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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
Posr-oFFIcE FIGURES.
Many sninry Increnne. for rostmasters
Show That BnEInesh Is Mighty Good.


Show That Business Is Mighty Good.
From the Post-0ffice Department of
thu government there came the other
Jay partial announcement OF the re-
ADJUSTMENT OF the salaries of Virginia
oostrnasters In hfty-o one towns sal (
aries were increased from sioo 70 5000
Per Year and in only six towns were
there decreases. The net increase IN
the hfty-seyen towns amounted 10 Sc.
soe
The salaries Of postn:Sstsrs are in
creased OF decreased according 10 the
Increase or decrease o; the business
done by the Offices. Il said that the
anest barometer TO show the condition
u business in q town or q city is the
business OF the post-oftice. There
Tore the fact that OUT of hfty-seven
post Offices in Virginia that pay the
postmaster firm $4,000 10 5000 q year
as salary.fS f,y-o.ye get an increase and
'nly SIN have 70 submit to small de-
:rease, IS evidence that business in
ne Virginia towns IS mighty good. and
growing better every day. Hurra for
Virginia, anyhow.
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New Hotel and New Manager H as and Shows
Some Startling Surprises Outlook for
Successful Season

Otterburn Springsu,Va. June To-
Rejuyenated Otterburn Springs. under
the management Of c. H. Paxton. who
made the Natural Bridge Hotel FL
nous, opened with u big hurrah las,
Thursday. train load of Richmond
people came out from Richmond tc
see and be seen, as the saying is. and
the country people from all round
about came In. The newly arranged
hotel was inspected by all of the
guests and the old timers hardly kne,
the place. The water works. 1.-The gas
works, the lighting arrangements and
all of the new things introduced by
the new management. and introduced,
In such short while, were a surprise
to the visitors.
y or course, there had TO be some
speech mak king on suoh: q Joyous oc :
casion. and that came along after the
fine dinner that Manager Paxton had
set, The speakers; were Governor
Mann. William L. Dibrell, Major e.
w. BoWles and others s% n 9if.''3{ n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
BUYS VIRGINIA FARM.
Minnesota Resident Moves to south.
Volume OF Post-OHice Business.

Especial TO The Times pispatchl
Bedford City, Va. June lo.-Mr.
Pointner. of Minnesota. has purchased
a tract OF land OF about forty acres,
beyond Longwood Cemetery. on the
eastern suburb, the purchase price be-
ing $4,000, or more than hundred
dollars per acre
Mr. Pointner has arrived with his
family, and they are boarding at Mr..
WiggIngtons during the construction
of house. on the land which they will
occupy as soon as completed %
Mr. Annesley, who for a number of
years has resided near Bedford City
and very successfully conducted mar
ket garden. has sold his place to MIR.
Grazier Of Pennsylvania. who has
taken possession
Although May is the lghtest month
In the post office. business at this place
l56.al9 pieces of mail matter were
handled. each piece receiving an aver
age handling of four and. "a half
times This ONCE has, the dis
tinction of being the smallest in the
United States to be accorded a mail
delivery service awarded forsth vol
une OF business OF the office and not
the ratio of population. 'ti
Miss Orm. of Savannah, Ca, who last
summer came to -sedford City as a
visitor and liked l. SO well. has pur-
chased a summer home here She has
arrived with her sister an aunt, and
they are established in their now
quarters.
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vantage OF the situation, and hence the
receipts by rail and by wagon at the
Richmond warehouses were unexpect.
edly large. There were sales on Tues
day and Friday, and much to the sur
prise Of the tobacco buyers. who
thought there was no more OF the leaf
Of last years growth in the barns. the
offerings footed up about 100 0Oc
pounds OF as good sun-cured stock as
ever came down the pike The manu-
faciurers We're out on sales in good
shape and bid high for the remnant,
and every farmer who offered stocks
wen, home pleased with his account OF
sales a
In The second place. the timely rains
ena oled the growers OF the weed to set
and reset plants world without end In
Hanover. Goochland. Caroline. Louisa.
fiuvanna, Albemarle. iienrico and
other sun curing counties thousands.
even millions. Of plants were set out
from Monday morning last up to
Thursday, and there is no longer any
fear Of a short crop. unless the seasons
from now on are unfayorable. The cron
VIII be late. and, of course. in danger
OF early fall frosts. but maybe the
early frosts will not come this year
The warehousemen look for the last
OF the crop TO be marketed this week
and then IT is likely that the busi-
ness VIII be over until next fall
The package dealers had some busi-
n4ss last week, but" said one of them
There WAS nothing big going on" The
truth is that package goods and re-
dried stocks are very scarce. and with
SO little stock TO go upon, the dealers
can't look for very largo business
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Morld,. Visible sunnlr.

