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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-09
PRIMARY HAS
BEEN ORDERED
Judge hlonCure to Oppose Mr..
Powers for the House
from Caroline.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA, August S.
The City Democratic Committee at a
meeting last night ordered a primary for
this city on September 18th for the nomi
nation of candidate for the House OF
Delegates. Hon. ]. H. Biscoe. the pres
cnt delegate, will it is understood be a
candidate for denomination No other
names are mentioned in connection with
the position as yet.
The City School Board has elected the
following teachers for tho public schools
OF this city for the ensuing year: Prof.
James Madison, Misses Kate Mander,
Emily Mander Clarice z, Davis, Margu-
ret II. Gordon, Julia a. Scaggs Jennie NJ.
Goodrich, Maggie l.. Honey. Agnes Roach,
Emma Owens, al! white. and ,ha following
three colored: j. c. Grant, S. a. Brown
and j. Z. Brown.
Judge E. C. Moncure. OF Caroline coun-
~. has announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for the House OF
Delegates, The present incumbent. Hon
.. b. Powers lr., Is a candidate for re-
nomination: TIE fight will be a warm
one. Mr.. A. b. Chandler, former Com
monweakh's attorney of Caroline county,
will be a candidate this year for his old
position against the incumbent, W. L.
Ennis.
The firm of Johnston & Pearson the
we'll known druggists. has been dissolved,
Mr.. Pearson retiring and Mr.. Johnston
continuing the BUSINESS. Mr.. Pearson mas
been in the drug business for thlriy-slx
years, and Is one of the best known and
most highly respected citizens here. lIc
contemplate returning to Mississippi ID
reside with relatives. Mr.. Johnston is
the son of the late DIR. f. w. Johnston.
who was also IN the same business here
for years, and up to the time Of his
death
A Junior Order United American Me,
chancs' lodge has been organized at
Passapatanzy, In King George county,
with the following officers: Gordon Hen
derson, councillor; Milton Henderson, vice.
councillors E, S. Henderson and Julian
Pratt, secretaries; Gordon Jones, treas
urer. Trustees, Clarence Pratt, A. Hen
derson and Albert Williams.
Mr.. J. Y. Lowrey has purchased of Cap
fian j. w. Hill the dwelling situated on
tho corner of Princess Anne ST, and Hazel
I'M Avenue, and Mr., j, Milton Smith
has sold his residence on Spotswood
Street TO Miss Roberta l.. Hart
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and white creature, with small Hawk
like bill. lie is curiousy interesting
bird. and the deviltry In him rather adds
to his interest. lie loves bird brains. and
lie uses his own brains to good advantage
III obtaining them. lie sits in u tree-top,
apparently innocently surveying the land
scape. until some small bird chickadee,
a goldfnch or some other feathered tid-
bit; flies by. and then the loggerhead gets
after It III full chase. Unless the quarry
can reach the cover of n thicket, the
shrike seizes it, strikes It's beak through
the skull, and then bears the victim to
a tree, where the murderer fcaSis on
brains
After appeasing It's appetite Tie shrike
hangs the body OF It's victim in the crotch
OF two small branches or impales 1t
upon thorn. What the bird does this
for it is hard to tell, for It rarely returns
to the quarry. The loggerhead isn't bad
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rishcd by an excellent WASHINGTON or
chestra made tho AFFAIR in cYcry way
delightful. Colonel Grenyille Gaines OF
Narrcnton led The young couples through
varied graceful and intricate tigltres 10
their Hearts content.
Society was well rcrrcsea'ed. and the
interest manifested by those present
MARKS successful season for tho re-
naming germans Among those present
We're:
Mr. John stone, with Miss Forbes: MIR
Clarke. Will aIIs., Woodward: Mr iaiAcH.
with Mrs appleton; MI THORNLEY,. with
Miss stonc Mr. Sutherland with Mrs
PRESCOTT Nj. Rogers, with Miss Pa%nc:
Colonel and Mrs. Thomas Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. Parker. Mr.. Kerr and Miss Peu!dirg.
Mr.. ". Gaines and Miss Clarke, Mr.
Green and Miss Jones,
Among others present worc Mrs. Hall.
Mrs Powers Mrs Belt, Mr. Douglas.
Mrs Gaines Knott. Mrs. Snblctt, Misses
sublctt, Mrs. Trescott, Mrs Evans. Misses
Evans. Miss keith Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs.
Manerling, Miss johnson. Misc Way, Mrs
liouc
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tingcnt paused beside fruit stall TO eX-
| anime peaches 1.-TWO for FIVE cents
madam she was informed. and these
| are fifty cents n basket" The girls deli
| cate face flushed, and nor fin
gers closed firmly down over the
purse carried In the hand THANK YOU"
said the clear voice. but will not take
the peaches" and the girl passed on to
pause lover down and select some canta-
loupes and grapes. the only two varieties
In the fruit line. which the seeker after
reasonableness can well afford.
CHICKENS AND DUCKS.
At tho poultry stand ducks being sl.25
per pair. Chickens to broil. OF moderate
ROSTERS bring from thirty-fHe to fifty
cents. Butterbcans are scarce al fifteen
cents quart, and corn Is fifteen and
eighteen cents q dozen ears. Usually,
beans and corn are sold at FIVE cents per
quart and dozen.
Eggs have advanced from shilling to
twenty-five cents within the past week.
Butchers meat holds firm, but lard has
cheapened. having fallen from twelve
to ten cents And this is one piece of good
fortune which the housckeepcr can weigh
against many other disbursements.
Tomatoes, yesterday. which as rule
in August arc well sold at a dollar n
buslel, doubled in price and brought fifty
cents peck.
A. Virginia calendar gotten out and H.
lustrated by a Richmond girl last win
ter, had on its August page. the picture
Of a pickaninny with luscious piece
Of blushlng watermelon in his hands.
Alas and alas! What the future of this
ill-omcned August may bring forth, your
dcponent saith not, but up to the present
no a. inn In
still in unrnpeness, "a pinnn' on dc vine"
or else must be paid for at tho rate of
fifty cents "a million" And the pic
turesQue groups of pickaninnies with tho
fruit between their lips and a whole
heaven OF enjoyment in their ebony corn-
tenances. do not delight the eye OF the
passer-by in the highways and byways
and the suburbs of the Richmond mar
ket.
The sweet potato would better remain
undigged awaiting the sweetenlng touch
of Octobers frost and the accompani
ment of "'possom gravy time" than to
be unblushngly advertised by the huck-
sters as it now is at seventy-five cents
a peck.
After all, in the conclusion Of the mat
err, what is best to be done? Unless Au-
gust improves and September puts her to
shame. Richmond housewives will have
to fall back on canned goods for vege-
tables and go without their usual supply
of preserves and pickles during next win
ter.
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Eairmount Moe S.

