The times dispatch. [volume], December 16, 1903, Image 6

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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Sodai and
?Personal
Bright"s Disease
AND
Diabetes,
*
-the
MAN ABOUT
TowIS
The wedding of Miss Lydia Ionise llnr?
rls to Mr. Wilfred L. Goodwyn was celo
lirnted nt 7 o'crock last evening in Uie
homo of the bride's parents, Mr. und
Mrs. Henry J. Harris, of NO. BM West
Grnco Street, and wns nn cvout In which
society wns much Interested.
House decorations were In palms, maid?
enhair ferns, white roses' nnd pink car?
nations, The parlors rind balls were run.
vnscd In white und the front parlor, where
tho ceremony was performed by the Rev.
?1?re Wlthcrspoon. of Orneo Street Pros
bvterlnn Church, assisted by tho Rev.
J." Y. Downmnii, of All Saints' Episcopal
Church, nnd the Rev. C. R. K?yk, of
I'arton Heights, was altogether In green
and white, tho altar having a background
if pnlniP. and rrjfthCbla ballig bunked
tilth ferns nnd flowers
Little ribbon-holders In pretty white
costumes wero Miss Mario Moaby Wil?
kinson nnd Mn-ster John 7\TnBh Irving.
They formed nn nlsln of white ribbons
bunched with while carnations, through
which the bridal party passed.
The bride came In with her father and
was met nt the altar by tho ?room and
his best man, Mr. Travis Epes, of Not
It-way county. She wore a lovely gown
of gray crepe de chine, trimmed In white
laro nnd chiffon, ? picture hat, and car
rled a shower bonnet of Bride roses.
She was attended by her mairie of
honor. Miss India Davis Goodwyn, of
Nottownv, the slFter of the groom, und by
h?r sister, Miss Mildred Shelton Harris.
1 ha maids wero handsomely attired In
white organdy, with white tulle sashes.
Their flowers were white carnations. Mr,
James E. Anderson and Mr, T. J. Harris
were the groomsmen.
The ceremony was witnessed by tho
ramilles nnd friends of tho contracting
Pirtles. Miss Mary Anderson, of Amelia;
Miss Mary Davis, of Goochlnnd; Jurlgo
C. F. Goodwyn, of Nottoway, and Mr.
Wirt Goodwyn, of Sunderlnnd, Mass.,
the father nnd brother of the groom,
being among those present.
Mr. and Mrs. Goodwyn left last evening
for a Northern tour. They will,return
lo make their homo at No. 836 West
Grace Street, Mr. Goodwyn being tho
Southern representative of the Richmond
Paper Manufacturing Company.
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Invitations have been received In Rlch
KMtli? rrom Mr. and Mrs. John Paul Jones
for the celebration of tho twenty-fifth
anniversary of their marriage.
The anniversary will fall on January
?d, 19M, and tho celebration will be held
from S to 11 o'clock of that day In tho
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, No. 1304
West Lexington Street, opposite Frank?
lin Square, Baltimore, Md.
Misa Martha Gresham Pollnrd and Mr.
John Gibson, Jr., wero nutotly married
In the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
snd Mrs. Henry Robinson Pollard, of
No. 016 West Grace Street, nt G:!i0 o'clock
last evening. The ceremony was wit?
nessed only by the families of the. brido
and groom.
Mulford?Clark.
? marriage of decided Interest took
place In Trinity Episcopal Church, South
Boston, Va., yesterday, when Miss Phoebe
Howlson Clark, tho daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Clark, of "Banister Lodge,"
and Mr. William Wheeler Mulford, of
New York, were married, the hour of tho
ceremony being 1:30 P. M., and tho cele?
brant the Rev, Campbell D. Mayers.
The bride, wearing white crcpo de chine
end lace over a liberty silk? and chiffon
foundation and currying Bride roses,
cume In with her father.
Her maid of honor, Miss Ethel Clark,
?who Immediately preceded her, had on
?white silk mull, and a white ln.ee hat. Her
bouquet was of La Franco roses.
Miss Lina nnd Miss Eliso Clark, tho
two bridesmaids, were In Nile green silk
mull, and picture hats, their flowers be?
ing white carnations.
