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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-18
Gpeni,sa State SniirnaI
Free Schools In virginia.

A late number of The STATE JOUR
NAL said of the Conservative platform
adopted by their gubernatorial convention
recently in session in this city: s ~ =
.Thcre is nothing noticeable in the plat
| form except the resolutions in favor OF tn
/ canal and free schools. which are taken a
second hand from the Lynchburg platform
| of the Republican party"
The Lynchburg Virginian thereupoI
proceeds in its own style to dispose Of wha
| it politely characterzes as "a favorite anC
impudent assertion of the Radical pres.
and speakers in this state" by asserting:
''This is slight error. The Radica
| platform fails to say single word on thu
| subject of education. Virginia is indebted
| to the Conservative party for system o
| free schools which is far in advance OF any
| in the south, especially in those state.
which groan under the curse of Radica
misrule."
We now proceed to put The Virginian
right on the matter of the "Radical plat
form" failing to ''say a single word on
the subject of education" The Republi-
can platform, unanimously adopted by
the Republican state convention at Lynch
burg, July 80, 1878, commences thus:
"The Republicans of Virginia, in state
convention assembled, do now formally
announce their principles to the voters Of
the commonwealth. They reaflirm and
reiterate their platform of 1872. They
endorse and approve the administration
of President Grant in the past, and pledge
it their support for the future.
"They re-affirm and reiterate theirplat-
form of1S72," and we find the 5th, 9th and
7th articles Of faith enunciated by the Re-
publican party at that time to be as fol-
lows:
"5. That well conducted and faithfully
administered system of free schools, in
pursuance of the state constitution, where
by the children Of the people shall be uni
versally educated, is cardinal policy Of
the Republican party, and necessary to
the well being Of society and as one
means Of securing an efficient management
the election of school trustees by the people
III 6uCIl tulIluCI tllitt tuC LtihoiitJ bo WOIi
the majority may be represented in the
school boards.
sc. That it is due to the superintend-
ent of public instruction of Virginia that
this convention should express their ape
proval of his late able report, as giving
earnest his competency and fidelity of in-
tention in the discharge of his important
duties.
"That the So called Conservative party
Of this state, by its unjust laws and pro-
scriptiye spirit, by its attempts to hold the
mass of the people in ignorance, by its per-
nicious financial legislation and its oppres-
sive taxation, has forfeited all claim to the
support Of the people Of Virginia and
has shown that party is unfit to exist
which, like it, is organized on the princi-
pie ofpolitical and social prescription, and
held together by no common bond but
that of hatred towards the national gov
ernment and its supporters" ss
We have in this exhibit another illus
tration ofthc truth Of the old saying that
error ceases to be dangerous when free
dom and truth is left free to combat.
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is true. 1t is no humbug; the recipe is printed
around each bottle. A circular containing
certificates of wonderful cures of rheumatism
neuralgia, lock-iaw, sprains, swellings, burns,
scalds. cakedbreast, posonous-bites, trozen-feet,
gout salt-rheum, ear,ache, &c.. and the recipe
of the Liniment will be sent gratis to any one.
1t is the most wonderful healing and pain-reliev-
ing agent the world has ever produced. 1t sells
no article ever before did sell, and it sells be.
cause it does Just what it pretends to do. One
bottle of the CRsTAuR LiNIMRsr for animals
yellow wrapper) is worth a hundred dollars for
spawned, strained or CALLED horses and mules,
and tor screw-worm IN sheep. Mo family on
stock-owner can afford TO be without OEsTAUR
LINIMRET. J. b. R0sR s. Co., 63 Broadway New
York.
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LOUISIANA.
rinancIaI Affairs.

NEW ORLEANS, August 1S.--From
January first to August first of the present
year two million seven hundred thousand
dollars for state taxes have been collected
in Louisiana. For the corresponding
period of last year only one million eight
hundred thousand dollars were collected by
the late admin istration, taxes are being
paid cheerfully, the people generally
believing they are properly applied.
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PENNSYLVANIA.

Death of an Eminent Pennsylvanian
PHILADELPHIA, August 18.-Hon.
William M. Meredith, died here Yesterday,
eyed n. He was a very prominent law
yer and secretary of the treasury under
Taylor He was also president of the
present and last constitutional conventions
of this state.
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PolItical Notes.

