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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-25
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
500 A. Daily-East trains to Old Poiat.
900 +. ( Newport News and Norfolk
7:40 A.-Dally. Local TO Newport News
500 P.-Daily Local to Old Point
900 P. 4 Da1ly--Louisyllls and Cincinnati
ll:tO r. PplrnanR
s;E P.-Da!iy. "st. Louis-Chir--o Special"
Pullnanh
$50 Charlottesville. Week days
Hinton.
s:l5 P.-Week days Local 10 Gordonsyllln.
1000 A.-Daily. L'burS. Lex. G. Forge.
s:l6 P.-Week days. To Lynchburg.
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.
Local from East-s:a5 A. NJ. 7;'0 p. n.
Through from East-l1:s5 A. M, s;a5 P. II.
Local from West-'s:so A. M. $50 A. NJ.
V:20 P. NJ.
Through-7:oo A. NJ, ,:l6 P. N.
James River Line--'8:3b A. n. e:15 p. u.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-25
Richmond and Petersburg Electric Railway

Cars leave Manchester. Seventy and Perry
Streets. for Petersburg:
IS. z, s. 20. 10. H. az A. NJ. ], 2. %. 4 r.
1i:oo +. NJ for Chester, 1900 midnight for
Petersburg.
cara leave Petersburg. foot OF Sycamore
5Is. sa5. ..7:l5, .7:S5. ss5, s:as. .1o.ss. ll:ss
a. NJ 1898. 'l:55. 1855. 3:a5. '4:s5. 5;s5. s:sS
s7s5. 1886. 9;35, '1o:4o, 1l:40 P. NJ.
'Cnrties baggage and express.
.LimIted. except Sundays and holidays.
All cars from Petersburg connect with cars
I fnr hn10 Ill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-25
OIDDOMINION LINE

I.y. Richmond foot OF Ash st. daily,7;oc P. NJ.
Leave Newport News.................6N0 A. NJ
Arrive Norfolk .....,.,.,.............siqoA a, NJ.
Connects with main line steamers leaving
Norfolk for New York daily except Sunday
700 p NJ Connection ls6 made by N. q
", nv. 9 p. NJ. and G. 6 Q. Ry ct P, NJ
Night Line steamers stop at claremont to
Iand or receive passengers on signal
VIRGINIA NAVIGATION CO,--James River
nv daylight for Norfolk Old Point. New
mort News and all James River landings
steamer leaves Monday. "wednesday and
Friday at 100 A. NJ Freight Ssce!Yod for
OIL James River landings.
Main .Iisket Office, s21 3. Main Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-25
Practically Speaking.


Here is practical proposition. The
swamp lands, overlooked bottoms and
10" tidal lands are in private owner
snip Their reclamation and better
ment VIII be public Improvement.
should Tie public assist finaDcially in
tne reclamation of such lands? Pos
sibly, but tho law does not contem-
plate such assistance unless 1t can be
rendered on tho ground of health beIc-
TITS conferred upon the community by
the removal OF nnsanitary conditions.
Under present prices of improved
lands and OF farm products. and the
proximity of Virginia lands to the sea-
board markets. there are no more
promising fields for business enter
prise than the reclamation of the wet
lands Of the state, The returns are
not so quick AS they are from some
so-oalled legitimate operations IN the
business world, hut the owner of these
lands need not look for a better field
Tor tho employment OF capital nor a
more productive line OF activity than
the drainage of these lands and atting
them for rcmuneratiYe crops
The question Is frequently asked,
why do not those who are looking
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08

string being left in the spinner's hand.
In spinning the top. care should be
taken to wind the string firmly and
evenly on the peg, and when it is pull
ed out, neither too much nor too little
force should be used, and firm and
steady hand should be employed,
while the top should be held in per-
pendicular position. The string should
be drawn with a steadily increasing
force, or the top will not hum prop
erly.
There are various kinds Of peg-tops,
and they also vary in shape, some be-
ing much rounder than others. Those
are the best which are sha" led like a
pear There is also great variety as
regards the shape and size Of the peg,
which in some tops is short and thick,
in others long and tapering. Again,
tops are made of different kinds OF
wood, some being made of deal, others
of elm, some of yew-tree and others
Of lockwood These last are the Box
ers so highly priced. Some of the
very best tops are made Of lignum-
vitae, with long. handsome pegs.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08
MOUSE TRAP IS VERY USEFUL
Easily Made by Placing Piece OF
Stout Paper over Top Of
EarthenWare Jar.

