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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
THE COURTS OF
ORTHUMBERLAND.
Oystcrnlen Forming Leagues
All Over the Northern
Neck.
fsnec,o, Ia The Times-pispat c

~ (SDeCial to The Times dis pa CD.) H..2
II tiEATHSVILLE. VA. Dec, 5.-The last
Circuit Court that will be held here was
adjourned by Judge T. II. 3. Wright last
Friday night. after three-days' session.
Judge Wright arrived here Tuesday even
ing and opened court early next morning.
Nc cases of much importance were tried.
A fairly large crowd was in attendance
all three days. Although the people OF
this section were in favor OF the new
Constitution. they dislike seeing many
of the old customs upset Although the
crowds that attended the Circuit Court
were never us large as those at the
monthly courts, still on the days that
the court was held much business was
attended TO- People from all over the
county met and transacted whatever bus
jness was necessary and agents Tor ma
cbirory would sell more during one OF
these days than they would all the rest
of the month put together Judge Wright
has decided to hold court for two days
MT a time next year. He expects to ar
rive here Monday and attend to the pre-
1iminary business of the court and to go
into the real cases the next day. !.
,rbe OYSTER Tongers' Union which IS
being organized all over TidGWater var,
gina. is establishing subordinatcs az
over the Northern Neck. The following
are the names of the places where sub
nrdinates were organized during the past
week by Mr.. 1v p. Moody. president
OF The o. 7. u. OF Virginia: WeeIns, Mon
day night Mclsenncy's Store, Tuesday
night. M!ilerbeck, "Wednesday night; NJ
Iusk, Thursday night. and Deep Creek,
Friday night Al! of these organizations
hzve a large membership already and
many more tonsers have expressed de-
gre to join in the near future.
The oysterInen of this section report
oysters as being very scarce. but they
are bringing fancy prices. both down the
bay and in Baltimore. Some of the oys-
ters shipped to Baltimore from Reed
vile are said to have sold for ninety
cents per bushel. This is the largest
plice brought by any oysters shipped from
this section for number of years.
MIR. and Mrs Robert peed. who have
been Visiting at the home OF Mr.. " =.
Anderson, have returned to their nome
In Baltimore.
Il Mr.. and Mrs Rosenberg, Of Pcnnsyl-
ynnia. who have been staying at the Sh!r-
lev Hotel, have returned to their home
in Harrisburg.
Mr.. viii Allen and his sister. Miss FL
lice. who have been visiting ut the home
OF their bEother. Mr.. David Allen, have
returned. ito their .home in New York.
Mr.. j. M. Booth. who has been III fol
several weeks, has improved very much
during the past week,
Mrs. I, NJ. Bussells. Of Harvey's Neck
Is visiting friends and relatives In Balti-
n:ore.
Lawrence Hammock, sergeant aboard
the battleship Massachusetts, Is visiting
at the home of his father Mr.. Z. G,
Hammock.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
THE HOLLY AND
THE MISTLETOE
Great Demand for Virginia
Evergrecns at the North,
The Oldest Grave,
Especial 10 The Times Dlspatch.)

tEa Especial to t'INe aIlIeS-l ISpa|Cli.) -'e n
r YORKTOWN, Ma, Dec 5.-Ho!ly. the
great Yuletide evergreen, Is being bought
up In large quuntles by florists. specu-
lators and Investors, for decora lions dun
SPECIES .iS iound hers il especially valuable.
being OF exceptionally fine qua ltly' Agents
are here from New York and Canada, VINO
obtain. the holly, from the tarIners nave nave
cars to various destina lions I'll over the
north. The specimens OF mlstletoe,' Whlch
abound here are, more pcrIect !Llah sell
dom ever found ~ TINS PARE @ 'he cou1T
try.
When Mr.. Vim. II. Yaudre. late super
intendent OF the National Cemetery, np-
piied at the most at Knoxville. Tenn,
whence he was ordered py 1 reirs dep1irh. e
ment at WasElngton ne Vas as fefGsGa ~ ts
Thos. Ridge, Who had been ordered here,
lhe department later, ndylsed him by
wire to assume cliarse, q me tr:l1eIa;s ,s
post at Mound City. Illinois. whence hs
p Thess Complications leave the post here err
y M 5HJ peeaqE se az spRq ac t s M
Mr. MI, Ridge IS understood to have refused
s ssrs st eqn s S7ab TtNe sss
neighborhood being especially afflicted,
The patrons of the schools ~ some "
stances ara sending their children to psl-
Roy, and Mrs w, I. Hull, Of, spokatnhe s
week. While on an extended tour Of TIE
south, the couple, made an especial Ir! pse
grimase e Temple Earn ~ nnf tha sh1 WIZ srais
IF he A oIaast authentic crave ii America
being possibly nntedated y year on Two py
seplehre at plymouth, lansk Ia M Nh T.
