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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-24
Improvement OF River and Har-
Dor Subject OF Dis
cussion
REPAIRS ARE NEEDED BADLY
City Gives Assurance Of Its Co
Operation With Gov
crnmcnt
Times Dispatch Bureau.
Boll!ngbrook Street.
fT.IefFnp. f4ss

Petersburg, Va. July 90
Several members OF the United
States Board OF Engineers In charge
OF rivers and hsrhors came down from
Washington to Petersburg this after
noon anu held a brief conference with
citizens and Representatives, OF the
city and of the railroads on tho mat
ter OF river and harboi Improvement.
Ihe members OF the board present
were Colonel vs.. T. Rossen the pres
ident Colonel " C. LangfNt Mayor
". j. Harden ana Secretary Alex II.
Weber
The conference was held in the
Hastings cour, room ana was very
bV en- rho engineers arrival Via the
seahoard Air Line al orlock. tue
mcet'ue was called TO ORDER at s.l5.
Adjournment WAS announced at 2.45.
and the fisitors left On their return
at i.20.
The object Of the conference was to
receive statements orally or In writing
touching the needed improvements to
tho river and harbor and tine rebuild
ing u the government dam Involved
n this matter is the proper depth Of
the channel the protection OF proper
y from flood oyerflows and santa
tion. II is understood that the govern
ment does not propose TO rebuild It's
dam until steps are taken TO raise
tNt oAAF OF the TlFer west OF the dam
10 height some twenty or twenty
two feet above ordinary water. on
this point the city and tho Norfolk
and Western Railway are Interested.
A, the -eqrest % President RosselI
Mayor Cameron Introduced all who de-
sired 20 be heard Those Who spoke
were br!ef ia thcir remarks
The speakers were Colonel Churchill
al - enelneer OF the Norfolk and
Western Halfway; Il II Mann. OF the
Chamber OF Commerce. AloAander
Hamilton. ico-presicent and Chief
Engineer pleasauts. II the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad and MAJOR CAM
oro'n Tho statements on behalf % tho
railroad embraced VIVA, they had done
for protection against floods. ana their
willingness 20 DO what is fair and
ph, for further improvements on
behalf % the Chamber OF Commerce.
MI Mann urged the necessity o. good
navigation IN the interest OF the com
mcrc!al welfare Of the city
MAYOR Cameron read the resolutions
adopted hv the Councils. giving ASSURE
huce ~ the cts co-operation with the
government in tho Improvement OF the
river and harhor Ia this connection
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-24

the Mayor submitted statement Of
what the city had done Ia the past TO
Secure and maintain deep water. Since
1873 j., had expended for this purpos"
about 100000 ana II has oHpended
altogether Tor river aul harDor inn
proycmcnt nearly SLfO0.00o
The nembcis OF tho po4gi lad u9th-
Ing 20 sny but ;h.. heard carefully
all statements ana suggestions that
were made
Among those present a., the confer
cnce were Lieuteuaut-ColonelM Mason ".
Patrick, OF Norfolk division engineer
Of rivers and harbors. city Engineer
Bud, Captain a Nicnols. local river
engineer members OF the Councils. bus
lness and professional men. After the
meeting the engineers were taken down
things there.
WATER TO he Analysed.
Statements having been recently
made that the water from tho never
falling springs at Central PARK con-
taius typhoid germs. Health Once.
Martin has sent sample OF the water
TO the State Chemist for analysts IN
the meantime. until the report Of tie
State Chemist IS made. people arc ad-
vlseI not 20 use tho water for drink
Ing purposes unless boiled. The Cen
tril Park water has been hitherto re-
garded as pure. aud for q great NUM-
Dor Of years it has neen freely used
by thousands o: people. without. az
far as known, Injurious effects.
Handsome odd-FeIIov's Jewel.
At tho las, session OF the Grand
Lodge OF Virginia Odi-Feilcws "a hand
some jewel was ordered 10 BE- prepared
and presented 10 Past Grand Master
james g. Blanks. Of this city. ss ?
token % the esteem IN which he Is
held and ia appreciation oc his long
and valued services TO the order The
Jewel mas been completed and presented
70 NJ Blsnks !, s. OF solid gold. with
tho initials 81 the order set In d.a-
monds l., IS az very handsome and
uniqIe design, aud bears tho !nscrip-
iion "Prescu,ed 70 Pas- Grand Master
and Past GRAND REPRESENTATIVE Jane
Blanks. Of Monroe Lodge No. s. Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-24

