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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03

DUBLIN. January 1o.-"What shall we
do to he sayed2'' is IL question asked
by the author of n brilliant article in the
current number of Inc '.Forlnigitly Re
aaew.' The writer is not irish, nor is MS
anxiety caused by any danger racial
or economic, threatening this island
home or ours. Quite tho contrary. HIS
is the voice OF an English CasSandra, and
he fear occasionod by the marvellous
progress made by the United States ana
Germany in seemingly irresistible in
roads upon British trade and manufacture
enters his soul and brings TO h.s alright
cd vision a picture of the coming downfall
o. the British Empire
British reputation is doomed TO suffer
more in her imperial ambitions than IN
Thai of her trading record. Nor is the re-
cent Inauguration of the Australian Com
,nonwoalth any proof against TINS i1ro-
position. IT is Just the reverse Inc a US
traIians are not in any sense, save a
sentimental one a subject nationality,
and their newly acquired Sovereignty III
everything, except in name, is that OF an
Australian republic. AS a matter of TACT,
the new constitution, with It's federal
principles and State organizations, US
borrowed not from The mother country
hoasted institutions. with fheir Tel'u'e'i'
GUARDIANSHIP, of popular freedom ana
cnlich1cnInent. hut from the example OF
other colonies which federated a hundred
wears ago by the moro drastic means of
successful revolution Australian ideas OF
government are, in fact, thoroughly
t,,,e-;rarizea, and the new century is as
certain 10 see the birth OF an Australian
republic in the southern seas as 1t Is 10
witness rational departures from mon
archfaI 1nun7neres in the rule of nations.
THEIR FAILURE IN INDIA
II Is in India and in Ireland where Eng
land failure TO govern wisely or success
ful is most apparent. Nothing but the Po-
I;,ica, irnhe cility of English methods of
administration can account for such an
tics as are carried on in both countries
under the name of government. Tie PEG
Me of India arc far more civilized than
portions of the people of England. They
have a higher natural culture are more
attached to land industries than the Brit
isf. and are consequently more socially
conservative and more amcnable to Just
laws Yet, though the English have
forced their dominion upon these people
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03
VIRGINIA OYSTER
BEDS DEPLETED
Seed Oysters Taken to Other States
TO Make Competition for Vir-
ginia Oysters.

The depletion of the Virginia oyster
rocks is due largely to the taking of the
small oysters for seed purposes and sell
ing them by the ship-load in other States,
and the enforcement of the law against
this practice is one of the most inpor-
tant duties that confronts the State
Board The Virginia Citizen declares
that it means, if not prevented THAT it
Will be but q matter OF Il few years when
the State of Virginia Will suffer severely
by competition with the immense output OF
oysters in northern States THAT have been
cultivated at the expense Of the Firsfnin
oyster rocks. Already this is beginning
to be felt.
There is q State law which seeks to
prevent vessels from taking these oys-
ters out of Virginia, but Notwithstanding
the vigilnnce Of the Board Of Fisheries
and the oyster police it is still persisted
in to some extent.
The editor of The Virginia Citizen sug-
gests as a remedy to make the vessels
trading in these oysters for Virginia
planting procure permits from inspectors.
In that WY the police boats could know
who were carrying for the Virginia trade
and who for the northern trade. When
unloading, the captain should be reQuir-
ed to get nn endorsement upon his per-
nit from the local inspector.
The Board of Fisheries in reply to this
suggestion replied as follows:
I've had some parties followed who
had tnllen seed oysters ito New Jersey
and had arrests made on return of the
parties to Virginia. The general pre-
vaGing idea. among vessel men has been
to the effect that this law could not be
maintained, for the reason that it inter
fered, SO to speak with the Interstate
+ Commerce Laws OF the United States. The
parties above referred to, who ward ar
rested, employed the best counsel they
could obtain from the State Of New Jer-
sey Nhey themselves being from that
State) who after making research into
the luiws OF Virginia. advised them not to
test the validity OF the law, but to pay
such fine as the asistrate might impose,
which they did.
lit is Very difficult and expensive
matter to ascertain positively when yes
sci captains intend and realty do carry
these oysters out OF the State, and the
Board has been considering the best
means of preventing it, at as little cost
TO the State ais possible, and the method
YOU mention has been PARTIALLY consid-
cred.
You probably have a faint idea OF the
great trouble we have to get the laws
enforced in cases OF violation, the courts
being show lmld very often, 1T seems, I'M
willing to have cases pending tried and
disposed Of We shall be more than
glad to meet you and talk over this most
important feature of preserving our oys-
ten. industry to our own people
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03

