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THritSDAY. .it'NK.
'How to Call The Times-Dispatch.
Persons wlshlnfj to communlcnte Wlth
The Times-Dispatch by telephone wlll ask
central for "4041." and on belng answered
from thc offlce swltcliboard wlll Indlcnte
the department or person wlth whom they
wlsh to spenk.
When calllno between 6 A. M.. and ?
A. M, cnll to central offlce dlrect for
' 4041 composlng room, 4042 business offlce,
.043 for malllno and press rooms.
Idleness nlone ls without hope; work
enrnestly at anything: you wlll by
degreen learn to work at almost all
thlngs. There Is endless hopo In
work. ?CARLYLE.
. The Predatory Fee System.
The fee system of Vlrginln, whlch T,hO
Tlmcs-pispatch has so often denounceu,
has reached an acute stago ln thls com?
munity. Several days ago five mnrines
left bnrrncks. in . Norfolk under "shore
Jenve" nnd wnndorcd to Rlchmond on a'
siKht-seelng totir. Thoy took a notlon
to visit the Natlonal Cetnetery at Seven
Plnes, Intendlng, ns thoy allege, to re?
turn to barracks tho following dny. On
thelr way they were met by a regular
county pollceman who camc to Rlch?
mond and reported' the case to M. S.
?Angle, a, speclal county pollceman. An
.glo went after the men, found them on
the road, placed them under arrest, and
brought them lo Richmond. They woro
tnken beforo Justlce of tho Peace Meyer
Anglo, father of Mr. M. S. Angle. and
committed to jall as vagrants. For thls
publlc servlce the speclnl pollceman re?
celved about five. dollars ln fees and the
justlce of the peace as much more for
Issulng warants, trylng the men and com
mlttlng them to prison. Tho Virginia
statute designates as vagrants:
1. All persons who shall unlawfully
return Into any county or corporation
whence they have been lognlly removed.
2. All persons who, not hnvlng where
with to maintaln themselves and their
fnmlllcs, llve. Idly and without employ?
ment. and refuse to work for the usual
rnd common wages glver. other laborers
lv the like work In the place where they
I.. Persons wandering nr strolling nbout
in idleness who are able to work and
hnvo no property to support them.
4. Persons leadlng an idle, immoral or
profllgate life, etc.
5. All nble-bodled persons found beg
ging fnr a living.
. All persons who shall come from
nny p-noe without thls Commonwealth
to nny place wlthln I:. and shall bo
found loiterlng or resldjng thereln, nnd
' shall follow no labor. trade, occupation
nr business, nnd having no visible means
of subslstence, and can give no reason?
ablo account of themselves, or their busi?
ness In such placo.
7. All persons havlng a fixed abode
who have no visible property to support
them, nnd who llve by stoaling or by
trading or bnrterlng stolen property.
8. All persons who aro able to work
nnd who do not work, but hlre out their
minor chlldren and llve upon their
wages.
It ls clonr thnt these men, who wero
regularly enllsted marjnes of thc United
States Navy, wjjrvreoolye tho usual com
pensatlon fojv" thelr services, who were
ln this community 6n a vacatlon under
leave, according to thelr own account,
fcarinot be adjudged vagrants by any nn
sbnablo ronstruotlon ot tho act above
quoted. Yet they wero arrested and
committed to Jall under the vhgrant act,
sent to prison handcuffed, with an order
from the magistrate to dotaln them un?
til they could glvo ball for thelr good
behavior.
Tho ofllcers who arrested nnd convlcted
them recelved fer-s for the servlce, and
If Judge Bcott, of the Clrcult Court. had
not ordered thelr immedlato dischargy,
the tax-pnyers would have pald for their
keep at the rate of $1.25 per day until
thelr terms hnd explred, for It wns manl
festly Imposslble for strangers ln such
a situatlon to furnlsh tho securlty whleh
Magistrate Angle requlred.
Ilut thls ls not all. Had the men been
detalnod for ten days or more, under
the regulatlons of the Navy, they would
have beer) adjudged doserters; nnd the
person reportlng ns such would hnvo been
inHtruettii to bring tlu-rn to barrneks at
the govornment'a cxpenso; and upon de?
livery, such person would have recelved
n rewnrd of $30 ln each < u..o. As for ihe
m?n, they would hnve l>een dlshnnnnihly
dlrc.ha.r_cd from tho servlco, courtmar*
tbtlcc! and itcntonccd to a tenn In prison.
ii' tiiis be the law, it cannot be ohanged
too soon, for it Ih obvlously suscepilble
of gross and outrageoun abuses.
What Will the Health Committee
Do?
. yv.'nen Chairman Hohton call* the
Nr-aitli ''oroioitiee on Frlday night lt
jbould not take long to hcar and act
upon Mi. Pollock'i suggontions, whatever
thoy may bo, it see-na hardly possible
that nny Important additlon con bc made
to the eltlcieiii y or plan. ol ihe onil
nanco ae 11 now utands, and it is clearly
and untacapitbly Mr. p.llock.'s duty Ui
otter Buggeatlons of such a character
as to. preclude tlie oplnlon that ho rei
llt-rrwl the ordinance to a commlttee ln
(jrdcr to delay and frustrato the eff(iris
fyr better heultli. .
' *.T!?o Council a? u body und individu'ally
haa no doubt' what the publlc wurtta
la thiu loattor, Tu trlllu wlth that dtj
i mai-.d, tn bfoMtact thnt rffort nnd to flll
huMer Inste.-id of IpkIkI.iMur, wlll not bo
foreign or forgotton. Nor cnn the publlc
ha pacilled by halfwny measurfs that are
lntcnded more to soothe rufllcd feellngs,
nnd keep control of petty pniroiingo than
to cure conditions that nnnually cause
hundreds of prevcntable dcaths.
So far tho Councll lifti rendered In
rtilrttlnbio servlco by nppolntlttg n com?
mlttee thnt really invjftsllg'iiten' Ulch
mond'a iie.iltli' nnd demonstrnted bcyotitl
doubt thnt Klchinond's dpnth . rate' wns
imneeessarjly and outrag'ep.usly hlgh.