II you have no cat and find the mice
in your house getting altogether too
bold for comfort, or If you would like
to keep some mice for pets. a home
made trap will catch them.
Over the top of an earthenware Jar
fasten a piece of writing paper, tight.
" binding it with a string or elastic
band. In the center Of the paper cut
a cross. Set the jar in the closet, and
suspend by a string piece of cheese
over the center Of the jar. and lean
something against the jar so that the
mice can reach the top. If there are
any mice in the closet the bait will
attract them, but just as soon as the
frat mouse reaches the center of the
naper he will drop into the jar and
the paper Will fly back into place
again. ready for the next conner. A
tran arranged in the same manner can
he used for the capture of field and
harvest mice, which make odd and
amusing pets.
barrel covered with stiff brown
naper can be used for common rats,
but they will gnaw out unless the
barrel be partly filled with water.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08


mast is big spar stepped amidshps, with a great
rake forward"
correspondent from India writes that the
British gunboats in the Persian gulf have been
very active in suppressng the traffic in rifles and
ammunition. The arms were being landed on the
Makran coast and thence were carried by
vans for sale to the tribesmen on the northwest
ern frontier Of India to be used against the Brit
ish troops when the next trouble The
navy men are reported to have been very sue
cessful, and made several good hauls of rifles and
ammunition. To reduce still further the gun-run-
ners' chances of profit, four companies of the
Fourteenth Sikhs sent from Quota to inter
cept caravans In the neighborhood of Robat. One
of illustrations depicts the entrainng Of some
of the transport camels at Jaccbabad In Sind, en-
route to Nushki, whence the column marched to
Robat.
AS a rule when camels are entraned they are
loaded on open trucks, but on this occasion 1t was
thought advisable TO make use of closed cars.
The oouts" strongly objected to being loaded. but
with a rope behind the hooks and steady per-
suasfve strain on the nose rope they were event
ually hauled pushed In. Once In the car the
camels were made to knee down in the sand
which had been spread on the floor, their knees
were then tied so that 1t was impossible for them
to straighten out their foreegs.
The cars were each loaded with six camels,
three in each end, facing inward. The space in
the middle was utilized for saddles and fodder for
the Journey. Two camelmen also travelled in each
car 1t may be remarked that Brahuis differ from
most people In that they do not notice that the
camel has a particularly offensive odor The
camels dubbed and protested while being load
ed but they soon settled down and began to eat
the fodder provided for them. 1t took five hours
to load the first train Of 1870 camels Only one
came that had unusually large hump could
not be pushed through the door, and he was
trussed like a chicken and carried bodily in by
rtcut IS men.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08

and mother-ofpearl and fish are also Of some COM
mercial Importance. The chief port Is Muscat. 1t
is situated between two hills and looks out to sea,
as shown in the view of the Persian gulf accom-
panying this article.
OOO and consists of several tribes of Arab origin.
merous.
Muscat taken by the Portuguese In 1908
and remained in their hands until the middle Of
the seventeenth century, when the Arabs OF the
interior secured possession of It, The imams or
sultans of Muscat afterwards made extensive con-
quests in eastern Africa, including Zanzibar, Nom
bas and Quiloa. Oman at the climax of its
power and commercial prosperity in the first half
of the nineteenth century, when the authority OF
the imams or sutans extended over the Persian
territories of Laristan and Mogistan the islands Of
Bender Abbas part of the coast of Baluchistan and
the long strip Of African coastland including Fan
zibar, Mombasa and Quiloa together with the
island of Socotra The present ruling family origi
mated in Yemen and first established In the
imamate In the person Of Ahmed ibn Said In 1741.
The rise of the Wahabi power in Nedjed resulted
in considerable loss of territory. In 1856, on the
death of Sultan Said his possessions were divided
between his two sons receiving the African
territories and the other Muscat with the Persian
possessions These last were lost In 1875 Sultan
Thuwany who succeeded In Muscat assassi-
mated in 1866 by his son Selim, who regned but a
short time and was driven out by his uncle, Seyyid
Feisal ibn Turki. The power of the imam is exer-
csed very little beyond the capital, Muscat the
name of which is therefore probably better known
In popular usage than that of the whole state %
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08
POPULAR GAME OF "CUTTING"
Always Finds Favor With Boys and
Grls-Slmple Prizes Given
to Winners.

