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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-11
STONEWALL JACKSON.
An Interesting Anecdote Related
About Him.


About Him.
In the current number of the 'Confede-.
rate Veteran Judge II. c. A1cWhorter,
relates an incident in the life of Stone
wall Jackson which came to his know
ledge first hand. Judge NcWhorter lived
dn the same neishborhood where the
famous general spent his early life. The
anecdote is as follows:
The following incident in the life OF
Gen. Thomas ]. Jackson, which, believe,
has never been given to the public, but
which l had several times from the lirs
of my venerable uncle, Mr.. Conrad Hester
who lived at Weston, in Lewis county,
Va. tnow West Virginia.. some three.
miles above the "Old Cum1nins jackson.
Nlill,' where young Jacksot. lived with
his uncle, will serve to show that those.
sterling qualities of head and heart which
SO characterized his life in after years
were Inmate in the boy. and even at the
early age of 10 years his high sense OF.
honor and keen perception OF the right
fixed in his mind so high standard
OF morality that he could not easily be
Induced TO lower it. At the time mem
toned the West Fork river, on whose
banks stood the old mill was well stocked
with fish, among which none was sought
after 50 eagerly as that noble game fish
rallied the pike Tom, as hd was
faIniiiarly called, partially supplied the
demands OF the limited fish market at the
little village Of Weston. One day Tom
proposed to G1r. Hester that he would
let him have all the pike The caught a foot
In length or over at the price of fifty
cents each CIR. Kester accepted the pro-
POSITION, SO the solemn compact was con-
rluded.
Tom continued to perform his contract
faithfully. and sold kester every pike
he caught of the regulation length. until
going through town. making straight to-
Kester's. bending under the weight of
pike IS Inches in length. when the fol-
lowing cellooNy took place:
- = II clio. Tom. That's a fine fish You
I have. want TO buy s
Tom. without apparent interest in,
what the Colonel was saying. and without
battling. iaoonicaliy sepiied: Sold to Mr.!
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been very remunerative one for some
years past.
Hon. II: T. Garrett and 6. Jesse Gould-
man have returned to their respective
homes and gone iIdustr-ots!y to WORK
among their nets.
Mr.. Theodore Mason, son of a1r. Wei.
ford Mason, one Of our most prominent
citizens, is slowly recovering from ty-
phoid fever>in Charleston, w. Va, where
he has been in business for some months
past.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-11
Social Affairs il, Clarke.


BERRYvILBE, "a, March Especial
MR. sGaso5 Cabsii IS at sclet. Oak. the
home of his sister, n 1rs. "A. Moore, Jr.
s air. S. F.EBaughmao has gone to East
ern cities on business. His daughter,
Miss Florence Baughman, accompanied
him. -
Mis- Sue p. Bayne. after spending sey-
e.raI weeks at the home of Mr.. ~. Rich
ardson. returned to Washington last
weel....
Miss Mary Jones has gone TO Barti-s
more. 80
Mr.. q. Ambrose has gone to cumber-
land, ND, where he has secured sttua-
ton with an electric lighting Company.
stA1rssD David Murphy. OF Washington. IS
the guest Of sla1r.sEy Wilkes Boyles. in the
county 80
hill Lee. Of Whining ION. % ell. is
visiting her Their. II - 4. S. Lee. near
town. 80
Mr.. and Mrs ]. Hammond siler, after
"a visit Eofssevera1 weeks here, returned to-
their home sin#B Berkeley Springs ". Va.
last week.
Mss Evelyn mcclure has gonestoRtct-
.n1 mo son Is visit her brother. Dr.Neds
& Mrs n n y Mcdonald left 1ast
week for Prince ~ illiamS county TO visit
her daughter, Mrs. EIlery Eusta.s
fnhieVe !.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-11
PERSONAL MENTION. 2

Hon. G. W. Rlankenship, supervisor Of
the United States census for the Ninth
district. will announce his appointments
about April first He will name about 206
en1irn era tors
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-11