The consolfttipfi of knowing that tho
census rcports cnn bo bcttcred is ours.
But what atiBwer cnn tlio Counoil mnko
to ? Its own conscience or tbo earnest
quesltonlnss of its constltucnts If that
cnnsollng knbwledge Is not mado a trl
nmphnnt fnct?
The Public Baths.
It is gor-d neVs to leaiii thnt the slto
for the public baths whlch Mr. John P.
Branch ts'to glvo to tlie city hns nlrcady
been socin-rd. Thls ls the flrst ? step
townrd mnklng tlils new clvlc asset a>
reallty. The slto Is a gnod one. amplo
ns to spnee. easy of ncors's. and well
located from every polnt of view. It ls
now tn be bopert thnt tlie nctunl work of
building "mny go forward ns rnpldly na
posslble. The CoWiCll, It ls true, has
yet to pnss upon the rcsolutlon nccepttng
Mr. Braneh's offer, but thelr npprov.il
may be taken ns a foregnne concluslon.
Publlr baths inako a genuljiely Impor
tnnt additlon to a city'fi equipnicnt, and
nro the realeHt sort of bond lo 'those not
provlded wlth proper bnthlnc:! fncllitles
nt lifimo. Ac.ity fully siipplied wlth these
baths. cnnvenicntly'placed ln varloua sec
tlons, would have iinmtstaknble advan
tnges over other cltles less well equlpped.
Tho Tl.mes-DIspntch honrtlly cchoes the
liope exprossed by one of the Bnnrd of
Aldermcn that a seeond free bath may
before long be given to Richmond by one
of Ite gonerous and publlr-spirited cltl?
zons. t
The Deadly Hat-pin.
Attcglng tlint be had trled to push her
off the sldewalk, Beatrlco Grandy, a
Norfolk girl of ten. stnbhed a boy of
tho samo age so severely that he wlll
probably die. Thls was on Tuesday after?
noon. Tlie weapon that Beatrlce used
was nn ordlnpry hat-ptn.
The same day's tllspatchcs recount that
at tho moment when Beatrlce was en?
gaged In sticklng young Derby through
tho lung, one Edward RnlRton, way off
in Pennsylvania, was dying from a stab
wound also adminlstered by a lady's
hand. There w-ns a base-ball game tho
day before; the fair rootera fell to quar
rellng. and Ralston undertook to play
the peace-maker. He got a death wound
for hls pnlns. Here again the instrument
was a common hat-ptn.
The hat-pln thus heenmes elevated from
a more femlnlne contraptlon and flt sub?
ject for the humorlsts to tho dlgnlty of
a weapon of homicldal callbre. Whethcr
it wlll come under the ban of concealed
weapon leglslation ls yet to bo thrasbed
out ln tho courts. Meanwhile. the fact
seerna to be thnt the aglle female who
wears one Is as truly armed for offense
and defense ns the plnlnsman wlth a six
shooter in his belt.
Good News for Richmond.
A botter plece of news for Richmond
than the promlspd enlargement of the
Eocomotive Works hns not been heard
for a long time. From every standpoint
it is gratifying and cneouraglng, because
it demonstrates In a most forclblo -way
the character and valiie of the work
done by the Richmond Bocomotive
Works' mechanics.
When the Richmond Eocomotive Works
became a part of tho Amerlcan Locomo?
tlve Company It was do'ubted wbether the
branch wolild contlnuo to run to Its full
capaclty. That doubt was lald to rest
by the efflciency and sklll of tho work
men theniBClves, and to-day the capaclty
of tbo Rlohmond works ia not only being
enlnrged, but a new fleld is being de?
veloped by building a plant for manu?
facturlng steam shovels.
Those who believe that the future
growtli and proaperlty of this clty do
pends solely upon its manufactu'res should
draw great comfort from this proof of
tho fitnesa" of Richmond and tho repu
tatlon of Its workmen,
Tlio Richmond Locomotlve Works is
one of the grcatost industries ln tho
South,,u and Its increaslng growth and
prosperlty rcflect and add to tho pros?
perlty nnd wealth of thls clty and nll
of its lnhabltnntii.
An Eye-Opener.
The induatrlal-sectlon of. The Richmond
Times-Dispatch ls an oye'-'iponer to tho
average Vlrglnlan. Every. iksuo maKes
the roader . woudi'r at tho development
of the State, and makes hlm proud of hla
State.?Farmvllle Herald. ,
It ls an "oye-opener" to Tho Tlmos-Dls
patch ob well. Every lasuo ls a revolatlon.
It ia llke unto the Danvllle man who had
a suit at law ainl teatlfled ln hls own
behalf. After leaving the atand he con
fidi-d to n irlend that hls own testimony
waa mui-li mronger tlmn Jie had ex?
pected lt tu be.
One-hnlf tho poopia of V-lrglnln do not
know what the othor half nre dolng. In
fnct, many. .'riiizciis of Richmond havo
expresspd surjirl.se ai ihe ruvelatlons The
Tliius-lilspntch Iniluatrlnl Bectlori has
mnde concernlng the trnde and IndiiHtry
of thls clty. lt Ib a work nf tducutlon nll
tound. But the flrst functlon of a news
papor is to gatfu-r nnd dlssemlnato In?
formatlon.'
The High School Site.
Tho Finance Commlttee oxpressod tho
Knitiiuoiit, of the.. Hlclimond publlo ln
aduptlng. a resohulon recornmendlng tbnt
tho Councll dlrect tha Clty Attorney to
proceedat onco'to aequlie, by (.jf t, pui
chaae or condemnatlon, the reinaindc-r of
the 'bloi-k between Murslmll and Clay
and Elghth and Nlnth Streeta, for l*nq
purpono of erectlng ihureon a modern
Hlgh fechool liulldlng.
Tlilb property is noodpd for tlie clly's
purpo.n-, und tlie clty makes no mistake
In liivcstliig in Rlohmond, renl estmo.
