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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

= MAN BEAT HIS WIFE
AND BLAMED 1T ON THE COMET.
a wife beat her neighbor having
polished hoor. and blamed it on
Peerless Cleaner and Polisher.
VAUGHAN SELF II. L. Broad st.
Phone 1O3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

FoR sAI,E-oWNEP LEAvING CITY
Tuesday, will sacrifice. II sold Mon
day, furniture, Ginter Park lot (frn1t
and shade provided) and unexpired
lease on n desirable fiat. centrally
located. S. p. WILEY. 222 S. Third
street, Richmond. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

FOR SALE. a LARGE ASSORTMENT
of buggies. Surveys. runabouts, Da..
ton wagons, laundry and grocery
wagons at special prices; severn
second hand vehicles, In good order.
cheap A. MEYERS SONS. T3l East
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

Beautiful so foot lot by 1879 deep. on
north side Grove Avenue; above SOL
diers' Home; high and dry: s65 per
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

WE SELL RENT AND REPAIR ALL.
makes OF typewriters. and can save
you money. Call phone or write
AMERICAN WRITING MACHINE
co.. COS f. Main.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

WE HAVE OPENED A REAL ESTATE
Office on First Avenue Front Street
Highland Park; have houses and lots
for sale at reasonable prices; we
use before buying. II. r. FERCU-
SON & CO. Phone 3767-J.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

FOR SALE. SPOTLESS WASHING MA
chine; in excellent condition; cheap;
one go-cart and book shelves. Ad-
N.dress G III, care Times-Dtspatch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

FARM OF COZ ACRES ONE MILE
from station, forty.flve miles
from Richmond. All stock and per
sonal property goes; fifty sheep:
twelve cows, two horses. lots OF
chickens: farming implements and
furniture In abundance. Hang up
your hat, that's all $500. Ad-
dress B 103, care Times-Dispatch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

~ ACCOUNT OF LEAVING THE
ct.y Iafly viii sell English peramou-
lator reasonably; used SIX months.
nl.ono Madison 6SS0-J.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

FOR "A BIG STOCK OF RUNABOUTS,
= hughes, surveys and traps to Helect
what YOU want from, go to BRIS-
\ TOW-WORSHAM CO.. 1417 ~ Main,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

FOR SALE. PLEASANT SUMMER
home on the Green Mountain" Al
bemarle county, Va: comfortable
house; about seventeen acres of land;
eleven OF it woodland; good neigh
borhood. Ia miles from Esnont
Station. on branch of G. and o. r. r.;
very near Green Mountain Club
House. Address MISS JANE r.
SHAW. Esmont. Albemarle county,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

FOR SALE, DEERING MOWER AND
81 cleaner. in good condition., at half
price, GEORGE HILL. Rio Vista. Va
FOR SALE. SAIOKESTACEl. "a INCHES
in diameter, 81 feet long, in 4-foot
9dsfns yh pRl 4 Twentyleighth ana
r Streets, City.
Enp 6, y m =. QNn- pQN1X- IIIN1A poIIn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

AGs ACRES ON RAILROAD. FOUR
miles OF electric car, poor buildings
grand Investment, $4,000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

7s0 ACRES, NICE OLD HOME. ~
miles OF railroad, three sets OF build
ings; great sacrifice, $4,000
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

$50 ACRES, ON GOOD PUBLIC ROAD.
miles OF Electric car line, $500. =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

FoR SALE. ONE RUBBER TIRE
S'orrtiand runabout: A No. l condi-
lion. Neutrality-suspicious. co.
| 1Ico Il Main
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

NO Il SOUTH CHERRY STREET.
serni-detached and the price sounds
right. Come and SEQ us. We feel
assured we can both place and
please you. EDWARD s. ROSE CO.
Real Estate Agents, Auctioneers and
Brokers, No. II ", Eleventh Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

