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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-14
Brilliant Reception.

Captain and Mrs. Lewis Merriam, Q
Tie Cnitcd States army, gave q brilliant
reception wednesday evening last, ~
their home In washington, D. c. IN
honor Of their guests. Miss RUBY Bode-
kcr, OF this city, and Mrs. Preston roper
al Petersburg. 49,.
Receiving with tho hostess were MISS
Eodeker. Mrs. Roper Miss Merriam, tno
wife Of Major General Merriam, ana d, NJ rs >.
prindle. tho wife Of Admiral Prindle Miss
Bodelser was gowned In white cn1broldcr-
81 with pearls and had on diamond orna-
mcnts. Mrs. Roper wore silk trimmed
In point lace with diamonds.
Punch and ices were served 1py MISS
Pollock and Miss Shultz. Floral deco
ratlons wcre in red carnations and tulips
and musical selections were given by an al
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-14
Willis-Bowers.
Leap Year German.

on Friday evening, February 18th, the
old tavern at Hanover Courthouse was
the scene OF beautiful leap year german
given by the young ladies OF the vicinity
in honor OF the members Of tho Hanover
German Club. The intricate figures we're
led BY Mr.. George u. Haw, OF. Hanover.
Va, with Miss Converse. OF Louisville
Ky. The dancing continued until mid
night after which refreshments were
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The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-09
shock to BENEVOLENT Desire.

A BENEVOLENT neighbor of ours is some
times put to it to decide whether her
good intentions do not cause quite
as much trouble as they cure. The
other day she was visiting in the tene-
ment of a very poor family, in whose
wretched home she found a litter Of
puppies better cared for than the chill
dren LhasketfLl of kittens alb
sorbing the attention winch might
have been p%rofitably devoted to the
hopping OF the floor. While meditat-
ing how she could best offer some gift
of money which might be wisely applied
to immediate necessities, the eldest
daughter of the one-room home abrupt
" asked: Say. Mrs. X, wouldn't you
like to buy two of these puppies? You
can have them for ST." Glad of an OPP
p~ortunity to contribute the 81 to a
household where it was evidently much
needed, she al opening her purse,
when she thought to inquire: MARY,
what will you do with the 81 if l give
it to your "Pay the dog tax on the
rest of the puppies" was the prompt
but unexpected reply. The problem OF
poverty is not how to get money to the
hand Of the poor, but how to get it to
stay there.-Chicago Interior.
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Agree with the girls father in poll
ties and the mother in religion.
If you have a rival, keep an eye on
him. If he is a widower, keep two
eyes on him.
Don't put too much sweetstuff on
paper. If You do you will hear it in
after years when your wife has some
especial purpose in inficting upon you
the severest punishment known to a
married man.
Go home at a reasonable hour in the
evening. Don't wait until a girl has to
throw her whole soul into a yawn that
she can't cover with both hands. A
little thing like that might cause a
GOODNESS at the very beginning of the
game.
If on the occasion of your first call,
the girl upon whom you have set your
young affections looks like an iceberg
and acts like a cold wave, take your
leave early and stay away. Woman in
her hour of freeze is uncertain, coy,
and hard to please.
In cold weather finish saying good
night in the house. Don't stretch it
all the way to the front gate, and thus
lay the foundation for future asthma,
bronchitis, neuralgia and chronic ca
tarrh to help you to worry the girl
after she has married.
Don't lie about your financial condi-
ton. 1t is very annoying to a bride
who has pictured a life of ease in her
ancestral halls to learn too late that
you expect her to ask a baldheaded old
parent who has been uniformly kind
to her to take you both in out of the
cold.LChicago Journal.
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The King of Italy.

NO Englishman is more fond of sport
than is the King of Italy. The King
is devoted to all outdoor sports, more
especially tennis, shooting, yachting,
motoring and fishing. There is o story
that once on returning from a very
q days fishing the King met a poor
man who had been very much more
successful. The King stopped the
man and asked for a light. The man
noticed that the fish the King was
carrying were few in number and
small, and not recognizing the King
chaffed him on his bad luck. "You
might be the King said the man,
with that little lot" "Why?" asked
the King, slightly embarrassed.
"Well," said the man, "every one
knows that he is all right as a king,
but he's no sportsman"
This was q libel. The King enters
heartily into every occupation that he
takes up, whether it is q matter OF
pleasure or duty. He is an excellent
horseman, and can sit in the saddle
for hours at a time without partaking
of any refreshments. 1t will be con
coded that a man who can do this
must be as "hard' as nails.
The King of Italy is a capital shot
The Kings indoor hobbies are reading
and n~umismatics. His collection of
coins is one of the best in the world
Golden Penny.
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The New Guinea Cannihals.

