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MYLES O'HARA, HUMORIST
The Purification of Vice Crusade and Regene?
ration in Wicked New York.
RUMORED IMPORTATION OF MRS. NATION
TO MANHATTAN CREATES SOME NEW IDEAS
"Myles; I'm tcwld there's a grait move
mint on fut just now lookin' forward to
the purifyin' Iv vice, drinkin' in the city
an oilier di sonili t? appci'tainiu' to hu?
manity in ginoral*"
**Xlaiis*?n. Iv you'll only spaile common
Finsi?? shure. I'll ihry to rayson wud you;
but Iv you go on in the way you start?
ed out. tho divil a bit Iv me knows what
you main be slob an introducshon. Say;
have you bin takin' anything?"
'?Divi' .1 drop. Myles."
"Thin what do you main whin you say
purifyin* vice, ?r-orrupshon. drinkin' an
Other disordhers apporta in i ?' to human?
ity in ginoral in the city?"
"'Don't you read the papers?"
"1 do."
?*???' don't you read In thin that Xew
York is th" worst guvorned city in the
?wiirruld. where viro is rampant, an?but,
Fay. Myl?"s. what is the mainin' ov that
?word rampant; it has a line sthrong
found?"
'"Kampant is all right. Mangan, whin
you use it wud vice, for there's no sich
thing, so far as 1 know, as rampant vcr
tue.y5o 'ot it go at that."
MUST DO SOMETHING.
"All right. Me mind is aisier now. Well,
as 1 whs goin* to say. you know afthur
ihe grait dofait we dimocr?ts got in Hie
last ginoral olocshon, whin Bryan was
licked for Hie. presidency, the laidin' dim
o.-rnis. an especially the laidin' Tam?
many Hall Dimocra.ts. sod to themselves,
so?, they? wo have got to do somethin' to
roform vice an othor dishorders to con?
vinco the people that this ind ov the
Pimoeracy mains to do the right Hiing
ivory time?"
"Oh: that's an owld story. Romimber
orro tiling?all defaitod organizations
phaich that same docthrin immay.ietly
niter d?fait, but niver immayjetly before
or Jurin' a political campaign."
"Troth, 1 niver looked at it in that
way aforo."
?"Thai's ilio only practical way to look
at. it. Mangan. It's-all a game ov bluff.
Dimoer? t s as well :ls Republikins prac?
tise it. They can't git on widout It. It
comes to lllim as nachural an drinkin'
an that comes aisey cnuff to most ov
H."
"But don't you know there's a grait
many people who niver appear to inter?
est tliinisclvcs in politics, except now an" -
ihon. on off years. An' thim fellows
h owld what's called the balinco ov pow?
er?"
"AVhat do you main wid yure balincc
ov power?"
THE REFORMERS.
"Beformurcrs."
?"Rcformurors" Glory be to St. Pathrick.
but you surprise me entirely, so you do,
P.eformurers are min who belong to i very
political rank in gineral and no one in
particular. The laidin' rcfomiurers are
gineral.ly discontented min belongin' to
some particular party, or both parties
for that matthur. on the lookout for a
snug job. Sometimes boss reformurers
are daycint. respectable, misguided min
ov mains, lookin' for notoriety in the pa?
pers." an' who are showin' off as pi-irifyers
of vice an' corruptshon an' good guv
.-?rnmint. I've no pachence with thim kind
ov fellows at idi. at all. There the
worst ov the bunch?"
"?????, Myles, that may be thrue, but
I tell you that things look purty stormy
ahead ov the Dimocratic party next say
ou. an Tammany Hall in particular."
"How's that? Out wud it, man alive?"
"Well. I hear that the Reformurers
have maid a saycret alliance, offinsivo
? an' -d efinsi ve. wud the tirapcranco kru
sadcrs ov.Kansis, an* that in the airly
fall they are goin' to import Mrs. Nation
to New York to praich her tlmperance
crusaydin' principles, wud the view of
pnrifyln' vice, drinkin' corrupshun an'
good guvernmint."