lspecinl to The Tlmns-Disnatch

Greensboro. y. c., July a3.-At m
election held here to-day for n $40. 900
bond Issue Tor street improvement.
sewerage extension, market and opera
house Improvement. the proposition
carried by safe majority on each OF
the four issues. out of total regis
tratIon OF go the Affirmative vote for
streets was 597: sewerage. SOC; market,
$50. and opera house. 553.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-24
No smnIlpox in CITY.

/ The city is now entirely free OF
smallpox. All OF the ten patients UNI
der treatment some weeks ago have
E been cured and discharged. The last
lquatantlne was raised yesterday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-24

electors and delegates to the ma
tonal progressive convention at Chica-
20 were elected.
The following State ticket was nomi-
mated: Governor Rev. Francis Metzar,
Randolph. Lieuentant- Governor. NJ /.
Azaltine. ST. Adams. Secretary of state.
DR.. j. ". Blake. Barton. Treasurer.
II S. Howard. burlington; Auditor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-24

p. w. Gibson. Brattleboro: Attorney
General. Richard r. Hoar. Barre
The platform favored equal suffrage.
direct election OF United States Sena-
tors establishment OF a parcels post.
government ownership of express and
telegraph companies. the publicity Of
campaign expenses. and free passage
of ships through the Panama canal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-24

Mr. Jos W. Biney desires to express
his thanks to hts neighbors. rriends
and the public in general. who so will
ingly assisted him with their valuable
services IN fighting the fire that de-
stroyed hts barns stables, outbuildings
and forage at his country home In
Chesterfield county. Va. on last We'd
nesday morning
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-24
sfntc TIcI,ct Nnmcd.

Burlington. VT. July 2s.-The Ars,
State convention OF the Vermont pro
grcssivc party was held hero to-day
with seventy delegates present A
platform was adopted and presidential
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25

CEVERAL wellknown women may
be seen bright and early each
morning making their purchases at
the big Chinese market on King
street They are not faddists and
have not formed club for the proven.
ton of belated deliveries of wilted
vegetables and half.spoilt fish. They
have, instead, taken matters into their
own hands, and the happy results are
matter OF individual rather than or.
ganized satisfaction. Almost all of
these women have efficient corps Of
servants In their homes and, were 1t
their pleasure. the ordering might cas-.
lily be accomplished by telephone or,
better still. by an acknowledgement
Chinese chef. That they do not wish
II done In this way argues well for
their housekeeping methods and also
for the robust health of their families.
The Conversations Of the System"
lie not only In the satisfaction Of
knowing absolutely that everything
that goes into their Kitchens Is in
good condition, but also in an early
morning spin with their husbands,
whom they drop off, at the doors of
their business houses.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25

IRON Mrs. Visger CJean a. oven e,
sister of Mrs. L. b. Warehouse
of Wyllie street, well known to
Honolulans because of her liter.
airy fame and her own delightful per
sonality, the writer received mum.
Der of interesting clippings by the
Australian mail this week. Although
coufessing before her departure from
Honolulu that she had another book
in contemplation and would devote
her spare time to It, Mrs. Nisger's
chief object in going TO Australia was
TO visit her only daughter, and II was
believed by her friends here that she
would combine that delightful expert.
enCe with q muCh.needed rest. II is,
however, as impossible for Mrs. Wis
ger to keep out Of active literary work
as II Is for a duck to forego the pleas.
ures Of puddle. She Is now contrib.
uting series of special articles to the
Geclong Advertiser, the Melbourne Ar.
gus and other well.known Australian
newspapers. The following, chosen
chiefly because Il Is not too long for
complete reproduction here. is charac.
teristic of Mrs. Nisger's enviable liter.
airy style:
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25
HONOLULU AUTHOR IN AUSTRALIA;
MRS. YISGER WRITES TO bulletin