The Culpepper Observer, Conservative
paper. sagely observes: " If General
Grant desires third term, let him get it.
There is no law forbidding it, and he is as
good president as anybody who is likely
to succeed him."
Captain Shelton, of Ohristiansburg, who
is candidate for the Senate in that dis
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MARsHAL's SALES.
In Admiralty.
MARSHAL'S SALE.

By virtue of a writ OF yenditioni exponas,
issued ont of the clerks office of the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern Dis
hct of Virginia, and TO me directed, shall
proceed TO sell at public auction for cash, on
MONDAY, August the 18th, 1873, at A O'clock p.
~, at the wharf in Rockets, Richmond, Va,
the following property, to,wit .sy n
THE SCHOONER VIM. l.. HERN, of 1921
tons burthen. G
Parties desiring to purchase are invited to be
PRESENT.
Dated Richmond, Va, August Z, 1873.
DAVID b. PARKER,
au 7-10t u. g. Marshal.
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ARIZONA.


SAN FRANCISCO, August 1S.-At
Tucson, Arizona, Pedro Negras and wife,
pawnbrokers, were murdered. Six men
were arrested on suspicion, one of whom
confessed, duplicating two others, who
were compelled to tell where the plumber
was concealed. Four of the murderers
were hanged by mob on scaifold erected
near the Jail.
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SUNDAY-ScHooL PIo-NIo. The Sum
day-school of Leigh-street Baptist church
will have a picnic at West Point on We'd
nesday, 9th Of August. Mr.. j. p. JUS
tbs is chairman of the committee of ar
rangements, and he and his associates will
see that all who attend have an enjoyable
time.
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SEAFoRTH, ONTARIO, August lS.-A
man passing the woods near here yesterday
heard.a child crying, and on investigation
found the mother and father of the little one
with their throats cut. The affair is wrap.
ped in mystery.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

TO ALI. PERSONS WISHING FIRE IN
RICHMOND BANKING
AND INSURANCE COMPANY offer indnee-
lnents unsurpassed by anv safe company, to in
snre against loss by fire OF all kinds of properly
They ask of their friends and the public to give
Them a call before insuring elsewhere.
Consult yonr ovn interest and insure with us
!. B. DAVIS, President
JOHN F. @. PofTs. Secretary oc 5--d&wy
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FURNITURE.

We have now on hand large and a
superior stock of FURNITURE and EA
MATTRESSES. made by the most experi- In
enced worlfmen. All in need of goods ins
our line will find it to their interest to examine
our Stock
Any style of Furniture made to order.
HARDWOOD s. RITTER.
1e l9--d&W6m Governor St. Richmond, Va.
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CAsToRIA.--Is more than substitute
for Castor Oil. 1t is the only safe article in exis-
tence which is sure to regulate the bowels. cure
wind-colic and produce natural sleep. 1t is
pleasant to take. Children need not cry and
mothers may sleen.
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D" II. Mo 70 r M 1 q KS
MAMMOTH AUCTION
AND
COMMISSION HOUSE,
I4I4 MAIN ST., RICHMOND,

DAILY SALES at 10 A. M. and ~ p. M.
|of Clothing, Fancy Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots,
Shoes, Crockery, Glassware, and all kinds of
Furniture, Housefnrnishing Goods, &C., sc.
COME ONE. COME ALL. AS WE ARE
DETERMINED TO PLEASE.
GENTLEMANLY Statesmen constantly
IN attendance, to wait on parties who wish to
purchase any of the above named goods at
private sale, ut auction prices.
SPECIAL. INDUCEMENTS offered to Coun-
Try Merchants. Consignments solicited. Ont
door sales puuetually attended to. iyl-tf
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A GOoD CROP OF WHEATON the
Presque Isle farm, on James river. this
year, the following wheat crop was raised |:
20 acres sowed in amber red, produced
l 1850 bushels and 55 acres sowed in
early white, produced !, ,705 bushels. The
above wheat weighs So pounds to the
busheI
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OENTAuR LINIMENT.-

