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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17

tN ttt'sit Loi I4e t>dleas L4AlGS)
D40h 'lNo I'll l, Va, ->os eti4'S- ". "
Apt!"- s'o"its IN bedioIu county IS
1ast incoming rs fec"Sth@eu Spscl@i'E.
i1''sott4se4 oy I@lndsoaAt feNsh4tS al
FeaHE received ana py the WORLDWIDE
Reputation S"iii.a III th2 great lAtSifiiL-
t'oI'dt sAiost''o'IS' NtS -aAheis' Niituat
eAcePu"h' ere painting o4&'sSf"S o. St'siu-
ar ,a4!eAtS a4o ore t4eisns ia|ilS up
'lSa sloF2 OF ease ana i'ioAN 45t the III
tuFe.
-hs crop o. &Hni.S tLai NSStea l-i'S Ae:tt
mas cen cSisioe.i25'le" put, owing to- i4ts
cihGESie' i"las "is summer >hs S4sid IS
FOL SO large as seemed PROMISED, ta91 riS
Ihe lrtit OF rShR NQaiiiy- t7unaTeoS o.
LafTe!s OF Ter.tct apples nave seen
shipped TO thF North OF exported, but the
number would have been increased te+l-
iolc except Tor tie odtWarc, season Il
h Impossible 70 stale-the n-n5er 81 bar
refs sent away or the value OF the crop.
as there are two railroads used and many
points OF leading Seven years ago one
BANK here handled Tor visiting buyers
Szo,eu', put mat MAS almost INC Iirst year
Ee9tofa lFuli was recognized, and si-lce
then apple GROWING has developed past
the Stage oil miami INDUSTRY.
L-A<SE Sill En- / p
one s'iit4eInaiip wnoss AlSetharle PIP
pms dlspiaSeu4 At lars We're aojucSsa
.ile ll!iSSt IL. ihs, Not.a, las sii4PPS3 CIV
barrels OF T4ppLHs ana ga apples. whi!r
another grower OF lle leaks Hti7ioo1-
hood, salttf SacouniSiiils NS.his ol delay
III securing shipFl1.S .balitIS, losing IN
by tIily 90 barrels, consigned about iy]
barrels to ms new Ae:h coLlHtl SION
merchants aid there received u u pa re4
Tor red APPLES cf the hfsI qGa!tN- Two
iadies. liNn on adjoining I@lfS near
helso, annually realize between SIVo1 and
Sl2093 each on fheii wi!5S:7aP o;cilasos' ana
this year has proved no exception.
a srlali f2rmer on Suck fountain last
season purchased Tor $LVVa a home a.
tae!ied 10 which is an orchard, not very
large or Nell cared for. The purchaser
at once began to prime and cultivate ms
apple Tr'S, and IN The spring SPRAYED
and worked them. This 1al his first crop
was $40 barrels, which brought 5000 III nes
pronI as The irWt Vas SOLD on the
ground to the buyer, who gathered and
packed it at his expense ard then paid
nv Fsss. nor al
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17

planting OF new trees becomes the bust
mss OF the hour, and it is safe TO say 25,-
900 young apple trees wild this year be
Get OFT at tlle fall planting. y young
agent. VINO IS working his way Though
tie GEiN tTSity OF North Carolina by sell
Ils fruit tees during the summer, states
tllat his nursery Giune viii furnish 1851
trees OF various kinds from his orders. y
I very significant fact, he discovers, is that
only men reilly III earn-<st. and who are
Counting fully the cost, are now making
orchards. The needless buyer who makes
q iaTGe fall planting merely to turn his
stock IN on it ii the spEiNg and then
1,.Nt fail repeat the process, is disappear
lI.s, as IS also the grower" on paper with
pencil.
Glen are beginning 20 sreeialize and
tlae average knowledge in fruit culture,
the 32tur and use of iEsectides, diseases,
ti.ir cUre ard prevention in approved
methods Of spraying and printing. is be-
coming gr&tifyingiy high ana general
The Z rr2crs have ceased ndiScriDnata
lisp hazard planting. and are putting
out only az many trees as they can care
fox and those OF standard varieties.
Eternal vigilance is the price of sue
ce2zIul apple raising, Hut 10 the man who
wan work and be patient tl2sre is a
treasure OF gold layers up on these sunny
gountaiu slopes, Well worti! his best
thought and endeayor.
BEDFORD EXHIBIT.
The exhibit of the l5eGfocd Hortcul-
tUral Society, heId here September 18th
To- 18Th was the most successful in the
history cf that useful organization and
c2.pcCts DECLARE that such a&display of
fruit especially OF apples. has not been
achieved elsewhere in The South. y mum
Der u specimens were given Commission
er ). 6. Noiner and were carried by him
To Arkansas, there to open the eyes Of
tins State Commissioners Of Agriculture
assembled TO the possibilities of Virginia
%uDlas another collection was sent to
Buffalo but with result as yet unan-
nounced.
In The past apples OF Bedford have
won distinction. At Chicago at the Ma
tioSal Export Exposition at Philadelphia,
at Madison Square Garden, New York. At
the Exposition Univcrselle, at Paris, and
at minor cxpositions. Every year the
Department Of Pomolocy st Washington
N axes paintings of apples grown here, TO
be dieplavcd as perfect types Of what an
apple NAV be-
The Young trees growing vigorously on
every mountain slope may now be count
"a BIZ Tho hundred thousand. y mighty
industry is developing, so silently that
sfw have he eyes to see as yet what
hope it lsolds for the future.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17
Crumbs From Karsss,

