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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-13

Miss Rose Caperton. OF Monroe county.
West Virginia. is the guest OF MT. ana
Mrs. Clifford Randolph Caperton. Oh NO.
COG Howitzer Place.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-13
Lottier--Muffitt.

The marriage Of Miss Lois z. Mufitt,
OF Flint, Michigan. to Lawrence Lottier'
Jr., Is announced as having taken place
May I'd, at Montreal, Canada, the Kew
Totbar Callash officiating. the cerc-
mony having been performed in st. Pat
rick's Church.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-13
Tyler--Grady.

Miss Alice V. Grady, the daughter OF
Mr.. George w Grady, of Louisa county.
and for some years resident OF Rich
mond. was married In Washington Mon
day TO Mr.. Cinc!nnatus ". Tyler, of No.
SIG West Clay Street, Mr. and Mrs.
Tyler are expected to return to Rich
mond this week.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-13
Deane--Atkinson.

Miss Mary Pescud Atkinson the daugh-
ter Of Mr.. T, z. Atkinson, of Nottoway
Courthouse. and Mr., Charles Fitzgerald
Deano. the deputy clerk Of Nottoway
county, two well known and exceed
ingly popular young people. were mar
'1ed at 10 A. NJ. yesterday in the parlor
Of the annex TO Murphy's Hotel, the
Rev. j, II, Mastin, the former pastor OF
the bride, performing the ceremony.
Miss Florence Atkinson, OF Nottoway,
as maid Of honor. and Mr.. James Mann,
o, Norfolk. az best man, attended tho
bride and groom.
An Interested party OF friends, who
gathered in honor Of tho occasion, in
| Guided former Governor j. Hoge Tyler,
Judge W II. Mann and Mrs. Mann. SEN
| ator A, D. Watkins, Mr., W. A. Robert
/ son, Mr. Edward S Deane. OF Nottoway,
the father of the groom; Miss Mary Hob
| son Robertson. Miss Bessie Robertson,
OF Nottoway. and Miss Mastin. of this
city.
In honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Deane and
the bridal party Mr. James Mann gave
a handsome luncheon at the Westmore-
land Club yesterday, Toasts were drunk
to the happiness Of the newly-wedded pair
and many good wishes and congratul
| lions were proffered.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-13

At the meeting OF the Kate Wheeiock
whist Club. with Mrs. c. c. Walker last
afternoon, the buttons north and soutn
were won by Mrs. Charles l.. Todd ana
Miss Mamie Robinson; east and west
bv Arrs irwin watkins and Mrs. c. c..
Walker.
The next club meeting will be held WITH
Mrs. l. N. Jones, No. n1S Park Avenue.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-13
Seal-Burruss

Miss Katherine Wortham Burress and
Mr., William Gilmore Seal were married
at r, NJ. yesterday. at No, 1923 South
Third Street, by the Rev. DR.. George
Cooper, OF the First Baptist Church.
When Mr.. and Mrs, Seal return from
their wedding trip they viii be at home
at No. lis South Third Street,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-13

A children's May ball will be given Fri
day, May 18th, from 5 to 1890 o'clock P.
NJ. in Belvidere Hall, by the Misses Kid
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
"Silko That ia Really Tin.

OF course British critics say that the
practice Of adulterating silk with tin
originated In Germany. At any rate it
Is common enough now.
All silk is mixed with more or less
foreign matter to give it weight and
stability. Vegetable substances were
formerly used for the purpose. In dye
ing silk the necessary boiling reduces
its weight about one-fourth, taking out
the natural gummy substances. The
weight is sometimes restored with tan
mic acid; tin Is more common-most of
all in cheap black silks.
Very soft "wash" silks are apt to be
pure. Burn q scrap end nothing re-
mains but ash. A tin-weighted scrap,
when carefully burned, leaves q resi-
dunn like excessively fine wire gauze.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
When Lnnge Stole Home.

Connie Mack has an endless fund Of
baseball stories. One of these he tells
about Bill Lange, the old Chicago
player, asserting that Bills play in o
certain Plttsburg game was the most
daring bit of work he ever saw pulled
off
Bill had reached first. The pitcher
threw to that sack, as Bill had taken
a big lead. The ball rolled away from
the first baseman only few feet. Few
players would have dared take their
feet off the sack, but Bill cut for sec
ond. The bail went bit wild there,
rolling toward short.
Never stopping at second, Bill tore
for third and then turned for the plate.
The ball was fielded to Denny Lyons
at third, but he was so surprised upon
receiving it and finding no man to
touch at the sack, he failed to throw to
the plate to get Lange. The game was
won by that one run.-Detroit News
Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
WISE WORDS.