The date Of tho lnterMeht Fu aes , WHIT n
lie ' midsl Of TT Tie old 'sremple, from
which the celebrated farm took lts naHS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
Curse Of Riviera.

Al Monte Carlo, however there are no
signs Of the threatening danger.
Tho number Of visitors, ana especlally
America n. was larger during the month Of
November than ever before, and at sew
eral Of the roulette tables the players
spoke only English, even the ,couples
occasionally changing their familiar cry
"Faltes vos jeux.'' to make your pets'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Swind lers often try to take advantage Of
this privilege. but It Is seldom that they
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
SHOT HIMSELF.
Young Farmer Lets Gun Fall
While Hunting.
(spoclal Ia Tic trlmes-Dlspatch

MONTERREY, VA. Dec 5,--As the result
OF The accidental discharge Of a shotgun,
Andrew Beverage. n young farmer LIVING
a few miles north of here was seriously
injured OH Thursday last, He was hunt
ing over ragged territory, and let the
ceved the load of shot in his neck and
shoulder after having torn away part of
one hand. His physician does not pro-
nouncc the injury fatal.
The demand for turkeys in Highland is
unprecedented. Buyers are riding In
every section of the county, and the farm
err is allowed to choose between Is cents
in merchandise or il cents in cash, In
der such circumstances, the Thanksgiving
bird has cause to strut"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

ernment is q source OF sincere sorrow
to the mild-Inannered Holy Father. who
has always adored everything French
II would give all that remains OF my
life" the Pope said to the Cardinal dur
ing an audience at which Monsclsneur
Touchet, Archbishop OF Toulouse was
present, az could only redeem France
from the wlcs Of atheism"
And at the thought tears he dld not
try to conceal streamcd down the Popc's
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least a generation or more. Again, for
Gays. the warriors assembled around
the dance fire, where the chiefs eX-
horted them to brave and heroic deeds
and the women melted them to acts of
Ealor. When the time came for the
march they stole as cautiously as pos
sible across the desert. and. on nearing
the main camp of the Yumas, sent out
their scouts ahead to determine how
and when the great attack should be
made. Fortunately for them the Yumas
were in the worst possible condition
for the encounter. Their hunters had
just brought back an unusual quantity
of deer. and the whole people, warriors
and all, were so gorged to repletion as
to be unable to fight. After full con-
sultation it was decided to steal upon
them at night and fight at close QUA
tiers with battle hammer, battle AK,
dagger of sharp deer's horn, and the
few steel weapons they had obtained
from the white man.
Stealthily they crept upon their I'M
suspecting foes. The latter had not
only eaten to excess, but many of them
werestupefied with a drink they made
from the DOT of a bush called mo-
mump. The root of this is sometimes
taken and chewed. For a few hours it
produces an eXhilarating effect, some
what similar to that produced by
hasheesh. Then the victim succumbs
to a deadly stupor from which it takes
him several days to recover.
1T can we'll be imagined what a con-
dition the Yumas we're in to receive
their foes. The San Diegans fell upon
them and slew quite a number without
any resistance. Then. flushed with
victory, after scalping their dead foes,
they took captive several of the wom-
en-, whose lives had been spared, and
one little girl. What became of the
women l have never yet been able to
learn. Possibly, as has often been the
case, they became wives of their cap
tors and soon lost their identity as
members of a different tribe, but with
the little girl it was different. She had
a keen memory and a loving heart and
constantly cried for her father and
mother, whom she had seen slaugh-
tered on the banks of the Colorado
river. Even in those days there was
something of a town at San Diego. The
Indians, too, were reasonably friendly.
with the whites. Indeed, they were so
much so that several of them used to
60 up into the mountains and camp
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near the Indians in tents at what is
now known as Aqua Caliente at War
ner's ranch. The hot springs from
which this village gained it's Spanish
name are known to be very good for ali
kinds of diseases, and ever since they
have known of them white men have
not been slow to avail themselves of
their healing virtues.
