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_he Timas-Dispatch.
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At No, 4 North .T?htrt Btrcfit,
Richmond, Va. Entered Janu?
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1003.
The Poll Tax.
? correspondent asks tho following
question:
"In your Issue of Wednesday, Decom
fcer 2d, page 4, In speaking of tho poll
tax as a prerequisite to voting, you
make this statement (which statement,
I! believe, has appetirei! before in Tho
iimes-DIspatch): "All-persons who wore
registered In 1002 and,In. 1003 will bo per
rr?itte?" to vote In the elections of 1001,
provided only they have paid six months
previous to such election their Stato poll
tax for 1003.' In what seotlon of the'
Constitution do you find authority for
this statements?"
Section 21 of the new Constitution says:
'.'Any person registered under tho lust
two sections shall have tho right to voto
for members " of the General Assembly
and all offices elective by the people, sub?
ject? to the following conditions: That he,
unless exempted by section 22 (relating
to war veterans) shall, as a prerequisite
to the right to vote-after the first-day
of ?Tanuairy, 1301, previously pay, at
least six months prior to the election,
all State poll taxes assessed or assess?
able against him- UNDER THIS CON?
STITUTION during the three years next
preceding that In which ho applies to
vote."
Persons who were registered In 1002
and 1003 had no poll taxes assessed or
assessable against them UNDER THIS
CONSTITUTION, except for the year
1003.
Tho language Is confusing because of
the use of the term "during the three
years next preceding," etc, but that
,-vill bo cle?..-?d up by and by. IP 10C8
and thereafter all persons must, as a
prerequisite to the right to vote, have
paid their State poll taxes for tho three
years next preceding that in which they
offer to vote.
The Old Bell Tower. .
On occasions during the present ad?
journed session, tho two houses of Uio
General Assembly of Virginia -.have been
very bcantilj attended by members, ond
if the old custom wore now In voguo
a bell from the Capitol Square tower fre?
quently would be heard ringing delin?
quents.
That custom, which was abandoned
several decaac3 ego, ante-dated, indeed,
tho construction of the Lower, which is
only about eights?.j'ears pr age. No soon?
er had tho Caini ni'; building been erected
and occupied than a bell was bought
with which to ring the call for members
to come togetho.? following the usage
which still prevails at some county
courthouses.
That bell waa. hung in a temporary
wooden structure which stood on tho
hill-side In front, of tho Capitol portico,
but later It is reported to have been
removed to the "Barracks." When the
barracks were ra\.ed the bell, or its suc?
cessor in offic ?, was placed in tho
guardhouse, or old boll tower, whore
for many and many a year It struck tho
?ours, sounded lire alarms, summoned
members to ' the legislative hall, and In
the 1881-1SG5 period, called tho city mi?
litia Into service to repel raids of Fed
eral Cavalry. We have long been under
the impression that thin boll rang the
alarm on the day of the Capitol disaster,
April 27, 1S70, but the city records ?how
that the f.rst bell to ring that day was
that of the Broad Street englno house.
Persons passing through the Capitol
Square about noon saw clouds oi oust
issuing from the Windows ur ttio nail of
the House of Delegates, and thinking
the dust was smol'O, and thai the build?
ing was burning, cried "fire." And so
the fire bells were sounded and the fire
department was Irougtu out and with
Its ladders and hoous, saws and uxes,
became the moans of saving many pei?
nons who were purled beneath the fal?
len floor.
We have not ueen able to find out when
the bell-tower bell fell into disuse; but
It became crochet} and went nom bad
to woitt?, and in the end probably was
tijlti as juin? a low years after the war.
The history of the bell tower is closely
Identified with that ui tin- public gumd,
Of what was sonie-tifiio laectiously cailtu
"the bUiuln.g army ot Virginia."
During me RevolutViuwy War the
Blut? had a public manufactory of arms
at u ??,??.? neu; the confluence oi the
Jumes und itivunuu Rivera. Later oi.,
?fcHher at the time when Virginia seemed
. vwlecidcd whether she would ?. , uao
Uia Fc-dfcfa] Union, or nut, or upon the
occasion wh'-ii war with France pcenied
JffUiiiueiu, that manufactory vus re?
moved to Kicninciiid. Lut there la evi.
llence that at otic time urina belonging
to the otate were stored in the loft of
the Capitol building. However, a tstute
armory was cstu bl|s,hed here on tho
houtu side of the canal, at the foot of
Flflii (Street, and in IsW the officer^ une.1
artificers empio;. ' d there were formed
Luio * iniliiary company. Subtttjuently,
probably as the outgrowth of th* L'oiq.
motion that we* raised by the (Gabriel)
?Krit.fciiurrccttoa lu Uc-nricu county, a
regularly enlisted military compniiy was
formed. This company tviia charged
with guard duty on the Cnpltol Square
n-nd at the penltonitln.ry and at tho nrm
ory.