Dishonesty Is forsaking Of perma-
nent for temporary advantages.-Bo-
wee.
No man was ever discontented with
the world If he did his duty in it,
Southey.
1t is never other peoples opinions
that displease us. but only the desire
they sometimes show to impose them
upon us. against our will.-Joubert.
Every manner Of living, each of our
actions, has particular end in view,
and all these ends have general aim
happiness. 1t is not in the end, but
in the choice of means that we deceive
ourselveS.-Aristotle
1t is easy in the world to live after
the worlds opinion; 1t is easy in soli-
tude to live after our own, but the
great man is he who in the midst of
the crowd keeps with perfect sweet
ness the independence of solitude
Emerson.
1t is certain that there is a great deal
pf good in us that does not know itself,
tion brings people up and keeps them
up to their highest point; that life
would be twice or ten times life if
spent with wise or fruitful companions,
Emerson.
How to live?-that is the essential
question for us. Not how to live in the
mere material sense only, but in the
widest sense. The general problem
which comprehends every special prob
lem is-the right ruling of conduct in
all directions under all circumstances.
Spencer.
The man who prospers too easily is
not likely thereby to develop the finest
type of character. In spiritual work
immediate and abundant reaping tends
sometimes to be productive of spiritual
pride, to a mans own undoing and to
the undoing probably, of the work it.
self-J. S. Mayer.
Most people go through life with
closed eyes and minds. They do not
notice what goes on about them; they
have no curiosity about trees, birds,
stars, the mechanism of locomotives,
the art of sailing, the wonders Of elec.
tricity, the endless variety and move
ment Of things in the world in which
they live. They do not learn as they go
on in life. because they have not
formed habit of learning.-Success.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
Two Child Stories.

"NIother, am tired; can't the bishop
go to heaven now?" said n little girl,
during one OF DR.. Wilmington Ingram's
sermons. The authority for this beau
tiful legend is the bishop OF London
himself. If bishops are allowed such
anecdotal license, the mere layman can
hardly resist the temptation to report
or even to invent-storles Of the kind.
For instance, there is the story Of
the little boy who desired in his soul
to be devoured by a lion. When asked
why, he retorted, Because, dear
mother the lion would think he
had me in his inside, while really I
should be in heaven" The exalted no.
tion of deceiving the king Of beasts
was quite sufficiently alluring to coun.
terbalance the trifling inconvenience
of martyrdom by mastlcatlon.-London
News. ". ...j.3
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17

Some Of the white bricks of Nippur,
in their black ebony cases, engaged the
other day the attention of a group of
students at the University Museum.
"These bricks, thousands of years old,
ought to be studied through the micro
scope" one of them said. "The micro,
scope might reveal strange secrets in
them. l once examined microscopic.
ally brick from the pyramid of
Dashour 1t contained Nile mud,
chopped straw and sand. There were
also in It bits of shell, some fish bone
and some fragments of dead insects.
A shred of string was interesting-it
showed that these people had used
string Just like ours. There was also
a shred of cloth, as finely woven as our
best hand looms can produce to-day.
Altogether, the microscope brought to
bear upon relics of the past brings to
light much that is of interest, and
might If more widely employed, occa.
sion some important discoveries. -
Philadelphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
Importance of Accurate Watches.

"That time is money is an old adage,
but it has been brought strictly up
to date by the railroad men, who say
that time is life and money" said a
jeweler of Boston at the New Willard.
81 do a large railroad trade in watches,
and from statistics kept it is shown
that since 1898 the railroad wrecks
have been reduced one-third because
the men were equipped with accurate
timepieces. In other words, one-third
of the wrecks before 1898 were caused
by variation in the time Of watches
carried by the different men in the SER
vice of the companies. Under the sys-
tenn low in force on practically every
railroad in the country the engineer,
the train crew, including the brake
man, baggageman and fagman, as
well as the train dispatchers and train
masters, must be provided one and all
with watches that will not vary thirty
seconds from standard time. Every
week every man in the service carrying
a watch must have it inspected in or
der that it may be known that it is ac-
curate and in good condition, under
penalty of discharge" - Washington
Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
Pushing Back the Desert.