The church wns beautifully decorated
In Christmas greenery by the bride's
friends; Tho groom awaited the coming
of tho bride nt the altar with his best
man, Mr. Roland J. Mulford. his brother.
Other nttendnnts wero Mr. Charles Bruce,
o? Richmond, and Mr. G-oorge Wlnlock,
of Boston, Mass.
Tho bride and groom left after their
marriage for SL Louis, Mo., their future
homo,
. . .
Miss Belle Ruth Vaughan will be mar.
rled to-day to Mr. Frank Powers Jones
In the home of ? lier parents, Mr.
und Mrs. Joseph H. Vaughan, of No. L'10
North Thirty-second Street.
, '?*.; ? ??? ' ?
The parlor of tho Rev. Father H. J.
MeKeefrey, of St. Patrick's Churcli, was
the scene last night of the marriage of
Mies Hnttlo.Lee Jordan, the daughter of
Mr. Gldwell Jordan, of Fulton, to Mr.
John Daly, electrician of the American
Tobacco Company, Mr, and Mrs. Daly
will havo their future residence on Ful?
ton Street.
Daughters Tea.
? pretty entertainment of yesterday
afternoon was given by Miss Lucy Claire
Atkinson to the Old Dominion Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution,
of which tihe. is regent.
A talk given by the Rev, Dr. Robert E,
Eitrango after the business meeting, on
the doctor's recent visit to Palestine,
proved most enjoyable, as did the social
tea which followed.
Dining toom decorations carried out
the Revolutionary colors In red, white
i-nd blue, the table being daintily set In
uiitlriu/j silver and cut ?Insw.
The tublo center-piece was ,a mlrroi
reflecting a liberty bell within a circle
of gilt stars, depending from red, white
nnd blue ribbons. Mrs. Sidney J. Dud?
ley, of Hampton. Va., was assisted Ir
nerving by Miss D.--w, Miss Anne Wise
Mayo, Mis? Ethel Walker Atkinson nnc
Miss Annie Reddy. Mrs. Christian Clarl?
poured coffee and Ml.ss Meado Burwel
vas at tho tea table
On Friday, December ISfli, at 8 o'clock
!n the lecture room of Christ Church, ?
"BilvcT tea" will be given by the vest
nent department of the Chancel Guili
to rultf: money for vestments, A sllve:
offoririe will be received nt the door
Kidney Disviateti Urinary Affections
cured by taking Stuart's Gin nnd Uuiiliu.
'l'ho worst forms of Kidney and Uladdor
Trouble, nfter every Intelligent remedy
has failed, ale always curable by taking
Stuart's Gin and Bucini, It Is a bland, de?
lightfully pleasant tasting medicine, that
acts directing on the kidneys and bladder,
quickly draining out every Impurity, heal?
ing and strengthening the kidneys, giving
them life and vigor. Stuart's Gin and
dticnu mvarlaliy cures Bnsnt'e disease
nnd Dutoetes evon when the patient hau
given ur hope, or where they had bot?n
tupped to drain off tho iiocuniuluicu
waters.
DISEASED KIDNEY SYMPTOMS,
Agonleing pains In the back, swollen legs
or abdomen, diselliliges from the urethra,
neuralgia of the bladder, burning sensa?
tion or difficulty In passing water, aisn
? frequent desire or even Involuntary dis?
charge of tho urine, catarrh of the blad?
der, stono In tho bladder, disagreeable
odor of the urine, scanty end hl?h-col
ureas rheumatism, with aohes and pains
in bones nnd hack. Death may frequunt?
Iv *?llow these symptom?.
For any of these sympt?me
tnko Stuart's Gin and Buchu. and you
will be restored to health, and your Kid?
neys and bladder perfectly cured. Stuart's
Gin nnd Buchu sweetens the urine,
cleanses the bladder, removes nil obstruc?
tions from tho kidneys and urethra, make?
the blood purei The highest grade kid?
ney remedy made. Thoroughly tested for
past 20 ypitra in hospitals and private prac?
tice. Druselsts or by express, ft, SAM?