Evciy foot of real estate wlilch hns been
purchased In the past for inunlclpal pur
pobca has juiivi-n to lie a llrsi-rnte. In
vi-Minuui, and l.inr.e the t-vur-Jiicicnt-iin;
vnluo of munlrlpnl ? nsseta. Tho l?ew
Hlgh School bullding inust havo nn nde
quatc slte, nnd nll now adnilt thnt lt
would bo a stupid blunder to plnce tho
bullding on the ernmped- premlses nlrendy
provlded.
As for tho Mnrshnll homestcatl, thnt
property may be disiioseil of to tlie, Stnte
Ilar Associatlon or to .some othor orgnnl
ssatlnn thnt wlll presen'o It. llul no
chanccs shntilil be tnken of Its bolng torn
down for commerclal purposes. lt must
stnnd, nnd stnnd on thc present SlttS.
To tear it down, even to be robullt elso
w-htre, would bc nn act of lennodu. m
and desecratlon, Which the publlc would
never lolcrale, It la a snered edlllce;
it ls Richmond's best monument to tho
memory- of Amcrlon's grentest Jurlst, the
man whose declslons "Imparted llfo nnd
vigor Into the Constltutlon," nnd It must
bo proscrved Ih Its Integrlty.
H. A. Gillis.
F/'noo H. A. Olllls camo hcrc somo yenrs
ago Jo take charge ot the Blchmond Lo
cnmotlvo Works there hns never boen n
"tlme when he has not loyally. Intclllgent.
ly nnd cffoctlvely strtven for the up
bulldlng of thls city and thc Improvement
of hls fellow-oitizcns.
Thero nre somo good citizens whose
.virtue Is shown by proleilatlons and
prnyers. Other good hltizens prefer to
Slvo good e.xamples and do good works,
.Of thls class Is .Air. Olllls. He hns ldcntl*
?fied himself with every good tnovoment
.for the betterment of hls fellow-eltlzcns.
AVhethcr In church or .social w.qtk. on the
athletlc fleld and in the club, whether as
a hulldor of loeomotlvcs or constructlvo
.worker for bottor relations between the
employcrs and employed, Mr. Olllls has
.ever been on tho side of progrcss and
the lnrge-hoartcd vlew of ?i mnn's duty
and opportunlty. -y
ln hls now fleld Mr. Gillis wlll carry
the nffectlonate good wlshes of thls com?
munity, mlngled wlth a great deal of
.regret that even tho flattcring offer he
has accepted should havo lnduced hlm
,to leave Richmond. ,
A new nnesthetlc has been named
"chlorhydrate of pnrnmlnoben?zoyldlc
thylnrnlnoethanol." After hearlng thls
pronounced several tlmes ln the lullaby
hictre, tho patient Is snld to he In condl
tion to stand nnythlng.
Says tho New York Post: _
Mary had a little lahib,
And when she saw Itsldkon,
She shlppod it off to Packingtown,
And now it's labeled chicken.
' There would be real interest in a sot
of stntlstlcs showlng how much pottcd
mcfrt was annually c?nslln'c<* by the
fnmilles of the Chicago packers.
Dr. Carl Muck has been v granted a
year's leave of absence by the German
Emperor, nnd ls to vlslt thls country.
Det tho paragraphers como on.
Optlmlsts are taking- tho ground that
the recent action of Seiiator Burton may
start a certain train of thought in tlio
cerebellum of Senator T. C. Platt.
As to the luck' thnt resldes In odd
numbers, Mr. iBryan seems to be In ac
cord with the lato Mr. Rory O'More.
It is now up to somo young man to
donionstrate thnt Solid Fact Ib In reality
full of hot air and holes.
A half a block for thc Hlgh School
would have been _ complete block. to Its
future growth.
The ten-cent muck-rakers may well re
gard Messrs. Nelll and Reynolds as the
most brazen of the Buttinskls.
Speaklng of tho way' .tlme flies; havo
you noticed thp way the common or
houso flies?
Following tho stock-yards revolatlons
has come a great boom ln the sale of
appetite tonics.
Alfonso got a bouquet wlth his bomb.
They do these things- worso in Russla.
The Marshall House.
Edltor of The 'Pmies-Dlspateh:
Slr,?In tho .report In tho papor this
morning ol' tlie meeting of the Councll
inst nlght, thero Is great stress laid on me
hlgh price askod for what It eulla tho
Marshall House, and of. iho desire of tho
owners to undeA on sentlment. If tlie
matter be looked Into It wlll be found
there was no 'ntentlon of tho kind. They
were told last wlnter of the prlces pald
for the houses on Elghth Streot, and they
thought the price named a fair ono aa
compared wlth thom. When It ls .coiisnl
ered that It is a, corner lot, whlch is gon
i-rnlly thought more valuable, nnd the
property noxt to it has only a li-w more
loet.-aiud Is hold ut forty thousand dol?
lars, flfteon thousand does not seOm un
reasonablo, It is true tlio houso on thu
adjoinlng property ls far handsonier, but
ns lt l.t to be removod that does not
amount to much.' As to sentlinont thu
owners of the old house would grentiy
prefer its belng pulled down allur it
pusses from thelr pos'se tfBlon. F.
Blchmond, Va., juno 6th.
) -,-_
The People Demand It.
Edltor of The Tlmos-Dlspaleh:
Slr.--Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch ls to bo com
mondod for Its nggrOBSlvaneas aiul per
povoranco ln urglng the a'doptlon of tho
proposed ordinance rogardlng tlie lioalth
commission. The action of tho tlfti.il
liieinbers of the Clty Councll in voting
against the proposltlon Is clumictorized
apparently by elther Ignoronco or a de
Hlre to servo thelr own selfish onds, ro
gurdloi.s ol' tho welfure of thu conmiunlty.
it seems to bo a matter of IndlfferencQ
wlth thc gontlomon ln Questlon whether
wo improvo or rovert to tho state of ar
falrs that exlsted ln Europo, not .many
centurl.s ago when plagues and pesti
loncv's wero rampant, due entlrely to tho
little rcgard pald to sunltnry aiialrs. In
thls on'.lghioned ago wo should not ho
satleflod wllh conditions ns tliey exlst,
but over strivo to Improvo tlu-m and
rtecuie for Rlchmond tho repututlon of bo?
lng tli" iiu.Ht up-to-dute- clty ln tho world
for rjoanllneaa, and, ns would naturally
follOW, healthfulnesH. Keep up tlio good
work. ? , C1TIZKN.
