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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
CLOuDBURsT AT HOT SPRINGS,
Depot Washed Away and Track Of Chesa,
peake aud Ohio Torn Up.
by Associated Prcss.)

(By Associated Press.
NEWPORT NEWS. VA. Feb. ,2s-Se-
we're rain and a -mile-an-hour gale,
with the accompaniment of heavy cleo
tricat displays of half an hours duration,
occurred at 2. NJ.
A cloudburst at Hot Springs destroyed
an immense amount Of property. and only
a little moro than a mile Of the eleven
miles of track of the Chesapeake and
Ohio from Covington to Hot Springs, re-
mains. The depot at the Springs was
washed away. the walkways destroyed
and miles of macadarnized road torn up
Tho depot building. broke in two, letting
it down into the river. The operators in
the building narrowly escaped with their
lives, one being injured.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
High Wafer Unprecedented.
us Associated Prcss.)

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Feb. 2S.-Re-
ports to the Office Of the western district
Of the Southern Railway here indicate
that The high water on the rivers IN
East Tennessee is unprecedented, ana
that the damages to railways is very Sc
rious. due largely to slides and wash
outs. Between Asheville ard MorristoTn
the wires are still down and water was
six feet over the tracks between Lead
vale and Rankin on the Knoxville diyis-
on. East of Rollins train was derailed
and two engines disabled.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
Much Destruction Of Property.

MACON, GA, Feb. 2s.-The Ocomulgee
River tonight is as high as the record,
and there has been much destruction OF
property. Half a dozen houses near the
stream have been swept into the flood.
Six lives were saved with great difficulty.
The city park is inundated.
The Macon, Dublin and Savannah bridge
is in danger.
Trains on the Georgia Southern and
florida have had to proceed over tracks
covered with water. and the Southern
trains are unable to use their own tracks
south of Macon.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
AT J0HNSTOWN.
Hundreds OF Families Fleeing From Raging
Waters.
(Rv Associated Fress.)

(By Associated Fress.) z
JOHNSTOWIN, PA, Feb. 2S.-The high
water is playing havoc here. inc Two
rivers. the Little Conemaugh and the
Stony Creek. which are in confluence at
the great stone bridge here, are almost
banllfull and are still rising. The Great
Cambria Mills are completely paralyzed
and 1900 men are idle. The great ice
gorge at Hooversville, above Johnston in
the Conemaugli, broke this morning and
came tearing down the stream 1t swept
away two Of the bridges here, the
HAYNES Street and Brown Street Many
OF the streets in the business and resi-
dence sections of the city are flooded, one
10 four feet deep. Hundreds of families
are rushing to the hill tops.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
IN TIE NORTH.
Torrents of Rain Accompanied by Gale Blow
Ing 6S Miles an Hour.
tBy Associated Press. J

tBy Associated HreSS)
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S-The storm,
which ragged to-day over the entire east
ern half of the United States, gave gen
erous share of its attention to New ork
city. During the afternoon, for a short
time, the rain fell in torrents, and the
wind blew a gale az the rate of sixty
eight miles an hour. The storm made the
waters on the bay very rough and inter-
fered with shipping considerably. The
United States cruiser San Francisco
weighed anchor at noon under sealed or
ders for sea, but returned on account Of
the storm.
From New Jersey points reports of flood
and damage are coming in.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
Mass nunn color feathers and rib
aldilIuliu UttS bonS. Easy. Excellent
Economical.
TEDDY. MOTHER SOLD SLAVES
Receipt for Money Received for Two In Pos
session OF Capt. Homer Jones.
Special Dispatch to The Times.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Feb. 2s.-captain
Homer Jones, Of Atlanta, Ca, "a passen-
ger conductor on the Southern Railway,
has a receipt signed by the mother OF
President Roosevelt for the purchase OF a
slave.
The paper reads:
Received, December q, 1858, from Mr..
John f. Martin eight hundred dollars,
said sum being in full payment for one
negro woman, Bess, and her child, John.
(Signed) Martha Bullock, Roosevelt. De-
cember q, 1853"
John f. Martin was the father-in-law
Of George E. Jones, who is a brother OF
Captain Homer Jones. Several years af-
ter this receipt was given. Miss Bullock
was married to the father of the Presi-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
Water in WaitiHg-Rcom.
lRr Associated press.

