The times dispatch. [volume], December 06, 1903, Page 8, Image 8

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$?00,000
Stock of Pianos,
Org?vns and Musicai
Instruments Must
Go by Decem?
ber 24th.
The Cable Company
Pianos
s
Conover,
Cabe,
Kiugjbury,
Wellington,
Schubert,
Schirmer,
De Koven,
nnual Christmas Sade
The magnitude of this sale is but another evidence of the vast extent of THE
CABLE COMPANY'S business. The Christmas special sale of Pianos, Or?
gans, and Musical Instruments is a creation of THE CABLE COMPANY,
and the success we have met with in the past has guided us in our prepara?
tions for this year's sale which is unquestionably the greatest event nijthc history of 'the Piano business in this State. Our past success has been noted by our
competitors and they have endeavored to share the benefits by copying'our methods. This fact proves our claim?WE ARE THE LEADERS. ,
' YOUR ATTENTION IS DIRECTED to the fact that our annual Christmas sale enables parties desiring to purchase Pianos to procure bargains offer?
ed at no other time. THE REASON FOR THIS is that it has been our practice for years past to renew our entire stock with the arrival of every new year
and these special sales mean simply THE SACRIFICE OF OUR STOCK AT CHRISTMAS in order not to carry any part of it over into the new year.
DON'T WAIT FOR THE HOLIDAY RUSH. Make your selection now. It will be delivered whenever you desire. SURPRISE YOUR FAMILY and loved
ones on Xmas morning with one of the splendid instruments which this 'company is now disposing of. WE ARE OFFERING INDUCEMENTS THAT
WILL SURPRISE YOU. INVESTIGATE THE MATTER. *
The Best
m
Xmas Special.
Fifty full sized UPRIGHT Pinnos,
now und wtirruntoil,
$175.00.
Terms : Si Per Week.
You Cant Res;st This.
For $195.00
SS300 Value.
Twonty-flvo beautiful UPRIGHT
Pianos, ???! make, fully war?
ranted.
Terms: $1.25 Per Week.
See Them.
$239.00
Xmas Special
Wo offer fifteen UPRIGHT
Pinnos, oli'gnnt Instruments' of
national .opinion,
Termi: ?l.50 Per Week.
For $26900
Dont Miss.
For this prloo you can liavo your
solcctl ? from one lob of twenty
lnrgo size Standard ' UPRIGHT
Pianos?bust niako.
Terms : $2 Per Week.
f60O, Value
For $425.00.
Wo hnvo In stock nt thla timo
Seven ICIcKimt CONOVER Pianos,
rcntotl a snort whl o, but practical?
ly now. Those fino Planos uro In?
cluded In til Ih Hal?.!,
Don't Overlook Them.
O
?
m
Existence.
Our Pianos &,re
sold a t manufac?
turer's prices to
ever body.
You Pay
No Middleman's
Profit.
The Cabe Company
? Organs. J
The Famous
Chicago
Cottage
Organs.
??
?0 Square Pianos
will bo sacrificed. Wo need
tho room they occupy,
$25 2Mld #50
will givo you your choice.
Terms : %2 Per Month.
Guitars, Mandolins, Violins.
Banjos, Autoha-ps, Ac?
cord?ons, Zithers,
Band Instruments.
The Best and Lowest
Prices.
Amusements for the Evenings-Talking Machines.
Phonographs. Cylinder and Disc Records. Graphophones.
These wonderful machines furnish the key to the situation. When you own a Talk?
ing Machines, you have the means at hand to amuse and interest your friends whenever
the" occasion presents itself. A WORLD OF MUSIC IN YOUR PARLOR.
From the enthralling, inspiring Grand Opera to the ever-fascinating Rag Time, which
never fails to produce a general good feeling wherever rendered.
Recitations, Vocal Music, Band and Ochsstra Concerts and Everything in the
Mmical World Within Your Grasp.
