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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-19
Lot Of Imported Tapestries Clearance Sale

. All-Silk French Corded Armure, SO
inches wide, suitable for drapery
or covering furniture; colors light
blue, pink. Nile, dark green reg larg
price. $500; Clearance price. $3.50
yard.
Louis XVI. Persian stripe, 50
lar price, $3.50; Clearance price.
$1.c5 yard.
Sample lengths Imported Cree
tonnes. II to 5-yard lengths, at
one-third their regular price.
.a75c cretonnes; Clearance price.
g s1.oo cretonnes; Clearance price,
$500 y cretonnes; Clearance price
an 500 sr, and s ;s 3s cretonnes; Clear
,n 500 oor; ana 1, sA - crstonnes' clear
Alta Greatly Reduced Price
Special Lot Irish Point Curtains
Only two styles, white, 8 yards
long. ocular price. $3.50; Special,
Monday, S:.4s pair. /. TX
$500 irish Point Curtains for
h s3.75 pair. s3Sj G. 9iI
irish Point Curtains mounted on
strong cable net, 3 "a yards long, u
II floral and scroll designs; regular
price, $500; special for Monday.
"A s3.75 $nair, 4; 81 81 s8s
ss.7s Net Curtains for se.75 pair.
sl.ho ottingham5 Curtains forsDsc
#pair.s L;
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-19

Mr.. Saville L. Miller. Of Baltimore
who has been on a ten -days' visit to
Mr.. F.sC. Nussey and other friends, has
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-19
Why? We Give Genuine y
JanuarySale Of White Goods and Embroideries


we pIdHIlcu ~! llllS Sdle u
near future wants will deman
here you will save one-fourth;
English Long Cloths az yards to
Lady Cloth t12 yards to piece).
Comfort Cloth t1s yards to piece).
s1.0s piece.
English Nainsook az yards to
ptece). S1.75 and $1.so piece.
ESQ Mercerized organdy Checks;
special. 16c.
plaids, elegant washers and wear.
ers: special. 15c.
Embroidered Swisses.
Our DUN Importation.
Exclusive ideas, plaids. stripes and
floral designs; special values. soc,
8Oc. 76c, Soc.
tic 4o-inch Lawns here at 1:1sc.
You have frequently paid lie :or
g.sse. CO. 'isaA - So = A's'
Zoe, Csc, 35c, soc.
New Fancy P. ks. zoe. soc. 5oc.
French Batiste
Our DUN Importation.
Extra values. csc. 35c, 4Oc, 5oc..
Chiffonettes
Three Special Bargains
40 inches wide. with highly mer-
cerized permanent finish. sheer and
fine:
14c for the csc kind
csc for the 35c kind
35c for the 6Oc Kind
Mercertzed Batiate. SOC, 0oc, 75c.
Mcrcerized Chiffons. soc, 5Oc, Coo,
Soc.
French Nainsooks. 4oc. Soc. eoc,
75c. @1.OO.
India Llnons. 12kc. 10 2-sc, zoe,
26c.
Persian Lawns. 1c1sc TO 6oc.
Organdies. 40c to S1.25.
persian Dimities. c5c, SIC.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24
New York Has 10000 Members.

New York State Master Godfrey says
that the grange membership in New
York has made an increase the past
year of about 5000 The total mem
bership on Oct l was about $4,000.
Jefferson county reports member
ship of over 1000, which is larger than
that of some entire states and indeed
Of several of the smaller grange states
together. Only seven counties In the
state are now unorganized. and some
of these will be organized the coming
year. The four great factors working
together harmoniously for the ad-
vancement of agriculture in the EN-
pire State, says Mr. Godfrey, are the
department of agriculture the College
Of Agriculture. the state experiment
station and the grange. The grange is
q recognized factor in securing just
and equitable legislation. Nature
study In the public schools and other
lines of educational work are among
the interests which the grange has at
heart in New York
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24
French Oyster Gatherers.

The work of oyster collecting and
culture is most unsuitable for women
but in France, owing to its tedious ma
ture. it does not appeal to men. Often
from an early hour. in the morning till
late into the evening the women are
standing up to the knees in water
with a strong sun beating down on
them. The result is that never a year
passes without some of them going
mad and having to be hurried away to
the asylums. The work is well paid
as, indeed. it ought to be. while in the
case of the few who own beds the
profits are large. and small fortunes
are quickly amassed.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24
The Swiss Republic.

