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Former State Senator r. A. James, of
Danville, was at Murphy's last night,
being on his way to Hampton, Snere he
will to-day attend a meeting of the State
Board of Fisheries, of which he is a
member.
Senator James took a party of friends
to see Tim Murphy at the Academy last
night. He will leave for Hampton this
morning.
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Entered. January 81, 1903. Mt Richmond, va.
A. sccond-clnss matter. under act OF Consre"
OF March 5, 1879.
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Canning.

From the New York Journal Of Commerce.
A convention. such as is being held at
Buffalo, of more than thousand delegates
of the association of manufacturers and
dealers in canned goods of the whole coun-
try, is an event of more interest and i'm
portance than one Is apt TO realize unless his
attention Is especially directed to it. The de-
velopment of the industry of putting up food
products in air-tight cans for preservation
from season to season and of the trade of
distributing these products to consumers
has been one of the marvcls of recent years
Its Importance to the community can hard
ly be overrated. 1t relieves the producer of
the material largely from the fear and the
consequences of overproduction. for the sur
plus Of one season may be carried over to
another and will of itself in its effect upon
the market and upon price check the ten
dency to overproduce. 1t also prevents
vast amount of waste by preserving articles
that are by nature quickly pcrishable from
perishing for an indefinite time. 1t fur
nishes the consumer with larger and
surer supply, distributes 1t more evenly
through the seasons and protects him from
wide fluctuations in prices. 1t has become
an economic force Of great value.
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again an their grandchildren an their
| great-grandchidher an their widow an tn
man that marrid her an his divorced wife
| an their riltives, DESCENDANTS. friends an
| acquaintance wud have to live on afther
| father was dead and gone with large
| piece iv broken iron in his stomach or
| back, as tn case might be, an nothing to
| live on but a pension firm tn governmint.
| &c. tn day war is declared We come over
here an stick a sthrange-lookin' weepin
in me hand an l close down me shop an
go out somewhere 1 niver was befure an
maybe lose me leg defindin' TIL hearths
iv me country, me that niver had a hearth
" me own to warm me toes by but tn oil
stove in me bed room. An that's tn kind
Nv men yc'd be wantin' to tax like push
cart or COW. Onscrupulous villain!
''Whin We tax tn bachelors ye tax valor.
Whin ye tax tn bachelors We tax beauty.
we've got TO admit that were much finer
lookin' lot iv fellows thin tn married men,
That's why we're bachelors 'Tis with us
as with tn ladies. y lady with an erratic
face is sure to be marrid befure dhream
iv beauty. She starts to wurruk right away
an what Hogan calls tn doctrine iv ayr
ages is always with thin that starts early
an makes nanny plays. But tn dhream
!
take her pick an It's not ontl she is
bumpin' thirty that she wakes up with a
scream to tn peril iv her position an runs
out an pulls a man down firm tn top iv a
bus. Nanny plain but determined young
woman have l seen happily marrid an dom
tn cookin' FIR large family whin her frind
who'd had her pitcher in tn contest FIR tn
most beautiful woman in Brighton Park
was settin' behind tn blinds waitin' FIR
some wan to take her buggy ridin'.
$50 it is with us. \ man with a face
that looks as if some wan had thrown it
at him in anger nearly always marries be-
furc he is old enough to vote. He feels he
has to an he cultivatcS what Hogan calls
tn graces. How often do ye hear about
a fellow that he is very plain but has a
beautiful nature. Ye bet he has. If he
hadn't an didn't always keep it in TIL
show case where all tn wurruld cud see
he'd be lynched BY tn Society FIR Municipal
Improvement. But it's diff rent with us
comcly bachelors. Bein' very beautiful, we
can afford to be naughty an peevish. 1t
makes us more inthrestin. We kind iv
look thin over with gentle but superior
eye an say to ourselves: now, there's a
nice, pretty attractive girl. l hope she'll
marry we'll. An whin she marries wan iv
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binidictine, occas' nally takin' dhraw at
an opeem pipe an r-readin a Fr-rinch
novel. TIL touch iv a woman's hand
Wanst, whin 1 was away, tn beautiful
Swede slave that scrubs out me place iv
business broke into tn palachal boodoor
an in thryin' to set straight TIL lie paintin
iv TIL Chicago fire burnin' Ilvator B, broke
a piece off frame that cost me two dol
lars iv good money. If they knew that tn
ony furniture in me room was a cane
bottomed chair an a thrunk. an that there
was nawthin' on tn fiure but oilcloth an
me clothes, an that tbs so long since me
bed was made up that it's now a life
size plaster cast iv me- Id be dragged to
TIL altar at tn end if a chain.