FARMs-BlG BARGAIN. SO ACRES.
10-room new house, store two. miles
railroad. only $1,000. plenty timber;
o. acres, two miles electric car o.
900; so acres. 5-room house, two
miles railroad, 5-room house, only
$3.50: rs acres. Ashland oar, I miles
city. only 500 per acre: will sell
In small tracts s. 10. l 5 acres, ! l-2
miles city. at railroad. 500 per acre;
10 acres, 7-room new house. at rail,
road, fve miles city. only ss,soo: and
home ANDERSON REAL. ESTATE
AND LAW CO., Eleventh Street.
STORE PhopERTY AND POULTRY
farm confined. near Richmrn6; we'll
located; doing good business. Sac
rihced for quick sale. Address B
1o2, care Times-Dlspatch,
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HoAIEi -FOUR
acres; eight-roon house; we'll To-
Gated: near the city. Address E
$50, care Tmes-Dispatch.
TTMBER FOR sAIiE. p ARTTEs IN
the market for good timber tracts
me-. Address = 25s, care Times-Dls-
patch.
IN HIGHLAND SPRINGS; -FOUR
b asien u cheap. RWpD RE RE.Af.pY
co, HIS East Main Street,
HTGTILAND PARK LOTS. NOS. s AND,
: q Block &c; big bargain can he had
See H. Nj. McCLUER. 1908 Enslow
Avenue, our resident agent, or at
office; must be sold at once, We
have homes a-planty In other parks
soc us il you want to buy. AMBER
son REAL ESTATE AND Law ca
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29
OSTRICH FEATHERS.

OSTRICH FEATEIERs.--TAKE YOUR
old feathers to THURST2t. s, They
Will make them neg again. THURS
TONS. No. 21E North Fifth Strees
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
some duties of Ambassadoru.

Senator Tilman at a Washington dinner
party was talking about the duties Of an
ambassador.
"They are important duties" said he.
"A really good ambassador should know
all about the country he is sent to. Then
he wouldn't make the mistake committed
by an American in ~Afghanistan.
This American entertained the shah
zada for three days, giving him a very
handsome suite Of rooms in his house.
THE morning OF the shahzada's arrival
the American host visited him in his apart
ment and was amazed to SEQ the royal
guest and his entire staff hopping about
the floor In the oldest way. They con-
versed politely and ErAvely, but instead OF
walking they hoped, taking great leaps
Of eight or nine feet.
THE host ventured to ask the reason OF
his hopping. The shahzada politely re-
piled:
you see, this carpet is green. with white
roses here and there. Green is a sacred
color with us, so we are obliged to hop
from rose TO rose. It Is good exercise, but
rather fatlguing, I confess "-PhnsdelphiA
Record.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

Standard Oil company has its own agents
in all the provinces, and 1t is pushing its
business In every city, Twenty years ago
the oil was shipped here in tin cans. 1t Is
now brought in tank steamers which carry
10000 tons at a bad. The vessels start
from San Francisco and LAND at half a
dozen different ports, where the oil is
pumped out into great storage tanks. 1
found such tanks at Hankow, 600 miles up
the Yangtse Klang, and saw the steamers
unloaded by means Of a pump. The tanks
there hold tens of thousands of barrels.
They have factories connected with them,
where the tin plate is made into five-gallon
cans. These are filled with oil and are
distributed by the Yangtze and it's tribu-
taries. The stuff is economically handled,
being sold In smaller and smaller pack
ages as 1t gets farther away from the
ports, and in some places almost by the
spoonful. The Standard Oil company has
tanks at Tientsln and Hongkong. 1t does
by far the biggest oil business in China
although the Burmese, Russian and Su-
matra companies compete.
Within the last year one of these latter
companies has opened up a new oil terri
tory about 200 miles north of Picking. The
oil is carried in cans on wheelbarrows over
100 miles to . canal and thence floated
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
Our TOhAccO Trust.

Another American institution which is
doing q big business in China is the To-
bacco Trust. 1t has it's agents in all of the
cities, and has established several big fac
tories. There is one at Shanghai which
employs 2,aO0 girls in making and packing
cigarettes. There Is another at Mukden,
and a third at Hankow. Indeed, the Amer
leans are changing the Chinese from pipe
smokers to cigarette smokers, and ma
chine made cigarettes are now to be
bought as far west as Thibet. The bust
ness is done under the name of the Brit
ish-American Tobacco company, and it has
in its employ both British and American
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
Cotton in China and Child Labor in the Big Mills at Shanghai

officers. The chief manager Is an Amerl.
can, who lives here at Shanghai. He tells
me the Chinese are a nation OF tobacco
smokers, and that they have been raising
and using tobacco for ever 800 years. The
weed was introduced from Manila less
than fifty years after Columbus discovered
America, and II has been in use ever since.
although many OF the Chinese emperors
have repeatedly tried 10 wipe II out. Much
tobacco IL still smoked In pipes. two kinds
OF which are in use everywhere. One OF
these Is a dry pipe. which may be OF bam-
boo or clay or wood. Its bow is small
and seldom holds more than a pinch OF
tobacco. The other pipe Is o metal box
filled with water, through which the smoke
Is drawn before II enters the mouth. "
has a tube about a foot long, and this
bends over at the m%outhpiece, This pipe
is usually made OF copper and silver, or an
alloy OF copper, zinc, nickel and iron. IL Is
used by both men and women.
The natives make cigarettes OF corn
husks and bamboo leaves. They also roll
tobacco in brown paper. OF late years,
however, the rice paper cigarette has come
into vogue, and Il Is used more and more
every day by both men, women and chil.
dren.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

