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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-03

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wprost powiedzia1: =
Badzcie cicho, al 1a; Przybyszew~
ski, krzykne: - ,,Snchajcie roda-
cy!! Teraz badzmy republikanami.
DO ia was sprzeda}em."
Ale lud nasz JUL troche dojrza}
i ME chce sfucha6, a przew6dzcy
jego szydza z reneyata. m6wiac =
Tobie republikanie ME ufaja, DO
ME noslsz pfaszcza tax, jak repu-
blikahskie wiarusy rzymskie, ma
iednem ramieniu, tylko ma
dw6ch. .. :
Zaznacza Przybyszewski "
PRAwDz1E, re ME bedzie pojedyn~
czo zbijal sarzut6w sepa.- Ola
tego, ze co Sep pisa} jest swietae
prawda. co tel potwierdzi{o swoje
mi w}asnorecznemi podplsami 1e
obywateli W numerze IA W1AEusA
z biezacego roku. ajezeli CT to ME
wystarcza, ma dowod. to ~jeszcze
drugie lyle sig podpisze. Sep
rznie Prawde, az IVORY ostro
pryszcza ,szubrawcom" W oczy.
iDoi,ohczen:e nastaPi.)
Ludwik Bolha.
q Poznnmskiego Wielkopo1onama)'
Nowy generallsimus skonfede~
rowanych wojsk R7eczypospolltych
po1udniowo- afrykanskich, komen
dant p. Botha, %pochodzi z rodziny
dobrze zapisanej ma kartach histo-
ryi Trapswalu.
Urodzony W roku 1864 W
poblizu Vryheid. W dzielnicy
Transwalu, gdzie Boerowie So wy
trwalsi l bardziej zawzleci, nil
gdzieindzlej. nowy 'geuerallssimus
armii Boer6w cd lat najm}odszych
odznacza} sig ma polu walk.
W: 10 roku zyc,a bra} udzia}
W zwycieskiej bitwie Boer6w 2
Anglikaml pod Majuba~Hill, a
nastepnie uczestn,czy} " bitwach
u boku smitha, Ferreiry, Cronjego,
Lukasza Meyera i innych.
Ma pierwszy rzut' Okla niktby
ME powiedzial, 10 general Lu1wlk
Botha nalczy do rasy wojowniczej.
Jest to cz{o wieczek niewielki,
szczuply, ma poz6r wat}y i choro~
witty. Ale ma}a ia posta6 r"snie i
meznieje " obliczu nieprzyjaciels.
Swiadkowie przewag genera}a
pod Colenso, Spiooskopem i Wall
kranzem, wspomina]a entuzyaz-
mem o tym ,,ma}ym rudym", kt6~
rego dzielno6c wszystkim dawa}a
otuchy. Widziane 60 wszedzie wy
dajacege rozkazy, q W chwilach
najbardziej nieraz krytycznych ME
traci} g}owy.
W razie potrzebY sam stale "
pierwszych szeregach walczacych z
przepyszuym Mauserem ma plecach.
Jest to fuzya, ma kt6rej lu6e iakis
artysta boerski wyry}. ebok nazwi~
ska w{a6clciela, >d}uzszy ustep 3
Biblii.
General Ludwik Botha Jest
potomkiem :ych Holendr6w kt5rzy
pred 60 cora laty porzucili
arn;oko 1omovo D0anr oil aio W
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-03