"Anything else, Mangan?"
"An' that she's goin' to clear out ivcry
bar-room, the two kinds of hotels, aitin'
houses, an' all plaices ov intertainmint
where they sell the hard stuff. The only
places that will have a chanco to make
a livin' will be the plaices wh?ere soft
drinks arc seid with religious motoes in
frames stuck up against the walls. An'
mind you, Myles, she's goin' to do the
job 'with moral swaishon." "
"What's that?"
A BIG UNDERTAKING.
"Well, as near as I kin make it out,
she's goin' to praich to all the bar-keep?
ers in New York, Coney Island, Flat
bush, Harlim, Brooklyn, an' the borough
ov Richmond, showin' thim the evil ov
their ways an' axin' thim to sthop dis
pinsln' the hard stuff over the bar, an'
to close up the family intrinces'"
Myles O'Hara smiled. "A purty big
conthract, Mangan. May I inquire, is the
Owid Crusader goin* to howld a mass
meetin* o? thim bar-tinders, or is she
goin' to make a house-to-hcuse can
viss?"
"Why. man alive, she's goin* to gn
from house to house, for shure: that's
the only straight way to imploy moral
swaishon."
"Mangan," replie<3 O'Hara. with a pe?
culiar twinkle in liis eye, "the day she's
booked to visit Murphy's place, on the
corner, down the sthreet, I'm goin' to
knock off for a half day. I wuldn't miss
that visit for anything. You better jine
me an' I'll put fur the drinks. Finnegan,
tliat's Murphy's bar-tender, has a. line
free an' aisey way dud his tongue, an*
its dollars to doughnuts that iv Mrs.
Nation starts to praichin' what you call
moral swaishon to Finnegan, on evil
ways ov drinkin'. the owid crusader will
have all she can do to howld her own
in the first three rounds. Finnegan is a
man ov plain speech. Ov coorse, it wud
not be appreciated at a church strawber?
ry festival, but for gineral eff;ct. or at
a mixed ale party, or in the min's de?
partment ov a political steamboat picnic
excurshon. I know no man who kin
howld a candle to Tim Finnegan, an' I
know a good many min wud -good wurk
in* tongues."
DIFFERENT KIND OF SMASHING.
"Right you are. Myles."
"But iv Mrs. Nation intinds to do any
funny bizness, like that which she's bin
doin' out ???e?, in Topeka, Wichita, an'
other distant towns?well, all I kin say
is that it will be another kind ov smash
in', an* they'll be no whiskey spilt."
"But. tell me, O'Hara, why, whiri she
was in Chicago, didn't she tliry moral
swaishon there. Shure Chicago is a pur
ty good imitashon ov New York on a
small scale?"
"For this raison. Mangan. Afther she
got to her boardin'-house, tired wud a
hard day's wurk over the bargain count?
ers, she got ?a telegram dispatch from the
owid man, sayin': 'Carrie, come home, or
I'll get drunk again;' an' she left on the
next train."
"Well, now look at that, an' he the
husband of the grait timperance crusad?
er. An' what has she bin doin' since she
got 3>ack to tho owid man, I dunno'.""
"Gettin' into jail, an?ah, there goes
the whistle."
BOY CLUBS TAKE THE
PLACE OF
Organized Gang
of Robbers.
Reporters
Are Romancers,
THE CURFEW LAW.
Curfew and Clubs.
Norfolk and Newport News are con?
sidering th?; adoption of the curfew law,
which is working so admirably in Hamp?
ton. It scorns that there is an aversion,
however, by thes?.? cities to a law which
Ss styled "obnoxious." The same good
might be accomplished in the establish?
ment in these cities, as has been done
In some of the Northeastern cities, of
what are known as "Boys' Clubs."