(By Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA Pa March 1.-The
Schuylkill River has risen two feet in
the last two hours and still rising. AT
this hour the water completely covers the
tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road at the city depot at Twenty fourth
and Chestnut Streets. and the floor of the
lower waiting-room is covered with water
to the depth of two and "a half feet.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
SCHLEY RESOLUTIONS.
Remain With Sui. Committee by a Partisan
(By Associatcc press.)

(By Associatcc Press.)
WASHINGTON Feb. 2s.-An unsuccess-
full effort was made to-day in the House
Committee on Naval Affairs to secure
consideration Of the question of reporting
a resolution to tender the thanks Of Con-
gress to Rear-Admiral Schley. Mr..
Mudd's motion that the subcommittee,
to which the resolutions were referred,
be discharged from the further consid-
GRAFTON of the resolution was voted down
by a strict party vote except Mr.. Mudd,
motion, and Mr.. Meyer, of Louisiana, who
voted Wt.h the Republicans against it.
The Schley resolutions, therefore, are
nlittee met, viz. I: in the subcommittee.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
TRIED TO SELL HORSES, .
Boston Runaway Boys Rode Hired Steed
Sixty Miles aud Offered Them Por Sale

RALEIGH. N. c., Feb. 2s.-The; two
boys from Boston, who came here last
rode them sixty miles to Fayettevili 8 and
there tried to sell them for $50 each, left
last night. for their home, having given
bond in the sum of s100 each for their
President Iascroe Of Shaw University.
stood their bond. he having discovered
that Garlen Pratt, one of the boys Inn
plicated, is a grandson of A. dear friend
of his at North a bbington. Mass The
other boys name is Louis Thay It is
understood that the bond will be forfeited.
The boys excited much sympathy here.
NJ kob Of the horses,
tanned them atshis home after he brought
them as prisoners from F'ayetteville.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

der water, and the Muscogee Ice Works
arc completely surrounded. Both these
have suspended operations.
The Seaboard Air Line track on Bay
Street has been undermined by the wa
tcrs and q great portion of it has caved
in. Tonight the water is within a few
inches of the flooring of the lower wagon
Fridge, and its safety Is questionable
The destruction OF the bridge would mean
the loss CT the Mobile and Girard Rail-
read bridge just half a block below.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
VAL of Capitol Fell.
ny Associated Press.

fBy Associated Press
PENSACOLA, Fla, Feb. 2S.-The ems
tire south wall OF the new south wing to.
the State Capitol at Tallahassee was lev
elled to the ground last night by a sfuri-s
Gus gale. The damage to the steamer
Winifred of New York. which collided
with wharf yesterday afternoon, as
much greater than first reported.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
RICHMOND & PETERSBURG
ELECTRIC RY.
Beginning Sunday, Feb. 10Th.

Cars leave corner of Hull Street and
Petersburg Turnpike, Manchester. every
alternate hour from a. M. to 10 p. Nj.
Cars leave Petersburg. foot Of Sycamore
Street every alternate hour from A.
I M. to 10 p. NJ.
Transfers may be obtained to or from
Richmond and Petersburg cars from or
to any point in Richmond on lines Of
Richmond Passenger and Power Co.
Similar transfers may be obtained to or
from all lines In Petersburg.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
The chattasoccaee aging.

tBy Associated Press.l
COLUMBUS, GA, Feb 2S.--Thea Chat
tahcochee River at this point is still rag
ing, but the rise Is now very slow. The
stock and handle factory OF the Southern
Plow Company's plant Is fully a foot un-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

TICAEaI A-Ne, CURENo5PAY.
Your druggist Will refund your money
if@PAZOS CONTINENT fails to cure Ring
worm, letter. Old Ulcers and Sores, Pim-
pies and Blackheads on the face, and
all skin discaSas 500
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
Samuel Blackburn.

Especial Dispatch to The TIme..1
WINSTON-SALEM. N. c.. Feb. Is
Mr. Samuel Blackburn. of the tobacco
manufacturing firm of Blackburn & Har-
vey, died of cancer last night, aged fifty
three years. He had been Ill several
weeks.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
ADJUSTMENTS.