Kester.'
a That can't be- You have mot yet seen
Mr. Hester. I will give you dollar for
it,
IT tell you it is sold. and is not mine
to SELL
what is Mr.. Hester to give you for
it?'
.. Fifty cents
I'll give you a dollar and a quarter
fo- it
Tom cast upon him an indignant look
and remarked: IF you get any of this
pike, you will get it from Mr.. kester.'
ION presenting the fish to Mr.. Hester,
that gentleman said:
:. Tom, this is a splendid pike. I think
/ shall have to give you dollar for
it: fifty cents is not enough
..Ton1 replied: No, sir; that is your
pike at fifty cents, and shall not take
more for it. Besides you have bought
a good many from me that were pretty
short
.There the transaction closed, and
Tom was doubly thereby made stronger
for the fierce struggles which awaited
him in his future eventful career.
..ln "a letter from the author to Major
Thomas l. Broun, both of whom are
members of the West Virginia Historical
and Antiquarian Society, he states that. he
intended this for the Youths Companion
but, upon suggestion of Major Broun,
wrote it for the Veteran
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-11
In the nIaddins Crowd.

Browne-I wonder why it IS old maids
arc generally thin?
Smythe-A dispensation of Providence,
perhaps A.woman with sharp elbows
can make her way through the world
without any mans assistance.-Phila-
delphia Press.
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Woman
Court Clerk

Mrs. Glessner Moore Brady has re-
Gently been elected FOR a second term
as circuit clerk Of Vernon county, No.
She is the only woman in the United
States who ever held that ONCE. Her
husband, who died two years ago, was
her predecessor ia the position. Mrs.
Brady has intelligence, system and tact
and she has proved herself to be efi-
cient and capable in every way Of
filling the position, and although the
politicians grumbled at first. there has
never been a clerk more popular. At
the end Of her FIRST term Mrs. Brady's
friends persuaded her to become a can
didate for the Office. Three experienced
politicians ran against her, and each
exerted all the arts OF his calling to
get the nomination. But pretty Mrs.
Brady threw herself into the business
of politics with so much determination
that her rivals were worsted. The con-
yention held in Nevada City was the
scene Of her victory. Eighteen of 20
townships were for her and every ward
of the city.
When discussing her work recently
Mrs. Brady said:
Il gained my first experience as cir
cult clerk in 1895, when 1 married Hen
ry c. Brady, who was then county
clerk OF Vernon. Shortly after our
marriage Mr.. Brady was taken sick,
and was obliged to go further south
for his health. During his absence I
took charge Of his business, filled his
office and conducted the campaign for
his reelection, which was successful.
A very few days after he entered upon
his second term his health failed en-
tirely, and in less than a week he died.
After careful thought upon the sub
iect Gov. Lon V. Stephens said that
judging from past experience, he
thought 1 was capable OF filling the DO
sition left vacant by my husbands
death, and appointed me to serve out
the remainder Of the term. During
this time l made many friends among
the townspeOple prominent in public
affairs. and l believe that owe my
success to treating everyone kindly
and endeavoring to make as few enc
mics as possible.
Il have always possessed a good bust
ness head, and when a young girl
helped my father in the large dry
goods store which he owned, often buy
ing the stock and keeping a record Of
the sales and supplies. In this way
learned to be accurate, and l also dis
covered that some Of the chief rule.
which should be followed in business
Of any kind are to be exact, brief and
terse. When l entered upon my duties
as circuit clerk / followed these rules
carefully and all the work in my Office
was carried on upon strict business
principles.
When the two years which I wal
serving pro tenn expired l was urget
by my friends, among whom I~coulC
count some of the most Influential
men Of the town. to become a candi
date for the office, I felt some hest
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Sketch Of
Mrs. Glessnsr M. Brady,
Of Missouri

fancy about doing 20 at first, for. al
though I knew / was competent Of NIL
Ing the position, / realized that Il
would mean a hard fight, for It was &c
the best of my knowledge the FIRST in
stance in which a woman had u foi
that office. I finally decided to enter
the contest. In which three strong and
well-known politicians entered against
me. Once launched upon the campaigr
/ put forth my best efforts to win. J
met and talked with personally more
than 5000 voters and was treated with
utmost courtesy.
Many Of the voters had known me
from childhood, and my friends were
loyal and enthusiastic. BY the kind
ness which l met on all sides my cour-
age was kept up. but / think that my
election was due to my own earnest
efforts and to the clean and successful
record which 1 could show Of past ser
vices. There are twenty townships IN
our county and five wards in the city. J
made a point to keep in touch with
every voting precinct, and when the
delegates came in had carried Is
townships u OF the 20 and every
ward in the city.
THE work has given me a good In.
sight into court affairs. and I hops
next year to read law, not with the
set purpose Of being admitted to the
bar. but because l feel convinced that
it will help me in whatever line Of
business l follow in the future"
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v AS PRIZES.
Russian Town Has a Drawing Ever,
Three Months

