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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27
On and around
The Hofels.

from a worker on the leveo to wealth
and the yice-presdency OF what will ull-
doubtediy be the greatest exposition the
world has ever known is what one native
born girSinian has DONE This man IS
Seth w. Cobb, formerly of Southampton
county, who is now i'll the city with the
committee OF native EirEiilians resident
In Missouri to urge the advisability OF n
exhibit by this State At the Louisiana
Purchase Fair, which is to be at st.
Louis in 1905. a general impression has
gone forth that the Exposition Will not
be held until 1901. but this is erroneous.
1t will be in 1903, according to the original
plans.
To-day MIR. Cobb Is one CT tie leading
men of ST Louis, with which city he has
been Identified for thirty or more years:
is, as stated, one Of the principal officers
of the big Exposition: was i'll Congress
from st. Louis for six years: has been
president Of tho Merchants Exchange,
which corresponds with the Chamber CT
Commerce here. and was the head of the
Merchants Bridge Company, which built
the great bridge at st. Louis. He has
acquired considerable wealth in ST. Louis,
but for all that he holds q, warm spot i'll
his heart for the old Commonwealth, and
is shaking hands with many Of his friends
Of old while here.
When Mr.. Cobb had fought through the
Civil War and was about twenty-six
years old, he took Horace Grecleys adj
vico and went West. He landed in st.
Louis without a dollar and went to work
on the lcvcc. tF'rom that time he has
worked hard and risen, rapidly serving
his adopted city in Congress. and II many
important positions With his election as
vice-president of the Exposition he was
made chairman of the Committee on Fish
cries and Game, and is greatly interested
in those matters.
In conversation with 4 reporter for The
Times yesterday, Mr.. Cobb SaiI:
II have been away from this State for
long time, but I am always glad to come
back. All Virginans have soft spot in
their hearts for their native State. AS to
the outcome Of our visit here in the in
terest of an exhibit by this State at the
Exposition, we arc very hopeful Friends
have been very cncuura ging in their talk
to us, and we arc hoping hard that Viz
Sinia will join us in this celebration Of
a great historical event. Tho party will
remain here for couple of days yet
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27
TO MOTHERS
Mrs. J. III. Haskins, OF Chicago,
I'LL, President Chicago Arcade
Club, Addresses Comforting
Words to Women Regarding
Childbirth.

DEAR Mrs. Mothers
need not dread childbearing after they
know the value Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
While loved children I dreaded the
ordeal. for il left me weak and sick
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27

Miss Mary Byrum, who has been visit
Ing the Misses Goode. OF No. :tft f..
Marshall Street.. has left for her home
In Rocky Hack, N. C,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27
FINE TALKS By
ST. LOUIS PEOPLE
They Address Meeting OF Legis-
Iature for Exposition.
SENATE TO EXTEND SESSION
House Passes jamestown Bill-Speaker Ryan
Names House End OF Oyster Com
mission The Days
Proceedings.
SENATE TO EXTEND SESSION

The Legislature in joint session yester-
day heard Governor Montague and
Mcssrs. cobb, Kent and Atkinson, com
lnissioncrs of the Louisiana Purchase lIN-
position. in favor OF an appropriation On
the part of Virginia TO the =. Louis
Worlds drair All the spe2cies wee
l5rcf and delivered in a happy se,n and
made a fine impression upon the mem
berS.
The Joint session lasted for only about
twenty minutes and then both houses re-
sumcd their separate sessions. The House
PASSED the Jamestown Exposition bIl
with some slight amendments The Sen
ate concurTcd in the House joint resolu-
lion extending the session for thirty days
after March 4th without pay 10 the mem
bers. There were a great many bills IN
troduccd in both houses and numbers oil
others were passed. Speaker Ryan named
Mcssrs. Mathews. Cardwcll HURLEY, ly-
ell and Green as members on Che part
OF the House of the joint oyster commits
sion TO meet a similar one from the MARY
land Legislature.
Scaate Session.
The Senate convened at noon, Mr..
N,ickhaln. president protein, in The
Chair. No prayer was offered.
The IlrSt In5IlGr tUiISlGGi'u Nd5 tiiS
ioint resolution passed by the House, ca
tending the session thirty days from
March Attn.
Mir. Claytor offered but withdrew an
amendment that the Legislature adjourn
SIS soon as it's work be completed.
MIR. Gold offered an amendment that
tho General Assembly adjourn on March
18th. This was defeated.
Mr. Tyler moved that tho resolution
~, lui "A for IlrrSCnt-
Mr. Stands favored the consideration
OF the resolution and the continuance OF
the session.
Mr. opie was willing TO lenSthcn The
session. but thought the matter shoaid
6a considered at u later date
Mr.. Barksdalc earnestly advocated the
frightening OF the session. in view OF
The large number OF important matters
before the Genera, Assembly.
MIR. kcezcli thought that resolution
q this character at this time would re-
suit III the postrcnement of the work of
Assembly until the last TWO weeks of
tho session, whenever those last Two
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27