Hlfhmoiid, Va., June 6th.
"Why ure you not at Hchool." stern
ly inquired tho parunt, meutlng hls son
in the stroot. Tho lad wns not muoh
omburrusiied. "Fnct ls, dad," ho rospond
ed, "there's somothliig tlm mntter wlth
the teaohor's tempof, and I'm glvlng It
n.sont treatment!"?Modorn Hocluty,
"Will, old mnn, ho you'vo beon away
to tlio summer resort. Dld the chnngo
da you good?" "You'd better nsll tlie
hotelkcc],..-!?, Iicllboys anil wullers; thoy'ru
tlio oin-H who hnvo it."?Mucon Telogruph.
I -?- 1
Oo lo bed without oupper nnd you'll
tiso without debt. -For thu Portugueso.
War loves to aeok Ua vlctlins ln thu
?QUtig?Sophoclos,
Thoro Ls w) better Salmon cnnneii at
nny prlco than Argo. Ono trlal Wlll
provu it.
Ivy nnd Wdetl poisonltig, itiBocl.
stinga nnd bites*, aiul all rasftcs
niul ernpUonu of (he skih nro not
only rollovetl, but cured wlth BIs
uiollne. ? . ,
Coollng nnd comfortlng. Puro
lilsmutU nnd lmportctl borated
tnlc. , .
Sold onl*/ by clrugglsts. ' '
Speclal Offeiv?Send us your driig
ctisCs namo nnd address with your
own, nnd wo wlll send you a card
good for 10c on your llrst 25c slfting
top box of Blstnollno, Money back lt
not satlsfled.. ,
A.A.LeFevre, Mfg. Chem.,Lancaster, Pa.
Sold in Richmond by Pnlk Mlllor
Drug Co., Polk Mlllor-Chlldroy Co.,
,li>lin F. Bauer, W. F, Etines. F. W.
Hageman, Thos. N, Curd. II. O. Fornt
mtinn. . > -.
Calling Names.
W HAVE never known a lady
g Who was appellated Haldee,
tt Clleniontlna, Elhelljcrtn, fiabrlella,
Or Ceicste.
No. tho dreadful fact ls- truo of
All tho maids .1 'ever know of?
That they llko such names ns Hmlly and
Ella -,
Mucli tho best.
How I long to meet somo Ccllas,
Atigellnas and Aurelins,
Dorothcas, Cynthlanas, Henrlettas,
Amabols,
Evangellcns, Druslllns,
W ilhelmlnas. hnd Pflsclllas?
And tho others,! who are namely of my
liettcrsi
And' the swclls.
Ah, confess It's pretty dlsmal .
uiat my lady frlon's' bnptismal.
Nomenclaturo only deals with SuJslcs,
Sadies,
Mays and "Snoks"!
Grant mc, Fatc, somo better omena?
Let me-meet some proutl prnonoiiions
Liko the ones so stoutly llaunted by tho
ladies
In tho books.
H. S. H.
Merely Joking.
Of Course.-?Hotel Clerk?What did.the
great singcr wish? . .?
Bell Boy?Hcriing to see if the.ro Wns
anyone in tho liotel who would run ovor
a few tlilngs wlth hlm.
Hotel Clerk?Send up a chiuifTeur.?
Harpor'si Weekly.'
Agreed.?Mra..,(Bayscde?Why. John, I
heard that y6u..iost $23 last night playlng
bridge. ,'?','
Mr. Hn ysode-^-What? I don't know how
to play thnt game.
Mri*. Haysede-^So I was informed by
the party who NVcm the money from you.
Stray Stories'. '?" .,'?'?
arf* .ftf '?' -" ' - '-"?' '*?'
At tlie,BpU. ?]|,c-^lay; I have,,tho,.next
.dariee, Mis.s'But'o? ",c,r-,. "l/fiil
She?i'm, engaged, Mr. ,Gay.
He-vOh. w'hat's the odd.?? W'hy. I'm
mantned.?Pliilad'elphja Ledgec.
ln the Crowd.?"Oh, whnt a! Jam wo
are in!" mutte'refl'the suburbanltc.'".
1 "Yes, we're lna pickle!" said the' clty
man. ' ?
"Heaven prese'rve us!" prayed t!)o old,
lady.?Baltlmore Amerlcan.
The Smlle-Maker.?"All tlie womon
seem to think him a.great humorist."
"Not nll the women; only. thosft'wltb!
pretty teeth."?EhlladelphlVx; Lodger.:.,:"
Wlth the Window Open.?"I've'gOt .to i
practiso on tho plano flve hours a day,-'
said the discohs'olato small giri.
"What for?"
" 'Cause rnother and fatlier don't, like
our new nelghbors."?Washlngton 'Star.
I -?- , ' . /
Book News
And Reviews
An lmportant contrlbutlon to'tbe stutly
of tho clvll war perlod ls AVllliani"" B.
Weedon's "War Oovern'mont,'' Federal
and State)) (lloughton, Mltflin & Co); It
domonstratea that war government,
Federal and State, accomplislied most
potent and fur-reachlng results in tlio
readjustmerit of, tbo relatlons between
Stntes and the natlon, and between the
people and the gbvbrnljlg body. Ho has
cluiBon as typlcnl States Masflachusetts,
Pennsylvania. Indlaha and New York.
as to have dcrilt wlth more would have
obsoured ins purpose ln a rhass of de'
tall. Qovernors Andrew, Curtln nnd
Morton were in ofllce nll tln;ough tlio
war, whllo In Now York tho peeullnr
conditions ln Now, York clty and the
VlOWB nnd conduct of Governor Keymour
In tlio dlrectlon of State lnd.'?pondCnco
offer n good enntrast. Thero Is an ex
troirrnly Intorestlhg introduetlon, and tlio
nlne chnptcrs tako up succdsslvoly tho
GohcsIs of the Cnlon, tlie Executivo
CrlsiH whon the War Broko Out, the Ad
mlnlstnillon, State Support, Federal"'and
Riate intorfcrDnce, Pnrty Entrflngomont,
and flnally, tho', Unlon Vlndlcntod nnd
Develnnod. lt Ib n vlgnrous book and a
dlstlnr-t additlon to tho . dlsctisBlon of
mntters tliat t-Hil hnvo a vltal bcarlng on
natlonal and sinte nollciep.