an hour. It was the coolest day OF the
new century on Manhattan Island Well.
man and Chambers met. the former in d
cutaway coat, the latter in one of the
heaviest Irish frieze ulsters that u Lon-
don tailor could make. Welimau made
light OF zero conditions. as usual. and
characterized the temperature us q sort
of Indian summer Muffiing his great
coat around him, Chambers managed tc
get WelImauS face full in the teeth Of
the gale and opened up on Wellman with
d string of stories that took a full houi
in the telling. When the end came Well.
man looked and acted as ii he wished
himself encased in the bear skins that h,
wore when he touched the highest north.
ern point that any one has Yet reached.
y STRANGE DETECTJVE,-
In front Of one of the greatest banks
of the city. and back up against enc side
of its imposing granite portals. a well.
fed. welt-groomed peddler of mems gar
ters makes his appearance every morning.
with the opening of the bank door. and
sets up beside him the model of a man,
leg below the knee with the garter at.
tachment artistically in place. When tho
bank closes its doors at the end of tina
business day the garter man disappears.
His hours and those of the president OF
the institution are the same. I do not
believe he sells a score of five or ten cent
garters in a week, but there ne is. day in
and day out. as prosperous looking as one
of the directors of the institution
Who is he? What is the explanation o.
the mystery? Well. the garter business is
all a disguise. The man is the principal
detective of the bank. and no one enters
or leaves the place without undergoing
the keenest scrutiny. Not only that, hi
is in electrical communication with tn.
cashier within. and should any one at
tempt to hold up the establishment, down
come great iron shutters. barring all es>
cape from the building before the bur
Glar could walk half IS dozen steps from
his victim So far as outsiders are con-
cerned- the treasure houses of New York:
are well guarded The danger is Within
not without. Alvords case proves that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03
DISCHARGES From the Navy-Yarn.

The discharge of forty-two men from
the department of construction at the
navy-yard Saturday night is the direct
result of the fire of three weeks ago.
The plans for much new work We're then
destroyed, and the preparation OF new
ones has taken much longer than was
anticipated Consequently, no new work
will be undertaken until the plans can be
replaced. This will take some time yet,
so that, although the men laid off Will
be restored to duty, there is no definite
ness as to when they will resume work.
The class of men discharged is of the
best paid of the Yards force. There are
ship-fitters and their helpers punchers.
rivetters. ETC., included in the list of those
who were laid off.-Portsmouth Star.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03
IT CURED HIM

IT CURED HIM
and will cure you. He had rheumatism
and writes US: You sold me a bottIs q,
YOUR Dixie Nerve and Bone Eminent.
which I used freely, rubbing vigorously
with It that night. and was most asreea
bly, surprised when on getting up the next
morning to find the rheumatism entirely
cured. ind my arm perfectly. well. I
told the above TO q friend suffering In
the Same way and he tried your pixie
Nerve and Bone LInIment" a1d was speed
!ly cured"
It cures spraius. strains and pains In the
muscles. sinues. sides, limbs and back
Remember Dixie Eminent Large bottles
IS cents everywhere.
OWENS & MINOR DRUG CO..
Opposite Postotfice.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03
GUARD AGAINST DISEASE

at this season by keeping the liver IN
a healthy action and preventing constipa-
ron OF the bowels. This can be done cas-
uy, pleasantly and effectively by taking
occasionally Dr.. David's Liver Pits Dr.
Dayid's Liver Pills cure sick headaches.
bltEousness. constipation. dyspepsia. In
digestion and stomach and liver troubles.
OWEN & MINOR DRUG Co,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03
CAS- ORA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ssssz the Of ZHAzzzSx
WHEN YOU WANT

truss fitted exactly and OF the best
make come TO see u.s. We keep crutcheS,
all kinds OF braces. all kinds OF rubber
goods. air cushions and pillows. also a full
stock OF hair brushes. clothes brushes.
shoe brushes, fine colognes. toilet soaps,
handkerchief extracts, ETC.. etc. Ali kincS
OF patent medicine.
OWENS & MINOR DRUG CO..
Opposite Posroftice.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03
Danviile Stree,>Cars.