New Orleans. June lO.-secretary Hes
ter's statement of the worlds visible
supply of cotton showed the total TO ha
2,Sll.722 bales. against 2.9S5.2l1 last
week. and n,S3454l last'year.
The total OF American cotton Is
iI,G71,722. against 1.Sl0.2l7 last week
and l,10I.b4l last year, and OF all
other kinds. including Egypt. Brazil.
India. etc, i.142.00o. nsainst Ills, 900
the worlds visible supply, Of cotton,
there is now atioat and held In Great
Britain and Continental Europe 1885,.
900, against 10000 last year. and in
Egypt. is, 600. gainst $4,000 last year;
In India. $4,000. against $4,000 last
year and in the United States, $4,000.
against $4,000 last year.
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Weekly COTTON T,evie,y.

T.
New York, June 10.-Cotton advanced
sharply for time on hot, dry weather
a. the South, coverings Of shorts and
bullish ma nipulatton. Then came set
back on heavy and persistent liquida-
ton OF July. attributed to leading New
York and New Orleans bulls and their
following. Also beneficial rains were
reported in the ,Carolinas, Georgia and
Alabama. Still on Friday prices nd
yanced again on dry. hot weather in
Texas and elsewhere. Liverpools spot
trade has continued small and at the
South demand for the actual cotton Is
said to have fallen off SO notlceably
that the dullness neutralfzes the effect
Of strong statistical situation.
Moreover. many belleve,tha despite TIE
recent hot. dry leather. the cotton crop
is doing we'll that 1t needed pe-
riod of high temperatures after. the
cold weather of May, and that dry
Their has thus far done no wide
spread harm. $500. ;s>
The cotton goods trade. too, stu lis
unsatisfactory. Curtailment continues,
Speculation In futures has been as Il
rule on small scale 1t Is largely
professional market, subject 20 ma :
ntpulation, market which idisconcer.s
some oe the most experienced members
OF the trade. III giiis q x. !tE
On the other hand, IL big bull opera
tors have been throwing & July over
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
portinE Board in a supple men.al re.

port says:
The month 70 May was not. in whole.
very favorable FOR crop growth.
drouEhty conditions having prevailed
over great portion of the United
States. In consequence the avera ge
condition of crop growth on Junc ]
was 2.S per cent below the average
condition on that date. Some relief
from the unfavorabl conditions came
at the close OF May and the first part or
June.
Comparing the condition OF various
crpos on June with their average
growing condition on that date Of re-
cent years, In most cases ten years.
and with 100 representing average con :
ditions and not normal. the board re-.
ports:
Cotton. 1855: sugar beets. lo3.o; ap-
pies. 1928; raspbcrrles. 1918: sprina
wheat, 10l.1, watermelons, COS; pears
99.I: cantaloupes. 99.6: black berries
ss5: sugar cane 39.5.l barley. as.2.
winter wheat, 9S.5. rye oS.2 oats. 1913:
alfalfa. 96.1; onions. 95.5; Lima beans
92.5: cabbage. 9l.o: pastures, 9o.2: hemp,
$40; clover hay. Sf.6; all hay. IS.
peaches. S3.6.
It Is estimated that the area planted
to rye is about LIZ per cent less than
last year. or about 2.o03.664 acres
clover (for hay). acreage, SO per cent.
less than last year. and sugar cane
acreage. "a per cent. less. The aver
age condition of all crops by States
on June l was approximately as; fol-
lows Goo representing the average. no
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
THE TOBACCO TRADE.

saleh OF Sun-Cured Lenf Larger Than
Erpected-I.ast Sales This Week.
The fine rains that commenced last
Monday morning throughout the sun
curing leaf tobacco territory and con-
Anued for several days. were cheering
y the growers OF the delightful weed
In the first place. these rains brought
season" and enabled the farmers 10
get the remnant OF their holdings in
'ruer for the market They took ad :
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
west virginia Timber Lands.

The Kendall Lumber Company Is reported
by dispatches from Aorgantown w. Va. to.
have purchased 1900 acres or Monongalil
and Preston county timber and mineral
lands for 100000. 1t is stated that the
company will at once begin to cut the tim
Der. and in this. connection construct a rail-
way on Cheat River. ii , Eli,
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neyicw Of Crop Conditions.