PLN BOTTLE, also clrculnr, clvlng some
of the many cures made. FREE, by writ?
ing, Stuart Drug Co.. Atlanta. Gn. Spetlal
modlrnl advice (riven If you describe your
trouble. Sold In Richmond, Vs., by
TRAG LE DRUG CO.. Ri7 East Broad
Street. Call or write. Stuart's Gin and
?.,?-?,.? vr.nl '-IJ, rrnrpn?
tr.icltnp parties,
Tho Fortnightly Flinch Club will meet
Thursday evening at the homo of the
M teses Ellott, No. 2702 East Graco Street,
at 8 P. M.
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Dr, Hunter Scott, of New Vork, will
spend the Christmas 'with his parents,
" '. nnrl Mrs. W. If. Scott.
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Tho bridal party In tho Goodwyn-Harrls
wedding, which took place last evening,
wore entertained at the homo of tho
bride, No. 830 West Grace Street, Tuos
day evening.
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Miss Anno Talbott, of Waynesboro, Va.,
who came down for Thanksgiving and
has teen rlslltng friends since, has ro?
ce I ved ? great many pleasant attentions
since that time.
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Miss Sophlo Whlto hns proved ono of
tho most delightful of December host?
esses in tho serlos of entertalnmonts
which she has boen giving.
Mrs. F. Deano Meanley's "nt homes"
We hopo when ho sees these few unes
they may find him well and enjoying
good health.
Likewise his man, Friday, otherwise,
Leo, tho trensuror, who.has a bill of.two
plunks against us, because we made a
bad guess. The next timo we get up a
guessing beo with him, we are going to
make suro first.
'? ? '?
It gives us much pleasure to record the
fact thut our old friend, Manager Corbln
Shield, of the Academy of Music, Nor?
folk, Is ont only a poet, but an author,
and we say tills in good faith, for he
lias Just written and had printed in the
Virglnlan-Pllot, a ban?-up story of tho
"Theatres of Norfolk; Their Past and
be directed to THE LITTLE FOLKS
PATTERN CO., No. 7S Fifth Avenue,
New York. When' ordering, please do not
fall to mention number..'.
No, 4521.
Size,
Name.
Address.
Then and Now.
THEN,
Here lies a pour woman who was always
tired,
Sho lived In a house Where help waa not
hired.
Her last words on earth wero: "Dear
friends, ? am eolmr
are among m? wcoKiy camnuur ui ux
ceedlngly pleasant things for December
mid January.
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The Milton Work Whist Club met last
nfternoon In tho audience hall of the
Woman's Club.
Compass whist resulted In a tlo north
nnd south between Mrs. Ben. Nnsh, Miss
Martha Harvle; Miss Suo ?, Gordon and
Mr. James Kolth. East nnd west winners
v;wo Mrs. A, L Wellford and Miss Flor?
ence Tyler
POEMS YOU 01
Whatever your occupation mny
with affairs, do not fail to securo ?
refreshment of your iuuer life, with
Norton.
No
AS THROUG
BY TBi
1/1 I * i
$ * ?? HARRYTUCK?R |
We have been waiting for the chance
to put out a beautiful pooni, but th?
surrounding , circumstances havo boon
against us.
Notwithstanding this condition of things
wo have made up our mind to do It, any
way, and hero goes;
The snow, tho snow, tho beautiful enow:
Down whero tho W?rzburgers fitfully
grow.
Down whero wa gather tho daisies ec
nice,
Now covered up with slush and wot Ice,
Down whero wo stand on the corner and
freeze,
With a cold In our head, and cough and
sneozo.
Down whero Its ? too and warm, by th?
stove,
To nibbio and chow the coffee and clove;
Whero buckwheats and BausngoB taste
so good,
And a fellow feels that ho would If he
could. ,
Ohi the snow, the beautiful snow;
What mitkos your coming so backwari
nnd slow?
Oh, for tho time wo can wear our boots,
When ? fellow foels chilly way down tc
the roots;
"When tho barefooted boys may ride Ir
tholr sled,
And It feels no nice to bo tucked up ir
bod, ? ' ???? ?
Wo love to got up on a snowy morn,
Wo look on Jack Frost"ln wintering scorn,
Come on, como on, oh, beautiful flakes?
Wo really can't understand why it takes
.,_ ,-?-? ..?., ,? ?????? nn flirt RC?tlO
It required a great amount of research
and preparation to write that story, .and
we hove to congratulate Mr. Shield.