One of the white men from San
Diego, who had gone to the hot
springs, somehow came to learn of the
presence of this CAPTIVE little girl. He
saw her several times and soon became
very much interested in her. When
he learned her story he determined
that, if possible, he would remove her
from the influences that were SO pain
fui to her. With an interpreter he
went TO the man who owned her and
threatened him with the punishment
of the white mans law for the murder
of the child's father and mother unless
she were Immediately and irrevocably
given up to him. After some demur
h Indian acceded to his request.
With his new acquisition the man from
San Diego fastened home. His wife
was a woman of large and loving ma
ture and her heart ~instinctively went
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TRUE TO HER PEOPLE
The Interesting Story of a Faithful
Indian Maiden.
Was Captured by Hostile Tribe, Res
cucd and Educated by a White
Nan, But ed a Yuma
at Heart.
Special California Letter.l

WHILE many Indian tribes have
w lived together in close proxim.
ity for many years in peace and
harmony, it is equally true that in
many other cases there has been a
great deal of quarreling and fighting.
With primitive people as we'll as with
those who are more advanced in civili-
cation it is very true that a tiny spark
Will often kindle a great flame. Adead-
ly insult has often been read into a
lew insignificant words. The refusal
of the hand of a maiden in marriage
has often provoked war. Hundreds,
nay. thousands, of lives have been lost
i'll disputes over tiny strips of territory
that were practically barren and value
less. Whole villages have been often
destroyed because of fancied insults
offered to the gods.
The secret of the enlnity between the
tribes that for centuries inhabited the
mountains of what is now San Diego,
Cal. and the Iumas, who dwell on the
Colorado river, l have never been able
to learn. Both people we're warlike,
ibOtHE anu DTdNt. Inc lOIIlSI were
supreme in the mountains. the latterin
the desert and by the river. Again and
again conflicts took place between
them. Sometimes the lumas roamed
TOO far oven the desert to the east of
the great river. and despite all their
precautions they were swooped down
upon by the mountain tribes and
driven back with great loss of life. At
CHER times the San Diegans would APP
preach too near the river, and they in
turn would suffer defeat.
In the neighborhood of 40 years ago
the lunas had been particularly ag-
gressiNe and had severely punished the
San Diegans on several successive occa-
sions. This aroused the national pride
of the mountain tribes and they gath
cred together in a great powwow
where the war chiefs unanimously
counseled a large raid upon the Yumas
which should so humble and humliiate
them as to keep them peaceful for at
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On reaching the north end of this
historic island, work done and being
done by the federal government was
discovered. 1t seems hat the island
has been crumbling so rapidly of late
years that the Virginia senators have
secured appropriations for the pur-
pose of preventing the entire d~estruc-
ton of the island by the swift cur
rent which sweeps unobstructed for
eight miles, and ~fiercely carries away
tons of clay and sand. Ripraps and
jetties along shore may divert the
channel a little, but il the Island is
to be fully protected it will prove to
be a very costly proposition. The
northern portion of the ruins of the
town are said to be under water. and
the covered foundations of former
h~abitations can be seen from the side
of rowboats. Alongside the north
east of the island there are big blocks
of stone just beneath the surface OF
the water. They are held together
by cement, and evidently formed the
foundation of some big official build
ing.
The biggest ships of the olden time
used to come up the James and an
Choir at the wharves of Jamestown,
but they could not do so now. In
deed, when the capital was moved to
Williamsburg in 1928 the channel was
becoming visibly more shallow. Thus
was business affected in the begin
ming of the decline of jamestown.
There were big financial and politi-
cal battles in those days, preceding
the removal Of the capital; and ira
dition hath it that several hot-blood-
ed virginians emptied their guns at
and into the bodies of each other.
However, the inevitable came. the
capital was removed. jamestown
slowly fell into %innocuous desuetude,
and Williamsburg fo~urished. We
have seen just such rivalries and Dat
ties between rival towns. far in the
interior of the new world, within our
own generation.
The brick church. of which only the
tower is left, was built in 1888, when
the colony was only 30 years old.
