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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-08
Charter Recorded.

The chartered the Scott Roller Nm
Company. Of floyd county. has been re-
corded in tho office Of the Secretary or
the Commonwealth .,,tl.,l-...-..--.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-08

CINCINNATI. O.. Feb. 7.-IIOGS-Activc- at
S50G6.5O. Cattle quiet and lower at S2.2aMl
80. Sheep, steady, S2.2oD4.5o. Lambs,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-08

MONEY AND ExCHAHCE-Aloncy on call
closed steady at 2HM2s per cent: rrime lncr-
camille paper. iQ5% per cent. Sterling eI-
cbanee firm at recession with actual business in
bankers hills nj 81 SIG G4.ST4 for demand and
1T st.S4%a "a, Si% FOR sixty days: postG! rnins,
81 S:'15 and 81 IS: conmcrcinl bills. Si.S3$+ a
SfS5&!. Bar silver. -Gii: M"5lcan dollars, ALE. :.
Government bonds, firm: state. strong; railroad
bonds rrcbular.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-08
To Sing 0itertory.

Nj. William Tribbett will sing the offer.
tory at Christ Church Sunday morning.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-08
PETERSBURG TOBACCO MARKET.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
5popTs OF RICHMOND. FEE. Z, 1902.
- A RRIVED.

c., brandon Catherine, Norfolk. mcr-
chanSise and passengers, Old Dominion line.
Tug 7. S. Heskins. Leach, Baltimore, baree of
oil. Standard OIL Company
o1i' s. -'A's--s,ss SAILED. -
steamer Saginaw, Tunnell, Philadelphia, Pa,
merchandise aud passengers. C,yde Line.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-08

Total bank craringg wrck ended February y.
So PA .932 23i: doCrcasc. 30 per emit Outside
New York, $TS2,s 0O,0T9: increase 1.G per cent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-08

TRUSTEES SALE
TWO DESIRABLE FRAME DWELL-
INGs, NOS. 1et1 AND 121s TA1oN
STREET BETWEEN RESERVOIR
AND RANDOLPH STREETS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-08

July ............ S..~s .z S .iv y
August ........... Ola 30 80
September .......... .gD IN ="
October y. ~ . So
SPOT cotton closed steady; middiingt snplands,
SIZE. lnddlins gulf, S1ic.; sales, $50 bales
Cotton. steady: ,udding; &c; net rece 1ts
stock. 123. 2G4 bales.
total to-dny-Nct recents tall y. s. portsl .
14.7GJ bales; expert to Great Britain. II $50
bales: to France 12,Tn1 bal les; to the Continent,
20 80 bales; stock. st1 ,GG, bales orte,
114.7So bales: expor. to Great Britain. i0,1ti
bales: to France, q 400 bales; to the Continent
5G.57S bales.
Total since September 1st--Nct receipts 4 i
r. 81 ports} 5 1855. go baies: EXPORT to Grea!
Britain. 2279. III bales; so TO :, france o09,s2y
bales; to the Continent 1,SOG,o12 bales
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-08
The following arc the total net receipts
cotton ct all ports since September l, 1gol
.coFgEr MARKET.

PETERSBURG. VA. Feb. 7.-CoTToN--
Market steady ut Sc.
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STOCTl Quotations.

Furnished by Messrs. SCOTT & sTRINGFELLoW.
Members New York stock Exchange.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-08

BY c. Z. e II. L. Denoon.
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers'
ST. Main Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-08
RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.
Richmond. Va. Feb. Z, 1907

SALES.
North Carolina 4's-S1o0 at 1o4
Virginia Ccnturies-S50o Mt 99#s.
Srabaaftl Air Line ds-SG, 600 ut S4Hs.
Virginia Carolina Chemical comtnou--losharcs
t III * 30 <iiarrs at 61fs.
Scnbsard Air Line rrcfrrrcd-Sloo at 1874.
Virginia Carolina Chemical preferred = ~
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02
THE CRIME
OF POVERTY
By L. L.

