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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-28
Fredericksburg Affairs.
Especial to The Times Dispat

Especial to The Times.p lspatchJ
FREDERICKSBURG. VA, April 97,-Sena-
George Circuit Court on Thursday. May 4th
court day., and address the voters. a large
crowd Ia expected.
Just received from Lexington. KY, car load
OF valuable high bred trotters. Including a
pair. ono with q record OF 2.ls, and the other
a record OF 2,A. 5Si b IN 5s
Mr. p, G. Helm. OF this city. has been
awarded the contract to erect at Orange
some brick business building, to cost SO. ooo
Mr.. a, P, Thornton, OF this city. has res
signed his position as secretary and treasurer
q position with the Southern Biscuit Works at
Richmond. He viii represent the latter COM
papy In their southern wholesale trade
], Warren, In Orange county, was destroyed
z BIZ fire last night fsiSti 4 3Sg n
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Died on the Train.
lsnaoial to The TImes- plspatoh.(

ROANOKE, VA, April N.-Captain
Tholnas Anderson. q prominent land own;
suddenly on the westbound train last
night near Pearisburg from Heart fall
ure. He had been on a visit to his nleofs
month and was returning home with his
Wife. He was q native Of England and
was q noted coal operator during the
Moll!e Mcguire troubles in Pennsylvania.
Later he went to West Virginia. where
no built many coke ovens, ls ~
He was s!xty years of age and Is SUR
mains were brought hero for interment,
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Rowles-Bra11ha111.
l :, q m. rrlImea-pt,.,pr4attch.)

Especial to The Times. Dispatoh)
III FORK 1 UNION, VA April I, 37.--Mis"
Bette Bramham. a most popular teacher
Of this section and Mr.. J, p. BoWles, o.
Oilville, Goochland county. Va, were
married here to-day, Dr.. G. Il. sneao
,officiating. They were given x n nan !.
~ over .Winnsvllle," before the perform
Sance 81 the nuptial rite. The bride, q
Quick witted, q yiyncious blonde, Is q
daughter Of Mr. NJ, s. Brnmham and q
sister OF Mrs. p. J. VIM. The groom
Is one OF the most thrifty business men
in Gooohland. IS n Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-28
Brickho Everett.

m (spacial TO tho Tlmes- plspatch,)
NORFOLK, VA, April 27.-Thomas y,
,Brickhouse and Miss Mary r Everett
we're married this afternoon at the resi-
dence OF j, H. Copeland, in the suburbs,
by Rev, N. g. Newman. The attendants
were z. T.. Everett, brother OF the bride:
and Miss Fanny Brickhouse. the maid OF
honor. The bride and groom lott to-
night for Niagara Falls.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-28
Tunstall-Cu11,r,ings.

Especial to The Times-D ispatch.)
K1NgTON, N. G. April 27.---Mr. r G.
Tunstall and Miss 1rma Cummings were
married at the home ofithe BRIDE father.
Mr.. U. B. Cummings. on Bright Street.
yesterday by Rev. r. B. John, pastor OF
the Methodist Church.
The bride and groom left for Wash
tngton, which Is Mr.. Tunstall's head
quarters, and which place they will mako
their home, 5 81
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Spencer Wilkinson.

55 Especial to The Ttmes-D Lspatch.)
WILLIAMSBURG, WA, April 27.-Mrs
Hattie Gregory Wilkinson and Mr.. D.
webster Spencer. both Of James City,
county. were married at the home Of
Mr.. 6. II. Holmes. this city. at $50
O clock yesterday evening, the Rev D, T.
Merit officiating. The wedding was a
very quiet one, only few friends being
present, kt - El
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-28
Tried to Burn Way Out.

Especial to The Times plspatch,)
! cLAREMONT.5S s; A.. April N,--Early
moEnlng hole ab1nt ten snGhs
eide Of the county jail at SurTys Court
house. IT was an attempt on the part
Of the prisoners to escape. but day
Matches had been Struggled to the In
mates by their outside friends.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-28
N "a MONTAGUE CLUB,
Organization at Clifton Forge
With Large Memb ership, N

Il,,... !gpeoia! e Ihe TtmeerpsRS1oh,),
que Club was Organised In ENettleton Hall here
last night. a large crowd wea present Cap:
tain Moody was elected pEe.dasnt, s nd
seyenty-tIYe members We're enrol lied. and ~ 10
expected that the club viii soon hAye m 81
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Rodper.s-Marshall.