Auaalan Town Has q Drawing Every
Three Months.
Only last year a fair Hungarian. a
lady OF long lineage but abbreviated
purse, made public oher Of her hand
and heart as a lottery prize. She Sc
cured the consent Of the hnance minis
ter Of Hungary to sanction the issue
OF a lottery loan of 200, 900 forms;
each ticket was to be Of the value Of
a form, and the owner Of the lucky
ticket was to be rewarded with her
hand and a third Of the spoil; another
third she was to retain herself, and the
balance was to be distributed among
local charities. She was not deferred
by the experience Of another lady, also
a member Of an impoverished but high
born Spanish family. who, a few years
earlier, had offered herself IN a similar
way. In this case the lady was neither
very young nor very fair. and that the
lottery might lack nothing OF attrac-
tiveneas on this account. Che winner
TO have the option Of declining
her hand whilst sharing the money
prize. amounting 20 half Q million h0r
Ina. with her The winnor az tha
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-21
A SINGLE WHEEL CLOCK,

steel balls, which lie in holes in the
rim Of the wheel. These openings, Of
which there are 60. are just large
enough to allow the balls to roll. in and
out OF them freely. A large ball weigh
ing three pounds is grooved so as to
exactly balance on a silk string. thus
serving as its own pulley. The line
runs over two small pulleys in the
frame work and connects with the
shaft, winding around a drum on the
same.
The tension of the string is sufficient
to more than cOunterbalance the thirty
balls in the wheel, causing it to turn
the space Of one hole and thus allow
n ball, the topmost one, to roll into
a tube upon one Of the Inclined
plates.
There are two Of these plates, both
fitted with thirty tracks. hftem on
each. They are connected with each
other by means Of a tube and a circular
track.
1t takes Just one minute for a ball
to pass over the tracks and through
the connecting tubes Of the plates to
al opening in the side guard at the
bottom Of the wheel.
Here the ball falls into the empty
hole against the hook or escapement
which locks the wheel. thus releasing
the latter and allowing It to turn the
space of one hole only as the hook
locks into the next aperture.
AT the same time the ball is carried
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INpIAN And a
A. Usual they Were Productive OF e.
itemont

GANaMNHMNH
AZ Hesperus, Col near the school
for the Indian youths lives n Joseph
Curtett. who does a hriving business
IN prints and molassea, -four and but
tens. He has. In fact a varied assort-
mont and. among other articles, he
deals IN whisky, On Friday last the
stately remnant Of a noble race, John
Henry, betook himself joyfully e Cur
tets store. Curtett knows the law.
he - aware Of the two years impris-
onment and the $500 fine that stare in
the face the man who disDenses John
Rarlayeorn to the Indian. But there
la always q chance Of Guiding detec-
tion, so, admonishing John Henry TO
90 down to the green Held beyond the
swelling foods to imbihe the liquid, he
measured out a quart and separated
John Henry from his money. Only a
few hours had elapsed when along
came the gentleman OF the hoof and
horns. demanding his pay. John went
back 10 the school. He felt very brave.
ne wanted 10 leap a few feet into the
air. unbutton his lungs. and let loose q
sea seventeenth century yowL Hin
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-21

saccharin or glucide is a sweet sub
stance prepared by complex processes
from coal tar. 1t is a white, semi
crystalline powder, with e. faint odor
and intensely sweet taste. SO sweet is
It that It requires to be very much d.
luted before it's sweetness can be ap-
preciated. from half to one grain SUI
hcing for a cup of tea. It is not a pure
substance as found in commerce, but
contains a variable proportion Gao tc
60 per cent? of a less sweet compotnd.
On this account opinions differ az tc
its sweetening power compared With
that of sugar, 1t being estimated to be
from 200 to 800 times stronger than
the natural product. 1t was at hlst
thought likely it would prove a serious
rival to sugar, but its price offers nc
great inducement, and conflicting
opinions as to it's safety have rather
initiated against its use. At present
it is employed for s%weeteuing the food
of diabetic patients, and for Disgusting
the taste Of drugs. 1t is but slightly
soluble in water. but dissolves readily
if mixed with baking soda, carboniC
acid a being liberated during solu-
ton.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-21