a party OF three prominent citizens of
Portsmouth was registered at Mu phys
Yesterday. Tho gentlemen i'll the party
were Mcssrs L. II. Crimson, Charles Sy-
lcr and S. T. Montague.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27

Several well-nnown North CaroIinians
were in the city yesterday, among them
being Mr.. e. e. Daniels and Mr.. e. e.
Borden, Of Goldsboro, at Murphy 8;
Nessrs. W. f. Kcnnetts and G. NJ. Lase-
ter, OF Raleigh at the New Ford's, aus;
Mr. Carter L. Wright and Mr. T. II.
Hunter. at the Lexington.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27

From other Stats3 Tiers were some
well-lnown persons Il. the c!;%, inciudiaS
several traveiiD;, ,ren. At Murniays were
AFR A. p. Curtice and Miss Ne Ii Co.
tice Of Montana: Mr.. /. = Escaar ard
Jerome Moltry. OF Wiili&msport, Pa; Mr.
r. Nj Hull OF Savannah. AID ~, Wi
bert Richmond OF Woo5stoEi!. y. j. NJ
7. J. Power, os 2 iadeipl:a, ard SIR w.
S. EfcLain OF Pit:sbu:S, We're at the Ne"
Ford's, while ut tic Lexington were Mr.
W. Il Matthews, OF Pli!aiciriiIt; MI
Leo Frenkel. OF Baltimore; Nj. Il u.
Archer, CT Rh- de Island: Mr.. l.. y. Car
ter, Of Tennessee, and Mr.. w. P. Entloif
Of Columbus, Ohio.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27

At the New Ford's yesterday DR.. Levi
p. Richards, Of Georscl, Va, was regis
tered.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27

wcelSs might conc He vas willing to
stay thirty or sixty days, but thought
this WAS not the timo to pass such a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27

Iir. L. A. Bownes, OF Liverpool, was at
the Lexington yesterday. Mr. Downes i
making tour of the country, hlSitS
tecn in the United States for several
weeks.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27

Mr.. Thomas CoEstou Kinney. OF Staun
ton, was at Murphys yesterday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27

tho city yesterday, q. big dealer III Wis
consin. WAS talking of the danger winch
the forests of the country have just sur
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27

WANTED IT PASSED.
Mr.. Sale thought the resolution should
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27

Richmond seems to be Il victim OF
ncods.'' said Mr.. Anthony Buckley, OF
Mississippi, who was in the city ycSter-
day. '"rhere is, it seems. according to
your newspaper accounts. only short
distance within the city limit where tho
waters cncroach but this is q constant
monaco and causes great losses. Now. [
live along tho Mississippi River where
we have to havo lcvccs for miles and
miles. It has occurred to me. therefore.
that possibly levee would he possible
in Richmond within tho district threaten
CO by food tide. 1t would be Inexpensive
and would greatly add to the value or
property in the lower part Of the city.
.Nftcr a lcvec is built it requires little
attention and the good results following
in g. few Years would more than offset
the expense of it,
While discussing the manufacture or
furniture yesterday Mr.. II. NJ. Hallocf,
a travelling man for a big furniture fac
tory in Philadelphia was talking OF the
growth Of this industry in tho South.
You know the Northern factories arc
growing less and less Important every
day he said because: the South is
making, jus. as good furniture cheaper
than they can. Tho growth OF tile in
dustI.v has lyccn phenomenal i'll the South
and now there is very little furniture
shipped from tho North TO this part OF
the country-tlat is little compared TO
what was formerly the case. This is
merely another instance of how the South
is gradually ovcrtakinG and outstrippins
the North"
One of the lumber party which was IN
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27