Rcy G.. G. Cor. pastor Of the FaiTmount
Baptist Church, Is holding revival Scr
v,ccs lit the County Line church, in Car
oiiic county re WIZ return IN time TO
hold services AT his own church the lest
two snndays OF August.
Coucran Joseph Creery, wife ard chill
drcn loft ycstctday for Gordonsvil!e.
where they wili remain some time.
u. G. Mcdowell left YESTERDAY for Lou
lisa county to visit hts wife, who is spend
inn tho summer there.
Ail arrnmgomcnts have been completed
for tho moonlight excursion TO Dutch Gap
next Thursday night TO be given by the
popular clerks OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway
II vas postponed from Tuesday, July
4!st, to mex; Thursday night. August 18th.
There win he music and dancing and q
Cellghtful evening Is anticipated. Tickets
sold for July 91st will be good for Au-
gust 18th
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the little house constantly flies a flag,
as II 20 denote that the o"l'af IS W nome
This pcnnant attracts the colleclof,-ior
collectors sadly enough, are everywhere
and tho home is often haIi'ni
Tho man who can listen 10 the song Of
wood Thrush and then rob the nest Is
the fellow whom Shakespeare had m
mind when he woe Rb,ul the man who
Nas no music in Els soul, thoush possibly
this particular species of nest,robler has
no soul In which 20 STOW mus ,ll''le
is some reason for expressing feeling IN
This matter, Tor reesnty some one ear,
lied away the nes. and esEs Oh y woo q
thrush from a tree n CIV e,'.e, -, y
! had watched tle bui!a' ~ " we ii.'ie
home, ana had hoped 10 see four young
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Funeral S ervices.