It seems unfortunate that poverty should be
community but judging from the experience Of couple recently
landed III Washington, would o be
and his wife had travelled from CoIumbr Ohio wagon
IN the hope Of securing reaching Capital
they got here they penn they and food
they we're arrested They only released
standing that they TO leaveto
1t IS undoubtedly that the large numbers criminals
who roam this land and who have intention working
can beg or STEAL have pudeed people against any Try beg
gar and IS also true that these tell plausible story Oft
entle that an ordinary be that
but there ought to be way ubo want
work can get enough of It support life Until have prob
lem We cannot claim TO be thoroughly civilized people
IL IS difficult problem to solve with entire the
characters OF those who of pe
pie who out of work particular They not
willing to take anything that along Sometimes pe
ea common among women they actually 90 heavy
man whose health not good and who has not been brought
manual labor not worth much sometimes
breaks down and has to the hospital Improbable
around Moreover bureau Of employment have to
be content with temporary employees of the wageaners
leave as soon they could get letter and labor
the would be cheaper carry It
than support tramps and criminals
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02
Hay FEVER

c present has 1t
Sssrs and that is the class which suffers
hotels had
during
o must
heavy beating transforms
which
the earth and it scattered
how all humane persons viii be glad Of the relief the sufferers what
ever means t has conne-
There is nothing much
comforta
The victim
nuisance
to de Of his omTlant
him. all
pins He upon
physical
bis his neghbo
indfpoion
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02

OF TO appear in the light of pernicious
pa:tisans. We would venture to say.
without fear OF successful. contradiction.
that the peculiar merit Of lazy. people is
that they are the salt of the earth. They
have no tine to do anything: and as they
are logical they refuse TO be discon-
eerted even by an earthquake. Like
TONERS heroes. they ever with an
equal temper take the thunder and the
sunshine
Some years ago there lived in Mauch
Chunk' Pa. a good citizen and pillar Of
his church, who took life easily. He
may be living now. and there seems no
reason why he should not live forever.
as ne has nothing else to do.
One Monday morning. after breakfast.
ne was diligently studying his news
paper For three hours he read on with
delight. During that tine his wife had
told him over and over again that the
poles. upon whieh the clothes had ought
to be a-drying,'' were PROSTATE on the
ground, blown down by the storm.
Mary" said the student. as he look
co at his better half over his spectacles.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02
COMPARISONS OF SOME
ANCIENT WOOD CAPVNO5

Although the Priory
sbury Cathedral and
seen today mtarere
the
sound I the
bowed their sturdy head
claimed
Therein IN choir
enriched
OF them perfectly hard solid
dcation
bishop Of Exeter, froua
Taken whole
world he
4
doubt Of
these superb
tional interest in that it is the earliest quadru-
in
animal
precisely
a
indeed
Egypt for instance
c. $780, is nearly 5000 good
This precious
the of the
abound nehborhoOd
cries have been proved to be the Oldest Of
The
closely those get won
repeating
Welfed
down grasps stan rut
is feet 8 wonderful old
be seenn
iere the
raj
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02
By
HENRY LATCHFORD.
Author and Humorist.

don't be uneasy. The good Lord. in
lis own good pleasure. blew down them
poles an when it suits his convenience
he'll blow EN- up again"
Job was a patient person. as that ane
quality was known in olden times. but
he was far from the lofty summit gained
in Mauch Chunk by the good man. who
while his companions worked, was loaf
ing upward to the height"
We cannot all obtain that proud emil
nence. but We can at least take it easily
during the day. for the night cometh-
both to the Just and the unjusJ-wheR
all must go to sleep, and when it IS not
the least credit to be at rest.
II all men would only act with The
seruDuIous fidelity 70 principle mani
tested BY THIS Pennsylvania. how east.
" the great problems Of society migkt
be settled No plague would then take
the hindmost, and If it should seize upon
him, he would accept the position as
iDseparabIe from his destiny
I ask profound consideration for those
good people who nave kept The faith and
never bowed the knee to the idol OF the
hustlerc-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02

Much has been said and written II
praise Of energy and the hustIers, from
the time Of Homer down TO the last
poem of Browning. but who hath ever
''buiIded the lofty rhyme" 10 celebrate
the lazy man?
This influential factor in civilization
would nave been permitted to live and
die. unwept, unhonored. and unsung.
save for the gentle tributes OF Izaak
Walton and Charles Lamb, or the more
imperative demand for acknowledgment
made by Walt Whitman. And yet Ieis-
the necessary condition of thought
IS the preliminary Of action.
lie course of time the eight-houF
.ent viii grow into a four-hour
on. and ultimately the worker will
no, e satisfied to work more than two
hours Z day, when he finds that the
product Of his labor for two hours more
than sufices for the supply Of his ma
terial needs. But then. the wise econo-
mists must By that time have arrived at
method of distributing the
wealth Of the world.
Without wishing to be extravagant.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02
AMERICAS PLACE m SCIENCE