Mr. George i. Rodgers, Of this o!ty and
Miss Cora lee Marshal, ghter OF
NJ. and Mrs, liam I. M O., ct
day nj ght at Spring Hill. ~ the reside
81. the brides paren IS, Rev. 9, ~ HOLIDAY
officiating. 5W AZ 4.$ 3st NJ
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Tate-Schnits,

Especial to The Times-Dlspa tch.)
+ MINERAL, VA, April N-Mdss Annie
sohmits, youngest daughter Of A. ].
schmits and William F. Tate, OF Rich
mond, Va. were married last evening by
the Rev. NJ. s. Eagle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-28
Nj HT TRAINS FROM ELIZA
TO ASHLAND, r., F.$Sd p r. r.,
ACCOUNT ANNUAL FESTIvAG

WEDNES0AYt CLUB, s. 80 N N
To accommodate those attending the
annual spring festival of the Wednesday
Club, special tram will leave Elba Sta,
ton. 1880 P. NJ. Monday and Tuesday,
May LIST and "a, 1906. for Ashland. Va.
and intermediate points. All tickets, in
Guiding comn,utatton card and book
forms, will be honored on these trains
without additional charge as usual.
Round trip rate from Ashland to Rich
mond on above days, 50c., good returning
same date. III III
w. r. TAYLOR,
.ssLs. III. l n, Traffic Nina ger.
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,McGhee-Gildea,

Especial to The Times patch.
FREbERICKsBURG, VA. April a7,:--l
Mr.. p, 10. McGhee and Mrs, septemla
t founey dsese
OF rev. Decatur Edwards, who per-
3ormed the Ceremony,
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5WlIilkins.os,lnr Wallace.

n Especial to The Illness lsnatch,)
!. Pq5NT MA ,a1 Rr MtSS e nd
lPhiiade lphia. to az tend the nlaITlAse Of
their son, Ts Walter Yirgintus w llkinaon,
to Miss Estells NEdna VA lace. sQf. Phila..
fH tended M. Foster Il. Wlikinson. d 81
Roanoke, was best man. The wedding
occurred yesterday, ~ a. N .i2gs III HI ij
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Licensed to Wed,

!. The following marriage licenses were
tssyyH Il, here a,arjoria !,
Ersigis James y, a Rowe and Mary a r,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-28
Bold Robbery,
p,,ccIal 70 the Times, Dlspat e

Especial 10 the Times. Dispatch.)
NpRFpIK, Va, April N.--Captaln
Curtis, master OF the schooner Benjamin.
"a. Van Brunt. anchored off LaInbert's
Point. came to the city this afternoon
to tell OF q bold robbery perpetrated near
the beach last night He and his mate
were approaching q boat to go aboard
point of pistols by two negroes and
robbed, The robbers got tho CAPTAINS
watch and Is, but missed $40 which he
carried IN an inside pocket.
mo GLOSS cARRiAaE PAINT MADE
will wear as long as DeYoes, no others
are as heavy bodied, because Deyoe g
weigh 3 to 8 ounces more to the pint,
sold bZ Harris LIaydwaye eos
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CAS- ! OR ( a
b For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s' ss:s: =: :, Zf4zzSzSs1.
REDUCED RATES VIA fArLANTlc
COAeT LINE RI LRoAp TO ga.
VANNAtj, GA, MAY 49, q, 1905.

