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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-11
Frank Duncan.
Especial to The Tines ispatch)

CULPEPER. VA, June 1o--Arr. Frank
Duncan, Of this county. died late this
afternoon in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore. after a dangerous operation
for stomach, trouble.
Mr.. Duncan was thirty years old and
prominent business man of this county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-11
Personal r1ention,

Mrs. Conway r. Howard, OF Miss Ben
nett's school, Irving ton-on-the- Hudson,
N. Y, is the guest of Mrs. A. B, Camm OF
No, 800 East Grace Street. this city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-11

Or. Wexford Well.
DR. ]. S. Wexford, who has been sick,
has recovered and resumed his practice.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-11
THE BEeJNNING oFTRoUBLE.

OF trouble. When the stomach fails to
perform its functions the bowels become
deranged and the liver and kidneys cor
gested, causing numerous diseases. the
most fatal Of which are painless. there
fore, the more to be dreaded. The I'M
portant thing is to store the stomach
and liver to a healthy condition. and for
this purpose no better preparation can be
used than Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. For sale by all druggists.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-11

THE KIDNEYS AND THE SKIN. If
the kidneys are weak or torpid. the skin
Will be pimply or blotchy. Hoods sarsa-
parilla strengthens and stimulates the
kidneys, and clears the complexion. BY
thoroughly purifying the blood 1t makes
good health.
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deaf HIS.

FERGUsoN.-Died. June 10, 1908, at $40 A.
NJ, WILLIAM D. FERGUSON, at his sons
residence. q.
Funeral from Fulton Baptist Church THIS
(Thursday) AFTERNOON at O'CLOCK.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-11

CUNNINGHAM.--Died. at st. Louis Mo-. June
!. 1903 CORNELIA VIRGINIA. TIL ORNTON,
daughter of the late Charles A. Thornton and
wife OF Edward Cunningham, Jr.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-11

Overwhelmingly. at Tree HILL Wednes
day. June 10. 1908, Miss LOUISE DAVIS
daughter OF Mr., ard Mrs. William A. Davis
to Mr.. s. ROLAND HALL. of Brooklyn, n. y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-11
William 3. Ferguson.

Mr. William B. Ferguson died at $40
o. clock yesterday mornin at the residence
of his son in this city.
The funeral will take PLACE at O'Clock
this afternoon from the Fulton Baptist
Church.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-11

Mrs. James y. Leigh. of Norfolk, Is the
guest of Miss Mamie Baughman on Grove
ANenlIa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-11

The Golden Leaf Social Club" gave a
hayride and dance at AIiller's Inn. on the
Nine-Mile Road. Refreshments We're
served after tho dance.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
FEW CHANGES IN FASHION.
Costumes Worn by Chinese Women
Seldom Vary.

Costumes Worn by Chinese Women
Seldom Vary.
Chinese ladies never rejoice in the
dainty fashions of pretty cottons, as
their European sisters do, but year in
year out they are attired in silk, for
cotton is of no account in the Celestial
Empire, being considered only fit for
the coolies, who dress in it entirely.
Chinese dress does not call for any
great ingenuity on the part Of the
makers, for in form it is always the
same A lady's first garment IS a
plain piece of silk fastened round the
waist to form an apron, which laps
over at the back. In the place OF
this poor women wear sort Of cot
ton 'front.'" which covers the chest,
but has no back Next come the un.
derjacket and the overjacket, the
trousers, the apron and the footgear.
The last consists of bandages and tiny
shoes for the little footed" or a "cot-
ton boot" and shoes of sensible size
for the uncrippled peasant woman.
In cold weather the number OF
jackets worn is increased, the heaviest
being oltermost, which is padded and
quilted or fur lined For outdoor wear
a sleeveless overjacket, known as a
front and back" is used.-Washing.
ton Star.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
tighWhe Su1ky

trotting turf, Maud ST. by Harold.
Harold was by Hanabhtonian, dam
Enchantress,.e Abdall3h l, the sire
of ,Ffarnb1etonian on s2fdy: r, 1880,
at Rochester, n. Y, she trotted in
2:1134, and then went on to 2.10A.
2:1074 and 2:10A, and the trotting
world saw that 2:10 was in sight.
Everybody looked for the great daugh-
ter of Harold to DO it. But out of the
west came the black whilrwind, Jay
Eye-See, who at Providence, r. l., Aug.
1, 1884, placed the record at 2:1O. Jay
Eye-See was by Dictator (brother to
Dexter, 2:17M), by Hambletonian. He
was the monarch Of a day, for at
Cleveland on Aug. 2, Maud S. trotted
in 2:09$4, and regained her throne.
Her final triumph came year later,
when over the same track she cut the
record down to 2:08%. Mr.. W. H.
Vanderbilt had in the meantime sold
her to Robert Bonner for $4,000, and
she was duly retired. 1t has always
been universal regret that this great
mare never had a foal. The last OF
the old high-wheel sulky champions
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28