Wre road It all through, and now have
It in our scrap book.
? ? ?
There Is going; to bo a rummage e?-Ie at
cur house after Christmas. We expoct
to have a large assortment of boxes and
bottles, suitable to put things and toilet
water in. Wo shall give due notlco ot tho
srulo.
JOHT TO KNOW
be, and however crowded your hours
it least a few minute? every day for
a bit of poetry.?Prof. Charlos Eliot
. 57.
? THE LAND.
SNYSON.
i. No boiling!
water and e?
ion, Orange, ?
have already appewoij In win eenes.
AS thro' the land at eve wo went,
And plucked the ripened oars,
We fell out, my wife and I,
O we fell out I know not why,
And kissed again with tears.
And blessings on the falling out
That nil Ilio more endears,
When we full out with theme wo love.
And kiss again with tours!
For when wo cuma whero lies the child
We lost In other years,
There sbovo the little grave,
O thero above the little grave,
We klsKed again with tears.
There's Absolute
Satisfaction in
the Burk Clothing.
Quality, style, character
and fit, all essential points
of good I, clothing, are em?
bodied in an unequalled de?
gree in this peerless cloth?
ing. Right here is where
the superior work o? our
manufacturing experts tells
unmistakably, The Burk
clothing is produced for ab?
solute satisfaction, for'the
exclusive sale of the "Burk"
stores and catered to the
wants of a specific clientele.
See What We are Doing in
Suits and Overcoats at
$10, $12.50, $15
BURK & CO.,
1003 E. Main.
DAILY FASHION HINTS.
CHILD'S~?oAT.
Ko. 4?21.?New designs in coats for thi
wee folks are warmly welcomed, and t
stylo that Is both simple and yot tho
roughly up-to-date In design and cut, h
shown hero In velveteen. It Is a stylt
To where there's no cooking, nor wash?
ing nor sewing;
But evcrytnlng thero Is exact to my
wlshos,
For where thoy don't eat, there's no
wasuing of dishes.
I'll bo where loud anthems will always
bo ringing,
But having no voice, I'll got out of tue
singing.
Don't mourn foi me now?don't mourn
for mo ni'V?r,
I'm going to do nothing for evor and
ever."
NOW.
Hore lies a poor woman who always was
.busy;
Sho lived under pressur? that rondered
her dizzy.
Sho belonged to ten clubs and read
Browning? by sight.
Showed at ltn-heons and teas, and would
vote if h'? might;
She served on o school board with cour?
age and zeal,
She golfed and she kodaked, and rode on
a wheel.
She read Tjistol and Ibsen, knew mi?
crobes by name,
Approved of Delsarte, was a "Daughter"
nnd "Du.iu6,"
Her children wont In for tho top educa?
tion,
Her husband went seaward for nervous
prostration.
One day on her tablets she found an hoi?
free?
Tho shock was, too great, and she died
instantly,
B03TON PROVEJRBS.
A new social game hinges on reducing
to comonplaco ISngli.sli "Boston prov?
erbs."
Some person In a circle gathered round
a table reals or recites "Boston Prov?
erbs," which are Interpreted by players
hi turn. Somo examples are quoted ?
givo an Idea of the game,
PROVBJKB8.
1. Desslcated herbage submit to pertur?
bation.
The while tho radiant orb of da$
affords I Humiliation,
0. A futllo superfluity of culinary aid.
Destroys nutrltous liquids from osseous
tissues made.
3, Your immediate environment submit tc
circuivi-.fectlon
Uro you traversi some feet of space bj
muscular projection.
i. Inhabitant? of domiciles of vltrooui
format! m,
With lapidary fiagments should ne'ei
?perform jaofatlon.
6. Who counts oro fractured are tin
shells his biped gallinaceous.
Is apt to tlnd ills calculations utterly fai
iaclous.
INTERPRETATIONS.
1. Mako ha ? while the sun shines.
3. Too many cooks spoil the broth,
8, Look befe e you leap.
i. People who live in glass house;
Shouldn't thr-w stonps.
6, Don't co-int your chickens beton
thev are hatched.