"Speakin' as wan iv TIL few survivin
bachelors, an old vethran that's escaped
nanny a peril an got out iv nanny a
difficult position with honor. l wish to say
that fair woman is niver so dangerous as
whin she's sorry FIR We. Whin TIL wurruds
Poor man rises to her lips an tn nurse
light comes into her eyes, 1 know it's time
FIR me to take me hat an go. An if tn
hats not handy go without it.
II bet we tn idee iv taXin' bachelors
started with tn dear ladies. But l say to
thin: Ladies, is not this a petty revenge
on ye'er best frinds? Look ye'er own
husbands an think what us bachelors have
saved nanny iv ye'er sisters firm. Besides
aren't we tn hope iv tn future iv TIL in
stichoochion iv mathrimony? If tn on
marrid ladies ARE to marry at all. tits us,
tn bold bachelors, they must look forward
to. Lave us our money. We're not bach
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FOUNDER OF THE CoIoNY OF NATURES
-c HILL DREN""y- - >:--------l

flcient ground for severing the nuptial ties
that bound her to the archduke.
Then Leopold set afoot negotiations for a
life separation by mutual consent 1t turn
ed out that although the fair Wilhelmina
had become one Of Natures Children"
and as such had renowned all the pomps
and vanities of this world she still re-
tanned a very worldly appreciation OF the
value of money. She demanded a big price
before she would consent to the separa-
ton, and by the aid of Leopold's aristo-
cratic relations she got it.
Romances have caused quite a slump
among Austrian archdukes of late years.
They seem to be for the most part an ILL
balanced lot, and when they fall in love
they lose their heads. Leopold Ferdinand's
friends attribute his erratic conduct to an
unfortunate love affair which he had eleven
years ago, when he was twenty-eiEht. He
fell in love with Donna Elvira, the daughter
of Don Carlos. and was secretly betrothed
to her. His parents, for political reasons,
would not sanction. the match, and the
tickle Donna Elvira put the finishing touch
to Leopolds despair by clipping with q
painter He plunged into dissipation. He
became sort Of Austrian Prince Hal and
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our frinds we say: Amt it too bad that
such fine girl shud throw hersilf away
on a practical joke iv nature like that
BY an by whin tn roses fade firm our
cheeks an our eye is dimmed with. age
we bow to tn inivitable, run down tn flag
iv defiance, an ARE yanked into TIL null
tichood iv happy an speechless marrid men
that look like flashlght pitchers. TIL best
lookn' Nv us niver get marrid at all.
Yes, sir, there's no doubt we do a good
deal to beautify tn landscape. Whose
pitchers ARE those We see in tn adver-
tisemints iv TIL tailorman? There's not a
marrid man among thin. They're all
bachelors What does tn gents furnishing
man hang his finest neckties in TIL front
window fr but to glisten with q livelier
wish, as Hogan says, tn FURNISHED bache-
Tor? See tn lordly bachelor comm down
TIL sthreet, with his shiny plug hat an his
white vest, tn dimon stud that he whit
in debt FIR glistenin' in his shirt front an
tn patent leather shoes on his feet out
shinin' TIL monday sun.
Thin see tn marrid man with tn.
wrinkles in his coat an his tie undher his
ear an his chin unshaven He's wallxin'
in his Congress CATERS in a way that
u. Il
niver wore a pair Nv darned socks since 1
was boy. Whin 1 make holes in me
hosiery l throw thin away. IT'S fine
idee Nv tn ladies that men are unhappy
because they have no wan to darn their
socks an put buttons on their shirts. TIL
truth is that man is not Unhappy be-
cause his socks ARE not darned, but be-
cause they ARE. An as f'r buttons on
his shirt, whin tn buttons comes off a
bachelors shirt he fires it out iv tn win
dow. His rule about clothes is thurly
scientific. TIL survival iv tn fit, dye
mind. TIL others to tn discard. No mar
ried man dares to wear tn plumage iv a
bachelor. If he did his wife wud sus-
pict him. He let's her buy his cravats an
his cigars an it's little diff renee it makes
to him which he smokes
"'Twud be villanous to tax tn bach
elors. Think iv tn moral side iv it.
