The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-10

"a reward Of 5000 to any, one who WIN /
suggest a successful plan for the extsr-s
mination of the prairie dog pest, and en-
pIoyed agents in every county TO carry
out the plan Of extinction, this little ana
mai continues to thrive tul6 increase.
& The poet of the indianapolis Sun thus
sings Of January,
r It Is the melancholy m onth,
Which not a. soul can doubt
The month Of January we
81 Could get along without.
a frown upon the merchants fact
Succeeds his Christmas grin
& In January,s quietude
When money sticks like 1t Is glueG,
And men are prone to lassitude
And wobbly firms begin
To smash, and disappointed men
Take Paris green and acids when
The
Slump -
Crawford: Why, 60 you think their
runaway marriage will turn out to be
happy one?
BRADSHAW: Because all their relatives
were 50 angry about 1t that they refuse
to visit theuL-Judge.
It was stated by a Philadelphia paper
that upward Of half million linen pocket
handkerchiefs a day were sold in Phi!a-
delphia during the holiday trade For the
large department stores $4,000 q. day each
was said by the managers to be the aver
age. Less than per cent. of this out
put was manufactured IN tIns country.
They were made. for the most part, in
Ireland and Switzerland, while a pro-
portion of the finer quality for women
came from France.
A mammoth cottonwood tree was cut
few days ago in the bottoms OF the
Little Wabash River, In illinois,. 1t
contained eight thousand feet OF lumber.
The tree was 81 feet in circumference.
and 12-foot log on the first limb cut
six hundred feet of merchantable lun'-
ber When the tree was felled the tallest
man in the neighborhood could not see
over the logs as they lay on the ground.
''bon mot" to the Chicago Record-Herald:
Gan old lady came into our store the
other day and asked the clerk If we had
any soap Yes, NAM replied the clerk
DO you want 1t scented or unscentedE
mo- said the old lady. I don't care
for that. Bein' it's SO small, I'll just
take 1t with me-
The New York Tribune relates the fol-
lowing:
Several years ago Freeman r. Smith,
Of Maohias, Me-, was hit in the eye uy
coming in contact with a pump handle
and the sight was destroyed. About three
weeks ago he was hooked in his well
| eve nv a heifer, and he was taken to the
hosnital at Bangor and had the eye re-
moved In the removal Of this eye the
eve which he lost the sight Of SO many
years ago, brt which had never been
removed, was restored to sight, and hap
rily he went home from the hospital
last Friday with better eyesight than
he had had for years.
Fuddy-Don't you consider it the DUTY
of the Government to look out for the
people? @
iDuddv-It seems to me things would
come out better if the people would ieck
out for their government little more.~>
Boston Transcript.
For many years, German emigration
has found its chief destination In the
United States. About six million people
have come from Germany to this eoun-
try. and they. with their descendants.
now constitute a very large element OF
our total population.
PoTrsvILLE, Pa. Jan. 7.-Willian
Thomas. who stole $4,000 and spent the
money in two days in Philadelphia. was
10 day sentenced to two years in jail by
Juage Bechtel.
Th,Inas stole the money from the ice
chest eli William Gibbons, Merchant
where it had been placed for sate-keep-
ing re was arrested In Roanoke. va.