Edgar Saltus ln n \e.ry clever man, In
dood. lle Is whltiiHleal, full of Iniuglna
tloti, wltty, i-ptgraiiiinatlc, At constnic
tlve ploi-JiuiicJIng, however. ho is woak,
Those things are shown ln his new book,
"Vanily Bquaie" (J, B. Llpplncolt Com?
pnny. Phlladelphla). Tho story ls too
utii rly wllful to bo good, tboiiKh n.good
don] of lt Ib Interest lng ln an odd, oxng
geratod way, "Viuilty Hqunro" ls about
a man uml two womon. Tho man was
bori-il. "Add hU zoron," ho romnrUs on
tho openlng pugo, "and see. what thoy
como to, Aild slxty. Add bIx hundred,
Tbo resull iu thn Hiinro. They amount
to nothlng " tihih howrumlnatwl^on life.
One of tho women waa hls wlfo*. "Bhe
hnd iho i'iicc of a fay, the waist of a
wlllls, hair of htirnt orange nnd Vobu
vlan oyes." "Her frock, tho color of
friend smolt, wiib distlnctly ruedoln
palxlaii." Tlie obtusri rcilder nuiy study
out tho ridjrcllve at hls |r-(8lire. Stolla
Blxnlth '?'?? the- other wnnian. When
tho liUHbanil llrst saw |i<*r "ho was con
Hcious of ii now conceiitlnri of beauty.
Then' was nlao Ooda Jonea, gont;, who
on biiu; Introduced "llahtly toased a
somorsaull, landlng a fow steps from
Btelln. eiislly wlthout annaront offort,
IiIh band-boK nlr unmnrrcd."
Jnt-t k\ Mr. HnltuH, on holnpr- lntro-.
diiK.I to ili- ic-idor. and' tlieroaf ter Ib
forevor nirnlnif hitfl!ec?ual Bomersaulln
vlmplx for ihe sheer dellnht nf b-Mm
imoxnccted llft is, iim we bognn by say
lllg, a vi ry clever man.
&&?ao&x.
at "Novolcttes,"
W. 1). ilnWCdlH MlHj .H- *?'?
dt-rlgnod to Include Iho best
i-fviillh-iuit of tlm sliorti-r
? tiil-iittd In rccnt years to tho
pages of T.nrper's Mftgazlne. Ench
. vohmifc ? presonts a fundnmont.nl nnd In?
terestlng theiiTo, nnd each novolotto In
tbat volumo Is a varlntlon upon thla
thomo. Coiitlnulty of Interest and refresh
Ing dlverslty of effeet aro thus obtalned.
The flrst volumo, "Thelr Hnsliniids
Wlvos." ln now followed by n new col?
lection groupod under tho tltle. "l.nder
tho Sunsct," Thls-now volumo eom
prlscs an interestlng serios of ' novol
ottos" rloallng wlth Westorn frontlor Hic.
Aj surprlaHig story, wlth a new, un
hiickneyi.'d thoiilfl, Is Mr. Arthur Slrlng
er'n "Thc Who Tnppers" (Little, Brown
H. Co., Boslon). The horo, un eleetrlenl
Inventor, und the heroine, a beautlful
Engllsh girl, by sheer force of clrcum
stnnces becolno assoclated wlth a man
who attempts by wlro-tnpplng- to bont n.
pool-room ln New York clty. Tho efforts
of tho glrl to tiplIM tho mtin "ho loves
nnd to oxtrleftto. him nnd herself from
? fcvll nssoclntlons, together wlth somo nb
sorbjlig ndventures whlch' they sharc,
nihHc nn 'unusually enlertainlng story.
Mr. Htringor Is oiio of the. most enreful
cvnfinmen 'among- Amerlcnn -authors, nnd
ho hns givcji his hiiiiglnntlon tho fullfst
plnv ln thls -novel. IO the words ctlllod
froin tho publlshers' ndvertlsoment of
anothcr book, thoro Is "somethlng doing
all the tlme."
*_J_BS&__3--?
"Truth Doxtcr" wus oiie of the popular
-ticco'asea of four or flvo yenrs ago, und
hus boen ln grenter or less publlc favor
over slnco. lt deaeryes Its _ojni W'
It tells tho_)tory of a sweet .Southern
glrl who. for i'umlly, rathcr than per?
sonal .ensons, .marrled a .Northern mnn
wlth whom she wns hardly ac.imlntod.
Tlie outcome of thls unusual mntcli ls
unfoldcd wlth sklll, orlginnll.ty and un
falllng Interest. Boston Hoclety nlter
nates with all "Alrtbamft vlllagn as tho
hnokground for tho acllon. lt ls a no.ui
of uncommnn merll, and the publlshers,
Little, Brown & Co., Boston. havo dono
well to issue it ln a new cdltlon, Wltn
excellont illustratlonB by Allce Bnriior
Stcplicns.
