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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-06
CASUAL ESSAYS OF THB SUN, Page.
4?2; S1.60. Robert Grier Cooke New

York. 800 = - 49,
For a long time the New York Sun has
occupied place unique among newsL a
pers: Enjoying the envlable distinction Of
serving up Its daily story. Of the news Of
t ,i,,a world ~ more yivacious and attrac-
n this country. It has drawn and held z
large family OF discriminating readers.
VINO have found that their demand for In
tellectual stimulation and mental delectA.
i ton Is pleasantly filled in Its columns.
me spirit Of ability, Plus &loveiiness. q -
mas ns,I IL tor many years also been distin:
many or the Sun editorials have come TO
De recognized as In their way real clas-
sics Inc one blot on the escutcheon Is
that the editorial columns Of the Sun
cles Of an, extreme partisan character,
often regarded as violently 2prejudiced and
unfair, and these have shown the sun
character at Its worst. In tho present
excellent collection OF the best editorials
N the sun during "a period of twenty
tire Y as well as those q purely ephemeral
the covers actually contain is a series OF
charming little essays on men, manners
ana IRE, .Which are we'll worthy OF preser-
yation. Astounding in all those delight.
Imagery and the spirit Of GOOD good cheer, ali
clothed with the philosophy OF finding
Of humanity; these Casual Essays Will
pc welcomed alike by readers to whom
fiesn aha 9st y HeEs T TSess x sss them
taken from the. publishers foreword, and
with their sentiment we would exprosa
ourselves as thoroughly In accord.
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Il .
No. 3125-I.ingerIe Is largely a matter
OF individual preference. There Is q
movement to feminine the taste once
more. and the result Is q return to che
mise From the standpoint OF attractive
ness the chemise has much to commend
It over the fitted skirt, The fitted back
does away with the bulk which so many
object to and is a special feature OF the
mode! SHOWN, as Is also the inverted
plait which throws desirable afulness into
the skirt portion,
1t is admirably suited for wear In place
OF corset cover and fpettlcoat as tho low
or edge may be finished with ruffle
OF material or lace or edging to add to
the full effect.
The pattern is cut In Sizes 80. S6, 40
and A inches, bust measure, and re-
quires 2S yards OF 36-inch material with
"a yards of insertion and 3 yards OF lace
edging,
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services Mr. Hardy H Is an SABBATH at both
young preacher, and all who hear him
VIII be benefited. '''''
IN Mi H. G; c,t B, " Weber, Of Lynchburg. is
Mrs, "; R, Broaddus, Of West Point,
IS IN Richmond for few days
Is the guest Of her daughter Miss s Esthesrc
Barney, at Westminster School, on West
Grace Street. y e'e
9Ss h asnt o h Sf 5 RfnmepS
charch, at A West h'f Point u Va the Baptist
LIZ hss subject NE Ioo was "chemstry in Daily
interesting and appropriate experiments.
ssTges4nda!sns the Week in The city y with Il
Of the American Revolution, win h oid 81,
nnon y ga called meeting Tuesday at
ST Hof East Grace tae h s,reet Of the regent No
Driving clab held II New es 'a York. aa tSfs
week. Miss Jean Reid. daughter OF Mir.
] WhiteIaw Reid, ambassador-eect to Eng
/ land. drove -four closely mated dark chest
nut horses before Paris-built drag.
her father sat beside her on the box, =
Miss ., JEANNE MeAtu, of Washington.
No io" Is Nest Ses s' Msin s MFs Rdwe
~ the, annual meeting OF the League
| OF american Pen Women, held in Wash
ington, d. c.. Monday evening, May LIST,
the name OF Miss Lucy Clair Atkinson,
as representative OF the State OF Viz.
gina, was added to the membership list
o., The recent purchase o. the house, No.
sOl West Franklin Street. by Mr.. Bry-
| don Tenant recalls the fact that General
n ,na built the house and that during
ter; Bettina Ordway was a handsome
glrl with many Richmond visitors at the
| house.
Miss Bette Dickinson. VINO has been
| the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Eppa Hunton,