"New Guinea is a country with
great natural wealth, and whether the
people who wish to take advantage of
it go among cannibal savages or civil
lied Christians depends on them
Selves said the Rev. W. r. Mounsey
yesterday when describing the work
done by himself and his colleagues of
the British New Guinea Mission on the
north coast. This part of the world
was twelve years ago inhabited by q
race of dangerous cannibals.
Stirring times were the lot Of the first
missionaries who went out, and often
the Bishop or n Of his assistant
clergy, landing on a lonely part of the
beach, were Immediately surrounded
by hundreds of chocolate colored saw
ages whose barred teeth cleaned no
less ominously than the huge spears
which they carried.
On n occasion the Bishop of New
Guinea had his whaleboat wrecked OH
the coast and lost everything. He and
another clergyman laid their wet
clothes on the beach to dry in the
SUM-. Presently they saw a crowd of
savages watching them, and fearing
mischief they dressed and walked
boldly toward the crowd, which slowly
dispersed. 1t was afterward learned
that the boat had been watched and
a great feast planned, in which the
Bishop and Clergyman were to be
eaten.
C~annibalism is now practically ex.
tinct, although several natives still
practise it in secret.-London Mail.
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Minor Mention.

In regu may be seen an English
sentry keeping guard over a Burmese
idol.
The French Government has decided
to erect an electric telegraph line
across the Great Sahara.
Reports of the wholesale slaughter Of
deer and game birds out of season
come to Duluth from the ranges.
More than 500 students worked their
way through Columbia University last
year, arr 9 in various ways ST..
031.17.
The oldest woman who married in
Berlin last year was seyenty-two; 22s
were owe fifty years, and one under
sixteen.
A remarkable state of contrabaud
has just been brought to light in Spain
where the growing of tobacco in Spain
itself is prohibited.
One of the features Of the Lewis anl
Clark Exposition in Portland next yeai
Will be n great dog show. At least 1906
dogs will be there, 1t is promised.
An Italian. Luciano Butt. has per
fected a Photographic apparatus capa
BILE of registering ihe incredible mum
Der Of 1000 Photographic impression.
q second.
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Rats and Silver.

Rats, like some other animals, seem
to have a Partially for silver. A lady
correspondent, writing to Nature
Notes, says:
MY sister was staying in a lonely
house in the southwest of Ireland dur
ing August. One evening the house
maid, when laying the cloth for late
dinner, placed the butter-dish and sill
yer ~butter-knife ON the sideboard and
left the room. Returning a few min
utes later she found the butter-knife
gone and suspected the rats, who had
taken other articles of silver. When
search was made the missing butter
knife was found behind the side
board, and behind q heavy piece of
furniture another b~utter-knife was
found which had ben lost for three
months. Halfway down a rat-hole
in the pantry was found a silver fork
and an ordinary dinner-knife. Silver
teaspoons had also been found under
the drawing-rOOm floor.
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The Radium Supply.

Sir William Ramsay in a recent adj
dress said that few people realize the
great scarcity of the raw material
for yielding radium nor the exceed
ingly minute particles used in the ex-
periments that have astounded the
world. The Scientific American quotes
him as saying: at Is impossible to
say whittier the future supply Of ray
material is to come from. / believe
that in America, c~arnotite looks prom
Using as a basis for it. Cleavite, a
mineral found in Norway, is also
looked upon as a favorable source of
supply. That there is no more than
one-tenth of an ounce of this sub.
stance in existence seems beyond be-
lief at first thought. But when we
remember that radium is manufac.
tured by a concentration and crystalliz.
ing process, and that it is only obtained
in the form of salts, which may con.
tain but a small percentage Of pure
radium, this does not seem so strange,
after all. The amount of radium salts
even, as yet manufactured, is very
small"
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Dan Leno,s Big Tip.

