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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-04
CATTLE MARKETS.
I. RICHMOND LIVE STOCK MARKET.
80. lSa lea at IInnn .SfnnI.s Y a I'd q \ $500

Richmond Va. April 3, 1905.
{ There WAS b light run OF cat tie on the market
this week: quality considered, prices on ali
grades We're nc. higher. Best steers, 5asssc.;
a few higher; medium to good. 4hG4.S0c.;
common to fair. 3Ag4hc.; heifers. shalhc.;
cows. 3a4hc.; bulls 30+c.
Light run OF hogs. Best hogs, 6fllabhc.;
rough, Az 44&ct Is
Very few sheep here, selling. 4a6,sc.; fall
lambs, 516hc. calves, 5a6lsc, 4 fresh cows and
calves, $25lI6O. III ts5s t,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-04
Cotton futures opened steady and closed quiet

Spot cotton closed quiet; mIddling uplands,
sl5,}niddling gulf, $40; sales, ], 100 bales,
y Cotton, quiet; middng so; 4 gross receipts,
576 bales sales 400 bales; stock. 1896 bales;
4 export to Great Britain 700 bales to tho Con.
tinent $50 bales ,i' "a z i4
Total to-day at all ports-Net receipts. e5, 800
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-04
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Time Of arrivals and departures and connec-
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08
Rats in the Bears, Den.

A visitor to the ZOO saw a curious
sight the other afternoon in the alb
sence Of all other spectators.
It was half-past o'clock, and the
polar bears had received their din
ner Of fish, beef bone, and long rolls
Of French bread. They consumed the
fish and bread. and numbered up to
the entrance Of their cave to gnaw at
the beef bones as an after-dinner rel
ish.
Some little squeaks were heard by
the visitor. Where the bears had
lately been large mother rat and
ten baby rats, scurrying out from no.
where, were feasting upon the crum BIS
of French bread.
The ratlets eagerly dashed here and
there, seeking all the crumbs in sight.
The mother acted more the part Of a
sentinel, eyed distrustfully the lone
spectator, and admonished her brood
in deep-toned squeaks.
The crumbs were all gone and the
babies complained to their mother
that they hadn't had enough. She
finally led them up the rocky slope
to where the white-coated monsters
dozed before their den.
The bears glanced down out Of half
open eyes, but made no movement
against the small scavengers, who
pounced joyously OH new crumbs
and shreds Of meat. It seemed as If
the bears We're well accustomed to
the visits Of Mrs. Lazarus and her
flock.
The footsteps and laughter of APP
preaching sightseers suddenly caused
the mother rat to squeak warning,
and the next moment only the doing
polar bears remained in their cave.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08
A Chinese WheeIbarrovv.

81 stayed two or three days in Chi
fu," writes David Fraser in "a Mod
ern Campaign" land during that time
l made the acquaintance of a<won-
derful sound. 1t came to me first as
was being shaved in a BARRIERS shop.
The barber was Japanese, and when
the first wild strains broke upon my
ear | sat up with jerk that put my
jugular vein in jeopardy, and asked
what it was. He did not know enough
English to tell
Whatever it was, it was fast ap-
preaching. 1t sounded like ten thou
sand pigs being killed inside a heavy
lidded box that opened and closed at
short and regular intervals. The sound
was always present, but alternately
muffled and clear, like the lamentation
of steam-operated brass band
Il put my besoaped countenance out
of the shop door to look. There was
nothing visible except a patriarchal
Chlnaman straining at an enormous
wheelbarrow. The noise came out of
every doorway and window In the
street, from the heavens above and out
Of the earth below. The stones spoke
1t, the walls groaned it, the air
screamed it. Only the old Chinaman
seemed to have no part in it. He came
slowly up the pathway, toiling and tot
tering behind his Unbalanced vehicle.
Then he came opposite the BARRIERS
door, and the noise struck me In the
face like the blast of a tempest.
drew back with q shudder, knowing
at last that the cause was the grease
less Wheel of the barrow. Laugh not.
Q reader, for SO terrible thing is this
wall of the China wheelbarrow that
his honor Of Wehaiwei has promul-
gated an ordinance awarding irnprison-
ment for the first offense, death for
the second, and fve-dolIar fine for
the third. So wheelbarrows are of
blessed memory in Weihaiwei, for the
Chinaman loves them, chiefly. for that
which renders them a terror to the
European. But elsewhere in China
they flourish, to the confusion of
euphony and the glorifcation of dis
cord"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08
Trapping the Parson.