1-bo r,neral Of Mr.. Peter j. Crew took
Mace at o'clock yesterday afternoon
from Trinity Methodist. Church The
Board of Stewards of the church acted
as pall-bearers. The interment was made
in lakewood.
Tho funeral of Mrs. Mary J. Wilkinson,
who died Friday in the home of her son.
r. L. Wilkinson, No. 9o9 Twenty.siXth
Street. took place from the East.End
Baptist Church ut II o'clock yesterday
morning. The burial was In lakewood.
The funeral Of Annie Viola Burruss In
FAINT daughter Of Wellford and the late
Annie kavanaugh Burruss, took place
from the home OF her grandmother, Mrs.
]. Kavanaugh, No. $50 North Twenty
fifth Street, at o'clock Friday afternoon.
The burial was in Oakwood.
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through and through. however. 1t eats
thousands of the larger insects during its
nesting season, and kills all the small
snakes in sight. though this latter act
| perhaps. cannot be put down as a service,
for small snakes have their place In the
economy Of nature and aid man in many
| ways.
Shr,ke's "Meat Market"
The loggerhead usually builds In
thorn tree, the smaller locusts, the thorn
| apple and the Usage orange being favor
ito homesteadinE sites, 1t makes a butch
! er shop OF the tree, hanging up its bird,
snake and big insect victims like SO many
carcasses In a meat market. once found
Il loggerhead S nest containing young in
an Usage orange tree. A small green
snake had been impaled upon thorn,
and its body nearly touched the nest. As
tho weather was hot, the effect coulG not
have been pleasant to sensitive organs
OF smell, but sometimes doubt if some
| birds know what odor Is. If they do, they
car stand much In the way Of things
offensive. The Maryland yellow throat, Il
gem OF n bird, frequently builds Its nest
within the leaves of skunk cabbage.
There is much better opportunity 20
watch the predatory habits OF the great
Northern shrise than there is To observe
hose Of tho loggerhead, The Northern
bird Is with MS in winter ana hunger
drives him into the cltlea. where he car
rles on the laudable work Of killing Eng
llsh sparrows, ono of thcSS birds daily
visited tree IN front OF my window over
looking a busy city street. Almost ill.,
Yarably he caught q sparrow. Once. ar
ter he had struck n victim, 1t escaped
from him and fell futcring TO a snow
bank. | picked up the sparrow and killed
it TO put 1t out of its misery. There was
a clean, round hole in its skull. How the
shrlke made such n perfect circle with
Its crooked beak has been a puzzling
question to this day.
Captured and Killed.
on another occasion Witnessed a lit
of shrike strategy. The bird knew appa-
rcrtly that the crevices In tho cornice of
a big city building afforded retreats for
the sparrows 1t flew along the cornice
Tutoring its wings and literally cheating
tho coyerts." A frightened sparroH flew
out and the shrike gave chase. Tho
sparrow zlgaagged in its flight, bothering
It's pursuer not n little. The shrihc ''over-
ran" the sparrow time after time, but
finally seized 1t Just as 1t reached Tho
edge of thick bush, In the near- of
which 1t would have been safe, Inc Vie
Tim was killed and its brains We're eaten
with an appetite sharpened by the chase,
The shrike is a smaller bird than the
robin, 1t sings well and it Is hard TO ac-
count for it's predatory habits.
Something was said in previous arti-
GIG about a gold finch which sheltered as
Young from the heat of the sun by spread
ing it's wings and forming u featherod
canopy over The nest. Dir. Dearboili, AS
sst7nt curator of birds al the Field
Columbian Museum, not long age secured
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adopted at the state Convention OF hu
gust. 1901, to not only secure the NOM
nation of candidates by primary election
but also 10 secure uniformity In such PIT
mary election, az conducive TO the hes
interests Of the party and that therefore
whatever plan may have been adoptet
by this committee, compliance with sucl
plan should be required; therefore, be Il
resolved,
j. That the primary as called for Au-
gust 18TH TO nominate a candidate Tor
State Senator in the Tenth Senatoriai
District Is regular. and therefore void'
and cannot be recognized by THIS COM
1nItee.
Q, That 1t is the dsity Of the Senatorial
Committee In said district to proceed 10
make provision by proper call for pri-
mary election in said district for, noml-
nation OF candidate for the state sen.
ate, in compliance with the terms anu
provisions Of the primary election pan
MS adopted by this committee oil Jahu-
airy IA, 1902. a..
Both resolutions were adopted NY the
meeting practically without dissent
Mr.. Button, OF Appomattox, offered a
resolution requiring a majority or the
members of the State Central committee
to be present in person at meetings ol
the committee In order to consutute
quorum. The resolution was tabled VIII
out debate, OH NOUN " W. - F'
Among those holding proxies at the
meeting was Mr.. r. Lynch Montague,
the Governors brother
Partisanshp Not Charged.
I, Is not charged that the plan In shen-
andoah was drawn in the interest of
any candidate. but merely that 1t was not
in accord with the party plan. Senator
1,upton himself accepted 1t, and, 1t is SAID,
suggested the plan, but later discovered
that II was at variance with the general
marty plan. He had sent to the Sena-
torial Committee his announcement OF
candidacy for the Senate under the plan
AZ drawn, and later withdrew this notice.
1t is understood that the Senatorial DIS
trict Committee will amend Its plan IN ac-
cordance with the State Central Com
mittees instructions. The date. fixed ior
the primary Is next Saturday. rms VIII
probably not be changed. 1t is not known
whether Senator Lupton will remain III
the field or not. In some quarters IL Is
suggested that he will retire, and thnt
the anti Martin element Of the party VIII
select n candidate against Judge raven
ner. This Is largely speculative at WIS
stage OF the contest.
The State Committee yesterday Varieu
the usual custom Of holding open NEE
1nCs by making the session eHecut'Ne'
This was done, 1t Is presumed pecause !.
was anticipated that the old Shenahaoah
factional fight would come UP ana DC
threshed over again.
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Died at Ninety One.