Jr,, will visit the family of former Gov
sgaeE. cAtRg!ss 7. q EsS1AQ asxk Ses slkesi ..
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Gwens feelngs at that G Awful momeR nto
This l ig the !, e,nticinE opening q the
to find out for himself. and he will have
his hands and his attention full In doing
1t. The story is brightly written and
makes entertaining reading.
AT CLOsD RAN4n. By F. Hopkinson
Smith, PIP. 260. $50. Charles scrib-
ner's Sons. New York. Bell. Rich
mond
Nine good, short stories by a teller Of
assured skill are in this volume. The
tie that binds and to n certain degree
uniies them is the unexpected qualities
4 In mankind which are only revealed to
an acute and understanding observation
at close range In the words OF the title.
So these tales are strong in the human
interest" element, and have. partly from
this quality and partly from the way
they nre told-in easy colloquial style and
In the first person-an unusual air OF
reality and lifelikeness. All OF them
are good, and some OF them very good,
indeed. The first one describes night
that the author spent out while trying
to I'll a rush order for lecture in
city two hundred miles away. The night
was snowy and wild, and yielded several
things worth setting down before II
Z -
It describes how q drummer. in a far
from pleasant frame of mind over the
loss Of his sample trunk underwent
change Of feeling which resulted In his,
giving up his blankets, though he wanted
Rem pretty badly himself, to n poor, show
( man. with a hacking cough, who had
the room next door. "a Point OF Honor"
tells how two devoted friends postponed
a duel fifteen years out OF respect to the
maternal feelings of the mother Of one
OF them. Needless to say. they-frends
and mother-were French A particularly
interesting bit of Misunderstanding Is
that In 1.-THE Rajah Of Bungpore." The
RaJah. alias plain Jack Stirling, OF New
York had solved to perfection the prob.
lem Of living on nothing a year. Jack
was such a thoroughly lovable fellow,
and dispensed SO much sweetness and
s light that his friends were downright
pleased Z to pay his bills. Mooney, slthci
painter. tells some interesting things
about Jacks magnificent way Of getting
on to a friend, whom he Is dining at
sherry's. The Rajah was dining some
friends there. too, that night-a hand
some dinner, with costly wines. At the
end of 1t a waiter approached Marny's
table with a. cashiers slip In his hand,
and the Rajah's visiting card. The card
bore this succlnct note: mot a red and
no credit Sign 1t for Jack Marry,
laughed and signed, and a few weeks
later most of Jacks guests had looked
up Marry to have their portraits painted,
The Rajah had his own way Of squarlng
his accounts. rs III
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minng-camp and society. in the cities
which drew their. inspectiln, from the
mines is vividly and interestingly portray
ed Allen remained the yaga bond and
scamp to the last. and finally disappear
ed on board San Francisco steamer
bound for Australia; Another rascal with
whom we had little sympathy, Is Jerry
Barclay, of the light and many loves,
and over;weening conccitin al his rela :
June Allen for another girl. whose father
had more money in the bank Most trs Of
on this affair Of June's and Barclays.
and we wish that June's heart could have
been captured by some man more near
ly corresponding torher3 deserts. Instead.
She remained JerrY''s,, willing and facile
slave to the last, and our only consola-
ton is that Jerry, thanks to Black Dan.
his wifes father, got what he deserved
that terrible day atsthe, mine. The end
Ing Of the story is not optimistic or what
would be called happy. but It impresses
us as being very much like what would
probably have happened in real life.
It Is a good story, fresh, vivid and clev-
erly told. and we are glad to have had
the opportunity OF reading 1t.
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THE ORCHID, BY Robert Grant. PIP.
92e s1.26. Charles scribner's Sons,
New York. Bell, Richmond. w