.It was to consist of tho usual officers
arid seventy-five mon. Three years later
the number of mon was reduced from
sovctily-flvo to sixty-eight. Then again
from sixty-eight to sixty-five.
Most people who romembbr Iho Public
Guard UiuiU of It as quartered In the ar?
mory, but It hnd previously had Its
homo in. Ilio " Barracks,'' Whloli stood
nonr where tho boll tower, or "belt house"
now Is, Mr, Mordecnl, In, his charming
bonk doscrlptlvo of "Riohmond In j By
Gone Days," speaks of the shabby ap?
pearance of those old barracks, with
men s and women's clothes fresh from
the wash hung out In the square on
linos, nnd children, dogs and pigs trot-,
ting around, From thoro tho Publio
Guard went to good quarters In tho ar?
mory, and the bell house was erected to
servo as a guardhoueo for tho Cnpltol
Square detail, and for use as a belfry,
Captains Qunrrlor, Dlmniock and Gay
are remambored us successive com
majidants of Uie Public Guard Tho com?
pany wore a uniform of dark blue, with
trimmings of ye'.iow nnd rod, and con?
nected with jt was a fino band of music?
tho Armory Band It was quite often
called. Every day thoro was a dress pa?
rado eltihor ait tho armory or upon tho
Capitol Square, "Atus-le by tho bnjid" on
tho square was a great feature of city
life, -especially during the Civil War, and
In the summer timo thousands of people,
soldiers and civilians, ladies and gentle?
men, gathered there to listen to It, and
to promenade the avenue between tho
Washington monument and tho Govern?
or's house.
Tho Public Guatd survived the Con?
federate War a few years, and was then
disbanded, by military order, If wo re?
member rightly. 'Phe old armory build?
ing was nearly destroyed by tho firo of
evacuation day. In subsequent years
the property was sold to ?he Tredega*
Company. ? ..
, The old bell has. gone w? know ,not
wherer but the towor remains, and so
does the Legislature,-but-all-Ite-members,
have watches in thodr pockets, for all
might well bo reminded by a boll, or.li
that there are times when somo of them
some manner, that the two houses aro in
session.
Rare Coins.
The Portland Oregonlan says that men?
tion of the disappearance of tho $2.50
gold piece from circulation nnd the
premium that that coin commands as a
curio has sot many persons to rum?
maging in old pocket books and in bot?
toms of cash boxes'and. drawers'lnusearch
of odd or out-of-date [opine, And .it adds:
Some have found-a $2.60-piece, but not :
many. The $3 piece, once quite common, I
but always a sort of curiosity, Is ottener
found, and many specimens of the little
gold coins representing 25 cents and 60
cents, which wero not minted by tho gov
ermerit, and probably have not so tnfich
gold in them as they represent.- They
used to pass as colnl but were never In
general circulation, being So easily lost,
that they soon became scarce. One ?G the
handsomest coin relics seen Is a $10 gold
piece, bearing the mint stamp of 1798, It Is
larger, than tho present $10 gold piece.
Tho owner lifts it hung In a Panel and
wears it as a charm on Ills /'watch chain.
The owner says ho refused an offer of
$150 for this relic. The old octagonal $50
pieces wero quite common In California
In early days when gold dust was largely
used as a circulating medium. They wore
made of pure gold, and while thoy had
not the elegant finish of the old gold
coins minted by the government In those
days, many still remember them as the
hnnd?omcst coin they ever saw. Many
people now would consider thorn hand?
some on account of tho $50 in them.
The newspaper that undertakes to dis?
cuss the matter ojt old. coins Is.sure to
bring upon itself a dolugo. of : Inquiries
from persons who" have pieces .to sell,
and most of whom supposo that it is
enough for a coin to be a hundred years
or moro old to make It very valuable,
Wo take tho risk, however, of saying,
that quarter eagles. $2.50's, are coined
every year by the Philadelphia mini, and
can be had in any quantity, Three dollar
gold pices have not been coined since
1SS9.
