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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
GDidown Gardens.

American housewives may well TAKE d
,esson from the foreign colonies In our
Cities a walk through one OF tiiose
colonies in summer shows many "liiuo"
s,lls and flre-escapes dotted with growing
nerhs Even in winter the green Things
peep and peer against the panes. 0oiho-
times the herb pot is an olo III .aii VI
cracked pitcher. Oftener 1t Is poA OIL
handy size. and somehow the box herbS
always seem the most luxuriant. Dill
* there. and mint, and fennel. balm'
sweet basil, sweet marjoram, thyme IN
deed all the havorous tribe. Parsley may
be bought fresh the year round 1io.i
the corner grocer, SO it Is seldom seen III
the boxes It may be that supersutloli
has as much to do With that as coli'e-
n1ence In the folklore OF various idiioS
parsley root is endowed with maiGi
powers. III luck comes to whoever pulls
s. I'm save with the left hand walking
backward, and to carry a growing root
from one homestead to another is sure
invitation to misfortune.
A cook worthy the name knows that
green herbs are infinitely better for sea-
soning than dry ones, even when the dry
ones are freshly grown. First-class
marketmen also recognize the fact by
of1ertng, along with costly spring iamp'
pots of tender growing mint to sauce
the roast. One of these mint pots prop
erly tended will grow for years and sup-
ply an ordinary kitchen. Mint grows
RAPIDLY, and the better for frequent
plucking. Stalks should not be allowed
to grow more than six inches high. II
they are not needed. nip them off and
dry in a shady place, against the tune
when more mint may be needed than thk
not can furnish. This applies also TO
other herbs. Aim in plucklng 10 Keep
3rfo o1yx- r.
njsb many leaves with the smallest n1odi-
cum of stems. Garden-grown herbs are
permitted to bud before cutting down
for drying but those in the herb window
garden had better not exhaust their
strength in the effort to flower.
Kitchen air is commonly both warm an6
moist-hence things grow in it almost
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
What Tortoise Shell Is.

The product known as ''tortoise-shell'
is in reality the shell of a species Of sea-
turtle; or more accurately It is the skin
of the turtle. for. it consists not of the
bony covering or shell proper. but Of the
thin outer scales that overlie 1t. It is
perhaps not generally knoWn-certainly
not so widely as it ought to be-that this
so-called tortoise-shell of commerce. the
material from which combs and halrpins,
plain are ornamental, are made, besides
a multitude of trinkets for pocket, deck
and dressingtable, is obtained at the cost
of the systematic torture Of the aI<lmals
from whose bodies it is taken:
The Smelling process varies IN dinerent
countries. but In every case Vt IL cruel.
We find it stated on the authority OF
many trustworthy observers that In or
der to remove the shell of their victim
the turtle-fishers have recourse to tre.
Here. for example. is the account quoted
by Darwin, in his "Naturalist'S Voyage
Round the World:
I'VE saw several turtle, and two boats
were then employed in catching them
a man standing ready in the
bow dashes through the water upon the
turtles back; then clinging with both
hands by the shell of its neck, he is car
red away till the animal becomes ex-
hauSted and is secured. Captain MoreSby
informs us that5in the Chagos Archipel-
ago. in this same ocean. the natives by a
horrible process take the shell from the
back of the living turtle. It Is covered
with burning charcoal, which causes the
outer shell to curl upwards: 1T is then
forced off with knife, and before it be-
comes cold is dattened between boards
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28

the end OF the fingers. tucking the tall
under the fold. and stick down on bench
OF table and dry 1t. When dry put IN
how ia draw. watch it. AS soon as it
Will give to the squeeze Of the hand with
out cracking. then put it in tencpound
thin kiIn-dried boxes. with tn-foil or
oil paper between the layers; then stamp
and sell to merchants, or wrap 1t into
paper packages in quarter or half-pound
sizes of OF dryers. and stamp this pack
age and sell it of of wagon through the
country. You will find it salable. Inc
world wants a clean leaf chew at ~
cents p6r pound, which will net Is cents
for the tobacco.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28

