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" The Leading Piano Mouse of Richmond ***> Manufacture ?B'tebttahed I86?\ Chase - Hackley Piano Company. CHARACTER BUILDING. By Ella Wheeler Wllcox. HERE! are all kinds of people In tho world, and to class all the people of wealth In one category and nil laboring peo? ple In another is unreasonable ' und absurd. To possess wealth does not necessarily Indicate cruelty, unklndncfis or rascality; end to be a laboring mitn doea not al? ways Indicate worth, vlrture or honeuty. We cannot Judge a man by what he has or what he has not! ?\? must Judge him ?wholly by what ho Is. Tho careful student of human nature must observe that, as a rule. Inherited wealth stunts a man's best development. Only onco In a thousand cases Is the man so born nnd reared notable among men for his broad ennracter and superior achievements, while tho majority of un? usual men and women of nil ages, un? usual for nobility of character and un? selfishness of life, havo been those who have risen by their own efforts, and who, through the force of necessity, have been compelled to work. - Ah, wealth is not always the boom It appears, And poverty lights not such ruinous fires As gratified appetites, tastes and de? sires. Tate curses when, letting us do as we please, It stunts a man's soul to be cradled In ease. The man that is born to wealth and uses it to envelop himself from contact ?with any class save his own Is doing for his spiritual development Just what the Ohlneso woman does for her feet when *he bind? them into tiny shoes and pre? vent? their growth. ?0 matter how much such a man gives to charity and education ho Is stunting his own soul. Knowledge of our fellow men and un? derstanding of their trials and needs, romprehenslon of their sorrows and Joys, Lione can teach us that sympathy which 1? a part of spiritual wealth. Tho wealth which hedges Itself from contact with humanity is to bo pitied, not envied, because of Its certain pau? perism. My religion teaches me that thero Is a kingdom of the spirit where we shall all sojourn after we leave this particular body. It Is not so unlike tills world as'the old Idea of heaven taught, and It Is but one of many mansions In My Father's House. Money holds no place In this kingdom of tho spirit. Nothing Is of value there, but character development. Love, sympathy, charity of judgrment, kindness, patience, understanding of?human naturo, aspira? tions for usefulness, desire for growth, ?.nd, knowledgo of the universal life prln clple through all nature?these nre the things which will be valued In the king? dom of the spirit. In this earth world you may secure ? ilrst-class stateroom or parlor suit and every refined luxury by sending ? tele? gram or dispatching your valet., But In that land you will have to apply In per? son for your accommodations and you will have to take the position you have made for yourself while here. "Wealth will not aid you to the enjoy? ment of the land whero money Is not known, and poverty will be no pansport to that country unless you have used the lenente of opulence and advantages of poverty wisely. The deveolpment of tho divine man Is free to both the classes. If you are rich In this world'? goods and have built a wall about your soul, or, If you are poor and havo filled your heart full of hatred toward every man of wealth, you are on the name road to spiritual mendicancy. A man's own thought is a man's own fate. Personally I feel a greater pity for the conventionally reared being of Inherited wealth than I feel for the most burdened toller in tho ranks of labor, .lust as 1 pity the high-born Chinese girl with crippled feet. I have known? people of wealth who were God's own' messengers, and I havo encountered many men and women of wealth whose minds wero hopelessly crippled by their narrow limited views on nIL subjects, by their mechanicel- religious forma, their worldly gold basis Idea of love and marriage, their slavery to fash Ion, and their utter Ignorance of tho great emotions, the great sorrows, tho great struggles ef the vast world outside their own poor little world of fashion. Believing as I do that our thoughts In this life fashion our place? In the next stage of existence, and knowing how mag? nificent is God's Universe, I can feel only Infinite pity for. these