Account OF meeting OF the Travellers
Protective Association Of America, sa-.
vannah. Ga, May 16 to %. 1905, the Ats
lantio Coast Line will sell tickets to SAY
yannah Ga,,S at rate Of one fare plus 4 Is
cents for the round trip, tickets one sale
May 18th ana 18th, with mai limit May
esth. The Atlantic Coast Line operator
two fast through trains daily between
Richmond ana Savannah, with Pullman
ana Dining Car service, 5sSs 5s5s IS
{ For further nforlna tion apply to agents
OF the company RE mond Transfer Lo,,,
q. S,GAMPBELI. p. r, a..
R8R u, Main ST., r lchnlond. " Va. 81
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-07-15
STOCK
Animals Eligible to Registry.

Animals Eligible to Registry.
There is surprisingly large num-
Der of men who do not understand the
difference between an animal that has
been graded up from nondescript
foundation, by the use of pure-bred
sires, and one whose sire and dam are
already on the registration books.
Time and again we have heard an ami
NAL called a "pure-bred," when upon
making inquiry we found that it con-
tanned three or four pure-bred crosses,
but that it was not eligible to regis
tration, for the simple reason that its
dam could not be placed on record.
AS far as the merit of the animal
is concerned, five or six crosses in
which pure-bred, meritorious male
is used in each instance may result in
practically reproducing the pure-bred
characteristics, but so long as the
foundation stock is not eligible to
record, there is no possibility of the
progeny being recorded, and it is there
fore erroneous to call such an animal
"pure-bred."
True it is that there are many scrub
pure-breds, while on the other hand it
is often possible to find grades of rare
individuality. 1t may seem strange
that the progeny of the poorer animal
can be recorded while the progeny OF
the better one cannot. However, the
line has to be drawn somewhere, and
in most of the standard associations
this was done years ago when the rul-
ing was made, that from this time
forth only the progeny of animals now
recorded, shall be eligible to record.
1t is to the interests of breeders, Of
course, to send to the block the in
ferior pure-breds, and yet so long as
there is clamor for pedigree with
out the animal to correspond, it can
not be said that a breeder performs
a dishonest act when he disposes of
his inferior pure-breds at price high
er than could be obtained for grades.
We believe that we are approaching
the time when more wedding out will
be done, and the day is not far distant
when the word "pure-bred" in the live
stock world will be synonymous with
a considerable degree of merit, as tied
up in the animal form.
We have known instances where a
few extra dollars were obtained for a
grade animal simply on account of the
statement made by the. seller that she
was a pure-bred, the buyer not being
sufficiently posted to ask him at once
if he had the registration papers or If
she was eligible to record. This would
settle the matter at once. 1t she is not,
her value must be reckOned by what
she can do in the dairy or her ability
as a breeder of animals for the block.
Because it is impossible to breed up a
grade herd so that they will become
e1ipih1e To record is no argument In
favoring using grade sires. Indeed, on
the other hand, there is no place where
a good pure-bred male will bring to his
owner larger profit than where he is
used on a grade herd and where the
progeny is intended for the meat mar
ket AS our land apprecites in value
this is the direction in which more
farmers must go, notably that portion
who grow the meat for the consuming
public.
The Sheep Tick.
Al tho nresent time there is a very
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and this, chiefly on account of it's
habits of life, which are to hide in the
fleece, and fastening on to the sheep,
or lamb, suck the blood by means of
sharp proboscis, which is inserted
in the skin, and penetrating into the
flesh, draws constant stream of blood,
by night as we'll as by day, from
the animal and thus slowly starves it's
victim to DEATH This is frequently
unknown to the shepherd, who is at
a loss to account for the condition
of the sheep or lambs, until accidental
ly the cause is discovered. Many
lambs, and indeed old sheep, are thus
lost for want of knowledge of the cause
of their slow wasting away, and it is
only when it is too late that the dis
covery is made.
The natural history of the pest is
curious. It is really a fly without
wings, and is not really a tick, for the
true ticks are members of the spider
family Their bite is poisonous on
account of the poison injected, for the
supposed reason that it makes the
blood more liquid and to flow more
easily. This makes it easier for the
ticks to feed, but it irritates the skin
and worries the lambs suffering from
the parasites often until they die. The
proper remedy is to dip the sheep or
lambs in the early fall, whether they
have ticks or not-apparently. This
pays the cost either way by the i'm
provement of the sheep, not to men
ton the safety of the flock in case
they might become infested by any
accident. This is a good plan, and
should be adopted by every master or
a flock as a measure of safety from al
ways a possible infection. Experience
has shown that the growth of wool in
creased, by the washing alone, has
never failed to we'll pay the small cost
of the dipping. This is one OF the
various duties which belong to the
shepherds business which calls Tor
constant care and never can be SOFT
Sinecuro.
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The Sheep Tick.