Electrical Interests to Other Branches OF
the Municipality" captain William
Broply, Boston; Classifying Of Records
of Electrical Departments and Standard
Specifications Tor Supplies and Con-
tracts e. f. Securing. Omaha. Neb.;
Electrical Inspection and Control, Espc-
cialiy With Reference TO the Occupancy
OF Streets" Morris W. Mead. Pittsbnrg;
..rhe Telephone Service in Connection
With Fire and Police Signal Systems.
Jerry Murphy, Cleveland; Electrical
Government" a. S. Hatch, Detroit:
Joint Use OF Conduits.' Charles 4.
Haperwell. Cambridge. Mass.
The headquarters OF the association
will be at Murphy's Hotel. The courte-
sizes of the wires of the American I>le-
phone and Telegraph Company and the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
ELECTRICIANS TO
MEET NEXT MONTH.
Will Assemble Here from All
Over the Country.
SEVENTH ANN UAL CONVENTION
Great Preparations Are Being Made for
Their Reception and Entertainment
The Programme in Full and
Topics for Discussion.

.xou 10 Richmond" has been passed
nround among the members of the Inter
national Association of Municipal Elec-
1ricians, and the annual convention Of
that body viii bring to this city several
hundred delegates on the 7th of next
month with the delegates will be many
Sisitors, and altogether about 500 people
are expected.
This convention was brought TO Rich
xnont through the efforts OF Supellntend-
ent w II. Thompson. who at the con-
vcniion in Niagara Falls last year, made
a strong speech, which. backed UP with
the invitation OF the Mayor and the City
Council, was of sufficient force TO set the
vote of the convention.
This will be the seventh annual meet
ing, and the committee having the affair
In charge hope 10 make the coming con-
yention the most successful Of any. On
This committee are such philosophical
men as Messrs. James n. Boyd. Robert
Gecky, Jr, Robert Lee Traylor. l.. u.
Morris. A j. Pizzini. j. b. Tree. j. W.
Hates. Hunt Chipley, T. w. Trafford
John H. Frischkorn, Addison Maupin,
Henry L. Cabcll, w. G. Fuller, Lee
Reden, c. G. Bosher, ]. S. Stevens. John
Murphy. j.. O. Miller Monro Levy, Max
Iindner, a X. 1arbrouSn, 1nalieS ~
1arus and DIR. William II. Taylor. This
committee will he augmented.
THE ORGANIZATIONS
In writing of the organization Of The
association and the progress of its
growth, former President Ayden. says:
ION September Is, 1896 a few of us met
IN the parlors OF the Clarendon Hotel
BROOKLYN. N Y. for the purpose Of form
,ng an association that would convene
at least once year to compare notes,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
TO MANUFACTURE TOBACCO
Inexpensive Process Patented by a Man
chester Man.

Inexpensive Process Patented by Man
chester Man.
Mr.. William a. Fretwell, Of Manches-
ncation very simple and inexpensive
recipe Tor manufacturing favored leaf
tonacco He has patented the process
and receives a small royalty for its use.
Mr.. Frctwell says $50 is ample capital
Tor the farmer to work on. The ingre-
dlents and properties are: One part salt,
three parts sugar, six parts licorice, and
one drachm saccarhine. This is the
recipe:
Pour the sugar into a clean pot and
pour IN clean water until it covers the
sugar half inch, Boil this slowly until
i thickens (ropes down from the paddle
and changes to a darker color. then it
Is cooked. Stir 1t continually. Chop up
the licorice fine with aXe) and put it
in the pot with sugar; pour In three gal
Ions OF clear water: keep it below a
boiling point until iicorice dissolves (until
sou can't find q lump; stir it continue
ally; take pot off Of fire and put in the
salt, then dissolve sgaccarhine in one or
two gallons OF hot water and pour in the
pot: then, when pot is cool, set saccro-
meter in pot and pour in clean water
until II rests at 10.
Then keep solution as warm as you
can bear Your hands in it and dip the
tobacco in TO the bottom of pot every
tune Attach a common clothes wringer
to the pot, run the bundles of tobacco
through this wl.nger tail foremost. Bulk
it twelve hours and then shake out
Hang it on sticks or lay it on dryers
| and fire ii Glue heaD at from 125 to 40
degrees by thermometer for twelve hours
| or more. until dry nevcr less than twelve
lcllrS)- 1T hang When leaf orders
and half of stem is dry. lay it straight
in box and spray rum lightly over each
| layer, and dust over lightly very light
, ly} powdered cinnamon or other dry
| 1iavorng (cassia): press down each
| layer with mans weight on an inside
heading. Then stamp and sell.
The above is for favored leaf in bun
| dies. If you wish to put it in penny
1 goods shape to retail. after the tobacco
1 has been shaken up from bulk of twelve
hours from wringer, take the but of the
! stem in the left hand and fold it 8aroupd
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28