REMEMBER 1 We sell MOULDED RECORDS to fit any machine for twentv-five cents
each. OTHER DEALERS CHARGE FIFTY CENTS FOR THE SAME ARTICLE.
5,000 of these Records Just Received?More Coming. Talking Machines $5 up to %7S
The Very Best Made. Terms to Suit Customers.
17 Used Upright Pim?os
received In exchange, to bo
Hold for what they will bring.
Regu ar Price j2$o to f600.
?2?'Sl50'up. '
Our Stock of
Sheet Music
1h I ho InrRCRt In tho city
popular hits,
AU tho lu test
Catalogue of 10c Music.
The world-wide
reputation of these
elegant Organ s
needs no comment
More of
These Organs
Are Sold
Than Any
Other Kind.
Make Your Selection Now
and avoid the rush. Your purchase
will be held and celivered as a Christmas
surprise.
J. G. CORLEY, Manager.
OXiy9 213 E. Brosxd St,
Make Your Selection Now
and avoid the rush. Your purchase
will be held and delivered as a Christinas
surprise.
World Now on Panama
A Blue Jacket on the Cruiser
Cincinnati Tells of Conditions
at the Isthmus Which in
Some Respects Parallel .
Those of Recent Events
at Panama and Colon.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
RADFORD. VA., Dec. 5.?In view of
the prominent.role played by Panama c*
late, and the Interest felt In her politics
and people, history, past and present,
anything, Indeed. In connection with the
Infant republic, the following letter was
resurrected from a batch rocolved last
year from a blue jacket of the Cincinnati
while in Carabbean waters.
,j .? Colon, Colombia, S. ?.,
.,. ; ... . '*' Sept. 21, 1902.
My Dear Sister:?This has been a busy
week. We save been doing guard duty
jji the Panama railroad, a Une running
'rom Colon to Panama, on the Pacific
?oast, 47v?? miles distant. Steamers bring
heir cargoes here and send them across
he Isthmus by rail Instead of milling
iround the "Horn."
Tho road Is a standard gauge, built In
57, and is owned by Americans. The
aiginecrs and conductors arc? white, but
he rest of the trainmen are negroes,
There Is a revolution In progress here,
he leaders being two brothers. One Is
?resident of the country and tho other
viints to be?a sentiment shared by most
f the peoplo. as ho Is a better man than
ils brother, and promises reforms.
There are three rebels to on? federalist,
ut they have neither the money nor the
rrns that the government troops have,
'he rebels are In Ihe mountains and the
tderalists hold Colon and Panama.
ROGUISH TROOPS.
The railroad offered to carry the gove?
rnment troops free, but they broke open
ars, stole everything they could luy
ands on. and destroyed railroad prop
rty. Consequently the company refused
,iem transportation unless they would
ay tbelr fares and stuck their arms In
ie baggage cai??. This they refused to !
o. They even went so far as to block j
ie road and hold up trains, so wo were ?
rdered out to protect the trains rind seo I
iat they wont through.
I was on the first trnln ?? trolled by ,
ue Jackets.. There were 4.500 govern
ent troops at Colon nnd 1,000 nt Mount
ope?the first station out?quartered In
ie depot. Wo expected trouble ut this
ilnt, but were not molestid.
The rebels wear red and the govern.
ent troops blue. Tho Colombian army
the dirtiest, sickliest looking mob of
en I ever saw. More thnn half of
em are boys In their teens. I saw any
imber carrying Remington rifles with
lyonets attached who were not hnlf us
n<? as their weapons. It Is th.se same
lie boys that the rebels fear most, us
ty crawl through the grass like snakes,
i<y put the butt end of their guni
Binst a rock, or tree whon they fire.
Their uniforms are made of blue do- !
t?, fashioned much like overalls, and j
ey wear large straw hats with very I
?h crowns. Rut for that matter, they
:er anything they can get hold of from
coffee sack to a full dress uniform,
They get 50 rents a day, nnd if not
Id every night, they will desert und go
ar to the enemy.
