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Albert and Victoria.

Queen Victoria has set down in her
journal her feelings after her we'd
ding. "Oh. how I feel for my dearest.
precious husband at this moment" she
wrote. Father. brother, friends. coun-
try-all has he left for me. God grant
that l may be the happy person, the
most happy person, to make this dear
est. blessed being happy and content
ed! What is in my power to make
him | will do" The proceedings in
parliament on the eve of the marriage
were not such as to make Prince AL
bert happy, and the queens journal
records her Indignation at the course
events took In the House of Commons.
A long and heated discussion took
place on the proposal to grant $250,00
a year to the prince, and ultimately
the grant was limited to $3.50, 900.
Prince Albert learned of these things
on his way to England and complained
bitterly In a letter to the queen. "All
| have to say" he concluded. "is that
while | possess your love they cannot
make me unhappy"
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diculous, IL you like-and / invariably
follow "~Tannhauser" or "Leonore"
overtures with some little street song
melody or ragtime march. 1t frequent
ly happens that two persons will sit
side by side at one of my concerts, one
a lover of 'high-class' music the other
with a desire only for the ragtime
piece. BY bringing the extremes in
close contrast the grand old overtures
seem grander and the street sol
sweeter and more enhancing.
why should any conductor refuse
to play music which causes so much
harmless pleasure?
"Ragtime Is not a fad, as many have
declared, and 1t will not die out II
pleases the God-given sense OF rhythm
and will endure a long as the world
shall stand. Call 1t what you will
ragtime is as good az any other name
1T existed centuries before our time
and 1t will go on for centuries to come
after we have been forgotten"
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DELICIOUS NEW FRUIT.
It Il Called Dumbbel', and Tastes Lik,
Peach Favored with pineapple.

The newest product OF scientific gar.
dening Is the dumbbell fruit. II re.
sembles n Siamese twin peach and
tastes like a peach favored with pine,
apple. II Is said to be delicious--fat
surprising any known fruit in the del,
icacy OF its flavor.
There Is a mar connected with
the story of its cultivation. In the
year 1886 a scientist named Jeffreys,
embittered by an unfortunate love af.
fair, turned his back on civilization
and. with a Cingalese servant, mado
his home on a small island 1000
miles south of Ceylon. Here he re-
manned until his death, in 1898, occu-
plying himself with scientific studies
ard the cultivation of fruit trees. BY
grating and other methods he pro-
duced several curious varieties, his
most astonishing success being the
dumbbell fruit.
After the death of Mr.. Jeffreys the
native servant took a few samples of
the new fruit and set sail in q trading
vessel for Bombay. The merchants to
whom he showed his specimens at once
formed a syndicate and have since
been diligently %cultivating the planta-
lions.
Several ship loads have been sold in
the seaport cities of Australia and In.
dia, and the syndicate is making prep.
arations to meet an enormous demand
next season. In London, where the
dumbbell fruit has appeared this sea.
son in small quantities. 1t has met
with much favor from those fortunate
enough to obtain it. A suburban con.
fectioner who concocted a new drinl
with the Juice of the fruit did q thirty.
ing business.
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melodies you will have the music that
has been in vogue since the beginning
of time and that still is the only music
Of many of the heather races. 1t is
the 'juber.' buck, and wing dances of
the old plantation darby, and no more
inspiring ragtime was ever played than
that which he patted with his hands,
shuiied with his feet, or plunked on
his rudely constructed banjo.
"All the oldtime 'iddlers' were rag
time performers. The backwoods
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Capture Almost Certain.

During the past thirty years there
have been sixty-six escapes from Sing
Sing. anG Of this number but ten have
never been recaptured; six more wers
at large for many years. two OF tho
six being retaken only after fifteen
years absence; nine others were gone
for from six months to two years:
four were killed outright: three were
severely wounded and recaptured; one
came back voluntarily and politely re-
quested the privilege of. serving his
full term, and the remaining twenty
nine were gone but a few hours.
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6VM Dazzle |ociefy
"Silvcr Queen of Utah" Plans Social Cam
paign in We shin eton.

