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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-03
FRENCH CONTRACT.
Gable Message Announces Selec-
+;on #of Williams r. Reh1ing.

The French contract for Virginia has
been awarded to Williams and Rehing,
OF this city. VINO have supplied the order
during the greater part Of the past
In the city yesterday morning announced
the award.
The shipments will begin at once and
will be concluded by April. 1905. The con.
dark tobacco. There will be about 500
hogsheads. which will be landed at Bor-
deaux, Havre and Marseilles.
Forest Hill Opening Tomorrow.
Forest Fill Park will open for the sum
NOR season tomorrow afternoon with a
dance In the big pavilion.
"A. G. Small, formerly OF Beach Park,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-03
Property Transfers "Wednesday

Property Transfers Wednesday.
5Chappell "a Sc feet on north side Grace
a Slgsff!' y - ~ les' west q Msao0W'
b Same to Mary E. Gresset "a 10 lap feet
feet west of Meadow, $3.50.
Grandson Anthony to Ellen Anthony.
his WIFE 80 LIZ feet on east side Fifteenth
J. L. Cannon, special commissioning, to
Elizabeth Holleran and Bernadina Thed-
lick, 20 feet on south side Fairfield street.
z 90 feet east of Buchanan, $176. n 81 (,
y Joseph Fischer and wife to Henry L.
Baumgartner, 20 feet on west side !, Harvie
street. 19l 1-3 feet north Of Cary. 1000,
Granite Building Company to H.. G. Tin
sley,'l7 feet on west side Munford street,
1852 feet south Of Brook Avenue, S1,05O.
Fl Addle and Andrew Jackson's trustees.
to Andrew Jackson, 80 feet on Second
street. southeast corner of Baker, 81, lao.
Marietta Peers to w. G. Atkinson, s2
feet on Broad street, northeast corner of
5Twenty-fourth, $3.50.
Iennie Fhelps's trustees to Henry S.
tWallerstein, % feet on Fourth street.
southeast corner of Marshall, $3.50.
on south side street, s.s feet vest s tot Of
tI'weity-slSth 5000.
Same to Mary e. Hansbrough, 10 feet
on south side Q. street 1853 feet west Of
Henrlco,-John r. Baker to Daniel
Duke, 4.76 acres near Charles City road,
$Hd0
Newton l.. Gentry, 81 feet on east side
Twentieth street, 1879 feet north OF s.
street, s1950.
Julian Bryant's trustee to J. C. and G.
r. Driinnkker. 50 s-S acres on Darbytown
William w. and Mary E. Chrlstie's
trustee to Otis Fl, Russell, 10 acres on
New Market road. 500.
II. p. Beck. SO feet on east side North
avenue. $40
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-03
DANCING MOONLIGHT.
The p. M. H. S. P. B. Club Goes
Down River Tuesday Night.

lDUWII INIVCI IuCoudy IVISI1t' :.
AN excursion to Dutch Gap on the
steamer Old Point Comfort Tuesday
night. The steamer will leave her wharf
at s o'clock and return at II p. M.
An excellent band will be aboard, and
the young people can dance to their
hearts content. Refreshments will also
be served, and there will be other pleas
ant features.
the trip who guess the name of the club
under whose auspices the moonlight Is
given.
This Is the first excursion Of the sea-
son to provide dancing and 1t will be
correspondingly enjoyed. M
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17

Senator Hoar in his volume of rem
iniscences gives an amusing glimpse
of Edward Everett's method of work
ing up his oratorical effects: AT the
Concord celebration in 1850 the great
orator turned in the midst Of his speech
and addressed Amos Baker and Jona-
than Harrington. two veterans of the
Revolution. At once they both stood
up, and Mr. Everett said. with fine
dramatic effect: sit, venerable friends,
1t is for us to stand in your presence
After the proceedings were over old
Amos Baker was heard to say to
somebody: What do YOU suppose
Squire Everett meant? He came to Us
before his speech and told us to stand
up when he spoke to Us, and when we
stood up he told us to sit down."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17
Moon worship In America.