A game of cutting" always finds
favor with boys and girls. Provide
each person with an old magazine,
a pair of scissors, small cup Of
homemade paste and brush made
by folding a piece of paper many
times and then finely slashing one
end. Besides these things give to
each player several sheets of plain
paper little larger than a magazine
page. Each person is to cut out any
picture or parts of pictures he chooses
and mount them on the plain paper to
make new pictures. After half an hour
all Of the pictures should be placed
where they may be seen. Simple
prizes should be given to those ma
king the prettiest, the most comical
or the most original sheets.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08
foCT ,7tlsH SG;yza1TniSd

by al ,. Tho
sultan, VINO is under British protection. derives
large revenue from 1t, but although negotiations
with him for its prohibition might require diplo'
matte handling owing to his treaty ooilgauohs
with at least one other power, it is the only enec'
tive means of avoiding the outpouring OF blood
and treasure the Indian fornuer.
At present the efforts of the British navy are
handicapped by the fact that the photographed
conditions of Muscat indeed OF the whole lit
toral of the gulf, do not allow preventive SHIPS
to go very close the coast II is this fact Whlcn
enables the gun-runnng dhows to escape the Vgf
lance OF British cruisers.
Thus the dhows which put out from Muscat
with their contraband cargoes adopt the simple
plan of hugging the coast within the shallow-wa'
ter limits If they are making for Koweit, which
is the center of the gun trade for Mesopotamla
and western Persia, they can proceed all the way
In comparative safety, otherwise they sail Just
far enough TO be in position to make a dash Tor
Jask some other port on the Makran coast
where their cargoes are received for conveyance
by caravan cia Bauchistan to Afghanistan and
the northwest frontier Khels.
The two most active firms engaged in this
trade are owned by Baluchi and a Frenchman
There are also in Muscat numerous small shops
engaged in the trade. and numbers OF the agents
are "banias" from India Mysterious cargoes are
also dropped overheard in the dead OF night into
swift sailing dhows and got away to obscure
places along the eastern coast II VIII be impos-
sible to check this growing peril to Engands
peace in India without large number OF small
draught patrol boats and an efficient coastguard
on the Makran coast
mo craft" says Mr.. H. Warrington Smyth. In
Mast and Sail in Europe and ASIA has played
a greater part In the worlds history than the
dhow The lateen yard is as much the emblem OF
the Faith as is the Crescent. The true baggara,
hagaia or Arab dhow the probable parent OF all
the iateen-rRged offspring is now mostly to be
met with in the Red and eastward to the Per-
sian gulf Karachi, Bombay, along the Malabar
coast md down the coast o. Africa 10 zanzibar
making IT'S voyages with the fair wind OF the mon
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08
BETTY'S CAkE-WAlK.

When Betty saw a cake-walk.
She laughed at all the fun.
And thought II was the strangest thing
She'd seen beneath the sun.
The bowling and the dipping
She taught her dolls next day.
Though 1t was quite ridiculous
To walk that silly way.
When Betty takes a cake-walk
There's something at the end;
She doesn't learn to scrape and bow.
And turn and twist and bend.
But onward like a soldier
She marches to the fore;
The end of Betty's cake-walk
In at the pantry door.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08

soon, and quite capable of holding its
own In the hard weather often TO be
met with in the Indian ocean. Not
withstanding local differences of de-
tail these vessels vary very little as a
class: they are generally grab-built,
having a long Overhung forward.
There is great beam and rise of floor
and a very raking transom stern.
There is generally a high poop and
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08

England as early at least as the four
teenth century, when its form was
the same as it is now.
Today boys play with the Humming-
top. This is hollow, having at its
crown a peg, round which is wound a
string; this being pulled through a
kind of fork, gives motion to the top
and sets it spinning-the fork and the
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08
Would Cause Much Writing.