We are still too young q country to
warrant any prophecies as TO the places
We viii finally oeeu-v IN the worlds OF
arts and sciences when our newness,
like a last years garment. Is success
fully shed and We take our recognized
pl1ce al a steady level in the ranks Of
nations, says The American Inventor %
Tron present indications. however. this
level and rank IN most departments OF
Industry and knowledge viii be at the
extreme TOP
Commercially and industrially, in
ventively and progressively. the United
States leads the world. IN art and
literature critics say that We have yet
far 10 go 70 reach the goal. OF even
speed with the pace set by France and
italy. In science, until very recently.
Germany led the world but at the pres
ent time the United States is running
that country so close a race as TO make
Il uncertain as to which will win IN the
end
Take. for instance. the science Of agTi-
culture No country today is spending
more in agricultural research or has
finer scientific snuiDment for that work
tha- the United States. The extermIna-
ton OF flies AID mosquitoes, both Of
which campaigns are at present sue
eessfully carried OF IN several sections
% the country. are the most recent in
dieations Of the practical character Of
the work Of the department. It Is con
tiuually producing new methods Of
which destroy plants. and is adding to
the Industrial wealth OF this country By
many million dollars annually in crops
saved and the increased production per
acre made possible by the agricultural
experiments
IN meteoroloRv the United States IS
supreme. without even 4 competitor any
where on earth There is no other
weather bureau even approaching ours |
IN size, IN scope. n ability. or in &C /
curacy. Other countries have such de- !
partments but none which saves. as does
the American bureau. many millions Of /
dollars every year by storm warnings on /
sea and shore. Where. also, on earth /
can country be found which can show /
such names in climatology ana hydro
graphy as Mansfield. Dawson, Lowell.
Schott. Watts. Maury. Coffin. Gould, and
Davis? The other scientific departments
Of the Government, notably the Geodetic
and Geological Surveys. are fully the
equals Of any such departments main
tanned by foreign governments. and the
work done by them IA pure scientific ad-
vance IS in many cases far superior to
anything that can be shown BY the
world abroad. IN chemistry and IN
physics We fail behind Germany. In {
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02

and number Of bedrooms. It's upper
deck will accommodate 100 guests. The
boat belonging to Sir James Carmichael
the kinghsher, is quite sumptuous. But
the houseboats Of the Thames are not
made to move from place 10 place, and
not only does a change Of anchorage en-
tail much red tape In the matter of
governmental permission. but the heavy
river duties demanded by the Thames
eonservancy makes the expense Of house
boating in England very heavy indeed -
Worlds Work.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02
SOME HOUSEHOLDS.

The term houseboat runs wide gam
ut Of meaning. The varieties extend
from the floating palace of the million
aire to the dingy shanty- boat OF the Mis-
sissippi rivermen. ard the variants be-
tween embrace almost every style of
aquatic architecture. It is not a new
idea. except in America Marco Polo
found it in China. where it is still in
use by the hundred thousand The riv-
erways OF Burmah are thick with the
households Of q population which has
been pushed over the water edges. The
houseboats Of the Thames are In many
Instances gorgeous affairs. costing as
much as So. geo The Fair Maid of
Perth. owned by T. R. Dewar, NJ. P, is
as long as a river steamer; has twenty
nine windows opening from a drawing
room. a billiard rocm, q smoking room,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02

the South acquires insensibly some of
the local phSases and idioms, and
something of me accent, without los
ing the peeuliarities of his own. The
same Is true q The Soutferner in the
North, or the Western man IN the
East, or the Fastener In the West
In fact, the liking for novelty which
Is one Of our strongest characteristics
often leads as e adopt and mimic the
language Of those around us. espe-
eially if II be picturesque and expires
sive. Add to this Ire accents and
brogues an2 broken English of a
great city, and Ii . l'ian that the
American laneuaz Is likely III the
near future to he sor-ething more than
a phrase, and .hat It certainly viii
not resemble English.
Perhaps. h GER, this Is not bad
thing after all. Il should not be for
gotten that the English language it
self Is the preGucc Of just such a
eonglomeratiea of languages and dia-
leets, and that the accent of a cult
waited person IS seldom disagreeable,
though il may be odd.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02
INFANT MARKET IN HUNG. AIRY.