Very few American states have now
their original state capitals. a circum-
stance which is being recalled by the
o~bservances in various parts Of the
country of anniversaries OF the estab-
lishment of the present capitals. The
original capital of Indiana was Cory
don; of Illinois, Vandalia; and Of Ohio,
Chlllicothe. Corydon and Vandalia
are small towns. but Chillicothe has
grown to be a city of some Importance.
The original capital Of New York was
New York city, and for a short time
New York had two capitals-New York
city and Jamaica. L. !. Afterward the
course of capital moved northward,
first to Poughkeepsie, then to Kings
ton, and finally to Albany, where it has
been situated for more than a century.
The original capital OF Alabama was
Tuscaloosa, and OF Georgia, Milledge-
Vile, until suspersed by Atlanta after
the close Of the civil war. Iowa City
was the original capital Of Iowa, now
Des Moines. and In some of the new
Northwestern States, notably North
DnA0NA % mas hNNA nNANaaAAJ " put
the matter Of capital selection to the
determination Of the voters on several
occasions. and not without consider
able contention and friction In the set
Element Of the dispute. New Orleans,
for a time after the civil wal the capt.
tai Of Louisiana, had been superseded
by Baton Rouge. Detroit, the largest
city in Michigan, was originally the
capital. a position now occupied by
Lansing. Lecompton was the first
capital Of Kansas; Topeka is the capt.
tai now.
Omaha was the capital Of Nebraska
as a territory and remained such for q
short time after it's admission. until
Lincoln succeeded It. Wheeling was
the first capital Of West Virginia be-
fore the selection OF Charleston, and
Virginia City was the capital OF Ne
vada before the selection Of Carson
City, or Carson, as Il is called locally.
Denver has always been the capital OF
Colorado. state or territory. Yankton,
D., was the capital Of Dakota terri
tory before It's admission into the
union as two separate states. but the
present capital Of South Dakota is the
town Of Pierre. and 1t was not estab-
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Many experiments will soon be
made by the German army with diff
ferent types Of automobiles for milf
tary service; the railway brigade has
charge Of the affair and is to make a
series of trials in the open country.
in the neigh5orhood of Eberswalde, a
small town about twenty-five miles
from Berlin; the trials viii be made
under the supervision Of the lieuten-
ant-general, nine officers OF the gem
eral stan, eleven captains. two officers.
OF the engineering corps, a number Of
subordinate officers. artihcers and
privates. In France a series OF grand
maneuvers will take place this year
- n eastern part OF the country, in
which a number Of different types Of
automobile win be tried. such as pc
troleum and electric vehicles. motto
cycles. besides "a number OF heavy
Scotte traction engines for the trans
p%ortaticn Of freight and baggage. The
experiments are to be carried out on
a large scale, and the Organization has
been for some time past engaged in
the special study OF applying the au-
tomobile 10 military purposes.
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THE SINGLE Wheel CLOCK.

prize was, by a curious caprice of for
ture, a coachman, who, in more Jour
ishing days, had been in the EMPLOY
msnt Of the lady's father; and to her
dismay he insisted on marrying her.
The marriage was disastrous; the
husband squandered every norin Of
her dowry, and ultimately deserted her
At smolensk, in Russia, the lottery is a
recognized matrimonial medium. and
every three months a local beauty "a.
onered as a prize. The tickets OF.
which there are 5000, are, Of the value.
OF a rouble. and the winner thus se-
cures a wife lowered with 5000 rou-
blea. It is. however, within the elrps
power 70 decline to marry him: and,
In this event she shares the lottery
money equally with the disconsolats
winner.-stray Stories.
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clothes oppressed him, his hat he felt
really ought to grow a bunch Of feath-
ers. He caught up a broken barrel
staye and ran into the s~choolroom.
Once every two weeks there are liter
airy exercises at the school and they
were in progress. Upon the platform
was a youth who was rendering with
great dramatic effect, "The Charge Of
the Light Brigade" FLASHED all their
sabers bare, FLASHED all at once in air,
Charging an army while all the world
wondered " shouted the speaker. Upon
that John Henry let fly with the barrel
stave. Il missed the elocutionist. but
struck the stovepipe. Amid a cloud Of
feathery SCOT a Whirlwind Of dust
raised by the ~rescuing party. and the
exhortations OF the teacher, who was
safely i%ntrenched behind a desk. John
Henry and the hrewater were captured
by a number OF braves.-Denver
Times.
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From the Atlantic to the Pacific in a Dayy>S
A Claim of 200 Miles an Hour,