Great nations produce great horses.
The higher the civilization the purer
are the equine breeds. In the ancient
as we'll as the modern world this rule
holds true, and the foremost races OF
men have always possessed the high
est types of breeds of animal life,
A stranger who witnessed light har-
ness sport, say, for the first time at
Memphis recently, and who saw Lou
Dillon trot in l:5S1l&, Major Delmar in
l:59%, and Dan Patch pace i'm 1:'56M,
would naturally ask. how are these
horses bred, and how long has it taken
to bring the breed to. such perfect
speed perfection? He would be aston
ished to learn that theA breed" did|'not
exist half century ago; that in lS45,
2:30 was thought to be the speed
limit, ard that trotting races were
rare, while now the continent is
studded with stock farms, with many
millions Invested; that about 1900
meetings are held annually, at which
s5,OO0,0OO in stakes and purses are
competed for, and that just as all
countries go to England for the thor
oughbred, so all the civilized world
comes to America for the trotter.
AS speed is the test of the progress
Of the breed, and the record at the
wire the proof Of quality and value, 1t
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
Evolution of the Trotter|
How Years Brought to Perfec
Most Useful Type of Horse the Cunning OF
Nan HasY et Produced. 4

Sept. ., 1874, at Mystic Park, Boston,
when il years old, she placed the
trotting record at 2:14. in those days
the sulkies weighed{f seventy-fve
pounds. the tracks wereHnot improved
and Doble is firmly OF the opinion to-
day that the marvellous Maid, had she
been on the track at the present time,
would have been a champion. Gold
smith Maid was an inbred" being
by Abdallah IS, SOM of Handle
tonlan, while her dam was Alb, by
.Abdallah I, the sire Of lambletonian.
While the number 1of fast horses
steadily Increased and the stock farms
we're not only increasing their output.
but. breeding more intelligently for
the great object in view, the record
was not again broken till Aug. 3: 1878,
when John Splan, at Buffalo, trotted
Rarus in 2:1314, He was at once re-
tired, as Mr.. Bonner bought him for
$4,000 and sent him to his stables,
where he had previously sent Dexter.
These sensational prices gave addi-
tional impetus to the great breeding
interests, and from that time on the
record moved down rapidly. In 1879
St. Julien, by Volunteers he by Ham
bletonian. at Oakland, Gal, went in
o:12A. and later reduced it to 2:11A.
Then came that great queen of the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
When janauschek Was Young.

Prof. DR.. Moritz Lazarus, the emf
nent Berlin psychologist, who died a
few months ago at Meran, age sew:
enty-nine, left ready for the press a
manuscript volume OF "reminiscences
in twenty chapters. A Vienna jour.
nal prints a few extracts from ad-
vance sheets, among other things lis
comments on the actress, Fanny Jan
auschek, whose impoverished old age
leads him to reflect on the strange
fact that great souls so often are not
equal to the practical requisites OF
life. He first met her on top Of the
Rigi, when she was thirty-three years
old-in the prime of that beauty
which caused the city of Frankfort to
use her profile on it's thaler coins.
She told him much about King Lud-
wig H. of Bavaria, whose blue eyes
and dark locks and Adonis figure
made deep impression on her. Every
day, she said, he p]ucl1ed hyacinth
for her. Her eyes shone with pleas
IRE when she related her triumphs
in "Iphigenia,' "Medea," 'Antigone"
and "Phaedra."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
LOST PEOPLE IN LONDON.
Thousands Annually Disappear From
the Great Metropolis.