The orphanage at Temesvar, IN Hun
gary, holds an infant market" once a
month. at which all the children at the
orDhanage viii be on view, an1 at which
persons DESTROYS Of adopting one or more
Of them can inspect them ard take their
choice. The 1rgt Of these markets passed
OF very successfully. Thirty children
we're on v1ew-boys as.3 girls be'Ween
the ages Of one and ten ye4fs. Nir3*aen
of them We e adopted, five boys and sou1
teen girls. Most of them were adopted
by fairly-7seil-to-do people. and one
foster mother went straight TO a law
yer's Office and made her newly adopted
child heiress TO her fortune of e20. O00.-.
Pearson's Weekly.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02

Personally I hail with delight the
growing tendency toward longer and
more numerous summer vacations.
There is nothing that so lifts a man
when he is down-when he is tired.
Tagged out with work and worry-as a
Ichange OF scene. a rest. bit Of outdoor
recreation
But there is a vast difference between
recreation and dissipation, and alas!
much of the so-ealIed summer holidays
are anything but holy-days-
OF course. I cannot speak as strongly
OF the customs IN this country as I can
of those OF my own. but from what
have seen, I am positive that human
nature is the came the world over, and
The liberty hunters of New York are
the same as the liberty hunters Of Lon
don
People when they leave town for the
summer leave behind them their church
and their Sunday manners. They seem
to forget that there is a God at the sea-
shore. or at least that He is as omnis-
cient there as He is in the city.
/ And they not only forget their Sun
Iday manners. but they adopt a looseness
! of speech and behavior that is anything
but edifying and elevating. With their
chaperons left behind. the young ladies
feel that they can do and say what they
would never think OK doing and saying
at home; and the young men, taking
their cue betimes from their lady
friends. are embroidered to so to lengths
that would not be tolerated elsewhere
And so. often firtations are begun that
are carried to disastrous results.
Now, all this is deplorable. And how
shall it be stopped? Shall We say:
stay at home, where you know how
to behave?"
BY no means. I should be the last 70
advocate that rule I know how fond I
am of my own vacations. of my tennis
and golf. the seashore and the noun /
tains.
Why, up Lancashire way, near my
home, the working people have what
they call vacation savings banks, and |
they deposit so much every so often to /
form fund for a vaeation-for a veri-
table holiday And they leave their work /
and get into the open, and come back +
renewed IN mind and body.
Do you mean to say that this Is a I
waste and that It should be stopped
Far from it. This Is a bIessing-a clean.
wholesome recreation of the working
tissues OF the man
But how different from the average So
ctety summeringi Here there is a gen
eraI letting down OF the bars. a wreck
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02
RARE SONGS.

The sum Of 81 $50 was paid the other
day for a copy of William Blake's
Songs Of Innocence and Experience. -
1855, says the Philadelphia North
American. 80 It is true that it was a pre-
sentation copy. being the one that the
! artist poet-mystic gave ID Henry Wynd-
ham Phillips, the artist, but when it is
recalled that throughout his life Blake
lived on the verge OF real poverty, and
that FOR years after his death his work
and its meaning were misunderstood By
the very people who should have best
sympathized with it, there is poetic JUS
tiee. At least. in collectors being mulct-
ed OF high prices Tor his works.
In fact. the prices that are commanded
by BIake's productions at the present
time are remarkable. The Ellis example
of the Songs" OF especial interest by
reason Of the decorated borders of the
pages, which were mounted. presented
by Blake to Edward Calvert. brought
the record sum Of $500 last fall. al
though # cost Nj. Eius about one-sev-
enth of that sum only. The Beckford
copy, which is really a finer one than
either Of the above. was sold in 1882 fer
the sum Of $3.50.
There is in Philadelphia probably the
finest collection Of Blake's works that
exist on this side Of the Atlantic. which
IS the result Of the perseverance and
labors OF Mr. WILLARD BuekneII. OF Sew
enth and Walnut Streets The value Of
this collection runs into the thousands
Of dollars. and has been exhibited In
part in many cities. Some wonderful
examples Of the artists work are con-
tanned in this collection. and in addition
there are several very fine originals in
the way Of pen and ink and color work.
Blake worked on big lines. His ideas
we're OF the kind that few understand. /
and those who are in touch with his ge-
aius value his productions above rubies. I
Outside OF the collectors and he curio |
hunters. his name is hardly known.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02