The Swiss republic, with various
changes. has survived from the year
1908. though its present constitution
dates only from 1874. 1t now embraces
three nationalities German, French
and Italian. The original nucleus Of
the state, however, was German, and
even now considerably more than half
the population is German Federated
under the constitution of 1874 are
twenty-five distinct states.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24

@f@tCA
But Desert waved his nugget bag
an dared an dared an dared.
"see here" says Desert, q can feel the
season in my bones;
sense sort o hanleerin' for days
of old long sign,
When wuz back in Jersey an my
name wuz Daniel Jones;
I'm lonesome as the soldier wuz at
Bingen- on the Rhine"
Then Desert up an tells Us what he's
never said before
AS how he had cottage an wo-
man an kid;
But, some misunderstanding havin'
made his sperrit sore,
Nigh on to twenty years ago he sim
ply UP and slid.
looked at Pinky Perkins then, an
Pinky looked at me,
But both of US wuz silent, an we
looked at Desert Dan,
But he wuz sizzIin' bacon for supper
feed for three,
An, shore as I'm a sinner, there wuz
teardrops in the pan!
That night we set an huseed the
stove, while all around the shack
A desert blizzard whistled an the
snow wuz whirIin' thick.
1t shore wuz Christmas weather, but
ei,o
Of anything suegestin' o our ancient
friend ST. Nick.
The door bust open student like, an,
stranger, dog my cat!
If there amt Sanity Claus hisself, in
fur an robe connnlete
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24
Paid For.

An Irishman entered a country inr
and called for a glass of the best Irish
whisky. After being supplied he dranl
it and was about to walk out when the
following conversation took place:
Landlord Here, sir; you haven'i
paid for that whisky you ordered
Irishman-W What's that you say? Land
lord-I said you hadn't paid for that
whisky you ordered Irishman- Die
you pay for it? Landlord-Of course
did. Irishman-W Well, then. what's the
good of both of us paying for it?-Lon
don Tit-Bits.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24

1dIIHIuIiy Dy
those who desire to render unto Caesar
that which is Caesars even as to the
calendar
New York city has considerable
population of Greeks, Russians, Ar
menians, Syrians, Servians, Poles. Bull
garians, Montenegrins and ylachs, ali
of whom observe the Julianic Christ
mas For forty days prior to Jan {
they observe a fast, eating no meat
| neither beast, fish nor fowl They eat
| fish eggs or cayiare, but draw the line
there. Their principal diet for the for.
ty days fasting is made up of olives.
beans, caviare bread aud crackers
But at 6 O'Clock on the morning of
Christmas day, IAN I, the Julianist
| fast is over It is not necessary to
hint that these people count the days
till Christmas or that they rejoice and
are exceeding glad when the anniver-
sary arrives. These facts are Obvious.
Christmas means for them q glorious
feast. square meal. several square
meals-in fact, round of square meals
Our Julianist friends go to church
early on their Christmas morning. but
not too early. They eat breakfast
first. High mass is celebrated in the
Greek Orthodox church at O'Clock.
| The forty days fast having ended two
| hours before, the Julianists are joy
fully full of the good things of this
world before they enter the house of
worship The chief Wand, so far as
its symbolic character goes, is a
spiced loaf of rye bread covered and
filed with walnuts, with cross cut
on top. This is called the christop-
soma-"bread of the Christ But it
| is not to be doubted that beefsteaks,
fowls, fishes. saddles of mutton and
other substantials are deyoured. Here
and there one of the presumably faith
| full proves faithless and falls before
| Christmas, his craving for meat diet
being too strong to resist This weak
brother is ignored by the faithful
| 1t is in the cafes In the sections of
the city where the Julianists dwell
| that this Christmas day is celebrated
with the most visible gusto. The Greek
''young bloods's gather in the little res
| taurants and sit long over tables heavy
with edibles and light with wines.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24


FAITHFUL.
The names of some of the diners are
interesting Constantine Economopo-
lous is budding florist who gathers
around him his rosy young friends.
Harralambos Christatos, Minieakes
Kepaelacos, Pericles Doganges and
Hresala Pappanicclas. And don't let
us forget Nicholas Booras. editor of
the Daily Thermopylae, who gets oui
an extra edition in honor of the day.
These Greeks. many of them array
ed in gorgeous new clothing bring
their feast to an end with the cups of
Turkish coffee and the Turkish ciga-
rettes. mixed in with songs and toasts-
1t is highly Interesting for plain
American, with plain name like Jim
Jones, to sit in one of these cafes and
aear the songs of the foreign gentle
men with the seven jointed surnames,
observe the satisfaction depleted in
their countenances as the feast goes
on and receive the impression that this
Is real Christmas cheer, though 1t be
thirteen days late according to our
method Of counting time.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24
BUYING The WIND.
Iceland Wizards" Who Used to Sci
to Superstitious Mariners.