The Danville City Council will require
the electric street car lines to equip their
cars with life-saving tenders by May LIST.
They have under consideration an ordi-s
nance permitting increase Of speed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03
OF governmental blunders in the minds
and methods Of our English rulers.
rMc1ANn nEc1nEs "a All. I

and methods Of our English rulers
ENGLAND DECIDES IT ALL.
There is, however, a still more marked
degree of ignorance exhibited by THESE
''modei'' governors in their relations Will
ireland in following up an injury Win
what would be an insult if it was not so
hopelessly grotesque in itself and its pur-
pose We are promised another roSal
visit; nothing less! We do not Know
what we want ourselves, that is evident.
This care OF thinking out our needs ana
requirements is Englands paternal con
Germ in our regard. She knows IL is liol
home government, or land reform, or
better dwellings for our working classes
that go to make the Irish question. THESE
are senli-seditouS aspirations. and TINS Is
why q. London paper informs us on yes
terday, as follows. what we really want
and what we are about to receive:
''The Queen herself says this friend,
has expressed a wish that some member
of tho royal family should visit Ireland
every year. This is no doubt. the sequel
of her own cnterprising and kind-hearted
resolve to go to Dublin last summer, and
it may lead to important results of Va
,-ious kinds. If the visits arc to be annual
it will almost become d necessity TO pro-
vide a royal residence in the island. and
this will remove one of the standing
grievances of a certain section of Irish
society, besides showing to the Irish peo-
pie as whole that there is no longer any
intention to leave them out in the cold
as they certainly We're left for many
years. The Prince and Princess of Wales
are going now, and all friendly inter
course of the Kind ought to lead to good,
provided the royalties do not limit their
society to the part of the English Garri-
SON which holds itself most bitterly aloof
from the Irish people. * nowledge may
be gained both sides. something may
be done for Irish industry, and in any
case such visits are on the line of a more
hopeful policy than Mr.. Wyndham is fol-
lowing by forbidding Mr.. Dillon to speak
:,t EoXford -
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03
TO PUT UP A FIGHT.

There! A royal palace (of course at our
own ex5e1se) anu a royal show once q
year. all to ourselves, with quite an array
of jealous nations locking on and envy
ing US our good fortune and happiness in
the enjoyment of I1ngland's benefcent
regal guardianship and protection. But l
fear we are a lrHpelessly perverse and UNI
grateful people This, at least. is the view
at the rreserae moment Of more than one
organ of British public opinion The very
time when these halcyon days of promised
princes are he'd ont TO us as a, proof Of
Her Majesty's affection and as a promise
OF bright and brilliant hopes for our coun-
try. municipal contests are going on in
Irelands capital, in which the main issue
lies between city councillors who voted
and who did not vote an address Of loyal
ty to the Queen when she herself visited
Dublin in April last. This does not appear
too s,ilspiciouS for the success of the royal
programme. but that contingency has
little concern for the Nationalist OF Dub
lin, who are resolved TO fight this spirit
and drive it out of the City Council as it
has been exercised already from the Ma
tional representation Of Ireland
REPUGNANr TO IRELAND
This degenerate form of constitutional
nationalism is the more repuSnant 10
Irish patriotic feeling at present, because
of the part England is playing in the
drama of the Angio-Boer war. Any to-
adying to English royalty is repeliant at
all times to true Celtic sentiment, but it
is doubly SO now when we see all that Is
brutal in British power and authority let
loose upon the braVeSt little nation chat
has ever fought for freedom. All our
syrnpathies go out warmly and enthusiast
tically toSthe Beers. and any act Of an
Irish public body that would belle our
popular feeling while this war IS anntIn-
ued by England will be gross libel upon
and insult to the predominant national
opinion Of ireland. Dublin. there Gore, is
fully expected to redeem itself from the
discredit ofslast April by relegating the
loyalist Home Rulers who voted the ad-
dress to the Queen back to their former
OhScurity next week.
On the whole Irelands political outlook
is full of hopeful promise. Her enemy is
decadent and his prestige is falling daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
A SCIENTIFIC BREAKFAST.