III
Those who have come to expect that
everything from Judge Grants pen will.
prove to be In the nature of fling a
American society will find their expecta-
tions fulfilled in this little book. Mr..
Grant here takes a shot at the ''adyance-
+. ness" OF the ultra smart set, particularly
in reference to their Views upon matrl-
mony, the marital relations and divorce.
Tor this purpose the reader Ia intro
duced to Miss Lydia Arnold, who merits
the appellation of tho 'Orchid" by rea-
son OF the fact that she Is a costly fair
flower. expensiyely raised In the hot
house OF fashion. Lydia, however, was
an omn!yorous reader, and she knew
pretty nearly everything, regardless Of
whetherit was the sort Of thing that Is
labelled "suitable for misses and chill
dren." Herbert Maxwell was an esti-'
mable and upright young man. but, OF
( course, that was not the reason that
Lydia married him Herbert had iour
million in gilt-edge securities, which his
old gentleman had amassed in the furn'-
ture way. Later. dashing Harry spen-
Ger appears on the scene and Lydia Tor
the f1rst time. learns what love Is, The
sfss9Rs b KRloA ahs G4R IA tss!2 HesRfgt
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THE VAN SuYDDN SAPPHIRES. BY
Mead and Company, New York; Bell,

Until quite recently the field Of detec-
Mrs. Anna Katha rne Green. Conan Doyle
and one or two others. but just now new
exploiters Of crime and its detection are
Swinging up at every turn. In 1.-THE
Van snlyden sapphires,' Charles Carey
a writer hitherto unknown to use tells. a
conventional but interesting tstory. of the
the coil of circumstances which involved
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against this sort Of marriage Of convent.
cnce with man she had never seen, ana
self toIthc exigencics OF the state-craft Is
suddenly terminated by the news that
young Ludwig. apparently sharing her
reluctance, has disappeared from ms
Kingdom. About the same time GAL
liant young lieutenant Of cavalry appears e',r,
in the streets OF the Wnldrovian capital
and romantically makes the princesss &C a.;
quaintancc. It will require no extraordl-
nary powers OF divination to make
shrewd guess at the lieutenants Identity.
Only Ruperta remains blind to the fact
that Ludorlc Won Bertheim and Ludwig
Of Beroldstein. nre one and ,l1s s rape
while Invested OF the compelling attrac.
tions OF, royalty, and he did IT, or
course there were enormous comphca.
irromar. powerful, Wicked and amorous.
who got Ruparta Into his power and re-
cousin Ferdinand OF Beroldstein. who
sence on his counting expedition to cab
bage the Bero1dstein throne. We are glad
TO say. however. that every. bump on
ed out 10 the satisfaction OF all virtue
and worthy syrnpathes. The PRINCE OF
Lovers is q good romance OF adyen;
ture OF the zenda School, presenting all
frames OF mind. There is plenty OF fight
who like this sort OF thing. will like It
very we'll. This story is well told.
HESTER OF THE GRANTS. By. Theo-
dore Peck. PIP. 40 $3.50. Fox. Duff
field and Company, New York.
ing stark, Ethan Allen. the Green Noun
tain Boys and one or two pairs OF lovers.
a note on the cover reminds those whose
historical learning shows a tendency TO
forsake them. that Vermont WAS a por-
ton OF tho so-called Hampshire Grants.
fact which has n certain Illuminating
value as regards the title. This back
others We. might mention. and the author
has used 1T WELL Those were days In
which allegiance was often times divided.
and both Hester and young Captain Ma
Of knowing. that members Of their own
immediate families were traitors to the
cause Of the Colonies. Ezra Robinson
knss ay E nna s SO
to be Called but as to the loyalty Of Ma
than and Hester, there was never any
breath OF suspicion. Hester was deep.
and men loved her Having fixed her
fancy upon one man. she was unalterable.a
and to Mark Elliss Establishments, she
rather more than turned a deaf ear.
Thus on page s2l. when Mark held her
as his prisoner. We find her saying:
You but waste words. Mark Ellis.
FAY Whft ether maid
son goes not with you one step" To
which Ellis. jaunty as ever. replies: you
have matched your will against mine;
well, SO be II! Time will tell which
proves the j stronger. II you were q
man we should have pretty duel.
SAdicu. my fair challenger"
Truly both these speeches have the
true ring. Hester lived to get away from
Ellis and marry the sterling Nathan,
The story MS whole is not remarkable
~ any way. but Is fresh. wholesome and
vigorous. and has seemed to US above
the aye<agc Of the historical romances
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-06

Mr.; c. B. Weber. Of Lynchbure, is
IN the city on a short visit.
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These patterns can be gotten at The
Cohen Company -foE lQe,-Adys
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-06

At the annual meeting OF the League
OF American Pen Women, held In Wash
ington. D. c., Monday evening May LIST,
the name Of Miss Lucy Clair Atkinson,
az representatives OF the State of Yir-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-06

Mrs. W r. Broaddus of West Point.
Is In Richmond for a few DAYS,
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!, Miss JEANNE MEATH. OF Washington,
Is visiting her sister, Mrs Kidweli, al
NO 1901 l-2 West Main Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-06

at the Baptist Church SUNDAY ~ hoth
services. Mr.. Hardy is an eloouent
y s'.,iig preacher, and all who hear him
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Mrs. ], N. Barney, OF Fredericksh,,rc
Is the guest of her daughter, Miss Esther
barney, at Westminster School, on West
Grace Street. y 5 80
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Miss Bette Dickinson. VINO has been
the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Eppa Hunton,
Jr., will visit the family of former Gov
SyaeE. cAlaglss.T Z. q tE.s11Au Rsxk Hes lk[,i q.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-23
Il HUGE WAREHOUSE.
Series of Structures for Freight
Handling in Pittsburg.