People talk of the dasi .s.h:.i.s- OF hav-
ing friends TO ..fall back III. as il .ricn,!s
were feather beds.
It must be terrible. thing for 4 woman
to die with g lot OF social caiigaticGs UNI.
paid on her mind.
1t is told os an Atchison woman that
she made chicken salad for tw sl.y seven
guests out OF one chicken
1t Is too bad that he viii never know IL,
but an Atchison man whose wife used to
shake her fist at him now wrings her
hands when she mentions his death.
We would like to taste one OF the emer-
gency rations the War Department. Is ex-
psrimentins with, 10 see II it Is like what
we meet on the table on wash day
There Is a good dea! OF quiet amusement
In small town near Atchison where i.
big. TAT woman. sixty years old. recently
died. and her third husband put a wound
err dove on he- Observation-Disclosures Globe
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17
THE T1MEs: RICHMOND. VA sUNDAYNoVEMBER II 1907


and published in the catalogue of the
institution. These treductio ns are sup
posed to be given sons of physicians.
professors in medical colleges or such
other cases as appear worthy.
The fourth and probably the most i'm
rDrtant measure adopted is one requiring
studentssto average eighty percent, in
attendance upon all lectures during Il six
months session before they are. recog-
nized as having completed the term: This
is chiefly aimed at that class of students
who attend one medical college one yea r,
during which they probably neglect their
work, cut lectures, or attend only a Key,
months, and the next year change to
another school. where they are frequently
entered In the second year class, upon
the representation of having taken the
first year course, at the other college. In
The future a student changing, from one
college to another will be required to pre-
sent a certificate of eighty per cent. in
attendance, signed by the dean of the
school he leaves, before he will be al
owed to enter year in advance Of his
last.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17
TRAINED CATS
STAND GUARD
Wonderfully Intelligent Animals Go
About Their Work in a
Systematic Way.
(lvrittcn for The Sunday Times.)

CErittcn for The Sunday Times)
'.Wny IS Il black cat the best moussr
is question which very few people can
ex.,Eain,'' remarked prominent feed
dealer the other afternoon. Well, I'll
tell and prove it to you. Most of tho
rats are caught ut night in the dark and
Il rat cannot distinguish. a black car in
the darkness. whereas il they Were white,
yellow or gray they could be easily seen.
l now have at my store score or mere
of jet-blac!z cats. which / prize vecy
highly and would not part with them.
have them as thoroughly trained as a
company of Z0uaves. and when one of the
rodents is heard III thu building it means
that his days are numbered. for the cats
Immediately line up for their prey. The
old ones start when the sound is heard
FROM while the others do guard duty at
the holes from which the rodents came.
and 1t is seldom they get back.
Cats are Il wonderfully Intelligent ami
NAL, and the black cat is the genius OF
them all Naturally rats will make their
home III a place where cereals are stored.
but 1t means death to them If they at
tempt it in nv store. When l first OPEN
ed here a number of years ago the build
ing was infested with rats. l bought
every cat that came along and I remeEl-
Der very distinctly OF advertising tor
twenty-five IL a few days the cats
were az thick as the rats. I kept my
eyes or the cats to try and discover
which was the best mouser. This did not
take long. and L soon discovered that
the black eat was the best.
Il will stake my cats, all of which are
jet-black. against any in the State as
mousers. I loaned them to q commits
sion merchant in the block below a few
weeks ago and in one night they killed
forty-one rats. some of them nearly as
large as the cats. y popularity abouc
my cats is that they will not destroy a
rat until it is seen by one OF the por-
ters of the store.
Give me the black cat every day as a
rat-killer. They beat all traps made
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17
Then tie Court Laughed.