AmERYkA
GUBERNATOR cywilny ola
wyspy Porto Rico, Allen, wyla-
dowaf W San Juan j bardzo zimno
przez ludnod6 zosta} przyjety.
= -O-- X
GORNICY W kopalniach we"
ola W oa}ym stanie Kentucky o.
trzymali podwyzke zarobku o 1s3
centa dzieunle. Takaz podwyzke
otrzymac maja g6rnicy W kopal''
mach W Tennessee.
PLUMBIARZE buffaloscy cd
dina l Maja beda pracowa6 tylko
osiem godzin dziennie i zarabiao pc
400 Dotad robili oni 9 godzin i
.pobierali tylko 81. 50.
G~UBERNATOR republikahski
W Kentucky uszedf do Nowego
Yorku, ponlewaz sad przysiegiych
we Frankfort, KY. oskarzy1 go o.
wsp61udziat W zamordowaniu Will
helma Goebla. S%podziewa on sic
prawdopodobn1e bezpieczehstwa
swej osoby W tym stanie.
."CHICAGOSKI strajk coraz
wieksze przybiera rozm1ary. Nlepo
roAumienie miedzy r~obotnikami
pracuiacymi PREY drzewie i kon-
traktoraml trivia juz cd kilku me-
siecy i 1000 ludzi cierpi nedze
Prawie codziennic zachodza grozne
sceny miedzy strajkierami a pc"
licys
w ERIE Pa odby& sig 26
Kwietnia pogrzeb Przewief. ks.
Tobiasza Mulleaa, biskupa dyece
zyi Erie. za}obna msze pontyfkal~
n& celebrowaf nastepca zmar&ego,
b. kanolerz dyecezyi, ks. l. F.
Fitzmaurice W assystencyi Ecznego
iuchowie1stwa. Ma pogrzeb przy-
bvli aroybiskup Ryan z Philadel-
phil, biskupi McQuat z Rochester,
Philan z Pittsburgh, Hoban ze
Sc, anton, Quigley z Buffalo oraz
$50 ksiezy dyecezalnych. Cia}o
zosta{o z{ozone " krypcie pod
wielkim oltarzem katedry.
correspondence Wiafusa.
-~~~
(W1s.)
Do dzisiaj jsszoze Polacy tn
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-03
TRINERA GORZkIE VINO
wylec.yio l2-'0 Iein,a cho
robe zo'adka.

J6zef Triner, '
437 w. 18th str.
Chicago.
Szanowny Panic! Wype3n,~m
tylko sw61 obow'asek, gdy zasyy{am
paul mole serdeo1ne podzieko~ao,e
"a ~wyleozenie sIz pan >kiem Corr
KEN Wiuem. Clerp,aiem prze. IL
lat ma strssza3 chorobe 1otadka
Probowa}em rozma,tvch 6rodk6w.
als wszystkc bea skutku w koncu
"a porsda moiego rod,ka. kt6ry M
polec,f Trlnara Gorzk.e Vino, za-
kup lem tuz,n hutelek, uiYvajac
tai 10 ~ego pod}ug przepisn. Tera.
lestem snpeln,e z1rowy i moi zosa-
dek JEST v nsle4vtym por,adko
Mola choroba 2o}sdka zostals su
uelnie wylecxona "a pomoca Pm
lskrstwa | dlatego polecam
wssystkim kt6r.v cierp'a ma ohoro-
be iofadka ! nerk,
Josef Kouar wls6,icIel piekarn,.
IS N lf"rf st, Ct. vsIand. oh,o
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-03
" Stanach Zjed. i Kanadzie 5000
" Europe (koniecz. naprz6d) $3.50
w arunk i. ;