"Tho Fortune Hunter," Mr. Davld
Orahiuir Philllps' newest novel; ls In?
terestlng ns a character study und as a
picture of life In tho lowcr n.lddle class
of New York city. Tho,.fa.-t thnt-most
of tho characters are German, in itsoit,
glves the book a certain dlstlnctlveness
Feuersteln, the tltle c.hnractcr. ls one of
thoso dellghtful lellQws. ot/.preflhirhabiy
gcntle blrth, who llve by thelr wlts on
the fnkliig and borrowlng plan. An nc
tor by trfide, he carrled h strionlcs fully
Into hla dally llro. Well drnssed and
elnhoratn as to mannor. ho made a pio
fourid Ifhpresslon upon young lndles or a
-Implor upbrlnglng. Feuersteln was
worso?? oit thnn nothing at all-he owwl
money and hls credit was vory bad. -In?
deed / Not unnaturnlly, he was^lur^by
___ liien of marry ng m-.ney. The g.ris
be fmmd vory 'B_rkiso? for?"??**
Ho fonlcd them to a slandstlll. Tlils
_n__ tells of hlsndventures among thom,
nml a hsWIgh hopes flnally came
to _.i_ht A roadable story nncl ln som0
vay a instructlvo one. thomzh douht
less no' great shakes. (Bobbs-Morrlli
Company, Indlanapolls.)
G3___EJ__S-f
Thoso who have road Judge "I?"'?;
A Shute's "Real Dlary by a Real Bpy
nnd Ihe other documents ^^WJffi
phipy Shute do not need to be. told. thnt
th" Judge ls a- real humorist pt: an o.x
_5eain8ly gentilne sort. who cana^afc
- .Ititoly- rclied upon to produco ?mW
Hh" tli. most caroworn fnce. -? --A ?**."?
Nolghbor!." whlch Doubleday P?o j*
Cn have 1u_t Issued. Is n dellghtful IltllO
book .linple, natural and abound Ing
lr ttrollery nnd koon - obsorvation of
imn. nature Eovors-of l^'"or_F"nn,0tt
f II to bo thoroughly pleased withi lt.
(Bell. Book nnd Stationery Company,
Rlchniohdl
Mrs. Ellnor Ho'yt; Bralnerd, more or
or'th. flfe of the Parlsenne ln city and
cou try wh.ch Moffat. Yjrd .^Co^have
ffc_iB_ im'der the-tite. "InVanlty Fair.
Somo of the chaptor tltle* which help
oo give a good Idea of tho general scope
of Iho volume. nre "Frooks and Feinl
nlnlt_ " "Th" Tyrants of the Rue de a
? "Tl e Famous AtellctV "Sport in
V, rls..rhe Flne Art of binlng, Tho
Merry-Go-Bound..The a?>nUn8 Sea?
son" and "I^s Amerlcanes. The book
glves, ln roadable and gosslpy style, plc?
tures rif some aspects of French life
whlch "should provlde enterlainmont to
stay-at-homo travelers, and m*ght also
fiinilsh "color" to haJJ-bedroom pur-'
veyors of henu-monde llctlon.
The latest additlon to the "True"
Blographles series of J. B. Lippmcott
Confp my of Philadelphia, is "The True
Andrew Jackson," by Cyrus Townsend
Rrady. In these blographles,; there ls
less attempt to tell In chronoldgical
form tlio llfe-story of tho vanous Amer?
lcan subjects than to give in entertaln
ing'and' attractive form a llfellko plc?
turo of the personnllty. The present
volumo is a successful example of the
typo- upon /whlch thls series hns been
modelled. . '.
Q_Scx_SP
Of tho half-dozen great Americans
whoso names havo added lustro to Iho
Truo Blographles Series nono mado his?
tory moro rapldly or'so spociacularly as
tlio hero of the present volume. ? Mr.
Briidy has beon studylng the c.ireer of
our seventh President for many year.,
scnrcoly leaving a volumo unopened, or
a sketch unread, that could throw llght
upon hls muny-sldod personnllty and the
mnny contradlctory estlmates of lt, That
he has slfted carefully many human dt>c
uinents hls thoughtful narratlvo testl
fles. It Is a notablfgatherlng of ovl
donco In the wuy of oplnlons and nn
ocdotes tracer'l back to authontlc sources,
offerlng conclunlvo proof of evory point
tho author deslroB to sustnln, An ex
tendod ehrCnology of Jackson's life ls
preilxed to the volumo, which the read?
er wlll flnd of great valuo, and an ap
pendlx embraeea papers of hlstorlcol lm
portance rnentloned In tho text.
Magazine Notes.
Following Us excellont convention issuo
of last week, tho Muslcal Age haa Issued
a speclal plctorlal number contalnlng n
largo number of plctures of members of
tho two natlonnl nsHoclatlons?tho Piano
Pealers and tho Moniffacturers of Amer?
lca, As supplenTonta to the Issue are
largo-group plctures of tho delegntes of
CUQh associatlon assoinbled on the stopB
of tho TJnllod fStates Trensury, of both
bodles togethor in front of the Whlto
Houso and of the hanquet of tho Plnno
Dealers' Associatlon. It Is ari uncom
tuonly good number and should provo of
the greatest Interest to tho . muslcal
trades throughout tho country.
Tho Atlnntlo for Juno contalns . "The
Haguo Conforonces rtnd tho Futuro of Ar
bllrntlon," by Bennmln F. Trueblood;
"How Ought Wealth to bo Diatrlbutftd?"
by T. N. Cnrvor; "Phllosophy in
Trnmps," by 'Martln Baker Dunn; "Tho
Poetr.v- of T,andor," by Arthur Rymons;
"Kngilsh Lawns nnd Llternrv Folk," by
Jullan Hnwthorno,- and se.crRl othor
papers of merll nnd Intereat. Flotlori and
pootry Ib contrlbutod by Oeorge 8. Was*
aon Frank Dempstor Bhormnn. E. S.
Johnson, Joslyn CJrny and others. .
A T1MEIY DOS
of Hostetter'8 Stomach Bltte.rs may aavo
vnu a long slck spoll. As soon as v.ou
iiotlco tho tonguo coated, appetite poor,
bad tasto ln tho mouth nnd sleep restlo.*-,
commence taklng tho nittora. Ncglect ls
ofton tlm causo for muny attucks of
Blllounnesa and 8tomaeh Troubles.
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
has provon Ita morlt thousands of tjiti".
in ratea ot Indlflestlon, Dyspepsla, Coa
tlveneBS, Blllousness, Heartburn, Bloat*
Ino or Malarla. Bu aure to'try lt.