usually envied peo? ple who are wasting the opportunity to to grow through knowledge of humanity, and through sympathy and understanding. Hundreds of working girls to-day, who are tolling to support aging parents, ot? to aid younger children, are Incompar? ably superior to many of the aristocrats of earth because they are developing character?which Is the only thing in this life that counts In the Great scheme. But the0 working girl and man who Is filled with envy and hatred toward tho rich are not to be admired or respected merely because they labor. If you work only because you must, and hate your work, and hate every man who has wealth and leisure, do not Imagine your labor makes you worthier than his wealth in the eyes of the Creator, for It doe? not. Whether you are poor or rjch, Is of small consideration in the long run, but what you are In character and principle Is of eternal Importance. The Fatal Spot. In everybody's foot there is one weak spot. The toes are strong,; the ball of the foot is firm, the heel is unyielding, but the arch of the foot under the in? step is a weak place. Being arched, It Is wholly unsupported; being weak, it 1? the on? place that gets tired. But all tho same It's the musole by which you walk. You stretch It nt every stride. Jt is the one part of tho foot that needs to be helped. The "Dorothy Dodd" Shoe supports the arch of the foot by a pteel curved shank between the outer end inner sole. This shank exactly followB the arch of the foot, and Is firmly bold In pisce by sewing the Inner and outer soles through t-rid through. It hold? its shape and supports the foot. You can walk twice as for'without fotigue. Just try on-a pair! Slnoerely youre, Oxfords, $2.50 ? Hoots, ?3.00. Specials, 60c, more. Fast-color eyelets used exclu? sively, ~ THIRD A/VO OfiOAP STftttfS TOBACCO GROWERS They Arc Despondent Over Low Prices Being Paid for the Weed This Week. MAY REDUCE PRODUCTION Farmers Discuss Plan to Force Manufacturers to Pay Living Prices. (Special lu The Times-Dispatch.; MBHERRIN, VA., Nov. 14.~'jhio tobacco Rrowcrs of this and adjoining counties say that their futuro prospecte for this crop aro the most discouraging they have facciy for many years. hast year the larger portion of their entire crop waB disposed of at living prices, and thOBe who have up to this timo offered any of the new crop claim that they aro only receiving about half of tho former prices for the ?ame grade of tobacco. / 1 Tho question they aer now asking each other is:-"How can we continuo to culti? vate this crop at these prices and keep ourselves and families fed?" Tho cost of labor has almost doubled In the past few years, and the lands are growing weaker and moro guano Is re? quired. Especially Ig this the case with bright gralners. All of this Increased cost In production is taken from the profit? of the fiirmer, and there is no doubt that unios some change takes place soon, the balance will be on the wrong side of the sheet. Many of these farmers use over one hundred tons of fertilizer, and employ from four to ten hands, and expect to get the amount from the tobacco crop to meet all expenses, and a reasonable allowance for themfcelves. A large number of them buy the fertilizer on what thoy call crop time, and those who pay cash for It expect to got the amount with interest from the crop they use it upon. This is another question that Is receiving Its share of attention. Unless those who buy an order can meet their obligation there will be trouble In gettine enough for the next crop, and those who paid cash, will not feel disposed to buy again unless the prospects aro much Improved. Very little of the crop through this section has been put on the market, and the farmers are organizing themselv.ee and getting in shape to. fight the trust until they are forced to raise tho price of the weed to living figures. \'arlous suggestions c?me" from the dif? ferent farmers as to the plan upon which they will fight, but the more favored one, is to reduce the crop to such an extent that manufacturers will be compelled to pay better prices In order to get tho sup? ply. CIRCUIT COURT. Circuit Court will convene in this coun? ty on Tuesday, next. Several interesting suits will come up for trial. Among them, Mrs. W. H. Stokes against the Boul.Wrn Railway for ten thousand dollars for