In the nineties a wave of population
flowed westward over the great plains
Of the Missouri Valley. 1t was COM
posed Of farmers Who tried to raise
crops by natural rainfall in the old
fashioned way. The attempt was n
failure west Of the middle Of Kansas,
Nebraska and the Dakotas, and the
wave receded leaving ruin in its track.
Now, as Mr.. Charles Moreau Herger
shows in the Review of Reviews, there
is a hopeful attempt to push back the
arid line by scientific methods. or
course irrigation will permanently con-
quer the desert, but even without irri.
Cation it has been shown that new
methods of cultivation will turn semi
arid into a productive region.
A South Dakota farmer, Mr.. HI. w.
Campbell, has introduced the plan Of
very deep plowing, packing the bottom
of the furrow with specially construct
ed implements and thoroughly cult.
waiting the surface. In this way the
moisture that falls is preserved just
where the roots of the plant can get
at it. Mr.. Campbell has raised 142
bushels of potatoes an acre where the
crops Of his neighbors were failures.
There are certain crops, moreover,
such as alfalfa, sorghum and Kaflir
corn, which do not require much rain.
fall. By the use Of these and the new
methods of cultivation this arid land Is
being steadily pushed back, and every
mile 1t recedes means the addition Of
West.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
Russian Commercial Schools.

Commercial schools in Russia are
founded by the state wherever they
are thought to be necessary. The In
itiative is always taken by commercial
organizations-that is. chambers of
commerce and similar bodies-the
members Of which have previously ex-
amined the question. Russian csm-
mercial schools are state institutions
and are under the control Of the Min
lister of Finance. There are forty-three
commercial schools in the Russian en-
pire under the control of the state, and
twenty private schools, similarly or
ganized, with state supervision.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
DRIFTING. AWAY.

I read in your bright eyes the dreams oi
lifc's day;
But Tn drifting away from you-drifting
away!
/ am drifting afar
From life's storm and its star
And | would l could answer the prayers
that You prayl
But I'm drifting away, dear-Pm drifting
away!
/ would strike from your life road the
thorns that would slay;
But I'm drifting away from you-drifting
away!
The sorrow-the pain
You may strive with in vain,
| world bear: But l go: and I come not
again
I'm drifting away, dear Pm drifting
away!
You must reap for yourself in life's winter
and May;
For I'm drifting away, dear-Pm drifting
away
| have given you bread
And shelter o'erhead:
And may God light the lonely, long way
you must tread
For I'm drifting away, dear-Pm drifting
away!
F. L. Stanton, in the Atlanta Constitu.
ton.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
ABOUT AMERICAN RAILWAYS.
They Would Girdle the Earth Eight
Times at the Equator.

They Would GirdIe the Earth Eight
Times at the Equator.
1t has occurred to the BookIover's
Magazine to calcuftte, among other
| things about our American railways,
| that ION an average passenger trav-
| els three and a half millions of miles
before he is injured and sixty-one and
a half millions of miles before he is
killed The average traveller could
| journey sixty miles an hour, twenty
four hours n day, three hundred and
sixtyfive days in the year for 120 years
before, according to the law Of prob
abilities, he would be killed in an
accident on an American railway"
In view of the lamentable yearly re-
turns of railway wrecks, the comfort
in these calculations is largely theoreu-
cal, where it is not confined to the
accident-insurance companies.
Others of the magazines items are
more impressive.
The 100000 miles of railways in the
United States would girdle the eaHh
eight times at the equator.
There are two miles of railroad in
this Republic for every three in the
rest Of America, Europe, ASIA Africa
and Australasia combined.
The United States has six times as
great q railway system, in mileage, rs
Germany or Russia, seven times rs
great as the United Kingdom or Aus
tria- Hungary, twenty times as great
as Italy, twenty-three times as great
as Spain.
The present capital of American
railroads, including stocks, bonds and
floating Indebtedness amounts to about
ST.. 900. 600, ,000-about $3.50 per capita
Of population or $3.50 per family.
The average citizen made eight rail
way trips in 1901 and pays about 500
per year in fares.
The railways of the country en-
ployed in 1901 an average Of 1,071 900,
representing about 100000 persons,
or one-fifteenth Of the population.
Wages Of these employees for 1901
amounted to S610,OO0 OO0-more than
half the operating expenses of the
roads-and averaged, roughly, S570 per
man.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
HOW TO START A PLEASANTLY,
These Pretty Birds Can Be Raised in
Small Places.

