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The Washington times., 1901-12-29

Parts Of the West Virginia mountain
region retain almost their original Wild
ness Now and then a prospector has
wandered through the wilderness, but this
! forerunner of railroads and commercial
progress rarely got away from the river
courses or the fairly level country easily
/ adapted to cultivation.
/ One day New York sportsman pitched
his camp among the back hills. His guide
chuckled quietly when the young man
| picked up a smooth rock and placed it on
the fire to heat for a roasting stone. In
few minutes a blue flame shot up
through the rock. and soon it was all
ablaze.
"wh-what's the matter?" yelled the
young man.
'Nothin'!' laughed the guide. eye got
hunk of coal, that's all. I guess we
better cook supper 'ithout the roatsin'
stone"
The New York sportsman became a
wiser man. so far as knowledge of West
| Virginia roasting stones was concerned.
and when later in his rambles he came
upon a huge mountain of iron ore and
took notice OF the valuable timber all
about. he began to study the situation.
Ensy-Going Mountaineers.
Now the curious thing is that the West
| Virginia mountaineer has known for
longer than the memory of the oldest in
habitant goes back that all he had to do
when he wanted a fire was to take a
pick-axe and break of bit Of the rocky
| ledge or hillside which lay back Of his
! cabin. Every day he saw the wealth Of
timber and iron all about him, but he had
enquired no further-nature supplied his
few wants. why should he care about ac-
quiring the troubles which afflicted the
rich7
The region through which some -.;.;-
roads now planned will pass. lying in the
| New Creek and North Fork Valleys be-
tween Keyser and Elkins, shows the con-
trast between the primitive that has been
and the progressive that will be, better
perhaps than any other. The distance be-
| tween the two towns is over a hundred
| miles.
At present there are no railroads any
where in reach. \ meagre population OF
about QUO straggles along the one
thoroughfare that is hOnored by the
name of road, which in many places bears
more resemblance to the bed Of noun
tain stream than anything else.
Home of the Moonshiner.
II is the home Of the sand digger and
the moonshiner-a little primitive world
in itself, distant in population, custom
and occupation from the world outside,
embosomed in a glorious phalanx of noun
tains, whose majestic contour gives this
region the romantic individuality and
aloofness of an undiscovered Switzerland.
Hopeville is at the heart of this rugged
undeveloped region. Why the place was
called Hopeville is not very obvious.
There is an elusive quality about these
places to which 1t takes an unsophIsti-
Gated traveller some little hardearned
experience to accustom himself. For in
stance. between the towns Of Maysyille
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Grnnt,. Mcs.age of victory.