Tho 25 cent and CO cent gold (?) pieces
aro not coins, and were ? not Issued by
the government, but by. privato Indi?
viduals or firms on tho -Paclflo coast to
supply a local demand for chango. Of
courso, they are not log>il tenders.
The eaglo of 1799 Is quoted In a prico list
as being worth $11, In an uncirculated
condition,
The $50 California pieces are not "pure"
gold, and they wero not Issued by the
government, There wore other such
"coins" Issued In California and in other
Slates.
King Cotton.
The high pilco that cotton has reached
Is fun for the planters, and for those
speculators who aro on the right side
of the .market, but is misery for the
spinners. Ab yet, the manufactured
goods will not yield a price correspond?
ing to tho rise in raw material. Tho
consequence Is that liore at ? the begin?
ning of what threatens to be a severo
winter we aro told of sharp cuts in the
wugos of operatives In New England
mills, in England, too, diet resa prevalle
among tho spinners, and In our own
South ninny thriving mill communities
un destined to be among l he-sufferers.
The price of raw cotton would have
no effect upon tho factory hands if iho
manufactured product could be market?
ed ut a proportionate Increase, but It
ht urns that It cannot be. This Is a con
fdluon that will rectify itself in time, no
doubt, but meanwhile, factory owners
und employes are victims of the situa?
tion.
?For a long time, it wan supposed thnt
the price was held up by speculators,
ana that with the now crop of cotton It
would adjust Itself, but not so, Tho gov?
ernment's crup report, just issued, so far
from easing tho niurliot, has excited it
worse than ever.
Tho English uro of tho opinion now,
au they wero during the Confederate
war, Hint the world should not rely so
greatly as il doua upon this country for
in; cotton supply. Thoy think moro cot.
ton should bo produced lo India, Egypt,
Ci.lnu. etc., But why isn't that dono?
Simply because they cunnot do it in
c< inpfclitlim with tho United States bo
long us prices are normal. It might pay
them very well to t>ut lu croi? Just now.
but when' rate? adjust themselves, thoy
could not hope to compete wnh tho
American plnnlor, After tho prescht
spasm In the innrkot le over little will
be said in England about "fostering" tho
Browth of cotton In other lands than
/merlcn. The spinner will go oh In tho
good old way, nini buy Ule rnw ma?
terial where ho can got It best nnd cheap?
est. Moanwhlle, wo cannot but con?
gratulate tho Southern planter upon the
'prices ho is able to realize nt proseht.
War-Time Pipes.
Speakln? of the corncob pipe, It may he I
said that It was very popular In the South !
during the war, being an article easily j
manufactured nt home. Most of these I
pipes were of a natural rudo pattern,
but somo wero works of art. They wore
easily'niade, nnd a person who had a turn
for carving could make thorn pretty.
But tho homo-mado clay pipo was also
much In voguo during the war, nnd we
rocalt a clay pipe that . Svas miidu' in
Northampton county, N. C, which would
bo a gront delight to tho smokers even of?
this generation, It was made by a man
named Burnett who secured his clay
from some neighboring hill, tho location
of which ho novor revealed. The clay
was vory porous and made a first-class
pipe, The Burnett pipe was curved, not
moulded, and ho used as bis carving in-'
strumenta " blades nindo of reeds. Tho
pipes w'ere artistically carved, each pipe
being of its own design, and after being
carved was thoroughly dried In tho sun
and then baked to hardness. There was
a generous demand throughout that.sec?
tion and other sections for tho Burnett
pipe, and the manufacturer found a ready
salo for all that ho could make. He was ,
a poor man, but made a snug sum of :
money out of his pipes, and when ..ho
finally purchased a valuable farm, ?qst- !
lug several thousand dollars, ho paid for
it In silver coins, every one of which, ho
said, had been earned from his handi?
work. Ho continued to make these pipes
years after tho war and when ho died
wos a .well to do. citizen of the county.
An old colored man of tho same county
made clay pipes by hand, and so turned
many an honest penny for himself.
New Orleans Bids.
It is stated that a number of rich Re?
publicans are willing to guarantee the
National Republican Committee a fund
of $30?|?00 if the committee will adopt that
city as tho meeting place for the next
National Convention.