Pittsburg is building a huge structure. II will
be known as the terminal warehouse but as mat
ter OF fact there will be forty warehouses In one.
The building is especially designed to proVioe Ior
the handling OF the great variety of freight shipped
into and out of the great steel centre. The ware
houses are along the banks of the Monongahela
River, and have immense wharf and switching
facilities for moving all kinds OF merchandise by
rau and water. They cover an area $40 by $50
feet. are six stories high and have 10000 square
feet Of floor space The first floor is arranged as
a terminal station for the six tracks entering the
building. Wide platforms give ample room Tor
receiving ana distributing freight, and from these
elevators lun 20 the sepaiate storehouseS.
enterprise that the warehouses should be absolutely
hrepi oof-Inore 50 than any other building ever
Quoted 70 hnd out just what kind of Materials ana
An interesting feature of the outcome Of these
tests was that the designers were forced 10 inc
Tnodr trict,,T Fir1'f baliov tile and brick
er. sI,6ce5 10 b tbe lest materials that could be
used, and the tests TO which this form OF cen
burg warehouses the lowest insurance rates ever
given on a building Of this chaTacter
tangles about twenty by twenty with steel col
on the sides on each Of these rectang.es Is built
an arch Of six inch hollow tile, and above that
To test the freproof qualities Of this form of con-
struction. a section exactly like those that make
OF the arch piled weight equal TO a floor load
in this chamber Of hollow tile ana steel and tenn;
perature averaging LOO degrees was maintained
for four hours at stretch. Al the end OF that
time. and while the tie was still ncandescent
stream Of cold water turned II at short
range without doing any damage whatever. The
roof and tile protected girders were IN perfect con
dition after the test and load of 1000 pounds 10
the square foot caused DETECTION OF less than
and one-balf inches The cement coating on top
os the tiles blew off ten minutes after the test
began.
After the tests described c. C. Smith. chairman
OF the National Board Of Fire Underwriters, said
that these warehouses will be models Of lreproot
construction This feature. together with the ad-
mirable ARA ngements for handling and transport
ing freight will give Pittsburg most complete ter
minsl warehouse facilities. The outlay involved is
about s20OOG
New-York tribune., 1905-04-23
A NEU REALTY SCHEME.
Police Say Man Bought Houses '0ith
Bad Checks, Then BOrrOwed.

In tbo arrest of Roderick Mcneil, at his home.
No o55 Stone-ave.. Brooklyn. last night, the
police OF that borough believe they have cap
tured a man who has been causing no end Of
trouble to real estate men and property owners
for some months According 10 Captain Har-
kins. of the Detective Bureau Mcneil has been
in the habit of negotia ting for property, giving
bogus checks 10 bind the bargain and then on
the strength of the deal borrowing such paltry
amounts as 80 or 65 cents. Probably the man
who is most anxious to see Mcneil is William
H. Edwards a real estate man, OF No, 1928
Nostrand-ave. who. temporarily az least, is
out $3.50, through the operations of the alleged
On April 6. after much talk Mcneil entered
into an agreement to buy the three-story apart
ment house, at No. 1881 Nostrand-ave-, for
So 900 To bind the bargain he gave check
for $3.50 to Mr.. Edwards. getting "A receipt
After turning over the check he suddenly found
that he was short of small change and asked
Edwards for to cents, which cheerfull,
given. Then Mcneil is said to have gone To
the house, and. on the strength of the receipt
showing that he had bargained 70 buy the
house borrowed 30 cents from one of the ten
ants named Brown and a like amount from
another tenant, who was only too glad or an
opportunity of getting on good terms with the
prospective landlord.
SO delighted was Mr. Edwards with his bar
gain that he Immediately went out to Carl
stadt n. j.. to inform Theodore Schmidt, for
whom he acting as agent. that the house
had been sold Mr.. Schmidt was also delighted
when Mr.. EDWARDS gave nm a personal chtCA
for S1J0 which the amount of the guaran-
tee supposed TO have been put up by Mcneil,
less a commission of 500. When he got back
10 Brooklyn the agent deposited the McNen
check in his bank The next day he received
word that Mcneil had no funds at the Manu-
facturers' Bunk. on which the check was drawn.
and that the check worthless
The police say that Mcneil is the same man
who was arrested in 1896 charged with petty
swindling Of a similar character. The Mcneil
arrested at that time was in the habit of giving
undertakers orders to prepare bodies for burial
at various addresses, and then borrowing small
sums from the Undertaken. At that time no
one would come forward Ia make q complaint
against him. and as the only charge tech"
nical one OF vagrancy, he was allowed 70 go.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-23
U. S. ENGINES IN AUSTRALIA,
Baldwin Locomotive Works Gets Contract
for Twenty