Luniolatry was not confined to the
old world. The Dakotah tribes Of
North America worship the sun and
moon, and the Delaware and Iroquois
Indians sacrifice TO both. Meztli was
the moon as deified in Mexico Forty
miles TO the north of the capital is the
site of the ancient city Of Teotihuacan,
twenty miles in circumference. In the
center of the ruins are the remains of
a pyramid of the sun and one of the
moon. Adjoining the great temple Of
the sun at CuZco stood several chapels
of smaller dimensions. One of these
was dedicated to the moon. the mother
goddess of the Inca race.
A vast plate of silver almost GOV
cred one wall Of the apartment, and
upon it was emblazoned representa-
ton of the deity, consisting Of human
countenance surrounded by numerous
rays of light emanating from it in all
directions. All the other decorations
Of the temple were of the same metal
as fitted to the pale. silvery light of the
moon
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17

In his book on Cities Arthur Sy-
mons writes of the capital of Bulgaria {:
There is something dry. hot and fierce
in Sofia which is at once ordinary.
sordid and almost startling. The houses
are for the most part such houses as one
might see in any small town in any
country, but at corner on the main
street there is mosque and around
the mosque something like a village
fair. Wooden booths are set up at each
side OF the street, wooden palings sur
round empty spaces or open upon cafes
in which trees grow or upon one story
houses or upon little wooden theater
Money changers. with their glass cases
of gold and silver coins and coin ear
rings and rings outside their shop win
dows, suggest already the sarafs of
Constantinople. At upper windows
above the shops you see men working
sewing machines; at the edges of the
pavement little dark bootblacks, Kurds,
sit with their wooden blocks before
them. Men pass selling water. grapes
and nuts. A woman passes and then
another, carrying huge dark green
melon in her arms solemnly. like a
royal orb"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17

The camel is found in Arabia, Per
STA, Asia Minor, Afghanistan, Balu-
chistan, Mongolia. western China and
northern India, as we'll as in Syria,
Turkey, north Africa and parts of
Spain. The camel is known by the
same root word in nearly all these
lands: not a page scarcely of an Arabic
lexicon but has reference to the cam
ell. The language itself, according to
Hammer Purgstall. knows him by
5.744 names. The only reason why
Scripture is comparatively silent is be
cause the topography of the Holy Land
is such that in most parts the use Of the
camel is an impossibility.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17

Jean Lombard. French writer. had
fought for many years against poverty
and i'll health. but nevertheless had
produced several novels which Were
considered by those who had read them
to be works of genius, though they had
been total failures as salable commod-
tiles. ON his last work he concentrat-
ed all his hopes of recognition. but on
publication the book showed every sign
of going unnoticed. The author, how
ever. hit upon a unique way of adver-
Using it. He wrote from Marseilles a
letter signed AN Indignant Republic
an" to the authorities in Paris violent
ly censuring the book as dangerous to
public morality and demanding the i'm
prisonment of its author. When inqu-
ries were made the writer and the au-
thor were found to be one and the
same person. but the writer's object
was accomplished.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17

Freshmen have troubles the world
over. The "conscrits," as they are call
ed at the famous Ecole Polytechnique
in Paris, are subjected to an amusing
initiation called the salad of shoes.
The freshmen report some days be-
fore the upper class men so that they
can receive their uniforms and become
familiar With the routine of the school.
The first morning after their torment
ors return the freshmen are aroused
by a demand that they throw their
shoes out of the windows into the court
krd. The shoes are gathered into a
ntap. and. kneeling in big circle
around this. the freshmen are Obliged
TO go through some ridiculous gymnas-
tic movements at the command of their
superiors.
When the study bell rings they have
but n minute to appear in the class
rooms. and it Is a strenuous minute
around that PIE Z. Us.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17

At Rockford. Essex. England, the
whisper court is a strange observance
held annually under the superintend-
ence of the steward of the manor. The
business of the court is carried out at
midnight in the open air. The absence
of tenant is punishable by a fine of
double his rent for each hour he fails
to be in attendance. No artificial light,
except firebrand, Is permitted, and
the proceedings are recorded by means
of one of the embers of the brand. The
roll of fourteen tenants is then called
over and answered 10 in a whisper, and
then they kneel down and swear al
legiance. Very many years ago the
lord of the manor. after an absence
from his estate, was returning home
by night. On the way he accidentally
heard some of his discontinued ten
antry plotting his assassination. Thus
warned, he returned home by an unex-
pected route. Then he ordered that
each year his tenants should assemble
at the same time to do him homage
around a post which he erected on the
spot where the plotters met.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17