What's that? Ye needn't grin. l said
moral Yes, sir. We're tn most unselfish
people in tn wurruld. All TIL throubles iv
tn neighbOrhood ar-re my throubles, an
my throubles ARE me own. If We shed
a tear FIR amy person but wan we lose
ye'er latch-kay, but havin' no wan in par
tiklar to sympathze with I'm supposed to
sympathize with ivry man. On tn con-
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pay tn tax. Don't ye think FIR a minyit
that light-footed heroes that have been
eludin onprincipled females all their lives
won't be able to dodge a little thing like a
five-dollar tax There's no clumsy collector
in tn wurruld that cud catch up with a
man iv me age who has avoided the machi-
nations iv tn fair FIR forty years an re-
mains unmarid.
An why shud we be taxed? We're tn
mainstay iv tn Constitution an about all
that remains " liberty. If We think tn
highest jooty iv citizenship is to raise a
family, why don't We give a vote to tn
shad? Who puts out ye'er fire f'r we, who
supports tn naytional governmint be payin'
most iv tn intarnal rivnoo jooties, who
maintains tn schools ye sind yeer ignOr-
ant little chldher to, be pay1n' tn saloons
licenses, who does tn fightin' FIR We in TIL
wars but tn bachelors? TIL marrid men
start all tn wars with loose talk whin
they're on q spree. But whin war is de-
clarcd they begin to think what rur-r-
BILE thing 'twud be if they niver come home
to their fircside an their wife got marrid
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consorted with all kinds of queer folk. For
time he professed to be a socialist. Once
he wanted to marry waitress at rail-
way buffet. His relations cured him of
this infatuation- by packing him off to an
asylum for six months.
= He had not been out long before he fell
head over heels in love with Wilhelmina
Adamovics. That caused more trouble IN
the family But when he announced his
intention of marrying her there was no end
of a row. For man of such august line
age and high rank marriage with woman
of the people, according to the special
code of ethics that governs royal folk, con-
stituted the one unpa rdonable sin.
The only member of his family who en-
Outraged him was his younger brother
Joseph. Joseph told him that in follow
ing the dictates of his own heart he was
doing the right thing; that being an arch
duke in these days was not all what 1t was
cracked up to be, and that if ever he got
a chance to marry such n paragon of per-
lection as the beautiful and angelic Wilhel-
nina he would chuck up all his titles
without a moments Hesitation to do it.
Had not Leopold been 50 hard hit by Cupid
he might have suspected the disinterested-
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ness Of his brothers advice, for all that
Leopold might lose by marrying WilheImina
Joseph stood to gain. But
To be wise and love
Is scarcely granted to the gods above.
About this time Leopold's married sister,
Louise Antoinette Marie. then Crown Prin-
cess of Saxony. had tired of her coarse,
boorish husband and fallen ma6ly in love
with a dapper little Frenchman, NJ Andre
Giron, her childrens tutor. leopold SYM
pathized with her, and planned sensa-
tional double elopement. Louise was visit
ing her father the Grand Duke Of Tuscany,
at Salzburg. On the night of December 20,
1902 Leopold left the palace with her Sc
cretly by a back entrance, and took train
for Munich There they were Joined by NJ.
Giron and Wilhelmina. The four lovers
then journeyed together to Switzerland. A
stranger quartet it would be hard to
imagine-the woman who might have been
Queen Of Saxony with her French squire
Of low degree. and the heir to the archducal
throne with a concert hall singer.
Now that Leopold has got rid of his wife
he has come to the>conclusion that he would
like to be an arclTduke again and heir to
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Cold in Maine.
From the Kennebec Journal.

From the kennebec Journal.