Bacon-I see 1t is said that all the Russian rail-
way stations keep complaint books, where passen-
gers may enter various protests
Egbert-f that plan were adopted in this coun'
try, / fear writer's cramp would he far more COM
mon than 1t Is now.-Yonkers Statesman
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08
INTERESTING FACTS OF TOPS
Whip-Top Is Very Old, II Having Been
Used In Remote Time by
Grecian Boys.

Many tops are of modern invention,
but the Whip-top is very old, 1t hav-
ing been used in remote time by the
Grecian boys. 1t was we'll known in
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08

the peninsula OF
Arabia. 1t reaches
along the Persian
gulf, the gulf OF
Oman and the
Arabian sea from
FL Hasa to the
Hadramaut region.
The area is about
$4,000 squar g
miles. The region
along the coast Is
very mountainous,
rising in its high
est peaks prob
ably 10 about 49,
600 feet. Behind
the m o u n t a ! n
chains the coun'
try gra d u a ! ! y
passes into the
great desert OF
Arabia. The most
favorable part OF
the country Is In
the central val
legs. which are
characterized by q
temperate climate
and rich vegeta'
ton. The chief
products are dates,
which constitute
the main article
of export, and 9TH
er fruits. Pearls
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08

"Oh dear. It's raining hard" said Puss'
II feel It on my nose.
We need our rubber over-shoes,
And I'd like some rubber hose"'
"Td love to have the over-shoes.'
Said little Fluffy Toes.
But excuse me dear If | observe,
We do not need the hose
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08
The Usual Crop.

The Usual Crop.
Are you trying to raise anything
ON your suburban placer"
"Yes: a mortgage"
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08

fO'csle deck, The rest OF
the vessel being practical
ly open. The rig consists
generally of main and
miZZen lateens. The main.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08

The bird's-eye view shows the terri
tory through which the contraband guns
are run III the foreground are the bare
rocky hills surrounding Muscat, the cap
ital of Oman, while to the right is the
equally bare coast of Makran, from whlch
gun-running routes lead inland to Afghan
istan. Oman is an independent sultan
ate occupying the southeastern end or
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08

He feeling Is growing
throughout the Indian
army and Indian gov
eminent circles that
Britain is approaching a
bigger campaign on the
northwest frontier than
has been seen in recent
years Not only are
large sections OF the
tribesmen like the Nah
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08

sud Waziris and others exhibiting
signs of increasing turbulence, but the
frontier territories from one end to
the other are already full of modern
arms and ammunition. while more is
pouring into them every day by every
secluded track leading through Balu-
chistan and the Afghan hills.
In addition TO this. the present
Ameer. abandoning his fathers policy
has, flowed thousands of modern ri
mes Manufactured in the arsenal at
Kabul to rerch the hands of his own
srShespen, AMI the probable co-opera-
tiqp aoft the later in a frontier war
hatgdf1fst the Indian Raj may easily in
M6teRSke British government with Al
gAshistan as we'll
Al this, as every Indian officer
p6aSp, Is involved in the continuance
Oh eheCSNrsistent gun-running which is
matkt}g the growing war fever on the
milan northwest frontier through the
,PefAhX gulf. 1t is not too much TO
say shat the peace and safety OF India
'dependtNton the suppression OF this
nrade, ana yet, owing chiefly 10 the
paucitpNSf British naval resources
there, sha can do little or nothing
II Muscaapt the entrance Of the gulf.
in the chief center of this nefarious
traffic. which is carried on by Euro
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08


history @
| and espe,
chool.
? chosen by
of Trustees
Jas. U. S
.hristian Ass
Moore, Flo
ard, Edith
Lena Wood
Fannie
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-09-08

