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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08

such machinery farm work ana mouse
hold work are becoming less and less:
biurdensorne, and the farmer and his.
family arc largely Increasing their ca
pacity with less OF ardhous labor.
"a great number Of men had to be en,-
ployed few years ago, the News pro-
ceeds, ITO run a threshing machine; now
improvements in tho threshing machine
take the place of many of the men. Inc
heavy labor OF corn cutting, the tedious
work or corn shocking Is now being ac-t
complished through machinery byf some.
farmers and will soon be by ALL The ne:
cessities of the case require It The
heavy work Of putting hay into moWsl
was several years ago reiegated TO the
hay fork and horse; now We find nay
leaders introduced, which do away with
the labor of the men who forked hay on
the wagon. The labor Of spreading ma
nure is being taken away by the intro
duction OF manure-spre aders me easy
farming of wet lands is being expedited
by tile draining. These are some OF tins
substitutes for labor which have come
to our attention during the year, and
much more so to the attention Of thought
full farmers"
With intelligent methods Of this char
acter farming will pay, and there Is no
more honorable, more independent, moro
healthfui mode of earning livelihood
than farming It seems to us that every
self-respecting young man on a farm
would prefer to work for himself, or for
his father, than to go into a store or
factory in town to be the enploye OF
some man or corporation. Farm work
at certain seasons of the year is hard AMI
exacting but it Is interesting and In
structive anS ennobling work. And the
farmer has very much more rest at other
seasons OF the year than the man en-
ployed in the factory or the store.
And as for the household duties, it
seems to US that a girl on the farm
would rather help her mother in house
hold duties than come to town, away
from family influences and associations,
to sell ribbons or make them.
Farming is mans natural occupation,
and it is a good thing for a man to live
close to nature. Thomas Jefferson, that
great philosopher and Democrat, believed
that it was good for healthy mental
vigor and moral vigor. and character, and
American manhood, for the people to
live in the country and till the soil Al
though he was politician and was COM
PEELED to spend much of his life in the
city. he still chung to his country home
on the top of the mountain, and those
who are familiar with his private life
know that whether in Washington or
cello.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
q Mrs.. Charles 8. Borden, NOT west

Of Mrs. Charles 6. Borden, NO 514 West
Franklin Street. .s.5.
The Acorn Club will meet tonight at
/ No. 800 North Twenty-thtrd Street.
The Daughters OF the ConfedUacy will
meet this afternoon at the Lee Camp
Hall promptly at 4 O clock. when arrange
Eaents for their annualtea will be given.
Miss Lima Shields, accompanied by her
guest, Miss Denham. of Savannah, has
returned to her studies in Gunston-
s. miss EVE Lee Bocock, Of char,ottes-
VILE, Is the guest OF Mrs. Adolphus
Blair. -
Mr.. Il. T. Marston and bride have re-
turned to the city from their wedding
tour, and are at home to their friends,
No. II South Beech Street. .=a...
Mrs. Alexander II. Sands, who has
been visiting at the home OF her broth
Ter, Judge J. Il. NJ. Norton, OF Alexan-
dria has returned to her home, No. 1915
Grove Avenue.
Miss Bigelow. of Boston. is the guest
OF Miss Roberta Allen.
The .Milton c. work, whist Club
had a delightful meeting yesterday after
noon, when compass whist was played
by those present, the highest score being
obtained by Mrs. John D. Potts, Miss
Josephine Knox, north and south; Mrs.
Keith, Miss Eliza Harvie. east and west,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ramsey. OF WestoveT.
have placed their two sons, Masters
Jonathan and Bishop, at the Nautical
Academy, Easton, Nd. and will make a
short business trip to their former home
in California, taking Miss Elizabeth with
them, and returning in February.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
IMPERIAL CORTEGE
ENTERS PEKIN
Most Brilliant Scene Ever Witnessed
in Chinese Capital
City.
fsy Associated Fress.)