BY sir. Branch: To Authorize and crl-
power the Beard of Supervisors of Isle
of Wight county. Virginia. to contribute
to erection OF a monument to Confederate
dead of Isle OF Wight county.
BY same: TO permit W-tD. Turner to
erect and maintain a wharf on his land at
Shoal Bay in Isle of Wight county.
BY same: TO authorize the county OF
Isle of Wight to pay G. III. Hart for special
services rendered thu county and citizens
of the county and State.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-27

The author of "Under Palmetto and
Pine Norma I'rist,' -Four Years on
Wheels etc, DR. j. W. Carhart, Of La
Grange, Texas, in addition to his literary
efforts is a hard working physician in
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-26
the United States. A uniform rate Of
STA word will be charged for messages

the United States A uniform rate of
81 a word will be charged for messages
from San Francisco to Manila and
China.
The first section Of the cable from
San Francisco to Honolulu is being
manufactured by the India Rubber
Gutta. Percha Telegraph Works Com
pany, Ltd, London, England. The
length is about 2,413 miles.
Laying the Cable.
The cattleship Silvertown, owned by
the manufacturers, will convey this
section of the cable from London to
the Pacific coast via Cape Horn, where
she will proceed with the laying opera
tions. 1t is expected to complete the
entire cable from San Francisco to Ma
nila by January, 1905. -'.
The laying of the new cable will in
volve searching ocean depths to possi-
bly, as far as three miles. While the
government work was being carried
on in the Philippines the greatest depth
reached was one and an eighth miles.
The estimate is that a depth of at
least three miles will be reached in COW
ering the Pacific ocean.
The operation of laying so many
thousand miles of cable will necessar-
lily involve a great deal of skill, but
the difficulties which, those who laid
the Atlantic cables encountered have
passed away, those having charge Of
the present work being able to carry
out all details. The delicate and par
ing of the cable at its objective point
at Manila. The shore end conveyed by
the Silvertown to this point will be
lifted gently from the ship toward the
land, where it will be placed in deep
trench, through which it will be con-
veyed to it's final land communications,
thence connecting with the cable to
Hong Kong.
The death Of John w. Mackay called
attention to cable-laying projects in
the Pacific. 1t is stated that the plans
contemplated by his company will be
pushed forward with all possible dis
patch. The project has been delayed
by the failure Of the government to
furnish the company with soundings
taken in the Pacfic. 1t is expected that
these soundings will soon be furnished
and that the work will then be pushed
to completion. Possession of the Philip
pines has made the necessity of Pa
eific cable very apparent.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-26
ALONG THE WAY TO MEETIN..

/ wondered if the world so wide had
heard my heart a-beatin',
With Sally walkin' at my side along the
way to meetin'?
1t seemed to time my every step-jest
keepin' time accordin',
An sayin': There's NO rest fer you 'cept
t'other side of Jordan"
I'd tried an tried to say '''the word, y
with patientest endeayor-
The word that might, or mightn't, make
her heart my own forever;
But somehow, when it reached my lips,
it seemed too much to utter,
With my poor heart a-keepin' up that
everlastin' futter!
'Twuz shore my tribulation day-close by
my side to view her
To pull the wild flowers by the way, an
then not give 'em to her!
But, sudden come this word from her
'twuz like a benediction:-
I'm thinkin', John, this meetin, day
you're under deep conviction!'
An then, up an told her all my heart,
50 sore afflicted;
l loved her more than all the world
that's how / stood convicted!
An then, as close she come to me, with
sweeter looks an fonder,
l read my shinin' titles clear to earth
an over yonder!
Atlanta Constitution.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-26
STUDY OF SHRUBS AND TREES.