Thousands Annually Disappear From
the Great Metropolis.
In the year 1901, the latest for
which statistics are available, no few
er than 35,03S persons were reported
missing to the London metropolitan
police. Even if we make all reason
able deduction for aged and imbecile
people who have wandered out OF
their way, and children that have
been lost through the carelessness OF
servants of their own .mischievous
propensities, there will still remain a
body of some thousands Of persons
who annually disappear from the view
of their friends.
Moreover, there is in London con-
siderable number Of men and women
who, practically speaking, have no
friends, or at least they have discon-
tinued correspondence with their re-
lations and live quite alone in London,
The number Of these who disappear
is beyond computation.
Everybody, has known VI. Instances q
people disappearing from their circle
but tile probability is that such an Oc
curence is followed by the vanishing
gentleman or lady turning up some
where else, so that it is idle to raise
any suspicion of suicide, mental alb
CREATION or crime.-COuntry Life.
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eLADsToNE's POWER OF WILL,
Enabled Great Statesman to Conquer
PHYSICAL Weakness.

PHYSICAL weakness.
Gladstone fables are rather numer-
GUS. A good many of them are demOl-
ished in Mr. Morley's Life. The world
used to hear that he never lost his
power of sleeping after the most ex~
citing nights in Parliament. But in
his diary for 1852 he writes: NERVOUS
excitement kept me wakeful after
speaking. the first time for many
years" Twenty years later he had
several spells of sleeplessness. He
Enthusiastically explains that it was
not the lack Of sleep that troubled him
but the consequent state of his brain
next morning. At other times he was
afflicted with neuralgia attacks. His
eyes magnificent to look att we're
never very strong. The Life, more
over, supplies abundant proof of his
possession of a vital force not to be
measured by any physical standard.
He could conquer weakness by indom-
table will, and indulge in ieats of en-
duraDce which would have been dan
gerous but for his splendid powers Of
recuperation. When greatly troubled
he seems to have found the relief he
required in talking it all over with
Catherine" his. devoted wife.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
RAGE for Exporting JeweIry."

"Sporting jewelry'' is all the rage.
Miniature pheasants set with dia-
monds are in great request among the
men as scarfpins. Birds perfectly
modelled by experts are shown in the
act of falling after being shot. They
are closely set with diamonds and
have small ruby eyes. Young sports
men during their first season over the
stubble are fond of perpetuating the
memory of a record days bag by Or
dering for themselves pheasant pin.
Women are also wearing them in their
riding stocks mounted or ordinary
pins. Another sporting pin that is
selling widely in London shops at
present is a little gold motor car,
gemmed closely over with diamonds.
The tiny wheels Of this car go round
and the exact mechanism OF an auto
mobile is initiated in miniature
throughout -Londo Letter.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28

years elapsed before there was any
reduction, and then came to the front
the beautiful and symmetrical mare,
Alix, by long odds the greatest COM
bination of speed, proportion, style
and quality which had yet appeared
upon the trotting turf After grand
racing career, in which she defeated
all corners, at Galesburg, ILL.,, Sept.
10, 1894, she trotted in 2.03%.
For six years the battle was waged
against time and every assault was
failure until the priests of finality
declared that the time limit had been
reached at last. The mares had GER
tainly had a long reign, but with the
new century the records began to go
with startling rapidity. The Abbot,
by Chimes, a grandson of Hambleton-
ian. on September Is, 1900, clipped
half second off the record, and a
few months later, on July 26, 1901, at
Cleveland, O., the mighty Cresceus,
the first stallion to win the world
trotting record, shot under the wire in
2.O2A. A week later, at Columbus, he
cut it to 2.02A.
When the season of 1908 opened even
in the best informed circles there
was not the slightest expectation OF
any reduction of the trott1ng record.
Major Delmar had record Of 2:O5R.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
The Vaqabond Road.

From one town to another
The staid, brown highway runs.
Laid out by the good fathers,
Trodden by us and our sons:
This way passes the schoolboy.
The countryman with his load,
The bridegroom and bride
a busy procession
OF young hearts and old
And none turns aside
Or pines for the vagabond road. -.
Oh. the vagabond road, have you seen I'll
How describe it in words
Green, capricious, enchanting,
Haunted by sweet-singing birds
Still pursuing its pleasure
BY rock, pasture and fall,
Esca ping, ascending,
Deploying-and, where
I know not, but surely -.
Deliciously ending
$50 be IT'D in nothing at all.
Dusty and safe is the highway,
Thrice respectable, too;
Here are clustered mems dwellings,,
Church and market In view.
T, too, travel the. turnpike
And there fix my abode
Yet. sometimes, perchance
halt for moment.
When no one is by,
And throw long glance
Far, far down the vagabOnd road.
-Lippincotts-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
As to PrecedentS,