PEKIN, Jan THE imperial corsego
entered the forbidden city at l:So o'clock
this evening. It was the most briilians
scene Pekin ever witnessed The pro-
cesslon consisted OF a thousand gorgeous
ly-attired nobiemsn mounted upon gilt
tering capar,soned horses. The Emperor,
the Empress Dowager. Prince Chun. the
Empress and several Princes were borne
IL yellow chairs. their escort carrying
hundreds OF gay banners and silk am-
brelIas The troops OF General Yuan Shit
Kai. Governor OF Pe-Cht-Li. preceded thu
Emperor. The foreign community assem-
bied on top the CHEN gate.
The Emperor and Empress Dowagar
ersered the Temple In tho gate ana
burned incense. The powager Empress,
upon emerging from the Temple. saw thu
foreigners peering down and bowed. A
double row Of soldiers. kneeling. lined
the tour-mila route.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
HAS PLENTY OF ROAST SHOAT,
The Pen of John Ross With Ten Fine Hogs
is Burned

is Burned
John Ross (colored) has roast shoat In
abundance at his house.
Ross lives at the corner Of Meadow and
Beverly Streets, and this being out of
the city, he had a fine lot of hogs. He
left his house Sunday night and was gone
for two hours, when, on his return, the
flavor of fresh meat was waited on the
cold breeze and made the old darkey
think Of the times when he was a little
negro boy, running around the house.
On coming nearer to the house he got a
smell of fire and went to investigate,
when he found his hog pen in ashes and
ten fine hogs cooked to the Queens
taste.
The old man thinks he knows the per-
sons who set fire to the pen, and has
given his opinion to the police.
The hogs would have weighted between
$50 pounds and 200 POUNDS each The old
man is nearly Frustrated on account of
the fire. this being his only support.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
slow Ford his first start along the road
-. ,,,e+ witt, so much good

slow Ford his first start along the road
in which he has met with SO mucn sooo
fortune. Tho sculptor, who from his BOY
hood had always much admired IRVING
Shakespearian performances. mas thas
told the story: went to see ms daii-
let again and again, and I longed to do a
statue Of him in that character But 1t
was some tine before I could get an in
PRODUCTION to him. and a still longer time
before I succeeded in obtaining sittings.
Recognizing that l was a young man on
the first rung Of the ladder, he agreed to
give me my chance, and ultimately ptr-
chased the statue when it was finished
While Mr.. Kipling throws rhymed
bricks at those of his countrymen who
have not gone to the war. his name Is
not on any Of the Observation-Disclosures
more American.
Walter p. Brownlow, representative
from the FIRST Congressional District of
Tennessee and member OF the House
Committee on Appropriations. has been
occupied almost constantly in Washing
ton for the past twenty years. when he
first went there as doorkeeper of the
House of Representa- ives.
The more one contemplates the man
who stands on the street corner blow
Ing a tin horn on the night before New
Years the more one is inclined to doubt
the value of Professor Loebs discovery
that life can be made perpetual.-Chica-
go 1nter-Ocean.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
Christian End-avor Committee.

( The several chairmen of the subcom-
mittees appointed recently to arrange for
the entertainment of the State Convention
OF Christian Endeavorers to assemble
here in the spring met last night at the
Seventh-Street Christian Church and af-
fected general organization. Rev. II.
H Moore OF Manchester. was elected
general chairman and Miss Inez Fox
general secretary. The subcommittee
were also named. The whole committee
will meet at the Seventh-Street Christian
Church on the evening of January 10TH
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
A POOR EXHIBIT FOR RICHMOND.