The original of General Grants tele-
gram to Secretary stanton announcing. in
Grants own handwriting, the surrender
of General Lee was be ught last evening
for $3.50 by George II. Richmond at the
second and concluding days auction sale
at 20 West Thirtieth Street of the liter
airy possessions OF the late Gen. Adam
Badeau. military secretary to Grant. The
despatch is written in Badeau's field or
deriy book, and, although in lead pencil,
has been so carefully preserved that the
writing is as iegible as when Grant wrote
Il thirty six years ago.-New York Sun.
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and carefully watched. They sprouted
and bloomed and proved to be poppies.
But England is not the only country
stances of the curious tenacity OF life
shown by seeds have happened in the
United States Kentucky colonel Just
before the battle of Chattanooga pulled
an ear OF corn from shock as he passed.
Shelling it, he ate some grains. placing
a handful in his pocket. He was wounded
at Chattanooga and sent home He saw
no more service and his soldier clothes
we're packed away. AS matter of scnti-
ment he kept them until about three years
ago. when they had become 50 moth
eaten that he decided to throw them away.
In searching through the pockets of the
coat he felt small lump. and drew forth
from the lining two grains OF corn that
had been there ever since THE Battle Of
the Clouds Curious to see II there was
still life in them. he planted them, and
they grew. The next year. as the corn
they produced was unusually fine. he
saved every grain and planted it the fol-
grains. This year he planted twelve acres
OF corn with what one might call the
grandchildren of those two veterans of
the civil war.
History of Peach seed.
Just out of indianapolis, near Broad
Ripple there is peach tree growing that
has a remarkable history 1t was planted.
or rather the seed from which it grew
was planted. about six years ago. For
two years it has borne fruit that is not
very large, but which is unusually sweet.
The seed from which the tree was pro-
dueed was carried in the pockets of three
men for 103 years. When the grandson OF
the man who first placed IT in his pocket
as lucky piece planted it. it had been
worn so smooth that no one could tell
what kind of a seed 1t was. Many thought
1t n plum seed. and others a peculiarly
shaped coffee bean or buckeye.
James Wllkerson was the first man to
carry it. After he died James. his son.
carried it until he died, when John. his
son, who is telegraph operator. carried
1t for fifteen years, and then planted il to
see IL it would grow. He said the reason
his grandfather had kept it so long was
that he had eaten the peach with his
sweetheart. each taking bite for bite. Ttis
sweetheart he had married. She had died
when the planters father was born. So
it can be seen what a pretty little story
is wound around the roots Of that tree.
In 1885 there dieg-pear Oxford. Ohio,
little old FrenchmAn who left France just
after the battle of Waterloo He had
fought with Napoleon, though but boy
Of fifteen. as his father had fought with
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departments parade drew near the NON.
bers of Truck D were in despair. with
out their mascot there could beno parade
they thought. The matter was taken by
various channels to the proper authorities,
and the Health Department suspended for
one single day the order which had him
securely tied up.
Weaver in the Parade.
Weaver appeared in the parade, the hap
piest dog in Washington. He attracted
considerable attention. for Weaver IS we'll
known to Washingtonians, from the value
of his services at the many confagrations
which be has attended during his connec-
ton with the Fire Department. On the
momentous occasion Weaver was clothed
in a spic and span brand new fancy
blanket, bearing as its device. yellow
silk hook and>ladder rampant, upon a field
tan. with the motto Truck Company D."
in embossed letters.
The uniform was set off with a bunch
OF yellow ribbon, the whole outfit being
the gift of one OF the neighbors, Miss
Warren. who is a great friend of weav-
er. and who also presented him, for
Christmas, with handsome heavy leath-
er collar. with nickel name plate. upon
which is engraved the dogs name. and his
home.
Although the Fire Department parade
was the occasion Of Weaver's first official
release from captivity. it was by no means
his first dash for liberty Weaver freed
himself by a powerful wrench which
would have dislocated the neck OF an or
dlnary dog when Cissel's feed store and
warehouse on Delaware Avenue burned.
Sense of Duty TOO strong.
He was lying on a pile OF straw, Sc
curely chained. when the alarm came into
the house. Doors flew open, the horses
rushed out. men tore peli-mell into their
places. the big doris swung open. and the
apparatus dashed down the street. Weaver
was there ahead of 1t, in his accustomed
place, going as hard az he could with the
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see you again, but cannot help it and
before knew it he was kissing me. When
a gentleman. and such a nice old gentle
man. too. and a Governor OF great STATE
kisses one so quick that one has not time
TO see and no time to object, what can
one do?" Gerster was asked about the in-
cident. She said: II have heard that
Governor Crittenden kissed Patti before
she had time 10 resist; but | don't see
ANYTHING in that to create so much fuss.
There is nothing wrong in y mans kissing
a woman old enough TO be his mother. -
Exchange.
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A Primitive World in-
-West Virginia Forests.

and Hopeville there is town called Jor-
dan Run.
Its location is clearly defined on the
map. and with compass and pedometer
there would seem to be no reasonable
possibility for the place to eyade an in
telligent search. After walking for miles
through an unbroken wilderness of noun
tain and forest, one looks forward with
keen delight to town along the road.
Visions of hotels, hot dinners. com
Portable fires, lure one on to great exer-
tions. But in this particular case pleas
urable expectancy is futile.
Only on the Map.
There is no Jordan Run along the road,
for all its imposing presence on the map.
Careful inquiry afterward ELECTED the
fact that under the Mckinley Administra-
tion a new postmaster was oppointed to
the town OF Jordan Run.
This new postmaster lives somewhere
two miles off the road, and when he was
appointed this accommodating town NOV
ed over to him. thus completely changing
its geographical position. There Jordan
Run will stay In the woods somewhere
until Democratic President is elected.
Then it will take up it's old stand on the
road again and things will go on as be-
fore.
But Hopeville has nothing to fear. no
matter who may be President. Hope
Vile consists of one family. This family
bears the suggestive name of Ours.
The tribe of Ours has house and a
store. One member of the tribe is a Re-
publican, the other a Democrat. So that
when it comes to making a postoflice ap-
pontment here, Hopeyille does not have
to get up and walk off the map, as hap
pens with Jordan Run. but quietly stays
where it has been. model of municipal
stability.
Twelve years ago E1kins. which may
be the new railroad centre. was swamp,
and Beverly was the county seat of Ran
dolph county and its principal city. In
fact, Beverly is among the oldest settle
ments in West Virginia. dating twenty
years back of the Revolution.
Proud of Antiquity.
It's pride is in its antiquity. Its people,
living here from father to son. view the
hustle and push of the modern spirit.
with dignified scorn. Tillins the fields.
hunting. tending their sheep are the pas
toral occupations that engross them.
Before Elkins was built. overtures we're
made to Beverly to lay the foundations
here for a new progressive town. But the
proposition met with no encouragement.
The aristocratic Lev .rlyites were pros
porous and contented in their Arcadian
fashion. They clung to the habits and
customs of a century ago because they
preferred them. Modern innovations were
distasteful, lowering, plebeian.
SO the proposition of the moneyed men
was rejected. and the town OF ElSins was
conjured out of the wilderness. From
the very start 1t has been the struggle Of
the old. proud, traditional Virginian and
the new. money-making Westerner be-
tween the two towns and Beverly has
suffered sadly in the contest.
The history of this municipal rivalry
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Home of the Moonshincr.
when Crittenden Kissed Patti.