natural history. in biology and the kin
dred branches We have still q long wav
to go, although much -ood wo9k is done
in this line in America today. Tie com
mereiaI development Of electricity and
/ electrical apparatus. however, is en-
tirely due TO American enterprise, and
II this particular de- -rtment OF p.ysics
/ the United S-s,es Is supreme.
IN the grea'rr sciences, mathematics
and astronomy. America. long the
humble follower. is now the equal Of
any foreign nation The United States
possesses the two largest telescopes in
the world. and has amone its various
universities as fine an astronomical
equipment as exists anywhere The work
done by the United States Naval OBJ
seryatory for the benefit Of surveyors
and mariners is fully equal to that done
BY the observatory at Greenwich, and
the Individual research and discovery is
II anything. superior to that which can
be shown by the Old World.
IN summing up II seems that the
United States has grown larger and faster
in science. In proportion 70 her apa
thau any other country of which man
kind has written history. And. reckon
ing from her present rate OF increase Of
knowledge and means OF obtaining # -
looks. despite the early date for
prophecy mentioned above. as If another
hundred years would see her universally
recognized as the very head and front
not only Of the armies Of commerce ana
industry but Of pure science and knowI-
edge
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02
PURITY OF ACCENT

\ traveller IN Europe once eneoun-
tered quaint contrast IN accents. He
found at a railway lunch counter a
customer who spoke French with q
vinainous German accent, and q sales
woman who spoke German with an
equally pronounced French brogue,
but neither Of them could understand
the other They had been brought up
on the borderland between France and
Germany, and their speech had been
twisted into a nondescript thing
neither French nor German.
We are IN danger of something Of
the sort IN this country. with our nu-
merous different nationalities and the
absence of any standard of pronun-
citation among US The sectional pride
which either resents any suggestion
that the speech of the possessor Is
not the pmest English, or which ae-
tually plmes itself upon the accent
that marks its owners birthplace, Is
something of a factor in creating the
mongrel speech of the average Ameri-
can.
The Northerner who lives long IN
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02
THE FADING LIGHT OF DAY.

Jenny. gather up the scraps, ana
Hetty. bring the broom,
Sally, push the settle back and tidy up
the room.
Now's the time. 'twixt day and dark. to
clear the work away;
For the morn make ready by the fading
light of day
Come. my boys. bring in the wood and
split the kindIing fire.
Fetch some water from the spring ana
feed the waiting kline:
You'll not need the lantern. lads. ths
twilight's clear and gray,
Haste and you VIII finish BY the fading
light OF day
Thus the dear house mother spake. stsII
busy all the while,
Helping girls and cheering boys with
gentle words and smile,
TIL the tasks were ended and the sons
and daughters say
Gathered round the fireplace by the fad
ing light OF day
Looking back, my fancy sees the low.
old-fashioned room.
Sanded floor and high-backed chairs. the
spinning-wheel and loom:
Sees each dear, familiar face. though
years have swept away
Since gazed upon them By the fading
light OF day
Scattered. scattered far and wide. in
distant lands and dead,
Long the grass has waved above ths
gentle mothers head:
But at nisbtseH even Jet I seem to hear
her say.
For the morn make ready by the lad
ing light Of day"
Wiser now, methinks therein that hid
den meanings Iu-k.
Teaching ere that night shall coma
wherein no man can work"
Every soul be girded ready; Cod alone
can Eay
If our eyes again behold the fading
light Of day.
Boston Transcript
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02
WONDERFUL EARTHQUAKE Ex-
PERIENCE.

The inscription on tombstone in a
Jamaica cemetery shows that the indi-
yidual there commemorated had sur
viVed an earthquake The Inscription is
as follows: Lewis Gladly. esq. who died
on the 2zd September, 1881 aged eighty.
He was born at Montpelier, IL france.
which place he left for his religion and
settled on this island. where In the
great earthquake, 1872. he was swallowed
up, and By the wonderful providence of
God by second shock was thrown into
the sea. where he continued swimming
until he was taken up by boat, and
thus miraeulously preserved" The
earthquake mentioned took place In Ia
maica 236 years ago.-London Globe.