The work on the grounds Is also being
pushed, but with the present appropria-
ton at the m of the commission
about all which can be done in that way
is in the grading and leveling. The com
mission has begun the preliminary steps
toward securing a number of lots along
the eastern end OF the grounds by con-
demnation to give the required space for
the lake to be located on the east end Of
the grounds.
Contractor Olsen has pushed work from
the start and will be ready to turn over
a completed building to the commission
under the contract time regardless OF the
fact that numerous changes which would
extend hts time have been asked for in the
progress of the work. The people are get
ting a fine building absolutely without
taxation for that purpose
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
New Milling machinery.

The Chinese are rapidly introducing the
better class OF machines. and their mills
are already about as well equipped as our
own. A great part OF their machinery is
imported from England, and only certain
specialties come from the United States.
In one factory ! found an American light
plant with 5000 electric lamps burning, and
In another there were modern fire ma
chimes, and the employers had a fire drill
every day. In nearly every place the wages
were as low or lower than those / have
quoted, the highest price paid the men
being something like 80 cents per day, while
a good average. wage was s or 10 cents. l
found girls at work in all Of the factories.
and I know OF none which does not employ
children.
At present a considerable portion OF the
cotton used In china is imported from
abroad. We have the bulk OF the Man
crUrian trade, although Japan is doing its
best TO compete. The English sell the
gteater part OF the fgoods brought In to the
Yangtze valley and south China. and the
Germans are pushing their cloths every
where, Within the last year or so. how
ever, the Chinese officials have been start
ing small factories In which hand looms
Paro used. l saw some In Tientsin and other
parts OF Chill. and l am told that there
are more than 1890 such looms now at
work In that province.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

plete all but the mural work in a little
over thirty days. Mr., Andrews has just
returned from a trip east, in which he
found the mural work, which is being done
by e. H, Blashfield and Edward Simmons,
both Of New York. and Charles Holloway
of Chicago, is well along, and he thinks
he can have all the paintings in place be-
fore the first of June, but this work will
not in the least delay the occupancy OF
the building. The marble work is we'll
along, all the pillars being placed, most
Of the wainscoting being in place and the
placing Of balusters and stair treads now
being pushed along.
On account Of the demand for room the
commission has added a large amount of
space for storage in the basement by hav-
ing the whole OF the basement floor con-
GREETED, making large amount Of storage
room
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
some Ways Of wronEdOers.


There are a few places where the pro-
fessional crook operates" said Seymour
Beutler Of New York, for twenty-five years
chief of the Pinkerton forces on the New
York race courses, at the Willard.
"Pickpockets generally work in crowds,
or bands and many clever Jobs are done
while helping an old man or woman on a
car. OF course these crooks frequent
crowds, and, in the case of 'prop-getters.'
for instance, the thief will use a handker-
chief in front Of a mans scarf and with
the other deftly lift out his pin. I remem-
Der one Incident when two OF these prop
getters' were working together. One Of
them spled a beautiful stone In a scarf OF
a prosperous looking passenger who was
standing in a crowd on a street car. He
tipped off his partner and signaled that
he was going after the stone, when the
latter held him back, saying. Nix, on that;
nothing doing
why, what's the matter; It isn't a
phOny,' returned the crook.
mo, it's all right, but there must be
honor among thieves
THE man who was about to be touched
was one OF the most notorious piokpockets
in New York.
"On one occasion at the Saratoga race
course a big storm came up and several
persons were injured in the grandstand.'
continued MIR. Beutler. "Bob Pinkerton
was one Of the first to go to the aid Of the
injured, He found a woman who had been
hurt by a flying chair, and as he stopped
to lake her arm he found that another
mar was assisting her also. He looked at
his co-worker, who said: 'WeIl, Bob, I
never thought you and I would work to-
gether."
IL was Red Leary,' the bank burglar"
Washington Post.
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Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
rms Supreme Test.