CENTAUR LINIMENT.-
The great discovery of the
age. There is no pain which
the CESTAUR LIEIMRsT will not
relieve, no swelling which il
will not subdue, and no lame
ness which it will not cure.
Tbis ;s sttonp language. but liz
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Joseph @. Cloud, the Philadelphia oars
man, arrived at Cincinnati Saturday, on his
way to New Orleans.
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THE PENfTENTIARY BOARD OF Dr.
RECTORs. s.-Considerab dissatisfaction is
said to exist in this city relative to the APP
pointment by Governor Walker of new
board of directors to the states prison.
Some see in it an Objectionable move on
the party chess board. 1t is no Repub-
lican funeral.
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AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, August 1s.--The United
States gets ten diplomas and England gets
thirty,
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the Third Congressional District of Virginia
an Il--M2W

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Il TED STATES, for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
In the matter of John T. Hicks bank
rupt-in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, Va, this 10th day of July, 1873
To Whom it May Uoncen-The undersigned
L. L. Lewis, of the county of Cunepsr
and State of Virginia, hereby gives notice
of his appointment as assignee of the estate of
John +, Hicks. Culpepper county, Virginia. in
said district. and who was, to-wit, on the 18th
day of May a. d. 1873, adiudged a bankrupt
upon the petition or himself, by the District
Court of the United States, for said district
Dated at Richmond Va, the 10th day of July
a. d. 1873. L.. L. LEWIS,
1y l9--S3w Assignee.
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4S02
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TIE UNI
led States for the Eastern District of Virginia,
In the matter of j. Landau, banltrupt
lin bankruptcy.
Al Richmond, on the 9Th day of August, a d..
1878.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, that petition
has been, to Wit: ON the Sth day of August, n d.,
1873, filed in the said District Court by j.
Landau, of Richmond city in said district,
who has heretofore been duly declared bankrupt
under the Act of Congress entitled can Act to
establish n Uniform System of Bankruptcy
throughout the United States" approved March
I'd, 1867, for n discharge and certificate thereof
from all his debts and other claims proyable un-
der said act, and that the 9Th day of Sept,r, a.
d., 1878, at 10 O'Clock a. m, before w. W. Forbes,
one of the registers of said Court in Bankruptcy,
at his Office in Richmond, in said District, is the
time and place assigned for the hearing of the
same, when and where you may attend and show
cause, ii any you have, why the prayer OF SAID
Petition may not be granted.
You are also hereby notified, that the second
and third meeting of the creditors of the said
bankrupt will be held at the same time and
place. w. w. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy for
the Third Congressional District OF Virginia.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Rnyn SPOTSWOOD COAL YARD.--I
have renewed my lease on the Spotsw ood Coal
Yard, and am now ready to receive orders for
winter supplies of FUEL.
ANTHRACITE COAL for CRATES, stoves and
furnaces;
WINTERPoCK, CUMBERLAND and MID
LOTHIAN COAL;
West Virginia SPLINT COAL;
SOFT COKE for stoves and ranges;
OAK and PINE WOOD, long, sawed and split,
kkindling). W. s. PITCHER.
~ 23-3m
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MARINE Entered to-day at dhe Gus.
tOm-house American brig ii. Huston, from
Boston, to load with tobacco for Fume,
Austria,
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CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE.
->--->~>J>~-~~I------~---4-o
w. G. TALIAFERRO,
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE

For House of Delegates from Henrico County.
au 16-dtEld*
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A WARNING TO PARENTs.-Yester

A WARNING TO PARENTS. -Yester-
day afternoon, Fourth street. near
CANDLES Hill, was the scene Of drunken
servant girl with baby-carriage, contain
ing one of those precious darlings. The
girl was first rolling the carriage on the
sidewalk, next in the gutter and over the
curbing, and then in the middle OF the
street through the mud and dust. The
little baby, one would judge, scarce year
old, was half asleep, and it was first
in the 'front.' of the vehicle and then almost
out of the rear. Parents should be more
careful with whom they put in charge OF
their children, for who knows but that in
many cases, from treatment received at
their hands they are overtaken by sickness,
and. in many cases, are lost. A word to
the wise is sufficient.
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CITY POLITICS. Madison ward Repub-
lieans will meet at Hams Hall at o. clock
tonight; those of jackson ward at the
same time in the Third-street Methodist
church.
The Swamp Angels'' is the name of
new Conservative campaign club re-
Gently formed Of citizens of Madison
ward.
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REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
DEPARTURE OF STEAMSHIPS.
FOR NEW YORK. .FKfh

