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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-07
FIR WEST END

Miss Mary Edmonds, Of Lynchburg. Is \
Street. 81 III
Is spending some time here as the guest \
of relatives. sj5s
Miss Muriel smith, daughtsr Of Mr.. anu I
Street, is sick at tic virginia Hos pltal.55
3 Miss Maud vashon and Iiss Ruth
Hotties were the guests of honor ats
d1ightfu rty given at the home
last. The party. which was q pleasant
surprise 70 the two young ladies', proved
to be an enjoyable evening roy Al prea
In games and other social amusement ss
until a late hour The evening was de-
interspersed with music and
;dered by Miss Lottye Heinleln and NJ S.
Marie Frick. At ii o'clock the young
people were invited into the dining room,
to which they did fnll justice. Among
those present were the Misses Na",nless
Graves, Queenie Robertson. Marie Id
en a Ct ayGRs asehF vi nattye Jo HH
Marie Frlck, Ruth anderson. Alley Beas.-$$
ley. Mary. Butler, Nellie Davies. MISS
Maud -Nashon and Ruth lio i 's Messrs:$
Graves. Ashby Jones. Harry Dawson.
Phil Devote, Charlie Robertson, \, Joseph
=
Henry Brothers. III $52ss5
Mrs, Virginia shepperson, Of tHe Ri iss,s
is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Johnny
Whitaker, of No. 1913 Taylor Street. Il
Mrs Ar sydnor Of Grove =; say : !. e.
brother, J. II. Meredith, of San Francisco
although having elegraphed several
times. Mr.. Meredith resided In the heart
ofsthe path OF the fire and earthquakeSo on
Miss Helen Stevens, OF Floyd Avenue
has n her guest her friend, Miss Louise
Seden, OF Snowden. Va ~ * Ks g5
MIR. and Mrs. Edward T. .Eanes arr, eX-l
pected home to-day from Toronto, Gam
where they have been spending their
Miss Lizzie Bryant, Of Newport News!
Va, is expected here In a few days TO
spend some time rs the guest Of friends. 3$
Mr.. Fred Torrencc, Jr., Is at Westover.3
Va, where he will be gone for some tine.t
Mrs William Miller and som Decatur..
who have been In Alexandria for some
time, where her husband is, attending
to business for a local firm. is expected
home In q few days, ~
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Easy to Cure a Kicker.

An Ohio correspondent tells how to cure
a kicking COW. Flo says;
Take rope five or six feet long: put
the middle part OF 1t twice around one
leg Just above the knee, cross tho ends
between the legs and carry one end twice
around the other leg; draw them close
together and tie. The COW will jump and
try to break the rope ut first, but she will
soon yet used to 1t and make no more
trouble. and sha cannot kick With either
foot. When the COWS take mo for Il
ny and switch my hat on. and try to put
out my eyes, tie their tails with n large
string three feet long, Loop tho middle
OF tho string around the tall just above
tie the ends together In. n howknot Near
iy every farm that have seen on this
clay soil has tho COWS In the mud every
wet spell, ! have seen them actually drag
their udders In the mud rs they went
out and In, besides treadng loads Of
manure into the ground ! always haul
out the manure In tho winter. That helps
some. But the cure for a muddy yard
is paving. ] commenced few years
ago al the stable door and have added
from time to time, and now my COWS
go to the through and back and do not
make any mud, I had some broken stone
left after huilding-2 few flat stones
i gathered small hardhends In my fields
and laid them all, one at q time, and the
best sides up, as they lay cobble stone In
n city street. II has cost nothing but
the work. Every man whose farm Is paid
for can afford to haul stone from the
quarry or the fields and pave his yard,
There is but one Of my neighbors who has
done IT as far as know,
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LEE DISTRICT