the killing of her husband hear here over a year ago. Ths suit has gone to trial once, before, and the plaintlrf was awarded thirty-five hundred dollars by the Jury. Both sides were dissatisfied, and asked for a new trial, which was granted. Arguments for a new trial for Talcan Slaughter will also bo heard. His case has been in the hands of a Jury twice. Tho first time a mistrial resulted, and the latter, he was given eight years. He has been confined In Jail about one year. DIPHTHERIA. The diphtheria situation is about under, control here now, and so far as known no new oases have broken out. Tho schools have all resumed"operation with a fine attendance. It is quito evident that with a few more days of favorable weather the entire community will be freo from the germs. Miss Fanny Johns, who lives near here, had quite a severo fall a few days ago, and as a result is confined to her bed. Mr. Thomas C. Hasklns has announced his opening sale of tobacco at Price's warehouse on November 20th, A large corps of buyers will be on hand, and it is expected that a nice lot of tobacco will be offered for sale. The lumber business Is steadily In? creasing here. The mills are working full time and th emanufacturers are dis? posing of their stock as fast as tbey can sell It. Several prospective buyers have been here In the past few days look? ing over the fields with a view to making purchases. Mrs. S. A. Davis, of South Boston?, la spending a few days as the guest of Mr. John ?. Davis, Cupid's Court. Py DOROTHY DIX. THE CRIER?The Court of Cupid Is now in session, God save the court! JUDGE? Call tho firet cate. POLICEMAN?Vour Honor. It I? a wo? man, JUDGE?What is the ohurge? POLICEMAN?Beins on a prolonged club bat, (LAWYER FOR PROSECUTION? Your Honor, the husband of this unfor? tunate woman, after trying In va|n to cure Ills wife of an Insatiable thirst for Browning and a mania for gu?*llng Maeterlinck, has at length been com? pelled to appeal to U?? Court for re? dress for his wrongs. It 1? truo that when my client, married the plaintiff ?he had already developed symptom?? of the habit of reading paper? to which she has now become a victim; but, gon tlomeir of the Jury, the defendant Is of a noble and unsuspicious?perhaps a too unsuspicious?character, and ho failed to be warned by the fact tlvut even us a debutante she wa? spoken of as "su? perior" and "cultured." 1 will not take up tho time of this honorable Court by describing my I'llont's sufferings, 1 will" not wring tears, as I might do, from Ilio eyes of this Intelligent Jury )>y pic? turing the misery of tho defendant us he sat down to a dinner of leathery steuk, watery pototoe? and muddy cof foe, while the plaintiff, In Mother Hub bard nnd curl papera, dug an essay on "Housekeeping In the Ancient Byzan? tine Empire" out of the Encyclopedia. I will ??y nothing of tho martyrdom my client endures He the plaintiff practices on hi mall tho theories of the reform so? cieties to which ?ho belongs. 1 will say nothing of his thirst when e\\a Joined the \y, ft T. U. und cut off ail? beer, or of hi? suffering? when ?he suppressed hi? after-dinner cigar because she be? longed to the nolobncco league, or or the way he ha* to muke a sneak to a vaudeville show because she is a char? ter "member of'the Society for the Pro-' motion of .Virtue on the Stage. Neither Will ? epeak of his anguish in the lune k'jne \ Wre t??TA&ve? uollmm Get the New Furniture You? need for the home hefore the Thanksgiving season. Get it to-morrow and here : you'll need all the time there is left of this month to settle on what you want, and where you want it placed after you've bought it. Our stock prices and terms will be of great assistance to you. Sideboards. ? 3 O en for massive oak Sideboard j J?a.?U quartered oak stock, polish finish: large mirror: cost elsewhcro ,$40.00. $9 *7C for solid oak Sideboard, well ?'?'modo and finished; worth regular. $14.00. Odd Dressers. $10.75 for largo Golden Oak Dressing Case; swelled front, good finish; cost else? where $15.00. $9.50 for Solid Oak Dress? ing Case. $6f95 for heavy oak Ex? tension Table, nice? ly carved legs, good finish; ?? st else? where $9.00; Wardrobes. $10.50 for Solid Oak Dou bleDoor Wardrobo; good value for 515. $22.50 for handsomely fin? ished Wardrobo, In golden oak ; cost ' elsewhere $28.00. Parlor Furniture. ?