Castoria Ifl a harmless rsubstituto for Cnstor Oil, Tarc
Sofrie, Drops aiul Soothing Syrnps. It is Plonsant. It
contalns neither Opltim* Morphiiio nor ollmr Narc.it.lto
mibstance* It destroys worms and ailay.s Fevcrisliness.
It ctircs Dlarrluua and "Wind Collc. lt rclicvcs Tcoth
inir Troubles and curcs Coustipalloti. It rcpriilatcs tho
fltomrtch and Uowols, plvlnir henlthy nnd natural Blccp.
Tlio Children's l'anacca?Tlio Mother's Friend.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Boara tho Signature of
ln Use For Over 30 Years.
TO FEED STDi
ON MDLASSES
Bifj Plant for Making Fced for
Live Stock to Be'-Establish'cd
in Norfolk.
GAS PLANT CHANGES HANDS
?Twcnty-fivc lmportant Convcn
tions Are Coming to
Norfolk.
(Speclal to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
... NORFOLK. VA., Juno 0.?Norfolk or
Portsmouth ls to have another blg In?
dustry, should tho plnns of Mr. E. P.
Mucllor, of Mllwaukce, Vla., not fall
through.
That gcntlcman has been here looking
for a slto for tho CBtabllBhment of a
$200,000 feod mllllng plnnt, slmllar io a
plant ho has ln hls homo clty. The slto
must bo ncccsslblo to both thu Belt Llno
road and water front, whlch means, that
ii mny bo located on elther sldo of the
Elizabeth.
Mr.' Mueller ' was ln conferenco with
Mr. W. W." Moss, presldent of tho Citl?
zena' Bank and also tho Chamber of
Commerco" rclatlvo to hls new enterprlse.
He left here to-dny for Richmond*
Tho feod manufactured by hlm ls
known as moluBses grnln fced, mado of
tho by-producta of graln, wltji^ a mlx
ture of molasses. lt takca tlio placo of
mlll fced for horses and cntlle, and lt
Is clalmed for lt that lt Ib moro cconom
Ical.
Mr. Muellor was much pleased wlth
what ho saxv of thls Bectlon. Ho cx
pects hls plnnt hero to be ln operatlon
within tho next few montlx. Twenty
earlbnds of stuff wlll be mnde a clay.
At a meotlng to-dny of the directors of
the Clty Oas Company arrongements were
made for the turnlng over of tho gas
proportlc-s to the Norfolk ana Portsmouth
Tractlon Company. Moasrs. Mlddendorf,;
Wllllams & Company, of Baltlmore, wore
appointed roglstrars of tho comp.-iny for
the transforring of tho stock from the
books of tlio Clty Gas to thoso of the
Norfolk and Portsmouth Tractlon.
Tho stockholders also rntlfled tho ac?
tlon recently takon by Oenonil Manager
E. 'C. Hathaway In glvlng the clty dol?
lar gas.
Tw6nty-flve lmportant convcntlons, all
but four of thom called by natlonal
bndlcs, have boen secured for Korfolk
nnd tho Jamestown ExpoBltlon next year.
In additlon, thero nro moro than a
scoro of other conventlons that nro re
gardod ab practlcally certain for Norfolk
next year.
Followlng ls a Hfit of tho conventlons
that havo been secured up to thls tlmo:
MAY,
Internatlonnl ABsoclatlon of Chlefs of
Pollco.
Natlonal Assoclatlon of Veterans of tho
Mexlcan War.
Improved Ordor of Red Men of tho
Unlted States.
Natlonal Lumber Mnnufacturors' Asso?
ciation. ,
Daughtors bf the Amorlcon Revolutlon.
Sons of the Amerlcan Revolutlon.
Tho Colonlnl Damos of Amerlca.
Interstate Cotton Seed Crushors' Asso
clation.
. Indepondent Order of Odd Fellows of
Virginia.
Woodmen of tho World.
North Carolina Plno Assoclatlon.
Baptist North Amerlcan General Con?
ference.
Internatlorml Structural and Building
Trndcs' Alllance.
Assoclatlon for tho Presorvatlon of
Virginia Antlnultlos.
Junlor Orde/ of Unlted Amorlcan Mo
chanlcs of Virginia.
Unlted Commorclal Trnvelors,
Southern Wholosalo Grocors' Assocla?
tlon.
Tho Lady Maccabeea of Amerlca.
JUNE.
Unlted Confederate Votornns. (Speolal
day.)
Natlonal Dontal Assoclatlon.
Travolers* Protectlvo Assoclatlon of
Virginia.
Women's Pross Club of tho Unlted
States,
AUGUST.
Internatlonnl Congress of tho Denf.
Loynl Lewls Loglon.
PLUM POINT PLUMS.
Will Build a Church for All and a
New Public Hall.
(Speclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
PLUM POINT, NEW KENT CO.. VA.,
Juno (1.?The people of Plum Polnt and
vlcinlty, being cut off from nll churches
on nccount of the long dlstnnee to such
have dotermined to bulld a church at
said place. Two festlvals hnve'been held
nnd a right nlce llttle sum reallzed from
same for the church. The partles at tho
hend of the movement proposo having
on the 10th day of Juno a blg flsh fry
at Plum Polnt for tho beneflt of tho
church. The ladies wlll also havo ro
freahments on hand for sale.
Plum Polnt soems to be on a llttle
boom. Mnny new Iioubbb hnvo been built
recenlly. Tho young men of the com?
munlty propose building, ln the near fu?
ture, an amusement hall, the same to be
used also for nn Ortd-Follows' hall.
Mr, llnustoh, who owns tlie Brlckhouse
farm, on whlch ls locnted tho town of
Plum polnt, proposes Belllng off the
balanco of tho farm ln twenty-tlvo acre
lots for farms. Tho Brlckhouse Is a
vory lnrge tract, and will aupnort many
families. One aale has already been
made, and others aro to follow soon.
Fnrmors horo aro Bomowhnt behlnd In
tholr crops. Tlie long, dry spell atopped
tho plows, nnd for tho past week It hns
been rnlnlng ovory day, and tho ground
too wet to work. Poor stnnds of corn
are reported from nll sectlnns of tho
county.