ntful favorite In this mansion! Stories
OF various kinds are told OF his efforts
to placatc her when she was seized
with her capricious spells.
The house has been we'll built, as Its
solidity attests to-day. Col. and Mrs.
Holmes purchased II last summer and
1t has been thoroughly retitted in the
most exquisite manner. The Louis
XIV. parlor and music-room have walls
of old rose brocade. Interesting bric-a-
brac from all over the world fill n gold
carved cabinet, The piano In the mu-
sic-room Is In cream and gold. The
oriental room transports to the rich
splendor OF homes in the far east. Tho
dining room is gothic and the wall IL
in gold leaf overlaid with green I'M
duh blue luster. The cutest thing OF
all is the tower-room, Here, secluded
from everyone, one can choose from
nil the latest books, reclino on the
most rcstful divan and read or look
II on nature for miles and enjoy.
without interruption. n communion
that Is most inviting, with the superb
view.
Washington must hold great attrac-
tons TO lead the mistress OF such a
home to Its doors.
In the handsome face OF the silver
queen there Is determination and tho
firm mouth has not weakened with
years. Purpose and decision will help
her In her campaign at the nations
capital. 1t Is probable that Mr..
Holmes will remain at home, either
at Salt Lake City Or Detroit. Till Mrs.
Holmes has won some OF her social
battles. lie Is not. however. averse
to society and Is capable OF holding his
W with its brightest leaders,. pro-
vided he is allowed a little time In
which to brush of some Of the crudi-
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RUSSIAN RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
In 1895 Averaged Twelve u Day. with
Lees KuIod aud $500 Injured.

i,ee0 Killed and $500 Injured.
The Russian railways have always
had an evil reputation for the great
number OF accidents. fatal aud other.
wise. annually recorded against them
Judging from some statistics just is.
sued by the ministry of ways and com.
munications, this unenviablc notoriety
would appear to be more or less well
deserved.
The latest compiled data are FOR
1899. In which year there were i,ii1
accidents, that is, on an average, a
little more than twelve per diem. OF
this total ! 3G2 were dcrailments. 100
collisions and 2,33J of various other
descriptions. The dcrailments resulted
in twcnty-one deaths and l72 cases
OF serious personal injury; the dam.
ages incurred by those accidents were
552 SCI rublcs. The collisions were re.
sponsiblo for nineteen deaths, 2SS cases
of serious injury, aud damage TO the
amount OF 600, 900 rublcs. Other acct
dents resulted In the deaths of Lac
persons and 2,665 cases of personal In
jury. Railway accidents un]connectcd
with passenger traffic were responsible
for thirty deaths and 1850 cases OF
personal injury. Altogether l.226 per.
som were killed and 6,993 injured.
During the twelve months under re.
view there were not so-called serious
railway accidents in England. If the
trains, ordinary and express. In Rus.
STA were run at anything like thl
speed which obtains on English ana
French lines. says a London STANDARD
correspondent, the number of fatali
ties would be at least tonfold greater
more especially in cases of dcrailmcn
and collision. Railway travelling II
Russia Is proverbially slow, but b.
no means sure.
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Unknown LanguaVes,

The aborigines of the Malabar Is
lands employ "a perfect whistling
language, by means Of which they can
communicate with each other over
long distances. A stranger wandering
over the islands is frequently surprised
to hear from the hilltop the sound of
loud whistling. which Is quickly re-
peated on the next hill, and SO is
carried from summit to summit. until
it dies away in the distance. But per-
maps the most curious means of COM
munication in the world Is the drum
language OF the Congo tribe. These
queer people can talk to each other
with large drums made of bamboo
hoops, over which the skin of some
animal is stretched. The drum, how
ever, Is used only on important oc-
casions.
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He FELT BETTER
He Had Got Rid of the Cause
of Disturbances,