Western Union and Postal Companies
will be extended the delegates, and they
viii be provided with badges emitting
them to ride free on the street cars.
While the entertainment programme has
not been fully made up. it Will prove TO
be elaborate and complete.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28

ironically. Give the herbs the sunniest
window. If a box can be set the whole
window length all the better. One strong
clump Of each herb is better than sew
eral weak ones. Plant them zig-zag, up
and down the sides of the box. If seeds
are sown, let it be in a smaller box,
frcn. which the strongest plants can be
set in the window box, which should be
a foot wide and ten inches deep inside.
Fill within an inch Of the top with very
rich dirt, and give the plants monthly a
liberal watering with liquid manure. If
that is out of the question, soap suds,
the 6irtier the better should be given
weekly. Pour the suds around the roots.
Keep the green tops clean by sprink-
ling with fresh water al least every other
day.
From such a garden one can gather
bouquets of herbs every day in the year,
Of rich, yet superlatively delicate flavor.
Nor is that all the profit-sauces. ex-
tracts delicious drinks may come from
it. not to mention the delights OF watch
ing end tending a mass of thrifty growth.
A Semi-Historical Poem.
Oh! A lady Gagged up in Jan old castle
Looked off from the battlements every
q know that the books tell the tale that
way,
But I've no other plan to go on
For bold, brave knight in a suit of
mail
That shone with the sheen of a new
tin pail
out fall
And SO. on and so on. and so on.
Now the knight of the castle. the mis-
creant who
Had 'prisoned the lady Ga rough way to
WOO,
All! He was a wicked, bad lot through
and through,
Not moral, nor even religious:
While the good White knight through
his, virtue won fame
And play to the limit the chivalrous
game,
So the lady-of most unpronounceable
| Expected a battle prodigious.
| And here, lest We think that the writer
hath taken
His tale from some tome long by read
ers forsaken,
| All old time conventions the fellow hath
| shaken
You see modern fashions outcropping;
I fOr the laCy lcOheO long from the pat
Elements high.
And ever she prayed that her knight
would draw nigh,
But nary a knight met her dewdroppy
eye
| Save the night that sets all the dews
| dropping.
Meanwhile the bad knight made his case
| very strong;
| He wooed her with sonnet he wooed her
with song;
And somehow he let her find out before
| long
! What a big life insurance he carried
He'd a right pleasant way-when the way
was his own;
He'd money-the virtuous duffer had
1 nonei
And-well, the poor lady had no cha
| peron.
1 So. they called in the priest and were
/ married. Puck
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28

UNDERGROUND DISTRICT.
The underground district as specified by
the city ordinance is from Seventh "
Fourteenth Streets and from Broad to
Cary, with an extension on Broad to the
Masonic Temple and on Main to Twenty
first Street.
Within this territory all wires are re-
will be underground long before March
LIST. The appropriation of $4,000. Will hard
Nv meet the full demands of the Depart
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
SEE TRAT YOU GEL

the genuine DR.. David's Cough Syrup
and accept no "Just as good" (so-calleD
remedy that an INSCRIPTIONS dealer may
wish to force on you. Dr.. David's Cough
Syrup Is put up by Owens Minor Drug
Company, whose name appears on tho
large bottle.
Dr.. David's Best Liver Pills
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
OF
MEN OF GENIUS
An Estimate Of the Literary Ca
reer Of Bret Harte.
COOPER AND DR.. FRANKLIN
These. Too, Lacked the Geniality and
Goodness of Characters They Por,
trayed-Appeal for Southern
Literary Magazine.
BY Cammille Patteson.