The contest in the City Council over
the proposed Carnegie Library is mos:
unfortunste 1t was manifest long ago
that the people of Richmond, as a whole,
were in favor of accepting Mr.. Carnegie's
gift, and it was gratifying to the general
public that the measure wen. through
both branches Of the Council with so lit
tie friction. But when it became appar
emf that a certain clement desired to put
the library into the hands Of the poll
ticians, who would use it for a purpose,
members Of the Council who were hear
thy in favor of the library, but who were
opposed to seeing it made political foot
ball, determined that they would defeat
the appropriation before they would see
this political scheme triumph
The Times has been sincere friend Of
the library movement, believing that
first-class library conducted in the inter-
est of the public would be a public bless
ing, but the library would not be bless
ing if Prostituted to political schemes.
and we think that Mr.. Caskie and his as
sociates have acted wisely in the course
they have pursued.
But these differences ought to be adj
justed. It has gone out that Richmond
has accepted Mr.. Carnegie's gift upon
the terms imposed, and for it now to go
out that we We're finally compelled to de-
cline the gift in the interest of good gov
eminent and to defeat a political. plot,
would be n very poor advertisement for
Richmond abroad.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
Dauce il the County.

One of the most enjoyable dances Of the
new year was given Monday night at the
home of Mr.. Houston, Miller's Lane. A
large number OF young people from Rich
mond were in attendance, chaperoned by
Mr.. George Holdsworth. An elegant sup
per was served at midnight. after which
dancing was again indulged in until the
wee small hours of morning, the gay
party returning on the o'clock car, not
weary and worn, but in fine spirits and
quite ready for another.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
prnsnNaI AND CRITICAL

AS to the new President thoughtful
Americans are reluctantly coming to the
conclusion that he is not the heroic figure
which he was supposed to be,-chicago
Chronicle.
Lady visitcr-And was your husband
good and kind to you during your long
illness?
Parishioner-oh! yes, miss, e just was
kind; e was more like a friend than a
Reconsideration Taller.
It was Sir Henry Irving who gave On
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
To Manage Gertrude.

Mr.. Phil McNiven leaves to-day to
Join the Gertrude Coghlan Company, of
which he will be the acting manager for
J. A. Reed the remainder Of the season.
Miss Coghlan has been meeting with
great success throughout the South ana
west in 4vanity Fair and "Colinette.',
She will produce a new play written for
51e4- Ivy I1ottie Rleir Parker. nilthoress fof
4",Way Down East" ms Toronto soon,'
and will later on take it to New York.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08

The Virginia State Horticultural So
ciety Is doing a fine work, and we hope
that it will continue to prosper. Fruit
culture is rapidly becoming one of vir-
ginia's most profitable industries
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
AT Home" Sacia! eluh.

The cat Home Social Club held last
night its first meeting since the Christ
mas holidays at the home OF Misses Mary
and Katie Sales. No. 513 South Pine
street. Pleasant games were INDUCED in
until a late hour, when the happy party
#senarated to meet the next time at the
home Of Miss Laura Amos, No. 900 South
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING.
Chamber Of Commerce to Elect Officers

Thursday Evening.
The Richmond Chamber of Commerce
will hold It's annual meeting Thursday
afternoon, at o'clock.
officers and directors for the ensuing
year will be elected and the annual re-
ports submitted. The officers OF the
Chamber. in letter announcing the
meeting. say:
AFTER the enjoyment OF SO prosperous
O year as the one Just passed. our rner-
chants and manufacturers. It ts hoped,
will be disposed to aid in infusing addi-
tionai life and energy into the Cham
Der, which Is entirely devoted to their
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08

In spite of the fact that the earnings
of the United States Steel Corporation
for December were about two million
dollars under the earnings for Novem-
ber the earnings for the quarter were
about ss1.ooo,ooo and for nine months
about sS6,coo,ooo. or about $4,000 a day.
That is a wonderful exhibit
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
Ricbnona Va To, :,