mates Yet in the days of the early
Christians the peacock was regarded
as a symbol of eternity and immortal.
ity. There IL a faded frescO or mosaic
In the Catacombs at Rome in which
ON the tomb. underneath which lies
Cornelius Martyr" peacock Is rep.
resented standing at the foot, whilst
another stands at the head, as EN-.
blems of these two ideas
In the marble monument which
Burne-JOnes made for "a greatly be.
loved lady" he carved a green laurel
breaking up through the stones of a
tomb and a peacock sitting in It's
branches with his long dropping
length of plumes. Many have looked
al that monument and wondered what
he meant by the use Of this figure
there. not knowing that he considered
II as an emblem of the resurrection.
In England the peacock Is known 10
be a great enemy Of snakes and pea
cocks are often introduced into gar
dens and grounds infested with vipers
because II Is well known that they
will be quickly cleared by that bird.
Another superstition OF which few
know the origin Is that the number IL
Is counted unlucky. Its origin lies in
the fact that IL was the number Of
those who sat down TO the Last Sup.
per" of our Lord In noted picture
of that scene the old painter makes
Judas upset the salt in rising hastily
from the table. To upset salt Is un-
lucky, we are always told, and tina
was because to eat salt together wa
token OF friendship that might NJ.
be broken. You hear often. again
that the one who leaves the table firsf
after such a meal, Is sure 10 be 'he
unlucky one who will die during the
coming year. That was because the
traitor Judas was the first to leave OF
the 49, and he, as we know, went ou'
and hanged himself.
have known more than one who
have proved 10 to be a very lucky
number; and Friday, which some
count TO be the most unlucky of Az
days of the week, ] have for years
chosen as the best day for beginning
some important undertaking
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25
The Secret Of Crispness.

Doughnuts and crullers, being hca.
Wy and solid as compared with GRO.
quotes or other small fried foods,
must be cooked In fat which Is at a
lower temperature The best test IL
to put a small piece of the dough In
the pan and cook II. II II sinks to
the bottom and quickly reappears. i'm.
creased in bulk, the fat Is. at the right
temperature.
DO not attempt to cook too many
crulers at one time. as they cool the
fat. and consequently absorb grease.
Four or five are the most that should
be attempted at once. After draining.
shake them in a paper bag with a lit.
tie sugar
After frying any dough mixture, the
fat will appear cloudy from the flour
that has fallen into 1t, but II one or
two raw potatoes are then cooked in
the fat this cloudiness will disappear
All frying fat should be strained
through fine sieve or Cheese-Cloth
before using. to remove any foreign
particles that have fallen into 1t from
the food. II not removed these will
burn and cover the next article cook
ed with black specks.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25
SELECTING THE
new HOUSE

The healthfulness of dwellings de.
ponds upon their faultless situation,
construction and management. II Is
a primary Importance that the foun-
dations of our houses should be on
dry ground, free from decaying mat
ter. Houses built over swamps, or
soils saturated with putrid moisture,
such as those where old cesspools
have been, even though these places
have been filled in with gravel, are
unfit for habitation. The earth never
becomes absolutely pure. Especially
in warm weather II will emit exhala-
lions which cannot fail to vitiate the
air. Before purchasing a ready-built
house, or buying land, this matter
should be well looked into.
II one is to locate In city, there
are two other important subjects to
be looked into-light and air.
A construction conducive to a free
and ample supply of air and Light is
the main condition for IA healthy home.
Try to have your dwelling face on
free and open streets. This is to be
preferred to courts or alleyways
where many cottages are clustered. In
the city, corner house is greatly to
be desired. In the country. any open,
building spot.
Shade around our dwellings Is de-
lightful, and, in moderation, greatly
to be desired. but care should be taxi
en- that such shade does not shut out
the suns rays and the air currents.
When moving into newly-built
house or one which has been unocCu-
pied for any length of time, one must
look out for dampness In walls, floors
and cellars. The gases which arise
from our cellars often is the cause Of
contagious disease. The habit of
sprinkling the coal in the bin will
cause II to send forth poisonous gases
injurious to health. This leads us to
the subject Of the kitchen sink, and
the outside sinks which are found in
farm houses. for the use of the help"
Oftentimes they become clogged and
the water stands In them, causing ty-
phoid germs to form. The dish cloth
is germ breeder, but that is another
story.
A healthy house makes healthy peo-
PIE. II should be dry, warm, airy and
free from smoky chimneys. Let plenty
of light into all of the rooms. Throw
open the blinds and draw aside the
curtains.
The cellar should be whitwashet
twice year. and all parts OF II well
looked into, to see that there are nc
decaying pieces OF irewood in the
wood pile. as there Is disease even In
this.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25
A UNIQUE BAG