ANIMAL STORIES
FOR OUR
BOYS AND GIRLS
MRS. FLAMINGO'S NURSE.
Mrs. Flamingo Longnnecker wanted a
nurso. 8ho put an advertisement In the
Forest Times, and her only answer was
a little gray cat.
"Dear mo," said tho Flamingo lady,
"you look vory email. . tlitvo you had
any experience with children?"
?1 hnVb raised sixteen of my own,"
repllod tho cat.
"Sixteen," repeated Mrs. Flamingo
I.ongnnocker, "That's a Very largo num
bor of children. Did you raise them all
it once, or by?or?on the instalment
plan?"
? t-p???? four nt a time?four kittens,
FREE!
Candy, Nuts and Raisins
That is exactly what we mean?if our goods are not
strictly first-class, money shall be refunded and the goods will
be yours?entirety free,
See our goods first before buying, beyond all questions.
??
3 Pounds Nice Layer Raisins - - 25c
Good Cooking Raisins ..
I pounds Best Currants
da . 8 pounds Nico Fig?. 2Bo
B5Q j Hist Layer-Figs'. lito
I pounds Nice Dates.
?So
you know," Pussy Gray rcpllod, demure?
ly?
Sultana Seedless Raisins
Best Cluster Raisins..
??reo
ISO
Largest and Fresh Cocoanuta
Cryfttallzcd Citron and Fruit
il IDS. juuBcaiei luiiimi
Large Size Almonds
Nice Mixed Nute, per lb. laV?o
Fancy English Walnuts . lBo
Our Best Shelled Almonds..., 08o
3 pounds Jumbo Pecans for., BOo
Country Walnuts, peck. Suo
French Bonbons and
French Mixture, with Choc- ?
elate . To
I i-'CCI, ID,
Pound ? ? 12 l-2c
? dozen Florida Oranges. BOo
Albemarle Pippin Apples, peck 40o
Nice Wlnesap Apples, pock..., 80o
Large Lemons;' per d?son.... lBo
Malaga Grapes, per lb. lavic
Chocolates, lb. 12 l-2c
| Fruit Cake, per lb. lBo .
I Pound Cake . lS'/io
3 masi*
?'
PUSSY GRAY.
"Oh! certainly?certainly, I understand.
Your chlldrori would not be Flamingoes,
of coursa. Thoy would havo shorter legs,
fur all over them and no necks?you
haven't any neck.
Pussy Gray looked very meek.
"1 suppose you know how to handle
a child and hold It and carry It," tho lady
Flamingo said. Pussy Gray thought she
did, and so the young flamingo was given
into her charge to take out Into the park.
Mrs. Flamingo -was going to a club nnd
couldn't bo bothered. That evening when
sho came home tho mother wont up'stiilr't
tc see If her young flamingo was put
properly to roost. On the first limb she
met Pussy Gray.
Til Ix tu res, 8 ids.
l' 1????1? ??8????.-1? I.JIACU yc
Noah Arks full of Cakes
?? Mn-unf. 1'plinlr 17
l'uro rtocK uiiiiuy, ? ?. ....
Cream Chocolate, 2 lbs... 2?o
Finest August Mixture, lb. lOo
Best Elgin Butter, I
Our Fresh Country Eggs. doz. !12c
Good Country Butter, 3 lbs for BOc
Mountain Roll Butler. l?o
Finrst Country Butter. 23c
Albcmarle Sweet Cider, quart. lOo
Dressed Turkeys -
Small Dressed Chickens, lb..., lBo
Nice Rabbits, 3 for . OOo
Cake; this Is pretty and
handsome . 91.00
ound - - - 25c
Best Mino Meat, lb.. 10c
flome-Mado Mince Meat...... To
Nice Plum Pudding, can. 12V4e
Our Pulverized Sugar . 0%c
3 pounds Brown Sugar . 28o
16 l-2c
t.nrge Irish Potatoes, peck.... 23<j
Good Size Danish Cabbage.... Ko
Gray said. "But I think his legs is most
I y worn off from dragging over tho grav?
?is. ? Ho did havo auch a long neck
ma'am."
"Drugging over tho gravels!" slreamoi
Mrs. Flamingo Longanecker? and let- rrn
tell you that when Mrs. Flamingo Longa.
neckor scream-ed it was real screaming
"Dragging over tho gravels?how did yoi
carry the child, wretched bolng?"