THE OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COM
PANY'S elegant side-wheel steamship OLD
DOMINION, Capt. WALKER, will sail on TUES
DAY, August 10, at II m.
Positively no freight received after II a. M
Through bills of ladng signed and goods for
warded with dispatch to all points-norlh, SOUTH
east and west Close competitions made with Gu
naId line for foreign ports.
Passenger accommodations unsurpassed.
w
Round Trip Tickels... 20 90
For freight or passage, apply to
GEO. w. ALLEN & Co,
au lS-1t Company's Wharf. Rockets.
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UNAVAILABLE LETTERS The follow
ing is a list of unmailable letters remaining
in the postoffice, August 1S: Hon. j. g.
Underwood, Alexandria, Va; Miss Stein
brecker, city; James III. Queen, New York
city; p. o. box 1888, city; p. o. box 907,
city; Miss Lizzie Munden, Crate Bridge,
Va; w. L. Marnex, city; Miss Minnie
Gladmore, Montgomery, Va; Mrs. Bette
Freeman, Penola, Va; O. A. Crenshaw,
city; M. Cogbill, D. o.; Maggie Butler,
city; Eliza Bias, Lexington Avenue; Mrs.
Mary e. Alvey, White Sulphur Springs,
w, Va.
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Hill boy named Theopocritius Bumber-
gardenpugen: aged fourteen years, has been
sick ever Since he was four years old. That
name ought to make any boy sick. 1t is
a wonder he has lived up to this time.
Belvin and Murray are both looking for
the measure Of coffin that will fit the
subject of this notice.
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TEN PINs.-We are aggrieved that the
young ladies' in one section of Richmond
should so far forget their sex as to play at ten
pins but how much more painful The fact
must be to those individuals who watch
their game for hours without the satisfac-
ton Of witnessing a single "spare."
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THE RICHMOND CHAMBER OF Com
MERCE.--This body held a meeting few
evenings since. and adopted resolutions adj
verse to the opening Of a public park, and
something relative to the necessity of de-
timing the course Of Shockoe creek. 1t is
unfortunate for the people Of the city-for
the children and the. poor-that more
broad and liberal views Of their needs dc
not prevail.
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HOUSEHOLD MYSTERIES. "A man by
the name of Jones, is employed in the
manufacturing establishment Of Potter &
Thompson, on Cary street. He did not
put in an appearance this morning, accord
ing, to custom. However, about dinner
time to-day, jones' wife interviewed Potter
and said in explanation "You must ex-
cuse him, he and had little dispute at
the table this morning, and he won't be able
TO work before the middle Of the week."
The employer stated that the explanation
was satisfactory, he having been married
twenty-five years himself.
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~ PERSONS LEAVING THE CITY FOR
THE SUMMER MONTHS CAN HAVE THE
STATE JOURNAL MAILED TO THEM
FOR FIFTY CENTS PER MONTH. THE
JOURNAL REACHES THE GREENBRIER
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, AND POINTS
BEYOND, ON THE LINE OF THE CHES-
APEAKE & OHIO RAILROAD, TWELVE
HOURS In ADVANCE OF THE MORN
JNG PAPERS.
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Thee HURCII HILL TUNNEL.--This
very considerable hole in the face of nature
was Damaged slightly yesterday by the ter
rifle washing it was subjected to by the hea-
West fall Of rain we have lately had in this
vicinity. The entrance and approachesto the
mouth of the tunnel on Nineteenth street,
and the route of the track along Bloody
Run gulley were found this morning con-
siderably obstructed by earth and stone
washed in and on to them. The rumor Of
the crushing of the curbing and arching at
the corner of Twenty-fourth and Clay
streets, near shaft No. q, was not true, so
far as we could learn.
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tdsa CHURCH COMMITTEES TAKE
FIXTURES and CIIANDE,-
IIERS, REBR0NZED and REPAIRED--made
TO look as good as newly
DANIEL O'DONNEI.L,
ap g--6m S1S Broad Street.
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The tState Journal" (" will be delivered the
,ame evening of publication i'm any part OF
,he city or Manchester by reliable carriers, if
name and address is left mt our Office, 9l2 1-2
Main street, and In Petersburg II left with
our agent there; and can always be found on
sale in this city at G. f. JoInston's, DIS Main
street; Wyatt & Minors, sl7 Broad street;
News stand at Ford's hotel; Leon Schaaps
1902 Main street. and at our counter.
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q r, WILL. PAY FOR SIX COPIES OF THE
pC WEEKLY STATE JOURNAL for one
year
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I1OR SALE CHEAP,
ON LONG TIME.