An unusual and pretty workbag can
be made OF two haudkerchiefs of the
same size, with colored borders. eth
er of linen or silk.
Place one handkerchief on top of
the other, center to center. the dag
Onal on the one crossing the vertical
of the other thus forming an eight
pointed star. Briar stitch around the
edges where the two handkerchiefs
meet, forming an octagon, thus allow
ing the points of the start to be. free.
A circle in the upper handkerchief
is then cut as large as Is deemed nee
essary for the opening Of the bag.
This is hcmmed back deep enough to
allow for the ribbon drawstring.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25
THE PEACOCK AND 13

The gifted author of THE Pea.
cocks Pleasaunce." charmingly II.
Illustrated book, remarks as follows
Some unknown mysterious Peacock
cult, ! believe, does somewhere exist
no one seems to have heard aughl
of It,"
In some parts Of India. the peacock,
according TO the late Mr.. Lockwood
Kipling. author of Beast and Man In
India" is the vehicle Of Karttikeya. a
god of war. He tells us also that
many of the troubles between villag.
ers and English soldiers, out shooting,
have arisen from the ignorance of the
latter of the veneration in which pea.
cocks are held. In GuZeIat. through.
out Rajputana, and in many parts OF
the Central and Northwest Provinces
peacocks run wild, and are as com.
mon as rocks in England. We hear
now that the Yezidis of Central India
adore Satan under the form of pea
cock. and Seargeant's recent lunette-
Jehovah giving the law to the Nations
represents Satan as futtering oveI
the head of the peacock. whilst on it'
outspread tail Is a group representing
the Trinity.
The bad luck which is said to at
tend the introducing of peacocks fra
theirs into a house is superstition
widely spread, yet II is one which has
only obtained since the middle ages
A peacock's feather, II has been said
will scare the demons; and some
housewives delight in having numbers
of these within their houses, whilst
others cannot, they say. admit a sin
gle feather Of the peacock, without
some accident occurring, and death OF
some nihnr nlsnainr hnfnlllnr lts in.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25
some new AND TEMPTING RECIPES

before serving. wipe each slice, dry,
dip in beaten egg, then in cracker
dust or bread.crumbs. and fry each in
plainly of hot fat. Lay piece OF soft
brown wrapping paper in u colander;
and upon II place the slices AZ they
come crisu and brown from the frying,
pan. keeping the whole hot. The pa.
per will absorb the oil left by the fry
ing. Serve on hot platter, the slices
overlapping each other.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25
Feminine Chat

bility or misery or abuse is just about
the same. Our girls and their parents
ought to have learned by this time that
there are enough men of the right sort
In America to go around. A title can.
not make man out of an empty head
or a depraved heart.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25

To give Frank Agerman, attorney
for the packers, time to read 1900
pages of evidence. Judge Daniel Dill
lon of the Missouri Supreme Court
continued the beef trust hearing to
Nav %.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25

Five years ago the great manner
and magnificence" of Prince Hassan,
cousin of the Khedive of Egypt, so ov.
empowered an American girl that, aft.
er two months romantic courtship,
she capitulated to the title. II did
not take the Princess Hassan long to
discover she had made a mistake, and
at the end of i've years we find her re.
turning to her native California. with
the warning to American girls, Never
marry an Oriental; it's fatal mis-.
take" Miss Ola Humphrey took this
step without considering the racial diff
ferences between an American and an
Egyptian, or the Oriental custom
which practically effaces the independ.
ence and individuality of woman.
Wiser by her sad experience, the Prin
cess Hassan comes back with great
respect and admiration for the Ameri.
can man, the ideal husband" The ra-
cial problem does not enter into every
foreign alliance, but In big majority
of the instances where beautiful Amer.
lean girls have sold themselves for Eu.
ropean titles, the sequel of incompati'
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25
Fried CLAIMS.