4 Washington, June 10.-Cotton showed
the best growing condition on Juno
I OF any crop reported to the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Tn its general re-
view. Of crop conditions, the Crop Re-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11

normal condition. for recent years OH
that date)
Virginia, $50: North Carolina. SIP;
South Carolina, $50: Georgia, 1881;
Florida, 1855; Alabama, Ill.3: Missis-
sippi, 1862; Louisiana, 110S; Tennssseo.
ISL; Kentucky. 33.4: Arkansas, 1915.
and Texas 1877 #s ii3,fhft IA 't15
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02
Had Money In Jumps.

Charles H.. Rosenberg Of Bavaria
had Jumps on his shoulders. elbows.
and hips when he arrived here from
Hamburg on the Kaiserln Auguste Vic.
toria. In fact, there was a series Of
smaller Jumps along his spine. much
like a mountain range. as IL Is present
ed on a bas-relief map.
The Jumps were about the size Of
good oregon apples. and as Rosen.
berg passed before the immigration
doctor for observation, the doctor said
softly to himself, See that lump
Then he asked Mr.. Rosenberg to step
aside.
You seem like a healthy man.
said the doctor. but I cannot pass you
until | know the origin Of those Jumps
on your bc-y" All, II is not a sick.
ness laughed the man from Bavaria.
Those swellings Is money"
Taking OF his coat he broke open a
sample lump and showed that It con.
tained $500 in American bank notes.
He Informed the doctor that he had
81, 900 in all, with which he was go
ing 10 purchase an apple orchard in
Oregon.
He was admitted to the country
New York Tribune.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02
Why He Lauuhed.

Miss Matte belonged to the old
south, and she was entertaining a
guest Of distinction.
On the morning following his arrival
she told Title, the little colored maid,
to take a pitcher OF fresh water to
Mr.. Frman's room, and to say that
Miss Matte sent him her compliments.
and that II he wanted a bath. the
bathroom was at his service.
When Tillie returned she said:
Il toll him, Miss Matte, en- he
laughed At to bus h~isself."
Why did he laugh, Tillie?"
81 dunno"
What did o tell him7"
Jus what you toll me to-"
"Tillie, tell me exactly what you
said"
Il banged de doah, and | said, Mr..
Frman, Miss Matte sends you her Tub,
and she says, Now you can get up
and wash acknowledgements Mag
azine.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02
ENaunnratlhn-

On her arrival in New York Nine,
Sara ~Bernhardt, replying to a compli-
ment on her youthful appearance,
said: The secret OF my YOUTH II
Is the good God-and then, you know.
l work all the time. But l am a
greatgrandmother," she continued,
~thoughtfully, 80 how can these many
compliments be true? I am afraid my
friends are exa~ggerating."
Nine. B~ernhardt's laugh, spontane-
Gus as a girls, prompted a chorus Of
NO, mol"
YES" said the actress, "uncon-
scious e~xaggeration, like the French
nurse on the boulevard. Our bouie.
Yards are much more crowded than
your streets, you know. and, although
we have numerous accidents. things
aren't quite as bad as the nurse sug.
gested.
Her little charge. a boy Of six,
begged her to stop a while in a crowd,
surrounding an automobile accident.
Please wait the little boy said, Want
to see the man who was run v
No; hurry his nurse answered.
There will be plenty more to see
further on"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02
Our Nolcer.

| think u conversational soprano,
as sometimes overheard in the cars,
arising from a group of young persons
who have taken the train at one Of
our great Industrial centers, for In
stance, young persons Of the female
sex, werwill say, who have hustled in
full dressed, engaged in loud, strident
speech, and who, after free discussion,
have fixed on two or more double
seats, which having secured, they pro-
coed to eat apples and hand round
daguerreotypes-I say, l think the
conversational soprano, heard under
these circumstances, would not be
among the allurements the old enemy
would put in requisition were he get
ting up a new temptation OF st. An,
thony.
There are sweet voices among us,
We all know, and Voices not musical,
u may be, to those who hear them
Tor the first time. yet sweeter to us
han any we shall hear until we listen
to some warbling angel in the over
ture to that eternity of blissful har>
monies we hope to enjoy. But why
should | tell lies? II my friends love
me, 1t is because l try to tell the
truth. l never heard but two voices
in my life that frightened me by their
observation-disclosures.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02
No Slano for Her.

slip me a brace Of cackles!" or
dered the chesty-looking man with a
bored air, as he perched on the first
stool in the lunchroom.
"A what?" asked the waitress. as
she placed a glass OF water before
him.
Adam and Eve fiat on their backs!
A pair Of sunnysiders!" said the young
man in an exasperated tone.
You got me. kid" returned the
waitress. 'Watcha want?'
Eggs up" said the young man.
Eggs the kind that come before
the hen or after. / never knew which"
why didn't you say so in the first
placer" asked the waitress. You'd a
had 'em by this time"
well, Of all things" said the
young
Il knew what he was drivin' at all
the time" began the waitress as the
young man departed. But he's one
Of them fellers that thinks they can
get by with anything. He don't know
that they're using plain English now
in restaurants"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02
Where He Was Queer.