Vow a Utile of the country and ranal.
e isthmus, which Is 47',?. miles wide
this point, is traversed by two moun
n chains, but most of the country Is
?y low and water stands on it can- I
ntly. 'Tie one great Jungle, with
es and vines so thick one could no?
slbly travel through th?m. Alliga- i
? and all kind? of venomous reptiles
much in evidence.
UVH IN HUTS.
Ti? native? Uve in huts made of bam
COMPANY OF PANAMA SOLDIERS.
boo poles, and the roofs are thached with
cocoanut leaves. These huts aro Kot j
upon poles about ten feet uliovo tho
ground to keep out the wnler. You will
Invariably see a dog, a billy goat and a
small broncho or pony somewhere about,
Every native owns one or more of each.
Most of the people aio a mixture of
Spaniel), French, Indian and negro. 'Tls
chprncterlstiQ of them that every man
carries a matehete or stiletto.
1 have seen all kinds of tropical fruit? '
growing. Tho banana crop is enormous. ;
Tho natives bring thorn II! On the bucks
of their Utile ponies and mules, also In j
lung canoes hollowed out of logs. Ba?
nanas bring from 10 to 20 cents a stick.
The canal was engineered by Ferdinand I
lie teeseps, u Frenchman, who swindled ,
his countrymen out of ????,???,???. Much
of this money was span ? in building pa?
latial residences, baths, etc., and for
Fervente und other personal luxuries.
QHJ3AT WASTF.
Immense sums were spent for machin?
ery. Mid there aro millions and millions
of dollars' worth standing around go ??{
to rack und ruin?locomotives, dredges,
i-tcnm shovels, derricks. Iron cars, side
dumps, everything you can think of.
We only go to Mamerl, 3? miles dis
tnnre. There we are net by blue Jack
et? from the Ranger and Wisconsin, who
guard the trains the remaining distance
to Panama.
Sept. 22.
The Panther came In to-dav with about
?00 marines aboard, no our guard duty
Is over,
Vou have no Idea how I enjoy tho dally
paper? you send. When I have finished
?Hiding them, they are passed from hand
to hand until thoy are literally worn to
shreds.
With love for all at nomo,
Your brother,
FR.FD S nUU.ARD,
U. S. S. Cincinnati.
WARRENTON,
(Special to The ? nues-Dlsputch.)
WARRKNTON, VA,, Dec. 5.?The In.
lenao.y cold weather, which prevailed
h?iu during ll.e past wec.t, prove? even
too muoh for tho huntarnen, This doos
not necessarily imply that tliejr ur~or
was fronen, for that would he nearly
impossible, but when tho ground Iteli
Is us hard as udtimant, then hunting be?
comes a folly,
Thu average Virginian has a high re?
gard lor tho physical welfare oi his
mount, und especially doe? that as eri.on
hold good in this section. Very sensibly
ho foregoes tho plensuro of an ox.immi?
llile oros?.country chuso on du>a . lun
thu ground is stiff and hard, hut tor to
indulge in this pastime, there wo.ud
simply mean gre.u Impairment io ihu
dainty legs of his nn.rnab. And ft horse
which has noi eloun limbs here, is loo..cc}
upon us nothing butter than a druy-hor.;o.
Jumes ?, .Maddux and i'a. ty starei
from tho 'Highlands" a few mornings
.since, and Molly pushed sly Reynard for
many miles ovor ? frozen conree. Out.
slde of this there has been but I tile doing
In tl>? flled.
Major J. R. parcel) had ? winning I) inch
Of dogs a? tho Richmond Dog Show,
eleven ribbons falling to his lot.
Mr. A. L. Clarke, of New York, Is nt
tho n'a ito ? Croen. Mr. CJurko tas (Irmly
established a reputation for hlm.uif In
th's locality as u sure shot. Figli ecu or
twenty of tho feutherei tribe swel ud
his game pouch last Monday.