Fried CLAIMS.
Wash soft clans and drain them on
a soft cloth. wiping dry; then dip each
clam first IN beaten egg and next In
bread.crumbs. and again In the egg
and crumbs II much breading In liked.
One dipping. however, Is generally suf'
ficient. Have frying.pan containing
hot fat an inch deep ready for the
frying. Test the fat by dropping In
bit Of crumb; II should color to a gold
en- hue at once.
Lay the clans In the fat one at q
time but as quickly as possible, and
cook them on both sides until brown
not longer than five minutes. how.
ever, as this delicate sheli-fsh, like the
oyster, requires but little cooking.
Care must be taken that the fat Is not
too hot, else the clans will burst and
not be as fine as they should. Cover
the pan In cooking, leaving an open
space at one side to allow the escape
of steam Serve very hot.
Veal croouettes.
Make a cream sauce of one table.
spoonful of butter, two tablespoonfuls
OF -four; one cupful of cream or milk;
one teaspoonful of onion Juice; lii.
tie salt, pepper and paprika; one beat
en- egg may be stirred in, the pan left
one minute and removed from the
tire. Add to this two cupfuls of mine
ed veal a little ham, chopped mush
rooms, sweetbreads or truffles. When
the mixture IL cold, form into small
cylinder or pyramid shapes, egg and
crumb them and fry In boiling-hot fat
Parsnip Fritters. -
Take three large parsnips; three
tablespoOnfuls of -four; one table.
spoonful of butter (melted); two eggs;
one cupful of milk; one teaspoonful of
salt. Boil the parsnips until tender,
crate fine or mash them well, and
pick out all the fbrous parts. Beat
the eggs light, and stir them into the
parsnips, beating hard until the whole
Is well mixed. Then add the butter,
which should be measured after It Is
melted, and then the milk, salt and
-four. Fry in deep fat.
Fried EGG Plant.
Some two hours before dinnertime
peel the plant and slice II quite thin;
sprinkle each slice with salt; lay slice
upon slice and place plate upon the
top. The salt will draw out the dis.
pgreeably bitter flavor. Half an hou
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25

One of the dangers of our civiliza-
ton is the frivolity with which we
treat serious and solemn subjects. An
instance In point is "A divorce party"
reported by the New York Times. II
was given by the released husband.
The house was decorated with SYM
bols of independence, the dinner
cards showed Lincoln's shattering the
chains of slaves and the happy di-
vorced husband sang Good-by, Little
Girl. Good-by, and No Wedding Bells
For Me. The whole thing was silly
enough, but its very Stiffness and the
applause II seems to have obtained
from invited guests illustrate Il dan
gerous element In our American way
of looking ut life.
The Old-Fashioned Way.-The fact
that corporal punishment is discour-
aged in the public schools Of Chicago
is what led Bobby's teacher to adj
dress this note to the boys mother:
Dear Madam regret very much
to have to tell you that your son,
Robert, idles away his time, is dis
obedient, quarrelsome, and disturbs
the pupils who are trying to study
their lessons. He needs Il good whip
ping and strongly recommend that
you give him one.
Yours truly,
MISS BLANK.
To this Bobby's mother responded
as follows:
Dear Miss ank:-Lick him your.
self. ! amt mad at him.
Yours truly,
MRS. DASH
The girls of Kamehameha are to
give the play, Hiawatha, at the Girls
School this evening. Miss Lemon is
in charge of the entertainments
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25

Apropos of the recent Shriners fes.
tivities in Los Angeles, the California
girls have invented a new hair do
that is declared to be extremely fetch.
ing and rapidly gaining in popularity.
1t is called the Fee" In outline resem.
bIing the Shriner's cap and so fear.
fully and wonderfully constructed that
at distance It is difficult, It is said,
to distinguish from the real thing.
The arrangement is completed by
placing the ends of the hair to one
side over the left ear, the effect being
that of tassel.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25

The girls Of Kamehameha are to
give the play, Hiawatha, at the Girls
School this evening. Miss Lemon is
in charge of the entertainment.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-02

Timber from forests belonging to thu
Prussian state brings in an annual rev,
enue Of 100000, 900.