Mrs. James McGrnw Jr ia and LITTLE SON. S1rr
a two weeks visit 70 Baltimore and Ar
Mrs, Jennie r, Langhorne, Of No ,ils
sister, Mrs Richard L.. Thhw; and niue
spend a month or six weeks With their
sister, Mrs. Robert Peasley, at Dil!worth,
Charlotte, n, G,
Miss Nena Latlmer IS expected 20 .,. 70,
Miss Mary Sue Dew, of No, 1920 Grove
Avenue, Is Visiting her, grandmother, MIS-
Miss holland Hubbard has jnst recovered req.
from her recent spell of sickness AT her
homo, No. 1921 "; Grace Street t,,.d,, 9 ~
is visiting her brother, Mr. Henry Heller,
or No. 1872 West Grace Street, before lenY-
Ing on n trip to Europe,
ME- md Mvs q M bn IHek ne ama y yn
street r. re I, SsHis home Wcdnesday
MI a. csaf co M"s IT, ssst e ws ss
Miss Helen Haley, NO 1880 y West Grace 1,a,,
street Is nov yst11 n Mrs " sE ,I pen,
to st. Augustine by the Florida lakes.
Mrs ], j. Haley and her son, Sydney,
have returned after having spent the WIN
ter in their Florida homo.
Miss Mamie Parrish Is visiting her
uncle, Mr., " II. Parrish, No, 1913 West
Grace Street
Miss Lena Mochler will leave soon on n
visit to Miss Alma Pfaaf IN Ohio,
Mrs Joseph S. Blackwell, OF No, 1Gl5
West Grace. Street, Is visiting relatives
ut Reidsyllla, N. G.
Miss A. laura Baldwin has returned TO
her home at l'nrmvllle, W., after a pleas
ant visit to her brother, Mr., Il, j, Bald
win, No. 2sos West Grace Street,
r.. IT diiCl< and littln daughter,
Esther, are stopping with Mrs, j. ",
Mitchell.
Mr., Frederick g, Wilson, Of No. aaal7
Park Avenue spent Sunday IN Norfolk,
va, as the guest or his sister, Mrs, j, w,
MI. and Mrs, dustave Bcrnicr, who
were married recently, have ,nturned
from a Northern bridal trip, and are To-
ted at No. o203 Park Avenue
Mr.. and Mrs, John. T., Powers, OF ;,,
2ioi Grove Avenue, rendered their lll,is
son. Harvey, n birthday party from four
to six o'clock In the afternoon OF April
18th. About forty little guests were pres
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.MECHANICsvlLLE NEWS

Mrs Adrian Burton and children. OF
West Virginia, are visiting Mrs. Ida TUCK,
Mrs. Florence Jenkins and son, Robert,
are visiting friends and relatives III HAN
Mrs NJ j, Morris and little daughter.
Oracle. have returned to their nome near ,al
here after spending several weeks with
her mother III Louisa county.
Miss Fanny Chenlault Of M SW,Ii,. B ihan
Miss Emma Deal. OF Wood Street, VINO
has been 80 very III at her home for
several months. Is still In a very critlcui
condition. q
Mrs Hattie Barnes and little daughter,
OF Wood Street, are visiting relatives IN
Fulton
Miss Bessie Windcr has returned to her
several weeks with her cousin, Mrs. Il. 4.
NIllburn of Chelsea Hill. "a b ,..s
Mr.. Malcolm Snead has moved his fam .
ily from No. 1871 Mood Street, 70 BOILING
Green Road.
after undergoing very serious operation
at the Memorial Hospital.
Mrs Martin and Mrs. Dedrtck. of the
Nine-N1llc Road, are visiting Mrs Leo
Poat near the Pike. . H.,
tolcnve with his family, IN a few days Tor
Newpor: News, where he has accepted Il
position. and will make his home IN the
future. .
visiting it il; her r. sister near The pike.
MIR. and Mrs. Willie Phillips, Of Maddox
Hill arc visiting friends and relatives N
Hanover county. ge js5 ia
Mrs. Hutcherson Is able. to be out aagain
after an indspostion Of several weeks s.
visiting his daughter. Mrs. Jordan, OF the
Pike. s5asr,iE
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SUNSHINE AND WATER.
How Fruits on the Farm Can Be
Made to Paw Handsomely.