Messrs. Richard Byuuiii and Charles I
Harria, of Washington, d. c., aro the
guests of?.Colonel, and M'ra Grenvllle
Gnlu?s. .;';; "... ?f
Mr. .Tohn.,.Thornly has returned to Now
Tork: after a brief visit h?ro.
LEESBURG.
(Special to The TImos-Dlspatch.)
LI3ESBUUG, VA., Dec. S.-Miss Cora
Stovei, of Washington, is visiting the
Misses Luta.
Mrs. Jno. Foster, of Schuyler, Va., la
visiting Mrs. Louis Powell,
Miss Bayne. of Washington, Is tho
guest of Mr.'nnd Mrs. D. li. Tenant.
Mr. and Mrs. Stowart Bryan, of Rich?
mond, arc guests of Hon. and Mrs. Henry
Fairfax.
Miss Ethel Newman, of Louisville. Kyv,
spent Thanksgiving with Miss Mary
Campbell, of this place.
Miss Frances Cliow, of Charlestown, W.
DREDGE ON PANAMA CANAL.
Va., Is tho guest of Miss Winnie Bowsle.
Air, F. C. Littleton, of New Yorlt, spent
Thanksgiving at Ills former homo In Lees
burg.
m;hh Rosa McOormlck, of Berryvllle, 1?
tho guest of Miss Leila Janney.
Mr. B. Powell ????t????, cJi'll engineer,
in tho employ of tho B. & Q. Rallro d,
stationed nt Cumberland, Mtl., spout
Thanksgiving at lile horno In Le?*birg.
Mr. Turner Loughborough. who In a
civil engineer with the B. & O, Railroad,
stationed near Cleveland. O,, visited his
home In Lnesliurg, this week,
Ml.'s ritiro Reliman, who has leen visit?
ing friends in Washington returned on
Monday.
Mies Mahal Wllmarth. of Washington,
P. O.i is tho guest of Miss Violet Alex?
ander,
ALEXANDRIA.
fSpecinl to Tho Times-Dispatch.)
ALEXANDRIA. VA., Dec. R-Among
those who followed tho hounds of the
Cameron Run Hunt Club on Tuesday
were Mrs. Courtland H. Smith on "Chap?
pie Lee," Mr. Laweon on "Potentini,"
M?as Mordecal on "Tip Top," and Mr.
Low on "Catapult," Tho hunt took In a
largo area of fino galloping country with
enough fonce? and ditches to make it
tarltlng.
Miss Ciotta McCoy, of Rlvorton, who
bus been visiting Mies Bull.'o {temper at
her humo ou Wiisliiiigtoii Street, has ro
ourned to her home,
Mis. Charles Henry Lee, of Loudoun, le
visiting her niece, Mrs, P. T. 'Veut man,
on Washington Street.
Cards are out announcing tho marriage
of Miss Adelaide Merchant, of Munasaas,
to Mr. K. E. Kcl'd, of this city. Tho cer
ornony will be performed In the Epis?
copal rectory, at the corner o{ Fourth end
E Streets, Washington, on the evening
of December IG.
The, Misses Nicol, of Manassas, daugh?
ters of Judgo C. E. Nicol, are visiting
Miss Mary'o, at lier home on Pitt Street,
Mr. and Sirs. A. Randolph Ploward, of
Frcderlcksburg, have been visiting Mrs.
A. D. Brockett.
WINCHESTER.
(Spoclnl to 'Ihe limes-Dispatch.)
WNCHESTER, VA., Dec. 5?One of the
most notable society events In Winches?
ter will bo on January 4th, when Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Baker will present their
daughter, Miss Virginia Cabel. The com?
ing-out of Miss Baker will be the signal
for a succession of pretty social events.
She is one of tho loveliest girls in this sec
tlon, and promises to become a beauty
of whom Virginia can feel proud.
Miss Baker ulrendy is looked upon as
| a leader In the youngor circles, nnd Is a
very popular young lady, Her father Is
| a prominent business man and leading
Freemason In the Valley,
Mr, and Mrs. Melvln Green will sail for
Europe, where thoy will spend the winter.