Iceland Wizards" Who Used to Sell
to Superstitious Mariners.
In the old days of sailing ships it
was a common thing for a sea captain
TO buy the wind for his voyage.
though, strangely enough, the~nly peo-
pie supposed to deal in it were the
Icelanders. When constant succes-
sion of battling winds or dead calms
had persistently followed ship for
more than one cruise. it was not at all
unusual for the skipper of big wind
jammer to pay visit to Iceland for
the sole purpose of purchasing wind
enough to last him on his next voyage
or two
In every port in Iceland one or more
wind wizards were to be found, who
were ready to sell a favorable wind for
the next six months or a year to any
sea captain willing to inveSt in some
thing he could not see. The sailor. hav-
ing found his way 70 the magician's
house. first proce q | to spread out
upon the floor the articles offered in
payment for the wind-tallow candles.
cloth. beads. knives. powder and lead.
After a good deal of haggling and
many times adding to or taking away
from the little pile of merchandise be-
tween them the price was finally
agreed upon. and the captain passed
over his handkerchit@ to the Icelander
The wind merchant muttered certain
words into it, tying knot in the hand
kerchief at the end of each incanta-
ton This was done to keep the magic
words from evaporating. Wan Ger
tain number of knots had been tied
the handkerchief was returned to its
owner. with strict charge to keep it
knotted and guard it with extraordi-
nary care until he arrived at the de.
sired port, and at each port a knot was
to be taken out.
One old captain had been so bothered
with head winds that he kept crying
out to the Icelander to tie another knot
in the handkerchief and another and
another, so as to be sure of plenty Of
the wished for zephyrs. until finally
there was no room for any more knots
had been added to the heap on the
floor But when the wind greedy cap
tain was two days at sea a terrific gale
began to hurl the ship ahead of it.
ever increasing in fury. until she
plunged along under bare poles, with
her nose deep in the brine and tons Of
water washing her decks. Darker and
darker grew the sky, and higher and
higher rose the racing, foam crested
waves. hammering the laboring vessel
with ceaseless blows until her seams
began to open under the strain and let
in the sea.
Then. believing he had the devil in
his pocket, the badly frightened skip
per drew forth the much knotted hand
kerchief and threw it overheard. In a
short time the tempest abated. the
clouds cleared away. and the waters
subsided, but one seaman never again
bought wind He was content with the
kind that comes by chance. New York
Times
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24
He Preferred One Girl.

When J. NJ. Barrie, the author of
Peter Pam addressed an audience Of
Thousand girls at Smith college dur
ing his American visit of last year. a
friend asked him how he had found
the experience.
WELL replied Mr. Barrie, ITO tell
you the truth, I'd much rather talk a
thousand times to one girl than to talk
Dne time to thousand girls
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24

Back across the meadow they aren't hand
IN hand.
make himself. / will not go back or
take the old name unIess-unless you
tell me | must, Shirley"
There was an instant in which they
both faced the westering sun. He
looked down suddenly. and the deep
feeling in his heart went to his lips.
ut was that way. You were just
like that when | saw you first, Shirley.
with the dreams in your eyes.
He caught her hand and kissed it,
bending very low indeed. Suddenly, as
be stood erect, her arms were about
his neck and her cheek, with its
warmth and color, lay against his face.
II do not know"-and he scarcely
heard the whispered words-"I do not
know Frederick Augustus Won Stroe-
bel, but | love John Armitage," she
said
Then back across the meadow,
through the rose aisled ways of the
auiet garden, they went hand In hand
together and answered the baron's
question. The End.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24

o. yaiier aus
He's spent the
year colIectin'
in his pewter
drinkin' cup.
ats Christmas
in a week"
he says; "Pli
bet you, win
or bust"
l still maintained
Tha nix sgivin'
wuz about the
proper date,
As iudein' by
my appetite,
an Pinky still
declared
That New Years
wuz the blow
out that wuz
next upon the
slate.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24
January
Christmas Of the
Julianites
BY ROBERT DoNNELL.