side resort as the New Yorker Is 70 HIS.
The Atlantic City terminal has been
secured, and negotiations are now be-
ing made for the station at the Phila-
delphia end. The road viii be COM
pleted In time to begin running regu-
lar trains-and there will be at least
100 a day-as soon as the summer
season opens next year. The structure
will be elevated, single rail and double
track. A belt line Is also to be con-
structed at once around a western re-
sort. Work will, It is said, begin on
the New York-Chicago road In the
early fall. and it is estimated that the
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around with the wheel and another
ball is released and begins the descent
Of the inclined plates.
The hands of the clock are governed
by the movement of these balls. and
they move just a minute every time a
ball is released on the uppermost
plate.
The clock is on the roller coaster
plan, in fact the inventor started to
construct a Keller coaster when the
idea Of making a clock struck him.
The timepiece can be regulated by sim
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-21

partment. and these doors win all slide
open Of shut at once at the touch Of a
single button in the motor cab.
Capt. Lima Beecher. OF No. 231 Lin
coin place. Brooklyn, Is the inventor Of
this wonderful scheme to ~revolutionize
the business Of the world. and he has
devoted all his time to the study Of II
for the last ten years. He has
railroad Of the kind in operation in
Ontario, Can, opposite Buffalo. This
is a short road at a summer resort, and
runs only four months in the year.
Work will, It is said, be begun with
ia two months on the first Of these
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-21

Five horrs from New York TO Chi
oago. That Is what the American
Railway company officials say they can
DO with passenger. mail and express
tramo. Two hundred miles an hour.
That Is what they claim for their new
transit schere. Pointed compartment
oara-the SHADE Of a naval projectile-
win, they So soon make 1t possible
to whiz frou| the Atlantic to the Pa
eiho In q single day. And all this with
absolute safety and comfort to the
travelling public.
Electric, win be the motor power,
and the s.ngP a trains viii be opera
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Charles H. Brigden Of Waterbury.
Conn, has invented a clock, the like
Of which it is thought is not in exis-
tence. It is a one-wheel or ball clock.
and is a rare curiosity, as well as being
a hrst-class time piece.
The single wheel constitutes the es-
capement and transmits the motive
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CHANGES IN THE
SEATS or
GOVERNMENT OF
VARIOUS STATES


lished as such until after some contro.
Yersy.
By what may best. perhaps, be des.
eribed as a paradox, Rhode Island, the
smallest of the states in the country.
has had the largest number Of capitals.
1t now has two. Providence and New.
port, and originally had five simulta-
neous capitalists to speak-Providence
Newport, South Kingstown, East
Greenwich and Bristol. Connecticut
had two-Hartford and New Haven
and it Is sometimes found difficult, al
present, to understand why a small
state with a sparse population and hav.
ing little official business to transact
should have found It necessary to
maintain more than one capital. It is
explained by the fact, however, that in
early times and for some years after
the revolutionary period, local Jealous
les existed between the several towns
Of the state, and Il was to appease these
~jealousies that the concession was
made of two capitals. Rhode Island
though not the pioneer, is now the last
survivor Of this custom. and its oltl-
zens are to vote in November on the
proposition to do away with Newport
as a capital and to establish Providence
as the only one.
Another reason which has had CON
siderable to do with the establishment
Of capitals in early times in country
districts vas found in the definite
boundaries of the states. All the orig.
inal states had fixed boundaries when
admitted. but most OF the western and.
southern states were subdivisions Of
former territories, and the capital
which was appropriate at one time
would not serve after different bound
aries were chosen. The territory Of
Michigan, for instance, included a mart
OF northwestern Ohio. Including the
city Of Toledo. Ohio was admitted in
to the union in 1902, and the north
western counties were not annexed 10
It until 1886. This change In the
state boundaries justified the selection
of a more nOrtherly town for the capi-
tai, and Columbus was chosen.
The United States has changed its
capital. originally In New York. and
afterwards In Philadelphia, like most
Of the separate states.