W Europe (koniecz. naprz6d) $S.5U
w arunk i. !
Abonenci op}acaj2oy WIARUsA
Z do&u, k%on1ecznie musz2 PLACID
900 pa jeden rok, ro"umie sig
- takze "a rok 1899, lubo " tym
roku ola przedp}acicieli ozyli p}a~
cacycb naprz6d, rocsna op{ate
znizylismy ma $l.5o.
Kto zjedna nam dw6ch no
xych abonent6w. i przesle cd
xaadego c~aforoczny abonament z
cory. temu przez cafy rok gazette
ola niego samego ~przesefad bedzie~
my bezp}atnie.
Kto odbierze z poczty try gazety:
awa&anym jest "a abonenta i dpo,
We'd lalnym "a aboaament.
Kto zmieni adres, p~owinien ma
.yohmiast podac wydawcy W1ARusA
sw6j nowy adres.
Abonentom, kt6rzy wyraznie ME
odm6wia gazety "a po6redniotwem
li.towego Tub innego urzednika
pvoztowego, W1ARUs pose{any be
dsie dalej Skoro kto zaprzestanie
odbiera6 gazette, powinien wpierw'
xap{aci6 jezeli co "a Mig winien.
F;;eniadze "a i ola W1ABUsA ma
Lefty p~rzese1a6 przez pooztowy lub
expresowy Money Order, MONA
tel przese}at abonament W dolarach
p.pierowych, przes Postal note;
albo " jednocentow ych Tub dwucen
towych znaczkach pooztowych, lecz
iezeli adjournment, W TAXI spos6b
przes}any, " drodze przepadn;e Eco
sig " tym kraju bardzo rzadko
xdarza) wydawca W1ARusA ME
bierze "a to ma siebie odpowiedzial
no6ci. Take listy najlepiej kazat
ma poczcie registrowa6 DO wtenozas,
urzqd pocztowy bierze ma siebie %.
powiedzialnos6, lie wraz Z zawarto6t
oia dojda ma miejsce przeznaozenia.
Wszelkie listy oraz przese}ki pie
uiezne do W1ARusA adrescwa6: i
II. De,doausk -.
500 T.. 3rd Str.
W1NoNA Mimi
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-03

Jedni wyraznie szemrali pdlgfosem':
= I tax prawi niewartus. co ma
zio1ne Niemre, q jego dzieci ami ,s}o-
wa ME um,eja pc polsku! Zgro-
"a z tym niemieckim jego brzucbem!
= On nam tn bedzie prawi} koszal-
XII 0 naszych dzieciach, q swoje
wiasne ma swaby przerabia! :
Dobre mi Polaki co polski teatel
robia, a ME biora polskiej kapell
jeno derdydas6w!
Najwiecej trudu i piracy zaoa'
wal sobie PREY urzedzaniu polskle'
90 teatru nasz pan professor ,'Ol
Howski" Najlepiej zas ma MIN
|wyszedf sam patryota. Piniachow-
ski - Mai on zap}aclt na i MAJ
license, wiec dopomdg} soble pa
tryotyozna komedya. - Nlecha'
lyle taxi goracy polski patryotV1m
A. F.
Starry w1arus.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-03
r. p. GLOW
822 w. Howard Str.
Winona, Mum.
60 Q tyrh gruntacb pOWi"-
00 AntDlsl K,na = " inOny?

da AntOlsl K,na = " inOny?
kup lem ola sieb e i ola
mo'ch dw6ch syn6w $40
ARROW W okol,cy Moose Lake
; ba, do iestem kup"a zado-
wolony. Tyucxasem znakomity
many zarobek ma samem naszem
wfashem drzewie. Wyrabiamy
dzisnnie po 80 do 40 prog6w p,d
kolej ielasna, j %dostajemy "a debo-
We Pc 40 cent6w, "a progi z Ger
Wonel sosnY ,przy kt6rych mniej
roboty, pc IS cent6w. Zarabiamy
razem. ja j MOI dwaj synowie. Il
do IL dolar6w dzlennie. TIE progi
kolejowe sprzedajemy ma najblizs.ej
stacyl kolejowej, tylko mia drogi
cd mas.
AZ to nj Kina-
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-03

$3.50 4.E#& &8S[STM@3a
Trinera Gorskie Vino wyrab,ane
jest : n>jIepszego wilma j zi6i lees
n,czych. N,eb'erzcle zadnyoh nie-
esanin. Kopujc,e tylko T1inera
Gorskie Vino. Uw.tajcis ma regi
strowana ma~ke ohronna, kt6r.
sic zuajdnJe na kszdej butelce. Ma
sprzedaz we wszystkich aptekach
lub q fabrykanta
Ezefa Eriinera,
4s7 w. Is ST., Chicago, Ill
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-10-27
Burning out Old stumps.