copyright, 1908, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
/" ~ HRISTMAS comes but once a
Ii year wrote somebody. and
W everybody accepted the state
ment as truth. Is5s not true,
however, for Christmas comes twice a
year. Those Of us who reckon by the
Gregorian calendar celebrate Dec 25.
Those who still adhere to the Julian
calendar observe Jan. Z. Russia is the
only great nation which still holds out
for the Julian calendar. The Greek
Catholic church sticks to the time
measurement adopted by Julius Caesar
forty-six years before the birth Of
Christ. Thus the Greeks and all the
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24
'~elTner have YOU. You shan't outou

lSelJner have you. You shan't outuu
me in recklessness. | inspected your
hat as came through the pergola.
liked it immensely. came near seiz-
ing it as spoil of war-the loot Of the
pergola!"
ssThere would be cause for another
war. | have rarely liked any hat so
much. But the baron will be after you
in a moment. | can't be responsible
for you"
.The baron annoys me. He has
given me a lot of worry. And that's
what | have come to ask you about y
Then should say that you oughtn't
to quarrel with a dear old man like
Baron Won Marhof Besides, he's your
uncle"
mo, MOI don't want him to be my
uncle! l don't need any unclev'
He glanced about with an anxiety
that made her laugh.
q understand perfectly! My father
told me that the events of April i'll
these hills were not to be mentioned
But don't worry. The sheep won't tell
and | won't"
He was silent for a moment as he
thought out the words of what he
wished to say to her. The sun was
dipping down into the hills; the mel
low air was still; the voice of a negro
singing as he crossed a distant field
stole sweetly upon them.
shirley
He touched her hand.
"Shirleyw And his fingers closed
upon hers.
81 love you. Shirley! From those
days when | saw you in Paris before
the great Gettysburg battle picture !
loved you. You had felt the cry of the
old world. the story that is in its bat
tlefields, its beauty and romance. just
as | had felt the call of this new and
more wonderful world | understood
/ knew what was in your heart. |
knew what those things meant to you,
but | had put them aside. | had chosen
another life for myself And the poor
life that you saved, that is yours if
you viii take it | have told your
father and Baron Won Marhof that /
would not take the fortune my father
left me- would not go back there to
be thanked or to get a ribbon to wear
in my coat. But my name the name
] bore as boy and disgraced in nv
fathers eyes-his name that he made
famous throughout the world. the name
cast aside with my youth, the name
! flung away in anger-they wish me
to take that"
She withdrew her hand and rose and
looked away toward the western hills.
..The greatest romance in the world
is here. Shirley. | have dreamed it all
oVer-fn the Canadian woods, on the
Montana ranch as | watched the herd
at night My father spent his life
keeping king upon his throne, but
believe there are higher things and
finer things than steadying a shaking
throne or being a king. And the name
that has meant nothing to me except
dominion and power-it can serve no
purpose for me to take it now. learn
ed much from the poor archduke. He
taught me to hate the sham and shame
of the life he had fed from. My ia
ther was the last great defender of the
divine right of kings, but believe in
the divine right of men. And the dome
of the capitol in Washington does not
mean to me force or hatred or power.
but faith and hope and mans right to
live and do and be whatever be can
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24

adherents of that
church including
the Russians, of
course. hold their
christmas on the
Tth day of Jan
uary.
In the city of
New York both
Christmas days
are celebrated.
The ] 4 II u ar y
date, as a matter
of course, is OBJ
served by COM
paratively fe W
persons, but it is
observed rigidly.
deliberately and
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24

With snow a-cIngin' funny to his or
tomobiie hat,
AS swell Sanity makeup, sir, as
anywhere you'll meet.
But when he turned his bearskin down
his whiskers fell away
1T wuzn't anything but snow collect
ed on the fur),
An back of MIN an angel stood-yes,
angels what | say
An Desert Dan got wobbly when he
up an looked at her.
Young Sanity says, rs Mr.. Jones at
home tonight?1 says he,
At which old Desert gives a gasp,
but struggles to his feet.
Then me an Pinky we vamoosed in
honor of the three,
For If they wuzn't Joneses you can
douse my glin, completed
That's all the story, stranger, but I'm
some inclined to add
When Sanity come to Cactus with his
mother, which he did,
1t clean upset the notions we had al
ways previous had,
For daddy got the Christmas gift,
and Sanity WIZ the kid
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24
When Santa
Came to
Cactus Gulch
By R0BERTUS LOVE.

copyright, 1903, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
S70 7HEN Sanity come to Cactus
\NAW we wuz not expectin' him,
" " Our almanac connections
bein' broken off complete.
In fact, with US the trail o time had
got so mortal dim
We only knowed 'twuz winter by the
absence o the heat
Says to Pinty Perkins, with a squint
at Desert Dan
Says {: WED orter hustle for lit
tie extry feed.
It's long about Thankseivin'." IVY"
E says Pinky P.-"w'y, man,
I'll bet it's nearer New Years, for
the old ones gone to Seed
We areied it an argied it till Desert
Dan put up
His canvas bag o. nuggets an pint
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-06-04
SENATORLAFOLL[I1ELOS[S
WISCONSIN SENATOR TALKED
 EIGHTEEN HOURS.
STONE AND GORE LEND AID
Aldrich-VreeIand Currency Bill Passes Senate by Vote of
 43 to 22.