Colonel Mapleson. in his memoirs, gives
the versions of Patti and Gerster, VINO
were bitter foes. of how Governor crit
tenden of Missouri kissed Patti. Patti told
the story thus: Il had Just finished sing
ing Home, Sweet Home last Thursday
evening. when a nice-looling old gentle
man, who introduced himself as Governor
Crittenden, began congratulatins me. All
n, a sudden he leaned down. put his arms
around me, drew me up to him and kissed
me. lie said: Nine. Patti, L may never
The Washington times., 1901-12-29
Houors for a CoIored student.

Roscoe Conkling Bruce. son OF the late
Senator Bruce OF Mississippi. was elected
senior orator in Mondays elections at tho
university He received 269 votes against
lOe for his opponent, p. E. Fitzpa,I ick. an
lrishman, OF Boston. Bruce mas won
number of prizes for oratory since he en-
tered Harvard. and last year re. resented
his university in the debate with Yale
Chicago Tribune.
The times., 1901-06-20
THE CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat Opens Lower, But Rallies
Through Buying by Shorts.

CHICAGO, June 19.-Local traders open
ed wheat weak on the lower Liverpool ca
bles and continued favorable weather. On
the decline prominent professional shorts
were disposed to buy and this, with the
strength in course grains, brought about
a fair rally, the market closing at yes
terday's figures. Paris was kQ%4c lower,
Antwerp unchanged. Cash sales here
10000 bushels; at the seaboard, IS loads
Corn continued strong and country Of
ferings are light. July developed the
most strength today on commission
houses buying. September was literally
bought by local professionals. The cash
demand was slack here. At the seaboard
p loads. The weekly Government report
noted generally improved crop conditions.
The market for oats was almost a repe-
ttion of yesterdays. They opened easier
on the selling, by leading floor trader,
Of September. These offerings were alb
sorbed by other local professionals, and
the market had a further advance July
was dull on liquidation by local longs
Provisions were somewhat lower
liberal hog movement induced profit-tak-
ing by miscellaneous holders and encour-
aged local bears to work for lower prices
There was a good class of buying in lard
and ribs, and the market closed steady
The cash trade in meats was fair, and
there was some demand for lard for ex-
port.
The times., 1901-06-20
TO DO A BANKING BUSINESS.
A Brokerage Firm Planning to En-
large Its Facilities.

The firm of w B. Hibbs & Co. Is con-
sidering an important departure and en-
largement in its business, and it is said to
be probable that the change will be made
in the near future, Mr.. Hibbs having the
question under favorable advisement. A
large banking department will be added
to the brokerage business heretofore
transacted. and a number of prominent
local capitalists will invest a considerable
sum of special capital for the venture
John T. Arms will become the banking
manager of the firm, If the new plan is
adopted.
Mr.. Hibbs has one of the largest brok-
erage businesses in the District He is
a member of the New York Stock Ex-
change and correspondent of the firm of
Ladenburg. Thalmann & Co, of New
York In addition, he is the president
and one of the most active members of
the Washington Stock Exchange. His
business in both New York and local Sc
curities and in cotton and grain has
been large. During the recent great boom
in the New York market, especially, it
has been tremendous at times
Mr. Hibbs has been considering for
some months the necessity of having a
manager for the office portion of his
business He has been unable to give it
his personal attention. The present move
was therefore considered faVorably by
him from the first. Mr.. Arms will take
the entire management of the front Of
fee" off his hands, supervising the ac-
counts, and taking charge of the banking
buSine SIS.
Mr.. Arms is well known as member of
the Washington Stock Exchange and of
the real estate firm of Arms & Drury. He
is largely interested in the real estate
title business in the District, and is the
chief promoter of the plan to combine the
various title companies in one. His other
business interests are large. He is con-
sidered an expert accountant.
The times., 1901-06-20
New York Cotton Market.
BALTIMORE PRICE CURRENT.
Wholesale Provision and Grain
Market Quotations in Full