Because he Had Got RID Of the Cause
of Disturbance.
Bishop Williams Of Connecticut used
to tell the following story OF the late
DR.. Ducachet: Zone Sunday morning
DR.. Ducachet arose feeling wretched.
After a futile attempt to eat break
fast he called an old and favorite COL
ored servant to him and said: Sam,
go around and tell Simmons 1.-THE SEX
toni to post a notice on the church
door that l am too i'll to preach to-
day
NOW, massa,' said Sam, don't you
glib up dat way. Just glib him a trial;
you get long all right
The argument went on and resulted
in the minister starting off. Service
over, he returned to his mouse, look
ing much brighter.
How you feel, NASSAU said Sam,
as he opened the door.
Better; much better, Sam. l am
glad took your advice
81 knew 1t; l knew IT, said the
darby. grinning until every tooth was
In evidence. Il knew you feel better
when you git dat sermon out O. your
system New York Tribune.
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"ragtime concerts" every Wednesday
evening, and in spite of Cincinnati's
reputation as a musical city, these con-
certs drew from IL, 900 to $4,000 people
to them every evening. At these con-
certs the best elements Of Cincinnati's
population were there, doubling the at
tendance at Wagner and Symphony
concerts. At the Buffalo Exposition
and in every other city in the United
States and Canada where Brooke's
band has played, 80 per cent of the re-
quests for music have been for the
rag-time selections.
Mr.. Brooke's standing as a compo-
ser Of popular music has given him a
voice to be heard on the subject. Es-
pecially Is his opinion valuable when
1t is considered that not one bar of
ragtime music occurs In his compost
lions, and that while he does not de-
fend it, he makes 1t plain that ragtime
music Is with the people for all time.
Mrs. James l.. Blair, a society leader
of st. Louis, declared in a public ad-
dress last spring that the Missouri me-
tropolis is a "ragtime' city, and in the
following talk the bandmaster agrees
with her as TO all cities being in the
category.
"Ragtime," said Mr.. Brooke. sis now
the most generally mooted Of all
themes among musicians, but why
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How Fast Fish Can Swim.

Few OF US have an accurate idea OF
the rate at which fish swim. When we
say that a person is las fast as a por-
poise," we hardly associate a quick
rate of swimming with that individual.
yet porpoises have been seen to dart
round and round a steamer travelling
seventeen miles an hour.
The dolphin may be placed on a
level with the porpoise. but the bonito
has occasionally been known to ap-
proach forty miles for short distances.
Herrings. in shoals. steadily
at a rate of between ten and twelve
miles: mackeral swim much faster,
and both trout and salmon go at a
rapid pace when swimming up a stream
for spawning.
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time was not discovered or invented by
anyone. Darwin says music was
known and understood before words
were spoken and l believe that rag
time existed in the lower animals long
before the advent OF man. 1t is SIM
ply rhythm. or intensified rhythm, and
| have frequently observed animals
keeping time to music having a strong.
marked rhythm.
Rhythm is the skeleton on which
all music Is hung, and IL you will strip
the so-called modern ragtime Of Its
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in her use Of It. This woman Is none
other than Mrs. Emery-Holmes, known
everywhere as the silver queen OF
Utah" because her wealth comes from
the silver mines of that state. which
are the richest in the world.
A resident of Salt Lake city, Mrs.
Emorr-Holmes has not yet made her
debut in Washington society, but Is
credited with the intention OF doing
so at al early date and to outshine So
cially any Of the pcrsonagcs known
there for many years.
Both the rivals families have mil
lions to the extent OF twenty o r thirty.
Both were poor and amasscd this
wealth
Mrs. Edwin +. Holmes, formerly
Mrs. Susanna Bransford Emery. Is one
OF the owners OF the famous Silver
King mine of Utah. She Is the pos
SCISSOR of the Amelia palace built by
Brigham Young for the one wife who
ruled him and who would not be
herded with the rest. She has n his
tory that Is romantic. She Is hand
some and she Is not ignorant of the eff
feet that the glamour of her wealth
has.
Washingtonians have been somewhat
staggered by some of the superlatively
wealth burdened people from the west,
The Washes OF Colorado were most
truly kingly In their entertainments.
Piles OF glittering dollars are GER
tainly elements in these new century
days that are truly irresistible. Mrs
Emery Eolmes is not averse to trying
the gamut. Her millions will not bt
a small factor. Her daughter. Miss
Emery, will be an excellent ally, 70:
she is pretty and engaging In manner
1t is Just possible that n few stale
folk in Washington may object to Mrs
Holmes installing herself as a queen o
society, for this western woman ha
everything in this world that none.
can buy except family lineage to bacl
her. She was a milliner, but the mos
garrulous and most envious in UtaI
cannot say that they were not goo
hats and bonnets her def finger
made.
The "silver queen" OF Utah set tn
style in those early days quite as we.
as she has ordained for herself to do q
the present day in Washington. Th
ladies were then defcrential, for he
taste was acclaimed the best ner crea
lions entirely too chic, too a la PAR
sienne, to be cast aside ruthlessly.
Her early lie has had much OF tn
\ pathetic element in 1t. Vow, with a
tina plenty ana luxury that surroun
her an her family she has not for
gotten l.cling to the name Of oil
"Dick' EN- y, her first husband. VIII
laid the TO adation for her wealth
They climbed Neither up the ladder Q
hard work and pancation until the
both landed ON the t0kround OF riche
Then, with the culmI kon OF I'll
great success, Dick"
For a long while aftSD Apick" die
the widow was inconsolable. Me, gri,
$500. -..t - lt.AAx. IN
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Thomas +. Walsh, the owner of the
Camp Bird mine In Colorado and ia
nous as the most munirccnt enter
taincr In the world, has a fight on his
hands that promises to keep him cx-
cecdingly busy during the next few
years. His supremacy "a an enter
taincr Is being disputed by n woman
who has quite as much wealth at her
disposal as he and who Is quite lavish
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such a subject should threaten to dis
rupt the Chicago Federation of Must
clans is rather difficult to understand
when considered from an intelligent
and unprecedented standpoint.
During the last year there have
been published countless articles on
ragtime, written by prominent must
clans. teachers, and critics, many OF
whom had something to say about who
discovered" or Invented" It.. Rag
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and fortune at her feet, Thelsmemory
of Dick" Emery was nPs~to oe OBJ
liberated, and Col. Holmes ag-eed to
allow a little hyphen to be the con-
Meeting bar between his rame and that
of the widow. SO 1t reads, Mrs.
Emery-Holmes."
They get along quite comfortably.
Both brought ready-made families into
the union, and the assimilation is all
that could be desired, though the
Holmeses insist that Detroit is their
residence. The Emery members are
loyal to the Mormon city.
Hundreds of tourists passing through
Salt Lake City every year will recall
Amelia palace. In the early days 1t
was the finest residence between the
'river" and the Pacific coast. Poor
old Brig" had such a time with his
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-03-28
TELLS Aga of Porcelain.