Richmond. Va Jan I. 1902.
DISSOLUTION-THE FIRM OF Dali
TON & CHAPPELL has this day dis
solved by mutual consent. Mr.. F. S.
DALTON buying the interest of ]. II.
Chappeli. and assuming all liabilities OF
the old firm. All parties having claims
against the old firm will please present
ment. and all parties indebted 10 the
firm will please call and settle promptly
DALTON & CuAPPELL.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
REMOVAL

J. LEROY SUTHERLAND. FUNERAL
DIRECTOR, has removed his office per-
manentiy to No 10t East MAIN STR EEi'r-
Both phones SIS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
SPECIAL NOTICE,

-~~~~~~-~~~~~~0---~~-O--~- ~J~I~~o~.~-~>~
MI. ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE. COURSE
OF Studies-Ciass!cal, Scientific and Com
mercial. Terms: Boarders, per session
or five months. S1o5. Students admitted
any sine during the year. For further
information address BOARD OF d.
RECTORS. Station D. Baltimore. Cata-
logus sent on application.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08

interests and the promotion Of the well
fare and advancement OF the city.
by their presence and their wise cosn-
sci at this meeting they can best help
TO start the Chamber In the new year
just commenced, upon a career OF even
greater influence ard usefulness than
heretofore"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
Sent Fr ee
0 Men
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and Vilor.

Free trial packages OF a most remarkably!
remedy are being mailed to all who WI! ~!
write the State Medical !nstitutes, .i1 icy
cured so many men who had battleu Ao8
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08

Mr.. F. s. DALTON will still continue
the Plumbing. Tinninge Gas-Fittin- and
Heat'-~ ''''efness. in all its branches. at
the old stand, No. Is Governor Street.
under the firm name of +. S. DALTON
& CO., where he will be pleased 70 serve
his friends and public generally.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08

Nrr. j. H. cHAPPELL will be at No.
u Governor Street until April list then
at No. ia East Main Street. where he
will be glad to serve any one in need of
Plumbing. Timing. Gas-Gitting. Steam,
and Hot Water Heating
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08

Among the prominent virginfans regis
tered In the CITY are: Colonel John Gus
sons OF Glen Allen; Major W. NJ. Boyd.
.oke, and Mr.. J. q as>r.i>- ne cnvesriIIe
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
HELM wANTED-Femnle.

HELM w ASTED-Femnie-
WANTED. A GOOD SERVANT FOR
cooking and general house work. Call
with references at No. 100 e. Cary
Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08

Misses Leila Bellamy and Fannie Tay-
lor- of Wilmington, n. c., are the guests
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08

MANAGERS OF CAPABILITY TO ES-
tablish canvassing agents. New. mex
pensiye process for making all fabrics.
including cotton baling; non-inHamnia-
BILE. ANTT-PYROS CO.. ito West 125th
ST, New York.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08

Mr. w E. Dick of Washington, and
MI. Wade Meadows. Of New Bend. N. C..
were prominent out-of-state men at New
lords yesterday. while at Muruhy's
were registered Mr. s. D. Anderson. Of
Pfiladelphia. and Mr.. Samuel p Morton,
Jr., OF Baltimore
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08

Mr.. A. T. Lincoln, a member Of the
Constitutional Convention from Marion,
returned to Richmond yesterday, after
spending several days at home Mr.. c.
e. Miller, the member from Mt. Airy.
also returned
Newport daily independent., 1902-05-30