Sunshine. water and Il little pleasant
flavorng in the shape OF fruits sell rap
Idly everywhere. Every kind OF fruit.
from berries and grapes to apples,
peaches. pears and plums. Is composed
OF more than ninety per cent. water.
Some Of these fruits will grow on all
farms and on most farms severn, OF
them will grow to perfection.
Besides the water In them, most fruits
contains mineral salts. These are supplied
In profuson by the land In many places,
and where they arc not, 1t takes a very
small quantity to supply all that is
needed for n bushel OF fruit. Fruits make
a very small demand upon the fertility
OF the soil and may be grown year after
year on the same land with very little
fertllIzlng.
A New York berry-grower produced 1900
quarts OF Strawberries on n single aero,
selling these for 10 cents n quart. \ ber-
could not get as much as no though:
he should for his berries In Chicago sent
them to Buffalo and averaged 5 cents 4
quart for them a New jersey farmer,
who does not pretend 10 b" fruit
grower, sold In ono year, f.ty dollars
worth OF cherries from few tlees. Last
year an Illinois man, a poultry breeder,
sold oyer 500 worth OF cherries from tho
trees he planted In his poultry yards to
The farmer who does not grow fruit
loses m opportunity to put part Of his
farm to very profitable use, An orchard
once established produces crop after crop
at very small crop cost and without ma
terially reducing the fertility of the soil
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-07
SAN FRANCISCO
STILL IN DANGER.
Shocks Likely to Recur in Cali
fort1ia in Short Time, Ger
man Thinks.
TAFT AND GREEDY DISAGREE
~ .--- g9
General Protests Against Relief
Funds Beiri Taken Out Of
Army's Hands.
TAFT AND GREEDY. DISAGREE
m

BERLIN, May G.--Profcssor Dcckcrt,
who has predicted TINT there will soon
be more earthquake shocks in California.
Is ono OF tic most eminent physical
geoginplicrs in Germany. lie passed ten
years III the United States and studied
the sclsinologS Of California.
The professors wife, an American wo-
man, Is also q distinguished scismoogist
and her husbands assistant in Ills re-
searches.
5"Betccwn 1900 and 1883 four hundred
and seventeen distinct earthquakes were
recorded IN California;. said Professor
Deckcrt To the World correspondent to-
day These earthquakes occurred In
series and some shocks In each series
were severe.
"Thc calculations | am engaged on
give me every reason To fear that earth
quakes will srccur in California IN short
time.
II do not 20 80 far MS to prophcs. that
these will be disastrous shocks, but
must say that all appearances point that
way.
San Francisco and It's ncighDorhood
is now the active hearth Of earthquakes
and must 50 remain for some time.
My opinion Is that the coming dis
turbanccs viii tend rorthward up the
valley TO l'ritish Columbia According
To my reading OF my cllipscs. numerous
shocks may be expected. But, ! repeat
ctnpha tically Il cannot be scientifically
determined whether or not these shocks
will be seriousu
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RIO VISTA AND RIDGE

Miss Lena Pattillo, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. u. c. Pattllo, Of Glenburney,' had
the misfortune to fall and break her arm
while at school last week. Miss Lena
seems to be unusually unfortlnute, as
this is the fourth time sne has broken
the same arm. III s$$tR
Miss Lille Baughnn and Miss Bernice3
Oliver. of Westhampton, were lScently:
the guests OF Miss Estellc Baughan. Of
Mrs. james Euhank, OF wcsthampton3
Park spent last Monday with relatives
. Miss Carrie Eubank has been quite in-s
disposed for the past week.
Mrs. r. w. Browning. OF 'Wayside,"'5
was a recent guest OF her daughter Mrs.
Edna FRANKLIN. of the West End
Misses Lille and Edna fost, of Ridge,
have returned home after a pleasant visit
with friends in Manchester. During their
stay Miss Lille vas guest IN the home.
of Mrs. Ben Williams, while Miss Edna
visited Miss I.lllie Morris,
MIR. and Mrs. NJ. Il, Thompson enter
ttnincd III their home at Rio Vista during
last week Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Savage
former residents of EIenrico, but now Of
WA ShinfrtOn d. q. Iaa3l --4.a lh5lsE5iftt 3es5l
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Eat the Nutritious Snail.