ileakls stuck TO him like a iimpet.
lie even bowed civilly to Trabue, who
hung about Jnney. his eyes downeast.
his look preoccupied. The end Of the
school term was just three week.
ahead. Before he came to that partin
of the ways he felt that he must know
exactly where he stood. Janey had
grown distinctly kinder. Still. there
was something In her kindness that
put him farther of. She would be an
Ideal wife for him. A bold stroke would
do 1t now. A year hence would be
quite too late.
While the laughter and chatter were
at food he drew her apart and poured
out to her bis hopes. aspirations, plans.
Love be barely named. Might they not.
he pleaded, be intellectual comrades7
Sustained by her companionship be
felt himself capable Of great things.
He bad already made a beginning. and
she was all unwittinsiy the inspiration
Of what be bad done.
Then he tried to take her hand
Janey withdrew It gently. Tell me all
about It." she Whispered. . towering
smile about her lips. Trabue bent to
her ear and said hurriedly. 'You must
not mention It. sweetheart. but am
Leafric-Leofric. who wrote desolate
and despairing things because you re-
fused him"
"rndeed,' Jnney said. getting up from
her messy rock to slip past him. Then,
over her shoulder. she added: "You will
please wait until afternoon for your
answer. I must go help about the din
ner"
Dinner was so fine feast Lawyer
Murdoch declared he felt more than
paid for his long drive out from town.
He was Squire Gates man of business
and Janey's sworn friend. Therefore
nobody wondered at their confidential
talk aside, and even Phil Mayhem
smiled approval when the lawyer kiss
ed Janey in greeting. But be sure there
was stir as Lawyer Murdoch pulled
Janey to the middle of the crowd,
raised his voice and said, with twin
king eyes: Ladies and gentlemen,
to present to you Leofric, the poetess
of Cane Creek. Don't remember II
against her that she is a poetess-it's
all the fault of that seoundrel, Phil
Mayben"-
ut won't be any longer, Mr.. Muir
dock" Phil said. bursting through the
crowd TO catch Janey In his arms and
hide her bushes in his breast. Il
know I've been seven kinds of fool, -
he went on. II don't deserve Janey-
nobody does, for that matter-but I'm
going to have her or die trying"
You've got her." Lawyer Murdoch
said, wringing Phil's hand. Dora Meak-
ins turned her back and went off with
her head high. but Mr.. Leonard Trabue
stayed not on the order of his going.
Nobody in Cane Greek neighborhood
ever saw him again
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17

The Suk tribe in Africa work their
hair into kind OF bag shaped matted
chignon stiffened with clay. This
reaches almost to the waist. The Suks
also wear curious cape made of mon
key skin rubbed soft. This cape is not
worn for warmth or protection from
the sun, but when it rains they put the
cape over their beads to prevent the
elay being washed out of their hair.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17
IN A BIG LAUNDRY.



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t. sh.ra.. 80 ,oa,n sama.,r,a. ! ro.
,n.n s,,nar,,,.nds ,h,s aanar,,n.rt I'm,
moro often a. "a given over m a man
FOR tho vorr ,s heavy and a moro nm.
enviahle no.,tion than in tho close
.ta.mv basement con ha rd,v he i'm.
ao,ned Tho nrocess of washing re.
ou,res hetwaen two and tbree hours
aftor which tho clothes arc nacted into
the condenser and are sent nm tn 90
through the process of starchinp.
Tho oneninu of the drier emits a
wave Of hot air and discloses rows of
articles hung before hot steam pipes
There seem 70 be machines for every.
thinp-for moistening the clothes to
inst the right point for driving and
smoothing on. sheets and such large
articles which pass between the cyl.
ipders covered with absorbent ma.
teriaI and for polisbiny shirt bosoms
and collars cuffs and neckbands of
sb;rts
Tho o,r,s r,rs+ no mora or ,eas st;I,a1
l., r,,rnin, tbosa roI,shors Tho sb;rts
ara strotohod orar a LIND ~ hosou
Rood ona tho hot roller nosses owe,
thar, Tbo no,vor ia roo,,lote nv +he
,oot IT, ~ - Ia,rSr,os tha,a az
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17
sLl.swosrH nA.KErs.
WEDNESDAY. February II, 1904

