Richmond Palladium (Daily), 3 February 1899 — Page 4

RICHMOND DAILY PALLADIUM FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1899.

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FRIDAY, FEBIiUAHY.a, 189'J Indiana a tut Ohio WeatSer. Washington. I). C February 3. For Indiana: Snow and pol ler tonight; Saturday generally fair, con tinued eold, with colder in the south and central potfions. ! Fur Oaio: Kim in the south; ram in the north toiiht; Saturday fair in the southwest, snow ia the northeast. Kiss'True Iiakinp; Povynler absolutely pure. AH grocers. LOCAL ITEMS. "Fine watches at Haner's." Spectacle fitting a specialty, aer's. Everybody had smooth sailing morning. Hi this Spectacles oorreistly fitted at Haner's. R. B. Dickinson jewelry store will ba open nights. Try Hoerner bread, there is none better made. 4 lm Buy pmokelef coal. I have the best. Farnham. Mr. and Mrs. Oilie Crocker of Chicago are spending & few daya in this city. Mies Pearl Ilaynes. of Indianapolis, is speuding a few days wi h relative in thin city. E C. Oresr, f rmerly of this c'ty, came from Co'nersvill yesterday fcraoon to attend the Prudential banq tt. W. 3 Iaman, who has ben spending a few days with fri nls in this city, returned to Seven Mi'e, O , yesterday afternoon. P.-of. Maurice Edward Danharo, of the University of CVo-ado. is visiting hid father, Mr. Gilbeit Danbitn cf north tenth street. Mrs J. W. Barnes and con arrived ho re froaa Kokotno yesterday after11 in, where they have been visitini? t relatives for a few days. I T. K Buck, whose trial was neijtioLed in the Palladium yes'-rly 1 afternoon, was bound over to the United States praud jury, by I nct-d Sta'es Commit oier Reeves, and defaulted the $300 bond. He is now in jnii at Indianapolis. Dr J. M. Thurston.who is convalescing from his recent severe blood po'soning, leaves today tor a tcree weeks' trip to the "onny south ' for warmth nni recuperation. Dr E. N. Ji-ower will have charge of Dr. T's. ..fK .i to,t t . v,; r,r.ina ; ah e and attend tj his practice cases under treatment already will have the advantage cf Dr. Thurston's prescriptions. 2iltit Cincnntti Ri-.k Opened The Cincinnati Commercial Triba e this morning contained a column at:d a) half arti le on the opening cf the Odeon rick at Walnut Hills, in which Harry Morrow, Charles Sherer and Robert E. Jones of this city are interested. Tha crowd was a mammoth one and everything points to the success of the enterprise. THE KING DRAMATIC COMPANY. The King Dramatic company, which hi8 been playing at the opera houte all week, will give their very strongest play this evening in "The Cherry Pickeis." It is an unusually brilliant and picturesque military drama of East India, and is filled with gorgeous colorings and strange scenes of that famed empire. It will be given en ire with all its complete scenic effects, which include the celebrated eun chamber with a revolving cannon. The engagement closes tomorrow, when "Monte Cristo" will be presented at the Jime matinee and " f he Last Stroke" at ntght. It is generally admitted that the last named drama is the strongest of all the Cuban playe, having scored a great success laat season at high prices. DresBtd Poultry. Plenty of nice fresh dressed chickens, turkeys aud ducks at George Schwegman's meat market, 309 south fourth street. Pho le 359. 3 2t Plenty Prices'. of nice fresh oysters at Haths way's for all peiidocals, magazines, &a. Evid nee of Prs. erity. The msh of freight to the deo t and tracks yesterday, due no doubc to the mild weather, gave evidence that llichmond's factories have continued their aceustoaied busy time', regardless of the season of the year, which is usually quiet in many manufacturing centers. The Strr Piano Co. deliv ered, boxed, at the depot sixty grand and upright instruments for the day. bound in eveiy direction i f the country. The popularity of the Starr yields the palm to none, as such a feat was probab'y never before accomplished by any piano factory in tbis country. However the citizrs of Richmond have ceased to marvel at the work cf the Starr eotcpany. Her employes have steadily been engaged during tb.3 hard times, and when the good times returned the factory equipment was doubled. Id getting teady for the output of the past fall season it was not unusual to see employes point to work at 4 o'clock in the morning, as the men were potid of the tusy times, and when the holidays arrived all were glad of the opportunity to rest. Yesterday's work promises the continuation of the gocd business. The man agement are now arranging for the introduction of electric liehting of all the factory buildings, f'gt.ther with application of electric power to many miner machines used in the many details ot piano manufacturing. Envelope", all sizes, XXX stock 4c package, 92? Alain street. Au Honest Medi-ice for Grippe. J Orcw W. Waitt of South Gardiner,