Twenty locomotives TO De built At the Baldwin
Locomotive Works for shipment TO Australia
where they will be used in the New South Wales
government railway system. The American con-
Germs figures were 10 per cent less than those
embodied in the lowest British and German blus'
and the terms Of delivery We're considerably more
favorable than those suggested by the European
builders The Baldwin quotation was also about -
per cent lower than the best Australian price.
A dispute arose in New South Wales some time
ago regarding the supply of number Of locouo-
tiyes for the government railways. The matter
was referred to the state Railway Commissioners,
who reported that locomotives could be imported
at prices considerably lower than those at which
they could be supplied by local firms
The State Premier pointed ont that the state
could buy in the open market the locomotives it
required at ii price which would enable it 10 save
sufficient money from the local price to make 4
present OF 5000 TO each of the 22S mechanics who
would be required. and have tl23@ 20 spare.
The price 10 be paid for the Baldwin locomotives
IS $500 an engine landed in sydney. The locomo-
tves VIII be shipped in June II. Howe. the man
ager Of the Evereigh shops OF the New South
Wales railways. is now in Philadeiphia, 10 super
intend the construction of the locomotives
New-York tribune., 1905-04-23
lNcoRPoRATEO Ar ALeANY.

Albany, April 22.-The Foster Transportation
Company, OF New-Yorls City was incorporated to-
day with capital Of $25.,- to operate steamboats,
from New-York City 10 the fishing banks The
directors are T. NJ. Grifnths and Benjamin A.
sprague. OF Hampstead; Frederick II. Kellogg. Of
New-York City ana J. r. Bolton and Charles r.
Gauvin. Of Brooklyn.
Other certificates OF Incorporation filed to-day in
Guided:
The Adirondack Lumber and Mineral Corporation
of Syracllae. CAPITAL &00O0o DirectoTs--Edward 81
F'arroW. OF New-York City and Edward N. WeIch
and c. c. WEIGH OF Syracuse
Sewel Alden OF BROOKLYN dnsurancel; capital
10000 Drectors-A. r. Moore, F. g. Ashley and
A. Y Linton OF Brooklyn.
Pioneer Trading and ImpT6oCycsonenI 6 We .oompany ot
IAN D. swan E r Manrsr and William D. Nc
Mute. a New York CltI
New-York tribune., 1905-04-23
HONEST CONFESSION.
A Doctors Talk on Food.

There are no fairer set of men on earth than
the doctors, and when they find they have been
in error they usually apt 10 make honest
and manly confession OF the fact.
A case in point is that of an eminent practi-
TONER one of the good old school who lives In
Texas His plain unvarnished tale needs no
dressing uD:
Il had always had an intense prejudice which
l can now see unwarrantable and unrea.
soma BILE against all muchly advertised foods
Hence I never read Il line OF the many ads
OF Grape Nuts nor tested the fCod TIL last
winter.
while In Corpus Christi for my health and
visiting my youngest son. who has four OF the
ruddiest heaithiest little boys / ever saw I
ate my first dish of Grape-Nuts food for sup
per with my little grandsons. l became exceed
ingly fond of il and have eaten package of
II every week since, and find II delicious. re-
freshing and strengthening food, leaving no an
effects whatever. causing no eructationS with
which l was formerly much troubled no sense
of funess, nausea, nor distress OF stomach in
any way.
There is no other food that agrees with me
so well, or sits as lightly OF pleasantly upon
my stomach as this does ! am stronger and
more active since 7 began the use OF Crane
Nuts than have been sor 10 years. and m no
longer troubled with nausea and Indigestion
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