An Indianapolis toy dealer tells an anus
Ing story about Booth Harrington.
M Tarkington,' he begins. came into
my shop one day at Christmas time, and
said;
~ want a Noah's ark, please. Not one
of your modern Noah's ark, but a good,
o.d-fashioned one-one wherein Noah is
the same size as the elephant
~ think I've got what you want, sir,
1 answered, 'up in the attic
And 1 soon brought down to him a
dusty old Noah's ark Of the kind that I
had sold when he was a little boy In a bib.
M Harrington opened The lid, peered
in, and said:
"'Aha, this is the ticket. There they
all are. There is Noah, the slinc size as
the dove, and the dove is the same size as
the elephant. But to make sure thai this
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

And has m~otoreycling benefited your
heaithT his congratulator, a journalist
ventured to ask.
Il think it has" Mr., Rockefeller replied.
wont ask you, though, to take note Of
my clear eye and good color, or I might
find myself in the food faddlst's fix.
"A food faddist was lecturing to a large
audience on the marvellous results to be
obtained from chewing soup, or eating
nut butter, or something of tha kind. He
was not a very imposing person physically;
but swelling out his chest, he slapped 1t
thrice with the palm and cried.
" Friends, two years ago l was a walk
ing Skeleton, a haggard. miserable wreck.
NOW what do you suppose brought about
this great change in me?'
He paused to let his words sink in, and
a voice asked:
'What changer st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

A friend Of the late Father Tabb Of
Ellcott City, Ind, said:
"This fine poet and good man thought
that class hatred was due to ignorance
that the rich knew too little of the poor,
and vice versa.
"He once illustrated this ignorance with
the story of a Methodist bishops wife who
addressed a meeting OF slum housewives
on their home duties. The address made
the home life seem all very fine and ideal,
but one housewife voiced the opinion of the
rest. perhaps, when she said to her neigh
bors with a sniff:
"'She's all right as far as she goes; but
what IL like to ask her is this-what does
she do when her old bishop comes home on
pay night with his envelope empty and a
fightln' jag on7'"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
AME cOTyaN cMH AMN5 akNNNIY AN9CNNT rH5MNNNNzn1

ever before. At present it is safe to say
That there are at least 400. 900, 900 OF them
who dress in such goods all the year
round. They wear only one or two thin
garments In the summer, but in winter
they have several suits well wadded to
keep themselves warm, and in the north
ern provinces they put on suit after suit
as the weather grows colder. Indeed, some
fleshy Chinese in full winter dress nave
trouble in getting through their own door
ways. But even at one suit OF twenty
yards to each person per year the amount
Of cotton used is so great that at least
100000 yards are required. This amount
is beyond comprehension. 1t would carpet
a pathway sixty feet wide from the earth
to the moon, or cover one more than twenty
miles wide from New York to Chicago. Our
total shipments of cotton goods to other
countries is less than 1913, O0O,O 900 a year, and
all we send to Asia sells for less than
100000. hat which goes to China would
hardly patch the knees OF the ce,estials,
let alone make their clothes.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

whipping a boy student. There were six Of
us impaneled and all rode out together in a
big sleigh to the home of the justice Of the
peace where the trial was to be held. After
a vigorous lecture from the honorable jus
tice and a good deal of testimony on both
sides, we were asked to adjourn to the
kitchen, the room next to where the trial
was being held, to deliberate on our YER
dict. AS 1 said, it was the night before
Christmas, and the kitchen was full Of
good things that go to make up a real good
old-fashioned dinner.
eve organized at once to do Justice to
that fine line of provender. A serving
committee was appointed and l was made
a member Of 1t. We served all right. For
three7quarters of an hour we did glorious
Justice to that food. Finally we had dis
posed of everything in sight.
Then we returned to the court room i'm
mediately and with solemn faces announced
that the verdict was that the boy had not
been whipped enough."-Kansas City
Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
Twain TurneI the Tables.


Mark Twain, when he worked in Nevada,
on the Virginia City Enterprise, inserted in
the news a good many boarding house
jokes.
In revenge, the humorist's sensitive fell
low boGrdcrs in Virginia City decided to
put up a game on him. They enlisted the
landlady's help, and at the Thanksgiving
dinner at the boarding house Mark Twain,
by a dextrous piece of sleight-of-hand, was
served, apparently direct from the fowl,
with a turkey leg of painted wood.
you've changed your poultry dealer,
haven't you, ma'am?'
why, no, Mr.. Clemens. What makes
you think SOP
This turkey" he answered, giving the
wooden Grumstick a little whack with his
knife; ITS about the tenderest morsel I've
struck in this house for some Months
Detroit Free Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
The Chief Requisite.