AS William Morris was an English
man, it may not seem remarkable te
Americans that he did not always get
his jokes right end first. In a biogra
ply Of her husband, Mrs. Edward
Burne-Jones tells of the ease with
which he reversed them.
They had all been asking conun
drums.
"Who killed his brother Cain?" ask
ed Burne-Jones.
Morris fell into the trap at once
'Abelr' he shouted.
Later IN the day he came In laugh.
ing.
Il trapped the parson, by Jove"
he exclaimed II asked him, 'Whe
killed his brother Abel?'
"'Cain, he said at once.
Hal l said I knew you'd say
that Every one does l came away
and left him puzzled enough-and
doubt if he's found out yet what the
matter was"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08

forward end where he could look
through the front window and see
ahead over the stretch of tracks. Even
that didn't satisfy her young hopeful,
who squalled to get in the box with
the motorman. The mothers explana-
ton that no one was allowed to go in
with the motorman failed to satisfy
the child. Finally his yells and
screams so ratified the motorman that
he in his turn couldn't keep STILL
Madam" he said, as he let down
his little window and looked In
through the partly opened front door,
IF you don't take that young hyena
away I'll go crazy and run past two
or three stations or run the train off
the track and kill everybody. Take
him away quick into some other car
before he goes into commissions and l
go into spasms."
Then the tired-faced, WORKOUT moth
er grabbed the boy by the arm once
more and dragged him back to the
second car again and the motorman re-
Salueu SunnCleht SoAlpoouAS W StOp at
the next station.
Yes, sir, once in a while we have
some pretty nerve-trying experiences, .
said an elevated motorman who had
only been in the business short time.
the other day. Every time I get In
the box and take hold of the controller
of the electric current my nerves get
on edge. 1 am afraid that before I
get of the train again something will
happen. I imagine that may run
over some old man who has climbed
down on the tracks for some reason
or other or that / may bring the train
on to curve too fast and tip the
whole thing over into thu street. etc.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08
THE MINERS OF BUTTE.
For Them the Town LIS way S"-
ton on the Road to Nome

For Them the Town LIS way S'A-
ton ON the Road to Nome.
Probably nowhere in the world IS
there such a forceful virile BODY Oh
workers as are the miners OF Butte.
Ther are no graybeards. They are So
c,al rebels; not that they chant the
Carmagnole to the waving OF the black
flag of anarchy, but In the sense tnat
hack in the well-ordered c1vlllzaIloh
If the east they rebelled against pov-
artv and pushed on to the frontier, pig
nuscled red-blooded, determined TO
soil the ship of their destiny into pleas-
anter places than their boyhood knew.
From the copper mines OF BerenaVeh,
in the County Cork, from the coai
mines of Tipperary, from the lln
mines Of Cornwall and from Wherever
in western Europe men go down INTO
the bowels Of the earth for treasure
the sturdy young men OF the mines
came to America, says Tom watson
AIspazine. At the Atlantic seaboard
they heard the story Of Mr.. Baer and
his partnership with God in the anthra-
cite coal fields Of Pennsylvania, OF
the company store and the company
shack, with Its yellow-feyer paint Dy
way Of decoration.
In company with their American
brothers they started across the con-
tinent to the Hooking Valley OF ONO
thence to the copper peninsula OF
Michigan, to the coal mines of Illinois,
Missouri and Kansas, on to the gold
and silver lodes of Colorado, and Titan,
and finally to the miners paradise OF
Butte, where eight hours Is the day 8
work and sos the monthly wage
Beyond, the Butte miner has his
eyes fixed on Alaska. Butte is but
way station on the road to Cape Nome.
Butte has public library and
churches that rank we'll with similar
institutions in any American city.
They are we'll patronized by the min
ers. 1t has beautiful and costly public
buildings, hotels, business blocks and
private residences.
Butte is rightly called the Gibraltar
of trades unionism. Every conceivable
occupation is organized, from the PIN
| boys in the bowling alleys and the
shoeblacks on the streets to the re-
porters on the daily papers, all are
organized. Wages are high. Plumbers
get So per day and printers get $500
for a seven-and-a -half-hour day.
1t is the proud boast Of Butte that
the greatest mining camp on earth
| has never had a boom.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08