Previously the people had worshiped
in a large wigwam made of logs. The
new brick church was So feet long
and % feet wide, furnished lavishly
with donations from England; every
thing in it being as rich and regal
as the trappings and vestments OF
the best churches in the old coun-
try. Gov. Dale wrote: There is
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days. 1t is situated 30 miles above Nor
folk and Newport News, on the James
river, and is about 20 miles below Rich
mond. Old inhabitants say that it has
shrunken within a generation, but that
it has now an area of LOO acres. 1t is
two and a half miles long, and only lit
tie more than half a mile in width.
From the main shore it is separated by
| a narrow stream and some marshy low
land, over which there is a low wooden
bridge. The whole place looks "old-
timey."
The island is as barren of civilization
as Palmyra of the desert, and the only
evidences of its former teeming habi-
tation are the walls of the Amber
mansion-house. and the pitiful piece of
tower of the first Protestant church
built of brick in the new world. These
objects of interest were pointed out by
a young eolored woman from the
mainland, who also directed the trav-
eler to the screened little acreage sur
rounding the relics of the church and
the long neglected cemetery. There
are no pictures of these interesting OBJ
iects. but the tower is like any ordi-
nary old tower, and the mansion
remains are composed of the small
bricks imported in those early days;
about half of the size of modern bricks.
The mansion is said to have been built
with bricks which were formerly used
in official and ancient structures. Ira
dition has it that in this old mansion
there resided, a woman who declined
She honor of marriage with George
Washington.
If this be true she must have almost
hated herself afterwards when George
became ''first in war, first in peace and
first in the hearts of his co~untrymen."
There is an association of ladies
known as an association For the Pre-
s~ervation of Virginia Antiquities"
| and it is this association which has sur
rounded these sole relics with wire
| fences and thick wire screens. These
| ladies took this step only six years
ago: rather late in the day for the pre-
~servation of these antiquities, for hogs,
wild and tame, and other cattle have
browsed about the tower and the walls
and over the graves of the cemetery for
many, many years.
The ladies employ a custodian, but
he was not on duty when the narrator
called. He is said to reside in a Ii e.
| shanty there which is surrounded by
heavy earthworks thrown up 40 odd
years ago by confederate soldiers. BY
| his absence he lost one fee of ten cents,
which he is allowed to charge as part
of his compensation for living there in
the midst of squalor, dirt, malaria and
musty "reminiscences.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-22
RELICS OF VIRGINIA.
To BE Preserved by a Society of
Patriotic Women.
Occupation of Jamestown island
Dates Back Three Centuries
Old Church in which POcn-
hOntas WorShiped.
Especial Washington letter.

every chapter in the history
of their state" says Senator
Daniels. There are some paragraphs
in some of the chapters which are not
so brilliant as others; but, on the
whole we are proud of every chapter
in u history"
mark is the fact that Virginia is grow
ing old, and has a history of almost 800
years. On the 25th of May will occur
the anniversary of the landing of Capt.
John Smith and his hooters
upon the soil of Virginia, and the be-
ginning of the permanent establish
ment of the first white colony in this
republic of ours.
On May 25, 1907, now 296 years agone,
jamestown island was occupied and
preparations begun for town-building.
This was ID years before the landing
of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, SO there
can be no doubt hat this was the first
permanent white settlement Upon the
land which now constitutes the United
States of America.
There are upwards of $4,000 Virgin
ians residing in the national capital,
making their livings as federal Office
holders. That is to say, that some 5000
office-holders from Virginia support a
colony of $4,000 people, all of them in
tensely loyal to their state, and proud
of their LINEAGE Some % wears aoo
there began an annual exodus from
Washington to jamestown to celebrate
the anniversary; and there will be no
hiatus in this procedure. The pilgrim
ages will begin two days before the an
n~iversary. tens of thousands of Virgin
ians will visit jamestown, but the prin-
cipal celebration this year will be in
Richmond.
In order to describe this ancient To-
cality the writer went to jamestown
island, the trip occupying only two
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out to the poor little Indian orphan.
The couple agreed to adopt her as
their own. 1t was not long before the
little one responded fully to the love
that was so generously given her, and
she came to regard herself as the
daughter of the white man and woman.
Years passed by. The little girl
grew up to womanhood. She had been
educated as became the daughter of a
well-to-doQ citizen and was respected,
honored and loved by all who knew her.
Several children were born to the
couple, and as these grew up they were
taught to regard the Indian girl as
their W sister.