It would appear that much has been
done toward the solution of the street
hoy problem in the city of Philadelphia,
for instane?^, by the formation of the
Boys' Club in the center or a crowded
district. This is one of ten clubs which
have been established in the larger cities
of-the 3*ast by a New England society,
und it will be valuable as a proof that
lhe. boys who run the streets at nicht
may be induced to spend their evenings
under wholesome influences. Young in?
tractable.?* in large numbers liave become
regular visitors to the club-room, where
there are harmless games, familiar and
Instructive talks, singing and the like.
3f tho experience elsewhere shall lie re
pcai<*d the success of this c3ub will lead
t?> xho formation of others in various
part.?? of the city. In Chicago the intro?
duction of work benches and tools (the
Sloyd method, in fact) and an attractive
programme of entertainment have made
t.n-h clubs alluring to the street boys,
and men and women of tact have suc?
ceeded in gaining a strong influence over
the lads and have saved many a one from
a lawless career. The experiment is well
worth the attention of philanthropic per?
sons and those Interested in keeping the
small boy off of the streets.?Hampton j
Monitor.
Is it an Organized Gang ?
That the South Atlantic States are be- ;
Ing worked by a clever and well organized
gang of crooks is a gradually growing
Impression. All tho way from Jackson?
ville. Fla., to Baltimore stories continue
to <-ome of houses and business places
looted, firms and privato individuals
swindled by forged and raised checks,
numerous daring hold-ups and like acts.
Atlanta has been having a carnival of
robbery; Wilmington, Greensboro, Ash?
land, Richmond, and other cities have
taOU swindled by chock and draft in
wholes-tie lots, aud the impression is
dwpening that these gangs are but va?
rious parts of one gigantic combine which
is making th?; winter of our discontent
into a glorious summer for themselves.
In the midst of this constellation of
tldeves and robbers the trail of tho cer?
tified cheek flasher who did the Burton
lias left burnt spots to the tune of $25 to
350 all the way from New York to
1/OUlsiana, and ho may by this timo be
?on his way back via the Mississippi River
i."towns. Jt is doubtful if he strikes Chi
j-tCHgo. The First National Bank of that
; ?city would probably be glad to s?3o him
lif "h? did, and might even try to get
'?tCook county to support him free tho re
i attainder of his life.
?But this organized sang business Is a
" eerioun matter, and the police of the va
i, ttoiw a?ictod ?sities do sot appear to be
able to put their fingers on the active list
at all. In Richmond last week three men
got away with $239.50, a watch, chain and
knife, and some six or seven cashed
forged checks of ?15 each, and disap?
peared as suddenly as they came. They
went South, possibily to join the rest, at
or around Atlanta, working Xorth and
South Carolina en route. The working is
being done all right. When are the of?
ficers going to close in??Danville Bee.
Reporters Romancers.
Reporters are romancers. They proba?
bly do the service for that human thirst
and hunger which tho strolling minstrel?
that harpist and impromptu singer of ly?
ing lyrics?did for the steel-clad heroes
of the middle ages. The minstrels sang
of ladies fair and noble knights till a bet?
ter age demonstrated that one was a
swearing braggart and the other was an
indolent and ignorant nonenity. Both
were vain, but vanity needed the food
that the strolling minstrel supplied. Many
people read the romances of the present
day minstrels?the reporters?with ap?
proving -wonder. The one in mind now
is that of a loyal lover, the reporter says
"fiance," who gave his "cuticle" as
patches for his - sweetheart who was
burned. The physician declares that the
beautiful girl will live to give her hand
to the brave and gallant knight. In order
to graft skin to prevent suppuration or
proud flesh and to promote the quick
healing of a new skin, physicians clip lit?
tle segments of whole skin and apply it
to the exposed flesh of the patient. The
benefit to the patient is doubtful, the
pain and loss to the well person are in?
significant. There is nothing strange or
heroic about the remedy till the romancer
of the twentietli century sings of it by
telegraph throughout tho country to
please the vanity of the would-be hero
and exploit the beauty of the prospective
bride. Other heroes read the romance
with pleasure, and often fair ladies
dream of a "fiance" who might get out of
his skin by tiny bits to win their love.
It is pretty, but not important. Except
that every age must have its romance.?