tSpneial to This Times Dlspntci)
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VA, August s.
John Portch, aged ninety-one years, died
to-day at his home in STAFFORD county.
He was highly esteemed. and leaves .
wife and seven children.
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WARRENTON GERMAN CLUB
The First Co.iIlon Danced in The Town
Hall

Special 10 The Times Disratch.)
WARRENToN, VA, August S.-The
Warrenton German Club held its first
cotilon at the Town HAL last evening.
Ideal weather conditions, combined with
spacious dancing room and music fur
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THRUSH'S
SWEET SONG
IS a Vesper Hymn Of Exquis
lite Sweetness.
DEvlLTRY IN THE sHRlKE
rond OF Eird Brains and Kills Without
Mercy Grosbeak Eats Potato
Eugs--Birds and Their
p Habits.
by EDWARD 3. CLARK.
associate Member American Ornithol-
ogists Union.

VI all the sounds OF summer, there are
lew which In pure sweetness excel the
song of the wood thrush. The singer
seeks-the seclusion of the Tickets. aud
you must go to him to hear his exquisite
SOLO. 1t is tinklng song, seemingly
best at s,vset--a silver vesper bell sound
ing In the quiet woodland ne the shadows
lengthen.
only one other bird though some per-
others surpasses in the pure music Of
lis notes the song of the wood thrush.
The hermit thrush b2othcr bird breaks
the silence Of the northern wilderness
with song that is unapproachcd and
perhaps unapproachable
1t ls long Journey to tho home OF tho
hermit, while the wood thrush may he
heard within sight OF the city, If nc
there have found bit of woodland with
a thickct retreat that suits his idea OF a
summer home. Frank NJ. Chapman says
that the song of the wood thrush is ali
invitation: that the bird sings again and
again, Come to me- Come to me-"
The comparison is apt and he who ac-
cepts the invitation may listen to song
that is full payment for the trouble OF
the journeying.
Build in Cemeteries.
The wood thrush has discovered that
IN the cemeteries. even though they be
within the city walls, there is compara-
tive seclusion and safety A few pairs
build every year in those burial places
where the landscape gardeners have held
giving nature q fairly free hand and
have left much of natures handworl1.
There is excuse enough for dwelling
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wood thrushes taught how to fly. but
the hand Of the spc.!er was stayed not
even In Gods acre"
In changing the sli,iect froT the wood
thrush to the loggMhnai sirike enc has
no turn his pen $50 degrees. The birds
are nntipodal In character. One - an
sweetness and light ard tho other Is
pretty nearly all s'n ANA darkness.
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The Sinful Shrike.