New Orleans Ib really not so very hot
a place In June as most Northern peoplo
suppose, but It wjll be difficult to con?
vince many Northerners and Westerners
of that fact. The Washington Post says
th< convention probably will not go to
New Orleans. "The chances are that It
will go to a much less comfortable?
place."
, St. Louis seems Indisposed to offer
much of a premium to the committee for
the granting of this favor. It has a vast
deal of money to raise In connection with
the World's Fair, and some of the citi?
zens think it would bo unwise for it to
enter Into tho convention contest. Chica?
go Is reported to bo' indifferent, but on
a pinch could probably' be persuaded to
rulse tho usual compalgn "next egg" for
the National Committee.
Evidently there Is a chanco for a "dark'
horse" of a city to enter this race.
Apropos of tho relics . of the Iron?
clad Virginia, we are told that for many
years two of her guns lay on the site
of tho dock, Just back of tho Junk es?
tablishment of J. C. Smith. It was un?
derstood that Air. Smith had purchased
them, together with many of the iron?
clad's plates, which had beon dredged
up.'
Some months ago it was thought that
it would bo a good thing If theso guns
could bo obtained by tho Association for
tho Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
and mounted on tho gun platforms of the
fort at Jamostown. Inquiry revealed the
fact that Air, Smith had no recollection
of what becamo of them, and the Bella
Isla peoplo who bought much of the
iron armor from him are equally Ignorant.
Can any one tell us what becamo of
them t
Justice Henry Billings Brown, of tho
United States Supremo Court, will proh
obly bocomo totally blind within the next
seven days. So his oculist Informed him
on Friday. It is said that tho aged jurist
received tho news with composure. Boon
afterwards he declared that though sight?
less he would continuo to sit upon tho
bench.
Two years ago ho lost tho sight of one
eye, and now tho optic nervo of the other
has been paralyzod.
Tho Judgo Is now slxty-sovcn years of
ngo. He will be eligible to retiro ?n his
full salary?$10,000?at tho ago of seventy
years.
It Is nn open secret In United States
army circles that Dr. General Wood ma?
noeuvred old C'onorai Brooke out of po?
sition as Clovornor of Santiago. Tho
Doclor Genornl was not only the pot of
tho administration, but ho know Jiow to
"work" tho newspapers.
Oh, how the nrmy officers would ?Ike
to see him "downed"! Thoy think Wood
has boen too much extolled and too rap?
idly promoted, but they cannot nfford to
come out In public and say so, for that
would bo to imperil their places. Thoy
fear that the pressuro of the administra?
tion upon senators will be hoavlor than
senators can resist.
Eggs constitute the "currency" In somo
cti.ntry neighborhoods, a function they
inn y perform all the better now slnco
they uro soiling for from 30 to 35 cents
per dosen in tho cities. Tho farmer's wife,
of course, cannot hope to get that price
fot them, but she will benefit to somo
di.greo from the ruling price-,
"Eggs uro eggs" nowadays?a fact due
lurgely, we guess, to modern methods of
keeping them, the effect being that city
merchants are not compelled to hurry
(him Into market, ne of old, hut can
withhold them as long as they please.
A Chicago paper has been writing up
Tyron Power and Ills grandson, Ulysses
Power, from which It appears that |t is
I ?uittlonal in the Power family that the old
man wrote on tlw walls of old Bandford
auuxefa. P.elcrsbur?. the verses, "Thou
Look at the Brand!
'5
Cocoa end
The FINEST in the World .
Costs Less than One Cent a Cup
Forty Highest Awards in Europe
and America
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd,
Established 1780 Dorchester, Mass.
art crumbling to the ?lust, old pile."
This claim has been asserted for many,
many years, but wo cannot say it is gen?
erally admitted. At any rate, not many
years ago claim to tho authorship of
those charming lines was made upon be?
half of another person?a lady, we think.
Tyron Power was an Irishman and a
poet-actor. Ho published several books
and plays. Ulysses Is an actor and was
once with Sir Henry Irvlng's company,
Ho is ir. Chicago at present.?F,
The voter who . hasn't paid his poll
tax for 1003 will- bo In a sorry condition
next year when'the municipal elections
come off. He will be able to vote nolthor
at the primary nor at tho regular elec?
tion. All ho can do wilt bo to "talk"
for his favorito candidates,
Better pay your .tax, and then you can
talk and work and vote for your friend.