Before an lola justice of the peace
the other day a man was tried on
the charge of stealing hogs. After the
evidence was in his attorney pleaded
that his client had stolen pigs, not
hogs, and asked that he be discharged.
In support of this contention he cited
Supreme court decision which re-
leased a man who was charged with
stealing a stallion when it was shown
that the horse was a gelding. The
Judge took down Webster's dictionary
and read that a pig is hog. He said
if the Supreme court thought a pig
wasn't a. hog it could decide SO on
appeal. "For my part he said, I'm
going to stand by old Noah" -Kansas
Citv Journal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
BELIEFS OF FAMOUS MEN.
by No Means Confined
Solely to Women.

Solely to Women.
People often wonder that palmistry,
clairvoyance and fortune-telling by
cards should be so popular in these
days of enlightened religion and sci
ence, when superstition ought to have
died out. But the love of mystery
and the supernatural lies inherent in
human nature. Even in the days
when the worship of pure reason
reigned in France superstitious prac-
tees were not confined to women.
In Napoleon's army, if soldiers
shake was blown off at the beginning
OF an action, or a bullet killed his
companions on each side, he imagined
himself invulnerable for the rest OF
the day.
The great philosopher Diderot used
to try the old woman's practice OF
seeking all answer to his wish in the
pages of a book opened at random.
Jean Jacques Rousseau threw
stones against the trees by the road
side, saying to himself that when they
hit the goal it meant salvation, when
they missed, eternal damnation to
him.
Napoleon himself believed in his
star.
Another of his generals finding his
pipe, his flask and the portrait of his
wife all broken together one day, an
nounced formally to his aide-de- camp
that he would die the next day in bat
tie. Truly enough he was killed by a
cannon ball.
After this, who shall blame women
for believing in presentiments, tails
mans or mens?-London Graphic.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
KILLING OFF INDIANS
EAU DE COLOGNE DESTROYS CA
MADAM ABORIGlNES.
They Have Been Quick to Learn That
Toilet Preparations Contain lntoxI-
cants, and the Demand for the De-
coctions Is Enormous.

Eau de cologne and other toilet prep
arations are doing great deal of harm
among the Indians of Peace River dis
trict in Northwestern Canada, accord
ing to member of the Canadian Geo
logical Survey who has just returned
from visit to that region.
The harm comes from the fact that
the Indians drink them.
Cologne and various other cOncoc-
tons known as Florida water, essence
of ginger and essence of peppermint
are prepared especially for internal
use by traders, who are not permitted
to sell whisky to the Indians. The
stuff is in reality nine-tenths pure
alcohol. j. NJ. Macoun of the Cana
dian Survey says that the traffic in
alcohol thus disguised has become
such serious matter that the mission
aries have become discouraged and
the business of the Hudson Bay Com
pany promises to be embarrassed.
The Indians have learned that the
sweet smelling things are to drink and
are not to be wasted as exterior oint-
ments. If one were to consult the
Dominion records Of importations, one
would suppose that the Indian half
breeds of the Northwest had suddenly
developed a remarkable fondness for
cleanliness, for the customs reports
show an unusual increase in the guam
tity of toilet water imported. Most OF
these preparations come from the
United States.
According to Mr.. Macoun, the effects
of drinking these preparations are
very serious. The cologne is especial
ly injurious, as it has shown a ten
dency to affect the eyesight of III
dams drinking it continuously.
An Indian who has drunk pint
bottle of cologne contracts a jag which
would put a continuous round OF ten
Manhattan cocktails to shame. The
prevailing tint of everything, accord
ing to few intelligent half-breeds
who had used cologne, was beautl-
full green, of varying shades.
Mr.. Macoun also asserts that he
took one drink Of cologne just to see
what sort of stuff the Indians were
anu lOuuu IL oO o"OOI oAN
nauseating, and at the same time SO
burning hot, that he was glad to end
his experiments. The essence of pep
permint water, if taken in moderate
quantities, and the essence of ginger,
hesetlsought, stisht-bes beneficial topper
sons exposed to the rigor of the north
ern climates, but it would be far bet
ter to secure unadulterated essences
prepared at a chemists, rather than
to drink the stuff prepared for the
Indians and half-breeds.
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was Sunol, who in 1891 over the kite
track at Stockton, Cal, went in 2:08A,
and again Mr.. Bonner's desire to own
champions was so great that he paid
$41 600 for her.
The marvellous speed achieved by
bicyclists led horsemen and the manu-
facturers Of sulkies to conceive the
idea that the. small tire wheel would
get round turn quicker, and that
there would be far less resistance
than with the old high wheels, with
steel tires. They were introduced in
1892, and there was at once startling
reduction in time. Nancy Hanks,
who in 1891 had trotted in 200 with
the old wheels, in 1892 in grand
series of performances successfully
reduced her record to 2.04. She is by
Happy Medium, dam Nancy Lee. by
Dictator, both of Hambletonian. Two
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
: A Sincere Commitment.