Mr, Greon Is a wealthy young New York?
er who was attracted to Virginia and lo?
cated upon a large farm near Winches
' ter.
PROVIDENCE FORGE.
(Special to The TImes-D.'spatch.)
PROVIDENCE FORGIO, Dec. bill,
Gathering evergreens In this, section to
be shipped North 13 becoming quite an
Industry,
Thousands of boxes are sold annually
In the Northern markets, but It is not
without a pang of regret that one sees
the beautiful wlntergreens that this sec?
tion Is so bountifully furnished with,
ruthorless torn from their sunny clime
and sont north to deck tho homes of
tho rich and proud.
Mr, und Mrs. Grant I.eet, of Wash
Ington, D. C, visited friends at Stirling
this week, Mrs. Loot's grandfather once
owned the Forge estato, und for ninny
years resided in tho historio old man?
sion.
Miss Salilo Terrell, of Louisa, Virginia,
is making her annual visit to cousins at
Stirling.
Mrs, R. P. Coleman and little daugh?
ters, Gladys and Mirlan, aro In Richmond,
where thoy wont to attend the wedding
of Mr. Huwch Coleman and Miss Jlai'd
wieko that took placo on December llrst,
Misa Anulo Onrl?tlan returned from i
Newport News Monday, where she has
been visiting friends.
GORDONSVILLE,
(Special to The Tlmce-Dlapatch.)
GORDONSVILLE. VA., Dec 5,-Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Yager and little daugh?
ter, Virginia, of Somerset, left Wednes?
day for Pittsburg, Pa,, and Canton,
Ohio, to spend tho winter.
Mr. Garnott Conrad has gone to Pal?
myra to spend the winter nnd clerk In
the storo of \V. H. Hordln & Son.
Mr.? J. A. Floyd has moved his family
Into the property which ho recently pur?
chased of Mrs G W. Thomasson, on
Diamond Hill.
Mr. J. W. Bradley has moved Into
tito Beckham property on Main Street,
and expects to open a wood yard thero
In the near future,
Mrs. Dr. E. H. Lewis, of Culpoper, la
Specimens of the Kind of Troops
?That Colombia., Threatens..the
United States With Have
Been Handled Before by
Uncle Sam's Men?Canal
and Its Condition.
on a visit to her father, Mr. B. N. Thur
mnn, In this pinco.
MrR. H. Hughos nnd son. Richard, la
Kutnll, W. Va., are visiting their rela?
tives here.
Miss Virginia Cobbs, of Somerset, haa
been spending tho weok with Mrs. T. M,
Uroadus.
Mr. James Boston, of Richmond, baa
been visiting relatives In town this week.
Mr. W. A. Faber, of Richmond, Is on
a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J.
Faber. here, ,
Mr. R. II.; Hughes had the misfortune
to lose a very Uno mare one night this
week.
Miss Mary Sneed Is visiting relatives
In M'wllson county.
Mr. James L. Faber Is out again, after
several days of Illness,
Mr.? and Mrs. N, A. Llnnoy are visiting
relntives in Richmond.
Miss Lizzie Stratton has been spend?
ing the week with relative? in Richmond,
Game Scarce.
(Special to '??? Tlmei-Dlspatch.)
HOLDCROFT, VA.. Dec. ?.-The hunt
hunting season has not been profitable
In -season . has not been profitable
]/ln this section. Deer and turkeys aa well
as smaller gamo, aro very scarce.
Wild ducks aro more plentiful than
for' several years,
Mr,' Richmond Walker, ? woll known
local sportsman, has fuiccfled?il in bag?
ging about fifty In the last few days.
The Ladies' Aid Society of thd Mt.
Pleasant Baptist church will givo their
nnnual oyster supper Christmas evening,
Mr, C. H, Morecock, a well known
young citizen of this? place, has opened
a general merchandise store In his newly
eroded building near Mt, Pleasant
church.
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