to Patrick Henry his certificate to
practice law, after the license had
been refused by two other examin-
ers of the colony.
Randolph drew up the remonstrance
of the burgesses against the threaten
ed stamp act in 1854. On Aug. 10,
1774, Randolph summoned the citizens
of Williamsburg, his residence, to meet
In order to protest against the uncon-
stitutionality of binding American
colonies by British statutes. He was
unanimously elected the first president
of Congress on Sept. 5, 1874.
He has been described by his con-
temporaries as an honest man, having
temper, knowledge, experience, Judg-
mnt-aboye all, integrity-a true Ro-
man spirit" His sterling worth won
for him friends wherever he was
known The men of his own colony
and those Of other colonies Joined
Washington in their trust Of the man.
He was one Of those great Americans
who were the bulwarks of the State
In time Of storm, pillar of righteous
ness and a rock Of truth.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08
The Refinement of Rigidtty.

A gentleman who was born in 1915,
the fourteenth child of a family of
sixteen, delights in telling stories IL
Illustrative Of the severity of their up
bringing
Their father and mother were par
ents Of the old school, and their chill
dren's deep affection was tinged with
a wholesome awe.
'The awe was SO pervasiye and the
discipline Sc rigid that we were never
allowed to blow our noses in the pa-
ternal presence" declares this gentle
man. I'VE had to go outside the room
and close the door before performing
that operation!'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08
LAVE NOT SPOKEN IN YEARS.
brother and sister Maintain s1lence
Toward Each Other.

.o.her and sister Maintain silence
Toward Each Other.
a. saventy-fiye acre farm four
miles from Chateaugay, FRANKLIN
County. N. Y, dwelt James ana Mary
Durney, brother and sister, Who' al
though they have lived IN the same
bouse since childhood and the the only
occnnants of the house, shave not.
snoken to each other for forty-tW'o
years.
James is 60 years old and Mary %.
Their uncommun mas LOT
twoscore years been one of the Won
doris of that part of Franklin County,
and the fact that otherwise they APP
pear to get along together amicaD'y
has hit served to intensity interest IN
the case.
What further adds to the interest OF
tho situation is that neither brother nor
sister ever says derogatory WORD OF
the other to anyone.
Yet the cause Of the period of forty
two years Of silence toward each other
Is one Of the traditions OF nelghDofs.
When Mary Durney was 13 years old
she wanted to go to party IN the
village of Chateaugay, and her broth
err. five years older, declared that she
should not: that she was too young to
go to parties.
The girl tried to slip out Of the
ho1se. but her brother caught and de-
tanned her and refused to permit her
to leave the sitting room Of their nome
until the last vehicle had departed
with its merry load Of youthful farmer
folk. AS the sound of the wheels OF
the last carriage died away Mary was
seized with frantic grief and passion
and struggled desperately to open the
door that her brother had locked, put
ting the key in his pocket. He sat
back and laughed at his little sisters
vain efforts to open the door. She
struggled to force the lock and then
pounded frantically on the door until,
exhausted by her efforts and her i'm
potent rage, she fell on the floor. She
lay there for hours, refusing to move,
and shrieking when her mother tried
to get her to rise.
When the girl arose the next day she
refused to speak to or notice her broth
er, and this is the attitude she has
maintained resolutely, through good
fortune and bad, through deaths in the
family, through success in business en-
terprises that came to them, through
the sickness or health Of both Of them.
Her brother, quick to take his cue,
and apparently feeling as angry as
she, after a few abortiye attempts,
ceased to speak to her when he re-
ceived no answer to his remarks. And
from that day, forty-two years ago on
Oct II, these two persons, dwelling
together, have locked their lips against
each other.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08