Small Places.
The impression has prevailed for
many years that the beautiful pleas
ants of the old world would not thrive
in n email place, and that it was diff
cult in this country to breed them even
on a large estate, but in recent years
this theory has been disproved Pheas-
ants of the most beautiful type have
been raised on village lots with scarce
ly any Of the natural environments
which formerly We're considered essen
tial to their welfare.
In starting a pleasantly on coun-
try place only the breeds which have
proved that they can be easily reared
should be purchased at first. A pheas-
and indoor quarters for the birds. A
yard forty by fifty feet for a pair Of
the birds and warm house fifteen feet
square should be ample, although the
larger the roaming ground the better
the birds will enjoy it, The outdoor
inclosure must have fence ten to
twenty feet in height to prevent the
birds from hopping over it, and top
covering of wire should be provided
as a precaution.
Many Of the ordinary varieties of
pheasants are no more difficult to raise
than fancy breeds of chickens. Their
quarters are about the same and their
food not much different. A home
pleasantly and pigeon loft combined
furnish greater amount of profit
and pleasure than where either one is
built separately. The upper part Of the
house for the winter quarters should
be built with pigeon lofts where only
the fancy pigeons are kept.
The combination of the two in near
by but separate Enclosures yields no
end of qualification. The pigeons often
will fly through the wires Of the pleas
antry and invade the quarters Of the
beautiful wild fowls, but neither will
in any way interfere with or injure
the other. Their nesting and indoor
winter quarters, however, must be
partitioned off, so that they can never
disturb each others peaceful home
nfe.-Chicago Record Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17

| of Providence; before I had begun to
| see that there are other and higher
claims imposed upon us than those OF
| mere self-satisfaction, should unhes
| itatingly have replied in the affirma.
tive. But now I paused. Was justb
fed? Was It right for me to accept
the bliss for which my soul yearned. in
that dear little Observation-Disclosures.
cred cottage with the dear, congenial
partner whom I SO truly loved? Ali
how hard was 1t to resist the attrac.
tions of that rural Eden!
Then followed for me the most trying
week have ever spent.
1t resolved itself into long, hard,
bitter struggle between my own
selfish longings as woman, and the
higher, larger, wider claims imposed
upon me as Christian.
1t was 4.45 on a Sunday afternoon,
How we'll 1 remember the fateful day
and hour! MI. Blobbsworth had called
and was drinking his second cup of tea.
Just then Jessie, our parlor maid, came
and summoned mamma from the draw.
ing room on some domestic matter. !
know not to this day what it was
whether the kitchen boiler had burst,
whether the Goals had suddenly run
short; whether the cook had had a mis-.
fortune and upset the afternoons sup.
ply of milk, or what. 1t can have been
nothing very momentous else should
have heard all about 1t afterwards,
which l never did. But the moment
mamma had left the room, Mr.. Blobbs.
worth put down his second cup of tea,
half-fnished, and, coming across, sat
upon the sofa at my side. He said
something which surprised, startled,
amazed me.
"Indeedw cried, astonished and con.
fused. II have never thought Of you
in that-that-way, Mr.. Blobbsworth."
because you have not done SO in the
past there is no reason why you
should not in the future" he insisted.
taking my hand and holding 1t SO fast
that 1t was impossible, without gross
rudeness, to withdraw it. "Will you"
he added, gazing into my eyes with
earnest entreaty.
AS saw that appealing look, light
in an instant broke upon me. The
eyes were a mans eyes. But the call
was the call of Providence, who, see
ing this poor fellow in distress-seeing,
moreover that 1t was impossible for him
to aspire to those attitudes alone-was
commanding me to help him.
I sighed as 1 thought Of that sweet
little cottage, for which my heart
pined, with Jack-beloved, congenial
Jack-for my helpmeet; which now,
alas! was never to see.
l shuddered as 1 thought Of that
luxurious mansion, with all it's perfect
strawberries, greenhouses. stables,
with Its obsequious menials, butler,
footmen, gardeners, coachmen and
grooms; with that gorgeous billiard
ROOM and that electric dynamo-all
those material obstacles to the higher
life, against which it was to be my
lifelong task to contend and to help
my husband contend.
But Providence had spoken with such
clearness-had indicated so plainly the
non n-carboniferous district to which
was to carry my coals-that to shut
my ears to her voice would have been
sheer impiety.
SO when Mr., Blobbsworth. repeating |
the question. said again:
"Will you?"
"Yes," was my humble answer, and
I bowed my head-upon his shoulder
in meek acqulescence. - Philadelphia |
Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
W. D. N. in Chicago Tribune.
BOUND TO DISCOVER POLE.
American Expedition Hopes to Plant
Our FIau There.