Rightly selected food will cure more
than half the diseases. Try a scientific
and healthy breakfast:-Fruit of some
kind, perfectly cooked; a dish of Grape
Nuts. with cream; two soft-boiled eggs.
Put two eggs in a tin pint cup of boiling
water, cover and set off for nine min
utes. Whites will then be the consist
ency of cream and most easily digested.
One slice of bread with butter: cup of
Postum Cereal Food Coffee.
On that breakfast you can work like
a horse and be perfectly nourished until
noon. Your nervous troubles, heart pal
pitation, stomach and bowel troubles,
kidney complaints and various other
disorders will gradually disappear and
firm solid health will set in
Why? You have probably been living
on poorly selected food, that is food
that does not contain the required ele-
ments the body needs That sort of
food, and coffee, is the direct or indirect
cause of more than half the ills the hui
man body acquires.
Grape-Nuts is a perfectly cooked
food and both that and the Postum
Food Coffee contain fine microscopic
particles of phosphate of potash obtain
ed in a natural way from the grains of
the field and by scientific food experts
incorporated into food and drink. That
element joins with the aibumen in food
to N AXE gray matter, which is the fill
ing of the brain cells and the nerve
centers all over the human body.
A man or woman thus fed is scientif-
ically fed and rapidly grows in vigor
and vitality, and becomes capable of
conducting successfully the affairs of
life. To produce perfect body and a
money making brain. the body must
have the right kind of food and the ex-
pert food specialist knows how to make
it, That is Grape-Nuts and Postum Ce
real Food Coffee, produced at the pure
food factories of the Postum Cereal Co.,
Ltd, at Battle Creek, Mich
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
IRON TRADE REVIEW.
Home Demand Strong But No Re-
vival in Export Trade.

Cleveland, o., Oct 24.-The Iron Trade
Review, discussing the market condi-
lions this week. says:
THE week has brought added strength
to the situation; whatever of easier con-
ditions is to be encountered later on,
there is no fOreShadOWing of it in act
ua1 events. No revival of export trade
IS in sight, but home demand is so broad
and SO strong that iron and steel man
ufacturerS speak confidently of the first
half of 1902 while many do not hesitate
to predict another year of pronounced
prosperity. The one OverShadowing fea
ture of the iron trade today in all de-
partmentS is the unprecedented friction
resulting from the failure of the rail-
roads to provide for the freight offered
them.
THE story of car shortage is so ia
mIl1ar as to lose its force, but the pres
ent congestion is without parallel in the
records of 1899 and with many manu-
facturers and consumers is the upper
most question, beyond any consideration
of prices or production. No relief is in
sight before the close of the navigation
season, when the pressure from the ore
and coal trades, both of which, like 9TH
er lines, are today seriously handicap
ped.
In some instances the failure of trans
portation facilities has actually reduced
production in iron working lines and
many foundries daily face the alternative
1.-The mills that were closed by the steel
strike nave made no great Roadway as
yet III replenlSnlng the STOCKS IN ulStrlDu-
tors hands. depleted in the weeks of
shut down, and will pass into the new
year under full Roadway. with prospects
of operation throughout the winter at the
present record oace-
THE strong factors in the situation that
have been pointed out week by week seem
to be emphasized.
1.-THE railroads have placed rail con-
tracts that insures the operation of the
United States Steel Corporations rail
mills up to September, 1902, and the pre-
sumption is that other producers are not
far behind The Pennsylvania rail ways
10000 tons of rails, it is reported, are to
be distributed among mills its lines s
heretofore. Including this the business
booked and carried over runs to fully L.
900 tons Second in Importance only to
rails is the tonnage booked by structural
mills each week, adding to the excess of
bookings over shipments
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
FIERCE TOBACCO WAR.
English Fight American Invasion in
London Trade,