/iO ??? 'or ATcrv Iwgo 5-pleco Parlor Suite, highly polished, mahogany F????? finish; franto covered In fino quality Verona; actual value $00. 4> I O. O U 5,plooe Tapestry-covered Sulte. Parlor Suites. $15 ? C for Polished Fremo 3-71e?e ./?Jpg Parlor ? Sulto, with silk damask covorlng; cost elsewhere $23.00. *R7 ?? 'or "'^eco Tapestry-covered China Closets. .95 $14. for pretty Goldon Oak China Closet, with oval glass ends; cost olee where 121.00. $22.50 for hand somely oar ved polishod China Closet, with glass back; cost olsowhero $28.00. Bedroom Suites. $14 QC for this Solid Oak Bed -, room Suite: 4-Drawor Dressing Case; good finish, beveled edge mirror; its equal not sold for less than 120.00 Hall Rack. $14.95 for highly/polished ?oldon oak Hall took,, with fine plate mirror; cost elsewhere $20. $4 QCr for protty mahogany finish whcro 87.50. Musi? Cabinet;" cost olso $10 EA for inlaid mahogany fln ?wv ish Muslo Cabinet. $1.95 for this quartered oak box ?eat Diner; its equal not sold elsewhoro for less than $8.00. 95c for high-back oak Diner; worth $1.60? Metal Beds. C'y ? E for beautiful Continuous ??/.?? Post Metal Bod; cost else whore $10.00. $2 QC for Braes-trimmed White value, $4.60. Enameled. Bod; regular Stove Department. Cooking and Heating Stoves and Banges of evory kind, nlso Gas, Gas? oline and Oil Stoves. $3 QC and upwards for Heating $10 Stoves. QC for a largo high-class ?"?-' Bango. Bedroom Furniture. C50 ^5 ior tllls prettily carved V&V.AO golden oat Suite: swell ed front Dressing Case and Washstand; large French plate mirror; handsomely carved Bod; cost elsewhere $85.00. Chiffoniers. $14.50 for. quartered oak and polished Chlf. fonier; swelled front; cost else? where $18. $3.95 for solid oak 6 .drawer Chiffonier; cost elsewhere $6.00 Extraordinary Offerings for the Week in Our Carpet and Rug Departments. All Floor Coverings .Laid and Lined Free. PETTIT & CO. Foushee and Broad Sts. hours of the night in whloh he walked the twins with the colic while tho plain? tiff was eloquently haranguing the Oth? ers' Congress on "A Mother's Honest Duty." Enough that my ollent sees his home about to bo wrecked on Ibsen and the higher thought for women,. and hu therefore praye the Court for an order committing his wife to somo Keely euro for the hen club habit.? ^ JUDGE?Call tho plaintiff to the chair. LAWYER FOR PROSECUTI?N-Ib u not true that your wife la. unduly ad? dicted to attending women's clubs, and that thereby ehe negleots her domestic duties and cause? you great suffering and inconvenience? PLAINTIFF? It Is. LAWYER FOR PROSECUTION?Is le not true that sho eponds her time study? ing transcendental philosophy Instead of mending your clothes, and that In consequence of this you are forced to dam your own socks and hold up your trousers with safety plnsT; PUA INT1 FF?H ?a. LAWYER. FOR PROSECUTION-Is tl not true Hint the women's clubs are se? ditious gatherings, whose members meet for the sole purpose of exchanging tips about how to manage husbands, and that It is to this pernicious Influence that you attribute your wife's ' demand for a hitch key and a separate pocket book? PLAINTIFF?It is. LAWYER FOR PriOSECUTION-rls It not also true that you have had to sev? er your connection with the Friendly Hand Poker Club, the Knlghte of Joy, and give up staying out with the. boys because you had to stay ut home and imtnd the baby while your wife was chasing around to listen to spellbinders nt tho women's clubs who lectured on "Woman's Sacred Sphere?" PLAINTIFF?Such has been my un? happy experience. LAWYER FOR PROSECUTION-Your Honor and gentlemen of. the Jury, you hear my-client's sad story, What, I ask you, Is culture to a man who la hunger- , Jng and thirsting for pie? Cun yuu but-1 ton your shirt with Emerspn? Can you hold up you trouses with the Darwinian r theory? No, l answer?a thousand times, noi la mtti?Tsacred right to.a latch key to be wrested from him, nnd is he to be tut upon by a woman louded down with the enoyclopedln? I leave the answer to this Intelligent and enlightened Jury. COUNSEL FOR THE DBFETMSE-Mtty it please the Court, 1 should like to cross examine thla witness. JUDCIE-Proceed. COUNSEL FOR" DEFENSE?Sir, you have testified that your wife goes away troni homo'to seek Intelligent and agr'.'O? o ble companionship. .What have, ?'