A French scientist claims he can fix
the age Of porcelain vases by testing
them with magnets. The iron in clay
is magnetized in the direction of the
compass needle, and this direction Ia
fixed when the clay Is baked. Know
ing the dip" and ''declination' Of the
needle at various times In past centu.
ries, the age of vases may be COM
puted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-03-28

The Sorrows of the Young.
1t was at the dinner table. The
mother was talking Of a woman who
had died, when the 7-year-old daughter
put this question TO her younger sister
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-03-28

Time will not make the great man,
but he cannot be made without 1t.
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ties OF the west he has acquired and
burnish his naturally shrewd and
suave manner.
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suited with the late Senator Davis OF
Minnesota about the matter. II think
1t would be a splendid appointment"
said Mr.. Davis. Il am a living wit
ness of Joe Wheeler's grit and per-
sistence. During the Civil War he
chased me like the devil through five
states"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-18
THE RUSSELL MURDERERs.
The Thirteen We're Not All Convicted of a
Simultaneous Offense.
(snccia1 Dispatch TO The Times.

(Spccial Dispatch to The Times.)
LEBANON, VA, Feb. 1.-THE conVlc-
ton of the thirteen convicts from this
county, which Mcssrs. White and Moss,
pen!tentiary guards, took to Richmond,
resulted act from a Christmas dance, as
published. There were two different par
ties, or feuds. The first, between stump
and the Hesses''; this trouble took place
1T tho village of Honaker II: the day
time StUmp's throat was cut from ear
to car, producing his death almost in
stantiy. For this the senior Hess was
sent to the penitentiary for one year and
his two sons for eighteen years each.
The second difficulty was between aman
Ey the name Of Osborne and others and
q party of Rays and Balls. This trouble
occurred in tho daytime and not at q
cance Osborne was killed on the spot
and some four or five more were shot.
Six OF this party were sentenced for
terms; OF sixteen years each, four of them
for five years each. This was at the
january term, and at the February
term Of the Court Albert Cook
was sentenced for term OF seven years
for shooting a man by the name OF Street
and killing him instantly. This shooting
occurred last August.
Messrs. White and Moss did not take
Cooke on this trip. as he was too sick
to be safely removed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-18
THE JUNIORS ARE GROWING.
j. NJ. Hyde, Colored, Admits Killing Saunders
Westmorcla1d, and is Sentenced.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.