Now" said the lawyer who was con-
Quoting the cross-exa nina ton, will you
please state how and where you first met
his MANI" ~ atF
Il think" said the lady with the sharp
nose, shat it was ~
Never mind what you think, inter-
upted the lawyer. we want facts here.
We don't care what you think, anu we
haven't any time to waste in listening to
what you think. Now, please tell US
where and when it was you first met this
man." ,4es,s.-
The witness made no reply.
Come, come" urged the lawyer. 81
demand an answer to my question"
Still no answer from the witness.
your Honor" SAID the lawyer, turning
to the court. II think l am entitled to an
answer to the question l have put
THE witness will please answer the
question, said the court in impressive
tones.
Can't" said the lady.
why not?"
"The court doesn't care to hear what
think. does it,"
No"
'"Then there is no use questioning me
any further. I am not lawyer. I can't
talk without thinking"
they called the next witness.-Tit-
Bits
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17
Bubbles.

Hunted down. bargain pillows.
Talking otshig feet. some peoples shoes
over two achers
Even=wonlen OF the Middle Ages were
nXious to appear young.
a blind horse needn't lack spirit, for
re can still feel his oats
Even a breezy person gets monotonous
he is nothing But wind.
It isn't sure sign of rain when the
rucrioneer puts up an umbrella.
The ballet dancer can't keep position
unless she Is alive and kicking.
Would you call it Unconscious humor,.
hecausa woman who has tainted looks
funny?
The thorn of plenty" is altogether too
INCH when it's a ~practicine .nelghbor,s
cornet. sts'st
When a mans manners are bad form
IS 1t best for q woman TO marry him to
reform him?-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17
VALLEY ORCHARDS.
The Season the ,sost Profitable ID Man
Nvritten for The Sunday Ti.nes.)

[tG!5.
written for The Sunday Tines)
WINCHESTER, VA, November TO-.
the Valley OF Virginia the apple season
is almost at an end, and Winchester,
which. it seems, is the principal shipping
point. is seeing the closing of What prom
inent growers and buyers say has been
the most profitable apple year in the pas;
decade, despite the fact that New York
sDeculato3's say that an apple famine eX-
lists. From 81 to $50 were paid per bar
rel for APPLES on the trees. These III
cluded all grades, with the exception OF
those for select foreign trade which
brCught more, for it is Well known tina
the quality of the apples in this vicinity
are second TO none.
During the shipping season, which be
gan the last Of September one railroad
alore-thc Cumberland FalleT-has haul
cd from Winchester over $1,000 barrels.
representin- about $25019t TO the growers
not TO mention the cost Ct barrels aat
hauling to The station, and the wages o.
ccopers and packers. blth of whom we.f
in Great demand. Counting l6p barrels I
a car over 200 carloads were snapped
treir dcstj-ation being Indiana. Chicago
New York. Rochester, Euffalo, Baltimore
tphi-adfIahIn and other points. About Il
car leads have been shipped over the en-
tire line of the Cumberland Valley KAN
rCad-1l6 rniles-anj half of them were
from Winchester.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17

written for The Sunday Timeso
i The Secret Service Division Of the Police
Department IN this city is one of the
most effective in the country.
When the City Council created III the
Secret Service Division a separate De
partment, and empowered it with greater
scope with a corresponding recognition
of its services in an increase IN salary
it did cthing more than was deserving
ci the men in the department. who mad
devoted years Of faithful service TO the
city, in work that cannot be figured out
in mere dollars.
z The fame of Richmond's Detective De
partment is sung from one end OF the
country to the ether. Detectives and po-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17
Ordinance Passed by the City Council Creates
New Districtin the Service in This City.
CAPT. TOMLINSON, AND HIS THREE SERGEANTS