The easiest way to get rid of
stnmps In field or meadow is to burn
them out. Dig a trench around the
stumps about two feet wide and two
and one-half or three feet deep, cut
of all projecting roots quite close and
remove the soil as well as possible.
Then leave the stump for few DAYS
to dry. Gather up a lot of dry sticks,
brush, ETC., and fill UP the trench all
around and on top of the stump and
set 1T on fire. The stump will be con-
stunned in day or two. Even green
stumps may be burned out in this
way, although 1t may require sec
ond or third supply of dry sticks on
the hre to accomplish i'll. o. Folio,
in American. Agriculturist.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-10-27
; LID DoMINIoN STEAMSHIP co

DDA1LR LINE FOR NEW YORK, KxcKPr surD.,
s. dSsengeu can leave Richmond daily excsu
64nuey via Chesapeake and Obi railway n
-. M, or Richmond and Peter burg rail-
.o@o. lNorfolk aud Western route, 90 A Nj
YGVnnHca7e at Norfolk with Old Domini
Esne steamer sailing same evening At
o clock for New York
AicKets on sale At Richmond Transfer Ga,
Rbhay 8, SO5 east Main street; Chesapeake Ane
S. Hio railway and Richmond and Petersbs ~
as 1r0 GAG depots, and At company's efice, N,
,s- main street., Richmond. Baggage chec ree
s St rev York and all PORTS beyond can .
snlpped BY steamers. sailing from Rich mo-,
SsSy MONDAY, WEDN ESDAY "A. FRl
- "a "a. AZ 200 NJ This steamer carries stee,
age passengers only
mSnliest closed one hour before sailing Nm.
SsInSlgnt received and forwarded and throurl
oils OF ladtng issued for all northern. esstsr,
snc foreign ports.
PROM NEW roRkv
sSsengers can leave daily, except sun das
ppSf lSatu day p M to Norfol 4 or Ols
WY. comfort, connecting with Norfolk tuS
.sirn railroad or Chesapeake and OhVs
IF, Erelgh, for Richmond by steamer vi. M,
n rds MendsJs and Wednesdays 500 P ". ssL
sailtngs from cempany's pier. No = Mo-.
hiyer foot Of Beach Street. FreiTht recsS -.
sno forwarded daily except SUNDAY.
'or tertner information apply 70
JOINT MAYER, Agents.
Ia12 east Main street
Richmond, =,
W L. q uiisudeu. President New York
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-10-27
It Might Hum,I,at. Him

A little story comes from a seaside
village in Normandy, where well.
known man of letters is staying in
company with young writer OF
trifles at a somewhat primitive hotel.
Onefine morning the former addressed
the host as follows: "You would
oblige me by making your charges as
bow as possible for my young COL
league. He is not rich man." The
landlord. delighted with the presencs
in his house of the man of repown.
promised 70 have due consideration
for the purse OF his younger guest
But . few days sfterward the IA
NOUS author came to him, saying.
by the way. don't let my bill be big,
ger than that OF my young friend. II
would humiliate him; boys like that
are so extremely Chicago
Chronicle.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-10-27
FEED-GRINDING NOTES.

The gasoline engine solves the prob
lem Of quick and efficient power for
rapid grinding.
With feed grinding, like many other
operations, where it is done on a LARGE
scale, ii pays, and besides the cost is
reduced to minimum.
To secure the best results the feeder
should have a mill at hand. with
which he can grind his feed as needed
and prepare it to suit the REQUIRE
ments of his special line of feeding.
n sweep mill that will grind from 40
to so bushels of dry corn and cob
meal per hour, is pretty good mill.
Grain is valuable as food only when
digested and assimilated, and to he
valuable for digestion must be
crushed, ground and pulverized either
before feeding or by the animal itself
The successful cattle feeder, the one
who always tops the market, is the
one who can convert the largest
amount of crude feed into high-priced
beef. Grinding feed is great aid in
laying on fat.-Prairie Farmer.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-10-27