. .
The members of the Bijou Musical
Comedy Company will meet with old and
rev friends on the Bijou stage this at
telnoon after the matinee. This is the
first reception the company has held, and
the fact that the entertainers are to be
absent for three weeks, at the close OF
the performances to-day, will afford the
theatre-goers a chance to meet the IA
vorites and wish them good health and
luck.
In ..NIy Friend from india the enter
tanners have scored one OF the successes
of the season. All of the principals have
acquitted themselves splendidly in their
parts, and the fact that the theatre has
been crowded at every performance is
evidence Of the success.
a Trip to Buffalo," the merry musical
extravaganza which ran fourteen con-
secutive weeks at the Academy Theatre
in Buffalo. and thereby esta blished a
record that will likely stand for many
years to come. will be presented at the
Bijou next week.
The piece seems especially well adapted
10 meet the requisites of people with a
liking for good, clean comedy, catchy
music, handsome scenery and beautiful
costumes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
FROM NEW YORK

PASSENGERS can leave DAILY, ex-
Ss North River, at 3 p. NJ, Tor Old Point
Comfort and Norfolk. connecting with
chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk and
Western trains for Richmond. or with
new steamer Brandon. leaving Norfolk
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday att p. NJ
FREIGHT received and forwarded daily,
Ticgets on sale at company.s Office, 10.
1p1, Fast Main Street, Richmond Trans
fer Company. No. ao3 East Main Street:
Murphy's Hotel. Chesapeake and Ohio
and Richmond and Petersburg depots
Richmond Baggage checked through to
all points.
: - JOHN +. MAYER. Agent.
No 1s1a E. Main Street. Richmond, Va
General offices: No. 81 Beech Street,
corner West Street, New York. ~. Y
u. BROWN. Gen. Pas. Agt.
n. B. WALKER. Traffic Manager.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
DEATHS.

BAKER-The funeral of the late DAVID
BAKER. Jr., will take place from the
Seventh-Street Christian Church THIS
8 AFTERNOON at54 O'Clock. Friends and
acquaintances are invited to attend.
BY special request, no flowers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
H. Old Dominion
II Steamship Co.
Daily Line for New York. the NORTH
and East
FROM RICHMOND.

PASSENGERS can leave DAILY. ex-
cept Sunday. by Chesapeake & Ohio Rail
W.ly at 4. NJ. via Norfolk. and a:10 p.
NJ via. Old Point and Norfolk. or 0 A. n
and 3 P. III by n. & w. Railway via
Norfolk, both lines connecting with direct
steamers sailing same day. or by com
pinnday. Wednesday and Friday at y
H arriving Norfolk at 8 a. NJ. thea
Transferring to New York steamer. -.
FREIGHT for all northern. eastern and
foreign ports received and forwarded
daily, except Sunday, at Company's
nharf Rockets.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
Bay Line
10 Baltimore
Via C. & 0. Railway and
Old Point.
II. S. MAIL ROUTE.

Leave Richmond via Chesapeake and
ohio railway daily. except Sunday. at p.
NJ connecting at Old Point with the
smnerbs steamers of he Old Bay Line, 1eav-
ing at 7:15 P. NJ. arriving Baltimore $50
A. NJ, in time to make connection with all
ride and all night on one of the finest
steamers In Southern waters. Returning.
arrive Richmond 10 a. NJ. daily. except
: For tickets and general information APP
NV at general offices Chesapeake and Ohio
Raifway, Richmond Transfer Company
and 1905 East Main Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
Mrs. John T. Kitchen.
fsnccia1 Disnotcb IA Th. T;mo.

WINDSOR, VA. FeE. 2S-AErs. Kitchen.
wife of Rev. John T. Kitchen, the Chris
tan minister OF this place, died quite
suddenly this morning. Mrs. Kitchen
had been suffering with heart trouble for
some time, but was in apparent good
health until within a few moments OF
her death. She is survived by her hus-
band two sisters in Iuray. Va, arIh
one in Indiana. The body has been en-
baImed and win be Kept here until her
sisters arrive from Luray. and then will
he taken to Ohio to be placed by the
side Of he. mothers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