the Overland Monthly OF September,
19u2. is an interesting number, and is
mainly memorial OF the late Bret harte.
repuDusnes some OF his more famous
writings and gives q brief history OF his
lie. Inc ulnerent papers are unusually
well written and OF more than ordinary
interest.
1t is not TOO early to make an estimate
of his literary career. For quarter OF
a century and more he occupied the at
| tentlon of the world. He deserved his
| fame. ), hile he was deficient IN the
! high qualities possessed by Edgar Allan
Poe and Mark Twain. he yet had certain
| qualities which gave an exquisite charm
| to his short stories. He was incapable OF
| any great and extended work: Gabriel
! Conroy was his greatest work in this di-
rectlon, ana While Astounding In certain
good isolated parts. it was a notable and
| conspicuous failure and there IS reason
| TO believe that Its want OF success en-
Filtered him, for he had expended a
great amount OF work upon 1t:
| HIS true genius lay in his inimitable
| description of the early days of Cali
fornia. The gIamor if the Argonauts;
the stupendous discovery OF gold in lSiy
and 1S49 in an inaccessible and partly I'M
| known portion of the world about which
i the curiosity or mankind Had peen "iiel-
| ted by that great work OF Richard II.
| Dana Two Years Before the MAST;
| the ager rush OF adventurers and gold
| seekers from every cline; the thrilling
! and hair-breadth adventures OF the trip
across the continent and the Isthmus OF
| Panama; the famous Vigilance Commit
| tee and its cruel and dreadful, but most
| useful work; the rapid building up OF the
! sand dunes Of Herba Buena to the great
| and beautiful city Of San Francisco; the
| fabulous sums made by simple Placer
| washing IN a territory on which for fifty
| miles gold could be turned UP with a
| ploughshare combined to electr1fy the
| world and we'll nigh to stagger the mag
| nation.
HIS FIRST WORK.
| Bret Harte appeared upon the scene IN
the early days Of this great drama and
In The Lack of Roaring Camp" THE
Outcasts Of Poker Flat THE Heather
Chtnee," and Tennessees Partner" he
| struck vein which found responsive
| echo in almost every human heart and
compared in charm with the Thousand
Nights Of Schehererzade, the famous
Arabian Nights Entertainments. For
seventeen years he industriously worked
Sths mine and then to enjoy his fame he
f,came East and here he met bis first great
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
Making Money for Charity.

A clever plan by which church workers
or members of any benevolent society
may easily raise funds. and which, in
cidentaliy, affords much amusement, has
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28

After strong efforts, extending 9eete
many years, on the part OF Super1ntenoent
w II. Thompson, of the Fire-Alarm pc
partment. the city wires are fast gong
under ground, and the ungainly poles tna mar
have distigured the streets OF the city
for years are disappearing.
In his annual report to the CITY Souii ~
Mr.. Thompson has for years urged the
city to place its wires under ground: -. ne
has been aided in MS efforts by the
Board Of Fire Commissioners ana recet MY
by the Committee on ElectrlcitS1 w, Inc me
stitution, having been in existence oue
year or two. .,,oa
So strongly had this point been puuSSahoeodd
that in the last budget the sum OF e. s- MI
was appropriated for the purpose OIL put
'i'ie EFFECTIVE NEXT MARCH.
An ordinance requiring all wires 70 90
is now in existence ana the fact that the
city itself is putting its wires OUT o.
sight has put impetus on the move
ment.
was the first to put its wires undeI
ground Following this came the BEL
Telephone Company, and When me coli-
solidation of the Traction and the fassen-
ger and Power Companies was erected,
the latter company found it quite easy
to go underground with its wires IN the
conduits OF the company that had been
The Postal Telegraph Company has a
! underground service. IN order 70 colte
within the ordinance before next MaTcH,
and The Western Union will follow with
these concerns under ground, the RlcE-
mond Telephone Company will be stand
ing alone. This company has an ameno-
ed charter before the Street Committee,
asking for an extension of time. in which
to put it's wires under ground. TIE pc
tition will be acted upon at a SPECIAL ses-
sion of the Street Committee during this
Mower County transcript., 1902-12-24
Annual neetin@.

The annual meeting of the Alliance
Hail and Cyclone Mutual Insurance
Co., was held Wednesday afternoon at
the office of the secretary, James D.
Sheedy. About Is members were pres
ent and the reports were full and very
satisfactory. There have been 837
losses and all have been fully paid ex-
cept few still in adjustment and these
will also be paid. The company has
paid out about $50 1000 in cash for losses
this year and has surplus of over
$4,000 on hand. The following Off
GERS were elected: President, Hon. M.
Nachbar, Jordan; vice-president, Chas.
F. Cook; secretary, James D. Sheedy;
treasurer, Arthur w. Wright; other
directors-John G. Enke, Lake Benton:
Daniel Casey, Oakland; Geo. Bauman,
Hayfield. This has been a season of
heavy losses from hail, and few mutual
companies have paid anywhere near all
their losses in full. It is always wise
to insure in conservative, substantial
company.
Mower County transcript., 1902-12-24
! Weddings.
{" "S-TYLER-CARTER. >