&oard.
fstent calls
kh apprecI
Jew SIperH
\. Snyder, I
2ne would
zlicy, and
ts all of :,
frty appI,
\ and visito!
/. Christian
u. Snyder
feditabfy
! remarks j.
(calls.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-26

you promised him in answer TO his
inquiry: pack or crate II carefully,
notify the purchaser when you ship
and ask him to inform you OF the
results. A satisfied customer Is tho
best OF advertisements.
v.
IL you ship by express, procure
from the agent q duplicate express
receipt Mail this to your customer.
advising him just what the charges
will be.
vi.
Notify the customer IL the express
package or crate Ia received in bad
condition TO have the agent note
same and TO put In his claim for
damages. II they do not settle In a
reasonable length OF time. notify the
State Corporation Commission and
they will see that he gets justice.
VII.
File all your inquiries for stock
and eggs. even II you do not sell
them the first time. Write them n
letter later on telling them the mer-
It's of your strain OF birds and their
recent winnings and In a good many
chances you will sell them later on.
VIII.
One OF the main points TO remem-
Der while you are selling stock and
eggs is not to over-sell so that you
VIII be short OF stock the following
season. Build up your own strain
always. rather than let IL deterioratc.
TX.
In shipping eggs In lots OF SO and
100. II Ia well 10 add three or four In
lots OF SO and a half dozen In lots
OF 100. II Is not much extra cos,
and 1t viii save lot OF correspond
ence when a few are broken.
G. p. MILLER.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-26

Two to one In all things against
the angry man"
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-26
IT'S CONVINCING

,. =. WHO leeaefes Awarded 1T Mississippi
State Fair 1903 list 3rd and best. Cockerol In
show. 1st-3rd pen and 5000 special awarded
b. w. G. Taylor. Total t7a6O. A lew nno
Cockerels for sale. Eggs u 80 and zoo DER ID
n T. SIMPSON. Terry Miao.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-26
10 THE BREEDER WHO SELLS
BY MAIL.

Directions for Handling Stock and
Eggs So as to Give Satisfaction to
Your Customers.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-26

II you wish to make . success
with your poultry business this sea-
son. and you have some good birds
and eggs to sell. put an ad. in The
Progressive Farmer and Gazette and
watch the results. An ad. recently
inserted. in five days after the paper
was received. brought orders and in
Quiries from three States and in
quiries are coming In by nearly every
mail.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-26

Provide some baskets to ship your
egg orders In. Get the half peck size
for single sittings. while the peck
size will be just the proper size for
two and three-sitting orders. Wrap
each egg separately In paper. then
in q good handful OF excelsior and
pack well on good bed OF excelsior
after lining the basket we'll with pa
per. Cover the basket over with
white cotton cloth. sewing 1t to the
edges with strong twine. Paste on
the egg label and address. Results:
No eggs broken In transit
II you cannot get shipping crates
handily to ship your stock In. get
from your grocer or Wholesale house
some light boxes. knock them to
pieces carefully. reserving the thick
pieces to be sawed into one inch
strips for the corners. Put In a good
strong bottom: leave one inch cracks
In the sides; make q good solid top
and your stock will go forward In
this as well as II 1t was shipped In
40 or 50-ceAt crates.
Send the purchaser Just what
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-26

Send the purchaser Just what
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-15

room, with appropriate remarks anent
woman who'll take anybody's word but
her husbands, and viciously buried him
self in his paper.
That evening, Aunt Amelia and Flo and
her husband chap who was securely
tied to the apron strings of the aforesaid
F1o-wandered in to see the slaughter. 1t
was a family affair-and an occasion
where one of them was sorely in need of
consolation. So argued Aunt Amelia in
particular and the others in general.
Mr.. J. growled out good evening""
and Mrs. J. greeted them with the re-
signed, mournful air of a woman who
looks upon herself as the only original
martyr to the Indifference, deceit and bru-
tality of man.
They looked askance at Mr. Justwed.
They indicated plainly that his explana-
ton was, in their opinion, as ludicrously
absurd as it was impossible. They al
most pointed the finger of scorn at him.
And all the while Homer-dear felt him
self shrivel up and grow smaller and
smaller as he became angrier and angrier.
Poor dear" shifted Aunt Amelia, with
an insinuating glance at Mr.. ]. "How bad
ly you look. What is the matter? 1 be-
lieve you've been crying! Mercy sakesI"
i've never seen you quite SO nervous
and unstrung, Blossom sympathized