Tho logger,icad STRIKE Qanirs ludori-
canus) comes to the Nor,hern States
In early spring and stays all summer.
lie replaces his brother, the great North
ein shrke, which has spent tile winter
with us and has retroated beyond the
Canadian border with the first touch OF
warm weather.
Tho loggcrhead is a slate-gray, black
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CATAlE@R(HI do SoM%1H

cold
discharge
breathing
ntoable when the filthy back
the blood polluted
system contaminated
by
realize
sicln-
affects kidneys
stomach well other parts body constitutional
nhang
palliative helpful,
you from such treatment and the whole
system affected? Only such remedy reach this obst
nate, dcepseated disease and the blood OF the
SIS
~@-~ when rich blood is coming TO the diseased
parts,
s. S. s. is guaranteed purely reliable remedy
in all
you A0nns THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co.., ATLANTA, GA.
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a photograph Of n Goldfinch doing this
act OF kindness for it's little ones,
Something has been said OF the apparent
disregard for odors that are offensive to
man, Possibly we Should not regard such
Indifference 70 bad smells as being a paI
ticle more peculiar than are the tastes OF
birds In the matter Of diet. The robin
loves angle worms while man regards
them with IoHthng. The blacli-billed aud
the yeiIow-biiled cuckoos tiink hairy
caterpllars the most cpicurean of repas.4.
Nearly eSery ether srccics of birds turn
away from tho catorpillars. whieh. were
II not for the cuckoos. would soan dcnuGe
our trees pf the beauty of their foliage.
Tho buz2ard dimes off dog and considers
that he has Toasted. What Is "A little thing
like smell 10 an organism that can
thrive upon the repulsiyc things Of earth?
] have seen birds OF many kinds drink
of the waters or spring that smelled to
heaven while not Ten yards away was
- sweet flowing fountain. 10 he sure, the
spring where the scngsters drank was
medicinal, ard man partook freely while
he ed his rose, Possibly long bcrotn man
came the birds had found the virtue that
was IN the waters.
Fond Of fotato BUYS.
The rosc-hreastod rtpsbcakr one Of our
common summer residents has In recent
years developed food fondrcss for which
the farmer rises up and calls lin blessed
The grosbeck mas found potato bugs to
his liking, and he destroys tie pests by
the hundreds a pair Of roso-hreasis In
/. potato field Viii do all the service of a
barrel Of paris green. and will leave no
poison traces behind to mar tho results of
their work. Tho iosc-brcast Is the very
Beau I3rummcl OF birds. His appearance
would denote a taste for hmbrosia, hut
potato bugs I he to his liking, and who viii
quarrel with n preference directed along
the lines OF such usefulness to mankind?
The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-10-30

H..".-N- E.H UratEISa LAND AT NEW ".H. |.-r HAYNES ALASKA lHu-lr1.. .'Hs
 |r.". Ha.uas. Alaska. 70 p.. ee
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 a-.ar HI.uasi A.ass1t
The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-10-30
Ordinance No. 49.

An ordinance concerning steam wood cutting machines steam drawers
 and H.I stove pipes, cnimueys
 ur apparatus using @
 forced drlugh- H. fl Ordained by che Common Council uft.. Town .I SSagway,
 Section !.
 Tr.ra.. steam wood cutting and steam lraV.r- machines. and alt stove pipes. rrw..E- and apparatus Of any k nd, using l to-e.. lrlaEh-. shall, while che same are being operated, have iu use gn -c-.sa -.lrS lrre,ter.
 Section 2
 Whoever sdaI. operate OF cause Co be or.u-.l. such machine, stove pipe. chimney Hr apparatus. without having f. u-a such spark 7rraster. shall be u..uaI 70 rs guilty 0i 60 m.sl-uelnor, and ur conviction thereof shall be gu0- --..I lya .1a uf no. less than five 5' nor more chan l.ty .50' dollars. Pro- r..... however. tHat any such spark are r.---r which shall have been lrs- ap proved by che Fire and Water Commit On. .. che town 'u writing. shall for the purposes ot -al- ordinance, be deemed -1 ae effective.
 This ordinance shall take effect and be .r force from and after l-s passage and approval.
 Passed by che council September 2s-d. I.H
 Approved September 2S,h l903
 W. B. KING. President Of .1e Council and EN-0iici0 Mayor pro r.u
 Attest ". S MchEAN Town Clerk