Wade Robertson, the young white man
who has been missing from his home on
Oregon Hill since last Monday afternoon
has not been heard from y ct. 81
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

rLYDE STEAMSHIP co.'s. =H q
VI PHILADELPHIA. s
RICHMOND AND NORFOLK STEAM
So SHIP LINE 80
Appointed sailing days: Every TUES
DAY. FRIDAY and SuNDAY.at day..
light. Freight received daily iilt 5 2. 81.
For further information apply to
j. w. MCARRICE.
Gen. Southern Agt,. onice, Rockett1
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

All street-car lines In Richmond lead tG
the new c. & o. Main-Street Station
where all C. &c o. Railway trains may
be taken. passing over the new sci VIA
duct en- route to LynchhurS, Cie Point,
Norfolk. Portsmouth. etc
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

low water mark and was rising at the
rate of eight inches an hour. The plant
of the Central Iron and Steel Company
was partially submerged and cannot be
opera ted
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

The Third Market Committee met last
night and approved the payroll and bills.
saI.d the Committee on Police appointed
zNessrs. Shea. and Seay#.a subcommittee
to Tenort- ;,pon {, suitable wagon for use
IN connection with the dog pound. They
Viii lose no time in making their re-.
sport. The dog pound is almost ready to
he turned over to the city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

Southern >Railway-Leave 1870 A. NJ.
daily for Durham, etc. connecting az
Burkeville for Farmvilie: ESQ P. NJ, No
~. limited train daily for Jacksonville and
all Florida points: Havana. Nausau. etc;
Connects at Moseiey with Farmville and
Powhatan and at Charlotte for New Or,
leans; 1880 P. NJ, daily, for Atlanta anu
points SOUTH; p. NJ, except Sunday. fok
The Somerset reporter., 1902-06-19

Often it will be found upon inspec.
ton of the strawberry plant that the
main roots have been cut off by large
white grub with a yellowish head.
Usually they leave enough small roots
to keep the plant alive when the ground
is moist, so that it is not likely to be
noticed. These pests have never ap-
peared upon the surface. like the cut
worm, but do their dastardly work I'M
der the ground where 1t is not seen and
at a time when the plants need every
root and fiber to insure good stand Of
vines for the next seasons crop.
A farmer called on me one day and
requested me to go with him to see il
l could tell what was the matter with
his Strawberries. | went with him,
and one dance at the vines was sutli-
cient for me to understand what was
the trouble Stepping to the side of a
plant, | dug around the roots of the
plant and pulled out large white grub
| instructed his twelve-year-old boy
who had accompanied US, how he could
locate the grubs by repeating the op-
Grafton several times, and his father
told him he would give him a cent
apiece for all the grubs he could find
1t cost him over 50. From what vines
were left they gathered at the first
picking hundred quarts and sold
them for $10.-Cor. Ohio Farmer.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-06-19
Methoda With RahIahen

l have been in the business several
seasons. The soil is a great factor and
should be rich. sandy loan, well
drained and free from weeds. | have
used several kinds OF fertilizers with
some success, but good stable manure
well rotted is of most Importance
Wood ashes and bone are also highly
recommended. and nitrate of soda gives
good results if properly applied. pillow
In fall and again in spring, working the
soil very fine. | drill the seed with
garden drill eight inches apart between
the rows and one or two seeds to the
inch for turnip rooted varieties, for late
or long varieties twelve TO sixteen inch
es between the rows and thin from two
to four inches. according to size. For
succession sow once week as long us
the weather is favorable which is
about July ! for early varieties. Do
not SOW such varieties as White China
before June or, better STILL June 10
and up to Aug Il for our latitude, about
43 degrees, says a Canadian correspond.
ent in Orange Judd Farmer.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-06-19
June Gardening.

There are many crops that can be put
into the garden in June very much to the
advantage OF the gardner or the family
table Two paintings of corn and peas
may be put iu, and We had good crop OF
sweet corn last year from seed that we
planted July 4. With the late frosts we
have had this year it is probably the beans
planted in June will do much better than
those that were planted in May. Those
who were in 100 much haste to set out to-
mato plants and peppers this year have,
in many cases, been obliged to reset them,
and others see their top-ioliage so injured
that they may not fruit any earlier than
would those set out now Cucumbers and
squashes we think. are as likely to do well
planted in Juue as when put in earlier,
while we never care to set the plants TOR
late cabbage or caulihower before not only
the month of June, but June Weather has
come. or winter celery. So long as we
have cold nights. the sunshine OF the day
viii not warm up the soil much. and while
some of the above crops can be grown from
earlier paintings, and withstand the frost
well, we like to have lac planting to
give better vegetables for winter use.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-06-19
Waterville's Centennial.