when l was Is years old, and used
to buy family supplies for my mother,
it took one dollar and twenty cents,
on an average, to get the things that
now cost a dollar When was mar
ried, ten years ago, eighty cents had
this same purchasing power. Present
prices are thus about midway between
those Of the year when Garfield was
elected and the latter part Of Cleve
lands second term" This was the
observation Of a 4O-year-old household
er, who had been studying standard
table Of index numbers. his own per-
sonal experience would not be worth
quoting, since individual conditions
vary 50 greatly, were it not that it is
the average Americans experience, If
statisticians may be trusted. To get
the index number for particular year.
a computation is made Of the numb Der
Of bushels Of wheat, pounds Of coffee,
yards of cloth, pounds of coal and Of
metals consumed by the average per
son, besides building materials and
countless incidentals To these figures
the prevailing rates at the time are
applied. The result affords a standard
by which the range Of general prices
may be traced. Certain articles have
been steadily declining in price al
most as long as people can remember;
others have been advancing. The larg-
er group has fuctuated like the level
of lake. From the return to a hard.
money basis, after the Civil War,
prices tended downward until about
ten years ago. Many persons suppos,
ed that the decline would continue in
definitely. Some persons expect the
present tendency in the other direction
to prevail for a long time. But no
one can tell. The nearer general prices
maintain a steady level, the better it
is for the country as q whole. The
weight of deferred obligations, as be-
tween debtor and creditor, is changed,
although unayoidably, unfairly by f1uc-
tuation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08
AT Last He Understood.

At first, although a business man.
he failed to understand a little note
received from his wife, which was
written in a strictly business style.
It read:
Dear John x a sealskin sack Nh
bell
After puzzling over it for good
half hour, his eye happened to fall on
a bill for lumber shipment. The
first item was 100 planks Of certain
length 1x12. And then, at last. he
understood the note meant: Dear
John buy sealskin sack."-New Or
leans Times Democrat
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08

Although it is the function ;,
physician to indicate the genera,
ture of the nourishment to no s
his patient, the responsibilitv guy ~
proper feeding of the sick no,a W.
wolves almost entirely on the N.Y..
and on her tact and judgment tbs ~
cess of tie treatment will So.
Even when the food is corraot,r 'ua
pared, much attention to the man,. pS
of service is requisite in order IA nat
1T tempting to the invalid.
During illness the things that
urally stimulate the appetite S1ob
fresh air and exercise, are qnt,S
lacking, so that every possible msss
must be used to render the i'd.
food as agreeable as possible rn,,
among these is the care of the mors
and tongue. Unless these ara ~.
scrupulously clean by tie usp n
cleansing lotions, particles of fprmon.
ing food are retained, and give Ma
to much discomfort. This is esnac,,
ly true Of milk, the administrators n
which should always be followed ny Il
cleansing Of the tongue with som.
such preparation as a mixture Of eon,l
parts Of glycerin, lemon Juice anil
water applied with a cotton swan
Before bringing in the meal N.
room should have been put in order a,
much as possible, the patients hapa,|
and face sponged off, and the ht
clothes and pillows freshly Arranged
The tray itself should be decked with
the protest china, the whitest AMI
freshest linen and the brightest SILVIA
the household boasts. Very small non
tons only should be set before sicsI
person, for in this way a greater
amount is likely to be eaten than n
the weak appetite is appalled, by thsI
sight of well-filled plates.
In giving liquids to patients unaGsI
to sit up, the head should be raised
by slipping the hand under the pillow
instead of directly under the head 40
in this way the position is less con,
strained and swallowing is easier, The
conventional sick feeders with nOE
zles are usually disliked by patients
and in most cases fluids can be taken
without much effort through a bent
glass tube or from a tumbler only a
third full. Here again the patient
should not be presented with more
than he is likely to drink, as sick
person feels a certain satisfaction 10
completely emptying his glass.
It is often & difficult question to de-
eide whether or not to waken sleep
ing patient for food. In most case;
it is better to wait, but often suffer
er may be reused sufficiently to take
a few swallows, and yet be able to
drop off again and sleep all the mOF'
soundly for having received the noaf
ishment.-Youth's Companion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08
WITH THE 81" MoTORMEN.
| Nerve-RackinE Experiences of EN-
DIOyes Who Operate Cars.