I1OR SALE CHEAP, aea
Il ON LONG TIME, n:I
one of the BEST FARMS iu Fairfax County.
Two-thirds open land, one-thrd good young
TIMBER, Oak and Pine.
New HOUSE of seven rooms, modern built !;
well, stables, tobacco barn, and several tenant
houses.
This farm contains about SIX HUNDRED
ACRES, and borders the Potomac River nearly
three -fonrths of n mile. The soil is dry loan,
with few sandy spots adapted especially to
grass, corn, tobacco, trucking and fruit tgroWing.
1t would make Il fine DAIRY FARM.
1t is located twenty-five miles south of Wash
ington, near a steamboat landing, and four
miles from n station on the railroad from WASH
ington and Richmond, and adjoining the land
of Colonel Edward Daniels. Good fishing priyi-
leges, and neighborhood pleasant.
PRICE: Sl3,000 Enquire at
de 2G-tf STATE JOURNAL. OFFICE.
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New YORK, August 1s.--M Money easy,
at 34a4. Gold 115s. Exchange, 81 long
OF short. Governments dull. State bonds
oniaf
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THE CHIEF AMUSEMENT Of some lads
living on Clay, near Fourth street, is for a
eiof them to get on the moonlight side
Of some building and whistle "Ten thou
sand miles away" which makes the neigh
bors wish thew were.
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-22
Ignorance of a Common Matter.

Says the Philadelphia Ledger: There is probably no business so generally participated in as insurance, in which so little is practically known. Many think if they insure specified property for $5, ,0OO, and the property is partially or wholly destroyed, that they recover the full insurance, regardless of the fact that the property destroyed may not be of half the value. This is com mon error, though of course confined to the less informed in such matters. Oth- CTS, carryinga a stock varying in value from $25, ,000sto $3O, ,0OO, and an insur- ance for the smaller sum, suppose that, in case of damage by fire, involving a loss of the greater amount, they can recover the entire face of their policies. when, in truth, the insurance companies are liable only pro rata for the loss sus- talned. If the insurance policies in solvent companies are drawn in plain terms for $S25, 900, they will cover any loss on stock valued at $3O, GOO to which they apply up to their full specification. But If they contain what is known as ''the average clause" which reads, "It is understood and agreed that claims under this policy shan only be for such proportion. of the entire loss as the amount of this insurance bears to the whole value of the property insured, !" then ln case of loss on any part of $3O,- OOO stock, with $25, 1000 insurance, the companies will pay tve-sixths of the loss and the insured will bear the other sixth himself. These are pieces of in formation well worth holdingin remem- brance, especially by the less informed on the subject. ..-.
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-22
How to Prevent Sunstroke.

The following specific against sum- stroke may save from illness and death many whose occupation obliges them to be Tn the field or out upon the streets:
 About year since saw in a news paper an account of @ case of sun stroke, written by the party himself. After suffering long time from the at- tack, and having, to considerable de- gree, recovered, he experienced suffer- Ing even from the rays of the moon. This led him to the reflection that it was not altogether the heat of the sun that produced prostration. After much research he discovered that the injury came from the chemical ray, and not from ths heat ray. He was guided to this by observing the fact that photo graph could not be taken through a hollow glass. Accordingly, he lined his hat with two hnings-one of orange yellow to arrest the chemical ray. and one of green to arrest the heat ray. Thus prepared, he went where the rays of the sun were most intense with per feet impunity. It is we'll known that the negrois seldom or never sunstruck. The color of his skin over the skull be- ing of the orange yellow may assist in accounting for the fact. I practiced upon this suggestion all last summer, lined my hat with green and orange yell low paper, and had confidence enough in the truth of the theory, to neglect my umbrella, which had never done before I mentioned it to many, who tried it also, and in many cases that came under my observation, they uniformly asserted that the oppressive heat of the sun upon the head was much relieved"