? Portsmouth Star.
TO BRIDGE THE SHENANDOAH.
Mount Jackson .Making a Big Effort to Get
Water Works.
(Spix-lal Dispatch to The Times.")
WOODSTOCK. VA., March 1.?A con?
tract for the erection of a loot bridge
across the north fork of the Shenandoah
River, near Mount Jackson. Va., has
been awarded to Messrs. II. O. and R.
M. Hisey. of Ed?nburg, Va.
- Miss Ellen Conrad, of Summit Point.
W. Va., has been visiting Miss Edith
Miller, of Ed?nburg, Va.
Mrs. Amanda Fry, widow of the late
Jewett Fry, pt near Wesley Chapel,
Shenandoah county. Va., aged thirty
seven years, died at her home the first
of this week.
Mr. Joseph Wlsman, of St. Luke, Va.,
recently fell on the ice which he was
gathering and broke one of the bones ia
his le?.
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The new hank building of The People's
Bank of Jackson, Aia., is nearly com?
pleted.
Mr. C. L. Proctor, of Mt. Jackson,
whose property was burnt during the
fire of two weeks ago, is selling his
property in and near the town. Mr.
Proctor has been burnt out three times
in the past eighteen years.
Mr. XV. T. Williams, a prominent law?
yer, of this place, left here on Thursday
for Chicago, 111. He expects to be ab?
sent some time.
The authorities of the town of Mount
Jackson, Va., are trying to provide some
means of defense against fire. A com?
mittee has been appointed and are now in
correspondence with several manufac?
turers about a fire engine.
A number of people are in favor of
building a reservoir on a high hill and
filling it with a ram from Mill Creek,
then piping the water over the town.
The ladies of the town propose to assist
in this work by holding festivals, etc, to
raise money.
Mr. Frank Fetzer, of TJrbanam, Ohio,
is visiting friends at Mourertown, Va.
A number of cases of grip are reported
at Orcnda, Va., and several deaths have
resulted from this disease.
AN INFANT'S TRAINED NURSE.
Mrs. Fleck, of New York, a irainfd
nurse, for years making a specialty of
the care of infants, accepted a position
with the manufacturers of Arnold's Knit
Specialties, for babies wear; for she real?
ized the new scientilic and hygienic way
of dressing babies had untold possibili?
ties. With tho view of teaching the
mothers of infants these new methods of
dressing babies. Mrs. Fleck is sent from
city to city, making her headquarters at
the leading stores and inviting the
mothers to call on her for full instruc?
tions and advice. Mrs. Fleck arrives in
Richmond Saturday, and Monday com?
mences her lectures at The Meyer Store,
Foushee and Broad.
On a recent visit Mrs. Fleck c.tlled on
the leading physicians of this city, who
have ever since been recommending the
Arnold Knit Goods for babies' wear. Mrs.
Fleck will remain at The Meyer Store
all the week.
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March 31, 1901, and that all freight on
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No shipments of live stock for points
north of Quantico will be received from
March 1st to 5th, inclusive.
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Utah, Washington. British Columbia,
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Full information can be obtained by
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FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Instructor Sues Former Law Pupil
for Counsel Fees?
DEATH RELIEVED HER TORTURE.
Miss Fisher Died from Burns in Spite of the
Efforts of the Physicians?Rich Purses
Offered for Trotters Eigibic
to Slow Classes.
XEW YORK, March 2.?There Is great
interest in ?the Xew York University Law
School over the, suit for counsel fees and
legal services brought by Professor
Thaddeus D.Kenneson, of the department
of equity, .against his former pupil, Miss
Elizabeth'Vermilye. Taking his advice to
carry a case in which she was interested
to a higher court, Miss Vermilye lost on
the appeal. Xow she is confronted by a
judgment for more than i?300 that Pro?
fessor Kenneson has obtained against
her.