Learn Natural Science at Arnold Ar
boretum in a Bosky Bower.
Unique among the various reserva-
tions which go to make up Boston 8
wonderful system of parks and park
ways, and beautiful, in its way, beyond
all others, the Arnold arboretum is just
now coming into the full bloom Of it's
SURPRISING loveliness.
At no other place in this country
probably nowhere else in the worlds
there such a collection of living trees
and shubbery, carefully disposed for
both study and enjoyment.
twenty-five years ago knowledge OF
the characteristics, geographical dis
tribution and economic and horticult-
ural value Of the trees of North Amer
lea was vague and hardly within the
reach even of those anxious to acquire
such knowledge, but, as result OF
the work done at the Arnold arbore-
tum, it may be fairly said that to-day
the trees of no other country have been
so carefully studied and are SO well
known. -
The arboretum is department of
Harvard University, and was original
-ly established with a view to provide
opportunity for the scientific study Of
tree life, yet so carefully has the work
been planned, and so artistically have
these carefully wrought out plans been
executed, that the scientific value of
the collection is almost lost sight of in
its picturesque beauty.
The tract of 225 acres which are in
cluded in this reservation was pur-
chased by Harvard University with
funds belueathed to that institution by
James Arnold, of New Bedford, says
the Boston Herald. At that time it
was piece of rough, uncultivated land,
overrun with a wild growth Of native
shrubbery, and with little timber
growth, except scattering hardwood
and a remarkable growth of hemlocks,
which latter still remains the crowning
glory Of the collection.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-26
THAT WORD "LOAFER."

Question as to the Derivation Beconi-
ing Acute in London.
The question as to the derivation of
that word ''loafer," which MIR. Rhodes
will is likely to elevate from the slang
dictionary, is already getting acute,
says the London Chronicle. Despite
''Notes and Queries" and the deriva-
ton, through Hans Breitmann, from
that lofer Qover Of yours always
hanging around here" the word is
Spanish, and, like galoot and others,
came from Mexico, through Texas to
the States. 1t Is the AngliciZed or
Americanized form of galloferro, ''an
idle, lazy vagabond," passing, as any
student of Bartlett knows, through
glofero, and glofer, to lofer, and end
ing up with the pretense of having
something English or American about
it, as "loafer," man who has no
casual connection with the loaf he
does not earn. OF the loafer, Josh
Billings has given in his "Alminax"
a description which would have gone
to Cecil Rhodes heart, as of the type
Of man who was not to inherit Dal-
ham, or any other property that was
his, if he could help it: "The loafer
is a thing who is willing to be de-
spised for the privilege of abusing
others. He occupies all grades in So
ciety, from the judge on the bench
clear down to the ragged creature
who leans against lamp posts and
fights flies in August. He has no
pride that is worthy and no delicacy
that anybody could hurt. During his
boyhood he kills cats and robs hens
nests. During middle life he begs all
the tobacco he uses and drinks all the
cheap whisky he can get at somebody
else's expense, and does die at last" J."
The loafer in America would seem to
be more pronounced than his British
brother, if we take Henry w. Shaw
Josh Billings-as authority.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-26

for the road when 1t should have been
constructed. Now. however, a trolley
system is in successful operation In the
Dead river region in the toughest part
of Somerset County and Is engaged in
hauling heavy loads of spruce logs-a
greater burden than any ordinary cleo
tric line has to carry, writes Bangor
correspondent of the New York Trib-
une.
The electric log-hauler is the inven-
ton of A. o. Lombard, of Waterville,
who is a mechanical genius and has
made a fortune from various inven-
tions in the last ten years. Some years
ago Mr.. Lombard conceived the idea of
building a steam log-hauler and made
careful Investigation of the subject
before he began work upon the machine
that he had in mind. He found that
more than fifty years ago Maine man
had built a steam log-hauler, but that
it had failed to work on account of
some manifest faults In its constfue-
ton. This first steam log-hauler had
a boiler and engine mounted upon a set
of driving wheels five feet In diameter,
with spikes in the rims Of the wheels
to prevent them, from slipping, but
when the machine was hitched to
load of logs the bearing 'of weight was
on so small a portion Of the rims that
the wheels whirred around like those
of a locomotive on a wet rail, while
the spikes would dig so deeply into the
snow that the machine would become
stalled in hollows of its own making
and be unable to move its own weight,
not to speak of load of logs.
To obviate this difficulty Mr.. Lom-
bard provided his machine with sort
of self-laying rail-a set Of endless
lags, carried on ball bearings which,
while preventing the wheels from dig
ging into the snow, affords them fric-
ton hold, giving traction power suff1-
cient to draw loads of logs aggregating
60, 900 feet. The forward end of the
hauler is carried by sled, to which is
attached a pole. A pair of horses is
hitched to this pole and driven ahead to
guide the machine, but the horses do
no hauling.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-26