MEASURING STANDING TIMBER.
device up before his face, with A at his
nose, he brings the point (C) in range
with the stump that is to be. Then he
backs away slowly until he can bring
ID in line with the top of the tree. He
says that the distance from himself
to the foot of the tree will be equal to
the height of the latter.
The Tribune finds It hard to under
stand how this device cam be used as
described, unless the upper end of CD
leans backward toward the mans
head. 1t would then be no longer per-
pendicular, and the true principle of it
would be sacrificed. But if the sticks
were put together as in Fig. 2 greater
accuracy would be secured. Then Alb
would be horizontal and parallel with
the earth, and BIC would be vertical and
parallel with the tree trunk. Under
these circumstances, the distance from
the mans feet to the tree would be
equal to the height of the tree. The
principle employed is nearly the same
as that used on warships at sea to get
the enemy's range.-N. Y. Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-10-27

and that was to be guarded against.
Then there was the menace of such an
interesting game as croquet becoming
so popular in Mexico as to prove detri-
mental to the games already charac.
teristic of the country--monte, chuses,
bullfghts, cock fights, etc. 1t was felt
necessary, therefore, to establish some
thing like g protective tariff in this case
in order that the well-known Mexican
games so dearly loved of the people
might not be crowded out altogether
by such fascinating game as croquet.
Upon examination it.was found that
the clerks had incurred no penalties
by reason of omissions. The croquet
set was appraised as a game, as bill
lizards and as a gambling outfit (for
had not the Mexicans gambled on it?)
Then the balls and mallets had been
appraised as lumber, as dressed lum-
Der and as furniture; the wickets as
iron and as iron wire, and a charge
had been made for bird cage. Added
to this was the so-called protective tar
iff, and bill had been made out for
half days work for each of theclerks
who had watched the game as extra
time employed in a special importa-
tion.
The purchaser of the croquet set ex-
amined the papers in silence. He final
ly said he would have to come around
again and pay the duties and take the
croquet set. 1t was accordingly re-
manded to the custody of the custom
house officials, and there It probably
remains.-Chicago Daily Record.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-10-27
~ Vge rhesa peake end
0aUWs Ohio Railway.

ROUTE.
Schedule in Eject Oct 1, 1900, From
Richmond.
LEAVE BROAD-sTREET STATION
Q; 10 .. m, daily for principal stations Newpor
News, Ola Point, NorfoIA and Ports
mouth. Parlor car.
$40 p m, daily local for Newport News,
Old Point and Norfolk. ullman to
Old Point.
lo;oo m except Sunday. Local Trains for
Vile for Orange, Cuipeper. Cslyerten,
Manassas and Washington. Connects at
Charlottesville for Lynchbu g at Basic
for Hagerston aud at Staunton for Lex
inston.
2:45 p m, Daily limited. to Cincinnati,
Louisville, and st. Louis. Pullman
Springs Local Tain No Z, follows No
leIoept SUNDAY, from Gordonsv lie TO
80 p M, Accommodation, except Sunday to
lo:4S p. m. Daily, F Fv., to Cinsin natl and
Louisville. pullman sleeping car. Con-
meets for Virsinia Hot Springs.
LEAVE EIGHTH ST. STATION.
1880 .. m. Daily for Lynchb'g, Lexington and
Clifton Forge. Parior car. Connects, except
Sunday, with Buckingham ana Abe
Sis m. except sun isy. to Columbia
TRAINS ARRIVE BROAD STREET
STATION.
co m except Sunday from boswell.
$50 a. M. and $3.50 p. m daily, Cincinnati
and Louisville.
IL :s5 q m, daily so p. m, from Norfolk ana
Old Peint.
10 r. A., Except sunday, from Clifton
Forge.
TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH STREET
STATION.
$40 r., Except Sunday from Columbia
o:2O ,. ~, Daily from LyRchburg, aud
Clifton Forge, ana except sun
day from New Castle, Lexington
and koaney.
For detailed In form alton connections. ese
apply at Richmond Transfer office, No sOS
east Main street; Chesap AXE aul Ohio Pas
senger ONCE No. 500 east Main st. eet: Sta
ton Ticket Offices, or ADDRESS
JOHN ID. POTTS
-sS- General Passenger ARsus.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-10-27
TALK ABOUT cOwBELLs,
iheS Are Made To-day Exactly as
They Were n Hundred
Years Ago.