Believing that the system in vogue at
the law school allowed gratuitous infor?
mation on all questions of law, Miss Ver?
milye says she went to the instructor
last term and asked his advice on a case
in which she was interested. It had? been
in a lower court and Professor Kenneson
advised its appeal to the Appellate Div?
ision of the Supreme Court. After the
proceeding were concluded by an adverse
decision of the judges, Professor Kenne?
son sent in a bill for services as a pro
?fessional attorney, amounting to about
$317.
GREEX WOXDERS.
An unprecedented series of rich purses
offered in the Grand Circuit this year for
trotters eligible to the slow classes has
started earlier than usual the annual
spring gossip about prospective wind
splitters that were "laid away" unmarked
at the end? of the last training season.
Many an owner is on the still hunt for a
green one good enough to go down the
line next summer and bag all the big
purses of the series.
One of the ?fastest of all the young
trotters now in sight in Kentucky is
Xeva Simmons, by Simmons, 2.2S, the
blind son of George Wilkes, 2:22. Her re?
cord is 2:34 1-1, but the rail birds say she
trotted a mile in 2:0S 3-4, for T. W. l'rice,
at Lexington, last year.
Gus Macey, the Kentucky trainer who
brought out Beuzetta, 2:06 3-4. has a won?
derful young horse in Country Jay, by
Jayhawker, 2:14 3-4, this green one having
trotted a "trial in 2:10 at Versailles last
season, according to report. J. H. Thayer,
of Lexington, has a tried horse of rare
speed in The Bondsman, if he will only
stand up under hard training. Before the
campaign opened last year this unmarked
trotter was timed a mile in 2:11. II. S.
Strader, another Kentucky horseman, has
a promising one in Minivar. that C. C.
Van Meter drove a mile in 2:12 over the
Louisville track in 1000. _?_?>v,
DEYTH RELIEVED HEK TORTLKE.
Death relieved Miss Bessie Fisher al
t?ght o'clock last night in the Hotel Im?
perial after a month of torture resulting
from burns received in a fire in the apart
ments of her sister. Mrs. Venette_Pelle
Lreaux. in the Pierrepont, in West Thirty.
second Street, on February 1.
Although Dr. Frederick II. Wiggin re?
torted to every medical means possible . o
restore his patient, and her fiance, /. D.
Ber? of Xo- 53S Greene Avenue, Brooklyn,
was "prepared to g-ve cuticle "from his
own flesh to cover the burned portions of
1 his sweetheart's body, the flames had
I ?"oneTtnelr worst and death only put an
end to the poor girl's swings.
BLED TO DEATH
Bleeding continuously from the nweang
gums, Elmer W. Roach, of Xo. 22n Park
Place. Brooklyn, died at his home early
vesterdav morning from one of those
mvsterious diseases for which physicians
have found a name, hut which they ad?
mit is beyond their ability to cure or even
to assign to a satisfactory cause.
Mr Roach was studying dentistry in
Philadelphia when the attack began,
three weeks ago. After suffering for a
week he returned to his home in Brook?
lyn and went under the care of Drs. De
Forest and Peabody. who exhausted all
known means of controlling hemorrhages.
The two physicians left him only a few
minutes before his death.
Dr. Emil F. H?rtung, of tho Coroners'
office, said that death was due to an ex?
cessive amount of white corpuscles in the
blood.
"I have had only two cases of this
kind," he said, "in the seventeen years I
have been practicing."
Haemophilia is the name given to the
disease, but persons suffering from it are
popularly known as "bleeders."
A NOVEL SHOW.
At Madison Square Garden this morn?
ing the seventh annual show of the Na?
tional Sportsman's Association will open
and continue for two weeks, closing at
midnight on Saturday, March 16th.
Many novel features will be intro?
duced. Fully one-third of the extensive
main floor space of the amphitheatre has
been turned into an artificial lake, with
indented shores and wooded islands, its
water stretching away to the eastward
beneath overhanging rocks and stone
arches, until they reach the base of the
drop curtain painted by Lafayette Sevie.
Cascades of real water tumble down the
mountain sides to the lake, and at the
foot of one of these cascades a colony
of beavers will be busily engaged during
the progress of the show. On the oppo?
site side of the lake a family of musk
rats and otter will be similarly occu?
pied.
