
are to be hung, is a rich yellow brown
or leather color. Lustre to the black
of the print of the tone of the photo
graphs is thus impaired. The wall pa
per should have no strongly defined
pattern. The center of the picture, as
n rule. should not be much above the
level of the eye.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06
Recent Inventions.

To protect the window frames of a
building when another building is on
fire portable fire-proof curtain has
been patented, having a bracket for
attachment to the interior of the win
dow, which supports an iron pole on
which the curtain is hung outside the
window.
Newspapers can be neatly kept in a
newly designed file, which is formed of
two parallel strips of wood hinged to-
gether at the back to form a pair OF
jaws, several U-shaped springs being
inserted In the strips to grip the front
edges together and bind the backs OF
the papers.
For use in delivering water to a
Misunderstanding brush newly de-
signed handle is hollow and has pis-
ton set inside, with siot in the side
of the handle by which pin is con-
nected to the piston to operate it, draw
ing water from pail and delivering it
to the brush.
Railroad cars can be easily shifted
by the use of new implement, COM
prising a lever, which has a pair OF
plates attached to one end, with curv-
ed ends to fit the flange of the wheel, a
chain being hooked over the axle to
increase the traction on the wheel and
allow it to be revolved.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06
value of Space In Rooms.

The season is rapidly approaching
when it may be necessary to move and
for those intending to change their
places of residence this little notice is
prepared. In selecting new apartments
it should be the aim of the housewife
to economic on space. Where closets
are scarce. shelf fastened at con-
venient height for gowns and hung
with portiers or curtains of daintily
figured cretonne, make a serviceabie
substitute. Fancy brass hooks are
fastened to the outer side and the shelf
can be enameled to harmonize with the
furnishings of the room. On top are
books and photographs, which mislead
the casual observer. Any carpenter
will put up the shelves for mere song.
ms 1t were. A box couch in the dining
rooya may do duty as linen closet and
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06
Sayings and Sayings.

The boy having freely admitted that
he cut down the cherry tree, is amazed
to observe his father coming at him
with the trunk strap.
What" exclaims the boy. DO you
not propose to exemplify the saying
that honesty is the best policy?r
mo; rather the saying that children
and fools speak the truth" retorted
the old man. with a readiness of wit
scarcely to be expected in one OF his
mature years,-New York World.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06

victims suspicious, but would rather
lead him to believe that everything
was all right and that the bait so
temptingly displayed had been provi-
dentially overlooked by the custodian
of the larder. This bright idea has
been developed by an inventor of Ma
pleton, N. d. The device consists, as
shown, of a base board. carrying two
supports and two levers. which inter-
lock. The end of one engages with the
end of the bowl and is maintained in
its position by the other lever. which
is supported by the bait When the
latter is removed, or ever Jared, the
levers are released and the bowl falls.
capturing the nibbler.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06
Corn-s.aih. Turned to Account.

The American Agriculturist shows
how cornstalks, formerly almost a
waste product, have lately been turn
ed to account. until now the farmer
can get from SO to S5 ton for them.
They play a part in the building OF
warships, being used to form cellulose
for packing cofferdams; they are util-
lied in the manufacture of smokeless
powder; paper pulp can be made from
them; they furnish pyroxylene var
nish. are useful as a packing material.
and together with the leaves and tas-
sells enter into the composition of vari-
GUS prepared folders and foodstuirs.