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When Mm& Verne's granddaughter Hot-tens was betrothed to M. Moran. it tccamA necnRary to celebrat the rvfasion by a little family supper. But when Mm?. Verne bad counted them all. she found, to her horror, that they nunilkerpd thirteen. She bethought her to invite M. Roden. the cure, who had christened little Hor tense. So M. Ttoden was Invited, and all went well until two days before the supper, when an unimportant young cousin bethought him to break a limb, and reduce the party again to thirteen. The time was short, but madam made the best of it. She invited the music teacher, who accepted with delight. Matters were arranged once more, when a message came to Uncle IMerre which demanded his presence elsewhere. Again there were thirteen guests, and but half a day remaining. Mine. Verne was eiial to the emergency. Slie sent a note to a deaf gentleman of her acquaintance, begging him to come. And now all was well again. The ladies were adding the finishing i touches to their toilettes in the dressing room, when suddenly screams were heard to resound through the house. The maiden aunt. Mile. Uosine. had j caught her dress on tire. It was ex- ! tinguished lief ore she was hurt: but the dress was spoiled, her nerves up set, and she coiVi not and would not remain to the supper. Mine. Verne was in despair. Sndt denly she remembered her notary. A 1 carriage was at the door. She tossed on a hood and shawl and hurried into it. j It was only five minutes ride to the building in which the notary's office was located a many-storied edifice, of which he occupied the second floor. I On the first were situated the apartments of M. Moran Hortense's betrothed husband. As she hurried past their door Mme. Verne glanced toward them and saw a lady dressed In black ' speaking to a servant, who, at the same instant, shut the door In her face. ' Mme. Verne, having mounted the stairs, was doomed to a disappoint- ' ment. The notary was In, but he was suffering from an attack of the gout. However he could give her the direction, to a quortohzieme, who, if he was disengaged, would be happy to hire himself out for supper time. As she reached the foot of the stairs, however, she paused. A woman, dressed in black, sat upon the lower one, rocking herself to and fro and moaning. She touched the figure upon i s shoulder and said: "My poor child, 1 what is the matter?' I "I have come from the country; 1 am an orphan: I have no relatives: I came to find a friend who promised me . everything; 1 know no one nere. j Yesterday I spent nty last sou. Is I there anything f r me but the river? I Suddenly an idea flashed upon the nana me s mina.. "At least you per." she said. shall enrn your sup'Conif with mo." She hurried the girl into the carriage and drove avray with her. explaining as they rode the emergency i.n which she found herself. "You will wear a dress of my granddaughter's, she said. "A black lace which may be thrown over your own. And with these words she led the girl into her home upstairs into her own apartment, where she adorned her in haste and led her out to ihe table the lovliest guest there lovlier far even than the golden-haired Hortense. Absorbed in her duties as hostess, Madame Verne did not notice, -as the. others did, a strange thinjr that took place as M. Moran t -ated himself and danced toward the strange cues!. As their eyes met each turned deaal Once only did the strange girl in a whisper to 1dm. Verne. "This is a betrothal feast, mad "Yes. my child." "Your granddaughter, the berjiitifnl .oung lady yonder, Is to marry M. Octave Moran?" "Precisely; in two months. After this she said nothing more. At last they were about to leave the table, and tie old grandfather arose. He had something to say to the young couple kind admonitions to him who was about to take her into his keeping; but he ended thus: "But I give her to you gladly, my dear Octave, for I know you to be an honorable mau; and I believe you will pive her a heart as pure and fresh aud all unwritten as the one she gives to you, a heart worthy of her acceptance." As he uttered the last sentence Octave Moran had slowly turned his face, as though attracted by some mesmeric Influence, toward the stranger. Their eyes had met and fixed in a strange stare; the other guests were all staring at them. Suddenly Octave Moran started to his feet and dashcJ out of the room. There were thirteen at the table. Something flashed into the lmnd of the itale woman, at whom all gazed and she fell forward upon the t!!le. When they lifted her they found a dagger buried in her heait. Death had been more prompt with his thirteen than usual. They found over her dead bosom tha night a miniature of Octave Moran. a lock of his hair, and a little golden tress soft as down, and in her pocket some letters. That was all; but Hortense never married M. Moran. me ave7age"humDer of horses killed Spanish bull fights every 3 ear exaeds 5,000, while from 1,000 to 1,200 bul's are sacrificed Trie Patriot im. In these days, when we hav; s ich m odd mixture of real and sham patriotism of able statemanship and very low down politics of seeking the very best interests of the whole State nd of the whole country, in contrast .0 filling one's own purse what a fine .om merit was that on Mordecai: "Ac:epted of the multitude of his brethren, jeeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed" (Esth?r 10: 3). As incorruptible its refusing to bow down and "toady" to Hainan as he was in the administration of the king's revenues; as devoted to his awn people in his prosperity as in his idversity; as careful not to allow his promotion to alienate him from his )n nation as he was prompt and emphatic in cautioning Esther not to do o, if she desired God's favor. Rev. K. r. D. Pepper. What la Sirrrut "What Is success? Ask that question jf a hundred different men, and they will give a hundred different answers. Dne man will say, "Success is $1,000,W0; another will say, "Success is world-wide publicity; another will ay, "Success is gaining that which you itarred for." But as it is a free coun-3-y I jEive my own definition nd sit. 'Success Is fulfilling the particular 'mission upon wnicn you were sent