At the present time there is very
unsuspected enemy of the sheep in
full active injurious work, sucking the
blood, and frequently, when numerous,
taking so much of this vital necessary
to life fro mthe animals as to slowly
destroy them. This is the tick, which
on account of it's habit of living on the
sheep has acquired it's name as the
special pest of the sheep, says the
American Sheep Breeder. But there
are several varieties of the insect, some
of foreign countries Inhabiting the
larger animals, and when the oppor-
tunitv exists actually destroying them
bv slowly depriving them OF blood
Tins in a manner starving them. The
fact Is that there is far from any
ADEQUATE attention given to this pest,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-07-15
About the Mich Goat.

Much interest is being manifested In
the northwest at the present time re-
garding the mich goat, and The Ranch
has had several inquiries about the
animal and where some may be OBJ
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dinate officers after breaks out, any more than
batte-ships can then as suddenly be Conjured into
existence Preparedness for war means prepared
ness in men more than it does preparedness IN
ships; for good men in weak ships are better than
weak men in good ships. To be certain that
man shall become to the highest degree skilled and
acquainted with the duties imposed the captain,
the director, of the most complex machine the
human mind has ever evo1ved-the modern battle
ship-he must have time, time for experience and
education in that particular work; and the same
is equally true of the admiral who controls the
maneuvers of many such machines.
But the naval officers official life ends, has
been said, at sixty-two years of age. If, then, he
is kept as a captain until he IS fifty-nine sixty,
it is clearly impossible for him to become skilled
in the duties of both squadron and fleet admiral in
the period of active service left to him. cruise
or tour of sea duty lasts years. for in order to
insure education of all, turns must be taken. Men
cannot be kept at sea constantly nor has any navy
enough ships to provide all its captains with COM
mands at the same time even If it was desirable
to do So Not only in such conditions is it now
impossible to give to any admiral before he reaches
the age of siXty-two the opportunity to make
cruise in squadron command and then another in
fleet command, but it is difficult to insure him
even the first With the exception of Rear Admiral
Evans now afoat we have at the present moment
only two admirals who have completed a cruise,
and both will be retired for age before their second
turn comes around.
So also as to captains: unless the individual can
reach that grade sufficiently early in life he GER
tainly cannot acquire the necessary sea experience
as a captain before the time for his promotion by
seniority to rear-adrniral arrives. In brief, it is
now generally conceded that the proper age for
attaining minor command is not over forty; major
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commanding the second squadron, eighteen months;
Admiral BrownSon, commanding the fourth DIVISION
two wears; Admiral Bradford commanding the
third squadron year. and Admiral Dickens,
commanding the coast squadron, sixteen months.
Admiral Goodrich, youngest of his grade and
now commanding the Pacific squadron, has three
years and SIX months to serve; Admiral Train,
commanding the Asiatic fleet, has twenty-five
months; and Admiral Reiter, commanding the
Philippine squadron, about two years. With the
single exception of Admiral Evans, who completed
a tour of duty in command of the Asiatic feet,
everyone of these officers is making his first and
possibly last cruise as an admiral
To show how much experience these admiralS
have had general officers: Admiral Evans has
held his commission four and one-half years Ad-
miral Davis about eleven months, Admiral Sigsbee
two years. Admiral Bradford nine months, Admiral
Dickens two years. Admiral Goodrich fourteen
months, Admiral Train nine months, and Admiral
Reitcr less than six months. Taking the
admiral list as a whole member of 1t has had
so much sea duty as Admiral Evans-two years and
eight months. If we exclude Admiral Evans and
the ten admira1s who have less than year to
serve only seven out of the remaining thirteen
have had any sea experience in their grade. Five
are among these already noted in command
afoat, and two, Admirals Coghlan and Sands,
respectively in charge of the New-York Navy Yard
and the Naval Academy. OF six newest