The negro, on occasions, displays a
hne discrimination in the choice Of
words.
Who's the best Whitewater In
town." inquired the new resident
ALE Hall am a bond a'tist with a
whitewash brush, sah," answered the
colored patriarch ]eloQuently.
Wen, tell him to come and white
wash my chicken house tomorrow"
Uncle Jacob shook his head dubi-
ously.
"Ah don believe, sab. ah'd engage
Ale Hall to whltewash a chicken
house, sab"
why, didn't you say he was a good
whitewasher?"
Yes, sab, a powerful good white
washer, sab; but mighty queer about
a chicken house, sab, mighty q%ueer!"
-Mack's National Monthly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02
10. the RIch milan

The per capita wealth Of the Indian
70 approximately $3.50. that for other
Americans Is only a little more than
$500. The lands owned by the In.
disns are rich in oil. timber and other
natural resources OF all kinds. Some
Of .he best timber land In the United
States IS owned by Indians.
The value Of Their agricultural lands
runs up in the millions. The ranges
which they possess support about 500.
COO sheep and cattle. owned by lessees.
bringing in a revenue Of more than
S272.000 10 the various tribes besides
providing feed for more than 1000. 900
head Of horses. cattle. sheep and goats
belonging 10 the Indians themselves.
Practically the only asphalt deposits
in the United States are N Indian
lands.-Red Man.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02
Moslem Traditions.

Ramadan is the month exalted by
Moslems above all others. In that
month the Koran-according to Mos.
lem tradition-was brought down by
Gabriel from heaven and delivered to
men in small sections. In that month,
Mohammed was accustomed to retire
from Mecca to the cave Of Hira, for
prayer and meditation. In that month
Abraham, Moses and other prophets
received their divine revelations. In
that month the doors of heaven are
always open, the passages to he'll are
shut, and the devils are chained" So
run the charlottesville Christian
Herald.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02

KNOWS HIS MASTERS VOICE
Pet Hidden In Cellar squawks Loudly
When He Hears Owner
Shout "Bill!"

Allentown, Pa,-"Bin," a pet gander.
knew his masters voice, and Gustav
Conrad, Of this city, recovered a flock
Of geese that had been stolen from his
poultry yard.
Conrad began a house-to-h house
search on discovering that his geese
We're missing, constantly yelling "Bnll
Billl' At last there was an answering
sQuawk from a cellar, which he recog.
nized as the note OF his gander.
Conrad went into the house and be-
gan to ask questions, The woman ad
mittcd she had n number OF geese In
the cellar, which she said she had
bought from n man in a ]nelghborlng
house, who said he had won them at a
rafle in the country. She returned the
geese to the owner.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02
Home Thoudht,

1T must have been frlghtful,~ said
Mrs. Bossim TO her husband, who was
in the earthquake. Tell me what
was your first thought when you
awakened in your room at the hotel
and heard the alarm"
MY first thought was Of you," an
swered Mr.. Bossim.
How noble!"
yes. First thing I knew, a vase OK
the mantel caught me on the ear;
then a chair whirled in my direction.
and when | jumped to the middle OF
the room four or FIVE books and a
framed picture struck me ali at once"
Even after saying that, he affected
to wonder what made her so angry for
the remainder OF the evening.-Mack's
National Monthly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02
MINNESOTA PAIR WHO
EL0PE ON A CYCLE
DAUGHTER OF A FARMER SPEEDS
AWAY WITH HER LOVER IN
LATEST FASHION.

Lesueur. Mlnn-There was an
elopement extraordinary from tho
home OF Wilbur Methmen, a rich
farmer Of Cleveland township. when
his twenty-year-oli daughter, Eliza.
beth. sped away with her lover.
George Hetting. she was seated in
front Of Hetting on the handlebars OF
a motorcycle. which was exceeding
the speed limit az the rate OF 80 miles
an hour over none too good country
roads. They we're pursued by the
wrathml parents in an automobile.
The route was along the devious
windings OF the old Dodd road, and
Methmen kept up the chase, never
more than a half mile behind, across
Cordora and into Waterville township.
until o blowout OF a front tire landed
him and his machine I'm a ditch.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02
What About Brain Food?
This Question Came Up in the Recent
Trial for Libel.