"Why, I j?j?Just carried him !U<o
UEod to carry my own babies," whim
pared Pussy Gray, putting the cornor o
her apron to ber eyes. "I took him b;
his neck, and it was so long and twisty
wlsty that most of him dragged on th
ground. And ploaso, ma'am, I don't Ilk
nussln' young" flamingoes, And pleaac
ma'am, I want to quit."
"Quit you will," shouted Mrs. Flam
Ingo, "and' without a character!" as sh
flew upstairs to put arnica, vaeellne an'
noultrloes on poor baby flamingo's logs
fine ?p?renos .
Large Bunch Celery
Kingan Block Indian
Best Flour,' per barrel.f4.HO
Smlthfleld Hams, genuine, lb.. 20o
Fnt-Back Pork, lb. 7^bc
Small Corn Pork Ham . ll?'/ao
All large orders prices w
out-of-town orders delivered
orders must follow all mail c
Our forces have been ine
I llano vor Sweet Potatoes, pk.. SOo
a Ham, Pound ? 14c
Beet Dunlop Flour, per sack. 30o
1-2 Gal. Can Best Syrup. Wo
10 pounds Hominy or Grit.... SOo
1 Small Navy Beans and Peas,
quart..'. fMo
ill be cut to suit the buyer. All
to depot free of charge. Money
irders.. i. . .[. . ?
rreased to meet all demands.
ut tho dear llamingo may nuvui uiuusiu
ir a moment that if she had stayed at
ome from her club to look after her
ing-leggcd baby theso Bad happenlnga
Ould never havo been.
OF HUMAN INTEREST;
friends, we are,
Respectfully,
The August Grocery Co
?-jt.j_ ii;i,,fA,?i. n-j,.
i^-J
In Tennessee.
Prof. George Lincoln Burr, ot Cornell,
who Is touring New England on his bi?
cycle In order to gather facts about
witchcraft, Is an authority on the his?
tory of superstition and persocut.on, and
he Is also an Indefatigable wiioeim.m,
says the Boston Post. Prof. Burr, with
his bicycle, has penetrated many primi?
tive and socludcd parts of tho united
Stales,
From those Journeys ho roturns with
little stories that are now quaint, now
strange, now humorous. .A story of the
latter sort concerns a visit to Tennero
"f arrived ono ? ght at a mountaineer's
cabin," said the professor, "an.l a-s.ted
for shelter for the night. The good peo
plo wero very hospltablo, Thoy gave ine
a comfortnble bed and an excellent meal.
"Wh.le I was eating my meal my host
watcnod mo harrowly, fo sdo that 1 nad
everything 1 wanted. Ilo kept ordering
his wife to fill my glass, to bring :no
more broad, and so forth. Finally, whor
I began to oat a ploce of apple pie, ho
oxclalmod In an Indignant tone:
? "Jane, why don't you bring the gen?
tleman a knlfo? Do you seo him hero
trying to eat pio with a fork?"
Educational. .
It was Johnnie's first day in school,
says tho Now York Sun. Ho did not
know tho lettor A from a sawhorso, nut
this doflcloncy was more than balanced
by his assurance. The teacher cai.ed him
up alono. Tho old method of teaching
reading wus then In voguo.
"Can you read?" said the teacher,
"Yes, ma'am," ropl.ed Johniilo.
"Well, now wo shall seo," said tlie
teaoher. "You read over after mo. Bo
sure to road just what 1 ilo."
So she began slowly, running hor fin?
ger along under the words.
"Did?you?over?seo?a?donkey?"
And Johnnie, In the sumo deliberato,
sing-song voice, running his finger along
the page, replied:
"No?ma'am?X?never?did."
The Death Substitute.