Richard Mansfield has, like many
other men, a host of enemies. One
of these enemies paid him very
sincere compliment last year.
Mr. Mansfield was playing in Beau.
caire," and the enemy, a stage carpen.
ter, peered at him from the wings OF
a Cleveland theater, scornfully at
first, but gradually less scornfully.
And, as the act progressed, the car
penter, though he hated the actor, be-
came more and more absorbed. He
stood silent and rigid. He watched
every gesture, he observed every in
donation OF the star. And finally,
when the curtain fell, he exclaimed,
with flushed cheeks and a little tremOr
in his voice:
Darn him, that man could act a
gridiron."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
New Mountaineering Records,

Mountaineering records have recent
ly been broken in two respects in the
Hunza Magyar peaks of the Himalayas
on the northwest frontier of India.
For four years past Mr.. and Mrs. Bull
lock Workman have been carrying on
climbing operations in those parts
with the aid of Swiss guides and Aug.
IL last DR.. Workman and two guides
climbed an unnamed peak Dear the
Chogo Loongma glacier to a height
of 1884 feet. They did not quite
reach the top, but this is higher than
the previous worlds record, which is
the summit of Aconcagua in the
Andes, 23,0S3 feet. Mount Everest,
however, the highest peak in the
world, still remains unconquered. On
the same day Mrs. Bullock Workman
reached a height of 22,568 feet, which
breaks the previous record for women
held by herself-by 1868 feet Mrs.
Workman is mild-looking and middle.
aged, with gray hair and a by no
means athletic figure.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28

but no one saw in him a future cham
p1on. Lou Dillon was an unknown
quantity. Her pedigree goes up to
-ftamb 1etunian through Sidney Difton
and Happy Medium, though about SO
per cent of her pedigree is unknown
as Thoroughbred. At Readville, Mass,
on August "a, she trotted in 200 and
thus realized the dreams Of the en-
thusiasts who have predicted that
time as the ultimate limit.
This looked like glory enough for
one season, but in the meantime a
new star had appeared in the bay
geiding Major Delmar, who had enter
ed the ring in fight to finish with
Father Time Starting the season
with a record of '2.05 Il in series of
brilliant performances he cut it down
in sections till finally on Sept. rs, at
the Empire City track, he went in 200
and divided regal honors with Lou
Dillon. Major Delmar belongs to the
Electloneer-Wilke branch of the
trotting family.
This looked like the climax, but ma
ture rarely stays still. On October
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Goth to Roman-A. D. 408.


Mine is the strength of the mighty hills,
Mine the harsh roar of the shout thai
thrills,
Mine the swift stroke of the arm that
kills
Sudden, like crack of doom:
Thine is the fate OF the nerVeless hand,
Crouching in dread in the fertile land,
Wealthy, by fear for thy wealth I'M
manned.
Slain by thy fields fair bloom.
Wine that thy servants have trodden out.
Left by thy slaves in the sudden rout,
Quaffed by my men with battle shout,
Deep in the wars swift flood:
Grain that thy bondmen have garnered
in.
Cloths thy old women were made to spin.
Urea sures of gold and a nations sin
For these thou hast spilled thy
blood.
Swept by the blasts of the fierce north
Wheeling our passions with ~oman:s
Lusty young arms against arms that fail,
Nation without a home!
What though thy Caesar once called thee
brave,
Wouldst thou stand between US and thy
new-made grave?
Save thy life while thou hast life to save!
Up! Get thee gone from Rome!
-ROStOn TRANSCRIPT.