Where are the poets of Virginia that
they have not given us eloquent fare?
wells In verse to tho county courts of
the State, which'are so soon to glldo
Into tho past? S?me of tho Judges thus
to bo relieved from duty aro worthy of
the.host of oujoglums, .-,
Tho heroes'?a re not all dead. This gen?
eration has Ita- sH?ro'-'of thorn, among
whom is Roata/(va!i}.Oeery,'of the Adder,
who oh Thursday,'in tlie fiercest sort of
storm, ?, threw hlmsolf Into the sea and
carried a life line,"? which act resultod in
the saving of that boat.,
St. Louis, Richmond and any number
of other towns afflicted ; with boodlers,
have gone 'way back In search of a com?
fortable scat since that town in Michi?
gan called Grand Rapids has come to the
front with its water-boodle scandal. .
The Masons of Virginia have wlsoly
decided that February of each year is a
better time for them to own Richmond
and all the hospitality It stands for
Never mind; that snow storm that has
been flirting with us will bring Its knit?
ting and make up for lost timo when
It docs come to see us.
Nearly a week has passed by since Dan
vl?lo has had a hot discussion on the
subject: "Do prohibition prohibit, and If
so how much?"
It will cost tho city of Philadelphia just
Jl?u.OOO a year to accept Mr. Carnoglo'a
gift of "free" libraries.
Colombia, It would seem, will be satis?
fied with a bit of tho hash left over
from Thanksgiving
Boarding-house keepers havo not yet
conseil to rehash the Thanksgiving Joke.
Croker seems to bo spiteful. He Is
begging Colonel Bryan to run again.
It Is the wise Christmas shopper who
avoids tho rush when there Is one.
Prohibition in Roanoke depends entirely
upon how tho town cow votes.
Anyhow, tho mountain statesmen can't
pleut any oysters at homo.
Tho question Is, shall Congres? ,be a
continued story this time
The mushroom clubs have cracked their
own heads, It would seem.
Tho oyster will do 1U talking In the
Senato now.
With a Comment or Two.
Tho Richmond Times-Dispatch has an
editorial on persimmoi.s and oy some mi?
accountable oversight falls to claim that
they ong.nated in Virginia, or tii.it tuo
fruit of that State Js better than all
others. Wo expect.to soe Toe T.-D. laien
to tank by Its brethren of tho Old Domln
Ion for lis failure to olajm things.?Mont?
gomery Advertiser.
Wo print news. Tho facts above allude?)
to aro so well known, republieution of
ttieni lu that connection was unnecessary.
Wo bellevo that conservativo and
thoughtful people everywhere will [in?
dorse tl.u action of tlio trustees of ?? hi?
lly College, North Carolina, in shielding
that Institution ugalnst the iiros.-iipthe
clamor Of outsiders who would ?tilo, free?
dom of thought und freedom of speech
on th? part of mu members of Us faculty,
Tho question whether pooker T. Wash?
ington Is the /floatest man the South hits
produced within u suited period pale.-, Into
Inslgnllloitiu'e before the larger ?iuu.-t.on
whether u man shall be restrained llo./i
writing and publishing his sentiments on
thut or any other subject merely because
ho is a mmobcr of tho co.lege facuily,
Petersburg Index-Appoal.
The last proposition can't be dented, and
yet there's Just hundreds of hard-headed
old folks who won't have a man with
Passail'u views to teach their boya
<?>
??renct of Wioitghi
I Sn F??? Xanct f
CohtmbtiB (On.) BtitlUlfb^-Siih! ??? pa*
pers oohtlnuo to talk Cleveland notwith?
standing his declaration not to bocoino
a candidate. It Is hard to keep a good
man down.
Birmingham A?o-1-teraldi Trinity Col
lego hns disposed of tho Booker Wash?
ington question in a dlplomutlc way, that
1 ne brought that institution some much
needed advertising,
Montgomery Advertiser: "Tho colored
vote Is not troubling tho whites In any
Southern State," tho Butto Inter-Atoun
tnln hns discovered. No, tho trouble Is
In Bomo of tho Northern States
where that- vote holds the balance of
power.