= WhDNEbUATs rEUFUHfy II, I3UF
aArNE Law KssAKDise WEIGHTS AsD nKAsusEs
bushel of Liverpool salt shall weigh 81
pounds, and hushel OF Turks Island salt snail
weigh 10 pounds.
Che standard weight OF a Dushei Of potatoes,
IA good order and DIT for shipping, is 80 pou Is
of apples, a pounds
rhe standard weight of bushei of Deans In
sood order and lit for shipping, is 50 pounds.
OF wheat, beets, ruta bags turnips and peaS, 81
pounds: of corn, 81 pounds; of onions. 81
pounds; of carrots. English turnips, rye and
indian meal. 80 pounds; Of parsnips, Is pounds
OF barley anu buckwheat, - pounds; of oats.
- pounds. or even measure as by agreement.
The prices quoted below are the retail prices
at Ellsworth. Farmers can easily reckon from
these what they are likely to receive In trade
or cash for their products.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17
The Usual Way.

81 suppose links is proud of his boy
but he hasn't taken the usual way of
showing his friends that lie is"
what do you mean"
HE hasn't told them that his son is
so big for his age that he has to get
a suit made for a fourteen-year-old
when he is only eleven.
Times Star.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17
A Little Outside Help.

81 understand that politician is a self
made man"
HE is, entirely-except for a couple
of coats OF whitewash which he has
received from investigating commit
tees. "-Sy racuse Herald.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17

Too late TO cure a cold after consumption has
fastened Its deadly grip on the lungs. Take DIR.
Woods Norway Pine Syrup while yet there Is
time.-AdUt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17

As riches and favor forsake man we
discover him to be fool, but nobody
could find it out In his prosperity
swers.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17

What's the secret of happy, vigorous health? ?
Simply keeping the bowels, the stomach, the
liver and kidneys strong and active. Burdock
Blood Bitters does it.-Advt
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17

The range of hearing In adults under
fifty-five years of age Is approximately
16.OOG to $4,000 vibrations per second.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17

Wherever there is authority there is
q natural inclination to dlsobedience.
The Washington times., 1904-08-26
One Day More P Figures ss n '9 9s: : CT s

FrSt-A Metroye Pianoa from Sanders & Stayan 1927
Street ~ w.
Note In the plano
Second-A Solid Gold Watch value $50.
Thrd-A Gold Seal Ring
Four-Large Floor Rug From the store of The Hub Frni
ture Company, Seventh and d Streets n w.
FfthAn Order for S25 in merchandise Godenbeg De-
rartmen Store
Sixth-Trp 10 Atlantic City for week. (Noe: Trip il
cludes transportation and and board Hotel Agnewl
The Washington times., 1904-08-26
EXPECTS TO SWIM
NIAGARA RAPIDS
Cora BeckWith Believes She
Will Succeed.
HOW CAPTAIN WEBB FAILED
She wiz Float Surface of Rive, Saving
Strength for Moments of
Emergency.

LA PORTE, Ind. Aug. 26.-Cora
Beckwith, who has the reputation OF
being the most expert woman swimmer
in the world, and who is with an amuse-
nont company now at South Bend. de-
cIareS that she viii undertake the feat
Of swimming the rapids Ut Niagara. on
Sunday. September 25.
Il Will swim the rapids or perish. -
declares Miss Beckwith Il can die
only once. ana if l do in attempting this
voyage it will be quickly over. 1 have
spent days and weeks in studying the
deadly rapids.
Captain Webb's death was due to his
striking al ledge of bright red granite
on the Canadian side of the stream.
Must Avoid Ledge.
Il viii study to avoid this ledge
While speak of swimming the rapids.
! must confess that 1 shall not do rruci,
swimming. l Will float down from the
head Of the rapids with only muscular
motion 20 keep my nose and mouth out
Of water
Then the whirlpool will get me. 1t
will keep me down. but not for ever.
That Isn't its way. One minute. two
minutes. three minutes, perhaps Then.
If 1t only leta me look at the sky long
enough TO say scat, 1 shall be ready
Go be drawn down again.
If l can swim out to the edge Of the
vortex my reserve strength will tell
The feat viii be done or I will die in
thy attempt"
Mss Beckwith will leave In a few
weeks for Buffalo 10 prepare for the
feat.
The Washington times., 1904-08-26
TELLING SORRY TALES
OF FESTIVE MOSQUITO
Those Returning From SeaShore Resorts Show Marks of
Ill Usage-Aso Stung by Jelly Fish