Richard Watson Glider had a dry wit OF
his own He once received a call from a
young woman who wished to secure ma
terial for an article Of 5000 words on
Young Women in Literature"
Tt was a fetching subject, full OF meat"
explained the young woman afterward.
"and / saw not only 5000 words in the
story. but at least 5000. But I never got
any further than the first question. Mr..
elders answer took the very life out Of
me. / asked him: Now, MIR. Glider. what
would you say was the first, the chief, the
all-essential requisite for a young woman
entering the literary field?'
II waited with bated breath. when he
answered; Postage stamps "-Boston
Globe
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
Helping the AIinister.

A Scotch preacher had in his congrega-
ton an old woman who was deaf. In or
der to hear the sermon each Sunday, this
old lady would seat herself at the foot
of the pulpit stairs. One day the sermon
was about Jonah, and the preacher became
very rhetorical.
And when the sailors threw Jonah
overheard" he said, "a big fish swallowed
him up. Was 1t q shark that got i'm? Nay,
my brethren, 1t was meier a shark. Was
1t a swordfish that eat him? Nay"
1T was a whale" whispered the old lady
exoltedly.
Hush, Biddie," said the preacher indig-
nant.y. Would we tax tn wo:d of God
out o. yer ane meenlstar 5 mouth 2''-suc-
cess Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
China,. Cofton sunpIr.

China is doing all il can TO improve its
native cotton. The officials are sending
out men TO study cur cotton belt and our
methods OF cotton raising, and ediots have
been issued TO encourage the growth OF
the crop In all the provinces. 1t Is claimed
that cotton will do well in most parts Of
China. Much OF the country lies IN the
lAntude OF our southern states, and from
sYaAghai northward there are rich plains
Which the experts say are fitted for cotton
growing. With unscientifio methods OF
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
IcHXt5F CTXDLA60a MEnM MENuRYMM
C0ZZN1 Nus AHd y6nzlaNzZzEU nm

is a genuine old-fashioned Noah's ark l
will apply one last test. l will, sir, with
your permission, taste Noah's head.
"And Mr.. Harrington laughed, pretended
to taste the blight paint on the head OF
the patriarch, and, paying his bill, walked
out with the old-fashioned Noah's ark
under his rm."-Indianapolis News.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
strike Of Tobnccn GirI..

One of the Americans employed in the
tobacco factory at Shanghai tells me they
had a big strike the other day. A thousand
odd girls left the establishment and re-
fused to return until their grievance was
from a coffin.
The girls were in the habit OF changing
from one department to another without
asking the manager and they looked so
much alike that the foreign officials could
not tell II they were in their right places.
Thereupon a system OF badges was lnsti-
tuted, giving TO each girl a pin labeled
with characters indicating the name OF
the department to which she belonged.
Every girl had to have her own badge and
wear 1t. The badges were round. square
or shaped like a keystone. according TO
the rooms in which the girls worked. 1t
was the last badge which caused the
trouble. The day after the order went
forth the girls with the keystone pins
struck and the next noon the others went
out. 1t was afterward found that the OBJ
lection lay in a superstition that the key
stone badges would bring bad luck to their
wearers, because they were shaped like the
head Of a coffin. 1t was some time before
this could be remedied and the employees
brought into line.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
Reflected Glory.


Mr.. Jones was an excellent man, pros
porous in his business and modest in his
ways, but not distinguished for anything
in particular. His wife. however. Mrs.
Smith-Jones, was a woman of rare accom-
plishlnents. She was an artist of more
than ordinary ability. a brilliant pianist,
and possessed a voice of remarkable sweet
ness and power.
At a large Iarty one evening, at which
she and her husband We've present, her
singing captivated a stranger who was
one of the guests, and he asked to be intro
duced to her. Ills request was granted.
After a few minutes conversation the
hostess came and took him away.
You mustn't monopolize her, Mr.. Sim
mons" she said. II want you TO meet Mr..
Jones'"
"Who is Mr.. Jones?'
HE is her husband"
what is he noted for?"
Noted for?" echoes the hostess, why,
for-for his wife. ."-Tit-Bits.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

playwrights to build strong, racy plays;
but neither vernacular nor anything else
is of moment If perseverance is lacking.
mo playwright can succeed who is like a
man 1 know. 1 said to the man one New
Years day:
Doyou keep a diary, Philip?
Yes he answered. I've kept one for
the first two weeks in January for the
last seven years Indianapolis Star.