Mobllo Register: Feudal battle betweon
fnmllles-?-lt was not In "Old Kentucky,"
but right In the heart, of Cincinnati, and
It culminated In a riot, In which murder
nnd lynching were narrowly averted.
Breathltt county will havo to look to its
laurels.
Columbia State: Tho trustees of Trinity
Collego voted to retain Dr. Bassett in
the Interest of academic liberty, nnd tho
students of Trinity thorcupon hanged un
editor .who had condemned tho professor's
utterances! If Dr. Bassott Is to bo tho
exemplar of free speech at Trinity, wo
would suggest that a chair of that
science bo established, with Bassett; in
Charge, to Instruct tho students In tho
meaning of the phraso. It appears to
us that an editor has ns much right to
speak his mind as a professor?but then
we are an editori
Personal and General.
Christian G, Peterson, who for twenty
fivo years has boon vice-consul of Rus?
sia In Now oYrk city, died on' Wed?
nesday. Ho was born In Denmark In
1S38.
Isadore Newman, a philanthropic cltl
Bftr. of Now Orleans, marked tho fiftieth
anniversary of his arrival in this coun?
try from Qormany, which occurred re?
cently, by giving $50,000 for charity.
Postmaster Davles S. Warfiold, of Bal?
timore, says ho will not bo a candidate
for renppolntmcnt and may resign before
his term oxplres on account of his re?
cent election as director of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway.
Tho youngest woman's college president
In the country is Ali ss Alary Emma
Wooley, of Alount Holyoko Collego. Sho
Is thirty-six years old. a nativo of South
Ncrwalk, Conn., and comes of Revolu?
tionary ancestry.
Hazel Harrison, ? young colored woman
of La Porto, Ind., Is considered one of tho
finest pianiste of the West. Arrange?
ments have been made wh'ereuy she will
appear next September as the soloist with
the Philharmonic Orchestra' of Berlin,
an honor rarely accorded an American.
The World's Coal Area.
Of an estimated coal area of about
4,U50,OUO square miles In tre world, China
Is credited with 4,000 000 square miles,
the United States has aoout 280.000 squuro
miles, Great Britain 11.900 miles, Germany
1,770 miles, Franco 2 08G miles, and Bel
glum 510 squaro ailles. Area Is not, how?
ever, a true measure of .value.. Th? anth?
racite fields of Pennsylvania Include 'an
area of only 4tiS miles, but these are un?
doubtedly of more value than.any coal
area of liko extent anywhere In tho world.
SYDNOR
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Headquarters for
KORRIS CHAIRS
A most luxurious lino. ?
LADIES' DESKS
A lino gnloro.
ccrars
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C0MBIHATB?N B00K8ASES
You buy without asking tho price.
LIBRARY TABLES
A very literary oolluotlou,
BOCK C? ES
Strictly ubicasti of tho times.
PARLOR SUITS
Hush 1 honey, hush,
CHINA CASES
So pretty, you clon'b n'ocil to dross them
SIDEBOARDS
In varloty, ami price, simply grout.
Tho above are but a few bints;
call and help us help you to
make some one else happy,
"Slue," "Yel'tow,"
mid "Pink"
? ? ? raw ?pjntBsOta ??
will ho continued a whlio longer, us,
while Its results aro very grtitlfylr g, wo
nt Ul havo ? cholee selection still un?
told, and wo wish our patrons to got
full Ih-ih-IIi oi tills t-jili! notwistntidliig
thu litet that every dollar's worth sol.?
under "theso oolors" Js a loss to us
SYDNOR & I DUDLEY
BHOtD STREET.
'S
Best Values We Have Ever Given,
and That's Saying a Good Deal?
We Are Ready to Meet the Demands of the Ho'icJay Se?tson.
Everything. You Want in Variety and Prices.
Ladies' Suit Department
?Sut.$12.49
?""Suit..$9.98
? ,18?U.$7.98
Tlieso Include all tho latest models In
chovlots, "Venetian c oths ? ml fancy
mixtures, both blouse and straight coat
uffocts.
Rousing Neckwear SaJe.
Ladies' Ruffs.
Knttro lino of salesman's samples
no two ullko?at less tinn? half prlco.
fSO.OO
Silk Capos... .
$15.00
Ruffe,
$10.00 '
Huffs,
$5.00
Ruffs ,
$250
Huffs,
$8.98
$0.98
$3.98
$2.49
98c
Sensations, which, whon you see, you
will admit.