BALTIMORE. June 19-Following are
today's quotations in the local wholesale
provision and grain markets:
Flour-Market was quiet Western su-
per, S2309I2. 40; Western extra, 81. .35GI2 80;
Western Family, sSI5d3.40; Winter Pa
tents, s.. I0d3. so; Spring Patents, S2.S5Gl4l0;
spring straight, $375lg3.S0; spring bakers
g 9Oa3.10; Baltimore best patents, $780,
Baltimore high-grade family, $3.50; Bal
timore high-grade extra, $41O; Baltimore
choice family, $3.S5; Maryland, Virginia
and Pennsylvania super. $2.2Od2. 80; Mary
land, Virginia, and Pennsylvania extra,
s. 35d2.90; Maryland, Virginia, and Penn
sylvania family, S3.154340; City Mills
super, S2.5G42.60; Rio extra, s37543.90; rye
-four. medium to choice S290d3.25.
Oats-Narket was steady. Stock in ele-
yators. 5gl ,926 bus: White, No. 2, $S144$4c;
do ungraded, S114aSlc; mixed, No. 2 32Q
32lac bld; do No. 3, 3ln3lI2ci do No. 4, 500
30lAc; ungraded, 30@321zc.
Rye-The market was quiet. Stock in
elevators. 23,5Ol bus; No. 2 nearby in car
lots, 521Ac; No. rye, 5lc; No Western
rye, 53j2c.
Hay-Market firm. No. ! timothy, sl6@
l clover, mixed, $I4Ql5; No. clover,
400; No. clover, $ll;0Ou1200.
Straw-Market was firm. No. l straight
rye, new 3lp-Ou, NJ. Z, Slfyt3 3l".vv, ltilBitO
rye S94g.50; wheat. $500; oat straw, 800.
Mill feed-MaFket was steady. Winter
bran, as TO weight, sl5dl7; spring bran. In
200-lb sacks, $3.50; do, in 100-lb sacks, S17;
City Mills middiing steady at $l7 per ton.
Grain freights-Market quite. Liver
pool, per bus. 2lzd July; London, per or, Is
l0ikd, July; Glasgow. Is Cd, July; Belfast,
Is l05kd, June; Bristol, Is Sd, July; Dublin
rs I'd. July; Leith. Is Sd, July; Copenhagen,
Is 7;zd, July; Cork (. o. b., IS Sd, July Den.
mark, rs 80 July; picked ports Is 71kd,
July; Antwerp, Is Sd. July; Rotterdam, Is
Cd July; Bremen 52ls pigs. July; Ham
burg, rs Sd July, 3s August.
Butter-The market Is arm. Creamery
separator, extra, HQ22c; extra arst, 20Q2lci
The times., 1901-06-20
CHOLERA MoRBUS A DANGEROUS
DISEASE

In many instances attacks of cholera morbus
terminate fatally before medicine can be pro-
cured or physician summoned. The safe way
is 10 keep at hand reliable medicine for
in such cases. For this purpose, there is Moth
ing so sure as Chamberlains Collie Cholera, and
Diarrhoea Remedy. W. F.. Bosworth, of La
fayette Ala, says: ''In June. 1900 | had
serious attack of cholera morbus and one dose
of Chamberlans Collie, Cholera, and Diarrhoea
Remedy gave relief in fifteen minutes. For
sale by Henry Evans. Wholesale and Retail, and
all druggists
The times., 1901-06-20

"Fowler's wire service is perfectly superb,
said prominent trader yesterday afternoon.
We know that Mr. Fowler has always had good,
reliable wire connections, but we are informed
that he has recently added the Grenlech, Martin
& Co. WIRE of IL Broadway, New York This
firm is reputsd to be financially strong and
gives an excellent service. Mr.. Fowler, on en-
quiry, informed us that they made no interest
charge for carrying stocks and only required
per cent margins
The times., 1901-06-20