New York, Oct A.-The London CORE
spondent of the Herald cables the follow
ing developments in the tobacco war
in Great Britain:
1.-The service rendered to English trade
by Messrs. willis, Player and the various
other manufacturers who resisted the eff
forts of Mr. Duke, the head of the Amer
lean tobacco trust to purchase their bust
ness is being everywhere acknowledged
in the trade. Some who have not studied
the subject sufficiently deep, have ex-
pressed the opinion that the British ANAL
gamatiOn win have nothing to fear If Mr.
Duke is going to proceed on the scale
Willis 5000 900 ISIS. 600. 600 for their bust
ness, but others point out that the profits
on this great British concern are equiva-
lent to about AZ per cent on the E9OOO,-
900, while in buying up Ogdens limited
Mr. Duke gave a price which leaves him
a return of only per cent on his money
Just after Mr. Duke bought Ogden'S
he placed an order for 70 new cigarette
machines of a pattern already in use,
each capable of turning out 100000 clga-
retteS a day. This order has now been
cancelled before delivery was begun
AN important fact in the war is that
the Imperial Tobacco company and the
the chief trademarks. They represent
nearly 60 per cent of the best trade and
nearly 40 per cent of the coarser trades
The British firms may soon offer the re-
taller the choice of selling only their
goods or at least of refusing to sell the
American companys goods
There are difficulties in the way which
are delaying this step, but it is possible it
will be adopted soon as a few more
firms have come into line
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
TO BE 1OO,OOO,OOO.
Director Merriam's Estimate of Popu-
lation in 1910.

Washington, Oct. 24.-It is expected
that the census committees of both
houses of congress at the coming session
will consider legislation looking to the
establishment of a permanent census
bureau. This action has been agitated
for several years and the movement will
be renewed this session 1t is claimed at
the census office that approximately
three-quarters of a million dollars could
be saved from the cost of the next cen
sus if the officials could profit by the
knowledge and experience of the present
census. A quintennial manufacturing
census also has been suggested. The
idea so far as it has taken shape and
as it probably will be outlined in bills to
be introduced in both houses is to pro-
vide census force of 100 or 200 people,
including as far as possible experts in
each important branch of inquiry.
Director Merriam today estimated that
the total populati of the United States
including the new possessions, in 1910
would be about 100,000,000 people. The
work of the present census is progress
ing rapidly and the first volume of the
report on the population of the United
States will be out in December and the
final report by July next. The principal
reports it is claimed, are being gotten
out over three years in advance of the
usual time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
1000 CARLOADS OFPRUNEs
Estimated Crop of the Boarding House
Delicacy is Large.

San Jose. Cal, Oct. 24.-Local packers
estimate the amount of prunes of the
crop Of 1900 now on hand at 1000 car
loads The estimated crop of Santa
Clara county prunes this year is forty
million pounds, which, together with the
estimated twenty million pounds Of the
Italian variety produced by Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, constitute the
stock to be disposed Of
So far this season neither the COM
mercial packers nor the California cured
fruit association has made any partic-
ular effort to dispose of this seasons
crop. All feel inclined to get last year 5
crop out of the way first The growers
are showing signs of uneasinesS, but the
fruit association is confident of event
ually finding a market for the new crop
at a good figure Prices remain the same
with few buyers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
STANDARD BOX CARS
Adopted by United States, Mexican
and Canadian Lines.

St Louis, Oct PA standard box car
for the railroads of the United States,
Canada and Mexico has been adopted
at the semi-annual meeting of the
American Railway association.
The dimensions call for car SO feet
long, eight feet and six inches wide and
eight feet high, inside measurement
making a cross section of 6S square feet
the car having a capacity of LAS cubic
feet Side openings to be six feet wide.
The committeeman on the standard
dimensions of box cars and car service
worked on the question of standard
freight box cars two years and half,
and the adoption of its recommendations
was considered the most important ac-
lion taken by the meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
Fait of an Ohio Woman Charged With
Murder.

Dayton. O., Oct 4.-After hearing all
the evidence, Police Judge Snediker de-
cided to hold Mrs. Mary Belle Witwer,
charged with the murder of her sister,
Mrs. Anna c. Pugh, to the common
pleas court without bail After the
prosecution had rested it's case Attor-
ney Long, counsel for the defense, made
a motion to dismiss, asserting that the
state had failed to show a crime had
been committed, and that not enough
evidence had been presented to war
rant the prisoner being held to the
higher court.
The judge would not entertain the
motion, and the defense offered no wit
nesses. Immediately after the argu
ments had been made Judge Snediker
bound Mrs. Witwer over. She was I'M
moved by the announcement.