WINSTON-SALEN1. N. c., Feb IL
Secretary Vance's annual report to the
State Council, Junior Order United
American Mechanics, which convenes IN
Wilmington tomorrow. will show that
the order in this State has gained in
finances and membership during the past
year There were thirty-seven deaths
during the year, the largest number since
the council was established in this State.
The total receipts from subordinate
councils were s34, 1884; cash in hand,
sS,71S.E; property valuation, sn,onS5;
nate councils, s19,790.10. The State
Secretary has collected for state
per capita tax, charter fees. ETC.,
81, 263. &c. The assets of the State Council
at present includes S2,367.22 in cash and
$40 worth of property and supplies.
There are seventy-eight councils.
J. M. Hyde, colored. admitted this morn
ing that he was the man who shot and
killed Saunders Westmoreland, colored, in
the yard Of the latter October last.
Through his counsel. Hyde submitted to
q verdict Of murder in the second degree.
In thu statement made to the court by
the counsel it was claimed that Hyde
thought that he was shooting at a dog
when tie killed Westmoreland. Judge
Coble sentenced Hyde to hard labor in
the pententiary for twelve years.
Prof. r. D. w. Conner who has been
a member of the faculty OF the West
End Graded School. for three years, has
been elected superintendent of the graded
school at Oxford. He has accepted ano
will take charge at once.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-18

81 suffered for months With
troubles peculiar to women which
gradually broke down my health and
nv very life. 1 was nearly insane
with pain at times, and no human
Skill 1 consulted in Milwaukee could
bring me relief.
ssMy attention was called to Lydia
Il. Pinl1ham's Vegetable Conn
pound; the first bottle brought re-
lief, and the second bottle an absolute
cure. I could not believe it myself,
and felt sure it was only temporary,
but blessed fact, have now been we'll
for a year, enjoy the best of health,
and cannot in words express my graf
itude. Sincerely yours, SADIE q: Koch,
1874 10th ST., Milwaukee, Wis. 5000
forfeit if abouc testimonial is not genuine
Such unquestionable testimony
proves the power Of Lydia %. PINK
hams Vegetable COMPOUND over
diseases of women.
Women should remember that
they are privileged TO consult
Mrs. Pinki,am, at Lynn, Mass,
about their Illness, entirely free.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-18
Drummer Arrested for Forgery.

rs tSrccial Dispatch 10 The Timcs)
KNOXVILLE, TENN, FEB. lis. B.
NicGaw. drummer, arrested i'll Washing
ton for forging q check for $50 mere Two
years since on M. NJ. Newcomer, owner
of :. department store here, will be re-
turned here by Lieutenant Mcintyre, who
left Sunday morning Tor Washington,
following receipt of telegram from Chlef
sylvester Knoxville police, particularly
Mcintyre, have traced McGaw's move
me,lts for two years, finally locating nm
in IVaslineto McGaw was followed to
Atlanta, Roanoke, Newport News, Rich
mond and other cities. Recently his
wife. who resides at 1Ilizabethton, Tenn,
Joined NIcGaw in Washington. McGaW
was pcrfumery drummer and tho forged
check was drawn on the National Per
fumery Company, New York. and protest
cd. McGaw viii be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-18
A Merry DETECTIVE.
A. c. FeIis Que ellis Disturbance and Es'
canes Attempts On His Life.
,Spccial Dispatch TO The Times


HAMLET. y. c., Feb. f.-Mr. a. c.
Fclts. the Scaboard's detective. attempt
ed TO ,uell a disturbance III the Seaboard
Air Line waiting room Saturday night
about L. o'clock and was attacked t'y
about a dozen drunken negroes and but
for his nerve and strength he would Ger
tainiy have been killed
After q fight in which many blows anu
several shots were exchanged. the ne
Sroes were driven from the room, only
10 return in short while armed With
pistols. bent on killing Mr.. Felts, but
again the detectives nerve and strength
stood him in good stead and ,lio succeed-
ed in keeping the negroes at bay Gnti
a policeman could be found when two OF
the ring-!caders were captured and taken
to iail and tho others We're driver off.
Although it was midnight, the Mayor
was sent for. tie two captured negroes
trau and indicted for malicious assault
with intent to kill, and sent for safe
hceI:ns to the county jai! at Rockingham
to await the action of the higher court
Much excitement prevailed at the time,
bu. things are aulet here this morning
ana no more trouble anticipated.