At the Methodist church in this city,
Wednesday noon, Dec. II, 1902, William
j. Tyler Of Rochester and. Miss Edith
Ella, youngest daughter of Luman D..
Carter. A large company of relatives
and friends was present. Bride and
groom were unattended during the GER
emony. Hazel Minar was flower girl
and Margie DeGrodt ring bearer. The
bride entered by the west aisle ION the
arm of her father, the groom coming
down the east aisle with the clergyman
and meeting her at the altar. Rev. T.
E. Carter, uncle Of the bride, of6ciated.
The wedding march from Mendelsohn
was played by Miss Estelle Stockman
accompanied 10y Walter West on the
violin. During the service the flower
song was played softly and for the exit
the bridal song. The decorations both
at the church and brides home were in
carnations, palms and roses. A recep-
tion and dinner was given at the home
of the bride and Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler
took the afternoon train for Rochester,
Minn., their future home, the groom
being city editor of the Post and Rec
ord. The bride has grown up here and
is popular in large circle ofwarm
friends. It is worthy of note that the
fathers of the bride and groom were
old army chums serving together dur
ing the war; We join in congratula-
tiOns.
Mower County transcript., 1902-12-24
For Sale.

l offer for sale in Edmonds county,
South Dakota, $40 acres of fine smooth,
very productive land free from stone
and five miles from county seat. 42O
acres in good state Of cultivation, three
miles of fence, plenty of water at a
depth of eight feet, one story house
22x32, barn and shed 56x60, graneries
22x22 and 12x16,. farm stocked with
hogs and so head of COWS and leased
for one-half the crop, one-half increase
of stock and one-third cream receipts,
landlord furnishes seed and pays one
half threshing. This is part of the
state where people are making money
and first class dairy location and if
properly handled is far better than a
1926, 900 government bond. Price 500
per acre, one-third cash, balance to suit
purchaser at six per cent. I have other
lands for sale at right prices or echange
for desirable residence property.
HENRY SPAULDING,
Transcript block. Austin, MINI.
Mower County transcript., 1902-12-24
LYLE CENTER.

The rain Friday night and Satur-
day.spoiled the sleighing.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Rockford have
moved to Minneapolis where they viii
mrke their future home.
Our young folks who have been
away at school are home for the holi.
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Robertson Of
Austin visited their daughter, Mrs,
A. j. Aultfather last week.
The scholars of the Lyle Center
school who have been neither tardy
or'absent for the month ending Dec.
II, are as follows: Ralph Fuisom.
vance H0tsoD, Mae Hotson, Warren
Padelfcrd; and Mile Olson are on
the roll OF. honor. Lettie Pratt,
teacher. :.
The school is closed this week for
Christmas vacation.
Last Friday being Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter JOhnsun's 23rd wedding ami
versary, large number of their
friends and neighbors gathered at
their home to surprise them. At noon
they partOOk Of bOunte0us dinner.
and during the day presented them
with beautiful couch. The evening
was spent in dancing and playing
games. All had very good time.
Mower County transcript., 1902-12-24
Post Office Removal.

Postmaster S. Sweningson was sur
prised Friday to receive notice from
the authorities at Washington that at
the expiration of the lease of the pres
ent location, the post Office was to be
removed>J an: 81 to-. the double brick
block of James Keenan, opposite the
Armory. There is considerable excite
ment among the business men over the
change as the new location is entirely
outside of the business limits. The re-
moval is for the purpose of getting
larger quarters which the increasing
business has made imperative, and the
inspector who advised, the change
doubtless had this especially inv ew.
We are soon to have total Of six rural
mail routes from Austin.
Mower County transcript., 1902-12-24
Christmas Exercises.

The Sunday schools of the city will
generally hold their Christmas exer-
cises this evening. At the Baptist
church there will be tree. The Con
gregational school will give cantata.
The Episcopal Sunday school will hold
4heir usual exercises and have Christ
mas tree. There will be musical pro.
gram at the Methodist church with
tree. At the Presbyterian church there
will be Santa Claus and exercises for
the children. Tomorrow morning there
will be three masses at the Catholic
church with special music. The For
esters will attend the six o'clock mass
in a body. At the Episcopal church
there will be holy communion at seven
o'clock and musical progrnm at ten.
There will be many family reunions
and private Christmas trees. o.