Furs ! Furs !
Come and See What We Are
Doing?Cutting; Prices
in Half.
IsabellaFox Dotiblo Boas, HA nfi
worth $10.03.f?-.VO
Dotiblo Opossum Scarfs, <?*) __Q
with largo brush, worth $5,00 F*'????
Stolos of fino Black lluro, with
cord and Tussol, worth C f #|B
$i.oo.3>i.yo
Another Lot of Those
Ladies' Coasts
that wo did not havo enough for last
Monday's soiling.
Ladles' Conts in all tho newest
motlels, ?
Heavily strapped corsofc coats, now?
est Calie Gouts, Ooll?rlosB C? O?
KoMoy. Coats.f?-.yO
Full longtli Cravonotto Rain Coats,
all now "Mannish1' mate- <C'7 ACi
rials, worth $15 00 . . . . . ?P>?*tV
Great Sale of Dress Goods.
50c Plultle und Novelty Waist- OQc
<50u Mixtures, lovoly lino, ull OQr
the newest.** s\?
54 Inch Cloths, $1,50 CQ
grado.\JTf\.
2?O Plain and Fancy Suit- i ezr
Inga.'?L
Novelties for Christmas!
Desirable, Beautiful and Useful Holiday Presents.
Toys I Big and Little!
Every Buyer Can Find Something;
to Their Liking at.
MITTELDORFERS.
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Snnts of the Meek t
linde* Brief Review, t
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A dispatch to the New York Sun from
Berlin gives some alleged new Informa?
tion on an old subject that was very In?
teresting sorno years ago. It Informs us
that a new and sensational version of
the reason for the Emperor's dismissal of
the- late Prince Bismarck from the chan?
cellorship of the empire In March, 1?00,
Is printed by newspapers there. ? Tho
story Is tha twhen the Khnperor asked
-Prince Blerrtnrck to explain ,w?)y ho, was
^negotiating ? with Dr. Wlncltliorst, the
.Catholic leader, without consulting his
Majesty, the conversation .became hot,
Trinco Bismarck was so angry that he
raised an Inkstand against Ills Imperial
master, The story receives attentici!
only because It Is alleged to havo been
communicated to the writer by Moritz
Egldy, who rccolved It from tho King
of Suxony.
Events of the past week point to the
final adjournment of tho Virginia Legis?
lature, that'Is now with us, about Christ?
mas. When the body came together in
oxtra session some weeks ?go It was the
opinion of those In a poeltlon to know
what they wore talking about, that the
lungest winded Legislature Virginia lias
had to pay for In very many years
would hold itself In existence Just as long
nr possible and that when It adjourned
for the holidays it would bo to meet
again before the end of tho year or on
the first day of January and hold forth
until the day before the assembling of
tho new Legislature that was elected In
tho month of November, However, It
Is now believed that tho prophets of tho
early fall will not seo their predictions
verified and tho body will adjourn for
good on or about the 22d of the presone
month?adjourn to assemble no more
forovcr,
The returns of tho export's of tho
country tor tho month of October have
at last been published in Intelllgont form.
They show that all tho divisions of the
export trade for that month shared in
the increase ns compared with the cor?
responding month of last year. But
while agricultural products contributed
nust of ilio gain, manufactures helped
materially. Indeed, tho exports of $S7,5?S
07t) In this ci?as of products have been
surpassed only once for the month in
question, and only four or (ivo times
for any month. The present slump of
,the homo markot hi evidently to result
In such tin invasion of outside markets
for American manufactures as the world
hat? not hitherto experienced.
Blchmond city and all of its 'people
ought to be Intensely Interested In the
welcome announcement which the United
States Secretary of Agriculture makes an
hit annual report to tho effect that ''the
physiologists of the bureau of plant In?
dustry have now developed a cheap and
ol'Dctlvo rnothod of exterminating algae"
which contaminates the water supply of
so many cities. Extensive tests are bo
Ing made with extremely satisfactory
results so far, und when they are ended
the method will be disclosed.