There is no doubt that had the In
dian girl desired to remain she might
have married some white man and be
living to-day, honored and respected.
in or near the home of her adopted
parents. But, yielding to that mysteri-
Gus impulse that renders us incapable
of denying u parentage, she felt an
uncomfortable instinct or desire to
return to her Owl people and become
one of them. In vain her foster broth
ers and sisters pleaded with her. Sor-
~rowfully, but nevertheless with deter
mination, she decided to cross the des-
ert and go back to the place of her
birth. When she arrived among the
Yumas they received her with suspi-
cion. She did not know a single word
of their language, but so powerful did
instinct work that, with very little diff
ficulty, she won her way into their
hearts and soon was able to speak her
native tongue as if she had never
known any other. In a short time she
married, and children were born to
her. Her husband, a full-blooded Yu-
ma, has always regarded her as a su-
perior being, and throughout the tribe
her opinions are largely deferred to.
While she lived with the whites she
was known by the name of Maggie.
When she went back to her people she
told the whites who came in contact
with her that her name was Maggie
Scott. When | asked her why she as
sume4 the name of Scott she replied:
"While l was in San Diego 1 read a
great many novels, but there were
none that pleased me SO much as those
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-22
CAUGHT ON TO THE JOKE.
The Chinese Secretary of Legation
Was Not Much PerpIexed by
American WItticism.
"Have you ever been naturalized?

"Have you ever been naturalized?"
Yes; but it didn't take"
Now, that is what We Americans call a
joke" explained the Washingtonian to the
brand new secretary of the Chinese legation.
who has indicated mis- desire to become con.
versant with the custome of this country.
In spite of the alleged humor, however, he
failed to laugh, and his informant consid-
cred a full explanation proper, relates the
Washington Times.
"You see," he continued, "the word natu-
rallied has been confused with vaccinate."
The meaning of the two words was then
defined, together with the phrase didn't
take"
when we say the vaccination didn't
take, we mean that the virus didn't have the
desired effect"
With this the Chinaman expressed his ad.
miration for American wit, and d broad
smile overspread his face.
The conversation was continued in a gen.
eral way until the wise resident of Wash.
ington suddenly fancied it would be humor-
Gus to relieve himself of a joke at the ex.
pense of the Celestial. With a pstronizing
air he put a query to the attache in jaw.
breaking words, and then laughed at his
own %brilliancy.
The secretary stared blsndly at him for a
moment, utterly bewildered by the question.
His face was expressionless, but he gave a
faint smile when the American explained he
had been joking.
"A jockeys; but it didn't take" he 70
piled, with a naive emile.
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some comfort in religion now" as
though his religion had been no COM
fort to him in the commodious log
wigwam.
But for the removal of the capital
to Williamsburg there might have
been a great educational institution
at jamestown. because Parson Blair,
the Scotchman from the University
of Edinburgh who founded William
and Mary college, was assigned to
the parish at jamestown in the new
brick church, just before the trans
fer of the capital. He had for a
short time been pastor of the parish
of Narina, where Pocahontas was
one of his parishioners. She was the
bacco planter, and was known as Re-
becca Rolfe; quite English, you know.
as compared with her aboriginal
name when she hurried into history
by her rush to the rescue of Capt.
John Smith. Parson Blair often said
that if he had remained at James
town he would have founded the col
lege there-an institution which has
endured until this day, and will ever
endure.
The celebrated educational institu-
ton was originally built of bricks
made on jamestown island. They
were made in the style of the inn
ported bricks, but were not import
ed; neither were those which were
used in the church at jamestown.
Parts of the ancient structure remain
in good state of preservation. and the
old church at jamestown would still
remain intact, if civilization had not
deserted it.
The ladies' association for the pres
ervation of Virginia antiquities re-
Gently held an important meeting. at
which it was decided to memorabilia
the Virginia legislature to make APP
preparations to aid them in their
work. They hope also t. induce the
Virginia senator's and representatives
to interest the congress-, so that suf-
fcient appropriations may be OBJ
tanned to save from complete ruin
this relic-remnant of the original set
tlement of the soil of the United
States by the An~glo-Saxon freeboot-
ers, the aggressive ancestry Of
which we are all so proud; an an
cestry of Ell Dorado-seeking maraud-
ers who plunged halfway across this
continent and blazed their pathway
with the blood of innocent aborig-
ines.
But they had their good points;
and, anyway. they made history
which it might be well to preserve,
even in relic form.
SMITH D. FRY