a dish of snails Is hardly ever seen
in this country, although IN Spain ana
in France this mollusk is fairly COM
mon article of food among the poor,
while 1t Is held In great esteem by the
gourmet when 1t is stewed and gar
nished with herbs and condiments. me
suggestion that the snail should form
cheap article of food in this country
has been revived, and there Is nothing
to be said against the proposal from
a dietctic point OF view, for, properly
cooked, the snail Is both nutritious and
tasty Doubtless tho snail could be cul-
tivated as Is the oyster, when IT was
found that 1t had gained a considerable
patronage.
The snail has indeed been called the
.'noor mans oyster" though we do not
remember to have seen It eaten raw
We know, however, that 1t makes an
excellent FISH sauce and may be used
for the same purpose as oyster sauce.
Possibly, also. few snails In steak
and kidney pudding would increase tho
tastiness of this popular food. Care
must be exercised In the choice of the
snail for food purposes. rs It Is well
known that stalls feed on poisonous
pants, and It is ths custom In France
to allow a few days to elapse nltcr
they have been taken from their feed
Ing ground in order that any poisonous
matters may he eliminated.
Most OF the snnils in France used for
tho edible purposes are collected from
the vineyards OF Burgundy, Champagne
and Lorraine which, we may be sure,
afford a perfectly clean feeding ground
for the snail. considering the care which
is taken TO protect the vines from dis
ease. According to analysis. very nearly
90 pcr cent. OF the solid matter OF tho
snail lis proteid matter. available directly
for repairing the tissues of the body
Besides this. there are about Q por cent.
of fat and per cent. of mineral matter,
including phosphatcs Compared with the
oyster, this would show that the sna,l
contains about 100 per cent more hu''''
tlo,ls substances,-Th Lancet.
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FULTON NEWS

Misses Lille and Matilda Nelson.
daughters OF Mr.. and Mrs: r. Nelson,
g1t Mew York city saturaay on ,or
ee-nronths trip to Denmark. Germany
and other European points. They were
accompanied by their cousin, Miss Marie
Koch. z
Mrs. W. J. King, who has been visiting
relatives and friends IN Washington. has
returned home. ss' 81 IL
Miss Annie Sears. of Newport News,
who has been visiting relatives and
friends In Fulton, has returned home.
Michael Hogan continues very sick at
his home on williamsburg Avenue.
Miss Aileen Morris, Of Rodaphil, Va.
was the guest Of Mrs. David Cobb one
day last week.
Mr.. W. S, Lamb, of South Carolina, Is
visiting his parents. Captain and Mrs.
John Lamb, on Fulton illl.&
Mrs. Thomas weimer Is visiting rela-
tives In upper Henrico.
Mr.. and Mrs Writ Luck have returned
from a pleasant visit to Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mann, of Detroit.
Mich. are visiting relatives and friends
In Fulton.
Mrs. Grimes Is quite sick at her home
Mrs. Mary Wydenran. Of Baltimore. is
the guest OF her sister Mrs. Writ Luck.
Mrs. Susan Meinhardt, OF Cumberland
on Denny Street.
Mrs. T. II. N1cDonough and daughters,
Misses Marie and Honor, and Miss knth-
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
O'Connor, OF maple Grove. I" Fulton Hill,
have returned home.
Mrs. John Rowe, who has been critically
III. Is much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ashby3 Frayser arrived
home from their bridal i tour Friday
morning. They are now Mt home to their
friends lat $40 Nicholson Street.
George Booker who had been working
In New York the past winter, has res
turned home.
Mr., s. r. Nccornac. of Detroit. Mich,
who has been visiting Mr. Irving ]. Coffin
at the "Stoncbridge Stock Farm" for
two weeks, has returned home.
The young people Of Laurel 1Iill church
of that church at Laurel Hin Hall May
10th at s O'clock. The programme for
the. evening consists Of rectnt.Ans, music,
tableaux and n play entitled THE Dress
ing Gown which will be tho central
feature o. this entertainment, Light re,
freshments Will DO served by the Ladies'
Aid Society.
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Randolph School.