Sales-Wash Trac. & Elec. 1-2's, 1000
G65 IL, 4,OOOa65 3-4, ,O0OdG6. 1,0O0a65 7-S;
National Metropolitan Bank, 3qsOO; Capt.
tai Traction. 5Oa.102 1-2: Potomac ms. Co,
256G70; Columbia Title Ins. Co, 9hnoi
Washington Gas. 15d59 "a After Call
Mergenthaler Linotype 15d@165, 10G"165 IL.
GOVERNMENT BONDS
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The Chicago and Great Western secn

The Chicago and Great Western securi-
ties are regarded with favor by careful
peop.e These securities have been ne
elected by the speculative fraternity dur
ing the boom OF the past eight months I'm
a way quite remarkable. 1t has been due.
perhaps, to the fact that the management
of the company is not engaged. even in a
small way. in stock speculation. Never
tholess. the company has continued to
make an excellent showing of earnings
for a granger line, and with the commu-
nifty of interests plan 10 the fore, and with
this line not vet absorbed by any Of the
greater systems, 1t would seem that there
The times., 1901-06-20
Wa,binefon stock E,chnnge.

are great possibilities for all the securi-
ties of the company. The common STOCK
is selling around % and "A.
The times., 1901-06-20

Net change from opening price. Stoc
in for the first time today.
Increase. Decrease. xUnlisted.
Total sales. 134. 800 shares.
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The MAY net earnings statement Of the

NTay
Atchison system viii be published in
few days 1t is said by insiders that the
showing viii be fine one This prob
ably is responsible for the strength of
both the preferred and the common Sc
clirities in the recent market. The COM
mon yesterday failed TO decline below 81,
and at the close 1t had recovered to S8%4.
The preferred went off to 1915 only, and
IL closed up to 105A. The preferred es-
pecially is considered a good purchase on
all recessions.
The times., 1901-06-20

Southern Railway have now on sale summer
excursion tickets to the above resorts at greatly
Also week end rates TO communication points in
Virginia ono fare for the round trip.
The times., 1901-06-20
Chicago Grain and Provision Marke,

Corrected daily by ". b. Hbbs & Co., men,
bers of the New York Stock Exchange, III0 +
Street
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Southern Pacific does not advance with
the rapidity that its friends have been
" good purchase on the reactions. The
company is making a fine showing of
earnings and il is said that the substi-
tuition of oil for coal as fuel on the sys-
TEN Will make a saving of at least 81, co.,
600 a year. This will go a long way to-
ward dividend for the stock alone.
The times., 1901-06-20
WashingtOnin Paris

Among the interesting exhibits at the late Paris
Exposition was a fine display of Rorick Air Cush-
ion Trusses of all kinds. supporters and various
appliances for men, women and children, from
1924 F St N W. which took the highest award
over all competitors, American and foreign. The
Rorick Air Cushion Truss Company leads the
world Two wees trial. Two years guarantee
Catalogue and consultation free. 1924 ST. N
The times., 1901-06-20

summer Resorts In Virginia and the
CaroIInas, Including 'The Land of
the sLy'' and the "Famous Sap
nhire REGION
The times., 1901-06-20

By mail; Is and 76o, Han 8 Ruckel. N. Y. City.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-16
NOT TOO MANY WOMEN.
Numerical Excess of the Fair Sex Not
as Great as Supposed.

The census recently completed shows
that the feminine population is N
creasing at a rapid rate in the large
cities and it is predicted that this
count Y Will presentls tc confronted
by problem that has worried foreign
statisticians for some time-the pre-
ponderance of women. 1t is admitted
that the women here have the advant-
age over their foreign sisters in that
many fields of work are open to them
and they can also hold and dispose of
property to an extent unknown on the
other side. So that the American wo-
man is in great measure economi-
cally Independent of man, and thus
does she escape some of the serious
consequences that afflict the foreign
woman. 1t seems pity that any one
at thas late day should fall to worrying
about the superfluous woman myth
1t is such an old story, and one that
has times without number proved to
be needlessly disturbing. AS to the
DOGGY OF so many women, did it ever
occur to the alarmists to attempt 70
figure how many of these feminine
overplus were widows, who persist IN
OUTLYING their husbands ten. twenty
or even thirty years. and spinsters Ct
age? Statistics published
ABOUT ten years ago showed that in
where the woman population
is greatly in excess of the male. be-
tween the ages of Is and As the men
were in excess. The trouble appears
TO be mainly with the women Of so ar
over. who are much more persistent
about holding on to life than are their
contemporaries among the men. When
women as class are economically in
dependent the alarmist articles about
he superfiuous woman viii cease. for
Who would dare apply TO bread win
Ter so approbrious title as superfin
,us7