American Expedition Hopes to Plant
Our Flag There.
Another American expedition is
about to start in search of the mac.
cessible North Pole. Anthony Fala,
young Brooklyn explorer. is In
charge of the party, Capt. Edwin Cof.
fin will go as skipper, while ziegler is
backing the attempt The party will
shortly sail from Norway on the good
ship America. Every effort will be
made to plant the Stars and Stripes
in the frozen North. A
The discovery by Capt. Scott, the,
leader Of the British Antarctic expe
dition, Of mountain ranges with
points rising to height Of from 12..
900 to $4,000 feet above the sea level.
farther south than ever before known,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
puell,ne Encouraged in Austria.

The Socialist paper, Arbeit Zeitung,
Of Vienna, publishes secret decree
of the Austrian minister Of war di-
rected against the Anti-Duel League.
The decree is to the effect that officers
and cadets in the army on service or
otherwise must not join the league.
Those who are already members must
leave it. The army in Austria is de-
cidedly In favor of preserving the duel.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
CAN'T HELP THAT.

Street Car Magnate-"You patrons
are a mighty narrow lot, must say"
Patron-"How can we help it? We
were broad enough until we were
pressed into our present width by being
jammed into those human sardineries."
Baltimore American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17

The Amir of Afghanistan having de-
termined that the postage stamps man
ufactured during the reign Of his IA
ther should be used up, no new ones
have as yet been issued. The entire
stock has now been exhausted, and,
pending the acceptance of new de-
sign, sealing-wax, impressed with the
official stamp, is being used.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
The Ace of Pompeii.

Prof. Dali osso, inspector of the
Museum of Naples, has just published
an article in which he affirms that re-
searches and excavations prove that
there existed Pompeii nine centuries
before our era.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
BUSINESS.

Merchant-"Did you find out what
that gentleman wanted?"
New Cldrk-"No, but found out
what he didn't want"
Merchant-What? How dare you"
New CIerk-"And sold 1t to him.
Catholic Standard and Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
"A DRAW.

Diplomacy is curious game" said
one statesman.
"It is" answered the other; at is one
in which the most satisfactory results
are achieved when both sides can go
home and claim q victory. ."-Washing
ton Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
A SUBJECT FOR DEBATE.

''You know he married Miss Mil
Hons"
"And they do not get along?"
''No. They can't agree about what
portion of the wife's income the hus.
band ought to have."-Puck. ....
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
HIS RIGHT TO A MEAL.

Don't you think it's unwise," said
the first partisan, ito be SO sanguine
about your candidate?"
"All right" retorted the other, "just
wait till after election and then I'll
have a right to crow"
"That's what you will, but don't
think you'll care to eat all you'll have
q right to"-Philadelphia Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
PAINFUL EXPOSURE.

rd-"Uneducated people often
have lot of insight"
Robert-"That is SO; our new maid
knows that she is a better cool; than
we've been used to."-Deuoit Free
Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17

is question whether Mt. Terror is
volcano, but Mt Erebus was smoking
in February, 1901.
Both Capt Scott's and Borchgre.
vink's expeditions confirm Ross re-
port Of open water during the sum-
mer months in Ross Sea when once
the ice on the parallel of Cape Adare
Is passed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
CONSIDERATIONS.

you must not forget that there are
millions Of people whose interests are
ut stake"
YES" answered Senator Sorghum.
"and millions of dollars, too."-Wash-
ington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
CONUNDRUM ANSWERED.

"A teacher once asked class Of little
80 many useful things.
II know" piped Frederick; from
wolvesr
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-17
NOT IN HIS LIST.

sour son seems 60 be goin' right In
for culture" said Mrs. CorntosseL
YES" answered her husband in
tone Of slight disappointment; "every
kind except agriculture."- ."-Washinston
Star.