lice from everywhere point to Richmond
as an example OF what secret service
should be, for it is a. noted fact that none
OF the big crooks ever drop into Rich
mus. ana get away without having eX-
Eerience with the local detectives.
It can but be said that for shrewdness
in thei1. business and the ability to grasp
any situation that presents itself. the
Richmond detective force is a model of
excellency.
a PROUD CT THEM.
i Major Howard. Chief of Police, is proud
of the men. and so are the members OF
the Board of Police Commissioners.
The Secret Service Department as a
separate division of the service, was or
ganized, nominally,. in 1880. by Major Poe,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17
ROANOKE ORCHARDS.
Some o! the Largest aud Bcst Pay;n. ID the
Stale Located Thsr..
(WrItten for The Sunday Times.l
SALEM. "a, November I6.-Roarok,

SALEM. VA. November l6,-Roaroke
county Will. in the near future. take The
place in ranks of the apple growing coun-
ti,s OF the State that she deserves. Few
counties cileE such EXCEPTIONAL adVan-
,ages TO the practical orchaTdist. The
interest created in Virginia apples by the
samples exhibited by Commissioner Of
Agriculture koiner. at the meeting of the
Commissioners Of Agriculture of the
Southern States at Hot Springs, Ark. re-
Gently, and his able address on Virginia
Apples" Viii tie instrumental in bringing
many orchardists TO this State. and
Roanoke county will undoubtedly get its
share.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17

Nechad the latest Turkish wrestler visit this country
He striving to induce the champions of America him the
Ene Roeber being his choice Unlike
his Turk reputed strong
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17
The OiG-Fashioued Fiddle,

Oh. the old-fashioned fiddle
Was d common kind OF thing,
But the old-fashioned fiddle
Had the right kind of ring. -
And l never heard il running :,
Over high notes and low.
But the old-fashioned fiddle
Made the warm blood tiow ;.
And the old FASHIONED fiddle H.
Was the music OF our mas.
And the oid-fashioned fiddle
Was the pride OF our pas.
And I'd like to see the children
That with old times compare.
When the fiddle in the bringing up
OF children had share.
And the old-fashtoned fiddle
Made the right kind OF noise
In the old-fashioned kitchen
For the girls and boys. :,
When the little and the large
And the matron and the maid
Took & frslic on the floor
When the old fiddle played.
And the old-fashioned fiddle
Was an instrument of grace,
Till the bowling OF the organ
Took the old tiddle's place.
And l never hear it sounding
Is machinery Of praise
Without longing for the fiddle
or the deac old days
How the choir had TO hustle
When the first fiddle led.
And the doctor played the second
Till mis- rose grew red.
And the happy congregation
OF the Ole church fold
Went soaring mp TO Heaven.
IS the aittherIS rolled
-Jesiah NJ. Fletcher. in Bosto. Globe,
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-01-10
First PubIishers of Chaucer.

The first collected edition of Chau- cers works was published by Pynson, who issued the first of the three parts in 1926. In 1532 there followed an edi- tion by Thyme, and others appeared in 1561, 1898, 1902 and 1887, to say noth- ing of that which came from the house of Lintot in 1721, which has the dis tinction in the opinion of scholars of being the worst ever printed. The name of Thomas Tyrwhitt is justly re- membered ill connection with Chaucer, and this by reason of the scholarly edi- tion of the "Canterbury Tales" 1175-S, to which he added informa ton notes and a glossary. Not unti, Dr. Furni- wall produced his six text volume in 1868 was Tyrwhitt's work as whole superseded New York Post.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-01-10
When Scotch Hunts Scotch.

Wandering about the streets of Paris some distance from his hotel, he found himself in maze from which he could not escape, and, to make things worse, he failed, through ignorance of the Ian guage, to get any light to guide him homeward. Then q happy thought struck him. By dint of signs he con cluded a bargain with a fruit hawker for a basketful of gooseberries and then, to the amazement of everybody went about shouting: "Fine Scotch grossets. A penny a pun, penny a punr'
 This went on for awhile till fellow countryman rushed forward to him and, seizing him roughly by the shoul- der, asked, "Man, dye think we're in the streets O Glesga, that ye gang aboot like madman cryin grossets?"
 "Ech!" he replied, with a sense of re- lief. "Ye're just the man l was lookin for. Dye ken the way to the Hotel -"-London Fun.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-01-10