People retur ming to Washington from
seashore resorts alongb the Atlantic
coast are telling wondrous tales Of the
predOminance OF two well-known and
commonly desI Used pests this year at
the places where the sad sea waves roll
and roar
one was the elusive. the trcacherous.
the exasperating- mosquito; the other
a comparatively new enemy TO human
kind, TIE hldeoIs the slippery. the
singing jelly fish
From Atlantic >city to Narragansett
Pier persons seeking pleasure near the
ocean have been Z. auled. mutilated, and
disfgured almost beyond recognition
all summer long by the evil looking lit
Tie insects that buzz and dance in fiend-
ish glec about on,rs head ut night.
Never have they be1 50 numerous. so
big. 50 hostile, and little is the wonder
that many families have sought shelter
in their town homes lang before the ac-
custOmed time for Homecoming
Not Fight, BuE Mosquitoes.
oh. no; / haven't been in a train
wreck or a fight, or anything Of the
kind. but merely have been up against u
few steel-beaked, seash ore mosquitoes, -
said a prominent Washi ugton man. who
is noted for his veracity. to a crowd Of
friends at the station the other evening
He bore evidences Of having been up
against something. for his otherwise
pleasing cOuntenance was, distorted and
swollen from bumps left by the dreaded
insect.
Are they really so bad 81 that?"
asked an anxious friend.
Are they really so-what? Say. Just
let me relate little experience Of mine
and probably we won't have to show
you, like a certain gentleman from Mis-
souri, one night I had rome to bed
right carly, after having made a care
full inspection Of the room to see if
there were any Of the perky things
around / must have been asCeep about
two hours when l was sudden My awak-
ened by Il continual buZZing and sing
ing which sounded like the hum OF
human voices.
Il drowsily turned over In my bed.
and rs l did so I felt a thousand tor
The Washington times., 1904-08-26
PENNSYLVANIA'S RICHEST
MAN DIES AT NEARLY 81

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2G.-Within
about one month of his ninety-first birth
day. William Weightman, one Of the
cOUntry's notable capitalists, died in his
Germantown home. RavenhiH. West
School lane.
Mr.. Weightman was said 10 be the
richest man in Pennsylvania. his for
tune being estimated all the way from
$50. coz. 600 to $4,000. 900. He unquestion-
ably owned more real estate than any
man in Pennsylvania. and he paid more
taxes than any other resident OF Phila-
delphia-
The Washington times., 1904-08-26

Chatelaine Watch.
Prize restricted to boy display
CaIisherss store, 917 Pennsylvania
Eighth-A Silk Umbrella.
Nnth-A Solitaire Diamond Ring
Street
Eevent-A years subscription to the Evening and Sunday
Times.
TwetE-An Easy Chair.
The first eight prizes will be awarded first correct or
nearest correct answers the for the last rect or nearest
correct solutions.
The Washington times., 1904-08-26
old Man NOW Dying;
HypnOtized by Thieves
Extraordinary Experience of Aged Couple in
New York Tenement Housewife Reused,
But Husband WithStandS All Efforts.

NEW YORK. Aug. 26-In a darkened
room on the top floor Of the tenement,
49, East Houston Street. Louis Lefko-
witt. seventy-threc years old, lay dying
last night under a hypnotic influence,
his friends say. to which ne fell a victim
over three weeks ago
According to the story Of these friends
two men representing themselves TO be
friends of LCfkowitz's married daughter.
Mrs. Morris Edelman. Of los Hopkins
Street, Brooklyn. entered the Lefkowitz
apartment and while they conversed
with the aged man and his wife hyp-
Noticed them. Then, while they sat help
less and spellbound. it is alleged. they
watched the strangers ransack their
home
Take Money and Clothing.
The thieves. it IS said. took not only
tho couples money. amounting to S35,
but made or with the shoes and stock
ings which they wore
For hours the aged man and his wife
sat thus. NcIshbors came and went
thinking they were asleep. At . O'clock
in the evening Nathan Lefkowitz, a son
Of Louis. returned home and found them.
sitting there as he had left them. staring
blankly into space. Alarmed. he shook
his mother and began talking to her.
The spell was broken, and she told him
what had hap. cned.
Together they labCred to arouse the
old man. but in vain. Finally they sent