Upon Uie wooded island in the center of
the lake will be presented the drama of
"Hiawatha " The actors will be selected
from a band of O jib-way Indians, brought
for the purpose from their home on Lake
Huron and Sault Ste. Maria. Many of
the tribe rites and dances of the Ojib
ways will be introduced into the drama,
performance taking place both afternoons
and evenings.
Meeting in Hanover County.
There was an interesting meeting at
Walnut Grove Church, in Hanover,
Thursday night, held under the auspices
of the Woman's Missionary Society of
the church. A committee of the ladies
was busy all the afternoon preparing for
a reception to Rev. and Mrs. R. E.
Chambers, lately returned missionaries
to China, and at 7 o'clock a large and
sociable party gathered around a beau?
tiful table in the Sunday-school room.
Everything was abundant and nicely
managed and the children and friends
got some interesting points about China,
her language and her customs from Mr.
Chambers. Mrs. Chambers won the
hearts of all.
At S o'clock Mr. Chambers preached to
a large congregation and the society
made a report showing $116 raised for
Home and Foreign Missions during the
year.
The Davis Monument Fund.
The following amounts have been re?
ceived! by the treasurer? of the Central
Ccmmittee of the Jefferson Davis Monu?
ment Association since last report:
Lamar Chapter, Xo. 25S, Paris, Tex.,
through Mrs. Rosenberg..'$50.00
Kichard Garnett Chapter, Charlottes?
ville, Va.$10.00
W. F. Lee, Pensacola, Fla. Subscrip?
tion made at Louisville.5.00
Arthur Lee, Selma. Ala. Subscrip- i
?oa made at Louisville...5.00
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dious and well-located warehouse, Nos. 8, 10 and 12 South Ninth Street, and
will be prepared by February 1, 1901, to rent out rooms for the STORAGE of
Household Furniture, Trunks, Pictures, Pianos,
and LIGHT, UNPERISHABLE MERCHANDISE OF ALL? KINDS. Pollctw
insuring against Fire and Burglars will be placed on all stred articles.
We will issue STORAGE CERTIFICATES, and when desired will negotiate
CASH ADVANCES on same. For further information and terms apply to
J. PERCY EVANS, Secretary and Manager,
Nos. S. 10 and 12 SOUTH NINTH STREET.
ANXIOUS FOR THE
ELEVATORS TO RUN
Complaint Being Made Because Citi?
zens Have to Walk Up City Hall
Stairs Saturday Afternoon.
Lawyers and others who have business
in the City Hall courts, City Engineer's
office, the office of the School Board, the
Law Library, and the Fire Alarm De?
partment are complaining because the
elevators in the City Hall stop running at
2 o'clock on Saturdays. Some important
business is frequently transacted on that
day, and those who have to go to the
upper floors of the City Hall claim that
they are put to unnecessary inconven?
ience in being compelled to walk oip the
long flights of stairs.
The Grounds and Buildings Committee
has charge of this arrangement, and it
is understood that their attention will be
called to this inconvenience to the pub?
lic.
There are three elevators, in charge of
three very competent men, and it is ar?
gued that one man each Saturday even?
ing will be no hardship to the elevator
force.
Judge_ Minor granted an order in the
Law and Equity Court, asked for by City
Attorney Pollard, making Mr. Fritz Sit
terding a co-defendant in the suit of John
J. Leaker against the city of Richmond
for $10,000, for damages, alleged to be
due for certain injuries received by him
on January 6, 1S99, on Leigh Street,
between Third and Fourth, by falling
over some building material at that point.
He broke his arm. and claims that he
had to discontinue his business. This is
the second trial. The jury on the first
awarded $1,000, and it went to the Su?
preme Court, and was sent back for re?
trial.
A double-barrel shotgun, belonging to
Mr. J. M. Cook, which was lost in April
of last year, was found yesterday by
Detectives Gibson and Wren. It was
turned over to the owner, who is a resi?
dent of Chesterfield.