"One of the comparatively few
things that the hand of Improvement
has not touched is the cowbelI
winch is made now just as it was a
hundred or more years ago, and has
now Just the same peculiar clanlSinp
sound as ever" said bell manrfao-
1urer to a Washington Star writer
recently. "Cowbells are made some
OF copper and some of a composit,on
metal; but most of them are made ~
iron and finished with q coating Of
bronze. The cowbell is not cast: IL ia
cut from sheet of metal, which In
folded into shape and riyeted TIL.
metal cap at the top, through which
the strap is passed, is riveted into
the bell. Cowbells are made of ten
sizes, whose sounds range through an
octave. Sometimes musical enter
tanners who play upon bells of one
sort and another come TO us and bv
selection among bells of various sizes
find eight bells that are accurate in
scale.
There are only four factories in
the United States irs which cowbeIls
are made. and in each case the cow
bell is only an item OF production
among other things. Cowbens are
sold all over the country. Just the
same as ever. but much the greater
number is sold in the south, the south
west and the west, where farms are
larger, less likely TO be under fence
ana cattle are more apt 10 stray.
American cowbells are exported quite
largely to the various countries of
South America and also TO Australia. :"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-10-27
Southern Railway
SCHEDULE
IN EFFECT Ger, Fl, 1900
Trains Leaves Richmond, Va.

HOO P n. NO II SOUTHERN EXRI
IL Atlanta Augusta jack v Lle. and
Joints South Sleeper G;auvtlle
Greensboro. SalisburS n 4 narlotte
Sleeper open at RichneS, ~ 80 .. NJ
Stops iSr passengers 8teaJ stations
Connects at DanwsAs quo Charlotte,
with New York ap6 dporfda Express
tween New Y yong s sn gmS s,ee ptsS oa be
nections Tor az KfK:3s points, also
connects at DanSssA. Charlotte with
the Washiugtor-snc Southwestern Lin
lied INC 81, csssrvinR through sleepars
BETH New York and Nashville New
YORK AID Meu1Jts and new Yorl and
New Orleeus. also. Pullman Tourist
sleeper MonS avs, Wednesdays and FRI
DAYS, Wash ngton 70 Ssr Francisco
without change, with connections for
forntA
r:O1 No. I, solid train daily ,or Cha,
lotte, N. @. Connects at Moseley VIII
Farmville and Powhatan railroad a.
Keysvtlle for GAINESVILLE. Oxford, Hen
deson and Durham and at Greensboro
sor Durham, Raleigh. and winston
salem at Danvtile with NO. IS United
states Fast Nail, solid train, daily 10,
new Orleans and potn ts South, whiol
carries sLeepers New York to new Or
leans ana New York to Jacksonville
and Miami for Nassau Habana, Cuba
Drawing ON bufret-sIeeper Rich
m nd to Birmingham through At
lanta.
Through train sleeper SALISBURY, to
Mem phis via OF Asheville and Chatta-
nooga.
100 p. n, no IL, LOCAL, daily except sunda,
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
as P. NJ, from Atlanta Augasta, ksheville
and all points South.
:So p. NJ, from Keysville and local stations.
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAINS.
Fos. 81 and 81. between Manchester and Ne
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-10-27