Recently, in the middle of one of the
late Dan Leno's successful tours, he
ran up to town one Sunday and visited
his club. Addressing an old waiter, he
said: Maurice, how long have you
been working for this club!' Ever
since it was started, Mr.. Leno." "And
what was the biggest tip you ever re-
ceiyed, Mauriceg'' 1.-TWO sovereigns.'
well my boy" said Leno, "Tll make
that boy looks foolish. Here's a flyer
for you. And, by the way, Maurice,
what was the name of the fellow who
gave you two pounds?" "Well Mr..
Leno," said Maurice, after he had Sc
cured the five pound note, 1T was
yourself, SHIN. A. P, in New York
Evening sun.
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DEFENSE OF OUR SEA COAST.
Gen. Story Points Out Two Necessary
Improvements.

Washington, D. C.-Two improvements
in the National coast defense scheme
are Immediately necessary, says Chief of
Artillery Gen. P. j. Story in his annual
report. These are the completion of the
torpedo defenses of the harbors, with a
trained personnel to operate them, and
the installation at all the coast batteries
equipment, thereby giving the guns an ac-
curate range of six miles, instead of two
miles, as at present.
Gen. Story calls attention to the lessons
learned at Port Arthur and Vladivostok,
where harbors adequately mined and with
torpedoes protected by guns SO that they
could not be countermined proved i'm
pregnable against the japanese.
"Torpedoes by themselves cannot pro
tect a harbor and cannot protect them
selves" " says Gen. Story. "To have any de
fensive value they must be supported by
guns, since without the support of guns
they can be countermined or in other ways
made innocuous, and thus allow a safe
passage to hostile vessels; but if, as at
Port Arthur and Vladivostok, torpedoes
are co-ordinated with a proper armament,
it is not probable that any enemy, how.
ever enterprising, will attempt to force
their line of defense.
ITO secure at the present time the great.
est measure of National safety at the least
cost the entire torpedo defense of cur
harbors should at once be made complete.
The cost of the completion of this defense
is estimated at $3,8l9, APO, or a little more
than one-half the cost of a fully equipped
battleship. To-day this defense is lament
ably deficient both in material and per-
sonnet"
Gen. Story declares hat it is not entire
ly the IMAM behind the gun" in coast ar
tillery who is entitled to credit, but also
the man who figures out the position of
the target and directs the gunner where to
aim. He adds: $50 accurate is our sys-
TEN of position finding that we obtain ex-
cellent practice in firing from our mortars
at moving targets, although the target can
never be seen from the mortars themselves
when they are fred. With our position
finding equipment our large guns are effec-
tive against an enemy at an extreme range
of six miles for the 10 inch and u inch
guns and II inch mortars, and at CORE
%spondingly less range for smaller cahbers.
Without a position finding equipment
shots are practically wasted if fired at
ships at more than two miles range, which
means that with a position finding equip
| ment the efficiency of the land armament
is increased by beginning an engagement
| against hostile vessels at about three times
the distance we could expect effective fire
without them.
s'There has been developed in our coast
artillery a system of fire action, that. as
far as / can ascertain, is not equailed in
the world; but its accomplishment depends
upon a standard equipment which is not
completely installed in any Of our harbors.
We have still to improvise in many har-
bors means Of position finding in order to
conduct our artillery target practice, and
in snch harbors we have no installation
for directing the fire action Of the higher
units, such as a fire command or a battle
! command.
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People Talked b O

Sir William Harcourt al in his day
the subject of many nicknames.
John B. Mcdonald, desiring to be
free to build more subways, will not
accept the presidency of the Port
Chester road.
Former United States Senator Frank
J. Cannon, of Utah, has accepted the
position of .editor-in-chief of the Salt
Lake Tribune.
Baron Won RiedeI, who has just re-
signed the portfolio of Minister OF Iii
nance in the Bavarian Government,
has held it for twenty-seven years.
Colonel D. Is. Dyer, of Augusta, Ga,
has presented his collection of Indian
relics, valued at $200,O 600, to Kansas
City, to be incorporated in the public
library there.
William M. o. Dawson, the Republi.
can Governor-elect of West Virginia
is fifty years old, and began life as a
printer. then became al editor and Is
now q lawyer.
Judge Thomas J. Hunes, formerly
Mayor of Seattle, Wash. who dropped
dead on the street at Fairbank, Alaska
the other day, was 4 double of Marl
Twain i'll more than looks, as he wa:
noted among his friends as a humorist
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Momen,s Hirh. Pitched voices.