admras who have all their experience still to
get four sixty years of age
Is not this rather remarkable showing for
naval world-poWer? Before another two years
eapse, nineteen out of the present twenty-four
admras will reach siXty-two years and become
superannuated. In the British navy, which COM
pulsorily retires rear-admras at sixty, everyone
Continued 0" Page IS
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or battle-ship command, not over forty-tive; and
that senior flag rank should be reached by fifty,
when the officer will then have twelve years of active
service left.
Does the state of affairs in navy in any wise
approximate this? Far from it During the Civil
War period and for sometime after, in order to
make up the losses mainly due to officers who went
South" we admitted abnormally large classes to
the Naval Academy. The boys were of closely the
same age. Therefore, time went on, they
blocked the lists, produced what has been called
the hump, and in sos brought to gray headed
lieutenants of twenty years standing The law
of 500 accelerated promotion somewhat, but it
could not give back to those veterans their lost
youth. They are admirals and captains;
and requires little statistics to show the plight
to which, not because of any fault of theirs, but
through the persistent Ignoring by Congress in
the past of events plainly to be foreseen, we are
now brought.
Small changes in the navy personnel due to
designations promotions, etc, occurring almost
daily but at the present time lend of July, 1909
the following is the age condition of our admirals
and captains
OF the twenty-four adniras, ten sixty
one nine are sixty two are fiftv-nne and three are
ffty-eight years of age. Two retire in 1908, ten
in 900, nine in roo7, two in ooS, and one in 900.
There are ten who have less than year to
from the present time. OF these, only one COM
mands a regular squadron, and he has been an
admiral for only six months. The others
shore duty engaged in astronomical work and
can hardly be ordered to sea duty again
Of the admirals in command, Admiral
Evans Commander-ln-Chief of the North Atlantic
fleet has about three years of active service left;
Admiral Davis, commanding the second division
of the same fleet about two years; Admiral Sigsbee,
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it chance that the report should come at exactly
the right point in the dream?"
''Well' said the Judge, Psychology is very
unsatisfactory study, and has never thrown much
light on the subject of dreams | give it up"
No" said the Doctor, that's easy. The
non in the street suggested the dream 1t was fired
before you began to dream of going to Fort San
Marco. The mind acts sometimes with incon-
ceivable rapidity, it did in this case
But" said the Artist, the sound instan-
taneous. There was only one report and that
heard instantly. When it first broke upon the
Co1onels ear it was all There was no pre-
monitory sound to set him to dreaming, SO as to
lead up to the climax"
mo" said the Professor, you wrong there.
Every heavy detonation reaches the ear somewhat
gradually. The outer sound strike at first
feebly, and then the heavier conclusion follows.
There is a small fraction of a second between them.
a small fraction of a second" grunted the Col
onel. All that detail, all that conversation
not at all hurried all those scenes? Why, the
soldier held his watch at least two seconds before
applying his torch"
80 it seemed to you" said the Professor; but
the fact is that the whole dream from first to last,
occupied but small part of single second. After
its rest, in the early hours of sleep the mind
work like lightning
That reminds me-" said the Doctor, 'of the
story a camel-drver told at Cairo, about Mo-
hammeds ride. Did you ever hear of the Prophets
journey on Al Borak?"
Lets have it." said the Judge. Il always
find more points in Mohammedan story than in
any of the legends of the saints There is likely to
be some deep philosophy at the bottom of it"
We'll, said the Doctor the Prophet was asleep
night in his tent at Mecca clad in his green robe
and his fez and his slippers, when the angel Gabriel
entered and bade him rise quickly. Mohammed
sprang up to follow the angel, who disappearing
through the door; and great the Prophets
haste that he against water jar and tipped it
over. 1t was one of those large jars of the same
pattern water-bottle here, and it sat upon
the floor. Without stopping to catch it, the
Prophet hurried outside. There awaiting him
was great and wonderful beast, Al Borak-horse
with human face and with milk-white wings My