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arid side of a great rock in the middie f the Yang -tse-Kiang Kiver. It is a little below Hankow and not much' visited by tourists. It has all the! l UJiUlB i A iiiifuiita;u vih , v v ( Ue most jiotu rescue sight iu Asia. A rtwor The thickness of rut. armor on modern warships is truly astonishing. The sid armor of a first class battle ship usually varies from It'a inches thick at the top of the belt to PVa inches at the bottom, "the sua turrets are often protected by armor 13 inches vo 17 inches thick. Tfa Mandarin's Farm. A model farm on the American plan and run with American machinery, stock and methods. Is about to le established by a Chinese Mandarin who lives near Shanshat ind.nt of Qaa off tiba. King Menelek of Abyssinia claims to be directly descended from the Qneen of Sheba. being, he assorts, the ninety-s?yenth in descent from the famous Queen. Ilaltimor"a Spin rr. No large city In the United States has a surplus of spinsters. Baltimore comes nrarst, with only sixty-five more bachelors than old maids. FRIENDS WITH MANKIND. A n I mala in tho Veliowatona Fnrkv Now Have o Fear ot Man. The slaughter of birds has almost entirely removed one of the delightful accompaniments of life iu the rural east the music of the feathered songsters. Apropos of this, it may be said that one of the most pleasant features of the drive through the Yellowstone National Park is the apparent intimacy between man aud the animal aud bird life In the park. Thanks to the wise and stringent regulations, no shooting is allowed within its boundaries. "The result." says an English tourist, "is positively charming. Hundreds of little chipmunks, with their gaudy striped backs. scaujiei"ed impudently about or peered at the passing coach from the roadside. The squirrel did not bolt for the nearest tree, but nodded a welcome. All bird life treated us likewise. Even the lordly eagle hovered near, and the wild turkey stalked unconcernedly through the rank grass. We were fortunate enough to see a tine specimen of the wolf tribe. He stood, a beautiful creature. and watched us out of sight, showing only curiosity, not fear. Another time we perceived a doe aud fawn grazing by the road. Not until we were withill Jl fVtv f.... .li.l !... .k.. .... i. - uivi i v ov t tv iiit- nui'i i fi ol the woods, yet not to fly. They fcimpl moved aside. Here at least mankind was regarded as a friendone who could be trusted. The only animal who ran away was a browu bear. He turned tail at the sight of u coacuiug patty, yet it was quite a common thing tor bears to approach close to the hotels at eveuing to feed on the refuse thrown our.' H was an after-dinner relaxation for the guests to watch them fecdiug. They munched and disputed ti-e choicest morsels, for the most part indifferent to the company. Only wien we became iuquisitive aud approaching too near did they retire; and these animals were pcrleclly Tree aud unfettered In movements. It may lead like a tale, but it is solid fact." their fairy Wealth-Making Kmiuuatx. When we see a rugged EuropeanItalian or (ireek selling bananas across a '.-heap-looking curbstone stand it seems absurd that anyone could make a vast fortune bv dealinz in groves, liuwt e'r, are of great wealth, all dbrived from their fruit possessions. This money has not been made exclusively through the sale of bananas. The leaves of the banana tree are used for packing, and so have a ready sale. The juice of the tree is strong in tannin, and makea a tine Indelible ink or shoe blacking. A wax found on the under side of the leaves is a valuable article of commerce. Manila hemp is made from the stems, this hemp being used In making mats, plaited work and handkerchiefs of the finest texture. Bananas are also made into a flour, which has ready sale in some parts of the world. All the fruit shipped to America ia cut green from the parent palm and is ripened by the dry warmth of gas jets in places of storage where the fruit is prepared for the market. The island of Jamaica produces enormous crops of this valuable fruit. A urloit!i Timepiece. ' J lie very ingeniously contrived me very ingeniously contrived ridian dial shown here formed part of St. IVter's Cathedral. Geneva, from ITi'iO till the renovation of the building in 1MH. and has since been restored on the initative of the Society of Art. A CURIOUS nMEPIECE. The white siot in the centre of the disk's shadow not only indicates accurately solar noon when it is bisected by the central vertical line, but also means solar noon when it is centrally over the line of the figure-of-8 loop, which allows for the equation of time on each particular day. Ta Saw Hh. More energetic than any other sharks are the sawfish, whose snouts are prolonged into a broad blade of cartilage, which s horizontal when the hsh ia awiming in a normal position, and has both its edges set with alight- ( ly curved teeth about an inch apart. Uhe end of this formidable-looking weapon Is blunt and comparatively soft, so that it is quite incapable of the feats popularity attributed to It of piercing whales' bod'es, ships' timbers. &c It attacks other fish by a swift lateral thrust of the saw beneath toem. Ihen it feeds cpon the soft entrails, which are apparently the only food it can eat from the peculiar shape of its month. It baa an enormous number of small teeth, sometimes as many as fifty rows In one Individual, but they are evidently unfit for the rough duties required of their teeth by the garbage-eating members of the family.

animal That Ln Pertain. An Investigator of the effect of perfumes on animals In Zoological Gardens discovered that most of the lions and leopards were very fond of lavender. They took a piece of cotton saturated with it and held it ketweea tfceir paws with great dslight, v "" ' "

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