A Philadelphia who has been back
a week or so from an extensive tour
of Europe concludes that American
women, as seer in the general view in
street and shop, are all right to look
at, but" he says, Il never knew how
bad they were to listen to until | came
back and heard their voices, high
pitched and with a nasal twang that
seems excessive after a summers re-
spite. l really think it must be worse
than when / left, and If there are
any statistics on the subject l would
be willing to bet OF it. To me it Is
now so noticeable that 1 wonder every
time when l see that other people do
not seem to hear it. OF course, you can
get used to anything, but when 1 do
find a woman now whose speech is Of
the low, full-voiced kind you hear in
Europe, it acts like a positive rest for
the ear. They say. 1 believe, that the
feminine nasal squeak is worse in the
country than in the city, but I don't
see how that could be possible. Physi-
cal culture will never fulfill it's func-
tons completely till it does away with
the high-pitched voice."-Philadelphia
Record.
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About American Farms.

Reviewing the increase in farm cap.
ital in the United States, the Secre-
tary of Agriculture in his eighth an.
nual report, just submitted to the
President, estimates it conservatively
at 100000 within four years-thfs
without recognizing the marked in
crease in the value of land during the
past two years. The most startling
figures shown as illustrating the far
mer's prosperity r those presented
by deposits in banks in typical agri
cultural States.
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TO BUILD STEAMERS IN JAPAN.
Three to Be Constructed of Material
Shipped From the United States.

San Francisco, Cal.-Local repre-
sentattives of the Togo Kisen Kaisha,
the japanese steamship company, say
that the company has decided to buildI
at Nagasaki two $4,000 ton passenger
and freight steamers for its San Franz
cisco and Oriental service instead of
having them constructed in England.
The Mitsu Bishi Dockyard and Engine
Works is to build the steamships.
Another steamship company is hating
built at the same place a 5000 ton
steamer for its Japan-Seattle service.
The material for these new steam
ships and six others is being bought
in the United States and the ship
ments of this material are now going
through this port for Nagasaki. Large
shipments for locomotives, rails and
also material for the new waterworks
at Yokohama are going through here,
as well as railroad material for the
reconstruction Of the Chinese-Eastern
road, which was destroyed by the
Russians.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-09
Gods Medic,na

Although DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes
never practiced medicine, those who
knew him intimately say that he
cheered more sinking invalids, cured
o sick people, and did more good,
even from a medical standpoint, than
many of his young physician friends.
The secret of his power lay in his over
flowing cheerfulness and kindness of
heart. He scattered flowers of good
cheer wherever he went. With him
optimism was a creed. 'Mirth is Gods
medicine" he declared; Everybody
ought to battle in it. Grim care, NOR
Oseness, anxiety-all the rust of life
ought to-be secured off by the oil of
mirth."
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-09
An Up-to-Datc Angel.

She sat Decide her nurse on the Park
bench, swinging her doll by n arm
and turning an angelic face confding-
ly up to the ~passersby, none of whom
passed her without a second glance.
isn't she a perfect little seraph?'
exclaimed one lady as her eyes dwelt
admlringly on the child's golden curls
and eyes Of heavens own blue. "But
aren't you afraid you'll hurt dolly,
dearY" she added. pointing to the bat
tered p%laything, whose head vas being
beaten to a pulp against the bench.
With a sweet smile the seraph re-
piled:
Its my doll; it amt up to you to
butt in."-New York Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-09
HAPPY CHILDHOOD.
Right Food Makes Happy Children Be
cause They Are Healthy.