"I had In my employ," Bays one of the
missionaries to China, according to V,
d "a very valuable Ch tieso servant,
upon whom I leaned with Implicit, confi?
dence. One day he came to me and f-ald:
? shall bo obliged to ask you to l.i.d
somebody to take my pisce, aa in th?
courso of a few weeks 1 am to bo exe?
cuted In place of a rich gontlem in, who is
to pay me very liberally tor bocomn.g nia
'substitute,'
"1 asked what possible indueuinent
there would be to forfeit hla I.lo for
any amount of money. Ho lopliud: ?
have an aged father and mother, who
urn vory poor and unable to work, and
tho money I am to reuslvo w.ll malto
them comfortable as long ?is they live, ?
think It Is my duty to give up my Ufo
re, accomplish this" "
TO BE TAXED BY WEIGHT.
Swede? Weighing Over 125 Poundq Must
Pay Tax.
The men of Sweden uro to be taxed by
weight. Every man tipping the scales al
125 pounds must pay a certain sum an?
nually, while thoso who weigh 180 will be
required to pay double that sum. Tht
government could largely increuse Its
rovcniiu by requiring overy one to tBkc
Dr. Burkhurt's Vegetable Compound, foi
it digests food so perfectly that tho usei
gets ilio full strength unii nourishment ol
what Is oaten. It makes tlesh. tills tin
veins with pure, rich and healthy blood,
and makes strong, robust men und wo?
men. Costs only 2gc. for a thirty days
treatment at drug stores, or 14.00 for a slj
months' guaranteed to cure treatment.
61t to 615 E. Marshall. 720-722
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GOT TOGETHER,
THE POLICE BILL
Pending Measure to be With?
drawn and Another to
be Frame'd.
At a meotlng of the Committee on Leg?
islation, hold yesterday, the differences
between tho City Council and tho Police
Board wore adjustod, and an agreement
was effected, whoreby tho disputed bill,
now .pending in tho Legislature, will bo
abandoned, and a now one, with tho en?
dorsement of both bodies, will bo offered
in the next General Assembly, that meets
in January.
The session of the committee was an
unusually interesting one, and waa high?
ly satisfactory to both sides. The board
explained that it meant no discourtesy
to the Council, nnd the Council, through
ils committee, uccepted the explanation,
and agreed to stHnd by tho board in its
contention for the absolute control by tho
Police Commissioners of the 'entire police
department. The resulta of tho meeting
are summed up in the following brief, hut
comprehensive, official statement, given
out yesterday by a member of the board:
The bill nmondlng tho city churter. pre?
pared and introduced in the Legislature
by tho Police Board, and sow beforo tho
Senate Committee on Couniles, Cities and
Towns, will not be pressed by the board.
The matter was considered at a mooting
of the Council Commit loo on Legislation
yesterday, and Mr. Alnslle, of the Po?
lice Board, appeared before the commit
tee to explain the provisions of tho bill;
Tho committee waa assured" that the
board meant no discourtesy to the Coun?
cil by Its action, and the mlsunderstund
lnp. between the members of the Council
and the board was cleared away. The
committee wished an amendment, which
vas perfectly acceptable to tho board,
bul was of the opinion that an entirely
now bill should bo drawn, which would
place tho entire control and management
ot tho police department In the hands oi
the board, and givo It even greater pow?
ers than tho present bill, and a resolution
was unanimously adopted requesting th?
Police Board to do so. Mr. Alnslle will
prosent such R bill to tho committee In
a few days.
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?TAU ????. VA., Dec. 15.?invitation!
are out announcing the marrhigo nf Misi
Annie Hill Todd, daughter o? Hon, ani
Aire. John W. Todd, of the county, tc
Mr. Leon Conner Ware, of this city, Th?
ceremony will take place Tuesday morn
ing at 0 o'clock, December 28th, at Glen
more, the beirutl.'"! colonial residence o,
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West Cary. 1731-1733 E. Main
?6 304. Phone 1997".
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? be8i equipment has been secured, con?
noting of tho most Improved day coaohoe
nnd Pullman Drawing Boom cars, lighted
by gas and steam homed, with evory con?
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District Passenger Agent,
W. J. WAY,
City Ticket Agent
?Phono 405, Richmond. Va,
CUT! FLOWERS, ROSES, VIOLETS
Tho largost stock of Roses, Violets,
Lines ol the Valley, Chrysanthemums
and Out Flowers, Bridal Bouquets and
uesigns, shipped to all points. W, A.
hammond, No. 107 E- Oroad St.
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Roses Carnations, Violets, Mums, Lily
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