A weekly printed some criticisms OF the
claims made for our foods. II evidently did
not fancy our reply printed in various news.
papers, and brought suit for libel. At the trial
some interesting facts came out.
Some Of the chemical and medical experts
differed widely.
The following facts, however, were quite
clearly established:
Analysis OF brain by an unquestionable au-
ihoTity, Gcoghegau. shows Of Mineral Salts,
Phosphoric Acid and Potash combined CPhos-
phate Of Pntash). 291 per cent o. the total,
5.33 Of all Mineral Salts.
This is over one-half.
Beaunls, another authority, shows "Phos-
phoric Acid combined AID Potash 1914 per
cent from a total of lOl.O7.
Considerable more than one-half Of Phos.
plate Of Potash.
Analysis Of Grape-Nuts shows: Potassium
and Phosphorus, (Which Join and make Phos.
plate Of Potssh), is considerable more than
one-half Of all the mineral salts in the food.
Or. Geo, w. Carey, an authority on the con-
stituent elements Of the body, says: THE
gray matter Of the brain Is controlled entirely
by the Inorganic ~cellsGlt, Potassium Phosphate
phosphate Of Potash. This salt unites with
nlbumen and by the addition OF oxygen creates
nerve fluid or the gray matter Of the brain.
OF course, there Is a trace OF other salts and
other organic matter In nerve fluid, but Potas-
stun Phosphate Is the chief factor, and has
the power within itself to attract, by its own
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02
New Process Of STAINING Glass.

The art of coloring glass has been
lost and rebound, jealousy guarded
and maliciously stolen so many times
in the history Of civilization hat II
seems almost impossible to say any
thing new on glass staining. Yet q
process has been discovered for ma,
king the stained glass used in windows
which is a departure from anything
known at the present time. What tho
Venetians and the Phoenicians knew
OF Il we cannot tell.
The glass first receives It's design in
mineral colors and the whole is then
fired in a heat so intense that the col
oring matter and the glass are indis-
solubly fused. The most attractive
feature of this method is that the sur
face acquires a peculiar pebbled char
acter In the heat. so that when the
glass is in place the lights are delight
fully soft and mellow.
In making a large window in many
shades each panel is separately mould
ed and bent and the sections are as
sembled In a metal frame.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02

him. While In camp with her band
OF royers south Of st. Louis she made
a small fortune from the curious so
ciety girls who took the long journey
10 the gypsy tent to see the white
queen. Like the women OF her band,
she was learned in the art of telling
fortunes.
Cincinnati folks were appraised of
the strange life of the American gypsy
queen only after her death. Her con.
tession OF her career TO the Sister Su.
perlor Of the Seton hospital was the
channel through which her story be-
came public, She told the sister that
she a not allowed her freedom un-
I'll she really became infatuated with
the life led by the rowing people.
Mrs, Mitchell was a great-grand.
daughter Of Mrs, Marie Lloyd Key.
one OF the most famous beauties OF the
South; grand-niece Of Roger b. fancy,
the Justice OF the Supreme court;
cousin OF Lloyd Lowndes, a former
governor Of Maryland; great.great.
graudniece Of the first postmaster gen.
eral Of the United States, and niece
Of a commander in the United States
Navy.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02
SAWS Cat Meat Is Elna.

Cleveland, O.-Recently Edward
Sanders bought n big black Tom cat
foF 20 cents. Today Sanders would
have to pay 81 for the same cat.
Young men OF the neighborhood OF
East Sixteenth street and Kinds ave.
nue. organized a secret society called
the Cats TANNERS. According to mem,
bers, cat meat has a certain plquant
flavor found in no other animal.
"Cat meat is irresistible" said ed.
ward Dufek. After you have once
overcome aversion to the meat you
a relish 1t more than venison or
souab."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-02-02

Twice, as the bus slowly wended It's
way up the steep Cumberland Gap. the
door at the rear opened and slammed.
At first those inside paid little heed;
but the third time demanded to know
why they should be disturbed in this
fashion.
Whist" cautioned the driver,
doan't spake so loud; she'll overhear
US"
"Who?"
The mare. Spake low! Shure, Oi'm
desayin tn crayture. Every tonne
she ears tn door close, she thinks
Won O. yez is gettin' down ter walk
up tn hill, an that sort o. raises her
sperrits Success Magazine.