Bangor man in his effort to describe the
coolest place in the world spoke Of shed
that was too cold to keep wood in and
this was the limit until this correspondence
came in from Mount Desert concerning the
weather down there last week: "A fisher
man of Otter creek says 4 big Goldfish was
so attracted by the warmth of a gasoline
heater in his dory that it jumped into the
boat and tried to wrap itself around the
heater. 1t froZc in a half circle. Jed Jer-
kins of Trenton went to the barn to water
his stock. He fell and upset the pail. Be-
fore he could step out of the water his
boots froze to the floor. He had to take
his boots off to get AWAY.
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Some High-Priced Animals.
From the Kansas City Journal.

Fr0m the kansas CITY JOurnaI.
A spinster with money to burn recently
paid 5000 for bulldog. A man in Mass
achusetts has just bought n cow for $4,000.
Walter Carney has a hog for which he re-
fused a cash offer of $4,000. James Keene
refused 100000 for Sysonby, a race horse.
There are several ROSTERS OF fashionable
blood priced as high as $500 each. You can
buy a fine lion for $500 and a tiger for 500.
BY and by we shall have craze for breed
ing fishes, and q fine male salmon, educated
to pond life. might be worth $1,000. The
$500 cow has one calf a year, worth
$4,000. The female salmon may become
the mother of 300, 600 little fellows in the
same time, worth in the aggregate possibly
as much as the calf.
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plenty. Others find the life unexpectedly
dull and are irresstibly called back to the
outside world and it's distractions. Only
few persevere and at present there are no
signs of the New Men, ever becoming
very numerous
To Frau Wolfling the life led by ma
lures Children seemed an idyllic one. She
was sure that if she and her husband
joined the sect and adopted it's practices
they would be happy turtle doves,
and that Leopold would rever again yearn
for the enervating and debasing luXuries
of an archducal existence.
Leopold didn't take to the idea very
much. He had q healthy, but decidedly
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an thin she'd put on her bonnet an run
over an sick tn widow OBrien on me.
"Whin lady begins to wondher if I'm
not unhappy in me squalid home without
tn touch iv woman's hand ayether in tn
tidy on tn chair or in tn inside pocket
iv TIL coat, / say: No, ma'am, I live in
great luxury surrounded be all that
money can buy an nanny things that it
can't or won't. There ARE Turkish rugs
on tn fiure on chandyleers hang firm tn
Collins. There I set at night dhrinkin'
absinthe. sherry wine, port wine, cham
payne, beer, whisky, rum, claret, kimmel,
weiss beer, cream de mint, curosa an
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B1oodstone or Heliotrope
Birthstone for March

nLOODSTONE or heliotrope denotes
n courage and secrecy In dangerous
enterprises, and Is the birthstone for
March 1T is a green silicious stone
sprinkled with red jasper, as If with blood.
and hence its name. 1t is known, too, as
the heliotrope, variety of the chalcedony
family, and is supposed to be Identical
with the jasper of the ancients.
The stone is found in different parts of
Asia and Africa, and occasionally In the
northern part of the United States. It's
color-dark green, sprinkled with blood
red spots-during the middle ages was be-
leved to have been caused by the blood
Of Christ, and no gem stone was held
in higher esteem by truly pious people.
1t is a scarce stone, and the genuine and
perfect ones fetch high prices. Lapidaries
rank the bloodstone or heletrope with
the cornelian, carbuncle, garnet sardonyx.
hyacnth and cat's-eye, but its value has
always outranked any of these.
1t was a particular favorite with the
Egyptians, Romans and Grecians, and
rings have been found carved entirely
from this stone. Even to the present day
such rings are worn by these people. Blood
stone and jasper were held to be the most
potent OF all stones in healing properties.
and for this purpose were preferred as Il
sovereign preventive against disease and
to strengthen the heart to courage. Ii
was also believed to be a guard against
n
1t is said that in the collection of the
Vatican there is a large ring with a set
ting of bloodstone on which are engraved
his arms, together with the papal tiara
and the words, Papa Pho. The ring Is too
large for ordinary wear. but is highly
treasured. In the wearing of jewels Ro-
mans, possibly, carried their tastes to "a
higher degree than any other people be
fore or since, and some of the engraved
stones are priceless. In India, the land
where all the arts first arose, signet rings
found with Sanscrit characters Of such age
as to defy classification. Even to the pres
ent day engraved gems are worn as signet
rings, and a merchant or trader never
places his name In writing to his written
transactions, the impression of the signet
answering the same purpose. The loss,
therefore of this jewel is equivalent to the
loss of a name, and the authority for It's
use by any but the owner equal to a power
of attorney.