Next week Waterville's Centennial
celebration will be the grand event in
that enterprising city, aud extensive
preparations have been and are being
made for the adequate observance of the
important event.
Decorators have been at work on the
streets for some weeks and it is safe TO
say they will be the most elaborate that
that city has ever INDUCED in.
The exercises begin With religious
services in the new City Hall, Sunday
evening, the 221d instant, in which
several of the city pastors will take part
and the sermon will be by Rev. w. H. p.
Faunce, d. d. President of Browns
University. The music at this service
will be conducted by DR.. Latham True
of Portland. The orchestra will be Hall S
orchestra of that city.
On Monday will occur the dedication
of the new City Hall and literary ex-
ercises on Monument Park with a re-
ception in City Hall in the evening and u
grand illumination.
Tuesday forenoon there will be civic
parade and in the afternoon exhibition
by the Fire Department, balloon ascen-
sion, ball game etc, and Tuesday evening
band concert In the Park.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-06-19
Practical Poultry Papers.

An important factor toward success in
keeping poultry Is proper feeding and wat
ering. Fowls which have free range of
wood aud field instnctivey select what
meets their physical require ments. Under
ordinary circumstances in condition of
freedom, a fowl travels immense distances.
in effect before it gets all the food il needs,
being on loot all day. The nearer one
can come to nature in treating poultry 10
confinement the better Nature does not
feed in bulk Grain grows high on sl-n-
der stalks. swayed by every puff OF air.
A hen, If she had tree access to growing
oats, would have to Jump up aud down IN
Till exhausted before she could eat oats to
repletion indeed, she would have 10 stop
long before she could fill her crop. The
lesson OF this is, whenever you feed grain
to fowl scatter ii far and wide among
short dry litter OF some sort. so that they
will have to hunt and scratch for it, the
more the better ais furnishes health
full exercise. Wheat barley. oats, and
corn named in the order OF their value are
good poultry foods. Wheat heads the
list as richest in the phosphate, mineral,
and heterogeneous principles so necessary
for building up and repairing the waste to
which the lazy hen is subject
In summer fowls in confinement need
plenty OF green food. If the runs" are
sufficiently spacious to keep up supply Of
grass it will be great advantage, other
wise it will be well to buy periodically sup
plies OF fresh grass and clover to be chop
ped up fine; also to have all the vegetable
remnants from the kitchen boiled and
chopped for the fowls. In the early morn
ing give a mixture of middlings. bran,
boiled vegetables Feelings, and other rem
nants, such as bread, meat and scraps
from the table. Scald the middhngs and
bran, and then incorporate with the veg
etsbes; add heaping teaspoon OF salt
for twenty-four hens. Let this meal be
made damp, not sloppy, and allow table
spoonful to each fowl Middllngs contain
all the phosphates and the principles OF
the best wheat kernel, therefore it makes
fine reproducing food. AT noon, If
the runs" do not produce enough grass,
give foe chopped grass and clover, and If
worms and insects are not access slble,
twice week finely chopped meat. Before
sunset give the heariiest meal OF the day
grain supper, wheat one day, oats the
next, then barley; but no corn for laying
hens in summer, as it is too fattening and
heating
The Somerset reporter., 1902-06-19

If those who desire fine green lawns and
thrifty shIubbery or flower beds, and who
are in The habit of sprnklng them every
day. would sink some two-inch drain pipe
about three feet below the surface about
Two rods apart, and urn the same amount
OF water into these pipes that they now use
on the surface, they would probably obtain
much better results. and would not have
the lawns wet and unfit to walk upon In
fact, much less water would be sufficient,
as the evaporation would not be as rapid
1t would also tend to send grass and other
plant roots down deeper, thus making a
stronger growth We believe the best
irrigation is to put the water below the sur
face and allow the plants TO pump il up,
instead of putting ii on the surface to soak
down into the soil.