Nerve-RacLins Experiences of Em-
pIOyes Who Operate Cars.
'Say, ma, l want to ride in there
with the man in the little glass box
may Say yes, ma" said the little
6-year-old as he pulled back and point
ed at the motorman in the front end
of the first car Of the elevated train,
while ma struggled hard to drag the
youngster aboard the second car. With
the assistance begrudgingly given by
the guard the recalcitrant and obstrep-
erous boy was finally boosted into the
car, where his ma lifted him up and
set him down hard on the stiffest cane
bottom seat she could pick out. But
she wasn't strong enough to set the
boy down with sufficient force to
make him keep still.
II want to ride where l can see the
track with the man in the box" yell
ed the boy.
"Oh, just look out there at that
back yard, all full Of lovely scrap
iron," said ma in a soothing tone of
voice.
II don't want to see no scraps,
want to see tracks,.
Finally the poor mother had to CON-
promise by taking the boy into the
front car and sitting down near the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08

Under various pretexts, chiefly SAM
tary, the agrarian influences of Ger
many have so we'll succeeded in eX-
Guiding American and other foreign
cattle and meats that prices have risen
sensationaliy high in that country, and
the working classes have had to go on
a vegetarian diet. Until the present
laws are modified, the advocates Of
getting along without meat will have
n better opportunity to exemplify their
theories than is often afforded in this
western world.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08
A striking tribute of respect wa

A striking tribute of respect was
paid to the memory of DR.. Bernardo,
the children's friend, whose death was
recently noted here. His body lay in
state IN Edinburgh Castle Mission
Church in the East End of London,
where it was viewed by thousands.
The streets through which the funeral
procession passed were lined with ST
lent, fearful crowds The shop win
dows were closed, flags were display
ed at halfmast. and there was every
evidence that the poor of the district
were sincerely mourning the death Of
the man who had devoted forty years
to caring for the destitute. The mourn
ing of these people for good man
dead as we'll as the splendid work of
the mans life. make one agree with
DR.. Cnanning when he said that he
thanked God that his lot was bound
up with that Of the human race, be-
cause there We're so many admirable
qualities IN his fellow men.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08
MRS. READERS PISTOL.
And the Effective Use She MADE
1t on a Certain Occasion

And the Effective Use She Made III
1t on a Certain Occasion
In her story of ELLA RawlS Readar|
Financier," in EyerybodyS, Juls'l
Wilbor Tomkins tells the tolIo"llil
incident of a struggle of Mrs Reader
in Peru:
After eight months OF uSes
struggle she went out to Callao' WIZ
is about half an hour by rail- "
Lima, with her Peruvian h"!'
Scotch interpreter, and American III
gineer, and forced the manager u
open the warehouse and let nef naA'
an inspection of the machinery iNl
manager had met her with lis law
yers, and the hour of argument 0ei''
she gained her point had Deen 'VI'
thing of a strain. During the WIN"
process a Peruvian on the Hassln ''q'
had been standing close to MIS- H'"'
er, his little, narrowed eyes s''-ISl
with that deliberate insolence VI.
Latins can accomplish. The coHpa ~,
went out into the wareroom Whefe Wv
machinery lay and the dlt1lcul' O ~.
ness Of a hurried inspection went W.
ward, but still the bullying STARE n' ,s,l
ceased. About two hours Oh IL \
fine edge of that hidden tempe i,a Il
hers suddenly sprang out she Nnl 4h.,
on him with a blaze of WoruS ~ a.al
needed no interpreter, and al AZ W. j
his stare was being returheu =. ,re
fierce little pistol held IN S' an,i1
white hand and quite READY III
ness. ,oithpr
'sThe gentleman of Peru n ;no0nI
apologized nor retracted; lie ~ ~ n
tinently, unqualifiedly fed A hn1or,
was not the only one. Like 'Da are
the men fitted out of the duSN' ,on 4
house. leaving the dangerous W0nur Liant
clear field. When she lookeu tra
there was nc one in sight Ou' GORE
Irish porters, and in their e!'9 -,5eh.
sympathetic wrinkles, meeting "" 1orp
Mrs. Reader could only SlnA ~ bPr
helpless with laughter, ana put "
pistol"