here that we may see IL played? How
else can we tell what duties it should
pay?"
"a With little difficulty enough PLAYERS
were found; the wickets were set up
in the patio of the custom house, the
stakes were placed; the collectors
chair was given such a position that he
could watch the game; work was sus-
pended in the custom house and all
the government employees stood
around and looked on while the balls
were knocked about, through or past
wickets, and had finally hit both stakes
and the first game was declared fin
ished. Meanwhile every idler in the
town had been attracted to the custom
house and had joined ,hc group of spec
.ators.
The collector and his clerks could
gain but little information regarding
the tariff from witnessing one game.
Indeed, the first game had not come
out as they had expected. So they
asked that another might be played to
enable them to decide the more intelli-
gently the momentous que stion SUBJ
mitted 30 them. And so a second and
even a fourth game was played un-
der the semitropical sun. which
streamed down upon the players,
though never affecting the spectators
upon the weli-shaded corridor. In
fact, one game succeeded another un-
I'll croquet became hateful to all the
players before the time came for the
ofhcials of the government to close the
custom house and seek their homes.
There had been no lack of interest
In the playing on the part of the Mexi-
can spectators. Every ROW and then
attention had been called to some fea.
ture of the game and some minor off.
c1al consulted books and made hasty
pencil memoranda. As for example.
when one had asked about the wickets
crossed in the center of the ground
and was told that it was sometimes
called 1.-The bird cage" the tariff on
bird cages was carefully hunted up and
noted. As the playing went on the
Mexican spectators manifested their
interest by betting on the PLAYERS. At
first tlacos, then medios and finally
pesetas exchanged hands at the end Of
y SN'AN' ~ " as W the TGlleI
of the players when the collector final
~ announced that it was time to go
home.
1T is a very interesting game" he
said, "but / cannot tell what the duties
will be until tomorrow morning"
The croquet set was accordingly left
at the custom house and the PLAYERS
and spectators dispersed. But until
a late hour that night light in the
office of the collector indicated that
some of the government clerks were
unwontedly engaged in making cover
time"
The report of the appraiser the next
morning was nothing short of appall-
ing. The collector courteously ex-
planned why the amount of duties
should be so large. His clerks were
very conscientious and had been fear.
full of allowing some item TO escape
and of mourning penalties for neglect
of duty. There was danger of the at
tempt being made to smuggle such
things as bird cages, for example. into
the country under cover of new games,
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YORK RIVER LINE, WEST III POM,
The Favorire Route North.
LIE VIZ RICHMeND
Nratn No lG a.nO n NJ

LIE VIZ KICHMeND
Train No. l6, 1 80 M. --A---
L1IhoRE LIMITED, Daily, except Sunda,
for West Point, and intermediate stations
days and + tdays with steamer for BaIti-
more.
No. IL, 3 80 P. n.
LocA sMon wednes & Fridays, for
We2 EG land intermediate stations. con.
kNNNS with stage at Lester manor to Walker
NJ and Tappahannock: also at West Point
~ sh steam ers for Baltimore. Stops at all sta
S1ons.
Train No. "A. s :eo A. n.
Local MIXED, leaves daily, except SUNDAY
from Virginia street Station for West Point
stage at Lestor manor for Waikerton and Tap
pahannock,
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
s:15 q. m. Daily, from West Point, with Con-
nectfon from Baltimore except Mondays.
lo:4s am. Sundays and Mon days
0:O3 p m. Daily, except sunday from West
Point and intermediate stations.
Steamers leave West Point daily except
sundays $50 p. M arriving Baltimore 500 a
9:l5 a. m.
steamers cali at Gloucester Point and
Almonds Wharf, Tuesdays, Thursdays .and
Saturdays; Yorktown and Clay anK, Mon-
days. Wednesdays and Fridays.
@. w. WESTBURY,
Travelling Passenger Agena,
$40 *. Nain ST Richmond. Va.
J. GULF, WI Turk,
rrAmc manager. Gen. Pasa. AEt
FRANK 8. CANNON.
Third vics-rressdent aad General Manager
Washington, D. @.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-10-27
MEASURING TIMBER.
n Simple Device Resembling I'm Es-
sential Respects the Range
Finder of n warshIp.

John Page, of Ben Lomond, Santa
Cruz county, Cal, describes a plan
which he employs for estimating the
height of standing timber and which
he thinks is not generally known. He
takes two straight sticks or weed
stalks IL inches long and joins them at
right angles in the manner indicated
by the left-hand diagram. That is to
say, he puts the end of one at the mid
die of the other stick. Holding this