Washington, June 1.-The filibuster in the senate ended at 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and the Aldrich- Vreeland currency bill was passed by a vote of 43 to 22. Senator La Fol lette kept the senate up all night and give way at o'clock Saturday morn ing to Senator Stone of Missouri, who talked till about l o'clock, when a short recess was taken. Senator Gore of Oklahoma, the third filibuster, then made a two-hour speech and the vote was taken.
 All of the affirmative votes were cast by Republicans, but Senators Borah, Brown, Bourne and Hepburn, Republicans, voted with the Demo- crats, against the bill. Senator La Toilette voted in the affirmative for the purpose of moving reconsidera- ton of the vote, which he attempted to do immediately after the result was announced, but his motion was lost, 45 to IT.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-06-04
. NEWS OF =
 ARKANSAS
RVlS
Miss Burton's Body Recovered.


 The body of Miss Allen Burton. the efth victim of the gasoline boat dis oster near Clarendon, was recovered Saturday afternoon down the river about three miles below where the accident happened. The body was found to be very we'll preserved, con- sidering he fact that it has now been 12 days since she was drowned.
 The relatives, friends and other searchers for the bodies of those drowned that still remain in the river were becoming discouraged, but now, since the body of Miss Burton has heen recovered, all have taken on re- newed energy, and the search will be continued, it is hoped, until the re- maining two bodies, those of Miss AL ma Peet and Joe McManus, are re- covered
 special train over the Arkansas Midland left Clarendon Sunday morn ing at I o'clock bearing the body of Miss Burton, accompanied by her fath- or. other relatives and several friends, to Helena, where the funeral services and burial took place immediately up- on arrival of the train at that city.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-06-04
For a Glorious Fourth.

The Texarkana Board of Trade, through it's president, B. NJ. Foreman, announces that s2,500 has been raised among merchants and other business men to defray the expenses of the big Fourth of July celebration which it has been determined to have this year The Finance Committee have not yet completed their canvass and it is expected that much larger sum will be raised. The program for the occasion has been completed and all the various committees named. All the railroads will allow very low excur- sion rates.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-06-04
Currency Commission Organizes.

Washington, June 1.-The currency commission appointed Saturday by Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon under the terms of the Aid rich-Yreeland bill held it's frs, meet ing Sunday, and while the meeting was for the purpose of organization, there was a general discussion of plans and it can be stated that if the outline submitted by Senator Aldrich is perfected by the work of the com mission. the country will be given the benefit of such a thorough investiga- tion and complete an exposition of currency and banking as it has never before received. The commission or ganized by electing Senator Aldrich chairman and Representative Vree- land vice-chairman.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-06-04
Increase of River Traffic.

That towboat and barge traffic in the Little Red and White riverrs is developing to degree not generally known, is evidenced by the fact that W. II. Starr and others of Judsonia are now building two new barges measuring 24xl20 feet. and have al ready completed two lesser ones for the Blodgett Construction Company, which has the contract for building the bridge for the new Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad across White river at Negro Hill.
 The Red River Land. Timber and Transportation Company has been sold to the Newport Packet Company. owned and controlled by Frank P. Fee. or Little Rock. The packet company Is plying boats on all of the rivers in Northeastern Arkansas and is de- Veloping a large trade in lumber. Capt. F. l. lnman. a riverman we'll known all over the state. is connected with 1t.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-06-04
FAMILY OF FOUR DRoWNs.
Party Was Celebrating Clearing Of a
 Mortgage from Home.

Philadelphia. June 1.-An entire family. consisting of William Eidle- man, aged 3S years. his wife Elizabeth, aged 37, and their two children, Anna, aged IT, and William, aged ', of West Pensauken, N. J.. were drowned in Pensauken creek. below Riverton. N. J.. Sunday, by the capsizing of a small rowboat.
 The family was taking an outing, partly in celebration of the fact that the father had just cleared off the mortgage on their home. The bodies of the four were recovered after sev- eral hours. grappling. Persons who saw the boat further up the stream before it was wrecked say there were five or six persons In it, but no trace of other bodies has been found.