Detectives Gibson and Wren recovered
a watch Friday, stolen from W. H.
Schwarzschild last April, and turned it
over to the owner.
A bicycle, stolen from Dr. Latimer, has
also been recovered, and one of the per?
forming dogs at the Bijou three weeks
ago, that was stolen, has been found.
A motion for judgment was filed in the
Law and Equity Court yesterday morning
by S. J. Gilpen against Charles C. Wil?
liams for $S1.S0.
Tho suit of the Xational Bank of Vir?
ginia against L. P. Kuhn, which occupied
the attention of the Circuit Court for two
days, was continued to next term, the
jury being unable to agree.
The Water-Works Mutual Aid Associa?
tion has been formed, for the purpose of
providing a burial fund for the members.
All employes of that department are iii
the organization. The officers are: Chas.
E. Boiling, president: James Johnston
vice-president, and E. E. Davis, secretary
and treasurer.
Chief W. G. Puller, of the Fire Depart?
ment, has received a letter and a check
for? $50 from R. H. Bosheris Sons as an
evidence of their appreciation of the good
work the^ department did at the recent
fire which destroyed a portion of their
plant. ?."eli:
The March term of the Hustings Court
begins to-morrow. urt
ESSEX COUNTY.
Remarkably Dry Weather Hurts Wheat, bu
Makes Good Roads.
(Special Dispatch to The Time? *?
TAPPAHAXXOCK, VA, March 2-The
farmers of this section say that '? the
ground is drier now than it was ever
known to be at this season of the year
having had scarcely any rain since last
spring and no snowfall this winter.
On account of so many dry freezes the
wheat crop is looking very' badly for this
season of the year.
The farmers are delighted at the beau?
tiful weather this winter and the pro?
gress they have made in preparing for
their spring crops. The English pea crop
is unusually small along the Rappahan
nock this spring owing to the fear of an
insect that has attacked the crop for
several years past, doing it great damage.
Th drummers are jubilant over the fine
roads they have found everywhere in
traveling this section this winter owing
to the- very dry weather.
Will Organize.
-.ie tobacco-growers of Virginia and
Xorth Carolina, it appears, are planning
an organization for mutual protection.
The organization will be known as the
Interstate Tobacco-Growers' Association,
and while plans for it are as yet only
being discussed, it appears to be meeting
with -favor.
The Alarm Failed to Ring
And You
Overslept Yourself.
This would not have been the case
if you were using one of our Alarm
Clocks?not the cheap "oc. kind, which
perhaps you get one out of a hundred
to keep time.
" Our Clocks are made expressly for
? us and named J. T. Allen & Co.'s
c Special. Price, $1.00. and warranted
| for 12 months.
jj Don't forget to bring us your "Watch
g if it does not keep time. ??? will fix
it and guarantee entire satisfaction.
Our repair department is the largest
in the city, and all work Is under the
general supervision of Mr. J. T. Allen.
Watch Inspectors for two Railroads
C. & 0. and S. A. L,
J. T. Allen & Co.
Jewelers.
Fourteenth and Main Sts
. . . WRITE TO . . .
Principal,
_FOR A CATALOG OP_
|ffla Bbsi? Colte,
827 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va.
Spring Planting.
If you are contemplating putting cut
NURSERY STOCK of any description this
spring, we can supply your wants. Many
persons prefer to plant in the spring.
Evergreens especially should be trans?
planted at that time.
Our trees are the BEST?our prices the
lowest for the best.
Agents wanted?Write for terms.
W. T. Hood & Co.,
Old Dominion Nurseries,
RICHMOND, VA.
SHOES. TRUIH8.H?
tn g. BnmS Stitt,
TWEHTf of th?*? Tkk-rts
M ari? SHOES, ar? Racdntf m
?^| fei.?? fa Pay ?at for turn.
COI WRh nuj P-dr of ShoM at ??.06
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HOFHEIWEa BHOCU J
CASH
| ft? acceptable Id??*.