the board took the case under advise ment, and "by order" the old man was fired out into the world to begin life anew. There were resolutions, of course, and one of them was to the effect that the bank presented him with the sum of $100 for long and fakhful services. He put on his hat without protest, and he left the bank without taking the money. At his humble home an old and anxious wife met him and. wifelike, gave him sym pathy and encouragement first of all.
 Never mind, John; never mind," she kept saying. "We have few dollars ahead, and you are only 55 years old, and something good is sure to turn up. You have fought too long to give up now"
 But the weeks went by, and nothing turned up. The business world has very little use for an old man who has no capital. John Fosdck's savings were gradually used up, the generosity of his few friends exhausted, and there came a day when the question of food and fuel became a serious one. He was not one to sponge or turn beggar. If the world would not let him earn his food, at least he would go out of it and hope that his going would open | the hearts of men toward his widow. | After pondering for an hour he started out with the firm intention of drown | ing himself in the river. It was blus- tering November day, and as he passed the bank with bowed head, bent shoul- | ders and well worn garments even those who had deprived him of his place felt a touch of sympathy. He was making for the suburbs and a highway bridge and wondering how long it would take to drown and what men would say of him when dead when he caught sight of men and horses skulking behind an abandoned factory. It was singular bound on such mis- sion as he was, that he should have seen or wondered and speculated on why those men and horses were there but he had scarcely passed the old fac tory when he suddenly turned about town with speed that astonished him self.
 In the vaults of the First Nationa
 bank was a sum close upon $3OO,OOO
 deposited there temporarily by rail
 road company. Outside the vault wa
 big safe containing $25,000 more.
 was quiet afternoon. with few peopl
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-01-10

veracity between cashier and teller, and it was decided within the bank that the cashier had the better of it. Just then, too old Fosdick slipped in a wrong figure in making up his days account, and, though it made only a difference of cents in the total, it seemed to prove that old age and care lessness had unfitted him for his posi- tor. The president being in Europe, moving about. Over 100 of the men living in town had gone over to the new town of Prairie Flower at an auc- ton of real estate. There hadn't been better opportunity for years to make a dash at the bank. It was a civilized young city, but within striking dis tance of No Mans Land and a hun dred desperate outlaws. Of a sudden old John Fosdick, bareheaded and his gray hair flying, burst into the bank. He was speeches. with his running, but he did not try to use his voice. He dashed open the gate and seized the heavy doors of the safe and closed them with bang. Several employees tried to seize him, thinking he had gone crazy, but he shook them off, and just as firing and yelling were heard on the street he slammed the doors of the vault. He had only turn ed from it when four border ruffians dashed into the bank, each with pis- tol in hand, while three others re- mained outside and fired at every pe- destrian in sight.
 Hands up and money out!' shouted one of the three who entered the bank, and in an instant every official and employee was covered.
 The cashier wilted, and the others followed suit, but old John Fosdick stood up gamely under the deadly re- volvers and quietly said:
 "Gentlemen, this bank is closed for the day"
 "Open the safe and vaults or I'll blow your brains out!'
 q have a key to neither"
 "You liar! Take that"
 The old man sank with a bullet in his brain, and the white faced cashier would nave opened safe and vault with his own hands but for the arrival of assistance A few citizens had gath cred and killed one of the watchers and wounded another. This caused a stampede on the part of the despera- does. They did not even grab the
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-01-10
+ 2 F + F. F. F + ]. + as2- & Grade Of Oyer TiVe F11illion$ > !
 < Customs Statistics Showing How Rapidly D Our Commerce Has Crown 4
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It is disappointing tat one is un- able to show the great growth of com merce of the past year and to com pare them with the previous year from official records. but these records were not kept at the Skagway customs house before the month of July, in 1899. There are the five months given however, and the full list of the ship ments registered at the customs house from December l, of 1899, to the same date last year. This shows that the amount of goods passing through here from the United States to Canadian territory amounted to $1,576, ,405; the amount shipped in bond by Canadians free of duty to $3,594 4,350-making a total of five millions, one hundred and seventy-one thousand, seven hundred and fifty-five dollars.
 This does not include the shipments made direct from the United States to the city of Skagway, which, of course, are not rendered in the customs. What this may amount to it is difficult to estimate. An estimate can be made to some extent by estimating a popu- lation of 2,700 below the fire limit at Tenth avenue, the scores of cottages