.?? ever done'to mak? home pleasant for herT ? PLAINTIFF?I er-er-er-er-er ?? COUNSEL. FOR DEFENSE?Don't you sit up like a mummy and-read the paper at meals and all evening? PLAINTIFF?A man is bound to keep up with polltloe and the stock market, < \COUN8EL FOR DBFENSB-Do you ever exert yourself to entertain your own wife as you would if she were some one else's wife? DEFENDANT-Nobody trie? to enter? tain his own wife, COUNSEL? FOR DEFENSE-I? -? not true that you hummer your wife's opin? ion?, deride her views and that when she wants to get an audience she has to go.away from homo.to do It? DEFENPANT-It Is a wife's business to listen. Tho (loor belongs to men, COUNSEL. FOR BOTH SIDES-Your Honor, wo rest the case. JUDOIS-The Court holds that both sides are In error, nnd that the plaintiff be sentenced to six months at hard labor entertaining his wife,' ?o that she will not caro to g% to women'? clubs, and that the defendant bo paroled on condition that she takos the pledge and swears off, on the club habit until ?ho can show that the family button? are nil on and that she can make pie? like her mother-in-law. BUSINESS BOOMING IN THE FAR SOUTH (Special Correspondence of The Times DUpatoli.) WILLOW SWUNOS, MO., Nov. 12. i wrote you from Forj Worth uuout ten days ago, and ?luco tbut time 1 hay? been touring the territories and MIhsoui-I. Susine*? ?eem? to be un a grout boom In Oklahoma, and new town? are springing ?? wherever a railroad runs |u. I wua particularly Struck with Hobart, Okla.. a town of four thousand Inhabitant*. The land ?round there eeom? to be well adapted to wheat and cotton, and the yield.of both must be groat, Judging from what 1 saw. Four thonsande bale? of cotton wore ?tacked up on the plat? form of the depot, and the railroad com? panies are not able to haul It away. Tho peuple are from Iowa,' principally. Drinking saloon? and gambling houses are vj>ry numerous, and business goat on openly? Fourteen of the beet houee? have ?Igni over, them which ruad, "Charlie'? Plaoe" or "Bill ? Pl?oe" or ?ome other fellow'? "place." AU along the line of railway? may be ?m famille? living in tent?, ?hack? nr hole? in th?? ground. To on* who 1? ac? customed tp living among people whose I home life I? ?a. direront, und whore law j J. S. MOORE'S SONS, Inc. (Sueoesiori to J. S, Moore ft Sons and D. O'Sulllvan) Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Feed and Liquor Dealers, 1724 E. Main Street, Phone 507. Liquors sold by the measure only. Best goods .and lowest prices m the city. Write or 'phone us for prices, Prompt delivery and honest weights. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO OUT-OF-TOWN ORDERS. and order reigns, I was glad when the time came for me to gat out of the coun? try. Being Northern end Western people, they have tho moat bitter prejudice against the negroes, and they won't ?How one ta get off 4 train at the depots. There are some town* where Southern people predominato? and In all such you will find a good many negroes. 1 spent tli? day in St, Louis yesterday und took in the World's Fair grounds. The buildings are immense and beautiful, too. Tho grounds ate lovely, and, on the whole,-are far ahead of the Chicago grounds and buildings. Resides, they aro so located that It does not tire you to go from one building to another. The noise of the hammer Is heard In all di? rections, and thero is llttlo doubt but that everything will be ready for the opening In iluy, so far ae the buildings ore concerned, but I heard that some of tho foreign exhibitor* would ask for a postponement on ?oeoiint of not being able to get their exhibits here in time. I don't think tho managers will agree to it unless a majority of tfui foreign gov? ernment" aeks for it. WTien we huvo our Jamestown celebration, if we can get Virginians, end the people whose mothers or father? left us Just beforo or after th? war, to come to the "old home" on a visit, we won't need any? body else, for If they come there won't bo room tea tfjwr?. NOW IS THE TIME To Order Your Books For the New Year. Po not wait until you wont to open thmn. Order now ami baro tliom raaly for tune. Write or 'phone (1668). SIMONS BUNK BOOK CO., Designer? and Manufacturer? of BLANK SOOKS. 201 MAIN STREET, RIOHMOND. VA .. SABOROSO.. The Peer For S Cents. 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