First x Grade-Robert Dottery, Percy
Robertson, Amelia Lambert, Lizzie
Walker, Clyde Pilklnton, Winnie Gibbs,
Edna Walther
beth Cole, Leslie Carlton, May TURNKEY,
Eliza Seay, Robert Melton, Bernard Lacy.
Second a GradeLela Carter, Mary
2Ceichton, Fannie Foster, Bessie Calvin,
Hazel Leber, Ruth Thompson, Madeline
Thorpe, Inez Williams, Raymond Mallory.
Second B Grade-Gus Browning. Ed
ward Fletcher Guy Ford, Grace Bennett,
Katie Gillian, Alne Gulley, Virginia
Hooper, lstelle Riddell, Herlino Stock
man. a
Third A Grade Bernard Martin, Ruby
Church. Icf1le Cousins, Margaret Dowdcn,
Lillian Hicks.
Fourth b Grade--Blanche Cole Ruth
Watkins, Adell Kitchen, Gertrude Hop
Fifth a Grade-Robert Martin, Louise
Woodbridge, Earl Holzback. Richard
Firth B Grade-Trank Elliott, Terne
Anderson. Mamie Gillian, Grace Haley.
Sixth a Grade-Arthur Carlson, Mary
Dowden, Mabel Hurgrove, Blanche Ham,
Edna Kirby.
Sixth b Grade-Ethel Wolf. Bessie De-
bold, Grace Mill, Folsom Clarke, Horace
Drever.
Seventh, A Grade--Ivey Tiller
Seventh 3 Grade--Kate Wilcox, Hun1ph-
rey Calder, Willie Simpson, Estcllo
Francis
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Nicholson School,

Seventh b Grade-Ernost Wrenn.
Florine Bowles Florence Minor.
Seventh A Gradc--Walter Bushell, two
months; kate Inookwell, two months;
Raymond Rice, two months; Jimmie
Black one month.
Sixth d Grade--Ruhy Rowe, ono
month; Edna Wood ono month; Adrlenne
Harcum, ono month.
Sixth A Grade-lIclen Sorg, three
.months, Sadie Barker, three months;
Jesse Aston, one month,
Fifth b Grnde-Edlth Chlldrey, three
months; Ida Dlnwiddie, three months;
SOPHIE Gayle. three m mont, Martha
Fifth A Grade--May Leonard, three
months, I.uray Hardin, three months;
Harry Enroughty three months, Arthur
Hoffman, two months; Ernest Reasley,
ono month,
Fourth 8 Grnde-Frank Metzger. three
Mabel Mitchell, three months; Mamie
Black, two mouths; Annie Roscher two
months; Earl Reynolds, two months
Third b Grade-1.ouise Gil, three
months Bertle Taylor, three months;
Dcas Cole, two months; Mabel Rice. two
monthsi Ruth Reams, one month; James
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-07
Effects Of Compulsory Insurance