Nonius, a Roman senator, was possessed
of large number of costly gems. among
them one Of the most perfect bookstores
ever found, but to an opal he was much
senatorship and go into exile than part
with 1t to Mark Antony.
Like all valuable gems and stones, the
bloodstone Is cOunterfe!ted, and owing To
their scarcity 1t Ia difficult to secure a
genuine stone save from the most reputable
jewelers.. 1t is true. however. that the
bIoodstone or heliotrope has not been ~
popular stone for a great many years, and
there Is, consequently, only very light
demand for them, even as birthstOnes,
bringing courage and secrecy In dangerous
enterprises.
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STRANGE NEW LIFE" COLONY
SPOILED ARCHDUKE'S BLISS

the gardens around their huts they are
said to be still more scantily attired
Fruit and bread are their staple food
The bread Is cooked on rough piece of
wood after n process invented by the
founder of the order, instead of being
baked in an oven.
Vegetables are provided only on very
special occasions, and eaten without
salt, which is absolutely prohibited, as are
all other condiments. Animal products,
too. are rigidly excluded.
There are no Sundays and no holidays on
the Mount of Truth And each week has
ten days. testimony to the business acu-
men of the founder.
\ former Belgian consul named Legouve
is the real head and founder of the colony,
his authority being largely due to his
! knowledge of foreign languages, in which
he makes the most damnatory speeches
against flesh eating, the of salt and the
wearing n superfluous clothing. He also
depicts in most alluring terms the beauty
of the climate of Monte Verita and the
! joy; of the New Mems life. Clad only in
his coarse shirt, the former consul used to
go to the neighboring market with dom
key cart until the scandaliZed authorities
caused him to be arrested for appearing in
| public in such u guise. Sc he now wears
| a long velvet dressing gown over this I'M
| dergarment and a band of orange-colored
silk bound across his forehead.
|
| colony, though the only remedies provided
are sunshine and moist clay, supplemented
| by diet of apples and nuts. If the seeker
after health does not become strong and
well on this fare. the colonists calmly ex-
| plain that II Is because he is not yet ripe
| for the new life" With some persons
| however, 1t seems to agree remarkably
| well. Last year famous Partisan critic
! arrived In "a deplorably low state, and left
| a month afterward in robust condition.
! Visitors come from all countries to try
| the cure, but most OF them give 1t up after
| a brief trial
| Not all the members live in the same
manner. Some prefer hut in a sheltered
| nook in the forest, while others choose the
| steep hillside.
| On an almost inaccessible rock one finds
a lonely hut inhabited by "a bachelor. He
| has long hair and a long beard, both I'M
| kempt and uncared for. This settler pre-
| fers the comtemplative life. and lies dream
| ing in the sunshine of a future state with
| out toll or care When he feels hungry
| he seeks berries in the woods or, desiring
| something more appetizing. goes to a COM
/ rade for provisions.
| Another hermit has chosen an uncovered
! ruin for his home, where lie tries to live
| entirely at one with nature. His only effort
| after comfort is shown on the tottering
walls. which he has .papered with dry
| leaves from "A neighboring wood
| The married members of the COLONY for
/ the most part live in more comfort. Their
dens are better cultivated. But all profess
themselves eager to lead the new free life.
| Some engage In literary work, some in art,
| but most of them try to do nothing with
| more or less success.
| -
Not every new convert can stand the life
i
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thry, If ye have amy griefs we can't bear
We dump thin on tn overburdened shoulders
Nv yeer wife. But if 1 have amy griefs
1 must bear thin alone. If a bachelor
complains iv his throubles people say:
oh, he's a gay dog. Sarves him right
An if he goes on complainin' he's liable
to be in great peril. I wuddent dare to
tell me woes to ye'er WIFE, If 1 did she'd
have a good cry, because she injyes cryin',
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his fathers estates, which yield an income
Of something like $4,000 year He has
opened up negotiations with the old EN-
peror Francis Joseph with a view to OBJ
tanning the restoration of his former digni-
ties in the imperial house. He will not
succeed, however, If brother Joseph can
help 1t. L. HARVEY SCOTT.