Speaking of presidential possibilities,|
Il develops that all of the talk about
?fudge George Gray becoming tho Domo
cratlo nominee for the highest office-in
the gift pf tho American people comen
from the. coal mining regions of Penn?
sylvania, where, as a general rule, every
few Democratic votes are polled on
election (lays. However, the people In
th'at regimi, who havo In some Way got?
ten very much In love with. Judge Gray,
stem lo bu getting very much in earnest,
They propose to have a great mooting
in Philadelphia early In January to boom
their favorite, and tho preparations no
fni? mude. Indicalo that something will bo
doing about that time.
Something has been doing in the
.wheat und cotton market? during the
pusl week. While tho price of cotton hue
boon eparine In New York and Now
Orleans, enormous transactions In wheat
arc reported from Chicago and St. Louis,
J. Ogden Armour Is said to have the
whoat market completely cornered, u*
' raked jn" ????,??? In profits on tho wheat
which ho sold to the bears one day last
week and can ,?U.t the price to a dollar
a. bushel If. he chooses to exercise his
power. In St. Louis an December 1st all
records in wheat transactions were broken
v'hen practically all the No. 2 red winter
wheat deliverable ou futur? contracta in
It Will Cost You Less
If you lot mo paint your house now
than if you wait till spring, whon I'll
ho busy, and paint will la^t Just as
long. Lot me tell you how llttlu i eau
do It for. 1 want to keep my men busy,
rtnd I'll put tho prices down to rock
bottom figures.
Hargrove,
Practical House Painter,
810 East Franklin St.
?Phone 28-18.
A Cure for Deranged Nerves,
9
-Convulsions
WRIT Jfi US ABOUT IT.
WASHINGTON SANITARIUM CO.
Washington, D. C.
St. Louis was transferred, tho total be?
ing 3,;iiO,000 bushels.
Events of the past week or two go to
show that alt the political troubles and
party dissensions are not In the Demo?
cratic fold. Tho Republican party has
? lot of troubles on hand at the present
time and some of these mny defy the
power of the adhesive plasters that havo
so long served tho G. O. P. In time for
the elections.
In New York there is tho bitter contest
for leadership between Odell and Platt,
which plainly foreshadows a Demooratlo
victory In ?hat State In November, 130-1,
In 'Washington there Is the content be?
tween Hanna & Co. and tho adminis?
tration over the promotion of General
V/ood, and a multitude of troubles grow?
ing out of the exposures of rottenness
in the Postonico Department.
Prophet Dowlc's "grand stand play"
In New York recently Is now fully ox
plained. Ho was on the vergo of bank?
ruptcy then, nnd the New York v.stt wnd
a money-raising scherno. But the scliomo
was a failure, and it hastened, Instead
of retadlng, the disaster which was Im?
pending over this peculiar "Zlon," No
one will bo surprised to hoar that
Dowle's lace factories and candy facto?
ries wero not successful. There is noth?
ing ubout tho man to Indicate that he le
et,pablo of currying on largo business
operations, lie is very successful as a
hypnotlzor of weak-minded . men and
women?the sort who havo composed the
following of religious pretenders and
fanatics from tho beginning of the hu?
man rnco. Dodle's business enterprises
are now In the hands of a receiver.
Where Dowio himself will llnd a haven
of rest it remains to bo seen. Hi? wlfo
and" eon have gone to Europe and were
reported to have taken a large amount
ora money with them?possibly enough
to support the wholo Dowio family In
comfort In their native Scotland.
A dispatch from Prague announces that
the "Imperial Scientific Station," which
has boon investigating mnny kinds o?
beer, decides that an American beer le
the best of all. Just wlmt tho "Imperial
Scientific Station" is or wjioro It is sta?
tioned or whence It obtains Its power?-to
judge of tho quality of beer or other
necessaries of Ufo, wo know not, but on
general principles we nra disposed to ad?
mit that the "station" hns a pretty level
head whon It comes to judge beer, What?
ever may bo its powers, the "stntlon'e''
vt-idlct seems to bo a feather In the
American cap, The time was, and noi
over live years ago that time was, noth?
ing "with German authority would have
admitted that anything .In the w'uy 01
beer could surpass tho Gorman product,
and we may rest assured that nothing
short of a cast Iron regard for truth und
honesty would forco from nn "Imperla}
Station" a confession that. Germans do
not make the best beer In tho world. And
all this shows what groat progresa Amer?
icans have inaile in at least one direc?
tion in the pust Ilvo yours, It would be
very Interesting if wo were permitted to
kr.ow- what brand of American beer the
"Station" has been drinking to its? evi?
dent delight.