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SPLENDID LAMBS.
The High Prico of Lumber Stimu
latcs Forest Destruction.
(Speclnl to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
DUBLIN, VA.. Juno &.?f'orrespondents
from other neotlonn who thlnk slxty-elght
nnd three-quHrter pounds average for
lambs worthy of monlton. plense tnke
notlco of 1.250 Just shipped frnm thls
plnce, the avernge wns 85, while loo from
the floek of on. Lewis P. Stearns, of
Newport Nowb, who owiib ono of tho
Unest grftzlng farms In thls section,
nveragod 06.
The drought ls illstresnlng. Nenrly
everybody ls rldlng the water wngon,
for clsterns nnd springs nnd wrllsi nro
fnlllng. Meadows nre rulned. A linlf crop
Is prcdlrted for wheat. but thls crop hnn
a way of dlsprovlr.g whnt looks ai'.the
tlmo n very rensonahle guess. Corn, of
course, Is at the perlor] of growth when
drought may prove ln the end help nnd
not hlndrnnce.
The hlgh prices of lumber are stlmtilat-j
lng forest rlestruction nt u rapld rato,
nnd the fnco' of the country is being tre
mendously changed. The nuniorous saw
mllls In this vicfnlty. beslden supplylng
tho local domnnd, are shlpplng *ii,00O feet
por day or moro at prlccB ranglng from
$15 to $22 per thousand. nbout ono-fourth
of the amount shipped being for ex?
port.
THE NINTH DISTRICT.
This is Democratic Year and
There is Rerpublican Disaffection.
(Special to The Tlntcrf-Dlsputch.)
GATE CITY. VA?, June G.-Tlic. Repub?
llcans of Scott 'county hnve Iiislructed
their nlnoteen delegatr-s to the congroH
slonal convention to support Colonel Slemp.
D. C. Slonn. who has boen county chalr
maiLjIor several-years, wns defcatcd by
Jo){fr"H. Catron, who rcpresents the cx
tremo eloniont of tho party. Slemp'n
namo ls fltlll a rallylng cry here, but it
is evident that hc will fall to croate tho
enthuslBsm that prevnilod nt the two
prceedlng electlons. Tho style of campalgn
that may bo expected * from tho conven?
tion held here wlll dlsgust many con
servatlvo Rc-publlcans.
No man has been elected tho thlrd
tlmo from the Nlnth Dlstrict since tho
war. Henry Bowen, a Republlcan, was
, elected for two terms, nnd wns succeeded
by a Democrat- Judgo John A. Buchanan
represented the dlstrlct two terms, and
was succeedod by Colonel J. W. Marshall,
who served one term. Then the W>pub
llcans agaln gainod control, olectlng Gen?
eral James A. Walker for two terms.
He was succeeded by Judge W. F. Rhea
for two terms, who wns followed by tho
two terms of Colonel Slemp.
Thls Is the Democratic year, and thoro
Is manlfest dlsafTcctlon ln the Republl?
can rnnks.
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CURTIN'S SLAYER.
George Cole Gives Name of Man
Whom He Says Killed Him.
(Speclal tc. Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
ALEXANDRIA. VA., June O.-Georgo
Cole, a rlvermnn. nppenred before Judgo
Barloy thls afternoon and stated that
he know the murderer of George R. Cur
lin, who wns found dead in tho rlvor
last December. A warrant wns sworn
out for the arrest of the man, whoso
name ls not dlaclosed, but ho has not
yet been captured.
Stephen Davls, Harry Mecks, Annlo
Flshor and J^lllan Blalr were arrested
ln connectlon wlth tho murder upon
tho testimony glven by Cole.
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Picture of Captaln Bumgardner.
(Speclal to Tho Timfes-Dinpuu-h.)
STAUNTON, VA? June C-? Tho meet
lng of tho Confedernto votornns wns
largely attended last evenlng. there be?
ing ? present a numbor of the Daugh
terr, o" tho Confedcraey. A plensnt sur?
prise v.n* sprung on tho many present
when Clty Attorney S. D. Tlmberlalto,
Jr., piesented to tho enmp, on bohall
of Photogropher B. A. Blakemoro, an
elegnnt llkeness of Captln Jamos Bum
gnrdner, whlch was recelved by Com
rndo Scott. His portralt wlll ndorn th?
v/al]s of tho camp room.
C?ptln Rumgrdnor ws much surprlsod.
b yhis ovldenco of npproclntlon, ns tliir
1b the onlp ortralt of a llvlng membei
tho camp possessos.
Foot Mashed Off. :" I
(Speclnl to Tho Tiiues-Dlspatoh.)
STAUNTON, VA., June ?.?Mr, Chns,
O'Donnell, englneer at the Western
State Hospltal, had a foot mashed nt*
'thls mornlng hy a Chesapeake and Ohlo
cntsinc. Ho was on hls way to Staun?
ton from tho hospltal nndo wns look
lng" nt a Irain on ono track when he
was run down by tho yard onglne on nn
oihcr trnck. Ho Is about flfty yenrs of
age r.nd a man of family.
Ho wns removed to hls homo, near thn
hoRpllnl, whore tho llmb wns nmputated
above the ankle.
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Killed in Collision. ' ' !
. (Speclnl to- Tho Tlnioa-Dlspatch.)
EAST RADFORD, VA., Juno 6,-John
W, Harrlson, an englneer oh the South?
ern Rallrond, wna Instnntly killed ln a
collision on the yard at Knoxvllle, Tues
rluy, nnd was brought to Radford to-day
for burlal. Funeral servlces wlll ho lield
from Grovo Avenue 'Methodist Church
Thursdny afternoon by tho Rov. Dr..
Hawk, of Knoxvlllo, tnd burlnl wlll he
mnde nt tho Enst Radford Cemetery.
Mr. Harrlson was thlrty-four years oW
and leaves a wife and one chlld,,
Largest Stock,
Lowest Prices.
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Woodward & Son, 320 S. 9th St.
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