already 100 good ones. Many boring rigs are now in opera tion. The tenn perature of the soil two feet below the surface is 72 degrees, of the water from the wells "A degrees. Boring has shown that the soil to depth of 500 feet Is succession of alluvial deposits. For ages it has been accommodating humus. As soon as the water supply was assured, the ground was cleared and in three months, and as an expert ment, cantaloupes, watermelons, sugar beets, barley and wheat were planted. From tract irrigated in November, a crop equal to 31s tons hay (baled) was secured in March without further irrigation. Beets were ready for ship ment the first of May, which had been planted January 2S. There was great interest in the latter crop, as it com prised the first sugar beets produced in the desert, where conditions seem especially favorable for their cultiva- ton. The long symmetrical roots yielded IS per cent. in sugar; the crop 2U tons to the acre. In four months wheat matured from the seed.
 On June 10, cantaloupes planted February 28 were ready for shipment, the season lasting till July IS. Grow CTS netted $13O per acre from 23 acres planted in cantaloupes. Most of them went to the Waldorf-Astoria in New York and the White Star line steamships. Those shipped earliest netted the growers $1.86 per crate. From GA acres in cantaloupes, 23 car loads were sent out, each car contain ing 360 crates of 45 cantaloupes each. The season closed just as the regular
Newport daily independent., 1902-05-30
WEALTH IN DESERT.
Waste Tracts Reclaimed by Modern
 Scientific Irrigation.
Rich Crops of Melons and Vegetables Produced on Soil Which Gave But Little Promise of Pro-
 ductiveness.
Special 1ndio tCal.) Letter.l

WO problems which have been
 yexing the public mind for many
 generations are likely to settle themselves by cancellation. The one how we are to dispose of our eyer-in- creasing population, the other-how to secure living proposition from the waste lands of our great desert, which stretches, broken by mountain -~fanges, from north to south through our own possessions and those of our nelghbor, Mexico. The journey of weeks over barren lands, where the wind overwhelmed the weary traveller with storms of alkali sand and dust with no water for days except what he carried from the last watering place and that, perhaps, brackish and pro- ductive of disastrous symptoms, was sufficient barrier to the rapid settle ment of our Pacific coast.
 The railroads have changed all that, of course, but the hundreds of thrifty tourists who daily seek pleasure and recreation in California while winter holds the east with frozen fingers, are
Newport daily independent., 1902-05-30
HE LOOKED DIFFERENT.
The Barber Hnd Shaved Him Before, But Failed to Recognize His
 Healed Face.

A Ninth street barber owns up that the following experience was his own less than a month ago. An actor from neghboring theater dropped in one afternoon to be shaved, and seemed disinclined to talk. The barber, says the Philadelphia Times, is be- liever in the theory of his tribe that conver- sation makes the process of shaving easier for the shavee that the time seems to pass more quickly if the customer can be inter- ested in this or that topic for the few neces- sary minutes. He tried the actor on the weather the beef trust, the asphalt scandal and the new filtration plant without sue cess. Then, just to keep things going, he asked:
 You have never been shaved in here be fore, have you, sir?"
 "Oh, yes" replied the actor. T was in here once when we played across the street about IS months ago-in the beginning of last season, 1t was
 Strange that I don't remember your face" commented the barber
 'Well, you see, came from his victim, my face has healed mp since them
Newport daily independent., 1902-05-30
RHYTHM IN BIRD MUSIC.
An Observer Thinks He Has Discov- cred That Even the Rooster
 Keeps Accurate Time.

How little we realize the fact that the music of nature is always intensely rhythmical: an intelligent rooster with good ear always crows in accurate three-four time, and in the minor key. Our own simplest idea of time is per- fectly illustrated by the drum, the dots indicating footsteps and the dashes drum beats. Now this is rhythm, an essential principle of music, says Frank Leslie's Monthly, and we are widely at fault if we suppose for one moment that the birds sing regardless of it.. The drum beats arc in unmistakable four-four time, the commonest time of all. and I think it could be conclusively proved that the oriole, for instance, has adopted that time for his own.
 It is evident to close observer that there is something odd about the orioles time; it is four-four, without doubt, but there are queer breaks in it: the singer drops a note here and there, much as good old grandma drops stitch in her clever knitting These omissions are characteristic of the oriole; his style is one of marked syncopation, with preference for that kind of melody which has been styled "ragtime." If you wish to imi- tate this quality you must whistle a ''toot' by placing the tip of the tongue immediately behind the upper front teeth, dropping and returning quickly
Newport daily independent., 1902-05-30

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