Sometimes milk does not agree with
children or adults. The same thing is
true of other articles Of food. What
agrees with one sometimes does not
agree with others.
But food can be so prepared that it
will agree with the weakest stomach.
AS an Observation-Disclosures, no matter
how weak the stomach, can eat, relish
and digest a nice hot cup of Postum
coffee with q spoonful or two of Grape
Nuts poured in, and such a combina-
ton contains nourishment to carry one
a number of hours, for almost every
particle Of it will be digested and
taken up by the system and be made
use of.
A lady writes from the land Of the
Magnolia and the mocking bird way
down in Alabama and says: Il was
led to drink Postum because coffee
gave me sour stomach and made me
nervous. Again Postum was recon-
mended by two well known physicians
for my children, and / feel especially
grateful for the benefit derived.
milk does not agree with either
child, SO to the eldest, aged four and
one-half years, l give Postum with
plenty of sweet cream. 1t agrees with
her splendidly, regulating her bowels
perfectly, although she is of a consti-
pated habit.
"For the youngest, aged two and one
half years, | use one. half Postum and
one-half skinned milk. | have not
given any medicine since the children
began using Postum, and they enjoy
every drop Of it.
"a neighbor Of mine is giving Pos
tum to her baby lately weaned. with
splendid results. The little fellow is
thriving %famously." Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich.
Postum agrees perfectly with chill
dren and supplies adults with the hot
invigorating beverage in place Of
coffee. Literally thousands of Amer
leans have been helped out of stom'
ach and nervous diseases by leaving
off coffee and using Postum Food COT
fee. Look in package for the littlt
book, 1.-THE Road to Wellville."
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She Got Several souxenirs.

"My wife is great on souvenirs"
said the mar with the faraway look
In his eyes. "a couple of weeks ago,
as we were riding in the country, she
called my attention to an orioles nest
hanging from the limb of a tree. She
had wanted one for a long time, and
here was the chance, and l, Of course,
got out and secured it."
"Any eggs i'll it," asked the fat man.
"No, no eggs"
"Any young birds?"
mo"
"Just the nest, eh?"
"Just the nest and about a thousand
wasps, and we were both in bed three
days."-Chicago Daily News.
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The Operatic "star.,,

1t is the star system that kills or
cripples the smaller undertakings that
might lead to the establishment of
permanent operas in every part Of the
country, the money that should be re-
served for these smaller u%nertakings
each year being eaten up by two or
three stars. Every one suffers.
N~inety-nine impresarios in a hundred
go bankrupt; consequently they are
growing more and more afraid of
specializing in stars, and it may be
hoped that some day the stars will no
longer be able to do their starring-at
least not at another mans risk-and
even the public that likes to hear stars
will have no OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Review.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-09

For a time l was unable to walk at
all, and every make-shift / tried and
all the medicine 1 took had not the
slightest effect. My back continued to
grow weaker until l began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills, and l must say
I was more than surprised and graft
fed to notice the back ache disappear
ing gradually until it finally stopped"
Doan's kidney Pills sold by all
dealers or mailed on receipt of price,
so cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co..
Buffalo, N. Y.
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Turn to Argentina.

From drought damage and blight
by rust the eyes of the speculative
wheat traders have turned for the
moment to Argentina, whose harvest
is now at hand, and prices have taken
on a little strength as a result of the
vision concerning the prospects in the
South American country. The vision
was one of unfavorable weather for
gathering the grain. These reports
however, have not been CONSISTENCY
one days returns being to the effeci
that the conditions were bad, while
the next grist was to the effect thai
they were good.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-09
Canned Pineapple Advanced.

Discussing the situation in SiI
pore canned pineapple a membq
the Paul Taylor Brown Company
1.-THE deliveries on early contract
being made freely from recex
rivals, and we find that there -
good deal of anxiety In jobbing qua
tiers to secure purchases made. TIL
indicates that dealers are having
good demand for the product.n
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-09

On the occasion of the hundredth an
niyersary Of the death of Schiller
(AIay 8, i90s,) the Swiss Government
intends to give every pupil in the pub
lie schools a copy of that poets play,
William Tell" The sun of $4,000
has been set aside for this purpose.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-09
VENT PROVIDED FOR FIANcER
st. Louis Girl Gets Life Interest in
Estate of Philadelphian.

Philadelphia, Pa.--The bulk of the
estate of Edward i. Wentz, the
wealthy Philadelphian who was mys-
teriously killed in the West Virginia
mountains last winter, is left in trust
to his fiancee, Cornelia Brookmire, of
st. Louis. The estate is worth from
100000 to 100000. The will was exc
cuted September s, 1908, a few days
before Wentz disappeared.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-09

Kalamazoo Bank Withstands Run.
A run on the Kalamazoo Mich.)
Savings Bank began the other morn
ing and continued through the day.
The bank kept o%pen~puntil 5 o'clock,
two hourse after the usual hour Of
closing.