State If ?patented.
THE PATENT RECORD,
SAVE
25 per cent at
Headquarters for
Lenten Supplies.
Try Our Mountain Roll
Butter,
15c. Pound
Evaporated Pears.8c
4 lbs. Evaporated Apples.2>c
Appricots .toe lb
Ginger Snaps.Jk ?^ I L^
Soda Crackers.-?frC I D
Lemon Cakes.? ||
Nic-Nacs.?? 111
French Candy.??1 Ili
Oyster Crackers.|J[j j|J
Cracker Dust.?>
Extra Fine Cakes.toe lb
Mixed Cakes.7c lb
Best Tomatoes.7c
Wines.10c quart
Best Canned Corn.7c. can
10 bars Octagon shape Soap
for.25c
New Cleaned Currants.toe
Sweet Pickles.toe quart
Large Bottles Sweet Pickles, per
bottle.Sc
6" lbs. New Prunes.25c
NEW FIGS.5c
Old Smithfield Hams.i2j='clb
Silver King Patent Flour,
S4.30 barrel, or.2Sc bag
Jefferson Flour, S4.75 per bar
barrel.'.30c bag
3 Large, Fat Mackerel for 10c
Arbuckle's Coffee.12c
Va. Comb Honey.t^c lb
Fine Country Blackberry
Wine.loc. quart
New Dates.-5c lb
Fresh Hams.S*~ic lb
Early J?nePeas?
Best New Crop New Orleans
Molasses, per gallon.40c
New Rolled Oats,7c pkg., or 3c lb
-Jefferson Soap.2c bar
-Jelly, per lb.3c
Codfish.>c
Sweet Pickles.ioc bottle
5-lb pails Preserves.25c
Small Sugar-Cured Hams...8>bc
Washing Powder, package.2c
Extra Layer Figs.10c
New Hominy and Grits.2c
61b Jar Mince Meat.35c
Try Snow-Flake Flour? ,
$4.00 bbl., 25c. bag
Bon Ami, 10c size.7c
2 pkgs Grape Nuts.25c
Salt Pork.*j?c lb
3 plugs Plum Tobacco.. ..25c
Sapolio, ioc size.7c
Sour Pickles.20c gallon
2 lb pkge Postum Cereal.20c
Baking Chocolate.9C cake
New Hecker s Prepared Buck?
wheat .9C package
Home-Made Preserves.6c lb
7 lbs Va. Buckwheat.25c
Floating Toilet Soap.3 for 5c
Brown Stuff and Bran....90c hun
Ralston Breakfast Food.t2j4c
Half BarrelsNev North Caro?
lina Clipped Herrings.$2.25
Half Barrels New North Caro?
lina Roe Herrings.$2.25
Fine Macaroni.7c lb
Sour Krout.-.5C qt
Ammonia, per bottle.5c
New Raisins.5c lb
Pickles, per [i^a..20c
Yt, lb. Smoking Tobacco.12c
Good Mixed Tea.30c lb
Shredded Codfish.5c lb
Lion Coffee- 1 lb papers.tic
Irish Potatoes.18c peck
Pure Old Cidar Vinegar, iScgal
Ralston Health Oats..toc
Large Cans Pie Peaches.8c
Lion Cofce ??-.tic lb
Good Cream Cheese, 2 lbs for 25c
PureLardt:---.......^-........7clb
? lbs. Best V a.Peeled Peaches 25c
Salt Salmon.8c
Extra Fiae Sherry
Wine .$i gaHon
Extra F'ne Whiskey...$3 gallon
1 lbs Virginia Buckwheat....2"5c
Gallon C*n Syrup.35c
3 Sani- ??aP? for.5C
l}j Kva-porated Peaches.25c
gcotch Herrings.22c box
lb ?u?|ket Jelly.i8c
Our Xf? Complete Price List
?iled on Application.
id 1822 East Main St.?
? East Marshall St.,
JRIGHMOND. Y A.
1212 and 1214 Hull St,
I MANCHESTER, Vi