his shoulders; when his goodnight
commands involved all-night marching
and fighting Of his army of the Poto-
mac, and his waking orders might
mean victory or defeat, the killing or
the saving of thousand men-under
it all he lay down and dropped to
sound sleep as quickly as you or
when we read ourselves sleepy over an
old story book. Grant had what a
great writer has called a ''frictionless
mind" He saved for the wear of work
what others throw away on the tear
of worry.
Here Is a sample of the other ex-
treme. Said a Minneapolis lawyer
to me to-day: when l began the prac-
tice Of law l always lost two nights
before l had case in court, tossing
about and combating every thinkable
standpoint Of my opponent. And 1 lost
as much sleep afterward upbraiding
myself for not having thought Of GER
tain points at certain pat occasions
in the progress of the case" Of what
value were these night thoughts to this
young attorney? About as much value
as night sweats to a consumptive! 1
venture to say that all the business
planning a man does in life while Iy-
ing on his back at night isn't worth
an hours good thinking on his feet on
one June morning. AS compared with
the sleep it displaces, such night think
ing isn't worth forty winks after din
ner. Burning the candle at both ends
sometimes makes a fine bonfire. But
it always makes a bad grease spot Of
good candle.-Commercial West.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-26

50 S result of the decision of Con-
A gress to leave the building of
the new trans-Pacific cable to
private enterprise, the work will be
Immediately begun by the Commercial
Pacfic Cable Company, new concern
formed on the basis of the Commercial
Cable Company, which will consum-
mate a duplicate all-the-w e-world-around
cable
1t is specifically stated that while the
United States government does not in
cur any expense or responsibility. it
will have at its discretion command of
all facilities. This is particularly i'm
portant because the government has
already gone to the expense OF laying
more than 700 miles of cable in the
Philippine Islands. These cables were
laid as necessary strategic measure
during the recent trouble there and are
intended to be connecting link in
the general system covering our posses
sions.
Length of the Cable.
The new cable will run from San
francisco, a distance of 2,413 miles, to
Honolulu, thence to the Midway ISL
ands and Guam, another 2,293 miles,
and then to Manila, another 1850 miles,
enabling the company to connect with
cable to Hong King and all points on
the Asiatic continent.
From Hong Kong the connections Of
the Commercial Pacific cable will run
north up the Chinese coast, finally pass
ing through Siberia to st. Petersburg,
and thus completing the route through
Northern Asia and Europe From the
same junction they will extend down
through Siam and the Straits Settle
ments, connecting with the Australian
and New Zealand cables, and passing
west through India to Alden, along the
Red Sea and Mediterranean to Gibral-
tar and Lisbon, thence to the Azores,
| where the Commercial Cable Com
pany's system has another headquar-
| ters, extending to New York. Both the
San Francisco and eastern ends of
these cables will be connected with the
| land telegraph system Of the Postal
Telegraph Company for all points in
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-26

In general more is probably known
of lower lake fisheries than those about
Lake Huron, Lake Superior, st. Marys'
River and the immediate vicinity of
the American and Canadian Soos. The
upper lake regions comprise IL new
country, and will be more to the fu-
ture than they have been to the past.
AS a fishing ground, st. Marys River
annually yields some handsome lifts.
Whitefish and trout, when caught by
net, have been known to yield ton
at a haul Michigan is taking a de-
cided interest in her fisheries. The
Michigan hatchery is one of the finest
in the country, and is situated so near
the great canals as to be an object OF
considerable interest to tourists in that
section. This hatchery, it is said,
places in Michigan waters, annually
white fish, 100000 lake
trout, and 100000 brook trout.
Of the five Great Lakes, Lake Erie
furnishes the world with more fresh
water fish than any other body of wa
ter. The Lake Erie fisheries employ
in the neighborhood of 1900 men. Fish
ing companies often operate fifteen to
twenty tugs. These tugs or boats each
set many nets with n capacity of 100
to 500 pounds each. The nets are set
from five to 25 or sc miles out in the
lake. The value of each net is $5. At
the wharfs fish are removed from the
tug decks to the packing houses in
boxes. Here they are prepared for
shipment to distant points, they often
going even to the ocean ports.