EfleCtS Oh NOlllpu1ooAy 1AoNtA o'AS~
yicc-Consul schcmmer, Of Mannheim,
having received Inquiries regarding the
results Of compulsory Insurance OF work.
Ing people In Germany, submits the FOL
lowing statistics , 80 ~,
prom 1885 to 1890 the sum OF s4S95o'ooo
was expended by tho various insurance
systems in Germany for the restoration
of the health OF worklngmen and their
families. Cne-third Of this sum was paid
in by the employers. There Is no doubt
but that It would have cost double u
the men had been compelled to pay
everything out of their own pockets, the
moderate medical charges now being req
ulated by these insurance laws.
AS n matter of fact, pcople would not
othcrwisc be able to spend so much
money for medical treatment, and q
great many would perish or be perma-
nently disabled for lack of proper treat
ment; and the disabled ones would res
main a permanent burden on the com,
munlty. 1t also appears that physlcn'
and intellectual conditions of the lahor-
ing classes generally have been greatly
improved by this protective Insurance.
system, as Is evidenced by the reduc-
ton of mortality at industrial centers'
which now ID only q per 1000 snhanl'
,ants, against Ella before the law TOOK
effect Although food products are much
higher III nrce than formerly. consump-
ton has Increased In quantity per cent.
per capita, showing that the buying
power ofthe people has been greatly
Increased through tthe INSURANCE, tunds
and higher wages, J,
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Responsibility Of a Railroad.

Consul Culver sends from London, can
ada. a statement to the effect that an
order will soon be issued By the Cana
dian Railway Commission in regard TO
goods carried on the railways at own.
crs risk It has been decided that
Owners risk" mus: he defined in each
biz of .lading. But such risk will not
excuse carelessness on the part Of
railway company or its employees, rs the
company will be held responsible for
any loss OF that kind. 1t has been SCI
tied that some 9c0-odd articles heretofore
carried at Owners risk must be re-
moved from such classification and placed
under carriers risk" If a shipper OF
any goods in the remaining classes de-
sircs to have them sent at Carriers
risk he will only have to pay % per
cent. advance instead of the 50 per cent,
as heretofore demanded
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Toronto to Receive Power From
Niagara.

Consul Chiffon. commcntilE on the in
dustrial conditions OF Toronto and the
utilizing Of Niagara Falls for motive
power. says:
T. As a manufacturing center, both in the
scope and diversity OF It's industries.
Toronto occupies an important place The
various factories give employment to
about $4,000 hands and rny In wages
over s24.000o00 per annum, while the
putput OF manufactured goods Is valued
Mt s70,0OO,00O. The capital invested in
manufacturing industries is estimated ut
sos, 100000 and is constantly being aug
mentcd by the rapid formation Of new
concerns. 1t requires over 10000 horsc-
power to keep Toronto's factories In mo-
lion, ana In connection with that fact
tho development of electrical power at
Niagara Falls is OF interest. Within a
year power Will be transmitted to To-
ronto by at least one OF the three big
development companies now engaged In
Harvesting Niagara; and this will crob-
nbly lead to n big reduction In the cost
of power with all its attending advant-
ages to manufacturers.
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Mark Twain on Spelling Reform.

Suppose all the newspapers and perlodir
calls should suddenly adopt Carnegian
system OF phonetic speling-whnt would
happen? We all know quite we'll what
would happen. TO begin with. the nation
would be in Il rage; It would break into
n storm of SCOTS, jeers, sarcasms, ours
ings. vituperations. and keep 1t UP for
nonths-but II would have to read the
papers; it couldn't help itself. by and
Ivy and gradually. the offensive phonetics
would lose something of their strange
ana uncanny look; after another by ana
by they would lose all of It, and begin to
look rather natural and pleasant; after
4 couple Of years of this tho nation would
think them handsome, sane and express
sive, and would prefer them to any other
breed or spelling, For, unto the eye that
can make a hnystack-hoopskirt beautiful.
any other conceivable horror Is an easy
job.
10 what literature would We limit the
change? Naturally-and unavoidnbc--to
literature written after tho change was
esta blished. 1t would not occur to any
one to disturb the "associatlons." No
book already existing would be put into
the nav spelling We do not guess at
this; we have history for it. we do not
plofane Chauccr's spelling by recastng